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...Manager Richard M. Spingel and his crew had been moving tables since late Saturday night to make room for the two large wind-surfing sails they hauled in early yesterday morning. Eliot House boasted a frozen drink bar in a makeshift thatched hut and swaying schools of helium-balloon fish weighted down by pineapples. Signs instructed diners to "eat your fruit or wear it on your head...
Although McNitt, Martin and their marketing staff send packets of suggestions and information to the individual Houses--including paper parrots, little fish and shells, candles (depending on House restrictions) and carefully-researched photographs of colors and scenery to evoke a certain mood--McNitt says dining hall workers incorporate their own decorations from home, sometimes valuables, to create a festive atmosphere. In the past, HDS employees have taken it upon themselves to build cranberry bogs and brought in tents and canoes to spice up the atmosphere...
...Wachowskis, whose first directorial effort was the seductive femme-noir drama Bound, have deeper fish to fry. "We're interested in mythology, theology and, to a certain extent, higher-level mathematics," says Larry. "All are ways human beings try to answer bigger questions, as well as The Big Question. If you're going to do epic stories, you should concern yourself with those issues. People might not understand all the allusions in the movie, but they understand the important ideas. We wanted to make people think, engage their minds...
...your website data are located is important. Don't let it be in your store. Most small companies have neither the physical space nor the technical expertise to house a server. Seafood-store owner Hanson balked at a solution that involved setting up bulky computer equipment next to his fish tanks. The costs were prohibitive for a small business: $20,000 to get the system up and running and an additional $800 a month to maintain the site. He ended up settling on Global Store's own servers, with no physical in-store service required...
...approval and calculate taxes and shipping costs, which depend on the weight of the package. And outsourcing credit-card processing to a check- or credit-clearing agency can be expensive. Many companies will include this, along with calculating taxes and calculating the weight of merchandise free. When someone buys fish from Hanson, all he has to do is pack orders into boxes. Charges, including taxes and shipping, are already credited to his bank account. How about a virtual shopping cart, to which the customer can add additional purchases? Using the cart, the shopper can calculate the total bill...