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Saturday, July 14, 2007
Two Long Island, New York teenagers, aged 15 and 17, have been charged for their alleged involvement in a suspected plot to attack their school next April, on the ninth anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting massacre.
The plot was uncovered when the 15-year-old suspect lost his journal at the McDonalds restaurant where he worked. The journal was found by a fellow classmate of the teenagers’ school, who quickly turned it over to school officials.
The journal is alleged to have outlined the teenagers’ plan to attack the school with guns and home-made bombs. The 15-year-old suspect’s home and computers were searched and evidence was collected, which revealed that he allegedly tried to purchase black powder explosives and machine guns over the Internet.
A video was also found in which the same teenager allegedly names some students and staff he would like to attack at the school. The 17-year-old was allegedly planning to aid in the attack on the school.
The two teens were arrested and held in Long Island jail on misdemeanor conspiracy, which is punishable by up to one year in prison. The 15-year-old will appear in juvenile court on Friday and the 17-year-old suspect is expected to plead not guilty at a hearing.
Vitamins are known as micro-nutrients, this means they are required in small quantities. Their requirement in smaller quantities doesn’t mean that they are less important. Their requirement is important in keeping the body healthy, than in the building up of the body.Deficiency of vitamins can bring about various diseases. Many a time what happens is vitamins contained in the food we consume aren’t sufficient enough. It is in such cases the vitamin K supplements find its purpose. Vitamin K supplements can be used to provide the body with the vitamin that is lacking or isn’t sufficient in your diet. You have to choose to vitamin that your body lacks, and choose these capsules accordingly. Vitamin supplements can be taken in the form of capsules etc. There are various companies that bring out all types of vitamin supplements.Different people require supplements of different vitamins. This depends up on your age, physical condition, your lifestyle etc. therefore it is important to research well, before choosing to have a vitamin C supplement. If a wrong supplement is taken, it can bring more harm to you, than help. Vitamin D is a supplement that is many a time prescribed to pregnant women and breast feeding mothers. Vitamin D can be obtained by sun light, and a normal person gets enough of it.Vitamin D supplement is also taken by people who don’t get exposure to sunlight, due cultural reasons etc. it is also recommended for people above the age of 65, young children etc. another category who generally require vitamin deficiency are children, especially ones aged between six months to five years. As this is the growing period for children, they require a lot of vitamins for their growth. Moreover they are many a time people who don’t eat sufficient. Their calorie break too happens at a very high level due to the high rate of physical exertion.Due to all these combined reasons children are generally recommended vitamin A, C and D. these are some the supplements that people prefer to use, and has them in staying healthy. Some the studies say that some of the vitamin tablets can help you stay away from dangerous diseases. Some also recommend taking vitamin K supplements after surgery, due to the weight loss. As these vitamin K supplements can help you regain your health.Vitamin C supplements can thus help you in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, as they help in providing the missing vitamins necessary for the body. These can find its use by choosing to use the right vitamin E supplement. Taking unnecessary ones can be harmful. It is vital to understand your body and the vitamin that are actually necessary for it. Studies are still being carried on in understanding the various ways in which these can help us. Anyways if used in the right way, it can definitely help you in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Friday, October 7, 2005
On Tuesday, Google and Sun Microsystems announced that they are working to get software such as Google Toolbar and OpenOffice.org (both products of Google and Sun Microsystems, respectively) more widely available. The companies stated that this collaboration will make software by each respective company more enhanced. The New York Times reports that this event is to help compete with Microsoft, although they were not explicitly mentioned at a press conference.
Sun and Google agreed to explore opportunities to promote and develop Sun technologies. Despite being a clear announcement, the exact effects of this deal are not yet known. It is known, however, that Java programming software will be equipped with Google Toolbar, and that Google will purchase more from Sun.
A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, May 7, 2007.
A 30 meter section of a gas pipeline in Luka (near Kiev) in Ukraine has been destroyed by an explosion. Although supplies to Europe via this pipeline have stopped, Ukrainian Energy Minister Georgi E. Boyko said that supplies to Europe would not be affected.
