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State law personal injury claim by airline passenger is not preempted by federal statutes. Skidmore v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., - F. Supp. 2d _, No. CivA.399CV2958G, 2000 WL 1844675 (N.D. Tex. Dec. 15,2000). A U.S. district court held that federal aviation statutes do not preempt state common law in a case involving an airline passenger injured by a trash cart during a flight. The district court noted the existence of a circuit split with respect to whether federal law preempts this type of common law negligence claim. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the Federal Aviation Act (FAA), 49 U.S.C. 40101 et seq., and the federal regulations promulgated under it supersede state law concerning the standard of care for personal injury claims such as the one offered here. The Fifth Circuit, however, has held that the FAA, as amended by the Airline Deregulation Act, 49 U.S.C. 1301 et seq., preempts state regulation of airline “services” but not aircraft “operation.” Because the trash collection cart that allegedly injured plaintiff is a device available aboard the plane to support the general purpose of navigation, this case falls squarely within the “operation” exception to federal preemption, the court said. The court also held that the state law standard of care should be applied here, given the long-settled principle that state law applies in diversity cases and defendants failure to supply any precedent from Texas or the Fifth Circuit that would indicate why that principle should not apply in this case.
The directory, published by Marquis Whos Who out of New Providence, N.J., features 25,000 leading men and women from across the United States who are leaders in their legal profession and were nominated for the inclusion by their colleagues. This July 2007 directory is a special 30th Anniversary Edition published by Marquis with its usual biographies of the selected attorneys, highlights in their careers, and education. Houston personal injury lawyers inclusion in Whos Who naturally follows his success practicing law, a twenty-year business career, and chairing over 400 arbitration hearings as a neutral. Mr. Pursley who is licensed to appear in front of the Texas Supreme Court has counseled on a diversity of legal matters involving Fortune 500 corporations and people from all walks of life.

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As a senior portfolio manager with Cushman Wakefield of New Jerseys asset services division, Bill Barrett, of Hillsborough, N.J., manages commercial projects for the firms 7.5 million s/f Prudential Financial account. Rebuilding Together Inc. is one of the nations largest volunteer programs preserving and revitalizing low-income houses. It serves homeowners who are elderly, disabled or have small children living at home. Each year, the organization sponsors National Rebuilding Day, when volunteers–both skilled and unskilled–in 770 communities nationwide come together and provide free home repairs. Prudential Financial has supported Rebuilding Together since its inception. This year, Mike Perrette, the firms vice president of corporate real estate and a board member for Rebuilding Together Newark, recruited Barrett to serve as house captain on one of the House Leadership Teams. House captain acts as the project manager at individual homes, supervising the efforts of the volunteer coordinator who assists with managing volunteers, and the materials coordinator who oversees the purchase of building materials and secures appropriate tools. Rebuilding Together volunteers perform a wide range of services, including carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical, roofing, weatherization, trash removal and cleaning.
The alliance with Ace will help it supply its stores with more products, say Sodimac officials. Terms were not disclosed. An Ace company official says the deal will allow Sodimac to compete with The Home Depot.
David Fields, marketing channel manager of Hickory Hardware of Nashville, TN, was elected vice president of the Home Improvement Research Institute.

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Theres a nationwide search on for the countrys ugliest bathrooms. Any that are truly ugly or downright tacky will be considered for an upcoming prime-time special on the Home and Garden Television cable network. Owners should have outgoing personalities and be proud to admit they have a shockingly bad bathroom. (The producers are not looking for bathrooms simply in need of cleaning or repair.)
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Thanks to a pharmacological breakthrough, The “polypill” will soon be with us. Combining six different heart medications in one supercharged tablet, its the latest in a line of pharmaceutical attempts to banish heart disease. What a sad indictment of our attitude to health that we could consider such mass medication as a solution for a health epidemic whose causes are clearly apparent and could be virtually eradicated through education and personal responsibility. The Western “cardiovascular crisis” could be consigned to history with a change in attitude and a willingness to implement what we already know. Why wait for the polypill when you can make a real difference to your heart health, starting today. When it comes to preventing a heart attack or stroke, little changes will cumulatively pay big dividends.

