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Competing against the big box retailers is a challenge for Kansas small-town businesses, but state programs can help their owners work toward success. “There are so many challenges that face small mom-and-pop or individual business owners,” said Jeanne Stinson, state coordinator for the Kansas Main Street Program. “Theyre faced with huge competition from the big box stores and most of them, I think, in Kansas have learned to live with that competition. Its not going to go away.” “Promotional activities are one of those four points,” she said. “We also look to the organization itself — their group. Who is doing this work and making sure that its adequately funded, that they have the ability to do their advertising and to make assistance to businesses.”
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Rieter Sells Cabling, Twisting and Texturing Machine Business Rieter has sold its business in cabling, twisting and texturing machines to Co-Martin of France retroactive from October 31, 2006. The new owners have many years of experience in the man-made fiber business, and are taking over all activities at the location in Valence, France. Both sides agreed not to disclose the selling price. After careful examination of all possible options, the Board of Directors and Group Management decided to sell subsidiary Rieter Textile Machinery France SAS in Valence with all three business fields to Co-Martin. The Rieter subsidiary in Valence employs 153 persons, and achieved a turnover of approximately 50 million euro in 2005.

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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.
Full marks to the Consumers Association, which this week came out with some interesting and headline-grabbing research showing how often financial advisers give poor investment advice to those who come looking to them for help in their financial affairs. A survey in the monthly magazine Which? suggests that up to a third of all advisers give bad and unsuitable advice. One of their researchers who was sent out to pose as a redundant man wondering what to do with his pounds 15,000 pay-off was on several occasions urged to put his money into investment bonds or Peps when a risk-free building society or bank account would have better suited his needs. A second researcher, claiming to be a young man looking to save some money to pay for his wedding two to three years away, was offered a variety of unsuitable alternatives, including a personal pension, Tessa savings accounts and even on one occasion, two emerging market investment trusts.
INVESTMENTSBy contrast, an individual who buys an annuity pays the insurance company a sum of money and, in return, will receive a monthly income for as long as the purchaser lives. Naturally, the longer one lives, the more money is received. The holder of an annuity never outlives the return, regardless of how long-lived the individual is. Life insurance protects ones beneficiaries against financial loss as a result of the purchasers dying too soon, while annuities protect purchasers against financial loss as a result of living longer than their funds do.

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Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are the leading cause of death for children 0 to 18 years of age. Indeed, 1,451 children age 14 and younger died in MVCs in the U.S. in 2005; about 203,000 were injured. In 2000, 10,306 children below the age of 18 were permanently disabled due to MVCs.2 The most tragic part about the widespread death and maiming of children in MVCs (one in which we as chiropractors should be vitally interested) is that almost half of these children were not restrained in any way.
PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 29, 1998–ChiroNet, a chiropractic health organization network headquartered in Portland, Oregon, was chosen as the top Chiropractic health care delivery organization in an independent survey.This confidential survey of chiropractors involved in managed care from Oregon and southwest Washington was completed on June 15, 1998, by performance Marketing Group of Vancouver, Washington. 89% of all excellent ratings given by providers were given to ChiroNet. Areas rated included: reputation, management, credentialing, level of paperwork, contribution to professional development, claims staff, preference of affiliation and total value to the physician.The physicians in the survey participate in a range of one to four Chiropractic networks, with the average per respondent of 2.4 networks. Physicians participating in the survey represented members of American Chiropractic Network (ACN), AXIS, Alternare, and ChiroNet. Of special significance is the estimate of their total practice coming through affiliation of individual networks: ACN (7%), AXIS (4%), Alternare (2%), and ChiroNet (22%). Here is the breakdown of the top two networks rated by chiropractors in each category:

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- Real estate - B.J. McGivern was honored as Valley Inc. Realtors top sales associate for the month of September. For more information about McGivern, call 233-4222 or B.J. McGivern.realtor.com. - Harold Herrick has joined Countrywide Realty Inc. of Topeka, specializing in commercial and residential real estate.

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Roger Knight Construction also has completed the building of Wes Quick Lube in Heber. The 1,800-square-foot facility is located at 1240 S. Main at the intersection of Highways 40 and 189 in downtown Heber.

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Forex trading has found its way onto the screens of many traders looking for alternatives to interest rate and stock indexes, but like any market, trading forex requires research, reliable quotes and education. Many forex platforms offer multiple services including trading education. The Fini Fx Pros features include real-time quotes, one click execution and anytime online account monitoring. The platform interface includes trade execution windows and a chart constructor. The platform allows you to apply analytical indicators and drag and drop chart options.
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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Business Editors High-Tech Writers MISSION VIEJO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 11, 2001 Sir Speedy and PIP Help Enhance the Yahoo! Print Center
HP has responded to the trend for colour adoption in in-house marketing, with the recent launch of a suite of high performance LaserJets, OfficeJet all-in-ones and printers, and ScanJets - 17 new imaging and printing products in all.

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reservations A year after the crash that claimed 10 people associated with Oklahoma States mens basketball team, collegiate perceptions and practices regarding travel have changed Kansas Drew Gooden, left, Kirk Hinrich, center, and Nick Collison made the short walk from their bus to their charter flight earlier this month at Forbes Field. The Jayhawks went to Colorado on a 30- seat turboprop but now limit their charter travel to larger jets.
Looking for an alternative or a seasonal supplement to your in-house reservation operation? JCPenney Telemarketing has been providing reservation services to the lodging industry since 1985. We have the expertise, technology and experienced CSRs ready to help you with your call-center problems. Circle 333
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EDITORIAL NAFAs guide is a complete source of information on staffing and organizing fleet maintenance operations. Now NAFA has developed a roadmap for fleet managers dealing with the increasing pressures to recruit and retain qualified technicians, while improving overall shop efficiency. The “Fleet Maintenance Staffing Guide” offers managers of internal maintenance operations practical guidance and data from leading fleet management consultants and peers.
Verizon Wireless, a wireless provider, has announced it is offering an affordable, turn-key fleet management solution targeted to small and medium businesses within the transportation, logistics, construction, utilities, and delivery industries. Developed by Navman Wireless, the Fleet Administrator solution from Verizon Wireless requires no customization or integration and provides everything needed to get up and running including in-vehicle device installation, software application, customer training, and complete technical support, the company said. Fleet managers can use the solution to map vehicle locations, analyze a vehicles activity including stops, mileage and idleness, define a drivers territory, create reports and more. According to Verizon Wireless, the solution is priced at $49.99 per month. Devices range from $549.99 to $599.99, which includes full in-vehicle installation, the company said. Other fees may apply, it noted.
Fleet Management System Software Dossier^sup 32(underscore)^ from Arsenault Associates is designed by fleet people who understand fleet maintenance management and know the value of good information. It is an intuitive system that is technically superior to operate on a wide variety of computer hardware systems. From PC to Mainframe, small fleet to large, one location or many, there is a feature-rich edition available for everyone. Fleet inventory with user definable specifications

