Behind the Scenes with the MARCH of TIME (Apr, 1936)

view additional pages Behind the Scenes with the MARCH of TIME by JAMES DYSON A FLOURISH of trumpets and the announcement “March of Time”, coming through the loudspeaker at your local movie theater, represents the introduction of a new kind of motion picture journalism—dramatized news pictorially presented to impress you with the importance [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 08:05:24

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Steve Parker: THE MOST FUN IN ANY CAR FOR $12.99 ... AND AN iPHONE

Let's take a quick break from the election, the end of the world as we know it and etc., and have a little fun. Car-lovers of all kinds - rejoice! ... , and iPod Touch into a miniature and easy-to-use version of the sophisticated and expensive testing equipment used by enthusiast magazines, testing laboratories and the car-makers themselves. Sure [more...]

Date: 2008-09-21 06:22:04

Portrait of an Animal Researcher By David Irving

Dandelion Salad Sent to me by Jason Miller from Thomas Paine’s Corner. Thanks, Jason ... infant mortality by over 35%, so why does ineffective nicotine testing on animals continue? We know that chemical and agricultural product testing on animals is irrelevant to any health applications [more...]

Date: 2008-09-14 00:02:11

Peanut Corporation Expresses "Deep Concern" Over Salmonella Outbreak

January 11, 2009Peanut Corporation of America, the manufacturer of the King Nut peanut butter that has been linked through epidemiological evidence ... to continue working with U.S. government and independent laboratories on a thorough ... with U.S government agencies and independent laboratories in this investigation. To date, the only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 13:51:00

New Foods FROM THE Test Tube (Jul, 1934)

view additional pages New Foods FROM THE Test Tube By Edwin Teale HOLDING a tiny mound of white crystals in the palm of his hand, a New York scientist recently came to the end of a twenty-year trail of investigation. He is Robert R. Williams, head of the chemical research department of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 05:42:47

Induced pluripotent stem cells steal the limelight from embryonic stem cells

Recent stem cell headlines are all about how adult cells can be reprogrammed into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) ... of the adult cell so that it was able to give rise to Dolly.  Last year, the laboratories Jamie Thomson ... produces and sells to pharma companies for drug and toxicity testing.  But CDI also has a robust research [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 15:06:12

Protecting Indoor Air Quality Required as Homes Go Green

ATLANTA, January 14, 2009 - Just like an old neighborhood as it gentrifies, ... , they may inadvertently contribute to poor indoor air quality (IAQ). “As with commercial buildings ... indoor air for those inside, while protecting the natural resources of our planet outside. Architects [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:40:53

Animal testing: Have a care for lab animals

Straits Times Forum 9 Jan 09;I REFER to last Saturday's science feature on animal experimentation, 'Lab-testing of animals on the rise here', which reported the ominous news that lab-testing of animals is on the rise in Singapore.Although much of the article contained reassurances from various sources that Singapore research laboratories [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 00:22:00

Fundraiser seeks immunity in Blagojevich probe

From today's print edition: TRIBUNE EXCLUSIVE: Fundraiser seeks immunity in Blagojevich probe Blagojevich allegedly pressured 'Individual D' for cash to pick Jackson By David Kidwell and John Chase Tribune reporters A key figure in Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged scheme to sell a U.S [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 15:04:14

Stem Cell Action Newsletter

Stem Cell Action News Powered by Genetics Policy Institute Forward this newsletter to a Colleague by visiting this link January 16, 2009 Welcome to issue number 4 of Stem Cell Action News, dedicated to informing the stem cell community on the latest and most important developments impacting the Pro-Cures [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:18:00

DrumBeat: October 2, 2008

John Michael Greer: Cassandra's View In this setting, the presentations and talk at the conference took on a surreal quality, as though the global civilization we were discussing – the one running out of cheap and easily available fossil fuels – was on some other planet [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 14:01:45

