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Great Lodging Specials & Packages When Visiting Carson City

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:04:02 GMT

clipped by: bellapria

Carson City offers great lodging value year round.

Plaza Hotel & conference center--Fuel cost incentives www.carsoncityplaza.com
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Fuel costs have rocketed and we would like to help offset. Now through October receive $25 discount off rack rate when you use phrase "Plaza Hotel fuel incentive"

Gold Dust West Carson City Special - Bowling Package www.gdwcasino.com
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Only at the GOLD DUST WEST Casino Hotel in Carson City!

$62.50 Per Person (Sunday - Thursday)

$77.50 Per Person (Friday - Saturday)

Package includes...
• One Deluxe Room Night
• $10 Food Credit
• Bowling Lineage for 3 Games

• $10 Bonus Play

Based on standard rooms and double occupancy. Based on availability. Management reserves all rights. Tax and gratuity not included.

Visit Gold Dust West Carson City on the web at www.gdwcasino.com and check more of our bowling packages!

For Reservations call: 1-800-Nevada-1

Tags: carson city, nevada, specials, packages, lodging

Deus Caritas Est, paragraph 10

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:27:05 GMT

clipped by: Efrain Alvarado
clipper's remarks: continued:

Here Christians can see a dim prefigurement of the mystery of the Cross: so great is God's love for man that by becoming man he follows him even into death, and so reconciles justice and love.

Clip Source: world-flags-symbols.com

Clip Source: www.vatican.va

10. We have seen that God's eros for man is also totally agape. This is not only because it is bestowed in a completely gratuitous manner, without any previous merit, but also because it is love which forgives. Hosea above all shows us that this agape dimension of God's love for man goes far beyond the aspect of gratuity. Israel has committed “adultery” and has broken the covenant; God should judge and repudiate her. It is precisely at this point that God is revealed to be God and not man: “How can I give you up, O Ephraim! How can I hand you over, O Israel! ... My heart recoils within me, my compassion grows warm and tender. I will not execute my fierce anger, I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst” (Hos 11:8-9). God's passionate love for his people—for humanity—is at the same time a forgiving love. It is so great that it turns God against himself, his love against his justice.

Tags: pope, benedict, encyclical, church, catholic

Ethics push for pollies

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:53:54 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: The words "politicians" and "ethics" look wrong when near each other.

Clip Source: www.theage.com.au

STATE Parliament is considering an "ethics adviser" and changes to the amount of information MPs must provide about their personal financial interests and gifts received.

Parliamentary travel and ethics are likely to be included in a parliamentary committee report to be made by March on options for "strengthening government and parliamentary accountability in Victoria".

Last week, The Sunday Age reported state MPs are receiving free overseas travel from foreign governments, private companies and even travel companies with no explanation required on why the gratuity was provided.

Members of Parliament are required to report only if they have received a gift and must say from whom it came.

It has also been reported that MPs are regularly taking taxpayer-funded overseas trips with no direct relationship to their parliamentary responsibilities.

Tags: politics

2007 Tipping Guide

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:30:56 GMT

clipped by: Perkalicious11
clipper's remarks: the original link has a great chart on the percentage of a workers' income that comes from tips too. That's really interesting! (I thought many were on the low side.)

Clip Source: blogs.payscale.com

PayScale Salary Survey Tipping Data for 2007

we pulled together a list of the most common jobs held by people who reported tips of $10 or more per week in 2007. Sure, $10 doesn’t seem like much - but it can add up to a lot of money. For instance, someone who makes $30,000 a year without tips, could make an additional $250 a month in tips or $3000 a year.

Tipping Guide - Who Gets Tipped:

People involved in weddings and other events: Disc Jockeys, Catering Managers, Meeting & Convention Services Managers, and Musicians and Singers.

People who get us from point A to point B: Chauffeurs, Taxi Drivers, Boat Captains and Mates, and Corporate Jet Pilots.

