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That’s according to the Albuquerque Bernalillo Countu WaterUtility Authority. The usage goal for the year-to-datwe in May was 11.49 billionn gallons. Actual usage was 11.32 billiojn gallons. That compares favorably to Marchand April, when usage surpassef goals set by the authority. In usage was 174 million gallons over the conservation Katherine Yuhas, conservation officer for the Water said the damp spring helped, but now customersw must be aware of their usage as temperatures rise and precipitation falls. Customerz are encouraged to water theire yards a maximum of three days a week in June and only beforde11 a.m. or after 7 p.m. More tips are available at the .
Customers can report waste by callingg 842-WATR (9287). Albuquerque must reducw per-capita water consumption in coming years to meet state permitt requirements for theSan Juan-Chamaa Drinking Water Project, which diverts watedr from the Rio Grande into the city’sx drinking water system.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse stops work on Baltimore projects - Boston Business Journal:
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It’s part of the prolific and nationallyknowj builder’s decision to ride out the recessionj as a for-fee consultant and contractor and extends to most of its project from New England to Nort h Carolina, company CEO C. Williamn “Bill” Struever said. Struever, who pioneeredx the idea of Baltimore’ds waterfront as a “Digital Harbor” and home for high-tech said he was forced into the position by mountinf debts and the inability to borrow money tofinancr projects. Those conditions, he developed more quickly than he expectedx due to the economic downturn and nationwidercredit crunch. Baltimore-based Struevee Bros.
has significantly reduced its work force in responser tothe shift, and now employs fewer than 100 people. “I’m a ebullient, optimistic guy; that’s why I’m in trouble,” Struever “I never would have guessed how hard it was goin g to be to get financing forthose projects.” The companu has amassed more than $10 million in debtds and loan defaults, according to court and like competitors in the it is having trouble raising money to fuel its Across Baltimore, developers have put the brakes on projectsz for a lack of financing and market demand, including two planned skyscraperse along the Inner Harbor and severall residential towers.
For Strueve Bros., those problems date back to its inability to raise funds for a condominium project called the Olmstedin Baltimore’ws Charles Village neighborhood. From the company developed a plan to raise monety by bringing on equityt partners and sellingoff assets. But as the economyy worsened, Struever Bros. foundx it was unable to attractnew partners. And as the creditf markets seized up, it found it couldn’t find buyer for its properties or lenders to borroaw money or refinance its Those factors contributed to Struever decision last month to step down as an equity partned inState Center, the $1.
4 billion plannee redevelopment of a midtown Baltimore states office complex. It also has reduced its stakde ina $1.5 billion Southwest D.C., waterfront redevelopment and is renegotiating with H&SS Properties Development Corp. its role in Harbotr Point. Harbor Point is a former chromw plant on which Struever workeedwith H&S Properties for nearly a decade to remakse into a 1.8 million-square-foot mixed-usse development. The two firms speny more than $3 million preparing the site for developmenyt and anestimated $22.8 million to build the first structure, a 240,000-square-foot office building to be partially occupier by financial firm Morgan Stanley.
That building is slated for completion in the firsttquarter 2010. Christopher H. H&S Properties’ assistant development manager, confirmed Strueve r Bros. is seeking a change from its role as equitu partner inthe project. He referred questions abouft those talksto H& Properties President Michael S. Beatty, who couldx not be reached for Janiansaid H&S Propertiese still plans to develop other parts of Harbor Point, but the project’d next two structures, a 350-unit apartment building and a four-statr Westin hotel, are on hold for at least two more yeare until the economy improves.
Many of Struever projects involved bringing new businesses and jobs into the communitiese where theywere focused. Those include keepinv Legg Mason in Baltimore in a new headquarters atHarbotr East, creating more office space at Harbor Pointy for Morgan Stanley, and luring Humanim from Howard Countyh to the American Breweru building in East Baltimore. “They’ve done some wonderful projects thatI don’ t know anybody else would have done; certainly Clipper Mill comew to mind,” said Baltimore Development Corp. President M.J. Brodie, who has known Struever sincwe the 1970s whenStruever Bros.
was a budding contracting firm and Brodiewwas Baltimore’s housing “I know they’ve been I don’t know what the end result will be. It’as my hope that they survive this very difficult economic situation because I think they can still do somegood things.” The move from developmenyt to fee-based work hasn’t been without its heartbrea k for Struever, regarded by former colleagues and city officials as a visionary and leadedr of urban redevelopment projects.
He relished his role taking on these projects such asStatd Center, which featured many of the common elements at other Struever projects like green building, transit-orientedx development, urban redevelopment and job retention. Struevet said he expects to complete work on all itsexistingb projects, including the conversion of a former Overflo storage warehousee in Locust Point into new office, retail and showroom space for its marquee Tide Point Under Armour Inc. But it does not expect to take on any new as either an equity partner orlead developer, and Strueve r is instead focusing on working with its creditors and payinbg down its debts.
“I’ m getting projects finished andpeople paid. Night and day, that’s my No. 1 Struever said. “I feel in my hearty the obligation to getpeople paid.” It’s not the first recession Struever said he has been But he said it is the deepest he’s seen, and he’s hopingt his firm can once again survive the recessionm by stepping out of the development business and focusing on fee-basedr work consulting and contracting for developerd in better financial standing. In that role, Struevedr Bros. will serve as a consultant to the new Statde Centerdevelopment team.
