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Can someone enlighten me about the history of this school levy?
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Posted 10 months ago #
Which one? The one that renews the one that renews the one that renews the other one? The one that didn't actually do what it said it would do? I am too tired to even try. Love ya Nora but I can't even try to explain it :-)
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Good Seattle liberal that I am, I reflexively vote "yes" for any and all school levies. ("Please, sir, may I have another?")
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Anyone have reasons for me to deviate from that well worn and much beloved path?
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The capital levy and the operations levy...the ones we are to vote on...yes, or no. Tried researching it and basically the upshoot seems to be aptly described by pennygirl. All seems so convoluted and confusing...just thought someone might be able to bring it down to a 101 level. Like Capital Levy and Operations Levy 101.
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Here's a go at Levy 101:
Capital Levy: This is used for upgrades to buildings, new construction, and a limited amount of maintenance. It can't be used to pay staff salaries or materials except in direct support of those projects. For example, a project manager on a capital project could have their salary paid through the capital levy, but a teacher can't. Books for a new school's library are capital, but not for an existing school.
Why you should vote for it: We have a massive wave of kids coming into the schools, around 7000 in the next 10 years, and we desperately need seats for them. For a sense of perspective, 7000 kids would fill 14 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, or 4-5 high schools. North End and West Seattle schools are already grossly overcrowded. If we don't build space, kids are going to be stacked like cordwood in the classrooms.
Operations Levy: Operations money covers everything else that the schools do, from teachers to custodians to food service to transportation. Operations money can be used for capital projects, but usually that's fairly limited.
Why you should vote for it: Because the state woefully underfunds public education*, the operations levy is needed to fill in gaps. The Ops levy is about 28% of the District's budget. If the levy fails, we're looking at massive cuts in the classroom and everywhere else. You would probably see 10%-25% of the teachers laid off, etc. etc.
Why you should vote for these now: Every so often, you hear a "Well, vote it down now to send a message, then it'll pass next time it's on the ballot." argument. Every time the District puts something on the ballot, it costs around a half a million bucks. That's wasted money if you vote it down now and plan to vote yes in the future.
* State underfunding is really a terrible problem. For example, most 4-year universities (including UW and WSU) require 24 high school credits for admission, or 6 credits a year. The state only funds 5 credits a year. The Operations Levy is what fills that gap so our students can go to university. That's just one of many, many major problems. Those problems are why the state Supreme Court gave the Legislature a whack upside the head on K-12 funding last year.
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NC - here is another link explaining why we should vote "Yes".
http://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2013/01/publicola-and-stranger-say-yes-to-levies.html?showComment=1359078925416Posted 10 months ago # -
I suppose it depends on whether you want to vote for the District as a whole GAM. After years of battling them over school closures and then seeing the money allocated to other schools on the Levy I gave up. They make a lot of promises and they never follow through. So basically, when you vote yes as everyone (or nearly everyone does) you aren't voting for exactly what you are reading. You just vote to give them more money to do with as they please. The choice is yours.
Posted 10 months ago # -
boatgeek - we already paid for that. It didn't happen. Sorry. I am bitter because of what happened to Viewlands and the fact that they wasted so much money closing it, only to re-open it.
Posted 10 months ago # -
pg - wouldn't you like to vote on this issue? :)
Posted 10 months ago # -
No VB. I am going to leave it to the good citizens of Seattle :-)
Posted 10 months ago # -
Thanks, boatgeek.
Penny, don't for a moment think that when I'm flip about my ignorant state that I don't find the shenanigans in the district deplorable. I do. Oh lordy, I do! I remember when we had one of the best districts nationwide. Thank goodness that was when I was in it. Too bad it's been sliding ever since. That seems unimaginable now, doesn't it?
Where it comes down for me is denying them the money will not solve any of their problems and in fact will only make things worse. The district needs serious overhauling, but strangling them at the same time won't help anyone and it will hurt the kids (AKA our future).
Looks like another couple "YES" votes from moi.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Well GAM, I can't vote but Mr PG will again as we always do. Then we will shake our heads and wonder why. Following the money trail is amusing at least.
Posted 10 months ago # -
I'm no Tim Eyeman fan, but he had one good proposition where he expanded the power of the State auditor to go in and audit whatever they chose. That's how the Port of Seattle got audited and had to clean up (some of) its act. I'd love to see the same happen to the school district. 'Cause no one follows the money quite like an auditor!
Posted 10 months ago # -
I would LOVE to see the SSD have a money monitor.
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The district has been audited at least twice, and the results were not pleasant. No big surprise there. That said, the entire leadership of the district (except some school board directors) has turned over since the Viewlands debacle. Closing Viewlands was a purely political decision that was made despite the district's own demographics showing that the school was needed. People at every level of management (including school board) should have questioned the decision. Unfortunately, it was made by Maria "Steamroller" Goodloe-Johnson and nobody in a position of power stood up. All of the adults in the room should be held accountable for that.
I don't think we should deny our current students the resources they need to punish adults(most of them gone) for past failings.
Posted 10 months ago # -
It was the school board who made the recommendation and Manhas who made the ultimate decision. We actually provided the School Board with the demographics - they ignored them. But in an interesting twist, they used those demographics as an example of why Viewlands needed to be reopened a few years later!
In my opinion the decision to close Viewlands was made before anyone had a chance to argue otherwise. The endless town hall meetings and trips to the Stanford building to plead our case were simply an exercise to make us think we had a chance of changing their minds.
While this all happened a long time ago I am still a little upset about it.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Deservedly so, Penny.
What the district needs is an ongoing audit program. Just swooping in every few years and doing a big audit isn't enough. Things have been so bad for so long and through so many administrations that the culture has been corrupted. It will take years of forcing it to be on an even keel before I would begin to trust them. Perhaps a better term would be a monitor or an overseer.
Or a nanny!
Posted 10 months ago # -
The two levies being voted on are very expensive. Will cost you about $1,000 if you own a $400,000 house.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Wait - it will cost $1000 more than at present? These are renewals, so my understanding is the amount I'm taxed will remain about the same. The taxes simply aren't going away if they pass.
Posted 10 months ago # -
It's about $150 per year extra I think.
