Earth Rejects Planet Status In Protest, Planets Now Down to Seven

Earth Rejects Planet Status In Protest, Planets Now Down to Seven

Experts Fear Other Planets May also Protest

August 24, 2006 - Minneapolis, Minnesota - (PRShredder.com) - In a carefully worded statement, an official spokesperson for the planet formerly known as "Earth" has publicly rejected it's legal given name and planet status, and from this date on wishes to be referred to as "Moon Buddy".

This new name will serve as both name and identification as a heavenly body. It seems that the former planet was so outraged that a member of it's planetary family would be rejected by "Specks of protoplasm that exist one day and are gone the next", that it decided to take steps to distance itself from the "human infestation" as much as possible.

When Moon Buddy was asked if it was planning any other forms of protest, it was not specific but replied, "Oh, I don't know. We may try to shake things up a bit and see who's paying attention. This issue is not over by any measure. If you insult one of us, you insult all of us."

When contacted for comment, Planet Mars appeared so angry that it was unable to speak. Venus coyly said "no comment". Jupiter seemed unfazed, amused, and would only say, "It's a knee-jerk response, they'll settle in their orbits in time. I have to admit we're all fond of Pluto and this recent news took us all by surprise. Pluto seems to holding up well so far, no talk about his leaving orbit or anything like that, so I'm sure it'll work out."

An official from NASA who declined to be named was despondent. "Christ, we're just getting started out there and what do they do? They take one of our stinking 9 planets away from us? Do you know what we will have to do after we finally visit all our planets? That's right, we'll have to have the technology to friggin go to ANOTHER solar system to explore more planets! Faster than light travel or Wormholes is what it's going to take, and who knows WHEN some egghead will figure THAT out! No one wants to visit a goddamn dwarf! What's the point???"

At press time we had not received statements or replies from the other planets we contacted.

In related news, the Organization To Save Our Planet, issued a statement that they plan on voting to disband at their annual meeting in October.

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US Painkiller Sales Hit By Safety Concerns, Some Say Old Aspirin Best

 

Safety Concerns Hit Sales of US Painkillers

Tylenol benefits from safety scares.

(PRWEB) August 19, 2006 -- Sales of products containing acetaminophen have increased in the US after safety concerns hit sales of certain competing analgesics, says the report “Analgesics in United States”, available from Piribo, the online destination for business intelligence for the biotech and pharmaceutical industry.

The 79 page report, written by analysts Euromonitor International, forecasts that acetaminophen will see average growth of nearly 2% a year until 2011, ahead of the rest of the adult analgesics sector which is expected to achieve growth of only 0.8% a year between 2005-2010.

American consumers’ interest in acetaminophen came after questions were raised about the safety of some analgesics. Studies in 2004 linked the use of Vioxx, an anti-inflammatory prescription drug, with an increased risk of heart disease, which led to the product being recalled. Then in April 2005, the US Food and Drug Administration asked Pfizer to recall Bextra, a similar prescription drug, and also warned that OTC non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as Aleve, would need to carry stronger warnings in the future about the risks of heart attacks, strokes, ulcers, internal bleeding and skin reactions.

As acetaminophen is in a separate drug class from anti-inflammatories, such as ibuprofen and naproxen, it mostly escaped public concern over safety and achieved growth of 4.3% between 2004-2005.

The report finds that Tylenol is the most popular brand of acetaminophen with a 14.2% share of the analgesics market. Its manufacturer, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, used the public’s safety concerns as an opportunity to boost the performance of the Tylenol brand by increasing its promotional activity which saw sales of the product increase by almost 18% in 2005.

Despite poor performance for most analgesics, there is also an optimistic outlook for Aspirin, which is forecast to grow by 1.4% per year over 2005-2010. This is due to the widespread use of aspirin for heart attack prevention and consumer trust in the product, as it, too, does not belong to the OTC class of NSAID’s.

“Analgesics in United States” is available in PDF format from Piribo
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Piribo (http://www.piribo.com) is a UK-based independent online store supplying business information on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The website now carries over 3,800 English language titles including, market reports, studies and books and is the UK’s largest online biopharma information store. Subscribers receive a free monthly newsletter and email alerts on new titles in their areas of interest. The company was established in 2004.

