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In more recent history, the Greystone building was known as Christian Brothers from 1950 until 1990, when the CIA purchased the property. The beloved winemaker of the Christian Brothers, Brother Timothy, was an avid collector of corkscrews, and his collection, one of the most impressive in the world, is on permanent loan to The CIA at Greystone, and the inspiration for the Greystone Cellars wine labels. Since 1995, one of Greystone's neighbors, Markham Vineyards, has been producing a small amount of Greystone Cellars wines exclusively for the CIA, under the stewardship of Winemaker Kimberlee Nicholls and President Bryan Del Bondio. With the national launch of Greystone Cellars® wines, the CIA and Markham Vineyards bring the highest-quality California wines at the best possible value to a larger audience. Greystone wines are approachable, easy to drink, and befitting their connection to the CIA, enhance the culinary experience of any meal at which they are served. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Greystone Cellars wines will benefit the CIA at Greystone, a not-for-profit institute of higher education. View all Greystone Cellars Wines
About Other CaliforniaView a map of Other California wineries
California has nearly 100 American Viticulture Areas (AVAs) and accounts for almost 90% of wine production in the United States. In our section of Other California, we include wines from smaller AVAs as well as wines from the California AVA. Here are a few smaller AVAs you may see on the label:
Livermore Valley AVA, located right outside of San Francisco and home to wineries such as Wente.
Lodi County AVA, an AVA further east of San Francisco and known for its excellent, old-vine Zinfandels.
San Francisco Bay AVA, a sprawling AVA that covers Contra Costa, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, to name a few. Wine that holds only the California AVA is typically a wine that includes grapes from a number of different AVAs, which leads to the general labeling of the wine as California. This does not denote the quality of the wine, only the diversity of where the grapes originate.
About California
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.


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Meet our Staff
Leif Albertson grew up in Anchorage and has lived in Bethel since 2002. He joined the Cooperative Extension Service in 2008 as the district agent and a member of the Health, Home and Family Development faculty.
While Leif has professional responsibilities in many different areas, his main interests include public health, environmental health, gardening, nutrition and residential energy issues. He's been particularly interested in residential indoor air quality in rural Alaska homes.
Leif is an active volunteer with several community organizations including the Bethel Fire Department, where he is a firefighter and an EMT. E-mail Leif or Call Leif.
Ronda Sargent moved to Alaska in February 2004 from Arizona. She comes from a long line of volunteers and has been volunteering in her communities since she was a young girl. After beginning her employment with the Bethel Parks & Recreation Department, Ronda was introduced to 4-H and quickly began to get very involved in 4-H both at work and as a volunteer. Currently Ronda is the Alaska State 4-H Volunteer Leaders' Organization President. She is also actively working to recruit volunteers for the Bethel 4-H District.
One of her first recruits was her husband John who, after completing the Master Gardener course, volunteered to work with the kids on the 4-H Youth Garden in the summers. Ronda and John are raising their three kids in Bethel. Ronda hopes that through collaboration, together we can "Make Bethel Better."
Dedicated Volunteers
Norma has been a volunteer leader for the StrongWomen Program for 8 years. She has found that the program lives up to its motto, "Lifting Women to Better Health." The three 12-week sessions meet on M-W-F evenings at the Log Cabin, and provide the participants an opportunity to improve their strength, balance, and overall health.

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New Apple Plant Coming to Mesa
(Fox 10) MESA, Ariz. - Governor Jan Brewer welcomes Apple to Arizona as the new manufacturing operation in Mesa will create at least 700 jobs.
"Apple is indisputably one of the world's most innovative companies and I'm thrilled to welcome them to Arizona," said Governor Brewer. "Apple will have an incredibly positive economic impact for Arizona and its decision to locate here speaks volumes about the friendly, pro-business climate we have been creating these past four years. Their investment in renewable energy will also be greening our power grid, and creating significant new solar and geothermal power sources for the state. As Governor, I've worked hard to demonstrate that Arizona is open for business. Today's news is proof that's paying off."


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Toxic Water Actually 'So Routine' in Ohio
(NEWSER) – Tap water has been declared safe to drink and bathe in again in Toledo, Ohio, but scientists warn that toxic algae blooms could be here to stay. Fertilizer from farms and cattle feedlots are partly to blame for the thick layer of algae choking Lake Erie, the most developed of the Great Lakes, reports the New York Times, which calls summertime swimming bans "so routine" in the state. But it's not just nitrogen and phosphorus feeding the algae, which is made up of bacteria called micosystis—it's also the introduction of invasive zebra and quagga mussels that eat the algae and then eject the micosystis, which builds over time, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
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Apparently there is an ever-growing trend for churches to hire "Secret Shoppers" or, to make it more palatable to their congregants, "Mystery Worshippers"...
The Thing
Check out this Wall Street Journal article about it.
Note that the Seminary was well represented at the end by our very own Dr. Paul Louis Metzger. (Well done, Sir.)
"Some theologians warn that mystery-worshipper services will drive 'spiritual consumerism.' Evaluating churches as if they were restaurants or hotels might encourage people to choose their church not according to its theology, but based on which one has the best lattes or day care," says Paul Metzger, professor of theology at Multnomah Biblical Seminary in Portland, Ore. "We tend to look for religion or spirituality that will give us what we want, when we want it," Prof. Metzger says. "There's a pressure for the church to be something that the church is not."
The Buzz
The very day this article hit the wires, it was picked up by - amongst others - the Tulsa World and the Arizona Star.
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life thought it worthy of their hallowed pages.
Then, bloggers and other online magazines jumped on it. There are too many to list, so I've done the Google search for you!
You probably have plenty of thoughts on this...so don't hold back!
Want More?
- Dr. Metzger's folks over at Consuming Jesus
- Drum Major's for Love, Truth and Justice Event (PDF)


text: Curling was first an Olympic medal sport in 1924 in Chamonix. It wasn't until 1998 that it became a full-medal sport once again. Sochi will mark the sixth time that curling will be part of the Olympic Winter Games. Team USA was determined at the 2014 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, which took place Nov. 10-17 in Fargo, N.D. Teams skipped by Erika Brown and John Shuster won the Trials. Wheelchair curling debuted at the Paralympic Winter Games in 2006. An individual tryout took place to determine Team USA for the upcoming Paralympics. Click on "Team USA" to learn more about our Olympians & Paralympians who are going for gold in Russia.


