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But Newton-Wellesley, a community teaching hospitapl that dominates the wealthywestern suburbs, also is being courtefd by NEMC's rivals Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Partnersx Community HealthCare System Inc., the Massachusettws General and Brigham & Women's network. Chief executive officer John Bihldorff expects a decisionnby fall. "This is nothint more than a queuingh process," he said. "It doesn't mean we like them less or more. It's just a matter of reviewin g the information. This is an attemptf to establish what our organizations share in term s of vision and values in the healtycare system.
" Local physicians say Newton-Wellesley is a prime candidate for a New Englancd Medical partnership since both serve as Tuftz Medical School teaching facilities. The Newton-Wellesley opportunity come s at a critical time for NewEnglancd Medical, which has seen its plans for a regionak network falter. Jamaica Plain-based Faulkner Hospital executivees appear to be gravitating toward its two CareGroup Inc. and Partners. Meanwhile, Caritas Christi Health Care Systej announced plans this week to refer pediatric casesto Children's The children's cases are now referred to Caritas, the Catholic Hospitao network that includes St.
Elizabeth's Medicall Center in Brighton, was once seen as a key componen to NewEngland Medical's plan to mergd or sign affiliation agreements with four to five communityh hospitals this year. With Soutj Shore Hospital's announcement last week to hitch to Partners CommunityHealthy network, the pressure has intensified for Newton-Wellesley, Faulkner and several other thriving community hospitals to make a decisioj on a future alliance. Other independentxs include Beverly, Winchester, Malden and Brockton hospitals.
Independence may not last for Beverly, which saw a deal with CareGroup and AtlantiCars Hospital in Lynn evaporate earlierthis year, is laying groundworik for potential suitors, said Jack Good, a hospita spokesman. The hospital has also been courtedby Columbia/HCA Healthcarre Corp., owners of MetroWest Medical Center in "We're at a crossroads at this deciding what we want and puttingy together a list of specifics," said "We obviously couldn't work fast enough to creats a situation for the AtlantiCare but now we have the time to figure out what we want to One name that won't be found on the list is which absorbed nearby competitor, Salem into its fold.
The Boston-based health care network may get its way withFaulkneer Hospital, which expects to make a decisiom within two weeks on one of three mergerf partners. "Our hope is to build a consensusx inthat direction," said CEO David who expects physicians to play a large role in the decision. "The only down side is it takes more time to do it that Atthis rate, statewide hospital leaders predict there won'tg be any stand-alone hospitals within six "The grade A community hospitals are going to align this said Dr. Thomas O'Donnell, New England Medical'as chief executive officer. Several CEOs, aren't so certain.
Despite the full-court Bihldorff said Newton-Wellesley may still go it alone. Winchester CEO Stephen Laverty is adamant that his hospital can operatse fine withouta network. "We're not isolationis or arrogant enough to thinkwe shouldn't be listening," said Laverty. "We'rwe approached all the time and wedo listen. We listeb carefully to ascertain if there is somethingv there that will add value to our By waiting to joinregionapl networks, South Shore and otheer suburban hospitals have obtained sweeter deals. South Shore CEO David Hannan allegedly signedsa 5-year, $2.
5 million contractt when his Weymouth hospital joined the Partnerzs network last week, prompting one state senator to call for a hearing on the proposed merger. Financial considerations are not theoverriding factor, said Bihldorff, whoswe hospital is facing a $7 million to $8 millionh deficit due to the costs of building its new surgical declining reimbursements from the state'es free-care pool, and short-term expensezs such as technology. "I don't think we have anymore or less clouty thanthe organization, its reputation and well-established role in this community," he said.
"Whethert we were the last one or the firsy one to joina
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
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in McLean announced that Mark Roberts has joined the firm as a partnefr in its businessconsulting Group. Roberts’ practice will focuw on government and commercial For the past20 years, Roberts has served as a consultangt and expert witness with major public accountin firms, most recently . His assignments involvec regulatory issues related tocontract costing, profitability and administration. Priod to that, he worked with a major aerospacer anddefense contractor, holding positions in finance and contract management. Ethamn Gewolb joined Ginsberg and Helfer PLLC as a stafvf accountant in the tax and management consultingg services divisionin D.C.
The Washington office of Arnoled Worldwide announced the appointment of Eric Andrade in the newlt created position of digitalmarketing director. Andradw oversees all of Arnold D.C.’s online and new mediza work. Andrade has worked mostly in California for agenciesz specializingin entertainment, digital marketing and softwarw development. Andrade headed up business development and strategyfor Calif.-based Trailer Park Inc., a $60-million advertisinb company serving the entertainment industry. From 2005 to 2007, he worke d at two digital marketing agencies inSan Francisco: as an executiver producer at AKQA, and as a senior projectf manager at .
He also has workedc at , first in New York and then in San has promoted Andre Glover to assistanf vice president inCamp Springs. Glover, who joined the bank in is a financial center leade rat BB&T’s Camp Springs brancj at 6309 Allentown Road. Glover has been in bankint for 11 years within the Washington area with a majodr focus on small business and communitydevelopmenrt organizations. Charles C. Reardon has been named partnerof LLC. Reardon will assisf in growing the financial restructuring and healthy anddistressefd M&A practices for CMAG from a new officre opening in Tysons Corner.
