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The art of 'restoring' a nipple
In rebuilding breasts and self after cancer surgery, restoring a nipple might seem the least important element. It isn't. Dr. Allen Rosen, a nationally known plastic surgeon based in Montclair, says, "For such a small organ, (the nipple) has a major impact on many levels: mothering, sexuality, who you are as a person. Returning that look and those functions, or a facsimile of them, to wholeness really can give the patient back her confidence, help her feel comfortable and whole again." .
Vivisimo Velocity ahead of search pack
Choosing an enterprise search product is often fraught with compromise. If you, say, pick something with a simple search interface to appease users, administrators will likely be restricted in indexing databases or customizing results. Vivisimo's Velocity hasn't asked organizations to make such concessions. Its search engine indexes content as is, so you don't have to preprocess or reformat documents. The content integrator allows users to perform simultaneous searches through diverse sources -- internal documents, intranets, Web, or syndicated news feeds. Last, the clustering engine organizes all these search results into categories intelligently made from words and phrases in the results, not some arbitrary popularity ranking. Still, Version 5 has something new for both end-users and system managers, making it an even stronger search solution for Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies.
Tool kit for e-procurement
E-procurement software can be a worthwhile investment to automate and streamline the minutiae of procurement. Companies that adopt e-procurement software are looking for a tool to make their jobs easier so they don’t have to focus on day-to-day paperwork. Time that buyers once spent hand-holding purchase orders from the onset can be spent elsewhere; however, buyers using e-procurement software need to be fully aware of what their systems can and cannot do in order to get the most of their software buy. Often "compliance" comes up as the main reason for buyers to move to an e-procurement system. In some cases, this means compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, so a top priority is building transparency into all internal buying processes. One example that Pravin Kumar, vice president of products and services at Santa Clara, Calif.-based Ketera cites is tracking price updates in an online catalog.
Holiday hazards: Tips for keeping children safe during the season
Items that can cause harm include lead-painted toys, fake plastic snow, mistletoe, holly berries and decorative light bulbs. The Tennessee Poison Control Center in Nashville has a hotline that receives calls involving these substances, said Clinical Operations Coordinator Kim Barker. Last year, the Center received 127,485 calls, she said. About one in five, 25,565, reported incidents involving children under age six. In the wake of dozens of recalls of hundreds of thousands of toys covered in lead paint, consumers would be wise to be cautious this year, she said. "We're advising parents and anyone buying toys for children to be careful, and give consideration to toys imported from other countries," said Christina Featherstone, public health educator for the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department.
Early retirement granted to bomb-sniffing dog so slain Marine's family ...
Marine Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee and his German shepherd, Lex, scoured Iraq for roadside bombs together, slept next to each other and even posed in Santa hats for a holiday photo. When a mortar attack killed the 20-year-old Marine in Fallujah a few months later, Lex, whimpering from his own injuries, had to be pulled away, Lee's father was told. That strong bond compelled the slain Marine's family to adopt 8-year-old Lex even though the military said he still had two years of service. The family lobbied the military for months, launched an Internet petition and enlisted the aid of a North Carolina congressman who took their case straight to the Marine Corps' top general. On Wednesday, the Marine Corps finally announced Lex could go home to Lee's family.
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