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Real Estate Brokers with the SRES designation help seniors make wise decisions about selling their home, buying rental property, managing the capital gains and estate tax implications of owning real estate, obtaining a reverse mortgage, moving to a senior community and other issues. The designation was introduced in 1997 and is nationally recognized.
Jerry Long
- Real estate - B.J. McGivern was honored as Valley Inc. Realtors top sales associate for the month of September. For more information about McGivern, call 233-4222 or B.J. McGivern.realtor.com. - Harold Herrick has joined Countrywide Realty Inc. of Topeka, specializing in commercial and residential real estate.
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Imeldas Fine Shoes began, fittingly enough, with gushing over a pair of shoes. Actually, it was two pairs of shoes–one pink and orange, the other black and white striped, both with bows–and a long-running series of mutual compliments between two members of Baton Rouge Junior League. The name, of course, comes courtesy of the shoe-obsessed wife of Ferdinand Marcos, the late dictator of the Philippines.
The Red Shoes
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During the past six months, real estate executives in New York City have been in a battle of perception. A picture of declining rental rates, climbing vacancies and tenants returning space in droves has been at the forefront of many recent news articles. However, the fact is that New York Citys real estate market is not as weak as many believe. In fact, the citys residential market has shown signs of stabilizing and many neighborhoods are on the upswing. Currently, we are seeing rental rates begin to stabilize to the levels posted during the summer of 2001. We must always keep in mind that New York City still has some of the best restaurants, retailers and destination spots in the world, making it the perfect live/work/play city. Its no wonder then that people still want to call New York City home. In addition to renewed tenant demand in New York City, the job market is also beginning to show signs of recovery. Financial institutions, with a major presence in the city, are once again looking to hire quality employees. As a result, the market is poised to see a new generation of residents by the fall of 2002 and beginning 2003.
The Creditors Rights Commercial Law Practice Group Ice Miller Recent issues of the Cautious Creditor(R) addressed various aspects of Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), which will take effect in Indiana on July 1, 2001. This issue of the Cautious Creditor addresses the effect of Revised Article 9 upon real estate transactions and foreclosure of real estate-related security interests (other than agricultural liens and security interests in farm products, which will be addressed in a future issue of the Cautious Creditor). In general UCC Article 9 applies only to security interests in personal property and fixtures, not liens on real property. Revised Article 9 continues to respect this distinction, with a few notable exceptions. The most significant real estate-related changes include extension of Article 9s coverage to encompass not only security interests in promissory notes and payment obligations secured by real property, but also outright transfers of promissory notes and other payment obligations that are secured by real estate mortgages.
Editors Synopsis: The author examines how changes to the Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 relating to promissory notes secured by real estate mortgages may affect priority disputes between secured parties and the Internal Revenue Service. This analysis proceeds upon the following basic assumptions: First, the holder of a note and mortgage may transfer that holders rights in the instrument by a document of assignment without a physical delivery of either the note or mortgage. This concept is implicit in the Article 9 provision for automatic perfection of an absolute assignment of a promissory note.6 Otherwise, because possession is also a method of perfection,7 the provision would be superfluous. Second, attachment (i.e., creation) of a security interest8 in Article 9 collateral, including a promissory note, requires either (1) a security agreement authenticated by the debtor, or (2) possession of the collateral by the secured party pursuant to an agreement.9
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INVESTMENTSBy contrast, an individual who buys an annuity pays the insurance company a sum of money and, in return, will receive a monthly income for as long as the purchaser lives. Naturally, the longer one lives, the more money is received. The holder of an annuity never outlives the return, regardless of how long-lived the individual is. Life insurance protects ones beneficiaries against financial loss as a result of the purchasers dying too soon, while annuities protect purchasers against financial loss as a result of living longer than their funds do.
Harvie Brown wonders how the Budget will deal with the Myners question THE long-awaited report on institutional investment by Paul Myners, chairman of London investment managers Gartmore, is due to be published this Tuesday. Chancellor Gordon Brown has indicated he will offer his response on Budget day. Current legislation is there to provide protection for individual investors, whether they are members of a pension scheme or when taking out a life company product, legislation which is limiting investment choice, reducing investment returns and increasing costs.
The sheer growth and diversity of the market has created problems for investors, including those who already have a portfolio of PEPs and those standing on the brink of investing Personal equity plans have proved to be a popular investment choice, offering scope for capital and income growth free of income and capital gains tax. Over pounds 20bn has been invested in some 5 million PEPs since their introduction in January 1987, and with over 1,000 on the market, investors have a bewildering array to choose from.
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A Vermont entrepreneur wanted to make products that would touch everyone. The result is a line that includes organic cotton bath towels and robes. “When I was young, I didnt tell anybody that I sewed because men are supposed to be athletes,” he recalls. “I would get a lot of looks when I would go to fabric stores because I was always the only 15-year-old guy in there. The other customers thought that it was really strange that I knew the sewing lingo and how to buy fabrics and notions.” After graduating from high school, Rayngay enlisted in the Navy and served as a Second Class Petty Officer from 1985 to 1988. He came to Vermont in 1988 to attend Bennington College as an ROTC student. In his spare time, he sewed pillows for his dorm room. “I was a tutor in physics and set up my sewing machine in the physics lab,” he says.
Where: Bath House, Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath Spa style: When in Bath, do as the Romans did bathe. The Bath House spa is inspired by the ancient ritual of taking the waters, but with fluffy bath robes instead of togas.
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HOUSTON — Exhibit Takes New Perspective on Todays Global Oil and Gas Industry BG Group, one of the worlds leading players in the global energy market, and Harrison Lovegrove Co. Ltd., an international oil and gas advisory firm, today announced the exhibition of Gas, Oil, Man, a photo perspective on the global gas and oil industry by renowned British photographer Simon Townsley. The two-year photography project, sponsored by BG Group and Harrison Lovegrove, was completed at the end of 2004. It includes 28 color photographs, printed in large scale, of the gas and oil industry at work in California, Canada, Gabon, Louisiana, Liverpool Bay, Mongolia, the North Sea, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Siberia, Sudan, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia and Vietnam. With the support of BG Group and other international oil and gas companies, Townsley was given unlimited access to oil and gas operations around the world.
We want to expand educational programs with more discussion, and broaden our role in the community at large. The board named Allison Hunter as interim director. Hunter had been curator of the for-profit De Santos Gallery and editor of HCPs quarterly SPOT magazine.
