FREMONT SHEILA DOBEE is a dentist on Mattos Drive in Centerville. She is a friendly and confident resident of Fremont with an English accent, her own private practice and an agent in England to help her with a part-time modeling career. She is also vice president and dental health chair of the Southern Alameda County Dental Society, which has organized about 30 local dentists to provide more than $40,000 worth of free dental care for more than 100 children in families who live in domestic abuse shelters or lack sufficient dental insurance.
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Business Editors In a strategic business move, Kohler Co., a global leader in the design and production of kitchen and bath products, as well as engines and generators, announces the launch of a new manufacturing division, Kohler Mobile Plumbing Systems. Initial plans to manufacture four different types of mobile units, the new division has been formed in answer to growing demand from governmental agencies, military, private business and consumers for transportable showering and bathroom facilities. The companys initial product offering includes:
The pedestal sink–functional and efficient–has endured more than 100 years of interior design evolutions. After decades of comfortable popularity during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it fell fashion victim to the vanity after World War II. Thirty years later, a growing interest in the restoration of older and historic homes, concurrent with the introduction of the contemporary Euro-style bath, brought the steadfast pedestal back into the spotlight. By all accounts, Peterson is not unique. It seems that the pedestal sink (or lavatory) has become a “fixture” in homes nationwide. “Its amazing how well pedestal sinks are selling,” observes Gary Uhl, design director at American Standard. “There are a number of factors that are keeping pedestal sinks in the marketplace.” “For one thing, a pedestal sink is a great way to go if youre working with a tight space,” he explains. “Thats because the pedestal, or leg that supports the sink, allows for open floor space below, which gives the whole bathroom a more generous, open feeling.” Peterson couldnt agree more, “Both visually and functionally, they make more room out of less.”
Dealers confirm survey findings that customers seek price and reliability first when buying fixtures Despite increasing interest from retailers in developing exclusive brand name products, many dealers still say that, at least in bath fixtures, national brands pull consumers into their stores and keep them coming back. However, national brand manufacturers are trying to document brand equity. Fluidmaster, based in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., enlisted the help of National Family Opinion (NFO) Research to determine how and where consumers buy plumbing supplies.

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No Fences Land Company, Inc., Participating with Cabelas Trophy Properties, Specializes in Recreational Properties for the Devoted Outdoorsman Mr. Pettigrew has spent his life hunting, fishing, and enjoying all the outdoors has to offer. He also has an extensive background in real estate and land development. When he heard Cabelas, The Worlds Foremost Outfitter of hunting, fishing, and outdoor gear, had a division of their organization dedicated to farm and ranch real estate, he knew he had found his dream career. With No Fences, he is not only able to continue the outdoor life that he loves, but he can now share that love and enthusiasm with others who are looking for recreational properties. And to top it off, he has the strong Cabelas Trophy Properties brand behind him. I am so excited about the opportunity of helping people fulfill their dream of the perfect recreational get-away property. I cant imagine a more fulfilling career for me, said Mr. Pettigrew.
Clock is running — Legislators convened Wednesday for the 31st day of their session, out of 90 allotted by the state constitution. Property taxes — The House Taxation Committee heard testimony on two proposals designed to limit the annual increases in property taxes. Park fees — The House agreed to charge the elderly and disabled to enter state parks but dumped the idea of charging them for hunting and fishing licenses.
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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are essentially closed-end real estate funds. They invest in commercial, office and/or residential properties. REITs typically generate high income (10%-to-15%) and some provide even higher returns. Because of their high yields, REITs are currently very popular. Lately, some REITs have been yielding over 10%. Here are some examples of REITs: Your stock broker should be able to provide more information. Money Digest publishes articles on REITs, income and royalty trusts on a regular basis.
In recent years, investing in most real estate projects has generated very handsome returns. Other than the office markets in some high-tech areas, the returns on real estate have far exceeded the returns on all other investment categories. There are a variety of reasons why real estate, in general, has performed above other investment types, one of which is the unusually low interest rates. These investments included a variety of real estate types, such as single-family housing, multi-family office buildings, hotels, raw land, assisted living facilities and industrial properties. Investments were made by direct equity mezzanine funding, mezz equity and mortgages. All the investments were made with outside managers.
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 5%) 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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There is no better view of a beautiful late summer day than from the comfort of a hammock. A hammock requires that you move slowly and with care. Move too quickly and youll find yourself flipped onto the ground. But move thoughtfully and deliberately and a hammock becomes a safe refuge from the worries of the world, and the best place from which to admire a deep, blue sky or watch a hawk soar with a thermal. I seem to have a natural tendency toward laziness, so now that the weather has taken a delightful turn toward fall, my hammock has become one of my favorite places to read, to write in my journal, to think or to simply watch the changing forms of big, white puffy clouds in the sky.
The boaters mooring knot, two half hitches, ties quickly, holds reliably and unites easily. (1) Wrap your hammock rope around the tree or post at shoulder to head height, then pass the short end (known as the “bitter end,” in sailors terminology) under and over the long, or “standing,” part of the rope. (3) Make another half hitch, then draw your knot tight.
Features: company offers hammock and faux bamboo hammock stands; constructed using quality rope, mahogany stained steam-bent oak spreader bar; hand-tinted stand; durable tubular steel Offerings: early-buy programs; co-op advertising Contact: Coastal Hammock Co., Rocky Mount, N.C. (843) 215-9704

