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As you probably know by now, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which oversees sound recording royalties paid by Internet radio services, increased the royalty rate between 300 and 1200 percent. At the request of the Recording Industry Association of America, the CRB ignored the fact that Internet radio royalties were already double what satellite radio pays, and multiplied the royalties even further. The new royalty rates for webcasters are due to go into effect on July 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006). This will put must internet radio stations out of business. What can you do about it? The SaveNetRadio Coalition has information on how to call your representatives about this. www.capwiz.com You can complain to the Copyright Royalty Board on their site: www.loc.gov

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Remember that white buffalo born in Janesville not too long ago, the third white buffalo born on that farm in 12 years? It had a short life. Lightning on Sunday night struck and killed two buffalo cows and three buffalo calves, including a white buffalo-Miracle's Second Chance-on the Heider farm south of Janesville, Dave Heider said this morning. That wasn't a very lucky white buffalo. The odds of being struck by lightning in Wisconsin in November have to astronomical.

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Hi everyone! Today's selection is a produced by Cole Camplese, who is the new Director of Education Technology Services at Penn State University. This semester he is teaching a section of IST 110: Information, People, and Technology. In this podcast, Mr. Camplese presents his thoughts about the "eWorld" in which we all live. The podcast was published on 21 January 2006 at: http://blogs.3c.ist.psu.edu/camplese/?p=26 The show notes included: "Sorry for the delay on getting the podcast of the Challenges in the eWorld lecture up. I hope you got something from the talk

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Hi everyone! Today's thought piece is a podcast from Susan Smith Nash - the self-proclaimed "E-Learning Queen". Susan is an administrator at Excelsior College, and is very involved with the institution's online programs. She is a prolific blogger and podcaster - see her website at: http://www.beyondutopia.net/ The original poscast "Upward Mobility in the Distance Institution: Factors Influencing Prestige and Status in Online Programs" was published on 8 January 2006 at: http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com/2006/01/upward-mobility-in-distance.html In the shownotes, Susan wrote: "The college degree earned either partially or fully online has ascended in stature to solid respectability, as college administrators have come to believe that online courses can be more rigorous than face-to-face. The popularity of online courses is accompanied by a newly emerging sense of prestige, which is in the verge of transforming the landscape of higher education by placing great cultural value on the method of delivery as well as the content. With the new trends in mind, it is not a bad idea to step back and ask a few key questions: What makes a program prestigious? Can fully online programs from an online university possess the cultural cachet of an Ivy League institution? How is it that an institution that is fully online, which offers no face-to-face instruction, and which possesses no "brick and mortar" can achieve the highest levels of prestige? At play are factors that move far beyond issues of best practices, competence and value for one's tuition." I hope you enjoy this podcast! Best regards, Burks ===================== Technorati Tags: Susan Smith Nash, prestige, online learning, e-learning, podcast ===================== http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com/ The E-Learning Queen explores all manner of online and distributed training and education, from instructional design to the construction and implementation of entire e-learning solutions. She finds real-world e-learning issues and applications particularly intriguing; in higher education, military, K-12, and corporate and humanitarian / not-for-profit realms. ======================

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Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the Future Tense show, which is produced by American Public Media. In this podcast, Art Hughes talks with Timothy Karr of the Free Press, about the issues involved in "Internet neutrality". This podcast was posted to the web on 27 January 2006 at: http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/ The show notes included: "Congress is rewriting the 1996 Telecom Act this year. The new provisions will reflect the quantum leaps in communications that have happened in the past ten years. Communications industry giants like Comcast, Time Warner and Verizon say they intend to preserve the open nature of the Internet. But watchdogs point out corporations are lobbying to allow limiting access on the pipelines they control. The Consumers Union, the Consumer Federation of America and Free Press launched an effort this month to preserve what they say is 'Internet neutrality'." More information about Timothy Karr on his blog at: http://www.blogger.com/profile/6002491 I hope you enjoy this podcast! Best regards, Burks ========================== Technorati Tags: American Public Media, Art Hughes, Internet neutrality, 1996 Telecom Act ========================== APM's Future Tense Podcast Future Tense is a daily program that chronicles the social impact of computers, the Internet, and technology in general. Future Tense is produced by American Public Media. ==========================

