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The biscuit box Carmeta, designed by Lluís Clotet intrigues for its capricious creases on the lid obtained thanks to a complex technique involving the cold pressing of a sheet of stainless steel: the thin sheet of steel gives plastic intriguing effects together with the body of Carmeta, made from hand produced glass. These effect can be seen in all of the items in the series designed by the Catalan designer.
Born in Barcelona in 1941. He receives the architecture degree in the "Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura" of Barcelona in 1965. In that school, he was a drawing teacher from 1977 to 1984. During the 95/96 and 96/97 courses he was a visiting professor in the P.F.C classroom and Projects I and II teacher in the 97/98, 98/99 and 99/00 courses. In 1964 he founds Studio Per in cooperation with the architects Pep Bonet, Cristian Cirici and Oscar Tusquets. With the latter, he collaborates in multiple projects until 1983. In 1984, he joins in partnership with Ignacio Paricio for the architectonic production until the year 2008. He is also a founding partner of the firm "B.D Ediciones de Diseño" There are collections of his work in the Modern Art Museum of New York (USA), in the Industrial Design Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (France), in the Architecture Museum in Frankfurt (Germany), in the Bonnafort Gallery in San Francisco (USA), in the New York World Gallery (USA), and in the Columbia University (USA).


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Giants score 6 runs in 1st in 8-4 win over Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (AP) The ball was dropping everywhere for the Giants through the first two innings. After that, they couldn't get a hit.
They made their early runs hold up, beating Los Angeles 8-4 Friday and spoiling the Dodgers' home opener played nearly two weeks after they began the season in Australia.
Michael Morse keyed a six-run first inning with a two-run single in the Giants' highest-scoring opening inning since they scored six on June 2, 2008, against the Mets.
"We had some breaks and we know it," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said, "so you take them."
David Huff (1-0) got the victory, allowing two hits in 1 2-3 innings of relief while striking out three.
After retiring the first two batters, Hyun-Jin Ryu got pummeled for six runs while giving up six hits, including four in a row as the Giants batted around. They finished Ryu with two more runs in the second, extending their lead to 8-0. It was the South Korean's shortest outing as a Dodger.
Ryu and four relievers combined to hold the Giants hitless over the final 7 1-3 innings.
"I don't really feel like he got thumped," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "We didn't help him for sure. Things didn't go his way, but I like the way he handled himself. He could have gotten irritated."
Ryu (1-1) gave up a career-high eight runs – six earned – and eight hits while getting six outs. The left-hander walked three and struck out two while making his third start in six games. He was moved up in the rotation after injured ace Clayton Kershaw went on the disabled list for the first time in his career with a strained muscle in his back. Kershaw may be out a month.
"You wish it was one of those games buried on a Tuesday night in August instead of opening day," Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis said. "It was one of those games where he (Ryu) just couldn't catch a break."
Pablo Sandoval walked, Buster Posey singled and Morse singled them in for a 2-0 lead. Center fielder Matt Kemp bobbled Morse's hit, allowing him to take second on the error, and Brandon Belt singled in another run.
Activated from the disabled list before the game, Kemp wasn't originally in the lineup but was inserted after Yasiel Puig arrived late to the ballpark and was removed from the batting order.
"The first two innings were sloppy defensively," Kemp said. "We didn't do a good job of anything, but we kept fighting. We kept grinding. You're going to have those games when you start out slow."
Puig said after the game through a translator that he had already apologized to his teammates and Mattingly.
"I'm sincerely sorry. It was my fault," he said. "I'll be here early tomorrow."
Pitcher Ryan Vogelsong's bloop single scored Belt and Brandon Hicks after an intentional walk to Joaquin Arias, extending San Francisco's lead to 5-0. Angel Pagan's RBI single tacked on another run.
Hicks had an RBI double and Arias added an RBI single to make it 8-0 in the second.
Bochy successfully challenged a call in the seventh after Hanley Ramirez singled leading off and was called safe in stealing second. Second base umpire Marty Foster's call was overturned under the new video review rule.
"That's a big call. There's nobody out and they got the leadoff hitter on, but it worked out well," Bochy said. "We also had one before today that didn't work out well, so hopefully at the end of the season, you have more that go your way. But I like it. I just take it for granted that you have to use your challenge if you have one."
The Dodgers got back-to-back homers by Adrian Gonzalez and Andre Ethier leading off the fourth to trail 8-2. Kemp doubled in a run in the fifth, his first hit in his season debut after rehabbing left ankle and shoulder injuries.
"It felt good to come back. It's been a rough 1 1/2 years for me," Kemp said.
Vogelsong allowed seven hits and four runs in four-plus innings. He struck out four and walked two.
"I've been throwing the ball exactly the way I wanted to. I just got away from it a little bit," he said. "I'll try to get my stuff cleaned up before the next outing."
Notes: The Dodgers' streak of winning every home opener since 2008 ended at six. They are 28-25 in home openers. … The Dodgers allowed the most runs in a home opener since 2006, when they lost 11-10 to Atlanta. … The Dodgers' entire team was introduced for the fifth time this season, including twice in Australia and twice in San Diego, where they opened the North American portion of the schedule. … Dodgers Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully rode in a baby blue 1965 Mustang convertible to home plate, where he handed rather than tossed the first pitch to Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax while other Dodger greats who had defining career moments announced by Scully ringed the plate. … Former Dodgers broadcaster Ross Porter, who spent 28 years with the team starting in 1977, served as honorary public address announcer.


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Colorado's drought in 2001-02 accelerated the tree-killing pine beetle outbreak in the Rocky Mountains — and a dry 2012 could spell more trouble for the state's pine trees, according to new research from the University of Colorado.
Next, the research team led by CU doctoral student Teresa Chapman will study correlations between Colorado's most recent wildfires and the pine beetle epidemic that previously had killed trees in those burn areas, thus creating even more dry fuel for the wind-whipped flames.
Chapman explained that drought coupled with warming temperatures are environmental factors that favor the beetles. In those conditions, trees are unable to produce resin — the hydrocarbon that helps them ward off the insects.
"Warmer temperatures already favor the beetles, and coupled with the extreme drought of 2001-02, the trees were not able to defend themselves," Chapman said.
Mountain pine beetles are about the size of grains of rice, and adult females lay their eggs — up to about 75 at a time — in the bark of trees. When the larvae hatch, they spend about 10 months feeding underneath the bark before developing into adults and attacking other trees. The pine beetles disrupt the circulation of trees, essentially starving them to death.
About 3,000 square miles of forest are affected by the pine beetle epidemic in the southern Rocky Mountains, which stretch from Wyoming through Colorado and into the northern part of New Mexico.
The new research out of CU reveals that the pine beetle outbreak originated in several locations and spread out, coalescing and continuing to spread. Previously, it was believed that the pine beetle outbreak may have started in one place and spread from there.Colorado's drought of 2001-02 played a key role in pushing the pine beetle outbreak into a regional epidemic even when temperature and precipitation levels returned to more normal levels. The beetles moved into wetter and higher elevations, attacking less susceptible lodgepole pine forests.
A paper on the research — which was funded by the National Science Foundation — recently was published in the journal Ecology.
Co-authors on the study include CU geography Professor Thomas Veblen and Tania Schoennagel, an adjunct faculty member in the geography department and a research scientist at CU's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research.
A 1980s outbreak of the pine beetle in Colorado's Grand County was halted by extremely low minimum temperatures during the winters of 1983 and 1984, according to Veblen. But during the current outbreak, minimum temperatures during all seasons have been persistently high since 1996. The temperatures are well above the levels of extreme cold shown to kill beetle larvae in lab experiments.
"This implies that under continued warming trends, future outbreaks will not be terminated until they exhaust their food supply — the pine tree hosts," Veblen said in a news release.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 215 diseños de 71 diseñadores freelance.
Logo needed for new website that will feature high-end consumer electronics (and other non-electronic products in future). Chose Redpoint name as climbing, 'clean ascent' reference, would like to incorporate that concept in logo design.
Redpoint Store (http://www.redpointstore.com)
We are launching an online store initially featuring good quality home theater electronics (receivers, speakers, TVs, accessories) at competitive or discount prices. In future, we plan to offer additional products, so the logo needs to work for a varied product line (e.g. should not incorporate any home theater image in design).
Please refer to this shop cart demo: http://demos.turnkeywebtools.com/ss4/. We will be basing the site design on this format, so the logo should work well on this page (select Classic Red layout at top dropdown. That is the page layout we'll be using.)
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- Subtle reference to climbing. Redpoint = When a climber has led a climb from top to bottom with out weighting the rope or gear. Also called a clean ascent.