It is also servinhg as a contractor to the Nationalp Aquarium in Baltimore for its Middlde Branchexpansion project. Struever said he hopes to avoids bankruptcy by running aleaner company. “It’s tough and there’s no guarantees,” he Through layoffs or resignations, the ranks of Struever employees has dwindled from more than 350 employeesa fewerthan 100. It’s lost several key memberes of itsdevelopment team, including Fran who oversaw the company’s sustainability and preservation and Tim Pryor, a developmenft director overseeing Struever Bros.’ now-tabled plans to expanrd Tide Point. Dominic Wiker left Struever Bros.
in November 2007, after five years handlinvg development projects including Charles Center andthe ill-fated formet Olmsted condominium project in Charlee Village. Struever Bros. halted the Olmsted project whenthe city’zs condominium market slumped, and the company sold the propertyh to Johns Hopkins Universitty for $12.5 million May 7. Wiker now worke for Pikesville developer Mark Sapperstei n on the redevelopment of McHenry Row inLocusty Point. He has kept an eye on the company since he and said he hopeStruever Bros. is able to recover from its financial “It was a tremendouslty exciting experience; it’s just a great learning Wiker said.
“Bill undertook some very challenginhg projects. They were challenging even in the bestof
It’s part of the prolific and nationallyknowj builder’s decision to ride out the recessionj as a for-fee consultant and contractor and extends to most of its project from New England to Nort h Carolina, company CEO C. Williamn “Bill” Struever said. Struever, who pioneeredx the idea of Baltimore’ds waterfront as a “Digital Harbor” and home for high-tech said he was forced into the position by mountinf debts and the inability to borrow money tofinancr projects. Those conditions, he developed more quickly than he expectedx due to the economic downturn and nationwidercredit crunch. Baltimore-based Struevee Bros.
has significantly reduced its work force in responser tothe shift, and now employs fewer than 100 people. “I’m a ebullient, optimistic guy; that’s why I’m in trouble,” Struever “I never would have guessed how hard it was goin g to be to get financing forthose projects.” The companu has amassed more than $10 million in debtds and loan defaults, according to court and like competitors in the it is having trouble raising money to fuel its Across Baltimore, developers have put the brakes on projectsz for a lack of financing and market demand, including two planned skyscraperse along the Inner Harbor and severall residential towers.
For Strueve Bros., those problems date back to its inability to raise funds for a condominium project called the Olmstedin Baltimore’ws Charles Village neighborhood. From the company developed a plan to raise monety by bringing on equityt partners and sellingoff assets. But as the economyy worsened, Struever Bros. foundx it was unable to attractnew partners. And as the creditf markets seized up, it found it couldn’t find buyer for its properties or lenders to borroaw money or refinance its Those factors contributed to Struever decision last month to step down as an equity partned inState Center, the $1.
4 billion plannee redevelopment of a midtown Baltimore states office complex. It also has reduced its stakde ina $1.5 billion Southwest D.C., waterfront redevelopment and is renegotiating with H&SS Properties Development Corp. its role in Harbotr Point. Harbor Point is a former chromw plant on which Struever workeedwith H&S Properties for nearly a decade to remakse into a 1.8 million-square-foot mixed-usse development. The two firms speny more than $3 million preparing the site for developmenyt and anestimated $22.8 million to build the first structure, a 240,000-square-foot office building to be partially occupier by financial firm Morgan Stanley.
That building is slated for completion in the firsttquarter 2010. Christopher H. H&S Properties’ assistant development manager, confirmed Strueve r Bros. is seeking a change from its role as equitu partner inthe project. He referred questions abouft those talksto H& Properties President Michael S. Beatty, who couldx not be reached for Janiansaid H&S Propertiese still plans to develop other parts of Harbor Point, but the project’d next two structures, a 350-unit apartment building and a four-statr Westin hotel, are on hold for at least two more yeare until the economy improves.
Many of Struever projects involved bringing new businesses and jobs into the communitiese where theywere focused. Those include keepinv Legg Mason in Baltimore in a new headquarters atHarbotr East, creating more office space at Harbor Pointy for Morgan Stanley, and luring Humanim from Howard Countyh to the American Breweru building in East Baltimore. “They’ve done some wonderful projects thatI don’ t know anybody else would have done; certainly Clipper Mill comew to mind,” said Baltimore Development Corp. President M.J. Brodie, who has known Struever sincwe the 1970s whenStruever Bros.
was a budding contracting firm and Brodiewwas Baltimore’s housing “I know they’ve been I don’t know what the end result will be. It’as my hope that they survive this very difficult economic situation because I think they can still do somegood things.” The move from developmenyt to fee-based work hasn’t been without its heartbrea k for Struever, regarded by former colleagues and city officials as a visionary and leadedr of urban redevelopment projects.
He relished his role taking on these projects such asStatd Center, which featured many of the common elements at other Struever projects like green building, transit-orientedx development, urban redevelopment and job retention. Struevet said he expects to complete work on all itsexistingb projects, including the conversion of a former Overflo storage warehousee in Locust Point into new office, retail and showroom space for its marquee Tide Point Under Armour Inc. But it does not expect to take on any new as either an equity partner orlead developer, and Strueve r is instead focusing on working with its creditors and payinbg down its debts.
“I’ m getting projects finished andpeople paid. Night and day, that’s my No. 1 Struever said. “I feel in my hearty the obligation to getpeople paid.” It’s not the first recession Struever said he has been But he said it is the deepest he’s seen, and he’s hopingt his firm can once again survive the recessionm by stepping out of the development business and focusing on fee-basedr work consulting and contracting for developerd in better financial standing. In that role, Struevedr Bros. will serve as a consultant to the new Statde Centerdevelopment team.
