11 new hotel wonders

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By Beth Greenfield, Budget Travel

If the best architecture aims at eternity, to paraphrase famed English architect Christopher Wren, then these new hotels are bound to be immortal. The 11 hotels on our list all opened within the last four years, and each is an example of awe-inspiring design in its own right. You can stay in a wave-like skyscraper in Chicago, a stack of cantilevered cubes in Portugal, or a hotel tucked into the wild cliffs of an Australian island. And, even better, it won't cost a fortune to spend a night in these architectural wonders. Seven of the 11 are under $200 a night.

Slideshow: The hotel world's most striking architecture

Bella Sky Comwell, Copenhagen, Denmark

The two structures that make up the Bella Sky each incline at a slightly different angle. Or as the architects sweetly put it, the towers are drawn to each other, "yet seem a little shy." In fact, the creative use of angles is employed both inside the property and out ? geometric angles give the exterior a filigreed look, while inside the hotel there are rooms where there are no 90-degrees at all (there are?more?than?200 different room shapes in the 812-room hotel). The location, in the Copenhagen neighborhood of Orestad five miles from the city center, actually inspired the leaning-tower design. The buildings are so close to the airport that height restrictions dictate that they must not exceed 246 feet. (011-45/3247-3000, bellaskycomwell.dk, from $155 per night.)

Jumeirah at Etihad Towers Hotel, Abu Dhabi

Queensland architecture firm DBI Design won the World's Leading New Hotel Award for 2011 for this stunning $1 billion residential and retail center. The complex is made up of five towers on a beachside stretch on a peninsula in Abu Dhabi. Constructing the buildings that now dominate the modern skyline posed structural challenges. The towers all curve, meaning each floor slab is a different shape. The 382-room Jumeirah hotel takes up 66 stories of one of the towers. (888/645-5697, jumeirah.com, from $192 per night.)

Hotel Consolaci?n, Teruel, Spain

Perched atop a ridge, this collection of 10 freestanding, wood-clad modernist cubes, or "Kube" suites, opened in 2009. Located in the rural mountain town of Teruel (a three-hour drive from both Barcelona and Valencia), the sleek cubes create a beautiful juxtaposition with the groves of olive and almond trees that surround them. Each suite has a sliding glass wall that opens onto a private terrace, and, inside, sparse interiors combine slate, copper-treated pine and metal sheeting. The hotel incorporates some classic elements as well: a converted 14th-century hermitage serves as a communal area for guests. (011-34-978/85-67-55, consolacion.com.es, from $185 per night.)

Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island, Australia

Architect Max Pritchard designed this lodge to blend into the dramatic surroundings of Kangaroo Island. Tucked back behind cliffs, the hotel opened in 2008 and consists of 21 suites cascading down a windswept slope, following the natural curve of the land, each with floor-to-ceiling glass walls and sweeping views of the Southern Ocean. Suites were constructed from lightweight materials ? steel screw piles, timber framing, iron cladding ? that could be carried in to create minimal disturbance to nature, and which also could handle the challenge of building on precarious soil conditions (several feet of sand atop solid limestone). Inside are environmentally sound sandblasted limestone floors and recycled spotted-gum walls. The off-the-grid location led to innovations such as sculptural containers for collecting rainwater. (931/924-5253, southernoceanlodge.com.au, from $1,000 per person, per night with a two-night minimum.)?

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

This trio of 55-story towers opened in 2010 and hold an incredible 2,561 hotel rooms, plus a museum, casino, convention center, waterfront promenade, shops and restaurants. Architect Moshe Safdie has said that his challenge "was to create a vital public place at the district-urban scale-in other words, to address the issue of megascale and invent an urban landscape that would work at the human scale." His way of dealing with that was to design the complex around two central axes to give a sense of orientation. The towers are connected at the top by the cantilevered, two-and-a-half-acre SkyPark, home to gardens, 250 trees, a public observatory and a 492-foot swimming pool ? all perched high in the sky like a fantastical cruise ship forever suspended in midair. (011-65/6688-8868, marinabaysands.com, from $350 per night.)

Yas Viceroy Hotel, Abu Dhabi

This 499-room hotel was the first to be built straddling a Formula 1 racetrack (it opened in 2009 and was renovated in 2011 to become a Viceroy). The structure consists of a pair of 12-story towers joined by a sweeping, 700-foot curvilinear skin of glass and steel ? actually 5,800 pivoting, diamond-shaped glass panels that reflect the sky by day and are illuminated up by an LED system at night. The architects' aim was to reflect artistry and geometries associated with ancient Islamic art and craft traditions, and from a distance the panels create the appearance of a spectacular veil. (888/622-4567, viceroyhotelsandresorts.com ; from about $210 per night.)

Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel, Stockholm

The pi?ce de r?sistance at this 414-room hotel of white polished stone and rough black stone is its attached conference center ? a glass structure with an exterior made up of 13 miles of semi-transparent stainless steel rods. They reflect the sky and water, radically change the skyline, and are what architect Hans Forsmark describes as "a reminiscence of the Nordic Light." The interiors of the hotel, which opened in 2011, follow straight lines and geometric precision. (800/333-3333, radissonblu.com, from $155 per night.)

Axis Viana Hotel, Viana do Castelo, Portugal

The 88-room Axis Viana Hotel was a striking addition to the folkloric village of Viana do Castelo when it opened in 2008. The exterior is made up of reflective aluminum, black glass and green stone, and the cantilevered design changes the shape of the hotel depending upon your vantage point. The contrasting interior consists of white finishes and materials including wood and stone. It's all edged by a shimmering outdoor pool and surrounded by views of the Lima River and Mount St. Luzia. (011-351/258-802-000, axishoteis.com, from $100 per night.)

