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The Utah Supreme Court has reversed the felony conviction of a DUI offender, saying the man did not have the two misdemeanor DUI convictions within a 10-year-period needed to qualify him for a felony charge. In a ruling released Thursday, the high court said the Salt Lake County District Attorneys Office inappro- priately charged Neil Steven Pixton with felony DUI. According to the ruling, South Jordan police arrested Pixton for investigation of DUI in January 2001. Pixton was later charged with misdemeanor DUI in South Jordan Justice Court.
The Missouri Court of Appeals in St. Louis separated itself from its Kansas City counterpart in a decision dealing with the time an alleged drunken driver has to contact an attorney. Associate Circuit Judge John Jackson relied on a 2006 decision out of the Western District Court of Appeals when he reinstated Paxtons driving privileges. In Schussler v. Fisher, the Western District said that “whether the request to speak to an attorney comes before or after the Implied Consent Law is read, section 577.041.1s twenty-minute waiting period begins running immediately after the officer has informed the driver of the Implied Consent Law.” But the Eastern District panel said Schussler is “contrary to the express language of Section 577.041.1″ and declined to follow the decision. The law itself instructs police officers to give drivers 20 minutes to try to reach an attorney after they ask to speak to one. The panels decision was unanimous.

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In re Polybutylene Plumbing Litig., - S.W. 3d _, No. 01-96-01528-CV, 2000 WL 330275 (Tex. Ct. App. Mar. 30,2000). A Texas appellate court held that a trial court did not have the authority to reduce attorney fees in a mass tort settlement by changing the terms of the attorney fee contracts between the attorneys and their clients. Reversing, the appellate court noted that, generally, the fee a client pays to an attorney is a matter of contract. If the contract was valid when made, it is to be enforced without court review of the reasonableness of the fees. The two exceptions to this general rule are cases involving fraud or breach of a fiduciary duty, and cases involving minors or incompetents. In this case, the court explained, these exceptions do not apply. The trial court did not base its ruling on a finding of fraud or breach of fiduciary duty and there was no claim that any of the plaintiffs were minors or incompetent. Also, the court observed that the contracts comply with the state law governing contingent fee contracts.
QestPEX(TM) uses pipe extruded from cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) resin. The pipe is flexible and uses metal insert fittings with crimp rings, like the existing Qest(R) system. QestPEX(TM) has an NSF listing approving its use in potable water systems and has been used effectively in Europe for many years.Scott Arbuckle, President of U.S. Brass and Eljer Industries, commented: We are pleased that our program to develop this new product allows us to introduce the QestPEX(TM) system to our customers in such a timely manner. The Qest(R) polybutylene plumbing system was a major contributor to U.S. Brass sales and profits and we are optimistic that QestPEX(TM) will be an effective replacement. Eljer Industries, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and marketer of high quality building products, including plumbing, heating and ventilating products, for the residential and commercial construction, remodeling and repair, and do-it-yourself markets.

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Officials target minorities in occupancy code raidsLook at this. She had to tell them about her Cesarean scar,” reporter Beth Hundsdorfer told me as we pored over a pile of photocopied city housing department records.Hundsdorfer was angry. I could see why. A 25-year-old mother who was getting her children ready for school was forced to undergo the indignity of describing her body scars to a male police officer.It would have been different if the woman had been suspected of a crime, but she wasnt.
Affordable housing. Low cost of living. High quality of life. The combination of these three things sets the Fort Wayne housing market apart. Add a wide variety of options into the equation and you have a truly good value for your housing dollars. A recent home price analysis by the National Association of REALTORS(R) revealed that the Fort Wayne housing market is in excellent shape, with a potential for significant housing equity gains, a very favorable home price-to-income ratio and an even better mortgage servicing cost-to-income ratio. The same report shows that the region added an estimated 15,000 new housing units in the past five years, approximately 12,000 of which were single-family dwellings. New developments continue to pop up in suburban areas surrounding the city. Conveniently located medical facilities, schools, libraries, parks, retail stores and restaurants add to the sense of community.

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PAUL Gibson is a 23-year-old recruitment consultant living in London. He graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University last summer after completing a four-year degree in European languages and business studies. Paul has a graduate account with HSBC. He took out a graduate loan for pounds 4,000 last July to help with the cost of moving to London. He also has an interest-free overdraft, which allows him to go overdrawn up to a maximum of pounds 1,500, although this will reduce to pounds 1,000 in a few months. On top of this, he is in the process of buying a flat and has taken out a pounds 125,000 mortgage with HSBC. Its graduate terms mean that his monthly payments will be interest-only for the first three years, which Paul believes will help him clear his debts.
The remaining 1,872 banks added 16 percent more to reserves. Loans on which payments are more than 90 days overdue rose 18 percent in the quarter. Those statistics include trust and credit card banks. Analysts said the decision to set aside less money reflects the optimism of some bank executives about loan quality.

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Overhead Door Corporation Offers Top 10 Door and Opener Safety and Security Tips DALLAS — A garage door is the largest moving object in a home, and is typically used every day, giving homeowners good reason to keep it in proper working order. The International Door Association (IDA) and the Door Access Systems Manufacturers Association (DASMA) have designated June as Garage Door Safety Month. Dallas-based Overhead Door Corporation, the nations leading manufacturer of overhead garage doors and openers under well-known brands like Overhead Door and Genie([R]), is offering 10 consumer safety and security tips.
A deadly game to say the least. The CPSC reports that 31 kids have died this way in the last five years, even with doors that had “automatic reverse” features (that failed to work). Keep garage door activators out of reach, and lock the remote control units away — and to be safe, test the automatic reverse mechanism on your door to see if it works when it hits an obstruction.
The doors never need painting. Special optional windloading packages are available. Panel sections are covered by a 20 year limited warranty and the components offer a 3-year limited warranty. The doors are available in widths from 8 through 18 feet and door heights of 6-feet 6inch, 6-feet 9-inch, 7-feet as well as 8-feet.

