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Business Editors/Legal Writers Cozen OConnor, one of the top 100 law firms in the country, is continuing to expand its national commercial litigation practice group. Five litigators from Hill, Betts Nash recently joined the firm and are now practicing in its New York office, bringing the national practice group to nearly 90 attorneys.
Tynan Grayson, Nkem A. Housworth and Jan E. Singelmann, associate attorneys at Crowe Dunlevys Oklahoma City office, were appointed to the Oklahoma Bar Associations Diversity Committee. They will serve through Dec. 31, 2010. The diversity committee works to promote full and equal participation by minorities in all sectors of the legal profession. Graysons practice focuses on business and commercial litigation, and appellate law. Singelmanns areas of expertise include litigation and trial practice as well as election and campaign finance litigation.
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RICHARD ZENITHS translations from the Portuguese include works by Antonio Lobo Antunes and Fernando Pessoa. His Fernando Pessoa Co.: Selected Poems won the 1999 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, and his new version of Pessoas posthumously published volume The Book of Disquiet was awarded the 2002 Calouste Gulbenkian Translation Prize. Zenith is the author of Terceiras Pessoas (Third persons) and has published his poetry in literary reviews. For his essay The State of Things in Joao Cabral de Melo Neto, see WLT 66:4, 634-38. Zenith lives in Lisbon.
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MORE homes are set for a facelift as part of regeneration plans. Gateshead Council has submitted an application for planning permission to carry out major works to homes in Watt Street, Telford Street, Hedley Street, Stephenson Street, Saltwell Road and Whitehall Road, in Bensham. Coun David Napier, right, cabinet spokesman for housing, says: This is a huge programme which will benefit thousands of local residents.

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The DP11 features a C-mount thread to attach it to almost any microscope. The camera offers an effective resolution of 2.38 million pixels, providing excellent image quality. The camera can also produce live video with a resolution of 122,000 pixels. The images can be stored in standard JPEG or TIFF formats, for easy publication.
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A 30-year-old problem may soon be solved, but whether the state Legislature has to get involved has yet to be seen. State Rep. Donald Friske, R-Merrill, testified before the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources in Madison Wednesday regarding his bill, AB 163, which would create an exemption for certain wetlands for the construction of a road located in Tomahawk. “Its difficult for me to conceive any kind of opposition to the second road,” Friske said, pointing out that he grew up near the land being looked at for the second road during his childhood and would often use it as a shortcut to town during his teen-age years. The 2.3- acre stretch is also used as a snowmobile trail.
Two-thirds of the 7-mile-long Hermit Road, west of Grand Canyon Village, is now closed to traffic, buses and pedestrians for major reconstruction. That closure, from Hopi Point westward, will continue through November 2008, and starting on July 7, the entire Hermit Road will be closed for construction. This $17 million reconstruction project will widen the road, improve the viewpoints and better define the walking trail. “People will be inconvenienced,” said Maureen Oltrogge, Grand Canyon spokeswoman.
Home Construction On A New Road If you are about to go shopping for a new home, consider this: Antiquated building and zoning regulations forced on builders by local governments probably add 10 to 25 percent to the price of your dream house. If you are in the business of building or selling homes, consider this: You undoubtedly would have a broader market if those regulations did not exist.

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Home Construction On A New Road If you are about to go shopping for a new home, consider this: Antiquated building and zoning regulations forced on builders by local governments probably add 10 to 25 percent to the price of your dream house. If you are in the business of building or selling homes, consider this: You undoubtedly would have a broader market if those regulations did not exist.
A 30-year-old problem may soon be solved, but whether the state Legislature has to get involved has yet to be seen. State Rep. Donald Friske, R-Merrill, testified before the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources in Madison Wednesday regarding his bill, AB 163, which would create an exemption for certain wetlands for the construction of a road located in Tomahawk. “Its difficult for me to conceive any kind of opposition to the second road,” Friske said, pointing out that he grew up near the land being looked at for the second road during his childhood and would often use it as a shortcut to town during his teen-age years. The 2.3- acre stretch is also used as a snowmobile trail.
Itook two day trips last week and guess what? I got slowed down by construction on the highways. Yes, I can hear you gasp. Construction? No way! Here is a true story. The trucks that deliver The Topeka Capital- Journal to points west of Topeka left the office one early morning last week and got caught in a traffic jam out by the Auburn Road exit. An accident had happened. The trucks were stuck for hours, unable to turn around.

