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The telephone is an indispensable business tool. For many people, it is the first (and sometimes only) contact with the drug store. The seemingly constant ringing of the telephone may be an irritation to the drug store staff because it is an interruption in their work. Unfortunately, this attitude is often communicated to the unsuspecting caller and opportunities for sales are missed. Attitude: Everyone answering the telephone must see opportunity rather than irritation in every call. This is simply an attitude that should become part of store policy and training. Large companies that do much of their business by telephone regularly monitor employee telephone performance to insure standards are being met. A less invasive but still-watchful approach will work well in community drug stores.
AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 28, 1999– ALYA (OTC BB:ALYA) has begun training 24 technicians from the Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC) to install and maintain a complete, state-of-the-art, contactless security control solution based upon ALYAs O.P.E.N.centrix(tm) (Open Platform for Essential Networks). This is a world class reference site for ALYA. announced Douglas Corbett, president of ALYA International. Over a three-week period, ALYA will be training 24 Technical Specialists from PRTC in ALYAs facility. The first group was here last week and training will continue through mid-July, continued Corbett. ALYAs technology is available to implement not only the advanced security functions but also value-added applications for multi-billion dollar niche-markets such as destination tourism, asset tracking, health care and a multitude of others.

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For three-month-old Filenes Basement in Towson, hosting an event that continuously garners immeasurable attention for its flagship Boston store is sure to be a marketing success. The store, which opened in late March in the Towson Place power center on Putty Hill Avenue and Goucher Boulevard, will host July 9 a bridal gown sale originated by the original Filenes in Boston. The Boston event started in 1947 and is held twice a year, garnering the attention not only of brides across the country, but the likes of CNN.
LOS ANGELES — Goodwill Southern California (GSC) recently received a donation of 2,000 brand-new wedding gowns from a local bridal shop. Before distributing them in its retail stores, GSC will host its first ever Bridal Gown Super Sale.
BURLINGAME — Army reservist Tracy Lamboy, just back from the war in Afghanistan, left The Unique Bride of Burlingame Wednesday with a $2,290 wedding dress on her arm — for free. Twenty-four other women, with fiances serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Kosovo chose dresses price-tagged between $2,000 and $5,000. A handful of them slept outside the store Tuesday night.

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LOS ANGELES — Goodwill Southern California (GSC) recently received a donation of 2,000 brand-new wedding gowns from a local bridal shop. Before distributing them in its retail stores, GSC will host its first ever Bridal Gown Super Sale.
JESSICA HOPE AND SUSANNAH JESSICA, 28, is married to customer development manager Duncan, 27. She weighed 11st 6lb when they married on January 25, 1997. Their daughter Susannah was born on January 26 last year when Jessica weighed 15st 6lb. Weight now: 12st. Jessica, from Bromsgrove, Worcs, says: THIS was all my idea to begin with and at the time I think the others thought I was mad. I had the most weight to lose by far, but was determined to get my old shape back.

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Brides-to-be trying on gowns at The Wedding Salon of Manhasset received expert advice from Atlanta-based designer Anne Barge, who was on-site Feb. 12 for her only Long Island trunk show. A creator of old-fashioned gowns with a nod to classic elegance favored by Audrey Hepburn, Barge made recommendations on gowns and alterations to The Wedding Salon clients. Nancy Aucone, who owns The Wedding Salon with business partner Susan Finale, said theres always a lot to learn when a designer visits the shop. We only do customizing changes when a designer is here, Aucone said. When they say it can be done and write the order, and do a sketch - a picture is worth 1,000 words.
Kirstie Kelly for Disneys Fairy Tale Weddings Collection Is Inspired by the Unique Spirit and Personality of Each Disney Princess The collection combines a fashion-forward look with timeless elements inspired by the Disney Princesses themselves, including Ariel, Aurora/Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine and Snow White. Fabrics like organza, chantilly, chiffon, satins and tulle are accented with stunning embellishments, including lace, ribbons, crystals, pearls and gorgeous embroidered beading.

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Byline: BY SANNAH QURBAN, RACHEL HARDY AND HANEEN YASIR ONE of the most successful charities that Sacred Heart chose to support last Christmas was the Shoe Box Appeal. During this time children from schools all over Britain donated gifts to children less fortunate than themselves. Sacred Heart collected 80 shoe boxes, enough to fill a van, which were sent to children in Africa. Miss Henry, school chaplain, said: Im extremely pleased with the amount of shoe boxes collected by the girls. The children will be overjoyed.
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A newly designed website has been launched for Skoda Auto (Skoda), part of European car manufacturer VW Group, by Immediacy, a UK content management solution provider and part of the Mediasurface group (AIM: MSR).
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Literally and symbolically, Interior Designs is about interior and exterior designs. Its form parallels its content: it is divided into four major sections, each with approximately twenty chapters of between one and four pages. Instead of relying on plot, Jaffe writes short passages to illustrate various aspects of design, primarily the architecture of houses. In these passages the narrator describes all the houses she has lived in, none of which she has occupied for more than three years. In the section entitled The First House, the narrator and her husband, a rabbi, look for a new house. Instead of finding the right house, the right house seems to find them (throughout the novel structural components such as doors and windows are personified). The new house also has light shining from more than one direction, an entry for proper greetings and farewells, and a sense of solidity, all of which make the narrator feel infinite. Upon moving to the house, the narrator considers philosophical questions concerning fate, luck, guilt, and desire. These questions are exemplary of the novels themes–in every chapter of the novel, some aspect of exterior design is portrayed literally to illustrate metaphorically human emotions or philosophical issues. Sometimes the metaphors are a bit too obvious, and occasionally the narrator intrudes to explain them lest they slip past readers. For example, when looking at a house she decides against, she says all except one structural flaw is amendable. The minor flaws in the house are like little and medium-sized mistakes we all make in life–they were not irrevocable. For the most part, however, Jaffe has a wonderfully poetic style; remarkably enough, despite the lack of plot, the novel moves forward at a quick pace. The idea that you cant go home again recurs throughout the novel, but the implication is interestingly reversed, suggesting that to return to an earlier phase in ones fife would be to backslide. Textual and symbolic circular patterns develop in the novel that integrate the chapters with the text as a whole and that unite individuals with others and in a spiritual sense with the universe. Entertaining, witty, and full of philosophical insights, Interior Designs explores ways to find and maintain personal and spiritual peace.
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THE Malaysian Institute of Interior Designers (IPDM) has launched the Malaysian Interior Design Awards 2004. This year, the awards will honour excellence in the interior design industry in three categories, namely Interior Builders, Interior Products and Service Excellence. IPDM will