People who make us pretty: Manicurists and Pedicurists, Cosmetologists, Estheticians and Hairstylists.

People who love your pets as much as you do:

everyone else behind the scenes: Busboys/Girls, Restaurant and Bar Managers, Chefs, and Hosts, since your tip gets distributed amongst the entire team that helps you.

Tags: tips, waitress, waiter, bartender, service, gratuity, salary, employment, work, income

When the Army Fought Against Veterans in Washington

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:39:25 GMT

clipped by: n2teaching
clipper's remarks: Hopefully, we can learn from our recent American History. As Americans we need veterans to be healthy and productive, and as veterans, they deserve whatever assistance we can give them. Yes, I am a Yankee Doodle Dandy! Thanks to my grandfather, WWI; uncle, died on USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor; two uncles in Korea; the rest of us were born in the few off times to be of assistance. So we are support troops.

Clip Source: www.americanheritage.com

The veterans’ grievance had a lengthy history. Right back to the Revolution, it had been customary to grant bonuses to soldiers at the end of their term of service, and World War I was no exception.

It was at this point that General MacArthur was ordered into action.

He responded swiftly, throwing into motion the plans he had been developing.

On July 28, police evicted veterans from several condemned government buildings

a fight started that left one veteran dead and another mortally wounded.

Working under him

ffering increased bonuses, reduced insurance rates, and other perks for veterans. These measures brought Congress into conflict with a series of Presidents,

starting with Warren G. Harding

Calvin Coolidge, decried another bonus proposal as “a pure gratuity,” and issued a veto of his own

1932 Herbert Hoover had become the third President to veto special financial privileges for soldiers.

MacArthur exceeded his orders

used tear gas

against

Dwight Eisenhower

George Patton

majors

veterans

Tags: washington, veterans, american history, macarthur, hoover, bonus army, poverty, homeless, wwi

Ethics? Ask Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV)

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:46:45 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear

Clip Source: www.beyonddelay.org

Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV) is a 13th-term member of Congress, representing the first district of West Virginia. His ethics issues stem from misusing his position to benefit himself, his family and his friends and misreporting a dramatic increase in his personal assets.

Earmarking of Funds for His Personal Benefit

If Rep. Mollohan accepted campaign donations in direct exchange for earmarking federal funds to the nonprofits run by these donors he may have violated the bribery statute, the illegal gratuity statute, honest services fraud and House rules prohibiting dispensing special favors and engaging in conduct that does not reflect creditably on the House.

Financial Disclosure Forms

If Rep. Mollohan knowingly filed inaccurate financial disclosure statements he broke the law prohibiting false statements.

Department of Justice Investigation

requested a $1 million earmark to

expand a wilderness area abutting property owned by the congressman, thereby increasing the property’s value.

Tags: ethics, corruption

Thousands of Unpaid Teens Bag Groceries for Wal-Mart

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:37:18 GMT

clipped by: bazarov
clipper's remarks: The ugly American...

Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

Wal-Mart is Mexico’s largest private-sector employer in the nation today, with nearly 150,000 local residents on its payroll. An additional 19,000 youngsters between the ages of 14 and 16 work after school in hundreds of Wal-Mart stores, mostly as grocery baggers, throughout Mexico-and none of them receives a red cent in wages or fringe benefits. The company doesn’t try to conceal this practice: its 62 Superama supermarkets display blue signs with white letters that tell shoppers: OUR VOLUNTEER PACKERS COLLECT NO SALARY, ONLY THE GRATUITY THAT YOU GIVE THEM. SUPERAMA THANKS YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. The use of unsalaried youths is legal in Mexico because the kids are said to be “volunteering” their services to Wal-Mart and are therefore not subject to the requirements and regulations that would otherwise apply under the country’s labor laws.

