Whole Foods Market has “an always on process” for evaluating and evolving its quality standards, including which ingredients it features on or bans from its store shelves, allowing it to shape and meet fast-evolving consumer expectations and stay ahead of looming regulatory pressures. “Our quality standards are the nucleus of our brand, and the reason…
Every time I hear about an American civilian getting picked up and imprisoned in places like Afghanistan, North Korea, Iraq or Iran, I say — what the heck are they doing there anyway? They shouldn’t be there! It always reminds me of the last verse in the Dylan song, “Frankie Lee and Judas Priest,” where he…
Online dating has changed in a big way in the past couple of years, and it has moved from being something that was a little bit ‘taboo’ to something that is just commonly accepted. Taking soulmate-searching to the internet has come a long way, baby: The “other half” on the web in the early 2000s,…
Study population The Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) is a prospective, nationally representative cohort study of older adults in mainland China, as described elsewhere in detail [20]. In brief, beginning in 1998, subsequent examinations of CLHLS were conducted every 2 to 3 years. To ensure representativeness, a multilevel cluster sampling method was used. In…
Recently, I started thinking that I could “program” the rest of my year as if I was using Google Maps or some similar such application. I had a pretty good idea of where I was starting out, and once it was decided where I was going —or at least where I and my businesses needed…
According to the Consumer Technology Association, Americans may spend a record $537 billion on consumer technology this year alone. That includes everything from mobile devices to gaming consoles, apps, software, and more — but some of those purchases will likely have a bigger impact on your daily life than others. Smartphones and other related mobile…
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Prospect youth were playing musical chairs while a pop song played Saturday. Flood City Youth Fitness Academy’s Dazzling Divas were dancing in lockstep – and Ramel Malphurs, 9, was getting a Batman mask hand-painted on his face. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to…
The country is going down. This isn’t my opinion, it’s the finding of a recently published study, showing that 28 of the most populous U.S. cities are sinking. These are not just coastal cities; there are also ones in the interior — including Nashville, Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, Columbus, Charlotte, Oklahoma City, and more. The study uses…
INTERFORM, the nonprofit organization behind NWA Fashion Week, announced its closure on March 14 via social media, closing the curtain on years of promoting artistic expression and connecting the fashion community in Northwest Arkansas. Through the merger of the Arkansas Arts and Fashion Forum and Northwest Arkansas Fashion Week, the founders created INTERFORM in February…