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According to Middle East Online, Egyptian security forces have arrested 26 suspected al-Qaeda cell-members on charges of plotting attacks on foreign ships passing through the Suez Canal. The suspects are alleged to have prepared remote controlled detonators and explosives and were waiting for instructions from abroad from an Al-Qaeda operative.
NOAA scientists have announced the arrival of El Niño, a climate phenomenon with a significant influence on global weather, ocean conditions and marine fisheries. El Niño impacts depend on a variety of factors, such as intensity and extent of ocean warming, and the time of year. Contrary to popular belief, not all effects are negative. On the positive side, El Niño can help to suppress Atlantic hurricane activity. In the United States, it typically brings beneficial winter precipitation to the arid Southwest, less wintry weather across the North, and a reduced risk of Florida wildfires. El Niño’s negative impacts have included damaging winter storms in California and increased storminess across the southern United States. Some past El Niños have also produced severe flooding and mudslides in Central and South America, and drought in Indonesia. The most recent El Niño occurred in 2006. NOAA will continue to monitor the rapidly evolving situation in the tropical Pacific, and will provide more detailed information on possible Atlantic hurricane impacts in its updated Seasonal Hurricane Outlook scheduled for release on August 6, 2009.
With the goal of a proactive and efficient data center in mind, SunGard Availability Services' consulting practice has developed a five-step storage optimization service that helps organizations reclaim valuable storage capacity while meeting their information availability goals. Read press release.
BÖWE BELL + HOWELL has announced achievement of ISO 9001:2008 recertification status for its BBH Bethlehem Services facilities. The Bethlehem facilities have been ISO 90001 certified since 2006. Certification to the new 2008 version of the ISO standard validates the process approach developed and implemented by BBH that improves the effectiveness of the quality management system to enhance customer satisfaction. BBH Bethlehem Services includes two facilities: Product Reconditioning Services (PRS), specializing in the design, manufacture and remanufacture of mail processing equipment; and Business Continuity Production Services (BCPS), which provides disaster recovery and document processing services for the financial, insurance, utility, state and federal government vertical markets. www.bowebellhowell.com
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•Date: 10th July 2009• Region: Various |
