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在弱鹼性體質的狀態下,癌細胞是無法生長,甚至是無法生存的。
Sat, December 19, 2009 3:39:05 PMFrom: William Li View Contact
To: 莊濟安 ; Frank Hsu ; "Hsieh; Shih-Yung" ; "Kuo; H.T." ; "于君方 Yu; Chun-Fang" ; 何坤 Ken Ho ... more
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December 19, 2009
Merry 2009 Christmas and
Happy 2010 New Year! And,
Most Importantly, Upkeep Your
Excellent Health for Long Long
Forthcoming Years! Good Luck
To You Every Nice Classmate!
李長庚 William C.K. Li
有关癌細胞。。。。
ABout Cancer
在弱鹼性體質的狀態下，癌細胞是無法生長、甚至是無法生存的。
Actual case studies, very important, please read patiently and pass this on.
真實案例，很重要，請耐心看完，請轉寄哦！！
Even if you have read this before, you should reread this, especially the list of acidic and alkaline foodstuff , best to read several times and remember..
即使看過了還是要再看，尤其下面的酸鹼性食物最好多看幾次，就可以記住了
Please read this article in full patiently, it will be helpful to your health.
請耐心看完這篇文章，對自身健康很有幫助
More than 30 years ago, a Mr Zhang who worked in the public sales department of a Taipei Brewery, participated in the brewery overseas study selection examination, and passed with flying colours.
三十多年前有一位服務於公賣局台北啤酒廠的張先生，參加該啤酒場選派技術人員到國外深造的考試，以優異的成績及格。
Before going overseas during the physical examination at a public hospital, it was discovered that he had a lung tumour the size of a child's fist, and therefore was unable to go overseas to study.
在出國前經某公立醫院體檢發現，罹患有像小孩拳頭大小的肺部腫瘤，因而不能出國。
The greatly disappointed Mr Zhang had always been sus-picious that the diagnosis was wrong.. So he went to another hospital for a check-up, the result confirm that previous diagnosis was not in error.
張先生非常失望之餘，一直懷疑診斷有誤；於是再到另一家醫院檢查，結果還是證實原來的診斷並無錯誤。
For the youthful and healthy Mr Zhang to be stricken down with such a terminal illness, in his despair, he rang his old classmate who at the time was Taidong County Government, Huangsun County Mayor's secretary, Mr Wei.
當時年輕力壯的張先生得到這樣的絕症，在人生絕望之餘，多次打電話給當時任職台東縣政府黃順興縣長機要秘書的魏姓同學。
Mr Wei rushed to Taipei during his rest day on a Sunday to see Mr Zhang..
魏姓同學便利用星期日趕到台北和張先生見面，
Mr Zhang discussed with Mr Wei in detail his despair and pessimism, and entrusted his friend regarding his affairs after his death. Coincidentally, Mr Wei was a good friend of Dr Lu Geling, who was in charge of the Maijie Hospital, 1945-55, and specialized in the clinical research into cancer cases.
張先生向魏同學詳述相關絕望的詳情和悲觀感受，並請位同學協助其後事，恰逢魏同學與前任馬偕醫院院長1949－55年專精於癌症臨床研究的呂革令博士係知交好友。
He immediately suggested that Mr Zhang go to see Dr Lu for treatment. At first, Mr Zhang said he preferred not to see anymore doctors, so as not to add further to his misery.
當即建議前往訪求呂博士醫治，起初張先生說不願再看醫生，以免徒增傷悲；
But Mr Wei told him that he had telephoned Dr Lu before to seek his advice and arranged an appointment. Mr Zhang felt obligated and went with Mr Wei to meet Dr Lu.
但魏同學說先前已以電話請教過呂博士並安排好時間，張先生只好偕同前往呂博士住處造訪。
When Dr Lu met with Mr Zhang, Dr Lu said: ' Mr Wei is a friend and introduced you and I to get to know each other. This is destiny. Thank you. Let me ask you do you know why is cancer referred to as terminal illness?'
