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Today's payroll figures were a genuinely happy surprise: 288,000 jobs gained in April. Those are great numbers -- enough to absorb all our population growth and put more than a few unemployed people back to work. They suggest hope that the dreadful first-quarter gross domestic product numbers may have been a temporary setback, not a harbinger of things to come.
Of course, jobs figures tend to jump around from month to month. We'll need to live through a few revisions, and a few more months of good jobs numbers, before we can entirely breathe a sigh of relief.
As Justin Wolfers pointed out on Twitter today, however, they are not nearly enough. April's figures still leave net job growth over the last seven years at approximately zero:
Because the working-age population has grown since 2007, this means that almost five years after the recession, we are still not creating enough jobs to reabsorb the workers we lost.
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Published as Love and Rockets Book 8: Blood of Palomar. 1st printing: December 1989 (12.95 USD); 2nd printing: February 1996 (16.95 USD); 3rd printing: July 2002 (18.95 USD). The different printings have different cover prices and may also have different cover artwork. The third printing was used to index this volume.
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Don't judge me, but I did watch Kim Kardashian's wedding video..... yup, both days. The two things I learned from watching those scenes were that: (1) Kim had the same emotional rollercoaster as any other bride and (2) Kim had the wedding of her dreams. When you take away the glitz, glitter, celebrity and over-the-top bling, all that's left is a girl who's living her childhood dream.
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Curried Vegetables with a Yogurt Cream Sauce
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Indian food is one of my favorites. But, I am not a fan of the smell or taste of curry powder. A few years ago on of my Mom's friends, Indira, came to her house to visit. She was born and raised in Nepal which is very close to India. The flavors are similar and the dishes are mostly vegetarian. She loves to cook and decided to treat us all to a traditional Nepalese meal. Dumplings with a tomato, chili sauce, curried vegetables with yogurt sauce, Chicken Curry and rice. It was amazing and she didn't use curry powder in anything. This recipe is very easy to make and extremely healthy! I used a bunch of my fresh tomatoes from our garden. You can serve it as a main course over rice or as a side. Enjoy!
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CBS Duped By Michael Lohan; Lindsay is NOT Doing "Top Ten"
Lindsay Lohan was slated to present the Top Ten list on Thursday's "The Late Show with David Letterman," according to the show's head writer Justin Stangel. Stangel even tweeted, "BREAKING @LindsayLohan will be presenting the Top Ten List on Thursday's @Late_Show #Letterman." And a source close to the show even confirmed to Gossip Cop that the actress would be on a satellite feed from Los Angeles for the comedic countdown.
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In 1994, a group of Folsom residents interested in the performing arts formed the first Board of Directors of a fledgling concert association. Out of their interest and willingness to serve their community has grown the Folsom Lake Community Concert Association (FLCCA). Today, in partnership with Live on Stage of Nashville, TN, the FLCCA continues its dedication to bringing concerts of the highest quality to the greater Folsom area. In addition to the artists from Live on Stage, the FLCCA contracts with local talent to provide a diversified genre of music for their patrons and guests.
Attracting Folsom's youth to share the enjoyment of fine music is another focus of the association. Each year, at least one of the contracted artists performs an outreach program, where the youth of our community are invited to attend a free concert, tailored for the younger audience. These outreach programs have been held at the Folsom Community Center as well as at the local schools.
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The history of Community Concerts parallels in many ways that of the past century. In the 1920's, America underwent rapid change and modernization, and the performing arts were no exception. While Chautauqua tours, traveling minstrel shows, and vaudeville had created a national appetite for live performances, they were disappearing from the scene. There was a demand for concerts, but the question was how to find a new way to cover their cost.
In 1927, an idea destined to revolutionize the performing arts in America, sprang up simultaneously in the Great lakes region, and in several Eastern states. Instead of struggling to make up deficits after the fact, people thought, why not raise some money first and then hire the artists? It was a plan that worked. Audiences, it seemed were willing to spend a modest sum in advance for a season of three or four concerts, even if they didn't know what the concerts were going to be. This principle of raising funds to secure a season prior to contracting is Community Concerts' "magic ingredient". It insured the success of the humble experiments that grew first into the organized audience plan, and ultimately into Community Concerts, the largest, most enduring network of performing arts presenters that has ever existed.
The organized audience idea caught fire and spread, fostering cultural development on an unprecedented scale. Families, who had been indifferent to "highbrow" single concerts, were attracted to a whole season with varied offerings at a reasonable price. People, who had never been to a concert before, were being invited to attend by people they knew - ordinary folks who lived in their neighborhood, went to their church, and whose children attended school with their children. The early quality performances featured artists including Vladimir Horowitz, Lawrence Tibbett, Jascha Heifetz and Yehudi Menuhin. A new appreciation for the performing arts, deeply rooted in community spirit, was being nurtured by the organized audience movement across North America, contributing to the nationwide growth of local symphonies, theaters and dance companies.
