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Dental Implants Ordinary dentures, generally made of plastic, are custom-fitted to match and adhere to the upper or lower jaw or made to clamp on to remaining teeth with metal supports or bridges. But today there are dental implants, which add a method of attaching the denture with metal anchors directly and permanently to the jaw bone with no need to ever be removed by the wearer.
Dental implants have caught on as an alternative to dentures over the last decade. How successful is this technology, which was introduced in the U.S. only 13 years ago? In 1988, when the National Institutes of Health held its second–and most recent– consensus conference on dental implants, it pointed to serious information gaps about their long-term survival.As with non-dental surgical procedures, statistics quoted to would- be candidates tend to reflect clinical studies, that is, implants done by the pioneering experienced dentists at teaching centers, and are not necessarily the success rates of the procedure as it would be performed in the real world.Dental implant technology was perfected in Sweden over 25 years ago by Dr. P.I. Branemark and introduced in North America at a 1982 conference held at the University of Toronto. A dental implant is performed in two steps. A screw or cylinder, which serves as the stand-in for the missing tooth root, is surgically implanted into the jawbone by an oral surgeon or a periodontist (specialist in diseases of the gums).

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WHATS NEW AT SARS? In January 2007, the Minister of Finance published draft regulations for public comment that prescribe the circumstances under which SARS may waive additional taxes, penalties and interest for qualifying small businesses.
2005 TAX RETURNS SARS has recently conducted a number of workshops around the country to address the completion of the 2005 tax returns. Some of the important issues to be considered when completing and submitting these returns are as follows: Taxpayers who have not received their tax returns by the end of May 2005 must request a reissue as SARS will not accept photocopied returns. Until 8 July 2005, taxpayers may obtain reissues of any tax returns over the counter at any SARS office.
Who was present at the creation of certification of legal specialties in Florida? Tax lawyers, of course. Theyre everywhere. Nothing is as certain as death, taxes and more taxes. Another major contributor to the tax certification program whose work should be recognized and appreciated is Hank Raattama, who was an original member of the committee which drafted and implemented the tax certification plan and has remained a member to this day, with 21 years of service. The purpose of the program is to assist the public in making an informed decision when seeking and selecting an attorney with special knowledge, skills, and proficiency in the area of tax law. The Supreme Court of Florida approved the board certification program in 1982. While all lawyers are allowed to advertise, only certified attorneys can identify themselves as Florida Bar Board Certified or as a specialist. There are currently 281 attorneys board certified in tax law, which is about seven percent of all board certified attorneys.

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For women only Women can learn about heart disease, menopause, infertility and other health issues at a Womens Health Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Chapel Hills Mall. Sponsored by Memorial Hospital, the health fair will include $5 bone-density screenings for osteoporosis for the first 400 women. Women also may talk to a nurse about breast self-exams.

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Q Im tired of shaving every single day. Has laser hair removal improved at all over the past couple of years, and is it right for me? * Lasers work best on dark hair and light skin. The low-energy light targets pigment in the hair follicle, damaging it enough to slow down future growth. The light is attracted to color like a magnet, Gilmore explains. Since blonde hair doesnt have much pigment, the laser wont gravitate toward it as well as it would dark-colored hair. And if your skin is naturally dark or tanned (even from self-tanners), the laser wont detect dark hair against it. * You wont get instant results. Hair cycles through one growth phase and two dormant phases, usually within two to four months total. So as more hair grows in, youll need additional treatments, about four weeks apart.
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NEW YORK — The popularity of barer looks has turned laser hair removal into one of the fastest-growing nonsurgical cosmetic procedures in recent years, with more than 1.3 million performed in 2005. But consumers also have a growing variety of options for at-home hair removal. Two recent additions to the field include the new Nads Hair Removal Essentials Kit from LifeSource, and a new line of Veet depilatory creams and waxes from Reckitt Benckiser Inc. Veet is stressing personalization with its hair-removal gel creams, which come in three formulations for dry, normal or sensitive skin. Veet Ready to Use Wax Strips, meanwhile, come in resin-based formulations for normal-to-dry skin, and a sugar-based wax designed to reduce the potential for irritation on sensitive skin.

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This shimmering 2005 performance by the Paris Opera Ballet at the Palais Gamier arrives with new costumes and decor by fashion icon Christian Lacroix. At least in Rubies, they dont quite equal Barbara Karinskas couturiere wit from New York City Ballets original production. The prize rendering here is Diamonds, in which Agnes Letestu, Jean-Guillaume Bart, and the incomparable POB corps triumph over the finicky editing to distill the spirit of Petipa through Balanchines breathtaking design. While magnificently dispatched by principals Alessio Garbone and Aurelie Dupont (whose batterie could draw applause from a statue), Rubies misses the roguish, competitive tone and showbiz spirit of the best American productions. What also earns this Jewels its recommendation is the accompanying hour-long documentary. Our guides include Lacroix, POB director Brigitte Lefevre, the Balanchine Trusts Barbara Horgan, and several of the dancers, whose insights (especially Letestus) make you want to watch the entire ballet again.
While waiting for his federal criminal trial to begin is September, Little Rock tax attorney Barry Jewell is trying to collect some old debts. But it hasnt been easy. The Jewell Law Firm recently sued Chad Dean Powers and Arkansas Power Steering Hydraulics Inc. of Little Rock in an attempt to collect $1,750 for work that Jewell did. That didnt sit well with Powers or Arkansas Power.
Broadway JewelersBroadway Jewelers Owner: Eli Corp. Address: 3929 McCain Blvd., North Little Rock, 72116, 753-1515 Start-up date: July 27 Eli Corp. has opened its ninth jewelry store, Broadway Jewelers, in McCain Mall at North Little Rock. Mike Jumma, store manager and a part owner of the corporation, says Eli Corp. was formed 15 years ago. It began with one jewelry store, Golden Jewelers at Hot Springs.

