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SMS roaming tariffs remain high in the Netherlands

The European Commission gave mobile network operators until the 1stof July to cut the cost of using mobile data services whiletraveling abroad. In response, several European operators,including Dutch mobile operators, have voluntary adjusted theirdata tariffs. This included roaming tariffs for sending textsmessages. However, the European Commission as well as governmentofficials still think data roaming is too expensive and have calledon operators to reduce tariffs further or face regulation.According to Viviane Reding, the EU information societycommissioner, she will introduce SMS pricing regulations in Octoberof this year. This research brief focuses in particular on currentSMS roaming prices in the Netherlands and neighboring countries.

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The Rocket Racing League, an aspiring Formula 1 for rocket racing,said Wednesday that it completed its three test flights with a newliquid oxygen-alcohol engine from Armadillo Aerospace, a suborbitalspace company founded by Doom creator John Carmack. This summer, the RRL also secured a highprofile sponsorship from a clothing brand that people wouldn'tnecessarily associate with rockets: DKNY for men. The premiereracer for the league now will have the luxury clothing maker's namepermanently brandished on its vehicle--a potential marketing coupif the RRL eventually airs on TV, as expected.

More importantly, the successful engine trials mean that NewYork-based RRL is that much closer to production of its fleet ofrockets and upcoming public races, which have been pushed backseveral times. Now, the RRL needs approval from the FederalAviation Administration, which is no small feat and could causemore delays.

Aviall, Inc. operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of BoeingCommercial Aviation Services, a unit of Boeing CommercialAirplanes, which is a unit of The Boeing Company. Aviall is aleading solutions provider of aftermarket supply-chain managementservices for the aerospace, defense and marine industries. Aviallis headquartered in Dallas, Texas. As one of the world's largestproviders of new aviation parts and related aftermarket operations,Aviall markets and distributes products for more than 225manufacturers and offers more than 1,000,000 catalog items from 39customer service centers located in North America, Europe, andAsia-Pacific. Aviall provides maintenance for aviation batteriesand wheels and brakes, as well as hose assembly, kitting andpaint-mixing services. The company also offers a complete set ofsupply chain and logistics services, including order processing,stocking and fulfillment, automated inventory management andreverse logistics to OEMs and customers.

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Ideally this will be a security blanket that is used rarely, notlike the system used in the NFL and NHL, which seems to be instrumental in almost every game. Only umpirecrew chiefs will have the authority to ask for review.

There had been 1,964 regular-season games this season throughMonday, and perhaps 25 questionable home run calls. That's aliberal guess and it gives you a ratio of one instant-replayopportunity every 79 games — barely one a week.

But all it takes is one key call in a big game to justify thesystem. That's the conclusion Selig made after decades ofopposition to replay, yielding to the overwhelming wishes ofgeneral managers to put technology to work. He was right.

In a 162-game regular season, there are few season-turning calls(although it will be interesting to watch the potential impact ofthe Pierzynski-Tampa Bay call Sunday in playoff and home-fieldadvantage races). But the fate of teams can change on one call inOctober — witness the Pierzynski-Angels call in 2005. That'swhy Selig ordered his top on-field lieutenant, Jimmie Lee@tribune.com

Mobile home blaze blamed on bad wiring

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A quick emergency phone call from a postal worker and the volunteerfire department's new foam system saved a mobile home from totaldestruction Monday afternoon. But the 1406 E. Calhoun home sufferedheavy damage in the blaze blamed on faulty electrical work.

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OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Aug 26, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX)----Enablence Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE: ENA)("Enablence" orthe "Corporation"), a developer of PLC based products for Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH), metro and long haul markets announcedthat its Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at the BrookstreetHotel in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on August 26th, 2008 and wasattended with representation from more than 54% of the total sharesoutstanding at the meeting. All resolutions put before theshareholders passed at the AGM.

Enablence also successfully demonstrated a fully integratedFiber-to-the-Home system relying solely on its broad compliment ofaccess products including the optical line terminal, splitters andthe optical network terminal built through its North Americanfacilities.

