Preventing Maternal Deaths in West AfricaThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 8:02PMHealthcare in Sierra Leone faces an enduring mortality rate among pregnant women and lactating mothers and their infant kids. Dr. Fredanna M'Cormack is conducting research in Sierra Leone and co-founded the Bele Uman Project to help reverse the current trend.
Asher Miller: What Now? ReduxThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:51PMBack in December in blisteringly cold Copenhagen, tens of thousands of activists, government workers, lobbyists, and world leaders came together for what many hoped would...
Mumbrellacast: Jothy Hughes defends his ethics; The SMH’s abortive iPad app; Hipsters and holidays from hellThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:44PMIn this weeks Mumbrellacast: Controversial payment-by-results publicist Jothy Hughes joins us to defend his business model (and dress sense) Fairfax’s iPad app missteps How The Chaser and Gruen Nation took the ABC to a huge night New ads: Hipsters and holidays from hell Plus… why Mumbrella editor Tim Burrowes is quitting Foursquare Featuring Tim Burrowes, House Party PR’ s [...]
Team Fortress 2 reviewThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:42PMImagine if Pixar’s The Incredibles was set in a construction yard fought over not by a lovable family of superheroes, but by two groups of heavily armed mercenaries. Then imagine it was rated R for violence and gore.
Microsoft's Ballmer on iPad: 'Apple has done an interesting job of putting together a product'Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:42PMMicrosoft's chief executive on Thursday sought to address some common questions raised by analysts, but his answers may not have been exactly what they were looking for.
Asset strategy is the keyThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:41PMBest performer YTD:Canada Life/Setanta Irish Equity: +3.9%Worst performer YTD:Quinn Life Celtic Freeway: -7.8%
Thursday TV viewers turn offThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:29PMA slow night in the TV ratings saw audiences down across the board on Thursday. Current affairs shows were the best of a bad bunch with Seven’s Today Tonight and Seven News leading the way, both delivering 1.3m, according to preliminary overnight metro ratings from OzTam. Nine’s Getaway recovered on previous weeks to 1.1m while Ten’s [...]
We’re in a pinch over saltThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:26PMFederal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq sent a wrong message on an important prevention issue by being absent when Canada's long-overdue salt-reduction strategy was introduced.
Phoenix Coyotes hope former No. 1 draft pick likes change of sceneryThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 7:25PMThe Blue Jackets' former No. 1 draft pick hopes a change of scenery leads to NHL success.