The photography collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is a nationally recognized assemblage of over 20,000 photographs by approximately 3000 artists that encompasses dozens of major collections.
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PhotographyIt has long been known that certain substances, when illuminated, undergo permanent visible changes. In the early part of the nineteenth century, these materials were sometimes used to make photogenic drawings, for example,
The first known photograph, made in 1826. It shows the courtyard outside the room of Joseph-Nic#x00E9;phore Niepce.
David Sandison, picture editor of The Independent on Sunday, was the runner-up in the Photo Essay category of the Nikon Press Awards.
FOCUS ON PHOTOGRAPHY (2007; $44.95), by Hermon Joyner and Kathleen Monaghan. Davis Publications. Focus on Photography is an excellent textbook for use with middle- and high-school students. It provides an introductory overview of the history and development of photography. Chapters include discussions of black and white photography, digital photography, portraits, action photography, photorealism, architecture and water landscapes, landscapes, animals and still life. Each chapter contains a career profile, telling the story of a photography professional. The concluding Handbook chapter contains useful information about general darkroom safety, darkroom and enlarger basics, film development basics, enlarging papers, contact sheets and making enlargements. Also included is an excellent glossary of terms.–J.J.H.
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AS A CHILD, Rebecca Smith was so shy she devoured self-help literature and practiced speaking in front of a mirror, emboldening herself to deliver book reports at school.”I realized if I stayed that shy, Id probably never leave Morristown, (Tenn.),” said the landscape designer who now resides in Berkeley and owns Fine Gardens, a landscape business focussed on landscape consulting and the design of sustainable gardens. But shy didnt mean subdued. Smith was a tomboy and she palled around with Jimmy and Ricky in the farming community where she grew up. As they reached adolescence, the lads began to look at her in horror. “What are you talking about?” she seethed. “I taught you how to ride horses. What do you mean? I taught you how to play football.”
Handbook of regenerative landscape design.
From elegant lighting, to classic statuary to dazzling waterfeatures, this section has it all. Turn the page to learn more about the new and always exiting products available for backyard landscape designs.
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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.
The things some people will do for a white Christmas.
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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Senior workshops/ One way to help seniors prevent injuries is to couple education with exercise that improves strength and balance. The YMCA is holding a free Fall-Prevention Health Fair 12:30-3:30 p.m. March 11 at the Garden Ranch Center, 2380 Montebello Drive West. The fair will include a series of workshops and assessments by local health experts; topics include key risk factors in the home, discussions on the interaction of medications, and balance physiology. For more information, call 593-9622.
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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Hypnosis is widely used and accepted as an adjunct to treatment for pain control, habit disorders, symptom reduction, and many medical problems. Although in the past the application and effectiveness of hypnosis have been questioned by the medical community, the clinical disciplines that use hypnotherapy have grown to include the medical specialties, psychiatry, psychology, and social work. In the last 20 years over 100 review articles have been published by a diverse membership in both the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis and the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, which are the respective journals of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis and the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. The International Society of Hypnosis is composed of individual members from more than 20 national constituent societies. The use of hypnosis is widespread in various areas of clinical medicine, and family physicians are in an ideal position to address questions about the indications, misconceptions, and contraindications for the use of hypnosis. The physicians understanding of the history, theory, and clinical application can help guide the patient to this alternate therapeutic modality. Education in basic and advanced hypnosis can also enhance the family physicians armamentarium in diagnosing and treating many common ailments.
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.
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Kmarts home business is on the up and up. The introduction of MSE Home has been such a boon to business–generating more than $1.4 billion in sales from its launch in 1997 through the end of fiscal 2000–that it now stands as a prime example of how a lone brand can single-handedly energize a category. Home, however, will continue to be a core focus. One of Conaways first public appearances when he took over as ceo was the unveiling of MSE Kitchen. At the time, he said, “You are going to see more space [devoted to] home as the store evolves in the future.” The reasons for this are clear; home still offers plenty of opportunities for the company. The company will continue rolling out housewares segments in the aftermath of the kitchen debut. It will introduce an assortment of MSE storage and organization products in June, to be followed by home decor products later in the year, for a total of 700 new MSE skus in fiscal 2001.
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Just as lead in products made in China has become big news, California regulators are preparing to crack down on the makers and distributors of jewelry sold in the state found to contain lead. The state Department of Toxic Substances Control is in charge of enforcing this law. In a posting on the agencys Web site, officials said they have already begun stepping up enforcement, both responding to consumer or worker complaints and conducting marketplace surveillance. However, the department wont be looking at dozens of companies that last year reached an agreement with then-Attorney General Bill Lockyer to limit lead content in the jewelry they make or sell. Major retailers including Saks Inc.; Liz Clairborne Inc.: Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Target Corp. and Sears Corp. signed on to the agreement, as did manufacturers like Arden Jewelry Manufacturing Co.
The New Jewelry
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Business Editors/Legal Writers Orrick, Herrington Sutcliffe LLP announced today that leading white collar criminal defense lawyer and former federal prosecutor Walt Brown has joined the firm as a partner in its litigation practice. He will be based in the firms San Francisco office.
BOSTON — In response to relentless, shameful attacks on the defense bar and its constitutional function, the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers today released the following statement: The Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers objects to statements made in the current campaign for governor suggesting that persons who perform the constitutionally mandated role of attorney for the defense in criminal cases are unfit for or disqualified from public office. No one in 1796, 1860 or 2006 can claim that such service in any way disqualified Adams or Lincoln from holding our highest office. An assertion that todays criminal defense counsel have acted contrary to the public interest and should not be trusted to serve in government is un-American and demonstrates either a profound contempt for, or ignorance of, our system of governance.
Lawyer-bashing is always a good way to get laughs. Now, one candidate seems to think its a good way to get votes, as well. “Wayne Gilchrest is in a primary election against a trial lawyer who openly advertises that he defends sexual predators and drug dealers,” one radio ad for the 1st District congressman states. “It will do us no good to replace a man like Wayne Gilchrest with a lawyer who makes his living getting child molesters off the hook.” Thanks to redistricting, the Eastern Shore constituents Gilchrest has represented for more than a decade — 400,000 of them — are joined by 260,000 residents of Anne Arundel, Harford and Baltimore counties.