H?tel Americano, New York

The 10-story Americano sits on the site of a former parking garage in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. Neighbors were likely pleased with the swap when the hotel opened in 2011. The building looks like a massive metal sculpture ? perfect for the gallery-filled neighborhood ? with floors connected by catwalks and wrapped with stainless-steel mesh. The industrial fa?ade holds 56 rooms plus two restaurants, a lobby caf? and two basement bars; for urban escape, there is a roof deck with a pool, bar and peaceful garden terrace. (212/216-0000, hotel-americano.com, from $295 per night.)

Miura Hotel, Celadn?, Czech Republic

Rising like a geometric spaceship in the Beskydy Mountains is this distinctive hotel made of concrete, sheet metal, violet glass, Corian and stone. Miura opened in 2011 and is divided into three parts, one of which seems to levitate above the ground, plus two side wings containing the 44 rooms. The arrangement means that all of the rooms have views of the surrounding mountains. The striking hotel also has an impressive art collection, with works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Czech sculptor David ?ern?. Known for his large-scale installations, ?ern?'s works here include an almost 30-foot-tall stainless-steel man pushing against the exterior of the hotel. (011-420/558-761-100, www.miura.cz, from $126 per night.)

Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago

Architect Jeanne Gang literally made waves in a city full of iconic skyscrapers with her showstopper building. The 82-story glass structure's exterior has undulating concrete balconies resembling the swirls and ripples of nearby Lake Michigan. Such a unique design brought with it a unique construction challenge ? each floor plate is a different shape, which means a different concrete pour was required for every story. To manage it, the concrete was poured into a specially designed flexible metal edge that was reused over and over again ? an important detail for green architecture. Much of the building is designated for private residences, but the 334-room Radisson Blu Aqua opened on 18 floors in November 2011. (312/565-5258, radissonbluchicago.com, from $175 per night.)?

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BlackBerry giving up on the consumer market

TORONTO?? Struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said Thursday that it will cede most consumer markets after failing to compete with flashier touch-screen phones such as Apple's iPhone and models that run Google's Android software.

Instead, RIM said it will return to its roots and focus on business customers, many of whom prefer BlackBerrys for their security. RIM has had limited success trying to enter consumer markets in recent years, and RIM CEO Thorsten Heins said a turnaround required "substantial change."

"We plan to refocus on the enterprise business and capitalize on our leading position in this segment," Heins said. "We believe that BlackBerry cannot succeed if we tried to be everybody's darling and all things to all people. Therefore, we plan to build on our strength."

Also Thursday, RIM said former co-CEO Jim Balsillie has resigned from its board. David Yach, chief technology officer for software, and Jim Rowan, chief operating officer for global operations, also are leaving in a management shakeup.

The Canadian company long dominated the corporate smartphone market and has sought to expand its appeal to consumers, but it has had trouble with consumers because the phones aren't perceived to be as sexy as its chief competitors.

BlackBerrys are known for their security and reliability as email devices, but they haven't kept pace with iPhones or Android phones when it comes to running third-party applications.

For that reason, BlackBerrys are even losing ground in the business world, as employees demand iPhones or Android devices over BlackBerrys.

Apple sold 37 million iPhones in the last three months of 2011 ? more than what RIM shipped in the past three quarters combined. RIM shipped 11.1 million BlackBerrys in the latest quarter, which ended March 3.

RIM said it was exploring partnerships and other opportunities for its existing consumer business to focus on the corporate customers.

"We can't do everything ourselves, but we can do what we're good at," Heins said.

Asked about a possible sale of the company, Heins said "it is not the main direction we are pursuing right now."

Heins, who took over the company in January, made the remarks during a conference call after RIM announced quarterly results that fell short of Wall Street expectations.

Net loss was $125 million, or 24 cents a share, in the quarter that ended March 3. This compares with $934 million, or $1.78 per share, a year ago.

After excluding one-time items such as writedowns for the declining value of its brand and its PlayBook tablet inventory, adjusted income was 80 cents per share, a penny short of expectations from analysts polled by FactSet.

Revenue fell 25 percent to $4.2 billion from $5.6 billion. Analysts were expecting $4.54 billion.

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Substance use linked to Internet gambling

Public release date: 27-Mar-2012
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Concordia study looks at rates of risky behaviours for online and offline gamblers

This press release is available in French.

Montreal -- With the click of a mouse or touch of a mobile phone screen in pyjamas or jeans gambling is now at our fingertips 24/7 with Internet play. With this increased access to gambling, are online gamblers more prone to risky behaviours than offline gamblers?

A new study published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, led by Sylvia Kairouz of Concordia University, has compared people who gamble offline only to people who also gamble online in an effort to answer this question. Her results show that alcohol and cannabis use are in fact associated with online users.

"There has been growing concern with the rise in online gambling and how this affects the health of our public," says Kairouz, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. "The number of gambling sites around the globe have grown from about 15 in 1995 to 2,358 in 2010 and global Internet gambling revenues increased from $3 billion to $24 billion between 2000 and 2010."

Kairouz's study looked at sociodemographic profiles, game-play patterns and level of addictive behaviours in adults who gamble online and offline. They used data from the 2009 Quebec gambling survey (part of the project Portrait du jeu au Qubec: Prvalence, incidence et trajectoires sur quatre ans, subsidized by the Fonds qubcois de la recherche sur la socit et la culture), which aimed to describe gambling problems, patterns and associated substance use behaviours in the Quebec population. From this survey, a sampling of 8,456 offline-only gamblers and 111 offline/online gamblers was chosen for the research.

