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	Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund Business Planning and Financial Services
		NADF currently manages a range of programs: Aboriginal Business Canada, Retail Services, Loan Fund, Leasing Division, Aboriginal Buying Circle, Aboriginal Business Service Network, Partnership Development Advisor, Community Futures Development and the Northern Access Centre for Native Business.
		Since 1987, NADF has evolved into a recognized success in the business development and developmental lending field and recently has begun delivering some services to neighbouring treaty areas (Treaty #3 and Robinson-Superior 1850).
		Nishnawbe Aski Development Fund (NADF) is an aboriginal owned and controlled organization delivering business and financial services to the member First Nations of Nishnawbe Aski Nation.
	www.nadf.org (135 words)

	The Slim Dusty Centre Project. Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
		In addition to the museum that will safely house the treasured memorabilia for the enjoyment and education of future generations, the Centre will also feature a gallery and conference facility, dining area, retail section and an outdoor concert facility that will accommodate up to 2000 people.
		The Slim Dusty Centre will be a world class centre, of national significance, depicting the life and achievements of Slim and the way in which his music has reflected the changing face of Australia.
		Slim Dusty dreamt of a centre where the memorabilia collected all over Australia during his long and illustrious career could be shown, and where visitors would be involved in an interactive journey through the heart and soul of Australia.
	www.slimdustycentre.com.au (651 words)

	Crud wrecks Anacostia paradise
		The National Maritime Heritage Foundation last week announced plans for a $50 million museum plus retail and offices and perhaps a hotel and Washington’s own tall ship.
		• The National Park Service has finally abandoned the pretense that it was doing a “major ecological repair” of the Anacostia Marina at 19th and M streets S.E., closed four years ago.
		But, according to legal scholars, it’s not that easy, particularly in a case where the land in question is to be used to further the ends of a profit-making enterprise — say, the Washington Nationals franchise, or that amorphous entity, Major League Baseball.
	www.thehill.com /thehill/export/TheHill/Features/Hillscape/051105.html (651 words)

	IMPACTEEN - Smokeless States: National Tobacco Policy Initiative
		She is now doing formative research on the role of social sources, such as friends, parents, other relatives, and strangers in the provision of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs to children, and is investigating the tobacco retail environment from supply-side and demand-side perspectives.
		Slater is currently the Deputy Director of the ImpacTeen project, a component of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded, Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior Initiative, which is housed at the UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy.
		She is a nationally recognized expert on quantitative and qualitative evaluation methodologies.
	www.impacteen.org /states/projectteam.htm (1729 words)

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		Meanwhile, the Department of Commerce has reported that 130 national, state Farmers Union and Farm Bureaus and local cattlemen associations along with over 25,000 cattle producers from all 50 states are now supporting the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (R-CALF) petitions looking into unfair trade practices concerning Mexican and Canadian live cattle.
		The fact that the AFBF recently boasted that its national membership increased in 1998 by more than 108,739 members is an interesting and impressive figure for an organization that bills itself as the nation's largest general farm organization with a total national membership of 4,893,834 member families.
		Thankfully, however, retail outlets which, as little as 50 years ago, were the domain of only a handful of basic staple goods, have evolved into lush, highly developed supermarkets and department stores with a nearly limitless abundance of consumer goods."
	www.ea1.com /CARP/agbiz/agex-13.html (1729 words)

	The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
		The new museum features five gallery areas, a multi-purpose theater with state-of-the-art audio visual equipment; interactive information kiosks; a hands-on children's area; a flexible exhibit area to display traveling art shows and exhibits from other museums; a research library; a catering kitchen; and a retail store.
		Here, with the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Foundation's new museum, a new western-oriented wing of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, and the Will Rogers Memorial Center the area will be known as the Western Heritage Center
		That's what the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is all about.
	www.fwculture.com /cowgirlmuseum.htm (384 words)

	The Reinberger Foundation - History
		Starting as a clerk in the Cleveland retail store of the National Automotive Parts Association's (NAPA) Automotive Parts Company, he soon advanced to manager of the firm's store in Akron.
		Clarence T. Reinberger was born in 1894 on Cleveland's west side, and began his business career in the 1920's as a pioneer in the automobile replacement parts field.
		Reinberger's leadership, and in the 1960's the Automotive Parts Company merged with the Genuine Parts Company of Atlanta.
	fdncenter.org /grantmaker/reinberger/history.html (206 words)

