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Charlie Crashmeister's smartphone beeps incessantly from across the bedroom. Annoying, yes, but not nearly enough to wake Charlie out of his stupor. Next, his iPod blasts Queen's "We Will Rock You" as loud as the device can go without blowing out its internal speakers. Charlie groans and rolls over, pulling the covers over his ears. Finally, his Star Trek "shuttle bay doors" alarm clock does the trick. Sirens are really hard to ignore, especially when they penetrate the upper range of your hearing...again and again and again. Charlie bellows a few choice words, glances at the clock, and heaves himself out of bed and into the shower. No time for the snooze alarm today.
Less than 15 minutes later, Charlie has showered, shaved, and thrown on a clean company polo and reasonably clean khaki pants. Good thing they provide these polos, he thinks, because otherwise he'd be wearing the same shirt until he couldn't stand himself anymore. Charlie grabs a couple of granola bars as he runs out the door, frantically trying to hit the office before his 8am starting time. He makes it with two minutes to spare. Charlie boots up his computer and scans his daily call sheet to see whose computer he can destroy, er, fix today.
You're goin' down, Dell!
However, Charlie can't get out the door just yet. First, he must endure an excruciating all-hands meeting conducted by a sadistic office manager with way too much time on her nicely manicured hands. Finally he escapes and speeds across town to his first client, an irate father who has just found an extensive porn library on his 17-year-old son's PC. The kid is so organized that he's cross-referenced the DVDs so he (and his friends) can find them more easily. The cyberwizard's father wants the DVDs gone by the time the son gets home from school. The father also wants blocking software installed so the kid can't rebuild his inappropriate database. Although the kid has cleverly disguised the files as classroom assignments, Charlie finally locates and destroys them all. Two hours later, he installs the blocking software, wishing he could be a fly on the wall for that family confrontation.
Next up: a client who hasn't been able to hook up to the Internet for two days. She's rebooted her system and checked her connections so many times she's lost count. She's repeatedly called her service provider, who refuses to believe the glitch could be the company's fault. Charlie gets on the phone and strong-arms the smug service rep who's clearly speaking from a prepared script. Finally, the rep admits the blockage results from a scrambled signal from the company's regional server. He re-routes the woman's line to a functioning server, and her search engine screen magically appears. This guy is clearly no match for Charlie's cunning tenacity.
Time for lunch, which is probably another greasy burger and overcooked fries from Charlie's favorite drive-through. The food's enough to rot your stomach and clog your arteries, but it's cheap and convenient, which is why Charlie wolfs it down every day. Finally, he belches up the foul-smelling remnants, slurps down his 32-oz. soda, and whips out of the parking lot to his first afternoon appointment.
Well, here's something a bit different: a business that's so slammed they've had to add two more employee workstations. Trouble is, none of the five office computers are networked; this makes placing, tracking, and billing orders rather inefficient. Charlie spends the next two hours running cables, updating software, and testing the newly networked system's functionality. Meanwhile, employees pace the floor impatiently as the work piles up. Just when Charlie thinks he can wrap up the job, he discovers a virus that's attached itself to many employee emails. Blast it, Charlie thinks, this wasn't on the schedule—and he might spend another hour here. He tracks down and eliminates the virus; then he installs a top-notch anti-virus program that should prevent (or at least delay) another attack.
This is one way to destroy a computer...from long range.
Now Charlie has spent almost three hours on this networking project, and he still has one more stop to make. In contrast to his last client, this company is trying to nurse its ancient computers along until the firm's sales pick up. It's an exercise in futility, as the business' processing and storage needs far outstrip the computers' feeble CPU and hard drive capabilities. Charlie manages to buy the company another week or two, although the computer's ultimate demise is right around the corner. Translated: This computer is about to be toast.
Finally, Charlie is finished with his calls, although he still hasn't written up his invoices or computed his mileage. That can wait until tomorrow, he figures. Right now he needs to work off some stress from his mind-numbingly tedious workday. He heads to the gym, where he sweats through three miles on the treadmill and knocks off his weight-training workout. Grabbing (and eating) a sub on the way to his apartment, he plops himself on the couch to commune with his remote. That plan doesn't last long, however, as Charlie passes out halfway through an ear-splitting reality show set on a stock-car racetrack. Guess he'll have to find out who gets eliminated—and who survives—tomorrow.


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text: University of Notre Dame' linebacker Manti Te'o, 21-year-old real girlfriend is Alexandra del Pilar, photos revealed online. Super-sexy hot-sizzlin' Alexandra del Pilar dated Manti Te'o for a couple months toward the end of last year. A Photo of Manti Te'o sitting on Santa's lap with Alexandra has surfaced from the 21-year-old St. Mary's College student in Indiana Twitter account. The couple met on November 10 when Notre Dame played Boston College and dated for 2 months after Teo's fake girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, passed away.


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Bus driver shot behind middle school
A school bus driver was picking up her bus this morning from the bus barn on McKenzie Street when someone shot her several times. The barn is behind North Augusta Middle School.
The driver is in critical condition at MCG.
No students were on the bus at the time.
Investigators have a suspect in mind right now, but they aren't releasing his or her name to us at this point.
That suspect is not in custody.
Investigators also believe this shooting wasn't random--that the bus driver was targeted.
"Law enforcement has a motive," Det. Tim Thornton told News 12. "Law enforcement has an idea of the background. But it's under investigation right now, and we're going to run down some of the leads that we have before we're going to go public with any type of motive."
The school is not on lockdown at this point.
Minor accident on I-20 between Wheeler and 520
Eastbound lanes on I-20 between Wheeler Road and Bobby Jones Expressway were closed this morning after a minor accident there.
There were no injuries, but the accident had traffic moving really slowly.
2 hospitalized after car loses control on Broad Street
Two people are in the hospital after a wreck in Augusta. We're told they should be ok.