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When you are designing and developing sites for your clients, where do you host them?
The host would have to have MySQL capabilities for use with Joomla and wordpress.
What do you do?
Thanks all!
Look around here, please. Many members have recommended (or panned) various hosts for years.
As for me, I'm currently hosting (for myself and for my clients) with two separate hosts:
• modVPS.com (part of WebHostingZoom.com) currently has my VPS account. I've had them for several years (they're more expensive now when I compare the cost of services) and they're just a little slow (at least when I'm in a rush) at some responses but, the proof of their services, price and responsiveness is that I still have my account with them.
• WebHostingBuzz has two of my accounts, one an account designed to accommodate the unusually high hardware requirements of a Joomla account and another where I take advantage of an "unlimited" account for client mp3 files. After several years, I have yet to need to contact their support group for a problem - I believe this is EXCELLENT but makes it impossible to compare the speed of support services (with modVPS). In reviewing their VPS, though, it appears that I could save on my monthly bills with a move.
• Others: I'd left Site5 (moved to modVPS) years ago when they suffered from a change of ownership. From what I can tell from a distance, though, Ben (he's around here occasionally), Site5's CEO, seems to have corrected the many problems created by the intermediate owners.
• GoDaddy (among others) has a terrible reputation (as a host, not as a registrar - their reputation there is very good) and should be avoided. Ditto any "free hosting" service which will advertise on your website.
FWIW, I've posted this "process" I go through before when I need to select a new service but it bears repeating here:
[indent]. Establish your requirements, i.e., Linux, Apache 2.4+, PHP 5.2+, MySQL 5+ and storage and bandwidth requirements. Remember to allocate for log files, databases, e-mail (attachments) and growth.
Know what control panels you are willing to use, i.e., WHM/cPanel. cPanel is the standard bearer for Linux systems and Plesk for Windows systems.
Know how much CPU time/RAM you need. If you need a lot of processing power (like Zoomla and other CMS's), this will be a major factor. These, however, are usually specified only for VPS/dedicated accounts and automatically throttled for shared/reseller accounts.
Know your target (the Internet is fast but some latency could hurt so the closer your server to your target audience the better) location and try to host as close to your target as possible.
SEARCH (using the above parameters) recording each feasible host as well how well it satisfies your requirements and budget. Spreadsheets are good for this as you can assign weighting to the different requirements and how well they were met to generate numerical scores.
Create a shortlist based on the database you've created in step 5 then SEARCH for comments about the host (avoiding obvious shills and websites which advertise for that host).
The last step (other than selection) is to contact each shortlisted host with a question (I've used .htaccess and mod_rewrite availability, which services are managed by the host, the availability of IP addresses - you will require one for each SSL you use - or ask to test proprietary control panels - they may make life too difficult for you) and record the response time and your level of satisfaction with the response.
Finally, you'll have enough information to make an intelligent selection.[/indent]
I hope that helps.
I apologize; I did a poor job of asking the question.I am not really looking for a hosting company but…I am wondering what the processes for developers who develop websites for their clients.Do you set up a hosting account, say on Godaddy, and then develop the site on that account and then go live? (paying for hosting all the time that the site is in development)Or do you host the account on a subdomain of your hosting account and then move it to a separate hosting account in the clients name when it is ready to go live?Or do you host it on a local machine and then upload the files to a hosting account when it is ready to go live..I am not sure what the best practice is when the clients site is in the development stage.. Where to host it so the client can get to it to ok changes but it is not actually live for the general public.
I think you're missing the point of the question here. LMedia is asking whether people keep a separate hosting account for sites in development, develop on a local machine, or what. The question isn't about how to proceed once the site has been completed.
LMedia - I work mostly on small, static sites so I can develop them locally. If I need to upload to a public server for any reason, I use a temporary sub-directory on one of my own sites, blocked in robots.txt so it doesn't accidentally end up on Google, and delete it again as soon as I've finished with it. Works for me. :)
LMedia - I work mostly on small, static sites so I can develop them locally. If I need to upload to a public server for any reason, I use a temporary sub-directory on one of my own sites, blocked in robots.txt so it doesn't accidentally end up on Google, and delete it again as soon as I've finished with it. Works for me. :)
I work on dynamic sites, and I develop them locally as well. I also upload them to a subdirectory of my development site so the client, and only him, can see it.
Like Guido, I host sites I develop in a sub directory on my own server (host) so that my clients can view the site while it's in development.
Ok, i understand.. The next issue is if i am developing a site in a subdirectory of my site and it involves a database (like worpress or joomla).. how do you tranfer that database with all the correct settings to the new host when it is ready to go live?
I know i am asking a lot of questions but i really appreciate the help..
I almost never transfer a db because most of the data entry happens after my part is done (design and development).
If you do have to transfer a db, then it'd not be much of a problem. You can use some tool like MySQL and generate a MySQL dump (backup) and load that onto your new db on the client's server. A more thorough explanation can be found here.
When using a CMS, all you'd then need to do is upload the software onto the client's server, configure it, upload the SQL file into your new db, and you should be fine. Most CMSes have documented on how to transfer a site from one server to another. In the case of WordPress, have a look here.
There are many sites offering free hosting but the speed is less(Which does not matter in your case) so you can use that account, block everything with robots.txt . After the site is done you may take a backup and restore it on your client's site.
Hi LMedia,
I currently (like others) develop on my local network. I have created a small server that I have jammed full of RAM and a robust RAID 10 configuration. I run Proxmox which is an open source yet rocking Virtual Machine hypervisior. I create a new VM for each customer and configure it with the OS and apache, node.js, php, .NET, SQL, mysql, postgre, or mongo db. I then connect to these VM's using Eclipse (the open source Java based IDE) it has a rocking remote management suit on it. I create GIT repositories on each VM and I can contect to an PUSH or PULL GIT updates from these VMs (Only if I need to) most time I just exclusively work on refining the setup of these VMs best optimized for a given project. I never mix projects on the same VM, it is too easy to 'hand-cuff' yourself by not being able to upgrade apache, PHP or a database (for example) for one application on a mixed-application stack. So I start a new VM for each. When I move customers to production servers I extract any code that I have newly created and add it to my code library and then I decomishing (backup the image) and take it off-line to leave more room for other projects.
I am able to take the server and database configurations and transfer these quite easily to production environments - I basically copy php.ini, httpd.conf, database schemas, .NET framework settings ... to the production servers. I am able to install the OS, databases and programming environments so the transfer from my local network to a production one is relatively simple as I am largely dealing with similar configurations for both.
It did not cost an enormous amount to set this separate server about $1500 in all. I don't need it to have the teeth of a production machine so I could keep costs down. It was more about gaining the knowledge to build the RAID 10 and install/manage Proxmox, but that did not take too long.
This works well for me. Recently I have moved customers to Amazon's services and I am very happy with the cost versus the server/bandwidth and self management capabilities they offer.
I have a robust PFSense firewall for my local network, Normally I create around 5 - 6 public test urls in my DNS, like : test.mysite.com, test2.mysite.com, test3.mysite.com I then have a small forwarding server (an apache server that sole job is to do redirection to the different I.P.s that are issued by my VMs. This way I can tell my customer to go to test.mysite.com and don't have to get them into using complicated ports.
Hope this helps.


