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Migrants Warned Over Foodtown’s GM Maize Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:14PMMigrants from South Africa are being warned to be alert to the latest Genetically Modified food to be found on supermarket shelves.
CMOs: Create A Customer Scorecard Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:02PMKnowing what drives sales and profit is key to a company's long-term health.
Poetry And Ruthless Careerism: How To Become The Most Famous Poet In America Overnight Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 3:13PMWhat's Your Reaction? [Editor's note: This talk was originally delivered in slightly different form at the St. Mark's Poetry Project on January 25, 2010.]
Striking civil servants have been misled | Kurt Chapman Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 3:11PMConfused by union officials, low-paid civil servants are striking over government 'cuts' that will, in reality, benefit many of them If you pass a jobcentre today you may be handed a flyer by a loyal, low-paid civil servant striking in protest at government cuts . As a mid-ranking civil servant with a union membership stretching back to my joining the public sector, I assure you, fair-minded ...
Weight loss gadgets to help you fight fat Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:40PMEmma Brannam reviews various gadgets that are reported to help you battle the bulge.
MSI Updates the Wind U160 with Pine Trail CPU Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:27PMMSI Computer released an updated Wind U160 netbook with Intel Atom N450 Pine Trail CPU with extended battery life. The design has changed also, now the Wind U160 features a regular notebook design with a slim body. Here is ...
Nostalgia (and Frisbees) in the air at Wham-O Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:17PMThese days, the action is coming fast and furious at Wham-O, with a new owner, a push into preschool playthings, an eco-friendly toy material and a sense of overall renaissance.
E-retail will influence 53% of purchases by 2014, Forrester says Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:14PMOnline retail sales will grow by 10% a year for the next five years, and the web will influence 53% of U.S. retail sales by 2014, research and consulting firm Forrester Research Inc. predicts in a report released today.
'Clickers' Bring Game Show To Classroom Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:04AMBOULDER, Colo. -- The students in Michael Dubson's physics class at the University of Colorado fell silent as a multiple choice question flashed on a screen, sending them scrambling for small white devices on their desks.
e-DMZ Security Selected as 2010 SC Magazine Best Regulatory Compliance Solution Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:01AMWILMINGTON, Del.----e-DMZ Security, the market leader in privileged user and privileged access management, today announced that the company’s Total Privileged Access Management Suite was recognized with SC Magazine’s 2010 Excellence Award for the Best Regulatory Compliance Solution. e-DMZ Security was honored for its outstanding achievement in information technology security during last week’s ...
ArcSight Wins 2010 SC Magazine Award for Best SIM/SEM Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:00AMCUPERTINO, Calif.----ArcSight, Inc. , a leading global provider of security and compliance management solutions that protect enterprises and government agencies, has been recognized with SC Magazine’s 2010 Reader Trust Award as the company with the best Security Information/Event Management solution.
ISC2® Wins SC Magazine Award for 'Best Professional Certification Program' Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:00AMPALM HARBOR, Fla.----2® , the not-for-profit global leader in educating and certifying information security professionals throughout their careers with more than 71,000 credentials issued to 66,000 members worldwide, won for “Best Professional Certification Program” for its Certified Information Systems Security Professional program at the 13th annual SC Magazine awards last week at RSA 2010.
'Clickers' Bring Game Show To Classroom Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:59AMClickers -- not unlike gadgets used on television game shows -- first appeared in college classrooms over a decade ago, but do they really help kids learn?
At universities, is better learning a click away? Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:59AMBOULDER, Colo. (AP) The students in Michael Dubson's physics class at the University of Colorado fell silent as a multiple choice question flashed on a screen, sending them scrambling for small white devices on their desks.
‘Neuromarketing’: Brain scans to help design, sell products? Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:05AMEditor’s note: Local Tech Wire publishes selected stories from the news services of various universities as part of its UniversityTech coverage.
Breaking News Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:08AMTell us what's on your mind 2:56 pm 03/06/2010 Respond to questions from us and others, or ask your own and answer your own, or just comment on life and the community ... whatever you want (except for rants!).
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: TripAdvisor Celebrates Female Bonding With Top 10 Girlfriend Getaways Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 5:00AMTripAdvisorÂ®, the world's most popular and largest travel community, today announced its top 10 girlfriend getaway destinations in the U.S., according to TripAdvisor editors and travelers.Â From relaxing on sun-drenched beaches, to partaking of wild nightlife and fantastic food, these cities offer amazing opportunities to enjoy leisure trips with the ladies.