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American College for Advancement in Medicine Update ACAM and FAIM (the Foundation for the Advancement of Innovative Medicine) speedily joined forces to oppose the chelation ban. Under the leadership of Dr. Allan Magaziner — President-Elect of ACAM — New Jersey physicians quickly mobilized. The press was alerted, money raised, and an attorney and a lobbyist hired. Loyal chelation patients turned out en masse at the next Board of Medicine meeting, wearing buttons saying “Im elated — Ive been chelated!” According to Dr. Magaziners account: “We never expected what happened next. Surprisingly, [New Jersey Board of Medicine] President William V. Harrer, MD announced that he would open the floor for discussion and invite the attendees to speak on matters of their concern, i.e. chelation therapy. He stated since there were so many attendees with the same intention, he would ask that we choose 5 speakers to speak on behalf of the others attending. It was not hard to find 5 people ready to speak their mind concerning the benefits chelation has made in their lives. The panel listened. President Harrer said he would bring todays proceedings up at the next meeting and forward our concerns to the Executive Committee.”
Stephen Barrett, MD, board chair of Quackwatch Inc., applauded the FTCs action. The government agency, which oversees the advertising of nonprescription drags, has taken an aggressive stance on the claims made by health products in the last two years. He said the agency has filed more false advertising claims in the last two years than during the 1980s. The FTC issued 1,200 warnings after an international health claim Internet surf day Nov. 10, 1998 when numerous agencies surfed the Internet and assessed Web sites. Email the FTC at health-claims@ftc.gov to send complaints or comments about health claims on the Internet. Comment: Heres one effective way for the government to stop some of these rascals from getting the word out. Although its impossible for the FTC to crack down on everyone advertising products with misleading or false claims, such actions may encourage other companies and practitioners to think twice before they push their products. Its also heartening to see the efforts in policing the Internet, which has become a haven for quacks promoting everything.
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At one time, Fort Wayne International Airport was a regional commercial service airport providing mainly transportation. Today, it is an international airport, providing transportation and facilities that foster economic development within the tri-state region. And, as aviation needs grow, this modem, functional and userfriendly airport is poised to continue responding. The airport is in an advantageous position for growth “because our geographic location within the major industrial corridor of the Midwest affords us unique opportunities,” says Miller. “We also have a well-developed strategic master plan which is being further updated to provide a blueprint for long-term development. This future planning, combined with enhanced marketing efforts, will help Fort Wayne International Airport meet the growing air transportation demands of our tri-state region.”
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Nursing home care in Utah is improving, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported Wednesday. Many of those improvements were linked directly by care center administrators to a quality improvement project through HealthInsight, Medicares Quality Improvement Organization in Utah. The organization is part of the national Nursing Home Initiative, which focuses on raising standards of care in nursing homes across the country and giving consumers more comparison information.
So Cal Builder Expo Offers Latest Products Services for Home Improvement Projects CONTACT: Hillary Angel of Wilkin Guge Marketing, +1-909-390-1239, ext. 104, hangel@wilkinguge.com, for So Cal Builder Expo
SAN FRANCISCO — The following release focuses on the topic Home Improvement: LOUISVILLE, Ky.–GE ClimateKeeper2 Refrigeration Technology Keeps it Fresh in the Kitchen (12/01/2004 - 08:00 AM, SOURCE: General Electric Consumer Industrial, NYSE:GE)
Posted by on 26 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Coverage of protest marches always seems to be a contentious issue. We get into trouble if we dont cover them, and often we get into trouble when we do. Estimates of numbers on any given march is a frequent matter of dispute, and when, last year, the figure we gave for an anti-war march was considered too low by readers who had attended it, they made sure we were told. The article, Ms Moore said, “seemed focused on picking fun at appearances, hair colour, `sensible clothing and belittling the attendees. I thought the kind of journalism that focuses on appearance and attractiveness was being avoided. It was usually used when writing about women and, quite rightly, decried as belittling and sexist. Am I to assume it is OK to resort to this when it is ageist?” I put these criticisms to the author of the piece, Robin Stummer. “There was no picking fun at appearances,” he said. “The comment about hair dye was made as a pointer to the fact that many retired people - now, in 2004 - were born in the 1940s, and are just as able and willing to change their appearance in later life as people 30, 40, or 50 years their junior. And that does mean hair and clothes.”
What should I consider when going for a change of colour? You must ensure your hair is in good condition before embarking on a change of colour and ensure you choose a shade that suits your complexion. For example, cool complexions should opt for ash shades and plummy/mahogany reds, and warm for golden blonde, soft coppers and rich chestnuts. There are several products on the market, some of which are excellent. Wash-in coloured mousses and semi-permanent colours can be fun to experiment with. However, leave the more technical procedures, such as highlighting, to a trained hairdresser.
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William Henry Vanderbilt was the son of the financier and steamship and railroad promoter Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt (1794-1877). He overcame both debilitating ill health during the first half of his life and his fathers skepticism about his promise as a businessman to establish himself in the railroad business by the time he was in his midforties. When his father died, William Vanderbilt inherited the bulk of an estate estimated to be worth about ninety million dollars. In less than a decade he had more than doubled the sum. By the time Vanderbilt engaged Herter, the firm had carried out decorating schemes for a good number of Americas newly rich, many of whom, like Vanderbilt, had made their fortunes developing the railroads that were crisscrossing the nation.(6) It is possible that Vanderbilt had visited and admired their houses, reinforcing his approval of Herter Brothers, which had previously decorated his house at 459 Fifth Avenue at Fortieth Street, where the Vanderbilts had lived since 1867.(7) In 1878 Herter Brothers proposed $16,355 worth of improvements to the drawing room of the Fortieth Street house, including a parquet floor “in rich, original design”; woodwork “of ebonized cherry inlaid gilt”; a ceiling “in distemper and gold”; “walls in distemper”; bronze chandeliers; curtains “of olive velours cisele trimmed with rich embroidered bands”; divans, armchairs, and “lady” chairs in olive velours; and light chairs and tabourets “in fancy covering.”(8)
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Hair loss and related scalp disorders are novel conditions of civilization that can be reversed or prevented by taking into account our evolutionary background. In this column Ill look at some of the cross cultural and evolutionary factors involved in hair loss and related disorders. * Grape seed and vine: Native Americans used grape vine sap and grape seed extract applied to the scalp for hair loss. Grape seed and vine contains proanthocyanidins which are potent antioxidants and act as a smooth muscle relaxant in blood vessels and capillaries, preventing or offsetting damage to the hair follicle blood supply. A patent was issued in Japan for grape seed extract as a hair regrowth compound.
