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The race to land office tenants is heating up in Charlotte, and two of the city's top office markets – uptown and Ballantyne – increasingly look like competitors, some say.
Ballantyne Corporate Park, which 15 years ago was pasture, is building the largest speculative office building in the country. In December it landed the corporate headquarters of Infinisource, an employee-benefits firm that's moving here from Michigan and is adding more than 160 jobs.
Uptown notched a big win in November when it landed the corporate headquarters for Chiquita Brands International, which Ballantyne had also been courting.
Most real estate brokers downplay the idea of competition between uptown and Ballantyne, saying the entire area benefits if new companies come or existing ones add space.
But the two markets, which once attracted different types of tenants, may find themselves wooing the same companies more often.
Here's why: As banks have shrunk their real estate footprint, uptown finds itself with more available space than five years ago. In Ballantyne, rents have recovered faster than elsewhere in the city, narrowing the price gap with uptown. Meanwhile, the pool of potential tenants relocating from elsewhere is still smaller than before the recession.
"It used to be fairly easy for the Charlotte Chamber to direct inbound deals (to one market or another)," said consultant and commercial real estate broker John Culbertson of Cardinal Real Estate Partners LLC. "Now, there is more of a gentleman's tug-of-war that occurs when a large deal like Chiquita comes in."
Such competition can be good for the economy because it increases the chance that an outside company moves to Charlotte, experts say.
A healthy office market is important because it drives developers to build, which in turn fuels construction spending and creates jobs. Profitable commercial buildings are more valuable, boosting the commercial tax base.
In contrast, empty office towers weigh on an economy, scaring away prospective tenants. Low occupancy translates into fewer workers to support restaurants and other services. Property values fall.
Brokers say they are seeing signs of a possible rebound in the overall Charlotte office market. But it remains soft, with an average vacancy rate of 18.4 percent at the end of last year, according to research by Karnes, a real estate research firm. Brokers like to see vacancy rates of about 10 percent.
With relocations still relatively few, that leaves office parks trying to woo companies when their leases expire.
"We're all fighting over the same tenant base. There's no net job creation yet," said Gary Chesson, a partner with Trinity Capital Advisors, which owns Ally Center and NASCAR Plaza in uptown. "We're all just trying to steal from each other."
Drive out Johnston Road, and you'll see evidence of The Bissell Cos.' aspirations: the new headquarters of SPX Corp., set for completion later this year, two speculative 10-story buildings with more than 550,000 Class A office space, and other projects. It's all a testament to the developer's bullishness, deep pockets and leasing success.
"We've seen robust growth throughout the entire recession," Bissell president and CEO Ned Curran said. "Our leasing activity has been pretty strong. We feel pretty good."
Barry Fabyan, senior vice president of leasing, said buildings are filling up, in part because Bissell is willing to work with tenants concerned about the uncertain economy.
"Tenants are clearly forced to look at having flexibility built into leases today," he said. "We are trying to work with them, to help with an exit strategy."
Of the park's 3.5 million square feet of completed office space, 450,000 square feet are available for lease – not including about 170,000 square feet that AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. is set to vacate.
The financial services company announced this month it will leave Ballantyne after 14 years and move into the renovated Innovation Park in University City. Average rents there are $5 a square foot cheaper than those in the southeastern submarket, according to Karnes.
Ballantyne Corporate Park was built in the mid-1990s on land owned by the Harris family, the same people who developed the bustling South Park area.
The Harris family wanted to attract major corporate tenants, having narrowly missed landing Sears Roebuck & Co. Developer H.C. "Smoky" Bissell, who was married to Harris' late sister, Sara, headed the office project.
Zoned for nearly 7 million square feet of office space, Ballantyne Corporate Park offers hotels, restaurants, a spa and golf course. Two years ago, it won the prestigious International Suburban Office Park of the Year award from The Building Owners and Managers Association.
Rents in the submarket have recovered faster than those across the region – growing by $3.69 between 2001 and 2011 versus $1.09 for the overall Charlotte market, according to Karnes.
"Tenants are willing to pay more to be there," said real estate analyst Frank Warren of Warren & Associates in Charlotte.
The greater Ballantyne community, which includes a country club, Ballantyne Village retail center and homes, has grown so much it is often referred to as a city within a city. A Mecklenburg County commissioner recently brought up the idea that the suburb should split from the city of Charlotte.
Changes in other areas
Ballantyne's success has cost other areas.
In the 1990s, most newcomers leased office space in the southwest market, wanting to be near the airport and the Charlotte Coliseum, then home to the popular Charlotte Hornets.
Ten years later, tenants were flocking to Ballantyne, which was emerging as the more popular suburban office market choice. The coliseum held its last NBA game in 2005 and was imploded two years later to make way for a mixed-use project that was never built.
During the recession, many tenants in the southwest market downsized or went out of business – boosting vacancy rates to more than 27 percent by the end of 2011, the second-highest in Charlotte.
Still, Culbertson said his firm leased 203,000 square feet of operation center and call center space there during the past year and a half.
Tenants also wanted newer space. The majority of new demand in 2010 and 2011 was for Class A office space, the premium category, according to research by CoStar Group, a real estate analytics firm.
Uptown grabbed most of that – 48 percent, or 1.1 million square feet. Ballantyne landed 27 percent of that demand, or 626,000 square feet, according to CoStar. But because Ballantyne is much smaller, it grabbed proportionately more than its market share.
While vacancy rates are higher in Ballantyne – 19 percent versus 13 percent in uptown – rents have recovered more dramatically. Ballantyne-area rents have exceeded pre-recession peaks, averaging $23.13 a square foot for Class A space, versus a previous high of $21.66, CoStar research shows. Uptown Class A rates remain well off pre-recession highs, averaging $24.40 a square foot compared to $34.26.
In November, Ballantyne lost out to uptown when Cincinnati-based Chiquita chose to relocate its corporate headquarters to the NASCAR Plaza. The company is expected to lease 150,000 square feet and will put its name on the sleek tower, which overlooks Interstate 277.
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Despite Ballantyne's history of attracting new headquarters, many brokers weren't surprised at the choice, because uptown had the urban feel Chiquita was used to and high visibility for its brand. Curran downplayed his company's loss, saying while he and his team worked to win the banana king to their turf, they focused more on highlighting Charlotte.
"We had a little bit of fun being what we characterize as runner-up in that contest," Curran said. "We knew we were in a role as much of being good stewards for the Chamber and winning them to Charlotte, as much as we were for winning them to Ballantyne."
Charlotte Chamber vice president of economic development Kati Hynes, who led the recruitment of Chiquita to Charlotte, said Ballantyne and uptown will likely go head-to-head more often in the future.
"It comes down to available space," Hynes said. "As long as (Ballantyne and uptown) both have available space, they are probably going to be competing against one another more."
Five years ago, Chiquita couldn't have come to uptown. There wasn't enough room.
Back then the center city had the nation's lowest vacancy rate at 3.1 percent – lower than Manhattan and Boston.
Since then, new skyscrapers such as the Duke Energy Center have opened. Banks have consolidated and laid off workers. Banks are also selling buildings and as new owners enter the market it could lead to more aggressive dealmaking, said Culbertson, the broker and consultant.
