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MONTH'S FUN FACT
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July has National Lollipop Day
There are many stories about how
the lollipop was invented. Some believe that a form of it has
been around since the 1800s. Charles Dickens and other authors
referred to a sweet lozenge without a stick in some stories.
During the Civil War, it is believed that little pieces of hard
candy were put on the ends of pencils for children to nibble.
In 1908, George Smith claimed to be the first to invent the
modern lollipop. Smith applied an idea of putting hard candies
on a stick to make them easier to eat. He decided to name the
treat after his favorite racing horse, Lolly Pop, and later
trademarked the name. Lollipops were successful until the
Depression. Smith stopped production on lollipops and the name
fell into public domain.
A Racine, Wis., manufacturing company claims credit for
inventing the first lollipop machine. Racine Confectioners
Machinery Co. answered an East Coast candy makers call to have
a machine make hard candy on a stick in 1908. The company
created a machine that automated the lollipop making process and
could make 40 lollipops per minute.
However, others claim Samuel Born was the first to automate the
lollipop-making process. Lollipop manufacturing grew
independently in California and in 1916 Samuel Born invented the
Born Sucker machine. This machine automatically inserted the
stick, which added to the popularity of the confection. San
Francisco awarded Born the keys to the city for his invention.
Over time, lollipops have had different looks. They have been
traditional hard candy on a stick and hard candy on a ring, some
include bubble gum or chocolate as a surprise center and some
even spin or glow. Whether traditional or novel, the lollipop is
still enjoyed by many people.
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MAS90 4.2 is Microsoft Vista Business Edition
Compatible 
The Sage MAS 90 4.2 service update 4 is now available for
download on Sage Software Online. This important update includes
support for the Microsoft Vista operating system. Please refer
to the Microsoft Windows Vista Compatibility Statement also
located on Sage Software Online for detailed installation
instructions. Sage is saying end of July or early August for a
service update release(15) for level 4.1. This release
will make Level 4.1 Vista compatible as well.
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Sage 2007 Summer
Promotions! 
50% off any Paperless Office
Extended Solutions Enhancements
Go paperless! Existing customers will save 50% when
they buy any Paperless Office Extended Solutions enhancements. For a
complete listing of Paperless Office Extended Solutions, please
visit:
http://www.sagesoftware.com/mas90/extendedsolutions. Maintenance
will be based off of the full SLP for the product.
20% off any of the
hottest Sage MAS 90 and 200 Extended Solutions
There are more exciting applications to Sage MAS
90 and 200 Extended Solutions than Direct Deposit and Paperless
Office! For a limited time, customers will save 20% when they buy
any of the hottest Extended Solutions enhancements. For a list of
qualifying Extended Solutions, please visit:
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_FY07.pdf
Save up to 15% on Sage MAS 90
or 200 add-on modules
Sage MAS 90 and 200 customers will save 10% when they buy
one of the following Sage MAS 90 or 200 add-on modules. Or,
they can save 15% when they buy two or more of the following Sage
MAS 90 or 200 add-on modules
Bank Reconciliation
Bar Code
Bill of Materials
Business Alerts Professional
Credit Card Processing
Custom Office
.inquiry applet
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Sage MAS 90 Fixed Assets
Inventory Management
Job Cost
Materials Requirement Planning
Payroll
Purchase Order
Return Merchandise Authorization
Sage TimeSheet
Sales Order
StarShip
StarShip Link
TimeCard
Visual Integrator
Work Order
E-Business Manager*
* Only included if they are not already discounted through
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At least two modules must be purchased at the time of the order to
qualify for the 15% savings. Modules must be registered to the same
customer. This promotion cannot be combined with any other
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Payable, Accounts Receivable, ACT! by Sage, DynaLink, F9 Report
Writer, FRx, Sage Abra, and Sage FAS. The Sage MAS 90 and 500
multi-modules bundles, do not qualify for this promotion.
Sage Promotions listed here
are valid through Sept. 28, 2007. For pricing and ordering
questions, please call
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This month's Windows Tip :
Easy Expansion
When you work with Windows Explorer, you
frequently need to expand and collapse the folders. You can do
this with the mouse, of course, but this isn't the only way. We
recently ran a tip discussing keyboard techniques you can use to
expand and collapse folders and subfolders in Windows Explorer.
In a recent tip, we suggested using the asterisk, plus, and
minus keys on the numeric keypad to expand and collapse folders
and subfolders in Windows Explorer. An even easier way is to use
the arrow keys adjacent to the numeric keypad. Use the right
arrow to expand and the left arrow to collapse the selected
folder.
Using this method allows you to move up, down, and expand or
collapse the folders without moving your hands across the
keyboard to do all four of these functions.
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