| American Academy of Dermatology Association Commends New Jersey Legislature for Passing Bill To Repeal the State's ...
The American Academy of Dermatology Association (Academy Association) urges New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine to follow the lead of the state's legislature and sign a bill repealing the unpopular tax on cosmetic medical procedures enacted in June 2004. The "Cosmetic Medical Procedures Gross Receipts Tax" imposes a 6 percent tax on a range of medical procedures that the state deems cosmetic, including cosmetic and dermatologic surgery, laser skin resurfacing, laser hair removal, cosmetic soft tissue fillers and injections, hair transplants, and cosmetic dentistry. The New Jersey state legislature unanimously approved a bill to repeal this tax on December 14, 2006. "While the original intent of this tax was to fund indigent care in the state's hospital system, our understanding is that the amount of revenue generated by this tax in its first year was only a fraction of the revenue that was expected when this bill was passed," said dermatologist Stephen P.
Pitfalls in the pusuit of beauty (II)
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica modern techniques of plastic surgery originated in the years following World War when efforts were made to repair disfigurements resulting from war wounds. Since then these techniques have been valuable tools for correcting severe physical damage caused by burns, traumatic injuries, and congenital abnormalities. However, as Britannica acknowledges, plastic surgery is often “performed to improve appearance in otherwise healthy persons." For example, the nose can be reconstructed, excess skin can be removed from the face and neck, the size of the ears can be reduced, fat can be eliminated from the abdomen and hips, the volume of certain parts of the body can be increased, and even the navel call be given a more “attractive" appearance. However, what of healthy people who put themselves; at risk m the interest of enhancing their appearance? What dangers might they face? Angel Papadopoulos, secretary of the Mexican Association of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, explains that sometimes people who are poorly trained perform this type of surgery, resulting in much harm.
2ND LD: Arrested man found to be suspect in 1994 Kobe bank robbery
_ (EDS: ADDING INFO ON STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN 4-5TH GRAFS) A 56-year-old man arrested for attempted robbery in Nagoya on Friday turned out to be the main suspect wanted in an unresolved 540 million yen Fukutoku Bank robbery in Kobe in 1994 that reached the statute of limitations in April 2002. The Aichi Prefectural Police said they will contact the Hyogo Prefectural Police that dealt with the 1994 case, the biggest bank robbery in Japan up to that time, and look into the man, Yoshihiro Morimoto, including his whereabouts after that incident. The police said Morimoto, one of two men police believe were involved in the Fukutoku Bank case, admitted to trying to steal cash in the Friday case, but did not speak much and only gave his name until the late afternoon. Investigators said Morimoto had undergone plastic surgery to make his eyelids double-fold in an attempt to obscure his identity and that he made repeated visits to South Korea and Southeast Asian countries after the 1994 robbery.
Merger results in paper giant
MONTREAL -- The battered forest industry is about to undergo another cross-border facelift as paper giants Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and Bowater Inc. merge in an all-stock deal to create North America's third-largest publicly traded paper and forest products company.
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Classics well read in region
Atticus Finch, Holden Caulfield and Jane Eyre may not be the buzz around the office water cooler these days. But the great works of literature in which they're featured are still well read in Northwest Indiana libraries. Librarians report that literary classics like "To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Catcher in the Rye" and "Jane Eyre" are still well-circulated in the area, despite what a Washington Post article last month said about the classics being in jeopardy in the shadow of the nation's capital. According to the Post, the Fairfax County Public Library system in Virginia is instituting a new weeding policy: If a book isn't checked out within two years, it will be taken off the shelf. "To Kill a Mockingbird" and Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" were among the titles not checked out for two years.
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