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Do you spend your spare time designing new outfits? Do you have a true passion for fashion? If so, the International Academy of Design & Technology can help you turn your hobby into opportunities. Our Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design degree program can help you develop the knowledge and skills you need to pursue success in this dynamic industry. The program offers an in-depth exploration of the design strategies and business competencies used by today's fashion designers.
Through this bachelor-level program, you can gain practical fashion design experience in a hands-on learning environment that supports both personal and educational growth. By taking a variety of fashion design courses, you can engage in the processes of apparel conceptualization, computer graphic illustration, garment construction and fashion marketing.
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Build cities, shape a world: Cities XL Platinum lets you design, build and link up cities of all shapes and sizes around the Cities XL planet!
Build more impressive cities than ever before! Cities XL Platinum offers a huge variety of over 1,000 buildings and constructions (including 50 brand new structures), that you can freely place on more than 60 gigantic maps, offering varied terrain and an incredible level of detail.
Take on the role of virtual mayor and find solutions to the problems faced by modern city planners like energy shortages and public transportation. Answer the growing needs of your citizens and find the perfect balance between various services such as housing, recreation, and employment. Specialize your cities and set up a trade network with neighboring towns to ensure large-scale financial success with an increasingly complex network of cities!
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Answer the needs of the citizens: employment, housing, recreation, and more
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Fun city building game, but laggyWoundead | Oct. 12, 2013 | See all Woundead's reviews »
Fun game that lets you build a city. Similair to the Sim city series.
If you like this type of games I would recommend it.
Fun gameplay and graphics are nice for this type of game.
There are some performance issues though that (often) happends after you have played for and extended amount of time (2-3h+). But sometimes it occurs even around the 1h mark. The easist fix to this problem is the restart the game. But sometimes even this seem to resolve the issue.
There are some great mods for this game, and as for starters I recommend at least the "User Interface Mod"
Nice game but the optimization...fussioman | Oct. 10, 2013 | See all fussioman's reviews »
I experienced some problems on my PC but the game itself is good and in my case, I just had to restart it after about 2-3hours of play and it worked fine again - it was about FPS drops and I experienced a couple of other less bugs.
I think this game is more realistic than SimCity and because of that a little bit better ! I have the platinum version of the game and I'm really happy that I bought it but I think it's more wise to buy the cheaper copy.
The graphics are really detailed and the gameplay was good to me for about 2 hours, after this I experienced the mentioned earlier lags and I had to restart the game.
So overall, the game is really nice and if not the problems I had with the bugs and lagging I would give it 70 over here.
A rival for Sim City!Solosmoke | Sept. 16, 2013 | See all Solosmoke's reviews »
I held off getting this game because in the past, most city sim games have proven to be lacking, the latest installment by Maxis included, but after the let down with the latest Sim City I thought I'd give this a go and wow! I haven't regretted it yet.
Does it have bugs? Yes, but so does Sim City 4 and Sim City 2012 and are easily overlooked. The detailing is incredible, the dynamics are immense, the replayability is definitely there! And another great part is that it has tons of mods available on various sites which increase the games beauty and variety.
Game is quite good but...xxmakabrax | July 6, 2013 | See all xxmakabrax's reviews »
Yes this is true that game suffer from bugs and memory leaks, but what is most interesting that not for everyone one. Looks like for certain pc specs the game works better and on some the game doesnt even want to run properly. I didnt have a slight problem with the game, can play for hours and nothing happens, sometimes after like 5h of continous playing i just need to restart it to make it work properly.
If you want a city that is on based on sims and you dont want to be limited by small plot size this game is good choice. But dont buy Platinium, maybe you can find much cheaper 2011 or 2012 which is the same game just without some buildings that you can easly add to the game with mods that are fully functional, just visit sites like XLNation.
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The game suffers from bug and memory leaks that were in pre-existing iterations of the cities xl. With the memory leak, the game basically becomes unplayable after 1 hour due it dropping down to 1-5 fps. Bear in mind Focus Home Interactive is aware of this and HAVE NOT FIXED IT.
The release of this game is a shamless attempt to get money for people impatiently waiting for SimCity coming out next month.
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Check List for Guest of Undergraduates
Make arrangements for lodging.
Because hotel and motel space in the Worcester area is at a premium this time of year, we urge you to make your reservations as soon as possible. Click here for a list of local accomodations.
The Worcester State University Undergraduate Commencement will take place in the DCU Center arena (Major Taylor Blvd.).
Any guest with a VIP pass should present it to the ushers upon arrrival in order to be directed to your seats. Please remember to bring your VIP pass for admitance to the VIP seating area.
Decide who will attend the Undergraduate Commencement.
There typically has been no limit to the number of guests each graduate may invite to the undergraduate commencement. No admission tickets are required. However, in deciding whom you will invite to the ceremony, we urge you to consider the special needs of the elderly and the physically impaired. You must take into consideration that a large crowd will be gathering for the ceremony.