- Should incorporate the color red somehow, even if just a little
- Logo should have a light, agile feel, not heavy or thick
- Clean font, clean lines
- Open to variations of cap/lowercase, e.g. redpoint store, RedPoint Store, Redpoint Store
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As a college student, one of the most common questions you are asked by family members, friends, and classmates is, "What's your major?" If you have not yet declared your major, you may feel uncomfortable responding that you are undeclared and/or undecided. It sometimes seems as if most of your peers already know what they want to do, and that something is "wrong" with you if you have not yet decided on a major. Choosing a major is one of the most important decisions a student is faced with very early in a college career, and many students feel that they are not adequately informed or prepared to declare a major. It is the hope of the staff in Career Services that this guide will prove to be a starting point for you in selecting an academic discipline(s) in which to major while a student at UW-Green Bay.
Does My Academic Major Have to Relate to a Career Choice?
Consistently, the staff in Career Services hears students expressing the belief that major and career choice are the same thing. It is true that certain fields do require specific degrees or substantial course work in order to qualify for certification or licensing. These fields include, but are not limited to, professional programs such as Accounting, Education, Social Work, and Nursing. Without a degree in these fields, additional course work completed after graduation or special certificate programs can provide the credentials needed to qualify. However, there are numerous careers that may require a bachelor's degree for entry into the field, but not a specific major. Most employers are concerned with the solid skill base that is gained through a college education. These transferable skills include oral and written communication skills, problem solving skills, critical thinking, organizational skills, and research and analytical skills. The ability to be trained and the ability to adapt to new environments are necessary skills to have for the work force of today and the future. Completing a college education enables you to develop and enhance these skill areas.
For some career fields, such as medicine, law, counseling, pharmacy, etc., graduate or professional school will be required after completing a bachelor's degree. Students should be aware of the admission requirements for the programs they are interested in. Many will have prerequisite course work requirements, but most will not require a specific major. So, for example, medical schools will require a specific core of science courses, but you do not have to major in one of the sciences to qualify for admission. The same is true for many other graduate and professional school programs, though there are some exceptions to this, so it is important to research the requirements as early as possible.
Because most majors are not focused on a specific job or career field, some form of practical experience is very important for making a successful transition to the world of work. Internships allow you to build on the transferable skill base gained through your college education. You then receive focused training and practical experience where very specific content or task skills are developed. So an English major can use an internship to prepare for a career in banking, or a Psychology major can do an internship in the field of human resources. Internships are the primary way for students to gain the practical, related experience that many employers are seeking.
What Should I Consider When Selecting a Major?
Students get overly concerned about selecting the "right" major. The choice of an academic major is an individual and personal choice. As the person declaring the major, you will be accountable for learning the material, completing the papers, conducting the research and taking the exams. Therefore you, and you alone, should decide what you will major in while attending UW-Green Bay.
The best place to begin with your choice of major is to think about your own interests, values, abilities, and personality. Can you imagine dreading to go to class each semester because you are bored by the material or you have no real interest in the field? When you consider the amount of time you spend on concentrated study in this field in which you have majored, interests and a desire to learn the material become critically important. You also need to think about what your goal is in choosing a major. Do you want your major to prepare you for a specific career field? Do you want you major to help you develop a depth of knowledge and skills that you can apply in many different fields of work? Or will your major simply be a subject that you enjoy studying? Not everyone has the same purpose in choosing a major, so it is important to think about what you want to accomplish.
Career Services utilizes several different assessments, including WISCareers, the Strong Interest Inventory, and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which can help you learn more about yourself and your options. No "test" or inventory can tell you what you should do, but these tools can be a good place to start for those who are undecided. Before taking an assessment, you should make an appointment with one of the staff members in Career Services to discuss which one would be most appropriate for you. And after taking an assessment, you meet with the career counselor again, to help you interpret the information. There is also a one-credit Career Planning course (Human Development 225) you can take, which is designed to provide you with the knowledge and resources necessary for career decision-making in college. The class sessions and assignments will help you to assess yourself, learn major career development theories, explore career and major options, gather information about the world of work, and establish short-term and long-term goals for career/life planning.
What if I Don't Think I'm Ready to Declare my Major?
As mentioned earlier, the choice of an academic major is not an easy choice. However, many students believe that once they choose a major they are "locked" into that course of study. This is not true. You may change your major as many times as you would like. Declaring a major is never a final choice. A student merely repeats the process by completing a new declaration of major form. There are, however, a few precautions to consider about changing a major too frequently or declaring late in your college career.
The first precaution is that some departments may restrict enrollment in courses to majors only. Other courses may have prerequisites that must be taken before enrollment is possible. If you have not declared your major, there could be a limited number of courses open to you outside of the courses required in the general education program. Another precaution to consider if you declare or change your major late in your college career, is that your date of graduation may also change in order for you to complete the necessary graduation requirements for your new academic program.
This is not to say that you need to rush the decision and choose your major right now. But it is suggested that you do not delay your decision longer than necessary. You may find it easier to procrastinate because you are focused on completing general education requirements, but you need to realize that choosing a major is a decision you will need to make relatively soon – and no one else can make it for you.
Are There Benefits to Declaring My Major If I Am Hesitant?
There are some benefits to declaring a major even if you are not certain yet. When you declare a major, you are assigned an adviser in the department. This gives you an opportunity to get to know the department's procedures and policies, gain first-hand information about which courses to take, and receive assistance and advice from an instructor familiar with the department and the curriculum. You will also know the recommended sequences in which to take courses, and how frequently they are offered.
Another benefit you receive as a declared major is access to student organizations, honor societies, scholarships and departmental activities. All of these things can help you network more effectively with faculty, alumni, and other students in the department, who can provide a wealth of information based on their experiences. In addition to the people you meet through these groups, you can connect with UW-Green Bay graduates in a variety of career fields by joining the UW-Green Bay Alumni group on LinkedIn. Create a LinkedIn account for free, and request to join the group.
Declaring a Major at UW-Green Bay
After you have made a decision about which major to declare, you must submit a completed Declaration of Degree Plan form, signed by the designated academic department representative, to the Registrar's office. Students seeking admission to the majors in Accounting, Social Work, Communication, Education, Music, Nursing, Human Development, Psychology or Business Administration must meet special admission criteria to be accepted as a major. See department websites for specific information.
In order to meet the university requirement of an interdisciplinary academic program, students who declare a disciplinary major must also declare an interdisciplinary minor by the time they have 62 credit hours in progress. Students with an interdisciplinary major are not required to have a minor.
Majors and Minors
Interdisciplinary Majors, Minors and Areas of Emphasis:
Disciplinary Majors, Minors and Areas of Emphasis:
See a complete and current list of majors and minors in the UW-Green Bay Undergraduate Catalog and link to each department's webpage.
You are responsible for planning your course of study and major with the assistance and consultation of your academic adviser. You should meet with your adviser each semester before registering for classes, and regularly check your degree progress through the Student Information System. Many majors also have specific areas of emphasis within the program. Be sure to consult the college catalog and the academic department to get specific information about program requirements, areas of emphasis, and course offerings.
Resources Available from Career Services
If you would like to learn more about major and career options, there are numerous resources available on the Career Services web site and in the resource library in Career Services office (SS 1600). For more information, or for assistance with choosing your major, you may make an appointment to meet with one of the professional staff members by calling the office, 920-465-2163.


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Note: The final report of this task force was presented to the Governor's P-20 Leadership Council on June 10, 2008 and is linked at the bottom of this page.BackgroundMaryland faces a crisis in its supply of teachers. It is a complex problem that has many overlapping facets, but it is one that must be solved if we are to sustain the growth in student achievement that we all desire. Year after year the Maryland State Department of Education Staffing Report identifies trends and shortage areas. Yet the problem remains.
On December 1, 2006, Dr. Edward L. Root sent correspondence to Dr. Nancy Grasmick, State Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Brit Kirwan, Chancellor of the University System of Maryland, and Dr. Calvin Burnett, then Secretary of Higher Education, outlining the Maryland State Board of Education's concerns about the teacher shortage crisis and requesting that the PreK-16 Leadership Council make this crisis its top priority. The Leadership Council asked the PreK-16 Workgroup to come back to the Council with its own review of the issues. That report was made to the Leadership Council in March 2007. The Council considered this report as well as comments from other groups and decided that Maryland needed a high level Task Force to conduct a comprehensive review of this matter and report back to the Council with its recommendations.
