One, the second case-patient, was the workplace mail distributor; he did not generally open mail and did not recall handling or seeing any mail containing powder or described as unusual or as hate mail.
This second case-patient was a 73-year-old mail distributor and co-worker of the index patient, who was reported by his medical provider on October 4. His illness began on September 28, and he was admitted to a hospital in Miami-Dade County on October 1 , 2001
"I understand there are financial considerations, but you would think there could be some way an audience could be nurtured without having to sell a million units," said Milos Stehlik, director of Facets Video, one of the biggest video mail order distributors.
"That's the key when any new item is made available: Can this be altered and become a threat to security?" Certainly, mail-order distributors to the market have to take extra precautions.
"Ten minutes after the screening ended, I had e-mails from distributors saying 'I must have that film' and 'Name your price,' " said Micah Green of the Creative Artists Agency, the movie's sales representative.
Both companies are putting a new spin on a model made famous by Omaha Steaks, the meat packer and mail order distributor founded over 100 years ago, which is now pulls in $450 million in revenue a year.
The local D.I.Y. label, studio, and mail-order distributor Olive Juice Music, which sprung to life late last century, meets these kinds of needs for countless two-job-holding singer-songwriters and rockers.
Year-end "best" lists are sprouting, but few shuffle the deck like the annual collection of bests put together by Facets Video, a Chicago chain and mail-order distributor 800-331-6197 800-331-6197 800-331-6197
"Studios are good at putting out DVD's, but they have so much it could take years for stuff that goes off the VHS market to come back on in DVD," said Irv Slifkin of Movies Unlimited, a Philadelphia mail-order distributor.
"Creating the extras people want is a long process, so release isn't as quick as it was on VHS," said Milos Stehlik, director of Facets, a Chicago distributor and mail order company.
"A lot of feature films would benefit by being shorts," said Milos Stehlik of Facets Multimedia, a Chicago video distributor and mail order company that carries the first eight "Short" discs, each with about 10 short films.
