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WILMINGTON  [22.08.08] Invista introduced a new recycled versionof its Coolmax polyester fibre at the recent Outdoor Retailer showin Salt Lake City, where US legwear brands DeFeet and Injini bothlaunched socks with the new Coolmax EcoTech fibre.

Invista says this new Coolmax EcoTech fibre has been underdevelopment since May 2007 and is derived from post-consumerbottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which are thencleaned and converted into polymer flakes. These flakes are thenconverted into polymer chips, melted and extruded into polyesterfibre that can then be spun into yarn.

"Both Coolmax EcoTech and the current Coolmax fabrics aremade with the unique 4-channel cross section for high-performancepermanent moisture movement," said Invista. "Tests forabsorbency, wicking, hand, dyeability, and abrasion resistanceshowed Coolmax EcoTech fibres to be equivalent to existingCoolmax fabric standards."

Invista also says that the new recycled version of Coolmax alsogoes one step further, with demonstrated superior results overcurrent Coolmax fabrics when tested for whiteness and pilling.

Shane Cooper, the founder of technical sock brand DeFeet said,"We care deeply about the environment, and we are so excitedto see this great brand expanding its product line to includeCoolmax EcoTech fibre from recycled materials. What a phenomenaluse for plastic bottles!"

CRESTWOOD, Ill. -- Stephen Flake allowed one run over 7 2/3 stronginnings as the Windy City ThunderBolts (46-32) won their 12thconsecutive home game in a romp, 11-1 over the Gateway Grizzlies(41-38) before a Pet Day crowd of 2,115 at Standard Bank Stadium.

The victory combined with Southern Illinois' 4-1 loss to Evansvillepulls the Thunderbolts within a 1/2 game of first place in theFrontier League's West Division.

Flake (8-3) worked out of bases-loaded jams in the second andfourth innings and limited the Grizzlies to only four base hits.The last was a two-out RBI single by Charlie Lisk in the eighthinning, the final batter Flake would face.

Windy City relievers Adam Dominick and Brandon Garner combined torecord the final four outs in perfect order, including three viastrikeout.

Meanwhile, a relentless ThunderBolts offense ate away at Gatewaystarter Derek Blacksher (9-6) and two relievers for two runs in thethird, two in the fifth, three in the sixth, two in the seventh andtwo in the eighth.

you are a parent, it is your responsibility to make sure your childknows how to behave around pets he or she does and does not know.This includes knowing what to do if approached by a strange dogwhile on a bike or on a walk. If you are not familiar with how toteach your child normal and protective animal behaviors you shouldcontact your local animal shelter or veterinarian for references.

You can also visit www.doggonesafe.com for pictures and activitiesthat teach your child about being safe around pets. One of the mostimportant rules to teach your child is to never approach a dog heor she does not know unless the owner is present and he or she asksthe owner first. I

f you are a parent and a pet owner, never leave your child and petalone together. Make sure all interactions are supervised. Thereare special guidelines in teaching your pet how to accept a newchild in the home. These can be found on the doggonesafe Web siteas well.

If you are a teacher, you too can play a role in preventing dogbites by hosting education seminars. A great resource would be yourlocal veterinarian, humane officer or the HSUS Web site(www.hsus.org). We as veterinarians, humane societies and local petshelters also play important roles in educating the public and petowners about dog bite prevention. We need to do more to ensure bothpet owners and the general public are well informed. This can bedone through spending more time discussing pet behavioral issuesduring visits and by giving presentations to local schools.

pets. They provide policies for both routine care and emergencysituations. Their Web site is www.petinsurance.com.

In addition to pet insurance, find out what kind of payment planyour veterinarian may offer. As the cost of financing has risen,most veterinary clinics have partnered with financial institutionsto provide those services. One such company is Care Credit. Theyoffer interest free or low interest payment plans. Their Web siteis www.carecredit.com. You will notice from their site they are notveterinary exclusive but are accepted by some human health care providers.

One other method to make veterinary care affordable is to considersetting up a separate bank account to force you to save for yourpet's needs. In addition, some veterinary clinics are able to allowyou to pre-pay for your pet's services. Finally, don't skip onpreventative care. The age-old expression "an ounce of preventionis worth a pound of cure" is still very true. Be sure to protectyour pet against the diseases prominent in your area, feed goodquality food as recommended by your veterinarian, be sure your petis well exercised, and follow your veterinarian's advice. Providingroutine care such as regular veterinary check-ups, routine dentalcare and screening blood work may save you in the long run.

