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Eight of the 12 categories showed an ad spending increase in June compared to last year, including Automotive (+34.2%), Services/Direct Response (+22.6), Retail (+22.3) and Horticulture/Farming (+15.3). The Travel (-26.6%), Computers (-14.9), Software (-7.0) and Telecom (0.3) categories showed spending declines. Half of the categories showed an ad page increase, led by Horticulture/Farming (+87.9%), and half showed an ad page decline.
Business Editors TRUMBULL, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 21, 2002 Imagistics International Inc. (NYSE: IGI), formerly Pitney Bowes Office Systems, today announced the launch of its first nationwide advertising campaign to build brand awareness and national recognition for its office document equipment and solutions.
Unity PrintingOwner: John Wilkerson Address: 2024 W. 2nd St., Little Rock, 664-2223 Start-up date: June With 19 years of printing experience, John Wilkerson decided to open his own printing and typesetting business, Unity Printing.

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Maureen Arnn joins Littler Mendelson as an associate, representing and counseling management on federal and state labor and employment laws. Arnn formerly served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable William Q. Hayes, U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California.
Leslie F. Keehn and Rebecca J. Gemmel joined the law firm of Sullivan Wertz McDade Wallace as associates. Keehns practice includes all aspects of civil trials and appeals, with an emphasis on business and real estate disputes. Gemmel specializes in representing developers and public agencies in matters involving residential and commercial real estate transactions.

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Ron Herman has been appointed senior vice president and general manager for Universal CityWalk Operations, Universal Studios Hollywood. Herman will oversee the operations, leasing, retail, marketing and sales for the entertainment complex.
Woodland Hills-based Panavision Inc. has hired Bobby G. Jenkins to serve as the companys executive vice president and chief financial officer. Jenkins will succeed Scott Seybold, who will now serve as executive vice president for business development. Studio City-based TLC Entertainment has named Maureen Smith a partner. Smith will focus on expanding the family entertainment production company s library of film, TV and cable properties and oversee marketing and brand management. Smith previously served as president of the Fox Family Channel and Fox Kids Network.

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MicroDental Laboratories About Micro Advanced Cosmetics (MAC), a division of MicroDental
In addition to providing the industrys best veneers and aesthetics to the top cosmetic dentists in the field, MicroDental and the MACVENEERS team are absolutely committed to partnering with them to take their practices to the next level, said Fred Walke, CEO, MicroDental Laboratories. We provide valuable benefits that no other lab can — from pre-qualified leads through our Referral Program to customized marketing materials and co-marketing programs to increase awareness and elevate the image of their practices. We know that helping each of our clients helps to further the industry as a whole. The VIP-only MicroDental Public Relations Marketing luncheon (Thursday, May 18th during the AACD Scientific Session from 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.) will provide strategic insights and practical knowledge on how to successfully raise the public profile of and grow a cosmetic dentistry practice. Featuring a luncheon keynote address from Andrew Getsey, founder of Atomic Public Relations, a top national PR firm, lectures from leading marketing professionals, key clinicians, and a representative from InStyle, the countrys leading style magazine, the luncheon will cover best practices in public relations, advertising, web marketing, direct mail and more. MicroDentals annual party is always a highlight at AACD, and this year is no exception. On Friday, May 19th, MicroDental and MACVENEERS will be hosting the White Party at San Diegos hottest downtown nightclub, Thin. Doors open at 9 p.m. for this white attire only event for VIP dentists and select guests. Attendees are encouraged to dress to impress.
Periodontal Disease Linked to Total Body Health Through DNA LAS VEGAS — A new test is available that allows dentists and patients to combat gum disease. The test is called DNA-PCR and is administered at Dr. Azimis downtown Las Vegas dental office. Using DNA technology, the DNA-PCR test allows us to specifically identify oral bacteria that cause infections much earlier and treat them before they cause severe damage to a persons health, said Dr. Azimi, DDS, the first general and cosmetic dentist in Nevada certified to administer the DNA-PCR exam.

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Ads Highlight Ricohs Ability to Provide New Solutions for Production Printing Industry WEST CALDWELL, N.J., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Ricoh Americas Corporation announced today the launch of a new print and online advertising campaign for the RICOH Pro C900, the newest product from Ricohs Production Printing Business Group (PPBG). Created by Gigante Vaz Partners, Inc., the campaign highlights PPBGs ability to provide a new approach to production printing based on understanding and addressing customers specific printing needs. The ads are designed to reach key audiences within PPBGs core business segments: In-Plants, Data Centers and Graphic Arts. The new campaign features visuals of customers pondering various printing needs, with creative that touts the products quality and affordability. In order to encourage customers to consider Ricoh and the Pro C900 when choosing a production device, the campaigns Think Production. Think Ricoh slogan positions the RICOH Pro C900 as the solution for critical printing needs such as web-to-print, variable data printing, and document design and production. The affordability message is supported by the printers superior performance combined with its extremely low maintenance and ability to co-exist within the current production printing environment. In addition, the RICOH Pro C900 incorporates Trained Customer Replaceable Units (TCRU), which allows customers to replace necessary parts, minimizing downtime and maximizing productivity.
MALVERN, Pa. — Stream Companies, one of the Philadelphia regions fastest growing marketing, advertising and promotions agencies, recently hired advertising industry veteran Marc Crusemire as the companys Director of Business Development. Crusemire joins the team at Stream Companies from his most recent position with Comcast Spotlight (Exton, PA). Previously, he was Advertising Director for The Trentonian (NJ) and Daily Local News (West Chester, PA) at the Journal Register Company. Earlier, Crusemire was the Business Development Coordinator, Major Accounts Manager and Display Advertising Manager for The Calkins Newspaper Group. He is a 1991 graduate of Temple University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism, and a concentration in Advertising. Crusemire, his wife and two daughters reside in Chester County.
The What It Takes television spot focuses on how it takes a person with truly special and unique qualities — from patience and dedication to a sense of humor — to handle the day-to-day challenges of running a small business. Recognizing small business owners are stretched for time and lack the resources of large corporations, the MasterCard ad captures real-life small business moments such as working odd hours and dealing with faulty office equipment. MasterCards What It Takes commercial salutes people in business for themselves, while also demonstrating why MasterCard business cards are the most effective way to pay for all the things a small business needs. A corresponding print ad is slated to break later this summer in publications such as Fortune, New York Times Magazine, TIME and The Wall Street Journal. The creative used in the print versions will follow the What It Takes theme leveraged in the new television commercial. Both the television and print ads are designed to build awareness of MasterCards suite of solutions created specifically for small business owners. To address the needs of this target market, MasterCard developed MasterCard Working for Small Business, a comprehensive global program that provides small businesses with payment cards, online tools and other resources that deliver financial control, data management, analysis and reporting, along with rewards and benefits.