In gathering the samples, it was revealed that online gambling appears to still only be a marginal phenomenon in the Quebec population, with only 1.3 per cent reporting having gambled online in the 12 months preceding the survey.

For the study, the gamblers were asked to report their gambling frequency over the past year and to give the number of times they gambled weekly, monthly or yearly. They were also asked to report how much money and time they spent gambling on a typical occasion. Alcohol and cannabis use over the year was also measured.

"Our results show that online gamblers reported being involved in more types of gambling and they spent more money and time playing than those gambling offline only," says Kairouz. "The proportion of frequent and problematic drinkers and cannabis users was also much higher among the Internet players."

According to Kairouz, these findings suggest that online gambling emerges as one more risky behaviour among a panoply of other substance-related risky behaviours exhibited by this small group of individuals.

"We cannot determine, therefore, whether gambling on the Internet creates problems in and of itself, or whether those who already have addictive behaviours are more likely to be enticed to gamble on the Internet," says Kairouz. "We need to conduct more research looking at individual charactersitics, environmental conditions, the object of the addiction (poker, for example) and so on to help us understand whether this group is more at risk for gambling-related problems. The hope would be to ultimately find ways to identify who the people at risk are, why they are at risk and then try to develop preventive measures to reduce the possibility of excessive online gambling."

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Partners in research: This study was co-authored by Catherine Paradis (Bishop's University) and Louise Nadeau (Universit de Montral), and supported by a grant from the Fonds qubcois de la recherche sur la socit et la culture.

Related links:

Concordia University Department of Sociology and Anthropology: http://socianth.concordia.ca/index.php

Sylvia Kairouz, Concordia University : http://socianth.concordia.ca/facultyandstaff/documents/SKairouz.php

Universit de Montral Department of Psychology : http://psy.umontreal.ca/accueil/

Bishop's University Department of Psychology: http://www.ubishops.ca/academic-programs/social-sciences/psychology/index.html

Media contact:
Cla Desjardins
Senior Advisor, External Communications
Concordia University
Phone: 514-848-2424, ext. 5068
Mobile: 514-909-2999
Email: clea.desjardins@concordia.ca
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/CleaDesjardins
Concordia news: http://www.concordia.ca/now

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Concordia study looks at rates of risky behaviours for online and offline gamblers

This press release is available in French.

Montreal -- With the click of a mouse or touch of a mobile phone screen in pyjamas or jeans gambling is now at our fingertips 24/7 with Internet play. With this increased access to gambling, are online gamblers more prone to risky behaviours than offline gamblers?

A new study published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, led by Sylvia Kairouz of Concordia University, has compared people who gamble offline only to people who also gamble online in an effort to answer this question. Her results show that alcohol and cannabis use are in fact associated with online users.

"There has been growing concern with the rise in online gambling and how this affects the health of our public," says Kairouz, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. "The number of gambling sites around the globe have grown from about 15 in 1995 to 2,358 in 2010 and global Internet gambling revenues increased from $3 billion to $24 billion between 2000 and 2010."

Kairouz's study looked at sociodemographic profiles, game-play patterns and level of addictive behaviours in adults who gamble online and offline. They used data from the 2009 Quebec gambling survey (part of the project Portrait du jeu au Qubec: Prvalence, incidence et trajectoires sur quatre ans, subsidized by the Fonds qubcois de la recherche sur la socit et la culture), which aimed to describe gambling problems, patterns and associated substance use behaviours in the Quebec population. From this survey, a sampling of 8,456 offline-only gamblers and 111 offline/online gamblers was chosen for the research.

In gathering the samples, it was revealed that online gambling appears to still only be a marginal phenomenon in the Quebec population, with only 1.3 per cent reporting having gambled online in the 12 months preceding the survey.

For the study, the gamblers were asked to report their gambling frequency over the past year and to give the number of times they gambled weekly, monthly or yearly. They were also asked to report how much money and time they spent gambling on a typical occasion. Alcohol and cannabis use over the year was also measured.

"Our results show that online gamblers reported being involved in more types of gambling and they spent more money and time playing than those gambling offline only," says Kairouz. "The proportion of frequent and problematic drinkers and cannabis users was also much higher among the Internet players."

According to Kairouz, these findings suggest that online gambling emerges as one more risky behaviour among a panoply of other substance-related risky behaviours exhibited by this small group of individuals.

"We cannot determine, therefore, whether gambling on the Internet creates problems in and of itself, or whether those who already have addictive behaviours are more likely to be enticed to gamble on the Internet," says Kairouz. "We need to conduct more research looking at individual charactersitics, environmental conditions, the object of the addiction (poker, for example) and so on to help us understand whether this group is more at risk for gambling-related problems. The hope would be to ultimately find ways to identify who the people at risk are, why they are at risk and then try to develop preventive measures to reduce the possibility of excessive online gambling."

###

Partners in research: This study was co-authored by Catherine Paradis (Bishop's University) and Louise Nadeau (Universit de Montral), and supported by a grant from the Fonds qubcois de la recherche sur la socit et la culture.