Traditionally, many graduates have used their Undergraduate Commencement invitations as announcements to send to family and friends who cannot attend the ceremony. Students are responsible for picking up their invitations at the Student Center Information Desk at the end of April.
Notify the Office of Disability Services in advance if a member of your party needs to order priority-seating tickets from the Disability Services Office (DSO).
The DSO is coordinating priority seating for your guests who have a disability, such as mobility, hearing or vision impairments. We will distribute up to five DSO priority-seating tickets to each graduate so that your family/friends may sit together. In order to receive these tickets, you must contact Fran Manocchio, director of the DSO, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 508-929-8238. Fran will need your name, the names of your guests, the nature of disability (to ensure proper seating), and a phone number where you can be reached.The tickets will be available in early May 2014. You may go to the Disability Services Office in the Helen G. Shaughnessy Administration Building, Room 131 (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), or if you prefer, she can mail the tickets to you. Please indicate your preference when you contact Fran. Instructions detailing any pertinent logistics will be included with your tickets.
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AzTAP's 16th Annual Assistive Technology Summer Institute
The only statewide Assistive Technology conference is scheduled for July 21 & 22 at the Arizona Grand Resort. There are so many great reasons to attend AzTAP's 16th annual Assistive Technology Summer Institute, including:
- A diverse and exciting schedule of local and out-of-state presentations on a wide range of topics related to AT in the public schools
- A vibrant vendor hall with more than 50 AT vendors
- Keynote speakers Haben Girma and Carolyn Phillips
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Struggling Adolescent Readers with Anita Archer
Middle school is a critical period for students facing reading difficulties. It is in grades six through eight that struggling readers may fall seriously behind their peers, jeopardizing their chances for success in high school and beyond. Yet, despite the importance of their task, middle school teachers are often forced to use reading curricula that are outdated, impractical, or simply do not work.
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Resident Assistants (RAs) are student staff members for the Office of Residence Life. As an RA, you provide assistance, information, help and support to resident students. RAs have a lot of enthusiasm, commitment and flexibility to work in the residence halls' dynamic and changing environment.
RAs live on campus in one of the wings or units in the residence halls. An RA position is for one year and those who would like to come back again as an RA may do so by reapplying each year.
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- Familiarizing residents with residence hall rules and regulations, as well as the rights and responsibilities of residents.
- Assisting with the enforcement of rules, rights and responsibilities.
- Helping students maintain an environment conducive to learning.
- Being on call to respond to emergency situations on a rotating basis from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. daily.
- Acting as liaisons between residents and the Office of Residence Life.
- Assisting in the development of social and educational activities.
- Facilitating student-to-student and student-to-staff interaction.
- RAs receive free room if placed in an apartment or residence hall room and a $600/year stipend with a $100.00 increase for each year returning.
- RAs in the Residence Hall must have a meal plan.
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if you like airline food, this is a place for you – I should have read the rewievs !
Unfortunatley we did go to Il Valentino. We should have left noting the the empty dining room on our arrival or at any time soon after :
like when the bread arrived lightly toasted to mask being a day old
or when the appetizer was served slapped on the plate school cafeteria style
or when the highly recommended fish special of the day was heralded by a strong , not too pleasant odor from the other side of the room. It turned out to be inedible and possibly all together a different species than described ; prepared a different way-when we complained the waiter mumbled something resembeling sorry and offered to bring potatoes what were supposed to be in the entree. It was also 50% more expansive than anything else on the menu-unknown to us.
Any decent restaurant would have offered a replacement meal-the whole fish was returned on the plate-or at least a drink on the house.
The other daily special turned out to be a salt ladden green mush, called risotto ;neary a grain of rice identifiable in it.
At the end they refused to take credit cards for payment.
So , I have learned my lesson- next time i read the reviews before making reservations !!
Big pass and better of somewhere else – I eat out often and like to give a restaurant a couple of tries before deciding on the quality. I usually give good reviews but am convinced that this place if it wasn't part of a hotel would have long ago been shut down. I went for dinner on a Thursday and a couple of weeks later on a Friday evening and there were barely anyone there with a low lighting to suggest either no one wanted to be seen or so the guests couldn't see how empty the place was. Service was terrible with the most effort spent on trying to have us buy more and more wine. Obviously to hide the quality of the food. This place is way understaffed it seems as well and the attitude seems to be more of annoyance than helpfulness. The food was ok but the veal was nothing that any well regarded restaurant in town couldn't beat. A friend had the calamari and thought it was chewy. The salads were marginal each time. The desserts were ok but nothing worthwhile. My dinner companions both evenings felt the same way and we all vowed never to go back. There are just too many great italian places in NYC to enjoy a great meal without lousy service, ok food and an outrageous bill. The best part was the wine. This hotel should shut it down and bring in a good restaurant. Also very perplexed as to the good reviews for this place, either it is filled with octogenarians who have no taste buds or people who drank so much wine they could have been fed twinkies and thought it was filet mignon.
