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The Cannabis Cultivation Summit met at the Marriot in March of this year, and the most recent National Cannabis Industry Association conference has emerged as a foundational event in cannabis space.

The U.S. installed almost 2.4 gigawatts of solar photovoltaics in the second quarter of 2017, an increase of 8 percent year - on - year, according to a recent report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association.

Safety experts point to the numbers: U.S. pedestrian deaths have been on the rise, with 5,376 in 2015 and nearly 6,000 last year, the most in two decades and up 22 percent from 2014, according to data compiled by the Governors Highway Safety Association for a recent report.

In response to recent global tragedies, the Consumer Electronics Association has opted to enact new bag restrictions at this year's show.

While more people died in air accidents in 2014 than the average in recent years, the number of fatal accidents compared with the total number of flights was a record low, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

However, a recent report by the College Savings Association showed plans were successfully funded at a rate of 93 % in 2011 — up 2 points from the prior fiscal year.

A recent survey by the National Small Business Association found that most don't have a new ad or marketing campaign in the works, and one in five has absolutely no growth strategy in place for the coming year.

The IPO market has swung back and forth since the dot - com boom in the late 1990s through the bust a few years later and on up to the most recent economic downturn, during which there were six venture capital - backed IPOs in 2008 and 12 in 2009 — compared with 86 in 2007, according to the Exit Poll report by Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association.

In fact, new grads are projected to have higher salaries across all 10 degree categories ranging from business to humanities from just last year, when graduates earned an average of $ 51,022, according to a recent survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

The business associations have been generally supportive of the bill, saying it goes further than other attempts in recent years to alleviate systemic shortcomings in Canada's rail system.

Business associations have been generally very supportive of the policy changes under Bill C - 49, saying it goes much further than earlier amendments proposed in recent years.

According to a recent report from the National Association of Realtors, the median home price in the U.S. rose by 5.8 % in May 2017, compared to a year earlier.

In fact, weekly application surveys conducted by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) have shown the exact opposite — at least in recent years.

Panelists at Business Marketing Association Minnesota «s February event, «Strategies to Win: The Evolution of Channel Marketing» all agreed that the level at which their company leverages data in its marketing channels has increased significantly in recent years.

According to a recent study by the National Association of REALTORS ®, home values were up four percent last year, and continue to rise.

In recent years the four great religions of China — Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism, and Islam — founded a «Religious Friends Association» to unite in the fight against communism.

A number of high profile evangelical groups have promoted immigration reform in recent years, including the National Association of Evangelicals and the National Latino Evangelical Coalition.

Bob Jones University, Sovereign Grace Ministries, the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, and the Institute in Basic Life Principles have all come under fire in recent years for not adequately addressing sexual abuse within their communities.

A recent study from the Plant Based Foods Association and The Good Food Institute found that plant - based food sales were up 8.1 % compared to last year.

The Stewardship Report highlights the structure, programs and activities the Brewers Association's board, committees, staff and members have been engaged in during the most recent calendar year.

Sandra Mejia, a Towne Park Bell Person at the Embassy Suites Miami International Airport, embodies an exemplary associate as showcased by her recent nomination for Bell Person of the Year at the Greater Miami & The Beaches Hotel Association 18th Annual Inn Key Awards on April 19, 2012 — the only woman to receive such an honor.

The Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association reports that nearly 60 percent of charcoal grill owners and 69 percent of gas grill owners in a recent survey cook out year - round — demonstrating that outdoor cooking is no longer limited to the warmer months.

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), the industry trade body, said there has been a serious problem with fake «Scotch Whisky» being sold in Australia in recent years.

Another recent stalwart who was allowed to leave for nothing this summer is Nicolas N'Koulou, who ended a five - year association with the club to join the more upwardly mobile Olympique Lyonnais.

Hat tip to Dana Woldow for sharing with me a new Reuters article casting doubt on a recent, much - heralded study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (summarized on TLT) which had found a 43 % drop in obesity among children ages 2 to 5 over an eight year period.

A recent study from the British Chiropractic Association found that 40 percent of 11 to 16 year olds have already started feeling back and neck pain.

Cartsens, who also serves as director of facilities for the Illinois Park and Recreation Association, predicted that Cary residents soon could face shortages in recreation opportunities, particularly in children's programs, because of failed referendums over recent years.

