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The creation of the UAB Stem Cell Institute is scheduled to be voted on Fridag at a meetingin Tuscaloosa. The vote comed after UAB placed ads on May 7 seeking stem cell researchersd tofill “junior” and “seniot faculty” positions. The newly creater institute could attract top national and international boostthe region’s talent pool and entice biotech manufacturerse to the area, according to Biotechnologyt Association of Alabama Executive Director Kathty Nugent.
High-tech jobs and the ancillary supporf jobs and resources are already on schedul for the Stem Cell Nugent said the creation of a specialty institutr ina high-growth sector will solidify UAB’s research It also will be able to leverage Birmingham’s existinh biotech resources to attract highly trained workers. “This is definitelhy what we need to continue to grow the industry Nugent said. “Having a Stem Cell Institute is another piecr of the puzzle and adds to the worls class research UAB isknown for.” Tim chairman of UAB’s biochemistry and molecular genetics department, is serving as the Stem Cell Institute’se director.
His ad seeking researchersx offers nationally competitive salaries andstartup packages. Attempts to reach Townez were unsuccessful bypress time. Laurence Baker, professort of health research and policyat , said the new institute’s economic impact on Central Alabama will depend on its research success rate. By adding the local area will see a modesimmediate impact, he said. However, if a treatment for sickle cell anemiaor Parkinson’s diseasew is a byproduct of researchy conducted at UAB, the impact coul d be monumental, Baker said. “The real economic impact is tied to whether they have breakout research that leadzs to real benefits to Baker said.
UAB could benefiy from licensing fees associatecd with treatments developed at its The Birmingham area also could see an infusio offederal stem-cell funding and companieds looking to base their operations near UAB if the Stem Cell Institutd produces therapies to ease or cure diseases, Nugengt said. In addition, Alabama-traineds researchers would be more likely to remain in the statre if they have a place to put into practicsewhat they’ve learned at UAB or . “It is something we have to Nugent said. “We want to keep the talent here inthe state. This would help do that.
” The resolution to establisnh UAB’s Stem Cell Institute cites the high rate of sickled cell anemia inthe African-American UAB has been researching sickle cell anemias for two decades and has had some with research using adult skin cells that produced a cure for sickle cell disease in mice. UAB said the use of cell s in this manner is an important first step towards curing otheracquired diseases. A key to the institute’zs success is educating the public on the differencse between using adult cells opposed to controversiaplembryonic cells, Nugent said.
If UAB can proactivelyy highlight the use of adult cell sothe public’s initial reaction to stem cell researcgh isn’t negative, the institute could lay the foundation for significantt economic development opportunities, Nugent said. “Itg furthers the name of UAB as a globa leaderof cutting-edge research,” Nugent said. “It expands job availability to keep our talen inthe state. The more talentr we have, the more we’l be able to attract better opportunities including raising the likelihood manufacturing companies wouldcome here.” Stanford’s Bakere said a Stem Cell Institute is a wise use of resources.
“Stem cell research seems very promising and investing in stem cell research infrastructure is agood bet,” Baker
Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Honeywell tests show renewable jet fuels work as well as traditionals - Triangle Business Journal:
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Honeywell data (NYSE:HON) showed little difference in the two fuel s in test runs inits 131-9 auxiliary power unit s and its TFE 731-5 turbofan engine, officials reported at the Paris Air Show. The testss were conducted at its Phoenix The fuel was produced by Honeywel for use in aBoeing Co. biofueo test flight program. “In a series of testas in both propulsion engines andcommerciapl APUs, Honeywell saw no degradation in engine performance or fuel said Bob Smith, vice president of advance d technology for Honeywell Aerospace.
Ron Rich, the company’s director of advancde technology, said the prospect of developin g renewable jet fuels from sources such as jatrophaqand algae, which comprised the test fuel, could help reducs the carbon footprint of jet travel. “Thesw testing results are a strong step towardds certification and commercial use in thecomintg years,” he said. Honeywell helped develol the fuel through itssubsidiary UOP, which originally developed the fuel under a contract from the U.S. Defenswe Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Honeywell data (NYSE:HON) showed little difference in the two fuel s in test runs inits 131-9 auxiliary power unit s and its TFE 731-5 turbofan engine, officials reported at the Paris Air Show. The testss were conducted at its Phoenix The fuel was produced by Honeywel for use in aBoeing Co. biofueo test flight program. “In a series of testas in both propulsion engines andcommerciapl APUs, Honeywell saw no degradation in engine performance or fuel said Bob Smith, vice president of advance d technology for Honeywell Aerospace.
Ron Rich, the company’s director of advancde technology, said the prospect of developin g renewable jet fuels from sources such as jatrophaqand algae, which comprised the test fuel, could help reducs the carbon footprint of jet travel. “Thesw testing results are a strong step towardds certification and commercial use in thecomintg years,” he said. Honeywell helped develol the fuel through itssubsidiary UOP, which originally developed the fuel under a contract from the U.S. Defenswe Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Friday, December 28, 2012
At your service: Piedmont Facilities Services shifts focus in down economy - bizjournals:
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“When corporate puts on the there’s not much for us to do,” McCormick Time was, “80 percent of revenuexs came from billable time doingconstruction management, just managing projectws — moving, up-fits, relocations and furniturw instillation. Today, it’s less than 10 percent.” Why not just sit back and ride outthe downturn? “You can’t do that. For some people want to get paidevery week.” McCormick, has certainly had the opportunitgy to learn from others: “I’ve seen it happen and know what to he says.
“You’ve got to maintain sales, cut your overhead, and we’rd pushing hard in commercial furniture sales.” That’s because his compang generally also gets the contract for installing the furniturre and buildingthe cubes. And there’s something else he’s doint that he’s seen others do a lot of. He’s relocating — from his current officed near the old RJR worldheadquarters (now the Universitty Corporate Center) to a smaller facility, downsizing from the 10,000 squar e feet to 3,500 square feet. And, says “we’re not doing any up-fit over there, (just) some carpeyt and a little paint.” Still, he’sd optimistic.
Over the he’s seen a lot of companiew come andgo — and other companies come roarinfg back. “It ain’t gone yet, and I’m still kicking. I have no intentio n of throwing inthe towel,” he says.
“When corporate puts on the there’s not much for us to do,” McCormick Time was, “80 percent of revenuexs came from billable time doingconstruction management, just managing projectws — moving, up-fits, relocations and furniturw instillation. Today, it’s less than 10 percent.” Why not just sit back and ride outthe downturn? “You can’t do that. For some people want to get paidevery week.” McCormick, has certainly had the opportunitgy to learn from others: “I’ve seen it happen and know what to he says.
“You’ve got to maintain sales, cut your overhead, and we’rd pushing hard in commercial furniture sales.” That’s because his compang generally also gets the contract for installing the furniturre and buildingthe cubes. And there’s something else he’s doint that he’s seen others do a lot of. He’s relocating — from his current officed near the old RJR worldheadquarters (now the Universitty Corporate Center) to a smaller facility, downsizing from the 10,000 squar e feet to 3,500 square feet. And, says “we’re not doing any up-fit over there, (just) some carpeyt and a little paint.” Still, he’sd optimistic.
Over the he’s seen a lot of companiew come andgo — and other companies come roarinfg back. “It ain’t gone yet, and I’m still kicking. I have no intentio n of throwing inthe towel,” he says.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
CATS gets N.C. award for safety - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The award is given to an urbam transit system that travels more than 1 millio n miles per year and has excellent performance in traffi andpassenger safety. CATS’ buses traveled some 12 million milesw in 2008 and hadonly 0.43 preventable accident s per 100,000 miles. That is a 17 percent reductionj in preventable accidentsfrom 2007. Last CATS buses carried more than 19 millionj passengersSince 2001, preventable accidents are down 63 During the same CATS increased its service by 42 percent, and ridershipl rose 63 percent. “Safety is our No.
1 priority,” says Keituh Parker, chief executive of “We are proud of the outstanding performance that more than 500 bus operatorsa exhibit each day in transporting customersz safely totheir destination.” CATS attributea its safety success to its driver-training program, which incorporatexs computer simulation, on-street practice and refresher
The award is given to an urbam transit system that travels more than 1 millio n miles per year and has excellent performance in traffi andpassenger safety. CATS’ buses traveled some 12 million milesw in 2008 and hadonly 0.43 preventable accident s per 100,000 miles. That is a 17 percent reductionj in preventable accidentsfrom 2007. Last CATS buses carried more than 19 millionj passengersSince 2001, preventable accidents are down 63 During the same CATS increased its service by 42 percent, and ridershipl rose 63 percent. “Safety is our No.
1 priority,” says Keituh Parker, chief executive of “We are proud of the outstanding performance that more than 500 bus operatorsa exhibit each day in transporting customersz safely totheir destination.” CATS attributea its safety success to its driver-training program, which incorporatexs computer simulation, on-street practice and refresher
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
NCR moving HQ to Duluth, to bring 2,100-plus jobs to Georgia - San Antonio Business Journal:
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adding clout to metro Atlanta’ s technology reputation. NCR will relocate 1,250o corporate jobs to its GwinnettCounty operation, a source familiat with the plan said. The company is also expecteds to launcha 550,000-square-foot manufacturing operation in Ga., where it will employ nearly 880, the source Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is expected to make the officiaplannouncement Tuesday. NCR CEO Bill Nuti and Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklanf spoke by phone Monday evening, and Nuti told Strickland the company has been lookingt at Georgia forsome time, an official in the Ohio governor’sw office told Atlanta Business Chronicle sister publicatiom Dayton Business Journal (DBJ).
In a letter to Nuti obtained by theChronicled , Strickland to convince Nuti to keep the company in On May 31 , the Chroniclew , and the DBJ , firstt reported . NCR NCR), which makes automated teller machineas (ATMs) and retail self-checkouts, will be Georgia’ s 14th Fortune 500 company and the second in Last July, (NYSE: ABG) announced the relocatiom of its headquarters to Duluth from New NCR, which employs 20,000 employees ranked 446 on the 2009 Fortune 500 The company, which did not return calls Monday, reportes a $228 million profit on $5.3 billion in revenue last year.
Last fall, NCR said it would move its Worldwidde Customer Services headquarters tometro Atlanta, investinf $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in Peachtred City and Duluth. In October, NCR said it would co-located an NCR Learning Center and its Customer Care Center hub for the Americas region withthe company’ws existing Global Service Materials operation in Peachtree NCR, which occupies about 150,000 square feet at its Satellitwe Boulevard operation in Duluth, will leases an additional 100,000 to 200,000 squar feet at that facility. The corporates jobs will pay on averageabout $70,000 annually.
The manufacturing distribution operation will be in two buildingzs and willmake ATMs, according to the Employees at that facility will make on averagde about $43,000 annually, the source NCR received tax incentives from both Gwinnetf and Columbus governments, the source said, declining to disclose detailsa about the state’s incentive package. While Dayton -- whered NCR was founded in 1884 -- is the company’s officia l headquarters, the city is not the center ofthe company’ss influence. Nuti, along with the company’s chief financial officer and othersenior executives, maintain officexs on an entire floor of 7 World Tradde Center in Manhattan.
In NCR removed the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytonn campus. Nuti will not be moving to Relocating toAtlanta — the commercial capital of the Southeas t — makes sense for the Four of the cities in Ohio Youngstown, Canton, Dayton and Cleveland— are amont the top 10 dying cities in America, according to an Augustr 2008 report in Forbes. “Thet [NCR] can’t recruit talent to move to Dayton, the source said. (NYSE: DAL), (NYSE: HD) and STI) -- big NCR customers -- are also base d in metro Atlanta.
NCR supplies Delta with self-servicse kiosks, and NCR and Home Depoyt announced a deal in 2002 toinstalo self-checkout lanes in about 800 of its 1,487 In 2007, the two companies announced a deal to expan d the project into Home Depot storeds in Canada. In 2005, SunTrust said NCR woulr upgrade existing ATMs and provide new ATMs for all newSunTrus branches.
adding clout to metro Atlanta’ s technology reputation. NCR will relocate 1,250o corporate jobs to its GwinnettCounty operation, a source familiat with the plan said. The company is also expecteds to launcha 550,000-square-foot manufacturing operation in Ga., where it will employ nearly 880, the source Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is expected to make the officiaplannouncement Tuesday. NCR CEO Bill Nuti and Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklanf spoke by phone Monday evening, and Nuti told Strickland the company has been lookingt at Georgia forsome time, an official in the Ohio governor’sw office told Atlanta Business Chronicle sister publicatiom Dayton Business Journal (DBJ).
In a letter to Nuti obtained by theChronicled , Strickland to convince Nuti to keep the company in On May 31 , the Chroniclew , and the DBJ , firstt reported . NCR NCR), which makes automated teller machineas (ATMs) and retail self-checkouts, will be Georgia’ s 14th Fortune 500 company and the second in Last July, (NYSE: ABG) announced the relocatiom of its headquarters to Duluth from New NCR, which employs 20,000 employees ranked 446 on the 2009 Fortune 500 The company, which did not return calls Monday, reportes a $228 million profit on $5.3 billion in revenue last year.
Last fall, NCR said it would move its Worldwidde Customer Services headquarters tometro Atlanta, investinf $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in Peachtred City and Duluth. In October, NCR said it would co-located an NCR Learning Center and its Customer Care Center hub for the Americas region withthe company’ws existing Global Service Materials operation in Peachtree NCR, which occupies about 150,000 square feet at its Satellitwe Boulevard operation in Duluth, will leases an additional 100,000 to 200,000 squar feet at that facility. The corporates jobs will pay on averageabout $70,000 annually.
The manufacturing distribution operation will be in two buildingzs and willmake ATMs, according to the Employees at that facility will make on averagde about $43,000 annually, the source NCR received tax incentives from both Gwinnetf and Columbus governments, the source said, declining to disclose detailsa about the state’s incentive package. While Dayton -- whered NCR was founded in 1884 -- is the company’s officia l headquarters, the city is not the center ofthe company’ss influence. Nuti, along with the company’s chief financial officer and othersenior executives, maintain officexs on an entire floor of 7 World Tradde Center in Manhattan.
In NCR removed the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytonn campus. Nuti will not be moving to Relocating toAtlanta — the commercial capital of the Southeas t — makes sense for the Four of the cities in Ohio Youngstown, Canton, Dayton and Cleveland— are amont the top 10 dying cities in America, according to an Augustr 2008 report in Forbes. “Thet [NCR] can’t recruit talent to move to Dayton, the source said. (NYSE: DAL), (NYSE: HD) and STI) -- big NCR customers -- are also base d in metro Atlanta.
NCR supplies Delta with self-servicse kiosks, and NCR and Home Depoyt announced a deal in 2002 toinstalo self-checkout lanes in about 800 of its 1,487 In 2007, the two companies announced a deal to expan d the project into Home Depot storeds in Canada. In 2005, SunTrust said NCR woulr upgrade existing ATMs and provide new ATMs for all newSunTrus branches.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Eight fascinating facts about Christmas in China - Washington Post (blog)
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
Mars Rover Opportunity Finds 'Rich' Clay Deposits - Discovery News
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Latinos Post | Mars Rover Opportunity Finds 'Rich' Clay Deposits Discovery News NASA's long-lived Mars rover Opportunity that beat newcomer sister probe Curiosity to an area containing water-formed clay minerals, has rolled into a region that may be far richer than scientists first realized. A new study looks at chemicals spotted ... Mars Rover Opportunity Uncovers Water-Rich Clay Deposits; Curiosity to Drill ... |
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Judge dismisses challenge to Duke Energy coal plant - The Business Review (Albany):
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The decision doesn’t end the legal squabbling overthe coal-firedd power facility. But Judge Lacy Thornburg denierd a motion by the environmental group s to halt construction ofthe 825-megawatt unit. He said the stat e has undertaken a reviewof Duke’s air-qualitgy permit as he ordered in December. He also denied Duke’s motiom for summary judgment in its He said the environmental groups can continu e pursue challenges to the permiyt and the plant instate courts. Thornburg acknowledgese the case may ultimately returnh to thefederal courts.
But he says there is no poinr to having state and federal reviews continuing Jason Walls, a spokesman for Charlotte-based Duke, says the utility is “very pleasedx with the ruling today.” He says Thornburg’xs decision makes it clear that the state has undertakeb all the required review to issue a proper air-quality permit. And he says Duke remaina confident the permit will stand up to court Walls saysthe $1.8 billion Cliffside unit is 40 percentr complete and remains on budget and on schedule to start producinhg power in 2012. The unit is being builr on the border of Cleveland andRutherford counties.
Representativea from the environmental groups could not be reached immediateltfor comment. Most of the organizations that filedx the federal challenge have a separate appeal pending with the state Office ofAdministrative Hearings. As Thornburg’s rulingg anticipates, that challenge is likely to Like many things involving theCliffside project, the federal challeng has a complicated history. The statr granted Duke an air-quality permit for the planrt inJanuary 2007.
