Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 10, 2012, 7:01 am
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/07/al-assad-hangs-on-by-ruthlessness-reformist-image/?hpt=hp_bn2 Al-Assad hangs on by ruthlessness, reformist image By Joe Sterling, CNN “…..But Bashar al-Assad, the president of embattled Syria, is a survivor. He’s remained ensconced in pow...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 10, 2012, 6:52 am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16978803 10 February 2012 Last updated at 05:43 ET Syria unrest: Explosions in Aleppo   “…..State TV later quoted the health ministry as saying that 25 people had been killed and 175 wounded as a result of the attacks……”
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 10, 2012, 6:46 am

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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 10, 2012, 6:44 am
SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 354 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012 VALID 12Z FRI FEB 10 2012 – 12Z SUN FEB 12 2012 …ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS FOLLOWED BY A LARGE DEVELOP...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 9, 2012, 5:53 pm
9 February 2012 TERRORIST PLOTTERS SENTENCED TO 94 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT Nine men from London, Cardiff and Stoke-on-Trent have been sentenced for serious terrorist offences. Four of the accused – Mohammed Chowdhury and and Shah Rahman of London, and Gurukanth Desai and Abdul Miah of Cardiff �...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 9, 2012, 5:19 am
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/08/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=wo_c1 Activist: Infants, medical staff among dead in Homs crackdown By the CNN Wire Staff February 9, 2012 — Updated 0300 GMT (1100 HKT)   “…..Abu Rami said more than 60 people died Wednesday in Homs, including women...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 9, 2012, 5:16 am
CNN, 2/9/12:  “All Airbus A380 airplanes must be checked for cracks in the wings within three to four weeks, the European Aviation Safety Agency ordered Wednesday……Wednesday’s order was not prompted by any new cracks, but is a normal follow-up to the original directive…..” Link: http...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 9, 2012, 5:12 am
Acute Aortic Regurgitation with Myocardial Infarction: An Important Clue for Aortic Dissection Published online: 03 February 2012 Tolga Sinan Güvenç, Hatice Betül Erer, Rengin Çetin, Hakan Hasdemir, Erkan İlhan, Ceyhan Türkkan, Mehmet Eren DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.05.100 Journal of E...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 9, 2012, 5:09 am
http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/bsp.2010.0053 Total Decontamination Cost of the Anthrax Letter Attacks Ketra Schmitt and Nicholas A. Zacchia and. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science. -Not available-, ahead of print. doi:10.1089/bsp.2010.0053.   ...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 9, 2012, 5:09 am
Effect of Computerized Clinical Decision Support on the Use and Yield of CT Pulmonary Angiography in the Emergency Department      Ali S. Raja, Ivan K. Ip, Luciano M. Prevedello, Aaron D. Sodickson,      Cameron Farkas, Richard D. Zane, Richard Hanson, Samuel Z. Goldhaber,      Ritu ...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 7, 2012, 12:17 am
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-06/Philippines-Earthquake/52995290/1 USA Today (AP) – “Rescuers digging for survivors among dozens of people buried by earthquake-triggered landslides on a central Philippine island have found only bodies. The death toll climbed to 15 on Tuesday...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 7, 2012, 12:12 am
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2012-01/16/c_131362624.htm     PHNOM PENH, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — “Malaria had killed 98 Cambodians in 2011, a decline of 35 percent from 151 deaths in a year earlier, said a senior health official on Monday. Last year, some 62,690 cases of malaria had ...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 7, 2012, 12:11 am
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=60459 FEMA Encourages Americans Across the Country to Join More Than One Million in Public Earthquake Drill Release Date: January 23, 2012 Release Number: HQ-12-004 » En Español WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nine states across the central U.S. will partici...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 6, 2012, 5:51 pm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/2012/feb/05/heaviest-snowfall-decades-havoc-europe “…….Meanwhile, Rome was paralysed by its heaviest snowfall in 27 years, which left buses struggling to navigate the icy roads and people stranded in cars for hours. The city’s mayor was criticised over a la...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 6, 2012, 5:40 pm
      http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-06/floods-waters-to-peak-in-queensland-thousands-still-stranded.html Floods Waters to Peak in Queensland, Thousands Still Stranded February 06, 2012, 5:03 PM EST By Elisabeth Behrmann Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) — “Thousands of Australians remain forc...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 6, 2012, 5:37 pm
Kuwait Times “…..In Italy, which reported a seventh victim, snow-covered Rome was virtually paralyzed, thousands of people were trapped on trains, and the weather emergency sparked runs on supermarkets. “I couldn’t get hold of any food at the supermarket, people are stocking up like they di...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 6, 2012, 5:35 pm
http://new.kuwaittimes.net/2012/02/05/cold-snap-death-toll-in-europe-nears-300-third-of-flights-canceled-at-heathrow-airport/ Kuwait Times 2/5/12 “The Arctic cold snap that has hit Europe for over a week had claimed nearly 300 lives by yesterday, brought air travel chaos to London and dumped sn...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 6, 2012, 5:32 pm
RTT News 2/6/2012 4:56 PM ET (RTTNews) – “At least nine people have been killed and many more injured after a three-story building housing a factory collapsed in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore……. Children and women were reportedly among those killed in the incident, which authoritie...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Feb 6, 2012, 5:29 pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/9065060/More-snow-could-hit-Heathrow-over-weekend.html The Telegraph More snow could hit Heathrow over weekend More snow is forecast to hit Heathrow airport and many parts of Britain over weekend just as the half term getaway begins.
