| Beijing offers Olympic volunteers free eye surgery
BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- People who volunteer to help during the Beijing Olympics will have a better chance to see the Games -- literally. A Beijing-based military hospital announced on Monday an offer of free laser eye surgery for 100 near-sighted volunteers to "better serve the Games". Games organizers said early this month that more than 800,000 people had applied as volunteers for the Olympics in August and Paralympics in September this year. "As we know, most of the volunteers are university students and generally have a bad eyesight," said Liang Ge, director of the eye clinic of the General Hospital of Second Artillery Force of People's Liberation Army, adding that most could not afford the high cost -- normally about 10,000 yuan (about 1,370 U.S.
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Social shopping Web sites make buying things a subject of chatter ...
Perusing the site to see all the things people want, have bought or are discussing is "almost like browsing through 10, 20, 30 different catalogs," he said. "In a way Kaboodle is a like a suite of shopping magazines edited by the people." That element exists elsewhere on the Internet, where other sites have product recommendations, price comparisons and elements of personal expression. Even major brand retailers are letting consumers post reviews _ positive and negative _ about their goods. "We have never seen, in the past few decades, the shift in power to consumers that we're seeing now," said Pat Conroy, vice chairman and lead consumer products consultant for Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. However, users say the difference in social shopping sites is the way they focus not just on the buying of things but on the quest for them.
Developers delay housing addition hearing
Consideration of the preliminary plat of the Sun Country housing addition, located on the east side of Midwest Boulevard, south of Covell Road has been continued once again.The project of Covell Development LLC contains 217 lots on 140 acres as presented in December. Most of the lots are 12,750 square feet with homes ranging from 2,200 to 4,000 square feet.In other action, commissioners will look at a request from the Jan. 8 Planning Commission meeting for an Edmond Plan Amendment from "D-1" Restricted Commercial to "E-LU" Heavy Commercial Limited Use on the northwest corner of Rhode Island and Memorial Road. Another scheduled item is a hearing on a rezoning from "A" Single Family to "E-2" Open Display Commercial, at 209 W. Second St., from Scott Wayne Weathers.Commissioners also will consider a commercial site plan approval for Baker First Shopping Center, on the south side of West Edmond Road, west of Santa Fe, by Derringer Properties LLC.
Poll: Most think minimum wage show have automatic cost-of-living ...
In a recent Los Angeles Business from bizjournals poll, a majority of readers said they thought minimum wage should have automatic cost-of-living increases. In the informal poll, 66 percent of voters said "Yes, these are the economy's lowest-paid employees and deserve an annual raise to keep up with inflation" while 32 percent said "No, the current system works best for everyone" and one percent of respondents said they were not sure. Comments included: "I agree but also note that there is another class "the working poor" who make over min wage and don't get the same increase either - who is looking out for them?" "Yes, yes, yes, and it would be about time. Particularly in taking out the lobbying and politicking involved." "If the lowest paid empolyees want to improve their standard of living, they should seek more education and aspire to get a better job.
Getting a driver's license shouldn't be so difficult
While your bank, your employer and much of your life depend on computers to function, your doctor is most likely stuck in the dark ages of communication. ...The shelves and shelves of paper charts you see in many medical offices are evidence of that. Records that should be stored on a computer are taking up whole rooms and require staff to keep them sorted.The lack of updated technology hurts the quality of care and contributes to high costs. ...One big incentive for getting medical offices online is eliminating prescription errors.Wrong prescriptions and wrong doses are a big problem. Handwriting is often the culprit. If a doctor types the prescription and faxes it to the pharmacy, many potential errors are eliminated. ...AARP Alaska supports the Alaska e-medicine efforts because the changeover will allow patients to be more engaged in managing their health care.
Chat till 5 ET
I'll be coming to you live from Mobile, Alabama all week! We'll kick things off on Monday at noon ET! I'll be back with the Morning Buzz on Tuesday! Buzzmaster: (12:23 PM ET ) Sorry for the delay folks, internet problems....actually I was finishing my grits. It is crazy as ever down here! dave (new york): anyone there? Buzzmaster: (12:25 PM ET ) I just saw Romeo Crennell walk by. Right now the players are getting weighed in, but that will end in a half hour or so. Lawder (Essex, CT): hello dave Steve (MA via E. Hartford): Has LDT taken off his helmet yet? Trevor (Michigan): Whats ups mark florida: Who are the quarterbacks for each team? Buzzmaster: (12:27 PM ET ) Well we should have John David Booty, Colt Brennen, Andre Woodson, Matt Ryan, and Chad Henne among others.
Himachal Pradesh
On the other hand the Chief Minister is also keen that his supporters are adjusted, especially Ravinder Singh Ravi from Kangra and Dr Rajiv Bindal from Solan district. Though state BJP chief Jai Ram Thakur is not strictly considered in either the Shanta or Dhumal camp he could also get inducted, with the party making a comeback under his presidentship. With the BJP making a clean sweep in Kullu and Solan, at least one minister each would have to be inducted from here. Representation will also have to be given to at least one of the four women MLAs who have won on the BJP ticket this time along with a tribal getting representation in the ministry. .
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