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Here's the best exercise drop weight with if you're someone harvest really like exercising. Face the facts. we're all busy this tough people have to make time to drive to and from a gym. only the beginning not even counting time for training. I'm in order to show you an at-home exercise that is perfect for you if more powerful and healthier to save some time and lose weight quickly.
Before streaming Blu-ray movie to iPad/iPad 2, veggies decrypt and backup Blu-ray Disc to hard drive first. WinX Blu-ray Decrypter will be the most choice. It allows you to decrypt and back up Blu-ray Disc into HD video M2TS file in several clicks. Moreover, it includes full Blu-ray supports, which can capable of decrypting AACS and BD+ copy protections from recently released Blu-ray discs.
Go on the iTunes App Store with the iPhone or maybe iPad and download a hotstar app. You'll want to have iTunes installed to get at the App Store. Launch the app and enter your log-in details to browse content material that acquired for the app. Locate content that you would like to view and the streaming start.
Of course, Microsoft is unquestionably trying to obtain you unit their tools, such as Bing, as being a means of reaching market . dual screen or content graze. Because they do have a point - if consumers are doing things that mean may possibly not fully concentrating for your content any kind of time moment in time, you need to somehow these to pay more attention to you.
There is one thing you ought to keep in mind that using streaming plan watch movies and Shows requires lots of bandwidth. Likewise includes relatively high requirement about the internet connection. Insufficient bandwidth and lack of connection speed can ruin your know-how. However, a fact that you should likewise know might be quality of streaming image and sound doesn't have similar level of every blu-ray disc, even the HD streaming content.
It allows you and your kids time to increase other . TV is fun but it is as addictive as chocolate or pepsi. If you don't limit yourself to a set amount, fashion easily find you have spent all evening - or even all day - right in front of it. I know that on the family 'lazy days', when I let they do what they have to want, they'll spend the entire day in front of the tv! This 's time they could be discovering what talents or interests they have, reading books, wiggling with friends or going outside to enjoy some outdoor activities. That will not happen very long as as the hypnotic presence is before them.
You always be change much better completely. You have to start eat proper food, you should stop drinking soda a lot of others. You should also be working out on regularly. No candy, chips, chocolate, ready made meals etc. Change your soda to water. Available of books and manuals on how you can live a proper life. So if you feel serious this particular I suggest that you Google the subject and start being focused on this.
hotstarapp.net : Browse the folders the particular server, tap the folder which unwanted weight to watch and click "Play". Now you are for you to watch Blu-ray movies on iPad/iPad three. Enjoy it.


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A fresh look at the concept of color, with familiar urban scenes captured by Zoran Milich's expert camera lens.
Color has the power to inspire and delight. The playful photographs here invite youngsters on an international urban journey with color as their guide -- from London's famous red double-deckers to New York City's shiny black limousines to Rio de Janeiro's multicolored playgrounds. The ten colors featured are each clearly presented in a main photograph and in a smaller focus image.
Presents the colors through photographs of such city sights as red buses and yellow cabs.

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100% Natural 3-in-1 formula for cleaning glass, windows and surfaces in the bathroom.
USES: Spray & wipe on all hard surfaces. Leave to soak on stubborn stains. Regular use helps control bacteria & mould.
CAUTION: Avoid contact with eyes. Not for consumption. Keep out of reach of children.

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Tuesday 17th October, saw Helena Bates from the Natural History Museum come to William Perkin and carry out further analysis on meteor pictures with the Elite Scientists 2.0 group.
They used UFO analysis software to track the trajectory and speed of the meteors. It is important to have the constellation with meteor, so that it is easily locatable.
The software overlays the theoretical position with the actual position and superimposes the two images, so that trajectory and speed can be worked out.
Thank you to Helena Bates for a sparkling analysis session!

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


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For 35 years, I didn’t drink tea (or coffee for that matter). But then late last year I discovered that I really like chai; spicy black tea. Unfortunately, my gut doesn’t agree. 35 years without caffeine means that the smallest cup of chai sends me a bit dizzy!
So I was looking at something to do with my box of chai bags and I remembered being shown how to infuse rice on an Indian cookery course. It involved lots of simmering of spices for some time in the cooking water. I realised that chai tea does away with all that time consuming faff and have some rice on the table in no time. And you know how much I love faff free cooking!
It’s simple. Bring your pan of water to a boil – I use enough to cover my rice plus 50% ish.
Add two teabags and let them simmer for just three minutes. Any longer, and the overwhelming taste would be tea!
I served my delicately spiced rice with some Vietnamese bac ha chicken – a first for me which was super easy to make and absolutely delicious!
By the way, I bought a proper camera at the weekend! I still need loads of practice, but no more photographing recipes on my phone. All tips welcome!

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text: My good friend from Houston, tenor saxophonist Woody Witt, was here this summer for a NY State tour. We played at Smalls in NYC, then did four performances in the Adirondacks and three more in the Hudson Valley. We also did a recording session of mostly our own compositions, with Lee Hudson-Bass and Tom Melito-Drums…I’m looking forward to the CD release sometime this fall.


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SEOUL (Reuters) - The one certainty in unpredictable North Korea is that if the state detonates a nuclear device or leader Kim Jong-il visits a duck farm, Ri Chun-hee will be on TV boasting about the amazing accomplishment.
Ri is the forceful grandmother speaking with the authority of the state as the main newscaster for North Korea’s only TV channel. Her face is one of the few broadcast abroad and her stentorian reports thunder across airwaves from the land where leader Kim rarely speaks.
Ri, born in 1943, is an actress turned newscaster who first took to the air in 1971 when the North’s state TV channel was taking off.
Slightly plump, with permed black hair, she has become an institution whose bombastic delivery decries the miseries inflicted upon the state by a hostile world while celebrating its military triumphs.
“With her rusty voice that is powerful and appealing, what could the 65-year-old Ri have gone through to become the people’s broadcaster and hardworking hero?,” the North’s Chosun Monthly magazine asked in an article last year.
Kim pushed her to be a broadcaster with fiery speech, the magazine said in one of the few North Korean news stories giving details of her life.
“When Ri announced reports and statements, enemies would tremble in fear,” it added.
Experts in the North’s ideology said she is akin to a high priestess of the state’s propaganda apparatus who cannot be avoided in the hermit country where TV sets turn on and off but cannot change channel.
Over the years, she has denounced South Korea, Japan and the United States with frequency as she delivered news of the North’s two nuclear tests. She brimmed with pride while recounting the activities of Great Leader Kim Il-sung and Dear Leader Kim Jong-il, his son, as they toured military bases, cabbage patches and steel mills.
Usually dressed in traditional Korean clothes, Ri is supposed to fill the role of the most trusted name in news in the North Korean state with expertise in propaganda and developing cults of personality for its leaders.
“She has a very aggressive voice, one that North Koreans would say ‘fills up the screen’,” said Kim Yong, who defected from the North and became a TV personality in South Korea.
“Listening to South Korean newscasters when I first arrived sounded like hearing mom and dad talk in their room. The newscasters sometimes stumbled on words, while the ones in North Korea are never allowed to, or they’ll get fired,” Kim said.
Ri lives in relative luxury in Pyongyang with her husband, children and grandchildren, the North’s magazine story said.
“Ri Chun-hee with her microphone in hand, blessed by the leader, is still with her viewers today looking not a day older than before she was married,” it said.

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text: ABSTRACT Kütahya, the ancient city in which we live, has a very rich history and cultural background. The capital of Germiyanoğulları Principality period, Beylerbeyi center of the Ottoman period, and the city of one of the city of sezade, has a rich architectural heritage in time to build on this importance. Today, a large number of monumental buildings built in different dates to serve different purposes from Castle, Hıdırlık Masjid, Vacidiye Madrasa to the Great Mosque, from Rüstem Paşa (Balıklı) Hamam to the Old Government Mansion, stand before us with all its magnificence and bear the spirit of the Civilization or period they belong to today. In Kütahya, a city that reflects the development and change of Anatolian culture and civilization, besides the monumental architectural examples, another witness of the rich architectural formation that illuminates the past is the houses of today. Our city is one of the lucky cities with its numerous houses and houses. Because a city with a historical identity, is not only monumental architectural examples from. An important part of the historical identity and architectural wealth of a city, which has not been able to preserve the examples of civil architecture, is missing. In this respect, it is necessary to acknowledge that it would be a great mistake to ignore what we call a civilian architectural example by limiting the architectural heritage of the city with only monumental architectural examples. When we visited our city, we lifted our heads and looked carefully; we wanted to show what kind of beauty and value the city had played in shaping the city's historical texture along with the works we call monumental structure of the historical mansion, which was left by our ancestors as a legacy to us. In this study, the traditional Turkish houses in Kütahya center are under the scope of research. The decorations of these houses were examined and supported by photographs. In this study, the history and geographical characteristics of Kütahya province are introduced and the study of determination of the houses within the scope of the research, analysis and photographs of the decorations found in the houses are included.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


text: Dowina.eu has one channel named 'Dowina'. The website has a low global rank with a value of 1 925 753. Dowina is a low-traffic website with 18 visitors daily.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


text: Tried a new dish at Bandar Aden! This is called madfoun. It's a northern Yemeni dish from Hoddideh. The meat is cooked under the coal.


text: 2. [IBM] One who reads the outside literature. At IBM, apparently, such a penchant is viewed with awe and wonder.