Deputies say the car was heading eastbound on Broad Street when the driver lost control and ran into a grass embankment.
Then the car went through a metal guardrail near the Augusta Canal, where it flipped.
Two people were trapped in the car, and rescue workers had to cut them out.
DeVaney funeral today
Former Augusta mayor Charles DeVaney will be laid to rest today.
Thursday, people lined up to say goodbye to the former leader at his visitation.
Mr. DeVaney's funeral will start at 1 p.m. You can watch the entire funeral live on our sister station, my12.
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She will be paired on DWTS with B actor Ted McGinley from Happy Days and Married with Children. Do not expect much from that stiff boy, so an early exit is likely for Inna. You have to work your way up on the show so that is to be expected. Inna premiers on DWTS on Monday, September 22nd 2008.
Her prior claim to fame is as an accomplished amateur dancer, most notable for winning the national dance contest called "Dance National." In it she was the 10-Dance Champion with her Russian dance partner named Pavel Pashkov. Their full dance history and awards can be seens here.
In the dance video you can see that her body is poised with dramatic lines, which is typical for artists trained in the Russian dance schools although she did not receive her training there. Her breasts are fuller than the average dancer, which gives her an interesting if not hot look to the boys.
She is Lithuanian born although many biographies mistakenly identify her from Russia. Regardless she was not there long as Inna immigrated to the United States when she was just 2 years old. Ms. Brayer settled in Brooklyn, New York, where fell in love when dancing as a child when she was 7 years old. Like all driven people, dance turned from a recreational hobby into a passion and now a professional career.
Inna Brayer is 5'4″ tall in height. She began dancing with partner Pavel Pashkov in 2003 and began placing in tournaments with him. She was 11th place at the Tokyo World Championships and 9th place at the World Cup in Vancouver. The couple have been U.S. Amateur Champions an amazing three times.
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Halloween should be a black cat's favorite holiday, but Spat the Cat is nervous about visiting a creepy haunted house. He's worried it will be too scary. Splat's friend Spike tells Splat not to be a scaredy-cat—the haunted house is just for fun!
Splat and Spike's visit to the haunted house turns into a rescue mission when Splat's pet mouse, Seymour, gets lost inside.
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Just after 11:30 p.m. on Friday, troopers responded to a report of an ATV collision on Red Ribbon Road in Kasilof. First responders found Benjamin Kruse, 30, dead at the scene.
Further investigation revealed Kruse and his three-year-old son were riding the ATV along the roadway when he reportedly lost control of the vehicle and rolled over. Neither was wearing a helmet at the time of the incident, but troopers say the young boy was unharmed.
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As of 2011, 18 states from Maine to Georgia have HWA, according to the Maine Forest Service. Many areas infested with HWA display tree decline and mortality.
According to Maine Forest Service experts, HWA eggs and crawlers are present in spring and summer. HWA are easily spread by birds, and residents are urged to avoid hanging bird feeders near hemlock trees, especially from April through August.
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To own a Mercedes-Benz is to take pride in its timeless design and effortless style. But regardless of the care you take in maintaining the appearance of your vehicle, sometimes damage can't be avoided. Whether it's a rock chip, a spill, a sharp object piercing the interior, a wheel making contact with the curb, or seasonal hazards like road grime, or salt attacking your rims, Mercedes-Benz has the solution.
Your Mercedes-Benz Dealership or Certified Collision Center can offer minor repairs quickly, easily, and cost effectively, often while you wait.
Few parts of your vehicle are as readily noticed as the alloy rims. Unfortunately, even the most stunning wheels are susceptible to damage.
If winter road salt or a bump against the curb has left your rims looking less than spectacular, your Mercedes-Benz dealership or Certified Collision Center has the technology to make your rim look restored at a fraction of the cost of a new one.*
To avoid replacing the entire windshield, Mercedes-Benz Dealerships and Certified Collision Centers can fix cracks and stone chips quickly using resins to seal the glass, and polish to take care of pitting.
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BOJ's First Female Chief Says Women Being Held Back
Tokiko Shimizu, the Bank of Japan's first female branch chief, says the country's tendency to shield women from responsibility is what's holding many back. At 45, the youngest among 32 regional heads, she is bucking the trend.
Shimizu, who last month became head of the central bank's Takamatsu branch on the western island of Shikoku, said male managers in Japan being "soft" on female subordinates has restricted their career growth.
"I doubt managers are treating female and male subordinates in strictly the same way, giving them the same tasks and developing them," she said in an Aug. 13 interview in Takamatsu. "If a woman is denied experience with important duties, later on she'll be told she's not fit to be a manager."
Fewer Japanese women are in the labor market than their South Korean, American and Chinese counterparts, even as a shrinking workforce and aging population risks lowering the country's economic output and increasing the social-welfare burden. More women are starting to take policy-making roles in Japan, though it's a slow process, economist Naomi Fink said.
"If principles of meritocracy were embraced, you shouldn't get any skews in demographics, male or female," said Fink, a Tokyo-based strategist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. "Maybe something is changing, but it's coming in fits and starts."
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Born and raised in Tokyo, Shimizu joined the central bank after graduating with a degree in urban engineering from Tokyo University. She was European deputy chief representative at the BOJ's London branch, led a team that analyzed risk and option pricing, and worked with Masaaki Shirakawa, now governor, on enhancing the liquidity of government bonds.
Branch managers are in charge of overseeing economies in their regions and don't sit on the monetary policy board, which sets interest-rate policy.
In 2008, 49 percent of Japanese women aged 15 and older were part of the workforce, lower than South Korea's 55 percent, the U.S.'s 60 percent and China's 68 percent, according to World Bank data. Japan has barely made progress since 1980, when the female participation rate was 48 percent, while the U.S. ratio increased by 8 percentage points over the same period.
Shimizu said a diverse society with various values and lifestyles would encourage women, immigrants, and small to midsized business, as well as invigorate local economies. Almost 23 percent of Japan's 126 million people will be older than 65 this year, putting an extra load on workers and the economy.
