Monday, August 13, 2007 Charles Eugene Flowers and Stephanie Bassitt, who run Love Demonstrated Ministries in San Antonio, Texas, United States, have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault for tying a girl to their van and dragging her behind it on her stomach. The victim had stopped running with a group of campers, after falling behind. She says Bassitt yelled at her while Flowers tied her to the van. The girl was treated for injuries on her stomach, legs and arms. She reported that this was the second assault.…
Read MoreCorks fly in wine truck fire in Wyoming, US
Sunday, September 6, 2009 In Wamsutter, Wyoming, US, a fire crew were trying to put out a fire of a wine truck on a highway when they received an unexpected surprise. Wine corks started to burst out of the wreckage as bottles started to explode from the heat. Wyoming Highway Patrol Lt. Scott Keane said: “The corks were popping out of the bottles like the old Jiffy Pop (popcorn) we grew up with. My trooper got hit in the arm with one.” But luckily, as Keane commented, no one was…
Read More“The Simpsons Movie” hits theatres July 2007
Saturday, April 1, 2006 The Simpsons, a major hit animated television show, is set to appear in movie theatres. It has been confirmed that The Simpsons Movie will appear in theatres July 27, 2007. The Simpsons has been on television for 17 seasons and FOX confirms that it will run at least two more seasons. The show is currently contracted through FOX until 2008 and is the longest running television show on prime-time in the United States. An estimated over nine million people watch the show every Sunday night, but…
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Read More About: Rhinoplasty Los Angeles Best Revision Rhinoplasty Submitted by: Roger Loupe Be it surgical loupes or dental loupe they have become an eminent part of the medical industry wherein this instrument is brought into application to carry even the complex of procedures. Loupes have turned out to be of great advantage for all medical practitioners as they reduce extra human effort. Main task of loupes is to render high resolution to view the affected area with accuracy. It allows the surgeons and dentist to see clearly inside the…
Read MoreStudy: Socialized Canadian surgery half the U.S. cost with same results
Wednesday, July 13, 2005 Americans pay twice as much for heart-bypass surgery as the socialized Canadian system, with no difference in outcome, according to today’s issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine in a study funded by American drug company, Pfizer Inc.. The research found that heart bypass surgery costs an average of $10,373 in Canada, compared with $20,673 in the United States. Even though the costs were double in the United States, the rate of complications and death following bypass surgery was similar. High administrative costs and overtreatment are…
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Read More About: Italian Made Kitchens Best Kitchen Companies Sydney Submitted by: Carol Oon Small halogen spot lamps are normally used to give more focused beam or accent lighting. They are broadly used as a more energy-efficient alternative to incandescent bulbs in retail establishments and home lighting applications. Through a chemical reaction with the halogens,the tungsten filaments of halogen lamps are regenerated, and work at higher temperatures, their filaments are close to the surface of the lamps and the surface area is relatively small. Consequently lots of heat dissipated around…
Read MoreChicago Transit Authority announces repairs to Blue and Red Line
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) riders on the subway portions of the Red and Blue lines may see relief of the slow zone in the coming months. So-called “slow zones” are locations where trains travel at restricted speeds because of track work or deteriorating conditions. The CTA is putting nearly US$15 millions towards renovation of the O’Hare to Clark/Lake portion of the Blue Line and Chicago to Belmont portions of the Red Line. Work will happen during off peak and overnight hours. The CTA says that one…
Read MoreFt. Wayne, Indiana burn center treats Afghan child
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Doctors at the regional burn center at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana are treating a patient flown in from war-torn Afghanistan. U.S. Army’s 113th Battalion, which is made up of Indiana National Guardsman, discovered five-year-old Zia after a propane explosion in suburban Kabul earlier this year destroyed homes and killed six of the boy’s family members. The blast left Zia with third degree burns on his arms, torso and legs. Guardsmen, familiar with the Fort Wayne burn center, worked with non-profit group, Northeast Indiana…
Read MoreHomeopathy proponents jailed for allowing daughter to die
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 In Sydney, Australia, Thomas and Manju Sam were jailed after being convicted of manslaughter on Monday. The court found they had failed to take their ill daughter to medical appointments, and shunned the effective conventional medical treatments offered. Instead they chose homeopathic ‘alternative’ medical treatments which the medical profession generally considers to be pseudoscience. As a result, their then nine-month-old malnourished daughter Gloria died of the skin disorder eczema in 2002. In the evidence, the Crown prosecutor, Mr Tedeschi, said that the Sams ignored repeated advice…
Read MoreAmnesty report’s criticisms rejected by Bush administration
Sunday, June 5, 2005 Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, compared the United States detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to a Soviet-era gulag in that it is “entrenching the practice of arbitrary and indefinite detention in violation of international law,” she said. The group’s Executive Director William Schulz, on Fox News Sunday, said in response to questioning that they do not “know for sure” whether or not testimonies it has published describing torture and abuse of prisoners by sections of the U.S. military are valid because the U.S. will…
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