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Employee engagement does not have to require the budget of Google in order to make an impact. In fact most employees value a strong relationship with their co-workers and managers over material gifts. Managers who invest in developing a strong relationship with their employees will have increased engagement and loyalty.
Triaster's process mapping software - Process Navigator - is now available free of charge.
Process Navigator is the ultimate drag-and-drop process mapping software, and is both full of functionality and really easy to use. In this article we celebrate that the latest version can be used for free and explore how to process map with Process Navigator.
"I know that our organisation will really benefit from a BPM system, but I am having real trouble securing budget for one."
Is this how you feel? If so, it probably means that your business case is not getting buy-in from the Senior Management Team (SMT), because it is not persuading them that the returns on the investment required are of sufficient value.
Continuous improvement is an ongoing, long-term approach to improving processes, products and services.


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DD1 started riding the bus in 5th grade, before that she was in a private school and didn't live far enough away to be bused by the public school system.
DD2 has ridden the bus since pre-school which picked her up at our door now she goes to the bus stop. Though the next 3 years she will be going to a school that is just 4 blocks away so will walk.

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WATCH: President-elect Donald Trump has tapped charter school advocate and billionaire businesswoman Betsy DeVos as his pick for education secretary, his transition team announced Wednesday.
New rules proposed by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos would impose stricter standards for students defrauded by for-profit colleges to qualify for relief on federal loans.
The planned rewrite of “borrower defense to repayment” rules, proposed on Wednesday by DeVos, would cut an estimated $13 billion in department spending -- primarily awarded directly to defrauded students as debt relief -- compared with Obama-era aid.
The change would substantially limit Obama-era regulations, passed after the collapse of predatory for-profit colleges ITT Technical Institute and Corinthian Colleges, which granted borrowers aid for various breach of contract claims.
Borrowers would also be required to transfer existing credits and find an alternative institution to attend if their college closed. Previous rules had allocated funds for borrowers in the event that a student's for-profit school shuttered unexpectedly.
The proposal, which is slated to open for public comment through the Federal Register, would apply to repayment for loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2019.
DeVos has come under fire in the past for staffing her department with multiple former for-profit college sector executives.
Among them: DeVos's senior advisor Robert Eitel, who prior to serving in the Trump administration spent years as an executive at for-profit college firms Bridgepoint Education and Career Education Corp.
Eitel was brought on by the Education Department as DeVos worked to develop the stricter standards on borrower defense to repayment for defrauded students.
“Postsecondary students are adults who can be reasonably expected to make informed decisions if they have access to relevant and reliable data about program outcomes,” a Department of Education statement on the new rules reads.
Unchecked fraudulent and predatory behavior in the for-profit education industry has been extensively documented and appears to be on the rise. The Project on Predatory Student Lending, a clinic at Harvard Law School's Legal Services Center, was founded in 2012 "to combat the massive fraud that is being perpetrated against students and taxpayers by for-profit colleges, and government policies that enable the predatory industry to continue to cheat borrowers and taxpayers," according to its website.
Reports by the clinic have stressed that fraudulent practices in the for-profit education sector harm African American students at substantially higher rates than other populations. The sector "is as predatory as any payday or subprime lender, and is disproportionately responsible for racial disparities in education debt," a report on for-profit colleges and racial justice notes.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Most kids love fruits. And they will love these Healthy Fruit Snacks for Kids even more. Check out the choice available.
A sweet new recipe with microgreens!
Every kid I’ve met loves pancakes. And, why not? They ARE yummy and are perfect for school lunches too.
Monsoon spells fun to kids. But for their parents, monsoons are a source of constant worry. Infections. Missed school days. Doctor visits.
While researching healthy variants of fruit drinks for kids, I stumbled upon Fru2Go. The more I read, the more I was intrigued. Fresh fruit pulp snacks for kids… wow!
Summer means cold beverages. And juices figure high in that selection of parents who are trying to keep kids away from sugary fizzy drinks. But deciding on what type of juice to give to your kid can leave you feeling confused.
All my Mumbai based friends had been after me to review The Mumum Co snacks range. And after a prompt from Amazon to try their products, I decided to take the plunge.
Freeze dried fruits seem to be the new fad! As I sat down to do the Frubites review, I wondered if the product that claims to be “India’s first real fruit snack with crunch” was better or worse than the ones we had already tried.
The NourishVitals review had me excited! Dehydrated or dried fruits in India are generally limited to aam-papad and amla. A brand was actually using and drying Indian produce like mangos (of course), peaches, plums, pineapple etc. to produce fruit candy. I was looking forward to this tasting.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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Back in 2011, the Mountainsmith Morrison Three-Season Tent bagged both the Killer Value and Killer Deal awards from the Backpacker Gear Guide. From this, we can say that this product is really an award-winning tent. Then again, what does it mean to be actually recognized as an award-winning tent?
Camping is a hobby that millions of people from around the globe enjoy doing, which is why the market for camping tents continues to grow even as we speak. For a camping tent to be regarded as award-winning, though, it has to have three things: remarkable functionality, unparalleled durability, and versatility.
The characteristics we just mentioned are the features you would expect from an award-winning camping tent. Here, we will take a close look at the Mountainsmith Morrison Three-Season Tent to find out if it really does deserve the recognition.
Mountainsmith is a designer and manufacturer of camping and hiking gear. They offer a vast selection of quality products that range from trekking poles and technical backpacks to camera bags, lumbar packs, luggage, sleeping bags, and tents.
Every one of their products is guaranteed to provide comfort and value for money. One such proud Mountainsmith creation is the Morrison Three-Season Tent. Do you think this tent is the one you have been looking for? Let’s find out.
Whether you have been camping for years or just planning to start, one of the very first things that you need to invest in is a camping tent. But how can you be sure that the one you are currently looking at is the right tent to buy? You turn to us, of course.
In order to save you the risk of buying a tent that might not actually live up to its promise, we have gone the extra mile and did the test for you. Here, you will find everything that we have learned about the Mountainsmith Morrison Three-Season Tent, starting with its key features.
The Mountainsmith Morrison Three-Season Tent is a free-standing tent that is made of polyester fabric. It boasts a 35 square feet floor area, 17 square feet vestibule, and a peak height of around 43 inches. This ensures that it can comfortably accommodate up to two adults. In fact, a third person can join in but only if it is a child.
As for ventilation, you won’t need to worry about that with this tent. It is designed with multiple mesh windows that keep the insects out but lets air and sunlight in. Additionally, it also has bathtub flooring with taped seams as well as taped flies, which keeps the floor dry.
Depending on your needs and preferences, you can choose to sleep under the stars because this tent has a detachable ceiling loft. When you look inside, you will also find several mesh pockets where you can store your essentials.
When it comes to setting it up, this tent won’t give you too much of a hassle. It boasts a fly attachment system that makes this tent very easy to set up. For your reference, the setup instructions are also conveniently printed on the stuff sack that it comes with.
The Mountainsmith Morrison Three-Season Tent is an award-winning camping tent that is well worth its price. It features mesh walls, windows, and doors that allow sunlight and air to come in. This tent is spacious enough to accommodate two people and their full camping gear.
Aside from being versatile and functional, this tent is also durable enough to hold its shape even against strong winds and heavy rains. At just four pounds, it won’t put too much strain on your back and eat up too much space in your camping arsenal.
The ALPS Mountaineering Lynx Tent is pretty much just like the Mountainsmith Morrison Three-Season Tent. They have the same look, design, vestibule, up to its fabric, which is polyester too. While they are extremely similar, they do have their differences too—albeit tiny.
For starters, they differ in terms of the strength of the poles and the ability of the fabric to resist wear and tear. In the case of the ALPS Mountaineering Lynx Tent, the poles tend to break easily as with the fabric. However, it wins over the tent from Mountainsmith when it comes to portability and weight.
The ALPS Mountaineering Lynx Tent also comes equipped with a polyester fly that is not only water-resistant but also prevents UV damage. Similar to the other camping tent, it also features two doorways, gear loft, storage pockets, and multiple zippers.
If asked to choose between the two camping tents we have presented above, we’d gladly put our money on the Mountainsmith Morrison Three-Season Tent. We arrived at this conclusion due to many reasons.
First, the fact that it has a stronger and more durable pole than the one from ALPS Mountaineering, which breaks and bends easily when subject to too much tension. This makes the Mountainsmith camping tent more reliable and long-lasting.
Second, although they are made from the same type of fabric, the Mountainsmith tent is less susceptible to wear and tear. The truth is that it was not about the fabric itself but because of the craftsmanship of the seams.
Lastly, the Mountainsmith camping tent is also more lightweight, which is a very important factor for campers and hikers alike. A tent that is too heavy means that it is not very portable, making it not ideal to bring along during long hikes.


