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• Have helped the business owner or managemeng team recognize opportunity forstrategicx innovation. • Have worked closely with the CEO to identifyh andmanage risk, as well as develop creative ideae to diminish debt and achieve growth through both organicf and acquisition means. • Have restored life to an ailing companyg by making changes to producedacceptable returns, or helped the company transition from crisis mode to a more collaborativd decision-making process. Winners in each category were chosebn by a panel of qualified andimpartiao judges.
Jeff Harris is the currenrt president of the HoustonCPA Society, a chapter of the Texasw Society of CPAs, with more than 8,400 members. He is also the chiev financial officer ofBoxetr Property, a privately held owne r and manager of commerciap real estate located in seven cities. Joe Koshkin is a CPA and a retirec partnerof . Koshkin is currently a member of the technicalo standards committee of the State Boardof CPAs, a boardr member and chairman of the audit committed of the Coastal Conservation Association and on the businesz school dean’s advisory committee at . David A. Young is former national boardx chairman of FinancialExecutives International.
In his career had included being CFO for many public companies over 25 culminating in his retirementin 2003, and audit committee chairman for various companies over the last five David Hollaway joined Prosperity Bank in 1992 as seniot vice president and chief financial officer and served as treasuree of Prosperity Bancshares Inc. from 1993 to 1999. He was appointef CFO of ProsperityBancshares Inc. in 1998 and executiv VP of Prosperity Bankin 2004. From 1990 to Hollaway worked for the ResolutionTrust Corp. in its Gulf Coasf consolidated office in From 1988to 1990, he worked as the cost accountingt manager of in Bellaire.
From 1981 to 1988, Hollaway was vice president-auditoe of South Main Bank in Hollaway is a CertifiedPublic Accountant. Randhy Meyer joined Amegy Bank in 1998 as executivde vice president and has servede in the role of chief financial officesince 2002. Prior to joining he was president of Bank of America Texas and manage ofthat bank’s Texas commercial banking. A commercial banker for 30 years, Meyeer began his banking career at in New York beforw joining for18 years.
He is the curren president of the board of River Oaks Country He also previously served on the boards of directora or trustees of The Forum American RedCross (Houston Chapter), Association for Communituy Television (KUHT-TV), Chinquapin School, the , Greater Houstojn Partnership and Governor’s Business A graduate of Yale, he received his MBA from and is a Certified Public John C. Rickel Group 1 Automotive Inc. John C. Rickel was appointed chief financial officer of Grouop 1Automotive Inc. in December 2005. Priore to joining Group 1, Rickel held a numbefr of executive and managerial positions of increasing responsibilit y with FordMotor Co., beginning in 1984.
He most recentlh served as controller, Ford Americas, where he was responsiblee for the financial managementof Ford’z Western Hemisphere automotive operations. Immediately prior to he was CFO ofFord Europe, wherse he oversaw all financial planning, information services, tax and investoer relations activities. Michael S. Taff Michael S. Taff has servesd as senior vice president and chief financial office r of McDermottInternational Inc. since April 2007. He is responsibld for accounting and financial treasuryand finance, internal audit, information technolog and investor relations — representing aboutf 800 employees worldwide.
Taff joined McDermottg in June 2005 as VP and chierfaccounting officer. Prior to McDermott, Taff was VP and CFO of HMT a private engineering andconstruction company. Beford HMT, Taff was VP and corporates controller with Philip Services His experience at these earlierd companies includes key positions related to SECfinancial consolidations, internal audit, business planning and analysise and the leadership of severalk large-scale strategic initiatives. Taff began his professionapl career as an accountantat PriceWaterhouse. He holds a bachelor’w degree from Stephen F. Austin Statr University and is a CertifiedPublic Accountant.
Taff is a membeer of the FinancialExecutives Institute, Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI and Americab Institute of Certified Professional Accountants.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Castle Asks the Unthinkable: Is Castle a Killer? - Seattle Post Intelligencer
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TV Equals | Castle Asks the Unthinkable: Is Castle a Killer? Seattle Post Intelligencer When Beckett (Stana Katic) & Co. begin investigating a ritualistic killing, » |
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Army-Navy game coming to FedEx Field - Nashville Business Journal:
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The , the and Destinatiob D.C. have announced that the 112th Army-Navy game will be playerd at in Marylandon Dec. 10, 2011. Alonvg with the football game, the event bringds with it a weekend of ancillary includingthe Army-Navy Gala. “This is a phenomenal achievemeny by the three organizations to secure such an historic eveng forour nation’s said Robert Sweeney, president of the Greater Washington Sports “With nearly a half milliohn active and retired military personnel currently livingg in our region and the historic memorials that honor our nation’zs service men and women, it just makes senss to have a game of this magnitudd played in Washington.
” The event is part of an eight-yead packaged announced Tuesday by the and the . Philadelphiw will host the gamein 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017. The game will take place in Baltimorse in 2014and 2016.
The , the and Destinatiob D.C. have announced that the 112th Army-Navy game will be playerd at in Marylandon Dec. 10, 2011. Alonvg with the football game, the event bringds with it a weekend of ancillary includingthe Army-Navy Gala. “This is a phenomenal achievemeny by the three organizations to secure such an historic eveng forour nation’s said Robert Sweeney, president of the Greater Washington Sports “With nearly a half milliohn active and retired military personnel currently livingg in our region and the historic memorials that honor our nation’zs service men and women, it just makes senss to have a game of this magnitudd played in Washington.
” The event is part of an eight-yead packaged announced Tuesday by the and the . Philadelphiw will host the gamein 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017. The game will take place in Baltimorse in 2014and 2016.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Snow White Contemplates Suicide - Filmmaker Set to Take Snow White to the Dark Side
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June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- A dark and brooding adaptatiob of the classicfairgy tale, Snow White, will go into production this October. Several horror/fantasyt film blogs broke the news about the new independent film productioj from GoodnightFilm ( ) earlier this month. Connecticurt filmmaker A.D. Calvo will introduc e a much darker twist to the originalGrimkm fairytale, incorporating such controversial -- but sadlyg topical and relevant -- themes as drug abuse and teen suicide. *(PHOTOp 72dpi: *(Photo Caption: Concept art for Snow by A.D. Calvo . Photo by .) "Althoug h a fantasy, this is hardly a fairytale," said Calvo. "It's much more about despaid thananything else.
I'm looking to explore dark romanticismn as it relates tomoderm culture. I realize some mighty find my interpretation abit disturbing," he says. "Thisx is not your mother's Snow White." A.D. Calvk , the same artist who sculpted the nudegivinb birth. Calvo's short films, including "The Several Severed Heads of Daniep Edwards," have received over one million views on YouTube and have been coveref by major new sources including CNNand NPR. Edwards will be contributing some of his workto Calvo'w film. One of his pieces, entitled Snow White'zs Meth Lab, is already in production. "The announcement of Snow White is resonating much stronger thanI expected.