Consumers have options when a business falls short Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:58PMSo the roofer charged you double the amount he advertised or the warranty you have on your used car is not what the salesman told you it was going to be. Or maybe you repaired an air conditioning unit but the homeowner refuses to pay you. If you’ve...
'Jacks Get to 40 Wins Again Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:42PM`JACKS TRACKS: As the first place, league-leading Lumberjacks launched their 13-games' schedule for the month of March, the rich-winning, tradition-steeped franchise attained yet another remarkable milestone in its story glory history.
SMELLIE SNIFFS THE BREEZE: Down in the Lab Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:41PMAs a bouncy young Minister in 1992, Simon Upton dismembered the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and created the Crown Research Institutes, to various shrieks of heresy and with perhaps too much the idea they should act like private companies.
The Web Guide for the New Economy Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 7:01AMThe Web Guide for the New Economy represents the latest world wide web resources for discovering new knowledge and understanding the latest developments with regard to the New Economy.
Acquire Blockbuster-Style Entertainment with an Affordable Home Theater System Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:17AMFounder of BravoHomeTheater.com, Larry Upton developed an online business to bring affordable, home theater systems into the family rooms, bedrooms, basements and dens of homes worldwide. With a vast selection of high-quality flat-screen TVs, projectors, surround-sound equipment and HDTV accessories, his product line is all inclusive. Visit the site's new blog to browse an abundance of product ...
News Categories Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 1:08AMExternal Yemeni debt increased to $6.29 billion at the end of December 2009, compared to $5.894 billion at the end of December 2008. Yemen’s reserve of foreign currency, consequently, decreased by $1.157 billion over the fiscal year, ensuring around $7 billion in 2009, according to an official report issued by the Central Bank of Yemen.
UNT senior’s play selected for regional festival Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:29AMCody Lucas has never taken a class in playwriting. The 21-year-old University of North Texas senior didn't let that keep him from writing plays - mostly murky dramas - for the theater company he helped form, Sundown Collaborative Theatre. When he learned that a family drama he wrote last year was selected for three performances at the Out of the Loop Fringe Festival at Addison's WaterTower ...
Effective haggling can bring results, and you don't even have to behave like a jerk Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:00PMThe word "haggling" seems so unfortunate. It brings to mind visions of a used car lot, and that perfunctory back-and-forth with the salesman. "Let me check with my sales manager," they say with a minor-league thespian sigh.
BOOKS Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:15PMBOOKS
Rain, Reviews and Raves in This Month's Letter from Europe Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:15PMAs anyone living in California will tell you we've been having horrendous weather in January. Storms, land slides, houses falling into the sea, people being evacuated, truly awful.
12 MONTHS 12 ISSUES: Breaking down cost of gas Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:14PMStep-by-step guide to your gas bill
Blue away Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 5:52PMThe Blue Man Group, which had its final performance last weekend, has written off its lacklustre showing in Toronto to the aftermath of SARS or 9/11. But the facts suggest otherwise.
No-go Yugo, a history of the worst car in the history of the world Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:29PMA meticulous and wide-ranging postmortem of a car that, at $3,990 brand new, was still overpriced.
Twitter Hits 10 Billion Tweets Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:18PMThe microblogging service reports a new milestone in its growth.
Library site a hot new social media hangout for teens Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:00AMSandra Guy: Yves Capitaine, a 16-year-old resident of South Chicago, can be founddaily on YOUMedia's online community, posting his photography andfreestyle poetry and delving into haiku battles with his sister. "My sister [14-year-old Rachelle] and I have more than 100 comments on my poetry blog," Yves said. "It's fun." Think YOUMedia is the latest social media teen hangout? It is, and it's ...
Library site a hot new social media hangout for teens Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:00AMSandra Guy: Yves Capitaine, a 16-year-old resident of South Chicago, can be founddaily on YOUMedia's online community, posting his photography andfreestyle poetry and delving into haiku battles with his sister. "My sister [14-year-old Rachelle] and I have more than 100 comments on my poetry blog," Yves said. "It's fun." Think YOUMedia is the latest social media teen hangout? It is, and it's ...
