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Krispy Kreme, a former "cult" stock, expanded too quickly in the early 2000s, and nearly went under as a result of poor accounting practices, and bad management.
After closing stores, and retrenching over the years, the company has focused on growing again, primarily through franchising in international markets.
The doughnut maker currently has about 240 U.S. locations, and 500 international. It also has plans to grow to 400 US locations, and 900 international by 2017. This is not the same company it was 10 years ago.
It will open its' first store in India later this week, and has plans for a total of 80 in that country.As of the latest fiscal year-end, there were 87 stores in Saudi Arabia, 71 in Mexico, 34 in Japan, and 56 in South Korea, 48 in the UK and the list of international locations continues data by YCharts
The recent run-up in share price may be due to some takeover speculation, although there's been nothing concrete. However, the company's adoption of a "tax asset protection plan," otherwise known as a "poison pill" early this week, lends some credence to the that speculation. The plan "discourages" new investors from taking more than a 4.99% stake in the company, and its stated intention is to preserve the value of the company's operating loss carry forwards, which for federal alone, amount to $240 million. Existing 4.99% or greater shareholders are exempt from the poison pill at current ownership levels, but not if they increase their stakes. As a Krispy Kreme shareholder, I'm not a fan of this poison pill, or for that matter, poison pills in general. It's a tale of two companies; one that wants to be sold and another that apparently does not. This should make for some interesting story lines for 2013. Now, as I type this on my Dell, I could really go for a Krispy Kreme...or two. At the time of publication the author is long KKD. Follow @JonMHellerCFA This article is commentary by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.
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SOCO International PLC gauged less than hoped for oil rates at the Lideka East Marine-1 well on a postsalt structure updip from its Lideka Marine-1 well that found shows of oil in the Sendji iS3 formation on the shallow-water Marine XI block offshore Congo (Brazzaville).
Lideka East Marine-1 encountered 50 m of net pay section in the Upper and Lower Sendji, of which 30 m of net pay are in the targeted iS3 and S4 horizons.
SOCO tested the well over a 20-m interval in the iS3 and S4 horizons. It flowed 30-35° gravity oil at a sustained 350 b/d with 1% BS&W, in line with predictions from the petrophysical analysis. Produced gas volumes were very low.
The well was drilled on the crest of the structure to identify the length of the oil column. The Sendji is known to be a heterogeneous reservoir, and detailed rock physics and inversion models will need to be used to determine where the best porosity zones are situated, SOCO said. The oil-water contact was not well defined in the exploration well, and an "oil down to" shale barrier could present upside.
Further work will be conducted to establish viable opportunities on this field, SOCO said. However, the company said the results are in line with that seen in regional analogs such as Yombo and Sendji fields.
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One afternoon last May, a veteran teacher in California's William S. Hart Union High School District looked back over what had been a rough year. The previous spring, she'd been headed for a bad evaluation, so she volunteered for the district's Peer Assistance and Review program. She was told she would receive up to two years of coaching — and if she didn't improve, she would be fired.
"When you've been teaching for 20 years, there's a bit of a shame factor," the teacher said, asking to remain anonymous. "I take it personally. You get the feeling they're after you."
But it was true, she said. She'd been given some new classes and couldn't control them — the fights, the talking back, the kids who wouldn't turn off their iPods. She was always sending students to the principal's office. Under the peer review program, she was assigned an experienced "consulting teacher" who reviewed her weekly lesson plans and dropped in on her classroom, unannounced, at least once a week.
"At first, the veteran teachers are so mortified, it's like The Scarlet Letter," says Jennifer Klipfel, one of three consulting teachers at Hart. "There is a lot of resistance. But once they realize that we're there to try to help them keep their jobs, they have a change of heart. They're more receptive."
The anonymous 20-year veteran learned how to set down classroom rules at the beginning of the school year and consistently enforce them. She started using an overhead projector so that she did not have to turn her back to her students. She stopped trying to "wing it" through lessons. And after one year of coaching, she and two other tenured teachers in the program received passing grades. Four others were referred for a second year.
"It was more like having a psychiatrist helping me get through it," the veteran says of her reviewer. "I really wanted help. It made me prepare. Now, my students know what to expect and what they can get away with."
President Barack Obama has endorsed peer review as a way to help struggling teachers, and so has the American Federation of Teachers, but nationally, such programs are few and far between since they were developed in Toledo, Ohio, nearly 30 years ago. In California, the Legislature funded them beginning in 1999 to help both new hires and tenured veterans. But California allows its 1,052 districts to shift Peer Assistance and Review money to other programs if they choose: They don't have to tell the state how they spend it.
"It would be really difficult to tell who is actively funding PAR programs and who is using PAR money in other ways," says Linda Nichols, education program consultant for the California Department of Education.
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Peer review is not cheap. A 2011 report by the Harvard Graduate School of Education looking at seven districts in five states reported the programs cost $4,800 per novice teacher and $8,300 per veteran, on average. But it's money that participating districts view as a good investment: It reduces turnover, rescues them from giving tenure to bad hires and saves them the cost of firing tenured teachers (more than $100,000 in legal fees alone, in some cases). And as one peer evaluator was quoted, "… [I]t's priceless because it impacted 20 little kids for the rest of their life to have a quality teacher."