Accuracy of DNA Tests for Paternity

by PTC Labs THIS TEST HAS TO BE WRONG!!! My childs paternity test has to be wrong. How is this possible? ... . There is not even a guarantee that you received a DNA test. Paternity testing is not regulated. A company could use ... , then they will be happy to give you a result. They also perform testing for paternity cases with the mother [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:24:52

10+ answers to your questions about IPv6

Michael Kassner recently asked TechRepublic members to share their questions about IPv6, promising to submit them to the experts at ARIN and Command Information. Both groups graciously responded, providing the following in-depth answers. Note: This information is also available as a PDF download [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 16:27:07

“Integrative Medicine Experts”: Another Barrier to Effective Discipline

This is the final entry in the current series having to do with state regulation of physicians. It is the final one merely because I’m tired of the topic, for now. There is plenty more to write about, including an event that occurred only yesterday right here at my own hospital [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 03:46:03

“A reliable, consistent, and democratic tool for species discrimination”

Human filariasis, caused by various species of insect-transmitted parasitic nematodes, affects more than 120 million persons in Africa, ... for many reasons” including “parasites conferred to diagnostic laboratories are often of poor quality due [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 15:21:35

Reliability of DNA Paternity Testing

by PTC Labs THIS CANNOT BE RIGHT!!! Is DNA paternity testing 100% accurate? Can a paternity test give the wrong answer? Paternity testing is a completely unregulated industry. Anyone can perform any type of test ... - Yes or My Baby ” No. Hard to tell if they flip a coin, perform DNA testing or just randomly issue [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:50:53

Lead-Carbon: A Game Changer for Alternative Energy Storage

For several months I’ve been telling readers that emerging lead-carbon battery technologies will be game changers in alternative energy storage ... Lead-acid Batteries Recharged” and I found a recent report from Sandia National Laboratories on its side-by-side testing of lead-acid, lead-carbon and Li-ion batteries. Now that Axion’s management [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 13:52:12

Argument Preview: Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts

At 1 p.m. Monday, the Supreme Court will hear one hour of argument in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (07-591).  Lyle has prepared the following preview.  All briefs and documents filed in the case are available on ScotusWiki, available here. Stanford law professor Jeffrey L. Fisher will ague for Luis E. Melendez-Diaz [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 21:54:08

Confidential STD Testing Laboratories

Confidential STD Testing Laboratories If you are a sexually active adult and not in a monogamous, long-term relationship, ... reasons to be tested for STDs, but the most important reason is your peace of mind. Avoiding testing ... , and Syphilis can be easy and safe, quick, and confidential. Locate a STD testing center near [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 07:15:09

Report: Federal Program for Certifying Voting Systems in Need of Overhaul

The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) has defined an approach to testing and certifying voting systems that follows a range of relevant practices ... has caused voting system manufacturers and test laboratories to interpret program requirements differently ... testing and certification program, EAC has broadly des [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 20:00:00

CPSIA and Books

The General Counsel of the CSPC issued their opinion that books are not exempt under this law, and in response, ... and phthalate, books for children under the age of 12 are required to undergo the same testing procedures ... on library or store shelves must be removed for testing, including textbooks and children’s literature books [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 23:10:00

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics ... operates in three segments: a clinical laboratory testing service business (Lab Services ... through its relationship with Abbott Molecular, a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories. On July 1, 2008 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 14:05:45

Do you have Heavy Metal Toxins trapped inside your body? The answer is YES!