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Modern pest control is often termed IPM–which can be defined as a coordination of several management functions to: * Resolve these infestations with short-term control(s). * Reduce or eliminate the causes of infestation with long-term resolutions.
The International Facility Management Association of NY (IFMAGNY) had a luncheon presentation at the OFS Showroom on Pest Control by Arthur M. Katz of Knockout Pest Control, an NY metro area leader in commercial pest management since 1975. Knockout Pest Control provides safe, modern control methods of the highest quality, which are also environmentally friendly. Katz pointed out some government regulations that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation regulates and enforces.

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The SMS Forum, a non-profit organization
with a mission to develop, foster and promote SMS (short message service)
to the benefit of the global wireless industry will disband by July 27,
2007, and take down its web site by the end of 2007.

The SMS Forum served as a useful tool for the industry through its
workshops and its liaise with other industry and standards organizations.
Since its inception, the SMS Forum provided operators, solutions providers
and developers with an important platform to exchange ideas and present
solutions to the challenges that the industry faced. This process has been
very effective, and the maturity of SMS means that the need for further
promotion of the standards is now no longer necessary.

THEN: China Telecom reported disappointing takeup, suggesting that the popularity of wireless SMS is by no means a guarantee of success for its fixed-line counterpart. Challenges include SMS interconnect (SingTels landline SMS customers can only send and receive messages from each other and SingTel Mobile customers), the high cost of SMS-capable fixed-line phones and a lack of compelling value-added SMS content. Craig Watts, client relations director of Norson Telecom Consulting, says that potential for explosive growth is there, but the lackluster take-up is causing other telcos to take a wait-and-see approach. NOW: Three years later, landline SMS is still plagued with many of the same problems it started with–lack of interconnect and steady but Slow takeup. Some analysts blame this on the absence of a coordinating body for landline SMS, resulting in a fragmented approach to interoperability. However, landline SMS hasnt been written off just yet. Telcos have continued to launch fixed-line SMS services, Telstra being one of the latest to take the plunge. Stats for Asia are scarce, but Frost Sullivan puts the landline SMS subscriber base in western Europe at around six million, with traffic and subscriber growth between 15% and 20% per month. Meanwhile, attention is already shifting to fixed-line MMS, which has an industry forum behind it (the F-MMS Forum) to drive and define standards coordination (particularly in regards to IP and IMS), interoperability and routes to market. ETSI finalized an F-MMS standard last year, and F-MMS services have been launched in Germany, Italy, Portugal and France.
SHORT messaging services is still a major hit among mobile phone users. Celcos are no longer in doubt on the growth potential of SMS. Even third party vendors are now resorting to using various SMS-based transactions and even SMS-based contests, though still controversial.

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THE GOVERNMENTS youth crime tsar has called for the scrapping of defence lawyers for child offenders amid fears that coaching by solicitors is leading young people to become career criminals. Lord Warner, the chairman of the Youth Justice Board, said lawyers were treating offenders as young as 10 as if they were adult clients, advising them to plead not guilty despite evidence to the contrary, and coaching them not to comment in interviews. Yesterday, David Blunkett admitted there was an “almost exponential” increase in 11 to 15-year-olds getting involved in street robbery and mobile telephone thefts.
A RETIRED senior judge has called for people convicted of serious criminal offences to be allowed to practise as lawyers provided they can show they have rejected crime. Sir Stephen spoke out after the appointment of Mark Leech, a former armed robber, as a legal consultant to a firm of solicitors in Liverpool. Mr Leech, who served eight years of a 13-year sentence, obtained a law degree from London University after doing a correspondence course while an inmate at Blundeston prison in Suffolk. But he has been told by the Law Society that he would not be able to obtain a practising certificate as a solicitor because he has a previous conviction for dishonesty. Sir Stephen said it was time for the legal profession to accept that people could reform. He said: “I dont think you ought to be cut out of any professional post for life. I dont think you could come straight out of nick and become a solicitor but if you have shown integrity over a period you ought to be allowed to.” Mr Leech said: “We have paid the price. Surely we dont have to go on paying for ever more? What I would like to see is a situation like that in the United States, where people can come out of prison and qualify and practise as lawyers in their own right.” The former armed robber started work last week at solicitors A S Law. He will specialise in handling cases involving prisoners who are bringing legal actions over such things as medical negligence, prison disciplinary matters and failure of mandatory drug tests. He is also keen to assist prisoners he believes are victims of miscarriages of justice. His first “client” is Henry “Big H” McKenney, who is serving life after being convicted of four contract killings in 1981. There was no forensic science evidence against McKenney, who was convicted on the word of a fellow east London criminal, Bruce Childs, who this week boasted from jail that he had committed five other murders as well as the six for which he is convicted. Mr Leech, who is also chairman of Unlock, the national association of ex-offenders, said: “Unlike other people who give legal advice to prisoners, I am able to understand the prisoners perspective because I have been in prison.” A Law Society spokesman said that a criminal conviction would almost certainly mean a practising certificate would be refused. Similarly, a conviction for a serious offence would mean that a practising solicitor would be struck off by the Office for the Supervision of Solicitors. In Scotland, people with previous convictions can be allowed to practise if they can convince a committee of senior legal officials that they have fully reformed.

