Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 20, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press business May Steve email b5 Yarde is including a napping in his new Connecticut metals distribution a 24houraday Are you sleeping on Job that daytime Nap just might improve your productivity by Maggie Jackson associated press Winston Churchill Thomas Edison did it pres ident Bill Clinton indulges More often since turning the that Brief spell of daytime sleep most commonly associated with babies and has Long been reviled by Many and revelled in by its never been something to boast especially when taken at that May be amid an Epi Demic of sleep a determined few Are catching 40 winks during Busi Ness hours and More May be More people Are willing to admit privately that they said William Antho a professor of psychology at Boston University and author of the recently published the Art of you cant As yet acknowledge it at that what in hoping to in his he argues the United states is a Nappi St prejudiced against the siesta because of the country drive to our culture has developed on the mistaken belief that productivity and napping Are two different Anthony As a the country is filled with Clappers people who hide their Nap Ping from others and Napa phonics people who try to make nappers feel ashamed of their writes whose family is so devoted to they hold Edison May have invented the electric Light but he was both a Clapper and a a Napper who pre the to have napped at j nappers chilpers and hindrances person with a deep seated fear of who tries to make nappers feel guilty and person who hides their napping from a closet Napper person who nags or snaps at a Nap nomic devices people or things that assist a person to for talking to a Mother inlaw on the phone while on a tends not to Anthony Edison apparently liked to Tell he didst need much on the other made no Effort to hide his afternoon nor does Clinton try to keep his snoozes a state he works Long Days and sometimes keeps late hours and finds a Nap is helpful in catching up on sleep when he needs said Deputy White House press Secretary Barry he does it More As Hes reached the Ripe old age of but its still Craig for is All for dozing on the the businessman is plan Ning to include a napping room in a new 220worker facility to be completed in 1998 for his metals distribution the factory will be open 24 hours a but napping will be available to both Day and night our greatest resource is the people who work said were try ing to see How we can give them a break or a a napping area where they can employees liked the said but were kind of shocked when i asked they thought i was before the invention of the electric americans slept about 10 hours a says James a Cornell univer sity professor and authority on we sleep an average of hours a night and a third of americans get six hours of sleep the popularity of shift work has also taxed sleeping yet if someone loses As Little As an hour of sleep a night for a productivity drops 25 per said author of a Book on sleep techniques for profession to be published next were All conscious of the importance of exercise and but we remain blissfully ignorant of How much sleep affects productivity and said who often takes 20 minutes of shut Eye in his Maas is sounding his warnings to where he gives seminars entitled asleep in the fast or Power to executives and Man Why mandate that people have Coffee or Coke Breaks when they can put their head Down on the desk for 15 minutes he it affects the Bottom Public to news Anchor Jim Lehrer was once shy about revealing the daily naps he started taking after a heart attack in but no Ive decided this is Good for its Good for the he said after awaken ing from his 30to 45minute office rests getting a second look parents9 interest picking up As Ottawa eases regulations by Murray Mcneil business reporter the easing of Federal regulations governing registered education savings plans has fuelled new interest in the according to the senior executive of Canadas oldest and largest resp James president and chief executive officer of the nonprofit Canadian scholarship Trust found said any perceived downsides to rests were eliminated in february when the Federal government Dou bled the yearly contribution limit to and began allowing contributors to Transfer resp income into an resp if their children dont go to College or uni inundated since the a St has been inundated with Calls from parents wanting to increase their resp contributions to the new maximum Renahan said in an interview last he explained that under the old resp contributors forfeited the interest earned on their resp contributions if the plans beneficiary did not pursue a pos secondary he said that risk of losing the interest earned on their investment was the most common reason parents cited for not investing in an so eliminating that risk will make a huge differ ence no reason theres no reason now to i cant do it because ill lose Renahan said that before the budget changes were resp members contributed an average of per child per year into their we expect to see that go he although its difficult to predict How much it will Winnipeg financial plan Ner David Christiansen agreed in an interview that the recent Rule changes have made rests More attractive and More parents should keep in mind there Are other options available for saving for their Chil Drens Christian son and they should explore All of them before deciding which route to for they could take out Canada