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Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) means that from time to time your heart beats very fast for a reason other than exercise, high fever, or stress. For most people who have SVT, the heart still works normally to pump blood through the body.
Types of SVT include:
During an episode of SVT, the heart's electrical system doesn't work right, causing the heart to beat very fast. The heart beats at least 100 beats a minute and may reach 300 beats a minute. After treatment or on its own, the heart usually returns to a normal rate of 60 to 100 beats a minute.
SVT may start and end quickly, and you may not have symptoms. SVT becomes a problem when it happens often, lasts a long time, or causes symptoms.
SVT also is called paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) or paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT).
Most episodes of SVT are caused by faulty electrical connections in the heart.
SVT also can be caused by certain medicines. Examples include very high levels of the heart medicine digoxin or the lung medicine theophylline.
Some types of SVT may run in families, such as Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Other types of SVT may be caused by certain health problems, medicines, or surgery.
Some people with SVT have no symptoms. Others may have:
Other symptoms include near-fainting or fainting (syncope), shortness of breath, chest pain, throat tightness, and sweating.
Your doctor will diagnose SVT by asking you questions about your health and symptoms, doing a physical exam, and perhaps giving you tests. Your doctor:
If you do not have an episode of SVT while you're at the doctor's office, your doctor probably will ask you to wear a portable electrocardiogram (EKG), also called an ambulatory electrocardiogram. When you have an episode, the device will record it.
Your doctor also may do tests to find the cause of the SVT. These may include blood tests, a chest X-ray, and an echocardiogram, which shows the heart in motion.
Some SVTs don't cause symptoms, and you may not need treatment. If you do have symptoms, your doctor probably will recommend treatment.
To treat sudden episodes of SVT, your doctor may:
If these treatments don't work, you may have to go to your doctor's office or the emergency room. You may get a fast-acting medicine such as adenosine or verapamil. If the SVT is serious, you may have electrical cardioversion, which uses an electrical current to reset the heart rhythm.
If you often have episodes of SVT, you may need to:
You can try some things at home to help prevent SVT by avoiding the things that trigger it. Examples of things you can try:
To find your triggers, keep a diary of your heart rate and your symptoms. You might find, for example, that smoking or alcohol causes your SVT episodes.
For most people, moderate amounts of caffeine do not trigger SVT. So most people do not have to avoid chocolate or caffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drinks.
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Two common types of supraventricular tachycardia—atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia (AVRT) and atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT)—are caused by an abnormal electrical pathway in the heart and often occur in people who do not have any other type of heart disease. What causes this abnormal pathway might not be clear.
Some experts believe that AVRT—specifically Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome—may in some cases be inherited.
For more information about how SVT happens, see the topic Types of Supraventricular Tachycardia.
Other types of supraventricular tachycardia may be caused by:
Symptoms of supraventricular tachycardia include:
Some lifestyle factors can raise your risk of having an episode of supraventricular tachycardia, such as overuse of nicotine or alcohol, or use of illegal drugs, such as stimulants like cocaine or methamphetamine.
Decongestants that contain stimulants should also be avoided, including oxymetazoline (such as Afrin and other brands) and pseudoephedrine (such as Sudafed and other brands). Doctors also warn against using nonprescription diet pills or "pep" pills, because many contain ephedra, ephedrine, the herb ma huang, or other stimulants.
Conditions that affect the lungs, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia, heart failure, and pulmonary embolism, can raise your risk for multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT), a type of supraventricular tachycardia.
Many experts believe that Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome may in some cases be inherited. If you have a first-degree relative, which is a parent, brother, or sister, with this disorder and he or she has symptoms, talk with your doctor about your risk for this abnormal heart rhythm.
Call 911 or seek emergency services immediately if you have a fast heart rate and you:
Call your doctor if you are having fluttering in your chest (palpitations) that persists and does not go away quickly or if you have frequent palpitations.
Call your doctor right away if you have symptoms that could mean your device is not working properly, such as:
Health professionals who can evaluate symptoms of a fast or irregular heartbeat include:
Most people who have supraventricular tachycardia need to see a cardiologist or electrophysiologist for follow-up care.
