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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
UK Paraplegic Woman First To Take Robotic Suit Home
An anonymous reader writes "It might be a ways off, but every day we get closer to the possibility of William Gibson's short story The Winter Market becoming a plausible reality. Viable consumer exoskeleton for the paralyzed? Check, finally. Quoting Reuters: 'The exoskeleton is activated by the wearer tilting their balance to indicate the desire to take a step. It supports the body's weight and also allows the person to go up or down stairs, as well as sit or stand up independently. It costs 45,000 pounds and although clinical studies are ongoing that could back a case for health authorities to fund purchases of the device, the developers argue that savings on the treatment of ailments related to inactivity could offset the cost.'"
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Vulcan Expects Amazon Global HQ in Seattle to Sell Quickly ...
September 4, 2012
By Scott Baltic, Contributing Editor
For Sale: 1.8-million-square-foot, 8.4-acre corporate headquarters. Nine new Class A buildings and two historic renovations are occupied by a single, steadily growing credit tenant. Complex is in a newly revitalized downtown area of a major Pacific Northwest city and includes 100,000 square feet of street-level retail along a streetcar line. If interested, act soon; property expected to generate substantial interest.
This complex is, of course, Amazon.com?s global HQ in Seattle?s South Lake Union neighborhood, as announced last Thursday by Vulcan Real Estate, of Seattle. Vulcan plans to deploy earnings from the sale into ongoing development of its other substantial land holdings in SLU.
Lori Mason Curran, director for real estate investment strategy at Vulcan, told Commercial Property Executive that the complex is being marketed either as a whole or in parts and that she expects a closing by year?s end.
?It?s an interesting time to sell,? she said. ?There?s been some big interest in Seattle as an investment market? by institutional investors. She declined to estimate a price for the property.
CBRE is the listing agent, with a team led by CBRE vice chairman Kevin Shannon.
?The Amazon Corporate Headquarters buildings represent exactly what core capital wants today: new product featuring durable, credit income streams in great CBD locations,? said Shannon. ?Technology and corporate tenants love state-of-the-art campuses in amenity-rich, transit-oriented environments like Amazon?s, because these locations allow them to attract and retain the best talent in the workforce.?
In her exclusive interview with CPE, Mason Curran sketched out SLU?s recent history.
In the early 1990s, a Seattle newspaper columnist proposed that the city develop a park in SLU, somewhat along the lines of New York?s Central Park that would encourage the building of residential properties nearby. The area was then primarily warehouses and light industrial.
To help buy land for the project, called Seattle Commons, Paul Allen, owner of Vulcan, co-founder of Microsoft and owner of the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers, chipped in a $20 million loan, to become a gift to the city if the park went forward. The park, however, was twice shot down by voters.
By the late ?90s, after the 11.5 acres already purchased had reverted to Allen, Vulcan began to acquire more land in SLU. By 2001, the company owned about 45 acres and had several buildings under development. Vulcan?s holdings peaked at 64 acres, and by 2006 it had built 1.2 million square feet, with an additional 3 million in development. (A few parcels were sold off without having been developed, Mason Curran said.)
Negotiations in 2006?07 resulted in Vulcan agreeing to build a five-phase office development for Amazon, which had been growing rapidly, but whose Seattle headquarters operations were scattered across various buildings, including a U.S. Public Health Service hospital.
Construction started in 2007, with Schnitzer West as development partner on the first two phases. After starting in 2010, Amazon?s move is just about finished, Mason Curran said, with the latest building just being completed. The leases are all for total terms of 14 to 16 years, she said.
As of now, Vulcan owns about 55 acres, largely contiguous, in SLU. In addition to Amazon, Seattle?s largest office tenant, Vulcan?s SLU tenants include Microsoft, Skanska and the headquarters of Tommy Bahama.
To date, including the Amazon HQ, Vulcan has delivered 4.6 million square feet in 22 new office, biotech, residential and mixed-use projects on about 25 acres in SLU. It has also developed one hotel, the only U.S. property of Singapore-based Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts.
In the ongoing redevelopment of SLU, Vulcan also has several projects currently under way:
* An 185,000-square-foot research facility for the University of Washington School of Medicine, scheduled for completion in the first quarter of next year. It will be Vulcan?s fourth building in SLU for the med school.
* Stack House, a 278-unit, two-building new-construction apartment complex.
