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Radio continues to be an inexpensive way for dealers and suppliers to reach their increasingly mobile customers Last year, the Minnesota-Dakota Hardware Association used $130,000 in co-op funds provided by five companies — Ace Hardware, United Hardware Distributors, TruServ, Briggs Stratton and 3M — for a five-month-long radio campaign extolling the virtues of the independent dealer over its warehouse competitors. Radio, which traces its roots back to the 1870s when it served as a point-to-point wireless telegraph, has survived several technology revolutions and continues to provide a reliable venue for dealers promotional efforts. Its relatively low cost and access to people while they are mobile are making radio a preferred and efficient medium for more companies. At least one study has even found that online dealers, with their cutting-edge approach to marketing and selling, are using radio ambitiously to get their messages out to shoppers.
The alliance with Ace will help it supply its stores with more products, say Sodimac officials. Terms were not disclosed. An Ace company official says the deal will allow Sodimac to compete with The Home Depot.

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Designed and built with convenience in mind, the Scaffold pallets give you a quick and easy way to move scaffolding from job to job and a convenient way to store your scaffolding when not in use. We have several different models to choose from. Please contact John Schuckman Enterprises, Salina KS 785-826-9289, fax: 785-820-8132 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Designed and built with convenience in mind, the Scaffold pallets give you a quick and easy way to move scaffolding from job to job and a convenient way to store your scaffolding when not in use. We have several different models to choose from. Please contact John Schuckman Enterprises, Salina KS 785-826-9289, fax: 785-820-8132 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

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Chelating therapies are not new, and acceptance varies from country to country. In my humble opinion, there are reasons for this discrepancy in acceptance: 1. If you speak Latin to the Chinese, expect miscommunication. 2. To receive medical acceptance, you must prove the therapys effectiveness.

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A complete selection of heavy-duty fittings now is available from Industrial Specialties Mfg.; made from reinforced nylon; the chemically resistant fittings handle up to 200 psi and 140 degrees Fahrenheit; suitable for air, vacuum and liquid systems; comes in a variety of sizes and styles in connectors, tees and elbows [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Whether you run in the morning, stroll at noon, or dance in the evening, anytime is the right time to exercise. Here at Southern Living, a friendly debate ensued about exercise. We all extolled the virtues of a fitness routine; however, we disagreed over the best time to exercise. To settle the matter, we asked three editors to share the thoughts and reasons behind their preferred exercise time slots.
Pentair Water Pool and Spas new fitting, Deck Jet, adds moving water to pools and other aquatic environments; streams can reach 8 feet; can produce single, double and triple water arches, blossom designs, fan sprays and more; can be cast in concrete decks or gunite pool walls, mounted in the side wall of an aboveground or vinyl-liner pool; designed for residential applications [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

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34-year-old captures first place in biking event after earlier win in Governors Cup Cylcists competing in the Sunflower State Games mountain bike races make ground on the flatland portion of McLennan Park, the site of Sundays races.
Made for any kind of terrain, TH!NK bikes are as comfortable on smoothly paved roads as rugged gravel trails. The electric bikes allow riders to use their own leg power, but have easy pedal-to-motor drive switching.

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Scott Burnett, licensed partner, Realtor and office administrator for the Jerry Long Real Estate Group at RE/MAX Associates of Topeka, has earned the nationally recognized e-PRO certification, a designation that is held by less than 1 percent of real estate agents nationwide. Burnett joined the Jerry Long Real Estate Group in March 1999. His primary responsibilities are general office management and client care, coordination of property showings, maintenance of current listing inventory, contracts pending and closing activities. Burnett is also actively involved in the creation of marketing and promotional materials. He attended Penn Valley Community College in Kansas City, Mo., and the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Marilyn Willms Marilyn Willms — has joined the Tom Lane Team as a Realtor associate, along with Tom Lane, Sharon Markley, Michele Loeffler, Wayne Wischropp and John Lane at Realty Executives of Topeka.
There were 45 attendees including agents from Prudential Greater Topeka REALTORS, Topeka, Manhattan, Salina and Overland Park. Janice Price, of Munster, Ind., was the trainer for Prudentials University on Tour.

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SECURITY: Just as Cisco Systems chief John Chambers is never short on vision, hes also never at a loss for a left-field metaphor. Speaking at a security conference last month, Chambers said that the network of the future will be so complex, thanks to mobility and collaboration, that it will need a security approach similar to the human bodys immune system. For the majority of attacks on the human body, youd never even know it occurred, Chambers said. Thats where we have to go with virtual and physical security. Weve got to move to innovative, proactive security architectures designed to open standards that will interface to each other effectively.
SECURITY: VOIP is growing so fast that its reportedly leaving network security issues in the dust. A number of computer security experts told NewScientist.com last month that VoIP phones could be vulnerable to a number of familiar-sounding Net threats, from viruses and denial of service attacks to toll fraud, ID spoofing and even eavesdropping. But Vonage CTO Louis Mamakos insists that an attack on a VoIP phone would take an extraordinary amount of determination. For example, he told New Scientist, for VOMIT to work the eavesdropper would have to filter off all other traffic going through the Net and focus in on one call. None of this is impossible, he says. But its much easier to demonstrate these vuinerabilities in the tab.
In addition, Marsh has teamed up with MasterCard International to assist online merchants in defending against Internet hackers. The companies will offer a set of e-commerce and financial security services.

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Reborn! The Oxford chair has been reshaped according to the curves and dimensions of Arne Jacobsens original design. The result is a slimmer and even more beautiful and comfortable chair that is available with high or low back, with or without arms–in fabric or leather. Also the base–in chrome or satin–has been improved for a more elegant look and the tilt mechanism has been optimised so leaning back feels more comfortable and natural. The Oxford chair will provide any conference or meeting room with an air of authority and luxury.
Higdon Furniture offers the industry a variety of guestroom furniture styles from which to choose. The furniture has the look of luxury at a practical price. Headboards, credenzas, nightstands, desks, chairs, armoires, sofas and tables are available, directly delivered on the companys trucks. Circle 326

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They argue that, if marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and other drugs were legalized, several positive things would probably occur: (1) drug prices would fall; (2) users would obtain their drugs at low, government-regulated prices, and they would no longer be forced to resort to crime in order to support their habits, (3) levels of drug-related crime, and particularly violent crime, would significantly decline, resulting in less crowded courts, jails, and prisons (this would allow law-enforcement personnel to focus their energies on the “real criminals” in society); and the drug production, distribution, and sale would no longer be controlled by organized crime, and thus such criminal syndicates as the Colombian cocaine “cartels,” the Jamaican “posses,” and the various “mafias” around the country and the world would be decapitalized, and the violence associated with drug distribution rivalries would be eliminated. By contrast, the anti-legalization camp argues that violent crime would not necessarily decline in a legalized drug market. In fact, there are three reasons why it might actually increase. First, removing the criminal sanctions against the possession and distribution of illegal drugs would make them more available and attractive and, hence, would create large numbers of new users. Second, an increase in use would lead to a greater number of dysfunctional addicts who could not support themselves, their habits, or their lifestyles through legitimate means. Hence crime would be their only alternative. Third, more users would mean more of the violence associated with the ingestion of drugs. These divergent points of view tend to persist because the relationships between drugs and crime are quite complex and because the possible outcomes of a legalized drug market are based primarily on speculation. However, it is possible, from a careful review of the existing empirical literature on drugs and violence, to make some educated inferences.
Consider adding a legal service plan to your employee perks A recent study found that three lawsuits are filed every second in the United States. That means most people are more likely to be involved in some sort of legal action over the next year than to be hospitalized. And, many of those people will be your credit unions employees. Employers struggling with a tight job market are learning that providing legal services as a benefit is a low-cost, low-hassle incentive for prospective and current employees. The plans cost $10-$16 per month for full family coverage and rarely increase in cost no matter how many employees use the services.
Understanding your legal obligations in an increasingly regulated business environment. Theres probably never been more attention paid to concerns raised over many of the legal issues facing small and medium business enterprises; but while the Government is listening to SMEs, and Small Business Minister John Tamihere has promised changes in a number of areas, these wont happen overnight. Gillian Spry, associate at Hamilton law firm Norris Ward McKinnon, leads the firms employment and compliance team. Michael Jones is an associate on the commercial business team. Both lawyers deal with the legal challenges confronting SMEs on a daily basis. And both point out that many of the issues which see SMEs seeking legal advice, are as much related to business management as they are to the law.

