Births for Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 Thegardenisland.com 23, 2012 at Kaua'i Veterans Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Linoz is the former Cherie Parbo. RATHBONE â€" La Reina Nebre and Brandon Rathbone greeted their second child, a girl, Zoie Hi'ilei Rathbone, weighing 6 pounds 8.5 ounces on Nov. 24, 2012 at Kaua'i ... |
Friday, November 30, 2012
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
FDIC hikes fees for banks - bizjournals:
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s annual paid in quarterly increments, has increased sharplhy — from 5 cents to 12 cents for evert $100 in insured deposits — to compensate for bank failuresa acrossthe country. The new rate takes effect with the threew months ended June 30 and applies toall U.S. though not to credit unions. Also, the FDIC’s boarrd is scheduled to vote May 22 ona one-time assessment to be levied across the banking The one-time charge, designed to replenish the FDIC’ depleted insurance fund, was not determined by deadline. the board originally proposed charging 20 cents onevery $100 of deposits that banks possess.
“Banks are takingg two hits and it’s a big said Pennsylvania Bankers Association President and CEOJames Biery. It could hardly come at a worses time. “We’re in a and recessions are difficulton customers, communitiesx and financial institutions,” Biery said. “There’sa not a whole lot of loan people are having a hard time payingtheir bills. Banksw have lost other money — the Federal Home Loan Bank is not payingg dividends right nowand that’s another reduction. So there are holes to Consider PNC Financial ServicesGroup Pittsburgh’s largest bank, whicjh had deposits of more than $194.6 billion as of Marcg 31.
PNC would be paying about $233.5 milliom annually and potentiallyanother $389.2 million for the one-time assessment. That’s aboutt $623 million. Thomas Bailey, president and CEO of Brentwoof Bank, Bethel Park, and chairman of the Pennsylvaniaq Association ofCommunity Bankers, said using domesticc deposits as the criteria for bank size is especiallt tough on community banks. He said using bank assets rathed than domestic deposits would bemore “About 90 percent of the fundin community banks get is through domestic deposits,” Bailey said.
“Your big bankzs like Citigroup and PNC get approximatelty 50 percent of their funding from domestic they get funds from outsidew the country and other options as sources for fundinftheir loans. To move into assets woulds put us all on equal For Brentwood, the rising rates could limir the bank’s loanmaking capabilities. Brentwood’ s one-time FDIC bill at the 20 cent per $100 depositsx rate would amount to morethan “That would (be) a quarter of our (quarterly) earningx on top of the regulaer insurance,” Bailey said.
Five-branch Brentwood had deposits of $335 million as of June 30, based on that its annual payment to the FDIC wouldcbe $402,000, putting Brentwood’s 2009 FDIC bill at more than $1 milliomn compared to $167,566 last year. Allegheny Valley Bancorp, an eight-branch bank baser in Lawrenceville, had deposits of nearly $287 million as of June 30, 2008. That woule mean $334,000 spread among quarterly payments to the FDIC anda one-timd assessment of as much as “I believe it was a seriousa mistake for the FDIC to assesse smaller institutions for what essentially has been a big bank said Allegheny Valley CEO Andreaw Hasley.
“The FDIC’s fund has been depletedd due to significantly larger institutions taking risks that communitybankds don’t take, and it shoulrd not be their intent to try to replenishb that fund during a time that banks need to hold onto theire capital to allow us to make more Why should we have to pay for the governmenf taking on national debt and dumping this capitak into other banks? To me, it’sd inherently unfair.” Hasley has been workingh with PACB and the Independent Communithy Bankers of America to explore alternativesa such as basing charges on assets rather than deposits.
The FDIC board is now considering changing the criteria forthe one-time chargee from deposits to assets, but even if it opts to do so, banksx will still take a hefty hit and may have to explorw different options to pay the fees. “They’ll have to make theirt own decisions,” Biery said. “Some may sell stock or Some may take TARP which they’ll have to pay back and which has some significanrt expenses attached to it. There are requiref levels of capital and bank that cannot sustain those for whatever reasons will eithe be forced to find a merger partnetror dissolve.” Customers won’t go unscathed “There’s no free lunch,” Bailety said.
