According to a national online survey released today by the Ad Council, only a third of parents in the United States are very concerned that lead poses a health risk to their children. However, lead poisoning affects more than one million children in the United States. If not detected early, children with high levels of lead in their bodies can suffer from damage to the brain and nervous system, behavior and learning problems (such as hyperactivity), slowed growth, hearing problems and aggressive behavior.
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Recent research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety strongly demonstrates the benefits of antilock brakes for motorcycles. Based on findings that antilocks significantly reduce motorcycle crashes, including fatal ones by more than a third, the Institute is seeking a federal requirement that manufacturers equip all new motorcycles with this technology.
For more information, go to http://thedigitalcenter.com/projects/1788-institute-calls-on-government-to-mandate-antilock-brakes-for-all-new-motorcycles
National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced LabVIEW 2010, the latest version of the graphical programming environment for design, test, measurement and control applications. LabVIEW 2010 delivers time savings with new features such as off-the-shelf compiler technologies that execute code an average of 20 percent faster and a comprehensive marketplace for evaluating and purchasing add-on toolkits for easily integrating custom functionality into the platform. For field-programmable gate array (FPGA) users, LabVIEW 2010 delivers a new IP Integration Node that makes it possible to integrate any third-party FPGA IP into LabVIEW applications and is compatible with the Xilinx CORE Generator. National Instruments also implemented more than a dozen new features suggested by lead users through the LabVIEW Idea Exchange, an online feedback forum that marks a significant new level of collaboration between NI R&D and customers.
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Looking toward the final months of the year, 11 percent of executives interviewed for the Robert Half Professional Employment Report (http://www.roberthalf.us/per) said they expect to increase the number of full-time staff they employ in professional occupations in the fourth quarter. Five percent anticipate declines, resulting in a net 6 percent1 increase in hiring activity, up three points from the third-quarter forecast.
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Rowntree's ®Randoms® and X Factor stars Jedward are back with the third round of the Foamy Gnome's adventures. This time Jedward receive another postcard from foamy gnome , who has taken Rowntree's Randoms to Birmingham. Foamy Gnome seems to have had a great time there. See what he got up to here, and watch the Jedward boys place Foamy's latest destination on their map. Shuttlecocks.
Boosters are better than they used to be at fitting lap and shoulder belts on 4 to 8-year-old kids to restrain them in a crash - so parents don\'t have to search as hard for a good fit for their child and vehicle. Most belt-positioning boosters, though, don\'t offer consistently good fit in all vehicles. This is the bottom line in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety\'s third round of booster evaluations.
Researchers assessed the safety belt fit of 72 boosters, assigning the best ones the top ratings of BEST BET or GOOD BET because they correctly position belts on average booster-age kids in most vehicles. The worst performers are ones the Institute doesn\'t recommend because they do a poor job of fitting belts. A good booster routes the lap belt across a child\'s upper thighs and positions the shoulder belt at midshoulder.
Today, Truvia™ natural sweetener, the great–tasting, zero-calorie sweetener made with rebiana, the best-tasting part of the stevia leaf, unveiled a new multi-million dollar print, television, digital and social media advertising campaign. As the leading natural zero-calorie sweetener and the third largest brand in the U.S. sugar substitute category, Truvia™ natural sweetener introduces the new “Sweetness Stories” campaign that builds on the success of the introduction that launched Truvia™ sweetener.
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7 Second Movies - Inspired by Isolation, Disaster and a Deflated Football. Hold onto your seats its the third instalment of Windows 7 second movies. Get out the tissues and get ready for the quickest emotional roller-coaster of your life, see if you can guess which movie the guys have sweded this time.
Windows is launching its search for Britain's creative talent with its nationwide Windows 7 Second Movies competition giving you the opportunity to have your film shown at this year's 54th BFI London Film Festival. If you want your 7 second movie to be in with a chance click here: http://www.windows.co.uk/7secondmovie
Social media is changing the way people find jobs, but according to the latest Emerging Workforce® Study by SFN Group, most companies are out of step. In fact, less than one-fourth have a formal social media strategy in place, and of those, only one-third say they’ve had success.
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CEO confidence was up slightly in the third quarter, noting a slowing economic growth pace, but no evidence of a double dip recession, according to the Vistage CEO Confidence Index 3rd quarter results. Despite widespread recognition of the recent economic slowdown, CEOs were more confident in their firm’s ability to increase their revenues and profits in the year ahead. Yet, virtually every CEO (92%) expects rising employee health care costs, and 57% of all CEOs expect those cost increases to be more than 10%. Two-thirds of all CEOs said that without the extension of the Bush tax cuts their businesses would be harmed, and nearly half (46%) reported continued unfavorable credit market conditions. In response to a question about the upcoming elections, 62% of CEOs believe the Republicans will control the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2011.
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For new parents and caregivers, nothing is more important than child safety. And for SuperBaby, an animated online video character, nothing is more important than keeping young children safe. This is the third year of the SuperBaby web series that targets 18-29 year-old new parents. This month, a new SuperBaby episode is being distributed on the internet to kick off National Window Covering Safety Month.
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Popular outdoor retailer, Bass Pro Shops presents their third annual “Santa’s Wonderland—A Classic Christmas”—an event that has already become a family Christmas tradition. This year, the magic returns with Santa’s arrival, Saturday, November 6th at 5pm. Families can enjoy the wonder of Christmas inside every Bass Pro Shops store with “Santa’s Wonderland“—an over 3,500-square foot Christmas village chocked full of fun games, activities and crafts for the whole family –from November 6th through December 24th.
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