savings Bonds in their Childs he or they could invest their savings in a Mutual fund that invests Only in in some the latter option could even result in greater tax savings for the contributor and Bene Renahan and the foundations executive Don were in Winnipeg for a luncheon with members of the is tvs Manitoba advisory Council and officials from the University of Manitoba alumni Asso six months the a St signed an agreement with the alumni association that gives the a St Access to the associations Willard said the association also has agreed to endorse rests and the a St As a provider of resp donate funds in the a St has agreed to donate funds Annu ally to the As Well As some scholarships for Newborn children of association the amount of donated funds and the number of scholarships will be determined by How Many association members sign up for Cost adminis tired Willard alumni association presi Dent Susan Skinner noted that the u of m alumni association is one of eight Cana Dian University alumni associations that have signed such agreements with the Crft in the last 18 she said the arrangement gives the association an Addi Tion source of revenues and helps raise the awareness among association members of the growing in these times of government Belt for parents to put aside Money for their Chil Drens pos secondary Edu firm gives thumbs up to fingerprint plan by Valerie Lawton Canadian press Toronto Ontario Premier Mike Harriss recent musings about making electronic thumb prints of everyone in the province is drawing cheers from the people at Matec the Toronto company has spent the last four years developing a Finger print based identification and Security Matec chairman George Tymko was delighted to hear Harris talking about using electronic fingerprints to fight fraud in government programs like welfare and Matec has an encryption system based on biometrics the science of applying statistical methods to the firm has signed a development agreement with giant Compaq computer Tomko sees an almost endless list of possible fingerprints for help fight credit card fraud by verify ing shoppers identities at the Check your Finger would be scanned along with your card to make sure the two the pattern on your fingertip can also be used to scramble information sent Over computer and phone Tomko imagines a trip to Zurich company Hopes High tech system is a pot of gold9 some facts on Matec technologies head off ice Toronto technology Matec has spent last four years developing a fingerprint based identification Ana Security financing Matec research paid for with profits from company conventional Security prospects expects to see revenues this Way you Book and pay for the airline ticket by sliding your Finger on a keyboard scanner on your Home your credit card number and personal information Are encrypted and can Only be unscrambled by the airline at the other once you arrive at the a Kiosk spits out a flight card after you put a Finger on the the sys tem also makes sure youre the right person who goes through customs and gets on the plane and that you leave the Zurich Airport with the right youve now got a persons unique Finger pattern making life extremely easy and Tomko that is the future were heading from its biometric encryption technology tests louvre Art gallery in Paris is test ing Matec devices on some of its doors to make sure Only the right employees get into certain others Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and ramp also trying out the quote what it Means for us is that after All the efforts weve put see there possibly is a pot of Gold at the end of the chairman George Tomko on reports Ontario government wants to use electronic Finger prints to fight welfare and medicare but plans for fingerprint id cards something metropolitan Toronto is considering for welfare recipients have raised eyebrows and concerns about personal Ontario privacy for has warned of governments mesmerized by he said the premiers proposal could pose a Seri Ous threat to but Tomko said my tech technology actually enhances instead of storing a a persons Finger pattern is used to scramble a its that encrypted number that stored on a card and theres no Central database of Finger no one can Access any of your information without your consent your consent is presenting your live Finger says you cant get any better than a recommendation to electronically fingerprint everyone receiving welfare in Toronto will be considered at a june 4 Council one report claims it would save almost million a year in fraudulent welfare the proposed system has been devel oped by a consortium led by Matec is on a Short list of companies to provide the there Are some 50 fingerprint based technology companies around the but few Are Selling much said Michael an analyst with Meyers and Rindos is impressed with my tech system and int aware of other Cana Dian companies doing similar Law enforcement agencies have been the f first to jump at using the tech but its also being tested by welfare Border control officials and for Drivers licences across the United people Are Likely to embrace the technology because first of it is easier for said they dont have to carry a set of car they dont have to remember a pass they dont have to remember a pin Matec biometric encryption to store information on portable databases such As smart cards a persons Finger pattern is transformed into which is used to encrypt information stored on the fingerprint 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