An exact diagnosis is important because the treatment you receive depends on the type of tachycardia you have. Supraventricular tachycardia can sometimes be diagnosed simply on the basis of a medical history and physical exam and a few simple tests. Tests that may be done to monitor your heart and diagnose the type of fast heart rate that you have include:
After finding tachycardia, your doctor may need to search for its cause. The specific tests needed depend on the particular tachycardia. These tests may include:
Supraventricular tachycardia is usually treated if:
When episodes of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) start suddenly and cause symptoms, you can try vagal maneuvers—such as gagging, holding your breath and bearing down (Valsalva maneuver), immersing your face in ice-cold water (diving reflex), or coughing. These simple maneuvers stimulate the vagus nerve, which can slow conduction of electrical impulses that control your heart rate. Your doctor will teach you how to do vagal maneuvers safely.
Your doctor may also prescribe a short-acting medicine that you can take by mouth if vagal maneuvers don't work. This allows some people to manage their SVT without having to visit the emergency room repeatedly.
If your heart rate cannot be slowed using vagal maneuvers, you may have to go to your doctor's office or the emergency room, where a fast-acting medicine such as adenosine can be given. If the arrhythmia does not stop and symptoms are severe, electrical cardioversion, which uses an electrical current to reset the heart rhythm, may be needed.
If you have recurring episodes of supraventricular tachycardia, you may need to take medicines, either on an as-needed basis or daily. Medicine treatment typically includes beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, other antiarrhythmic medicines, or digoxin. In people who have frequent episodes, treatment with medicines can decrease recurrences. But these medicines may have side effects.
Many people with supraventricular tachycardia have a procedure called catheter ablation. This procedure can stop the rhythm problem in most people. Ablation is considered safe, but it has some rare, serious risks.
In the case of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT), medicines can be taken—either daily or only when the fast heartbeat arises—or catheter ablation may be done.
If you have infrequent episodes of AVNRT that last hours but do not cause severe symptoms, your doctor may recommend that you take medicines only when you have an episode. These medicines include antiarrhythmic medicines, calcium channel blockers, and beta-blockers.
Your doctors may recommend daily doses of calcium channel blockers, beta-blockers, and/or digoxin if you have frequent episodes of AVNRT. If these medicines are not effective in stopping supraventricular tachycardia from recurring, your doctor may recommend that you take an antiarrhythmic medicine.
If you take daily medicine for AVNRT or you have significant symptoms, you may want to consider having catheter ablation.
In the case of atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia (AVRT), including Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, you can take medicines for recurrent episodes either on an as-needed or daily basis, depending on how frequently they occur. These medicines—which include beta-blockers and calcium channel blockers—are often effective in stopping or preventing episodes of AVRT. Treatment of WPW frequently requires antiarrhythmic medicines that slow electrical conduction over the extra connection.
Catheter ablation is often recommended for people who have WPW, especially those who have severe symptoms or also have atrial fibrillation or flutter.
If supraventricular tachycardia occurs in someone who has significant coronary artery disease, the heart may not receive enough blood to keep up with the demands of the increased heart rate. If this occurs, the heart may not get enough oxygen, potentially causing chest pain (angina) or a heart attack.
Mild supraventricular tachycardia, with short episodes that don't happen often, doesn't typically weaken the heart or lead to heart failure. But some people have a higher risk of getting heart failure, such as those who have a heart valve disease. If tachycardia is left untreated, repeated and long episodes of tachycardia can lead to heart failure (known as a tachycardia-mediated cardiomyopathy). But this heart failure might be stopped, or reversed, if the supraventricular tachycardia is stopped with treatment.
You can reduce your risk of having episodes of supraventricular tachycardia by avoiding certain stimulants or stressors, such as nicotine, some medicines (for example, decongestants), illegal drugs (stimulants, like methamphetamines and cocaine), and excess alcohol.
If fast heart rates continue, long-term medicines may be used to help prevent a recurrence of the fast heart rate.
Home care includes monitoring your supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and trying to slow your heart when a fast heart rate occurs. To monitor your condition, you may find it helpful to keep a diary of your heart rate and your symptoms.
Check your pulse when you have symptoms, and record the information in your diary. Be aware that if your heart is beating rapidly, it may be hard to feel your pulse and get an accurate count of your actual heart rate.
By keeping a diary of your heart rate and symptoms, you may be able to identify stressors—such as drinking alcohol or smoking—that trigger episodes.
Also, it's usually important to avoid overuse of nicotine or alcohol and the use of illegal drugs, such as stimulants like cocaine, ecstasy, or methamphetamine.