Related links:

Concordia University Department of Sociology and Anthropology: http://socianth.concordia.ca/index.php

Sylvia Kairouz, Concordia University : http://socianth.concordia.ca/facultyandstaff/documents/SKairouz.php

Universit de Montral Department of Psychology : http://psy.umontreal.ca/accueil/

Bishop's University Department of Psychology: http://www.ubishops.ca/academic-programs/social-sciences/psychology/index.html

Media contact:
Cla Desjardins
Senior Advisor, External Communications
Concordia University
Phone: 514-848-2424, ext. 5068
Mobile: 514-909-2999
Email: clea.desjardins@concordia.ca
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/CleaDesjardins
Concordia news: http://www.concordia.ca/now

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Nowadays the usage of a computer and technology is very common. There are two ways to use this machine. First is input and second is output. There are many devices of input and output of this machine available. This appliance and its technology includes many parts like internet, computer networking, call center, telecommunications, software, web hosting and domain registration, mobile phones, hardware, its security. One of the more active areas in regard to computers and technology law involves issues stemming from copyright. When it comes to computers, the Internet and technology law, copyright issues have become very commonplace. Protecting copyright interests with the growth of the Internet has become particularly problematic.

Other Internet Tools and Software are available to fix problems involving the Internet when your machine becomes saddled with Spyware and Adware. These unwelcome programs enable outside individuals and companies to spy on your web browsing activities and invade your privacy. 'Scan your Computer for Free' programs are available to effectively eliminate these nasties. Also, most people are aware of virus infections in one's PC and there are good AntiVirus programs, which will keep your PC safe.One of the reasons I make this statement is because someone mentioned in an article about the slicing of food on the kitchen in virtual reality and the sound of the knife in EOX (basically that is surround-a-sound) and the granularity (individual animated pixels) dividing the object and yes all that is good for action sequences, explosions, car crashes in video games,While you can use the same method as I stated above to find computer information and articles, you can do the same with tec hnology information. The problem with that though is you can never really be sure the author knows what they are talking about.

Businesses that lease and finance their technology needs are often working better within their capital budgets. Simply speaking they can buy more and buy smarter. Many companies that are larger in size have balance sheet issues and ROA (return on assets) issues that are compelling.While computers and technology make it much easier to spend more time enjoying these kinds of leisurely activities, they also make it much easier for us to lose connection with real people. By purchasing insurance online, you're saving time and effort, but you're also losing the important, yet overlooked, benefit of speaking with an insurance agent one-on-one, face-to-face.The automation and computerization in food processing units is facing lots of challenges if they are used nearby water catastrophic effects on any computer system. Most food processing units prefer waterproof computers to protect their computer systems from drenching in the production area.
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Cheney older, waited longer than average for heart transplant

CHICAGO (Reuters) - At 71, former Vice President Dick Cheney was older than average for a heart transplant, but doctors said on Sunday that advances in care have made it possible for older patients to still be good transplant candidates.

And not only was he older than the typical patient, but he waited longer than average as well -- 20 months vs six months to a year.

Doctors said Cheney must have been in excellent health to have survived five heart attacks and still been eligible for a heart transplant. Cheney is recovering at a Washington-area hospital after transplant surgery on Saturday.

"He's obviously received superb care," said Dr. James Kirklin, director of cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a recent past president of the International Society of Heart & Lung Transplantation.

"He's an elderly man who likely has taken very, very good care of himself to be in this good shape at age 71. It appears that he has been relatively lucky to have avoided major organ problems that would have precluded a transplant," said Kirklin, who is not treating Cheney.

Hospitals have traditionally set 65 as the upper limit for heart transplant. But older patients increasingly are getting them, and there is no absolute cut-off age.

"Dick Cheney's overall risk would probably be a bit higher than a 60-year-old, but the most important thing would be the function of his organs, which we analyze in great detail."

Dr. Valluvan Jeevanandam, chief of cardio-thoracic surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center, said his hospital has been doing transplants on increasingly older patients.

"They're not that different. The key is co-morbidities," he said, referring to other chronic conditions that affect the health of the transplant recipient.

Older patients undergo a rigorous evaluation and are screened for cancer, neurological abnormalities, kidney and liver dysfunction and other problems.

Jeevanandam said a 71-old-year-old man has a 10-year survival rate of 60 percent to 65 percent. "I can't predict how Cheney will do," he said.

EXTENDING LIFESPAN

Assuming that Cheney's kidneys and other organ systems were working properly at the time of the transplant and he suffers no issues with organ rejection, the latest procedure could extend the former vice president's life by a decade or so, said Dr. Randall Starling, a specialist in cardiac transplants at the Cleveland Clinic.

"They have to be an excellent candidate without significant risk factors because age itself is a risk factor," Starling said.

In order to qualify for a heart transplant, patients must have end-stage heart failure but be otherwise healthy enough to undergo heart transplant surgery, in which a donor heart is implanted into the patient to replace a heart that has become so diseased it is no longer able to pump enough blood to keep organs working properly.

Cheney has survived five heart attacks -- his first at age 37 -- and his care has run the gambit of interventions, ranging from coronary stents to prop open blocked heart arteries, heart bypass surgery to re-route blood flow around diseased arteries, an implantable heart defibrillator to safeguard against potentially dangerous rhythms.

In July 2010, Cheney underwent a procedure to have an artificial heart pump implanted called a ventricular assist device or VAD that takes over the pumping function of a diseased heart for patients in end-stage heart failure.

The device is often used as a bridge to a heart transplant, offering a way of keeping organ systems in good enough working order for the patient to accept a heart transplant.

Doctors said Cheney could have stayed on the VAD, which has increasingly become a permanent solution for some patients.

Cheney had been on a waiting list for a heart transplant for 20 months, which was a bit longer than the average wait time of six months to a year, according to a study published last year in the journal Circulation.

Some 3,000 Americans are on the waiting list for a heart transplant on any given day, and only about 2,000 donor hearts are available each year, according to the National Heart Lung & Blood Institute.

"He waited quite a long time -- nearly two years on a device. Even though the waiting lists are very long, that would be an extended wait for a heart transplant," Kirklin said.