ChargeThis Task Force is charged with the following: 1. Articulate the problem 2. Gather data on what is working and not working, using internal and external focus groups, for example a. Why do high school students choose not to enter teaching? b. Why do teachers stay or leave the profession? c. What is working in Maryland? d. What is working around the country, such as, "U-Teach" in Texas? e. What are the migration patterns of teachers (resignation, retirement, county to county transfer, state to state transfer)? f. What are the effects of Professional Development Schools (use the Towson Study)? 3. Develop a comprehensive set of recommendations specific to Maryland and responsive to the January 18, 2007 PreK-16 Workgroup summary of issues as enumerated below: a. Higher education curricular initiatives i. Interdisciplinary programs ii. Involvement of arts and sciences faculty iii. Differentiated majors iv. Discipline-specific education tracks b. Certification issues i. Alternative certification ii. Praxis cut scores iii. Career changers c. Marketing and communications i. External information to the media ii. Articulation with and among counselors at all levels iii. Information to students to create engagement iv. Information to career changers d. Incentives, for example: i. Scholarships ii. Tuition waivers iii. Salary iv. Retirement v. New teacher assignments vi. Working conditions, for example 1. Leadership issues (and their effect on retention) 2. Student discipline 3. Class size and total student load 4. Preparation time 5. Professional development 6. Mentoring
MembershipPreK-12: Up to 12 representatives (not including the co-chair) to include representation from MSDE, local directors of human resources, principals, classroom teachers, local superintendents, local assistant superintendents of instruction, local executive officers, Maryland PTA, MSTA, and BTUHigher Education: Up to 12 representatives (not including the co-chair) to include faculty and academic professional staff drawn from community colleges and public and independent institutions, including Historically Black Institutions, and to include deans and directors of teacher education programs, institution-wide academic officers from four-year colleges and universities, education faculty, and arts and sciences faculty/administratorsOther: In addition to the PreK-12 and higher education representatives (including the co-chair), the Task Force will have six (6) representatives from a variety of other sources (e.g., business, government, professional organizations).
The Task Force will be co-chaired by one PreK-12 representative and one higher education representative to be determined by the three co-chairs of the Leadership Council.
A subset of the Task Force, with equal representation from both the PreK-12 and higher education communities will be created as a steering and writing committee.
Duration of the Task ForceThis Task Force will meet throughout the 2007-08 school year and present its report to the PreK-16 Leadership Council in June 2008.
The Maryland Teacher Shortage Task Force Report was presented to the Governor's P-20 Leadership Council on June 10, 2008.


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Following CoDel to Region, Hoyer Continues to Explore Ways to End the Genocide
WASHINGTON (June 8, 2007) - Steny Hoyer (So. Md.) met today on Capitol Hill with leading relief organizations that are working to alleviate the suffering in Sudan to discuss his recent trip to the region. Hoyer says that bringing attention and action to the conflict in Darfur is a focus of the Majority Leader Office.
"I am impressed by the dedication and hard work of these relief organizations," said Hoyer today. "There are thousands of Darfurians whose lives depend on these humanitarian organizations. I appreciate their thoughts as to how Congress can continue to bring attention and take substantive action on this critical issue."
In his first official travel as House Majority Leader, Hoyer led a bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CoDel) of 11 Members to Darfur, Sudan and Egypt in early April. The delegation met with officials of those two nations, as well as representatives of relief organizations.
Participants in today's meeting discussed the CoDel's trip, a report on the trip compiled by the Majority Leader's Office summarizing the meetings and findings, and potential follow-up action. The report can be viewed at
http://majorityleader.house.gov/ .
"Save the Children's staff in Khartoum is very grateful to have had the opportunity to meet with members of Congress and their staff to discuss the challenges we continue to face in West Darfur," said Susan Braden of Save the Children, which operates the largest humanitarian program in West Darfur. "Save the Children continues to work in West Darfur at near capacity, despite violence, heightened risks to our staff and increasing difficulty in accessing remote populations of conflict-affected children and their families. The gains children and families are making are fragile. The volatility of the conflict, the tremendous scope of the needs and the sheer numbers of people living under very difficult circumstances all contribute to the tenuous nature of their progress. However, Save the Children and other humanitarian organizations working in Darfur remain steadfast in our efforts to bring help and hope to displaced children and families in West Darfur."
Since the CoDel, Hoyer says he has taken several steps to pressure the U.S., Sudanese and other governments to take action to stop the violence in Darfur, protect the humanitarian infrastructure in this devastated region, and advance the peace process.
On April 23, Hoyer wrote a letter to Al Samani Al Wasila, at the Sudanese Foreign Ministry, challenging his assertion that non-governmental organizations face no bureaucratic hurdles in Sudan. On May 4, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Hoyer sent a letter to President Bush, urging him to raise the issue of humanitarian access in all dealings with Sudan. The letter was signed by 21 Senators and 38 Representatives, including the entire membership of the bipartisan CoDel. Additionally, Hoyer joined over 100 colleagues on May 7 in writing Chinese President Hu, urging him to use China's unique leverage with Sudan to end the violence and establish a peacekeeping force. Most recently, on May 25, Hoyer sent a letter, signed by the entire CoDel, to Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir, in support of his efforts to bring warring rebel factions in Darfur to the negotiating table.
As Majority Leader, he has worked with Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) to bring two important resolutions to the House Floor on Darfur. H.Con.Res.7 urged the Arab League and each Member State individually to acknowledge the genocide and step up their efforts to end the violence, and H.Res.422, which passed unanimously this week, calling on China to condemn the atrocities taking place in Darfur and end military and economic assistance to the government of Sudan until it stops civilian attacks and engages in peace negotiations.
Hoyer says he will continue to work with Representative Lee, Members of the CoDel, other Members of Congress, relief organizations, and other outside groups to take action on Darfur in the coming weeks and months.


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I work for a marketing consultancy and our client needs a whole new website. Our client is an easy going person and his focus is on return on investment. He is not concerned with flashy and pretty designs. He wants something that his potential customers can go to and find out about my client and turn into a lead. They are an office furniture dealer located in New Orleans, LA. and the market has slowed down significantly for office furniture.
I will be managing this project and have experience with doing this and know exactly what our client needs. This will reduce the amount revisions and back and forth that usually happens in the design phase. We have a really tight timeline for getting these designs completed. With that said I have already completed the wireframes for the different pages on the website.
*Please submit a design for the home page and a quote for how much you would require to complete the additional 4 pages.
The markets our client serves is typically businesses with 35-200 employees. He really focuses on office managers and entrepreneurs (see white paper attached for customer personas). These people are typically responsible for hiring an office furniture dealer to purchase and install office furniture into their office space. These target customers don't typically have a lot of experience in working with an office furniture dealer so it important that the website is very easy to navigate and builds trust with the visitor.
To get an in depth idea of who the target audience is please read the white paper attached. It references personalities and decision making processes for the typical customers of our client.
The details of this project brief are prioritized below:
#1 - This project is on a tight timeline it must be completed by Aug 13th.
#2 - Attached is the current logo for our client. It needs to be updated. I will allow you to do what you want with the logo to incorporate it into the website. Their logo wants to represent trust, easy to work with, full service. Feel free to get creative or just make minor adjustments.
#3 - Absolutely must stick to the wireframes that are attached. I designed them exactly how the client wants it.
#4 - In the wireframes you will notice different shades of gray. These are use to distinguish the importance of a certain part of the page. The darker the gray means the more emphasis in the design we want on that part. Please take this into consideration when designing the various parts of the website. However, this does not mean to use grey as your only color choice. Feel free to experiment, but I prefer no bold stand out colors.
#5 - For the internal pages there is a brand marker next to the page's h1 tag. Please create a brand market that matches the overall theme of your design.
- Please refer to our clients current website for ideas about them http://www.officeplanninggroup.com
- Refer to another client of ours website for an almost identical website http://www.sandiegocubicles.com. This website currently converts at 4-6% so it means the current layout and design are working.
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Temp jobs on the rise in Fairfield County
For 22-year-old Laura Grenier, finding a permanent job just out of school was a tough task. She applied for more than 40 jobs, but came up empty.
So she changed her approach, searching instead for temporary or temporary-to-permanent jobs -- and the sociology and psychology major from Bridgeport landed a spot the day after graduation.
Between 2009 and 2013, the number of temporary jobs available in Fairfield County has grown by 58 percent, according to research published by Economic Modeling Specialists International, a company that analyzes labor market data.
With 2,105 new temporary jobs out of the 7,272 total positions created being labeled as temporary, 29 percent of the region's new jobs fall into that category. That's double the national average, and enough to rank southwestern Connecticut in the top third of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the nation for its share of temporary jobs.
