Carbo Ceramics ( CRR - news - people )(CRR, 73) , a Houston firm that makes various forms of "proppant, " particles (sand or a synthetic substitute) injected along with the fracking fluid to keep the fissures propped open after the pressure is withdrawn.
He has commenced a plan to give away his shareholdings to various charitable foundations (a noble endeavor) which will also avoid triggering many billions of dollars in tax payments.
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By combining the Gleason score (determined by a pathologist examining cancer cells under a microscope), the clinical stage (determined by a careful prostate exam and various scans) and the PSA level, we can stratify patients into "low, " "intermediate" and "high" risk categories.
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The Middle Eastern city is also hosting several events to check out in 2013, including the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon (March 2), Gourmet Abu Dhabi (a culinary festival taking place at various venues Feb. 5-20) and the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (last year it took place in October).
Whether you get a marriage bonus (your combined tax bill goes down) or suffer a marriage penalty (you pay more as a couple) depends on various factors.
We're assured the launch will go ahead without a hitch (various difficulties prevented a previous attempt from reaching market).
But I implement customer relationship management applications from various vendors (including Microsoft) for a living.
What is important to understand is that if you look at a chart of the various grades next to each other (Try a Google search for it), you will see a discernable difference in the grades.
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It deserves more frequent notice (starting with a seat at various world bodies).
He searched for years and eventually lighted on a mixture of oleic acid (a fatty acid found in various vegetable oils) and nitrogen-containing compounds called amines.
To further complicate matters, there is new information at different developmental stages of our kids' lives, and through various life events (a new sibling, moving, an illness), as well as appropriate approaches for each child's personality and learning style.
You can dodge, parry, block with your shield (a limited number of times) and do various combo attacks.
Some months you may see various trends (while working with a variety of companies needing payment solutions), or just interesting emerging products or companies.
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Like normal males, the mutant mice urinated in various spots around their cage (unlike females, who create a single latrine).
Since 2000, Amazon had been offering various kinds of e-books (to be read on a computer screen), without success.
The point being contested (in a debate that has gone on in various forms for centuries) is whether accuracy of meaning is more important or less important than the exactness of a word.
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The requests are sent (and shut down) among various data centers on the way to a final result.
In 1972, he undertook with various actors (including the then 28-year-old Helen Mirren) a research tour of Algeria, Niger, Nigeria and Mali.
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The new IEEE 802.3 revision approved by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) incorporates various technical updates and enhancements and consolidates a host of amendments to the base standard that were approved since IEEE 802.3's last full revision, in 2008.
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Various rules have been proposed, including a price-level rule (zero inflation), an inflation target rule (2 percent inflation), a nominal GDP target, and a Taylor rule designed to control the growth of nominal income by controlling the monetary base.
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None of these is a panacea and a particular solution may best suit Corporation (Y) for various reasons.
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There is broad support for various restrictions on abortion, especially making teenagers notify (or get consent from) a parent.
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These included personal net worth, cash flow and stock option statements, back federal tax returns, W-2s, a company benefits package, various insurance binders, brokerage and 401(k) statements, pension calculations and wills.
Automatic mode takes care of everything for you, while scenes mode provides a choice between various presets (like portrait, landscape, night and macro) -- both modes capture 8-megapixel photos with a 16:9 aspect ratio.
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The team of 15 girls from various departments under the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) collected, during a 15-minute exercise, 53 aluminium cans, 45 plastic bottles, nearly 30 plastic fragments including bags, packaging, bottle tops, five large aluminium food trays and about 25kg of fishing nets and nylon ropes.
It's been a long time since we've taken a look at any of Philips Streamium wireless products, and in that time, companies like Roku, Sonos and Slim Devices (not to mention Microsoft and its various hardware partners) have taken a big chunk of the home streaming market.
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Different control valves and rams can close in the well to various degrees (i.e. think of the difference between a sphincter and a guillotine).
The services on offer check your DNA (from a sample of saliva) to determine your risks of contracting various diseases and conditions later in life.
To solve that problem, he divided up the resources from the various functions (sales, marketing, finance, product management, HR) and created a series of business units.
To illustrate my point, I encourage you to look at the 2006 reimbursement rate data for dactinomycin (brand name: Cosmegen), a sterile injectable used to treat various forms of cancer.
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