The tragic shooting last month in Newtown…the Aurora shooting…the shooting in Tucson…the Virginia Tech massacre…all involved mental illness. Nuts, crazy, mad, wacko – words I frequently hear used to describe the mentally ill. These people have a brain disorder, they are mentally ill, and like people with any other illness, they need medical […]
Steve Slepcevic, Disaster Recovery Expert – Top 10 Things to Do When Disaster Strikes!
Most disasters, by their very nature, are unforeseen and can happen anytime, anywhere, at a moment’s notice, from wind, water, vandalism, fire to terrorism. Reaction time is critical and can mean the difference between preventing further destruction or easily reclaiming damaged property and possessions after disaster strikes. It is important that property owners and business […]
Steve Slepcevic, Disaster Recovery Expert – Top 10 Things to Do When Disaster Strikes!
Steve Slepcevic – Most disasters, by their very nature, are unforeseen and can happen anytime, anywhere, at a moment’s notice, from wind, water, vandalism, fire to terrorism. Reaction time is critical and can mean the difference between preventing further destruction or easily reclaiming damaged property and possessions after disaster strikes. It is important that property […]
How Foreigners Control Nigeria’s Freight Components, By Amiwero
Inadequate regulation and corruption on the part of government agencies have been given as reasons why foreign multinationals control more than 90 percent of Nigeria‘s freight components within the freight circle in the maritime industry, thereby resulting in unemployment and arbitrary increase in charges at the ports."97 percent of freight components have been taken over […]
Nutraceutical – Definition and Introduction
The term "nutraceutical" was coined from "nutrition" and "pharmaceutical" in 1989 by Stephen DeFelice, MD, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine (FIM), Cranford, NJ (1) According to DeFelice, nutraceutical can be defined as, "a food (or part of a food) that provides medical or health benefits, including the prevention and/or treatment […]
Actor Snipes Found Not Guilty of Tax Fraud
Actor Wesley Snipes has been found not guilty of tax fraud and conspiracy charges, but was convicted on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file a tax return. Snipes and two co-defendants, a de-licensed accountant and a tax protest leader, were indicted in 2006. Snipes was also indicted on six counts of willful failure to […]