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Accelerated Fertility Treatment: Shorter Pregnancy & Savings
For couples beginning infertility treatments, an accelerated path to in-vitro fertilization can offer a shorter time to pregnancy, cost savings of nearly $10,000, and a lowered risk of multiple births.
With More Prisoners Comes a Tide of Troubled Children
Recent studies indicate that having an incarcerated parent doubles the chance that a child will be at least temporarily homeless and measurably increases the likelihood of physically aggressive behavior, social isolation, depression and problems in school ? all portending dimmer prospects in adulthood.
Coffee May Reverse Alzheimer's
Drinking five cups of coffee a day could reverse memory problems seen in Alzheimer's disease, US scientists say.
We Are Headed Toward a Complete Breakdown in Our Food System
Pollan gives a glimpse at the current state of food politics inside the White House and within his own home.
D.C.'s Marion Barry Arrested Again, This Time For Stalking
Former D.C. mayor, now Washington councilman, Marion Barry has been arrested again.
Who Abraham Lincoln Was, and Was Not
The defamatory image of Lincoln as a conventional white racist, whose chief cause was self-aggrandizement, is even more absurd than the awestruck hagiographies that have become ubiquitous in this anniversary year. My point is simpler and larger. It is that Abraham Lincoln was, first and foremost, a politician.
2 British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan
A roadside bomb and a rocket-propelled grenade in southern Afghanistan killed two British soldiers, while gunmen in the east abducted 16 mine-clearing personnel working for the United Nations, officials said Sunday.
Free Will - The Game
"Realistic" free will in a Game Boy game might not play out the way you expected it too. A must play if remember the original Game Boy, before they ruined everything by adding color.
2 Ways To Create Realistic Depth of Field
In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create realistic "Depth of Field" in Photoshop. We are going to look at two different ways of doing it depending on what kind of picture you want to modify.
After the death of a salesman, what happens to ad campaign?
For some companies, the death of a salesman is a tough blow. Billy Mays' and Ed McMahon's deaths probably will have little effect on OxiClean and FreeCreditReport.com, but the demise of Wendy's founder Dave Thomas was devastating to the fast-food company.
Cheap Trick brings back the 8-track - The Globe and Mail
Don't look now, but the cartridges are back, brought by a band from the same era, Cheap Trick.
25 Open Source Mac Apps That Will Boost Your Productivity
There are many applications that can help you work faster and efficiently. Though, not many applications come cheap. For this post we tried to digg deep to find the best selection of free and open source mac applications that will help you be a more efficient designer.
1 Dead In Disney World Monorail Crash
The operator of a monorail at Walt Disney World died Sunday morning when two monorails crashed. According to the Reedy Creek Fire Department, the accident happened about 2 a.m. at the ticket and transportation area
Study finds beer not linked to beer belly | World News | New
An eight-year study of more than 20,000 beer drinkers - 7876 men and 12,749 women - found that while heavy drinkers will put on weight, it won't necessarily be around the beer belly region.
Since March, Internet Explorer Lost 11.4 Percent Share
More than a decade after Microsoft killed off Netscape with Internet Explorer, competition in the browser market has never been stronger. Just last week, Mozilla released Firefox 3.5, which has now been downloaded nearly 14 million times. Earlier in June, Apple released Safari 4.
How Do Prisons Deal With Overcrowding?
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm sent a letter to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday offering to take some prisoners from his overcrowded facilities. The California prison system is currently at twice its intended capacity. How do prisons deal with so much overcrowding?
Innovative Soil Clock is Powered by Dirt!
Dutch designer Marieke Staps has figured out a way to grow time, instead of killing it. Her soil-powered bio-clock (is that like a biological clock?), showcased at Dutch Design Week in 2008 and most recently at Dwell on Desiger's Kitchen Ecology Show last week, keeps time by plugging into mud!
PHP Security: Fortify Your Website, Tips, Tools & How to
Though many programmers and developers may be implementing PHP in their websites, the issue of PHP security is often overlooked when building a site. Insecure coding is rather common in PHP due to the fact that it?s such a forgiving language that will often ?work? even when there are a few loose ends in the coding.
6 Species We've Nearly Killed Off (For Retarded Reasons)
Mankind's rapid growth has caused the extinction of many species. While there's rarely a good reason, these are just mind-bogglingly stupid.
Iran Uprising Blogging (Sunday July 5)
1:02 AM ET -- Top clerical group defies Supreme Leader, calls government illegitimate. This is very significant.
Arrest warrant issued for mom charged w/overdue library book
Failure to return library books is a serious crime in some Texas cities Out of fear of being picked up for her outstanding warrant, Rogers says she refuses to drive or apply for a job.If only she had returned that library book to the Killeen Public Library, this would not be an issue.