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Wikipedia Wacks Backpedaling Political Figure

Representative Gil Gutknecht (R-Minnesota) Caught Attempting To Edit Wikipedia Bio

 

http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_229144301.html

 

Our country is mostly clueless on how computers and the Internet really work. Those that try to cover things up now reveal more by trying this kind of thing than if they just left it alone. I think it's pretty cool! The only thing that I worry about is that if politicians really catch on they may pass laws to protect themselves from this kind of thing...

A spokesman for Gutknecht, didn't dispute that they tried to change the entry and questioned Wikipedia's reliability. "We're concerned when anyone looks to Wikipedia for factual information," Jon Yarin said.

Yeah, we'd sure hate for them to find any, like this link found in Gutknecht's bio to a USATODAY story that backs up the information stated on Wikipedia... :-)

 

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Police Department Arrests Paper-Based Reports

 

Minnesota Police Department Arrests Paper-Based Reports in Favor of Digital Dictation; WinScribe Eases Workload for City of Plymouth Police

Police Departments and Government agencies are using digital dictation to cut down on reporting time and management. Digital dictation systems and digital dictation software increase efficiency and workflow using non-proprietary office equipment and digital voice recorders.

Chicago, August 7, 2006 – Hennepin County’s City of Plymouth is one of the fastest growing communities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The Plymouth Police Department is taking advantage of the technology to cut reporting times down for more than 70 personnel including officers, sergeants and lieutenants, leaving them with more time to focus on case loads.

Many state and local organizations, including Hennepin County are beginning to mandate a move to digital dictation systems because of the increased efficiencies and accuracies in the reporting process. Reports are available faster and can be accessed online meaning officers in different departments can share case information and the administration of solving crimes runs more smoothly.

The day-to-day activities of the Plymouth Police Department involve a myriad of reports that are created and accessed by numerous parties both inside and outside of the department. Until recently, any information that needed to be recorded or transcribed was dictated on to analog tapes which then had to be physically delivered to a typist, or to a third-party requiring the information.

“It was very difficult to manage information using tapes,” explains Tianhong Zhang, assistant manager IT Services for the City of Plymouth. “The information was hard to transfer, retrieve and archive – and cross-referencing it with our record system was almost impossible.”

The City issued a Request for Proposal specifying its requirements to eight vendors and received seven responses back.

“WinScribe met our requirements best,” says Tianhong, “and offered the best value for money of all the solutions.”

“Another major reason for selecting WinScribe was its simplicity – fewer steps to implement and less hardware at the backend. The Police Department has 70 authors primarily using Olympus DS4000 digital portables for dictation,” confirms Tianhong. “Most of the authors are officers but other personnel such as lieutenants and sergeants also use it.”

Initially it was a challenging implementation for both the service provider, Northland Business Systems, and the Police Department as there were some complex routing and archiving requirements.

Some of the users also went through a bit of a learning curve when it came to using the new Olympus Digital Recorders and downloading their dictation to the WinScribe system, but the final result has been very positive according to Tianhong. The County notified all local government agencies that they would mandate them to move to digital dictation in the short term. The City is pleased that it made the move sooner as it realizes the benefits the technology offers.

Productivity has definitely been improved by the move to WinScribe. Personnel no longer have to wait to get access to information and multiple users can be accessing the same file at the same time. Supervisors used to have to wait for reports to be transcribed to read them, but now they can listen to the report, even while it is being typed. People can access the system anytime, from anywhere on the network and the City can control who has access to files by establishing the appropriate permissions.

Tianhong sums it up by saying “Retrieval of information is much easier and manageability is greatly enhanced. Users know where the dictation is, how many are waiting, and can access it from anywhere and at anytime – even while it’s in the queue waiting to be typed.”

Clerical staff have also been able to manage their workflow more efficiently since the WinScribe system was implemented. They now know how long a file is and can pick a job from the queue according to their schedule. The Supervisor of the Clerical division knows which of her staff is working on a particular job and finds the process status information and reports particularly useful.