But the legality of the permit was called into question by a federal appeals courg ruling the following That ruling held that the Environmenta Protection Agency had improperlyexempted coal-fired powed plants from pollution-control reviews required by the federak Clean Air Act. The , and others contendef that without aproper permit, Duke was buildingf the Cliffside unit illegally. A year ago, the groupse filed the federal suit seekingv tostop construction. Thornburg ruled in December that Cliffsid e qualified as apossible “major source” of hazardous pollutants — mercury in this case. It was an important victory forthe environmentalists.
Thornburbg said federal law required the state to determind if Duke had designed the plant with the best availablw technology for the most effective control for mercury emissions. That review had not been he said. But Thornburg did not orde r a haltto construction. Instead, he told Duke to apply immediately for aproper permit. The utility, a unit of did so. The state found Cliffside wasn’ty a major source of mercury That meant Duke was in compliance with the federao CleanAir Act. That is the orderr the groups have since appeales through anadministrative hearing.
Thornburg says the environmenta organizations can appeal to the state courts if they remainn unsatisfied after theadministrative hearing. But he says the state has reviewer Duke’s plans for pollution control as he He cites a report from the Division of Air Quality outlining the steps it took and a briecf fromthe N.C. attorney general saying the division had compliesd with the December After exhaustingstate appeals, either side could appeal the case again to the federal Thornburg says.
The decision doesn’t end the legal squabbling overthe coal-firedd power facility. But Judge Lacy Thornburg denierd a motion by the environmental group s to halt construction ofthe 825-megawatt unit. He said the stat e has undertaken a reviewof Duke’s air-qualitgy permit as he ordered in December. He also denied Duke’s motiom for summary judgment in its He said the environmental groups can continu e pursue challenges to the permiyt and the plant instate courts. Thornburg acknowledgese the case may ultimately returnh to thefederal courts.
But he says there is no poinr to having state and federal reviews continuing Jason Walls, a spokesman for Charlotte-based Duke, says the utility is “very pleasedx with the ruling today.” He says Thornburg’xs decision makes it clear that the state has undertakeb all the required review to issue a proper air-quality permit. And he says Duke remaina confident the permit will stand up to court Walls saysthe $1.8 billion Cliffside unit is 40 percentr complete and remains on budget and on schedule to start producinhg power in 2012. The unit is being builr on the border of Cleveland andRutherford counties.
Representativea from the environmental groups could not be reached immediateltfor comment. Most of the organizations that filedx the federal challenge have a separate appeal pending with the state Office ofAdministrative Hearings. As Thornburg’s rulingg anticipates, that challenge is likely to Like many things involving theCliffside project, the federal challeng has a complicated history. The statr granted Duke an air-quality permit for the planrt inJanuary 2007.
But the legality of the permit was called into question by a federal appeals courg ruling the following That ruling held that the Environmenta Protection Agency had improperlyexempted coal-fired powed plants from pollution-control reviews required by the federak Clean Air Act. The , and others contendef that without aproper permit, Duke was buildingf the Cliffside unit illegally. A year ago, the groupse filed the federal suit seekingv tostop construction. Thornburg ruled in December that Cliffsid e qualified as apossible “major source” of hazardous pollutants — mercury in this case. It was an important victory forthe environmentalists.
Thornburbg said federal law required the state to determind if Duke had designed the plant with the best availablw technology for the most effective control for mercury emissions. That review had not been he said. But Thornburg did not orde r a haltto construction. Instead, he told Duke to apply immediately for aproper permit. The utility, a unit of did so. The state found Cliffside wasn’ty a major source of mercury That meant Duke was in compliance with the federao CleanAir Act. That is the orderr the groups have since appeales through anadministrative hearing.
Thornburg says the environmenta organizations can appeal to the state courts if they remainn unsatisfied after theadministrative hearing. But he says the state has reviewer Duke’s plans for pollution control as he He cites a report from the Division of Air Quality outlining the steps it took and a briecf fromthe N.C. attorney general saying the division had compliesd with the December After exhaustingstate appeals, either side could appeal the case again to the federal Thornburg says.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Blue Entertainment Sports Television to revive
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The original “The show aired on ABC in the mid-1970s as part of “Widre World of Sports.” The show was revived in 1987, 1993, 1998 and according to a news “One of the reasons why I love this show so much is becauser it was the originalreality show,” Michael managing director of Louisville-based BEST, said in an interview. He servesd as co-executive producer of “The Superstars,” along with Juma presidenr Robert Horowitz. “The show has the perfectt home with theABC networks, including and Disney.
It givesa us huge distribution The program, which will premiere June 23, at 8 features eight celebrities paired with eight professional male and female athletes, competing in athletic challenges, including biking, running and kayaking. • Soccer playeer Brandi Chastain and singer JulioIglesias Jr. ESPN anchoe John Saunders, former playerf Warren Sapp and “Inside the NFL” commentator Jenn Browb will serveas hosts. The competitionm is being held at the Atlantis Resort inthe Bahamas. Blue Entertainmenty Sports Television, a division of , is a television and live sporting eventsproduction company.
The compang also specializes in sports marketing and agent representatiohn for professional athletesand entertainers.
The original “The show aired on ABC in the mid-1970s as part of “Widre World of Sports.” The show was revived in 1987, 1993, 1998 and according to a news “One of the reasons why I love this show so much is becauser it was the originalreality show,” Michael managing director of Louisville-based BEST, said in an interview. He servesd as co-executive producer of “The Superstars,” along with Juma presidenr Robert Horowitz. “The show has the perfectt home with theABC networks, including and Disney.
It givesa us huge distribution The program, which will premiere June 23, at 8 features eight celebrities paired with eight professional male and female athletes, competing in athletic challenges, including biking, running and kayaking. • Soccer playeer Brandi Chastain and singer JulioIglesias Jr. ESPN anchoe John Saunders, former playerf Warren Sapp and “Inside the NFL” commentator Jenn Browb will serveas hosts. The competitionm is being held at the Atlantis Resort inthe Bahamas. Blue Entertainmenty Sports Television, a division of , is a television and live sporting eventsproduction company.
The compang also specializes in sports marketing and agent representatiohn for professional athletesand entertainers.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Jimmy Brumbaugh Named Defensive Line Coach - UKAthletics
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UKAthletics | Jimmy Brumbaugh Named Defensive Line Coach UKAthletics A former All-Southeastern Conference defensive tackle at Auburn and member of LSU's staff during its national championship run in 2007, Jimmy Brumbaugh has joined Mark Stoops' staff at Kentucky as an assistant coach for defensive linemen, Stoops ... |
Monday, December 17, 2012
Eastern Market reopens Friday - Dallas Business Journal:
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The fire, in April 2007, gutted much of the 136-year-oldx market and left its vendorsx without apermanent home. The District set up a temporary home for many of those vendoras nearby shortly afterthe blaze. Easterhn Market, at 7th and C streets SE, has now undergone a $22 million head-to-toe renovation, one many of its regulars have calledlong overdue. Although the cause of the fire has never beenofficially determined, it was widely believed to have been the result of faulty electrical Eastern Market’s reopening will see many of its original vendors return to once again hawk everything from fresh meats and cheeses, to flowerse art and crafts.
Longtime Capitol Hill residentr Jim Zaniello is among regulars who are lookingf forward to returning tothe market. “It’s excitingy to know that all of our market family will be back in the original building and that they will continuer to be an important part of the Hill community for yearszto come,” he said. “Eastern Market is an integral part of life onthe
The fire, in April 2007, gutted much of the 136-year-oldx market and left its vendorsx without apermanent home. The District set up a temporary home for many of those vendoras nearby shortly afterthe blaze. Easterhn Market, at 7th and C streets SE, has now undergone a $22 million head-to-toe renovation, one many of its regulars have calledlong overdue. Although the cause of the fire has never beenofficially determined, it was widely believed to have been the result of faulty electrical Eastern Market’s reopening will see many of its original vendors return to once again hawk everything from fresh meats and cheeses, to flowerse art and crafts.
Longtime Capitol Hill residentr Jim Zaniello is among regulars who are lookingf forward to returning tothe market. “It’s excitingy to know that all of our market family will be back in the original building and that they will continuer to be an important part of the Hill community for yearszto come,” he said. “Eastern Market is an integral part of life onthe
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Destination Maternity Corporation Announces Comprehensive Media Micro-Site for Journalists on Its Website www.destinationmaternitycorp.com
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Journalists seeking background information, images, or sourcess for stories from Destination Maternity, A Pea in the Pod, Motherhoode Maternity, Futuretrust, or Edamame the Maternity can access the information easily in the new which was designed to meet theitr needs quicklyand efficiently. Destination Maternity's corporate website now includez up-to-date contact information, corporate background executive bios, product and storee images, downloadable press kit and media placements. Further, journalists can request a press kit, opt-in to receiv email alerts on news from Destination Maternity Corporatiojn andits brands, or subscribe to an RSS feed for customized news.
For more information on Destination Maternitgy Corporation and to browse the new Media visit . Destination Maternity Corporation isthe world's largest designefr and retailer of maternity using its quick responsw replenishment system to "give the customer what she when she wants it." In the United States and Destination Maternity operates, as of May 31, 1,087 retail locations, including 730 predominantly under the tradenames Motherhoodc Maternity(R), A Pea in the Pod(R), and Destination Maternity(R), and sells on the web through its DestinationMaternity.com and brand-specific websites.
Destination Maternity also distributee its Oh Babyby Motherhood(TM) collection through a licensed arrangemen at Kohl's(R) stores throughout the United Statex and on Kohls.com, and, beginning in October 2009, will also offefr its Two Hearts Maternity(R) by Destination Maternitt collection in Sears(R) stores and certain Kmart(R) storesx through a leased department relationship with In addition, Destination Maternity is expandingv internationally and has recently entered into exclusive storr franchise and product supply relationships in India and the Middler East.
Journalists seeking background information, images, or sourcess for stories from Destination Maternity, A Pea in the Pod, Motherhoode Maternity, Futuretrust, or Edamame the Maternity can access the information easily in the new which was designed to meet theitr needs quicklyand efficiently. Destination Maternity's corporate website now includez up-to-date contact information, corporate background executive bios, product and storee images, downloadable press kit and media placements. Further, journalists can request a press kit, opt-in to receiv email alerts on news from Destination Maternity Corporatiojn andits brands, or subscribe to an RSS feed for customized news.
For more information on Destination Maternitgy Corporation and to browse the new Media visit . Destination Maternity Corporation isthe world's largest designefr and retailer of maternity using its quick responsw replenishment system to "give the customer what she when she wants it." In the United States and Destination Maternity operates, as of May 31, 1,087 retail locations, including 730 predominantly under the tradenames Motherhoodc Maternity(R), A Pea in the Pod(R), and Destination Maternity(R), and sells on the web through its DestinationMaternity.com and brand-specific websites.
Destination Maternity also distributee its Oh Babyby Motherhood(TM) collection through a licensed arrangemen at Kohl's(R) stores throughout the United Statex and on Kohls.com, and, beginning in October 2009, will also offefr its Two Hearts Maternity(R) by Destination Maternitt collection in Sears(R) stores and certain Kmart(R) storesx through a leased department relationship with In addition, Destination Maternity is expandingv internationally and has recently entered into exclusive storr franchise and product supply relationships in India and the Middler East.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Bar association launches division for older attorneys - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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More than half of the bar association’s 7,16 members are age 50 or older. One of the goalzs behind establishing the new division is to leverags their knowledge and expertise for future generations of saidLyn Flanigan, executive director of the Hawaio State Bar Association. Also, it will finally give the most of whom builtup 25-year legal careersx in Hawaii, a foru m to share war stories, participatw in community service projects or simplyh stay engaged with colleagues.
The division, whicyh has an interim board of will have a June9 kick-off eveny at the at the Hawaii Judiciary Retired Big Island Judge Riki May who helped plan and establish the seniort counsel division, said early support has been “These are advocates who have a very common and this will give them an ideaol place for discussions and that kind of convergence of she said. “This was just universally accepted, and the desirew to stay sharp and continue to contribute to themembershilp was, to me, overwhelming.
” Amano said the divisioh is generating buzz among Baby Boomer many of whom are now eager to engagse in bar association activities and projects afte r years of never having participated. The bar association alreadt has a younglawyerzs division, which gives Hawaii’s younger attorneyes a forum to connect with colleagues and variouss community organizations.
More than half of the bar association’s 7,16 members are age 50 or older. One of the goalzs behind establishing the new division is to leverags their knowledge and expertise for future generations of saidLyn Flanigan, executive director of the Hawaio State Bar Association. Also, it will finally give the most of whom builtup 25-year legal careersx in Hawaii, a foru m to share war stories, participatw in community service projects or simplyh stay engaged with colleagues.
The division, whicyh has an interim board of will have a June9 kick-off eveny at the at the Hawaii Judiciary Retired Big Island Judge Riki May who helped plan and establish the seniort counsel division, said early support has been “These are advocates who have a very common and this will give them an ideaol place for discussions and that kind of convergence of she said. “This was just universally accepted, and the desirew to stay sharp and continue to contribute to themembershilp was, to me, overwhelming.
” Amano said the divisioh is generating buzz among Baby Boomer many of whom are now eager to engagse in bar association activities and projects afte r years of never having participated. The bar association alreadt has a younglawyerzs division, which gives Hawaii’s younger attorneyes a forum to connect with colleagues and variouss community organizations.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Kaiser and Stanford get $3.89M to study heart disease - East Bay Business Times:
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The funds will go to startg a new center where researcherxs from Kaiser and Stanford willconduct large-scale studie s looking at the effectiveness of different treatments for hearrt disease and heart failure. The effort will be headed by Dr. Mark professor of health research and policy and professor of medicinedat Stanford, and Dr. Alan Go, seniorr research scientist atKaiser Permanente’s Division of Research and regionalk medical director of clinica l trials, as well as involve others from Kaiser and The new center will be called The American Hear Association - Pharmaceutical . The heart association has also provided fundes to create similar heart disease research centersw at andat .
The Kaiser and Stanford researchers willuse Kaiser’es patient-care data in their linking for the firsrt time medical databases for all of Kaiser Permanente’w 3.3 million Northern California They will identify a representative population of patientsw with heart disease and documenyt which treatments these patientxs are receiving and what seems to be working. The center will look at the differenced between coursesof treatment, including prescription druges and devices, such as stents and defibrillators, as well as proceduress such as coronary bypass surgery.
The center will also involver Ralph Brindis, cardiologist and senior adviser on cardiovasculaer diseases for and vice president ofthe , who will participat e in formulating critical questions that will direcgt the research. This AHA award follows anothe big research effort led byKaiser Permanente’d Division of Research to understand heart the Cardiovascular Research Network. The funded that effort last year witha $7.5 million about $3.64 million of which went to Overall, that program utilized electronidc data from some 15 HMOs in the HMO Researcbh Network to look at the prevention and management of heart disease.
Kaisetr says that the chanced for its patients in Northern Californiaw of dying of a heart attack or strokd is 30 percent lower than it is forthe state'sw general population. The figure accountse for age and genderf but not socioeconomic differences betweenthe populations.
The funds will go to startg a new center where researcherxs from Kaiser and Stanford willconduct large-scale studie s looking at the effectiveness of different treatments for hearrt disease and heart failure. The effort will be headed by Dr. Mark professor of health research and policy and professor of medicinedat Stanford, and Dr. Alan Go, seniorr research scientist atKaiser Permanente’s Division of Research and regionalk medical director of clinica l trials, as well as involve others from Kaiser and The new center will be called The American Hear Association - Pharmaceutical . The heart association has also provided fundes to create similar heart disease research centersw at andat .
The Kaiser and Stanford researchers willuse Kaiser’es patient-care data in their linking for the firsrt time medical databases for all of Kaiser Permanente’w 3.3 million Northern California They will identify a representative population of patientsw with heart disease and documenyt which treatments these patientxs are receiving and what seems to be working. The center will look at the differenced between coursesof treatment, including prescription druges and devices, such as stents and defibrillators, as well as proceduress such as coronary bypass surgery.
The center will also involver Ralph Brindis, cardiologist and senior adviser on cardiovasculaer diseases for and vice president ofthe , who will participat e in formulating critical questions that will direcgt the research. This AHA award follows anothe big research effort led byKaiser Permanente’d Division of Research to understand heart the Cardiovascular Research Network. The funded that effort last year witha $7.5 million about $3.64 million of which went to Overall, that program utilized electronidc data from some 15 HMOs in the HMO Researcbh Network to look at the prevention and management of heart disease.
Kaisetr says that the chanced for its patients in Northern Californiaw of dying of a heart attack or strokd is 30 percent lower than it is forthe state'sw general population. The figure accountse for age and genderf but not socioeconomic differences betweenthe populations.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Cracking the government contracting code - Memphis Business Journal:
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But getting her foot in the door was more difficulft than shethought and, despite an impressive resume, she was seen as a Navy wife who wouldn’tr stick around. “The reality was we wanted to stay here and make a go of she said. So Parker set about findint a way that she couldr leverage her experience and skills and still stay on The answer was still federal but she had to get creative to crack into the contractof market at the She already had a stron background in contract and projecf management when she started in after working with defense contractorsin Washington, and an aviation services company in Oklahoma She found a way in by taking a full-timee job with another small business that did contracrt work at the base, while still doing some work for The Parkefr Group.
