Doctors do use ultrasound (like looking at babies during pregnancy) to do initial testing so yes they can use the ultrasound to detect things in other organs. Ultrasound is inexpensive compared to other testing and shows tissue better than x-rays. Based on findings they can then use this to get approval from insurance for future testing, MRIs or CT scans. To be honest I wouldn't bother spending the $$$ unless your doctor suspects something and then he will order the test and your insurance will pick up most of it. In that sense I think it is a scam preying on some peoples fears.

The Sawara labeled 'Lutea' in the above picture appears to be a filifera form, perhaps casting some doubt on the identification. "P. mariana 'Wellspire' Introduced --A.L. Jacobson, North American Landscape Trees (1996, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley) Under the previous entry, P. mariana 'Fastigiata', Jacobson notes that trees sold in the 1980s under that name were a P. abies cultivar like 'Cupressina'. I have observed myself that stock coming from Wells in recent years as upright P. mariana forms have been the same as other plants labeled P. abies 'Cupressina' elsewhere.

Hi. I just posted to the farming forum here, but I will repeat the links that are helpful. Thanks, Littledog, for posting about NAIS. One of the biggest obstacles in fighting this 'scheme' (as you so aptly put it:-) is that small, home, or the general non-farming public are in the dark about it. Please visit the links. One of them is a 'real-life' experience of living under NAIS. Thanks for helping us fight to keep our way of life, our privacy and our freedom. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/SDBookMom/ 'Real-life' experience under law. Check out her link to Homesteading Today for an excellent letter written by a lawyer and executive director for Farming for Life. http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/newsroom/news_2005-6-21.shtml One of several 'news' items on USDA site http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/index.shtml NAIS home http://www.in.gov/boah/new/IDruleSummary.htm Indianas version-comment at end of summery. www.stopanimalid.org More info here http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/369063795 The petition to sign against it; I donÂt have a lot of faith in petitions, but perhaps to will help a little.

Maybe I misunderstood what you want Patricia. If you just want a copy and not something you want to use as text like a word document then you do not want OCR. When you said you wanted it in your documents folder I thought you wanted a document rather than a copy or picture. My scanner software gives me the ability to name a file what I want and where I want it saved. You might check and see if you have a folder like Shaddy.