呂博士和張先生見面就說：「魏先生是我的好友，介紹你和我認識是我們緣份，感謝。我請教你：『癌為什麼叫絕症，你可知道嗎？』」
Both Mr Zhang and Mr Wei did not know how to answer.
張先生和魏先生都不知道如何作答。
Dr Lu explained: 'There are only two approaches taken by humans to treat cancer to-date. The first is to destroy the source of the disease. The second is to increase the capability to fight the disease.
呂博士又說：「人類醫治癌症到目前為止只有兩條路，第一條路是消滅病源，第二條路是增加抵抗力。
But the strange thing is that, whether we use Cobalt 60 or other drugs to destroy the cancer cells, before the cancer cells are killed, the good cells are destroyed first..
但很奇怪的是，癌無論用鈷60或其他藥物去消滅癌細胞，可是癌細胞還沒被消滅，好的細胞卻先被殺死。
On the other hand, no matter what nutrients or supplements we use, before the good cells have a chance to absorb them, the cancer cells have taken them up and it simply speeds up the growth of cancer..
另無論用什麼營養、補藥，好的細胞還未吸收，癌細胞卻先吸收、讓癌長得更快；
Therefore both approaches are doomed to failure, that is why cancer is terminal.'
因此可說上述兩條路都行不通、所以叫絕症。」
Dr Lu continues: 'Human beings are most clever, they have successfully landed on the moon. But why is it no one ever questioned the above two approaches for treating cancer which are nothing but self defeating dead-ends, and try to seek a third avenue?
呂博士又說：「人類的聰明連登陸月球也都已經成功，但為什麼沒有人去懷疑上述兩條治癌的路是在鑽牛角尖，另外找第三條路？
When I was conducting clinical research in Majie Hospital , I had many opportunities to work with and being helped by many colleagues in the Hospital. I discovered that the blood tests of 100% of the cancer patients showed that the blood samples are acidic.
我以往在馬偕醫院做癌症临床實驗，並得院內各部同仁協助的機會，我發現癌症病人血液檢查的結果百分之百都是酸性反應。
Those Buddhist monks and nuns who are long term vegetarians and live very close to Nature, their blood are prevalently weakly alkaline and amongst them, there has yet to discover any cancer cases.
長期素食、且生活接近自然的佛寺僧尼，由於體質都偏屬優質弱鹼性，所以尚沒有發現罹患癌症的病例。
Therefore, I boldly concluded that under weakly alkaline condition, cancer cells are not able to grow, or even to survive.
因此我大膽的斷定在弱鹼性體質的狀態下，癌細胞是無法生長、甚至是無法生存的。
Mr Zhang, I would suggest that starting from now you reduce your intake of the acidic meaty dishes..
張先生我建議你從現在起少吃酸性的葷食類，
Take more of the alkaline food. In addition you can take green algae and soup made from water chestnuts with skin,
多吃鹼性食物，另外可吃綠藻和帶殼菱角湯，
modify your physical condition, and try seriously to have a regular life style which is close to Nature;
改變你的體質，並勵行接近自然的良好生活規律；
If you can manage to stay alive for five years, you should have no further problem. I wish you the best of luck.'
如果五年內不死、你就沒問題了，祝福你。」
Mr Zhang followed Dr Lu's suggestion and seriously altered his eating habits.
張先生依照呂博士的建議，認真改變吃的習慣，
Every day, he ate green algae, drank chestnut soup, be optimistic and did an appropriate amount of exercise, and went back to the same public hospital for a check up. It was discovered that not only that the tumour did not increase in size, on the contrary it showed signs of shrinking, and surprised the hospital staff conducting the check-up as a miracle.. Five years later, the tumour had shrunk to such a state as to almost disappear..
每天又吃綠藻、喝菱角湯，樂觀加上每天適當的運動，一年後再到同一公立醫院檢查結果，發現腫瘤不但沒有長大、反而已呈現萎縮狀態，遂令醫院檢查人員驚為奇蹟，五年後竟完全處於萎縮、至近於消失狀態。
After almost 40 years, presently Mr Zhang's health is totally normal, and living a very pleasant life.