	Career Options : Fashion Designer
		Entry to the best institutes being tough, students could gain from a year's experience in a polytechnic/ vocational/second rung fashion course to enter prestigious courses.
		An understanding of the market and customer lifestyle is also required.
		- NIFT, The Karnataka State Co-op Mktg., Federation Building,
	www.momentskota.com /fashiondesigner.htm (206 words)

	Northwest Progressive Institute: The Costco Business Philosophy
		In the minds of Price and Sinegal, high wages yield high productivity, low turnover — Costco's is a third of the retail industry average of 64%, according to the National Retail Foundation — and minimal shrinkage; that's retail-speak for theft, which at Costco is about 13% of the industry norm.
		James D. Sinegal, the president and CEO of Costco, has no palace guard and no profile to speak of, particularly compared to a retail legend like Sam Walton.
		AXIOM NO. 3: Take care of your employees...Costco pays the top wage in retail, starting employees at $ 10 an hour.
	www.nwprogressive.org /weblog/2005/07/costco-business-philosophy.html (1381 words)

	Pocono Record Online: Gettysburg battlefield takes historic first step
		The Gettysburg National Battlefield Museum Foundation, based in Washington, D.C., will move to Gettysburg and operate the museum and visitor center for 20 years in cooperation with the park, after which the buildings and land will be donated to the federal government.
		The not-for-profit Gettysburg National Battlefield Museum Foundation this week reached $75 million in donations, its self-imposed target before breaking ground on the remaking of the park, and awarded a $400,000-plus contract for the stream restoration to Aquatic Resource Restoration Co. of Seven Valleys.
		Gettysburg developer Bob Monahan Jr., who first proposed a new visitor center in fall 1994 and is currently building a hotel and retail complex east of town, said the groundbreaking was an encouraging development.
	www.poconorecord.com /local/rxf74658.htm (704 words)

	Tribune Review Article
		URA would sell the leveled land for $28 million to Urban Retail, which would solicit national retailers and entertainment operators.
		Roddey told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review yesterday that he had persuaded the Heinz Foundation to mediate private discussions among stakeholders on how to move forward with redevelopment of Pittsburgh's Downtown shopping district.
		Dubbed the Fifth and Forbes Downtown Planning Collaborative, the effort is an inclusive community task force to collect input and reach compromise on the comprehensive Fifth and Forbes retail and entertainment complex proposed by Chicago-based Urban Retail Properties Co.
	www.phlf.org /news/mediaclips/2000/000217tr.html (523 words)

	William J. Clinton Foundation "President Names Members to FFCAB"
		Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan, of Columbus, Ohio, is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), a national leader in innovative, interactive science museums providing eight major Learning Worlds, three theater attractions, a retail store, restaurant, an outdoor science park, exhibit galleries, and the world's only high wire unicycle.
		Prior to her current position at COSI, Dr. Sullivan served as Chief Scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under both the Bush and Clinton Administrations.
		An employee of the Smithsonian Institution since 1974, Dr. Crouch has served both at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) and at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) in a variety of curatorial and administrative posts.
	www.clintonfoundation.org /legacy/112800-president-names-members-to-ffcab.htm (917 words)

	CNW Group
		The Canadian Tire Foundation for Families today announced the creation of a national, community-based program called Canadian Tire JumpStart, which will help kids in need participate in organized sports and recreational activities by providing funds to help with the cost of registration, transportation and equipment.
		Canadian Tire is immediately committing $1 million to launch the program and will provide resources to assist the Foundation for Families in its plans to raise and distribute up to $4 million in its first year to help give all kids a sporting chance.
		Canadian Tire Retail, with more than 457 stores across Canada, is the country's most-shopped retailer of Automotive, Sports and Leisure, and Home Products.
	www.newswire.ca /en/releases/archive/February2005/08/c1230.html (917 words)

	The Chief Executive Leadership Institute
		Marcus currently serves on the boards of directors of National Service Industries, the New York Stock Exchange, Westfield Corporation, DBT Online, and is chairman of the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
		From September, 1972 to April, 1978, Marcus was chairman of the board and president of Handy Dan Home Improvement Centers, an operator of approximately 70 home improvement retail stores in the western United States.
		Marcus received a BS degree in merchandising and marketing from the School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University.
	www.ceoleadership.com /institute/director_bio/marcus.html (917 words)

