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AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Brazilian low-cost carrier GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL; Bovespa: GOLL4), announced on Tuesday (21 June) that it will begin the construction of its new aircraft maintenance centre in Confins, Minas Gerais State. ((Comments on this story may be sent to aii.feedback@m2.com))
Now that Baby Bullet express service is off and running in the San Francisco Bay Area, Caltrains engineering and construction team is turning its attention to other improvements, such as upgrading station amenities and making stations safer and more accessible. Caltrain recently kicked off the next phase of construction on the first maintenance facility in Caltrains 142-year history. During the coming year, crews will complete the construction of the $140-million facilitys tunnel and will begin work on the repair shop, which will increase the speed of repair work, storage tracks with ground power and a new indoor train washer, which will replace the portable machine now in use. Currently routine maintenance is done at a small, outdated train yard in San Jose and at the San Francisco station. Construction crews are in the midst of digging a pedestrian tunnel, which will allow workers to move between the shop and a new operations building. The construction of the maintenance shop should begin this Summer. The final phase of CEMOF is the construction of a new three-story operations building and one-story control facility, which will accommodate train dispatchers and other key staff.

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

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Using the Internet to put out an advertising message used to be a new idea, fraught with unknown risks and benefits. During the boom years of the late 1990s, many companies invested big money in Web sites and Internet ads. When the dot-com boom went bust, however, Internet advertising lost some of its earlier glow. Companies started to think harder about the results they expected from their online presence. In the last two years, Internet advertising has reemerged, local advertising executives said.
Late at night, unable to sleep in the muggy heat, I channel-hop. I alight on BBC World–a documentary about a swish London ad agency working on a Brazilian liquor companys big international splash. Millions are at stake. In such circumstances, when are they not? The pictures gain something of the aura of holy relics. The money thats gone into them, before the hooch launches on the international market, is completely crazy. All spent in the service of image. Theres been some slight consternation at NI Towers around doing an issue on advertising. We advertise ourselves and print ads in the magazine. Might there be just a whiff of the double standard? But theres a gulf between our efforts and those of big-brand mass advertising that stretches from here to, well, almost eternity. We constantly remind our contributors theyve got to help us live up to our advertising promises. We print only a few ads in the NI–those that meet our guidelines and which might have something to offer our readers. And we cherish our independence–weve never had to bin a piece because it might have upset an advertiser. Bins are for junk.
ADVERTISING AGENCIESThe modern advertising agency provides a variety of important services to clients, including media planning and buying, research, market information, sales promotion assistance, campaign development and creation of advertisements, plus a range of services designed to help the advertiser achieve marketing objectives. The first advertising agency in the United States was opened in Philadelphia by Volney Palmer in 1841 (John Hartman Center, 2000). At this time, advertising agents were largely space brokers agents who solicited ads from businesses and then sold them to newspapers that had difficulty getting out-of-town advertising (Lane, King, Russell, 2005).EVOLUTION OF THE ADVERTISING AGENCY FROM THE 1870S TO THE EARLY 1900S

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MINNEAPOLIS — Gander Mountains New Adventure Travel Service Relies on Experienced Associates to Give Customers Memorable Outdoor Vacations Whether its pheasant hunting in South Dakota or sail fishing in Costa Rica, outdoor enthusiasts will now have access to the best habitat, guides and equipment available, all in one place. Gander Mountain is proud to announce its new travel and guide service, Outdoor Expeditions. Outdoor Expeditions is another Gander Mountain service that will help us fulfill our vision to help our customers create outdoor memories, said Gander Mountain CEO, Mark Baker. Adventure travel is the fastest growing segment of the leisure travel business, grossing over $40 billion a year, therefore we see this as a clear opportunity to better serve our customer and at the same time grow our business. Our objective with the service is to offer our customers a value-added experience by utilizing our expertise to make sure every detail is covered - from what clothing to wear and which equipment is required, to providing access to the best locations around the globe.
Hunting and fishing, and all those recreational activities people like to do in the out-of-doors, will be highlighted this week at the ninth annual Utah International Sportsmans Exposition. The show opens today at the South Towne Exposition Center and will run through Sunday. It has become the largest presentation of outdoor goods, services and information in Utah. This year more than 500 outdoor-related companies will be present.
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Butterfly expansion 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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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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So Divo it is then, which is in one of those wonderfully grand, cream St Jamess buildings although you would not know it from inside. Inside it is velvet-blue curtains that arent so much swagged, as super-douperswagged. (Trust me, my dears, you have never, ever seen such swagging. ) And thence forward it is vast chandeliers, gilded candelabras, swirly carpets, ceramic knick-knacknoos, the occasional starey-eyed doll, a smattering of blue and white pottery and various dining-rooms: one ragrolled (trust me, my dears, you have never seen anything so Eighties), one with birds and flowers painted on the ceiling and one which, as it happens, appears to be hosting a group of rather glamorous young women. There is also a very big flat-screened telly showing picture postcards of the Ukraine, as the local office of a tourist board might do, and which would be a nice touch if only it were. If pressed, I would say it had been funded by the sort of big money which imagines that the Eurovision Song Contest is classy. If unpressed, I might even say much the same thing. Im early so I settle at the bar, which would be a modest structure if only it werent an enormous wooden canopy brightly decorated with a mural detailing Ukrainian folk scenes. The barmen wear red shirts and super-tight black trousers but thats OK, because they have nice, fruity bottoms and I do like a nice, fruity bottom. My barman is Polish and when I ask who the group of glamorous young women are, he says, They are from fashion.
And the clientele? Terrifyingly chic. Paul Smith-clad young men, Guccied young women, all of whom look 20-ish and as if theyve just stepped out of a promotional video for loft-living via Hulsta bedroom furniture. You know, if there is a scale of attractiveness that goes, say, from Coronation Streets Gail at one end through to Claudia Schiffer at the other, then this is the sort of place that instantly makes you feel very much stuck at the Gail end. And old. Very old. Which I am, I guess. Indeed, Ive even recently taken, with some enthusiasm, to wearing trousers with elasticised waists which, I know, means its only a short hobble to waterproof pull-on pants, if that. Indeed, when those clipboard Nazis barked at me, my very first thought was, I wish I was wearing waterproof pull-on pants. Still, getting old isnt all bad. As ascending and descending stairs is a tedious business that always gets me out of puff, Im already looking forward to my stairlift. However, this, of course, will ultimately depend on Dame Thora Hird ever allowing someone else to have a lookin. Im sure Dame Thora is a national treasure and all that but, blimey, once she gets wedged into something, she stays wedged. Come on, love - time for someone else to have a go. Fairs fair. Anyway, Hakkasan was opened a couple of years ago by the entrepreneur Alan Yau, the man behind the Wagamama empire. Well, Ill say one thing for it, its run with an iron-fisted efficiency that may or may not be admirable. Id booked for 7:30 p.m. and was called twice during the day - less, I think, to confirm my reservation, but more to inform me how long I might be admitted to this exclusive Temple of Cool. `Were just confirming your reservation from 7.30 p.m. until 9.30 p.m. We will need the table back at 9.30 p.m. So, being easily intimidated, I arrive at 7.30 p.m. on the dot. However, the two girlfriends Im due to meet are, it turns out, lazy and unpunctual old slappers, and 7.30 becomes 7.35 and then 7.40, by which time one of the furiously elegant, designer-clad women from the front desk locates me in the bar to ask where they might be. `Your table is ready, she stresses. `We need you at the table. I say, `Shove off, you old witch! Actually, I dont. Im so easily intimidated its pathetic. I say, `Im sorry. I say, `Ive no idea where they are. I do not add, `Maybe theyve been here before and have stopped off for night-vision spectacles and ear-plugs. I leave the bar and obediently wait at the table.