經過了將近四十年歲月，現在張先生的健康情況完全正常，生活起居甚為愉快。
Following Mr Zhang, a Mr Chen Tianshou, who was previously Head of the General Administration of the Taidong Provincial Hospital , was similarly diagnosed with lung cancer.
繼張先生之後，有位前台東省立醫院總務課長陳添壽先生，同樣得到肺癌；
When Mr Wei heard of this, he told Mr Chen of the experience of Mr Zhang, and Mr Chen started to follow the instructions of Dr Lu to change his physical condition. The outcome was that he was able to recover fully from the cancer, just like Mr Zhang.
魏先生得知後將張先生的經過轉告陳添壽先生，陳先生乃依照呂博士的建議進行改變體質，結果與張先生同樣治癒癌症。
At that time, Mr Lu and his family have emigrated to the United States . After the two cases, he returned to Taiwan and met up with Mr Wei.
那時呂博士全家已移民美國，事後呂博士回來台灣再與魏先生見面時，
Mr Wei told Dr Lu about the experiences of Mr Zhang and Mr Chen, and suggested that let the two of them detailed their experiences to Dr Lu in person, so that Dr Lu could publish a report on his self cure body conditioning method.
魏先生將張先生和陳先生的經過告訴呂博士，並提議由他們倆位親自向呂博士陳述，請呂博士發表其改變體質之自療成果報告。
Dr Lu very humbly replied:
呂博士謙虛地回答說：
'I am too old, besides, I do not have any clinical records of the outcomes. I would ask that you tell your
friends and relatives, if they are agreeable, then please continue this experience and spread the words ⋯ ⋯
我年事已大，且沒有臨床紀錄不能做為成果。請魏先生轉告親友，如果友人認同的話，請他們繼續做體驗並廣為宣導.........。」
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One should take care of oneself but should also be caring about others, 85% of cancer patients have acidic in their physical condition.
關心自己也要關心別人，85﹪癌症病患屬於酸性體質
*** Blood of healthy persons is weakly alkaline in nature, with a pH of about 7.35 to 7.45
* 健康人的血液是成弱鹼性的，約是pH7.35〜7.45左右
*** Babies' blood is also weakly acidic
＊嬰兒也是屬於弱鹼性的體質
*** As adults mature their blood becomes more acidic in nature
＊成長期的成人有體質酸化的現象
According to a study of 600 cancer patients, of their bodily fluid, 85% of the patients are acidic
根據一項六百位癌症病人體液分佈的研究，顯示85﹪癌症病患屬於酸性體質。
Therefore, how to maintain the weakly acidic nature of our body is the first step for moving far away from diseases.
因此，如何使體質維持在弱鹼性就是遠離疾病的第一步。
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Acidic physical conditions manifest itself in:
酸性體質的生理表徵
1. Skin without lustre
1.皮膚無光澤。
2. Athlete's foot
2.香港腳。
3. Feeling tire even with very little exercise, and feeling sleep the moment one gets on to public buses
3.稍做運動即感疲勞，一上公車便想睡覺。
4. Easily out of breath going up and down stairs
4.上下樓梯容易氣喘。
5. Fat and with lower stomach protruding,
5.肥胖、下腹突出。
6. Move slowly and movement lethargic
6.步伐緩慢、動作遲緩。
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Why does the body physical condition turn acidic? 為什麼會形成酸性體質？
1. Excessive intake of dairy acidic food
1.過度攝取乳酸性食品
a) meat, dairy products, eggs, beef, ham, etc are acidic food
a）肉類、乳酪製品與蛋、牛肉、火腿等皆屬於酸性食品。
b) taking too much acidic food will cause the blood to become acidic and viscous, difficult to flow to the end of blood vessels, leading to cold feet or knee, stiff shoulders and insomnia.
b）攝取過量的酸性食品血液會傾向酸性而變黏稠，不易流到細血管的末稍，而易造成手腳或膝蓋的冷寒症，以及肩膀僵硬和失眠等。
c) When one is young and strong, taking suitable quantity of meat is appropriate, but older people it more suitable to have a diet which are primarily vegetables ..
