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November 2, 2001
Will philanthropy suffer under terrorism law? -- The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Non-proft and charitable telemarketers could suffer under anti-terrorism legislation signed into law by President Bush in late October, reports Deborah Blum. The law requires telemarketers to "promptly and clearly" state why they're calling and to give the name and mailing address of the organization they're calling on behalf of; some in the industry fear all that disclosure will be cumbersome and off-putting to donors.
Bush's Muslim Republicans -- The New Republic
Grover Norquist is best known in Washington circles as president of Americans for Tax Reform, and is respected as one of the right's most effective lobbyists against "big government." In recent years, however, Norquist has added another issue to his agenda: recruiting Arab and Muslim Americans for the Republican Party. Unfortunately, reports Franklin Foer, many of Norquist's new recruits don't seem to represent the "peaceful and good" Muslim population President Bush has spoken of. Some have spoken admiringly of Hamas "freedom fighters" in the West Bank and Gaza, and one told a rally of the radical Hizbollah group that "America has to learn if you remain on the side of injustice, the wrath of God will come."
Deadly duds -- Human Rights Watch
Cluster bombs, one of the many forms of munitions being used by the US in Afghanistan, have drawn the ire of human rights groups for being particularly dangerous for civilians. According to Human Rights Watch, a ranking American official banned the use of cluster bombs in Bosnia because "the fragmentation pattern was too large to sufficiently limit collateral damage." Moreover, many of the bombs fail to explode on impact, and wind up on the ground where they pose the same danger as landmines. The group's study reports that about 1,600 Kuwaiti and Iraqi civilians have been killed by such dud cluster bombs.
Nation states back in vogue? -- In These Times
Following the Sept. 11 attacks, David Moberg argues, globalization has lost some of its appeal among US officials. "At least for the foreseeable future, well-functioning nation-states are still essential for the welfare of both their own citizens and the international community," Moberg claims. For the Bush administration, it means that for the moment, nation building is on and the push for a unified global economy, with free reign for multinational corporations, will have to wait.
November 1, 2001
Terrorism fears boost anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe -- Stratfor.com
Mounting evidence suggesting that the Sept. 11 terror attacks may have been partly planned in Europe -- hijacker Mohammed Atta visited the Czech Republic several times, and active al Qaida cells have been found in Germany and the UK -- are giving a boost to anti-immigrant groups in several countries, reports Stratfor.com, a Texas-based strategic intelligence publication. Some Italian politicians, for instance, have suggested denying entry to Muslims and shutting down mosques and Islamic cultural centers with ties to terrorist organizations. But European Union officials, who want to see labor markets remain fluid and well-supplied, can be counted on to oppose such efforts, asserts Stratfor.com.
Diplomats left in the dark on detainees -- The Boston Globe
At least seven embassies have complained to the US State Department about Washington's failure to notify countries whose citizens were being held in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks, John Donnelly and Wayne Washington report. Pakistan, for example, only learned of the detention of one of their citizens when journalists called the Pakistani Embassy to inquire about the detainee's death in a New Jersey jail. ''I'm sure Americans would be concerned if they were treated this way in another country," says Abdulwahab al-Hajjri, Yemen's ambassador to the United States.
October 31, 2001
CNN boss: They hit us first -- The Washington Post
CNN chairman Walter Isaacson is ordering correspondents to balance their coverage of the destruction wrought by US bombing in Afghanistan with reminders of why we're bombing in the first place, Post media columnist Howard Kurtz reports. Kurtz says Isaacson sent a memo to the network's international correspondents outlining his concerns, expounding on them in a later interview. "You want to make sure that people understand that when they see civilian suffering there, it's in the context of a terrorist attack that caused enormous suffering in the US," says Isaacson.
The brains behind al-Qaida? -- The Christian Science Monitor
America's public enemy number one, Usama bin Ladin, may really deserve to chart at only number two or three, according to a Pakistani journalist who has interviewed bin Ladin extensively, reports Scott Baldauf. The journalist, Hamid Mir, who bin Ladin hand-picked to be his biographer, says that bin Ladin is a gifted orator but is not the group's true leader. Mir believes al-Qaida's real thinker is Egyptian radical Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Heat-seeking missiles vs. yak fat -- The New Republic
The approaching Afghan winter is generally expected to make things more difficult for the American military, but the optimistic Nicolas Thompson points out some ways in which the cold weather could actually help. Heat-seeking missiles work better, for instance, when there's more of a temperature contrast between target and surroundings, and helicopters perform better in thicker, colder air. But the Taliban may have one crucial technological advantage, reports Thompson. Instead of conventional gun lubricants, which can freeze in sub-zero temperatures, the Taliban use yak fat.
October 30, 2001
Bombing's bottom line -- The Christian Science Monitor
The air war over Afghanistan is costing the United States about $1.2 billion a month, David R. Francis reports. There is no way to forecast how the costs may change, Francis notes, but if the offensive were to continue in similar fashion for a year, the total price tag could reach between $15 billion and $20 billion. That would represent a pretty good deal when compared to the $60 billion spent on the fast but furious Gulf War, but Francis points out that the US will probably pay the bulk of the current bill itself, whereas allies like Saudi Arabia and Japan picked up much of the tab for the Gulf War.
Don't put that cluster bomb in your mouth -- Reuters (via Commondreams.org)
American military planes are currently dropping two kinds of small yellow packets on Afghanistan: can-shaped unexploded cluster bombs and square food parcels. Apparently concerned that confused locals may inadvertently try snacking on the explosives, US radio broadcasts in Persian and Pashto are explaining to Afghans on the ground how to tell the difference.
British pundits discuss the upshot of Sept. 11 -- The Guardian (UK)
The Guardian and the Royal United Services Institute are currently hosting a conference on the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, bringing together some of the United Kingdom's most respected thinkers on issues of war, terror and security.
Meager prospects for media companies -- The Economist
The airline industry isn't the only sector to have suffered since Sept. 11. Media giants such as AOL/Time Warner, Viacom and Dow Jones are all reporting slumping profits or outright losses this quarter, due in large part to the fallout from the twin terror attacks. "Companies with news divisions have been soaked twice: once by the added cost of dispatching crews and reporters to cover the attacks and the war in Afghanistan, and of the extra pages or news bulletins needed to cover these events; and again by the loss of advertising revenue," reports The Economist.
October 29, 2001
The positive side of smallpox -- slate.com
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes that the smallpox vaccine, last administered in the United States in 1972, is only valid for three to five years. Still, Slate's Jon Cohen says there is reason to be hopeful, citing a smallpox outbreak in England early in the last century. Studies of the 1902-1903 smallpox outbreak in Liverpool indicate that more than 90 percent of adults who had been vaccinated as children escaped serious illness or death, compared with just 25 percent of people who had never been vaccinated.
Who's Who in Afghanistan -- BBC
The BBC offers this guide to the major groups and figures on the ground in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, the Northern Alliance and other important players. Most descriptions are short, but the package does include some lengthier profiles of key players.
Groups file FOIA -- The Nation
The first challenge to the omnibus anti-terrorism bill came barely 72 hours after President Bush signed it into law, as a coalition of civil libertarians, human rights activists, Arab-American leaders and others demanded information on the more than 800 people detained since September 11.
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"Matt Spittal" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
st: RE: Bootstrapping confidence interval of mean difference
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:06:52 +1000
Hi Susan,
An equivalent method would be to use linear regression with dummy coding for the treatment groups. Ignoring the issue of bootstrapping, in Stata this would be:
sysuse auto, clear
xi: regress weight i.foreign
where -xi- expands terms containing categorical variables into indicator variables, and -i.foreign- is the indicator of treatment assignment. If you type
ttest weight, by(foreign)
you can see the estimate of the mean difference is the same as the beta for _Iforeign_1 from the regression.
