Pumpkin patch offers more than just produce Oct 5, 2005
And although it is not in operation this year, the large cornfield maze shaped like Michigan is a big draw as well. The market was something necessary for a year-round income, Bill Jr. said. (Central Michigan LIFE, MI)
Fire school instructors apply lessons in the South Oct 5, 2005
The day after the storm, the emergency operation center in Gulfport had a list of areas that they couldnt get in to. So we got in to these areas and began our search and rescue. (Bowling Green State University -- BG News, OH)
Center celebrates 10 years of creative play for kids Oct 5, 2005
Mara Kaplan, the center's CEO and the only founder who remains involved, said the operation generates 60 percent of its $1. 1 million annual budget through income-earning enterprises. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Orange Park Medical Center opens endoscopy building Oct 5, 2005
The roughly 10,000-square-foot operation, adjacent to the hospital, will be Clay County's first free-standing outpatient endoscopy center ... Demand for endoscopy services has been growing at least 33 percent annually and the new outpatient center expects to perform about 5,000 procedures in its first full year of operation, said Margaret Larson, director of surgical services at Orange Park hospital. (Florida Times-Union)
Japanese firm plans to invest $20M in city Oct 5, 2005
"The companies are waiting to get their trials done," said Takeshi Yamakawa, president of SNBL's Baltimore operation. The Baltimore operation will focus on early clinical trials with 10 to 40 patients over three to 30 days ... Gary Stewart, director of business development for SNBL's Baltimore operation, said that in the wake of last year's withdrawal from the market of Inc.'s painkiller Vioxx, pharmaceutical companies are focused on making sure their products are safe. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
BIG SANDY SHELTER WORKERS BRING COMFORT Oct 5, 2005
Facing a nearly dysfunctional network of state-wide communication, volunteers at a Big Sandy shelter pulled their efforts from the fire earlier this week to make the best of an ad-hoc relief operation - intended to assist up to 1,500 evacuees - a success, instead of another disaster ... Stephen Press, 57, a physician and Red Cross volunteer deployed from New Jersey, said he's had years of disaster intervention training and understood the complexities of the size of the operation. (Tyler Morning Telegraph, TX)
Hepatitis C trial begins Oct 5, 2005
Christensen questioned whether the effects of that treatment resulted in Ridder's inability to maintain his farming operation, noting the farrowing operation had closed and the auction planned well in advance of the 2002 diagnosis. The Ridders sold their farm home and the surrounding 10 acres in 2003 and built another home in Fremont. (Fremont Tribune, NE)
Clinic To Host First Face Transplant Oct 5, 2005
Dr. Maria Siemionow will choose the patient and perform the operation ... Cleveland Clinic will host in the next few weeks several unusual interviews: five men and seven women will secretly visit the Cleveland Clinic to interview for the chance to have a radical operation that has never been tried anywhere in the world. (Softpedia)
In picturesTwins joined at the head face life-altering operation Oct 5, 2005
10 of 10The sisters underwent a series of tests in the Indian capital before doctors said an operation to separate them was viable. LINKS TO MORE IN PICTURES STORIES. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Surgery offer to separate twins joined at the head Oct 5, 2005
Prof Benjamin Carson, an expert on separating conjoined twins, has agreed to perform the operation assisted by a team of Indian doctors ... Although he has successfully separated other sets of conjoined twins, his last high-profile operation, on the 29-year-old Bijani twins from Iran, ended in failure ... The cost of the operation and supporting the family is to be met by Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, who was moved to help after hearing about the twins on a... (Telegraph.co.uk)
LOST 18 months ago in Rock Hill. FOUND Last month on Gulf Coast. Oct 5, 2005
The dogs had been brought back from Louisiana by volunteer Angie Hucks of Operation CARE, a Rock Hill-based animal rescue organization. She had gone to Slidell, La. (Herald Online, SC)
Flexpoint Discloses Terms of Recent Contract Oct 5, 2005
Such uncertainties include, among others, certain risks associated with the operation of the company described above. The Company's actual results could differ materially from expected results. (Yahoo Finance -- Scientific & Technical Instr.)
Universal Detection Reaches Agreement with Rutgers University to Engage in Validation Testing of Bio-threat Detection Technology Oct 5, 2005
The unique feature of the Center is its focus on implementation of advanced and cutting-edge technologies, from broad and interdisciplinary sources, used for efficient maintenance and operation of multi-modal transportation infrastructure systems in high volume and heavily utilized intermodal corridors ... The multidisciplinary approach of the center in addressing pressing operation problems has led to strong partnerships with stakeholders in the region including transportation agencies, the... (Yahoo Finance -- Scientific & Technical Instr.)