For more information about keeping veterinary health careaffordable, visit www.myvnn.com, search words "Saving money" and"Pet bills."

Dr. Deborah Flake is a veterinarian with Dr. Flake's AnimalWellness Clinic, 3570 Chambersburg Road, Biglerville. E-mail her atwww.chipmypet.com

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Family lawyers, social workers, children’s guardians and thecourts will know that the Public Law Outline has brought aboutsignificant changes in the procedures operating in public lawapplications under the Children Act 1989. This review constitutesthe perspective of two who are frequently in public lawproceedings, one of whom has detailed knowledge of computing.

Aim of the Programme

The aim of ‘PLO Pro’is to help case management underthe Public Law Outline and so ‘PLO Pro’ will be ofparticular interest to legal and social work professionals workingin the public law field. It is intended that everyone who workswith the PLO can do their work efficiently, accurately and quicklyand that by using the programme, delays can be reduced.

Constituents of the Programme

‘PLO Pro’consists of a booklet and a CD-Rom. Users ofthe programme can customize standard variable directions, and puttogether an order in accordance with Practice Direction. Thebooklet contains a thorough account of the practices under thePublic Law Outline. There are a number of useful templatedocuments. There is an easily accessible resources section,containing inter alia, the 2008 department guide on court orders.There is easy access to the Integrated Children’s System, theframework for working with children in need and their family, whichis part of the government’s Every Child Matters programme.When it comes to ensuring that the timetables in the PLO are kept,there is an easy to use ‘hearing window calculator’.There are readable flowcharts for pre-court proceedings and courtproceedings procedures.

MULTAN:

More CD traders have received threatening letters from Taliban,said DSP Cantt Muhammad Ashfaq Gujjar on Tuesday.

He said three shopkeepers of Karim Centre, Dera Adda, and onebusinessman of Khan Plaza Cantt received letters by ordinary postthat they are responsible for spreading obscenity in the society,so they must stop this un-Islamic practice within 30 days.

Three letters are typed while one letter is hand-written. Theletter also says that barbers shaving off beards were also a sin.

These letters say that the above mentioned are indulging inforbidden business and must give up it within thirty days of thereceipt of the letters.

The DSP said that the markets have been manned with plainclothespolice personnel besides some in uniform. He said the traders havealso been advised to appoint more watchmen at their respectivemarkets so that any untoward incident could be avoided.

DSP Ashfaq Gujjar said a case has been registered againstunidentified STaliban under section 506 PPC. He saidinvestigations are under way to reach the culprits.

A few days back three CD shopkeepers of the Firdaus market, DeraAdda, had received the same type of threatening letters fromTaliban Tehrik.

ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 25, 2008--FDA ALERT [8/2008]: The FDA hasrecently received information from the manufacturer about two newcases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) inpatients receiving Tysabri monotherapy for multiple sclerosis inEurope. Both patients had received Tysabri for more than one year.PML, which is usually fatal, is a known risk of Tysabri treatment,but previous cases in patients with multiple sclerosis were seen incombination with other immunomodulatory therapies. About 39,000patients have received treatment with Tysabri worldwide, with about12,000 patients having been treated for at least one year. No newcases have been seen in the US, where about 7,500 patients havereceived the drug for longer than one year and about 3,300 patientshave received the drug for at least one and a half years.

Abhaya case: Kerala HC pulls up CBI

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 26: Kerala High Court today observed thatthe CBI officers investigating the death of Sister Abhaya made a"false statement" regarding the number of CDs received from theForensic Science laboratory (FSL), Bangalore.

The CBI investigating officer, DYSP Mr RK Agarwal, told the courtthat the CBI had got only one CD containing narcoanalysis testconducted on the suspects ~ Father Thomas Kottur, Father JosePuthrikae and Sister Sephy, while the FSL director Mr Lal MohanChoudhary informed the court that three CDs had been handed over tothe CBI.

The HC after taking in to account the three CDs sent by the FSLtoday stated that it contained more information than the CDproduced by the CBI in court, and directed the registrar general tocompare them to determine if it contained the same information.