Get The Lead Out! Do you currently have heavy metal toxins trapped inside your body? The answer is YES! So what is a ?heavy metal? and what do I need to know? If you?re thinking of Ozzy Osbourne or Ted Nugent, you?re not alone. The truth is that most people do not fully understand the real dangers of heavy metal poisons and just how common [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 01:26:25

How to Trade Stocks Using Blogs

While trading the news between 2003 and 2006, we also found that the "blogosphere" can move stocks as well. But before we get into how, let's look at the power of blogs. Years ago, Dan Rather was brought to his knees because of blogs... so was CNN news chief Eason Jordan and a bike lock maker [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 15:34:46

Accuracy of DNA Tests for Paternity

by PTC Labs THIS CANNOT BE RIGHT!!! My childs paternity test has to be wrong. How is this possible? There are no government regulations for performing paternity testing. One company issues tests ... that they actually performed testing. Heads he is yours and tales he isnt. Who knows how they determine [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:48:17

Water tester admits he falsified reports

Water tester admits he falsified reports by Jim Lockwood/The Star-Ledger Wednesday December 24, 2008, 5:17 AM A Sparta man and his company, a private water testing laboratory, pleaded guilty Tuesday to submitting falsified water analysis reports to the state in order to meet testing requirements. Peter Dominski, 54, and his company [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 15:49:27

Pneumonia in a 3-Year-Old Boy After Falling Into a Well

A 3-year-old boy is presented to the emergency department (ED) of a regional hospital in northeast Thailand 4 days after falling into a well. He was found by his brother, who went looking for him after he could no longer hear the sound of the boy playing. The boy is not able to swim [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:41:40

‘How smart does a chimp have to be …?’

By Elizabeth K. Daly Thu Jan 15, 2009, 10:09 AM EST WESTON - You have the right, dear reader, to ignore this article, along with a lot of other rights you may never have thought about, like the right not to be held captive in a laboratory, not to be experimented on, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:35:26

LC — 100-Year Paper Natural Aging Project

100-Year Paper Natural Aging Project Paper documents, like all materials age. As paper ages, it decomposes ... , and four research laboratories to conduct periodic testing of the papers. “The Long-Term Natural Aging ... of accelerated aging items. From 1994 to 2000, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 18:46:09

Why I Didn't Watch Bush's Farewell Address

Why I Didn't Watch Bush's Farewell Address by BooMan Sat Jan 17th, 2009 at 10:07:59 AM EST I didn't watch Bush's farewell address and I haven't bothered to read it, either. Someday I will. Someday I may actually find it interesting. But not now. When you get down to it I don't remember any other president's farewell address, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:38:49

How Much Am I Reading?

January 16, 2009First, let me share the fact that my kids don't have school today because it's cold. Yes, it was -26 degrees this morning ( ... his stuff)--WSJ.com Health Blog: Feds Seek to Raise Testing Bar for Pap Smear Interpreters (blog [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:58:16

Researchers Make Synthetic HDL Cholesterol

US researchers have developed a synthetic form of good cholesterol known as HDL they hope will be able to keep levels of bad cholesterol  in check ... in therapies for arthritis and as contrast agent in imaging.” Mirkin is testing the synthetic HDL molecules [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 02:40:27

DOE to Provide Up to $7.3M for Advanced Water Power Projects

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 14 projects for negotiation of awards of up to a total of $7.3 million, with a cost-shared value of more than $18 million, for Advanced Water Power Projects ... to develop and/or field test advanced water power technologies. Successful applicants are required [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 14:48:21

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:05:46

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:05:41

Voodoo Counterpoint

In the spirit of American political debate shows such as Crossfire, The McLaughlin Group, Hannity & Colmes, and the classic Point/Counterpoint ( ... to null hypothesis testing and effect size estimates, respectively.2. The authors make strong claims [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 09:58:00

CPSIA updates: "They want to be legal"

Walter Olson writes the best single article I have seen on this issue yet- it's over at Forbes, and you should read the whole thing ... & Rockerfeller have sent a letter to Nancy Nord (pdf) listing 4 major concerns: component testing, books [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 11:23:00

Labcorp, Quest and other labs

Labcorp have more detail on Quantiferon, it is now listed under their test menu and was formally announced in their October 2008 newsletter.Quest Diagnostics also have Quantiferon listed at 17 of their laboratories; Colorado, Connecticut ... Get Quantiferon.Presently Get QuantiFERON has 95 labs listed as having "agreed to provide QFT testing services [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:30:00

