Recycling in the electronics industry

At a Rockwell division, the company was doing everything well except recycling but a new program has significantly reduced disposal.

IN 1993, the Coralville, Iowa, plant of Rockwell Avionics & Communications disposed of more than 1,800 cubic yards of refuse. Pockets of recycling existed in the high tech electronics plant - for example, white paper was collected at specific locations - but these were not heavily promoted.

Since then, production has nearly doubled, but refuse bound for the landfill dropped to 220 cubic yards/year in 1996, an 88 percent reduction. Rockwell implemented a creative, multifaceted program that was duplicated in 1995 at the company's Cedar …

Should You Get Checked for Sleep Apnea?

Snoring is a trademark symptom of sleep apnea, but not everyone who snores has it. Here is information on who should get checked for the sleep disorder.

Risk factors include:

_Loud snoring and choking or gasping during sleep, signaling narrowed airways that can be temporarily blocked as throat muscles relax too much.

_Being overweight.

_A family history of apnea.

_Having small airways. Apnea can occur at any age, and in children, enlarged tonsils or adenoids may cause narrowed airways. In adults, weight, neck shape or other medical conditions can play a role.

_High blood pressure.

Aside from snoring, …

Williams in a nut-free zone: Rays 1, Sox 4: GM says other clubs would think he's lost it if he started talking trade in April

Ken Williams is watching.

The general manager's cell phone is close by, and his secret ''big board'' of available players is hanging on a wall in some hidden room at The Cell.

But all is quiet for the White Sox and Williams -- for now.

''I haven't explored anything, simply because most clubs think I'm nuts when I start calling in May,'' Williams said Tuesday, when asked about the possibility of trade talks starting up. ''If I start calling in April, it's, 'Really? Seriously?'''

That's not to say that there hasn't been a talk with manager Ozzie Guillen about the state of the team.

''I'm not preaching anything,'' Williams said. ''I talked to Ozzie and …

KICKIN' IT

This was a week of kick-offs. And, no, we're not talking about hulking men fiddling with their pigskins. This week brought an onslaught of new launches in the A&E world.

Liquid kicked off its Uquld Laughs comedy series with bowl-cut oddball Emo Philips on Jan. 13. BWs Josh Gross squeezed into the sold-out show for a full hour of Philips' demented comedie stylings, which included hit bits, like the line about getting in trouble for not opening a car door for a date ... instead he just swam for the surface. Gross said of the show:

"While It may not have had them 'rolling in the aisles,' like his gig the previous week at an epileptics convention, the soldout audience was …

Red Wings Defense Stymies Penguins 2-0

PITTSBURGH - Nicklas Lidstrom and Detroit's defense held Pittsburgh to 13 shots, Johan Franzen scored the pivotal goal off a rebound in the first period, and the Red Wings bounced back from an opening-game loss to beat the Penguins 2-0 Saturday night.

Dominik Hasek had one of the easiest of his 69 career shutouts, facing only seven shots over the final two periods as last season's Presidents' Trophy winners played their second excellent defensive game in a row. The Red Wings held Vancouver to 17 shots on Thursday, but lost 3-1 in Lidstrom's first game since succeeding the retired Steve Yzerman as captain.

The Penguins, trying to win their first two games at home to start …

CenturyTel completes purchase of Embarq

CenturyTel Inc. has completed its purchase of Embarq Corp., forming a new rural telecommunications giant.

The Federal Communications Commission signed off last week on the Monroe, La.-based company's proposed all-share purchase of Embarq, based in Overland Park, Kan.

The companies on Wednesday said they had closed the deal …

A Course of a Different Holler

"Fore!"

Brace yourselves. That cry will soon echo against the concretecanyons downtown.

Incredibly, a driving range and nine-hole golf course are beingbuilt on what for years has been a mud flat bordered by Lake ShoreDrive, Randolph Street, the Chicago River and Columbus Drive.

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