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After pediatrician John H. Gould saw his second case in which a home exercise bike had torn off a childs finger, he began to wonder: Is this injury common? His first attempt to answer the question ended in frustration. “The medical literature had not addressed the problem of injuries related to home exercise equipment,” he says. But his second inquiry ended with a surprise. Exercise bikes and jump ropes proved most dangerous, say the researchers. Exercise bikes were involved in 55 percent of all the accidents, jump ropes in 25 percent. In most cases, the bikes amputated a finger or toe. Even more alarming were the figures on jump ropes: in the majority of these accidents, the ropes user was strangled to death.
The StayMobile II[TM] resistive exercise system is designed to meet the demand for bariatric exercise equipment. An important feature is ease of transfer, which often eliminates a transfer to a mat table. The potential for back strain for staff is reduced, and resident safety is improved. Designed for individuals weighing more than 190 lbs, the unit is made of 12-gauge steel and features a 32-wide molded seat. CIRCLE 111 ON READER SERVICE CARD

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Thousands of cancer sufferers are being denied life-saving drugs because of delays and bureaucracy in making them available on the NHS. The hold-ups are a matter of life and death for desperate people who have been diagnosed with cancer of the breast, colon or lung, or with a brain tumour. Doctors are furious that drugs such as Avastin, which is used to treat colon cancer, and Ce-tuximab, a treatment for head and neck cancers, are being blocked by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice), a government-appointed quango set up to decide which drugs should be routinely prescribed on the NHS.
The study found that chick embryos exposed to alcohol had eight times the number of cancer cells than those exposed to saline. The alcohol-exposed embryos also developed larger, denser tumors.
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closure for repairs. The fears of motoring organisations of huge traffic jams around the bridge in west London, which was used daily by 30,000 vehicles, did not materialise Photograph: Nicola Kurtz
in Belfast finishing repairs to the Sea Spirit, renamed from Sea Empress after it was damaged when it went aground off Milford Haven, Dyfed, in February 1996 Photograph: Reuters

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Plastic coating traps indoor air pollutants Polyethyleneimine (PEI) is a water-soluble plastic used in applications ranging from adhesion and disinfection to carbon dioxide absorption. It comprises three types of amines–subunits derived from ammonia. These primary, secondary and tertiary amines are distinguished by whether one, two or all three of the hydrogens in ammonia have been replaced by a carbon-based molecular fragment. Because amines bind aldehydes, Gesser reasoned that PEI might trap formaldehyde. Indeed, his first tests confirmed that PEIs primary and secondary amines would absorb the pollutant from air recirculating through a filter coated with the plastic. However, as soon as all molecules on the coatings surface reacted with formaldehyde — within 10 days or so — its pollutant-trapping activity ceased.
Cimatec Environmental Engineering Inc. (TSX VENTURE: CEG) is pleased to announce that TOX BOX the 1″ electronic air filter is now being sold nationally at Canadian Tire Corporation.

“Canadian Tire is a Canadian icon”, says Andrew Roblin, President. “We are very excited to have TOX BOX available to virtually every homeowner in Canada.”

“Cimatec is a proud Canadian company” says Jeff Chesebrough, Chief Operating Officer, “Our significant investment in a world class Research and Development Facility in Toronto is paying off. Our work with ultra-fine electronic air filtration (like microscopic toxins and chemicals) has resulted in break through products like TOX BOX.”

We have found an inexpensive way to filter home air to remove dust, pollen, pet dander, and other particles. Many people with sinus problems, hay fever, or other conditions may find this helpful, especially now as the spring allergy season arrives. The idea is to use a 20-inch box fan to pull air through a 20-inch square furnace filter. Everything needed (the fan and the filter) can be found at a local hardware store for under $30. No construction is required. We have not heard of this idea elsewhere. It should be considered for asthma and other conditions, because many people cannot afford the commercial home air purifiers–some of which seem unlikely to work well.

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KiteA kite is an unpowered, heavier-than-air flying device held to the earth by a line. The kite flies because wind resistance causes the air pressure under the kite to be greater than the air pressure above the kite, making the kite rise. The word kite is derived from the name of a type of bird belonging to the hawk family which is know for its graceful, soaring flight.A kite consists of three basic parts: the body, the line, and the bridle that attaches the line to the body. To enable the user to control the movement of the kite, the bridle must be attached to the body of the kite in at least two places.

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A legal code in a complex society is designed to have several functions. First, it is designed to announce beforehand the rules by which citizens must conduct themselves, on pain of criminal punishment. Second, if a person violates one of these rules of conduct, the criminal law must determine whether the violator is to be held criminally liable. Third, another part of its adjudicatory function, where liability is imposed the law must determine the general range, or “grade,” of punishment to be imposed. It is the first function that is of interest to us here, the socalled ex ante function of the criminal law. The code announces in advance what actions count as criminal; thus the citizenry can use the announcement to guide their actions to avoid criminal conduct. The law, in other words, draws “bright lines” between allowable and unallowable conduct, and those lines enable the citizens to regulate their conduct so they do not break the laws. To use a familiar metaphor, the criminal law specifies what sorts of actions are “out of bounds,” and the penalties for those actions, so the players will “stay in bounds.” The criminal justice system relies on people knowing the law and knowing where the boundaries for their conduct lie. Ignorance does not excuse unlawful conduct, a fact summarized in the phrase “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” Such a rule is defended as a useful means of creating an incentive for citizens to learn the law. Citizens need to know these codes if these laws are to function successfully in an ex ante mode. If, for instance, the code requires that a person who is aware of the location of a felon report that location to the police, people need to know that the code requires such conduct. If the code requires that a person help another person whose life is in danger, then for the code to guide the behavior of the potential rescuer, he or she has to be aware that the code requires that helping action.
Wholesale changes are on the way in Oklahoma County for everyone involved in the practice of criminal law. Judges, lawyers, administrators, law officers, defendants and support staff will all be affected. The changes in criminal practice in Oklahoma County will be significant. This week Ill highlight some of the changes, which are intended to more efficiently utilize limited criminal justice resources. Over the decades, criminal dockets in the states largest county had become a hodgepodge of conflicting and confusing components. Court hearings requiring the appearance of lawyers and defendants included arraignments, pretrials, preliminary hearings, jury call dockets, motion dockets, plea dockets, revocation and acceleration dockets, cost dockets, sentencing dockets and trial dockets. Frequently, prosecutors, defense attorneys and even defendants were scheduled to be in two or more different courtrooms at the same time.
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The Building Codes Division of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services last week revoked the Oregon license of a Battleground, Wash., contractor - the second Washington plumbing contractor to have its license revoked by the division in a one- month span. The division on March 31 said it had revoked the Oregon license of JRT Mechanical Inc., a Battleground plumbing and mechanical contractor company that the division said violated Oregons licensing and permitting laws 10 times since 1992. JRT Mechanicals president, John Tapani, could not be reached Tuesday.
RICHARDSON, Texas — Leading Web-based Fleet Management Solution to Provide Service Assurance Controls to Elite Group of Plumbing and HVAC Service and Repair Contractors Under the program, both QSCs 225 members and PHCCs 3,700 member firms will be eligible to equip their service fleets with REDIview(TM) at preferential special membership terms and pricing. Serving a very competitive and service oriented market segment, REDIview(TM) will enable QSC-PHCC fleet managers with real-time tracking of their mobile assets to ensure consistent and quality based service levels. QSCs mission is to provide the quality service contractor with training, technology, and professional development, resulting in superior client service and satisfaction, said Charlie Wallace, executive director of QSC. The tools and services we provide are designed to enhance our members image and to enable them to better serve the needs of their clients. Adds Wallace, understanding the service timeliness and costs associated with completing the ticket via REDIview(TM) will enable our members to offer the quality of service associated with QSCs mission statement.

