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You Couldn?t Give ?Em Away
New York Times - Oct 07 6:23 PM Private-press albums, once made only for friends, family and vanity, are becoming collector?s items.
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Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation Earnings Conference Call
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 29 2:02 PM BURLINGTON, N.J.----Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation announced today a conference call with management has been scheduled for Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time to discuss the Company's results of operations for the fiscal year ended June 3, 2006.
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Purple reign
San Jose Mercury News - Oct 08 3:26 AM Purple is not just for Prince anymore. The music icon seems to have claimed the color as his own, but this season he's going to have to share. Declared as one of the hot hues for fall, it first showed up on the runways, then on the Emmy red carpet.
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Bus service if strike begins
Gallatin News Examiner - Oct 07 6:41 PM Most routes will not run if a bus drivers' and mechanics' strike takes place. Some service will continue: • AccessRide transportation for people with medical appointments, 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
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Bus driver dies after I-95 accident
Connecticut Post - Oct 08 1:46 AM A 49-year old bus driver from Stratford has died from injuries sustained when a loose tire bounced through his windshield in an I-95 accident Thursday.
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Brush fires foul the air across region
Kansas City Star - Oct 08 12:03 AM JAKARTA, Indonesia | Smoke from Indonesian brush fires darkened skies Saturday across Southeast Asia, sending air pollution levels soaring in at least two other nations.
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KEEP ON DREAMING
The Electric New Paper - Oct 07 3:11 PM IF football is said to be a dirty business, then Stan Collymore is its undoubted superstar. It all depends on what you deem as dirty, of course.
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Feature and TV Films
Calendarlive.com - Sep 26 10:24 AM * An alphabetical listing of movies on TV the week of Sept. 24-Sept. 30. Absolution (2006) Samantha Mathis. A New York journalist returns to her small hometown to investigate claims of a comatose man who can miraculously heal people. (NR) 1 hr. 36 mins.
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Today, tattoos not a stigma
Kansas City Star - Oct 09 12:06 AM Gabe Barton has a college degree, a Kansas City, North, home he shares with his wife, and a job as benefits manager of a large downtown advertising agency.
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Wishes and regrets
Kansas City Star - Oct 05 12:11 AM Next spring Ernie Locke and his fiancée, Melissa Deming, will open a restaurant in Tampa, Fla. They’ll call it Ella’s, after Deming’s grandmother, and on the menu they’ll feature food that reminds them of Locke’s hometown, Kansas City.
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Maine Woman Has Buttons Galore!
WLBZ Bangor - Oct 05 3:58 PM Ruth Leipold of Sanford is carrying on a tradition in her family, collecting buttons. She has more than 4,000 of them.
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Evaluation Kit supports Stellaris LM3S102 microcontroller.
ThomasNet - Oct 05 6:00 AM Providing means for developers to test-drive Stellaris microcontrollers, IAR KickStart Kit for Luminary Micro LM3S102 includes evaluation board fitted with Luminary microcontroller, and applications CD-ROM containing IAR Embedded Workbench® v4.40 for ARM with Cortex-M3 support in 8 KB code-size limited version that supports full Flash capability of LM3S102. Kit also features debugger with Flash
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Fire destroys hat inventory
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Oct 05 3:49 AM WINCHESTER -- A fire damaged three warehouses and wiped out much of a nationally known hat manufacturer's winter inventory.
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Pull HD Signals From the Air and Record Them
New York Times - Oct 07 9:13 PM The Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick can receive high-definition video over the air or from a digital cable box.
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2007 Cadillac Escalade: An Icon Reborn
Hispania News - Oct 02 6:57 AM The all-new 2007 Cadillac Escalade, the next generation of the iconic luxury SUV, establishes a new level of power, style and elegance and introduces the next step in Cadillac’s ongoing renaissance.
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Mrs. Fleisher's almond cake
Boston Globe - Oct 05 6:32 AM Makes one 9-inch cake CAKE
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Hilton in Hollywood catfight
TVNZ - Oct 04 1:59 PM Celebrity socialite Paris Hilton is back in the headlines after a catfight with a former beauty queen at a Hollywood nightclub. The party-loving blonde heiress lodged a report at Hollywood police station claiming battery following the spat at an exclusive Sunset Boulevard club.