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"If you want to improve the Japanese economy you have to start with small companies and regional household spending," she said. "If you bring the cost of raising a family down and make the environment more livable, birthrates will rise and young people from within the country and from overseas will come to the provinces."
Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's four main islands, relies on heavy industries such as shipbuilding and metalworking, according to Yasumichi Yamaji, secretary-general at the Kagawa Economic Research Institute. Mitsubishi Materials Corp., Japan's third-largest copper producer, has a smelting factory in the region.
"The pace of recovery here is not like the rest of the country," said Shimizu, referring to Kagawa and neighboring Tokushima Prefecture which she oversees. "No matter how much China buys cars or consumer electronics, it isn't really linked to manufacturing here," she said, adding that "domestic industries need to breathe life back into the region."
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Kagawa's residents are also the nation's biggest savers, with an average of 16.6 million yen ($194,000) per household in 2007. Together with Tokushima, the two prefectures had a combined economic output of 6.3 trillion yen in 2008, or about 1.2 percent of Japan's gross domestic product, according to the most recent prefectural statistics.
Shimizu, who finishes work at 6 p.m., plays golf on weekends, and recently participated in a local traditional dance festival, isn't the only woman in a top role at the central bank. Miyako Suda, 62, has served on the Bank of Japan's policy board for nine years, making her the most experienced member.
"Organizations must consider how diversity can ease confrontation between the genders," Shimizu said. "If you ask me if it's easy for women to work at the Bank of Japan, I'd say yes," she said. "I'm no superwoman, but it's still hard for women to rise to positions of responsibility in Japan."


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She previously held leadership positions in two multi-billion dollar capital campaigns, at Case Western Reserve University and Washington University in St. Louis, and served as vice president for development at Dickinson College.
Through her workshops and consulting, she has worked with organizations including Millennium Promise, Grameen America, Teach for America, Mercy Corps, and Population Services International. She is a co-founder of the Quincy Jones Music Consortium, an organization making music an ongoing part of the lives of children across the United States, and is a board member of the Berklee College City Music Program.
She has a BA from Allegheny College, a master's degree in nonprofit management from Case Western Reserve University, and is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.
"Exponential Fundraising reconceptualizes fundraising as something that is not only mission critical, but a vehicle to fundamentally transform organizations and the people who are involved with them. Partnerships are designed from the start to be co-creative and generative – and strategy is built on a growing and continuous resource flow that is designed to break down walls, not create them."


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Analysts React to Chevron's 'Easily Digestible' Atlas Deal
Chevron today announced $3.2 billion deal for Atlas Energy, as energy giants continue to scramble to tap energy from unconventional sources.
Atlas is a big player in unlocking natural gas in underground rock formations called shales. The Atlas deal is a big bet on the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, a massive field of natural-gas-rich formations that stretches along the Appalachians.
Accessing the energy contained in the shale reserves has raised hackles of some local residents and politicians. Still, tapping such unconventional sources of energy may be more palatable today given the uncertainty about deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Last year, Exxon announced a $36 billion acquisition of XTO Energy. Investors have questioned that deal because natural gas prices have fallen sharply, undermining for now part of the rationale for scooping up XTO's gas-rich reserves. Chinese energy giant Cnooc struck a deal last month with Chesapeake Energy in part so it can learn about how to access oil and gas in shales. Royal Dutch Shell also bought independent shale firm East Resources in May.
Chevron is paying a much smaller pricetag of $38.25 a share in cash, as well as units of Atlas's limited partner, Atlas Pipeline Holdings, valued at $5.09 for each Atlas share. The total value to Atlas shareholders is $43.34 a share, or a 37% premium to Monday's closing price. Atlas shares today climbed 34% to $42.40 in recent trading.
For Chevron CEO John Watson, this is his first deal since he took over the top job at the beginning of the year, J.P. Morgan points out.
Here's a roundup of how analysts are greeting the deal announcement today:
A "small, easily digestible" deal for Chevron, Barclays says
The energy giants are asserting their power:
"The majors will no longer accept the passive role as in the past transactions (buying into the shale play by forming JVs with existing operators and take a passive non-operator role). We think the major oil companies will insist on operatorship and control of assets in future large share gas corporate or asset transactions." – Barclays
Better this deal than Exxon's pricey XTO purchase
"The exit EV of Atlas is $4.3bn or 2.5% of Chevron current market EV. This contrasts with Exxon Mobil's more aggressive acquisition of XTO Resources where this size ratio was over 7%….Late movers get the better deals in the U.S. gas shale – We have previously argued that the later movers in to the US gas shale are doing better priced deals than the first and early movers and are also that bit closer to the gas price turning point." – JP Morgan
Wait, we thought Chevron didn't like natural gas?
"We had realized CVX's interest in doing a small acquisition but are surprised by ATLS given its bearish view on US natgas. Having said that, it appears to be acquiring a rapidly growing asset for a fairly inexpensive price" – UBS


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DEXTER - The New Madrid County Central Eagles football team captured the Class 3, District 1 title with an inspired effort by the offensive line on Thursday night at Charles Bland Stadium in Dexter.
NMCC rushed for 375 yards and scored five touchdowns on the ground, as the Eagles controlled the line of scrimmage and held off a late Bearcat rally late in the fourth quarter to win 34-26.
"We won the game up front and that was the key to the game," said NMCC head coach Arlen Pixley. "Give all the credit to our kids and the coaches did an excellent job of preparing for Dexter. We have been working hard since Week 1 for this moment. I am proud of our kids. (R.D.) White, (Brian) Colbert and (L.T.) Sutton executed well as did the entire offensive line. Great win for the kids and the school."