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Interior Design Force is a full-service design firm specializing in the interiors of hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and country clubs. The companys design expertise includes space planning, furniture design and layouts, construction documents and lighting plans and the selection of interior finishes and furnishings.
Green with envy Herbert Ypma has slept his way across America to bring us this latest collection of “hip” hotels (did you know it actually stands for Highly Individual Places to stay?). The Avalon in LA (pictured) has the right glamour quotient - Marilyn Monroe stayed there for two years. Great for interiors fans and armchair travellers. `Hip Hotels USA, published by Thames Hudson, pounds 18.95
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Saturday is the last day to register — either in person or online — for the Deseret Morning News/KJZZ TV Marathon/10K/5K Fitness Walk, which is July 24. Cost is $15 for the 5K walk, $25 for the 10K and $47 for the marathon. (There is a small additional fee for those who register online.) There will be no registration on the day of the race.
THE Birmingham Race for Life has attracted 1,500 women contestants who look set to raise more than pounds 50,000 for cancer research. The 5km course can be walked, jogged or run. Anyone wanting to enrol for the race should ring 01772 716669.
BEST OF 2006 It was a vintage year for the British Classics - races with a venerable past and a vulnerable present. They produced a theatrical champion in George Washington (2,000 Guineas) and also old- fashioned romance: Speciosa (1,000 Guineas) was christened “the monster from the Fens” by Pam Sly, who trains obscure jumpers on her farm in Cambridgeshire. And while George Washington was the most expensive European yearling of his generation, at 1.15m guineas, the Derby itself was won by Sir Percy, who cost just 16,000 guineas. The Turf was plunged into trauma in July when Kieren Fallon was charged by the police with conspiracy to defraud punters. The six- times champion jockeys licence was immediately suspended by the British racing authorities, even though he would have to wait over a year for the chance to clear his name. He was allowed to continue riding elsewhere, and his treatment created a painful schism. Two other riders, Fergal Lynch and Darren Williams, are among those facing trial in September.

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The business community is quickly moving towards a totally electronic environment - an environment where information and data are recorded, stored and managed with a computer. Small- to medium-size companies are beginning to look to their current (or a competing) accounting or business consulting firm for special help with their computer problems. To remain competitive, accounting firms must develop the expertise to assist clients with these problems or risk clients turning elsewhere for help. generate new engagements. 2. Deliver and administrate the service. 3. Provide follow up service to ensure clients are maximizing
business computing Say you need to upgrade a half-dozen PCs in your office, or youd like to install a network connecting a new computer in your home to an existing one to share its cable modem and printer. You can do it yourself, listening to vendors who want to sell you their products or services, reading whatever you can find on the subject, and hunting down advice from those whove undertaken similar projects. Or you can ease your burden by hiring a computer consultant. Computer consultants typically specialize in one or more areas. Areas of specialization include specific categories of hardware and software; specific types of clients, such as medical or legal offices; general office automation; networking; and Web services. Most consultants target their services to businesses, but some work with home users.

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Stephen Barrett, MD, board chair of Quackwatch Inc., applauded the FTCs action. The government agency, which oversees the advertising of nonprescription drags, has taken an aggressive stance on the claims made by health products in the last two years. He said the agency has filed more false advertising claims in the last two years than during the 1980s. The FTC issued 1,200 warnings after an international health claim Internet surf day Nov. 10, 1998 when numerous agencies surfed the Internet and assessed Web sites. Email the FTC at health-claims@ftc.gov to send complaints or comments about health claims on the Internet. Comment: Heres one effective way for the government to stop some of these rascals from getting the word out. Although its impossible for the FTC to crack down on everyone advertising products with misleading or false claims, such actions may encourage other companies and practitioners to think twice before they push their products. Its also heartening to see the efforts in policing the Internet, which has become a haven for quacks promoting everything.
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.
The government is beginning a $30 million study to determine once and for all whether chelation therapy offers any benefit for sufferers of heart disease. Chelation therapy is the main treatment for lead poisoning. A manmade amino acid called EDTA is seeped into patients blood, through a vein, to sop up the toxic metal so it can be excreted in urine. Some doctors have argued for decades that chelation therapy also could clear blocked heart arteries, perhaps by sopping up inflammation-causing molecules or calcium in buildups that clog blood vessels. Federal regulators have cracked down on proponents for falsely promoting chelation as a proven heart remedy — several years ago the Federal Trade Commission forced a doctors group to quit such advertising — and warned that the therapy can cause kidney damage or other side effects, especially if not administered by a properly trained professional.

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SAN FRANCISCO — For all the power and complexity of modern computer networks, practical computer security against cybervandals may ultimately be found in the commonplace concept of a burglar alarm. Schneiers credentials include creating the Twofish encryption algorithm, which is a candidate to become the advanced encryption standard being set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. So it may seem odd that a scientist who designs unbreakable mathematical locks for protecting information is calling on e-commerce companies to put mere people back in the computer- security equation. But Schneier argues that to trust the safety of information stored in a computer system to even the most powerful computer security software alone is foolhardy. That is why his new company, Counterpane Internet Security, has adopted a business model remarkably like that of ADT Security Services, the burglar alarm company.
COMPUTERS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMSFinally, for a digital computer to function automatically, it requires programs, or sets of instructions written in computer-readable code. To be distinguished from the physical or hardware components of a computer, programs are collectively referred to as software.

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LOU ANN THOMAS/Special to The Capital-Journal Dave and Pat Taylor stood on the deck of their new Colonial Acres Guest House in Oskaloosa. The couple converted a pre-1870 stone farm building into a place for visitors to the area to stay. The finished guest house with a new addition, above, and the original pre-1870 stone building, right.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 13 /PRNewswire/ — Those investing in a home theater system want the best performance possible, and cable quality is fundamental in how well — or poorly — a system will produce audio and video outputs. But, buyer beware: often the cables boxed with home theater components are not the best for optimal system performance. And, while its tempting to re-use old cables to hook up new equipment, this is one sure-fire way to degrade a home theater systems performance. So, whats a less than cable-savvy home entertainment buff to do? Below, Holstein offers some quick tips regarding home theater audio, video and speaker cabling and wire:
Sales of home entertainment software will have a bright future if theres a theater in every home. If current sales trends hold true, quite a few homes in United States will have their own little theaters, thanks largely to DVD video. Powered by DVD video player sales, sales of home theater hardware jumped 11% to $9.5 billion in 1999, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. Sales of DVD players grew faster than any other CE product in 1999, rocketing up 170% to $1.1 billion for 1999 from $407 million in 1998.
By comparison, even the biggest of big-screen TVs are peanuts. Trite. Insignificant. Small potatoes. Cheap n nasty. One joins the really big league in home movie set-ups when you have a complete theater in your home, costing anything from $30,000 to upwards of a million dollars. Reeses company, A Creative Theater, is at the moment midway to finishing a Marco Island project that will have an Australian theme, with walls upholstered in crocodile-type fabric, a multiple-seat arena and full stage with motorized drapery for complete theater effect.