An example of how owners are scrambling to lure tenants away from one another: In November, SCOR Global Life Americas, formerly known as Transamerica Reinsurance Co., said it was moving from its namesake Transamerica Square building to the Bank of America Plaza at 101 S. Tryon St., owned by Behringer Harvard.
"They made it seem like the place to be," said Chesson of Trinity Capital, sister company to Trinity Partners, which marketed the space.
Veteran uptown broker Anne Vulcano said while the center city may compete more strongly for a few larger prospects, "generally tenants are predisposed to one type of environment or another." She said she doesn't see that changing.
"Just as a homeowner might see themselves in a specific type of house or neighborhood, tenants also have a 'vision' of their office space," said Vulcano, first vice president with CBRE Group Inc.
Some tenants, for example, will prefer to occupy a "trophy tower," or crave the high visibility available only in uptown, said Champion, the CoStar analyst.
"As the economic recovery gains traction, there will be less competitiveness between the two of them. Tenants will land where they would have otherwise," Champion said. "Now, you'll see fighting tooth over nail to get any new occupants they can possibly get."


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Published: Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 7:56 a.m.
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A bit of Sonoma Valley history was laid to waste Thursday by a furious fire in El Verano that left the century-old structure known as Paul's Resort in ashes.
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Soaked and charred timbers, areas of blackened roofing and portions of redwood siding were all that remained by dawn atop the foundation of the 10,000-square-foot building across Verano Avenue from Maxwell Farms Regional Park.
A gaping hole opened to the sky above the dance area where generations of Sonoma Valley residents and out-of-towners kicked up their heels on Saturday nights in days gone by.
"It's like losing a family member," said Yvonne Marcucci-Thibault, who grew up on the property once owned by her father, Paul Marcucci Jr., and ran the poolside snack bar as a teen-ager.
"Part of our history is gone," said lifelong Sonoma Valley resident Laurie Udby, who resides in one of several tiny houses on the property. "That was part of the town a long time."
The resort was built in 1908 at the El Verano rail station 20 years after the Santa Rosa-Carquinez Railroad opened the way for visitors from San Francisco and elsewhere, drawn by local summer resorts, the geothermal hot springs that gave neighboring towns their names and, eventually, a proliferation of speakeasies in the area, according to local historians.
The place was owned and operated through Prohibition and the Depression by Paul Vannucchi, then sold during the war to Paul Marcucci, who, by coincidence, was able to run the business under the same name.
Marcucci and his wife, Eve, expanded the resort, adding a swimming pool, dance hall and, little by little, small guest houses that were rented sometimes for a night and sometimes for most of the summer, though now they serve as full-time residences.
A musician and composer whose claim to fame was the World War II tune "Remember Pearl Harbor," Marcucci entertained guests who came north from San Francisco, sometimes "playing the organ with one hand and the trumpet in the other," his daughter said.
Marcucci-Thibault said they lived in most of the units at some point while they were built, eventually moving into a larger ranch home at the front of the property.
Paul's underwent several incarnations through the years, serving as a resort, nightclub, restaurant, smorgasbord and discotheque. Marcucci-Thibault and her husband, Roland Thibault, bought the property in 1972 around the time her dad retired. It was boarded up about a decade after that after serving as a Moose Lodge, Thibault said.
The swimming pool out back has long since been filled in and is now overgrown with grass and shrubs. The railroad is no more, and cats are more common than resort guests these days.
But Roland Thibault had recently cleaned up and repainted the bar, dance floor and stage, bringing it back to life for a night of nostalgia Feb. 2 in honor of his wife's 70th birthday. They'd hoped to have more parties there.
"To walk in and have dinner and dancing — it was magical," Marcucci-Thibault said. "Then this ... It's hard to take."
Fire investigators were still trying to determine what started the 2:34 a.m. blaze, which was sending up huge mounds of flame and smoke before fire crews could get on scene, Sonoma Valley Fire Division Chief Spencer Andreis said.
The blaze was believed to have started in the front of the building and spread through the attic, where tight tongue-and-groove construction made access challenging and timber construction fueled the flames, Andreis said.
Udby said the height of the flames, the exploding glass and the thick smoke pouring from the building were frightening.
"I knew when I got up, it would be gone," Udby said.
Thirty-two firefighters battled flames for several hours and were still hosing down hot spots across the building's remains seven hours after the fire started, dumping enough water — 700,000 gallons, Thibault was told — that it flooded the neighboring Little League field once called Paul's Field, jeopardizing Saturday's opening day festivities.
Marcucci-Thibault said it was all still a shock.
"It's tough," she said. "It's going to take a few days to sink in, really. It is quite a loss."
Press Democrat photographer Conner Jay contributed to this report.
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JOPLIN, Mo. —
There are enough beautiful days here and there to give a girl the gardening itch. Sure, it's safe to plant cool-weather seeds such as beets, greens and carrots or potatoes and onions, but I want more.
There's a way to grow food inside that is so easy. Even someone with a crunchy brown thumb can grow windowsill plants from their kitchen scraps.
There are lots of veggies that you already have in your fridge that can be regrown. It's so amazing. Romaine, celery and cabbage can all be lopped off as normal, but instead of composting the stumps pop them into a bowl of water. In just a couple of days you'll see new growth shooting out of the center. It's easy and fun for you and the kids.
I use a ton of romaine, so I regularly try to fit another romaine stump in the cereal bowl of water. It starts growing within a couple of days. Celery takes a little more time, but will grow celery stalks within a few weeks. Once roots are established on your stumps, go ahead and plant them in soil. Easy homegrown veggies!
Check your pantry for sweet potatoes and onions that have those knobby little growths, indicating that you've had them for too long. No problem! Go ahead and chop them up for cooking, but save the chunks with growths. Put the chunks in water and wait for roots to appear, or just pop them in soil. Garlic is even easier. Just plant a clove in the garden. It will grow a bulb if you cut back the green tops occasionally. All of its energy will be focused on growing a big, beautiful bulb. I particularly love regrowing green onions. Snip off what you want to use, and they'll regrow the green before you know it.
Ginger and pineapple can be regrown as well. A little more time is invested, but you'll be rewarded with a beautiful plant while you wait for the prize. Cut off a hunk of fresh ginger, and plant it in soil with the little buds facing up. It will grow roots, a pretty plant and an entire new rhizome. Pull up the whole thing when you're ready to harvest and start again.
Pineapple is super fun to grow. Twist the top off of a very ripe pineapple and remove the fruit until you have green spikes with little roots. Remove some of the leaves at the bottom, plant them in soil and water regularly until the plant is established. You'll see new growth within a few weeks. Eventually an adorable baby pineapple will appear in the middle. It will take about two years to fully mature, but if you're willing to give it the time, the reward will be so sweet.
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Celery and parsnip soup
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
9 cups celery stalks (about 2 bunches), thinly sliced
2 cups parsnips (about 12 ounces), finely chopped and peeled
11/2 cups chopped green onions
1 large garlic clove, chopped
1 thin round fresh ginger, peeled
6 cups homemade chicken stock or canned low-salt broth
Melt butter in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add next five ingredients. Cover; cook 10 minutes. Add 6 cups stock; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer uncovered until vegetables are very tender, about 15 minutes.