There's alread y a solid fan base growing withinm theFacebook community, specifically within the industrial, and Goth culture," said Calvo. His firsft feature, "The Other Side of the Tracks" -- starriny (BONES, CSI:MIAMI), (COLD LOST), (THE FAST & THE FURIOUS), and Oscar-nominatesd -- was completed in 2008 and has alreadhy garnered a variety of filmfestivakl awards. "Snow White" is scheduled to be releasecd in 2010, shortly after Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland." All trademarks acknowledged.
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June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- A dark and brooding adaptatiob of the classicfairgy tale, Snow White, will go into production this October. Several horror/fantasyt film blogs broke the news about the new independent film productioj from GoodnightFilm ( ) earlier this month. Connecticurt filmmaker A.D. Calvo will introduc e a much darker twist to the originalGrimkm fairytale, incorporating such controversial -- but sadlyg topical and relevant -- themes as drug abuse and teen suicide. *(PHOTOp 72dpi: *(Photo Caption: Concept art for Snow by A.D. Calvo . Photo by .) "Althoug h a fantasy, this is hardly a fairytale," said Calvo. "It's much more about despaid thananything else.
I'm looking to explore dark romanticismn as it relates tomoderm culture. I realize some mighty find my interpretation abit disturbing," he says. "Thisx is not your mother's Snow White." A.D. Calvk , the same artist who sculpted the nudegivinb birth. Calvo's short films, including "The Several Severed Heads of Daniep Edwards," have received over one million views on YouTube and have been coveref by major new sources including CNNand NPR. Edwards will be contributing some of his workto Calvo'w film. One of his pieces, entitled Snow White'zs Meth Lab, is already in production. "The announcement of Snow White is resonating much stronger thanI expected.
There's alread y a solid fan base growing withinm theFacebook community, specifically within the industrial, and Goth culture," said Calvo. His firsft feature, "The Other Side of the Tracks" -- starriny (BONES, CSI:MIAMI), (COLD LOST), (THE FAST & THE FURIOUS), and Oscar-nominatesd -- was completed in 2008 and has alreadhy garnered a variety of filmfestivakl awards. "Snow White" is scheduled to be releasecd in 2010, shortly after Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland." All trademarks acknowledged.
This release was issued on behalf of the abovew organizationby Send2Press(R), a unit of SOURCE Goodnight Film, LLC
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Greece Attempts to Pass Another Round of Austerity - Firedoglake
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Greece Attempts to Pass Another Round of Austerity Firedoglake The Finance Minister for Greece, Yannis Stournaras, claims that the country will be given more time by its international creditors to reach deficit targets, smoothing out the level of austerity required in the near term. But he might want to tell his ... |
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Relaxation Tips: 10 Quotes To Help You De-Stress And Overcome Anxiety - Huffington Post
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Relaxation Tips: 10 Quotes To Help You De-Stress And Overcome Anxiety Huffington Post We're all guilty of catastrophizing sometimes. When life gets stressful, we often get needlessly worked about about every little thing that's gone wrong, is currently going wrong, or could possibly go wrong in the future. Before your head starts ... |
Monday, October 22, 2012
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Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller is urging the governod to supportthe measure, he told the business communit y at the ’s Business Day in Annapolia event. A tax hike is neede d to help pay for transportation projecta that have been long deferrex and are taking anothedr hit next yearunder O’Malley’s proposed budget, Millet said. But new taxes face stronh opposition inthe ’s 2009 session, even if they creatwe new revenue for transportation projectzs or others that would stimulater the region’s economy. The legislature passexd $1.4 billion worth of new taxes in 2007 and is upfor re-electiojn in 2010.
“We need to find a way to replenisn the TransportationTrust Fund,” Miller said of the pot of mone y reserved for maintaining and building new roads and transit “We’re not going to be able to get it without a push, he said. The funding streamn could take on additional importance in the contexyt of state budget talks in On Tuesday, state Transportation Secretar John D. Porcari said the state may need to trim anadditionao $1 billion from Maryland’s Consolidated Transportation Program, a six-year budget for transportation projects in the Despite those financial challenges, House Speaker Michael Busch emphasized the difficulty of creating consensuds around a gas tax increase and said he thoughrt it would take lobbying from local businessea and governments to persuade many legislators.
“We know it’a good for the economy and the integrity of our but you have to have thepoliticao will,” Busch said. No billxs have been filed to raise the gas tax so far inthe legislature’ss 2009 session, which began Jan. 14. But one option that has been floates in recent years would raise the current levyof 23.5 cents per gallo to 33.5 cents per gallon. Maryland’s gas tax hasn’t been raiser in 15 years. Many lawmakers said it’sd just not the time to raise taxes. “Why don’t we just take a breaki from raising taxes?” said Del. Anthon y O’Donnell, a Republican from Southerm Maryland.
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller is urging the governod to supportthe measure, he told the business communit y at the ’s Business Day in Annapolia event. A tax hike is neede d to help pay for transportation projecta that have been long deferrex and are taking anothedr hit next yearunder O’Malley’s proposed budget, Millet said. But new taxes face stronh opposition inthe ’s 2009 session, even if they creatwe new revenue for transportation projectzs or others that would stimulater the region’s economy. The legislature passexd $1.4 billion worth of new taxes in 2007 and is upfor re-electiojn in 2010.
“We need to find a way to replenisn the TransportationTrust Fund,” Miller said of the pot of mone y reserved for maintaining and building new roads and transit “We’re not going to be able to get it without a push, he said. The funding streamn could take on additional importance in the contexyt of state budget talks in On Tuesday, state Transportation Secretar John D. Porcari said the state may need to trim anadditionao $1 billion from Maryland’s Consolidated Transportation Program, a six-year budget for transportation projects in the Despite those financial challenges, House Speaker Michael Busch emphasized the difficulty of creating consensuds around a gas tax increase and said he thoughrt it would take lobbying from local businessea and governments to persuade many legislators.
“We know it’a good for the economy and the integrity of our but you have to have thepoliticao will,” Busch said. No billxs have been filed to raise the gas tax so far inthe legislature’ss 2009 session, which began Jan. 14. But one option that has been floates in recent years would raise the current levyof 23.5 cents per gallo to 33.5 cents per gallon. Maryland’s gas tax hasn’t been raiser in 15 years. Many lawmakers said it’sd just not the time to raise taxes. “Why don’t we just take a breaki from raising taxes?” said Del. Anthon y O’Donnell, a Republican from Southerm Maryland.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
City Council committee OKs airport parking contract - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The panel voted 3-2 to send a resolutionb awardinga three-year contract to manage parkingh operations at the world’s busiest airport to , which also oversees parking at Chicago O’Hare International and 60 airporte nationwide. If the full city council approves the resolution on the contract would run for three yearsw witha two-year renewal option at the city’xs discretion. Parking is the airport’s most lucrative revenue source. Hartsfield-Jackson receives abour $85 million a year from parking revenue, and the parking managementt company getsabout $23.4 million in pre-approved operating plus management fees.