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The telephone is the most neglected leasing and marketing tool in the multi-housing industry. We spend thousands and thousands of dollars a year to make that telephone ring; then we act like its bothering us.Remember, four out of five of your future residents first come in contact with you through the telephone. The skill and attention you pay to developing and practicing good telephone techniques plays a big part in whether or not you convert those prospects into leases.In developing your telephone techniques, keep in mind what you need to accomplish with the call:
TelephoneA working electrical voice-transmission system was first demonstrated by Johann Philipp Reis in 1863. His machine consisted of a vibrating membrane that opened or closed an electric circuit. While Reis only used his machine to demonstrate the nature of sound, other inventors tried to find more practical applications of this technology. They were found by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 when he was awarded a patent for the first operational telephone. This invention proved to revolutionize the way people communicate throughout the world.Bells interest in telephony was primarily derived from his background in vocal physiology and his speech instruction to the deaf. His breakthrough experiment occurred on June 2, 1875. He and his assistant, Thomas Watson, were working on a harmonic telegraph. When a reed stuck on Watsons transmitter an intermittent current was converted to a continuous current. Bell was able to hear the sound on his receiver confirming his belief that sound could be transmitted and reconverted through an electric wire by using a continuous electric current.

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Maureen Arnn joins Littler Mendelson as an associate, representing and counseling management on federal and state labor and employment laws. Arnn formerly served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable William Q. Hayes, U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California.
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Hut! Hut! Hut!/ NOT JUST FOR WINTER ANYMORE The 10th Mountain Division Hut system isnt just for cross- country skiers. The huts are open all year around for hikers and mountain bikers, too. Learn more at a free program given by Jarod Trowe at 7 p.m. Thursday at REI, Academy Boulevard and Woodmen Road.
Ask an expert A Colorado Springs woman who decided to drive to Denver instead of flying the first leg of her trip to Chicago showed up at DIA only to find her entire trip had been canceled by the airline. How did this happen? Local travel agent Tim Lange gets asked questions like this all the time. Hes a member of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Society of Travel Agents, and if he doesnt have an answer, hell find one.

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>CHICAGO — Sears has purchased Columbus, Ohio-based Continental Carpet Cleaning, which becomes its largest carpet cleaning licensee. Called Sears Carpet Upholstery Care, the business will be part of Sears Home Services. Terms of the purchase, which was completed May 15, werent disclosed. The acquisition is all part of the companys previously announced plans to build its home services business.
Rug Doctor has launched a professional carpet-cleaning-products line–the Rug Doctor PRO. The line is available in gallon sizes and is specially formulated to work with the Rug Doctor carpet-cleaning machine. Volume discounts of up to 40-percent off and free shipping are available for the hospitality industry.

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The Public Health programme 2003-2008 is a key strategic tool for the development of health policy within the EU. The programme provides the means to support actions in areas where the EU can make a difference, the ultimate goal being to contribute to a high level of physical and mental health and well-being throughout the EU. The programme is open to institutions, associations, organisations and bodies in the health field.
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.
For women only Women can learn about heart disease, menopause, infertility and other health issues at a Womens Health Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Chapel Hills Mall. Sponsored by Memorial Hospital, the health fair will include $5 bone-density screenings for osteoporosis for the first 400 women. Women also may talk to a nurse about breast self-exams.

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The telephone is the most neglected leasing and marketing tool in the multi-housing industry. We spend thousands and thousands of dollars a year to make that telephone ring; then we act like its bothering us.Remember, four out of five of your future residents first come in contact with you through the telephone. The skill and attention you pay to developing and practicing good telephone techniques plays a big part in whether or not you convert those prospects into leases.In developing your telephone techniques, keep in mind what you need to accomplish with the call:
TelephoneA working electrical voice-transmission system was first demonstrated by Johann Philipp Reis in 1863. His machine consisted of a vibrating membrane that opened or closed an electric circuit. While Reis only used his machine to demonstrate the nature of sound, other inventors tried to find more practical applications of this technology. They were found by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 when he was awarded a patent for the first operational telephone. This invention proved to revolutionize the way people communicate throughout the world.Bells interest in telephony was primarily derived from his background in vocal physiology and his speech instruction to the deaf. His breakthrough experiment occurred on June 2, 1875. He and his assistant, Thomas Watson, were working on a harmonic telegraph. When a reed stuck on Watsons transmitter an intermittent current was converted to a continuous current. Bell was able to hear the sound on his receiver confirming his belief that sound could be transmitted and reconverted through an electric wire by using a continuous electric current.

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The Concrete Centres activities and achievements have made significant progress during 2006. The UK has one of the lowest per capita consumptions of cement and concrete in the world. The Concrete Centre has been set up to address this by ensuring that the key decision makers and influencers in the construction industry are made fully aware of the wide range of benefits and attributes that concrete has. The most critical project stages that assist in the formulation of a decision as to whether or not to go with concrete are the feasibility study and detailed design. It is at these stages that the frame material is determined. Therefore, it is essential that the decision makers involved are able to make a fully informed choice in terms of structural design, construction methods, fire performance, environmental and acoustic performance and thermal efficiency. We in the concrete industry need to ensure that best practice information on the most efficient forms of concrete construction is available to design teams. The resources and advice provided by The Concrete Centre prove invaluable at this critical stage of the design process.
Run by The Concrete Centre in collaboration with The Building Centre Trust and delivered by leading designers, innovators and manufacturers, the Concrete Elegance lecture series provides graduate architects and engineers with an inspirational insight into a range of projects where off-site and cast in-place concrete have been used to achieve innovative and elegant design. The 2007 Concrete Elegance series continued to cover a range of issues and projects. The first lecture examined developments in sustainable concrete architecture. In particular, it focused on the reduction of both embodied and operational CO2, how to create carbon-neutral concrete and the design of single-skin self-finished external concrete walls. Lecture speakers included: Toby Lewis of Fielden Clegg Bradley Architects, who discussed the National Trust Heelis building in Swindon and the Persistence Works in Sheffield; Patrick Filipaj of Zurich-based Banz Choffat Filipaj Architekten, who examined the single-skin concrete construction of Peter Gartmanns Char House; and Ian Prichett of Lime Technology, who presented the use of hempcrete for Adnams Distribution Centre designed by architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson.
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The Lying Game James W. Loewen, a guy obsessed with the dissemination of misinformation (”Lies My Teacher Told Me”) is back with “Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong” (Touchstone, $15). Its not precisely a travel guide, but its a good guide for travelers who visit historic sites. Did you know the Traditional Lincoln Birthplace Cabin in Kentucky is a composite of several old cabins, none of which are where the late great president was born? Some examples he gives are lies by omission, others an attempt to be politically correct - but inaccuracies are rife, nonetheless.
Rockin on the River If you dont already have plans today, head south to Pueblo for the third annual River Rockn Blues Fest at the Greenway Nature Center. The music starts at noon and continues till 10 p.m. and features local and regional blues groups, as well as guest star Billy Earl McClelland from Alabama. No pets or alcohol permitted. Call (719) 549-2414 for more. Travel on a budget
Butterfly expansion World travel 101 The World Travel 101 workshops, sponsored by Hostelling International-American Youth Hostels, will visit Colorado Springs with a session on traveling in Australia and New Zealand. It will cover possible itineraries, transportation options, ways to save money, packing, travel documents and safety. The free event is at 7 p.m. Thursday at the REI store at 13476 E. Woodmen Road. Call the store at 260-1455.