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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 for first-time homebuyers and other interested community members will be held Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at Community Action Services, 815 S. Freedom Blvd. The class is part of a five-session course offered locally by Habitat for Humanity of Utah County and Community Action Services. The topics of this months class are interior wall repair and leaky roof repair. 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.
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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> Lexington Insurance Co. has announced a first-of-its-kind insurance policy to protect commercial and residential real-estate developers and lenders from losses due to changing zoning ordinances. Zoning Restriction Protector Insurance has been designed for commercial and multitenanted residential real-estate owners and lenders who may incur significant damage to their property and cannot rebuild to the same size due to zoning issues.
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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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The newly merged Michigan Association of Chiropractors (MAC) has awarded the Chiropractor of the Year award to two doctors - Drs. Christophe Dean and Thomas Klapp, who were honored for their outstanding commitment and leadership in the advancement of chiropractic in Michigan. The dual award marks the recent successful merger of the Michigan Chiropractic Association (MCA) and the Michigan Chiropractic Society (MCS). Dr. Dean, a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic, has been a chiropractor since 1975. He has served on the Michigan Chiropractic Council (MCC) board of directors and was elected MCCs president in 2004. Dr. Klapp graduated cum laude from Life Chiropractic College in 1979. He served as MCA president before the merger and now serves as MAC chairman. This is the third time he has been honored with the Chiropractor of the Year award.
The Chiropractor, however, would be one of the longest lasting and best known of chiropractic periodicals (continuing in monthly publication until November/December 1961), and serving multiple functions along the way. Not the least of these would be its role as the “official organ” of the several professional societies BJ. founded and led: the Universal Chiropractors Association (todays ACA) and the Chiropractic Health Bureau (todays ICA).The masthead indicated that the new periodical was published by the Palmer School of Chiropractic and copyrighted by B.J. Palmer. Single copies were available for 5 cents each, or a years subscription for 50 cents, “which may be sent in postage stamps.” The first issue listed a number of articles on its cover:This first issue made what was probably liberal use of photographic images, in addition to the more standard line drawings of the times. Among the imagery was a photo of Harvey Lillard, one of the elder Palmers (the photo would appear again in various advertisements and in a textbook, The Science of Chiropractic, published by B.J. in 1906); and a picture of Old Dad Chiros class in Santa Barbara, California, during July 1903.

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* In 2004, an estimated105,500 breast reductions were performed, a 25 percent increase over 2000. The procedure is often performed to relieve significant health and emotional problems resulting from overly large and/or heavy breasts, including neck and back pain, shoulder pain, chafing or rash, significant limitation of activities, unhappiness with appearance, chronic headaches and nerve damage. Psychological issues include depression and stigmatization, poor self-esteem and anxiety, and problems finding clothing that fits. * Whether you choose to have your breasts increased, lifted or reduced, its important that you understand not only the benefits of the procedures, but also the risks, costs (health insurance rarely pays unless there is some medically necessary reason for the surgery), and various surgical options available, and that you choose the right physician. Your surgeon should be board certified by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, have privileges at a local hospital, and be trained in the technique youve chosen. * Most women opting for breast surgery are young and healthy; however, a full medical evaluation is still required. For instance, if you smoke or are overweight, your health care professional may counsel you to quit smoking and/or lose weight, both of which reduce the risk of complications from surgery.
In the early 1960s, it was shown that silicone was the most inert and least reactive of all implantable substances, and it seemed ideal for breast implants.(2) Since then, nearly three million women have had breast augmentation with implants made of silicone. In the early 1990s, there was speculation that silicone implants might be the cause of immune system disorders. There has been much litigation on this issue, however, research has shown these disorders to occur no more often in women with implants than in women without implants.(3) For most of the nearly 40-year history of breast augmentation with silicone implants, the incision locations have been in the inframammary crease, the axilla, and around the nipple-areola (Figure 1). All three approaches permit the placement of both saline-filled or silicone gel-filled implants in front of or behind the pectoralis muscle (Figure 2). These three incision sites, however, leave visible scars. Recent developments in endoscopic instrumentation have enabled surgeons to perform many types of surgical procedures through small incisions located at a distance from the surgical site.
Review the following Questions to Ask about breast augmentation and reduction and breast lifts so youre prepared to discuss this important health issue with your health care professional. To find a plastic surgeon in your area, click here What is the best procedure for me? Why are you recommending this particular procedure? What are the risks of silicone and/or saline implants for breast augmentation? What are the benefits of each? How often have you performed this surgery? What kind of results do you have?

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Hafele America Co. Hafele says its U-Furniture allows for creative and innovative furniture designs. The sliding door fittings are designed in L and U shapes which can be either wall-mounted (L) or freestanding (U). This furniture is fitted with an I aluminum track with no hardware visible. A dampener can also be added to soften the sound of the doors.

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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.
Nursing home care in Utah is improving, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported Wednesday. Many of those improvements were linked directly by care center administrators to a quality improvement project through HealthInsight, Medicares Quality Improvement Organization in Utah. The organization is part of the national Nursing Home Initiative, which focuses on raising standards of care in nursing homes across the country and giving consumers more comparison information.

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Children dont come with instructions. But parents might long for some when a health problem arises. A free forum designed to make parents health-wiser by providing care tips and strategies is planned 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Pikes Peak East Library, 5550 N. Union Blvd. Lunch will be provided to those who R.S.V.P. by Monday. The forum is hosted by Resources for Young Children and Families Inc. To R.S.V.P. or for more information, call Robin Mitchell at 577-9190.
Thanks to a pharmacological breakthrough, The “polypill” will soon be with us. Combining six different heart medications in one supercharged tablet, its the latest in a line of pharmaceutical attempts to banish heart disease. What a sad indictment of our attitude to health that we could consider such mass medication as a solution for a health epidemic whose causes are clearly apparent and could be virtually eradicated through education and personal responsibility. The Western “cardiovascular crisis” could be consigned to history with a change in attitude and a willingness to implement what we already know. Why wait for the polypill when you can make a real difference to your heart health, starting today. When it comes to preventing a heart attack or stroke, little changes will cumulatively pay big dividends.