“There are no changes in volumes of gas being transported,” Yuri Korolchuk said. “Volumes due to pass through the damaged section are being redirected through the Soyuz pipeline.”
Normal flows are reported in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Romania.
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Copper prices are rising. Between record copper imports from China, and a mining strike in Peru, the prices have climbed to over $8100 (United States dollars) a tonne, for a gain of $575 dollars over the last week. However the upward trend is not new, it has been climbing for quite some time. In April 2003, the price of copper was under $2000 a tonne.
The metal market has been tending up due to growth in the Chinese industrial production. This trickles down to the local level, where the buying price at scrap yards is ever climbing, making scrap metal collection a more profitable endeavour for individual people using pick up trucks or other such vehicles to collect and cash in the scrap metal at metal buying yards. It can be collected via agreements with businesses, from the garbage, or, sometimes, by theft.
Copper prices fell today on the NYMEX commodity exchange from US$3.7545 per pound to US$3.7125 based on the July futures contract.
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One man was killed and another injured by an exploding backpack in the parking lot of the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The explosion happened at 4 a.m. PDT when the victim tried to remove a the object left on top of his car.
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are on the scene. Aerial images did not show any apparent damage.
“We believe the victim was the intended target of this,” Bill Cassell said, spokesperson for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. “This is being treated as a homicide in which the weapon used to cause death is a non-traditional weapon.”
Both of the victims worked at the Luxor.
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
United States President George W. Bush deployed the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team to a new role on United States soil last Wednesday, training for dealing with national crises. Critics claim that act of the Executive Branch violates the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits military participation in domestic matters.
In 2007, the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act was introduced; it overturned the Posse Comitatus Act by allowing the Commander in Chief to suppress ‘insurrection’ and ‘restore order’. When it was repealed in 2008, Bush stated that he did not respect the later repeal.
The combat team, renamed CCMRF (C-hemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive C-onsequence M-anagement R-esponse F-orces), has been assigned for year-long duty and training at Fort Stewart to prepare them for “civil unrest and crowd control or to deal with potentially horrific scenarios” such as security or natural disasters. After a year, a new unit will take its place.
CCMRF will be under the control of the Northern Command (NORTHCOM), and now has the same legal authority as a unit deployed to Iraq under the direct control of the Executive Branch. The unit will have use of engineer and medical units, the Marine Corps Chemical, Biological Initial Reaction Force, and a Navy weather team, as well as members of the Defense Logistics Agency and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. A spokeswoman for NORTHCOM added that both wheeled and tank vehicles would be available for the CCMRF.
In July the unit was assigned a new commander, Col. Roger Cloutier. “If we go in,” he said proudly of the deployment, “we’re going in to help American citizens on American soil”. CCMRF will be training in both traffic and riot control equipment, and will be the first to use the Army’s new nonlethal package, which is intended for war-zone and not domestic use.
NORTHCOM’s September 30th statement includes a quote attributed to “future operations division chief” Colonel Michael Boatner saying, “This response force will not be called upon to help with law enforcement, civil disturbance or crowd control, but will be used to support lead agencies involved in saving lives, relieving suffering and meeting the needs of communities affected by weapons of mass destruction attacks, accidents or even natural disasters.”
The action has raised concerns for some citizens like journalist Naomi Wolf, an author critical of the Bush administration, who referred to the deployment as a ‘coup’ in a well-circulated viral video and issued Americans a call to action.
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NORTHCOM is a joint command established post-9/11 to provide command and control for federal homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense support of civil authorities. When Hurricane Katrina damaged Mississippi and Louisiana, several active-duty units were pulled from various posts and mobilized to those areas, but were not assigned to NORTHCOM, but instead individual commands under provisional authorities.
Military officials have not yet responded to a request for comment.
Submitted by: Lorraine Nadel
Your dental recruitment process needs to serve your practice, not the other way round – you need a responsive, highly professional service offering only the highest calibre candidates available right when you need them. Sometimes, no matter how well prepared your practice is, unexpected events can leave you with a sudden staffing need. Dental jobs require only the highest calibre of staff, therefore this article provides some tried and tested methods to help you source convenient and appropriate dental recruitment services.