	NAPABA
		Hsu is a member of the Board of Directors and the Immediate Past President of the NAPABA Law Foundation, an affiliate of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and has held positions on NAPABA’s Executive Board.
		Hsu has a diverse client base which includes national and regional employers in high technology, consulting, advertising, manufacturing, financial services, higher education, insurance, health services, defense, retail, environmental services, real estate, public sector and non-profit institutions.
		Hsu serves on the Board of Directors of the Community Dispute Settlement Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is currently a facilitator in the Boston City-Wide Dialogues Project on Racial and Ethnic Diversity.
	www.napaba.org /napaba/partnersearchview.asp?id=12699 (584 words)

	New York Public Library's Durand Painting Sold to Wal-Mart Heiress - New York Times
		She plans to exhibit it in a museum being built by her family's foundation that is scheduled to open in May 2009 in Bentonville, Ark., where her father, Sam Walton, opened his first retail store in 1951.
		Walton described the painting as a "national treasure," and said she intended to lend it to major national museums around the country.
		The Walton Family Foundation's museum, to be called Crystal Bridges, takes its name from an inspired glass-and-wood design that traverses a local spring-fed stream.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/05/13/nyregion/13painting.html?ex=1273636800&en=d700cdbf8c5b6503&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (899 words)

	The Estate of James Campbell
		In 1998, Campbell Estate earned national recognition for its efforts by being named "National Developer of the Year" by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP).
		Campbell Estate is a private trust with office, retail and industrial properties in Hawaii and 15 mainland states.
		The Estate's largest project to date is the development of the City of Kapolei, Hawaii's e-City.
	www.campbellestate.com (142 words)

	REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ON SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS
		Activity in biodiversity is being supported by theNIH, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Science Foundation, and the US Agency for International Development.2 Both the traditional medical community and the adherents of alternative therapy have called for increased research into this area.
		The law also permits health claims to be made in literature available in retail establishments as long as such claims are made without promoting a particular brand, are not false and misleading, and the store presents a balanced view of the information about the product.
		John Renner, MD, a board member of the National Council Against Health Fraud, has proposed a set of definitions 3 that are useful in understanding, the continuum of alternative therapies, treatments, and devices.
	www.naturalhealthvillage.com /reports/council_of_sci_affairs.htm (7471 words)

	Gotta shop? Bag it for a day, some say
		But the National Retail Federation says Buy Nothing Day is barely a blip on its radar.
		Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is known in the retail industry as "Black Friday," a day when cash registers hum and sing.
		On a day known for holiday sales and shoppers jostling each other for the best bargains, the folks at Adbusters Media Foundation hope you'll tuck your wallet away and abstain.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /lifestyle/149690_buynothing25.html (1060 words)

	COSTCO.doc
		In the minds of Price and Sinegal, high wages yield high productivity, low turnover—Costco's is a third of the retail industry average of 64%, according to the National Retail Foundation—and minimal shrinkage; that's retail-speak for theft, which at Costco is about 13% of the industry norm.
		Price and his son Robert decided to open a store where, for an annual $25 fee, entrepreneurs could buy goods themselves at lower prices.
		There are plenty more where those came from (see Sol Price On Off-Price), but you get the idea: Costco is driven by principles and ethics that you probably thought went the way of the five-and-dime.
	pages.stern.nyu.edu /~jczepiel/B011101/walmart/COSTCO.doc (3299 words)

	ST37. North American Transport Policy & Planning
		National Research Council, 1997, 'Towards a Sustainable Future: Addressing the Long Term Effects of Motor Vehicle Transportation on Climate Change and Ecology', NRC, National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, Washington DC.
		FIA Foundation and the AA Motoring Trust, 2003, 'The automobile and society', FIA, London, tel.
		Railways / Retail, leisure and travel / Road safety / Road-pricing /
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /sbe/planbiblios/bibs/sustrav/refs/ST37.html (3299 words)

	E. J. Ourso College of Business News
		He currently serves on the boards of directors of the National Grocers Association, Shurfine International, Capital Area United Way, Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center.
		Associated Grocers is a 53 year old retailer owned corporation that services more than 250 independent grocers in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama, providing retail accounting, advertising, equipment sales, marketing, retail technology, and promotional merchandising services and support that independent grocers utilize to remain competitive and customer focused in the retail grocery marketplace.
		Joseph “Jay” Campbell, president and CEO of Associated Grocers, will open the spring Flores MBA Distinguished Speaker Series on February 6, 2003, at the Lod Cook Alumni Center on LSU’s campus at 10:00 a.m.
	www.bus.lsu.edu /students/news/stories/2004.01.20_DSS_Campbell.asp (433 words)