In addition, Enablence had, on display, more than 50 products aimedat the metro and long haul markets which showcased its worldleading planar lightwave circuit (PLC) capability. The Corporationalso announced the creation of two committees - the Audit Committeewith Steve Bower as Chair and Nishith Goel and John Ryan asmembers; as well as the creation of the Compensation Committee withStephan Guerin as chair and with Nishith Goel as member making it acommittee composed of independent Board members.

Nail salon chemicals worry Ore. health officials

12:57 PM MDT on Monday, August 25, 2008

Associated Press

MEDFORD, Ore. -- Oregon health officials say toxic chemicals innail care products could put Oregon's 14,500 nail salon workers athigher risk of breast cancer or birth defects from inhaling orabsorbing the chemicals through the skin.

The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division and otheragencies say the 14,500 nail technicians in Oregon could be .

Most of the nation's nail technicians are women and work withchemicals such as formaldehyde, toluene, dibutyl phthalate andmethyl ethyl ketone. The chemicals are not regulated by the U.S.Food and Drug Administration and long-term health impacts have notbeen studied.

"The risk is not so much for the person getting the nailsdone," said Melanie Mesaros, spokeswoman for OregonOccupational Safety and Health Division. "It's for the womenworking there all day."

Last year OSHA and other groups banded to spread the word andprovide information about minimizing risks, as have other states.

A brochure has been distributed to many salons this year. Onesuggestion is to use a table with a built-in fan that vents to theoutside. These often are required in new salons subject to currentbuilding codes.

Nancy Gregory, who works at Beauty Nails II at Medford's RogueValley Mall, recalled working in a salon without adequateventilation. But Beauty Nails takes many of the precautions.

"We have a big circulating fan," said the 45-year-oldMedford resident. "It's really clean."

Gregory, who like many nail technicians is Vietnamese, said shewears gloves when necessary and washes her hands frequently.

The federal government says four of the 19 chemicals it recentlyassessed are toxic to humans, although one of the four is so littleused that it has only been put on a watch list.

The list of 19 released Saturday is a preliminary finding under the2006 Chemical Management Plan, and starts a 60-day comment periodon the government's proposals for managing the substances.

Those plans range from adding the substance to a do-not-use listfor cosmetics to investigating floor sealers, latex paints, paintremovers/strippers, sealants/caulkings, floor polishs and cleanersfor DEGME (diethylene glycol monomethyl ether), the substanceCanadians are most likely to run into.

A health Canada release said four substances regarded "as a highhazard to humans and as having a high likelihood of exposure toindividuals in Canada" are:

DEGME, a widely used jet-fuel additive, pest-control product andsolvent. Somewhere between one million kilograms and 10 millionkilograms were imported in 2006. "The health effects associatedwith exposure to DEGME are primarily developmental and reproductivetoxicity and hematological effects, based on observations inexperimental animals."

2-MEA (Ethanol, 2-methoxy, acetate), an industrial solvent of whichless than 100 kilograms was imported in to Canada in 2006. "Optionsfor risk management for 2-MEA, among others, would be toinvestigate measures to reduce or eliminate the very small amountcurrently in use in Canada, and limit any future uses."

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The measure by Democratic Assemblyman Mike Feuer of Los Angelescleared the Senate Monday on a 21-15 vote and was sent to the stateAssembly to consider Senate amendments.

The bill would implement an agreement announced last week bySchwarzenegger administration officials and a group of lawmakers.

It would give the Department of Toxic Substance Control until 2011to set up a process to identify and regulate "chemicals of concern"in consumer products. The regulations could lead to labelingrequirements, use restrictions or even an outright ban.

Supporters want to give the department broader regulatory powersrather than let lawmakers decide which chemicals to ban.

iCan Benefit Group, LLC Announces: iCan Media, LLC

iCan Benefit Group, LLC announces the launch of a new company iCanMedia, LLC. As a member of the iCan Group family of companies, iCanMedia is a full service media company that specializes inmarketing, advertising, public relations, and branding solutionsorganized to create and coordinate brand imaging, lead generation,and client growth.

Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) August 24, 2008 -- iCan Benefit Group, LLC announces the launchof a new company

iCan Media, LLC. As a member of the iCan Group family of companies, iCan Media isa full service media company that specializes in marketing,advertising, public relations, and branding solutions organized tocreate and coordinate brand imaging, lead generation, and clientgrowth. The media team consists of both in house and contractspecialists and offers wide ranging agency services fromdevelopment and implementation through operations.

