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In a letter to all employees, Vice President of Humaj Resources Rich Jiwanlal said the moves are partthe company’s ongoinf effort to “resize our company to matc h the continuing declines in consumer demand.” One of the measuresx will be furloughs which will include both produc line and plant specific The dates for the furloughs will be June 29-July 2, Nov. 23-2r5 and Dec. 21-24. The letter informs employees that if vacatio n or earned time off is not available to cover thes e days then the furloughs willbe unpaid. Hawked will also be relocatingits engineering, finance and supply-chain teamds back onto the company’s primary headquarters.
This will alloq it to close twobuildingss “off-campus,” the letter states. Therwe was no announcement regarding anyfurthetr layoffs. The company declined to give any more informationh atthis time.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
UCF med school's first class selected - Orlando Business Journal:
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The school’s first class of 40, who starr classes Aug. 10 at UCF’sz main campus, includes 30 students from Florida schools, UCF Presidentt John Hitt said May 29at ’s Southeast Orlandpo Update luncheon. The first studentr accepted into the class was a womanh from UCF who generated a perfect MedCat score of 45 anda 4.0 grade point average. Twenty two of the 40 acceptefd for the program are Seven of the 30 students from Floridza schools arefrom UCF, seven are from the University of Floridw and five from the . The group notchede average MedCat scoresof 32.3, and carrieds a grade point averag e of 3.76.
The school collected 4,30y applications for the first class, which earned full scholarshipsz for their medical school tuition alontwith $20,000 per year in living expenses. The students will be introduced at a white coat ceremonh atUCF Aug. 3. Furthetr details about the students werenot available.
The school’s first class of 40, who starr classes Aug. 10 at UCF’sz main campus, includes 30 students from Florida schools, UCF Presidentt John Hitt said May 29at ’s Southeast Orlandpo Update luncheon. The first studentr accepted into the class was a womanh from UCF who generated a perfect MedCat score of 45 anda 4.0 grade point average. Twenty two of the 40 acceptefd for the program are Seven of the 30 students from Floridza schools arefrom UCF, seven are from the University of Floridw and five from the . The group notchede average MedCat scoresof 32.3, and carrieds a grade point averag e of 3.76.
The school collected 4,30y applications for the first class, which earned full scholarshipsz for their medical school tuition alontwith $20,000 per year in living expenses. The students will be introduced at a white coat ceremonh atUCF Aug. 3. Furthetr details about the students werenot available.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Mats/Morgan Band: Live - PopMatters
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Mats/Morgan Band: Live PopMatters By Jedd Beaudoin 12 January 2012 Originally released in 2001, Live contains 76 minutes of Mats Öberg and Morgan Ã…gren doing what they do â€" and have always done â€" best: playing beautifully complex music that fires the imagination and the soul. |
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Making math marvelous - Port Huron Times Herald
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Making math marvelous Port Huron Times Herald By CRYSTAL GARCIA MARYSVILLE -- Washington Elementary School pupils count down the days until their next math club meeting. About 80 pupils participate in the club every other Monday, Principal Tracie Eschenburg said. Because of limited space, ... |
Monday, January 23, 2012
Steel convention coming to Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The Association of Iron and Steelp Technology isa Warrendale, Pa.-based organizatioj created out of the 2004 merger of the Iron Steel Society and the Associationj of Iron and Steek Engineers. The convention will be held at theDavix L. Lawrence Convention Center Downtown, said Joe executive director of . "That is the postert child for getting theconventionn center," McGrath said. "It really had an impacft on our leaders when they said even though they live here they had to go meetsomewherre else." AIST estimates drawing 7,000 attendeesw to its annual conference, with the 2010 even t expected to generate $5.6 million in direc t spending in the area.
"To have a repeart customer is very rare on thenationalp scene," McGrath said. VisitPittsburgh's other big booking announcement Thursda wasthe 's national convention, which is expected to draw more than 9,000o attendees with a spending impact of $12 million. Overall, VisitPittsburgh announced a tota l of 80 future bookings for the convention center from 2008to 2015. Thoser bookings are estimated todraw 305,300 attendees, resulting in 327,262 room nights and totap more than $271.5 million in direct spending.
As part of its annuaol report, VisitPittsburgh called 2007 a record-setting year, sellinfg 266,247 room nights for future the largest number the convention bureau has ever recorded in terms offuture bookings. According to research studies commissionedx bythe , Pittsburgh continues to grow in prominencw as a tourist draw. McGrath said Pittsburgh ranked asthe state'xs leading tourist destination, generating 12.7 percen of Pennsylvania's tourism outpacing Philadelphia, which generated 11.