Although the stock market crash of 1929 threatened this brave experiment in the arts, Community Concerts continued to grow from 42 Community Concert Associations at the start of the Depression to 335 by 1940. People were determined that economic deprivation would not deprive them of beauty and meaning in their lives. Minutes from Association meetings held in Dust Bowl towns refer to families who could not afford the fifty cents to attend the concerts, and were being carried by loans from neighbors or by the Association itself. Concerts were regarded as more than mere entertainment; they were a lifeline to humanity and normalcy.
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Free shuttle service will be provided to Winter Fest this weekend by the Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association.
Buses will be travelling between the Hiram Walker parking lot on Riverside Drive to the old bus terminal on University Avenue East between 1 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday.
"We expect thousands of people to attend Winter Fest, and so we are making every effort to make the event as accessible as possible," said DWBIA chair Larry Horwitz.
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I don't play multiplayer first-person shooters. And yet I stayed up way too late playing Titanfall last night. That's got to mean something.
At no point during the last two decades have I ever been able to get into the idea of getting online and playing deathmatch against people with handles like DankReefs420 (actual name of Xbox user I played Titanfall with last night). Oh, I'll play a BioShock in single player on Easy if it has an interesting story. And to tell the truth I'm about ready to start leaving bags of flaming poop on Nintendo's doorstep if they don't make another Metroid Prime. But multiplayer shooters, for me, are generally all about just getting shot in the head repeatedly. The learning curve is too steep, and it's no fun to lose.
Titanfall makes some significant changes to the formula that, for me, have flipped the equation.
Titanfall, developed by the core team that created Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, is available today for Xbox One and PC, with an Xbox 360 version on the way later this month. But it's not from Call of Duty publisher Activision. The team broke away from the publisher in 2010, setting up a new development studio called Respawn that allied with Electronic Arts. In so doing, it may finally have given EA the Call of Duty competitor that the publisher has failed to cultivate with franchises like Battlefield and Medal of Honor.
Ordinarily, upon actually deciding to try playing a shooter, I'd first play through the single-player mode. Only thing is, there is no single-player game in Titanfall. Or local multiplayer. It's online (requiring a $60 per year subscription to Xbox Live Gold) or the highway. Titanfall does an excellent job of easing you into it, though.
First there's a tutorial mode that gets you acquainted with its unique features. Movement in Titanfall feels more like the first-person parkour game Mirror's Edge than anything else — you can sprint, double-jump, wall-run, climb up ledges. It also gently introduces the game's major twist on the shooter formula — giant mechanical Titans that players can call down from the sky at certain points during the match.
The important thing about the Titans is that you get to have your own. It's not as if the game just drops them into the match at predetermined intervals and whichever player gets inside it the fastest gets to ride it and unleash Armageddon on the rest of everybody. When you call your Titan, it drops to your location and you can jump inside safely. Then you get to stomp around in a 20-foot-high metal exoskeleton firing rockets. If DankReefs420 runs by you can step on him.
No matter what, it takes a long time to kill a Titan. So if you've spent the first few minutes of the match just getting sniped in the head, being able to get into your giant robot means that you can stomp around and deal death while absorbing bullets for a while. Play your cards right — escape at the right moment and refill your shields — and you get to stay alive for a while. Maybe even take down someone else's Titan. And that can be a real morale booster if you've spent the previous three minutes as a target in someone else's shooting gallery.
There's also a gun for people like me, people who have never gotten good at key important shooter concepts like, just to name one example, being able to aim a gun. The Smart Pistol lets you kill enemies in a single hit, but you have to spend a few agonizing seconds locking on to them first. This happens automatically if an enemy is in range and visible. Typically what happens in a shooter if I am sneaky enough to get the jump on someone plays out exactly like the "divine intervention" scene in Pulp Fiction. In Titanfall, even I can kill you if you're being dumb enough.
Like the Call of Duty series and many other shooters, Titanfall uses role-playing game style mechanics. As you kill things, complete objectives, and generally accomplish good stuff, you gain experience points, which cause you to level up, which allows you access to new weapons, abilities and equipment. Experience points are given out so generously that even if you're not winning battles, you feel like you're accomplishing something by continuing to play.
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JeanieG, I guess you would say they are pets; they eat ticks & bugs like that...if you can keep them home.They are cute little guys to watch. They also make sounds when they are happy or alarmed with a new invader into the yard (excellent watch dogs!!!). Dh discovered they did not have enough food in their A-framed Chicken tractor, therefore, they went in search of more food. They fly or crouch silently when a predator threatens them; often guineas will roost in trees and owls will hunt them. They all go around the yard together...will try to get photos of them this weekend.