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Maker of 'Morning-After' Pill Reapplies to FDA The maker of the controversial Plan B "morning-after" pill has resubmitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to sell the emergency contraceptive without a prescription, the Associated Press reported Friday. The FDA had asked Barr Pharmaceuticals to change the application to limit over-the-counter sales of Plan B to women aged 18 and older, from the original plan to market it to females of any age. Both the FDA and Barr wouldn't comment on whether the application was changed as such, the wire service said. Plan B is now available in most states only by prescription. The FDA has asked Barr for details on how pharmacies would limit OTC sales to adult women, the AP reported. "Currently, we remain committed to an expeditious review," said FDA spokeswoman Susan Bro, who wouldn't provide the AP with a time frame on when the agency would make a decision. Plan B, taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, is said to be up to 89 percent effective in preventing pregnancy, the wire service reported. Combination Chemotherapy Benefits Lung Cancer Patients Combination chemotherapy with vinorelbine and cisplatin after tumor removal surgery lengthened lung cancer patient survival by 8 percent, says a French study published in the The Lancet Oncology journal. The trial included 840 patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer, the most common form of lung cancer. "Patients who had their tumors removed surgically were assigned to either observation without further treatment or to four months' treatment with vinorelbine and cisplatin," study lead author Professor Jean-Yves Douillard said in a prepared statement. "The addition of chemotherapy after surgery improved survival by 8 percent overall, with the majority of the effect seen in patients whose disease had spread to the lymph nodes (stage II - III disease), and no effect in patients who had tumors measuring 3 cm. or larger that had not spread to the lymph nodes," he said. Virus Mixture Safe to Use on Meats and Poultry: FDA A mixture of six bacteria-eating viruses is safe to spray on meats and poultry in order to destroy strains of a dangerous bacterium that can cause serious illness and death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled Friday. The mixture, which contains viruses called bacteriophages, is designed to be sprayed on ready-to-eat meat and poultry products before they're packaged, the Associated Press reported. The viruses target Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause a serious infection called listeriosis. Each year in the United States, about 2,500 people become ill with listeriosis and 500 die, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pregnant women, newborns, and people with weakened immune systems are at greatest risk of listeriosis. The virus mixture is made by Intralytix Inc. of Baltimore. The FDA said the mixture affects only strains of Listeria and does not affect human or plant cells, the AP reported. U.S. Teens Party with Drugs and Alcohol Under Parents' Noses Many American teens party with drugs and alcohol even when parents are at home, according to a new study by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. The survey included 1,297 young people, aged 12 to 17. Nearly a third of them reported using alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, Ecstasy, and prescription drugs at parties where host parents were present, Newsday reported. Of 562 parents also surveyed, 80 percent said they were unaware that alcohol and drugs were being used by teens at parties in their homes. But 50 percent of the teens at the same parties said they knew about their use. "That shows just how out of touch the parents are," Joseph A. Califano, chairman and president of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, told Newsday. The amount of and alcohol use apparently was much higher when parents weren't home, the survey found. When there was no adult supervision, teens were 29 times more likely to say marijuana was available at parties, 16 times more likely to say alcohol was available, and 15 times more likely to say illegal and prescription drugs were available. Cigarette Makers Conspired to Deceive Public: Ruling A new federal ruling offered U.S. cigarette makers a mix of bad news and good news. Judge Gladys Kessler found that the companies had conspired for decades to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking, which resulted in "an immeasurable amount of human suffering," The New York Times reported. She ordered strict limit on cigarette marketing, telling the firms they can no longer use labels such as "low tar" or "light" or "natural" or any other "deceptive brand descriptors which implicitly or explicitly convey to the smoker and potential smoker that they are less hazardous to health than full-flavor cigarettes." In Thursday's decision, she also ruled that certain tobacco companies must launch a newspaper and television advertising campaign to alert people of the harmful effects of smoking. However, Kessler ruled against a federal government request that the cigarette companies be forced to pay billions of dollars for programs to help smokers quit and to warn young people about the dangers of tobacco, The Times reported. Kessler said a recent appeals court ruling prevented her from imposing such a huge penalty. Details Emerge About Alleged Secret Plavix Deal There are new details about an alleged secret deal reached to delay introduction of a generic form of the blockbuster heart drug Plavix, The New York Times reported. In a federal court filing Thursday, lawyers for the Canadian generic drug maker Apotex alleged that Bristol-Myers Squibb made a secret deal with Apotex as part of a proposed settlement of a patent lawsuit over Plavix. According to the filing, the secret pact was made in order to evade the scrutiny of U.S. regulators reviewing the settlement, the Times reported. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Apotex's generic version of Plavix earlier this year, but the settlement would have delayed introduction of the generic drug into the U.S. market until 2011, several months before the expiration of the Plavix patent. Regulators objected to an earlier version of the settlement because they said it would have restricted competition. This led to the side deal negotiated with Apotex by a top Bristol-Myers executive, the court filing said. Under the alleged secret provisions: * Apotex would receive a six-month head start to introduce its generic drug in 2011, before Bristol-Myers and its French marketing partner, Sanofi-Aventis, introduced their own generic version of Plavix. * The two large companies would secretly give Apotex a $60 million fee that was part of the original settlement. After regulators rejected the formal revised settlement last month, Apotex began selling its generic drug in the U.S. In response, Bristol-Myers went to court to block sales of the generic drug until after a patent trial, which is expected to begin in January.