With the score tied at 20 with nine minutes to play in the fourth quarter, senior back Marquese Gates scored his final of three touchdowns on a 24-
"Marquese did an outstanding job of running the football tonight," said Arlen Pixley. "He lowered his shoulder and got the tough yard, then he would break one and just out run everybody. Marquese ran the football hard and we needed every yard he got tonight."
Dexter stormed down the field with five minutes to go in the contest.
The Bearcats received a big 19-yard quarterback scramble from senior Josh Stevens to get Dexter into Eagle territory.
Three plays later, Stevens found wide out Logan Swindle open for a 29-yard touchdown reception to cut the Eagle lead to two.
The Bearcats went for the tie, but the pass from Stevens to Drew Pixley went off his finger tips and incomplete. NMCC still led 28-26 with 3:24 to play in the game.
All the momentum seemed to go to Dexter on one special team play, as the Bearcats attempted an on side kick on the kickoff and a Bearcat seemed to recover the football as he slid out of bounds.
However, a penalty flag was thrown and the ruling on the field was the ball didn't go the required 10 yard before being touched. The Eagles took over at the 50-yard line with three minutes to play.
When questioned on the ruling, Dexter head coach Aaron Pixley commented, "They (officials) said the football didn't travel 10 yards and that is all I will say."
Seizing upon the change in fortune, NMCC scored three plays later on a DeAnton Brown 44-yard touchdown off the left side. The extra point was blocked and the Eagles led 34-26 with a little under two minutes to play.
"New Madrid played well and there offensive line made some holes," said Aaron Pixley. "Once the holes were made up front, their running backs made big play after big play. You have to tip your hat to New Madrid. They played better and won the game. They won the battle for the line of scrimmage. No excuses."
Dexter had one last offensive possession and drove the ball from there own 31-yard line to 26 of the Eagles with 1:20 to play in the game.
On 2nd-and-10 from the Eagle 26, Stevens was pressured up front and rolled to his right looking down field for an open receiver. Stevens thought he found an open man over the middle, but the pass was under thrown and free safety Leslie Williams picked off the pass for NMCC.
The Eagles tried to run the clock out from there own 17-yard line with three running plays up the middle. Dexter called a timeout with 44 seconds to play, forcing NMCC to punt the ball.
NMCC ran the clock down to three seconds and sent the punt team on the field. After a delay of game and two false start penalties, the Eagles were forced to punt from their own 3-yard line.
The Eagles decided to let Williams take the center/quarterback exchange and run straight up the middle as time expired. NMCC captured their first district title since 2003 with the buzzer.
"It was a battle for four quarters," said Arlen Pixley. "We knew we would have our hands full and the kids responded with a great effort. Dexter is a heck of a team and we fought hard for the win."
NMCC'S defense held Dexter to 15 yards rushing in the first half and sacked Stevens five times in the game.
"It is no secret that we tried to stop their running game," said Arlen Pixley. "I thought we did a good job of getting pressure on Stevens and that seemed to force him to make some unbalanced throws at times."
Despite the lack of an effective running game, Dexter showed a solid aerial attack, as Stevens passed 169 yards and Swindle had nine receptions for 119 yards.
"It seemed like we were trying to catch them all night long," said Aaron Pixley. "I felt pretty good when it was 20-20, but they busted that big run and it hurt us. This loss does not put a stain on this team. We have a good group of seniors, just hard-working guys. They have set a great example for the younger kids."
Dexter finishes a great season at 8-2.
NMCC (8-2) travels to Ste. Genevieve to take on the Dragons in a Class 3 sectional game at 7 p.m. Ste. Gen (7-3) defeated Potosi 42-19 to win the District 2 title.


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Get an overview of this hotelMountain ski retreat with dining and a full-service spa
Located near the slopes, this Kaprun hotel is in the city center, within a 5-minute walk of Kaprun Ski Resort and Schaufelberg Panorama Cable Car, and close to winter sports such as cross-country skiing and skiing lessons. St. Margareta Church and Oldtimer Museum are also within 10 minutes.
Hotel Features
After a day on the slopes, return to Das Alpenhaus Kaprun to dine at the restaurant, drink at the bar/lounge, and enjoy comforts including an indoor pool and a full-service spa.
Room Amenities
All 122 rooms feature thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers, along with free WiFi and satellite TV. Minibars, room service, and hair dryers are among the other amenities available to guests.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Das Alpenhaus KaprunSchlossstrasse 2 Kaprun Salzburg 5710
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
After a day on the slopes, indulge in a treatment at the full-service spa or soothe your muscles in the spa tub. Das Alpenhaus Kaprun helps provide the perfect winter holiday with ski storage, ski equipment rentals, and ski passes. At the end of the day, order après-ski drinks at the hotel's bar.
The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This ski hotel also offers an indoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center. Onsite parking is available (surcharge). A total renovation of this property was completed in December 2013.
Das Alpenhaus Kaprun has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation - drop-off (surcharge)
- Babysitting or childcare
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop or café
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 2476
- Conference space size (meters) - 230
- Designated smoking areas
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Elevator/lift
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Free breakfast
- Free parking nearby
- Free WiFi
- Full-service spa
- Garden
- Indoor pool
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 4
- Number of meeting rooms - 4
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Sauna
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Shopping on site
- Ski passes available
- Ski storage
- Spa services on site
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Terrace
- Total number of rooms - 122
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Year Built 1992
Family Friendly Amenities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Indoor pool
- Laundry facilities
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Free parking nearby
Room Amenities
- Bathrobes
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free toiletries
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Hair dryer
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room safe
- Minibar
- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Room service (limited hours)
- Satellite TV service
- Shower only
- Slippers
Where to Eat
A complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7 AM and 11 AM.
Alpenhaus Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool, a seasonal outdoor pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Downhill skiing nearby
- Cross-country skiing nearby
- Rafting nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Snowboarding nearby
- Snowshoeing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Ski lessons available nearby
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Mountain biking on site
- Ski equipment rentals on site
Spa Services
Alpen.Veda.Spa has 5 treatment rooms. Services include hot stone massages, massages, facials, and body wraps. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including Ayurvedic. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, and a steam room.