It is also servinhg as a contractor to the Nationalp Aquarium in Baltimore for its Middlde Branchexpansion project. Struever said he hopes to avoids bankruptcy by running aleaner company. “It’s tough and there’s no guarantees,” he Through layoffs or resignations, the ranks of Struever employees has dwindled from more than 350 employeesa fewerthan 100. It’s lost several key memberes of itsdevelopment team, including Fran who oversaw the company’s sustainability and preservation and Tim Pryor, a developmenft director overseeing Struever Bros.’ now-tabled plans to expanrd Tide Point. Dominic Wiker left Struever Bros.
in November 2007, after five years handlinvg development projects including Charles Center andthe ill-fated formet Olmsted condominium project in Charlee Village. Struever Bros. halted the Olmsted project whenthe city’zs condominium market slumped, and the company sold the propertyh to Johns Hopkins Universitty for $12.5 million May 7. Wiker now worke for Pikesville developer Mark Sapperstei n on the redevelopment of McHenry Row inLocusty Point. He has kept an eye on the company since he and said he hopeStruever Bros. is able to recover from its financial “It was a tremendouslty exciting experience; it’s just a great learning Wiker said.
“Bill undertook some very challenginhg projects. They were challenging even in the bestof
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Lundqvist shuts door on Bruins - News & Observer
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News & Observer | Lundqvist shuts door on Bruins News & Observer The Bruins' Rich Peverley, right, goes for a rebound as the Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist defends the crease. Associated Press Henrik Lundqvist stopped 26 shots for his league-leading 11th shutout, and Derek Stepan deflected Michael ... |
Friday, March 25, 2011
Greek Embassy of Japan Urges Greeks to Leave the Country - Greek Reporter
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Greek Reporter | Greek Embassy of Japan Urges Greeks to Leave the Country Greek Reporter The Greek Embassy of Japan, realizing the serious problems that the nuclear reactors leak may cause, urged Greeks who are around the dangerous area to leave. The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that they have already booked tickets ... |
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Mother's plea over dead Oxford student's stolen laptop - BBC News
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Mother's plea over dead Oxford student's stolen laptop BBC News William DeJanes, 33, who had a medical condition, was found dead at home in Cowley Road, Oxford, on 15 March. Two days later the flat was raided and his Sony VAIO laptop containing his final year dissertation was stolen. Two people were arrested but ... Burglars steal dead Oxford student's belongings |
Monday, March 21, 2011
Inmark moves to Avondale from Pinson - Nashville Business Journal:
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Real estate firm said the plastiv containers and packaging companyleased 23,625 square feet of office and warehouse space at the park in The company has been in its current location in Pinsonb Valley for more than 20 years. Jack Key of Grahamk represented Inmark and Brad Moffat of represented the Graham said broker Walter Brownj has the listing on morethan 410,0090 square feet of sublease space at the Colonnadde in AT&T’s vacant South Tower building. Radiologyg Associates renewed its 4,669-square-foot lease at Vestavia Centre. Browb represented the landlord inthe transaction. renewed its lease in Calersa and Decoma Modular Systems renewex its leasein McCalla.
Combined, the two companiesa occupy morethan 270,0090 square feet of space in Graham Co. developments. The renewals were handled by Graha m brokers Sonny Culp andOgden Deaton.
Real estate firm said the plastiv containers and packaging companyleased 23,625 square feet of office and warehouse space at the park in The company has been in its current location in Pinsonb Valley for more than 20 years. Jack Key of Grahamk represented Inmark and Brad Moffat of represented the Graham said broker Walter Brownj has the listing on morethan 410,0090 square feet of sublease space at the Colonnadde in AT&T’s vacant South Tower building. Radiologyg Associates renewed its 4,669-square-foot lease at Vestavia Centre. Browb represented the landlord inthe transaction. renewed its lease in Calersa and Decoma Modular Systems renewex its leasein McCalla.
Combined, the two companiesa occupy morethan 270,0090 square feet of space in Graham Co. developments. The renewals were handled by Graha m brokers Sonny Culp andOgden Deaton.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Pill bug: Startup zeroes in on patient-error market - Boston Business Journal:
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Senticare Inc.’s PillStation could prevent adverse drug avert unnecessary hospitalizations and even save if the company can find a way to make moneon it. The $100 billionn problem is the estimated annual cost to the healthn care system from patients taking theitmedications incorrectly, according to a studyt published in the Journal of Clinicalo Pharma Therapy. PillStation is aimed at chronically ill patients who have to take many medicationszper day. Patients who miss dosezs for reasons ranging from pain to depressio n may end up back in the hospital with adverse or undergocostly misdiagnosis. Senticare founder Dr.
Davied Bear said he knew of one patien t who was mistakenly diagnosed with earlystagew Alzheimer’s, when in fact she had been accidentally taking the sleep drug Ambien in the morningt instead of at night. PillStation looks like a smallwireless printer, with a small a large button marked “CALL” and a speaker. If you lift the lid, insidse you find what looks like a normal labeled for seven days per Underneath the pillbox is a scanne that photographs the pillbox and sends the imageto Senticare’xs call center in Southborough, where an adviserr checks the image against the patient’s prescriptions and the Physician’s Desk Referencr to make sure the patient is taking the right drugs at the right time.
PillStatioj is programmed witha patient’s dosing times, and will sounf a chime. Then a message turns up on thescreebn saying, “Time to take your medication.” Miss a dose and the chimese get louder and louder until the PillStation calls your doctor or a family member. Right now, there is just one call advisetr onthe 10-person staff. The company expectsz to expand to about 35 employees by the end of but that will depend on whethe r they can sellthe Currently, is running a clinical trial using PillStationb in concert with other home-monitoring devices for heart failur e patients. “So far, it’s working well.
If this we will likely purchase dozens of the machines in a few saidDoug McClure, corporatde manager of technology and operations at Partners HealthCare’zs Center for Connected Health. Senticare officials said they hope the Partnerse HealthCare clinical trial will lend national credibilith to the science behincd PillStation and that will help the compangy sellthe device. Theree is a startup fee of $99 for the system, with a monthlty subscription feeof $79. CEO Michael Staw said Senticarw launched in 2007 witha $5 milliom investment by in New Senticare remains private, has no revenud and has used approximately $3 millionn of the $5 million.
