State & Community
Jana Mashonee Performs at Inaugural Ball
06.01.2009 02:24
prweb.com
Grammy Nominated Jana Mashonee, seven time winner of the Native American Music Awards, singer-songwriter, and actress to perform at the 11th American Indian Inaugural Ball "A Celebration of Many Nations - One People." (PRWeb Jan 6, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1828444.htm
World
Elections
Spending on prescription drugs slows
06.01.2009 02:20
usatoday.com
Spending on prescription drugs in 2007 showed the smallest increase in more than four decades, driven by rising use of low-cost ...
USA
Social Life
Cold climate cripples North India
06.01.2009 02:18
b4uindia.com
Strong cold wind rose in the North India after snowfall in the upper reaches of the country. The biting cold coupled with dense fog shrouding over Amritsar crippled normal life. School children found going to school tough. "The weather is as cold as in Kashmir. We are facing difficulties in commuting to the schools. Because of the fog, we can hardly see anything outside," said Abhay Sharma, a student. The minimum temperature fell to zero degrees Celsius in Amritsar on Tuesday. "It is very difficult to wake up early in the morning to come to my shop,It seems that the weather in Amritsar is similar to that of Kashmir right now," said Krishan Gopal, a shopkeeper. Thick fog shrouded over the entire city, sending people in huddles around bonfires lit at street corners to keep warm. Residents in Shimla are waiting for the fresh snow. "The weather here is turning worse for last two days. The higher reaches of the mountains in tourist destinations like Narkanda, Kufri and Manali areas have received fresh snowfall, unlike this part of Shimla. When Shimla receives snowfall. More tourists come in and the farmers get a good apple crop," said Lekhraj, a resident. The Meteorological Department predicted that the chilling conditions were likely to persist. Thick shroud of fog has disrupted the air and rail traffic across the country. (ANI)
India
Social Life
Economics & Finance
Auslogics Disk Defrag with Command Line
06.01.2009 02:24
prurgent.com
Auslogics Software Pty Ltd has release a new version of its award-winning Disk Defrag. The new version features Command Line support.
World
Press Releases
Formaldehyde Threat in Trailers, R.V.s and Mobile Homes Minimized by New Portable Air Filter
06.01.2009 02:22
prweb.com
With detectable levels of outgassed formaldehyde well above levels recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in such mass-produced environments as mobile homes, R.V.s and trailers, one Indianapolis-based company is looking to provide viable portable air filtration solutions to combat the rising concern of formaldehyde gas in an airborne environment. (PRWeb Jan 6, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Pure_Air_Systems/portable_air_filtration/prweb1811504.htm
World
Chemical Industry
Water-cooler gossip can prove helpful in testing business ideas
06.01.2009 02:18
b4uindia.com
A new study has revealed that water-cooler gossip can prove very helpful in testing business ideas. The researchers behind the study are of the opinion that the informal channels that such chat provides could prove the perfect environment to sound out ideas. They even reveal how once a Sydney-based recruitment agency''s managing director, who could not afford to award all staff a pay rise but was worried that only doing so for some could adversely affect morale, opted to start a rumour by telling a trusted lieutenant that he was planning to award some people pay rises in return for their taking on more responsibility. They say that the rumour spread rapidly, and the employees proved so supportive that the notion was adopted as policy. Grant Michelson, the research director at Audencia Nantes Business School in France who has written a book about gossip in the workplace, suggested that employers better used water-cooler gossip to their advantage, rather than fruitlessly seeking to stamp it out. He, however, insisted that it was important to choose the right person to spread any message. "They have to be a subordinate who you have built up some trust (with), either through social or professional activities. But they can''t be so far below you in the pecking order that such easy exchanges would be unlikely," the Telegraph quoted him as saying. "It doesn''t mean you should take action on every bit of information you hear but if it''s from a reliable source, it is probably worth listening to," he added. However, Mike Emmott, adviser on employee relations at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, warned that rumours about job losses and change could be damaging in such uncertain times. He recommended that employers should seek to ensure that such rumours were managed well. "Managers must be honest and credible. You''ve got to be honest even if you don''t know what''s going on. You''ve got to be available," he said. (ANI)
India
Economics & Finance
Incidents
Dead officer given bravery award
05.01.2009 18:02
bbc.co.uk
A police officer who was shot dead when he was called to a domestic incident is given a posthumous bravery award.