Decongestants that contain stimulants should also be avoided, including oxymetazoline (such as Afrin and other brands) and pseudoephedrine (such as Sudafed and other brands). Doctors also warn against using diet pills or "pep" pills, ephedrine, ephedra, the herb ma huang, or other stimulants.
For most people, moderate amounts of caffeine do not trigger SVT. So most people do not have to avoid chocolate, caffeinated coffee, tea, or soft drinks.
Your doctor may suggest that you try vagal maneuvers—such as gagging, holding your breath and bearing down, or immersing your face in cold water—to slow your heart rate. Your doctor will help you learn these procedures so you can try them at home when your fast heart rate occurs.
If you have symptoms, medicines may be used to treat supraventricular tachycardia.
For severe symptoms, such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or feeling faint, you may be given fast-acting antiarrhythmic medicines by health professionals in the hospital emergency department, where your heart can be monitored. Fast-acting antiarrhythmic medicines commonly used to slow the heart rate during an episode include:
Long-term use of an antiarrhythmic medicine may also be needed to reduce the chance of having more episodes of supraventricular tachycardia or to reduce the heart rate during these episodes. Common medicines used for this purpose include:
Open-heart surgery is rarely done for supraventricular tachycardia. Surgery might be done if you cannot have catheter ablation or if you are having surgery for another heart condition.
An electric shock to the heart (electrical cardioversion) may be needed if you are having severe symptoms of supraventricular tachycardia and your heart rate does not return to normal using vagal maneuvers or fast-acting medicines.
If you continue to have episodes that cause serious symptoms, a procedure called catheter ablation may be done during an electrophysiology (EP) study. During an EP study, the extra electrical pathway or cells in the heart that are causing the fast heart rate can often be identified and destroyed using catheter ablation.
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Welome to the new SCBG discussion forums. Use this to post any question on gardening topics, whether it be questions on Southern California gardening, or a note on a highlight of your last visit to the South Coast Botanic Garden.
Welome to the new SCBG discussion forums. Use this to post any question on gardening topics, whether it be questions on Southern California gardening, or a note on a highlight of your last visit to the South Coast Botanic Garden.
I just stumbled across this site. You've done a great job.
As a current touring docent, I love the list of currently blooming plants. Those are the ones everyone always asks about.
Thanks for the kind words. This is a time when a lot is happening on the website, so feedback is always welcome.
Are there any plans of creating a section of the gardens dedicated to the culinary field (i.e. herbs, vegetables, etc.)? My husband is a Chef and maintains the chef's gardens at the Fairmont Newport Beach. We would love to see all the uinique products our climate can offer in the South Bay.
We are in the planning stages of opening a restaurant in the South Bay over the next 6 months. We thought how great it would be to have a location within the gardens that could use the ingredients grown on location. The waste from the restaurant could then be composted and provided back in to the gardens. Something our area is seriously lacking (and the Gardens could pioneer) - garden to table gourmet. There also could be classes set up with the Chef to show how it's done.
We'd love to speak to someone further if there is interest.
We do have an have a new herb garden, and we also grow veggies. Unfortunately these cannot be consumed: we are on a landfill, and regulations prohibit us from consuming food grown on the property due to the potential of contamination (heavy metals).
There might be other ways to promote this activity. Call the Foundation office to discuss
A few years ago I went to a rose pruning demo at the SCBG and was given a recipe for a rose cocktail to apply after pruning. I mixed it myself for a couple of years then switched to buying it from Sunshine nursery but they have not sold any for the last couple of years. Can you post the recipe? Thanks
Here's the recipe for the Rose Cocktail that was sold by the Rolling Hills Nursery years ago:
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1 Tablespoon Iron Chelate
1 Tablespoon Epsom Salt
Mix thoroughly and put 1 heaping cup on each rose. Cultivate into the surrounding soil and water.
We would really like to rent the site for a special event. Is there any way we can reserve the space now?
Thank you.
Hello and thank you for your inquiry about our special event space.
For more information about space rentals, please contact Graham Armstrong at 310-544-6815.
We look forward to hosting your event at the Garden!
Every Saturday I read the LA Times "Home" section and see listings for lectures or classes at other gardens in Southern California, but rarely anything at South Coast Botanic Garden. Is there going to be an increase in lectures or classes that take place on the weekends or evenings. I have the impression that other gardens are offering more than South Coast Botanic Garden.
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Hello Brian -
Thank you for your recent post. While we have many classes and workshops being offered, they are not always posted in the LA Times Home section. PR and advertising for our events is something we are continuing to work on.