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Update for the phone is already available. We just have to go to Settings and check for updates. Software Update is the biggest Plus for any phone. For different chinese vendors after selling the phone they never look back at their customers. At least this Indian company will value its customers hopefully.
The colours are very different and unique. I really like the phone!!
I want to know after sales service and assesscories coming along this fone.
For this price we can get 16 and 8 megafixels camera. And finger print scanner. ..These are running features with this price..u must add this features then it will gonna stunning feature mobile..
Sold out on day one???
An Indian phone going out on sale and sold out on day one. Thats awesome. Waiting for reviews on this phone.
I am totally in love with this phone and can't wait to get mine. It's all I've been waiting for..
This phone is perfect as per specifications given. Eager to buy it on today's sale for sure. Loved the design and color specially orange one :-) Sure shot a win-win.
Great phones SD810 Slim 6.9 Battery performance Very good 3000mah Speaker noise cancelling and high quality sounds QUICK CHARGE SUPPORT'. COND ; HEATING ISSUE'S. CAMERA PERFORMANCE GOOD IF COMPARE TO SUB 10K. NO FINGERPRINT SENSOR.
Nice phone with unique look and good performance.
A nice phone with unique look. So far, the performance is good with a good battery and nice storage.
I am looking forward to buy one soon!! The specs are great!! Its a value for money product!


text: WebRave is your one stop web design service in Ga-Mokgehle Limpopo. While we are based in Johannesburg Gauteng, the nature of our digital service and product offerings knows no geographical bounds. As a fully fledged enterprise software development and digitizations solutions company we are experts in digital presence, web design, data base driven web and mobile applications. If you are looking for a web design service in Ga-Mokgehle Limpopo look no further than WebRave.


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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police are looking for a very tall man who they said forced his way into a Washington Heights apartment and raped a 20-year-old woman.
The suspect, who is approximately 6-foot-9, pushed his way into the apartment on West 163rd Street off Broadway after the victim answered the door around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, 1010 WINS’ Carol D’Auria reported.
The suspect raped the victim before running off, police said.
The victim was taken to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in stable condition.
The suspect is described by police as a Hispanic man between 20 and 25 years old. Police released surveillance images of the suspect in which he is seen wearing black pants and a white shirt with dark horizontal stripes.
The Guardian Angels have also joined in the search for the man, CBS 2’s Alice Gainer reported.
“We have about 10 of our members coming. We’re gonna give out pictures of the suspect,” the Angels’ Edward Shelley said.
Residents told D’Auria the neighborhood is very tight knit and no one seemed to recognize the suspect.
“This is a really good neighborhood, you know. I’ve been living here for more than 40 years. I mean in other words I recognize everybody around here. He don’t belong to this area,” a man named “Jose” said.
Others were shocked at the brazen crime.
Residents who live in the building said they’re frightened.
“It’s shocking to hear that, you know? Because now I’m even more concerned, you know? My wife is pregnant,” resident Carlos Perez told Gainer.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips to the Crime Stoppers website or by texting tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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At some point in our lives we ask the questions "Who am I?" "Why am I here?" and "What am I supposed to do?" Hopefully we begin to ask these questions early on so that we can actually accomplish our purpose in live. When you keep seeking and asking, "Who am I?" The final answer and the truth of that question is "I am". I am (blank), I am (blank), I am.
After the I am you then are just filling in the blanks. But the deep understanding is that we are divine. I am is also the present moment of our reality and how we call ourselves or allow ourselves to be called.
For an example, "I am an artist, I am a writer, I am a teacher, I am a mother, I am a novelist, I am sick, I am well, I am joy etc. The I am is the manifestation of the divine in different aspect of our lives and in everyone's lives.If we could live fulfilled and purposeful lives we could answer, "I am. And that is enough." But we never believe that is enough. We believe that we have to do something to be noteworthy, or that we have to be super wealthy.
We do not believe that we have the power to direct our lives or to change our present moment by calling the I am in a different manner. But if you believed in your own divinity it is likely that you could do something noteworthy and also create such a flow that you could become super wealthy. I am is a force of activation, energy and direction.We must begin to recognize our own divinity, power, strength and beauty in the I am. To live with focus and to unleash our creative potential is to live fearless.
We are the masters of consciousness and consequently the universe. Again if only we recognized that. We are not taking anything away from others when we truly acknowledge our divine nature. On the contrary, it is likely that you will inspire others to live a creatively expansive life as well, that they will find their strength and they will inspire others.
She teaches children's yoga ages 3-6, and 7-12 and Adults privately in NJ. She is the author the book DAUGHTER BELOVED which will come out next year. She has created a children's affirmation CD (ages 3-6) and an affirmation CD for adults. Yoga Kat is available for speaking or writing and can be reached at katscoolcorner@yahoo.com or 201 970-9340.COMING SOON http://www.


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A view of Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
Everyone’s decided which team they’ll be rooting for this Sunday as the L.A. Rams take on the New England Patriots at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
If you’re going to the game, you’ll also get a chance to cast your vote in another epic battle.
As part of its special food offerings for the Super Bowl, Mercedes-Benz Stadium is serving $5 hot dogs dressed up for each of the teams playing in the big game.
The N.E. Bean-town Frank is topped with northern beans, maple syrup, nueskes bacon and green onions.
The N.E. Dog will be served at Super Bowl 53 on Sunday.
The L.A. Chicharrόn Dog comes topped with pinto beans, jalapenos, garlic, roasted poblano pepper strips, cotija cheese, tajin seasoned chicharrόnes and cilantro.
The L.A. dog will be served during Super Bowl 53.
So, when it comes to hot dogs, which team gets your support?
If hot dogs aren’t your thing, don’t worry -- there are plenty of other options throughout the stadium, including items from Molly B’s, Kevin Gillespie’s Gamechanger and The Iberian Pig. Another bonus? The “fans first”’ concession pricing will remain in effect for the big game.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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Choosing a mattress is not an easy job. A mattress is a big investment, and it is important to make sure that you make the right choice. The need to keep replacing your mattress every time will be reduced if you choose a good mattress. Before choosing your mattress, take time and determine what is important to you. TopTenMattresses.com will give you a variety of choices on mattresses. You need to make sure that the mattress you choice will enhance comfort and durability. There are various factors that you need to consider when choosing a good mattress.
When buying a bed mattress, you need to consider the type of style that you like. You can choose a firm mattress, or you can choose that is bouncy. There are people who like sleeping with a firm mattress and others like a bed that is a little bouncy. For the firm mattress, you should consider a foam mattress because it allows you to rest on a firm surface. If you want something with a bouncy feeling, then you should consider a mattress with an innerspring.
It is important to choose a mattress that is easy to customize according to your needs. For instance, there are air-filled mattresses that allow you to control the amount of air in the mattress. Some of the easy to customize mattress include air-filled vinyl mattress and also rubber chamber mattresses.
When buying a mattress consider buying a mattress that is allergen resistant. Most of the mattresses tend to be affected by dust mites and other termites, and this affects the durability of the mattress. On the other hand, if you are likely to suffer from allergies, you need to consider looking for organic mattress options. Latex and foam mattresses are recommended for people who have allergies.
You are not supposed to clean or dry clean your mattress. However, you can maintain hygiene by cleaning the mattress cover. Some mattresses have easy to clean covers so make sure that you consider this option when choosing a mattress.
Durability is also an important factor when choosing a mattress. Take time and make sure that you choose a durable mattress. Cheap is always expensive, so cost should not be a factor when choosing a good mattress.

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Adrienne Defendi exhibits Bison Boy in the 10th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show, juried by Ann Jastrab, at RayKo Photo Center, 428 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94107.
The exhibition runs from March 1 – April 23, 2017.
Opening Reception, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, 6 – 8 pm.


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Reduce pain, improve healing, relieve muscle tension and regenerate nerves without pharmaceuticals.
Low level Lasers have been used for years as treatment for various conditions. Low level laser therapy uses light energy from lasers to encourage cellular and biological responses from the body. The laser light photons coax cells to release cellular energy, which the body uses to promote the restoration of normal cells.
Low Level Lasers are a subset of hard tissue and soft tissue laser therapies. However Low Level Lasers have remained nearly unused in dentistry even though they can provide benefits in almost every aspect of it.
Post Extraction: Significantly decreases pain, swelling, bruising and inflammation. The healing speed of the extraction will also increase.
Restorations: Stimulates the release of endorphins which lead to a decreased pain sensation without as much need for anesthetic.
Dental Infections: Reduces the inflammatory cells to facilitate faster healing.
Dental Implants: Substantially decreases pain and inflammation and improves the integration of the implant into the bone.
Facial Pain: Reduces the pain and muscle tension, while stimulating healing within the joint.
Dental Hypersensitivity: Low level lasers combined with a mild chemical agents reduce the potential in certain tooth fibers to react painfully to stimuli such as hot and cold.
Lesions: Can prevent cold sores from erupting if treated early and speeds the healing where sores or lesions have erupted.
Low level laser light therapy is non-invasive and has no significant side effects. Light therapy uses the body’s own natural resources to provide pain relief, muscle relaxation, wound healing and nerve repair. The procedures we perform using the Low Level Laser, often leave patients in significantly less pain than they expected. Our patients are often pleasantly surprised by the improved healing speed provided by our low level laser therapies as well as the decreased pain felt after dental appointments.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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We design products that we love ourselves. We always strive for the highest possible quality. We care about the world around us and work with sustainable and thoughtfully considered materials.
Swiss mechanics, diamond-cut Sapphire Crystal glass and 316L surgical Stainless steel are core components at Harper & Brooks. They take pride in using locally sourced materials like vegetable tanned leather from Tärnsjö Garveri in Sweden and organic wool material from Scandinavia.
I personally really love the classics, their wool collection is very unique and I really like that everything is locally sourced. In this way , I am really proud to be working with a Norwegian brand with such strong values, I believe we should be supporting everything local if we can and most importantly Norwegian Design.
This week and until Friday, everything on the Harper and Brooks webstore is marked 30% down and many of favorite designs are marked 70% down. If you are also looking to support Norwegian Design and on the market for a watch, this is really a great opportunity. I chose a few designs to showcase today, but do visit the webstore to find more of the range and all the great sale opportunities ( like the gift section where you can find a watch and an extra strap). There is free International shipping with all orders so you dont need to live in Norway to take advantage of this great opportunity.