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 26, 2012, 10:51 pm
http://www.ems1.com/air-medical-transport/articles/1223836-NTSB-faults-pilots-in-2-air-medical-crashes By Jeffrey Collins and Kristin M. Hall The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — “Federal safety investigators on Friday faulted pilots who tried to outrun approaching storms in two fatal medi...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 26, 2012, 12:49 pm
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6103a3.htm?s_cid=mm6103a3_e Nodding Syndrome — South Sudan, 2011 Weekly January 27, 2012 / 61(03);52-54 In November 2010, the Ministry of Health of the proposed nation of South Sudan requested CDC assistance in investigating a recent increase and geog...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 26, 2012, 6:22 am
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/bt/bioprep/news/jan2512prepared.html HHS issues medical surge guidance for healthcare systems Lisa Schnirring , CIDRAP Staff Writer   Jan 25, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – “The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a new planning...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 26, 2012, 6:04 am
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/23/meth-makers-fill-up-burn-hospitals/ Washington Times Meth makers fill up burn hospitals Uninsured users force some units to close down By Jim Salter - Associated Press ST. LOUIS — “A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk ev...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 26, 2012, 5:35 am
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/172/2/153 Association Between Iodinated Contrast Media Exposure and Incident Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism Connie M. Rhee, MD; Ishir Bhan, MD, MPH; Erik K. Alexander, MD; Steven M. Brunelli, MD, MSCE Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(2):153-159. doi...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 25, 2012, 12:32 pm
LA Times “U.S. officials on Wednesday were providing some new details on the dramatic helicopter rescue of an American aid worker and her Danish colleague in Somalia. The Pentagon released a statement Wednesday morning on the U.S. military’s rescue, saying that Jessica Buchanan, 32, and Poul H...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 25, 2012, 1:25 am
Source reference: Pant Pai N, et al “Head-to-head comparison of accuracy of a rapid point-of-care HIV test with oral versus whole-blood specimens: a systematic review and meta-analysis” Lancet Infect Dis 2012. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(11)70368-1/abstract A...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 25, 2012, 1:20 am
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/22/v-fullstory/2601913/hospitals-hiring-doctors-to-get.html Miami Herald Hospitals hiring doctors to get ready for reform By John Dorschner       The Miami Herald      Hospitals made disastrous decisions in the 1990s in hiring doctors. Now, they’re...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 25, 2012, 1:16 am
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/nyregion/chefs-butlers-and-marble-baths-not-your-average-hospital-room.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper NY Times January 21, 2012   Chefs, Butlers, Marble Baths: Hospitals Vie for the Affluent “The feverish patient had spent hours in a crowded emergency room. When sh...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 23, 2012, 8:18 pm
History.com *On this day in 1556, an earthquake in Shaanxi, China, kills an estimated 830,000 people. * The quake struck in late evening, with aftershocks continuing through the following morning. * The magnitude  was estimated to be approximately 8.0 to 8.3 *  In some places, 60-foot-deep cre...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 23, 2012, 12:38 pm
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/23/us-weather-idUSTRE80K0LJ20120123   By Verna Gates and Peggy Gargis BIRMINGHAM, Alabama | Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:43am EST BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) – “Powerful thunderstorms tore through Alabama early Monday, killing at least two people and producin...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 23, 2012, 12:34 pm
Source reference: Dugas A, et al “Google Flu Trends: Correlation with emergency department influenza rates and crowding metrics” Clin Infect Dis 2012; DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir883. http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/01/02/cid.cir883.abstract http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisea...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 23, 2012, 12:28 pm
http://pubget.com/paper/22244878?title=Management+of+Minor+Head+Injury+in+Patients+Receiving+Oral+Anticoagulant+Therapy%3A+A+Prospective+Study+of+a+24-Hour+Observation+Protocol Management of Minor Head Injury in Patients Receiving Oral Anticoagulant Therapy: A Prospective Study of a 24-Hour Observa...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 23, 2012, 12:26 pm