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The home-cleaning experts at Hoover recommend weekly or more frequent vacuuming with a Hoover upright with an allergen-filtration system. For many people, spring is considered the high season for allergies. But for some homeowners who dont routinely and thoroughly clean their carpets, the sniffling and sneezing associated with allergies may persist yearround. Deep cleaning, a job once handled mainly by professional carpet cleaners, can be done quickly and effectively by consumers with a Steamvac deep cleaner. The cleaner distributes a solution of hot tap water and special detergent into the carpet, agitates the fibers with its exclusive, five rotating-brush system and then extracts the solution containing dirt. The five-brush agitation system and carpet detergent helps release the dirt and allergens from the carpet fibers for removal by the Steamvac deep cleaner.
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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.
For women only Women can learn about heart disease, menopause, infertility and other health issues at a Womens Health Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Chapel Hills Mall. Sponsored by Memorial Hospital, the health fair will include $5 bone-density screenings for osteoporosis for the first 400 women. Women also may talk to a nurse about breast self-exams.

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Stamford Office Furniture announced that Linda Sheppard has re-joined the firm as sales vice president. Sheppard holds a B.S. in textiles, merchandizing and interior design from the University of Rhode Island.
Stamford Office Furniture announced that Diane Firestone has been appointed as business development vice president. Firestone holds a B.A. in economics and finance from Herbert H. Lehman College.

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* On Beauty by Zadie Smith The Penguin Press, September 2005 $25.95, ISBN 1-594-20063-7 The members of both the Belsey and Kipps families are stalwart theorists. Their individual and collected perceptions of things beautiful, both aesthetically and physically, academically and morally–to some extent–are held close and expressed with convincing conviction. Its the vivacity of these characters that Zadie Smith brings to On Beauty and lends to the books much-deserved attention.
This academic satire is about two professors and their families. Howard Belsey is a white secular liberal, a specialist in Rembrandt, who is engaged in ideological warfare with a visiting professor, Monty Kippes, a conservative Christian scholar from Trinidad. Each character in the story is undermined by his or her self-deceptions. Howards attachment to theoretical knowledge seems to preclude understanding or controlling his adulterous behavior. Smith brilliantly draws these and other characters and gently but wittily pierces their illusions and pretensions. Howards African-American wife, Kiki, is one of the few characters to offer emotional or moral ballast, along with her son Jerome, who rejects his parents secularism for a newfound Christianity.
epoch has recognised that there are things pleasing to contemplate independently of the desire we may feel for them. He has no preconceived definition of beauty. Beauty and art were not always so closely related as today: beauty belonged originally to nature, not to created things. This book is therefore a history of Beauty and not a history of art (or of literature or music. Somewhat ironically, however, ideas of beauty are here mainly illustrated by works of art and not, for example, by loaves of beautifully made bread or beautifully laid brick walls. Images and textual selections work together to show that there is no absolute concept of beauty in things or men but criteria shaped by different eras and places.

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What made the difference was aloof frontwoman Victoria Bergsman, who last year dramatically left the band hours before an appearance on the Jonathan Ross show. This in the wake of a traumatic trip to the States, where she collapsed on a New York stage and the band had their equipment nicked in Boston. The Concretes have recruited a new singer from within their own ranks- drummer Lisa Millberg. Taking just the bands nervy start, Millberg seems to be a mistake. The gangly blondes awful melodic aim makes you fear for the lights. You only snatch at rare moments where she finds a delicate sigh that matches the tenderness of certain songs. Uncomfortable at the front of the stage, Millberg continually seeks reassurance from colleagues, especially guitarist Maria Eriksson, with whom she shares some wayward call and responses. Yet Millberg connects with the crowd, not only through vulnerability, but also with a playful banter unknown in previous shows. She points out that this is the 11th time the outfit have performed in London and adds that “the venues keep getting smaller”. Such is The Concretes plight that the vocalist introduces “Oh Boy” with an urge to vote for their forthcoming single on digital station BBC6. This is one of the few numbers close to matching the band in their pomp.
Cement use in the historic cemeteries of the French Quarter Although most concrete crypts and mausoleums are built in low-lying areas, where water could easily destroy a coffin, its not entirely true for the city of New Orleans. Basically, the majority, if not all, of the crypts and mausoleums in the cemeteries of New Orleans were built along the lines of traditional European cemeteries and to represent the architecture of a French city. In fact, many visitors to New Orleans have stated that these cemeteries do look like a miniature city-a “city of the dead”1 (Fig. 2 and 3). Most of the crypts and mausoleums in New Orleans are constructed of brick covered with a cement plaster (see Fig. 4). Even when these crypts and mausoleums need repair work done, workers use a mixture of both lime and cement. This combination does not detract from the original structure.2

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To open up a small kitchen, remove upper cabinet doors. Paint the inside a bright color and keep everything organized. Paint can dramatically update an old appliance. Be sure to use a paint made specifically for appliances, because other paints will not adhere correctly. Tired of your tiled backsplash, but cant afford to replace all the tiles? Remove a few with a grout remover and chisel, then replace with decorative tiles that fit your kitchens theme.
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Wood still good: Wood-finished cabinets are still the style of choice in kitchens across the United States; they represent about 80 percent of all cabinets purchased, according to a 2002 survey conducted by the National Kitchen and Bath Association. Scripps Howard News ServiceCountertops: Few home remodeling projects are more desirable and offer more bang for your buck than new kitchen countertops. According to a National Kitchen and Bath Association survey, about 94 million linear feet of countertops were installed in homes in 2002. Sixty-two percent of that was used for kitchen remodels. The amount spent on countertops ranks just below cabinets.