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The use of general anaesthesia outside hospitals is to be ended in Scotland after a 10 year old boy died in a dental surgery during a procedure to have a tooth removed. An inquiry into the death of Darren Denholm has severely criticised the doctor and two dentists involved and has recommended that they be reported to their professional organisations for disciplinary action. He recommended that action be taken to end the use of general anaesthesia outside hospitals equipped with resuscitation facilities. The Scottish health minister, Susan Deacon, responded immediately by promising to introduce such a ban. I share the sheriffs concerns, and that is why I have asked my officials to work with clinicians to phase out the use of general anaesthetic in these circumstances as soon as possible, she said. The inquiry report also criticised the decision taken by the General Medical Council in 1997 to grant Dr Evans-Appiah full registration despite a history of problems related to his competence. Doctors at Borders General Hospital raised concerns with the GMC in the early 1990s after becoming concerned about the standard of his work. He was later sacked by Falkirk Royal Infirmary in 1993 after he administered the wrong drug to a woman after a caesarean section. Experts at the fatal accident inquiry described his anaesthetic practices as dangerous, bizarre, inappropriate, and inept.

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THE ADVENTURES of Bob the Builder may have inspired a future generation of construction workers, and the plumbing industry - faced with a severe staff shortage - has decided to take a leaf out of the same book by launching a series of adventures featuring Peter the Plumber. Some plumbers earn upwards of pounds 70,000 a year, but despite the lure of a lucrative career the industry fears it may have difficulty attracting the 29,000 recruits that it says it needs to meet demand. In the ominously titled Peter the Plumber rescues Mum and Dad from a Flood, Peter has to save the day when a hapless housewife tries to fix a dripping tap in the middle of the night.
Plumber Doug Hull has turned his business into a community enterprise. He has changed his focus from profits to providing services by moving his business into a social enterprise. Doug, a plumber and gas fitter for 40 years, said: We would like to see more people over 25 have the chance to become plumbers, giving people the ability to become owners of their own businesses.
Plumbers have raised money for a childrens charity at their annual dinner dance. Some 59 members of the Huddersfield Master Plumbers Association met on Friday evening at the Durker Roods Hotel in Meltham. Social secretary Jack Crookes enjoyed the occasion. He said: It was a good do and I was very pleased with the turnout. In past years a raffle was held to cover the cost of a live band, but this year the association hired a DJ and raffled prizes for charity instead.