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Higdon Furniture offers the industry a variety of guestroom furniture styles from which to choose. The furniture has the look of luxury at a practical price. Headboards, credenzas, nightstands, desks, chairs, armoires, sofas and tables are available, directly delivered on the companys trucks. Circle 326
Hafele America Co. Hafele says its U-Furniture allows for creative and innovative furniture designs. The sliding door fittings are designed in L and U shapes which can be either wall-mounted (L) or freestanding (U). This furniture is fitted with an I aluminum track with no hardware visible. A dampener can also be added to soften the sound of the doors.
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The sheer growth and diversity of the market has created problems for investors, including those who already have a portfolio of PEPs and those standing on the brink of investing Personal equity plans have proved to be a popular investment choice, offering scope for capital and income growth free of income and capital gains tax. Over pounds 20bn has been invested in some 5 million PEPs since their introduction in January 1987, and with over 1,000 on the market, investors have a bewildering array to choose from.
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What We Must Do: President John F. Kennedy once called America a society of immigrants, each of whom had begun life anew, on an equal footing. Today, Americas immigration system is broken. Too many unauthorized immigrants are living and working in the shadows of our society, and too many of our leaders are using the immigration issue as a platform for inciting prejudice and fear. We must enact comprehensive immigration reform that combines a path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants who are already in the country, provided they pay their taxes, learn English and meet other relevant criteria, with stepped-up enforcement of immigration laws.
I MMIGRATION Many foreigners clearly understood that there were certain ironies in these long-term changes. No one was more aware of this than the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. Visiting Washington in 1979 during a time when the United States was urging the Soviet Union to allow more Jews to emigrate, the Chinese leader, according to Jimmy Carters memoirs, told the American president: If you want me to release ten million Chinese to come to the United States Id be glad to do that. Obviously, Deng was pulling Carters chain, but it is not clear from the text whether the Georgian realized that. Immigration was part of the raison d#x00EA;tre of the early Republic. One of the complaints in Thomas Jeffersons Declaration of Independence was that George III had endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. The Constitution, while not mentioning immigration directly, did instruct Congress to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization (Article 1, Section and provided that naturalized persons might hold any office under the Constitution save only President and Vice President. (Article 2, Section 1). The only other reference to migration referred obliquely to the African slave trade, providing that the Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight (Article 1, Section 9).In 1790 Congress passed the first naturalization act, limiting those eligible to free white persons. This put the new nation on a collision course with Great Britain, which, although it had naturalization statutes of its own, often refused to recognize the switch of allegiance of its subjects. The question of the impressment of seamen was one of the issues that troubled Anglo-American relations from 1787, when the first of many American protests against impressment was made, until the end of the War of 1812. Foreign Secretary George Canning put the British case nicely when he declared that when British seamen are employed in the private service of foreigners, they enter into engagements inconsistent with the duty of subjects. In such cases, the species of redress which the practice of all times has sanctioned is that of taking those subjects at sea out of the service of such foreign individuals. Impressment, of course, became one of the issues that led to the War of 1812. After that the British recognized, in practice, the right of naturalization, but one of the ongoing tasks of American diplomatic officials has been trying to ensure that naturalized American citizens are recognized as such when they visit their former native lands. This has been particularly a problem for men of military age during time of war.

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Duane Morris LLP added P. Blake Allen as a partner to its San Diego office and Robert G. Copeland and Stuart L. Sorenson have been added to the firms corporate practice group. Alien concentrates his practice in the areas of securities law and public company representation, as well as mergers and acquisitions, gaming, and general corporate law. Copeland practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate and real property law. Sorensons practice is focused in the area of corporate law with an emphasis in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, joint ventures and general corporate matters. Steven Campanella has joined Junes Attorney Service, Inc. as a senior accounts coordinator. In his new position, Campanella will be responsible for new business development, as well as assisting with improving internal efficiencies and quality control. Gray Cary Ware Freidenrich LLP has announced that seven of the firms local attorneys have been elevated to partner. The new partners are: Ralph Barry, Tim Blackford, John Fitzsimmons, Paul Johnson, Ken Kecskes, Paul Reynolds and Christian Waage. Barry has a broad-based practice encompassing all aspects of employee benefits. Blackfords practice focuses on contract and commercial litigation. Fitzsimmons has a commercial litigation practice that includes securities and class action defense. Johnson represents emerging growth and venture-backed companies in capital-raising transactions and counsels clients on securities offerings and corporate governance matters. Kecskes practice focuses on real estate, construction, land use and subdivision law, real estate-secured transactions, commercial and industrial leasing, and mergers and acquisitions. Reynolds represents publicly traded companies and their officers and directors in securities class action litigation, shareholder derivative lawsuits, and other regulatory investigations. Waage is a corporate attorney who counsels companies, boards of directors and board committees on venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and securities offerings. Richard Campbell and Kenneth Tarbet have joined Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves Savitch LLPs intellectual property team as a partner and an attorney, respectively. Campbell has extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of telecommunications, electronics, software and semiconductors. Tarbets practice includes patent procurement, infringement and validity studies, licensing, and intellectual property management.

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The health and beauty market encompasses a wide variety of sectors and for the purposes of this research incorporates haircare, oral care, shaving products, deodorants and body sprays, and personal washing items. The categories, together, are worth more than 2.2bn [pounds sterling] annually. The second largest category was deodorants and body sprays, and once again they all performed well with deodorants and male body sprays rising 8% each, while female body sprays rose 3%. The best performer was Lynx male body spray worth 50m [pounds sterling] and rising 11%. To put this figure into perspective, the second player in this sector was Addiction at 3m [pounds sterling]. Sure Body Responsive was the leading deodorant brand at 47m [pounds sterling], up 30%. Right Guard followed at 29m [pounds sterling]. Female body sprays were led by impulse at 23m [pounds sterling], and up 10% this year.
NEW YORK — Drug stores continue to solidify their reputations as health care destinations, and the trend toward mineral makeup fits in perfectly with that positioning. Although mineral makeup has been used for ages to add color and beauty to the face, the latest wave of such products has a particularly strong health component. Mineral makeup is based on hypoallergenic loose powder, contains no alcohol, perfumes, dyes or preservatives, and naturally nourishes the skin.

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Are your teeth on edge today? It would not be surprising in the light of the consultation by the British Dental Association which found that 59% of dentists were planning to either cut their work for the NHS or quit the NHS in protest at what the Government describes as the most radical shake-up of the profession since 1948. Only 2% of dentists said they would increase the amount of NHS work they did on the back of the Governments proposals. A worrying 16% said they would stop providing NHS dentistry altogether.
Politicians are polishing up their information about local dentist services. Liberal Democrats in Gateshead and Washington have launched a survey of dental care. Low Fell councillor Frank Hindle is co-ordinating the survey.
HEALTH Secretary Alan Johnson ordered an inquiry today into why many people still do not have access to an NHS dentist despite billions of pounds of investment. Experts have been drafted in to identify obstacles to seeing a National Health dentist in many areas of the country. The move follows continued criticism that the number of people seen by NHS dentists has fallen steeply since a controversial overhaul of services. Some 1.2 million fewer patients visited dentists in the two years to June than in the period before new contracts were introduced.

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The new incentive program, which will operate in 41 counties, offers propane-powered forklift owners a variety of options to upgrade or replace existing equipment to reduce emissions. Because forklifts have a life of 15 to 17 years on average, early retirement of older forklifts could bring ultra-low-NOx forklifts into the state 10 years sooner than without the program. Rebates under the program can be as high as $7,500. RRC Chairman Victor Carrillo said the program is further evidence that sound business decisions are environmental stewardship need not be mutually exclusive. The RRCs propane consumer rebate program, created a decade ago, has operated continuously to issue over 41,000 rebates worth more than $9 million while substantially reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide.
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The British Industrial Truck Association says that the market for forklift trucks was still high at the end of the first quarter of 2001. The UK market stood at just over 27 000 powered truck units, up 3% on the first quarter in 2000. The market for counter-balance trucks fell from its peak of 15 263 units in October 2000 to 14 797 units at the end of the first quarter this year, it is still at a high level. The number of orders for this type of truck fell by 12.6% compared to the same period last year. BITA data for the first quarter shows that overall there was a decline of 2.9% in the number of orders for powered trucks placed compared to 2000.