"Ideally, I would have liked to have taken a permanent job, but the market is tough," said Grenier, who is about a month into her position at a company in Norwalk, after finding the post through the local temp agency McIntyre Group.
"Temporary was fine -- anything to get experience on my resume," she said. "I talked to a few people at McIntyre about opportunities that involved temp-to-perm, because it seemed like a great way to get my foot in the door."
She hopes the job turns into a permanent spot for her, something she will find out before she hits her three-month mark with the company.
But if it doesn't, Grenier said she will continue to search for another role and may even try temping again. After all, she might have to.
"We've had consistent growth over the last year or so," said Melissa Mongillo, director of temporary services at McIntyre Group, who attributes much of the increase in temporary jobs to companies "preparing for changes" in health care plans and policies.
"I think companies are trying to eliminate full-time roles to potentially defray the cost of benefits," she said. As a result, she sees many local companies "cutting back on head count."
McIntyre Group has about somewhere in the range of 600 to 700 temps on its payroll, after slow and steady increases dating to the market crash five years ago.
And that's just one temp agency in an area that is experiencing an increased demand for short-term employees.
Nationally, more than 765,000 temporary jobs have been added to the economy since 2009, according to EMSI, accounting for roughly 15 percent of all job growth over the past four years. EMSI editor and author of the company's recent report, Joshua Wright, says it's a phenomenon that could become problematic.
"The big takeaway is that because temporary help is so low-paying, it doesn't bode well for most of these economies that are seeing a large percentage of their growth in temporary help," Wright said.
The Stamford-Bridgeport metro area's average earnings for temporary workers is the fifth highest in the nation at $50,350 a year, according to Wright. But that's still just a fraction of what permanent workers in the area make.
The most common temporary job in Fairfield County is laborers, a job that has grown from 442 positions in 2009 to 670 in 2013, for a 52 percent change in the total stock of workers, who make a median wage of $13.86 an hour.
Several other low-paying jobs rank in the top five most common temp jobs in this area, before human resources officer -- the position held by Grenier -- appears on the list at No. 9. Workers in her profession have experienced a 78 percent increase in the number of temporary jobs available since 2009, climbing up to 123 positions, where they earn a median hourly wage of $33.46
Fairfield County isn't the only part of Connecticut seeing big gains in the share of new jobs that are temporary. According to data from EMSI, 40 percent of jobs created in the Milford-New Haven area between 2009 and 2013 have been temp positions, giving it the 18th largest share of the metropolitan areas analyzed. The Hartford market has seen a 58 percent increase, with temp jobs growing by 2,577 positions as total jobs grew by 4,445 positions; the city and its surrounding suburbs have the 11th highest share in the nation.
But Nutmeg cities have nothing on places like Stockton, Calif., where permanent job numbers have stagnated as temporary jobs increased.
According to EMSI, there was a net gain of 40 permanent jobs in the metro area in the time period analyzed, with temporary jobs growing by 1,604 positions.
That brings the share of new temporary jobs in at 4,010 percent of the total market. And it's just one of four metro areas where the losses in permanent jobs have been turned into net gains thanks to a high number of new temp positions: Scranton, Pa., Dayton, Ohio, and Memphis, Tenn., are in the same boat.
"It's very clear that there's no sector of the economy growing as strongly right now as temporary help," said Wright, who added that he expects to see the trend continue on its trajectory in coming years.
As for Grenier, she said she's willing to try a few times to make sure she can find a permanent job, adding experience to her resume along the way.
"You can't say no to a job, especially when it's a job you want," she said.
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UCSD Finishes 16th at NCAA South Central/West Regional
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AUSTIN, Texas - The UC San Diego men's golf team completed its season Wednesday with a 16th-place finish out of 20 squads at the NCAA Division II South Central/West Regional at Grey Rock Golf Club in Austin.
UCSD finished the tournament with a three-round total of 919, 55-over par. The Tritons carded a 317 Wednesday after posting a 297 Tuesday and opening with a 305 Monday. The team was up-and-down, finding itself in 11th place Monday and then improving to a tie for eighth following play Tuesday.
The top six teams from the regional advance to the National Championships, held May 19-23 in Allendale, Mich. Host St. Edward's ran away with the title, totaling a 14-over 878. Chico State and Hawaii Hilo tied for second (+30, 894), Cal State Monterey Bay was fourth (+33, 897), Western New Mexico finished fifth (+39, 903) and Simon Fraser grabbed the sixth spot (+40, 904).
The Tritons were sixth early on in Wednesday's third round.
Daniel Yang (San Diego/Westview HS) was UCSD's top finisher, placing in a tie for 31st after shooting a 227, 11-over par on the par-72, 6,909-yard course. The sophomore went 74-75-78 over the three day tournament.
The individual titleist was Derek Oland of Midwestern State, who finished with a 4-under 216. Oland carded a 5-under 67 Wednesday, the low round of the tourney. Enrique Livas of St. Edward's placed second (-1, 215) and Chris Shimomora of Hawaii Hilo took third (even, 216).
Also on the course for the Tritons were Lewis Simon (T-42nd, 229), Clayton Yamaguchi (T-42nd, 229), Jeff Roseth (T-96th, 243) and Jay Lim (T-104th, 245).
Lim and Yang each shot a 78 Wednesday, the lowest score for the Tritons during the round. Simon's 71 in the second round was the only under-par round for any UCSD player.
Seven of the South Central/West Regional teams are ranked among the nation's top-25, including Cal State Monterey Bay (No. 3), Chico State (No. 5), Western New Mexico (No. 9), Cal State Stanislaus (No. 12), St. Edward's (No. 18), Hawaii Hilo (No. 22) and Sonoma State (No. 23).
Along with UC San Diego, Colorado School of Mines, Cameron, Simon Fraser, Dallas Baptist and Western Washington are receiving votes in the most recent GolfWorld/Nike Coaches' Poll.
UCSD was competing in its third consecutive NCAA postseason.


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CHICAGO — It's so early in the draft lottery game. The Celtics won't even find out where they will pick until Tuesday night, but they do know that their first selection will be among the first eight picks.
Their agenda at this week's NBA Draft combine is to become more familiar with all of the prospects through workouts and interviews, and pay close attention to those who could fill a definite need (small forward, center) or are perhaps a better alternative to someone currently on the roster.
Boston is one of the more active teams here because the Celtics own two of the first 17 picks, and some NBA observers believe Boston could score just as big with its second pick as with its first.
The Celtics have spoken with several players over the past two days, including Kentucky's Julius Randle, Arizona's Aaron Gordon, UCLA's Kyle Anderson and Zack LaVine, Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart, and Michigan State's Gary Harris. Perhaps the most mysterious player to draw Boston's interest is Australian point guard Dante Exum, who on Thursday faced the American media — many of whom have only seen Exum play on YouTube videos.
"My game has changed a whole lot since those clips," he said in the middle of the horde. "I am a get-to-the-rim type of player, and that's what puts me in a good position to be a point guard and that type of vocal leader."
Exum is 6 feet 5 inches, a guard in the mold of Russell Westbrook. The Celtics have also talked with Gordon, the hulking, athletic Arizona forward who is considered a Blake Griffin type because of his leaping ability and defensive prowess.
Gordon's eyes lit up when asked about the possibility of playing small forward in the NBA and defending the likes of LeBron James.
"I see myself as a forward; I see myself as a basketball player," he said. "That's the one thing I for sure can do is guard. I love defense just as much as I love scoring. It's really fun for me to make sure that guy can't score. Teams are going to be real surprised with the completeness of my basketball game."
When asked about the Celtics, Gordon said: "I like Boston a lot, I really do. It's a traditional program. It has a lot of good players on it. It might just be missing a few things but they could be right back there in a few years."
Ainge intrigued
Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge and other team management members sat courtside as a slew of prospects worked out, but Ainge wasn't wowed by any particular segment of the day.
"Not much to get out of it," he said. "I've seen all these guys play. The most you ever get is a little bit out of this thing, but sometimes you don't get anything. Today, I would say nothing. It's not frustrating. It just happens sometimes.
"Everybody is here, not just me. I know these guys pretty well. I put a lot more stock to what they do in the games than what they just did here. But I do get something out of the interviews, which I'll be doing until [late Thursday]."
Ainge is intrigued by the large pool of the players the Celtics are studying for the 17th pick.
"There's some good talent in that pick," he said. "Yeah, we've got to make the right ones, get the right guys. We don't take needs. We take the best players available."
