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billion in revenue in 2008. GM had promised to buy back $33 milliojn in vehicles from Enterprise as part of a repurchaseeagreement that's similar to a lease, said Christty Conrad, a spokeswoman for "We have a good workingt relationship with GM and have receivedc assurances that the manufacturer will honor the agreement," she said. GM also owes Maritz Inc. in Fentoj more than $25.6 million, accordingt to the GM hired Maritz to perform customer satisfactio researchand surveys, as well as training for dealerse to boost customer satisfaction. Marita also provides event and incentive programsfor GM.
"Maritz leadership has been in close contact with GM throughouft its reorganizationplanning process," said Beth Rusert, a spokeswoman for Maritz. "We believe the relationship will continue." Maritxz also performs work for , which in April. Maritaz continues to receive payments from Rusert said. Maritz, a family-ownedr sales and marketing services companyyin Fenton, reported $1.49 billion in revenue in 2008. GM, which makes Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans in listed $173 billion in liabilities and $82 billion in assete in its bankruptcy filing.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
ART, EVENTS & MUSIC - Juneau Empire
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ART, EVENTS & MUSIC Juneau Empire With instructor Leimomi Martin. Details: leimomi@halauhulaooliliula.org. Children's Creative Play, 6-7:30 p.m., AWARE. Group activities include: music, games, movies, ice skating, visiting the library. Details: 586-6623. A Window Between Worlds, women ... Juneau Calendar |
Monday, November 26, 2012
Plans to move Manchester's cenotaph are approved - BBC News
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BBC News | Plans to move Manchester's cenotaph are approved BBC News Manchester's war memorial is to be moved as part of a re-design of the city centre. Plans for the move from its site next to the tram station to a more prominent position in St Peter's Square have been approved by the city council. The proposal arose ... New war m emorial planned as Manchester City Council approve moving of St ... |
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Judge: Lawsuit against Six Flags' Great Escape can proceed - The Business Review (Albany):
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can proceed as a class a judgehas ruled. The suit was filerd after hundreds of people became illlast year. A statd Supreme Court judge in Warren County issued the rulin gJune 8, the attorneys for the plaintiffs said. Potential damages could exceed $6 million, according to attorneysa at , LLP, and , LLP, in Albany. The lawsuit contends nearly 600 people contracted norovirusw at the park in March 2008 due to unsanitarty conditions in the indoorwater park’s restaurants and othef facilities. Norovirus is highly contagious and causessudden gastro-intestinal problems such as nausea, vomitinhg and diarrhea. The New York State Department of Health investigatedthe outbreak.
Becky Valenti, a spokeswoman for the Greaf Escape, declined comment on the litigation except to say it has never been proven that the outbreak was caused by the indoodrwater park. The park is located across the stree t from the Great Escape andSplashwatedr Kingdom. The facilities are owned by Six Flags ThemseParks Inc.
can proceed as a class a judgehas ruled. The suit was filerd after hundreds of people became illlast year. A statd Supreme Court judge in Warren County issued the rulin gJune 8, the attorneys for the plaintiffs said. Potential damages could exceed $6 million, according to attorneysa at , LLP, and , LLP, in Albany. The lawsuit contends nearly 600 people contracted norovirusw at the park in March 2008 due to unsanitarty conditions in the indoorwater park’s restaurants and othef facilities. Norovirus is highly contagious and causessudden gastro-intestinal problems such as nausea, vomitinhg and diarrhea. The New York State Department of Health investigatedthe outbreak.
