http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/ XML Feed en Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:38:36 +0200 http://static.blogr.com/tenants/com/modSiteIcon/tdy-dummy-site-icon.icon.jpg http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/ 48 48 http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172705/ <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Steve Moore, station manager in Skegness, is on secondment with the <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>LRSP</u></span></a> </span>and will travel to Merseyside to see the bikes in operation.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Lincolnshire force is only the fourth in the country to trialthe specially built BMW R1200 RT-P bike and aims to deliver a roadsafety message to bikers across the county.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Mr Moore said: &quot;Since August I have been to bike nights and thebike was on show at the 999 day and carnival parade.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;The bike will allow me to actively engage with the biker communityand highlight some of the dangers that are associated withmotorcycles.&quot;</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">He explained that by having fast response vehicles, officers couldjudge the scale of the response team needed and advise onappliances required.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The scheme is funded by a grant from the Department of Transportand includes a Performance Plus project at Cadwell Park, wherebikers will get the chance to practice their road safety in theoryand on the track.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Mr Moore added: &quot;The concept is to make us more proactive withbikers as we are with car drivers and passengers.&quot;</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172705/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:38:36 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172703/ <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">SMS roaming tariffs remain high in the Netherlands</font></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">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<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>SMS</u></span></a> </span>pricing regulations in Octoberof this year. This research brief focuses in particular on currentSMS roaming prices in the Netherlands and neighboring countries.</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172703/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:37:38 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172701/ <span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">CRAIG, Colo. - A single engine air tanker crashed about 3 p.m. thisafternoon working the Flat Bush Fire, about 20 miles northwest of <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>Meeker</u></span></a></span><span style="color: black">.</span></font></font></span> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The pilot was conscious and mobile. He is being evacuated byhelicopter. The cause of the crash is unknown at this time and isbeing investigated.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Flat Bush Fire was reported this morning at 10:25 a.m. onBureau ofLand Management land. It likely started last night fromlightning.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Two engine crews and two air tankers were working the fire. Theseveral-acre fire was increasing in activity at the time of thecrash but was not immediately threatening any structures.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Fire crews from northwestern Colorado have been working more than30 lightning-started fires since Sunday. Most are small fires lessthan anacre.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Crews are working four large fires:The 27,000-acre Mayberry Fire 32miles northwest of Craig is 50 percentcontained.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">A heavy air tanker and two single engine air tankers supported the77 firefighters working this fire. Full containment is currentlyexpected on Thursday, and the fire is not expected to grow larger.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">It burned in sagebrush and tall grass on a mix of Bureau of LandManagement and private lands. The one home and the 30 natural gaswells in the area have not been damaged. This fire started Sunday.</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172701/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:36:48 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172699/ <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 27, 2008 -- <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>Pay Per Click</u></span></a></span> (PPC) Summit, premier SearchEngine Marketing conference is proud to announce industry leadingpartners and sponsors of PPC Summit LA scheduled for Sept. 25-26,2008 at The Omni Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. The PPC Summit expertswill share the Best Kept Secrets for Highly Profitable </font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Pay Per Click</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span> </span>Campaigns during 20+ sessions covering: best practices formanaging campaigns on Google Adwords, Microsoft AdCenter, Yahoo!Search Marketing and others, keyword development tactics, customerconversion techniques, search engine optimization strategies,better landing pages and websites, effective bid management andmore. PPC Summit is offering a $200.00 early bird discount forthose that register by Sept. 2.</font></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The PPC Summit LA sponsors include; Business.com, Lyris, ContextWeb, Engine Ready, Adapt Technologies, Web Host Industry Review andSearch Marketing Standard. The conference has also developedpartnerships with the following local organizations; DirectMarketing Association (SD), Business Marketing Association (SC),Catalog and eCommerce Club (NC), American Marketing Association(OC), LA Ad Professionals, National Association of Women BusinessOwners (OC), SEMpdx, High Tech Marketing Alliance and Ad2 SanDiego.</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172699/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:35:59 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172696/ <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span>NEW DELHI</span><span> -- </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">General Motors Corp. will sign an initial agreement Thursday to build an engineand transmission plant for passenger vehicles in India, a seniorexecutive at its local unit said.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The plant will be set up at Talegaon, near Pune city, in thewestern state of Maharashtra, he said.