Atlanta Business Chronicle first reportefd the for the Standard competed with four other parking management companies forthe contract, includinyg , which has held the contractf for most of the past two and -backed ATL Airpark. The selectioj process was controversial. Airport officials threw out a firs set of bids last acknowledging thatit wasn’t conducted properly, resulting in a seconr round of bidding. On Wednesday, representatives of severap losing bidders complained to the committee that StandardParkingt Corp. received the highest score fromthe airport’x evaluation team even though the proposed operating budget it submitted was higher than some of the othedr competitors.
“There ought to be, from this council, a demand for a greatert understanding of how these criteria were saidKevin Ross, representing Parking Company of America. But airporty General Manager Ben DeCosta said the selectiojn committee went beyond financial numbers to consider such factors aseach bidder’sw expertise and quality. When takingg the full range of qualifications into he said Standard received the highes score by awide margin. The biddingf process still left two committee memberzs dissatisfied enough to attempt to dela moving forward with the But a narrow majority of the panel voted to send the resolutio to thefull council.
The panel voted 3-2 to send a resolutionb awardinga three-year contract to manage parkingh operations at the world’s busiest airport to , which also oversees parking at Chicago O’Hare International and 60 airporte nationwide. If the full city council approves the resolution on the contract would run for three yearsw witha two-year renewal option at the city’xs discretion. Parking is the airport’s most lucrative revenue source. Hartsfield-Jackson receives abour $85 million a year from parking revenue, and the parking managementt company getsabout $23.4 million in pre-approved operating plus management fees.
Atlanta Business Chronicle first reportefd the for the Standard competed with four other parking management companies forthe contract, includinyg , which has held the contractf for most of the past two and -backed ATL Airpark. The selectioj process was controversial. Airport officials threw out a firs set of bids last acknowledging thatit wasn’t conducted properly, resulting in a seconr round of bidding. On Wednesday, representatives of severap losing bidders complained to the committee that StandardParkingt Corp. received the highest score fromthe airport’x evaluation team even though the proposed operating budget it submitted was higher than some of the othedr competitors.
“There ought to be, from this council, a demand for a greatert understanding of how these criteria were saidKevin Ross, representing Parking Company of America. But airporty General Manager Ben DeCosta said the selectiojn committee went beyond financial numbers to consider such factors aseach bidder’sw expertise and quality. When takingg the full range of qualifications into he said Standard received the highes score by awide margin. The biddingf process still left two committee memberzs dissatisfied enough to attempt to dela moving forward with the But a narrow majority of the panel voted to send the resolutio to thefull council.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
St. Francis sisters may file HMC plan - Business First of Louisville:
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The Hawaii Medical Center had exclusive authorith to file a reorganization plan for the ailing former St. Francis hospitals. The center submittedr its plan onMarch 30. In denying the extensioh requeston Monday, U.S. Bankruptcyt Court Judge Robert Faris said this will help bringv the bankruptcy to asuccessful conclusion. On June 22, Farisx approved Hawaii Medical Center’s disclosure statement, which was viewes as a key step towarcd implementing the strugglinghospital system’ws reorganization plan. Still, creditors will vote to approve orrejecrt HMC’s plan sometime after a hearintg scheduled for Aug. 3.
In a preparee statement, HMC Chief Operations and Restructuring Officer Salim Hasham saidthe company’sw plan builds on the progress made in turningy around the hospitals. “While we believe that our plan offers the best option for Hawaii Medical Center to thrive and continue to serve the we know that otherss have their own ideas for restructuring and we welcom e their participation in the he said. Officials at Hawaii Medical which bought the strugglingformert St. Francis hospitals in Ewa and Liliha more than two years agofor $68 million, filed for Chaptee 11 bankruptcy last August. They have sinc said they paid too much and wanta do-overt of the deal. St.
Francis Healthcares System of Hawaii, the Roman Catholic religious ordet which provided most of the financintg in the January2007 sale, and othee creditors have objected to HMC’s plan. In an objection it filee with the courtJuly 10, St. Franci s officials called the planan “ill-conceived and gap-filled and said HMC officials “merely seek to prolon exclusivity to maintain their head star t and to disadvantage others who seek a say in this an inappropriate use of exclusivity as a means to pressurwe creditors and leverage parties in interest.” St. Francis now says it will file its own reorganizatio plan forthe hospitals.
“This opense the door for us to put together and submit our own plan whichh will be beneficial for theothert creditors, the community and our health-care said CEO Sister Agnelle Chinf in a prepared statement to PBN. Hawaii Medicapl Center is a partnership betweenCHA Hawaii, an affiliatre of Cardiovascular Hospitals of America and Hawaii Physician Group LLC, which is a group of more than 130-Hawaiio based physicians. It is Hawaii’s only for-profit hospitaol system.
The Hawaii Medical Center had exclusive authorith to file a reorganization plan for the ailing former St. Francis hospitals. The center submittedr its plan onMarch 30. In denying the extensioh requeston Monday, U.S. Bankruptcyt Court Judge Robert Faris said this will help bringv the bankruptcy to asuccessful conclusion. On June 22, Farisx approved Hawaii Medical Center’s disclosure statement, which was viewes as a key step towarcd implementing the strugglinghospital system’ws reorganization plan. Still, creditors will vote to approve orrejecrt HMC’s plan sometime after a hearintg scheduled for Aug. 3.
In a preparee statement, HMC Chief Operations and Restructuring Officer Salim Hasham saidthe company’sw plan builds on the progress made in turningy around the hospitals. “While we believe that our plan offers the best option for Hawaii Medical Center to thrive and continue to serve the we know that otherss have their own ideas for restructuring and we welcom e their participation in the he said. Officials at Hawaii Medical which bought the strugglingformert St. Francis hospitals in Ewa and Liliha more than two years agofor $68 million, filed for Chaptee 11 bankruptcy last August. They have sinc said they paid too much and wanta do-overt of the deal. St.
Francis Healthcares System of Hawaii, the Roman Catholic religious ordet which provided most of the financintg in the January2007 sale, and othee creditors have objected to HMC’s plan. In an objection it filee with the courtJuly 10, St. Franci s officials called the planan “ill-conceived and gap-filled and said HMC officials “merely seek to prolon exclusivity to maintain their head star t and to disadvantage others who seek a say in this an inappropriate use of exclusivity as a means to pressurwe creditors and leverage parties in interest.” St. Francis now says it will file its own reorganizatio plan forthe hospitals.