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Priority Safe Home Campaign CPR and First Aid Training Program Developed to Help Home Inspection Customers Prepare for Emergency Situations around the Home MELBOURNE, Fla. — Priority Home Inspections, a Melbourne, Florida based home inspection company, is taking safety to the next level by offering free CPR and basic first aid training to their new and existing home inspection customers. Priority Home Inspections safety program was developed to help educate customers with new pool homes to know what to look for and what to do to keep their pools safe and secure from small children and pets. The program was also developed to help prepare caretakers in the home to better respond to accidents and emergency situations through preparation, training and repetition. Hawley added, This is Central Florida. Houses with pools are very common. A home where somebody is taking care of an elderly person is also very common. Its comforting to know our customers can turn to us for training and common sense techniques to help in the event of accidents and emergencies Floridians hear about all too often.
Buying a home is often the largest purchase decision a person will make. It is therefore not surprising that the use of home inspectors is increasing as buyers seek to confirm the physical condition of their purchases. Home inspectors, however, have often been referred to as “deal killers” by real estate licensees because they have, on occasion, been responsible for stopping a sale of residential real estate that would have otherwise been completed. More recently, however, licensees are viewing home inspections somewhat differently. Instead of perceiving home inspectors as a potential source of reducing a real estate licensees income, licensees are viewing them as a way to increase future sales and reduce potential liability on the buyer side of the transaction.This study examines the role that home inspections play in the residential real estate home buying process. To date, no study has considered this impact on the sales process. Furthermore, the performance, process and other characteristics of those sales agents that have been involved with a home inspection in the residential sales process are unknown.
OAKLAND — Firefighters with Oakland Fire Station 23 pulled up to a home on Sunkist Drive and immediately made a checklist of what was wrong with the property around the dilapidated white house. Weeds on the land near the road were knee high, dry and brown. The red brick chimney on the roof did not have a spark arrestor. A pile of dead and rotting vegetation was laying against a wall and there was no address number in sight. Firefighters from every station in the hills are going from house to house this month inspecting property for fire safety. They want homeowners to maintain a “defensible” space around their homes, a 30- to 100-foot space clear from overgrown grasses, weeds and tree limbs. Fire consumes this sort of vegetation first, then spreads to larger trees and homes.

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Shows#174; presented by Toyota Trucks continues a 13-city nationwide series
in Chicago, February 10 - 12. This show offers attendees a close look at
hundreds of 2006-model street bikes, dirt bikes, cruisers, ATVs, concept
bikes, customs, vintage bikes and more. Featuring hundreds of the latest
bikes and ATVs, this motorcycle extravaganza will give enthusiasts of all
ages the opportunity to try out the latest gear and accessories from more
than 15 manufacturers all under one roof.

In addition to the latest motorcycles, the show offers numerous special
features such as concept bikes, pre-production bikes, vintage bikes, a
motorcycle stunt show, a special kids cycle center and much more.

The BOSS Stunt Show will thrill fans daily with high-flying,
gravity-defying motorcycle stunts. For the first time, the show will
feature motorcycle riders performing synchronized stunts on a specially
built quarter pipe. Tricks on a quarter pipe are traditionally done by
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New Internet Domain Will Aid in Job Recruiting and Hiring The new domain will make it easier for candidates to find and apply for jobs and let companies fill positions more quickly. After registration and other procedures are established, the first Jobs websites could appear in late summer or early fall 2005.

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SAN ANTONIO — The 3rd Annual South Texas Motorcycle Show is scheduled for March 17 - 19, 2006, at the Freeman Coliseum, 3201 E. Houston St. With over 19,000 attendees at last years show, the three-day event is quickly gaining popularity, fueled by the renewed interest in the motorcycle industry and culture through shows like the Discovery Channels American Chopper and World Biker Build-Off Its just incredible to see raw talent — true art — made from steel, says Quincy Barnes, show coordinator. There are some amazing talents in Texas when it comes to building choppers.
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Store managers love their jobs and enjoy interacting with customers and staff, but they are frustrated with their schedules, the compensation they receive and the lack of manpower in their stores.These are among the findings of Drug Store News first survey of drug chain store managers.Drug Store News asked store managers and assistant store managers how satisfied they were with their jobs, what they liked most about their jobs, what they liked least about their jobs, how they feel about the information and support they get from corporate headquarters and what they need to do their jobs better.
The “best” job for you to pursue is a “fun” job! A job that is exciting to you. A job where you cant wait to get to work when you wake up! Do you realize that perhaps as many as 80 percent of the people in the workforce today dont enjoy what they are doing? What a terrible way to go through life! Starting salary, bonuses, benefits and geography are certainly important. But those things will take care of themselves. If your work is fun, you will be good at it, and the tangible rewards will follow.
Melanie McCabe began working in 1971, but she didnt have a real job interview until two years ago. A teacher at Sherwood Forest Elementary School in Winston-Salem, she applied for a summer position in 1997 through a program called Educators in the Workplace. When Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center invited her in, she thought it was just for a casual “getting to know you” chat. She found herself in her first formal interview instead. McCabe says the experience helped her realize what skills her students need to prepare for the workplace. Sometimes its something as basic as making eye contact in conversation. Thats what Educators in the Workplace is all about. It exposes teachers to the business world by placing them in summer jobs. Then they can make changes in their classrooms to better equip students.