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Looking at freight transport, there was a significant increase in maritime and railway transport, while the volume of road transport remained roughly at the level from last years second quarter. After the volume of maritime transport fell by a fifth in the first quarter, it rose by 14.5% in the second quarter of 2007, year on year. The volume of transport has become more volatile in recent years, but the volume of goods carried has not contracted significantly relative to the global conjuncture witnessed in the industry in 2005. Maritime transport is one of the minor transport modes in Slovenia. Railway freight transport grew by 14.9% in the first quarter and continued to grow strongly in the second quarter. Harbour transport recorded a modest increase, while road freight transport did not increase in year-on-year terms in the second quarter, partly because of the very high volume of road transport seen in the second quarter of 2006. Data also show that the expansion in this mode of transport, boosted by the abolition of restrictions upon Slovenias accession to the EU, has moderated somewhat this year Slovenia is near the top among EU countries according to the volume of road freight transport per capita. The assessment refers to the volume of freight transport expressed in tonne kilometres, undertaken by freight vehicles registered in a given country. It measures carriage by domestic freight vehicles in the country of registration and abroad, and not the volume of transport within the territory of a given country. In 2006 by far the most per capita road shipments were performed by carriers registered in Luxembourg (18,766 tkm; see graph). Slovenian carriers (with three times lower freight transport per capita) were ranked second and performed 58.9% more transport than the average carrier in the EU. The high intensity of road freight transport in Slovenia is the result of the surging growth rates of road transport, particularly in 2004 and 2005 (27.9% and 22.5%). From the second quarter of 2004 to the second quarter of 2007, the volume of shipments carried by freight vehicles registered in Slovenia increased by 53.8%. Domestic transport rose by 23.9%, while international transport climbed by as much as 63.8%. Within international transport, the largest (3.2-fold) increase was recorded in cross-trade transport and cabotage (transport performed in another country). The well-developed shipping industry in Slovenia is attributable to Slovenias favourable position at the crossing of European corridors V and X. Transport on these corridors is increasing, and Slovenian carriers are exploiting new business opportunities. With Slovenias entry into the EU, a number of administrative barriers for carriage within the EU were removed for Slovenian carriers (especially the procurement of a limited number of licences). Slovenia also negotiated the possibility to perform cabotage in the EU-15 countries, which the Eastern European countries that joined the EU together with Slovenia will only be allowed to do after the end of a five-year period.
Within freight transport, railway transport rose substantially, while maritime transport dropped by a fifth. Transport of goods by railway surged by 14.9%, and the growth of road freight transport remained strong at 7%. The rapid expansion of land transport is explained by the robust domestic GDP growth and the high increase in harbour transport (10.6%). Roughly in the middle of 2006, the global growth of maritime transport eased off, which led to several quarterly decreases in the volume of this form of transport, including the first quarter of 2007, when the volume of Slovenian maritime transport fell by 19.9%. Over the past three years, the volume of road freight transport enjoyed the highest growth (by more than 50%) within freight transport (railway transport rose by 13.8%), while harbour and maritime transport rose by over 30%. Road freight transport is the main transport activity within the transport, storage, and communications sector, which has also seen the biggest expansion in the last few years. In 2006, the three main transport activities within the transport, storage, and communications sector were road freight transport, which employed 35.8% of workers in this sector, railway transport (15.2%), and the shipping industry (6.6%; both companies and sole proprietors are included, and the latter are also counted as employees). The corresponding shares of value added generated in these three branches are 23.3%, 12.0%, and 6.3%. Looking at the structure of workers employed in transport activities within the sector in 2003-2006, the highest increase of 3.2 p.p. was recorded in the share of road freight transport, while the shares of railway transport and shipping declined by 1.3 p.p. and 2.2 p.p., respectively (a similar direction and intensity of changes was also observed in the structure of value added; see graph). The number of employees in the transport segment of the transport, storage, and communications sector rose by 2,053 to 39,028. In 2006, road freight transport employed 18,807 workers, 2,425 more than in 2003. The number of workers in the forwarding industry fell by 950 to 3,445, while the number of railway workers declined by 326 to 7,985. The decline in the volume of the forwarding industry was largely caused by Slovenias entry to the EU. Data regarding both the volume of transport and the size of the activity are unfavourable in terms of sustainable development, since cargo is still largely being moved from railways to roads, rather than the other way around.

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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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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.
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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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“Weve seen phenomenal growth both in the adoption of technology by traditional real estate firms and in the formation of real estate focused dot coms,” says Dale Anne Reiss, global leader of the real estate arm of Ernst Young. “Literally hundreds of firms (are) now operating and more (are) arriving every day.” These thoughts were echoed by Joe Rubin, National Director of Real Estate eBusiness Solutions. “Traditional real estate companies are finally embracing technology because they see that the Internet has now delivered the tools for online service providers to deliver business processes faster, cheaper and more efficiently.” According to Reiss, start-up activity has been particularly intense in the capital and transactions sectors.” While the transaction sector is in its relative infancy, more than two dozen sites have quickly emerged through which commercial real estate properties can be acquired and sold online,” says Reiss. “And there are more that 30 sites where commercial properties can be leased or marketed online. The digital economy is changing so quickly that companies. need to be able to think on their feet, and reap opportunity whenever and wherever it comes.”
Del Carter and J.A. Cordts have formed the Carter-Cordts Real Estate Agency with offices in Topeka and Overbrook. Their emphasis will be small town and rural areas of the Osage, Douglas, Franklin and southern Shawnee counties. The agency will also serve the Topeka and Lawrence markets. Cordts, president of First Security Bank of Overbrook, has recently completed his real estate license requirements. He and his wife, Liz, have two sons.

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Computer Software SecurityComputer software security refers to the use of software to prevent damage to computer files, programs, and operating systems, as well as to monitor a personal computer (PC) or laptop for theft.