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The continued globalization of the American economy strikes every portion of our lives. Numerous automation products are offered every year from many manufacturers, showing that the good old USA continues to be a melting pot for great peoples and great ideas-great ideas that make our lives easier every day. No matter where the ideas and products come from, they all fill some of the many automation needs on the plant floor.
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For the month of April, Help the Aged is running a `Ring in Spring appeal encouraging businesses to have a green spring clean. Unwanted mobile phones can be recycled into as much as L30 each by Help the Aged to help older people. The average mobile phone is replaced every 18 months amounting to 15 million phones being made redundant every year. If your place of work is throwing away junk accumulated since the last office spring clean make sure old and unwanted mobile phones are not trashed with the rest of the garbage. Hilary Birch, recycling account manager at Help the Aged says: “If we got only a pound for every phone made redundant in 2002 alone, it would mean a very conservative L15 million to help further our work. Of course not everyone knows how valuable junk can be to us and this is why we are raising awareness through the `Ring in Spring appeal.”
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* NEW FINANCIAL BENCHMARKING REPORT FOR DEALERSThe Office Furniture Dealers Alliance ( OFDA), a segment of the Independent Office Products and Furniture Dealers Association ( IOPFDA) has released a new OFDA Dealer Financial Comparison Benchmarking Guide. The results of the study are based on the responses of 137 participating dealers who provided operating results from the 2001 calendar year.By using the OFDA Guide as a benchmarking tool, OFDA was able to determine that controlling key pro! it variables are of iar greater significance in achieving financial success than simply increasing annual revenue - a focal point of many dealerships. The dealerships surveyed for the report posted average 2001 revenues of $16.9 million, and a pre-tax profit of 0.94 percent ( or approximately $159, 900). In contrast, “high- profit” dealers posted average revenues of $13.5 million, but a pre-tax profit of 5.46 percent ( or $736, 850).
LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 21, 1998–DMI Furniture, Inc., (NASDAQ: DMIF) announced today the development of a new identity with the formation of DMI Office Furniture. Operating as a division of DMI Furniture, Inc., the mission of DMI Office Furniture will be to manufacture and market mid-market office furniture. DMI Furniture, Inc. is a Louisville, Kentucky based vertically integrated manufacturer, importer, and marketer of residential and commercial office furniture consisting of five operating divisions and operating five manufacturing plants in Indiana and manufacturing sources in Asia, Malaysia, and Mexico.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 30, 1996– Wajax Limited today announced it had acquired 100 percent of the shares of Generatrice Drummond (Drummond Generators) the distributor of the Kohler electrical generator product-line in Quebec.Generatrice Drummond, based in Drummondville, Quebec, will be integrated with Wajaxs Detroit Diesel-Allison Canada East (DD-ACE) subsidiary, which was acquired by Wajax in 1995.With this acquisition, and the recently announced acquisitions of RCL Industrial and Marten Fluid Power, Wajax is continuing its focus to grow and enhance its diesel engines and industrial components core businesses, as well as its traditional core business engaged in the distribution and after-sales support of mobile equipment.
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Susan Hahns books of poetry are Harid Rubins Mothers Wooden Hand, 1991, and Incontinence, 1993. Both are published by the University of Chicago Press. They also recently published her third collection, Confession.
ON BEAUTY. Zadie Smith. 2005. Read by Peter Francis James. 16 cds. 18 hrs. Penguin Audio. 014-305800-2. $44.95. Cardboard; content, author, reader notes. SA* Smith portrays the ratified air of academic life and its internecine rivalries with an awesome wit. The faculty meetings are hilarious! Narrator James rises to the challenge, making this an auditory delight. This takes the listener into the despair of a marital break-up and explores the sensitive issue of cultural norms of feminine beauty. In Kiki, she offers the gift of a woman who defies the self-hatred such norms provoke. Wide in scope and original. Nancy Chaplin, Libn., VCCW, Goochland, VA
Paul Heaton is back from his holidays in the Canaries where he writes the songs. The Beautiful South are back, too and they are at the Carling Academy Newcastle on Sunday and their new album, Superbi, is fresh, modern and pointed, like a brand new pencil. We always mean to be fresh, says Paul, but we never get around to it. In a career that has spanned nearly two decades, The Beautiful South may possibly have earned the right to lie back and go stale.

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Kitchen. By Yoshimoto Banana. Translated from the Japanese by Megan Backus. New York: Grove Press, 1993. 152 Pages. Kitchen, a short novel, is paired in the same titled book, with a novella of Bananas, Moonlight Shadow. Kitchen chronicles a contemporary young womans journey through the grief and healing process. Banana uses this main character as a vehicle for the reader to view the social change occurring in contemporary Japan. The first person account by the main character, Mikage, describes the loss she feels not only for all the members of her immediate family, but also the larger nuclear family of past generations. The story begins with the death of Mikages grandmother, the last surviving member of her family. Her grandparents raised Mikage, after both of her parents were killed when she was very young, and in her teenage years, her grandfather has also died. As part of her grief process, Mikage is adopted by a very complex and contemporary family, Yuichi, a young man who had befriended Mikages grandmother and Eriko, his transsexual mother. While living with this family, Mikage learns the meaning of joy, finds comfort in belonging to a family, and develops a satisfying career in cuisine. However, her grief and healing process become complicated when Eriko dies and Yuichi succumbs to depression over his mothers death. Because of Erikos and Yuichis generosity and compassion, Mikage is able to reach Yuichi, and in the process, learns a life lesson, finding the necessary balance between suffering and pleasure.
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Have you ever thought of your kitchen as a laboratory? Whenever you make something in your kitchen, you are using science. Cooks, like scientists, combine and change materials to create something new. Everything in the world is made of chemicals. When chemicals are mixed together, interesting things can happen. In laboratories, scientists mix and experiment with chemicals. In kitchens, cooks mix chemicals also, but call them ingredients. A scientist in a laboratory follows an experiment. A cook in a kitchen follows a recipe. Both need to follow directions and measure carefully. They both use special equipment. A scientist may use test tubes and a cook may use bake pans. For both of them, temperature and timing are very important.

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Is there anything a caller hates more than an automated answering system? One of the biggest abuses in the retail environment is the automated attendant, said William Belcher, a retail specialist and behavioral psychologist with Damar Management. The consumer is reaching out to buy, or to check on a product or service, and the retailer has put up an artificial barrier. Lets say you use an automated answering system, and you get 100 telephone calls a week. Of those 100 calls, according to the study, 26 will hang up before you get a chance to talk to them. Now, lets say that five of the 26 callers would have come into your store and purchased $100 worth of products. Thats $500 a week youre potentially losing, or $26,000 a year.
AUTOMATION All these things are true. Yet, investment in technology may prove a sterile use of scarce capital. Worse, abortive installations of automated systems may become disruptive, cancerous to the fabric of a mortgage bankers basic operations. How can the power of technology simultaneously have latent in it the forces of creation and destruction? The ideal use of technology is when technology can be managed to support a mortgage companys fundamental business strategy; not having to bend the way business is done to conform to rigidities built into any system.
Advancing automation projects is a tough job. Finding the right products often defines that projects viability. We try to provide you, the reader, with interesting and innovative automation products. Lets see what weve found this month.