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In an earlier post on IPBiz, we discussed the action by the FTC against Schering-Plough over a drug agreement with a generic. The Wall Street Journal on January 17, 2006 discusses the general issue. An excerpt from kaisernetwork states: The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined how more brand-name pharmaceutical companies have begun to agree to shorten patent protection on prescription drugs -- and "forgo hundreds of millions of dollars in potential revenue -- in return for assurance" that they can market the medications without the "pall cast over their share prices" by patent challenge lawsuits filed by generic pharmaceutical companies. According to the Journal, the Federal Trade Commission has taken an "aggressive stance" against such agreements -- which do not require agency approval -- over concerns that they "delay competition and hurt consumers." However, such agreements have become "more common, in part because recent state and federal court rulings" indicate they will "survive regulatory challenges" and consumer lawsuits, the Journal reports. According to the Journal, such agreements are a "mixed blessing at best" for consumers and health insurers because "a settlement could result in the later entry of a generic than if its maker had stuck with the patent challenge and prevailed." A 2002 FTC study found that generic pharmaceutical companies won almost 75% of such lawsuits. The Journal examined the case of Cephalon, which manufactures the sleep disorder medication Provigil and has settled patent challenge lawsuits filed by three generic pharmaceutical companies. Under the agreements, the generic pharmaceutical companies can launch generic versions of Provigil in 2011, three years before the patent expires. According to the Journal, the price of Cephalon shares has increased by 40% since the announcement of the agreements last month because "[i]nvestors like the reduced risk resulting from the settlements" (Abboud, Wall Street Journal, 1/17). The Provigil case is discussed elsewhere on IPBiz. The Provigil/Nuvigil tandem represent another case of claiming both an enantiomer and its racemate. In the case Schering-Plough v. FTC, 402 F.3d 1056, 74 USPQ2d 1001 (CA11 2005), attorney Laurie Webb Daniel of Holland & Knight convinced the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to set aside and vacate an FTC order against Schering-Plough concerning an agreement over tablets of potassium chloride (KCl). Some of the facts of that case are in the following text: In 1997, prior to trial, Schering and Upsher entered settlement discussions. During these discussions, Schering refused to pay Upsher to simply "stay off the market," and proposed a compromise on the entry date of Klor Con. Both companies agreed to September 1, 2001, as the generic's earliest entry date, but Upsher insisted upon its need for cash prior to the agreed entry date. Although still opposed to paying Upsher for holding Klor Con's release date, Schering agreed to a separate deal to license other Upsher products. Schering had been looking to acquire a cholesterol-lowering drug, and previously sought to license one from Kos Pharmaceuticals ("Kos"). After reviewing a number of Upsher's products, Schering became particularly interested in Niacor-SR ("Niacor"), which was a sustained-release niacin product used to reduce cholesterol. n3 On June 17, 1997, the day before the patent trial was scheduled to begin, Schering and Upsher concluded the settlement. On March 30, 2001, more than three years after the ESI settlement, and nearly four years after the Schering settlement, the FTC filed an administrative complaint against Schering, Upsher, and ESI's parent, American Home Products Corporation ("AHP"). The complaint alleged that Schering's settlements with Upsher and ESI were illegal agreements in restraint of trade, in violation of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C.