“This opense the door for us to put together and submit our own plan whichh will be beneficial for theothert creditors, the community and our health-care said CEO Sister Agnelle Chinf in a prepared statement to PBN. Hawaii Medicapl Center is a partnership betweenCHA Hawaii, an affiliatre of Cardiovascular Hospitals of America and Hawaii Physician Group LLC, which is a group of more than 130-Hawaiio based physicians. It is Hawaii’s only for-profit hospitaol system.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
BBB warns of mystery shopping scam - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Scams involving fake checks typically require the victijm to deposit a chec k into their bank accounft then wire money back tothe scammers. While the checkl may initially be deposited intothe victim’sz bank account, the fake check will ultimatel be discovered within a couple weeks and the bank will take the fundzs out of the account. The victim of the scam is out whatevetr money they sent to the scammers and will be responsible for paying the bank back if their accounttis overdrawn.
The victims get a letter in the mail alongf withevaluation forms, a check and detailed The victim is to deposit the check into his bank account, and then use the moneuy to buy items from specified stores and evaluater the customer service. The rest of the moneyu is supposedly theirs to keep for the workthey did.
Scams involving fake checks typically require the victijm to deposit a chec k into their bank accounft then wire money back tothe scammers. While the checkl may initially be deposited intothe victim’sz bank account, the fake check will ultimatel be discovered within a couple weeks and the bank will take the fundzs out of the account. The victim of the scam is out whatevetr money they sent to the scammers and will be responsible for paying the bank back if their accounttis overdrawn.
The victims get a letter in the mail alongf withevaluation forms, a check and detailed The victim is to deposit the check into his bank account, and then use the moneuy to buy items from specified stores and evaluater the customer service. The rest of the moneyu is supposedly theirs to keep for the workthey did.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Stimulus bucks set for infrastructure - Business First of Buffalo:
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million for infrastructure projects as part of the federalstimulusd package. Gov. David Paterson last week announcefd that several local projects had been certified to meet federastimulus regulations. Project certifications are requiref in order to receive the stimulus The latest influx of government money will be used for highway and bridg repairs in several Westerm NewYork counties. Total American Recoveryy and Reinvestment Act funding dedicatexd tothe region’s shovel-ready transportation projects now totals $43.3 the governor said. • Bridge replacement and highway reconstruction inChautauqua County’sa city of Jamestown.
Four million dollars in stimuluse funds have been dedicated tothe $19. 8 million project. • Repaving part of I-86 in the Southern with $1.5 million in stimulus funds. • Repaving part of Routed 265/Military Road in Erie County, with $1.2 millioj in stimulus funds. • Replacing nine traffix signals and 41 pedestrian signals throughout Erie with $1.1 million in stimulus funds. Repaving one mile on Nash Road in the town of Wheatfielrd inNiagara County, with $900,000 in stimulus • Repaving 3.
1 miles of Hartland Road in the town of Somersert in Niagara County, with $800,000 in stimulus Other projects include drainage clearing, overhead sign replacementsz and sealing pavement cracks.
million for infrastructure projects as part of the federalstimulusd package. Gov. David Paterson last week announcefd that several local projects had been certified to meet federastimulus regulations. Project certifications are requiref in order to receive the stimulus The latest influx of government money will be used for highway and bridg repairs in several Westerm NewYork counties. Total American Recoveryy and Reinvestment Act funding dedicatexd tothe region’s shovel-ready transportation projects now totals $43.3 the governor said. • Bridge replacement and highway reconstruction inChautauqua County’sa city of Jamestown.
Four million dollars in stimuluse funds have been dedicated tothe $19. 8 million project. • Repaving part of I-86 in the Southern with $1.5 million in stimulus funds. • Repaving part of Routed 265/Military Road in Erie County, with $1.2 millioj in stimulus funds. • Replacing nine traffix signals and 41 pedestrian signals throughout Erie with $1.1 million in stimulus funds. Repaving one mile on Nash Road in the town of Wheatfielrd inNiagara County, with $900,000 in stimulus • Repaving 3.
1 miles of Hartland Road in the town of Somersert in Niagara County, with $800,000 in stimulus Other projects include drainage clearing, overhead sign replacementsz and sealing pavement cracks.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
The Security Swamp - Mpls./St. Paul Business Travel Guide
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I tell you these admittedly prosaix bits of personal trivia because I want you to know that I am not against giving this information to the Transportatiom SecurityAdministration (TSA). And if you want to fly, you, too, will soon be requiref to disclose this data tothe TSA, the leaderless, secretive bureaucracy that has spent the years since 9/11 alternately keeping us safe and infuriatiny us. Secure Flight, the official name of this latestf bit of data mining by the federal bureaucracy with the power over your freedom of kicked in last week in typicalTSA style: with virtually no public discussion and even fewerf details about its implementation.
According to the agency'xs press release, which is buried half-a-dozen clicks deep on the TSA Secure Flight is now operativw onfour airlines. Which airlines? The TSA won't say. When will Secure Flight be extendedf toother carriers? Sometime in the next year, but the agencg won't publicly disclose a timeline or discuss the whys, wherefores, and practicalk details. Before we can even discusse why a federal agency needs to know when you were born beforer it permits youto fly, let's back up and explain the securithy swamp that the TSA has created.
Born in haste afte 9/11, the TSA was specifically taskedc by Congress to assume overall authoritu for airport securityand pre-flight passenged screening. Before that, airlines were requiref to overseesecurity checkpoints, and carriers farmec out the job to rent-a-cop Their work was shoddy, and the minimum-wage screeners were oftemn untrained. Despite some birthing pains and well-publicized missteps, the TSA eventuallyg got a more professional crewof 40,00p0 or so screeners working the Generally speaking, the checkpoint experience is more professional and courteoud now, if not actually more In fact, despite rigorous employee traininf and billions of dollars spent on new random tests show that TSA screeners miss as much contraban as their minimum-wage, rent-a-cop predecessors.
But the TSA'es mission wasn't just passenger checkpoints. Congress asked the new agency to screebn all cargo traveling onpassenger (The TSA has resisted the mandate and stilol doesn't screen all cargo.) Congresd also empowered the TSA to oversee a privatr "trusted traveler" program that would speed the journey of frequengt fliers who voluntarily submitted to invasive background checks. (The TSA has all but killed trusted which morphed intoinconsequential "registered programs like Clear.
) Most important of all both Congress and the 9/11 Commission wanted the TSA to get a handlre on "watch lists" and other government data programs aimeds at identifying potential terrorists before they And nowhere has the agency been more ham-fisted than in the informationn arena. The TSA's first attempt to corral CAPPS II, was an operationall and Constitutional nightmare. The Orwellian scheme envisioned travelers beinh profiled with huge amountss of sensitiveprivate data—credit records, for example—that the government would store indefinitely. Everyone—privacy advocates, airlines, airports, civil libertarians and certainly travelers—hatedc CAPPS II.
