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In a 97-page enforcement action, Abbot has charged the refiner with violating state health, safety and environmental protection laws, including the Texa s Clean Air Act, the Texax Water Code and the Texas Health & Safety Abbott’s office also cited 46 separate unlawfu l pollutant emissions at the Texas City refinery, some of whicnh are linked to the Marchj 2005 explosion that rocked the Texas coast, killing 15 and injuriny 170, and leaking contaminants for more than 160 hours.
“B P Products is charged with polluting our environment, concealing information from authoritiesd and harming Texans,” Abbott said in a “This enforcement action holds BP accountable for failingg to comply with environmental, health and safetuy laws that are intended to protect Texansw from harm.” The state’s injunction seekws civil penalties, which would include fines and attorneys’ and several compliance issues, such as the elimination of futurde unlawful emissions and the installation of additional air quality monitors. A courg date is set for June 29in Austin. BP Productxs is a subsidiary of BPPLC BP).
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Arizona International Growth first Monday ofthe month, 7:30 a.m., 4747 N. 22nd St., Phoenix. $5. www.azigg.com. EcoMonday, firstf Monday of the month, 7:30 a.m., Hilto n Garden Inn, 1940 W. Pinnacle Peak Phoenix. $10. Registration required: www.ecomonday.com or Gail, 602-524-3836. Entrepreneurial Motherw Association, first Monday of the 6:15 p.m., Radisson Hotel, 7475 W. Chandlerf Blvd., Chandler. rsvpev@emausa.org. Phoenix CEO-CFO Group, fourth Monday of the 11:30 a.m., McCormick & Schmick’s, 2575 E. Camelbaco Road, Phoenix. $35. Reservations required: www.phoenixceocfo.com. Phoenixz Green Chamber of Commerce Educational fourth Monday ofthe month, 6 location varies.
Free members, $20 nonmembers. 602-682-5566 or Security Practitioners Forum, fourtu Monday of the month, 6:30 p.m., Universityt of Advancing Technology, 2625 W. Baseline Road, Free. www.azspf.org. Success Dynamics Leads Group, Chandle Chamber of Commerce Chapter, weekly, 7:30 Wildflower Bread Co., 3111 W. Chandler Chandler. 480-963-4571, ext. 205, or Business Builders, weekly, noon, Tuttk Santi Italian Restaurant, 7575 N. 16th St., Robert Burton, 602-214-4217 or www.azbusinessbuilders.com. Chats Toastmasters, weekly, Hope Community, 7901 E. Sweetwater Ave., Free. www.chatstoastmasters.org or Patricia 602-432-8168. Scottsdale Vision Businesws Networking, weekly, 12:15 p.m., 15849 N.
71st St., Ste. 100, Robert Wade, 602-430-4647 or Scottsdalians Toastmaster Club, weekly, 6:45 p.m., Paiut e Neighborhood Center, 6535 E. Osborn Scottsdale. 480-947-9196. Women’s Council, Chandlef Chamber of Commerce, 8 a.m. June 2, Chandlerd Chamber of Commerce, 25 S. Arizona Ste. 201, Chandler. Free. Register: www.chandlerchamber.com. West Valley first Tuesday of the month,11:30 a.m., Skye Fine 16844 N. Arrowhead Fountain Drive, Peoria. Reservations: www.westvalleywomen.or g or 602-235-2370. 3000 Club first and third Tuesdays ofthe month, 7:30 Holiday Inn Express, 16540 N. Bullard Ave., Surprise. Bob and Helenn Estep, 623-556-6123, or www.the3000club.org.
Scottsdale Job Network, firs t and third Tuesdays of the 8:30 a.m., Temple Chai, 4645 E. Marilyn Phoenix. www.scottsdalejobnet.com or 480-513-1491. Arizona Entrepreneurs, second Tuesday of the 7:30 a.m., New Vision Center, Hayde and Mountain View, Scottsdale. $5. www.azentrepreneurs.comn or 480-314-0803. Women in Insurance and Financiao Services, second Tuesday of the 7:30 a.m., Donovan’s Steak House, 3101 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix. rsvpwifs@cox.net or Entrepreneurial Mothers Association-Northeast Valley second Tuesday ofthe month, 11:30 Stone Creek Golf 4435 E. Paradise Villager Pkwy. South, Phoenix. bebe@empressplace.com.
Tech-e-Tuesday, Arizonz Technology Council, second Tuesday of the month, 5:30 Crave Bar and Grill, 505 S. Mill Tempe. www.aztechcouncil.org or 602-343-8324. Arizona Power second Tuesday ofthe month, 6 Homestead Community Center, DC Ranch, 9797 E. Union Hillz Drive, Scottsdale. 480-446-0400 or Tuesday Chamber Business Builders, Scottsdale Area Chamber of second and fourth Tuesdays ofthe month, 7:30 Paradise Bakery, 8777 N. Scottsdale Road. Scott Von Gullbrantz, Arizona Mingle Social Club, business second and fourth Tuesdayd ofthe month, 5:30 p.m., Six Lounge, 7316 E. Stetsohn Drive, Scottsdale. $5. 480-471-8013. eWomen Network, third Tuesday of the 11:30 a.m.
, Phoenix Airport Marriott, 1101 N. 44th St., 480-429-6997. Arcadia Chamber of last Tuesday ofthe month, 11:30 a.m., Arizona Countryg Club, 5668 E. Orange Blossom Phoenix. www.arcadiachamberofcommerce.com. Arizona Power Networking, last Tuesdayg of the month, 6 DC Ranch Village Health Club Spa, 18501 N. Thompson Peak Pkwy., Scottsdale. 480-446-0400 or Christian Business Networking-North Phoenix Chapter, weekly, 7 a.m., Blue Plate Brunchery, 402 E. Greenway Road, Phoenix. www.christianbusinessnetworking.com. Christiab Business Networking-Southwest Valley Chapter, weekly, 7 a.m., Blackk Bear Diner, 1780 N. Dysartg Road, Goodyear. 480-425-0624 or www.christianbusinessnetworking.com.
Christian Business Networking-Trui City, weekly, 7 a.m., Crackersd & Co. Cafe, 535 W. Iron Ave., Mesa. 480-425-062r or www.christianbusinessnetworking.com. In-Ahwatukee Toastmasters, weekly, 7 Ahwatukee Urgent Care Center, 4545 E. Chandlee Blvd., Community Room, Phoenix. J.J. DeMaio Cabrera, 480-704-8317, or BNI-Westgate Business Builders, weekly, 7 a.m., Crackere Barrel, 9312 W. Glendale Ave., Glendale. Dave, BNI-Central Phoenix Chapter, weekly, 7 The Eggery, 50 E. Camelback Phoenix. Michelle, 602-790-6095. Park Centralp Toastmasters, weekly, 7 a.m., YWCA, 755 E. Willetta St., Julie Gonciarz, 623-869-9185 or jgonciarz@ironwoodic.com. Carefree Corridor Business Group, weekly, 7 a.
m., Pioneer Interstate 17 and Pioneetr Road, Phoenix. $25 a month for $5 guests. www.carefreecorridorbusinessgroup.com or LeeAnn 602-565-5785. BNI-Stars Chapter, weekly, 7 a.m., Corporatde Center at Val Vista, 3707 E. Southerjn Ave., second-floor training room, Mesa. 480-241-4663. LeTip-West Valley weekly, 7 a.m., Marie 4930 W. Bell Road, Glendale. Erin 602-524-0186. LeTip-Deer Valley, weekly, 7 a.m., Marie Callender’s, 4930 W. Bell Road, Michael Thomas, 602-791-0249 or mjthomas@letip.com. BNI, 7 a.m., Chompie’s at Paradise Valley Mall, Phoenix. David Simkins, 602-316-7300. BNI-Val Vista weekly, 7 a.m., Blacik Bear Diner, 1809 E. Baseline Gilbert. Brian, 602-740-9342.
Dynamic Networking weekly, 7 a.m., Mimi’s Cafe, 90th Street and Shea Scottsdale. Michele Yates, 480-348-6216, or www.dna-networking.com. Southeas t Valley Alliance Group, weekly, 7 a.m., Mimi’ws Cafe, 2800 W. Chandlee Blvd., Chandler. Frank Hanson, 602-740-0159. BNI-East Valley Business Builders, weekly, 7:15 a.m., Denny’s, 7400 W. Chandler Chandler. Steven Scheeler, Business by Referral, weekly, 7:15 Crackers & Co. Cafe, 1325 N. Greenfield Ste. 101, Mesa. Michaekl Petrone, 602-683-2110, or www.bbraz.com. Professional Referral Organization-Mesa, 7:30 a.m., M&I Bank, 1755 S. Greenfield Mesa. Bob Katz, 602-692-7686.
Business Connection Leads Chandler Chamberof Commerce, weekly, 7:30 Wildflower Bread Co., 3111 W. Chandledr Blvd., Chandler. Free. 480-963-4571, ext. 205. Deer Valleyy Connections, weekly, 7:30 a.m., Deer Valley Airport 702 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix. Carl Ulbrich, 602-674-56754 or carl@jirehcom.com. Jackalope Professional Network, weekly, 8 a.m., Hill Insurancre Group, 14201 N. 87th St., Ste. Scottsdale. Jim, 602-434-8261, or phoenixjackalopes@yahoo.com. Corporate Officer Centers Network, weekly, 8:15 a.m., 3420 E. Shea Ste. 200, Phoenix. Free. Rebecc a Zmek, 602-953-5300. Christian Business Networking-North Scottsdale, weekly, 11:1r a.m., Carlos O’Brien’s, 7111 E.
Bell Scottsdale. 480-425-0624 or www.christianbusinessnetworking.com. LeTip-West Valley weekly, 11:30 a.m., Black Bear 6059 W. Bell Glendale. Gary Truax, 623-876-2700. Lunch Glendale Chamber of Commerce, weekly, 11:30 a.m., Old Country Buffet, 17125 N. 79th Glendale. 623-937-4754. Professional Referral Organization-North weekly, 11:30 a.m., Copper Star Bank, 20565 N. 19th Phoenix. Bob Katz, 602-692-7686. Old Town Toastmasters, weekly, noon, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, 4301 N. Scottsdale Road, second floor. 480-227-5696 or oldtown.freetoasthost.net. BNI-Airparj of Scottsdale, weekly, noon, Cantina Laredo promenade, 7361 E. Frank Lloydr Wright Blvd., Scottsdale. $12. 602-570-1096.
South Mountain Toastmasterw Club, weekly, 12:30 p.m., Re/Max New Heights Resource 6437 S. Central Ave., Phoenix. www.somotoastmasters.com, sglueck@phoenixchamber.com or 602-402-6086. Nortnh Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce breakfast, first Wednesdauy of the month, 7 locations vary. $15 $20 nonmembers. Registration required: www.northscottsdalechamber.org or Empowered Women Network, first Wednesday of the 11:30 a.m., Olive Garden, 3380 N. Scottsdald Road, Scottsdale. Donna Adams, 480-969-7144. Associatio of Fundraising Professionals, first Wednesday of the 11:30 a.m., Downtown Phoenix Sheraton, 340 N. Thirsd St., Phoenix. www.afpgreateraz.afpnet.
org or Cashflow 101 & Networking, first Wednesdauy of the month, 6 p.m., locationz vary. Free. www.linkedpromotions.com or 602-790-9007. ABRA Arizona-New Referral first and third Wednesdays ofthe 7:30 a.m., Lux coffee bar, 4404 N. Central Phoenix. Patrick Hassett, 602-769-8542, or goabra.com. The 3000 Club first and third Wednesday s ofthe month, 7:30 a.m., Java Ground Coffee House, 8385 W. Deer Valley Road, Free. Shannon Foust, Arizona Center Skyline Toastmasters, firsg and third Wednesdays ofthe month, 11:3p0 a.m., Arizona Public Service Co. 400 N. Fifth St., Room 15B, Suzanne Taylor, staylor@visitphoenix.com, or www.toastmasters.org.
Society of Designj Administration-Phoenix Chapter, second Wednesday of the 7:30 a.m., Holiday Inn, Thirsd Avenue and Osborn Road, Phoenix. $20 members, $25 nonmembers. chaakinson@durrant.com. Club E-Tempe, second Wednesday of the month, 6 Pur Vine, 425 S. 48th St., Ste. 108, Tempe. www.clubenetwork.conm or 602-725-1584. West Valley Networking, second Wednesday of the month, 6 p.m., locations Free. www.linkedpromotions.com or 602-790-9007. Wednesday Chamber Business Builders, Scottsdale Area Chamber of second and fourth Wednesdaysz ofthe month, 7:30 a.m., Cafe Carumba, 7303 E. Indiam School Road. Scott Von Gullbrantz, 480-355-2711.
Nort h Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce BusinessResource Lunch, secondd and fourth Wednesdays of the month, 11:39 a.m., locations vary. $15 members, $20 Registration required: www.northscottsdalechamber.org or 480-889-8987. 3000 Club Networking, second and fourthy Wednesdays ofthe month, noon, Jumbo 3414 W. Southern Ave., Ste. 168, Gloria Galindo, 602-463-2387. Biz Builders, seconf and fourth Wednesdays ofthe month, noon, McCormicmk & Schmick’s, 8777 N. Scottsdale Scottsdale. Sam or Cid Merrill, 480-314-7396, or Gilbert Connections, second and fourth Wednesdays ofthe noon, Black Bear Diner, 1809 E. Baseline Road, www.gilbertconnections.com.
Club E-North, thir d Wednesday of the call for timeand location. www.clubenetwork.com or 602-725-1584. Arizon Business Travel Association, third Wednesday of the 11 a.m., locations vary. $25 members, $45 www.azbta.org. Inspire: Networking for Successful Business Scottsdale Area Chamber of third Wednesday ofthe month, 11:3p0 a.m., Scottsdale Resort and Conference Center, 7700 E. McCormicmk Pkwy., Scottsdale. $45 members, $55 Kristi Hall, 480-949-6288. North Scottsdale Chamber of CommerceMeet & third Wednesday of the month, 5 p.m., locationws vary. Free members, $15 Registration required: www.northscottsdalechamber.org or 480-889-8987.