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Rethinking Virtue Ethics offers a model of Aristotelian virtue ethics based on a deductive paradigm. This book argues that, contrary to what many contemporary thinkers are inclined to believe, Aristotelian virtue ethics is consistent with at least some action-guiding moral principles being true unconditionally, and that a justification for general moral principles can be grounded in fundamental concepts within Aristotle’s theory. An analysis of ethical propositions that hold for the most part is proposed that fits well within the deductive paradigm developed.
This unique interpretation of virtue ethics has implications for recent discussions of the virtues in social psychology, issues about how fundamental moral principles are known, questions about the justification of inalienable rights, debates about moral particularism and generalism, and discussions of moral realism and anti-realism.


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Company issues statement saying it is working on amendments to the Special Development Order and has backing of bank.
Tucker's Point Resort is in talks with Government to scale back their development, it was announced last night.
Senators could resume debating the controversial Special Development Order shortly.
Last Friday five Senators came out in support of the SDO and five came out against it; however, the debate was halted before independent Senator Carol Ann Bassett could give her opinion. The SDO would have allowed the hotel to build more than 70 private homes on the 240-acre environmentally important Castle Harbour property.
Last night, Government announced the hotel had “reconsidered” its development plans and presented proposals to Government, which the company believes will allay the Senators' concerns.
A Government spokeswoman said: “The Government has studied the proposals and believes they provide a significant opportunity for this matter to proceed in the Senate. To this end, the Government and Tucker's Point Club representatives briefed the Independent Senators and the Opposition Senate Leader on the proposals earlier on Wednesday afternoon.
This afternoon Tucker's Point released a statement which said it was in disucssions with Government over amendments to the SDO.
"During the Senate debate on Friday, March 18, a number of Senators expressed concerns regarding environmental and planning issues.
"Since the Senate debate, Tucker’s Point has worked with Minister Walter Roban, Minister of the Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy and Minister Patrice Minors, Minister of Business Development and Tourism, to address these issues.
"Throughout the week, consultations and presentations have been made to Cabinet Ministers, Department of Planning officers and representatives of the Independent Senators, the Opposition Senators and the Government Senators.
"The focus of these meetings has been to explore compromises which balance the needs of Tucker’s Point to develop the resort while seeking protections to the natural environment of its land holdings.
"Tucker’s Point has also been in discussion with HSBC Bank of Bermuda which is the lead lender to the company and they have indicated their support of the amendments which they believe will contribute to the financial security of Bermuda’s ultra-luxury resort.
"The proposed manager of the resort, Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, has also indicated its support for the compromises which allow it to operate successfully and introduce Bermuda to its many dedicated clients.
"Rosewood’s entry into the Bermuda tourism market is dependent on a successful outcome to the SDO debate.
"Tucker’s Point looks forward to an expeditious resolution of the issues raised in the recent debate of the SDO. The major tourism season for Bermuda is about to get underway and Tucker’s Point looks forward to focusing its energy on providing world class service to its guests who come to enjoy this beautiful island of Bermuda."


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A Swiss tourist on Monday showed up to pay for damage from a drone he crashed through a window at a Times Square building — and was promptly arrested.
Paolo Prosetti, 29, was charged with violating a city administrative code that prohibits flying any sort of aircraft over the city except in designated locations.
Drone flying is allowed in four city parks, none in Manhattan.
The suspect was taken into custody about 9:20 a.m. after showing up at 1700 Broadway near W. 54th St. to retrieve his drone and apologize, cops said. It crashed through a window on the 21st floor about 7:40 p.m. Sunday.
When he showed up Monday he apologized, asked for the drone back and offered to pay for the damage. Instead, a building manager called police.
Prosetti was awaiting arraignment Monday night.


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Enjoy good cocktails, live music and shows at Barcelona’s most enigmatic cave.
Las Cuevas de los Rajahs (carrer d’en Gignàs, 2) is a Gaudi Inspired cocktail bar located at Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter that merges his modernist style with the mystery of the Far East. A charming spot outstanding an original decoration, a wide variety of quality cocktails and live shows and the possibility to enjoy the most important sports events.
It takes its name from James Brooke, an English adventurer who became the first white Rajah from Sarawak, Malaysia. Las Cuevas is inspired by the dark caves of this unknown land, incredible places full of treasures. A landscape that, a few years later, Gaudí would reproduce at forgotten Sala Mercé, which became the meeting point for intellectuals and artists of the beginning of the 20th century. In the basement the architect designed the Fantastic Grottoes, which he decorated with stalactites, stalagmites and a waterfall inside.
Inside Las Cuevas de los Rajahs.
Las Cuevas de los Rajahs resurrects the spirit of Sala Mercé and James Brook. It can be said that it is the heir of this vanished place adapted to the 21st century. Getting into this mysterious spot being into Ali Baba’s babouches followed by his fellow Forty Thieves to discover a place full of treasures; although these ones are shaped like mojitos, delicious appetizers or live performances.
It is the perfect bar for those who want to get the most of Barcelona’s bars. There is always something happening here. Key days are Fridays and Saturdays, when there are live music concerts– local and international artists introduce their songs or make versions of classic ones- stand up comedy shows or Drag Queen performances; as well as sports broadcasts or networking events. For this season they plan student nights with special discounts, beer pong, Pub Quiz and theme parties. You’ll find more upcoming appointments at www.lascuevasbar.com and their Facebook fanpage.
Concert at las Cuevas de los Rajahs.
The privileged location of Las Cuevas de los Rajahs makes it the perfect place to surprise a date or your friends. Not mentioning the cocktail menu…What a menu! In addition to typical sangria and mojitos, they propose succulent temptations such as Children of the Pop-Corn (spiced rum, Butterscotch syrup, vanilla ice cream, popcorn); Queen Mary (a Bloody Mary with a secret touch); El Condenado (only suitable for experienced drinkers) or refreshing Spring Break (Hendricks, mint, kiwi and ginger syrup).
Although Las Cuevas is not exempt from a certain touch of secrecy, everyone is welcome. It is undoubtedly one of the most original bars in Barcelona. Do you dare to discover this fantastic grotto inspired by Gaudí?


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NOTE: Our journey plans have changed – see here for updated info on that.
It’s only really possible to travel south from Monrovia to Greenville during the dry season in Liberia – one of the reasons we chose early November to activate AF-111.
Using a 4×4 vehicle, it will take approx 10 hours driving out of Monrovia to reach Greenville. The roads are mostly mud.
Thereafter, we meet with local community leaders who will travel a further 3 hours with us to a small village. Baiyah Island is offshore from here.
Traditional large wooden canoes will take us and our equipment to the island.
Dickson EL2DT wearing life vest in traditional wooden canoe. Note Baiyah and Flat islands in distance.


text: From Cozumel International Airport: You can easily take the regular airport service, located outside customs, it’s a 15min ride to the hotel. By driving you will take a right on the main road to the North Hotel Zone for 3 miles. It is the last hotel on the north side of the island. If your flight lands at Cancun Airport, you have air and ground options for travel to Cozumel, for more information please contact the resort.


