 places of interest – Palace Square, the Mercedes-Benz Museum, the vineyards and the Weissenhof Estate. The Green Tour lasts about an hour and includes, among other attractions, the Stuttgart Television Tower.
Stuttgart all inclusive: the Stuttgart-Marketing GmbH's StuttCard is designed in a practical bank-card format and gives free admission to all of Stuttgart's museums and a wide range of leisure facilities in the Stuttgart Region. This city discovery pass is available as a 24-, 48-, or 72-hour ticket.
Also represented on the stand of the Regio Stuttgart Marketing- und Tourismus GmbH are the Porsche Museum, Breuninger's department store and the Outletcity Metzingen.On the Capacity of Multi-Channel Multi-Radio Ad Hoc Networks with Delay Constraints

Technologies of ad hoc networks have developed rapidly with the research of wireless networks in recent years. More concern has been put on estimating the network capacity instead of link capacity. To investigate how the three factors, topology of the links, ratio between the number of radios and channels, and channel switch delay influence the network capacity, this paper proposes a single-path routing algorithm based on the fast polynomial time approximation scheme (FPTAS). Two greedy algorithms are also presented here as the ways to get lower bounds of the network capacity. The result implies that the dynamic greedy algorithm achieves a much better performance due to the fact that it first estimates the near- optimal bound with graph theory, and then tries to reach it using tabu research.Lighted heart, sun, moon and stars paper lanterns are made of handmade rice paper or mulberry paper (natural fibers of paper mulberry tree) wrapping around lightweight wires. A string of paper lantern lights has 20 or 35 tiny non-flashing bulbs hidden inside each lantern. Available in single color and multicolors. Lantern shapes are heart, sun, moon and stars for your choosing.
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The Redskins' coach -- who was entering the final year of his five-year, $37.5 million contract -- rejected a two-year extension from owner Daniel Snyder and resigned Tuesday. For Gibbs, it's not about the money. He resigned because the job has taken its toll and he wants to spend more time with his family, especially his 2-year-old grandson Taylor, who was diagnosed with leukemia last year.
Gibbs stunned his coaches at a Tuesday morning staff meeting when he walked in and told them he was stepping down. All season he had been suggesting he was -- at the very least -- going to fulfill his five-year contract to try to turn around the Redskins. But there were signs of his possible departure. Some noted the way he waved to Redskins fans in the season finale against the Cowboys, a win that clinched the team's playoff berth. In chapel service before the Redskins' playoff loss to Seattle, Gibbs was the surprise guest speaker. That worried some members of the Redskins organization.
The 2007 season was a drain on Gibbs. Though successful in making the playoffs for the second time in three years, Gibbs and the entire organization paid an emotional price with the tragic death of Sean Taylor. Taylor, a former first-round pick, had a bumpy start in Washington because he was hardheaded and a little rebellious, but he matured into a great player and better person in 2007. Gibbs helped in that process.
The Redskins had two games in a five-day stretch around the time of Taylor's funeral. Gibbs had to be more than a coach to his players then. He also had to be a father figure. He fell back on his deep religious beliefs to get his team through the wake of Taylor's death.
The loss to the Buffalo Bills following Taylor's death was particularly tough on Gibbs. He didn't remember the timeout rules when trying to ice Bills kicker Rian Lindell, receiving a 15-yard penalty after calling a second consecutive timeout, and making it easier for Lindell to kick the winning field goal.
At 5-7, the Redskins' season was in crisis mode, but Gibbs was always at his best when things were at their worst. His Hall of Fame career with the Redskins started with an 0-5 record that had ownership wondering whether he was the right choice. Gibbs won two of three Super Bowl rings during strike years, when teams normally are torn apart and distracted. Despite the loss of starting quarterback Jason Campbell to a knee injury, the Redskins won their final four games this season and made the playoffs.
Gibbs leaves the Redskins a much better team than the one he inherited. He assembled a top coaching staff. He appears to have found a quarterback in Campbell, and he built a strong running game with Clinton Portis. The defense, coached by coordinator Gregg Williams, is solid.
Williams appears to be the leading candidate for the head coaching job. Players like him, and he's grown under the direction of Gibbs. Snyder, who likes big names, may inquire about former Steelers coach Bill Cowher, but Cowher isn't planning on returning until 2009.
Gibbs' four-year stint didn't include a Super Bowl, but he re-established the Redskins as a playoff contender. He committed all of his time to the Redskins. But his priorities have now shifted from his Redskins family to the Gibbs family.
Guess he can always fall back on that championship winning nascar team...But now that's 4 coaching jobs opening up. And there are some good candidates out there.
I don't think he could've gotten us over the hump anyway, he has nothing to be ashamed of, he did his best with what he had to work with.The position of a signal helper is usually an entry-level assistantship position at a railroad company. A signal helper is expected to install, repair and maintain railroad signals. Once hired, they will also be responsible for installing grade-crossing warning devices and troubleshooting common problems associated with signals under the supervision of a signal maintainer.
The job of a signal helper requires a lot from an individual in terms of understanding electrical drawings and some knowledge of Programmable Logic Computers (PLC). There are many other duties that a signal helper is expected to perform which may include cleaning, lubricating and inspecting signal equipment and excavating and backfilling trenches.
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According to data reported by EU Member States and Switzerland, almost 12,000 kg (12 tons) of illegal caviar were seized by European authorities between 2000 and 2005. Germany topped the list (2,224kg), followed by Switzerland (2,067kg), the Netherlands (1,920kg), Poland (1,841kg) and the UK (1,587kg).
The illegal caviar trade ranges from private individuals selling jars of caviar at open air market stalls to well-organized smuggling operations, with paid couriers picking up suitcases pre-packed with black market roe for delivery to customers.
According to WWF and TRAFFIC, trucks or vans are also often used to bring consignments into Western Europe. Investigations by German Customs in March 2005 revealed that two businessmen were responsible for smuggling more than 1.4 tonnes of caviar into the EU market in a single year.
A universal labelling system for the trade in and identification of, caviar was introduced within the remit of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and governments all agreed to comply with and implement these requirements by January 2004.
But governments in Western Europe have been slow to meet these requirements, making it difficult to distinguish between legal and illegal caviar. A new EU Regulation implementing the caviar labelling system is to come in force in early 2006. Everybody from caviar importers and exporters, to wholesalers and retailers in Europe must be made aware of the new labelling requirements, say WWF and TRAFFIC.
Many sturgeon stocks are seriously depleted as a result of illegal fishing and trade. Besides the illegal caviar in international trade, considerable volumes of cav