Club E-Phoenix, third Wednesdayg of the month, 6 p.m., Oscar 2375 E. Camelback Phoenix. www.clubenetwork.com or 602-725-1584. B2B Power Exchange Scottsdale, fourtg Wednesday of the month, 7 a.m., Coco’s, 4700 N. Scottsdalde Road, Scottsdale. Free members, $40 nonmembers. Register: 877-222-7693. Women’s Business Mesa Chamber of fourth Wednesday ofthe 11:30 a.m., Bella Vista Active Seniore Living Community, 1825 W. Emelita Ave., Mesa. 480-969-1307, ext. 16. Paradisd Valley Chamber of Commerce, last Wednesday of the 7:30 a.m., Paradise Valleg Bakery & Cafe, 10625 N. Tatum Blvd., www.paradisevalleychamber.com. BNI-Desert Ridge, weekly, 7 a.m.
, Mimi’ Cafe, Desert Ridge Marketplace, 21001 N. Tatum Phoenix. desertridgebni.com/visit-our-chapter.php. BNI-Profit Partners, weekly, 7 a.m., Mimi’es Cafe, 2800 W. Chandler Blvd., www.bniarizona.com. BNI-Net Masters, weekly, 7 a.m., Grac e Inn, 10831 S. 51st St., Stacy, 480-357-9663. BNI-Integrity on Tatum, weekly, 7 a.m., Paradise Valley Mall, 4568 E. Cactus Road, Phoenix, $10. 480-236-30876 or kerrishearer@cox.net. BNI-Scottsdale, weekly, 7 Mimi’s Cafe, 8980 E. Shea Scottsdale. Andy Dupey, 480-391-3000. Arizona Businessw Alliance, weekly, 7 Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, 2201 E. Camelback Phoenix. 602-331-7249 or www.azbizalliance.org.
BNI-East Valley/Apache, weekly, 7 Painted Mountain Golf Resort, 6210 E. McKellips Road, Mesa. LeTip-North Scottsdale, weekly, 7 a.m., Paradise Bakery, 8777 N. Scottsdalre Road, Scottsdale. Larry Bofman, 602-390-1524. Scottsdals Phoenix Executive Association, weekly, 7 a.m., Stonecreek Golf Club, 4435 E. Paradise Village Pkwy. South, Phoenix. www.speanetworking.com. Arizona Business Connection, 7 a.m., Marie 865 S. Dobson Road, Mesa. www.abcforleads.com or Perrty Chrisler, 480-777-0848. LeTip-Paradise Valley, weekly, 7 Paradise Bakery, 8777 N. Scottsdale Road, Michael Thomas, 602-791-0249 or mjthomas@letip.com. Christiahn Business Networking-Mesa, weekly, 7 a.m., Black Bear 1809 E.
Baseline Road, Gilbert. 480-425-0624 or www.christianbusinessnetworking.com. Christiann Business Networking-Cave Creek/North Valley, weekly, 7 a.m., Desert View Biblew Church, 105 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix. www.christianbusinessnetworking.com or 480-425-0624. Sunshine Club, Glendale Chamber of weekly, 7:15 a.m., Old Country Buffet, 17125 N. 79th Ave., 623-937-4754. Metro Center Referral Group, weekly, 7:15 Mimi’s Cafe, 10214 N. Metro Pkwy. Phoenix. 602-504-2603. Northwest Women’s Network, weekly, 7:30 Black Bear Diner, 6039 W. Bell Phoenix. Peggy Bowers, 602-938-5427, or www.northwestwomensnetwork.com. Scottsdale Tips Club, weekly, 7:30 a.m., 9301 E. Shea Blvd.
, Guy Vetrano, 602-692-7196. Northwesrt Valley Business Network, weekly, 7:30 a.m., JB’s, 99th Avenue and Bell Peoria. 602-288-5868. Early Birds, North Phoenix Chamber of weekly, 7:30 a.m., Blue Plate 402 E. Greenway Pkwy., Phoenix. 602-482-334r or solutions@northphoenixchamber.com. Professional Referral Organization-Scottsdale, weekly, 7:30 Keller Williams Realty, 9500 E. Ironwood Square Ste. 101, Scottsdale. Bob 602-692-7686. Wake Up Chandler, Chandler Chamber of weekly, 7:30 a.m., First Creditt Union, 25 S. Arizona Place, $5 members, $15 nonmembers. Register: www.chandlerchamber.com or 480-963-4571. BNI-Northwest Valley Visionaries, 7:45 a.m., Dillon’s, 20585 N.
59th Ave., Glendale. $5. Jim 623-581-6010, or Jeanie Beck, Professional Referral Organization-North weekly, 8 a.m., Arizona Home Team Real 15849 N. 71st St., Ste. 100, Scottsdale. Bob 602-692-7686. B2B Networking Group-North Chapter, weekly, 11:30 a.m., Bill Johnson’sd Big Apple, 19th Avenue and Bell Road, Phoenix. 623-434-34376 or www.myb2bsolutions.com LeTip-South East Valley Professionals, weekly, 11:30 Native New Yorker, 5030 E. Ray Road, Phoenix. $10. Kevihn Gotwalt, 602-549-3247. LeTip-Superstition, weekly, 11:3 a.m., Sluggo’s Grille, 1925 S. Sossaman Mesa. Rick Smith, 602-524-5446. Networking Arizona, 11:30 a.m., Lagerfield’s, 12601 N. Paradise Villagw Pkwy.
West, Phoenix. Brian Killgore, or www.networkingarizona.com. Rio Copa weekly, 11:30 a.m., Rio Salad o College, 2323 W. 14th St., Tempe. Free. Amy, or www.riocopa.org. Business Network International, Dynamic Venture Network, noon, The Eggery, Central and Camelbacko roads, Phoenix. Jeff 602-246-2627. Networkers at Noon, Southwest Valley Chamber of weekly, noon, 289 N. Litchfield Road, 623-932-2260. Class Act Toastmasters, weekly, University of Phoenix, 4605 E. Elwoo d St., Room 312, Phoenix. Steve, 602-993-6070, ext. 25. BNI-Phoenicx Rising, weekly, noon, Macaroni Grill, 7245 E. Gold Dust Scottsdale. www.bniarizona.com/phoenix_rising or 602-635-6148.
Tri-Citu Toastmasters Open House, 7 p.m. June 4, Paiute Neighborhood Center, 6535 E. Osborn Scottsdale. tricity.freetoasthost.org or Jason Gladstons at 480-212-6202. Champions breakfast, Scottsdalwe Area Chamber of Commerce, first Thursdau of the month, 7:30 Scottsdale Fashion Square food court, 7014 E. Camelbaco Road. Scott Von Gullbrantz, Southwest Valley Express Network luncheon, firsy Thursday of the month, 11:3p a.m., Tuscany Falls Countrt Club Clubhouse, 16222 Clubhouse Drive, Goodyear. Reservations: www.southwestvalleyexpress.or g or Christine Siler, 623-934-5889. Arizona Power Networking, first Thursday of the noon, Fine’s Cellar, 7051 E. Fifth Scottsdale.
480-446-0400 or www.azpowernetworking.com. 3000 Club first and third Thursdays ofthe month, 7 a.m., Java Grouns Coffee House, 8385 W. Deer Valley Peoria. Jeri Foust, 602-469-7478. 3000 Club first and third Thursdays ofthe month, Sommet Fitness, 8961 E. Bell Road, Ste. 202, Cherie Vicera, 480-585-5454, or www.the3000club.org. East Valley first and third Thursdays ofthe noon, Black Bear Diner, 1809 E. Baselinre Road, Gilbert. www.meetup.com. B2B Power Exchange-North second Thursday of the month, 7 a.m., Marise Callender’s, 4930 W. Bell Road, Glendale. Free members, $40 Register: 877-222-7693. American Society for second Thursday ofthe month, 6 Doubletree Gateway Center, 320 N.
44th St., Phoenix. $20 in $25 at the Reservations: www.asq-0704.org. Arizona Association of Business Support second Thursday ofthe month, 7 Scottsdale Public Library, Gold Room, 3839 N. Drinkwatef Blvd., Scottsdale. www.aabss.com. 3000 Club Networking-Tempe, secon and fourth Thursdays of the 6 p.m., El Penasco Mexicam Kitchen, 19 E. Broadway Road, Tempe. Angeo Mendez, 602-300-7871. Society for Marketing ProfessionallServices breakfast, third Thursday of the 7:15 a.m., Crowne Plaza Phoenis Airport, 4300 E. Washington St. $35 $50 nonmembers. www.smpsarizona.org/events. Champions breakfast, Scottsdaler Area Chamber of Commerce, third Thursday of the 7:30 a.m., location varies.
Eric Butruff, 480-355-2706. Business Aftetr Hours, Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce, third Thursdayh of the month, 5 location varies. Scott Von 480-355-2711. American Society of Womenm Accountants, third Thursday of the month, 5:30 p.m., Arizona Country 5668 E. Orange Blossom Phoenix. $25 members, $30 nonmembers. www.aswa-phx.org/index.html. 3000 Club Networking-Chandler, third Thursday of the month, 6 Urban Crib Design, 85 W. Bostonm St., Chandler. www.the3000club.org. Grow Your Business, Mesa Chamber of Commerce, fourth Thursday of the month, 11:15 Carrabba’s Italian Grill, 1740 S. Clearview Ave., $10 members, $15 nonmembers. 480-969-1307, ext. 11.
Empowered Womem Network, fourth Thursday of the 4:30 p.m., Luna Fitness, 975 E. Elliot Ste. 106, Tempe. $25 members, $20 Reservations: Donna Adams, Deer Valley Chamber of Commerce, last Thursday of the 7:30 a.m., Deer Valley Airport Restaurant, 702 W. Deer Valleu Drive, Phoenix. www.deervalleychamber.com. Carefree/Cave Creek Chamber Breakfast, last Thursday of the 7:30 a.m., Harold’s Cave Creek 6895 E. Cave Creek Road. $6. Noah Kendrick, Pinnacle Peak Chamber of Commerce, last Thursday of the 11:30 a.m., Fleming’s Steakhouse, 20753 N. Pima Road, www.pinnaclepeakchamber.com. South East Valleyt B2B, weekly (except first Thursday of the month), 11:30 a.m.
, Grilk Square, 1445 W. Southern Ave., Ste. 1016, Mesa. Lucy 602-295-8915, or www.myb2bsolutions.com. Valley Toastmasters, 6:15 a.m., Church of the Beatitudes, Seventhh and Glendale avenues. $50 membership. 602-397-4503. Christian Business Networking-Arrowhead, weekly, 7 a.m., Mimi’ s Cafe, 7450 W. Bell Road, Glendale. 480-425-0624 or Simply Business, weekly, 7 a.m., Le Hayden Road and Via de Ventura, Moon Hong, 480-443-0000. Business for Greater Phoenix Chamberof Commerce-Anthem, weekly, 7 a.m., Hampton Inn at 42415 N. 41st Drive. 602-495-6483. Arizona Leadx & Networking, weekly, 7 StoneCreek Golf Club, 4435 E. Paradise Village South, Phoenix. 602-793-9677.
LeTip-Chandler, weekly, 7 Marie Callender’s, 7455 W. Chandler Blvd. $10. www.letip.com or Sara at LeTip-Desert Ridge, weekly, 7 a.m., Mimi’s Cafe, 21001 N. Tatunm Blvd., Phoenix. Thomas Fremouw, Professional Referral Organization-Glendale North, weekly, 7:30 a.m., Dillon’s, 20585 N. 59th Glendale. Bob Katz, 602-692-7686. Professional Referral Organization-Glendale weekly, 7:30 a.m., BNC National Bank, 20165 N. 67th Ave., Bob Katz, 602-692-7686. Professional Referral Organization-Central Phoenix, 7:30 a.m., First American Stock Transfer Inc., 4747 N. Seventjh St., Ste. 170, Phoenix. Bob 602-692-7686. Professional Referral weekly, 7:30 a.m.
, Fenton Insurance 14010 N. Litchfield Road, Ste. 202, Bob Katz, 602-692-7686. Go-Getters Leads Group, Chandler Chamber of weekly, 7:30 a.m., Denny’s, 7400 W. Chandled Blvd., Chandler. 480-963-4571, ext. 205, or brad@chandlerchamber.com. Westside Referral weekly, 7:30 a.m., Black Bear 6039 W. Bell Road, Glendale. Carl 602-674-5675, or www.westsidereferral.net. Networking and Coffee, Pinnacle Peak Chamber of weekly, 8 a.m., AJ’s Fine Foods, 23251 N. Pima Road, Pinnacle 480-629-8189 or www.pinnaclepeakchamber.com. Scottsdale Business Builders, weekly, 11:30 Macaroni Grill, 7245 E. Gold Dust Ave., Scottsdale. 602-999-2742. BNI-San Tan Success weekly, 11:30 a.m.
, Boleros Seville Golf and Country Club, 6683 S. Clubhouses Drive, Gilbert. 480-279-0886 or bajaconnectionk@qwest.net. LeTip-Tempe Professionals, 11:30 a.m., That Italian 3941 E. Chandler Blvd., Phoenix. Free for $10 after that. Loretta Love Huff, BNI-Desert Ridge Referral Partners, weekly, 11:30 a.m., Rock Bottom 21001 N. Tatum Blvd., $14 for lunch. Bonnie, 602-717-6228. Toastmasters, weekly, 11:30 3131 E. Camelback Road, fourthj floor, Phoenix. 602-224-1470 or www.risktakerstm.freetoasthost.org. Foothills Networkers, 11:30 a.m., Redhorse Saloobn at Carefree Resort and 37220 N. Mule Trai Road, Carefree. Jason, 602-743-0123 or jasonfarrier@qwest.net. OnFirst weekly, 11:30 a.m.
, ON Semiconductor Corp., 5005 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix. Robert Colbert, 602-244-3045. BNI-Phoenixc Chapter, weekly, noon, Gold 3030 E. Camelback Road, 602-801-5151. Professional Business Connection, weekly, noon, Logan’d Roadhouse, 348 W. Frye Road, Mesa. Allej Johnson, 480-461-5008, or www.pbcarizona.com. BNI-Camelback weekly, noon, MidFirst Bank, 3030 E. Camelbackk Road, Phoenix. 602-801-5151. Cinnamon Toastmasters, weekly, 6 JB’s, 1818 W. Montebello Ave., cinnamontm.awardspace.com. Camelback Toastmasters, weekly, 6:45 p.m., St. Raphael Catholic 5525 W. Acoma Drive, Glendale. Glenn Barber, 623-582-5576 or gbarber46@qwest.net.