The spa is open daily. Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the spa.
- Hot stone massage
- Steam room in spa
- Number of treatment rooms 5
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Minimum age to access spa is 16
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 12 per pet, per night
- Dogs and cats only
- 2 per room
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.15 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Airport shuttle fee: EUR 140.00 per vehicle
- Self parking fee: EUR 10 per night (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: EUR 12 per pet, per night
- Late check-out fee: EUR 50
Hotel Name
- Alpenhaus Kaprun
- Das Alpenhaus
- Das Alpenhaus Hotel
- Das Alpenhaus Hotel Kaprun
- Das Alpenhaus Kaprun
- Kaprun Alpenhaus
- Kaprun Das Alpenhaus
- Das Alpenhaus Kaprun Hotel
- Steigenberger Hotel Kaprun
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 2 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
National Rating
Hotelstars Union assigns an official star rating for properties in Austria. This property is rated 4 stars.


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Book your room at Holiday Inn Express Calexico
Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Calexico with free breakfast and outdoor pool
Situated in a rural location, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus, Rockwood Plaza, and Calexico Community Center. Gran Plaza Outlets and House of Culture are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Hotel Features
Along with an outdoor pool, this hotel has a fitness center and a spa tub. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, coffee/tea in a common area, and dry cleaning.
Room Amenities
All 73 rooms provide free WiFi and free wired Internet, flat-screen TVs with cable channels, and conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves. Room service, coffee makers, and free newspapers are among the other amenities available to guests.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us! Opens in a new window
Holiday Inn Express Calexico2501 Scaroni Road Calexico CA 92231
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to an outdoor pool, Holiday Inn Express Calexico provides a spa tub and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. This Calexico hotel also offers multilingual staff, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Outdoor pool
- Fitness facilities
- Total number of rooms - 73
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of floors - 3
- Laundry facilities
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Luggage storage
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- 24-hour business center
- Free self parking
- Spa tub
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free newspaper
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 9:30 AM.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Activities
An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Hotel Name
- Calexico Holiday Inn Express
- Holiday Inn Express Calexico
- Holiday Inn Express Hotel Calexico
- Calexico Holiday Inn
- Holiday Inn Calexico
- Holiday Inn Express Calexico Hotel Calexico
- Holiday Inn Express Calexico Hotel
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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"Let a million free clinics bloom" says Deroy Murdock ("Herewith my substitute for Obamacare," Commentary, Aug. 20). He cites exactly the reason a profit model fails to keep our nation healthy and costs down.
Doctors and nurses, including this writer, do volunteer. But the clinic patient also needs expensive blood tests, diagnostic tests, medication, and -- most of all -- continuity. Treating health care like car shopping doesn't work. You can't bargain from the back of an ambulance.
The Affordable Care Act, now implemented in Rhode Island, puts money into prevention, continuity, and health education for the public. And "federal involvement" is essential protection from multi-state corporations that engage in malpractice or create environmental hazards. You don't want to deregulate your pharmaceuticals. We've been there.
Universal health care is the model for the rest of the developed world. We are finally recognizing the human and economic cost of a fragmented and profit-based health care system. Not just the indigent, but youth and working people have found health care unaffordable.
Like Mr. Murdock, I want to see a change for the better. It is hard to wait. It is frustrating that politics and compromise are as much a factor as the physical challenges of serving millions of Americans who formerly had no access to care. But taking a giant step backward just as we begin to move forward is not the way.
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As the tempature's turn cold here in the East, I was wondering how outdoor cyclists kept up with their training during winter? Obviously riding in the cold is an option but I was hoping to get ideas for keeping up my training (w/o doing it outdoors)?
Does anyone have any recommendations of indoor cycling training?
I stay outside as long as conditions allow. We are luckier this year. But I always hit the indoor trainer. I am a coach, so I use most of my own workouts and sometimes I use DVD's. Indoor cycling is great to work on specific issues. ie, form, endurnace, climbing, TT work.
If you shoot me an email, I can be more specific to you.
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Each residential team must have a coach stay in residence.
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It's not often that we encourage you to read non-Avon books but we have had to make an exception for Colleen McCullough's Bittersweet. An Australian saga at its best, Bittersweet incorporates history, drama and romance in a beautiful and compulsively readable story about four very different sisters who are united in their fierce love for one another and in their quest for happiness. We think it's brilliant! And we're not alone in our thinking. Haylee Nash, Booktopia's romance specialist and self-confessed lover of hot men, sassy women and sizzling sexual tension was more than satisfied by Bittersweet. Nash admits that this was her first taste of Colleen McCullough, having been put off by the sheer size of her books. But she insists she needn't have worried stating that the book was "utterly engaging" with "great depth of information and description" making it a "gorgeous historical saga". Read the full review here.
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I can't believe how fast January is going.
I had big ambitions to blog lots more.
Not only to keep you faithful readers up on whats going on,
but to document more of my life and the kiddos day to day stuff.
I wasn't shooting for every day because I know myself.
I would have failed before I started!
I'm still going to try! :)
I also want to do weigh in wednesdays.
I skipped last week on purpose.
I had gained weight and was embarrassed.
This week I am back down again.
It is SO hard to be intentional about losing weight.
I really like food, yo!
Just keeping it real.
My baby Levi has the flu today.
He is needy and clingy and whiny :(
It is sad to watch.
And icky to be puked all over!
There has been lots of cuddling and watching Disney online!
On the shop front...
I am getting ready to put these into the shop!
I am in LOVE with this batch of headbands!
