The Scary Facts About 'Natural' Supplements Like Green Tea Extract Powder, Caffeine Powder, And Kava. New findings from Consumer Reports shed light on some of the problems associated with dietary supplementsâincluding an increased risk of organ damage, cancer, and cardiac arrest.
To make a self-serving, politically-motivated accusation or prosecution. From Mike Nifong, a North Carolina District Attorney who made headlines for a controversial prosecution and his subsequent disbarment while in office for ethics violations.
Related Terms. Short for Portable Network Graphics, and pronounced ping, a new bit-mapped graphics format similar to GIF. In fact, PNG was approved as a standard by the World Wide Web consortium to replace GIF because GIF uses a patented data compression algorithm called LZW. In contrast, PNG is completely patent- and license-free. The most recent versions of Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer now support PNG.