Kenyan runners finish 1-2 in Kawasan Falls Marathon Inquirer.net KENYAN runners once again showed their prowess after dominating the 42-kilometer marathon of the ThreeSixty Pharmacy Kawasan Falls Marathon yesterday in Badian town, southern Cebu. Abraham Missos and Willy Tanui finished 1-2 in the 42k race with the ... |
Friday, August 19, 2011
Kenyan runners finish 1-2 in Kawasan Falls Marathon - Inquirer.net
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Deerhoof's New Collaborative 7†with Jeff Tweedy / The Raccoonists - Altsounds.com
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Pitchfork Media | Deerhoof's New Collaborative 7†with Jeff Tweedy / The Raccoonists Altsounds.com Jeff Tweedy fronting Deerhoof? You might be surprised just how natural the voice of Wilco sounds amidst the eccentric, swirling chaos of the Deerhoofian musical universe. The Wilco-Deerhoof connection goes back a long way. ... Jeff Tweedy collaborates with Deerhoof, his sons on new 7″ Deerhoof Release Single with Jeff Tweedy and Sons Jeff Tweedy and Sons Debut New Racoonists Band, Detail Deerhoof Split 7-Inch |
Monday, August 15, 2011
Consequences Of Permafrost Melt Differ At North And South Poles - Irish Weather Online
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Irish Weather Online | Consequences Of Permafrost Melt Differ At North And South Poles Irish Weather Online An American Hydrologist has said the rate of permafrost melt at the North and South Poles has increased considerably in recent years, but that the consequences of thawing at each pole differ due to the geography and ... Polar Scienti! st Charts Melting Caused by Climate Change Climate change consequences poles apart Polar Climate Change May Lead to Ecological Change |
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Continental to chase Northland tenants - Business First of Columbus:
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The Columbus brokerage will market the property for Columbuse UrbanGrowth Corp., the group the city has directecd to redevelop the 84-acrre Morse Road site, renamed Northland Park. Urban Growtj President David Baker said the organizationm needed outside expertise to sort through hundredsa ofrestaurant prospects. "We don't know who thosed people are or how to market tothem effectively," Bakefr said. Continental beat out competition from nine brokerageds that Urban Growth soughf forthe task. Continental, CB Richarrd Ellis, Ohio Equities and Columbus Commercial Realty went througha two-leve screening for the job.
Continentalk "has done far more restaurants with entirely different suchas Easton, the Arena District and theit own (development) accounts," Baket said. "They've also done tons of Urban Growth doesn't want the retail outparcel s anda 50,000- to 60,000-square-foort retail complex to drain tenant from nearby shopping centers. "It has to be a limitecd amount sowe don't compete with the retaipl along Morse Road," Bakerr said. He conceded a few Morse Road retailers may move toNorthlane Park. Those prospects were not identified. Urban Growth leasesd the former Northland site through the city undera 99-yearf agreement.
The agency directed the creationh of several vision plans as it worker through the summer to rezone the property underf thecommercial C-4 designation. Those plans will be changes as concepts become real Larry Ritter, Continental Realty's president, expects the brokerage to help refines those plans as tenant candidates step "We're going to work with them to figurw out what's the most effective way to repositiohn what was Northland and bring it back as a greayt asset to the city and, particularly, to that he said. Ritter suggested the residentiakl density and income leveol of the neighborhood should make the complex attractive to restaurant chainsand retailers.
"We think there's a lot of potentia l there," he said. "It can be a greaft site for a numberof retailers." Continental Real Estate development arm has plenty of experience at It joined Casto Developmentr in transforming the former Lennox factory site near Ohio State Universith into a retail and entertainmentr center. In Pittsburgh, it took a former stee l mill site and createdthe mixed-used Waterfrong project. As Continental moves to attract Urban Growth will monitorthe $1.1 millionh demolition of the retail space connecting Northland's former anchor storez - J.C.