At Hart, Peer Assistance and Review costs $400,000 annually, most of it for three consulting teachers and a lead teacher to run the program. All of Hart's new teachers are automatically placed in it. Out of 28 teachers under review during the 2010-2011 school year, 20 were novices and eight were veterans.
"I consider it one of the most valuable programs that we put our money into," says Vicki Engbrecht, assistant superintendent of educational services at Hart. "The success of our academic programs relies solely on the shoulders of hiring, supporting and maintaining the most outstanding teachers."
The consulting teachers make a practice of giving out six compliments for every criticism. They avoid using words like "lazy," instead writing down such specific observations as, "Five students were tardy and you didn't respond," or "You gave your students eight minutes to pack their bags at the end of the period" or "You didn't post an agenda." The consulting teachers keep logs, write reports, model lessons, provide materials and suggest strategies for improvement.
The peer review program sets the bar for how new teachers will perform for the rest of their careers, Engbrecht says, and most of the veterans who go through it do improve and are retained. Out of 25 tenured teachers who have been referred for peer review at Hart in the past 11 years, only eight have resigned or been fired. For dismissals, Engbrecht says, the program is more humane and cost-effective than going through arbitration and appeals.
The peer reviewers at Hart check student grades in similar classes to make sure that the teachers in the program are on track. Those who improve are better able to challenge and engage their students, says Linda Margulies, the lead consulting teacher at Hart.
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For a look at what public schools are doing to repair themselves on the cheap, check out the education stories found in the September-October 2011 issue of Miller-McCune, and when they'll be available on Miller-McCune.com:
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Last Chance for Bad Teachers,
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Showing Where Community Colleges Pass, Fail, August 25
Bridging the Budget Gap with Stolen Lunch Money, August 25
Teaching Religious Literacy in California's Bible Belt, August 26
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"We can't go inside students' brains, but we make certain that kids are paying attention to well-planned lessons," she says.
The terms of peer review at Hart and other participating districts must be negotiated between the district administration and the teachers' union.
"We brought this to the district and pushed for it," says Leslie Littman, a high school history teacher who is president of Hart District Teachers Association. Littman is a member of the review panel of three Hart administrators and four teachers who recommend whether to retain or dismiss teachers.
"The principals don't see it as usurping their power, and it takes a heck of a lot of work off their plate," Littman says. "And the teachers are better at providing the support than people who have been in their offices for some time."
A weakness of the Hart program, according to Littman and Margulies, is that very few tenured teachers wind up in it — roughly two per year, out of a teaching staff of 1,000. (That's par for the course: In the Los Angeles Unified School District of 29,000 teachers, about 100 veterans go through peer review yearly.)
Hart is located in the affluent L.A. suburb of Santa Clarita, and it enjoys a good reputation. The district scores 824 points out of a possible 1,000 on California's Academic Performance Index, making it one of the highest-performing high school districts in the state. Still, Margulies and Littman say, principals should be doling out more unsatisfactory evaluations for teachers who are underperforming; other teachers know who they are.
"As the program is shown to be helpful," Engbrecht says, "I think principals are motivated to refer teachers by giving them an unsatisfactory evaluation."
In any case, veteran teachers who wind up in peer review tend to be the worst in the district, Margulies says. They may be sarcastic. They may grade arbitrarily ("If you say another word, you get 5 percent off your grade!"). Or they're deadly boring and they make their students fill out workbooks day after day. Margulies says bad teachers often blame their students, saying, "They don't want to learn," or "Their parents don't value school" or "I don't know what planet these kids are on."
Hart's consulting teachers each carry a caseload of 15 teachers: Veterans count as two because their bad habits are harder to break.
"It isn't easy for an adult to change roads," Margulies says. "We have people who have seen how much work it is to teach and grade papers and prepare lesson plans who have said, 'You've got to be kidding.'"
Some veterans resign as soon as they are referred to the program.
"What do you do when the kids aren't learning?" Klipfel says. "In the past, they failed. But in this era of such a spotlight on test scores, we have to demand they don't fail."
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EDMONTON, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA), the world's largest industrial auctioneer, sold more than CA$57 million (US$55+ million) of heavy equipment and trucks during an unreserved public auction at its permanent auction site in Edmonton, Alberta last week, on March 7 & 8, 2013. The auction featured a large selection of late-model mining and heavy construction equipment, including more than 70 hydraulic excavators, more than 45 wheel loaders, more than 30 articulated dump trucks, more than 15 rock trucks and 10 crushers. More than 3,500 equipment items and trucks were sold to the highest bidders regardless of price—without minimum bids or reserve prices. Bids were made in person at the Edmonton auction site, online in real time at www.rbauction.com or by proxy.
"Our first auction of the year here in Edmonton featured a large selection of late model mining, construction and transportation equipment, which we're seeing a lot of - with the Alberta mining industry on a steady move," said Jim Rotlisberger, Regional Sales Manager, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. "Participation from local and international bidders created a healthy, competitive bidding environment during both days of the auction. We saw strong results for late-model, low-hour equipment for the mining, construction, transportation and other industries—a positive sign at the start of 2013 as we get set for our second auction at the end of April."
