Word: alongism
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...more than half the country's commercial beekeepers. But this year, some worry that relationship is starting to sour. Driven by surging global demand, California's almond growers have doubled acreage since 1981, forcing them to lean heavily on imported bees from as far away as Vermont. Drive along the unlined roads around Hughson, and it's easy to find 10 different almond farmers renting hives from 10 different states. Orin Johnson, whose family has been keeping bees around Hughson since the 1950s, remembers when beekeepers earned less than $10 per hive in pollination fees to supplement their main business...
...eight months pregnant, it's hard to find a good interview suit. But a burgeoning belly didn't stop Nicole Young, 33, from hitting the job circuit this fall. Her husband, who works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, has seen his income shrink along with the Dow. And the consulting projects she has been doing from their home on Long Island in New York are not bringing in enough money to make up the difference. So Young, who left her full-time marketing job in 2005 when she was pregnant with their first child, buffed...
...This is not a good time for many businesses, but this is a good time for our business," says iRelaunch co-founder Carol Fishman Cohen. Her firm, along with sites like YourOnRamp and 2Hats Network, offers crash courses in networking as well as tips on how to finesse gaps in résumés (don't organize chronologically) and what to wear to an interview (shoulder pads are for linebackers...
Nicole Sheldon-Desjardins first conceived of a Women’s Day film festival during her time in Cameroon with the Peace Corps. There, she said, International Women’s Day is one of just three holidays—along with Independence Day and Youth Day—celebrated by parades and a complete suspension of school and work. “It was shocking to me that in Cameroon, where there is such inequality,” Sheldon-Desjardins says, “women celebrate in this way.”When she returned to the States...
...always did more than his share of what needed to be done.” Shannon was returning from Argentina, where he spent his vacation taking tango lessons with his wife and friends. Fleisher recalled Shannon’s passion for dance—which, along with his pursuit of medicine, would come to define his life. “At our annual holiday parties, all the women would want to dance with Michael,” Fleisher said. “It was part of who he was.” Shannon first began dancing during his undergraduate years...