Working in batches, puree soup in blender until very smooth, adding celery leaves to each batch. Return to pot. Thin with more broth if desired. Season with salt and pepper.
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1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
4 whole ripe tomatoes, chopped into bite-size pieces
1 large cucumber, chopped
1/2 whole red onion, sliced very thin
30 whole-pitted Kalamata olives, cut in half lengthwise
6 ounces crumbled feta cheese
Fresh parsley, roughly chopped
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 clove garlic, minced
6 whole Kalamata olives (extra), chopped fine
1/4 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 whole lemon, for squeezing
Add chopped lettuce, tomato wedges, cucumber chunks, onion slices, halved Kalamata olives, half the feta and the parsley to a large bowl.
Combine olive oil, vinegar, garlic, salt, pepper and chopped olives in a bowl. Whisk together until combined. Taste and adjust seasonings. Add a little sweetener of your choice if needed.
Pour dressing over salad ingredients, then add salt and pepper. Toss with tongs or clean hands. Just before serving, top with additional feta and squeeze a little lemon juice over the top.
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Ginger pineapple fried rice
2 cups uncooked brown basmati rice or whole-grain of your choice
3 tablespoons grape seed, canola, peanut oil or other high smoke-point oil
3 tablespoons finely minced fresh peeled ginger
5 scallions (white and pale green parts separated from greens), finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 cup diced fresh pineapple
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Rinse rice in several changes of cold water in a large bowl until water runs clear. Drain in a colander. Place rice in a 4-quart heavy saucepan, then add water (amount according to the instructions on the package) and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cook, covered, again according to the package instructions, usually 15-20 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand, covered and undisturbed, 5 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork and let cool to almost room temperature. Chill, covered with plastic wrap, at least 4 hours.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of the oil to coat the bottom of the pan. When oil just begins to smoke, stir fry ginger, white and pale green parts of scallions, and salt until fragrant, about 1 minute.
Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil to the pan. Crumble rice into the pan and stir fry until lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from heat, then add scallion greens, pineapple and sesame oil, tossing to combine. Season with salt.
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ANNETTA – The Town of Annetta isn't expected to shut down despite failing to pass a budget by the beginning of the fiscal year.
City council members Bruce Moore and Larry Wood failed to show up at a special meeting Oct. 1, called for the purpose of discussing and adopting a city budget. The meeting was a specially called meeting, and council lacked a required quorum of members present to conduct city business.
Though state law requires the city to adopt a budget by Oct. 1, the city likely won't be penalized for not doing so, according to Mayor Bruce Pinckard, who said that the city's attorney told him there are no known consequences.
Council member Chuck Sheridan said the city would continue to pay its bills.
The council attempted to discuss and adopt a budget on Sept. 19. However, in the middle of budget discussion, a passing thunderstorm caused the power to go out in the area, leaving the city hall building in the dark.
Wood and Moore said they could make the Oct. 1 meeting when the council discussed rescheduling, Pinckard said.
By the time public notice requirements are met, it would nearly be time for the city's regular meeting on the third Thursday of the Monday, the mayor said, adding that they will schedule adoption of the budget for the council's Oct. 17 regular meeting.
The city wanted to get an earlier start on the budget, according to Pinckard, but the budget process was delayed because the city did not have a city secretary until well into the summer.
After starting in his position near the end of July, City Secretary Chad Roberts went back and reconciled every ledger, essentially performing an internal audit, according to city officials.
The city's proposed $166,000 general fund budget and $917,000 water and sewer fund budget are expected to fund items such as the purchase of an administrative building, improvements to the water and sewer systems, a comprehensive plan for the city, a payroll increase, a purchase of a city-owned vehicle for use by staff, and roadway funding.
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posted Nov 15 2012 3:38PM
People always complain when someone tries to push their beliefs, opinions or life choices on them… Elizabeth, the bride to be, is a vegan and wants to serve only vegan food at their wedding. Tristan is cool dealing with it when it's just him, but doesn't think that all of their guests should have to force down food they don't want to eat.
Slacker wants to know if she can be around meat or does it gross her out? Slacker figures the elderly at the wedding are going to hate Elizabeth. It is the bride's wedding day and not anybody else's. If Slacker had a bunch of pot smoker's for friends does he have to supply weed.
Elizabeth says they're also gonna have a huge open bar...The guys agree they're gonna need it.
Steve..."Eating meat is an instinct and not eating meat is a choice!" He wantas to know if they care if theer guests are comfortable? Steve swears he would know if someone used a non-meat substitute...Steve claims that people want to check the box either chicken, beef or fish when tyhey go to a wedding.
Slacker has had some vegan food that Steve wouldn't know didn't have any meat in it. Steve would like to contest it, but Slacker knows him too well.
Whose side are you on?
I say screw the guests, feed them some finger food and don't go out of your way to specialize the meals for anyone...Just make sure that the two of you eat because you will need all the energy you have to be able to survive the event that you have so hard to be successful. It's your day, do what you want. Don't worry about the rest of the people. Besides, Did I hear "Open Bar"?
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Sucess for Chartered Student, Amalia Chambers, who has been presented with an internationally recognised accountancy award.
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The new location combining the Toys 'R Us and Babies 'R Us brands will hold its grand opening Friday, Oct. 12 at 11801 W. Broad St. Giveaways, discounts, kid-friendly activities and visits from popular costumed characters will continue throughout the weekend, Oct. 12-14. In conjunction with the grand opening, the Toys 'R Us Children's Fund has awarded a $10,000 grant to Make-A-Wish Greater Virginia to support wish fulfillment in Richmond-area communities.
The Virginia Water Well Association (VWWA) recently donated a new water well to the ACE (Another Chance to Excel) Program. When ACE approached Curtis Drilling about the cost of a well for ACE's Urban Garden Program, owner Curtis Bordewyk decided to nominate ACE as the potential recipient of a new well gifted during the VWWA's Annual Training Day Event. The training day is designed to help the men and women engaged in the water well construction industry meet the challenges of the ever-changing technology used in well construction. On Sept. 28, at the Creighton Road campus of St. Paul's Baptist Church, 150 student drillers received instruction on well drilling and pump testing. VWWA then gifted the well, used in its demonstration, to ACE. The ACE Program is an organization that aids ex-offenders and disadvantaged youth with their transition back into the community.
On Saturday, Oct. 6, participating Southern States locations will offer specially marked "pink" items for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Use the store locator at http://www.southerstates.com to find a participating location.
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden raises admission $1
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden's admission has increased by $1 across all categories. Admission is now $12 for adults; $11 for seniors ages 55 and older; and $8 for children ages 3–12. Admission remains free for children ages 3 and younger and for members.
The last price increase was in 2011, before the Garden consistently hosted Butterflies LIVE! (which is included with admission). > Read more.
Garden tails
The threat of bad weather didn't keep visitors away from Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden July 10 for the facility's weekly Flowers After 5 event (which pairs music and food with a chance to stroll the garden) and its monthly Fidos After 5 (which allows dog owners to bring their pets with them to enjoy the evening). > Read more.
Western Henrico Rotary helps fund Midwives For Haiti Jeep
Thanks in part to a $10,000 gift from the Western Henrico Rotary Club, another bright pink Jeep modified to travel extremely rough terrain has been delivered to Midwives For Haiti so that more pregnant women in the quake-ravaged country will have access to prenatal care and a greater chance of surviving childbirth.