Patients on VAD devices can experience blood clots and infections, and doctors said it was not clear whether a complication with his VAD device may have suddenly moved Cheney higher on the transplant list.

About 5 million Americans have heart failure, and an estimated 400,000 to 700,000 new cases of heart failure are diagnosed each year, according to the Heart Failure Society of America.

(Writing by Julie Steenhuysen; reporting by Julie Steenhuysen and Debra Sherman; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cheney-recovering-heart-transplant-spokeswoman-000940697.html

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President Obama Signs West Virginia Disaster Declaration

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

March 22, 2012

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of West Virginia and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms, flooding, mudslides, and landslides beginning on March 15, 2012, and continuing.
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The President's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Logan County.
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Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.
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Federal funding also is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms, flooding, mudslides, and landslides in Lincoln, Logan, and Mingo Counties.
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Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide.
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W. Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named Deanne Criswell as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area.
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FEMA said additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments.
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FEMA said that residents and business owners who sustained losses in the designated counties can begin applying for assistance tomorrow by registering online at http://www.DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 1-800-621-FEMA(3362) or 1-800-462-7585 (TTY) for the hearing and speech impaired.? The toll-free telephone numbers will operate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. (local time) seven days a week until further notice.

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/23/president-obama-signs-west-virginia-disaster-declaration

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EU slaps sanctions on Assad's wife, relatives

BRUSSELS (AP) ? Officials say that the EU foreign ministers have slapped sanctions on the wife and other close relatives of Syrian President Bashar Assad in a continuing attempt to stop the violent crackdown on opposition.

They said four members of the Assad family and eight government ministers have been targeted in the latest round of sanctions. All three officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a decision will be announced later Friday following the foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels.

Asma Assad, 36, was born in London and has British citizenship, and an EU official said that likely meant she could not be banned from travel to the U.K.

The U.N. estimates that more than 8,000 people have been killed since an uprising began in Syria a year ago.

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Raf Casert contributed to this report.

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THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

BRUSSELS (AP) ? The wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad will be hit with a travel ban and have her assets in the EU frozen, a European Union official said Friday.

A total of four members of the Assad family, along with eight government ministers, will be targeted in the latest round of sanctions aimed at stopping the violent crackdown on members of the Syrian opposition, the official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a decision that will be taken later Friday by EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels.

Asma Assad, 36, was born in London and has British citizenship, and the EU official said that likely meant she could not be banned from travel to the U.K.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said it was very important to increase pressure on the Syrian regime.

"Their behavior continues to be murdering and totally unacceptable in the eyes of the world," he said on his way into the meeting.

Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said the sanctions should target "the family of Assad ? his wife and his closest relatives. It is necessary."

Last week, Britain's The Guardian newspaper released thousands of emails purportedly from Bashar Assad's private account. They showed him taking advice from Iran on how to handle the uprising, joking about his promises of reform and bypassing U.S. sanctions to shop on iTunes.

The U.N. estimates that more than 8,000 people have been killed since the uprising began a year ago in a cycle of attack and reprisal.

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Raf Casert contributed to this report.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/eu-slaps-sanctions-assads-wife-relatives-100329982.html

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The Reel News - The Reel News: March 22nd, 2012: Crew Calls

Please note: Effective May 1st, 2012, The Reel News postings will no longer be publicly available and will be switching to a private e-mail list. Please e-mail kristina [at] worldeonline [dot] com for more information.

GEORGIA

1. CREW CALL for the Jackie Robinson feature film ?42? starring Harrison Ford and Chadwick Boseman. They are accepting resumes for all crew positions via email at 42resumes@gmail.com. The film will shoot from May 10 ? July 20 in Georgia.

LOUISIANA

1. PIXOMONDO is an international visual effects company with a global network of 12 facilities in the US, China, Germany, UK and Canada. We are recruiting for key positions in our Baton Rouge office, where we would like to welcome anyone with the right experience to work in a fresh and international environment.

Currently seeking:
-Animator
-CG Supervisor
-Compositor
-FX Artist
-Matchmove Artist
-Matte Painter
-Modeler
-Senior Animator
-Senior Compositor
-Senior Matchmove Artist
-Senior Matte Painter
-Senior Modeler
-VFX Coordinator
-VFX Supervisor

Submit your r?sum? to batonrouge@pixomondo.com.

PENNSYLVANIA

1. Crew needed for feature film. We are seeking a few major crew positions I.e.
Key Grip
Sound
Lighting
Set Designer
and more

E-mail Julianstyleproductions@yahoo.com. Pay is deferred.

TENNESSEE

1. Thrive Creations is searching for talented production, animation, and 2d drawing interns.* Pay ranges between $10-$14/hr DOE. These will be demanding internships, but the experience and demo reel you will receive by completing the internship will be phenomenal.

*Must live in or be relocated to Nashville.

Email james.m.thayer@gmail.com with an attached resume and link to your best work. Phone interviews will be scheduled over the next few weeks.

CONNECTICUT

1. Full-time Promotions Assistant Needed!

As the link that connects aspiring models, actors, and singers to the glamorous worlds of fashion and entertainment, we are in search of enthusiastic, eager candidates that are committed to making the process for our clients pursing the industry streamlined and professional!!!

Job Description:
- Assisting in all aspects of the promotions department
- Constant communication with industry professionals i.e. agents, casting directors, and management companies via heavy telephone, and email contact
- Acting as the liaison between industry professionals and talent
- Responsible for relaying exact information and scheduling auditions and gigs for talent
- General administrative / office responsibilities

Candidate Requirements:
- Must be a highly organized individual with strong communication skills
- Must be technically savvy
- Entertainment Industry experience
- Ability to work efficiently within a fast-pace work environment

Compensation / Hours:
Monday- Friday
$13/hr

Contact ct.interfacenetwork@gmail.com if interested.