Turkeys are putting the ducks to bed every night in the duck house...and then they sat on top of it and in front of it to guard them until the turkeys are put to bed. Mornings will find them in pursuit of one another....turkeys after ducks, then the ducks after the turkeys. Both are grown larger and starting to look like a good size for the table in November and December. Turkeys are not afraid of anyone...people on two legs can approach them without the turkey flying away. With the Cub Cadet, they will come running and pursuit the tractor, fly on top of it., etc.
Oh gosh QNS, those critters sound like so much fun! I would love to just sit and watch what you are describing! How old will the chickens have to be before they will be laying eggs??? My first husband and I had five acres, and we raised chickens and even had a peahen and chick for a while. I loved my chickens. They would just come running when I came out of the kitchen with scraps for them. And the eggs were wonderful!
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HAMPSTEAD – The Hampstead Fire Department and community honored the department's long-time Deputy Chief, Jim Gilmartin, who is retiring after 32 years of service to his town. He was treated to a dinner and roast sponsored by the Hampstead Firemen's Association at the Brookstone Event Center in Derry on June 27.
Current Fire Chief Michael Carrier said, "Deputy Chief Jim Gilmartin has been with the Hampstead Fire Department for over 31 years. His leadership and operational management have helped the department over the last three decades. Many changes have taken place during this time, where the department was initially formed to provide fire suppression activities. Today, however, the department has evolved from fighting fires to many other areas of responsibilities such as EMS (emergency medical services), Rescue, Emergency Management, and Hazardous Materials.
"Jim has been an integral part of the department's transformation and provided the necessary leadership to make these changes positive, while providing a caring and compassionate approach to the town and its citizens," Carrier said.
"From a personal perspective, Jim has been very supportive of me as the town's new fire chief, right from the start almost five years ago," Carrier added. "He provided me with the history and traditions of the department and the town, which gives me great insights into decisions I need to make for the department and the town. And he also had no problem telling me that I was doing something wrong, which I completely respected and appreciated. But, in addition to his advice, Jim gave me his friendship…and that is something that I will cherish the rest of my life. I wish him and his family all the best with the next chapter of his life."
Former Fire Chief Chip Hastings also commented on Gilmartin's role in the department.
"Over the years Jim has given his fellow townspeople freely of his time, responding to emergency calls and keeping up with training," Hastings said. "As life becomes more filled with one's own commitments due to family and job, Jim managed to still respond. This is at the heart of a number of Fire Departments throughout the state to this day, thanks to Jim and other men and women like him. He was Hampstead's representative to the HazMat (hazardous materials) Mutual Aid group for many years, a task which benefited the town and its residents.
"During my time as Chief he was supportive, which made the job easier and helped to shoulder the burden," he concluded. Gilmartin recalled that when he joined the Hampstead Fire Department in the early '80s, it was all volunteer. "About half way through my tenure it evolved to paid call and then to a combination of paid call and full time," he said. "I started out as a fire fighter and then lieutenant, captain and finally deputy chief." He was also secretary to the board of fire engineers, water officer, training officer and Hampstead's representative to the HazMat district.
Looking ahead to life after the Hampstead Fire Department, Gilmartin added, "I am retiring because it is time. I plan to travel with my wife, Shirley, and enjoy my wonderful family."
Asked about his most outstanding memory, he responded, "it is not just one but many, including the firemen's association, which provided countless fund raisers, Christmas parades, etc. Next would be all the hours I spent with my comrades in training to ensure our skills were current with the ever evolving fire standards.
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The Australian author of a $43,000 Napier City Council report that takes a dim view of local body amalgamation has never visited Hawke's Bay.
Professor Brian Dollery's report, entitled "Bigger is Not Always Better", is being promoted by the anti-amalgamation council as providing evidence of why merging the region's local authorities is a bad idea.
However, it has been rejected as an exercise to meet a pre-determined agenda by amalgamation supporters.
Speaking from Japan yesterday, Professor Dollery said he had never been to Hawke's Bay.
"I've been to New Zealand many times but never to the east part of the North Island."
Professor Dollery did not elaborate on what effect this might have on the report.
The council's chief executive, Wayne Jack, said yesterday he commissioned the report from Professor Dollery within days of starting work at the council in early September.
He said he discussed the move with councillors and retiring mayor Barbara Arnott at the time but progressed the initiative himself because local body elections were looming.
"It was one of the first things I got onto because I saw it as important to get that information together because we knew that it was not too long before a proposal would come out from the Local Government Commission and so we needed to start gathering information so we could inform people of both sides of the story."
The commission's proposal, in favour of amalgamating Hawke's Bay's five councils, was released last week, prompting the council to distribute the Dollery report.
The mayors of three of the councils affected by the proposed merger - Napier's Bill Dalton, Central Hawke's Bay's Peter Butler and Wairoa's Craig Little - strenuously oppose amalgamation. Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule is a staunch advocate.