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TWO exhausted asylum seekers trying to paddle across the Channel in an inflatable dinghy were rescued by a fishing boat yesterday. The couple, who speak no English and have no passports, were later put ashore at Dover.
IN THE Pacific last Sunday morning, just before Greenpeace entered the exclusion zone around Frances nuclear test site at Mururoa atoll, a small inflatable dinghy took to the water and slipped silently away. At the helm was the little-known man who has steered Greenpeace to its present position as the worlds most famous environmental group. Four inflatables had been launched from the flagship; three were intercepted and confiscated and the crew of the fourth were arrested after they had managed to get on to the atoll and scale the rig used to drill the holes for the atomic explosions which France now plans to restart after a three- year lull. But it is what Greenpeace refers to only as “the fifth inflatable” that threatens the real trouble. As the rest of the fleet turned away from the atoll, it kept going. There were three people on board: Chris Robinson, Henk Haazen - both veterans of the Auckland blast - and a man going by the name of David Fraser who is in fact David McTaggart, the honorary chairman of Greenpeace.

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TRANSPORTATIONTransportation systems move goods and people around the world. Physical distribution of goods is accomplished by various means: truck, railroad, airplane, ship or boat, and pipeline, or a combination of these methods. Surface and air transportation systems that are widely used to transport people include automobiles, bicycles, rail, air, ship or boat, bus, and rapid-transit systems.Railroads are a low-cost mode of transportation for large quantities of heavy and bulky items. Since rail lines are stationary, other forms of transportation move goods to
Within freight transport, railway transport rose substantially, while maritime transport dropped by a fifth. Transport of goods by railway surged by 14.9%, and the growth of road freight transport remained strong at 7%. The rapid expansion of land transport is explained by the robust domestic GDP growth and the high increase in harbour transport (10.6%). Roughly in the middle of 2006, the global growth of maritime transport eased off, which led to several quarterly decreases in the volume of this form of transport, including the first quarter of 2007, when the volume of Slovenian maritime transport fell by 19.9%. Over the past three years, the volume of road freight transport enjoyed the highest growth (by more than 50%) within freight transport (railway transport rose by 13.8%), while harbour and maritime transport rose by over 30%. Road freight transport is the main transport activity within the transport, storage, and communications sector, which has also seen the biggest expansion in the last few years. In 2006, the three main transport activities within the transport, storage, and communications sector were road freight transport, which employed 35.8% of workers in this sector, railway transport (15.2%), and the shipping industry (6.6%; both companies and sole proprietors are included, and the latter are also counted as employees). The corresponding shares of value added generated in these three branches are 23.3%, 12.0%, and 6.3%. Looking at the structure of workers employed in transport activities within the sector in 2003-2006, the highest increase of 3.2 p.p. was recorded in the share of road freight transport, while the shares of railway transport and shipping declined by 1.3 p.p. and 2.2 p.p., respectively (a similar direction and intensity of changes was also observed in the structure of value added; see graph). The number of employees in the transport segment of the transport, storage, and communications sector rose by 2,053 to 39,028. In 2006, road freight transport employed 18,807 workers, 2,425 more than in 2003. The number of workers in the forwarding industry fell by 950 to 3,445, while the number of railway workers declined by 326 to 7,985. The decline in the volume of the forwarding industry was largely caused by Slovenias entry to the EU. Data regarding both the volume of transport and the size of the activity are unfavourable in terms of sustainable development, since cargo is still largely being moved from railways to roads, rather than the other way around.
TRANSPORTATIONThe decisions a business owner must make regarding transportation of products are closely related to a number of other distribution issues. For example, the accessibility of suitable means of transportation factors into decisions regarding where best to locate a business or facility. The means of transportation chosen will also affect decisions regarding the form of packing used for products and the size or frequency of shipments made. Although transportation costs may be reduced by sending larger shipments less frequently, it is also necessary to consider the costs of holding extra inventory. The interrelationship of these decisions means that successful planning and scheduling can help business owners to save on transportation costs.

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Our lead story in this issue deals with new business formation, a trend that has been affected by the dynamics of a changing economy in the Quadstate region. With a strong economy, fewer people are looking at starting a business because they feel secure in their jobs. And with a soaring real estate market, in which home values have increased by upwards of 100% in the last five years, local entrepreneurs no longer have to max out their credit cards to start a business; they can tap into the equity in their homes. While this may not be the best strategy-betting the proverbial farm on a new business-it certainly provides an alternative source of start-up capital, one that wasnt available several years ago. The changing demographics of the region, caused by an influx of welleducated and skilled commuters from the east in search of a lower cost of living and a better quality of life, has created new business opportunities. Taking advantage of this trend means an entrepreneur must find a market niche to cater to people who are used to spending discretionary income on such things like personal services, wines, day spas and fine dining.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES - The After Lunch Bunch of the Topeka PC Users Club will meet at 1 p.m. today at Central Congregational Church, 1248 S.W. Buchanan. Free and open to the public. Call 478-3164 for details. - The Desktop Publishing Group of the PC Users Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in a members home, to discuss computer use in producing documents for print. Call 228-9692.

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Brush on great looks, and turn everyday items into personalized pieces. 1. Coat the insert to a picture frame with chalkboard paint to create a message board. Use pretty ribbon as a hanger, and display on a window or door for a special greeting. 2. Organize magazines or catalogs by season with these cute wooden boxes. To paint a label: section off a rectangle with painters tape, and paint inside; after paint dries, glue rickrack or grosgrain ribbon around the edges for a custom touch. You can label boxes by season or month.
During a morning visit to the school office, I noticed two boys nervously waiting to see the principal. They were polishing their excuses for being caught drawing on the chalkboard. “It was a picture of my new puppy, so Eric could see him,” one boy explained. I wish I could have seen this great drawing, I thought to myself. ATTENDANCE ART “Yes,” “Here,” “Present,” are familiar sounds of role call. In the art room, we take role on the chalkboard by having students sign a sketch of their favorite lunch box. Children are welcomed to the art room by art. We regularly ask students for quick sketches as a form of attendance-taking and a secret clue to the days lesson. Being welcomed at the chalkboard suggests to students that the art room is their studio and every surface can be used for art. New chalk shapes, and new or unusual colors, wait to be discovered beneath the board. One day, attendance is taken by custom-frosting birthday cakes. Another class signs in by creating personal license plates. At the start of the school year, frames, silhouettes and grids divide the chalkboard, offering individual plots to everyone. As the school year progresses and artists loosen up, fewer fences between artists are required.

