Class A Office Space Vacancy in Downtown Silver Spring(Md.) Falls Below 10%

Silver Spring, MD (ContentDesk) November 13 2003--With the vacancy rate for Class A commercial office space in downtown Silver Spring, MD now below 10%, the Downtown Silver Spring Alliance is celebrating the milestone as the latest indicator of the area's successful renaissance."This sends a strong message that Downtown Silver Spring has arrived. It has been transformed into one of the healthiest submarkets in the Washington metro area. The response from the marketplace is telling us that the ability to live, work and play in one convenient location close to Washington, D.C., the outstanding transportation options and the competitive rental rates offer an excellent value to commercial tenants," said Charles K. Nulsen, III, chairman of DSSA and a partner at Atlantic Realty Companies.Nulsen points to the recent announcement of ULLICO's 90,500 sq. ft.

lease in Trizec's Silver Spring Metro Plaza as one of the key events in helping the Downtown Silver Spring market to achieve its latest milestone, as well as further evidence that Washington, DC tenants view Silver Spring as a first class business address.
ULLICO, an insurance and financial services firm, is moving its offices from Washington, D.C., and joins other notable neighbors including Discovery Communications with its new 550,000 sq. ft. world headquarters, the American Film Institute and Social & Scientific Systems.
In the spring of 2004, they will be joined by the American Nurses Association, which last summer announced its plans to move from Washington, D.C.

to an eight-story building at 8515 Georgia Avenue.The New Downtown Silver Spring offers a wide array of diverse amenities, which includes an ever-growing list of restaurants, national retailers, hotels, entertainment venues and housing choices.
Also arriving in 2004, will be the second phase of Downtown Silver Spring, a 22-acre mixed-use development encompassing four city blocks in the heart of Silver Spring with dining, entertainment, office, hotel and residential uses.
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For more information on available opportunities in Silver Spring, visit www.downtownsilverspringalliance.com .Contact:
Charles K. Nulsen, IIINovember 15, 2003??????????????????????????????????703-760-9500.



Katy Spring & MFG., Inc. Creates a New Sales Office and an Updated Website

Houston, TX (ContentDesk) January 16, 2006 -- By opening a new sales office and updating its website, Katy Spring & Mfg., Inc. has once again demonstrated its commitment to improving its services and keeping the customer at the forefront of the companys endeavors.
We make it our business to help our customers businesses succeed by offering excellent quality, service, and competitive pricing, said Scott Pitney, president of Katy Spring & Mfg., Inc.
For over six years, Katy Spring & Mfg., Inc. has provided meticulous customer service and quality custom and standard springs to its customers.New Sales Office OpenedTo more easily support the north central United States, the spring manufacturer opened a new sales office in Minneapolis, Minnesota this past year.

The new location serves Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois.
The recently opened addition offers custom manufacturing of compression, extension, torsion, and flat...

Katy Spring & MFG., Inc. Creates a New Sales Office and an Updated Website
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Spring Break Collides with College Credit Card Debt Awareness Month

(ContentDesk) March 8, 2006 -- In observance of National College Credit Card Debt Awareness Month, companies are working with colleges to solve credit card issues on campus.
A top issue is students dropping out of school because of credit card debt.
According to John Simpson, administrator at Indiana University, "We lose more students to credit card debt than academic failure."
In honor of the month, UCMS and Duck9.com will allocate $2,000,000 to students to lend to other students.Larry Chiang of UCMS states, There are two sides of an interest rate equation.
Either you pay interest or get paid interest.
We have launched a product that gives college students the opportunity to lend $100 at our expense.
She further expands, The idea here is to whet their appetite to lend instead of borrow.Front line education at Spring Break.

Instead of the debauchery that happens at Spring Break, theres a bit of healthiness.
Spring Break Collides with College Credit Card Debt Awareness Month
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Spring Break Countdown ? Yogurt to the Rescue: Safety Tips for Spring Break Travel

Orlando, FL (ContentDesk) February 27, 2004 -- If you want to avoid touring all the bathrooms during Spring Break, then eat yogurt every day for a week before you leave. The cultures and enzymes will strengthen the digestive system and helps avoid the dreaded Montezuma's Revenge. Rushing to the Porta-Potty bathroom is not fun. This is just one of the many tips in the free Guide to Student Travel by the safety experts at www.CollegeSafe.com .
Here are some more tips for Spring Breakers:?One of the most obvious signs people are away is the build up of mail and newspapers outside.

Have the post office and newspaper stop delivery, or get it picked up regularly. ?Crime increases before and during vacation times.
Protect anything of value that can be pawned or sold. ?If you are taking a road trip, check out all belts, hoses, fluid levels, spare tire and tires on the car. ?Pack tools, a cellular phone, a first...

Spring Break Countdown ? Yogurt to the Rescue: Safety Tips for Spring Break Travel
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The Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Announces the Spring 2005 Simulation Interoperability Workshop in San Diego, California

Join us for the 2005 Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop (SIW). SIW is a semiannual event encompassing a broad range of modeling and simulation issues, applications, and communities, with the overall goal of identifying and supporting the development of products to facilitate simulation interoperability standards and reuse.The SISO Spring 05 SIW will focus on M&S support of the GIG. This scope includes both M&S to model network centric operations, as well as M&S as services available to support the warfighter operationally and for training. This SIW will provide a forum for conversation among warfighters and developers regarding standards for development and employment of M&S within the services'network centric warfare environments such as FORCEnet and FCS, including M&S in support of training, operations, and acquisition of FORCEnet, FCS, or GIG-related capabilities.The workshop will be collocated with the 2005 Spring Simulation Multiconference (SpringSim'05), sponsored by The...

The Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Announces the Spring 2005 Simulation Interoperability Workshop in San Diego, California
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Waiting On Your Big Break Is Playing Desperation Life!

Have you ever put all your eggs in one basket? Have you ever had so much riding on one big break that if it didn't happen you would have to move down to the zoo and live off of kudzu and stump water? If you have, you're playing desperation life!Desperation Life= Trouble Before You Start!If you're playing desperation life, then you didn't do something right early on. Being forced to go for the big break could almost be a good definition of failure. You're hoping for a last ditch effort to pull your dream out of the muck.Sometimes a last ditch effort is all you need; most of the time, you're playing Russian roulette. If the big break is your conscious plan then your strategy is sucking wind already. The steady as she goes planning will increase your odds of success tremendously.

You'll find that your planning and strategy will fit the game plan very nicely as there will not be nearly as much pressure on you.Success Begets Success!Planning for the success of a project is much better...

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The Death Of Freaknik And The Rise Of Black Spring Break Events

For many years, especially during the late 80's and early 90's, the Freaknik In Atlanta, Georgia brought in over 250,000 participants. It created enormous traffic gridlock and
was considered the hot zone
for hundreds of thousands of black college students who traveled from all across the country every April to Atlanta, Georgia. For many of those years, it lived up to its name. It was Freak-Nik! There were the wild parties on the street, the dancing, the traffic jams and of the kinds of things you might have witnessed in a Girls Gone Wild type video if they had existed back then.In fact so many came in 1992, Atlanta was brought to a standstill. It became an event that was heard about through out the world.

It also received extra attention because it was also the headquarters of a famous 24 hour cable news station. In fact this month marks the 5th Anniversary of the death of Freaknik. In 2000 the event died while other spring break events took its place and have...

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