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...consumed 22 trillion cu. ft., up 8% during that time. Because natural gas moves more efficiently by pipeline than tanker (for which it needs to be liquefied), the difference comes mostly from Canada. Now the Canadians are running low, and exports to the U.S. are expected to be flat, or possibly even decline...
...first thing you notice about the Touchstream keyboard ($339 at finger works. com) is that the keys aren't really keys at all but a flat surface that responds to the slightest touch. Because there are no real keys, it takes less effort to type. The surface doubles as a mouse touchpad--but one that makes the current technology look oh so '90s. To double-click, for example, you simply place your three middle fingertips anywhere on the keypad and tap lightly once. To open a file, you place your first four fingertips on the keypad (leaving your pinkie...
Cross-referencing, she said, is never a perfect solution, since other camps are often far more expensive than PBHA’s, which charge a flat fee of $75 for an entire summer. But this year, with many neighboring camps shut down by budget cuts, it was often not even an option...
...trend is continuing. According to NPD, in 2002 sales of children's apparel rose 6%. During the same period, sales of apparel in general fell 1.7%. The teen market, a fickle but vastly rewarding category for retailers who can crack it, was flat. And kids' apparel--for newborns through about age 10--grew even as the birthrate slightly but steadily declined...
...masses than their imperious predecessor Jiang Zemin, the man who anointed Tung. But at the same time, they've been careful not to cede too much authority. Hong Kong threatens to undo that careful balance between listening to what people want and caving in to their demands. Caught flat-footed by the scope of the protests and the discontent in Hong Kong, Beijing has blacked out on the mainland all news in local Chinese-language media of the historic demonstrations as it works out a strategy to deal with the territory's new fervor for democracy. Hong Kong TV stations...