Yes: $152 -
(Interesting comments at the end)
Posted 10 months ago # -
that is a lot of $$.
sure is expensive having kids. even though I don't have any.
it harder to think of the "greater good" with the way our money is handled by the state, school districts, etc.
maybe higher user fees/taxes for parents of public school children? maybe a sliding scale based on income? I don't really like the sound of that, but something has to give.
Posted 10 months ago # -
I don't have kids either, but I don't kid myself about the benefits of supporting public education. The benefits outstrip the investment, even with our inept district.
Posted 10 months ago # -
There are 2 levies. Totaling $2.45 per $1000 value. It's on the ballot itself.
Posted 10 months ago # -
But isn't it just renewing the old levies with an additional $152 per year on top?
Granted this is straight from the horse's mouth, but it's laid out right there:
Posted 10 months ago # -
I think the way it's worded in the ballot is a little misleading.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Just a few points
1 - "total additional cost from both levies is $13 per month for the owner of an average $400,000 " = $156.00 new tax
2 - why was this not on the ballot a few months ago (saving us taxpayers the money)
my thought is that with a large turnout it would not have passed even with the simple majority that is required.3 - if these levies are not passed your(avg) tax bill will decrease $1000/ year
4 - if passed your tax bill will increase $159 per yearI think that a strong and good school system provides the community with good economic base and low crime rates (incidental research shows that area that pay more for schools have a lower crime rate and higher crime rates when less money is put into schools
My problem with the levy is point 2 (only) I would have voted yes in November, but if this is how the SSD wants to waste our money then I need to think about it a bit
Posted 10 months ago # -
My wish would be that the taxes for schools not be paid only via property taxes. I honestly resent the fact that people that don't own or even rent property in Seattle can vote to raise taxes on those that do. Why is it that schools are paid for through property taxes? Having said this, I will probably vote for these levies even though I do not have kids - and don't plan to, and the kids in my life are in private schools... greater good and all that. And another thing - as someone else has referred to- why have we seemingly had such inept leadership in the SSD? From what I have observed, we haven't had a decent Superintendent since Stanford. And not really even sure how good he was at administration of the budget?
Posted 10 months ago # -
"2 - why was this not on the ballot a few months ago (saving us taxpayers the money)
my thought is that with a large turnout it would not have passed even with the simple majority that is required"is the turn-out really that much greater when you have to mail-in your vote anyway?
I would guess it would still be higher for a presidential election, but since there's not as much effort involved I'd think there might be more parity.
it's sad that our schools have to beg for necessary funding.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Turnout probably is greater in November, since those elections decide candidates, and more people are trying to get you out to vote. You could probably look up turnout stats on the King County Elections website. Part of the reason the levies are on a February ballot is that it doesn't share space on the ballot with other levies. There was definitely concern that voters would see $2 billion worth of levies on the ballot (schools, seawall, parks?) and start voting things down.
Pretty much everyone except the homeless contributes to property tax, at least indirectly. If you own, you pay it directly. If you rent, your landlord pays, using part of your rent. In that sense, it's a fairly broad-based tax, so it makes a fair amount of sense. Also, in Seattle we have a huge commercial property tax base that is also taxed. That's why the $/1,000 value is lower in Seattle than just about all of the neighboring cities.
Like RichY said, there is a direct correlation between violent crime and high school graduation rates. A study a few years ago by several sheriff's offices in the state concluded that increasing graduation rates by 10% reduces violent crime by 20%. That points to the direct public good schools do. Also, in my cold-hearted accountant's brain, the more people there are in the revenue column (productive employment) as opposed to the expense column (welfare or prison), the better. Public education is how we make that happen.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Some of the good things these school levies have paid for in previous years: new Ballard High School bldg., seismic retrofits of many schools (though a lot more is needed and will be part of the new capital levy), new Chief Sealth bldg., upgrades to other schools, portables to handle immediate enrollment growth needs. The list goes on and on.
To punish today's children over the few (if terrible) missteps of a previous administration is short-sighted and, frankly, mean.
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lol...stop moving like a chicken without a brain intact...
Unless, and until, you knee-jerk apologists for absolute corruption in our public schools start voting NO for continued waste and abuse, you'll get more of the same.
"The district has been audited at least twice, and the results were not pleasant."
duh. Yet still you feel the need to give them even more?
"it's sad that our schools have to beg for necessary funding."
What is even more sad? None of you care to demand necessary accountability. Period.
No worries, you'll give the crooks what they want.
This should be called the 'Keep screwing the children' levy. After all, they are getting stupid enough to really enjoy it.
"To punish today's children over the few (if terrible) missteps of a previous administration is short-sighted and, frankly, mean."
Nothing could be more 'mean' than giving short-shrift to our children, again, by endorsing what every audit, fiscally or educationally, has proven as an absolute failure for decades.
Next time, leave me more room for my 'pot shot'.
{not an endorsement for your pot} fwiw.
Posted 10 months ago # -
In other news, sun rises in the east. Thanks for filling in the hole in the discussion in your inimitable way.
Posted 10 months ago # -
The seattle school district wastes way too much money. They have no money for supplies,
books need replacing, they need new computors, what do they do with all of the money from every other levy & tax hike? Parents are constantly asked to contribute money for something at school. I vote NO. We are paying too much taxes on our home here already.Posted 10 months ago # -
Lets spend more on bombs.
Posted 10 months ago # -
I second the 'more on bombs' and while we're at it, can we get a little more cow bell too?
Posted 10 months ago # -
while filling out my ballot this evening (yes on both levies), I decided to check out the official voters' pamphlet that came with it.
mostly I was curious what the 'statement in opposition' would say.
what I found (somewhat astounding) was how poorly written they were. both in terms of grammar and content, they seemed to be begging for more educational funding.
Posted 10 months ago # -
Hey! We dont need no moor taxes damit! Stupid freedom hatin comfy peenko!
Posted 10 months ago # -
I mentioned the wording earlier. Yeah...
Posted 10 months ago # -
Taxing more and spending more does not make for smart children.
Posted 10 months ago # -
If people would just move to the suburbs when they had kids like they are supposed to, we wouldn't have this problem with needing more money for schools!
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My patient takes ibuprofen for sinus congestion! - Page 2
Register Today!- Sep 16, '10 by RNOTODAYso whats the point? ibu eases infammation, which would be causing congestion ? why are you thinking she cant take it?
