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...standard space-time calculations, the four members of the family occupy the same three-bedroom home in Van Nuys, Calif., but psychologically each exists in his or her own little universe. Georgina, 51, who works for a display-cabinet maker, is tidying up the living room as Bronte works, not that her daughter notices. Stephen, 49, who juggles jobs as a squash coach, fitness trainer, event planner and head of a cancer charity he founded, has wolfed down his dinner alone in the kitchen, having missed supper with the kids. He, too, typically spends the evening on his cell phone...
...Europe that surgical applications of hypnosis have flourished. The new interest stems in part from studies showing that hypnosedated patients suffer fewer side effects than fully sedated ones do. According to Faymonville, hypnotized patients can get by on less than 1% of the standard medications required for general anesthesia, thus avoiding such aftereffects as nausea, fatigue, lack of coordination and cognitive impairment. In a 1999 study of thyroid patients, Faymonville found that the typical hypnosedated patient returned to work 15 days after surgery, compared with 28 days for a fully anesthetized patient...
...quality of Anji's wares, to make chairs better rather than just cheaper. County officials have established an R&D facility of Anji's own and have plans to build a chair museum. By 2012, Anji hopes to boast of making "more than two brands that reach an international standard," according to a mission statement on the county's website, chairstoday.com...
This same argument mandates that HUDS should provide some basic standard of quality. There is no reason why food quality has to be a zero sum game. I shouldn’t have to go to Pinocchio’s to get a cheese steak because the HUDS food was so repulsive that I felt it was worth a splurge. By improving the lowest common denominator, HUDS would be fulfilling their mission better than they would by improving the best few meals of the year...
That’s not to say I don’t appreciate it when HUDS goes all out. Themed meals are often a fun respite from the standard menu rotation, and for Junior Parents Weekend, I even got the grapes that my blockmates and I had asked for on every HUDS survey we’ve taken...