“It was just a mechanism to open the she said. “I have this greatt business — the only way I can continue it is to step backwith it, humblde myself a little.” The job with the otherf company gave Parker the opportunities to work with people on the base, “where I couls demonstrate that I had both the business acume and the ability to give them what they need,” she It turned out to be exactlt the right opportunity. When the project with the othef company finished a little more than a year TheParker Group, which at that time was just got its first contract at PMRF.
Aftert working several years as asole proprietor, Parkee began hiring systems engineers and otherd professionals on Kauai and in threed other states on the Mainland. Today, The Parkert Group has 14 employees in four states who offer project managemenr and systems engineering services to defense contractors who use the base at Barkingg Sands in West Kauai to test and evaluatednew technologies, as well as othefr installations. The company secured almosf $1.1 million in contracts with the Navy in the 2008 fiscalyear alone, according to the federall government. And this year, the U.S.
Small Busines s Administration namedParker Kauai’s businessperson of the Parker, 40, works from her home office in where she can still be close to her two young Grant, 3, and Griffin, 1, who are undedr the care of a nanny durint the day while she manages her growing company. Nine employeese work from office space at the Pacific Missiler Range Facility just a few miles downthe road. The Parked Group also has three employees in California and one each in Indianapolixsand Huntsville, Ala.
Parker’s first contract with the PMRF was to writee a study of the range comparinhg its capabilities and costs with the Reagaj Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll so that the federalk Missile Defense Agency couled determine which of the two rangez to use as a preferredtest site. “They essentially hirexd me and my firm to write their she said. “In termsa of establishing my businessin Hawaii, that was my big Parker worked with the staff at the range to edit and illustrate the study.
The resulg was that PMRF was chosen over helping to secure her reputation forfuture “Whatever your industry, it’s all about reputation,” she “It’s all about actually providing the customer with a service that they Parker is an active membee of the , and abides by the organization’x Four Way Test, which, according to Rotary asks: “Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned Will it build goodwill and bettef friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?” “It’se also about providing them that service in an ethical and professionalp manner,” she said.
“That’s why peopls keep coming back to you, becausew you provide what they need.”
But getting her foot in the door was more difficulft than shethought and, despite an impressive resume, she was seen as a Navy wife who wouldn’tr stick around. “The reality was we wanted to stay here and make a go of she said. So Parker set about findint a way that she couldr leverage her experience and skills and still stay on The answer was still federal but she had to get creative to crack into the contractof market at the She already had a stron background in contract and projecf management when she started in after working with defense contractorsin Washington, and an aviation services company in Oklahoma She found a way in by taking a full-timee job with another small business that did contracrt work at the base, while still doing some work for The Parkefr Group.
“It was just a mechanism to open the she said. “I have this greatt business — the only way I can continue it is to step backwith it, humblde myself a little.” The job with the otherf company gave Parker the opportunities to work with people on the base, “where I couls demonstrate that I had both the business acume and the ability to give them what they need,” she It turned out to be exactlt the right opportunity. When the project with the othef company finished a little more than a year TheParker Group, which at that time was just got its first contract at PMRF.
Aftert working several years as asole proprietor, Parkee began hiring systems engineers and otherd professionals on Kauai and in threed other states on the Mainland. Today, The Parkert Group has 14 employees in four states who offer project managemenr and systems engineering services to defense contractors who use the base at Barkingg Sands in West Kauai to test and evaluatednew technologies, as well as othefr installations. The company secured almosf $1.1 million in contracts with the Navy in the 2008 fiscalyear alone, according to the federall government. And this year, the U.S.
Small Busines s Administration namedParker Kauai’s businessperson of the Parker, 40, works from her home office in where she can still be close to her two young Grant, 3, and Griffin, 1, who are undedr the care of a nanny durint the day while she manages her growing company. Nine employeese work from office space at the Pacific Missiler Range Facility just a few miles downthe road. The Parked Group also has three employees in California and one each in Indianapolixsand Huntsville, Ala.
Parker’s first contract with the PMRF was to writee a study of the range comparinhg its capabilities and costs with the Reagaj Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll so that the federalk Missile Defense Agency couled determine which of the two rangez to use as a preferredtest site. “They essentially hirexd me and my firm to write their she said. “In termsa of establishing my businessin Hawaii, that was my big Parker worked with the staff at the range to edit and illustrate the study.
The resulg was that PMRF was chosen over helping to secure her reputation forfuture “Whatever your industry, it’s all about reputation,” she “It’s all about actually providing the customer with a service that they Parker is an active membee of the , and abides by the organization’x Four Way Test, which, according to Rotary asks: “Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned Will it build goodwill and bettef friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?” “It’se also about providing them that service in an ethical and professionalp manner,” she said.
“That’s why peopls keep coming back to you, becausew you provide what they need.”
Sunday, December 9, 2012
More older workers worry about retirement - Dallas Business Journal:
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The Arlington-based human resource firm says among workersx 50 to 64years old, only 44 percent are confidenft they will have enough money to live comfortablt five years into retirement. That is down from 63 percent in 2007. The outlooik 15 years into retirement iseven worse, with just 18 percent of older workers confident of beingb financially comfortable, compared to 34 percen t in 2007. “Retirement security is a huge concerb as individuals have seen significant amounts of their pensiom and retirementsavings decline,” says Watsojn Wyatt senior retirement consultant David Speier.
“Thd financial crisis has been especially damaging to older workers who are worriedf about potential job losses and have experiencex higher stress levels over thepast year.” As retirement older workers are scrambling to shore up their savings, with 19 percenft increasing their savings rate and 34 percent considerint doing so, the Watson Wyatt (NYSE: WW) survey
The Arlington-based human resource firm says among workersx 50 to 64years old, only 44 percent are confidenft they will have enough money to live comfortablt five years into retirement. That is down from 63 percent in 2007. The outlooik 15 years into retirement iseven worse, with just 18 percent of older workers confident of beingb financially comfortable, compared to 34 percen t in 2007. “Retirement security is a huge concerb as individuals have seen significant amounts of their pensiom and retirementsavings decline,” says Watsojn Wyatt senior retirement consultant David Speier.
“Thd financial crisis has been especially damaging to older workers who are worriedf about potential job losses and have experiencex higher stress levels over thepast year.” As retirement older workers are scrambling to shore up their savings, with 19 percenft increasing their savings rate and 34 percent considerint doing so, the Watson Wyatt (NYSE: WW) survey
Friday, December 7, 2012
Compass Airlines cuts ribbon on Louisville maintenance facility - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenance facilitty in January but held off on the ribbon cuttinyg until key personnel were andthey “got a little airplane greased under their nails,” Compass president Tim Campbello said during a news conference. Compass’ 70 employeews maintain the airline’s fleet of 36 Embraer 175 76-seaft jets. Compass, which was founded in 2006 as a subsidiaryu of Northwest Airlines was acquired by Delta as part ofthe Atlanta-basecd carrier’s merger with Northwest in October 2008. The jets previously had been serviced bya third-party aircraft maintenancde company, Campbell said.
Compass’ Louisvillew International Airport facility, located at 5101 Crittenden consistsof 42,720 square feet of aircraf t hangar space, 11,416 squars feet of office, shop and storage an 80,601-square-foot concrete apron and 33,48 0 square feet of parking and At the news conference, Chantilly, Va.-basexd Compass showed off its first jet paintef in the Delta colors. The rest of its fleet will be convertedd from Northwest Airlines colors over the next Campbell said. At the news conference, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said the Compases investment, including its $3 million annual “is a tremendous economic achievement in the midstr of some pretty touggeconomic times.
” In August the board granted the airline preliminargy approval for $2 million in state tax incentives for up to 10
The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenance facilitty in January but held off on the ribbon cuttinyg until key personnel were andthey “got a little airplane greased under their nails,” Compass president Tim Campbello said during a news conference. Compass’ 70 employeews maintain the airline’s fleet of 36 Embraer 175 76-seaft jets. Compass, which was founded in 2006 as a subsidiaryu of Northwest Airlines was acquired by Delta as part ofthe Atlanta-basecd carrier’s merger with Northwest in October 2008. The jets previously had been serviced bya third-party aircraft maintenancde company, Campbell said.
Compass’ Louisvillew International Airport facility, located at 5101 Crittenden consistsof 42,720 square feet of aircraf t hangar space, 11,416 squars feet of office, shop and storage an 80,601-square-foot concrete apron and 33,48 0 square feet of parking and At the news conference, Chantilly, Va.-basexd Compass showed off its first jet paintef in the Delta colors. The rest of its fleet will be convertedd from Northwest Airlines colors over the next Campbell said. At the news conference, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said the Compases investment, including its $3 million annual “is a tremendous economic achievement in the midstr of some pretty touggeconomic times.
” In August the board granted the airline preliminargy approval for $2 million in state tax incentives for up to 10
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
OSHA seeks fines against East Central Machine & Tool - St. Louis Business Journal:
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for alleged safety and health violations andproposesd $117,900 in penalties. OSHA said Mondauy it cited the company followinf an investigation into an accident wherse an employee lost two fingers in a mechanicalppower press. The inspection found one allege willful and 11 alleged serioue violations of the Occupational Safety andHealth Act. The compant failed to ensure the mechanical powedr press had an option to select various speee settings amongother features, OSHA “This worker’s life will be foreverr changed,” said Charles Adkins, OSHA’s regional administrator in Kansas City, Mo., in a statement.
“Thered is no excuse for this Family-owned East Central Machine & Tool Co., which has nine employees, has requester an informal conference this weekwith OSHA’sw assistant area director in St. Louis and if need be, will contesgt the citations before an administrativ elaw judge, according Ira Blank, a lawyer from in "From the company's standpoint, the machine was operating and the gentleman stuck his handw into the press part," Blank "Why did he do it? I don'yt know. The machine was properly processing this metal and doin g what it was supposedto do.
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for alleged safety and health violations andproposesd $117,900 in penalties. OSHA said Mondauy it cited the company followinf an investigation into an accident wherse an employee lost two fingers in a mechanicalppower press. The inspection found one allege willful and 11 alleged serioue violations of the Occupational Safety andHealth Act. The compant failed to ensure the mechanical powedr press had an option to select various speee settings amongother features, OSHA “This worker’s life will be foreverr changed,” said Charles Adkins, OSHA’s regional administrator in Kansas City, Mo., in a statement.
“Thered is no excuse for this Family-owned East Central Machine & Tool Co., which has nine employees, has requester an informal conference this weekwith OSHA’sw assistant area director in St. Louis and if need be, will contesgt the citations before an administrativ elaw judge, according Ira Blank, a lawyer from in "From the company's standpoint, the machine was operating and the gentleman stuck his handw into the press part," Blank "Why did he do it? I don'yt know. The machine was properly processing this metal and doin g what it was supposedto do.
"
Monday, December 3, 2012
LETTER: Courtesy evidenced at polls - Virginia Gazette
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LETTER: Courtesy evidenced at polls Virginia Gazette I love living in Williamsburg, where citizens respect each other at the polls and where Republicans and Democrats can have civilized conversations. Thanks to all those who toiled long and hard inside the polls, making sure that all our votes were counted. |
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Exploring new paths: More women pursuing typically male-dominated careers ... - The Sheboygan Press
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Exploring new paths: More women pursuing typically male-dominated careers ... The Sheboygan Press Kristin Hofstad, of Plymouth, works on an electrical panel during a career exploration class at Lakeshore Technical College on Nov. 29 in Cleveland. / Photo by Gary C. Klein/The Sheboygan Press ... |
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Made to measure: Inventure Design LLC - Houston Business Journal:
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So, after working for large architectural firms, in 1997 he decidedc to venture out on his own and started what was then calleds and is now InventureDesign LLC, specializing in corporatr and health care interior architectural design. Although the compan y worked onhealth care-related projects early on, it wasn’t until 2005 that the medical side of the businesxs really took off, O’Neill says. Sinces then, Inventure’s revenue has increasee by more than 50 percenrtto $4.3 million in 2008 from $2.6 milliomn in 2005.
Recognizing the firm’sa strong suit was a learning experiencefor O’Neill, who admitds the firm did stray at times into areaws it probably should have left alone. “Once I get out of businesxs linesthat aren’t my true passion,” he says, “it tendsd to be a mistake.” For example, in 2001, Inventurew won a contract with the City of Houston. In an attempt to get more government O’Neill hired several people and “spent a bunch of monety getting intothat business.” But “the passion wasn’t behindc it, so it never took off,” he After about 18 months, O’Neill cut his lossee and dropped that line of business.
“We don’y have the luxury of a big companuy to makean attempt, investy some money and set he says. “Things become pretty apparent quicklyif they’re workingy or not working.” O’Neill was head of the interiorx group at 3D International when he decided to starr his own company. He saved six worth of salary and planned to spend at least six months getting the company offthe But, on the company’s seconds day in operation, a former clienr called with a new project he specifically wantex O’Neill to work on. So he hit the groun d running, basing his new company out of a bedroom in his home for thefirstg year.
Recognizing that some potential clients would not take his firm seriouslg until it reached acertaimn size, O’Neill made it his goal to grow the companu steadily. From his firsrt year with justone employee, he graduallt added more over time. his firm has 22 employees. O’Neilo was determined that his company woulds provide clients with the same resourcesx they could get at a large but witha “more personal hands-on approach.” And while Inventurre Design today is significantly smaller than some of its like San Francisco-based Gensledr — which has a Houston O’Neill believes it’s big enough.
“I didn’gt set any boundaries or any kind of obligationss for myself about what size the firm was going to he says. “I based it on the fact that I wanted To dolarger projects, you need to be of a specifiv size.” One of O’Neill’s biggesf challenges has been “to convinc people that we’re small enough to give them personalized service but big enougb to complete a project,” he His background in architecture has served him well, he says, becauswe he is able to take a structure’s architecture into consideration when designinf the interior. “My clients never feel our designs don’t belong in the building,” he says.
What attracted O’Neillp to the field to begin with was its immediacy andpersonal nature, he says. “You can get passionate about a building, but it’s arm’s-lengtn passion,” O’Neill says. “With interiors, it’ss things people can actuallty touch. And in people spend as much, or time in the office than they doat
So, after working for large architectural firms, in 1997 he decidedc to venture out on his own and started what was then calleds and is now InventureDesign LLC, specializing in corporatr and health care interior architectural design. Although the compan y worked onhealth care-related projects early on, it wasn’t until 2005 that the medical side of the businesxs really took off, O’Neill says. Sinces then, Inventure’s revenue has increasee by more than 50 percenrtto $4.3 million in 2008 from $2.6 milliomn in 2005.
Recognizing the firm’sa strong suit was a learning experiencefor O’Neill, who admitds the firm did stray at times into areaws it probably should have left alone. “Once I get out of businesxs linesthat aren’t my true passion,” he says, “it tendsd to be a mistake.” For example, in 2001, Inventurew won a contract with the City of Houston. In an attempt to get more government O’Neill hired several people and “spent a bunch of monety getting intothat business.” But “the passion wasn’t behindc it, so it never took off,” he After about 18 months, O’Neill cut his lossee and dropped that line of business.
“We don’y have the luxury of a big companuy to makean attempt, investy some money and set he says. “Things become pretty apparent quicklyif they’re workingy or not working.” O’Neill was head of the interiorx group at 3D International when he decided to starr his own company. He saved six worth of salary and planned to spend at least six months getting the company offthe But, on the company’s seconds day in operation, a former clienr called with a new project he specifically wantex O’Neill to work on. So he hit the groun d running, basing his new company out of a bedroom in his home for thefirstg year.
Recognizing that some potential clients would not take his firm seriouslg until it reached acertaimn size, O’Neill made it his goal to grow the companu steadily. From his firsrt year with justone employee, he graduallt added more over time. his firm has 22 employees. O’Neilo was determined that his company woulds provide clients with the same resourcesx they could get at a large but witha “more personal hands-on approach.” And while Inventurre Design today is significantly smaller than some of its like San Francisco-based Gensledr — which has a Houston O’Neill believes it’s big enough.
“I didn’gt set any boundaries or any kind of obligationss for myself about what size the firm was going to he says. “I based it on the fact that I wanted To dolarger projects, you need to be of a specifiv size.” One of O’Neill’s biggesf challenges has been “to convinc people that we’re small enough to give them personalized service but big enougb to complete a project,” he His background in architecture has served him well, he says, becauswe he is able to take a structure’s architecture into consideration when designinf the interior. “My clients never feel our designs don’t belong in the building,” he says.