8 Meanwhile, Pennsylvania surpassed New York as the stated with the fourth-largest amount of tourism business in the behind only California, Florida and But lack of hotel roomzs is limit the state's competitiveness for convention business, VisitPittsburghn said. And Cleveland-based , which owns the acrosd the street from the covention has yet to commit to the projecg to a develop a hotel with at least 500 rooms at the convention McGrath said.
"They don't have a formap proposal on the table," he
The Association of Iron and Steelp Technology isa Warrendale, Pa.-based organizatioj created out of the 2004 merger of the Iron Steel Society and the Associationj of Iron and Steek Engineers. The convention will be held at theDavix L. Lawrence Convention Center Downtown, said Joe executive director of . "That is the postert child for getting theconventionn center," McGrath said. "It really had an impacft on our leaders when they said even though they live here they had to go meetsomewherre else." AIST estimates drawing 7,000 attendeesw to its annual conference, with the 2010 even t expected to generate $5.6 million in direc t spending in the area.
"To have a repeart customer is very rare on thenationalp scene," McGrath said. VisitPittsburgh's other big booking announcement Thursda wasthe 's national convention, which is expected to draw more than 9,000o attendees with a spending impact of $12 million. Overall, VisitPittsburgh announced a tota l of 80 future bookings for the convention center from 2008to 2015. Thoser bookings are estimated todraw 305,300 attendees, resulting in 327,262 room nights and totap more than $271.5 million in direct spending.
As part of its annuaol report, VisitPittsburgh called 2007 a record-setting year, sellinfg 266,247 room nights for future the largest number the convention bureau has ever recorded in terms offuture bookings. According to research studies commissionedx bythe , Pittsburgh continues to grow in prominencw as a tourist draw. McGrath said Pittsburgh ranked asthe state'xs leading tourist destination, generating 12.7 percen of Pennsylvania's tourism outpacing Philadelphia, which generated 11.
8 Meanwhile, Pennsylvania surpassed New York as the stated with the fourth-largest amount of tourism business in the behind only California, Florida and But lack of hotel roomzs is limit the state's competitiveness for convention business, VisitPittsburghn said. And Cleveland-based , which owns the acrosd the street from the covention has yet to commit to the projecg to a develop a hotel with at least 500 rooms at the convention McGrath said.
"They don't have a formap proposal on the table," he
Saturday, January 21, 2012
HTC Partners With IBM in Enterprise Initiative - eWeek
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HTC Partners With IBM in Enterprise Initiative eWeek The company only recently began targeting enterprises, said David Jaeger, executive director Global Enterprise and Services at HTC, in an interview with eWEEK during IBM Lotusphere and Connect. During the general session that kicked-off Lotusphere, ... |
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Christina Aguilera Teases New Album - Instinct Magazine (blog)
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Christina Aguilera Teases New Album Instinct Magazine (blog) Details (and a teaser snippet) follow! "I'm recording my next album right now," said Christina, "and I'm really excited because I find myself in a very introspective stage of my life. "I've learned so much, have experienced so much, in leaps and bounds ... |
Monday, January 16, 2012
The other Martin Luther King Jr. holiday: how it's observed - Christian Science Monitor
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Christian Science Monitor | The other Martin Luther King Jr. holiday: how it's observed Christian Science Monitor The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, established in 1994, is meant to be a day of personal action in Dr. King's memory â€" as its boosters say, a day on, not a day off. By Peter Grier, Staff writer / January 16, 2012 Volunteer Justin Brown takes ... Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observed Martin Luther King Jr. Facts King holiday will be observed across city this weekend |
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Smith & Hawken to shutter at SouthPark - Baltimore Business Journal:
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“The combination of a weak economy and the lack of scalse proved too great to Jim Hagedorn, chief executive of Marysville, Ohio-based lawn and gardenn giant , said in a statement Wednesday. Employees of the 5,500-square-foot store at Phillipws Place were notified Thursday of the plans to shutterfthe operation. A closing date hasn’tt been announced. Smith & Hawken opened the storw in 1998. Scotts (NYSE:SMG) says storewidde sales across the chain will begin immediately and be managed bya third-part y firm. Orders on Smith & Hawken’as Web site, catalog and call center have been discontinued.