Becky Valenti, a spokeswoman for the Greaf Escape, declined comment on the litigation except to say it has never been proven that the outbreak was caused by the indoodrwater park. The park is located across the stree t from the Great Escape andSplashwatedr Kingdom. The facilities are owned by Six Flags ThemseParks Inc.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Lincoln's historic Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863 - Washington Post (blog)
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Yahoo's The Projector | Lincoln's historic Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863 Washington Post (blog) Here is the first page of the Thanksgiving proclamation that Abraham Lincoln issued on Oct. 3, 1863, setting the precedent for the national holiday we celebrate today. Local Thanksgiving celebrations were common in years earlier, but in September 1863, ... Rich Lowry: Presidential proclamations aren't what they used to be Is Washington's Original Thanksgiving Day Proclamation a Warning for » |
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Hostess Bankruptcy: Mediation Between Union, Company Breaks Down - Huffington Post
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Hostess Bankruptcy: Mediation Between Union, Company Breaks Down Huffington Post Barbara OMeara · 145 Fans. 1 minute ago ( 2:11 AM). I hope they loose everything and the bankruptcy courts deny them the right to file. This is blatant use of bankruptcy for profit!! Barbara_OMeara: I hope they loose everything and the bankruptcy ... |
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Gulf Coast Green Energy test project seeking to generate electricity from inactive gas well - Houston Business Journal:
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will extract geo-fluid — essentially hot saltwater from a nonproducing natural gas well and run it through a heat exchanger before dumping it back into a disposal well, creating electricity in the process. The projectt is part of a series of federall contracts awarded through the Research Partnershipo to Secure Energy for a Sugar Land nonprofit dedicated in part to advancingh technology in maturing oil andgas fields.
RPSEz will chip in about $150,000 to matcg a similar amount put up by the company fora three-yeatr test on a nonproducing Loy Sneary, president and CEO of Gulf Coast Green, says bringing a dead well back to life servexs a dual purpose by providing electric powedr and sparking a new revenue stream. “It’s very attractive for ownerss of wells thatare nonproducing,” Snearyu says. “If a well produces electricity for 15 to 20 yearzs that just reducesyour risk. If you hit a dry it reduces your risk.
” Mike president of RPSEA, says the systen could help offsetoperating “Wells that are somewhat marginal are very susceptiblew to operating costs,” says Ming. “Idf you want to increase recoverh from wells and increase well life you can do that by loweringy your baselineoperating cost. This offsets purchases of electricitg fromexternal sources, so it effectively lowerx your operating costs.” Excess electricity from a well clos e enough to transmission infrastructure could be sold back to the “If you generate electricity on-site you’r negating the need to buy electricity from says Ming.
He says the which would mark the first commerciakl application ofexotherm technology, is expected to be finalizec within a month or so. “It’a a high-potential area,” he says. “It’s one of the more appliesd areas of geothermal energy He notes the project was one of the few that met almost allof RPSEA’w criteria. Says Ming: “Our selection committee was really enthusiastic about thisparticular project.” Sneary says the test project will likely take place in Mississippi.
The Gulf Coast region has a lot of wellzs that match the water temperatureand flow-ratee qualifications — between 180 and 200 gallons per minute to run the Inside the heat exchanger, the saltwater, which must be a minimuk of 180 degrees, is run through a tube that abuts anothe r tube containing the “working fluid,” a refrigeranr that boils off at a low “The high-pressure vapor turns a twin screw says Sneary.
“It’s very similar to a steam turbine, but it operates at about one-tenth the and we use working fluid instead of Thetest project, a 50-kilowatt-per-hour unit will be run with assistanc e from in Plano, the geothermalp lab at in Dallas and the U.S. Army Corpa of Engineers in Mississippi. The of Carson City, Nev., has a 500 kilowatt-per-houer unit as well. Gulf Coast Greeh is the exclusive regional distributor for the The average home operates on 42 to 45 kilowattsper hour. Sneary says the cost of electricithy needs to stay abovde about 8 cents per kilowatt for the system to make financia l sense and pay foritselft in, at most, three years.
But that scenarioo doesn’t include any carbon credits or green tax breaks that might be coming out of Washington to furthedr benefit thebusiness model.
will extract geo-fluid — essentially hot saltwater from a nonproducing natural gas well and run it through a heat exchanger before dumping it back into a disposal well, creating electricity in the process. The projectt is part of a series of federall contracts awarded through the Research Partnershipo to Secure Energy for a Sugar Land nonprofit dedicated in part to advancingh technology in maturing oil andgas fields.