Please feel free to visit the Programs and Events or Calendar links of our website to see our latest events and classes.
We hope to see you at the Garden very soon!
I wish the SCBG would have more classes or lectures regarding gardening and landscaping. Other gardens seem to offer more instructional opportunities. Most classes on the calendar are non-gardening.
We are continuing to add more and more classes and lectures in the area of gardening and landscaping. SCBG is proud to offer a wide variety of classes and workshops that appeal to the various visitors that enjoy the Garden.
Please feel free to visit the Programs and Events or Calendar links of our website to see our latest schedule.
We hope to see you at the Garden very soon!
Thank you for putting this site together. We've lived in Palos Verdes and gardened here for over 25 years. I was always curious about volunteering at the SCBG. Are there any programs for volunteers?
Lee -
We are glad that you enjoy the site and have expressed an interest in volunteering at SCBG.
For more information about our process, please contact Carol Howden at (310) 544-1948. You can also check the calendar for upcoming volunteer information sessions to get more information.
We look forward to seeing you at the Garden soon!
I am a long time resident on the Hill and have frequented the garden and taken classes there. I was happy to see your new electronic billboard announcing new classes, however, there is not a Class heading on your web site any longer that would allow me to see what the selection is so that I can sign up. That would seem to be a no brainer.
I did see a few random classes in other areas of your web site, but AS USUAL they are all during the week days and therefore not available for those of us who work for a living. A few evening and weekend classes would make it possible for us to participate.
I was also interested in volunteering, but again, your volunteering opportunities seem to be only for those who can come during the weekdays. Some of us would be happy to volunteer on the weekends if you made it possible.
Finally, and I have sent this suggestion to you before without any response, you really should get with the new age and have an e-mail distribution mailing list so that people, like me, can sign up to receive announcements about what is going on at the garden. I don't always drive down Crenshaw and if I don't, then I have no idea what is happening there. I even offered to volunteer to manage such an e-mail mailing list for you but have not heard from anyone.
If you want the garden to thrive, then you need to use technology to build up your response numbers in the community. Do you have an advancement department? Because it seems that you are missing numerous opportunities to advance the garden.
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Thank you for your feedback. Staff and volunteers at South Coast Botanic Garden have worked very hard over the last couple of years to modernize various operational systems - including the usability of the website and the ways in which we communicate with our members and the community. It is an ever changing and dynamic process - one that has evolved over time and with helpful feedback from our members and those that frequent our website.
We have discovered that those who are interested in classes look at our "Programs and Events" section for information. Once there, they find things categorized into their particular areas of interests. We are continually adding classes, programs and events not only during the week but in the evenings and on the weekends as well. For example, our members enjoy evening garden walks and this weekend, we are having a needle felting workshop.
Historically, volunteering at SCBG had been done during the week. Currently, volunteer opportunities exist on the weekend as well. Just a couple months ago, we had close to 150 volunteers join us on community work day. Their help was invaluable. If you are interested in volunteer opportunities, please don't hesitate to contact our office at (310) 544-1948 or email Carol Howden at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I don't want to be a wet blanket but I hope that is not PVC tubing in the picture. PVC is not food safe.Don
Should the pipe end up flexing too much in the middle, you might be able to fill the pipe with a quickcrete product. Just a thought just in case.
Jet_deck Alternatively, you could go to a larger diameter on the PVC, but I think you are on the right path. Dave
Very interesting, I don't 'see' it yet but I wish you all the best.
What about black steel pipe- would that work for something like this?
Would play doh be an acceptable test dough?


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I'm worried that the TT Engine will not be able to deliver high-end graphic that fully respect the high visual standard that the Jurassic Park brand needs. The movie was a milestone about this, but will the TT graphic engine be capable to render lights effects, enough polygons and detailed textures that the project needs?
When JP will be out, another game will be realeased and, although it's a different genre, it will set the graphic standard: i'm talking of Crysis 2.
How will it compare to JP?
The last photorealistic game TT did was CSI: Hard Evidence and although it has clean and nice graphic, it cannot compete with nowadays standards:
One of the two is Crysis 2... ;)
Of course all I've said is completely unnuseful if the plan is to release JP for Wii given its old hardware and its crappy and anachronistic 40mb limit...


