I am nominating Natasha Karlin, 15, for Youth of the Day. Natasha is a sophomore at Shawnee Heights High School. She is in the school orchestra and has been playing the violin since third grade. She is a brown belt in Kempo karate, and is a dirt bike motorcycle rider. She recently successfully completed a motorcycle safety course and is now able to ride street legal motorcycles with the rest of us. She has her learners permit for vehicles, as well as motorcycles. Of course, she wants a car, typical of a kid her age. She is meticulous about her hair and clothes. She loves her music - — all kinds except country — and Seventeen magazine. She aspires to be a model some day.
feature the motorcycle and scooter show Look past the models in scanty clothing, says Tim Luckhurst, and the bikes might grab your attention Deciding whether to attend the annual Motorcycle and Scooter Show at Birminghams NEC is not an easy call for grown-ups. But it is particularly hard for the many women bikers who do so much to make modern motorcycling civilised.
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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.
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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Families; rights, laws, and stability. Ed. by Janice R. Redmund and Kathleen B. Killigan.
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Local dealers of recreational vehicles are enjoying double-digit sales increases from 2003. Consumers evidently are not daunted by high fuel prices, but are leery of boarding airlines, preferring to stay closer to home and the areas abundant natural beauty. The National RV Dealers Association reports that RV sales are up 30 percent in Utah and about 10 percent nationally. Kent Richards, president of employee-owned Motor Sportsland, reported a 15 percent increase. Motor Sportsland, 4001 S. State St. is 47 years old and employs 50.
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. — Companies, along with new RV Website RVs.com, Join The High Speed Motorsports World with Andretti #10 Team Sponsorship, Raising Industry Profile This is the first time that an RV dealer network or RV related retailer has taken on a major NASCAR sponsorship. The companies expect this high profile exposure to benefit the RV industry as a whole from retailing to manufacturing. The sponsorships promise to expand awareness among the well matched NASCAR demographic about the RV industry and lifestyle, as well as FreedomRoads and Camping World as premiere RV and RV accessory and camping retailers respectively. The addition of RVs.com rounds out the sponsorships and will stimulate fans to visit what is being touted as the premier RV website for RV buying and selling, financing and a broad range of RV related information. They will kick off the sponsorships with a formal announcement and press event at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday, February 14, 2006. FreedomRoads Chairman and CEO Marcus Lemonis stated, FreedomRoads and Camping World are very excited about entering the Motorsports industry and expanding awareness of what our companies have to offer and the RV lifestyle in general. We are exposing millions of NASCAR fans to this growing lifestyle, and we are positively thrilled to be doing it with the #10 Andretti team.
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FOR THE uninitiated, medical and health insurance is a relatively new class of insurance in Malaysia compared to motor, fire or personal accident insurance. A lot has been written about it, but there continues to be confusion over what health insurance really is.
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MALVERN, Pa. — More help is on the way for home computer users. MRMoser Consulting, Inc. announces the addition of support services for home computer users. The expanded service offering includes home computer setup, checkup/diagnosis, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, advice on purchasing products and custom services — ensuring your home computer is operating at its best. For those who rely on their home computer and want a service that will keep it running smoothly these new services will help fill the gap. Our goal is to take the frustration out of home computing for our customers, said Mark Moser, President. Home computer performance degrades over time without proper maintenance. To protect their investment, home computer users must perform regular maintenance.
Peace-of-mind and computers. War and peace. After talking with an independent computer consultant, I am convinced that the right computer consultant can actually reconcile the concept of peace of mind and computers in a parallel rather than conflicting existence. Once a scarce and uneconomic resource, computer consultants have become more plentiful, economical and accessible to the average computer user. They are also more in need by the computer-using public. Even the most computer loving of us has to admit that we computer users clock many “lost” hours just learning to operate a computer or a new application. We also have to concede that the wasted hours spent trying to revive a computer that is bent on destruction, are hours lost without justification. Local computer expert and consultant Gary R. Oliver of Technology Plus (radgary
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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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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> WELL done, Auto Trader. The car-buying and selling magazine has launched the worlds first blocking system for unwanted calls from carselling agencies. Telesafe replaces an advertised phone number with a new number that automatically blocks black listed canvassers. Auto Trader say that too many of their punters have been scammed by companies charging as much as pounds 70 for absolutely nothing.
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If you are seeking relief for a medical condition, you probably want to find a health care professional-such as a physician, nurse, psychiatrist, psychologist or social worker-who is trained and experienced not only in hypnosis but also with your particular symptom or ailment. Always seek people who have had the maximum training possible in the area in which you are seeking help. Remember, it is your mind they will be working with. Finding a qualified hypnotherapist isnt that hard. Many health care professionals licensed in other fields practice hypnosis, so chances are good that your health care professional can give you a referral. Two major organizations that are recognized as having high professional standards are The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) and The Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH). Both can provide the names of qualified practitioners in your area:
If you are seeking relief for a medical condition, you probably want to find a health care professional-such as a physician, nurse, psychiatrist, psychologist or social worker-who is trained and experienced not only in hypnosis but also with your particular symptom or ailment. Always seek people who have had the maximum training possible in the area in which you are seeking help. Remember, it is your mind they will be working with. Finding a qualified hypnotherapist isnt that hard. Many health care professionals licensed in other fields practice hypnosis, so chances are good that your health care professional can give you a referral. Two major organizations that are recognized as having high professional standards are The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) and The Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH). Both can provide the names of qualified practitioners in your area:
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The Finnish deputy finance minister Ulla-Maj Wideroos yesterday (6 November) presented a compromise proposal for the management of the Bank of Finlands money. Both the bank and the parliament have criticised a proposal to transfer funds from the bank to the state coffers and the European central bank has also criticised the idea.
