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Real estate is a popular investment among Canadians. There are several advantages to investing in real estate. Real estate is leveraged. You may pay only a fraction (as low as 10%) of what the property is worth when you buy it. Real estate has utility. If you buy stocks or bonds, you cannot do anything with them; but when you buy real estate, you can use it until you sell it. For example, you can live in a house.
Real estate practice is a broad and widely defined area of the law. In a pristine sense it deals with the esoteric subject of real property law and titles. In practice the subject matter handled by real property lawyers is much broader. Many of the areas of law within real estate practice are areas of specialty themselves. Real estate lawyers examine and evaluate real property titles, handle real estate sales, purchases and other transactions, foreclose mortgages, represent developers and contractors in drafting and negotiating development and construction agreements, handle real estate financing, structure and draft the governing documents for planned developments such as condominiums, serve as counsel to community and condominium associations, draft and negotiate leases, litigate title, boundary, and other land disputes, and advise clients respecting zoning and land: use matters. The examination of real estate titles requires knowledge of corporations and other forms of business organization, wills, trusts and estates, and a practitioner handling transactions must understand contractual, business, and tax subjects as well. The subjects that are tested on the certification exam attest to this diversity. They are title issues; real estate finance; environmental and land use; condominiums and homeowner associations; landlord tenant; closings; sellers, buyers, brokers, and title insurers; real property litigation; taxation of entities and other tax issues; and ethics. Some hold an impression that at least some aspects of the real estate practice are not challenging, that the practice is increasingly title company, form, and paralegal driven, and that when business is light any lawyer with a good paralegal can Ado real estate closings. This impression is not accurate. As with any area of practice, successfully representing clients in real estate matters requires knowledge, skill, and experience. The diversity in real estate practice may mean that no one lawyer can be an expert in each practice area encompassing the modern real property practice or that are tested by the certification program. That, however, is not a reason to not seek certification. The committee recognizes that few lawyers are likely to possess specific and detailed expertise in each of the many subjects that fall within the scope of real estate.
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A newly discovered three-act play by Hemingway intimate Jane mason, believed to be the model for Margot Macomber in Hemingways The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. The play involves the love intrigues of rich Americans big game hunting in Africa in the mid-1930s, and offers a view of adultery, sexual politics, gender roles, fundamental values, and the hunt for happiness. Written in the vein of social satire, Safari includes thinly disguised Hemingway acquaintances such as Mason herself, her love Richard Cooper, white hunter Philip Percival, Bror von Blixen, and Isak Dinesen. **********
Bank holiday revellers are invited to take a safari with a difference this weekend. The seaside safaris have been organised by The Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership and involve learning more about the fascinating marine life of the North East. The Northumberland coast covers 135sq km, and is well known for its sweeping sandy beaches and open views. With all this to explore, the first seaside safari takes place at Bamburgh on Bank Holiday Saturday with the second at Alnmouth on the Sunday.
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for Debra Kang Dean PETER MAKUCKs most recent collection of poems, Against Distance, was released by BOA Editions in 1997. His short stories have lately appeared in Texas Review and Ohio Review, and a personal essay on guns is forthcoming in Hudson Review.
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Maureen Arnn joins Littler Mendelson as an associate, representing and counseling management on federal and state labor and employment laws. Arnn formerly served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable William Q. Hayes, U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California.
Dessi P. Niatcheva has been added as an associate at Wilson Petty Kosmo Turner LLP. Nintchevas practice focuses on general business litigation, employment law, and products liability. Jan S. Driscoll and Allen B. Walburn have been elected partners in the San Diego office of Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory LLP. Driscoll practices environmental, land-use, and water-rights law. Walburn practices tax law.
Duane Morris LLP added P. Blake Allen as a partner to its San Diego office and Robert G. Copeland and Stuart L. Sorenson have been added to the firms corporate practice group. Alien concentrates his practice in the areas of securities law and public company representation, as well as mergers and acquisitions, gaming, and general corporate law. Copeland practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate and real property law. Sorensons practice is focused in the area of corporate law with an emphasis in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, joint ventures and general corporate matters. Steven Campanella has joined Junes Attorney Service, Inc. as a senior accounts coordinator. In his new position, Campanella will be responsible for new business development, as well as assisting with improving internal efficiencies and quality control. Gray Cary Ware Freidenrich LLP has announced that seven of the firms local attorneys have been elevated to partner. The new partners are: Ralph Barry, Tim Blackford, John Fitzsimmons, Paul Johnson, Ken Kecskes, Paul Reynolds and Christian Waage. Barry has a broad-based practice encompassing all aspects of employee benefits. Blackfords practice focuses on contract and commercial litigation. Fitzsimmons has a commercial litigation practice that includes securities and class action defense. Johnson represents emerging growth and venture-backed companies in capital-raising transactions and counsels clients on securities offerings and corporate governance matters. Kecskes practice focuses on real estate, construction, land use and subdivision law, real estate-secured transactions, commercial and industrial leasing, and mergers and acquisitions. Reynolds represents publicly traded companies and their officers and directors in securities class action litigation, shareholder derivative lawsuits, and other regulatory investigations. Waage is a corporate attorney who counsels companies, boards of directors and board committees on venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and securities offerings. Richard Campbell and Kenneth Tarbet have joined Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves Savitch LLPs intellectual property team as a partner and an attorney, respectively. Campbell has extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of telecommunications, electronics, software and semiconductors. Tarbets practice includes patent procurement, infringement and validity studies, licensing, and intellectual property management.
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Swedish consumer healthcare products company Bringwell AB said on Tuesday (5 July) that it had signed a three-year distribution agreement for its product CUUR with the Spanish company NLP Pharma. ((Comments on this story may be sent to nbr.feedback@nordicbusinessreport.com))
In this paper we analyse three interviews with social activists, using a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) methodology to discern each respondents characteristic strategies for social activism via their choice of words and phrase. Our main aim is to determine whether social activists statements can be analysed in terms of Dilts studies into the strategies of genius. Strategies of social activists: an NLP interpretation 1. The English language is full of metaphors; it is a challenge to venture a statement in English that does not contain some metaphor, whether it be a fresh-minted simile or a cliched turn of phrase (like turn of phrase) or a long-dead metaphor embedded in the etymology of such words as venture, statement and metaphor. As Lakoff points out in Metaphors by which we Live, everyone who speaks in English is unavoidably making use of metaphor at a more or less conscious level. The founders of NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP), Richard Bandler and John Grinder, argued in a series of books beginning with The Structure of Magic 1 and 2 that people display preferences for certain ranges of metaphor in their everyday speech, some opting for the visual (I see, from my perspective), some for the auditory (that rings a bell, that comes over loud and clear) and some for the kinesthetic (I feel, my gut feeling is). There are other speech patterns drawn from the gustatory (leaves a nasty taste in my mouth) and olfactory (I smell a rat), but these are uncommon as dominant speech patterns. NLP looks, in general, for V(isual), A(uditory) and K(inesthetic) speech patterns, and argues that such unconscious preferences reflect peoples actual processing of their experience to create their individual representation of the world, a map or model which we use to generate our behavior. Our representation of the world determines to a large degree what our experience of the world will be, how we will perceive the world, what choices we will see available to us as we live in the world (Structure of Magic 1 : 7). Thus, someone who prefers the visual metaphor is also likely to be processing experience primarily in internal visual images and to respond most readily to visual stimuli (get the big picture, from my perspective); someone who prefers the auditory is likely to privilege internal dialogue and respond more readily to what they hear than to what they see or feel (something keeps telling me, I resonate with that idea); someone who prefers the kinesthetic is likely to privilege their bodily responses and arguments based on the physical (lay out an argument, let me walk you through this concept). Bandler and Grinder further argue that the preferred NLP modality represents the most conscious element in a persons processing of experience, and those less preferred represent the most unconscious.
