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28748
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Bedless hospitals, virtual intensive care, and office visits by phone will transform the state’s $70 billion health care economy. Virtual medicine is beginning a trend to make a patient’s home the setting of care. The technology has pros and cons and the opportunity to revolutionize the industry.
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Scientists are genetically modify pigs to contain enough human genes to make their organs available for human transplant. Smithfield Foods Inc. employs many workers on hog farms in the state and is looking to develop hog byproducts for transplantation, medical, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical uses. The current work being done by Smithfield Bioscience and how the new scientific advances might change the industry are discussed.
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28750
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Durham venture capital incubator 8 Rivers Capital and its founders have created a power plant that releases zero carbon emissions. Bill Brown and Miles Palmer formed teamed up to create a power plant which captures carbon emissions from natural gas and uses the emissions to power the generators. The story of how their idea was formed and the potential expansion of their power plant are detailed.
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Art Pope and the success of his discount chain store Roses are profiled. The chain store has succeeded where others have failed and the store continues to do well despite the recent problems in the retail industry nationwide.
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Cheerwine soda is a staple in North Carolina. Founder by L.D. Peeler, the company was the first to bottle cherry soda. The Salisbury-based company is still family owned and is doing well despite competition from Coca-Cola and Pepsi. The company’s history and success are highlighted.
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Reenacting significant time periods and events is a popular hobby for many. The love of history draws many reenactors together and they spend much time making sure their portrayals are accurate. The culture of reenacting is described by those who participate in the hobby.
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In citing Cardinal Innovations Healthcare as a major cause for the continuing issues involving health care in North Carolina, some experts believed it was a case of paying more attention to the symptoms rather than disease. For such experts, focusing on issues such as the company’s excessive salaries, employee bonuses and questionable spending took attention away from what mattered most: providing quality health care for all North Carolinians.
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36257
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A Charlotte-based program assisting the city’s homeless provided its recipients a second chance for a better quality life. Assisting Urban Ministry Center with its mission to help end homelessness were services such as temporary housing during the winter at local churches. Information about the program included the individuals for whom the facility is named, John and Pat Moore. This information also cited the inspiration for Urban Ministry Center’s founding, Denver Moore, a formerly homeless individual who wrote a book about his experience.
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36259
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The nine individuals interviewed represented the Carolina Biological Supply Company, Ward and Smith PA, Family Enterprise Center, Capel Inc., Conrad Industries, TradeMark Properties Inc., and Qualified Builders Inc. Topics included growing up in the family business, other career paths explored, family business histories, challenges unique to family-owned businesses, and how they anticipated keeping their family businesses for the next generation.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 7, July 2017,
p24-28, 30
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Many businesses in Swain and Jackson County prepared for potential tourist influx and ensuring economic impact generated by that year’s solar eclipse. From it were hotels offering special lodging packages and hotels in towns such as Sylva anticipating lodging inventory sell-out.
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East Carolina University’s Pharmaceutical Service Center, also called PSC@ECU, promised a positive economic and occupational impact on the local community and state. Among the project’s goals to ensure this positive impact: educating students and workers for the highly regulated pharmaceutical development and manufacturing environments; enabling workers to be immediately productive in complex jobs requiring multi-disciplinary skills.
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Promise noted in five profiled individuals, employed by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, also held a potential to enhance the quality of life. The research endeavors by these individuals promised to tackle issues such as obesity, colon cancer, emissions, and pavement quality.
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Medical care; Farmers; Alternative energy sources; Solar power; Cancer--Research; Construction industry; Aspirin; Pollution--Research; Wind power; North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Research; Urban development; Obesity; North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
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36263
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UNC system research and startup businesses generated over 2.6 billion dollars and created over 28,000 jobs. Also yielded were medical advancements such as gene therapy, businesses like GI Therapeutics, Inc., and protective measures of the state’s ecosystems aimed to improve oyster growth.
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An online program, X-culture, connected university students globally to practice collaboration on business related projects. It put business theories and concepts to the test, improving the potential for international business relationships and the quality of teamwork.
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With an increase in elderly populations, facilities such as CCRCs, home health agencies, assisted living centers, and nursing homes are all the more a must. Illustrating the need and benefits of these services are statistics related to elderly populations, changes in socio-cultural values related to the heightened need, and profiles for facilities such as River Landing in Wallace.
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