A heads up on how to hold on to and beautify those wonderful tresses The average person loses somewhere between 50 and 125 strands of hair each day as a normal part of “shedding.” This may seem like a lot, but lost hairs (including eyebrows and eyelashes) are replaced very quickly so that we barely notice their departure. Its when you begin to lose more than this number on a regular basis that you may be headed for trouble. If you find youre clogging your drain during one shower, youre probably shedding too much hair. And, if new growth doesnt seem to take place as quickly as it once did, or worse, not at all, you may become one of the 40 million men and 20 million women destined for thinning hair or pattern hair loss.
ITS a hairy problem! Dogs and cats lose their hair. Some shed a little, others shed a lot. But shedding is a fact of dog and cat life. Animals in the wild usually go through predictable hair growth cycles. They shed in the spring and grow a summer coat. Then in the fall they shed again and grow a winter coat. Hair is a non-living, protein-structure produced by hair follicles within the skin. Dogs and cats have three types of hairs. Their outer coat is made of long, coarse, “guard” hairs. These pigmented guard hairs produce the color of the animals coat and are also coated with water-repelling sebum.
Posted by on 26 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Abstract People who focus on executive performance and development overtime have shown there are four aspects of executive focus in an organization: (1) Responsibility, accountability and authority, (2) interpersonal roles, (3) informational roles, and (4) decisional roles. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg in really understanding the value and leverage to be gained as a result of executive coaching. This article examines how to leverage executive coaching fully, in order to assess and amplify the role of emotional intelligence in executive results.
Reggie Minton is out of coaching, but he hasnt left the coaching fraternity. Minton, the Colorado College interim athletic director and former Air Force Academy mens basketball coach, has been hired by the National Association of Basketball Coaches as assistant executive director. He starts his new full-time job on Aug. 1 in Overland Park, Kan., after 33 years in coaching, all but three with the academy. Air Force did not renew his contract this spring after an 8-20 season, Mintons 16th as head coach.
Psychologists, MBAs, PhDs, even drama instructors–all are pitching in to help improve the work performance of top executives. The latest developmental approach, known as executive coaching, consists of a series of one-on-one interactions between a coach and an executive that attempt to improve the latters performance on the job. Several activities are involved: assessment, face-to-face meetings, telephone conversations, exchanging e-mail. Coaches serve as trainers, facilitators, motivators, moderators, devils advocates, sounding boards, and confidantes. Though not a substitute for psychological counseling or substance abuse treatment, coaching often assists practicing executives in addressing crucial managerial weaknesses and can empower them to higher levels of health and functioning. Executive coaching is an outgrowth of executive development programs. Like many other innovations, it seems to have sprung up simultaneously on the east and west coasts of the United States. OHefferman (1986) maintains that the first person to coin the term “executive coaching” may have been Dr. Dick Borough, a practitioner in Palo Alto, California, who used it to describe his leadership development activities in 1985. By 1988 it had become mainstream enough that it merited attention in Forbes magazine; in a rather derisive article by Dyan Machan entitled “Sigmund Freud Meets Henry Ford,” executive coaching was described as a “controversial” hybrid of management consulting and psychotherapy.
Posted by on 23 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
William Henry Vanderbilt was the son of the financier and steamship and railroad promoter Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt (1794-1877). He overcame both debilitating ill health during the first half of his life and his fathers skepticism about his promise as a businessman to establish himself in the railroad business by the time he was in his midforties. When his father died, William Vanderbilt inherited the bulk of an estate estimated to be worth about ninety million dollars. In less than a decade he had more than doubled the sum. By the time Vanderbilt engaged Herter, the firm had carried out decorating schemes for a good number of Americas newly rich, many of whom, like Vanderbilt, had made their fortunes developing the railroads that were crisscrossing the nation.(6) It is possible that Vanderbilt had visited and admired their houses, reinforcing his approval of Herter Brothers, which had previously decorated his house at 459 Fifth Avenue at Fortieth Street, where the Vanderbilts had lived since 1867.(7) In 1878 Herter Brothers proposed $16,355 worth of improvements to the drawing room of the Fortieth Street house, including a parquet floor “in rich, original design”; woodwork “of ebonized cherry inlaid gilt”; a ceiling “in distemper and gold”; “walls in distemper”; bronze chandeliers; curtains “of olive velours cisele trimmed with rich embroidered bands”; divans, armchairs, and “lady” chairs in olive velours; and light chairs and tabourets “in fancy covering.”(8)
WITH one notable exception, Oaklands historic house museums are gearing up for the holidays, say event organizers. “Due to the extensive rehabilitation and restoration work in progress, we are not decorating for the holidays this year,” said Elaine Oldham of the Camron Stanford House on Lakeside Drive near Lake Merritt. “However, we are definitely looking forward to a grand reopening after the first of the year.” Although the Camron-Stanford House will not be decked out as usual, the Cohen Bray, Pardee and Dunsmuir houses will be keeping up their holiday traditions.
Posted by on 23 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
The scalp also appears normal in children with alopecia areata, but this condition produces a clearly circumscribed area of complete hair loss bordered by pathognomonic “exclamation point” hairs that are wider at the tip than close to the scalp. Hair loss that is secondary to dermatophyte scalp infection (tinea capitis) is associated with inflammation and scaling of the scalp with broken infected hairs either at the scalp level or close to the hair root. The scalp may appear to have black dots, which are caused by the stubble of broken hairs. Alopecia that is present from birth may result from in utero scarring (aplasia cutis) or nevus sebaceous, which has an orange, velvety appearance and becomes more prominent and wart-like during adolescence because of increased sebaceous activity.
There has always been a search for a cure. Ancient remedies for baldness included dogs paws, asses hooves, urine, burned prickles of a hedgehog immersed in oil, boiling snakes alive, chicken dung and herbal concoctions. Centuries later, blistering of the scalp with acids, onion and honey massages, ground snail and horse leech potions, vacuum cap suction, electrodes, scalp popping and assorted other tortures. Modern times brought us vitamins, hormone injections and more elixirs and creams than hairs on the average head. Men have been willing to be gulled, deceived and deluded since the advent of society. American men spend 200 million dollars annually trying to combat the loss of the foremost symbol of strength and vigor. Celebrities and politicians have fallen under the spell of the magic cure. Products with names like Hair Again, Mo-Hair, New Generation, Growth Plus and Thrive have proliferated. America is awash with growth potions, prompting the FDA to remark, it is a lot of stuff that defies analysis. Thank goodness the medical professionals have stepped in to stem the tide of trickery. Beyond the familiar body-boosting hair care lines, there are medical solutions with clinically proven results including topical and oral medications and surgical hair transplantation. Ken Washenik, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director of Bosley and faculty member of the New York University School of medicine, one of the worlds most recognized research scientists in the field of dermatology and hair restoration, recognizes that we are embarking on a new era in the treatment and prevention of hair loss, including hair multiplication in the lab. The hair care industry must realize the need to look at the problem as a medical as well as aesthetic problem. While hair loss is not life-threatening, it is a `dis-ease, a life-affecting condition that causes discomfort and interrupts ones quality of life. Hair transplantation surgery is a good option for those who are unable to cope psychologically with hair loss.