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Harvie Brown wonders how the Budget will deal with the Myners question THE long-awaited report on institutional investment by Paul Myners, chairman of London investment managers Gartmore, is due to be published this Tuesday. Chancellor Gordon Brown has indicated he will offer his response on Budget day. Current legislation is there to provide protection for individual investors, whether they are members of a pension scheme or when taking out a life company product, legislation which is limiting investment choice, reducing investment returns and increasing costs.
That, in essence, is the conventional argument on where the private shareholder stands. According to Sir Mark Weinberg, chairman of a committee set up by the Stock Exchange to examine whether the private investor is a dying breed, there is some truth in all this. But his committees report, published last month, predictably got a poor press, with most commentators saying that he had failed to come up with enough specific recommendations to reverse the trend. Sir Marks real offence seems to have been that he failed to criticise strongly enough the Stock Exchanges new rule allowing companies to exclude private investors from most new issues if they so choose. It was this decision which originally prompted the setting up of the committee. In addition, he said it was largely up to the financial services industry, rather than the Government or the Stock Exchange, to come up with ways of tempting more private shareholders back into the fold. Neither conclusion was guaranteed to win any plaudits from a constituency which prefers decisive-looking actions to well-meant words, and which has long marked the Stock Exchange down, not entirely without justice, as an enfeebled and not very effective organisation. Yet, in my view, Sir Mark is largely right on both counts. In fact, I would go further in saying that the outlook for private shareholding is probably brighter now than it has been for some time - partly because of new technology, and partly because of the recent changes in the financial services industry, which have introduced much more effective competition.

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Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMPBELL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 15, 2003 FOCUS Enhancements DR-DV5000 DV disk recorder recognized for its
Business Editors WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 9, 2000 Medea Corp., manufacturer of the acclaimed line of VideoRaid disk arrays, today announced it is the recipient of Videography Magazines coveted Editors Choice Award for its new SAN-ready Fibre Channel RAID solution, VideoRack fc.
Lincoln Elementarys Kid Witness News program received the Best Video award during the national Kid Witness News New Vision Awards Ceremony in New York City Tuesday. Kid Witness News is a hands-on video education program created to encourage students to express their hopes and concerns about the world around them through the art and science of videography.

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WITH EFFECT FROM the next issue, TechnicalTextiles International will feature a regular section focusing exclusively on high-performance applications for nonwoven fabrics. Editor of the section will be Adrian Wilson, formerly Editor of Nonwovens Report International, as well as Textile Month and future Materials. In the October/ November issue, Adrian will begin with a special feature on Paper Machine Clothing, followed in December by Automotive Insulation. The series will then continue throughout 2007 covering topics such as: * polyester nonwovens for industrial applications;
Business Editors The report provides forecasts of end-use consumption by volume and value annually from 2000 to 2004 and at 5-yearly intervals from 1995 to 2010 at 12 application areas, as defined by Techtextil (e.g. Geotech, Protech) and within these, 50 separate end-use segments (e.g. Erosion Control, Chemical Protection
David Rigby Associates, a leading authority in the technical textile industry, has produced an in-depth report which, for the first time, quantifies the global market for fiber and yam types consumed in technical textiles and nonwovens. The report reveals that by 2010 man-made fibers will have increased their share of usage in the technical sector from 77% to 81%; the main loser will be cotton. Inorganic fibers will show the fastest growth (4.5% per annum to 2010), and the use of wood pulp will also grow strongly from a low base. The report also highlights the significant increase in demand for polymer chip to 2010 as nonwovens increase their share of fabric usage (by weight) from 34% to 39%. This growth will be largely at the expense of woven fabrics, which will in turn force down demand for staple and multifilament yarns.

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Former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton spent a vacation on Hawaiis Kauai Island with their daughter, Chelsea, doing what most tourists do — shopping, eating out and golfing, albeit with a movie star. The Clintons have been spotted hiking the Kalalau Trail on the Na Pali Coast and golfing at Princeville with “James Bond” actor and Hanalei resident Pierce Brosnan. The Clintons also shopped and dined in local restaurants. “Theyve been doing the things most vacationers do,” said Al Joaquin, special agent in charge at the Secret Service office in Honolulu.
Sports Editors/Business Editors HurricaneGOLF, offering a wide range of consulting, technology and marketing services to the golf industry worldwide, announced today a partnership with PGA Golf Professional, John Rider and his company, Golf Network Tours Inc., to market custom golf vacation packages nationwide. Designed for todays golfer, GNT gives individuals or groups the ability to cost-effectively and easily design the golf vacation of a life-time.

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Children dont come with instructions. But parents might long for some when a health problem arises. A free forum designed to make parents health-wiser by providing care tips and strategies is planned 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Pikes Peak East Library, 5550 N. Union Blvd. Lunch will be provided to those who R.S.V.P. by Monday. The forum is hosted by Resources for Young Children and Families Inc. To R.S.V.P. or for more information, call Robin Mitchell at 577-9190.
Medical coverage for seniors STRONG POINTS: major medical/surgical services, cancer and heart care, rehabilitation services WHAT IS NEEDED: more primary-care physicians in general, geriatricians in particular, and doctors who will accept Medicare patients (problems that also face many U.S. communities) THIS SAYS IT ALL: “If you move aging parents to this community, the No. 1 block is that they dont have a primary-care doctor.” - Max Morton, director of prevention and wellness services for Penrose-St. Francis Health Learning Center.

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Legendary singer Diana Ross, 52, is estimated to be worth pounds 50million. She says she has amassed her fortune through being a tough businesswoman and keeping a firm hand on her finances. “It has been a natural process of growing up over the years,” she says. “Im not afraid to talk to people about money. I am probably my own best negotiator. Why not?

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Two of Virginias neighboring states, Maryland and West Virginia–each a longtime haven for outdoorsmen–are taking very different approaches to youth hunting. If passed, this bill will have a devastating effect on recruiting young hunters and the future of wildlife conservation in Maryland, said Rob Sexton, USSA vice president for government affairs. The bill is a deliberate attempt to sabotage the future of hunting. Parents, not the government, are far more equipped to know when their sons and daughters are ready to hunt. House Bill 655 has been referred to the House Environmental Matters Committee in Maryland. The devastating effect Sexton mentions not only damages efforts to introduce youngsters to hunting, but it also will impact the states economy.
Camilla Parker Bowles backed fox hunting by riding with the Duke of Beaufort Hounds, which is also a favourite with the Prince of Wales.

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- 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.
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.
- 1867 — English Lutheran Church organized. - 1869 — Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church organized.

