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Nelson Mandela's 93rd Birday Inspires South AfricaMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:51PMSouth Africans celebrate Mandela Day, the birthday of their beloved antiapartheid hero, by doing good works in his honor. The acts of kindness help bring the haves and have-nots a little closer. A highway and a mile-wide valley divide the glittering retail towers and leafy suburbs of Sandton from the exuberant chaos and squalid poverty of Alexandra township in South Africa. But on Mandela Day ...

Fiscal Suicide, Part II: A Swirling MotionMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:22PMFiscal Suicide, Part II: A Swirling Motion Courtesy of  Russ Winter of Winter Watch at Wall Street Examiner The debt “negotiations” are going on in a vacuum, with little detail about what is on the table for “spending reductions” or revenue enhancements. For example, on this process over the weekend ( in Part I of this article ), I gave a list of high-impact FY 2012 budgetary roll-off items that ...

American College of Surgeons Announces Goal to Enlist 1,000 Hospitals to its National Surgical Quality Improvement ...Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:08PMCHICAGO, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Surgeons (ACS) today announced its goal to enlist at least 1,000 hospitals into its respected National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®). The commitment is part of the ACS Inspiring Quality initiative launched today, an effort to raise awareness of proven models of quality improvement, coordinated care and disease ...

Beacon Hill Roll Call: Local pols approve health insurance changesMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:42PMHouse 150-2, Senate 37-0, approved Gov. Deval Patrick's amendments to the recently approved law giving local communities more flexibility to make changes to health insurance plans of their public employees outside of the current full collective bargaining process.

Pike River live: gas monitoring 'critical'Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:07PM1.14pm: The inquiry has adjourned for lunch and will resume at 2pm. 1.10pm: Mr Firmin says there is no formal process for reviewing the mines inspectorate's performance when there has been a serious accident or fatal

Earnings Outlook: J&J forecast to report slightly higher earningsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:42PMJ&J is expected to post slightly higher quarterly earnings, which will also reflect charges taken for the discontinuation of its drug-coated heart stent products.

Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday inspires South AfricaMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:19PMALEXANDRA, South Africa — A highway and a mile-wide valley divide the glittering retail towers and leafy suburbs of Sandton from the exuberant chaos and squalid poverty of Alexandra township in South Africa. But on Mandela Day, the birthday of the nation's best-loved liberation hero, the gulf seems less impossible.

Queensland Health Payroll System Finally Stabilizing After 16 Months and AU$209+ MillionMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:02PMLast year, I blogged about the on-going problems that plagued the roll-out of the Queensland Health service's new SAP-based payroll system.

Marilla Seeks to Buy and Raze BuildingMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:20PMMarilla officials are still trying to reach a deal to purchase a burned-out building across from Town Hall, but no purchase price has been reached. The apartment building at 1717 Two Rod Road caught fire last August and has been vacant since that time. Supervisor George Gertz applied for and received a $53,000 Community Development Block Grant to purchase the building. He was not able to make an ...