1. Do you try to retain recruitment as an in-house task?
Whilst it may seem appealing to keep full control of the recruitment process by treating it as an in-house matter, this strategy can pose a number of problems. Administration of recruitment processes for dental jobs is time-consuming, particularly in view of increasingly complex UK employment law. The better dental recruitment service should serve your needs without you handing any control away . You should instead gain a sense of confidence that your practices concerns are those that drive the process, not the other way around. They can also handle advertising, which can prove extremely cost effective. Using a professional, responsive agency should save you valuable time and money
2. Does your provider offer genuine experience in the field?
Recruitment services whose own staff have been recruited from dental backgrounds are arguably better placed to offer a specialised service to the dental profession. Whilst human resources skills are paramount within recruitment, the added advantage of dental experience can allow those services to provide a more responsive service.
3. Does your provider offer initial training as well as CPD?
A sure sign whether an agency is genuinely interested in local professional standards is the type of training it offers. The more responsive services offer their candidates dental jobs training which exactly matches the real life skills requirements of UK dental practices.
4. Can your provider think outside the box?
The better dental recruitment services strive to rapidly address local skills gaps through innovative training. There are dedicated training courses to enable qualified overseas dentists to work as dental nurses plus nationally accredited courses for local entrance-level candidates.
5. Does your provider appreciate the value of non-clinical dental jobs?
The calibre of your receptionist and administrative staff is simply vital. You need these team members to consistently convey the same high standards of professionalism your clinical staff uphold. The better services are fully aware of this need and offer their candidates dedicated training leading to a qualification.
6. Could you source good quality temps or even permanent staff at short notice?
Unexpected situations are actually one of life s misnomers – they happen year in year out, and often to the most prepared most professional amongst us. The holiday season can often bring unexpected staff shortages, as can sudden illness, adverse life events or even happier occasions, such as new requests for extended maternity leave. The better dental recruitment services will provide candidates for all dental jobs at short notice without compromising standards. Their candidates are properly screened and interviewed; fully compliant with UK registration and legislative requirements; and hold fully checked and comprehensive references.
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Sunday, February 11, 2007
The New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado has reached a financial settlement with its founder (and former head of National Association of Evangelicals) pastor Ted Haggard. Haggard stepped aside as senior pastor in the Church in November 2006, when a male prostitute claimed that he had engaged in a three year relationship with Haggard and that the two used methamphetamine.
Haggard, who was publicly critical of homosexuality, has agreed to leave the church he founded and led for two decades with a promise that he will not discuss the scandal, will move out of Colorado Springs, and will not reveal how much his financial settlement is.
On February 4th, Haggard sent an e-mail to New Life members stating, “We all wanted to know why I developed such incongruity in my life. Thankfully, with the tools we gained there, along with the powerful way God has been illuminating his Word and the Holy Spirit has been convicting me and healing me, we now have growing understanding which is giving me some hope for the future.”
Rev. Tim Ralph said, after Haggard completed a three-week counseling program, “He [Haggard] is completely heterosexual.”
However, Mike Jones, the man who had allegedly had a 3 year relationship with Haggard publicly replied, “Give me a break.” Adding, “He’s been performing oral sex on me for three years. You don’t change that in three weeks.” And “Until he’s honest with himself, he’ll never be happy.” Jones is currently writing a book detailing his relationship with Haggard due out in summer 2007.
According to interim senior pastor Ross Parsley, at services on Sunday February 18 the panel will “provide any necessary clarification of (Haggard’s) restoration process and give us a report on the New Life staff.”
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The Iranian police forces have faced criticism from Ayatollah Hashemi Shahrudi, the head of the judiciary who was appointed by Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for their re-invigorated campaign to do away with un-Islamic dress.