Tags: wal-mart. exploitation, imperialism, free trade

Restaurant tip outs

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:46:55 GMT

clipped by: SuperErin

Clip Source: articles.moneycentral.msn.com

According to federal law, only employees who customarily receive tips -- wait staff, hosts, bartenders and bussers -- can participate in the tip pool. But sometimes management takes a cut. In 2006, waitstaff from the Hilltop Steak House in Saugus, Mass., won $2.5 million in damages after complaining that managers dipped into their tips.

Mandatory gratuities are also divvied up. At high-end restaurants such as New York City's Per Se and Napa Valley's French Laundry, both owned by chef Thomas Keller, the practice is called service compris.

"The 20% service charge is clearly stated on the menu, and it's equally divided among the staff," says a spokesperson for both restaurants. Though the tip pool is designed to foster a team environment among staff, for customers it means something else entirely: that your gratuity isn't specifically rewarding the waiter or sommelier who provided you with exemplary service.

Tags: waiter, waitress, server, restaurants, tips, tipping

How did the practice of "tipping" begin?

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:59:22 GMT

clipped by: mikepayne

Clip Source: ask.yahoo.com

Dear Yahoo!:

How did the practice of tipping begin?

Trever
Lincoln, Nebraska

Etymologists trace the word "tipping" back to the street language of the medieval era, when it meant "hand it over." (It sort of means the same thing today.)

In 1972, an anthropology professor linked the words "gratuity" and "tip" in various languages to the act of imbibing. Each can be literally translated into terms that pertain to drinking -- tringeld in German, pourboire in French, for example. The Dutch word tippen (calling for service by tapping on a table) and the Latin word stips (meaning "gift") may also be related.

Whatever the origin of the word, the practice probably goes back to the first time one Neanderthal held a rock open for another Neanderthal. Or at least, as some evidence suggests, to the Roman Empire. The term has also been linked (though not by all word historians) to 18th-century England, where eating and drinking establishments put out brass urns inscribed with the phrase "To Insure Promptitude" (T.I.P.) for customers to leave money in.

According to this article by The New Yorker's James Surowiecki, tipping spread widely in the U.S. after the Civil War, despite those "who considered it a toxic vestige of Old World patronage." Back then, the practice was actually banned by six states.

Not so today. Last week we spotted a tip jar sitting on the counter at our dry cleaners. What's next? Sending in a little something to underpaid web writers who pen useful daily editorial features?

Nahhh.

Dear Trever:

Tags: restaurant, tip, tipping, gratuity

new yok to do

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:16:49 GMT

clipped by: lapiccolaflo

Clip Source: www.nycvisit.com

Veteran's Day Parade
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue (23rd to 59th) | 212-693-1475 Come march in honor of our Veterans up Fifth Avenue from 23rd to 59th Streets

Sidewalk Surprises in Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square BID
Tours meet inside Columbus Circle: 59th Street and Broadway | 212-581-3774 Every Saturday at 11:00am, we invite all New Yorkers and visitors to Sidewalk Surprises, a free outdoor walking tour through Lincoln Square, the gateway to the Upper West Side, and home to Lincoln Center, Time Warner Center and dozens of great shops and restaurants. Learn about the history and culture of New York's premier neighborhood!

Chinatown Discovered Food Tour
The Enthusiastic Gourmet
Chinatown | 646-209-4724 Chinatown is a thriving community with an exceptional array of food products. You'll discover interesting food items and learn basic preparation techniques. We savor unique flavors of Asian sweet and savory items as we walk through this bustling area. Tours are $45 and last approximately 3 hours. Reservations are required.

Historical Lower Manhattan Walking Tour including "Ground Zero"
New York City Vacation Packages (nycVP)
1633 Broadway between 50th & 51st Streets | 570-714-4692 Visit Ground Zero, walk on the floor of the WTC, stroll world famous Wall St., & explore the historic sites of downtown with a professionally licensed NYC sightseeing guide. Fully escorted from a convenient Times Square location via subway from 9am-noon. Subway fare & guide gratuity not included. Advance reservations: $19 adult, $12 child under 12.

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