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Archive for December, 2009
Ginkgo Doesn’t Slow Age-Related Mental Decline
Dec. 29 | Ginkgo has been used in Chinese medicine for more than 5,000 years to help older people overcome memory lapses by improving the circulation of blood, particularly to brain cells. However, a new clinical study has shown that the top selling herbal supplement...
Taco Bell Diet: Goodbye Jared Hello Christine
Dec. 29 | The new Taco Bell drive thru commercial says a person can lose weight while eating at their restaurant. The pseudo-Mexican fast food chain has a new commercial starring a woman named Christine Dougherty, who says she lost 54 pounds on what the company...
iphone sales to NYC residents halted in the wake of the after-Christmas shopping frenzy
Dec. 28 | AT&T Inc., the exclusive U.S. provider of Apple Inc.’s iPhone, has mysteriously halted sales to those who put in a New York City residential zip-code. The company has only released a very vague statement about how they are planning on modifying...
Mammograms Save Womens Lives But at What Cost?
Dec. 28 | Is the statement that mammograms save womens lives really true? Surely a widespread method of checking for breast cancer is a good thing, right? Surprisingly no one is certain how the guidelines should be structured. Setting aside the issue of the added...
Apple’s new tablet computer being called the “iSlate”
Dec. 28 | Since the iPod was released several years ago, Apple has continued to make ground breaking innovations with technology. Recent evidence of this can be seen by looking no further than the tablet that the company is rumored to be working on. Various rumors...
NORAD Used To Track Santa
Dec. 27 | In 1955 a misprint in a Colorado Springs newspaper for the Santa Hotline began the tradition of tracking Santa Claus. CONAD was the original tracker for Santa in 1955 and today the tracking device has evolved into NORAD. The North American Aerospace Defense...
Where To Go To Recycle Your Christmas Tree
Dec. 27 | Christmas is over, lights are being taken down, presents are being played with, and your tree is ready to be taken out. Before you head to the trash with your Christmas tree, consider recycling your tree and giving it a new purpose. Most major areas now...
NORAD Successfully Tracks Santa Claus
Dec. 25 | Last night a crew of volunteers at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) successfully tracked Santa over the span of 31 hours as he crossed the globe at speeds up to 2,326,413 miles per hour. Considering that the speed of sound is 768 miles...
NORAD: Tracking Santa Around the World
Dec. 24 | NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) is back this year to help boys and girls - and of course their eager parents - figure out where in the world Santa is during Christmas eve. Kids and their parents can get online and track Santa the high-tech...