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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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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are essentially closed-end real estate funds. They invest in commercial, office and/or residential properties. REITs typically generate high income (10%-to-15%) and some provide even higher returns. Because of their high yields, REITs are currently very popular. Lately, some REITs have been yielding over 10%. Here are some examples of REITs: Your stock broker should be able to provide more information. Money Digest publishes articles on REITs, income and royalty trusts on a regular basis.
In recent years, investing in most real estate projects has generated very handsome returns. Other than the office markets in some high-tech areas, the returns on real estate have far exceeded the returns on all other investment categories. There are a variety of reasons why real estate, in general, has performed above other investment types, one of which is the unusually low interest rates. These investments included a variety of real estate types, such as single-family housing, multi-family office buildings, hotels, raw land, assisted living facilities and industrial properties. Investments were made by direct equity mezzanine funding, mezz equity and mortgages. All the investments were made with outside managers.

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BULGARIA has proved to be one of the success stories of overseas properties and now canny developers are taking it upmarket. They are offering contemporary styling and high-end fittings at the same affordable price tag that has made the country so popular. BRITISH investors have been at the forefront of buying thousands of holiday homes on the Black Sea coast and Bulgarias ski resorts for the past five years. Some of the cheap apartments that have been built in Bulgaria have proven to be a disappointment for the Brits who have bought them. Stories of shabby building work, bogus agents and lack of rental revenue have put a lot of people off but a new trend is emerging - and Bulgaria is going upmarket. The country is making the most of its geographical position and is proving to be a popular destination not only for Western holidaymakers but for the newly wealthy Russian and Eastern Europeans. Bulgaria is shaking off its shoddy image and emerging as a slick new designer destination.
Highlights and Key Issues * Investment, stronger exports and healthy consumption are expected to keep GDP growth at 5.8% in 2008, in line with the rate seen in 2007- when growth slowed in H2 as a severe drought slashed agricultural production. The introduction of aflat income tax of 10% in January 2008 should continue to stimulate personal income and consumption. * Jitters in financial markets leave Bulgaria vulnerable as it needs to attract capital inflows. Strong FDI inflows have, up to now, supported the current account deficit of 20% of GDP. But the structure of investment in the first nine months of 2007 showed that 50% (or US$2.9bn) of the total went into real estate and construction, and another 40% (US$2.1bn) into financial services and trade, while manufacturing received a mere 2% of total flows (US$100m).

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3M 3M introduces a full Line of wood repair products to fix small imperfections and Large flaws in finished or unfinished wood surfaces such as furniture, cabinetry and mouldings. 3M Wood Repair products feature: fill-sticks, edging sticks and burn-in sticks to touch up small flaws; toners to blend-in and hide repairs; topcoats to protect repairs on finished surfaces; markers to repair edges and graining pens that recreate natural woodgrain following repair. These products are available in more than 200 colors to match grains from the tightest pines to the darkest walnuts, and custom colors are also available, the company adds.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES - The After Lunch Bunch of the Topeka PC Users Club will meet at 1 p.m. today at Central Congregational Church, 1248 S.W. Buchanan. Free and open to the public. Call 478-3164 for details. - The Desktop Publishing Group of the PC Users Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in a members home, to discuss computer use in producing documents for print. Call 228-9692.
How Community Banks Are Using Small Business Lending to Build New Business and Customer Relationships In the past few years, community bankers have learned to adapt to a lot of changes and to deal with a lot of upheaval. Financial modernization has been the main culprit, but other factors have contributed as well: increased lending flexibility, opening-up of competition, new products and changing markets. Among those opportunities is the world of commercial lending. Not so long ago, many savings institutions were content to provide deposit and home lending functions. It was quite lucrative, and their positions as communitybased institutions inspired confidence in their clientele.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES - The Center on Violence and Victim Studies at Washburn University will present the Victims Assistance Program today through March 30 at the Washburn University campus, 1700 S.W. College. The program is an advanced level, multidisciplinary professional development course for practitioners who interact with crime victims. Social, psychological, legal and physical aspects of crime victimization are addressed in the course.

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Sales of home entertainment software will have a bright future if theres a theater in every home. If current sales trends hold true, quite a few homes in United States will have their own little theaters, thanks largely to DVD video. Powered by DVD video player sales, sales of home theater hardware jumped 11% to $9.5 billion in 1999, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. Sales of DVD players grew faster than any other CE product in 1999, rocketing up 170% to $1.1 billion for 1999 from $407 million in 1998.
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.

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THE RECENT SCRUTINY OF colleges preferred lender lists by state and federal officials, while intended to expose unscrupulous student lending practices, has generated a flood of misleading information in the media and in political arenas about a common practice designed to benefit students. Media reports suggest that the preferred lender list is the result of an unholy union between financial aid officers and student loan companies designed to pick the pockets of students and their parents. Helping the public to understand how preferred lender lists are developed and used would help dispel some of the myths that have been growing about this common student aid tool. Heres what administrators and staff should know about preferred lender lists, including some things to consider when developing these lists.
The so-called hard money lenders-mortgage lenders who for a price will finance real estate properties that dont meet the specifications of prime lenders have gone mainstream in a way that was virtually unthinkable only a year ago, say executives at Pergolis Swartz Associates. Hard money lenders played a key role last fall when borrowers lost their commitments from Wall Street and needed quick money to rescue their deals. In numerous cases, these hard money lenders stepped into the breach and saved the day. Hard money lenders also have been instrumental in bringing a class of properties to market that prime lenders avoid. Thanks to their financing, millions of square feet of renovated problem properties have been put back into productive use and economic viability. The hard money lenders have become almost institutional at this point, said Jerry Swartz, a principal of Pergolis Swartz Associates. There are so many viable deals our there today that just dont meet the criteria of the prime lenders or the Wall Street conduits, that the hard money lenders have become an extremely important part of the mortgage financing scene.