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Children love swimming pools. When used with proper supervision, swimming pools are safe. But when children decide to use swimming pools without supervision, they are dangerous. Each year over 250 children under five years old drown in backyard swimming pools. Most die because no one is watching them. Many of the children accidentally fall in, and no one is there to rescue them. Consumer Reports, 6/97 pp. 8-9.
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Year-round swimming is at the heart of the design of this Modesto, California, house. The floor plan wraps around three sides of a 75-foot-long, 7 1/2-foot-wide lap pool. Architect Thom Torvends design keeps the pool room narrow by using one of the pools side walls as a foundation wall for part of the bedroom wing. The entry and living room are at one end of the pool, and the pool separates the kitchen-family room area from the bedroom wing. To make it easy to get around the house, two bridges span the pool, which lies about 2 feet below the interior floor level. A second-floor bedroom suite is hidden in the pitched roof at one side of the pool. From the street, theres little indication of a second floor and not even a hint of a swimming pool.

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Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. has announced that it will establish a new company in Hanoi, Vietnam, to produce engine parts for motorcycles. The new company, called Yamaha Motor Parts Manufacturing Vietnam Co., Ltd. (YPMV), will be capitalized at US$14.3 million (approx. 1.5 billion yen), and will be a 100% subsidiary of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Yamaha Motor made the decision to establish Yamaha Motor Parts Manufacturing Vietnam in response to the dramatic increase in motorcycle production at Yamaha Motor Vietnam, as well as the increased production of die-cast parts within Japan.
TORRANCE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 8, 1995–Edelbrock Corp. (NASDAQ NM:EDEL) Wednesday reported that it has acquired the assets of QwikSilver II Inc., an established Apple Valley, Calif.-based manufacturer of motorcycle parts and accessories for production and aftermarket applications.QwikSilver II currently produces carburetors and air cleaners for Harley-Davidson, Buell and KTM (premier off-road motorcycle) applications, and also plans to enter the jet ski/waverunner and snowmobile aftermarket. Pursuant to the acquisition, Edelbrock formed the Edelbrock/QwikSilver division, through which it will conduct the QwikSilver operation.QwikSilver II co-founders Bill and Mike Edmonston will head the new division as general managers of research and development and operations manager, respectively.

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Spend the holidays at sea in the Caribbean or Costa Rica SEATTLE, July 30 /PRNewswire/ — Celebrate the holidays in style on board one of three Windstar Cruises luxury yachts exploring the hidden harbors and secluded coves of the worlds most sought-after destinations. Windstar provides the perfect winter holiday vacation in an elegant and relaxed atmosphere in the Caribbean or Costa Rica to rejoice with travel companions. Wind Spirits 7-day holiday cruise features sparkling white sands, tropical fish and turquoise waters and departs from St. Thomas on December 20 visiting St. John, St. Martin, St. Barts, Jost Van Dyke and Virgin Gorda. Cruise rates begin at $2,249 per person, double occupancy. Wind Star offers a 7-day holiday sailing in Costa Rica, an exotic destination famous for its natural beauty, lush jungles and rich variety of wildlife. The cruise departs Puerto Caldera on December 20 and visits Curu, Tortuga Island, Bahia Paraiso, Golfito, Isla de Coiba and Quepos. Cruise rates start at $2,449 per person, double occupancy.
The Capital-Journal Cruise Holidays, 5967 S.W. 29th, has been named 2004 Agency of the Year West Region by Royal Caribbean International. The award was given for outstanding revenue achievement, innovative marketing strategies and unwavering loyalty to the Royal Caribbean brand. “Royal Caribbean experienced significant growth in 2004 and we are tremendously grateful for your contribution,” the companys award reads. “Cruise Holidays of Topeka delivered an impressive 195 percent to goal in 2004.