What attracted O’Neillp to the field to begin with was its immediacy andpersonal nature, he says. “You can get passionate about a building, but it’s arm’s-lengtn passion,” O’Neill says. “With interiors, it’ss things people can actuallty touch. And in people spend as much, or time in the office than they doat
Thursday, November 29, 2012
DiNome abandons quest to lead Reed Smith - Boston Business Journal:
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Reed Smith spokesman Dave Egan told the Pittsburgh Business Timed that Jordan and DiNome issued a jointg announcement tothe Pittsburgh-based firm Tuesday morning that DiNomre has withdrawn his candidacy. “They sat down and talkee and discovered they had a lot ofcommomn ground,” Egan said. “Many of the thingsw John was concerned about, Greg was workingt on. They agreed that the best thintg for the firm was to focus on business insteaeof competing.
” reported last week that DiNomr was challenging Jordan, who was seeking his fourtu three-year term as managing partner of the law DiNome sent out a 10-page statementr of candidacy to all Reed Smith partners in whicu he questioned the firm’s business model, the compensation and transparency of senior and called for a more independentr executive committee. The memo was obtained by the Business Journal. DiNome and Jordan had said they agreed to not speamk publicly about the contested race to leadthe 1,600-lawyer which has 150 lawyers in Philadelphia.
The firm partnershipl will votein September; the who will now certainly be Jordan, will start his new term in Jordan has not been opposed since he firstt sought the job in when he beat Philadelphia litigator John Jordan’s tenure has been viewed as extremelyt successful. He has grown the firm through a seriees of significant mergers from 500 lawyers in nine officeseto 1,600 lawyers in 23 including new ones in Europe, Asia and Focusing on a core groupl of practices with high billingv rates, Jordan also drastically increased the firm’ss profitability.
But with the econom sagging, Reed Smith’s transactional practices have The firm has laid off215 people, including 26 since December. The firm also cut 50 lega l secretaries last summer and salaries forall U.S. associates by 10 percengt last month. DiNome, a labor lawyer, joined as part of a groul from Montgomery McCracken Walker Rhoads led by Karl Frittonin 1996. A graduat e of West Point, he spent seven yearsd in active duty as a field artillergy officer before attending Rutgers University Schooloof Law-Camden.
Reed Smith spokesman Dave Egan told the Pittsburgh Business Timed that Jordan and DiNome issued a jointg announcement tothe Pittsburgh-based firm Tuesday morning that DiNomre has withdrawn his candidacy. “They sat down and talkee and discovered they had a lot ofcommomn ground,” Egan said. “Many of the thingsw John was concerned about, Greg was workingt on. They agreed that the best thintg for the firm was to focus on business insteaeof competing.
” reported last week that DiNomr was challenging Jordan, who was seeking his fourtu three-year term as managing partner of the law DiNome sent out a 10-page statementr of candidacy to all Reed Smith partners in whicu he questioned the firm’s business model, the compensation and transparency of senior and called for a more independentr executive committee. The memo was obtained by the Business Journal. DiNome and Jordan had said they agreed to not speamk publicly about the contested race to leadthe 1,600-lawyer which has 150 lawyers in Philadelphia.
The firm partnershipl will votein September; the who will now certainly be Jordan, will start his new term in Jordan has not been opposed since he firstt sought the job in when he beat Philadelphia litigator John Jordan’s tenure has been viewed as extremelyt successful. He has grown the firm through a seriees of significant mergers from 500 lawyers in nine officeseto 1,600 lawyers in 23 including new ones in Europe, Asia and Focusing on a core groupl of practices with high billingv rates, Jordan also drastically increased the firm’ss profitability.
But with the econom sagging, Reed Smith’s transactional practices have The firm has laid off215 people, including 26 since December. The firm also cut 50 lega l secretaries last summer and salaries forall U.S. associates by 10 percengt last month. DiNome, a labor lawyer, joined as part of a groul from Montgomery McCracken Walker Rhoads led by Karl Frittonin 1996. A graduat e of West Point, he spent seven yearsd in active duty as a field artillergy officer before attending Rutgers University Schooloof Law-Camden.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Downtown Raleigh Profile: Tyler Jones, pastor, Vintage21 church - Triangle Business Journal:
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Today, the congregation has blossomedd into 700 to 800 members who meet in what waspreviouslyy Jillian’s nightclub. “We rented the space from , and we movedf in August 2007,” says Jones, who live s downtown with his wife, Kimberly, and two young Vintage21’s congregation is a relativelyyoungv one. “We have a good numbe of college studentsfrom UNC-Chapel Duke, N.C. State, Meredith, and we have a lot of folkz intheir mid-20s and 30s, most of whom work in the downtowhn area and live on Hargetgt Street or Glenwood South.
We’re starting to get a lot of youngb families and more people comingg fromthe suburbs, especially as downtown Raleig h changes,” Jones says. Like his churchu which began with what Jonea describesas “hard core” downtown people, Raleign has changed and grown over the past few years. “There is a whole renovation goingon downtown, not only on a food leveol but a cultural level,” Jones “The art scene and the music scene is really growing. If you look at bar at midnight ona it’s slammed now. It wasn’r like that three years ago. We went to Raleighu Wide Open, and it was like the Statwe Fair – it was that same kind of excitement.
” Jones says downtown has been transformed in the pastfew “Now, I think (people living in) the suburbz are starting to pour in on the and they are easier to draw in because more thinga are happening.” Jones enjoys living downtowh because of the diversr neighborhood his family has found on Hargetg Street. “We’re thrilled to raise our daughters in such adiversr place,” says Jones. “It’s diverse economicallgy and racially, and it’s a real positive.” The Jonesz family moved to Hargett Street abouta year-and-a-hal f ago. “It was always our goal to have a he says. “We got it. Our house was built in 1918.
” His two ages 4 and 2, attend preschool And unlike when they lived inthe suburbs, Tyler and Kimberly know theit neighbors. “When we were in the people would get home from work and pull in theifr garage and close the Jones says. “Here, if you go out on the front porch, people will talk to you and the kids come over to We also haveage diversity. If we have a we have 2-year-olds and 80-year-olds.
”
Today, the congregation has blossomedd into 700 to 800 members who meet in what waspreviouslyy Jillian’s nightclub. “We rented the space from , and we movedf in August 2007,” says Jones, who live s downtown with his wife, Kimberly, and two young Vintage21’s congregation is a relativelyyoungv one. “We have a good numbe of college studentsfrom UNC-Chapel Duke, N.C. State, Meredith, and we have a lot of folkz intheir mid-20s and 30s, most of whom work in the downtowhn area and live on Hargetgt Street or Glenwood South.
We’re starting to get a lot of youngb families and more people comingg fromthe suburbs, especially as downtown Raleig h changes,” Jones says. Like his churchu which began with what Jonea describesas “hard core” downtown people, Raleign has changed and grown over the past few years. “There is a whole renovation goingon downtown, not only on a food leveol but a cultural level,” Jones “The art scene and the music scene is really growing. If you look at bar at midnight ona it’s slammed now. It wasn’r like that three years ago. We went to Raleighu Wide Open, and it was like the Statwe Fair – it was that same kind of excitement.
” Jones says downtown has been transformed in the pastfew “Now, I think (people living in) the suburbz are starting to pour in on the and they are easier to draw in because more thinga are happening.” Jones enjoys living downtowh because of the diversr neighborhood his family has found on Hargetg Street. “We’re thrilled to raise our daughters in such adiversr place,” says Jones. “It’s diverse economicallgy and racially, and it’s a real positive.” The Jonesz family moved to Hargett Street abouta year-and-a-hal f ago. “It was always our goal to have a he says. “We got it. Our house was built in 1918.
” His two ages 4 and 2, attend preschool And unlike when they lived inthe suburbs, Tyler and Kimberly know theit neighbors. “When we were in the people would get home from work and pull in theifr garage and close the Jones says. “Here, if you go out on the front porch, people will talk to you and the kids come over to We also haveage diversity. If we have a we have 2-year-olds and 80-year-olds.
”
Monday, November 26, 2012
Dallas City Council Authorizes Sale of Bonds to Build Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel
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"Clearly we've already seen a tremendoux response to the hotel in termsw of futureconvention bookings," said Mayor . we just have to sell the bonds, get to work and finisjh the hotel in time for groupa showing up inJanuary 2012." "We have receives overwhelming positive feedback and interesft from meeting planners and associations acrossw the nation in regard to the hotel," said , president and CEO for the Dallas Convention Visitors Bureau. "Along with Omni Hotels, we are readty to book meetings and conventionssfor Dallas." In February 2009, Omni Hotels was selected to operater the Dallas Convention Center Hotel.
The plannesd hotel will be connected tothe , one of the largest in the US with over one millioh square feet of exhibit to attract more meetings and conventions to Dallas. The current design of the hotel includes over 80,000 square feet of meetinf space, several restaurants and loungeas and a signature spa. "Omni congratulate s the mayor and City Council for theif efforts every step of the way throughthis process, said , president for Omni Hotels. "The Omni Dallaas Convention Center Hotel is important to the economic growtg ofour city, and we are readty to move forward.
" The luxuru hotel brand is headquartered in Las Colinas and currentlt has three hotels located in the Dallas Fort Worth Omni Hotels creates compelling, memorable guest experiences at 43 luxuryy hotels and resorts in leading business gatewaysd and leisure destinations across North America. From exceptional golf and spa retreatds to dynamicbusiness settings, each location features four-diamonfd services, including award-winning signature restaurants, Wi-Fi connectivity and unique fitnessw options. Omni's mission for totapl customer service is further supportedx byits "Power of One" progra m that empowers associates to make on-the-spoy decisions to meet or exceedf guest expectations.
Guests can locate hotels and book accommodations by visiting or bycallinb 1-800-THE-OMNI. Dallas is a destination that inspiresbig ideas. As the No. 1 visitorr destination in Texas, the Dallas area offers the best shoppingf inthe Southwest, a cutting-edge culinarty scene led by nationally acclaimeds celebrity chefs, 70,000 hotel ranging from luxury to boutique, and more than 200 golf The city boasts the largest contiguous urba n arts district in the U.S. with five cultural venuesa designed byPritzker Prize-winning architects. In the Dallas metropolitan area is the only one in the Southwesty to host teams representing five major professional sports including the legendaryDallas Cowboys.
The Dallas area is also the largesty film and television production center in Texas and the location of the Dallas Film For additional information aboutthe city, see . Live Think Big.(TM)
"Clearly we've already seen a tremendoux response to the hotel in termsw of futureconvention bookings," said Mayor . we just have to sell the bonds, get to work and finisjh the hotel in time for groupa showing up inJanuary 2012." "We have receives overwhelming positive feedback and interesft from meeting planners and associations acrossw the nation in regard to the hotel," said , president and CEO for the Dallas Convention Visitors Bureau. "Along with Omni Hotels, we are readty to book meetings and conventionssfor Dallas." In February 2009, Omni Hotels was selected to operater the Dallas Convention Center Hotel.
The plannesd hotel will be connected tothe , one of the largest in the US with over one millioh square feet of exhibit to attract more meetings and conventions to Dallas. The current design of the hotel includes over 80,000 square feet of meetinf space, several restaurants and loungeas and a signature spa. "Omni congratulate s the mayor and City Council for theif efforts every step of the way throughthis process, said , president for Omni Hotels. "The Omni Dallaas Convention Center Hotel is important to the economic growtg ofour city, and we are readty to move forward.
" The luxuru hotel brand is headquartered in Las Colinas and currentlt has three hotels located in the Dallas Fort Worth Omni Hotels creates compelling, memorable guest experiences at 43 luxuryy hotels and resorts in leading business gatewaysd and leisure destinations across North America. From exceptional golf and spa retreatds to dynamicbusiness settings, each location features four-diamonfd services, including award-winning signature restaurants, Wi-Fi connectivity and unique fitnessw options. Omni's mission for totapl customer service is further supportedx byits "Power of One" progra m that empowers associates to make on-the-spoy decisions to meet or exceedf guest expectations.
Guests can locate hotels and book accommodations by visiting or bycallinb 1-800-THE-OMNI. Dallas is a destination that inspiresbig ideas. As the No. 1 visitorr destination in Texas, the Dallas area offers the best shoppingf inthe Southwest, a cutting-edge culinarty scene led by nationally acclaimeds celebrity chefs, 70,000 hotel ranging from luxury to boutique, and more than 200 golf The city boasts the largest contiguous urba n arts district in the U.S. with five cultural venuesa designed byPritzker Prize-winning architects. In the Dallas metropolitan area is the only one in the Southwesty to host teams representing five major professional sports including the legendaryDallas Cowboys.
The Dallas area is also the largesty film and television production center in Texas and the location of the Dallas Film For additional information aboutthe city, see . Live Think Big.(TM)
Sunday, November 25, 2012
To improve sales calls, managers need to get out of the office - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Unfortunately, it doesn’t give many cluesx as to how successful the sales callreallt was, or how it could have been improved. One way in whicjh sales managers can greatly improvd the performance of members of their salexs teams is by accompanying individuals on sales Duringthe calls, a more accurate picture of the salesperson’s performance can be obtainedx than simply relying on what the individual says at weeklt sales meetings.
It’s not that salespeople intentionallu try todeceive anyone, but their explanations are coloredx by their interpretation of Those elements will be removec by first-hand observations, putting the manager in a better position to identifty deficiencies and areas for improvement and then providde the most appropriate help. Another reasom to accompany salespeople on callxs is to confirmthe company’s interest in prospective accountsw or to show appreciatiom for existing accounts. By “bringing the managerf in,” the salesperson strengthens the bond with the clientor prospect.
Additionally, bringing in the manager means therwe is a greater chance of meeting other members ofthe client/prospecr company’s management team who normally would be insulated from the These calls give the opportunity to not only but also deepen the relationship. Here is a five-steop process for getting the most from joinfsales calls. • Preparation: Overall goals and account-specifif goals and objectives should be determinedin advance. Detailas should include specific tasks to be actions to be taken and resultws tobe achieved.
This information shoul d be shared with the salesperson far enough in advance that the individual knows what will be expectefd of him or her during the plannecd calls and has time to make thenecessary • Observation: During sales call meetings, the manager shoul assume the role of observer, noting the salesperson’s general demeanor and specific actions and especially those that relate to the predetermineed goals and objectives for the call. The manager must also liste n intently tothe prospect’e questions and answers and observw his or her actions and reactions.
The managefr must take accurate notes for later evaluation and discussioj and must not rescue the call even if the salespersonn is doing apoor job, as this does nothinb to help the salesperson learmn and generally only strokes the ego of the sales The reality is that a poorly performing salesperson is failing most of the time so one more time likely won’tr hurt but could possibly help the salesperson learj how to handle the situation next time and possibly become a better performer. • Observations are shared with the inputs are obtained regarding his or her actionx andthought processes, and results are compared with the planne d objectives.
Based on the comparison, areas for improvemeny can be identified. The analysis may call for changed in strategy or tactics or refinement ofspecificc skills.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t give many cluesx as to how successful the sales callreallt was, or how it could have been improved. One way in whicjh sales managers can greatly improvd the performance of members of their salexs teams is by accompanying individuals on sales Duringthe calls, a more accurate picture of the salesperson’s performance can be obtainedx than simply relying on what the individual says at weeklt sales meetings.
It’s not that salespeople intentionallu try todeceive anyone, but their explanations are coloredx by their interpretation of Those elements will be removec by first-hand observations, putting the manager in a better position to identifty deficiencies and areas for improvement and then providde the most appropriate help. Another reasom to accompany salespeople on callxs is to confirmthe company’s interest in prospective accountsw or to show appreciatiom for existing accounts. By “bringing the managerf in,” the salesperson strengthens the bond with the clientor prospect.
Additionally, bringing in the manager means therwe is a greater chance of meeting other members ofthe client/prospecr company’s management team who normally would be insulated from the These calls give the opportunity to not only but also deepen the relationship. Here is a five-steop process for getting the most from joinfsales calls. • Preparation: Overall goals and account-specifif goals and objectives should be determinedin advance. Detailas should include specific tasks to be actions to be taken and resultws tobe achieved.
This information shoul d be shared with the salesperson far enough in advance that the individual knows what will be expectefd of him or her during the plannecd calls and has time to make thenecessary • Observation: During sales call meetings, the manager shoul assume the role of observer, noting the salesperson’s general demeanor and specific actions and especially those that relate to the predetermineed goals and objectives for the call. The manager must also liste n intently tothe prospect’e questions and answers and observw his or her actions and reactions.
The managefr must take accurate notes for later evaluation and discussioj and must not rescue the call even if the salespersonn is doing apoor job, as this does nothinb to help the salesperson learmn and generally only strokes the ego of the sales The reality is that a poorly performing salesperson is failing most of the time so one more time likely won’tr hurt but could possibly help the salesperson learj how to handle the situation next time and possibly become a better performer. • Observations are shared with the inputs are obtained regarding his or her actionx andthought processes, and results are compared with the planne d objectives.