Fenton Wilson, chairman of the fifth council affected, Hawke's Bay Regional Council, has not expressed a strong view on the merger proposal although the regional council previously promoted the idea of an expanded regional council covering the east coast down to the Wellington area.
Mr Jack said yesterday the bill for the Dollery report was A$39,000 ($43,300).
He discussed commissioning it with the chief executives of the Wairoa, CHB and regional councils in September but had not requested that they contribute to its cost.
CHB District Council has subsequently agreed to pay $500 towards the report, but Wairoa and the regional council are not expected to contribute. Hastings District was not consulted.
"It wasn't so much the cost. It was about getting information out that would be used by all the region," Mr Jack said.
"We see this as being important for our community.
"We undertake a number of reports which we use to form the basis for further analysis and this is just one of those reports."
He said Professor Dollery had an international reputation for his work on local government amalgamation issues.
"He takes an approach where he looks at empirical data that comes out of amalgamations and then makes analysis around that."
Professor Dollery's 157-page report critiques two reports commissioned by Hawke's Bay Regional Council that have been used to promote the amalgamation option, along with a draft amalgamation proposal for the Northland region released by the Local Government Commission last month. The regional council reports, by Auckland-based consultant Peter Winder, forecast cost savings for Hawke's Bay under amalgamation.
But in his report, Professor Dollery criticises Mr Winder's analysis of the issues facing Hawke's Bay and his recommendations for improving the region's prosperity.
Mr Winder last week dismissed Professor Dollery's criticisms.
Mr Yule said Professor Dollery's views on amalgamation had been well known for several years.
"If people had wanted a peer review [of Mr Winder's reports] we could have all agreed on somebody and gone and got a peer review but I don't consider the Dollery report is independent enough because as soon as I knew who had written it I knew what it would say. So it's just another report in the mix of things."
Mr Jack said it was important to provide people with more information on the amalgamation issue.
"It's my job to gather information on both sides of the story so people understand it.
"To me it's a significant community engagement issue that we need to do."


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Application of a temporary immersion system in mass propagation of Phalaenopsis
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A temporary immersion system consisting of a series of five-litre twin glass vessels was successfully used for in vitro adventitious shoot multiplication and rooting of Phalaenopsis. Highest shoot multiplication rate of 25.4 was achieved after twelve weeks when eight immersions per day, of ten minutes each, were used. Fresh medium containing 0.5 mg l−1 TDZ was supplemented every two weeks. The different periods of TDZ exposure affect the multiplication rate, fresh weight rate and shoot size. Seven-week culture on TDZ-containing medium, followed by five weeks on TDZ-free medium, resulted in 18 % of shoots smaller than 1 cm, 56 % were of 1–3 cm and 26 % exceeded 3 cm in length, respectively. Small shoots are suitable as inoculum for the next multiplication cycle, whereas shoots larger than 1 cm can be rooted on cytokinin-free medium. Highest percentage of rooted shoots (93.8 %) and highest root number (3.7 roots per shoot) were achieved in 1.0 mg l−1 IAA — containing medium after exposure to six immersions per day, ten minutes each. The mean survival rate of plants rooted in TIS was 94 % under standard greenhouse conditions.
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BeschreibungIn this practical guide to navigating with a GPS, navigation expert Pete Hawkins explains how to get the best from your GPS. He breaks down the jargon into understandable English and takes you through GPS navigation in a clear and structured way. He recognizes that strong traditional navigational skills are the basis for effective GPS navigation, and gives a potted summary of how to navigate with a map and compass.