The funds were raised at the annual casino night held in February, club president Adam Cherry said. The Rotary Club also helped purchase the Virginia-based charity's first pink jeep three years ago. > Read more.
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'Top Chef' finalist to open Willow Lawn restaurant
A finalist in the Bravo television show Top Chef is bringing one of his four restaurant chains to Henrico County.
Bryan Voltaggio, who was the runner-up of the sixth season of Top Chef, (finishing second to his brother, Michael) and his business partner, Hilda Staples, will open their third Family Meal restaurant, at Henrico's Willow Lawn shopping center. The restaurant is expected to open early next year. > Read more.
US Army Field Band to perform in Henrico Aug. 3
The United States Army Field Band will present a free public performance at Deep Run Park in Henrico on Sunday, Aug 3 at 3 p.m.
Members of the band are soldiers who also serve as "musical ambassadors of the Army" and perform for schools and communities nationwide.
The Concert Band will be performing along with the Soldiers' Chorus. > Read more.
Weekend Top 10
Get up and dance – square dance, that is – with the Tuckahoe Square Dance Club tonight! More musical events this weekend include family-friendly karaoke at Aunt Sarah's Pancake House, the United States Army Field Band and Soldiers' Chorus Concert and the Henrico Teen Theatre Company's production of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Lockport Union-Sun & Journal — CAMBRIA — A 20-year-old member of the Lewiston Police Department's Explorer Post was killed in a motorcycle accident at the intersection of North Ridge Road and Church Road just after 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
Thomas J. Burley of Youngstown was pronounced dead at Mount St. Mary's Hospital, according to the Niagara County Sheriff's Office.
According to the Lewiston Police, Burley was on his way home from Firefighter 1 training on Church Road in the Town of Cambria when his motorcycle collided with a van head-on. He was in critical condition roadside and died from his injuries. The driver of the van, a 37-year-old woman, was not hurt.
Burley had been in the Lewiston Youth Explorer post for over three years and became the commanding Explorer. He was also part of the Air Force Military Police and an active member of the Youngstown Volunteer Fire Dept. He was a police officer with the Security Force of the 107th Air Wing.
Burley was planning on putting himself through the Military Police Academy in hopes of becoming an officer with Lewiston or Youngstown police departments.
The initial investigation at the scene indicated that the motorcycle, which was traveling west on North Ridge Road, crossed over the center line of the roadway and was struck by the minivan, which was traveling east on North Ridge Road.
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Baseball season is winding down and so is summer, as well as the month of July.
Congratulations to all the Mohall T-ballers, Pee Wees, and Midgets for another great season. You were fun to watch, and it was exciting to see how much you learned in a year. Keep practicing and you will be great baseball players when you get older. A big thanks to the Brackenburys - Wayne, Shania, and Calli, and Emily Abernathey for all your hard work and dedication to the baseball programs.
Also, congratulations to the Renville County Mallards on their 3rd place finish at the Babe Ruth Tournament held this past week in Lansford.
The fastpitch season wrapped up as well this week. Nice to see the girls back on the field -- was too bad all their games were in Minot though, as it made for a lot of traveling. Thanks Jay and Jesse for taking on this task.
Good luck to the Legion team as they moved into their Regional Tournament this week at Garrison.
Happy anniversary to cousins, Lindsay and Chris Olson in SD on July 24th. Love and get well wishes go out to my godmother, Aunt Betty, who was in the hospital and now home under Hospice care. Your are in my prayers!
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Neither Ian Miller, Dave Vitovich nor Charles DiFalco has ever served on Johnstown City Council.
That could help or hurt them in the upcoming election.
Three of their opponents in the May 21 Democratic Party primary – Rose Howarth, Pete Vizza and Marie Mock – are incumbents. The other office-seekers in the nine-person field – Anthony "Red" Pinizzotto, Nunzio Johncola and Jack Williams – all served at least 10 years on the board before stepping down and then deciding to run again.
Those six have all played roles in shaping the city's economic and political climate.
Voters happy with the current state of affairs could support any of them. Unsatisfied constituents might look to Miller, Vitovich and DiFalco as alternatives.
"I don't have the name recognition that six of the other people have, but, on the other hand, I'm thinking that actually might work for me," Miller said.
Miller, a technical publications specialist, is president of Moxham Renaissance, a group dedicated to improving that Johnstown neighborhood.
He supports building a city-owned waste-to-energy plant, expanding neighborhood initiatives, strictly enforcing nuisance ordinances, developing small-scale wind, solar and hydro-electric projects and asking Conemaugh Health System to donate medical services, specifically dental, to needy citizens in place of increasing its payment in lieu of taxes contributions.
Miller feels Johnstown could benefit from working to attract multiple small- to medium-size businesses instead of waiting for another large company, such as Bethlehem Steel, to "come in and take care of us."
"People tend to think about things in terms of their past experience, rather than stopping to analyze the situation as it is and trying to come at it from a different approach," said Miller, who has not accepted any outside funding.
Vitovich is a former member of Greater Johnstown School District's Board of Education.
He spent three decades in the city's public works department.
"With my experience working with the city and knowing what this city was before and how everything works, I could be a connection to everything that's going on in the city," he said.
Vitovich has frequently discussed his desire to address issues of crime and blight. He was inspired to run when, following a shooting in Moxham, he heard an elderly woman talking about being afraid to leave her house.
"Why should these people be afraid to live their lives? Why should they be afraid to go to an event, to go out? That's not Johnstown," said Vitovich, before adding, "Something has to be done because it's out of control."
DiFalco has expressed similar feelings about crime.
"My main topic that I want to address is to have safety in our neighborhoods and return that back to our community where the people walking around feel safe," DiFalco said.
"I have a couple ideas with that, regarding dealing with our housing authority issues and our Section 8 issues. There are some different ways that we could maybe make things better. As far as our halfway houses, I'm a firm believer in helping people recover and getting better through their addictions and getting over it. I just don't think that Johnstown may be a real good place to set it up here. They need a place where they can be successful, get a job and keep their minds off their addictions."
DiFalco is a GJSD attendance officer.
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George Washington's Generals & Freemasonry
The purpose of this webpage is to present information about which of the Generals in George Washington's Continental Army were Freemasons.
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Becoming a Twitter user can be an arduous task. You have to go through the steps of setting up an account, creating a profile, uploading a picture and then hardest of all, you have to find accounts to follow that interest you.
For many Twitter users, that's a process akin to looking for shells on the beach. There are a lot of choices, but some are much better than others. And once you've found a solid group of users to follow, Twitter becomes an excellent way to streamline the news you want to know.
At Columbia Patch, we use our Twitter account, @ColumbiaPatch, to send out links to our stories, break news and interact directly with our readers. But we also follow a number of accounts that keep us updated on issues affecting Columbia, Howard County and Maryland. Here is a list of some of the accounts that have helped me, as a journalist new to Columbia, keep up with local news:
@CNSmd – Capital News Service, MD, tweets updates from reporters covering the state government in Annapolis.
@ColumbiaFDdn – The Columbia Foundation's account details its latest work around Howard County and upcoming events.
