Marketers and advertisers are constantly looking for new and better ways to reach their customers, and even though the Internet has vastly improved their outreach, simply putting an ad online doesn’t necessarily mean consumers will see it. In fact, over 75% of the time, search engine users won’t even go past the first page of a search […]
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The United States may be the world’s biggest energy consumer, but we have a lot to learn from Western Europe when it comes to renewable energy. U.S. solar capacity has more than quadrupled since 2010, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, but we are still lagging behind countries in Western Europe, which are making much better […]
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Last February, a Portland veterinarian did surgery on a three-year-old, 140-pound Great Dane in order to remove a mysterious blockage. It didn’t take the vet too long to figure out what was causing the obstruction, as she soon encountered 43.5 half-digested socks in the belly of the beast. “We opened up his stomach and kept […]
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The solar energy movement is sweeping North Carolina, and it’s all thanks to energy entrepreneur Katie Bray. Last year, Bray, 27, launched her own company, Sawtooth, Inc., linking nonprofits and community organizers working to boost solar power use with companies able to install solar panels and help homeowners with other cost-saving projects. Bray launched the […]
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Although the housing market is stabilizing, young first-time homebuyers’ lack of participation is getting in the way of the recovery process. According to the latest data from the Census Bureau, the share of homeowners age 25 to 29 fell from 40.6% in 2007 to 34.1% in 2013. “The millennials will have a huge impact on […]
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The average divorce in the United States takes about a year to complete. As long as this might seem, this length is fairly agreeable when compared to proceedings in nations like Italy, where a divorce can take as long as three years to obtain. This long wait appears to be the reason over 170 Italian […]
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