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Proposed code changes should help improve fire alarm system design. Its not uncommon to hear fire alarm system owners complain about unwanted alarms, audibility problems, or acceptance test requirements-problems that many in the industry think start with the initial system design or installation. These complaints havent gone unheeded. In fact, the various technical committees responsible for developing NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm Code, are currently considering several proposals and comments that address these concerns. Among these are Proposal 72-99, which was submitted in an attempt to improve the quality of fire alarm system design. Proposal 72-99 would require that all fire alarm systems be designed by registered fire protection engineers or by National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technology (NICET) LEVEL III-certified technicians.
Afire alarm system may not work properly if the wiring isnt properly installed. “You can follow a careful design procedure. You can select a fire alarm system control unit, initiating devices and notification appliances from a quality manufacturer. But if you dont properly install the wiring that connects the system components together, the fire alarm system for your college campus or other protected property may not work reliably” As the least glamorous part of a fire alarm system, the wiring receives very little hype. Consumers may agonize over their choice of every other fire alarm system component, but very few shop carefully for the wiring that will connect those components.

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OLIVE BRANCH - Each year hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to Gulf Islands National Seashore, most arriving after a trip across the Mississippi Sound on the Ship Island ferry. When the boat unloads the beach goers, most walk across the boardwalk to the Gulf side of the island to enjoy the surf and sand. The company that is the nations number one manufacturer of such alternative planking, Trex Company Inc., recently selected Mississippi as the site of its third and largest manufacturing plant. “The Olive Branch site offers many of the attributes we have been seeking - an ideal transportation center, an excellent local workforce and favorable access to raw materials,” said Robert Matheny, president of Trex Company. “It will also help us control the various components of our costs, including raw materials. We plan to build the new facility out gradually, in step with our marketing plan, and expect it to grow substantially over time.”
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The Plumb-Rites string is housed in the “universal setter” which makes quick work of setting the top of the line. Theres a magnet for steel studs and beams, a pin for wood studs or wallboard, and a recessed hook that grabs framing, or you can hook the line on a nail. Once attached, pull the bob down to the exact length you need and mark your point. Since the line is counterbalanced inside the setter, it feeds only as you pull, so you can instantly set it 1/8 inch over the floor and mark your layout. To retract the bob, lift it up. Bruce Guertin is a contractor in Coventry, R.I.
This report provides a thorough view of the residential plumbing supplies and services market, including analysis of demographics; industry and product trends; sales data; and custom consumer survey research.
Larry Pelton Larry Pelton is celebrating his 20th anniversary at College Hill Plumbing Heating Co., 2850 S.E. Adams, with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. today at the business. Pelton and his wife, Susan, reside in Topeka.

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The SLDP sector has invested more than 19.3m [pounds sterling] in brand advertising from January to May this year, which suggests the total spend will go far beyond last years total anual figure of 31.9m [pounds sterling]. TV and press dominated the media spend althrough more brands have adopted the multi-media approach pioneered by the Mullerlove campaign in 2001 * Source NMR 2003, AC Neilsen May 2003
Advertising the promotion of goods or services through the use of slogans images and other attention-getting devices has existed for thousands of years but by the late 1990s in the United States it had become ubiquitous permeating almost every aspect of American life. Indeed the most omnipresent trend was the placement of advertisements and logos on virtually any medium that could accommodate them. Advertising and brand logos appeared regularly on T-shirts baseball caps key chains clothing plastic cups and mugs garbage cans bicycle racks parking meters the bottom of golf cups in public restrooms on mousepads in public school hallways and for schools fortunate enough to be located near major airports on school rooftops. The quest for new advertising venues never stopped–advertising has been placed on cows grazing near a highway (in Canada) and on the edible skins of hot dogs.Television screens became commonplace in many places where the audience was captive–doctors offices which were fed specialized health-related programs interspersed with commercials for health-related products airports (fed by CNNs Airport Network) and supermarket checkout counters. Indeed by 1998 place-based advertising defined by advertising scholar Matthew P. McAllister in The Commercialization of American Culture as “the systematic creation of advertising-supported media in different social locations” had reached almost any space where people are “captive” and have little to distract them from the corporate plugs. Advertising had invaded even what was once regarded as private space–the home office via the personal computer where advertisements on Microsoft Windows “desktop” were sold for millions of dollars.

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Byline: TOM KENNEDY TOM KENNEDY, Shaw Gardens, Wardley.
JUST another 30 days or so to Christmas. Why do we do it to ourselves?
Whenever you are asked, “Are you ready
for Christmas” do you feel like the real question is, “Have you finished
your Christmas shopping?” Has the exchange of “presents” begun to interfere
with your ability to be truly “present” at Christmas time?

If your gift-giving list is so long that you secretly hope your recipient
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it is your presence that is most valued.

Giving the gift of presence allows you to be truly in the moment with the
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> Cars: Caruso Concours dElegance took place Oct. 12 at The Americana at Brand. The event featured 35 cars valued at more than $85 million from elite collections. Petersen Automotive Museum presented the event, which featured vehicles including a 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Aerodynamic Coupe, a 1939 Bugatti Type 57C, as well as automobiles from Bentley, Mercedes, Packard, Duesenberg and other rare and valuable makes.

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Our panel of industry experts covered the gamut of topics in our seventh annual legal roundtable. As the economy dips, firms are adjusting to meet the needs of industry, while also focusing on ways to better serve the large corporate client. The panel also discussed recruiting and mentoring trends for young associates, supporting the states startup businesses and the changing role of technology in the legal field.
Outstanding Lawyer award by the association. Judges John C. Ward and David B. Bogard received Lawyer Citizen awards. Ward has served as a Pulaski County Circuit Court judge since 1990. Bogard has served as a Pulaski County Circuit Court judge since 1983. Gregory S. Kitterman, Jeffrey Ellis and Heather R. Callaway received the Presidents Award from the association. Kitterman is in private practice in Little Rock. Ellis is an attorney at the Allen Law Firm in Little Rock. Callaway serves as executive director of the association.

