Sound of waves machine costs vary by city
SmartMoney estimates tropical fare to fight cabin fever with a wave generator at about 112 dollars in Anchorage and Buffalo. Self tanning lotion ranges from 5.49 dollars in Cleveland to 9.39 dollars in Anchorage.
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Hawaii
SmartMoney Magazine
Tropics
Anchorage
Alaska
Buffalo
N.Y
Cleveland
New edition of Knock Em Dead 1997 offers expanded job search guide
The updated Adams Media softcover by Martin Yate extends the 1985 classic to cover the full job hunt. It guides readers from skills assessment and resume building to interviews, handling rejection, offer negotiation, and includes an Internet usage appendix.
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Adams Media Corp
Martin Yate
Yate
Yates
Morale Mismatch at Top Firms Revealed by CEO
Springfield Remanufacturing Corp. CEO Jack Stack says a survey showed morale was lower than managers believed even in a crown jewel division. He notes few big issues but many small ones affecting the workplace.
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Jack Stack
Springfield Remanufacturing Corp
Stack
Inc. Magazine
U.S. Firms Face Staffing Shortages After Cost Cuts
The William Olsten Center survey of 640 firms shows 52 percent expect understaffing this year. Eighty-six percent report more stress due to short staffing and 48 percent say deadlines are harder to meet.
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U.S
William Olston
Muscatine Filmmaker Boosts Eastern Iowa Economy
Muscatine native Max Allan Collins and Jim Hoffmann built M.A.C. Film Productions to make mainstream films for home video and TV. Their movie Mommy 2 Mommy's Day debuts in Davenport and will screen in Muscatine with a University of Iowa Libraries gala featuring Patty McCormack. A Des Moines screening is under consideration.
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Max Allan Collins
Muscatine
Collins
University of Iowa
Johnson County
University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Jim Hoffmann
M.A.C. Film Productions
Florida
Blockbuster Video
Iowa
Hoffman
Lifetime
Davenport
Friends of the
University of Iowa Libraries
Patty McCormack
M.A.C
Fiber optics powering the Information Revolution
Fiber optics have transformed global communications delivering voice video and data via glass strands. Since 1970 at Corning and Bell Labs breakthroughs enabled room temperature lasers and long fiber links. Corning Inc now produces over 5 million miles annually and global fiber miles exceed 60 million, eclipsing copper capacity and enabling vast new uses.
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America
Govind P. Agrawal
University of Rochester
Alexander Graham Bell
Corning Glass Works
Donald Keck
N.Y
Corning
Fortune 500 Materials Company
Corning Inc
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