A fortunate set of circumstances put 24-year old nurse Nedra Lindsay in
an investigative study linking non-circadean temperatures in breast
cells to abnormal growths within the breasts At her age, breast cancer
was the last thing she expected to be faced with, but her study results
indicated a follow-up with mammography….
If you’ve had a loved one with advanced Alzheimer’s disease, you likely know what sundowning syndrome
is, even if you’ve never heard the term before. Alzheimer’s patients
with this syndrome either don’t sleep at night or wake up after a short
sleep and may create havoc, waking up caregivers and disturbing others
in the home, possibly for hours. But a care center in New York City has
an innovative program for night owl Alzheimer’s patients, that lets them
‘play,’ while their caregivers sleep….
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) issued a global alert today, warning of a newly identified SARS
virus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) found in a Qatari patient
now being treated in the United Kingdom. Although the WHO did not issue
specific travel warnings yet, it is awaiting any evidence that this, the
most deadly kind of upper respiratory infection you can get, poses a
serious public health risk.
Japanese Gulag For Social Media Activist Michael Q.Todd Spotlights Deportation Practices
Posted in: Today's ChiliHis bio
reads, "I aim to connect and promote great people who will make a
difference by collaborating than individually. . . and my goals are
eradication of poverty and a sustainable economy by 2015." One of his
fervent passions and ongoing initiatives is to help save the Taiji
dolphins from captivity and slaughter. Doesn’t sound like a candidate
for Japan’s harsh immigration-and-detention system, does it? Yet Michael
Q. Todd found himself taken into custody in the Shingu Jail on
September 16h for a lapsed visa.
He’s done it before. Back in 2010 when the Tea Party Republcans helped overtake the majority in the House of Representatives, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart jumped into the debate ring with
his co-faux newscaster collaborator, Stephen Colbert. Touted as the "Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear,"
the event was well attended in DC. This go-around Stewart has targeted
Bill O’Reilly, the Fox News talk-show host to help iron out some of the
pressing issues of this year’s presidential election campaign.
It was inevitable the game-like features of Foursquare’s ‘mayorships,’ ‘badges’ and ‘check-ins’ would ultimately pave a path to paid advertising. Yes, that unassuming little geolocation-based
app that launched three short years ago at South by Southwest and has
amassed over 20 million registered users has decided to monetize.
Finally slipping into their big boy pants, Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai’s company have launched "Promoted Updates," with clients Madison Avenue ad agencies have been known to court over the years.
Ever wonder why the World War II British slogan "Keep Calm and Carry On"
has surfaced some 70 years later to become today’s most ubiquitous meme? Not
only has the Internet been cyberventillating variations on the theme online for
over a year now, one can find t-shirts and other memorabilia easily
accessible for purchase in the real world.
Social Media Solutions For Casinos Is Better Bet Than Traditional Marketing
Posted in: Today's ChiliCasinos need to up their game when it comes to rolling the dice on
social media’s 4 R’s – Reputation, Relationships, Recommendations &
Reach. While a tad behind the curve, casinos are catching up with the
hospitality industry at large with their management of social media
initiatives. Today, there are platforms, tools and marketing techniques
that can help create a customer experience that can distinguish a casino
brand from the pack, while far exceeding traditional marketing results.
If Charles Dickens was alive today, he might have been inclined to
create a fictionalized version of the malevolent brothers the likes of
Charles and David Koch (pronounced Coke). While these two modern-day
rogues have deviously shown how elections can be manipulated, helped
create a radical extremist group, despoiled a number of ecosystems and
are hell-bent on demonizing the current leader of the free world — the
Koch brothers run one of the largest U.S.companies (bigger than Coke), but one that
most folks never heard of.