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Advertising the promotion of goods or services through the use of slogans images and other attention-getting devices has existed for thousands of years but by the late 1990s in the United States it had become ubiquitous permeating almost every aspect of American life. Indeed the most omnipresent trend was the placement of advertisements and logos on virtually any medium that could accommodate them. Advertising and brand logos appeared regularly on T-shirts baseball caps key chains clothing plastic cups and mugs garbage cans bicycle racks parking meters the bottom of golf cups in public restrooms on mousepads in public school hallways and for schools fortunate enough to be located near major airports on school rooftops. The quest for new advertising venues never stopped–advertising has been placed on cows grazing near a highway (in Canada) and on the edible skins of hot dogs.Television screens became commonplace in many places where the audience was captive–doctors offices which were fed specialized health-related programs interspersed with commercials for health-related products airports (fed by CNNs Airport Network) and supermarket checkout counters. Indeed by 1998 place-based advertising defined by advertising scholar Matthew P. McAllister in The Commercialization of American Culture as “the systematic creation of advertising-supported media in different social locations” had reached almost any space where people are “captive” and have little to distract them from the corporate plugs. Advertising had invaded even what was once regarded as private space–the home office via the personal computer where advertisements on Microsoft Windows “desktop” were sold for millions of dollars.
The SLDP sector has invested more than 19.3m [pounds sterling] in brand advertising from January to May this year, which suggests the total spend will go far beyond last years total anual figure of 31.9m [pounds sterling]. TV and press dominated the media spend althrough more brands have adopted the multi-media approach pioneered by the Mullerlove campaign in 2001 * Source NMR 2003, AC Neilsen May 2003

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Rebekah Hardin resigned last week as publisher of At Home in Arkansas. Word is that Russ McDonough, president and CEO of the publishing company, will take over as interim publisher.
Theres no place like home, Dorothy said. Anywhere I hang my hat is home, goes the old Johnny Mercer standard. Both are true and both are different. Home is one particular place, not like any other, and home is a feeling that can be created many times in many places. But before the utopian future arrives when all design recognizes these realities, were here trying to make a home. MS is very likely to change a familys requirements–starting with the urgent need to save energy for the good stuff. At the same time, finances may be pinched and options limited. Still, the questions are nearly universal. Can your home be safer? Can cleaning it be easier? Do adaptations have to look medical or threaten to devalue property? Do they have to cost the earth? The National MS Society would like to be your ally as you work out your own answers to these questions. We have some helpful publications–in print and on the Web site. We also think there is much to be gained from sharing information with each other. And wed like to remind everyone that occupational therapists (OTs) are the specialists who know the most about practical changes at home or work to meet needs imposed by MS. Ask your physician for a referral.

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Hair loss is a common problem in men and women. Correct diagnosis of hair disorders is complex and requires evaluation of clinical presentation, history, physical examination, and laboratory tests. Hair loss may be categorized as hair shaft abnormalities, permanent alopecia, or nonpermanent alopecia. Nonpermanent alopecia, the most common type, includes androgenetic alopecia, telogen effluvium, alopecia areata, and traction alopecia. The hallmark of this group is the possibility of complete regrowth with adequate treatment. Hair loss, or alopecia, is one of the most distressing disorders for both adults and children because our society places a great emphasis on physical appearance. Women, children, and adolescents with hair loss may be especially troubled by their appearance. The importance of the patients cosmetic concerns should not be underestimated. The etiology of alopecia may be somewhat confusing, as it is associated with a wide variety of causes. Some cases are best managed with reassurance and education, whereas others require medical evaluation and therapy. In this article, the hair cycle and the common causes of hair loss are reviewed. The most common types of hair loss — androgenetic alopecia, telogen effluvium alopecia areata, and traction alopecia — along with current treatment modalities are reviewed.
A heads up on how to hold on to and beautify those wonderful tresses The average person loses somewhere between 50 and 125 strands of hair each day as a normal part of “shedding.” This may seem like a lot, but lost hairs (including eyebrows and eyelashes) are replaced very quickly so that we barely notice their departure. Its when you begin to lose more than this number on a regular basis that you may be headed for trouble. If you find youre clogging your drain during one shower, youre probably shedding too much hair. And, if new growth doesnt seem to take place as quickly as it once did, or worse, not at all, you may become one of the 40 million men and 20 million women destined for thinning hair or pattern hair loss.
The authors report temporal hair loss in patients after rhytidectomy. The objective was to illustrate the microscopic findings seen in the affected area of hair loss after rhytidectomy. The study presents a two punch biopsy on the areas affected and they were sent for histopathological evaluation. Histopathologic diagnosis was of telogen effluvium, in the general population 8.4% of rhytidectomy patients present with hair loss. This is a case report of a telogen effluvium nine weeks after rhytidectomy, with hair loss for the last six weeks. The causes of this type of telogen effluvium have not been well delucidated but it is believed that possible change in blood supply to the hair follicle, due to trauma, may play a role as well as stress. This patient did report swelling in the areas affected and it is possible that increase pressure played a role. All in all, the patients hair did re-grow one-year after surgery. We have included this interesting article to demonstrate that cosmetic surgeries and possibly cosmetic procedures may provide a due stress to the system that in some case may cause temporary hair loss. Knuttel R, Torabian SZ, Fung M. Dermatol Surg. 2004; 30(7):1041-2.

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HEALTH Secretary Alan Johnson ordered an inquiry today into why many people still do not have access to an NHS dentist despite billions of pounds of investment. Experts have been drafted in to identify obstacles to seeing a National Health dentist in many areas of the country. The move follows continued criticism that the number of people seen by NHS dentists has fallen steeply since a controversial overhaul of services. Some 1.2 million fewer patients visited dentists in the two years to June than in the period before new contracts were introduced.
Are your teeth on edge today? It would not be surprising in the light of the consultation by the British Dental Association which found that 59% of dentists were planning to either cut their work for the NHS or quit the NHS in protest at what the Government describes as the most radical shake-up of the profession since 1948. Only 2% of dentists said they would increase the amount of NHS work they did on the back of the Governments proposals. A worrying 16% said they would stop providing NHS dentistry altogether.

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Overview The human impulse to put something pleasant beneath our feet must be almost as old as the one to erect shelter over our heads, and carpets have been lying around for at least 6,000 years. They also function as art, insulation, sound absorber, and a source of metaphors (rugs as hairpieces, rolling out the red carpet, being called on the carpet, carpetbagger, carpet bombing–just from English).
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CarpetThe first carpets of note were woven by nomads. The thick carpets were easy to transport and were placed over the sand floor of tent dwellings. Early looms were similarly easy to transport. Two forked branches were joined by a crosspiece holding the suspended warp, and a wooden bar was used to flatten binding weft threads, while the loose warp ends formed the carpets pile. The Pazyryk carpet has been documented as the earliest hand loom carpet, dating back from 500 B.C. and discovered in a tomb located in the Alti Mountains in Central Asia.From these early beginnings, carpet weaving rose to its highest art form in Turkey, Iran, India, and China. Using cotton, linen, or hemp as the foundation, and wool or silk as the luxurious pile, weavers would make a knot out of the pile thread, then form a row of knots that was tightly beaten down. The process was time-consuming: some of the finest handmade carpets have as many as 2,400 knots per square inch (372 knots per sq cm). The brilliant colors of these ancient carpets came from natural dyes such as madder, indigo, genista, woad, and ocher. Some weavers added alum to these dyes to fix the color, and a few wove gold and precious jewels into their carpets.

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Cosmic Slam is the first of four comic books featuring baseball players as superheros and will retail for $3.95.

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RENAISSANCE “The everyday person now has a million dollar tax team
Rieter Sells Cabling, Twisting and Texturing Machine Business Rieter has sold its business in cabling, twisting and texturing machines to Co-Martin of France retroactive from October 31, 2006. The new owners have many years of experience in the man-made fiber business, and are taking over all activities at the location in Valence, France. Both sides agreed not to disclose the selling price. After careful examination of all possible options, the Board of Directors and Group Management decided to sell subsidiary Rieter Textile Machinery France SAS in Valence with all three business fields to Co-Martin. The Rieter subsidiary in Valence employs 153 persons, and achieved a turnover of approximately 50 million euro in 2005.