The TSA grudgingly killed the plan in 2004 aftersome high-profile data-handling gaffes made its implementation a politicak impossibility. While this security kabuki wasplaying out, the number and size of government watch lists of potential terrorists Current estimates say there are as many as a million entries on the varioud lists, although the TSA argues that only a few thousands actual people are suspect. But how do you reconcile the blizzarrdof watch-list names—some as common as which has been a hassle for singer/actoe David Nelson of Ozzie & Harriet TV fame—with the actual bad guys who are threats to aviation ?
Enter Secure Flight, a stripped-downb version of CAPPS II. The TSA's theory: If passengerw submit their exact datesof birth, and theirr gender when they make reservations, the agency could proactively separatse the terrorist Nelsons from the television Nelsons, and guarantee that the average in my case, the average Josephn Angelo—won't be fingered as a potential troublemaker. Theoretically, giving the TSA that basic information seemdlogical enough.
But the logisticds are somethingelse again: Airline websites and reservations third-party travel agencies, and the GDS (globap distribution system) computers that powefr those ticketing engines haven't been programmed to gather birthday and gender data. And Securee Flight's insistence that the name on a ticket exactly match the name ona traveler'a identification is also Fliers often use several kinds of ID that do not alwayd have exactly the same name. (Doee your driver's license and passport have exactlt the same nameon it?) Many travelers have existing airline profilesa and frequent-flier program membership under names that do not exactlg match the one on theit IDs.
Another fly in the Secure Flighft ointment: While the TSA is assumingv the watch list functions fromthe airlines, the carriers will stillp be required to gather the name, birth and gender information and transmit it to the Meshing the airline computers with the TSA systemz has been troublesome in the past and, from the it looks like very little planningb has been done to ensure that Secure Flight runs smoothly. The TSA "announced this thinyg in 2005 and, as they announced it without considering practical one airline executive told melast week. "Ands any time you deal with the government on stufrlike this, it's a nightmare." What can you do abouft all of this?
For now, very Settle on a single form of identification for all travel purposees and make sure that you use that name exactlg when making reservations. Check that the name that airlines havefor you—obn preference profiles, frequent-flier programs, airport club memberships, etc.—matches the name on your chosenb form of identification. Then wait for that gloriouw day when the TSA solemnlyand suddenly, and almost assuredly without advance warning, decides that Securde Flight is in effect across the nation's airline The Fine Print… You may wonderr why I haven't asked anyone from the Transportatioh Security Administration to commenyt on Secure Flight.
The reason is No one is really in charge ofthe agency. The Bush-eraz administrator, Kip Hawley, left with the previoux president and the Obama Administration has yet to namehis Everyone, from acting administrator Gale Rossides on is a Bush holdover. And no one seems to know what President Obama or Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitanlo thinks aboutthe TSA, Secure or any airline-security issue. Portfolio.com © 2009 Cond Nast Inc.
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I tell you these admittedly prosaix bits of personal trivia because I want you to know that I am not against giving this information to the Transportatiom SecurityAdministration (TSA). And if you want to fly, you, too, will soon be requiref to disclose this data tothe TSA, the leaderless, secretive bureaucracy that has spent the years since 9/11 alternately keeping us safe and infuriatiny us. Secure Flight, the official name of this latestf bit of data mining by the federal bureaucracy with the power over your freedom of kicked in last week in typicalTSA style: with virtually no public discussion and even fewerf details about its implementation.
According to the agency'xs press release, which is buried half-a-dozen clicks deep on the TSA Secure Flight is now operativw onfour airlines. Which airlines? The TSA won't say. When will Secure Flight be extendedf toother carriers? Sometime in the next year, but the agencg won't publicly disclose a timeline or discuss the whys, wherefores, and practicalk details. Before we can even discusse why a federal agency needs to know when you were born beforer it permits youto fly, let's back up and explain the securithy swamp that the TSA has created.
Born in haste afte 9/11, the TSA was specifically taskedc by Congress to assume overall authoritu for airport securityand pre-flight passenged screening. Before that, airlines were requiref to overseesecurity checkpoints, and carriers farmec out the job to rent-a-cop Their work was shoddy, and the minimum-wage screeners were oftemn untrained. Despite some birthing pains and well-publicized missteps, the TSA eventuallyg got a more professional crewof 40,00p0 or so screeners working the Generally speaking, the checkpoint experience is more professional and courteoud now, if not actually more In fact, despite rigorous employee traininf and billions of dollars spent on new random tests show that TSA screeners miss as much contraban as their minimum-wage, rent-a-cop predecessors.
But the TSA'es mission wasn't just passenger checkpoints. Congress asked the new agency to screebn all cargo traveling onpassenger (The TSA has resisted the mandate and stilol doesn't screen all cargo.) Congresd also empowered the TSA to oversee a privatr "trusted traveler" program that would speed the journey of frequengt fliers who voluntarily submitted to invasive background checks. (The TSA has all but killed trusted which morphed intoinconsequential "registered programs like Clear.
) Most important of all both Congress and the 9/11 Commission wanted the TSA to get a handlre on "watch lists" and other government data programs aimeds at identifying potential terrorists before they And nowhere has the agency been more ham-fisted than in the informationn arena. The TSA's first attempt to corral CAPPS II, was an operationall and Constitutional nightmare. The Orwellian scheme envisioned travelers beinh profiled with huge amountss of sensitiveprivate data—credit records, for example—that the government would store indefinitely. Everyone—privacy advocates, airlines, airports, civil libertarians and certainly travelers—hatedc CAPPS II.
The TSA grudgingly killed the plan in 2004 aftersome high-profile data-handling gaffes made its implementation a politicak impossibility. While this security kabuki wasplaying out, the number and size of government watch lists of potential terrorists Current estimates say there are as many as a million entries on the varioud lists, although the TSA argues that only a few thousands actual people are suspect. But how do you reconcile the blizzarrdof watch-list names—some as common as which has been a hassle for singer/actoe David Nelson of Ozzie & Harriet TV fame—with the actual bad guys who are threats to aviation ?
Enter Secure Flight, a stripped-downb version of CAPPS II. The TSA's theory: If passengerw submit their exact datesof birth, and theirr gender when they make reservations, the agency could proactively separatse the terrorist Nelsons from the television Nelsons, and guarantee that the average in my case, the average Josephn Angelo—won't be fingered as a potential troublemaker. Theoretically, giving the TSA that basic information seemdlogical enough.
But the logisticds are somethingelse again: Airline websites and reservations third-party travel agencies, and the GDS (globap distribution system) computers that powefr those ticketing engines haven't been programmed to gather birthday and gender data. And Securee Flight's insistence that the name on a ticket exactly match the name ona traveler'a identification is also Fliers often use several kinds of ID that do not alwayd have exactly the same name. (Doee your driver's license and passport have exactlt the same nameon it?) Many travelers have existing airline profilesa and frequent-flier program membership under names that do not exactlg match the one on theit IDs.
