NY Passes HIV Testing, Needle Program Amendments

Send to KindleTweet New York Governor David Paterson has signed a bill (S8227/A11487) that will force doctors to offer patients ages 13 to 64 an HIV test. New York has the highest rate of AIDS in the nation, with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene noting that AIDS is the third leading cause [...]

Google May Enter Social Media Space

Send to KindleTweet Search giant Google may be entering the gaming and social media spaces, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The July 28 report by Ami Efrati cited unnamed sources that said Google has been talking with gaming firms, including Playdom, Electronic Arts‘ Playfish and Zynga Game Networks, which Google has [...]

Madonna & Team Release “Material Girl” Campaign

Send to KindleTweet A mother-daughter clothing line–such is the life of the celeb child. Madonna and her first born, Lola (Lourdes), have released the ads for the upcoming Macy’s junior brand, The Material Girl. The collection is the product of a joint venture between the queen of pop and Iconix Brand Group. The ads, shot [...]

DC To Have Free Clinic Day In August

Send to KindleTweet The National Association of Free Clinics announced that it will hold a giant free clinic in Washington, D.C. on August 4. The clinic, which will offer free HIV/AIDS tests, other major tests, and medical exams, such as physicals, will be available to uninsured residents in the area. “The District of Columbia has a much [...]

Beauty Boutique Sale Alert!

Send to KindleTweet One of our favorite beauty boutiques, Space.NK, is having a sale. In NYC, there’s a store in SoHo we recommend visiting. This could be a great opportunity to buy products at a discount for birthdays and upcoming holidays. Normally we’re not about plugging sales, especially during an ongoing recovery, but this British retailer [...]

Cal Poly Pomona Gets $42M For At-Risk, Foster, Military Students

Send to KindleTweet Cal Poly Pomona has received $42 million from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to fund a new endowment to improve access to educational opportunities. According to the Foundation’s President and CEO, Sterling Speirn, “Mr. Kellogg was a strong believer in higher education, and his vision of ‘investing in people’ has translated into the [...]

Quality of Life Ranking Shines Light on Europe

Send to KindleTweet The 2010 Quality of Living survey from consulting giant Mercer revealed that many European cities again topped the list of the best places to live. Taking the top slot was Vienna, Austria, followed by Zurich, Switzerland, and Geneva, another Swiss city, in third. After that, Vancouver, Canada, and Auckland, New Zealand, tied [...]

Mr. Good Enough: Better Than No Man At All?

Send to KindleTweet Are you that woman that thinks she is the whole package, but wonders why she is still alone? You sit there thinking you are more accomplished, worldly, attractive, open-minded, ______– fill in the blank for me–than all those married women–and yet, others are hitched or have partners and you sit at home [...]

Celebs Team Up To Fight Ovarian Cancer

Send to KindleTweet I’m not ashamed to say I love Fran Drescher and I mention her because she survived Ovarian Cancer. Various media reports say this type of cancer is increasingly common and hard to detect, and has low survival rates for the late stages. Drescher wrote a book about it because no one could [...]

Monsanto, BASF To Add GMO Wheat

Send to KindleTweet Agricultural giants Monsanto and Germany’s BASF announced on July 7 joint plans to make genetically modified wheat. The addition will be the fifth in their collaboration, which already includes corn, soy, cotton and canola. According to the new agreement, the two companies will invest about $1 billion during the collaboration. The duo [...]

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