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More On the New Coke Calorie-Burning Drink
SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 05 7:12 AM Herb Greenberg submits: So here's the latest on the Coke calorie burner -- and a review of what I talked about on CNBC's On the Money last night. So while Coke won't talk on the record, I have it from very good sources that Beverage Digest was right with its report that Enviga [... ]
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Ex-Leader of H.P. Is Charged in California
New York Times - Oct 04 9:10 PM Patricia C. Dunn, the former chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard, and four other people were indicted in California today on state criminal charges in the spying case that has rocked the company.
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Football: Tipton 18, No. Callaway 14
Jefferson City News Tribune - Oct 07 11:31 PM TIPTON, Mo. - The Tipton Cardinals held off North Callaway 18-14 Friday night. The win was the fifth straight for the Cardinals (5-1), who host South Callaway next Friday.
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Coldwell Banker to merge operations
The Fort Collins Coloradoan - Oct 05 3:07 AM Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced Tuesday the future consolidation of its Fort Collins operations into a single office at its Drake Road location.
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Business Calendar
The Oregonian - Oct 08 12:06 AM To submit items: Send Sunday business calendar events to The Oregonian Business News Department no later than 17 days prior to the event. Fax: 503-294-4079; e-mail: money@news.oregonian.com. Only events sponsored by nonprofit organizations will be printed.
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Calendar
San Diego Business Journal - 2 minutes ago If you would like your business event that costs $75 or less to attend included in the calendar section, make sure your press release arrives at our offices at least 15 working days before the event.
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Silence should be golden in camp of struggling Stamps
Canada.com - Oct 09 12:22 AM Mess with the bull. Get the horn. You'd think a football team based in the Stampede city might have figured that out by now. Friday night, the B.C. Lions gored the Calgary Stampeders right where it hurts. In the lip.
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Brake system broken down
News 14 Carolina - Oct 05 12:07 PM When it has problems, the brake system can be a nuisance for drivers. A brake pad can wear out prematurely for a number of reasons. Maybe a piston is sticking. Maybe the pad is inferior to begin with. Or maybe the slides are not lubricated right, causing the brake caliper to stick.
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MAP Pharmaceuticals Announces Expansion at Corporate Headquarters
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 05 5:00 AM MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading developer of novel inhaled drug therapies, today announced the expansion of its facility at 2400 Bayshore Parkway in Mountain View, California to accommodate the company's recent and anticipated future growth.
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California Lottery
Pahrump Valley Times - Oct 04 3:52 PM No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Saturday's drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $30 million.
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'Last King of Scotland' is a fanciful take on a ruthless tyrant
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Oct 05 4:03 PM Forest Whitaker gives a riveting performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the biographical drama, "The Last King of Scotland."
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Come on in to art
The Philadelphia Inquirer - 19 minutes ago What makes a grown woman spend her days in a basement, positioning rubber toys in and around plastic houses? What makes a man find meaning in a blank jumble of buildings, and study the scene for months?
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Will Genetically Engineered Foods Cause Allergic Reactions?
Science Daily - Oct 05 5:57 AM The potential of genetically engineered foods to cause allergic reactions in humans is a big reason for opposition to such crops. Although protocols are in place to ask questions about the allergy-causing possibilities, there has been no test that offers definitive answers.
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Linguini With Clam Sauce, Red Or White
CBS News - Oct 05 3:58 PM Bobby Flay says both versions of linguini with clam sauce, a traditional Italian dish, are easy to make. He shows how, and offers recipes, on The Early Show .
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Once partners, Amazon.com and Toysrus.com become rivals
USA Today - Oct 05 7:28 AM Amazon.com and Toysrus.com partners in the online toy world since 2000 have become staunch rivals this holiday season, battling for consumers' share of dollars for toys. The two severed ties following a ruling that found that Amazon.com breached a deal with Toys R Us.
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Flooded in doubt
Columbian Missourian - Oct 07 11:26 PM Yvonne Birdsall’s house at 5200 Warrington DSamantha Clemensrive, in the Gentilly section of New Orleans, hadn’t changed much in the past year. A moldy stuffed bunny still lies abandoned on the living room floor. Washed-out family photos rested in their broken frames.
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Camaro: Talkin' about my generation
Orange County Register - Oct 05 1:26 PM Chevy's prototype for the retro Camaro draws from the muscle car's glory days of the late '60s.