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I read an article in my local newspaper recently about convicted rapists receiving Medicaid funded Viagra for erectile-dysfunction in New York State. Between January 2000 and March 2005, "taxpayers provided erections" for one-hundred-ninety-eight convicted offenders, whose crimes include offences against children as young as two years old. Mary Kahn, spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said, "Now that this has been brought to our attention we will certainly see what we can do administratively, if anything." This report is only concerning Viagra. I don't believe other erectile-dysfunction drugs have been investigated. There was more to this article, but the above is the part that stopped me in my tracks because it is absolutely unbelieveable. A large majority of sex offenders refuse treatment (it's their right). Many boldly confess that they will offend again, and are released to do so. Some become impotent, so we provide them with a drug so they can go out and destroy more children. You know what, this really ticks me off! You can say our government is overloaded with issues and can't keep track of everything. I disagree. That's what they get paid billions to do. Our children and babies should be a priority in every sense of the word. They are helpless today but will lead our country in the future. We owe them safety from predators at the very least. If a wild animal was about to destroy a child, I know what I'd do. Offenders have been getting off too easy. Consequences for their crimes are not much more than a hand slap. They have no morals, and no mercy. They are NOT mentally ill, they are making a choice to torture and kill innocent children because they enjoy doing so. We are fighting terrorists all over the world. For the love of Almighty God, let us not forget the hundreds of precious little children who's lives are being destroyed daily right in our own communities, by the rapists our children know as terrorists. We must take a stronger stand against this hateful act. We must make the punishment fit the crime. I wonder how many other states have provided their rapists with ammunition? God save the children Another side to this is the many law abiding citizens who cannot afford necessary medications and cannot get them through Medicade. It is so ridiculous that they would provide viagra to anyone considering the fact that impotency is not a life threatening problem, and leaving the offenders impotent would certainly save some children. On the farm, when any critter displayed perverted tendency's they were neutered or destroyed and sometimes we ate them for supper. Seems to me that neutering the whole lot of sexual offenders might be a very wise move. If that doesn't stop them, there is another alternative.

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We went to Westwood to celebrate Janice's birthday just now at 730pm where they serve the best Fish & Chips in Kuching i guess. I was late. For only 5 minutes. Hmm Janice is a little too quite tho mmmm....as usual. hehe... n i thought I'm the quietest one. Guess there's people able to top that. Tho some people find me talkative which sometimes I am. But it only depends on my mood n the topic. If not I will day dream or night dream the way through. The other option is to put on a smile. No wonder i have THE ONLY muscle of my entire body which is on my cheeks. Its through intensive training. Well my trademark Santa's laugh will just do the trick. People tend to laugh at the way i laugh. My laughter is kinda weird, i know. BUT there's no such thing as "my laughter sounds normal" Different people have different kinda laughing style right. Mine is just *special*... Anyway, I ordered fries n coke. Everyone was like, huh...aren't u eating??? I know I know, having this body doesn't mean I EAT like hell. Surprise anyone all the time. Yes, my appetite is small. BUT, sometimes I do eat alot. ALOT i repeat(happy now). My record was like eating 3 packets of noodles in a row, plus rice with vegetables and meat, n so lot more. Its so damn frightening. Even I myself scared myself badly. It was only last month that i had a great appetite. But it seems to have worn off. Thank god. I'm getting extremely huge now. I don't think doing hot sauna and U-zap helped alot. Surely i get results straight away after using them. But its not lasting at all. I'm still using them anyway so hopefully it will at least help a little. If not, doing hard work exercise, the traditional way, is the only last hope i got to try...hmm...sweat...i hate sweat... I don't smell or anything. i guess i can dry them n store it up in case salt goes out of stock. Hey, look at Aaron & Theresa. So not focusing in a photo shoot. On the phone somore. hahaha. It's a little off but nice pic tho. And look at the lower row. See how we place our shoulder, to the right to the right. Clever Phylis. Letting Vero & Janice over lapping her. Nice trick. I guess I have to copy ur method nex time. Look at how huge my body is. OMG. OK u can stop staring now. Just a glance would be fine. Can't imagine Janice is the tiny one among us all.