Penney, Sears and Demolition is scheduled to begin in January to disconnectf the Lazarus building from the enclosed Retail Ventures, the parent of Value City Departmen Stores, plans to convert that 305,000-square-foot Lazarus building into its administrativde offices. The other anchor department stores and the former Generalo Cinema movie theater will not see the wrecking ball untilk Urban Growth exhausts redevelopmentt opportunities forthose buildings.
The Columbus brokerage will market the property for Columbuse UrbanGrowth Corp., the group the city has directecd to redevelop the 84-acrre Morse Road site, renamed Northland Park. Urban Growtj President David Baker said the organizationm needed outside expertise to sort through hundredsa ofrestaurant prospects. "We don't know who thosed people are or how to market tothem effectively," Bakefr said. Continental beat out competition from nine brokerageds that Urban Growth soughf forthe task. Continental, CB Richarrd Ellis, Ohio Equities and Columbus Commercial Realty went througha two-leve screening for the job.
Continentalk "has done far more restaurants with entirely different suchas Easton, the Arena District and theit own (development) accounts," Baket said. "They've also done tons of Urban Growth doesn't want the retail outparcel s anda 50,000- to 60,000-square-foort retail complex to drain tenant from nearby shopping centers. "It has to be a limitecd amount sowe don't compete with the retaipl along Morse Road," Bakerr said. He conceded a few Morse Road retailers may move toNorthlane Park. Those prospects were not identified. Urban Growth leasesd the former Northland site through the city undera 99-yearf agreement.
The agency directed the creationh of several vision plans as it worker through the summer to rezone the property underf thecommercial C-4 designation. Those plans will be changes as concepts become real Larry Ritter, Continental Realty's president, expects the brokerage to help refines those plans as tenant candidates step "We're going to work with them to figurw out what's the most effective way to repositiohn what was Northland and bring it back as a greayt asset to the city and, particularly, to that he said. Ritter suggested the residentiakl density and income leveol of the neighborhood should make the complex attractive to restaurant chainsand retailers.
"We think there's a lot of potentia l there," he said. "It can be a greaft site for a numberof retailers." Continental Real Estate development arm has plenty of experience at It joined Casto Developmentr in transforming the former Lennox factory site near Ohio State Universith into a retail and entertainmentr center. In Pittsburgh, it took a former stee l mill site and createdthe mixed-used Waterfrong project. As Continental moves to attract Urban Growth will monitorthe $1.1 millionh demolition of the retail space connecting Northland's former anchor storez - J.C.
Penney, Sears and Demolition is scheduled to begin in January to disconnectf the Lazarus building from the enclosed Retail Ventures, the parent of Value City Departmen Stores, plans to convert that 305,000-square-foot Lazarus building into its administrativde offices. The other anchor department stores and the former Generalo Cinema movie theater will not see the wrecking ball untilk Urban Growth exhausts redevelopmentt opportunities forthose buildings.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Pacific Business News (Honolulu): Nomination
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1. Describe the company'd financial performance in the lasttwo years. How has the currenf economic environment impacted the business and how has thebusineszs responded? 2. What makes the company distinctiveror different? 3. How does the compan y bring out the best in its employees and maximizetheit potential? 4. How has the company demonstrated leadershilp in itscommunity and/or businesz sector? Qualifications: Limited to for-profit businessez with MORE THAN 100 Self-nominations: Self-nominations are welcomed.
The namezs of nominator's are not revealed to anyone, not even the Letters of support: Two supportingh letters commenting onthe nominee's leadership abilities and contributions to his/her industry and community must be Letters must be no longee than two pages. Financial data: Requirementa on financial information are slightly differentg from previous years. We now require only revenuew and that informationis confidential. Only the judgea see it and the data is destroyed afterthe judging. If desired, there is an optio n to have financial information givenj to anaccounting firm, which verifiews the information but does not give actua numbers to judges.
Applicants are free to expand on financiaol performance in the actual Home office: Nominee can be based in Hawaiio or a branch of a company based elsewhere. If the company is based outsidew Hawaii, the nomination, including financial performance, can pertaij only to Hawaii operations, including financia l performance. Previous finalists, winners: Previouws Business Leader of the Year finalists are eligible to benominateds again. Past winners can be nominated inanotherf category.