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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Canines and humans mingled at USA Networks Search and Rescue Dog Benefit at the American Park Restaurant in New York. Pictured (l.-r.): Michele Ganeless, EVP and general manager, USA Network; Doug Herzog, president, USA Network; Patrick Vien, president, emerging networks, USA Cable; and Bonnie Hammer, president, Sci-Fi Channel.
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A coalition of furniture manufacturers plans to target imports of Chinese wood bedroom furniture in an antidumping petition to be filed this fall with the Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission. The committee, which covers virtually all price points within the bedroom furniture category; alleges that Chinese manufacturers are selling products at artificially low prices. This dumping, the committee claims, is crippling the ability of domestic manufacturers to fairly compete and forcing many to curtail or close their U.S. manufacturing operations. If the petition is successful, bedroom furniture imported from China will be subject to antidumping duties.
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UNSOLICITED, UNWANTED or unforwarded Christmas cards and gift catalogs keep coming to my temporary abode in the presidents house at Minnesotas St. Olaf College. I paged through some of them the other day and found that the almost universal greeting now has nothing to say about Christmas. Just Happy Holidays! Tree of David terribly cut to ground lay in her ashes. In the catalogs, all the terror necessary to the plot disappears in an unthinking Happy Holidays! His Name shall be called Wonderful! Where can the wonder-filled, mysterious good news shock in a culture of well-meaning greeters who reduce everything to the jaunty prose of Happy Holidays!
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According to Art Cologne director Gerard A. Goodrow, the U.S.-born Cologne resident who was hired three years ago to revamp the event [see Front Page, Dec. 04], the move is approved of by key international dealers and long-time participants in the fair, as well as by the Cologne art community and the local government, which has pledged greater support from museums and other municipal institutions. In 2007 the fair will be held Apr. 18-22 at the K61nmesse, displacing Cologne Fine Art, with its emphasis on antiques and old masters, and the museum design and services fair, Exponatec Cologne, both of which will occur Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2007.
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Jobseekers in Gateshead and beyond will have the opportunity to apply for a wide range of jobs and meet employers at Gateshead Jobcentre Plus tomorrow. An annual jobs fair will be held in Shildon House between 10am and 3pm organised by Jobcentre Plus to give people the chance to take a seasonal vacancy or one of the many permanent jobs on offer, ranging from retail, administration and hospitality to warehouse work. Patricia Dunn, Gateshead and South Tyneside Jobcentre Plus marketing manager, said: This is an opportunity for anyone who wants to get into the retail sector or one of the other sectors and wants to return to work because the experienced gained is invaluable and often leads to a permanent job.
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PLUS workshop examines hard market for legal liability, jump in law suits Lawyers malpractice insurance rates are on the rise, primarily due to a prolonged soft market that had to flatten out sooner or later, and partly due to a legal system that is growing more complex every day.
The task of code drafters is facilitated when they can proceed from the assumption that a single paradigm governs the lawyers role-either a paradigm encapsulating a theory of behavior (how lawyers ordinarily act) or a paradigm encapsulating a normative ideal (how lawyers should act). When code drafters rely upon multiple paradigms (for example, lawyers should act as clients alter egos and as officers of the court), inconsistent regulatory mandates can result, and lawyers may become confused about their functions. The ABAs 1908 Canons of Ethics, which prevailed in most American jurisdictions throughout the early twentieth century, suffered from an emphasis on inconsistent ideals.1 The bar was in a state of disagreement about lawyers roles and lawyers had no point of reference for determining how to act.2 Therefore, when the ABA adopted the first concrete professional code in 1969,3 it became important for the drafters to identify an over-arching theory. By emphasizing the lawyers place in the adversarial system, the 1969 code served a forceful unifying and educational function.4 Nevertheless, an ethics codes overemphasis on a single paradigm can lead to undesirable results. It tends to produce idealized rules that either rest on counter-factual assumptions or impose obligations on lawyers that are so inconsistent with their personal incentives that violations become routine. In modern times, an exclusive focus on the adversarial ethic seems less important than in 1969 because lawyers have developed a shared sense of core obligations to clients and of the part lawyers play in the legal system. The recent history of lawyer regulation reflects a desire on the part of the bar to fine-tune the basic message of the 1969 code-to recognize more nuances than, perhaps, a single image of lawyers can accommodate.5 The task of drafting professional rules is complicated by the fact that the public perception of the bar is not unitary. Society views lawyers in many different, and sometimes inconsistent, ways. These multiple conceptions influence code drafters. In practice, the modern legal ethics codes incorporate a number of “images” of lawyers as bases, or catalysts, for disciplinary rules. Relying on these images has consequences for how the codes treat lawyers and, as a theoretical matter, for how the rules should be drafted.

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from Sandra Bell, food and farming campaigner, Friends of the Earth SIR; I was interested to read that Asdas Simon Leonard thinks that our claims that the retailer is planning 40 mezzanine floors in existing stores is wildly ambitious (The Grocer December 13). Could this mean Asda is scaling down its expansion plans? Such news would spread some cheer among independent town centre stores, but seems unlikely. Friends of the Earth wants the impact of traffic generation and impact on town centre stores of large scale out-of-town expansion to be properly assessed through the democratic planning process, not decided by Asda or any other retailer. If the government does not close this gaping loophole in planning law then its recent promise to regenerate all our town and city centres sounds very hollow indeed.
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Since the end of March, ICG has done six deals, and is on target to complete 36 by the year end. As well as being a record year for the deals the group turned down, last year was also a record for profits, which easily beat analyst expectations, soaring 98 per cent topounds 145m.Buy Lloyds of London insurer Catlin Group floated on the market two years ago -just as the global insurance cycle reached its peak. Today it is in good shape, has no exposure to the choppy equity markets at the moment, and with a current valuation of only 5.5 times next years forecast earnings, it is also cheap. There may be some rough times in the short term, but this one is worth tucking away. Buy.

