ira’s windpipe! From ccfb.wordpress.com Below is a picture of Ira's windpipe, also known as the trachea, before the granuloma was removed. You can obviously see a couple of tiny holes between the piece of granula and the trachea but to think that Ira was voicing through those tiny holes is amazing. They'll probably put in a smaller trach at that point as another step in the direction of taking the trach out completely.

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Pros and Cons of a SEP IRA From chancefavors.com Besides offering some tax advice to one of my blogging contemporaries - Blogger X, I listed a few retirement plans (for those with self-employment income) that allow you to sock away large sums of pre-tax money each year. For most self-employed individuals, the simplicity and effectiveness of a SEP IRA make it a great way to sock money away for retirement and reduce your current taxable footprint, especially if you're lookig for last minute ways to reduce taxable income.

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Victims' daughter in legal challenge to commissioners From Belfast Newsletter A WOMAN who lost both her parents in the Shankill bomb yesterday lodged a legal challenge at the High Court in Belfast against the appointment of the four new victims' commissioners. He says he is convinced the action will succeed and he also hit out at the amount of money set aside to aid victims and what he claims is an attempt by the authorities to "blackmail" victims' groups into accepting the new commission. "If a large section of the victims are not prepared to deal with the commission...

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What the papers say From BBC News Fionola Meredith takes a look at what is making the headlines in Tuesday's morning papers. The drugs don't work - that's the big story on many front pages this morning, after a new study suggested that "millions of people taking commonly prescribed anti-depressants such as Prozac and Seroxat might as well be taking a dummy pill". The News Letter reports that republicans were "slammed for hypocrisy" last night, when it emerged that the IRA are "highly unlikely" to meet with the group. Over at...

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Data Saver From PC World Michael Kogon, 38, founder and CEO of IT consulting and interactive marketing firm Definition 6, has a simple philosophy when it comes to sensitive data: "If you don't need it, don't store it." For digital data, a strong bundle of security software, including anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewalls and encryption, is a must. While digital data gets a lot of attention, paper data can be especially vulnerable. To protect off-site data, Definition 6 gives workers remote access to computers that are...

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