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Cameras, MiniatureConcealment is often a concern for intelligence operatives using cameras. Sometimes a camera larger than miniature can still be concealedeven when in plain view. For example, the lens cap may be in place, so that observers would not think the camera was even taking pictures, but in reality the operator could be shooting exposures through inconspicuous holes in the lens cap, using a concealed shutter release. Or the apparent lens of the camera might be a dummy, and the real lens could be off to the side, at a 90-degree angle to the apparent lens.
Technology in Action Using digital camera technology you can take pictures which rival those produced by high quality film cameras. They are in fact, replacing the film cameras that have been used in many professional applications. The cost of digital cameras largely depends on whether they have been designed for consumer or professional use. The consumer cameras have non interchangeable lenses, either fixed focal length or zoom. Professional cameras have the ability to accept interchangeable lenses and many will accept lenses that were originally intended for cameras using film.

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The program is targeted to homeowner occupants who live in the City of Milwaukee in an area bounded by the Menomonee Valley, West Layton Avenue, Lake Michigan and South 51st Street. Call (414) 643-7913.
Nursing home care in Utah is improving, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported Wednesday. Many of those improvements were linked directly by care center administrators to a quality improvement project through HealthInsight, Medicares Quality Improvement Organization in Utah. The organization is part of the national Nursing Home Initiative, which focuses on raising standards of care in nursing homes across the country and giving consumers more comparison information.
For years, Remodeling magazines annual “Cost vs. Value Report” has offered comfort to homeowners investing hefty dollars into home improvement projects. The high payback on the most popular rehabs - kitchens and bathrooms - has even been the catalyst to spur some homeowners to remodel. They felt confident that if they did good work, theyd get back most of their funds. Does this mean that homeowners should stop renovating? Hardly, especially when they have a distinct vision of how they want their home to look and function - and if they have the funds. But decreasing numbers suggest greater caution: - Never overimprove. Take the value of your existing home, add in the cost of your potential improvements and be sure the new sum doesnt exceed the value of comparable neighborhood homes.

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- Real estate - B.J. McGivern was honored as Valley Inc. Realtors top sales associate for the month of September. For more information about McGivern, call 233-4222 or B.J. McGivern.realtor.com. - Harold Herrick has joined Countrywide Realty Inc. of Topeka, specializing in commercial and residential real estate.
Real Estate Brokers with the SRES designation help seniors make wise decisions about selling their home, buying rental property, managing the capital gains and estate tax implications of owning real estate, obtaining a reverse mortgage, moving to a senior community and other issues. The designation was introduced in 1997 and is nationally recognized.
There were 45 attendees including agents from Prudential Greater Topeka REALTORS, Topeka, Manhattan, Salina and Overland Park. Janice Price, of Munster, Ind., was the trainer for Prudentials University on Tour.