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Significant ethical risks prohibit criminal defense lawyers from arranging or posting bond for clients in all but the rarest of cases, but there may be tactical reasons for them to do so and circumstances where they may. But the committee also suggested that it would be rare to obtain genuine and voluntary informed consent from a client experiencing stress, anxiety and other pressures from confinement and the conditions of incarceration. The committee noted that civil rights lawyers historically posted bond for criminal defendants where it was likely that no one else would do so. It acknowledged that obtaining the release of a client from custody could be a practical or tactical goal in handling a criminal case, which could qualify the step as a legitimate cost of litigation. It also suggested there might be occasions in which a lawyer who is a friend of the clients family would reasonably expect the family to indemnify her for any loss.
AN ITALIAN who claims to be a qualified criminal lawyer was asked yesterday to explain himself to three Court of Appeal judges. Giovanni di Stefano, who has represented some of Britains most notorious criminals, including Kenneth Noye, Jeremy Bamber and Harold Shipman, was questioned by the court over his right to practise law in Britain. Mr Lynch replied: “Mr Di Stefano. I dont believe he is a representative of Paul Martin.” But the judge said that Mr Di Stefano, who said he worked for Italian law firm Studio Legale Internazionale, had signed written legal advice in connection with the appeal.
THE SOCIETY of Black Lawyers yesterday demanded the setting up of a new race-hate register so that racist criminals could be more closely monitored by the police. Peter Herbert, the societys chairman, said research had shown that racist attacks were rarely spur of the moment incidents and were often carried out by perpetrators from identifiable problem estates or families. He said because there were identifiable patterns, resources could be targeted. The society wants to see the subject of racism introduced into the national curriculum for primary schools. Mr Herbert said this month had been dedicated “Black History Month” yet only a handful of schools were taking part in the exercise. The Society of Black Lawyers is organising the first international conference on race-hate crimes, to be held in London in December. The high-profile black American lawyer Johnnie Cochran and the United States deputy attorney general, Eric Holder, will attend along with Stephen Lawrences parents and their lawyers. Mr Herbert said the evidence of bad practice which has emerged at the Lawrence inquiry had been received with dismay in the US, where Scotland Yard has legendary status. “The British police and Scotland Yard have a reputation for dogged thoroughness and it is something that has tarnished their international reputation,” he said. The other groups giving evidence yesterday, the last day of this phase of the inquiry, were the Justices Clerks Society and the anti- racist 1990 Trust. Today, the inquiry team begins a tour of the regions before retiring to produce its report, expected early in the new year.

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NAI Friedland Realty, Inc. announced the following transactions: * The sale of 414 Broadway, a 10,000 SF building in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. to Keystone Development Group LLC for $2 million. Rick Stassa, of NAI Friedland, represented both parties in the transaction; * The sale of 100 Poncifleld Road, a 37,000 SF building in Bronxville, N.Y. for $1.85 million. John Williams, of NAI Friedland, represented both parties in the transaction.
Grubb Ellis Company announced the sale of 306-312 W. 97th St., a two-property, apartment building package in New York City, to Time Equities, Inc. Miriam Halpert, senior managing director of Grubb Ellis, and Jonathan Miller, executive managing director, represented both parties in the transaction. Massey Knakal Realty Services announced the following transactions: * The sale of 2325 Prospect Ave., a five-story apartment building in the Bronx, for $1.105 million. Marco Lala, director of sales with Massey Knakal, represented both parties in the transaction;
Prospect Investment Corp. announced the sale of 400 South First Ave., an apartment complex in Highland Park, N.J., to the Kushner Companies for $3.2 million. Alchemy Properties Inc. announced the sale of a 14,392 SF condominium space at 42-48 E. 20th St. in New York City to Danny Meyer. Rothwood Real Estate Services announced the sale of a 23-acre land site in Brooklyn, N.Y. to IKEA. Kenneth S. Roth, president of Rothwood, represented the buyer in the transaction.

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Too much to do? Looking to make a name for yourself, serve the profession, serve the public, get some free marketing? This is a chance for you to give back and get involved by applying to submit columns, just like this one, to The Daily Record Rookies panel of writers. Wouldnt you feel good about yourself after doing something nice for someone? Why not do something nice for your profession or lawyers going through what youve already endured? If youve got a perspective, a unique experience, or the courage to pass around advice, this is a great opportunity for you. In an environment generally void of volunteers, it is awfully easy to stand out among the crowd by getting involved. Too many of us are so worried about billing hours, making money today, getting off work to go out, or get some sleep that we fail to do much of anything else. Who has time to build a reputation, help out, or work toward making money tomorrow?
These official complaints about the public are more interesting than they seem. Its true that, case by case, they are perfectly well founded. The Audit Commission last week announced that there had been a 150 per cent increase in 999 calls since 1980, only a third of which had anything to do with crime and which included enquiries about late-night chemists and football scores. The commission sensibly suggested instituting a 333 call, for lost door-keys and cats up trees. At the same time, the Department of Health and the British Medical Association are complaining that night calls to doctors have doubled, many of them concerned with a jammed medicine cabinet or a lack of condoms at a crucial moment in the small hours. Doctors and police officers are certainly hard-pressed. But where will this end? The privatised utilities have already begun to show signs of the same impatience. In Yorkshire, the water company has suggested that it cannot do its job properly unless the population stops taking its water for silly reasons like washing or drinking. No doubt British Gas, even when its finances are relieved of the burden of Cedric Browns pay-off, will soon launch a series of witty advertisements inviting us to eat more cold meat and fruit cake and - like the healthier Germans or Dutch - to cook only one hot meal a day. On the surface, these appeals suggest that we are becoming softer, more demanding, more spoilt by easy living. Where is our ancient British ruggedness? It is all our fault, and our moral fibre is decaying. Far from having reversed the decline into dependency culture, as Thatcherites claim, the British are less self-reliant than ever.