Based on the comparison, areas for improvemeny can be identified. The analysis may call for changed in strategy or tactics or refinement ofspecificc skills.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Moorefield among township levies that pass - Springfield News Sun
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Moorefield among township levies that pass Springfield News Sun Voters in Moorefield Twp. said yes to two additional taxes, while those in Bethel and Springfield townships decided against new taxes there, according to final, unofficial election results Tuesday. Moorefield Twp. voters passed two 1-mill levies ... |
Thursday, November 22, 2012
D.C.-area home prices continue slide - Washington Business Journal:
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The S&P/Case-Shiller report says Washington area prices in March weredown 18.4 percent from a year ago, less than the 19.1 percent averagse among the nation’s 20 largest Washington area prices declined 1.2 percent from Februaryg to March, following a 2.3 percent decline from January to February. “Om a positive note, nine of the metropolitanh statistical areas are reporting a relative improvementin year-over-year returnss and nine of the 20 metro areas saw an improvement in their monthlu returns compared to February,” says David Blitzer, chair of the Inde x Committee at Standard & Poor’s.
“Furthermore, this is the second montuh since October 2007 wherethe 10-andc 20-city composites did not post a recordc annual decline.” Blitzer does caution that March numbersd give no evidence that a recovery in home prices has There is growing optimism in the housing Builder confidence, though still low, has risen in recenty weeks. Mortgage rates remain near historic lows and salee of new and existingb home sales havebeen rising.
A separate reporr Tuesday from the Conference Board showed the thirf consecutive monthly increase in its measure ofconsumer
The S&P/Case-Shiller report says Washington area prices in March weredown 18.4 percent from a year ago, less than the 19.1 percent averagse among the nation’s 20 largest Washington area prices declined 1.2 percent from Februaryg to March, following a 2.3 percent decline from January to February. “Om a positive note, nine of the metropolitanh statistical areas are reporting a relative improvementin year-over-year returnss and nine of the 20 metro areas saw an improvement in their monthlu returns compared to February,” says David Blitzer, chair of the Inde x Committee at Standard & Poor’s.
“Furthermore, this is the second montuh since October 2007 wherethe 10-andc 20-city composites did not post a recordc annual decline.” Blitzer does caution that March numbersd give no evidence that a recovery in home prices has There is growing optimism in the housing Builder confidence, though still low, has risen in recenty weeks. Mortgage rates remain near historic lows and salee of new and existingb home sales havebeen rising.
A separate reporr Tuesday from the Conference Board showed the thirf consecutive monthly increase in its measure ofconsumer
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Permission Network is helping companies connect with clients - South Florida Business Journal:
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“This is a very good time to be a Apply theright forensics, build conversationm and measure everything you do and you’lll disrupt your competition as the economic recovery takezs hold.” Weinkrantz, along with marketing professionals Steve Patti and Ryan Kelly, have joined forces and formed a consultinvg alliance called The Permission Network. The alliance helps companies improve theirmarketing techniques, including the incorporationn of social media and offers an analytics component that harnesses feedback to show what’s working — and what’s not. “Today’ws CMO (chief marketing officer) is more scrutinizeds than ever.
They’re accountable to the bottom says Permission Network partnerSteve Patti, “There is a need for bettetr strategy ... to connect with the customer.” He adds that thesed days, monitoring and influencing your brane reputation is easierthan ever. “There’x no room for guessing, or for Patti says. The brand isn’t what marketers say it is. It’s what the customer says it is.” As the alliance provides its clients with the tools necessary toconduct “permission marketing.
” Patti explain s that under such a companies engage in “conversation” directly with the consumer throughg interactive techniques, including socialo networking. When it comews to analyzing the results, enter Ryan Kelly. As a respected analyticw expert, Kelly emphasizes that there is no room for waster effort or guessing these days inmarketing budgets. He likens this accuracyg component of marketing to theway today’ws autos are repaired; with diagnostics, problems and solutionsa are discovered and implemented more creating efficiency. Weinkrantz points to the economty and the paradigmshift it’s createdr in the way business is done.
“I embraced this,” he says. “It createsd a need for better, smarter marketing ... and that’ws what we’re about.” Public relations professionals are traineed to sing the praisesof others, but once a they’re encouraged to sing their own praises. Recently, the San Antonipo chapter of Public Relationsz Society ofAmerica (PRSA) celebrated the 7th Annual Del Oro Awardw Program honoring the best and brightest in San Antonio’s PR universre — vetted by some of the toughest judgezs in the business: their peers.
Randy PRSA vice president of public shares that Del Oro honorees were selected and recognizedd for outstanding PR campaigns and tacticzs as well as for largerindividual “These award winners represent the very best in our Escamilla says. “Tex Taylor Lifetims Achievement Award winner Monica Faulkenbery ofNISD (Northsidre Independent School District) is the immediate past-president of San the Antonio’ds PRSA and currently leads the PR accreditatiohn process. PR Professional of the Year Fran Stephensob of SeaWorld heads a fantasticand cutting-edgde communications team ...
and Abbey Forney of Urology-San Antonio has been involved in public relations for less than five yearsa and is already recognizedr as arising star.” Escamillqa says other winners were honored in the La Platsa Community Relations Category. They included “It’s Time to SA!” by OwnUp SA; and “Consortium of Partners” and “Food 4 by the corporate communications team. In the Specialp Events and Observances Category, honorees includerd “City-Toyota Green Clean-Up Project” by the City of San Antonilo Communications and PublicAffairs Department; and the “Oblates School of Theology Capital Campaign Press led by Creative Civilization.
Additionaol La Plata Award Winnerswere “Long Campus Dedicatioh & $25 Million Gift Event” — UT Health Science Center/Jacquelymn Spruce Pfeiffer; ‘LULAC 79th Annuakl National Convention’ — Bromley Communication/Debora h Charnes Vallejo; “Texas Secretargy of State Oath of Office — Creative Civilization; and “ Presents Andreza Bocelli” — Creative Civilization. J. Creative Civilization’s new chief marketing officer, knows that despite the unpredictablr nature of thead biz, it’s stilll a great place to call home. For the past 15 he’s led strategic efforts for national brandsd suchas , , , and .
Moncada recentlt spoke at El Paso’d Advertising Federation luncheon, pumping up members of El Paso’sd advertising and marketing community and advertisinfg students atthe . “In lieu of the challengezs that exist inthe marketplace, marketers and agencies have to evolve their thinking — outside the Moncada says. He also discussed during the the effects of the economy on the advertising industryy and talked about ways in which currenrt and future professionals can adapt tothe marketplace.
“This is a very good time to be a Apply theright forensics, build conversationm and measure everything you do and you’lll disrupt your competition as the economic recovery takezs hold.” Weinkrantz, along with marketing professionals Steve Patti and Ryan Kelly, have joined forces and formed a consultinvg alliance called The Permission Network. The alliance helps companies improve theirmarketing techniques, including the incorporationn of social media and offers an analytics component that harnesses feedback to show what’s working — and what’s not. “Today’ws CMO (chief marketing officer) is more scrutinizeds than ever.
They’re accountable to the bottom says Permission Network partnerSteve Patti, “There is a need for bettetr strategy ... to connect with the customer.” He adds that thesed days, monitoring and influencing your brane reputation is easierthan ever. “There’x no room for guessing, or for Patti says. The brand isn’t what marketers say it is. It’s what the customer says it is.” As the alliance provides its clients with the tools necessary toconduct “permission marketing.
” Patti explain s that under such a companies engage in “conversation” directly with the consumer throughg interactive techniques, including socialo networking. When it comews to analyzing the results, enter Ryan Kelly. As a respected analyticw expert, Kelly emphasizes that there is no room for waster effort or guessing these days inmarketing budgets. He likens this accuracyg component of marketing to theway today’ws autos are repaired; with diagnostics, problems and solutionsa are discovered and implemented more creating efficiency. Weinkrantz points to the economty and the paradigmshift it’s createdr in the way business is done.
“I embraced this,” he says. “It createsd a need for better, smarter marketing ... and that’ws what we’re about.” Public relations professionals are traineed to sing the praisesof others, but once a they’re encouraged to sing their own praises. Recently, the San Antonipo chapter of Public Relationsz Society ofAmerica (PRSA) celebrated the 7th Annual Del Oro Awardw Program honoring the best and brightest in San Antonio’s PR universre — vetted by some of the toughest judgezs in the business: their peers.
Randy PRSA vice president of public shares that Del Oro honorees were selected and recognizedd for outstanding PR campaigns and tacticzs as well as for largerindividual “These award winners represent the very best in our Escamilla says. “Tex Taylor Lifetims Achievement Award winner Monica Faulkenbery ofNISD (Northsidre Independent School District) is the immediate past-president of San the Antonio’ds PRSA and currently leads the PR accreditatiohn process. PR Professional of the Year Fran Stephensob of SeaWorld heads a fantasticand cutting-edgde communications team ...
and Abbey Forney of Urology-San Antonio has been involved in public relations for less than five yearsa and is already recognizedr as arising star.” Escamillqa says other winners were honored in the La Platsa Community Relations Category. They included “It’s Time to SA!” by OwnUp SA; and “Consortium of Partners” and “Food 4 by the corporate communications team. In the Specialp Events and Observances Category, honorees includerd “City-Toyota Green Clean-Up Project” by the City of San Antonilo Communications and PublicAffairs Department; and the “Oblates School of Theology Capital Campaign Press led by Creative Civilization.
Additionaol La Plata Award Winnerswere “Long Campus Dedicatioh & $25 Million Gift Event” — UT Health Science Center/Jacquelymn Spruce Pfeiffer; ‘LULAC 79th Annuakl National Convention’ — Bromley Communication/Debora h Charnes Vallejo; “Texas Secretargy of State Oath of Office — Creative Civilization; and “ Presents Andreza Bocelli” — Creative Civilization. J. Creative Civilization’s new chief marketing officer, knows that despite the unpredictablr nature of thead biz, it’s stilll a great place to call home. For the past 15 he’s led strategic efforts for national brandsd suchas , , , and .
Moncada recentlt spoke at El Paso’d Advertising Federation luncheon, pumping up members of El Paso’sd advertising and marketing community and advertisinfg students atthe . “In lieu of the challengezs that exist inthe marketplace, marketers and agencies have to evolve their thinking — outside the Moncada says. He also discussed during the the effects of the economy on the advertising industryy and talked about ways in which currenrt and future professionals can adapt tothe marketplace.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Dole chooses contractor for Gaston plant - Charlotte Business Journal:
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as general contractor for the construction of its planr inGaston County. offers planning, architectural, engineering and construction management services. Financial terms weren'r disclosed. "Dole has worked successfully with The Dennis Groupon Dole'ws three domestic processing plants, as well as its two Scandinavi a plants," says Eric Schwartz, presidengt of Dole Fresh Vegetables. "uI look forward to our relationship continuint onthis project." Earlier this N.C. Gov. Mike Easley announced that , a subsidiar y of Dole, will invesrt $54 million to build and equipo a processing plant for vegetables inGaston County.
The move will creat e 525 jobs within three years and a totalo of 900 jobsby 2016. The new jobs will be mainlyt production workers who will take freshn vegetables and process them intobagges products. The average weekly wage will be $450. The projec will receive $500,000 from the One Nortu Carolina Fund, which helps the statew recruit and increase employment by providing financia assistance to businesses deemed by the governoer to be vital to a healthyt and growingstate economy. Dole also plans to take advantage of tax credits offered through theWillian S. Lee Act, which the Generalk Assembly recently voted to extenduntil Dec. 31, 2007.
The act coulr net the company morethan $6 millio n in tax credits. The decision to locate in Gaston Countu means billionaireDavid Murdock, who owns Dole, will have two multimillion-dolla r investments in the Charlottee area. His Castle & Cook Inc. and Atlanticx American Properties Inc. are demolishing many of its recently acquiredc formerPillowtex Corp. textile plants in Kannapolis fora $500 million mixed-use complex that'e expected to include retail, government, light office and residential structures. California-based Dole sells more than 200 includingfresh fruit, fresh vegetables, packaged and frozen food, and fresh-cut flowers.
The company's 2004 revenues exceeded $5 billionj with more than 64,000 workers in 90
as general contractor for the construction of its planr inGaston County. offers planning, architectural, engineering and construction management services. Financial terms weren'r disclosed. "Dole has worked successfully with The Dennis Groupon Dole'ws three domestic processing plants, as well as its two Scandinavi a plants," says Eric Schwartz, presidengt of Dole Fresh Vegetables. "uI look forward to our relationship continuint onthis project." Earlier this N.C. Gov. Mike Easley announced that , a subsidiar y of Dole, will invesrt $54 million to build and equipo a processing plant for vegetables inGaston County.
The move will creat e 525 jobs within three years and a totalo of 900 jobsby 2016. The new jobs will be mainlyt production workers who will take freshn vegetables and process them intobagges products. The average weekly wage will be $450. The projec will receive $500,000 from the One Nortu Carolina Fund, which helps the statew recruit and increase employment by providing financia assistance to businesses deemed by the governoer to be vital to a healthyt and growingstate economy. Dole also plans to take advantage of tax credits offered through theWillian S. Lee Act, which the Generalk Assembly recently voted to extenduntil Dec. 31, 2007.
The act coulr net the company morethan $6 millio n in tax credits. The decision to locate in Gaston Countu means billionaireDavid Murdock, who owns Dole, will have two multimillion-dolla r investments in the Charlottee area. His Castle & Cook Inc. and Atlanticx American Properties Inc. are demolishing many of its recently acquiredc formerPillowtex Corp. textile plants in Kannapolis fora $500 million mixed-use complex that'e expected to include retail, government, light office and residential structures. California-based Dole sells more than 200 includingfresh fruit, fresh vegetables, packaged and frozen food, and fresh-cut flowers.
The company's 2004 revenues exceeded $5 billionj with more than 64,000 workers in 90
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Sports venues offering discounts to draw fans - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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, the , the Thrashersa and Six Flags Over Georgia are amonfg those offering promotions and discountws to attract customers during the worst recession ina generation. At Atlantaa Motor Speedway, where the Sprint Cup Kobalt Toole 500 is set to run onMarch 8, traclk President and General Manager Ed Clark said the evenr “pretty assuredly” will not sell out its capacity of abou t 125,000 fans. It failed to sell out both of last year’e events and the March evenr isbehind 2008’s Clark said. Clark is working a numbert of promotions — operators prefere any words otherthan “discount” — to draw more customeras to the Hampton, Ga.
, The biggest one is with the race’zs principal sponsor. Kobalt Toolsz is the proprietary brand of home improvementy retailer Fans whobuy $25 worth of merchandised at a Lowe’s store can get a free tickert to the race with the purchase of a regular-priced That deal is good for ticketsa up to $95 — a potential savingsx of $70. “There’s probably never been a better time for our customers to get as much valuew for the dollar in recenft times on theNASCAR circuit,” Clarm said. He noted that even the recent Daytona 500 often dubbed the Super Bowl at the start of theseason — offeredx discounts.
“It’s not just in sports,” he “Go to any retailer that’s not offering an opportunithyand they’re not selling something. ... If you are not offeringb some kind of incentiveor give-back, the consumer’s probablyy not spending money with you.” Besides tickett promotions, Clark has gone to even greater lengthw to try and draw in The track’s Web site, atlantamotorspeedway.com, has links through Vroomz.conm to travel packages. In more prosperous times, locap hotels would require three-night minimumas and raise their Clark said the hotels being promoted on their Web site are refraining fromthose practices.
Times have changed also for , ownerf of the Hawks and which is offering deals not justto single-gams buyers but also to season-ticket buyers. Last some season-ticket holders complained about discounts beinhg offeredto single-game buyers that undercut season-ticket values. Tracy White, senior vice president of salesand marketing, said Atlanta Spirit is concentrating on enhancinfg value for season-ticket holders while still attempting to lure in single-game “People are paying the right to enjoy prime real estate and they want to make as they well that they’re receiving the most value,” White Hawks fans who renew their season ticketx in the lower bowl will receive a $200 credit and $25 for use in the team merchandisinv store for every season ticket they Thrashers fans will receive a credit for 10 percentg of their season ticket balancer for the use of Atlanta Spirit also has offered ticket buyers an eight-month interest-free period in whicj to pay fo r their tickets, which White called “on the most aggressiv end by league-wide standards.
” And for the Thrashers, Spirit had announced some monthd ago that fans could purchase a full season ticket for $99 for each full-pricecd one they bought, although the discounted one mighft be in a lower-priced area. The Braves say they aren’t offering discount but they haveseveral “value offers” that involve 2-for-11 tickets, and there are plans for season-ticket holderw that provide a pricre break. The Falcons offered season-tickeft holders who renewed before Dec. 30 savings of $60 to $200 per , wary of a potentially tough summerd at its Six Flags Over Georgia and White Water also has cut its A season pass for an adult is now whichis $20 less than last year.
“Wse just want to offer more value to our saidHela Sheth, a spokeswoman for Six Flagz Over Georgia. “It’s what it’s all about giving them that value to come out tothe park.”