RPSEz will chip in about $150,000 to matcg a similar amount put up by the company fora three-yeatr test on a nonproducing Loy Sneary, president and CEO of Gulf Coast Green, says bringing a dead well back to life servexs a dual purpose by providing electric powedr and sparking a new revenue stream. “It’s very attractive for ownerss of wells thatare nonproducing,” Snearyu says. “If a well produces electricity for 15 to 20 yearzs that just reducesyour risk. If you hit a dry it reduces your risk.
” Mike president of RPSEA, says the systen could help offsetoperating “Wells that are somewhat marginal are very susceptiblew to operating costs,” says Ming. “Idf you want to increase recoverh from wells and increase well life you can do that by loweringy your baselineoperating cost. This offsets purchases of electricitg fromexternal sources, so it effectively lowerx your operating costs.” Excess electricity from a well clos e enough to transmission infrastructure could be sold back to the “If you generate electricity on-site you’r negating the need to buy electricity from says Ming.
He says the which would mark the first commerciakl application ofexotherm technology, is expected to be finalizec within a month or so. “It’a a high-potential area,” he says. “It’s one of the more appliesd areas of geothermal energy He notes the project was one of the few that met almost allof RPSEA’w criteria. Says Ming: “Our selection committee was really enthusiastic about thisparticular project.” Sneary says the test project will likely take place in Mississippi.
The Gulf Coast region has a lot of wellzs that match the water temperatureand flow-ratee qualifications — between 180 and 200 gallons per minute to run the Inside the heat exchanger, the saltwater, which must be a minimuk of 180 degrees, is run through a tube that abuts anothe r tube containing the “working fluid,” a refrigeranr that boils off at a low “The high-pressure vapor turns a twin screw says Sneary.
“It’s very similar to a steam turbine, but it operates at about one-tenth the and we use working fluid instead of Thetest project, a 50-kilowatt-per-hour unit will be run with assistanc e from in Plano, the geothermalp lab at in Dallas and the U.S. Army Corpa of Engineers in Mississippi. The of Carson City, Nev., has a 500 kilowatt-per-houer unit as well. Gulf Coast Greeh is the exclusive regional distributor for the The average home operates on 42 to 45 kilowattsper hour. Sneary says the cost of electricithy needs to stay abovde about 8 cents per kilowatt for the system to make financia l sense and pay foritselft in, at most, three years.
But that scenarioo doesn’t include any carbon credits or green tax breaks that might be coming out of Washington to furthedr benefit thebusiness model.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Dover Corporation: A Graph History Of The Last 11 Years - ValueWalk
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ValueWalk | Dover Corporation: A Graph History Of The Last 11 Years ValueWalk Through the lens of FAST Graphsâ„¢ â€" fundamentals analyzer software tool, we are going to look at Dover Corporation (NYSE:DOV). The 11-year historical chart shows us that Dover Corp is undervalued. Analysts are forecasting forward-earnings growth of ... |
Monday, November 12, 2012
Daniel Day-Lewis LINCOLN Movie: No. 23 or 56 on Highest Per-Theater ... - Alt Film Guide (blog)
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Alt Film Guide (blog) | Daniel Day-Lewis LINCOLN Movie: No. 23 or 56 on Highest Per-Theater ... Alt Film Guide (blog) Lincoln's per-theater average was $85,846 â€" the 23rd highest ever â€" well, actually since 1982 and not factoring in inflation. [Photo: Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln.] Strong reviews and early Oscar buzz surely helped Lincoln&# 39;s domestic box ... |
Friday, November 9, 2012
Sugar publishing doubles blog network HQs in S.F. - San Francisco Business Times:
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Founded in 2006 and backed by , the startup publishex 15 lifestyle and entertainment blogs such as CasaSugar on home It brought in areportedf $5 million in revenue last year and won'y comment on profitability. Formerly known as Sugat Publishing, the company is moving the bulk of its74 full-timde employees from a 5,000-square-foot office on Markety Street into a 12,500-square-foot space on Sutter It now has room for new hires as it plan to add 15 to 20 employeee this year, including some editors outside San Francisco. Sugar Inc.
also just introduceed British versions of its two most popular celebritygossip blog, PopSugar and fashion blog Roughly 27 percent of the Sugar network's 7 millioj monthly unique visitors come from outside the U.S. Sugar competews for advertiserswith women's sites including Brisbane-basedc , and . But given the growth of onlin ead spending, which eMarketer predicts will increas e from $16 billion in 2006 to $37 billion in CEO and co-founder Brianb Sugar is plenty "Looking toward the future we continue to see rapid expansion into new categories as well as new he said.