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For First Time in 8 Years, US Likes George W. Bush
(NEWSER) – It's a milestone any former president would love: For the first time since 2005, more Americans approve of George W. Bush than disapprove, reportsGallup. He now stands at 49-46—up 9 in the "view favorably" category and down 13 in "view unfavorably" since he left office in 2009. (He still registers only a 24% favorable rating among Democrats, 60 points below his score among Republicans.)


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TB: Well, you are now at Stanford, which is the center of such high, high medical learning.
As an undergrad at Stanford, I was an English and Political Science double-major.
In 1917, a young psychologist at Stanford University did something strange: he tried to measure the IQs of dead people.
He has a twin brother, Jarron, who followed him from Harvard-Westlake not only to Stanford, but also to the NBA.
A mutual friend asked Taura to look after Hatoyama when he began his studies at Stanford.
But the earthquake put an end to the Stanford lectures in April, as the reader will learn more fully.
Stanford took a desperate brace and Berkeley lost the ball on downs.
Stanford replied that they had done it because it was right.
If only Stanford could gain ground now, or if time could be called.
Stanford has told me so much about you that I am in love with you already.


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AMD has announced the Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition graphics card. The AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition is the equipped with a reference engine clock that breaks the one gigahertz barrier.
The AMD Radeon HD 7700 series features AMD's new Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture, and comes equipped with technology like PCI Express 3.0, AMD ZeroCore Power, PowerTune, AMD Eyefinity 2.0 and AMD App technologies.
With features from AMD Radeon HD 7900 series, the AMD Radeon HD 7700 series are available today via retailers worldwide, with select models of the AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB starting at US$159.
The AMD Radeon HD 7700 series GPUs will be available worldwide from add-in-board partners including Sapphire, Powercolor, HIS, XFX, Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, and Micro Star International (MSI), AMD said.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
- 2015 China smartphone panel trend forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.


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15-2011.00 - Actuaries
Analyze statistical data, such as mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and retirement rates and construct probability tables to forecast risk and liability for payment of future benefits. May ascertain insurance rates required and cash reserves necessary to ensure payment of future benefits.
Sample of reported job titles: Actuarial Analyst, Actuarial Assistant, Actuarial Associate, Actuarial Consultant, Actuary, Consulting Actuary, Health Actuary, Pricing Actuary, Pricing Analyst, Product Development Actuary
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Ascertain premium rates required and cash reserves and liabilities necessary to ensure payment of future benefits.
- Determine or help determine company policy, and explain complex technical matters to company executives, government officials, shareholders, policyholders, or the public.
- Design, review and help administer insurance, annuity and pension plans, determining financial soundness and calculating premiums.
- Analyze statistical information to estimate mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and retirement rates.
- Provide advice to clients on a contract basis, working as a consultant.
- Collaborate with programmers, underwriters, accounts, claims experts, and senior management to help companies develop plans for new lines of business or improvements to existing business.
- Provide expertise to help financial institutions manage risks and maximize returns associated with investment products or credit offerings.
- Construct probability tables for events such as fires, natural disasters, and unemployment, based on analysis of statistical data and other pertinent information.
- Determine equitable basis for distributing surplus earnings under participating insurance and annuity contracts in mutual companies.
- Testify before public agencies on proposed legislation affecting businesses.
- Determine policy contract provisions for each type of insurance.
- Testify in court as expert witness or to provide legal evidence on matters such as the value of potential lifetime earnings of a person who is disabled or killed in an accident.
Technology Skills
- Analytical or scientific software — Insightful S-PLUS; SAS ; SPSS ; Wolfram Research Mathematica (see all 5 examples)
- Compliance software — Compliance testing software
- Data base user interface and query software — dBASE Plus; Microsoft Access ; SAP BusinessObjects Desktop Intelligence; Structured query language SQL (see all 5 examples)
- Development environment software — Microsoft Visual Basic
- Electronic mail software — IBM Lotus Notes
- Financial analysis software — GGY AXIS; Oak Mountain Software AnnuityValue; PolySystems Asset Delphi; SS&C PTS (see all 12 examples)
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Microsoft Visio
- Object or component oriented development software — C++ ; R
- Object oriented data base management software — Microsoft Visual FoxPro
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Economics and Accounting — Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Management of Financial Resources — Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
- Operations Analysis — Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Mathematical Reasoning — The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
- Number Facility — The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Perceptual Speed — The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
Work Activities
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
Detailed Work Activities
- Manage financial activities of the organization.
- Develop organizational goals or objectives.
- Analyze health-related data.
- Collaborate with others to develop or implement marketing strategies.
- Analyze data to identify trends or relationships among variables.
- Provide customer service to clients or users.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 100% responded "Every day."
- Telephone — 85% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 79% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Sitting — 79% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 91% responded "Every day."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 67% responded "Extremely important."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 52% responded "Very important results."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 64% responded "More than 40 hours."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 64% responded "Some freedom."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 67% responded "Some freedom."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 39% responded "Very important."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 36% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Letters and Memos — 42% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Contact With Others — 36% responded "Contact with others most of the time."
- Level of Competition — 42% responded "Highly competitive."
- Time Pressure — 52% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 42% responded "Moderate responsibility."
- Consequence of Error — 27% responded "Very serious."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 33% responded "Important."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
Interest code: CIE
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
- Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
Work Styles
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
Work Values
- Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
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Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2016)
|$48.37 hourly, $100,610 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2014)
|25,000 employees
|Projected growth (2014-2024)
|Much faster than average (14% or higher)
|Projected job openings (2014-2024)
|State trends
|Top industries (2014)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2016 wage data and 2014-2024 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2014-2024). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
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Friday gutted our country.
Any of us who have children live in fear of what happened in Newtown, Conn. two days ago.
There are no words for the 20 sets of parents, the teachers' families, nor the school principal's family that can be said or written that can explain away this tragedy. Hopefully our prayers help, but it's going to take a mountain of them for them and us to get over this violent action by an obviously deranged young man days into what's supposed to be a time of peace.
In a very few minutes, this sick young man dug a hole of grief for the victims' family and friends much deeper than the depths of his despair, and it's going to take a long, long time to refill that hole, if that's at all possible.
Not too many days into the coming new year, the continued debate between gun-rights and anti-gun factions will heat up again.
Maybe it is time to reassess what the Second Amendment means. Of course that sentence will elicit responses from my right-wing friends.
Maybe, too, it's time to reassess the position our country's well-meaning folks have when it comes to identifying and treating, however possible, folks like Adam Lanza, and question whether his behavior in the last months and years gave any indication that he could walk into a school and devastate so many lives.
It will not be surprising when we find out this young man was tormented by some demon, and that his behavior was passed off as "being different." Maybe it's time to investigate the whys and hows someone who's "different" can do what he did. And, yes, those last three sentences will elicit responses from my liberal friends.
Sure it's odd to find this discussion on an outdoors page. Honestly so much of what happens outdoors in Louisiana is done with firearms, and after the shock of what happened Friday wears off — if it ever will — then this tragedy will dissolve into another confrontation over firearms.
Right now, that's not the point, not factional confrontation, not heated debate, nor the issue of how to deal with mental illnesses.
I shed tears Friday, too, knowing that our society suffered an immeasurable loss, all the while praying that nothing approaching this tragedy will befall our family and that our two young grandsons will grow up in a society where life is a more valued commodity than it is today.


