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is this a template ??
Yes indeed, we really mean it. It is HTML5 template with some variants inside the pack.
hello all fonts folders are empty is it normal ?
Hi, we are not permitted to distribute the font files with the pack. It is mentioned on the theme info page as well as documentation. You can see the links for the fonts, it is mentioned on themeforest page for the template, just get font-face kits of those fonts (these fonts are free forever), copy the files to fonts directory. please see this PDF guide for a help http://www.designova.net/themes/font-help.pdf
Just some comments
—> I bought and customized it. —> design and functions are good (even I modified it a little bit) —> However I want to notice that the css use too much useless tags, made it much more heavy… even it's not super important for a landing page.
Before to notice, I ll check your support.
I don't receive any email after using the subscribe form
of course I followed your doc and of course I modified sendemail.php
Could you have a look at here: http://www.purebangkokparty.com/
Hi, thanks for your message. Our developers will look into your case and we will fix it. Seems like it will be some PHP version problems as we had experienced it in some of our scripts. We will try our level best to fix it. Please give some time to sort it up here.
Ok thanks!
Hi fbenghomari ,
Kindly download the PHP update to fix the email issue. This is the link http://www.designova.net/themes/updates/20092012Waow-phpfix.zip .
Ok just modified will check it tomorrow. Thanks for reactivity, I appreciate!
Pleasure Please rate the template if you love our work.
Very nice design, like it so much and bought it a few days ago. Only I think you should include fonts, almost one, because we spend so many time re-configuring all css, fonts and html to do ir work more or less like on your demo. I think we may see the web like your demo when install it, isn't it? I hope you re-up all pack, like in the demo Thanks!
Hi, Thanks for your message we will surely re-pack it with fonts and upload for user's convenience. Anyway please find the update we had already released – the fonts pack:
Fonts Pack is now available for Download (23 oct 2012):Please Download it Here. Extract the ZIP , copy all files, paste in the local FONTS folder in the theme directory.
That's a great notice… another ting, I can't configure the mail inscription, I supose we have to modify some code on php files, isn't it? I can't find it in the documentation files… I did what you say about sendemail.php but it doesn't work yet. Waitting your answer. Thanks again!
PD: you can see the landing page working at www.energyzate.com
Hi, thanks for your response. Glad to see your live site. We hope we can fix the issues, please send us the whole project pack as a ZIP via email to: email@example.com .We will revert within a day or two as our developers are on schedule.
Holiday Notification:We are setting up our new office and our developers will not be available for next 3 days. We will surely process your support requests on next working day, that is 8th November. Thanks for understanding. Please be in our circle. See you soon.
I get the error
Error: Class 'Mail_mime' not found in /home/co…sendemail.php on line 32
when sending a email (subscribe button)
Hi, You have missed a previous update hooked via themeforest page (please see), anyway please download it here
Any tips on getting the countdown to work?
Hope you have checked the documentation. You just need to add the date of release in script file.
problems with send mail
plz help
Email your issue to email@example.com. Our developers will assist you once they are back after the weekend. Do not forget to mention the theme name and purchase code
Twitter feed is not working and the "Subscribe" button is cut off, can't see the letter E
We will look in to that matter soon. If you need support email with purchase code data to firstname.lastname@example.com
The whole point of this beautiful template is having the subscription form properly working and it's not doing so. "Error: Class 'Mail_mime' not found in /home/co…sendemail.php on line 32" Obviously there is no Mail_mime.php file in your pack.
Please, provide a proper answer/solution right here regarding this issue!!! Thanks.
I can help you to solve this issue, drop me an email to email@example.com with item purchase code.
Thanks for replying ron, but in fact, we must insist you should provide and write an answer/solution just right here, since people complaining about this same issue is from a year ago. We actually can't figure out why you didn't do so yet.
Best regards.
Dear,LeZumba Its against our support policy. Hope you can understand. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Well, ok I can understand. Let me try contact the 3rd party designers we hired for this job first, in order to get the holy 'item purchase code'. As seen, we'll need to solve this issue by ourselves asap. Unfortunately, until now they became just pure excuses. Same as you I'm afraid.
Excuse my bad mood. I can't help it on this weird situation.
Best regards.
Sorry for the inconvenience caused. We have some policies to follow for easy support management. I can fix your installtion, no need to worry.
Thanks Ron. Please check your mailbox. I´ve just sent an email to the address you provided above.
Hey there. Hi Ron!!
I can't thank you just enough for your great & kind help support mate. The subscription form is now working fine as expected!!
Yep, we knew & saw before that Twitter recently changed their API app and creation procedure policy. So we'll look into that too to get this also working asap and then will come back here reporting.
Thank you again.
great pleasure.


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Ethical Decision-Making: Traps, Tips, and Takeaways
Audrey J. Murrell, Ph.D.
Audrey J. Murrell is an Associate Professor of Business Administration, Psychology, Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh Katz/CBA School of Business and Director of the David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership. The Berg Center's mission is to "add value to organizations through ethical leadership". To accomplish this, we focus on creating and utilizing knowledge through cutting-edge research, experience-based teaching and active community engagement. Professor Murrell conducts research on mentoring, careers in organizations, workforce/supplier diversity, and socialissues in management. Dr. Murrell is the author (along with Crosby and Ely) of the book entitled, Mentoring Dilemmas: Developmental Relationships within Multicultural Organizations published by McGraw-Hill, and the recently published book (along with Forte-Trummel and Bing) entitled, "Intelligent Mentoring: How IBM Adds Value through People, Knowledge and Relationships" published by Pearson Education Group.