Hair loss and related scalp disorders are novel conditions of civilization that can be reversed or prevented by taking into account our evolutionary background. In this column Ill look at some of the cross cultural and evolutionary factors involved in hair loss and related disorders. * Grape seed and vine: Native Americans used grape vine sap and grape seed extract applied to the scalp for hair loss. Grape seed and vine contains proanthocyanidins which are potent antioxidants and act as a smooth muscle relaxant in blood vessels and capillaries, preventing or offsetting damage to the hair follicle blood supply. A patent was issued in Japan for grape seed extract as a hair regrowth compound.
Posted by on 23 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
CINCINNATI, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Marshall Goldsmith, worlds leading executive coach and a best-selling business author, has teamed up with Sherpa Coaching, a leading coach training firm, for a summer speaking tour. Goldsmith will speak alongside Brenda Corbett and Judith Colemon, authors of The Sherpa Guide: Process-Driven Executive Coaching, at three universities. Marshall Goldsmith comments: Brenda Corbett and Judy Colemon are a dynamic team, and theyre great people. I am happy to be sharing the platform with them. Goldsmith will be a guest speaker in Sherpa Coaching Certification classes at Penn State, Texas Christian University and the University of Georgia. Students will hear Goldsmith speak alongside the authors of The Sherpa Guide, the course text. Corbett and Colemon are the next generation of world leaders in coaching. Goldsmith said. This sort of collaboration could only happen on campus. Marshalls contribution is a substantial honor for the Sherpa program, co-author Judith Colemon adds. Sherpa is the only coaching certification endorsed by multiple universities, and now we have the worlds number one executive coach as a guest speaker in every program.
Abstract People who focus on executive performance and development overtime have shown there are four aspects of executive focus in an organization: (1) Responsibility, accountability and authority, (2) interpersonal roles, (3) informational roles, and (4) decisional roles. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg in really understanding the value and leverage to be gained as a result of executive coaching. This article examines how to leverage executive coaching fully, in order to assess and amplify the role of emotional intelligence in executive results.
Posted by on 20 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Wedding Photography–Creative Techniques for Lighting and Posing By Rick Ferro 152 pages, CD $45.22 Rick Ferro was the senior Wedding Photographer at Walt Disney World. He is now Director of Photography for KK Video and Film Productions in Orlando, Florida. He has shot over 10,000 weddings. Much of the practical information is of use primarily to the professional-timing, pricing, the appropriate grouping and the like. But the illustrations and the comments on the illustrations are of general usefulness. Two aspects are particularly striking about wedding photography as presented here. First, the participants are for the most part more concerned with other matters than the photographs, so the photographer has to seize the moment, and occasionally act as stage-manager of the event. The advice here would apply equally to an amateur trying to get some nice shots of an informal picnic, or family party. Secondly, the wedding itself usually makes a visual composite of the people and the building–characteristically the church–both of which will be important for the memories stimulated by the finished photos. Bridal dress tends to be light and flowing–churches tend to be dark and are certainly solid. To let the two play off each other and capture the key emotions are the task of the wedding photographer, and also any amateur photographer taking pictures against an architectural background–typically, perhaps, travel photos–”My friend in front of the Tower of London!” This text is filled with useful hints for placing and lighting, and the illustrations–especially those of cloisters–are admirable and moving.
Business Editors ENGLEWOOD, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 4, 2001 Utilizing the expertise of its professional customer base, ExpressPhoto Portrait Wedding is the industrys first integrated software and Internet solution that allows the photographer to digitally capture, manage, enhance, present, sell and fulfill portrait studio and wedding images both off-line and online. Specifically designed for portrait and wedding photographers, Express Digitals software is comprised of three distinct modules: Capture, Presentation and Fulfillment, which can be integrated and scaled to any size studio. As with all Express Digital software solutions, Portrait Wedding offers open architecture compatibility with the industrys most popular professional cameras and digital printing devices.
Company Shares Top Findings from Bridal Photography Survey Along With New Wedding Inspiration Center and Photo Book Design REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFLY), the leading Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service, today announced the results of a nationwide survey to help brides of all ages capture, share and preserve the memories of their wedding day. Not surprisingly, 84 percent of brides-to-be plan to hire a professional photographer for their wedding, according to a survey conducted for Shutterfly by MH, Inc. According to the survey, selecting the right photographer was one of the most stressful parts of the wedding planning. Some of the least stressful decisions? Choosing the date, the cake and first dance song. Our customers tell us that choosing a trusted wedding photographer can be difficult, so we have devoted a section of our newly launched Wedding Inspiration Center specifically to help guide brides through this decision process, said Kathryn Olson, chief marketing officer of Shutterfly.
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GTE STREAMLINES CELLULAR PHONE ACTIVATIONS FOR ATTS PHONE STORES DASH aids the retailer in making the complex and time-consuming activation process simple by reducing implementation time to approximately one hour. ATT has installed DASH in 164 phone centers located in 70 markets nationwide. “At ATT Phone Centers serviced by DASH, customers can now purchase one of ATTs new portable or trans-mobile cellular phones and get their service activated, usually, within an hour,” said Robert Cash, general manager for the Cellular Telephone Business Unit in ATTs Consumer Products division. Recently, GTE established the Intercarrier Service Bureau to handle the new service. The new department is staffed by approximately 30 employees. “We have hired some new people and moved current employees with expertise in the area to staff the new division,” said Ann Holmes, product manager for the Intercarrier Service Bureau.
A pair of Los Angeles County-based companies are betting on the future of cellular technology to cash in big. A new wireless technology, based on cellular technology, is about to explode, according to industry sources.Cellular Digital Packet Data, CDPD for short, uses the same technology which allows you to talk on a cellular phone from your favorite restaurant.But now, while you chat on the cellular phone you will also be able to receive faxes or to scout the Internet from that same restaurant, without having to plug in any cords.