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How much individual room and group business did you lose today because of poor telephone handling skills at your property? Its amazing that throughout the years we havent done more to correct the way we handle telephone communications so that we can do more business. Even with all the new technologies available, we arent doing the job properly. We misuse and abuse the new stuff. How the telephone call is handled in every department of our properties is the key to doing more business. The hospitality industry is being challenged. Its a lot more difficult to get that individual customer or group than it was during the eight-year period through 2000. It just seems so unbelievable that with all the time, effort and resources we spend on marketing and sales that we wouldnt take great care in how we respond to telephone inquiries when someone wants to do business with us.
ST. LOUIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 14, 1999– Telephone Doctor(R), a 16-year-old customer service training company, based in St. Louis, Mo., offers a new training video geared at e-mail users and Internet Retailers. Well still need human beings to handle and respond to e-mail requests.and these employees still need to be trained, says Friedman, herself a customer service expert. Its happened to me, she says. I e-mailed a company May 3rd about furniture I wanted to purchase.and they didnt e-mail me back until June 2nd. With no apology I might add. I totally had forgotten what I wanted, she continues. If thats their response on a question BEFORE I buy.what can I expect afterwards?

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LOS ANGELES — Goodwill Southern California (GSC) recently received a donation of 2,000 brand-new wedding gowns from a local bridal shop. Before distributing them in its retail stores, GSC will host its first ever Bridal Gown Super Sale.
For three-month-old Filenes Basement in Towson, hosting an event that continuously garners immeasurable attention for its flagship Boston store is sure to be a marketing success. The store, which opened in late March in the Towson Place power center on Putty Hill Avenue and Goucher Boulevard, will host July 9 a bridal gown sale originated by the original Filenes in Boston. The Boston event started in 1947 and is held twice a year, garnering the attention not only of brides across the country, but the likes of CNN.
— Kirstie Kelly For Disneys Fairy Tale Weddings Collection To Introduce All New Blossoms For Flower Girls Line Alongside A Platinum Wedding Gown — Disney Consumer Products:

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AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 28, 1999– ALYA (OTC BB:ALYA) has begun training 24 technicians from the Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC) to install and maintain a complete, state-of-the-art, contactless security control solution based upon ALYAs O.P.E.N.centrix(tm) (Open Platform for Essential Networks). This is a world class reference site for ALYA. announced Douglas Corbett, president of ALYA International. Over a three-week period, ALYA will be training 24 Technical Specialists from PRTC in ALYAs facility. The first group was here last week and training will continue through mid-July, continued Corbett. ALYAs technology is available to implement not only the advanced security functions but also value-added applications for multi-billion dollar niche-markets such as destination tourism, asset tracking, health care and a multitude of others.
DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 25, 1996–Northern Telecom (Nortel), one of the worlds most broadly diversified developers of communication products, and Superscape, the leading provider of software tools for creating interactive three-dimensional virtual worlds on personal computers, have announced the availability of Nortels new training software for telephone console attendants.The major advantages of virtual reality training already have been proven, said Nortels Sue Wade, vice president, Multimedia Communication Systems Product Training and Documentation. Weve chosen Superscapes PC-based technology because it is perfect for a wide variety of broad user applications, which is what the majority of training needs are. Almost every business is equipped with PCs, so it is easy for people to self-train or take a refresher session at their own pace, whenever they like, at no cost to the company beyond the initial CD-ROM software purchase.Virtual reality software delivers real benefits to businesses, said Rob Lowe, president and CEO, Superscape Inc. New attendants who are training on this Nortel virtual reality application need no helmets or glasses to experience exactly the same environment they will encounter when they move to the real console. Line designators light up. Callers talk to the attendants, requesting information or to be connected to various people. Theres even a virtual window over the console where virtual traffic whizzes by, to help them hone their concentration skills.
Do you know how much business you lost today because of how your phone was answered (or not answered)? We know all this happens all too often because at many of my sales workshops, we do some tele-testing. We make calls to various competitors of the properties represented in our audience. We try to book a room for overnight, or a wedding reception, a meeting, etc. The participants get to hear the conversation via speaker phone. More than 90 percent of the inquiries we make, even if we get to talk to a real live person, are handled in a most unprofessional and unfriendly manner. Often, when we finally get connected to someone in reservations, sales or catering, he or she does a poor job in asking the right questions. Seems to me that if a caller is a qualified prospect, someone should be asking for a name and telephone number, at least. It looks like nobody gets any telephone training.