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Business Editors, Legal/Planning Writers The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers believes the court ruled correctly that the Washington statute was overly broad. The court noted that state statutes allowing nonparental visitation recognizes that the American Family has changed to the extent that there is no average American family and that States are seeking to insure the welfare of children is protected by continuing relationships that children form with third parties. The court also noted that children are not just chattel. The court did point out that the Washington Statute did not require that the trial court give the parents decision any presumption of validity or any weight whatsoever. The opinion also stated that there were no special factors that might justify the States interference with the parents rights. Unfortunately there appears to be little further guidance in terms of what grandparent and third-party visitation statutes may pass constitutional muster. We continue to believe, as we expressed in our amicus brief, that children who have formed significant relationships with non-parents (including grandparents, other relatives and even non-relatives) have a right not to suffer an arbitrary veto of this relationship at the hands of their parents. We believe the Constitution requires a carefully calibrated third-party access statute, where non-parents would have to first prove standing based on their relationship with the child to seek visitation. We believe that with such standing proven, the courts should have the ability to order third-party visitation and access if they find a parents denial of that access is arbitrary and against the best interests of the child.
OAKLAND — Hans Reiser may have faced contempt of court charges on suspicion of failure to pay more than $50,000 in back child support and was informed a week before his wife, Nina Reiser, disappeared that he would stand trial in the matter and could face fines, jail time or both if found guilty, the missing womans divorce attorney testified Monday. Nina Reiser disappeared after dropping her son, Rory, and his sister, Nio, at Hans Reisers home in Oaklands Montclair district on Sept. 3, 2006. Hans and Nina Reiser were undergoing a bitter divorce at the time of her disappearance. Her body has never been found, despite exhaustive searches in the Oakland hills. Hans Reiser has been in custody on a murder charge since shortly after his estranged wife went missing.
LOS ANGELES — Renowned divorce lawyer Marvin M. Mitchelson, who pioneered the legal revolution known as “palimony” while representing scores of Hollywood stars in high-profile, big-money marital disputes, has died. He was 76. Mitchelson died Saturday after a battle against cancer at the Rehabilitation Center of Beverly Hills, his longtime publicist Sy Presten said Sunday. “He was practicing (law) up until the time he got sick a couple of months ago,” Presten said. “He was a workaholic, he worked around the clock.”

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My first dedicated adventure-travel experience came relatively late in life. Until six years ago, most of my ventures abroad revolved around expeditions and long range treks. The travelling bit consisted of driving from the airport to the (usually skanky) note on me first night and the same snort journey in reverse at the end of the expedition A few of the items I packed (such as a snorkel and mask) were necessarily sport-specific. The rest of my gear had to be infinitely more versatile. During my 49-day trip, I cursed the over-hyped, under-performing polyester shirt that claimed to resist body odour but left me smelling like last weeks garbage and wished that Id packed a second pair of the impressively fast-drying and, thankfully, loose-fitting trousers that I had uncovered in a Parisian outdoor store. My boots, lined with a waterproof and not-so-breathable membrane, were also often unbearably hot. What I learned on that jaunt to South America has stood me in good stead on subsequent forays to China, Arctic Europe, Siberia and southern Indian. While I havent always achieved my target of packing everything into a bag small enough to qualify as carry-on luggage, I have learnt to travel lighter than ever before.
Business Editors WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 8, 2003 Total consideration for the sale was U.S. $41.2 million (subject to post-closing adjustments), comprised of U.S. $30 million cash, a short-term promissory note and a six-year, 6% note convertible into 598,802 shares of Polyair stock at a price per share of U.S. $8.35. Net cash proceeds of approximately $20 million, after transaction costs and payment of retained liabilities, will be used to reduce USIs corporate debt.
Polyair Inter Pack Inc. (the “Company”) (TSX: PPK)(AMEX: PPK) announced today the successful completion of its previously announced sale/leaseback of the Companys Toronto Packaging facility and the sale of Cantars pool equipment business.

Cantar has also completed the sale of its pool equipment business and related assets to Montreal-based Competition Pools, Inc. The purchaser has agreed to provide warranty and parts support to Cantars existing customers.

Mr. Victor DSouza, interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, stated that “The completion of both transactions have served to significantly reduce bank debt, and the sale of Cantars pool equipment business concludes our efforts to sell the operating businesses of the Companys pool division”.

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Real estate practice is a broad and widely defined area of the law. In a pristine sense it deals with the esoteric subject of real property law and titles. In practice the subject matter handled by real property lawyers is much broader. Many of the areas of law within real estate practice are areas of specialty themselves. Real estate lawyers examine and evaluate real property titles, handle real estate sales, purchases and other transactions, foreclose mortgages, represent developers and contractors in drafting and negotiating development and construction agreements, handle real estate financing, structure and draft the governing documents for planned developments such as condominiums, serve as counsel to community and condominium associations, draft and negotiate leases, litigate title, boundary, and other land disputes, and advise clients respecting zoning and land: use matters. The examination of real estate titles requires knowledge of corporations and other forms of business organization, wills, trusts and estates, and a practitioner handling transactions must understand contractual, business, and tax subjects as well. The subjects that are tested on the certification exam attest to this diversity. They are title issues; real estate finance; environmental and land use; condominiums and homeowner associations; landlord tenant; closings; sellers, buyers, brokers, and title insurers; real property litigation; taxation of entities and other tax issues; and ethics. Some hold an impression that at least some aspects of the real estate practice are not challenging, that the practice is increasingly title company, form, and paralegal driven, and that when business is light any lawyer with a good paralegal can Ado real estate closings. This impression is not accurate. As with any area of practice, successfully representing clients in real estate matters requires knowledge, skill, and experience. The diversity in real estate practice may mean that no one lawyer can be an expert in each practice area encompassing the modern real property practice or that are tested by the certification program. That, however, is not a reason to not seek certification. The committee recognizes that few lawyers are likely to possess specific and detailed expertise in each of the many subjects that fall within the scope of real estate.
Mary Skiffington has joined the fine homes residential division of Cassidy Associates Real Estate, Inc. Peter Middleton, real estate sales agent for RE/MAX of La Jolla, has been ranked among the top 100 RE/MAX sales agents in California for sales volume from January to June 2002. Gina Drucker and Karen Pado have joined RE/MAX of Rancho Bernardo as a real estate sales team. International Real Estate has added Eric B. Shwisberg as vice president and general counsel.
Noonan has nine years of experience in sales and marketing, specializing in North County coastal neighborhoods.