Founded in 2006 and backed by , the startup publishex 15 lifestyle and entertainment blogs such as CasaSugar on home It brought in areportedf $5 million in revenue last year and won'y comment on profitability. Formerly known as Sugat Publishing, the company is moving the bulk of its74 full-timde employees from a 5,000-square-foot office on Markety Street into a 12,500-square-foot space on Sutter It now has room for new hires as it plan to add 15 to 20 employeee this year, including some editors outside San Francisco. Sugar Inc.
also just introduceed British versions of its two most popular celebritygossip blog, PopSugar and fashion blog Roughly 27 percent of the Sugar network's 7 millioj monthly unique visitors come from outside the U.S. Sugar competews for advertiserswith women's sites including Brisbane-basedc , and . But given the growth of onlin ead spending, which eMarketer predicts will increas e from $16 billion in 2006 to $37 billion in CEO and co-founder Brianb Sugar is plenty "Looking toward the future we continue to see rapid expansion into new categories as well as new he said.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Seekers of luxury homes in the Puget Sound region enjoy a buyer
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Sales in the Lake Sammamish area were hot in 2006 and but returned last year to2005 levels. Now, once the lake is becoming a hot spot for buyers looking fora deal, in part because they’red able to take advantage of the pric decline. “The biggest driving factor for buyersright now, more than the condition of the home, is the value of the said Herrera. Buyers like Knudsen, who expect s to close on his Lake Sammamish home in late are driving a springtime spike in sales that real estate agents like Herrera have noticed over the last few Knudsen spent six months searching for his new home aftee personal circumstances prompteda move.
He looked at 20 housesz over a six-month period before he settledx on hiscurrent house, whichu was exactly what he was lookinb for, he said. But Knudsen is also a victi m of the housing markert aswell — he said he’s tryingy to sell a beach housre in Poulsbo that “last year was a million-dollafr house and this year is a $700,000 “On the one hand, the market is completelgy dead,” he said. “On the other there’s activity and peoplre are looking.
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Sales in the Lake Sammamish area were hot in 2006 and but returned last year to2005 levels. Now, once the lake is becoming a hot spot for buyers looking fora deal, in part because they’red able to take advantage of the pric decline. “The biggest driving factor for buyersright now, more than the condition of the home, is the value of the said Herrera. Buyers like Knudsen, who expect s to close on his Lake Sammamish home in late are driving a springtime spike in sales that real estate agents like Herrera have noticed over the last few Knudsen spent six months searching for his new home aftee personal circumstances prompteda move.
He looked at 20 housesz over a six-month period before he settledx on hiscurrent house, whichu was exactly what he was lookinb for, he said. But Knudsen is also a victi m of the housing markert aswell — he said he’s tryingy to sell a beach housre in Poulsbo that “last year was a million-dollafr house and this year is a $700,000 “On the one hand, the market is completelgy dead,” he said. “On the other there’s activity and peoplre are looking.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Implant niche - Memphis Business Journal:
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Its executives had nearlg 100 years combined experience in theorthopedic industry. They had mature medical device products with provenh science behind them and a vault full of ideas foranother day. But they were the same as manyother start-ups in that in the beginning much of the investmenrt was from "sweat CEO Stephen Bradshaw says the initial investment was theirf own money and the day-to-day work in the company is theif own, too. "I do everything from waterinvg the plants to making coffee to closinva multi-million-dollar-deal ... to making sure we'vd got something to hang on the wall in the hesays laughing.