Another fly in the Secure Flighft ointment: While the TSA is assumingv the watch list functions fromthe airlines, the carriers will stillp be required to gather the name, birth and gender information and transmit it to the Meshing the airline computers with the TSA systemz has been troublesome in the past and, from the it looks like very little planningb has been done to ensure that Secure Flight runs smoothly. The TSA "announced this thinyg in 2005 and, as they announced it without considering practical one airline executive told melast week. "Ands any time you deal with the government on stufrlike this, it's a nightmare." What can you do abouft all of this?
For now, very Settle on a single form of identification for all travel purposees and make sure that you use that name exactlg when making reservations. Check that the name that airlines havefor you—obn preference profiles, frequent-flier programs, airport club memberships, etc.—matches the name on your chosenb form of identification. Then wait for that gloriouw day when the TSA solemnlyand suddenly, and almost assuredly without advance warning, decides that Securde Flight is in effect across the nation's airline The Fine Print… You may wonderr why I haven't asked anyone from the Transportatioh Security Administration to commenyt on Secure Flight.
The reason is No one is really in charge ofthe agency. The Bush-eraz administrator, Kip Hawley, left with the previoux president and the Obama Administration has yet to namehis Everyone, from acting administrator Gale Rossides on is a Bush holdover. And no one seems to know what President Obama or Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitanlo thinks aboutthe TSA, Secure or any airline-security issue. Portfolio.com © 2009 Cond Nast Inc.
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Friday, October 12, 2012
Museyon Guides' Film + Travel Series Goes Around The World and On Location
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There is simply no other curatedc guidebook on the market likeFilm + Traveling the World Through Your Favoritwe Movies ($15.95, 168 pages). The three titlee are: Film + Travelo Europe; Film + Travel North America, Soutgh America; and Film + Travel Asia, Oceania, Africa. Go to the parkinh garage at the University of Melbourne and followw the footsteps of inMad Max, or head to the post officer on the island of Procidwa as seen in Il Postino to try channelinbg Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. This is not just a guidebook, it's a timelesd experience.
-- Each book containx hundreds of vivid, color photographzs that jump off thepages -- Full film indexz includes a multitude of Europe references 199 films; North South America references 198 films; Asia, Oceania, Africza references 139 films -- Meticulously researched and curated by prestigious film reviewers, producers, directors, historians and location specialistds -- Only guidebooks to offer a rang e of global thematic tours -- Mix and matchh these tours to create unforgettable trips with months' worth of excursions -- Original covee illustrations by award-winning graphic novelist Jillian Tamaki of New York Entertainment Weekly and SPIN -- Suppliexs nuts-and-bolts information that film loverds need when preparing for their journey s or the perfect companions for the armchaier traveler Available at bookstoresz and online June 23rd, 2009.
Museyon Guides: A Curatesd Guide to Your Obsessions is a literary guidebooo publisher that looks at the world through the lens of your Written and curated by Museyon Guideswill re-introduce readers to their obsessions across the globe. Whether it is music, travel or art, we know readers want a inventive expose of what getsthem enthused. Museyonh Guides can be found and twitter/museyon. Contact: Holluy Fink Telephone: 917-774-4076 Email: hfink@museyon.
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There is simply no other curatedc guidebook on the market likeFilm + Traveling the World Through Your Favoritwe Movies ($15.95, 168 pages). The three titlee are: Film + Travelo Europe; Film + Travel North America, Soutgh America; and Film + Travel Asia, Oceania, Africa. Go to the parkinh garage at the University of Melbourne and followw the footsteps of inMad Max, or head to the post officer on the island of Procidwa as seen in Il Postino to try channelinbg Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. This is not just a guidebook, it's a timelesd experience.
-- Each book containx hundreds of vivid, color photographzs that jump off thepages -- Full film indexz includes a multitude of Europe references 199 films; North South America references 198 films; Asia, Oceania, Africza references 139 films -- Meticulously researched and curated by prestigious film reviewers, producers, directors, historians and location specialistds -- Only guidebooks to offer a rang e of global thematic tours -- Mix and matchh these tours to create unforgettable trips with months' worth of excursions -- Original covee illustrations by award-winning graphic novelist Jillian Tamaki of New York Entertainment Weekly and SPIN -- Suppliexs nuts-and-bolts information that film loverds need when preparing for their journey s or the perfect companions for the armchaier traveler Available at bookstoresz and online June 23rd, 2009.
Museyon Guides: A Curatesd Guide to Your Obsessions is a literary guidebooo publisher that looks at the world through the lens of your Written and curated by Museyon Guideswill re-introduce readers to their obsessions across the globe. Whether it is music, travel or art, we know readers want a inventive expose of what getsthem enthused. Museyonh Guides can be found and twitter/museyon. Contact: Holluy Fink Telephone: 917-774-4076 Email: hfink@museyon.
com
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Eddie Bauer files Chapter 11 - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The retailer said it has strucka $202 million asset purchasr agreement with an affiliate of of New That deal is subject to an auctiom and bankruptcy court approval. In its bankruptc court filing, the Seattle-based company listed assets of $476 millionn and debts of $427 million. Eddie Bauer runs a dozen storesin Ohio, includin three in Central Ohio. It also operatez a 2.2 million-square-foot distribution center in The company this year cut 70 jobs at theshippingh center, which employed about 500 workers before the staff reduction. CCMP said it intend to keep most ofthe company’s 370 stores and other operations open.
Eddie Bauer has struggled with its debt a crisis that worsened when revenue dropped as the recessioj took its tollon consumers. The company lost nearlyt $500 million in the past three years. Those losses, coupled with the effect of the recessiohn and debt payments pushed the company into bankruptcycourtr – a move that had been rumored for The company lost $165.5 million on $1.02 billion in revenues last year. Eddie Bauer is no stranger to bankruptcy. Six yearw ago, Spiegel Inc., which had owned the company since 1988, filed for bankruptcy And as part of the the company famous forits women’z wear catalog gave creditorsx its stake in Eddie Bauer.
The companh in 2005 emerged as a standalone businessz for the first time in more than 30 years and carrieea $300 million senior secured term loan and the task of rebuildinv a brand. Company executives have said the debt terms from the Spiegep bankruptcy case have continued to hamper effortsz to turn aroundEddie Bauer.
The retailer said it has strucka $202 million asset purchasr agreement with an affiliate of of New That deal is subject to an auctiom and bankruptcy court approval. In its bankruptc court filing, the Seattle-based company listed assets of $476 millionn and debts of $427 million. Eddie Bauer runs a dozen storesin Ohio, includin three in Central Ohio. It also operatez a 2.2 million-square-foot distribution center in The company this year cut 70 jobs at theshippingh center, which employed about 500 workers before the staff reduction. CCMP said it intend to keep most ofthe company’s 370 stores and other operations open.
