Consider the possible consequences of a catastrophic loss of data a doctor’s office, an insurance agency, a law firm, or basically any other business. It appears that users of cloud based services may have little in the way of legal remedies. A very quick review of the terms and conditions for two of the best known cloud providers illustrate the issue.Consider the possible consequences of a catastrophic loss of data a doctor’s office,... more
All extreme sportsman feel fear, whether they are involved in rock climbing, mountaineering or moutainbiking. The psychology of managing this fear to allow us to fulfill our potential is complex and hard won often through difficult personal experience. This film uses the words of the mountaineer and alpinism legend Mark Twight, taken from his book Extreme alpinism which gives a fantastic insight into overcoming fear in climbing mountains.
.
I hope you enjoy the film – Please take a moment to comment afterwards and give your thoughts on how you handle fear in a sporting situation ?All extreme sportsman feel fear, whether they are involved in rock climbing,... more
For those of who are scared of roller coasters, this will confirm why you should be! Watch for about three seconds in and see the cable snap and hit the young lad. Then the roller coaster just simply rolls backwards!
There is no sound on this video. But don't worry, i don't think you need it to get the idea they are all crapping themselves...For those of who are scared of roller coasters, this will confirm why you should be!... more
The World Health Organization released findings today indicating that the practice of tanning in UV tanning beds increases a person's risk of Cancer by 75 percent and is as dangerous as smoking tobacco and exposure to arsenic.
At least the Sun helps grow plants and comes with Vitamin D!!The World Health Organization released findings today indicating that the practice of... more
Is it good or bad? Well less shark attacks at beaches but nature in danger of losing important species.Is it good or bad? Well less shark attacks at beaches but nature in danger of losing... more
“It’s better to understand the climate rather than the weather. It’s very important to have a sense of risk for somebody in a particular location rather than a more pedestrian counting of what happened last week,”“It’s better to understand the climate rather than the weather. It’s very... more
Thrill-seekers sprinted through Pamplona in a swift and relatively clean start to the running of the bulls.Thrill-seekers sprinted through Pamplona in a swift and relatively clean start to the... more
A YOUNG American tourist has survived a terrifying train ride in which he clung to the outside of the legendary Ghan in the freezing dark as it hit speeds up to 110km/h in the South Australian Outback.
Chad Vance, 19, frantically pursued The Ghan after missing it in Port Augusta, managing to climb on and squeeze himself into a tiny stairwell as the train raced for almost 200km through the night.
It was two hours and 20 minutes before a Ghan crew member heard the Alaskan student's desperate cries for help about 20km south of Pimba and brought the train to an emergency halt, the Sunday Mail reports.
More at link.A YOUNG American tourist has survived a terrifying train ride in which he clung to the... more
As the car crept up to them, the students didn’t react. It wasn’t until it was about to run them over that they even knew it was there. And that was only because it hit their white canes.
The hybrid car’s electric motor had kicked in. And the students, all of whom are blind, couldn’t hear it.
“It came up, and it was right there. We had no idea it was even coming,” said Chad Wilburn, one of students, who took part in a demonstration of the new hazard posed by the quiet hybrid vehicles earlier this year in Salt Lake City by the Utah Center for the BlindAdvocates for the sight-impaired say the vroom of a conventional engine is the only sure way a blind pedestrian can know that he or she may be walking into the path of an approaching car. They have been pushing for safety measures for several years, and Congress is considering a bill that would order the Transportation Department to make sure hybrids and the coming generation of all-electric vehicles make enough noise to be heard.
But they’re not the only ones worried about the silence. Emergency workers are raising the alarm, too, saying it can be hard to tell whether a hybrid’s engine is still running at the scene of an accident.
“If it’s in gear, it can lurch forward and injure someone,” said James Surrell, a physician at Marquette General Hospital in Michigan, who teaches hybrid safety classes for rescue workers and emergency medical technicians.
Hybrids’ electronic motors offer several other challenges for emergency workers at the scene of an accident. The biggest is that they are electronic motors.As the car crept up to them, the students didn’t react. It wasn’t until it was... more
4 heat shields were slightly damaged on Space Shuttle Atlantis during take off.