Old School – I eat here a lot... here is the low down... Its an older crowd wearing sport coats... YOU dont have too as far as i know, but thats the scene. When I go I dont wear one and they dont say anything. NOW if you like old fashioned and clarinet music and dont mind and over 60 crowd which me 31 does not mind sometimes this is the place for YOU. Great food, great service and wonderful entertainment by who i think is the owner.
A More Than Pleasant Surprise! – We just moved into the neighborhood and this place is virtually next door to us. So, we decided to try it the other night not expecting anything but a nearby, OK Italian meal. What a surprise! First off, the restaurant is a pretty, understated room that has a very comfortable feel. Then, the comfort level continues to rise when your waiter and waitstaff begin to serve you. They are professional, pleasant and very efficient. And, when the food comes out, you're in for another surprise! It's delicious! The best carpaccio plate I've ever had, a duck special and orichiette with veal sausage were all top-drawer! Deserts are a little on the "standard" side (tira mi su, Italian cheesecake) but, overall, the meal, service and ambience were terrific! Oh, by the way! There's great easy-listening music provided by Sol Yaged to round out the experience. What a package!
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My daughter will be attending this school this upcoming school year. So far we are looking forward to the new year. The staff and principals have been wonderful so far. My daughter will be a 6 grader this year.
My school has a religious foundation and family oriented. It has a very friendly and knowledgeable staff. The school has standard based curriculum and high testing scores. The students are very polite and respectful of each other and visitors.
What makes St. Augustine Catholic School unique is its nurturing, close-knit family environment. The curriculum pushes students to their optimal level and core values such as honesty, respect and responsibility are instilled in all students so that they have the "life-skills" to be future leaders of tommorrow. Overall, I am grateful that my daughter and son attend St. Augustine Catholic School because I'm certain that their educational experience will bring out the best in them and exceed expectations.
As a parent, I am so thankful to have found St. Augustine for my pre-schooler. Not only is the academic curriculum excellent, but also, and even more importantly, the environment is warm, caring and nurturing. I was looking for a school that teaches the basics like phonics and grammar, and yet is adept to our changing world. I found this at St. Augustine's Catholic School. The bonus is that the values, morals, consideration and love we are teaching our child is being reinforced and exemplified while she is in school. All this at a very reasonable tuition for what you and your child receive.
The decision to place your child in a private or public school is personal. I would suggest St. Augustine Catholic School to any parent who wants their child to be in a well integrated environment on an academic, social and spiritual level for a very reasonable price. The most important investment you can make is in your child. I have spoken to other parents and have done the research as well, What St. Augustine offers is unmatched for the price. The before and aftercare is also great with varied activities that appeal to varied interests. Along with what is happening for us individually the school is continuing to blossom into a strong unit collectively. There is a strong Home School Association (HAS) and the drive of the parents to support their children and school as a whole is at a high point. Thankfully, Father Pat, Sister Gloria and the entire staff care and they continue to do everything to help our son and students overall to reach the highest level of development. The support has been there on every level and we humbly thank God for the work that is being done.
I am a high school student who graduated from St. Augustine a few years ago. I always found that the teachers were there to give me extra help when I needed it. I am now attending one of the best high schools in the city, and St. Augustine helped prepare me.
I am the parent of a St. Augustine School alumnus, and I also have a child who is a current student at the school. St. Augustine prepared my son for success in high school because when he had to take Algebra II as a high school freshman, he had already taken Algebra I at St. Augustine. My son is attending a very rigorous high school in DC, and St. Augustine effectively prepared him to do well.
The early childhood K-3 program at St. Augustine is absolutely rock solid and phenomenal. I don t know how Sister Gloria put together such a stellar team, but it is nothing short of brilliant. For those of you who have children in Mrs. McDonald s Pre-K and Miss Latney s Kindergarten; hold on to your hearts because you are in for a real educational treat. Here s how the early childhood journey goes. Mrs. McDonald s incredible talent nurtures confident babies who become literary, mathematical and scientific blue ribbon geniuses. Yes the babies can read, manipulate numbers and conduct experiments when they leave her nurturing class! Mrs. McDonald then delivers future blue ribbon students to the extraordinarily gifted Miss Latney in Kindergarten. Miss Latney puts on the finishing touches and delivers polished young intellectuals for a phenomenal hand off to Ms. Wilson s first grade! I am now super excited about the great possibilities of first grade and what s on the horizon for St. Augustine this year. I can hardly wait to see the prodigies that will unfold under Miss Wilson s tutelage.
