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Hurricanes are among the most destructive natural disasters known to man. Thus, if the 2005 hurricane season is any indication of trends to come, with 28 named storms, including 15 hurricanes, they cannot be taken lightly. That's one of the reasons why Arlington Hunter, President of Palincia Manufacturing, saw the need to manufacture clear lexan hurricane shutters here in The Bahamas. These shutters are touted to be among the best in hurricane protection. "Lexan polycarbonate is one of the most well-known 'plastics' in this industry. It is durable, clear from the inside and the outside and it's lightweight so it's easy to install," said Hunter. In addition, Lexan is flame-resistant and strong enough to withstand the most extreme impact, qualities needed to protect any building from the deadly forces of a hurricane.
Hurricane experiences, part 2
By then, classes were being cancelled for the week, and Frances was the news. And it made sense - a Category 4 hurricane was bearing down on the peninsula, which would have been the strongest direct hit to the East Coast since Andrew. After the devastation caused by Charley just three weeks earlier on the Gulf Coast, everyone wanted to be prepared.And so we were prepared. And we sat. And waited.
Frances didn't cooperate, slowing down, weakening, and eventually making landfall near Sewell's Point, Florida, some South Central Florida around 1 a.m. on September 5, nearly four days after UM shut down. So what did we do for those four days?
Well, the first part wasn't so bad - we weren't in lockdown until Friday so that we could do hurricane preparations.
Casino Royale's James Bond: From Iconic To Human
JoBlo features a new interview with Casino Royale's director Martin Campbell. He speaks on going back to James Bond after a break since 1995's GoldenEye, dealing with the censors, Daniel Craig as 007, Eva Green's Vesper Lynd, and much more…When asked how it felt to return to the Bond series with Casino Royale, Campbell explained: 'Because it was a book, it felt good. They did offer me another one after GoldenEye but I just didnt want to repeat myself. It was just another submarine pen but because this was a book, I thought this character was much more interesting perhaps in the book than it becomes in the movie. His liver is in bad shape and he smokes, which Fleming smoked by the way and it finally killed him.'
The way Bond interacts with Solange is very different compared to the relationship he strikes with Vesper Lynd a little later on.
Surgery in small Places
Thank goodness Colin A. I. Bethel, MD, likes to travel. Born in The Bahamas, the chief of pediatric surgery at UMDNJ-University Hospital (UH) and assistant professor of surgery at UMDNJ-New Jersey
Medical School (NJMS) has spent many a vacation roughing it through parts of southeast Asia, including Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
Burma is next on his list. "I grew up travelling," he says. It's what he does with his free time and his family still lives in the Caribbean, a reason for flying south. Yet closer to his professional home here at UMDNJ in Newark, this ease regarding travel takes on a whole different level of meaning when it comes to sick children or babies with birth defects. Bethel and his NJMS team Nishith Bhattachary-ya, MD, and Bienvenido Jongco, MD are so in demand in northern New Jersey that on any given day, they might find themselves operating in University Hospital, St.
Attorney: Anna Nicole may have dyed baby's hair
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- An attorney for the ex-boyfriend of TV reality star Anna Nicole Smith said she believes that Smith dyes her new daughter's hair.The model, who usually sports platinum blonde hair, may have dyed her infant daughter's locks to make it appear the father is Smith's current companion, Debra Opri said Monday.
Smith's ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead, who claims he is the father, saw the child with dark hair in leaked snippets of an "Entertainment Tonight" interview of Smith, Opri said.
"It's horrendous," Opri said. "We are calling our experts right now to see if dyeing an infant's hair is any way toxic or harmful to a child."
Birkhead frosts the tips of his sandy blonde hair. Smith's current companion, Howard K. Stern, appears to have naturally black hair.