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Saturday, November 05, 2005

Anti-U.S. Protests Flare at Summit (Washington Post)

MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina, Nov. 4 -- Anti-American demonstrators torched storefronts and battled police Friday in this Atlantic resort following a large, peaceful protest, spearheaded by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, over President Bush's plans to revive a free trade accord at a regional summit.
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Friday, November 04, 2005

Physical Therapy To Go Video Series Focuses on Exercises to Alleviate Neck, Back, Shoulder Pain (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Chronic neck, back or shoulder pain affects an estimated 85 percent of adults in the U.S., is the most frequent cause of
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Information Builders Introduces Industry's First Portable Business Intelligence Solution (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Information Builders, the enterprise business intelligence standard of choice for organizations around the world, today announced the industry's first truly portable business intelligence solution.
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Garmin Unveils New iQue GPS Pocket PC (DesignTechnica)

New iQue M4 comes pre-loaded with all street level data for United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
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Friday, October 28, 2005

Is the Spa Doc In? / Doctors benefit as much as the pampered patients at new dental, dermatological and gynecological (San Francisco Chronicle)

There are people who loathe going to the dentist, but Peggy Gill isn't one of them. On a recent visit, she reclined in a chair that could deliver a vibrating massage and listened to classical music in a lavender-scented room, her shoes off, a small dental bib...
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Louisiana public hospital system on verge of financial collapse (KATC3)

WASHINGTON Two months after Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana's public hospital system is on the verge of financial collapse unless federal aid is forthcoming quickly.
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Thursday, October 27, 2005

Sewage system upgrade (Simcoe.com)

Barrie won't be flushing money down the toilet as it spends $4.3 million to upgrade the sewage treatment plant's control system.
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Reporter Describes Cancun Destruction (Los Angeles Times)

CANCUN, Mexico -- Walking along the narrow strip of sand that once housed Cancun's raucous bars and palatial resorts, hotels are now stripped of marble and glass, their skeletal remains rising from a tangle of debris.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Euronet Chooses BWise for Global Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Support (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

BWise, leading provider of compliance and enterprise risk management software, today announced that Euronet Worldwide , a leading electronic payments provider, has chosen BWise to support its global Sarbanes-Oxley compliance management efforts.
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Schools to be closed until at least Monday from Palm Beach to Keys... (Miami Herald)

Schools to be closed until at least Monday from Palm Beach to Keys School will be canceled at least through the end of this week in Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe and Palm Beach counties, district leaders said Tuesday, which could lead to extra school days this spring, shortened holiday vacations and delays for the Florida's high-stakes standardized test.
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Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Developments Related to Medical Malpractice in Three States, USA (Medical News Today)

The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report features recent developments related to medical malpractice in three states. Summaries appear below. Illinois: Malpractice insurance premium rates for internists in Madison and St. Clair did not increase in 2005, and rates decreased by 0.7% for general surgery practitioners and by 3% for OB/GYNs in those cities, according to a survey released on Tuesday by
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Wall Printing Made Easy

First of all, I love the title of this article. Second, the idea of a printer that prints on fabric, wool, polymer, wallpaper, and other substances is a neat one. Lexmark will begin printing their $140 Xyron Design Runner inkjet...
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The Times Writes About Photo Printing

The New York Times has posted an excellent article on the economics of photo printing, and why it is often much more inexpensive to forego the photo printer -- and its high-cost inks -- and simply get your photos printed...
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School Board gets construction update (The Richland Mirror and The Pulaski County Democrat)

The Waynesville School Board was updated on the construction of Freedom Elementary School at its monthly meeting Oct. 17.
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A cooking class in the raw at Sublime tonight (Miami Herald)

Eat your homework -- a four-course raw-foods dinner -- and wash it down with wines from Bonterra Organic Vineyards after a cooking class at 6:30 tonight at Sublime World Vegetarian Cuisine, 1431 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale, led by chef Peter Cervoni. The $75 fee includes tax and tip; reservations are required at 954-615-1431.
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The raw and the uncooked (Boston Globe)