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— Kirstie Kelly For Disneys Fairy Tale Weddings Collection To Introduce All New Blossoms For Flower Girls Line Alongside A Platinum Wedding Gown — Disney Consumer Products:
Dear Abby: “Bride-to-Be” asked if it was common or proper to wear her wedding gown to the airport or on a plane. You advised her that it was impractical, but theres no law against it. By that, I assume your intention was to say that no rule of etiquette specifically forbids it, rather than a criminal statute. Dear Jessica: Most of my readers who chose to comment on that letter agreed I was right to discourage the bride-to-be. But not all of them did. Read on: Dear Abby: Leaving for my honeymoon last summer, I wore a white baseball cap with a short veil attached so everyone would know I was just married. — Starr in Santa Cruz, Calif.

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* Docklands Light Railway is now carrying 33 million passengers a year compared with 8.3 million in 1993-4. Chief Executive, Mr Ian Brown, commented: “Such is the projected rate of growth in Dock-lands, east, and southeast London that passenger numbers are expected to reach 60 million by 2004.”
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Apparel sales, which fell sharply after the stock market crash of 1987, have rebounded in 1989 and early 1990. The strength of the category can he clearly seen in the financial results of some major retailers.
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Real estate is a popular investment among Canadians. There are several advantages to investing in real estate. Real estate is leveraged. You may pay only a fraction (as low as 10%) of what the property is worth when you buy it. Real estate has utility. If you buy stocks or bonds, you cannot do anything with them; but when you buy real estate, you can use it until you sell it. For example, you can live in a house.
Mary Skiffington has joined the fine homes residential division of Cassidy Associates Real Estate, Inc. Peter Middleton, real estate sales agent for RE/MAX of La Jolla, has been ranked among the top 100 RE/MAX sales agents in California for sales volume from January to June 2002. Gina Drucker and Karen Pado have joined RE/MAX of Rancho Bernardo as a real estate sales team. International Real Estate has added Eric B. Shwisberg as vice president and general counsel.

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Business Editors TRUMBULL, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 21, 2002 Imagistics International Inc. (NYSE: IGI), formerly Pitney Bowes Office Systems, today announced the launch of its first nationwide advertising campaign to build brand awareness and national recognition for its office document equipment and solutions.
Paw-Print Software has launched Adbin, its new tool that integrates with Microsofts Internet Explorer browser to remove advertising from web pages as they are downloaded. Adbin uses an extensible set of rules to identify ads during page downloading. When it finds an image that it suspects is an ad it replaces the it with another one directly from the PCs local drive.
Ads Highlight Ricohs Ability to Provide New Solutions for Production Printing Industry WEST CALDWELL, N.J., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Ricoh Americas Corporation announced today the launch of a new print and online advertising campaign for the RICOH Pro C900, the newest product from Ricohs Production Printing Business Group (PPBG). Created by Gigante Vaz Partners, Inc., the campaign highlights PPBGs ability to provide a new approach to production printing based on understanding and addressing customers specific printing needs. The ads are designed to reach key audiences within PPBGs core business segments: In-Plants, Data Centers and Graphic Arts. The new campaign features visuals of customers pondering various printing needs, with creative that touts the products quality and affordability. In order to encourage customers to consider Ricoh and the Pro C900 when choosing a production device, the campaigns Think Production. Think Ricoh slogan positions the RICOH Pro C900 as the solution for critical printing needs such as web-to-print, variable data printing, and document design and production. The affordability message is supported by the printers superior performance combined with its extremely low maintenance and ability to co-exist within the current production printing environment. In addition, the RICOH Pro C900 incorporates Trained Customer Replaceable Units (TCRU), which allows customers to replace necessary parts, minimizing downtime and maximizing productivity.

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Business/Technology Editors BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 19, 2000 Genuity Inc. (NASDAQ:GENU) today launches a $20 million global marketing campaign — including the companys first-ever television advertising — to support the introduction of its innovative new Network Services Platform (NSP), Black Rocket(TM).
Eight of the 12 categories showed an ad spending increase in June compared to last year, including Automotive (+34.2%), Services/Direct Response (+22.6), Retail (+22.3) and Horticulture/Farming (+15.3). The Travel (-26.6%), Computers (-14.9), Software (-7.0) and Telecom (0.3) categories showed spending declines. Half of the categories showed an ad page increase, led by Horticulture/Farming (+87.9%), and half showed an ad page decline.
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The Public Health programme 2003-2008 is a key strategic tool for the development of health policy within the EU. The programme provides the means to support actions in areas where the EU can make a difference, the ultimate goal being to contribute to a high level of physical and mental health and well-being throughout the EU. The programme is open to institutions, associations, organisations and bodies in the health field.
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School physicals To celebrate National Community Health Centers Week, Community Health is offering a special rate for school and sports physicals. Through Sept. 1, the physicals will cost $25 - or less for those who qualify for further cost reductions. The usual charge is $71. The physicals are offered from 10 a.m.- noon and 3-8 p.m. weekdays at Community Healths Immediate Care Clinic, 2858 International Circle. No appointments are necessary. For information, call 630-6440, Ext. 6363.