Reardon bring s extensive expertise in strategic planning, operational and financial restructuring and real estate developmenyt to this new position with Carl Marks. Beforr joining CMAG, he was a member of ’s globallt recognized financial restructuring group and ledthat firm’s distressed mergerse and acquisitions practice in the mid-Atlantic Oonie Chase has joined communications firm GMMB in D.C. as digitaol director and seniorvice Chase, formerly with Blasg Radius, will guide the digital practice, integrating it into the firm’x overall offering.
Chase’s hire comed on the heels of the announcement thatFaceboomk co-founder Chris Hughes has joined as a strategi adviser. Both Chase and Hughesw will work closely withthe firm’s executive creativw director Kirk Souder. Prior to joining Blast Radiuasin 2008, Chase was with , where she shaped the interactivwe strategies of brands such as , KitchenAid, The New York Timesa and Barnes & Noble. Chase’sx recent work for the partnership was among the most successful virao issue campaigns on Facebookjto date, generating 1.4 million days of medicine for people living with HIV in Africa. Chormabn Romano , vice president and Tyler Herbert, projecft manager, joined Mark G.
Anderson Consultants in D.C. Mike Kappel has joine in Reston asproject manager. Kappeo has 10 years experience in theconstructiobn industry, serving as project manager for , as directorr of residential construction for Ridgewoodd Homes and as senior project manage r for . He has successfully bid, and constructed residences in excessof $4,000,0000 in value and has personally overseen the completed construction of more than 80 high-ene luxury homes. announced the hiring of Daimon Perez as environmenta health and safety manager in itsRockvillwe office. Perez is a seasonesd construction professional who comes to the officefrom Skanska’w office in San Juan.
He bringsd to Skanska more than 13 years professional While inPuerto Rico, Perez chaired the and assumed a leadershil role in the local environmental efforts of the company, overseeintg the environmental, safety and health execution for all Puertpo Rico construction management projects. Perez is a membefr of the American Society ofSafetyg Engineers, the Sociedad de Profesionales en Prevencioj de Accidentes de Puerto Rico, the and the locaol . He also is an authorized OSHA traine rin construction. Also in the Rockville office, Skansks hired Katie Cheung asmarketing coordinator.
In this Cheung will be responsible for proposapl productionwithin Skanska’s interiors education, federal and other key markets. Cheung joinxs the marketing department with an extensivew background in the constructioj and architectural proposaldevelopment process. She bringas to Skanska significant expertise in developinh presentations and preparing proposals for projects in education andcommercial markets. She was previously employex by Matrix Settles and The for Entrepreneurship atthe ’s announced Craig Dye has joined the center as director of investments.
In his new position, Dye will be leadingb the continued growth of theDingmam Center’s Capital Access Network, an angel investment group focused on funding early-stage deala up to $1.5 He will lead the network’s growth and support the Dingmabn Center’s continued efforts to fuel economic development and job creatiob throughout state and region. Nexus Health in Oxon Hill namedVerna S. Meacham as its president and CEO. announces that attorney Stephanie Scruggs has been named a firm shareholdeer inthe firm’s D.C. office. She joined the firm as an associater inApril 2008. Scruggs representsd clients in a variety of intellectualpropertuy matters.
She is primarily focused on patent patent prosecution, and product clearance and patent validityg opinions, but also has extensivr experience in trademark prosecution and counseling, patent and due diligence associated with IP transfers. She represents both U.S. and foreign-baserd clients in a variety of industriex includingthe chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, medica devices and mechanical arenas. Scruggsw regularly appears beforethe U.S. Patengt and Trademark Office Board of Patenft Appealsand Interferences. Formefr U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Securitt Mario Mancuso has joinedin D.C. as a partner in the internationalo corporatetransactions practice.
Mancuso will focues on international corporate, policgy and regulatory matters. As under secretary of commercde for industry and securitty from 2007 to Mancuso was the mostsenior U.S. government officialk with direct responsibility forinternationap trade, transaction and investment matter s that implicated U.S. national security and foreign policy Beforejoining Commerce, Mancuso servex as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for specialp operations and combating terrorism.
As the ’s senior civilian official with immediate responsibility for its global counterterrorism he oversaw policy related to sensitive specialoperationes missions, formulated the department’s global counterterrorisjm strategy and worked closely with U.S. foreign partners and Wiley Rein LLP announced the addition of former Deputhy Assistant Treasury SecretaryNova J. Daly as a publicc policy consultant in its growing internationaltrade practice. Daly played a leadintg role in reformingthe .
Prior to his role at his service includes terms asthe ’s Director for International Trade; a trade policy advisedr to the Secretary of Commerce; and an internationalk trade adviser at the U.S. Senatre Committee on Finance.
in McLean announced that Mark Roberts has joined the firm as a partnefr in its businessconsulting Group. Roberts’ practice will focuw on government and commercial For the past20 years, Roberts has served as a consultangt and expert witness with major public accountin firms, most recently . His assignments involvec regulatory issues related tocontract costing, profitability and administration. Priod to that, he worked with a major aerospacer anddefense contractor, holding positions in finance and contract management. Ethamn Gewolb joined Ginsberg and Helfer PLLC as a stafvf accountant in the tax and management consultingg services divisionin D.C.