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Advisory Opinion: Section 610: Conditions and form of disclosure to consumers
Advisory Opinion: Section 607(d): Notice to users and furnishers
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 98-4
Apparent applicability of Rule to licensing arrangement in which seller provides significant assistance and exercises significant control by restricting geographic territories in which licensees can solicit business.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 98-1
Discusses applicability of Louisiana law to the Funeral Rule, and the retail sale of caskets.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 98-3
Discusses the "required payment" coverage prerequisite, concluding that Rule coverage will not be triggered by the fact that a seller obtains collateral as security for a non-negotiable note due more than six months after a purchaser opens his or her business.
Advisory Opinion: Pillowtex Corporation
Public Statement: Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On the Global Tobacco Settlement
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Advisory Opinion: Section 603(b): Definition of "person"
Advisory Opinion: Section 606: Investigative consumer report disclosures
Press Release: FTC Announces Results of Largest Statewide Inspection of Funeral Homes in Iowa for Compliance with Consumer Protection Law
As part of an ongoing nationwide law enforcement program, the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Iowa today announced the results of the largest statewide sweep of funeral homes to test for compliance with the FTC's Funeral Rule. A total of 62 funeral...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 98-2
Discusses disclosure updating requirements, concluding that the Rule permits an additional update after the most recent quarterly update to disclose new litigation against a franchisor, but requires such an update only if the franchisor makes earnings claims and the litigation is material to the...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 98-1
Apparent applicability of Rule to company providing locator services to business opportunity purchasers while also offering to sell vending machines.
Advisory Opinion: Section 623(a)(3): Duty of furnishers to provide notice of dispute
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-9
Apparent inapplicablity of Franchise Rule to manufacturer's dealership program in which sole arguable payment to the manufacturer would occur, if at all, as a result of manufacturer's right to share in the proceeds of any sale of dealership assets.
Press Release: FTC Announces Results of Inspection of Sixty-Seven Philadelphia Funeral Homes for Compliance with Consumer Protection Law
As part of an ongoing nationwide law enforcement program to identify funeral homes that fail to comply with the Funeral Rule, the Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of a sweep of sixty-seven funeral homes in metropolitan Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The FTC's Cleveland Regional...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-8
Apparent inapplicability of Franchise Rule disclosure requirements to grant of additional franchises to existing franchisee where there are no material charges.
Public Statement: Enforcement Policy Statement on U.S. Origin Claims
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Policy Statement
Federal Trade Commission I. INTRODUCTION The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") is issuing this statement to provide guidance regarding its enforcement policy with respect to the use of "Made in USA" and other U.S. origin claims in advertising and labeling. The Commission has...
By staff of the Federal Trade Commission (1) I. Introduction This evaluation has been prepared by the staff of the Federal Trade Commission in response to several congressional requests. (2) In September, the FTC staff prepared a report analyzing the financial impact of the proposed tobacco...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-6
Discusses whether a fee may be charged for required identification viewing, and the applicability of the Funeral Rule to mandatory identification viewing.
Public Statement: Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On the Proposed Tobacco Settlement
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Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-7
Apparent applicability of Franchise Rule to licensing to hospitals of a Travel Health Program, discussing whether the program's assistance is "significant" to the hospital's "entire method of operation."
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-6
Apparent applicability of Franchise Rule to distributorships for the sale of print advertising in regional or national publications.
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Staff Letter
Kenneth D. Fisher, Ph.D. Executive Director Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Room 738G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201 RE : FTC Staff Comment on Draft Report of the Commission on Dietary...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-5
Applicability of Rule's earnings claim dicosure requirements to general media claims made in news stories and elsewhere if copies are given to prospective franchesees by the franchisor.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-4
Inappplicability of the Franchise Rule to possible co-branding relationship in which a licensor's system is to be sub-licensed by a third party franchisor to its franchesees, even though the license to the franchisor is covered by the Rule.
Public Event: Public Workshop on Franchise Rulemaking
July 28, 1997
These conferences were intended to serve several purposes: (1) To allow Commission staff and interested parties the opportunity to discuss openly issues raised in the ANPR and in the comments to the ANPR; (2) to offer the general public an opportunity to make statements on the record concerning the...