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A schoolgirl joined VIPs when a multi-million-pound housing project was launched by an MP. Aneira Ball, 10, of Washington, who won a competition run by the housing group to design a house of the future, presented her design to Ms Quin.
Some compare todays coastal housing market, where prices increased the most, to the investment craze that led to the technology stock crash a few years ago. Home prices in some regions have more than doubled in the past five years, leading to concerns that the speculative bubble might burst. There have also been record levels of conversion of apartments into condominiums in many areas of the country as demand for homeownership has also led to increased demand for condominiums. Investors can earn a greater profit by selling apartments as condos rather than renting apartments. In markets like Miami, where the condo market has been particularly hot, some units have even changed hands the same day as speculators have been buying many of the condos. The bad news for homeowners in Indiana is that they have not seen their home values rise like many other areas of the country. The Indianapolis areas home prices grew at nearly the slowest pace of the top fifty markets, or 19 percent during the past five years. Homeowners in the Boston and San Diego areas saw their homes appreciate more than 75 percent during the same period. The good news is what has not gone up will probably not go down. That is, home prices in Indiana are not likely to fall with a possible drop in prices in those areas of the country that may be experiencing a bubble. So there is less risk associated with purchasing a home in Indiana compared to many other areas of the country. This also makes homes in Indiana relatively affordable compared to many other areas.
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PHOENIX — Plenty of mystique surrounds the phrase “pitchers and catchers report.” But on a team like the Oakland Athletics, where there arent any superstars making grand entrances or players denying what Jose Canseco wrote about them in his book, the day is mostly about shoes. Showing off new shoes. Trying on new shoes. Complaining the wrong shoes arrived. So it went on an overcast Saturday morning with light rain for the As at their Papago Park facility, where just as many position players have already arrived as pitchers and catchers.
More complex designs exist, including ones where the strap is drawn across the top of the shoe through a metal loop and then pulled back on itself. This provides a more even force on both sides of the shoe, but the metal loop digs into the wearers feet when the shoe bends. Mizuno, of Osaka, Japan, has produced shoes that feature sets of straps, arranged down both sides of each shoe. The larger of the two straps features a hole allowing a smaller, opposing strap to pass through, ensuring both sides are pulled tight. European patent application: 1283018
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Small business Internet solutions provider, Positive Design, has launched its new website platform, PD-go!.
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Literally and symbolically, Interior Designs is about interior and exterior designs. Its form parallels its content: it is divided into four major sections, each with approximately twenty chapters of between one and four pages. Instead of relying on plot, Jaffe writes short passages to illustrate various aspects of design, primarily the architecture of houses. In these passages the narrator describes all the houses she has lived in, none of which she has occupied for more than three years. In the section entitled The First House, the narrator and her husband, a rabbi, look for a new house. Instead of finding the right house, the right house seems to find them (throughout the novel structural components such as doors and windows are personified). The new house also has light shining from more than one direction, an entry for proper greetings and farewells, and a sense of solidity, all of which make the narrator feel infinite. Upon moving to the house, the narrator considers philosophical questions concerning fate, luck, guilt, and desire. These questions are exemplary of the novels themes–in every chapter of the novel, some aspect of exterior design is portrayed literally to illustrate metaphorically human emotions or philosophical issues. Sometimes the metaphors are a bit too obvious, and occasionally the narrator intrudes to explain them lest they slip past readers. For example, when looking at a house she decides against, she says all except one structural flaw is amendable. The minor flaws in the house are like little and medium-sized mistakes we all make in life–they were not irrevocable. For the most part, however, Jaffe has a wonderfully poetic style; remarkably enough, despite the lack of plot, the novel moves forward at a quick pace. The idea that you cant go home again recurs throughout the novel, but the implication is interestingly reversed, suggesting that to return to an earlier phase in ones fife would be to backslide. Textual and symbolic circular patterns develop in the novel that integrate the chapters with the text as a whole and that unite individuals with others and in a spiritual sense with the universe. Entertaining, witty, and full of philosophical insights, Interior Designs explores ways to find and maintain personal and spiritual peace.
Sterling Ruby, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles Sterling Ruby is a cool name, a drag queen name, a British spys name. I dont know him, and hadnt heard of him before I saw his show at Marc Foxx. That doesnt matter because his show, Interior Designer, which looks at sexuality, namely transgendered people, and flirts with theoretical schizophrenia, requires only sympathy for his observations and the art he makes. Four delicately scratched and key carved Formica laminate monoliths, each 7 x 4 x 4 are at the center of Interior Designer. Their tinted surface has dirty spots, handprints, chips, and evidence of handling. They recall the laminate prefabs in the displays and dressing rooms found in department stores. In their material and dimension they suggest–and maybe desire to be–video booth jack off chambers.
THE Malaysian Institute of Interior Designers (IPDM) has launched the Malaysian Interior Design Awards 2004. This year, the awards will honour excellence in the interior design industry in three categories, namely Interior Builders, Interior Products and Service Excellence. IPDM will

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AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 28, 1999– ALYA (OTC BB:ALYA) has begun training 24 technicians from the Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC) to install and maintain a complete, state-of-the-art, contactless security control solution based upon ALYAs O.P.E.N.centrix(tm) (Open Platform for Essential Networks). This is a world class reference site for ALYA. announced Douglas Corbett, president of ALYA International. Over a three-week period, ALYA will be training 24 Technical Specialists from PRTC in ALYAs facility. The first group was here last week and training will continue through mid-July, continued Corbett. ALYAs technology is available to implement not only the advanced security functions but also value-added applications for multi-billion dollar niche-markets such as destination tourism, asset tracking, health care and a multitude of others.
How much individual room and group business did you lose today because of poor telephone handling skills at your property? Its amazing that throughout the years we havent done more to correct the way we handle telephone communications so that we can do more business. Even with all the new technologies available, we arent doing the job properly. We misuse and abuse the new stuff. How the telephone call is handled in every department of our properties is the key to doing more business. The hospitality industry is being challenged. Its a lot more difficult to get that individual customer or group than it was during the eight-year period through 2000. It just seems so unbelievable that with all the time, effort and resources we spend on marketing and sales that we wouldnt take great care in how we respond to telephone inquiries when someone wants to do business with us.