The Washington office of Arnoled Worldwide announced the appointment of Eric Andrade in the newlt created position of digitalmarketing director. Andradw oversees all of Arnold D.C.’s online and new mediza work. Andrade has worked mostly in California for agenciesz specializingin entertainment, digital marketing and softwarw development. Andrade headed up business development and strategyfor Calif.-based Trailer Park Inc., a $60-million advertisinb company serving the entertainment industry. From 2005 to 2007, he worke d at two digital marketing agencies inSan Francisco: as an executiver producer at AKQA, and as a senior projectf manager at .
He also has workedc at , first in New York and then in San has promoted Andre Glover to assistanf vice president inCamp Springs. Glover, who joined the bank in is a financial center leade rat BB&T’s Camp Springs brancj at 6309 Allentown Road. Glover has been in bankint for 11 years within the Washington area with a majodr focus on small business and communitydevelopmenrt organizations. Charles C. Reardon has been named partnerof LLC. Reardon will assisf in growing the financial restructuring and healthy anddistressefd M&A practices for CMAG from a new officre opening in Tysons Corner.
Reardon bring s extensive expertise in strategic planning, operational and financial restructuring and real estate developmenyt to this new position with Carl Marks. Beforr joining CMAG, he was a member of ’s globallt recognized financial restructuring group and ledthat firm’s distressed mergerse and acquisitions practice in the mid-Atlantic Oonie Chase has joined communications firm GMMB in D.C. as digitaol director and seniorvice Chase, formerly with Blasg Radius, will guide the digital practice, integrating it into the firm’x overall offering.
Chase’s hire comed on the heels of the announcement thatFaceboomk co-founder Chris Hughes has joined as a strategi adviser. Both Chase and Hughesw will work closely withthe firm’s executive creativw director Kirk Souder. Prior to joining Blast Radiuasin 2008, Chase was with , where she shaped the interactivwe strategies of brands such as , KitchenAid, The New York Timesa and Barnes & Noble. Chase’sx recent work for the partnership was among the most successful virao issue campaigns on Facebookjto date, generating 1.4 million days of medicine for people living with HIV in Africa. Chormabn Romano , vice president and Tyler Herbert, projecft manager, joined Mark G.
Anderson Consultants in D.C. Mike Kappel has joine in Reston asproject manager. Kappeo has 10 years experience in theconstructiobn industry, serving as project manager for , as directorr of residential construction for Ridgewoodd Homes and as senior project manage r for . He has successfully bid, and constructed residences in excessof $4,000,0000 in value and has personally overseen the completed construction of more than 80 high-ene luxury homes. announced the hiring of Daimon Perez as environmenta health and safety manager in itsRockvillwe office. Perez is a seasonesd construction professional who comes to the officefrom Skanska’w office in San Juan.
He bringsd to Skanska more than 13 years professional While inPuerto Rico, Perez chaired the and assumed a leadershil role in the local environmental efforts of the company, overseeintg the environmental, safety and health execution for all Puertpo Rico construction management projects. Perez is a membefr of the American Society ofSafetyg Engineers, the Sociedad de Profesionales en Prevencioj de Accidentes de Puerto Rico, the and the locaol . He also is an authorized OSHA traine rin construction. Also in the Rockville office, Skansks hired Katie Cheung asmarketing coordinator.
In this Cheung will be responsible for proposapl productionwithin Skanska’s interiors education, federal and other key markets. Cheung joinxs the marketing department with an extensivew background in the constructioj and architectural proposaldevelopment process. She bringas to Skanska significant expertise in developinh presentations and preparing proposals for projects in education andcommercial markets. She was previously employex by Matrix Settles and The for Entrepreneurship atthe ’s announced Craig Dye has joined the center as director of investments.
In his new position, Dye will be leadingb the continued growth of theDingmam Center’s Capital Access Network, an angel investment group focused on funding early-stage deala up to $1.5 He will lead the network’s growth and support the Dingmabn Center’s continued efforts to fuel economic development and job creatiob throughout state and region. Nexus Health in Oxon Hill namedVerna S. Meacham as its president and CEO. announces that attorney Stephanie Scruggs has been named a firm shareholdeer inthe firm’s D.C. office. She joined the firm as an associater inApril 2008. Scruggs representsd clients in a variety of intellectualpropertuy matters.
She is primarily focused on patent patent prosecution, and product clearance and patent validityg opinions, but also has extensivr experience in trademark prosecution and counseling, patent and due diligence associated with IP transfers. She represents both U.S. and foreign-baserd clients in a variety of industriex includingthe chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical, medica devices and mechanical arenas. Scruggsw regularly appears beforethe U.S. Patengt and Trademark Office Board of Patenft Appealsand Interferences. Formefr U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Securitt Mario Mancuso has joinedin D.C. as a partner in the internationalo corporatetransactions practice.
Mancuso will focues on international corporate, policgy and regulatory matters. As under secretary of commercde for industry and securitty from 2007 to Mancuso was the mostsenior U.S. government officialk with direct responsibility forinternationap trade, transaction and investment matter s that implicated U.S. national security and foreign policy Beforejoining Commerce, Mancuso servex as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for specialp operations and combating terrorism.
As the ’s senior civilian official with immediate responsibility for its global counterterrorism he oversaw policy related to sensitive specialoperationes missions, formulated the department’s global counterterrorisjm strategy and worked closely with U.S. foreign partners and Wiley Rein LLP announced the addition of former Deputhy Assistant Treasury SecretaryNova J. Daly as a publicc policy consultant in its growing internationaltrade practice. Daly played a leadintg role in reformingthe .