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In Boulder, Colorado, John arrived in the park with his 3-week-old daughter Susan. He sat down on a bench next to a woman and her baby and said hello. The woman said, “What a lovely baby.” She then looked at John and added, “How nice of you to take care of her. Is your wife taking some time off?.” John debated whether to tell her that he and his lover Paul had just adopted the infant. This was not the first time in his short parenting career that he had been confronted with the worlds assumptions about parenting rolesassumptions that did not include gay men as fathers. Deborah and Pam, who had been partners for 12 years, invited three of their four sons to go to the movies with them. Throughout their relationship, they had been the main parents to four sons, all of whom had been conceived in previous marriages. On their way to the film, their 17-year-old son turned to them and said with a twinkle in his eye, “Here we are. A typical Berkeley, California, family.” Everybody laughed. It had taken a long time for them to be able to have fun with this issue. Many such lesbian and gay families are found throughout the United States, and national estimates range anywhere from two to eight million families raising three to 14 million children (Lowry, 1999). However, it is difficult to obtain an accurate count of these families and their children for a variety of reasons. For example, though these families are sometimes more easily observed in major cities where it is safer to be “out:” many lesbians and gay men have chosen to remain invisible due to the pernicious effects of discrimination, which can result in loss of employment, loss of child custody, ostracism, or antigay violence. In addition, some individuals are ambivalent or yet unaware of their homosexuality and therefore are not counted as part of lesbian and gay families. The 1998 California Republican senatorial candidate, Michael Huffington, for example, publicly announced that he is gay. Was his family a heterosexual family before the announcement? Is it now a gay family? Finally, a census of lesbian and gay families is complicated by the existence of bisexual or transgendered parents (e.g., how would a family with a bisexual parent be classified?).
Isaiah Washington, star of TVs Greys Anatomy, recently underwent counseling for his repeated use of a gay slur. Before he started therapy, Washington apologized for using the F-word, a gay slur, directed at his co-star T.R. Knight, during a press conference at the Golden Globe Awards. I apologize to T.R., my colleagues, the fans of the show and especially the lesbian and gay community for using a word that is unacceptable in any context or circumstance, Washington stated.
Defending the right of gays to be who they are doesnt stop at the gates to the wild kingdom. A group of European gay activists wrote an open letter in February to the Bremerhaven Zoo in northern Germany demanding that the zoo halt plans to try to turn three male pairs of Humboldt penguins straight with organized and forced harassment through female seductresses. The controversy prompted Coati Planck, advocacy director for the Washington, D.C.-based Family Pride Coalition, to draw some parallels. The zoo said they were trying to encourage the penguins to breed, she said. Gay and lesbian people have been hearing the same thing [from their families]: We dont want to change you, we just want grandchildren. Apparently conversion therapy doesnt work any better for penguins than it does for humans. Bremerhaven Zoo officials could have learned that lesson the easy way had they consulted with their colleagues at the Central Park Zoo in New York City, where several same-sex penguin pairs have been happily getting it on–displaying ecstatic behavior, in zoological terms–for years. Roy and Silo, the most famous of the gay penguin couples, made a splash last year when they celebrated their sixth anniversary. The fact that there have been same-sex pairings suggests that we were managing the collection [of penguins] naturally enough that the full range of behaviors were possible, said zoo director Dan Wharton.

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MALVERN, Pa. — Stream Companies, one of the Philadelphia regions fastest growing marketing, advertising and promotions agencies, recently hired advertising industry veteran Marc Crusemire as the companys Director of Business Development. Crusemire joins the team at Stream Companies from his most recent position with Comcast Spotlight (Exton, PA). Previously, he was Advertising Director for The Trentonian (NJ) and Daily Local News (West Chester, PA) at the Journal Register Company. Earlier, Crusemire was the Business Development Coordinator, Major Accounts Manager and Display Advertising Manager for The Calkins Newspaper Group. He is a 1991 graduate of Temple University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism, and a concentration in Advertising. Crusemire, his wife and two daughters reside in Chester County.
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Business/Technology Editors BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 19, 2000 Genuity Inc. (NASDAQ:GENU) today launches a $20 million global marketing campaign — including the companys first-ever television advertising — to support the introduction of its innovative new Network Services Platform (NSP), Black Rocket(TM).

