Irish EU vote lost, officials say
European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso said all indications were that Ireland had indeed rejected the treaty.
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The treaty, which is designed to help the EU cope with its expansion into eastern Europe, provides for a streamlining of the European Commission, the removal of the national veto in more policy areas, a new president of the European Council and a strengthened foreign affairs post.
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The Lisbon Treaty replaces a more ambitious draft constitution that was rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005.
Just over three million Irish voters are registered - in a European Union of 490 million people.
In 2001, Irish voters almost wrecked EU plans to expand eastwards when they rejected the Nice treaty. It was only passed in a much-criticised second vote.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Kaiser To Link Health Records To Microsoft
Soon to be mandatory? Hopefully those who use KP for health care provided some other number than their taxpayer ID.
Kaiser to test linking health records to Microsoft
By Deena Beasley
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kaiser Permanente, the biggest health maintenance organization in the United States, announced a pilot program on Monday to link patient records to Microsoft Corp's consumer health platform.
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The test will initially be limited to Kaiser employees who volunteer to have their records transferred, but access could be widened to the HMO's 8.7 million members later this year, said Anna-Lisa Silvestre, vice president of online services at Kaiser.
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Kaiser to test linking health records to Microsoft
By Deena Beasley
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kaiser Permanente, the biggest health maintenance organization in the United States, announced a pilot program on Monday to link patient records to Microsoft Corp's consumer health platform.
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The test will initially be limited to Kaiser employees who volunteer to have their records transferred, but access could be widened to the HMO's 8.7 million members later this year, said Anna-Lisa Silvestre, vice president of online services at Kaiser.
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Monday, June 02, 2008
California to be "Out Of Cash" by August
County's finances healthy - if state reimburses
As California slips deeper into the red and other counties and cities are rushing to do something about their rapidly deteriorating financial status, Plumas County is poised to weather the storm.
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The state treasurer is telling the state they will run out of cash this August if something isn't done. As a former member of a state Senate appropriations committee I know what that means. We could be bankrupt.
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As California slips deeper into the red and other counties and cities are rushing to do something about their rapidly deteriorating financial status, Plumas County is poised to weather the storm.
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The state treasurer is telling the state they will run out of cash this August if something isn't done. As a former member of a state Senate appropriations committee I know what that means. We could be bankrupt.
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After Five Years, Releases With No Charges Filed
[ There should be no question about the USA planting the seeds of hate all around the world. ]
Ex-Guantanamo inmate gets halfhearted hearing from Congress
A handful of US lawmakers gave only a halfhearted listen on Tuesday to the testimony of Murat Kurnaz, a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay from Germany, who spent nearly five years in prison before being released without charge.
Kurnaz, a Turk who was born and lives in Germany, was arrested during a trip to Pakistan in autumn 2001 and delivered to US authorities in exchange for a payment of $3,000.
Kurnaz spent several nightmarish weeks at the US base in Kandahar, Afghanistan before being transferred to the US "war on terror" camp at Guantanamo.
US authorities determined in 2002 that Kurnaz had no terror links, but claimed that he remained a danger because one of his friends had committed a suicide attack - even though the friend in question is alive, and has never been found to have terror ties.
Kurnaz was not released until mid-2006, and only after pressure on Washington from German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Ex-Guantanamo inmate gets halfhearted hearing from Congress
A handful of US lawmakers gave only a halfhearted listen on Tuesday to the testimony of Murat Kurnaz, a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay from Germany, who spent nearly five years in prison before being released without charge.
Kurnaz, a Turk who was born and lives in Germany, was arrested during a trip to Pakistan in autumn 2001 and delivered to US authorities in exchange for a payment of $3,000.
Kurnaz spent several nightmarish weeks at the US base in Kandahar, Afghanistan before being transferred to the US "war on terror" camp at Guantanamo.
US authorities determined in 2002 that Kurnaz had no terror links, but claimed that he remained a danger because one of his friends had committed a suicide attack - even though the friend in question is alive, and has never been found to have terror ties.
Kurnaz was not released until mid-2006, and only after pressure on Washington from German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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