William Blair & Company Initiates Coverage of Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. With Outperform Rating; Issues Comprehensive Report on Behavioral Health Care Industry Oct 5, 2005
Daniels estimated that the company, which offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health care solutions to children, adolescents, and adults through its operation of psychiatric inpatient facilities and residential treatment centers, would earn $1. 63 per share in 2005 and $2. (Yahoo Finance -- Healthcare Facilities)
GE Announces Expansion of Water Scarcity Relief Efforts in Africa Oct 5, 2005
Assist International and GECAD, a local distributor for GE, provide shipping logistics, ground-level support and site preparation, and on-site coordination to ensure timely, cost-effective and quality construction, as well as sustainable operation of the facilities and equipment. For more information on GE's water scarcity solutions, please visit. (Yahoo Finance -- Conglomerates)
Women delivers 4 babies in Kolkata Oct 5, 2005
The doctors conducted the operation in a record 14 minutes because the mother was bleeding. Doctors hoped the mother, who is not keeping too well, would also recover soon. (India Times, India -- Community News)
PHOTOS: Disasters around the world Oct 5, 2005
Only a military-style operation with bases across West Africa can stop the worst locust invasion for 15 years, Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade said on Tuesday as the insects swept into his capital ... Emergency operations to feed 2. (AlertNet)
Nepal: Let's Give Peace A Chance Oct 5, 2005
At this time of crisis, as a true Nepali, well wishers and friends of Nepal, we must give our support, cooperation and help to King, as he endeavors to bring peace to Nepal ... Do you really think there will be cooperation between military and party leaders ... It's really shoe-string operation. (NewsIsFree-Asia)
Ethiopia, Eritrea Warned on Reigniting War (AP) Oct 5, 2005
"We hope that the government of Eritrea will reverse its decision and that our operation can operate for peace in the region," Guehenno said. Most flights by U.N. peacekeepers are helicopter flights, though fixed-wing aircraft are used to travel between the capitals of Ethiopia and Eritrea, via third countries, he said. (RSS - Yahoo News - World)
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 4 October 2005 Oct 5, 2005
The Rekomb-K operations were also photographed with the Nikon D1X. [The RSC-E experiment utilizes bacterial conjugation and mobilization of plasmids in the development and future production of new proteins for medicinal applications ... The E12 crew received no training on the Multimeter, so John's task today was to provide an introduction/overview of the operational differences between it and a scopemeter ... review of the current version of the DOUG (Dynamic Operational Ubiquitous Graphics)... (Space Ref)
Administrator charged with embezzlement Oct 5, 2005
Howe was responsible for day-to-day operation of Valley View Village. His duties, according to the documents, included "the safekeeping and management of facility accounts and funds, for which the administrator functions as a fiduciary." He handled bank accounts, facility lines of credit, accounts receivable and general operating funds. (Des Moines Register)
Thompson River Co-Gen shuts down Oct 5, 2005
Thompson River Co-Gen had been in operation since last December ... At a series of public meetings, area residents said they believed the plant's operation would diminish the value of their property, hurt their children's health and degrade the environment by raising mercury levels in fish and increasing air pollution ... State officials looked closely at the plant's design and operations, but ultimately approved the air and water permits because all documents and engineering calculations were... (Missoulian, MT)
Jones the reverse swing ruled out of Pakistan tour Oct 5, 2005
But it is still a serious blow, and it also raises the question of whether an immediate operation might have been a wiser course of action. Andrew Flintoff's summer of joy was preceded by surgery upon a similar injury, albeit for a posterior impingement of his left ankle. (Guardian Unlimited)
Electric and Gas Deregulation: Not-So-Cold Cases Oct 5, 2005
That operation has utterly failed to help promote the lower electricity prices that the television audiences in many countries were promised when deregulation was introduced. SOME ASPECTS OF ELECTRICITY TRADING IN THEORY AND FACT. (Energy Pulse, CO)
High Oil Prices Prompt New Look at Shale Oct 5, 2005
Many also worry about the effect a large-scale operation - particularly coupled with robust natural gas, coal and oil production already under way - would have on the environment, wildlife and the people who spent years recovering from the last shale bust in the early 1980s ... Every day, streams of cars would head up a narrow, two-lane road carrying workers to shale mining operations in the buttes just west of town ... a former manager of oil shale operations here for Shell and Occidental Oil... (PhillyBurbs.com)
IRS Reaches Agreement With Insurance Co. Oct 5, 2005