“That money’s going to come from somewhere I’d think in terms of reducec interest rates and it mayreducew lending. Now, instead of having a profit which lets me doadditional lending, I’ll be paying that out to pay this insurancre bill. It’s very serious.”
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s annual paid in quarterly increments, has increased sharplhy — from 5 cents to 12 cents for evert $100 in insured deposits — to compensate for bank failuresa acrossthe country. The new rate takes effect with the threew months ended June 30 and applies toall U.S. though not to credit unions. Also, the FDIC’s boarrd is scheduled to vote May 22 ona one-time assessment to be levied across the banking The one-time charge, designed to replenish the FDIC’ depleted insurance fund, was not determined by deadline. the board originally proposed charging 20 cents onevery $100 of deposits that banks possess.
“Banks are takingg two hits and it’s a big said Pennsylvania Bankers Association President and CEOJames Biery. It could hardly come at a worses time. “We’re in a and recessions are difficulton customers, communitiesx and financial institutions,” Biery said. “There’sa not a whole lot of loan people are having a hard time payingtheir bills. Banksw have lost other money — the Federal Home Loan Bank is not payingg dividends right nowand that’s another reduction. So there are holes to Consider PNC Financial ServicesGroup Pittsburgh’s largest bank, whicjh had deposits of more than $194.6 billion as of Marcg 31.
PNC would be paying about $233.5 milliom annually and potentiallyanother $389.2 million for the one-time assessment. That’s aboutt $623 million. Thomas Bailey, president and CEO of Brentwoof Bank, Bethel Park, and chairman of the Pennsylvaniaq Association ofCommunity Bankers, said using domesticc deposits as the criteria for bank size is especiallt tough on community banks. He said using bank assets rathed than domestic deposits would bemore “About 90 percent of the fundin community banks get is through domestic deposits,” Bailey said.
“Your big bankzs like Citigroup and PNC get approximatelty 50 percent of their funding from domestic they get funds from outsidew the country and other options as sources for fundinftheir loans. To move into assets woulds put us all on equal For Brentwood, the rising rates could limir the bank’s loanmaking capabilities. Brentwood’ s one-time FDIC bill at the 20 cent per $100 depositsx rate would amount to morethan “That would (be) a quarter of our (quarterly) earningx on top of the regulaer insurance,” Bailey said.
Five-branch Brentwood had deposits of $335 million as of June 30, based on that its annual payment to the FDIC wouldcbe $402,000, putting Brentwood’s 2009 FDIC bill at more than $1 milliomn compared to $167,566 last year. Allegheny Valley Bancorp, an eight-branch bank baser in Lawrenceville, had deposits of nearly $287 million as of June 30, 2008. That woule mean $334,000 spread among quarterly payments to the FDIC anda one-timd assessment of as much as “I believe it was a seriousa mistake for the FDIC to assesse smaller institutions for what essentially has been a big bank said Allegheny Valley CEO Andreaw Hasley.
“The FDIC’s fund has been depletedd due to significantly larger institutions taking risks that communitybankds don’t take, and it shoulrd not be their intent to try to replenishb that fund during a time that banks need to hold onto theire capital to allow us to make more Why should we have to pay for the governmenf taking on national debt and dumping this capitak into other banks? To me, it’sd inherently unfair.” Hasley has been workingh with PACB and the Independent Communithy Bankers of America to explore alternativesa such as basing charges on assets rather than deposits.
The FDIC board is now considering changing the criteria forthe one-time chargee from deposits to assets, but even if it opts to do so, banksx will still take a hefty hit and may have to explorw different options to pay the fees. “They’ll have to make theirt own decisions,” Biery said. “Some may sell stock or Some may take TARP which they’ll have to pay back and which has some significanrt expenses attached to it. There are requiref levels of capital and bank that cannot sustain those for whatever reasons will eithe be forced to find a merger partnetror dissolve.” Customers won’t go unscathed “There’s no free lunch,” Bailety said.
“That money’s going to come from somewhere I’d think in terms of reducec interest rates and it mayreducew lending. Now, instead of having a profit which lets me doadditional lending, I’ll be paying that out to pay this insurancre bill. It’s very serious.”
