| The Shrink Rap
Upside: Air-conditioning 24/seven and the fact that the job requires absolutely no thinking or effort.
Downside: No time to sit down and the fact that the job requires absolutely no thinking or effort.
Wages: $6-$10 per hour.
Minimum age: 14 (for baggers), 16 (for everyone else).
How do I get this job? Start nagging your local supermarkets and drug stores … in March.
Hook-up factor: Low. There are two problems: a) Writing your phone number on grocery-store receipts is a bit too cheesy for most to pull off; and b) if you're a bagger, the only people you'd have time to flirt with are the people who are buying lots of groceries, i.e., moms (and dads!) with minivans and toddlers. Job: Busboy, waiter, or hostess at a mid-priced restaurant.
They say you learn how to: Interact with people, read a wine list, serve food.
Complainers trying to halt new opportunity
Opportunities come and opportunities go. For years it seemed that more of the opportunities that came to Yuma turned right around and left because something or someone in the mix of it all made it an impossibility for these opportunities to even put a shovel in the ground. Yet the people complained that there was nothing to do in Yuma. They complained they had to go out of town to get what they needed. Then came the Yuma Palms mall. Alas, our problems were solved. We had a choice to shop locally or ... go out of town. Perfect. Yet the people complained. "It's not an indoor mall." "It's too far to walk between stores." "El Centro mall has air conditioning." And the city took the heat for essentially encouraging new business in this growth opportunity. By the amount of traffic at Yuma Palms, it does not appear that people are staying away.
UAE gas supply is 2o% below peak demand
Abu Dhabi: When summer temperatures soar and power stations work at full capacity, gas supplies in the the UAE are around 20 per cent below demand, an official said on Wednesday. Power demand and the population in the UAE are rising 10 per cent to 13 per cent per year, Khalid Al Awadi, gas operations manager at retailer Emirates General Petro-leum Corporation (Emarat) told an energy conference. When air-conditioning units worked at full blast across the country last summer, gas demand peaked at around 5.5 billion cubic feet per day (cfd), a billion cfd above current maximum supply of 4.5 billion cfd, he said. "The peak shortfall is about one billion cfd per day, which is being met with expensive diesel oil," he told reporters. Apart from burning oil products such as diesel, industrial users also turned to coal in some parts of the UAE last year.
Multiforms wins Dhs150m deal for Downtown Burj Dubai project
The project, worth over Dhs150m ($40.8m), involves the completion of 60,000 sq metres of exterior cladding to Boulevard Plaza's impressive architecture. Boulevard Plaza, due for completion in the fourth quarter of 2009, will add significant commercial space to the Downtown Burj Dubai community and form a spectacular and iconic addition to Dubai's skyline. 'This is an exciting time as we grow our business into key and international projects, further developing Multiforms' company profile. Undertaking the cladding work for Boulevard Plaza with glass metal and stone skin forms one of our most challenging jobs yet,' said Mr Firas Rifai, CEO, Multiforms. 'We are proud to be working with prestigious engineers and property developers to achieve excellent results and bring innovation to commercial property space within one of Dubai's best community locations.' Boulevard Plaza is Multiforms' fourth project within the Downtown Burj Dubai development; cladding implementation is in process for parts of The Old Town development.
Students can now carry plastic for purchases at Severn School
There are 585 students in grades six through 12 at Severn, an independent private college-preparatory day school in Severna Park. Since the beginning of February, about 80 students have enrolled in the card program. which is optional, Mrs. Pinnix Fish said. The card bears the student's name, identification number, photo and a bar code. It can be clipped to a lanyard. Currently, a separate photo identification card is given to all students. Mrs. Pinnix Fish said she loves the new system. "We're the first school in the area to offer this service in our cafeteria and bookstore," she said. "From a control standpoint, it's a good thing not to be carrying cash. It's a service we can offer to our students and their families." The program was not cheap.
For Mariners, it's Erik Bedard at No. 1
PEORIA, Ariz. — Even filling out medical forms, lean-and-mean Felix Hernandez was the center of attention. Hernandez had already lost his job as the Mariners' No. 1 starter before the first pitch of spring training had been thrown. As he sat quietly at a clubhouse table Wednesday, patiently handling paperwork in triplicate, he kept being interrupted by teammates, coaches and trainers. "Did you lose more weight?" they asked. Yes, the 21-year-old would nod with a smile. Hernandez says he's down to 218 pounds, nine less than last February, when his weight loss generated headlines across baseball. "I was working out like I did last year," Hernandez said. "It gets easier." Weight-loss stories are about as common to spring training as palm trees and soon-to-be-broken promises.
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