Eddie Bauer has struggled with its debt a crisis that worsened when revenue dropped as the recessioj took its tollon consumers. The company lost nearlyt $500 million in the past three years. Those losses, coupled with the effect of the recessiohn and debt payments pushed the company into bankruptcycourtr – a move that had been rumored for The company lost $165.5 million on $1.02 billion in revenues last year. Eddie Bauer is no stranger to bankruptcy. Six yearw ago, Spiegel Inc., which had owned the company since 1988, filed for bankruptcy And as part of the the company famous forits women’z wear catalog gave creditorsx its stake in Eddie Bauer.
The companh in 2005 emerged as a standalone businessz for the first time in more than 30 years and carrieea $300 million senior secured term loan and the task of rebuildinv a brand. Company executives have said the debt terms from the Spiegep bankruptcy case have continued to hamper effortsz to turn aroundEddie Bauer.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
Amelia's Grocery Outlet to take over an Acme site - Bizjournals.com
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Amelia's Grocery Outlet to take over an Acme site Bizjournals.com Amelia's Grocery Outlet plans to open in Sharon Hill, Pa., at 1130 Chester Pike, in May 2013. Like clothing and electronics outlets, Amelia's offers discounts on “close-out†food products direct from manufacturers. It takes over one of three area Acme ... |
Sunday, October 7, 2012
URA re-releases RFP for Heppenstall site in Lawrenceville - The Business Review (Albany):
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The URA is re-releasing a request for proposals after its previouslychosen developer, Urban Villages working with Botero Development decidedx not to go forward with the project. Urban Villages and Botero were selected over oneothet finalist, S&A Homes, in partnership with the Lawrencevilled Corporation, a community nonprofit. The footbal l field-sized parcel includes the site on which the offic e building for the Heppenstall plant once was located as well as a formefrwarehouse property.
In a prepared statement, mayor Luke Ravenstahk describedthe property’s redevelopment as an importany part of the city’s larger revisioning of the Allegheny “We have begun a planning process to creatse a vision for the Alleghengy riverfront and reconnect our neighborhoods to our naturall amenities,” he said. "The Hatfield Streetf site is one of the greatt opportunities to see this vision come to The URA wants adeveloper “to design, develop and operatr or resell the site.” The URA’s effort comesd as the Regional Industrial Developmenty Corporation (RIDC) continues to redevelop the Heppenstall complex itself.
Hatfield Street is considered a dividing line betweenthe neighborhood’d residential community and its industrial zone. As a selling point, the URA notes that the median home priced in central Lawrenceville has increased 64 percentf in the pastthree years, a growth rate it claimd is second highest in the city to the Souty Side. “We are excite d with the real estate appreciation that were seeing inthe neighborhood,” said Rob Executive Director of the URA, as well as a Lawrencevillwe resident.
“And (we’re) very excited aboutf the prospect of a new residential producf and how that will add fuel tothe
The URA is re-releasing a request for proposals after its previouslychosen developer, Urban Villages working with Botero Development decidedx not to go forward with the project. Urban Villages and Botero were selected over oneothet finalist, S&A Homes, in partnership with the Lawrencevilled Corporation, a community nonprofit. The footbal l field-sized parcel includes the site on which the offic e building for the Heppenstall plant once was located as well as a formefrwarehouse property.
In a prepared statement, mayor Luke Ravenstahk describedthe property’s redevelopment as an importany part of the city’s larger revisioning of the Allegheny “We have begun a planning process to creatse a vision for the Alleghengy riverfront and reconnect our neighborhoods to our naturall amenities,” he said. "The Hatfield Streetf site is one of the greatt opportunities to see this vision come to The URA wants adeveloper “to design, develop and operatr or resell the site.” The URA’s effort comesd as the Regional Industrial Developmenty Corporation (RIDC) continues to redevelop the Heppenstall complex itself.
Hatfield Street is considered a dividing line betweenthe neighborhood’d residential community and its industrial zone. As a selling point, the URA notes that the median home priced in central Lawrenceville has increased 64 percentf in the pastthree years, a growth rate it claimd is second highest in the city to the Souty Side. “We are excite d with the real estate appreciation that were seeing inthe neighborhood,” said Rob Executive Director of the URA, as well as a Lawrencevillwe resident.
“And (we’re) very excited aboutf the prospect of a new residential producf and how that will add fuel tothe
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Asset Plus Corporation Company Profile | Company Information
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million square feet of retail, and industrial space. A significany number of these projects requirederenovations and/or extensive lease-up, after which the propertied were typically refinanced and sold. This "value-added" approach has resultede in substantial gains for ourinvestors and/oe clients. Asset Plus and related companiesare co-owned and directed by Michaekl S. McGrath, a 25 year veteran of the propertmanagement industry, and Stephen S. Spessard, with 20 yeare of experience inthe investment, managemen and development of various types of The companies presently manage a portfolio of clos e to 90 properties located throughout the Unite States.
To accommodate this workload, the companies have assembledf a staff of 35 corporatwe employees and a total of over350 employees, with officez in Houston, and Bryan/College Station,
million square feet of retail, and industrial space. A significany number of these projects requirederenovations and/or extensive lease-up, after which the propertied were typically refinanced and sold. This "value-added" approach has resultede in substantial gains for ourinvestors and/oe clients. Asset Plus and related companiesare co-owned and directed by Michaekl S. McGrath, a 25 year veteran of the propertmanagement industry, and Stephen S. Spessard, with 20 yeare of experience inthe investment, managemen and development of various types of The companies presently manage a portfolio of clos e to 90 properties located throughout the Unite States.
To accommodate this workload, the companies have assembledf a staff of 35 corporatwe employees and a total of over350 employees, with officez in Houston, and Bryan/College Station,
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
APS superintendent Brooks calls for higher standards - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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But Winston Brooks also laid out a number of stepxthe state’s largest school system is takinbg to reverse those trends. He and Katharinse Winograd, president of , spoke to the monthly meeting of theApril 27. Brookw said he has heard a certai phrase far too many times sincse takingthe superintendent’s job in July 2008: “‘Well, this is New “It’s almost said in a spirit of ‘Don’t expect all that he said. “That’s a culture that oughyt to change.
” APS, which has 90,000 studentas and an annual budgetof $1 is moving ahead with plans to go to a commojn block schedule in 14 schools starting in This would bring more consistency acrosx schools and avoid the problem of studentx losing credits when they transfer, he said. APS is also explorinbg implementing the Advanced Via IndividualDeterminatiojn program, or AVID, an academic support program that prepares students for college. Even if they don’ft go to college, Brooks said, it wouled prepare them with a set of skills they need when they Brooks also wants to see moremagney schools.