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Kipors KDE5000TA portable diesel generator boasts a maximum output of 5 kVA but is quiet due to the low-noise design of its enclosure and the addition of an intake silencer and resonator. A digital control panel displays critical operating information such as load characteristics, voltage, power (kVA), frequency, total run time and battery charge voltage. If an unexpected shutdown occurs, the front panel displays a code that reveals the nature of the fault. A convenient electric starter gets the generator up and running quickly. Despite its high output, the KDE5000TA runs for 8.5 hours on a single tank of fuel. Fill in 202 on reader service form or visit http://OneRs.hotims.com/13966-202 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Alaska Diesel Electric, Seattle, Wash., has been building small heavy-duty marine and industrial generator sets since 1963. To meet increasing demands for high quality electrical output they have developed a new generator called the PXK line. This generator will first be featured in the new model M843JK gen-set rated 10 kW. A three-cylinder, water-cooled Lugger diesel drives the newly designed generator at 1800 rpm and the unit is also available at 8 kW for 1500 rpm, 50 Hz/240 V output.A key design objective was to increase performance without increasing generator set length. Alaska Diesel engineers reported that the new generator design has actually decreased overall generator set length in several configurations. For example, length of the 8 kW model has gone from 35.2 in. to 32.5 in.; the 12 kW set from 38.1 in. to 36.6 in.; and the 20 kW set from 47.7 in. to 43.4 in.New design features include the addition of more copper throughout the generator to increase efficiency and motor starting capability. The additional copper also holds temperature rise to 95 [degrees] C to extend generator life in high heat environments such as inside sound shields housed in relatively small engine rooms.

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If you want the convenience of working up a sweat at home, be sure you know what to look for when it comes to equipment. Several factors should be considered when buying an exercise machine. For example, as to the type of exercise machine that will give you the best workout, researchers at the Oregon Human Performance Laboratory in Portland came up with some answers. They compared the training response and peak performance of five different exercise machines among trained (high fitness) and untrained (low fitness) male subjects. The results showed that the cross-country ski simulator attained the highest peak performance (PP) and training response (TR) values in both groups of subjects. [TABULAR DATA OMITTED] Cost is another factor to consider. The home exercise equipment industry boasts a wide range of products of varying quality and price. The old saying “You get what you pay for” really applies here. Chances are if you buy an inexpensive piece, you will be short-changed, both financially and physically. But remember, inexpensive is a relative term. While $500 may be a reasonable amount to pay for a good stationary bicycle, a good treadmill for walking and running may cost three times as much for similar quality.
Quietly and with little fanfare, Walgreens has begun stalking the fitness craze with a growing selection of high-ticket exercise equipment. Customers wont see the companys selection of elliptical trainers, weight benches, exercise cycles, body fat monitors and motorized treadmills in stores, however. The products–some of which range in price from about $300 up to $600 or more–are offered only at the companys Web site, Walgreens.com, for shipment direct to customers homes. On the high end: a Weider brand Platinum 800 Home Gym, offered on Walgreens.com for $999.99. But the site also purveys plenty of lower-ticket fitness and health products, including yoga and Pilates kits, low-carb snacks and dietary supplements.
After pediatrician John H. Gould saw his second case in which a home exercise bike had torn off a childs finger, he began to wonder: Is this injury common? His first attempt to answer the question ended in frustration. “The medical literature had not addressed the problem of injuries related to home exercise equipment,” he says. But his second inquiry ended with a surprise. Exercise bikes and jump ropes proved most dangerous, say the researchers. Exercise bikes were involved in 55 percent of all the accidents, jump ropes in 25 percent. In most cases, the bikes amputated a finger or toe. Even more alarming were the figures on jump ropes: in the majority of these accidents, the ropes user was strangled to death.

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Denny Miller likes the juxtaposition of running a 21st-century interactive communications company from an office that was built in 1890. Lebanon-based Pipeline Interactive could move to its new home at the corner of Cumberland and 10th streets by July 1, as long as contractors finish the necessary electrical and ventilation work in time, said Miller, Pipelines president. Pipeline specializes in Web design, e-commerce solutions, business applications and marketing. -Jim T. Ryan
New home The Topeka City Council debates spending $5.95 million to buy the EBA Building at 620 S.E. Madison to house several city departments.

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Pat Galagans article, The Future of the Profession Formerly Known as Training (December), is terrific and right on the money! Galagan synthesized the myriad discussions Ive had with my combined communication and performance improvement staffs. In fact, Ive sent a notated copy of the article to my CEO to prep him for conversation with the corporate performance improvement manager, the manager of Web communication services, and me.

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David Fields, marketing channel manager of Hickory Hardware of Nashville, TN, was elected vice president of the Home Improvement Research Institute.