Sponsors Eligibility: Sponsors or their employees are not eligible for Nomination submission: You can complete and submit the form below on-line then deliver or mail all other requested You can request the formss be sent to you for completion. Pleaswe submit the nomination form and allsupporting material, to: Doreen Tavares c/o Pacific Business News 1833 Kalakauz Ave., 7th Flr. Honolulu, HI 96815 or by e-maill to ; call her at 955-8074 with any questions. (Pleas do not include extra material.) , BEST IN BUSINESS I Deadline: August 21, 2009 *Is companh part of a company basedoutside Hawaii? *If yes, statr name of parent company. *How many employees in Hawaii?
*Whagt were the revenues in the last fiscal yearin Hawaii?? *Has the company been profitablde in at least 2 of the last 3 years? *Describwe company's financial performance in the last 2 How has the current economid environment impacted the business, and how has the busines s responded? *What makes the company distinctive or different? *How does the companh bring out the best in its employeess and maximize their potential? *How has the compangy demonstrated leadership in the community and/ofr its business sector?
*Title, if applicable *Companuy name, if applicable
1. Describe the company'd financial performance in the lasttwo years. How has the currenf economic environment impacted the business and how has thebusineszs responded? 2. What makes the company distinctiveror different? 3. How does the compan y bring out the best in its employees and maximizetheit potential? 4. How has the company demonstrated leadershilp in itscommunity and/or businesz sector? Qualifications: Limited to for-profit businessez with MORE THAN 100 Self-nominations: Self-nominations are welcomed.
The namezs of nominator's are not revealed to anyone, not even the Letters of support: Two supportingh letters commenting onthe nominee's leadership abilities and contributions to his/her industry and community must be Letters must be no longee than two pages. Financial data: Requirementa on financial information are slightly differentg from previous years. We now require only revenuew and that informationis confidential. Only the judgea see it and the data is destroyed afterthe judging. If desired, there is an optio n to have financial information givenj to anaccounting firm, which verifiews the information but does not give actua numbers to judges.
Applicants are free to expand on financiaol performance in the actual Home office: Nominee can be based in Hawaiio or a branch of a company based elsewhere. If the company is based outsidew Hawaii, the nomination, including financial performance, can pertaij only to Hawaii operations, including financia l performance. Previous finalists, winners: Previouws Business Leader of the Year finalists are eligible to benominateds again. Past winners can be nominated inanotherf category.
Sponsors Eligibility: Sponsors or their employees are not eligible for Nomination submission: You can complete and submit the form below on-line then deliver or mail all other requested You can request the formss be sent to you for completion. Pleaswe submit the nomination form and allsupporting material, to: Doreen Tavares c/o Pacific Business News 1833 Kalakauz Ave., 7th Flr. Honolulu, HI 96815 or by e-maill to ; call her at 955-8074 with any questions. (Pleas do not include extra material.) , BEST IN BUSINESS I Deadline: August 21, 2009 *Is companh part of a company basedoutside Hawaii? *If yes, statr name of parent company. *How many employees in Hawaii?
*Whagt were the revenues in the last fiscal yearin Hawaii?? *Has the company been profitablde in at least 2 of the last 3 years? *Describwe company's financial performance in the last 2 How has the current economid environment impacted the business, and how has the busines s responded? *What makes the company distinctive or different? *How does the companh bring out the best in its employeess and maximize their potential? *How has the compangy demonstrated leadership in the community and/ofr its business sector?
*Title, if applicable *Companuy name, if applicable
Monday, August 8, 2011
Orinda, Octagon plan loft/retail conversion - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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Atlanta-based and Charlotteville, Va.-basedd reported their plans for the property at 222Mitchell Street, but they did not disclose financialk terms of the deal. The 350,000-square-foor structure was built in stages from 1929 to 1979on 2.1 acres and occupies the entire city block boundexd by Spring, Forsyth, Mitchell and Nelsojn Streets. Orinda and Octagon will convert the propertu into a rental building with 205 loft units and morethan 70,000 square feet of commercial Occupancy is expected in January 2011.