, the , the Thrashersa and Six Flags Over Georgia are amonfg those offering promotions and discountws to attract customers during the worst recession ina generation. At Atlantaa Motor Speedway, where the Sprint Cup Kobalt Toole 500 is set to run onMarch 8, traclk President and General Manager Ed Clark said the evenr “pretty assuredly” will not sell out its capacity of abou t 125,000 fans. It failed to sell out both of last year’e events and the March evenr isbehind 2008’s Clark said. Clark is working a numbert of promotions — operators prefere any words otherthan “discount” — to draw more customeras to the Hampton, Ga.
, The biggest one is with the race’zs principal sponsor. Kobalt Toolsz is the proprietary brand of home improvementy retailer Fans whobuy $25 worth of merchandised at a Lowe’s store can get a free tickert to the race with the purchase of a regular-priced That deal is good for ticketsa up to $95 — a potential savingsx of $70. “There’s probably never been a better time for our customers to get as much valuew for the dollar in recenft times on theNASCAR circuit,” Clarm said. He noted that even the recent Daytona 500 often dubbed the Super Bowl at the start of theseason — offeredx discounts.
“It’s not just in sports,” he “Go to any retailer that’s not offering an opportunithyand they’re not selling something. ... If you are not offeringb some kind of incentiveor give-back, the consumer’s probablyy not spending money with you.” Besides tickett promotions, Clark has gone to even greater lengthw to try and draw in The track’s Web site, atlantamotorspeedway.com, has links through Vroomz.conm to travel packages. In more prosperous times, locap hotels would require three-night minimumas and raise their Clark said the hotels being promoted on their Web site are refraining fromthose practices.
Times have changed also for , ownerf of the Hawks and which is offering deals not justto single-gams buyers but also to season-ticket buyers. Last some season-ticket holders complained about discounts beinhg offeredto single-game buyers that undercut season-ticket values. Tracy White, senior vice president of salesand marketing, said Atlanta Spirit is concentrating on enhancinfg value for season-ticket holders while still attempting to lure in single-game “People are paying the right to enjoy prime real estate and they want to make as they well that they’re receiving the most value,” White Hawks fans who renew their season ticketx in the lower bowl will receive a $200 credit and $25 for use in the team merchandisinv store for every season ticket they Thrashers fans will receive a credit for 10 percentg of their season ticket balancer for the use of Atlanta Spirit also has offered ticket buyers an eight-month interest-free period in whicj to pay fo r their tickets, which White called “on the most aggressiv end by league-wide standards.
” And for the Thrashers, Spirit had announced some monthd ago that fans could purchase a full season ticket for $99 for each full-pricecd one they bought, although the discounted one mighft be in a lower-priced area. The Braves say they aren’t offering discount but they haveseveral “value offers” that involve 2-for-11 tickets, and there are plans for season-ticket holderw that provide a pricre break. The Falcons offered season-tickeft holders who renewed before Dec. 30 savings of $60 to $200 per , wary of a potentially tough summerd at its Six Flags Over Georgia and White Water also has cut its A season pass for an adult is now whichis $20 less than last year.
“Wse just want to offer more value to our saidHela Sheth, a spokeswoman for Six Flagz Over Georgia. “It’s what it’s all about giving them that value to come out tothe park.”
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Duke, CFO study: CFOs foresee more job cuts, credit woes - Nashville Business Journal:
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The quarterly Duke University/CFO Magazine Globa Business Outlook Surveyasked 1,309o CFOs worldwide about their expectations for the Their answers paint a gloomy picture for the rest of the * CFOs in the U.S. and Europe expected employmentg to shrinkby 5.5 with the unemployment rate in the U.S. seen rising to perhapds as high as 12 percent in the next 12 Employment in Asia is expectex to recedeby 1.2 percent. government programs will offset some of these but even the most optimistic governmenyt forecasts would reduce the lossees by only2 million,” said Campbelpl Harvey, founding director of the survey and internationalp business professor at Duke’s Fuquq School of Business.
“We’re facing the possibilithy of another 4 millionlost * U.S. and Europeajn CFOs foresee capital spending plunging by more than 10 In Asia, CFOs anticipate a 3 percent * Six in 10 U.S. companiesz covered by the survey reported having troublr finding credit or acquiring credit at areasonablw rate. Among those firms encounteringcredit impediments, 42 percent say the credity markets have gotten worse this while 23 percent say conditions have improved. * Weak consumef demand and the credit marketss ranked as the top two external concernsamong U.S.
chief financial officers, with the federap government’s policies coming in Among internal concerns, CFOs are losinb the most sleep over their inabilithy to plan due toeconomic uncertainty, managingh their companies’ capital and liquidity, and maintaining employe e morale. Despite all the negative indicators, a majoritt of the CFOs in the United States and Asia reportedc being more optimistic this quarter than they were the previous That was not the casein Europe, wherr only 30 percent of the CFOs said they were more compared to the 31 percentt who said they were less “Our survey carries an important Don’t put too much weight on the ‘soft’ data like consumer confidence.
Recovery requires sustained confidence, and such confidencwe is forged by strongereconomic fundamentals,” Harvey “The economic fundamentals –- employment, capital the cost of credit – are still fundamentallyt troubling.” To see the complete survet results, go to the official Web .
The quarterly Duke University/CFO Magazine Globa Business Outlook Surveyasked 1,309o CFOs worldwide about their expectations for the Their answers paint a gloomy picture for the rest of the * CFOs in the U.S. and Europe expected employmentg to shrinkby 5.5 with the unemployment rate in the U.S. seen rising to perhapds as high as 12 percent in the next 12 Employment in Asia is expectex to recedeby 1.2 percent. government programs will offset some of these but even the most optimistic governmenyt forecasts would reduce the lossees by only2 million,” said Campbelpl Harvey, founding director of the survey and internationalp business professor at Duke’s Fuquq School of Business.
“We’re facing the possibilithy of another 4 millionlost * U.S. and Europeajn CFOs foresee capital spending plunging by more than 10 In Asia, CFOs anticipate a 3 percent * Six in 10 U.S. companiesz covered by the survey reported having troublr finding credit or acquiring credit at areasonablw rate. Among those firms encounteringcredit impediments, 42 percent say the credity markets have gotten worse this while 23 percent say conditions have improved. * Weak consumef demand and the credit marketss ranked as the top two external concernsamong U.S.
chief financial officers, with the federap government’s policies coming in Among internal concerns, CFOs are losinb the most sleep over their inabilithy to plan due toeconomic uncertainty, managingh their companies’ capital and liquidity, and maintaining employe e morale. Despite all the negative indicators, a majoritt of the CFOs in the United States and Asia reportedc being more optimistic this quarter than they were the previous That was not the casein Europe, wherr only 30 percent of the CFOs said they were more compared to the 31 percentt who said they were less “Our survey carries an important Don’t put too much weight on the ‘soft’ data like consumer confidence.
Recovery requires sustained confidence, and such confidencwe is forged by strongereconomic fundamentals,” Harvey “The economic fundamentals –- employment, capital the cost of credit – are still fundamentallyt troubling.” To see the complete survet results, go to the official Web .
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Charlie Beljan claims first Tour win - ESPN
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ABC News | Charlie Beljan claims first Tour win ESPN Harig: Beljan nabs improbable victory. Charlie Beljan's stunning run from a hospital bed to PGA Tour winner in the span of two days might now fin » |
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Foundation doles out $125K to Ohio health care groups - Dayton Business Journal:
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The grants were awardede to fundhealth care-related programes in the region and focused on four key Issues of the uninsured, critical health community health issues and broad collaboration. Local recipients of the which rangedfrom $5,000 to $25,000, went to: will receivee a $5,000 grant to provide wishes for families of children with life-threateninbg illness; earned a $5,000 grant to support Camp Korelita for children with Type 1 and Type 2 The to Domestic Violence will receive a $15,00 grant to provide advocacy, counseling and familyu services for victims of domestic violence; The will receivd a $10,000 grant to subsidize healtgh care for 40,000 medically uninsured individuals in Hamilton and will receive a $25,000 grant to support Projectr BREATHE, an in-home asthma assessment and managemeny program; will receive a $5,000 gran t to support nutrition, weight management and diseasde control resources for children with diabetes; will receivee a $15,000 grant to support the Women'sz Wellness Fund including mammogramss for the uninsured/underserved; will receive a $10,000 grant to support "Heartworks for targeting high-risk populations and assisting with diagnosia of cardiovascular issues; , Miami Valley Chapter, will receive a $5,0090 grant to provide educational and financial resourcees for individuals with MS in a 24-counth region; will receive a $5,000 grant to suppor an integrated system of care for homeless women and children.
The CareSource Foundatiom aims to help provide solutions and address the health care needs of the underprivilegedthrough grants, medical expertise, strategic community partnerships and volunteerism.
The grants were awardede to fundhealth care-related programes in the region and focused on four key Issues of the uninsured, critical health community health issues and broad collaboration. Local recipients of the which rangedfrom $5,000 to $25,000, went to: will receivee a $5,000 grant to provide wishes for families of children with life-threateninbg illness; earned a $5,000 grant to support Camp Korelita for children with Type 1 and Type 2 The to Domestic Violence will receive a $15,00 grant to provide advocacy, counseling and familyu services for victims of domestic violence; The will receivd a $10,000 grant to subsidize healtgh care for 40,000 medically uninsured individuals in Hamilton and will receive a $25,000 grant to support Projectr BREATHE, an in-home asthma assessment and managemeny program; will receive a $5,000 gran t to support nutrition, weight management and diseasde control resources for children with diabetes; will receivee a $15,000 grant to support the Women'sz Wellness Fund including mammogramss for the uninsured/underserved; will receive a $10,000 grant to support "Heartworks for targeting high-risk populations and assisting with diagnosia of cardiovascular issues; , Miami Valley Chapter, will receive a $5,0090 grant to provide educational and financial resourcees for individuals with MS in a 24-counth region; will receive a $5,000 grant to suppor an integrated system of care for homeless women and children.
The CareSource Foundatiom aims to help provide solutions and address the health care needs of the underprivilegedthrough grants, medical expertise, strategic community partnerships and volunteerism.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Loughner declines to speak at Ariz. sentencing - Boston.com
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fox4kc.com | Loughner declines to speak at Ariz. sentencing Boston.com Jared Lee Loughner has told a judge in Tucson, Ariz., that he will not be speaking at a hearing Thursday where the 24-year-old is expected to be sentenced to life in prison. Loughner wore dress pants and a dark brown shirt with a tie, and drank from a ... Victims Sp eak at Loughner Sentencing |
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Text: Obama's speech in Green Bay - Dallas Business Journal:
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"Laura’s story is incredibly Sadly, it is not unique. Every day in this more and more Americans are forcef to worry not simply aboutgetting well, but whethert they can afford to get well. Millions more wonder if they can afforx the routine care necessary to stay Even for those who havehealth insurance, rising premiumz are straining their budgets to the breaking poiny – premiums that have doublefd over the last nine and have grown at a rate thred times faster than wages. Desperately-needed procedures and treatments are put off because the pricer istoo high. And all it takes is a singler illness to wipe out a lifetimof savings.
"Employers aren’t fariny any better. The cost of health care has helpedr leave big corporations like GM and Chrysler at a competitive disadvantages with theirforeign counterparts. For smalpl businesses, it’s even One month, they’re forced to cut back on healtncare benefits. The next they have to drop coverage. The month after they have no choice but to starr layingoff workers. "For the government, the growingt cost of Medicare and Medicaid is one of the biggest threatd to ourfederal deficit. Bigger than Sociakl Security. Bigger than all the investments we’ve made so far.
So if you’rde worried about spending and you’re worried about deficits, you need to be worries about the cost ofhealth care. "Wwe have the most expensive health care system inthe world. We spend almost 50% more per persoj on health care than the next most costly But here’s the thing, Green Bay: we’r not any healthier for it. We don’t necessarily have better outcomes. Even within our own country, a lot of the placesw where we spend less on health care actuallgy have higher quality than place where wespend more. Right here in Greenj Bay, you get more quality out of fewed health care dollars than many otheer communities acrossthe country.
And yet, across the spending on health care goes up and up and up dayafter day, year after year. "kI know that there are millionsd of Americans who are content with theird health care coverage they like their plan and they value their relationship withtheir doctor. And no matter how we refornm health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your you will be able to keepyour doctor. If you like your healthu care plan, you will be able to keep your healtghcare plan. "But in order to preservd what’s best about our health care system, we have to fix what doesn’tr work.
For we have reached a poin where doing nothing about the cost of health care is no longer an option. The status quo is unsustainable. If we do not act and act soon to brinbgdown costs, it will jeopardize everyone’sx health care. If we do not act, evergy American will feel the consequences. In higher premiuma and lower take-home pay. In lost jobs and shutteres businesses. In a risingy number of uninsured and a rising debt that our children and their children will be payinhg offfor decades. If we do nothing, withinj a decade we will spending one out of ever five dollars we earn onhealth care. In thirtuy years, it will be one out of evert three.
That is untenable, that is unacceptable, and I will not alloww it as President of theUnited States. "Healtuh care reform is not part of some wish list I drew up when I took It is central to our economic future central tothe long-term prosperity of this In past years and decades, there may have been some disagreement on this point. But not anymore. we have already built an unprecedented coalition of folkd who are ready to refor our healthcare system: physicianzs and health insurers; businesses and workers; Democratsw and Republicans.
A few weeks ago, some of these groupes committed to doing somethingthat would’ve been unthinkablew just a few years ago: they promised to work togethetr to cut national health care spending by two trillionj dollars over the next decade. That will bring down costs, that will brinhg down premiums, and that’s exactly the kind of cooperationwe "The question now is, how do we finish the job? How do we permanentlty bring down costs and make affordable health care available to every American? "My view is that reform should be guidedx by a simple principle: we fix what’s broken and buil d on what works.
"In some cases, there’s broad agreement on the stepds weshould take. In the Recovery Act, we’ve alreadg made investments in health IT and electronic medica l records that will reducemedical errors, save lives, save money, and stil ensure privacy. We also need to invest in preventio and wellness programs that help Americans live healthier lives. "But the real cost savings will come from changingy the incentives of a system that automatically equates expensivwe care with bettercare – from addressing flawws that increase profits without actually increasing the quality of "We have to ask why places like the Geisingerr Health system in rural Intermountain Health in Salt Lake or communities like Green Bay can offer high-quality care at costes well below average, but othef places in America We need to identify the best practices acros s the country, learn from the success, and replicat e that success elsewhere.
And we should change the warpex incentives that reward doctors and hospitalw based on how many tests or proceduresthey prescribe, even if thosr tests or procedures aren’t necessary or result from medical Doctors across this country did not get into the medicao profession to be bean counters or papef pushers; to be lawyers or business executives. They becamw doctors to heal people. And that’a what we must free them to do. "Wes must also provide Americanswho can’y afford health insurance with more affordabled options.
This is both a moral imperative and aneconomicv imperative, because we know that when someones without health insurance is force to get treatment at the ER, all of us end up payinvg for it. "So what we’rew working on is the creation of somethintg called a Health InsuranceExchange – which would allow you to one-stopo shop for a health care plan, comparr benefits and prices, and choose the plan that’sz best for you. None of these plans would be able to deny coverag on the basis ofa pre-existing and all should include an affordable, basif benefit package. And if you can’t afford one of the we should provide assistance to make sureyou can.
I also stronglg believe that one of the options in the Exchang should be a public insurance option because if the private insurance companies have to competr with apublic option, it will keep them hones and help keep prices down. covering more Americans will obviously cost a good deal of monehy at a time wherewe don’f have extra to spend. That’s why I have alreadg promised that reform will not add to our deficift over the next ten To makethat happen, we have alread y identified hundreds of billions worth of savingw in our budget – savings that will come from steps like reducinb Medicare overpayments to insurance companiea and rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in both Medicarde and Medicaid.
I will be outlining hundreds of billionas more in savings in the daysto come. And I’ll be honest – even with thesse savings, reform will require additional sourcewsof revenue. That’s why I’vre proposed that we scales back how muchthe highest-incoms Americans can deduct on their taxes back to the rate from the Reagabn years – and use that money to help finance healtyh care. "In all these reforms, our goal is simple: the highest-qualit y health care at the lowest-possible cost.
We want to fix what’ s broken and build on what As Congress moves forward on health care legislatioh in thecoming weeks, I understandc there will be different ideaas and disagreements on how to achieve this goal. I welcome thosee ideas, and I welcome that debate. But what I will not welcomew is endless delay or a denial that reform needs to When it comes to health this country cannot continue on itscurrentr path. I know there are some who believe that reform istoo expensive, but I can assuree you that doing nothing will cost us far more in the comingh years. Our deficits will be higher. Our premiumxs will go up.
Our wages will be lower, our jobs will be and our businesseswill suffer. "Sko to those who criticize our efforts, I ask, “Whart is the alternative?” What else do we say to all thosse families who now spend more on healtjh care than housingor food? What do we tell thosew businesses that are choosing between closing their doorxs and letting their workers go? What do we say to all thosse Americans like Laura, a woman who has worke d all her life; whose family has done everythint right; a brave and proud woman whose child’x school recently took up a penny drive to help pay her medical bills? What do we tell them?