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Do vending machines push an unhealthy diet on teens? State courts and consumer theres a link junk food sold from school vending machines, and rising rates of diabetes (buildup of sugar in the bloodstream) and obesity in young people. But soft drink vendors blame those health problems on a lack of exercise and too much time spent parked in front of the TV. Bridget Guzman, 14, of New York City, agrees: People are just trying to take the blame off of themselves.
Kosher Vending Industries LLC and KRh Thermal Systems Inc. are testing new Kosher Vending machines in 25 locations throughout New Jersey and New York. The company is looking to place the Kosher Vending machines in airports, schools, hotels, casinos and hospitals.
Of the 12 patients who survived, ten received fractures of the limbs and pelvis. One individual sustained a skull fracture with intracerebral bleeding and was still comatose at follow-up. Other injuries that were sustained by these individuals included nerve damage and ligament injury. All of the 12 patients who survived required hospitalization and eight required surgery. (JAMA, November 11, 1988, vol. 260, p. 2697.)
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Noonan has nine years of experience in sales and marketing, specializing in North County coastal neighborhoods.
Mary Skiffington has joined the fine homes residential division of Cassidy Associates Real Estate, Inc. Peter Middleton, real estate sales agent for RE/MAX of La Jolla, has been ranked among the top 100 RE/MAX sales agents in California for sales volume from January to June 2002. Gina Drucker and Karen Pado have joined RE/MAX of Rancho Bernardo as a real estate sales team. International Real Estate has added Eric B. Shwisberg as vice president and general counsel.
Real estate practice is a broad and widely defined area of the law. In a pristine sense it deals with the esoteric subject of real property law and titles. In practice the subject matter handled by real property lawyers is much broader. Many of the areas of law within real estate practice are areas of specialty themselves. Real estate lawyers examine and evaluate real property titles, handle real estate sales, purchases and other transactions, foreclose mortgages, represent developers and contractors in drafting and negotiating development and construction agreements, handle real estate financing, structure and draft the governing documents for planned developments such as condominiums, serve as counsel to community and condominium associations, draft and negotiate leases, litigate title, boundary, and other land disputes, and advise clients respecting zoning and land: use matters. The examination of real estate titles requires knowledge of corporations and other forms of business organization, wills, trusts and estates, and a practitioner handling transactions must understand contractual, business, and tax subjects as well. The subjects that are tested on the certification exam attest to this diversity. They are title issues; real estate finance; environmental and land use; condominiums and homeowner associations; landlord tenant; closings; sellers, buyers, brokers, and title insurers; real property litigation; taxation of entities and other tax issues; and ethics. Some hold an impression that at least some aspects of the real estate practice are not challenging, that the practice is increasingly title company, form, and paralegal driven, and that when business is light any lawyer with a good paralegal can Ado real estate closings. This impression is not accurate. As with any area of practice, successfully representing clients in real estate matters requires knowledge, skill, and experience. The diversity in real estate practice may mean that no one lawyer can be an expert in each practice area encompassing the modern real property practice or that are tested by the certification program. That, however, is not a reason to not seek certification. The committee recognizes that few lawyers are likely to possess specific and detailed expertise in each of the many subjects that fall within the scope of real estate.
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Russell Shaw, contributing editor, will examine Web sites with lodging-industry relevance in each issue.
In this paper we analyse three interviews with social activists, using a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) methodology to discern each respondents characteristic strategies for social activism via their choice of words and phrase. Our main aim is to determine whether social activists statements can be analysed in terms of Dilts studies into the strategies of genius. Strategies of social activists: an NLP interpretation 1. The English language is full of metaphors; it is a challenge to venture a statement in English that does not contain some metaphor, whether it be a fresh-minted simile or a cliched turn of phrase (like turn of phrase) or a long-dead metaphor embedded in the etymology of such words as venture, statement and metaphor. As Lakoff points out in Metaphors by which we Live, everyone who speaks in English is unavoidably making use of metaphor at a more or less conscious level. The founders of NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP), Richard Bandler and John Grinder, argued in a series of books beginning with The Structure of Magic 1 and 2 that people display preferences for certain ranges of metaphor in their everyday speech, some opting for the visual (I see, from my perspective), some for the auditory (that rings a bell, that comes over loud and clear) and some for the kinesthetic (I feel, my gut feeling is). There are other speech patterns drawn from the gustatory (leaves a nasty taste in my mouth) and olfactory (I smell a rat), but these are uncommon as dominant speech patterns. NLP looks, in general, for V(isual), A(uditory) and K(inesthetic) speech patterns, and argues that such unconscious preferences reflect peoples actual processing of their experience to create their individual representation of the world, a map or model which we use to generate our behavior. Our representation of the world determines to a large degree what our experience of the world will be, how we will perceive the world, what choices we will see available to us as we live in the world (Structure of Magic 1 : 7). Thus, someone who prefers the visual metaphor is also likely to be processing experience primarily in internal visual images and to respond most readily to visual stimuli (get the big picture, from my perspective); someone who prefers the auditory is likely to privilege internal dialogue and respond more readily to what they hear than to what they see or feel (something keeps telling me, I resonate with that idea); someone who prefers the kinesthetic is likely to privilege their bodily responses and arguments based on the physical (lay out an argument, let me walk you through this concept). Bandler and Grinder further argue that the preferred NLP modality represents the most conscious element in a persons processing of experience, and those less preferred represent the most unconscious.
Business Editors FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 18, 2000 There is recognition that old patterns among managers and subordinates are occurring and the subconscious level and require recognition for change, according to Thomas R. Cutler, President of TR Cutler, Inc., and founder of the Manufacturing Executive Coaching Systems. NLP, Neurolinguistic Programming, has been around for more than thirty years and used mostly among the technology and progressive manufacturing firms. Anchoring more productive and efficient processes is agreed to by most manufacturing firms. NLP plants a pattern process of results yielding both customer and employee satisfaction and retention.