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240538.php Medical News Today Alarming Number Of Texas Teens Playing The Choking Game “……The study was based on a survey completed by 837 students at a Texas university. Among the findings were: 16% percent of students reported having played the gam...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 23, 2012, 12:25 pm

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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 22, 2012, 8:14 am
CNN, 1/22/12 The body of a woman -- the 12th confirmed victim of the Costa Concordia disaster -- has been found by divers searching  the wrecked ship; 20 people remain missing.  Link: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/21/world/europe/italy-cruise-main/index.html
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 22, 2012, 8:02 am
Understanding the Developmental Dynamics of Terrorist Organizations  PDF: http://www.santafe.edu/media/workingpapers/09-07-021.pdf
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Jan 22, 2012, 7:52 am
  January 20, 2012 Scientists to Pause Research on Deadly Strain of Bird Flu The scientists who altered a deadly flu virus to make it more contagious have agreed to suspend their research for 60 days to give other international experts time to discuss the work and determine how it can proceed wit...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Nov 3, 2011, 5:34 am
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm278254.htm Recall — Firm Press Release   FDA posts press releases and other notices of recalls and market withdrawals from the firms involved as a service to consumers, the media, and other interested parties. FDA does not endorse either the product or the ...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Nov 3, 2011, 5:31 am
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2011_11_02/en/index.html 2 November 2011 -The Ministry of Health of Egypt has notified WHO of one case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus. The case is a 1 year-old male from Mahala district, Gharbia governorate. He developed symptoms on 17 September ...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Nov 3, 2011, 5:27 am
Ricin News GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — “In the violent underground novel “Absolved,” right-wing militia members upset about gun control make war against the U.S. government. This week, federal prosecutors accused four elderly Georgia men of plotting to use the book as a script for a real-life w...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Nov 3, 2011, 5:24 am
Eli Lilly and Company Lilly Corporate Center Indianapolis, IN 46285 U.S.A. Phone 317 276 2000   October 31, 2011 IMPORTANT DRUG WARNING Subject: Important Safety Information on Strattera® (atomoxetine HCl) and Increased Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Dear Healthcare Professional, In agreement...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Nov 3, 2011, 5:17 am
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/health/mris-often-overused-often-mislead-doctors-warn.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper October 28, 2011 Sports Medicine Said to Overuse M.R.I.’s “Dr. James Andrews, a widely known sports medicine orthopedist in Gulf Breeze, Fla., wanted to test his suspicion that M.R...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Nov 3, 2011, 5:15 am
Net Clinical Benefit of Adding Clopidogrel to Aspirin Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation for Whom Vitamin K Antagonists Are Unsuitable Stuart J. Connolly, John W. Eikelboom, Jennifer Ng, Jack Hirsh, Salim Yusuf, Janice Pogue, Raffaele de Caterina, Stefan Hohnloser, Robert G. Hart on be...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Nov 3, 2011, 5:11 am
http://www.ems1.com/medical-clinical/articles/1174222-In-Calif-seizure-medication-bill-brings-relief/ By Scott Martindale Orange County Register ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. — “Local epilepsy advocates are expressing relief at the passage of a state law that will allow teachers and other non-medical...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Nov 3, 2011, 5:03 am
http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2011/haify11pr.htm Press Release Date: November 2, 2011 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced today that it has awarded $34 million in fiscal year 2011 for grants and contracts to hospi...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Nov 3, 2011, 4:55 am
http://www.mmtimes.com/2011/news/599/news59915.html Myanmar Times 10/31/11-11/6/11 “HEALTH officials have pinpointed the cause of a severe case of food poisoning that left hundreds of people ill following a novitiation ceremony in Mandalay’s Amarapura township in early October…….[T]he Oct...
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Churton Budd posted an article on ProjectDisaster - Nov 3, 2011, 4:33 am
DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Nov. 1, in Paktia province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Th...
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