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...scan, call ahead to see if you can bring a flash drive. That way you can take an electronic copy of your CT scan to go, and may be able to avoid another scan later, should you move or change doctors. (A hard copy of the scan is bulkier, but may also be an option.) If your child needs a CT scan, ask the technologist to put the machine on pediatric-appropriate settings. For more information on kids and CT scan safety, visit the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging...
Organic food stretches the purse strings because it is grown with naturally derived fertilizers and pesticides, which are pricier than their chemically derived counterparts. This decision then translates into higher labor costs when spreading the bulkier fertilizer (i.e. manure) which in turn translates into a seemingly outrageous price at Whole Foods...
...fell 10.8% in the five months to March. Aiming to prop up circulation, Associated late last year launched Standard Lite, a free, slimmed-down, lunchtime version of the evening title. Sources close to the company say only one-third of Standard Lite's readers are willing to buy the bulkier, paid-for evening version. And Britain's Office of Fair Trading last month ended Associated's exclusive rights to London Underground stations to distribute Metro, clearing the way for rivals to offer a free afternoon paper through the same channels. Whoever wins, "We think the Evening Standard would have...
...year, that is, when Intel delayed production of its latest Pentium 4 chip and scaled back its proposed speed from 4 GHz to 3.8 GHz. That was partly owing to technical complications; pack too many transistors onto a microchip, and you have magnetic resistance and overheating issues that require bulkier fans and suck up more battery life in your laptop. But the bigger problem is simply that most of us no longer have such a need for speed, at least when it comes to everyday applications such as e-mail, Web browsers and spreadsheets, which work just as well...
...April from most carriers, sets rudimentary fisticuffs to a Snoop Dogg sound track. Players (or should that be "playaz"?) jump in the ring and face a posse of pugilists, scoring points with punch combinations. If you make it to the final round, you face Snoop Dogg himself, who looks bulkier in his cell-phone incarnation than in real life. --By Wilson Rothman