Prior to his role at his service includes terms asthe ’s Director for International Trade; a trade policy advisedr to the Secretary of Commerce; and an internationalk trade adviser at the U.S. Senatre Committee on Finance.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Eric P. Bloom: 4 great root cause analysis tools for managers - Hannibal.net
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Eric P. Bloom: 4 great root cause analysis tools for managers Hannibal.net Fortunately, there are a number of tools that you can use to help you define the root cause of your problem, which of course is the first step in correcting it. These tools include the following: My goal in this week's column is to provide you with a ... |
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Raffa, Freidkin accounting firms merge - Washington Business Journal:
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D.C.-based Raffa, a woman-owned regional accounting, and technology firm, currentlyh serves over 500 variousnonprofit clients. “By expandinf our ability to help businesses and individuals better manager and leverage their finances through sophisticatedtax planning, we believew the firm can have a larger, more significant impacyt on our work in the community,“ said CEO Tom who established the firm in 1984, in a statement. Throughn the merger with Freidkin, its client pool will expane to include the business community and high networthj individuals. Services include business and estate tax business advisory, forensic, and valuation services.
a 35-year-old women-owned CPA firm that employs about 30 will stay at its headquartersin Rockville. The combinecd firms, which have a total of 16 partnerds and almost250 employees, will operatw under the Raffa PC name. Raffa offersa insurance and investment servicesw to the nonprofit community and investment consultingt and financial planningfor nonprofits, private and individuals that support the nonprofit
D.C.-based Raffa, a woman-owned regional accounting, and technology firm, currentlyh serves over 500 variousnonprofit clients. “By expandinf our ability to help businesses and individuals better manager and leverage their finances through sophisticatedtax planning, we believew the firm can have a larger, more significant impacyt on our work in the community,“ said CEO Tom who established the firm in 1984, in a statement. Throughn the merger with Freidkin, its client pool will expane to include the business community and high networthj individuals. Services include business and estate tax business advisory, forensic, and valuation services.
a 35-year-old women-owned CPA firm that employs about 30 will stay at its headquartersin Rockville. The combinecd firms, which have a total of 16 partnerds and almost250 employees, will operatw under the Raffa PC name. Raffa offersa insurance and investment servicesw to the nonprofit community and investment consultingt and financial planningfor nonprofits, private and individuals that support the nonprofit
Monday, February 20, 2012
Unisys gives up on one debt exchange, proposes another - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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The Blue Bell, Pa.-basedr information-technology company said late Tuesday it has terminated the offere that was to have expiredx tonightafter . In that, it was trying to get holderx of four series of senior notes with a total face valueof $1.06 billion, and due beginning next to exchange them in a private offer for new senioe secured notes that would have paid 12.625 percenft interest and been due in 2014. Now, Unisyd (NYSE:UIS) is trying to get holders of the senior notees to exchange them in private placementse for two series of new seniorsecured notes; either nearlyu 73.7 million shares or 19.
9 percentf of its stock, whichever is less; and up to $30 million in Unisys said it has negotiated those terms with representatives of a group that it has been told consists of holdersx of 40 percent of the senio notes. Unisys also is asking the senior noteholders to agrewe to amendments that would eliminate nearl y allthe notes’ covenants and some of the claused with which it must comply to avoids defaulting on the A noteholder that tenders a senior note is agreeiny to the amendments, Unisys said.
The holders of each seriex of notes will vote as a separate class and Unisys will consided a series to have agreee to the amendments if the holderzs of the majority of the principal amounft of the notes in the series thecompany said. The senior notes comprise $300 million of 6.875 percent notes due 2010; $400 millionj of 8 percent note sdue 2012; $150 millionm of 8.5 percent notes due 2015; and $210 milliomn of 12.5 percent notes due 2016. Unisys said holders of 25.6 percent of the 2010 notes, 23.8 percent of the 2012 54 percent of the 2015 notesand 15.8 perceny of the 2016 notes have agreed to tendert their notes.
The compant said the exchange offer is contingent upon at least 40 percent of the 2010 notes and 2012 notew being tendered by Midnight EDTJuly 28.
The Blue Bell, Pa.-basedr information-technology company said late Tuesday it has terminated the offere that was to have expiredx tonightafter . In that, it was trying to get holderx of four series of senior notes with a total face valueof $1.06 billion, and due beginning next to exchange them in a private offer for new senioe secured notes that would have paid 12.625 percenft interest and been due in 2014. Now, Unisyd (NYSE:UIS) is trying to get holders of the senior notees to exchange them in private placementse for two series of new seniorsecured notes; either nearlyu 73.7 million shares or 19.
9 percentf of its stock, whichever is less; and up to $30 million in Unisys said it has negotiated those terms with representatives of a group that it has been told consists of holdersx of 40 percent of the senio notes. Unisys also is asking the senior noteholders to agrewe to amendments that would eliminate nearl y allthe notes’ covenants and some of the claused with which it must comply to avoids defaulting on the A noteholder that tenders a senior note is agreeiny to the amendments, Unisys said.
The holders of each seriex of notes will vote as a separate class and Unisys will consided a series to have agreee to the amendments if the holderzs of the majority of the principal amounft of the notes in the series thecompany said. The senior notes comprise $300 million of 6.875 percent notes due 2010; $400 millionj of 8 percent note sdue 2012; $150 millionm of 8.5 percent notes due 2015; and $210 milliomn of 12.5 percent notes due 2016. Unisys said holders of 25.6 percent of the 2010 notes, 23.8 percent of the 2012 54 percent of the 2015 notesand 15.8 perceny of the 2016 notes have agreed to tendert their notes.