Close to 5,700 bidders from more than 35 countries, including 39 US states and all Canadian provinces and two territories, registered to bid in person or online for the auction. More than CA$39 million (US$38+ million) was purchased by buyers from Alberta while bidders from outside Alberta purchased more than CA$18 million (US$17+ million) or 32 percent of total gross auction proceeds. More than 2,900 of the bidders taking part in the auction registered to bid online - a new Edmonton site record - and purchased more than CA$19 million (US$18+million) of equipment available online.Last week's unreserved public auction in Edmonton featured equipment for more than 490 sellers, including more than 70 mining, heavy construction and transportation equipment items from North American Construction Group Inc. For more than 50 years, the North American Construction Group of companies have provided services to large oil, natural gas, and resource companies in the Canadian oil sands region. They are one of the largest providers of heavy construction and mining, industrial and piling services in western Canada with one of the largest independently-owned fleets in the region. The company has been buying and selling equipment at Ritchie Bros. auctions for more than 20 years in order to keep their fleet current and in good, working condition. "In general, we saw good activity levels from the bidding crowds during last week's auction," said Joe Lambert, Vice President, North American Construction Group. "A variety of fleets —from larger mining gear to smaller construction equipment— crossed the auction ramp with strong participation by the bidding crowd from both industries. The used equipment market has shown a slight improvement over last fall when there was a significant disposal of thermal coal assets from the U.S. into the market. We look forward to the next Ritchie Bros. Edmonton auction where we will look at our options for selling some more equipment to buyers from around the world." AUCTION QUICK FACTS: EDMONTON, AB - MARCH 7 & 8, 2013
- Gross Auction Proceeds - CA$57+ million (US$55+ million)
- Amount sold to online bidders - CA$19+ million (US$18+ million)
- Unique bidders (total) - close to 5,700
- Unique online bidders - 2,900+ * New Edmonton, AB permanent auction site record
- Lots sold - 3,500+
- Number of sellers - 490+
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[4]More than just a great place to eat, Patti's 1880s Settlement in Grand Rivers, Kentucky is "a trip back into the past. A reminder of when things moved slower." A recreated log village is home to two restaurants, a 26′ rock climbing wall, miniature golf course, a variety of gift shops, coin-operated boats, lovely gardens and more to keep a family entertained for hours. Along with the restaurants, gift shops and other attractions, Patti's also offers catering, banquet facilities and a wedding gazebo.
The Menu
The two restaurants, Miss Patti's and Mr. Bill's, serve identical fare. (The only difference is the size of the rooms.) Specialties include the 2″ Thick Pork Chop-over a pound of center cut pork chop seasoned and charbroiled to delicious perfection. The menu also boasts Patti's Smothered Potato Chips, a plate of homemade chips covered in chili, cheese, bacon, diced tomatoes, red peppers and green onions, served up with a side of sour cream. Diners can also choose from a wide selection of steak, seafood, chicken, salads, appetizers, burgers, pasta and more. When you come to Patti's, come hungry.
But don't get so full that you have to skip dessert. Patti's offers a wide choice of homemade pies, including Boo Boo Pie (a recipe gone wrong that turned out oh so right), Bill's Boat Sinker Pie (a rich, dark double fudge pie topped with coffee ice cream, whipped cream and a cherry) and Sawdust Pie (coconut, pecans and graham cracker crumbs in an egg batter, baked in a flaky pie shell, topped with sliced bananas and whipped cream). And don't overlook the selection of meringue pies, traditional Kentucky chess pie, fruit pies and Patti's luscious three-layer coconut cake. Is your mouth watering yet?
Hamburger Patti's
Passing through Kentucky's Land Between the Lakes region in the mid-1970s, Bill and Patti Tullar and kids fell in love with the area and decided to relocate. Hamburger Patti's opened in a simple block building that was part of a six-unit motel, but the motel rooms quickly evolved into dining rooms for hungry patrons. A second restaurant, Mr. Bill's, was built in 1990 to serve tour buses but it was soon absorbed into Patti's Restaurant. (A third buffet-style restaurant, the Iron Kettle, was lost to a fire in 2008.) With the addition of other attractions, the Tullars renamed the complex Patti's 1880s Settlement.
Today, Patti's serves an estimated 350,000 diners annually in tiny Grand Rivers, a town of only 350 tucked onto a peninsula between the dams on the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers that form Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake, at the northern end of the Land Between the Lakes [5].
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RVers can find a place to unhitch at nearby Crocket Frontiers Campground [6], a short drive from the restaurant. For those without an RV, Patti's Inn & Suites offers accommodations for families or groups at a newly remodeled facility just off Interstate 24 and only four miles from the restaurant. For driving directions, a complete look at the menu and information on accommodations, visit pattis-settlement.com [7].
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Effigy in profile of H.S.H. Prince Albert II in blue color
One year after the first full-face Effigies, H.S.H. Prince Albert II favors a profile, more classical, still in civilian clothes. They are available in stamp with permanent value in the three colors corresponding to the basis rates (less than 20 grams) of the Universal Postal Union (green for economical shipments to Monaco and France, red for quick shipments to Monaco and France, and blue for shipments out of the European Union).