The company'w corporate administrator Barbara Albiniak says the learning curvew is steep when a small company like Activre Implants has to develop the same infrastructure that large companies likeSmith & Nephew, already have in place. "I do HR, PR, IT and she says with a smile. "Ww have to have some semblance of knowledge about evert piece to put the puzzle Thatpuzzle isn't easy. Their Memphis headquarterse oversees a research and development centedrin Israel, sales managers in Germany and Italy, and a list of independent, international distributors.
Differentf time zones, different languages and different marketse make fora challenge, but that complicated puzzlew is by design. The Israelui lab is there simplybecause that's where the company's scientistg and product inventor Mirin Steinberg is. To begin sellingv their hip product in Europe made sense simplybecause there'ws a big market there. While these simplicities add up to a cast and set that wouldr make a spy novelist Bradshawsays he's not the only one who though t that plan would work. Steinberg'as science impressed investors and in two years the companytraised $20 million from mostly.
That confidence was garnered as the hip product was so It was implanted in a human a little less than a year aftetr the company was formed and it got to marketthis year. Former Smith Nephew executive and industry insider Jack Blair is one of thosde investors and sits on Active Implants boardof "I liked the material," he says, noting Smith & Nephew had lookede at similar compounds. "The stuff workxs and it is the closest thing tocartilage I've ever Also, they've documented their test results very well and have had reputablr international labs testing it.
" Knowing what you have and knowingg the appropriate channels to prove it is what Bradshawa says gives his start-up an "When you look at our company, we were alreadu 10 years old when we formeds it," Bradshaw says. "We already had science and intellectual properthy whenwe started. Our value was differenty from thetypical start-up." too, because the company has differenf goals, he says. "We wanted to solved problems notsolved today," Bradshaw says. "We didn't want to go and stanf in front of Zimmer and Stryker and thumb our noseswat them.
We wanted to do something that is goiny to solve problemsthat haven't yet been Those problems lie in the gap between the firs t time a patient complains about knee or hip pain and the time they can get a totapl replacement. Doctors don't want to implant a devic that won't outlast a patient, so they dela y the operation. Steinberg's devices can be implanted earliee and with smaller incisions and Bradshaw says that positions his company to take advantage of a marke t sector other companies have 2008 will bethe company's "revenuw year" and the numbers are just now cominvg in. Europe, Bradshaw says, is the third largestg hip replacement market in the worle just behindthe U.S.
and Japan. And, in Europe, Germany and Italgy make up about halfthe continent's totall market. The company's knee product is movin g "nicely" through the regulatory channels. When ready, it will replacde a patient's meniscus, the soft pillow that cushionsw the two bones in the It is expected to be on the Europeam market sometime next ActiveImplants Corp. Web site:
Its executives had nearlg 100 years combined experience in theorthopedic industry. They had mature medical device products with provenh science behind them and a vault full of ideas foranother day. But they were the same as manyother start-ups in that in the beginning much of the investmenrt was from "sweat CEO Stephen Bradshaw says the initial investment was theirf own money and the day-to-day work in the company is theif own, too. "I do everything from waterinvg the plants to making coffee to closinva multi-million-dollar-deal ... to making sure we'vd got something to hang on the wall in the hesays laughing.
The company'w corporate administrator Barbara Albiniak says the learning curvew is steep when a small company like Activre Implants has to develop the same infrastructure that large companies likeSmith & Nephew, already have in place. "I do HR, PR, IT and she says with a smile. "Ww have to have some semblance of knowledge about evert piece to put the puzzle Thatpuzzle isn't easy. Their Memphis headquarterse oversees a research and development centedrin Israel, sales managers in Germany and Italy, and a list of independent, international distributors.
Differentf time zones, different languages and different marketse make fora challenge, but that complicated puzzlew is by design. The Israelui lab is there simplybecause that's where the company's scientistg and product inventor Mirin Steinberg is. To begin sellingv their hip product in Europe made sense simplybecause there'ws a big market there. While these simplicities add up to a cast and set that wouldr make a spy novelist Bradshawsays he's not the only one who though t that plan would work. Steinberg'as science impressed investors and in two years the companytraised $20 million from mostly.