Ethical Decision-Making: Traps, Tips, and Takeaways
Issues of competition within today's dynamic organizations can have a dramatic impact on ethical perceptions and decision making. In this talk, Dr. Audrey Murrell will discuss the impact of "hyper-competition" on ethical awareness, decision making and workplace climate. Examples from the workplace as well as parallels within the context of sports will be discussed within this highly interactive and engaging session.
- 5:00pm Check-in
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Print and mail the attached registration form to reserve your space.
CLE Information
This program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for zero (0) hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credits and one (1) hour of ethics, professionalism or substance abuse CLE credit.
If you are in need of any special accomodations or have questions, please contact Kristen Lauteri at 412-325-4497 or Juan Londoño at 412-325-4936

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Meeting Challenges of the Future: From Reflection to Action
Daniel J. Caron,
Deputy Head and Librarian and Archivist of Canada and Chair, Heads of Federal Agencies
Daniel J. Caron joined the federal public service in 1982. In 2009, he was appointed Librarian and Archivist of Canada. One year later, he launched the modernization initiative to ensure that Library and Archives Canada could meet the multiple challenges of the digital environment. This initiative is a call for collaboration, epistemologically grounded institutional policies and policy-driven decisions. In addition to his organizational experience, Mr. Caron is a seasoned author and speaker on public administration and issues related to information and memory both in Canada and abroad. Mr. Caron has also taught in several Canadian universities. He holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in Economics from the Université Laval, and obtained a doctorate in Applied Human Sciences from the Université de Montréal. Mr. Caron has been Chair of the Forum of National Archivists for the International Council on Archives since 2010.
Our relationship with information has changed considerably over the past 20 years. Documentary heritage is not what it once was. It is no longer created in the same way, no longer preserved as in the past, and no longer used in the same manner. That is why, in late 2009, we undertook the modernization of Library and Archives Canada to adapt to the new environment. While the challenges are enormous, the opportunities are also numerous.
We have accomplished a great deal since 2009. Several projects are pending or are awaiting completion in the coming years to ensure our success and strong leadership. We believe that more deliberative decision making and an increasingly collaborative, open environment enable each one of us to play our role in meeting the challenges of managing Canada's documentary heritage in the early 21st century.
The modernization of Library and Archives Canada has fully prepared the institution to play a leading role in this new environment.
Solid Foundations for the Future: An Assessment
Five major projects were announced in our 2010 directions document. Three of these focused directly on the functions that are central to our mandate, i.e., acquisition, preservation and access. The fourth project concerned the organization, its functions and work processes. Lastly, the fifth project sought to rethink our ties and ways of working with our partners.
First, acquisition has always been central to our activities and must continue to be so even in a much more complex world. From the standpoint of our daily practices, our new organizational context now better equips us to build a collection that is representative of the documentary production of Canadians in the 21st century in its original, authentic form, including digital documents. At the same time, this allows us to continue even more rigorously to refine the collection of analogue documents by adding missing items to it. While much remains to be done, the gradual implementation of our whole-of-society acquisition framework marks the completion of an important step. We now have complete freedom to undertake the second stage of this enormous task, i.e., identifying documents of historic interest that are on the Web, many of which will never be printed.
The organizational context also enables us to continue to support federal departments and agencies in recordkeeping and ultimately to benefit from all documents with relevant historical value that the Government of Canada produces. For the first time, the Whole-of-Society Approach to acquisition offers a highly valuable tool that defines government documents in relation to others produced in society on the same theme, and not only as simple federal administrative documents.
This contextualization, achieved by drawing closer together the federal government and other societal actors, increases the potential for the retention of relevant documents for future researchers and historians. Moreover, it supports the government's objectives respecting transparency. Lastly, this complements very well legal deposit as an ideal mechanism for the acquisition of published material. Through this more comprehensive approach, we are concentrating more extensively on obtaining all socially relevant content rather than acquiring objects taken out of context.
This change fully reflects the manner in which information is being produced in the 21st century. Our directions pertaining to acquisitions are now clear and our complementarity with other Canadian institutions is better defined. We are interested in the part of documentary production that is of national interest regardless of its form or source, or whether it is public or private. We wish to document the discourse of Canadian society on topics of national interest through the entire range of existing collection means, i.e., recordkeeping, Web-based collection, purchases, tax receipts or legal deposit. Lastly, we have adopted criteria that now better define our focus, thereby allowing us to identify more proactively what is of interest to Library and Archives Canada.
Second, as for preservation, our efforts have led to a sweeping review of the physical condition of the collection. Stemming from modernization, this review now enables us to constantly and systematically evaluate the physical condition of our collection and to adopt the appropriate measures to ensure its preservation.At the same time, we can examine the relevance of our collections to ensure that space is used to preserve the documents that fall under our mandate. This exercise is closely linked to the development of our long-term infrastructure plan and allows us to rigorously and responsibly anticipate our needs. For the first time, we now have a master list of the collections in our vaults. In 2012, we were thus able to produce an initial report on the physical condition of this portion of the collection.
We also began developing an innovative technological approach for our trusted digital repository. We will now ensure that the approach developed can be adapted to all situations in which we receive documentation in digital format (e.g., government documents, blogs, wikis, e-books, or documentary art produced in digital format). As is the case for analogue formats that require conversion to more stable formats, we must be vigilant and ensure that the material will always be accessible. The challenge will be a constant one, as is true of any method of preservation.
Third is access to the collection. The past three years have been the most remarkable in the history of the institution in terms of providing Canadians with access to the collection. We have digitized information resources and made them available online; displayed exhibitions across the country; and answered the questions of Canadians who have visited Library and Archives Canada. In practical terms, we have pioneered the extensive digitization of documents of national interest, such as the portrait collection. Since only a portion of our collection warrants digitization, this work is being carried out according to relevance criteria, including interest in the records and their frequency of use.
