Archive for August, 2009
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009Cited: Associated Press
At the end of July, California State Senate finally approved a plan to close its $26 billion budget deficit after weeks of fiscal gloom there is a glimmer of hope. This budget was a complex package of 31 bills had been debated by the Assembly who was struggling to secure enough votes to [...]
Real Estate Prices Stabilizing in San Fernando Valley
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009Cited: DailyNews
The decline of June’s median cost was the smallest in 18 months. San Fernando Valley home prices fell 13% in June from the previous year, the smallest decline a year and a half that proves prices are beginning to stabilize according to a trade association. This could be the balance in the market that [...]
Hollywood Invades Comic-Con
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Cited: Hollywood Reporter
The biggest event in the comic book kingdom is the Comic-Con! With the pale comic book collectors, all the hard-core geeks, Jedi Knight costumes, costumed zombies and Oscar winners including Denzel Washington, Peter Jackson and James Cameron as well as perennial attendee Kevin Smith dissented on San Diego for the 40th edition [...]
New Knee Increases Mobility in Older Patients
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Cited: MedPage Today
Duke University has conducted a new study that helped researchers discovered that a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) received by older patients with art osteoarthritis in the knee have resulted in significant improvement of mobility and physical functioning, long-term, compared to patients who did not receive a TKA.
Published in the July 2009 issue of [...]
44 Arrested in New Jersey Corruption Case
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Cited: Associated Press
Officials in New Jersey openly condemn clinical corruption after more than 40 people are arrested, among them are elected officeholders and rabbis. These people were arrested during an investigation where some are accused of laundering tens of millions of dollars as well as black-market trafficking of organs and fake Gucci handbags of [...]
Apparel Companies Now Focusing on Technology
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Cited: Apparel News
Retailers and manufacturers are still looking to technology despite their constrained budgets and consolidation on the retail front. This means that technology companies have been holding their own during this recession. Vendors, retailers and brands have made a number of deals in recent weeks; however, executives in the technology industry do not describe [...]
Heart and Lungs Keeps Rhythm with Music
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Cited: MedPage Today
According to a controlled clinical trial that may give new insight to musical therapies, cardiovascular and breathing rates consistently fall into step with musical rhythms and crescendos. Researchers have discovered that the same music had the same cardiovascular effects on all subjects in a clinical trial. The conventional view of music was that [...]
No Heavy Breathing for Spacewalker
Monday, August 3rd, 2009Cited: Reuters
Chris Cassidy, the elite Navy diver-turned-astronaut, got some advice from Nassau on his first spacewalk when they cut it short breathe easy. Apparently, near the end of his spacewalk eight carbon dioxide, a byproduct of breathing, started to build up in Cassidy’s suit. The Endeavor astronaut and his partner David Wolf were replacing batteries [...]
2010 Sees Rising Unemployment and Slow Recovery
Monday, August 3rd, 2009Cited: Apparel News
California and LA County’s will see the number of people without jobs increase through 2010 as the economy slowly begins to equalize. One of the hardest hit industries is the apparel and retail industries because consumers are keeping a fistful. This industry will also continue to shed jobs according to one economic report [...]
Windows 7 OS Price Cut
Monday, August 3rd, 2009Cited: Reuters
Microsoft is cutting the price of its new standard home-user version Windows 7 operating system by 8% then the compatible version of its Vista system because of the slow spending on technology. The reason that Microsoft is doing this is an attempt to tempt consumers before the Holiday season begins. In fact, it has [...]
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