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12 User Reviews of Carnival Splendor Cruise Ship
I really enjoyed my cruise. Everything was excellent except lines in the buffet line, and room service. We ordered a peanut butter and jelly for my daughter at four pm. We left to go to dinner at the early seating (one hour and forty five minutes later) and we still had not seen room service. We wanted to go to dinner without her but we had to take her because her sandwich never came. We did not leave her at camp carnival because she would not eat. Also one night we had to call room service to order ice and that was a forty five minute wait. Needless to say again not happy with room service. We went on carnival spirit ship to Mexico also with almost a thousand lest people with same size buffets lines to long
We boarded the Splendor in Long Beach for a seven day cruise. Here is a link to the Cruisemates photo album
Pre-Cruise Stay We drove to Long Beach from Sacramento and had a pre-cruise stay at the Long Beach Hilton. The cruise boards had let me know about the special Carnival code. The special code provided shuttle to and from the cruise terminal, seven nights parking, and one night stay for only $95. With tax and parking for an additional day the cost was about $122. This was an excellent deal. We did wish the hotel had a microwave and mini refrigerator but we cannot complain. The Hotel did have excellent Italian coffee (Lavazza) for the coffee maker. However, we learned the Hilton designates floors seven and above as the silent floors. People making noise on these floors will be asked to leave the hotel. We were on the fifth floor. This floor was apparently the "make as much noise as you can at 4AM in the morning floor". There were teenage cheerleader competitors staying in the surrounding rooms. This was not the hotel's fault. Just a warning to others torequest a room above the seventh floor. Although you may not get it with the code. Earplugs are key.
Embarkation Carnival had called and left a message that our check-in time at Long Beach Terminal was 2p.m. I disregarded this message completely. The Long Beach terminal has early check-in from 9a.m. to 11a.m. This early check-in used to be at the Queen Mary Hotel, it is now at an outdoor kiosk at the regular Carnival Terminal. We took the shuttle and got to early check-in at about 9:45a.m. There was no line at all. Just six tellers all waiting to check us in. We were in zone one and we did have to wait until about 1:30p.m. to board. We found a nice comfortable spot on a concrete bench and my hubby brought out the video game and we played monopoly until it was time to board. The room was not ready yet so we headed to the Lido Deck for lunch. I got the Mongolian BBQ and my hubby got a hamburger, hotdog, fries, and I think a slice of pizza. He started with the Mongolian BBQ but was not happy with it. We were eating by 2p.m. The early check-in made this a really smooth embarkation.
Food and Entertainment The Mongolian BBQ would be good for people who have never had a real Mongolian BBQ. The noodles were too thin, there were no bean sprouts, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, or straw mushrooms. The sauce also needed more flavor, plus soy sauce on the tables would have helped. The food at the grill was very good. My hubby liked the hamburger. The grill had the usual hamburger, hot dogs, fries, potato salad, Chili etc. The pizza parlor was good if the pizza was just out of the oven. The calzones were worth the 10 minute wait and one of my favorite foods for lunch. The Breakfast Buffet never changed and the bacon is just never crispy enough and a disappointment. The pancakes, ragout sausages (sausages in red meat sauce) and hard boiled eggs were very tasty. I got a chance to try the burrito bar. I got a steak burrito and asked for the hottest salsa. It had very little heat. The best was the dining room food. The desserts were excellent; if you are a chocolate lover try the chocolate melting cake!! The service was very good and a special thanks to Marlon and Wilfredo for the great service. We were blessed with wonderful tablemates, which made the time go by quickly. Thanks guys you were a blast!! The prime rib was tender and juicy. However, Carnival should stop trying to make filet mignon. Filet mignon has very little fat and over cooks easily. In 2008 on the Freedom in the main dining room the Filet Mignon was overcooked. On this cruise the Filet Mignon was overcooked. My hubby's favorite and I have to agree with him, is the cream of wild mushroom soup.
The Ports The ports were Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas. Something to note; Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan are on the Pacific Ocean. Cabo San Lucas is on the Sea of Cortez and is much clearer and less rough. Really nice to swim or snorkel in.
In Puerto Vallarta we booked the Wild Dolphin & Snorkeling excursion. The tour was ready to leave as soon as the ship docked and we just made it onboard the tour boat. About five minutes into the tour, a small boat with other cruise ship passengers approached and these cruisers had to jump from the small boat onto the main boat. The crew on this trip was wonderful and fun. We had the choice to kayak, snorkel or hang out at the beach. We decided to snorkel. The Pacific Ocean was very murky and not the best for snorkeling. We did see some fish though and on the way to Marietas Island we saw a pilot whale which was very cool. No wild dolphins though but it was never a guarantee to see any. They are wild after all. For lunch, there were sandwich fixings as well as potato and tuna salad and an open bar which included Pina Coladas, Margaritas, and rum and cokes. I really enjoyed the Margaritas. Beware of the jelly fish in the Pacific Ocean. Ladies with long hair, tie your hair back. A young lady had a jelly fish caught in her hair and it stung the heck out of her back. My hubby had a small sting on his leg but not from the one in the girl's hair (didn't want you to get the wrong idea here). The Jellies didn't sting me at all. After all, "I am the Jelly whisperer". After the tour ended, we went to the board walk in the Malecon area (it's only a short cab ride). I should have brought my camera as it was a beautiful sunset. There are multiple sand sculpture artists that create beautiful sculptures for tips so bring some change.
My hubby found an aquarium in Mazatlan. Yes the bird show was in Spanish and all the exhibits were in Spanish. The aquarium is mainly for the Mexican people and it's a small aquarium. However, the cost was only 75 peso at a 10 to 1 exchange rate that is only $7.50 and for the price you got a lot for you money. We took a pulmonia (open air taxi) to the aquarium; piece of advice, always negotiate the price before getting in any cab in Mexico. After the aquarium we took another pulmonia into the Golden Zone for shopping.
Cabo San Lucas was beautiful and my favorite port. Everyone on this cruise wished we had more time at Cabo San Lucas. My hubby and I hired a glass bottom boat that took us by Pelican Rock where you could see the fish clear as day. Cabo is the best place to snorkel. We went around the arch to the Pacific Ocean side. DO NOT SWIM ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN SIDE! IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. Lover's Beach is on the Sea of Cortez side and I found the surf too rough for me to swim in, although there were people resembling Olympic Swimmers, ha ha, swimming and snorkeling. We only stayed at Lover's Beach an hour then our glass bottom boat captain took us to Medano Beach. This beach is safer to swim in. We headed to the Baja Cantina's roped off chaise lounges. They rope the lounge area off so the vendors can't disturb you while you are relaxing. We ordered a bucket of six Pacifico beers with lime slices for 150 pesos. At 10 to 1 exchange rate it's about $15. We took turns swimming in the Sea of Cortez and just chilled until the glass boat driver picked us up at 1p.m. We did some shopping then got in the long line for the tender boats. To Carnival's credit the line moved quickly. Next time I will skip Lover's beach and just head to Medano Beach.
Shows and entertainment On this cruise we had three shows: The Beat, Fiesta Latina, and Vroom. My favorite show was Fiesta Latina. I love Latin music and the dancing in this show was wonderful. The two lead dancers performed an amazing dance that left me speechless. It's a real rarity for me to be speechless. Vroom was also a high energy action packed fun show. The female singer Adrian Hall was an excellent singer and dancer. She also sang at the Past Guest party. The Beat was fun, but not as good as the other shows. My hubby enjoyed the Vegas style costumes. If you have small children, do not sit up front or they may see more than you might want them to.
Debarkation The saddest day of the cruise. We learned to never do the self debarkation; we really over pack too much for that. Me with my shoes and my hubby with the electronics. Carnival has switched from calling colors to calling zones. The first zones to be called were zones 1-5. My guess is this group had the early flights to catch. For us this was no big deal. We were in zone 7 and got called with the 6-20 group. It was really easy to get off the ship and through customs. They have really improved the process since my last cruise out of Long Beach. We called for the hotel shuttle, which only took about 5 minutes to arrive. We were on the road by 10:30a.m. and falling asleep at the wheel by noon. Ha ha, hardy har har.
Overall, we had a good time and it was worth it. I'd give the cruise a solid B+.
In nautical terms it is proper to refer to ships in the feminine manner…such as "she" or "her", but with the Carnival Splendor they aren't kidding. This ship is most definitely a girl. Maybe it's the pink wood patterns, or the both dining rooms being named "Pearl".
While some may disagree, it has been my experience that if one has been on one Destiny or Conquest class Carnival vessel, they have been on all the Destiny/Conquest "Fun Ships". Pink décor aside, this is largely true with the Splendor as well. Some exceptions are the "Cloud 9 Spa" and mid-ship, as opposed to AFT, sliding sky dome.
