A Bill of Health That Doesn’t Add Up At the request of the Tampa Tribune‚ three insurers allowed a reporter access to hospital cost and quality information they post on password-protected Web sites for their members. The companies were Humana‚ United Healthcare‚ and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida. A Tribune analysis shows the range of prices that Bay area hospitals charge for the same procedures. I believe the statistical procedure used in this report is mentioned in Chapters 2 under Data
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Honolulu Rail: not prosperity for our future. The oppnents against the Honolulu rail project object their observations to the Honolulu city in council member of transportation by using letters‚public speeches‚ and interviews. Anti-rail citizen of Hawaii believes the cost of rail will be a burned to our nation. The articles and public speeches announce by the citizens of Hawaii that the rail will not decrease traffic congestion‚ taxes will increase‚ and the project will affect small businesses as
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“The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils‚ waters‚ plants‚ and animals‚ or collectively: the land.” When I see this statement from A Sand County Almanac I think about how we as a people look at the land and say that this is ours and we will do whatever we want with it but in all reality we are not in charge of the environment; we coexist and are neighbors. We do not rule the land and we need
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The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 still stands as the most devastating natural disaster in the history of the United States‚ with casualties reaching at least six thousand. Many houses and buildings did not stand a chance against the high velocity winds that the storm put out‚ and the huge waves caused massive damage‚ nearly submerging the entire island. To prevent such devastation again‚ Galveston had two engineering marvels put in place‚ the seawall and the grade raising of the island. This
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Comes Now the plaintiff‚ Justin King‚ by and through his attorney‚ states as follows: PARTIES AND JURISDICTION 1. Plaintiff‚ for all times mentioned herein‚ was and is a resident of Cook County‚ State of Illinois. 2. Defendant is a corporation with is principal place of business in the County of St. Louis‚ State of Missouri and carries on business in the State of Illinois. 3. This court has subject matter jurisdiction over the claims presented in this complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1332
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My hometown is somewhat historical‚ diverse‚ and very small. Far away from the big city lights and glamour‚ it’s considered to be the middle of nowhere. The endless beauty and sheer elegance has long been neglected‚ and screams for attention. The place I come from is like a sad garden in need of tending. Located in West Tennessee‚ amidst a clutter of other small towns‚ lies a miniscule of land known as Selmer. It’s a keenly place located an hour or two South of Jackson and East of Memphis Tennessee
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its watershed covers about 32 square miles (83 km2) in Multnomah‚ Washington‚ and Clackamas counties‚ including about 7 square miles (18 km2) within the Portland city limits. From its headwaters in the Tualatin Mountains (West Hills) in southwest Portland‚ the creek flows generally west and south through the cities of Portland‚ Beaverton‚ Tigard and Durham‚ and unincorporated areas of Washington County. It enters the Tualatin River about 9 miles (14 km) above the Tualatin’s confluence with the
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the local residents of these communities the main reason for cancer is contamination through pesticide in the agricultural farms which is the major source of employment for the residents of the community. McFarland is a small community in Kern County‚ with the population of about 6200‚ located at the southern end of California’s San Joaquin Valley. They are the main source of cotton and Almond in the area. Census Data of 1980 revealed that 40 percent of the population is less than 18 years of
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Rio Feliz. This would put him on one of the sides in a conflict called the Lincoln County War. On one side was Tunstall and a lawyer called Alexander McSween‚ and on the other side was Lawrence G. Murphy‚ James J. Dolan and John H. Riley. Both of these people wanted to make a monopoly on cattle ranching and federal contracts from the government. Lawrence G Murphy and his men held good partnerships with the county sheriff‚ Jesse Evans and The Boys. Not only that but they put a lot of people in debt
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Case Summary The case discusses about one of the worst disasters to strike the city of Chicago in the form of a heat wave that swept across the Great Plains and the Mid West in July 1995. It represented the affect of the disaster and also the problems faced by the healthcare and public protection authorities in coping up with the situation during and after the disaster. The number of lives lost was estimated to be 522 and 733‚ count given by two sources. The heat wave struck Chicago on 11 July and
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