European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 stars and stripes heels inc vap doctors Are urging parents to use caution when letting kids Wear trendy wheeled doctors say kids need to heal from sneakers with wheels by Lindsey Tanner the associated press Chicago trendy wheeled sneakers that let kids zip Down across playgrounds and through mall crowds could also Send them rolling into Emer gency rooms on a say doctors who blame a rash of injuries on the International its called named after the most popular there sold in 70 coun tries and Are so hot that their car heels recently landed atop Busi Ness weeks annual list of fastest growing heels and their knockoffs look like gym but with wheel sockets in each they can be used for but the wheels pop out when users shift their weight to their but doctors from Ireland to Singapore have reported treating Bro Ken arms and Ankles dislocated elbows and even cracked skulls in children injured while wearing roller Over a 10week period last sum 67 children were treated for injuries from heels or Strapon wheels called Street gliders at Temple Street childrens univer sity Hospital in according to a report in the june edition of from september 2005 through december one death and at least 64 roller shoe injuries were reported to the consumer product safety a spokesman said last the american Academy of orthopaedic based in this week is issuing new safety advice that recommends wrist protectors and knee and Elbow pads for kids who Wear wheeled Niney Earold Noah Woelfel of want a nov ice but still tripped and break ing several fingers and wrist Bones in his right hand last All it took was a tiny piece of gravel in the driveway that went up in the wheel and stopped him said his he required surgery and and he was six weeks without using his right at the begin Ning of on set its tax break by Janet Frankston Lorin the associated press Canada could have easily stood in for new Jersey in the movie it Doest matter that the new film is about a new Jersey girl who wants to play soccer on a boys or that part of the Story line involves a trip to the famous Jersey for the right Canada can become Jer sey or any other for that matter thanks to the magic of but new Jersey offered millions in incentives for the film company to shoot in the Garden the Gracie courtship illustrates the fierce Competition among states and countries for a piece of the lucrative film and television production when a major studio shoots a big budget film on that can mean per Day to the local according to the motion picture association of even a Brief shoot creates local jobs and generates Waves of positive it int surprising that states Are doing everything they can to attract film production to their areas because of the Impact they can have on the local said Seth a spokesman for the the movie Indus try wants to keep production Here in this coun try whenever incentives Range from Breaks on hotel room taxes to actual Cash Back in a few often the biggest Carrot states can offer production companies is a break from paying state usually income or corporate business in the past they production companies would Call and do you have 1940s Gener Al a 1930s an ultramodern of fice a victorian train station said Steven associate director of the new Jersey motion picture and television com now the location takes a Back seat to the according to the National conference of state More than three dozen states have some form of incentive for the film or to Industry or Are looking to pass one new player is which last year began its 30 percent tax credit program for productions that spend at least to land director Davis Guggenheim on new Jersey forked Over a tax credit of More than million and a million loan guarantee on a million loan in addition to a loan that Doest have to be paid Back until november above picture House right will Abc Universal television Brian senior vice president for tax counsel of Abc said the studio would not be filming series Star Mariska Hargitay in new Jersey if tax incentives had not been which has seen billion in production activity in the past five in creased its tax credit from 15 percent to 25 percent and offered other said Chris executive director of the states film other states have had incentive but nothing like were seeing he last new Mexico increased its pack age to a 25 percent rebate on state the legislature has approved three tweaks to the original 2002 said Jennifer Schwalen Deputy director of the states film everyone upping the Ante every year so we have to stay ahead of the she not to be new Tho Mas Edison invented the first motion picture camera and projector and created the first Stu Dio wants to increase its annual pot of tax credits from million to the Garden states year old program offers a 20 percent tax More than its High profile new which offers 15 Gorelick said the program was important in keeping Law order special victims a television series set in new York City that has been approved for almost half of the cred its for the nearly a to show is Worth millions and millions and millions every year on an ongoing like an he not everyone is state Assem Blyman Joe Pennacchio shudders at the idea of increasing new jerseys incentive pot to million in a state with the nations highest property taxes and a huge budget is this a Good use of Money they think its he but the taxpayers Are getting they really like deep purple Orlin More than guitar players turned tuned up and took part in what organizers say was a world record rendition of deep purples smoke on the water a song that was the first Many of them Ever some came from As far away As California and Germany on sunday to take part in a Kansas radio stations Effort to break a guinness world record for the most people playing the same song the record had been people in British in technology lets graduates share the Day the associated press for a growing number of colleges and universities and even a few High schools Long distances Are no longer an obstacle for far Flung friends and relatives who cant make it to schools Are turning to internet broadcasts to Bridge the distance on graduation the broadcasts can alleviate problems that inevitably occur when indoor ceremonies limit the number of people graduates can at Ofallon township High school in Illinois each of the 530 graduating seniors could invite up to six people to the May 19 cer Emony held in the principal Steve Dirnbeck although the suburban Louis school accommodates overflow with a broadcast in its Dirnbeck decided last fall he wanted that broadcast to be distributed Over the he estimated the this years web cast was viewed by 125 and it was a big hit with one family who relocated from Louisiana in after their Home was destroyed by Hurricane