For entrepreneurs, the benefits to prison labor can be significant.While federal law demands that companies pay minimum wage (or atleast as much as counterparts in the private sector), they can save considerably on health care costs, payroll taxes, turnover lossesand vacation time.

The big downside: lack of process control. The entire prison couldgo on lockdown, effectively halting production; or prison guardscould suddenly swoop in and search an entire manufacturingfacility, disrupting output.

Then there's the whiff of moral turpitude. Some critics argue thathiring prisoners hearkens back to the Reconstruction age, wheninmates were used as a substitute for slave labor.

"Anything that creates a market incentive to lock people upundermines the very purpose of our criminal justice system," saysSheila Bedy, executive director of the Justice Policy Institute, aWashington DC-based prison research foundation.

Thank goodness manufacturers have figured out that there is more togarden gloves than just something to cover your hands. In recent years, more styles in a variety of fabrics have become available.Some are even especially-designed for women's hands and to appealto the feminine sense of style. It's enough to make the bare-handdirt digger a garden gloves convert.

Foxgloves were among the first of this new generation of gardengloves to appear at my local garden center. I promptly bought thenin a shade of brown that I now learn is called "compost."

Description:

 Foxgloves are made from comfortable, snug-fitting SUPPLEX®nylon and LYCRA® elastane, which on the hands feels like a nicepair of support hose. Because they are stretchy, they are easy toput on and take off. They allow for maximum dexterity. In someways, it doesn't feel like you're wearing a glove at all.

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Glass Companies Talk About the Importance of a Safe WorkEnvironment

A safe work place is critical for any manufacturing or productionenvironment, but especially so when working with a material such asglass that can itself cause injury and even death. Even when glass companies take all the necessary precautions and follow strictsafety procedures accidents can and do sometimes happen.That’s why it’s so critical to make sure not only thesafety procedures are in place, but also that employees are awareof them and abide by them.

Coastal Glass Distributors in Charleston, S.C., for example, has asafety manager who, along with a group of other managers andfront-line personnel, form the company’s safety council.

“Our focus is on making sure we have a good understanding ofthe safety requirements for each job and training new employees towork safely,” says Jack Hoey, president. “We haveweekly safety meetings with all our shop floor departments to keepsafe practices at the front of our employees' minds. We prepare awritten analysis of every safety incident, no matter how seeminglysmall, so we can identify opportunities to improve safetyfurther.”

Sharon Furnish, office manager for Glenny Glass Co. in Milford,Ohio, also says her company follows a number of measures to makesure employees are safe.

SOME may have seen blood on the boardroom floor but now some ofSydney's corporate heavyweights are out to prove their prowess inthe boxing ring by gloving up for the city's first White Collar Charity Boxing event.

Leading companies are sending male and female employees to trainwith professional boxers in the lead-up to October's event.

Naked Communications' executive ideas director Jonathan Pease willcompete with Device Technologies' Australasian sales managerRichard Tombs, a former Wallaby.

As a former model who works in fashion, Pease believes hisbackground will be an advantage in cornering his opponent.

"People are going to think I'm a pussy because I'm in the fashionbusiness and I used to be a model," he said.

"People will be expecting handbags from me. Maybe I can come upfrom behind and surprise the opposition. I'll be the fashionablydressed dark horse."

Pease will be trained by world champion boxer Billy "The Kid" Dibto ensure he is in peak condition before he dons his silk shorts.

Tombs could float like a butterfly and sting like a bee on therugby field but he says boxing is a whole new experience.

Vegetable growers produced about 295,000 tons from four freshmarket crops in 2007 -- onions, sweet corn, cabbage and cantaloupe-- which had a value of $58 million, according to the ColoradoAgricultural Statistics Service. The service does not trackvegetable acreage by county. But some of the state's major produceoperations are either based in Weld and/or have land in Weld. Andthe county remains among the top three or four seasonalonion-producing areas in the United States, said Wayne Mininger,executive vice president of the Greeley-based National OnionAssociation.

The i’itoi is believed to be named after the spiriti’itoi, which lives at the top of the Baboquivari Peak, asacred mountain of the O’odham people near Ajo. This bunchingonion has been cultivated over the past 300 years to thrive in our low desert. It is virtually unknown in mainstream gardening and hasbeen “red-listed” by the slow food movement as one ofAmerica’s endangered foods. I first learned about this onionfrom Frank Martin, one of our Valley’s best growers ofAmerican Indian food crops. One taste of this onion and I was overthe moon — I couldn’t believe the flavor. When Franktold me it produces almost all year long, I knew I had found abotanical gem.