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A NEW initiative is offering discounted entry into some of the regions tourist spots. The Discover Pass, costing pounds 1, will enable visitors to save money at attractions like Blue Reef Aquarium, Bedes World, Centre for Life, Tynemouth Priory and the National Glass Centre
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Ratinoff as a director of fund investment management. Ratinoff will specialize in real estate acquisitions for the western United States. Ratinoff has held senior positions focusing on real estate investments with McDonald Investments, Chase Securities and BT Alex. The San Diego chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management has elected the following individuals as members of its 2005 Executive Council: Nancy Eagle, Harman Asset Management; Pele Wylde, Burnham Real Estate Services; Eddie Goldberg, Sea Property Management; Renee Savage, Capital Growth Properties; Harry Gersten, Union Bank; Carolyn Perriga, Transwestern Commercial; Jim Tostado, Hibiscus Investments; Wade Walker, Griswold RE Management; Sharon Eastman, Realty Executives; and Elizabeth Bzchmann, ConAm Management. The 2005 council members will be installed Nov. 11.
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.
Real estate is a popular investment among Canadians. There are several advantages to investing in real estate. Real estate is leveraged. You may pay only a fraction (as low as 10%) of what the property is worth when you buy it. Real estate has utility. If you buy stocks or bonds, you cannot do anything with them; but when you buy real estate, you can use it until you sell it. For example, you can live in a house.

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Forget the toys and computer games - children would rather have new clothes and money for Christmas. Children as young as eight said they preferred clothes.
ITS HARD to believe that in a materialistic, fashion-driven country such as ours that anyone would say there is no choice on the store shelves. But, in fact, sisters Laurie Ivry and Julie Drummond complained of just that when they, out of the blue one day three years ago, decided to start a childrens clothing store. Red Wagon stores in Berkeley and Lafayette are the products of their frustration with the marketplace. Ivry and Drummond are mothers of preteen boys and girls, and they both grumbled there was no place for them to shop for their children, especially in the East Bay.

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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).
Dental implants are setting the stage for expanded treatment options. Experts who watch the implant market say it is poised for major growth, expected to double in the next ten years. Dental assistants will find that the ability to assist both the dentist and the patient a rewarding experience. Dental implants as an area of expertise will lead you to challenge your clinical skills as well as broaden your responsibilities in the practice by becoming an implant coordinator. An implant coordinator is utilized within a periodontal setting as well as the restorative practice. Together you and your dental assisting colleagues play a maior role in how smoothly a patient proceeds through the process.

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Woodland Hills-based Panavision Inc. has hired Bobby G. Jenkins to serve as the companys executive vice president and chief financial officer. Jenkins will succeed Scott Seybold, who will now serve as executive vice president for business development. Studio City-based TLC Entertainment has named Maureen Smith a partner. Smith will focus on expanding the family entertainment production company s library of film, TV and cable properties and oversee marketing and brand management. Smith previously served as president of the Fox Family Channel and Fox Kids Network.
Ron Herman has been appointed senior vice president and general manager for Universal CityWalk Operations, Universal Studios Hollywood. Herman will oversee the operations, leasing, retail, marketing and sales for the entertainment complex.