We have also innovated by transforming our analogue reprography service into a digitizing service. Instead of photocopying documents, we digitize them and make them available to everyone. We have established numerous partnerships with other institutions across the country, including libraries, to enable greater numbers of Canadians to access their collections. The Lest We Forget project is a fine example.
This is a comprehensive approach to managing the collection: assessing the relevance of content preserved by Library and Archives Canada for Canadians; managing the holdings we safeguard as efficiently as possible to ensure their preservation; and providing maximum access to all content.
As anticipated, we have also rethought our structure to better separate our day-to-day operations from our reflection process and the development of directions, key concepts and principles. The challenges posed by the acquisition and preservation of and access to the collections in the digital realm require that we develop innovative approaches and thoroughly reflect on our specific work processes regularly. This will ensure we are able to serve Canadians now and also in the future. At the same time, our teams must continue to operate in both the analogue and digital realms. They must continue to acquire, preserve and make all of Library and Archives Canada's holdings accessible to Canadians. This is what matters most to Canadians.
Accordingly, our new structure is simpler and essentially centred on such day-to-day operations. Moreover, this has enabled us to consolidate our efforts to develop expertise concentrated mainly on formulating policies and standards. This specialized team can now take full advantage of the most advanced research in the field of information sciences.
Next, by streamlining our management structure, we have also returned decision making to the strategic level, which enables us to act in light of options recommended by experts. All this places the activities that represent our core business in the hands of our best experts, who have more time to devote to them and better serve Canadians overall. These experts are now guided in their work by policies and institutional standards that will continue to develop and enable them to adapt constantly to the documentary production environment.
Through this dynamic institutional framework comprising policies and standards, Library and Archives Canada's day-to-day operations, methods and approaches linked to acquiring, preserving and providing access to its resources are becoming more and more transparent. It will be increasingly easy for Canadians to be aware of what we acquire, how we acquire it and why. In the same way, Canadians will be able to better understand the condition of the collection, how we are preserving it and how they can access it. We are convinced that this will enable us to clarify our practices, legislative mandate and the ways in which we serve Canadians.
Lastly, we have adopted a more open, collaborative work approach with the Canadian documentary heritage sector represented primarily by provincial and territorial archives and libraries, and academia. In the first instance, we have undertaken several projects focusing on ways to better co-operate on questions related to acquiring and preserving records and providing Canadians with access to them. In the second instance, we have identified opportunities for collaboration with universities to advance research in certain areas of our work to better prepare future personnel and respond to our needs.
Of course, we are also striving to take full advantage of international best practices. The Forum of National Archivists, which I have chaired for two years, has rallied the most influential decision makers on questions of concern to all of us. We have also asked the Public Policy Forum to join with us to inform Canadians of the challenges that we are facing outside of our traditional communities. A number of business people, leaders in academia and senior public servants have participated in round-table forums that we have organized. Deliberations are proceeding and other meetings will take place in Canada between now and the spring of 2013. We will jointly produce a report with the Public Policy Forum in light of the results obtained and hope to disseminate it extensively so that the Canadian public overall is more aware of and better understands the challenges that we are facing. Lastly, we have submitted a proposal to the Council of Canadian Academies to request that it conduct a thorough examination of the challenges within the framework of their mandate. Our proposal has been accepted and deliberations should begin in 2013.
In short, over the past three years, while we have continued to acquire and preserve documents and to serve Canadians, we have also rethought internal governance and collaboration with our external partners. We have developed an institution whose work processes have been renewed to allow for the best possible use of the resources allocated to us. We have clarified our mandate and the manner in which we will fulfill it. We have established the outline of the research that must be carried out to enable us to better function as an institution in the digital environment and initiated discussions on our needs in relation to the skills that will be necessary to support our work in the future.
Our business model has been enriched and enhanced by refocusing on our mandate and reinforcing stewardship. However, we must do even more if we wish to continue to play the unique role that Canadians have entrusted to us.
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Implementation and Production: An Avenue for the Future
The 2013–2015 time frame represents for Library and Archives Canada an intense period of implementation and production, in addition to the ongoing work that must be pursued. While our reflection on solutions for the future will continue, it is sufficiently under way that we can accelerate the implementation of certain solutions and shift into production mode by means of these new methods.
With respect to acquisitions, we will pursue our efforts to rigorously acquire both analogue and digital documents. In the case of analogue documents, it is important to continue to build our inventory and pinpoint what is of interest to us and what is missing. We must make our acquisition intentions known and enable those who possess the content to contact us and work with us. Accordingly, we will advance the Whole-of-Society Approach, ensuring:
the implementation of our collaborative acquisition mechanism with a monitoring function with other stakeholders;
the issuance of public announcements, both analogue and digital, concerning what we are interested in acquiring, on a continuous basis, including using social media tools;
the systemic acquisition of Web-based material of interest;
the elimination of all backlogs in acquisition files in the next 12 months and the implementation of measures to avoid the recurrence of such backlogs.
Our efforts devoted to digital preservation will continue until we are confident that we can migrate digital content over time. As for analogue material, we will continue to focus fully on it to ensure that the collection is properly preserved, that is, by putting in place appropriate, timely measures to guarantee that the physical integrity of the documents in our possession is maintained.
Our two priorities are:
to pursue our efforts to refine the trusted digital repository;
to complete our management cycle for the analogue documentary heritage in our possession and take all necessary measures to ensure its long-term preservation.
