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Thanks, but no thanks! Insider tips for your holiday returns Ivanhoe Newswire Updated:  Tags:  Americans spend hundreds of billions of dollars on holiday gifts each year, but more than 11% of those presents will go back! And get this, eight out of 10 consumers say they lie and pretend they like a gift even when they hate it. But you don’t have to be stuck with the ugly sweater from grandma. Here’s some advice on how to get the most out of your holiday returns. “We do have gift receipts. I recommend it,” said Alan Chambers, director of operations at John Craig.

Sinn Fein has been accused of displaying "brass neck hypocrisy" by unionists after Michelle O'Neill claimed she had "never deviated" from public health advice. The Deputy First Minister came under fire after she accused the DUP of working against the Executive and its public health team in handling the pandemic, sparking anger from unionist MLAs. Arlene Foster hit back at Mrs O'Neill's remarks, firmly laying part of the blame for the new six-week lockdown at Sinn Fein's door as the Bobby Storey funeral row was reignited. Read More It comes as chief scientific adviser Professor Ian You...

Sinn Féin has been accused in the North of displaying “brass neck hypocrisy” by unionists after Michelle O’Neill claimed she had “never deviated” from public health advice. The Deputy First Minister came under fire after she accused the DUP of working against the Executive and public health team in handling the pandemic – eliciting uproar from unionist MLAs. First Minister Arlene Foster hit back at Ms O’Neill’s remarks by firmly laying part of the blame for Northern Ireland’s six-week lockdown at Sinn Fein’s feet after the Bobby Storey funeral row was reignited yet again....

Researchers have generated a “chromosome-scale” sequencing of vanilla DNA. The researchers believe their work is an essential tool that will be used to make growing vanilla a successful South Florida crop for commercial and home growers. Researchers sequenced four vanilla species from a 300-plus collection established at the Homestead research facility. As a result, genetic information was revealed which lays the groundwork for desired genetic traits. “This research unlocks all the potential for improving vanilla.” “The vanilla genome reported in this study will enable accelerated b...

The Not-So-Plain Story of Vanilla and Elo’s Efforts to Revitalize the Industry Most of us never consider where we get vanilla, that ubiquitous flavor found in everything from ice cream to over-the-counter medicines. Elo Life Systems does. The Durham food and agriculture company is applying the power of genomics to improve the plant that supplies the most widely used extract in the consumer products industry. And it’s none too soon for the long list of multinational companies that use vanilla – close to 18,000 products contain natural or artificial vanilla flavoring. Or for farmers in so...