PCS Estimates $25.2 Billion Payout By Insurers
According to a preliminary analysis by ISO’s Property Claims Service Unit (PCS) ... . Combined with on-the-ground survey information, the structure data forms the basis for damage estimates. According to estimates by PCS, insurers paid 3.9 million claims for damage in 40 states [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 06:09:14
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Three Spanish air force pilots killed in double crash
Three Spanish air force pilots killed in double crash Submitted by Mohit Joshi on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 12:16. Featured Madrid Spain ... they heard an explosion and saw fire and smoke from several kilometres away. It was not clear ... bodies were retrieved from the wreckage. The crash did not cause further injuries or damage. » [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 12:02:13
Killer Whales Being Poisoned by Eating PCB Tainted Salmon
A new study of orca whales living off the coast of British Columbia has revealed their dwindling populations are being negatively ... have dangerous levels of pollutants that damage their immune systems, affect reproduction, and lead [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 06:29:25
Addiction, stimulation
It is funny how we get used to certain privileges in life, even to the extent where ones habits can quickly turn into obsession ... sort. It has been of the sort that doesn’t really do too much damage (other than CM which at a time [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 07:58:00
Acute Renal Kidney Failure in Dogs Posted By : Hanna
Acute Renal Kidney Failure in Dogs Posted By : Hanna January 21st, 2009 Powered By CbproAds Acute Renal Kidney Failure in Dogs Posted By : ... , although all of the damage they sustained may be internal or emotional. Even though physical damage is bad, emotional damage is much tougher to fix. Cats who have physical abuse will still answer [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 05:00:52
The Effects of Lorazepam on Tinnitus
Tinnitus is a medical ailment that is characterized by hearing an abnormal sound or noise in the ear ... evolve from some form of damage to the inner ear, more specifically on the cochlea, or the snail-like part on the inner ear. It may also be caused by damage to the ear’s nerves, ear infection [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 07:29:56
Letter to Joe Romm
By Guest author This is a guest post from David Hawkins, director of the climate program at NRDC, in response to Joe Romm's post "CAP and degrade," which criticized the U.S. Climate Action Partnership's Blueprint for Legislative Action. ----- Joe, You are and will remain a respected friend [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 23:28:00
Avoid Chronic Inflammation
Avoid chronic inflammation like the plague: Chronic inflammation is a pathological condition characterized by continued active inflammation response ... permanently. In addition, free radicals can lead to mutation and DNA damage that can be a predisposing factor [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 02:55:23
Budget cut woes
BY HAYLEE MORSE-MILLER THE DAILY No one is sure at this point about the fiscal future of the UW, but things look grim across the board. A preliminary state budget recently released by Gov. Chris Gregoire suggests the UW cut spending 13 percent over the next two years [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 03:48:53
Good News: Court blocks sale of Redrock wilderness
Dandelion Salad by Robert Redford From an email from NRDC It’s Inauguration Day and all of us are focused on the historic proceedings in ... with us at the critical moment, and for making this historic victory possible. Sincerely, Robert Robert [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 22:16:02
Some days it doesn't pay to get out of bed
Cambridge Police report on a woman who was rear-ended on Garden Street near Huron Avenue shortly before 1 a.m ... damage to the driver side fender and door. At that point, she decided to go back home and called [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 18:38:55
Creative Help Needed: Apply Within
I was on my way out of the library the other day when I notice a bunch of books had been thrown away. They were old, and they were ratty ... , I couldn't bring myself to bring these poor books any more damage. ...without good reason [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:57:20
Omega-3 and the nephrotic syndrome
Nephrotic-range proteinuria is defined as urinating more than 3.5 grams of protein per day. That’s 25 times the normal amount, and is the primary indicator of the nephrotic syndrome — a group of diseases that damage the kidneys’ filtering system. Researchers at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 02:09:42
Crews battle fires in Oswego, Richland
Crews battle fires in Oswego, Richland by Kathy Coffta Sims/The Post-Standard Tuesday January 20, 2009, 10:07 AM Oswego, ... assistant fire chief, said that the damage was limited to one apartment in the multiple-family house. A smoke detector in the hallway alerted the residents, who all got out safely, McCrobie said. The home [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 15:22:54
Open Letter on Biofuels
Now is the time when everyone is writing letters to the new Obama administration. It seems like it might be worthwhile discussing a letter written by a group of organizations warning of the dangers of biofuels. The letter can be found at the site of the Global Justice Ecology Project [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:33:51
What Obama Left Out of the Economic Recovery Plan - Higher Wages and Debt Relief
Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney January 19, 2009 “Information Clearinghouse“ Barack Obama and Co. are planning to launch their own version of economic “shock and awe” in the opening weeks of the new administration. Aside from the $825 billion stimulus package, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 12:03:12
The Arab World Without Saudi Arabia or Egypt
Jump to Comments If you’re new here and like what you read, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed to get the latest news. Thanks for visiting! ... in Sharm El-Shaikh, as a Zionist Damage Control for Insulting Hosni Mubarak By Hassan El-NajjarEditor [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:25:14
