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...consumers a lot of money and cutting into mobile network profits. How? Software called cordless telephony profile (ctp) allows business users and consumers to use Bluetooth-equipped cell phones to connect directly to the fixed-line network when they are in a Bluetooth-enabled zone. By so doing, they bypass the costlier mobile network and save big on their phone bills. Cost reductions are already being offered by Norwood Systems, a company in Richmond-upon Thames, England, which makes a wireless communications platform that allows wandering office workers to make telephone calls over the fixed network via Bluetooth headsets...
...President the authority he had long sought to go it alone on Iraq, the Security Council remains far more resistant to White House demands, and the Administration is hoping the threat of unilateral action will scare the international community into accepting the U.S. position. But Congressional authorization to bypass the UN is also likely to reopen the debate among Bush's advisers over just how far to pursue the diplomatic option...
STONE SCULPTURE There are so many awe-inspiring architectural delights in Petra that it would be easy to bypass the Monastery, thinking, what's one more building carved into solid rock? But for those willing to take the hour-long trek up 1,000-plus stone steps, the ancient Nabataeans have prepared a wondrous reward. The decorative fa?ade, carved into a solid chunk of yellow sandstone in the 3rd century B.C., rises 45 meters above the ground. If the hike through rock canyons and past stunning vistas is a little tortuous, a small, Bedouin-run caf? offering cold drinks...
...more closely and the longer people follow a low-fat, whole-foods diet, the more their heart disease improves. In our research, angina (chest pain) decreased 91%, and cholesterol levels fell 40%, without medications. Most patients eligible for bypass surgery or angioplasty were able to avoid it safely. These findings have been published in the leading peer-reviewed journals. Medicare now covers 1,800 patients in our lifestyle program...
When most of us are rolled into an operating room, the last thing we want to think about (if we are conscious at all) is what the doctors are putting inside us. We don't want to know who donated the leg veins sometimes used for our coronary bypass operations or where the ligaments needed to hold a wobbly knee together were found. We want to be fixed, stitched up neatly, shipped out--and spared any gory details...