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Money and Finance in the Age of Merchant Capitalism, by John Day. Malden, Massachusetts, Blackwell, 1999. viii, 165 pp. $29.95 U.S. (paper). The first essay, an outline of general trends in European monetary history from the middle ages to the industrial revolution, including inflation and the development of bank money, is pithy and engaging. Two other essays are specific studies of monetary problems in the economies of Venice and Sardinia, and there is a lengthy survey of the various problems different early modern states had in maintaining the mint standards of their respective metallic currencies. A general theme which surfaces in all of these essays is, as Day puts it, “the chronic instability of the metallic money supply” (p. 108) which became even more exacerbated in times of bullion shortage. Day provides plenty of evidence of the pressures this put on governments to engage in devaluation in attempts to counter the shortage of specie in the economy. In addition, he also shows that the huge, but very under-researched, social problem created by currency shortages, in the form of an extreme scarcity of reliable small change which could be used by the poor, was a general European phenomenon. Although the first essay provides an introduction to Days interests, it was not written specifically to introduce this set of essays and thus his position on monetary history is not explicitly stated. These essays show, however, that he clearly subscribes to the quantity theory of monetary history, although he does not address any of the criticisms which have been levelled against it. For Day, economic expansion was directly linked to the amount of bullion available to the European economy. Thus he sees the depression of the fifteenth century linked to a bullion famine in these years, while the subsequent economic expansion of the sixteenth century was caused by new mining and the influx of American gold and silver. He then sees a subsequent economic slowdown in the seventeenth century followed by a renewed growth in the bullion supply in the eighteenth century - permitting the industrial revolution. There was certainly an important relationship between money in circulation and economic expansion, but it is not such a simple tongue duree functionalism as suggested by Day. There was a third factor in the equation which was credit, and this did not inevitably expand proportionally in relation to the bullion supply, even though it was stimulated by an expanded circulation of the latter. Thus for instance J .R. Wordie has argued that, while much new silver may have come into England in the sixteenth century, it did not stay there because of the costs of foreign war and recurring trade deficits. But, despite this fact, credit increased dramatically. Along similar lines, customs revenues show that Englands import trade was expanding rapidly in the late seventeenth century, as her money supply shrank, partly to pay for such imports. This famously led to the great recoinage and the creation of the Bank of England, but it would be hard to characterize the 1670s and 1680s as a period of economic depression because of a shortage of bullion. The shortage did cause problems in the 1690s, but this didnt translate into an economic depression for the whole of the seventeenth century. Thus, any examination of the relationship between money and economic performance needs to take credit into account as a linked and equally important component in financial systems and should be looked at micro-economically in the short term because of the institutional nature of credit.

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By Lindsey Geisler The Governors Annual Easter Egg Hunt was anything but a sure bet this year. Storms that raged Friday night threatened to continue into Saturday. That would have forced the event to move to a downtown parking garage where candy would have been handed out.
You must be able to give your PIN number, your list of players - and dont forget to give your name, address and a daytime telephone number.

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Leather JacketSoldiers of the Roman Empire invaded the lands of northern Europe and discovered Teutonic nomads wearing leather garments as protection against the harsh elements. When these soldiers returned to Rome with leather pants, the toga-garbed officials of the city tried to ban their use, but to no avail. Romans were soon using leather for shoes and tunics as well as for breastplates and shields. In fact, the first recorded tanning guild was formed in the Roman Empire.
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CHERIE Blairs dodgy dress sense has been dealt another blow after a designer jacket she donated to charity failed to attract a single bid. Aberdonians shunned the black scoop-neck Sheri Bodell jacket at a charity auction in the city. Sue Ryder Care, which operates homes for the sick and disabled, will now try to sell it again at an auction in England later this year. Regional co-ordinator Helen Jocelyn said: “It attracted a lot of attention during viewing, but no one went for it.

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- Church column - A Childrens Sabbath will be celebrated Oct. 22, at North Topeka Baptist Church, 123 N.W. Gordon. The service will focus on children, youths and the response the community of faith makes to their needs. It is celebrated annually by congregations all over the United States.
The Capital-Journal First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1701 S.W. Collins, which observes its 150th anniversary this year, will present a five- part poetry series beginning April 10. The poetry workshop will feature a variety of poets who will present their works and also lead discussions and workshops designed to help people in their writing endeavors.

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QI AM worried about the Airtours package I have booked for our familys annual summer holiday next July. I havent yet had to pay anything, but if I do and the company goes bust will I lose my money? - Kevin Tide, Bristol. Concern about the MyTravel group, which includes Airtours, started when auditors uncovered a pounds 50million accounting shortfall. To change arrangements now may result in difficulty getting the same dates, hotels and resorts. Different rules apply to flight-only deals so buy using a credit card to safeguard your ticket. QI FANCY pushing off somewhere warm for a few weeks before the Christmas season sets in. I have often been to Spain - are there any alternatives? - Mrs Susan Stevens, Eastbourne.

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  * How have the events of Sept. 11th changed air travel?
  * What are some of the top ten “must-knows” concerning
the new FAA regulations?
  * Why have the new regulations eliminated curbside
baggage-check?
  * What are some other changes?
  * What can consumers do to minimize travel delays that are
likely to result from these new regulations?
  * How are airlines working to minimize delays?
  *Have the regulations also changed booking travel on the Internet?

Cornish F. “Con” Hitchcock is a travel expert and with more than 20
years experience as a passenger advocate at both the Aviation
Consumer Action Project (ACAP) and Ralph Naders Public Citizen. An
attorney, Mr. Hitchcock is chairman of the Orbitz Consumer Advisory
Board, the consumer advocacy arm of the Orbitz.com travel Web site.
IN THIS 1928 ACCOUNT, THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO CROSS THE COUNTRY IN FORDS, FOKKERS, AND TRAINS BY ARTHUR PHILLIPS In this story however I shall attempt to set forth what happens when air transport operators are faced with bad weather - this particular weather being some of the worst encountered for many years in the Southwest. The mountain and desert regions of that ordinarily arid expanse were assaulted by nearly a week of torrential rains, falling to the accompaniment of howling winds and great crashes of thunder. During these stormy days, bridges were washed out and highways flooded, halting motor traffic. The Santa Fe Railroad suffered a serious wash-out on its main line, and had to reroute its trains over the Southern Pacific tracks which for many miles were under water. Crack limiteds were running as much as 30-hrs late. Telephone and telegraphic communication was seriously impaired. This, of course, was a most unusual situation but, nevertheless, it existed. You have seen how motor and rail traffic was obstructed; while the airplanes - but thats getting ahead of the story.
Apr 2, 2007 OneWorld Expands its Membership OneWorld says that work is well in advance linking up the IT systems of the new recruits to those of the established members, and to bring their various internal processes and procedures into line with the alliances requirements, to enable them to offer the alliances services and benefits from 1 April. Of the 24 interline e-ticketing (IET) links required to enable passengers to transfer between their flights using just electronic tickets, without the need for a traditional paper ticket, only three remain to be cut over. MalA[c]v already offers IET with all the other OneWorld members. The three outstanding IET connections will be completed in the coming weeks. JAL, MalA[c]v and Royal Jordanian have already joined the alliances Global Explorer round-the-world fare product, which included some other carriers which are not part of the alliance. They will have the alliances full range of alliance fares and sales products extended to them on 1 April. Feb 2, 2007 Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport Travel Business Experts contact eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com