World
Incidents
Action in Center of Kyiv. PHOTO
12.09.2008 08:11
mignews.com.ua
Yesterday in the evening a skirmish happened in the center of Kyiv on Shevchenko boulevard, 58 opposite shoe shop.
Ukraine
Crime
Hurricane Gustav Category 5 Storm
30.08.2008 14:22
nationalterroralert.com
Hurricane Gustav is rapidly growing into a monster Category 5 storm. ‘FEMA’ Federal Emergency Management Agency chief David Paulison told reporters several times at a briefing Saturday that the storm was strengthening into a Category 5 hurricane. FEMA officials said Bill Read, the director of the National Hurricane Center, interrupted an afternoon teleconference involving the agency, Gulf [...]
World
Terrorism
Technologies
MSI to intro all-in-one Wind NetOn at CES 2009
06.01.2009 02:14
krunker.com
MSI is rolling out their new all-in-one nettop system at CES 2009 – the “Wind NetOn”. Four models will be available – the 22 inch AE2203 and three 19 inch models consisting of the AP1900, AE1901 and AP1902. The AE1901 will feature the dual core Atom processor while the AE2203 will come with advanced [...]Technorati Tags: MSI Wind NetOn, nettop, all-in-one PC
World
Technologies
Sony Ericsson C905 gets reviewed -- all 8.1 megapixels of it
06.01.2009 02:12
engadgetmobile.com
Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS When you're reviewing a phone dominated by an unusually weighty image sensor that dominates the spec sheet, you can bet that cam is going to get an extra-thorough rundown. MobileBurn put Sony Ericsson's beastly C905 slider through its paces, and as you might expect, it produced some pretty awesome pictures -- as cellphones go, at least -- with a full-featured camera interface that seems to throw some validity behind the handset's Cyber-shot branding. There was some weirdness with vivid colors that seemed to be a fault of the review unit, and the geotagging functionality didn't really work, but if you just want to produce decent images that you can blow up and plaster to a dorm wall, this sucker should do the trick. A xenon flash, HSDPA, and serviceable signal and sound quality all conspire to make it a workable choice dubbed "Highly Recomended" by the site. Alright, yeah, count us in.Sony Ericsson C905 gets reviewed -- all 8.1 megapixels of it originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
World
Mobile Phones
Tech show bucks global downturn
06.01.2009 02:02
bbc.co.uk
More than 130,000 people are expected to travel to Las Vegas for the giant Consumer Electronics Show.
World
Technologies
Science & Education
THRASS Synthetic Phonics Programme Set to Make Even Bigger Impact in 2009
06.01.2009 02:23
prweb.com
Although we're only a few days into the New Year, the highly successful THRASS synthetic phonics programme is already set to make an even bigger impact on the world of education in 2009, starting with the high-profile launch of the new groundbreaking THRASS Phoneme Machine software with Cued Speech option on 15 January. (PRWeb Jan 6, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1820014.htm
World
Universities
Tech thriller 'Daemon' rises from the underground
05.01.2009 22:27
usatoday.com
You may never have heard of Daemon author Leinad Zeraus, but get ready to hear a lot about Daemon author Daniel Suarez.
USA
Books & CD
Scientist at Work | Rob Holman: So Much to Learn About the Oceans From Sand
05.01.2009 20:04
nytimes.com
Rob Holman’s collection of sand from nearly 1,000 sites around the world is a valuable teaching tool for how the oceans operate.
World
Sciences
Hard & Soft
Motio's IBM Cognos BI Products and Services Continues to Set the Bar Higher
06.01.2009 02:22
prweb.com
Motio, Inc., the recognized leader in providing advanced software for IBM Cognos BI deployments, continues their strong growth by providing Enterprise-grade applications that help monitor, secure, and customize IBM Cognos BI environments. Recent clients include the University of Colorado, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and Princeton Financial Systems. (PRWeb Jan 6, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1808134.htm
World
Utilities
3D Models - TNT Explosive Device
06.01.2009 02:16
the3dstudio.com
Name: TNT Explosive DeviceType: 3D ModelsAuthor: WhongPrice: $30.00File types: tex 3ds c4dDescription: A highly detailed model of a TNT explosive device.See complete details
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Computer Design & Modelling
'Australia's Contribution to Linux and Open Source' Quiz
06.01.2009 02:10
linuxtoday.com
<b>Computerworld:</b> "How much do you know about Australia's open source contributors? Take our 15 question quiz to find out."