	Utah State History - Historic Preservation
		Distributed to members of the Utah State Historical Society and Utah Heritage Foundation and sold through selected retail outlets.
		Authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Register is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect our historic and archeological resources.
		"Windshield" survey of buildings throughout the community noting architectural features only.
	www.history.utah.gov /historicpreservation/historicpreservation.html (433 words)

	Info Links to Food Related Websites
		NSF - Find out why the National Sanitary Foundation's seal is important to our health
		NRF - National Retail Federation - Retailer resources
		National Meat Association - Search their publications for interesting info
	www.fantes.com /info.htm (433 words)

	ELX.com.au (Australia) - Interior Lighting for Designers 4E, Gary Gordon - ISBN 047144118X
		Working from the premise that lighting design is a rational process, author Gary Gordon provides a solid conceptual foundation based on the conviction that the lighting condition of interiors has enormous emotional impact on people.
		As three-term president of the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP), he established the first national certification program for lighting professionals.
		GARY GORDON, FIES, FIALD, LC, founder and Principal Lighting Designer of Gary Gordon LLC, has designed lighting systems for more than one thousand corporate, institutional, residential, and retail projects.
	www.elx.com.au /item/047144118X (325 words)

	Alliance for Worker Freedom: Union Accountability News: August 2005
		The Evergreen Freedom Foundation published an opinion editorial in the Boston Globe pointing out the irony of the NEA asking parents to exercise a retail choice when the union so clearly opposes school choice for parents and professional freedom for teachers.
		Union Accountability News is a periodic e-newsletter published by the Labor Policy Center of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, a public policy research organization based in Olympia, Washington.
		The National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers are calling on parents and teachers to boycott Wal-Mart when buying back to school supplies.
	www.workerfreedom.org /index.php?content=uanaug05 (538 words)

	Sur La Table - About Us
		In 1999 Sur La Table was the recipient of the "American Retail Excellence" award from the National Retail Federation Foundation in recognition of innovation, sustained excellence and best professional practices.
		Founded in 1972 by culinary aficionado Shirley Collins, Sur La Table was created at a time when it was difficult to find many of the premium-quality culinary tools Shirley had found on her travels.
		Carl Behnke is Chairman of the Board of Directors, while Renée Behnke continues to help shape the Sur La Table culture with her extensive culinary travels and knowledge of cooking, in her role as President Emeritus.
	www.surlatable.com /general/about_us.cfm (538 words)

	Murray County, Georgia
		Opportunities abound in Murray County for retail business and new industry.Given the expected growth and workers outside our area choosing this Countyfor their residence, opportunities in retail and the service business exist.New industry will have an excellent employment base from which to draw.
		The County has a rich Native American heritage which notonly provides a sense of history and foundation but provides touristdollars to Cities and County.
		The County is host to the Pan American EquestrianChampionships which is a three-day international event held atBouchaert Farm and hosts world class competitors from North, Centraland South America.
	www.northga.net /murray/murray.html (999 words)

	MIG - Home
		The Mortenson Family was recognized by the Dane County United Way through the National Alexis de Tocqueville Society for work in Madison and to honor a million dollar pledge made in 2002 from the Mortenson Family Foundation to United Way.
		The Mortenson Family Foundation disburses more than $200,000 annually back into our City to assist with shortfalls in educational and social services programs.
		MIG was also nominated for the State of WI Family Business of the Year Award for 2004.
	www.mortensoninvestmentgroup.com (999 words)

	Sim Health - Orig Retail Version (Maxis 1994) Mint
		SimHealth is a fascinating offshoot of computer gaming, taking an entertainment product and adapting it to the complex policy issues and economic plans that are at the center of the national debate on health care.
		SimHealth challenges you by giving you carte balance to design a national health care system based on your ideas and values, then tests it in a dynamic computer simulation.
		Development for the game was courtesy of The Markle Foundation, a charitable trust dedicated to using communications to foster understanding of public policy.
	www.jgamereview.com /items/8239912918.html (627 words)

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