Department of Interior, Washington, D.C. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) AUDIENCE: Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can! THE VICE PRESIDENT: Yes, he did. (Applause.) Thank you all for being here, ladies and gentlemen. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, to state the obvious, this is truly a historic day. But [...]
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Golfer Padraig Harrington joins Optical Express as Brand Ambassador
CUMBERNAULD, GLASGOW, March 21, 2010 / — Optical Express, Europe’s Number One laser eye surgery specialists, has been joined by one of the world’s greatest golfers, Padraig Harrington as a Brand Ambassador. The back-to-back British Open Champion (2007,2008) and US PGA Champion (2008) is fronting a television advertising campaign for Optical Express on ITV, Sky [...]
New manager for newly relaunched care service
Anthea Call has taken the helm as Branch Manager of RV Care, a newly relaunched domiciliary care service covering west Cornwall. Based at Roseland Parc in the village of Tregony, near Truro, in Cornwall, Anthea has responsibility for the service which provides care and support to residents of Roseland Parc retirement village and to clients [...]
Thames Water: Key milestone to protect 800 West Ham homes from flooding
A tunnelling machine called ‘Theodora’ finished digging a two-mile long sewer, 2.8 metres in diameter, under East London today, to help protect 800 West Ham homes from flooding. Breakthough: ‘Dora the Bora’ comes home ‘Dora the Bora’, as she’s known in West Ham, has spent seven months drilling the tunnel which passes under the Jubilee [...]
Nutritional experts say hospital food ticks all the right boxes
FOOD is an essential part of patient care – and dieticians in Cambridge are working hard to ensure a ‘robust and exciting’ menu is offered to all hospital patients, whatever their needs. Working practise and success of this theory is demonstrated at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, largely due to the vision and understanding of Lifespan Catering Services. [...]
Can the Nose be Reduced in size by Rhinoplasty?
Having a large nose can pose a serious aesthetic defect to the overall appearance of the face of any person. It is normal for such a person to seek medical assistance for correcting such a condition, for very obvious reasons. The large nose problem is in fact very common and can be classified into three [...]
USA Study Reveals Mercury Contamination in Fish Nationwide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Scientists detected mercury contamination in every fish sampled in 291 streams across the country, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study released today. About a quarter of these fish were found to contain mercury at levels exceeding the criterion for the protection of people who consume average amounts of fish, established by [...]
SNORKEL rice beats the monsoon
Monsoon season floods in Asia can cause widespread devastation of rice crops. Some strains of rice have adapted to this environmental stress by developing the ability to undergo rapid stem elongation. Normally this type of rice grows to about a metre high, but when flooding occurs, the stem undergoes rapid and dramatic internode elongation and [...]