2. Brookfield CT Ad Agency is looking for versatile seasoned shooters with news, narrative and documentary film style experience. You will be shooting with our gear including JVC GY-HM790, KiPro Mini, Sony F3 with Zeiss Prime Lenses; you must be quick and have a keen eye for lighting and composition. We will have other gear at your disposal including an extensive lighting package along with Glidecam GLX22VL, Matthews DC Slider and Matthews Round D dolly etc. Please email your resume,include day/weekly rate desired along with link to your reel or mail us your DVD. Only applicants living within 30 miles of Brookfield CT will be considered. Send applications to George Hudak, DigiWorks Media, 304 Federal Rd, Suite 310, Brookfield, CT 06804.

MINNESOTA

1. THE PERFORMANCE STUDIO-MPLS is looking for established filmmakers with IMDB credits to make professional two minute actor reels. Important to have DP background. Green screen experience helpful. Must be able to edit, add sound, create youtube link and burn onto a disc. Own equipment required. This is a great creative opportunity to make money when you are in between projects. Pay negotiable. For details, please contact Sandra K. Horner in Los Angeles. Office: 818-997-6740. Cell/Text: 818-636-7899. E-mail: SKHperformance@aol.com.

TEXAS

1. Untitled Reality Pilot accepting resumes for the following positions:
Set PA
Pyrotechnics Technician
Art Department Coordinator

Crew positions will be Paid.

Submit resumes to:
jlewis@morningstarentertainment.com

2. Documentary "PediCab Nation" to shoot in Austin. Seeking to fill several crew positions. Crew positions will be Paid.

Submit resumes to:
info@texasfilmsyndicate.com

3. Shootz Production Group is looking for someone to handle the internal and external coordination of all production jobs. This will include working with clients and vendors, arranging all aspects pertaining to each production job. The position also requires one to do the billing and maintain financial records. The candidate should be able to multitask, juggling multiple jobs at one time. As the position requires constant contact with clients, the candidate should be professional and highly organized. A working knowledge of QuickBooks is desirable and production experience is a plus.

Please send resumes to jimmy@shootz.com

OHIO

1. Seeking To Hire: Someone skilled with flash/video animation for a 6 episode (22 m) web cartoon. Must be very proficient in creating and editing with flash animation/CGI software. Will Be Working With VERY GOOD equipment. Any other skills with Protools and music creation is definitely a plus. We are working with a WACOM HD screen to storyboard and animate.
Inquire 8 A.M.-7 P.M. 937-707-8573

CALIFORNIA

1. yU+co - Global award winning Design & Production studio in Hollywood specializing in feature main titles, network design, commercials and new media. We are seeking an Art Director with exceptional design/aesthetic sense, solid leadership and conceptual abilities. Experience with both film and television a plus. Candidate must be able to communicate effectively with clients and oversee a production independently. Strong personality, people/organizational skills and at least 5-years experience are also a must. Please send reel and resume to jobs@yuco.com.

2. Zoic Studios, an award winning visual effects studio in Culver City, is looking for VFX Commercial Coordinators to add to our commercial department!
Duties include, but are not limited to: Supporting producers on commercial, design, & editorial workflow, Organizing meetings and taking detailed notes, Managing client postings, organizing & overseeing client service.

Requirements:
? Minimum of 2 years of industry experience working on episodic television, commercials, and/or feature films.
? Experience with (and learning opportunity for) client interaction, scheduling, data entry for project tracking, organizing meetings, managing i/o, assisting producers and supervisors.
? Ability to work in a team environment.
? Excellent problem solving skills.
? Ability to work under tight deadlines.
? Understanding of Visual Effects and Editorial Workflow
? Potential for overtime hours, flexible schedule required.

? Shotgun and Microsoft Excel experience is a plus!
? Experience in the fast-paced world of commercial production another plus!

If you meet these qualifications, please email your resume and rate/salary to us with the subject line: VFX Commercial Coordinator

Email to: jobs@zoicstudios.com
No phone calls please.

We look forward to hearing from you!

3. We are in need of character animators that can use MotionBuilder/Maya. We have cleaned mocap data but need animators to fix final contact points, mixing animations, re-timing.
This is for the Los Angeles area. I would prefer local but will consider remote contracts.

please email for more information

jobs@thegraphicfilmcompany.com

NEW YORK

1. NY/LA based Commercial Animation / FX house is currently in search of a Senior Level NUKE Compositors for our LA & NY offices.

Qualified candidates should have:

Minimum 4+ years of node-based compositing for commercials, episodic or feature
Comprehensive understanding of Nuke, high dynamic range source material, working in 2D and 3D space and the utilization of multiple render passes
Ability to work with a variety of source material including film, video, CG and digital assets to create a cohesive image
A detailed ?eye? for photo-real color, composition, lighting and movement
General understanding of 3D lighting/shading and photography
Ability to tackle the most difficult of shots, work both independently and within a team environment

If you meet the above qualifications, please submit your website/samples of your work to psyopwestjobs@psyop.tv

PLEASE INCLUDE ?NUKE COMPOSITOR? in the subject line.

2. Major NYC Production Company in need of solid editors who are great storytellers.

Looking for full time editors with extensive FCP and Reality television experience.

Looking for editors who:
Know Final Cut backwards and forwards
Have a fast paced understanding and development of story structure and characters
Have the ability to build tension and comedic moments
Experience selecting music that drives a scene; sound effects
Ability to work independently at times
Light experience with graphic work
Eager to work with top talent
Able to build up to a final payoff/big reveal

Think of shows similar to Real Housewives, Pawn Stars and American
Chopper!