Food was typical Carnival, which is not such a bad thing after all, in that continuity from ship to ship appeals to me as a Carnival quality. Of the three production shows, the last one… a rock montage named Vroom" was my favorite. All three ports of call provided picture postcard scenery and ample adventure activities.
***Puerto Vallarta*** Expert Hiking Tour = a bus carried us up to an area where we hiked through the Mountains. It was hot and the terrain was usually often slippery on anoften steep grade, but the river crossings made the trip worthwhile.
Rhythms of the Night was the highlight of my whole trip. This tour starts on a party boat out to Caletas; a secluded area where John Huston once made his home. Once arrived, we were met my costumed entertainers, where we were presented with a Mesoamerican themed luau show. The dancers there seem to have the agility of gymnast. And the buffet food by candle & touch-light as the sun set was a marvelous experience.
*** Mazatlan*** The Colonial Villages of the Sierra Madre: visited a adobe brick "factory" where clay is turned into bricks, an old fashioned bakery, a tile shop, a furniture shop, and two colonial towns.
Both Concordia and Copala are historic picturesque "real Mexico" towns which makes the trip worth the money. The beautiful churches, both dating from the 18th century are the centerpieces of these lovely places. Lunch at an ambient Copala restaurant was included, which enhanced the adventure.
*** Cabo San Lucas*** I did Carnival's Land and Sea shore excursion, which included a visit to Land's End via party boat, a stop at Cactus Mundo botanical garden, and San Jose Del Cabo and its picturesque church. Enbarkation was a bit too sluggish, but debarkation was a piece of cake.
In summery…. it was a great vacation and I can highly recommend the Carnival Splendor to Mexico's Pacific!!
I just got back from the Carnival Splendor on an Eastern Caribbean cruise; San Juan, St. Thomas, Dominican Republic, and Nassau. This is only my second cruise. We stayed in Fort Lauderdale the day before. A very hard city to navigate. We were very thankful for a shuttle to the port. We were early, about 10:15 is when the hotel brought us. I had 58 people in my group, but came to the port with just my immediate family. It was their first time to cruise, and it was really great to share this experience with them. Their ages range from 3 years to 74 years. Check in was a breeze -- no line and to my surprise I was VIP. My family and I sat in a special section and boarded first.
The ship was very nice, very pink. At our given time we all checked out our rooms. My parents and sister had an Empress balcony, we had a Main OV, and my son had a Rivera IN. My sister, husband and I checked out the new Cloud 9 Spa, which was very nice. We took advantage ofthe $35 package while at sea, "girls day." Only negative thing is they don't check people as they should. We paid for services and a few people just walked in. You are given a wrist band for your day pass or even if you are in the Spa rooms you wear bands. They said they do a walk around every hour.
We had a very large group and Carnival did a wonderful job seating everyone close together. Everyone loved the waiter and staff. Unfortunately two tables, including ours, had very poor service. All of our tables in our group were done and we still did not have our main course. This went on every night. One person in our group had cruised 7 times and he said he won't do another Carnival cruise as this was the worst service he has ever had. Yes, we did complain, but it didn't do any good.
Ports San Juan: This cruise the Captain allowed us free dining in the formal dining room during our time at San Juan. How great! We were able to tour the city. That was a treat. How beautiful the old city is.
St. Thomas: I had never done my own excursion before. The taxis were safe and reliable. All prices were the same. We did Megan's Beach again, beautiful. My family couldn't get over how clear the water was. Taxi took us back and we saved $39 for our family by going on our own.
Dominican Republic: Did the horseback riding excursion. $79 -- well worth it. The guides were polite, helpful, and friendly. We were supposed to ride for an hour, but we were on our horses for 1-1/2 hours. Yes, the paths were cut throughout the grounds and no, we didn't get to ride in the waves. The guides were careful to only tell you the good things about their country. They would ride alongside of you and make conversation with you. Very nice. Bring money -- they sell you pictures at a very fair price.
Nassau: Wow! how beautiful. We did the Blue Lagoon Dolphin Encounter for $112. Well worth the price. We were on the boat 1 hour to and from the ship. They only charged my son, dad, and husband $25 to ride the boat and watch us play with the dolphins. My granddaughter (3) got to do everything for free. The trainers are really great with kids. Lots to see. Bring money for pictures, t-shirts, etc to buy. Go through Carnival because we didn't get to the ship till 5:20 pm and I really started to panic. They called the ship and we were just fine. My mom and sister went on the Atlantis beach break. It was very bad, I'm sorry to say. It costs $80 with lunch. They were given their money back. Other friend did the Atlantis Dolphin encounter at $129, which was not as good an experience as our's. They had very limited time with the dolphin, and his wife was not even allowed to take pictures.
Shows Four out of seven were good -- the comedians, hypnotist, and juggler were fantastic. A very good experience.
Disembarkation Disembarking went smooth, except for the customs people that kept asking my three-year-old granddaughter what state she was born in. Then they asked what day she was born on. She is 3. Then they looked at my daughter-in-law and said "I guess she is yours." I would definitely go to Port Everglades again. Maybe not on Carnival, though, because I would like to try a different line. So, maybe I'll be back.
I have sailed on the Splendor 4 times with my 5th coming up on June 1, 2015. I like to book cabins in the forward area because we do your time dining and the dining room is in the front as well as the theater, guest services, atrium, the shops, casino, and lido pool.
We sailed on the Carnival Splendor from Dec 3-11, 2013 (NYC to Port Canaveral, Nassau) - see our ship ratings below
Overall, cruise was ok.We have been on other cruiselines in the past and this was the first on Carnival.Pros and Cons,
Pros- Value,Cabin size(we had a balcony cabin),Room Steward( Dennis),Pool Drink Runner( Roderic),average ship activities, casino(actually won money)
Cons- Buffet(closed at 3:00pm),drink prices
Again, overall the cruise was ok.Splendor was very clean and to be honest any time away from work is good.Would we take it again.... I would say yes so go and enjoy !!!
Carnival's Splendor, which took us to Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas for a week long 'fun' cruise, wasn't what I was expecting. We travel a ton, but this trip was very disturbing. Let me begin at the end. Last day of the cruise, our room flooded. Water cascading from the ceiling and down the walls. Not drips, but RUNNING water. Called Guest Services as we were trying to get ready for our evening. Supervisor showed up, assured us we would be contacted and that things would be resolved before returning to our room. After a night of dinner, dancing, gambling and visiting with family, we arrived to our room at two-thirty in the morning. We had to leave the ship by ten a.m. The bed was pulled from the wall, helter skelter in the middle of the room. Bedding thrown in a corner on the floor. Side tables and lamps thrown on the bed. sopping wet towels spread throughout the room. Our clothes, luggage and belongings thrown on the floor in a damp heap. Message light on phone. Message is: "Thank you, Mr. *****. We have solved the problem. Ifyou would like a new room, please call." I call. At two-thirty in the morning, they expect us to pack all of our things they threw on the floor, wait for an attendant, and move to an inside cabin from our balcony room. I want to have a supervisor look at the state of our room. Wait a half an hour. No response. I call again. Nothing. I walk down the hall, find housekeeping at random, and a half hour after that, we crept into a damp bed, room still trashed, exhausted after the employee at least changed the sheets and pillows. Got to sleep by four in the morning. Nobody ever showed up to take care of anything. The result: Talk to guest services. Nothing. Talk to others. Nothing. But let's start at the beginning..... It took three evenings to finally have my immediate family seated with the rest of my family for dinner, as Carnival made a mistake with booking. I was polite, but was ignored and put off for three days until we physically dragged our chairs through the dining room to the big table, scrunching in with them. What a scene, and a horrible one, but I was at my rope's end. We came on the cruise to be with family, and dinner is the main gathering place to talk about our times on the ship! Then, of course,as we were blocking the aisles, they solved the problem very easily. Day four. One hundred dollars cash was stolen from our cabin. Very crafty, they are! Had eight hundred in the safe, but whoever stole it was good. Only took five twenties. Again, ignored. My bad in forgetting to lock the darn safe that time. No comment from Carnival. Snorkeling excursion in Cabo booked via Carnival: Worst ever taken. 45 minute trip to destination, given 45 minutes to snorkel, except you had to swim for almost fifteen minutes to reach the bouyed off section due to so many ships in the area. Paid $80 per person (4 of us) for 20 minutes of snorkeling in twenty five feet of murky water. Took pictures, offered to compare them to the advertised pictures. Carnival declined to see them. Saw eight fish. Result: half of our excursion refunded. One of our bags was put in the incorrect section when the porter took them for disembarking. Couldn't find it. Left, flew home. Carnival found it, but didn't call us. I called them, finally. We had to pay for shipping of the luggage to our home. Response: 'Thank you for vacationing with Carnival.' I enjoy gambling, but let me tell you, the dealers DO NOT like you having a good time, and certainly don't like you winning! Dour, sour, even downright offensive dealers consistently, every night. I gamble to have a good time, but it's difficult to have that good time when it's so obvious that they don't like you. I'm not an offensive person, have respect for everybody, but it was so bad that after the third night of rudeness, I didn't tip a dealer once for the rest of the cruise. I sent several emails from home to explain what happened, and we find out that for everything, we were compensated $60. Yes, that's right. Sixty dollars. You decide for yourself if you'd like to spend nearly six thousand dollars on a family vacation with Carnival and expect this in return. But I have to love the email address! [email protected]! That's irony.