Basic Graphic Elements of a Flyer

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One good advice from a graphic designer: always make your coloreasy to look at. If you yourself can"t stare at the color for thetime it janitorial services to get your message across, then junkit. And also remember that using more colored inks to your designmean more costs. So be careful in adding too much color that itgoes beyond your budget. You would be better off using coloredpaper for your flyer printing project.

Oz Collection LLC recently opened a location on Hurstbourne Parkway, its second inless than two years. Fair warning: clicking your heels three timeswon’t get you to either one. But owner Rob Marcum said the1939 film was indeed the motivation for the name of the gallery.He’s always like “The Wizard of Oz,” Marcum said.“I think it has a lot to teach children.” The newlocation, at 2103 S. Hurstbourne Parkway, will be home to thegallery’s new interior design division. The first location,at 12613 Taylorsville Road, in Tyler Center near the Gene SnyderFreeway, opened in January 2007. About six months later, thegallery was expanded and the 5,700-square-foot outlet now serves asretail space for Oz’s eclectic collection of art — bigand small. Artwork is purchased for the store from local andnational artists. Merchandise ranges from oversized paintings andmirrors to metal art, fountains, bronze statues and a variety ofother items. Oz also has a graphic design department offeringservices that include the digital transfer of photographs tocanvas, making them resemble paintings. Prices also vary widely— an oil lamp can be purchased for $48, but the 9-foot-tallTyrannosaurus Rex made from recycled metal will cost you nearly$5,000. A few items, such as some bronze statues and originalpaintings, can cost up to $15,000, said Terri Miller, director ofthe gallery. Abby Bell, who leads the corporate sales and interiordesign division, said the diverse collection helps her match itemswith clients’ decor and tastes. “This is adesigner’s dream,” she said. “It’s verydifficult to find fabulous artwork.” With the new division,Oz intends to target owners of high-end homes and corporateclients, such as banks, hotels and doctors offices, Bell and Millersaid. Bell previously served as a designer for Interior MarketplaceLLC, on Frankfort Avenue. She also has worked for Burdorf’s,Cherry House Inc. and once had her own firm. For more informationon Oz Collection, visit www.ozlouisville.com.

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VanNoppen Marketing Now Offers Affordable Aerial PhotographyServices and Design

Morganton, NC-based marketing and advertising agency, VanNoppenMarketing, offers aerial photography services to realtors, propertydevelopers, municipalities, industrial developers and thoseinterested in sight seeing or obtaining unique photographs of homesand places. Using firm's graphic arts talent, clients can customizephotographs to suit a variety of needs. This new service combinesthe firm's graphic design and photography talents to createexciting and compelling marketing messages.

Morganton, NC (PRWEB) August 23, 2008 -- Nothing sells real estate like a view, abird's eye view particularly.

Aerial photography is unparalleled in its ability convey thestrategic design of a golf course, the expanse of a ball fieldcomplex, the accessibility to an industrial park and the uniquetopographic features of a large piece of real estate.

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Throwing away plastic bottles, glass, aluminum and paper in theregular trash has been a common practice since Katrina, but in thenear future, curbside recycling may become a reality again in St.Tammany Parish.

  Beginning Sept. 1, Coastal Waste will begin a curbside recyclingservice in Abita Springs. The company will pick up plastic,aluminum, paper, and tin, but will not pick up cardboard and glass.

  They used to pick up recyclables in Slidell before Katrina, said Coastal Waste accounts manager Niki Cromer, but they were doing itunder special conditions. All the equipment for sorting was donatedto the nonprofit organization STARC. Coastal did the pickups forfree, and all the money from the recycling went to STARC. However,the storm destroyed all of STARC’s equipment, and theydidn’t have the money to replace it, so recycling stopped inSlidell. She did not know if Coastal was thinking of recycling inSlidell or Mandeville in the near future.

 However beginning Sept. 1, the parish’s other garbagecompany, Waste Management will start a trial test of curbsiderecycling in the Meadowbrook subdivision of Mandeville.