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Summary points Cosmetic surgery remains highly dependent on the skill of the operator, and technological advance should be viewed with this in mind Large volume infiltration can reduce the cost to benefit ratio for selected indications Lasers have a relatively limited niche in medical aesthetics
Once considered the province of 50-something women, cosmetic surgery is gaining popularity among both sexes of all ages. Driving the trend is a combination of improved surgical techniques and baby boomers seeking to delay aging.”We see a lot of professionals who work in the corporate world or own businesses,” says J. Barry Boyd, a plastic surgeon in Winter Park, Florida. “Cosmetic surgery has become a common choice for them to maintain their appearance and physique.”In 1994, approximately 41 percent of aesthetic plastic surgical procedures were performed on people aged 35 to 50. Boyd says having procedures at a younger age may minimize the need for more extensive surgery later and may produce better results.
A man sits in the living-room like lobby of the Lovelace Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery Center in Albuquerque, leafing through a magazine and listening to piped-in music.A close friend of his, in the same building for the same reason, exits out another door. Neither knew the other was there.Thats how well cosmetic surgeons obey their patients wish for secrecy, says DeeDee Hays, the centers manager.Elective cosmetic surgery for men and women as well as reconstructive breast surgery for women is one of medicines biggest growth industries.

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Get a shot in the arm If you cant remember the last time you got a tetanus shot, you might want to celebrate next weeks National Public Health Week with a visit to the El Paso County Department of Health and Environment, 301 S. Union Blvd. The department is offering free tetanus shots to adults next week, April 3-7. A tetanus booster is recommended every five to 10 years for adults.
The Public Health programme 2003-2008 is a key strategic tool for the development of health policy within the EU. The programme provides the means to support actions in areas where the EU can make a difference, the ultimate goal being to contribute to a high level of physical and mental health and well-being throughout the EU. The programme is open to institutions, associations, organisations and bodies in the health field.

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* On Beauty by Zadie Smith The Penguin Press, September 2005 $25.95, ISBN 1-594-20063-7 The members of both the Belsey and Kipps families are stalwart theorists. Their individual and collected perceptions of things beautiful, both aesthetically and physically, academically and morally–to some extent–are held close and expressed with convincing conviction. Its the vivacity of these characters that Zadie Smith brings to On Beauty and lends to the books much-deserved attention.
We are at the Bargello in Florence, and she says, What are you thinking? and I say, Beauty, thinking of how very far we are now from the machine shop and the dry fields of Kansas, the treeless horizons of slate skies and the muted passions of roughnecks and scrabble farmers drunk and romantic enough to weep more or less silently at the darkened end of the bar out of, what else, loneliness, meaning the ache of thwarted desire, of, in a word, beauty, or rather its absence, and it occurs to me again that no male member of my family has ever used this word in my hearing or anyone elses except in reference, perhaps, to a new pickup or dead deer. By God, Henry, thats a beauty. This insight, this backward vision, first came to me as a young man, a boy really, as some weirdness of the airwaves slipped through the static of our new Motorola with a discussion of beauty between Robert Penn Warren and Paul Weiss at Yale College. We were in Kansas eating barbecue-flavored potato chips and waiting for Father Knows Best to float up through the snow of rural TV in 1963. I felt transported, stunned. Here were two grown men discussing beauty seriously and with dignity as if they and the topic were as normal as normal topics of discussion between men, such as soybean prices or why the commodities market was a suckers game or Oklahoma football or Gimpy Neiderland almost dying from his hemorrhoid operation. They were discussing beauty and tossing around allusions to Plato and Aristotle and someone named Pater, and they might be homosexuals. That would be a natural conclusion, of course, since here were two grown men talking about beauty instead of scratching their crotches and cursing the goddamned government trying to run everybodys business. Not a beautiful thing, that. The government. Not beautiful, though a man would not use that word. One time my Uncle Ross from California called my moms Sunday dinner centerpiece lovely, and my father left the room, clearly troubled by the word lovely, coupled probably with the very idea of California and the fact that my Uncle Ross liked to tap-dance. The light from the venetian blinds, the autumn, silver Kansas light laving the table that Sunday, is what I recall now because it was beautiful, though I of course would not have said so then, beautiful, as so many moments forgotten but later remembered come back to us in slants and pools and uprisings of light, beautiful in itself, but more beautiful mingled with memory, the light leaning across my mothers carefully set table, across the empty chair beside my Uncle Ross, the light filtering down from the green plastic slats in the roof of the machine shop where I worked with my father so many afternoons, standing or crouched in pools of light and sweat with men who knew the true meaning of labor and money and other hard, true things and did not, did not ever, use the word beauty.Late November, shadows gather in the shops north end, and Im watching Bobby Sudduth do piecework on the Hobbs. He fouls another cut, Motherfucker, fucking bitch machine, and starts over, sloppy, slow, about two joints away from being fired, but he just doesnt give a shit. He sets the bit again, white wrists flashing in the lamplight and showing botched, blurred tattoos, both from a night in Tijuana, and continues his sexual autobiography, Thats right, fucked my own sister, and Ill tell you, bud, it wasnt bad. Later, in the Philippines, the clap: As far as Im concerned, any man who hasnt had V.D. just isnt a man. I walk away, knowing I have just heard the dumbest remark ever uttered by man or animal. The air around me hums in a dark, metallic bass, light spilling like grails of milk as someone opens the mammoth shop door. A shrill, sullen truculence blows in like dust devils, the hot wind nagging my blousy overalls, and in the side yard the winch truck backfires and stalls. The sky yellows. Barn sparrows cry in the rafters. That afternoon in Dallas, Kennedy is shot.

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It presented a paradox perhaps more troublesome to the chain drug industry (with its health care image) than to discounters and supermarkets–selling cigarettes to a loyal consumer base in an era when scientific studies continue to point to the dangers of tobacco consumption.