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LOS ANGELES — Goodwill Southern California (GSC) recently received a donation of 2,000 brand-new wedding gowns from a local bridal shop. Before distributing them in its retail stores, GSC will host its first ever Bridal Gown Super Sale.
Kirstie Kelly for Disneys Fairy Tale Weddings Collection Is Inspired by the Unique Spirit and Personality of Each Disney Princess The collection combines a fashion-forward look with timeless elements inspired by the Disney Princesses themselves, including Ariel, Aurora/Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine and Snow White. Fabrics like organza, chantilly, chiffon, satins and tulle are accented with stunning embellishments, including lace, ribbons, crystals, pearls and gorgeous embroidered beading.

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Rachel Vigier is the author of a poetry collection, On Every Stone (Pedlar Press, 2002), and a book of non-fiction, Gestures of Genius: Women, Dance and the Body (Mercury Press, 1994). A second poetry collection, The Book of Skeletons, will appear in 2006 from Pedlar Press. Her work has been published in journals in Canada and the U.S. and in an anthology of writings, September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond (Etruscan Press, 2002). Rachel was raised on a farm in Manitoba and now lives and works in New York City.
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Pamida Holdings Corp. will offer footwear from Shoe Sourcing Inc. in its stores this summer under an exclusive merchandising agreement with that division of Payless ShoeSource Inc. While Payless ShoeSource operates the shoe departments in 396 ShopKo stores as part of an alliance that was reached two years ago between the companies, the agreement between Pamida and Shoe Sourcing allows the Omaha, Neb.-based division to operate its own shoe departments with merchandise received from Shoe Sourcing.

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Our new website, MetalcastingDesign.com, provides designers and buyers with a wealth of technical services, resources and information for casting designers and buyers, said Alfred Spada, MODERN CASTING and Engineered Casting Solutions publisher/editor and AFS director of marketing, communications and PR. Engineered Casting Solutions and AFS strive to be the resource for casting buyers, and this is just another example of that.
WRITERS block is a devilish ailment, and I had a bad case of it when I began writing this column. I spent hours reading such magazines as Wired and MacWorld, surfing the Internet, and otherwise avoiding putting words on paper. My purpose in putting these videos on my site is to capture the subtleties of expert practice. To that end, I have included study questions that I hope will focus attention on the intricate ways master teachers practice their craft. Incidentally, my wife Sharon is the teacher in the first video, and she doesnt like my calling the video clip Shared Reading. The term seemed appropriate when the clip was recorded during the spring of 1996, but today I guess people refer to this kind of activity as buddy reading.
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Literally and symbolically, Interior Designs is about interior and exterior designs. Its form parallels its content: it is divided into four major sections, each with approximately twenty chapters of between one and four pages. Instead of relying on plot, Jaffe writes short passages to illustrate various aspects of design, primarily the architecture of houses. In these passages the narrator describes all the houses she has lived in, none of which she has occupied for more than three years. In the section entitled The First House, the narrator and her husband, a rabbi, look for a new house. Instead of finding the right house, the right house seems to find them (throughout the novel structural components such as doors and windows are personified). The new house also has light shining from more than one direction, an entry for proper greetings and farewells, and a sense of solidity, all of which make the narrator feel infinite. Upon moving to the house, the narrator considers philosophical questions concerning fate, luck, guilt, and desire. These questions are exemplary of the novels themes–in every chapter of the novel, some aspect of exterior design is portrayed literally to illustrate metaphorically human emotions or philosophical issues. Sometimes the metaphors are a bit too obvious, and occasionally the narrator intrudes to explain them lest they slip past readers. For example, when looking at a house she decides against, she says all except one structural flaw is amendable. The minor flaws in the house are like little and medium-sized mistakes we all make in life–they were not irrevocable. For the most part, however, Jaffe has a wonderfully poetic style; remarkably enough, despite the lack of plot, the novel moves forward at a quick pace. The idea that you cant go home again recurs throughout the novel, but the implication is interestingly reversed, suggesting that to return to an earlier phase in ones fife would be to backslide. Textual and symbolic circular patterns develop in the novel that integrate the chapters with the text as a whole and that unite individuals with others and in a spiritual sense with the universe. Entertaining, witty, and full of philosophical insights, Interior Designs explores ways to find and maintain personal and spiritual peace.
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The telephone is an indispensable business tool. For many people, it is the first (and sometimes only) contact with the drug store. The seemingly constant ringing of the telephone may be an irritation to the drug store staff because it is an interruption in their work. Unfortunately, this attitude is often communicated to the unsuspecting caller and opportunities for sales are missed. Attitude: Everyone answering the telephone must see opportunity rather than irritation in every call. This is simply an attitude that should become part of store policy and training. Large companies that do much of their business by telephone regularly monitor employee telephone performance to insure standards are being met. A less invasive but still-watchful approach will work well in community drug stores.
ST. LOUIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 14, 1999– Telephone Doctor(R), a 16-year-old customer service training company, based in St. Louis, Mo., offers a new training video geared at e-mail users and Internet Retailers. Well still need human beings to handle and respond to e-mail requests.and these employees still need to be trained, says Friedman, herself a customer service expert. Its happened to me, she says. I e-mailed a company May 3rd about furniture I wanted to purchase.and they didnt e-mail me back until June 2nd. With no apology I might add. I totally had forgotten what I wanted, she continues. If thats their response on a question BEFORE I buy.what can I expect afterwards?