Our greatest contribution is to make the contents of our collections available to Canadians. Regardless of the means used, the material at our disposal must be available to Canadians who wish to access it. This means that it must be described rapidly in plain language that requires little or no mediation between the material and the user. We must use appropriate vocabulary to ensure that the material can be located using search tools such as Google. Otherwise, this material will remain unknown. Similarly, it is important to describe as many documents as possible so that Canadians overall know what they can access, as easily and directly as possible. This means that we must work with private- and public-sector partners to promptly make the material available. Our service standards must offer users an array of possibilities ranging from totally free access according to usual standards, to access that may require fees but that offers, in exchange, added value for which the user is willing to pay. The private sector, which can specialize and produce more massively and quickly in certain fields, may also be a very useful partner in this respect.
Library and Archives Canada's offerings must be proactive and also adapted to the needs of different groups of users. Historians, genealogists and writers have specific needs that we must keep in mind to develop applications and describe or implement new tools that will satisfy their needs.
Consequently, we aim to:
describe as much material as possible in plain terms by developing new standards and continuing to develop research tools to facilitate the use of our holdings by more specialized clients, including historians and genealogists;
describe our collections in such a way that our holdings are accessible and identifiable by means of our online catalogues;
digitize documents and comprehensively publish online in an orderly manner, in light of what is of interest to Canadians;
develop new partnerships with libraries, archives, museums and other institutions interested in exhibiting material from Library and Archives Canada;
continue our preparations to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary in 2017.
Our organization must continue to grow and exercise leadership in the development of the new skills required to manage documentary heritage in the 21st century. Library and Archives Canada must also be a leader in the development of work processes, policies and management frameworks for documentary heritage institutions.
To this end, our efforts will focus on three priorities:
establishing an action-research laboratory in partnership with interested institutions, universities and the private sector to develop, refine and test new approaches in acquisition, preservation, description and access and introduce promising solutions in operations areas to implement them;
automating what can be automated to continue to put our best talents where their added value will make a difference;
pinpointing and defining the competency profile of tomorrow for our areas of activity.
Lastly, looking forward, I will personally strive to implement three specific initiatives that will serve as the foundation for our future development.
The first initiative will involve forming Creativity Circles with the participation of the institution's employees. The purpose of this initiative will be to expand our ability to innovate with regard to very specific issues linked to our mandate. It will then show us how we can further take advantage of and use differently the vast holdings
we preserve to more actively participate in the development of Canadian culture, either on our own or through a partnership.
The second initiative involves creating an external review committee on reflection and orientation that will advise us on items of interest to Library and Archives Canada, in other words, items of national interest.
The third initiative will be a series of seminars, the Wallot-Sylvestre Seminars, to encourage internal dialogue and ensure a shared understanding of the changes that may affect us in the future. These will cover demographics, literacy, writing practices in modern society, and the effects of technology on individuals and society. As a result, we will be better able to develop our policies and practices so that the institution remains an integral part of Canadians' cultural activities.
The future of the institutions responsible for managing the documentary heritage of nations is assured insofar as such institutions are able to respond to new demands of the environment. Whether it is a question of defining how and what to acquire, properly preserving for durability or, very immediately, responding to the demands of new users in the digital world, we must work in the context of a changing society. Skills, work processes and a fresh perspective on the future are the keys to Library and Archives Canada's success.
The next three years will be pivotal ones that must enable us to implement new practices and produce results for Canadians in this new framework.
Daniel J. Caron, Ph.D.
Deputy Head and Librarian and Archivist of Canada
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Cosmetic Beauty Advisor: Job Description & Requirements
A cosmetic beauty advisor typically works in a retail setting to promote an individual line of cosmetic and/or skin products. Read on to learn about the training, skills, earnings and employment outlook for this occupation.
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Most commonly, a cosmetic beauty advisor represents only one vendor line and may work anywhere that line is sold, from a neighborhood drug store to the most prestigious department store. No matter the setting, the first duty of a cosmetic beauty advisor is to greet customers and share expert knowledge about the products they are selling. Some of the other responsibilities of a cosmetic beauty advisor may be to demonstrate products, establish a clientele and attend promotional events.
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Cosmetic beauty advisors must be enthusiastic about their products and possess the kind of friendly, positive personality that generates enthusiasm in potential customers. Sales and cosmetic experience are highly valued by employers, as is the ability to multi-task and work successfully as a member of a team. Because cosmetic beauty advisors need to establish a clientele of repeat customers, data entry and good written communication skills will also be needed.
Career and Economic Outlook
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projected average job growth in the general industry of retail sales during the decade 2012-2022. The median wage of a retail salesperson was reported to be $10.15 per hour in 2012 (www.bls.gov). However, cosmetic beauty advisors often earn commissions from their sales, so actual income potential varies according to the contract offered by the employer and the amount of product sold by the cosmetic beauty advisor.
Alternate Career Option
Even those who have not yet finished high school might secure a job as a cashier, gaining the skills needed through on-the-job training and learning to take payments from customers who buy services or goods. From 2012-2022, the BLS expected slower-than-average growth of 3% for these positions that paid median wages in 2012 of $18,970 per year.
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With a high school diploma and on-the-job training, aspiring customer service reps can prepare to process orders, provide information and handle customer complaints. The BLS projected an average increase of 13% in these jobs during the 2012-2022 decade. These professionals earned median salaries of $30,580 per year, or $14.70 per hour, in 2012, the BLS reported.
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|Competing Exploiting Mount Krakatoa Enchantment
Although not too crowded, natural attractions in the surrounding Mount
Krakatoa began well known. No doubt, business resorts in the region were
slowly beginning to live. In fact, competition antarpengembang
increasingly resort to lure visitors in the vicinity of natural
seru.Wisata Sunda Strait is not as famous as Bali. In fact, this region
also have a tourist attraction that is not less charming, the Mount Anak
In the surrounding mountains that are in Lampung province, the spread of coastal tourism and natural objects under the sea with no less captivating than a similar tourist attraction on the island.
