Guest Column

Search Score: 4/10

6 days ago

14 days ago

25 days ago

Friday Guest Column: One Teacher's Hopes for NCLB II

30 days ago

32 days ago

Kay Lucas, Guest Column: Bargain or Boone-doogle? - Waco Tribune Herald

Source: news.google.com --- 10 days ago
Kay Lucas, Guest Column: Bargain or Boone-doogle? Waco Tribune Herald, TX - 7 hours ago Back in the 1970s when the United States was introduced to the effects of peak oil, President Jimmy Carter began addressing our growing dependency on ... ...

DSN Retailing Today - Loyalty fades when confronted with convenience, better selection - Guest Column - Brief Article

Source: findarticles.com --- 12 days ago
May 1, 2008 -- Women are trading retail store loyalty for convenience. According to Roper research, in all eight store categories polled, including discount stores,... ...

Guest Column: A case for a housing price bottom

Source: www.ocregister.com --- 17 days ago
Demographic trends point to a shortage of homes during the next year ...

Guest Column: Housing market looks good here

Source: www.uticaod.com --- 14 days ago

The rash of press coming out of the national media would have us think the housing market is crashing everywhere. It just isn’t so. We are really doing pretty well in the Mohawk Valley, especially if you look at our area compared with the rest of the country. It is true that our level of escalation of real estate values over the past few decades has seemingly moved at a snail’s pace, when other areas of the country were soaring at amazing levels. We’ve had lots of unfortunate things to endure here in the Mohawk Valley over the last several decades, which kept us well behind the record levels being set by much of the nation. When the average sale price of a home in the United States was reaching $250,000, we were topping the $100,000 mark. Over the last 15 years, our average yearly prices were less than half of the national average. Housing in the Mohawk Valley has always been more affordable, and therefore, more attainable. The bottom line: If you can’t get it together to buy yourself a home in our community, your odds of doing it in “greener pastures” will not be easier. We do have some obstacles that have risen by our nation’s current real estate cycle that will affect some buyers in the Mohawk Valley. Although interest rates remain amazingly low, most lenders have tightened up significantly on who they will lend money to. Many loan products that were readily available to accommodate all sorts of buyers have disappeared from many lend ...

Guest Column: World Series forged friendships, families

Source: www.thetowntalk.com --- 18 days ago
There is a sign at an entrance to the Ward 10 Sports Complex entrance that reads "2001 Dixie World Series Champions." ...

Guest Column: Five Questions With EMC — Process Improvement

Source: www.ecmconnection.com --- 14 days ago
Surprisingly, we at EMC find from our customers that the biggest challenge in document processing is the most basic one: "how can they become more efficient managing the volume and different types of documents that drive important business processes?" By EMC Corporation ...

Guest Column: Digital Mailroom Streamlines Payment Processing

Source: www.ecmconnection.com --- 15 days ago
Every business would like its document imaging process to be as efficient as possible. But, if document imaging is the core of your business, efficiency of this process becomes a necessity. By Sarah Howland, Integrated Solutions magazine ...

Joe Carbajal, Guest Column: My roundtable sampling

Source: www.wacotrib.com --- 15 days ago
The political conversation started very innocently as we sat around the monthly small group meeting we call Covenant Connections. ...

Guest Column: ‘Drill here; Drill now’ is all pork

Source: www.joplinglobe.com --- 5 days ago
Roy Blunt and President George Bush have been sounding off about the need to lease our natural resources to oil companies. ...

Guest Column by Marylou Davis: Woodstock development must be done responsibly

Source: www.norwichbulletin.com --- 13 days ago
The Woodstock Planning & Zoning Commission will soon approve Woodstock Academy’s application for expansion of its athletic fields within the historic district. Approval will come despite the arguable fact the application does not meet seven of the 11 criteria for a special permit. Zoning regulations state a quorum of five commission members is all that is needed to approve any application, regardless of how many regulations that application fails to meet. The quorum of five is less than half of the total commission members. The commission has the power and duty to place modifications, restrictions and/or mandates upon the approval of this application. The following restrictions should be stipulated upon approval: — One field, not two — Responsible construction practices — Green building, conservation easement — Adequate sewer and water supply — Mandated appropriate use of the complex — Noise level restrictions No other town The Woodstock Academy application dramatically illustrates the town has lax, at best, zoning regulations. Outside professionals who reviewed this application commented, “In any other town in Connecticut, this application wouldn’t have received approval from a town’s Inland-Wetlands Watercourses Agency.” In all towns, Inland-Wetlands approval is required before gaining zoning approval. When this economic recession ends, Woodstock, with its low tax structure, good schools and beautiful landscapes, will experience ...

Guest Column: Where is Chet Edwards?

Source: www.cleburnetimesreview.com --- 13 days ago
Where is Chet Edwards? Why haven’t the people from the 17th Congressional District been hearing from Edwards on the issues of high gas prices and the high price of energy. ...