I have three children who attend Saint Augustine in grades 1, 3, and 7th. I believe in Saint August Mission and I have confidence in the leadership of the Principal. However, some of the teachers are entrenched in their ways and are not willing to learn newer methods of teaching. What is lacking is motivation. The dullest moment at Saint Augustine is the Assembly. Its painfull to hear the students say the 'Hail Mary
I am bit shocked by some of the negative comments that have been posted. As with anything you get what you put in. If your child is willing to learn then they will succeed. But if you have parents (of which there are quite a few here) who take absolutely no repsonsibility for their child's behavior and leave it to rest on the shoulders of the teachers then you get the negative comments below. I have had children attending this school for the last three years. Yes there have been issues but when presented in the right arena (parent conference) and not the hallways in front of other children you get results. There are number of parents whom I only see when there is an issue and not when the school needs their support on the front end. What I would like to see is more scholarship funding given to the students whom are excelling than the children and parents who receive funding based on living in DC or economic status whom seem to be the source of the majority of the behavior issues. This past year my children had a phenomenal year academically...4th grade and Pre-K were excellent! My children were thoroughly challenged. As GENUINE parent involvement increases the school will improve
Saint Augustine Catholic School was the worst decision we made with respect to educating our child. I must say, Sister Gloria is wonderful, however, she is just one person there and seems to be influenced by the teachers. The school has a high turnover ratio for the teaching staff. The teachers seem to be the very worst of the worst. It has been a nightmare for my family. The school is disorganized and the staff members are rude and dismissive. The school has a very severe bulling problem. The school has a policy which states: parents are not allowed to go to their child's classroom, nor are they allowed to converse with their child's teacher without permission from the school. I believe St. Augustine may have once been a very good school, but that is not the case now. The teacher's are ill-equip to handle the student's. St. Augustine teacher's are inexperienced, ghetto, and have no respect for parents. They enter grades and when you, as a concerned parent, question them, they become combative. Please spear yourself and your child(ren) the pain of despair and helplessness at this school.
St. Augustine School added a Fencing Club during the 2010-2011 school year, and enrollment increased 10 percent due to the school's continued strong reputation in the community. The school also employs a Resource Teacher to work with more advanced students and tutors to work with students performing below grade level individually. Ninety percent of our teachers and administrators this year had at least one Master's degree. We have a strong Catholic identity, in part through the work of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus, who run our school. We welcome you to experience our family-like atmosphere.
As a current 8th grader at St. Augustine School (SAS), there is a lot to be said. I attended public school for all of my life up until the beginning of the seventh grade. When I transferred to SAS, the enviromental change was overwhelming. I went from an over-protective and closed enviroment, to one that was loud and chaotic. Nothing was in order and the teachers seemed to follow their own rules. There is absolutely no variation in the activities that happen at SAS. Despise the efforts of many students, very little can be accomplished. There is no doubt in my mind that SAS might have been a school thriving with rich history and students who wanted to do as St. Augustine of Hippo did, "Learn to love, and love to learn." But, being in the environment I am, the students depise learning and anything to do with it! The work that we get is redundant and not on grade level..even the teachers tell us they give us BELOW grade-level work!! Whatever greatness SAS was, it isn't now!! Teachers are too comfortable and LAZY and do everything they can to avoid change! If I could repick the school I had to rush into, SAS wouldn't have been a consideration, to say the least.
Sr. Gloria works selflessly, she has a big heart and really wants to take the school to the next level but I don't think that she has the full co-operation of her teachers. It seems the teachers are so used to doing things their way that they resist change that brings progress. As long as that continues to occur, students will not be challenged academically to be all they can be and the school will remain mediocre. The students themselves complain that they are not being taught effectively and to make up the teachers work, they flood the students with tons of home work which they have not been taught. The school needs a lot of improvement and I must stress, the faculty has a lot to do with it, they are too comfortable. Wake Up People.
St, Augustine's standards are set high, sacrafices have been made to ensure that the technological tools are available to achieve the goals set, classe sizes are small enough to provide individual attention, and performance has improved over the last two years. From what I can tell, the students are promerly motivated to acheive up to their individual potentials.
It is so refreshing to be at a school where the children can be taught to pray and even go to church once a week! There are three nuns in the school including the principal and two priest who visit and teach the children regularly. The pre-K children are already reading! I am just so pleased at all that the staff and others have done to make St Augustine a great school for the children
St. Augustine School is well known for the way the principal and teachers care about the students, the church next door and the learning that takes place there. The teachers with their religious background actually inspire the students to to excel and to do well in life. They are encouraged to study hard, come to school everyday, turn it homework and to get involved in other school activities as well as extracurricular community based activies. In fact, many of the students that attend St. Augustine are involved in additional activities that further enhance their learning and athletic skills. St. Augustine School is known for good things and I would recommend it to every parent who wants their child to be successful in life.