This area is frequently used as the location choice of firms that want to conduct outbound, especially on weekends. Banking companies, insurance, and other areas of Jakarta are regular visitors. "Is it hard when individuals rely on visitors," said Anton R. Santoso, CEO of Citra Buana Diamonds, owner of Casa Resort is a new Krakatoa stood about a year ago.
Anton said, Lampung, Bali is not like that already famous as a vacation spot. Consequently, if the kitchen would continue rising, developers have to pick up the ball. For example by developing properties in a place that can provide maximum scenery.
The choice is facing directly into the land of Mount Anak Krakatau. The location begin to Carita beach in Tanjung coastal Lesung Serang, Banten, and in coastal Kalianda, South Lampung. After that, the developers also must be diligent and active to enliven the area, with a variety of tourist activities.
Levels of tourist visits to the resort in the area, in the last two years to reach 200,000 people per year, up from only 100 000 of people. "The level of requests has improved after many resorts make improvements, such as the complete resort with a vehicle to play," Setiawan said Marzuki, Director of Banten, West Java, manager of Tanjung Lesung Beach Resort.
Transportation constraints
On normal days, the manager of the resort are usually trying to catch up the level of occupancy or occupancy of at least 50% of total rooms. The trick to diligently promote local officials including the Serang and surrounding agencies.
Meet the target of 50% was sometimes not so easy. Therefore, players around the area of the resort is already quite a lot. Some great players just call it with the Lippo Group's Lippo Carita Resort or Pudjoadji Group, which owns Marbela Resort.
Both are targeting the upper and middle segments with rental prices between Rp 300,000 to Rp 2.5 million per night. Then, there are also several resorts owned by individuals like Crowned Pigeon Resort is owned by a former fashion model known Enny Sukamto and several classmates inn lodging.
Handa Sulaiman observers assess the resort property along the north coast of Lampung, Banten, to actually still have many obstacles. Like, the lack of transportation. "There is no air transport there," he said.
Though, to travel through land routes take up to four hours. "People are lazy to be on there," Handa added. He also assesses the entertainment facilities offered by resorts that are still less attractive. Plus, not all resorts providing the facilities.
Regardless of the opinions Handa, yet the owners of resorts in the region remain optimistic. In fact, they plan to develop its properties. Like Banten West Java who manages the Tanjung Lesung Beach Resort. Today, of 1500 hectares (ha) of land there, they've developed about 100 ha.
Land has been in operation since 1998. Well, this semester, they intend to develop 400 ha again. "We will build several hotels and a golf course facility," Setiawan said some time ago.
Apart from Banten West Java, there is also the Bakrie Group which manages Krakatoa Nirwana Resort Travelers. Currently, 350 ha of land that they conquered, only about 30 ha will be developed with various facilities of the villa. "The rest will be another five years we have developed," explained Nugroho Santosa, project director Krakatoa Nirwana Resort Traveler.
Citra Buana Diamond Group to build a new resort in the region since last year also intend to continue to develop his own resort. The land that they currently have approximately 20 ha. They are very confident with the prospects of the resort business. "We had a nice view overlooking the Sunda Strait coast and Mount Krakatoa," the story of Anton.
Tanjung Lesung Beach ResortTanjung Lesung Beach Resort is located right in the tip region, after passing the City and Town Pandeglang Labuan. When wearing the journey overland via Jakarta, approximately took about four hours.
Resort developers, namely Banten West Java, is now preparing the second phase of resort development. They will start construction in November. "Construction will be completed around the year 2011," said Setiawan. According to the plan, the resort will be built on 400 hectares of land. Developer intends to build two hotel towers as tall as three floors with the number of rooms to reach 200 units. Land for this hotel about 50 ha. "This is a four-star hotel with rental price of about Rp 800,000 to Rp 1 million per night," said Setiawan.
Besides hotels, Banten West Java is also planning to build 50 villas. Each villa will have only a one-room facility. The goal to make it more exclusive. Land for construction of the villa is reached around 50 ha.
Later, the villas will be sold to the public. The price offered starting from Rp 500 million to Rp 700 million. Spacious villa of 200 square meters (m²) up to 400 m². After the villas were sold, the developer will rent it.
Contra villa owners will get 25% of the villa manager. Rental prices per villa was estimated at between Rp 600 000 up to Rp. 2 million per night. Looking ahead, the developer also intends to build a golf course covering 300 ha in area. They also intend to buy 300 boats to complete the shore facilities. It is estimated, the value of investments will reach Rp. 1 trillion.
According to Setiawan, approximately 50 percent of investment costs from internally generated cash. The rest came from a number of investors. For the development of this new area, they're exploring investors from Australia and Dubai, the Middle East. "We're negotiating with two investors, enter the price negotiation stage," said Setiawan.
Setiawan reluctant to mention the identity of the prospective investors. they've experienced and have an international network. So far, Tanjung Lesung occupancy rate is high enough. Number reached 60% in ordinary days and 100% on weekends. "Currently we have 40 villas with a number of rooms to reach 200 units," he said.
Casa Krakatoa Resort
Although spelled out new players, Casa Resort should not be underestimated Krakatoa. The resort recently founded years ago it has the advantage of strategic location, exactly in Pantai Karang Bolong, Anyer, Jakarta. "The resort we were a bit up the hill, so a distance of approximately 100 meters from the lip of Karang Bolong Beach," said Anton.
From Jakarta, the resort stands on a land area of 20 ha can be achieved with a trip inland for about three hours. So far, the developer of the resort, namely Citra Buana Intan Resort, newly developed area of 10 ha. Its contents are 20 villas containing 40 rooms.