Maintenance:

 After your i’itois have established a nice mound of growth,begin harvesting the green stems. Stems may die back in the summersun, but monsoon rain will make them sprout again. Harvest theshallot-sized onions as you need them, but be sure to leave somebehind so you can enjoy more later. If a clump becomes a bit toolarge, share the bulbs with friends or transplant portions to otherareas of your garden.

BUSINESS REPORT

Prices of all varieties of lentil, onion and ginger increased whileother essential commodities including rice, edible oil went down atthe city's retail markets in the past one week.

Traders of the city's kitchen markets said prices of fish, eggs andbroilers declined.

The price of a maund (37.3kg) of sugar was Tk 1,250 on thewholesale market on Friday; while it was Tk 1,150 a week before.

During the past one week, prices of edible oil declined by Tk 2.50per kg to Tk 108-110 in the wholesale level.

Prices of fine and coarse varieties of rice remained unchanged fromtheir previous rate during the past week, as the government haslaunched open-market sale (OMS) of rice from August 20 at Tk 28 perkg.

According to the sources imported ginger was selling at Tk 70-80 akg against its previous price of Tk 60-70.

During the same period, prices of local onion was selling at Tk 30-Tk 32 per kg while the prices of imported onion remained unchangedat Tk 26 per kg.

During the last one week, the price of different types ofvegetable, including green chili and potato declined. The prices ofIndian tomato was selling at Tk 80 per kg against its previousprice of Tk 60.

Ingredients

Toast the coriander and cumin seeds over the heat in a dry skilletor frying pan, and grind. Mix in a bowl with the other marinadeingredients. Using disposable gloves, rub the lamb all over withthe marinade. Cover and refrigerate overnight or for at least 3hours.

To grill the lamb

Before barbecuing, give the lamb enough time out of the fridge tools its chill. This cut of lamb has a relatively high fat and weaksinew content, so needs slow cooking. Season the lamb well withsalt. Before you begin barbecuing, have all your kebab ingredientslined up and ready to go.

Barbecue

Preheat the grill to medium-high or 'sizzle' temperature. Clean andlightly oil the rack. A clean grill is particularly important forthis recipe, as the pomegranate molasses can make the lamb stick.Place the lamb on the grill and seal on all sides. This should takeabout 2-3 minutes. Move to a medium heat and cook for a further12-15 minutes, or until cooked through, turning every 3 minutes orso. Remove the lamb to a warmed tray. Cover and leave to rest for3-4 minutes while you organise yourself to assemble the kebabs.

To assemble the kebabs

Toss the cabbage, spinach and red onion with the lemon juice andseason to taste. Slice the lamb thinly on the diagonal, across thegrain of the meat, to give doner-kebab-like strips. Warm the pittabreads on the barbecue for a minute on each side until they puff upand are easy to split. Don't toast them, as they will becomeinflexible. Split the bread down one side. Divide the dressedcabbage and spinach mix between the pittas and top with the tomatoand chilli, finishing with the garlic sauce and the sweet chillisauce.

My[life] is full of phone hang-ups

NYONE who doubts the phone is now God hasn't been to Telstra's newT[life] shop. This pretentiously named megastore, on the corner ofBourke and Swanston streets, is so white and high-tech, so spaciousand surreal, that it might be a nightclub or a spaceship or somefunky modern church.

 There are white leather stools; free bottles of water and mobile phones laid out alluringly on long benches. Signs invite us to pickup a mobile and watch TV on it, or catch a movie preview or finddirections. Or we can just head straight to nirvana (the iPhone)and take in its array of options: from sharemarket news, acalculator and YouTube to maps, email and iPod.

 It's fun for a while, hanging around watching YouTube clips, untilyou start trying to decipher the typical payment plan. Spend muchlonger contemplating so many phone models and billing deals and allthose screens, sounds and sheer possibilities can be brain-numbing.

 The T[life] store is the latest, most grandiose manifestation ofour love affair with the techno-gadget. Author Douglas Coupland hasobserved that our very perception of time is now measured in techwaves rather than calendar years. He recently bumped into an oldworkmate and the pair had the following exchange: "I haven't seenyou since … eBay!" "I haven't seen you since … Google!""I haven't seen you since … BlackBerrys!"