The compant said the exchange offer is contingent upon at least 40 percent of the 2010 notes and 2012 notew being tendered by Midnight EDTJuly 28.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Highlighting Muhammad Ali with Jason Whitlock - Fox Sports Ohio
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Highlighting Muhammad Ali with Jason Whitlock Fox Sports Ohio In celebration of Black History month, Fox Sports Net is presenting a special one-hour episode of Connected with Jason Whitlock, highlighting the career of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Ali just turned 70 and Whitlock and guests will look at Ali's impact ... |
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Proposed Glendale casino clears first federal hurdle - Phoenix Business Journal:
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The U.S. Interior Department cleared plana by theTohono O'odham Natiom for a casino on county land bordering Glendale to be furthe reviewed for final federak approval. The O'odham want to develop a 1.2 million-square-foog casino and resort on unincorporatec county land at 91st andNorthern avenues. The O'odhamj reservation is located in Tucson, but a 1983 federa law allows the tribe to acquir e lands in the Phoenix and Casa Grandd areas to replace lands it previously The O'odham point to that law in thei attempt to get the Glendale casino approved by the U.S. The approval received this week was apreliminary review, and the U.S. Interior Department will furthef considerthe plan.
The city of Glendale is fightinhg thecasino plans, citing concerns about the costa of infrastructure, security and traffic. City officialx and some real estate developers in the West Valley area also worry aboutthe casino's impact on the area's growth and The casino is north of UOP Jobing.com Arena and Westgate City Center. The Arizona Cardinals and National Football Leaguse have said they do not opposethe
The U.S. Interior Department cleared plana by theTohono O'odham Natiom for a casino on county land bordering Glendale to be furthe reviewed for final federak approval. The O'odham want to develop a 1.2 million-square-foog casino and resort on unincorporatec county land at 91st andNorthern avenues. The O'odhamj reservation is located in Tucson, but a 1983 federa law allows the tribe to acquir e lands in the Phoenix and Casa Grandd areas to replace lands it previously The O'odham point to that law in thei attempt to get the Glendale casino approved by the U.S. The approval received this week was apreliminary review, and the U.S. Interior Department will furthef considerthe plan.
The city of Glendale is fightinhg thecasino plans, citing concerns about the costa of infrastructure, security and traffic. City officialx and some real estate developers in the West Valley area also worry aboutthe casino's impact on the area's growth and The casino is north of UOP Jobing.com Arena and Westgate City Center. The Arizona Cardinals and National Football Leaguse have said they do not opposethe
Monday, February 13, 2012
Brazil journalist killed in rough border town - USA TODAY
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USA TODAY | Brazil journalist killed in rough border town USA TODAY SAO PAULO (AP) รข€" The editor-in-chief of a newspaper that crusaded against corruption in Brazil's rough border region with Paraguay was shot dead, police said Monday, just days after another slain journalist's body was found in a different state. |
Saturday, February 11, 2012
First green project in foreclosure - The Business Review (Albany):
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million construction mortgage. The 33,000-square-foot Vive Verde, also knownj as EcoCentre, is the first South Florida project seeking Leadership in Energyt and EnvironmentalDesign (LEED) certificatiob from the U.S. Green Building Council to face Inan interview, Romano said the extra cost of the building’s green features is not the reasonm it fell into foreclosure. “The fact that the building is a greenh building is not why the building financially is in Romano said.
“It has to do with a failure to properlgy and adequately financially plan the building in the and I blame myself for Despitea cost-conscious office-leasing the concept of green office buildings is here to according to Christian Lee, vice chairman of in and Vive Verde’s foreclosure is just one entry on a long list of commercia l foreclosures that will happen regardless of whethee a building is He noted that the more important factord for Romano’s building will be office demand in Lake Worth.
“Buildinh green adds to the cost [of a building], but in the long run, any greenm building will be more attractive to an investorbecauser it’s already green,” he said. “Otherwise, new investorsd would be figuring in the cost to make it because all commercial buildingxs aregoing green.” Rob Hink, a LEED-accreditecd consultant with the Weston-based , agrees. “I don’ t think this one foreclosurer on a green building is any comment on the LEED systekm orgreen buildings, I thinkj it’s just the economy,” he “I’m surprised because it’s a leased-up building.
” He adderd that Romano’s large inner courtyar d could have been downsized to fit more rental space in the and yet still have retained many of the environmenta benefits. On May 26, Fort Lee, N.J.-based fileed the foreclosure action against ViveVerde North, managingv member Romano and otheer parties associated with the according to Palm Beach County Circuit Courg records. The four-story building, at 1005 Lake Ave., in Lake was completed in August. Its office space is about 70 percenrt leased, and it has two empty retaik spaces, Romano said. The green features of the building work exactluy ashe hoped, he said.
A rooftop garden catches rainwater, while condensatiohn is collected from the air conditioner for watering plants and ponds and flushing Grey water is recycle d in the water features ofthe atrium. The use of skylightse and windows cuts down onelectricity usage. Many fixturesx were made with recycled materials. A sign outsidr advertises it asa “living building.” goldfish swim through a pond and a statued of a Native American bathes in the sunlighty in the garden. Despite the energy and waterd savings, Vive Verde North has not made any payments onthe $6.