c）年輕力壯時吃適量的肉類是對的，但老年人則以蔬菜為宜。
2. Irregularity in the pace of life will cause the body physical condition to become acidic
2.生活步調失常會造成酸性體質
a) Irregular pace in life will lead to mental and physical stress
a）生活步調失常會造成精神與肉體的壓力。
b) According to statistics, people who sleep late are more likely to have cancer than normal persons, by as much as 5 times.
b）據統計，晚睡者罹患癌症的機率比正常人高出五倍。
c) Human beings originally lead a life with regular tempo in this world, it is not possible to store up sleep or food and not possible to change the order of living by mixing up days and nights.
c）人類本來就活在節奏的世界裡，無法事先儲備睡眠或飲食，也不能日夜倒。
d) Human organs are controlled by the autonomic nerves, and during day time it is mainly sympathetic nerves activities, and at night it is mainly the parasympathetic nerves which are functioning, If this order is disturbed and reversed, then diseases will result.
d）人體內臟受自律神經控制，白天主要是交感神經活動，晚上則由副交感神經工作，若使其錯亂及倒置，就亦百病滋生。
3. Emotion over tensed
3.情緒過於緊張
a) Civilised society brings stresses
a）文明社會會造成的壓力。
b) Job related or mental stresses
b）工作上或精神上的壓力。
c) A person suffers mental stress, when the stress is removed and the person relaxes, sometimes this may lead to death, referred to as the syndrome of imperfect adrenal cortex function.
c）當一個人承受精神壓力後，一旦緊張鬆弛，時會造成猝死，稱為潛在性副腎皮質機能不全症。
4. Physical Stress
4.肉體的緊張
a) Before any operation it would be necessary to check to see if the renal cortex does function normally. If the adrenal cortex is lacking, or if the stress imposed by the operation exceeded the ability of adrenal cortex to cope, it could lead to death or other undesirable impacts.
a）動手術之前應先檢查腎上腺皮質機能是否正常。如果副腎皮質機能較差，或手術壓力遠超過副腎調整功能，則可能造成病人死亡或其他不良影響。
b) If it noted that patient's face is puffy, it would be necessary to inquire in detail the patient's medical history and medication status, for patients taking adrenal cortical hormone, extra care should be exercise when administering acupuncture.
b）若發現病患臉部浮腫，需詳加詢問病史及服藥狀況，為長期服用腎上腺皮質賀爾蒙者，施以針灸要特別注意反應。
c) Stress due to physical labour or exercise in excess, whole night card games, driving etc should be avoided as much as possible
c）勞動或運動過度，通宵打牌、開車等壓力都應盡量避免。
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Appendix: Acidity/alkalinity of Common food stuff
附錄：常見食物的酸鹼性
1. Strongly acidic food: egg yolk, cheese, cake make with white sugar or persimmon, mullet fish roe, dried cod.
1強酸性食品：蛋黃、乳酪、白糖做的西點或柿子、烏魚子、柴魚等。
2. Mildly acidic food: ham, bacon, chicken meat, squid, pork, eel, beef, bread, wheat, butter, horse meat etc
2.中酸性食品：火腿、培根、雞肉、鮪魚、豬肉、鰻魚、牛肉、麵包、小麥、奶油、馬肉等。
3. Weakly acidic food: white rice, peanut, , oil fried tofu, sea weed, clam,
3.弱酸性食品：白米、落花生、油炸豆腐、海苔
weakly alkaline food: red bean, radish, apple , cabbage, , tofu etc.
4.弱鹼性食品：紅豆、蘿蔔、蘋果、甘藍菜、、豆腐等。
5. Mildly alkaline food: dried radish, soya bean, carrot, tomato, banana, orange, pumpkin strawberry, egg white, dried plum, lemon, spinach, etc.
