Real objects in the training area commingle with computer-generated ones such as buildings and enemies.
Debt is important to growth particularly when it is for capital expenditures such as buildings, equipment and infrastructure.
Still others prefer to look at the value of a firm's physical assets (such as buildings and equipment).
Investment in fixed assets, such as buildings, factories and equipment, has grown by between 21% and 26%, year on year, for the past four quarters, despite the government's efforts to tighten credit.
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Among the conference's other significant insights: the tax base of an independent Scotland, or other small countries open to cross-border migration of income and assets, may have to focus ever more on items that can't be moved, such as buildings and land.
These include the acute shortage of qualified teachers, financial resources and appropriate educational resources (such as school buildings and textbooks) as well as the failure of most parents to send their children to school due to poverty.
Official figures show investment by the private sector in fixed assets such as factory buildings and machinery grew nearly threefold between 2000 and 2005 (see chart).
Investment in nonresidential structures (such as office buildings, factories, and retail space) should also continue to expand, although not at the unusually rapid pace of 2006.
At the local level, national standards will not address the myriad of problems such as decaying buildings, underqualified teachers, overcrowded classrooms, lack of discipline, and student safety.
Northern Ireland has a "flags protocol" dating back to the days when Westminster politicians ran matters directly, which includes amongst its objectives removing "paramilitary flags and displays" and "the control of displays of flags and emblems in particular areas such as mixed and interface areas and near buildings such as schools, hospitals, places of worship and community halls".
Most member states ban or restrict smoking in buildings such as hospitals, schools, government buildings, theatres, cinemas and public transport.
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But mortgage interest payments are not included in the CPI, nor are a variety of other costs, such as house depreciation, buildings insurance and ground rent, and house transaction costs such as estate agents' fees, survey costs and conveyancing charges.
The centerpiece is a waterfront district known as the Bund, lined with majestic art deco buildings such as the newly restored Peace Hotel.
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However, some of the councils think that the airport's profitability means that if it were sold it would raise a lot of money which they could usefully plough into other things, such as repairing school buildings.
Because the output of a wind turbine also tends to increase proportionally with its distance from barriers such as trees or buildings, the most productive -- and cost-effective -- turbines sit atop tall towers erected on an acre or more of open land.
Schools also see financial returns on "sustainable" investments, such as energy-efficient buildings and recycling efforts.
Unlike properties such as hotels or office buildings, such declines often are irreversible.
Louis, which makes cladding for buildings such as the Staples Center in Los Angeles, hooked up with Think3 two years ago.
These companies tend to focus on riskier loans such as construction projects and buildings with high vacancy that banks still shun.
"We have a great responsibility to maintain buildings such as Ordsall as a way to preserve the city's history, " he said.
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The result is that lower interest rates favor long term projects with distant cash flows, such as ships, office buildings, and housing.
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Instead, the company plans to focus on properties where tenants pay out-of-pocket for expenses, such as medical-office buildings, assisted-living properties and independent-living centers.
They soon dominated the college music scene with noteworthy albums such as More Songs About Buildings And Food, Fear of Music and Remain in Light.
The inclusion of Grade II listed buildings such as Taylor's Bell Foundry in Loughborough, the only operational purpose-built bell foundry in England, is intended to attract more community interest, English Heritage said.
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It has five Aztec temples, the ruins of which have been identified, a cathedral (the largest on the continent) and some fine 19th- and 20th-century public buildings such as the Palacio de las Bellas Artes.
The report also said plans had been put forward to close 260 front counters in police stations, but that forces planned to open 140 other locations where police would be based in buildings such as supermarkets.
Some specialists, such as Waterfields Tech in London, convert existing buildings as well as running up new ones.
He denied certain buildings, such as the al Rashid hotel, were under coalition control.
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