Get 2 1/2 hours of exercise per week, U.S. says

" Adults should aim to get in 2 1/2 hours of exercise a week and children should run and play for at least an hour a day, according to new exercise guidelines issued by the U.S. government on Tuesday. The...

Senate bill sets guidelines for cybersecurity center

"A new authorization bill would give the White House more oversight of the Homeland Security Department's much-beleaguered cybersecurity efforts. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on...

Consequences of YouTube’s new guidelines

"YouTube updated its guidelines by adding 3 simple points If you didn't follow the story from the beginning, please read the following."

Dubai city planners set green guidelines

New neighbourhoods that are going to be built in the expanding empire of Dubai will have to meet new green space requirements by containing shorter streets, and buildings at a certain distance from public tranist...

Let children play in car parks, say health chiefs after hundreds of school sp...

The selling off of public playing fields for housing development has been and continues to be a hot potato for the British Government which more than 5 years ago committed itself to halting the practice. It has...

Audit body: Bonus to dancing inmates illegal

"CEBU CITY -- Illegal bonuses to prisoners and the unregulated use of government phones were among the alleged lapses that state auditors found in the Cebu Provincial Government’s transactions last year. The Commission on Audit (COA), in its annual report released...

China's Bao back on top of the world

"DEFINITIVE publication "Guinness World Records" has returned the title of world's tallest man to China's Bao Xishun after Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines. Bao, 2.36 meters, held the title for a year before losing it in 2006 to Stadnyk,...

Archbishop of Canterbury to spell out new rules for Anglicans

"Archbishop of Canterbury to spell out new rules for Anglicans By George Pitcher and Martin Beckford The Archbishop of Canterbury will today spell out how he hopes a new set of rules can solve "one of the...

89 Percent Of Children's Food Products Provide Poor Nutritional Quality, Stud...

Parents beware! Food products that we give to our children may not be healthy and can only give them poor healthy, study finds.  "Most kids' foods provide poor nutritional quality, but packaging claims and healthy images could be misleading parents, according to a...

Comcast Faces FCC Sanctions for Blocking Web Traffic

Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, violated federal guidelines when it blocked and degraded Web traffic, the head of the Federal Communications Commission will announce Friday." The sanctions would be the first time the commission has come down on an internet...

Advert for new air traffic controller says 20/20 vision is essential... then ...

"An advertisement for an air traffic controller is being offered in Braille – although 20/20 vision is a requirement for the job. Bosses of St Mary's airport on the Isles of Scilly say they are simply adhering to...

Danger Ahead! Cell Phones and Driving: Companies Limit Liability With Trainin...

"Recent research suggests that using a cell phone while driving may be just as dangerous as driving while intoxicated---and it can cost a company millions if found liable. Limiting liability while increasing public safety is the focus of "The Dangers of Cell Phone Use While...

School board takes aim at bottled water

I don't know if this would be the best idea since by getting rid of bottled water, kids would definitely go towards unhealthy drinks. On the contrary, it is a environmental problem. The 2007 guidelines for food and...

British Columbia: No Skipping Gay-Friendly Classes

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly a test case in a city which touts Multiculturalism and Diversity for all which may backfire as some cultures abhor their children attending classes and learning...

Canada Needs Foreign Ownership Curbs

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly Canadians and Americans have witnessed foreign ownership in our prospective countries.Statistics posted the left of this story from US Government agencies can...

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