There are about 2,000 cases of aortic dissection in the United States each year. With timely treatment the survival rate is approximately 85%. Without treatment 25% of patients die in the first 24 hours, 50% die within the first week, 75% the first month and a whopping 90% the first year. Along with Daniel Evans […]
Deaths from fires and burns are the fifth most common cause of unintentional injury deaths in the United States (CDC 2005) and the third leading cause of fatal home injury (Runyan 2004). In nearly 75% of the cases where a fire fatality occurred there was either no fire alarm present or it malfunctioned. NFPA Standard […]
I have been a PC user for over 20 years but I am moving to Mac. Our son, Peter, is a Mac user and a graduate student in computer science in San Francisco. This is what he says. For a professional user that expects to get heavy usage out of some Windows applications, I’d recommend […]
Sometimes we do not realize how good we have it. Recently I had a very practical reminder of how fortunate Americans are to have our system of justice. I defended several prominent Mobilians who were being sued by people from India over a contract to renovate an office building in India. I was curious as […]