Study Unveils Newest Front in Doping Fight

Calcium-channel doping could be as devastatingly effective as oxygen-vector doping. What’s being done to stop it? ... Sport University Cologne. Last week, Thevis published a paper in the new journal Drug Testing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:06:33

Sightings

Sightings Sunday, 18 January 2009 9:53 P GMT+10 * Sightings More Evidence of an Unearthly Cargo Cult “…we are periodically 'flown by' to determine the 'growth effect' this accidental or 'on purpose' infusion of advanced technology has had on our species and our planet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 12:07:05

The Blood Test That Can Save Your Life

Michael D. Ozner, M.D. is a board certified cardiologist, a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association, ... cholesterol testing provides only limited insight into the multiple factors that underlie [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:51:44

FDA Favors Industry Science on BPA

by Sarah Vogel at the Pump Handle On Friday, August 15, the FDA released its draft assessment of the safety of bisphenol A (BPA).  To the frustration and deep consternation of many, the regulatory agency upheld the current safety standard for human exposure to BPA in food [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 21:34:07

CRYPTOMANADALES: Natural Therapy for Optimal Health!

I would like to introduce you to an all natural complete food for cell nourishment product called CRYPTOMONADALES. The health food with all the nutrients we need for OPTIMAL HEALTH containing significant amounts of all three naturally occurring ALPHA, BETA, and GAMMA PPARs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:33:25

Airbags Safety Steering SRS

Safety Steering S.R.S. (SRS stands for supplemental resistant system). The air bag is a European style head and face bag, which means it is designed to protect primarily the head and face during a frontal collision.An important point to note about the Safety Steering S.R.S [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 15:22:30

ITRI Graduate Scholarship Program (PhD)

ITRI Graduate Scholarship Program (PhD)IntroductionIf you are looking for the best development opportunity for yourselfin the exciting technology frontier, this is the program to make yourdream come true. The ITRI Graduate Scholarship Program offersforeign MS degree holders a comprehensive 4-year scholarship to pursuetheir Ph.D [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 09:10:00

Sparta man admits falsifying drinking-water test results

Sparta man admits falsifying drinking-water test results by Jim Lockwood/The Star-Ledger Tuesday December 23, 2008, 11:46 AM A Sparta man and his company, a private water testing laboratory, pleaded guilty today ... , authorities announced. Peter Dominski, 54, and his company, Accurate Analytical Laboratories [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 18:30:45

Meet Thomas F.X. Licari, Corporate Recruiter, Activist Founder of The Illinois Recruiters Association

By Dave Mendoza, Adjunct Faculty, JobMachine Part 1 of 2 Thomas F.X. Licari Founder, The Illinois Recruiters Association Office: 847-923-0822 Mobile: 847-609-9065 E-mail: thomas@realrecruiting.com RecruitingBlogs Profile - Linkedin Profile Website Twitter link Facebook Profile - MySpace Profile Blog Site Plaxo Resume: http://TFXL [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:05:12

Lenovo IdeaCentre K220 and K230 Desktop

Lenovo IdeaCentre K220 and K230 Desktop January 20th, 2009, by Tracie, in New Gadget Press Release, Office Gadgets The IdeaCentre K220 desktop comes with Intel Core 2 Quad processors, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, supports high definition graphics and DX10 as well as an optional Blu-ray Disc drive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:01:44

Governor Perdue Announces Additional Projects from 2010 Bond Package

As part of his Fiscal Year 2010 Budget recommendation Governor Sonny Perdue proposed $573 million in bonds for construction projects for the Technical System of Georgia and other state facilities. The bonds are part of the $1.2 billion in projects that the Governor proposed in his FY10 budget proposal, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:57:00

Clinical Trials and Testing of the Electronic Cigarette

Clinical Trials and Testing of the Electronic Cigarette January 16th, 2009 ... , we have found that three separate laboratories have done testing on mice.  LPD Laboratory Services ... . by admin It is always our intention to keep you as up to date on the testing of the electronic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:26:24

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