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The article discusses the local roller rink at the height of its popularity in the U.S. and shows a collection of rink stickers. The roller rink dates back to the late 19th century, although it experienced a decline in popularity before World War I. After the war, rink operators enforced dress codes to attract a more desirable clientele. Stickers were one of the most popular forms of promotion for individual rinks and people would decorate their skate cases with them to display rink loyalty.

Presents information on issues and events related to the 2004 election in the U.S. Political speech considered as the most effective; Presidential candidate's spouse with the best performance; Best Anti-Democratic Bumper Stickers. INSET: A RE-ELECTION STORY.

Presents several gift wrappers and accessories in the U.S. Design of the wrapper from Midori; Price of the Christmas ribbon from Lawrence Schiff Silk Mills; Features of the Stuffed Stickers.

Features Andrea Grossman, owner of Paper Co. in the United States. Childhood years; Early passion for colorful cutouts and designs; Number of sticker styles produced by the firm; Sources of inspiration.

The article explores the important functions of the windows technology in the U.S. The National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) has developed a testing protocol that identifies how well window components work through the means of a handy sticker that adorns new windows to elucidate its efficacy. Comprehension on what makes a window energy efficient, relates to NFRC sticker for windows with the elements such as U-factor, solar-heat-gain coefficient (SHGC), and visible light transmission.

The article presents tips on how girls in the U.S. can celebrate the Earth Day. Instead of waiting for the Earth Day on April 22, the girls can help the environment. Using a calendar, the girls can place a sticker each day they complete a challenge involving environmental protection. They can use the rest of the stickers to remind themselves to be friendly to the Earth.

Focuses on issues related to politics in the U.S. Background of several politicians who served a two-year term at the U.S. Congress, including former U.S. Representative Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (D-Pa.); Information on hotels in Washington D.C. that should be visited by some politicians involved in scandal; Results of a study led by Web master Ryan MacMichael regarding stickers with political ideology that were posted in various automobiles from September 20 to October 31, 2004.

The article offers information about the sticker, which measures an individual's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B), conceptualized by physicist Stuart A. Jackson in the U.S. The sticker allows kids and sunbathers to tell when they have gotten enough sun for the day, and it contains a chemical that sheds hydrogen ions when struck by UV-B.

The article reports on the direct threat faced by physically handicapped in the U.S., regarding on their health and the ability to earn a living. People with disabilities such as those in wheelchairs and crutches rely on auto or private transportation services in order to reach schools, jobs or therapists' offices. However, the Federal Energy Office bans favoritism to regular customers, may it be handicapped or not. It is requested by several handicaps that a special sticker must be place in their windshield that enables them to go ahead of the gas lines, buy fuel or refill their tanks. Furthermore, the Department of Health and the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped have worked together to change the plans of the FEO on nationwide gas rationing under its rationing plan.

The article reports on the statement made by First Data Corp., a bankcard processor company, that its Go-Tag contactless sticker will become the suitable mobile-phone accessory for consumers in 2009 in the U.S. It states that First Data has made an exclusive deal with French firm Inside Contactless SA to supply First Data with chips. It cites that consumers can attach stickers that contain chips to the back of their cellular telephones, which can be used for payment.

The article reports on the trend of religious bumper stickers in the U.S. It notes that the manufacture of religious bumper stickers has become a profitable business with an estimated 2 million stickers to be printed in 1973. The most popular slogans include "Honk If You Know Jesus," "Find Help Fast in the Bible Pages," and "Things Go Better With Jesus."

The article offers information on the slogan sticker allegedly made by humorist Will Rogers. It states that the sticker declares Rogers never met U.S. presidential candidate George McGovern. It says that according to Rogers' son, Will Rogers Jr., the sticker can be considered as a grave robbing which is found to be made by a television repairman in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Will Jr. adds that his father's writing must be used for political reasons by either Republican Party and Democratic Party.

Lists several pieces of equipment for use in the supermarkets in the U.S. as of April 15, 2002. Information on the anti-theft systems from Hobart; Dual-Colors papers from Appleton Papers; SurroundScan bar code scanner from PSC; Daydots colored stickers.

