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September 30, 2005
September 29, 2005
Use E-Billing or Lose Business
Electronic billing has gained mainstream attention in the legal profession because it enables law firms to deliver invoices in a more detailed and consistent format to satisfy clients' growing demands for more precise billing information. Consequently, e-billing has became one of the most widely and quickly adopted legal technologies among Fortune 100 companies.
Corporate counsel and vendors encouraged firms to use such technology with promises that e-billing would revolutionize the attorney-client relationship. Clients promised their firms a faster payment cycle, expedited dispute resolution, lower administrative costs and a more efficient method for billing. Knowledgeable law firm administrators found that these systems can identify billing patterns, analyze time and resource expenditures and unify billing practices among practice groups. These programs also give firms more tools to ensure compliance with client billing guidelines. The firms that use these systems effectively have established a stronger bond with their corporate clients.
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Corporate counsel and vendors encouraged firms to use such technology with promises that e-billing would revolutionize the attorney-client relationship. Clients promised their firms a faster payment cycle, expedited dispute resolution, lower administrative costs and a more efficient method for billing. Knowledgeable law firm administrators found that these systems can identify billing patterns, analyze time and resource expenditures and unify billing practices among practice groups. These programs also give firms more tools to ensure compliance with client billing guidelines. The firms that use these systems effectively have established a stronger bond with their corporate clients.
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September 26, 2005
WHO reports steep rise in obesity in poorer countries
A staggering one billion of the world's population of 6.45 billion is overweight, warns the World Health Organization. And rates of overweight and obesity are rising dramatically in poorer countries, not just wealthy nations.
If the current trend continues, by 2015 there will be 1.5 billion overweight people in the world. Being overweight or obese greatly increases a person's risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other chronic diseases.
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If the current trend continues, by 2015 there will be 1.5 billion overweight people in the world. Being overweight or obese greatly increases a person's risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other chronic diseases.
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September 22, 2005
One more hurricane to hit US South
Rita, with winds of 165 m.p.h., forced the evacuation of as many as a million people from Corpus Christi to New Orleans.
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September 15, 2005
Supreme Court declares acts of Congress unconstitutional
Laws permitting public employees to sue state employers for discrimination on the basis of disability and age, and also giving women access to federal court to sue rapists for damages, ran up against the court's new definition of the limits on Congress's power and the justices' insistence that they alone have the final word in interpreting the Constitution.
"I take umbrage at what the court has said, and so do my colleagues," Senator Specter told Judge Roberts.
From 1995 to 2003, the Supreme Court overturned all or parts of 33 federal statutes, 10 of them on the ground that Congress had exceeded its authority either to regulate interstate commerce or to enforce the constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection. Until then, the modern court gave Congress wide berth to define its own role under both of the Constitution's relevant provisions, the Commerce Clause and the 14th Amendment.
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"I take umbrage at what the court has said, and so do my colleagues," Senator Specter told Judge Roberts.
From 1995 to 2003, the Supreme Court overturned all or parts of 33 federal statutes, 10 of them on the ground that Congress had exceeded its authority either to regulate interstate commerce or to enforce the constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection. Until then, the modern court gave Congress wide berth to define its own role under both of the Constitution's relevant provisions, the Commerce Clause and the 14th Amendment.
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September 9, 2005
Can an aircraft accommodate more than 800 passengers???
The Airbus A380 can!!! The A380, will be the largest airliner ever built. Lengthwise, it would nearly stretch from goal line to goal line of a football field while its wing tips would hang well beyond the sidelines. Three full decks will run along the entire length of the plane. Upper and main decks will serve as passenger areas, and will be connected by a grand staircase near the front of the plane and by another smaller staircase at the back. Although the lower deck will be reserved primarily for cargo, it could be outfitted for special passenger uses such as sleeper cabins, business centers or even child care service. In a one-class configuration, the A380 could accommodate as many as 840 passengers. The more likely three-class configuration will still offer an unprecedented 555 passenger seats.
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Check this awesome flash site to read more about that. The project started in 1991 it is now on the testing phase.
http://events.airbus.com/A380/default1.aspx
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September 8, 2005
What is the longest word in English???