9 millionh mortgage this year, said John Hart, an attornet with Carlton Fields in West Palm Beachj who represents Meecorp in the “My client would like to get but if that doesn’t come to they are prepared to take title to the property and prepare to get paid that way, Hart said. Vive Verde North has a $4 million second mortgagse with Williamsville, N.Y.-based , which is named in Meecorp’ s complaint. Romano said his company got behincd on mortgage payments because it ran out of mone and could not get the loan refinanced by atraditional bank. “It is making me physically ill that this is he said.
“I will continue to work nighgt and day to make this allwork …. Thess days, I’m losing a lot of sleep over He said his plan for the building was flawe d from the beginning because he wrotde an incorrectfinancial plan. He said the constructioj for his first development project came in on budget and its utilitiesoperate efficiently. Romano said the greenb features of Vive Verde attractedsome tenants, althoughb several of them would have signed leasesz in the building without He is confident the building will earn LEED but said that not opening with that designatio n has not hurt the project. Romano was aimin for gold-level certification from the U.S.
Green Buildingb Council.
million construction mortgage. The 33,000-square-foot Vive Verde, also knownj as EcoCentre, is the first South Florida project seeking Leadership in Energyt and EnvironmentalDesign (LEED) certificatiob from the U.S. Green Building Council to face Inan interview, Romano said the extra cost of the building’s green features is not the reasonm it fell into foreclosure. “The fact that the building is a greenh building is not why the building financially is in Romano said.
“It has to do with a failure to properlgy and adequately financially plan the building in the and I blame myself for Despitea cost-conscious office-leasing the concept of green office buildings is here to according to Christian Lee, vice chairman of in and Vive Verde’s foreclosure is just one entry on a long list of commercia l foreclosures that will happen regardless of whethee a building is He noted that the more important factord for Romano’s building will be office demand in Lake Worth.
“Buildinh green adds to the cost [of a building], but in the long run, any greenm building will be more attractive to an investorbecauser it’s already green,” he said. “Otherwise, new investorsd would be figuring in the cost to make it because all commercial buildingxs aregoing green.” Rob Hink, a LEED-accreditecd consultant with the Weston-based , agrees. “I don’ t think this one foreclosurer on a green building is any comment on the LEED systekm orgreen buildings, I thinkj it’s just the economy,” he “I’m surprised because it’s a leased-up building.
” He adderd that Romano’s large inner courtyar d could have been downsized to fit more rental space in the and yet still have retained many of the environmenta benefits. On May 26, Fort Lee, N.J.-based fileed the foreclosure action against ViveVerde North, managingv member Romano and otheer parties associated with the according to Palm Beach County Circuit Courg records. The four-story building, at 1005 Lake Ave., in Lake was completed in August. Its office space is about 70 percenrt leased, and it has two empty retaik spaces, Romano said. The green features of the building work exactluy ashe hoped, he said.
A rooftop garden catches rainwater, while condensatiohn is collected from the air conditioner for watering plants and ponds and flushing Grey water is recycle d in the water features ofthe atrium. The use of skylightse and windows cuts down onelectricity usage. Many fixturesx were made with recycled materials. A sign outsidr advertises it asa “living building.” goldfish swim through a pond and a statued of a Native American bathes in the sunlighty in the garden. Despite the energy and waterd savings, Vive Verde North has not made any payments onthe $6.
9 millionh mortgage this year, said John Hart, an attornet with Carlton Fields in West Palm Beachj who represents Meecorp in the “My client would like to get but if that doesn’t come to they are prepared to take title to the property and prepare to get paid that way, Hart said. Vive Verde North has a $4 million second mortgagse with Williamsville, N.Y.-based , which is named in Meecorp’ s complaint. Romano said his company got behincd on mortgage payments because it ran out of mone and could not get the loan refinanced by atraditional bank. “It is making me physically ill that this is he said.
“I will continue to work nighgt and day to make this allwork …. Thess days, I’m losing a lot of sleep over He said his plan for the building was flawe d from the beginning because he wrotde an incorrectfinancial plan. He said the constructioj for his first development project came in on budget and its utilitiesoperate efficiently. Romano said the greenb features of Vive Verde attractedsome tenants, althoughb several of them would have signed leasesz in the building without He is confident the building will earn LEED but said that not opening with that designatio n has not hurt the project. Romano was aimin for gold-level certification from the U.S.
Green Buildingb Council.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Business Calendar - Dayton Business Journal:
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Dayton Crowne Plaza Resnick Room; members $20, nonmembers $25; Lori Bird at 836-479 April 23: Mentoring Future Leaders: Empowering Women to Achievw TheirFull Potential, with Lisa Kloppenberg; presented by YWCA Dayton; 11:3o a.m-1:30 p.m.; $35 per person; Sinclair Community 461-5550 April 23: Humor, Humility and Hangin on in the 9 a.m.-12 p.m.; Bergamo $20, including lunch; Chris 426-2363 or chrisb@bergamocenter.org Aprikl 23: Everything You Wanted to Know Aboug FM Technology But Were Afraid to Ask; presente by the International Facility Management Association; 11:30 a.m.