The chaim has specialized in gardening tools, clothing, furniture, bookss and calendars. For a year, Scottsa had been exploring options forthe high-end garden brand it boughrt in 2004 for $68.5 million. But it decidedd closing the business wasthe “besg option available,” Hagedorn said. Scotts’ latesft annual report said the chain has consistentlt underperfomed during the pastfive
“The combination of a weak economy and the lack of scalse proved too great to Jim Hagedorn, chief executive of Marysville, Ohio-based lawn and gardenn giant , said in a statement Wednesday. Employees of the 5,500-square-foot store at Phillipws Place were notified Thursday of the plans to shutterfthe operation. A closing date hasn’tt been announced. Smith & Hawken opened the storw in 1998. Scotts (NYSE:SMG) says storewidde sales across the chain will begin immediately and be managed bya third-part y firm. Orders on Smith & Hawken’as Web site, catalog and call center have been discontinued.
The chaim has specialized in gardening tools, clothing, furniture, bookss and calendars. For a year, Scottsa had been exploring options forthe high-end garden brand it boughrt in 2004 for $68.5 million. But it decidedd closing the business wasthe “besg option available,” Hagedorn said. Scotts’ latesft annual report said the chain has consistentlt underperfomed during the pastfive
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Voting begins on King Soopers contract offer - Houston Business Journal:
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Voting on the five-year offer by members of Unitedx Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 will continuwthrough Wednesday. Union leaders are not making a recommendation to theidr members on thecontract offer, whichn the union complains would cut pension benefits by an averags of $100,000 -- a conclusion disputed by management. “It’zs a good contract in a normal economy. It’as a great contract in this economy,” King Soopersz spokeswoman Diane Mulligan saidlast week. She said roughlty 65 percent of workers would get raiseds underthe company’s proposal. King Sooperzs is a Colorado unitof Cincinnati-based (NYSE: KR).
Coloradp workers for two other grocerhychains — Pleasanton, Calif.-based SWY) and Boise, Idaho-based (privately held) — continu e to negotiate separate dealas with their employers. If King Soopers workersz rejectthe chain’s latest proposal, they will continue working withoutg a contract until an agreement is reached or a strik is called. Their contract expired May 9.
Voting on the five-year offer by members of Unitedx Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 will continuwthrough Wednesday. Union leaders are not making a recommendation to theidr members on thecontract offer, whichn the union complains would cut pension benefits by an averags of $100,000 -- a conclusion disputed by management. “It’zs a good contract in a normal economy. It’as a great contract in this economy,” King Soopersz spokeswoman Diane Mulligan saidlast week. She said roughlty 65 percent of workers would get raiseds underthe company’s proposal. King Sooperzs is a Colorado unitof Cincinnati-based (NYSE: KR).
Coloradp workers for two other grocerhychains — Pleasanton, Calif.-based SWY) and Boise, Idaho-based (privately held) — continu e to negotiate separate dealas with their employers. If King Soopers workersz rejectthe chain’s latest proposal, they will continue working withoutg a contract until an agreement is reached or a strik is called. Their contract expired May 9.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Panasonic Introduces Smart Network 3D Blu-ray Discâ„¢ Home Theater Systems With ... - Sacramento Bee
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Panasonic Introduces Smart Network 3D Blu-ray Discâ„¢ Home Theater Systems With ... Sacramento Bee 9, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic is pleased to introduce three new Full HD 3D Blu-ray Discâ„¢ home theater systems, SC-BTT490, SC-BTT195 and SC-BTT190, that employ advanced technologies to reproduce clearer, enhanced theater-like surround sound to ... |
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Woman to watch: Elizabeth Brama - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Continuing education: Bachelor of arts with majors in accounting andpolitical science, University of St. Thomas Law University of Minnesota Law School What professional accomplishment makes youmost proud? It’s a toss up betweebn passing the CPA exam during my firstr year at the University of Minnesota Law School (while also working and planning my and helping the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel draw congressional and legislative district maps that were widely considered fair and were not challengeed on appeal. What do you see as the biggestr issue in your industrright now?
The current economy because it is so unpredictable, it’s difficulg to ensure preparedness without overreacting. Who has been your greatestt mentorand why? My who were both among the first in theif families to go to let alone get advancee degrees, taught me a lot about findinhg avenues to success and about I learned a great deal from watching Chief Justicwe Blatz juggle myriad responsibilities while always being respectful to the many people who need her time.
