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The Central Contractor Registration (CCR) was the primary supplier database for the U.S. Federal government until July 30, 2012. In October 1993, President Bill Clinton issued a memorandum that required the Government to reform its acquisition processes. Subsequently, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 was passed, requiring the ...
Founded in Orem, Utah, United States by Mørck in 1980, Arbonne is named after the Swiss village of Arbon.Mørck had worked in the Norwegian skincare industry since 1965. In 1975, feeling the ingredients used were harmful to the skin, he moved to Arbon and started working on his skincare line with Pierre Bottiglieri, an employee of Laboratoires Cosmetiques Arva
The tree was selected by a panel of experts to be represented on the 10-strong shortlist put to the public vote. [10] The tree won the English round of the competition, garnering 2,351 votes - the most of any tree in the four national competitions – and received a £1000 tree care grant from the People's Postcode Lottery . [ 1 ]
Variety Wholesalers, Inc., is a privately held company based in Henderson, North Carolina, which owns more than 380 retail stores in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic United States under the banners Roses and Maxway.
Love's Travel Stops, doing business as Love's (or stylized as Loves), is an American family-owned and -operated chain of more than 650 truck stops in 42 states in the United States. The company is privately owned and headquartered in Oklahoma City. Love's ranked No. 10 on the 2022 Forbes list of America's largest private companies. [1]
Sign warning visitors not to carve into bark in Waterloo State Recreation Area, Michigan Carving in the bark may damage the tree, by allowing diseases or pests to enter the tree. [ 3 ] Bark acts as a protective layer similar to the way skin does in humans, keeping pests and harmful bacteria out of the organism.
Dendrophilia (or less often arborphilia or dendrophily) literally means "love of trees". The term may sometimes refer to a paraphilia in which people are attracted to or sexually aroused by trees. This may involve sexual contact or veneration as phallic symbols or both. [1] Andrew Marvell made poetry using dendrophilic themes. [2] [3]
Also in March 2015, Moneytree left a percent sign off of an advertisement for their check cashing services in what the CFBP called "misleading," though Moneytree insisted it was an isolated incident and purely accidental. [39] For these incidents, the CFBP fined Moneytree $505,000: $255,000 in consumer refunds, and a civil penalty of $250,000. [40]