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...What is Standard Operating Procedure? That’s a question we’ve been asking ourselves for a while. All we really know is that it’s a “quarterly publication of art and architecture...
Meanwhile, as the Medical Board of California continues its investigation into whether the treatment Suleman received violated the "standard of care" for the profession, legislators have responded by proposing additional regulation of the industry. California State Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Chino) introduced Senate Bill 674 late last month, which would bring fertility clinics under the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California and their approved accrediting agencies, and set accreditation standards and guidelines for the operation of the clinics...
...stumble downstairs cursing that hangover tomorrow morning, you might notice something different. Instead of the standard Saturday fare of taco meat and refried beans, Harvard University Dining Services is setting out a veritable smorgasbord, including Chicken Florentine, Penne Primavera Salad, and Focaccia...
...totally incompatible with the needs of Britain's circus sector. According to Malcolm Clay, secretary of the Association of Circus Proprietors of Great Britain, British circus schools don't produce artists at an acceptable standard, largely because their students refine skills like tightrope-walking or fire-breathing as a hobby, not as part of a lifelong career. As a result, British circuses rely on artists from countries with long-established histories of state-sponsored circus schools: they call on Argentina and Colombia for their renowned high-wire acts, China and North Korea for acrobats, and Mongolia and Russia for horse...
...ground level, the Encore, like its older sibling, is still all business, though Wynn had his decorator, Roger P. Thomas, nod to the Las Vegas of the past. The casino floor is dominated by a color that the company says used to be standard in casinos in the bad old good old days - just call it whorehouse red. But it works here, with the brilliant red chandeliers, the whole effect muted a bit by judicious use of off-white fabric. The other delicate touches are cast, oddly enough, by natural light streaming in from either end of the casino floor...