Until mid-1940s (Fig.2), control of mosquitoes and malaria depended on environmental management, protective housing, proper sanitation, biological control, and use of toxic larvicides [8]. Nets, whether treated or untreated, and house spraying with insecticides were still rare, except in isolated ...
This marked a strong year for consumers—this median income was 5% higher than it had been in 1963, and more than double what it had been in 1947. Absolute gas prices once again remained steady at $0.32 per gallon, meaning that at this time, a gallon of gas made up a slightly smaller...
On Sept. 15, 2008, an alarming Wall Street Journal headline documented the shift of a growing financial downturn into full-scale crisis when the housing market collapsed and the Great Recession swept America and the world. Lax lending practices, a lack of oversight and regulation, and widespread...
Youngsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers, with 52% of those connected to the Internet. Most kids use computers to play games (some for 30 hours or more a week), and many teenage girls think nothing of rushing home from school to have e-mail chats with friends...
League for Animals and People of the Summit (LAPS):: Summit County (financial assistance to low-income families living or working in Summit County, for pet spay/neuter, life-shortening illnesses or unexpected high vet bills; discounted spay/neuter vouchers for higher incomes) ...
The top US homebuilder DR Horton's net income fell 19% on the year to $1.3 billion in the second quarter, while net sales orders increased 37% during the period. Polypropylene market participants monitor housing demand closely, as its uses include carpet backing, linings in major appliances ...
Junot Diaz, thePulitzer Prizewinning novelist andMacarthur Genius Grantee, says that when he was growing up, an immigrant kid from the Dominican Republic, learning how to speak English while he lived under challenging circumstances in government housing, ...