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The largest of five pedestal works at P.P.O.W., a 15-by-15-by-24-inch sculptural tableau depicting a birthing class, was shown alone in a room that it filled with its energy. Three couples and a midwife watch as another couple–she with legs spread, he supporting her from behind–hold up the doll representing the outcome of the process theyre practicing. The watchers stand or kneel in their vivid apparel. The floor is littered with books, bottles of water, a clipboard and a model of a breast. Everyone wears a paper nametag and looks a little giddy. The figures are expressive and individual in posture, gesture and facial features, except that all have the long, slender bodies and elongated eyes that are Agees standards. The couples are racially mixed and one is a lesbian family. The whole tableau is set upon a rococo footed platter, white with gold wave trim, that recalls the mirrored trays of mid-20th-century suburban dresser sets. In a second small room, Agee showed two birth scenes and models of male and female reproductive organs, measuring from 4 1/2 to 9 inches tall. One of the scenes has a black-haired woman on a flowered blanket, her pink floral housecoat thrown open, her eyebrows raised and teeth clenched as she leans back on one elbow. The babys emerging blood-smeared head is received by a smiling blonde midwife wearing an Indian gauze tunic and patterned leggings. In the other scene, mother (in a striped housecoat) looks happier and touches her husband behind her. The baby is half out, a young girl in a red dress, presumably her daughter, watches, and a woman of extremely elongated proportions assists. The cheery genitals are health-manual illustrations pumped into three dimensions and bright hues (orange, plum, yellow, pink). The models are realistic enough to show the anus, yet the “edge” of the males skin is treated with blue and white flowers, and the female version includes gold highlights. Agee is both earnest and spoofing. Her amiable vignettes recall 40s or 50s illustrations, and she draws on the figurine tradition in form and material if not in subject matter. Taste isnt an issue.
This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Plumbing Fittings and Fixtures in Millions of US$. The major product segments analyzed are Plumbing Fittings, and Plumbing Fixtures. The sub product segments analyzed include Single Lever, Bath Shower Fittings, Lavatory, Sink Fittings, Drains Overflows, Sinks, Bath Tubs, Vitreous Water Closets, Urinals, Vitreous Flush Tanks, Lavatories, Shower Stalls, and Misc. Fixtures. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America. Annual forecasts are provided for each region and product segment for the period of 2001 through 2010. A ten-year historic analysis is also provided for these markets with annual market analytics. The report profiles 558 companies including many key and niche players worldwide such as American Standard, Inc., Armitage Shanks, Asahi Eito Co., Ltd., Black Decker Corporation, Elkay, Friedrich Grohe, Ideal Standard, Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath, Kohler, MAAX, Masco, Toto Ltd., U.S. Industries, and Villeroy Boch. 1. A J Gummers Ltd. (UK) 2. AB Furhoffs Rostfria (Sweden) 3. AB Sjobo Bruk (Sweden) 4. Ace Gutters Pty., Ltd. (Australia) 5. Aciflex (Canada) 6. Acomo Belgium NV (Belgium) 7. Acorn Engineering Company (USA) 8. Advanced Showers International Limited (UK) 9. Aestus Ltd. (UK) 10. Agape Srl (Italy) 11. Aidapt Bathrooms Ltd. (UK) 12. Airbath International (UK) Ltd. (UK) 13. Air-Wolf GmbH (Germany) 14. Alan T. Carr Ltd. (UK) 15. Alape Adolf Lamprecht Betriebs-GmbH (Germany) 16. Alfra Progetti Srl (Italy) 17. Alfred Reinecke Gmbh Co, Kg (Germany) 18. Aloys F. Dornbracht GmbH Co., KG Armaturenfabrik (Germany) 19. Alpes Inox SpA (Italy) 20. American Standard Companies, Inc. (USA) 21. Anconetti (France) 22. Anda Products Ltd. (UK) 23. Anja Pesola OY (Finland) 24. Antonetti Giancarlo, Impresa Individuale (Italy) 25. Aquadis International, Inc. (Canada) 26. Aqualisa Products, Ltd (UK) 27. Aqualona Products Ltd. (UK) 28. Aqualux Products Ltd. (UK) 29. Aqua-Relax SA (Switzerland) 30. Aquarius Bathrooms Ltd. (UK) 31. Aquaviva Srl (Italy) 32. Aquell International Ltd. (New Zealand) 33. Aquis Wasser-Luft-Systeme GmbH (Germany) 34. Arboles UK Ltd. (UK) 35. Arcadia Srl (Italy) 36. Ardeco Srl (Italy) 37. Ariston Ceramic (India) 38. Armaturenfabrik Wallisellen AG (Switzerland) 39. Armour Plastics Ltd. (UK) 40. Arredamenti Montegrappa SpA (Italy) 41. Arredo Bagno Scichaus Srl (Italy) 42. Arrow Valves Ltd. (UK) 43. Arte Bagno Veneta Srl (Italy) 44. Arturo Sorli SL (Spain) 45. Artweger GmbH Co. (Austria) 46. Asahi Eito Co., Ltd. (Japan) 47. Aslotel Ltd . (UK) 48. Bacchetta Srl (Italy) 49. Badertscher + Co., AG (Switzerland) 50. Baekjo Sink Co., Ltd. (Korea) 51. Bagno Piu Srl (Italy) 52. Baoter Industrial Company Limited (Taiwan) 53. Barand (USA) 54. Barber Wilsons Company Limited (UK) 55. Barclay Engineering Ltd. (New Zealand) 56. Barka Srl (Italy) 57. Barwick of Bradford Ltd. (UK) 58. Bates And Bates (USA) 59. Bautek Srl (Italy) 60. Baxi Group Ltd. (UK) 61. Bay Yang Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 62. Bayro Industrial SA (Spain) 63. Belimed AG (Switzerland) 64. Bemis Ltd. (UK) 65. Benkiser-Werk KG GmbH Co. (Germany) 66. Bentley Brassware Ltd. (UK) 67. Berglen Group Ltd. (UK) 68. Bigmat Tevisa SA (Spain) 69. Bisk SA (Poland) 70. Black Decker Corporation (The) (USA) 71. Blanco GmbH Co Kg (Germany) 72. Bocco Ltd. (UK) 73. Bodill Parker Group Ltd. (UK) 74. Boiserie Riva Srl (Italy) 75. Bolan Srl (Italy) 76. Bossini Srl (Italy) 77. Bottiglioni Srl (Italy) 78. Bradley Corporation (USA) 79. Brausch co. Ltd (UK) 80. Bravo Inox Srl (Italy) 81. Bricokiwi SA (Spain) 82. Britex Stainless Steel (Australia) 83. Brooks Plastics Ltd. (New Zealand) 84. Burns Ferrall Limited (New Zealand) 85. Byretech Limited (UK) 86. Capannoli G.f. Srl (Italy) 87. Carl Buch I/S (Denmark) 88. Carlos Arboles SA (Spain) 89. Celi Manufacturing Pty., Limited (Australia) 90. Celmac Ltd. (UK) 91. Celtron Ltd. (UK) 92. Central Brass Manufacturing Company (USA) 93. Cera Sanitaryware Limited (India) 94. Ceramica Delta SpA (Italy) 95. Ceramica Gravena Srl (Italy) 96. Ceramica GSG Srl (Italy) 97. Ceramica Jumbo Due Srl (Italy) 98. Ceramiche F.Lli Di Pasquale Srl (Italy) 99. Cersanit SA (Poland) 100. Cesame SpA (Italy) 101. Chan Sin Thavee Co., Ltd. (Thailand) 102. Chang Yi Shin Enterprise Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 103. Chanter Biomed Ltd. (UK) 104. Chaozhou Uncommon Industrial Co., Ltd. (China) 105. Charles Lomax Son Ltd. (UK) 106. Chevron Industries Ltd. (New Zealand) 107. Chieftain Metals Co., Ltd. (China) 108. Chiltern Invadex Ltd. (UK) 109. China Kolego Sanitary

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Inventory Asset Management Leader Champions Education for Girls and Boys in Sub-Saharan Africa Two years ago on a trip to Africa, Patrick OSullivan, a retired technology executive and the founder of Build African Schools, was overwhelmed when he learned it took three years for a Maasai village to build itself a primary school for the tribes boys and girls. OSullivan had the vision to partner with corporations and individuals to directly impact the lives and futures of thousands of Maasai children. By privately funding the building of primary schools, education would be expanded to new communities with the provision that the new schools would be accessible not only to boys, but to girls, as well. From this vision, Build African Schools was born. FreeFlow is recognized for the business services and solutions they provide to manufacturers which improve their customers product lifecycle profitability through the continuous identification and disposition of at-risk and inventory. FreeFlow is committed to Build African Schools and is fully funding the completion of one primary school with five classrooms and solar power for electricity in a Massai village. When the doors open in May, young girls and boys will immediately fill all of the new 200 desks. Students, who have previously walked miles and miles to schools in distant villages, will now have access to classrooms within their community. Once the school is complete, it is donated directly to the tribal community and the Kenyan government formally joins the partnership. The governments role will be to provide teachers for each school, with the community joining in to provide ongoing maintenance of the building facilities.
PROVO — The monkey is finally off BYUs back. On Friday, the Cougars (2-12-1) ended their 12-game losing streak by knocking off the Boulder Rapids Reserves 2-1 in overtime. “I have a whole new appreciation for winning now,” BYU coach Chris Watkins said. “It is neat to be rewarded with three points at the end of the day. “Clearly we are getting better. We had our window of opportunity and we finally jumped through it.” It was BYU reserve Chris Lamb who helped the Cougars through that window.
One of Kenyas finest game parks is under threat from uncontrolled development of hotels and lodges, conservationists claim. The building of four new hotels, which would more than double the number of beds in Samburu National Reserve, has been criti- cised environmental groups which warn that elephant migratory corridors and lion breeding habitats could be destroyed. “These current proposed developments are all along the river. There will be a huge impact on the area most heavily utilised by the wildlife,” she said. “We have to be very careful how we plan for the future. If landscape planning in Samburu is not managed it will have an adverse effect on the environment and the people who rely on tourism for their livelihoods.” Save the Elephants had been threatened with expulsion from Samburu, where the group carries out conservation work protecting the regions 5,500 elephants, at the end of April. The group was given until tomorrow to leave the reserve after being accused by Samburu County Council of “publishing malicious reports”. But the charity earned a last-minute reprieved after local councillors committed to protecting the reserve managed to overturn the order. Councillor Christopher Lalkalepi said Save the Elephants was now “in safe hands. They will not be chased away.”

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Holton First Christian Church Christian Seniors will meet at noon Saturday at the church, at 5th and Wisconsin, Holton. For more information, call (785) 364-2545. “Surfin Gods Word in Search of Truth” is the theme of vacation Bible school at Bethel Baptist Church, 4011 N. Kansas Ave. from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday at the church. Parents may preregister students by calling 286-0467.
- Church column - Valley Falls United Methodist Church will have a clean-up day Oct. 27 and 28. Volunteers will meet at 10 a.m. each day and work until the church is cleaned. Both inside and outside work will be done. The church will provide drinks, but volunteers should bring their own lunches.