Local horse trainer traveling as circus performer Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 5:42AMBy Fred Hiers Staff writer Sylvia Zerbini can't remember a time when she wasn't on the road.She calls Ocala home, but the ninth-generation circus performer seldom sees her 12-acre farm. (Alan Youngblood/Staff photographer)
Local horse trainer traveling as circus performer Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 5:42AMBy Fred Hiers Staff writer Sylvia Zerbini can't remember a time when she wasn't on the road.She calls Ocala home, but the ninth-generation circus performer seldom sees her 12-acre farm. (Alan Youngblood/Staff photographer)
Brain Scans Could Be Marketing Tool Of The Future Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 5:10AMUsing advanced tools to see the human brain at work, a new generation of marketing experts may be able to test a product's appeal while it is still being designed, according to a new analysis by two researchers at Duke University and Emory University. So-called "neuromarketing" takes the tools of modern brain science, like the functional MRI, and applies them to the somewhat abstract likes and ...
Brain Scans Could Be Marketing Tool Of The Future Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 5:10AMUsing advanced tools to see the human brain at work, a new generation of marketing experts may be able to test a product's appeal while it is still being designed, according to a new analysis by two researchers at Duke University and Emory University. So-called "neuromarketing" takes the tools of modern brain science, like the functional MRI, and applies them to the somewhat abstract likes and ...
National League Team Notes Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:32AMnl notes
Young pitchers poised to make it big as the '10 season unfolds Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:35PMThey might start the season in such disparate outposts as Woodbridge, Va., Louisville and Fresno. Eventually, they'll find their way up to major league cities, and their clubs hope the apprenticeship away from the limelight will help them handle what's coming.
FDA Approves Name Change For Heartburn Drug Kapidex Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:09PMThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a name change for the heartburn drug Kapidex (dexlansoprazole) to avoid confusion with two other medications - Casodex and Kadian. Effective in late April 2010, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc. will market Kapidex under the new name Dexilant. Since Kapidex was approved in January 2009, there have been reports of dispensing errors ...
'The Hurt Locker' an uncomfortable reminder of how little humans have evolved Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:18PMBy Mayank Chhaya, If the largely fictional archetypal caveman can be dated back to the Neanderthal 30,000 years ago, then the movie 'The Hurt Locker' is an embarrassing reminder about how little the human race has traveled since then.
'The Hurt Locker' an uncomfortable reminder of how little humans have evolved Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:24PMIf the largely fictional archetypal caveman can be dated back to the Neanderthal 30,000 years ago, then the movie 'The Hurt Locker' is an embarrassing reminder about how little the human race has traveled since then.
North American Handmade Bike Show Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:12PMThis year's North American Hand Made Bicycle Show featured a cast of usual suspects and a sprinkle of new talent that was very frankly needed. We'll dig right in with the best in hand made hand wrapping...
Letters to the editor: March 6, 2010 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:37PMHere are letters to the editor from Daily News editions of March 6, 2010:Letter of the Day: We care; so thereEditor, Daily News:Every now and then there is a letter to the editor complaining about the “snowbirds from up North.”I have been a seven-month-a-year resident here in Bonita Springs for 23 years, and again, with three of my Minnesota snowbird friends, Bill Bonebreak and Lyle and Evie ...
Wesley Snipes 'Elated' Over Comeback Role In 'Brooklyn's Finest' Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:32PMWesley Snipes talked to us about his comeback role in "Brooklyn's Finest." "I'm elated to be in a good quality product and a good quality project," the actor said.
Rx Locker Review Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:48PMWe’re living in the future. While cancer has yet to be eradicated, many medical conditions which would have meant either a lifetime of pain or even death to people not so long ago are treated by medications developed over the last hundred years. Me? After an incident when I was 16, I was left with [...] Filed in categories: Home Tech , Reviews Tagged: Storage Rx Locker Review originally appeared ...
Five-a-side: Keller's contract status Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:42PMSteve Davis checks in with the latest news on Kasey Keller, World Cup 2010 opportunities and the rise of MLS scorers in international play.
Retail Radar: Forza 3, Halo 3: ODST in new 360 bundle Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:11PMAmazon lists Xbox 360 Elite spring 2010 hardware package with 120GB hard drive, two of last year's biggest exclusive releases.
Searchable user reviews boost Wine Enthusiast’s traffic 5% Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:14PMWine Enthusiast introduced user reviews in 2007. Eighteen months later the retailer of wine-related products had nearly 10,000 reviews but no way for shoppers to cull through them to find specific details when looking for a product.
Did Facebook & Twitter Affect Your Holiday Gift Purchases? Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:07PMJanuary 22, 2010 Did Facebook & Twitter Affect Your Holiday Gift Purchases? Posted by Curt Finch at 2:00 PM Holiday shopping this year was a bit different than in the past. A recent study shows that Facebook and Twitter have influenced 28% of purchases, mainly through product reviews and word-of-mouth information on bargains and deals. BusinessWeek reported on this , stating that “seven percent ...