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Tucson, Arizona-based Ronald Rosales is one of the few domino manufacturers in the US, attracting celebrity attention with his signature anodized aluminum tiles. He makes his dominoes from T6 aircraft quality aluminum, also commonly referred to as 'billet', with a single set of 28 tiles costing nearly $250 with a plastic case or a wooden case for an additional $75.

Dr. Jane Delgado, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health (NAHH) heads a national Latino health SWAT team to meet the needs of Hispanics across the country. The alliance representatives work on issues concerning new drug benefits for Medicare recipients and technology designed to streamline medical records.

Marjorie L. Torres is the CEO of Concrete Stories, one of the few commercial real estate companies in the U.S. that provides middle-market business with strategic, brokerage and development services. She also promotes economic, political, corporate and philanthropic advancement among Latinos.

Bolivar Jose Bueno, co-owner of NonBox, a branding development company that does not more than $150 million of business a year, has an unorthodox view about the human behavior that helps in understanding the needs of the customers. Bueno's main focus lies on the consumer, as he constantly tries to understand the consumer and then explains them to the companies.

Samuel A. Ramirez and Co. Inc., one of the oldest and largest Hispanic-owned investment banks in the country offers a wide range of financial services. The company offers wealth management, underwriting, investment banking, and institutional brokerage, research and asset management for individual, corporations, and governments.

Richard Lopez Valencia, the senior president of emerging domestic markets for ING Group, a global financial services company aims to help minorities improve their lives by teaching them about investment opportunities. The ING offers banking, insurance, and asset management to more than 60 million private, corporate and institutional clients in more than 60 countries.

A USA Today article misquoted Nancy Lopez stating that she was planning to retire from playing golf, which was not true. It is reported that though she may not be playing too much golf, she would still continue to be a celebrity.

Juliet Garcia, an educator, a wife and a mother of two became president of Texas Southmost College in 1986. Her proudest moment came in 1991 when she helped to create a partnership between a junior college and the University of Texas.

Entrepreneur Sid Martinez from the Latino community has invented a revolutionary taco-shaped cookie that delights connoisseurs with a bilingual message inside. The cookie was a fortune hit that became a revolutionary cookie in US.

Latino designer Manuel has been blazing his name through the entertainment industry by crafting hand-made Western-style clothes for the stars for nearly 50 years now. He is credited for making cowboy fashion 'hip'.

Charles Garcia, CEO of Sterling Financial Group of Companies, Inc. makes a lot of money by concentrating on one simple task, which is catering to the Hispanic market. His Miami-based investment-banking firm offers a wide range of financial services, with several specialties.

Whole body scans are best reserved for patients needing diagnosis and are not meant for healthy people who want to make sure they are fine, because the radiation exposure is risky. The most widely used method for conducting a whole-body scan is with a computed tomography, or CT, scan machine where the whole procedure takes about 15 minutes and costs around $1,000.

Discount stores like Wal-Mart, Kmart and Big Lots in the U.S. carry ethnic foods, health products and beauty aids for Hispanic customers. The Hispanic population is the largest minority group in the U.S. and the companies are targeting retail industry initially with plans to get into the food service area as well.

The plus points of broadband, the faster way to connect to the World Wide Web, are discussed. Different types of broadband technologies are also highlighted.

Sizeable and family-friendly employment benefit packages are being sought out by job seekers, and are being used by top companies to lure the best employee candidates. Employers are offering more programs to help employees balance their lives, thus alleviating the stresses of daily life and allowing for focuses efforts at work.

Reports the increasing number of instructors and professors with doctorate degrees teaching at community colleges in the United States. Experience of Doctor Marcus McGuff; Strategies taken by school administrators to attract individuals with doctorate degrees; Information on the teaching training program for doctorate degree holders.

Reports that a vice president for development at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio was arrested and charged with directing terrorists to bomb Turkish targets in the United States from 1976 to 1996. What the indictment accuses Mourad Topalian; Comments from the college's spokesperson; Why the college hired Topalian in the first place.

Focuses on the Pan American Unit Mural on display at City College of San Francisco, California. Description of the mural; Only institution in the world promoting the mural outside of its own walls; What made the mural inaccessible.

Presents information on a bill signed by California Governor Gray Davis that increases health insurance and officer hours funds for the state's part-time community college instructors. Requirement of the bill for California Postsecondary Education Commission; Amount allocated by the state during fiscal year 1998-1999 in matching grants for the program; Range of amount paid for part-time instructors per hour. INSET: Clifornia Union Seeks Support of Part-Time Instructors.

Highlights the move of the Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, in adding several women's sports team and athletic scholarships for women athletes. Information on the Title IX discrimination complaint filed by a female athlete against the college; Comments from Bill Malloy, the college's vice president for student services and interim athletic director; Statistics on the Title IX cases in other states in the United States.

Features the centers in community colleges in the United States that train students with disabilities on adaptive technology or special hardware and software and other gadgetry for people with disabilities. Information on community college students with disabilities; Laws that encouraged the creation of the centers; Adaptive technology in California; Challenges faced by community colleges.

Deals with the words `the learning college.' Views from educators; Revolution of the learning college; Books which deal with bringing learning revolution to colleges; Advantages and disadvantages of the learning college; Knowledge of college faculty and administrators on the learning college.

Deals with the difficulties of attending the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) conference in Texas in early 1990's. Problems faced by the employees of Barton County Community College in attending the conference; Awards given to them by NISOD.