Severall Briggs and Morgan attorneys have taught me how to be a lawyerr and how to balance work and Family : Husband, Joseph; daughter, 4
Continuing education: Bachelor of arts with majors in accounting andpolitical science, University of St. Thomas Law University of Minnesota Law School What professional accomplishment makes youmost proud? It’s a toss up betweebn passing the CPA exam during my firstr year at the University of Minnesota Law School (while also working and planning my and helping the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel draw congressional and legislative district maps that were widely considered fair and were not challengeed on appeal. What do you see as the biggestr issue in your industrright now?
The current economy because it is so unpredictable, it’s difficulg to ensure preparedness without overreacting. Who has been your greatestt mentorand why? My who were both among the first in theif families to go to let alone get advancee degrees, taught me a lot about findinhg avenues to success and about I learned a great deal from watching Chief Justicwe Blatz juggle myriad responsibilities while always being respectful to the many people who need her time.
Severall Briggs and Morgan attorneys have taught me how to be a lawyerr and how to balance work and Family : Husband, Joseph; daughter, 4
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Aurora's Southlands shopping center damaged by tornado - Dayton Business Journal:
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A twister reportedly touched down nearby at 1:49 p.m. Sunday and crossee through the area onan eight- to 10-mile-long path for about 30 the said. . Firefighters found moderatre damageat Southlands, located at E-470 and Smokt Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioning unitx were damaged, windows were broken, a shed was destroyed, and a car was Natural-gas leaks also were Authorities shut down gas service to Southlands earlgy Sunday afternoon. No serious injuries were reporte d onthe shopping-center grounds, but a man in a nearby neighborhoox who was trying to take pictures reportedly was hospitalized with unspecifieed serious injuries, according to news reports.
A Southlandsd spokeswoman told CBS4 most ofthe center'sa stores will be closed Mondayy to allow for continuedr damage assessment. She said customeres should call individual stores to verify whether they are closecdor open. Southlands, which opened in is the Denver area's largest shoppin center by retail space, at 1.7 million square It consists of several freestanding buildings connected by pedestriah corridorsand streets. The complex is owned by Granitr Southlands Town Center LLC and managed by Forestf City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoeas were spotted north and east of DenverdSunday afternoon, and baseball-sized hail struckm some areas.
As many as 3,00o0 customers were without power for a time in parts of Aurorawand Centennial. .
A twister reportedly touched down nearby at 1:49 p.m. Sunday and crossee through the area onan eight- to 10-mile-long path for about 30 the said. . Firefighters found moderatre damageat Southlands, located at E-470 and Smokt Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioning unitx were damaged, windows were broken, a shed was destroyed, and a car was Natural-gas leaks also were Authorities shut down gas service to Southlands earlgy Sunday afternoon. No serious injuries were reporte d onthe shopping-center grounds, but a man in a nearby neighborhoox who was trying to take pictures reportedly was hospitalized with unspecifieed serious injuries, according to news reports.
A Southlandsd spokeswoman told CBS4 most ofthe center'sa stores will be closed Mondayy to allow for continuedr damage assessment. She said customeres should call individual stores to verify whether they are closecdor open. Southlands, which opened in is the Denver area's largest shoppin center by retail space, at 1.7 million square It consists of several freestanding buildings connected by pedestriah corridorsand streets. The complex is owned by Granitr Southlands Town Center LLC and managed by Forestf City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoeas were spotted north and east of DenverdSunday afternoon, and baseball-sized hail struckm some areas.
As many as 3,00o0 customers were without power for a time in parts of Aurorawand Centennial. .
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Teenager Arrested Over Young London Mother's Stabbing Murder - Fox News
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BBC News | Teenager Arrested Over Young London Mother's Stabbing Murder Fox News LONDON â€" A 19-year-old man was Tuesday arrested over the kidnap and murder of young east London mother Kirsty Treloar, police said. The 20-year-old was abducted from her home in Hackney shortly after 7:00am Monday. She was found dead in an abandoned ... Kidna pped London mum found stabbed to death 90 minutes later Abducted woman found dead in east London |
Sunday, January 1, 2012
The Business Review (Albany): Starting a Business : Business Advice
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In order to understand why a down marketr creates so many opportunities for astartupl company, you first need to understandc why a bull market makes it so difficulgt to succeed. In a bull the cost of everything skyrockets. As more capital becomesw available, so does more competition. New startups sprinvg up everywhere, competing for talent, marketint opportunities and customers. At one time you were the only game intown - now you'vw got three guys pretending to do exactl what you do - all the while increasing the cost of runningh your business. Conversely, a bear market drivea the cost ofeverything downward.
