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Saturday, 19th June 2004

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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full Text Documents
Law--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: Corporate Counsel
New Chart, Women General Counsel 2004
"Female general counsel at Fortune 500 companies in 2004."
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Hospitals--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: Solucient
Solucient 100 Top Hospitals
"This report identifies industry benchmarks and recognizes hospitals that demonstrate superior clinical, operational, and financial performance in overall service."
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Lightning
Source: Mary Ann Cooper, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Lightning Injury Research Program
"Our goals in preparing this website are to provide:
+ An informational and educational tool for survivors of lightning strike and the physicians who treat them.
+ A safety resource for those responsible for organizing outdoor activities including parents, coaches, teachers, camp counselors, park managers, and others engaged in outdoor activities.
+ An educational resource for students, teachers, and the media."
Provides statistics, explanations and medical aspects of lightning injuries, safety guidelines, presentations and publications, support group information and related links.
See also: Lightning Safety (National Weather Service)
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Terrorism
Source: Center for Nonproliferation Studies
CNS - New Book Says U.S. Cities Vulnerable to Terrorist Attack with Improvised Nuclear Weapons
From the Press Release: "The Four Faces of Nuclear Terrorism, a new book from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), warns that substandard security at nuclear facilities in Europe, Central Asia, Russia, and Pakistan increases the risk of terrorists seizing highly enriched uranium to make crude, but devastating, nuclear explosives. Led by CNS Director William Potter and CNS Scientist-in-Residence Charles Ferguson, a team of researchers, including Leonard Spector, Amy Sands, and Fred Wehling, conducted a two-year study of the motivations and capabilities of terrorist organizations to carry out attacks using stolen nuclear weapons, to construct and detonate crude nuclear weapons known as improvised nuclear devices (INDs), to strike nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities, and to build and use radiological weapons or 'dirty bombs.'"
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Read the Press Release

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