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Show HNTAH BASIN STANDARD. Frimjnr Bellamy spoke as UNICEF launched a report on "this growing-up-alon- e epidemic and called on the British government to take the lead among donor nations in helping out UNICEF said the underlying cause was the poverty endured by millions of families in Africa, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe, reinforced by war and the death toll from AIDS. "HIV-AID- S is turning Africa into a killing field. aid Bellamy, noting that war had killed 200,000 people in 1998 against 2 million killed that year by AIDS, Children, as ever, bear the brunt "Deprived of their rights and forced to live aa adults in their formative years, children growing up sub-Sahar- . vices (Committes) has recommended that PadflCorp'a prices for its electric customers in Utah should bo reduced. Analysis and refinement of the numbers continues, but the consumer watchdog organisation currently estimates that aa overall decrease of approximately S26 million it called for. This would represent a reduction of about 3 for most electric customers in Utah in the rate case the Utah Public cur-befo- re The Committee advocates on behalf of residential and small commercial (including sgricultural) customers of the large utility companies providing service in Utah. PadfiCorp. which docs business in the State as Utah Power k Light, has asked the Commission for an additional S67 million, an increase of nearly 10 percent over its present rates. The Committee examined numerous aspects of PsoflCorp's application and has filed testimony Wore the Commission on revenue require-men- t and rate onroad. The Approved Management Plan and Record of Decision for Grand Staircase-Escalant- e National Monument is now available. Ths Approved Plan outlines, in detail, the strategy alone suffer some of the most acute risks of childhood damage," the report said. "The situation is all the more severe because it is hidden. Hidden because the children are often in visible. Locked behind the doors of i vote homes, workshops, sex pars or institutions and hidden because far too little is known about the impact of growing up alone on their lives," it said. The childrens agency said it was impossible to put a precise figure on the number or children growing up alone but noted: Any credible estimate ofchildren 'alone suggests that their numbers must run to well over 100 million. Some might be sold, others scavenge for food. Girls may become sex slaves, boys might play at soldiers. Orphans can grow up unloved, even those at home can live unprotected from abuse. "A baby abandoned on a doorstep; a child lost when her parents fled their home; a girl sent to skivvy in someone else's household; a boy with a one-wa- y ticket into town; the child in an orphanage; a teenager in detention: all these are children growing up alone," it said. UNICEF urged Britain, along with charities, companies, donors and other international bodies, to campaign support an aimed at protecting those at risk of missing childhood. Consumer help for Internet auctions Internet auctions are ore of the hottest phenomena of the web. Yet despite their popularity among buyers as wall as sellers, many psopis don't understand fully how Internet A TEST AT CAMP?-B- oy scouts answers questions on a fint aid lest given auctions work, the kinds of suctions during Klondike Seoul Camp last weekend. Cold temperatures kepi campers asailablt - and psrhaps most impornear furs Friday evening, but Saturday pros ed to be pleasant. tantly, how to participate in them as responsibly and safely as possibis. internet auction fraud has become a big problem, with an increasing number of consumers complain-in- g about sellen who deliver their advertised goods late or not at all or deliver something less valuable than promised. To help educate consumer about It often tokts the passing of time Internet auctions, the Federal Trade When it comes to American presiMitmA the .nrln.wi dencies, Bill Clinton's two terms to understand the filll meaning of (VwiwiMMi have been fair to middling, a survey ones leadership ability," Lockhart pamphlet, "Internet Auctions: A of U S. historians has found. guids for Buyers end Sellers." The Clinton finished 21st overall in guide offer tipe for buyers to prooc sling the presidential ranking, but when moral authority, Lockhart aai "1 tect themeelvee agsinst fraud, and it cams to "moral authority the suspect that that's mars a reaction advice fro sellers on how to make historians put him at the very botto reading the tabloids than a fair Internet suction transactions as smooth and successful as possibis. tom among the nation's 41 chief exreading erf history. of the guide are available free Copies ecutives, one rung below former Ths lowest-ranke- d presidents President Richard Nixon, who rewars William Heniy Harrison. War- from: Federal Trade Commission. Conren G. Harding, Franklin Pierce; signed in disgrace. The 68 historians, whocame from Andrew Johnson and, last. Jamas sumer Response Center. 