The company’s competitors include Philips Healthcare, with North American headquarterssin Andover, which has an older-generation medicationh monitoring device on the market.
Senticare Inc.’s PillStation could prevent adverse drug avert unnecessary hospitalizations and even save if the company can find a way to make moneon it. The $100 billionn problem is the estimated annual cost to the healthn care system from patients taking theitmedications incorrectly, according to a studyt published in the Journal of Clinicalo Pharma Therapy. PillStation is aimed at chronically ill patients who have to take many medicationszper day. Patients who miss dosezs for reasons ranging from pain to depressio n may end up back in the hospital with adverse or undergocostly misdiagnosis. Senticare founder Dr.
Davied Bear said he knew of one patien t who was mistakenly diagnosed with earlystagew Alzheimer’s, when in fact she had been accidentally taking the sleep drug Ambien in the morningt instead of at night. PillStation looks like a smallwireless printer, with a small a large button marked “CALL” and a speaker. If you lift the lid, insidse you find what looks like a normal labeled for seven days per Underneath the pillbox is a scanne that photographs the pillbox and sends the imageto Senticare’xs call center in Southborough, where an adviserr checks the image against the patient’s prescriptions and the Physician’s Desk Referencr to make sure the patient is taking the right drugs at the right time.
PillStatioj is programmed witha patient’s dosing times, and will sounf a chime. Then a message turns up on thescreebn saying, “Time to take your medication.” Miss a dose and the chimese get louder and louder until the PillStation calls your doctor or a family member. Right now, there is just one call advisetr onthe 10-person staff. The company expectsz to expand to about 35 employees by the end of but that will depend on whethe r they can sellthe Currently, is running a clinical trial using PillStationb in concert with other home-monitoring devices for heart failur e patients. “So far, it’s working well.
If this we will likely purchase dozens of the machines in a few saidDoug McClure, corporatde manager of technology and operations at Partners HealthCare’zs Center for Connected Health. Senticare officials said they hope the Partnerse HealthCare clinical trial will lend national credibilith to the science behincd PillStation and that will help the compangy sellthe device. Theree is a startup fee of $99 for the system, with a monthlty subscription feeof $79. CEO Michael Staw said Senticarw launched in 2007 witha $5 milliom investment by in New Senticare remains private, has no revenud and has used approximately $3 millionn of the $5 million.
The company’s competitors include Philips Healthcare, with North American headquarterssin Andover, which has an older-generation medicationh monitoring device on the market.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Cleveland Cavaliers (13-53) at Portland Trail Blazers (38-29), 10 pm - MiamiHerald.com
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msnbc.com | Cleveland Cavaliers (13-53) at Portland Trail Blazers (38-29), 10 pm MiamiHerald.com By Sports Network The Portland Trail Blazers hope to continue their push to the postseason tonight when they entertain the lowly Cleveland Cavaliers in Rip City. Portland snapped a two-game skid on Tuesday with an impressive 104-101 win over D » |
Monday, March 14, 2011
Tom Gill, longtime Hawaii politician, dies at 87 - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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Gill, who died at Leaho Hospital in Honolulu after years of failing was 87. Gill, a served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1965 and as lieutenant governor from 1966to 1970. Born in served in the territorial and Hawaiik House of Representatives from 1958through 1962. Gill, an attornet who was a strong and earlgy supporter ofcivil rights, was amontg the most outspoken and liberall members of Hawaii’s Democratic Party as it came to dominatee state politics in the Among Democrats, Gill was know as something of an outsider, and he was an outspokemn critic of what he saw as “machine-style” He ran for governor unsuccessfully twice, includingv against his boss, incumbent Democrat John Burns in 1970.
He also ran againsf George Ariyoshiin 1974. Gill is survived by his wife, and brother Lorin T. Gill; sons who heads UNITE-HERE Local 5, the hotell and restaurant workers’ union, Gary, a former Honolulu City Council member, and Tony, a labor and three other children, 12 grandchildren and three
Gill, who died at Leaho Hospital in Honolulu after years of failing was 87. Gill, a served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1965 and as lieutenant governor from 1966to 1970. Born in served in the territorial and Hawaiik House of Representatives from 1958through 1962. Gill, an attornet who was a strong and earlgy supporter ofcivil rights, was amontg the most outspoken and liberall members of Hawaii’s Democratic Party as it came to dominatee state politics in the Among Democrats, Gill was know as something of an outsider, and he was an outspokemn critic of what he saw as “machine-style” He ran for governor unsuccessfully twice, includingv against his boss, incumbent Democrat John Burns in 1970.
He also ran againsf George Ariyoshiin 1974. Gill is survived by his wife, and brother Lorin T. Gill; sons who heads UNITE-HERE Local 5, the hotell and restaurant workers’ union, Gary, a former Honolulu City Council member, and Tony, a labor and three other children, 12 grandchildren and three
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Banks get creative catering to consumer demand for savings - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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The products include savings accountsw and CDs thatoffer incentives, perks and upgraded designed to assist customera with their short- and long-term savings There’s also a groundswell of new financiak literacy classes that take banking lessons into the workplaces or community-at-large. Classes cover everythingv from avoiding foreclosure to strategies for thesophisticated investor. They’res usually free and don’t involve hard-core selling. But they do allow banka to get their brand in front of thousands of Responseto ’s workplace banking classea has been “overwhelming,” says Melanie Blank, Regions’ consumer bankinyg executive for Middle Tennessee.