If you possess all these qualities, email your resume to postpm@yahoo.com

3. We are looking for an avid assistant that can come in for a few hours at a time to help with a project. Living close to Manhattan's upper east side is helpful since we only need a few hours help at a time. Pay is $20/hr Please know MC5.5 or 6 very well and understand projects that have been moved from one edit house to another. Knowledge of Kona 3 cards helpful.

Please paste resume into email rather than attach documents.

please email avidassistjob at yahoo.com

4. This position has a primary responsibility to oversee playout of live and recorded programming and commercial material. Responsibilities include switching commercial breaks, recording and playing back programming, ingesting spots for playback, monitoring air signal for quality assurance and handling last minute programming changes and technical problems in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements:

? 3 to 5 years of LIVE television experience in Master Control at a major network or large market.

? Strong communication and organizational skills

? Ability to work well with a team as well as independently

? Strong ability to work in a fast-paced and intense environment

? Ability to identify problems and troubleshoot before affecting air

? Must have flexible work schedule to work anytime in a 24/7 operation

Fox News Network is an EOE. Apply to resumes@foxnews.com.

ALABAMA

1. Filming movie in Montgomery, AL - SUMMER 2012

Need camera operator, and photographer for the months of April-August

Please contact:
Debonair Prince Productions thadebonair1@hotmail.com for more information.

VIRGINIA

1. WRIC is looking for a creative Marketing Producer who will maintain the on-air image of the station through creation of topical news and entertainment promos, IDs and voice-overs. Must be able to write powerful, factual, effective news promo copy quickly and with little supervision. The perfect candidate will assist in the scheduling of promos, IDs and sales promotions on the daily logs and assist in digital, web and social marketing promotions. Must be able to write, shoot and edit. News Production or Promotion background a plus. Bachelor?s degree in communications preferred. Send non-returnable DVD and resume to: WRIC-TV8 Personnel Department, 301 Arboretum Place, Richmond, VA 23236-3464, or email your resume to personnel@wric.com. No phone calls please. EOE

ARIZONA

1. Production Manager/Content Producer

Base Salary: 40k-50k annually
Location: Tempe -- Some local travel required

The Company

Negnu is an integrated marketing firm; specializing in internet marketing, search engine optimization, social media marketing, video hosting, internet radio, and creative video/audio production and photography services.

As Negnu strives to develop quality content for film and audio production, the Company maintains a studio using the latest technical platforms for all media. Negnu is an evolving enterprise with tremendous industry potential, maintains visionary leadership and seeks to maintain cutting-edge tools and human assets to grow the organization.

Core Skills Sets

The CONTENT PRODUCER / STUDIO MANAGER will be responsible for the supervision and coordination of all production activities and projects. This position has the responsibility of creative development, daily operation duties and management of the production teams. The position responsibilities are also focused on supervision, utilization and mentoring of intern work force.

The CONTENT PRODUCER / STUDIO MANAGER will bring extensive knowledge of audio/video production and delivery. As key point-of-contact for production requests, this position serves as liaison to other groups within the company.

Job Expectations

? Supervise a staff of editors, videographers, setting goals and schedules, and monitoring achievement of both
? Media system design, architecture and problem solving to ensure growing audio and video needs of NEGNU are met
? Act as the key point-of-contact for all live streaming of audio and video on NEGNU digital platforms for news, shows, sports, special programming and other events.
? Manage resources to provide recording, editing and encoding of media for publishing to NEGNU digital platforms
? Manage the process of producing radio programming and original digital content
? Manage the process of archiving digital audio and video files for long-term storage and re-use in a production environment.
? Act as key point-of-contact for production requests of the team. Serve as liaison to other groups within technology unit as well as digital news, music and library staff
? Maintain productivity, output and deadlines for the video services department
? Ensure proper use of allocated funds on a case-by-case basis
? Ensure proper protocols are being met for a productive environment
? Contribute to the budgetary discussion of clients
? Contribute to the artistic creation of video and marketing promotions to minimize production pitfalls
? Communicate with clients to update them on process and procedure
? Oversee script and budget analysis to maintain client targets
? Conduct time study analysis for all aspects of video service production to utilize during the budgeting process
? Create and maintain production schedules, while developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships
? Setup process, protocol, and operations for the video service department
? Create daily tasks, goals and agendas for each department
? Schedule daily and/or weekly meetings with divisional managers accordingly

Qualifications

? Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience in Film Production, Theater, Broadcast Journalism, or a related area
? Excellent communication skills, adept at interpersonal, organizational, and external communication and communication strategies.
? Demonstrated ability and experience with digital video editing software: Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, or equivalent
? Working Knowledge of TCP/IP networking, FTP, Web and Streaming servers
? Experience with various computer operating systems, including Windows and Mac OS
? Ability to effectively work as a member of a team of diverse individuals working under tight deadline pressure
? Flexibility to work non-standard business hours

Application
Please submit resume, cover letter and salary history to: jobs@negnu.com

FLORIDA

1. Looking for experienced Casting Associates who are skilled in finding the right people for the right project. Must be a great team player but also good at working on your own and getting the job done. Must have a passion for the business, be hard working and love a challenge. Must also be great with people, excellent outreach skills especially when dealing with different types of sub cultures and personalities. Fun projects, but challenging. Send us your info and rates ASAP!

Email:
LoriJ@vintagesouthproductions.com

MICHIGAN

1. A award winning Ad agency is seeking a talented motion graphics artist, with a background in graphic design.

Personal qualities needed: Punctual, professional, and works well in a team

Years of experience: 3+ yrs and or a Bachelors

Experience needed: The ideal candidate must have experience in the following..

