April 2, 2008

I have heard of legal specialisation before, but I have never heard of someone specialising in Helicopter Accidents.

That’s not to say they don’t happen. I’m sure that injuries happen all the time. If you think about how big the United States is, I’m sure there’s all sorts of problems.

According to Helicopter Accident Attorney.com, a website with a specialist aviation lawyer leaning, Helicopter Accidents occur at a rate 90 times greater than plane crashes.

90 times greater.

In 2002 alone, the NTSB recored 1700 accidents involving Helicopters resulting in 570 fatalities. That’s a lot!

Helicopter Accident Attorney.com goes into great length educating the reader about chopper accidents and the legal ramifications of these.

Their informative website is set up to connect people affected by accidents to lawyers who can help all across the nation.

That’s the question ringing out all over the world right now.

And although the Chinese are maintaining a front of solidarity, indications behind the scenes show that they care a great deal about the criticism they are currently receiving.

They have cracked down massively in Lhasa, Tibet, restraining the monk population to several monasteries in a bid to stem their political influence for the time being.

They have also announced compensation packages for the injured and the families of the dead.

Is this enough? We’ll soon see.

But you can be sure that this is just the first shot fired in what will be a long battle against the Chinese Government on the topic of human rights. NGOs world-wide are beginning to start internet campaigns, and normal media advertising against the Government.

The Chinese Government obviously intend for the Olympics to be a major propaganda coup for them, much in the same way as the 1936 Berlin Olympics created international support for the regime of Adolf Hitler.

There’s many standing in the way of that hope, and you can bet that this will be one of the most controversial Olympics in a long time.

Not only that, but one can expect the extreme pollution of Beijing - and it is extreme - to play some sort of role as well.

This is a picture taken by my brother Pete while we were in Beijing. That haze is all pollution, and it’s like this every day.

If I were an athlete, I’d be intending to make some sort of protest while at the Games, not boycott it. I think this would be more effective.

No doubt some athletes are thinking the same way.

Aesthetic Wellness is a term I have never heard before but it makes a lot of sense. That people are not just a collection of limbs and organs. They are also aesthetic beings too.

The Aesthetic Wellness Center aims to help people feel better about the way they look by letting them fix the things they don’t like!

Specifically, they operate in the field Boston rhinoplasty under the auspices of Dr Min S. Ahn, a surgeon trained in the very best schools in the United States. His biography contains famous names such as Harvard and the George Washington University School of Medicine.

Dr Ahn obviously lives a life consistent with his belief because his website is aesthetically pleasing, too. It is unabrasive, and gently educates the reader about his practise. Even pictures of his clinic show that it is aesthetically pleasing, too! This guy has all bases covered.

I don’t know about you, but when someone goes to such lengths to ensure that everything that represents them is just right, your confidence is increased that they have the same values towards their day to day professional practise.