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THE big four banks lag far behind their Internet competition in service and value for money, say their customers. More than half think the big four - Natwest, Lloyds TSB, HSBC and Barclays - run accounts for their own advantage and almost half think the banks make excessive profits. Independent market researchers Taylor Nelson Sofres found that just under half those surveyed feel that the banks rip them off.
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Canadians born with a disability are likely to be happier than individuals who experienced a disability later in life, according to a study reported in Social Science Medicine. The study examines the factors that are related to people with disabilities and is based on Statistics Canada data. The study found that the sense of well being is independent of the type of physical disability.
Public attitudes toward the disabled have changed. Since the 1970s, advocates for the disabled have won passage of numerous laws on the federal, state, and local levels aimed at making education, employment, and public accommodation more accessible through the elimination of physical barriers to access, as well as affirmative action in the hiring and professional advancement of disabled people. Whereas many people with disabilities were formerly confined to their homes or to institutions, the current trend is geared toward reintegrating disabled persons into the community in ways that enable them the greatest possible amount of independence in both their living arrangements and their jobs. Wheelchair access at building entrances, curbs, and public restrooms has been greatly expanded and mandated by law. Braille signs are standard in public areas such as elevators.
Two major pieces of federal legislation have protected the rights of the disabled: a 1975 law guaranteeing disabled children a right to public education in the least restrictive setting possible and the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which extends comprehensive civil rights protection in employment and access to public areas. Title I of the ADA, which prohibits discrimination by private employers on the basis of disability, is intended to ensure that the same performance standards and job requirements are applied to disabled persons as to persons who are not. In cases where functional limitations may interfere with job performance, employers are required to take any necessary steps to accommodate reasonably the needs of a disabled person, including adjustments to the work environment or to the way in which the job is customarily performed. The ADA also contains provisions ensuring nondiscrimination in state and local government services (Title II) and nondiscrimination in public accommodations and commercial facilities (Title III).
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- Davis, Lennard J. Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body. New York: Verso, 1995.
At some point in a working life-time, one in three Americans suffers an accident or illness that results in loss of income. Few have adequate long-term disability policies to protect.”The lack of disability income insurance policy is the biggest gap in most financial portfolios,” says Jonathan Pond, a Boston financial planner.Some companies offer short-term disability insurance that pays a benefit for 30 to 90 days. Others offer an accidental death and dismemberment policy that pays a flat sum if you lose an arm, a leg, or an eye.
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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.
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. To date, two studies have shown a positive effect in preventing breech births among pregnant women. More research is needed to define the preventive value of acupuncture.
In addition to its efficacy in relieving pain and other chronic conditions, acupuncture has gained in popularity because of several additional advantages:
It lacks the side effects associated with many medications and surgical treatments in Western medicine.
It is highly cost-effective; it may be used early in the course of a disease, potentially saving the patient the cost of hospitalizations, laboratory tests, and high-priced drugs.
It can easily be combined with other forms of therapy, including psychotherapy.
It is noninvasive.
It carries relatively few risks.
Electroacupuncture. In this form of acupuncture, the traditional acupuncture points are stimulated by an electronic device instead of a needle.
Japanese meridian acupuncture. Japanese acupuncture uses thinner, smaller needles, and focuses on the meridians rather than on specific points along their course.
Korean hand acupuncture. Traditional Korean medicine regards the hand as a map of the entire body, such that any part of the body can be treated by stimulating the corresponding point on the hand.
Western medical acupuncture. Western physicians trained in this style of acupuncture insert needles into so-called trigger points in sore muscles, as well as into the traditional points used in Chinese medicine.
Ear acupuncture. This technique regards the ear as having acupuncture points that correspond to other parts of the body. Ear acupuncture is often used to treat substance abuse and chronic pain syndromes.
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Caption: SUPER SHIRTS: To be ready to cash in on sports championships, companies that make sports paraphernalia regularly create items that prematurely celebrate a teams victory. If the team ends up losing the big game, the merchandise is usually destroyed. But World Vision, an international Christian aid organization, is distributing these clothes to needy people, like these Zambians whose shirts celebrate a Bears 2007 Super Bowl championship that didnt happen.
Geoffrey Beene, well known to the ladies for his fashion designs, is almost as well known to men because of the clothes he creates for their lifestyles. Beene, as practical as he is creative, has done a collection of shirts for summer. Were not sure he had an Oklahoma summer of 103 degree temperatures or not, but he does know what New York Citys like this time of year — miserable in the 90s. Beene also does a shirt strictly for sport, a refined polo model woven of ribbed cotton ottoman. This shirt can do business with a jacket when needed. Another shirt maker, Van Heusen, also is turning on the lights for summer. The somber, deep colors dominating the winter and spring seasons are giving way to a lighter, brighter palette. Van Heusen, too, brings forth discreet patterns — mini-houndstooth checks and slim stripes. Cotton chambray is a favored fabric and cool, too. Highlighted in the summer collection are rayon blends.
American Airlines is offering 300 frequent flyer miles for each shirt purchased through Huntington Clothiers and Shirtmakers from now until July 31. These are quality mens dress shirts in a wide variety of styles and colors, with prices beginning at $23.50 and a minimum order of two shirts. Call 24 hours at (800) 848-6203 to order or for a free 56-page catalog. What happens if you arrive at an airport, rental car reservations in hand, and discover that due to a large convention or other event, there are no rental cars anywhere? If youre forced to take cabs everywhere as a result, or if you booked an inexpensive suburban hotel (thinking youd have a car to bring you to meetings downtown) and need to stay in a more expensive downtown hotel as a result, then the rental car company you made reservations with should reimburse you. After all, the company breached its contract with you, and should make good for any reasonable expenses you incurred as a result. Taxi! Visitors to the nations capitol are in for smoother taxi rides. The current confusing zone fare system will be replaced, at a date to be determined, with metered fares. Beginning in June 1998, drivers applying for new licenses cannot have a vehicle older than six years old. Faster European trains If youre planning a visit to Switzerland and Italy this summer, RailEurope has good news for you: the Swiss rail system has expanded the use of super-fast “Pendolino” trains between Milan and Geneva, Basel, Bern and Zurich. These ultra-modern trains tilt slightly when going around curves, which means that the train neednt slow down (it also means that your coffee wont spill). With speeds up to 150 miles per hour, the new trains shave up to an hour off previous schedules, making the train an even better way to view spectacular Alpine scenery. Your Eurailpass is good on these special trains, although you may have to pay a small supplement to reserve a seat. To buy an Eurailpass call (800) 4EURAIL or (800) 438-7245 or see a travel agent. Ron Perry is the president of Prime Time Travel in Oklahoma City. You may call him at 340-1120 if you have any questions or issues you would like to address in “Travel News.”
