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Sep. 13th, 2005 01:25 am
Awesome body paint site. Most of them are on naked people, so it's not at all work-safe.
Sep. 13th, 2005
Awesome body paint site. Most of them are on naked people, so it's not at all work-safe.
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Sep. 13th, 2005 12:19 pmLithium, Librium, what's the difference?
Apparently not much, at Brockton Hospital in Boston.
A pharmacist ordered Librium, and antianxiety sedative, instead of Lithium. The maximum safe dose of Lithium is 600 milligrams. The safe dose of Librium is 5 mg. Nurses then administered 300 mg doses of Librium to the patient.
The hospital's autopsy concluded he died of pneumonia.
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So, you're sitting at home with your brother, watching America's Most Wanted.
And they profile your brother on the show.
Awkward.
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Well, how would *you* protect your 11 foster children?
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The Grand List Of Overused Science Fiction Cliches.
Apparently not much, at Brockton Hospital in Boston.
A pharmacist ordered Librium, and antianxiety sedative, instead of Lithium. The maximum safe dose of Lithium is 600 milligrams. The safe dose of Librium is 5 mg. Nurses then administered 300 mg doses of Librium to the patient.
The hospital's autopsy concluded he died of pneumonia.
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So, you're sitting at home with your brother, watching America's Most Wanted.
And they profile your brother on the show.
Awkward.
========================================
Well, how would *you* protect your 11 foster children?
========================================
The Grand List Of Overused Science Fiction Cliches.
"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government and to the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility," Bush said
Lovely weaselling, but it's a step, and only two fucking weeks and thousands of people's lives late.
Talk about Iraq now, bitch.
Lovely weaselling, but it's a step, and only two fucking weeks and thousands of people's lives late.
Talk about Iraq now, bitch.
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina roared through South Mississippi knocking out electricity and communication systems, the White House ordered power restored to a pipeline that sends fuel to the Northeast.
That order - to restart two power substations in Collins that serve Colonial Pipeline Co. - delayed efforts by at least 24 hours to restore power to two rural hospitals and a number of water systems in the Pine Belt..
Dan Jordan, manager of Southern Pines Electric Power Association, said Vice President Dick Cheney's office called and left voice mails twice shortly after the storm struck, saying the Collins substations needed power restored immediately.
"I considered it a presidential directive to get those pipelines operating," said Jim Compton, general manager of the South Mississippi Electric Power Association - which distributes power that rural electric cooperatives sell to consumers and businesses.
"I reluctantly agreed to pull half our transmission line crews off other projects and made getting the transmission lines to the Collins substations a priority," Compton said. "Our people were told to work until it was done.
"They did it in 16 hours, and I consider the effort unprecedented."
The storm also knocked out two power substations in Collins, just north of Hattiesburg. The substations were crucial to Atlanta-based Colonial Pipeline, which moves gasoline and diesel fuel from Texas, through Louisiana and Mississippi and up to the Northeast.
"We were led to believe a national emergency was created when the pipelines were shut down," Compton said.
That order - to restart two power substations in Collins that serve Colonial Pipeline Co. - delayed efforts by at least 24 hours to restore power to two rural hospitals and a number of water systems in the Pine Belt..
Dan Jordan, manager of Southern Pines Electric Power Association, said Vice President Dick Cheney's office called and left voice mails twice shortly after the storm struck, saying the Collins substations needed power restored immediately.
"I considered it a presidential directive to get those pipelines operating," said Jim Compton, general manager of the South Mississippi Electric Power Association - which distributes power that rural electric cooperatives sell to consumers and businesses.
"I reluctantly agreed to pull half our transmission line crews off other projects and made getting the transmission lines to the Collins substations a priority," Compton said. "Our people were told to work until it was done.
"They did it in 16 hours, and I consider the effort unprecedented."
The storm also knocked out two power substations in Collins, just north of Hattiesburg. The substations were crucial to Atlanta-based Colonial Pipeline, which moves gasoline and diesel fuel from Texas, through Louisiana and Mississippi and up to the Northeast.
"We were led to believe a national emergency was created when the pipelines were shut down," Compton said.
Pennsylvania High School plays "MMMBop" before classes, during breaks, and during lunch, until the school raises $3000 for Hurricane relief. For the record, that's slightly less than $5 per student.
"MMMBop" has been playing since Wednesday, and the school has raised about $2,300 so far.
The school's principal, Dr. Maureen Thiec, says that when the students approached her with the idea, "I thought, 'Oh, my goodness, the teachers are going to kill me.' But we're making it!"
She says that some of those teachers "have given very generously."
"MMMBop" has been playing since Wednesday, and the school has raised about $2,300 so far.
The school's principal, Dr. Maureen Thiec, says that when the students approached her with the idea, "I thought, 'Oh, my goodness, the teachers are going to kill me.' But we're making it!"
She says that some of those teachers "have given very generously."