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Now through February 15, the Waldorf=Astoria Collection invites guests staying at one of the Collections four celebrated hotels or its Arabian palace, to discover each property through experiences designed specially for each locale. The Discovery Experience packages allow guests to discover the essence of The Waldorf=Astoria Collection through exploration of the local environment, treatments at luxury spas, championship golf and culinary excellence. At The Grand Wailea Resort Hotel Spa, guests can enjoy the Collections Hawaiian paradise with a five-night stay for two in a Napua Towers guestroom including private concierge, daily breakfast and cocktail hour in addition to a champagne and chocolate strawberries welcome amenity, one duo massage and one private sunset-cabana dinner for two overlooking the Pacific Ocean priced at $6,200(a). At the legendary Hollywood hideaway, La Quinta Resort Club, guests will enjoy a four-night stay for two in a Starlight Casita, receive a welcome amenity which includes a canvas bag with two logo shirts, hats and golf balls. Guests will also receive two, one-hour golf lessons, daily unlimited golf at any of five championship golf courses, two Day of Restoration Spa packages, one $100 shopping certificate valid at any of the boutique shops, one dinner for two at Adobe Grill, daily breakfast for two at Twenty 6, evening Jeep Tour to the San Andreas Fault, and two tickets to Aerial Tramway, priced at $3,200(a).
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On HallmarkStories.com, prices will range from $1.50 per card to $3.25, depending on the card design and quantity ordered; cards are also offered in sets of 10. Special prices and ordering options also are available at Hallmarks partner site Walmart.com. Cards will be produced in three to five business days, and the site will be accepting orders for holiday cards through Dec. 19. Hallmark Stories is part of the companys growing memory-keeping business with products that include memory magazines and wallet-sized, foldable photo snap books.

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Saber Diamond Tools Saber Diamond manufactures a wide variety of diamond cutting tools for the woodworking industry. Saber Diamond Tools says it has computerized tracking of each tool order and can offer customers custom tooling, as well as off-the-shelf standards.
Saber Diamond Toots specializes in polycrystalline diamond tooling for the woodworking and plastics industries. The company says that industrial diamond cutting tools are cost-effective for abrasive materials, high-volume production and automated equipment.
Diamond tooling from Saber Diamond allows for faster cutting speeds and provides aggressive cutting action on all materials, the company says. Tooling features a diamond cutting edge with a helical grind, which Saber Diamond says results in a smoother cutting action with less load on the tool, spindle, collet and motor.

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Civil engineering construction continued to increase in the third quarter. The value of construction put in place in this segment of construction was 26.2% higher than a year ago. A year-on-year decrease was recorded only in the construction of residential buildings (see table). In interpreting the value of construction put in place, we note that these figures exclude the activity of smaller firms (see note below table), whose main activity is estimated to be residential construction. According to seasonally adjusted data, activity increased relative to the previous quarter only in civil engineering, whereas activity in residential construction was at its lowest point in the last two and a half years. The growth of employment in the construction sector continued. In the nine months to September, the number of employees surged by 11.0%. As in 2006, the highest increases in employment were recorded in general construction and building completion. The share of firms that were unable to find workers declined in November after Octobers record-high value. According to business trends in construction, 47% of enterprises (employing 52% of workers) reported “shortages of skilled workers” as a limiting factor in November. This figure is smaller than in the previous two months, but still well above the average value of this indicator in the last five years (since data have been available).
Construction of a sewage plant in the unincorporated San Luis Obispo County community of Los Osos has been halted following the successful recall of three elected officials who supported the plant. The reconstituted CSD board halted construction and dismissed the agencys general manager, attorney and public information officer. Board members have indicated they would pursue a different type of treatment plant to be built outside of town. Indirectly, the board has picked a fight with state agencies that have been working for years on water quality improvements State regulators have insisted since the 1970s that Los Osos needs a wastewater treatment facility. The town of 14,000 people relies on 6,000 individual septic systems, which regulators blame for polluting the groundwater and Morro Bay estuary. A state-imposed building moratorium has been in place since 1988.