To bootstrap the standard errors type
xi: bootstrap, seed(12345) reps(100): regress weight i.foreign
which will give the confidence intervals you desire. Setting the seed ensures that you can reproduce the results later. The -reps- command sets the number of repetitions.
-- Matt
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Hi All,
I have data from a randomized clinical trial with intervention and treatment as usual groups. The outcome data is cost-effectiveness data. Reviewers of a manuscript pertaining to data from this trial have requested that the bootstrapped confidence interval of the mean difference between groups be reported.
I am a new user to STATA and have been having difficulties determining the correct commands to generate these confidence intervals. I have worked out how to bootstrapping for the confidence intervals of the means for the two groups separately and to bootstrap the t-distribution pertaining to difference between groups but cannot work out the confidence interval for mean difference. Please help!!
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The newspaper article he read was about a twelve year old boy named Iqbal Masih. Iqbal is an example of one of those disadvantaged children. He was sold into slavery at the age of four in South Asia. After being released from his work, he spent most of his childhood speaking out for childrens rights and succeeded in getting the whole world to listen; unfortunately the people who wanted to stop Iqbal were also listening. Sadly, he was killed. This story inspired young Craig to help. Craig realized that their lives were quite different. Craig was only twelve and had never travelled outside of his little town, but somehow he managed to not only convince his parents, but also to convince himself, to go to South Asia. He was accompanied by a Canadian activist named Alam Rahman. Craig demonstrated immense courage in leaving his home and family behind. Not many children would have the bravery, drive and passion to leave ones family and friends behind and give up the life that they once knew. His journey as an activist was just beginning.
After his trip, Craig along with his classmates, founded the organization Free The Children. They signed petitions and even faxed the prime minister of Canada. Craig and his friends have worked tirelessly over the years dedicating all of their efforts to these projects. These friends have expanded to over one million participants of children helping children. One of the main goals of this foundation is to show this generation that children can affect positive change and can be heroes. Craig once said, We so often feel powerless to do anything about the many problems in the world around us. We are so often left to wonder whether one person can possibly make a difference. Craig proves that we can. Along with the help of his friends, he has inspired youth to create change throughout society and globally as well.
Craig Kielburger is a hero. His courageous fight to save children who are suffering from slavery, poverty and abuse has inspired many to take action and work to improve the lives of poor children from around the globe. Craig has impacted countless people, not just those who are really suffering, but ordinary people too. He set out on a mission and is still fighting. Craig has given so much hope to those who arent as fortunate and has helped them immeasurably. As Craig said, the bravest voice can live in the smallest body, referring to Iqbal, the boy who lost his life, speaking out about childrens rights. With the help of Craig and all of the members of Free The Children, one could imagine a day when this horror will be over, when childrens rights are no longer violated and there are no more senseless deaths and tears.
Free The Children
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Wikipedia. "Craig Kielburger." [Online] Available http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Kielburger.
Free The Children. "Free The Children- History." [Online] Available http://www.freethechildren.com/aboutus/history/.
Free The Children. "Changing Lives: Meet Sahr." [Online] Available http://www.freethechildren.com/whatwedo/international/countries/sierraleone/.


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Erdos, the most prolific mathematician of modern times, loved children. His term for them was a mathematician's joke: in analysis, epsilon denotes an arbitrarily small quantity. The boss/slave terminology was a kind of private joke in which Erdos poked gentle fun at a world he understood but whose values were seldom aligned with his own. He referred to God as "SF', "supreme fascist", but reserved his greatest reverence for "The Book", an imaginary volume in which God had written down the best proofs of the best theorems.
John Nash was another brilliant mathematician and a rough contemporary of Erdos. At the age of 66, he was awarded the Nobel prize - not a bad trick when there is no Nobel for mathematics. But for much of his career, Nash suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.
So is mathematical ability akin to madness? Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, is often cited as some kind of proof, mostly by people who feel uncomfortable at their own inability to handle mathematics and want reassurance that anyone who can do better is crazy. I think the answer is "no". After all, the Unabomber had to have had some profession, be it dentist or wall-of- death motorcyclist. But now biographies of both these remarkable mathematicians are available, and they provide some interesting first-hand evidence.
Erdos first: Paul Hoffman - former editor of Discover magazine, and publisher of Encyclopaedia Britannica - has written a wonderful, playful, insightful life of this century's most unusual mathematician. Erdos published 1,475 papers, "many of them monumental and all of them substantial". He engaged in more collaborations than any other mathematician ever, 485 to be exact. If you are a mathematician, your "Erdos number" is the length of the smallest chain of joint papers that links you to Erdos.
In March 1913, while Erdos's mother was in hospital giving birth to him, his two young sisters both died of septic scarlet fever. Young Paul was kept at home a lot, on the assumption that this would protect him against contagious diseases. Self-absorbed and self-sufficient, he was a strange, though sometimes charming, child. Possibly his unusual childhood was the cause of his later unworldliness: he never owned a house or rented an apartment.
Instead, he travelled the globe, staying with colleagues and friends. Most of the money he earned he gave away to deserving causes. The friends remember him with a mixture of exasperation and affection, but it is the affection that shines through.
Erdos's most famous feat was a proof by elementary methods of the "prime number theorem", which gives a good approximation to the number of primes less than a given value. His greatest love, however, was Ramsey theory, which stems from a curious discovery made by Frank Ramsey, an atheist whose brother Michael became Archbishop of Canterbury.
How many people must there be at a party in order that either three of them all know each other or three of them are mutual strangers? Six. If we ask the same question for foursomes, there must be at least 18 people at the party. For fivesomes, the best anyone knows is that the answer lies between 43 and 49; for sixsomes, between 102 and 165. Questions like this have useful applications outside party chit-chat, but it is striking how difficult they are. Erdos loved problems like that.
Nash is the subject of Sylvia Nasar's A Beautiful Mind, less playful than Hoffman's book but more meticulous and equally gripping. Like Erdos, Nash was a strange child, but it is the differences in their lives that are most revealing.
Nash published little, but what he did publish was absolutely spectacular. He was extraordinarily competitive, confidently anticipating the award of the Fields Medal, the mathematician's equivalent of a Nobel, desperately hurt when he was passed over. He missed by a hair's breadth, not that he could have known that. The committee may well have had it in mind to consider him again four years later, but by then Nash was suffering from delusions about messages from extraterrestrials.
While it is not against the rules to award a subject's most prestigious medal to a schizophrenic, it is a rare occurrence. All the more amazing, then, that in 1994 Nash (by then fully recovered) received the Nobel prize in economics for his work on game theory. Here Sylvia Nasar has done a fascinating job of reconstructing the Nobel deliberations: the infighting, the academic politics. By the slenderest of margins, we discover, justice was done.
There have been mad mathematicians, then, but the question is to what extent madness, or at least eccentricity, is essential for mathematical creativity. And here we must avoid being selective. Hardly any of the other mathematicians in these books are crazy. John von Neumann, inventor of game theory, was an accomplished political operator; Lloyd Shapley, who worked at the RAND corporation, was a war hero.
Usually creative people, in arts and business as well as in science and mathematics, need not be crazy - but they do need to be driven. And if the human mind is driven too hard, it may bend, even snap. That may be what happened to Nash, though there is evidence that his condition was in part genetic.
Erdos, on the other hand, was simply too sane for his own good. He had no interest in money, and proved by example that he had no need for it. He spent 19 hours a day working on his beloved mathematics - and that was all he had ever wanted to do.
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Discussion in 'Audio, Video & Gadget Tech' started by Champagne706, Sep 7, 2008.
The last time the OP posted was in October 2008, so I doubt you will see a response from him.
People never seem to pay attention to the dates on threads. (I'm glad I'm not the only one who does, by the way!)