- Sep 16, '10 by PedsAtHeartI also frequently take Ibuprofen when my sinuses are bothering me. It decreases the swelling, which in turn decreases the pain and discomfort. I rarely ever even get antibiotics, most of the time they are not needed. Most sinus infections will clear up on their own... eventually. They are miserable though! I had sinus surgery about 5 years ago and its one of the best things I ever did!
- Sep 16, '10 by BluegrassRNI agree with previous posters that ibuprofen for sinus pain and inflammation can be very reasonable.
Another recommendation you might make to her is to try saline nasal spray or saline nasal irrigation when she is experiencing sinus issues, to help relieve congestion, thin the secretions, and decrease the severity and duration of her sinus problem.
Prolonged and chronic use of ibuprofen can be a bad idea without some medical oversight. Perhaps you should assess how often she has sinus issues. If it is several times a month, you might encourage her to consult with her doctor to make sure these isn't something more effective she could be taking, and that such frequent use of ibuprofen isn't contraindicated due to health issues or medication interactions. She may have a chronic sinus infection that she needs to get rid of; she may have allergies that would be better addressed with some other medication; she may have chronic dryness related to environment (dry air or smoking comes to mind) or O2 via nasal cannula that could be treated with saline moisturizer or humidification.
If you have the opportunity, you might explore the issue with her further, to see if the ibuprofen is the most appropriate, effective and least expensive way of dealing with her issues, or if there might be something better for her. - Sep 16, '10 by casiIf it works for her and she's only taking it ocassionally what's wrong with that?
- Sep 16, '10 by ohmeowzer RNi take it all the time for my sinuses.. it really helps... i like the sinus advil.. works great,, i don't understand why you have a problem with this?VJHG likes this.
- Sep 16, '10 by Up2nogood RNIt's very difficult to understand your grammar and the point of your post. As with the above responses I don't understand what the issue is.
- Sep 16, '10 by nursej22Agree with PP's comment about interactions between diuretics and NSAIDS. NSAIDS can cause sodium retention, increasing BP on their own, and impairing the effect of diuretics.
Pharmacists are an excellent source of info about drug contraindications, both prescription and OTC.
And they won't flame you or criticize your grammar. - Sep 16, '10 by roser13Quote from nursej22I believe you misread the post. OP suggested a contraindication for NASAL DECONGESTANTS due to patient's use of diruretics, NOT naproxen. Asking for clarification of grammar or conciseness of question does not = a flame. Nor does disagreeing with OP's conclusions.Agree with PP's comment about interactions between diuretics and NSAIDS. NSAIDS can cause sodium retention, increasing BP on their own, and impairing the effect of diuretics.
Pharmacists are an excellent source of info about drug contraindications, both prescription and OTC.
And they won't flame you or criticize your grammar. - Sep 16, '10 by nursej22So sorry, my abbreviations were unclear. I was referring to a previous post (PP), not the original post (OP) when commenting on the interactions between NSAIDS and diuretics.
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Interpreting Prescription Drug Advertising
In direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising, pharmaceutical companies advertise their prescription drugs on TV, radio, Internet, and in magazines and newspapers. These ads are aimed directly at consumers. Researchers estimate that pharmaceutical companies in the US spend almost double on promotion than on research and development. The companies hope to increase sales through these ads by prompting patients to ask their doctors for the prescription medications.
The use of DTC advertising is controversial. There was a time when prescription drug advertising was discouraged, if not outright banned from the airwaves. And while that's not true any more, critics argue that it encourages the overuse of prescription drugs and other costly treatments. Proponents say the information it provides empowers ordinary citizens to take charge of their own healthcare, which will inevitably lead to better health.
Regulating Prescription Drug Advertising
Unlike most other advertising, which is regulated by the Federal Trade Commission, advertising of prescription drugs has been regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since 1962. The FDA established a set of detailed requirements for the content of prescription drug ads to help ensure that consumers are not misled or deceived by the ads. These requirements are intended to insure that pharmaceutical companies accurately communicate the benefits and risks of their advertised drugs.
Since information about medication risks can be confusing, pharmaceutical companies should be as informative and transparent as possible in their communications with the public. The FDA issued new draft guides in 2004 asking companies to use consumer-friendly language and to focus only on the most serious and common risks of a drug, instead of simply regurgitating information from the entire drug label.
DTC ads do not require FDA approval before being aired, but pharmaceutical companies are required to submit the ads to the FDA in advance. Companies may also request that the FDA review their proposed ads to see if they meet its requirements.
Learning About Types of DTC Ads
There are three types of prescription drug ads—product-claim ads, reminder ads, and help-seeking ads:
Product-Claim Ads
Product-claim ads are the most common. They mention a drug's name and what it's for. The FDA requires product-claims to have a "fair balance" of information about the drug's risks and benefits, and disclose risks in a "brief summary" (for print ads) or give an overview of risks and information on where to find out more (for broadcast ads).
Reminder Ads
Reminder ads provide the name of the medication, but not what it is used for. They are not required to provide risk information.
Help-Seeking Ads
Help-seeking ads educate consumers about a disease or condition and let people know that treatments exist, but do not name a specific drug. Health-seeking ads are not required to provide risk information.
Finding Out More About Drug Risks
With all the information that is required in DTC ads, consumers can be left feeling overwhelmed and confused. What information should you focus on when you see these ads? While the benefits of the drugs are often explicitly defined, the risks may not be as clear.
In print ads, you can read the "brief summary" that details the risks associated with the drug. But, in most cases, this summary is not brief at all and is filled with technical information that is hard to understand. And in broadcast ads, the overview of risks is often presented quickly at the end of the commercial, so you can easily miss important information.
Fortunately, most ads note that it is essential to talk with your doctor about the risks of any medication before you start taking it. This is the best advice of all. The doctor who will be prescribing the advertised medication is in the best position to determine whether or not its benefits outweigh its risks in your unique situation. Remember, the advertisement is geared to the general public, not you in particular.
Using Ad Information
In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers found that when patients request prescription drugs from their doctor, doctors are more likely to prescribe them than when no request is made. This study underscored the fact that patients have the power to influence their own healthcare.
While DTC ads may be useful to some consumers, like any other advertisement it is important to place the information in its proper context. Even though the content of the ad is governed by FDA guidelines and may be reasonably accurate, it is not necessarily unbiased. The goal of DTC ads is to increase drug sales, and to do that, companies place their drugs in the most positive light possible.