@CA_intheNews – Provides links to news stories written about the Columbia Association as well as updates on upcoming events. Great way to stay informed about the activities of the Columbia Association.
@hocorising – Twitter feed maintained by Columbia Association board member and community blogger Tom Coale. He covers Columbia and Maryland politics from a local angle. His blog is located at http://www.hocorising.com/.
@howchowblog – If you want to find a good bar, the latest info on new restaurants, or solid food tips, then follow this great local food blog's account.
@GovernorOMalley – The official Twitter account of Gov. Martin O'Malley keeps followers up to date on state issues. The feed is maintained by Zoe Pagonis, new media manager for the governor, but O'Malley occasionally tweets directly.
@JessieX – Jessie Newburn, a Columbia Association spokesperson and GenX blogger, tweets about social trends, technology and what's happening in her life.
@explorehoward – Explore Howard tweets links to articles and breaking news from throughout the county.
@LisaARossi – Lisa Rossi is the associate regional editor for 12 Patch websites in Maryland, including Columbia. She tweets often about big news stories in Howard County.
@columbiacompass – Bill Santos, a member of the Wilde Lake village board and Columbia Compass blogger, uses this account to tweet about local elections and city news.
@macsmom - Local teacher Julia McCready updates her account with a personal perspective on local issues.
@hocoblogs - An aggregation account that links to new blog posts about Howard County.
@MerriweatherPP – The Twitter account for the Merriweather Post Pavilion tweets information about upcoming shows and announces ticket sales.
And of course, other local Patches.
@EllicottPatch - Ellicott City Patch, maintained by editor Brandie Jefferson.
@SavGuilfrdPatch - Savage-Guilford Patch, run by editor and frequent Columbia Patch contributor Brian Hooks.
@ElkridgePatch - Elkridge Patch's feed is updated by editor Elizabeth Janney.
We've probably missed some of your favorites, so if you follow local people on Twitter and enjoy their feed, please share them with your friends, neighbors and fellow Patch readers in the comments.


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A bill giving parents more say in the fate of failing schools passed the House over bipartisan opposition Thursday and now heads to the Senate, where it died last year on the final day of session.
The measure (HB 867), part of a package of education bills approved Thursday, passed the House on a 68-51 vote.
Crossing party lines to oppose the measure were seven Republicans: Rep. Halsey Beshears of Monticello, Rep. Mike Fasano of New Port Richey, Rep. Tom Goodson of Titusville, Rep. Ed Hooper of Clearwater, Rep. Travis Hutson of Elkton, Rep. Holly Raschein of Key Largo and Rep. David Santiago of Deltona.
House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, said he was pleased the bill passed, and brushed off questions about the opposition from members of his own party.
"We didn't whip it at all," he said. "It was one of those bills where we let members vote how they want to vote."
Commonly known as the "parent trigger" bill, the proposal would allow parents to petition their school district to consider a specific turnaround option for a school that receives an "F" on the state report card for two consecutive years. If the district rejects the parents' plan in favor of another one, the State Board of Education would choose which plan would be implemented.
The debate in the House largely followed the well-worn paths of the past two years, with Republicans saying the bill promotes parent involvement in schools while Democrats argued that the bill would allow well-funded for-profit education companies to bankroll petition efforts and take over a school.
"Let's recognize that while failing schools abandon children, parents never do. ... And so, if schools are unwilling to change, we have a moral obligation to force that change," said Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach.
Rep. Cynthia Stafford, D-Miami, argued that parents aren't the only ones with a stake in what happens to a school.
"The alumni, the business community, the church in the community, the residents in that community all have a vested interest in that school," she said. "The bill allows a group of parents to change the status of a given school forever, not just while their own child is there."
Attention turned quickly to the Senate, which defeated the bill on a tie vote last session.
"Now it's up to the Florida Senate to kill this bill which puts corporations before parents, students, and teachers," said Scott Arceneaux, executive director of the Florida Democratic Party. "We must not let partisan politics cloud our children's futures."
But supporters say the fight in the Senate will be different in two respects. First, many of the renegade Republicans who voted against the measure -- including Fasano -- are no longer in the Senate. Second, the bill last year was different, Senate President Don Gaetz said, because it didn?t cast the petition as a recommendation.
The initial draft of last year's bill would have required school districts to implement a plan backed by a majority of the parents at a school, but that was softened to a recommendation in later drafts.
"So the fact that we have 15 new senators and the fact that the bill is not the same means that I think last year's vote is not necessarily a telltale of how the vote will come out this year," said Gaetz, R-Niceville.
The House also approved several other education measures Thursday, including one (HB 7029) aimed at opening the state to more online education providers. Democrats slammed the measure for cutting the funding for the Florida Virtual School and for doing away with a provision requiring online education providers to be based in Florida to receive state funding.
"They could be in China, they could be in India, they could even be in North Korea," said Rep. Irv Slosberg, D-Boca Raton.
Republicans dismissed those criticisms as fear-mongering, saying that the State Board of Education would still have to approve any online education provider. And they said Democrats were missing the point.
"This bill is not about providers," said Rep. Manny Diaz, R-Hialeah. "This bill is about children."
The bill was approved 82-37.


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Why does Maine Prairie need a Town Hall?
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Why does Maine Prairie need a Town Hall?
At the last annual meeting, March 8, 2011, as part of the discussion regarding the Town Hall, a 24-4 vote was in favor of pursuing a new space in which to conduct Township business.
The Township needs a space:
* where Township business can be conducted not in someone's home, as it is today;
* where regular business hours can be established to better serve Maine Prairie residents;
* where the Township has unlimited access;
* where Township business can be conducted without the interruptions of others' meetings, fire calls, etc.;
* that provides accessible, fireproof storage protection of 150 years' worth of Township records (instead of residences and granaries, as is presently the case);
* that provides adequate storage of other Township assets like signs, posts, voting machines, culverts, and more (all stored in numerous privately-held locations).
* that provides adequate space for Primary, General and Township Elections, and the Township annual meeting.
* that provides sufficient parking.
The Township has received a generous gift of land for the purpose of locating a Town Hall. This site is in the SE corner of Highway 15 and Dellwood Road.
Kimball Fire Hall is NOT the Maine Prairie Town Hall. The Kimball Fire Hall is solely owned by the City of Kimball, NOT by the Township.
The Township has the legal option to enter into a contract with the City of Kimball and add on space to the existing Kimball Fire Hall.
Join us at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, for a Town Hall Open Meeting.
Bring your comments, concerns, suggestions, and questions!
Prepared by the Maine Prairie Town Hall Committee as directed by the Board of Supervisors.
Published in the Tri-County News Thursdays, Aug. 18 and Sept. 15, 2011.