InhaltsverzeichnisArran and the Southern Highlands 1 A'Chir traverse 2 Pagoda Ridge, A'Chir 3 South Ridge Direct, Rosa Pinnacle, Cir Mhor 4 Glen Sannox horseshoe 5 Traverse of the South and Centre Peaks, The Cobbler 6 Coire Gaothaich circuit, Ben Lui Lochaber 7 Sron na Creise, Creise 8 Inglis Clarke Ridge, Creise 9 Curved Ridge, Buachaille Etive Mor 10 Crowberry Ridge via the Rannoch Wall, Buachaille Etive Mor 11 Sron na Lairig, Stob Coire Sgreamhach 12 Dorsal Arete, Stob Coire nan Lochan 13 Aonach Eagach 14 Ring of Steall 15 Castle Ridge, Ben Nevis 16 Ledge Route, Ben Nevis 17 Tower Ridge, Ben Nevis 18 Observatory Ridge, Ben Nevis 19 North East Buttress via Raeburn's Arete, Ben Nevis 20 Carn Dearg Meadhonach East Ridge and Carn Mor Dearg Arete 21 Golden Oldie, Aonach Mor 22 North East Ridge, Aonach Beag 23 Long and Short Leachas, Ben Alder The Cairngorms 24 Eagle Ridge, Lochnagar 25 Mitre Ridge, Beinn a'Bhuird 26 Pygmy Ridge and Afterthought Arete, Stob Coire an t-Sneachda 27 Fiacaill Ridge, Cairn Lochan 28 North East Ridge, Angel's Peak The North and West 29 Great Ridge, Garbh Bheinn 30 North-north East Ridge, Sgurr Ghiubhsachain 31 Forcan Ridge, The Saddle 32 South Ridge, Mullach Fraoch-choire 33 Cioch Nose, Sgurr a'Chaorachain 34 A'Chioch Ridge, Beinn Bhan 35 Beinn Alligin traverse 36 Liathach traverse 37 Northern Pinnacles of Mullach an Rathain, Liathach 38 Marathon Ridge, Beinn Lair 39 North West Ridge, A'Mhaighdean 40 An Teallach traverse 41 Stac Pollaidh 42 Suilven Skye and Rum 43 Traverse of the Rum Cuillin 44 Dubhs Ridge 45 The Spur, Sgurr an Fheadain 46 Pinnacle Ridge, Sgurr nan Gillean 47 Clach Glas - Bla Bheinn traverse 48 Cuillin Main Ridge Traverse
PortraitDan Bailey lives in Edinburgh and has always had a passion for climbing and the outdoors. His work has featured in Adventure Travel, The Sunday Times, Trail, High, The List, The Sunday Herald and Scotland on Sunday, among others. He has climbed and walked in North and South America, North Africa, Asia and throughout Europe and the UK.
PressestimmenIn short, this is a fantastic little book, which selects the best of Scotland's ridges, the best ways and days of enjoying them. Whether an enthusiastic young walker looking to move onto steeper ground, or a more experienced climber wanting to re-visit the scene of former triumphs, this book will prove stimulating to both and deserves a place in the bookshelf. Scottish Mountaineer, May 2006 Each of the 48 routes included in the guide is graded for difficulty, and features a navigable detailed route description. The in depth information, route maps and topos are what will be useful on the ground, but it's the photography that will get you out the door with your bootlaces still undone. Why bother with Europe when you eye's are opened to these gems.' Adventure Travel Magazine May/June 2006 There is no doubt that this book will prove of most value to mountaineers. Highly recommended.' Irish Mountain Log, Summer 2006 'I have always thought that if mountains were not meant to be climbed they wouldn't have grown ridges, what can be more natural than wanting to scale them? Included, as you would expect, are classic traverses of Aonach Eagagh, An Teallach, Liathach, the Black Cullin Ridge, along with lesser-know gems - Marathon Ridge on Ben Lair and Northeast Ridge of Sgurr Ghiubhsachain. Dan Bailey is a man who knows and loves his hills. To those who claim his book will merely encourage yet more feet on to our fragile mountains, he has this to say "If more people were inspired to visit the Highlands then perhaps their protection might move farther up the nation's agenda." And speaking as someone who rarely reads guidebooks, Scotland's Mountain Ridges certainly inspired me.' (The Scots magazine / March 2007) Also check out the reviews and articles on the following websites: Scotclimb.org.uk Ukclimbing.com (Aonach Eagach article) Ukclimbing.com (Tower Ridge article) Ukclimbing.com (Review) Mountaindays.net Planetfear.com
Untertitel: Scrambling, Mountaineering and Climbing - the Best Routes for Summer and Winter. Over 150 colour photos and over 40 colour maps. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: Cicerone Press
Erscheinungsdatum: März 2006
Seitenanzahl: 256 Seiten
Format: kartoniert


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Construction and Real Estate - September 2008
Construction and Real Estate
September 2008
Overall, reports indicate that District housing remained soft, but year-over-year declines in sales continued to moderate by most accounts and were in line with national reports. Contacts reported that existing home inventories subsided while reports on new home inventories were mixed. Bank-owned properties continued to put downward pressure on District home prices. Modest declines in home prices were noted across much of the District, similar to those seen in national reports, while Florida home price declines remained more significant. Contacts noted that sales of repossessed homes made up a large share of home sales in some Florida markets. Construction remained at low levels across the District. Despite more positive news, the outlook remains subdued in large part because of weak economic conditions and financing issues.Commercial development remained weak across the District. Vacancy rates were trending up in District markets, with greater availability of sublease space in some areas. Developers continued to report fewer backlogs. Contractors noted that credit tightening and rising costs were curtailing activity. Most commercial contacts anticipate weaker activity during the first half of 2009, and the degree of pessimism has grown from earlier in the year. Recent data support the view of continued softening in commercial construction activity.