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Researchers found cavities in 52% of the Hispanic participants and 54% of the black participants. But overall, the dental health and health-promoting habits of the Hispanic children were better than those of the other study participants: Many more Hispanic youths said they had had a dental visit sometime in their lifetime, and 94% reported that they brushed daily, compared with 83% of black adolescents and 85% of other children in the study.
Dental readiness is defined as the dental health of troops that could be deployed and sent into combat.1 A high degree of dental readiness translates into a dentally fit fighting force. The importance of this cannot be overemphasized. One study of a deployed armored division found that “dental complaints ranked second only to upper respiratory infections as a cause of lost duty time.”2Complete dental examinations are the basis for identifying dental readiness of our Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) members. On the basis of this examination, members are classified by their potential to have a dental emergency within 1 year. Regular dental examinations are thought to promote dental readiness by identifying dental disease and then correcting it before disease progression leads to major dental problems and incapacitation. Poor dental health of one individual may compromise the effectiveness of the entire unit.
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by John Crow. Etobicoke, Ontario: John Wiley Sons Canada. 2002. Cloth, ISBN: 0470831804, $25.50. 256 pages. The first part deals with the domestic role of monetary policy and the progressive elaboration of a coherent central banking policy in Canada. This part starts with a historical account of the role of the Central Bank of Canada since its creation in 1934. Then, the author develops an interesting chapter about the proper role of a central bank for financial stability by looking at the Canadian experience regarding bank supervision, settlement management, systemic and liquidity crises, and the lender-of-last-resort operation. The Central Bank of Canada never has been directly involved in the supervision of banks, and John Crow is rightly unhappy with this situation: The Bank and what it knows cannot be ignored in supervisory decisions regarding financial institutions (p. 77). The second part of the book analyzes the Canadian experience concerning foreign affairs. The most interesting part concerns exchange rate matters. Canada has a long tradition of a flexible exchange rate regime. The author shows the importance of communicating with financial market actors to limit disruptions in the exchange rate, but he also recognizes that the willingness to be transparent can lead to confusion instead of clarity (p. 120).
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Visiphor Corporation (”Visiphor” or the
“Corporation”) (OTCBB: VISRF) (TSX-V: VIS) (XETRA: IGYA) announces today it
has issued 120,662 Units at $0.40 per Unit to settle $48,264.77 of debt.
This debt settlement was previously announced on July 13, 2004; however,
issuance of the Units was delayed due to the creditors estate settlement.
Each Unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase
warrant. Each warrant will entitle the holder for two years from the date
of issue of the Units to acquire one additional common share in the capital
of Visiphor at an exercise price of $0.50 in the first year and $0.75 in
the second year. The common shares and warrants will be subject to a
four-month hold period that expires on June 19, 2007.

The securities will not be registered under the United States Securities
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or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of,
“US persons,” as such term is defined in Regulation S promulgated under the
Securities Act, except in certain transactions exempt from the registration
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STACKPAL INTERNATIONAL INC. (CDN: STAX)/STACKPAL CANADA INC. reported today that management has reached an agreement with the longterm debt holder to convert the debt to equity. The Company was indebted to the licensor and owner of a polymer pallet leg patent in the amount of approximately $1.2 million. Pursuant to a debt settlement agreement made as of February 28, 1997, the Company issued 1,084,370 common shares to the debt holder, at a stated capital of $0.20 per share, $216,874 in the aggregate, in consideration for a full and final release from the licensor of all outstanding indebtedness. The licensor retains a $0.02 per unit royalty for each unit of polymer pallet leg sold by Stackpal. The Company and its subsidiaries retain all existing licensing and marketing rights to the polymer pallet leg as contemplated in prior agreements with the licensor. This transaction significantly improves the cash flow of the Company by eliminating the related interest charges and all future payments required. The conversion of debt to equity resulted in a one-time charge for forgiveness of debt of $1.0 million, recorded in 1997. A revaluation of related assets was recorded in 1996, resulting in a write-down of capital assets of $1.6 million. The licensor is Stackpal Systems Limited, an unrelated company. Stackpal is a provider of materials handling/packaging solutions to a wide range of clients in diverse industries. The Companys marketing and sales efforts are geared towards providing organizations with product and system solutions which are environmentally friendly and conform to the principals of return, reuse and recycle. Management believes that this dedication to the expansion of a unique and distinctive product line with global expansion potential is the key to achieving its rapid growth and profitability objectives. -0-NOTE: The information provided herein has not been approved or
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Dennis Peavler has joined Liquid Carbonic International as director of marketing. He is joined in promotion by William Bryce, who advanced to vice president, sales and marketing of bulk gases, and Marvin Shipps, who joined the company as regional manager, East Coast. Rae R. Burton has been elected vice president of chlor-alkali and derivatives for PPG Industries Chemicals Group. Bob Oust accepted a promotion to director of sales development and marketing at Dow Corning STI. He is joined in promotion by Roger Jesse, who has become sales development programs manager, east region, Bob Cornelius, Midwest region and Russ Tanton, west region.
CB Richard Ellis announced the following transactions: * The sale of 156 East Ave., a 3,200 SF office building in Norwalk, Conn. Barbara Segalini-Stilley, of GB Richard Ellis, represented the buyer, Associates in Chiropractic, in the transaction; * The sale of 2 Colony, Place, a 2,300 SF office building in Norwalk, Conn., to Drs. Afkari Carter. Barbara Segalini-Stilley represented the buyer in the transaction;