If you see a drug in an ad that you think you might benefit from, or if you think you may you have the condition the drug is used to treat, look for other sources of reliable, unbiased information. Then, have a chat with your doctor, who is in the best position to apply this information to your particular medical circumstances.
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Being on the receiving end of and having to wade through all that nonsense is a huge waste of time, taking you away from what's real and what matters most: your clients, your family, your People magazine... Seriously, you can find yourself losing hours of valuable time each week trying to separate the wheat from the chaff (or if you're gluten free, the kernel from the tassel).
Your bouncer, the Junk Mail Filter, evaluates each incoming message (patron) and examines it closely to see if it might be spam (riff-raff) based on several factors including the time it was sent and the content of the message It's like how a bouncer can get a read on someone wanting in simply by the time they show up—too early, maybe—the look of desperation in their eyes, and the sort of handbag they're carrying. (Hey, I didn't say it was FAIR and JUST; what it is, is SMART and SAFE.)
It's important to note that the Junk Email Filter cannot prevent spam from entering your mailbox; what it does is moves it to the Junk Email folder (think of it as a holding pen at a club for suspected schmoes). Then you can go in there and decide what is junk and what isn't.
The greatest thing about this filter is that you can train it as you want. When you boot up Outlook for the first time, the protection level is set to Low but you can go in and change it. But also, you have the opportunity to add things to the list of things that the filter should be looking for. You can add to the:
You can read about how to add names to those lists here.
So listen: Sometimes we all need a little help keeping things safe and irritant-free. I'm not telling you to hire a battalion of armed guards or treat every piece of mail with suspicion or anxiety. If you have Outlook, you have a built-in bouncer, and this guy is willing to go the distance and ferret out the junk in your life.
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For one, search enging for this site is useless. Two, I did beta testing on the MS Office 2010. Documents that I created would not open on another computer that only had MS Office 2003.
Hi- Can you expound further on the search engine issue so that we can look into it?
—What were you searching for?
— What (if any) results did you get?
— If you were searching for a solution to your other issue, it's possible we don't have content about that since we're not a support site. Have you tried office.com/support?
Look forward to hearing from you
@ Crabby
Does this work for 2007 also....yes some of us are not quite up to speed, actually lucky (i think) to have 2007.
I use 2007 Pro - unfortunately it only permanently deletes one email and then stops processing ( the "stop processing anymore" box is automatically checked). When I run rules, it only does the first one. Why?
Sharon, Totally works for 2007. All the info you need is here: office.microsoft.com/.../CH010103271.aspx
(Having 2007 IS "up to speed", in my opinion; it's not the shiny newness of the tool that counts; it's how you use it, right??? ;-)
I do know and understand that not everyone can (or wants to) upgrade with every new release but I do recommend it if you can in order to have the best experience
Mike — It's hard to know what's happening with your rules unless I can really see everything (which, obviously, is impossible). My best guess is that there's a conflict somewhere. Since this blog isn't really a support site, here are a few places to look for answers (and I have a feeling your answer is a fairly simple one):
— Outlook 2007 rules (the main office.com support site): office.microsoft.com/.../CH010103271.aspx
— Outlook MVPs (these folks are awesome AND smart AND available): office.microsoft.com/.../outlook-help-and-how-to-FX101816808.aspx
— Discussion Groups — a community forum made up of questions & answers from customers/MVPs/MSFT employees (I've had, by far, the most success here than anyplace else. If you're having an issue, chances are someone else is too): www.microsoft.com/.../default.mspx
— "Microsoft Answers" (another community forum): answers.microsoft.com/.../default.aspx
I hope this helps. Will you let me know?
Can you please tell us what is the difference between Macros and QuickParts in Word 2007?
When should we use one over the other?
Why do we need two?
Thank You
@ Crabby User: Try this to find your answeer answers.microsoft.com/.../default.aspx (they are used for very different things and I think someone there can explain it better than I).
I've have tried endless variations to stop HSBC spam but still it pops into my Inbox. How can I stop it?
Euphrosene: First of all, what a great name! Beautiful (if I'm saying it correctly: you-FRO-ze-nee).
I'm not sure what HSBC spam is; can you elaborate? Who or whatever it is sometimes spammers are able to get around the junk mail filter by using return address NAMES that aren't in your junk mail filter. My suggestion is to pose this question (and be as specific as possible; I do know that others have had the same issue) to the Microsoft Answers Outlook forums (answers.microsoft.com/.../default.aspx).
Let me know how it turns, out, OK?
- Crabby (a.k.a. "Annik" - ah-NEEK)
I am at the end of my tewther with Outlook 2010, and am seriously considering uninstalling it! It systematically blocks content from e-mails in my inbox, even though I am constantly telling it to add the senders in question to my "safe senders list". It's driving me nuts!!! If I hadn't paid much fine gold for it, I'd junk it, but I hate Livemail. BRING BACK OUTLOOK EXPRESS, pleez...
@Jenny - I'm sorry that's happeneing; I'm sure it's frustrating as all you-know-what. I don't know what would cause that but I'd head over to Microsoft Answers, a place where MVPS (experts in the field), Microsoft employees and other users work to solve individuals' issues. This is the one for Outlook.answers.microsoft.com/.../default.aspx While you do that, I'll email the big group here that raises questions and gives answers to Outlook issues. I'll get back to you when I hear something.
Regarding Outlook Express, that is a program that came with Windows (up until the release of Vista). For Vista it was retooled and renamed Windows mail. For Windows 7, it's Windows Live Mail and you can download it here: explore.live.com/windows-live-mail.
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No, the SmartRadar that is available in the Apple Store does not include a display controller. These can be ordered separately from Escort Inc.
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It appears that the unit comes with a 12V cigarette lighter power cord that has a built-in speaker, alert light, mute button and USB outlet. That would be a decent stand-in for the mirror-mounted display that comes with the non-Apple Store version of this product. That, by the way, does not get packaged with this smart cord ... appears to be an Apple Store-only feature.
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5 Must-have iPhone applications for a devoted pet owner
All owners of cute puppies, kittens, golden fish and parakeets understand that when you buy a pet in addition to a devoted friend you get a number of responsible daily tasks to perform. Raising and caring for a pet may seem sometimes a complicated thing to do. That is why you need to have at your fingertips few assistants that will help to solve some routine pet-related problems in few taps on your iPhone. For consideration of every devoted pet owner were gathered and described 5 must-have iPhone applications that stand for useful resources and virtual counselors.