Barbara Cox, Administrative Services Manager, explains how the department’s budget planning process has also benefited from the reports WinScribe generates.

“When we were previously doing planning and budgets, we had no idea about the number and amount of dictation that was coming through as we did not track it, so we had to make estimates.” says Barbara. “This year in the budget process, I was asked to put together some information on hiring an outside transcription service. I was able to simply pull reports off the system for a three month period and put together an accurate report on what the anticipated costs would be using actual data.”

Information archiving is also now much more efficient and the City has saved a huge amount of physical storage space by not having to keep tapes. Future plans include transferring the information currently stored on tapes to the digital file system so that all dictations can be cross-referenced with the record management system.

“The payback on the WinScribe system is clearly good but it’s difficult to accurately measure it”, admits Tianhong. “And as with any change, it took some of our users a while to get used to a new way of doing things, but they like it a lot now.”

The City of Plymouth, Minnesota is home to over 70,000 people and has built a reputation as a quality community in which to live and work. It is this reputation that its citizens, community leaders and the Plymouth Police Department are dedicated to maintaining and enhancing.

About the Plymouth Police Department
The Plymouth Police Department is made up of 83.2 FTEs (full time equivalents), including 67 sworn police officers, staffing five main divisions -- Patrol, Special Operations, Professional Standards, Services, and Administration. Each division has its own groups and assignments. Michael S. Goldstein serves as the Chief of Police. The Plymouth Police Department is located in the Public Safety Building, 3400 Plymouth Blvd. The department enforces many City ordinances, including those related to animal control, noise, parking restrictions, burglary alarm permits and snowmobiling. In addition to law enforcement, the Police Department provides a variety of crime prevention programs for citizens, businesses and schools. The Police Department and Fire Department also collaborate to offer many safety programs.

About WinScribe
WinScribe is a world leading provider of digital dictation software supporting business requirements for digital dictation, transcription, voice recognition, and workflow management. First developed in 1995, WinScribe has offices in the USA, UK, New Zealand and Switzerland, with more than 100 sales partners in over 25 countries supporting more than 300,000 users worldwide. WinScribe is fully customizable to meet the needs of a number of significant vertical markets including Legal, Law Enforcement, Healthcare, Transcription, Insurance and Government sectors. www.winscribe.com

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WinScribe
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Saint Paul Minnesota, Domestic Abuse Prevention Services To Move

 

Children's Home Society & Family Services Relocates Dakota County Office in South St. Paul, Minnesota to St. Paul, Minnesota

Services for Northern Dakota and Ramsey County residents now more accessible.

St. Paul, MN (PRWEB) August 2, 2006 -- On August 1, 2006, the Dakota County office of Children’s Home Society & Family Services, will relocated to West Port Office Building located at 220 South Robert Street, Suite 106 in St. Paul. The new location is easy to find on the corner of South Robert Street and Plato Boulevard East, and is conveniently located on a bus line.
    
The move will be made to better serve clients from Northern Dakota and Ramsey counties through child and domestic abuse prevention services and employee assistance program.

Domestic Abuse Prevention services include:
·     Court-appointed domestic abuse offender men’s groups
·     Court-appointed domestic abuse offender women’s groups
·     Anger management classes
·     Domestic abuse victims groups for women and children
·     Domestic abuse prevention groups for women and children

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention services include:    
·     Parent support services (formerly called Crisis Nursery) to help struggling parents through financial, and other stressors that might lead to child abuse or neglect
·     Parent support case management
·     Support groups

Employee Assistance Program: site will be used to conduct EAP counseling appointments for employees of client companies.

For more information, please call 651-451-1434.

About Children's Home Society & Family Services: Since 1889, Children's Home Society & Family Services (CHSFS) has met the needs of children and families through our adoption, child abuse and neglect prevention, early childhood education, and comprehensive family services. As a statewide non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, CHSFS is committed to help children thrive and to build, strengthen and sustain individual, family and community life. For more information please log on to www.chsfs.org or call 651-646-7771.

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Is Television Affecting How You See Crime?

Criminal Investigations: Is Television Affecting How You See Crime?