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A reliable and versatile offensive lineman, Evan Mathis helped anchor an injury-plagued Eagles o-line in 2012, as he was the only member of the unit to start all 16 games. Mathis, who was named to the Pro Football Focus All-Pro Team in his second season with the team, has flourished at the left guard position since originally signing with the team in 2011. He was awarded a five-year deal in the 2012 offseason that will keep him in Philadelphia through 2016. A self-proclaimed "sit-down comedian", Mathis' witty sense of humor and fun-loving personality, combined with his veteran presence, make him a valuable leader in the Eagles locker room.
A veteran of seven NFL seasons, the 6-5, 302-pound Evan Mathis has played in 58 career games (22 starts) for the Cincinnati Bengals (2008-10), Miami Dolphins (2008), and Carolina Panthers (2005-07). A third round draft choice of the Panthers in 2005, the 29-year-old played collegiately at Alabama, where he notched a streak of 47 consecutive starts in four seasons.


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Central Europe (including Germany), 1600–1800 A.D.
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AMD has introduced its next-generation mobile graphics technology, the AMD Radeon HD 6000M series.
Harnessing AMD's second generation of Microsoft DirectX 11-capable mobile graphics architecture, the AMD Radeon HD 6000M series provides users with: Models offering up to 1.3 teraflops of compute power for a gaming experience on up to six displays using AMD Eyefinity technology; AMD HD3D technology for the stereo 3D entertainment; and AMD EyeSpeed technology for improved video and application performance.
AMD Radeon HD 6000M series graphics represent support for notebook brands with existing and upcoming 2011 AMD mainstream notebook platforms planned to feature Eye-Definition Gaming with DirectX 11 support and AMD Eyefinity technology, plus AMD HD3D Technology.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
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Top 10 Movie Mavericks Of All Time
From Johnny Depp to Orson Welles to Diane Keaton — people who changed the way we look at movies.
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A maverick isn't afraid to go his or her own way. Mavericks are secure enough in their visions that they want to share them with the world. More often than not, by offering a different way to look at things, they created endless possibilities for filmmakers and their fellow man and woman. Right now, filmmaker Darren Aronosky (Black Swan, The Wrestler) and actor Jeff Bridges (True Grit, The Big Lebowski) are two high profile movie mavericks who are garnering tons of attention. Aronosky constantly challenges the audience to think via his intense, mythically charged films. Jeff Bridges never takes the same role twice. He's constantly changing things up, stretching his acting muscles, playing with our imagination. Both of these men are mavericks; by challenging the status quo, they broaden not only filmic horizons, but our own.
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Spike Lee, director
Do The Right Thing (1989) was Spike Lee's third film, but it was the one that really made his career. He unflinchingly dissected the racial tensions between African Americans and Italian Americans in a Brooklyn neighborhood and didn't serve up a "Hollywood ending." Throughout his career, Lee's been accused of courting controversy. In truth, he was moving in a direction that other directors didn't want to go. Lee has again and again explored race relations in modern day America, from Jungle Fever (1991) to his latest film, Miracle at St. Anna (2008).
Through Lee's perseverance into what was previously thought as either unbankable or uninteresting (and sometimes both) subject matter, Lee has paved the way for filmmakers as diverse as John Singleton and Tyler Perry.
Johnny Depp, actor
Johnny Depp could have used his movie star looks to coast in box office hits, yet the actor, fresh from 21 Jump Street, chose to be involved in intellectually stimulating and offbeat films. From Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Benny and Joon (1993) to Chocolat (2000) and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (2005), Depp's humanity makes characters like his self-deluded transvestite Wood and his murderous Sweeney Todd sympathetic to the audience. Depp doesn't try to make his characters likeable; he's more interested in their internal journey, the "why" of their being — and that is what makes Depp so watchable.
Jack Nicholson, actor
Oh those eyebrows! That maniacal grin! Jack Nicholson's first movie roles, Little Shop of Horrors (1960) and The Raven (1963), were for Roger Corman, who is called the king of kitschy B movies. Only Nicholson and Michael Caine have been nominated for acting (lead or supporting) by the Academy Awards in each decade from the '60s to now. Nicholson starred in movies that defined a generation: Five Easy Pieces (1960) and Easy Rider (1969).
Like Bogart, Nicholson is not conventionally handsome, and like Bogart, he's played his fair share of "heavies." He's known for taking roles that have a dark side. Interestingly enough, this penchant for dark, tormented characters — think The Shining (1980) — has made him very popular with the ladies. Perhaps it's because no matter how bleak his character, he injects a sense of vulnerability.
Nicholson searches for and picks roles not for box office likeability, but because they speak to him on a personal level. Even when portraying The Joker in Batman (1989) or the lead in Hoffa (1992), Nicholson takes these roles because of personal interest and a desire to grow and stretch as an actor.
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Notes from the Milk CaveBy Sarah Menkedick
Breastfeeding and boredom.
"You are an animal," my husband told me. We were in bed. The context was not what you'd expect. A baby was latched onto my right breast while the left leaked an opalescent waterfall of milk.
"I'm a mammal," I said. This is about as deep as our conversations got in the first month of parenthood. We were upstairs in what we have dubbed the milk cave—the dim bedroom of the nineteenth-century log cabin in southeastern Ohio, where we are currently living. I spend the better part of my days here, watching as my baby's eager, sucking mouth goes rooting, and then latches on with the force of a heavy lid sealed shut on an overflowing container. There is nothing soft or gentle about my baby's latch. It is the precise enactment of its definition: a clamping on, a fastening of two bodies. I feel a sudden tug of suction, a rasp of thirst, then sleepiness. I listen for the ker, ker, ker of her swallowing.
Before I gave birth, I knew breastfed babies needed to eat every two hours. But knowing this did not prepare me for the sheer amount of time breastfeeding would demand. Even if someone had told me "twenty minutes per breast per feeding," it would still have taken sitting down every two hours for forty minutes for me to understand, because just like every other aspect of pregnancy and motherhood—morning sickness, contractions—the imagined experience turned out to be laughably unlike the experience itself.
I was hunkered down in the milk cave in a mess of sheets, sticky with an overabundance of milk, balancing the baby in the football hold and watching her eyes blink slowly open and closed with the rhythm of sucking. I'd finally finish, set her in her Baby Björn, and start digging into e-mails and then, again, she'd shove her fist in her mouth and start smacking her gums with comic franticness. Whole yellow and green summer days slipped by between the milk cave and the breezy porch, gazing at baby on the breast, at the whirring fan and the sheets with their pattern of roses, at the pastures of wavering grasses incandescent in afternoon light. Nights I awoke at two, at four, at six, and in the grainy coffee black, I'd hold the warm parcel of her, feel the eager pressure of those small gums, our animal bodies pressed together, the trickle of milk, the darkness undulating a bit in my delirium. I'd try not to fall asleep, have half-thoughts, then enter a space of no thoughts at all. Read More