Pet Phone
Price: $4.99
Pet ownership can turn sometimes in a heavy load to bear especially when you need to appeal to a vet on a regular basis. Developed by people who understand this problem from a personal experience and perspective Pet Phone will help to save the day of any pet owner who needs to get rid of headaches dealing with vet checkouts. What can Pet Phone app do for you?
First and foremost, it will help to find a nearby vet clinic and assist in managing all vet appointments serving as a reminder and to-do checker. Having Pet Phone at your fingertips you will be able to contact a specific vet and get the detailed information about the most common diseases, medications and allergens that may be related with your pet's lifetime.
In addition to all these services Pet Phone gives a pet owner chances to keep on tracking all weight's changes of a pet and visualize all these data via graphs so you could inform a vet about your suspicions about an upcoming disease.
Pet First Aid
Price: $3.99
Emergency situations are inevitable if you are an owner of an active pet that likes to roam outdoors and get into a trouble. Pet First Aid is so far the best and the most complete guide of all possible scenarios of multiple emergency situations that may require an immediate medical help in order to save your pet's life. The application gives an access to the built-in database containing numerous tips, videos and contacts that may be life-saving in a tough situation. This is a must-have app for every pet owner.
Price: $2.99
Let's assume, you want to take your pet along while making a journey. To make sure your pet won't cause any troubles you may use the services of PawTrotter that works as an online guidance for tracking local pet friendly hotels, stores, clinics and other public buildings and pet owners' communities. This is a perfect application for everyone who needs to find a pet sitter or a pet-friendly service during a trip with an animal.
All Pets Radio Player
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Any animal owner can benefit from free of charge All Pets Radio Player that broadcasts through the Internet streaming service interesting pet-related broadcasts. This radio station is a valuable resource of the latest news, tips, interviews and other useful tidbits related somehow to the pet ownership. If you are a pet-obsessed person who likes to know everything about his pet this application definitely has to be installed on your iPhone.
Petfinder.com App
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Are you going to become an owner of an abandoned or newborn pet? Use this iPhone tool developed by designers of PetFinder.Com – online service providing pet adoption offers throughout the country. In addition to numerous locations and offers helping to find the best human's friend this free tool also provides a lot of useful information you may need during the pet adoption process.
Pets give us their love and loyalty making our life funnier and happier. It is responsibility of every pet owner to give back the same amount of love and support for animals. Using all these applications you will able to help your four-legged friend to have a happy, healthy lifestyle and help yourself by making your life free from any pet ownership related problems.
For me, as the owner of a small pit bull, very helpful Pet Phone and All Pets Radio Player. I listen to the radio through headphones, when I walk with my Max. About the other apps I have not heard anything.
Yes, radio is not bad, but I recommend listening to it a little. A couple of hours have ears get tired of talk about animals.
Of all the pets I have only the husband and cockroaches)) But the Radio Player, this is not bad, yes.


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Not the kneazels! Anything but them!
Fri Jun 8, 2012 16:56
Study hall was a place where Aoife felt obliged to study but in reality she ended up doing everything except that. However this time things would be different, Aoife was sure of it. All it would take was a lot of perseverance this time she was going to learn something! Shuffling into the reference centre Aoife tried to feel excited about learning she really did. It was harder than she had expected though. Her spirits were lifted the moment she saw the baskets. Sugar! Sweets! Chocolate! Aoifes mum had always been strict when it came to what she called rubbish that rotted your teeth. Therefore the second her mum let her off the leash Aoife gorged on all the sugar she could get. RMI was no different.
Perhaps the librarian wasnt so bad after all. She had always believed her slight fear of madam Toladaeri was without reason now she was certain of it. Anyone who gave children sweets couldnt be that bad! She eagerly stuffed her hand into a basket and grabbed a box of Nerds and some Laffy Taffys. Then she decided the Pixi Stixs looked nice and snatched up a few of them too. Later if she was still temped she could go back for some Gobstoppers! Here at RMI it was easy to forget the disapproving looks her mum would surely be shooting at her if only she knew what her daughter was up to. Of course Aoife had read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as a child and loved it! Never, not once had it ever occurred to her that it could all be true! Fuelled with sugar and the notion that Willy Wonka could be real the young cetus was ecstatic.
She was finding it difficult to sit still and continually bounced up and down on her seat while munching on her goodies. Then she caught sight of the kneazels. Her eyes grew round as she took in the creatures. A strangled squeak escaped her mouth and she tried to banish her anxiety. Subconsciously she had pulled her legs off the ground and now sat curled in her chair so as to prevent them getting the chance to touch her.
Its just a few kitties no need to be afraid... she whispered to herself in an attempt to calm her nerves.
She closed her eyes shut tight and breathed in slowly.
They arent anywhere near us are they? she said quietly to the other person at her table and bit down hard on her lip.
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Willy Wonka was real. Charlie was real. The Chocolate Factory was real. Marissa still couldnt quite believe it. When she had finished reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory a few weeks ago she...
Can I abduct one of these?
Cassandra Lyddiatt,
Sat Jun 9 02:08
Cassandra heaved the school bag on her shoulders and rubbed her eyes. It had been a tiring day because she had written about four letters even before breakfast (all to her anxious father who took her ...
Not the kneazels! Anything but them!
Aoife McGuire(Cetus),
Fri Jun 8 16:56
But they're so fluffy!
Aerin Griffiths, Cetus,
Sun Jun 17 18:49
Aerin knew the signs all too well: the twitchy smile, excessive babblying, undue excitement. The librarian was on a sugar high. The second-year shooed the basket of sweets away from her and then...
And not to mention deadly
Mon Jun 18 12:58
Ummm...maybe? If it was possible Aoife felt her heat pound even faster in her chest and she hesitantly peeled back an eye lid revealing a green iris. She found Aerin cuddling one of the little...
Wed Jun 20 19:53
Yup. Aoife definitely didnt like kneazles. She even said so herself. It was surprising for Aerin to see such fear in her friends eyes. But theyre so cute! The second-year admonished, and then...
Are you so sure about that?
