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- Va. company sells maps, guides for mobile phones - Greensboro News & Record
- The Times Election Guide - Mercer County clerk, freeholders - NJ.com
- Jennifer Love Hewitt's book guides boyfriend Alex Beh - AZCentral.com
| Va. company sells maps, guides for mobile phones - Greensboro News & Record Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:46 AM PDT BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A Virginia company has come up with a mobile phone application designed to replace printed guides and maps. Blacksburg-based Nomad Mobile Guides Inc. says its application adapts published works to mobile devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod. The company's first deal is with The Great Smoky Mountains Association, which publishes guides and maps to the national park in Tennessee and North Carolina. Nomad was spun off by Blacksburg-based New City Media seven months ago. The Roanoke Times reports Nomad also has a deal with the Grand Teton Association, which sells mobile guides to the national park in Wyoming. President David Poteet says the company is targeting guide publishers because it's too expensive for them to create their own mobile applications. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| The Times Election Guide - Mercer County clerk, freeholders - NJ.com Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:51 PM PDT Published: Monday, October 25, 2010, 3:50 PM Updated: Monday, October 25, 2010, 3:53 PMMERCER COUNTY CLERK Question 1. In the context of the recession, what needs to be done to make clerk operations more efficient? PAULA SOLLAMI COVELLO Q1: In my first term as County Clerk, I have made the office more efficient and lowered operating costs while expanding services. I reduced my staff size and reduced office overtime by $1 million. I quickly eliminated a recording backlog, a county lawsuit, and took passport services to various municipalities, including a satellite office in Hamilton. Through strong management and by embracing new technologies, further efficiency is possible. By putting county maps online, they can be preserved from human touch and made more accessible. Paper land records and election records can be digitized to lesson storage fees and increase their sustainability. GINO A. MELONE Q1: Taxes are too high, and the pain stings even more in a recession. The cost of government is making our county unaffordable. Mismanagement and waste have eroded the quality of services. With so many people suffering through economic hardship, government officials need to be ever more sensitive to providing exceptional services at a lower cost. If I am elected County Clerk, all services provided by my office will be evaluated and streamlined so that taxpayers are provided top notch quality services at a price they can afford. No one should ever leave the Clerk's office doubting the honesty or competency of the County Clerk's Office and having to pay too much for the privilege. MERCER COUNTY FREEHOLDERS Question 1. The county this year sold the geriatric center to save taxpayer dollars, and because County Executive Brian Hughes has repeatedly said the county is not in the business of running a hospital. Do you think there are other ways the county should downsize? If so, how? Should dollars from major sales be set aside for new projects, or given back to taxpayers in the form of rebates? Question 2. What can county government do to stimulate the local economy and provide more jobs? ANTHONY P. CARABELLI Q1: Transferring ownership of the Geriatric Center will provide $7.65 million from the sale of the property, and alleviate yearly operating expenses of nearly $7 million. The property will also be added to the tax rolls, benefiting all residents, especially those in Hamilton Township where the facility is located. Revenue from the sale should go into our surplus account — a key component to maintaining our "excellent" bond rating. We are constantly reviewing county services to insure we are operating in the most cost-effective way possible. Despite mandated increases in pension and benefits, our budget for 2010 is $3.7 million less than last year's budget. Q2: Unlike the Federal Government, counties are not able to provide direct stimulus dollars to bolster the economy. However, there are several things that we can do to make Mercer County an attractive choice for businesses and their employees, such as working to improve infrastructure, protecting open space, and maintaining parks and recreation facilities. Our WIB/One Stop Programs offer job-readiness training to provide for a well-prepared workforce, and we continue to partner with local Chamber of Commerce chapters to address the needs of businesses in our county. ANDREW KOONTZ Q1: In looking to cut costs by reducing services, we should apply the same criteria applied by the County Executive and Freeholders when considering selling the geriatric center; that is, is the service already being provided in such a way that quality services are available countywide? Beyond downsizing, we can provide taxpayer relief by working closely with municipalities to identify services now provided locally that could be delivered more efficiently as a county shared service, such as an expanded county health department and countywide police dispatch. Any money collected from sales of county property should be used to offset property taxes. Q2: Making Mercer County a great place to do business is a top priority. We need our community college, vo-tech school, and other county training partners to continue providing excellent and up-to-date education, so that businesses can count on finding workers with the training they need to be competitive. We must keep property taxes low, and continue the administration's focus on economic development. The county can continue to support programs like the Trenton Green Initiative to promote a cleaner environment and create green jobs. We need to work with NJ Transit on mass transit solutions to increase mobility in our region. RUSSELL WOJTENKO JR. Q1: County government has grown too big, too fast. To support its massive size, county taxes and fees have increased year after year, and now we pay the 14th highest median property tax bill in the entire United States. The only way to lower taxes is to cut wasteful and unnecessary spending. Therefore, every county department should be asked to submit a budget that is slashed by 10%. If this can't be done, the department head should report why at a public meeting. A hiring freeze should be instituted on all positions that do not immediately impact public safety. The county should consider selling the county's airport. Although it used to be the third busiest commercial airport in New Jersey, commercial passenger service ceased in 2008. The county spends over $2.3 million per year to maintain this empty airport. The proceeds from such a sale should be used to pay down the county's ever growing debt thus providing tax relief to future generations. Q2: In order for real employment to be created, people must put their faith in America's capitalist system. The private sector, not county government, will solve the current financial crisis and create real sustainable long-term growth. Our county government can aid the private sector and create an environment that fosters real economic growth by adopting the following policies: 1) balance the county's budget; 2) cut wasteful and unnecessary spending; 3) reduce the tax burden on county residents and business owners, which will encourage investment, business formation and job creation; and 4) serve the needs of existing and future businesses and industries by maintaining and investing in Mercer County's infrastructure. JAMES V. CASTELIZE IIIParty: Republican Q1: Mercer County needs to look at all departments and re-evaluate the tasks that are being preformed by each department. We need to look at what services are being performed and if they are a task that the county is duplicating either the state or the 13 municipalities. There is quite a bit of redundancy in the county, state and local services, and we need to look at the possibility of regionalizing the services we offer to better focus tax dollars going forward. Quite a few of the towns have already done this, but there are quite a few more that need to look into this. Q2: The county needs to look into tax credits to businesses that hire people off of unemployment. We need to look to hire from within the county before looking outside. These credits would be for any Mercer County business that hires a Mercer County resident who is currently collecting unemployment. 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| Jennifer Love Hewitt's book guides boyfriend Alex Beh - AZCentral.com Posted: 25 Oct 2010 02:24 PM PDT Oct. 25, 2010 09:07 AM Jennifer Love Hewitt's boyfriend used her book for advice on asking her out. The 'Ghost Whisperer' star - who has been romancing Alex Beh since July - released a relationship advice guide 'The Day I Shot Cupid' earlier this year and the actor-and-director admits he consulted the tome in order to learn more about the actress. He said: "The book is very informative. I learned all I needed to know. When I first met her, I really was able to just map out all the things to do and not to do." Jennifer - whose ex-boyfriends include Jamie Kennedy, John Mayer, Ross McCall and Carson Daly - admits she decided to pen the book because she was in the spotlight so often because of her love life. She told Us Weekly magazine: "Everybody has been writing about my dating life forever. I decided it was time that I actually gave my own opinions on love and dating and all that stuff." Though the pair have been dating since July, they only made their first public appearance together on Sunday, when they ran the Dodge Rock 'n' Roll Los Angeles Half Marathon. Explaining why he was attracted to the actress, Alex joked: "Her eyes, her beauty, her running ability! It was her eyes, and really, we just laugh the whole time." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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