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In 1990, when Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, established his firm, staking one's livelihood on selling modern architecture in the starchy Washington, D.C., market might have seemed a dicey proposition. But Gurney persisted, working modern details into more traditional projects when he could and offering clients an appealing vision of life outside the colonial box. The effort paid off. "Now it's a different world," Gurney says. "There are so many people who want to do modern houses." He credits the media, in part, for making his kind of work more familiar and less intimidating. But we think Gurney and his firm deserve a fair share of credit, too. Their houses convey an excitement about the process of daily life capable of converting even committed traditionalists. Gurney also is an effective ambassador for a forward-looking architecture. Disarmingly approachable—and a fluent speaker of plain English—he is the opposite of the remote, bespectacled, academic modernist of stereotype. "We really try to listen to our clients," he says. "We really let the project come from what they are trying to accomplish." Combining creativity and rigor with accessibility, Gurney and his team have produced an impressive string of hits. Their work is characterized by expressive geometries, an assured handling of color and material, and commonsense practicality. Design awards notwithstanding—and the firm has amassed an impressive collection—Gurney's houses never seem too precious to live in.
What is the most gratifying aspect of residential practice?
We are a small firm, but because of the scale of residential work, we can work on lots of projects at once. At any one time, we have multiple projects in construction, design, and design development, so the day-to-day work is never stale. I also like the diversity the Washington, D.C., area affords: urban projects, suburban projects, and rural projects within a few hours drive.
What is the most frustrating aspect?
We are involved in designing and detailing all aspects of our projects and selecting all finish materials, fixtures, etc. Having to discuss towel bar selection and cabinet pulls with every client gets tedious.
What is your mission statement or firm goal?
Every project is an opportunity for good design; make the most out of every opportunity.
What is the most indispensable tool in your office?
Pencil with eraser.
What software does your firm use?
Who is your ideal client?
Someone who is open-minded with no preconceived design solution.
What is your favorite building?
The Farnsworth House.
If you didn't have the time to design your own house, who would you hire?
I would NEVER hire anyone to design my own house. I do not have the time, so, sadly, I continue to live in the fixer-upper I bought 10 years ago. Pretty pathetic!


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'"It looks right now like both players will miss some time. Both have leg injuries, and we'll get more details when we get back home," Ruff said in Wachovia Center. "I'm not going to guess [which is worse or how long]. [Today] will be a big day for them."'
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'"I thought we came out and played a hell of a third period," Ruff said. "We dominated their big line, we had a lot of control in the offensive zone, and I think we missed the net on a lot of big chances. I think it was the best all-around game we've played in a long time."'
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The Doctor Who episode "The Web Planet" from the show's second season, still in the era of the first Doctor, accompanied by Ian, Barbara, and Vicki, sees the travelers materialize on a barren world, resembling Earth's moon. This world, called Vortis, is inhabited by giant insects. The Menoptera who initially are thought to be invading [Read More…]
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Informally known as the "Crossroads of the West," Utah long has been viewed as a place ideally suited as a staging ground for the movement of manufactured goods between the East and West coasts, Canada and Mexico.
And now, one of the nation's leading corporate site-selection companies has released a survey showing that state, and the Salt Lake City area in particular, have a lot more going for them than just their central location and easy access to the interstate highway system and major railroad lines.
The study by The Boyd Co. of Princeton, N.J., found that the cost of operating a 500,000-square-foot distribution warehouse locally that employed 175 workers at annual salary of $31,500 was $15.1 million a year, the second lowest among 30 cities it studied.
"Companies always are looking for ways to improve their bottom lines, and when you have an underlying cost structure (for an industry) that is so competitive, it is going to pay dividends in terms of economic development and job creation," said Natalie Gochnour, chief economist for the Salt Lake Chamber.
John Boyd Jr., a principal in The Boyd Co., said when it comes to warehouse operations, the Beehive State is one of the places to be. "Land, labor and utility costs are low. And just as important, Utah is a place that has always made it known that it welcomes warehousing and distribution businesses."
That hasn't been the case elsewhere in the country, until just recently, he said.
It used to be that many communities were resistant to new warehousing projects and viewed them with skepticism. "There was this 'Not in my backyard' mentality. Warehouses were viewed as being a source of traffic congestion because of all of the big trucks moving freight in and out. And the jobs they produced were viewed as low-skill, low-paid positions."
That's changing.
Many cash-strapped communities are actively courting logistics industries because the economic benefits are clear, he said. Large warehouses that sit on huge parcels of property can translate into a significant source of property tax revenue. And many of the jobs no longer entail just stacking cardboard boxes or driving a forklift to move and load pallets of merchandise onto a waiting truck.
"What you have are well-compensated employees who manage sophisticated technologies such as radio-frequency identification technology, automated storage and retrieval systems, mobile robotics, inventory tracking and software-driven pick-and-pack systems," Boyd said.
For Utah, that means the competition for new warehousing projects will be getting a lot tougher, Boyd said. Still, he anticipates that new warehouse and distribution facilities will be a major source of new investment and jobs for the state in the years ahead. "You'll remain a major player."
The state's willing embrace already has paid off.
Over the past five years a period that encompassed the Great Recession the number of people directly working in warehousing and storage operations increased nearly 15 percent, to more than 8,100 Utahns, according to Carrie Mayne, chief economist for the Utah Department of Workforce Services. "It was some pretty healthy growth," she said.
And that number doesn't include the tens of thousands of additional support personnel, such as truck drivers, railroad workers and outside contractors needed to keep those facilities operating smoothly.
During that same period, the state's construction industry lost 32 percent of its employees while the number of jobs in the retail sector fell by 3 percent, according to data supplied by Mayne.
Jeff Edwards, president of the Economic Development Corp. of Utah, said out of 125 different development projects the state is working on, more than a dozen are with companies seeking sites for big warehousing operations. "That is one of the highest percentages of warehousing projects that we've ever seen," he said.
If there was one project that set off Salt Lake's decadeslong effort to position itself as one of the nation's key distribution centers, it would be RC Willey's 850,000-square-foot warehouse, which was constructed in 1996 on the far west side of the valley amid vast stretches of flat land.
"When we built that facility there was nothing around it," said Marv Jensen, facilities manager for RC Willey. "We needed something close to the freeway and that spot seemed ideal. Looking back I think we probably were the seed project that got people to realize that area was ideal for warehousing operations."
Today the warehouse, which is 18 acres or about 16 football fields under one roof, is no longer the only one in the area. Nearby are major distribution facilities for companies such as Sephora cosmetics, mountain bike maker Specialized Bikes and a newly built LDS Bishop's storehouse.
Boyd said one of the big draws that will entice companies to place additional warehousing facilities in that area of the Salt Lake Valley is the nearness of the Union Pacific intermodal hub.
Completed in 2006, the $83 million, 260-acre project replaced a much smaller, obsolete terminal that sat on 30 acres closer to downtown. The new facility increased Union Pacific's capacity to handle shipping containers by 300 percent and offered a way for companies to better control their shipping costs by taking advantage of lower-cost rail transportation.
"Siting distribution center facilities close to rail hubs is a good hedge against rising fuel prices," Boyd said, noting that it is much cheaper to move large quantities of products over long distances using rail service and then put the cargo onto trucks for delivery to the final destination than relying entirely on over-the-road shipping.
And, there also is an environmental factor to be considered, Boyd said.
"Compared to over-the-road shipping, rail moves one ton of freight on average 405 miles on a single gallon of gasoline," he said, adding being near a rail hub can reduce a shipper's carbon footprint.
Warehouse operating costs
Least-expensive cities
1) Quincy, Wash. $14,057,361
2) Salt Lake City $15,101,567
3) Billings, Mont. $15,233,698
4) Portland, Ore. $15,604,778
5) Spokane, Wash. $15,975,829
Most expensive cities
1) Vancouver, B.C. $23,600,989
2) Prince Rupert, B.C. $22,760,723
3) North Bay, Calif. $21,559,401
4) Los Angeles, Calif $20,737,988
5) Long Beach, Calif $20,676,012
Source: The Boyd Co.
Operating cost comparison
Salt Lake City:
Annual labor costs $5.5 million
Electric power costs $1.2 million
Property and sales taxes $1.6 million
Shipping costs $2.3 million
Los Angeles:
Annual labor costs $6.3 million
Electric power costs $2.3 million
Property and sales taxes $2.3 million
Shipping costs $3.1 million
Source: The Boyd Co.


