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7C BUSINESS/^e Ctarlotte $e«t Thursday, August 25, 2005 Hair stylist to stars moves to SouthPark Continued from page 8C Castaneda currently fash ions hair for TVra Banks, host of “America’s Next Tbp Model” on the UPN televi sion network. Other high profile clients include socialite Ivana Thump, model Heidi Klum and actress Natalie Portman. Known for her expertise in hair extension, Castaneda helps super-model Naomi Campbell maintain her 32- inch locks. She has created the extension hair looks for the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show since 1998. The AUure article mentions Campbell as a Castaneda client, as well as tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams. Castaneda worked back- stage from 1995 to 2002 on the Versace Collections and Couture shows of Donatella Versace, who is the inspira tion for the name of her salons. Italians use “Ecco Goia” to wish someone joy ‘T heard that every day for 10 years from Donatella,” Castaneda said, “and I named my studio in homage to her.” Castaneda, who splits time between Charlotte and New York, said she will double the three hair 3t5dists currently working at the salon near the comer of Sharon and Fairview roads. At 2,700 square feet, the studio is three times the size of her New York space and can accommodate 12 stylists. “Charlotte is a very differ ent market from New York, but fm excited about bring ing my talents to this arena and increasing my territo ries,” she said. In Charlotte, only the salon’s name will change right away Castaneda said she wants to nurture the cus tomer base of the former Salon Arte and gradually introduce new services. For those interested, she added, she is ready to prac tice her traditional method of track weaving and braiding. Her work in that area has been featured on the covers of magazines such as Essence, Vogue, Hello, OK and Elle, among others. One of her goals, Castaneda said, is to blend her Charlotte and New York staffs into a backstage team for fashion shows in New York’s Bryant Park for the 2006 collection season. Eventually she added, she wants her team to be includ ed in the Milan and Paris show seasons. Castaneda trained at the WUford Academy in New York and worked under Ellen Lavar. The hair styles they developed together are a staple on the covers of fash ion magazines, she said. Originally from Connecticut, Castaneda ini tially pursued a ballet career. But she developed a passion for creating hair fashions while growing up, and she found happiness when she returned to her roots, she said. She has been a cosme tologist for 18 years. Castaneda first heard about Charlotte from a friend who praised the city She moved with her 7-year- old daughter to the Ballantyne area two years ago. “1 wanted my daughter to grow up in a place like this,” she said, “where she can play with neighbor’s children and have nearby friends.” As cellular use grows, so does debate over tower placement Continued from page 8C keep up with demand — including residential areas like the South Hampton neig^iborhood. Tfen years ago, the U.S. had 24 million cell phone sub scribers, said Joe Farren, a spokesman for CTIA-Tlie Wireless Association, the trade group for the industry Tbday, more than 190 million cell phones are in use. Tb keep up, cell “sites” - towers and antennas, mostly - have increased tenfold, from fewer than 18,000 in 1994 to more than 175,000 now. Without additional tow ers, calls are lost and recep tion suffers. “Our companies are always running into this conundrum, which is, We want cell phone service, but don’t put that tower here,”’ Farren said. ‘When you’re dealing with communica tions through the air, you have to have antennas and towers.” Tb meet demand, compa nies are increasin^y turning to nontraditional sites - fire houses, churches, schools, even cemeteries and nation al parks. A cell tower noiv sits near Yellowstone’s Old Faithful, despite strong opposition. Opposition is just as strong in residential areas. Washington attorney Ed Donohue, who represents several cell phone compa nies, estimated that more than 500 cases have been heard nationwide involving efforts to stop cell phone tow ers and antennas. In most cases, the cell phone compa nies have won. That’s in part because fed eral law eliminates one of the key arguments against cell sites - the health factor. No studies have shown conclusive evidence that radio-frequency emissions are harmful at levels allowed by the Federal Communications Commission. As a result, the law prohibits rejection of a tower based on health risk. Yet fear of the imcertainty remains. A year ago, the International Association of Fire Fighters opposed the use of fire houses for cell sites “until a study with the highest scientific merit” proves they are safe. The American Cancer Society’s Web Site says that because the technology is still relatively new, “we do not yet have full information on health effects.” However, the organization noted there was no known evidence of a link between low-level emis sions and cancer. Still, the perception of a health risk, combined with what some consider an eye sore, can lower property val ues for those living near a cell site, O’Brien said. Cell sites can be a financial boon to those who provide space for them. Cell compa nies won’t discuss rent, but Donohue said companies typically pay $800 to $2,000 per month, depending on location, the size of the tower or antenna, and other fac tors. That can be a signifi cant amount for a struggling school district or a church with stagnant or declining membership. Residents of St. Louis’ South Hampton neighbor hood first learned of Southampton Presbyterian’s plan to rent space to T- Mobile in 2003. Immediately, they mobilized against it. A petition oppos ing the cell antenna was signed by more than 250 people. When talks failed, resi dents turned to zoning offi cials who ruled against T- Mobile. The city’s Board of Adjustment agreed, ruling the antenna could have “a negative impact on the health of children and resi dents” and would cause prop erty values to decrease. , T-Mobfie sued. U.S. Magistrate Judge Frederick Buckles ruled in favor of the