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Although the decanters might look unwieldy - the Swan and Flamingo stand two feet (0.6 m) tall - they are perfectly balanced to prevent spillage. So you won't lose a drop when you're filling your dinner guests' glasses. www.riedel.com
...debate over taxation of colleges and universities is longstanding, but last week, Massachusetts did well to prevent the state from gaining ground in taxing schools. The Massachusetts House of Representatives recently stopped an amendment from passing that would have allowed the state to tax universities with endowments larger than $1 billion. This proposed taxation of 2.5 percent would have come with deleterious effects, and it is a relief, therefore, that it did not come to pass. These harmful byproducts could have included the discouragement against donations to the University and the disincentive for universities to make charitable contributions...
...Companies have seen individuals breaking down, and they realize that they need to play a part to prevent it," says Karuna Bhaskar, director at 1to1help.net, a counseling service whose clients include HP, IBM and Texas Instruments. In the seven years since she co-founded her organization, she says she has found that the rat race causes a diversity of problems. "Not only do you want to keep up with the Joneses, your children want to keep up with the Joneses' children. But debt is something we Indians have never been comfortable with. So mounting credit card bills become a nightmare...
Early in the morning, nearly 700 Nstar customers had their power cut off when the fire department shut down electrical circuits to prevent the spread of the fire...
Teams will work to prevent mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, as well as diarrhea and other outbreaks that can spread quickly in the wake of natural disasters because of a lack of clean water and sanitation...