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Disposing of unused prescription and over the counter drugs including antibiotics, antidepressants, anticonvulsants and birth control pills by dumping them down the toilet has contaminated the drinking water supply for 41 million Americans. Further, unused prescription drugs stockpiled in medicine cabinets can contribute to drug abuse or overdoses by children, teens and adults.

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8, No, 10, No, MANY Resume Words to Avoid

There are eight words no resume should include because they’re “fluffy,” says Tina Brasher, a certified professional resume writer.

Actually, there are 10 resume words to avoid, according to recent research from LinkedIn Analytics.

Really, there are hundreds of words and phrases to avoid. Brasher culled her list of “phrases and words that ‘resume readers have seen 10 million times’ and that will lose their attention.” LinkedIn’s analysis isn’t exactly words to avoid, but words overused – the 10 phrases that occur most often in it’s vast database of resumes and user profiles. In reality, your resum

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The American presidential system, with its separation of powers, plausibly imposes enormous costs on the economy without compensating gains, as seen in the current gridlock over the debt crisis. Modern parliamentary systems of government, such as those in Britain and Canada, seem to handle such problems more efficiently. Regretfully, however, the principle of separationism has been extended in Supreme Court decisions and in the Senate filibuster, in part because of the mistaken idea that this is what the Founders intended. A close examination of the preferences of the delegates to the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 tells a very different story. Had they voted on our present regime of presidential elections, they almost certainly would have rejected it.

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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – In the corporate world, employees are a business’s most valuable asset. Companies go to great lengths to recruit top talent, hiring corporate recruiters, “headhunters,” to identify and screen the best candidates.

To franchise systems, franchise owners are the most valuable asset, and companies are using FranNet of Utah to identify and recruit top-performing owners from the corporate world.

This matchmaking is revolutionizing the way franchise systems grow and is contributing greatly to job growth and the recovery of the economy.

“FranNet’s job is to match client and franchise opportunity according to the client’s skill set, passions and life goals,” said FranNet of Utah owner, Chad Wright. “We accomplish

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Global health care company Sanofi is keeping its own employees healthy by opening a full-service medical center and on-site pharmacy at its U.S. headquarters in Bridgewater, N.J.

“As a global health care company that is dedicated to solving health challenges, it is essential for us to know that we are doing everything we can to help our own employees and their dependents stay well,” says Sanofi’s Judy O’Hagan, VP of U.S. HR.

The health center and pharmacy is operated by Walgreens Take Care Health Systems and will serve 2,600 employees in the Bridgewater area. Service

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Kent Displays, a company founded by Kent State professors that produces a modern-day chalkboard called Boogie Boards, said today it has received $7 million in financing.

The capital, which includes $2 million in state loans and private investments, will be used to increase production of Boogie Boards and pad the company roster.

Kent Displays said it expects to hire 40 people to staff a second assembly line planned for the Boogie Boards.

The innovative Boogie Board allows users to write and erase messages on a screen the size of a sheet of paper.

“The Boogie Board LCD Writing Tablet is the first product of its kind in the world,” said Joel Domino, Kent Displays President and CFO. “It

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