A letter I wrote to Carnival today......
To Whom It May Concern:
I am an experienced cruiser with NCL and Royal Caribbean and embarked on my first Carnival Cruise on Oct 25. I am writing to tell you of my disappointment with my cruise particularly pertaining to the advertised Adult Halloween Party, the rudeness of the staff of the Splendor and the very annoying lack of communication on the ship.
As there was a planned Halloween party on the cruise, I purchased $225 worth of costume items and dragged them from New York to Los Angeles in anticipation of a great Halloween party aboard the "Fun Ship". On Tuesday of the cruise week the party rumored to be moved from Saturday night to Friday night. We began to ask crew members and even guest services for details and nobody knew a thing. Nor did anybody have valid information on ship vs. port time, the anticipated weather or any other planned activities. Over and over we got the answer that "The Captain would make an announcement" Almost no ship info (for the future) on the interactive TV and defiantly no weather or radar reports.Toward the end of the cruise I took to shoving books in the hinge of our cabin door so I could hear these valuable tid-bits from the Captain as this is the only information available!
Finally on Thursday we got the information that the Halloween party would at 9:45 on the Lido deck but with no explanation why it had been changed.
I arrived on the Lido deck 9:45pm sharp and found a very large group of costumed people mulling about. It wasn't until after 10pm anything at all began. Cruise director "Goose" was the MC for the festivities. The group was immediately launched into a costume contest of which the categories were Best Group, Most Creative, Scariest and Best Overall with a few packets of M&Ms being tossed into the crowd of 500 or more costumed people. The first judging was for Best Group and those who wished to participate were asked to line up and come by the camera for judging by the crowd via the Jumbo-tron on deck. After a short time a winner was chosen by applause of the crowd - winner, Jose and the Pussy Cats. Next was the Most Creative category which went pretty much the same with the exception of Goose yelling over the PA system every 5 minutes that we had to "hurry this up because the Show was beginning soon". After another short time that category had also been decided by the group - winner, Chick Magnet. The last two categories, Scariest and Best Overall, were quickly and off-handedly decided by Goose and the two girls helping him and announced simultaneously. There was no crowd participation or voting, only Goose reminding us again and again how "this has to be quick because of the Show". The two winners, Devil and Geisha Girls were pulled up to the camera quickly, given some kind of certificate and the WHOLE PARTY ENDED by 10:30pm! My also costumed shipmate never even made it to the party as it was over before it even started!
It was bad enough that the Adults Costume Party lasted all of a 1/4 hour but that it was not moved to another part of the ship! We wandered around deck 5 in costume looking for the party and found nothing. To add insult to injury everything on the ship closed early that night. Karaoke was done by 11pm, the piano bar was closed by 12:30, even the disco was dead! Why was the Halloween party moved and squeezed in on another night? If the night had to be moved, why wasn't it moved to the disco, or somewhere else after the contest? There was nothing open on the whole ship but the casino. I was back in my cabin and out of my $225 costume by 12:30 and mad as hell!
I wish this was the only issue with my vacation. The staff was quite rude as well.
Our Steward walked into our room on the first night while my cabin mate and I were sitting on our patio trying to relax after long flights, etc. My cabin mate was in her underwear and we asked that the Steward come back in a little while when Doran was dressed. The steward ignored our request and continued to come into our room and out onto the patio with us. As we protested her presence she handed us something to sign. My cabin mate could not see the paper so the steward proceeded to put on the patio light and insisted that we sign her paper. The steward's behavior was very rude and made my friend very uncomfortable to be sitting in her underwear in front of a stranger.
I opted to have a massage at Cloud 9 and booked a 75 minute massage/facial. The technician was from the Philippines and did little more to me than forcefully rub her forearms up and down my body. She then did the facial and put a serum of sorts on my face and left the room for 14 minutes (I timed it when it seemed to be too long). When she was done she then spent another 20 minutes trying to sell me products. This was not a "you may want to try this or that" sell, she wasn't letting me out of there until I told her straight up that I WAS NOT BUYING A THING!!! I was very disappointed as I had paid good money for this service and was no more relaxed when the big sell was over than before I arrived. I could understand these tactics if the services were free and you had to accept the pitch at the end in exchange but I paid my money to walk out tense and annoyed.
As we were departing for Mazatlan I stopped at the Guest Services Desk to make change for a large bill. I asked for specific denominations and was given back completely different bills, I asked again for the denominations that I originally requested and the money was pushed back at me with the woman saying "If I give all the ONEs to you there will be none for anybody else". Was that necessary? Wouldn't it have been far less rude to ask if I would mind having fewer ONEs as they were running short of them? These basics are customer service 101.
At this point I was quite unhappy and asked to speak with a manager. I was told by the same woman that I could not speak with a manager until I told her what my issue was. Since my issue was her, I protested again that I just wanted to see a manager. I told the nicer young man in an officer's uniform of my experience with changing money and the issue with our Steward. He took a few notes and apologized.
Upon returning from Mazatlan part of our group opted to enjoy a hot tub. As I was stepping into the tub I heard my name being called across the entire ship paging me to the guest services desk. I have aging parents in comprised health at home in NY and assumed something must have happened to be paged across the entire ship! Had it been something minor I would have gotten a call or a note, right? Friends were even running to our area to find out what happened as they were so concerned for me. I grabbed my cabin mate and made my way to the elevators. I was so visibly shaken that a little child asked my friend "is that lady is ok?" while we waiting for an elevator. When we arrived at the guest services desk I blurted out my name expecting to be given a glass of water, a seat and terrible news when I was asked if I had checked back in with the ship upon returning from Mazatlan!?!? When the same rude woman at the desk from before asked me this I said "of course I check in"! She then said "Ma'am, you couldn't have checked in, we have no record of you coming back on the ship". I replied "I certainly didn't jump over a balcony to get back on, and as a matter of fact I was stopped by the metal detector because there is metal ring in the brim of my hat". There was no apology for scaring me to death, etc. Just more RUDE. It wasn't my fault the security personnel was not IDing every person by picture as they got on the ship which would have caught that my card had not registered when I dipped it.
The next morning the Steward appeared at our door telling me that her manager wanted to speak with me and she wanted to know when I would be in the room. I gave her the time of 2:30 to 3pm, after returning from Cabo. We left the room a bit late that morning to avoid the crush of people at the tenders. As we were walking out of the room the male that assisted the Steward was in the hall and asked me "Are you finally leaving? Again, RUDE! I rushed back from the excursion that afternoon to make the time I said I would be there and the manager never showed up. More RUDE.
That night my friend ordered a drink from a cocktail waitress while we were at the Sushi Bar. My friend likes Bloody Mary's but didn't feel like having all the spices so she ordered vodka, tomato juice and lemon. The waitress proclaimed "Ewwwww" as she wrote down the order. Even when she brought the drink back she let out another "Ewwwww" as she placed the drink down. Is this necessary? More RUDE.
We spend a lot of time in the Casino and I even found the dealers to be stand-offish and rude. One man in particular who was from China but looked more like he was from Poland seemed to relish in beating and sweeping the table. Only one very tall young man from I Serbia I believe was talkative, friendly and helpful.
It was no surprise at the end of the cruise that we got all disembarkation paperwork BUT the comment cards. I can extrapolate that we did not get any as I had complained about the Steward barging into our room the first night. We looked for replacements but were told over and over we would find them in our room. So please don't bother looking up a comment card from us as we never received one.
In closing I'll tell you that I am one of a group of 75 from NY that were on the ship together. We originally booked for May at group size of 125 but after being cancelled due to the flu outbreak only 75 rebooked this week. We cruise annually and this was our first try with Carnival as we usually go RC. Normally I come home with a smile and complements galore and can't wait for the next.
I invite you to verify the validity of all my claims as much of what I described should be documented.
I also respectfully request that you refund to me the $225 I spent on a costume that I wore for all of two hours with no promised party. I can provide credit card receipts to verify my claim of $225 which vary from dress to cape to gloves to theatrical contacts upon your request. See below for a picture.