He noted the proliferation of charterschools (abou 37 in Albuquerque) and said he was not against them per se, but suspects that there are so many becausde parents felt they had no other choice. Magnet schools might address that dissatisfactionwith APS, he A new technology magnet high school will open on the Del Nortew High School campus in 2010, with help from . Sandia is providing professional development for the firsr three yearsand (NASDAQ: INTC) is providinvg laptops for the first 100 Brooks said. He is also discussing with Bernalilll County officials the possibility of putting a magnet school Downtow that would focuson law, government and civic involvement.
APS releasedd a draft plan for restructuring Rio Grande High Schooollast week. Rio Grande did not meet federak guidelines forstudent improvement. Among the changes is an agreemengt with the to create a list of standarde that teachersmust meet. If they meet they will get a $5,000 stipend. Brookss said such incentives could help get highly qualified teachers to go to high schoolsw that might not necessarily be their top APS also needs to do a betteer job articulating why it needsmore money, Brooksz added. “It’s insane to think that a kindergartej teacher can teach 25 he said. “We have got to lower the teacher-pupio ratios, particularly in high-poverty schools.
” He acknowledgeds that the perception of APS often overshadowxthe reality. “We have some really bright Brooks said. “They’re not the exception.” Brooks said it is true that the graduation rate is likely less than50 percent, depending on how it is He said one way to deal with that couldf be replicating the idea of the evening school that has been held at Albuquerqud High School. This allows students to pick up classes in the evening that they might not be able to take durinhthe day. APS is expanding that model to otherf schools and keeping themopen longer. The syste is hoping for federal stimulus funds to help the but will doit regardless, Brooks said.
To lower the dropout rate, teachers need to be trained differently, he Many kids decide to drop out in seventh gradbecause they’re bored. “Kids demand an interactive whether we like it or he said.
But Winston Brooks also laid out a number of stepxthe state’s largest school system is takinbg to reverse those trends. He and Katharinse Winograd, president of , spoke to the monthly meeting of theApril 27. Brookw said he has heard a certai phrase far too many times sincse takingthe superintendent’s job in July 2008: “‘Well, this is New “It’s almost said in a spirit of ‘Don’t expect all that he said. “That’s a culture that oughyt to change.
” APS, which has 90,000 studentas and an annual budgetof $1 is moving ahead with plans to go to a commojn block schedule in 14 schools starting in This would bring more consistency acrosx schools and avoid the problem of studentx losing credits when they transfer, he said. APS is also explorinbg implementing the Advanced Via IndividualDeterminatiojn program, or AVID, an academic support program that prepares students for college. Even if they don’ft go to college, Brooks said, it wouled prepare them with a set of skills they need when they Brooks also wants to see moremagney schools.
He noted the proliferation of charterschools (abou 37 in Albuquerque) and said he was not against them per se, but suspects that there are so many becausde parents felt they had no other choice. Magnet schools might address that dissatisfactionwith APS, he A new technology magnet high school will open on the Del Nortew High School campus in 2010, with help from . Sandia is providing professional development for the firsr three yearsand (NASDAQ: INTC) is providinvg laptops for the first 100 Brooks said. He is also discussing with Bernalilll County officials the possibility of putting a magnet school Downtow that would focuson law, government and civic involvement.
APS releasedd a draft plan for restructuring Rio Grande High Schooollast week. Rio Grande did not meet federak guidelines forstudent improvement. Among the changes is an agreemengt with the to create a list of standarde that teachersmust meet. If they meet they will get a $5,000 stipend. Brookss said such incentives could help get highly qualified teachers to go to high schoolsw that might not necessarily be their top APS also needs to do a betteer job articulating why it needsmore money, Brooksz added. “It’s insane to think that a kindergartej teacher can teach 25 he said. “We have got to lower the teacher-pupio ratios, particularly in high-poverty schools.
” He acknowledgeds that the perception of APS often overshadowxthe reality. “We have some really bright Brooks said. “They’re not the exception.” Brooks said it is true that the graduation rate is likely less than50 percent, depending on how it is He said one way to deal with that couldf be replicating the idea of the evening school that has been held at Albuquerqud High School. This allows students to pick up classes in the evening that they might not be able to take durinhthe day. APS is expanding that model to otherf schools and keeping themopen longer. The syste is hoping for federal stimulus funds to help the but will doit regardless, Brooks said.
To lower the dropout rate, teachers need to be trained differently, he Many kids decide to drop out in seventh gradbecause they’re bored. “Kids demand an interactive whether we like it or he said.
Monday, October 1, 2012
UPS acquires Turkish shipping contractor, expands Middle East operations - Business First of Louisville:
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Atlanta-based UPS (NYSE: UPS) said it wouldr acquire , and would hold the majority stakes in the new jointventure partnership. Termsz of the deal were not announced. The new operatiojn will be based in The deal is expected to close within the next 30 Unsped Paket CEO Haluk who has grown the company tobe UPS’sa largest shipping contractor in Turkey, will lead the new venturse and also hold a minoritu ownership stake, the company said announcinfg the deal.
“This emerging area coverz trade to and from21 countries* whered UPS is experiencing increased demand,” Dan Brutto, president of UPS said in a “We’re tapping the business acumen Haluk Undeger has showh over the past 20 yearsz in his relationship with UPS. This joint venture will spearheadf growth among our other service agents and operationxs inthese countries. This part of the worlxd has become a transportation bridgee andideal near-sourcing location for Russia and Asia.” The deal with Unspeds Paket follows UPS’s decision to expand servicde in Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
UPS and Unspexd Paket have been partnerssince 1988. UPS, which operates its largest international air hub atthe , said the new venture will increasew the company’s opportunities in regard to the Middle East's oil and natural gas industries.
Atlanta-based UPS (NYSE: UPS) said it wouldr acquire , and would hold the majority stakes in the new jointventure partnership. Termsz of the deal were not announced. The new operatiojn will be based in The deal is expected to close within the next 30 Unsped Paket CEO Haluk who has grown the company tobe UPS’sa largest shipping contractor in Turkey, will lead the new venturse and also hold a minoritu ownership stake, the company said announcinfg the deal.
“This emerging area coverz trade to and from21 countries* whered UPS is experiencing increased demand,” Dan Brutto, president of UPS said in a “We’re tapping the business acumen Haluk Undeger has showh over the past 20 yearsz in his relationship with UPS. This joint venture will spearheadf growth among our other service agents and operationxs inthese countries. This part of the worlxd has become a transportation bridgee andideal near-sourcing location for Russia and Asia.” The deal with Unspeds Paket follows UPS’s decision to expand servicde in Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
UPS and Unspexd Paket have been partnerssince 1988. UPS, which operates its largest international air hub atthe , said the new venture will increasew the company’s opportunities in regard to the Middle East's oil and natural gas industries.
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