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Silicon Valley janitors to strike today - San Francisco Chronicle
Silicon Valley janitors to strike todaySan Francisco Chronicle, USA - May 19, 2008The employers would also have new hires wait three years for coverage and eliminate their dental insurance, said Garcia. He said the wage proposal is a ...
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Goals
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to
performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it." ~Richard Heinlein~ Are you nodding your head in agreement? If not, then what do I have to say to convince you? Clearly defined goals that have been set before your team, discussed and agreed upon will keep everyone moving toward the same target. The above quote makes me think of automatons working mindlessly and repeating the same actions and responses day in and day out. It's true for a group, as well as for individuals. Let's pick on
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Dental care for disabled may grow even scarcer - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesDental care for disabled may grow even scarcerLos Angeles Times, CA - Jun 4, 2008... the Pacific School of Dentistry in San Francisco. For starters, he said, few dental schools teach students how to care for patients with disabilities. ...
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DENTAL CARIES
1.INTRODUCTIONDental caries is an ecological disease in which the diet, the host and the microbial florainteract over a period of time in such a way as to encourage demineralisation of thetooth enamel with resultant caries formation. Dental caries is still one of the mostcommon diseases in the world today. Until recently almost everyone had experiencedtooth decay in their lifetime. However, today many people are caries free and there hasbeen a 40-60 % reduction in the incidence of tooth decay around the Western world.Most developed countries and many non-industrialised countries are now well below theWorld Health Organisation goal of less than
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