When people seek comfort in their food, they often look to dishes that qualify as comfort classics, such as chicken noodle soup, meatloaf, and mac 'n' cheese. But what if your taste runs to dishes slightly less plebeian? For upscale comfort, local chefs say, Bostonians are increasingly turning to that old bistro standby, steak tartare.
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The Letter of the Law (Hartford Advocate)

The perils of having a common, unremarkable name are familiar to Sen. Ted Kennedy, who ran into trouble getting on planes several times last year when a name similar to his came up on an anti-terrorism no-fly list.
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Commercial portrays nursing home as bad place (News 10 Now)

It started airing Monday morning. A commercial paid for by SEIU, drawing a picture of Sunrise Nursing Home as an awful place for the elderly to reside. No air conditioning, no hot water, and minimal staff. Administrator Steven Reynolds said he recently watched it for the first time.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2005-10-26 03:58 GMT: Australia's Q3 CPI up 0.9 pct, up 3.0 pct yr-on-yr, less than forecast- UPDATE (Interactive Investor)

SYDNEY (AFX) - The consumer price index (CPI) in the three months to September rose 0.9 pct and was up 3.0 pct year-on-year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said.
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German Business Confidence Rises to a Five-Year High (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)

Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Business confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, increased to a five-year high in October as the outlook for exporters improved and the nation's two biggest parties agreed to form a new government.
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Italy's Dell ''Orto enters India, plans to make manufacturing hub (India Daily)

Italian auto component major Dell''Orto has made a foray into the Indian market by signing a joint venture agreement with Bharat Caprihan and Associates, promoters of auto ancillaries firm Eco Auto Components Ltd (EACL) and also by picking up 10 per cent stake in EACL.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2005

CHINA TO BLACKLIST POLLUTING CITIES (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance)

Regulations / Law China will blacklist cities that fail to reach the national air quality standard, a senior official of the country's environmental agency said here Monday.
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Weekend TV watchers 'grow up and out' (News Interactive)

PEOPLE who watched more weekend TV as kids are more likely to be obese as grown-ups, a new study from the UK shows.
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Lisa Beth Older, a NY divorce lawyer and personal injury lawyer in New York, announces expansion of her practice to (PR Web)

Prominent Divorce Lawyer Lisa Beth Older, has expanded her services to offer mediation services. [PRWEB Oct 25, 2005]
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New Orleans train service to resume (The Sunday Mail)

PASSENGER train service to and from New Orleans will resume next week for the first time since Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana, Amtrak officials said today.
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HP Announces New Color Printers

And now we pause in our reporting of privacy violations, secret yellow dots, and other strange technological news for a word from HP. The company has come out with several new color printers, both laser and inkjet, along with a...
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CAPIS Boosts Speed With Blades (Server Pipeline)

Dallas-based brokerage leverages blade servers to increase execution speed, reliability and uptime.
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Government proposes paid leave for new fathers

LONDON (Reuters) - Fathers of new babies could take three months paid paternity leave under plans unveiled by the government on Wednesday.
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Mac vs. LaserJet

An O'Reilly blogger (O'Reilly is one of the premiere technical publishers around) tackles the question of how to hook up an old parallel-port LaserJet with his brand new Mac (which, unfortunately, doesn't have a parallel port). To make things worse,...
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Lexmark 3rd-Qtr Profit Halves on Price Cuts, Sales Decline (Bloomberg.com)

Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Lexmark International Inc., the No. 2 U.S. printer maker, said third-quarter profit halved after a slump in ink cartridge prices.
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From the forum - XP pro takes forever to boot up

This is a new one on me. Do any of you have a suggesation for this forum member?"I recently bought a new computer with 3GB of ram.. installed XP pro and everything ran nicely...until I noticed my photoshop program wasn't...
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