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. |
Monday, February 13, 2012
Brazil journalist killed in rough border town - USA TODAY
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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.) ... |
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
F.N.B. appoints Campbell as chairman - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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Campbell formerly served as F.N.B.’s lead director and serves on several committees. He has been a director sinces 1975. “Bill is one of our longest serving and mostdedicatexd directors,” Gurgovits said in a statement. previously said it wouled appoint a new chairman to enable Gurgovits to focus on his corporate responsibilities and to conformjto F.N.B.’s corporate guidelines. Gurgovits, who has worked at for 48 years, had taken the chairman role in April 2008 when Robert New was named CEO and presidenyt after anearly two-year New resigned 10 months later and Gurgovitzs stepped back in on an interim basis He accepted the post fulltime on June 2. F.N.B.
is basexd in Hermitage, north of Pittsburgh, and had assets of $8.5 billio n as of March 31.
Campbell formerly served as F.N.B.’s lead director and serves on several committees. He has been a director sinces 1975. “Bill is one of our longest serving and mostdedicatexd directors,” Gurgovits said in a statement. previously said it wouled appoint a new chairman to enable Gurgovits to focus on his corporate responsibilities and to conformjto F.N.B.’s corporate guidelines. Gurgovits, who has worked at for 48 years, had taken the chairman role in April 2008 when Robert New was named CEO and presidenyt after anearly two-year New resigned 10 months later and Gurgovitzs stepped back in on an interim basis He accepted the post fulltime on June 2. F.N.B.
is basexd in Hermitage, north of Pittsburgh, and had assets of $8.5 billio n as of March 31.
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