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From color-coordinated bath fixtures to plastic piping, plumbing has been redefined over the century as fashionable and easy for the DIYer to install Residential plumbing is a relative newcomer to the do-it-yourself arena, having been the province of professional plumbers and plumbing supply houses for most of the 20th century. But innovations in both function and fashion over the last 100 years have guaranteed the category a secure place in the DIY market. It was during this prosperous period that many innovations were introduced that have become mainstays in any retailers plumbing assortment. Among them were flexible riser tubes and one-piece supply stops, invented by Robert Zell, who founded Brass Craft in 1946; Elkays stainless steel sinks, which started gaining in popularity in the 1950s; and the single-handle faucet invented by Al Moen, which was sold at retail for the first time in 1947 for $12 and a decade later was in hundreds of thousands of American homes.
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H UNTING As a human activity, hunting is magnified in its significance by a deceptively simple feature: the evasiveness or resistance exhibited routinely by prey. Because of the behavioral challenges that it presents, hunting has had far-reaching consequences for key aspects of human social, psychological, and cultural life. Since the mid-1960s, for example, anthropologists have argued that hunting may have been a powerful and fundamental force shaping the very nature of cooperation and sharing among early humans.One such claim involves what the behavioral ecologist Bruce Winterhalder calls the risk reduction hypothesis. The failure rate of hunters is notoriously high. Even among experienced, highly skilled subsistence hunters who pursue big game animals, any one hunt is much more likely to result in failure than in success. Studying the Hadza of Tanzania in 1993, the anthropologist Kristen Hawkes reported that when hunting big game, Hadza men failed to make a kill 97 of every 100 days that they hunted. When a large game animal is killed, it often represents a windfall in excess of what any one hunter and his or her immediate family can consume. These circumstances promote reciprocity and sharing among hunters. By sharing the meat provided by a successful kill, a hunter effectively buys insurance against failure in future hunts. When, in the future, he or she fails to kill prey, other successful hunters with whom meat has been shared previously will reciprocate and provide meat to the unsuccessful hunter. The science writer Matt Ridley argues that the cooperation and reciprocity associated with hunting may help constitute the basis of systems of moral and ethical culture. In short, hunting is an activity that promotes cooperation and sharing because it entails the pursuit of a highly valued resource, access to which is unpredictable and risky.Anthropologists report that while both men and women hunt, in the vast majority of human societies this activity is predominantly male. Yet, it is not self-evident why males are more likely to hunt than females. Scholarly interpretations of the 1990s link hunting to sexual activity and rewards. While the matter is debated among social scientists, some researchers argue that males are motivated to hunt not only because of the food they acquire but because of the social esteem and increased sexual opportunities enjoyed by successful hunters.
By Lindsey Geisler The Governors Annual Easter Egg Hunt was anything but a sure bet this year. Storms that raged Friday night threatened to continue into Saturday. That would have forced the event to move to a downtown parking garage where candy would have been handed out.