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Homecoming week in Powers Lake
CND News - Oct 04 10:47 PM The Powers Lake Ranchers have set October 9-14 as their 2006 Homecoming Week. Events kickoff on Monday, Oct. 9 with PJ Day, Slippers & Pop Day. The junior high football team plays New Town at 5 p.m. in Stanley. Cheer on the Blue Jays en route to a victory.
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Cain Velasquez Pre-Strikeforce Video Interview
Sherdog.com - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago Please be patient while video downloads! Sherdog.com's Greg Savage caught up with 2005 Pac-10 Wrestler of the Year Cain Velasquez at American Kickboxing Academy's San Jose, Calif. headquarters, where the promising heavyweight is preparing for his MMA debut this weekend at the SaveMart Center in Fresno for the Strikeforce promotion.
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Corrie's Vernon to return to Street
PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago Coronation Street fans will soon spot a familiar face lurking on the cobbles.
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Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone Gives Candid Interview Over Freston Firing, Facebook
SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 05 5:10 AM Jonathan Liss submits: Excerpt from our One-Page Annotated News Summary: Summary: In a candid televised interview Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone disclosed the reason he fired the company's well-liked CEO Tom Freston in early September: Redstone apparently ordered Freston to purchase MySpace for the $500 million the company was asking.
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Model-actress, mom of Candice Bergen dies
The Columbus Dispatch - Oct 05 5:16 AM Frances Bergen, a model and actress who married ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and was the mother of actress Candice Bergen, died Monday at a Los Angeles hospital after a prolonged illness. She was 84.
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Candy is dandy when it's sour and gross
The Columbus Dispatch - Oct 04 4:57 AM The move to improve candy starts with taste. Today there are hundreds of fancy flavors to choose from — many so intense they will pucker your mouth. Candy Dynamics’ new sour-apple treat, called Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge Sour Chew Bar, will make your jaw hurt! (Kids seem to enjoy that.)
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Birkenstock is a German brand of sandals and other shoes, famous for their contoured cork and rubber "footbeds," which conform somewhat to the shape of their wearers' feet. Birkenstock's classic two-strap sandal, the Arizona, has become an icon of comfort footwear. The popular Boston clog is worn with or without socks, the choice generally based on outside temperature.
The brand has a long history tracing its roots back to 1774 and a German cobbler named Johann Birkenstock. But it was over a hundred years later that his grandson really started the current company. In 1897, Konrad Birkenstock designed the first shoe with a contoured insole.
Since 1966, these shoes have been sold in the USA. American Margot Fraser "discovered" Birkenstock sandals while on a holiday in Germany. She gained relief from a foot condition, and founded a trading company called Birkenstock Footprint Sandals, Inc. in Novato, California, based on her enthusiasm for the sandals. Renamed Birkenstock Distribution USA, Inc. in 2005, it remains the exclusive importer and distributor of Birkenstock name-brand products in the United States.
Since the 1980s, Birkenstock footwear has become popular among medical professionals (e.g. dentists, nurses) and others who work on their feet. In Germany, the sandals are most often used as houseslippers, but in the United States they have become a part of everyday clothing from professionals to blue collar workers, even to the entertainment industry. Heidi Klum designs footwear for Birkenstock, and wears them as well.
In the United States, Birkenstocks were first popular among young adults, a group traditionally associated with American liberalism;[1]; in the early 1990s "Birks" enjoyed a surge of popularity among college-aged Generation Xers comparable to the current (2000s) popularity of flip-flops. During the 2004 U.S. presidential primary, some conservatives derided Howard Dean's supporters as "Birkenstock liberals." [2] In Germany and Austria they are associated with housewives or the environmental movement.
Certain members of the Birkenstock family also market other brands of footwear, under license from the original Birkenstock company, featuring contoured footbeds. These brands include Betula, Tatami, Papillio, Birki's and Footprints.
References
- ^ New York Times article: Thank You for Insulting Our Sandals
- ^ Classical Values article: Who's afraid of Howard Dean?
External links
- Birkenstock - Official website
Categories: Goods manufactured in Germany | Shoe companies | Fashion stubs
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Saturn's Awesome Aura
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Matisyahu melds urban sounds, divine message
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