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The NIH panel stated that there is clear clinical evidence that acupuncture provides relief from the nausea associated with chemotherapy, anesthesia or pregnancy, as well as post-operative dental pain. There are other situations in which research on acupunctures effectiveness is less convincing, yet still promising:
Acupuncture is considered a form of treatment or therapy. However, acupuncture practitioners believe that acupuncture may be most successful when it is applied as an early intervention for symptoms or conditions. It may be that acupuncture can prevent some symptoms and conditions from becoming worse or chronic. More research is needed to define the preventive value of acupuncture. Acupuncture can alleviate depression The Detroit News, Oct. 23, 1998. (referencing a report in the Sept. 1998 Psychological Science) http://detnews.com/1998/nation/9810/23/10230137.htm. Accessed May 2000.

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PRINT THE LEGEND Photography and the American West Martha A. Sandweiss Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 2002. Illustrations, notes, index, xiii + 402 pp. $39.95.In the first three chapters of her book, Sandweiss focuses on early daguerreotypes taken by photographers during the Mexican-American War and by photographers employed to document early government expeditions to the West. She explains why the “static literalism” of these early daguerrean photographic images limited their acceptance by a public used to seeing more dramatic visual stories of the western frontier in drawings, panoramic paintings, lithographs, and engravings. In the second part of her book, Sandweiss examines how the replacement of daguerreotype with wet-plate photography affected the publics acceptance of photography. By selling multiple prints arid connecting images with words, photographers communicated more appealing visual narratives about the West and gained public acceptance of their work. Consequently, photography helped shape popular opinion about the region and was, in return, changed by the experience.Sandweisss enlightening and thought-provoking book is a case study in the use of photographs as historical evidence. The authors effort to demonstrate the importance of visual literacy and the value of visual documents, especially in historical research on the West, is certainly a goal that photograph curators and archivists will recognize and appreciate. Sandweisss work underscores the difficulties and challenges of using these complex records, but she also make a convincing argument that the result is well worth the effort.
LaVonna Hitz, Editor

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After seeing the picture on page 75 of the October 2005 issue, I beg the question, What on Earth were you thinking?! publishing such a spectacle for the world to see. The photo of target practice to end the life of a defenseless and otherwise benign beast sends all the wrong messages about guns and those who own and use them. I was particularly dismayed because it gives gun owners and users the reputation as senseless takers of life for no other reason but for target practice. Shame on the ones using their weapons this way!

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Health and Welfare during Industrialization, edited by Richard H. Steckel and Roderick Floud. A National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1997. 465 pp. $72.00. The first paper, by S.L. Egerman, frames the collection with an introduction to the historically vehement debate regarding standard of living during industrialization. This discussion also traces the evolution of measures used to evaluate economic change and welfare during industrialization, drawing attention to the main logistical, methodological, and theoretical problems with these attempts, including those using stature. Subsequent papers present analyses of trends in stature, economic growth, and a variety of other indicators (economic, demographic, and anthropometric) for each of the eight countries. The concluding chapter by Steckel and Floud is commendable for its impressive synthesis of what is an overwhelming array of information from the individual papers. The editors acknowledge the distinct patterns of industrialization, each nation experiencing the process with different pace, timing, and circumstances. They reveal common patterns and attempt to clarify the variability in overall trends, proposing three explanatory mechanisms: (1) the timing of industrialization in each country vis-a-vis the public health movement and the rise of the germ theory of disease, (2) the degree of urbanization in each country, and (3) factors that affected diet and nutrition levels. Data from France, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Japan suggest that these countries did not experience markedly declining living standards, as evidenced by relatively steadily increasing stature. Germany experienced temporary, short-lived stature declines, and the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia had more pronounced downward trends in stature during the course of industrialization. The major early industrializers, specifically, the United Kingdom and the United States, where significant economic and social change occurred substantially before the late nineteenth century advances in medicine and public health, appeared to pay a “biological penalty” (p. 433), manifested by prolonged trends of decreasing stature among men. Steckel and Floud further suggest that “no single indicator . . . adequately captures the diversity and complexity of the process” (p. 426); however, they are enthusiastic that inclusion of biologically based variables, especially stature, has greatly enhanced the previously myopic methods to assess human welfare during industrialization.
Analysts with Value Line reported in December 2000 that the stocks of managed-care companies performed particularly well in the last few quarters of the year, due to the companies efforts to improve their bottom lines. In addition, positive regulatory news helped the industry — in December 2000 Congress approved legislation that will return approximately $35 billion in Medicare funding to health insurers and medical providers. In the past, decreased reimbursements hurt HMOs, causing them to withdraw their products from a variety of markets, in particular low-income markets. The new law will definitely help the companies achieve strong earnings growth and at the same time provide incentives to provide coverage to those in the low income bracket. Over the next ten years, spending on healthcare services will grow substantially faster than the economy. According to Healthcare Financial Management, employers in the U.S. are facing the third consecutive year of major healthcare cost hikes. In 2000 employers endured a 9.4 percent rate hike, and costs are expected to increase between 10 and 13 percent in 2001. Many companies will pass at least 25 percent of these increases on to employees. The key drivers to increase rates are the pressure on HMOs to improve financial results, and prescription drug costs. Demographics play a positive role in the outlook for the healthcare industry, as the U.S. Census projects that the over-65 population will increase 34% from 1997 through 2015, compared to a 16% rise in the total U.S. population over the same period. The number of Americans 85 and older is expected to triple by 2020. Older people use more medical care, and spend close to three times more on healthcare than the average 25-35 year old.