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Where's Tom? He's not my friend anymore. Could have sworn I saw him over at Facebook. He can't stop poking at the fact that it's really over.
How over is MySpace? So over that even the guys who founded it can't be bothered to update their profiles. Former CEO Chris DeWolfe "cringes" on the rare occasions when he visits his page on the soon-to-be-sold social networking site, according to Bloomberg Businessweek's new cover story.
DeWolfe's MySpace page is private, but his co-founder, Tom Anderson, keeps his page set to public, as he sort of has to: Anderson is automatically the first friend of everyone who joins. His last status update, posted March 1, was "keep up with what's hot on MySpace." Apparently there's not much to keep up with; that's the only update he's published
this yearsince 2010*.
From Forbes
The MySpace reign died when the people realized the Internet was about content. People are content, but when was the last time something good came to your MySpace inbox? In a world where content is king, MySpace became a place for MyWaste.
The corruption also came from Facebook opening it's doors outside of the college realm. Hopefully a conscious mindset of treating it like MySpace may not help your employment status. I think anyone (including Tom), would rather be a part of something that actually feels like a community.


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Leonardo Dicaprio Recognizes 1st Nations in Golden Globe Speech by Chase Iron Eyes
American mega-celebrity Leonardo DiCaprio won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor for his role in the new film "The Revenant" which also won Best Picture. The story follows the struggles of his character to never give up despite the unrelenting challenges throughout the film which is also based on a true story. It's an awesome film and you should see it. DiCaprio is the man. Native people become extremely excited when they are mentioned in the mainstream of western, American media especially by celebrities in that demographic. Native people have been waiting for a mega-celebrity actor to replace Marlon Brando as the go-to for an ally-voice with a platform we are consistently left out of prior to Ashley Calling Bull becoming Miss Universe. Many of us are also waiting for our own mega-Indian celebrity to be the one to recognize us & provide their voice but it is tremendously more impactful to have this recognition come from a member of the ultra-privileged European class. Sad but true. DiCaprio...Read More


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It's National Safety Month! Every year during the month of June, the National Safety Council encourages organizations to get involved and participate in National Safety Month. How do you plan to participate in promoting safety this year?
Here's a little background information: National Safety Month is an annual observance to educate and influence behaviors around the leading causes of preventable injuries and deaths. At IDville we're excited to participate in National Safety Month by promoting visitor management tools and ID Maker™ Systems to ensure the safety of all staff and visitors.
Tracking visitors is an important part of ensuring safety, but it can easily get overlooked if a visitor management system hasn't been implemented. Not only does it keep buildings safe from theft and violence, it promotes a feeling of security and well-being throughout organizations. If your organization doesn't encounter a high volume of visitors on a daily basis, our temporary ID systems and visitor bundles include everything you need to start your visitor program.
Photo identification systems go hand-in-hand with safety when it comes to the staff that makes up your organization. The ID Maker System is a quick and simple solution to identify who has authorization to be on the premises, who is a visitor, and who is a staff member. Utilizing HID Prox cards for ID badges permits access control to each person who enters the building and promotes a higher level of security.
During National Safety Month each week is centered on a critical safety issue. This year's issues include Employee Wellness, Ergonomics, Fall Prevention, and Driving Safety. Workplace safety is one of the most critical functions of any organization. Whether it's ensuring the physical safety of your employees or providing a sense of security, it's vital to ensure each and every staff member knows what is expected of them when it comes to safety.
There are various fun ways to engage your employees in National Safety Month. I suggest committing to having one meeting a week centered on the weekly topic and have a trivia game at the end. You can reward employees for participating with an extended lunch break, gift cards, coupons, etc. Or why not round up some teams to help perform A Million Acts of Safety. It's a great way to get your employees involved and help promote workplace safety in your organization and in the community. Happy National Safety Month!
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That IS the biggest fault of Government projects. They don't pay taxes AND they consume taxes. Because if a city parking garage is built there will be Government workers employed to run the ramp. those Government employees are overpaid and will add to the costs of Government, increasing taxes once again.<quoted text>
Sure it would be wiser..... exactly why the city won't do that. They'll end up owning the space. Maybe turn it into one big city-owned parking ramp, so it doesn't compete with their Pennfield project..... and of course if it's city-owned, no taxes.
Of course Government loves that because it allows them to expand their empire adding more management jobs increasing taxes even more.


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The Real Problem with Job Growth
The next time you're in a mall and need help buying shoes at a Finish Line store, you might have to wait a bit. That's because Finish Line (FINL), the nation's No. 2 athletic shoe retailer and operator of Finish Line, Man Alive, and Paiva stores, is hiring fewer employees now than it did during the same season last year.
Execs are concerned about weakening sales, which they expect to decline by 4% to 6% over the next fiscal year. "We have to work hard to keep our labor and hiring in check given our outlook in same store sales," says Mike Marchetti, Finish Line's executive vice-president of store operations.
Around the country, retailers are echoing similar sentiments, and many are holding off on their hiring plans. Their actions coincide with a surprising third consecutive month of job losses in the retail sector, according to last week's job numbers. The U.S. Labor Dept.'s job report on July 7 showed that retailers had shed 7,000 jobs in June, after a loss of 71,000 jobs in the previous two months combined (see BusinessWeek.com, 6/9/06, "Behind The Retail Jobs Numbers").
It's unusual that retailers are trimming their workforces when the rest of the economy is growing. For years, retailers have been the source of significant job creation in the U.S. During the 1990s, department stores, groceries, and other retailers added 2.3 million jobs, or an average of almost 20,000 a month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Now, the concern is that retailers, who are positioned to detect the pulse of consumers more quickly than many other types of companies, are sensing trouble ahead. "Something is screamingly wrong with consumers, and retailers are reacting," says Richard Hastings, economic advisor to the Federation of Credit and Financial Professionals and a senior retail analyst at Bernard Sands, a retail credit rating firm.
The outlook for the U.S. economy, in its fifth year of expansion, is already weakening. The Federal Reserve, under new Chairman Ben Bernanke, is trying to stem concerns about inflation and raised interest rates last month for the 17th consecutive time (see BusinessWeek.com, 6/30/06, "Bernanke's Timely Balm"). At the same time, the housing market is sagging, and gasoline prices have soared in most states to more than $3 a gallon. That has economists predicting that the U.S. economy's growth will slow to less than 3%, vs. 3.5% in 2005.
Retailers, from home-furnishing stores to large discount chains, are skittish that the prospects could get even worse. They worry that consumer spending may suffer from the pile-up of adverse affects. With home prices flat or on the decline, fewer consumers will be able to take out home equity loans to finance other purchases. Rising interest rates will make it tougher for people to buy cars and other large-ticket items on credit.
And consumers are finding it tough to avoid spending more on gas in the short term, since it's difficult to switch quickly to a more fuel-efficient car or shorter commute. Instead, they may trim expenses elsewhere, at restaurants or department stores, so they can fill up the tank.
The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), has been one of the most outspoken on the issue. Sales at its stores open at least a year rose 1.2% for the five weeks ended June 30—its smallest gain in more than a year, despite discounts to lure customers. "Traffic was down during the month," says Tom Schoewe, executive vice-president and chief financial officer of Wal-Mart.
Wal-Mart continues to see customers consolidating their trips, and its research of shoppers shows increasing concern over the rise in gas prices. "In June, we reinforced Wal-Mart's low prices and value throughout the store by highlighting rollback prices on approximately 500 products," says Shoewe.
Overall, sales at retail stores open at least a year—a key barometer for the retail sector—rose 2.6% in June. That's down from the 3.8% average for the first half of the year, according to a tally of 56 retail chain stores by the International Council of Shopping Centers.
