' Fat Leonard ' may be Venezuela bargaining chip, experts say
SAN DIEGO — A fugitive defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” who claims to have incriminating sex photos of U.S. Navy brass could become the latest bargaining chip in Venezuelan President... #usnavy #nicolasmaduro #sexphotos #sandiego #fatleonard #defensecontractor
Source: Reuters: Health - September 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Officials: Navy bribery case fugitive tried to get to Russia
SAN DIEGO — A Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard" who orchestrated one of the largest bribery scandals in U.S. military history has been arrested in Venezuela after fleeing... #briberycasefugitive #fatleonard #malaysian #sandiego #defensecontractor
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mastermind of Navy bribery scheme captured in Venezuela after escaping house arrest in San Diego
Leonard Francis, the former military contractor known as "Fat Leonard" who orchestrated the largest corruption scandal in US Navy history, was arrested Tuesday morning by authorities in Venezuela... #fatleonard #leonardfrancis #usnavy #housearrest #corruptionscandal #usmarshalsservice #sandiego #militarycontractor
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Contractor at Center of Navy Bribery Scandal Is Captured in Venezuela
Leonard Glenn Francis, who is known as Fat Leonard, was taken into custody by Interpol as he was trying to board a flight from Venezuela to Russia. #interpol #fatleonard
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘Fat Leonard, ' Fugitive Defense Contractor Convicted in Navy Bribery Case, Arrested in Venezuela
Leonard Glenn Francis, better known as “Fat Leonard,” a defense contractor who disappeared weeks before he was set to be sentenced for one of the largest bribery scandals in the nation’s military... #leonardglennfrancis
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Family of American says he was freed by Taliban in swap
WASHINGTON — An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years by the Taliban has been released in exchange for a convicted Taliban drug lord jailed in the United... #taliban #druglord
Source: Reuters: Health - September 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Analysis of factors affecting the development of contractor's safety maturity model in construction projects using a hybrid multi-criteria decision approach - Banar M, Ansari R, Mahdikhani M.
Execution of construction projects despite safety regulations, there are always irreparable risks, including physical and financial accidents for human resources and the project, these events adversely affect the balance of cost, time and quality of projec...
Source: SafetyLit - September 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Europe ’s energy crisis hits science
Soon after Jessica Dempsey became director of the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) in December 2021, she was forced to focus not on the stars, but on the electric bill. ASTRON operates the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR), which relies on large computer clusters to process radio astronomy data. They consume about 2000 megawatt-hours per year—the equivalent of 800 households. When Dempsey sought to renew ASTRON’s energy contracts this summer, she was shocked to find costs had tripled from 2021 levels. To keep the LOFAR running, Dempsey plans to seek emergency energy funding from the Dutch government; withou...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 7, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news

Primary care dental, optical and pharmaceutical services – an introduction
Integrated care board (ICB) teams need to be familiar with all the primary care contractor groups, as responsibilities for commissioning are delegated to them.
Source: NHS Networks - August 31, 2022 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Hospital, Contractor Battle Over Anesthesiology Staff
(MedPage Today) -- A New Jersey hospital is suing an anesthesiology staffing firm over what it describes as serious staff shortages, while the firm is suing the hospital for poaching its doctors and other clinicians, according to a pair of lawsuits...
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - August 16, 2022 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Evaluation of the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist for DSM-5 across United States and India samples: an item response theory analysis using the graded response model - Natesan Batley P, Contractor AA, Compton SE, Sharma R, Dranger P.
OBJECTIVES: The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) is frequently used to assess PTSD symptoms. Extending its psychometric investigations across distinct samples (United States and India), the aims of the present study included...
Source: SafetyLit - August 8, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Suspected Russian spy from Kapolei held without bail; investigators find coded messages, invisible ink kit
A U.S. defense contractor and his wife charged with fraudulently living for decades under the stolen identities of two dead infants told family they were going into the witness protection program... #prosecutor #kapolei #defensecontractor
Source: Reuters: Health - July 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What forms of industrial action could GPs take?
Historically GPs have been wary of strike action because of their independent contractor status - but other forms of industrial action are open to them. GPonline looks at steps practices could take.
Source: GP Online News - July 19, 2022 Category: Primary Care Tags: News Analysis Source Type: news

More than 1,000 Sutter employees could be transferred to financial services contractor
As part of Sutter Health ’s ongoing effort to decrease costs, it’s contracting out a portion of its revenue management to a Utah-based technology company, in a move that will impact more than 1,000 employees.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - July 18, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Emily Hamann Source Type: news

Webb telescope wows with first images
At long last, eager astronomers—and the public—get to view snapshots of the universe provided by the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most complex, and most expensive space telescope ever built. Yesterday, in a sneak preview , the White House released one picture, a deep image bristling with thousands of distant galaxies. Today, NASA released four more that demonstrate Webb’s ability to scrutinize gas clouds and planetary systems closer to home. The images—a product of Webb’s giant, majestic, gold-plated mirror—are not only sharper than those of the Hubble Space Telescope, but are also ...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 12, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news

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