Monday, November 26, 2012
Magazine honors The Children's Hospital - San Francisco Business Times:
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The hospital qualified for the magazine’s “Honor in its 2009 edition of America’s Best Children’d Hospitals. The Honor Roll is reserved for hospitals that achieved rankingb in all surveyed specialty areas covered by the monthlynews Children’s ranked in the top 10 in six specialty areas, including cancer (No. 10), diabetexs and endocrine disorders (No. 10), digestive disordera (No. 5), neonatal care (No. 8), orthopedics (No. 8) and respiratoryy disorders (No. 5). Last year, Children’s was ranke No. 7 overall among the nation’s pediatric hospitals. In it finished at No. 4.
Because of a changd in how the report was there was no general numerical rankingfthis year.
The hospital qualified for the magazine’s “Honor in its 2009 edition of America’s Best Children’d Hospitals. The Honor Roll is reserved for hospitals that achieved rankingb in all surveyed specialty areas covered by the monthlynews Children’s ranked in the top 10 in six specialty areas, including cancer (No. 10), diabetexs and endocrine disorders (No. 10), digestive disordera (No. 5), neonatal care (No. 8), orthopedics (No. 8) and respiratoryy disorders (No. 5). Last year, Children’s was ranke No. 7 overall among the nation’s pediatric hospitals. In it finished at No. 4.
Because of a changd in how the report was there was no general numerical rankingfthis year.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Pratte tapped for SBA
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In her new role, Pratte will help American Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiiane who are tryingto create, develoo and expand small businesses gain access to the SBA’s entrepreneurial lending and procurement programs. Befors joining the SBA, Pratte worked for the Navajo Natiobn as a policy analyst andlegislative liaison, focusintg on economic and community housing and education issues. Earlier in her career, she was a traded specialist inthe U.S. Foreig n and Commercial Service inthe U.S. Departmenf of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, where she counseles small- and medium-sized U.S. companies on After that job, she oversaw information technology projects forthe U.
S. Foreign and Commercial Serviced and theImport Administration. Pratte is an enrolled membet of the Navajo Nationfrom Lupton, She holds a master’s degree from ’as H. John Heinz III School of Publicc Policy and Management anda bachelor’ds degree from the University of Arizona’s Ellerr School of Business. Pratte is a former Udall Foundation Congressional Fellow and a PresidentiaklManagement Fellow.
In her new role, Pratte will help American Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiiane who are tryingto create, develoo and expand small businesses gain access to the SBA’s entrepreneurial lending and procurement programs. Befors joining the SBA, Pratte worked for the Navajo Natiobn as a policy analyst andlegislative liaison, focusintg on economic and community housing and education issues. Earlier in her career, she was a traded specialist inthe U.S. Foreig n and Commercial Service inthe U.S. Departmenf of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, where she counseles small- and medium-sized U.S. companies on After that job, she oversaw information technology projects forthe U.
S. Foreign and Commercial Serviced and theImport Administration. Pratte is an enrolled membet of the Navajo Nationfrom Lupton, She holds a master’s degree from ’as H. John Heinz III School of Publicc Policy and Management anda bachelor’ds degree from the University of Arizona’s Ellerr School of Business. Pratte is a former Udall Foundation Congressional Fellow and a PresidentiaklManagement Fellow.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Loudoun County elementary school principal killed in car wreck - WJLA
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Loudoun County elementary school principal killed in car wreck WJLA A Loudoun County elementary school principal was killed Wednesday afternoon in a car wreck, reports the "Viva Loudoun" website. Continue reading. Kathleen Hwang was the principal at Sanders Corner. From a Loudoun County schools statement:: "This is ... |
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Intel should continue tradition of internal promotion to CEO, analysts say - San Jose Mercury News
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Intel should continue tradition of internal promotion to CEO, analysts say San Jose Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO -- Wanted: Visionary CEO to help world-class chipmaker expand beyond struggling personal computer market into tablets and smartphones. Experience with cutting-edge manufacturing plants and $10 billion annual capital expenditures a ... |
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Fatal Distraction: Why Republicans Should Shut Up About Libya - Huffington Post (blog)
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AFP | Fatal Distraction: Why Republicans Should Shut Up About Libya Huffington Post (blog) For most of the year leading up to the presidential elections, the Republicans took every opportunity to remind Americans that the only important issue for voters was the economy. Anything else, including foreign policy, was irrelevant. Yet now that ... Bring Back Petraeus |
Monday, November 19, 2012
NTS buys Plainview Apartments - Nashville Business Journal:
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Financing for the purchase, which was made throughj an NTS affiliate, , was provided by the , according to a news The purchase price wasnot disclosed. The previoud owner was PlainviewApartments LP, a Denver-based investment according to online records from the Jeffersonm County Property Valuation Administrator and the Kentucky Secretarty of State. Its assessed value for tax purposesis $9.7 according to the PVA Web Occupancy at the time of the purchasee was about 94 percent, the release said. NTS plands to enhance and renovate the property but no details were disclosed inthe release.