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Monday May 5, 2003 will go down in history as a day to remember in employment law. It was the day the long-debated amendments to the Health Safety in Employment Act finally came into effect. Why is this new legislation so important? The term “workplace stress” took on a whole new significance, with new obligations for employers, and potentially serious financial consequences for those who ignore them. Workplace stress is no longer simply a sad fact of life. It is now an officially recognised and legislated “workplace hazard”, with the amendments extending the definitions of “harm” and “hazard” to include physical and mental harm caused by work-related stress. A cursory reading of the new legislation might be enough to instantly treble employers workplace stress, but a deeper understanding goes some way to restoring mental equilibrium. The Occupational Safety and Health booklet, Healthy work, Managing Stress in the Workplace, tells employers that “there is only a requirement to manage work stressors or the individuals stressed situation where you can be reasonably expected to know about the stress. Even then the obligation is only to do what is reasonably practicable in the circumstances.”
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OREM — A hypnotherapy lecture at Utah Valley State College that had been scheduled for last week has been changed. The lecture will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the Liberal Arts Building, Room 105. It is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Aaron Wood at 801-592-7912.
Cognitive Hypnotherapy. Thomas E. Dowd. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson (2002). 240 pages, $40. Reviewed by: Bruce N. Eimer, Ph.D., ABPP, Philadelphia, PA. Until recently, there has been little in the CT literature on the use of hypnosis (Golden et al., 1987). In the language of the laterality of brain functions, cognitive therapy has emphasized “left brain” thinking as opposed to “right brain” creativity and imagination. In Cognitive Hypnotherapy, Tom Dowd successfully changes this emphasis-adding “right brain” to what was mostly a “left brain” art. For CT and CBT practitioners, Cognitive Hypnotherapy offers options for expanding the scope and flexibility of their practice by adding hypnosis to it. For clinical hypnosis practitioners, this book models efficient ways of integrating cognitive restructuring and reframing techniques with direct and indirect, permissive, hypnosis trance induction and therapeutic suggestion techniques.
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MIAMI — Jewish motorcyclists? Yes, amazingly they exist, and theres a whole lot more of them than you think - actually more than 50,000 nationwide. Even though nice Jewish boys arent supposed to ride motorcycles, they do, so they might as well wear Kosher clothing, its the least they can do to keep their mothers and wives happy. Well, technically the clothing isnt actually kosher, says Jeff Mustard, founder of King David Bikers and the man behind the creation of the clothing and chachkas line that consists of more than two-dozen products, but theyre not traif either. Reading the merchandise descriptions in the Clothing Chachkas Catalogue is almost as much fun as actually wearing the shirts or drinking from the coffee cups. Mustard, a former stand-up comedian turned professional comedy writer and producer put his wit to work in developing the KDB Gear line. The club logo and shirts were an instant hit, says Mustard, and according to the Brooklyn-born biker whos now a Florida-native, the shirts flew off the table at their Sunday morning ride meetings faster than you could say sale at Loehmans. Everywhere we went people wanted the shirts, Jews and non-Jews alike.
Business Editors MELBOURNE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 28, 2000 American Quantum Cycles, Inc. (ASE: AFV) and American Motorcycle Company (AMC) of Delaware announced today an agreement to merge their business operations. The new organization will operate as American Motorcycle Company, with headquarters in Washington, DC. The Company will continue listing on the AMEX under its current symbol, AFV.

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In the heart of Soho, on the hallowed site where people once crushed in to see the Who, the Stones and Clapton through a sea of sweat, stands Sir Terence Conran and his cast of thousands. What used to be the Marquee club has become a small corner of Conrans latest, greatest gastrodome. Its the biggest restaurant in London and it opens today.
With the homey goodness of Nestle Toll House cookies and Nesquik cocoa-flavored coffee drinks on the menu, an outlet in a just-opened shopping mall in the Dallas suburb Frisco is offering a brand-new alternative to such stalwarts as Mrs. Fields and Starbucks. The upstart concept also is joining the growing ranks of cafes and kiosks bearing suppliers logos on their marquees. Its all about the brands and their power to attract customers, said Zack Dalal, Crest president. The new cafe prototype features such Nestle brands as Nescafe, Nesquick, Butterfinger, Crunch, Baby Ruth and 100 Grand.

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Hulbertus v. Amelunxen, Stefan Iglhaut, Florian Rotzer, Alexis Cassel, and Nikolaus G. Schneider, eds. Basel: GB Arts International, 1996. 308 pp., color ills. $59.95. Malcolm McCulloughs Abstracting Craft makes a particularly compelling argument for the validity of embodied knowledge. “Academics,” McCullough states at the outset, “despite a growing faction interested in body criticism, generally ignore the hands in their epistemologies of mind” (5). A professor of architecture at Harvard Universitys Graduate School of Design, McCullough notes that within the limited experiential frame of computer production there are major obstacles to the acquisition of what he refers to under the rubric of craft. His argument reflects an ongoing concern expressed by traditionally trained artists as they watch a new generation adept only at scanning, appropriation, and the use of software. (Their fear: computer design students never learn to draw.) His suggestion is to reconceptualize electronic tools so that they are used not “so much for automating tasks as for abstracting craft” (81). Paradoxically, what McCullough bemoans is the process of abstraction that introduces the distance between hand and material, mind and process. By emphasizing the hand as an instrument essential to epistemological development, cognitive processes, and artistic articulation, he proposes a synthetic resolution of traditional craft and new technology rather than pitting them in an apparently inevitable, unproductive opposition. Unfortunately he stops short of assessing the ways in which the conceptual premises of software products have ignored or incorporated assumptions about what constitutes embodied knowledge in specific terms. Immersed in Technology, an anthology edited by Mary Anne Moser and Douglas MacLeod, also address issues of physicality. A welcome counterpoint to the exaggerated rhetoric of popular journalism on the topic, this sophisticated volume came out of the Canadian Art Centre at Banff, which has provided a forum for ongoing investigation of the intersections between art and technology. The books contributors are artists who are either technicians or are sufficiently close to the technical processes to have no illusions about them. These are people directly involved in working with so-called immersant technologies (three-dimensional, real-time illusions involving multiple sensory stimulation). The editors establish the tone of the book in their introduction, where they frankly acknowledge the sometimes contentious character of exchanges among the artists involved (certainly a healthy feature of an anthology). Katherine Hayles notes that even the core notion of virtual reality was fraught with misleading inaccuracies and says that the Banff group proposed the term “embodied virtuality” as an (albeit controversial) alternative. The books finely honed critical edge, informed by a cultural studies approach to gender and politics, succeeds in deflating mythic fantasies about the virtual. Chief among these is that of total escape from ones body, identity, and life that drives much of the Wired-type hype surrounding electronic art.
David Sandison, picture editor of The Independent on Sunday, was the runner-up in the Photo Essay category of the Nikon Press Awards.

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SEATTLE — The Cobalt Group, the leading provider of marketing services to the retail automotive industry, today announced findings from a recent survey regarding Internet search engine marketing. The survey, sponsored by Cobalt and conducted by independent market research firm, Hebert Research, Inc., surveyed 300 dealers located throughout the U.S. to assess dealer attitudes, awareness, usage and investment trends with regard to Automotive Paid Search advertising(1). Internet search engines have rapidly become a focal point in the consumer vehicle purchase process: more than two-thirds of all car shoppers use the Internet to buy autos, and more than 70% start their process at an Internet search engine, such as Google, Yahoo! or MSN(2). The Internet search engines are becoming a crucial way for dealers to connect with in-market car buyers, said John Holt, CEO of The Cobalt Group. Thats why we felt it was important to sponsor this market research. Were delighted to share these results with the auto industry, to help promote greater awareness of an exciting new Internet advertising medium. Internet Paid Search advertising enables dealers, OEMs (and other automotive advertisers) to pay to appear on the pages of Internet search engine automotive query results, and thereby connect cost-effectively to prospective car buyers. Consequently, many auto dealers are eagerly embracing this new advertising tool, to generate both sales and service leads. Some key findings of the survey include:
Vaults 2005 Internships Survey is comprised of 344 responses from undergraduates across the U.S. Now, many interns no longer have to make the choice between a lucrative yet typical summer job like life-guarding or landscaping and the valuable job experience and resume building power of a summer internship. They can have the best of both worlds.
Board members, especially those serving on audit committees, have taken on new risks and responsibilities. Now theyre getting paid more, too. Thats the conclusion of a recent survey by Sibson Consulting. Of the 69 companies that took part in the survey, about two-thirds are either making or planning material changes to their directors compensation by upping per-meeting fees and retainers and altering the cash and equity mix for their directors. And where committee service is involved, all of the companies planning to make changes to committee pay say they plan to increase compensation for audit-committee service. “Everybody has been reevaluating,” says Susan Shultz, president of Phoenix-based SSA Executive Search International Ltd., as well as the author of The Board Book (Amacom, 2000). “Sizable companies now see that directors are worth more money.” Thats because theyre doing more work. Shultz estimates that committed board members currently work an average of 300 hours a year for each board they sit on. And, she says, they are taking a more strategic role in the company.