Computer security researcher Steve Gibson is seen in his home office in Laguna Hills, California, in April, 2002. Two years prior, Gibson was testing intrusion-detection software when he suddenly found a program running on his computer that he had unknowingly installed. The hidden program secretly tagged along with another program and monitored his Internet habits. AP/WIDE WORLD PHOTOS .

This paper, then, addresses educational software and its earliest entries - those made for mainframe computers, and follows its discursive growth to that of the personal computer and its runic lustihood. Those products that exploit the computer chip to its fullest, like interactive, hypermedia authoring software, stand out. But other, more mundane products, like spreadsheets, word processing programs and databases, also have their place in the tableau. The third great revolution - computers and high technology (the first being agriculture and the second the industrial revolution) - has already fundamentally altered life for the better, at least for people in the post-industrialized world. This dramatic shift, as complex and challenging as it is, is really only an elaboration of the Babylonian-developed abacus (The New Encyclopedia Britanica, 1992). The abacus, in use for several millennia, automated arithmetic calculation. That the development of the abacus into its electronic counterpart took one or two millennia points out the sea change of scientific and technical innovation that was needed for such growth.

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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.
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JobJob is the name of a book in the Hebrew Bible and the name of the books main character. Many scholars consider the Book of Job to be one of the finest works of literature ever written. It focuses on the question of why the innocent suffer.Yahweh inflicts a number of terrible misfortunes on Job. He kills Jobs children and causes him to lose all his wealth, but Jobs belief in the goodness of Yahweh remains unshaken. This show of faith does not convince Satan, however, who says that physical pain and suffering would cause Job to abandon his belief. So Yahweh causes Job to be afflicted with painful boils all over his body, and still his faith remains firm.

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If I wrote a bible of taxation, the first commandment would be, thou shalt not put real estate into a corporation. Someday, when you try to get the real estate (invariably, depreciated down to a low tax basis and appreciated in value) out of the corporation, you will run into a double tax. The first tax will hit the corporation when the real estate is sold (or transferred to the stockholders). The problem is that the sales proceeds are stuck inside the corporation, and you can only get at those proceeds via a dividend or a corporate liquidation. Both are subject to a second tax. A transfer of the property to the stockholders also triggers a double tax. So whats the answer? Imagine a business owner, Joe, who is married to Mary. Joe should put the title in his name at the time the real estate is purchased. Here are some of the tax goodies that may come Joes way over time:
Del Carter and J.A. Cordts have formed the Carter-Cordts Real Estate Agency with offices in Topeka and Overbrook. Their emphasis will be small town and rural areas of the Osage, Douglas, Franklin and southern Shawnee counties. The agency will also serve the Topeka and Lawrence markets. Cordts, president of First Security Bank of Overbrook, has recently completed his real estate license requirements. He and his wife, Liz, have two sons.
The city of Washington may not require real estate salespeople to have business licenses or impose a tax license on them because Missouri law makes a distinction between real estate brokers and real estate salespeople. Tuesdays decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, affirmed the decision by the Franklin County Circuit Court to dismiss an information and complaint filed against Daniel Barnhart, a licensed real estate salesperson, by the city. The city charged that Barnhart violated Section 605.010 of the Code of the City of Washington for failing to have a business license. But Barnhart argued that he couldnt be required to get a business license because the Missouri Code of State Regulations prohibited him, as a salesperson, from maintaining an office. The circuit court and the appellate court agreed.

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In the eyes of our lawmakers, computer software is considered an intangible asset. Under our tax rules today, the cost of all intangible assets acquired by a sales agency as part of the purchase of a business are now amortizable as intangible assets. Previously, those intangible assets were required to be capitalized but could not be claimed as a tax deduction unless they had a readily determinable life. However, when it comes to the costs of developing software (for the sales agencys own use or for sale or lease to others), the agency has a choice: those costs may either be deducted as an immediate expense or amortized over a five-year period (or shorter if it can be established as appropriate). Remember, however, the key is that the costs must be treated consistently. For purchases of computer software, specifically those costs which are not amortizable over 15 years as a Section 197 intangible asset, costs are depreciated using the straight-line method over three years beginning in the month it is placed in service.
This paper, then, addresses educational software and its earliest entries - those made for mainframe computers, and follows its discursive growth to that of the personal computer and its runic lustihood. Those products that exploit the computer chip to its fullest, like interactive, hypermedia authoring software, stand out. But other, more mundane products, like spreadsheets, word processing programs and databases, also have their place in the tableau. The third great revolution - computers and high technology (the first being agriculture and the second the industrial revolution) - has already fundamentally altered life for the better, at least for people in the post-industrialized world. This dramatic shift, as complex and challenging as it is, is really only an elaboration of the Babylonian-developed abacus (The New Encyclopedia Britanica, 1992). The abacus, in use for several millennia, automated arithmetic calculation. That the development of the abacus into its electronic counterpart took one or two millennia points out the sea change of scientific and technical innovation that was needed for such growth.