5.中鹼性食品：蘿蔔乾、大豆、紅蘿蔔、蕃茄、香蕉、橘子、南瓜、草莓、蛋白、梅乾、檸檬、菠菜等。
6. Strongly alkaline food: grape, tea leave, grape wine, kelp sprout, kelp, etc. Especially natural green algae which contain rich quantity of chlorophyll are very good alkaline health food, but tea should not be drunk in excess, and best to drink in the morning.
6. 強鹼性食品：葡萄、茶葉、葡萄酒、海帶芽、海帶等。尤其是天然綠藻富含葉綠素，是不錯的鹼性健康食品，而茶類不宜過量，最佳飲用時間為早上。
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
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Mar. 29, 2006
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INSIDE BUSINESS
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Business Bank parent slates annual meeting
Business Bank Corp., the parent company of Business Bank of Nevada, said it will hold its annual shareholders meeting at 8 a.m. April 25 at its headquarters at 6085 W. Twain Ave.
In a statement, the company said it will vote on the re-election of four members of the board of directors and a proposal to increase its common stock from 6 million shares to 10 million shares, among other topics.
Shareholders as of March 10 may attend and vote at the meeting.
Harmony Dental named Joan Moore office manager.
Pahor Mechanical Contractors named Nick Kasik senior project manager.
Frosch International Travel named Ann Geskes independent travel consultant.
William Lyon Homes named Terry Connelly senior vice president of operations and Linda Kemper vice president of sales and marketing.
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Mar. 16, 2006
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McCarran International fifth-busiest U.S. airport in '05
By CHRIS JONES
GAMING WIRE
Las Vegas' McCarran International climbed one spot to become the nation's fifth-busiest passenger airport last year on the Airports Council International-North America's annual traffic ranking.
Southern Nevada's primary air gateway soared past Denver International, which ranked fifth in 2004.
McCarran also bested busy big-city airports including Phoenix's Sky Harbor, New York's Kennedy, Houston's Bush Intercontinental and San Francisco International, the council said Wednesday.
The Washington, D.C.-based trade group credited McCarran with 44,280,190 passengers, or approximately 13,000 more than the Clark County Aviation Department reported in its 2005 year-end report.
A McCarran spokeswoman said Wednesday that the variation resulted from the airport's ability to obtain updated statistics from airlines. The discrepancy was not large enough to affect the 2005 rankings.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, the largest hub for Delta Air Lines and a key gateway to Europe and South America, topped last year's list with 85.9 million passengers.
Chicago's O'Hare International, United Airlines' largest hub, ranked second with nearly 76.8 million.
Los Angeles International, which connects the United States with destinations throughout the Pacific Rim, finished third with 61.5 million passengers.
American Airlines' Dallas/Fort Worth stronghold, which handled slightly more than 59 million travelers, ranked fourth.
As recently as 2001, McCarran handled just 35.2 million passengers, good enough for seventh place on a list that ranked Atlanta No. 1 with more than 75.8 million passengers that year.
But recent growth in U.S. and international air travel, coupled with Las Vegas' burgeoning leisure and trade show industries, raised demand for flights here. Likewise, new security checkpoints, gates and other capital improvements enabled more travelers to fly through McCarran.
More growth should follow. Clark County has committed to spend $2.4 billion to expand and improve McCarran over the next five years, thereby raising its capacity to roughly 53 million passengers a year.
Space constraints within terminals and on runways -- as well as McCarran's business model, which favors travelers headed to or from Las Vegas rather than those simply passing through -- make it unlikely Las Vegas will ever crack the nation's top four.
Las Vegas' largest carrier, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, thrives on point-to-point service rather than hubs.
Second-place US Airways, formerly America West, offers a mix of point-to-point and hubbing, while several smaller airlines, particularly Allegiant Air, have gained market share offering leisure travelers direct service between Las Vegas and their hometowns.
Southern Nevada's sparse population and limited economic base also hurt McCarran's ability to surpass those in larger metropolitan regions like Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles or the Dallas Metroplex.
Clark County Aviation Director Randall Walker downplayed McCarran's new ranking, adding he doesn't want the airport to handle more passengers unless their presence would benefit the city's travel industry.
