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...previous estimates had suggested. In the CDC's survey of nine states in 2005, there were 32 cases of MRSA infection for every 100,000 people. (By comparison, in that same year, the incidence of invasive pneumonia or flu infections ranged from less than one to 14 cases per 100,000 people.) Extrapolating from these states' statistics, the researchers estimated that there were 94,300 cases of MRSA in the entire U.S. in 2005, with 18,600 deaths. The majority of these cases - 85% of them - occurred in health care settings, such as in hospitals and nursing homes. Disturbingly, however...
...theaters, recently ventured into the vineyard business, purchasing at least three vineyards, all focusing on upscale grapes. Chief executive David Brain believes demographics will drive that sector for the next 10 to 15 years, and he expects average annual returns of about 10%. The demand has pushed the price per acre in Napa Valley's premium vineyards to between $200,000 and $300,000, up from between $125,000 and $180,000 in 2002, according to Tony Correia, president of Correia-Xavier Inc., a property appraiser in Fresno, Calif. Flush boomers are fueling demand, but their kids are guzzling wine...
...Per long-standing tradition, FM’s second Annual Fast Fashion Challenge began on Thursday at noon when four student-designers were sent out, on FM’s dime, to create a complete outfit evoking the theme “Metropolis.” Be back by noon. Oh, and don’t spend more than 24 dollars...
...said that he expects to produce 15 kilograms (33 pounds) of cannabis resin from his eight dunam (9,568 square yards) field, which he will sell for around $10,000 to local drug dealers. "Usually, we sell hashish for about $1,000 per kilogram, but there was so much hashish grown this year that prices will drop a little," he says. Still, with two harvests since March, Ali's income this year from hashish growing is $20,000, a big sum for this impoverished area...
...between what the school says a family can afford and what a family has the funds for is still substantial. Many students turn to outside loan agencies and accrue debt that is often unrecognized by the university. Tufts’ program, which will provide $500,000 in loan repayment per year, is particularly valuable because it appears to address both these outside loans as well as school issued loans. Harvard and other universities with the cash to support this type of program ought to look to Tufts as a model. Harvard is a leader in its financial generosity...