World
Open Source Software
Health & Beauty
Heart failure drug in use for centuries may help treat cancer too
06.01.2009 02:17
b4uindia.com
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine say that digitalis-based drugs like digoxin, which have been used to treat patients with irregular heart rhythms and heart failure for centuries, may prove helpful in treating cancer too. The researchers came to this conclusion while researching into existing drugs that might slow or stop cancer progression. "This is really exciting, to find that a drug already deemed safe by the FDA also can inhibit a protein crucial for cancer cell survival," says Dr. Gregg L. Semenza, director of the vascular program at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering and a member of the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine. Semenza and his team have long studied the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF-1) protein, which controls genes that help cells survive under low-oxygen conditions. HIF-1 turns on genes that grow new blood vessels to help oxygen-starved cells survive. Regions of low oxygen are common within the environment of fast-growing solid tumors. "Oxygen-deprived cancer cells increase their HIF-1 levels to survive in these unfavourable conditions. So turning down or blocking HIF-1 may be key to slowing or stopping these cells from growing," says Semenza. For their study, the researchers relied upon the Johns Hopkins Drug Library, a collection of over 3,000 drugs that are either FDA approved or currently being tested in phase II clinical trials, assembled by Hopkins pharmacology professor Jun O. Liu. They tested every drug in the library, and identified top 20 candidates that were able to to reduce HIF-1 in cancer cells by more than 88 percent. The researchers said that more than half of the 20 drugs belonged to a class of drugs already commonly used for treating heart failure, and included digoxin. During the study, the researchers treated prostate cancer cells grown at normal and low-oxygen levels with digoxin for three days, and counted the number of cells each day. They found that cells treated with digoxin significantly slowed their growth, with fewer total cells after three days and increased numbers of cells that had stopped growing when compared to untreated cells. "Many drugs may appear promising when used to treat cancer cells in a dish in the lab, but may have little or no effect on tumors in living animals," says Dr. Huafeng Zhang, a research associate in the Department of Oncology and the Institute for Cell Engineering at Hopkins. The researchers also administered daily injections of digoxin to mice with tumours for determining whether the drug had the same effect on cancer cells in the physiological context of a whole animal. They observed that tumours were large enough to be felt within nine days in untreated mice, tumours could first be felt only after as long as 15 to 28 days in treated mice. Upon examining tumours from the mice that had been treated, the researchers observed that their HIF-1 levels were lower than tumours from untreated mice. They then went on to show that it is digoxin specifically reducing HIF-1 that leads to the anti-tumour results they saw. Zhang, however, cautions that a great deal of work remains to be done to understand in detail how drugs like digoxin inhibit HIF-1 and slow or stop tumour growth. Given that this class of drugs acts by both strengthening and slowing down the rhythm of the heart, she says that patients can safely tolerate them in only a limited dosage range—a range that is lower than the concentrations of digoxin used in this study. "We''re trying to kill a tumour. We don''t want to stop a heart," she says. The study has been reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (ANI)
India
Health & Beauty
Hospital mobile bans can be eased
06.01.2009 00:08
bbc.co.uk
Hospitals in England should consider allowing more liberal use of mobile phones, the Department of Health is expected to announce.
World
Health & Beauty
Dining out without busting the bank or buttons
05.01.2009 18:18
usatoday.com
Dining out on a dime while trying to lose weight can be done if you've got a smorgasbord of tricks, according to several readers ...