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Vanguard Cleaning Systems, Inc., a leading
commercial cleaning franchisor, continues its expansion in the United
States by announcing the opening of the Southern New England area office.
Dean DeNuccio is the President of this regional office location. Vanguard
Cleaning Systems of Southern New England will offer commercial cleaning
franchises and services that Vanguard provides in its other operating
regions, including general office cleaning, carpet cleaning, stripping and
waxing of floors and pre-cleaning of commercial office space.

Vanguard Cleaning Systems of Southern New England is located at 21 Douglas
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cleaning services or franchising, contact Dean at (401) 369-7880 or Email:
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Vanguard Cleaning Systems, Inc., a leading
commercial cleaning franchisor, continues its expansion in the United
States by announcing the opening of the Raleigh, North Carolina office.
Leading the office is Greg Scialdone, former President of Millennium Media.
Vanguard Cleaning Systems of Raleigh will offer the traditional cleaning
services that Vanguard provides in its other operating regions, including
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Vanguard Cleaning Systems of Raleigh is located at 2000-103 Bearcat Way,
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New tools and techniques for design, scale-up and optimization of operations LONDON NEW YORK — Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), providers of the gPROMS advanced simulation and modeling environment, this week at INTERPHEX 2007 announced a comprehensive suite of software facilities and services for high-fidelity modeling of batch, semi-batch and continuous pharmaceutical operations. The AMLs are sets of high-fidelity predictive models for design, scale-up and operational optimization of reaction, crystallization and separation processes of all kinds, including reactive batch distillation and absorption and membrane processes. The models combine sophisticated approaches such as a population balance modeling with detailed kinetic and multicomponent diffusion models. Models can be validated against customers own laboratory or pilot plant data to adjust parameter values to observed data in order to ensure extreme predictive accuracy at all scales of operation.
PLEASANTON — If you feel the ground rumble in Pleasanton this weekend, dont worry — its just the 3,000 or so hot rods, custom cars, classics, trucks, muscle cars and street machines making their way to the Goodguys 17th Autumn Get-Together car show and swap meet. Area drivers can expect delays on local freeways and roads, as thousands are expected to attend the two-day show at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. The event, presented by Peterson Tractors, will feature special parking areas for several popular makes and models including the “Young Guys” area for rodders 25 and younger; a “Trick Truck Corral” featuring pickup trucks; and a “Homebuilt Heaven” for rodders who built their rides themselves. More than 200 companies will exhibit products and hold demos. Thousands of vendors will be selling rare and vintage parts.
SYRACUSE - Between 65,000 and 75,000 car enthusiasts are expected to attend the eighth annual DuPont Hot Hues Syracuse Nationals car show this weekend at the New York State Fairgrounds. The event, which is staged July 20 to 22, features a demolition derby, tractor pull, and model-car contest. More than 300 vendors will be on hand selling parts to build and restore cars. Cicero-based Tri-State Auto Auction, Inc. is bringing its classic-car auction back for a second year. Last year, the one-day event sold 28 cars. “People are still buying classic cars,”OConnor says.

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Kipors KDE5000TA portable diesel generator boasts a maximum output of 5 kVA but is quiet due to the low-noise design of its enclosure and the addition of an intake silencer and resonator. A digital control panel displays critical operating information such as load characteristics, voltage, power (kVA), frequency, total run time and battery charge voltage. If an unexpected shutdown occurs, the front panel displays a code that reveals the nature of the fault. A convenient electric starter gets the generator up and running quickly. Despite its high output, the KDE5000TA runs for 8.5 hours on a single tank of fuel. Fill in 202 on reader service form or visit http://OneRs.hotims.com/13966-202 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Alaska Diesel Electric, Seattle, Wash., has been building small heavy-duty marine and industrial generator sets since 1963. To meet increasing demands for high quality electrical output they have developed a new generator called the PXK line. This generator will first be featured in the new model M843JK gen-set rated 10 kW. A three-cylinder, water-cooled Lugger diesel drives the newly designed generator at 1800 rpm and the unit is also available at 8 kW for 1500 rpm, 50 Hz/240 V output.A key design objective was to increase performance without increasing generator set length. Alaska Diesel engineers reported that the new generator design has actually decreased overall generator set length in several configurations. For example, length of the 8 kW model has gone from 35.2 in. to 32.5 in.; the 12 kW set from 38.1 in. to 36.6 in.; and the 20 kW set from 47.7 in. to 43.4 in.New design features include the addition of more copper throughout the generator to increase efficiency and motor starting capability. The additional copper also holds temperature rise to 95 [degrees] C to extend generator life in high heat environments such as inside sound shields housed in relatively small engine rooms.
Emanuele Pirro paused, took a deep breath, then leaned forward in his chair, elbows on the table, and said, in a very defining tone, “And now I would like to talk about the car . . . . Its diesel- powered.” That said, he waited for a response. Diesel engines, among most Americans, are not associated seriously with high-speed auto racing. For more than 30 minutes, Pirro, fresh off a flight from Italy, had talked about the upcoming Le Mans Series race coming to Miller Motorsports Park this week, about high speeds and hard braking and maximum performance.