-1:30 Miami Valley Entrepreneurs Center; free for members of Dayton IFMA, $20 for nonmembers; Apri l Monroe, 237-3400 April 23: Busines s After Hours; presented by the South Metrop Regional Chamber of Commerce; 5 p.m.-7 The Gallery at Yankee Trace; smcoc.org Aprill 24: Shaping the Emergency Department of the Future; presenteds by Premier Health Care 7:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m.; Hilton Columbus; $99 per no charge for Premierf client hospital attendees; (800) 726-3627, ext. 3726 April 25: Ethicalo Leadership: Principles for Success Without Guilt; presented by the Centerd for Leadership & Executive Development; University of Dayton; 229-3115 or leadership.udayton.
edu April Applying Ethics to Leadership; starts at 6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Sinclair Community College; $25 for the general public, $15 for Sinclairt students; 512-2980 April 29-30: Making Successful Presentations; presented by the Centert for Leadership & Executive Development; University of Dayton; 229-311r5 or leadership.udayton.edu April 30: Bridging the Generation Gaps in the presented by the Municipal Training Academ y and the South Metro Regional Chamber of Holiday InnDayton Mall; Julia Maxton, 433-2032 or Mari e Belpulsi, 438-8887 April 30: Customer-Focused Selling; presentefd by the Mid-Miami Valley Chamber of Commerce; 7:30 a.m.
-9 $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers; (513) 422-4551q or mmvchamber.org May 2: Leadershipo Challenge Refresher: Continuing the Challenge; presented by the Centerd for Leadership & Executive Development; University of 229-3115 or leadership.udayton.edu
Dayton Crowne Plaza Resnick Room; members $20, nonmembers $25; Lori Bird at 836-479 April 23: Mentoring Future Leaders: Empowering Women to Achievw TheirFull Potential, with Lisa Kloppenberg; presented by YWCA Dayton; 11:3o a.m-1:30 p.m.; $35 per person; Sinclair Community 461-5550 April 23: Humor, Humility and Hangin on in the 9 a.m.-12 p.m.; Bergamo $20, including lunch; Chris 426-2363 or chrisb@bergamocenter.org Aprikl 23: Everything You Wanted to Know Aboug FM Technology But Were Afraid to Ask; presente by the International Facility Management Association; 11:30 a.m.
-1:30 Miami Valley Entrepreneurs Center; free for members of Dayton IFMA, $20 for nonmembers; Apri l Monroe, 237-3400 April 23: Busines s After Hours; presented by the South Metrop Regional Chamber of Commerce; 5 p.m.-7 The Gallery at Yankee Trace; smcoc.org Aprill 24: Shaping the Emergency Department of the Future; presenteds by Premier Health Care 7:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m.; Hilton Columbus; $99 per no charge for Premierf client hospital attendees; (800) 726-3627, ext. 3726 April 25: Ethicalo Leadership: Principles for Success Without Guilt; presented by the Centerd for Leadership & Executive Development; University of Dayton; 229-3115 or leadership.udayton.
edu April Applying Ethics to Leadership; starts at 6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Sinclair Community College; $25 for the general public, $15 for Sinclairt students; 512-2980 April 29-30: Making Successful Presentations; presented by the Centert for Leadership & Executive Development; University of Dayton; 229-311r5 or leadership.udayton.edu April 30: Bridging the Generation Gaps in the presented by the Municipal Training Academ y and the South Metro Regional Chamber of Holiday InnDayton Mall; Julia Maxton, 433-2032 or Mari e Belpulsi, 438-8887 April 30: Customer-Focused Selling; presentefd by the Mid-Miami Valley Chamber of Commerce; 7:30 a.m.
-9 $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers; (513) 422-4551q or mmvchamber.org May 2: Leadershipo Challenge Refresher: Continuing the Challenge; presented by the Centerd for Leadership & Executive Development; University of 229-3115 or leadership.udayton.edu
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
National Heart Failure Awareness Week: February 12-18, 2012 - MarketWatch (press release)
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National Heart Failure Awareness Week: February 12-18, 2012 MarketWatch (press release) 7, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- National Heart Failure Awareness Week is set for February 12-18, 2012. This week is a time for health care providers to remind patients with heart failure, patients' families, and all others at risk about the signs ... |
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Small company cashing in on an assist from a big business - bizjournals:
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Douglas Carlberg, president and CEO of M2 Global, says as thos orders begin to come in the the company wants tobe ready. Part of that game plan calle for expandingthe company’s North Side facilitiesx located at 5714 Epsilon. The company currentlhy occupiesa 25,000-square-foot facility that housexs all of its operationx — electronics manufacturing, welding, mechanical assemblg and sheet-metal services. Carlberh says future plans call for adding a separatre building onthe company’s five-acrew site — three acres of which are currently vacant. The new buildinyg would be connected toM2 Global’s currentt facilities with a walkway.
The anticipation of fastedr growth comes as the company nears the end of its participatiobn inthe U.S. Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé The program is designed to help smallp businesses further develop and refine their manufacturing and management processes in ordere to better servekey aerospace, defense and commercialk markets. Over the past year, has assisted and guided M2 Globakl throughthe program, helping it certif its processes in the areas of prime and finis paint, fuel-tank coatings, conductivity, hardness testing and metal-chem Carlberg says his company hopes to complete the certification of the last two processes metal-anodizing and heat-treating — by August.
Samuel Evans, director of small business and non-production procurement for Lockheed Martin says it chose to sponsorM2 Global’s participationn in the program because of its proven performance record. “We’re quite selectivde about whom we do the prograjm with because there has to be the right culture and the commitmentg to the program has tobe mutual,” Evans “We saw in M2 a company with excellent the facilities and the It had already proven itself with its performancwe and ... had excelled in the work that we hadgivemn them.
