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Weighing the Need for a Landline in a Cellphone World0
- Home & Family
- January 27, 2014
The government estimates that 38.2% of households in the U.S. don’t have a landline phone. So, what happens when there is an emergency and cell service is down? A group of emergency professionals from California brought the issue of dialing 911 from mobile phones into the spotlight after finding that a caller’s location wasn’t always readily available for emergency responders. Landline phones are better for calling 911 because they make it easier for dispatchers to locate you by providing your address.
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Weed-killing chemical linked to cancer found in some children’s breakfast foods0
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 15, 2018
“I was shocked. We don’t know a lot about the effect of glyphosate on children. And essentially we’re just throwing it at them.”
READ MOREWeb sites help you fill your tanks for less0
- Financial & Workplace Well-Being
- March 12, 2011
Web sites like GasBuddy are being used by consumers to find the best buys in gasoline in their local neighborhood. If you're trying to save money, it may be worth looking into this kind of online tool! New York Post, 3/8/2011
READ MOREWe’ll soon be able to bring dead back to life, says heart specialist: He claims he could have saved Sopranos star James Gandolfini0
- Health & Healing
- August 18, 2013
Dr. Sam Parnia, author of a book on resuscitation science titled Erasing Death, says his research shows that death can actually be reversed in some cases. Dr. Parnia, who is also head of intensive care at the Stony Brook University Hospital in New York, says, “In the past decade we have seen tremendous progress. With today’s
READ MOREWe Kill Germs at Our Peril0
- Health & Healing
- June 11, 2014
Antibiotics have been helping to cure bacterial infections since the 1940s, but could overusing them do more harm than good? In his book “Missing Microbes,” Dr. Martin J. Blaser, a New York University School of Medicine professor, cautions that the overuse has led to an increase in infections that are resistant to antibiotics, and that in turn has serious health consequences.
READ MOREWas Steve Jobs a Role Model for Leaders?0
- Work Life and Career
- October 3, 2012
Should Steve Jobs become your leadership inspiration? In terms of the qualities of a good leader, there is interpersonal behavior- how a leader influences others within an organization, and then there is the business prowess required to implement the right strategy and structure to achieve a positive outcome- in other words, what a leader emphasizes. While
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