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- Saks wants more space, City fears retailer will go to suburbs
- MP3tunes Launches AJAX-Powered Online Music Locker
- Schools, inmates benefit from $3.8m furniture project

Saks wants more space, City fears retailer will go to suburbs
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Aug 26, 2006
O’Connor initially met with Saks representatives in May to discuss ways to improve the department store’s operating conditions Downtown. Thursday’s meeting was a follow-up to that, he said. He said Saks is looking for more docking or storage space for its building and also is interested in improving parking for its customers, particularly on weekends. Saks now has one small loading dock on Oliver Avenue at the rear of the store. Oddly enough, one possible solution could rest in the old Lazarus-Macy’s department store, which closed in 2004, and which is now in the middle of a $59 million transformation into an office, retail and residential complex. The building, owned by Washington County developer Millcraft Industries Inc. , has three relatively new loading docks on Oliver about, 150 to 300 feet from the rear of Saks… bought the Lord & Taylor building on Smithfield from the May Co. , but has yet to find a tenant. Besides Saks, the only department store left Downtown is Kaufmann’s, which will become a Macy’s next month. First published on August 26, 2006 at 12:00 am

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MP3tunes Launches AJAX-Powered Online Music Locker
sys-con.com – Aug 27, 2006
In addition to Oboe Free, MP3tunes also offers two other versions of the Oboe Locker with more storage and features designed for music fans: Oboe Premium features unlimited music storage and accommodates much larger size song files for just $39. Oboe Basic features twice the storage capacity of Oboe Free for only $19. All levels of Oboe include unlimited user Sideloading, moving free music available on the web to a Locker. The Oboe Locker is compatible with most music file formats including.

Schools, inmates benefit from $3.8m furniture project
Jamaica Observer – Aug 27, 2006
They will, in turn, train the inmates to be certified at level one. Major Reese, meanwhile, said there were a number of lessons learnt from having received such a huge order. “You have to have storage for the finished goods prior to delivery, and you also have to look at your capital outlay to complete the work and provide credit prior to being paid,” he said. Reese said it was the Correctional Services Production Company that approached the education ministry with the idea of having the inmates manufacture furniture for the schools in order to have them engaged in meaningful work. “When you listen to the public, they always give a lot of suggestions, voicing their concern about engaging inmates in work, and we think this is an excellent project because you don’t have any security risk, as even high-risk inmates can engage in this activity,” Reese said. He said the inmates’ self-worth and self-esteem have increased, as they are both learning a skill and receiving a stipend. Both local and foreign inmates are involved in the work… Major Reese, meanwhile, said there were a number of lessons learnt from having received such a huge order. “You have to have storage for the finished goods prior to delivery, and you also have to look at your capital outlay to complete the work and provide credit prior to being paid,” he said. Reese said it was the Correctional Services Production Company that approached the education ministry with the idea of having the inmates manufacture furniture for the schools in order to have them engaged in meaningful work. “When you listen to the public, they always give a lot of suggestions, voicing their concern about engaging inmates in work, and we think this is an excellent project because you don’t have any security risk, as even high-risk inmates can engage in this activity,” Reese said. He said the inmates’ self-worth and self-esteem have increased, as they are both learning a skill and receiving a stipend. Both local and foreign inmates are involved in the work. browni@jamaicaobserver.