Corresponding to the present postal rate of 0,98 € for shipments until 20 grams in the area 2 i.e. the Rest of the World (out of the European Union).
Date of issue: December 1st, 2006
Engraver: Guéorgui CHICHKINE
Designer: Martin MÖRCK
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It is around noon and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's wife, Sadhna, is walking down the kutcha road of Vidisha, an entourage of supporters following her. By her side is a BJP worker from the area, loudspeaker in hand.
He is going on and on about the CM's welfare measures. As the first lady of the state goes from door to door, another partyworker, a young woman, fervently takes down notes.
Only two weeks ago, 'bhabhiji', as she is known in these parts, was campaigning not far away in Sehore's Budhni district, from where her husband is contesting. But on November 7, a day before filing nominations closed, the BJP decided to field Chouhan from Vidisha as well.
Vidisha is an important constituency, and ever since finance minister Raghavji had to step down in July following sodomy charges, the BJP has been on the lookout for a suitable replacement.
Initially, Chouhan wanted trusted lieutenant and long-time associate Mukesh Tandon to be fielded from there but Raghavji bitterly opposed the decision and threatened to rebel.
According to party sources, alarmed by this in-fighting, a worried leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, who represents the Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency, stepped in and that is how Chouhan entered the picture.
After the eleventh hour announcement, Sadhna shifted focus to Vidisha, leaving the job in Budhni to her son, 19-year-old law student Kartikeya.
"The area is not new to me. My husband has been an MP five times in a row," she told HT. Indeed, nothing is new, except that Sadhna is making an appeal to the voters to make Chouhan an MLA this time.
Vidisha, a historical town, is 10km from the Buddhist site Sanchi. The erstwhile Jansangh had consolidated its base in the area when it started its political journey in the 1950s and since then it has been the saffron bastion.
The town lacks development, the roads are in a bad shape and unemployment is a major problem. "There is no factory in the area. Most of the roads are being constructed now. And for most people there is no other employment option other than working in the fields," said Ratan Chand Purvar, a tea-seller.
But all this is not likely to hurt the BJP's prospects. "In my family we are all traditional Congress supporters. But ultimately it is Chouhan who will win. He is chief minister," added Purvar.
When asked which of the two seats Chouhan would retain if he won from both places, Sadhna dodges the question. BJP leaders, however, feel that should Chouhan shift to the Centre or come to represent Vidisha, Kartikeya would be his natural heir for Budhni.
A divorce, a jail term, determined foes: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar fighting a lone battle?
The divorce between Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal(U) and a few days of change in residence for Rashtriya Janata Dal's Lalu Prasad – from 10, Circular Road in Patna to the Ranchi jail in Jharkhand – have totally changed the game that is played in Bihar.
Angry with the SP, convinced that the Congress is a losing proposition, unsure of AAP's ability to win, and fearful that Mayawati may ally with the BJP in the future, Muslims have a difficult choice.


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I am executing every now and then some python scripts which take quite long to execute.
I execute them like this:
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How can I play a sound as soon as the execution of the script is done?
I use Ubuntu 10.10 (Gnome desktop).
Append any command that plays a sound; this could be as simple as
or as complex as
(Commands assume pulseaudio is installed; substitute your sound player, which will depend on your desktop environment.)
Just pick a sound on your hard drive, and put a command to play it right after the command you're waiting on; they'll happen sequentially:
(You can use any player, naturally). I have a script called
It's really simple, so if you want to make your own you can base it on this (mine requires
You can also make this happen automatically.
I will show you how in
The essence looks like this:
You can also make it only do it if the program was Python, e.g.
If you're using GNOME Terminal, I would also point you to Flashing GNOME Terminal. It's a patch I wrote that makes the terminal blink when a command is done, so you can Alt-Tab to something else, then it lets you know when it's done.


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On Tuesday, Nov. 19, those who reside within the city limits of Sonoma will vote on Measure B, the hotel limitation measure. Stated reasons for supporting or opposing the measure are well known as mailers, door hangers and letters to the editor proliferate.
But the proverbial elephant is still in the room – the hotel project about which Measure B is ostensibly not about, but which arguably inspired the measure and against which most arguments, for or against, are being measured.
Developers of that project would say that they played by the rules, submitted draft proposals to the public, to the Sonoma Planning Department and to the Planning Commission, paid the appropriate fees and the costs of a traffic study commissioned by the city, all the while listening to rooms full of people both in private and public settings. The purpose, they said, was feedback, and feedback they got. On the basis of that feedback – from city officials and local residents – changes were made, the original name was dropped and the project was redesigned.
Those changes have not been aired in public because, once the measure was certified for the ballot, the only hotel project in Sonoma's pipeline moved quietly to the corner to wait for the decision of the voting public.
Was the West Napa Street hotel proposal just a case of unfortunate timing? Or was it the catalyst for the action that became Measure B, the spur that nicked the psyche of the arbiters of community character, the stimulus for those who believe Sonoma is still part of rural America and should cautiously guard against any change that might upset the delicate balance of small town authenticity.
Measure B proponents say no, this is not about personalities or any particular hotel.