(AP) - SAN DIEGO-An insurance company that sold disability insurance to doctors and drew scrutiny from federal tax auditors has agreed to cease operation and return $500 million to participants, the Internal Revenue Service said Monday. Doctors Benefit Insurance Co., Ltd. of Barbados agreed to pay $2. (FindLaw News)
Georgia-Pacific Announces Initiatives to Gain Further Operating Efficiencies in North American and International Consumer Products Oct 5, 2005
The largest impact will be at the Green Bay Broadway mill, where plans include moving most of the mill's warehouse operations to a new product mix center in the Green Bay area and the closing of small, non-core operations ... In addition, the company plans to shut down tissue converting operations at Old Town, Maine ... Changes already implemented include the closure of one operation in Greece, and the closure of two operations, as well as significant overhead reductions, in the United Kingdom. (Yahoo Finance -- Paper & Paper Products)
Gear sees money at the end of tunnel Oct 5, 2005
The bay bridge commission charges one of the highest bridge tolls in the country - $12 per car each way - for operation and maintenance of the bridge and an annual profit that is being tucked away for new tunnels. Gear thinks the current toll rate would be a selling point in attracting a private company to take over the bridge's operation ... Gear, who is running for re-election in November, promised to introduce a bill that would establish a task force to work out how to lease the bridge... (Daily Press, VA)
Most liver donors do well after the surgery Oct 5, 2005
"While these considerations clearly have relevance to all forms of surgery," he told Reuters Health, "they are all the more germane when considering a very major operation which confers no direct health benefit to the individual undergoing it.". To gain further insight, the researchers prospectively reviewed adverse events associated with liver transplantation at their center. (Reuters UK -- Health)
U.S. surgeon: Conjoined twin sisters from India could likely be separated Oct 5, 2005
NEW DELHI - An American neurosurgeon said Tuesday he believes 10-year-old Indian twins joined at the skull could survive surgery to separate them, but that he will wait for more test results before deciding to perform the complex operation ... With help from teams in Denver and at New Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo hospital, where the sisters are staying, Carson plans to conduct the operation in India - a first for South Asia ... He has taken part in four operations to separate conjoined twins -... (AZCentral -- News)
Hip pain makes Fonda cancel plans Oct 5, 2005
Political activist Fonda, who has previously had a hip operation, was married to Vadim from 1965 to 1973. He died in 2000. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Rossley back on the job Oct 5, 2005
Walker decided to go outside the organization and have Houston Texans physician Walter Lowe perform the operation. Walker is a native of Texas and will spend the first four to six weeks of his rehabilitation in Houston. (PackerReport.com)
Of guts and glory Oct 5, 2005
Before, it was a bread-and-butter operation. " But the two decades it has taken to bring about that change shows Borody that "the most educated levels of society are the most difficult to change their views. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Family in running for national farm award Oct 5, 2005
"It allows a small operation to succeed." ... Boyce jokes that from the beginning the couple followed conservation practices because they wanted a "pretty" operation. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Pivotal Hosts Webcast on CRM for Manufacturers Featuring Leading Analyst Oct 5, 2005
Across the value chain, from supply chain to quoting to sales, manufacturers are moving from a focus on cost-cutting and driving operation efficiencies to business process optimization using CRM as the enabler for revenue and margin growth ... The company has approximately 2,000 employees with operations in 17 countries. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
City approves two-day COLT schedule for winter season - By Curie Jones Oct 5, 2005
City councilmen voted 6-1 at their pre-meeting Thursday for the extended operation of the bus. Councilman Sam Krone, who said he's concerned about the expense, voted against the winter operation ... The council compromised on option four, changing the number of days the bus would be in operation from four to two. (Cody Enterprise, WY)
Air France probe Oct 5, 2005
Document prepared by Gunnar J. Kuepper, Chief of Operations for Emergency ter Management, Inc., an L.A.-based disaster management firm ... At 12:20 p.m., a lightning advisory had halted operations of the ground crews, who were at risk of being struck ... The northernmost east-west runway the longest at Pearson had been taken out of operation the day before for maintenance. (Toronto Star -- Canada)
Pregnancy diagnosis for the beef herd Oct 5, 2005