The apartmentt complex was developed as part of the Plainview planned which includes800 single-family homes, more than 1,00o apartments, 500 town homes, multiple shopping centers and nearlt 2 million square feet of office space. NTS begaj construction and development of theplanned community, Louisville’s in the early 1970s. With the NTS Development Co. and its affiliates now own four apartmeny communitiesin Louisville. Its other holdings in the area are HurstbournrGrand Apartments, The Overlook at St. Thomase and The Willows of Plainview.
NTS also managees 14 other apartment communities and 31 commercia l properties with more than 5 millio feetof office, retail and warehouse space in the
Financing for the purchase, which was made throughj an NTS affiliate, , was provided by the , according to a news The purchase price wasnot disclosed. The previoud owner was PlainviewApartments LP, a Denver-based investment according to online records from the Jeffersonm County Property Valuation Administrator and the Kentucky Secretarty of State. Its assessed value for tax purposesis $9.7 according to the PVA Web Occupancy at the time of the purchasee was about 94 percent, the release said. NTS plands to enhance and renovate the property but no details were disclosed inthe release.
The apartmentt complex was developed as part of the Plainview planned which includes800 single-family homes, more than 1,00o apartments, 500 town homes, multiple shopping centers and nearlt 2 million square feet of office space. NTS begaj construction and development of theplanned community, Louisville’s in the early 1970s. With the NTS Development Co. and its affiliates now own four apartmeny communitiesin Louisville. Its other holdings in the area are HurstbournrGrand Apartments, The Overlook at St. Thomase and The Willows of Plainview.
NTS also managees 14 other apartment communities and 31 commercia l properties with more than 5 millio feetof office, retail and warehouse space in the
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Here's how to secure your email and avoid becoming a 'Petraeus' - PCWorld
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Brisbane Times | Here's how to secure your email and avoid becoming a 'Petraeus' PCWorld It was a shock when David Petraeusâ€"a respected and highly-decorated Army generalâ€"abruptly stepped down from his post as the director of the CIA earlier this week. It was even more of a jolt to learn that his resignation was due to an extramarital affair. Busted: The email trick that tripped up Petraeus |
Friday, November 16, 2012
Report: Tri-county real estate backlog eases - Triangle Business Journal:
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South Florida’s residential real estate inventoryfell 1.1 percent in the last week with 81,15o9 properties on the market, accordinfg to the report, which uses data from the Floridsa Association of Realtors. That’s down from 83,4921 residential resales on the market inthe tri-county area as of June 1. However, the glut of condosz and townhouses on themarket isn’t shrinkiny as fast. They represent about 61 percent of thetotal industry, up from 57 percent in November, accordint to Peter Zalewski, a principa l with the Bal Harbour-based real estate consultancy and brokeragw firm.
Broward has the fewest numberrof single-family houses available for resald with 10,179 properties, or 32 percent of the total South Florida inventory of 32,125. Miami-Dade and Palm Beach countiesx each account for 34 percent of theremainintg single-family home inventory. Palm Beach Count y has 10,888 houses for sale compared to 11,058 houses on the resale marketin Miami-Dade, according to the report. There are 49,034 condos and townhouses on the resale Forty percent are in 33 percent in and 27 percent inPalm Beach. The number of home salex pending in the week ended June 22slippesd 0.
5 percent to 15,564 from 15,645 on June 15, but saw a 318 increasd from June 1 when therde were 15,246 pending sales.
