| Invacare Falls To Multi-Year Low With Increased Volume
(RTTNews) - Invacare Corp (IVC | charts | news | PowerRating) saw its stock gap open lower as trading began on Tuesday. The stock has declined steadily through the first half of the session with increased volume. Shares have lost $0.82 and are trading at $19.42. Tuesday's fall brings the stock to a new multi-year low. Shares have been on the decline over the past few days. Copyright(c) 2007 RealTimeTraders.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved .
Alcohol's effect on fetuses discussed
For years, Laura and Larry Rorem watched their adopted son struggle to get through school, often being humiliated. One teacher pinned his classwork to his shirt and made him wear it around school. Written on the paper with red ink was one big letter, an 'F.' "She didn't understand he had an FASD," Laura Rorem said. "If you don't know how to deal with FASD, it can bring out the worst in you," Larry Rorem added. Last week, about 250 people gathered at Centennial Hall to discuss FASD and issues surrounding it. The disorder is caused by alcohol, which is toxic to the nervous system. Although adults can process the chemical, fetuses can't. The chemical acts as a poison to the developing nervous system, stunting the entire system to a lesser or greater degree. "Once it happens, it cannot be reversed," said Dr.
Nigeria: 37 years after civil war: Don't leave us to continue ...
ON January 12, 1970, and that is 37 years ago, the bloody civil war between Nigeria and Biafra came to an end. Like in every war situation, there were avoidable deaths and huge losses on both sides. And more than three decades after the end of hostilities, the scars of the 30-month fratricide that claimed several lives and left the then Eastern Region in ruins, are yet to be completely erased. .
Transportation issues ratchet up frustration
Jack and Julie Heniford are both college educated. He's a retired teacher. She's worked in the newspaper business and for a pharmaceutical company. Yet occasionally, someone looks at them and slowly says, "HOW ARE YOU?" "We're pretty independent," said Julie Heniford. She and Jack have spina bifida and use wheelchairs. "People think if you're handicapped you don't go to church, you don't work, you just stay home and watch TV." There are many frustrations when you have a disability. One of the most frustrating things for the Henifords of York is transportation. Although most of us wouldn't park in a handicapped space, they said many people feel the "grids" or hash-marks beside the handicapped spaces are fair game. "We can't get the ramp down," said Jack Heniford, the primary driver of their van.
Access rules to apply at sea
The federal government proposed new rules this week that would apply the Americans With Disabilities Act to cruise ships for the first time.
The rules, published in the Federal Register on Jan. 23, ban discriminatory practices by foreign-flagged cruise ships that dock in the United States. Guidelines for the design of ships have yet to be hammered out.
Ted Thompson, a vice president at the International Council of Cruise Lines, said that when they are, the rules will be merged into one document.
"It is difficult to analyze the impact of these regulations until we know more regarding the content of the guidelines," he said.
Nearly every other mode of public transit is already covered by the ADA, which was passed in 1990. But the U.S.
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