My LG Network Blu-ray Disc/DVD Home Theatre System (Model HB905PA) was experiencing some trouble with playing recent blu-ray discs, so I decided to pull out the ethernet cable and update it. When updating, the download was successful, however when it went to install it the system gave me an...
85 years? I need help with this story problem. I need to figure out how to set up an equation. HERE IS THE STORY PROBLEM: "According to the mathematical model, the average life expectancy for American men born in 1900 was 55 years. Life expectancy has increased by about 0.2 year for each birth...
The golf world is unpredictable these days. Just when you think you've got a tab on who the top players are in the sport, a 42-year-old who hasn't posted a competitive major finish in six years goes out and wins his first Claret Jug.
Normally, a story like Darren Clarke's Open victory would be...
Nine innings, nine items to get you going. Ladies and gentlemen of the Stew, take a sip of morning Juice.
1. Meet Michael McKenry: One month ago he was the back-up catcher with the Boston Red Sox Triple-A club in Pawtucket. Today, he could run for mayor of Pittsburgh after punctuating the...
There's nothing better than the special bond between boss and employee. Dana White and Tito Ortiz are proof of that. The UFC president was looking forward to a clean separation, but Tito spoiled the party with his upset of Ryan Bader at UFC 132.
Going back to the postfight press conference at...
Stem cell research began with a goal of being able to cure persons based on their own unique genetic make-up and healing inefficiencies by using harvested cells. This week, a federal appeals court said the Obama led federal government can continue to fund research involving human embryonic stem...
Claims are being made that the situation at Fukushima is starting to improve, but there is no actual evidence of this. We probably (but not certainly) passed the point where nuclear fuel is likely to accumulate in such a way as to cause a major fission event or explosion, but there is still...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the government agency that administers the Medicare program, made 11 National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) for medical technologies and procedures in 2010. NCDs permit or prohibit Medicare coverage for new technologies on a nationwide...
...joke of a legal career? This loser, Obama, has never been anything more than a junior associate lawyer and adjunct night lecturer in first-year constitutional law. That's the resume of nearly every struggling 28-year old lawyer.
Since the Associated Press printed a lengthy article last week, describing alleged billions of dollars in misallocations and fraud, Germany wants answers and now has stated that it will put a pause on payments to a $21.7 billion global health fund until it gets answers about serious corruption...
Figures released by the UK's Health Protection Agency today show that, in 2009, an estimated 85,000 people were living with HIV in the UK, a 2.4% percent increase on 2008's figures, with 61,000 people accessing HIV care and one in five of these aged 50 years or over. While the rate of increase...
Nearly 10 years after FDA granted it approval, the debate surrounding the abortion medication mifepristone continues to be divisive, the AP/New York Times reports. The medication -- originally known as RU-486 and now marketed as Mifeprex -- was approved by FDA on Sept. 28, 2000. Since then, it...
Do check out this series of guest posts at Quiche Moraine, written by by Jim Emery, which detail the events associated with a recent campaign for the US Congress in a hotly contested district in Minnesota.
Inside the Political Process: Jim Emery and the Madia Campaign
Inside the Political...
My laptop/home computer recently cannot watch any youtube videos or any video. I believe it is because it does not have Adobe 10.1. Whenever I try to install Adobe 10.1 however, it always fails to install. I have used the support on the Adobe website and I am still having problems. How do I fix...
The Alabama Department of Public Health is presenting a three-part summer series of satellite programs on cultural sensitivity and diversity awareness for the education of health care providers, social workers, and staff that treat patients in community clinics, public health departments...