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My own practice was constructed as a part of the local group of health care practitioners in my community. I sought out the best primary care physicians, physical therapists, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, and physiatrists to associate with, and referred to them when it was clear that my form of intervention was not helping the patient. In this sense, I was an “integrative chiropractor” because I saw to it that the patients best interests were served in two ways. First, the patient received the best conservative care first (chiropractic) before moving on to procedures of greater risk. Secondly, the patient was free to talk openly with me and with the medical providers about all the practitioners involved, without fear of derision or embarrassment. No one was competing for the business of the patient; we were only working as a team for the patients welfare. My network included the chiefs of staff of local hospitals and spinal orthopedics at Stanford University Hospital, the best orthopedist for knees and shoulders, the best family practice physicians, and so on. Therefore, I could honestly say to the patient that he or she was getting the best care possible. In my interviews with the physicians, I learned as much about their residencies and practice patterns as I could. If they were the best at knees, where did they obtain that specialty? How many knees had they “done” in their residency? How did they currently fit in with the provision of health care in their community? Sometimes a less-flattering side of health care services would emerge from our conversations. Although I had achieved just a glimpse of the overall situation, it was clear I myself was not really a member of this healthcare system that had its own massive structure, credentialing and accreditation framework, hierarchy, rivalries, and troubles with a changing healthcare environment.
New Study Confirms DCs Make Vital Contributions to Health Care In the study, the authors surveyed each of the four types of providers in two states they considered “nationally representative” of the profession being surveyed. States in the Northeast and West were chosen to “enable examination of geographic diversity.” For chiropractic, the researchers selected Arizona and Massachusetts; these states, along with Washington and Connecticut, were used for surveys of the other professions. A total of 205 DCs met the criteria for the study, and were interviewed by telephone. During the interviews, the chiropractors answered questions on a variety of subjects, including demographics; training and practice characteristics; practice workload; professional trends; and contributions to the field of health care.
Elliott points out that managed care organizations like HMOs and PPOs are requiring members to have coverage. In addition, a number of states have adopted more stringent licensing requirements for chiropractors that include mandatory malpractice coverage. “Theres an increase in the pie itself,” Elliott notes, in explaining why National Union and other companies have opted to enter the field at this time, adding that even chiropractors that had coverage may be looking for higher limits to meet HMO and PPO requirements. “Theres a real need in the marketplace for a strong company with experience in professional liability.”Another factor that has induced new entrants is the fact that, despite increased competition, “rates have been holding fairly steady,” Elliott says. “Premiums are relatively small to begin with so, to a great extent, competition is based on coverage,” he adds.The National Union program offers both claims-made and occurrence policies, with defense costs provided outside the limits. Coverage is provided for manipulation under anesthesia, where allowed. Limits range from 100/300 to $1 million/$3 million. “Basically, we cover anything thats allowed under state law,” Elliott says, explaining that “this industry is pretty well looked after. State laws are pretty strict.”

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Youngsters are being encouraged to take up swimming this summer. The Temple Park Centre and Hebburn Swimming Pool, in South Tyneside, is offering a discount rate to young children. Under 16s can swim for 50p every Saturday and Sunday until the end of July.
Spurred by the success of the first volume in its Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine, the International Olympic Committee has initiated a second series of publications to address specific sports activities. This series is aimed at coaches, team doctors, athletic trainers, physical therapists, and other health-related professionals with academic preparation in the basic sciences. This book, written by three American authorities on the application of science and sports medicine to swimming, is the first in the series.The first two sections of the book provide an excellent introduction to basic concepts in physiology and biomechanics of importance in swimming. They are logically organized, skillfully presented, and for the most part, well-illustrated. The presentation of complex scientific information in a form that is not only acceptable but attractive to practitioners is fraught with an inevitable tension between simplicity and accuracy. Each attempt to describe a complex process in simple terms is accompanied by a shedding of qualifiers that, if carried too far, threatens the accuracy of the information being presented. The authors have been uncommonly skillful in meeting the challenge inherent in this aspect of their task. A further challenge in presenting such material is to maintain an appropriate balance between theory (or science) and practice. The authors have managed to do this in admirable style, with the practical significance of the theory illustrated convincingly.The remainder of the second section is devoted to a discussion of the techniques used in the four competitive strokes. These are essentially an updated condensation of the corresponding sections of Maglischos popular text, Swimming Faster (Mayfield Publishing Co., 1982), replete with photo sequences, line drawings, and occasional discussions of related research. Although mostly descriptive, these chapters also contain helpful observations on contentious issues and useful insights gleaned from the authors experiences as a college coach. Unfortunately, the photo sequences are no match for the quality of the text. The photography is uneven, with some sequences sharp and contrasting and others out of focus, blurred, and lacking contrast. In addition, the sense of movement that a good photo sequence can convey when laid out appropriately–that is, running from left to right across adjoining pages–is lost when the photos are stacked vertically in a left-right, left-right fashion.
A 10 week programme to teach youngsters to swim is being launched in South Tyneside. South Tyneside Council sports development team is holding lessons at St Matthews School in Jarrow and Stanhope Primary School in South Shields. There will be certificates and badges for all children on completion of the course and lessons will follow the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) swimming guidelines.

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Bankruptcies Laura L. Carmona, Topeka, Chapter 7, case No. 01-41760. Liabilities, $27,303; assets, $7,512. Charles P. Imes, Silver Lake, Chapter 7, case No. 01-41761. Liabilities, $48,850; assets, $24,900. Danielle J. and Jason E. Owens, Topeka, Chapter 13, case No. 01- 41762. Liabilities, $80,287; assets, $37,910.

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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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