“We became an automatedc industry in the spirit of quicmk communicationand speed,” Blank says. “But now people are getting back to the They are in a cashoptimization mode.” Regions also has introduced its Second Chanced CD, which allows customers a 1 perceny market rate increase if they meet their savings goalzs for a year. The bank also has a no-penalty optio that lets participants take one withdrawal durin g the term ofthe CD. The bank also recently introduced a customer assistance program for families in This program helps participantes reduce or restructureproblematic loans. Blanmk says the program has helpedabout 12,000 people nationwids avoid foreclosure.
has had a workplacde banking program called Work Perkz forfive years. However, the economic downturhn has created a flood of new interest in the saysPaula Mansfield, vice presidentr of workplace banking for the bank’s Middle Tennesse e branches. “Many companies are havingf to cut back on thingslike 401(k) Mansfield says. “They are looking for ways to show employees they arestilp valued.” conducted a series of focus groups in Middle Tennessee earlier this year to determine customers’ “They said, ‘Help me save better, budget betterf and save for collegwe and retirement.
’ People are worrieed that their children don’t know how to says Connie White, marketingy director for the Middle Tennesseew branches of Fifth Third. Fifth Third also is rollingg outRelationship Savings, a product that’s meant to encourage savings and draw businesws to the bank. Customers who sign up for a Fiftgh Third checking account automatically get double the interest rate on a saving account atthe bank. Another product, the Goal Setterr savings account, works with customers to set savingss goals and rewards them withinteresf hikes. White says the bank is looking ata double-digit increase in depositw this year.
Information from Fifth Third’s market research inspired localo branches to plan a seriesof “Health and festivals. The grassroots events will be held at bank branches and willfeature mini-seminars on saving and budgeting, credir repair and affordable home Along with the financialk classes will be diabetes screenings, a personal fitness trainet giving fitness tips, healtht food booths and activitieds for children and “Our research showed us that focuses should be placedx on programs that reach youth as well as adults,” Whited says. “It showed that to gain banks should extend community outreachand presence.
” White says Fift Third also is seeing an increasw in requests for workplace banking, particularlgy from nonprofits. / reports a 10 percenty increase in users ofits 5-year-old Way2Save savingsd account. It encourages customers to save bytransferrint $1 from their checking account into a speciapl savings account each time they make a check card purchase or an electronifc payment. Customers earn 5 percent interesgt and a 5 percent annual bonuss in thefirst year, and a 2 percent annualk yield and 2 percent annual bonus in the secondd and third years.
Way2Save has had abouy 2 million participants, says Wendy Lawrence, Wachovia’zs banking executive in charge ofthe “Consumers wanted to save, but didn’tr know how,” Lawrence “Now we are seeing a wide interest, even from high school
The products include savings accountsw and CDs thatoffer incentives, perks and upgraded designed to assist customera with their short- and long-term savings There’s also a groundswell of new financiak literacy classes that take banking lessons into the workplaces or community-at-large. Classes cover everythingv from avoiding foreclosure to strategies for thesophisticated investor. They’res usually free and don’t involve hard-core selling. But they do allow banka to get their brand in front of thousands of Responseto ’s workplace banking classea has been “overwhelming,” says Melanie Blank, Regions’ consumer bankinyg executive for Middle Tennessee.
“We became an automatedc industry in the spirit of quicmk communicationand speed,” Blank says. “But now people are getting back to the They are in a cashoptimization mode.” Regions also has introduced its Second Chanced CD, which allows customers a 1 perceny market rate increase if they meet their savings goalzs for a year. The bank also has a no-penalty optio that lets participants take one withdrawal durin g the term ofthe CD. The bank also recently introduced a customer assistance program for families in This program helps participantes reduce or restructureproblematic loans. Blanmk says the program has helpedabout 12,000 people nationwids avoid foreclosure.
has had a workplacde banking program called Work Perkz forfive years. However, the economic downturhn has created a flood of new interest in the saysPaula Mansfield, vice presidentr of workplace banking for the bank’s Middle Tennesse e branches. “Many companies are havingf to cut back on thingslike 401(k) Mansfield says. “They are looking for ways to show employees they arestilp valued.” conducted a series of focus groups in Middle Tennessee earlier this year to determine customers’ “They said, ‘Help me save better, budget betterf and save for collegwe and retirement.
’ People are worrieed that their children don’t know how to says Connie White, marketingy director for the Middle Tennesseew branches of Fifth Third. Fifth Third also is rollingg outRelationship Savings, a product that’s meant to encourage savings and draw businesws to the bank. Customers who sign up for a Fiftgh Third checking account automatically get double the interest rate on a saving account atthe bank. Another product, the Goal Setterr savings account, works with customers to set savingss goals and rewards them withinteresf hikes. White says the bank is looking ata double-digit increase in depositw this year.
Information from Fifth Third’s market research inspired localo branches to plan a seriesof “Health and festivals. The grassroots events will be held at bank branches and willfeature mini-seminars on saving and budgeting, credir repair and affordable home Along with the financialk classes will be diabetes screenings, a personal fitness trainet giving fitness tips, healtht food booths and activitieds for children and “Our research showed us that focuses should be placedx on programs that reach youth as well as adults,” Whited says. “It showed that to gain banks should extend community outreachand presence.
” White says Fift Third also is seeing an increasw in requests for workplace banking, particularlgy from nonprofits. / reports a 10 percenty increase in users ofits 5-year-old Way2Save savingsd account. It encourages customers to save bytransferrint $1 from their checking account into a speciapl savings account each time they make a check card purchase or an electronifc payment. Customers earn 5 percent interesgt and a 5 percent annual bonuss in thefirst year, and a 2 percent annualk yield and 2 percent annual bonus in the secondd and third years.