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by May 6, 2014
What I knew then… I heard a statistic yesterday that the average smartphone user is never more than three feet away from their phone. I am not sure I find this good, bad or I'm just indifferent, but it does play into our need as consumer and B2B market researchers to expand our delivery options. The...read more
by March 11, 2014
Last Thursday, I hosted the Crimes in Survey Design webinar. We had many great questions come in that we unfortunately did not have time to get to, but have answered below! If you missed the webinar or would like to watch it again, the recording is available here. What is the ideal rating scale: 5...read more
by February 3, 2014
Communities are a key component to a successful life and modern society. Nowhere is this truer than in marketing and especially so in consumer and B2B marketing research. Online survey platforms, at least the lower end of the market, have been great for driving one off projects. It isn't until you...read more
by February 18, 2014
As mentioned in a previous post there are several survey-based methods for testing the market's perception of price. Monadic price testing in one such method. In monadic price testing the respondent sees one price and is asked to state his or her purchase intention at that price point. This design...read more
by January 24, 2014
We live in a do-it-yourself age. This DIY focus is what home improvement stores such as Lowes and Home Depot have built their empires on. The same is true for the countless auto part stores catering to the DIY guy (or gal). Online survey platforms of all shapes and sizes have brought the DIY fervor...read more
by December 19, 2013
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Which way did he go? This is an excellent question and one that is useful for guiding survey design. Where we elect to send people after they complete our survey is a matter that should not be taken lightly. In this case I believe it is important that we finish strong. In the Cvent online survey...read more
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In a recent post we examined the use of numerical data versus ordered ranges. Both methods certainly have their advantages and limitations. Numerical data allows you the ability to apply a full range of statistical tests and the option of creating numerous categorical ranges. In short, it is a...read more
by November 15, 2013
There are many ways to get to the truth. This is certainly the case when it comes to questionnaire design. One of the areas I am frequently asked to comment on is the best method for capturing numerical data such as income or weekly budget for groceries. This nugget of truth has many paths leading...read more


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This Concept introduces students to discrete probability distributions
This video gives more detail about the mathematical principles presented in Probability Distribution.
This video shows how to work step-by-step through one or more of the examples in Probability Distribution.
Defines types of random variables and discusses probability distributions.
Guides you through designing a probability distribution for discrete random variables.
Constructing and Interpreting Probability Distributions
This lesson plan covers The Probability Distribution and includes Teaching Tips, Common Errors, Differentiated Instruction, Enrichment, and Problem Solving.
A list of student-submitted discussion questions for Probability Distribution.
To activate prior knowledge, make personal connections, reflect on key concepts, encourage critical thinking, and assess student knowledge on the topic prior to reading using a Quickwrite.
To stress understanding of a concept by summarizing the main idea and applying that understanding to create visual aids and generate questions and comments using a Concept Matrix.
Students will investigate why and how the SAT is scored to correspond with a normal distribution curve.
Students will investigate why and how the SAT is scored to correspond with a normal distribution curve. Answer Key.
This study guide looks at discrete probability distribution and random variables (and notation), the linear transformation of random variable, and characteristics (mean, standard deviation, expected value, standard deviation) of probability distributions.
These flashcards help you study important terms and vocabulary from Probability Distribution, Binomial Distributions and Probability, and Multinomial Distributions.


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Corporate America Is Hoarding Tons of Cash: Why In the World Would Obama Think About Giving Them More Tax Cuts?
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One would think that an almost daily barrage of grim economic news about working America might inspire a sense of urgency among policymakers, prompting them to think boldly about how to get the country moving again.
Meanwhile, the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index are sitting on a record $960 billion in cash -- the Wall Street Journal notes that "there is a cash crisis in corporate America—although it comes not from a shortage of the stuff, but from a surplus." Given that the federal government has been collecting the lowest share of the economy in tax revenues since 1950 during the past few years, one might also expect that giving American businesses more "tax relief" wouldn't be a terribly high priority.
But this is America, and the White House is reportedly courting big Wall Street donors to help finance Obama's re-election campaign, so it's considering the merits of offering a temporary cut in the payroll tax paid by businesses. It's an idea that might stimulate the economy a little bit and could well gain bipartisan support, but it's also fraught with risk and represents yet another sign that the administration has thrown in the towel in the larger debate over how to recover from a blistering recession.
The payroll tax finances Social Security and Medicare. It's divided evenly between employers and workers – each pay 6.2 percent. Last December, Obama cut a deal with the Republicans to give workers a break in 2011 – we're paying 4.2 percent this year – which put a few more dollars in people's pockets.
Businesses want a piece of the action as well. According to the Wall Street Journal , "For years, small-business advocacy groups have called for a payroll tax holiday for employers... The National Federation of Independent Business, a lobbying group in Washington, D.C., has been a vocal proponent" of the cut. So, there's a good chance of getting some GOP support for the measure.
No details have been released, and Bloomberg reports that the idea is "one of several" the White House is kicking around. Presumably, it would be a short-term measure like the employee-side tax break passed last year. "A cut in the employer side of the payroll tax could absolutely help accelerate job creation," Christine Romer, the former chair of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, told Bloomberg. "In addition to the usual beneficial effect on demand, this tax cut would make hiring less expensive."
And that's where the rationale goes off-track. The biggest problem facing the economy remains consumers' lack of appetite for spending money – lack of money to spend is a better way of putting it – and the employee-side break addressed that problem to a small degree. But businesses are sitting on tons of cash right now – corporate profits are at an all-time high. They're not hiring in this country because they don't see a lot of customers breaking down their doors to buy their goods and services. Instead, they're giving investors fatter dividends, buying up smaller firms and investing in their overseas operations – American multinationals are creating plenty of jobs abroad.
And while Romer is right that such a cut would make hiring people cheaper, that too appears to be a solution in search of a problem; incomes have been stagnant for a decade, and during 2009 and 2010 we saw the biggest two-year drop in labor costs (the combination of wages and benefits) since 1962-'63.
The White House's calculus is not difficult to gauge. Cutting the employer's payroll tax would have some small stimulative effect, it would just be a poor bang for the buck. The administration is looking at waging the 2012 campaign amid high unemployment, and they're willing to take whatever economic boost they can get past the GOP-led House and a potential Republican filibuster in the Senate. They've also decided that appearing "serious" about reducing the deficit is key to winning over independent voters.
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Winter is nearly here, and in the Midwest, that can mean anything from mild conditions and little snow to Arctic blasts and accumulations of more than a foot.
Regardless, experts say there is a good chance we will experience extreme winter weather sometime this the season, and they are urging residents to prepare now.
Weather Advance Storm Center is predicting a much colder than average winter and some snow in the Chicago area and the upper Midwest.
Severe winter weather can cause power outages, create dangerous driving conditions, not to mention dangerous wind-chill conditions. So the city is urging residents to have winter emergency kits for their homes and vehicles so they are prepared for winter's worst.
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service are encouraging people to prepare for winter emergencies now during Winter Storm Preparedness Month. The agencies joined with the American Red Cross to develop a downloadable Winter Weather Preparedness guide with tips for staying safe at home, on the road, at work or in school.
Download the guide at www.Ready.Illinois.gov.
Make a Kit for Home and the Car
According to Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service, a home emergency supply kit should be stocked with items to last for at least three days and should include a battery-powered weather alert radio, a flashlight, extra batteries, nonperishable food, water, a first-aid kit, extra medications and special items needed for babies, disabled or elderly family members and family pets.
They also suggest preparing a vehicle emergency kit to help stay safe and warm until help arrives. It should include a cellphone and charger, flashlight, extra batteries, first-aid kit, snack foods and water, blankets, extra clothing, gloves and hats, sand or kitty litter, shovel, windshield scraper and a tool kit.