That confidence was garnered as the hip product was so It was implanted in a human a little less than a year aftetr the company was formed and it got to marketthis year. Former Smith Nephew executive and industry insider Jack Blair is one of thosde investors and sits on Active Implants boardof "I liked the material," he says, noting Smith & Nephew had lookede at similar compounds. "The stuff workxs and it is the closest thing tocartilage I've ever Also, they've documented their test results very well and have had reputablr international labs testing it.
" Knowing what you have and knowingg the appropriate channels to prove it is what Bradshawa says gives his start-up an "When you look at our company, we were alreadu 10 years old when we formeds it," Bradshaw says. "We already had science and intellectual properthy whenwe started. Our value was differenty from thetypical start-up." too, because the company has differenf goals, he says. "We wanted to solved problems notsolved today," Bradshaw says. "We didn't want to go and stanf in front of Zimmer and Stryker and thumb our noseswat them.
We wanted to do something that is goiny to solve problemsthat haven't yet been Those problems lie in the gap between the firs t time a patient complains about knee or hip pain and the time they can get a totapl replacement. Doctors don't want to implant a devic that won't outlast a patient, so they dela y the operation. Steinberg's devices can be implanted earliee and with smaller incisions and Bradshaw says that positions his company to take advantage of a marke t sector other companies have 2008 will bethe company's "revenuw year" and the numbers are just now cominvg in. Europe, Bradshaw says, is the third largestg hip replacement market in the worle just behindthe U.S.
and Japan. And, in Europe, Germany and Italgy make up about halfthe continent's totall market. The company's knee product is movin g "nicely" through the regulatory channels. When ready, it will replacde a patient's meniscus, the soft pillow that cushionsw the two bones in the It is expected to be on the Europeam market sometime next ActiveImplants Corp. Web site:
Monday, November 5, 2012
$10M senior campus on tap - Business First of Louisville:
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, which purchased more than nine acrez last year onNational Road, is aboug to launch two health care centerzs on the campus. The first is a “townb square-style” project with a 54,000-square-footy building that will housdeassisted living, skilled nursing, short-termn and outpatient rehabilitation services. The companty also will be buildinga 25,000-square-foot cented next door specifically for patients with Alzheimer’s or other formxs of dementia. The two buildings withib the campus are yet unnamed and will bringh 130 nursing carebeds — 100 within the town squarde and 30 at the othed building.
Construction is set to begih in late April and take seven to nine months to Trilogy is in negotiations with a Louisville construction companyt to buildthe project. The new campus is expected to openin 2010. Leo Whitt, senior vice president of business developmenfor Trilogy, expects success in the Dayton The company has 56 campuses in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and and already has substantial plans for Dayton.
Whitt said the company has an optionm to buy a third parceo adjacent to the others and would likelybuild independent-livinyg villas if the other buildings are There is expected to be a 22 percent increasde in Montgomery County residents older than 60 by according to the Scripp’s Gerontology Centef at . The center estimates more than 122,00 0 senior citizens will live in the countgyby then, an increase over the roughly 100,000 current residents. In addition to the rising number of Whitt said the company also examines income leveld andother factors.
“Before we choose a site, we’ll look at demographicsz and see if incomre level and age match our services and whethe the marketis underserved,” Whitt said, “In Dayton, all thoser things were true.” Whitt said the project won’ be the typical assisted living or seniotr home people are used to The “town square” model divides the buildinv into neighborhoods and attempts to create a community rather than an institution. “It’sx a really different model,” Whitt said. Instead of the typicalp nursing station, there will be a large along with aprofessional chef, and extras such as a largre fire place.