Meaning, each containing two-bedroom villa. According to Anton, the price of room rent is between Rp 300,000 to Rp 600,000 per night. "All of our villas are for rent," he explained.
Since its establishment, the resort's occupancy rate is still about 20% on normal days. However, on weekends can membeludak occupancy rate, up to 100%. Because, there are many requests from companies or from the Jakarta embassy. "On normal days, the local government (local government) and local authorities often meeting here," said Anton.
According to him, the visitors like best to use the facilities provided by the resort such as banana boat, outbound, and diving. "Visitors can also enjoy the scenery perforated rock on the beach," he added.
In this second half, Citra Buana Intan intends to build 10 new villa with two rooms in each villa above five hectares of land. In addition they are also planning to build one as tall as five-star hotels three floors, with the number of rooms to reach 70 units.
Funds needed for construction is at least going to reach USD 100 billion. Funding mix, 40% from internally generated cash and the balance of bank loans.
Krakatoa Nirwana Resort
Krakatoa Nirwana Resort is located at 14 km Trans Sumatra. Its location was in Merak Beach Belantung lips, Kalianda, South Lampung. So, the resort directly overlooking Mount Anak Krakatau. Around the resort are also many beaches, such as Good and Beach Parrots of Tanjung Coast.
In the development of the region, Bakrie intends to build a golf course measuring 60
ha plus sea pools on the beach along the three kilometers. Nugroho estimating construction
the project will cost approximately Rp. 50 billion. Approximately 30% of funding will be
derived from the sale of pre-sale. The rest comes from internal cash. Today, occupancy rates
resort reaches 30% every month. Visitors are employees of a company originated in Jakarta and surrounding areas
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It was a notorious murder in her second year as a state representative that turned Jeanne Kohl-Welles into the Washington Legislature's point-woman on human trafficking issues.
In 1995, Timothy Blackwell shot and killed four people in the King County Courthouse, including his Filipina mail-order bride Susana, whom he abused. A similar case materialized in 2000 when Indle King Jr. helped strangle his Russian mail order bride, Anastasia.
At a Human Trafficking Leadership Symposium in Los Angeles, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, as well as the U.S. labor secretary and Mexico's attorney general, came together to affirm their commitment to fighting human trafficking.
Child sex trafficking, a global epidemic, has not been a problem commonly associated with suburban Northern Virginia, one of the nation's most affluent regions. That all changed with the recent convictions of several members of violent gangs, like MS-13 and the Underground Gangster Crips (UGC), who were charged and sentenced for trafficking teenage girls into prostitution in the commonwealth.
Jennifer pulls her long, dark hair to one side and exposes the fading tattoos on the back of her neck.
"I was branded by my pimps," says the Rogue Valley mother of three.
The two neck brands are almost gone. Another pimp's tattoo on her lower back already has been covered up, she says.
But erasing the scars on Jennifer's psyche has not been as easy. Jennifer, now 31, has asked that her real name not be used to protect herself and her family members.
Katherine Moon says she was 13 when she was forced into prostitution. By the time she was 20, she had worked for 13 pimps.
Moon will join Traffick911, a nonprofit group in Keller on Saturday for a 5K and One Mile Fun Run to raise money for a regional safe house for victims of child sex trafficking. As an advocate for Traffick911, Moon, now 22, said she is telling her story to prevent other children from making the mistakes she made.
A bipartisan group of senators Friday demanded that the executives who own the Village Voice shut down the parent company's online adult advertising site that has been linked to the trafficking of underaged girls.
Senator Marco Rubio was given a tour of a secret "stash house" that is used by organized human trafficking rings and then addressed the media to call the public's attention to the illegal multi-billion dollar a year human trafficking industry. Rubio pulled no punches when he called out the liberal Village Voice media outlet for its "egregious" exploitation of young women who are part of the growing human trafficking epidemic that is increasingly gripping the country.
An ASU professor has teamed with the Phoenix Police Department to crack the codes of classified ads that are suspected of pimping underage girls.
Dominique Roe-Sepowitz worked hand-in-hand with Phoenix police to learn the language used in these ads, all in an effort to learn about the modern-day sex business and how to rescue these men and women.
"Prostitution doesn't look as it did five years ago or even 10 years ago," said Roe-Sepowitz.
She and her students printed out a week's worth of Phoenix Backpage.com ads in the adult services section.
This is a guest post from one of our guests today, FAIR Girls executive director Andrea Powell, written prior to her appearance today.
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I live in Montana and the hunting opportunities are plenty. I used to travel all over the state trying to fill my tags. As I got older I changed.
Now I find a good buck and target that animal. This will be the third year trying to kill my monster whitetail. Last year I came close. Last year I did not fill my "A" tag or either sex tag. I did not feel bad. I tricked this buck at least 8 times during the season, archery and rifle. It is the last 50 yards that are important.
I do like venison. This year that buck will be on my wall. Hopefully I will show you some pictures. Does anyone else target a single animal or group of animals using the same area?
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The FIA has confirmed that the Mosler GT3 will be able to race in the European GT3 Championship next year, as long as there are three cars in the first year, and six in the next. The first three cars are now in build.
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It's a prestigious award given to those who risk their lives to save the lives of others, and now a Warren man has been added to the list of recipients.
The certificate was by his side as Pat Rimoshytus, told of the harrowing ordeal that happened last December 12th that earned him the award. "The tires drove into the cement causing the car to burst into flames. It was really crazy for a few minutes there."