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In particular, the authors analyze the influence of long-term inflation expectations on inflation, as well as the anchoring of inflation and expectations. If influence has risen over the last several decades, there should be a correlation between expectations and the actual behavior of inflation during that period. If inflation and expectations have become more anchored over time, they will be less sensitive to news about the economy–for example, the public expects the Federal Reserve to act to control inflation in the face of indications that it is rising. Clark and Nakata find modest evidence that the influence of expectations on actual inflation has increased since the late 1970s and that inflation and expectations have become somewhat better anchored. In other words, expectations about inflation have somewhat more influence on inflation than they did 20 or 30 years ago, and when the inflation rate increases sharply, it tends to return to baseline more quickly than in the past. The authors also assess the role of economic shocks–sudden, unexpected changes to inflation, to inflation expectations, and to other macroeconomic variables. Such changes are usually caused by external factors, such as the oil price shocks of the late 1970s. If shocks to inflation have become smaller over time, the differential between core inflation and long-term expectations–which the authors call detrended inflation–would tend to decrease. Clark and Nakata use the regression errors in their model as a measure of sudden changes (shocks) in inflation. They find that the increased stability of inflation and expectations in recent years is largely due to smaller shocks to the economy.
Back in 1996, when I first became editor of Library Administrators Digest, I looked over the latest issue of PLAs Public Library Data Service Statistical Report to see how directors were doing as far as salary compensation was concerned. (This of course was not total compensation in many cases, since it doesnt include things like car allowances, retirement contributions, deferred compensation or bonuses.) Anyway, at that time there were relatively few salaries exceeding $100,000 - maybe half a dozen or so. As might be expected, and has been true for many years, if you want to make a big salary, locate in California, suburban Chicago or Long Island. Of course, these are pretty much all expensive places to live, especially for housing. Especially California. I note that one library director of a library serving only 3,800 people in California has a salary of more than $80K. Thats in City of Commerce, which I picture as having a lot of businesses and/or hotels, and few houses. So the taxes flow easily, eh? However, I think my previous research probably still holds true: if you factor in the cost of living, the highest salary paid a library director is that of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. About $150K. No wonder Charles Brown left Hennepin County for Charlotte. I understand there is, or was, some stupid regulation in Minnesota that no public official could be paid more than the governor. Wonder whether thats still true.
Mr. McManus (referring back to a June 30, 2003 article) correctly informed us that the money supply has risen $67.6 billion, or 9.6 percent, since one year ago. By coincidence, that $67 billion figure is the same as the $67 billion increase in the money supply in the weekly report released on June 24, 2004 by the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System. McManus $67 billion increase was for one whole year, but the $67.4 billion increase reported by the Fed on June 24, 2004 was for one whole week! For an interesting story of how the Federal Reserve System got started, one should read chapter 21 of From Farm Boy to Financier, by Frank A. Vanderlip.

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In the heart of Soho, on the hallowed site where people once crushed in to see the Who, the Stones and Clapton through a sea of sweat, stands Sir Terence Conran and his cast of thousands. What used to be the Marquee club has become a small corner of Conrans latest, greatest gastrodome. Its the biggest restaurant in London and it opens today.

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LOS ANGELES–(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)–Dec. 2, 1999– Two hundred guests will preview an exhibit of 42 photographs, personal letters and diaries of prolific Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849-1912) at a Christmas Reception on Saturday evening, December 4, hosted by the Consul General of Sweden, Andreas Ekman, and the Consul of Sweden, Anita Nasstrom Ekman, at their residence. While acclaimed worldwide for his writing, Strindbergs less well-known photography represents another example of his artistic genius. The collection, never before shown in the United States, includes both personal and biographical photographs reflecting Strindbergs various roles as an author, sportsman, guitarist, gentleman, Russian nihilist and husband.
Suddenly on the afternoon of February 8, photographer Ginny Dixon got a call from the Associated Press: The news agency could not get its photographers out of Miami fast enough to cover, a few miles north, Anna Nicole Smiths death in Hollywood, Fla., where Dixon lives. Could she, a former member of a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo team at the Los Angeles Times, rush over to Memorial Regional Hospital right away and document the troubled models final demise? But as with so many other occasions, Dixon knew how to turn nothing into something. The 5-foot-6 blond went over to the Broward County medical examiners lab, muscled her way past the aggressive paparazzi, plunked down the three-foot stepladder she always carries in her car for such reasons, and found the perfect angle to snap a decent portrait of the medical examiner his expression tired, his brow furrowed–telling the waiting press that the autopsy results could take weeks. By early that evening the shot had been beamed around the world on APs various wires. For Dixon, 46, who is out, the experience was business as usual. No longer a staff photographer for an outlet, her well-honed eye now focuses on a wider range of freelance projects, many with a charitable bent. They include her ongoing series Uncensored Life: Raw Beauty, which shows off the beauty of women with disabilities rather than the disabilities themselves. The portraits will soon be turned into a book and exhibited across the country.

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This guest bedroom lives much larger than its 12- x 13-foot dimensions, thanks to a thoughtful furniture arrangement and 12-foothigh ceilings. Tall windows over the beds and a dramatic painted finish on the walls enhance the rooms sense of spaciousness and style. “The bedroom is located along the front of the house directly off the foyer,” says owner Kay Fuller. “Because the room is so visible, I wanted the design to be special.” The rooms three windows might have posed problems for some, but Kay took full advantage of their stature and position. “The windows along the front of the house are 10 feet tall, while the side one is only 8 feet,” she says. For consistency, she mounted wooden box valances on all three windows at the same height. Rather than cover them with a fabric, Kay had the artist who did the walls paint a pattern on the valances to complement the faux finish. Simple brown linen draperies provide privacy.
Unfortunately, I have to face the fact that I havent been a teenager for a while now and the bedroom of a rural housewife might not be such a draw. Still, that doesnt mean it isnt worth thinking about. I could put the camera in a room where the results might appeal to people who spend more time fantasising about country living than teenage girls. The morning-room (which still doubles as our drawing-room), for example. Im usually dressed when Im using it and if this house were open to the public that would be one of the rooms wed invite people to see. From our point of view the advantage of film over public access is that a camera is relatively unobtrusive, being unlikely to make a lot of noise or walk off with the snuffboxes. While a camera would offer website subscribers a true picture, not just of the room, but its use. Me opening my letters, smoking a Nicorette Inhalator. The room empty for several days. The dog wandering in. The room empty again. The children running through it. The room tidied by beautiful housekeeper in very short shorts. Then a climax - the room full of weekend guests saying indiscreet things. On reflection, perhaps the morning-room wouldnt be such a good choice. Or the dining-room. The telly-room is a possibility. It has a huge gothic fireplace, Peruvian mummy wrappings and Indian phallus coverers which give it the warmth and drama of a Hammer House of Horror film set. Furthermore, we spend a good deal of time in it. By evening youd get the children sitting together on one sofa cushion, their laps covered by a dozen smaller cushions, frozen as if in a photograph. By night youd see me shouting at the television or sobbing in front of it. The dog staring very intently at Peter. Peter fast asleep, dressed in a green wool, hooded kaftan. Tin Tin meets the leprechaun St Francis. And by day youd get me again, watching that lovely, lovely Ed Stourton on the 1 oclock news (well, clearly, its vital that Im up to the moment with current events. You never know when you might get the Call). The trouble is that while having a camera in the TV room would certainly give an authentic impression of country living, it could be argued that Internet surfers might confuse it with the website of someone who lives on entirely the wrong kind of estate. The kind with more drug dealers than gamekeepers. It would all be so much easier if I was a teenager. Which reminds me, there is the nanny. I grant you shes in her twenties, but that still makes her . . . months younger than me. Employers use spy cameras on their nannies these days, dont they? Why not just re-transmit the images on the Internet? I suppose she might not care for the idea. And theres probably some law against it. So, its back to my bedroom and my fantasy. There are 100 million people out there who want to see me in my bedsocks. And, if they are very lucky and have a spare 10, they can.