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The Battle of the Bald consisted of 14 students who volunteered to shave their heads on Dec. 2, said School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior Daniel Chulak, who participated in the event. Roughly $4,440 were raised on the day of, with additional donations pushing the total to more than $5,000.
“I decided to participate because I want to make a difference and join the fight against childhood cancer. Every child deserves to grow up cancer free and if I could do anything to help it I will,” Chulak said.
The Battle of the Bald took place in the Livingston Student Center, with all proceeds going to St. Baldrick’s, an organization that donates funds to cancer research.
Students grew their hair out in preparation for the event. On Friday, more than 40 people attended the event, which featured music and food.
The purpose of the event was to show solidarity with children who have cancer and to raise funds for research, said School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Vladimir Carrasco, who participated in the event.
“I shaved my head for the children. I did it for all the children who don't have a choice but to be bald because of this terrible disease. I do this to raise awareness and funds for research, all in hope that we can beat cancer and give these kids the opportunity to live a full and healthy life,” Carrasco said.
Friends and family members of participants donated money, but volunteers also collected money outside of local businesses, he said.
Carrasco said even a small donation has the potential to help many children.
School of Arts and Sciences senior Katie Miller, who organized the event, said she did so after shaving her own head in February in remembrance of her late uncle.
“(A) representative at the foundation reached out to me and asked if I could start an event at Rutgers because he knew I loved my own experience so much. Now, this semester is my last semester at Rutgers and I had a lot going on so I wasn't sure if I should take on another thing, but St. Baldrick's has become this huge part of who I am so I knew I had to do it,” she said.
Miller began organizing the event in September and her only expectations were to have one person participate in shaving their head, she said.
The best part was watching 14 people contribute to an act of kindness.
“They are my rock stars, and truly hold a special place in my heart. I have this life motto and it is all about kindness and how easy, simple and especially contagious it is and to me this event was the perfect representation of that,” she said.


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NEW DELHI: Global realty market is likely to witness an investment of more than $1 trillion this year, up 6 per cent from 2015, as investors continue to find real estate appealing on relatively higher returns, according to property consultant CBRE survey.
India's real estate sector is also expected to get some benefit, though a small share, of the global real estate investment funds, the consultant said.
"Global real estate investors remain strongly expansionary in 2016, with more than $1 trillion of planned expenditures anticipated to enter global real estate markets - 6 per cent higher than in 2015," CBRE said in a statement.
The CBRE's Global Investor Intentions Survey, conducted between January and early February, asked investors how much capital they would deploy in real estate purchases this year.
"The results reveal there is approximately $1.16 trillion of capital targeting property investment in 2016 - an increase of 3 per cent from 2015 levels in local currency terms," CBRE said.
Commenting on the survey findings, CBRE's Global President Capital Markets Chris Ludeman said: "Investors continue to find real estate appealing, chiefly due to the relatively higher returns and stability on offer."
"We believe that 2016 will be another active year for the global real estate investment market, with capital flows 6 per cent higher than in 2015. There is more than $1 trillion of capital targeting real estate in 2016 and this volume of expenditure will maintain support for global real estate prices," he added.
Stating that investment strategies are shifting amid concerns about the health of the global economy, Ludeman said 2016 looks likely to be a "risk-off" year, with investors more focused on core assets and less likely to seek secondary, value-added and alternative opportunities.
"Real estate remains an important asset class for domestic and overseas investors. The year 2016 promises to be a good one for the industry and it is expected that India's real estate sector will get some benefit, albeit a small share, of the global real estate investment funds," said Anshuman Magazine, Chairman & MD, CBRE South Asia.
In terms of asset classes, CBRE's report said office (30 per cent) remains the most popular property type globally, though interest is down slightly compared to last year.
"There is a notable uptick in interest for retail (21 per cent) and multifamily assets (20 per cent) from 2015".


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The Golden West Winds is part of the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West from Travis Air Force Base, California. Comprised of flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, and bassoon, this ensemble supports a wide variety of musical events ranging from military ceremonies and patriotic shows to educational programs and recitals of original works for woodwind quintet. To support these events the Golden West Winds plays music of all styles including marches, jazz and classical music.
Tailoring every show to its audience, the Golden West Winds performs a variety of different community relations concerts throughout the western United States. The group can perform several completely distinctive shows at any time. Their “Americana” show is suitable for any audience while the educational show is specialized young students. The recital program is perfect for any concert hall or chamber music series.
The Golden West Winds’ innovative music education program allows the group to share their enthusiasm and expertise in a lively, interactive concert presented to elementary students. For middle school through college school students, the quintet provides concerts, clinics, and master classes. In this capacity, The Golden West Winds has performed at schools such as the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the University of Redlands. The ensemble’s recital show was featured in 2012 at the Camerata Musica concert series as well as the College of the Siskiyous Performing Arts Series.
The members of the Golden West Winds are all professional Air Force musicians working in support of Air Force and Air Mobility Command official military recruiting and community relations objectives.


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Case Study Two | Invatron Systems Corp.
case study Two - $5 million sales lift.
Introduction of Periscope Production Planning in the Fresh Departments. The assortment of products was localized and ‘right-sized’ for each store resulting in maximum choice without creating shrink and freshness issues.
Periscope enabled the region and local store to make fact based decisions to ensure delivery and production of the right quantity of product, at the right time, in the right place. The allocation of space for merchandising and selling was optimized resulting in a $5 million sales increase across the region.


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1) The SIGMA ONE-LOK Series SLCEH is a mechanical joint restraining gland that implements a series of individually activated wedges into the mechanical joint follower gland. When the wedge segment is engaged by the actuating bolt, the primary contact edges of each wedge segment lock onto the pipe wall. This action causes the primary contact edges to grip the pipe and effectively restrain all classi cations of both AWWA C900/C905 and ASTM D2241 IPS size PVC pipe.
2) ONE-LOK SLCEH’s precision contoured wedges provide proper contact and support of the PVC pipe wall. Each wedge is manufactured with an elongated contour that evenly matches the outside circumference of each nominal diameter of PVC pipe.
3) ONE-LOK SLCEH’s wedge actuating bolt provides the installer with two visual torque indicators. The breakaway top and secondary shoulder stop ensure proper engagement of the wedge segment at the time of installation. Unlike other actuating bolts, the ONE-LOK SLCEH is manufactured with a proprietary quality control system that ensures the breakaway tops will activate at the correct torque. The breakaway top is sized to match the same dimensions of the bolts and nuts used to assemble the mechanical joint tting and follower gland, eliminating the need for special installation tools. Once engaged, the actuating bolt leaves a residual hex-head shank, allowing post-installation disassembly of the restrained joint, if necessary.
4) ONE-LOK SLCEH also features a non-corrosive, two-piece ABS plastic spacer that is removed when using the product to restrain IPS sized pipes meeting ASTM D2241. The two-piece design of this spacer allows it to be removed without requiring disassembly of the product. When the ONE-LOK SLCEH is used to restrain pipes meeting AWWA C900, the spacer is left intact on the actuating bolt.
5) The SIGMA ONE-LOK Series SLCEH is a mechanical joint restraining gland that implements a series of individually activated wedges into the mechanical joint follower gland. When the wedge segment is engaged by the actuating bolt, the primary contact edges of each wedge segment lock onto the pipe wall. This action causes the primary contact edges to grip the pipe and effectively restrain all classi cations of both AWWA C900/C905 and ASTM D2241 IPS size PVC pipe.


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Francisco de Zubarán, Cup of Water and a Rose on a Silver Plate, about 1627-1630. National Gallery, London.
I am not officially a teetotaler, but until this week, I had been largely on the leaf (and off the bean) for quite a while. During my recent visit to the capital, I drank as much coffee in three days as I have in the past ten years, and spent my first night more or less velcroed to the ceiling of my hotel room.
I am by no means complaining, you understand. I really cherish our quirky regional variations, and I did have some delicious coffee.
Riley, Gillian, and National Gallery (Great Britain). A Feast for the Eyes. London and New Haven: National Gallery Publications; Distributed by Yale University Press, 1997.
You Can Still Save the World by Drinking Vodka!


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When buying motor insurance you should compare quotes of the different insurance companies. This is the most convenient way to zero down on the best policy. You can find insurance quotes online which makes your search hassle free. To get car insurance online, make sure that you are getting the best value for your money.
You can save money if you insure more than one vehicle with the same insurance company. In this way, you can save money on each policy and this helps to save on the premium.
There is a general thumb rule for most insurance policies which says the higher your deductible is, the lower your premium will be. So, as long as you can afford to incur some loss from your pocket, you should opt for high deductibles.
You can always get hold of your car insurance policy along with the other insurance policies that you need to buy. While doing so, the chances of getting a good discount from the insurers increase and help you to save money.
Driving carefully and meticulously is one of the best ways to reduce premiums. If you drive well and follow all the traffic rules, chances of getting any tickets from the police or meeting with an accident are less. This will also have an impact on the insurance premium.
There are some companies which calculate the premium on the basis of the kilometers you drive. In such a scenario, it is better to opt for systems like the car pool on a regular basis so that the usage of the car is less and you are in a position to get discounts from the insurance companies.
Installation of an anti theft device in the car is a good thing to do too, as this reduces the chances of the car getting stolen. With these security measures in place, you will find plenty of insurance companies that can give you lucrative discounts.