I want to keep them all :)


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Java EE 6 Pocket Guide from O'Reilly - Now Available in Paperback and Kindle Edition
By arungupta on Sep 21, 2012
Java EE 6 Pocket Guide from 'OReilly Media is now available in Paperback and Kindle Edition. Here are the book details:
Release Date: Sep 21, 2012
Language: English
Pages: 208
Print ISBN: 978-1-4493-3668-4 | ISBN 10:1-4493-3668-X
Ebook ISBN:978-1-4493-3667-7 | ISBN 10:1-4493-3667-1
|The book provides a comprehensive summary of
the Java EE 6 platform. Main features of different
technologies from the platform are explained and accompanied
by tons of samples. A chapter is dedicated to Managed Beans,
Servlets, Java Persistence API, Enterprise JavaBeans,
Contexts and Dependency Injection, JavaServer Faces,
SOAP-Based Web Services, RESTful Web Services, Java Message
Service, and Bean Validation in that format.
Many thanks to Markus Eisele, John Yeary, and Bert Ertman for reviewing and providing valuable comments. This book was not possible without their extensive feedback!
This book was mostly written by compiling my blogs, material from 2-day workshops, and several hands-on workshops around the world. The interactions with users of different technologies and whiteboard discussions with different specification leads helped me understand the technology better. Many thanks to them for helping me be a better user!
The long international flights during my travel around the world proved extremely useful for authoring the content. No phone, no email, no IM, food served on the table, power outlet = a perfect recipe for authoring ;-)
Markus wrote a detailed review of the book. He was one of the manuscript reviewers of the book as well and provided valuable guidance. Some excerpts from his blog:
It covers the basics you need to know of Java EE 6 and gives good examples of all relevant parts.
This is a pocket guide which is comprehensively written. I could follow all examples and it was a good read overall. No complicated constructs and clear writing.
GO GET IT! It is the only book you probably will need about Java EE 6! It is comprehensive, wonderfully written and covers everything you need in your daily work. It is not a complete reference but provides a great shortcut to the things you need to know. To me it is a good beginners guide and also works as a companion for advanced users.
Here is the first tweet feedback ...
Jeff West was super prompt to place the first pre-order of my book, pretty much the hour it was announced. Thank you Jeff!
@mike_neck posted the very first tweet about the book, thanks for that!
The book is now available in Paperback and Kindle Edition from the following websites:
- O'Reilly Media (Ebook, Print & Ebook, Print)
- Amazon.com (Kindle Edition and Paperback)
- Barnes and Noble
- Overstock (1% off Amazon)
- Buy.com
- Booktopia.com
- Tower Books
- Angus & Robertson
- Shopping.com
Here is how I can use your help:
- Help spread the word about the book
- If you bought a Paperback or downloaded Kindle Edition, then post your review here.
- If you have not bought, then you can buy it at amazon.com and multiple other websites mentioned above.
If you are coming to JavaOne, you'll have an opportunity to get a
free copy at O'Reilly's booth on Monday (October 1) from 2-3pm.
And you can always buy it from the JavaOne Bookstore.


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The Warriors announced that individual tickets for the upcoming playoffs will go on sale beginning Thursday at 10 a.m. with an exclusive pre-sale event for their season ticket holders.
Additionally, another exclusive pre-sale will be held Friday at 10 a.m. for "Warriors Insiders."
Tickets for Games 3 and 4 of the Warriors' playoff series with Denver will be made available to the general public on Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m.
Fans will be able to purchase individual tickets for the team's first two home games, Games 3 and 4 of the first round on Friday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. and Game 4 on Sunday, April 28 at 6:30 p.m. against the Nuggets at Oracle Arena, exclusively online at www.warriors.com.
Fans can sign up to become a "Warriors Insider" by either "liking" the Warriors on Facebook (www.facebook.com/goldenstatewarriors), subscribing to Insider Mobile Alerts (www.nba.com/warriors/insider/mobile) by texting GSW to 53548 or signing up at www.nba.com/warriors/insider/email.


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In this fourth post (posts one, two and three are found here) on the State of the Computer Book Market, we will look at programming languages and drill in a little on each language area.
Overall, the market for programming languages was down -6.27% in 2010 when compared with 2009. There were 6,303,125 units sold in 2009 versus 5,931,452 units sold in 2010, which is a decrease of -371,673 units. Java experienced the biggest gain in units, at 28,633 more units in 2010 than 2009, …[Read more...]


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Our dialogue-based training sets up a "no fault" environment that promotes understanding and communication among employees.
The Diversity Center designs and implements diversity awareness workshops specifically tailored to fit the population and needs of the organization. Basic and advanced education utilizes dialogue, lecture, case study, and video.
Our program offerings are not limted to the ones listed below.
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Diversity reaches much further than race and gender. Participants in this workshop will leave with an expanded definition of what diversity means and how it impacts our day to day interactions with others both personally and professionally.
Cultural Competence & Unconscious Bias
We are often aware of the ways in which we can most effectively serve diverse clients, but we aren't always aware of the ways in which our unconscious biases interfere. This program explores the phenomena of unconscious bias and professionals can minimize its effects on client relations.
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Individuals are socialized to send and receive messages differently based on their unique identities and cultural backgrounds. Enhancing the understanding of these concepts can increase the ability to communicate effectively across cultures and subsequently grow the organization's client base, as well as enhance employee and client satisfaction, retention, and compliance.
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An organization's ability to effectively manage, support, and integrate cultural diversity throughout its structure and systems is imperative to its success in today's ever growing and changing, competitive global marketplace. This program explores the impact that cultural diversity has on communication, conflict, and the organization environment..
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EAST PRAIRIE - Dorothy Evelyn Jackson, 88, died at 12:35 a.m. Feb. 28, 2006, at the Charleston Manor.
Born Oct. 14, 1917, in Fulton County, Ky., to the late Thurman and Hallie Poley Craddock, she had lived in Mississippi County most of her life. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Charleston.
On March 25, 1937, she married Harvie Lee Jackson, who survives of the home.