St. Augustine is one of the best school's in Washington, D.C. to work in and to send your child to. We are dedicated teachers and we love what we do! The teachers work together as a team to collaborate with the administration and staff to find effective ways to meet the needs of all students. St. Augustine is aware that some students may need extra support to strengthen an area in their academics. St. Augustine currently has a Title 1 program, a reading specialist, and Christ Child tutors, who provide assistance to those student's, who are in need. We strive to make sure that all students are learning, understanding, demonstrating, and using their higher order thinking skills in the classroom and beyond. We love our students!
St. Augustine School has the highest enrollment it's had in 10 years and now has three Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus sisters working full-time at the school. The school has the strong support of many parishioners of St. Augustine Parish, and any visitor who walks the halls of the school can witness the school's Catholic identity in the artwork of the students, the prayers they say and the lessons they learn.
Saint Augustine's offers a top quality education for a great price. The school receives a high amount of financial support from parishioners. This enables management to make constant improvements to the physical plant and hire highly skilled teachers while keeping tuition at a reasonable price. As a graduate of a Catholic elementary school and a Catholic high school, I can attest to the fact that my Catholic education has greatly contributed to every aspect of my life. That's why I support the Saint Augustine Catholic School and invite parents to see for themselves by visiting the school.
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Glyndon teenager spots a bear in her backyardGlyndon, MN (WDAY TV) -- Living in rural parts of Minnesota we have seen our fair share of wild animals on the loose. But one 17 year old Glyndon girl saw something most of us will never see up close and personal in a lifetime.
Glyndon, MN (WDAY TV) -- Living in rural parts of Minnesota we have seen our fair share of wild animals on the loose. But one 17 year old Glyndon girl saw something most of us will never see up close and personal in a lifetime.
Growing up in this home, tucked away in the woods just South of Glyndon, Hannah Young has seen her fair share of furry friends.
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Official attendance numbers won't be out until Friday, but Chicago Public School classrooms were mighty roomy Thursday.
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"Five students were present in this class today. They didn't show up, so did they really make it up? They will lose a lot of instruction in two days because we do have bell to bell instruction so two days could be quite a bit of instruction they'll be missing," says Emika Canty, Assistant Principal at Parker Community Academy.
Cutting winter break short by two days is supposed to make up some of the days lost in the teachers strike this fall, but it appears many people did not want to change holiday travel plans—or were confused by the mid-week start time.
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On the bright side, class sizes were small and teachers could give individual attention -- because teacher absences were actually down Thursday.


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Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority * Contact: Rossi Ralenkotter, vice president, marketing
* Phone: (702) 892-0711
* Fax: (702) 892-2824
* Web: www.lasvegas24hours.com
* Number of guest rooms: 109,000
* Number of gaming venues: 142
This fall, the Las Vegas Convention Center unveiled a $44.6-million expansion, bringing its total meeting and exhibit space to 1.6 million square feet--and making it the largest single-level convention facility in the country.
The city's 105,000 guest rooms are expected to grow to 120,000 by the year 2000. Bellagio, a 3,000-room destination resort catering to adults is the Strip's newest extravaganza. It opened in October. Inspired by Italian architecture, the lavish $1.8-billion resort spreads over 122 acres and features a 116,000-square-foot casino floor, an elegant array of waterfalls and classic gardens, a 12-acre lake, and original artwork by Picasso and Matisse. Cirque du Soleil provides entertainment on an aquatic stage.
Several other hotel casinos are slated to open in 1999. Mandalay Bay, a $950-million, 3,700-room hotel casino by Circus Circus, is scheduled to open during the first quarter. It is located in Masterplan Mile, a 60-acre site on the Las Vegas Strip. Within the 43-story resort, formerly known as Project Paradise, a Four Seasons Resort will offer 417 guest rooms, as well as its own entrance, check-in, and convention space. Other resort features include a 10-acre tropical lagoon with a surf-and-sand beach, a 12,000-seat arena, and 100,000 square feet of convention space.
April will be the debut of the first phase of the Venetian Casino Resort, billed as the world's largest resort hotel and convention complex. Phase one will consist of 3,036 guest rooms (of an eventual total of 6,000), 116,000 square feet of casino space, and 30 restaurants. Plans then call for the addition of 500,000 square feet of convention space to the Sands Expo Center, increasing its size to 1.6 million square feet and making it the largest privately owned facility of its type in the United States.
Other projects in the works include a $100-million expansion of the Stratosphere, upping its room count to 2,500 with the addition of 1,000 guest rooms; the 2,900-room Paris Casino Resort, featuring replicas of such landmarks as the Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysee, and a 50-story Eiffel Tower (1999); the Aladdin Hotel Casino/Planet Hollywood, with 2,600 guest rooms at the Aladdin and another 1,000 at the Planet Hollywood "music hotel" (2000); a 500-room Hyatt Hotel on the north shore of Lake Las Vegas in Henderson surrounded by a Jack Nicklaus golf course (1999-2000); and the 526-room Ritz-Carlton at Mountain Spa Resort, with a lavish spa, golf course, and casino (early 1999).