  The Louisiana spokesman for Waste Management, Rene Faucheux saidhis company was faced with several issues after Katrina that forcedthem to suspend curbside recycling. The biggest issue was thedestruction of the recycling center in New Orleans East by thestorm. The facility sorted, and shipped out recyclable materials.Currently, any company doing curbside recycling has to take thematerials outside of the metropolitan New Orleans area for sorting,and that is not cheap, especially with the current fuel prices.

  Faucheux said the recycling in Mandeville is to see if it iseconomically feasible for Waste Management.

At the 16th annual Excellence in Recycling Awards luncheonThursday, the Allen County Solid Waste Management District honoredlocal businesses and other organizations for their waste-reductionefforts.

  The 3R Award recognizes efforts to divert waste from landfillsthrough reducing, reusing and recycling. This year's winners are:

  Maplewood Mennonite Church continues to devote much time andenergy to its recycling programs. This year it recycled 4,500pounds of paper, 12 cubic yards of cardboard and 538 batteries. Itcontinues to buy 30 percent post-consumer paper, and replaced mostincandescent light bulbs with energy-efficient compact-fluorescentlights.

  Fort Wayne Remote Encoding Center offers employees theopportunity to recycle all materials, including plastics, metals,glass and paper. Tickets are given to staff “Caught in theAct of Recycling” and drawings are held for prizes such asbattery chargers with rechargeable batteries.

  Raytheon of Fort Wayne has actively promoted reducing,reusing and recycling for many years. So far in 2008, companyemployees have recycled 42 tons of paper, 120 tons of scrap metal,1 ton of fluorescent bulbs, 1,000 pounds of batteries and 19,300plastic bottles.

  The Director's Award for Community Leadership went to the FortWayne Children's Zoo, which recycles plastic bottles and aluminumcans generated by its 500,000 visitors a year. It composts wastefrom 1,500 animals and uses shredded office paper for animalbedding.

This is besides the pressure from inputs such as pulp, coal andpower. Manufacturers are expecting a softening of in input costsbefore they review the next quarter prices in September.Newsprint-makers recycle waste newspaper to manufacture newsprint.

 “We were buying waste newspaper at Rs 7,000-8,000 a tonne inthe previous quarter. Now, we pay Rs 11,000-12,000 a tonne. Thishas an impact of about Rs 5,400 on every tonne of newsprint made as1.35 tonne waste paper is required to produce one tonne ofnewsprint,” said V D Bajaj, executive director, RamaNewsprint and Papers (RNPL). RNPL consumes 180,000 tonnes of wastenewspaper annually, half of which is imported.

 However, newspaper subscribers are having a great time — thewaste paper is now fetching Rs 8-9 a kg as against Rs 5-6 about amonth ago while they continue to pay the same cover price for thenewspaper.

 Even imported waste paper now costs $300 a tonne as against $240 atonne in the previous quarter. The commodity has an import duty of5 per cent while the duty on the finished product (newsprint) is 3per cent. Moreover, the recent strengthening of dollar against therupee has made imports costlier.

When waste paper collection is good business plan R. Balaji Chennai, Aug. 21 ITC’s Paperboards and Specialty Papersdivision is expanding its waste paper collection programme in SouthIndia. It has launched the programme in Chennai through a tie-upwith leading IT companies and is in talks with local bodies toreach residential areas.

 Waste paper is the primary raw material for the division, whichrecycles the paper to produce paperboards to make packagingmaterials. In the absence of an organised waste paper collectionsystem, the company now meets half its daily requirement of wastepaper through imports.

 ITC has two mills making paperboards — a 1,000-tonne-a-daymill at Bhadrachalam, Andhra Pradesh and a 300-tonne-a-day mill atCoimbatore, Tamil Nadu. It needs an equal quantity of waste paperdaily — old newspaper, magazines, boards — as rawmaterial.

Waste shortage

 According to Mr S. Murugesan, Senior Manager (Materials), ITC Ltd -Paperboards & Specialty Papers Division, mills depending onwaste paper for recycling are facing a shortage of raw material,whether imported or domestic, and increasing costs because ofgrowing demand as mills expand.