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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.
Real estate is a popular investment among Canadians. There are several advantages to investing in real estate. Real estate is leveraged. You may pay only a fraction (as low as 10%) of what the property is worth when you buy it. Real estate has utility. If you buy stocks or bonds, you cannot do anything with them; but when you buy real estate, you can use it until you sell it. For example, you can live in a house.

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I HAVE an image of perfect health: a young woman, sparkling white teeth, thick glossy hair, clear skin, thin and muscular. This “picture of health” has been produced and refined by my 10- year diet of the front covers of womens health magazines featuring beautiful young women with their flat stomachs and tanned bodies. It is also possible to be beautiful and unhealthy, of course, but the links between health and beauty are now so intertwined that it is difficult to distinguish between the two. For many of us going to the gym or attempting to drink two litres of water a day, “to be healthy”, is just a cover up for the relentless pursuit of beauty.
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Forty-two percent of all respondents agreed that supermarkets “need less health and beauty and more unique groceries.” (25% agreed strongly.)

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eCircles.com, a Web service that helps friends and family keep in
touch, announced today it is working with eight complementary vendors
to offer Event Planner, its new event planning service now available
at eCircles.com. “The success of an event - either personal or professional - is
greatly determined by the planning that goes behind it,” said
Prescott Lee, CEO and co-founder of eCircles.com. “With Event
Planner, we now provide a one-stop destination for our members and
their event attendees to easily participate in the event planning
process.”"Event Planner is as easy to use as point-and-click,” said eCircle.com
member Michelle Lim. “I use the planning functions to schedule
weekly chats and the invitation function to invite friends and family
to join. eCircles.com makes the invitation process simple and I can
avoid time zone problems as many of my cousins are in Canada, USA,
Australia and Malaysia.”
On a recent March evening, five waiters stood along a wall inside the Polo Club Wine Room at the Garden City Hotel anticipating their cue. They got it when Tom Drozd, the wine maker from Palmer Vineyards, announced the evenings first wine, a Sauvignon Blanc. Waiters, wine bottles in hand, approached the tables and began filling glasses for guests - local meeting planners and journalists, mostly from trade publications. “The dinner was exquisite,” Aaron says. “It was very well served. It had a nice flow and rhythm that didnt feel forced, so you felt comfortable and very relaxed.” Aaron, an event planner extraordinaire, has orchestrated more than 2,500 events for clients such as the Queen of Spain and Donald Trump. In 2001, Meeting Professionals International, a trade organization 19,000 members strong, named Aaron “International Planner of the Year.”

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Membership includes a subscription to the bimonthly Kiting. Kiters are a restless bunch. Always something new.or old. Here is some of whats keeping kiteniks looking skyward.
200 B.C.-A.D. 200. Kites were used by military of the Han Dynasty. 1749 Alexander Wilson and Thomas Melvil, Scotland, used kites to record air temperatures at different altitudes. 1752 Benjamin Franklin used a kite and a key to prove there was electricity in lightning. 1804 George Cayley developed the idea of heavier-than-air flight using a modified arch top kite glider.

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LEADERSHIP Twenty-six teenagers who have demonstrated a talent for leadership in their communities are in Topeka this week learning about career opportunities in a five-day leadership camp. The camp, organized by the Kansas Youth Leadership Forum at Washburn University, began Tuesday and runs through Saturday. It was inspired by a model camp in California and is in its fifth year. Campers must be a Kansas high school junior or senior and have a disability.
Society and the Disabled IN THE LAST 20 YEARS and especially since 1981, the International Year of Disabled Persons, the integration of disabled young people into the ordinary education system has become widely accepted and is now a prominent goal of educational planning in many countries. The concept of “handicap has been greatly modified in the last two decades. It is now distinguished from that of “impairment or “disability and is defined as a disadvantage for a given individual, resulting from an impairment or a disability, that limits or prevents the fulfilment of a role that is normal, depending on age, sex, social and cultural factors, for that individual. Handicap is therefore a function of the relationship between disabled persons and their environment. It occurs when they encounter cultural, physical or social barriers which prevent their access to the various systems of society that are available to others. Thus, handicap is the loss or limitation of opportunities to take part in the life of the community on an equal level with others.

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Office Suppliers, Inc. has opened an office furniture outlet in the Orchard Hills Shopping Center, across the street from its headquarters and showroom near Maugans Avenue, north of downtown Hagerstown. It showcases a variety of new, gently used and discontinued home office and commercial furniture, as well as refurbished copiers and fax machines, said Rachel Stoops, who is managing the store. “All the furniture in the front of the store will be new, along with some barely used pieces that come from the main showroom. Some of the furniture in the warehouse will be from jobs we do, but not much is in the way of trade-ins.”
Cheryl Epps has joined Tobron Office Furniture as a sales assistant. Epps attended Mary Mount Manhattan College, majoring in communication arts.
* NEW FINANCIAL BENCHMARKING REPORT FOR DEALERSThe Office Furniture Dealers Alliance ( OFDA), a segment of the Independent Office Products and Furniture Dealers Association ( IOPFDA) has released a new OFDA Dealer Financial Comparison Benchmarking Guide. The results of the study are based on the responses of 137 participating dealers who provided operating results from the 2001 calendar year.By using the OFDA Guide as a benchmarking tool, OFDA was able to determine that controlling key pro! it variables are of iar greater significance in achieving financial success than simply increasing annual revenue - a focal point of many dealerships. The dealerships surveyed for the report posted average 2001 revenues of $16.9 million, and a pre-tax profit of 0.94 percent ( or approximately $159, 900). In contrast, “high- profit” dealers posted average revenues of $13.5 million, but a pre-tax profit of 5.46 percent ( or $736, 850).