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When Tom Allisma needed a senior thesis topic, a knockout punch for his budding portfolio, and a place to live following graduation from the University of Nebraska Lincoln, he decided to tackle all three tasks at once. He designed and built, with his fathers help, a striking 390-square-foot apartment inside a portion of his familys home in Omaha, Neb. His program began with the creation of a new private entrance, through a former workshop at the rear of the garage. Constructed entirely of economical, durable birch plywood, the “entry box” or vestibule, showcases a rolling storage cabinet on casters that doubles as the bathroom door. The cabinet is “voyeuristic,” says Allisma, because you can see partly through the screen to the corrugated metal walls of the bathroom beyond–but you never get “a good solid view of whats going on in them.” A cantilevered staircase composed of construction grade 2×12s with aluminum angle noses, leads to the apartment above. Space tot the loft was created by combining several rooms at the back of the house and raising the ceilings from 8 feet to 14. Allisma calls the result “cross-programmed space,” because it incorporates seating areas. a display wall for Iris model-car collection, closets, a dining buffet, and a multipurpose storage unit. Modeled after a lifeguard tower, the moveable unit holds a closet on one side and a ladder on the other. The ladder leads to the lifeguard chair he uses for a closer view of the wall-mounted television and to an elevated wine cooler placed nearby. Hidden completely out of sight is the bed, which rolls into the loft from an insulated cavity in the south wall. Allisma says it takes just seconds to glide the sleeping platform into place.
SYRACUSE - Between 65,000 and 75,000 car enthusiasts are expected to attend the eighth annual DuPont Hot Hues Syracuse Nationals car show this weekend at the New York State Fairgrounds. The event, which is staged July 20 to 22, features a demolition derby, tractor pull, and model-car contest. More than 300 vendors will be on hand selling parts to build and restore cars. Cicero-based Tri-State Auto Auction, Inc. is bringing its classic-car auction back for a second year. Last year, the one-day event sold 28 cars. “People are still buying classic cars,”OConnor says.
New tools and techniques for design, scale-up and optimization of operations LONDON NEW YORK — Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), providers of the gPROMS advanced simulation and modeling environment, this week at INTERPHEX 2007 announced a comprehensive suite of software facilities and services for high-fidelity modeling of batch, semi-batch and continuous pharmaceutical operations. The AMLs are sets of high-fidelity predictive models for design, scale-up and operational optimization of reaction, crystallization and separation processes of all kinds, including reactive batch distillation and absorption and membrane processes. The models combine sophisticated approaches such as a population balance modeling with detailed kinetic and multicomponent diffusion models. Models can be validated against customers own laboratory or pilot plant data to adjust parameter values to observed data in order to ensure extreme predictive accuracy at all scales of operation.

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— Kirstie Kelly For Disneys Fairy Tale Weddings Collection To Introduce All New Blossoms For Flower Girls Line Alongside A Platinum Wedding Gown — Disney Consumer Products:
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Does Fox want `60 Minutes? Ford Motor Co. will begin building Ranger pickup truck “gliders” vehicles without engines, transmissions or fuel systems to sell to companies that convert them to run on electricity. The automaker announced the program at an environmental products trade show in Los Angeles and said it would begin working with conversion companies that want to qualify to buy the vehicles. On display at the show was a prototype Ranger glider that had been converted to electric power by TDM World Conversions Inc. of Troy, Mich.
No News The much-talked-about devolution of government responsibilities from Washington, D.C., to the states should make the nations statehouses political centers of gravity, but Americas newspapers are missing the story-on purpose. Writing in the American Journalism Review, the studys authors contend that just 513 newspaper reporters and 113 wire service reporters cover state government full time. The authors note that more than 3,000 media credentials were issued for the last Super Bowl.
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YOU dont sink much lower into the gutter than prostitute Gillian Gilchrist. With her jacket slung over the stump of her arm ripped off by a crazed punter, heroin junkie Gillian is back on the streets. Touting for business, with her pond life pimp of a boyfriend standing by, poor Gillian cuts a sorry, tragic picture. I suppose it was inevitable, even though the picture still shocks. Its only 26 days since she looked out of the pages of a newspaper with her bandaged stump and told of her terrifying ordeal at the hands of a monster dubbed the M8 ripper.
Ever wonder if all those never-need-cleaning gutter covers and devices really work? Take a crash course in gutter systems, and compare the pros and cons.The four most common gutter materials are aluminum, copper, galvanized steel, and plastic. Aluminum K-styles are the least expensive and wont rust. Copper is durable, but its also the most expensive. Steel gutters require a galvanized process and industrial coatings that can run up the cost. Stick components are generally plastic or vinyl. ROBERT MARTIN

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Dear Abby: “Bride-to-Be” asked if it was common or proper to wear her wedding gown to the airport or on a plane. You advised her that it was impractical, but theres no law against it. By that, I assume your intention was to say that no rule of etiquette specifically forbids it, rather than a criminal statute. Dear Jessica: Most of my readers who chose to comment on that letter agreed I was right to discourage the bride-to-be. But not all of them did. Read on: Dear Abby: Leaving for my honeymoon last summer, I wore a white baseball cap with a short veil attached so everyone would know I was just married. — Starr in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Brides-to-be trying on gowns at The Wedding Salon of Manhasset received expert advice from Atlanta-based designer Anne Barge, who was on-site Feb. 12 for her only Long Island trunk show. A creator of old-fashioned gowns with a nod to classic elegance favored by Audrey Hepburn, Barge made recommendations on gowns and alterations to The Wedding Salon clients. Nancy Aucone, who owns The Wedding Salon with business partner Susan Finale, said theres always a lot to learn when a designer visits the shop. We only do customizing changes when a designer is here, Aucone said. When they say it can be done and write the order, and do a sketch - a picture is worth 1,000 words.
LOS ANGELES — Goodwill Southern California (GSC) recently received a donation of 2,000 brand-new wedding gowns from a local bridal shop. Before distributing them in its retail stores, GSC will host its first ever Bridal Gown Super Sale.

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Does Fox want `60 Minutes? Ford Motor Co. will begin building Ranger pickup truck “gliders” vehicles without engines, transmissions or fuel systems to sell to companies that convert them to run on electricity. The automaker announced the program at an environmental products trade show in Los Angeles and said it would begin working with conversion companies that want to qualify to buy the vehicles. On display at the show was a prototype Ranger glider that had been converted to electric power by TDM World Conversions Inc. of Troy, Mich.
No News The much-talked-about devolution of government responsibilities from Washington, D.C., to the states should make the nations statehouses political centers of gravity, but Americas newspapers are missing the story-on purpose. Writing in the American Journalism Review, the studys authors contend that just 513 newspaper reporters and 113 wire service reporters cover state government full time. The authors note that more than 3,000 media credentials were issued for the last Super Bowl.

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There are two areas of major concern over the new decision to send only one fire engine in future in response to daytime automatic fire alarms in West Yorkshire. The first worry is about the adequacy of this fire cover and the second has to be about the undemocratic way in which the change has been imposed upon us. But the current situation, where one engine and four firefighters are sent where three engines were sent before is hardly one likely to fill the public with confidence.
The companys Model 5104 is a six zone fire control communicator that provides digital fire and reporting over ordinary telephone lines, thus eliminating the need for costly leased lines. The 5104 can be used as a standalone system or incorporated into an existing system. The unit is UL 864 listed for NFPA 72 Central Station and Remote Supervising Station Fire Alarm System Service, FM approved, and has six fully supervised inputs.