Also surviving are: three daughters and sons-in-law, Barbara and Jack Chapman, Ruth and Billy G. Watson and Janice and Jimmy Nolen of rural Charleston; one sister, Elizabeth King of Chesterfield Township, Mich.; one sister-in-law, Marie Craddock of Ellittsville, Ind.; and six grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Four brothers, Thomas Craddock, Robert Craddock, Thurman Craddock Jr. and Billy Craddock, preceded her in death.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston where services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Gerald Penn, pastor of the First Assembly of God Church in Charleston, will officiate.
Burial will follow in the IOOF Cemetery.


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The Rise of Women in the Creative Class
Submitted by asklar on Tue, 11/08/2011 - 11:17am
Women have become an increasingly important force in the U.S. labor market and especially in its knowledge based creative economy. Some argue that the economic crisis has tilted the playing field away from men, who have borne the brunt of blue collar job losses, and towards women, who are more concentrated in knowledge and service work. Using data from the American Community Survey (ACS) of the U.S. Census Bureau, this report provides a numbers-driven look at the status of women in today's job market, nationally and state-by-state (plus the District of Columbia). We develop a measure of the "location premium" states which provide for women overall and for women in the Creative Class. Utilizing several metrics we then develop a "Women's Earnings Index" which we use to rank the best states for women—in the labor market overall and for Creative Class jobs in particular.
Women are in a very different place today than they were in the 1950s. 47.4 percent of the overall workforce is female. Though women hold only 18.3 percent of blue collar jobs they comprise 62.6 percent of the workforce in the service field. Most of those jobs, unfortunately, are low skill and low pay. But 52.3 percent of Creative Class jobs are held by women as well—and women are a clear majority in four out of the nine occupational categories that comprise the Creative Class. Women hold three quarters of the jobs in healthcare, seven out of ten jobs in education, and more than half (54 percent) of the jobs in the legal profession. Only 40 percent of management jobs are filled by women, and just 30 percent of jobs involving computers and math. Women are most significantly under-represented in architecture and engineering, where men comprise 85 percent of the workforce.
While women have increased their role in the overall economy and in the Creative Class in particular, there is a substantial gender gap in earnings. Overall, men are paid 50 percent more than women; Creative Class men earn a staggering 70 percent more than their female counterparts. The gap shrinks somewhat when we control for hours worked, education, and skills, but women still earn $10,600 less than men overall and $23,700 less than men in Creative Class jobs.
The pay gap is widest in occupations where women make up the largest share of the workforce, e.g. education, training, and libraries (where women outnumber men three to one but earn approximately 30 percent less), healthcare (where there are three times as many women as men but the pay difference is more than 50 percent—$49,887 versus $109,938), and law (where the average salary for women is $65,886 versus $137,680 for men), but there are substantial pay gaps in virtually every Creative Class field. Women in management, business, and finance occupations earn almost 40 percent less than their male colleagues. The gaps are smaller but still significant in architecture, engineering, and the sciences and smaller still in computer and mathematical occupations.
Our report also identifies some notable geographic trends. Women comprise more than half thetotal workforce in the District of Columbia and four states: Washington, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and South Dakota. Women in the District of Columbia earn the most overall—$53,450, $10,000 more than the second ranked state. Women's earnings top $40,000 in just three other states: Maryland ($42,164), New Mexico ($41,452) and Connecticut ($40,716). Women earn less than $25,000 per year in seven states: North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, South Dakota, Virginia, Utah, and Wyoming. Based on our Women's Earnings Index, the best states for women to work are the District of Columbia, Maryland, Nevada, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Wyoming, Idaho, Virginia, Utah, Montana, North Dakota, Kansas, and Oklahoma are the worst.
Women make up more than half of the Creative Class workforce in every state but Utah. With average earnings of $70,395, Creative Class women do best in the District of Columbia. Creative Class women earn more than $50,000 in ten states: New Mexico ($59,476), Maryland ($58,848), California ($56,876), Connecticut ($56,803), Nevada ($54,630), Massachusetts ($53,645), Vermont ($52,757), Delaware ($50,929), and New Hampshire ($50,679). According to the Creative Class Women's Earnings Index, Alaska is also an excellent state for Creative Class women. Creative Class women earn less than $36,000 in six states: Montana ($34,169), North Dakota ($34,448), South Dakota ($35,018), Idaho ($35,286), Utah ($35,872), and Wyoming ($35,874).
Our findings are decidedly mixed. Yes, women have been gaining ground—especially in professional, knowledge, and creative jobs, where they now make up the majority of the workforce. But substantial pay gaps remain, across all occupations and especially in higher skill Creative Class occupations. The gaps are widest in the fields where women hold the largest majorities of jobs—even when we control for education, skill and effort. Also, women's gains are not evenly distributed geographically—they do much better in some states than others. So while the economic playing field may be tilting toward women, it still has a long way to go before it is equal.
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The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
Analysis: Plot Analysis
Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial situation, conflict, complication, climax, suspense, denouement, and conclusion. Great writers sometimes shake up the recipe and add some spice.
Initial Situation
Gregor wakes up one morning and finds himself turned into a bug.
It seems odd to begin a story with what should be the ending. After all, all kinds of questions are probably swimming in your head. Like, how did he become a bug? What is this story? Is it a fantasy? A myth? How could it possibly be "realistic"?
But that's what makes the opening of Kafka's Metamorphosis such a head trip. Because these are the questions that Gregor—and, arguably, the story—ignores. Both Gregor and the story treat Gregor's metamorphosis as though it were just an ordinary day—an ordinary bad day, sure, but nothing extraordinarily bad.
Gregor is met with horror and disgust when he reveals his new form to his family and his supervisor.
Not surprisingly, Gregor's transformation causes some friction with his family and his employer. It's hard to be an effective salesman if you're a bug. Since Gregor can no longer support the family, the family can no longer remain as they are—an invalid father, an asthmatic mother, a flighty teenage sister. They must all seek work and find ways to cut household costs.