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Get a shot in the arm If you cant remember the last time you got a tetanus shot, you might want to celebrate next weeks National Public Health Week with a visit to the El Paso County Department of Health and Environment, 301 S. Union Blvd. The department is offering free tetanus shots to adults next week, April 3-7. A tetanus booster is recommended every five to 10 years for adults.
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.”
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The MusicDar Williams discussed during her set the reasons why womyn should switch to organic, unbleached cotton tampons and other products such as sea sponges during our periods. The traces of dioxins found in grocery store tampons are hazardous carcinogens; at the same time, the male-owned “feminine hygiene product” industry is making an astounding profit off our bodies. Williams considered that the organic products are more expensive than mainstream ones, so she offered a few hilarious possibilities for overcoming the increased expense. One suggestion was to give female loved ones packages of woman-safe tampons for birthday and seasonal gifts. For her personal contribution, she stopped at every health food store and co-op on her way to the festival and cleared their shelves of boxes of unbleached tampons. At this point her traveling companions walked down the catwalk with an enormous basket full of tampons and began wildly flinging them into the audience. Gleeful womyn rushed the stage to scoop up flying tampons!Tribe 8 returned for the night stage this year. The audience was noticeably smaller than other nights because many women didnt attend the performance. I hadnt been to one of their shows before so I looked forward to seeing what all the fuss was about from previous years. Yes, Lynn Breedlove hacked off a dildo on stage in Hothead Paisan fashion. I had a visceral jolt of fascination and revulsion watching her saw at the big dildo with her huge, bright silver knife - an effect the whole show seems intended to engender. I enjoyed the show - it was energetic, joyful and participative, even while it fiercely expressed their anger about being women in a patriarchal world. Many women can relate to their first song, “The Mens Room is Down the Hall.” In this song Breedlove challenges those who judge her for not conforming to patriarchal norms of how a woman should dress and act.
Oasis, meanwhile, are set to receive an Outstanding Contribution to Music gong, endorsing a band of musical luddites whose excellent debut album inaugerated an era of lumpen pub rockers suspicious of anything vaguely musically adventurous. So can we put in an early bid for Showaddywaddy getting something next time round?
The Good, the Bad and the Queen, Damon Albarns latest act of musical reinvention, enters the chart at No 2 and is evidence of the Gorillaz mans genuinely questing musical spirit; may The View prove to have a similarly far-sighted outlook.
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Sue Bentley, 41, from Preston, decided to lose weight as her 40th birthday loomed. Things reached crisis point was when I realised my health was affected. Id always been very athletic when I was younger but I was having trouble with my knees and legs. I was worried about ageing and the health problems that might develop. I felt strongly that I was just too young for this and I knew I needed to change. For 18 months I ate a very healthy diet with the help of WeightWatchers and exercised by running and going to the gym, and I lost five stone. A landmark moment was when I managed to run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes - something I hadnt done since I was 19. But the biggest difference is that I finally feel happy with my life.
Only two words can spoil the anticipation of a great party more than “Taras coming”, and those are “Fancy dress”. Remember the humiliation last year when you turned up as Xena Warrior Princess to find the rest of the guests hadnt bothered? For inspiration, look at celebrity make-up artist Kevyn Aucoins book, Face Forward, in which he plays Stars in their Eyes with the Hollywood A-list: transforming Gwyneth Paltrow into Faye Dunaway, Winona Ryder into Liz Taylor and Liza Minnelli into Marilyn Monroe. But then, Aucoin used more than a ton of slap and hair pieces - with that much assistance, he could make Danny De Vito look like Grace Kelly. Without this help, your best bet is to go for simple, identifiable features: false eyelashes, a bowler hat and suspenders for Liza in Cabaret; a white satin slip, heavy black eyebrows and a beauty spot for Liz in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. For a more adventurous ensemble, turn to the professionals. Every city has, if not a theatrical costumier, then at least a vintage clothing store. Many, like Londons Steinberg Tolkien, cover the whole 20th century. Choose a decade and start from there - Louise Brooks in the Twenties, for example, or Seventies Cher.
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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?
Review the following Questions To Ask about breast augmentation and reduction so youre prepared to discuss this important health issue with your health care professional. * 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 reconstruction surgery? What are the benefits of each? * How often have you performed this surgery? What kind of results do you have?
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.
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The phrase “home theater” used to be only a dream for most people, but the number of home theaters is growing. A theater-style setting would include speakers behind the viewers as well as in front, and a sound system sophisticated enough to provide separation from side to side and from front to rear. The intangible factor is the size and shape of the room; its easy to buy the wrong equipment for the setting. ONeil cites statistics showing that only about 7 percent of homes currently have home theaters, but that figure is expected to skyrocket to around 60 percent in the next few years. The Sony Showcase has nine different home theater displays set up in the store, at 4800 West Saginaw.