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Byline: By STEVE HUGHES AMERICAN car giant Chevrolet will be displaying its commitment to the European market by showing four new models that will eventually come to the UK at next months Paris Motor Show. Chevrolet is one of the UKs fastest-growing brands, with a rise of almost 30% last year and a further rise of more than 10% so far this year, despite the overall decline of the UK market. The company could sell as many as half a million cars in Europe this year, of which almost 20,000 will be in the UK.
Louis ChevroletLouis Joseph Chevrolet was born on December 25, 1878 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. He was the second son of Joseph Felician Chevrolet, a watch and clockmaker, and Angelina Marie (Mahon) Chevrolet. Young Louis grew up with six brothers and sisters. The family moved to Beaune, a small town in the Burgundy region of France, when Louis was about six. His father taught him basic mechanical skills and stressed the importance of precision in the manufacture of machine parts, which later contributed to his skill as an engine designer. To help with the family finances, Chevrolet got a job as a guide in a local wine cellar. Deciding that the method of decanting wine from one cask to another was too slow, Chevrolet designed a wine barrel pump which brought him local accolades and was used in the Burgundy region for decades.Bicycle racing was a great weekend sport in Beaune and this is where Chevrolet developed his interest in speed. He experimented with gear ratios until he found the one best suited to his physical ability. While still in his teens and just out of grammar school, Chevrolet became an apprentice in a bicycle shop. The owner had a 1.25 bhp de Dion tricycle that was usually broken. Chevrolet bought repair manuals and worked on the bike in his spare time. He soon found the trouble, sent away for parts from the manufacturer, and had it in working order. Next he began building bicycles in the winter and selling them in the summer to tourists under the name Frontenac, after the seventeenth century governor of Frances North American colonies. He later used the same name in America for the automobile company he began. About this time, Chevrolet saw his first automobile and was fascinated with the new invention.His bicycle manufacturing business was not very successful, and Chevrolet became an apprentice at the Darracq, Hotchkiss, and Dion Bouton auto factories. In 1898,

he got a job with the Mors Auto Company, and was sent to an auto dealership in Montreal, Canada, in 1899, at the age of twenty-one. Chevrolet worked as a chauffeur-mechanic for six months and then moved to Brooklyn, New York. He worked for the DeDion Bouton Motorette Company and soon was given the opportunity to be a substitute racecar driver for Fiat in New York City. In 1901, after his fathers death, he brought the rest of his family to America. Chevrolet became a citizen in 1915.

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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.
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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Researchers found cavities in 52% of the Hispanic participants and 54% of the black participants. But overall, the dental health and health-promoting habits of the Hispanic children were better than those of the other study participants: Many more Hispanic youths said they had had a dental visit sometime in their lifetime, and 94% reported that they brushed daily, compared with 83% of black adolescents and 85% of other children in the study.

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GVA Williams announced, the sale of Green Farms Plaza, a 35,000 SF shopping center in Westport, Conn., to Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. GVA Williams served as the broker in the transaction. WRA Properties, Inc. announced the following transactions: * The sale of an eight-family apartment building on Prospect Place in Brooklyn, N.Y. for $335,000; * The sale of a four-story apartment building on Albany Ave. in Brooklyn, N.Y. for $390,000;
Whitehall Industrial Properties announced the sale of 401 Washington Ave., a 164,850 SF industrial building in Carlstadt, N.J., to GMA Accessories. Weichert Commercial announced the following transactions: * The sale of 2008 Route 37, a 19,000 SF mixed-use building in Toms River, NJ. Rosemarie Caruso, vice president of Weichert, represented both parties in the transaction; * The sale of 1094 Route 9, an 8,400 SF, mixed-use building in Lakewood, NJ. Rosemarie Caruso represented both parties in the transaction;
John C. Gingerich has been elected executive vice president of worldwide sales and service, and president of Measurex International. Richard E. Sosville has advanced to vice president of sales and marketing for the core businesses of Dow North America. Daniel E. Reich has been chosen to manage national sales at Monmouth Plastics. Bill Hicock has been promoted to vice president of sales and marketing and Carol denOtter has been appointed customer support coordinator for Moldflow Pty. Ltd. Kathy Goodwin was named assistant treasurer.

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GUTTERS often get clogged by debris in autumn, which makes them vulnerable to ice damage in winter. And that means now is the time to carry out those essential repairs. Blocked downpipes can be caused by leaves or a birds nest, but never try to push it down. Instead, hook it out with bent wire or hire a Sani- snake which will worm its way to the obstruction.
YOU dont sink much lower into the gutter than prostitute Gillian Gilchrist. With her jacket slung over the stump of her arm ripped off by a crazed punter, heroin junkie Gillian is back on the streets. Touting for business, with her pond life pimp of a boyfriend standing by, poor Gillian cuts a sorry, tragic picture. I suppose it was inevitable, even though the picture still shocks. Its only 26 days since she looked out of the pages of a newspaper with her bandaged stump and told of her terrifying ordeal at the hands of a monster dubbed the M8 ripper.

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The Capital-Journal The resume is out there — you have gotten a foot in the door. About to schedule an interview? Preparing for the first day on the job? In any case, its time to trade in the casual clothes for a professional wardrobe. Faced with a limited budget and ever-changing definitions of “corporate casual,” a business wardrobe can seem difficult.
Aram in Covent Garden is hosting a series of exhibitions to coincide with 100% Design, including the launch of seven rugs designed by the iconic modern furniture designer Eileen Gray which have never been in production - until now. The rugs include this wool hand-knotted Castellar rug (right), which was produced from one of Grays designs for her home in France, and theyre all available exclusively from Aram. Although she died in 1976, Grays work has remained in the public eye with the constant reproduction of many of her classic designs, including the Bibendum chair, the E. 1027 chrome- and-glass table, satellite mirror and lamps. Eileen Gray Castellar rug, from pounds 1,000, at Aram, 110 Drury Lane, London WC2 (020-7557 7557); the 100% Design exhibition runs from 22 September until 4 October
Byline: By Chantal Williams and Jill Hawkins When she woke up this morning, Robyn Offord, 20, of Heaton, in Newcastle, reached a milestone. Today its her 21st birthday, and to celebrate shes planned a spectacular party at Tokyo Bar, on Westgate Road, in Newcastle. But what to wear? Im so excited about my birthday but dont have very much money to spend on an outfit and would like to be able to wear it again after the party, says Robyn.