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The English Golf Union has been awarded pounds 650,000 from the National Lottery towards the construction and development of the teaching academy at its National Golf Centre at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.
Golfs governing bodies are to introduce a one-stroke penalty rule in an attempt to combat slow play. The words “slow play” are to appear in the rulebook for the first time from 1 January. Among the other changes coming into effect next year are ones that permit committees to make local rules to prohibit play from an environmentally sensitive area. A further amendment will deny a player relief when his stance, not the ball, is affected by casual water, ground under repair or certain damage to the course.

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The research reported in this issue is generally focused in two areas. First, several authors look at the role of publicly traded real estate securities in portfolio management for investors in direct real estate equities. Simon Stevenson, in The Long Term Advantages to Incorporating Indirect Securities in Direct Real Estate Portfolios examines the impact of REIT investment in both an optimal and a more probable world. His findings are interesting because they show that REITs bring improved performance to portfolios that look more like the NCREIF portfolio while their marginal value to an optimized direct portfolio may not be evident. The other interesting finding is a significant performance improvement brought by the addition of multi-national property securities to a domestic direct portfolio. Should investors approach an asset class in the context of their portfolio goals? Timothy Craft explores that issue in The Role of Private and Public Real Estate in Pension Plan Portfolio Allocation Choices. He examines the portfolio allocation choice in the context of a plans pension liabilities. One interesting result is a resolution of the dichotomy between standard optimization models that often argue for high real estate allocations and the typically lower allocations found in existing plan portfolios. Michael Seiler, James Webb and Neil Myer test the expectation that private real estate portfolios can be adjusted with real estate securities in Can Private Real Estate Portfolios Be Rebalanced/Diversified Using Equity REIT Shares? They conclude that REITs are a worthwhile addition to mixedasset portfolios but that they do not bring the ability to effectively rebalance or create marketneutral portfolios.
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are essentially closed-end real estate funds. They invest in commercial, office and/or residential properties. REITs typically generate high income (10%-to-15%) and some provide even higher returns. Because of their high yields, REITs are currently very popular. Lately, some REITs have been yielding over 20%. Here are some examples of REITs: CAP, Cominar, HR, RESREIT Retirement Residence, and Rio Can. These REITs trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Your stock broker should be able to provide more information. Money Digest publishes articles on REITs, income and royalty trusts on a regular basis.
In recent years, investing in most real estate projects has generated very handsome returns. Other than the office markets in some high-tech areas, the returns on real estate have far exceeded the returns on all other investment categories. There are a variety of reasons why real estate, in general, has performed above other investment types, one of which is the unusually low interest rates. These investments included a variety of real estate types, such as single-family housing, multi-family office buildings, hotels, raw land, assisted living facilities and industrial properties. Investments were made by direct equity mezzanine funding, mezz equity and mortgages. All the investments were made with outside managers.