The Ritz-Carlton has also signed a letter of intent to operate a 500-room hotel on the grounds of the MGM Grand Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. The MGM Grand is currently undergoing a $950-million transformation to become the City of Entertainment. Already completed is a 380,000-square-foot conference center with a 63,000-square-foot exhibit hall and a 50,000-square-foot ballroom. The Mansion at the MGM Grand, with 30 private suites and villas, is scheduled to debut late this year and an additional 1,500 guest rooms managed by Marriott Marquis are slated to open in early 2000.
Next year, a new airline carrier, National Airlines Inc., will launch nonstop air service to Las Vegas from New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Atlantic City, New Jersey Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority * Contact: Joe DiGirolamo, vice president, convention development
* Phone: (609) 449-7110, (888) 222-3683
* Fax: (609) 345-3685
* Web: www.atlanticcitynj.com
* Number of guest rooms: 16,000
* Number of gaming venues: 13
Atlantic City is in the midst of a multibillion-dollar redevelopment. The centerpiece is the New Atlantic City Convention Center, which officially debuted in May 1997 with 500,000 square feet of contiguous exhibit space and high-tech amenities. And $72 million is being spent to redo the historical Boardwalk Convention Hall into a major events arena with sports, entertainment, and retail attractions.
Within the next few years, the city's hotel inventory is expected to double to more than 30,000 guest rooms. The $87-million Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel, connected to the convention center, opened in November 1997. A dedicated meeting hotel with no casino to distract from the business at hand, the hotel has 502 guest rooms and 29,000 square feet of meeting space, including a 12,000-square-foot ballroom and 18 meeting rooms on the second and third floors.
At Caesars Atlantic Hotel Casino, the December 1997 debut of the $280-million, 26-story Centurion Tower added 620 guest rooms for a grand total of 1,144, plus the new Palladium Ballroom, which can accommodate 2,000 people. Resorts Casino Hotel is slated to be renamed The Beach Club and will undergo a $15-million renovation of its 500-room hotel tower by summer 1999.
MGM Grand Inc. expects to open a $700-million, 2,000-room casino resort on 35 acres next to the Showboat Casino Hotel in 1999; Mirage Resorts Inc. plans a February 2001 debut for the $750-million, 2,027-room Le Jardin Hotel & Casino in the Marina District; and next to Le Jardin, Boyd Gaming is building a $500-million resort scheduled to open in 2002.
The Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority has introduced AC Meetings Express specifically for corporate meeting planners with short-term needs. The service provides one stop shopping and date and rate information within 24 to 48 hours.
Illinois/Iowa * Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau
* Contact: Arlyce Musal, director of sales
* Phone: (309) 788-7800; (800) 747-7800
* Fax: (319) 322-6066
* Web: quadcities.com/cvb
* Number of guest rooms: 5,100
* Number of gaming venues: 3
Lady Luck Casino Bettendorf (Iowa) debuted its full-service riverfront hotel, Lady Luck Casino Hotel, in September. The hotel has 256 guest rooms and four meeting rooms. It is the centerpiece of a $39.5-million land-based development project that also includes a 500-car parking garage and a railroad overpass providing easier access to the riverfront area from downtown. Phase three, a 40- to 50-slip marina, is scheduled to open in April.
Davenport, Iowa is home to the Lady Luck Casino and the President Riverboat Casino. Rock Island, Ill., is the site of the Jumer's Rock Island Casino. Altogether, there are a total of 18 riverboats with gaming in Illinois; in Iowa, there are nine riverboat casinos and four land-based casinos.
Reno/Lake Tahoe, Nevada Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority * Contact: Gloria Brown, director of convention sales
* Phone: (702) 827-7600, (800) 443-1482
* Fax: (702) 827-7666
* Web: www.playreno.com
North Lake Tahoe Resort Association * Contact: Paige Nebeker, director of conference and group sales
* Phone: (530) 581-8709, (800) 462-5196
* Fax: (530) 581-8779
* Web: www.tahoefun.org
* Number of guest rooms: 31,000
* Number of gaming venues: 79
Fresh from a $1-million-plus facelift, the Reno-Sparks Convention Center is already undergoing another $1-million improvement program. A feasibility study to consider a permanent enlargement of the center and the addition of temporary outdoor pavilions is also in the works.
Several Reno hotels are expanding their meeting facilities. Next to the Reno Convention Center, the Atlantis Casino Resort has begun work on a $63-million project that will include a new 392-room hotel tower, for a total of 984 rooms; an additional 20,000 square feet of meeting space that will bring the total to 37,000 square feet; a new restaurant; and a health club. Later plans call for the addition of a tower with 521 upscale rooms and a new casino.