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Vending MachineVending accounts for a significant portion of the sales and profits of beverage bottlers and snack makers. In 2000, vending machines generated 14% of total foodservice sales in venues such as college campuses, factories, businesses, hospitals, and schools. Bottlers pay colleges, schools, and other institutions millions of dollars for exclusive rights to place vending machines on campuses. Vended soft drink sales may represent only as much as 15% of a bottlers total yearly sales, but that same volume could easily account for half of their annual profits.
Do vending machines push an unhealthy diet on teens? State courts and consumer theres a link junk food sold from school vending machines, and rising rates of diabetes (buildup of sugar in the bloodstream) and obesity in young people. But soft drink vendors blame those health problems on a lack of exercise and too much time spent parked in front of the TV. Bridget Guzman, 14, of New York City, agrees: People are just trying to take the blame off of themselves.
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Ratinoff as a director of fund investment management. Ratinoff will specialize in real estate acquisitions for the western United States. Ratinoff has held senior positions focusing on real estate investments with McDonald Investments, Chase Securities and BT Alex. The San Diego chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management has elected the following individuals as members of its 2005 Executive Council: Nancy Eagle, Harman Asset Management; Pele Wylde, Burnham Real Estate Services; Eddie Goldberg, Sea Property Management; Renee Savage, Capital Growth Properties; Harry Gersten, Union Bank; Carolyn Perriga, Transwestern Commercial; Jim Tostado, Hibiscus Investments; Wade Walker, Griswold RE Management; Sharon Eastman, Realty Executives; and Elizabeth Bzchmann, ConAm Management. The 2005 council members will be installed Nov. 11.
Mary Skiffington has joined the fine homes residential division of Cassidy Associates Real Estate, Inc. Peter Middleton, real estate sales agent for RE/MAX of La Jolla, has been ranked among the top 100 RE/MAX sales agents in California for sales volume from January to June 2002. Gina Drucker and Karen Pado have joined RE/MAX of Rancho Bernardo as a real estate sales team. International Real Estate has added Eric B. Shwisberg as vice president and general counsel.
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Would it be unforgivably glib to describe the creator of this show as a dead man walking? Jason Pierce did, after all, technically die twice in 2005 while hospi-talised with pneumonia. Yet thankfully the one-time Jason Spaceman of unashamedly drug-fuelled psych- rockers Spacemen 3 lived to carry his muse on to a whole new level. Its a natural progression. Whether this mellower style has anything to do with his near-death experience or not, Pierces songs were exhibiting an ever more hymnal quality up to and including Spiritualizeds fifth studio album, 2003s aptly titled Amazing Grace. They had reached a point, in fact, where the layers of guitar threatened to detract from their writers finely sculpted arrangements and reflectively emotive lyrics. This new set-up allows both new and old material much more room to breathe. With Pierce sitting enigmatically, taciturnly side-on to the crowd, pretty much the whole set is a tour de force, from new tracks such as “Sitting on Fire” and “Soul on Fire”, to a sweet cover of Daniel Johnstons “True Love Will Find You in the End” and many classics from throughout his career. Spacemen 3s “Walking with Jesus” and “Amen” (aka “Hey Man”) are here, as are early Spiritualized works “Feel So Sad” and “All of My Tears”. Yet its with the latter-day Spiritualized works, where Pierces more destructive or morose patterns gave way to an air of cautious hope, that the set really starts firing. The harmonica-laden “Broken Heart” and the call-and-response gospel of “Think Im in Love” are gently heartbreaking, while a medley of “Anything More” and “Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space” serve to show off his widescreen songwriting talent like never before.
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Noonan has nine years of experience in sales and marketing, specializing in North County coastal neighborhoods.
Ratinoff as a director of fund investment management. Ratinoff will specialize in real estate acquisitions for the western United States. Ratinoff has held senior positions focusing on real estate investments with McDonald Investments, Chase Securities and BT Alex. The San Diego chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management has elected the following individuals as members of its 2005 Executive Council: Nancy Eagle, Harman Asset Management; Pele Wylde, Burnham Real Estate Services; Eddie Goldberg, Sea Property Management; Renee Savage, Capital Growth Properties; Harry Gersten, Union Bank; Carolyn Perriga, Transwestern Commercial; Jim Tostado, Hibiscus Investments; Wade Walker, Griswold RE Management; Sharon Eastman, Realty Executives; and Elizabeth Bzchmann, ConAm Management. The 2005 council members will be installed Nov. 11.
Real estate practice is a broad and widely defined area of the law. In a pristine sense it deals with the esoteric subject of real property law and titles. In practice the subject matter handled by real property lawyers is much broader. Many of the areas of law within real estate practice are areas of specialty themselves. Real estate lawyers examine and evaluate real property titles, handle real estate sales, purchases and other transactions, foreclose mortgages, represent developers and contractors in drafting and negotiating development and construction agreements, handle real estate financing, structure and draft the governing documents for planned developments such as condominiums, serve as counsel to community and condominium associations, draft and negotiate leases, litigate title, boundary, and other land disputes, and advise clients respecting zoning and land: use matters. The examination of real estate titles requires knowledge of corporations and other forms of business organization, wills, trusts and estates, and a practitioner handling transactions must understand contractual, business, and tax subjects as well. The subjects that are tested on the certification exam attest to this diversity. They are title issues; real estate finance; environmental and land use; condominiums and homeowner associations; landlord tenant; closings; sellers, buyers, brokers, and title insurers; real property litigation; taxation of entities and other tax issues; and ethics. Some hold an impression that at least some aspects of the real estate practice are not challenging, that the practice is increasingly title company, form, and paralegal driven, and that when business is light any lawyer with a good paralegal can Ado real estate closings. This impression is not accurate. As with any area of practice, successfully representing clients in real estate matters requires knowledge, skill, and experience. The diversity in real estate practice may mean that no one lawyer can be an expert in each practice area encompassing the modern real property practice or that are tested by the certification program. That, however, is not a reason to not seek certification. The committee recognizes that few lawyers are likely to possess specific and detailed expertise in each of the many subjects that fall within the scope of real estate.
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“This new software will allow doctors worldwide to have a dozen Specialists
in a wide variety of Vocations at their beck and call 24 hours a day all
year round. We hope to revolutionize modern medicine and eliminate the
terrible wait time and duplication of services practiced by our medical
professionals. VSArmor will create a secure collaborative environment for
us and all of our clients so that all ideas can be expressed freely and
without reservation. We plan to release a Retail Version of this software
for Medical Database input in the third quarter of 2008 that will support
XP and Vista. The Linux version will follow in the Second Quarter of
2009,” stated Patrick Burke.