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November 2008
- The School of Management has initiated faculty searches for the following two positions:
- Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems
- Assistant (or Associate) Professor of Marketing
- Last fall, Assistant Professor Lisa Bain was the first faculty member to present an assessment plan to the Academic and Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Governors for Higher Education. Her presentation represented the work of faculty in the Accounting and CIS department. The plan was granted Category 1 status, completing a full cycle and set the bar for the three higher ed institutions reporting to the committee. Following a second round of data collection and analysis, Lisa and Chair David Filipek shared their report and process with the campus community on November 17th.
- Drs. Blanchette, Kazemi, and President Carriuolo were participants in the Governor's Economic Forum, held November 6th at the Convention Center.
- The Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accounting event, hosted by the School of Management and facilitated by Professor Przybyla, was also held on November 5. The event drew a very large audience and was treated to presentations by representatives from public accounting, industry, and government. In addition to networking opportunities, the organization also announced opportunities for scholarships and internships in accounting. Interested students should contact email@example.com.
- The Panel Discussion on the Turmoil in the U.S. and World Financial Markets, hosted by the Economics and Finance Department, conducted by Professors Aydogdu, Kazemi, Marks, and Skaradzinski, and moderated by Professor Blais, was held on November 5. It was very successful and extremely well received.
- Dr. Debra Skaradzinski appeared on WJAR's Sunrise Business Report, on November 5th, where she discussed the current financial crisis with host Frank Coletta.


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Popular property highlights
Located in Downtown San Francisco, Hotel Zeppelin San Francisco is a leisurely stroll from popular sights such as Westfield San Francisco Centre and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This 4-star hotel has 196 guestrooms and offers conveniences like a restaurant, free in-room WiFi, and a fitness center. It's in central San Francisco and also close to Lombard Street and Pier 39.
Explore the hotel and meet new friends over drinks at the bar/lounge, or enjoy a bite to eat at the onsite restaurant. Savor a meal from the privacy of your room with room service, or get a pick-me-up at the coffee shop/café. For your convenience, breakfast is available for a fee.
Hotel Zeppelin San Francisco's 196 air-conditioned rooms provide espresso makers, laptop-compatible safes, and phones. 55-inch LED TVs come with cable channels, and guests can stay connected with free WiFi. Beds sport premium bedding and bathrooms offer hair dryers and free toiletries. Other standard amenities include ironing boards and desks.
Renovated in 2016, Hotel Zeppelin San Francisco offers a fitness center, free WiFi in public areas, and 3 meeting rooms. Valet parking is available for USD 55.00 per day, and there's also limo/town car service. The front desk has multilingual staff on hand 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Additional amenities include a 24-hour business center, coffee/tea in a common area, and an arcade/game room.
Property features
- Walking distance to Westfield San Francisco Centre and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Free WiFi in rooms and public areas
- Onsite dining
- Fitness center
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Hotel Zeppelin San Francisco
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
This San Francisco hotel provides complimentary amenities such as 24-hour business services, concierge services, morning Town Car service to the financial district, and WiFi in public areas. The property also features 3 meeting rooms.
A fitness center, open from 6 AM-10 PM, has cardiovascular equipment and free weights. The hotel also offers bicycle rentals (subject to availability).
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Arcade/game room
- Total number of rooms - 196
- Express check-in
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- ATM/banking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Fireplace in lobby
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Elevator/lift
- Number of floors - 7
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Wedding services
- Coffee shop or café
- Concierge services
- Fitness facilities
- Billiards or pool table
- Meeting rooms 3
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- 24-hour business center
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Television in common areas
- Free WiFi
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
Hotel Zeppelin San Francisco offers 196 air-conditioned accommodations with laptop-compatible safes and espresso makers. Beds feature premium bedding. 55-inch LED televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, bathrobes, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is offered daily and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested.
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Room service (limited hours)
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Daily housekeeping
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Espresso maker
Nearby Things to Do
The hotel's fitness center has two exercise bikes, two cross-trainers, a stair machine, a strength-training machine, and free weights.
This San Francisco hotel is a half-mile from Yerba Buena Gardens, which offers expansive public gardens, a children's playground, an ice-skating rink, and an antique carousel. Nearby public golf courses include the Presidio Golf Club and the Lincoln Park Golf Course, both within six miles. One mile from the hotel, the Embarcadero is a popular destination for joggers.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Segway rental/tour nearby
- Boat tours nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 2 children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 75 per accommodation, per stay
- Dogs and cats only
- 2 per room
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property 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.
Service animals exempt from fees/restrictions
No rollaway/extra beds available
- Resort fee: USD 22.00 per accommodation, per night
Optional extras
- Valet parking fee: USD 55.00 per day (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: USD 75 per accommodation, per stay
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- Hotel Zeppelin San Francisco
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Up to 2 children 17 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.


