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Listen to radio, TV or NOAA Weather Radio. Keep abreast of road conditions through the media. Wait until an area is declared safe before entering. Do not attempt to drive across flowing water. As little as 6Â? of water may cause you to lose control of your vehicleÂ?2 feet of water will carry most cars away. If you see water flowing across a roadway, TURN AROUND AND GO ANOTHER WAY.Many people have been killed or injured driving through flooded roadways or around barricades. Roads are closed for your protection. Stay away from moving water.Moving water even 6Â? deep can sweep you away. Do not allow children, especially under age 13, to play in flooded areas. They often drown or are injured in areas appearing safe. If someone needs to be rescued, call professionals with the right equipment to help. Many people have been killed or injured trying to rescue others in flooded areas. Stay away from standing water. It may be electrically charged from underground or downed power lines. Have professionals check gas, water and electrical lines and appliances for damage. Use a flashlight for emergency lighting. Never use candles and other open flames indoors. Use tap water for drinking and cooking only when local officials say it is safe to do so. Use the telephone only for emergency calls.
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Bamboo Flooring
As environmental pollution and global warming become a daily reality, people are becoming more concerned about their impact on the environment. Beginning with the home, people are seeking new ways to beautify their house without damaging the environment. The first great place to begin is with your floors. Bamboo flooring can [...]
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Bamboo Flooring
As environmental pollution and global warming become a daily reality, people are becoming more concerned about their impact on the environment. Beginning with the home, people are seeking new ways to beautify their house without damaging the environment. The first great place to begin is with your floors. Bamboo flooring can [...]
Tagi: bamboo flooring, global warming, new ways, ace, peoe
Posted by on under th project, genome project, deases, human genome, interested researchers, genetic markers, forensic science, public database, ethnic background, project director, genetics, alg, volunteers, peoe, aims, biotechnology, decade, participants, medicine |
Ian Lamont writes "The Personal Genome Project has released the data sets and descriptions of traits, ethnic background and other information of the first ten volunteers, which include the project director and nine other people with backgrounds in genetics, medicine, and biotechnology. While the human genome was first sequenced at the beginning of this decade, what's special about this project is these 10 participants are having their names, genome, and other personal data gleaned from questionnaires shared openly on the Web, where interested researchers can freely access them. One of the ultimate aims of the project is to create a public database of 100,000 volunteers that researchers and other parties can use to determine what traits, diseases or other characteristics are associated with specific genetic markers. When asked why volunteers are requested to attach their names to the Web records, the project director said the data could be used by researchers in other fields outside of genetics, including forensic science and historical research. While this project opens the door for some interesting and potentially life-saving research, there may also be difficulties or problems for people whose records are posted on the Web. Would you participate? Would you share your name, along with your genome, disease history, and traits? Why or why not?"
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Posted by on under judge nancy gertner, massachusetts cases, substantial resources, compas, litigants, formalities, riaa, law firms, peoe, lawyers |
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The Boston judge who has consolidated all of the RIAA's Massachusetts cases into a single case over which she has been presiding for the past 5 years delivered something of a rebuke to the RIAA's lawyers, we have learned. At a conference this past June, the transcript of which (PDF) has just been released, Judge Nancy Gertner said to them that they 'have an ethical obligation to fully understand that they are fighting people without lawyers... to understand that the formalities of this are basically bankrupting people, and it's terribly critical that you stop it ...' She also acknowledged that 'there is a huge imbalance in these cases. The record companies are represented by large law firms with substantial resources,' while it is futile for self-represented defendants to resist. The judge did not seem to acknowledge any responsibility on her part, however, for having created the 'imbalance,' and also stated that the law is 'overwhelmingly on the side of the record companies,' even though she seems to recognize that for the past 5 years she has been hearing only one side of the legal story."
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