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As your new president, I face a challenging task when it comes to speaking to you about school finance. Let me give you my dilemma. It is the end of the school year as I write this piece and I am reflecting on the uncertain state of school finances in coming months and what these financial challenges mean for us as school system leaders. You will share my frustration that as many as half the nations students may be directly shortchanged of the education they deserve, with the remainder not immune to the impact of belt tightening. As bad as that news is, last year at this time NCSL found 36 states with budget gaps. On the other hand, NCLB and IDEA could be funded retroactively, which would help make up for last years budget shortfalls that resulted from unfunded or underfunded mandates. If you are a school leader in one of the rare districts whose state legislature decided this summer to support quality education with adequate funding for all your schools, the future must look bright, so you can skip the remainder of this column. If youre not in that sunny camp, please continue and let me share my thoughts.
GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION GE Commercial Distribution Finance provides financing programs to manufacturers, distributors and dealers that are custom-designed to help businesses grow. Specialized programs include: * Inventory financing helps move product from manufacturers and distributors to dealers and resellers * Financing programs for used, trade-in inventory and parts and accessories enable you to stock sufficient inventory

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Acne (AK-nee) is a condition in which there are pimples, blackheads, whiteheads, and sometimes deeper lumps on the skin.
Acne is associated with heavy sebum secretion caused by hormones Androgens (male hormones) stimulate sebum secretion and estrogen (a female hormone) reduces sebum production.

While the tendency to develop acne is passed from parent to child through genetics, certain practices can aggravate acne outbreak. Acne can be caused by mechanical itrritation, including pulling or stretching the skin, as often happens in athletic activities. Taking steroids can also aggravate acne because steroid drugs contain androgens. Adolescent women who use oil-based cosmetics and moisturizers can also have an aggravated case of acne.

The inflammation that defines acne results from the plugging of the sebaceous ducts, which lead from the sebaceous gland to the surface of the skin. Once plugged, the duct becomes inflamed and pustular. In some individuals the acne pustules are few, infrequent, and isolated. In others the condition is pronounced, with widespread pustule development.

Acne is not a debilitating medical condition, but people find it unsightly and may be unduly embarrassed and worried about their appearance. Since the pustules principally appear on the face, they are quite noticeable. Teenagers tend to be more self-conscious than older people, and so even mild acne can be quite distressing.

Manipulating or squeezing acne pustules can cause deep and permanent scarring. Washing the affected area with a germicidal soap and an abrasive sponge will help dislodge the material plugging the duct. Because estrogen inhibits the development of acne, taking birth control pills may alleviate acne in young women. A topical antibiotic may also prove helpful. For deeper acne, injected antibiotics may be necessary.

Acne FulminansAcne fulminans is a rare skin disorder with multisystem involvement. The most severe presentation of acne, the condition most commonly occurs in white adolescent males.[1] Clinically, nodulocystic acneiform lesions develop on the face, torso and upper extremeties. The lesions are highly inflamed and tender, and eventually ulcerate. Systemic manifestations include fever, weight loss and musculoskeletal complaints. Leukocytosis, mild anemia and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) are typical laboratory findings. Since family physicians and other primary care physicians evaluate and treat more skin conditions than do dermatologists,[2,3] it is essential that this potentially catastrophic form of acne vulgaris be generally recognized and promptly treated.

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EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. — Wendi Friesen MH, CCHT is the Founder of Wendi.com, Inc. the leading hypnotherapy website in the world. Wendi claims that events like Riordans comments have a permanent traumatic impact. In Todays Wendi.com newsletter publication Friesen discusses how Educational Secretary Richard Riordans words can harm a child, when he makes comments to a 6 year old that her name, Isis means means stupid, dirty girl. The 6 year old girl says her name means Egyptian Goddess. Our names are such an important aspect of our identity, and we value the meaning and the associations they have. We need to have them pronounced correctly, spelled correctly and of course, respected.
Carmen Basilio, a rugged world welterweight and middleweight champion of the 1950s who numbered Sugar Ray Robinson among his conquests, was asked if it helped to bless himself before each round. “Not if you cant fight,” he replied. Something similar might be said in relation to Steve Collins, Irelands World Boxing Organisation super-middleweight champion, who has brought a new dimension to applying mind over batter. Collins goes into the ring with a clinical hypnotherapist in his corner who professes to have trained him to be able to control pain and bleeding. One volunteer was his secretary, Colette Millea, who decided to have her ears pinned back. “Often the people that you know are the hardest to work with,” says Quinn, a consultant to a chain of Irish health centres whose expertise in concentrating the mind has been sought by actors, politicians and businessmen.
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A hypnotherapist working in this eastern Idaho city has pleaded guilty to fondling two female patients while they were under hypnosis. Edward Barry Tegeler, 60, pleaded guilty on Friday in 7th District Court. He had been charged in 2006 with four misdemeanor counts of battery, but two were dropped in exchange for the guilty pleas. “I dont remember the event, but I plead guilty,” Tegeler said in court.

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Apr 2, 2007 Preview: Business Travel Show 2007 in London The size of the new venue is demonstrative of the growing success the shows have enjoyed since they began. The floor space at Earls Court is almost double that of Olympia National Hall, where the Business Travel Show has been held for the past six years and the Travel Technology Show since its first year, 2004. All 17,000 sq m (55,774 sq ft) are packed with stands from leading companies in the industry, with some 70 new exhibitors at the Business Travel Show and 35 at the Travel Technology Show. The Advice Centre and oh-so-topical Carbon Offset Zone greet you as you enter the Business Travel Show. Visit the former to get independent advice from the ITM (Institute of Travel Management) on buying and booking business travel, and the latter for the latest news on environmental issues and how to offset not only your companys emissions, but your journey to the exhibition as well.

     * Bring two forms of photo identification and keep
       these on you at all times. Acceptable are a valid
       photo drivers license, an active passport or
       employee identification from a county, and state
       or federal agency.  

     * Any form of knives, even pocketknives, has always
       been prohibited aboard airplanes. Other items that
       are also prohibited are nail files, scissors,
       straight razors, nettles and other sharp objects.

     * If possible, take a cell phone and make sure it
       is fully charged. This will enable you to call the
       airline for travel information and assistance.

     * Try to pack light and bring only what is needed for
       your trip. Carry-on is still permitted, so consider
       traveling only with carry-on luggage that is in
       accordance with your airlines size requirements.
       This information can be found on the airlines web site.

     * Avoid bringing any suspicious looking items
       that may prompt time consuming searches.  Also,
       avoid using plastic or paper bags as a form of
       luggage.

     * Keep your luggage with you at all times.
       Unattended bags are subject to on-the-spot searches.

     * Make sure all your luggage is properly labeled
       with your identification and is locked.  As you
       may be asked more than once to show the contents
       of your bag, make sure you have the keys to unlock
       your luggage.

     * Due to increased passenger and baggage security
       screenings at all airports, baggage will no longer
       be accepted for check in at curbside and passengers
       are now required to check-in at the airport a minimum
       of two hours prior to departure for all travel within
       the continental U.S., and three hours for all
       international travel. 

     * If you dont have an electronic ticket confirmation
       letter, a travel agency itinerary, a boarding pass
       or a paper ticket, you will not be permitted beyond
       the security checkpoints.

     * Family, friends and drivers without tickets will
       not be permitted in the gate areas to greet arriving
       passengers or to see off departing passengers.
       Be sure to plan and agree upon a clearly understood
       place to meet in the baggage claim area or main
       terminal of the airport.

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Until the Boeing 747 overtook me, I had assumed that all jet planes, Concorde apart, travel at the same speed. On the brink of the 21st century, many predictions about life in the future have failed to come true: we are not all working just two days a week, with machines doing all the tough stuff, and not all our travel is supersonic. Intuitively, it is reasonable to expect jet aircraft to travel at the same speed. After all, they all use the same basic Fifties technology, and surely air traffic control in todays crowded skies depends upon all planes travelling at the same speed? The Jumbo passing by a couple of thousand feet above me disproved this theory. I was aboard a Boeing 767 flying from Havana to Manchester. In mid-Atlantic, we were overtaken by a British Airways 747 en route from Mexico City to Heathrow. Had a 707 slipped through a time-warp and resumed service on the New York-London route, it would have raced past us both. When the Boeing 707 was the standard equipment on the worlds premier intercontinental air route, travellers got there nearly an hour quicker than on board the modern Boeing 767.