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Environmental site assessments and environmental audits have become a standard feature of property transactions and Brownfield redevelopment programs. At Cox-Colvin, the majority of our due diligence work is performed for industrial clients with multiple facilities situated across the country, utilizing our broad understanding of federal, and state regulatory requirements. Performed by teams of qualified geologists, engineers and regulatory specialists, we identify the potential environmental liabilities related to the transaction by identifying the presence, or likely presence of past, present, or potential recognized environmental conditions on a subject property. Throughout this process, we work closely with our clients to understand their specific needs, explain risk from both a regulatory and business standpoint, and provide the information needed to make informed financial decisions.
Through the Ohio Voluntary Action Program (VAP), businesses and property owners can investigate possible environmental contamination, clean up the property, and receive a covenant not to sue (CNS) from the State of Ohio ensuring that additional cleanup won’t be needed. VAP maximizes resources and expertise in the private sector by using qualified, experienced professionals such as engineers and scientists certified by Ohio EPA as certified professionals (CP).
Cox-Colvin tailors our investigations, risk assessments, and remediation approaches to the clients’ end use plan in the redevelopment of brownfield sites through programs such as the Ohio Voluntary Action Program (VAP). Craig A. Cox, CPG, CP serves as a Certified Professional under the Ohio VAP.


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Is your garage not as big as you would like? Consider an extension or enlargement by Greene Construction.
Greene Construction is experienced in garage remodel and garage extensions.
Greene Construction manages each renovation from start to finish. Depending on the scope of the project, skilled tradespeople might be required and we manage this for each of our clients.
All of our team members are insured, licensed professionals. Greene Construction in Minneapolis handles the scheduling and coordination so you don’t have to. Whatever your renovation needs are, we have the people to complete the entire project on time and within your budget.
We take pride in our ability to stay up-to-date on the latest and most advanced Minneapolis garage construction trends. A well-planned garage conversion can increase the square footage of your home. It can also amount to additional income with the creation of a garage apartment or FROG (finished room over garage).
Garage Doors: The biggest question related to most of our garage conversions involves the garage door. If you decide to remove it, we can help you come up with a seamless and effective way to fill the space.
Flooring: Typical garage flooring is made up of uninsulated concrete that often slopes toward the garage door or a floor drain. To even out the surface of your garage, we recommend you allow us to fill the bottom of the garage door opening with a curb that will keep water out and protect wall framing from moisture damage.
Heating and Cooling: Depending on whether or not the garage is attached to the house, we can extend the existing heating and cooling system into the converted space.
Wiring: Do you expect to increase the amount of electricity you use? If so, you may need to update the wiring in your garage to include at least one new 20-amp circuit.
Plumbing: While getting water supplied to the garage is simple, it could amount to a big headache if you can’t figure out a way to effectively drain water out and away from the space. If you are lucky enough to have a connecting laundry or utility room, we may be able to turn the space into a garage bathroom.
Greene Construction in Minneapolis can also expand your car stall to make it fit your needs. Whether you have a compact car or truck, they can build you a stall to any size.
Interested in building a new garage from the ground up? Or converting your existing garage into an income property? Greene Construction can help you increase your home’s square footage and revenue potential with our premier garage construction and conversion services in Minneapolis.
If you are ready for a garage remodel visit http://www.greeneconstructioninc.com/ for more information.


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It’d be pretty easy to pull together a list of historical employers who were irredeemably megalomaniacal or amorally greedy, but I’m not sure we can learn much from those folks. Once we weed out the loonies and the demonic head honchos, though, we are left with a few famously bad bosses who actually had potential, but made some very poor choices along the way that ultimately resulted in failure. In some cases, admittedly, the failure wasn’t immediate, but either way I think each of these bad bosses has something to teach us.
A few weeks ago I wrote a piece on 5 Famously Disengaged Employees in History and the Lessons They Can Teach Us. So I thought this week we could look at it from the other side. Let’s consider, then, five really terrible historical bosses and how we think they could have done a lot better by their employees.
Where He Started: One of the South’s most famous sons, Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson was a gifted military tactician and revered general. He earned his nickname with his victory in the First Battle of Bull Run.
What He Did Right: A West Point graduate, considered to be one of the best tactical commanders in U.S. history, Jackson was a Mexican War vet and professor at the Virginia Military Institute. He began the Civil War as a colonel and swiftly rose through the ranks. His victory at Chancellorsville is still regarded as textbook.
How He Messed It Up: Jackson rarely promoted the right people. When he did, he didn’t trust them with enough latitude, which cost them opportunities for further promotion in Lee’s army. He was also extremely secretive, keeping subordinates in the dark about key battle plans, which resulted in disgruntled officers and several key losses.
Biggest Losses: Jackson was returning to his own lines after a secret reconnoiter when he was mortally wounded by some of his own men. He lost his arm, then his life. His successor was Richard Ewell, a man Jackson promoted, but who went on to lose the Battles of Gettysburg and Spotsylvania, and the South eventually lost the Civil War.
What He Didn’t Know: Communication is key. Goals and objectives should be clearly articulated to staffers. Talent management and succession planning should be double-checked using crowd-sourced data, and not rely on one single point of potential failure.
Where He Started: Patterson was a self-made farm boy turned businessman. When he realized he was being robbed blind by dishonest clerks, he went into the cash register business.
What He Did Right: His pioneering factories, with floor to ceiling windows and fresh air, were a welcome change from the sweatshops of the day. “We cannot afford to have a single dissatisfied customer” was a phrase Patterson coined and hung on the wall of each of his service departments to communicate company values.
How He Messed It Up: His interest in his employees went overboard and his company culture turned toxic. Patterson became a control freak who forced workers to submit to spot cleanliness inspections and follow his own fad diet regimes. Worst of all, Patterson liked to hire, fire and rehire employees on a whim just to break their confidence. He once fired an employee for not riding his horse properly.
Biggest Loss: One of the employees he trivially fired was Thomas Watson, who went on to become head of IBM.
What He Didn’t Know: Dissatisfied employees are what cause dissatisfied customers. Company culture counts and company values need to be lived on all levels of an organization, but especially at the top.
Where He Started: Born a prince of the Qin state, Qin Shi Huang unified China and became its first emperor—beginning nearly two millennia of Chinese imperial rule. His 35 year reign was marked by incredible cultural and intellectual growth.
What He Did Right: Qin Shi Huang is responsible for many political, economic and cultural reforms. He built a road system, simplified the Chinese writing system and standardized weights and measures. He also built the Qin Terracotta Army, and, most impressively, the Great Wall of China.
How He Messed It Up: Qin’s twin obsession with reform and stability caused him to be highly inflexible. When Confucianism and other philosophies blossomed under his rule, he viewed the schools of thought as threats to his authority, and ordered all books not related to his reign burned. When this didn’t work, he had the scholars buried alive. Qin Shi Huang ruled by terror and spent massive amounts of money to build his extravagant palaces and now famous tomb.
Biggest Losses: While the empire itself persisted, Qin Shi Huang’s own dynasty didn’t last. His heir was tricked into suicide and widespread unrest followed by a subsequent military defeat ended the era.
What He Didn’t Know: Good leaders are flexible and inclusive. They build stability and growth not by force, but by setting a tone from the top that creates a culture of recognition—not repression—of new ideas.
What He Did Right: Henry presided over an era of growing prosperity, and began his rule as a devout son of the Church—even writing a book in its defense. He was popular and well loved as a young man.
How He Messed It Up: Henry’s obsession with siring a male heir led him out of step with society. His divorce and six total marriages shocked the nation and he shattered the peace of the realm with the English Reformation, where England officially became a Protestant state. Though he was an advocate of humanist learning, he was responsible for the deaths of more than a few English humanist thinkers and writers, including Sir Thomas More. In fact, he beheaded more English leaders and thinkers than any other monarch, before or since.
Biggest Losses: Henry’s absolutism cost him in the court of public opinion, and he lost much of his early popularity. (If social networks had existed, he would have been in pretty big trouble.). His early death from a life of obesity and excess left his young sick son Edward in his place, and caused decades of religious turmoil that would only be resolved under the reign of his daughter, Elizabeth I, who was a lot smarter about social networking than her father.
What He Didn’t Know: Don’t make decisions that affect everyone from a vacuum or for personal gratification. Don’t ignore the power of the social network of your day or the collective opinion of those who you lead.
Where He Started: Though he started as a player, Comiskey believed in baseball enough to defy the wishes of his family and pursue the game. He soon became a team manager in the early days of baseball.
What He Did Right: As the owner of the Chicago White Sox from 1900 to 1931, the year of his death, Charles Comiskey won five American League championships and built Comiskey Park, in 1900.
What He Didn’t Know: Invest in your employees. Pay attention to their happiness and they will work hard for you. Take them for granted at your peril.
One of the themes that runs through all of these stories is the corruption of power. Thankfully the absolute power that existed in days past is largely part of that past. Unfortunately, however, too few of today’s bosses have entirely learned that lesson. In today’s companies, much of the true power of our organizations lies in the discretionary effort and good will of an engaged and motivated workforce. Keep them that way, and avoid the pitfalls of power.


