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...Physicians Telehealth Network, a Columbus, Ohio, company that facilitates videoconferencing between medical institutions, is developing a global system to allow physicians to examine patients who might be a continent away. Since Sept. 11, PTN has seen a 300% increase in calls from companies and insurers seeking services like remote workmen's compensation examinations. Last month PTN pitched its system to Tom Ridge's Homeland Security office as a bioterrorism preparedness initiative. Should a virus like smallpox be unleashed, the doctors say they can use videoconferencing to help with diagnoses and treatments for patients quarantined in mobile hospitals...
...About 1.5 m wide, it's paved with well fitting flagstones running westward through light brush. Only a few sections have crumbled since its completion in 1900, a sharp contrast to most roads in the area. Below us are traces of lower trails, narrow and treacherous paths used by workmen who needed to be closer to the river. Short, granite pillars line the path, grooved by a thousand trackers' ropes...
...Gdynia workmen are cutting steel for a replacement fleet of seven custom-designed carriers for the timber giant Weyerhaeuser, based in Federal Way, Wash. The 78-year-old yard beat out competing bids from Japan and South Korea for the contract, said to be worth some $250 million. Frank Mendizabal, a Weyerhaeuser spokesman, said the company asked U.S. shipyards, which he declined to name, to bid on the contract but received no response. Gdynia's bid offered the "best value" in terms of cost and willingness to collaborate on the new design. "There are not a lot of shipyards...
...hair dressing rooms of La-Flamme, 21 Dunster St., all details for the customer's comfort are provided for. Only skillful workmen. Razors honed...
...White House had been a struggle to raise. Funds ran out, materials and workmen ran thin. Scottish stone carvers had to be enticed to America. A whorehouse sprang up among the construction shacks, and federal commissioners wanted it torn down, only to drop the complaint when carpenters protested. President Washington made sure the White House was built, bolstering his determination with inspections of the site...