Still, many of the retail job losses are a result of consolidation and poor performance. Starting in June, national grocer chain Albertsons started shutting down the first of the 100 stores it plans to close this year. These stores represent 16% of the more than 600 stores purchased by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management in January.
Also starting in March, Federated Department Stores (FD), the parent of Macy's and Bloomingdale's, started the process of eliminating 6,200 jobs as part of its takeover of the May Department Stores Company. Radio Shack (RSH) is also in the process of closing up to 700 underperforming stores around the country. "Clearly, as these stores close around the country, it will impact head count issues," says Rick Cobb, executive vice president at Challenger, Gray and Christmas, a jobs outplacement firm.
But even stores that have had robust sales are nervous. Ethan Allen Interiors (ETH), the home-furnishings store chain, saw solid gains in same-store sales of 15.2% in the quarter ended Mar. 31. But "The consumer is somewhat more cautious," warns CEO Farooq Kathwari. The chain is in the process of redefining its business as more than just a furniture store and providing design solutions to consumers.
Competitor Bombay Company (BBA) is already seeing customers pull back. "For the past several weeks we have seen continued declines in customer traffic," says Steve Woodward, executive vice-president at The Bombay Company. Though neither store has talked of any changes in its hiring, it's unlikely that a hiring spree is in order.
Right now, the most worried retailers are the discount store chains, because consumers with lower incomes tend to be the first to pull back when tough times hit. This is especially important because inflation is slowly climbing—consumer prices rose by 4.1% in the 12 months to May. Discount store operator Family Dollar Stores (FDO), of Matthews, N.C., reined in its expansion plans this year to 350 new stores, from its typical 500.
Other dollar-store chains are also wary. "We continue to be concerned about the impact the current economic pressures are having on our customers, particularly high gasoline prices, increasing interest rates, and rising personal debt," says David Tehle, CFO of Dollar General Corp. (DG), which has 8,000 stores in the U.S.
Meanwhile, Finish Line, the Indianapolis-based shoe retailer, is trying to strike the proper balance in hiring this year. Its same-store sales fell 7.2% for its first fiscal quarter ended May 27 and the company expects sales to fall 4% to 6% for the fiscal year ending in February. The chain recently disclosed that it would slow previously planned growth of its Finish Line stores this fiscal year from 50 new stores to between 40 and 45.
Spokeswoman Elise Hasbrook says the company's total employee count of 13,000 is higher than it was last year because it has opened new stores. Still, Hasbrook says that Finish Line is staffing stores with fewer people and will be doing less hiring in the back-to-school season, which starts next week and runs through Labor Day.
Consumers may just have to help themselves when they go shopping in the coming months—if they decide to make a trip to the store at all.


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The following post is sponsored by FitFluential LLC on behalf of Mizuno.
I've been running a long time. A really long time. And throughout that time I have been on the lookout for the perfect running shoe. I tried heavy, "motion control" shoes because I was told that I over-pronated. I ran for years in a "supportive" shoe that weighed a ton, but seem to keep me from injury. Except when it didn't.
Recently, I decided to make a switch in my running shoes. I did my research, spoke to friends, and finally decided to try the Mizuno Wave Rider. It was the first time in years that I had stepped away from a heavy, protective shoe. Instead I was treated to a lightweight, neutral shoe that still provided cushioning and support.
Fast forward a year (and several other pairs of Wave Riders). I was delighted when I had the opportunity to try out the Wave Rider 17. I've been running in the Wave Rider 16 and loving the lightweight yet supportive feel of the shoe, so I had no reason to doubt that I would also love the Wave Rider 17. The shoe is really light, about 7.8 ounces (in women's size 7), beautiful (mine are coral with bright yellow accents), and make me feel like I'm running on air. Seriously, this shoe makes you forget that you're wearing a shoe. Oh, and since I have big feet, I appreciate that Mizuno realizes that women's feet don't stop growing in half sizes once they pass size 10!
Mizuno has managed to make the Wave Rider even lighter, while still maintaining a cushioned, stable feel. I really like the support in the heel, and the new sockliner somehow makes me feel even more connected to my run.
I took a run along the coast in Encinitas over the weekend, my third run in the Wave Rider 17, and I really felt lighter than air (quite a feat for this 5'8″ girl!). The shoe seems to virtually disappear, so that I had this feeling of running free, but on a cloud, if that makes sense, like I was floating over the ground.
The route along the coast is quite hilly. My run started from our hotel near the beach, and within a quarter mile I was faced with a steep downhill, followed by an ever steeper climb. I flew down the first hill, then attacked the uphill (like we tell our cross country team). I felt light and strong, and maybe it was just in my head, but I zipped up that hill! And it continued that way for the entire run. I knew that I had encountered mezamashii. It truly was a brilliant run. I didn't want it to end!
Here are the three key updates that makes the Wave Rider 17 the most awesome neutral shoe on the planet:
- Updated Midsole: Mizuno has added the new U4ic (pronounced "euphoric") midsole compound to the new model, which is 30% lighter but equally as cushioned as the AP+ midsole that was used in the Wave Rider 16.
- Improved Upper: The Wave Rider 17 has an updated, sleek upper with reduced overlays and seams to reduce the weight even more.
- Redesigned Outsole: Mizuno has also tweaked the outsole, opting for lighter blown rubber materials in lieu of a traditional carbon rubber outsole.
Not only did Mizuno make these key changes, they kept the important things that I loved about the previous Wave Riders: It is still a really comfortable shoe that fits just right, takes the workload of an everyday training shoe, but has the speedy feel of a lightweight trainer. And it looks great too!
The Wave Rider 17 will be released on December 5, MSRP $114.99. If you order using my affiliate link, you will receive free shipping (and I will receive a small commission): MizunoUSA.com! Never Settle! Free Shipping On All Running Orders Over $100! Click Here!
Did you notice the cool yellow tips on my shoelaces? Do you know what those tips are called (yes, they have a name)? Are you ready for Mizuno Wave Rider 17?


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A tractor driver struck from behind by a truck on SH3 south of Kai Iwi yesterday suffered only minor injuries, according to Wanganui Hospital.
Early reports said he had serious head and suspected spinal injuries with concussion after he was cut from the tractor by a Whanganui fire service crew.
The man was kept overnight in the Emergency Department "stay unit", but not admitted to a ward.
He was mowing the roadside verge when he was struck from behind by a Hall's truck at 10.19am and pushed down a slight incline.
The 54-year-old was trapped in the tractor for 45 minutes until cut free by firefighters.
Two St John ambulances and two fire trucks attended the accident, which backed up traffic in the north and southbound lanes on SH3.
Police advised those queued south of the accident that it would take hours to clear the site and diverted the northbound traffic via Blueskin Rd and Watt-Livingstone Rd, which brought them back to SH3 north of Kai Iwi.
The main highway was fully reopened by 2.30pm.
Constable Matt Love, of the Ohakea Police weigh station, asked witnesses to the accident to call him on 06 329 3562.
For more articles from this region, go to Wanganui Chronicle


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La Quinta Inn & Suites Logan
About the hotel
Property Location
A stay at La Quinta Inn & Suites Logan places you in the heart of Logan, convenient to Willow Park and Old Lyric Repertory Company. This hotel is within close proximity of Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum and Logan Utah Temple.
Make yourself at home in one of the 85 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, as well as phones with free local calls.
Be sure to enjoy recreational amenities, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center. Additional amenities at this Art Deco hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and a television in a common area. Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the complimentary area shuttle.