USA
Health & Beauty
Culture & Arts
Irreverent New Musical Revue Roasts San Francisco to Perfection
06.01.2009 02:20
prweb.com
Bisceglie's SF Follies takes a wicked wink at San Francisco's past, present and future. The show pokes fun at the City's popular landmarks, attractions, personalities, neighborhoods and events. With hippies, flappers, rabid sea lions, earthquakes, and a nearly naked gold miner, Bisceglie's SF Follies is as unique and zany as the city itself. Discover 300 years of SF's history, secrets, scandals and urban folklore as they are revealed in this 90 minute hilarious, jaw-dropping musical revue overflowing with singing, dancing and outrageous comedy. (PRWeb Jan 6, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1812474.htm
World
Dances
TORA TORA - Upcoming Memphis Show All Ages, Tickets Available Starting This Friday
06.01.2009 02:13
bravewords.com
Memphis, Tennesse-based hard rockers TORA TORA have issued the following update: "Hey guys! Just wanted to remind everyone that tickets for the Tora Tora show at the...
World
Rock Music
Hugo nominations open!
06.01.2009 02:12
boingboing.net
The 2008 Hugo award nominations have opened -- if you were a member of the 2008 WorldCon in Denver, or have bought a membership to the 2009 WorldCon in Montreal, you're eligible to nominate. I'll be sending in my nominations this week, and just in case you were wondering, here's the stuff I wrote that's eligible for this year's ballot: * Best novel: Little Brother, Tor, 2008 * Best related book: Content, Tachyon, 2008 * Best novella: True Names (with Benjamin Rosenbaum), published in Fast Forward, Pyr Books, 2008, edited by Lou Anders * Best novelette: The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away, Tor.com, July 2008 No matter what you plan on nominate, I urge you to send in your form! Hugo participation seems to dwindle every year. The present form's just a PDF, but they're promising a web-based one shortly (I'll post again when it's live). Hugos...
World
Culture & Arts
Recreation & Entertainment
Chris Brown and Rihanna were enjoying Christams together
06.01.2009 02:13
whyfame.com
Rihanna was spending these winter Holidays with so rumoured boyfriend Chris Brown nowhere else but with his family in Goochland , Virginia . It is her first time that she isn’t celebrating a warm Christmas in the tropical island Barbados.Even so, she tries not to stay too far apart from the one close to her heart so she brought some of her...[ More on WhyFame.com ]
World
Recreation & Entertainment
StarCraft 2 Screenshot Update: Fire and Rain
06.01.2009 00:20
shacknews.com
Blizzard quietly added a few new StarCraft II (PC) screenshots to its massive gallery, and in turn we have absorbed them into our own for your consumption. The shots show off the various environmental effects featured in the upcoming RTS sequel. Yes, it still looks great. No, we still don't have a release date.
World
Computer Games
Full Tilt Poker Pro John Phan Finishes 2008 as Player of the Year
05.01.2009 22:28
prweb.com
Phan caps his amazing year by winning both the Card Player and BLUFF Magazine Player of the Year Awards (PRWeb Jan 5, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Full_Tilt_Poker/John_Phan/prweb1827634.htm
World
Hobbies
Automotives
Harley-Davidson's Brand Strength Backs the Bottom Line- Sportster Motorcycles Guaranteed on Trade-In Value
06.01.2009 00:34
prweb.com
Harley-Davidson recently announced it will guarantee the value of its legendary Sportster motorcycles by backing their trade-in value. (PRWeb Jan 6, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/harley-davidson/ride-free/prweb1827724.htm
World
Motorcycles
Treasury to give GM second loan of $5.4 billion Jan. 16
06.01.2009 00:28
freep.com
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury said Monday it will grant General Motors Corp. a second loan totaling $5.4 billion on Jan. 16 as part of the $13.4-billion rescue of the ailing automaker. The second loan, following the $4-billion loan issued last week, was disclosed in an update on the Treasury's spending of money from the $700-billion financial industry bailout.
USA
Autonews
Wooden Splinter Supercar - New Photos Updated
05.01.2009 16:12
worldcarfans.com
Graduate students still at work on project to build supercar made out of wood. But the Splinter car will have some metal in it, by way of a V8 engine from Cadillac and a drive-train from a Chevy Corvette.
World
Cars
Sports
Lions can talk to four assistants this week; Jim Harbaugh a candidate?
06.01.2009 00:31
freep.com
The Lions' search for a new coach continues, while quarterbacks coach Scot Loeffler appears headed for Florida and former coach Rod Marinelli reportedly visits Seattle. Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier, Falcons offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey, Dolphins secondary coach Todd Bowles and Ravens defensive coordinator Rex Ryan can be interviewed this week.