The new Dell 3100MP fits into the home category, especially with a price tag of $2,499. The 3.5-pound projector can display the output of just about every video device, from computers to DVD players, at a size that the company says is five times that of the largest big- screen television. It uses the industry-standard Texas Instruments digital light processing, or DLP, chip for an XGA resolution of 1,024 by 768 pixels and a brightness of 1,050 lumens. A lumen, simply put, is the amount of light one candle can shine on a one-foot-square section of a surface. Comparable units range from 800 to 1,100 lumens. The Dell 3100MP can handle all television standards, meaning it can be used worldwide without modification. It is housed in a magnesium case and ships with cables to connect to all current video devices.
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TRAIN users face more commuter chaos after drivers threatened a series of 24-hour strikes over safety. The 190 staff with Thameslink, which operates services in London, East Anglia and the Midlands, are protesting against single-operator trains without guards, which they claim put passengers at risk. Drivers are to be ballotted on Tuesday and their union ASLEF is confident they will vote in favour of strikes.
The program combines full-motion, full-screen video with computer graphics. It also offers immediate feedback and allows the user to keep records of test scores. Decision Driving showcases different types of motor vehicles, such as passenger cars, vans, tractor-trailers, and straight trucks. The two-CD set costs $995. There is a 10 percent discount on single purchases for customers and additional discounts for bulk purchases.
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Upping your energy during pregnancy what works for you baby. Women have known for decades that one-size-fits-all is a fallacy, and now a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition indicates that researchers suspect pregnant womens nutritional needs are not a generic, one-size-fits-all concept, either. The study followed healthy women from pre-conception through post-partum to see how they met the energy demands of pregnancy, and if current dietary recommendations typically given out during prenatal care were sufficient. A pregnant woman undeniably needs more energy for the growth of the fetus, placenta, uterus, and breasts, as well as for fat storage and for her metabolism to maintain all these new tissues. Thirty years ago, experts decided a woman needed an extra 250 to 300 calories a day to support all this growth. Recently, the National Academy of Sciences changed these recommendations to 150 calories in the first trimester and 350 in the second and third. Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D., author of Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy says that the key is not how much you gain as how you gain it. Weight gain in pregnancy should be a gradual process, she states. No spikes in the scale reading, but an even, steady gain, with minimal gain in the first trimester and a half a pound to a pound a week in the second and third trimesters.
The subjects included pregnant women booking for delivery at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aarhus University Hospital, from September 1989 to August 1996. The women completed two questionnaires before the first visit for routine care at about 16 weeks of gestation. The information from the first questionnaire was used to obtain data on medical and obstetric history, maternal age, smoking habits before pregnancy and during the first trimester, and alcohol intake during pregnancy. From the second questionnaire the researchers obtained information on intake of coffee, tea, drinking chocolate, and cola and marital status, education, and employment status. They asked about current intake of coffee, tea, drinking chocolate, and cola, and women could indicate any whole number of daily cups of coffee, tea, and drinking chocolate, or bottles of cola. Information about delivery was obtained from birth registration forms filled in by the attending midwife immediately after delivery. Before entering the data, all birth registration forms were manually checked and compared with the medical records by a research midwife. Information about stillbirths was obtained from the data that was collected at the department and from the Danish medical birth register through record linkage using the mothers personal identification number. Information about deaths during the first year of life was obtained from the registry of causes of death, administered by the Danish National Board of Health, and from the civil registration system. Deaths of four children who died according to data from the civil registration system were not registered in the registry of causes of death. The childrens medical records confirmed these deaths. The researchers defined stillbirth as delivery of a dead fetus at or after 28 completed weeks of gestation and infant death as death of a liveborn infant before the age of 1 year. The study population was restricted to singleton pregnancies among Danish speaking women who filled in the first questionnaire, who delivered after 28 completed weeks of gestation, and to those with valid information about coffee intake during pregnancy (n=18,478).
Two techniques used to measure body fat distribution are computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, they use radiation and strong magnetic fields, which are prohibited during pregnancy. Ultrasound is safe during pregnancy, portable, and noninvasive, and has been shown to be highly correlated to CT-derived measures of visceral adiposity. To develop a reliable technique for studying the effect of fat distribution in the body on insulin resistance, some researchers from Denver, Colorado compared the value of skinfold caliper and ultrasound measurements on the distribution of subcutaneous adipose tissue and ultrasound measurements of visceral adiposity (US-VAT) for insulin resistance in pregnant adolescents. In an adolescent maternity program 16 girls, aged 13 to 19 who enrolled before the 14th week of gestation were included in this study. There were two study visits: One at enrollment and a second visit early in the third trimester. The fasting insulin and glucose-to-insulin ration were used to quantify insulin resistance. The distribution of subcutaneous adipose tissue was measured first by using a skinfold caliber at three sites on the extremities (triceps, biceps, and thighs) and three on the trunk (subscapular, costal, and suprailiac) and ten by two experienced songoraphers. The girls gained weight at a rate of 0.5 kg/week during gestation and the study period and gave birth at 38 weeks gestation. Fasting insulin levels and glucose-to-insulin ratios increased significantly during the study period. At the second study visit, fasting insulin level and glucose-to-insulin ratio was significantly correlated with the rate of weight gain. Thus, during this visit, insulin resistance was significantly related to total, visceral, and subcutaneous fat. The skinfold caliper measurement of subcutaneous fat at the subscapular site and the US measurement of subcutaneous fat at the costal site were the best predictors of insulin resistance. BMI was not associated to either model of adiposity.
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High-end technology is about to get even better. Reclining in the technowomb of a high-end home theater with remote control in hand, its hard to imagine how things could get any more cutting-edge. Even consumer-grade home theater components bought at Best Buy can deliver relatively impressive results, but todays state-of-the-art home theater is a far more extraordinary -and expensive -beast. A high-end home theater, flexing seven channels of high-powered audio (at least 200 watts per channel), matched speakers, a top-notch, stand-alone surround sound processor, an outboard video processor, numerous source components, top quality interconnects, and comfy seating-installed by a certified professional-can drag you well into six figures. But dont flinch at the price, because in this exalted range you can expect to get what you pay for.