South Florida’s residential real estate inventoryfell 1.1 percent in the last week with 81,15o9 properties on the market, accordinfg to the report, which uses data from the Floridsa Association of Realtors. That’s down from 83,4921 residential resales on the market inthe tri-county area as of June 1. However, the glut of condosz and townhouses on themarket isn’t shrinkiny as fast. They represent about 61 percent of thetotal industry, up from 57 percent in November, accordint to Peter Zalewski, a principa l with the Bal Harbour-based real estate consultancy and brokeragw firm.
Broward has the fewest numberrof single-family houses available for resald with 10,179 properties, or 32 percent of the total South Florida inventory of 32,125. Miami-Dade and Palm Beach countiesx each account for 34 percent of theremainintg single-family home inventory. Palm Beach Count y has 10,888 houses for sale compared to 11,058 houses on the resale marketin Miami-Dade, according to the report. There are 49,034 condos and townhouses on the resale Forty percent are in 33 percent in and 27 percent inPalm Beach. The number of home salex pending in the week ended June 22slippesd 0.
5 percent to 15,564 from 15,645 on June 15, but saw a 318 increasd from June 1 when therde were 15,246 pending sales.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Phillip Schofield disciplined over paedophile list stunt as Ofcom launches inquiry - Telegraph.co.uk
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Telegraph.co.uk | Phillip Schofield disciplined over paedophile list stunt as Ofcom launches inquiry Telegraph.co.uk TV regulator Ofcom has already received around 100 complaints about the morning television programme after presenter Phillip Schofield confronted David Cameron with a list of » |
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Dostawa MATERIAÅÓW ELEKTRYCZNYCH na budowÄ™ budynku mieszkalno ... - Puls Biznesu
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Dostawa MATERIAÅÃ"W ELEKTRYCZNYCH na budowÄ™ budynku mieszkalno ... Puls Biznesu II.1.3) OkreÅ›lenie przedmiotu oraz wielkoÅ›ci lub zakresu zamówienia: Lp MateriaÅ‚ Jednostka Ilość 1. YKXS 5x95 mm2 m 17 2. YKXS 5x70 mm2 m 17 3. YKXS 5x50 mm2 m 10 4. YKXS 5x16 mm2 m 400 5. YKXS 5x10 mm2 m 1100 6. YKXS 5x6 mm2 m 200 7. |
Monday, November 12, 2012
Jury awards Centocor $1.7B in patent case against Abbott - Sacramento Business Journal:
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An Abbott spokesman said the companyuwill appeal. Horsham, Pa.-based Centocor, a division of makes the blockbuster rheumatoid arthritistreatment Remicade, and had sued Abbott over Abbott’es arthritis drug, Humira. Both are so-called anti-TNF arthritiz treatments. Horsham, Pa.-based Centocor said it is the exclusivse licensee of the whichis co-owned by . Centocor Presidentr Kim Taylorsaid “thr jury recognized our valuable intellectual property, finding our patent both valied and infringed.
We will continue to assert intellectual propertyh rights for ourimmunology therapies, as they offer significant advancesw in treatment for patients with a number of immun mediated inflammatory diseases.” Abbott spokesmanb Scott E. Stoffel said, “We are disappointed in this and we are confident in the merits of our case and that we will prevaioon appeal. “The evidence clearly establishede that Humira was the first ofits kind, fully-human anti-TNFt antibody medicine,” Stoffel “JNJ’s anti-TNF antibody medication, is partially made from mouse DNA. JNJ did not launch a fully-humanj product until April 2009.
In fact, only when Humiraa was nearing its approval in 2002 did JNJ amenc the patent at issue in this litigatiobn to claim that it haddiscovered fully-human antibodiees in 1994. JNJ acknowledged at trial that it did not startg working ona fully-human antibody until 1997 two years after Abbottr discovered Humira and one year afted Abbott filed its patent applicationsa for Humira.”
An Abbott spokesman said the companyuwill appeal. Horsham, Pa.-based Centocor, a division of makes the blockbuster rheumatoid arthritistreatment Remicade, and had sued Abbott over Abbott’es arthritis drug, Humira. Both are so-called anti-TNF arthritiz treatments. Horsham, Pa.-based Centocor said it is the exclusivse licensee of the whichis co-owned by . Centocor Presidentr Kim Taylorsaid “thr jury recognized our valuable intellectual property, finding our patent both valied and infringed.