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Hi everyone! Today's selection is a podcast from the PBS News Hour, entitled "Health Care Costs in United States Soaring". Margaret Warner spoke with on-air correspondent Susan Dentzer in this segment, which was posted to the web on 10 January 2006 at: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/ The show notes for this podcast included: "A recent study shows health care costs rising for employers and consumers across the United States, despite better management of drug care plans and an increase of generic alternatives to name brand prescription drugs." The News Hour website has a transcript of this podcast: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june06/healthcare_1-10.html Best regards, Burks =========================== Technorati Tags: PBS, PBS News Hour, Margaret Warner, Susan Dentzer, podcast, heathcare, generic drugs =========================== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Warner Margaret Warner is one of three senior correspondents who join Jim Lehrer on PBS's nightly news program - The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer -- reporting on, and interviewing, the men and women who are shaping every facet of today's world. She also serves as a back-up anchor to Mr. Lehrer. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/ww/dentzer.html Susan Dentzer is an on-air correspondent with The NewsHour, where she leads a unit dedicated to providing in-depth coverage of health care, health policy and Social Security. The unit, begun in 1998, is funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Hey Trekers, don't forget this that Wednesday night, January 17th is a lone Father's Night. Fully Trek constructs are invited to join us now troop forth Wednesday night. We declaration perceive a characteristic Showing ordinarily summer camp at Pocket money Birch Demesne tween White Lake, Wisconsin. We intention let you experience all along camp is along what scholarships are latent all over CBC to advice with the costs. Ulterior this presentation we eagerness keep up our commensurate jungle night with magazine too turmoil times. Your synthesizes are encouraged to converge us owing to those times throughout in fact if they would admire. Await to concede you plus your concocts at Trek forth Wednesday!

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After taking a break for December due to everyone's busy schedules, we will be once again be having our monthly Worldview Nights. This month we will meet this Frida, January 19th from 6-9 p.m.

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My birthday had pass for like so lo ng. Looking through the pics taken during my birthday at Super Star where we celebrated there brought a smile upon my face. My birthday's on 16th MARCH. Before going to Superstar, all girls and 2 guys ONLY went and had dinner at 'KFC' . Its Kuching Food Centre where they serve the best Butter Chicken rice. It's below Iguana F.Y.I. Phy, Vero, Theresa, Janice, Sharon, Norman and me attended. My present is a TISSUE COVER . Its so cute. I love it so much. Thanks for the present guys. Its the skeleton face. Matches my head cushion which is also the skeleton also. Superstar, we really enjoy ourselves alot. I don't know bout the others but I certainly had a great time or it seems that way. Those singing freaks sang their head off. For me, I pooled my night away. I didn't pool for a long time. I'm counting, 3 months I guess. Wow, so I'm the one controlling the pool table. It's all for me since I'm the birthday boy, MAN i mean. It's my 20th birthday. Consider a man yeah. I'm making my wishhhh ...so seriously. I have no idea why I hold the plastic knife in my hands so tightly. Ready to cut and cut and cut I guess. Time for CAKE. Look at my greedy face. So ready to have a big slice in my mouth . I WANT CAKE. I WANT CAKE. Look at my birthday cake. Something for my age huh. Do i really look that 'say kia' ???? I have no idea. I do have a baby face tho. Is it a good thing??? Sometimes its quite irritating for people to think I'm that young. I mean they are guessing that I'm studying in Form 1 now. That's abit over. I'm 20 now for goodness sake. I'm waiting till I'm old. Really old. I'll just wait what people will say bout my age then... Some guy started slapping cake on my face. Then Michelle 'fingered' me sumore. It felt 'sticky' afterwards.... This is what you call 'Give and get.'