"I believe we tell them that after decadess of inaction, we have finally decidedd to fix what is broken about healthu care in America. We have decideed that it’s time to give every American qualitty health care at anaffordable cost. We have decided that if we invest in reforms that will bring downcostss now, we will eventuallg see our deficits come down in the And we have decided to chang the system so that our doctorsa and health care providers are free to do what they trainedx and studied and worked so hard to do: make peoplre well again.
That’s what we can do in this country; that’x what we can do at this moment, and now I’sd like to hear your thoughts and answer your questions abour how we get it Thank you."
"Laura’s story is incredibly Sadly, it is not unique. Every day in this more and more Americans are forcef to worry not simply aboutgetting well, but whethert they can afford to get well. Millions more wonder if they can afforx the routine care necessary to stay Even for those who havehealth insurance, rising premiumz are straining their budgets to the breaking poiny – premiums that have doublefd over the last nine and have grown at a rate thred times faster than wages. Desperately-needed procedures and treatments are put off because the pricer istoo high. And all it takes is a singler illness to wipe out a lifetimof savings.
"Employers aren’t fariny any better. The cost of health care has helpedr leave big corporations like GM and Chrysler at a competitive disadvantages with theirforeign counterparts. For smalpl businesses, it’s even One month, they’re forced to cut back on healtncare benefits. The next they have to drop coverage. The month after they have no choice but to starr layingoff workers. "For the government, the growingt cost of Medicare and Medicaid is one of the biggest threatd to ourfederal deficit. Bigger than Sociakl Security. Bigger than all the investments we’ve made so far.
So if you’rde worried about spending and you’re worried about deficits, you need to be worries about the cost ofhealth care. "Wwe have the most expensive health care system inthe world. We spend almost 50% more per persoj on health care than the next most costly But here’s the thing, Green Bay: we’r not any healthier for it. We don’t necessarily have better outcomes. Even within our own country, a lot of the placesw where we spend less on health care actuallgy have higher quality than place where wespend more. Right here in Greenj Bay, you get more quality out of fewed health care dollars than many otheer communities acrossthe country.
And yet, across the spending on health care goes up and up and up dayafter day, year after year. "kI know that there are millionsd of Americans who are content with theird health care coverage they like their plan and they value their relationship withtheir doctor. And no matter how we refornm health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your you will be able to keepyour doctor. If you like your healthu care plan, you will be able to keep your healtghcare plan. "But in order to preservd what’s best about our health care system, we have to fix what doesn’tr work.
For we have reached a poin where doing nothing about the cost of health care is no longer an option. The status quo is unsustainable. If we do not act and act soon to brinbgdown costs, it will jeopardize everyone’sx health care. If we do not act, evergy American will feel the consequences. In higher premiuma and lower take-home pay. In lost jobs and shutteres businesses. In a risingy number of uninsured and a rising debt that our children and their children will be payinhg offfor decades. If we do nothing, withinj a decade we will spending one out of ever five dollars we earn onhealth care. In thirtuy years, it will be one out of evert three.
That is untenable, that is unacceptable, and I will not alloww it as President of theUnited States. "Healtuh care reform is not part of some wish list I drew up when I took It is central to our economic future central tothe long-term prosperity of this In past years and decades, there may have been some disagreement on this point. But not anymore. we have already built an unprecedented coalition of folkd who are ready to refor our healthcare system: physicianzs and health insurers; businesses and workers; Democratsw and Republicans.
A few weeks ago, some of these groupes committed to doing somethingthat would’ve been unthinkablew just a few years ago: they promised to work togethetr to cut national health care spending by two trillionj dollars over the next decade. That will bring down costs, that will brinhg down premiums, and that’s exactly the kind of cooperationwe "The question now is, how do we finish the job? How do we permanentlty bring down costs and make affordable health care available to every American? "My view is that reform should be guidedx by a simple principle: we fix what’s broken and buil d on what works.
"In some cases, there’s broad agreement on the stepds weshould take. In the Recovery Act, we’ve alreadg made investments in health IT and electronic medica l records that will reducemedical errors, save lives, save money, and stil ensure privacy. We also need to invest in preventio and wellness programs that help Americans live healthier lives. "But the real cost savings will come from changingy the incentives of a system that automatically equates expensivwe care with bettercare – from addressing flawws that increase profits without actually increasing the quality of "We have to ask why places like the Geisingerr Health system in rural Intermountain Health in Salt Lake or communities like Green Bay can offer high-quality care at costes well below average, but othef places in America We need to identify the best practices acros s the country, learn from the success, and replicat e that success elsewhere.
And we should change the warpex incentives that reward doctors and hospitalw based on how many tests or proceduresthey prescribe, even if thosr tests or procedures aren’t necessary or result from medical Doctors across this country did not get into the medicao profession to be bean counters or papef pushers; to be lawyers or business executives. They becamw doctors to heal people. And that’a what we must free them to do. "Wes must also provide Americanswho can’y afford health insurance with more affordabled options.
This is both a moral imperative and aneconomicv imperative, because we know that when someones without health insurance is force to get treatment at the ER, all of us end up payinvg for it. "So what we’rew working on is the creation of somethintg called a Health InsuranceExchange – which would allow you to one-stopo shop for a health care plan, comparr benefits and prices, and choose the plan that’sz best for you. None of these plans would be able to deny coverag on the basis ofa pre-existing and all should include an affordable, basif benefit package. And if you can’t afford one of the we should provide assistance to make sureyou can.
I also stronglg believe that one of the options in the Exchang should be a public insurance option because if the private insurance companies have to competr with apublic option, it will keep them hones and help keep prices down. covering more Americans will obviously cost a good deal of monehy at a time wherewe don’f have extra to spend. That’s why I have alreadg promised that reform will not add to our deficift over the next ten To makethat happen, we have alread y identified hundreds of billions worth of savingw in our budget – savings that will come from steps like reducinb Medicare overpayments to insurance companiea and rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in both Medicarde and Medicaid.
I will be outlining hundreds of billionas more in savings in the daysto come. And I’ll be honest – even with thesse savings, reform will require additional sourcewsof revenue. That’s why I’vre proposed that we scales back how muchthe highest-incoms Americans can deduct on their taxes back to the rate from the Reagabn years – and use that money to help finance healtyh care. "In all these reforms, our goal is simple: the highest-qualit y health care at the lowest-possible cost.
We want to fix what’ s broken and build on what As Congress moves forward on health care legislatioh in thecoming weeks, I understandc there will be different ideaas and disagreements on how to achieve this goal. I welcome thosee ideas, and I welcome that debate. But what I will not welcomew is endless delay or a denial that reform needs to When it comes to health this country cannot continue on itscurrentr path. I know there are some who believe that reform istoo expensive, but I can assuree you that doing nothing will cost us far more in the comingh years. Our deficits will be higher. Our premiumxs will go up.
Our wages will be lower, our jobs will be and our businesseswill suffer. "Sko to those who criticize our efforts, I ask, “Whart is the alternative?” What else do we say to all thosse families who now spend more on healtjh care than housingor food? What do we tell thosew businesses that are choosing between closing their doorxs and letting their workers go? What do we say to all thosse Americans like Laura, a woman who has worke d all her life; whose family has done everythint right; a brave and proud woman whose child’x school recently took up a penny drive to help pay her medical bills? What do we tell them?
"I believe we tell them that after decadess of inaction, we have finally decidedd to fix what is broken about healthu care in America. We have decideed that it’s time to give every American qualitty health care at anaffordable cost. We have decided that if we invest in reforms that will bring downcostss now, we will eventuallg see our deficits come down in the And we have decided to chang the system so that our doctorsa and health care providers are free to do what they trainedx and studied and worked so hard to do: make peoplre well again.
That’s what we can do in this country; that’x what we can do at this moment, and now I’sd like to hear your thoughts and answer your questions abour how we get it Thank you."
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Dish Network to hand out converter boxes in Houston - Business First of Louisville:
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The estimates that 1.6 million peopld in the Houston area have ordered couponsz for theirconverter boxes, but only 870,1723 coupons have been redeemed as of May 30. The “Coupon program is a nationwide initiative to get customers ready for the conversion to digital television signalz onJune 12. Converter boxes are only availabld to those with avalid $40 coupon. Customerss can go to Cossaboom YMCA at 7903 South Loop East onJune 5, or M.D. Anderso n Family YMCA at 705 Cavalcade onJune 6. Dish Network handefd out about 400 boxes in Dallasslast weekend, according to Marcelk Guajardo, a spokesman for the company.
The current plan is to hand out abouyt 400 to 500 boxes in Guajardo said representatives from the FCC will also be on hand to answerd questions related to the digital conversiojn and what households need to do to be ready forthe
The estimates that 1.6 million peopld in the Houston area have ordered couponsz for theirconverter boxes, but only 870,1723 coupons have been redeemed as of May 30. The “Coupon program is a nationwide initiative to get customers ready for the conversion to digital television signalz onJune 12. Converter boxes are only availabld to those with avalid $40 coupon. Customerss can go to Cossaboom YMCA at 7903 South Loop East onJune 5, or M.D. Anderso n Family YMCA at 705 Cavalcade onJune 6. Dish Network handefd out about 400 boxes in Dallasslast weekend, according to Marcelk Guajardo, a spokesman for the company.
The current plan is to hand out abouyt 400 to 500 boxes in Guajardo said representatives from the FCC will also be on hand to answerd questions related to the digital conversiojn and what households need to do to be ready forthe
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Lingle orders unpaid days off for workers - Kansas City Business Journal:
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In an address broadcast from theState Capitol, Lingles also said she would scale back free Medicaid benefit s to low-income adults and said the stat e would delay paying some of its larger billa until July. The governod is also asking the Judiciary, the Legislature, and the Officd of Hawaiian Affairs to implemeng equivalent furlough days or restricrttheir budgets. Hawaii law does not alloww ordering furloughs for the Departmentof Education, the Universit y of Hawaii or the Hawaii Healtbh Systems Corporation, but Lingle said their spending will be restricted in an amount equivalent to the three-days-per-month furlough. The which start July 1, amount to about a 13.
8 percentt pay cut, or about $5,500 for a worket making $40,000 a year. As with Lingle does not have to negotiate the furloughd with any of the unions representing state Lingle has saidshe doesn’t want to lay off workers because of the disruptivs effect of contract rules that would enable senioe workers to “bump” junior workers, even if they workec in different state agencies. The furloughs will save $688 Lingle said the savings are needed to closer a gapof $730 million betweenb now and June 30, as forecast by the state’s Councio on Revenues May 28. All told, Hawaiki is expected to see tax revenuer fallby $2.7 billioj over the next two years.
“If we do not implementy the furlough plan, we would have to lay off up to 10,0009 employees to realize an equivalent amount of Lingle said. The state has about 46,00p0 workers, including 21,000 employees of the Departmentgof Education. Lingle blamed the fiscal shortfalkl on thelingering recession, rising unemployment, dropping visito arrivals, a decline in private building permits, a doubling of and record bankruptcy levels. The stats Legislature ended its session last month by raisingf tax rates onhotel high-income earners, luxury home transactions and tobacc to help meet the budget shortfall.
But a Republican whose vetoes of thos measures were overridden bymajority Democrats, said she would not ask for additionapl tax increases. She also rejected calls for legalizing However, Lingle noted that 70 percent of statwe operating funds go to labot costs and that the state had providec employee wage increase of between 16 and 29 percent over the past fouryearse “when our economy was thriving.
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In an address broadcast from theState Capitol, Lingles also said she would scale back free Medicaid benefit s to low-income adults and said the stat e would delay paying some of its larger billa until July. The governod is also asking the Judiciary, the Legislature, and the Officd of Hawaiian Affairs to implemeng equivalent furlough days or restricrttheir budgets. Hawaii law does not alloww ordering furloughs for the Departmentof Education, the Universit y of Hawaii or the Hawaii Healtbh Systems Corporation, but Lingle said their spending will be restricted in an amount equivalent to the three-days-per-month furlough. The which start July 1, amount to about a 13.
8 percentt pay cut, or about $5,500 for a worket making $40,000 a year. As with Lingle does not have to negotiate the furloughd with any of the unions representing state Lingle has saidshe doesn’t want to lay off workers because of the disruptivs effect of contract rules that would enable senioe workers to “bump” junior workers, even if they workec in different state agencies. The furloughs will save $688 Lingle said the savings are needed to closer a gapof $730 million betweenb now and June 30, as forecast by the state’s Councio on Revenues May 28. All told, Hawaiki is expected to see tax revenuer fallby $2.7 billioj over the next two years.
“If we do not implementy the furlough plan, we would have to lay off up to 10,0009 employees to realize an equivalent amount of Lingle said. The state has about 46,00p0 workers, including 21,000 employees of the Departmentgof Education. Lingle blamed the fiscal shortfalkl on thelingering recession, rising unemployment, dropping visito arrivals, a decline in private building permits, a doubling of and record bankruptcy levels. The stats Legislature ended its session last month by raisingf tax rates onhotel high-income earners, luxury home transactions and tobacc to help meet the budget shortfall.
But a Republican whose vetoes of thos measures were overridden bymajority Democrats, said she would not ask for additionapl tax increases. She also rejected calls for legalizing However, Lingle noted that 70 percent of statwe operating funds go to labot costs and that the state had providec employee wage increase of between 16 and 29 percent over the past fouryearse “when our economy was thriving.
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Friday, November 2, 2012
Downtown Staybridge Suites seeks receivership - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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SJ Properties Suites Buyco EHF, which includes an investotr from Reykjavik, Iceland, filed the petition Monday in Milwaukede CountyCircuit Court. Judge Mel Flanagan scheduled a hearing for June 30 on a motiob to appoint Milwaukee attorney Seth Dizard asthe receiver. Work stopperd in December 2008 onthe high-risew at 1150 N. Water Street when the construction manager and developedr DOC Milwaukeebecame insolvent, according to the receivership The Icelandic investors said that in November 2006 they provided an advancew of $17.4 million for a 120-rookm extended stay hotel and at least 18 luxury The project also received $13.
4 million in financing from a unit of in which in May was placed in receivership by the The Milwaukee receivership petition said the properth on Water Street already has flooring and fixtures in the Staybridge portionb of project. Liens againstr the project total morethan $3.4 million, according to the receivershil petition. The largest liens were filed by Milwaukee-area contractors and supplierdUihlein Electric, , and SJ Properties recently sued DOC Milwaukee and Economo u Partners in U.S.
District Court in Milwauke claiming a fraudulent transfefr of funds intended for the WaterStreet
SJ Properties Suites Buyco EHF, which includes an investotr from Reykjavik, Iceland, filed the petition Monday in Milwaukede CountyCircuit Court. Judge Mel Flanagan scheduled a hearing for June 30 on a motiob to appoint Milwaukee attorney Seth Dizard asthe receiver. Work stopperd in December 2008 onthe high-risew at 1150 N. Water Street when the construction manager and developedr DOC Milwaukeebecame insolvent, according to the receivership The Icelandic investors said that in November 2006 they provided an advancew of $17.4 million for a 120-rookm extended stay hotel and at least 18 luxury The project also received $13.
4 million in financing from a unit of in which in May was placed in receivership by the The Milwaukee receivership petition said the properth on Water Street already has flooring and fixtures in the Staybridge portionb of project. Liens againstr the project total morethan $3.4 million, according to the receivershil petition. The largest liens were filed by Milwaukee-area contractors and supplierdUihlein Electric, , and SJ Properties recently sued DOC Milwaukee and Economo u Partners in U.S.
District Court in Milwauke claiming a fraudulent transfefr of funds intended for the WaterStreet
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Marketing's Top Priority Is Not Lead-Gen - Huffington Post
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Business 2 Community | Marketing's Top Priority Is Not Lead-Gen Huffington Post The following is my second inst » |
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Superstorm Sandy Liveblog: Moving slowly, still a big storm - Christian Science Monitor
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The Hindu | Superstorm Sandy Liveblog: Moving slowly, still a big storm Christian Science Monitor The center of Sandy is moving at about 15 mph through western Pennsylvania in a west-northwesterly direction, and slowing. It is expected to turn north into western New York state tonight and into Canada on Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center is ... < p size="-1">Sandy Moving Toward Landf » |
Monday, October 29, 2012
Focus on best outcome for patients when considering NHS finances - Herald Scotland
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Focus on best outcome for patients when considering NHS finances Herald Scotland Simply put, the right medicine for the right patient leads to the best patient outcomes, which in the long term will help to reduce the frequency and severity of complications, thus reducing the future burden of care on NHSScotland. Also, you mention ... |
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Ross' $55M play would resurrect ITG unit - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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The proposed transaction would put Global Safett Textileson "stable footing" and allowq it to continue serving its auto manufacturing customerx around the world, the announcement Global Safety Textiles filed for Chapte r 11 bankruptcy on June 30. It is based in Greensboro alongwith ITG, but its manufacturing facilitiess are in Cordova, between Charlott e and Fayetteville, and also in South Hill, Va., and Calif. The unit has 217 totalk employees. Under the proposed Ross wouldinvest $55 million in a new entithy to acquire the assets of Global Safetg Textiles and its subsidiaries.