The company designs, produces, markets and sells leading edge computer
security software programs that feature advanced software development and
technologies that are superior to other products on the market. All of the
Companys security systems are based on previously proven and field tested
large commercial security systems. These systems are based on hiding,
disguising and encrypting various levels of files maintained on a computer
such that an intruder is unable to obtain information from a desired file.
This is unlike existing firewall systems now on the market which are
focused on keeping intruders from gaining unauthorized entry to a computer.
Where applicable, products are patent and copyright protected in both
Canada and the United States.
Recently, many clients have inquired if their software is considered a medical device. Therefore, it seems timely to answer this question. But first, lets start with a brief quiz. In each scenario below, would you consider the software a medical device? 1. Software used to plan cancer treatment doses and to control the setting of oncology treatment devices 2. Software used within the overall design and manufacturing processes of the medical devices 3. Software used to measure and calculate the anatomical sites of the body to facilitate the irradiation of surgical intervention
A Bellevue, Wash.-based diagnostic imaging provider has bought InStar Systems International, a Colorado Springs developer of software for radiology departments and imaging centers. The deal closed Thursday. Terms werent disclosed. “InStar is focused primarily on servicing the small hospital and freestanding imaging center marketplace. No one else is doing that,” said John Wellbank, who was appointed chief executive officer of InStar, which builds software for scheduling, monitoring, tracking and billing patients.
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Bank holiday revellers are invited to take a safari with a difference this weekend. The seaside safaris have been organised by The Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership and involve learning more about the fascinating marine life of the North East. The Northumberland coast covers 135sq km, and is well known for its sweeping sandy beaches and open views. With all this to explore, the first seaside safari takes place at Bamburgh on Bank Holiday Saturday with the second at Alnmouth on the Sunday.
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Big Brother winner Anthony Hutton has hailed the regeneration of his home town. The 24-year-old, who was made an ambassador for Derwentside after his 2005 success, recently returned to Consett after living in London. Anthony said: It is great to see new homes going up in Consett as it plays a part in the regeneration of the town. It is a great place to live.
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Driscoll practices environmental, land-use, and water-rights law. Walburn practices tax law.
Maureen Arnn joins Littler Mendelson as an associate, representing and counseling management on federal and state labor and employment laws. Arnn formerly served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable William Q. Hayes, U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California.
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BRANCH EVENT David Pratt, managing director and founder of consultancy Redcap Associates, will explain that “Life is one big negotiation” when he speaks at next months Beds and Herts branch event. Why is it that some people are able to easily convey their message and get colleagues on board, while others struggle to be heard? Pratt will reveal what it is about gifted communicators that makes them effective.
Northampton Branch Following this most interesting talk, it was time for our annual barbecue. As always, the food on offer was expertly produced by the catering staff at Robert Home. Despite some disappointing weather on the day, a thoroughly enjoyable evening was had by all.
NLP could be the most important synthesis of knowledge about human communication to emerge since the sixties - Science Digest. The simple answer to the above is both as it depends on a number of things. Perhaps the first thing to explore is your reaction to seeing those three letters put together? If someone tells you they are an NLP practitioner do you search for your cross and garlic cloves? Or do you welcome them and want to know more? In this article I want to cover four key aspects: * Why knowing more about NLP and its uses might be useful for you and others in your organisation;
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Dairy companies are getting in on the campaign to improve childrens nutrition by exploiting sales via vending machines. At a dairy industry seminar hosted by The Dairy Council last week, delegates heard that a dairy product vending machine pilot project in South Wales had generated profits. The BBC childrens soap, Grange Hill, is set to feature a dairy product vending machine between April and November 2006.
FRISCO, Texas — Just off the ice at the Star Center rink, Jenafir Chant held a credit card against a vending machine. A second later, a bottle of Diet Dr Pepper tumbled into view. “We were all excited when these went in last week,” said Chant, who leads a team of girls who clean the ice between periods at Dallas Stars games. “I was scrounging around for $2 for a Monster. Now I dont have to scrounge.”
Beverages in the machines must be 100% juice, milk, or water and cannot contain artificial colors or sweeteners.
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Real estate practice is a broad and widely defined area of the law. In a pristine sense it deals with the esoteric subject of real property law and titles. In practice the subject matter handled by real property lawyers is much broader. Many of the areas of law within real estate practice are areas of specialty themselves. Real estate lawyers examine and evaluate real property titles, handle real estate sales, purchases and other transactions, foreclose mortgages, represent developers and contractors in drafting and negotiating development and construction agreements, handle real estate financing, structure and draft the governing documents for planned developments such as condominiums, serve as counsel to community and condominium associations, draft and negotiate leases, litigate title, boundary, and other land disputes, and advise clients respecting zoning and land: use matters. The examination of real estate titles requires knowledge of corporations and other forms of business organization, wills, trusts and estates, and a practitioner handling transactions must understand contractual, business, and tax subjects as well. The subjects that are tested on the certification exam attest to this diversity. They are title issues; real estate finance; environmental and land use; condominiums and homeowner associations; landlord tenant; closings; sellers, buyers, brokers, and title insurers; real property litigation; taxation of entities and other tax issues; and ethics. Some hold an impression that at least some aspects of the real estate practice are not challenging, that the practice is increasingly title company, form, and paralegal driven, and that when business is light any lawyer with a good paralegal can Ado real estate closings. This impression is not accurate. As with any area of practice, successfully representing clients in real estate matters requires knowledge, skill, and experience. The diversity in real estate practice may mean that no one lawyer can be an expert in each practice area encompassing the modern real property practice or that are tested by the certification program. That, however, is not a reason to not seek certification. The committee recognizes that few lawyers are likely to possess specific and detailed expertise in each of the many subjects that fall within the scope of real estate.
Ratinoff as a director of fund investment management. Ratinoff will specialize in real estate acquisitions for the western United States. Ratinoff has held senior positions focusing on real estate investments with McDonald Investments, Chase Securities and BT Alex. The San Diego chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management has elected the following individuals as members of its 2005 Executive Council: Nancy Eagle, Harman Asset Management; Pele Wylde, Burnham Real Estate Services; Eddie Goldberg, Sea Property Management; Renee Savage, Capital Growth Properties; Harry Gersten, Union Bank; Carolyn Perriga, Transwestern Commercial; Jim Tostado, Hibiscus Investments; Wade Walker, Griswold RE Management; Sharon Eastman, Realty Executives; and Elizabeth Bzchmann, ConAm Management. The 2005 council members will be installed Nov. 11.
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IT is hardly surprising there is a growing crisis in social housing with no new council homes having been built for two decades. Soaring property prices coupled with fewer homes available has led to local authorities being unable to meet demand. And regenerating existing stock cannot be done quickly enough to ease the problem in the short term.
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Cutter previously worked as a law clerk at the firm during her final year of law school. Temple previously worked for Beckley, Singleton, Jemison List and Chapin, Shea, McNitt Carter law firms.
