SARATOGA — Mick Greeneway got started in the recreational vehicle business in 1977 and has owned Greeneway Recreation since 1987. In 1995, we built the whole new facility here, and we thought we built it big enough, Greeneway said with a laugh. The 1995 expansion featured eight bays, which is no longer enough for the busy RV dealer. The dealership broke ground this week for an expansion that will add 10 more bays. Two of the current eight bays will [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
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EU to Closely Monitor Berlusconi’s Reform Commitments, Rehn Says
The European Union will closely monitor Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s commitments made to the EU last night on overhauling Italy’s economy and reducing debt, EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said. “Yesterday, Italy presented a strategy for rapid fiscal consolidation and growth-enhancing structural reforms, with clear measures and an ambitious timetable,” Rehn said today in the text of a speech in Berlin. “Delivery on these commitments will be monitored closely by the commission and the Council.” Rehn [...]
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People traveling by train to tour Roanoke
More than a thousand people traveled from North Carolina to Roanoke Saturday afternoon and that was great business for downtown Roanoke. Travelers left early Saturday morning and after a five hour trip on the train, everyone searched for the best restaurants and the most popular shops downtown has to offer. Within a matter of just three hours, tourist had a chance to eat, shop and sights see in downtown. Landon Howard, Executive Director of the Roanoke Valley Convention amp; Visitors [...]
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Biggest Halloween danger to kids is drunken drivers
Modesto police deployed roving saturation patrols Friday and Saturday. Funding for this operation is provided by a grant from the state Office of Traffic Safety. The patrols consisted of officers assigned to look for drunken drivers. There isnt a Halloween costume clever enough to hide an impaired driver who has made the poor decision to get behind the wheel, said Lt. Scott Blom of the departments Traffic Unit. Whether youve had one too many or way too many, it is [...]
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Big Nerd Ranch Traveling West to Host Beginning iOS Commuter Class in Northern …
Big Nerd Ranchs hands-on iOS programming course will teach beginners how to build an iPhone or iPad app. Space is limited, so avoid the stampede and sign up today! Atlanta, Ga (PRWEB) October 28, 2011 Attention Northern California developers and programmers! Big Nerd Ranch is packing its saddlebags to bring a five-day Beginning iOS Class out west. The intensive training course will be held Nov. 14-18 in Santa Clara, Calif. The hands-on Beginning iOS Class will transform novices into programmers [...]
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car Expands Electric Vehicle Fleet to 11 California Cities
ST. LOUIS, MO, Oct 27, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – Customers now can rent electric vehicles (EV) from Enterprise Rent-A-Car in 11 California cities. EVs and charging stations were added to rental locations in Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, Encino, Newport Beach and Riverside. Enterprise already offers EVs in California at branches in Ontario, Pasadena, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Monica and Thousand Oaks, and operates the largest network of EV rentals in the state. With more than 5,500 car rental [...]
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Inflation, Jobs, and the Artificial Flow of Monetary Policy
While the stock market (SPY) (QQQ) continues to pin its hopes on a successful European monetary device in some esoteric but mildly believable format, complete with willful leveraging, the economic consequences of such monetary solutions continue to indicate the predictable results of so much intervention in every part of the global economy. Mainstream economics may still regard the Phillips Curve with fondness, believing that there is a direct, inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation, but the empirical economic history shows [...]
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Cancer patients will benefit from traveling comedy tour
He said hes excited to be able to bring McComas and Bowers with him this time around. All three men are from the Midwest and are currently touring the southern and western portions of the US Last week, they were in Dallas, Texas, and this week, theyre in Las Vegas, Nev. My traveling partners are great, said Gardner. I hand selected them to be on my tour because theyre two of the funniest guys around. Were people pleasers to say [...]
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Staying Up Late at Museums
Darcey Howard had her reasons for showing up at the Rubin Museum of Art in her pajamas. Seeing the Himalayan paintings and multilayered manuscript pages was not one of them. Special Section Fine Arts & Exhibits Big shows, love affairs and art all night. Video: Restoring Natural History Slide Show: Picasso’s Muse Related Dining Briefs | Recently Opened: Untitled (August 17, 2011) Times Topic: Rubin Museum of Art Enlarge This Image Roderick Mickens/American Museum of Natural History “One Step Beyond” [...]
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Fed Refuses to Share Internal View Traders See Underlying Significant Risk
Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, delivers his semiannual monetary policy report to the House Financial Services Committee in Washington.