Audio/Video Interiors is positioning itself as a smart, souped-up shelter magazine for the nineties consumer.Since launching in 1989, the Woodland Hills, California-based title has seen ad pages climb from 289 as a bimonthly in 1990, according to Publishers Information Bureau figures, to 397 pages as a monthly last year. Through October of this year, the magazines executives note, ad pages are up 12 percent and ad revenues are up 16 percent. (East Coast revenues are up about 26 percent, reflecting the titles growing presence in that region, while revenues for the more mature West Coast market are up about 6 percent.) New advertisers Henredon Furniture, Pennsylvania House Furniture and Jasper Cabinet Co. are just a few of the dozen or so non-endemic players now appearing in the title. Moreover, circulation was up 14.1 percent for the first half of 1993, to 57,765, from 50,628 for the same period of 1992, according to the latest figures from Audit Bureau of Circulations.”The shelter books offer a broader scope and response rate, but the response to AVI has been incredible,” maintains Kathy Oswald, manager of graphic design and photography for Pennsylvania House (where she also oversees advertising).
There was so much talk this summer about the death of movie theaters that one nearly expected a lynch mob of Hollywood studio heads to charge their enemies like villagers crashing a castle gate. The castle in this case, being the consumer electronics industry now benefiting from consumers interest in the home theater. That said, home theater has helped to kill the home audio category and the trend toward integrated systems shows little sign of letting up. There are, however, some products driving the upgrade cycle such as new advanced versions of DVD including the pending HD and Blu Ray formats. People are looking at adding to, or completing, their systems with new products, said Philip Abram, vp of marketing, home audio and home video, for Sony. Components will become more exciting again. but were still a year or so away from the point where the consumer wont have to be a computer scientist to get it to work.
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Caption: Analyzing Real Estate Investments. Stephen N. Carter, principal, The Carman Group, LLC at The Learning Annex teaching new investors about quantitative and qualitative tools for investing in property.
The research reported in this issue is generally focused in two areas. First, several authors look at the role of publicly traded real estate securities in portfolio management for investors in direct real estate equities. Simon Stevenson, in The Long Term Advantages to Incorporating Indirect Securities in Direct Real Estate Portfolios examines the impact of REIT investment in both an optimal and a more probable world. His findings are interesting because they show that REITs bring improved performance to portfolios that look more like the NCREIF portfolio while their marginal value to an optimized direct portfolio may not be evident. The other interesting finding is a significant performance improvement brought by the addition of multi-national property securities to a domestic direct portfolio. Should investors approach an asset class in the context of their portfolio goals? Timothy Craft explores that issue in The Role of Private and Public Real Estate in Pension Plan Portfolio Allocation Choices. He examines the portfolio allocation choice in the context of a plans pension liabilities. One interesting result is a resolution of the dichotomy between standard optimization models that often argue for high real estate allocations and the typically lower allocations found in existing plan portfolios. Michael Seiler, James Webb and Neil Myer test the expectation that private real estate portfolios can be adjusted with real estate securities in Can Private Real Estate Portfolios Be Rebalanced/Diversified Using Equity REIT Shares? They conclude that REITs are a worthwhile addition to mixedasset portfolios but that they do not bring the ability to effectively rebalance or create marketneutral portfolios.
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 5%) 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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SOLDIERS who abuse drugs are to be sent on a new rehab programme designed to help them kick their habit. Promising recruits who fall foul of the armed forces strict drugs rules will be offered the course as an alternative to being sacked. The scheme - called the Early Intervention Programme - is set to be introduced this autumn across the Army, Royal Navy and RAF.
“These results are not surprising,” said Eric Mitchell, Founder of Drug
Rehab Referral, a company dedicated to helping people find the right
alcohol or drug treatment for their situation. “Thats why we provide
interventions. The majority of calls we receive are from distraught family
members. Sometimes theyve suffered through years of watching someone they
care about ruin their lives and their livelihood. Theyve tried to convince
them that they have a problem and need help, but are continually met with
resistance. They just dont know where to turn. Finally, they call us,” he
said.
Most alcoholics and drug abusers promise they will change but its
painfully rare. Pleas and reasoning from friends and family is not enough.
Only a well-trained and experienced intervention specialist understands
alcohol and drug abuse and what the addicted person is going through. A
specialist knows how to approach someone who is addicted, and how to reach
and get through to them so they can finally agree to get help.
“Despite the promises and the best of intentions,” Mr. Mitchell said, “most
addicts are just not able to do it on their own. They dont intentionally
break their promises, they just cant help themselves. The situation is far
beyond their control.”
Rock star Pete Doherty said last night he will again try to kick his drug addiction using a medical implant. REARWINDOWPAGES 48-49
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Command Data, 800-624-1872; Circle 202
RISK PROBLEMS/SOLUTIONS Our fictitious business, Riverside Hardware Store, Inc. (RHS), owned several vehicles, including all of the business owners personal vehicles. Besides the personal cars, RHS also owned several pickup trucks. The owners insurance company wrote the coverage using the most restrictive covered auto description that was available. The restrictive coverage is shown on the Business Auto Policys declaration page as “specified autos only.” There was no premium difference between using the broadest description of covered autos and the most restrictive definitions of covered autos. Activating “any auto” is accomplished by putting the appropriate symbol on the declarations page.
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October 18, 2007 Homeland Security Presidential Directive/ HSPD-21 Subject: Public Health and Medical Preparedness
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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Zultys Technologies today announced the BTC
phone, a powerful wireless conference phone that is compatible with its
range of SIP IP phones as well as mobile phones. The BTC (Bluetooth
Conference Phone) provides unparalleled speech quality and removes clutter
from the conference room table.