Gaza damages break the heart of U.N. chief Ban
Gaza damages break the heart of U.N. chief Ban GAZA (Reuters) - U.N ... itself against rocket fire by Gaza’s ruling Islamists.Since a ceasefire, though nothing like a peace ... by Israelas well as Hamas’s rocket fire into Israel.“These are heartbreaking scenes I have seen [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 03:13:41
Zionist Control of US PolicySourceEverything you wanted to know about how Zionists control US policyby MaloogaI was recently asked to answer the following question: In the original post there is mention of Israel controlling US policy. How exactly does that work? [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 06:00:26
Security up, sales down
Expressindia : Paying a heavy price for the city police cordoning off all roads in the periphery of the commissioner’s building complex are the ... as a fortress, the collateral damage has manifested itself in the form of reduced footfalls [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:59:46
quilts and sofas
I so heart quilts! I mean, who wouldn’t?! I was like ten years old when my grand mother made me a nice personal quilt as a birthday gift, ... , and I know you couldn’t imagine how it looks like now! Damage and body-less is an understatement [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 15:59:35
The End
According to the Washington Post, Actual President Cheney will be attending the end of the Warped, Frustrated Old Man regime in a wheelchair: ... no significant damage from the injury, Perino said. Nevertheless, he advised Cheney to spend the next couple [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 12:31:01
5 Speechwriting Lessons from Obama’s Inaugural Speech
Some will argue that Barack Obama’s Inauguration speech was not his most electric speech, or that it failed to deliver on unreasonably high expectations. Nonetheless, studying the speech provides five key speechwriting lessons that can help us all be better communicators [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 05:30:04
Story Of The Year - The Antidote
Story Of The Year - The Antidote Author: admin - Email This Post - 0 views 21 Jan Story Of The Year - The Antidote Lyrics Now the damage has been done And this machine has begun on a path of destruction We need the medicine To reverse what’s been done Before this disease [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 07:20:02
Economic Pearl Harbor Hits Israel
A theme that we have been echoing here at Israelnewsletter.com is the fact that many in Israel are living in a bubble and don’t realize that the economic tsunami that has swept the world will cause damage in the holy land. Globes has a great interview [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 03:26:38
Albatron Multi-Touch Touchscreen LCD Targets Windows 7 [Optical Touch Monitor]
Albatron Technology have taken the wraps off their up and coming OTM (Optical Touch Monitor) ... touch monitor, wear and tear from tapping, prodding, scraping, dragging can damage the “sensing” ... , it is impossible to damage the “sensing” capabilities through normal use. OTM has multi-touch capabilities [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 17:17:23
Option ARM Borrower Psychology: The Dirty Truth behind the Worst Mortgage Product and Those that Abuse Them. My Name is Bob and I use Option ARMs.
As we will soon painfully realize, Americans in all corners of the country will soon become extremely acquainted with the Alt-A and Option ARM terminology. These loans initially were thought to be much safer than those pesky subprime mortgages. You know, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:21:32
No endorsement of US President by Sathya Sai Baba
And no endorsement of Sathya Sai Baba by President Barack Obama either. The inaguration of the most powerful person in the world was NOT the inauguration of Sathya Sai Baba as ‘King of the World’ as prophesied by the spurious palm leaves and astrological hoo-ha of Shastri Narayana of Bangalore and taken up strongly by many of his dedicated [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:12:49
Big Blue delivers strong fourth quarter, a rarity these days
Big Blue delivers strong fourth quarter, a rarity these days Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:30 pm Categories: Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, IBM, Earnings, Economy Tags: Revenue, Wall Street, Earnings, IBM Corp., Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan Updated: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 21:19:52
Sushi Flu
I think I should clarify something. I used to write ‘blog posts’ for my friends when I was too wussy to get my own blog ... would get hurt and there wouldn’t be too much damage. And if I can keep my no claim bonus that’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 09:08:28
True cost of Middle East peace: new study out Friday
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The Geneva Centre for Security Policy Friday hosts an event to launch a major new study on peace in the Middle ... , opportunities for education, damage to environment and social fabric. Some costs have monetary value [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 07:25:11
Keep that laptop data safe and sound
The proliferation of notebooks and netbooks in use means you now see them everywhere you go in public ... do what we can to minimize the damage should that data go missing. Authorities agree that tens of thousands of notebooks [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 16:02:08
Whole Brain Exercises: Get Your Whole Brain Working For You
Exercises for the brain are a twenty-first century phenomenon. Brain gymnastics, cranial callisthenics and whole brain workouts have taken off ... with neurological problems or damage are also available Scientists have not yet fully endorsed the idea [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:54:49
Porta-potties Can Be an Environmental Disaster
800,000 pilgrims visited Toronto in 2002 to see the Pope; 7,000 portable toilets were set up to deal with the, um, problem ... dollars of damage. No doubt when the portapotties serving Washington today are emptied tonight [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 16:30:44
BtB Hits CS:S?
