Word: plastic
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...proposal to slap a 5% tax on wrinkle fillers, Botox shots, breast implants and other elective cosmetic medical procedures as part of President Obama's health care reform package is raising disapproving eyebrows among some groups. A coalition of plastic surgeons, a women's group, medical associations and pharmaceutical makers were distraught when Senate majority leader Harry Reid slipped the so-called Botax levy into the health care bill late last month in hopes of raising $5.8 billion over the next 10 years. The tax would apply to elective but not reconstructive plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures...
Though it may seem like a stretch, opponents of the tax are making a populist cry. "This tax is not just a luxury tax," says Dr. Joanna Partridge, a plastic surgeon in North Brunswick, N.J. "This is a tax on the middle class, which is directly against what President Obama campaigned on." About 60% of those planning to have cosmetic medical procedures have an annual household income of $30,000 to $90,000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS...
Filmmaker “Dauphin,” (with the scores of the Bourne and Matrix series playing in the background), goes past plastic green lawn chairs (not very glamorous, but hey, it’s a recession, people) and down into a dark chamber. Where there’s a coffin. A COFFIN. Oh, and what looks like random bones...
Steampunk is like a snapshot from the last moment in human history when technology was intelligible to the layman. "The Internet is global and seemingly omniscient, while iPods and phones are all microscopic workings encased in plastic blobjects," Westerfeld says. "Compare that to a steam engine, where you can watch the pistons move and feel the heat of its boilers. I think we miss that visceral appeal of the machine...
...While many speculate that this is an unattainable goal, no one can argue that we need to take better care of our planet. Go “green” this year and give presents that give back to the environment. Help cut down on fuel consumption by forgoing plastic water bottles—it takes 1.5 billion barrels of oil per year to meet America’s demands for plastic water bottles and 20 years for them to decompose in a landfill. A stainless-steel water-bottle would be a great alternative to bottle up the beverages. Kleen...