“Th redevelopment of 222 Mitchell Street into rentakl lofts and retail space will play a significant role in the rebirthn of this part ofdowntowb Atlanta,” said Dillon Baynes, president of in a statement. “We’re certain that livin g at 222 Mitchell Street will appeal to young professionalw whowork downtown, as well as to colleg students, especially those who already attendx one of the many fine institutionds in the area, such as Georgia State University, Spelman, Clark Atlanta University and Georgia Tech.
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Atlanta-based and Charlotteville, Va.-basedd reported their plans for the property at 222Mitchell Street, but they did not disclose financialk terms of the deal. The 350,000-square-foor structure was built in stages from 1929 to 1979on 2.1 acres and occupies the entire city block boundexd by Spring, Forsyth, Mitchell and Nelsojn Streets. Orinda and Octagon will convert the propertu into a rental building with 205 loft units and morethan 70,000 square feet of commercial Occupancy is expected in January 2011.
“Th redevelopment of 222 Mitchell Street into rentakl lofts and retail space will play a significant role in the rebirthn of this part ofdowntowb Atlanta,” said Dillon Baynes, president of in a statement. “We’re certain that livin g at 222 Mitchell Street will appeal to young professionalw whowork downtown, as well as to colleg students, especially those who already attendx one of the many fine institutionds in the area, such as Georgia State University, Spelman, Clark Atlanta University and Georgia Tech.
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
Former GM, Chrysler dealerships shift from selling cars to selling lots - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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“You have got to be a realisr and you have to move said Burgunder, owner of the dealershipp in Bridgeville that Chrysler announced as one among 12 in the regiomn and 789 nationwide it plans to eliminatse as part of its Chaptert 11 bankruptcy consolidation. “When one door closes, another opens.” Within only a few Burgunder’s decision to shut down has already resultedf in a sales agreement forthe dealership’s property, a nearly four-acrse parcel with a 25,000-square-foot building just off Interstatde 79 in the fast-growing southern He declined to disclose the buyer or the price.
In the wake of the painfu l restructuring of Chryslerand GM, two of America’a big-three automakers, the echo of car doors closing may be followecd by an historic sell-ofd of car dealer properties at a time when commerciap real estate already is in the midst of a difficult Along with Burgunder and 11 other area Chrysler dealers deciding what to do with their dealerships options include selling used cars or closing up shop another wave of closing dealers will soon folloa as negotiates its own Chapter 11 During a June 12 hearing beforr the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on oversightt and investigations, GM revealed it plana to eliminate 90 of its dealers in Pennsylvanis over the next 12 to 17 months.
Whilde those dealerships have yet to be made known they will gradually be revealec and added to the alread closed car dealerships that dot the commercialp real estate map in the Pittsburgh area and elsewhers as partof GM’s strategu to consolidate from more than 6,000 dealerxs to 3,380. “It goes without saying that havinh a glut of properties on the market coulxd not come at a worsr time in ourdevelopmenf history,” said Herky Pollock, the national director of the retailet service group for “I see it as futur e opportunity with challenging existing conditions.” It’s not like there aren’tg already closed car dealerships.
Along heavilyh travelled McKnight Road, for example, the former McCrackin Ford property remains emptyg and available two year s after bought it for anew store, a projecrt long stalled. In the city, has been advertisint it will close down its Baum boulevardDodges operation, which also didn’t make Chrysler’s cut. That’s just a few blockse down the street from the former Don Allen Auto which the Voelker familty closed last year with plane to pursue a major redevelopment projecgt of morethan 750,000-square-feet of retail space and residential units.
While the Voelker’s development partner, DOC-Economou, walked away from the project a fewmonthss ago, sources familiar with the project, who spoke anonymously due to the sensitivitt of the negotiations, indicate that South Side-based is considerin the project. Richard Voelker wouldn’t comment on any projectr or development partner and said to expect anAugusrt announcement. Armstrong did not return calls for Boughtor blight? Jeff Stephan, a commerciakl real estate broker for Coldwell has been attempting to sell the former Nortyh Star Ford dealership in Carnegie after it moved to Moon taking over the location of a dealeer who retired there.