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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.
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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.

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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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While tutu chic may be in vogue now–French designer Christian Lacroixs latest made-to-measure gowns sport ostrich-trimmed hems and sparkly puffball skirts of organza and tulle–the archetypal ballerina costume wages war in the contemporary dance world with another fashion contender: the skirt. Indeed, to bare (the leg) or not to bare, that is the question. The romantic tutu made its debut in 1832 when Marie Taglioni wowed audiences by performing in a costume consisting of a tight-fitting bodice and bell-shaped skirt that fell halfway between knees and ankles. It evolved into the short classical tutu, which gained favor when ballet entered the 20th century. With wire hoops and tulle replacing tarlatan, the stiff skirt became de rigueur as a means of displaying virtuosic technique. Today, with a vast array of fabrics available–from sumptuous silks and satins to space-agey materials informed with a 21st-century sensibility–the art of choosing skirts or tutus begins with the choreographer. For Australian-born Stanton Welch, artistic director of Houston Ballet and creator of numerous works for other companies, costuming decisions commence with the score. It comes with hearing the music, he explains. Once I have the concept of what Id like to do and the style of ballet Im going to do, it forms with that. Welchs 1994 Divergence, a sexy, neoclassical ballet, features rubber tutus and was created while he was dancing with Australian Ballet. For Maninyas, which he made two years later for San Francisco Ballet, Welch himself designed the dresses. With Maninyas, he recalls, I was planning on having it very into the ground, with lots of plies. The movement of the skirt was important to match the movement of the ballet. But the spikiness of Divergence, with its flat lines, works for the tutus.
Its a risque move that may horrify traditional fans. A trio of leading dancers from the English National Ballet (ENB) are to pose in raunchy, Moulin Rouge-inspired outfits in Britains biggest-selling “lads mag”. Also planned is a series of unconventional photographs to be released through national newspapers, and ballerinas diet and fitness tips to be shown on morning television programmes. One photograph, a pastiche of the poster for the Oscar-winning film American Beauty, has a female dancer sprawled naked beneath a pile of strategically scattered ballet shoes. Another shows a ballerina dressed as the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker being held in the air by a muscle-flexing bodybuilder.

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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.
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The increase in construction activity was higher in civil engineering. According to seasonally adjusted data, the value of construction put in place in civil engineering rose substantially for the fourth consecutive quarter (by 9.8% in Q1 alone) and was 67.4% higher than in the same quarter of 2006. This vigorous growth is estimated to reflect the accelerated construction of motorways. Activity in the construction of buildings declined according to seasonally adjusted data. The value of construction put in place in the construction of buildings rose steadily from quarter to quarter last year to reach a record-high level in Q4. The value of construction put in place decreased by 2.0% in the three months to March this year but was still 21.0% higher than in the same period last year. Seasonally adjusted activity declined both in the construction of residential and nonresidential buildings. Otherwise, activity rose considerably in the construction of non-residential buildings while it fell in the construction of residential buildings compared with the same period of 2006. In the latter, it even reached the lowest level in two years, according to seasonally adjusted data. In interpreting the value of residential construction put in place we note that these figures exclude the activity of smaller companies (see the note under the table) in which, in our estimate, the construction of buildings is the main activity. The increase in the number of employees continued in Q1. The number of people employed in the construction sector in 2006 was 7.5% higher than in the year before. In the first quarter of 2007, the number of employees rose by as much as 11.3% over the year before. The number of employees by activity rose particularly in building completion and general construction, similarly as last year. In terms of employee status, sole proprietors and their employees recorded higher growth rates (also see p. 10).
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- Real estate - B.J. McGivern was honored as Valley Inc. Realtors top sales associate for the month of September. For more information about McGivern, call 233-4222 or B.J. McGivern.realtor.com. - Harold Herrick has joined Countrywide Realty Inc. of Topeka, specializing in commercial and residential real estate.
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“There are [more than] 30 million Americans who have no health insurance and another 20 million who have inadequate health insurance,” says Rep. Louis Stokes (D0Ohio), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust. “It is mandatory that we begin to try and give Americans–particularly minorities–adequate health care as a right.” The Bush plan would give people not covered by Medicaid tax credits, and families making less than $80,000 a year tax deductions to pay for medical costs. He would also pass laws to ensure that even chronically ill patients could receive health insurance. The plan has received a cool reception on Capitol Hill, and alternate proposals, including a full-scale, government-paid national health insurance plan, are under development. But what does America really want for its health care system? The views are many.
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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Mgt. Realty announced the sale of 82 Mill Plain Road, a one-story, 50,000 SF industrial building in Danbury, Conn., to Westrock Development for $1.75 million. Lee Odell Real Estate Inc. announced the sale of 113-115 Mercer St. in New York City for $10.7 million. The transaction was a contract flip with the contract vendee represented by Joe Rosales. Kathy M. Birenbach-Bass and Bill Bass, of Lee Odell Real Estate, represented the buyer in the transaction. Grubb Ellis Company announced the sale of a 23,000 SF industrial building in Riverhead, N.Y. to Vertical Line Productions. Jack OConnor, executive vice president of Grubb Ellis, represented the buyer in the transaction.
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CancerCancer is, in general, more common in industrialized nations, but there has been a growth in cancer rates in developing countries, particularly as these nations adopt the diet and lifestyle habits of industrialized countries. Over one million people in the United States get cancer each year. Anyone can get cancer at any age; however, about 80 percent of all cancers occur in people over the age of fifty-five.