"We're not really fixated on these numbers like some other communities," said Walker, who fielded calls from Denver after McCarran moved ahead of that city's airport in a recent quarterly ranking.
2005'S BUSIEST U.S. AIRPORTS
Rank Airport Passengers
1. Hartsfield-Jackson (Atlanta) 85.9 million
2. O'Hare (Chicago) 76.8 million
3. Los Angeles International 61.5 million
4. Dallas/Fort Worth 59.0 million
5. McCarran (Las Vegas) 44.3 million
6. Denver International 43.3 million
7. Sky Harbor (Phoenix) 41.2 million
8. Kennedy (New York) 40.6 million
9. Bush Intercontinental (Houston) 39.7 million
10. Minneapolis/St. Paul 37.6 million
Source: Airports Council International-North America
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Aristocrat Technologies names executive
Aristocrat Technologies, a Las Vegas seller and designer of gambling machines, casino management systems and progressive gambling systems, named Ron Jeffrey global general manager of multistation gaming.
Aristocrat Technologies is a subsidiary of Sydney, Australia, based Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.
CB Richard Ellis, a commercial real estate services provider, named Jennifer Campbell associate.
The National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, a nonprofit trade group, named Bill Rosado to its 2006 government affairs committee. He is founder and director of Las Vegas-based ManagedPay.
Geotechnical & Environmental Services named Robert Rapoza field manager.
Clark County named Don Shook public information officer.
Dell, a Round Rock, Texas, computer seller, opened a store in the Meadows mall. It is the company's second store in Las Vegas.
Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, a geotechnical engineering company with headquarters in Elmwood Park, N.J., opened an office at 3900 Paradise Road, Suite 183.
Michael McGettigan will manage the office; Sonia Mimoso will lead its marketing and business development. Principal Rudolph Frizzi and senior associate Roger Archabal will continue their involvement with Las Vegas projects.
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Mar. 08, 2006
Copyright � Las Vegas Review-Journal
(Sandra) Tiffany faces ethics hearing
By SEAN WHALEY
REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU
CARSON CITY -- An Ethics Commission panel voted Tuesday to hold an inquiry into whether state Sen. Sandra Tiffany improperly used her position to gain information about Internet auctions in other states that allowed her to obtain a contract with the Nevada Purchasing Division for her own auction business.
The commission's two-member panel said there was sufficient evidence to take the matter to the full Ethics Commission for a hearing on Sept. 13.
The panel cited numerous potential violations of three sections of state law.
If found guilty of just one willful violation of the law, Tiffany's case must be referred to the Legislature for impeachment proceedings.
She could also face thousands of dollars in civil fines if found guilty of one or more willful violations of state ethics laws.
Tiffany, R-Henderson, who listened in on Tuesday's panel discussion by telephone but could not participate, said she was blindsided by what she called new and one-sided allegations.
One of the original elements of the complaint -- that the contracts Tiffany had with the state and the city of North Las Vegas were ethics violations -- was dismissed and found not to be substantiated, she said.
But Ethics Commission staff did more investigation and raised new allegations regarding improper contacts with out-of-state officials, Tiffany said.
It was these allegations that the panel voted unanimously to move forward on, she said.
"I was stunned at the one-sided information gathering," Tiffany said.
The staff report from the Ethics Commission said Tiffany was informed of the further questions raised by the investigation and that she was given a chance to reply.
The report said Tiffany chose not to reply to the additional issues.
Tiffany said she has always conducted her business openly and did so when she contacted officials in other states to gain information about Internet auctions of surplus property.
"I feel real comfortable with my good faith intentions in how I do my business," she said.
Tiffany said she expects to be vindicated.
Questions about Tiffany's business dealings as Stockdales Property Auctions emerged in the 2005 legislative session, when it was learned she had obtained a sole-source contract with the state to advertise the sale of unclaimed and surplus property, including vehicles, on eBay.