Well guys I don’t know if anyone here actually plays Counter-Strike: Source but we have actually bought our own server ... currently has ranks and damage counter (tells you how much damage you did to your target). I plan [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:46:49
Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th President of the United States
Our long national nightmare is over. Today is primarily a day for celebration, but Barack Obama now must begin the difficult task of repairing the considerable damage of the last eight years. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 17:05:18
Motivate Yourself With These 4 Techniques For Exercising With Your Workout Program 2009
Motivate Yourself With These 4 Techniques For Exercising With Your Workout Program 2009 January 21st, 2009 at 05:06am Under Health and Fitness Obesity is becomingly increasingly common amongst kids and adults alike. Disorders in eating and lack of physical activities have led to its rapid spread [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 05:06:02
So what’s the deal? Part II: intangibles.
So what’s the deal? Part II: intangibles. January 21st, 2009 by Zachary Osterman, men's basketball columnist Enjoying even more basketball now, ... to inflict sustained damage. I mention the Hawks game, because like most NBA games, it’s a game of runs [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 05:26:39
2,922 DAYS
It’s over. Really, it’s over. Numerous times over the past eight years I have discussed the concept of “Outrage Fatigue, ... scandals on top of one another negates the damage any one could cause. I tried to get up the nerve [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 05:16:54
B Movie Babels: Day of the Dead (2008)
Today I was utterly shocked and chagrined when, for the first time in my life, ... victims. 3. Nick Cannon’s improvised bone saw weapon was far to flimsy to inflict the level of damage [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 05:00:54
More nonsense on health and safety
The Health and Safety Executive, like Ofsted, does not base its judgements on first hand evidence, but on paper calculations ... horrendous level that can cause damage to the ears. There is, of course, no evidence of anyone [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 07:38:29
“Exterminate all the Brutes”: Gaza 2009
Noam ChomskyOn Saturday December 27, the latest US-Israeli attack on helpless Palestinians was launched. The attack had been meticulously planned, for over 6 months according to the Israeli press. The planning had two components: military and propaganda [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:07:06
Prosecutors Protecting Children (But Only When It’s Convenient)
Prosecutors seem so proud of themselves when they argue, “Don’t show me photos of the defendant’s kids ... sleep at night even if you refuse to consider the damage dad’s punishment might do to the kids. But don [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 04:30:20
H&I Fires* Inauguration Day 2009
Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one ... , in the sense of taxes. Metaphorically, in terms of damage done to the country's institutions. Bad laws [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:15:46
McNabb's lawn burned with Cardinals cheers
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb recently had to play defense at his offseason home in Chandler ... criminal damage."When they decided to get diesel fuel out and start damaging the yard, they crossed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 02:53:00
KEN HUNT: BUILDING MUSCLE, VEGETARIAN STYLE
Just because you are a vegetarian doesn’t mean that you can’t build a great body All it takes is ... quality. Muscles are built mainly by water and protein and most protein is found in animal products, even [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 06:07:43
How Does Car Insurance Work?
How Does Car Insurance Work? by Amy Nutt When you got your first car, you probably simultaneously purchase your first auto insurance policy ... that pays the costs of injuries or damage you cause to someone else or another vehicle in an accident [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 08:19:04
US Military Analysts: "Israel Clearly Won, But Should Have Destroyed Hamas"....
Israel won the battle, but it's the war that counts..... Israel clearly won the latest round with Hamas, but could have gone deeper into Gaza and done greater damage to the organization, according to military analysts in the US media on a visit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 20:14:01
Black Dice: Black Dice are the Repo men
Live dates with Battles, Gang Gang Dance and the Butthole Surfers have kept Black Dice busy since their last record, the epic Load Blown ... by the band. Expect extreme eardrum damage at the ensuing live shows that will follow the release [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 19:22:11
New Loan? Make Sure to Order Free Credit Reports
Let’s face it; there are very few of us who are being lent money right now; ... credit reports – you can immediately take care of it so it does not have the opportunity to damage [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 02:43:40
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