* The rehab of the historic 35,000-square-foot Supply Laundry building into spec office and retail space.
In addition, nearly 600,000 square feet of office space is in pre-development in SLU, said Mason Curran. Vulcan plans to redevelop its other 30 acres in SLU ?organically,? with no specific masterplan, she said.
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Hong Kong Massage: The Sensual Stop Over | Rollingthunderny1.org
Disneyland? Check. Victoria Harbor? Check. You think you?ve thoroughly enjoyed the bone and marrow of the Hollywood of Asia? Well, if you refuse to try the famous Hong Kong massage, then your trip will definitely be just so-so.
As much as the citizens take pride in the tourist attractions and high-rise buildings, Hong Kong massage services are affluent businesses along the boulevards of the city. Masseurs and masseuses are well-trained to provide the most soothing and relaxing experience that only a Hong Kong massage can give. Try one of the following massages: basic full body massage, Thai, shiatsu, or tantric.
Source: http://rollingthunderny1.org/health-and-fitness/hong-kong-massage-the-sensual-stop-over/
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Home Improvement Tip #8: How To Build A Pergola - Video 3
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Dems cobble convention crowd together bit by bit
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ? College students from across North Carolina will arrive in Charlotte by the busload. Same with members of predominantly black churches in neighboring South Carolina.
Their goal: help fill a 74,000-seat outdoor stadium to capacity when President Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination Thursday night.
Anything short of a full house on the final night of the Democratic Party's national convention will be instant fodder for Republicans eager to use empty seats as symbols of waning voter enthusiasm for Obama.
Democrats have been fretting for months over whether the president can draw a capacity crowd at Bank of America Stadium. Polls show voter enthusiasm is down, as are Obama's crowds for his battleground state campaign rallies.
Obama advisers insist the stadium will be filled when Obama delivers his speech. Vice President Joe Biden also will speak Thursday night, along with Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who will vouch for Obama's national security credentials.
"The response we've seen from the community has been incredible and it's obvious that people have a big interest in owning a piece of the most open and accessible convention in history," said Adam Fetcher, a campaign spokesman. "President Obama's speech on Thursday night will bring this election into focus for the American people, and it will be even more significant because so many North Carolinians will be there to see it."
Convention delegates, volunteers and other Democratic officials already in Charlotte for the party gathering could make up as much as one-third of the crowd. But filling the rest of the stadium is a piecemeal process.
Elena Botella, a student at Duke University and president of the College Democrats of North Carolina, said her school was busing 100 students to the speech.
Lonnie Randolph, the president of the South Carolina chapter of the NAACP, said several large black churches in his state are planning to send busloads of members on Thursday to watch the president's speech.
"There are plenty of people who wouldn't miss it for the world," Randolph said. "How often does this happen this close to South Carolina?"
Obama aides say several thousand tickets also have been given to new campaign volunteers in North Carolina. People who complete three volunteer shifts totaling nine hours got one ticket to the final speech.
The volunteer ticketing program also helps Obama boost his grassroots network in North Carolina, a battleground state he moved into the Democratic column in 2008 for the first time in nearly 40 years. But Obama is facing an uphill battle this time around in North Carolina, where the unemployment rate exceeds the national average and voters approved a gay marriage ban the day before the president announced his support for same-sex unions.
Thursday's event is certain to draw comparisons to 2008, when Obama accepted the Democratic nomination before a capacity crowd at an 84,000-seat stadium in Denver. There was little concern back then over whether Obama would fill the stadium, in part because he was easily attracting tens of thousands of people to his campaign rallies across the country.
This time around, Obama's crowds are far smaller. He drew his biggest audience at his campaign kick-off rally in May, a 14,000-person crowd at Ohio State University. About 13,000 people attended Obama's rally at the University of Colorado in Boulder Sunday.
The campaign says the size of Obama's events this summer have purposely been kept low. Large rallies are more expensive and security requirements are more intense for a sitting president than a candidate.
Convention organizers in Charlotte may have more control over the crowds than their other big concern: the weather. Heavy evening rains doused Charlotte over the weekend, and thunderstorms are in the forecast for Thursday.
Officials say the outdoor event will go on rain or shine, except if there is severe weather.
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Associated Press writers Jeffrey Collins and Gary Robertson contributed to this report.
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Follow Julie Pace at http://twitter.com/jpaceDC.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/dems-cobble-convention-crowd-together-bit-bit-080509590--election.html
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