Tri-City Toastmasters, weekly, 7 Scottsdale Public Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd., 480-734-1461 or tricity.freetoasthost.org. Networking @ 9, Chandler Chamber of Commerce, 8:45 a.m. June 5, Western International University, 55 N. Arizona Chandler. Free. Register: www.chandlerchamber.com. First Friday Airparkm breakfast, Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce, firsg Friday of the month, 7:30 a.m., location varies. Kristi Hall, 480-949-6288. Arizona Business and Professionalo Women, second Friday of the month, noon, Fish 1720 E. Camelback Phoenix. $20 members, $25 Kim Bengtson-Yeatts, 480-688-4040. The 3000 Club second and fourth Fridays of the 8 a.m., Copper Star Bank, 20565 N.
19th Phoenix. Jimmy Sadre, 623-202-3127, or www.the3000club.org. Women of third Friday of the month, 11:30 Westin Kierland Resort Spa, 6902 E. Greenwahy Pkwy., Scottsdale. Reservations required: www.womenofscottsdale.org or Phoenix Networking Group, last Friday of the month, 5:30 Oscar Taylor’s, 2375 E. Camelback Phoenix. KellyAnn Laffey, 480-283-1740. Chandler Breakfast ProfessionalDevelopmentf Meeting, PMI Phoenix Chapter, last Friday of the 7 a.m., Wildflower Bread Co., Chandler Fashion Square, 3111 W. Chandler Chandler. Free. Reservations: 480-236-6010 or www.phx-pmi.org/calendar.cfm.
NW Valley Breakfastg ProfessionalDevelopment Meeting, PMI Phoenix Chapter, last Friday of the 7:30 a.m., Denny’s, 2717 W. Bell Road, Phoenix. Free. 602-206-9625 or www.phx-pmi.org/calendar.cfm. Team Women Arrowhead Ranch, evert other Friday, 11:30 Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, 20280 N. 59th Glendale. For dates and reservations: 602-405-1144, or www.teamwomen.com. Walkie Talkies Toastmasters, weekly, 7 Mimi’s Cafe, 10214 Metro Pkwy. West, Kenneth, 623-341-8598. LeTip-Camelback Corridor, weekly, 7 a.m., Vincent’s on 3930 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix. camelback.azletip.co m or Eli Hall, 602-321-2221. Southwest Valley Chamber of Commerced Networking, weekly, 7 a.m.
, Estrella Vista Reception 1471 N. Eliseo C. Felix Jr. Way, Avondale. 623-932-2260. Sunshinee Club, Glendale Chamber of weekly, 7:30 a.m., Bitzewe Mama’s, 7023 N. 58th Glendale. 623-937-4754. Friday Morning Cafe Leads Group, Chandlefr Chamber of Commerce, weekly, 7:30 a.m. Mimi’ss Cafe, 2800 W. Chandlef Blvd., Chandler. 480-963-4571, ext. 205, or brad@chandlerchamber.com. ASBA Toastmasters, noon, Arizona Small Business Association, 4130 E. Van Bureh St., Ste. 150, Phoenix. Free. Stuarf Dille, 602-931-4113 or FAN Leads Group, North Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, weekly, Durazzo’s, 3227 E. Bell Phoenix. 602-482-3344 or solutions@northphoenixchamber.com.
Women Business Builders, second Saturday of the 2 p.m., Glendale Main Library, large meeting room, 5959 W. Brow n St., Glendale. 623-930-3552 or www.womenbusinessbuilders.org.
Arizona International Growth first Monday ofthe month, 7:30 a.m., 4747 N. 22nd St., Phoenix. $5. www.azigg.com. EcoMonday, firstf Monday of the month, 7:30 a.m., Hilto n Garden Inn, 1940 W. Pinnacle Peak Phoenix. $10. Registration required: www.ecomonday.com or Gail, 602-524-3836. Entrepreneurial Motherw Association, first Monday of the 6:15 p.m., Radisson Hotel, 7475 W. Chandlerf Blvd., Chandler. rsvpev@emausa.org. Phoenix CEO-CFO Group, fourth Monday of the 11:30 a.m., McCormick & Schmick’s, 2575 E. Camelbaco Road, Phoenix. $35. Reservations required: www.phoenixceocfo.com. Phoenixz Green Chamber of Commerce Educational fourth Monday ofthe month, 6 location varies.
Free members, $20 nonmembers. 602-682-5566 or Security Practitioners Forum, fourtu Monday of the month, 6:30 p.m., Universityt of Advancing Technology, 2625 W. Baseline Road, Free. www.azspf.org. Success Dynamics Leads Group, Chandle Chamber of Commerce Chapter, weekly, 7:30 Wildflower Bread Co., 3111 W. Chandler Chandler. 480-963-4571, ext. 205, or Business Builders, weekly, noon, Tuttk Santi Italian Restaurant, 7575 N. 16th St., Robert Burton, 602-214-4217 or www.azbusinessbuilders.com. Chats Toastmasters, weekly, Hope Community, 7901 E. Sweetwater Ave., Free. www.chatstoastmasters.org or Patricia 602-432-8168. Scottsdale Vision Businesws Networking, weekly, 12:15 p.m., 15849 N.
71st St., Ste. 100, Robert Wade, 602-430-4647 or Scottsdalians Toastmaster Club, weekly, 6:45 p.m., Paiut e Neighborhood Center, 6535 E. Osborn Scottsdale. 480-947-9196. Women’s Council, Chandlef Chamber of Commerce, 8 a.m. June 2, Chandlerd Chamber of Commerce, 25 S. Arizona Ste. 201, Chandler. Free. Register: www.chandlerchamber.com. West Valley first Tuesday of the month,11:30 a.m., Skye Fine 16844 N. Arrowhead Fountain Drive, Peoria. Reservations: www.westvalleywomen.or g or 602-235-2370. 3000 Club first and third Tuesdays ofthe month, 7:30 Holiday Inn Express, 16540 N. Bullard Ave., Surprise. Bob and Helenn Estep, 623-556-6123, or www.the3000club.org.
Scottsdale Job Network, firs t and third Tuesdays of the 8:30 a.m., Temple Chai, 4645 E. Marilyn Phoenix. www.scottsdalejobnet.com or 480-513-1491. Arizona Entrepreneurs, second Tuesday of the 7:30 a.m., New Vision Center, Hayde and Mountain View, Scottsdale. $5. www.azentrepreneurs.comn or 480-314-0803. Women in Insurance and Financiao Services, second Tuesday of the 7:30 a.m., Donovan’s Steak House, 3101 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix. rsvpwifs@cox.net or Entrepreneurial Mothers Association-Northeast Valley second Tuesday ofthe month, 11:30 Stone Creek Golf 4435 E. Paradise Villager Pkwy. South, Phoenix. bebe@empressplace.com.
Tech-e-Tuesday, Arizonz Technology Council, second Tuesday of the month, 5:30 Crave Bar and Grill, 505 S. Mill Tempe. www.aztechcouncil.org or 602-343-8324. Arizona Power second Tuesday ofthe month, 6 Homestead Community Center, DC Ranch, 9797 E. Union Hillz Drive, Scottsdale. 480-446-0400 or Tuesday Chamber Business Builders, Scottsdale Area Chamber of second and fourth Tuesdays ofthe month, 7:30 Paradise Bakery, 8777 N. Scottsdale Road. Scott Von Gullbrantz, Arizona Mingle Social Club, business second and fourth Tuesdayd ofthe month, 5:30 p.m., Six Lounge, 7316 E. Stetsohn Drive, Scottsdale. $5. 480-471-8013. eWomen Network, third Tuesday of the 11:30 a.m.
, Phoenix Airport Marriott, 1101 N. 44th St., 480-429-6997. Arcadia Chamber of last Tuesday ofthe month, 11:30 a.m., Arizona Countryg Club, 5668 E. Orange Blossom Phoenix. www.arcadiachamberofcommerce.com. Arizona Power Networking, last Tuesdayg of the month, 6 DC Ranch Village Health Club Spa, 18501 N. Thompson Peak Pkwy., Scottsdale. 480-446-0400 or Christian Business Networking-North Phoenix Chapter, weekly, 7 a.m., Blue Plate Brunchery, 402 E. Greenway Road, Phoenix. www.christianbusinessnetworking.com. Christiab Business Networking-Southwest Valley Chapter, weekly, 7 a.m., Blackk Bear Diner, 1780 N. Dysartg Road, Goodyear. 480-425-0624 or www.christianbusinessnetworking.com.
Christian Business Networking-Trui City, weekly, 7 a.m., Crackersd & Co. Cafe, 535 W. Iron Ave., Mesa. 480-425-062r or www.christianbusinessnetworking.com. In-Ahwatukee Toastmasters, weekly, 7 Ahwatukee Urgent Care Center, 4545 E. Chandlee Blvd., Community Room, Phoenix. J.J. DeMaio Cabrera, 480-704-8317, or BNI-Westgate Business Builders, weekly, 7 a.m., Crackere Barrel, 9312 W. Glendale Ave., Glendale. Dave, BNI-Central Phoenix Chapter, weekly, 7 The Eggery, 50 E. Camelback Phoenix. Michelle, 602-790-6095. Park Centralp Toastmasters, weekly, 7 a.m., YWCA, 755 E. Willetta St., Julie Gonciarz, 623-869-9185 or jgonciarz@ironwoodic.com. Carefree Corridor Business Group, weekly, 7 a.
m., Pioneer Interstate 17 and Pioneetr Road, Phoenix. $25 a month for $5 guests. www.carefreecorridorbusinessgroup.com or LeeAnn 602-565-5785. BNI-Stars Chapter, weekly, 7 a.m., Corporatde Center at Val Vista, 3707 E. Southerjn Ave., second-floor training room, Mesa. 480-241-4663. LeTip-West Valley weekly, 7 a.m., Marie 4930 W. Bell Road, Glendale. Erin 602-524-0186. LeTip-Deer Valley, weekly, 7 a.m., Marie Callender’s, 4930 W. Bell Road, Michael Thomas, 602-791-0249 or mjthomas@letip.com. BNI, 7 a.m., Chompie’s at Paradise Valley Mall, Phoenix. David Simkins, 602-316-7300. BNI-Val Vista weekly, 7 a.m., Blacik Bear Diner, 1809 E. Baseline Gilbert. Brian, 602-740-9342.
Dynamic Networking weekly, 7 a.m., Mimi’s Cafe, 90th Street and Shea Scottsdale. Michele Yates, 480-348-6216, or www.dna-networking.com. Southeas t Valley Alliance Group, weekly, 7 a.m., Mimi’ws Cafe, 2800 W. Chandlee Blvd., Chandler. Frank Hanson, 602-740-0159. BNI-East Valley Business Builders, weekly, 7:15 a.m., Denny’s, 7400 W. Chandler Chandler. Steven Scheeler, Business by Referral, weekly, 7:15 Crackers & Co. Cafe, 1325 N. Greenfield Ste. 101, Mesa. Michaekl Petrone, 602-683-2110, or www.bbraz.com. Professional Referral Organization-Mesa, 7:30 a.m., M&I Bank, 1755 S. Greenfield Mesa. Bob Katz, 602-692-7686.
Business Connection Leads Chandler Chamberof Commerce, weekly, 7:30 Wildflower Bread Co., 3111 W. Chandledr Blvd., Chandler. Free. 480-963-4571, ext. 205. Deer Valleyy Connections, weekly, 7:30 a.m., Deer Valley Airport 702 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix. Carl Ulbrich, 602-674-56754 or carl@jirehcom.com. Jackalope Professional Network, weekly, 8 a.m., Hill Insurancre Group, 14201 N. 87th St., Ste. Scottsdale. Jim, 602-434-8261, or phoenixjackalopes@yahoo.com. Corporate Officer Centers Network, weekly, 8:15 a.m., 3420 E. Shea Ste. 200, Phoenix. Free. Rebecc a Zmek, 602-953-5300. Christian Business Networking-North Scottsdale, weekly, 11:1r a.m., Carlos O’Brien’s, 7111 E.
Bell Scottsdale. 480-425-0624 or www.christianbusinessnetworking.com. LeTip-West Valley weekly, 11:30 a.m., Black Bear 6059 W. Bell Glendale. Gary Truax, 623-876-2700. Lunch Glendale Chamber of Commerce, weekly, 11:30 a.m., Old Country Buffet, 17125 N. 79th Glendale. 623-937-4754. Professional Referral Organization-North weekly, 11:30 a.m., Copper Star Bank, 20565 N. 19th Phoenix. Bob Katz, 602-692-7686. Old Town Toastmasters, weekly, noon, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, 4301 N. Scottsdale Road, second floor. 480-227-5696 or oldtown.freetoasthost.net. BNI-Airparj of Scottsdale, weekly, noon, Cantina Laredo promenade, 7361 E. Frank Lloydr Wright Blvd., Scottsdale. $12. 602-570-1096.
South Mountain Toastmasterw Club, weekly, 12:30 p.m., Re/Max New Heights Resource 6437 S. Central Ave., Phoenix. www.somotoastmasters.com, sglueck@phoenixchamber.com or 602-402-6086. Nortnh Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce breakfast, first Wednesdauy of the month, 7 locations vary. $15 $20 nonmembers. Registration required: www.northscottsdalechamber.org or Empowered Women Network, first Wednesday of the 11:30 a.m., Olive Garden, 3380 N. Scottsdald Road, Scottsdale. Donna Adams, 480-969-7144. Associatio of Fundraising Professionals, first Wednesday of the 11:30 a.m., Downtown Phoenix Sheraton, 340 N. Thirsd St., Phoenix. www.afpgreateraz.afpnet.
org or Cashflow 101 & Networking, first Wednesdauy of the month, 6 p.m., locationz vary. Free. www.linkedpromotions.com or 602-790-9007. ABRA Arizona-New Referral first and third Wednesdays ofthe 7:30 a.m., Lux coffee bar, 4404 N. Central Phoenix. Patrick Hassett, 602-769-8542, or goabra.com. The 3000 Club first and third Wednesday s ofthe month, 7:30 a.m., Java Ground Coffee House, 8385 W. Deer Valley Road, Free. Shannon Foust, Arizona Center Skyline Toastmasters, firsg and third Wednesdays ofthe month, 11:3p0 a.m., Arizona Public Service Co. 400 N. Fifth St., Room 15B, Suzanne Taylor, staylor@visitphoenix.com, or www.toastmasters.org.