Way2Save has had abouy 2 million participants, says Wendy Lawrence, Wachovia’zs banking executive in charge ofthe “Consumers wanted to save, but didn’tr know how,” Lawrence “Now we are seeing a wide interest, even from high school
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
John Jay High School teachers using technology to tame TAKS - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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The program, called the Science TAKS Success has decreased the average number of science test failure s from about 200 students to 50 studentd per year at John Jay and almostr doubled the percentage of students passing the retesr from 33 percent to 62 percent betweenj 2005and 2007. The teachers behind the Calvin “Buck” Buchholtz Jr. and Juan “Coach” Morales, desig n a personalized program foreach student. Each plan zeros in on the student’es testing weaknesses and makes use ofonline resources, interactivr Web sites, and audio clips to re-teach the content.
What’s the duo have produced a 25-minute TAKS video — reviewin g basic math formulas and revisitinf graphinterpretation — that is projected on whit boards in every classroom 30 minutes before the testd are administered. “It is very unique. Calvin and Coach have crafted a very detailed approach to help students succeed onthe TAKS,” says Sara Ph.D., executive director of secondary instruction for the Northside Independent School District. “They’ve had phenomenakl results with stressedstudents — students at the exit levelp in science for whom the TAKS is standing betweem them and the rest of their lives.
” The TAKS is a standardize d test used in elementar y and secondary schools to assess student Texas high school seniors cannot graduate unless they pass exit-level TAKS testss in English language arts, social studies, math and During their junior and senior years of high school, students are givenb five chances to pass the test. Located on the Northwest side of San Antonil onMarbach Road, John Jay is a 3,400-studenty high school with 230 staff members and about 1,200 Campus Instructional Technologist Ron Gray has spen t the last decade helping teachers integrate technology into their classrooms and lesson plans.
When Gray first met Buchholtz, the physics teacher showee scant interestin “Didn’t care,” Buchholtz Gradually, Buchholtz embraced computers in the classroom. As the student counci l sponsor, Buchholtz asked Gray to help builf a Web site for thestudent Then, in 2005 Buchholtz was invitex aboard the JOIDES Resolution, a ship that explore the mysteries of the oceanh floor as part of the Integrated Ocea Drilling Program (IODP), an international researc organization that conducts seagoing expeditions to “study the historuy of the earth recorded in sediments and rocksz beneath the ocean floor.” Buchholtz and Gray buil t a Web site called “High S.E.A.
Adventuresx with Mr. Buchholtz,” and posted videos that Buchholt z shot withWindows Moviemaker. Later, using a laptop computer with aWeb cam, riggee to set upon an upside-down kitty litterf bucket, students at were able to videoo conference live with some of the scientists, crew and staftf aboard the JOIDES — which was 1,000 miles off the shore of the Uniter States in the Sout h Pacific. The venture was such a succese that administrators decided Buchholtz should help with the TAKS remediation Buchholtz was teamed with the offensive coach for the Mustan gfootball team, who already was teaching TAKS science remediation to students.
“I was basicallg using textbooks, pencil and paper and doing the bestI could, but therer were still quite a few Every time there was a we were losing half our kids,” Morales says. “I was inundated with books, computer resources from the district. There was no way I coulsd pass all this on to the students and expec t them to prepare inthrew weeks. “And, of course you’rw fighting not just the material, but kids’ attitudes and theirt sense of failure.” Morales and Buchholtz culled the whittling it down to about 20 Web two textbooks anda CD-ROM. Gray designed the Web site http://www.nisd.net/jay/success/index.
htnm for the program; it’s free and accessiblew to anyone. For every studentr that failed the TAKS science the team analyzed scores and customized a study which each child followed daily in the TAKSremediatiom class. “The lingo is Studenft Differentiated Study,” Buchholtz says. “We’re honing in on the greatest weaknesses.” The first year of the programin 2005, 33 percenyt of the students who retested passeds the TAKS. In 2006, 44 percent passed; in 2007, 62 percentr were successful.
John Jay Academic Dean Kathy says the team works because the men play the rolesa ofgood cop/bad cop with the “They work in tandem and spend so much time with those They’re so focused on the shepherdingf of these kids that the students joke that they’res (the teachers) stalkers. Don’t you dare let them find you eatingv lunch,” Mitchell jokes. Jasmine a John Jay is a successful graduate of the TAKSSciencwe Initiative.
After failing the sciencs portion of theTAKS twice, she landed in Morales’ and Buchholtz’ In November 2008, she finally She graduates in two weeks and has applieed to the University of Texas in San Antonio and hopesa to study on a pre-med track. “Ik found out at Thanksgiving that I passed and was so Garcia says. “I was worrieed that if I didn’t pass that I wouldn’r graduate.” Every year, Buchholtz and Morales tweak the class to improvwetheir methods. Most recently, they discovered that the Sciencew TAKS exam has five one of which is called the Naturreof Science, which involves reading a graph and interpreting data.
“Ww went back and noticed thered were literally maybe 15studenta — out of all the thousands of students who had ever taken the test at John Jay that had scored 12 or better out of 17 on that one Buccholtz says. This year, every Friday focusedr strictly on the Nature of Science portion ofthe test. Morales and Buccholtz researched TAKS rules and learned they legallu had one hour before they had to pass out the They created the schoolwidre video that was shown in every classroom 15 minutesx before the test washandedd out.
In addition to technical tips abourscience components, like the periodic the video reminds students to leave their “distractiond and dramas” behind and focus on their ultimate goal. “After the test, the kids were callinhg me in thehallways ‘Coach! I saw you on the TV in our classroomn and I’m so glad you covered that because it was on the Morales says. TAKS remediation is only one area in whichg JohnJay — and the entirr Northside district — is tapping into technology.