Generally, approximately 55 to 70 percent of the input costs associated with a beef cattle operation are nutrition related primarily stored feed ... Many cattle operations are developing strategies to use fetal sexing as either a marketing or purchasing tool ... In beef cattle operations, fetal sexing remains limited to purebred operations especially in conjunction with an embryo transfer program. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Ghana contributes 9,000 troops to peacekeeping in Sierra Leone Oct 5, 2005
"The Military High Command has monitored with keen interest, satisfied with your operational activities in Sierra Leone and is glad that you distinguished yourselves as worthy ambassadors of Ghana". The last batch of Ghanaian troops, were withdrawn following the UN Resolution 1610, which tasked the Secretary-General to ensure that all UN forces ended their operation by December 31, 2005. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
AgVantage buys Ferrellgas storage facilities Oct 5, 2005
The business is a full-service LP Gas sales and service operation and serves customers in Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan and Fayette counties, as well as surrounding areas ... "It fits nicely into our existing operations," Mittelstadt said. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Saved from the sea. Stuck in limbo Oct 5, 2005
The government is investigating the trafficking operation and proposing laws to deal with asylum seekers. The home affairs minister, Tonio Borg, says there is clearly a criminal organisation behind the arrivals. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
A chance to lead separate lives Oct 5, 2005
Doctors say operation to separate twins is possible American to lead Indian team in risky procedure ... Yet if an operation by a team of doctors from India and the US is successful, two 10-year-old Indian girls joined at the head will finally be able to lead separate lives ... The pioneering US neurosurgeon was flown in after Abu Dhabi's crown prince, Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, said he would pay for any operation. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Emergency Services Board to discuss charter Oct 5, 2005
VANDIVER VILLAGE Members of Audrain County's Emergency Services Board will meet in regular session at 6:30 p.m. tonight at Vandiver Village City Hall to further discuss the structure and operational procedures of the board ... Also on the agenda will be what Gronauer called an "open item" for discussion concerning budget and operational issues ... The Mexico City Council met in special session Friday morning to approve an extension to the services that will provide funding for operation and... (Mexico Ledger, MO)
AP News in Brief Oct 5, 2005
HADITHA, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops pushed through streets sown with bombs Tuesday in their biggest operation this year in western Iraq, seeking to retake three Euphrates River towns from al-Qaida insurgents ... Operation River Gate - launched at the start of the holy month of Ramadan - was the second U.S. offensive in a week in Anbar province, near the Syrian border. (FOX23 News, NY)
Review finds faults in Hervey Bay treatments Oct 5, 2005
One case was a man who received an incorrect foot operation ... The orthopaedic specialist questioned whether the first operation was even a prescribed procedure. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Health)
Life Force to base copter at Gordon Hospital Oct 5, 2005
They are also in the process of hiring 14 staff members, which would include four pilots, four nurses, four paramedics, and two support personnel to man the operation. 2004. (Calhoun Times, GA)
People in the News Snapshots Oct 5, 2005
Lyons said Fonda, 67, had previously undergone a hip operation. Philippe Aubert, producer of Vadim, This Billionaire of Happiness,'' said the actress was expected to attend a second showing of the 90-minute documentary Tuesday night in Paris. (Montana Standard, MT)
Maryland Doctor To lead Indian Twins' Surgery If Family Consents Oct 5, 2005
A hospital spokeswoman in New Delhi says Carson will lead the operation, if the girls' family gives its consent ... The girls' father can't afford the operation. (ABC 7 News, DC - Health)
Twin sisters joined at head may be separated Oct 5, 2005
If the groundbreaking operation was successful, Saba and Farah Shakeel, aged ten, would become the oldest twins joined at the head ever to be separated ... He plans to conduct the operation in India - a first for South Asia - with the help of teams in Denver, Colorado, and at New Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo hospital, where the sisters are staying ... As of yesterday, the twins had not been told that they might be subject to a separation operation. (Scotsman.com)
Scrambling to Offset Katrina Costs, Republicans Continue Dangerous Fiscal Policy Oct 5, 2005
Unfortunately, these proposals were just the tip of the iceberg and at a Sept. 21 press conference, the Republican Study Committee unveiled in a 24-page scheme -- "Operation Offset" -- a historical laundry list of nearly every Republicans have proposed, imagined or yearned for over the years ... Operation Offset has done more to fracture the Republican Party than to rally members behind a coherent set of proposals. (OMB Watch)
