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...investment in new flooring, says Cohen, also saves hospitals money, if one considers the costs over the entire life cycle of a produc. Although PVC flooring is cheap to buy, it ends up costing more later; its tendency to become brittle requires frequent maintenance or replacement. The environmental costs are high as well. With PVC flooring, "the manufacturing process creates dioxin. In the end, it is burned, releasing additional dioxin. In between, there's the [emission] of phthalates," says Cohen, noting that PVC is found throughout the hospital, not only in flooring, but also in shower curtains, blood bags...
...charter's release is sensitive not just because of the significant anniversaries this year, but because the global economic slowdown has increased the potential for political unrest in China. Thousands of factories in the south have closed, and demonstrations by workers over unpaid wages have become a frequent scene in the regions of the country that have been driving China's double-digit growth. China's exports dropped last month for the first time in seven years, and as many as 9 million migrant workers are estimated to be returning home due to the slowdown. The World Bank and others...
...data, saying that the methodology gave extra weight to some respondents’ opinions. “The only snafu that we had tonight was in tallying the responses,” said Luc D. Schuster, the co-chair of the superintendent search subcommittee and Nolan’s frequent ally. “The firm didn’t weight proportionally the number of respondents in each category.” Although Nolan requested more time to study the data presented by the consultants—an idea that initially was supported by some other members?...
...professional help. One frequent blunder even million-dollar-job seekers commit is deciding to write and edit their rsums without expert input. "Your labor is the most valuable thing you're going to sell," says Cenedella. "Would you have an amateur copywriter write copy for the most valuable product you have? Then why would you write your rsum yourself?" Those seeking solid counseling on the rsum front can get it through the Professional Association of Rsum Writers & Career Coaches or sites like ResumeWriters.com where a rsum overhaul starts...
...virus appear to have been vaccinated against it, according to the government. Lo Wing-lok, president of the Hong Kong Medical Association and an expert on infectious disease, says that Hong Kong uses an older version of the H5 vaccine than mainland China, where there are more frequent outbreaks and farmers vaccinate poultry specifically against the H5N1 strain of the virus. (See pictures of Hong Kong from...