Society of Designj Administration-Phoenix Chapter, second Wednesday of the 7:30 a.m., Holiday Inn, Thirsd Avenue and Osborn Road, Phoenix. $20 members, $25 nonmembers. chaakinson@durrant.com. Club E-Tempe, second Wednesday of the month, 6 Pur Vine, 425 S. 48th St., Ste. 108, Tempe. www.clubenetwork.conm or 602-725-1584. West Valley Networking, second Wednesday of the month, 6 p.m., locations Free. www.linkedpromotions.com or 602-790-9007. Wednesday Chamber Business Builders, Scottsdale Area Chamber of second and fourth Wednesdaysz ofthe month, 7:30 a.m., Cafe Carumba, 7303 E. Indiam School Road. Scott Von Gullbrantz, 480-355-2711.
Nort h Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce BusinessResource Lunch, secondd and fourth Wednesdays of the month, 11:39 a.m., locations vary. $15 members, $20 Registration required: www.northscottsdalechamber.org or 480-889-8987. 3000 Club Networking, second and fourthy Wednesdays ofthe month, noon, Jumbo 3414 W. Southern Ave., Ste. 168, Gloria Galindo, 602-463-2387. Biz Builders, seconf and fourth Wednesdays ofthe month, noon, McCormicmk & Schmick’s, 8777 N. Scottsdale Scottsdale. Sam or Cid Merrill, 480-314-7396, or Gilbert Connections, second and fourth Wednesdays ofthe noon, Black Bear Diner, 1809 E. Baseline Road, www.gilbertconnections.com.
Club E-North, thir d Wednesday of the call for timeand location. www.clubenetwork.com or 602-725-1584. Arizon Business Travel Association, third Wednesday of the 11 a.m., locations vary. $25 members, $45 www.azbta.org. Inspire: Networking for Successful Business Scottsdale Area Chamber of third Wednesday ofthe month, 11:3p0 a.m., Scottsdale Resort and Conference Center, 7700 E. McCormicmk Pkwy., Scottsdale. $45 members, $55 Kristi Hall, 480-949-6288. North Scottsdale Chamber of CommerceMeet & third Wednesday of the month, 5 p.m., locationws vary. Free members, $15 Registration required: www.northscottsdalechamber.org or 480-889-8987.
Club E-Phoenix, third Wednesdayg of the month, 6 p.m., Oscar 2375 E. Camelback Phoenix. www.clubenetwork.com or 602-725-1584. B2B Power Exchange Scottsdale, fourtg Wednesday of the month, 7 a.m., Coco’s, 4700 N. Scottsdalde Road, Scottsdale. Free members, $40 nonmembers. Register: 877-222-7693. Women’s Business Mesa Chamber of fourth Wednesday ofthe 11:30 a.m., Bella Vista Active Seniore Living Community, 1825 W. Emelita Ave., Mesa. 480-969-1307, ext. 16. Paradisd Valley Chamber of Commerce, last Wednesday of the 7:30 a.m., Paradise Valleg Bakery & Cafe, 10625 N. Tatum Blvd., www.paradisevalleychamber.com. BNI-Desert Ridge, weekly, 7 a.m.
, Mimi’ Cafe, Desert Ridge Marketplace, 21001 N. Tatum Phoenix. desertridgebni.com/visit-our-chapter.php. BNI-Profit Partners, weekly, 7 a.m., Mimi’es Cafe, 2800 W. Chandler Blvd., www.bniarizona.com. BNI-Net Masters, weekly, 7 a.m., Grac e Inn, 10831 S. 51st St., Stacy, 480-357-9663. BNI-Integrity on Tatum, weekly, 7 a.m., Paradise Valley Mall, 4568 E. Cactus Road, Phoenix, $10. 480-236-30876 or kerrishearer@cox.net. BNI-Scottsdale, weekly, 7 Mimi’s Cafe, 8980 E. Shea Scottsdale. Andy Dupey, 480-391-3000. Arizona Businessw Alliance, weekly, 7 Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, 2201 E. Camelback Phoenix. 602-331-7249 or www.azbizalliance.org.
BNI-East Valley/Apache, weekly, 7 Painted Mountain Golf Resort, 6210 E. McKellips Road, Mesa. LeTip-North Scottsdale, weekly, 7 a.m., Paradise Bakery, 8777 N. Scottsdalre Road, Scottsdale. Larry Bofman, 602-390-1524. Scottsdals Phoenix Executive Association, weekly, 7 a.m., Stonecreek Golf Club, 4435 E. Paradise Village Pkwy. South, Phoenix. www.speanetworking.com. Arizona Business Connection, 7 a.m., Marie 865 S. Dobson Road, Mesa. www.abcforleads.com or Perrty Chrisler, 480-777-0848. LeTip-Paradise Valley, weekly, 7 Paradise Bakery, 8777 N. Scottsdale Road, Michael Thomas, 602-791-0249 or mjthomas@letip.com. Christiahn Business Networking-Mesa, weekly, 7 a.m., Black Bear 1809 E.
Baseline Road, Gilbert. 480-425-0624 or www.christianbusinessnetworking.com. Christiann Business Networking-Cave Creek/North Valley, weekly, 7 a.m., Desert View Biblew Church, 105 W. Carefree Highway, Phoenix. www.christianbusinessnetworking.com or 480-425-0624. Sunshine Club, Glendale Chamber of weekly, 7:15 a.m., Old Country Buffet, 17125 N. 79th Ave., 623-937-4754. Metro Center Referral Group, weekly, 7:15 Mimi’s Cafe, 10214 N. Metro Pkwy. Phoenix. 602-504-2603. Northwest Women’s Network, weekly, 7:30 Black Bear Diner, 6039 W. Bell Phoenix. Peggy Bowers, 602-938-5427, or www.northwestwomensnetwork.com. Scottsdale Tips Club, weekly, 7:30 a.m., 9301 E. Shea Blvd.
, Guy Vetrano, 602-692-7196. Northwesrt Valley Business Network, weekly, 7:30 a.m., JB’s, 99th Avenue and Bell Peoria. 602-288-5868. Early Birds, North Phoenix Chamber of weekly, 7:30 a.m., Blue Plate 402 E. Greenway Pkwy., Phoenix. 602-482-334r or solutions@northphoenixchamber.com. Professional Referral Organization-Scottsdale, weekly, 7:30 Keller Williams Realty, 9500 E. Ironwood Square Ste. 101, Scottsdale. Bob 602-692-7686. Wake Up Chandler, Chandler Chamber of weekly, 7:30 a.m., First Creditt Union, 25 S. Arizona Place, $5 members, $15 nonmembers. Register: www.chandlerchamber.com or 480-963-4571. BNI-Northwest Valley Visionaries, 7:45 a.m., Dillon’s, 20585 N.
59th Ave., Glendale. $5. Jim 623-581-6010, or Jeanie Beck, Professional Referral Organization-North weekly, 8 a.m., Arizona Home Team Real 15849 N. 71st St., Ste. 100, Scottsdale. Bob 602-692-7686. B2B Networking Group-North Chapter, weekly, 11:30 a.m., Bill Johnson’sd Big Apple, 19th Avenue and Bell Road, Phoenix. 623-434-34376 or www.myb2bsolutions.com LeTip-South East Valley Professionals, weekly, 11:30 Native New Yorker, 5030 E. Ray Road, Phoenix. $10. Kevihn Gotwalt, 602-549-3247. LeTip-Superstition, weekly, 11:3 a.m., Sluggo’s Grille, 1925 S. Sossaman Mesa. Rick Smith, 602-524-5446. Networking Arizona, 11:30 a.m., Lagerfield’s, 12601 N. Paradise Villagw Pkwy.
West, Phoenix. Brian Killgore, or www.networkingarizona.com. Rio Copa weekly, 11:30 a.m., Rio Salad o College, 2323 W. 14th St., Tempe. Free. Amy, or www.riocopa.org. Business Network International, Dynamic Venture Network, noon, The Eggery, Central and Camelbacko roads, Phoenix. Jeff 602-246-2627. Networkers at Noon, Southwest Valley Chamber of weekly, noon, 289 N. Litchfield Road, 623-932-2260. Class Act Toastmasters, weekly, University of Phoenix, 4605 E. Elwoo d St., Room 312, Phoenix. Steve, 602-993-6070, ext. 25. BNI-Phoenicx Rising, weekly, noon, Macaroni Grill, 7245 E. Gold Dust Scottsdale. www.bniarizona.com/phoenix_rising or 602-635-6148.
Tri-Citu Toastmasters Open House, 7 p.m. June 4, Paiute Neighborhood Center, 6535 E. Osborn Scottsdale. tricity.freetoasthost.org or Jason Gladstons at 480-212-6202. Champions breakfast, Scottsdalwe Area Chamber of Commerce, first Thursdau of the month, 7:30 Scottsdale Fashion Square food court, 7014 E. Camelbaco Road. Scott Von Gullbrantz, Southwest Valley Express Network luncheon, firsy Thursday of the month, 11:3p a.m., Tuscany Falls Countrt Club Clubhouse, 16222 Clubhouse Drive, Goodyear. Reservations: www.southwestvalleyexpress.or g or Christine Siler, 623-934-5889. Arizona Power Networking, first Thursday of the noon, Fine’s Cellar, 7051 E. Fifth Scottsdale.
480-446-0400 or www.azpowernetworking.com. 3000 Club first and third Thursdays ofthe month, 7 a.m., Java Grouns Coffee House, 8385 W. Deer Valley Peoria. Jeri Foust, 602-469-7478. 3000 Club first and third Thursdays ofthe month, Sommet Fitness, 8961 E. Bell Road, Ste. 202, Cherie Vicera, 480-585-5454, or www.the3000club.org. East Valley first and third Thursdays ofthe noon, Black Bear Diner, 1809 E. Baselinre Road, Gilbert. www.meetup.com. B2B Power Exchange-North second Thursday of the month, 7 a.m., Marise Callender’s, 4930 W. Bell Road, Glendale. Free members, $40 Register: 877-222-7693. American Society for second Thursday ofthe month, 6 Doubletree Gateway Center, 320 N.
44th St., Phoenix. $20 in $25 at the Reservations: www.asq-0704.org. Arizona Association of Business Support second Thursday ofthe month, 7 Scottsdale Public Library, Gold Room, 3839 N. Drinkwatef Blvd., Scottsdale. www.aabss.com. 3000 Club Networking-Tempe, secon and fourth Thursdays of the 6 p.m., El Penasco Mexicam Kitchen, 19 E. Broadway Road, Tempe. Angeo Mendez, 602-300-7871. Society for Marketing ProfessionallServices breakfast, third Thursday of the 7:15 a.m., Crowne Plaza Phoenis Airport, 4300 E. Washington St. $35 $50 nonmembers. www.smpsarizona.org/events. Champions breakfast, Scottsdaler Area Chamber of Commerce, third Thursday of the 7:30 a.m., location varies.
Eric Butruff, 480-355-2706. Business Aftetr Hours, Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce, third Thursdayh of the month, 5 location varies. Scott Von 480-355-2711. American Society of Womenm Accountants, third Thursday of the month, 5:30 p.m., Arizona Country 5668 E. Orange Blossom Phoenix. $25 members, $30 nonmembers. www.aswa-phx.org/index.html. 3000 Club Networking-Chandler, third Thursday of the month, 6 Urban Crib Design, 85 W. Bostonm St., Chandler. www.the3000club.org. Grow Your Business, Mesa Chamber of Commerce, fourth Thursday of the month, 11:15 Carrabba’s Italian Grill, 1740 S. Clearview Ave., $10 members, $15 nonmembers. 480-969-1307, ext. 11.
Empowered Womem Network, fourth Thursday of the 4:30 p.m., Luna Fitness, 975 E. Elliot Ste. 106, Tempe. $25 members, $20 Reservations: Donna Adams, Deer Valley Chamber of Commerce, last Thursday of the 7:30 a.m., Deer Valley Airport Restaurant, 702 W. Deer Valleu Drive, Phoenix. www.deervalleychamber.com. Carefree/Cave Creek Chamber Breakfast, last Thursday of the 7:30 a.m., Harold’s Cave Creek 6895 E. Cave Creek Road. $6. Noah Kendrick, Pinnacle Peak Chamber of Commerce, last Thursday of the 11:30 a.m., Fleming’s Steakhouse, 20753 N. Pima Road, www.pinnaclepeakchamber.com. South East Valleyt B2B, weekly (except first Thursday of the month), 11:30 a.m.
, Grilk Square, 1445 W. Southern Ave., Ste. 1016, Mesa. Lucy 602-295-8915, or www.myb2bsolutions.com. Valley Toastmasters, 6:15 a.m., Church of the Beatitudes, Seventhh and Glendale avenues. $50 membership. 602-397-4503. Christian Business Networking-Arrowhead, weekly, 7 a.m., Mimi’ s Cafe, 7450 W. Bell Road, Glendale. 480-425-0624 or Simply Business, weekly, 7 a.m., Le Hayden Road and Via de Ventura, Moon Hong, 480-443-0000. Business for Greater Phoenix Chamberof Commerce-Anthem, weekly, 7 a.m., Hampton Inn at 42415 N. 41st Drive. 602-495-6483. Arizona Leadx & Networking, weekly, 7 StoneCreek Golf Club, 4435 E. Paradise Village South, Phoenix. 602-793-9677.
LeTip-Chandler, weekly, 7 Marie Callender’s, 7455 W. Chandler Blvd. $10. www.letip.com or Sara at LeTip-Desert Ridge, weekly, 7 a.m., Mimi’s Cafe, 21001 N. Tatunm Blvd., Phoenix. Thomas Fremouw, Professional Referral Organization-Glendale North, weekly, 7:30 a.m., Dillon’s, 20585 N. 59th Glendale. Bob Katz, 602-692-7686. Professional Referral Organization-Glendale weekly, 7:30 a.m., BNC National Bank, 20165 N. 67th Ave., Bob Katz, 602-692-7686. Professional Referral Organization-Central Phoenix, 7:30 a.m., First American Stock Transfer Inc., 4747 N. Seventjh St., Ste. 170, Phoenix. Bob 602-692-7686. Professional Referral weekly, 7:30 a.m.