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BANKRUPTCYBankruptcy laws are designed to distribute those assets held by the debtor as equitably as possible among creditors. Most of the time it also frees the debtor or bankrupt from further liability, but there are exceptions to this. Bankruptcy proceedings may be initiated either by the debtora voluntary processor by creditorsan involuntary process. The Bankruptcy Code is a world of its own, wrote Lawrence Tuller in Getting Out: A Step-by-Step Guide to Selling a Business or Professional Practice. A completely separate set of laws come into play under which a business or an individual must perform. State and federal laws that we all live by from day-to-day are not applicable. New laws, mysterious to all except the bankruptcy lawyers, concerning contracts, wages, debtor/creditor relations, individual rights, and so on, go into effect. For this reason, business consultants commonly urge their clientswhether debtor or creditorto secure legal help in all instances in which bankruptcy comes into play.
BANKRUPTCYThe basic premise for enabling debtors to file for bankruptcy is to have a fresh start by permitting them to end their overwhelming debt and begin anew to rebuild their credit and engage in day-to-day activities without fear of creditors seizing their assets and imposing liens on their salaries. Congress had concluded that a sizable percentage of debtors had taken advantage of liberal Bankruptcy Code provisions and grossly abused their credit access. Thus, Congress imposed a number of roadblocks to the discharge of indebtedness while refraining from limiting creditors persistent inundation of offers of credit to consumersespecially by credit card companies.The Bankruptcy Code contains a number of chapters, including preliminary sections concerning procedural and administrative requirements and substantive chapters that detail requirements for debtors regarding liquidation, reorganization, or adjustment of debts. The most relevant chapters are 7, 11, and 13.
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Real Estate Brokers with the SRES designation help seniors make wise decisions about selling their home, buying rental property, managing the capital gains and estate tax implications of owning real estate, obtaining a reverse mortgage, moving to a senior community and other issues. The designation was introduced in 1997 and is nationally recognized.
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.
There were 45 attendees including agents from Prudential Greater Topeka REALTORS, Topeka, Manhattan, Salina and Overland Park. Janice Price, of Munster, Ind., was the trainer for Prudentials University on Tour.

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Although supplements may not enhance your performance, vitamin deficiency will definitely hamper it. Since your body cannot manufacture vitamins, you must consume them in your diet. Its true that the more you exercise, the more energy (calories) you burn. Also, the more you exercise, the more you need to eat. What about this statement? The more you exercise, the more vitamins you need.False!
Herbals Add Vitality to VitaminsThe Category is Exploding and New Merchandising Techniques Are on the HorizonHerbals, in particular, rose 125% through April 1998, versus the same period the year before. The category is growing because consumer household penetration of vitamins continues to grow, explained Dean DiMaria, national executive sales director of Pharmaton Natural Health Products. Were seeing more consumers coming into the category. If you go back to 1995, household penetration was 66%. It grew to 69% and is now 72%. The majority of growth is coming from new consumers.

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“We are pleased to have reached the manufacturing and deployment phase in
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The authors note that there have been 13 studies which used prospective randomized control designs which compared hypnosis either to baseline level noiception or to a control condition of some sort. These studies consistently demonstrate that hypnosis can assist patients with chronic pain with a reduction in their pain experience and pain related coping for a variety of chronic pain conditions. Hypnosis was generally found to be more effective than other nonpharmacological interventions such as physical therapy, attention, and psychoeducative strategies. The intervention which was most commonly employed was training in self-hypnosis. The authors provide a critique of these studies in that there appears to be a lack of standardization in the uses of hypnotic interventions in these clinical trials and also that the treatment group numbers tended to be lower than one might desire. The authors also provide a number of very useful suggestions for future research and clinical application of hypnosis to assisting patients with chronic pain syndromes. Address for reprints: Gary Elkins, Ph.D., Baylor University, Waco, TX. Email address: Gary_Elkins@baylor.edu.
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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.
Furniture Medic is the largest international on-site furniture repair and restoration company with more than 600 franchise locations worldwide. Its expert technicians can revitalize furniture and wood surfaces, restoring, enhancing, and prolonging their natural beauty. Furniture Medic provides an alternative to high cost of replacement and exchange. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