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Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Planning an event in Logan? This hotel has facilities measuring 1200 square feet (111 square meters), including meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Conference space size (feet) - 1200
- Total number of rooms - 85
- In-room accessibility
- Express check-out
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Meeting rooms 2
- Terrace
- Accessible bathroom
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Number of floors - 3
- Smoke-free property
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Year Built 1998
- Luggage storage
- Elevator/lift
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour business center
- Free breakfast
- Free self parking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Spa tub
- Indoor pool
- Television in common areas
- Free area shuttle
- Fitness facilities
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Grocery/convenience store
- Conference space size (meters) - 111
- Roll-in shower
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- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer
- Air conditioning
- Shower/tub combination
- Private bathroom
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Premium TV channels
- Daily housekeeping
- Phone
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Cable TV service
- Free toiletries
- Premium bedding
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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- This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- Up to 4 children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
- 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.
- The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
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The north Queensland farming town of Tully has been devastated by the worst cyclone in living memory, with roofs torn from homes and other structures blown away.
The town, just inland from where Cyclone Yasi made landfall as a monster category five storm, is littered with debris and residents are braced for heartbreaking scenes at first light.
Cassowary Coast councillor Ross Sorbello said the worst of Yasi appeared to be passing away from the town, but he's full of dread about what he'll see when the sun comes up.
He said he'd had many reports of homes without roofs, including his own mother's where he'd been taking shelter, forcing he and his wife and mum to flee.
"We are talking about a pretty strong brick house that was built in the 70s, so god help us in the morning when we look at some of the older places," he told AAP.
Other nearby properties had suffered the same fate, he told AAP.
He said that even in the dark, a very brief look outside as the eye passed over, told him the devastation would be vast.
"It is just a scene of mass devastation," he said. "(Cyclone) Larry was a boy compared to this."
He said people were calling him to recount their losses.
"People are calling up telling me they've got roofs off, one farmer said he had a great big shed blow away," he said.
"All of it confirms that we will be waking up to scenes of destruction in the morning."
He said Yasi's fury, which brought winds of up to 290km/h to the north Queensland coast, was finally starting to move on from Tully.
"The winds are still going but its finally starting to die down a little so it appears the worst is over."
Tully resident Stephanie Grimaz said houses in her street had been ripped apart.
"The flat from across the street is in our front yard and we can see other houses which have just been destroyed," she told AAP.
"There are sheets of iron everywhere, the streets are just full of debris."
Speaking during the eye of the storm, Ms Grimaz said the winds had been terrifying.
"We live in a pretty solid concrete house and even that was trembling," she said.
At Bilyana, south of Tully, several buildings have been damaged, the ABC reported.
"I think all the roof's gone. I could hear it all popping off," one resident, identified only as Rae, told the ABC.
Innisfail district disaster coordinator Inspector David Tucker said the cyclone was still raging in the area about 3am (AEST), with no sign of an easing in wind speed or rain.
"We've obviously got damage to a couple of the police residences in Tully, parts of the building structures of the Tully CBD, significant wind gusts, significant rain coming through," he told the ABC.
"Cardwell that have reported damage, Mission Beach as well, Tully, Silkwood, El-Arish as well, the Innisfail township, significant damage across most of the policing divisions."


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The troubled actor wants his two ex-wives to move in next door to him.
Charlie Sheen - who has 22-month-old twins Bob and Max with Brooke Mueller and daughters Sam, six and Lola, five, with Denise Richards - is currently looking for two mansions in his exclusive Los Angeles neighbourhood because he wants to spend time with his kids and have them get to know each other.
According to gossip website TMZ, Charlie' s estate agent is scouting prospective properties and the 45-year-old actor - who also has a 26-year-old daughter Cassandra from a previous relationship with Paula Profit - is willing to pay all costs involved, including moving expenses, in order to see more of his kids.
Charlie and Brooke - who married on May 30, 2008 but have been estranged since a domestic incident on Christmas Day 2009 - reached a divorce settlement earlier this month but their union will not officially be over until May.
Meanwhile, Denise recently revealed she is never shocked by Charlie's behaviour - including a stay in hospital after a 36-hour drink and drug binge with porn stars - but admitted she struggles to explain the situation to their daughters.
She said: "It doesn't surprise me. I mean, you know this is Charlie's lifestyle. He makes no bones about it. And it is what it is.
"It's a very difficult situation in dealing with the subject. There are times where his life is more colourful than others, more public than others, and as the kids get older it's a difficult thing. I don't know what they fully comprehend. They don't know what some of these things are. So I do the best I can and it's not easy."
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Vertebral augmentation is a general term for several procedures used to stabilize the interior of a damaged spinal bone (vertebra). These procedures go by names that include vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, radiofrequency ablation and controlled ablation (coblation). Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are the main forms of vertebral augmentation, while radiofrequency ablation and coblation sometimes play supporting or secondary roles during augmentation.
Background Information
Most people who undergo vertebral augmentation have damage in the main bodies of their vertebrae caused by the advancing effects of the brittle bone disease osteoporosis, or by the onset of a tumor that originates locally or spreads to the spine from some other part of the body. Both osteoporosis and spinal tumors can produce injuries called compression fractures, which are characterized by internal crumbling of the affected bone(s). In turn, compression fractures can cause significant problems that include serious or debilitating pain, walking difficulties, a variety of nerve-related symptoms such as tingling and numbness, bladder or bowel incontinence, abnormal forward curvature of your spine and considerable reductions in your normal height. In addition to osteoporosis and tumors, you can develop compression fractures as a result of a traumatic back injury.
Vertebral Augmentation Details
Before performing a vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty, your surgeon will confirm the presence of a compression fracture with the help of an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan or a CT (computed tomography) scan. At the start of the procedure, he will use additional imaging information from an X-ray machine called a C-arm fluoroscope to create a pathway through your skin to the targeted bone. When performing a vertebroplasty, your surgeon will then pass a needle-like device into the interior of the bone and inject it with a special form of cement. When this cement then dries, it stabilizes the fragmented pieces of the bone and holds them in place permanently.
When performing a kyphoplasty, your surgeon will first pass a small, deflated balloon into the interior of the damaged bone, then form an opening in the middle of the bone by inflating the balloon. This process effectively pushes the bone fragments together and restores some structural integrity. Once the opening in the bone is formed, your surgeon will deflate and remove the balloon, then inject the opening with the same type of cement used during the performance of a vertebroplasty. Again, the cement permanently stabilizes the bone when it hardens.
Radiofrequency ablation and coblation are procedures that use guided energy from radio waves to eat away, or ablate, various types of soft tissue. Surgeons uses these procedures to eat away tumors in the interiors of affected vertebrae prior to performing a vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty. This process, known as tumor debulking, can be very finely controlled and typically eliminates the tissue from a tumor without causing any other damage in the fragile interior of the targeted bone. Besides vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, techniques sometimes used for vertebral augmentation include injection of natural bone or artificial bone substitutes, and use of a cutting device called an osteotome to prepare a bone for cement injection.
Vertebral Augmentation Benefits
Both vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty commonly lead to long-term stabilization of spinal bones damaged by compression fractures, regardless of the source of those fractures. These vertebral augmentation procedures also typically lead to significant reductions in a patient's pain levels, reduce the need for pain medications, reduce reliance on canes or other supporting devices, and promote the return to a relatively normal level of physical activity. Use of these procedures can also help you avoid certain problems associated with enforced physical inactivity, such as diminished organ function and loss of muscle strength. For these reasons, vertebral augmentation can sometimes produce superior results when compared to more conservative treatment options for compression fractures, including bed rest and use of pain medications.
Vertebral Augmentation Risks
Potential risks associated with vertebral augmentation include leakage of cement from the targeted vertebra, accidental fracture of the rear portion of the targeted vertebra, leakage of cerebrospinal fluid, formation of a blood bruise or hematoma, formation of an abscess inside the spinal column, and stress-related changes in the vertebrae that sit above or below the repaired spinal bone. People who undergo an augmentation procedure in the thoracic spine (upper back) also run a risk for the onset of a collapsed lung. However, overall risks from vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are relatively small. Most significant complications occur in people who have some form of bone cancer.