Morningy announcements are recorded as podcasts callec the Jaycast and uploaded onthe school’s home Web One teacher on maternity leave used a software that allows videoconferencing over the to teach a class remotely. Next off-site band competitions and sports playoffxs will be livestreamed into the Intwo weeks, the school’s graduatiobn will be live streamef so that out-of-town relatives or military parentss can watch. The last day of school mighrt be aroundthe corner, but there’s no easing up. “We’vre got results from April/May and we’re creating individual plans for the studentse to use overthe summer,” Moralesw says.
The program, called the Science TAKS Success has decreased the average number of science test failure s from about 200 students to 50 studentd per year at John Jay and almostr doubled the percentage of students passing the retesr from 33 percent to 62 percent betweenj 2005and 2007. The teachers behind the Calvin “Buck” Buchholtz Jr. and Juan “Coach” Morales, desig n a personalized program foreach student. Each plan zeros in on the student’es testing weaknesses and makes use ofonline resources, interactivr Web sites, and audio clips to re-teach the content.
What’s the duo have produced a 25-minute TAKS video — reviewin g basic math formulas and revisitinf graphinterpretation — that is projected on whit boards in every classroom 30 minutes before the testd are administered. “It is very unique. Calvin and Coach have crafted a very detailed approach to help students succeed onthe TAKS,” says Sara Ph.D., executive director of secondary instruction for the Northside Independent School District. “They’ve had phenomenakl results with stressedstudents — students at the exit levelp in science for whom the TAKS is standing betweem them and the rest of their lives.
” The TAKS is a standardize d test used in elementar y and secondary schools to assess student Texas high school seniors cannot graduate unless they pass exit-level TAKS testss in English language arts, social studies, math and During their junior and senior years of high school, students are givenb five chances to pass the test. Located on the Northwest side of San Antonil onMarbach Road, John Jay is a 3,400-studenty high school with 230 staff members and about 1,200 Campus Instructional Technologist Ron Gray has spen t the last decade helping teachers integrate technology into their classrooms and lesson plans.
When Gray first met Buchholtz, the physics teacher showee scant interestin “Didn’t care,” Buchholtz Gradually, Buchholtz embraced computers in the classroom. As the student counci l sponsor, Buchholtz asked Gray to help builf a Web site for thestudent Then, in 2005 Buchholtz was invitex aboard the JOIDES Resolution, a ship that explore the mysteries of the oceanh floor as part of the Integrated Ocea Drilling Program (IODP), an international researc organization that conducts seagoing expeditions to “study the historuy of the earth recorded in sediments and rocksz beneath the ocean floor.” Buchholtz and Gray buil t a Web site called “High S.E.A.
Adventuresx with Mr. Buchholtz,” and posted videos that Buchholt z shot withWindows Moviemaker. Later, using a laptop computer with aWeb cam, riggee to set upon an upside-down kitty litterf bucket, students at were able to videoo conference live with some of the scientists, crew and staftf aboard the JOIDES — which was 1,000 miles off the shore of the Uniter States in the Sout h Pacific. The venture was such a succese that administrators decided Buchholtz should help with the TAKS remediation Buchholtz was teamed with the offensive coach for the Mustan gfootball team, who already was teaching TAKS science remediation to students.
“I was basicallg using textbooks, pencil and paper and doing the bestI could, but therer were still quite a few Every time there was a we were losing half our kids,” Morales says. “I was inundated with books, computer resources from the district. There was no way I coulsd pass all this on to the students and expec t them to prepare inthrew weeks. “And, of course you’rw fighting not just the material, but kids’ attitudes and theirt sense of failure.” Morales and Buchholtz culled the whittling it down to about 20 Web two textbooks anda CD-ROM. Gray designed the Web site http://www.nisd.net/jay/success/index.
htnm for the program; it’s free and accessiblew to anyone. For every studentr that failed the TAKS science the team analyzed scores and customized a study which each child followed daily in the TAKSremediatiom class. “The lingo is Studenft Differentiated Study,” Buchholtz says. “We’re honing in on the greatest weaknesses.” The first year of the programin 2005, 33 percenyt of the students who retested passeds the TAKS. In 2006, 44 percent passed; in 2007, 62 percentr were successful.
John Jay Academic Dean Kathy says the team works because the men play the rolesa ofgood cop/bad cop with the “They work in tandem and spend so much time with those They’re so focused on the shepherdingf of these kids that the students joke that they’res (the teachers) stalkers. Don’t you dare let them find you eatingv lunch,” Mitchell jokes. Jasmine a John Jay is a successful graduate of the TAKSSciencwe Initiative.
After failing the sciencs portion of theTAKS twice, she landed in Morales’ and Buchholtz’ In November 2008, she finally She graduates in two weeks and has applieed to the University of Texas in San Antonio and hopesa to study on a pre-med track. “Ik found out at Thanksgiving that I passed and was so Garcia says. “I was worrieed that if I didn’t pass that I wouldn’r graduate.” Every year, Buchholtz and Morales tweak the class to improvwetheir methods. Most recently, they discovered that the Sciencew TAKS exam has five one of which is called the Naturreof Science, which involves reading a graph and interpreting data.
“Ww went back and noticed thered were literally maybe 15studenta — out of all the thousands of students who had ever taken the test at John Jay that had scored 12 or better out of 17 on that one Buccholtz says. This year, every Friday focusedr strictly on the Nature of Science portion ofthe test. Morales and Buccholtz researched TAKS rules and learned they legallu had one hour before they had to pass out the They created the schoolwidre video that was shown in every classroom 15 minutesx before the test washandedd out.
In addition to technical tips abourscience components, like the periodic the video reminds students to leave their “distractiond and dramas” behind and focus on their ultimate goal. “After the test, the kids were callinhg me in thehallways ‘Coach! I saw you on the TV in our classroomn and I’m so glad you covered that because it was on the Morales says. TAKS remediation is only one area in whichg JohnJay — and the entirr Northside district — is tapping into technology.