A woman was trapped inside her car after an accident on Schoolhouse Road near Market Street in Warren, where the pavement still is scarred with tire marks. Rimoshytus, a retired Newport firefighter, happened to have some old gear in his car; he put it on and rushed to her side. He showed NBC 10 his charred helmet, painting a picture of the seriousness of the situation.
According to Rimoshytus there was heavy fire inside and the victim's clothes were on fire. That victim was 68 year old Carolyn Corbett of Barrington, who despite the heroic efforts of Rimoshytus succumbed to her injuries in the following days.
Despite their devastation over the loss, the bravery of one man did not go unnoticed by Corbett's family. Rimoshytus told NBC 10 "I attended the woman's funeral, and they were very grateful to have the last few days with their mom."
Warren Fire Department Chief Al Galinelli was not surprised by Rimoshytus's heroic act, "everybody calls the firefighters heroes, but firefighters don't call themselves heroes. It's a job we trained to do. It's a profession we love. "
Now a social member of the Warren Fire Department, Rimoshytus says he'd do it again if the situation presented itself, "it was just natural instincts to see someone in need and try to do something about it. I would think that most firefighters feel the same way about it."
Natural instincts or not Rimoshytus's acts were still considered heroic and brave by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in Pennsylvania who awarded him the Carnegie Medal this week. So how prestigious is this award? Rimoshytus is just one of 22 recipients in the United States and Canada this year.
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Ghost of 0.7%: Origins and Relevance of the International Aid Target
AbstractThe international goal for rich countries to devote 0.7% of their national income to development assistance has become a cause célèbre for aid activists and has been accepted in many official quarters as the legitimate target for aid budgets. The origins of the target, however, raise serious questions about its relevance. First, the 0.7% target was calculated using a series of assumptions that are no longer true, and justified by a model that is no longer considered credible. When we use essentially the same method used to arrive at 0.7% in the early 1960s and apply today's conditions, it yields an aid goal of just 0.01% of rich-country GDP for the poorest countries and negative aid flows to the developing world as a whole. We do not claim in any way that this is the 'right' amount of aid, but only that this exercise lays bare the folly of the initial method and the subsequent unreflective commitment to the 0.7% aid goal. Second, we document the fact that, despite frequent misinterpretation of UN documents, no government ever agreed in a UN forum to actually reach 0.7%—though many pledged to move toward it. Third, we argue that aid as a fraction of rich country income does not constitute a meaningful metric for the adequacy of aid flows. It would be far better to estimate aid needs by starting on the recipient side with a meaningful model of how aid affects development. Although aid certainly has positive impacts in many circumstances, our quantitative understanding of this relationship is too poor to accurately conduct such a tally. The 0.7% target began life as a lobbying tool, and stretching it to become a functional target for real aid budgets across all donors is to exalt it beyond reason. That no longer makes any sense, if it ever did.
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Why Millennials Just Don't Care About Cars
Internet obsession is a big reason, but it's not the only one.
To quote the man himself, Jeremy Clarkson: "We are an endangered species, you and I. We lovers of speed. We devotees of power, performance and noise. 'Go away,' we are told. And take your carbon fiber and your fire spitting V12's with you. There's hardly a place for us out here anymore. Not among all the commuters and congestion. Not it this growing age of safety and restraint. Where practicality trumps adrenaline. Where 'miles per gallon' is championed over 'horsepower to weight.' The evidence is everywhere. You and I are being squeezed out and pushed aside, and hunted down at every hairpin turn."
I will be bold enough to propose that a major reason that the younger generations aren't that fascinated with vehicle ownership is the cost. Wages and benefits are pittiful and forking over a major portion of your income (if your one of the fortunate ones to just have a job) is enough to just say no. I feel badly for the young people today who do not have the disposable income to provide wads to waste on cars much less customizing and personalizing them like we did. Wages have been stagnant for more than three decades and this is perhaps the real reason. If wages were more in line with the prices of these new cars today you would likely see many more young people happy to own them.
I don't understand the reason for the negative comments toward the Generation Y. Each generation brings their own unique stamp on our country. If this generation chooses internet over cars, isn't that what freedom is all about? Believe me, public transportation is anything but lazy. This negativity is exactly the reason for such divisiveness in our country. Are we seriously calling people names over whether they drive cars or not? I didn't see anything in this article, or hear from others, how those "Baby Boomers" or other generations shouldn't be driving cars. And lots of Generation Y people do drive cars, even nice ones. What is all the fuss about? If you want to drive a car, drive one. If you don't, don't. Honestly, this nastiness is getting ridiculous.
In short, they are lazy
I disagree, I work with many millennials that will complete more work then anyone else I know and they except change better then previous generations and don't complain about it. On the flip side many of them do use public transportation or their bikes to go to work because they live so close to work. To me, that's smart! Problem is the media's perception has given them a bad rap and like it or not they are in the work force.
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Last evening a severe 3-car collision left the Mitchell Expressway closed for most of the night.
The collision has left one Fairbanks resident with life threatening injuries and all 3 of the vehicles involved completely destroyed.
At the scene of the incident, parademics attempted to remove 36-year-old Wyatt Hurlbut from his explorer as he was reportedly going in and out of consciousness.
According to the affidavit, Wyatt is in Critical Condition with Brain Damage and will require quote, "Extensive cosmetic surgery" to repair his face."
A third vehicle was involved in the accident, a mini van driven by a Fairbanks Woman.
Although she reported no injuries her vehicle was destroyed by the impact.
Witnesses at the scene also reported that Lynott, the driver of the truck attempted to steal another car and was stopped by Troopers.
He was later taken to the hospital by ambulance where he jumped out of the ambulance and took off on foot.
Trooper Spokeswoman Megan Peters said, "Troopers were able to track him down, a couple blocks away. Ultimately Mr. Lynott was found to have a felony warrant out against him so he was taken into custody on that charge."