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The Capital-Journal NORTH TOPEKA — Registrations for the North Topeka garage sale in June are now being accepted until May 1, organizers have announced. Register at Craft-ee Crafters, 1947 N. Topeka Blvd. For more information, call 233-9901.
The Capital-Journal NORTH TOPEKA — Registrations for the North Topeka garage sale in June are now being accepted until May 1, organizers have announced. Register at Craft-ee Crafters, 1947 N. Topeka Blvd. For more information, call 233-9901.

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The back office component performs managerial functions, such as inventory management, scheduling, financial reporting and recipe maintenance. POS modules include checkout support, time clock and price management features.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — Retail Brand Group LLC, based here, with more than 500 outlets nationwide, including the Jazzmans Cafe and Pandinis brands, will equip its new franchised restaurants with SpeedLine Solution Incs point-of-sale system, SpeedLine reported. SpeedLines POS system is making its debut in RBGs newest franchised Pandinis restaurants in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, sources at Lynden, Wash.-based SpeedLine said. They added that RBG, a subsidiary of Sodexho that also franchises the Salsa Rico concept, also is evaluating SpeedLines SpeedLink Enterprise above-store reporting application with reporting and centralized management capabilities.
HAYWARD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 13, 1999–ST Systems Corp. today announced that installation of its Sable Point Of Sale (POS) systems in 30 new Big Boy restaurants is nearing completion. The value of this transaction, estimated to be in excess of US$450,000, should contribute to both fourth quarter 1998 and first quarter 1999 results and is expected to augment the Companys future recurring service revenue stream. Big Boy offers full-service, sit-down dining, complete with in-store bakeries and operates more than 200 corporate restaurants located throughout the United States. All are equipped with ST Systems Sable POS system, which provides cost-effective labor, customer order and cost controls.

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Despite the challenging environment, industrial real estate market fundamentals in northern and central New Jersey have shown signs of improvement, according to the latest findings from Cushman Wakefield of New Jersey, Inc. in East Rutherford. In the following QA interview, Cushman Wakefield industrial specialists Stanley Danzig, executive director, and Frank Caccavo, executive director, along with investment market expert Andrew Merin, executive vice president of the firms Metropolitan Area Financial Services Group, provide their observations and comments on todays most notable industrial market trends. Q. Who is generating the stepped-up industrial leasing activity?
Industrial Commercial Real Estate Women of New Jersey announced that Susan J. Strauss has been appointed as the organizations president for 2005. Strauss list of clients includes such firms as Ford Motor Company, INVESCO and Mary Kay Cosmetics.
In a transaction arranged by Newmark Company Real Estate of New Jersey, Emcore Corporation, a computer chip manufacturer, has purchased a 74,850 SF office facility at 394 Elizabeth Ave. in Somerset, N.J. The Newmark team of Seena Stein, president, Richard Madison, managing director, and Jane Greenblatt, senior managing director, along with James Kuhn and David Noonan, of the firms New York office, brokered the $4.5 million sale. Paul March, of CB Richard Ellis, represented Emcore in the negotiations.

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As art jewelry comes into its own in America, galleries are clasping onto the trend and finding success with the art/jewelry mix. Throughout the world, body ornamentation is an ancient and time-honored art form. Yet in the United States, jewelry as art has only recently come into its own. The distinction between mass-produced jewelry and art jewelry is not just in the quantity but the design, said jewelry artist Gretchen Kubacky of Los Angeles. Ive seen some stunningly high-quality designs in a department store that wouldnt be considered fine art, and Ive seen $5,000 diamond earrings that have no design quality to them. Art is in the eye of the beholder.
The October Co. The October Co. offers the new Triple-Tier Jewelry System and the DeLuxe 32 Compartment Jewelry Tray (shown). The DeLuxe 32 Compartment Jewelry Tray offers more compartments for expanded storage of rings, earrings and more. Thirty storage compartments of various sizes and two foam ring pads accommodate jewelry of various sizes. The Triple-Tier System can be configured into one, two or three acrylic tiers with a suspended or sliding upper tray. Both products are available in black, blue, maroon and teal green velvet in standard and custom sizes.

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PROVO — A free home maintenance class will be held Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Habitat ReStore, 626 N. Freedom Blvd., for first-time homebuyers and other interested community members. The class is part of a five-session course offered locally by Habitat for Humanity of Utah County and Community Action Services. The course will be offered in its entirety every five months. No registration is required. Participants need only to come to the class. The course is sponsored by the Ashton Family Foundation. Contact Kena Mathews at 801-344-8527 for information.
PROVO — Habitat for Humanity of Utah County and Community Action Services are teaming up to offer a free home-maintenance course for first-time homebuyers and other interested community members. The course is eight sessions and will be held monthly the last Wednesday of every month starting Sept. 27. Each session will focus on different ways to repair and maintain your home. Participants are encouraged to attend all eight sessions but may attend only the sessions they are interested in, as well. Those completing the entire course will receive a simple, step-by-step manual and a completion certificate. The course will be offered in its entirety every eight months.
PROVO — A free home maintenance class will be held Wednesday for first-time homebuyers and community members interested in learning more about basic plumbing. Keith Cornia from BC Plumbing will be the presenter. The class is part of a five session course that is offered by Habitat for Humanity and Community Action Services.

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Radio continues to be an inexpensive way for dealers and suppliers to reach their increasingly mobile customers Last year, the Minnesota-Dakota Hardware Association used $130,000 in co-op funds provided by five companies — Ace Hardware, United Hardware Distributors, TruServ, Briggs Stratton and 3M — for a five-month-long radio campaign extolling the virtues of the independent dealer over its warehouse competitors. Radio, which traces its roots back to the 1870s when it served as a point-to-point wireless telegraph, has survived several technology revolutions and continues to provide a reliable venue for dealers promotional efforts. Its relatively low cost and access to people while they are mobile are making radio a preferred and efficient medium for more companies. At least one study has even found that online dealers, with their cutting-edge approach to marketing and selling, are using radio ambitiously to get their messages out to shoppers.
The program is targeted to homeowner occupants who live in the City of Milwaukee in an area bounded by the Menomonee Valley, West Layton Avenue, Lake Michigan and South 51st Street. Call (414) 643-7913.
For years, Remodeling magazines annual “Cost vs. Value Report” has offered comfort to homeowners investing hefty dollars into home improvement projects. The high payback on the most popular rehabs - kitchens and bathrooms - has even been the catalyst to spur some homeowners to remodel. They felt confident that if they did good work, theyd get back most of their funds. Does this mean that homeowners should stop renovating? Hardly, especially when they have a distinct vision of how they want their home to look and function - and if they have the funds. But decreasing numbers suggest greater caution: - Never overimprove. Take the value of your existing home, add in the cost of your potential improvements and be sure the new sum doesnt exceed the value of comparable neighborhood homes.

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An improving economy and an influx of lenders have produced near- record lending backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration in El Paso County this year. Lenders made 172 federally backed loans totaling $51.9 million in the county during the 2004 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30. The number of those loans is up 4.2 percent from the 2003 fiscal year, and the amount loaned is down 1.7 percent during the period.
OKC (JR) — Businesses in 30 Oklahoma counties have until Nov. 2, 1998 to file applications for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Applications and further information can be obtained by calling the SBA at 1-800-366-6303.
WASHINGTON _ U.S. commercial and industrial loans at major banks fell $747 million in the week ended May 24 to $340.509 billion, the Federal Reserve said Friday. That doesnt include $1.748 billion in bankers acceptances and commercial paper. Including that category, commercial and industrial loans fell $732 million to $342.257 billion. Commercial and industrial loans are considered a gauge of business activity.

