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Sara Gruen's H20 for Elephants

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Saving the circus from utter failure is up to a tough circus owner, the roughabouts and one veterinarian, Jacob Jankowski. The owner is August and his star is now a 500 pound elephant name Rosie. She needs to learn some manners in communication and so ends a great story for all ages. Jankowski is a keeper in the circus when he leaves the nursing home upon his son's last visit. Charles looks for his dad, but Jacob has left for the deal of a lifetime@circus....
Sara Gruen will be in Onondaga County at the Civic Center next June.
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Tech Soup by the cup

I just joined Tech Soup in order to comment on health commons wiki created on Library Second Life Here you can find information on Medical Research Clinics or layman terminology on concentrated efforts to actively reverse the myths of diabetes, chronic lung and heart disease and the list continues
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Appreciation Feels Great! LinkedIn.com

Terri Koehler has endorsed your work as Information Services Librarian & Adult Programs Coordinator at Broome County Public Library.


I am so happy to see that there is a player on my old team who loves and appreciates what I do and it makes me feel very good about myself. Take a look at the Website "LinkedIn" for a recommendation from your friends, co-workers or family. Have a great day and spread the word about your co-workers and those who mean a lot to you@LinkedIN.com I think you'll feel the good, too.

Dear Susan,
I've written this recommendation of your work to share with other LinkedIn users.

Details of the Recommendation: "Susan was a wonderful colleague of mine at the Broome County Public Library. She offered assistance to the library patrons in every way possible: locating books; helping with the computers; providing overall reference information. Drawing upon her own love of reading, Sue was invaluable at providing reader's advisory and consistently prepared pamphlet bibliographies for patron use. Susan would schedule individual appointments for computer training as well as teach formal computer classes. I looked forward to the hours we were scheduled to work on the reference desk together, as we both understood the "team approach " to providing reference service. Her presence at the Broome County Public Library is truly missed."

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Business Resources for online use from the Internet

 

Business Resources:

Tutorials

http://www.baycongroup.com/

Learn the basics in Microsoft Office XP and Vista, plus support on older versions of Windows.

 

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/default.aspx

Learn how you can start with and modify a pre-designed publication in Microsoft Publisher 2003 to create your own professional-looking newsletters, brochures, business cards, Web sites, and more. Use the templates tab to make up your own designs.

 

http://www. ehow.com

Search articles on how to start any business,   find quick business overviews and easy to follow start-up tips.

 

Consultants

http://www.score.org

Counseling for businesses in the planning stages of a business.

 

Occupational Outlook Handbook

http://www.bls.gov/oco

The Bureau of Labor and Statistics hosts the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Find out about the current outlook, profession and more on specific job titles.

 

 

Free Government assistance

 

Government Contracts and News

Announcements

 

http://www.business.gov/

Find links to the Small Business Administration, Business and Data Statistics, State Compliance Resources, Federal forms and Compliance Contacts.

 

http://www.nyscr.org/

Provides a free 30-day trial subscription with full access to all bid opportunities and search functions. A valid email address is required.

 

http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/

Find Government purchase contracts for goods and services via the New York State Office of General Services. Click Procurement Services, Contracts, then click on the type of job industry.Search for opportunities to market your business to government purchasers.

 

http://www.sba.gov

The SBA offers numerous loan programs to assist small businesses. The SBA is primarily a guarantor of loans made by private and other institutions and does not offer loans to small businesses. Many different loan proposal formats are possible. Commercial lenders can help find the best format for you.

 

http://www.usa.gov

Click on the Organization Index and search through Federal agency or government level assistance websites.

 

 Google Search:

Type “Federal Domestic Assistance”. The online Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance gives you access to a database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments; public, private, profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals. After you find the program you want, contact the office that administers the program  and find out how to apply.

 

 

Company Resources

 

http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml

Search companies, foreign and domestic, that are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Anyone can access and download this information for free. Here you'll find links to a complete list of filings available through EDGAR and instructions for searching the EDGAR database.

 

http://www.greaterbinghamton.com/businessresources.asp

This guides you to community data resources including city or town profiles, and census and to local business assistance contacts in the Binghamton area.

 

http://inter800.com

Add a listing of your business or search toll-free phone numbers of online businesses by state and keyword.

 

 

http://www.thomasnet.com

Thomas Registry is the most comprehensive resource for industrial information, products, services, CAD drawings, and company profiles.

 

http://www.bclibrary.info

Click on Databases and then click on Reference USA. Find company address and phone numbers, plus news and information, the industry’s products and annual sales, top personnel and company websites. 

  

Incorporating Your Business

 

Corporations:

http://www.dos.state.ny.us/corp/formbus.html

Forms and instructions before starting a corporation, include forming S Companies, LLCs or Partnerships.

 

Not-For-Profits:

http://www.dos.state.ny.us/corp/nfpfile.html

How to start a non-profit in New York. Click on Business and Click on Not-For-Profit Organizations.

 

Business Laws and Regulations

State Business Licenses

 

http://www.sba.gov/hotlist/license.html

The Small Business Administration hosts the SBA offices in the 50 states.

 

 

New York State Business Licenses

http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lcns/listoflncs.htm

Department of State issues and discloses licensing regulations for New York State consumers.

 

Corporate Filings: in New York State

http://www.dos.state.ny.us/corp/filing.html

Learn how to start a business in New York: registering your name, choosing the form of business, employment and labor laws, health and safety laws, taxes and contract laws.

   

Presentations

http://www.bplans.com/Sample_Business_Plans

Over 100 free business plans plus the templates and tools to help you plan your business.

 

http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page

Wikihow is a collaborative writing project to build the largest how-to manual. Businesses create free resources on this site to offer solutions to millions of people in everyday situations. 

 

 http://www.plol.org/Pages/Search.aspx

 Cases from all U.S. Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Cases from all 50 states back to 1997, Federal Statutory Law and codes by title for all 50 states, Regulations, Court rules, constitutions  

Statistical Resources

 

Workforce

http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm Salary Tables: Click State, and click on the map to find wages by state, occupations and then Metropolitan Statistical         Areas.

 

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

Research in a wide variety of fields—the labor force, the economy, employment, inflation, productivity, occupational injuries and illnesses, wages, prices, and many more.

 

 

Demographics

http://www.empire.state.ny.us

Click on NY Biz and Click on “Workforce by Region”, then click on the map’s county or region to find demographic information about a geographic area.