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For three-month-old Filenes Basement in Towson, hosting an event that continuously garners immeasurable attention for its flagship Boston store is sure to be a marketing success. The store, which opened in late March in the Towson Place power center on Putty Hill Avenue and Goucher Boulevard, will host July 9 a bridal gown sale originated by the original Filenes in Boston. The Boston event started in 1947 and is held twice a year, garnering the attention not only of brides across the country, but the likes of CNN.
LOS ANGELES — Goodwill Southern California (GSC) recently received a donation of 2,000 brand-new wedding gowns from a local bridal shop. Before distributing them in its retail stores, GSC will host its first ever Bridal Gown Super Sale.
BURLINGAME — Army reservist Tracy Lamboy, just back from the war in Afghanistan, left The Unique Bride of Burlingame Wednesday with a $2,290 wedding dress on her arm — for free. Twenty-four other women, with fiances serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Kosovo chose dresses price-tagged between $2,000 and $5,000. A handful of them slept outside the store Tuesday night.

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For women only Women can learn about heart disease, menopause, infertility and other health issues at a Womens Health Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Chapel Hills Mall. Sponsored by Memorial Hospital, the health fair will include $5 bone-density screenings for osteoporosis for the first 400 women. Women also may talk to a nurse about breast self-exams.
Health is a measure of quality of life that is difficult to define and measure. In the 1940s, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. At the first International Conference on Health Promotion in Ottawa, Canada (1986), the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion built on the WHOs concept and further defined health as a resource for everyday life. a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capabilities. Good health enables one to function independently within a changing environment.
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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A schoolgirl joined VIPs when a multi-million-pound housing project was launched by an MP. Aneira Ball, 10, of Washington, who won a competition run by the housing group to design a house of the future, presented her design to Ms Quin.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Pamida Holdings Corp. will offer footwear from Shoe Sourcing Inc. in its stores this summer under an exclusive merchandising agreement with that division of Payless ShoeSource Inc. While Payless ShoeSource operates the shoe departments in 396 ShopKo stores as part of an alliance that was reached two years ago between the companies, the agreement between Pamida and Shoe Sourcing allows the Omaha, Neb.-based division to operate its own shoe departments with merchandise received from Shoe Sourcing.
More complex designs exist, including ones where the strap is drawn across the top of the shoe through a metal loop and then pulled back on itself. This provides a more even force on both sides of the shoe, but the metal loop digs into the wearers feet when the shoe bends. Mizuno, of Osaka, Japan, has produced shoes that feature sets of straps, arranged down both sides of each shoe. The larger of the two straps features a hole allowing a smaller, opposing strap to pass through, ensuring both sides are pulled tight. European patent application: 1283018

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Our new website, MetalcastingDesign.com, provides designers and buyers with a wealth of technical services, resources and information for casting designers and buyers, said Alfred Spada, MODERN CASTING and Engineered Casting Solutions publisher/editor and AFS director of marketing, communications and PR. Engineered Casting Solutions and AFS strive to be the resource for casting buyers, and this is just another example of that.
Business Editors The site, which features both English and French content, provides ample information on IPEX and all its products across its geographical markets including Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Q I would like to learn how to design and create my own Website. I already have good computer skills and think Web design knowledge will make me more appealing in the job market. Can you recommend any books on HTML and Java?

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THE Malaysian Institute of Interior Designers (IPDM) has launched the Malaysian Interior Design Awards 2004. This year, the awards will honour excellence in the interior design industry in three categories, namely Interior Builders, Interior Products and Service Excellence. IPDM will
Norms Byrd, interior designer and artist, has been elected president of the San Diego chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers for the 2008-2009 term, which begins Oct. 1. Byrd has more than 21 years of experience in commercial and residential interior design, including five years as an independent contractor to Kachay Homes of Rancho Santa Fe where she designed interior architecture, cabinetry and detailing for custom homes.

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Business Editors High-Tech Writers B2B Learning Service Provider Offers the First Streaming Delivery of Award Winning Telephone Doctor(R) Customer Service Training Content 24/7 University, Inc. today announced a distribution agreement with Telephone Doctor, Inc., the leading provider of telephone skills, communications, and customer service training products services.
Business Editors Each video program features eight thought provoking call center scenes. After viewing each scene, it gives the trainees an opportunity to brainstorm and discuss what they noticed was wrong. They then suggest the proper solutions to prevent these situations from happening in their own organization. The strength of this format lies in the premise that an interactive learning style will produce lasting results. Its easier to achieve learner buy-in when trainees contribute to the solution.

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There are a lot of mother and daughter bonding experiences that life throws up: that first talk about boys; going out and getting things for your first place away from home; finally getting drunk together. But the most intense by a long way has to be going out to pick a wedding dress. This is the final moment when you are just her daughter, before you are suddenly someone elses wife and likely to be the last time a daughter gets the chance to go clothes shopping with mums cheque book.
Brides-to-be trying on gowns at The Wedding Salon of Manhasset received expert advice from Atlanta-based designer Anne Barge, who was on-site Feb. 12 for her only Long Island trunk show. A creator of old-fashioned gowns with a nod to classic elegance favored by Audrey Hepburn, Barge made recommendations on gowns and alterations to The Wedding Salon clients. Nancy Aucone, who owns The Wedding Salon with business partner Susan Finale, said theres always a lot to learn when a designer visits the shop. We only do customizing changes when a designer is here, Aucone said. When they say it can be done and write the order, and do a sketch - a picture is worth 1,000 words.

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Norms Byrd, interior designer and artist, has been elected president of the San Diego chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers for the 2008-2009 term, which begins Oct. 1. Byrd has more than 21 years of experience in commercial and residential interior design, including five years as an independent contractor to Kachay Homes of Rancho Santa Fe where she designed interior architecture, cabinetry and detailing for custom homes.
Talkin about a revolution China is the latest melting pot for interior design. A new book lavishly illustrates how the finest Beijing and Shanghai interiors have successfully fused Eastern tradition with cutting-edge style. It gives a whole new meaning to the term `Made in China. China Modern, by Sharon Leece is published by Mitchell Beazley, pounds 25.