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Many of the trucks you see on the roads today are insured on one of three commercial auto insurance contracts: the truckers form, the motor carrier form or the business auto form. The truckers form is used for firms hauling only goods owned by others. The motor carrier form insures firms hauling both their own goods and the goods of others. The business auto form is used to cover firms hauling only goods that they own. The Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), promulgates all three contracts. We will discuss the exclusions under the business auto policy and how to provide coverage for the excluded risks. To do so, we will consider several examples. In a fictitious example, MBF Corp.s (MBF) annual planning conference was going to be held at a mountain lodge. Conference attendees from all over the country would need to fly into a nearby town, rent four-wheel drive vehicles and drive about 20 miles to the lodge. The last five miles of the route required four-wheel drive vehicles because there was no pavement, only a trail created by vehicles driving over the mountain terrain. In spots, this trail was steep and in other places it was steeply slanted to one side or the other.
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I love my cell phone! I try to use it as little as possible when driving. But the more I drive, I see more and more cell phone abuse. In the last month, three vehicles have crossed into my lane, all the drivers on cell phones. Not long ago, someone hit me from the rear, pushing me into the car ahead. As they took her to the hospital on a stretcher, the cell phone was still being used for casual conversation. The best is this one: I followed a driver with a cell phone to her ear while holding a cigarette in the other hand. I figure she had three fingers on the steering wheel.
For as little as $100, anyone can buy your cell phone records online. Law enforcement authorities said various illegal methods are used to collect the information. The methods include “pretexting,” where someone calls a wireless carrier and pretends to be a customer, hacking into an online account or even bribing cellular employees to get access to records. It isnt a new practice, but it is an alarming one. Authorities say online data brokers have been selling Canadian and U.S. phone records for at least three years and havent been hiding the fact. Privacy groups estimate there are more than 40 websites like Locatecell, most of which are based in the United States.

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Young Hope is excited about her familys annual get-together at Aunt Poogees house. This years dinner will be extra special for Hope because she is bringing a surprise dessert-peppermint pickles! Readers will enjoy this poignant and delightful family tale grounded in the theme of acceptance. A sequel to her first childrens book, Hope, Monks Family is clearly another “must-have” title. Porters glorious illustrations delight. Ages 5-8. Reviewed by Eileen Shultz, Kutztown University of PA