After investigation Troopers say that the vehicle he was driving was reported stolen earlier that day and that he had an outstanding felony warrant.
Troopers also reported he used a false identity of "Kenneth Vaughan" complete with ID.
After troopers made contact with Lynott he was arrested and taken to Fairbanks Correctional Center.
The truck that was involved in this TBone collision was actually reported stolen earlier that day; That resident, John Schuiteman spoke to the Newscenter regarding his stolen truck he said after speaking with Troopers he was told they located his vehicle, but it had been involved in a collision.
Shuiteman said, "He (the trooper) told me that my truck had been in a really bad accident. They first question I asked him is if anybody had been hurt. It just stinks you know, having something you worked so hard from taken from you by somebody who doesn't want to work for their stuff."
The Mitchell Expressway was shut down at that intersection into most of the night as Troopers attempted to document and clean up the scene.
Peters explained, "Because it was a major injury collision with one person having potentially life threatening injuries, troopers did close down the intersection so they could do what they call total stations so they could map the scene. So that does take some time."
As for Lynott, he was arraigned today in Fairbanks District Court where he pleaded not guilty to multiple charges including First Degree Felony Assault, 3rd Degree Assault, and Vehicle Theft.
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The 65th Annual Emmy Awards are going down and the celebrity styles are in full swing and just like the awards show themselves... there are some serious upsets -- check out all the fancy looks before the big night!
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I prefer the Mustang Ranch line up. OOOXXX
It would be nice if you added the names of the celebrity and what show they are known for.
The "brainiacs" at TMZ do not even know the names of some of people photographed.
I'm watching a red carpet show and looking at Giuliana Rancic. She's a walking skeleton and looks like hell. Someone should force feed her for a few weeks. The three ladies I see above right now (Tina Fey) look lovely ... and fed! The skeleton women look like death warmed over. The men are looking like that too. What's up with that?
Kelly Osbornes hair looks horrible. Actually it always does. Dress is ugly too.
Hey, Harv, Did Michael Douglas bring Catherine? Report on that Monday, instead of your daily nonsense.
Ugh... we really need to find out who ate the old Mindy Kaling and replaced her with the fat Mindy Kaling
Wow it looks all three of them need to step away from the buffet and hit the local gym.
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They completely overlooked the KARDASHAIN "A" listers... Does this mean they were not invited???
I am so sick to death of people judging what women wear. Society sucks for women.
The fat chick with the bad prison tat should not be wearing an aqua colored rose print dress. Hell, even a size -000 girl should not be wearing it.
The 65th Annual Emmy Awards....
Aubrey Plaza is pretty, and has the worst fashion sense. That thing she's wearing tonight looks like she just came off the "Little House on the Prairie" set.
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Twitter followers of both Jimmy Kimmel and Kanye West were treated to some fireworks Thursday afternoon, after West started flaming Kimmel seemingly out of nowhere. "Apparently Kanye West is VERY VERY ANGRY with me," Kimmel tweeted , promising he'd fill his fans in on Thursday night's broadcast.
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The Poudre River Friends of the Library is an organization of library advocates who raise needed monies to support the Poudre River Public Library District.
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With generous support from the Oval House Theatre, we have just started rehearsals on our London hit Two Gentlemen of Verona or Vakomana Vaviri ve Zimbabwe. We kick off our tour on September 29 at The Watermill, Newbury where it continues through to 3rd October.
The tour dates are as follows:
Tue 6th – Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
Wed 7th – Penistone Paramount, Sheffield
Thu 8th – Lady Hawkins Leisure Centre, Shropshire
Fri 9th – SpArC, Shropshire
Sun 11th – Hanger Farm, Hants
Wed 14th – The Burton Borough School, Shropshire
Thu 15th – Spilsby Theatre, Lincolnshire
Fri 16th – Grange Hall, Nottinghamshire
Sat 17th – Southwell Library, Nottinghamshire
Thu 22nd – Chumleigh Community College, Chumleigh
Fri 23rd – Pilton Community College, Barnstaple
Sat 24th – Parracombe Village Hall, Parracombe
Fri 30th The Greyladyes Arts Centre, Hants
Tue 3rd and Wed 4th – Stephen Josepth Theatre, Scarborough
Sat 7th – The Kirkgate, Cockermouth
Tue 10th – Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
Wed 11th Ullwater Community College, Cumbria
Thu 12th Mickleton Village Hall,
Co. Durham
Fri 13th – Staveley Village Hall, Cumbria
Sat 14th – Settlebeck High School, Cumbria
Sun 15th – Orton Market Hall, Cumbria
Tue 17th and Wed 18th – Contact, Manchester
Sat 21st – The British School, Stroud
Tue 24th and Wed 25th – Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
Thu 26th – The Rose Theatre, Edge Hill University, Lancashire
Wed 2nd – Ashcroft Arts Centre, Hampshire
Thu 3rd – Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Tue 8th – Darlington Arts Centre
Thu 10th and Wed 11th – The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
15th through to 19th – Ustinov @ Theatre Royal Bath
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A man wearing a silver wig robbed a Clearwater bank Friday morning, according to police.
There was no sign of a weapon on the man, who entered First United Bank, 1465 S. Fort Harrison Ave., around 10:40 a.m. and handed a bank teller a note demanding money, Clearwater Police said.
The man was given "an undetermined amount of money" and fled southbound toward Belleair, a police spokesperson said. A search by police K-9s turned up empty.
The suspect is described as being in his late 20s, about 5-foot-10 with a thin build and clean shaven. He was wearing a yellow polo shirt, tan cargo pants, black gloves and a silver wig, police said.
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