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The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is generalizable to the United States. None of the 25,096 participants in the 2000 MEPS identified a chiropractor as their usual source of care, defined as a particular doctors office, clinic, health center, or other place that the individual usually goes to if he/she is sick or needs health advice. Chiropractic visits comprised 6 percent of all office-based health care visits and nearly one in four visits to the offices of health professionals other than physicians. Chiropractors accounted for 14 percent of non-physician office-based expenditures, more than one third of which were paid out of pocket by patients. Only 9 percent of visits to chiropractors offices were referred by physicians. According to MEPS, most visits to chiropractors involved patients with musculoskeletal problems (see accompanying figure). This limited pattern of care contrasts with the much broader scope of primary care clinicians. This supports the recent decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs not to designate chiropractors as primary care providers. NOTE: The information and opinions contained in research from the Graham Center do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the AAFP.
PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 29, 1998–ChiroNet, a chiropractic health organization network headquartered in Portland, Oregon, was chosen as the top Chiropractic health care delivery organization in an independent survey.This confidential survey of chiropractors involved in managed care from Oregon and southwest Washington was completed on June 15, 1998, by performance Marketing Group of Vancouver, Washington. 89% of all excellent ratings given by providers were given to ChiroNet. Areas rated included: reputation, management, credentialing, level of paperwork, contribution to professional development, claims staff, preference of affiliation and total value to the physician.The physicians in the survey participate in a range of one to four Chiropractic networks, with the average per respondent of 2.4 networks. Physicians participating in the survey represented members of American Chiropractic Network (ACN), AXIS, Alternare, and ChiroNet. Of special significance is the estimate of their total practice coming through affiliation of individual networks: ACN (7%), AXIS (4%), Alternare (2%), and ChiroNet (22%). Here is the breakdown of the top two networks rated by chiropractors in each category:
I am perpetually entertained by the disconnection between what we do and what we say we do in the chiropractic profession. If I polled chiropractors and asked if they were actively engaged in public health work in their practices, I think its safe to say that most would say “No” or “Hell, no!” First we must define public health. Herein lies the rub. In chiropractic, our perception of public health is rather narrow (since in chiropractic college our public health courses may have focused on microbes, water sanitation, pasteurization, and immunization!). Several different but acceptable definitions for “public health” can be found in various literature. But what is the true meaning of “public health,” this ethereal and rather elusive term?

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How to write an electronic resume. Lets look at this new resume in reference to other types of resumes as well as in relation to todays changing job market. In doing so, you should be able to decide what type of resume is most appropriate for your career and how you can best distribute your resume to prospective employers.
“Our goal is to be supportive and to provide valuable resources to
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One of the survivors of a coach crash in Turkey which killed three British tourists arrived home last night for treatment for chest injuries. The middle-aged man was admitted to Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where a spokesman described his condition as “serious but stable”. A second British survivor, who had been expected to fly to Glasgow, was taken instead to hospital in Graz, Austria, after her condition deteriorated while the air ambulance made a refuelling stop. The 42 tourists on the coach had arrived on a flight from Glasgow and were on their way to a resort in the south-west of Turkey when a lorry ploughed into them near Marmaris.
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DIVIDE - Twenty-eight boxes in the snow rocked back and forth as the occupants inside couldnt wait to see their new home. With a flip of cardboard, wild turkeys burst from the boxes, scuttling into the Pike National Forest about 7 miles north of Divide, leaving stray feathers and tracks in the snow from flapping wings. In seconds, the birds made it from their boxes and into the woods in a blurred jumble of brown feathers and cacophony of squawks. Freedom for the wild turkey is a hurried affair.

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Boon Ruangkit of Thailand beat Australias Jeff Senior at the first hole of a sudden death play-off to win the Myanmar Open in Rangoon, the first professional tournament in Burma.
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The English Golf Union has been awarded pounds 650,000 from the National Lottery towards the construction and development of the teaching academy at its National Golf Centre at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.

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In the eyes of our lawmakers, computer software is considered an intangible asset. Under our tax rules today, the cost of all intangible assets acquired by a sales agency as part of the purchase of a business are now amortizable as intangible assets. Previously, those intangible assets were required to be capitalized but could not be claimed as a tax deduction unless they had a readily determinable life. However, when it comes to the costs of developing software (for the sales agencys own use or for sale or lease to others), the agency has a choice: those costs may either be deducted as an immediate expense or amortized over a five-year period (or shorter if it can be established as appropriate). Remember, however, the key is that the costs must be treated consistently. For purchases of computer software, specifically those costs which are not amortizable over 15 years as a Section 197 intangible asset, costs are depreciated using the straight-line method over three years beginning in the month it is placed in service.
The NASA Commercial Technology Program has initiated the transfer of NASA technology to the private sectors for more than 40 years, resulting in the development of products and services that have benefited global competition and the economy. These spinoifs incorporate NASA technology in such areas as health and medicine, the environment, public safety, transportation, computer technology, and industrial productivity.

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