Thursday, November 16, 2006 Currently, there are blackouts, heavy rain, and high winds in British Columbia. Over 220,000 BC Hydro customers have no power. Buildings have already collapsed and trees have been knowed down. Five Vancouver rivers were in danger of flooding, which rain fell at 10 mm an hour for more than six hours […]
The Benefits Of Botox
Read An Opinion On: Plastic Surgeons In Fort Worth, Texas The Benefits Of Botox by Jessica Morgan Everyone wants to feel their best and be the most confident they can be. Clothes, makeup and style can only take you so far. You feel like a strong, capable, intelligent person. You feel like you can conquer […]
ACLU: Gen. Sanchez possibly perjured himself at 2004 Senate inquiry
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims that a recently obtained 18-month-old memo shows that a top U.S. commander of armed forces in Iraq was untruthful when he testified before the United States Congress last year on Iraqi prison abuse. The September 14, 2003 memo was among government documents concerning the […]
Hurricane Dean makes second landfall; weakens to Category 1 storm
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Hurricane Dean hit the coast of Mexico’s mainland today as a Category 2 hurricane, with winds sustained at 100 mph. Dean moved across the Bay of Campeche, eyeing over 100 oil platforms and several oil ports in the center of the country’s oil industry. Over 14,000 workers in the area had […]
New Zealand Reserve Bank phone hacker not convicted
Thursday, September 28, 2006 Gerasimos Macridis, 39-years-old, left the court room discharged without conviction after hacking into the New Zealand Reserve Bank’s phone system and then asking for money for his services after pointing out these security flaws to both the Reserve Bank and Telecom New Zealand in May, 2006, and offering to fix them. […]
Healthcare Compliance Is Hipaa Compliance
Read An Opinion On: Cheapest Best Health Insurance For International Students In Usa Perhaps the Risk Manager had a Compliance hat she wore when the occasion demanded. While there were compliance responsibilities with regard to medical records, they were mostly to do with ensuring that the all forms were completed (such as Operative Reports, or […]
Australian government hopes to establish triage by phone
Sunday, January 29, 2006 The Australian federal government hopes to slash hospital emergency department waiting queues by setting up a 24-hour national medical hotline. A government source said that the National Health Call Centre Network would be manned by registered triage nurses 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. Triage nurses would perform a diagnosis over […]
U.S. outlaws online gambling
Saturday, October 14, 2006 Over the weekend, millions of Americans faced the new ban of online gambling. The legislation was attached by Rep. Bill Frist to the Port Security bill. Many of the public companies that offer online gambling have been quick to react and give their outlooks on the legislature. Party Gaming and 888 […]
The Cost And Benefits Factor In Implementing Leed
Read An Opinion On: Maas Group Properties The Cost and Benefits Factor in Implementing LEED by Corwin Smith Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) issued by the US Green Building Council has been around for quite some time now. Ask any Minneapolis Construction Company about LEED and they are sure to recommend its implementation […]
Obama, Romney battle over foreign policy in final U.S. presidential debate
Thursday, October 25, 2012 2012 US presidential election candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney took part Monday in their third and final presidential debate at Lynn University in Florida. The topic of the debate was foreign policy and the candidates discussed the Arab Spring, Iran, and Mali, among other issues. Mr. Obama criticised Mr. Romney’s […]