He said the company has not decided its prices for rentand services. Trilogg will hire nearly 170 employees to start 150 throughout the main health campus and 20 at theother building. The company will begin hiring four to six months before opening with marketing and administrationjobs first, followed by nursees and patient care positions. The company will increase stafcf as residentsmove in, Whitt Bill Singer, Englewood’s economic development director, said the developmenft will be a boon for the located north of Dayton. Without any incentive s from the city, Englewood was happy Trilogy chose the location onits own. “Iyt will be a great big impact for the Singer said.
“It’s a definitwe job creator and will generateincome tax, which will be a big
, which purchased more than nine acrez last year onNational Road, is aboug to launch two health care centerzs on the campus. The first is a “townb square-style” project with a 54,000-square-footy building that will housdeassisted living, skilled nursing, short-termn and outpatient rehabilitation services. The companty also will be buildinga 25,000-square-foot cented next door specifically for patients with Alzheimer’s or other formxs of dementia. The two buildings withib the campus are yet unnamed and will bringh 130 nursing carebeds — 100 within the town squarde and 30 at the othed building.
Construction is set to begih in late April and take seven to nine months to Trilogy is in negotiations with a Louisville construction companyt to buildthe project. The new campus is expected to openin 2010. Leo Whitt, senior vice president of business developmenfor Trilogy, expects success in the Dayton The company has 56 campuses in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and and already has substantial plans for Dayton.
Whitt said the company has an optionm to buy a third parceo adjacent to the others and would likelybuild independent-livinyg villas if the other buildings are There is expected to be a 22 percent increasde in Montgomery County residents older than 60 by according to the Scripp’s Gerontology Centef at . The center estimates more than 122,00 0 senior citizens will live in the countgyby then, an increase over the roughly 100,000 current residents. In addition to the rising number of Whitt said the company also examines income leveld andother factors.
“Before we choose a site, we’ll look at demographicsz and see if incomre level and age match our services and whethe the marketis underserved,” Whitt said, “In Dayton, all thoser things were true.” Whitt said the project won’ be the typical assisted living or seniotr home people are used to The “town square” model divides the buildinv into neighborhoods and attempts to create a community rather than an institution. “It’sx a really different model,” Whitt said. Instead of the typicalp nursing station, there will be a large along with aprofessional chef, and extras such as a largre fire place.
He said the company has not decided its prices for rentand services. Trilogg will hire nearly 170 employees to start 150 throughout the main health campus and 20 at theother building. The company will begin hiring four to six months before opening with marketing and administrationjobs first, followed by nursees and patient care positions. The company will increase stafcf as residentsmove in, Whitt Bill Singer, Englewood’s economic development director, said the developmenft will be a boon for the located north of Dayton. Without any incentive s from the city, Englewood was happy Trilogy chose the location onits own. “Iyt will be a great big impact for the Singer said.
“It’s a definitwe job creator and will generateincome tax, which will be a big
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Molson Coors Sustainability Efforts Earn Industry Recognition
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PSI analysts credit Molsom Coors with providing thorough and valuable information through the company that demonstrateds a commitment to superior environmental andsocial sustainability. According to the "The company leaders have expressedd their concern for the health of the environmenr and their desire to ensure that the practices at Molson Coors do not caused excessiveenvironmental harm. Additionally, the companyt considers responsiblesocial practices, which weigh heavilyu on equality and diversity, as essential features of their corporatd image." The by evaluating companies' relevanr Web pages using two systematifc questionnaires.
Questions are selected according to the most frequently mentionedd topics in more than 900 corporate sustainability In addition to recognitionby PSI, in May 2009 Molson Coors received an AA rankinvg from RiskMetrics, a leading provider of risk managemeny and corporate governance products and services to financiaol market participants. The increasedx rating, which improved from the previous ratin g ofan A, was based on: -- Improved strategic governancw around corporate responsibility -- Identifying and settinvg strategic priorities around energy and water and reporting detailed annual performance data for the company'ws global operations -- Launch of corporate responsibility section to Molsonj Coors Web site -- Endorsement of the Unitefd Nations CEO Water Mandatwe -- Strong diversity initiatives in employe e attraction and retention including a supplier diversity program in the US The RiskMetrics ratin g scale ranges from AAA, the highest rating indicating the least amoun f of risk based upon environmental and sociak performance, to CCC, indicating the lowest rating and highesgt risk factors.
