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Mineta Transportation Institute's terrorism expert Brian Michael Jenkins authored relevant reports SAN JOSE, Calif., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The arrest by Canadian authorities of two al Qaeda-connected terrorists planning to derail a passenger train calls attention to the Mineta Transportation Institute's (MTI) previous research on terrorist attacks targeting passenger trains. These three recent MTI reports address this issue. All were authored by international...
CARDIFF, Wales, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Education and humanitarian support underpin new Military Covenant Soldiers, sailors and airmen will be the first in the UK to benefit from a major agreement with the UK's newest major university. A Military Community Covenant has been signed today (Monday 22 April) between the Armed Forces in Wales and the University of South Wales. Under the covenant agreement, the University will support service personnel with a...
Several Physical Therapists offered their help to the medical teams that aided victims of the Boston marathon bombings reported by Hands-On Seminars Astoria, NY (PRWEB) April 20, 2013 Several Physical Therapists who are students and graduates of Hands-On Seminars, a NY based continuing education organization, have reported that they participated in the rescue efforts on the side of the medical teams of the Boston marathon. Many of these PTs had volunteered to help during the marathon as...
MANAMA, Bahrain, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Kingdom of Bahrain and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have agreed to boost cooperation and expand relations to serve common interests and reinforce peace and stability in the region. Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Commander-in-Chief Field Marshall Shaikh Khalifa Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (DSACT), Polish General Mieczyslaw Bieniek, stressed the significance of...
Flight Attendants Express Grave Concern Over Allowing Knives on Planes WASHINGTON, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As terrorist activity puts the country on high alert, the Coalition of Flight Attendant Unions, representing 90,000 U.S. flight attendants nationwide, today called on Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to immediately cancel a new policy that would allow airline passengers to bring knives aboard airline flights starting next Thursday, April 25....
Steps Everyone Can Take to Prepare for a Terrorist Attack SEATTLE, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Americans recently watched tragedy strike during "The Boston Marathon". This terrorist event left millions of citizens concerned about their family's personal safety and wondering what they should do to plan and protect themselves, as well as their communities. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130419/CG97952) "Those answers are at your fingertips", said Rob Stern,...
PA National Guard Pilot Served with Battalion Based at Fort Indiantown Gap HARRISBURG, Pa., April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today ordered all U.S. and Pennsylvania flags in the Capitol Complex and at commonwealth facilities in Berks County to fly at half-staff on Monday, April 22, to honor U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Jarett Yoder who was killed in Afghanistan on April 9. Yoder, 26, of Mohnton, and fellow Pennsylvania Army National Guardsman Chief...
LOS ANGELES, April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education has added a collection of testimonies of survivors and rescuers from the 1994 Rwandan Tutsi genocide to its Visual History Archive. This marks the first integration of testimonies outside of Holocaust survivors and witnesses into the Visual History Archive. The 65 audiovisual interviews in this new collection mark the beginning of the Rwanda Archive and...
PA National Guard Pilot was Flight Instructor at Fort Indiantown Gap HARRISBURG, Pa., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today ordered all U.S. and Pennsylvania flags in the Capitol Complex and at commonwealth facilities in Indiana County to fly at half-staff on Saturday, April 20, to honor U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Matthew Paul Ruffner, who was killed in Afghanistan on April 9. Ruffner, 34, and fellow Pennsylvania Army National Guardsman Chief...
BELLEVUE, Wash., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Late last year, CNN's Piers Morgan threatened to "deport" himself if the United States did not dramatically change its gun laws, and this morning, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms suggested that he pack his bags. "Piers Morgan has made a habit of demonizing and insulting American gun owners," CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb observed. "If he so dislikes the people who call this nation home, a nation that has...
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The ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii) is native to Sri Lanka and India. It prefers a habitat within forested areas, but can sometimes be found in open fields. It holds two subspecies throughout its range, with one occurring in Sri Lanka and the other occurring in India. This species resembles the Indian gray mongoose, although it is larger and has a longer, black tipped tail. As is similar to mongoose species, it hunts during the daytime and nighttime. In Sri Lanka, this mongoose is called...
Grant’s zebra (Equus quagga boehmi) are among the six subspecies of the plains zebra, and the smallest of them. This zebra is from the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Its range extends from Zambia, west of the Luangwa River, west to Kariba, Shaba Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its northern range extends to Kibanzao Plateau. In Tanzania, its range extends from Nyangaui and Kibwezi in the north and south into southwestern Kenya and can go as far south as Sotik. Grant’s zebra...
Burkholderia mallei is a gram-negative bipolar aerobic bacterium. The human and animal pathogen causes Glanders. The Latin name of this disease gave name to the causative agent species. It is related to B. pseudomallei although the bacterium is nonmotile. The bacterium can be eliminated through numerous disinfectants including benzalkonium chloride, iodine, mercuric chloride, potassium permanganate, and ethanol. It can also be destroyed by heating or UV. Antibiotics have also been reported...
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus is a mosquito-borne viral pathogen that causes Venezuelan equine encephalitis or encephalomyelitis (VEE). It can affect all equine species, such as horses, donkeys, and zebras. Equines may suddenly die or show progressive central nervous system disorders after infection. It is contractible by humans and will usually experience flu-like symptoms when infected. People with a weak immune system can become seriously ill or die. It is transmitted primarily...
Eric Boe is an Air Force fighter pilot, test pilot and a NASA astronaut. He was born Eric A. Boe on October 1, 1964 in Miami, Florida. He graduated from Henderson High School in Chamblee, Georgia in 1983 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Astronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1987. He was then commissioned from the Academy and completed Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas. In 1988, Boe was assigned to the 3rd...