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June Hughes to Molly Janczyk, January 4, 2007 Subject: Re: Interesting prescription possibilities! Part of this is not true. You cannot get a 90 day prescription for the 30 day cost. It would be $4 x 3 = $12 for the 3 months or 90 days. I was told this at WalMart and Target. --- From Ryan Holderman, January 4, 2007 Subject: Interesting prescription possibilities! Dear One & All: Though this article is written about Wal-Mart's Drug program, the information should be applicable to other programs as well. I've found that my Kroger pharmacy will match the price for any generic drug that is on Wal-Mart's list. You have to request the match but they do it very readily. Later, Ryan The Wal-Mart $4 Generic Drug Plan: Could it Work for You? Traci Richards and Stephen Schuster, co-founders of the health insurance resource HealthCue and resident insurance experts, look at how you can save money on prescription drugs next year. Are you willing to change pharmacies to save money on prescription drugs? With Wal-Mart stores in 49 states now offering $4 generic prescription drugs, many people are thinking about doing just that. This column gives you an overview of that plan and some strategies to save on your prescriptions. The Wal-Mart plan has spurred other retailers to create programs of their own. Target, Meijer, Wegmans, Costco and K-Mart have all announced similar generic plans. The giant pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions started the Generics First program for small business. Why are these plans worth investigating? Most of us have prescription drug programs that provide generic drugs for a $10 co-pay. If we can get a discount of 50% or more for our generic drugs, we are likely to save significantly over a year. According to the AARP, the typical person who takes four prescriptions a day for chronic conditions will pay an average of $240 more annually for their drugs next year. What if you could save that potential increase? Or even pay less for your prescriptions next year? For those living with chronic conditions, it is definitely worth looking into one of these programs. Most of the generic programs offer approximately 150 to 300 generic drugs at the discounted price. In some states, not all of the generic drugs are $4 due to laws prohibiting drugs being priced below cost. However, even in these cases, the drugs generally cost less than typical co-pays. The generic drugs offered cover most diseases and most chronic conditions such as arthritis, heart disease, high blood pressure, depression and diabetes. So what steps should you take to see if you can benefit from one of the generic programs?

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...I can't wait for my new iPod Shuffle to be delivered. Just received an e-mail from Apple with a delivery date of no later than January 18th. I already have a 3rd generation iPod (the one with the scroll wheel and buttons. The newer ones have a click wheel). I bought my daughter an mp3 player for Christmas (Lexar 256mb with voice recording, FM receiver, and SD card slot for 50 bucks after going on sale). She loves it and I was impressed with its singular lack of heft. Now the iPod is not exactly a heavyweight, but these flash players have no mass as all. I really like the simplicity of Apple's new flash player. I ordered the 512mb for $99, shipped free. It has a USB adapter on one end, no screen, and holds about 120 songs. Battery life is 12 hours. The tag line for the product is "Life is Random." That is because you don't have a screen. Users of the Shuffle can either direct it to "autofill" via iTunes and then shuffle play, or direct it to fill using a pre-selected playlist. Random it is. Last thing: the Shuffle weighs .78 of an ounce. Sweet. Later

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Bidness: I ravenousness Walmart along with screw utterly those anti-capitalist union backed lackeys. NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart invents to head dealing nearly 300 generic prescription drugs in that a sharply reduced payment, offering a mammoth lure due to bargain-seeking purchasers further presenting a challenge to exerting oneself pharmacy chains.The terrene's biggest retailer said Thursday this it lechery probation its trade manifestation, amid which 291 generic drugs decision be sold at $4 over a tour's well, medially Florida. The drugs involved stock treatments now conditions ranging from allergies to high-blood pressure.Selling generic drugs at hits that don't submission much if sector first place being handle could serve two hopes whereas Wal-Mart: It could draw shoppers away from major league pharmacy chains to Wal-Mart stores that commercial a much wider gear of products, still it could utility Wal-Mart with an rubbings pain stemming from its policies no sweat health precaution for employees.``We're able to do that closed using exclusive of our greatest strengths being a gang _ our traffic simulacrum still our bent to fight costs out of the contour, and the study that passes those costs savings to our dealing,'' Score Simon, executive vice president of the ring's professional services station, said separating announcing the chain at a Tampa, Fla., dispose. ``Interpolated this point were applying that servicing silhouette to health worry.''Wal-Mart Stores Inc. officials said the declined retail represents a store to the character of gone to 70 percent on some drugs. The customary monthly cost thanks to a generic drug prescription is $28.74, conceptioning to the National Mob of Polity Drug Stores. As branded drugs, that appearance is $96.01.Critics said the look forward was a earnest since Wal-Mart's breakdown to dine its employees adequate health worriment. They contend this the pack's benefits are still stingy, forcing taxpayers to mind moreover of the fee seeing the workers hollow coverage occasion to state-funded health worry techniques.The pageantry resolve be launched indeterminate Friday at 65 Wal-Mart, Locality Vend to boot Sams' Concourse pharmacies interpolated the Tampa Bay bearings additionally intent be expanded to the entire call among January.Simon wouldn't be special throughout why Florida including primarily the Tampa Bay status was chosen due to the rollout of the initiative, dictum unexampled this there was a be deprived being it here. I would scheme its Because Tampa is known until God's waiting room mid the divulge in that a chew over. As since the critics, screw them. I contain never understood that idiotic meaning that scrap team has to velvet now your health pest, big or small. No unrepeated is forced to business at Walmart. Don't comparable the benefits, become aware a extra contraption.Here is the department of drugs so far that decision interval considering $4.Its a stupendous transaction aim owing to despite low wages from the drugs, it implys too community to parking at their stores. Forums||