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Smokeout help available The American Cancer Society, the El Paso County Department of Health and Environment and Memorial Hospital are presenting free “Getting Ready to Quit” programs on Thursday as part of the Great American Smokeout.
School physicals To celebrate National Community Health Centers Week, Community Health is offering a special rate for school and sports physicals. Through Sept. 1, the physicals will cost $25 - or less for those who qualify for further cost reductions. The usual charge is $71. The physicals are offered from 10 a.m.- noon and 3-8 p.m. weekdays at Community Healths Immediate Care Clinic, 2858 International Circle. No appointments are necessary. For information, call 630-6440, Ext. 6363.

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Editors note: This article is adapted from Menke and Bobbins Integrative Chiropractic, scheduled for release in 2007 by Elsevier Health Sciences. “The medicalization of early diagnosis not only hampers and discourages preventative health care, but it also trains the patient-to-be to function in the meantime as an acolyte to his doctor. He learns to depend on the physician in sickness and in health. He turns into a lifelong patient.” “Medicalizing” is forcing conditions into familiar diagnostic categories for medical management.1 Every complaint has an antidote, whether it needs one or not. ; Treating natural consequences of living as diseases that must be vanquished, leads to too much treatment and too much dependence on the authoritative “professional.” We tend to grant most, if not all of our decision-making authority to an expert in highly complex technologies. In the case of medicine, this often complicates the commonplace condition and prolongs selflimiting ones. Today, diseases and drugs are way oversold.
Developing a “Culture of Safety” A year ago we wrote about the complex process involved in identifying, categorizing, and assessing medical error in health care in the United States (”Assessing Medical Error in Health Care,” Health Progress, November– December 2001, pp. 14-17). That article discussed the 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on medical error, “To Err Is Human,” and the erosion of public trust in U.S. health care.

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For women only Women can learn about heart disease, menopause, infertility and other health issues at a Womens Health Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Chapel Hills Mall. Sponsored by Memorial Hospital, the health fair will include $5 bone-density screenings for osteoporosis for the first 400 women. Women also may talk to a nurse about breast self-exams.
Medical coverage for seniors STRONG POINTS: major medical/surgical services, cancer and heart care, rehabilitation services WHAT IS NEEDED: more primary-care physicians in general, geriatricians in particular, and doctors who will accept Medicare patients (problems that also face many U.S. communities) THIS SAYS IT ALL: “If you move aging parents to this community, the No. 1 block is that they dont have a primary-care doctor.” - Max Morton, director of prevention and wellness services for Penrose-St. Francis Health Learning Center.
School physicals To celebrate National Community Health Centers Week, Community Health is offering a special rate for school and sports physicals. Through Sept. 1, the physicals will cost $25 - or less for those who qualify for further cost reductions. The usual charge is $71. The physicals are offered from 10 a.m.- noon and 3-8 p.m. weekdays at Community Healths Immediate Care Clinic, 2858 International Circle. No appointments are necessary. For information, call 630-6440, Ext. 6363.

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TRUCK TRAILERS BODIES Stellar Industries, Inc. introduces the Model 10620 heavyduty telescopic crane designed for mechanic service applications. The 10620 features a 55,000 lb.-ft. capacity and can lift a maximum of 10,000 pounds at 5.5 feet. The 10620 includes a proportional radio remote control as a standard feature. The 10620 uses a planetary winch system which operates at speeds of 60 feet per minute. Over 20 feet of hydraulic extension is also a unique feature of the 10620 not found in other U.S. manufactured cranes in this class. The 10620 is available by itself or in a state-of-the-art complete turnkey package which includes a chassis of your choice, a heavyduty steel body, a variety of air compressor systems and a portable welding system.*
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Perhaps Fox News should encourage people not to spend their money buying gifts but be more in the spirit by creating gifts from the heart and making their own. Celebrating Christmas with friends and family is all that is necessary to preserve a valued tradition. At least there will never be an “OReilly Factor” ornament hanging from my tree this Christmas. Salt Lake City
Then there is the problem of what you do with the decorations when youve taken them down. Pop them in a dusty cardboard box on the wardrobe? Not if you want to avoid “dreadfully bad luck”. Until relatively recently, it was de rigueur in rural parts of southern England to burn the lot, preferably using them (were talking holly, ivy, etc, not plastic Santas) to cook the Shrove Tuesday pancakes. On the other hand, northerners thought it “sinful” to torch the tree. In Worcestershire, they swung both ways: “If Christmas holly burns with a crackling noise, it is a sign of good luck. If it does not crackle, it is a sign of death in the family within the year.” All clear now? I gleaned these invaluable tips from The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland by Steve Roud (Penguin, pounds 25). This encyclopaedic haul indicates both the inventiveness and ubiquity of superstitions. To cite just a few examples, it is considered unlucky to keep your handkerchief folded in your pocket, poke anothers fire, drop scissors, allow a cut onion in the house, point at a rainbow, give someone parsley, borrow salt, wear black at New Year (too late for you fashionistas), enter and leave by different doors, pick up a dropped comb, have anything to do with peacock feathers, find a left-hand glove, laugh too heartily, look in a mirror before the age of one, have a mole on the neck (”trouble by the peck”), wear an opal engagement ring, sneeze to the left, wash your hands in the same water as someone else or see an ambulance (though the ill-luck from this spectacle can be mitigated by seeing a four-legged animal). The insistence on never looking at a new moon through glass seems particularly unfair to we spec-wearers. Mr Roud, who works in that mystic nexus known as the Croydon Public Library, reveals that many superstitions have a long lineage. Pliny enquired in AD77: “Why on the first day of the year do we wish one another a happy and prosperous new year?” But many others are surprisingly recent. The best-known superstition of all, about not walking under ladders, dates from the 1880s, when, presumably, many people were having their houses painted. (Punch pointed out in 1881 that it was even worse luck to step into the road and be run over by a traction engine.) The belief that it is bad luck to have 13 sit down for dinner was first mentioned in print in 1695, some 1,660 years after 13 sat down at the Last Supper.
Bronners CHRISTmas Wonderland[R] Announces the Arrival of MyChristmasWonderland.com, the Christmas Lights Site FRANKENMUTH, Mich. — Bronners CHRISTmas Wonderland[R], the Worlds Largest Christmas Store[R] and home to a selection of 6,000 styles of Christmas Ornaments, announces the arrival of MyChristmasWonderland.com, the Christmas lights site for sharing outdoor Christmas decorations with the world. Click on map locations to view the displays of other decorating aficionados and to vote on favorites. Visitors wishing to expand or start a display can shop MyChristmasWonderland.com for quality outdoor Christmas lights and decorations, and find dozens of Christmas decorating ideas to inspire them along the way. Bronners also offers a broad selection of Christmas Trees and Nativity sets for the indoor decorator.