Maureen Arnn joins Littler Mendelson as an associate, representing and counseling management on federal and state labor and employment laws. Arnn formerly served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable William Q. Hayes, U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California.
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[A] Change Management Excellence: Putting NLP to Work Martin Roberts Crown House Publishing ISBN 1904424678 Paperback 12.99 [pounds sterling] Martin Roberts recently retired as a management consultant to many UK top 100 companies; he has also had experience of dealing with US corporations. He has had extensive experience of change management in practice, which certainly becomes clear from the many anecdotes and case studies. Anybody involved in a change management programme would find this book beneficial and the ideal time to read it would definitely be before embarking on any revolutionary changes. Roberts makes it very clear that evolutionary change is much easier to handle than revolutionary change and that both should be made as simple as possible: Overall the future is likely to generate far more opportunities for CM failures than previously. A straightforward and common-sense approach is always more likely to resolve the problems than a complex one.
Russell Shaw, contributing editor, will examine Web sites with lodging-industry relevance in each issue.
BRANCH EVENT David Pratt, managing director and founder of consultancy Redcap Associates, will explain that “Life is one big negotiation” when he speaks at next months Beds and Herts branch event. Why is it that some people are able to easily convey their message and get colleagues on board, while others struggle to be heard? Pratt will reveal what it is about gifted communicators that makes them effective.
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Vending Machine Cuisine William R. (Bill) Farhat was a restaurateur in Grand Rapids when some representatives of vending companies asked him if he could make sandwiches for their machines. With a restaurant kitchen, it really wasnt possible, Farhat recalls. But he asked the vendors if preparing food was a problem for them.
If you think of vending machines simply as dispensers of soft drinks, snack foods, and items such as combs and painkillers, Kent Savage wants you to think again.Savage is president of Cincinnati-based Vertex Technologies, Inc., and he sees vending machines as miniature retail stores for sales and distribution of everything from cameras and blue jeans to tools and manufacturing equipment. The skys the limit, he says.Since that trip, Savages company has been developing vending machines for both the industrial and retail markets. Businesses can benefit from vending machines because they distribute or sell items without sales workers having to be present.
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Rebekah Hardin resigned last week as publisher of At Home in Arkansas. Word is that Russ McDonough, president and CEO of the publishing company, will take over as interim publisher.
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Driscoll practices environmental, land-use, and water-rights law. Walburn practices tax law.
Maureen Arnn joins Littler Mendelson as an associate, representing and counseling management on federal and state labor and employment laws. Arnn formerly served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable William Q. Hayes, U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California.
Brobeck, Phleger Harrison has hired William F. Stryker and Dave B. Koo in the Intellectual Property Group and Morgan J. Miller in the Securities Litigation Group. Mr. Stryker has extensive litigation experience in pharmaceuticals, orthobiologies and microarray devices. He received his law degree from the Gonzaga University School of Law in 1994. Mr. Koo has experience in patent prosecution, patent litigation and licensing. He received his law degree from Loyola Marymount University in 1999. Mr. Miller will focus on the defense of public companies, officers and directors in class action lawsuits. He received his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1999. Murchison Cumming has made Jeff erson Smith an associate partner of the firm. Mr. Smith joined the company seven years ago. He focuses his practice on medical malpractice, product and general liability, and commercial litigation. Fish Richardson has hired Sean T. Prosser as a securities litigator. Previously, Mr. Prosser worked at Brobeck, Phleger Harrison LLP and at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He received his law degree from New York Law School in 1992. McKenna, Long Aldridge has elected Christian D. Humphreys partner. Mr. Humphreys works in the San Diego office and focuses his practice on complex civil litigation. He received his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law.
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Business Editors FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 18, 2000 There is recognition that old patterns among managers and subordinates are occurring and the subconscious level and require recognition for change, according to Thomas R. Cutler, President of TR Cutler, Inc., and founder of the Manufacturing Executive Coaching Systems. NLP, Neurolinguistic Programming, has been around for more than thirty years and used mostly among the technology and progressive manufacturing firms. Anchoring more productive and efficient processes is agreed to by most manufacturing firms. NLP plants a pattern process of results yielding both customer and employee satisfaction and retention.
NLP could be the most important synthesis of knowledge about human communication to emerge since the sixties - Science Digest. The simple answer to the above is both as it depends on a number of things. Perhaps the first thing to explore is your reaction to seeing those three letters put together? If someone tells you they are an NLP practitioner do you search for your cross and garlic cloves? Or do you welcome them and want to know more? In this article I want to cover four key aspects: * Why knowing more about NLP and its uses might be useful for you and others in your organisation;
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Do vending machines push an unhealthy diet on teens? State courts and consumer theres a link junk food sold from school vending machines, and rising rates of diabetes (buildup of sugar in the bloodstream) and obesity in young people. But soft drink vendors blame those health problems on a lack of exercise and too much time spent parked in front of the TV. Bridget Guzman, 14, of New York City, agrees: People are just trying to take the blame off of themselves.
Beverages in the machines must be 100% juice, milk, or water and cannot contain artificial colors or sweeteners.
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Noonan has nine years of experience in sales and marketing, specializing in North County coastal neighborhoods.
Real estate practice is a broad and widely defined area of the law. In a pristine sense it deals with the esoteric subject of real property law and titles. In practice the subject matter handled by real property lawyers is much broader. Many of the areas of law within real estate practice are areas of specialty themselves. Real estate lawyers examine and evaluate real property titles, handle real estate sales, purchases and other transactions, foreclose mortgages, represent developers and contractors in drafting and negotiating development and construction agreements, handle real estate financing, structure and draft the governing documents for planned developments such as condominiums, serve as counsel to community and condominium associations, draft and negotiate leases, litigate title, boundary, and other land disputes, and advise clients respecting zoning and land: use matters. The examination of real estate titles requires knowledge of corporations and other forms of business organization, wills, trusts and estates, and a practitioner handling transactions must understand contractual, business, and tax subjects as well. The subjects that are tested on the certification exam attest to this diversity. They are title issues; real estate finance; environmental and land use; condominiums and homeowner associations; landlord tenant; closings; sellers, buyers, brokers, and title insurers; real property litigation; taxation of entities and other tax issues; and ethics. Some hold an impression that at least some aspects of the real estate practice are not challenging, that the practice is increasingly title company, form, and paralegal driven, and that when business is light any lawyer with a good paralegal can Ado real estate closings. This impression is not accurate. As with any area of practice, successfully representing clients in real estate matters requires knowledge, skill, and experience. The diversity in real estate practice may mean that no one lawyer can be an expert in each practice area encompassing the modern real property practice or that are tested by the certification program. That, however, is not a reason to not seek certification. The committee recognizes that few lawyers are likely to possess specific and detailed expertise in each of the many subjects that fall within the scope of real estate.
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Maureen Arnn joins Littler Mendelson as an associate, representing and counseling management on federal and state labor and employment laws. Arnn formerly served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable William Q. Hayes, U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California.
