Luke Ruehlman is a healthy 5-year-old boy. Still, he’s already had a lifetime of experiences — he has even died! At least, that’s what he claims. In a bizarre series of TV interviews, Ruehlman has managed to convince at least a few people that he lived a past life as Pam Robinson, an African-American Chicago… Read More »
“I love you.” It’s one of the most sought after phrases in the world. The things people will do to hear someone say, “I love you” have surprised us in countless stories, movies and songs. The things people will do for someone who loves them are equally as astounding. Why do we love hearing, “I… Read More »
It is affectionately known in the industry as the Google Idiot Tax and applies to people who have set up their own account and don’t know what they are doing. Google is doing itself a disservice in this regard, as those who experience such failure are often then skeptical about the value of utilising AdWords.”… Read More »
Major Shift In New Federal Dietary Guidelines Proposed.
U.S. and U.K. intelligence agencies have reportedly hacked into the computer network of giant SIM card maker Gemalto and taken smartphone encryption keys potentially used by customers of hundreds of mobile phone carriers worldwide. The hack was detailed in a 2010 GCHQ document leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the story said. The Gemalto… Read More »
Bernard Freundel filmed naked women who entered a sacred, intimate space of religious ritual using the trust of every woman whose private moments he caught on camera. Freundel initially was charged with six counts of voyeurism for videotaping six women. , but had actually positioned hidden cameras to photograph 152 naked women inside a Jewish… Read More »
The FDA just deemed all GE Healthcare ($GE) MRIs with superconducting magnets potentially deadly by classifying the recall of nearly 13,000 of the imaging systems into the most serious Class I category. This means there is a reasonable probability that the device “will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.” via UPDATED: GE recalls 10,000+… Read More »
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Superbug outbreak at UCLA: FDA warns medical scopes may spread deadly bacteria – LA Times.
Tweens and teens report getting less and less sleep with each passing year. The disturbing trend comes from data collected over the past 20 years from U.S. students. As of 2012, more than half of the surveyed kids age 15 or older reported sleeping less than seven hours a night. That is two to three… Read More »
Public Release: 16-Feb-2015 Marital ‘long-timers’ have a ‘modest rebound’ in sexual frequency after 50 years The study also found that older people still in first marriages have sex more often than those who have remarried Baylor University While people in the early years of marriage have sex more frequently, and their sexual activity tapers off… Read More »
THURSDAY, Feb. 19, 2015 (HealthDay News) — A new study helps explain why getting too little sleep might boost diabetes risk. Researchers say lack of sleep can lead to increased levels of substances called free fatty acids in the blood. These substances interfere with the ability of the hormone insulin to regulate blood sugar levels.… Read More »
Apple is being sued for allegedly poaching employees from lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems. The Massachusetts-based manufacturer filed a complaint earlier this month, claiming Apple hired away workers who have knowledge about A123’s battery business. According to the filing, Cupertino snagged five employees, all of whom had signed non-disclosure agreements with A123 that prevented them… Read More »
One of the immediate changes is a raise in starting pay, with entry wages for current employees increasing to at least $9 an hour this spring. Also, all current associates will be paid at least $10 an hour by February 2016, the company said. Wal-Mart said it was also launching a program for future associates… Read More »
The Great Lakes ice cover continues to grow as winter weather slams the country. Lake Erie had 98% ice cover on Wednesday, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Lake Erie usually gets an extensive ice coverage because of how shallow the lake is, according to George Leshkevich with the Great Lakes Coastwatch. He… Read More »
Yet a collapse in interest rates overseas and the continuing risk of financial shocks is spurring Wall Street economists at least to mull the unlikely prospect of such a scenario developing here. The specter of negative interest rates has been sweeping across Europe for months. The European Central Bank and those of Switzerland, Sweden and… Read More »
He noted that several of the more than 1,350 potential jurors stated on their questionnaires that there was no sense in having a trial as they believed Tsarnaev was guilty. Others went even further. “With this case, I think a public execution would be appropriate, preferably by a bomb at the finish line of the… Read More »
White House: Higher wages needed to make up for stagnation | The Salt Lake Tribune.
“It’s understood that kids who are bulliers at school are sometimes being bullied at home, often times by a sibling, though sometimes by a parent,” she said. “And it has a sustained impact — depression, insecurity and loss of trust and intimacy in relationships.” via Sibling Bullying More Common Than Schoolyard Torment, Study Shows –… Read More »
The capital rules have not had nearly as much impact on Main Street banking operations that focus on things like mortgages and small-business lending, encouraging banks to expand in those areas while they shrink their Wall Street divisions.The new requirements on capital and a closely related metric — leverage — have come in several waves… Read More »