Other Preparations for Winter
But there are other preparations residents should consider before the temperatures drop and the snow flies. Ice dams are a real hazard to homes, leading to roof and water damage and expensive repairs, according to a release issued recently by Amica Insurance.
Ice dams form as ice builds up along your roof, and they prevent water from melted snow and ice from draining off the roof and cause it to leak into your home, said Mike Gillerlane, a senior assistant vice president with Amica Insurance who urges people to take preventative measures now, before there is a problem.
Julie Rochman, president and CEO of the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, added "Where ice dams form, roof damage and water penetration into the attic are likely."
The resulting damage can be costly, so Amica and the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety offer these tips to help prevent ice dams from forming:
- Clean debris from gutters and drains to allow for proper drainage.
- Make sure the ceiling is airtight, so warm, moist air doesn't flow into the attic space.
- Increase ceiling and roof insulation to minimize the amount of heat that rises into the attic.
- Use weather-stripping around entryways to the attic, and seal around attic ducts, light fixtures, chimneys and fans to prevent heat from melting snow.
- If you are building a new home or re-roofing, the IBHS recommends installing watertight membranes under the roof covering to help prevent water from leaking through.
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4-star family-friendly Melbourne aparthotel near Federation Square
A stay at Fraser Place Melbourne places you in the heart of Melbourne, walking distance from Old Melbourne Gaol and Her Majesty's Theatre.
This 4-star aparthotel is close to Federation Square and Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Make yourself at home in one of the 115 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring kitchenettes with refrigerators and stovetops. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed. 32-inch LCD televisions with satellite programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a fitness center, or other amenities including wireless Internet access (surcharge) and concierge services. Additional amenities include babysitting/childcare (surcharge) and tour/ticket assistance.
Enjoy a bite to eat at a coffee shop/café, or stay in and take advantage of the aparthotel's room service (during limited hours).
Featured amenities include limo/town car service, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request).Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Fraser Place Melbourne Amenities
- General
The aparthotel offers a coffee shop/café. Public areas are equipped with high-speed wireless Internet access (surcharge). For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. This family-friendly aparthotel also offers a fitness center, a library, and tour/ticket assistance. Concierge services and limo/town car service can be provided.
Fraser Place Melbourne is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 115
- Number of floors - 13
- Coffee shop or café
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Wireless Internet access - surcharge
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Library
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Multilingual staff
- Room service (limited hours)
- Year Built 2010
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Wireless Internet access - surcharge
- Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Kitchenette
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Complimentary toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Satellite TV service
- Free Wi-Fi
- Dishwasher
- Stovetop
- iPod docking station
- Climate control
- Individually decorated
- Pillowtop mattress
- Dining
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
- Recreation
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Rock climbing nearby
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Fraser Place Melbourne Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time ends at 10 PM
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Special Instructions: Please contact the property ahead of time if you are planning to arrive after 10:00 PM.
- Check-out
Check-out time is 10 AM
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- No onsite parking is available.
24-hour check-in
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- Unless otherwise indicated, the charges below are not included in the overall room price. If not included in the overall room price, they will be charged by the property at check-in or check-out. Charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book. This property told us they will charge you for the following:
We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- All citizens of Australia will be charged the national value-added tax
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Breakfast fee: AUD 15 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): AUD 24.95 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Deposit: AUD 150 per stay
- Crib (infant bed) fee: AUD 15 per night
Awards & Affiliations
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- A Green / Sustainable Property - Third Party CertifiedThis property participates in Green Globe Certification, a third-party certification program that has been independently certified. Third-party certification measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy. An objective assessment of a company's sustainable tourism practices has been performed at this property by an auditor who is independent of the third-party certification program.
National Rating
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This property does not have an official STAR Rating from AAA Tourism Pty Ltd. For the benefit of our customers, we have provided a rating based on our rating system.


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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The athletic director at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has resigned.
In a university statement Monday, UWM Chancellor Mike Lovell calls Rick Costello a "hard-working, dedicated professional." Lovell says the change in leadership will not affect the school's commitment to a strong Division 1 program.
Costello was named athletic director in December 2010. His resignation comes as university officials conduct a review of the athletic department. Costello says he's enjoyed his time at UWM and wishes everyone well.
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Person Street Plaza will soon be the place to eat, drink and soak up the neighborhood.
Several new shops, including Yellow Dog Bread Co.; Wine Authorities; The Market Restaurant, Grocery & Catering; and Person Street Neighborhood Bar, are moving in the coming months to a spot at the corner of East Franklin and North Person streets, near downtown Raleigh. Each place has the goal of bringing together the surrounding communities of Oakwood and Mordecai.
We nailed it with this location, said Jeff Clarke, the operating manager of Person Street Neighborhood Bar, who recently signed a lease on a space at the plaza. It will be good to have a true neighborhood bar in Raleigh.
Yellow Dog Bread Company: First on the block is Yellow Dog Bread Company, a bakery and coffee bar thats set to open Friday.
Yellow Dogs menu will consist of lots of baked goods, including 10 to 13 varieties of artisan breads, such as sourdough, stick and walnut wheat, French baguettes, jalapeno cheddar, cinnamon raisin swirl and rustic multigrain.
The restaurant will have a peg bread wall that allows air to circulate around the breads so crusts dont get soggy, said Tanya Andrews, who co-owns the bakery with her husband, Matthew, the stores head baker.
Yellow Dog will also carry pastries, scones, croissants, cookies, muffins and seasonal items such as turnovers with apples from local farmers markets.
Everything is made completely from scratch, Andrews said.
The bakery will also serve products from other area businesses, including Slingshot Coffees Cold Brew, fresh-squeezed juices from Happy + Hale, Big Spoon Roasters nut butters and butter and milk from Homeland Creamery.
Prices will range from about $2 to $10. The 1,500-square-foot space has indoor seating for about 12 and room for six more outside.
You can kind of peek around the corner and see the maple shaping tables and the mixers, Andrews said. You can watch the bakers doing their jobs.
Yellow Dog is hosting a grand opening party at 6 p.m. Friday with free coffee, cookies, samples of bread and pastries, giveaways and raffles. Also, Craig Heffley, founder of Wine Authorities, will be on hand to offer wine samples.
Yellow Dog started operating in 2009 out of leased kitchen space at Stick Boy Bread Co. in Fuquay-Varina, and has sold its products on the wholesale market and at the Midtown Raleigh Farmers Market at North Hills since then.
Andrews is glad to finally be in a brick-and-mortar store, especially one near the Mordecai and Oakwood areas.
Were the new part of downtown, I think, Andrews said.
Yellow Dog, which will be easy to find with its big, bright, yellow door, is at 219 E. Franklin St., across from Oak City Cycling Project.
Wine Authorities: Wine Authorities, a popular Durham wine shop, is opening a second location at the Person Street Plaza this fall.
Founder Craig Heffley hopes his strong customer service and success with working with small independent wineries will carry into the Raleigh market.
Its worked great in Durham, so we wanted to kind of bring the same kind of philosophy over here, Heffley said. And I think it will take hold, especially in that area.
The new spot will feature about 500 different wines, all displayed with signs and staff-written descriptions of the winemakers, growing regions and the grapes from which the wines were made.
What we try to do is make the selections that we have really, really good, Heffley said. And that way we dont need to have as many.