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smileschar necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 44 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
We're launching a new company shortly that offers teeth whitening for charitable organizations and non-profits.
We're looking for a professional company logo that prominently features our name "Smiles For Charity". We want the logo to have an emphasis on our name, a good bold font. Incorporating a smile, smiling face, showing smiling teeth, may work. Also, traditional signs of giving or charity could be worked in. The text/name is the focus, but we feel like some type of logo or accompanying image is necessary to complete the logo.
- Bold text, authoritative looking
- Black, blue, grey, darker colors
- A small or medium sized image to complement the text
- Teeth or something that conveys "smile"
- Possibly a symbol of charity or giving
- Bright colors
- The traditional "Smiley face" logo, yellow sketch
- Low quality, non-professional looking design
- Crazy or goofy fonts, we are looking to establish trust and authority


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I previously had a discussion with Lance Turner, lead engineer in the Volt battery lab who also worked on the EV-1 program.
I asked him if there are any special considerations about the Volt and its high power battery getting exposed to water, such as in a flood, or accident where the car gets submerged.
Lance advised me that the battery pack is, although not hermetically sealed, sealed to be maximally waterproof. Special attention is given to the connection between the high voltage lines coming out of the front of the pack to the inverter, and these are sealed especially well. The pack also has the means of detecting water seeping into the pack allowing it to shut down.
Lance described one way the EV-1 was water tested. GM actually put a working EV-1 inside a large vat of sea-water, because it contains electrolyte and in theory one could drive into it.
Once the car was in, it was turned on and the seawater was gradually added. There was an extensive system of monitors including current detectors placed over test dummies in the seats, and noxious gas detectors.
As soon as the water level reached the battery, it shut down. There were some crackles and pops sounds, but in the end no significant current flowed into the dummies.
Will this be applied to the Volt? We'll have to wait and see.
Below is a new video GM released along the same theme showing the Volt IVer prototypes getting soaked in a test chamber. This of course isn't to test the battery's safety underwater but to check the final Volt design for leaks so that they can be fixed.
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Category:Saints Peter and John Episcopal Church (Auburn, New York)
The Saints Peter and John Episcopal Church is located at 169 Genesee Street in Auburn. The complex consists of the church, the Parish House, a cemetery, and a small burial plot. The church was built in 1868–1870 and was designed by Henry Dudley in the Gothic Rivival style. The Parish House was competed c.1930 and was designed by William Beardsley in the late Gothic Revival style.
This is a category about a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 01001508
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So Chris and I saw this fun little thing on clearance at WalMart the other night and I convinced him to buy it. We weren't sure if the cats would even like it... or if the mesh things could support their weight (!) but there was a Russian Blue on the box that looked like Earl and I wanted to see Earl be cute like that... so... we bought it with the plan to give it 2 weeks to see if they take to it before returning it.
I think it's so cute! It's not really that big, but it is actually very sturdy! It can support both of their weights if they get up on the mesh but I don't think they like being up on it. We've put them on it a couple times and they stay up there about 30 seconds before they get down. They do sleep underneath it, though and Earl likes to curl up in the bottom part of the popup tend and sleep. I wish the popup tent had 2 floors, but it doesn't. Ours also didn't come with the little ball thingies. I guess the picture is of the deluxe version.
Overall, I'm impressed with it and I'm glad to see that the cats are taking to it. They don't really play with toys, and while they love food... sometimes we'd like to give them other things but they make it hard to spoil them. Andy just craves belly rubs and Earl gets ecstatic over a hair band. The dogs are so much easier. Buy them big rawhide bones and a frisbee and they'll be your best friends for life.
So what are your favorite ways to spoil your pets? Do you buy them toys? Treats? Clothes? It's so much fun to pamper them!


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Apple, DoJ May Settle Over Ebook Pricing Soon
Although negotiations between Apple, book publishers and the Department of Justice are still "fluid," insiders close to the talks told Reuters that Apple's "most favored nation" status with publishers may be eliminated soon. This could possibly allow rivals like Amazon and Barnes & Noble to regain control of pricing using the "wholesale model," providing ebooks at lower prices rather than overinflated, fixed prices established by the Apple-driven "agency model."
"It would be a positive for Amazon because the company's greatest strength is as a high-volume, low-price retailer and the wholesale model plays into that," said Jim Friedland, an analyst at Cowen & Co.
As previously reported, publishers in the dispute include Simon & Schuster Inc, Hachette Book Group, Penguin Group USA, Macmillan and HarperCollins Publishers Inc. The Justice Department is still trying to figure out what's going on, investigating the agreements Apple made with the five publishers back when the company was gearing up to launch its first iPad tablet.