Nasa says, "it's minor."
As a precaution Shuttle ENDEAVOUR is on stand-by.
On a lighter note: The first ever twitter message was sent from space today by Mission Specialist, MIKE MASSIMINO.
He tweeted: "LAUNCH WAS AWESOME! I AM FEELING GREAT, WORKING HARD, & ENJOYING THE MAGNIFICENT VIEWS. THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME HAS BEGUN!"4 heat shields were slightly damaged on Space Shuttle Atlantis during take off.... more
Queen Beatrix and her family were in danger of an attack by a man trying to crash a car near the bus that was carrying them during celebration for Queen’s Day.Queen Beatrix and her family were in danger of an attack by a man trying to crash a... more
The perilous rescue of captain Richard Phillips is just one episode in a worldwide renaissance of sea piracy that began a decade ago.
When most Americans thought of sea piracy before last week, Johnny Depp came to mind, not Somalia. But the hostage taking and perilous rescue of captain Richard Phillips is only the most high-profile episode in a worldwide renaissance of sea piracy that began a decade ago.
At its heart: the growth of global commerce in the past two decades that has crowded the oceans with cargo vessels, dry-bulk carriers and supertankers loaded with every good imaginable. The world currently transports 80% of all international freight by sea. More than 10 million cargo containers are moving across the world's oceans at any one time.The perilous rescue of captain Richard Phillips is just one episode in a worldwide... more
Thayer Walker dives headfirst into the elusive, very lucrative, and often dangerous world of Abalone diving.Thayer Walker dives headfirst into the elusive, very lucrative, and often dangerous... more
TOKYO : The world's largest nuclear power plant in Japan is set to resume operations soon, two years after a strong earthquake caused a radioactive leak there, an official said Thursday.
Despite some local opposition, Tokyo has given the go-ahead for a test run of a reactor at the plant -- seen as a de facto resumption of the facility. The agreement of local communities is the last hurdle to a restart.
Operators say they have strengthened the seven-reactor plant 300 kilometres (185 miles) northwest of Tokyo since the 2007 quake which registered 6.8 on the Richter scale and led to a radioactive water spill into the Sea of Japan.TOKYO : The world's largest nuclear power plant in Japan is set to resume operations... more
North Korea has a simple respond to this: if international communites are aginst its rocket launch the country will restart it’s nuclear plant that produces weapons-grade plutonium.North Korea has a simple respond to this: if international communites are aginst its... more
Surprise! Americans are damaging their health by what they eat- again.
"Hold the salt.
Americans are eating far more salt than is healthy, and those for whom it's especially dangerous (including the elderly, African Americans and people with high blood pressure) are consuming twice as much as they should, federal health officials warned yesterday. Too much salt raises the risk of hypertension, which is linked to heart disease and stroke.
“It’s important for people to eat less salt. People who adopt a heart healthy eating pattern that includes a diet low in sodium and rich in potassium and calcium can improve their blood pressure,” Darwin Labarthe, director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, said in a statement released after the agency reported on the trend in this week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). “Reducing sodium intake can prevent or delay increases in blood pressure for everyone.’’
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommend that adults consume no more than 2,300 milligrams or one teaspoon of salt a day; those at risk of sodium-related conditions – an estimated two-thirds of U.S. adults – are advised to eat no more than 1,500 mgs daily. But average daily salt intake in the U.S. in 2006 (the latest stats available) was a whopping 3,456 mgs a day, according to the MMWR report. New federal dietary guidelines are expected next year.Surprise! Americans are damaging their health by what they eat- again.
"Hold the... more
George Stastny was going for a walk in County Durham when he managed to fall down the same cliff twice.George Stastny was going for a walk in County Durham when he managed to fall down the... more
It has emerged that two British men died in a Cambodian hotel after snorting heroin accidentally.It has emerged that two British men died in a Cambodian hotel after snorting heroin... more
10 year old Aidan Smith saved his mum from drowning in the bath after finding her lying unconscious.10 year old Aidan Smith saved his mum from drowning in the bath after finding her... more
