USA: Nat.Preparedness Month

Emergencies can occur with no warning. Do you have a supplies kit and a plan of action? September is National Preparedness Month. Visit Ready.gov for guidance on what to before, during, and after different kinds of natural disasters and other emergencies. Another action you can take is to join the National Preparedness Community. It's free and open to all. As a member, you'll have access to special preparedness resources and can collaborate with others in your community.

DAILY MAIL: NHS to pay for ZOSTAVAX for those 70-79y

Monday, Sep 02 2013 NHS to offer shingles jab for patients in their 70s: Programme aims to protect those who are most vulnerable Government advisers ruled that vaccinating people in their 80s is not cost-effective An estimated 800,000 people will be eligible for the vaccine in the first year Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2408633/NHS-offer-shingles-jab-patients-70s-Programme-aims-protect-vulnerable.html#ixzz2dhZk1TZ9

VALEANT Pharmaceuticals Inc.(Laval West,QUEBEC): Magnetic AMSLER GRID.

VALEANT includes a magnetic AMSLER GRID in a VISUDYNE (verteporfin)package which also includes a Body Surface Area and Dosage calculator.

Toronto ASRS:OCTOVUE " iVUE SD-OCT " (PORTABLE)

Optovue, Inc 2800 Bayview Dr Fremont, CA 94538 Phone: 1-510-623-8868 1-510-743-0988 Toll Free : 1-866-344-8948 Fax Number: 1-510-623-8668 iVue-the-world-OCT $40,000 The World OCT… The next wave of the revolution is here! The first advanced OCT for every clinical practice. The iVue is the next generation in advanced OCT product design and the first true World OCT. Optovue brings the diagnostic power of high-speed, high-resolution OCT technology to clinicians everywhere.

TORONTO : ASRS Exhibits

PICTOR portable ophthalmic imager $8,000 + optional attachments for CORNEA, EAR CANAL, SKIN @ $1000 each. Handset, connected with anterior module for external eye imaging Dermatoscopic module for examination of the entire skin surface Otoscopic module to view the entire auditory canal and tympanic membrane Retinal module for non-mydriatic fundus examination Volk Pictor is a truly portable digital imaging device that provides a variety of imaging capabilities with interchangeable modules. This versatile hand held device is available with the option of four key imaging modules for examination: ophthalmic - posterior and anterior segment, dermatoscopic and otoscopic. VOLK OPTICAL In Optovue, Inc 2800 Bayview Dr Fremont, CA 94538 Phone: 1-510-623-8868 1-510-743-0988 Toll Free : 1-866-344-8948 Fax Number: 1-510-623-8668 iVue-the-world-OCT The World OCT… The first advanced OCT for every clinical practice. The iVue is the next generation in advanced OCT product design and the first true World OCT. Optovue brings the diagnostic power of high-speed, high-resolution OCT technology to clinicians everywhere. www.optovue.com

TORONTO SHERATON CENTRE HOTEL: American Society RETINA SPECIALISTS Aug 24-28.

ONTARIO MEMBERS: Narendra Armogan, MD, FRCS(C) (905) 212-9482 - Mississauga, ON Alan R. Berger, MD, FRCS(C), B. Sc. (416) 867-3663 - Toronto, ON Michael H. Brent, MD, FRCS(C) (416) 603-5444 - Toronto, ON William Alan Britton Jr., MD (613) 722-1517 - Ottawa, ON Varun Chaudhary, MD (905) 220-5418 - Ancaster, ON David R. Chow, MD, FRCS(C) (416) 867-7447 - Toronto, ON Gilles Desroches, MD, FRCS(C) (613) 236-1907 - Ottawa, ON Robert G. Devenyi, MD, MBA, FRCS(C) (416) 417-7993 - Toronto, ON Kenneth T. Eng, MD, FRCS(C) (416) 480-4688 - Toronto, ON Peter J. Kertes, MD, FRCS(C) (416) 480-5280 - Toronto, ON Wai-Ching Lam, MD, FRCS(C) (416) 603-5376 - Toronto, ON Brian C. Leonard, MD (613) 737-8574 - Ottawa, ON James A. Martin, MD (905) 522-3611 - Hamilton, ON Jason Noble, MD, FRCS(C) (647) 346-5222 - Toronto, ON Alejandro Oliver, MD,FRCS(C),MS (705) 267-1744 - Timmins, ON Sanjay Sharma, MD, FRCS(C),MSc.,MBA 61354434002227 - Kingston, ON Tom Sheidow, MD, FRCS(C) (519) 685-8133 - London, ON Sohel Somani, MD, FRCS(C) (905) 761-7002 - Concord, ON Mario R. Ventresca, MD, FRCS(C) (905) 834-5611 - Port Colborne, ON David T.W. Wong, MD, FRCS(C) (416) 867-3670 - Toronto, ON Pradeepa Yoganathan, MD, FRCS(C)

ONTARIO:PRE-PAID SOLICITOR SERVICES

MID-OCEAN PARTNERS ($460-million/year:founded 2003) CEO 50y Christian PURSLOW MA(Cantab.) MBA(Harvard) owners of LEGALSHIELD (1972) which offers pre-paid solicitor services. Pre-Paid Legal Services founded in ADA,Oklahoma,(pop.17,000),by Harland STONECIPHER, lying in a hospital bed after a car`accident. Now 800+ full-time employees. In 1999 bought by Private`Equity Mid-Ocean. 1.4 million families insured. LEGALSHIELD contracts with local Legal firms. In TORONTO firm of MILLS & MILLS (1884)31 members @ 2 St.Clair Av West.#700 Basic cost about $400/yr inc spouse and dependent children. Ontario & Toronto agents MacKenzie Family : father (ex-police), mother and son. richard.w.mackenzie@gmail.com 905.334.1763 & 905.901.3152 (COMMENT CMPA & OMA do not cover legal costs for Court Appeals to CPSO Tribunal decisions. LEGALSHIELD subscribers receive a 25% discount for Litigation by LEGALSHIELD Barristers.)