The BTC phone is aesthetically designed to enhance any conference room. Its
batteries power the unit for about a week, obviating the need for power
cables and phone lines to be dragged across the conference room table. The
portability and use of open standards permit the phone to be moved from
room to room or to a remote facility — even your car. The phone has four
microphones and a powerful DSP (Digital Signal Processor) ensuring clarity
of both the listeners as well as those at the other end of the call. The
phones speaker output is best in its class and the acoustic echo
cancellation permits a natural conversation.
“We have been delighted with the quality of Zultys products and service
since our installation several months ago,” said Dennis Cabuco, IT manager
at the San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper, in San Francisco, California.
“There has not been a viable solution for adding conference phones to an IP
system before Zultys introduced this phone. We love the fact that Zultys
products are so flexible, easy to use, and have such great speech quality.”
Booth 3058 The NetLink s340 and s640 Docking Stations provide a desktop telephone set that charges the NetLink e340 or NetLink i640 Wireless handsets, as well as functioning as a full-featured digital PBX extension. Equipped with a speakerphone, charging cradle and optional push-to-talk capability, the desksets are ideal for managers and staff personnel who need the convenience of a desk phone and the flexibility of a wireless handset. Because the docking stations communicate via the wireless infrastructure, they also reduce wiring costs and provide telephone access in difficult-to-wire environments.–Spectra Link [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
It incorporating a RangeStar GPS antenna, a SiRFstar IIe 12-channel DGPS chipset, a Texas Instruments processor, software from Axiom Navigation Incorporated and a Panasonic battery. It can interface with Palm and Handspring handheld computers via an optional cable.
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SARA HEAD, VENTURA, CALIF.
I know we have been down this road before, but it is, IMHO, worth talking about again. The robotic vehicle competition done under the aegis of the governments Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency–DARPA–is by far and away the coolest thing I have covered in 32 years of walking this beat. The latest milepost to be passed in what is now a three-and-a-half year process was completed on Nov. 3 in Victorville, Calif., when six of 11 robots completed their toughest test yet–driving in traffic. The story is elsewhere in the issue. Having been to two of DARPAs three challenges, the whole thing just keeps getting cooler.
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The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on whether rehabilitated substance abusers have protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act.The case tests policies that restrict the employment of substance users who have completed rehabilitation programs.The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found the policies to be in violation of ADA.
Scotland is expected to have special drug courts as early as this summer that will allow sheriffs to sidetrack addicted offenders into intensive rehabilitation programmes instead of prison sentences. The idea, modelled on a system used in parts of the USA and Canada, is to be pushed forward by drugs minister Iain Gray during next week, along with other announcements to flesh out the crime- fighting and drugs treatment programme of the Scottish Executive. The renewed funding comes with the requirement that it focuses its efforts more clearly on fund-raising from private sector businesses in order to pay for education programmes aimed at children.
Since the ADAs exclusion is narrowly confined to current users of illegal drugs, it does not apply to individuals who are dependent on alcohol. Under the ADA, an alcoholic is disabled, and therefore protected, provided that he or she is otherwise qualified for employment. Therefore, an employer cannot discriminate against an applicant or employee solely because of his or her alcoholism. Generally, a connection to performance or essential job functions must be established.Similarly, while the definition of illegal drugs includes legal drugs unlawfully obtained, the ADAs exclusion does not apply to individuals who become dependent on legally prescribed medication. For example, a person who takes morphine to control the pain caused by cancer is not using a drug illegally if the morphine is taken under the supervision of a licensed physician.
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The October Co. The October Co. offers the new Triple-Tier Jewelry System and the DeLuxe 32 Compartment Jewelry Tray (shown). The DeLuxe 32 Compartment Jewelry Tray offers more compartments for expanded storage of rings, earrings and more. Thirty storage compartments of various sizes and two foam ring pads accommodate jewelry of various sizes. The Triple-Tier System can be configured into one, two or three acrylic tiers with a suspended or sliding upper tray. Both products are available in black, blue, maroon and teal green velvet in standard and custom sizes.
At first look, Eichhorn Jewelry store in downtown Decatur looks like hundreds of other jewelry stores in hundreds of other communities across the country with brightlylit show windows on either side of the front entrance to entice customers. On closer examination, however, its not youre typical jewelry store, it is a very special place. Patrons first impression of the 35 yearold store is “WOW!” One-hundred yearold vertical display cases with huge windows that slide up on the north wall are expertly lit to highlight eclectic groupings of jewelry. Unlike most stores, the main showcases, the ones John Eichhorn started his business with in 1965, are situated in the center of the showroom rather than along the sides and are also antiques. The floor cases are from 1929 when Keller Jewelry was located in the Eichhorn building. The diamond sorting table in a back room is a 100-year-old wooden library table that was left behind by the previous owner of the building who was also a jeweler. From the showroom one can peer down a short hall at the end of the store to the large steel door of the vault where the company places its valuable inventory every evening. The vault used to be part of the First National Bank in Adams County, which was the only one that didnt shut down in the crash of 1929.
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Marilyn Willms Marilyn Willms — has joined the Tom Lane Team as a Realtor associate, along with Tom Lane, Sharon Markley, Michele Loeffler, Wayne Wischropp and John Lane at Realty Executives of Topeka.
- 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.
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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- 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.
Jerry Long
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Jerry Long
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.
Jerry Long
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In an era of advanced technology, U.S. troops may find that four-legged
transportation works better than their modern-day Humvees in the deserts of
Afghanistan. Like the Civil War soldiers who fought before them, todays
Army understands that a horse and rider can be a formidable fighting
machine. A new documentary film entitled “Horses of Gettysburg” takes an
in-depth look at this partnership. The film is narrated by Ronald F.
Maxwell, director of “Gettysburg” and “Gods and Generals,” and captures the
unique bond between soldiers and their horses in the Civil War. Currently
available for preorder, the 2-DVD box set will be released on May 2, 2006.