After Effects
Video Editing (Premiere pro, or FCP)
Photoshop
Illustrator
indesign
Audition/ Audio editing program
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You must submit a resume, and youtube/ vimeo link to your demoreel. FOLLOW THIS LINK to submit your resume https://podio.com/webforms/987259/43815

DO NOT Delay, submissions will be filling up quickly. This is a Part time/ FULL time position 30+ hrs per week.

2. LSJ Media, a Gannett company, has an opening for a Multimedia Editor. This position will assign, edit and manage multimedia staff and content (video, Livestream, photo, audio, etc.). This manager works with editors and reporters to brainstorm relevant multimedia content for all platforms and ensure the optimal production schedule. This includes planning multimedia content in conjunction with existing teams or for solo digital projects.

The multimedia editor is engaged with breaking news teams to create smart and sophisticated multimedia presentations. Duties include maintenance of equipment/systems/software for LSJ multimedia production, ensuring that at all three sites have efficient and current tools to meet the needs of our audiences. There is a significant training component to this position. It will focus on developing shooting and editing skills, particularly those related to iPhone videos.

The chosen candidate will assist with helping to focus and better implement our newsroom-wide multimedia strategy. That will include editing and coordinating everything from clip video to highly produced multimedia projects. A special emphasis will include the continuing evolution of our photo department from a focus on the still image to one that embraces multimedia daily.

Job Requirements
The successful candidate will have the following:

2-4 years experience as working visual journalist (video or photo)
Applicants must have proficiency with Final Cut Pro and DSLR cameras.
Working experience in Photoshop, Motion, Soundtrack and Aperture is also a requirement.
Working experience with Final Cut, Avid and basic video editing tools
Experience with production in PC and Mac-based software.
Experience with production using mobile tools and equipment
In addition, this person should have a grasp of all social media best practices.

Qualified individuals should submit their resumes and work samples to Belinda Thurston, Digital Manager at bthurston@gannett.com.

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Extreme-Seo.Net Review ? Search Engine Optimization Service ...

Search Engine Optimization, better known as SEO, is powerful enough to turn micro businesses into recognizable brands. When incorporated with Internet marketing, an SEO service empowers a website to strengthen its online presence and, as a result, rake in targeted visitors from which will prove beneficial to businesses in the long run. In this regard, it is of paramount importance for Web-based businesses to tap an outstanding SEO service provider to cater to their SEO needs.

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Get Your Money's Worth: Go For Highly Qualified Business Sales ...

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Get Your Money?s Worth: Go For Highly Qualified Business Sales Leads

Article by Sarah Barnes

Chasing after business sales leads is something that all salespeople have to do on a daily basis. Lead generation, though time consuming and can be costly, is an important aspect of the sales process that all business people can do without. It is the only way to find new clients and eventually increase a business? revenue. However, not all sales leads have the potential of becoming good prospects, and ultimately, paying customers. Which is why qualifying business sales leads is so crucial in order to avoid wasting both time and money.

In today?s fast-changing corporate world, highly-qualified B2B sales leads are hard to find. Although there has been a rapid growth in lead buying and list brokerage these days, one cannot deny that only a few lead generation firms and business lists suppliers can really deliver high quality and well-targeted sales leads.

If you are a business owner and scouting for good sales leads, you want to make sure that you are getting your money?s worth. While you can always get business leads cheaply, the quality of these leads cannot be guaranteed. The only time you will discover how bad they are is after you or your sales team have called them and find out they don?t exist, are difficult to contact, you have the wrong person or number, wrong business name, etc. Of course, you wouldn?t get these leads without first paying for them, right? So there goes your hard-earned dollars. They?re cheap, so ?you get? what ?you paid for?.

Buying business leads can be an attractive option, especially if you or your sales people don?t have the time to do it yourselves. But, if you would be shelling out bucks for leads, whether large or small amount, you want to have the chance at, to say the least, getting their phones to ring instead of getting a busy signal or a disconnected message. Ideally, you want to be able to speak with the decision maker who would listen to your proposition and has a genuine interest in your service or product. How do you do this? You can buy leads that have been pre-qualified through appointment setting.

Over the years, lead generation through appointment setting has been proven to work for any vertical. It?s a tried-and-tested marketing approach for generating business leads for various products or services such as accounting/bookkeeping, advertising, cash advance, credit card processing, commercial cleaning, software, tax consulting, and many more.

In appointment setting, professional B2B phone marketers cold-call decision-makers from targeted companies based on the client?s criteria. Telephone representatives call on behalf of the client, establish trust, and set the mood for a sales presentation. If the prospect shows interest and agrees to meet with a sales representative, an appointment (face-to-face, phone, or webinar) is set. This prospect has now been pre-qualified and is forwarded to the client as a sales lead.

The beauty of this method is its capability to quickly identify buying signals. Callers can probe and determine if the prospect:

-Has time for a sales presentation-Is happy with what they have-Has the financial capacity to buy-Is the key decision-maker

In addition, clients can always modify the qualifying questions to get the kind of information they want from prospects. This makes it easier for the sales representative to go about the presentation because issues have been identified earlier and can be addressed accordingly during the presentation proper.

Searching for new leads will always be a part of running a business, and if you have made the decision to buy business sales leads, make sure that you work with a reputable company that can deliver what you paid for.

About the Author

Sarah Barnes is a telemarketing expert with 11 years experience as a sales leads analyst for small and medium companies. Sarah invites you to visit http://www.121directmarketing.com/ for more information on pre-qualified sales leads and appointments.

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