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That's due in large part to a set of self-imposed safety standards that the ASMBS created several years ago. The society generated criteria for safety and quality of care, and invited all bariatric centers to meet them. Once centers met the standards - which include providing state-of-the-art equipment for operations as well as protocols for following up and measuring the outcomes of the surgeries - the centers were subjected to a site inspection. Upon passing, they earned certification as an ASMBS Center of Excellence...
...Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., the women’s swim team held a 'virtual swim meet' with Bryn Mawr College, in Pennsylvania, about 112 miles away. Each team swam in its home pool, then compared times to determine the winners. (“We probably saved $900 on bus travel,” said William G. Durden, Dickinson’s president...
...Chrysler-Fiat alliance will make small, fuel-efficient diesel more acceptable to American consumers, according to a major European-based supplier of engine technology that works with Fiat. Fiat's new diesel, a generation ahead, is quieter and cleaner and burns low-sulfur fuel that would enable it to meet stringent new emissions regulations, he says...
...January, Sandoval is struggling to stay afloat financially. Married with two children, he and his wife used to make $3,000 a month. Now they rely on her $800 from Starbucks and their CalWORKs payment of $250. "It's not much, but it helps. We just barely make ends meet for rent and the bills. I am not sure how much longer we can go on like this," he says...
...some of whom, like the Jabers, risked violence, kidnapping and death threats for assisting U.S. forces - face the danger of homelessness in their adopted land, a threat heightened by the foundering economy. The government's refugee-assistance system as it exists is in crisis, and it's failing to meet its basic mandate to protect and serve refugees, said Robert Carey, vice president of resettlement policy at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), which assists Iraqis and other refugees resettle in the U.S. A new report co-sponsored by the IRC and the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute points out that...