The box set contains the 116-minute Directors Cut from the high-definition
master with more than 3 hours of additional DVD features that celebrate the
forgotten heroes of the Civil War and their critical role in shaping the
United States of America that we live in today. Included in the Special
Features are interviews with Ronald F. Maxwell, notable Hollywood horse
wrangler Doug Sloan and Gettysburg National Military Park Ranger and Civil
War author Eric Campbell. When discussing the horses involvement in the
Civil War, Campbell says, “Horses made the Civil War possible.”
Chinese operators saddle up for `Year of the Horse A few weeks after Western operations make hay with New Years Eve, a one-night stand that can be profitable when carefully organized, its the Chinese restaurants turn. The lunar new year, a week-long celebration, usually begins sometime between the last week in January and the 10th of February. This year, the year of the horse, starts Jan. 27. In the past hotel dining rooms used events of this kind, billed as festivals, to generate business. Now other independent operaitons around the country are joining in. Seasonal food events, such as truffle or asparagus menus or menus that highlight a particular region of France or Italy or winemakers dinners, provide clever operators with similar opportunities to fill seats, again for the higher-priced fixed menu. Wine, but not cocktails, might be included, or there may be suggested wines at several prices.
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Meerkats Safari
This year, the Great Circle Air Safari hopes to raise enough funds for the RFDS to purchase replacement aircraft ($8 million each, funded by the Australian community). It also wants to publicize on the “mantle of safety” that the RFDS provides for people who travel in regional and remote Australia.-Chris Fletcher
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In an era of advanced technology, U.S. troops may find that four-legged transportation works better than their modern-day Humvees in the deserts of Afghanistan. Like the Civil War soldiers who fought before them, todays Army understands that a horse and rider can be a formidable fighting machine. A new documentary film entitled Horses of Gettysburg takes an in-depth look at this partnership. The film is narrated by Ronald F. Maxwell, director of Gettysburg and Gods and Generals, and captures the unique bond between soldiers and their horses in the Civil War. Currently available for preorder, the 2-DVD box set will be released on May 2, 2006. The box set contains the 116-minute Directors Cut from the high-definition master with more than 3 hours of additional DVD features that celebrate the forgotten heroes of the Civil War and their critical role in shaping the United States of America that we live in today. Included in the Special Features are interviews with Ronald F. Maxwell, notable Hollywood horse wrangler Doug Sloan and Gettysburg National Military Park Ranger and Civil War author Eric Campbell. When discussing the horses involvement in the Civil War, Campbell says, Horses made the Civil War possible.
THE news that Channel Four was planning a half-hour lunchtime racing programme to be broadcast every weekday was welcomed at the time but, sadly for all concerned, six weeks down the line from its high profile launch, the whole product has left much to be desired. Taking a leaf out of the New Labour governments policy of education, education, education, the shows producers have started from a point of believing that this “new” audience of racing know “hee-haw” and have to be educated from primary one level. Its not quite “this is a horse”, but the base camp isnt much higher up the intellectual mountain. Main presenters such as Mike Cattermole and Alice Plunkett just about manage to carry this off, explaining why some jockeys have a 7lb allowance, why some have to get nasty and give the horse a good skelp and even how if you put your (pounds) 1 on a 3/1 shot, that means you get (pounds) 4 back (titter ye not), but the basic format, the racing fare on offer and the timing of it are all wrong.
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“It is mainly from former clients who have been on overland journeys in the past and now want to repeat the experience with their own children,” he said. “The trend for family long-haul travel is one we have noted.” The next safari departs on 28 July (tel: 01728 861133) CORBIS
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Honestly, we didnt intend to start this kind of service because we are manufacturers of bouncers and not renters, but the number of incoming rental requests was so high that we thought implementing a searchable database would ease the workload for our sales team. The fact that it has proven to be such a welcome resource for our customers has been a wonderful bonus for everyone involved, says the BouncerLand team leader. The database began as a simple service for local customers and has grown to include bouncer rental services from across the country. Whether a person is in need of a bounce house or a rental company is looking for ways to reach new customers, the free database is definitely worth investigating. Since the inception of BouncerLands rental database just over five months ago, more than seven hundred rental companies have listed their services. Party rental services who list themselves see an almost immediate growth in their businesses. Creating a listing in BouncerLands rental database is absolutely free and is a must for any party rental services that are interested in increasing their customer base and raising their business revenue.
TRAFFIC WARDENS are being given the same training as nightclub bouncers, to help them cope with a surge in “ticket rage” attacks by drivers. The Transport Committee for London (TCL) plans to raise council parking penalties above the rate of inflation, from pounds 60 to pounds 80 for central London and from pounds 40 to pounds 60 in outer London. Motoring groups say the increases, expected to be implemented on 1 April 1999 by the Department of Transport, will provoke more assaults. They accuse councils, which took pounds 239m in fines last year, of profiteering. Last month, the House of Lords rejected a Bill by London authorities to make it a specific offence to attack a warden, like an assault on police. Westminster council, which tops the league for the amount of revenue in parking fines, is training its staff in “non- confrontational” techniques. “We are disappointed the Bill was rejected because it was intended to protect staff,” said Alan Bradley, chairman of the councils environment and planning committee. Camden council is also considering training its staff in self-defence tactics used by police. Paul Clyndes, a traffic warden for Camden council and Unison branch health and safety officer, says his colleagues are worried that fine increases will inflame drivers further. He has been spat at, verbally abused and threatened with violence. After the television programme Clampers was screened, Mr Clyndes says assaults increased from one to four a week in his area. Ive had my sexuality called into question, Ive had things thrown at me and Ive been chased. Colleagues have had cars driven at them and been driven over. “It has become acceptable for people to vent their anger on us and treat us like second class citizens. But there is no bonus if we issue more tickets. The police should do more to prosecute the attackers.” The AA also condemns the increases, saying a rise in “ticket rage” is likely, and the changes contravene government guidelines stating the discount for council fines paid early should be in line with police penalties. The TCL says the increases are intended more as a deterrent. A spokesman added: “People get irate if they get a ticket, not because the price has increased.”