The Reno Hilton, the largest hotel casino in northern Nevada, is adding 47,000 square feet of meeting space for a total of 187,000 square feet. At the Silver Legacy, the Pavilion is slated to open this month with theater-style seating for 3,800. Also this month, Boomtown will debut its new six-story, 200-room hotel addition, with 40,000 square feet of meeting space. In 2000, work will start on a $500-million plan to transform Boomtown into the largest destination resort in northern Nevada, with the addition of 2,100 hotel rooms, a museum complex, an outdoor entertainment park, a golf course, and retail shops.
For groups of 15 to 1,500, the Peppermill Resort features 30,000 square feet of meeting space and 1,070 guest rooms, including 185 Jacuzzi suites minutes from the airport and convention center. In addition to a business center, guest rooms are business-friendly with voice mail and some have fax machines. Other highlights include entertainment centers around the casino, headliner acts, a pool, a spa and fitness center, and six restaurants.
Louisiana New Orleans Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc.
* Contact: Salee Pavlovich, associate director of sales
* Phone: (504) 566-5095
* Fax: (504) 566-5046
* Web: www.neworleanscvb.com
* Number of guest rooms: 27,000
* Number of gaming venues: 3
Phase three of the expansion of New Orleans' Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is moving swiftly, with completion slated for early next year when the center's contiguous exhibit space will be upped to 1.1-million square feet. Other additions include 57 new meeting rooms, bringing the total to 140, and a 4,000-seat conference center. Several new hotels are also in development, including a 453-room Ritz-Carlton, slated to open September 1999, and many existing hotels are seeking approval for expansions that could add as many as 6,000 guest rooms to the area.
Casino development is moving more slowly. Harrah's Casino, on hold for three years, now has a tentative opening of fall 1999. The city has three other riverboat casinos.
Other gaming facilities throughout the state include two in Baton Rouge, where the Belle of Baton Rouge is breaking ground next year for a 300-room Crowne Plaza on the property where the ship is docked; four casino boats at two facilities in Lake Charles; and four casino boats in Shreveport/Bossier City. Hollywood Casino recently announced plans to begin construction on a $165-million facility in Shreveport that will include a riverboat, a 300-room full-service hotel, and a pavilion. Harrah's Shreveport Casino also signed a lease this year that will allow the construction of a 300-room hotel, and Casino Magic in Bossier City is expected to debut its new 200-room hotel this month.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau
* Contact: Susan Gaffney, director of convention development
* Phone: (228) 896-6699 x214, (888) 467-4853
* Fax: (228) 896-6796
* Web: www.gulfcoast.org
* Number of guest rooms: 12,000+
* Number of gaming venues: 13
Within the past year, this resort area has added more than a thousand guest rooms, with an additional 5,000 scheduled to be added in the next few years. This year's growth spurt centered around Biloxi, where 378 guest rooms were added to Casino Magic Hotel, 700 guest rooms were added to the Imperial Palace Casino, and the 500-room luxury Grand Casino Biloxi opened.
More than 3,000 additional guest rooms are currently in the works, including another 600 rooms at the Grand Casino Biloxi and an additional 500 at the Grand Casino Gulfport. This February will see the opening of Beau Rivage, a $600-million beachfront resort with 1,780 luxury guest rooms and upscale amenities. The New Palace Casino began construction in July on an upscale 236-room beachside hotel. On the drawing board is a plan to develop a resort with three hotels and a 2,500-slip marina on restored land in the Bay of Biloxi.
Missouri Convention & Visitors Bureau of Greater Kansas City * Contact: Denise DeJulio, director of sales
* Phone: (816) 221-5242, (800) 767-7700
* Fax: (816) 691-3805
* Web: www.kansascity.com
* Number of guest rooms: 19,000
* Number of gaming venues: 4
St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission * Contact: Bill Bohde, director of convention and trade show sales
* Phone: (314) 421-1023; (800) 325-7962
* Fax: (314) 621-7729
* Web: www.st-louis-cvc.com
* Number of guest rooms: 20,000
* Number of gaming venues: 5
The only gaming development in Kansas City this year was the closing of Station Casino after it was purchased by Harrah's, which already owned Harrah's Riverboat Casino (an entertainment complex with two riverboats, the North Star and the Lucky Star. ) Additional gaming venues include Argosy Riverside Casino, five minutes from downtown Kansas City, and the Flamingo Casino, a dockside facility within a basin that's part of the Missouri River.
There have been no changes in the St. Louis gaming scene since last year's addition of the Riverport Casino Center, billed as the largest gaming facility between Atlantic City and Las Vegas. The center features a Harrah's Casino and Hotel as well as a Players Island Casino.