Thu Jun 21 14:49
Hold him forever? Aoife couldnt even look the beast cat directly in the eye. She was quite certain dogs didnt like that and cats could feel the same way, it was better not to risk it. Aoife didnt...
Not going crazy at all, no sir!
Oliver DiCaprio [Aquila],
Thu Jun 7 20:28
Study hall was so boring ! Oliver didn't know why he didn't just boycott the class. Or whatever this was since they weren't actually learning anything. He guessed he liked the atmosphere of the...
Second opinion?
Monet Olsen (Draco),
Fri Jun 8 17:26
Monet walked slowly into the Reference Center, her hands in the pockets of her over-sized, black cardigan. Her red hair was tied in a messy bun and it bobbed as she walked. Today was an alright day....
Opinions fall on sugar-logged ears
Fri Jun 8 19:46
Monet's comment made Oliver's eyes widen. "You don't like candy ?" It was shocking, but it only shocked him for a moment. "Well, I guess there are other things you can like." He popped more...
Fine. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Sat Jun 9 16:49
Monet didnt find it surprising that Oliver found it surprising that she didnt like candy. If that made sense. She knew most people her age were supposed to like confectionery, but, for some reason, ...
I'll remember when I'm sick in bed
Sun Jun 10 15:29
By Monet's comment on The Witches , Oliver assumed that she was a pureblood or something close to it. At least she was close to pureblood relatives. Oliver sometimes wished that he could get to know...
I'll come visit when you are.
Tue Jun 12 22:19
Monet nodded when Oliver mentioned his family was on a tight budget. She knew what it was like to be there. During some parts of the year, The Haunt raked in customers and their money and Monet and...
If you could bring some "get well" candy...
Thu Jun 14 17:38
Oliver definitely knew what Monet meant when she said that she didn't like studying when someone told her to. It was sort of like an inherent feeling in every kid, he guessed. That desire to rebel...
How about "get well" vegetables?
Fri Jun 15 17:11
Monet face mirrored Olivers, as he grinned at her suggestion. She knew it was dangerous and extremely stupid, but it would be loads of fun. She got up from her seat and followed Oliver over to a...
But vegetables are so...tasteless!
Tue Jun 19 00:11
Oliver was really glad Monet had suggested this now. It was challenging, exciting, and definitely worth the empty time between now and the end of study hall. Once he and Monet had finished pulling...
Why? Just, why?
Madame Toladaeri, Librarian,
Wed Jun 20 20:52
I dont know about any prizes, Mr. DiCaprio, but I can say right now that both of you will be serving a detention with me this afternoon. Please get off the bookcase immediately . Marissas tone...
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This chapter developed an alternative approach to discounted cash flow valuation. The cash flows to the firm are discounted at the weighted average cost of capital to obtain the value of the firm, which when reduced by the market value of outstanding debt yields the value of equity. Since the cash flow to the firm is a cash flow prior to debt payments, this approach is more straightforward to use when leverage changes over time, though the weighted average cost of capital, used to discount free cash flows to the firm, has to be adjusted for changes in leverage. Finally, the costs of capital can be estimated at different debt ratios and used to estimate the optimal debt ratio for a firm.
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Growing concerns about the state of natural resources in these waters, and of future threats have led to a growing movement to improve management and conservation of natural resources. However, efforts to assess progress and to further plan and prioritise management interventions have been held back in part by the lack of a comprehensive biogeographic classification for the high seas. In this work we review existing efforts at classifying the surface pelagic waters of the world's oceans and we present a synthesis classification which draws both on known taxonomic biogeography and on the oceanographic forces which are major drivers of ecological patterns. We describe a nested system of 37 pelagic provinces of the world, nested into a system of four broad realms. Ecologically we have also differentiated a system of 7 biomes which are spatially disjoint but united by common abiotic conditions creating physiognomically similar communities.
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Tonometry (cont.)Medical Author:
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Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MDMelissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology. In this ArticleHow is tonometry done?Tonometry is generally performed upon an anesthetized ocular surface. Anesthesia is generally rendered with a single drop of topical anesthetic, such as proparicaine (Alcaine) or tetracaine (Pontocaine). The tonometer device lightly touches the surface of the eye, ever so slightly indenting the cornea. The resistance to indentation is measured by a precisely calibrated pressure sensing device, the tonometer. Several types of tonometers are available for this test, the most common being the applanation tonometer:
After the eye has been numbed by the technician or doctor with anesthetic eye drops, the tonometer's sensor is placed against the surface of the eye. The firmer the tone of the surface of the eye, the higher the pressure reading. The doctor can record the pressure reading, and this can be used to diagnose or monitor the treatment of glaucoma. Also, the pressure reading is lower than otherwise expected if the cornea is thin. Thus, patients with a thin cornea may obtain a falsely low IOP reading when the actual pressure is high. These patients must be watched more closely for glaucoma. |


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Home » Tools for Writers » Grants & Awards » Artist Fellowships and Awards
Grants of $7,500 each are given biennially to Kentucky poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Emerging Artist Awards of $1,000 are also given biennially to writers in the early stages of their professional careers. Submit up to 20 pages of poetry or prose by March 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
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FOLIO: Personalities -- The Blog People Page
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Greg Levitt
Online publishers of all stripes have invested heavily in search to drive reader acquisition. With a market size approaching $3B in 2013, the SEO industry has thrived on the data feedback loops created by analyzing the keywords that users enter into search engines before arriving at their sites or competitive sites. Yet despite continued growth in user search activity and increasingly sophisticated keyword analysis tools, 2013 is shaping up to be the first year that social media eclipses search as the leading source of referral traffic to publishers. How could this be?
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Turkey Day Table Centerpiece
- 16" to 18" sticks
- Acrylic paint
- Paper grocery bags
- White paper
- Glue
- Colored pencils
- Tall drinking glasses
- Beans
- Lentils or split peas
1. Paint sticks different colors and let dry.
2. Cut 5" circles from grocery bags and cut 3-1/2" circles from white paper. Mount white circles on top of brown ones with glue and let dry. Write letters on each of the white circles to write a Thanksgiving sentiment (we spelled out "Give Thanks").
3. Glue each circle to a painted stick and anchor in a glass full of beans, lentils, or split peas. Display down the center of your dining table or along a buffet.