Most of the words which are given as 'the longest word' are merely inventions, and when they occur it is almost always as examples of long words, rather than as genuine examples of use. For example, the medieval Latin word honorificabilitudinitas (honourableness) was listed by some old dictionaries in the English form honorificabilitudinity (22 letters), but it has never really been in use. The longest word currently listed in Oxford dictionaries is rather of this kind: it is the supposed lung-disease pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters).
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Where is Michael Jackson???
The 47-year-old performer was even been spotted looking over some of the world's most audacious real estate developments in flashy Dubai, a booming luxury resort and one of the world's fastest growing cities.
"He wants to see more of this area. He likes it here," said Mohammed Bin Sulayem, the Emirates champion rally driver who escorted Jackson on sightseeing tours, alongside their mutual friend, Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, son of Bahrain's king.
Local newspapers are flush with speculative articles about the singer taking up residence. Bin Sulayem said he wasn't yet sure whether Jackson was ready to join the other westerners buying up luxury villas in this seaside emirate.
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"He wants to see more of this area. He likes it here," said Mohammed Bin Sulayem, the Emirates champion rally driver who escorted Jackson on sightseeing tours, alongside their mutual friend, Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, son of Bahrain's king.
Local newspapers are flush with speculative articles about the singer taking up residence. Bin Sulayem said he wasn't yet sure whether Jackson was ready to join the other westerners buying up luxury villas in this seaside emirate.
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September 7, 2005
Levee repaired; N.O. mayor says 10,000 may be dead
NEW ORLEANS — A week after Hurricane Katrina, the levee break that caused much of the area's flooding was repaired, floodwaters began to recede and the mayor made his direst prediction yet: as many as 10,000 deaths in his city alone.
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September 5, 2005
Brazil qualify for 2006 World Cup
In the first World Cup tournament in which the current champions had to defend their title from the start of the qualifying rounds, Brazil - five times soccer world champions - carried forward their record of being the only team to play in every World Cup - by ensuring a top four finish in the 10-strong South American Group with a 5-0 victory over Chile in Brasilia, on Sunday.
The World Champions are the eighth team to qualify for World Cup 2006, joining host nation Germany, Argentina, Ukraine, the U.S.A., Japan, South Korea, Iran and Saudi Arabia in the finals.
The draw for the 32-nation final stage of the world's biggest sporting event will be made on December 9th in Leipzig, Germany.
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What is a Blog???
Definition
blog
A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.
Information
A blog is often a mixture of what is happening in a person's life and what is happening on the Web, a kind of hybrid diary/guide site, although there are as many unique types of blogs as there are people.
People maintained blogs long before the term was coined, but the trend gained momentum with the introduction of automated published systems, most notably Blogger at blogger.com. Thousands of people use services such as Blogger to simplify and accelerate the publishing process.
Blogs are alternatively called web logs or weblogs.
Check out the article to learn more about the history of blogs weblogs: a history and perspective
blog
A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.
Information
A blog is often a mixture of what is happening in a person's life and what is happening on the Web, a kind of hybrid diary/guide site, although there are as many unique types of blogs as there are people.
People maintained blogs long before the term was coined, but the trend gained momentum with the introduction of automated published systems, most notably Blogger at blogger.com. Thousands of people use services such as Blogger to simplify and accelerate the publishing process.
Blogs are alternatively called web logs or weblogs.
Check out the article to learn more about the history of blogs weblogs: a history and perspective
September 2, 2005
Hurricane Katrina and its trail of destruction
Thousands of refugees from Hurricane Katrina boarded buses for Houston, but others quickly took their places at the filthy, teeming Superdome, which has been serving as the primary shelter. At the increasingly unsanitary convention center, crowds swelled to about 25,000 and desperate refugees clamored for food, water and attention while dead bodies, slumped in wheelchairs or wrapped in sheets, lay in their midst.
"Some people there have not eaten or drunk water for three or four days, which is inexcusable," acknowledged Joseph W. Matthews, the director of the city's Office of Emergency Preparedness.
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"Some people there have not eaten or drunk water for three or four days, which is inexcusable," acknowledged Joseph W. Matthews, the director of the city's Office of Emergency Preparedness.
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September 1, 2005
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