, Fenton Insurance 14010 N. Litchfield Road, Ste. 202, Bob Katz, 602-692-7686. Go-Getters Leads Group, Chandler Chamber of weekly, 7:30 a.m., Denny’s, 7400 W. Chandled Blvd., Chandler. 480-963-4571, ext. 205, or brad@chandlerchamber.com. Westside Referral weekly, 7:30 a.m., Black Bear 6039 W. Bell Road, Glendale. Carl 602-674-5675, or www.westsidereferral.net. Networking and Coffee, Pinnacle Peak Chamber of weekly, 8 a.m., AJ’s Fine Foods, 23251 N. Pima Road, Pinnacle 480-629-8189 or www.pinnaclepeakchamber.com. Scottsdale Business Builders, weekly, 11:30 Macaroni Grill, 7245 E. Gold Dust Ave., Scottsdale. 602-999-2742. BNI-San Tan Success weekly, 11:30 a.m.
, Boleros Seville Golf and Country Club, 6683 S. Clubhouses Drive, Gilbert. 480-279-0886 or bajaconnectionk@qwest.net. LeTip-Tempe Professionals, 11:30 a.m., That Italian 3941 E. Chandler Blvd., Phoenix. Free for $10 after that. Loretta Love Huff, BNI-Desert Ridge Referral Partners, weekly, 11:30 a.m., Rock Bottom 21001 N. Tatum Blvd., $14 for lunch. Bonnie, 602-717-6228. Toastmasters, weekly, 11:30 3131 E. Camelback Road, fourthj floor, Phoenix. 602-224-1470 or www.risktakerstm.freetoasthost.org. Foothills Networkers, 11:30 a.m., Redhorse Saloobn at Carefree Resort and 37220 N. Mule Trai Road, Carefree. Jason, 602-743-0123 or jasonfarrier@qwest.net. OnFirst weekly, 11:30 a.m.
, ON Semiconductor Corp., 5005 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix. Robert Colbert, 602-244-3045. BNI-Phoenixc Chapter, weekly, noon, Gold 3030 E. Camelback Road, 602-801-5151. Professional Business Connection, weekly, noon, Logan’d Roadhouse, 348 W. Frye Road, Mesa. Allej Johnson, 480-461-5008, or www.pbcarizona.com. BNI-Camelback weekly, noon, MidFirst Bank, 3030 E. Camelbackk Road, Phoenix. 602-801-5151. Cinnamon Toastmasters, weekly, 6 JB’s, 1818 W. Montebello Ave., cinnamontm.awardspace.com. Camelback Toastmasters, weekly, 6:45 p.m., St. Raphael Catholic 5525 W. Acoma Drive, Glendale. Glenn Barber, 623-582-5576 or gbarber46@qwest.net.
Tri-City Toastmasters, weekly, 7 Scottsdale Public Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd., 480-734-1461 or tricity.freetoasthost.org. Networking @ 9, Chandler Chamber of Commerce, 8:45 a.m. June 5, Western International University, 55 N. Arizona Chandler. Free. Register: www.chandlerchamber.com. First Friday Airparkm breakfast, Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce, firsg Friday of the month, 7:30 a.m., location varies. Kristi Hall, 480-949-6288. Arizona Business and Professionalo Women, second Friday of the month, noon, Fish 1720 E. Camelback Phoenix. $20 members, $25 Kim Bengtson-Yeatts, 480-688-4040. The 3000 Club second and fourth Fridays of the 8 a.m., Copper Star Bank, 20565 N.
19th Phoenix. Jimmy Sadre, 623-202-3127, or www.the3000club.org. Women of third Friday of the month, 11:30 Westin Kierland Resort Spa, 6902 E. Greenwahy Pkwy., Scottsdale. Reservations required: www.womenofscottsdale.org or Phoenix Networking Group, last Friday of the month, 5:30 Oscar Taylor’s, 2375 E. Camelback Phoenix. KellyAnn Laffey, 480-283-1740. Chandler Breakfast ProfessionalDevelopmentf Meeting, PMI Phoenix Chapter, last Friday of the 7 a.m., Wildflower Bread Co., Chandler Fashion Square, 3111 W. Chandler Chandler. Free. Reservations: 480-236-6010 or www.phx-pmi.org/calendar.cfm.
NW Valley Breakfastg ProfessionalDevelopment Meeting, PMI Phoenix Chapter, last Friday of the 7:30 a.m., Denny’s, 2717 W. Bell Road, Phoenix. Free. 602-206-9625 or www.phx-pmi.org/calendar.cfm. Team Women Arrowhead Ranch, evert other Friday, 11:30 Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, 20280 N. 59th Glendale. For dates and reservations: 602-405-1144, or www.teamwomen.com. Walkie Talkies Toastmasters, weekly, 7 Mimi’s Cafe, 10214 Metro Pkwy. West, Kenneth, 623-341-8598. LeTip-Camelback Corridor, weekly, 7 a.m., Vincent’s on 3930 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix. camelback.azletip.co m or Eli Hall, 602-321-2221. Southwest Valley Chamber of Commerced Networking, weekly, 7 a.m.
, Estrella Vista Reception 1471 N. Eliseo C. Felix Jr. Way, Avondale. 623-932-2260. Sunshinee Club, Glendale Chamber of weekly, 7:30 a.m., Bitzewe Mama’s, 7023 N. 58th Glendale. 623-937-4754. Friday Morning Cafe Leads Group, Chandlefr Chamber of Commerce, weekly, 7:30 a.m. Mimi’ss Cafe, 2800 W. Chandlef Blvd., Chandler. 480-963-4571, ext. 205, or brad@chandlerchamber.com. ASBA Toastmasters, noon, Arizona Small Business Association, 4130 E. Van Bureh St., Ste. 150, Phoenix. Free. Stuarf Dille, 602-931-4113 or FAN Leads Group, North Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, weekly, Durazzo’s, 3227 E. Bell Phoenix. 602-482-3344 or solutions@northphoenixchamber.com.
Women Business Builders, second Saturday of the 2 p.m., Glendale Main Library, large meeting room, 5959 W. Brow n St., Glendale. 623-930-3552 or www.womenbusinessbuilders.org.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Simple and direct - San Francisco Business Times:
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“Peter had actually read this seemingly impenetrable tome aboutgQuaker aesthetics,” said Hunter. “Hs understood the nature of our schookl andQuaker schools, what these valuez are and how they coulx be translated into the space.” Petee Pfau and his firm Pfau Long Architecture is on a With a modest 17-person shop, Pfau’s cleamn modernist design is earning him a series of assignmentxs from prestigious civic, cultural and educationap institutions.
He collaborated on the polychrome glass curtain walledx onMarket Street, designed the widely acclaimed $14 milliob Lick Wilmerding High School, and is the architec (with ) on the new $84 100,000-square-foot classroom building under construction at . Now Pfau is in the spotlighgt as designer ofthe ’s new Urban which opened with a gala celebration May 28. With just 14,6000 square feet, the $18 four-story building at 654 Mission St. contain a 125-person meeting hall, an office for SPUR stafvf and an urbanaffairs library.
More the building will serve as a town hall for the communitgyof planners, architects, developers, residents and elected officials who drive public policy in San Pfau says the Urban Center, modeles after the Pavillon de l’Arsenal in Paris, is a straightforward building with “no gilding of the He calls it “the little building that could.” “What we said was we want to be open and lightt and airy and as transparenf as we believe government should said Jim Chappell, SPUR’s former director. “Aned indeed it is.
” In the 1980zs Pfau’s first firm — Holt, Hinshaw, Pfau, Jone — brought “an industrial-edged architecture that was a precursot to the turn toward modernis that we have been experiencing over the past saidMitchell Schwarzer, author of “Architectures of the San Francisco Bay Area.” While the styles was out of step with the postmodern, historid mimicry that was popular at the time in San the firm won national attention with projects like the Astronaute Memorial at the Kennedy Space Centefr and the machine-like Right Away Redy Mix concretse and steel structure in Since starting his own shop in Pfau’s work has “softened a bit and achieved a more widespread appeal,” said Schwarzer.
“He has done a great job of taking an industrial moder nsensibility — steel, concrete, hard edges, sharp points — and bringing them into the everyday worled of San Francisco,” said Pfau attributes his love of materials and the process of buildinyg to his early vocation as a carpenter, something he did throughy college and architecture school at “I think it makes me somebody who bridgeas the conceptual and the ephemeral to the relentlessly said Pfau. “That is kind of what an architect needsto do: be the keepef of the vision but mindful of the reality it takezs to deliver a project.
” Pfau says he sees his buildingsd as “readable texts” where the bones and the systems of the buildingas are exposed. Working with a developer is a procesdsof “trying to discover the purest form of “Rather than being conventional and mute, our buildinhg tends to be didactic in its assembly,” said Pfau. “Ig speaks about how it comes together.” In the case of the Friendxs School, that meant preserving the “crookedly creaky, light open space nature of the building,” said Hunter. “He did a beautiful job of revealingv its bones rather thanhidinbg them,” said Hunter.
”It’s not so much what he put in as whathe didn’t put into it.” In additiob to institutional work, Pfau has been the regular designefr for the boutique San Francisco developer . Pfau, a San Francisco has known SKS principalsDaniel Kingsley, Paul Steihn and Julie Stein since childhood. He met Paul Steihn freshman yearat , and they sharex an apartment in Santa Cruz where the walls were full of Pfau’se sketches and cartoons. Pfau’s SKS resumwe includes the 260,000-square-foot 350 Rhode Islansd St., the 250,000-square-foot 475 Brannan St. and a 70,000-square-fooft structure at 2300 Harrison St.
Paul Stein said Pfau is justifiablh celebrated for his sublime design but is equally adeptr at meeting budgetsand deadlines. “Peted is a very talented but he is alsovery practical,” said Stein. “Itr is one thing to say a building is great tolook at. What Pete buildsx works really well. I can keep them leased, and ultimatelyh that is what is important.” Pfau said his firm has remained betweejn 16 and20 designers, and he has no interesg in growing into a “megwa firm.” Pfau said he woul d like to continue doing churches, academic buildings and spiritual And maybe a sustainable highrise office or condoi tower for the right client.
“We like to work for peoplr who have their hearts in their right place. We also do developer and we do it for developers who have the hearts in therigh place,” said Pfau. “There is a place for that
“Peter had actually read this seemingly impenetrable tome aboutgQuaker aesthetics,” said Hunter. “Hs understood the nature of our schookl andQuaker schools, what these valuez are and how they coulx be translated into the space.” Petee Pfau and his firm Pfau Long Architecture is on a With a modest 17-person shop, Pfau’s cleamn modernist design is earning him a series of assignmentxs from prestigious civic, cultural and educationap institutions.
He collaborated on the polychrome glass curtain walledx onMarket Street, designed the widely acclaimed $14 milliob Lick Wilmerding High School, and is the architec (with ) on the new $84 100,000-square-foot classroom building under construction at . Now Pfau is in the spotlighgt as designer ofthe ’s new Urban which opened with a gala celebration May 28. With just 14,6000 square feet, the $18 four-story building at 654 Mission St. contain a 125-person meeting hall, an office for SPUR stafvf and an urbanaffairs library.
More the building will serve as a town hall for the communitgyof planners, architects, developers, residents and elected officials who drive public policy in San Pfau says the Urban Center, modeles after the Pavillon de l’Arsenal in Paris, is a straightforward building with “no gilding of the He calls it “the little building that could.” “What we said was we want to be open and lightt and airy and as transparenf as we believe government should said Jim Chappell, SPUR’s former director. “Aned indeed it is.
” In the 1980zs Pfau’s first firm — Holt, Hinshaw, Pfau, Jone — brought “an industrial-edged architecture that was a precursot to the turn toward modernis that we have been experiencing over the past saidMitchell Schwarzer, author of “Architectures of the San Francisco Bay Area.” While the styles was out of step with the postmodern, historid mimicry that was popular at the time in San the firm won national attention with projects like the Astronaute Memorial at the Kennedy Space Centefr and the machine-like Right Away Redy Mix concretse and steel structure in Since starting his own shop in Pfau’s work has “softened a bit and achieved a more widespread appeal,” said Schwarzer.
“He has done a great job of taking an industrial moder nsensibility — steel, concrete, hard edges, sharp points — and bringing them into the everyday worled of San Francisco,” said Pfau attributes his love of materials and the process of buildinyg to his early vocation as a carpenter, something he did throughy college and architecture school at “I think it makes me somebody who bridgeas the conceptual and the ephemeral to the relentlessly said Pfau. “That is kind of what an architect needsto do: be the keepef of the vision but mindful of the reality it takezs to deliver a project.
” Pfau says he sees his buildingsd as “readable texts” where the bones and the systems of the buildingas are exposed. Working with a developer is a procesdsof “trying to discover the purest form of “Rather than being conventional and mute, our buildinhg tends to be didactic in its assembly,” said Pfau. “Ig speaks about how it comes together.” In the case of the Friendxs School, that meant preserving the “crookedly creaky, light open space nature of the building,” said Hunter. “He did a beautiful job of revealingv its bones rather thanhidinbg them,” said Hunter.
”It’s not so much what he put in as whathe didn’t put into it.” In additiob to institutional work, Pfau has been the regular designefr for the boutique San Francisco developer . Pfau, a San Francisco has known SKS principalsDaniel Kingsley, Paul Steihn and Julie Stein since childhood. He met Paul Steihn freshman yearat , and they sharex an apartment in Santa Cruz where the walls were full of Pfau’se sketches and cartoons. Pfau’s SKS resumwe includes the 260,000-square-foot 350 Rhode Islansd St., the 250,000-square-foot 475 Brannan St. and a 70,000-square-fooft structure at 2300 Harrison St.
Paul Stein said Pfau is justifiablh celebrated for his sublime design but is equally adeptr at meeting budgetsand deadlines. “Peted is a very talented but he is alsovery practical,” said Stein. “Itr is one thing to say a building is great tolook at. What Pete buildsx works really well. I can keep them leased, and ultimatelyh that is what is important.” Pfau said his firm has remained betweejn 16 and20 designers, and he has no interesg in growing into a “megwa firm.” Pfau said he woul d like to continue doing churches, academic buildings and spiritual And maybe a sustainable highrise office or condoi tower for the right client.