Prior to the "agency model," retailers like Amazon were able to charge for ebooks at wholesale prices, charging $9.99 or less. But publishers believed their books were worth more, and feared that Amazon would gain too much market power. Thus, Apple and the publishers came up with the "agency model" that allowed the publishers to set the price, but give Apple a 30-percent cut in the process. The publishers loved the idea, but Apple reportedly wouldn't agree unless they forced the model on everyone else.
Now consumers are paying more for ebooks than traditional paperbacks sold on physical retail shelves. While the agency pricing is indeed legal, both the Department of Justice and the European Commission are examining whether the way that Apple reached its agreements with the publishers rose to the level of violations of antitrust law. The Justice Department even suspects that publishers "may have colluded to implement it with e-book retailers."
Unfortunately, Apple may have no way out of the legal mess. Former CEO Steve Jobs, who died last October, seemingly confessed that Apple took advantage of publisher woes and their fear of Amazon. "So we told the publishers, 'We'll go to the agency model, where you set the price, and we get our 30 percent and yes, the customer pays a little more but that's what you want anyway.' ... So they went to Amazon and said, 'You're going to sign an agency contract or we're not going to give you the books,'" he said via Walter Isaacson's biography.
When Apple essentially created the tablet market with its iPad, Amazon owned 90-percent of the ebook market. Now Amazon only claims 65-percent while Barnes & Noble commands 20-percent and Apple has only 10-percent.
Draven35Most of my Ebooks come from Baen Books' web store. Many of them are $6, and the authors get a considerably larger segment of that $6 from Baen then other authors get from the 'big' publishing outfits that are just trying to protect their print books by charging almost as much for books with, relatively speaking, zero 'printing' costs after telling us for twenty years that the only reason the cost of paperbacks was going up was the increased cost of printing them.
seelsEverytime my family or myself sign on to iTunes on our iPhone's, iPad's, or Mac's, we feel so rewarded purchasing our apps and books through iTunes. When the price of the book goes up, we purchase it anyway. My Apple stock is flying upward. It's safe to say, I'm in love with Apple, and they can do no wrong.
So true Tim Cook is doing a lot of good tho, fixing foxcon, paying dividends, settling on stupid lawsuits (including the ones with Samsung). +1 for Tim Cook
Lemme get this straight: you feel rewarded for paying more for some stuff? And you acknowledge that you are being ripped off, but still feel great about it?
It's safe to say, you have a self-destructive trait that I hope you don't pass on to your kids. Hope you enjoy your few pennies worth of dividends that Apple paid you, that should be enough to buy the first page of a book from Apple. Through iTunes, no less....
He's trolling you. It's sarcasm.
Anonymous"providing ebooks at lower prices rather than overinflated, fixed prices established by the Apple-driven "agency model."
Prices were not "overinflated", they were realistic based upon publishers overall costs of bringing books to market, both print and e-book editions. Amazon, to bolster its position in e-book sales sold books at a loss. Does anyone think that once they had commandeered the ebook market they would have continued to sell books at a loss or, more likely, would they not have gone to publishers and said, "we are now going to pay you based on our discount off our selling price and not your list price for the book." Take it or leave it.
Apple also has blame since they colluded with the publishers to bring the price up.
gm0n3yThe pricing model actually makes sense and is common on websites. The site just hosts the products and allows the seller to set the price. Ironically, this is exactly how Amazon works for most of the products they sell. The issue here is just that Apple worked with the publishers to change their policies with other companies. That is firm grounds for an anti-trust suit.
Either way, I really hope that e-book prices go down. I bought my first e-reader about 4 years ago and have seen prices double or triple since then.


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With the men's overall XCO World Cup title still to be decided, there was an interesting side story to the last round of the UCI MTB XCO World Cup in Val d'Isère.
Switzerland's Nino Schurter went into the race as leader in the overall World Cup standings and just had to finish ahead of South Africa's Burry Stander to take the title. He duly did and did it in style by winning the race. Burry could only come in 7th.
Nino's Swiss compatriot Lukas Fluckiger made it a Swiss one-two in Val d'Isère with his second place. He was just 13 seconds behind his countryman by the end of the race.
Italy's Marco Fontana came in third, 33 seconds behind Nino. Germany's Manuel Fumic and Spain's Jose Antonio Hermida took the remaining places in the top 5.
In the women's race, Norway's Gunn- Rita Dahle Flesjaa took the win with a commanding ride that saw her finish 46 seconds ahead of France's Julie Bresset. Gunn-Rita took the lead on the first lap and never looked back. Britain's Annie Last had her best finish in a World Cup race with her third place.
Unlike the men's race, the overall XCO World Cup title for the women was decided last time out in Windham. The winner Catherine Pendrel finished 9th here at Val d'Isère.
With her win at Val d'Isère, Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa took the second place in the overall World Cup standings.
Please visit uci.ch for full results.
If you want to relive the action from the men's race, watch again in Video on Demand on the redbull.com/bike player above.