| Profile of Candidates Appearing on Ashley County Ballots
Following below is a profile of the still active candidates who will appear on the ballots in Ashley County on Tuesday, February 5, for the presidential preferential primary. The former candidates who have withdrawn are not included, and the listing is according to party affiliation and the order in which the candidates will appear on the local ballots. The information in most instances comes from the candidates' official web sites. Among those who have withdrawn are Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson on the Republican ballot. Democrats who have withdrawn are Joe Biden, Bill Richardson, Dennis J. Kucinich, Christopher J. Dodd and John Edwards. On the Green ticket, Jared Ball has withdrawn. Note that these names remain on the Ashley County ballots, even though the candidates are not longer active.
Computer-Aided Detection in Screening Mammography Enhances Performance ...
BEDFORD, Mass., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOLX) , a diversified medical technologies company specializing in imaging systems, diagnostics, and interventional devices dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, today announced the publication of a large scale breast screening trial comparing a single radiologist using computer- aided detection (CAD) to double reading without CAD. The author of the study is Dr. Matthew Gromet of the Breast Imaging Section of Charlotte Radiology, a large imaging practice (approximately 66,000 screening mammograms a year) in Charlotte, North Carolina. The study(1), published in the on-line version of the American Journal of Roentgenology, the scientific journal of the American Roentgen Ray Society, will appear in the April 2008 issue of the research journal.
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Shouldn't members of the Georgia Assembly be more concerned with the rights of Georgia taxpayers and voters rather than fans of Georgia universities who live in adjoining states? The Atlanta Gator Club just finished jumping through state-required hoops for its plates. Graduates of Auburn University already have theirs. In a separate e-mail to us, Raulin added this: "Members of the General Assembly are supposed to be adults and voices of mature reason; their job descriptions do not include launching rhetorical broadsides against their fellow Georgia citizens, residents, taxpayers and voters who happened to attend out-of-state universities, nor do their job descriptions include attempting to deny their fellow Georgia taxpayers and voters due process and the equal protection of the laws of Georgia.
'Vantage Point' Snags Box Office Crown
Audiences really love it when they get a summer-style popcorn movie at a time of the year when they don't expect it," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box office tracker Media By Numbers. The studio said "Vantage Point" appealed to a broad audience — 52 percent of moviegoers were male and half were under age 30. "It's fresh with lots of twists and turns. Audiences become very invested in it," said Rory Bruer, Sony president of distribution. The only other new release to crack the top 10 was the Jack Black comedy "Be Kind Rewind," which took in $4.1 million and was tied at No. 7 with "Juno." The Fox Searchlight pregnancy comedy has rung up $130 million since opening 12 weeks ago. Paramount Vantage's oil saga "There Will Be Blood" moved up two slots to No.
02/23/08 Around the Valley
A longtime car dealership owner was selected to receive the Ted Robertson Community Service Tribute award Friday. The Greater Yakima of Chamber of Commerce will honor Bob Hall, owner of several automobile franchises, during its annual Ted Robertson Community Service Tribute ceremony March 27. Hall was recognized for his service throughout the community, which included stints on boards at the Chamber, Pioneer Bank and at both the Washington State Auto Dealers Association and the Yakima Auto Dealers Association. He was a founding member of the St. Elizabeth Hospital Foundation and helped in the formation of the Yakima County Development Association or New Vision. The annual award, named after the longtime Yakima Herald-Republic owner and publisher, was created in 1989 to recognize a Yakima Valley resident who has shown outstanding community service.
Ahsay Backup Software + NAS device = Affordable Backup Appliance
Ahsay Backup Software Business Edition, a reputable backup software for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs), now supports low cost NAS devices. This feature provides SMBs with an alternative to set up an all-in-one enterprise class backup appliance in-house at affordable price that is not available elsewhere.
HONG KONG, 25 January 2008 For small and medium businesses (SMBs) that are interested in implementing backup solution in-house but with limited budget on I.T. related spending, purchasing regular servers together with backup solutions may be expensive to them.
A total backup solution including backup software and hardware, which claimed to be ideal for SMBs, cost at least US$4,000 currently, without mentioning the I.T. specialists required to manage and maintain the solution.
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