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This past week, four stories came together in my consciousness, clicking together in a way that is neat in the way that ecosystems, or star systems are– evolved according to law to a coherence that looks like design. The first, the story of a pipeline, funded by a Canadian company. Bigger and badder than all of the pipelines before it; and built to move the hottest, most toxic, abrasive petro-gunk ever mined from the earth. The Jane and Joe Ranchers whose land will be eaten up by easement contracts, won by fraud and threats, know that they won't see any benefit from this massive relocation and refinery of tar sands, but they feel powerless before the corporate profit machine, the unlimited lawyers, the heavy equipment, the harried I'm Just Doin' My Job employees.
The second story is about a trade agreement– the Trans Pacific Partnership– just hitting my airwaves, years late but before it goes into effect, out of the headlines because even Sen. Ron Wyden, the Chair of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Trade – the U.S. congressional committee with jurisdiction over TPP – had to submit new legislation this May to get access to the text of the treaty. This treaty to end all treaties (literally, as other member nations can be added at any later date), built in secrecy, pushes the limits in the race to put national governments in the service of multinational corporations. Tellingly, the US negotiators take a hard line compared to the rest on the issue of foreign investor rights. "In a manner that would enrage right and left alike, the private "investor-state" enforcement system included in the leaked TPP text would empower foreign investors and corporations to skirt domestic courts and laws and sue governments in foreign tribunals. There, they can demand cash compensation from domestic treasuries over domestic policies that they claim undermine their new investor rights and expected future profits. This establishes an alarming two-track system of justice that privileges foreign corporations in myriad ways relative to governments or domestic businesses. It also exposes signatory countries to vast liabilities, as foreign firms use foreign tribunals to raid public treasuries."
Not only will it help US firms to pillage other signatories in spite of any labor or resource protection legislation that their populace may wish to put into place, it will help TransCanada and other foreign mining interests to do an end-run around any attempts by US Citizens to keep fossil fuels in the ground and foreign pipelines off our lands.
The next pair of stories is the story of geoengineering weather and bioengineering seeds. High-level scientists have already convened to discuss the options for testing of geoengineering technology. A Huffington Post article from 2011 cites worries within this group that "someone, some group, some government would decide on its own to conduct large-scale atmospheric experiments, raising global concerns – and resentment if it's the U.S. that acts, since it has done the least among industrial nations to cut greenhouse emissions. They fear some in America might push for going straight to "Plan B," rather than doing the hard work of emissions reductions." In the year since this article was published, several key actors have come into the open about the fact that large-scale geoengineering experiments are underway. The multinational interests behind the global capitalist systems have no interest in doing "the hard work" of reducing emissions. If that were the case, it wouldn't support the extreme forms of extraction which are bound to cause immediate environmental disasters and extreme weather– tar sands, deep water drilling, coal export to China and India, mountaintop removal, natural gas fracking.
Instead, they have pegged their hopes on spraying massive quantities of metal particles into the atmosphere to reflect the sun's light. Unfortunately these metals weaken or kill the life that encounters them in the water and air. The documentary What in the World are They Spraying includes interviews with islanders from Hawaii who are experiencing heavy spraying of aluminum particulate (as confirmed by, among others, a 4th grade science class research project) and who find that plant life– except for certain genetically modified food crops– dies. Most importantly, this reflective layer only masks rising temperatures, it doesn't affect root causes,so the spraying must continue indefinitely. Stopping aerosol spraying once it has begun would likely cause a rapid spike in temperature. The activity becomes self-justifying, concentrating wealth and power in the hands of those who control the technology.
Which leads us to the flip side of the geoengineering coin, seed engineering to create plants which can survive the combination of stresses from extreme weather caused by climate change and high concentrations of metals. Like geoengineering, this becomes an essential service, a matter of life or death– the ideal product for the holder of the patents on this technology. Of course Monsanto is prepared to profit with its "invention" of plants which are highly tolerant to stress, as well as the USDA– which holds a patent for aluminum resistance in certain species– and others. The technological fix to the ecological catastrophe facing the planet, as with all technical fixes, concentrates power in the hands of those with the technology, and those people are preparing to put the last nail in the coffin of our god-given, self-regulating ecological life-support systems; and preparing the legal regime to support their immensely profitable, sickening (literally) technological management of the global environment.
While this is hard to face, it is more and more clear that a majority of my generation is prepared to recognize that the stories I have just told are true; that the logic which places corporate profit as the driving force which organizes our whole global social system has the power to destroy the civilization that we know. This brings us to the cusp of despair, but also, hope. Given the daily evidence that corporate responsibility is an oxymoron and that governments will not hold corporations to account, the only option less is massive civil disobedience, and parallel construction of social and life-support systems which are not centered on maximizing profit. I support the Rising Tide North Texas action to blockade construction of the Keystone Pipeline; this is my launching into the new day of struggle, the day the fantasy of corporate responsibility and government regulation in the public interest dies.


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