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AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 28, 1999– ALYA (OTC BB:ALYA) has begun training 24 technicians from the Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC) to install and maintain a complete, state-of-the-art, contactless security control solution based upon ALYAs O.P.E.N.centrix(tm) (Open Platform for Essential Networks). This is a world class reference site for ALYA. announced Douglas Corbett, president of ALYA International. Over a three-week period, ALYA will be training 24 Technical Specialists from PRTC in ALYAs facility. The first group was here last week and training will continue through mid-July, continued Corbett. ALYAs technology is available to implement not only the advanced security functions but also value-added applications for multi-billion dollar niche-markets such as destination tourism, asset tracking, health care and a multitude of others.
Business Editors Each video program features eight thought provoking call center scenes. After viewing each scene, it gives the trainees an opportunity to brainstorm and discuss what they noticed was wrong. They then suggest the proper solutions to prevent these situations from happening in their own organization. The strength of this format lies in the premise that an interactive learning style will produce lasting results. Its easier to achieve learner buy-in when trainees contribute to the solution.
Do you know how much business you lost today because of how your phone was answered (or not answered)? We know all this happens all too often because at many of my sales workshops, we do some tele-testing. We make calls to various competitors of the properties represented in our audience. We try to book a room for overnight, or a wedding reception, a meeting, etc. The participants get to hear the conversation via speaker phone. More than 90 percent of the inquiries we make, even if we get to talk to a real live person, are handled in a most unprofessional and unfriendly manner. Often, when we finally get connected to someone in reservations, sales or catering, he or she does a poor job in asking the right questions. Seems to me that if a caller is a qualified prospect, someone should be asking for a name and telephone number, at least. It looks like nobody gets any telephone training.

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Kirstie Kelly for Disneys Fairy Tale Weddings Collection Is Inspired by the Unique Spirit and Personality of Each Disney Princess The collection combines a fashion-forward look with timeless elements inspired by the Disney Princesses themselves, including Ariel, Aurora/Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine and Snow White. Fabrics like organza, chantilly, chiffon, satins and tulle are accented with stunning embellishments, including lace, ribbons, crystals, pearls and gorgeous embroidered beading.
For three-month-old Filenes Basement in Towson, hosting an event that continuously garners immeasurable attention for its flagship Boston store is sure to be a marketing success. The store, which opened in late March in the Towson Place power center on Putty Hill Avenue and Goucher Boulevard, will host July 9 a bridal gown sale originated by the original Filenes in Boston. The Boston event started in 1947 and is held twice a year, garnering the attention not only of brides across the country, but the likes of CNN.

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Mary Skiffington has joined the fine homes residential division of Cassidy Associates Real Estate, Inc. Peter Middleton, real estate sales agent for RE/MAX of La Jolla, has been ranked among the top 100 RE/MAX sales agents in California for sales volume from January to June 2002. Gina Drucker and Karen Pado have joined RE/MAX of Rancho Bernardo as a real estate sales team. International Real Estate has added Eric B. Shwisberg as vice president and general counsel.

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Joseph F. Mangan is a consultant in Scotch Plains, N.J. An informal survey of risk management and insurance professionals turned up some information thats hardly surprising. The survey asked respondents to rank frequently overlooked property exposures, and the clear winner was contingent business interruption.

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TAKE ATARI, HALO 2, AND DUNgeons and Dragons, and put them together in a big ballroom–thats a lot of gaming. But its also a lot of communicating, according to administrators at Creighton University, a Jesuit school of 6,000 students in Omaha, Neb. This month, Creighton is hosting its third annual GameFest, a 12-hour marathon of gaming for students, faculty, staff, admissions prospects, and K-12 students from the region. Creighton has worked to make GameFest inclusive by adding older games such as Pong to the mix. Corporate sponsors make the event nearly cost-free by donating hardware and software supplies.
Ten reasons why companies should consider learning by gaming. Games are strong on motivation, visuals, participation, engagement and reinforcement - in short, everything that organisations struggle to deliver through traditional e-learning methods. Here are the ten reasons why gaming is on the rise:

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — A newly approved low-level laser has been shown to disrupt fat cell membranes, facilitating fat extraction during liposuction. A comparison of the effects of the laser on fat cells with and without tumescent anesthesia revealed that the tumescent solution acts as a magnifier, literally amplifying the energy used and decreasing the amount of time required to liquefy the fat by 2-3 minutes, said Dr. Dedo of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Low-level-laser-assisted liposuction was developed by Dr. Rodrigo Neira of Cali, Colombia, who introduced it last year and has used the 635-nm diode laser on more than 600 patients.
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“There are [more than] 30 million Americans who have no health insurance and another 20 million who have inadequate health insurance,” says Rep. Louis Stokes (D0Ohio), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust. “It is mandatory that we begin to try and give Americans–particularly minorities–adequate health care as a right.” The Bush plan would give people not covered by Medicaid tax credits, and families making less than $80,000 a year tax deductions to pay for medical costs. He would also pass laws to ensure that even chronically ill patients could receive health insurance. The plan has received a cool reception on Capitol Hill, and alternate proposals, including a full-scale, government-paid national health insurance plan, are under development. But what does America really want for its health care system? The views are many.
FOR THE uninitiated, medical and health insurance is a relatively new class of insurance in Malaysia compared to motor, fire or personal accident insurance. A lot has been written about it, but there continues to be confusion over what health insurance really is.