text: The Blackpool FC Club Shop is located within the stadium - next to the ticket office - on Seasiders Way. The shop sells a wide variety of official BFC products and caters for the vast majority of tastes, with merchandise ranging from replica kits to weird and wonderful lines such as dog leads. In addition to shopping in person, supporters are welcome to contact the store at Bloomfield Road on 01253 685025 to place an order over the telephone. The club accepts all forms of credit and debit cards with the exception of American Express. All orders are dispatched out at the earliest opportunity and postal charges are £4.50 UK Mainland, £10 Europe and £15.00 Rest of the World. Exiled supporters are also welcome to view our stock online via The Online Club Shop by clicking here. Postal rates are the same with orders dispatched at the earliest opportunity. Opening hours for The Club Shop is as follows: GROUND Monday to Friday - 9am to 5.15pm Saturday - 9am to 1pm (until kick-off on match days) Contact Telephone Number - 01253 685025.


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Could We See a 'Drive' Sequel?Damon Houx June 1, 2012 @ 7:55 PM
One of last year's most buzzed-about films, 'Drive,' was based on a book by James Sallis. Sallis has recently written a sequel named 'Driven,' which bares little resemblance to the 2001 Sylvester Stallone film. It picks up seven years later, and the author thinks they're going to make it into a movie.


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Garibaldi square historical center - 3
Size20 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Towels
- Pets allowed
- Washer/dryer
Accommodation summary
Everything that the seaside, the historical center, the Castle Hill, the harbor, the main street and down-town have to offer is at your door! Whether you are looking for beach, walks along the seaside, cultural tourism, typical or modern restaurants, shopping or night-life, everything is at few minutes walking distance!
The flat was renovated with quality materials and furniture. It is very fitted, bright, elegant, clean, has very high ceilings and can receive up to three persons. Equipment and services provided include kitchen with small electric stove, refrigerator, microwave, TV, washing machine and dryer. Linen, towels, water, electricity and heating included in the rate.
The city of Nice is the second biggest after Marseille in the Region that covers Provence, Alpes and Côte d'Azur. Nice is the most visited destination in France after Paris.
Everything that the seaside, the historical center, the Castle Hill, the harbor, the main street and down-town have to offer is at your door! Whether you are looking for beach, walks along the seaside, cultural tourism, typical or modern restaurants, shopping or night-life, everything is at few minutes walking distance!
In Nice, you can enjoy a Mediterranean climate with mild temperatures most of the year. You have lots of cultural spots and museums like the Opera de Nice (constructed in the 19th century), the Marc Chagall Museum and the Matisse Museum, among many others. You also have the lovely botanical garden and several monuments and visit cathedrals like Sainte-Réparate, Saint-Jacques, Notre-Dame de Nice and the Russian Orthodox Cathedral. You can also enjoy lovely walks in the Promenade des Anglais, along the Baie des Anges (Bay of the Angels) and you also have a large selection of stores, restaurants and cafés where one can sit outside and enjoy an appetizer.
Cannes – 25 km
Antibes – 18 km
Saint-Tropez – 70 km
How to reach the apartment:
- By car, take the exit 'Port' of the tunnel of the Paillon.
- By train, take the tram that stops in front of the building at the stop "Place Garibaldi".
- By plane, take bus 98 also stops in front of the building at the stop "Place Garibaldi".
Then, whether it is by car, tram, bus or on foot, since Garibaldi Square is extremely well served, going around in Nice is not complicate at all. Visiting all Nice and its amazing surroundings (Monaco, Cannes, Antibes, Italy etc.) is therefore really easy!
Feel free to contact us. With the hope that our apartment will allow you to make the best of our beautiful city of Nice, we are looking forward to seeing you!
House rulesWe will meet you directly at the apartment. The arrival times and departure must be agreed in advance. Arrivals are preferably after 5 pm. Departures are preferably before 10 am. When possible, you will be able to leave your luggage.
We are not available to receive guests after 8pm from Monday until Saturday and on Sunday, the whole day. Nevertheless, we can send a trusted contact person that will ask you for an additional fee of 20€ on arrival.
Security Deposit: €150
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Salvatore is friendly and helps you with every difficulty you have with his appartements or in nice. I hope that every owner is like him.
All we could wish for! Very clean! :)
First of all Salvatore is not a private person, this is an agency which doesn't care if there are any problems. I would never recomend him as a host nor his flat. We had to go to the agency to pick up the keys but in the description of the flat at wimdu was written that we will meet at the flat. Also the stink of cat piss from the outside of the flat was so strong, that we couldn't sleep with an open window which was unbearable (it was really hot in Nice).There were also cockroaches in the flat. Last but not least we had no wifi for 2 days. We contacted the "cousin" and Salvatore (as he was our contact person) to take care about this problems and there were no reaction. Until the second complaint he came to the building to check what's wrong with the internet. Our problem with the cat piss stink wasn't resolved and therefore I will write a complaint letter to wimdu. Never again. It was the worst host & apartment & wimdu experience ever.
We had a great stay at the apartment! It was quiet, clean and we got very good informations about the city and trips we could do. Every time again!
The flat was really clean and the rooms are cosy. We really enjoyed staying there. It was not complicated and really worth the price.
Everything was alright. Salvatore and his cousin Stephan have mad a lot of efforts that everyone would have a nice stay, they will help you with every question or fix any problem you have. They prepared a lot to make everything super easy (check-in, -out, location, maps, etc.) and especially their self-made tour i can recommend. Of course the apartment wasn't decorated as seen on the pictures, but overall the interior was as seen. You have everything you need for self catering and so the price is definitely very good. So we had a good stay and i'll come back for my next trip to Nice.
The -: expensive apartment for a very small area. Very uncomfortable bed mattresses used in foam. A blocked store. Bedside lamp does not work, kc bulb, I replaced. Very noisy place (bvd François Grosso) forcing to sleep closed window.
The pros: clean apartment. door machine in the bathroom. secure apartment door. good condition.
Les - : appartement cher pour une surface très réduite. Lit très inconfortable sur matelas usagé en mousse. Un des store bloqué. Lampe de chevet ne marche pas, ampoule kc, je l'ai remplacée. Lieu très bruyant (bvd François Grosso) obligeant de dormir fenêtre fermée.
Les + : appart propre. porte linge dans la sdb. porte appart sécurisée. bon état général.
Salvatore welcomed us at his agency and gave us heaps of tips for exploring Nice. In addition to that, the apartment was equipped with a 20-pages brochure about Nice and surroundings, including getting there by bus or train.
The apartment was well maintained and clean and is within walking distance to all major locations in Nice. Outside the building, there are several bus stops, supermarkets (already spotted by Salvatore) and a bike hiring station (Vélo bleu).
We've enjoyed our stay and can highly recommend Salvatore.
Thanks again and see you :)
Salvatore is a super nice host.
The handover of the apartment worked without problems.
The apartment was clean and mainly corresponds broadly to uploaded photos. The apartment is very centrally located for a city break.
There are grademal 5 minutes to the train station. Around the corner is a small "Boulangerie" where you can stock up with fresh baguette in the morning etc. low and croissants, Parisien. Our apartment (no. 5) faced the courtyard. so you have not heard anything from the street noise. For large central shopping street, it is also just 1 minute. If you look down this one can already see the sea. For 1.50 EUR You can also take the tram.
Merci et a bientot Salvatore :)
Salvatore ist ein super netter Gastgeber.
Die Übergabe der Wohnung hat problemlos geklappt.
Das Appartment war vor allem sauber und entspricht in großen und ganzen den eingestellten Fotos. Das Appartment liegt für eine Städtreise sehr zentral.