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If you will be taking a journey by Intercity train in The Netherlands our guide will tell you all you need to know, from boarding, to making the most of the journey experience.
Dutch national rail operator NS, uses a generic ‘InterCity’ branding for its express trains that skip stations.
These single deck (ICM) trains are fundamentally different to the double deck ‘InterCity’ trains used in The Netherlands.
You won’t see ICM on any timetable or station signage - so we have co-opted the technical name ICM - as per Wikipedia’s Dutch trains guide.
Seats cannot be reserved on these trains, and seats may not be available in all coaches on the busiest trains.
The Dutch take a no-frills, functional approach to their express trains, but as very few journeys take more than a couple of hours, the lack of a wow factor doesn’t matter at all.
A useful feature on these trains is that there are electronic information panels in the carriages/coaches.
Amongst the information shown are the details of the connecting trains at the stations the train will call at, including the departure times and spoor/platform/track numbers.
The routes on which these service can be available are shown in this page (though the page is in Dutch, the routes are listed under 'NS Reizigers').
Some areas of the coaches in both 1st and 2nd class are quiet zones in which mobile phones etc can’t be used.
Look for the symbols of a red line through a phone by the doors on the outside of the train and other symbols on the inside of the train.
The platforms at Dutch stations aren’t zoned, so people tend to gather at the entrance points to a platform/spoor, near to the electronic train departure indicators.
So to increase your chances of finding a seat and having a less stressful boarding, move away from the crowds, but don’t go too far.
These single deck InterCity trains can be between 4 and 12 coaches long, but the departure information on the electronic indicators on the platform/spoor doesn’t show how long a train will be.
Whether a coach is 1st or 2nd class is indicated by numbers ‘1’ or ‘2’ on the side of the coaches.
2nd class is open plan, while in 1st class some seats are in compartments and others are open plan.
The doors will not open automatically - the door button on the exterior is some distance from the doors, below the ‘1’ or ‘2’ that indicates whether a coach is 1st or 2nd class.
On the interior follow the arrows that indicate which button will open the doors.
However, they share other routes with the double deck InterCity trains - though you’re NOT ikely to be on a ICM train if you’re travelling to/from or via Amsterdam Centraal.
On some routes (particularly those to/from Den Haag Centraal and Rotterdam Centraal) multiple ICM trains can be joined together for part of the journey.
The trains are then separated (most commonly at Utrecht, Amersfoort or Zwolle), so check on the info screens in each coach - to confirm that you are travelling in the part of the train that is heading to your final destination.


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Bowling Ball Garden in Brookline. Hopeful for Spring.
This was shot two weeks ago but I wanted to post this bowling ball garden in a Pittsburgh neighborhood- Brookline. Thanks to Donna for finding it for me.
Tuesday March 5th is Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras.
Pączki is pronounced Poonch–key. The Pączki sign was in the bakery window as my friend Donna and I were headed to her home after eating breakfast in Dormont. I had never heard of them.We parked and I went into the bakery and Lynn was wonderful to tell me all about the Pączki. I bought six, three for Donna and three for Steve and me. Lynn put each order in white bakery bags. When we got back to Donna’s we cut one in half and shared it along with a cup of tea.
If you live in Pittsburgh they are available through Fat Tuesday at the Party Cake Shop on Brookline Boulevard.
Here is what the Party Cake Shop says “Pączki is a pre-Lenten Mardi Gras tradition deriving from the Polish word meaning little package.
The taste reminded me of a fresh doughnut from childhood. Much tastier than any doughnut I have eaten in years. I see there are recipes online to make your own but a trip to Party Cake Shop would be well worth the effort. Last summer visiting friends took the ‘Burgh Bits and Bites Food Tour in Pittsburgh’s neighborhood of Brookline.
A couple of dear friends flew from Florida to Pittsburgh to see my art show and attend the closing reception. They’d gone online at home and arranged to go on a walking food tour of the Pittsburgh neighborhood, Brookline.
Yesterday, Shuey sent me the photos and captions. They really enjoyed the ‘Burgh Bits and Bites tour. There are tours in other neighborhoods,the Strip District, Bloomfield and Shadyside. In fact, two were already booked up and so they chose Brookline.
Shuey made it easy for me by numbering the photos and text.
I’m sending individual pics to tell the story of how pita bread is made. First the secret recipe dough is made fresh, formed into a biscuit of dough and comes out here where it makes a left turn and heads into a machine that flattens it out.
After it’s flattened into a super thin pancake it makes a few turns and heads into the oven.
In the oven for 22 seconds at 1200 degrees. They are so thin entering the oven that I couldn’t even see them until about half way through they just materialize out of thin air in a second . . . like magic! Out of the oven they continue their journey cooling off.
The cooled pita breads drop off the conveyer onto a table where they are manually deflated and stacked then handed off to another worker who bags them up for shipment to stores in 14 states.
This is Joe Cuchines, owner of Pitaland and two of his employees. He came to America with 1 dollar in his pocket and . . . he’ll tell his story best.
Thank you Shuey for such a great guest blog. I’m going to have to take the tour.


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Property with Alpacas (40), 2 dogs, 3 cats and 1 horse.
Mum and baby alpaca's need to be checked each day for safety. They require feeding every afternoon. Feed and water animals (dogs, cats) and house to be kept clean. Reptile is a blue tongue lizard which is in a tank, hand raised. Garden maintenance. Foxtel also available. Plenty of space for parking (caravans).
Mainly check on alpacas everyday make sure all ok. Feed dogs and let them run around for a while. Feed cats everyday. Check on horse as well. Keep house tidy.
Farm animal: Alpacas, 32 Alpacas, 5 stud males, 2 baby alpacas, 3 wethered males, 1 llama and 20 females.


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One of the newest trends is gardening in containers. This is not to be confused with container gardening but is growing vegetables and herbs in containers.
One of the main things that keep people from gardening is space. Compared to previous times people have far less yard area. Because of this, some have started to grow herbs and vegetables in containers and had good success. The only issue is when this first began, people would tend to do only one thing, like only one type of lettuce, etc. But as time has gone on, this practice has changed and people have started to get fancier with what they plant.
Not only are they using different types of greens, but they are also using different colors too. Now, not only do these containers not look plain, but they are worth growing even if you do not use the vegetables in them. Or if you do use them, you can grow them without missing the annuals that you would have planted there.
Vegetables and herbs are a great addition to any meal, but you can’t beat fresh ones and you can’t beat homegrown. Not only are they tastier, they are also healthier.
Growing herbs and vegetables in containers is really easy. All that needs to be done is watering, harvesting, and maybe a little trimming.
Containers add interest to your patio or yard. They can be used to break up an area or fill an empty spot. Regardless of where you put them, they will brighten up your patio.
Let’s face it, another good reason to grow herb and vegetables in containers is that they look good. A quick search will give you far more ideas than you need to create many different combinations.
Have you ever tried container gardening or can you think of another reason why you should garden in containers? Comment below.