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Phuket Gazette - 2014-06-09 11:07 AM
Sultry songstress Eka Liu Habib was in fine form for her final pre-baby charity concert at the Home rooftop bar in Kalim.Eka staged the concert to raise funds for the Barnhem Home for Children in Need in Phang Nga. Founded in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Barnhem opened in February 2005 and - though initially focused on helping tsunami victims - it has today become a home for needy youngsters from around the area.
The Baan Kata Arts Festival at Mom Tri's Villa Royale is a rare and welcome treat for the island's classical music lovers and this year's ensemble had something a bit different for the audience. The ensemble of classical musicians - Tasana Nagavajara on violin, Roland Baldini on viola and Worapon Kanweerayothin on Flute - presented solo, duo and trio works by Mozart, Beethoven and Debussy. Khun Tasana also performed the contemporary classic "Sarata" by Thai composer Narongrit Dhamabutra.
Phuket Today explores the life and passions of Twinpalms' resident DJ and artistic director, Romain Pelletti.
Rotarians and their friends gathered at Bangtao's Bliss Beach Club last Monday to celebrate the Supermoon phenomenon, dance to some bopping blues tunes, feast on the fare of five top chefs and raise some funds for the causes supported by the Rotary Club of Patong Beach.
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Adam Benson rents the second floor of the home of the recently disabled Melanie Brooks and as they spend time together, more than friendship is brewing, but there is a serial killer in town who has targeted Melanie. Adam Benson has been sober for two months and when his brother, brother's wife and their little boy move into the family home, it gets a little snug. He answers the sign that Melanie Brooks had in her window has posted in her window for a roo...
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Onyx, Jul 2004, 6.99, 336 pp. ISBN: 0451411439 In Riverton, Kansas, David Blankenship holds seventeen preschoolers including his son Billy and two adults hostage at the Tiny Tots Day Care center demanding to speak to his former wife substitute elementary school teacher Juliette Monroe. Hostage negotiator Nick Corelli makes contact with David, but worries about the victims as the culprit is silent for the most part, but when he speaks, he shows n...
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Princess Samira flies to Montebelle to search for her lover Desmond Caruso with her bodyguard Farid Nasir. Months earlier, the couple has rendevous and become lovers escaping from Samira's watchful bodyguards. But the tryst results in an unwanted pregnancy. Samira innocently believes that Desmond is the man for her and will be happy to marry her once he finds out she's with child. When she is ready to meet him, she finds him kissing and embracing a lady,...
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Signet, Mar 2005, 6.50, 368 pp. ISBN: 0451213904 In Cass Creek near Kansas City, Marissa Jamison still mourns the death of her spouse John, a firefighter killed in a hit and run incident in a grocery lot. She hides her grief because she knows her two youngsters seven year old Justin and five year old Jessica need her to be strong. Following a little game in which her son played at Line Creek Park, Marissa gets into a near fender bender with a...
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Samantha Dark returns to her hometown in Wilford, Kansas after running away from it and her family 6 years ago. She goes back to pay respect after her father has died. She has had a difficult childhood. She always yearns to receive his father's attention and approval but falls short with his impossibly high standards. When her father adopts Tyler Sinclair and trains him to be his prot�g�, Samantha and her sister get ignored. Their mistakes are always cri...


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The exhibit is a collection of memorabilia from a
cross-section of our community; the soldiers; including parents,
siblings, neighbors, and country. Many contributions came from staff
and students here on campus. Examples of what you will
see: military coins, interviews with WWII veterans in our community,
newspaper articles from the 1940's, family photos, WWII books, political
cartoons, uniforms.
Reception will be held on Monday, November 12, 12:00pm - 1:30pm.