Zum Bahnhof sind es grademal 5 Minuten. Um die Ecke liegt eine kleine "Boulangerie" wo man sich morgens mit frischen Baguette und Croissants, Parisien etc. günstig eindecken kann. Unser Appartment (Nr. 5 ) lag zum Innenhof. sodass man vom Straßenlärm nichts mitbekommen hat. Zur großen zentralen Einkaufsstraße ist es auch nur 1 Minute. Wenn man diese herunterschaut kann man schon das Meer sehen. Für 1,50 EUR kann man auch die Tram nehmen.
Merci et a bientot Salvatore :)
It was a good choice to stay at Salvatores Apartment. It's central, not very big but enought for a citytrip and it is equipped with all necessary things!
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Andrew Hallidie tests the first cable car in San Francisco.
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Aug. 2, 1873: San Francisco's First Cable Car Conquers Nob Hill
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June 2, 1883: The 'L' Comes to Chicago … Indoors
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1883: The world's first elevated electric railway in the world makes a trial run. It's in Chicago, of course. It's indoors, and it won't last, but the idea will. New York City began elevated railway service in the early 1870s, running in Manhattan on Ninth Avenue and Greenwich Street. It was America's first elevated railroad, […]
March 31, 1901: Wuppertal Monorail Opens
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1901: A suspended monorail opens in Germany, whisking passengers on an 8.3-mile loop some 40 feet over the Wupper River. Though not the world's first single-track hanging rail system, it's the world's oldest monorail still in operation and Europe's only suspended railway. At the dawn of the era of train travel, the hilly Wupper Valley […]


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Bankruptcy is a more common occurrence in the United States than many people realize. In the twelve months leading up to March, 2014, there were a total of 1,038,280 US bankruptcy filings. While this number comprises a small percentage of the US population, it still seems very high. There are many cases when people file bankruptcy because of business problems, as well as personal problems. Surprisingly, celebrities (often some of the richest ones) file for bankruptcy as well, and there stories always make big news. It's difficult for many of us to even imagine having millions of dollars, but going bankrupt after having that kind of money seems almost impossible. Yet, we read stories about people winning the lottery and then ending up poorer than before, so anything is possible. Many celebrities have faced bankruptcy; here are five of the most extreme celebrity bankruptcies.
1. Toni Braxton
This famous singer filed for bankruptcy in the 90s, and then filed for a second time in 2010, and claimed debts up to $50,000,000. Don't worry, though, Braxton ended up being just fine. Thanks to her reality TV show, she recently bought a $3 million mansion in Calabasas. The house has four bedrooms and five bathrooms (and it measures 5,323 square feet.) It's hard to imagine anyone but a celebrity recovering from bankruptcy so quickly, but Toni Braxton did it, and she has her talent to thank for her recovery.


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The light in the center of my darkness
Book by: FyresydeHerbalyst
Status: Finished
Genre: Romance
Chapter25 (v.1) - A discussion
A couple of hours later we lay in each other's arms and I kissed his chest. I was so happy to be with him and lucky that he loved me enough even with everything that was going on. I propped myself up on my arm and smiled. "Rick, I want you to know how much I love you. You are the sweetest guy I have ever met and I am so lucky to have you in my life. I wonder what it is I have done to deserve someone as wonderful as you. I know that I have been a bit of a stubborn ass and I am sorry, I- I don't really have an explination as to why, but what I told my family is the truth. More than anything I want to be with you, all the time. I don't know how to thank you for being as wonderful as you ar-..."
His lips met mine and I wrapped my arms around his neck and held him close. I felt him chuckle into the kiss and I smiled. He pulled back and smiled at me. "Now Mara if you do that we will have a repeat of earlier, and I am not sure if my fragile body could handle so much loving from such a lucious woman. You amaze me Mara, just when I think you can't surprise me anymore you do. I really love you so much, more than I have loved anything in my life and I want you to know that I will do whatever it takes to have you in my life."
I felt tears running down my face as he held me to him. "You know I would really like that. I am worried about the kids though, if we move again I am not sure how they will adjust. We moved from Georgia's into our own place and to move them again might do more harm than good. I promise you Rick I am not trying to be stubborn, but it is the kids I worry about. You have bonded so well with them and I don't want you to just leave. Rick, I am so scared, so worried that you will one day leave us and they will hurt and their hearts will break, that I will also hurt and my heart will break."
He held me so close and so tight that the world felt right. "I won't leave, I won't ever leave you Mara, not you or them. Ever, and I mean Ever Mara. I love you so much more than I could ever explain. When I thought I lost you I lost my world. I took the kids home with me and kept them with me when I could. When I wasn't with them I was with you and those were the only two places that I wanted to be. Georgia came over to my place once and started to scream at me that I didn't know what I was getting in to but I didn't listen and I am glad I didn't. She was angry that I was taking you away from her and she went crazy. When she woke Tori up I shut the door in her face and put her back to bed. I love them because even though they are a part of you they are their own people and that makes them beautiful and unique. You guys are all amazing. I do have a confession though."
My heart started to race and I could feel pain in the pit of my stomach, but I steadied myself and took a deep breath. "What would that be?"
He laughed. "I have loved you for a while now. When we were friends and would hang out I was trying so hard to cover how much I cared for you. When you lost your vision I wanted so much to be there to comfort you. Mara you stole my breath the moment you introduced yourself to me, just how odd it was that you were so upbeat even though the odds were stacked against you. You amazed me every day with how you just kept pushing on through things that just kept coming at you."
I laughed. "When I had such a great friend in you, I knew I could turn to you if I needed to. Every time you hugged me, you took my breath away. I can still see your face clearly even though my world is dark. You have no idea what I would give to see the faces of my kids, to see your face again, and that of my family. I want so much to be back to normal and do the things I love to do. For that matter I would just like to dress myself."
He held me tighter and I could hear the smile in his voice. "When we get back I want you to call those doctors and ask them what the hold up is. Who knows maybe that will move them a bit. Tell them you aren't getting any younger. I want you to be nothing but happy. Now my love let's get what little rest we can, goodness knows your parents are probably going to have some things planned for us."
I nodded my head into his shoulder. "Probably, but they will give us some time to do something for ourselves. So how about you get out your swim trunks and we will steal off to the beach for a little while, just you and me. I will show you a little bit about the way that I grew up."
"Alright, sounds good to me. Tomorrow afternoon we shall steal away and relax in the ocean my love."
I curled up tighter into Rick. "Goodnight my dear, I love you now sleep before I don't let you sleep at all."
He turned my head and kissed me deeply. "Goodnight love."
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aww.. this was so sweet sissy.. i love it.. and i agree with kirk.. i hope she does get her sight back so she can see her kids and Rick again.. loved it sissy.. will be back later for the batch of today..
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Traces of the Past: Unraveling the Secrets of Archaeology through Chemistry. Joseph B. Lambert. xvii + 319 pp. Helix Books/Addison-Wesley, 1997. $30.
The author envisions chemistry as the constant companion to archaeology, and he seeks to demonstrate the debts owed by archaeology to chemistry and materials science. This remarkable work has a "Holmes and Watson" quality—the cooperative sleuthing by archaeologist and physical scientist who, as collaborators, enlighten us about our human ancestors, their cultures and behaviors.
This delightfully compelling, clearly written and profusely illustrated volume of case studies centers on two themes: "the chemical development of the materials of daily life—from pottery to metals and from beer to paper—and the chemical analyses of these materials as discovered in the archaeological context." Joseph Lambert, Clare Hamilton Hall Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, writes for rather than down to his readers, creating a masterful synthesis that enlightens complex issues so that one does not have to know much chemistry to enjoy this book. Therefore, the volume is a significant primer on basic technologies, chemistry and archaeology.
