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...mattress frame and whiteboard leaned against the wall, looking like they had been deserted there for a while. Thinking this was left-over stuff someone no longer wanted, and hating for a whiteboard to go to waste, I took the whiteboard up to my room. It occurred to me, however, someone might have been temporarily storing their stuff there for later use. So I wanted to check: is this anyone's stuff? Was this for giving away, or for storage...
...filing comes as the debilitating recession, rising unemployment, a sharp pullback in business travel and weak consumer confidence have taken a crippling toll on hotels. In the first seven months of 2009, hotel occupancy was down 10.3% while average daily room rates are off 8.8%, according to Smith Travel Research (STR). At the same time, lodging stocks lost 80% of their value on average over the past year, although many have rallied back a bit in the past couple of months...
Revenue per available room, or revpar, which is a key metric used to measure room revenue growth, plunged 18.2% between January and August - the sharpest decline recorded for this period since STR began tracking the industry in 1987, says Bobby Bowers, senior vice president of STR's operations...
...human genome is perfect just the way it is, is absurd. Even a cursory look at human history reveals there is also much in human nature that is horrifically bad. When a species with our track record thumps its chest and declares itself to be already perfect - with zero room for improvement - it is hard to know whether to laugh or cry. However, it doesn't follow from this that we will necessarily improve things if we start mucking around with our genes. We could make things worse...
...elegant, gleaming copper still, nicknamed Prudence by the founders. Custom-made by Christian Carl, a small family-run distillery maker in Bavaria, the still is the first in London for 189 years and was assembled on-site in the garage, which also doubles as a tasting and sales room...