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The Javelinas will be comprised of prospects from the Phillies, Cincinnati, Minnesota, San Diego and Seattle.
Of the Phillies players headed to Arizona, the games are likely most important for outfielder Zach Collier. The 22-year old had a decent season at High-A Clearwater, but also had it interrupted by a 50 game suspension for violating the Major League Baseball substance abuse policy, when he was found to have amphetamines in his system. In 78 games with the Threshers, Collier had 6 home runs and hit .269 with a .333 on-base percentage. Coming into the season, Collier had a career minor league average of just .242 in the minors and had three total home runs to his credit.
The suspension was especially problematic, since Collier also missed all of the 2010 season with a wrist injury.
Simon and Joseph were both acquired in trades over the summer, with Simon coming from Baltimore along with catcher Gabriel Lino in the Jim Thome trade and Joseph coming from San Francisco as the key piece of the Hunter Pence trade. Both played well after being acquired and both are definitely on the Phillies prospect radar, with Joseph potentially being the top catching prospect in the organization.
Cody Asche has some defensive issues at third base, but his bat shows a lot of promise. Ironically, his power really started to blossom after he was promoted to Double-A Reading this summer, where he hit ten of his 12 home runs this year. He could be on track to battle for the third base job with the Phillies in 2014, especially if they don't find a long-term solution through either free agency or trade this winter.
The 22-year old Johnson may be the surprise pick of the bunch to be among the Phillies players in Arizona. He pitched to a 5.02 ERA with Reading this season in 28 appearances. A lot of Johnson's problems can be traced to shoulder issues that hampered him throughout the 2012 season and twice put him on the DL with what was listed as a left shoulder strain. Johnson seemed to have worked his way past the injury and pitched well in July, with a 3.75 ERA for the month. In August though, he struggled horribly and allowed nine earned runs in 9 2/3 innings for an 8.38 ERA.
Johnson's biggest problem has been control. He walked 18 hitters in 28 2/3 innings this season.
Knigge and Shreve aren't household names, but both have pitched well and are deserving of their trip to the AFL.
Knigge pitched at both Clearwater and Reading in 2012 with a combined ERA of 1.43 and 11 saves. He's a 23-year old right-hander who has worked his way through the system pretty quickly since being drafted in the 12th round of the 2010 Draft by the Phillies.
Shreve was the Phillies sixth round pick in 2008 and started his professional career at Lakewood in 2010 after recovering from Tommy John Surgery that delayed his pro career until that season. He returned strong and has had only minor hiccups as he moved up the ladder, including pitching to a 4.40 ERA in 28 relief appearances with Reading this season.
The Phillies prospects will be sharing the spotlight with Reds prospect Billy Hamilton, who set a minor league stolen base record in 2012 with 154 swipes. Hamilton will be making a position change, moving from shortstop to the outfield - most likely center field - as the Reds work to convert him from playing as an infielder.


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We both say thanks for the Birthday wishes. It was a long drive home but worth it to put our feet up in our own chairs. Now for Chinese food for dinner....his Bday request so I didn't have to cook either. House was still standing and fairly clean so I was happy. My son is looking good too so that made me even happier. Glad to be able to celebrate at home.
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Lindsay Lohan's computer stolen at airport
Lindsay Lohan's computer was stolen, and she wants it back.
On Tuesday, the actress tweeted, "It was great to be in China and I want to thank everyone for their hospitality, however someone has stolen my computer at the airport… offering a reward for anyone who can retrieve and rtn it, bummer to go home w/o it. xo L."
Lohan attended the Sohu Fashion Achievement Awards in Shanghai on Monday.
She is not the first star to have electronics stolen and tweet about it.
Hopefully, a Good Samaritan comes through for Lohan!
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Open, P&R, BH, BB (adult & YA men) shoot WHITE Stake 40 yd. Max.
Youth and Women shoot RED Stake 30 yd. Max.
Traditional and Cubs shoot shorter Blue Stake 25 yd. Max.
PeeWee shoot from GREEN Stake 15 yd. Max.
Youth ,Cub & Pee Wee div. Include all styles together.
Location: Triangle Bowhunters Range, 1250 Burley Lane, Blacksburg VA. Near the Corning Plant, on Rt. 460, Between Christiansburg and Blacksburg, turn on Rt. 657, Merrimac Road. Go .2 mile and turn left on Burley Lane, follow sign and go .75 mile to clubhouse.
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'Often considered one of the world's premier hockey players, Forsberg is among the best playoff performers in NHL history, averaging 1.2 points a game in the postseason. Once again, he elevated his game when it mattered most. After an embarrassing 8-2 loss Monday put the Flyers in a 0-2 hole, Forsberg turned the series around with an All-Star effort in consecutive games.'
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As I anticipated, last week's post about Microsoft's latest desktop/tablet operating system ("The great Windows 8 debate") brought forth a torrent of divided opinions, both in the comments fields and in my inbox. Today I'll quote from some of that correspondence on both sides of the coin.
I'll start with a strong defense of Windows 8 from Cringester G.K:
Look, I use Windows 8 on my existing desktop, [and] it's actually better than Windows 7. ... It's definitely faster than Windows 7, on the same hardware. Windows 8 is not a version 1.0, as you state. It's Vista 3.0.
As for the start screen, I hardly ever see it. I click the desktop icon, or press the Windows key after the system boots and I'm at the desktop. I created the shortcuts on the desktop, to the programs I use, I pinned some to the taskbar and I run Windows 8 just like I used to run Windows 7.
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On the flip side, reader J.M., who says he goes back to the days of MS-DOS and considers himself a "literate end-user," if not a techie, was more lukewarm:
I have been using Windows 8 since it debuted in October. ... Upon downloading, i immediately installed Classic Shell. By so doing, I have been able to completely ignore the Metro UI and act like it is not there. I run a dual-boot system with Win7 and Win 8 and so am able to switch back and forth between the two and check out similar features in both. My honest evaluation is that, for a desktop PC, I just do not see any compelling reason to upgrade from Win7. I did so just because I could and was bored that day.
Back to the pro-Win8 camp. Cringe fan M.W. says he's sick of all the Windows 8 bashing that's going on at InfoWorld. He writes:
My laptop died and I needed a new one before I went on a business trip. I got a Fujitsu Lifebook T902 with a touchscreen. It came with Windows 8 Professional. I didn't know if I would like it, but frankly it was love at first sight. This business about the missing Start button is ridiculous. My general impression is that Windows 8 is great and I think easier to get used to and get work done than moving to a Mac. You must really love to make a business of being a professional curmudgeon.
Yes, "professional curmudgeon" is printed on my business cards, right next to the phrase "Will blog for food." Thanks for asking.


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Meat Loaf making progress on new album
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In addition to preparing for his Las Vegas show, Meat Loaf is also working on a new album.
The singer tells UltimateClassicRock.com he has three tracks recorded for the project, and he'll be teaming up with his "Bat Out Of Hell" producer Jim Steinman on "a couple of things."
Meat says one song, which will open the album, will feature Ellen Foley, Karla DeVito, and either Bonnie Tyler or Lorraine Crosby - who's featured on Meat's 1993 hit "Anything For Love."
The rocker adds that he's hoping to release the disc, titled Brave & Crazy, next September.
Later this month Meat will kick off his Las Vegas show, "RockTellz and Cocktails." The show will begin a six-week run at Planet Hollywood on September 26th.
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SO (significant other) and I are trying to work out our "birthing plan" and we get to the question about if you want your partner to cut the umbilical cord.
SO (significant other) said no because he is afraid that he will mess something up, even though everybody says that it is pretty fool-proof, and he is afraid he might pass out.
I don't want to make him do anything he doesn't want to do, but I also don't want him to regret that he didn't do it later on.
Is your SO/DH cutting the cord??Ā BTDT (been there, done that) moms... did your SO/DH do it and was ok with it?Ā Thanks!