Cutter previously worked as a law clerk at the firm during her final year of law school. Temple previously worked for Beckley, Singleton, Jemison List and Chapin, Shea, McNitt Carter law firms.
Her areas of practice include trust and estate planning, family law and business law.
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Business Editors FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 18, 2000 There is recognition that old patterns among managers and subordinates are occurring and the subconscious level and require recognition for change, according to Thomas R. Cutler, President of TR Cutler, Inc., and founder of the Manufacturing Executive Coaching Systems. NLP, Neurolinguistic Programming, has been around for more than thirty years and used mostly among the technology and progressive manufacturing firms. Anchoring more productive and efficient processes is agreed to by most manufacturing firms. NLP plants a pattern process of results yielding both customer and employee satisfaction and retention.
Northampton Branch Following this most interesting talk, it was time for our annual barbecue. As always, the food on offer was expertly produced by the catering staff at Robert Home. Despite some disappointing weather on the day, a thoroughly enjoyable evening was had by all.
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Dairy companies are getting in on the campaign to improve childrens nutrition by exploiting sales via vending machines. At a dairy industry seminar hosted by The Dairy Council last week, delegates heard that a dairy product vending machine pilot project in South Wales had generated profits. The BBC childrens soap, Grange Hill, is set to feature a dairy product vending machine between April and November 2006.
Vending MachineVending accounts for a significant portion of the sales and profits of beverage bottlers and snack makers. In 2000, vending machines generated 14% of total foodservice sales in venues such as college campuses, factories, businesses, hospitals, and schools. Bottlers pay colleges, schools, and other institutions millions of dollars for exclusive rights to place vending machines on campuses. Vended soft drink sales may represent only as much as 15% of a bottlers total yearly sales, but that same volume could easily account for half of their annual profits.
Kosher Vending Industries LLC and KRh Thermal Systems Inc. are testing new Kosher Vending machines in 25 locations throughout New Jersey and New York. The company is looking to place the Kosher Vending machines in airports, schools, hotels, casinos and hospitals.
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Real Estate Brokers with the SRES designation help seniors make wise decisions about selling their home, buying rental property, managing the capital gains and estate tax implications of owning real estate, obtaining a reverse mortgage, moving to a senior community and other issues. The designation was introduced in 1997 and is nationally recognized.
Real estate practice is a broad and widely defined area of the law. In a pristine sense it deals with the esoteric subject of real property law and titles. In practice the subject matter handled by real property lawyers is much broader. Many of the areas of law within real estate practice are areas of specialty themselves. Real estate lawyers examine and evaluate real property titles, handle real estate sales, purchases and other transactions, foreclose mortgages, represent developers and contractors in drafting and negotiating development and construction agreements, handle real estate financing, structure and draft the governing documents for planned developments such as condominiums, serve as counsel to community and condominium associations, draft and negotiate leases, litigate title, boundary, and other land disputes, and advise clients respecting zoning and land: use matters. The examination of real estate titles requires knowledge of corporations and other forms of business organization, wills, trusts and estates, and a practitioner handling transactions must understand contractual, business, and tax subjects as well. The subjects that are tested on the certification exam attest to this diversity. They are title issues; real estate finance; environmental and land use; condominiums and homeowner associations; landlord tenant; closings; sellers, buyers, brokers, and title insurers; real property litigation; taxation of entities and other tax issues; and ethics. Some hold an impression that at least some aspects of the real estate practice are not challenging, that the practice is increasingly title company, form, and paralegal driven, and that when business is light any lawyer with a good paralegal can Ado real estate closings. This impression is not accurate. As with any area of practice, successfully representing clients in real estate matters requires knowledge, skill, and experience. The diversity in real estate practice may mean that no one lawyer can be an expert in each practice area encompassing the modern real property practice or that are tested by the certification program. That, however, is not a reason to not seek certification. The committee recognizes that few lawyers are likely to possess specific and detailed expertise in each of the many subjects that fall within the scope of real estate.
Real estate is a popular investment among Canadians. There are several advantages to investing in real estate. Real estate is leveraged. You may pay only a fraction (as low as 10%) of what the property is worth when you buy it. Real estate has utility. If you buy stocks or bonds, you cannot do anything with them; but when you buy real estate, you can use it until you sell it. For example, you can live in a house.
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Real estate is a popular investment among Canadians. There are several advantages to investing in real estate. Real estate is leveraged. You may pay only a fraction (as low as 10%) of what the property is worth when you buy it. Real estate has utility. If you buy stocks or bonds, you cannot do anything with them; but when you buy real estate, you can use it until you sell it. For example, you can live in a house.
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Red Jacket Red Jacket (1758-1830) was a Seneca Tribal Commander who lent support to the British during the Revolutionary War. He also fought to prevent conversions to Christianity among the Iroquios. Although Red Jacket eventually allied himself with other Indian nations in support of the British during the American Revolution, he was originally hesitant about the affiliation. This ambivalence perhaps explains why he did little fighting during the conflict. According to a number of accounts, Red Jackets reluctance to fight was perceived as cowardice by some Iroquois war leaders such as Corn-planter and Joseph Brant.After the war, Red Jacket became a principal spokesman for the Seneca people. He was present at treaty negotiations in 1794 and 1797 in which major portions of Seneca land in upstate New York were ceded or partitioned into smaller reservations. During this era, Red Jacket also became an outspoken opponent of Christianity and an advocate for preserving traditional Iroquois beliefs. His efforts to protect traditional beliefs culminated in the temporary expulsion of all Christian missionaries from Seneca territory in 1824. Red Jacket and the so-called Pagan Party were undermined in the ensuing years, however, by accusations of witchcraft and Red Jackets own problems with alcohol. In 1827, Red Jacket was deposed as a Seneca chief. He died three years later, after his own family had converted to Christianity.
CHERIE Blairs dodgy dress sense has been dealt another blow after a designer jacket she donated to charity failed to attract a single bid. Aberdonians shunned the black scoop-neck Sheri Bodell jacket at a charity auction in the city. Sue Ryder Care, which operates homes for the sick and disabled, will now try to sell it again at an auction in England later this year. Regional co-ordinator Helen Jocelyn said: “It attracted a lot of attention during viewing, but no one went for it.
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John Mullen asks whether the candidate calls all the shots in the recruitment world of the 1990s Recruitment is in a paradoxical position at the moment. The economy is booming, unemployment rates are still falling but at the same time there is a perceived skills gap in a number of disciplines. During the 1980s, recruiters could choose from a seemingly limitless pool of potential employees, but there is now a perception that the tables have turned and the skilled candidate is king. In this newly competitive world, recruitment processes are being integrated into the whole business. Kim Birnie, personnel director of Walkers Snack Foods, believes that employers have to consider how they use recruitment adverts to reflect their desired brand image. “Just like TV adverts, recruitment notices convey messages about how you want to be seen as an organisation and how you position the job you are advertising. Whether serious or humorous, it has to fit the culture of the employer.”
