MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2011
Volume 10 Issue 186
Santa Monica Daily Press RETHINKING NUCLEAR POWER SEE PAGE 6
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THE WHERE’S SUMMER? ISSUE
Company develops innovative prosthetic joint system BY DANIEL ARCHULETA Managing Editor
SANTA MONICA BLVD Dealing with the loss
TIME TO EAT
Brandon Wise brandonw@smdp.com Kids race to finish their apple pies during the pie eating contest at the 56th annual Huck Finn Day at the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica on Lincoln Boulevard Saturday afternoon. The event gave local parents and their kids a chance to eat pie and ride a giant slide.
California Legislature OKs online tax bill ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO California lawmakers have passed a bill to force out-of-state Internet retailers such as Amazon.com to collect taxes under two different legal theories,
both of which have been criticized by online sellers. The online tax bill combines elements of other bills introduced this legislative session. Supporters expect it to bring in $200 million or more per year, $83 million from Amazon alone.
The bill, ABX1-28, was approved last week as part of a Democratic package to meet California’s budget deadline. Gov. Jerry Brown promptly vetoed the main budget bills, but others, including the
of a limb is difficult enough without hassling with an outmoded prosthetic socket that will more than likely have to be replaced within the first year of its use. That difficulty may soon be a thing of the past thanks to the development of a new type of socket, or interface, that grabs the bone instead of just cupping the limb. Created by Santa Monica-based company Biodesigns Inc., the High-Fidelity Socket System gives prosthetic limb users a more natural feel with a greater range of motion. While still early in its development, Biodesigns Inc. has fitted over 100 patients with the new interface and those numbers are expected to explode as the technology spreads throughout the medical community. “I knew the idea would work,” Biodesigns Inc. founder Randy Alley said. “I’m amazed how well it works in reality.” The High-Fidelity Socket takes a unique approach to what has been an antiquated practice. Instead of just molding a plastic socket around a patient’s limb, Alley has developed SEE SOCKET PAGE 7
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Cosmetics companies sued over ‘organic’ labels PAUL ELIAS Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO An environmental group filed a lawsuit Thursday against 26 cosmetic companies, claiming they are improperly
labeling products such as shampoo, facial washes and soaps as organic. The Center for Environmental Health said in its lawsuit filed in Alameda County Superior Court that the companies are violating a California labeling law requiring
organic products to contain at least 70 percent organic ingredients. Organic labels connote the natural ingredients used to make the product were SEE MAKEUP PAGE 8
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Photo courtesy Biodesigns Inc.
NEW LOOK: The High-Fidelity Socket System gives prosthetic limb users a more natural feel.
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