They've adamantly denied that the measure is about developer Darius Anderson and his West Napa Street project. But some Measure B proponents insist Anderson's hotel is one of a number of proposals on the horizon, including one explored by developer The Kessler Collection at the Sonoma Truck and Auto property on Broadway, notwithstanding the fact that Kessler encountered too many Planning Department obstacles for his proposal and withdrew it. Interested parties continue to explore the property for any number of purposes, but no proposal is on file.
Another project alleged by a blogger who has relentlessly attacked Anderson with rumor and innuendo, involves an entirely unsubstantiated claim that Bank of America intends to close its Plaza branch and sell the property to a hotel developer with plans for a three-story hotel and underground parking lot.
But a query to Bank of America by the Index-Tribune prompted an emphatic denial from the company's vice-president for corporate communications who stated, "We have no plans to close the banking center in Sonoma or to sell the property."
All of which indicates that, if Measure B is passed by the electorate, the West Napa Street hotel project is the only one that will be affected. That said, even if it is being dismissed as not relevant to the discussion, like the elephant in the corner of the room, it can't realistically be ignored.
So what are the project's merits, what are its demerits? Will it harm or help Sonoma?
Fifteen months ago, about 150 people crowded into Ramekins Culinary School and Event Center to get their first public view of the proposed hotel for West Napa Street. It was called Chateau Sonoma, in honor of the French hotel that once stood on the site. In addition to 59 hotel rooms, that project would have had two restaurants, a health club, spa, 2,800-square-feet of retail space, a 180-seat event room and 119 off-street parking spaces in an area fronting the 100-block of West Napa Street. Two buildings – the Index-Tribune building and the Chateau Sonoma Antique store – would be demolished. The Lynch building would remain and be incorporated into the project. The developer emphasized that no variances were needed and all code requirements, except for parking (25 short) had been met.
Major concerns raised by attendees included vehicular traffic, pedestrian traffic, design issues, the proposed building demolitions and the parking shortage. And, perhaps, above all hung the question of whether Sonoma needs another hotel and, if so, would it "fit" the character of the community.
Similar issues were raised a week later at the Planning Commission study session on Aug. 23, 2012, and four weeks later at the Design Review Commission. Supporters pointed to the economic boost it would give the city. Opponents found fault with the architecture, massing, materials, scale and other design features, finding it heavy, unauthentic, and "just not Sonoma."
Understanding that this is how the process works, the project architect, Michael Ross, said he would go back and make changes. He hoped to be ready with new submittals by spring.
But in March of 2013, former mayor and councilmember Larry Barnett announced the formation of Preserving Sonoma, a group launched to oppose the construction of hotels with more than 25 rooms until overall occupancy in existing hotels and inns reaches a yearly average of 80 percent or more.
The project waiting in the wings, with changes in-hand, was withdrawn and its owners made a conscious decision to wait until the ballot measure was resolved before proceeding.
But what were those changes? On the Hotel Project Sonoma website, under the heading "we listened" the changes are outlined. First, there is no more Chateau Sonoma. The architectural style is now Sonoma historical, with elements of Sonoma Hotel and Blue Wing Adobe.
The event center was reduced to 128 seats, one restaurant was eliminated, all seven private apartments in the Lynch Building were retained, square footage was reduced by 7,000 square feet, trees and landscaping were enhanced, and the buildings were set back. Unchanged were the number of rooms and the 120 on-site parking spaces, but with the addition of 24 off-site spaces and the reduction of restaurant and event seats, the hotel conceivably met the parking requirement.
If Measure B fails, the changes will receive the same level of public scrutiny as the previous project and further changes could occur, as has been the case with the Mission Square project on Spain Street, which started as a hotel and is now proposed to be offices and apartments.
Traffic impacts are difficult to predict and subject to criticism since most people drive a car and have firm opinions about traffic. But W-Trans, a traffic engineering firm sometimes used by the city, has already completed a study at the request of the applicant, and found that the hotel with spa and retail would generate 552 trips a day. To put that figure in perspective, the study looked at MacArthur Place with similar amenities and a few more rooms, finding it generated 562 daily trips.
And by further comparison, the West Napa property once housed a full-service Sonoma Index-Tribune with a commercial printing plant, 65 employees who parked on site, large trucks that drove in and out on a daily basis and a service station with tow service. And the W-Trans report concludes that current uses of the property, which no longer houses a printing plant or a gas station, generate 681 trips, meaning that the proposed hotel would result in a net reduction of traffic on the property.
Another issue raised by the public was pedestrian congestion clogging the sidewalks and meandering across Plaza streets. The issue is not new and has also surfaced in Healdsburg, where, in the words of Healdsburg Chamber Executive Director Carla Howell, "A town of 11,000 couldn't support all the incredible things we get to enjoy. An extra five minutes to let someone cross the street is worth it." But while merchants, speaking at public meetings last year, supported the pedestrian traffic generated by a new hotel, not everyone agrees and no studies have been done to address the issue.
And then there are economic impacts.
Would the hotel-in-waiting positively impact the city's economy? The hotel's applicants say yes: it would generate $3.5 million in transient occupancy taxes over a five-year period at an occupancy rate of 60 percent, along with $2.5 million in sales tax and $1.8 million in property tax, also over five years. It planned to employ 110 full-time and 37 part-time staff, recruited locally, and would pay a living wage, according to standards set by the Living Wage Coalition.