Byline: By Gayle Tomlinson A newcastle recruitment firm has taken on two new members of staff, thanks to the Evening Chronicle Jobs Pages. NES International has increased its staff numbers to six after taking on Kevin Hunter and Paul Thomas.
A tough sell Are we about to find out what happens when they give a war and no one comes? Recent polls say almost 60 percent of Americans disapprove of President Bushs handling of the war in Iraq. Just over half say the U.S. invasion of Iraq was a mistake — based on faulty intelligence and misleading reports about Saddam Husseins weapons of mass destruction.
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The number of new single-family homes under construction in El Paso County fell for the second straight month in February, but industry officials arent fretting yet. Construction began last month on 584 single-family homes - down 12 percent from the 664 homes started in February 1999. Combined with Januarys figures, which also declined from the previous year, single-family housing starts for the first two months of 2000 in the county were down 11.5 percent over the same period in 1999.
Colorado Springs-area home construction continued its blistering pace in the first quarter, although one economist fears an oversupply could drive down prices in the next few years. Single-family home building permits totaled 1,392 from January through March — a 20.2 percent jump from the same period last year, according to figures released Friday by the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department. The number of permits this year puts Colorado Springs and El Paso County on pace to shatter the record of 5,059 single-family permits, set only last year.
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UNIVERSAL LASER SYSTEMS INC. The XL Series is a line of computer controlled, laser engraving and cutting systems. It is an industrial-grade line of laser machines engineered to handle advanced laser engraving, cutting and marking applications.
Carter Products Co. Inc. Carters ZPT Titan Line laser projects a Line from 6 1/2 ft to 30 ft, depending on the model. The ZPT includes a high-performance power supply that provides clear visibility and offers protection against power spikes, the company says. The Laser internally records hours worked and tracks start-up, operating temperature and device failures. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
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Bugs (Microphones) and Bug DetectorsA key part of intelligence gathering and surveillance is the installation of listening devices. The classic Cold War image of Soviet espionage agents secretly planting bugs in an office of the United States embassy is an accurate historical picture of the use of these listening devices. Police forces and private investigators also use bugging devices (with legal approval).A typical electronic bug consists of a microphone and a radio transmitter. The microphone receives sound waves and either vibrates a thin membrane called a diaphragm (a dynamic microphone) or a thin metal ribbon suspended in a magnetic field (a ribbon microphone). Vibration of the diaphragm produces an electrical signal. Vibration of the metal ribbon produces a voltage change, which can be converted to an electrical signal.The electric signals are then beamed out of the transmitter portion of the bug to a receiver. The conversation
A 36-mm condenser microphone for sound pressure measurements was introduced in 1950. The microphone was designed and developed by Dr. Schlegel from the Danish company Ortofon with a brass housing and aluminium diaphragm. The microphone was manufactured by Ortofon. They would produce batches often units and the production was shared between BK and another Danish company Radiometer. The new microphone was certainly an improvement over the Rochelle salt microphone as it could be calibrated with an electrostatic actuator. This method was also developed by Dr. Schlegel from Ortofon. The most common measurement microphones of the day are shown in Figure 1. In 19551 was sent to USA to implement service and sales at Brush Electronics in Cleveland, Ohio. This was my first introduction to real measurement microphones in the form of the Western Electric 640AA and the ANSI 224.4-1949 standard (see Figure 1). I knew of the W.E. 640AA from Beraneks Acoustic Measurements and from a doctoral thesis by A. Kjerbye Nielsen “Microphone Measurements.” In 1947 he invented a practical reciprocity calibration technique. Later this method was further developed by Dr. P. Rubak for more precise calibration. This was the basis of the IEC 327 standard. I had the opportunity to travel extensively in the US, meeting many acousticians, and to be exposed to many applications from rocket testing to listening for beetles moving inside oranges. On my return to Denmark, BK was having problems with the quality of the 36-mm microphones. The aluminium diaphragms were easily corroded and tended to develop short-circuiting whiskers between the diaphragm and backplate. I was asked by Viggo Kjær to work on a 1-inch microphone compatible with the ASA 224.4 standard. I developed a new design, where the diaphragm could be screwed onto the front of the microphone body and allowed diaphragm tension to be adjusted from the front. The W.E. 640AA and the ECL MR-103 were adjusted by moving the internal assembly.
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Real Estate Brokers with the SRES designation help seniors make wise decisions about selling their home, buying rental property, managing the capital gains and estate tax implications of owning real estate, obtaining a reverse mortgage, moving to a senior community and other issues. The designation was introduced in 1997 and is nationally recognized.
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Why? a spat over a parking space.
FORD are testing an info system to aid parking. Drivers can phone a computer, wired to recognise the cars when they arrive, to tell it to reserve them a space.
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Mars is moving into the mint market for the first time this month with the launch of new Skittles variants, and it is putting 4.5m [pounds sterling] — the brands biggest marketing budget so far — behind them. The new packets follow the Skittles Fruit brands multi-flavoured Taste the Rainbow theme, with five different tastes — toffeemint, sweetmint, coolmint, spearmint and peppermint — in five different colours, blue, white, green, yellow and lime. Mars plans a link up with UGC cinemas and blockbuster films, The Wedding Planner and Men of Honour, for a sampling campaign involving 300,000 samples soon after the launch date.
AN Irish motorist has been jailed for four years after he mowed down a group of holidaymakers “like skittles” following a bust-up with them. Two people - a woman and a child - were lucky to escape alive and were seriously hurt when they were thrown into the air. Another young girl escaped with bruising when her push chair was pushed down the pavement in Towyn near Rhyl in Wales. Jobless baker Anthony McLaughlin, 46, originally from Mullingar, Co Westmeath, sped off after deliberately mounted a pavement in his car without any lights on, the court heard.
Mars Confectionery is adding more flavours to the Skittles portfolio with the launch of Skittles Sours. The five new flavours in the Sours bag are pineapple, mandarin, raspberry, apple and cherry and will be available from next month. Rsp: 29p for standard 55g bag, 99p for large 230g bag.
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Bob Barouti was doing business in Upland in the early eighties. He had a car lot on Foothill. Leasing was the name of the game at the time, until the laws changed. Dealerships demanded that they be the only businesses that could lease cars. Barouti had about six RVs in the back of the lot, and, as he describes it, the RVs, “like Pacman,” began to take over. Six became 12 and the business evolved. Soon he found a few acres just off of the freeway and moved out on his own. Land became available in Murrieta, and that city welcomed him with open arms and signage variances. The fact that the MurrietaTemecula area has grown so much over the past decade has just added to his success.
