| AMD devises telehealth kit for first-responders
N. CHELMSFORD, Mass. AMD Telemedicine (www.amdtelemedicine.com), a telemedicine equipment leader, announced that it has created a Deployable Telemedicine Kit and is working to identify disaster organizations, first-responder teams and medical facilities around the world that would be able to deploy and/or utilize this type of medical equipment in the event of a disaster.
With the kits, healthcare providers in the field would have the ability to send photo images of inner ear/nose/throat, trauma to extremities, soft tissue injuries, captured ultrasound images, digital 12-lead electrocardiograms, digital lung capacity reports, and heart or lung sounds.
The specialist in the field would then send the information to a medical specialist via satellite, Internet, or Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN), providing an evaluation and/or consultation for these remote victims using live videoconferencing or store and forward applications.
OfficeMax Unveils Top Gifts for the 2007 Holiday Season
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OfficeMax(R) (NYSE: OMX) , a leading provider of office products and services, announced today that function, style and creativity are the key motivators behind many gift hunts for the 2007 holiday season. OfficeMax is featuring an expanded technology selection to include a new generation of digital photo cameras, printers, digital photo frames and new HP Notebook and Desktop holiday bundles, made exclusively for OfficeMax. In addition, OfficeMax ImPress(TM), OfficeMax's print and document services, has enhanced its selection of customizable calendars and holiday cards in keeping with the current trend of giving personalized calendars and holiday cards as keepsake items. "This year our customers are looking for gifts that are useful and fun, so they are frequently used and appreciated and not just left to sit on a shelf," said Ryan Vero, executive vice president and chief merchandising officer for OfficeMax.
Speedway Children's Charities gives $7,500 for public school projects
Speedway Children's Charities gave $7,500 for public school projects in parts of North Carolina, including Cabarrus County. Eleven Rowan County teachers have posted projects on www.DonorsChoose.org, and the Speedway Children's Charities money goes to purchase resources for use in the classroom. Thirteen requests from Rowan-Salisbury teachers have been funded through DonorsChoose.org to date. One West Rowan High School class, listed as Mrs. B.'s on the Web site, sought high-tech equipment to help with a broadcast. This was their funding request: "Our rural high school boasts several cows, chickens, goats and sheep. What we lack is an abundance of technology. I teach 11th grade honors and Advanced Placement English as well as the journalism course.
S.C. school-bus incidents | Driving a busload of stress
Two 16-year-old boys sexually assault a 14-year-old girl on a Berkeley County school bus after paying the driver $10 to look the other way. A once-beloved Gilbert school-bus driver sits in prison after confessing to sexually abusing girls as young as 7 on his bus. Such stories grab the headlines and paint a grim picture of the trek that more than 300,000 S.C. children take twice a day on a school bus. But the reality is the vast majority of them arrive at school and back home again safe and sound. Local schools lean heavily on statewide standards for training, hiring and checking the backgrounds of school-bus drivers to make sure children get to school safely. But bus drivers and the people who work with them will tell you that, day in and day out, school-bus safety often comes down to basic communication and defusing problems before they get out of hand.
New political coverage portal
Vincent's closing and story about the homebound, which one is more exclusive to The Spokesman-Review? S-R can give more consideration to a story that is more exclusive.
There's been a run of snow-related centerpiece stories all week. On the other hand, there's also more of a snowstorm coming tomorrow. The final decision was to combine the homebound and snow articles on the front page, then to put the St. Vincent de Paul closure in center on the Northwest page. "This is about social service agencies not being able to help people who are stuck," said senior editor Carla Savalli. In other news Under Storm Stories, click on "Is it a pig or a rat?" Folks wondered whether it was a pig, rat, kangaroo, dinosaur... .
Jesus Christ rock star
Furter in the Clinton Street Theater troupe that mimics the on-screen action of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Yet Gray chose him from the 30 actors who filled Gaiser Hall for the audition a few months ago. "I was looking at the core of who (the actors) are, and Nick stood out," she said. "He was the person meant to do this role." When Krieg received the call offering him the prized - yet unpaid - part, he responded, "Hell, yes! Who doesn't want to be Jesus?" Sacrifices Krieg took the opportunity despite not knowing how he would fit such a demanding task into his already hectic schedule. It was still dark when Krieg set out at 6:30 on a recent morning for Scappoose, Ore., to begin an 11-hour shift of repairing and servicing commercial dishwashers for Auto-Chlor.
Small, wearable cameras could help keep an eye on cops
As leaders in Seattle and elsewhere call for stronger police accountability, three former Seattle officers hope to cash in on that movement with an action cam for police. The officers' fledgling company, VIEVU, has developed a small, wireless digital camera that could be a tool to record officers' interactions during an arrest or traffic stop. The camera is lightweight, about the size of a pager, and waterproof -- the latter feature being something that officers on Seattle's rainy beat know is paramount, said Chris Myers, who ended his 18-year police career in January to join VIEVU. The PVR-LE easily clips onto an officer's lapel or belt. Four gigabytes of flash memory record up to four hours of video. If someone accuses an officer of wrongdoing, the camera should reveal the truth.
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