The article discusses the surveys on the value of sticker price in some schools in the U.S. such as the 2014 Rising Seniors' Perceptions on Financial Aid and How America Pays for College 2013 survey by Sallie Mae, an education finance company. Topics include some schools which have eliminated colleges that are based on cost after admission, the implications on how and when should colleges communicate on cost and affordability, and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

Features various designs of stickers, stamps, tags, embossing and other embellishments available in the U.S. market as of May 2004. Crafters die-cut machine from AccuCut Systems; Class A Peels design stickers from Stampendous; Fun tags from Tops Malibu.

Discusses political issues in the United States (US). Sticker featuring the sex scandal of the US President Bill Clinton; Budget rules in 1998 to keep deficit down; Information on The Mitch McConnell Chair in Leadership.

Expresses the way to protest against the state visit of Soviet Premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev to the U.S. Consequences, in terms of protocol, of inviting him to the U.S.; Public opinion on the U.S. visit of the Premier; Stickers as a means of protest.

The article reviews the blue sticker campaign branding Lexingtonas the Horse Capital of the World.

The article focuses on several child entrepreneurs in the U.S. It mentions Laila Wilson, a 10 years old, who is known as disc jockey (DJ) Laila Jade, who performed DJ jobs across Florida and Georgia. It states Greyson MacLean, 13 years old, has developed BrickStix, reusable stickers for Lego. Greta Johnson, a 13 years old worm farmer who was able to save money from her profit for her college.

The article reports that the Said the Whale (STW) band, shipped their merch, including T-shirts, stickers and compact disks (CDs), to the U.S., to promote their band.

The article describes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) fuel mileage window sticker for 2013 new cars and trucks, which includes the type of fuel used, the traditional fuel economy, and comparison with other vehicles in terms of fuel economy.

The article reports that the Fueleconomy.gov, the U.S. government's official source for vehicle fuel economy estimates, has added a tool to aid used car buyers for an informed fuel economy choices. Used car sellers can print window sticker showing the vehicle's U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy estimate to display on their vehicle. The sticker shows the vehicle's city, highway, and combined fuel economy rating, a photo of the vehicle and relevant information about the vehicle's configuration.

The article discusses the appearance of fuel-economy numbers in the window stickers of electric cars that will come to the U.S. market in 2010. It cites the window sticker numbers in the Mini-e electric cars, which are based on the test processes and conversions applied by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It mentions that the Mini-e numbers were derived with the dynamometer testing by California Air Resources Board (CARB) using a 32,600 W-h per gallon petroleum energy-content-equivalent.

The author reflects on the need of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exert its power to deal with the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) ruling regarding the use of sticker in diesel equipment. The measure requires all users of off-highway diesel equipment to log every joystick commodity into a database in exchange for the proof-of-sticker. According to the author, the measure could cost billions of dollars in new or rented equipment, could lead to scattered revisions and an equipment full of stickers if the EPA did not intervene.

The article reports on the ban issued by Camp Lejeune in North Carolina against the car stickers used by retired gunnery sergeant Jesse Nieto. It notes that the anti-Islamic terrorism stickers used by Nieto to show his contempt over the death of his Navy son while serving in Yemen have been considered offensive material by the camp. Nieto has accused camp commander Colonel Richard Flatau and the base magistrate Lieutenant Colonel James Hessen for violating his First and Fifth Amendment rights.

The article focuses on the political activities being prohibited by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Directive 1344.10. It states that active-duty members may vote and express their opinions about political candidates and make monetary contributions to a political group when not in uniform. Under the directive, they may also display a political sticker on their private vehicle while on a military base but it should not be bigger than a bumper sticker.

The article offers tips in removing sticky, glued item on shoes and other products in the U.S. To remove a gum on the sole of a favorite pair of shoes, it is suggested to wrap the shoe loosely in plastic and put it in the freezer. Once the gum is frozen, scrape it off with a dull knife. The remaining bits can be removed with a zap of cooking spray. To remove a label or price tag on glass, it is better to soak it for 15-minutes in warm water and dish soap.

The article reports on the recalculation of 2008 fuel economy estimates because of new and improved miles-per-gallon (MPG) standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2007. New methods for determining the outdated MPG estimates were issued by the agency to give consumers improved information when shopping for cars and trucks. It says consumers will be allowed by the new fuel economy sticker of EPA to make more informed decisions when comparing new vehicles' fuel economy.