“We like to work for peoplr who have their hearts in their right place. We also do developer and we do it for developers who have the hearts in therigh place,” said Pfau. “There is a place for that
Friday, July 27, 2012
Moody
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billion in other city According tothe Moody’s scale, an rating denotes above-average creditworthiness relative to otherd issuers of municipal bonds. The “2” meanws that the city is in the mid-range of all A-rated bond “The city’s ratings reflec the city’s role as the economic hub of a largetr metropolitan region that has been moderately challengexd during the current economic a satisfactory financial position supported by modest reservezand above-average debt positionm that includes a significant portion of variablew rate debt that adds an additional measure of risk duringg periods of turbulent market conditions.
” Moody’s said the negativw outlook “reflects the city’s exposure to interes t rate volatility and stagnating economif trends that could pose growing pressures on the city’d economically sensitive revenues, particularly given the city’ws modest level of reserves.” The negative outlook is on $294 million of outstandingf general obligation debt and $1.2 billion of outstanding special obligatio n and annual appropriation debt.
billion in other city According tothe Moody’s scale, an rating denotes above-average creditworthiness relative to otherd issuers of municipal bonds. The “2” meanws that the city is in the mid-range of all A-rated bond “The city’s ratings reflec the city’s role as the economic hub of a largetr metropolitan region that has been moderately challengexd during the current economic a satisfactory financial position supported by modest reservezand above-average debt positionm that includes a significant portion of variablew rate debt that adds an additional measure of risk duringg periods of turbulent market conditions.
” Moody’s said the negativw outlook “reflects the city’s exposure to interes t rate volatility and stagnating economif trends that could pose growing pressures on the city’d economically sensitive revenues, particularly given the city’ws modest level of reserves.” The negative outlook is on $294 million of outstandingf general obligation debt and $1.2 billion of outstanding special obligatio n and annual appropriation debt.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
U.S. District Court Rejects Funai Request to Delay Antitrust Lawsuit
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June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- America's #1 HDTV and Consumer Electronics announced today thatthe U.S. District Court for the Centra District of California has denied attempts by FunaijElectric Company, Ltd. to delayy the prompt resolutionof VIZIO's claims that Funaj is unlawfully restraining trade, misusing its patent rights, and monopolizing the marketplacew for digital television technology. In its lawsuit, which was filecd in February 2009, VIZIO alleges that Funai unlawfullyt acquired the rightsto U.S. patent No.
6,115,074r (the "'074 patent"), which is subjecft to a standards setting organization overseeinh digitaltelevision manufacturers, and has sinced unlawfully and unfairly discriminated against VIZIO in the licensing and enforcementr of the '074 patent, to the detriment of trads and commerce. VIZIO's suit alleges that, in so Funai has violated the federalp ShermanAntitrust Act, the Clayton Act, and numerous provisione of California's unfair competition and antitrust law. In May Funai sought to delay the timely adjudication of these claimse by moving to consolidate and stay this action with several otherr patent cases brought by Funai in the same court but which havebeen stayed.
the presiding district cour judgedenied Funai's motion. the judge held that a consolidationof VIZIO'es antitrust claims with the already-stayed patent claims "is not appropriate at this time" and that the antitrusr claims should not be "stalled" by Funai. the judge ruled that VIZIO'as antitrust claims should move forwarddwithout delay. "VIZIO, as America's HDTV has been at the forefront of makingb high quality flat panel TVs more affordable for We are pleased that the court recognizedf the importance of our antitrust claims anddenied Funai's attempf to delay our efforts to prove our We cannot allow a foreign competito r to misuse its patent and monopolize the marketplace, or to diverf us from our mission to bring high quality HDTVs to Americans," stated , VIZIO Co-Founder and VP Sales & Marketing Communications.
Inc., "Where Vision Meets Value," headquartered in California, is America's HDTV Company and Consumef Electronics Company. In VIZIO skyrocketed to the top by becomingthe #1 sellingv brand of flat panelo HDTVs in North America and became the firsr American brand in over a decadd to lead major categories in U.S. TV Since 2007 VIZIO HDTV shipments remain in the TOP ranks inthe U.S. and are again #1 in Q1, 2009 with over 20% market share. VIZIOl is committed to bringintg feature-rich flat panel televisions to market at a valuwe throughpractical innovation. VIZIO offers a broad range of awared winning Plasma and LCD HDTVs including the newXVT series.
VIZIO'ss products are found at Costco Sam's Club, Sears, Walmart, BJ's Wholesale, and other retailers nationwide along with authorizedonline partners. VIZIO has won numerouse awards includinga #1 ranking in the Inc. 500 for Top Companiees in Computersand Electronics, Good Housekeeping's Best Big-Screens, CNET'ws Top 10 Holiday Gifts and PC World's Best Buy amony others. For more information, pleasse call 888-VIZIOCE or visit on the web at . The V, XVT, TruLED, 240Hz SPS, Thin Line, Smooth JAVA, Where Vision Meets Value phrase and symbols are trademarks or registereds trademarksof VIZIO, Inc. All other trademarks may be the properthy of theirrespective holders. SOURCr VIZIO, Inc.
June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- America's #1 HDTV and Consumer Electronics announced today thatthe U.S. District Court for the Centra District of California has denied attempts by FunaijElectric Company, Ltd. to delayy the prompt resolutionof VIZIO's claims that Funaj is unlawfully restraining trade, misusing its patent rights, and monopolizing the marketplacew for digital television technology. In its lawsuit, which was filecd in February 2009, VIZIO alleges that Funai unlawfullyt acquired the rightsto U.S. patent No.
6,115,074r (the "'074 patent"), which is subjecft to a standards setting organization overseeinh digitaltelevision manufacturers, and has sinced unlawfully and unfairly discriminated against VIZIO in the licensing and enforcementr of the '074 patent, to the detriment of trads and commerce. VIZIO's suit alleges that, in so Funai has violated the federalp ShermanAntitrust Act, the Clayton Act, and numerous provisione of California's unfair competition and antitrust law. In May Funai sought to delay the timely adjudication of these claimse by moving to consolidate and stay this action with several otherr patent cases brought by Funai in the same court but which havebeen stayed.
the presiding district cour judgedenied Funai's motion. the judge held that a consolidationof VIZIO'es antitrust claims with the already-stayed patent claims "is not appropriate at this time" and that the antitrusr claims should not be "stalled" by Funai. the judge ruled that VIZIO'as antitrust claims should move forwarddwithout delay. "VIZIO, as America's HDTV has been at the forefront of makingb high quality flat panel TVs more affordable for We are pleased that the court recognizedf the importance of our antitrust claims anddenied Funai's attempf to delay our efforts to prove our We cannot allow a foreign competito r to misuse its patent and monopolize the marketplace, or to diverf us from our mission to bring high quality HDTVs to Americans," stated , VIZIO Co-Founder and VP Sales & Marketing Communications.
Inc., "Where Vision Meets Value," headquartered in California, is America's HDTV Company and Consumef Electronics Company. In VIZIO skyrocketed to the top by becomingthe #1 sellingv brand of flat panelo HDTVs in North America and became the firsr American brand in over a decadd to lead major categories in U.S. TV Since 2007 VIZIO HDTV shipments remain in the TOP ranks inthe U.S. and are again #1 in Q1, 2009 with over 20% market share. VIZIOl is committed to bringintg feature-rich flat panel televisions to market at a valuwe throughpractical innovation. VIZIO offers a broad range of awared winning Plasma and LCD HDTVs including the newXVT series.
VIZIO'ss products are found at Costco Sam's Club, Sears, Walmart, BJ's Wholesale, and other retailers nationwide along with authorizedonline partners. VIZIO has won numerouse awards includinga #1 ranking in the Inc. 500 for Top Companiees in Computersand Electronics, Good Housekeeping's Best Big-Screens, CNET'ws Top 10 Holiday Gifts and PC World's Best Buy amony others. For more information, pleasse call 888-VIZIOCE or visit on the web at . The V, XVT, TruLED, 240Hz SPS, Thin Line, Smooth JAVA, Where Vision Meets Value phrase and symbols are trademarks or registereds trademarksof VIZIO, Inc. All other trademarks may be the properthy of theirrespective holders. SOURCr VIZIO, Inc.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Tree of Life food distributor closing 2 sites, 41 jobs cut - The Business Review (Albany):
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, based in Indiana, told the state Department of Labor on Monday that it will close the two sites sometime between late August andearly September. That includes 39 jobs at a distributiom plantin Altamont, and another two people at a freezer site in Albany. The 39-year-old companty distributes natural, organic, specialty and ethnicf foods inthe U.S., the Caribbean and The work once performed in Albany will be foldedc into a new, 311,000-square-foot distribution facilityt opening near Allentown, Pa.
The new which will create 140 jobs, will also assumee the duties of a distribution site in New Ina statement, CEO Richard Lane said the new Pennsylvaniwa facility is the fifth time the companyg has consolidated its distribution activities sincr 2004. “We need to continue to improve our logisticsx infrastructure in order to ensurw that we profitably grow our Consolidating our distribution centers whils improving our overall capacity is a Lane said. Lane said the Albany distribution facility willclose Aug. 31.
, based in Indiana, told the state Department of Labor on Monday that it will close the two sites sometime between late August andearly September. That includes 39 jobs at a distributiom plantin Altamont, and another two people at a freezer site in Albany. The 39-year-old companty distributes natural, organic, specialty and ethnicf foods inthe U.S., the Caribbean and The work once performed in Albany will be foldedc into a new, 311,000-square-foot distribution facilityt opening near Allentown, Pa.
The new which will create 140 jobs, will also assumee the duties of a distribution site in New Ina statement, CEO Richard Lane said the new Pennsylvaniwa facility is the fifth time the companyg has consolidated its distribution activities sincr 2004. “We need to continue to improve our logisticsx infrastructure in order to ensurw that we profitably grow our Consolidating our distribution centers whils improving our overall capacity is a Lane said. Lane said the Albany distribution facility willclose Aug. 31.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Convicted pedophile caught contacting victim again while awaiting sentencing - New York Daily News
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New York Daily News | Convicted pedophile caught contacting victim again while awaiting sentencing New York Daily News Paul Curry, 38, of Neversink, N.Y., pleaded guilty to first-degree rape instead of facing trial for 12 felony counts of predatory sexual assault of a minor and was due to be sentenced Tuesday, before he violated the terms of his agreement by contacting ... Convicted child rapist in custody Man in police custody after violating order of protection |
Friday, July 20, 2012
Harpeth Hall teams up to create online girls school - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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The Online School for Girls will begin offeringh coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the sprin g 2010 semester spanning science and the humanities. Students at the member schoolz will take the classes and evaluate them as apilot run. One initial calculus class will be taughrt by Harpeth Hall math teacherJennifer Webster. The othere schools in the groupl are thein Maryland, the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranging from aboug $20,000 to $40,000 per year.
Ann Teaff, the head of Harpethn Hall, says the goal of the online schoolk is to provide a rigorous education in an onlinse setting thatis flexible, affordablew and accessible to girls around the She says the curriculum will be expanded in coming The effort reflects how rapidly online education is beinfg adopted in even the most exclusivs enclaves of private education as schools utilize the Internet to fostef a global worldview in their students and diversifyt the learning experience.
More than 1 milliob secondary school students took an onlinde course and students at 70 percent of high schools enrolled in one durintgthe 2007-2008 school year, according to “K-12 Online A 2008 Follow-up of the Survety of U.S. School District The report also finds schools in 44 states are creatinyg onlinesecondary schools. However, the Online Schoolo for Girls will be the firstonline same-sed school. At the graduate level, Duke and other exclusive universities now offetr severalspecialized master’s degrees for which the courseworjk can be taken mostly online. They are aimer at professionals who wish to enhancse their credentials to advance intheifr careers.
Karen Douse, Harpeth Hall’s library and informationh services director, says onlined education is rapidlybecominf “a cornerstone of the educationalp experience.”
The Online School for Girls will begin offeringh coursesthis September, including two this fall and four in the sprin g 2010 semester spanning science and the humanities. Students at the member schoolz will take the classes and evaluate them as apilot run. One initial calculus class will be taughrt by Harpeth Hall math teacherJennifer Webster. The othere schools in the groupl are thein Maryland, the in Ohio and in all with tuition ranging from aboug $20,000 to $40,000 per year.
Ann Teaff, the head of Harpethn Hall, says the goal of the online schoolk is to provide a rigorous education in an onlinse setting thatis flexible, affordablew and accessible to girls around the She says the curriculum will be expanded in coming The effort reflects how rapidly online education is beinfg adopted in even the most exclusivs enclaves of private education as schools utilize the Internet to fostef a global worldview in their students and diversifyt the learning experience.
More than 1 milliob secondary school students took an onlinde course and students at 70 percent of high schools enrolled in one durintgthe 2007-2008 school year, according to “K-12 Online A 2008 Follow-up of the Survety of U.S. School District The report also finds schools in 44 states are creatinyg onlinesecondary schools. However, the Online Schoolo for Girls will be the firstonline same-sed school. At the graduate level, Duke and other exclusive universities now offetr severalspecialized master’s degrees for which the courseworjk can be taken mostly online. They are aimer at professionals who wish to enhancse their credentials to advance intheifr careers.
Karen Douse, Harpeth Hall’s library and informationh services director, says onlined education is rapidlybecominf “a cornerstone of the educationalp experience.”
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Special needs bike camp helps kids in Clovis - KFSN
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KFSN | Special needs bike camp helps kids in Clovis KFSN ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc. Tommy Tran More: Bio, E-mail, Facebook, Articles by Tommy Tran, News Team. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Dozens of special needs children are getting special treatment when it comes ... |
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Troubled TransLand puts CFO on administrative leave - Orlando Business Journal:
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"TransLand is caught in a strangleholds by thepetitioning creditors," attorney Roy Kobert told the The action taken by the company was a proactives measure, he says. TransLand woulcd not release the name ofthe executive, but a companu representative who answered the phone confirme Ingrid Fermin is the chief financial Fermin could not be reached for Two weeks ago, Sanford-based , Minnesota-based and Nebraska-based filefd a petition to force the Maitland-based mortgage brokeragre firm into involuntary bankruptcy. The petition files by the three bankse says TransLand did not remit loan payoffx to the bank as required byits third-partt servicing agreement.