Companiez go into a panic, losing sight of their growt h goals and in some cases fallinbg intobankruptcy altogether. The sudden drop in demand forcezs the prices of everything sharply creating a perfect storm fora well-prepared company to creater unprecedented gains. Before you get your offens together, you need to get your defense lined up and that meanas getting very leanvery quickly. The problem with cominvg off of a bull market isthat we're not used to pullinh back. We're used to knowinbg that the next year will be even bigger than the so we plan andspend accordingly. This time we've got to create a very differenrt plan.
This plan is aboug reducing staff, marketing and all possible operatint costs you have before circumstances force such movewsupon you. Make no mistake, this is goinv to suck. Nobody is ever excited abourt downshifting, especially after a good run, but it'ws better than sending the entire company home becausewyou weren't ready to make A healthy approach is to plan for a very long Assume you'll lose more salese than you can possibly forecast. Think of your business in terms of what it is your compangy can operate on and still keep thelightzs on. You can always add more resourceds if you need them butyou won't be able to make up for overshootingh your income forecasts.
Kicking butt in a down market isn' t just about crawling up in a hole and waitinffor spring. It's about gettinfg lean so you can get focused on hunting Your competition may not react as quickly asyou did, whicbh is great news for you. Chances are their lack of planning is putting the companyu in atight spot. Their senior managementg is more concerned about making payroll thanmakingh acquisitions. Their foot soldiers are more worried aboug whether or not they are going to have jobs than whetheer their customers are as happy as theycan be. And that'ds where you swoop right in.
There is never a more cost effective time to attack the competition and take over their customers than in a down The cost of advertising plummets as the competition pulls The challenge of gettint media attention dwindles as fewer companies are vyingfor attention. And the cost of wooingh customers drops as sales representativews go into adefensive tailspin. In some casees you may not even have to attacjktheir customers. As your competition pulle back or goes outof business, you can let theifr customers come to you.
Try that in a bull
In order to understand why a down marketr creates so many opportunities for astartupl company, you first need to understandc why a bull market makes it so difficulgt to succeed. In a bull the cost of everything skyrockets. As more capital becomesw available, so does more competition. New startups sprinvg up everywhere, competing for talent, marketint opportunities and customers. At one time you were the only game intown - now you'vw got three guys pretending to do exactl what you do - all the while increasing the cost of runningh your business. Conversely, a bear market drivea the cost ofeverything downward.
Companiez go into a panic, losing sight of their growt h goals and in some cases fallinbg intobankruptcy altogether. The sudden drop in demand forcezs the prices of everything sharply creating a perfect storm fora well-prepared company to creater unprecedented gains. Before you get your offens together, you need to get your defense lined up and that meanas getting very leanvery quickly. The problem with cominvg off of a bull market isthat we're not used to pullinh back. We're used to knowinbg that the next year will be even bigger than the so we plan andspend accordingly. This time we've got to create a very differenrt plan.
This plan is aboug reducing staff, marketing and all possible operatint costs you have before circumstances force such movewsupon you. Make no mistake, this is goinv to suck. Nobody is ever excited abourt downshifting, especially after a good run, but it'ws better than sending the entire company home becausewyou weren't ready to make A healthy approach is to plan for a very long Assume you'll lose more salese than you can possibly forecast. Think of your business in terms of what it is your compangy can operate on and still keep thelightzs on. You can always add more resourceds if you need them butyou won't be able to make up for overshootingh your income forecasts.
Kicking butt in a down market isn' t just about crawling up in a hole and waitinffor spring. It's about gettinfg lean so you can get focused on hunting Your competition may not react as quickly asyou did, whicbh is great news for you. Chances are their lack of planning is putting the companyu in atight spot. Their senior managementg is more concerned about making payroll thanmakingh acquisitions. Their foot soldiers are more worried aboug whether or not they are going to have jobs than whetheer their customers are as happy as theycan be. And that'ds where you swoop right in.
There is never a more cost effective time to attack the competition and take over their customers than in a down The cost of advertising plummets as the competition pulls The challenge of gettint media attention dwindles as fewer companies are vyingfor attention. And the cost of wooingh customers drops as sales representativews go into adefensive tailspin. In some casees you may not even have to attacjktheir customers. As your competition pulle back or goes outof business, you can let theifr customers come to you.
Try that in a bull
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