The article reports on challenges faced by Nicole Nason as the newly-appointed chief of the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). NHTSA is making efforts to meet deadlines for auto safety rulemakings imposed by the 2005 highway safety bill. It has posted New Car Assessment Program ratings on frontal impact crash, side impact crash and rollover resistance on new car stickers.

The article reports on the lower court decision rejected by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which calls for the removal of evolution disclaimer stickers from school science books, in 2006. In the case Jeffrey Michael Selman versus Cobb Co. School District, the three-judge panel decided it did not have enough information on the case to rule on the stickers' constitutionality and vacated a 2005 order by U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper to remove the stickers.

The article reports that a federal appeals court in the U.S. has sent back a lower court's order for a suburban Atlanta school district to remove textbook stickers calling evolution a theory, not a fact. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, in Atlanta, Georgia citing a lack of evidence in the case, said that the federal district court must determine whether the school district's actions were religiously neutral. The ruling by the three-judge panel means the case could be retried. Parents of some students contended in a lawsuit that the stickers violated the U.S. Constitution's ban on a government establishment of religion.

The article calls for the family members of the American Legion to support the operating budget of the Freedom Car automobile in the 2006 NASCAR season in the U.S. through the purchase of souvenir merchandise. Items on offer are clocks, window stickers, license plates and flags.

Focuses on the violation of the church-state peace treaty in the U.S. Advantage and disadvantage of doctrine of separation; Ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court on a case regarding scholarship funds that can be provided by the state of Washington for any college majors except theology; Sticker in textbooks required by the Cobb County board of education in Georgia; Information on the central rule that a state should enforce.

The article discusses the ongoing controversy in Cobb County, Georgia over the evolution disclaimer stickers that a federal judge has declared unconstitutional in violation of both the Georgia and the U.S. Constitutions. The fundamentalists have managed to convince the school board that anyone who opposes science-book stickers that call evolution "a theory not a fact" is a heathen, an infidel, a godless wretch. In science, a theory is a statement that pulls together information from a lot of different sources, like the cell theory in which all living things are made of cells or cell products and cells come from pre-existing cells.

Presents information on disclaimer stickers about of the theory of human evolution affixed in biology textbooks in Cobb County, Georgia. Actions taken by the American Civil Liberties Union and several parents regarding the sticker; Reaction of scientists regarding the debate over the inclusion of the theory in teaching creationism in science classes; Excerpts from several disclaimer stickers made by Colin Purrington, an evolutionary biology teacher at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the debate.

This article presents concerns on safety of motor vehicles. A Lou Harris Poll found 84 percent of adult Americans, including 8 of 10 SUV owners, want the federal government to make all motor vehicles more stable and less likely to roll over in crashes. More than 90 percent of adults surveyed said they are willing to pay $200 to $300 more for safety improvements to new cars, and 83 percent favor requiring stickers to be placed on windshields of every new car indicating the likelihood of that vehicle to roll over.

Features Universal Export's eurostyle bumper stickers for ski resorts. Weatherproof printing of the stickers; Retail price.

Features the static-cling "FAA Certified" window decals for aviation enthusiasts in the U.S. Size of the decals; Contact information.

Features scrapbooking elements reproduced from period images and original pieces available in the U.S. market as of May 2004. Scrappy Chic ephemera packets from Me & My Bid Ideas; Scrapbook papers from Design Originals; Luggage labels from Saturn Press.

Reports on the donation of stickers to the Beginning With Children Charter School in Brooklyn, New York City. Inspirational purpose of the sticker; Distinction of the sticker from the stickers available in stores; Generosity of Mrs. Grossman's Paper to produce the stickers.

Focuses on the promotional campaign of a labeling-machine company using stickers at a 1952 convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Reports on the agreement of the Alabama Board of Education to put a sticker on science textbooks informing students that the theory of evolution is controversial. Political hold groups that supported the placement of stickers on science books; Question contained in the former sticker that had been in the front of biology textbooks; Text contained in the 2002 sticker that will replace the 1996 sticker.

Reports on the controversy involving the rainbow stickers placed by officials in Traverse City, Michigan on city vehicles to show their support for diversity. Design of the stickers; Connection of the rainbow symbol to gay men and lesbians; Removal of stickers from vehicles.

Focuses on Renton's International Stationery Inc., purveyor of various stickers, in Denver, Colorado. Sticker sales in 1998; Description of several types of stickers; Information on the company's newsletter.