Are these realistic figures? One must look at the past to get beyond projections. When the Lodge at Sonoma opened it had twice as many rooms as the proposed West Napa Street hotel. The city's transient occupancy tax jumped by $1.3 million over a three-year period. The average room rate at comparable hotels today is more than twice as much as it was in 2001. Therefore, the figure given over a five-year period is probable.
The property tax figure can be calculated almost to the penny once the value of the new construction is determined. The only unpredictable number is sales tax, which continues to go up as the economy improves. In Sonoma, 26 percent of sales tax comes from restaurants, according to Laurie Decker, economic development manager. And people on vacation don't just eat, they shop.
The 2012 Tourism Report by the Sonoma County Economic Development Board says tourism is a $1.35 billion business in the county. Sonoma experiences its share, enough to drive occupancy to a yearly average of almost 65 percent and to fill hotels during the crush months of August, September and October nearly to capacity. TOT records also show that finding rooms on weekends is difficult from spring through fall.
If the hotel-in-waiting gets its chance, the probability is it would fill its rooms in the same months as other lodgings, and perhaps better than some properties that are not as close to the Plaza.
But if Measure B passes, would it be possible to reconfigure the West Napa Street project as a 25-room hotel and still be economically viable? Bill Blum, manager of MacArthur Place, says no. "A full service luxury property needs to offer food and beverage, room service, bellmen, evening turn-down service, concierge and other amenities, and a small size makes it very difficult to have all of that labor for under 25 rooms."
Dan Parks, who built the 19-room Inn at Sonoma pre-recession, has since added eight rooms to help the bottom line, since he does not have on-site amenities, but operates more like a bed and breakfast.
The Hotel Limitation Measure Impact Study, done by members of the Preserving Sonoma committee, discusses the viability of hotels under 25 rooms, challenging numbers presented by the Keyser Marston Company, consultant to public agencies. But it lacks any mention of whether or not it is feasible to construct a hotel under 25 rooms in this market of tight loan regulations, site-scarcity and viability of investor returns. One indication of the financial challenges inherent in lodging properties is the recent example of the lease awarded by the City to a local group to renovate the Maysonnave Cottage for use as a vacation rental. The investors needed a 20-year lease to get back their $700,000 investment and still make a profit on a one-bedroom unit.
The owners of the West Napa Street property the proposed hotel sits on have not said what they might do if their project cannot go forward. They have commercial zoning and could build 134,000 square feet of building area on the land, and still provide required parking. That could theoretically provide 20,000 square feet of retail and 31 apartments, producing far more traffic trips a day than a hotel. Or they could use the property for 10,000 square feet of retail, 10,000 square feet of office, and 31 apartments.
For now, the elephant in the room sits and waits. Many votes are already cast, and many more will be cast on Tuesday before Sonomans will know what happens to that elephant, even though, rhetorically at least, the election is not about him.


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These are the measurements you need to collect to determine the attic cover size needed.
Length x Width x Height (Height of stair case)
Measure the attic entrance from the attic or standing on the attic stairs to determine the attic cover size needed. The measurements for the Draft Out™ Is taken from inside the rough frame of the attic entrance.
Length x Width x Height ( Height of stair case )
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St. Petersburg College (commonly referred to as SPC, formerly known as St. Petersburg Junior College or SPJC) is a state college in Pinellas County, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System, and is one of the institutions in the system designated a "state college", as it offers a greater number of four-year bachelor's degrees than traditional two-year community colleges. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and enrolls about 65,000 students annually.[1]
The school was founded in 1927 as a private, two-year junior college, the first in Florida. It later became a state institution, and grew to include campuses throughout Pinellas County. Today it has eleven campuses and centers: four in St. Petersburg, Florida and seven more in Seminole, Pinellas Park, Largo, Clearwater, and Tarpon Springs.
St. Petersburg College was founded in 1927 by Captain George M. Lynch, Pinellas County's city superintendent of schools for the city of St. Petersburg, as a private, non-profit institution.[2] It was created in part because of the economic downturn preceding the Great Depression as a way for local students to receive a postsecondary education without having to relocate or pay high tuition.[3] On opening day, the college consisted of 102 students and 14 faculty members, operating from an unused wing of St. Petersburg High School. After one semester, SPC moved its operations to a former high school facility overlooking Mirror Lake, where it remained until January 1942. At this point, the facility was moved into a single building on the corner of 5th Ave. N. and 66th St. N.—a building still in active use today as the James E. Hendry Administration Building, part of the St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus.