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Cooking eggs exactly the way you like them has never been simpler or more foolproof. With this user-friendly machine you can prepare up to seven eggs, from soft-cooked to hard-boiled, all within the same batch.
- Cooks seven eggs, from soft-cooked to hard-boiled, at one time.
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- Audible signal chimes as each egg reaches desired level of doneness.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by makeithappen from consistent every time This egg cooker is awesome. I have always found it challenging to cook hard boiled eggs. This little cooker makes them to perfection every single time. The insides are perfect and the shell peels off easily. My teenagers love it. Tried the poached egg option too and again, perfect!Date published: 2017-01-28Rated 5 out of 5 by Kelanne1014 from Winner Egg Cooker Ok, I have one...thus the reason I bought another two for my adult kids. I have had mine for a good ten years, and it is still the same design today's units have...works perfectly and it's used often. So this holiday time, I purchased a couple more for my adult kids who call all the time with "egg cooking struggles". LOL Easy use. Convenient, no fuss making for any type of egg-in-shell cooking or even poaching outside shell eggs(extra tray included). I'd say, it is one pull-out-of-cabinet appliances I do use regularly. :) Add water to line, turn to cook level you desire egg to be, and when beeper goes off...flip off. Done.Date published: 2016-12-19Rated 5 out of 5 by rosemaryblue from Great Little Egg Cooker Not a week old, and I have used it four times! Perfectly cooked hard boiled eggs every time! So glad that I purchased it, and I know it's going to be great for the summer. And any time.Can hardly wait to make creamed eggs on toast! And the egg shells come off easily. Amazing little egg cooker!Date published: 2016-06-07Rated 5 out of 5 by Neni from Love it! Works great! Wish that I had not waited so long to buy it. It makes the perfect hard boiled egg from my own little backyard flock. Would make a nice gift as well. :)Date published: 2016-03-02Rated 5 out of 5 by MaryellenM from It's long been said that the mark of a great chef This machine is making me a 'great chef'.. for all the things i can cook, mastering a hard boiled egg so the yolk was perfectly yellow was something that was beyond me.. This makes it easy. Took a few tries to get the right setting for a soft boiled egg... but now that i have.. i'm loving it. Poached eggs.. eh - i'll stck with the old fashioned approach.Date published: 2016-01-04Rated 5 out of 5 by CVCaronis from Perfect, Easy Eggs When I ordered this, it was back-ordered and took about two months to get it. Was WELL worth the wait! I just told a co-worker about it, too, because she boils eggs all the time, and I said this egg cooker is so much faster and easier. It is SO EASY to use - a child could do this and get perfectly cooked eggs. I cook a couple eggs every Sunday, so I have them for salads during the week. SO glad I bought this!Date published: 2015-10-14Rated 5 out of 5 by BusinessSavy from Awesome - perfection! I can't seem to boil eggs to save my life - either too undercooked or overcooked - ordered this gem - and WOW, perfection...could not have come out any better! This machine is easy to clean, quick, fast and a MUST! Thank you thank you - I can eat boiled eggs anytime now!Date published: 2015-03-31Rated 3 out of 5 by MisterTee from One for Two This device does indeed make great soft boiled eggs once you figure out your desired cooking time to get the consistency you want. As for poached eggs, not so much. It only makes three at a time, so for two people eating two eggs each, it doesn't help. More importantly, even after reducing the cooking time so that the yokes remain liquid, the whites are rubbery and the whole thing looks like a hockey puck. This morning I went back to basics and poached four eggs in a pan of water with a bit of lemon juice (acid); the results were perfect as you can see how the whites are setting up as things progress. So, five-star soft boiled eggs but one-star poached eggs. One for two.Date published: 2015-02-28


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Perfect pairings: Local gallery, tasting room join forces to showcase art, wine
January 4, 2013
WHO: Grass Valley Wine Company and the Artists' Studio in the Foothills (ASiF) Gallery
WHAT: Closing reception of first ASiF Gallery @ Grass Valley Wine Company show, featuring 14 ASiF Resident Artists
WHERE: Grass Valley Wine Company, 128 Mill St., downtown Grass Valley
WHEN: 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6
INFO: Amanda Paoletti, (530) 274-7000 or by email at email@example.com
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The new year is full of promise for local businesses Grass Valley Wine Company and the Artists' Studio in the Foothills (ASiF) Gallery as they announce a new relationship featuring the artists and wineries of Nevada County.
To kick off the collaboration, ASiF Gallery @ Grass Valley Wine Company presents the ASiF Winter Resident Artist Show featuring 42 artworks by 14 resident artists. This exhibit is on display now and will be celebrated with a closing reception from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at the tasting room gallery.
ASiF Resident Artists include Michael Angell, Rebecca Bleau, Eileen Blodgett, Phil Brown, Odette Brush, Roseanne Burke, Susan Crocenzi, Heather deViveiros, Barbara Harris, Sarah CV Hendrickson, Jill Mahanna, Jean Patterson, Denise Wey and Kathryn Wronski.
Each of the resident artists in this exhibit creates his artworks at ASiF in his own private or shared studio space.
Grass Valley Wine Company is the cooperative tasting room and wine bar of three Nevada County wineries: Bent Metal, Pilot Peak and Solune. Each of these are family-owned and operated wineries, producing fewer than 3,000 cases of wine annually.
The three winery owners' mutual vision for this downtown tasting room brings together the finest quality local wine, music and art, said ASiF Owner/Director Amanda Paoletti.
ASiF Gallery and Visual Arts Center is a 4,000-square-foot studio arts facility housing 15 private and shared artists' studios, three community classrooms and a gallery to promote local emerging artists.
ASiF promotes those artists throughout the year in themed gallery shows and invites the public for seasonal open house events, featuring fine art demonstrations by visiting and resident instructors.
ASiF offers art classes for adults and children in painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, mosaics, mixed media and jewelry arts.
"The large and fabulous gallery walls at GV Wine Company are just what ASiF Gallery has dreamed of to expand its reach in promoting the several hundred local artists represented in themed gallery shows at its Idaho-Maryland Road location since 2008," Paoletti said. "New ASiF Gallery @ Grass Valley Wine Company exhibits will be featured about every six weeks!"
Grass Valley Wine Company tasting room is open daily, from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday to Wednesday and 1 to 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday.
Local live musicians are featured from 6 to 8 p.m. Fridays and 5 to 7 p.m. Saturdays.
This new venue is in addition to the events and exhibits and classes that will continue to take place at ASiF's Idaho-Maryland Road location.
The artists welcome the public to come visit them in their studios as well to see them in action, learn about classes they offer and view more local artists' work in the center's gallery located at 940 Idaho-Maryland Road in Grass Valley.
For information on upcoming ASiF Gallery @ GV Wine Company shows and live music and events at the tasting room, visit http://www.gvwineco.com.
WHO: Grass Valley Wine Company and the Artists' Studio in the Foothills (ASiF) Gallery
WHAT: Closing reception of first ASiF Gallery @ Grass Valley Wine Company show, featuring 14 ASiF Resident Artists
WHERE: Grass Valley Wine Company, 128 Mill St., downtown Grass Valley
WHEN: 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6
INFO: Amanda Paoletti, (530) 274-7000 or by email at email@example.com
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