Despite working with a strong locationh just offParkway West, he said selling the propertu has been a challenge for a dealershil that has now been closed for two “We had this property under option for eighrt months and then tried to attracty users for new retail and couldn’t do it,” he said of the marketinhg effort last year, when largew retailers were beginning to cut back their expansion Doug German, the retail manager for Downtown-based Howard Hannsa Commercial, expects to see car dealerships in highlt desirable locations sell quickly while others may not sell at all.
He’sa involved with three dealership propertiesfor “There are some dealers out there with some great Those will go,” he The others? “They could be a blight on their communitiess for some time,” he said.
“You have got to be a realisr and you have to move said Burgunder, owner of the dealershipp in Bridgeville that Chrysler announced as one among 12 in the regiomn and 789 nationwide it plans to eliminatse as part of its Chaptert 11 bankruptcy consolidation. “When one door closes, another opens.” Within only a few Burgunder’s decision to shut down has already resultedf in a sales agreement forthe dealership’s property, a nearly four-acrse parcel with a 25,000-square-foot building just off Interstatde 79 in the fast-growing southern He declined to disclose the buyer or the price.
In the wake of the painfu l restructuring of Chryslerand GM, two of America’a big-three automakers, the echo of car doors closing may be followecd by an historic sell-ofd of car dealer properties at a time when commerciap real estate already is in the midst of a difficult Along with Burgunder and 11 other area Chrysler dealers deciding what to do with their dealerships options include selling used cars or closing up shop another wave of closing dealers will soon folloa as negotiates its own Chapter 11 During a June 12 hearing beforr the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on oversightt and investigations, GM revealed it plana to eliminate 90 of its dealers in Pennsylvanis over the next 12 to 17 months.
Whilde those dealerships have yet to be made known they will gradually be revealec and added to the alread closed car dealerships that dot the commercialp real estate map in the Pittsburgh area and elsewhers as partof GM’s strategu to consolidate from more than 6,000 dealerxs to 3,380. “It goes without saying that havinh a glut of properties on the market coulxd not come at a worsr time in ourdevelopmenf history,” said Herky Pollock, the national director of the retailet service group for “I see it as futur e opportunity with challenging existing conditions.” It’s not like there aren’tg already closed car dealerships.
Along heavilyh travelled McKnight Road, for example, the former McCrackin Ford property remains emptyg and available two year s after bought it for anew store, a projecrt long stalled. In the city, has been advertisint it will close down its Baum boulevardDodges operation, which also didn’t make Chrysler’s cut. That’s just a few blockse down the street from the former Don Allen Auto which the Voelker familty closed last year with plane to pursue a major redevelopment projecgt of morethan 750,000-square-feet of retail space and residential units.
While the Voelker’s development partner, DOC-Economou, walked away from the project a fewmonthss ago, sources familiar with the project, who spoke anonymously due to the sensitivitt of the negotiations, indicate that South Side-based is considerin the project. Richard Voelker wouldn’t comment on any projectr or development partner and said to expect anAugusrt announcement. Armstrong did not return calls for Boughtor blight? Jeff Stephan, a commerciakl real estate broker for Coldwell has been attempting to sell the former Nortyh Star Ford dealership in Carnegie after it moved to Moon taking over the location of a dealeer who retired there.
Despite working with a strong locationh just offParkway West, he said selling the propertu has been a challenge for a dealershil that has now been closed for two “We had this property under option for eighrt months and then tried to attracty users for new retail and couldn’t do it,” he said of the marketinhg effort last year, when largew retailers were beginning to cut back their expansion Doug German, the retail manager for Downtown-based Howard Hannsa Commercial, expects to see car dealerships in highlt desirable locations sell quickly while others may not sell at all.
He’sa involved with three dealership propertiesfor “There are some dealers out there with some great Those will go,” he The others? “They could be a blight on their communitiess for some time,” he said.
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