Hadron Collider restart delayed...again
The planned restart of the world's largest atom smasher has been delayed, its operator said. Scientists have to carry out further tests and put in place more safety measures to prevent a repeat of the faults which sidelined the 10 billion-dollar (£6 billion) machine shortly after start-up last year.
Is The Worst Over? Most Economists Say Yes
As the year's second half begins, most economists are saying the economy will begin to grow slowly in the fall. But hopes for a faster recovery cooled Thursday when the Labor Department said another 467,000 jobs disappeared in June.
Twitter + World Of Warcraft=Tweetcraft
For all of you World of Warcraft fans out there, there?s a new Twitter client that is worth checking out. TweetCraft is an in-game Twitter client for WoW that lets you send and receive Tweets within a game. If you are busy in the middle of a WoW match, you can put Tweets in a queue to send when it?s more convenient.
Awesome CrunchPad Web Tablet Landing
CrunchPad web tablet, already several prototypes in, is quickly bubbling to reality reports Bits: There's going to be an announcement in July or August, and it'll be available "as soon as possible.
Top 101 Movies with Highest Body Counts
Chart for films and movies with the largest body counts.
Federer win breaks Sampras record
Roger Federer becomes the greatest player in Grand Slam history as he beats Andy Roddick 16-14 in the fifth set for a sixth Wimbledon and 15th major title.
Top Ten "Oh S**t" Moments in Gaming
Your up playing games at four am. The lights are off, and you feel exhausted. You have little to no health, the last time you saved was seven cups of coffee...
Six Flags Partners With Nintendo For New Wii Sports Resort
Six Flags plans to expand its partnership with Nintendo in order to provide its theme park guests with the opportunity to play the upcoming Wii Sports Resort video game before it?s released to retail stores.
Geoffrey Dunn: The Real Story Behind Palin's Bombshell
Some pundits have said that Palin's resignation is out of character. Hardly. Don't forget that she resigned from her last statewide office. Sarah Palin is a quitter.
How to Remote Control your Windows PC with Email or SMS
It works like this. You first install the free TweetMyPC utility on any Windows PC and associate your Twitter account. The app will silently monitor your Twitter stream every minute for any desktop commands and if it finds one, will act upon it immediately.
Madoff Hires Consultant to Find Best Possible Jail
Bernard Madoff has hired a veteran prison consultant to help him to find the best possible jail in which to serve his 150-year sentence for Wall Street's biggest fraud.
Five Myths about America?s Origins
George Washington never chopped down a cherry tree; geological evidence from his boyhood home shows that no cherry trees have ever grown there. As we prepare for our country?s 233rd birthday, we should think about the fact that many of the stories sold as historical fact would be better categorized as sheer fiction.
Michael Jackson to be buried without his brain
Michael Jackson will be buried this week? without his brain. As his family tries to finalise details for the King of Pop?s funeral on Tuesday they have been told it will be held back for tests.
APOD: 2009 July 5 - Genesis Missions Hard Impact
A flying saucer from outer space crash-landed in the Utah desert in 2004 after being tracked by radar and chased by helicopters. No space aliens were involved, however. The saucer, pictured above, was the Genesis sample return capsule, part of a human-made robot Genesis spaceship launched in 2001 by NASA itself to study the Sun.
FDA May Take Vicodin And Percocet Off The Market
Bad news for Dr. Greg House and other, non-fictional chronic pain patients. The FDA advisory panel that met yesterday about the effects of excessive doses of acetaminophen made another recommendation to the FDA?to take popular painkillers Vicodin and Percocet (and their generic versions) off the market because of the effect both drugs can have.
Linux : Welcome to iPod Nano Linux !
So far, a customized uClinux kernel has been successfully ported to several iPods by iPodLinux Project. Note that, others are also quite successful for other operating systems (e.g. Rockbox). A simple interface and additional applications/modules have been written too. Unfortunately, Apple has protected iPods firmware through encryption since...
12 Extraordinary Table Designs [Pics and Vids]
Product designers are never happy with the normal 4 legs-1 flat top tables. They want to experiment. And sometimes, experiments lead to amazing results.
Black holes do join together
Researchers have found evidence for a moderate-size black hole, backing up the idea that smaller black holes merge into huge ones.
Federer Beats Roddick In Epic Final
Roger Federer made tennis history at Wimbledon Sunday, defeating Andy Roddick 16-14 in the fifth to claim his 15th career major and surpass Pete Sampras' record for most Grand Slam singles titles
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