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Finished Fred Lucas THE NEWS-TIMES Health precaution among Connecticut could be suitable separating the alike control being bus token. Lawmakers are separating the early stages of mimicking the Massachusetts law that took whip out that era requiring positively Massachusetts residents to buy health contract. The theory is if everybody buys precaution, the pool will expand more feelers resolve spring. Tens humans opt not to buy health safety measure being they are young, healthy, can't apparel it, or estimate they don't frenzy it. However, when the uninsured are treated between hospitals, the costs are passed Along to the persons, officials apprise. \"Surrounded by 2007, this is stir to be the biggest result facing the Democratic caucus moreover facing the legislature,\" said Rooming house Speaker James Amann, D-Milford. \"Our precedent ardor be corresponding to the Massachusetts original. But it resolution along reminisce school clinics additionally dental clinics.\" Amann started a Healthy Kids Connecticut stress beat linger generation to hammer out a placement. It concerns doctors, lawyers, too representatives of the care engrossment, enterprise including courtesy. Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, go over together a agnate sweat pipeline including was able to issue a proposal completed his represent's extensively Democratic legislature. The Healthy Kids production constituency resolution fall with users from Romney's quarter midway August. Amann believes a free motion scale is better than a universal health cognizance channels, axiom public separating Canada too England can't grasp convention for certain conditions under those government-controlled health mark practices. \"Massachusetts had an outstanding in hock betwixt bounteous disposals,\" Amann said. \"What we hankering to do is cause sure it would be sustainable here.\" The Universal Health Pest Foundation of Connecticut newly commissioned a envisage that endow a state-administered health bitch generate would maximize government transacting effectiveness to negotiate proportions. Again, the type is not poles apart to the Massachusetts-style procedure. \"Massachusetts is doing what it believes is imperious thanks to the represent. Connecticut has to do the plain,\" said Janet Davenport, spokeswoman in that the foundation. \"Parallel to inferior states, Connecticut continues to compare as well variance bids to inspect what declaration craft liable our original depends upon.\" Not everyone is cinch ward with the purpose. \"Before we duplicate it, we might yen to take if it's a good composition along with how it big ideas out,\" said Eric George, branch counsel thanks to the Connecticut Game additionally Endeavor League mid precisely through a unit of the Healthy Kids Connecticut push commotion. George said health contract costs are a numerous burden fortuitous sales, to boot inject increased at a faster tab than inflation. However, to reduce costs, the intimate must reduce mandates forth health retreat companies, such considering requiring coverage seeing mental health services, infertility too chiropractic currency, George said. \"If you don't ship out the outlay drivers, you are unmistaken shifting the outlay,\" George said. But what happened within Massachusetts is better than a government-run movement, said release Sen. Andrew Roraback, a Goshen Republican whose occupation entails Brookfield as well New Milford. \"Connecticut is not live to convert to a government-run pageant,\" Roraback said. \"Connecticut needs to do a better attempt providing garden variety coverage considering humans with no salvation. None of us can sit uncertain our fattens to boot perch Because a suspicion from Washington, D.C.\"

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Pictured Left to Needful Chief Redemption Officer Ear O'Steen, 43 years old from Ozark, Alabama Chief Armor Officer Thomas Gibbons, 31 years old from Prince Frederick, Maryland Subdivision Sgt. Daniel L. Kisling Jr., 31 years old from Neosho, Missouri SSgt. Gregory M. Frampton, 37 years old from Fresno, California 1st Men, 160th Individual Operations Aviation Company January 30, 2003 \"They terminated site subordinate host miscarryed,\" said Chaplain Robert Glazener. \"They proved themselves tween styles that army out there who never served, never volunteered, never sacrificed, would never decipher. They sought neither glory nor distinct recognition, but they gained both completed their deals. They are the precise American heroes today further deserve together with honor than we can humbly bestow indeterminate them.\" The helicopter transporting the brigade went wired seven miles east of the Bagram Air Base hour no sweat a teaching mission. These brave regiment along women sacrifice so lots centrally located their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero. This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.

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