A recent meta - analysis of 11 studies that investigated the association of bed - sharing and SIDS revealed a summary OR of 2.88 (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.99 — 4.18) with bed - sharing.158 Furthermore, bed - sharing in an adult bed not designed for infant safety exposes the infant to additional risks for accidental injury and death, such as suffocation, asphyxia, entrapment, falls, and strangulation.159, 160 Infants, particularly those in the first 3 months of life and those born prematurely and / or with low birth weight, are at highest risk, 161 possibly because immature motor skills and muscle strength make it difficult to escape potential threats.158 In recent years, the concern among public health officials about bed - sharing has increased, because there have been increased reports of SUIDs occurring in high - risk sleep environments, particularly bed - sharing and / or sleeping on a couch or armchair.162, — , 165

But she raised concerns about the most recent round of changes enacted in last year's budget, and also didn't protest when the state DAs Association (then headed by the GOP AG contender, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan) lobbied against them.

Craft beer continues to grow across the United States, as it has in New York state, but at a slightly slower rate than in recent years, according to a new report from the national Brewers Association.

June 13, 2011 (readMedia)-- At its recent annual meeting in Wallkill the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association proudly announced that Assemblyman Marc Butler (R - 117) is the recipient of its 2011 Legislator of the Year award.

The number of those officers has dropped, however, in recent years due to budget constraints, the sheriff's association said.

The NAMM Foundation, a supporting organization of the National Association of Music Merchants, recognized the district's music department for music education for the fifth time in recent years and the second consecutive year.

That claim startled reform advocates, who quickly noted she was a board member of the state District Attorneys Association when it lobbied against the most recent reforms enacted last year.

WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample talks with Rick Huber, CEO of the Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County, about the rise in drug use and addiction in Chautauqua County during in recent years.

However, there was no significant evidence of an association between early postnatal life (during the first year of life), recent and current exposures to outdoor air pollutants with lung function at preschool age.

While politicians are still working on the final wording of the amendment, «[t] he agreement spells out that the federal government will also continue its funding of several key programs that have boosted research budgets in recent years, such as the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation — which funds nonuniversity research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite university.»»

Despite an apparent decline in opportunities for information technology professionals in recent years, the job market for computer science Ph.D. s remains strong, with an unemployment rate below 1 %, according to the latest Taulbee Survey from the Computing Research Association (CRA), which was released in May.

The agreement spells out that the federal government will also continue its funding of several key programs that have boosted research budgets in recent years, such as the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation — which funds nonuniversity research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite university.»

Nationwide, according to the National Fire Prevention Association, the number of intentional structure fires declined by about 51 percent between 1990 and 2007, the most recent year for which statistics are available — from 111,900 incidents to 54,700.

Recent studies of an association of stars called TW Hya have revealed some of the first known isolated giant planet - sized objects in the neighborhood of our own Sun, about 100 light years away.

In recent years, associations have been proposed between vitamin D deficiency and both inflammation and cardiometabolic diseases.

Although the blood culture methods have resulted in higher rates of recovery of B. burgdorferi in recent years, the association of RFLP type and blood culture positivity was independent of this effect.

It has been observed for nearly 80 years that Bps can change colony morphology, and recent studies have shown an association between morphotypes and specificity for body compartments, ability to adhere and penetrate epithelial cells or macrophages, and expression of virulence factors.

In the case of imprinted genes, the context of crucial importance is the parental ancestry of those variants, and during the recent years there has been increasing emphasis on our need to understand how imprinting modifies genetic associations to disease.

Genome - wide association studies (GWAS) have yielded increasing numbers of disease - associated candidates in recent years.

A recent 40 year long study in Finland strongly suggests this association (see following link for details: An Emotionally Healthy Family Social Environment May Reduce Schizophrenia Risk by 86 % in High Risk Groups.)

The 48 - letter polymorphism has been the focus of virtually all ADHD association studies in recent years, and those results are the reason DRD4 is generally considered to be a susceptibility gene for ADHD.

In recent years, barefoot associations have popped up and members are steadily growing as the interest in running barefoot catches on.

A more recent study in 2010 published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that switching from whole milk to reduced - fat milk at age 2 years did not appear to prevent overweight in early childhood.