Ayatollah Shahroudi proclaimed, “Tough measures on social problems will backfire and have counter-productive effects.” Others have, of course, made it clear that un-Islamic dress can lead to moral corruption, engender innumerable vices, and hurt the Islamic character of the nation.
Some believe that no one had any issue with the creation of an Islamic atmosphere. The core of the matter revolves around the implementation of the Islamic dress code; additionally, heavy-handed measures should be shunned. For instance, Mehdi Ahmadi, information head of Tehran’s police, told Al Jazeera: “Some citizens may complain about the way the law is being enforced but they all agree with the plan itself.”
According to one student, “You simply can’t tell people what to wear. They don’t understand that use of force only brings hatred towards them, not love.” Nevertheless, Hojatoll-Islam Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, Iran’s interior minister who is in charge of policing, prognosticated positive feedback from the populace when he said, “People are unhappy with the social and moral status of the society. They expect that the fight against social insecurity be properly implemented.” Thus, Hujjat al-Islam Pour-Mohammadi re-iterated the necessity of proper implementation and methodology towards the restoration of morality in the Islamic Republic. Islamic officials and religious people affirm that this is indispensable to promote righteousness, curb sin, and bring open sinners to justice.
Following the Islamic Revolution in 1979, hijab became mandatory in Iran for every woman including foreigners after over 98% of citizens voted for an Islamic government. Women may face caning up to 74 strokes for failing to observe hijab. In this recent crackdown, the authorities have arrested many citizens throughout the country. Not only have women been taken into custody for their hair being uncovered on their foreheads and tight clothes that show body shapes, For men they need to cover from knee to their waist as according to Sharia. Even a foreign journalist was detained because the photograph on her press card was indecent.
It has not been clear whence the directive for the re-newed clampdown emanated. Some have blamed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while Gholam Hossein Elham, the government spokesman, stated to reporters, “The police work as agents of the judiciary to confront crimes. The government as an executive body does not interfere in the affairs of the judiciary.” The following pre-election speech seems to corroborate this latter statement:
| “ | In reality, is the problem of our people the shape of the hair of our children? Let our children arrange their hair any way they wish. It doesn’t concern me and you. Let you and me overhaul the basic problems of the nation. The government should fix the economy of the nation and improve its atmosphere…[It should] better psychological security and support the people. People have variegated tastes. As if now the arch obstacle of our nation is the arrangement of our kids’ hair and the government disallowing them <He chuckles>. Is this the government’s responsibility? Is this the people’s merit? In actuality, this is the denigration of our people. Why do you underestimate and belittle the people? It is the real issue of our nation that one of our daughters donned a certain dress? Is this the issue of our nation and the problem of our nation? | ” |
Friday, April 13, 2007
On Wednesday, Canadian BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Limited (RIM), reported preliminary fourth quarter and year-end financial results. Despite record profits, up from US$18 million in the same quarter last year to $188 million for the current quarter, the news was dampened by the revelation that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had formalized its investigation into RIM’s accounting practices.
An internal review by RIM, initiated eight months ago, revealed irregularities with how the company accounted for stock options. On March 5 of 2007, RIM co-chief executive and chairman, Jim Balsillie, resigned his position of chairman, due to the irregularities.
RIM had indicated, until recently, that the SEC probe into the company’s stock option granting practices was an informal inquiry. In a press release April 11, RIM suggested that “the informal inquiry has been converted to a formal investigation.”
In its press release, RIM indicated it would restate financials for the second and third quarters of fiscal 2007, and the fiscal year ended March 3, 2007 only. Through its internal probe, RIM had determined that the accounting irregularities for recently filed Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) statements would not result in a material adjustment. It would not, therefore, restate Canadian GAAP financial statements, filed previously.
Aside from the record profits just reported, RIM indicated that it had shipped approximately 6.4 million BlackBerry devices in fiscal 2007 and that 1.02 million subscriber accounts were added in the fourth quarter. At the end of the quarter, the total BlackBerry subscriber account base had increased to 8 million.
On the news of the formal SEC inquiry, RIM’s stock price was down over 8%, Thursday, on the NASDAQ.