Concerns were raised that a measure Tiffany had introduced, Senate Bill 55, easing requirements for advertisers to hold a broker or dealer's license to sell cars under certain circumstances, would improperly benefit the lawmaker. Tiffany did not hold a dealer's license when she won the purchasing division contract.
After the concerns were raised, Tiffany severed the $10,000 state contract that allowed her to sell the Nevada surplus government vehicles.
The Ethics Commission investigation found that beyond the original complaint, "additional instances emerged which appeared to indicate a pattern of conduct ... in which she (Tiffany) likely used her position in government for personal or financial gain."
One example was a December 2003 visit Tiffany made to the Pennsylvania Treasury Department, where she met with Division Manager Lori Hetrick.
Hetrick told the ethics investigator that after the initial inquiries on behalf of Nevada, Tiffany sought information to use in her personal business.
At one point, Tiffany offered Hetrick employment with Stockdales, which Hetrick declined. Hetrick then broke off contact with Tiffany.
Tiffany, who is up for re-election this year, said she wants the matter settled as quickly as possible.
As for the possibility of impeachment, she said: "I don't expect it to go that far. I would like to see a resolution."
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Feb. 20, 2006
Copyright � Las Vegas Review-Journal
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2006 : LV businesses optimistic
Vast majority of owners expect strength shown in 2005 to carry over to 2006
By JENNIFER ROBISON
REVIEW-JOURNAL
The Las Vegas economy was strong in 2005, with nation-leading job growth and below-average unemployment.
And business owners and managers expect Southern Nevada's economy to remain fundamentally strong through 2006, despite concerns about taxes, regulation and competition, according to results from a mail-in survey conducted in December and January by the Review-Journal and local research firm MRC Group.
Nearly all respondents -- 94.2 percent -- said their outlook for 2006 is excellent or good. The remaining 5.8 percent said they expect a fair economic climate in 2006.
In addition, 84.1 percent of participants said they expect their company to make a bigger profit in 2006 than in 2005. Seventy percent said they planned to add employees in 2006, and 87.1 percent said they do not plan to scale back purchases or payroll in the coming year.
Kara Kelley, president and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, said the survey's upbeat results did not surprise her.
"Businesspeople know Las Vegas is a great place to do business," Kelley said. "The city has great economic vitality, and there's a dynamic quality to our economy and community that generates excitement about the future."
Specific survey results varied by industry.
The most optimistic respondents were in banking and finance, where 98 percent of decision makers expect an excellent or good 2006 and 93 percent look forward to higher profits. Seventy-two percent plan to add workers this year, and 91 percent said they will not cut purchasing or payrolls.
Mark Daigle, a member of the board of directors of the Nevada Bankers Association and Nevada chief executive officer of Colonial Bank, said the survey's results match the feedback he hears from industry members.
"The dynamics of growth in this market continue to be strong," Daigle said. "We still have a lot of in-migration from outside the market. We've typically relied on California (for new residents), but we're seeing folks from other markets as well who are attracted to the economic climate here."
Daigle said national speculation that the local high-rise market is deflating doesn't affect local banks because the city's homegrown financial institutions generally don't make loans for the construction of luxury towers. And although the rate of housing appreciation has slowed, local home values continue to rise at healthy levels, he added.
"There's plenty of reason for optimism," Daigle said. "From a business standpoint, this market continues to grow, and from a retail and consumer standpoint, it continues to grow. Construction jobs continue to be created and gaming and residential growth are helping support growth in the market."
Population expansion is also driving demand for additional bank branches and loan officers -- one reason so many companies in the finance sector plan to hire, Daigle said.
Diane Dutton, treasurer of the Nevada Society of Certified Public Accountants, said members of the finance field were the most optimistic because they focus on "real economic indicators" rather than analysis of subjective expectations such as consumer-confidence surveys, which have posted uneven results over the last year.
"Housing starts, visitor numbers, business startups and investment in new development in our community are all good," Dutton said. "People are optimistic because all the indicators they see in the market are positive."
In retailing, sustained population and visitor growth led 94 percent of respondents to expect an excellent or good 2006. Eighty-four percent predicted higher profits in 2006, while 77 percent said they'll boost staff numbers. Also, 88 percent said they will not reduce purchases or payrolls.