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“There are [more than] 30 million Americans who have no health insurance and another 20 million who have inadequate health insurance,” says Rep. Louis Stokes (D0Ohio), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust. “It is mandatory that we begin to try and give Americans–particularly minorities–adequate health care as a right.” The Bush plan would give people not covered by Medicaid tax credits, and families making less than $80,000 a year tax deductions to pay for medical costs. He would also pass laws to ensure that even chronically ill patients could receive health insurance. The plan has received a cool reception on Capitol Hill, and alternate proposals, including a full-scale, government-paid national health insurance plan, are under development. But what does America really want for its health care system? The views are many.
Part II, explanatory economics, represents the bulk of the book. The economics of demand, price elasticity, risk aversion, and the effect of insurance on the demand for medical services are explained clearly and well. Behavior of suppliers in the medical care market is reviewed, with attention given to differences in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. A solid explanation of competitive markets allows discussion of timely issues such as the limits of applicability of the competitive model to the medical care market, price and nonprice competition, and market power of providers, purchasers, and patients. Outside readings on current managed competition proposals would augment the textbook discussion well.A short section on the economic effects of information asymmetries in the medical care and health insurance market introduces the concepts of supplier induced demand and adverse selection. Both discussions are short, but the portion on adverse selection especially needs expansion. More rigor, explanatory graphs, and a more extensive bibliography would make the adverse selection concept more useful. This topic is critical to a sound understanding of the functioning of medical expense insurance.The final section deals with value judgments and evaluative economics. The nontechnical explanation of efficiency versus fairness criteria for evaluating medical care policy is somewhat cursory. More technical material is needed to improve the precision of this discussion. However, even without any additions, the text provides a general background on issues of access to medical care, affordability, and quality of care. The difficulty of making allocation decisions given scarce resources is clearly laid out and opens the way for a discussion of policy alternatives.
Developing a “Culture of Safety” A year ago we wrote about the complex process involved in identifying, categorizing, and assessing medical error in health care in the United States (”Assessing Medical Error in Health Care,” Health Progress, November– December 2001, pp. 14-17). That article discussed the 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on medical error, “To Err Is Human,” and the erosion of public trust in U.S. health care.

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Insurer tells insureds counsel accident is “suspicious”: Conflict of interest: Breach of implied covenant of good faith: Settlement. Doe v. Roe Ins. Co., Cal., Los Angeles County Super. Ct., confidential docket no., Dec. 28, 2000. The attorney also learned that the insurer was going to sue Doe, but did not inform Doe of the insurers intent. When the insurer later filed suit against Doe, it allegedly failed to serve her with the complaint and deliberately filed for entry of a default judgment when Doe did not respond to the complaint.
Lasar v. Ford Motor Co., - F. Supp. 2d -, No. CV 99-177-M-WNM, 2003 WL 29882 (D. Mont. Jan. 2, 2003). A U.S. district court granted a mistrial and imposed sanctions against a defense attorney who used his opening statement to suggest that plaintiff might have been intoxicated at the time of his automobile accident. In his opening statement, defendants lawyer told the jury that plaintiff and friends “spent the day playing pool, visiting some local establishments,” and that plaintiff “made the decision to drive himself home.” Plaintiff moved for a mistrial, arguing that defense counsel was suggesting that plaintiffs injury was caused by alcohol use.
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* Exercise may be the stepping stone to fewer gallbladder surgeries. Women exercising just 30 minutes a day five times a week cut their risk by 20 percent, while physically active middle-aged men sliced their risk by almost 50 percent. Results of the ongoing Nurses Health Study conducted at Harvard were first published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The exercise, which may improve body fat, insulin levels and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, could help cut the more than 800,000 hospitalizations related to gallbladder surgery that occur in the United States each year, states Consumer Reports on Health. * Theres a rat in my beer! A recent study at the University of Manitoba, Canada, showed that damaged livers in rats were repaired faster with light alcohol consumption than with no alcohol consumption, while heavy alcohol consumption was bad news. The trial studied the effect of light, moderate and heavy doses of alcohol in rats with partially removed livers. Researchers believe that light consumption of ethanol helps production of a repair-promoting gene. Animals receiving heavy doses of alcohol showed retardation of hepatic repair and those given moderate amounts of alcohol showed no extraordinary improvement reports Family Practice News. * Its all in the family. A recent study indicates that persons from larger families are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimers disease. According to statistics, the risk that an individual will have the disease increases by 8 percent for each additional sibling in a family and is 39 percent greater for those with five or more siblings than in those with less than five siblings. The report, first published in Neurology, suggests that the areas of the brain affected by the disease correspond with those that take the greatest amount of time to mature during child and teen years, and thats why childhood factors play a role in development of the disease.
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The old school photograph scam is in danger of plunging us into debt once again. For the second time this year, my kids have come home, book-bags bulging with cellophane covered packs, desperate to show me the results of the latest photo shoot. “You are going to buy them, arent you Mum?” my daughter asks, accusingly. What can I say, “No, Im sending them back to be shredded”? I wouldnt mind if they were good photos. But even my son, not usually known for his self-deprecation, will concede that he looks pretty gormless in his. Admittedly, it must be a tough job. Imagine trying to create a pleasing portrait of a sulky seven-year-old wearing a baked-bean encrusted uniform (why do they take photos after lunch?) and a toothless grin.

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Big Brother winner Anthony Hutton has hailed the regeneration of his home town. The 24-year-old, who was made an ambassador for Derwentside after his 2005 success, recently returned to Consett after living in London. Anthony said: It is great to see new homes going up in Consett as it plays a part in the regeneration of the town. It is a great place to live.

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