company in July Debbie Barrett, a spokes woman for suburban Seattle-based T-Mobile, said the company is doing every thing it can to make the site blend in. But she said the antenna is needed. ‘We have a responsibility not only to our customers but to the public agencies that benefit fix)m our 911 service,” Barrett said. Southampton’s pastor, WTU Mason, said the antenna will not extend beyond the top of the chimney, will sit flush against it, will even be paint ed the same shade of white as the chimney Neither he nor T-Mobile would disclose the rental fee. Mason said he spent months studying health effects of cell sites, the impact on property values and other issues. He believes the ant^ina is harmless. ‘Tt wasn’t all that kindly to be demonized, but we’re over it,” Mason said. ‘We’ve tried to work with the neighbor hood association and the folks opposed to the anten na.” U.S. pushes for broad limits on Chinese textiles, clothing Continued from page 8C part the surge in Chinese imports that has occurred since Jan. 1 when a three- decade old system of global quotas was lilted. American textile and cloth ing manufacturers contend that 19 textile plants have shut down this year because of the import surge and 26,000 jobs in textile and clothing plants have disap peared The administration has already re-imposed quotas on several key clothing cate gories including trousers, shirts, underwear, socks and combed cotton yam with decisions scheduled to be made in coming weeks on a number of other categories, limiting growth in Chinese imports to 7.5 percent annu ally But the U.S. industry is pressing for a broader approach that would impose limits on import growth across all categories of prod ucts where Chinese imports threaten the U.S. industry American manufacturers contend they won’t settle for the deal the European Union reached in Jime because the growth that agreement allowed in imports - up to 12.5 percent armuaUy - is too high. “The EU agreement in our opinion was incredibly weak,” said Missy Branson, a spokeswoman for the National Cormdl of Tfextile Organizations, an industry group. “No comprehensive deal is better than a bad deal,” said Lloyd Wood, spokesman for the American Manufacturing Thade Action Coalition, another group representing clothing and textile manufacturers. On the other side, American retailers, who like the low-priced imports, went to court last year in an effort to stop the quotas fiom being re-imposed But now they say they would support a comprehensive deal if it allowed for growth in imports beyond the 7.5 per cent cap, which has already been reached this year in several categories of Chinese imports. “For the importers, this has been a race to the dock to try to get shipments in as fast as possible. Most of the major categories are now closed,” said Lama Jones, executive director of the United States Association of Importers of Tfextiles and Apparel. This week’s talks, which will take place Tiiesday and Wednesday in San Francisco, are expected to be .just the beginning of new discussions. Some industry officials predict the aim is to strike a deal by the time Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Washington in September. Some trade experts won der how many U.S. jobs can be saved even if a compre hensive agreement is reached. They note that since 2001, U.S. clothing and textile manufacturers have lost 389,400jobs _ 37 percent of the total work force. Those job losses have the attention of Washington politicians. Many Republican lawmakers from textile states refused to sup port the Central American Free TVade Agreement until the Bush administration promised to seek broad caps on Chinese imports. The textile battle is not the only trade dispute the administration has with China. America’s trade deficit with China hit $162 biUion last year, the largest imbalance ever recorded with a single coimtry. This year’s deficit with China is running 32- percent above last year’s pace, reflecting the 58 percent surge in cloth ing and textile imports through the first hedf of 2005. Many economists believe America’s trade deficit with China will not significantly improve until China goes much further to allow its currency to rise in valuq against the dollar. They con tend that China’s initial 2.1 percent revaluation of the yuan last month was tiny compared to the 30 percent to 40 revaluation needed to make American goods more competitive against Chinese products. “There needs to be contin- ■ ued and significant further revaluation of the yuan,” said Mark Zandi, chief econ omist at Economycom. On the Net: US, Trade Representative: wwwmtr.gov American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition: wwweimtacdc.org United Stales Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel: Oil prices motivating studies for renewable energy source By Betsy Blaney VIE ASSOCIATED PRESS Soaring oil prices and government incentives are fueling increased interest in renewable energy sources like cow manure. And what better place to do manure research than in the Tfexas Panhandle, which holds the aromatic distinction of being the coimtiys biggest producer of »wpies in a state that leads the coimtry in cattle production. For years, researchers have studied manure as a fertilizer Now, however, they are focusing on developing other uses for the abundant sub stance as the livestock industry grows and fer tilizer’s role diminishes. State and federal energy bills also call for increasing renewable energy sources. Cattle manure can be used as fuel instead of coal or natural gas to create steam to run tur bines, which create electricity That’s how The Panda Group of Dallas plans to fuel a $120 million ethanol plant set to open next year in Hereford The company said it will realize an energy savings equivalent to 1,000 barrels of oil per day turning manure and cot ton gin waste into clean-burning fuel to power the plant. ‘T see it as a valuable tool in our tool box,” John Sweeten, resident director of the Tfexas Agricultural Experiment Station in Amarillo, said about cattle manure’s ena*gy potential. “Sixty doUar-a-barrel oil recruits a lot of inter est in biomass. 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