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The Transcendence line of bathroom furniture has a nonporous surface that resists bacteria growth, impact and extreme temperature changes, the company says. The line includes three models, and clients can choose bowl size, bowl placement and color of the surface for each.

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THOUGH HE WAS ONCE tarred as a “Keating Five” Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is now running hard on a platform of cleaning up a campaign finance system We checked in with CEOs who keep a keen pulse on Washington to get their take on how to stem the stench-and the perception of stench-that often flows with large campaign donations. All agree that reform is badly needed, but each has his own, often unique, take on how to go about it-and whether it will ever really happen. A couple of our CEOs formed their views of the money pit from both sides of the hollow, having recently run for elected office themselves. -MERYL DAVIDS
Money, Finance, and Capitalist Development, edited by Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer. Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001. Cloth, ISBN: 1840645989, $95.00. 269 pages. John and Wendy Cornwall begin the essays by outlining what they call an “evolutionary-Keynesian” analysis of capitalist performance (p. 11). They correctly note that economic change cannot be adequately analyzed within the neoclassical framework, which assumes a self-regulating system always tending toward a full-employment equilibrium. Their alternative stresses aggregate demand and its institutional determinants. It also stresses endogenous structural change and the impact of history upon capitalist development. Although the Cornwalls approach is promising, their brief description of how this applies to advanced capitalist nations is somewhat disappointing. Their explanation for the demise of the postwar “golden age” of high employment stresses both a wage-determination system driven by unions exercise of market power and the rise of labor militancy in the late 1960s and early 1970s; it is neither new1 nor convincing. A more comprehensive application of the evolutionary-Keynesian approach seems warranted, one bringing attention to other factors including corporate businesses practices, the rise of global competition, and the spread of financial fragility.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Consolidated Ecoprogress Technology Inc. (Ecoprogress) (TSX VENTURE:CES) is pleased to announce an agreement in principle with Tailored Technologies Inc. of Winston Salem, North Carolina (TTI) for the acquisition of certain patented diaper and adult incontinence technologies, expertise, and marketing services. TTIs patented reusable products dovetail perfectly with Ecoprogress flushable, biodegradable pads. The combination of the two companies offerings is an excellent answer to the demands of the adult protective underwear and the infant diaper markets. We are now preparing to market a reusable/biodegradable combination that potentially gives consumers flushable, biodegradable diapers and flushable, biodegradable adult protection. This will be a major addition to the Companys sales potential, said Ecoprogress President John Banks. In addition to its intellectual property and products, TTI also has a number of existing relationships with apparel and consumer products manufacturers and retailers in the United States, Japan, China and Britain. The agreement with TTI gives Ecoprogress immediate access to a number of new distribution and business to business sales channels.
Polypropylene spunbonded fabric production increased by 8.5% to 49,463 tons. The makers are Mitsui Chemical, Asahi Kasei Corporation and Chisso. The production of polypropylene spunbonded fabrics has been increasing for nine consecutive years. Imports of polypropylene spunbonded fabrics are also showing an increasing tendency. In 2003, imports increased by 9.9%; to 13,991 tons; the main supplier was Toray Saehan Inc. of Korea. However, the production of polypropylene to be used for thermal spunbonds for diapers decreased by 7.8% to 31,000 tons, indicating a decrease for four consecutive years. Imports of nonwovens made from polypropylene staple fiber increased by 10.4% last year to 18,463 tons. The production of dispoable diapers is increasing, whereas that of polypropylene staple fiber and thermally bonded materials tends to be decreasing, of which the major application is disposable diapers. Statistics indicate that imported nonwovens are making inroads into the thermally bonded field, whereas spunbonds are expanding in the disposable diaper field. “Demands for polypropylene staple fiber dropped by 10% due to an increase in imports of thermally bondeds, and competition with spunbonds,” a polypropylene staple fiber maker said.

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FLOORS
NATURAL looking yet polished, cosy yet chic, laminated wooden flooring is slowly but surely making its presence felt in Malaysian homes, offices and retail outlets. Gaining popularity as an alternative to the ubiquitous parquet and pricey timber strips, this floor finishing is eye- catching,

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Hafele America Co. Hafele says its U-Furniture allows for creative and innovative furniture designs. The sliding door fittings are designed in L and U shapes which can be either wall-mounted (L) or freestanding (U). This furniture is fitted with an I aluminum track with no hardware visible. A dampener can also be added to soften the sound of the doors.
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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Ride into Southwestern steak-house market with casual restaurant-saloon concept CLAREMONT, N.C. — Family restaurant veterans Charles Conner and L. Dent Miller — founders of the budget-themed Western Steer and Prime Sirloin chains in the 1970s — are making a fast gallop into the booming Southwestern steak-house niche with a new casual hybrid called Sagebrush Restaurant Saloon. Weve got a few tired Western Steer properties that are no longer making it, said Conner, noting that he has two years of conversions left at the rate of one each month. Weve been searching for something to keep us afloat.
Around 6 you hear them - horses galloping from the upper pasture and splashing across Wolf Creek, wranglers pushing them on. Mornings have begun this way for nearly a century at Eatons Ranch, the oldest dude ranch in the world. That may seem a frivolous claim to fame, but it is not. There is the West that occupies the map, and the West that occupies the imagination. Eatons belongs in both.Howard Eaton moved his operation to Wyoming in 1904 to give guests easier access to high-mountain scenery. That event looms large in the history of Eatons, which has otherwise changed so little. When you ask Nancy Ferguson - Howard Eatons grandniece and the doyenne of the two dozen Eaton descendants who work the ranch today - whether Eatons is much different from what it was when she was a girl, she has to think. “We have a few new cabins. But thats about it. We try not to do anything new and fancy. Keep it plain.”Running a place like Eatons is like performing a good rope trick - it looks easy, but it isnt. The ranch has 7,000 acres, 51 cabins, eight wranglers, and 200 horses. The last figure may be the most important because while other ranches have gone “fancy” with golf courses and aromatherapy weekends, Eatons still lives by and for the horse.

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