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;We will be signing a memorandum of understanding with theMaharashtra government,&quot; said <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>Ankush Arora</u></span></a></span>, vice president incharge of marketing, sales and service at General Motors India Pvt.Ltd.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Mr. Arora declined to give details about the investment in the newengine plant and its capacity.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The plant will be built at the same location where GM hasestablished its second car factory in India. That factory isscheduled to start operations next week.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Detroit auto maker has invested more than 14 billion rupees($320 million) to construct the Talegaon car plant. It will have aninitial capacity of 140,000 vehicles a year, which will expand GMIndia's annual capacity to 225,000 vehicles.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">GM, which began its operations in India in 1996, currently makessix cars and sport-utility vehicles of the Chevrolet range,including the Spark minicar and the Optra sedan, at a85,000-unit-a-year factory in the western state of Gujarat. It alsoimports and markets the Captiva sport-utility vehicle. The automaker also has a technical center, including a design studio, inIndia's technology hub of Bangalore.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Write to Dow Jones Newswires editors at asknewswires@dowjones.com</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172696/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:35:17 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172694/ <span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Rocket fans are a little closer to having their own spectatorsport--thanks to a new engine design and the sponsorship of fashionbrand<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>DKNY</u></span></a></span><span style="color: black">.</span></font></font></span> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">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.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">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.</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172694/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:33:54 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172691/ <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span><font face="Times New Roman">With the start of the new school year, Oakland</font></span><span style="font-family: 宋体">’</span><span><font face="Times New Roman">s Ask.com has upgraded its </font></span></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Ask Kids search engine, the company said Wednesday.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Oakland company said the search service is part of its strategyto use its search technology for specialized search sites such as , a search engine for the black community launched in April.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Ask Kids</font></u></span></a></span><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> offers such features as a customizable home page, easyhomework help, study tools, and games.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Web sites in the service’s core search index are selected byan editorial team as child-appropriate, offering a safe searchenvironment for children.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Ask.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of IAC/InterActiveCorp, which last week completed a breakup into five publicly tradedcompanies, with IAC retaining its Internet properties includingAsk.com and Match.com.</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172691/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:32:56 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172689/ <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Aviall, Inc. operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>BoeingCommercial</u></span></a> </span>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.</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8172689/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:31:52 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171316/ <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">A growing number of home sellers are dealing with the Valleyhousing market's harsh reality by taking their business intovirtual reality.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Purveyors of Internet-driven real-estate auctions say their<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>customers</u></span></a></span> operate in a parallel universe where the quick and thededicated are rewarded with great deals on foreclosed or unwantedhomes.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;We create a sense of urgency in a marketplace where there reallyis no urgency at all,&quot; said John McCann, president ofScottsdale-based National Real Estate Auction Corp. </font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">McCann's company is just one of several home-auction firmsoperating in the Valley. National recently held an auction for 227properties in the Phoenix metro area, which he said was the mostever included in a single U.S. auction.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Home auctions, which usually include both Web-based and livebidding, appeal to sellers who've failed to find a buyer thetraditional way, McCann said.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;Where we really thrive is in a market where there's a glut ofhomes for sale,&quot; he said.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">According to the National Auctioneers Association, gross annualrevenue from residential real-estate auctions grew nearly 47percent from 2003 to 2007.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">While automobile auctions still dominated the industry in 2007,selling $87.8 billion worth of cars and trucks, the fastest-growingsector was real-estate auctions, generating roughly $58.5 billionin sales.</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171316/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:19:59 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171314/ <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Textron Systems Corporation has been providing innovative solutionsto the defense, homeland security and aerospace communities forover 50 years. Known for its precision smart weapons, intelligentbattlefield systems, surveillance systems, intelligence softwaresolutions, aircraft control components, piston engines, <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>armoredvehicles</u></span></a> </span>and unmanned aircraft systems, Textron Systems includesAAI, HR Textron, Lycoming Engines, Overwatch Tactical Operations,Overwatch Geospatial Operations, Textron Defense Systems, andTextron Marine &amp; Land Systems. Textron Systems Corporation is anindirect wholly owned subsidiary of Textron Inc. More informationis available at www.textronsystems.com.