 Now, in the iPhone epoch, the mode of content delivery can seemmore important than the actual content. The gadget itself, and thepossibilities it contains, are celebrated as a form of creativeexpression. What you do with it is another matter.

 Things are moving so fast that it becomes daunting if you fallbehind in the race. (But whose race is it? And how did I enter it?)

 Recently I became hopelessly flustered when I received a videomessage on my mobile and realised I didn't know how to open it. Ipressed some buttons, got lost, managed to find my way back to myinbox and gave up. Needless to say, I don't have an iPhone.

MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel, India "s largest cellular operator, isrestructuring the partnership contracts with six BPO partners towhom it outsourced call centre operations in the last three years.Airtel, which is the pioneer of outsourcing model in the Indiantelecom industry, is moving away from the evenue-on-per-minute-basis  model to an  utcome-oriented "structure based on customer satisfaction in a bid to improvesubscriber service quality.

  Service quality has become a crucial factor for customer retentionin the industry offering the world "s lowest tariffs.  SWe arerestructuring the BPO contracts so that they are morecustomer-friendly and more outcome-oriented; more towards resolvingcustomer issues rather than how long the call was. Changes arebeing made in processes as well as in technology,  Airtel director(customer service and IT) Jai Menon told ET.

  Bharti has outsourced its call centre operations to the Essargroup-owned Aegis, Hinduja TMT (HTMT), IBM Daksh, Mphasis,Teleperformance and FirstSource. FirstSource came in as a partnerin May this year. These BPOs manage Airtel "s call centrescovering inbound voice operations in the 23 circles. Till now, thepayments were being made to these BPOs on the basis of callminutes.

 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Activist investor Harbinger Capitalincreased its stake in Cablevision Systems Corp to 8.1 percent inthe last week, making it the cable operator's fourth largestexternal investor, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday.

 The filing shows Harbinger bought an additional 7.8 million sharesin Cablevision in the period between August 11 and August 20,increasing its stake to more than 8 percent from 4.9 percent as ofJune 30.

 UPS Harbinger, which has a reputation for forcing change on the mediacompanies it invests in, including the New York Times Co and MediaGeneral, started building its stake in the New York cable operatorin June, according to the filing.

 Analysts have commented that Harbinger's reputation might havespooked Cablevision's management into reaching out to long-standing

 investors this month soon after it learnt that Harbinger had builta significant stake.

 On August 15, Cablevision initiated its first-ever regularquarterly dividend after several large shareholders had called onmanagement to take drastic measures to better align its share pricewith what they saw as its intrinsic value.

 Cablevision Chief Executive Jim Dolan had met with several largeshareholders including Gamco Investors, ClearBridge Advisors and TRowe Price to discuss its options.

 These investors also want Cablevision, which is controlled by theDolan family, to sell off some its cable network assets to fund amajor share buyback as a way to help boost the share price.

 Gamco's Mario Gabelli, who led the push by Cablevision'slong-standing investors, has welcomed news of Harbinger's stake. Hetold Reuters on August 15: "The more people on board with our lineof thinking the happier we are." 

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The Times said UPS would pay 34 euros to 38 euros per share, thoughthe paper did not cite a source. That would mean a bid in the rangeof $19 billion to $21.3 billion.

 But on-again, off-again rumors have persisted for years that UPS orits chief rival, Memphis-based FedEx, was on the verge of buyingTNT. It’s unclear whether the latest flare-up is real orinvestor speculation intended to trigger a TNT stock rally.

 Sandy Springs-based UPS had little official comment. “UPS will never discuss rumors and speculation about mergers oracquisitions,” spokesman Norman Black said.

 If it came to pass, the acquisition would be the company’slargest by far.

 Recent news reports have been varied.

 In July, The Financial Times reported FedEx had the deal tied up,giving TNT’s stock its biggest boost since the company wentpublic in 1998.

 Then in early August, European news agencies said that UPS wouldbid more than $15 billion for TNT.

 UPS controls about 10 percent of the European express business andbuying TNT would add about 15 percent, according Satish Jindel,president of SJ Consulting in Pittsburgh. It would also make UPSthe No. 1 express carrier in Europe; German-owned DHL is first with22 percent of the market.