 

Surprise – police investigators may not be able to give your case the attention you need, which is why a private criminal investigator may be your best bet.

 

Los Angeles, CA, August 02, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- We read about it all the time: television viewers see plenty of violence and criminal behavior on programs, and some groups even link television viewing to actual crime rates.  Whether you believe that television viewing makes you more likely to commit a crime or not, though, there is no doubt that the world of crime and crime investigation on television does not reflect the actuality of criminal investigations.

 

Do you believe any of these television myths?

 

On television: The world is full of violent crimes – and violent criminals.
In real criminal investigations:  According to Stanley Rothman’s book, Watching America, the rate of crime shown on television is about 1,000 times the level of crime that actually exists on our streets.

 

On television: Many crimes are committed by strangers.
In real criminal investigations: According to statistics gathered by the federal government, many crime victims (including the victims of violent crimes) know their attackers.

 

On television: Most crimes are “street crimes” involving tough characters from the “wrong side of the tracks.”
In real criminal investigations: In today’s world, many criminal investigators spend many long hours pursuing white-collar and corporate crimes, which are estimated to cost our economy hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.

 

On television: All crimes are solved and almost all criminals face justice.
In real criminal investigations: The chances that a criminal will be sent to jail for a crime are about 1 in 100.  Although 80% of murders are solved, the majority of break-ins are never solved.

 

On television:  Police are tough guys who may or may not be corrupt.
In real criminal investigations: According to a study done by the NYC Police Foundation Survey, only 14 percent of the police interviewed thought that television shows an accurate picture of police work. A full 48 percent of police subjects interviewed said that TV police shows hurt their image. 60% of the police interviewed said that TV police did were reckless in their actions not act within the law, especially where driving and weapons were involved.

 

The FBI Uniform Crime Reports found that while the rate for serious violent crimes dropped 6%, murder rates dropped by 13% and the rate of property crimes decreased 10% in between 1990 and 1995, network news coverage of these crimes crime grew by 240 percent in the same time period. News coverage of murders alone in this period grew 336%.

 

What it all means
If you have been the victim of a crime, perception of crime may affect how your criminal investigation proceeds.  Consider that a jury in a criminal case may be affected by common misconceptions about crime.  This possible threat to justice is exactly why many people affected by crime are turning to private investigators to launch their own, independent crime investigations.  This method has several advantages:

 

1) Unlike a police crime investigator, a private investigator works for you. That means that you play a role in deciding how long a criminal investigation will take, what methods are used and what leads will be followed

 

2) Although television shows depict police officers as people with many resources, actual officers tend to be spread thin over many cases.  A private criminal investigation, though, means that a professional investigator will use all resources at their disposal to help you.

 

3) Police criminal investigators are interested in finding a criminal and solving a case, while a private investigator you hire is interested only in gathering information that can help you.  This means that the results of a private criminal investigation can result in evidence that can help your lawyer get the result you seek.

 

4) With a private criminal investigation, you have access to all the information an investigator finds and you can ask your crime investigator all the questions you want.  A police criminal investigation does not usually involve sharing much information with the public or even with the parties involved. A private criminal investigation just ensures that you stay informed and involved in the case that affects you.

 

How can I ensure that my criminal investigation does not turn into a television stereotype?

 

If you are involved in a criminal case, hiring a private criminal investigator can be the single most effective thing you can do to take control of your case.  Finding an experienced criminal investigator in your area can be as simple as a click of the mouse.  The PInow.com worldwide directory of investigators puts qualified investigators right at your fingertips, so that you can always find a local investigative professional who can help you.

 

About PInow.com
PInow.com is a Worldwide Directory of Private Investigators that enables law firms, corporations and the general public to find qualified and pre-screened investigators anywhere. PInow.com strives to be the most trusted resource on the web to locate qualified investigators. All investigators listed on PInow.com must be properly licensed and meet specific listing requirements.

 

PInow.com was developed by the team that brought you the ServeNow.com Process Service Directory, enabling you to find a process server anywhere in the United States or Worldwide.

 

Visit PInow.com to find investigators who can help with investigation needs that include surveillance, background checks, corporate investigations and more.

 

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