</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171314/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:18:37 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171312/ <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span>Boston</span><span>'s Logan International Airport was one of the hardest hit inthe country yesterday afternoon by an outage in the computer systemthat the Federal Aviation Administration uses to alert air trafficcontrollers about the paths of flights nationwide.</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The FAA estimates there were possibly hundreds of flight <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>delaysyesterday</u></span></a></span>, but does not expect any flights to be affected today.This marks at least the second time the system has shut down thissummer: In June, a problem with the system also led to some flightdelays and cancellations.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span>Logan</span><span> was initially among the most affected during yesterday'ssystem failure, along with airports in New York, Atlanta, andChicago. The FAA did not say how many delays there were at Logan,but said it might be able to provide more details today.</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&quot;The airports that were most hard-hit were in the Northeast,&quot; FAAspokeswoman Diane Spitaliere said during a conference call. &quot;Thatis one of the things we are looking at: why some airports [had]more delays than others.&quot;</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Matthew Brelis, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Port Authority,which runs Logan, said the airport asked its concessionairesyesterday to stay open longer, but referred all other questions tothe FAA.</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171312/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:17:47 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171310/ <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">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<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>umpirecrew</u></span></a> </span>chiefs will have the authority to ask for review.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">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.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">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.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">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</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171310/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:16:49 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171308/ <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Stocks finished mostly higher, as banks and lenders such as LehmanBrothers Holdings recouped some of their recent losses, and as <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>Fannie Mae</u></span></a></span> and Freddie Mac continued their rebound, even withanother round of uninspiring housing and economic reports.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Sales of new homes rose 2.4% in July, but prices continued toslide, according to the Commerce Department. The S&amp;P/Case-Shillerhome-price index told a similar story, hitting record lows in Juneand echoing an existing-home-sales report from Monday. In areflection of how intractable the housing problem has become, theFederal Reserve downgraded its outlook for the economy at its Aug....</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171308/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:15:51 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171306/ <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Mobile home blaze blamed on bad wiring</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">A quick emergency phone call from a postal worker and the volunteerfire department's new foam system saved a mobile home from<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>totaldestruction</u></span></a></span> Monday afternoon. But the 1406 E. Calhoun home sufferedheavy damage in the blaze blamed on faulty electrical work.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The full version of this story will be available to all readersafter 1 week.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Full versions of news stories from the current week are availableto online subscribers only. Access to full versions of<span>  </span>newsstories from issues older than 1 week are available to all readersfor free in our </font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171306/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:14:57 +0200 ellietootoo http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171304/ <span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The head of Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH)has appointed a Medicaid Reform Committee to help guide the agencyin implementing a statewide &quot;medical home&quot; system called for bylast year's Health<span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>Care Reform Act</u></span></a> </span>(Louisiana Senate Bill 1).</font></font></span> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Analysts say the medical home model can provide effective patient-centered care, but its effectiveness depends on the mannerof its implementation.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Integrated Health Care</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">A medical home system, also known as a Provider Service Network(PSN), integrates several different aspects of care provided toMedicaid beneficiaries. Such a system &quot;incorporates the use ofhealth information technology and quality measures to create asafe, patient-centered, quality-driven, sustainable health caresystem for Medicaid recipients and low-income uninsured citizens,&quot;according to a DHH release.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The agency says PSNs improve quality of care by creating apatient-focused atmosphere that encourages preventive health care,chronic disease management, and coordination of health careservices.</font></span></p><span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">From <span style="color: red"><a href="http://www.chinatopsupplier.com/"><span style="color: red"><u>www.chinatopsupplier.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></span> http://ellietootoo.blogr.com/stories/8171304/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:13:59 +0200 ellietootoo