I hope to hear from a Customer Service Manager and look forward to your reply.
This was a 50 day South American Journey from Florida to California with visits to places including Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, not to mention Barbados, Dominica and the beloved Cape Horn.
Buenos Aires stood out as a European charmer. Cape Horn clearly stood its place as one of nature's angry forces tossing the massive 113,000 ton ship. Then came the glaciers, fjords and incredible scenic wonders of the world, and then the majesty of Lima on the doorstep of Macchu Picchu and Nasca.
We crossed the equator twice and covered nearly 14,000 miles of sea in a new large ship which never lost its adventurous flair while retaining the comforts of a fine resort. Although Celebrity cruise ships and Holland America's beloved 700 guest Prinsendam holds my gold standard for fine dining, the Splendor was pretty good and offered good choices.
I was impressed with our suites -- one penthouse (430 s/f), and one balcony suite (340 s/f) complete with fine furniture, woodwork, granites, luxury home baths with whirpools, double sinks embedded in granite and colored mosaic marble. These suites were among the best I have seen at sea and worththe price.
The ship offered many music venues, and I was impressed with the European trio and the vocal duo. Also, I enjoyed the pool theater venue Luciano Pavarotti. As a classical tenor myself, this made me very happy.
We visited all the ports by private local vehicles which gave us freedom and choice, not to mention avoiding large crowds in tour buses. This has been our choice of a way to visit ports primarily in Europe.
The most memorable aspect of the trip was to travel with our beautiful daughter Mariana, who was the center of attraction. She celebrated her second birthday while crossing the equator and as a surprise, one of my beloved Neapolitan love songs was played from my CD in the dining room. This made for a memory to last a lifetime.
The journey was a great way to see the entire continent of South America, with its many ports and, of course, Cape Horn. Only a cruise ship can offer such depth to such a large continent. Better yet, Carnival's Splendor was nearly brand new and quite large, offering enough space and size for such a long journey.


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Does anyone own this model and tell me what year it was made and approximate value?
Ilooked but cannot find any information. This is my spare machine which I have never used and want to start using real soon. Once I get a 1/4 inch foot.
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Confused. Why doesn't Intel have a unified driver that's pretty much the same across all systems? They actually have different teams working on different drivers? WTF?
No announcement yet.
Intel OpenGL Performance: OS X vs. Windows vs. Linux
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As another thought, I remember from previous tests that Linux usually performed worse than Mac and Windows at higher resolutions but sometimes came out on the top on lower resolutions. Linux also seems to perform worse on widescreen than 4:3. On the other hand, Mac tended to have the opposite results. I know its very time consuming and probably tedious for Michael to test so many screen resolutions but the results have proven to be apparent.
Originally posted by johnc View PostConfused. Why doesn't Intel have a unified driver that's pretty much the same across all systems? They actually have different teams working on different drivers? WTF?
Intel is doing the Right Thing here.
Because the Linux stack is based on the in-kernel DRM and Mesa, and others aren't?
Intel is doing the Right Thing here.
I don't know if opening up their Windows driver and completely bypassing Mesa and parts of the kernel and X.org would be a better way to go, especially considering that Intel has been one of the primary drivers behind all recent developments: GLSL compiler, DRI2/GEM/KMS. AMD didn't go that way either.
Intel does not go for the high-performance, "every-frame-counts" crowd, so it probably makes more sense to share much of infrastructure maintenance and work with the likes of AMD, RedHat, VMWare and the like, instead of maintaining their own port of the Windows driver and updating it all the time to keep up with the kernel and X, like Nvidia is doing with their blob.
Because the Linux stack is based on the in-kernel DRM and Mesa, and others aren't?
Intel is doing the Right Thing here.
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Originally posted by PhoronixWhen moving to the latest OpenArena release (v0.8.8) that now takes advantage of GLSL shaders, bloom, and other more modern OpenGL features, the Windows 7 and Linux performance was close at a low resolution of 1280 x 1024.
Originally posted by johnc View PostBut why would that matter? They can use the Linux infrastructure while keeping the core driver stuff the same. Unless they insist that the Windows version be closed source -- which makes no sense since it's 100% open on the Linux side.
2.) they will have to deal as nvidia/amd blob with a hell of dependencies issues and refactor a freaking bunch of LOC
3.) intel rightfully believe is better to exploit the native graphic system instead of make frankesteins to go in the cheap
4.) its excellent to test new techniques that can be ported from linux to windows/mac
5.) is a great way to push linux native stack to the next level
6.) they trully believe in the kill da blobs mantra
7.) using the native graphic system allow them use and test and support emerging technologies like wayland in real time that later can be profitable for the mobile division[tizen/x86 mobile combo]
"They can use the Linux infrastructure while keeping the core driver stuff the same" no. a gpu driver is a massive massive endeavor and the complexity of doing that is plainly insane[just modify the windows code that handle FB memory can affect millions of LOC just to make it compile lets not go to the grimmy scenario of optimizations] and if you take the nvidia/AMD case that after 10+ years making this transition and you still find many many issues[amd more nvidia but the latter is not problem free either]. sure but nvidia/amd gpus are better/faster/etc so the driver should be simpler, right? no, basically all the infrastructure is the same just the device specifics ASM are different[1-5% of the code maybe] and couple of other very small subsystems, regardless the GPU the infrastructure is equally massive
and like i said a zillion times already linux native drivers and gallium promise a very bright future[gallium design is quite a killer actually] but the problem is not linux is lack of developers. so linux have like 10 guys rewriting an entire graphic stack and making the drivers at the same time[before any dumb question no you have circular dependencies between an stack and the drivers so you can write one before the other], if we had like 100 developers probably linux would murder anything else in FPS and we will be loling khronos cuz we have opengl5 working before the draft but sadly this work is too complex and require a hell of expertise in electronics and that kind of developer just don't grow in trees
The amount of work done by Intel to advance the Linux graphics stack is very commendable! These tests show; however, there is yet more performance work to be done. I really hope the Intel Linux Graphics team is able to catch up to, and even surpass the Windows team in performance and features.
Being that the HD3000/4000 IGP is not the fastest GPU to begin with, in this case, every frame does count. Especially if we will be running some AAA titles (ie. from Valve). Here's hoping we start seeing performance (and feature) payout in coming releases due to the collaboration with Valve!
Thanks Michael for these very useful Linux vs Windows comparisons. It lets us know that much more work needs to be done.
I don't know if opening up their Windows driver and completely bypassing Mesa and parts of the kernel and X.org would be a better way to go, especially considering that Intel has been one of the primary drivers behind all recent developments: GLSL compiler, DRI2/GEM/KMS. AMD didn't go that way either.
The driver is processing some data passed in by some game. That data should be the same regardless of the host platform. As such, the processing within the driver should be identical across all platforms. The ONLY parts of the driver that should be different across OS's are any calls that use OS API's, which ideally would be replaced in a 1:1 manner.
...then you get into things OS A supports that OS B doesn't, and you start to see a lot of kludges in the code base to make things work. OS A supports created a thread in a suspended state; OS B doesn't. And so on and so forth.
For example: My driver needs to create a thread in a suspended state. On Windows, simply invoke CreateThread() with the CREATE_SUSPENDED flag. Done.
On Linux, pthread_create() is the obvious choice...except there's no way to suspend the thread on thread creation. So now you need to kludge the code to approximate the same behavior, often at a performance loss. And of course, its non-standard behavior between different devs, which can (and will) lead to issues when drivers start talking to eachother...[Seriously, POSIX needs to add a parameter to pthread_create() to allow for a suspended startup. Causes too many headaches, espeically in languages like Ada that separate thread creation from thread start.]
Now, when you run into problems like that a couple hundred times while writing the driver...you get the idea. The driver can be no better then the interface to the OS.


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Black on red = cool! And We added some rhinestones to the chandeliers. And those are stiletto's if you can't tell. It was a fun cake weekend!
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Red and black Damask birthday
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Hawaiian Rehearsal Dinner Cake
This cake, in a whole, is my happy place. I can close my eyes and picture myself on a beach chair (on the beach of course), in the sun, listening to the waves and feeling the light sprinkle of water hit my face. The reason for this theme-the couple is going to Hawaii for their honeymoon. I wanted this cake to be a little more romantic-like with the sunset seen and all. I added the hump back whale because that is big in Hawaii and very memorable for me. I went scuba diving during the whale season and their noises were so distinct and so loud under the water, I felt like I was swimming right next to one at times. Hawaii is the most amazing place and I hope this happy couple has a great time!
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