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CandleCandles have also been used for religious purposes. The Bible, for instance, makes numerous references to the use of candles, including the story of King Solomon who, after building the Temple, used ten candle-sticks to light the north and south ends of the structure. In the Middle Ages, candlemaking became a popular occupation, as evidenced by the creation of many candlemakers guilds throughout Europe. Later, candles were used as a means of keeping time. At auctions, the bidding time was limited by inserting a pin into a candle and letting the wax melt until the pin dropped, thus concluding that period of time.
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Candle CorporationAs one of the worlds largest independent software and services companies, El Segundo, California-based Candle Corporation specializes in helping end-users cost-effectively maximize the performance of complex computer systems and software applications. It accomplishes this via more than 250 software products for everything from mainframe systems to Web environments, as well as specialized consulting services. During the early 2000s Candle had more than 3,000 customers in 60 countries worldwide, with regional headquarters in Singapore and the United Kingdom. Encompassing 83 percent of the Fortune 100 and 73 percent of the Global 100, these clients included the likes of 3M, Bank of America, Coca-Cola, Ford Motor, Johnson Johnson, McDonalds, Nestl#xE9; USA, Procter Gamble, Prudential Financial, Sara Lee, and Sprint.
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National Adhesives National Adhesives brochure, BONDMASTER Adhesives for Furniture Manufacturing, features an overview of the companys adhesives for both panel and solid wood furniture manufacturing applications. Also included is a case history reporting the results of a California woodshops experience with the companys adhesives. The brochure is available free of charge by contacting National Adhesives.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Doellken-Woodtape is a distributor of adhesive for edgebanding in North America. The company now offers two PUR adhesive systems in cartridges for Holz-Her edgebanders and in pallets for straightline edgebanders as well as CNC-controlled BAZ machines. The company says the mechanical bonding between the edgebanding and the panel makes the adhesion strong and suitable for use in areas with high humidity content.
Franklin Adhesives Franklin has added a zero formaldehyde formula to its Multibond family of adhesives. Multibond 4000 FF is a one-part, polyvinyl acetate adhesive that passes tough water resistance standards, including HPVA Type 2, WDMA TM-6, ASTM D-5572 Interior Use and European DIN D3. The company says this adhesive is designed for laminating engineered wood flooring, interior plywood, cabinet panels, finger joints and flush doors.
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The Personal Development Test (PDT) (Cassel, Chow, 2002) is designed and validated for use with adolescent youth, and this includes high school students and freshmen in college. Because female students tend to score significantly higher than male students on personal development during adolescent years, and because personal development is correlated positively with maturity, male norms must be used with male student, female norms for female students, high school norms for high school students, and college norms for college students. By comparing typical students with scores for prison inmates, who represent high school and college drop-out students, it provides a meaningful index of “at-risk” students for drop-out prediction purposes. Data from the PDT test provides school administrators with the following meaningful indices:
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Persons in Process: Four Stories of Writing and Personal Development in College, by Anne J. Herrington and Marcia Curtis. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 2000. The development of the self across academic genres has been addressed in several studies and by several different researchers (see Carol Berkenkotter et al, Paul Kameen, Min-Zahn Lu, Lucille McCarthy and Stephen Fishman, Elspeth Probyn). What this particular study adds to the ongoing discussion/debate of the concept of self is the detail and evidence behind the claim that college is a “time when persons are in process, recomposing themselves toward their futures” (354). In other words, it shows how the idea of self can relate to the “slippery” concept of academic writing through careful exploration of its research subjects. Persons in Process is thus a detailed, longitudinal study that follows its subjects-Nam, Lawrence, Rachel, and Francois-as they struggle to use writing “for the ongoing development of their personal identities, including their sense of themselves in relation to others” (1). Through their subjects, Herrington and Curtis summarize, “we see students striving to bridge the gap between private and public interests, between the personal and the academic, a gap sometimes accentuated by genre conventions and teaching practices” (354). The study prides itself on its length (approximately nine years) and its presentation of the subjects as “expert witnesses” of different aspects of college writing. As a result, it devotes a chapter to each, allowing each one “to speak directly to you” (18). Throughout these chapters the researchers close relationships with these subjects is apparent.
Posted by on 19 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
A few years ago, Dr. Bernie Villadiego saw 15 to 20 patients a day, made treatment decisions based on what insurance companies would reimburse, and, ultimately, grew cranky and bored. Today Villadiego, a Chatsworth dentist, averages between six and eight patients a day, performs any number of state-of-the-art procedures and bills for what the treatments are worth.
SEATTLE — Dr. Rhys Spoor, DDS, FAGD, an international expert in Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry, has been selected by his peers as one of the Top 10 Dentists for Cosmetic Dentistry in the Puget Sound region, as published in the January 2006 edition of Seattle magazine. The rankings are based on dentists who received the most votes. In addition, all dentists were verified as being in good standing with the Washington State Department of Health.
DUBLIN, Calif. — MAC Veneers(TM), the best in cosmetic dental veneers, today announced the Top 10 Superstar Smiles from the 2005 MTV Movie Awards, airing tonight at 8:30 pm EST. Selected by Dr. Michael Apa, DDS, partner in the Rosenthal Group, noted for its long list of celebrity patients, the 10 winning celebrities had the most aesthetic and image-enhancing smiles. Dr. Apa assessed each smile on several factors, including the shape, color and size of their teeth, as well as the overall appearance. Dr. Apas picks for the MAC Veneers Top 10 Superstar Smiles: #9 Paul Walker — His teeth complement his chiseled features and enhance his All-American looks.
Posted by on 19 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
After the death of his sister, Rebecca, four years ago, Jaym Wolfe considered abandoning the carpet-cleaning trade in which he had worked for more than two decades. Instead, his sorrow led him in another direction. This past summer, Wolfe founded a new business, TerraClean Eco-effective Carpet Care, which uses cleaning solutions that are nontoxic and environmentally friendly. The health hazards of working with carpet-cleaning chemicals were always in the back of Jaym Wolfes mind. He had experienced headaches, nausea and cracked skin on his hands and fingers while cleaning carpets - everyone in the business did. It went with the territory.