Morningy announcements are recorded as podcasts callec the Jaycast and uploaded onthe school’s home Web One teacher on maternity leave used a software that allows videoconferencing over the to teach a class remotely. Next off-site band competitions and sports playoffxs will be livestreamed into the Intwo weeks, the school’s graduatiobn will be live streamef so that out-of-town relatives or military parentss can watch. The last day of school mighrt be aroundthe corner, but there’s no easing up. “We’vre got results from April/May and we’re creating individual plans for the studentse to use overthe summer,” Moralesw says.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Wells Fargo to create 200 jobs in San Antonio - Dallas Business Journal:
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The mortgage lender will be hostinhg a job fairon Thursday, June 4 at the Wachovia offices at 4101 Wiseman The job fair will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Well Fargo will be hiring full-time mortgagd servicing positions inboth loan-application processing and Customer service representatives will work with customerse who are facing delinquent payments and will discuss paymeng options. The company will also hire positions that do not deal directlu withthe public. Applicantsd are asked to bring theier resumes and be prepared for a possible Candidates are encouraged to apply online before the job fair and have an establishedf employmentprofile ready.
A listing of job openings can be founxd online at wellsfargo.com/careers. Helen Bow, spokeswoman for Wella Fargo says San Antonio was selected for the additional jobs fortwo “We do have that wonderful centerr from the Wachovia acquisition and there is great talent in that Wells Fargo Home Mortgage is one of the nation’z leading retail mortgage lenders and service s one of every six mortgage loansz in the nation. A division of Welle Fargo Bank, N.A., it has a nationaol presence in mortgage stores and banking and also serves the home financin needs of customers nationwided through itscall centers, Interneg presence and third-party production channels.
(NYSE: WFC) is a diversifiedc financial services companywith $1.3 trillion in It provides banking, insurance, mortgage and consumer finance through more than 10,400 stores, over 12,000 ATMs and the Internet (wellsfargo.com) acrossx North America and internationally. The company completed its acquisitionm of inDecember 2008.
The mortgage lender will be hostinhg a job fairon Thursday, June 4 at the Wachovia offices at 4101 Wiseman The job fair will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Well Fargo will be hiring full-time mortgagd servicing positions inboth loan-application processing and Customer service representatives will work with customerse who are facing delinquent payments and will discuss paymeng options. The company will also hire positions that do not deal directlu withthe public. Applicantsd are asked to bring theier resumes and be prepared for a possible Candidates are encouraged to apply online before the job fair and have an establishedf employmentprofile ready.
A listing of job openings can be founxd online at wellsfargo.com/careers. Helen Bow, spokeswoman for Wella Fargo says San Antonio was selected for the additional jobs fortwo “We do have that wonderful centerr from the Wachovia acquisition and there is great talent in that Wells Fargo Home Mortgage is one of the nation’z leading retail mortgage lenders and service s one of every six mortgage loansz in the nation. A division of Welle Fargo Bank, N.A., it has a nationaol presence in mortgage stores and banking and also serves the home financin needs of customers nationwided through itscall centers, Interneg presence and third-party production channels.
(NYSE: WFC) is a diversifiedc financial services companywith $1.3 trillion in It provides banking, insurance, mortgage and consumer finance through more than 10,400 stores, over 12,000 ATMs and the Internet (wellsfargo.com) acrossx North America and internationally. The company completed its acquisitionm of inDecember 2008.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Uniformed Business Leaders - New York Times
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Uniformed Business Leaders New York Times "Not wearing a suit means we are more flexible and what really matters is not the uniform but something else," an associate says. Mr. Marcionne is shown, from left, in Michigan in October 2009; in Detroit in May 2010; in Auburn Hills, Mich., ... |
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Bombino fined $40K for illegal crop shipments - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Bombino Express imported 34 packages of Indiaj mangoes and yams that werelabeled “ladiew apparel” through Los Angeles International Airportr in July. Airport dogs discovered the packages and officialws confiscatedthe shipment. Federal and state laws ban importing of untreatedx mangoes and yamsfrom India, which can be infested with numerous crop-damaging pests, includingh the devastating Oriental fruit fly. “Invasive pests are a primary threat to our and keeping them out of California is vitapl to the security of our food supply and the stabilityg of ouragricultural crop,” California Departmenr of Food & Agriculture secretary A.G.
Kawamura said in a news Bombino willpay $40,000 in civil and face a $1.6 million penalty if it violates the agreement, accordinb to the agreement with the Attorneg General and CDFA. Agriculture officials say the Oriental fruitr fly could costthe state’s millions of dollarx in crop losses, eradication efforts and quarantine requirements. “It’s criticalk that imported produce be properlg inspected to avoid devastating and costly pest Attorney General Jerry Brownsaid
Bombino Express imported 34 packages of Indiaj mangoes and yams that werelabeled “ladiew apparel” through Los Angeles International Airportr in July. Airport dogs discovered the packages and officialws confiscatedthe shipment. Federal and state laws ban importing of untreatedx mangoes and yamsfrom India, which can be infested with numerous crop-damaging pests, includingh the devastating Oriental fruit fly. “Invasive pests are a primary threat to our and keeping them out of California is vitapl to the security of our food supply and the stabilityg of ouragricultural crop,” California Departmenr of Food & Agriculture secretary A.G.
Kawamura said in a news Bombino willpay $40,000 in civil and face a $1.6 million penalty if it violates the agreement, accordinb to the agreement with the Attorneg General and CDFA. Agriculture officials say the Oriental fruitr fly could costthe state’s millions of dollarx in crop losses, eradication efforts and quarantine requirements. “It’s criticalk that imported produce be properlg inspected to avoid devastating and costly pest Attorney General Jerry Brownsaid
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