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This page highlights websites, PDFs and videos related to family engagement, resources and support for educators, parents, guardians and families of children with disabilities. For additional related resources visit the California Department of Education Special Education Family Involvement and Partnerships page.
Offers a variety of Web conferences, discussion boards, web chats, research reports, and a Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE) newsletter supporting family engagement promising practices and policy.
Printer friendly version of Joyce Epstein’s Parent Involvement/partnership model.
Provides information for Educators, families, and their children or young adults with disabilities or special health care needs from birth through adulthood.
Find links to resources and products related to children with disabilities, NICHCY Legacy resources, as well as links to every state’s Parent Center.
National organization site provides news and events, advocacy information, tool kits, and guidance for parents and teachers.
Educates families of newly diagnosed children with special needs on how to get the best special education, services and resources available to them.
Includes articles on general parenting topics and Age-Based handouts from birth to 36 months.
A rubric that provides educators a vision for family engagement, helps teachers effectively plan, assists with teacher professional development and teacher reflection and self-assessment.
PDF booklet for a school team with a 2-year plan based on assessed needs and effect practice, with rich library of resources.
Provides information to parents, educators, and advocates about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
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The aim of L’Arche is to create communities which welcome people who have intellectual disabilities. By this means, L’Arche seeks to respond to the distress of those who are too often rejected, and to give them a valid place in society.
L’Arche began in 1964 when Jean Vanier and Father Thomas Philippe, in response to a call from God, invited Raphaël Simi and Philippe Seux, two men with intellectual disabilities, to come and share their life in the spirit of the Gospel and the Beatitudes that Jesus preached.
From this first community, born in France and in the Roman Catholic tradition, many other communities have developed in various cultural and religious traditions.
These communities, called into being by God, are united by the same vision and the same spirit of welcome, of sharing and simplicity.
1. The aim of L’Arche is to create communities, which welcome people who have intellectual disabilities. By this means, L’Arche seeks to respond to the distress of those who are too often rejected, and to give them a valid place in society.
2. L’Arche seeks to reveal the particular gifts of people who have intellectual disabilities who belong at the very heart of their communities and who call others to share their lives.
3. L’Arche knows that it cannot welcome everyone who has a disability. It seeks to offer not a solution but a sign, a sign that a society, to be truly human, must be founded on welcome and respect for the weak and the downtrodden.
4. In a divided world, L’Arche wants to be a sign of hope. Its communities, founded on covenant relationships between people of differing intellectual capacity, social origin, religion and culture, seek to be signs of unity, faithfulness and reconciliation.
1. Whatever their gifts or their limitations, people are all bound together in a common humanity. Everyone is of unique and sacred value, and everyone has the same dignity and the same rights. The fundamental rights of each person include the right to life, to care, to a home, to education and to work. Also, since the deepest need of a human being is to love and to be loved, each person has a right to friendship, to communion and to a spiritual life.
2. If human beings are to develop their abilities and talents to the full, realizing all their potential as individuals, they need an environment that fosters personal growth. They need to form relationships with others within families and communities. They need to live in an atmosphere of trust, security and mutual affection. They need to be valued, accepted and supported in real and warm relationships.
3. People who have intellectual disabilities often possess qualities of welcome, wonderment, spontaneity, and directness. They are able to touch hearts and to call others to unity through their simplicity and vulnerability. In this way they are a living reminder to the wider world of the essential values of the heart without which knowledge, power and action lose their meaning and purpose.
4. Weakness and vulnerability in a person, far from being an obstacle to union with God, can foster it. It is often through weakness, recognized and accepted, that the liberating love of God is revealed.
5. In order to develop the inner freedom to which all people are called, and to grow in union with God, each person needs to have the opportunity of being rooted and nourished in a religious tradition.
1. Communities of faith– L’Arche communities are communities of faith, rooted in prayer and trust in God. They seek to be guided by God and by their weakest members, through whom God’s presence is revealed. Each community member is encouraged to discover and deepen his or her spiritual life and live it according to his or her particular faith and tradition. Those who have no religious affiliation are also welcomed and respected in their freedom of conscience.
Communities are either of one faith or inter-religious. Those which are Christian are either of one church or inter-denominational. Each community maintains links with appropriate religious authorities and its members are integrated with local churches and other places of worship.
Communities recognize that they have an ecumenical vocation and a mission to work for unity.
2. Called to unity– Unity is founded on the covenant of love to which God calls all the community members. This implies welcome and respect for differences. Such unity presupposes that the person with a handicap is at the center of community life.
This unity is built up over time and through faithfulness. Communities commit themselves to accompany their members (once their membership is confirmed) throughout their lives, if this is what those members want.
Home life is at the heart of a L’Arche community. The different members of a community are called to be one body. They live, work, pray and celebrate together, sharing their joys and their suffering and forgiving each other, as in a family. They have a simple life-style, which gives priority to relationships.
The same sense of communion unites the various communities throughout the world. Bound together by solidarity and mutual commitment, they form a world-wide family.
3. Called to growth– L’Arche communities are places of hope. Each person, according to his or her own vocation, is encouraged to grow in love, self giving and wholeness, as well as in independence, competence and the ability to make choices.
The communities wish to secure for their members education, work and therapeutic activities, which will be a source of dignity, growth and fulfillment for them.
The communities wish to provide their members with the means to develop their spiritual life and to deepen their union with and love of God and other people.
All community members are invited to participate, as far as possible, in decisions concerning them.
4. Integrated in society– L’Arche communities are open and welcoming to the world around them. They form an integral part of life in their localities and seek to foster relationships with neighbors and friends.
The communities seek to be competent in all the tasks they are called to accomplish.
The communities wish to enable people who have intellectual disabilities to work, believing work to be an important means of integration.
And with all those who work in a spirit of justice and peace for people who have disabilities.
L’Arche is deeply concerned by the distress of people who suffer injustice and rejection because they have a disability. This concern should impel the communities of L’Arche to do all they can to defend the rights of people who have intellectual disabilities, to support the creation of places of welcome for them and to call our society to become more just and respectful towards them.
The communities of L’Arche want to be in solidarity with the poor of the world, and with all those who take part in the struggle for justice.
Respectful terminology to describe the people who are at the heart of L’Arche and for whom L’Arche was founded varies from one country to another. We invite you to substitute the terms used on this website with those that are used and accepted in your country.
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After trumpeting the completion of the $882 million West Building addition Thursday, a top McCormick Place official disclosed preliminary plans for another jumbo expansion that could include a 1,500-room hotel located on the block directly north of the newly opened hall.
The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority board on Tuesday is expected to consider exercising its eminent domain powers to condemn the block, clearing the way for a project that would more than double the convention center's on-site hotel offerings, Ted Tetzlaff, chairman of the board, said in an interview. Other elements could include more parking for McCormick Place, restaurants and other businesses.
This bold but risk-laden project would be in addition to the planned 600-room expansion of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, an 800-room property owned by the authority, which is known as McPier. The agency is expected to request development proposals for the Hyatt expansion shortly, with a contract likely to be awarded late this year or early next.
"Our big customers want big blocks of hotel rooms, some of which need to be at the convention facility," Tetzlaff said after ribbon-cutting ceremonies for the West Building. Even with another 1,500 rooms or more on the campus, Chicago still would lag many competitors in terms of on-site hotel availability, he said. Rosemont, for example, has 8,000 rooms near its convention hall, he said.
"We believe we're losing business because we can't house people overnight," he said in an earlier discussion of hotel needs.
A manager of one of Chicago's largest trade shows says she thinks the show is losing attendance due to tight hotel supply. "We use 16,000 rooms on peak, and we could use another 2,000 to 3,000," said Mary Pat Heftman, of the National Restaurant Association's annual show at McCormick Place.
Potential attendees who cannot find rooms "either don't come or they stay out by the airport," she said, "and I'm confident many are choosing not to come, which limits growth for the city."
The block in question is bounded by Cermak Road on the south, Prairie Avenue on the east, 21st Street on the north and Indiana Avenue on the west. Part of it is occupied by a bank branch, a parking garage and a brownstone home; part of it is vacant.
At least some of the parcel is owned by Maine-based developers Pam Gleichman and Karl Norberg, who last fall had proposed their own mixed use for the property, including 350 residential units, a 200-room hotel and a 475-spot parking garage, according to a posted notice of a zoning change request.
They did not respond to requests for comment.
Pulling off a hotel expansion at McCormick Place will be anything but a cakewalk, observers say. South Loop redevelopment is expanding southward rapidly, but the immediate McCormick Place area remains devoid of restaurants, night spots and retail.
"Without that, anyone there is basically serving the convention business," said Ted Mandigo, a hotel consultant based in Elmhurst. And that is a business with extreme peaks and valleys.
"If this project has entertainment, restaurants, food service, retail, something with residential, then they will have created a neighborhood, which will enable the property to serve more than one business source," he said.
McPier might be better off "doing infrastructure improvements in the transportation linkages between McCormick Place and the Loop," said hospitality industry observer Ace Lanahan, a vice president with Philipsborn Co.
Others note that on-campus hotels are becoming de rigueur for convention centers. "They are competing against other convention centers that have attached hotels," said Mark Eble, regional vice president for PKF Consulting.
And the existing Hyatt Regency, despite a feast-or-famine business cycle, is a cash cow for McPier, in part because public financing kept borrowing costs below what they would have been in the private market.
The hotel "averages $18 million to $20 million a year in operating income for us, which is very significant," McPier Chief Executive Juan Ochoa said.
"Convention centers typically don't make money, that's in all cities, but where we can and do make money is our hotel," said John Belcik, chief financial officer.
McPier projects that the Hyatt addition and a separate new hotel will swell annual operating income significantly. But the figure will depend on the ultimate scale of a new hotel and on the funding mechanism that is worked out. While the 1,500-room hotel idea is on the table, the authority also is considering a much smaller proposal, to build a new 400-room hotel on the existing campus.
The authority is asking the Illinois General Assembly for approval to restructure its debt stemming from previous expansions, including the West Building, because tourism taxes are falling short of debt service needs. The restructuring also would give McPier the ability to issue up to $350 million more in bonds backed by tourism taxes, which could be used to finance expansion of hotel facilities.
The Hyatt expansion is expected to cost roughly $145 million, which would leave close to $200 million for a second project.
If the legislature nixes the restructuring, McPier would have to borrow at higher rates in the private market and depend on hotel revenue to pay down debt, reducing operating income from the hotels.
By expanding on-site hotel offerings, the authority also risks taking business from downtown hotels. "I've have seen it happen in a number of cases," said Heywood Sanders, a professor of public administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Belcik said the authority does hope to grab more market share, but that slice is more likely to come from hotels in outlying suburbs, which get overflow during conventions.
And, he said, "We're making it more convenient for our customers."


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In the late 80s, a chance meeting with a friend got Dave Little an introduction to the label Rhythm King, which fast became the UK's No.1 dance label - signing up acts: Bomb the Bass, S Express, Beatmasters, Betty Boo and William Orbit, for whom all of which Dave created the highly recognizable artwork. Around this time the acid house scene was in it's infancy introducing Dave to its founding fathers, from Paul Oakenfold to Terry Farley, Ian St. Paul and Andrew Weatherall, this is where Dave Little’s designs made history.
Dave went on to design flyers for seminal club nights, The World, Spectrum, and Boy’s Own; as well as Boy’s Own Records, Flying Records, and FFRR’s ‘Balearic Beats’, album - all of which are in permanent record at the V&A.
So to celeberate 25 years of Acid House and the "Summer of Love" Dave has created 13 limited hand silkscreened prints of his most early recognised work. Available to view at Brasa, Broadway House members club until February 1st.