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treatment because some areas are “deserts” for NHS dentists, a Health minister, Baroness Hayman, admitted. She told peers there was a “problem”, which would “take time to turn around”, of dentists withdrawing from the NHS.
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Real Estate Brokers with the SRES designation help seniors make wise decisions about selling their home, buying rental property, managing the capital gains and estate tax implications of owning real estate, obtaining a reverse mortgage, moving to a senior community and other issues. The designation was introduced in 1997 and is nationally recognized.
Terry Simnitt Terry Simnitt has joined Coldwell Banker Griffith Blair, Realtors. He will be active in real estate auction and residential sales with his wife, Ruth, who also is an associate at Coldwell Banker Griffith Blair.

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A Unique Search and Community Application Launches Private Beta at Web 2.0 Expo SAN FRANCISCO — Spock.com, a leading search application for discovering people, is one of six Launch Pad companies selected to demo at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco on Monday, April 16th, 2007. SPOCK will be announcing the launch of their invitation-only private Beta at the Expo. Techcrunchs Michael Arrington, who got an early peek at Spock, said: In my testing, Spock did a great job of finding information about different kinds of people O but part of where Spock really shines is what they do after the search is completed. They are slowly indexing the entire web, focusing on important hubs of people information like blogs, wikipedia, photo sites and, of course, social networks.
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Job Search Handbook for People With Disabilities Why We Love It: Ryans job search advice is excellent for everyone, and the information for people with disabilities is invaluable. The book covers a wide range of issues, including how to find a mentor, strategies for dealing with an interviewers emotions or reactions, accessibility of a workplace. accommodations on the job, and understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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SPREADING THE WEALTH The explosive growth in forex trading has been fueled to some extent by the promise of low margins and low or nocost trading. However, sometimes the “no-cost” perception is just that - a perception. Critics say that when bid/ask spreads are considered, forex trading can be more expensive than other markets. The amendment also prohibits members from advertising that they do not charge commissions unless they also disclose how they are compensated, says Katherine Camp, associate general counsel at the NFA.
In The Psychology of the Foreign Exchange Market, author Thomas Oberlechner provides the results of research into how professional traders view the markets. The major point behind the research is that the mindset used to understand and observe the forex markets is itself a factor in how you proceed to trade. The person who views the forex market as sports will look to winning trades as the main focus, but may become emotionally damaged when faced with a losing trade. In contrast, the person who views forex as an ocean may adopt longer-term views of market moves. Many view trading as a war and, as a result, formulate trading strategies that capture pip moves as if they were the enemy. Forex traders also bring different perspectives based on their life experiences. Engineers often try to model the market and project direction based on equations. In contrast, doctors approach forex trading with the mindset of diagnosing the price action. Those traders who come from backgrounds such as the martial arts bring discipline and an ability to control emotions. Which is best? It turns out that forex trading is a great equalizer among all professions. In short, it depends on the individual.
With the flurry of interest in the retail cash forex market, futures traders might not understand the various differences to the futures products. Here we highlight distinctions between forex cash and futures markets from a trading technique perspective. Forex trading is considered the juggernaut in the investment world with more than $3.5 trillion in currency trading taking place per day, according to the Bank for International Settlement. There is more daily volume in the forex market than in all of the U.S. stock or futures markets combined. It used to be, only very large players could participate in these markets. If small traders wanted to speculate on fluctuating exchange rates, their only option was forex futures. The maturation of the retail cash markets have not made forex futures obsolete, though. Quite the contrary, volume in forex futures traded electronically at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is shattering records. Sometimes, similar markets compete and suck volume away from each other; other times, similar markets play complimentary roles, as spread and arbitrage strategies allow one market to feed off another. The continued success of forex futures is evidence that cash forex and forex futures fall into the latter category.

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A sweet flying delta wing Theres something eye-catching about a “delta-wing” type of aircraft. The mystique of an airplane with no fuselage or empennage piques our curiosity and challenges our instincts concerning aerodynamics. The Laser Models Laser Arrow delta wing is one in a new line of models distributed by Great Planes, and I quickly accepted the offer to review it. The kit consists of several sheets of laser-cut balsa and light plywood. To minimize damage, the wood sheets are secured to the bottom of the box with cardboard tabs. The hardware package is complete and includes pinned hinges, screws, devises, control horns, a fuel tank and other assorted parts. There is also a Nyrod (for throttle) and threaded-wire pushrods. The Laser-Lock building technique is very interesting; no plan is provided, nor is one needed. Instead, the building process relies on accurately laser-cut parts and interlocking tab-and-slot construction to ensure proper alignment.
Pinpoint Laser Systems introduces its cylindrical laser transmitter for precision machinery and equipment alignment applications. Built in precision brass housing, a red focused laser reference beam is emitted from a sealed port on one end, and the laser can be placed up to 60 feet away. The laser will run for 20 hours on fresh batteries. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

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Banks Hardwoods Inc. As a natural extension of Banks Hardwoods hardwood sales, the company also offers a variety of value-added services to its customers including custom moulding. Utilizing optimized blanks from its Quantum system, Banks offers high-quality, competitively priced custom mouldings in large or small quantities.
Walls+Forms Inc. Walls+Forms can laminate deep parts, such as crown moulding, with its state-of-the-art equipment. Additional profiles, including door mouldings, wood radiuses, wood bull nose mouldings, edge mouldings and more, also can be laminated up to 6-in. deep by 48 in. by 96 in., Walls+Forms adds.
ACMI INC. ACMI offers embossed mouldings and hand carvings, all of which are made by master craftsmen, the company says. Its mouldings and carvings can be stained or painted to match any decor, and ACMI says it has more than 100 different items in stock and available for shipping.

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POWAY — Ted Waitt had his eureka moment over a baccarat table two years ago at Comdex, the technology trade show in Las Vegas. His computer company, Gateway Inc., was hemorrhaging money and becoming an also-ran against Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. Waitt and a longtime supplier began talking about the flat-panel TVs that were turning up in high-end consumer electronics showrooms. They were sleek enough to hang on living-room walls like paintings and offered sharper images than standard tube TVs. But with prices starting around $5,000, few people could afford them.
Televisions, which are found in over 95% of American homes, are often located in areas where children spend a lot of time. Their design makes them unstable — most of their weight is located in the front of the picture tube, making them easy to tip forward. Their controls are located in the front, easily within the reach of inquisitive toddlers. During a seven year period, over 73 cases of toppling TVs were reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Twenty-eight of these children died from their injuries. The average age of the injured children was 36 months, with the ages ranging from one month to 11 years. These injuries and deaths are totally avoidable. Televisions must be placed on safe and secure surfaces where young children cant climb and cause the TV to topple onto them.

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E-commerce today is enjoying the fastest growth rate of any business sector because, among other things, it is fast, convenient and cost-effective! Consider just a couple of examples I heard a consultant from Arthur D. Little present recently on CNBC: 1) A typical banking transaction, which costs one dollar, will only cost one cent when conducted over the Internet! 2) A typical brokers transaction, which costs $150, will only cost $6 when conducted over the Internet! Do you wonder why e-commerce, which is a direct result of Internet marketing, is experiencing explosive growth?
A review of the marketing literature in both the traditional (offline) and new era (online) environments was undertaken to compare and contrast marketings role in both types of organisation. Insights derived from this review formed the basis for a series of in-depth interviews with leading marketing professionals in Ireland. The paper draws conclusions regarding the overall effect of the Internet on marketing. In particular it notes that, while marketing has evolved into an all-encompassing role in the organisation, the marketer remains the focal actor. The paper looks to a future with two distinct kinds of marketer and highlights the importance of retaining the traditional commitments of marketing practice. The Internet is a significant global medium for communications, content and commerce. It is a powerful tool for building relationships with all of a companys communication targets. It is cheap, immediate and repeatable. With appropriate technology it can be personalised and is measurable. Building one-to-one relationships with customers online provides marketers with the ability to cut through the clutter that is characteristic of traditional marketing activities such as TV/radio and newspaper advertising, PR and outdoor, ambient media.