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The literature on sound recording is as old as the technology itself. Yet despite the enormous variety of writings on the subject since the late nineteenth century, one assumption underlies most of the literature–that recording simply records. Only recently have scholars begun to question that assumption, exploring the possibility that recording has in fact had a profound influence on the musical world it documents. Timothy Day, a curator at the National Sound Archive in London, offers the latest contribution to this new scholarship. As he states from the outset of A Century of Recorded Music, recording has changed the way we listen to music and the way music is performed (p. ix). The scope of the book is somewhat narrower than the title suggests, as Day focuses on the creation and reception of recorded classical music in Britain and, to a lesser extent, the United States. This is a not a weakness of the book (just of the title), for the authors circumscription allows him to illustrate particular histori cal points in considerable detail in order to suggest the rich possibilities that the study of recordings offers (p. x). Day proceeds to do exactly this in the books four chapters. For the bulk of chapter 1, Making Recordings, Day considers the recording process from the view of the performer, explaining the changing demands of the technology and documenting performers experiences with, anti attitudes toward, recording. Among many crucial points Day drives home is that for decades, the process of making recordings was shaped by technical shortcomings (p. 24), whether due to the insensitivity of acoustic recording horns, the distortions wrought by early microphones, or the tape hiss of magnetic recording. Performers (as well as engineers and producers) had to compensate for these limitations, shaping the way music was performed in the studio and, consequently, heard by listeners. While otherwise compelling here, Day repeats a common and unsubstantiated claim–that in the 78-rpm era performers had to modify speeds [i.e., play faster] because of the time limitation of the. disc (p. 33). But rather than rushing through a piece, recording musicians were more inclined to accommodat e the time limitation by cutting music. Indeed, when listening to 78s, one can hear many leisurely performances of drastically Cut pieces. Later in the chapter (pp. 34- 46), Day shifts his focus from performers to producers, profiling such influential figures as Fred Gaisberg, Walter Legge, and John Culshaw. Here, Day rightly emphasizes how those on the other side of the microphones have shaped the way we hear music to an extent that few appreciate. The second chapter, The Repertory Recorded, chronicles the enormous expansion in the amount of classical music recorded over the course of the twentieth century. Day focuses on the impact of important record releases–from the National Gramophonic Society, in HMVs History of Music in Sound series, on Deutsche Grammophons Archiv Produktion label, and many, many others. Days thoroughness, however, becomes a liability with page after page of lists: of the contents of various anthologies, of the classical works broadcast by the BBC, of the discs reviewed in selected issues of Gramophone, and so on. While the authors encyclopedic knowledge is impressive, the sheer amount of raw data may well discourage readers. Perhaps Day intended these lists to be consulted rather than read straight through; nevertheless, there is often a lack of accompanying synthesis and perspective. For example, at several points in the chapter (pp. 58, 76, 128), Day makes or cites the claim that recording led to a mass audience for cla ssical music in Britain. The implication is that the expanded audience was a function of the increased production of classical recordings, such as those he surveys in the chapter. But did the proportion of classical music lovers in Britain actually change? Perhaps existing classical music devotees simply listened to more recordings once they became available, or perhaps the increase in Britains population matched or exceeded the growth of the classical record industry. Day restates his claim in the last chapter, citing as evidence the hundreds of thousands of issues of Gramophone and similar magazines sold in Britain in 1994 (p. 200). While this may be a large number, does it really reveal a mass audience in a nation of more than fifty million? An explicit discussion of terms–he does not define mass audience–and a more rigorous analysis of possible cause-and-effect relationships here would have been welcome.
TORONTO — UOMO Media Inc. (OTCBB:UOMO), a multi-channel entertainment and media company, today announced the launch of its recorded music division, UOMO Recorded Music. The division is tasked with growing UOMOs catalogue of music master recordings through acquisitions as well as the signing of individual artists. UOMO Recorded Music will find opportunities to monetize these rights by selling artists albums, placing songs in films, television, video games and commercials.

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Some statistics suggest more than 30 million cell phones will be retired in the U.S. this year. Through the FundingFactorys Cell Phone Recycling Program, schools can exchange cell phones donated by family and friends for school equipment and supplies.
A new study funded by Motorola Corp. suggests that cell phones do not pose a cancer disk, reports Promotive Communications Inc. However, experts say its too soon to rule out a negative health impact of cell phones. A 13-nation study on the relationship between cell phones and brain tumors is under way. The results are expected to be released in 2004.
ANSWER: Cell phone usage in the perioperative environment should be restricted. There is a possibility of cross contamination of the practitioners hands from a bacterial-laden cell phone. A study conducted at a health care organization in Ireland investigated the use of cell phones and their potential for carrying bacteria that cause health care-associated infections (HAIs). (1) The sample was composed equally of physicians and nurses; 98% owned a cell phone and 70% had their cell phones available for bacterial sampling. Ninety-six percent of the cell phones were contaminated with bacteria, and 15% grew bacteria known to cause HAIs. One bacterial species was found on 38% of the telephones, two different species were found on 38% of the telephones, and three or more species grew on 20.9% of the telephones. Bacterial types isolated were coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (93%), Micrococcus species (39%), Bacillus species (20%), diptheroids (6.6%), methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (5.7%), Streptococcus viridians (5.7%), coliforms (4.7%), MRSA (1.9%), Enterococci faecalis (0.95%), and Clostridium perfringens (0.95%). There was no significant difference in bacterial contamination between the physicians and nurses telephones. (1) Investigators at a tertiary care hospital in Israel studied cross contamination between cell phones, hands, and patients. (2) Cell phones and hands were swabbed and cultured for Acinetobacter baumannii. A significant percentage of the cell phones (ie, 41.8%) and hands (ie, 81%) were contaminated with Acinetobacter species, and cross contamination between cell phones, hands, and patients occurred.

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A MIDLAND schoolboy was fighting for life today and another was seriously ill after they badly burned when a garden shed was destroyed by a mystery explosion. Toby Talbot, aged 14, and Aaron Pugh, aged 12, both of Pye Green, Hednesford, were in Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham with serious burns to their arm, legs and bodies. Toby was described as “critical” and Aaron was “stable.” They were in a shed in the garden of Tobys home in Croft Avenue last night when neighbours heard an explosion.
You know that clutter in your garden shed, the stuff you trip over and swear at and youve been meaning to throw away for weeks (or years)? Dont! It could be worth some serious money. As gardening has become increasingly popular, so more people are collecting those old bits and pieces you thought were useless - even an old pot could fetch a couple of pounds, while you might get pounds 120 for a cherished lawnmower. Pieces have to be in good condition, and prices quoted here (taken from the new Millers Collectables Price Guide - see side of page for offer) are just estimates. If youve got something special, get it valued by a reputable antiques dealer or auctioneer - some garden centres also specialise in antique garden tools..

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Despite 2000s slow-motion finale, the home video category showed little sign of lost luster, thanks to a new format and the resilience of the entertainment industry. Old and new formats–VHS and DVD–vied for precious shelf space in drug chains. By the end of the year, VHS remained the dominant format, but as CVS spokesman Michael DiAngelis recently noted, the increasing affordability of the hardware has helped increase household penetration for DVD. More drug chain customers are buying DVDs, as was evident in a study by New York City-based research firm Alexander Associates, which tracks VHS and DVD products. Its latest study of store-data (excluding on-line and catalog sales) showed that in 2000 the drug channels DVD unit volume grew from 1.1 percent of all retail units sold in 1999 to 2.4 percent of units sold. Meanwhile, VHS unit sales in the drug channel declined slightly from 1.8 percent in 1999 to 1.7 percent of retail units sold in 2000, according to Greg Durkin, research director for Alexander Associates. As noted in a previous issue of Drug Store News, the five top VHS sellers for 2000 were mainly family titles, headed by bestseller Tarzan (Buena Vista), followed by Star Wars: Episode 1 (Fox), Toy Story 2 (Buena Vista), Stuart Little (Columbia TriStar), and Little Mermaid IV: Return to the Sea (Buena Vista), according to Video Business magazine.
> New Line Home Video is coming out with newly repriced films on November 9.Movies include HURLYBURLY, THEORY OF FLIGHT, THE WINTER GUEST, WILD MAN BLUES, PASSION IN THE DESERT, THE SWEET HEREAFTER, SHORT CUTS, JOHNNY STECCHINO, SHINE, DECONSTRUCTING HARRY, NIGHT ON EARTH and THE PLAYER. New Line Home Video distributes all of New Line Cinema and Fine Line Features theatrical films on video and select titles on DVD.