ELKHART, Ind., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ — In the face of todays slowed economy and low consumer confidence, some businesses are still flourishing and setting an example among their peers, exhibiting best practices in their industry. Thats the story behind the dealerships recently recognized as the Top 50 Recreation Vehicle (RV) Dealers in America by RV Business magazine. This program is unique in that it doesnt focus solely on sales. We understand what makes a dealership truly great is not just what it does, but how it gets the job done, explained Sherman Goldenberg, RV Business publisher. RVing offers a special brand of life experiences, togetherness and interaction with the world around us, so successful RV dealers naturally focus on people over products. These dealers were selected for outstanding personal customer service, along with sound business practices and forward-thinking philosophies. The Top 50 was announced in September at a celebration dinner and reception held during the annual Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) convention in Las Vegas, where awards were presented to the Top 50 including the top five Blue Ribbon honorees: Alpin Haus, Amsterdam, N.Y.; Guaranty RV, Junction City, Ore.; Lazydays RV Center, Seffner, Fla.; Mike Thompson RV Center, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., and Tom Johnson Camping Center, Marion, N.C. Among all the applications we received, these five stood out as being something really special, Goldenberg said. All of our winners were chosen because they deserve it, but our Blue Ribbon dealers just knocked our socks off. We are deeply proud to have them represent the RV industry with such excellence, and we want to honor them for it. Tom Johnson Camping Center was also the recipient of the Dave Altman Award, established in memory of the respected southern California dealer and industry activist who passed away in January of 2008. This award is special because its given to someone who embodies the spirit of giving in the industry, from working to make the business end better to building long-lasting personal relationships with each and every customer, stated Goldenberg. We were fortunate to have a guy like Dave Altman in our corner, and similarly, we recognize Tom Johnson Camping Center for being a representative of RVing that we can all really be proud of.
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LIVERMORE — Cleanup crews from the Environmental Protection Agency contained a mercury spill Thursday that ended up in a carport and gutter in a Livermore neighborhood. At about 3 p.m. Wednesday, authorities received reports of metallic-like beads in the gutter in front of the 900 block of Olivina Avenue, said Glen Haendel of the Livermore Fire Department. Richard Martyn, an on-scene coordinator for the EPA, said that the thousands of beads were roughly the size of pinheads.
Eneseal HR roof sealer now has elastomeric water-resistant properties in addition to its heat-refractive properties. Eneseal, which withstands the stresses and movements associated with gutters, flashings, joints and seams, cures to a seamless, moisture-resistant, flexible skin. It is ultraviolet-resistant, nontoxic and nonflammable. It protects virtually any type of surface and is applied with brush, roller or spray.
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The first camera dates back to ancient Greece, with the pinhole camera obscura. But while the camera - in its simplest form-worked, there was no way of preserving images. The first permanent photograph was made in 1826 by Joseph Nicphore Nipce using a sliding wooden box camera made by Charles and Vincent Chevalier in Paris. The first digital camera, developed in the 1970s, weighed 8lbs, was the size of a loaf of bread and captured black and white images on a digital cassette at a resolution of .01 megapixels. Steven Sasson, an engineer working for Eastman Kodak, is credited with the design. Technology has come so far and so fast that anything currently on sale below four megapixels is of questionable worth because there are already camera phones - notably by Nokia and Sharp (for Vodafone) that take three-megapixel pictures. More are on the way, meaning that it is hardly worth paying a premium on such low- quality pictures. At the higher-spec end, once non-professional photographers move past nine megapixels - more than adequate to enlarge to A3 print size - it becomes overkill. Expected developments in digi-cam technology include such basics as moving the power button further from the capture button - so a rushed attempt to take a picture doesnt turn the camera off - and obtaining better quality in poor lighting, currently a big d owner.
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Waylan Cooper has joined the firm in the area of bankruptcy law.
Scott Lauck and Nina Samuel have joined Wilson Associates PLLC as attorneys. Skipper Ray has been promoted to supervising attorney in the eviction department for the firm. Causley Edwards was recognized by the Center for Arkansas Legal Services for exemplary volunteerism. Edwards is an associate with the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock.
Outstanding Lawyer award by the association. Judges John C. Ward and David B. Bogard received Lawyer Citizen awards. Ward has served as a Pulaski County Circuit Court judge since 1990. Bogard has served as a Pulaski County Circuit Court judge since 1983. Gregory S. Kitterman, Jeffrey Ellis and Heather R. Callaway received the Presidents Award from the association. Kitterman is in private practice in Little Rock. Ellis is an attorney at the Allen Law Firm in Little Rock. Callaway serves as executive director of the association.
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At this low ebb in Tory fortunes, the Westminster council scandal hands another hefty piece of ammunition to Labour. The auditors conclusions will be matched with those of Sir Richard Scotts Iraq report. Put crudely, its a message that says the Tories cannot be trusted with power. More subtly - since both Scott and Magill were called in to tidy up after that late Eighties period of Tory hegemony when arrogant politicians gave little thought to the niceties of proper procedure - the lesson is that the more politicians feel they walk on water, the more dangerous they get. The Westminster affair is also to do with amateurism and political paranoia. Lady Porter was always an exotic. She came late to politics and never really understood, let alone sympathised with, the local democratic system. Her fate confirms, perhaps unhappily, that modern British politics is a place for specialists alone. As a local authority, the City of Westminster has a specific character, from which one should not generalise too far. It is the only council to have a permanent Security Service liaison. (Westminsters permission is needed to allow MI5 to check manholes on the routes around Buckingham Palace.)Letting City Hall in Victoria fall into Labour hands seemed akin to giving away the Crown Jewels.
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Caldwell is pleased to introduce a unique, patented lifter designed specifically to handle masonry scaffolding. It safely, quickly, and efficiently moves mast sections, assembled bridge sections, or a combo of the two. Our lifter does exactly the same thing hydraulic work platforms have done for the Masonry Contractors, make their work easier, faster, and safer. This is a real money saver. For more information contact our customer service dept at 800-628-4263, fax 815-229-5686, or email at contract@caldwellinc.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
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A STATELY home is gearing up to share the magic of Christmas with its visitors. Visitors to Belsay Hall, Northumberland, on Saturday, November 24, and Sunday, November 25, will meet its resident Victorian Father Christmas, dressed in sumptuous traditional costume. On Saturday, December 1, and Sunday, December 2, visitors can meet Mr Adams - a butler from the Regency period who will give various presentations throughout the day about Christmas customs from his period. Presentations will be indoors in the hall hourly between 11am and 3pm.
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — A friendly competition between the North and South Poles sets the stage for Dolly Partons Dixie Stampede Christmas at Dixie dinner shows where dreams of a white Christmas always come true. Christmas at Dixie shows are offered Nov. 3-Jan. 1. As a child, Christmas always meant gathering around as Mama read the Christmas story from the Bible to us kids, Dolly Parton said. My wish is that Christmas at Dixie sparks that