600 Pennacross the political spectrum, resylvania Avanus NW, Washington, Buchanan. Toll-frethe sponded to a survey by Among those surveyed were the DC 20580. (382-435TDD: cable television network that has presidential historians D. Stephen broadcast presidential portraits over Ambrose, Douglas Brinkley and Mora than 150 other consumer ths lest year. The survey was reDavid Kennedy. leased Monday, Presidents Day. publications also ars available online from the FTC at irwwJtc.gov. Click The historians ranked Abraham on "Consumer Protection. Lincoln first for his crisis leadership, administrative skills, vision, pursuit of justice and "performance within the context of ths times." He was followed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, of Applied Physiology, Booth and Theodora Roosevelt and Hairy 8. Truman. colleague at the University oTTexas have published a manifesto for phyri-cRonald Reagan was ranked 1 1th. University ofMissouri-Columbi- a while other recent presidents, activity. It marshals the work of biologist Frank Booth calls it evidmens of researchers to make their Georg Bush (No. 201, Clinton (No. dence of a modern plague. People dying of heart disease, up 21), Jimmy Carter (No. 22), Gerald Ford (No. 23) and Nixon (No. 25) 37 percent since 1950. People develInactivity is linked to at least 17 chronic diseases and other health were grouped toward the middle. oping Type 2 diabetes, up 600 percent since 1958. Still mors people conditions. Booth found. And it is But the White House spokesman, with backaches, with osteoporosis, Joe Lockhart, said it will he ths hisrvspooaibW for about 250.000 deaths each year in the United States- - That torians of ths future, not those of with high blood pressure. is mar deaths than are caused by Then is a common contributor today, who will beet judge the Clinton to all these people maladies, Booth alcohol, firearms, illicit drop and presidency. motor-vehicaccidents combined. ays. They art simply not getting To Booth, exercise is not just enough exercise. To Booth, our sedentary way of something extra you do to pump up Work? life has become one of our greatest your muscles ortodropafew pounds. health hasards. And its time, he says, It is as essential to good health as We do patches, basements, doctors and scientists rally to clean air, pure water and nutritious remodels, or full houses." cause of exercise. i. Abe No. cue-toma- and 6). (5.5 Clinton No. 21 e: 2. Inactivity: a analysis which the Company has used as the basis for these unequal incresses are unreliable. Generally, it believes that any change in rates should be spread evenly across the various tariffs. Ths Commission has scheduled hearings during ths period from Monday, March 27, to Friday, April modern plague al There will be aa opportunity for members of ths public to tell the Commission what they know and think about PadCorpa electricity costa, prices and service on Wednesday, Match 29, commencing at 5:30 le Need Drywatt p.m. All hearings, including testimony from members of the public, will be held in Boom 428 of ths Haber M Walls Building, which is located at 160 East 300 South in Sait Lake City. 'lhit In the latest iyue of the Journal Call Handy receive eligible Diabetic supplies youri at NO Cost To You! For more information call Diabetic Supply Program patients, please) Pediatric Nurse Early Intervention program serving infants and tod- dlers with disabilities and their fami-lie- s in Duchesne County is seeking part-tim- e pediatric nurse. 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Th Record of Decision (ROD) and Approved Management Plan, w hich as signed by Secretary of the Intenor Bnice Babbitt, establishes a foundation for th protection of this special place located in the remote southwestern desert country of Utah. "Th Management Plan outlines a balanced approach to protecting th unique mourns of th Monument It establishes strict requirements for protecting resources and maintaining the Monument's frontier character, while providing for scientific r search and other uses. We are now looking forward to ths challenge of impleirwnung the decisions in ths plan." said Monument Manager Kate Cannon. Fuel and foremost, the plan outlines strategies to safeguard the undeveloped character of th Monument, which is essential for ths protection of such resources. Th plan also establishes th Monument a an outdoor laboratory where current and future generations can study biological and earth sciences, pioneer history and prehistoric life. "The plan is th result of a unique collaborauv planning process, involving State, Tribal. focal interest group and scientific participation, as well as participation be the general public." said Utah BLM State Director Sally Wisely. W have just begun, and the relationships established during th planning process will be necessary to help manege this special place in the future. During the planning process, th MnmimH planning teem mwAwted 30 public workshops, both to elicit initial input during the scoping process and to hear comments on th Draft Management Plan after its release. Ths team also held donna of meetings to discuss planning issues and concerns expressed by ih public. Based on this input, the BLM released a proposed pita in July 1999. The Approved Monument Management Plan reflects minor changes made as result of the resolution of Protests and the Governor's consistency review. (Ker 1.000 copies of the 100 pegv document were sent from the printer on Feb. 18. 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