Former presidential candidate Gary Bauer on Wednesday, Barack Obama’s 100th day in office, noted a series of mistakes, misstatements and missteps for an administration which has received little comprehensive media coverage. Bauer, chairman of the Campaign for Working Families, said that he released this list to provide a more balanced picture of the first 100 [...]
In the wake of media reports on the outbreak of swine flu, HTH Worldwide, a global health and safety services company, is offering advice to travelers who may already be in Mexico and are concerned about what steps to take. Over one million American businesspeople, expatriates, students studying abroad and vacationers are already in Mexico. [...]
2009 List Includes Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles; The Manhattan Project’s Enola Gay Hangar at Wendover Airfield in Utah; Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois; and Mount Taylor, New Mexico The National Trust for Historic Preservation today unveiled the 2009 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places(R), an annual list that highlights [...]
The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is cautioning businesses and nonprofit organizations to examine their ability to operate in the event of a flu pandemic. With the federal government declaring Swine Flu a public-health emergency, IBHS says it would be wise to prepare now for the possibility of closures or other impacts a [...]
In response to confirmed cases of swine flu in Mexico, Canada, and the United States, European Union health officials are advising against travel to North America. At airports in Japan and several other Asian countries, thermal scanners are being used to identify fever among passengers from North America. But in the U.S. the disease is [...]
The American Public Health Association (APHA) urges the public to use the current swine flu outbreak as an opportunity to ensure that they and their families are prepared for potential pandemics, disasters or any other health emergencies that may arise. “Although it is far too early to know the degree to which the current swine [...]
Nero Move it Now Includes NVIDIA GeForce GPU-Accelerated Video Encoding for Faster Performance, Faster File Transfers, and Decreased CPU Usage NVIDIA announced that NERO has released an update to its Nero Move it software that reduces video encoding time by up to five times by utilizing NVIDIA’s CUDA computing architecture built inside select NVIDIA Graphics [...]
Combination of R7227, protease inhibitor, and R7128, nucleoside polymerase inhibitor, shows significant potency in reducing viral load in patients with hepatitis C Roche, InterMune, Inc. and Pharmasset announced the first results from their innovative, interferon-free regimen of direct acting antiviral (DAA) combination therapy for the treatment of patients chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus [...]
Apple(R) announced that customers have downloaded one billion applications from its revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. The one billionth app, Bump created by Bump Technologies, was downloaded by Connor Mulcahey, age 13, of Weston, CT. As the grand prize winner of Apple’s one billion app countdown contest, Connor will receive [...]
Eco-conscious citizens around the country embrace “Drinking Clean & Going Green” with Clear2Go(TM) Clear2Go(TM), a new water bottle brand with its own replaceable filter, recently challenged Americans to take a pledge to reduce their use of disposable plastic water bottles. As a result, America has enthusiastically risen to the occasion. After just three weeks, eco-enthusiasts [...]