Guest Column by John Markowicz: Expanding Amtrak service may be more cost effective

Source: www.norwichbulletin.com --- 13 days ago
The Norwich Bulletin’s Aug. 1 editorial promoted expansion of commuter rail into southeastern Connecticut with implementation of full Shore Line East service. Among the obstacles noted were boater objections to additional moveable bridge closures. Neither capital nor operating costs associated with expanded service were specifically addressed. It must be noted the state heavily subsidizes daily passenger and commuter rail service provided by Shore Line East and Metro North with revenue from the Special Transportation Fund. This fund is supported by taxes paid by motor vehicle operators, primarily at the gas pump. The commuter rail service operates only five days per week. In 2003, the last year that published data are available, Shore Line East’s operating deficit was $6.4 million, or 85 percent of its total operating expenses. The current purchase price of a round-trip ticket from New London to New Haven is $16.50. An estimated $94.24 state subsidy would be required to cover the ticket’s operating deficit. Expansion of daily and weekend service to New London would increase annual operating cost by $4 million, requiring a capital investment of $20 million — thereby causing either the ticket price or subsidy to increase accordingly. Two-state venture Metro North is jointly owned and operated seven days per week by Connecticut and New York. In 2003, its operating deficit was $88 million, about 32 percent of its operating expenses. Co ...

Guest Column: Open lines of communication with children

Source: www.uticaod.com --- 6 days ago

When it comes to child sexual abuse, not a week goes by without someone asking, “What can I do to protect my children? Are they safe? Who can I trust?” The unfortunate reality is that there are evil people among us. Some are fixated on sexually abusing children. Some say they can’t help themselves. Others don’t want to. As responsible parents and caregivers, each of us should take steps to minimize the chances of our children being abused. The number one recommendation to protect children is also the easiest, it costs no money and you can start right now. Talk with your kids. Don’t talk to them. Talk with them. Not just to remind them about “Stranger Danger.” Talk about what is TIPS TO PROTECT CHILDREN * Talk with your kids. * Share information. * Don’t ever assume they know it if you haven’t said it. * Regarding babysitters or other caregivers, get references. Get to know them ahead of time. * Lay down strict rules regarding who can be near your child. * Make sure your child is self-assured and can say “no.” * If a child is sexually abused, make sure to report it. Source: Oneida County Child Advocacy Center going on in their lives, and yours Share information. What is happening in school? What interests they have? What are their likes and dislikes? Who are their friends? When they go somewhere, who else will be there? What adults will be there? Do your children know that they can call you to rescue them when they feel like they’r ...

Guest Column: Get To Know Crest Factor And Its Influence On The Design Of OFDM-Based Systems

Source: www.rfglobalnet.com --- 8 days ago
The exceptional performance of wireless communications systems and most recently television broadcasting is delivered in large measure by digital transmission technology and more specifically by higher-order modulation schemes such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). To understand the importance of crest factor in designing a system using OFDM, it helps to review its fundamental concepts and statistical background, as well as practical considerations to remember when creating a system design. ...

Guest Column: Doing less with less and liking it

Source: www.puyallup-herald.com --- 18 days ago
Im finally hip. It took Peak Oil, the credit crunch, the evisceration of the housing market and blood on Wall Street to make it happen, but my lifestyle is the new model for what all the cool kids do. Im a homebody. ...

Guest Column: FEMA: Emergencies aren't us

Source: www.sunad.com --- 14 days ago
Martha Kegel thought she'd seen it all - the horror of the flooding of New Orleans, the callousness and incompetence of George Bush's response, the scandal of people still left homeless three years after the storm. Then she ... ...

Guest Column: Falling into school

Source: www.puyallup-herald.com --- 5 days ago
Last week I drove down the Ninth Street Connector road, right behind the fairgrounds, and noticed the roller coaster rounding a corner and heading down the tracks. I figured it was being tested for opening day of The Puyallup Fair as it carried no passengers with their arms raised heavenward, screaming at the tops of their lungs. ...

Eugene Baker, Guest Column: Exercising with cliches

Source: www.wacotrib.com --- 5 hours ago
My doctor told me to lose 20 pounds. He didn’t give me a time limit, so I accepted his challenge. ...

C.W. Christian, Guest Column: 'Fests' of dangerous drunks

Source: www.wacotrib.com --- 18 days ago
“Prohibition doesn’t work.” This mantra has been chanted in our society for most of my adult life. ...

Guest Column: Zoning, permit process needs change

Source: www.hometownannapolis.com --- 16 days ago
By Del. STEVE SCHUH Nearly 300 north county residents recently attended a town-hall meeting to discuss the policies and practices of the county's Offices of Planning and Zoning and Inspections and Permits. As Capital readers are aware, horror stories have been popping up for years about citizens' experiences with these offices. But never before have so many people come together to voice their grievances and to suggest improvements. Approxi... Published on 08/03/08 ...

Find more results for Guest Column on RSSMicro.com

Subscribe