” Carlberg says he’s honored to have had his company selectede for the program and realizes the assist from Lockheefd bolsters his company’s futurre prospects. “Right now we provide some 300 differenf parts forLockheed Martin’s F-35 joint strike fighter program,” Carlberg says. “Our goal is to increase that numberdto 1,000 within the next 24 months as Lockheed Martin’es F-35 program ramps up from low-rat production to full-rate production.” Lockheed Martin holds the contract, estimaterd at $298 billion for its duration, to developl and to produce the F-35 Jointt Strike Fighter.
Over the next 40 some 2,443 F-35s are expected to come onlinw and serve as the backbonr ofAir Force, Navy and Marine Corpd fighter fleets. An additional 700 of these aircraft are expecte to be operated byalliex nations. As orders for theswe aircraft increase, the company expectse its demand for partsto intensify. “Ths forecast depends on funding fromthe government. But if the productiobn rate goes accordingto expectations, F-35 vendors (like M2 Global) will need to prepars ahead of time to accommodate the partss that Lockheed Martin will need to keep on schedule,” says Chris Geisel, F-35 program spokeswoman for Lockheed Martij Aeronautics.
As a result of participating in the mentor Carlberg says, his company has alreadyg been asked to serve as a supplier to Texas-based aircraft modification company Integrated Systems. “We started work with L-3 in Marcbh (of this year). Northup Grumman is also looking at he adds. “This program has potentiallyt opened a lot of new doorsfor us.” M2 Global also has been a small-business supplier for Lockheed Martin’ss F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-22 Raptor aircraft programs since 2006. M2 Global Technologuy Ltd. is a service-disabled, veteran-owned engineering and contracrt manufacturerof satellite, microwave, TV broadcast, and radiol subsystems.
Douglas Carlberg, president and CEO of M2 Global, says as thos orders begin to come in the the company wants tobe ready. Part of that game plan calle for expandingthe company’s North Side facilitiesx located at 5714 Epsilon. The company currentlhy occupiesa 25,000-square-foot facility that housexs all of its operationx — electronics manufacturing, welding, mechanical assemblg and sheet-metal services. Carlberh says future plans call for adding a separatre building onthe company’s five-acrew site — three acres of which are currently vacant. The new buildinyg would be connected toM2 Global’s currentt facilities with a walkway.
The anticipation of fastedr growth comes as the company nears the end of its participatiobn inthe U.S. Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé The program is designed to help smallp businesses further develop and refine their manufacturing and management processes in ordere to better servekey aerospace, defense and commercialk markets. Over the past year, has assisted and guided M2 Globakl throughthe program, helping it certif its processes in the areas of prime and finis paint, fuel-tank coatings, conductivity, hardness testing and metal-chem Carlberg says his company hopes to complete the certification of the last two processes metal-anodizing and heat-treating — by August.
Samuel Evans, director of small business and non-production procurement for Lockheed Martin says it chose to sponsorM2 Global’s participationn in the program because of its proven performance record. “We’re quite selectivde about whom we do the prograjm with because there has to be the right culture and the commitmentg to the program has tobe mutual,” Evans “We saw in M2 a company with excellent the facilities and the It had already proven itself with its performancwe and ... had excelled in the work that we hadgivemn them.
” Carlberg says he’s honored to have had his company selectede for the program and realizes the assist from Lockheefd bolsters his company’s futurre prospects. “Right now we provide some 300 differenf parts forLockheed Martin’s F-35 joint strike fighter program,” Carlberg says. “Our goal is to increase that numberdto 1,000 within the next 24 months as Lockheed Martin’es F-35 program ramps up from low-rat production to full-rate production.” Lockheed Martin holds the contract, estimaterd at $298 billion for its duration, to developl and to produce the F-35 Jointt Strike Fighter.
Over the next 40 some 2,443 F-35s are expected to come onlinw and serve as the backbonr ofAir Force, Navy and Marine Corpd fighter fleets. An additional 700 of these aircraft are expecte to be operated byalliex nations. As orders for theswe aircraft increase, the company expectse its demand for partsto intensify. “Ths forecast depends on funding fromthe government. But if the productiobn rate goes accordingto expectations, F-35 vendors (like M2 Global) will need to prepars ahead of time to accommodate the partss that Lockheed Martin will need to keep on schedule,” says Chris Geisel, F-35 program spokeswoman for Lockheed Martij Aeronautics.
As a result of participating in the mentor Carlberg says, his company has alreadyg been asked to serve as a supplier to Texas-based aircraft modification company Integrated Systems. “We started work with L-3 in Marcbh (of this year). Northup Grumman is also looking at he adds. “This program has potentiallyt opened a lot of new doorsfor us.” M2 Global also has been a small-business supplier for Lockheed Martin’ss F-16 Fighting Falcon and F-22 Raptor aircraft programs since 2006. M2 Global Technologuy Ltd. is a service-disabled, veteran-owned engineering and contracrt manufacturerof satellite, microwave, TV broadcast, and radiol subsystems.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
University Students Recoil at Koch Influence - FCIR
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FCIR | University Students Recoil at Koch Influence FCIR Bruce Benson, the Economics Department chair at FSU, told the Washington Post that while the Koch money paid for two new professor positions, the Koch people didn't suggest candidates for the job. (Photo courtesy of Florida State University.) ... |
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