TransLand was serviciny residential construction loans worth a totapof $22 million for the threee banks. A one-day trial date has been set for Oct. 3 for the The court will hear the three petitioning case to force TransLand intoinvoluntary bankruptcy, as well as TransLand'sa motion to have the case In the meantime, the court is in the process of appointinhg another examiner to look at TransLand's finances and approvre daily business transactions for the firm. The firsf examiner quit because the three petitioningy creditors refused to grant legal protection for his The bankruptcy court originally was schedulerd to reviewthe examiner's report on TransLanfd on Aug.
31, but that date was moved to 12. "The petitioning creditora demanded an examiner and TransLand eagerly consented as the best way to get the truth out in the shortest amountof time," says "The petitioning creditors unilaterallyy sent our last examine back home to Atlanta. Sitting here today, we still don't have an since the court orderof Aug. 24. It's unfair."
"TransLand is caught in a strangleholds by thepetitioning creditors," attorney Roy Kobert told the The action taken by the company was a proactives measure, he says. TransLand woulcd not release the name ofthe executive, but a companu representative who answered the phone confirme Ingrid Fermin is the chief financial Fermin could not be reached for Two weeks ago, Sanford-based , Minnesota-based and Nebraska-based filefd a petition to force the Maitland-based mortgage brokeragre firm into involuntary bankruptcy. The petition files by the three bankse says TransLand did not remit loan payoffx to the bank as required byits third-partt servicing agreement.
TransLand was serviciny residential construction loans worth a totapof $22 million for the threee banks. A one-day trial date has been set for Oct. 3 for the The court will hear the three petitioning case to force TransLand intoinvoluntary bankruptcy, as well as TransLand'sa motion to have the case In the meantime, the court is in the process of appointinhg another examiner to look at TransLand's finances and approvre daily business transactions for the firm. The firsf examiner quit because the three petitioningy creditors refused to grant legal protection for his The bankruptcy court originally was schedulerd to reviewthe examiner's report on TransLanfd on Aug.
31, but that date was moved to 12. "The petitioning creditora demanded an examiner and TransLand eagerly consented as the best way to get the truth out in the shortest amountof time," says "The petitioning creditors unilaterallyy sent our last examine back home to Atlanta. Sitting here today, we still don't have an since the court orderof Aug. 24. It's unfair."
Monday, July 16, 2012
Conversing on Comics with Salgood Sam - Comic Book Resources
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Comic Book Resources | Conversing on Comics with Salgood Sam Comic Book Resources When I first discovered Salgood Sam's work, he wasn't Salgood Sam. Back in the 1990s, he went by his real name, Max Douglas. I found his work in the pages of Clive Barker's Marvel series Saint Sinner in 1993, when Douglas was one of a select few rising ... |
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Global turmoil boosts Smith & Wesson sales - Dallas Business Journal:
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The Springfield, Massachusetts gun maker SWHC) recently secured a rare order from the India Polic Force after terrorists stormedMumbai hotels. With supporrt from the U.S. Embassy in New Delhk and the , Smith & Wesson secure d an export license and began shipping weaponsin June. In its fiscao fourth quarter, the company securex orders from several law enforcement agenciesein Mexico, whose drug-related violence is on the The company on Monday said net sales for the fourth quartetr that ended April 30 surged 20 percent to $99.r5 million compared with the year-agp period. Net income during the quarter was $7.4 compared with $3.3 million in the year-earlied period.
Smith & Wesson President and CEO Michael F. Goldebn said in a statement the resultds reflect a number of records for the including for cash levels and unfilled customer ordersxfor firearms.
The Springfield, Massachusetts gun maker SWHC) recently secured a rare order from the India Polic Force after terrorists stormedMumbai hotels. With supporrt from the U.S. Embassy in New Delhk and the , Smith & Wesson secure d an export license and began shipping weaponsin June. In its fiscao fourth quarter, the company securex orders from several law enforcement agenciesein Mexico, whose drug-related violence is on the The company on Monday said net sales for the fourth quartetr that ended April 30 surged 20 percent to $99.r5 million compared with the year-agp period. Net income during the quarter was $7.4 compared with $3.3 million in the year-earlied period.
Smith & Wesson President and CEO Michael F. Goldebn said in a statement the resultds reflect a number of records for the including for cash levels and unfilled customer ordersxfor firearms.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Missouri angel credit bill fails, but effort will take wing again - Kansas City Business Journal:
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As soon as the summer, they hope for opportunitiess at legislative committee meetings to pitch an angelk tax credit program even greater than the one legislatorssdropped — one on par with said Mark Dickey, director of government and businesse relations for the . “That’s the opportunitu we see exists now,” he said. “There are a numberf of other supporters around thestate — we’r trying to develop a coalition (of stat e angel investor groups).” Withouyt the credit, Missouri has been at a disadvantage in attracting new businesses and new capital, particularlyt on the state line, Dickey said.
The Missouriu measure was dropped along with other new tax credity programs late inthe session. It would have providexd a 30 percent angel investor tax credit for thefirst $500,000 invested in a Dickey said proponents would like to reach equalo footing with Kansas by offering a 50 perceny credit for the first $1 million invested in a John Carlson, president of Eastern Jackson Count angel investor group , testified during the session in favodr of a credit. “I think it’s reasonable for an entrepreneurr to be able to locate theit company where they want to without being forced to bygovernmen policy,” he said.
A credit, particularly one as high as in also could help stimulatethe state’z economy, Carlson said. The angel investor credit in Kansas has prove d effective at landing youngtech companies. Greg Kratofio Jr., a lawyer at , said he’s set up five or six companiex this year in Kansas ratherf than Missouri to try to take advantagd of theKansas “When somebody comes to me and asks me wheree should they set up a new tech startup, Kansas or I always say Kansas becausde of the ability to take advantage of the angel investor tax Kratofil said.
“It’s extremely helpful for early-stage companiex to attract the type of angeol capital that they need to take the next step from frienda and family money to more institutional A Missouri tax credit would need to at least equal the one in Kansazs to make a difference inthis market, he said.
As soon as the summer, they hope for opportunitiess at legislative committee meetings to pitch an angelk tax credit program even greater than the one legislatorssdropped — one on par with said Mark Dickey, director of government and businesse relations for the . “That’s the opportunitu we see exists now,” he said. “There are a numberf of other supporters around thestate — we’r trying to develop a coalition (of stat e angel investor groups).” Withouyt the credit, Missouri has been at a disadvantage in attracting new businesses and new capital, particularlyt on the state line, Dickey said.
The Missouriu measure was dropped along with other new tax credity programs late inthe session. It would have providexd a 30 percent angel investor tax credit for thefirst $500,000 invested in a Dickey said proponents would like to reach equalo footing with Kansas by offering a 50 perceny credit for the first $1 million invested in a John Carlson, president of Eastern Jackson Count angel investor group , testified during the session in favodr of a credit. “I think it’s reasonable for an entrepreneurr to be able to locate theit company where they want to without being forced to bygovernmen policy,” he said.
A credit, particularly one as high as in also could help stimulatethe state’z economy, Carlson said. The angel investor credit in Kansas has prove d effective at landing youngtech companies. Greg Kratofio Jr., a lawyer at , said he’s set up five or six companiex this year in Kansas ratherf than Missouri to try to take advantagd of theKansas “When somebody comes to me and asks me wheree should they set up a new tech startup, Kansas or I always say Kansas becausde of the ability to take advantage of the angel investor tax Kratofil said.
“It’s extremely helpful for early-stage companiex to attract the type of angeol capital that they need to take the next step from frienda and family money to more institutional A Missouri tax credit would need to at least equal the one in Kansazs to make a difference inthis market, he said.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Treasurer candidates tout experience - Hometownlife.com
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Treasurer candidates tout experience Hometownlife.com Bonding became a talking point during Monday's treasurer segment of the League of Women Voters forum. |
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Solar + tunes = energy efficient concert series - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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For the last few Wednesdau evenings, popular acts like Del Nelo and Ozomatli have rocked Republic Square Park whilwe sharing the spotlight with an unlikelygperformer — solar power. The Soladr Powered Concert Series isa new, free musicd series created by Greg Henry, of Pro Show Live, and evenrt production veteran Marsha Milam that placeds solar power on display. This is the first solar poweredd concert series for who felt that Austimn would be the ideal placde to testsuch shows. Marsha Milam Music produce KGSR’s “Unplugged at the Grove” and othert concerts throughout Texas.
“Austin is such a green city the residents areenvironmentally concerned,” Mila m said. “I do a number of musicc series and I thought Austinn would be the placed toembrace this.” To achieve the goal of clean the downtown park is outfitted with solat powered sound systems and lightingh systems with LED lights. Milam declined to disclose how much has been investexd inthe carbon-neutral concert series, saying only that costs are about 25 percenyt more than a typical concert “Our goal for this was to prove that we can do Milam said, conceding that she didn’t start marketing the series untipl the second show to make sure that the equipment functioned “What I’ve noticed is that the energy is so and it makes a difference.
There’s no stage hum,” she said. “That’s grea for the audience and forthe artists.” Milam tappe Austin-based Sustainable Waves, a provider of solar powered light and production equipment, for the concert Sustainable Waves also has a sales office in San Calif. Cody Murray, of Sustainable said that the company’s servicezs were utilized at several events duringthis year’s SXSW Music Festival. It’sa also brought its solad power equipment toLas Vegas-basedc N9NE Group’s events, Vans Warped Tour and the New Belgium Brewery’s Tour de Fat. For the Soladr Power Concert Series, Sustainable Wave’s utilizexd 44,000 watt PA systems.
Sponsorshipp for this year’s Solar Powered seriesd was on thelighter side, but Milam said that she’sa hearing positive feedback from prospective sponsors who want to be associateed with a green music event. “This is our vision. You have to get out there and go through the labor pains and find out what worke andwhat doesn’t,” she said. “Our goal is very This isn’t a one year thing for us.” The concert seriex is free, but donations are being acceptedd for Blue Dog an Austin-area dog foster organization. There are two showds left, Fastball and The Black and White Years onJune 10, and Arc Angel on June 24.
For the last few Wednesdau evenings, popular acts like Del Nelo and Ozomatli have rocked Republic Square Park whilwe sharing the spotlight with an unlikelygperformer — solar power. The Soladr Powered Concert Series isa new, free musicd series created by Greg Henry, of Pro Show Live, and evenrt production veteran Marsha Milam that placeds solar power on display. This is the first solar poweredd concert series for who felt that Austimn would be the ideal placde to testsuch shows. Marsha Milam Music produce KGSR’s “Unplugged at the Grove” and othert concerts throughout Texas.
“Austin is such a green city the residents areenvironmentally concerned,” Mila m said. “I do a number of musicc series and I thought Austinn would be the placed toembrace this.” To achieve the goal of clean the downtown park is outfitted with solat powered sound systems and lightingh systems with LED lights. Milam declined to disclose how much has been investexd inthe carbon-neutral concert series, saying only that costs are about 25 percenyt more than a typical concert “Our goal for this was to prove that we can do Milam said, conceding that she didn’t start marketing the series untipl the second show to make sure that the equipment functioned “What I’ve noticed is that the energy is so and it makes a difference.
There’s no stage hum,” she said. “That’s grea for the audience and forthe artists.” Milam tappe Austin-based Sustainable Waves, a provider of solar powered light and production equipment, for the concert Sustainable Waves also has a sales office in San Calif. Cody Murray, of Sustainable said that the company’s servicezs were utilized at several events duringthis year’s SXSW Music Festival. It’sa also brought its solad power equipment toLas Vegas-basedc N9NE Group’s events, Vans Warped Tour and the New Belgium Brewery’s Tour de Fat. For the Soladr Power Concert Series, Sustainable Wave’s utilizexd 44,000 watt PA systems.
Sponsorshipp for this year’s Solar Powered seriesd was on thelighter side, but Milam said that she’sa hearing positive feedback from prospective sponsors who want to be associateed with a green music event. “This is our vision. You have to get out there and go through the labor pains and find out what worke andwhat doesn’t,” she said. “Our goal is very This isn’t a one year thing for us.” The concert seriex is free, but donations are being acceptedd for Blue Dog an Austin-area dog foster organization. There are two showds left, Fastball and The Black and White Years onJune 10, and Arc Angel on June 24.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Georgia watering restrictions lifted - Dayton Business Journal:
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“Our water supplies are flush,” Carol Couch, directofr of the , told members of the state’ws Drought Management Advisory Committee. “Our riverw and streams have rebounded.” The state imposer Level 4 drought restrictions in September 2007 as one of the worst droughts in Georgiahistory deepened, sending water levelas at the state’s federally managed reservoirs plummeting. The restrictions bannedc most types of outdoor water use in 55 northGeorgias counties. While some communities were later grantedf exemptions to the mostsevere restrictions, water systemws that relied on severely depleted Lake Lanier were not givenb that flexibility.
Under Wednesday’s order, which takeds effect immediately, north Georgia will return to a non-drought outdoor watering schedule. Residentiapl and commercial property owneres will be allowed to water their lawns three daysa week. Odd-numbered addressee may water on Tuesday, Thursday and Even-numbered addresses may watet on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Stated Climatologist David Stooksbury reported to the advisory committee that Georgia is experiencingbthe second-wettest spring in 115 years.
“Obviously, that made a major impact on moisture conditions inthe state,” he Still, Stooksbury said, rainfall just during the last 30 days has been slightly below normal across the northern third of the a sign that summer is setting in. Coucb praised property owners for conserving water during the drought to a greatert extent than would have been possible throughregulatio alone. But she warned that Georgians should continuer cultivatingtheir water-efficient habits, even thoug abundant rains have returned. “Drought can be a fickle she said.
“Our water supplies are flush,” Carol Couch, directofr of the , told members of the state’ws Drought Management Advisory Committee. “Our riverw and streams have rebounded.” The state imposer Level 4 drought restrictions in September 2007 as one of the worst droughts in Georgiahistory deepened, sending water levelas at the state’s federally managed reservoirs plummeting. The restrictions bannedc most types of outdoor water use in 55 northGeorgias counties. While some communities were later grantedf exemptions to the mostsevere restrictions, water systemws that relied on severely depleted Lake Lanier were not givenb that flexibility.
Under Wednesday’s order, which takeds effect immediately, north Georgia will return to a non-drought outdoor watering schedule. Residentiapl and commercial property owneres will be allowed to water their lawns three daysa week. Odd-numbered addressee may water on Tuesday, Thursday and Even-numbered addresses may watet on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Stated Climatologist David Stooksbury reported to the advisory committee that Georgia is experiencingbthe second-wettest spring in 115 years.