Public Event: Pay-Per-Call Rule Review Public Workshop
June 19, 1997
The FTC announced a proposal to revise its Pay-Per-Call Rule (formerly referred to as the 900-Number Rule, 16 CFR Part 308) on October 30, 1998 to revise its Pay-Per-Call Rule. The proposal included, among other things, new provisions that would combat telephone bill cramming -- unauthorized...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-5
Discusses under what circumstances funeral providers may offer discounts for casket purchases.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-3
Discusses whether alternative General Price Lists can be used for certain groups; whether funeral providers may charge translator fees; and whether the General Price List must be in English.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-4
Discusses Funeral Rule's requirements for itemization of charges, disclosure of service charges, and whether a private right of action exists under the Rule.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-3
Discusses the circumstances under which, in providing earnings information to loan processing officials at lending institutions to assist prospective franchisees in obtaining loans, franchisors may not be obligated to provide earnings claim disclosures.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-2
Discusses the conditions under which disclosures required by the Franchise Rule may be provided to prospective franchisees on a computer diskette.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-1
Applicability of the fractional franchise exemption to a rehabilitative services franchise licensed to two types of medical providers.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-2
Advises that the funeral rule does not permit a funeral provider to require a family'spresence for delivery of a casket purchased from a third-party casket seller.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 97-1
Opines that funeral provider's refusal to accept delivery of a casket purchased from a third-party casket seller would violate the funeral rule.
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 96-5
Inapplicability of the Franchise Rule retroactively where the parties anticipated at the time of the purchase that the Rule would not apply because the only required payments were deferred until at least six months after the business opened. Concludes that the result does not change if the...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 96-4
Apparent applicability of the Franchise Rule to a joint venture and license agreement. Discusses the ineffectiveness of transfers to affiliated companies of ownership of the mark and of franchisee waivers to avoid coverage or compliance obligations.
Press Release: Companies that Provide Funeral Goods and Services Agree To Pay Civil Penalties To Settle Federal Rule Violations
In the first case to be brought against a nontraditional funeral provider -- a company that sells some combination of funeral goods (typically caskets and burial vaults) and funeral services directly to consumers but does not operate a funeral home -- Marketing Masters, Inc., and its subsidiaries (...
Public Event: Public Forum on Vehicle Buyback Disclosures
October 3, 1996
On November 8, 1995, a number of consumer groups filed a petition asking the Commission to look into whether vehicles bought back under state lemon laws are being resold without disclosing to subsequent purchasers that the vehicles had been bought back. The state laws vary as to whether disclosure...
Restland Funeral Homes, Inc. of Dallas and four of its subsidiary funeral homes will pay a $121,600 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to provide customers with itemized general price lists and other information required by the FTC's Funeral Rule. According to...
Press Release: FTC and Massachuesetts AG Announce Ten Funeral Home in Massachusetts are in Violation of Federal Rule
The largest funeral home "sweep" in the country has just been completed in Massachusetts. Using test shoppers, the Federal Trade Commission and the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office visited forty funeral homes in six Massachusetts cities. Ten of those homes appeared to be in violation of the...
Press Release: Maryland Funeral Home Agrees To Pay Civil Penalty To Settle FTC Charges of Not Complying with Funeral Rule
W.W. Chambers Co., Inc., a Maryland-based funeral home operator, and its principals have paid a $10,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they failed to provide consumers with written itemized price lists and other information, in violation of the FTC's Funeral Rule...
Advisory Opinion: Opinion 96-3
Apparent applicability of the Franchise Rule to mobile food and soft drink trucks identified by a common name. Discusses significant control and required payment elements.
Lewis & Ribbs Mortuary, Inc., a San Francisco-based funeral home operator, and its owner Lorenzo J. Lewis, have agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to give consumers general price lists and statements itemizing their purchases in the...


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Sea or Beach Glass. It's My Style.
Use Nature As A Source of Inspiration
Clients often have a difficult time narrowing down their choices for color when decorating. Either they "love" too many colors, or they are just unsure which ones go well together and which ones express their personality the best. What is actually the easiest step in the process appears to be which colors they do not like at all. You can double the complexity of the project if your client is a couple.


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Fuller Craft Museum
Work by Crafts and head of the University's Glass program is included in this group exhibit.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The exhibit comprises more than 100 drawings and watercolors by the award-winning illustrator/alum.
Crane Arts
A three-person collaboration featuring 2012 Painting/Drawing alumni David Meekins, Arielle Passenti and Rebecca Tennenbaum.
Hamilton Hall Platforms
A new project presented by the Hamilton Hall Public Art Initiative at the University of the Arts.
Sol Mednick Gallery
Exhibition by award-winning photographer Monika Merva.