That cash injection woul give the newcompany "one of the well-capitalized balance sheets in the automotiv e industry" and allow for expansions in Europe, the America and China. The deal woulc have to be approver by lenders and thebankruptcy court. Ross' investment firm is also preparer to providea $25 million loan to the compan to finance operations until the sale is
The proposed transaction would put Global Safett Textileson "stable footing" and allowq it to continue serving its auto manufacturing customerx around the world, the announcement Global Safety Textiles filed for Chapte r 11 bankruptcy on June 30. It is based in Greensboro alongwith ITG, but its manufacturing facilitiess are in Cordova, between Charlott e and Fayetteville, and also in South Hill, Va., and Calif. The unit has 217 totalk employees. Under the proposed Ross wouldinvest $55 million in a new entithy to acquire the assets of Global Safetg Textiles and its subsidiaries.
That cash injection woul give the newcompany "one of the well-capitalized balance sheets in the automotiv e industry" and allow for expansions in Europe, the America and China. The deal woulc have to be approver by lenders and thebankruptcy court. Ross' investment firm is also preparer to providea $25 million loan to the compan to finance operations until the sale is
Friday, October 26, 2012
Education funding still falls short despite federal stimulus infusion - Business First of Louisville:
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That was the sentiment of an eight-member panek of education, training and government expertd gathered by the Soutu Florida Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billion federa stimulus package is impacting the region’ds education and workforce training The panel marked the thire in the Business Journal’s ongoing stimulus series, aimedf at tracking and analyzing the flow of moneyh from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into South Florida’s Legislature was the only one nationall y to request a federal waiver that allowed it to take moneyg from education and replace it with stimulus dollars while other states used stimulus dollars to augment the budget.
The situatio concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanor Sobel. “We are not starting at the starting line. The school district in Broward County and those throughout the state are startin behind thestarting line,” Sobel said. “They have had problems for yearz and they areall scrambling.” Veteran educato r Robert Parks, a member of the Broward County Schook Board, said, “Many of the large urban districts in the natio are afraid of one which is basically a bait and switch with thoswe dollars.” What’s even more worrisome to some experts is that the stimuluds money will eventually run out.
“I’ m really concerned about in three years; what’s going to said José Vicente, president of ’s North Campus. “Thi is a Band-Aid.” He said the college’s operating budgety was cut $22 million while the stimulu s money wasonly $13 million. Parkss said Broward County’s school system has cut $1.4 billionm from its construction budget in addition to furloughing 700 teachere and51 administrators. “We’ve closedf all of our school offices forthe summer. We don’t have summerr school anymore,” Parks said.
would have been looking at cuttinv its budget byabout $30 million without $12 million in stimulus funds, said Dorothy K. the university’s associate VP for financiap affairs and budget The university cut 30 positionsand “had we not had the stimuluxs dollars it could have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.3 billio n in stimulus funds given to the state relieved pressurde on the Legislature to further reducd support for Florida Resident Access Grants (FRAG), a key sources of money for but he pointed out that the grants used to be $3,000 a year for studentsz and are now $2,529.
The amount is important to students, who find enrollment caps at state universitiesz and turn to NSU and otherprivatd institutions. He also said that universities are workinb together to apply for federaolstimulus funding. NSU has a collaborative proposa l with and FAU fora $50 million research building with wet labs, businessw incubator space and offices for the U.S. Geologicalk Survey, which is helping oversee Evergladew restoration. “We have shovel-ready projects we have submittexd to the Governor and in the next 60 days we coulxput 1,000 people to work,” Hanburh said. The competition for these typesof projects, is fierce.
FAU is getting about $12 million in direct infusionj from the federalstimulus package, but the university also is seekinhg money from the for labs and Russell said. April was the month to submirt applications and the results are expected by The strongest flowof money, so far, appears to be for programes that help the jobless as the state’s unemployment rate has hit 10.2
That was the sentiment of an eight-member panek of education, training and government expertd gathered by the Soutu Florida Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billion federa stimulus package is impacting the region’ds education and workforce training The panel marked the thire in the Business Journal’s ongoing stimulus series, aimedf at tracking and analyzing the flow of moneyh from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into South Florida’s Legislature was the only one nationall y to request a federal waiver that allowed it to take moneyg from education and replace it with stimulus dollars while other states used stimulus dollars to augment the budget.
The situatio concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanor Sobel. “We are not starting at the starting line. The school district in Broward County and those throughout the state are startin behind thestarting line,” Sobel said. “They have had problems for yearz and they areall scrambling.” Veteran educato r Robert Parks, a member of the Broward County Schook Board, said, “Many of the large urban districts in the natio are afraid of one which is basically a bait and switch with thoswe dollars.” What’s even more worrisome to some experts is that the stimuluds money will eventually run out.
“I’ m really concerned about in three years; what’s going to said José Vicente, president of ’s North Campus. “Thi is a Band-Aid.” He said the college’s operating budgety was cut $22 million while the stimulu s money wasonly $13 million. Parkss said Broward County’s school system has cut $1.4 billionm from its construction budget in addition to furloughing 700 teachere and51 administrators. “We’ve closedf all of our school offices forthe summer. We don’t have summerr school anymore,” Parks said.
would have been looking at cuttinv its budget byabout $30 million without $12 million in stimulus funds, said Dorothy K. the university’s associate VP for financiap affairs and budget The university cut 30 positionsand “had we not had the stimuluxs dollars it could have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.3 billio n in stimulus funds given to the state relieved pressurde on the Legislature to further reducd support for Florida Resident Access Grants (FRAG), a key sources of money for but he pointed out that the grants used to be $3,000 a year for studentsz and are now $2,529.
The amount is important to students, who find enrollment caps at state universitiesz and turn to NSU and otherprivatd institutions. He also said that universities are workinb together to apply for federaolstimulus funding. NSU has a collaborative proposa l with and FAU fora $50 million research building with wet labs, businessw incubator space and offices for the U.S. Geologicalk Survey, which is helping oversee Evergladew restoration. “We have shovel-ready projects we have submittexd to the Governor and in the next 60 days we coulxput 1,000 people to work,” Hanburh said. The competition for these typesof projects, is fierce.
FAU is getting about $12 million in direct infusionj from the federalstimulus package, but the university also is seekinhg money from the for labs and Russell said. April was the month to submirt applications and the results are expected by The strongest flowof money, so far, appears to be for programes that help the jobless as the state’s unemployment rate has hit 10.2
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tenn. gets $11.9M for career training - Nashville Business Journal:
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Tennessee is receiving $11.9 million of the trade adjusted assistancefunding (TAA), a release says. Of that, more than $10 million is designated for worker training, and $1.8 millionm is slated for employment and case management servicezsand administration. “Workers around the nationh continue to see their jobs disappeaer as a direct result of increased imports andcompetitive trade,” says Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis in a release. “The funding ... will help more of these workers upgrade existing skills or retrain for new careers in industriese that have the potential to grow in the coming monthasand years.
” The Americabn Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 includes a major expansion and reform of the TAA program. The goal is to ensurde all U.S. workers negativelyh affected by trade havethe skills, resourcesd and support to gain new employment. The Recoveryu Act authorized an increase in the maximumj amount of TAA funds that may be used for training nationwidefrom $220 million to $575
Tennessee is receiving $11.9 million of the trade adjusted assistancefunding (TAA), a release says. Of that, more than $10 million is designated for worker training, and $1.8 millionm is slated for employment and case management servicezsand administration. “Workers around the nationh continue to see their jobs disappeaer as a direct result of increased imports andcompetitive trade,” says Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis in a release. “The funding ... will help more of these workers upgrade existing skills or retrain for new careers in industriese that have the potential to grow in the coming monthasand years.
” The Americabn Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 includes a major expansion and reform of the TAA program. The goal is to ensurde all U.S. workers negativelyh affected by trade havethe skills, resourcesd and support to gain new employment. The Recoveryu Act authorized an increase in the maximumj amount of TAA funds that may be used for training nationwidefrom $220 million to $575
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Harley-Davidson seeks LEED certification for new Southaven, Miss., dealership - Memphis Business Journal:
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dealership, which would make it the first Harley-Davidsonh dealership in the South and seconds in the country to beLEED certified. The 54,000-square-foot dealership incorporates sustainable design and will include a high efficiency HVAC syste mand low-flow water fixtures. Preference will be given to productas that contain a high recycled content and are manufactures near theconstruction site. The new facilityg will also have an outdoodr stage area for concertsand events, whicgh will maximize outdoor space, facility functionality and increase marketinhg opportunities. It was designes by and is being built by Lisa Rossmeyer owner of Southern Thunder hiredLittle Rock, Ark.
-based , a sustainability consulting firm, to provide coordination of the LEED certification process. "As a businesss owner, building ‘green’ was a social and bottonm line decision,” Rossmeyer Wade said in a statement. “Wre strive to provide exceptional customer service and I saw the LEED proceses as an extension ofthis goal. This LEED project will alloq us to offer our staff and customersea unique, safe and comfortable environmentf in which to do business, lower our carbon footprint and achieve cost savings benefiting our bottoj line.
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dealership, which would make it the first Harley-Davidsonh dealership in the South and seconds in the country to beLEED certified. The 54,000-square-foot dealership incorporates sustainable design and will include a high efficiency HVAC syste mand low-flow water fixtures. Preference will be given to productas that contain a high recycled content and are manufactures near theconstruction site. The new facilityg will also have an outdoodr stage area for concertsand events, whicgh will maximize outdoor space, facility functionality and increase marketinhg opportunities. It was designes by and is being built by Lisa Rossmeyer owner of Southern Thunder hiredLittle Rock, Ark.
-based , a sustainability consulting firm, to provide coordination of the LEED certification process. "As a businesss owner, building ‘green’ was a social and bottonm line decision,” Rossmeyer Wade said in a statement. “Wre strive to provide exceptional customer service and I saw the LEED proceses as an extension ofthis goal. This LEED project will alloq us to offer our staff and customersea unique, safe and comfortable environmentf in which to do business, lower our carbon footprint and achieve cost savings benefiting our bottoj line.
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Monday, October 22, 2012
UC Davis settles women
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UC Davis and plaintiffs Kelsey Jessica Bulala and Laura Ludwig settled the lawsuit that was fileds twoyears ago, and was certifiedd as a class action in October. The settlement establishesw a set of standards for female participation ratex in varsity sports at UC Davis and providex additional financial support for club sportsa atthe university, a news releasde said. The settlement must be approved bythe U.S. Districtr Court in Sacramento after members of the class have been notifiedd of thespecific terms. Brust and Bulala playedx club field hockey. Ludwig had wrestling experience and played club They brought suit in July 2007 under the 1972Patsgy T.
Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, also know n as Title IX. The settlementt creates a 10-year plan for UC Davis to reach specific proportions of male and female athletes bythe 2019-29 school year. The university will either add women’se intercollegiate teams or will take other stepsd to ensure equal accommodation of student interest in varsity UC Davis has also agreed tocontributed $110,000 to a fund for the developmentt of club sports. The case was schedulex to go to trialin October.
“UC David has a solid history of commitment to its femalse athletes and coaches and to expanding opportunities for womenh incompetitive sports,” Greg UC Davis athletics director, said in the release. “Whils the parties have a differenced in opinion about whether litigationwas we’re pleased that we have reached an outcome that benefits both “We are thrilled,” Ludwig said in the release. “Itg feels good to have the university’s support for women’ s athletics through this resolution.
We are proud to have come up with a result that will benefit Davis for years to It will create more opportunities for women to participate in the sportds thatthey love.” During the litigation, UC Davix created an open application process and selectes women’s field hockey as a new intercollegiate to join the 14 other women’s varsith teams at UC A team has been selected, and competitio will start in the fall. “Th e time frames set out in the settlement maximize the potentiaol to add varsity opportunities for women in the Warzecka said inthe release.
“We are continually trying to maintaimn our compliance efforts to give women athletes the very best accessx to intercollegiate athleticscompetition possible.” Establishing field hockey as a women’s intercollegiate sport at the Brust said, “will allow field hockey players to contribute at even a higheer level to the campus, and will provide incredible opportunities for many youngb women.” Noreen Farrell of Equal Rights Advocatesa represented the plaintiffs with Monique Oliviefr of the Sturdevant Law Firm and Kristinb Galles of Equity “When we give women a fair share of athletic opportunities, we are developing leaders on and off the Farrell said.
UC Davis and plaintiffs Kelsey Jessica Bulala and Laura Ludwig settled the lawsuit that was fileds twoyears ago, and was certifiedd as a class action in October. The settlement establishesw a set of standards for female participation ratex in varsity sports at UC Davis and providex additional financial support for club sportsa atthe university, a news releasde said. The settlement must be approved bythe U.S. Districtr Court in Sacramento after members of the class have been notifiedd of thespecific terms. Brust and Bulala playedx club field hockey. Ludwig had wrestling experience and played club They brought suit in July 2007 under the 1972Patsgy T.
Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, also know n as Title IX. The settlementt creates a 10-year plan for UC Davis to reach specific proportions of male and female athletes bythe 2019-29 school year. The university will either add women’se intercollegiate teams or will take other stepsd to ensure equal accommodation of student interest in varsity UC Davis has also agreed tocontributed $110,000 to a fund for the developmentt of club sports. The case was schedulex to go to trialin October.
“UC David has a solid history of commitment to its femalse athletes and coaches and to expanding opportunities for womenh incompetitive sports,” Greg UC Davis athletics director, said in the release. “Whils the parties have a differenced in opinion about whether litigationwas we’re pleased that we have reached an outcome that benefits both “We are thrilled,” Ludwig said in the release. “Itg feels good to have the university’s support for women’ s athletics through this resolution.
We are proud to have come up with a result that will benefit Davis for years to It will create more opportunities for women to participate in the sportds thatthey love.” During the litigation, UC Davix created an open application process and selectes women’s field hockey as a new intercollegiate to join the 14 other women’s varsith teams at UC A team has been selected, and competitio will start in the fall. “Th e time frames set out in the settlement maximize the potentiaol to add varsity opportunities for women in the Warzecka said inthe release.
“We are continually trying to maintaimn our compliance efforts to give women athletes the very best accessx to intercollegiate athleticscompetition possible.” Establishing field hockey as a women’s intercollegiate sport at the Brust said, “will allow field hockey players to contribute at even a higheer level to the campus, and will provide incredible opportunities for many youngb women.” Noreen Farrell of Equal Rights Advocatesa represented the plaintiffs with Monique Oliviefr of the Sturdevant Law Firm and Kristinb Galles of Equity “When we give women a fair share of athletic opportunities, we are developing leaders on and off the Farrell said.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Magazine honors The Children's Hospital - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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The hospital qualified for the magazine’s “Honor in its 2009 edition of America’s Best Children’s The Honor Roll is reserved for hospital s that achieved ranking in all surveyed specialty areaz covered by the monthltnews publication. Children’s ranked in the top 10 in six specialtgy areas, including cancer (No. 10), diabetesa and endocrine disorders (No. 10), digestive disorders (No. 5), neonatal care (No. 8), orthopedics (No. 8) and respiratory disorders (No. 5). Last year, Children’sd was ranked No. 7 overall among the nation’e pediatric hospitals. In 2007, it finished at No. 4.
Because of a change in how the reporfwas compiled, there was no general numerical ranking this
The hospital qualified for the magazine’s “Honor in its 2009 edition of America’s Best Children’s The Honor Roll is reserved for hospital s that achieved ranking in all surveyed specialty areaz covered by the monthltnews publication. Children’s ranked in the top 10 in six specialtgy areas, including cancer (No. 10), diabetesa and endocrine disorders (No. 10), digestive disorders (No. 5), neonatal care (No. 8), orthopedics (No. 8) and respiratory disorders (No. 5). Last year, Children’sd was ranked No. 7 overall among the nation’e pediatric hospitals. In 2007, it finished at No. 4.
Because of a change in how the reporfwas compiled, there was no general numerical ranking this
Friday, October 19, 2012
'Merlin' 5×04 'Another's Sorrow' episode description: Princess Mithian returns - Hypable
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'Merlin' 5×04 'Another's Sorrow' episode description: Princess Mithian returns Hypable Read the description of next week's Merlin episode, “Another's Sorrow,†in which Morgana casts a spell on Camelot and Janet Montgomery returns as Mithian. BBC has released the following statement about the episode airing Saturday, October 27 at 8:20 ... |
Thursday, October 18, 2012
State: Local facilities received meds from meningitis-linked company - Daytona Beach News-Journal
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Times LIVE | State: Local facilities received meds from meningitis-linked company Daytona Beach News-Journal Six health care facilities in Volusia and Flagler counties received medication from a manufacturer linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis associated with steroid injections, according to the Florida Department of Health. Health officials are ur ging ... H&W identifies nine Idaho medical facilities that got suspect drugs, includes ... List: Florida facilities that received NECC medications Medication rec » |
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