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> Insurity, a national provider of business-processing services and technology to the property-casualty insurance industry, has named JERRY MARKLAND to the position of chief technology architect. Markland comes to Insurity from Benefits Technology Group where he was chief technology officer, and he previously co-founded StarNex, a company that linked brokers and insurance companies online through BrokersPortal, an information and communications center for the insurance industry.
Climate: The year saw continued efforts to re-evaluate how auto insurance companies determine premiums and there was a move to expand by two local insurers. Woodland Hills-based 21st Century Insurance aggressively expanded into New Jersey, Florida, Georgia Pennsylvania while Calabasas-based Countrywide Insurance Group moved into Arizona, Nevada, Illinois, Indiana and Colorado. Companies in the News: 21st Century; Countrywide; Farmers Insurance; WKFC Agency Inc., a New York-based insurance company that opened a Warner Center office in August. Farmers Insurance opened an employee training center in Agoura Hills.

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An Employment Index above 48%, over time, is generally consistent with an increase in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data on manufacturing employment. The 17 industries reporting growth in employment during May are: Textiles; Wood Wood Products: Industrial Commercial Equipment Computers; Fabricated Metals; Furniture; Transportation Equipment; Apparel; Electronic Components Equipment; Instruments Photographic Equipment; Primary Metals; Miscellaneous; Food; Rubber Plastic Products; Glass, Stone Aggregate; Chemicals; Printing Publishing, and Paper.
Total Employment Rate An important aspect of economic performance is how the resources are utilised, human capital being societys main resource. Consequently, the employment rate and its development are crucial both for economic growth and social cohesion. The Lisbon European Council stated that more and better jobs should be created and the overall target was to increase the employment rate to 70% by 2010. An intermediate goal for the employment rate was to reach 67% by January 2005. In addition, the re-launching of the Lisbon Strategy by the European Council in 2005, following the mid-term review of the Strategy, has put even more importance and focus on growth and employment.

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Business Editors Dogs International (OTCBB:DOGN) today announced that it is appointing Shaun P. Herness, Ph.D. to the Companys advisory board. The appointment is the beginning of a phasing in program to strengthen the Companys professional resources in view of its acquisition strategy.
Sir: “Baby on board” signs posted by self-congratulatory proud parents (as noted by your correspondents) are bad enough, but what about “Caution: show dogs in transit”? Here the message seems to be “Please drive carefully to avoid possible accidental damage to our precious pooches” - any threats to human lives dont appear to be addressed. Very strange. Bristol
Business Editors FLAGLER BEACH, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 3, 2003 Immediately following the annual meeting, the board of directors approved a 2:1 forward split of all of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock on June 9, 2003 (the record date). The split shall be accomplished through the issuance of a 1-for-1 common stock dividend, whereby all DOGN stockholders on the record date will receive one additional share of common stock for every share they currently own. Fractional shares, if any, shall be rounded up to the next whole share. Delivery of the dividend shares shall be made on or before June 13, 2003.

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Business Editors/Automotive Writers/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 3, 2003 The first of a planned network of Metropolis Shopping and Entertainment theaters in shopping malls across the U.S is in the Westfield Shoppingtown Oakridge mall in San Jose, CA. The virtual store marketing and entertainment centers will show a wide variety of short mini-features as well as entertainment and educational programs in cutting-edge High Definition (HD) digital video on larger-than-life 24-foot screens. The programs will all interact with Internet based smart terminal touch screens located at each viewers seat enabling them to access additional information and even order merchandise. After experiencing a high-powered virtual presentation on a new car or truck, for example, the viewer could be asked to design their new vehicle from the ground up, choosing colors, options, accessories and even the preferred power plant.
NEWTON, Mass. — Goal is to Reduce Accidents and Improve Road Safety Drive Square utilizes simulation and techniques adapted from commercial and flight training simulators while using the drivers actual vehicle. Ultimately, the technology is being developed for the consumer novice driver training market. Additionally, its benefits can also be applied to healthcare applications as an aid for occupational therapists who train screen older, and disabled drivers. Other potential applications include commercial and military driver training. Drive Square intends to employ this simulator in a program of intervention that combines first-hand (simulated) exposure to risky situations, providing immediate feedback. This approach can assist younger parents, instructors and teens themselves to assess how well they are driving relative to other teens in their gender and age group. More importantly, it can teach novice drivers safely to recognize risks on the simulator which then helps to reduce the crash rate when they first get behind the wheel, a rate which is some ten times higher than it is among more experienced drivers. said Don Fisher, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
* Eight major cities visited in second-annual nationwide tour * Competitive Comparison program to showcase Audis advantages * Experience designed and executed with strategic partner Emotive AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Audi of America, Inc. today announced the launch of the 2008 Audi driving experience and all-new Competitive Comparison program. The second-annual nationwide tour, developed with Audis strategic partner Emotive is coming to eight major U.S. cities and will kick off in Chicago on July 21. For the 2008 Audi driving experience, Audi has introduced a Competitive Comparison program, which puts participants behind the wheel of the all-new 2009 Audi A4 in addition to three other vehicles in its class to prove, first-hand, the superior handling and driveability of the Audi.

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Betty Street is building her fifth home, and this time, she wanted to make sure the contractor paid attention to her. This time, she hired a woman. “Men want to do it their way,” Street says. “I have had to explain over and over what I wanted, and even at that they didnt always listen.” As a result, she says, she was sometimes unhappy with certain aspects of her homes. Her favorite mantra over the years has been: “You can tell a man designed this kitchen, this bathroom”
CARTOONS dealing with gender equality rarely get published in the North and almost never in the South. The mass media is simply not interested in highlighting sexual discrimination. We are living in a world where–at least with respect to campaigns against injustice–whales are of greater importance than women. Daily discrimination and violence against women is on the increase everywhere in the world. At least 14 per cent of European women are suffering beatings from the same man who used to kiss her. Not for nothing does the UN in its Millennium Development Goals place a strong emphasis on gender equality, maternal health, education of girls and land rights for women. Cartoons for, about, and by women have a major role to play in changing attitudes
WILD, WILD WEST A new study underscores the old adage that the most important thing in business is location, location, location. In the top 50 U.S. metropolitan areas, the number of women-owned firms has increased 33 to 59 percent in the past seven years, according to a 1999 report by the National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO).

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While it may be impractical for a chain drug store to stock such an extensive assortment, there is an emerging mass market line that offers the trade class a way to capitalize on demand for weaves and extensions.Vice president of sales Eileen Phillips says there is no reason chain drug stores should let beauty shops capture the entire hair weave and extension market. The Sun-Tec assortment requires very little space but can make a significant contribution to the profitability of the ethnic hair care category, she notes.African-American women are spending a lot of money on these products when they go to a salon or beauty shop, comments Phillips. When a chain drug store stocks these products it is giving them another reason to shop there. Weaves and extensions can be a very strong addition to the hair care section.

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A list of mortgages filed with the Oklahoma County Clerks office is published daily in The Journal Record. Information listed for each mortgage includes book and page numbers, names