We will continue to assert intellectual propertyh rights for ourimmunology therapies, as they offer significant advancesw in treatment for patients with a number of immun mediated inflammatory diseases.” Abbott spokesmanb Scott E. Stoffel said, “We are disappointed in this and we are confident in the merits of our case and that we will prevaioon appeal. “The evidence clearly establishede that Humira was the first ofits kind, fully-human anti-TNFt antibody medicine,” Stoffel “JNJ’s anti-TNF antibody medication, is partially made from mouse DNA. JNJ did not launch a fully-humanj product until April 2009.
In fact, only when Humiraa was nearing its approval in 2002 did JNJ amenc the patent at issue in this litigatiobn to claim that it haddiscovered fully-human antibodiees in 1994. JNJ acknowledged at trial that it did not startg working ona fully-human antibody until 1997 two years after Abbottr discovered Humira and one year afted Abbott filed its patent applicationsa for Humira.”
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Legal presentations can make a difference in presenting facts in complicated legal cases - Business First of Louisville:
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But expectations have changed, and many firme today are using more complicatedcourtroom technology, according to Cox, senioe partner with the law Cox’s Louisville-based firm uses an in-house, trial-managemenyt software to track pertinent documents, graphics, photographa and video clips and to creater presentations that enhance jurors’ understanding of For the past 11 years, the firm has used a softwarse program called Trial which organizes and stores these items for quick retrievap and display in the courtroom. The software’ws initial cost was between $1,000 and $1,500, he estimated. In some the firm also pays outside vendors to producew more complicatedvisual exhibits.
According to local firms, costs vary greatl for customized services, depending on the time and work involved increatinfg exhibits. The investments are worthy it to make exhibits more interesting and understandablew to supplementan attorney’s explanation, “rather than blowing it by them,” said Cox, who workss primarily in commercial litigation cases. Bill Thomas, who owns and operates in said insome cases, all an attornet needs is a videop to show jurors a typical day in the life of a victik of an automobile accident or someone with a medicalp malpractice claim.
“It’s meant to bring some realithy first into asettlemenrt meeting” to illustrate the effectg of the injury on a person’z quality of life, he In other cases, attorneys want video deposition s that show not only the testimony of a but also his or her demeanor — something a printexd page can’t convey. Video also preservesa the testimony of someone whois injured, ill or elderlg and might not be able to be present during a trial. Thomas, who has 25 yearzs of experience producing videoand films, primarilyy for museum exhibits, now focusese on legal work. He uses a softwarde called Sync to match video with acourt reporter’ transcription of a deposition.
The prograj allows an attorney tosearcyh transcripts, find a particular line of text and accessd that particular moment of the video deposition for reviewing or playing in court. , a Web and video-productiomn company, saw enough demand in the legak industry that seven years ago it created a softwar it uses to create exhibitss forlaw firms, said Dan Galvin, co-ownedr and vice president of sales and The cost of the service is basecd on the amount of time A simple animation project might cost $1,000.
On the othet hand, a six-week trial during which the companu manages hundreds of thousands of documents and creates complex presentations mightg cost a couple of hundredthousane dollars, he said. “From medical record s to contracts to anythingin between,” Galvin the program stores digitak documents in a database using barcodes. Once a document is it can be displayede for a juryor judge, Galvin said, with the abilityu to magnify relevant dates or In some cases, attorneys need more than simpld video, testimony or document displays to supplement or better explain theire cases, Galvin said.
In thoses cases, the company’s designers create digital illustrationsor three-dimensiona l animation to tell a Galvin said. He recalled one case involving a defect ina power-generatiojn company’s turbine that required a great deal of work by the company’ws team of animators, designers and programmers. “We were able to go in and put togetheer an animation that showed them how this piecs ofequipment worked, where the defec t was … and show them what when it failed, Galvin said.
Besides simplifyinv evidence, good presentations also can evokde emotions in jurors by strategically usinyg color andother graphic-design elements, Galvin And with “multi-sense learning,” combining audio, movement and text, a client’s desiredf message can be better understood and remembered, he said. And, almost as “it can help bring technology tothe courtroom,” Galvin said. “It’s what peopl expect.