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Prosperity in the U.S. construction industry was again on the house, as the residential segment continues to exhibit most of the recent growth in the domestic building industry. The construction industry appears to be hovering at a level close to last years pace, says Robert A. Murray, vice president of economic affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction. Housing remains very healthy, and the upturn for non-residential building in February was a welcome development after a sluggish January. Murray says that higher steel prices could be putting a crimp in the nonresidential segments. Over the course of 2004, its expected that nonresidential building will see a modest strengthening trend. Admittedly, though, this years sharp increase in steel prices has made the nonresidential upturn less certain, given the impact that higher costs and materials shortages may have on individual construction projects. At this juncture, it appears that the nonresidential upturn will be dampened but not derailed, assuming steel prices settle back by midyear, but the situation clearly bears watching.
New beginning The session is expected to include a Bill to abolish hereditary peers rights to sit and vote in the Lords. School bonus CHRIS WOODHEAD, the Chief Inspector of Schools, received a bonus of more than pounds 8,600 earlier this year, it was confirmed yesterday. Urban renewal THE Government came under cross-party pressure yesterday to boost urban regeneration and curb the spread of new housing estates into the countryside. n The House will not be sitting today.
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Responding to the needs of the fire service, NFPA is considering new requirements to standardize icons on fire alarm panels, making them more firefighter-friendly. * Ann Freestone Unfortunately, fire alarm panels dont use universally, recognizable icons, so firefighters cant easily obtain the information they need. Beyond looking at a fire alarm panel to see where the fire is, the firefighter may not be able to extract any other data. But that should change if proposed requirements to provide standard fire service interface become part of NFPA 72, National FireAllarm Code. The initial proposal is due in November. The impetus for the proposed changes came from the fire service, whose members stepped forward and let us know that the panels werent particularly useful to them, according to Wayne Moore, chair of the National Fire Alarm Code Technical Correlating Committee and director of Operations for the New England office of Hughes Associates, Inc.
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Scott Burnett, licensed partner, Realtor and office administrator for the Jerry Long Real Estate Group at RE/MAX Associates of Topeka, has earned the nationally recognized e-PRO certification, a designation that is held by less than 1 percent of real estate agents nationwide. Burnett joined the Jerry Long Real Estate Group in March 1999. His primary responsibilities are general office management and client care, coordination of property showings, maintenance of current listing inventory, contracts pending and closing activities. Burnett is also actively involved in the creation of marketing and promotional materials. He attended Penn Valley Community College in Kansas City, Mo., and the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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Its a difficult confession for me to make, being a style leader and all that, but Im having a serious problem with the Eighties revival. I know its all fabulously post-modern and ironic, and I dare say Im still just bitter about not copping off with Simon Le Bon in my teens, but dancing to “Dont You Want Me” on a Monday night just isnt twiddling my knobs second time around. Which is a shame, because I seem to be going to more and more parties where the Eighties are de rigeur. This week, for example, I went to the super-duper-hipsky launch party for Sheryl Garratts excellent book Adventures in Wonderland: A Decade of Club Culture. Im afraid, under the circumstances, the book would have been better named A Decade in Culture Club. But there you go, too late now. Still, Sheryl Garratt was really lovely, although not quite what you would expect of an ex-The Face editor. Big, bouncy and friendly, her silver shirt battened down like armour from the neck to the sleeves, youd be forgiven for thinking that Garratts never been near a club in her life.
All a-flutter at the Bluebird Some guests chose an icy perambulation down Chelseas sparkling Kings Road to last Thursdays glamorous party at that beacon of retail chic, The Shop at Bluebird. Others, including a smattering of fashions finest and party-hard It-girl Kimberly Stewart, were chauffeured directly to its door to celebrate the launch of the London College of Fashions debut publication, The Measure, an insight into the industry written by the industry. As a crowd that included Giles Deacon, Jimmy Choo and ex- Topshopper Jane Shepherdson paid as much attention to the food (inch- long ice-cream cones and tupenny-sized apple pies) as could be expected for a fashion get-together, Claudia Schiffer arrived for the briefest of cameos.
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Turkeys message may be mixed, but her democratically elected president and prime minister have made the clear connection between Turkeys own European Union prospects and a Cyprus settlement which would first reduce and then remove the Turkish troops now stationed in Cyprus. At last we can see Prime Minister Erdogan and President Gul, and in Cyprus the leaders of the two main communities, Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat, and the leader of the main opposition party, Nicos Anastassiades, uniting to support a settlement. There may well be those in both Cypriot communities whose vested interests lie in the status quo. However the overwhelming majority of Cypriots, including Turkish Cypriots, will benefit from a break with the past, especially from the substantial economic growth that will inevitably follow. If the pro-solution faction succeeds, we in the UK who care about Cyprus will be able to say Cyprus without the next word always being problem. Citizens of Cyprus in both communities can enjoy their future together in a Cyprus with one sovereignty, one citizenship and political equality, in the new bi-zonal, bicommunal United Federal Republic of Cyprus. Andrew Dismore MP Vice Chair, Friends of Cyprus London SW1

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Clarion is coming out this fall with the AutoPC, which uses a Microsoft Windows operating system. Sony also is working on a similar PC.AutoPC combines with information, such as e-mail and travel directions. Voice commands eliminate having take ones eyes off the road.The Good Guys, a San Francisco-based CE chain, may be the first mass mer chant to offer the AutoPC.
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Cognitive Hypnotherapy. Thomas E. Dowd. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson (2002). 240 pages, $40. Reviewed by: Bruce N. Eimer, Ph.D., ABPP, Philadelphia, PA. Until recently, there has been little in the CT literature on the use of hypnosis (Golden et al., 1987). In the language of the laterality of brain functions, cognitive therapy has emphasized “left brain” thinking as opposed to “right brain” creativity and imagination. In Cognitive Hypnotherapy, Tom Dowd successfully changes this emphasis-adding “right brain” to what was mostly a “left brain” art. For CT and CBT practitioners, Cognitive Hypnotherapy offers options for expanding the scope and flexibility of their practice by adding hypnosis to it. For clinical hypnosis practitioners, this book models efficient ways of integrating cognitive restructuring and reframing techniques with direct and indirect, permissive, hypnosis trance induction and therapeutic suggestion techniques.
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