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SEATTLE — The Cobalt Group, the leading provider of marketing services to the retail automotive industry, today announced findings from a recent survey regarding Internet search engine marketing. The survey, sponsored by Cobalt and conducted by independent market research firm, Hebert Research, Inc., surveyed 300 dealers located throughout the U.S. to assess dealer attitudes, awareness, usage and investment trends with regard to Automotive Paid Search advertising(1). Internet search engines have rapidly become a focal point in the consumer vehicle purchase process: more than two-thirds of all car shoppers use the Internet to buy autos, and more than 70% start their process at an Internet search engine, such as Google, Yahoo! or MSN(2). The Internet search engines are becoming a crucial way for dealers to connect with in-market car buyers, said John Holt, CEO of The Cobalt Group. Thats why we felt it was important to sponsor this market research. Were delighted to share these results with the auto industry, to help promote greater awareness of an exciting new Internet advertising medium. Internet Paid Search advertising enables dealers, OEMs (and other automotive advertisers) to pay to appear on the pages of Internet search engine automotive query results, and thereby connect cost-effectively to prospective car buyers. Consequently, many auto dealers are eagerly embracing this new advertising tool, to generate both sales and service leads. Some key findings of the survey include:
Vaults 2005 Internships Survey is comprised of 344 responses from undergraduates across the U.S. Now, many interns no longer have to make the choice between a lucrative yet typical summer job like life-guarding or landscaping and the valuable job experience and resume building power of a summer internship. They can have the best of both worlds.

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How to write an electronic resume. Lets look at this new resume in reference to other types of resumes as well as in relation to todays changing job market. In doing so, you should be able to decide what type of resume is most appropriate for your career and how you can best distribute your resume to prospective employers.
Take it from career guru Gary Joseph Grappo–you dont have to be closetted to achieve success in the business world Gary Joseph Grappo knows a thing or two about job hunting. Before penning such popular self-help titles as How to Write Better Resumes and Start Your Own Business in Thirty Days, the 45-year-old Florida-based author sold computers, managed a church-funded nursing home, and toiled in a variety of positions for the now-defunct PeoplExpress Airlines. Undaunted, Grappo sent out 400 letters to book agents. Twenty asked to see the manuscript. Three wanted to try to sell it. “I became a best-selling author almost overnight,” says the scribe. Since then, Grappo says, his message has reached “between 50 million and 100 million people,” thanks to book sales, appearances on television and radio, and participation at conferences and job fairs coast to coast.
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Photography might just be the best way to capture New York Citys snappy charms. Certainly from the late 1930s to the early 1960s, photographers such as Diane Arbus, Weegee and Richard Avedon made their reputations by getting out and about on the citys busy streets, immortalising whatever they saw. Christened the New York School, these snappers always worked in a democratic vein, interested in everyone, no matter if it was a couple kissing in a cinema or two children pulling faces on a sidewalk. Michael Hoppen Gallery, London SW3, Thur to 7 Jun
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TUCSON, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 9, 1998–Burr-Brown Corporation (NASDAQ:BBRC) today announced the DRV134 and DRV135 differential line drivers fully specified for professional audio equipment such as mixing consoles, effects processors, and broadcast consoles. These balanced output audio drivers consist of high performance op amps with on-chip precision resistors and feature excellent ac specifications, including low distortion, low noise, and high slew rate. The DRV134 and DRV135 line drivers enhance our product offerings targeted to professional audio systems, said John Brown, strategic marketing engineer at Burr-Brown. Used in combination with our recently introduced INA134 and INA137 differential receivers, they offer a complete solution for transmitting analog audio signals without degradation. This chip set also finds a home in industrial and instrumentation systems for easily transferring linear signals through electrically hostile areas.
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The Swedish optical media test equipment manufacturer AudioDev AB said on Tuesday (20 April) that it had received new orders for DVD test equipment in the US. The orders, awarded by four leading American manufacturers of pre-mastered DVDs, are worth a total of some SEK10m.

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Wednesday was a black day for V-TOL and even blacker for the management of The Place, obliged to announce 20 minutes into In the Privacy of My Own, that the accompanying film had broken and the show could not continue. Drinks on the house and ticket refunds will have trashed the theatres finances, and didnt much relieve our frustration at seeing less than half the show. Wed seen enough to know that Mark Murphys vision of choreography, film, sound and light - a Gesamtkunstwerk in modern dance - is an exciting advance that fully justifies its technical complexity, dodgy celluloid or no. To begin, we see three bodies, naked and coiled in sleep. A lilting voice intones poetic psychobabble above them: we are going to find out what makes these people tick. Later, leather-jacketed and dressed for the street, the bodies spring to life, whirling and skidding through Murphys furious dervish-dancing, lapels and long hair flailing, arms propelling bodies almost dangerously out of control. But controlling wildly diverse elements is what this choreographer does so well. Suddenly, with a slap, a gauze screen descends and a film shows our three characters in three domestic settings. The soundtrack lurches into Elvis Presleys “Suspicious Minds” and we see that each is in the throes of leaving a lover, or being left. While the gauze shows the mundane reality (a girl clearing shelves of books; a couple squabbling over who keeps the cat), behind it the live performers dance out their alternating numbness, rage, confusion, exhilaration. Some of the filmed sequences are too long, but the layering of images works beautifully, creating an intriguing whole that is more than the sum of its parts.