Both Gregor and his family attempt to accommodate Gregor's new condition.
Gregor's family has no idea how to treat this thing that he's become. Swat him with a rolled-up newspaper as if he were a common household pest? His father seems to feel that way when he chases Gregor back into his room. Or care for him as if he had some unfortunate and incurable disease, as Grete does? Torn between her revulsion at Gregor the pest and her sentimental attachment to Gregor the son, Gregor's mother spends most of the time waxing sentimental about Gregor or wheezing through another panic-induced asthmatic attack.
Moved by his sister's violin-playing, Gregor leaves his room in an effort to approach her. He exposes himself to the family's boarders, however, and chaos ensues.
Up to this point, the family has grown accustomed to life after Gregor's transformation. In addition to his twice-a-day feedings, the family leaves the door ajar every evening so that Gregor can witness the family's nightly routine. But on the night that Grete plays the violin, Gregor is so overwhelmed by emotion that he breaks free from his room in an attempt to contact her. Instead of being moved by Gregor's gesture, the family is appalled. It doesn't help that Gregor frightens away the boarders (an important source of income).
After some discussion, the family agrees that they must get rid of Gregor.
While Gregor has escaped his room twice before, his third escape is the last straw for his family. They read his escape as his unwillingness to remain in his room, out of sight and out of mind. They believe he wants to take over the entire apartment and ruin their lives.
His behavior is seen as inconsiderate and decidedly inhuman—certain evidence that he is no longer Gregor, the loving human son who used to support them, but a disgusting bug through and through. Gregor, who happens to be lying in the middle of the floor as the family discussion swirls around him, silently agrees and lurches back into his room.
Gregor dies.
Poor Gregor. On top of being a loathsome insect, he has to witness his family's horror, poverty, and humiliation. Gregor's pathetic death ends the trials and tribulations that were set off by his metamorphosis.
Relieved by Gregor's death, the family takes the day off and goes out for a trip to the country. Mr. and Mrs. Samsa notice that Grete has become a marriageable young woman.
The story's ending confirms Gregor's bleak realization that his family is better off without him. No longer do they shuffle under the weight of all their troubles. Grete's stretch at the end of their train ride out to the country represents the entire family's feeling that a huge burden has been lifted off their shoulders.


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Architects Criticize Ground Zero Publicity
By JULIE V. IOVINE
Published: January 1, 2003
While architects have publicly proclaimed the World Trade Center site proposals displayed at the Winter Garden in Lower Manhattan as the greatest architecture show ever, many have privately expressed reservations about the designs' details, the handling of the competition and even the spotlight in which the contestants now stand.
"Architecture is finally having a visible presence, perhaps too visible," said Ricardo Scofidio of Diller & Scofidio in Manhattan.
The popular image of the architect as a creative genius whipping up great designs on a cocktail napkin is at odds with the reality. More often, architects say, great design is the result of constant, sometimes painful give-and-take between the architect and the client. Letting the public in on the process from the start, even as spectators, has pulled back the veil on a ritual that is most often conducted in the hush of boardrooms and private offices.
By contrast, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation announced that its design priorities for the site would be determined "by conducting the most comprehensive public outreach campaign ever undertaken." The power of public opinion to sway the process was amply demonstrated in July when six initial site plans were universally rejected. In this, the second round, the public has been treated to front-row seats: the presentations by the seven competing architectural teams were televised live for more than three hours, and an exhibition of their models, renderings and video walk-throughs was open to the public almost immediately. Several architectural institutions have stepped in quickly to arrange their own forums, discussion groups and exhibitions on the process, and television networks have devoted unusual amounts of air time to explaining site plans and computer-animated design.
Architects "presenting on TV has never happened before," Mr. Scofidio added. "But at this phase, letting the public say what it likes and doesn't like will only make the water muddier," he said, explaining that what may be a great spectacle was no way to select a design.
Bill Lacy, a design consultant and adviser to the jury on architecture's highest honor, the Pritzker Prize, said that the Lower Manhattan redevelopment was "far too important to be judged by public opinion poll."
"I feel sorry for these architects designing in a fish bowl," he continued. "The first team did a credible job but was crucified by being exposed to the public prematurely. People are so eager for something positive to happen, but land use and massing studies are never exciting. You can't design for seven million clients."
Mindful of the effort involved in preparing such complex and historically significant designs in just eight weeks (and with fees of only $40,000), the 16 architects interviewed for this article were loath to single out any team's design. But they did not hesitate to criticize the process as too exposed and the requirements as too vague.
The attention and its intensity are mixed blessings, said some architects, who worried that some of the more implausible designs might be taken literally, leaving the entire profession open to ridicule and condemnation. "There is something a little grotesque in the interpretation of ground zero as a lucky break for art," Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic, said last September in a debate with Daniel Libeskind, one of the competing architects, at Columbia University.
The development corporation has frequently said that the object of the competition, a master land-use plan, is not to "include the detailed architecture of individual structures." But many architects worry that the teams' detailed models and impressively realistic video presentations will encourage the public to perceive them as concrete plans.
Bernard Tschumi, a semifinalist in the competition and the dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, described the process as backward. "They are starting with a design and hope to arrive at a program," he said. "It strikes me as unusual. And since each design is based on its own premises, you really can't compare them to each other at all. The ambiguity is not right."
While some architects championed the competition as a way to educate the public about the importance of architecture, many faulted the proposals for the way the buildings met the ground and integrated with the city.
"There should be more talk about activities, not buildings," said the architect Denise Scott Brown of Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates in Philadelphia. "A great deal of money will be spent quickly on the transit system, and that will affect what else happens. All those people coming up out of the subway will surely affect the design." She said she wasn't sure that factor was reflected in the proposals, "while, in fact, it should be the generator of these designs."
Other architects said too much creative vision was expended on towers and not enough on street-level elements.