USA
Sports
NHL under the tree? Christmas Day games being considered
05.01.2009 22:26
usatoday.com
NHL Players Association executive director Paul Kelly said players are ready to discuss the possibility of allowing the league ...
USA
Hockey
For Oklahoma City Thunder, Wins Don’t Come, but Fans Do
05.01.2009 22:07
nytimes.com
The on-court play of the Thunder has been atrocious. To residents of Oklahoma City, though, the Thunder is their shot at the big time.
World
Basketball
Tourism
New Orleans optimistic about 2009 tourism
06.01.2009 02:20
usatoday.com
Officials early in the year will be watching whether the national recession affects tourism numbers.
USA
Tourism
Hotels link up to promote tourism
06.01.2009 00:08
bbc.co.uk
Four hotels which joined forces to attract tourists to north Wales are congratulated on the initiative.
World
Tourism
Europe Travel Carnival 5 January 2009
05.01.2009 04:19
europealacarte.co.uk
Welcome to the January 2009 edition of the Europe Travel Carnival kicking off the New Year with a great selection of posts selected to inform, inspire and entertain readers who love travel in Europe. Accommodation In the World’s First Zero Star Hotel posted at So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager…. we read about this budget [...]
Europe
Tourism
Blogs
FREE PRESS CARTOONIST MIKE THOMPSON: Auto sales slump
06.01.2009 00:32
freep.com
Move over GM, Ford and Chrysler, here comes Toyota.
USA
Blogs
Three Wise Men's Parade
05.01.2009 10:13
spainforvisitors.com
Most Spaniards continue to resist the invasion of Father Christmas or Santa Claus, preferring to have their Christmas gifts brought by the Reyes Magos, the Three Wise Men: Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar. Their processions are held on the eve (January 5th) of Epiphany (January 6th) in towns and cities throughout the country (oddly, they are a rare opportunity for political rivals to cooperate - the Magi are generally "played" by local politicians, one from each of the leading parties). The parades are led by floats representing more earthly concerns like telephony operators or department stores, then come the Reyes Magos (complete with camels), flinging sweets to the crowds of small children which line the route. The gifts the Magi bring later that night will be opened the next day, the last (twelfth) day of Christmas, this being Father Christmas's only real strong point in Spain - the children have little time to enjoy their presents before school resumes the following day, so in many households these are divided into two lots, one brought by Santa Claus, the other by the Three Wise Men.
Spain
Recreation, Tourism
Authentic music of Ukraine. (8 CDs, box set). (199.94UAH, $49.49USD)
25.12.2008 16:15
umka.com.ua
You see in front of you an extraordinarily interesting premium release – it successfully combines: the intense and diversified contents, which can confidently compete with contents of other collections of this direction; simple but beautiful design of each disc; democratic price. Actually, it is not only pleasant to own such a collection – it is a pleasure to present it – and this also matters.
Ukraine
Music, MP3
Advertisements
Our love affair with the train
03.01.2009 14:04
bbc.co.uk
Commuting by train brings us together in a very down to earth way - something flying and all its associated queues and security cannot do, says Lisa Jardine.
World
Advertisements
The Come-Hither Lobby
03.01.2009 00:08
nytimes.com
In a difficult market, developers are turning to ambitious art and design plans to entice buyers and, hopefully, make a sale.
World
Real Estate
EUR 100K discount on luxury Costa flats
17.11.2008 04:14
propertyinspain.net
Spain's latest all-luxury resort has spacious key ready apartments discounted by EUR 100K as the developer makes a timely "Dash for Cash". PropertyInSpain.Net has the best choice and prices.
Spain
Real Estate
Weather Forecast
Severe weather warning released
06.01.2009 02:02
bbc.co.uk
The Met Office issues a severe weather warnings for widespread icy roads in East Sussex, Kent and Medway.
World
Weather Forecast
Time, nature threaten La. island and Native American tribe
05.01.2009 14:18
usatoday.com
Isle de Jean Charles is disappearing, mauled by rising sea-level, coastal erosion and an estimated 10,000 miles of canals dug ...
USA
Weather Forecast
AccuWeather.com 2008-2009 Winter Forecast
05.12.2008 08:14
accuweather.com
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. ...
World
Weather Forecast
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