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If you can find that discarded cellular unit, a mall kiosk may have a deal for you At a kiosk in the Ocean County Mall in Toms River, Patrick Lynch pays people cash on the spot for their unwanted wireless phones. He will ante up anywhere from $3 for old models to $200 for fully loaded state-of-the-art phones. Thats natural since his kiosk, called Cell For Cash, is the first in New Jersey, and among the first in the country, to buy used cell phones. The business proposition is simple: There is strong demand for wireless phones in Latin America and the Caribbean, where dealers pay top dollar for used phones.
Targeting a market now served largely by Omnipoint and expensive satellite phones, Nextel Communications is offering a new wireless phone that can be used around most of the world with one phone number. Its not cheap: The phone costs $350, or $250 under a launch promotion. And calling prices range from $1 a minute in Western Europe up to $5 in some African, Southeast Asian, and Eastern European countries. To use the service, subscribers must buy a Motorola i2000 phone. It is a “dual mode” phone that works on Nextels iDEN network system in the United States and Latin America, and on the GSM standard that dominates in Europe, Asia, and much of the rest of the world.

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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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Nigel Egginton outlines the ongoing problems of Legionella for hospitals, and says that with strict maintenance, evaporative coolers may be the answer.Cooling towers have been well documented as a potential source for Legionnaires Disease since the virus was first identified in 1976. The Legionella bacteria thrive in any warm, non-sterile water. The danger arises when contaminated water becomes aerosolised (ie suspended in air) and the droplets evaporate before they reach the ground, so creating particles that are so small they can be inhaled into the lowest part of the lungs.In July 1976, 182 delegates to an American Legion convention in Philadelphia were struck down with a mysterious acute respiratory illness. The search began for what was six months later found to be the bacterial species Legionella Pneumophila, a particularly small bacterium that thrives in warm, non-sterile water. Legionella has probably been around for hundreds of years but has only recently been isolated because of the new environments, like cooling towers, which support its growth.

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Daimler-Benz yesterday decided not to let its German rivals leave it in the dust in super-luxury cars, approving plans to go ahead with production of a limousine to compete with Rolls-Royce. As Volkswagen and BMW reached a settlement on taking over Rolls brands, Daimlers management board gave the go-ahead for production of the Maybach, which it has previewed at auto shows for the past year. “With the positive decision for the production of the Mercedes- Benz Maybach, we are underscoring once more our claim to represent the absolute top in every market segment,” said Daimler chief executive Mr Jurgen Schrempp.
The company recently launched a national expansion effort, and now provides transportation in Boston, Las Vegas and Washington, D.C.

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Consider adding a legal service plan to your employee perks A recent study found that three lawsuits are filed every second in the United States. That means most people are more likely to be involved in some sort of legal action over the next year than to be hospitalized. And, many of those people will be your credit unions employees. Employers struggling with a tight job market are learning that providing legal services as a benefit is a low-cost, low-hassle incentive for prospective and current employees. The plans cost $10-$16 per month for full family coverage and rarely increase in cost no matter how many employees use the services.
They argue that, if marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and other drugs were legalized, several positive things would probably occur: (1) drug prices would fall; (2) users would obtain their drugs at low, government-regulated prices, and they would no longer be forced to resort to crime in order to support their habits, (3) levels of drug-related crime, and particularly violent crime, would significantly decline, resulting in less crowded courts, jails, and prisons (this would allow law-enforcement personnel to focus their energies on the “real criminals” in society); and the drug production, distribution, and sale would no longer be controlled by organized crime, and thus such criminal syndicates as the Colombian cocaine “cartels,” the Jamaican “posses,” and the various “mafias” around the country and the world would be decapitalized, and the violence associated with drug distribution rivalries would be eliminated. By contrast, the anti-legalization camp argues that violent crime would not necessarily decline in a legalized drug market. In fact, there are three reasons why it might actually increase. First, removing the criminal sanctions against the possession and distribution of illegal drugs would make them more available and attractive and, hence, would create large numbers of new users. Second, an increase in use would lead to a greater number of dysfunctional addicts who could not support themselves, their habits, or their lifestyles through legitimate means. Hence crime would be their only alternative. Third, more users would mean more of the violence associated with the ingestion of drugs. These divergent points of view tend to persist because the relationships between drugs and crime are quite complex and because the possible outcomes of a legalized drug market are based primarily on speculation. However, it is possible, from a careful review of the existing empirical literature on drugs and violence, to make some educated inferences.
Winning legal aid is now harder than ever. The Governments pounds 2bn legal aid budget is fixed and is split between both criminal and civil cases. Criminal cases, where defendants have a right to legal representation, take the lions share of the cash. No win, no fee: Reducing spending on legal aid for civil cases is a Government priority ” it wants to direct people towards mediation services rather than court action. Moves to extend the type of case where lawyers can offer a no-win, no-fee service are also intended to reduce the need for legal aid. Check eligibility: The easiest way to check eligibility for legal aid is to consult the Community Legal Service. Its members, including Citizens Advice, can explain how the means tests work ” and whether your case is potentially eligible for assistance.

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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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McRon Thompson of Richmond, Texas, stopped at a car wash to clean his vehicle at about 1 a.m. on May 26, shortly after leaving work. While he was cleaning his car, he noticed three vehicles slowly cruise through the parking lot. When he noticed the cars slowly proceeding past for a second time, he got a gun from the car, loaded it, and put it in his pocket. The two carjackers then tried to run off, but police at a station a mere block away from the scene heard the gunshots and saturated the area. Both carjackers were subsequently caught and charged with aggravated robbery. The occupants of the other vehicles were not caught.
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In contrast to other commercial real estate markets throughout the country, the New Jersey commercial real estate market remains relatively strong. While there are soft pockets in the marketplace, low vacancy rates, stable rents, and limited new construction are positive signs for the commercial real estate market to remain stable throughout New Jersey. One of the most exciting new development trends over the past year is the renaissance taking place in our states urban areas. In cities like Newark, Harrison, Trenton, Bound Brook, the Amboyis and, of course, the entire Hudson River waterfront, the developmental, political and cultural communities have converged to push growth back to the urban market. These initiatives are definitely sustainable which bodes well for new development opportunities. New construction projects are experiencing strong success with their pre-leasing efforts. A look throughout the state shows that there are very few spec office buildings remaining empty. Many developers are continuing to experience great success in redevelopment as well. These developments offer tenants virtually new space, with the advantages of modem construction at lower rental rates. This market should remain strong with potential new redevelopment sites still available. Older buildings are being upgraded in order to accommodate the technology needs of todayis tenants, thereby making them more marketable. Most buildings are being re-wired for high-speed voice, data and Internet usage, which makes them more attractive to new users.
According to Seena Stein, SIOR, president of Newmark Partners, Inc., The New Jersey office market is absorbing newly-built space as soon as it reaches the market. The reason for this is three-fold; financial services firms are moving in to take advantage of excellent transportation between Northern New Jersey and Wall Street; high-tech companies have found New Jersey a friendly environment; and many current New Jersey tenants are expanding within the market.Northern New Jerseys availability rate remained steady, rising to 13 percent from 12.9 percent at 1997s year end. This minimal rise reflects the markets strength, despite a deluge of space coming available (over 4 million square feet) and increasing pressure from New York to keep large tenants from leaving the city.Central New Jersey performed with equal, vigor as its availability rate declined to 12.9 percent from 15 percent, offsetting the 2.5 million square feet of inventory that came on in the first six months of 1998.