Learn how to make this Thanksgiving CenterpieceOriginally published in the November 2009 issue of Parents magazine.


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Send $5+ and/or images of windows looking into homes and get a "Art-show worthy" refrigerator magnet of a random window in return!
Hi! My name is Eugenie Tung and I am an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to tell you more about Travel Magnets, my latest art project which will be displayed at the Smack Mellon Gallery from June 18 to July 31 as part of their summer show.
Domesticity has long been a big theme in my work. The Travel Magnets Project spawned from my curiosity about how similar and different are the ways we conduct our lives, by way of looking through windows for clues. To me, windows act like a stage because they make spectators and actors of those on both sides of the glass. The stuff that people place near their windows are visible to the outside world, revealing and projecting pieces of their lives to be speculated on. Moreover, folks pay closer attention to their appearance as they approach their windows, anticipating that they may be seen by those looking up from or across the street.
This project requires your participation. I ask everyone of you to submit photographs of windows from residential homes as seen from the outside. I will turn your submitted images into refrigerator magnets. These magnets will be displayed on used refrigerators, mimicking how travel magnets are meant to be seen at people's homes.
But the project doesn't end here… because after the show is over, the refrigerators will be donated to charity, and the magnets will be re-distributed randomly, to those who have contributed to this project via Kickstarter. So see this as spending $5 on a travel magnet not from some exotic location that you may or may not have ever visited, but rather of a place that is so common yet so different. You can put it on your own refrigerator and join me in speculating what other people's lives are like!
I hope I can convince you to participate in this project by sending me a small donation and images of windows looking from the outside, please read the project FAQs and Updates find out more about this project, or go to my website, www.eugenistudio.com to check out the other projects I have done.
Thank you for taking the time to learn more about this project and I look forward to your images!
NOTE: You can still submit images of windows without making any monetary donation, but images submitted by my Kickstarter backers will be given priorities of inclusion.
A good, focused image in JPEG, The window should be at least 2" x 3" in 200 dpi, or larger.
See http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eugenie/travel-magnets/posts/73114 for more info.
Slight skewing of the window image is fine and operable, but images where the windows are cropped are not useable.
See http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eugenie/travel-magnets/posts/73114 for more info.
To make sure that I don't by accident send the magnet to the original supplier for the images, please name your file with your Kickstarter user name and, should you decide to send me more than one image, please label them in sequence after your user name. For Example, if the user name is Eugenie Tung, then the images should be labeled as Eugenie Tung, Eugenie Tung2, Eugenie Tung3, etc.
See http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eugenie/travel-magnets/posts/73114 for more info.
As soon as you can supply them and no later than May 31, 2011
May 31, 2011 11:59pm (U.S. Pacific Time Zone)
You can send in as many images as you want. All images will be screened, and all selected images will be reformatted for magnet production.
This project is about the universal "sameness" and "differences" of homes through looking into windows of residential homes.
No. Magnets will be sent out randomly.
I am essentially the project manager and administrator who had this great idea and wanted to see it done. Plus, I love windows! My tasks include screening and reformatting the images into a magnet friendly scale; overseeing the production of the magnets; coordinating the purchase, delivery, and donation of the refrigerator(s); installing and de-installing the show and, sending out magnets to all of the wonderful backers of this project.
They will be donated to charity after the show is over.
One refrigerator can accommodate around 200 magnets. The number of refrigerators and magnets to be featured in the show depends on how much money my backers are willing to put up, and how many images are sent in.
Images sent by backers will take priority over non-backers. To ensure this, please name your file(s) with your Kickstarter user name and, should you decide to send me more than one image, label them in sequence after your user name. For Example, if the user name is Eugenie Tung, then the images should be labeled as Eugenie Tung, Eugenie Tung2, Eugenie Tung3, etc.
A maximum of five (5) images from any individual backer will be turned into magnets. There is no guarantee that all images submitted will be used in the final installation. This will allow non-backers and non-award-eligible backers a chance to participate, as well.
Yes of course!
It takes time and money to turn these images into magnets. I need monetary support to cover the potential cost and labor for formatting the images, making the magnets, and buying a used refrigerator(s) for the exhibition. The quantity of magnets and refrigerators used for the show is determined by how much money I can raise. The more money I raise beyond the goal, the more magnets and refrigerators I can include and display for the show.
Magnets will be distributed to the backers based on their award level.
I hope to launch more projects of this kind in the future and to enlist the support of Kicstarter when a new venue opens up and an opportunity presents itself.
The summer show at Smack Mellon ends on July 31. After the show is de-installed I will randomly re-distribute the magnets to my Kickstarter backers. All backers should receive their magnets no later than September 2011.
Back my project and be on my mailing list. I will keep you posted with project updates during this entire period.
Send me images and words of support. That would help!
I will put up images in the Kickstarter project update page, and on my website - http://www.eugeniestudio.com.
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Serena Williams' HOT Body
Serena Williams is representing all the ladies that, "want to be healthy and not starve themselves," in People Magazine's 'Hottest Bodies 2011.' Here is what the tennis star said about her body image:
When did you realize you were not built like most athletes?
I was 17, playing in the US Open, and this one lady said, "You need to wear a better bra." That's when it clicked for me that I was really curvy. A DD chest is not what you normally see in the locker room.
What do you get the most compliments on?
It's all about my butt. I like Brazilian-cut bikini bottoms in the back. Some people think it's too small, but I'm like, "Whatever!"
Do you get insecure about any areas?
Sometimes my stomach poufs out a little bit, and I feel like my legs aren't as tight as I like them to be.
How do you feel when you are photographed on the beach in your bikini?In the beginning it was weird, but I'm ok with it. I represent ladies who want to be healthy and not starve themselves.
She looks great in that photo, and as a lady who isn't stick thin, I only wish I had 1/2 of her confidence. Check out all the 'Hottest Bodies' in People, on newsstands Friday.
Thanks to Miami Tennis News for the tip!
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Central Florida 2013 Employment Outlook
Updated: February 12, 2013
MORE THAN 8,000 OPEN JOBS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA And 19,300 More Projected For 2013 DOWNLOAD FREE WHITEPAPER NOW
Key findings
JOB SEEKER SPECIAL: Employers tell you why they are not hiring you on page 13. This is fantastic inside information.