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The residences are perfect for visiting patients and doctors, as well as corporate travelers or local residents who desire luxury furnished apartment accommodations. Weekly maid service, all utilities, satellite television, concierge, and a 24-hour front desk are all included in the stay. Guests can also get high speed Internet, phone service, voicemail and valet for a reasonable charge. Were so excited to be the first to offer Rochester visitors a spectacular new luxury furnished apartment alternative to hotels, says Kim Krollman, regional sales manager for Oakwood Worldwide. Oakwood Broadway Plazas many first-class amenities include: a suite of designer furniture in every residence; luxury linens; fully equipped gourmet kitchen with granite countertops and solid cherry wood cabinets with deluxe dinnerware; a state-of-the-art fitness center with indoor swimming pool, spa, and cold plunge; and stunning panoramic views from every apartment. The property will also have restaurants, retail space and Skyway access to the Mayo Clinic and all of downtown Rochester.
ONE Manhattan apartment, six interior designers, an eBay auction budget and eight weeks to decorate. Sound like the newest reality designing show? When executives at online auctioneer eBay were looking for a new way to highlight their home furnishings category, they turned to renowned interior designers and set them loose on the site.
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The Cal-Hypo feeder delivers free available chlorine for the sanitation and oxidation of pools, water parks and aquatic facilities. The feeder is a self-draining, plastic dissolution tank for the application of the ProGuard Calcium Hypochlorite Tablet. Its easy to use and minimizes handling of chemicals. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
by AquaPower-Plus Salt Water Chlorinators Features: saltwater chlorinator for pools and spas; designed to run at 2500 ppm of salt: clear cell Offerings: 24 hour turnaround on defected cells; five-year warranty Contact: AquaPower Plus Salt Water Chlorinators, Chandler, Ariz (866) 725-8766
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Because weight control is big business, countless numbers of bogus quick weight loss plans are available. Kay Stanfill, a registered dietician at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, offers some advice on how to determine the truth about weight loss: Does the plan require that you do absolutely nothing? (Lose weight while you sleep, etc.) “Losing weight without any effort is a fantasy that we all share. But if a person is trying to be healthy, he or she will have to learn to change ingrained behaviors–namely eating and exercising habits.” Does the diet radically skew your eating habits, such as the “pineapple diet,” the “cottage cheese diet,” etc.? Diets which restrict a persons choices generally are doomed from the start. If adhered to for a long time, they cant provides sufficient nutrition. Also, “if a person restricts anything from his or her diet–you usually can bet that that will become his or her next |binge food. There is nothing like deprivation to make people crave a particular food.”
A recent investigation set out to test a novel approach to sustaining long-term contact with individuals after participation in a structured behavioral weight loss program. Two hundred and fifty-five (209 women and 46 men) overweight and obese adults were recruited through newspaper advertisements for participation in the study. Criteria for participation included age over 18, BMI greater than or equal to 25 kg/[m.sup.2], and a computer with adequate memory and connection speed. All subjects participated in an identical 6-month behavioral weight control intervention conducted over interactive television (ITV). Following weight loss, subjects were randomly assigned to one of three weight maintenance conditions: 1) Internet support (IS); 2) frequent in-person support (F-IPS); 3) minimal in-person support (M-IPS). All subjects were seen for assessment measures at baseline and at 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months. Main outcome measures included body weight, program adherence, and social influence components. There were no significant differences among the groups in weight loss (mean [+ or -] SD) from baseline to 18 months (7.6 kg [+ or -] 7.3 kg vs. 5.5 kg [+ or -] 8.9 kg vs. 5.1 kg [+ or -] 6.5 kg, p=0.23 for the IS, M-IPS, and F-IPS, respectively). Participants assigned to an Internet-based weight maintenance program managed similar weight loss over 18 months when compared with face-to-face counseling. It appears that Internet-based support is a viable means for promoting long-term weight maintenance.
Meal and snack replacement products helped participants in a German study lose weight-and keep it off. Losing a small percentage of body weight can make a big difference in reducing an obese persons risk of developing cardiovascular disease or diabetes. Yet maintaining weight loss over the long term can be a problem. A German study published in the August 2000 issue of Obesity Research reports that using one meal and one snack replacement product a day can help those whove lost weight keep it off.
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Britney Spears left a live-in drug rehabilitation facility early Wednesday in Malibu, Calif, less than a day after checking in, according to several reports. The TV show “Extra” and the celebrity Web site TMZ.com said the 25-year-old pop star had left the center far short of the usual 45- day stay. TMZ said she couldnt handle rehab and went home.
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George Carlin is entering a drug rehabilitation facility to shake his dependence on wine and a painkiller. The name and location of the facility werent disclosed.
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R. v. Book Provincial Court of Alberta Sept. 1, 1999
Hypnosis is a medium or modality through which you may become more alert to your own thoughts and feelings. But its not all that different from being absorbed in thought, or reading a book. With hypnosis, you are far more open to suggestion, at least, to suggestions compatible with what you are motivated to achieve. It is a form of intense receptive concentration. Accordingly, hypnosis often is used to modify behavior and overcome phobias and bad habits-it can help you make changes that youve been unable to make otherwise. Questions notwithstanding, hypnosis seems to be an effective modality for many people. In fact, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) panel has endorsed its use for the relief of various types of chronic pain. As a relaxation technique, hypnosis can help reduce your stress. Its also used to relieve phobias, lessen anxiety, break addictions and to ease symptoms of conditions such as asthma or allergy. Using hypnosis can help patients control nausea and vomiting from cancer medications and morning sickness, reduce bleeding during surgery, steady the heartbeat and bring down blood pressure.
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