Consumers are dragging out their vacuums up to four times a week to clean up small messes, according to Procter Gamble. Now the pioneer of the quick-clean category is positioning its newest offering as an easier solution. We talked with consumers about their overall cleaning needs and wants. Carpet was one area that had a lot of dissatisfaction, including dragging out a heavy vacuum for every little bit you find on the floor, said Dawn Capper, Swifter assistant brand manager. Once we had that initial insight, we researched what kind of tool we could put out there that would solve those needs and still fit within our overall Swifter category. For drug store retailers, CarpetFlick also breathes new life into the household cleaners category, down 3.2 percent on $162 million, per ACNielsen data for the 52 weeks ended June 11. The relatively low suggested retail price, $12.99 to start and $4.29 for 12 refill cartridges, is low enough to encourage trial and cheap enough so consumers arent confused into thinking of CarpetFlick as a vacuum replacement. Compact packaging also makes it easy for retailers to position CarpetFlick on store shelves.
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PLUMBERS, traffic wardens and tailors are among 45,000 bogus dentists illegally pulling teeth in Italy. Dentists spokesman Giuseppe Renzo said: “It may seem like a joke, but they are putting peoples health at risk because they dont know about the hygiene issues.”
treatment because some areas are “deserts” for NHS dentists, a Health minister, Baroness Hayman, admitted. She told peers there was a “problem”, which would “take time to turn around”, of dentists withdrawing from the NHS.
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Graphic Design in Germany 1890-1945 covers a period of dramatic change and dislocation. The early years saw the countrys rapid industrialisation, and her increasing belligerence and competitiveness with France, Britain and other world powers, which culminated in the First World War. In defeat, Germany experienced starvation, political turmoil and attempted Soviet- style revolutions in several cities. The Weimar Republic of 1919 to 1933, while being a time of radical cultural experiment, also witnessed the rise of the Nazi party. Finally, during the era of the Third Reich, the country was transformed again, experiencing political censorship, anti- semitism, the establishment of concentration camps, and the waging of the Second World War. Through all these difficulties and upheavals, and possibly inspired by them, there was an engagement with the limits of graphic language. Graphic design as a term was new - it was initially coined by the US typographer Walter Dwiggins in 1922. Avant-garde art inspired experimentation in the use of word and image together and saw a desire to find new forms of expression. Crucially, designers were eager to take their discoveries beyond the rarefied context of fine art. One of the most articulate of the new graphic designers was Hungarian- born Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, who worked at the Bauhaus until 1929. He optimistically pronounced that the illiterate of the future would be those who could not use a camera, “The photograph will be one of the most effective weapons against intellectualisation, against mechanisation of the spirit. Forget reading, see! That will be the motto of education. Forget reading, see! That will be the policy of newspapers.” The National Socialist Party was only too aware of the power of word and image. Despite attempting to ridicule all that had been advocated in the Weimar years - it closed the Bauhaus in 1933 - it used some of the most advanced techniques of film and photomontage to promote its extremist policies.
THE EDUCATION OF A GRAPHIC DESIGNER by Steven Heller (ed.) “Gone are the days when someone (like me, for instance) stumbled into the field, learned totally by doing, and got a great job almost by accident,” explains Heller. “. at times graphic design education still seems like a crapshoot.” Without a solid education in graphic design and support from recognized designers, todays rising stars would lack the opportunities necessary to kick-start their careers. As Jeffrey Keedy notes, the main lesson is that we continue to involve ourselves in the discussion and evolution of the state of design and design education: “Graphic design is bigger than any one of us, so lets start acting like we believe it.”
The Graphic Design Business Book By Tad Crawford Allworth Press, 2005 $24.95, 247 pages With strategies for creating a business plan, managing a studio, presenting portfolios, and web marketing, not to mention sample contract forms and listings of professional organizations, this volume should be a good place for aspiring professionals to start. Tad Crawford is an attorney, as well as the president and publisher for Allworth Press, and has written many other business books for creatives, including A Legal Guide for the Visual Artist and Business and Legal Forms for Graphic Design. Establishing competitive prices for design work, negotiating contracts, and getting clients to pay are covered, and Crawford also includes much information on copyright and trademarks, taxes, and insurance.
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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.
Some legal advice on aspects of the Internet. David Lewis (1) E-payment and e-money trends are you protected? The full potential of the Internet will only be realised when electronic payment systems are more secure. Currently the Internet lacks a fast, easy and secure way to let consumers buy and sell electronically, and theres no electronic money system on the market that is legal tender.
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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.
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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Phitens Titanium Health Products have seen a sudden growth in popularity among professional athletes. Baseballs pitching great, Arizona Diamondback, Randy Johnson was wearing a Phiten Titanium Necklace when he pitched his perfect game against the Atlanta Braves. Phiten has a product that works. a product that will make me better, to recover quicker, to be stronger. This is very beneficial because of what I do, says Randy Johnson. Athletes from other sports, like Ernie Els, the professional golfer, and professional football players are finding that Phiten products provide beneficial effects on their abilities to play their sports. With all the controversies surrounding athletes and performance drugs, trainers and athletes are looking for natural alternatives to stay healthy and perform at their best. Phi-Ten claims that the titanium, embedded in the fabric of the necklaces, wrist bands and even the t-shirts, has the capability of enhancing athletic performance by relaxing the muscles and balancing the body and mind to increase flexibility, stamina, strength and healing ability. Phitens proprietary technology called Phild Processing (patent pending) makes this a possibility. Phitens product line not only concentrates on the Phiten Necklace but also extends to apparel, Titanium tapes, and Liquid Titanium (lotion). Whether the polo-style golf shirt made with special titanium induced cotton, the liquid titanium for massage injury relief, or the water-resistant titanium tapes for body, all PHI-TEN products combine style health. The immediate effects of using PHI-TEN products include quicker reflex time, better fluidity of movement, increased flexibility, relief of joint and muscle pain, improved blood circulation and the prevention of fatigue.
We live in an anxious time, with one company after another reporting lower-than-expected revenues and profits, layoffs, and, even worse, decisions to fold the business. Yet if companies took a lesson from the Boston Red Sox, they could better survive these difficult times and perhaps even prosper during a recession. Yes, those Red Sox. The very ones that almost doubled prices in a softening economy and still set a box office record this year. No baseball team in America has more expensive seats on average than the Red Sox. Yet while ticket demand for other sports teams wavers, the Sox last year set an attendance record with 2,586,024 fans crammed into rather uncomfortable seats. There were 68 sell-outs, and Fenway Park operated at 96% capacity. The Red Sox franchise continues to thrive where other teams struggle because it is arguably one of the best brands in America. People understand and embrace the Red Sox brand on rational and emotional levels: they clearly understand what the Sox represent and how the Beantown favorite differs from other teams, sports or entertainment forms.