We are educated with grace and wit, not only by eloquent studies but also by Lambert's own engaging and cogent writing style that informs and enlightens the reader. The author employs data and illustrations derived from the scientific literature but includes others that are unique to this treatise. Both in the text and in the useful, up-to-date bibliography, he cites the research results and publications of colleagues from many disciplines. This compendium of citations forms a veritable "who's who" of leading archaeological scientific investigators.
The logical sequence of eight chapters, which encompass approximately 75 case studies, is augmented by 143 illustrations (16 in full color), 251 references and a detailed 17-page double-column index that serve to make this volume extremely user-friendly. Two charts, "Chemical Timeline" and "Archaeological Timeline," are especially useful. Lambert explicates clearly the role of archaeological chemistry in the analyses of items as diverse as Murex molluscs, Opuntia cacti, the Vinland Map, the crack in the Liberty Bell, the sunken ship Mary Rose, human excrement and decolorizing glass. Methods such as infrared spectroscopy, gas chromatography and scanning electron microscopy are explained clearly in basic terms so that any reader may enjoy this remarkably thoughtful and thought-provoking volume. Lambert's book successfully interweaves elements from the disciplines of chemistry and archaeology. The book has no peer and, therefore, was a gratifying choice as a recent selection of the Natural Science Book Club.
Although fire—pyrotechnology as the initial human manipulation of the natural world—might be a logical starting point, the author commences with stone. He details elemental and isotopic fingerprinting, studies of rock varnish or patina, and the effects of air pollution on lithic materials as he examines flint, marble, obsidian, steatite, turquoise, basalt, sandstone, limestone and calcite. There are notable reviews of the Colossi of Memnon, the Nazca (Peru) Lines and the sources of the stones used to create Stonehenge. Especially valuable is the section on "synthetic stone"—cement and plaster—and Lambert's determination that the early technology of mortar and cement set the stage for the development of complex technologies, including those used in the making of pottery, glass and metals.
He reminds the reader that earth both "contains and conceals," so that it is the task of the archaeologist and scientist to extract salient data and interpretations. The analysis of phosphorus, organic residues, skeletal silhouettes and soil stratigraphy are among the topics reviewed. Some of the sites used as examples are Fengate, Runnymede, Fort de Chartres (Illinois), Roman Verulaminum (London) and Yagi (Japan). Lambert concludes that "chemical fingerprinting of human activities by soil analysis is an evolving field." He also provides an examination of petrology and a review of pottery—its basic chemistry, forming techniques and color variation. Particularly enlightening are the distinctions made among earthenware, stoneware and porcelain, the techniques used to produce Greek black-and-red figure decorations, the differences among Hispano-Moresque, Delft and majolica ceramics, and a consideration of the imperial Chinese kilns at Jeingdezhen.
Lambert's essay on color includes explanations and examples of special interest to both inorganic and organic chemists. He explains the distinctions between dyes and pigments and direct and fugitive dyes, and clarifies concepts about mordants, solvents and coloring materials. Among the noteworthy examples are Egyptian cobalt blue, Tyrian purple, Maya blue, India (actually Chinese) ink, blue-and-white and Sang-de-boeuf porcelains, analine purple and synthetic indigo (the latter used for "blue" jeans). In the chapter on "glass" the author describes selected glass compositions from a larger universe, emphasizing the properties of modifiers, stabilizers and decolorants, and forming techniques. He posits a probable scenario that the chemistry of pottery led to that of glazes, but that it was early metallurgy that led to glass manufacture. The description of Egyptian faience (a glazed quartz) is enlightening, and Lambert demonstrates that the process of enameling was hybridized from glass and metalworking technologies by the Egyptians. In addition, Roman, Islamic and Celtic contributions to glass technology are reviewed, and the Portland Vase, famille rose, and famille verte glass are considered, as are the distinctions between inglaze and underglaze.
Lambert moves on to advanced chemistry as he considers analyses of total material by infrared spectroscopy or nuclear magnetic resonance, separation by gas chromatography and identification by mass spectrometry. The topics covered include analyses of food, such as beer, wine and chocolate; fibers and textiles, including hides, skins and other animal parts; wood and other plant remains; and natural products, such as petroleum, bitumen, asphalt, jet, tar, pitch, resin and amber. The case of the controversial Vinland Map, recently "rehabilitated by science after being condemned by science," is reviewed, and he elaborates on an example of linguistics supported by chemistry in his summary of cacao residue found in a Maya ceramic vessel decorated with a glyph. Furthermore, the use of chemistry in artifact preservation and conservation issues in nautical archaeology are reviewed in the context of two ships—the Swedish Wasa and the English Mary Rose. Lambert correctly asserts that "the world of organic chemistry is enormous, but it has only begun to impinge on archaeology."
In considering metals, Lambert has synthesized a vast body of scientific literature. His selected topics include native metals and forming techniques, in which he views smelting as "an intellectual and technical landmark of the human race." He conjectures that metallurgy was discovered through the process of the casting of native copper and through pottery technology. He goes on to review the discovery of bronze and independent developments in Central Asia, East Asia, West Africa and western South America, and he explains the production processes for tin, lead, zinc, gold and silver, the reason for the crack in the American Liberty Bell, ancient coinage debasement and coin forgeries. The advent of the Iron Age and the types of iron and steel are documented, and distinctions are made between wrought iron and wootz steel. He includes clear summaries about tumbaga, brass, bronze and gunmetal.
Lambert's final chapter is a masterful synthesis in which he considers the human body as a "library of organic compounds that leave residues." Through the use of isotopic analysis we learn about topics as diverse as fractionation, bone collagen, the presence of C3 and C4 in plants (which include maize and beans), and trace elements in the diet. The list goes on to include lead and iron as health issues, nitrogen and fluorine dating (the Piltdown Hoax is briefly elaborated), organic molecules, scatochemistry (the chemical analysis of coprolites), stereochemistry (arrangement of atoms in a molecule) and thanatochemistry (the chemistry of death), as well as the uses and abuses of amino acid racemization. He also considers chronology (human evolution) derived from electron spin resonance and thermoluminescence, the analysis of blood (genetic markers, genetic distance, human-migration routes and DNA studies), and mitochrondrial Eve. He writes that "applications of molecular biology to archaeology are still embryonic and will both enjoy expansion and suffer limitations as new data are obtained."
In this highly recommended volume Lambert musters the hard sciences of chemistry and biochemistry to bear on the so-called soft sciences of archaeology and anthropology, and demonstrates simultaneously that chemistry is both an analyst of human culture and one of its primary creators. Human beings are not just "tool-makers or tool users," but, in his words, are "chemical animals" because they improve tools by chemical modification, hence, people became the "molecular transformers" of their surroundings. He has condensed a vast subject and is indeed, as one colleague has stated, "a gifted scientist and a born teacher."—Charles C. Kolb, Preservation and Access, National Endowment for the Humanities
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Palm Springs is packed with glitzy pools and DJs blasting dance-ready beats, but with so many to choose from, it can be hard to find the right party to crash. With access to three of the city's top pool decks—Saguaro Hotel, The Curve, and Caliente Tropics—fully stocked bars, food trucks, and sets by DJs like Neon Indian, Splash House is your ticket to Palm Springs' hottest summer event. A non-stop shuttle will transport you and your crew between properties and exclusive after-parties. Plus, your accommodations at the Caliente Tropics put you in the center of the action.
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That's amazing, he is a very talented Man.
I have a friend who paints murals on walls of wildlife here in Tampa.
He is struggling because of the bad local Tampa Florida economy.
Restaurants and Hotels here are his main customer base, and the tourists are just not coming to Florida like they used to.
That's impressive. Thanks for the share I'm going to go check out more of Scott's artwork.