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Monday May 5, 2003 will go down in history as a day to remember in employment law. It was the day the long-debated amendments to the Health Safety in Employment Act finally came into effect. Why is this new legislation so important? The term “workplace stress” took on a whole new significance, with new obligations for employers, and potentially serious financial consequences for those who ignore them. Workplace stress is no longer simply a sad fact of life. It is now an officially recognised and legislated “workplace hazard”, with the amendments extending the definitions of “harm” and “hazard” to include physical and mental harm caused by work-related stress. A cursory reading of the new legislation might be enough to instantly treble employers workplace stress, but a deeper understanding goes some way to restoring mental equilibrium. The Occupational Safety and Health booklet, Healthy work, Managing Stress in the Workplace, tells employers that “there is only a requirement to manage work stressors or the individuals stressed situation where you can be reasonably expected to know about the stress. Even then the obligation is only to do what is reasonably practicable in the circumstances.”
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.

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Dont wait until the last minute to get children with allergies and asthma ready for summer camp, warns Ellen L. Garibaldi, assistant professor of internal medicine, St. Louis (Mo.) University School of Medicine. Youngsters with these conditions should have a checkup at least once a month prior to leaving for camp to make sure their medicine is controlling their symptoms effectively. Garibaldi says parents can help ease their childrens symptoms without interrupting summer camp. She offers the following tips for kids with allergies: * Sleeping bags can breed mold. Always wash rather than dry clean them before outings because dry cleaning fumes can be harmful to children.
PHOENIX — This summer, the Harlem Globetrotters are providing a unique basketball experience for kids during Campbell Soup Company-sponsored Harlem Globetrotters Summer Youth Basketball Camps in 14 cities across the country. The non-traditional camps, conducted by Harlem Globetrotters players, tipped-off this week in Kansas City. In addition to on-court drills that teach basketball fundamentals, the camps, open to kids ages 6-16, include role-playing sessions on academics, character, leadership, improving self-esteem, avoiding peer pressure and appreciating a healthy lifestyle. The main difference between our basketball camps and others are the classroom sessions, plus, Globetrotter players are there all day each day of the camp, says Globetrotter Anthony Blakes. We emphasize C.H.E.E.R.: Cooperation, Healthy Mind Body, Effort, Enthusiasm and Responsibility, and we take those principals and teach kids how to use them on and off the court. Both morning and afternoon sessions are available, and in addition to the instruction and a memorable experience, all campers will take home an official camp T-shirt, a mini-Globetrotter basketball, a Globetrotters team photo, and a camp picture. Below is a full listing of this years Harlem Globetrotters Summer Youth Basketball Camps.

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While many Westerners find the idea of dining on mans best friend revolting, Asian countries point out that much of the world eats lamb, the French still eat horse, and Americans 0o crazy for pigs, although many scientists consider them to be among the most intelligent animals.

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Male-pattern baldness usually starts with receding hair at the temples, often combined with a balding spot at the back of the head and slowly spreads, ultimately leaving just a horse-shoe-shaped fringe. The hair shedding is speeded up by: advancing age, an inherited tendency to hair loss and an overabundance of the male hormone dihydrotestosterone within the hair follicle. Balding men possess above-average amounts of dihydrotestosterone in the balding scalp follicles. Some of the anti-balding remedies aim to alter the hormonal balance in the hair follicle in an attempt to shut down or reduce hair loss. When Health News last discussed baldness cures in December 1994, we mentioned a University of Toronto study that was about to begin on the efficacy of finasteride or Proscar, a drug used for benign prostate hyperplasia (enlargement), with a possible role in decreasing prostate cancer risks. The results of that study have now shown this substance to be an effective baldness remedy for some people. It inhibits the 5-alpha reductase (enzyme) that transforms testosterone into the dihydrotestosterone (DHT) form responsible for triggering the gene that causes hair loss. Blocking the production of DHT seems to stimulate growth of stronger, thicker and more pigmented hair. In a previous multicentre study reported in 1995, 200 males aged 18 to 35 with distinct baldness had a one-inch circle of scalp shaved and periodically examined for hair growth. The study found that men taking 5 mg per day of oral finasteride had significantly increased hair growth. The majority of men in this study had moderately increased hair growth. Candidates considered suitable for finasteride treatment were men who had already fathered all the children they wished to, as its use for baldness might be lifelong and it could harm any fetus conceived. Further studies showed that far lower amounts of the drug are equally effective in stopping hair loss.
One major difference between herbal remedies and medications made by drug companies is that pharmaceuticals are the devil you know and have been rigorously tested before being permitted on the market. Their possible dangers are spelled out on the package insert. By contrast, the safety profile of most herbal medicines is not listed. People who take herbal preparations should be aware of the sparse regulations governing their use. Most herbal remedies are not legally permitted to be sold as medications in Canada, but are classified as foods. And. since theyre regarded as foods, warning labels are not required. Only a few herbal products bear federal Drug Identification Numbers (DIN) approving their sale as drugs. After centuries of experience, the most highly toxic plants have been eliminated from the herbalists stock-in-trade. Lily-of-the-valley, daffodil, deadly nightshade, jimsonweed and hemlock are among substances banned by Health and Welfare Canada for sale as foods or in food. But reports about the adverse effects of some herbal remedies are surfacing, ranging from minor to serious, from lethal poisonings to allergic reactions. Some of the adverse effects reported from herbs include those from: camomile tea (severe allergic shock), liquorice tonics (heart problems), comfrey (liver toxicity) and oleander tea (dizziness). In one recent case, a woman who mistook oleander for eucalyptus died after drinking the tea. In another an elderly couple died within 24 hours of overdosing on digitalis, mistaking poisonous foxgloves for comfrey. Plants containing pyrrolizidine (e.g., Golden senecio or ragwort) are of increasing concern owing to reports of liver disease from consuming this substance. especially for long periods. Gordolobos tea containing this ingredient - widely consumed in the Southern U.S. - is no longer considered safe. Harmful overdoses of herbal products are most likely when theyre made into strong herbal teas, steeped for 10-20 minutes or more. For examels. liquorice contains chemicals that, taken in large quantities, can cause sodium and water retention, high blood pressure and even cardiac arrest. In addition, herbal remedies can interact with OTC drugs. Some plants such as tonka beans, melilot and woodruff that increase bleeding should not be consumed by those regularly taking ASA (e.g., Aspirin). Several herbs - such as hellebore and hawthorn -can potentiate the effects of the heart medication, digoxin. Others such as bayberry, juniper and St. Johns wort are diuretics that should not be taken by those On prescribed diuretics. In the final analysis, shopping for herbal products is a matter of caveat emptor: buyer beware!

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