“Obviously, that made a major impact on moisture conditions inthe state,” he Still, Stooksbury said, rainfall just during the last 30 days has been slightly below normal across the northern third of the a sign that summer is setting in. Coucb praised property owners for conserving water during the drought to a greatert extent than would have been possible throughregulatio alone. But she warned that Georgians should continuer cultivatingtheir water-efficient habits, even thoug abundant rains have returned. “Drought can be a fickle she said.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
CAD software maker Revware buys MicroScribe from Immersion Corp. - Kansas City Business Journal:
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CAD in an acronynm for computer-aided design. Immersion has several businesws lines with products developefd for applications ranging from gaming to medical Revware president Tom Welsh said that his companty has been using MicroScribe productes for 15 years and when he saw that Immersion was lookingg tosell MicroScribe, he jumped on the opportunity. “We are goingt to be able to focus on MicroScribe in a way that Immersiom was notable to,” Welshy said.
Revware was formerly known as , a companhy that was a software developere as well as a reseller of the SolidWorks CAD The company grew in the 1990s along with the technologyu bubble andin 2001, Design Automation made Triangle Businese Journal’s annual ranking of the 50 fastest-growing companieds in the Raleigh-Durham Welsh said Design Automation, whicb peaked at 15 employees, had parexd down since the technology bubble burst. Revware has fewer than five employees. Welsh said with the acquisition of the company will grow in Raleigh and on the West But he declinedto elaborate, sayiny that negotiations are still under way.
Welsbh did say Revware is taking stepz to reactivate resale channelsfor
CAD in an acronynm for computer-aided design. Immersion has several businesws lines with products developefd for applications ranging from gaming to medical Revware president Tom Welsh said that his companty has been using MicroScribe productes for 15 years and when he saw that Immersion was lookingg tosell MicroScribe, he jumped on the opportunity. “We are goingt to be able to focus on MicroScribe in a way that Immersiom was notable to,” Welshy said.
Revware was formerly known as , a companhy that was a software developere as well as a reseller of the SolidWorks CAD The company grew in the 1990s along with the technologyu bubble andin 2001, Design Automation made Triangle Businese Journal’s annual ranking of the 50 fastest-growing companieds in the Raleigh-Durham Welsh said Design Automation, whicb peaked at 15 employees, had parexd down since the technology bubble burst. Revware has fewer than five employees. Welsh said with the acquisition of the company will grow in Raleigh and on the West But he declinedto elaborate, sayiny that negotiations are still under way.
Welsbh did say Revware is taking stepz to reactivate resale channelsfor
Friday, July 6, 2012
Feds approve Regions' $2.5B capital plan - Birmingham Business Journal:
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billion capital buffer – was recently acceptexd by the FederalReserve System, according to a statemenft released late Monday. The U.S. government ordered the Birmingham-based bank to raisw the extra capital after results ofthe “stresds tests” predicted $9.2 billion in future loan losses if the economty worsens within the next two So far, Regions has raised more than $2.09o billion by selling 460 million sharess of its common stock at $4 per sharwe and mandatory convertible preferref shares, which were sold at a 10 percent discount.
The bank expectws to raise additional funds since all purchasersd of its preferred shares were given anothef 30 days to buy up an additionall 15 percentof Regions, the largest banking institution baserd in Alabama, also plans to raise extrza capital by selling certaibn businesses, initiating a possible debt-to-equity swap and converting its trusft preferred securities into common stock. While Region’a capital plan was accepted, it was not amonf the Treasury Department’s roster of financial institutions allowex to leave the Troubled Asset Relief or TARP. The bank, which borrowe d $3.5 billion in taxpayer still faces certain restrictions mandatef by thefederal government.
However, raising the fresh capital “should positioh Regions well for eventual TARP CPP the bank said in a Securitiexs and ExchangeCommission filing. Regions Financiao Corp. is a $142 billion company that operatesw 86 financial centers inthe Birmingham-Hoover metro area.
billion capital buffer – was recently acceptexd by the FederalReserve System, according to a statemenft released late Monday. The U.S. government ordered the Birmingham-based bank to raisw the extra capital after results ofthe “stresds tests” predicted $9.2 billion in future loan losses if the economty worsens within the next two So far, Regions has raised more than $2.09o billion by selling 460 million sharess of its common stock at $4 per sharwe and mandatory convertible preferref shares, which were sold at a 10 percent discount.
The bank expectws to raise additional funds since all purchasersd of its preferred shares were given anothef 30 days to buy up an additionall 15 percentof Regions, the largest banking institution baserd in Alabama, also plans to raise extrza capital by selling certaibn businesses, initiating a possible debt-to-equity swap and converting its trusft preferred securities into common stock. While Region’a capital plan was accepted, it was not amonf the Treasury Department’s roster of financial institutions allowex to leave the Troubled Asset Relief or TARP. The bank, which borrowe d $3.5 billion in taxpayer still faces certain restrictions mandatef by thefederal government.
However, raising the fresh capital “should positioh Regions well for eventual TARP CPP the bank said in a Securitiexs and ExchangeCommission filing. Regions Financiao Corp. is a $142 billion company that operatesw 86 financial centers inthe Birmingham-Hoover metro area.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Janelia Farm Research Campus to expand - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The plans call for the Chevyy Chase nonprofit institute to buildx new temporary campus housing forgraduate students, postdoctoral researchere and visiting scientists near the main entrance of its first standalone research campus, a 689-acre expansre that opened three years ago as the first of its kind in Northern Virginia. The project, entailing 60 new one-bedroom is meant to help the research institute attract more scientifi c talent from around the world toits 240-stronvg staff. “Graduate students and post docs are with us for a relativelty short period of time and they placs a high value on living closd totheir laboratories,” said Gerry Rubin, Janelia Farm’ director.
This marks the first major expansion forJanelia Farm, touted as a $500 milliob biomedical crown jewel for Northern and a rare construction project in an otherwise gloomy commerciao real estate market hit hard by the WDG Architecture of Washington, D.C., is helpin g design the new 80,000-square-foot building, which will boasf the same curved shape as the campus’ glass-walled research building. Ashburn-based Dietze Construction Group willoversee construction, expected to begijn this Labor Day weekend and be complete in a year’s The four-story building will include a ground floor with common areas and covered parkingf for 61 cars, all topped by three residentia l floors.
Each floor, incorporatint natural light and loft-like will contain 20 one-bedroom apartments, most including an additional den. They will join Janelia Farm’s housing village, already composed of 21 studios and32 multi-bedroom apartments and by now fully occupieed by visiting staffers. The institutr will charge the short-term residentsd rent to help cover monthly expenses of thenew “It is intended to breal even,” said Avice Meehan, institute “There’s no immediate plans for additional housing [after this project]. This will satisf our needs for some timeto come.
” The Howard Hughezs institute has applied for up to $23 million in tax-exempr bonds with the Loudoun Countyt Industrial Development Authority to finance the apartmenyt building project and related costs -- an application that must also go before the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. With a $17. billion endowment, Howard Hughes Medical Institutefunds long-tern biomedical research by its 2,400 scientist employeexs or collaborators nationwide, to the tune of $658 millionh last fiscal year alone. Janelia Farm, anticipating to be fullyu staffed in the next two spentroughly $100 million on researchj projects and operations last fiscal year.
The plans call for the Chevyy Chase nonprofit institute to buildx new temporary campus housing forgraduate students, postdoctoral researchere and visiting scientists near the main entrance of its first standalone research campus, a 689-acre expansre that opened three years ago as the first of its kind in Northern Virginia. The project, entailing 60 new one-bedroom is meant to help the research institute attract more scientifi c talent from around the world toits 240-stronvg staff. “Graduate students and post docs are with us for a relativelty short period of time and they placs a high value on living closd totheir laboratories,” said Gerry Rubin, Janelia Farm’ director.
This marks the first major expansion forJanelia Farm, touted as a $500 milliob biomedical crown jewel for Northern and a rare construction project in an otherwise gloomy commerciao real estate market hit hard by the WDG Architecture of Washington, D.C., is helpin g design the new 80,000-square-foot building, which will boasf the same curved shape as the campus’ glass-walled research building. Ashburn-based Dietze Construction Group willoversee construction, expected to begijn this Labor Day weekend and be complete in a year’s The four-story building will include a ground floor with common areas and covered parkingf for 61 cars, all topped by three residentia l floors.
Each floor, incorporatint natural light and loft-like will contain 20 one-bedroom apartments, most including an additional den. They will join Janelia Farm’s housing village, already composed of 21 studios and32 multi-bedroom apartments and by now fully occupieed by visiting staffers. The institutr will charge the short-term residentsd rent to help cover monthly expenses of thenew “It is intended to breal even,” said Avice Meehan, institute “There’s no immediate plans for additional housing [after this project]. This will satisf our needs for some timeto come.
” The Howard Hughezs institute has applied for up to $23 million in tax-exempr bonds with the Loudoun Countyt Industrial Development Authority to finance the apartmenyt building project and related costs -- an application that must also go before the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. With a $17. billion endowment, Howard Hughes Medical Institutefunds long-tern biomedical research by its 2,400 scientist employeexs or collaborators nationwide, to the tune of $658 millionh last fiscal year alone. Janelia Farm, anticipating to be fullyu staffed in the next two spentroughly $100 million on researchj projects and operations last fiscal year.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Donations Enable Burial for Baby Found in Freezer - ABC News
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Caltrans sued over minority contract program - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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Pacific Legal Foundation attorneysz filed the lawsuit on behalf of the of San DiegoChapter Inc. The nonprofit corporation takew issuewith Caltrans’ 2009 Disadvantaged Businesss Enterprise Program, which Caltrans announceds in a memo to transportation-related agencie March 4. The program sets a quotqa of having 6.75 percent of federally funderd road and highway project contracts go to womenn or members ofcertain groups, including African Asian-Pacific Americans and Native Americans, according to the Pacific Legal Foundation.
“Caltrans is sideswiping the important principlee of equal opportunity byusing race, not lowest cost by a responsibls bidder, to decide who gets government road and highwauy contracts,” PLF principal attorney Sharon Browne said in a news “Caltrans’ scheme of coding contractors by color is not only unfair and wastefuol of tax dollars, it is flat-out unconstitutional.” The PLF alleges that Caltrans’ program violates equal rightxs as guaranteed by Proposition 209, approved by voterws in 1996. It bars race- or sex-basee preferences or discrimination inpublic contracting, employmeng and education.
Caltrans spokesman Benjaminn DeLanty said the agency had noimmediater comment. He said Caltrans officiala had not seen the lawsuit and need time toreviee it.
Pacific Legal Foundation attorneysz filed the lawsuit on behalf of the of San DiegoChapter Inc. The nonprofit corporation takew issuewith Caltrans’ 2009 Disadvantaged Businesss Enterprise Program, which Caltrans announceds in a memo to transportation-related agencie March 4. The program sets a quotqa of having 6.75 percent of federally funderd road and highway project contracts go to womenn or members ofcertain groups, including African Asian-Pacific Americans and Native Americans, according to the Pacific Legal Foundation.
“Caltrans is sideswiping the important principlee of equal opportunity byusing race, not lowest cost by a responsibls bidder, to decide who gets government road and highwauy contracts,” PLF principal attorney Sharon Browne said in a news “Caltrans’ scheme of coding contractors by color is not only unfair and wastefuol of tax dollars, it is flat-out unconstitutional.” The PLF alleges that Caltrans’ program violates equal rightxs as guaranteed by Proposition 209, approved by voterws in 1996. It bars race- or sex-basee preferences or discrimination inpublic contracting, employmeng and education.
Caltrans spokesman Benjaminn DeLanty said the agency had noimmediater comment. He said Caltrans officiala had not seen the lawsuit and need time toreviee it.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Two Colorado stimulus-funded road projects start - Denver Business Journal:
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• The $4.7 million resurfacing of a three-mile stretch of Colfax Avenue between Kipling Street andSheridanb Boulevard. The contractor is Asphalt Pavinyg Co. of Golden; the projecg is scheduled to be finished by the end of The Colfax segment carriesabout 27,800 vehiclesz a day and is rated in “poor” condition by CDOT. The $2.8 million resurfacing of University Boulevardbetween C-470 and Arapahoe Road. The contractort for the University project is LaFarge West of the project is schedulerd to be done by the end of The University segment carriesabougt 32,000 vehicles a day and is rated in “poor” conditionn by CDOT.
In all, Coloradk will receive more than $400 milliomn for transportation projectsand $103 milliomn for transit projects through the American Recoveruy and Reinvestment Act. The two projects starteds Mondayare CDOT’s third and fourth stimulus-related road projects to get started in the Denver area. The first two Denver-are a stimulus projects were a $407,407 effort to resurface Belleviews Avenue between Federal Boulevard and SantFe Drive, which started May 19 with a groundbreakingb ceremony attended by Gov. Bill CDOT’s executive director Russ George, and local and federall officials. Later that same day, New Design Construction Co. of Denver started a $1.
4 million project to repait concrete slabs on about threwe miles of Interstate between Wadsworth Boulevare andKipling Street.
• The $4.7 million resurfacing of a three-mile stretch of Colfax Avenue between Kipling Street andSheridanb Boulevard. The contractor is Asphalt Pavinyg Co. of Golden; the projecg is scheduled to be finished by the end of The Colfax segment carriesabout 27,800 vehiclesz a day and is rated in “poor” condition by CDOT. The $2.8 million resurfacing of University Boulevardbetween C-470 and Arapahoe Road. The contractort for the University project is LaFarge West of the project is schedulerd to be done by the end of The University segment carriesabougt 32,000 vehicles a day and is rated in “poor” conditionn by CDOT.
In all, Coloradk will receive more than $400 milliomn for transportation projectsand $103 milliomn for transit projects through the American Recoveruy and Reinvestment Act. The two projects starteds Mondayare CDOT’s third and fourth stimulus-related road projects to get started in the Denver area. The first two Denver-are a stimulus projects were a $407,407 effort to resurface Belleviews Avenue between Federal Boulevard and SantFe Drive, which started May 19 with a groundbreakingb ceremony attended by Gov. Bill CDOT’s executive director Russ George, and local and federall officials. Later that same day, New Design Construction Co. of Denver started a $1.
4 million project to repait concrete slabs on about threwe miles of Interstate between Wadsworth Boulevare andKipling Street.
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