After a 1959 study clearly illustrated the demand for a higher-education facility in northern Pinellas county, SPC began planning the development of a second campus located in Clearwater, Florida. In 1962, the college acquired 72.8 acres (295,000 m2) of land in the vicinity of Drew Street and County Road 32 (Old Coachman Road), land which previously contained an orange grove and a waste disposal site. Construction began on February 25, 1964. That same year, the new campus, consisting of only five buildings, was officially dedicated on November 21.[4]
St. Petersburg College has no resident-students. This is mostly because no single campus is large enough to warrant a need for student on-campus housing. Many of the SPC campuses do not offer a large curriculum of available courses, but instead specialize in one or two specific fields. For example, the Caruth Health Education Center in Pinellas Park specializes in courses centering around health care, while the Seminole campus is a highly technology-oriented campus. The Seminole campus also serves to house SPC's University Partnership Center, a campus that offers select degree programs from 16 fully accredited institutions, including Barry University, Case Western Reserve University's Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Cleveland State University, Eckerd College, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida Institute of Technology, Florida International University, Florida State University, Indiana University, Saint Leo University, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, and University of South Florida.[5] In total, SPC's University Partnership program offers 60 bachelor's degrees and 39 graduate degrees.[6]
Both the Student Services building on the St Petersburg/Gibbs Campus and the Natural Science, Mathematics and College of Education Building on the Clearwater Campus were both recently awarded LEED Gold Certification. The two buildings mark the first LEED Gold higher education buildings in Pinellas County.
Academic profile[edit]
As of 2007, of the 65,000 students enrolled in the institution, 36,133 were enrolled in degree seeking programs; while 25,797 were non-degree seeking students. 16,051 of those students were female and 9,417 were male. The average ages of student enrollment proved to be in the range 20-24, which provided education to over 7,698 students.[2]
For four years in a row, St. Petersburg College was designated Florida's leader in distance learning among the state's 28 other community colleges. It ranked first in the number of courses offered (2,309) and the number of students (16,656). SPC has once again placed near the top of Community College Week's Top 100 Associate's Degree Producers List. In the primary category, All Disciplines, SPC was ranked 10th.[1][7]
The College of Technology and Management (CTM) developed the Sustainability Management BAS degree.[1] The program focuses on sustainable business strategies, energy and resource management, legal aspects of sustainability, and sustainability in built and natural environments. Among other major courses, areas of study include Legal Aspects of Sustainability, Environmental Communication, Sustainable Enterprise Planning, Sustainable Business Strategies, Energy and Environmental Techniques, Sustainability in the Natural Environment and Sustainability in the Build Environment.
The Seminole Campus based Environmental Science Technology AS [1] includes three sub-plans: Water Resource management, Environmental Resources/Energy Management and Sustainability and includes newly developed courses in Renewable Energy Resources, Solar Energy, Environmental Regulations, Environmental Compliance, Hydrology, Urban Resources Pollutants and Hazardous Waste/Materials Management.
In addition, St. Petersburg College's Corporate Training [8] department has partnerships with Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of the US Green Building Council to offer online LEED examination training courses and with Solar Source Institute to provide online and face to face solar energy generation, installation and inspection training. SPC/CT offers nearly 50 other sustainability focused certification and continuing education programs.
In 2010, St Petersburg College was named Outstanding Business of the Year by Florida Gulf Coast Chapter of the US Green Building Council.[9]
Student life[edit]
Caruth Health Education Center: Human Services Organization, Physical Therapist Assistant Club, Radiography Club, Student American Dental Hygienists Association, Student Caruth Health Information, Management Association, Student Nurses Association, and Veterinary Technician Society.[7][10]
Clearwater: Badeya (Black Student Union), Chess Club, College Democrats, Computer Club, Club Green, Emerging Green Builders, Ethics Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, High Achievers, International Club U.N.I.T (United Nations Integrating Together) and Latinos Unidos, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Math & Science Club, Phi Theta Kappa- Tau Zeta Chapter, Positive Directions Association, Silent Titans, Student Ambassadors, Student Government Associations, The World Percussion Club, and Wheels in the Wind.[7][10]
Downtown: Anime Club, Band/Jazz Ensemble, Brother to Brother, Campus Crusade for Christ, Campus Green Party, Chorus & Madrigalians, Circle K, College Democrats, Collegiate Music Educators, CoMotion Dance Theatre, Ethics in Action, Forensics, Friends of Internationals, Harmabee (Black Student Union), High Achievers Club (Affiliated with the Student Support Services Program), International Club, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Intramural Sports, Phi Theta Kappa- Eta Nu Chapter, Student Government Association, SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise), and Student Republican Association.[7][10]
St. Petersburg/Gibbs: Academic Team/Brain Bowl, Band/Jazz Ensemble, Brother to Brother, Campus Crusade for Christ, Chorus & Madrigalians, Circle K, Colleges Against Cancer, Collegiate Music Educators, CoMotion Dance Theatre, Ethics in Action, Friends of Florida Environmental Club, Harmabee (Black Student Union), High Achievers Club (Affiliated with the Student Support Services Program), International Club, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Intramural Sports, Latinos United, Medical Club, Peer Academic Advisory Club, Phi Theta Kappa- Eta Nu Chapter, Space Physiology and Medicine, Student Government Association, and Student Republican Association.[7][10]
Seminole: Digital Media Club, Environmental Science Club, Student Government Association, Phi Theta Kappa, Videogame Lab, Seminole Campus for Christ, and Hospitality Club.[7][10]
Tarpon Springs: Art Club, Billiards Club, Chess Club, Coffee House, Cultural club, COE Kappa Delta Pi Drama Club, Fitness Club, Christian Club, Latinos United, Phi Theta Kappa- Alpha Zeta Tau, Photography Club, St. Petersburg College Students Counsel for Exceptional Students, Student Ambassadors Program, Student Government Association, Sustainability Club, Tabletop Titans (gaming club), and View from The Hill Campus Newsletter.[7][10]
The St. Petersburg College athletic teams go by the name "Titans." They are a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and compete in the Suncoast Conference of theFlorida State College Activities Association (FSCAA). The Titans are represented by a men's basketball and baseball team, as well as a women's volleyball, basketball, tennis, and softball team. The college also has a cheerleading squad who cheers for the men's and women's basketball teams. Cheerleading is also present at pep rallies and other school functions.