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* Halberstams portraits of “children” who played roles central to the civil rights movement is already wellknown and celebrated. But its worth taking a close look at the anguish and exhilaration living, breathing-and sometimes unheroic-human beings faced during the events of the time. As Will Campbell wrote in his Sojourners review of Halberstams book (MayJune 1998), “It is about America: America at its best, America at its worst. The title of this admirable book is apt, for the bravest, most venturesome, and at times seemingly foolhardy acts of the civil rights movement were carried out by the young.” (Random House)
Mississippi aviation unit reaches out to Iraqi kidsEven as the war rages and the desert heat pushes past 100 degrees, a group of Mississippi Army National Guardsmen is making time to help children in IraqWhile maintaining their military responsibilities near Balad, members of the Jackson-based Task Force 1.85th Aviation Group have already rebuilt parts of a school, an agriculture center and a clinic.

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Home show has it all “The Springs Fantastic” Home and Garden Show will bloom 1-9 p.m. March 2, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. March 3 and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. March 4 at the Youth Outreach Center, 1801 N. Union Blvd. Admission is $6 for ages 18 and older and includes all workshops and seminars. Garden exhibits will include water gardening, composting, floral design and gardening with roses. Home improvement ideas range from faux finishes to innovative closet designs and unique windows. There will also be displays of new trends in home technology systems.
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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.
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.

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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.
Children dont come with instructions. But parents might long for some when a health problem arises. A free forum designed to make parents health-wiser by providing care tips and strategies is planned 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Pikes Peak East Library, 5550 N. Union Blvd. Lunch will be provided to those who R.S.V.P. by Monday. The forum is hosted by Resources for Young Children and Families Inc. To R.S.V.P. or for more information, call Robin Mitchell at 577-9190.

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Author Anne Rices former home, the setting for her novel “The Witching Hour,” is up for sale. The asking price for the Garden District mansion at the corner of First and Chestnut streets is $4.6 million. The 1850s Greek revival-style home features manicured gardens with a fishpond, a heated saltwater pool, a guesthouse and a staff house.
If we could find an economical way to control off-flavors and the blue-green algae that produce them, it would be a tremendous boon to the industry, no question, he says.Many producers would agree. Currently, a major obstacle to catfish sales is the off-flavor compounds produced by microscopic algae. These natural algae byproducts are absorbed into the fishes meat, giving them a muddy taste. The fish are still safe to eat, but they just dont taste good anymore.As a result, many are unmarketable, causing an extra $5.8 to $12 million in overhead costs. Thats why three times a week, Jeffers takes fish from harvest-ready ponds for flavor testing by processors.
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Printing is a competitive business and an expensive operation. When government subdivisions are competing against the private sector for the same business, it makes it even more competitive, said Jim Grammer, owner of Gowdy Printcraft Press. The main printing production headquarters of the U.S. Government Printing Office is the largest information processing, printing and distribution facility in the world. Many of our nations most important information products, such as the Congressional Record and the Federal Register, are produced at the GPOs main plant, a 1.5 million square-foot complex in Washington, D.C., said Bruce James, the chief executive officer of the GPO. The GPO is the federal governments primary centralized resource for gathering, cataloging, producing, providing and preserving published information in all its forms. However, James said the majority of the governments printing needs are met through a long-standing partnership with Americas printing industry, dating back to the beginning of World War II.

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MAKING ITS OWN RULES The National Futures Association (NFA) has approved a new forex rule and several rule amendments meant to help the NFA regulate fraud against entities on which it had no jurisdiction before. The changes are also independent of the CFTC reauthorization, which is focusing on forex regulation and CFTC jurisdiction regarding non-futures contracts. The new rule, Compliance Rule 2-39, prohibits all NFA members who introduce retail forex customers to or manage retail forex accounts with any counterparty from engaging in illegal off-exchange transactions or fraud. The rule also requires members to supervise their employees and agents. These requirements previously applied only to members who were doing business with forex dealer members, and now associates who conduct retail forex business with other counterparties are subject to the same requirements as members.
Cash forex has been one of the fastest growing retail markets, but currency futures are booming too with the onset of almost around-the-clock electronic trading. Which market is best for you? With the U.S. dollar in the doldrums, more and more traders are getting fired up about forex and currency futures. However, there are numerous questions to answer before venturing into either of these red-hot markets. When deciding between currency futures or cash forex trading, you must consider several factors or risk getting burned. “In the OTC market there are multiple filters that [dont] allow a lot of the smaller customers to deal directly on the same prices as the big institutional customers,” says Derek Sammann, managing director of foreign exchange products at CME Group. “A central counter party takes the whole credit issue away from the equation and allows the smallest retail trader to match up with a [large institution] because all the counterparty trades are matched up with a central clearing house.” He adds that in the wake of the subprime crisis, currency futures trading has an advantage because “stripping out the credit risk element levels the playing field for all the players in the field and you know no matter how small you are in the market, you have access to the same prices as the biggest institutional players in the space.”
There are many misconceptions and confusions between currency futures contracts and online forex trading also known as spot forex or e-forex. Both provide a way to speculate on changes in foreign exchange rates, but they arent exactly the same. Heres a quick look at the main attributes of these markets and how they differ. * Maturity dates for currency futures are the third Friday of March, June, September and December. Spot Forex maturity dates are any same business days of the two currencies involved. The four maturity dates a year in currency futures are rolled over to the next maturity dates, approximately every 90, days whereas spot forex maturity days are rolled over on a day-to-day basis known as “spot-next.” * The regulation in spot forex has been self-monitored for years; however, in the United States, the National Futures Association and Commodity Futures Trading Commission are taking much greater interest in spot forex trading. Since December 2000, both the NFA and the CFTC have had jurisdiction and oversight for spot forex activities, creating a safer playing field for traders.

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All the major brands, from Nikon to Canon and Pentax to Sony, offer point-and-shoot digital cameras. Even Hewlett-Packard has jumped on the digital camera bandwagon. According to Justin Porterfield, manager of the ZCMI Center Inkleys, the cost ranges from $100 to $1,000. One in the $500-price range will get you near single lens reflex quality, he said. According to Allred, most digital cameras have a small LCD monitor on the back that is ideal for composing and reviewing images. It also lets you magnify the images to check for accurate focus and small details. Most digital cameras use compact flash type I memory cards that allow easy downloading to a computer or printer through a USB port on the camera. This allows easy transmission of photographic data to a PC or Mac. Most digital cameras can record movies in AVI format with a duration of up to 30 seconds. The low-quality movies are really for e-mailing and not for television viewing.
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