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In actuality, the seminar focused little on the overall problem of health care fraud in liability claims, but focused clearly on the activities of chiropractors, with a primary emphasis on multidisciplinary practices and mobile electrodiagnostic testing labs. After the seminar, one could have left with the belief that health care fraud and chiropractic were synonymous, as the speakers continually attacked chiropractors, with no care taken to remind their audience that not all chiropractors engage in fraudulent activity! It was quite apparent that the speakers had an US (insurers) against THEM (chiropractors) attitude. Clearly, the chiropractic profession was not presented as a viable part of the solution in combating fraud and a member of the health care fraud fighting team, but as the target of it!In one presentation, after the speaker failed to mention the chiropractic examining boards role as a source for investigators to report suspected chiropractic fraud, I informed him of this oversight and requested he inform his audience. My request went unanswered.In another presentation, a speaker from Washington State did mention the chiropractic board as a potential source for combating fraud involving chiropractors, but added that it did not do any good until now, “because we have beat them up.” It was ironic to listen to the silence and comments of these speakers in a hotel located just across the street from where the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards (FCLB) had held its annual conference just months earlier. The FCLB meeting included discussions on health care fraud/abuse trends and efforts to combat the fraud!
BOSTON (AP) — Two university students who vanished from a motel on Cape Cod and failed to show up for meetings with their parents have turned up in Florida. Leanne Gouveia, mother of 21-year-old Justin Gouveia of Lowell, said a private investigator called her husband, Joseph, on Saturday and said her son and Danela Alfaro-Lopez of Dearborn, Mich., had been located and were OK. “Im shaking, Im so ecstatic,” she said. “Its beautiful, its just beautiful.”

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SECURITY: Phishing–the practice of using fake emails from banks and ISPs to trick Netizens into giving out financial details like bank account numbers, login IDs and passwords–is rapidly replacing spare and even Net worms as one of the biggest security worries for e-commerce firms in the Asia Pacific. In fact, according to research firm IDC, phishing has become one of the fastest-growing non-violent crimes among banks in the region in recent months. The success of e-commerce businesses depends on consumers confidence in purchasing online, Yu says. It only takes one major security breach to destroy the trust and relationship that has taken years to build between customers and vendors.
SECURITY: VOIP is growing so fast that its reportedly leaving network security issues in the dust. A number of computer security experts told NewScientist.com last month that VoIP phones could be vulnerable to a number of familiar-sounding Net threats, from viruses and denial of service attacks to toll fraud, ID spoofing and even eavesdropping. But Vonage CTO Louis Mamakos insists that an attack on a VoIP phone would take an extraordinary amount of determination. For example, he told New Scientist, for VOMIT to work the eavesdropper would have to filter off all other traffic going through the Net and focus in on one call. None of this is impossible, he says. But its much easier to demonstrate these vuinerabilities in the tab.
In the past, unauthorized entry was the biggest threat to building security. As the tragic events of and following Sept. 11, 2001, have made all too clear, threats to security have become more varied and sophisticated. In developing a security program today, facility executives must also consider the threats of bombs and biological and chemical weapons.The results of this assessment will allow facility executives to design and implement security measures in concentric zones, from the interior of the building outward to the public domain.

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Sean T. Haley was elected president of the Southern California chapter of the America Marketing Association. Haley is president of marketing communications at Zyrex Inc. Kovel/Fuller has hired Julie Foster as associate media director. Fosters agency experience includes six years with David and Goliath, Deutsch, Saatchi Saatchi and Ketchum Advertising.
Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher Education, David L. Kirp, Harvard University Press, 2003, $29.95The American love affair with the idea of market competition is taking higher education into its tight embrace-and it is making a lot of people uneasy.In Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line, David L. Kirp takes a long look at the direction of American higher education, finding that the enterprise is losing its moral high ground to the baser behaviors of market competition.
Demand for the six-year instruments, which were denominated in pesos, doubled the offering. The Mexican government sold $1 billion in 10-year bonds in international markets. Even the corporate sector is in on the trend. Telefonos de Mexico, a Mexican telecommunications company, sold $1.30 billion in debt on Wall Street. Grupo Posadas, a Mexican hotel chain, offered in the United States $75 million in bonds due in 2011. That sale came only three months after a $125 million issue in October 2004.

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All the major brands, from Nikon to Canon and Pentax to Sony, offer point-and-shoot digital cameras. Even Hewlett-Packard has jumped on the digital camera bandwagon. According to Justin Porterfield, manager of the ZCMI Center Inkleys, the cost ranges from $100 to $1,000. One in the $500-price range will get you near single lens reflex quality, he said. According to Allred, most digital cameras have a small LCD monitor on the back that is ideal for composing and reviewing images. It also lets you magnify the images to check for accurate focus and small details. Most digital cameras use compact flash type I memory cards that allow easy downloading to a computer or printer through a USB port on the camera. This allows easy transmission of photographic data to a PC or Mac. Most digital cameras can record movies in AVI format with a duration of up to 30 seconds. The low-quality movies are really for e-mailing and not for television viewing.
The first camera dates back to ancient Greece, with the pinhole camera obscura. But while the camera - in its simplest form-worked, there was no way of preserving images. The first permanent photograph was made in 1826 by Joseph Nicphore Nipce using a sliding wooden box camera made by Charles and Vincent Chevalier in Paris. The first digital camera, developed in the 1970s, weighed 8lbs, was the size of a loaf of bread and captured black and white images on a digital cassette at a resolution of .01 megapixels. Steven Sasson, an engineer working for Eastman Kodak, is credited with the design. Technology has come so far and so fast that anything currently on sale below four megapixels is of questionable worth because there are already camera phones - notably by Nokia and Sharp (for Vodafone) that take three-megapixel pictures. More are on the way, meaning that it is hardly worth paying a premium on such low- quality pictures. At the higher-spec end, once non-professional photographers move past nine megapixels - more than adequate to enlarge to A3 print size - it becomes overkill. Expected developments in digi-cam technology include such basics as moving the power button further from the capture button - so a rushed attempt to take a picture doesnt turn the camera off - and obtaining better quality in poor lighting, currently a big d owner.
CameraFrom the simplest amateur camera to the most complex, professional piece of equipment, all cameras have five common parts. The lens is made of glass or plastic (or groups of glass elements) and focuses light passing through it on the film to reproduce an image. The diaphragm is an opening or aperture that controls the amount of light entering the camera from the lens and so limits the films exposure to light. The diaphragm ranges in complexity from a fixed lens, opening in a simple camera, to apertures that can be adjusted manually or automatically.

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Angelsmith, a newly formed production and marketing company, has announced its executives. Tyler Oliver is president and creative director; Hal Long, director/producer; Nathan May, producer, interactive media development; Eric Oliver, interactive producer/creative director; and Ward Swan, director/creative content producer. iO Film, a digital film finishing firm, has named Adam Hawkey to the newly created position of lead compositor and color timer. Prior to joining iO Film, Hawkey free-lanced as a digital compositor and color timer post production houses including Rhythm Hues, Amalgamated Pixels and Catalyst FX. Michael C. Parker has added the title of president of Mole-Richardson Co., manufacturer of motion picture and television lighting equipment. Parker, who has been with the company for 40 years, has been chief operating officer.
Fox Cable Networks Group has hired three new managers for its Los Angeles-based business operations: Jessica Fang for national accounts, affiliate sales and marketing; Mary Fitzgerald for affiliate business affairs, sales and marketing; and Lance Reiss for affiliate entertainment marketing. Fang previously served as manager of financial planning for Califa Entertainment Group in Sherman Oaks. Fitzgerald was a law clerk for the National Football League in New York City. Reiss was a marketing manager at DirecTV. Brian Medavoy has joined Immortal Entertainment as a partner and president of its newly created talent management division, where he will continue to represent clients such as David Schwimmer, Howie Long and Jenna Elfman. His television credits include executive producer on Dharma Greg and producer on Just Shoot Me. Claudio Ludovisi has been promoted to vice president of corporate marketing for Warner Bros., where he will be responsible for promoting all of the companys divisions as well as defining marketing opportunities for all AOL Time Warner businesses. He was previously vice president of Warners Latin America division.
Bert Berdis Co., a radio commercial production company, has named Kari Waz to the new position of executive producer. She previously was director of broadcast for Bates USA West.

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