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Afire alarm system may not work properly if the wiring isnt properly installed. “You can follow a careful design procedure. You can select a fire alarm system control unit, initiating devices and notification appliances from a quality manufacturer. But if you dont properly install the wiring that connects the system components together, the fire alarm system for your college campus or other protected property may not work reliably” As the least glamorous part of a fire alarm system, the wiring receives very little hype. Consumers may agonize over their choice of every other fire alarm system component, but very few shop carefully for the wiring that will connect those components.
Fire chiefs hailed the success of a smoke alarm scheme that saved the life of a Tyneside pensioner. Alice McKenna, 80, collapsed unconscious upstairs in her home in Ryton, Gateshead, on Tuesday night after switching on a saucepan in the kitchen. Graeme Hurst, Community Safety Officer at Swalwell Fire Station, said: This would probably have been a fatality if there had not been a smoke alarm to alert the neighbour. We encourage everyone to get their own alarm.
There are two areas of major concern over the new decision to send only one fire engine in future in response to daytime automatic fire alarms in West Yorkshire. The first worry is about the adequacy of this fire cover and the second has to be about the undemocratic way in which the change has been imposed upon us. But the current situation, where one engine and four firefighters are sent where three engines were sent before is hardly one likely to fill the public with confidence.

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Louis ChevroletLouis Joseph Chevrolet was born on December 25, 1878 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. He was the second son of Joseph Felician Chevrolet, a watch and clockmaker, and Angelina Marie (Mahon) Chevrolet. Young Louis grew up with six brothers and sisters. The family moved to Beaune, a small town in the Burgundy region of France, when Louis was about six. His father taught him basic mechanical skills and stressed the importance of precision in the manufacture of machine parts, which later contributed to his skill as an engine designer. To help with the family finances, Chevrolet got a job as a guide in a local wine cellar. Deciding that the method of decanting wine from one cask to another was too slow, Chevrolet designed a wine barrel pump which brought him local accolades and was used in the Burgundy region for decades.Bicycle racing was a great weekend sport in Beaune and this is where Chevrolet developed his interest in speed. He experimented with gear ratios until he found the one best suited to his physical ability. While still in his teens and just out of grammar school, Chevrolet became an apprentice in a bicycle shop. The owner had a 1.25 bhp de Dion tricycle that was usually broken. Chevrolet bought repair manuals and worked on the bike in his spare time. He soon found the trouble, sent away for parts from the manufacturer, and had it in working order. Next he began building bicycles in the winter and selling them in the summer to tourists under the name Frontenac, after the seventeenth century governor of Frances North American colonies. He later used the same name in America for the automobile company he began. About this time, Chevrolet saw his first automobile and was fascinated with the new invention.His bicycle manufacturing business was not very successful, and Chevrolet became an apprentice at the Darracq, Hotchkiss, and Dion Bouton auto factories. In 1898,

he got a job with the Mors Auto Company, and was sent to an auto dealership in Montreal, Canada, in 1899, at the age of twenty-one. Chevrolet worked as a chauffeur-mechanic for six months and then moved to Brooklyn, New York. He worked for the DeDion Bouton Motorette Company and soon was given the opportunity to be a substitute racecar driver for Fiat in New York City. In 1901, after his fathers death, he brought the rest of his family to America. Chevrolet became a citizen in 1915.
Byline: By Steve Hughes Daewoo is dead - long live Chevrolet. This will be the battle cry from next January when the South Korean car companys name disappears. Parent company General Motors is set to consign the Daewoo name to the history books and to re-brand all Daewoo products as Chevrolets. Among the first to come to the UK will be the new Chevrolet Matiz, together with the new three-door version of the Kalos, and an addition to the Lacetti range.

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For women only Women can learn about heart disease, menopause, infertility and other health issues at a Womens Health Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Chapel Hills Mall. Sponsored by Memorial Hospital, the health fair will include $5 bone-density screenings for osteoporosis for the first 400 women. Women also may talk to a nurse about breast self-exams.
Health is a measure of quality of life that is difficult to define and measure. In the 1940s, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. At the first International Conference on Health Promotion in Ottawa, Canada (1986), the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion built on the WHOs concept and further defined health as a resource for everyday life. a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capabilities. Good health enables one to function independently within a changing environment.

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FEBRUARY IS National Pet Dental Health Month, and for good reason. Just like humans, the dental health of our pets is directly linked to their general health and quality of life. According to the American Veterinary Dental Society, our pets dental health is the most overlooked aspect of their care, and more than 80 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats show some signs of gum disease by age 3. We cant check the sink for pink when it comes to our dogs and cats, so what exactly should we be looking for when checking an animals mouth for dental problems? The most common symptom of dental problems in our dogs and cats is bad breath. But dont rely on the breath test alone. The best thing to do is to pull up their lips and look at their teeth and gums. The gums, especially the gum closest to the base of the tooth, should be a healthy pink color and there should be no swelling or bleeding, which would indicate gingivitis. Healthy teeth should be white, not yellowed or discolored, and you should not see any evidence of tartar buildup on the teeth or at the gum line. When doing this exam, check for broken or chipped teeth. If you notice any problems at all, schedule an appointment with your vet so he can examine and treat any problems.
Byline: GTP WITH reference to the letter from Joseph B McManus in the Examiner, I am sorry to disappoint him but fluoride was not added to Huddersfields water supplies until after 1974 (possibly as late as 1977). Joseph would then be in his 20s. It is probable that his excellent dental health is due to his diet as a child; that is no sugary drinks and no sweets.

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Dennis Peavler has joined Liquid Carbonic International as director of marketing. He is joined in promotion by William Bryce, who advanced to vice president, sales and marketing of bulk gases, and Marvin Shipps, who joined the company as regional manager, East Coast. Rae R. Burton has been elected vice president of chlor-alkali and derivatives for PPG Industries Chemicals Group. Bob Oust accepted a promotion to director of sales development and marketing at Dow Corning STI. He is joined in promotion by Roger Jesse, who has become sales development programs manager, east region, Bob Cornelius, Midwest region and Russ Tanton, west region.
Sale The United Methodist Women of University United Methodist Church, 17th and S.W. College, are having an annual spring thrift sale. The sale will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 26 and from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 27. Items for sale include childrens toys, clothing, dishes, tools and other household items.

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The inhabitants of Magazineville, Planet Glossy, live in homes with walk-in wardrobes where cashmere sweaters lie folded in cubby- holes, crisply ironed, colour- sorted shirts hang on rails, and shoes are stacked on dedicated shelves. The rest of us - well, lets just close the door on that. None of this comes cheap. If you want to dress your storage as handsomely as your body, think in terms of at least pounds 1,460 per metre. Its the same story at BB Italia. Gleaming, fully fitted wardrobes with lacquered or frosted glass doors start from pounds 1,500 per metre. If this seems like a breathtaking amount to spend on, er, empty space, then its worth considering how much airy nothing is actually needed. This is where California Closets comes in. A company rep will arrive on your doorstep to delve into your innermost wardrobe secrets before designing a bespoke system from pounds 550 per metre.
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