The 3,000-square-foot store will have a tasting area with a bar that seats about 10 and a lounge that seats about 15 to 20 more.
The Raleigh Wine Authorities will mimic the Durham locations comfortable design, with bright lights and hand-painted maps hanging from the walls.
Heffley hopes to partner with his neighbors by carrying bread from Yellow Dog and offering his wines to places such as The Market Restaurant, Grocery and Catering.
I have been kind of in love with that area for almost a decade or so, Heffley said. Wine Authorities is at 211 E. Franklin St.
The Market Restaurant, Grocery & Catering: The Market Restaurant, Grocery & Catering, a restaurant and grocery store that will have a butcher, do its own canning and sell local items such as milk, eggs, bacon and beer, will reopen in the next few months when it moves to the plaza.
The store, which will be an expanded version of the original Market Restaurant that closed in March, hopes to be a place where neighborhood residents can come several times a week to shop and gather. It also aims to fill a void downtown by being a spot to shop for groceries.
The Market Restaurant, Grocery and Catering, a 5,500-square-foot space will seat about 115 to 120 people, and is at 209 E. Franklin St.
Person Street Neighborhood Bar: Person Street Neighborhood Bar, a place that aims to be a true neighborhood bar, recently signed a lease next to Yellow Dog Bread.
The business is still in the early planning stages, said operating manager Jeff Clarke. However, he and his co-owners chose the up-and-coming area for its neighborhood feel and the need for a bar in the area.
As far as the void were trying to fill, we feel like there are a lot of people in their 30s and 40s who dont have a place that they can walk or bike to and hang out with their friends, said Walker Bradham, the bars co-owner. Thats what were trying to plug.
Person Street Neighborhood Bar is at 805. N. Person St.
Black Lotus Tattoos, a shop that will offer tattooing, piercings and laser removals and touchups, opens Friday in Raleigh. The shop will also have a custom jeweler on staff. The 5,500-square-foot shop hopes to add its laser removal space by the end of December, when a building expansion is complete. Services cost about $100 an hour, but never more, Meyers said. .
Black Lotus is at 2900 Hillsborough St.
Stanbury, an eclectic restaurant with a modern American farm-to-table menu, has opened in downtown Raleigh. Stanbury is at 938 N. Blount St. Triangle Rock Club, an indoor rock-climbing gym, is opening its second location Friday. The 13,000-square-foot facility is at 6022 Duraleigh Road in Raleigh, next to Go Bananas Virtuoso Jewels, a jewelry store that offers custom-made jewelry, repairs, restorations and appraisals, has opened in Apex. The shop, which is open on Fridays and by appointment-only the rest of the week, is at 114-B N. Salem St., above Antiques on Salem Other End of the Leash Pet Boutique and Bakery will open Sept. 13. The shop will bake fresh treats daily, offer high-quality fairly traded food, nutritional supplements, beds and toys, as well as host workshops and special events. Other End of the Leash is at 1000 W. Main St. in Durham.
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HORSHAM, Pa., May 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Astea International Inc. (NASDAQ:ATEA), a global provider of service management and mobile workforce solutions, today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2014, Astea reported revenues of $4.8 million compared to revenues of $4.7 million for the same period in 2013. Net loss for the first quarter was $1.3 million or ($0.37) per share, compared to a net loss of $1.1 million or ($0.31) per share for the same period in 2013. Software license revenues were $0.5 million, equal to the same period in 2013. Service and maintenance revenues were $4.3 million compared to revenues of $4.2 million for the same period in 2013.
"We are definitely seeing more large, global organizations evaluating vendors based on breadth and depth of their offering, global footprint, domain expertise, and ability to help customers implement best practices, in our pipeline. We strongly believe that we are uniquely qualified to meet the mission-critical service transformation challenges and evolving needs of these global organizations," stated Zack Bergreen, CEO of Astea International. "Nevertheless, we are disappointed with our quarterly results. Several factors have contributed to this shortfall. One, while we are seeing this consistent increase in the number of larger engagements, they are typically accompanied with extended sales cycles. The second factor is the short term negative financial impact we experience due to the fact that some of our customers are deploying on the software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud model as opposed to the formerly traditional perpetual, on-premise license model. For these deployments, while we have many of our consultants and other professional services staff working on these projects, and our customers are being billed and paying on a monthly basis, the revenue from these activities is deferred until each of the customers go live, and even at that point revenue will be recognized ratably over the remaining term of the agreement."
Mr. Bergreen further stated, "The ongoing adoption rate of our cloud offerings remains positive, with the number of users increasing by 125% compared to last quarter. Monthly contracted recurring revenue increased 18% from last quarter. Even with the significant interest in our cloud solution, we still see strong demand for our on-premise delivery model from both new prospects and existing customers. We believe our ability to offer our solution in either model is a key differentiator, as is our ability to work well regardless of the particular ERP and/or CRM solutions that our customers have in place."
Mr. Bergreen concluded, "I'm very excited about our market, and the increased demand for service management and mobile workforce solutions. Our product leadership, compelling value proposition, definitive differentiation, and growing partner ecosystem reinforce our strong standing. We had many customers successfully go live this quarter with a combination of both new implementations as well as upgrades to existing deployments. Additionally, many customers who are in the process of implementing Astea software are expected to generate significant additional license sales after they go live. It is this visibility that allows us to look for continued progress as we move forward through 2014."
Astea will host a conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on May 15, 2014 at 4:30pm ET to discuss the Company's first quarter financial results. Investors can access the call from the Company's Web site at http://www.astea.com/about_investors.asp. To listen to the live call via the telephone, please call 1-800-895-0198. For calls from outside North America, please dial 1-785-424-1053. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call.
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Astea International (NASDAQ: ATEA) is a global provider of software solutions that offer all the cornerstones of service lifecycle management, including customer management, service management, asset management, forward and reverse logistics management and mobile workforce management and optimization. Astea's solutions link processes, people, parts, and data to empower companies and provide the agility they need to achieve sustainable value in less time, and successfully compete in a global economy. Since 1979, Astea has been helping more than 600 companies drive even higher levels of customer satisfaction with faster response times and proactive communication, creating a seamless, consistent and highly personalized experience at every customer relationship touch point.
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Man accused of stealing grill from Derry store is charged
Ruben Pabon of 17 Birch St., No. 2, in Derry was arrested on a warrant on Wednesday afternoon on charges of theft, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and endangering the welfare of a child, according to police captain Vernon Thomas.
On April 28, the police department received a report of a theft from Finders Keepers, with the manager reporting that a Grill Tech Grill and Fire Pit, valued at about $75, had been stolen from the front of the business.
"It showed that on April 26 at about 8:43 p.m., a man and a young boy walked up to the business, picked up the grill and walked away," said Thomas.
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Swim-In Cinema at Rosemeade Rainforest - July 25
Enjoy a poolside movie, Frozen, on Friday, July 25 from 7-10 p.m. at Rosemeade Rainforest Aquatic Complex (1334 E. Rosemeade Parkway). Tickets sold at the event. Open swim from 7 p.m. to dusk; movie from dusk until 10 p.m. The cost to attend is $5 for residents, $7 for non-residents and $3 for all children ages 4-6 (swim pass holders receive a $2 discount). For more information, call 972-466-9833 or visit cityofcarrollton.com/pools.
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