2012 Employment Outlook for Central Florida - (Updated February 15, 2012)
MORE THAN 11,500 OPEN JOBS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA And 16,000 More Projected For 2012 DOWNLOAD FREE WHITEPAPER NOW
February 15, 2012 (Orlando, FL) – With the most encouraging results in the four years since OrlandoJobs.com began their bi-annual survey of employers, the 2012 employment forecast for Central Florida finally shows some concrete signs of a recovery.
Key findings from the OrlandoJobs.com Central Florida Employment Outlook Survey for 2012:
"Central Florida is poised at a tipping point when it comes to the employment market," states Roger Lear, President and Founder of OrlandoJobs.com. "The sheer number of open jobs, currently and forecasted throughout 2012, would put a huge dent in Orlando's MRA unemployment rate of 9.5%, if all were filled. With the heavyweight of the hospitality sector leading the way, Central Florida may soon be able to tip the scales in the right direction on behalf of the entire state."
Other findings from the survey include the role that social media is playing in employment, the greatest challenges employers face, their best advice for job seekers, and the companies that are forecasting the largest number of open jobs for 2012. Download the survey in its entirety atwww.orlandojobs.com/whitepaper.
OrlandoJobs.com is Central Florida's #1 online job site, with an average of 100,000 visitors per month. The site was founded in 2005 by Roger Lear and Scott Kotroba, and is the official employment website of the Central Florida Human Resource Association (www.cfhra.org). President Roger Lear is a 25-year veteran leader in the executive search and internet recruiting industry. He is on the faculty for the Rollins College Management & Executive Education programs, and is a member of the board at Florida Hospital East Foundation, the Central Florida Economic Cooperative, Central Florida Employment Council and National Insurance Recruiting Association, and is a sought-after speaker on the subject of Web 2.0 and social media recruiting.
2011 Employment Outlook for Central Florida - (Updated February 11, 2011)
OrlandoJobs.com Survey Finds 10,000 Available Jobs in Central Florida
February 10, 2011 – Orlando, FL – In a bi-annual survey of Central Florida corporations, OrlandoJobs.com reports 10,000 open and available jobs, plus a projected addition of 10,000 more by the end of this year. The survey and its findings were released today and are posted on OrlandoJobs.com.
Roger Lear, President of OrlandoJobs.com, believes this good news forecasts an even better outlook for an end to the 11.3% unemployment rate in the region: "Central Florida companies are poised to be hiring leaders for the state. It will not happen overnight, but will be a slow upward curve."
OrlandoJobs.com conducted phone interviews with 166 Central Florida-based companies between December 13, 2010 and December 30, 2010. The 166 companies surveyed employ an overall total of 186,431 employees in Central Florida, and cover 17 sectors, including: accounting, automotive, banking/finance, call center, construction, education, government, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, law, manufacturing, non-profit, real estate, sports/entertainment, timeshare, transportation, and utility.
Job seekers tips for finding jobs in a hidden and very competitive marketplace. These tips will:
The unemployment rate for January 2010 in Central Florida, at 11.9%, is the highest unemployment in the Orlando MSA since June 1975. OrlandoJobs.com surveyed 112 Central Florida companies to gauge the 2010 employment outlook. Direct phone interviews were conducted with senior human resource management and business owners in these companies. Combined, the survey participants employ 118,995 workers in Central Florida.
OrlandoJobs.com surveyed 174 Central Florida companies between June 8 and July 14, 2009. Direct phone interviews were conducted with senior human resource management and business owners in these companies, which covered more than 19 different sectors. Combined, the survey participants employ 100,574 workers in Central Florida. This report on their outlook for Q3/Q4 is a follow-up to the 2009 Employment Outlook white paper released by OrlandoJobs.com on 2/28/09. The aim with this paper, as with the first, is to get to the real pulse of this historic employment marketplace for Central Florida.
OrlandoJobs.com surveyed 277 Central Florida Companies between January 14th and January 30th. Direct phone interviews were conducted with Senior Human Resources Management and Business Owners in companies from a mix of industries. These companies' combine to employ 86,399 Central Florida based employees. This report will serve to give some insight to who is currently hiring, the type of jobs that are open and the forecast for hiring for 2009. All participants were also asked questions about the recruiting challenges they face in 2009.
Job seekers, pay special attention to Page 12. It will give you some great tips on how to find a job in the hidden job market.
Contact Information:
Please direct all inquiries to:
Roger Lear President OrlandoJobs.com 43 East Pine Street Orlando, FL 32801 407-645-4224 email@example.com
Twitter.com/OrlandoCareers Facebook.com/OrlandoJobs
About OrlandoJobs.com
OrlandoJobs.com was founded in 2005 by Roger Lear and Scott Kotroba. We are the official employment website of the Central Florida Human Resource Association. (www.cfhra.org). OrlandoJobs.com has over 1,500 clients that use this service to post jobs to Central Florida Jobseekers. Job Seeker traffic averages 81,000 users per month (7/09). To request a media kit, please contact our Marketing Coordinator, Bradley Sparrow (firstname.lastname@example.com) at 407-645-4224.


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Elk Hunts in New Mexico with Trophy Ridge Outfitters
Book a Elk Hunt in New Mexico |
Hunting New Mexico has never been better! Guided Elk hunts, Mule Deer hunts, Antelope hunts, and Oryx hunts. Trophy Ridge Outfitters has both private land hunts and public land hunts. If you've never hunted New Mexico, you are in for the hunt of a lifetime.
We take Rifle, Muzzle-loader, and Archery clients.
Elk Hunting in New Mexico is an experience you won't want to miss out on. New Mexico's public lands are managed for their Big Game. We truly have an Elk Haven here in New Mexico. If you look at the record books, the "GILA" holds a big portion of the records.
You choose your style of hunt and we will assist you in finding the perfect Elk Hunt to fit your needs.
Our Bow hunts are hunted right in the middle of the rut, in a "primitive weapons only" unit. We run a 95% opportunity with a 55% kill rate varying from year to year on our cliental.
Our muzzleloader hunts take place in a primitive weapon only unit. We have a 95% opportunity and a 80% to 95%, with some years being 100% kill.
Our rifle hunts are hunted in the best units in New Mexico. You are hunting in the right place to maybe get a chance at a 350 class bull. We have a 80% shot opportunity, and around a 85% to 95% kill. Some years we will have a 100% kill rate.
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