Read more: St Petersburg College (SPC, SPC, Saint Petersburg College, St. Petersburg College) Academics and Admissions - Largo, FL http://www.stateuniversity.com/universities/FL/St_Petersburg_College.html#ixzz300lFwcvS
Notable people[edit]
Notable alumni include Gus Bilirakis, the current U.S. representative from Florida's 9th District; Henry Lyons, the former president of the National Baptist Convention; Jim King, the former president of the Florida Senate; Frank Wren, the current general manager of the Atlanta Braves; Carl M. Kuttler, Jr., the former president of St. Petersburg College; and Nicole P. Stott, NASA astronaut, Daryl L. Bortel, US Air Force, Retired. Jim Morrison of the Doors attended SPC briefly. Bryan LaHair played baseball for SPJC
- ^ a b c d SPC: Online Catalog
- ^ a b SPC: Just the Facts
- ^ History of St. Petersburg College
- ^ An Informal History of the Clearwater Campus
- ^ University Partnership Center: Partnering Institutions
- ^ University Partnership Center: Degrees
- ^ a b c d e f g SPC: Future Student
- ^ SPC: Corporate Training
- ^ Florida Gulf Coast Chapter US Green Building Council
- ^ a b c d e f SPC: Student Activities
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Coordinates: 27°46′43″N 82°43′58″W / 27.778574°N 82.7326912°W


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The three people who leaped from the top of the Trump International Hotel and Tower early Thursday used stairs to reach the top of the 92-story skyscraper and may have covered the lenses of hotel security cameras to conceal their midnight jump, a law enforcement source said.
Surveillance photographs issued as part of a police community alert Thursday show three males — one appearing to carry a large duffel bag — climbing the stairs.
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Villalobos, J.; McDonald, A.K.; Hatler, W.; Hart, C.; Sheng, Z.
This report presents results for the Subtask 3.3 of the Pecos River Basin Assessment Project sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB). The overall objective of Subtask 3.3 is to examine the hydrologic impacts of Tamarix spp. (saltcedar) control along a 5 km segment of the Pecos River near Mentone, Texas. This report is also based on work supported in part by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Agreements No. 2005-34461-15661 and No. 2005-45049-03209, Texas Cooperative Extension (TCE), and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES). As part of the deliverables of this project, an existing monitoring network of 8 wells was examined and enhanced with 9 additional wells equipped with water level loggers. Land surface profile and piezometric surface profile were developed to characterize interaction of surface and groundwater for different seasons as well as for verification of monitored water levels. Flow measurements were conducted during a release of water from Red Bluff Reservoir in March 2005 to determine losses or gains within the selected reach. Continued water level monitoring data provide more detailed information about water exchange between surface water and groundwater under different flow conditions. Correlation analyses of river stage and groundwater levels in monitoring boreholes provided further insight. Results show that the river is hydraulically connected with shallow groundwater for this 5 km segment, which is comprised of Sites A and B, near Mentone, Texas in Loving County. Generally, the river is losing water to the aquifer at both sites. A gentle hydraulic gradient exists on the east bank of the river while a steeper gradient occurs on the west bank probably due to different hydrological properties of soils. Seepage from the river not only recharges the shallow aquifer, but also creates groundwater flow parallel to the channel, which may eventually discharge back to the river downstream. The reversed hydraulic gradients also demonstrate complexity of the dynamic relationship between the river and the aquifer. Water loss at the treated Site A decreased dramatically following saltcedar control in 2001, and remained very low through 2004. This study conservatively estimates water salvage of 0.5 – 1.0 acre feet per acre from control of saltcedar at this particular site. Salvaged water most likely contributes to aquifer recharge rather than increased streamflow. Vegetation return in the form of native grasses and saltcedar re-growth at Site A may be the cause of corresponding increases in water loss in 2005 and 2006. Site A may also be affected by the untreated adjacent upriver segment (Site B), resulting in over-estimated water loss. Although the saltcedar water loss and salvage estimates presented here are believed to be conservative, the extreme differences in yearly site conditions throughout the study made it difficult to compare pre and post treatment calculations with confidence. It is recommended that additional flow measurements for longer reaches, enhanced monitoring of surface water and groundwater interaction, and further studies on hydrological impacts of saltcedar control be conducted. For future studies using the paired plot method, it is recommended that both sites be logged for at least 3 years prior to treatment. To reduce the potential for upriver treatment affect on downriver study areas, it is recommended that hydrological and ecological conditions immediately upstream of each plot be alike.
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