In the service category, which includes companies in landscaping, architecture and advertising, among other fields, 94 percent of survey participants said they look forward to a stronger year ahead, with 84 percent forecasting higher profits and 77 percent aiming to hire more workers. As in other sectors, the vast majority -- 88 percent -- said they will not drop purchases or payroll in 2006.
Among respondents in gaming and tourism, 87 percent said they believe 2006 will be an excellent or good year for their business. The same number predicted they would have both higher profits and more workers in 2006, while 80 percent said they will not slash purchases or payrolls.
Bill Bible, president of the Nevada Resort Association, said the positive outlook in his industry comes in part from a solid 2005.
"2005 was a very good year, especially in Southern Nevada, with record-breaking (gaming wins)," Bible said. "The results reflect optimism that the industry's strength will continue in 2006. The year is off to a good start in the first two months."
The restaurant sector posted the lowest expectations, with 82 percent anticipating an excellent or good year, and the same number forecasting higher profits, more hiring and sustained levels of purchases and payrolls.
Businesses varied by sector in the problems they said they might face in the next two years.
Decision makers in both restaurants and retail said they are most concerned about state and local taxes, while those in finance pointed to regulatory issues as their biggest hurdle. Companies in gaming and tourism are focused on competition as a key concern. Among small businesses in all categories, 51.6 percent said taxes are the most important issue for the 2007 Legislature to address.
Carole Vilardo, president of the Nevada Taxpayers Association, said retailers are especially concerned about taxes because they experience state and local levies in two phases of operation: First, like any other commercial entity, they pay taxes as businesses. But their customers also pay sales taxes, and rising sales taxes could influence consumers' buying decisions.
"People might not spend what they normally would on a product if sales taxes are too costly," Vilardo said.
Kelley said small companies are especially sensitive to any increase in taxes.
"For small businesses, the cost of doing business is so much more of an issue on a daily basis than it is for a larger company with wider resources," Kelley said. "So many small-business owners have gotten a loan or taken out a second mortgage to invest in their company, so they look at every added cost pretty significantly."
For banks and financial companies, concerns about regulation involve the effects red tape has on clientele.
"We're mostly concerned with regulatory issues that will constrain the entrepreneurial spirit, that will put an undue burden of reporting to government agents or that would do anything to dampen or restrict opportunity," Dutton said.
She added that she didn't foresee any specific new regulatory constraints in 2006, but she said it's "inherent in (the financial sector's) nature to be concerned about regulatory issues more than the burdens of taxes or competition."
Competition is the main issue for respondents in gaming and tourism.
Bible said Nevada's tourism market has a distinctive challenge: It's a substantial distance from many of its major feeder markets, so gaming operations that develop closer to those markets could leach customers away from Nevada. Also, industry members worry about tax advantages some of their competitors might have.
"There's concern about competition developing, particularly in California, with tribal gaming," Bible said. "The concern is that gaming conducted by tribal governments doesn't have a tax impact. Gaming that is operated in tribal environments is essentially tax free, other than minor taxes paid to states for regulation."
Bible said industry members are somewhat divided about tribal gaming, since several local operators have management agreements to run tribal casinos. Some of the profits from those contracts are reinvested in Nevada.
"From a Nevada perspective, that (reinvestment) is good, but there's still concern that there might not be a level playing field in terms of the way gaming is regulated and taxed in other jurisdictions," Bible said.
Bible said solutions to concerns about competition from tribal casinos would come from Congress rather than state governments. Congress is considering revisions to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the 1988 bill that established the National Indian Gaming Commission. Updates to the law could include limits on the ability to locate tribal casinos outside reservations, Bible said.
Despite the myriad issues that confront Las Vegas businesses, local leaders are confident that economic growth will characterize 2006.
"What's really great about optimism among local businesses is that it looks like that optimism will transfer itself into economic expansion and job growth," Kelley said. "And when business is good, life is good. People who have jobs and disposable income have a good quality of life."

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