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Denver bound?
World Travel 101 Want to travel on the cheap? Holly Ridenour of Hostelling International, Rocky Mountain Council, will talk about using hostels as inexpensive accommodations while traveling. Her free talk is 7- 8:30 p.m. Thursday at REI, 1376 E. Woodmen Road. Call 260-1455 for information.
Armchair travelers/ ON THE OUTLAWS TRAIL “Billy the Kids New Mexico,” narrated by filmmaker Joe Micalizzi, is the feature in this months World Horizons travel film series. The film, which explores the legend of the famous outlaw, will be shown at 2 p.m. today and Sunday at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St. Admission is $6 per person. Call 634- 5583 to reserve a seat.
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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.
Medical coverage for seniors STRONG POINTS: major medical/surgical services, cancer and heart care, rehabilitation services WHAT IS NEEDED: more primary-care physicians in general, geriatricians in particular, and doctors who will accept Medicare patients (problems that also face many U.S. communities) THIS SAYS IT ALL: “If you move aging parents to this community, the No. 1 block is that they dont have a primary-care doctor.” - Max Morton, director of prevention and wellness services for Penrose-St. Francis Health Learning Center.
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The Mintek Lodging Asset Management Suite consists of WinTrack Asset Director, WinTrack PM, WinTrack Alerts and WinTrack Maintenance Portal. The newest product in the suite–WinTrack Asset Director–is a flexible Web-based asset-management system that provides the ability to track thousands of assets at multiple properties. The system, which provides centrally managed access to asset information, simplifies the asset-management planning process. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
MicroMain CM[TM] is a capital planning and asset management (CPAM) software, which is an integrated suite of products encompassing all critical facility operations–capital planning, maintenance management, and facility management. The program allows users to self-assess the current condition of their buildings and assets, and allows architectural or engineering firms to capture the data in a central database for use by the customer in developing capital plans. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
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Warric Furniture Corp. of Lexington, N.C., has purchased the assets of Woodlee Furniture Corp., of Clifton, N.J. The company also announced it is closing its New Jersey plant and building a 55,000 square foot plant in Lexington. Warric will continue to market the Woodlee Collection and Woodlees imported furniture and accessory lines.
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Kmarts home business is on the up and up. The introduction of MSE Home has been such a boon to business–generating more than $1.4 billion in sales from its launch in 1997 through the end of fiscal 2000–that it now stands as a prime example of how a lone brand can single-handedly energize a category. Home, however, will continue to be a core focus. One of Conaways first public appearances when he took over as ceo was the unveiling of MSE Kitchen. At the time, he said, “You are going to see more space [devoted to] home as the store evolves in the future.” The reasons for this are clear; home still offers plenty of opportunities for the company. The company will continue rolling out housewares segments in the aftermath of the kitchen debut. It will introduce an assortment of MSE storage and organization products in June, to be followed by home decor products later in the year, for a total of 700 new MSE skus in fiscal 2001.
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Marilyn Willms Marilyn Willms — has joined the Tom Lane Team as a Realtor associate, along with Tom Lane, Sharon Markley, Michele Loeffler, Wayne Wischropp and John Lane at Realty Executives of Topeka.
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LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 9, 1997– QSound (TSE QSL., NASDAQ QSNDF. ) QSound Labs will unveil three new 3D surround sound products in suite #4118 at the Las Vegas Hilton during the 97 Winter Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, NV, January 9-12, 1997. UltraQ ($99.95) is a sleek, high-performance PC peripheral that provides 3D surround sound for games, Internet audio, CD music, wave files and even system sounds. With a simple connection between the PC and speakers, the product provides a deeper, more realistic sound from any PC speakers, literally bringing a new dimension to the users multimedia experience. When consumers are tired of playing games, they can take a rest on the sofa and listen to acQsonic ($249.00). Designed to turn any home entertainment center into a true-to-life 3D listening experience, acQsonic energizes music, television shows or movies with QSounds 3D surround sound technology. Styled to fit perfectly with the owners existing audio/video components, the product comes with an infra-red remote control.
MESA, Ariz., March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Chronic Car Audio Inc. (Pink Sheets: CCAU) of Mesa, Arizona is pleased to announce and welcome Paul Gosswiller as the Companys new Vice President of Merchandising. Paul will be responsible for strategic buying, inventory control and other specific executive assignments. Gosswiller, a 27-year retail veteran in consumer electronics, most recently held similar long-term mobile electronic positions with Audio Express of Scottsdale, Arizona and The Good Guys! of Brisbane, California. Paul also brings substantial Sales and Buying experience from positions held with Fortune 500 company Macys Inc, and Denevi Camera Inc of San Lorenzo, California. Bren Blanchette, CEO of Chronic Car Audio Inc. stated, Paul will add depth and experience to our executive team. His skills, background, credentials and capacity will strengthen our Companys ability to propel forward with new growth plans. Paul Gosswiller, Chronics new Vice President of Merchandising, stated, I am excited to be a part of such a dynamic and growing company. I believe that the industry experience I bring to Chronic will allow us to execute a strategic plan and enhance shareholder value.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY B 6751 P 965 _ Juvene Barbee Lester to Jimmie D. Lester.
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Getting there: Numerous operators offer scheduled and charter flights to Larnaca and Paphos. For example, Senator Travel (0171-935 4545) has charter flights from Luton for Larnaca starting at around pounds 169; prices increase towards the summer. Further information: Cyprus Tourist Office, 213 Regent Street, London W1R 8DA (0171-734 9822).
ELEVEN months of sun a year guarantee you a warm welcome to Cyprus. Wherever you are on the island, the deep blue waters of the Med are never more than a two-hour car ride away. The coastline, hugged by resorts and luxury hotels, is a mixture of sun-soaked glistening sands and rocky coves. Inland vineyards cling to hillsides along with citrus groves and banana plantations. Come spring, February to April, Cyprus bursts into bloom with a blaze of floral colour. It is also as great spot for bird watching.
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Marilyn Willms Marilyn Willms — has joined the Tom Lane Team as a Realtor associate, along with Tom Lane, Sharon Markley, Michele Loeffler, Wayne Wischropp and John Lane at Realty Executives of Topeka.
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CHARLIE Parker said, “Romance without finance is