In many ways, its hard to tell the difference between Abigail Garrison and her sister, Emma, as they crawl around on the floor of their Perry Township home, wearing matching outfits.

But at just 16 pounds, 2-year-old Abigail is actually six pounds lighter than her 1-year-old sibling.

A closer look reveals the scars that testify to Abigails short but already difficult life.

In just two years, Abigail has gone through seven surgeries.

When she was born May 20, 2005 just 25 weeks into mom Kimberly Vaughns pregnancy she weighed just 14 ounces. To date, she is the smallest baby ever to be born at Aultman Hospital, and her parents Vaughn and Anthony Garrison speculate she could be one of the smallest born in the area.

While petite in body, Abigail is big on ambition.

BioForm Licenses U.S. Rights to Leading European Varicose Vein Treatment

BioForm Medical, Inc., a privately-held medical aesthetics company, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive licensing and distribution agreement in the United States with Chemische Fabrik KREUSSLER & Co. GmbH (Kreussler) for the development and commercialization of Aethoxysklerol®, the current leading sclerotherapy treatment in Europe for varicose veins. Aethoxysklerol is currently under clinical evaluation in a Phase III multi-center study for use in treating spider and reticular veins. This trial is designed to support U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval requirements and is being conducted pursuant to a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) with the FDA. Enrollment in this trial has been completed and BioForm and Kreussler intend to submit a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA in 2008, if the study is successful.

General Dynamics takes interest in SEO Precision

... the right ingredients to be successful, said Gardner, General Dynamics chief scientist for detection systems.
The Crosby meeting was followed by stops at SEOs Sherwood satellite office and exploratory meetings with administrators at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks and North Dakota State University in Fargo.
In order to develop commercial markets for its mirrors, SEO needs to partner with a larger company.
General Dynamics may just be that company. The corporation specializes in a wide range of new and advanced technologies, and it has taken an interest in SEO.
The General Dynamics model is to work with a small company to develop a technology, and a university to research it. General Dynamics then works on integrating that technology into the market place.

Three men in a boat (to say nothing of me and my nose)

In some far away time, around April, I was asked if I would be interested in sailing in the Volkswagen Touareg King of Cowes Race. Unfortunately, like quite a few others in my line of work, I tend to express an interest in pretty much everything – well it would be rude not to. Then, later, if I am feeling particularly discerning, I manage to say: "No thanks, I don’t think I can manage to compete in an iron man charity triathlon this week."

With zero sailing experience, I imagined that the organisers would probably expect me to have some pictures taken with beefy sailors and then on the day I would be one of 20 or so people on a huge boat, wearing a lifebelt wandering around below deck making tea for people. I had never been to Cowes Week properly and thought it would be a great way to see what the fuss is about.

Jacobsen slowly getting back to swing of things

SUNRIVER T he voice, distinctive and its owner unmistakable, cut through the warm air on Crosswater's par-3 17th hole after an amateur hit a nice-looking tee shot.

The 50-and-over tour, which touts itself as fan-friendly, hasn't had such a perfect combination of good player (both of Jacobsen's Champions wins have been majors) and magnetic charisma since the heyday of Chi Chi Rodriguez and Lee Trevino.