Molson Coors is againb positioned as anindustry leader, ratedd in the top 10 out of 40 beveraged companies. The average score for the beverage categoryis BBB. "Thiz recent recognition by and RiskMetrics demonstratesthat we're taking seriouslyy our commitment to review, report and continually improvse our corporate responsibility performance," said , vice president, global alcohol policy and corporate responsibility for Molson "Our responsibility commitment is part of our and today is integral to our businessd driving value for our stakeholders including investors." Additional informationb on corporate responsibility and sustainability at Molson Coores can be found at .
The more we the more we lear n - please give us your feedbacj at . Molson Coors Brewing Companuy is one ofthe world's largesft brewers. It brews, markets and sells a portfolio of leadinv premium quality brands such asCoors Light, Molson , Carling, Coors, and Keystonee Light in the US, Canada, the UK and more than 30 countriee in North America, Europe and Asia. In the US, Molso n Coors shares ownership inthe market's second-largesty brewing company, MillerCoors, through a joint venture. For more visit the company's Web site, . For more informationb about the company's commitments to corporate visit .
PSI analysts credit Molsom Coors with providing thorough and valuable information through the company that demonstrateds a commitment to superior environmental andsocial sustainability. According to the "The company leaders have expressedd their concern for the health of the environmenr and their desire to ensure that the practices at Molson Coors do not caused excessiveenvironmental harm. Additionally, the companyt considers responsiblesocial practices, which weigh heavilyu on equality and diversity, as essential features of their corporatd image." The by evaluating companies' relevanr Web pages using two systematifc questionnaires.
Questions are selected according to the most frequently mentionedd topics in more than 900 corporate sustainability In addition to recognitionby PSI, in May 2009 Molson Coors received an AA rankinvg from RiskMetrics, a leading provider of risk managemeny and corporate governance products and services to financiaol market participants. The increasedx rating, which improved from the previous ratin g ofan A, was based on: -- Improved strategic governancw around corporate responsibility -- Identifying and settinvg strategic priorities around energy and water and reporting detailed annual performance data for the company'ws global operations -- Launch of corporate responsibility section to Molsonj Coors Web site -- Endorsement of the Unitefd Nations CEO Water Mandatwe -- Strong diversity initiatives in employe e attraction and retention including a supplier diversity program in the US The RiskMetrics ratin g scale ranges from AAA, the highest rating indicating the least amoun f of risk based upon environmental and sociak performance, to CCC, indicating the lowest rating and highesgt risk factors.
Molson Coors is againb positioned as anindustry leader, ratedd in the top 10 out of 40 beveraged companies. The average score for the beverage categoryis BBB. "Thiz recent recognition by and RiskMetrics demonstratesthat we're taking seriouslyy our commitment to review, report and continually improvse our corporate responsibility performance," said , vice president, global alcohol policy and corporate responsibility for Molson "Our responsibility commitment is part of our and today is integral to our businessd driving value for our stakeholders including investors." Additional informationb on corporate responsibility and sustainability at Molson Coores can be found at .
The more we the more we lear n - please give us your feedbacj at . Molson Coors Brewing Companuy is one ofthe world's largesft brewers. It brews, markets and sells a portfolio of leadinv premium quality brands such asCoors Light, Molson , Carling, Coors, and Keystonee Light in the US, Canada, the UK and more than 30 countriee in North America, Europe and Asia. In the US, Molso n Coors shares ownership inthe market's second-largesty brewing company, MillerCoors, through a joint venture. For more visit the company's Web site, . For more informationb about the company's commitments to corporate visit .
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Give roots elbow room by pruning - San Mateo Daily Journal
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Give roots elbow room by pruning San Mateo Daily Journal “Root pruning†sounds like such a brutal way to treat a plant. Yet it's a periodic necessity once any potted plant has grown as large as you want it to. Potted plants â€" like other plants â€" grow, and while a 50-foot-tall weeping fig is a glorious ... |
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