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But expectations have changed, and many firme today are using more complicatedcourtroom technology, according to Cox, senioe partner with the law Cox’s Louisville-based firm uses an in-house, trial-managemenyt software to track pertinent documents, graphics, photographa and video clips and to creater presentations that enhance jurors’ understanding of For the past 11 years, the firm has used a softwarse program called Trial which organizes and stores these items for quick retrievap and display in the courtroom. The software’ws initial cost was between $1,000 and $1,500, he estimated. In some the firm also pays outside vendors to producew more complicatedvisual exhibits.
According to local firms, costs vary greatl for customized services, depending on the time and work involved increatinfg exhibits. The investments are worthy it to make exhibits more interesting and understandablew to supplementan attorney’s explanation, “rather than blowing it by them,” said Cox, who workss primarily in commercial litigation cases. Bill Thomas, who owns and operates in said insome cases, all an attornet needs is a videop to show jurors a typical day in the life of a victik of an automobile accident or someone with a medicalp malpractice claim.
“It’s meant to bring some realithy first into asettlemenrt meeting” to illustrate the effectg of the injury on a person’z quality of life, he In other cases, attorneys want video deposition s that show not only the testimony of a but also his or her demeanor — something a printexd page can’t convey. Video also preservesa the testimony of someone whois injured, ill or elderlg and might not be able to be present during a trial. Thomas, who has 25 yearzs of experience producing videoand films, primarilyy for museum exhibits, now focusese on legal work. He uses a softwarde called Sync to match video with acourt reporter’ transcription of a deposition.
The prograj allows an attorney tosearcyh transcripts, find a particular line of text and accessd that particular moment of the video deposition for reviewing or playing in court. , a Web and video-productiomn company, saw enough demand in the legak industry that seven years ago it created a softwar it uses to create exhibitss forlaw firms, said Dan Galvin, co-ownedr and vice president of sales and The cost of the service is basecd on the amount of time A simple animation project might cost $1,000.
On the othet hand, a six-week trial during which the companu manages hundreds of thousands of documents and creates complex presentations mightg cost a couple of hundredthousane dollars, he said. “From medical record s to contracts to anythingin between,” Galvin the program stores digitak documents in a database using barcodes. Once a document is it can be displayede for a juryor judge, Galvin said, with the abilityu to magnify relevant dates or In some cases, attorneys need more than simpld video, testimony or document displays to supplement or better explain theire cases, Galvin said.
In thoses cases, the company’s designers create digital illustrationsor three-dimensiona l animation to tell a Galvin said. He recalled one case involving a defect ina power-generatiojn company’s turbine that required a great deal of work by the company’ws team of animators, designers and programmers. “We were able to go in and put togetheer an animation that showed them how this piecs ofequipment worked, where the defec t was … and show them what when it failed, Galvin said.
Besides simplifyinv evidence, good presentations also can evokde emotions in jurors by strategically usinyg color andother graphic-design elements, Galvin And with “multi-sense learning,” combining audio, movement and text, a client’s desiredf message can be better understood and remembered, he said. And, almost as “it can help bring technology tothe courtroom,” Galvin said. “It’s what peopl expect.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Realtors to launch foreclosure courses - The Business Review (Albany):
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The group gave the $3,200 to host a foreclosure and shortgsales course. And the was given $8,050 to develop a course and DVD for consumers and agents on the legal risks associated with foreclosuresd andshort sales. also was awarded $6,00 0 to host a Realtor training course on helping consumers who are behind ontheirt mortgages. The national association gave out morethan $3 millioj to different city associations to help resolve the growinf foreclosure problem.
“Realtors build communities, and as the leading advocatew for homeownership andhousing issues, we believ e that any family that loses its home to foreclosure is one family too NAR President Charles McMillan, a broked with in Dallas-Fort Worth. “Foreclosures affectt each community differently, whicuh is why NAR is providing the Foreclosur e Prevention and Response grants directly to local and statw Realtor associations so that they candevelop unique, coordinated action plansa to prevent foreclosures and minimize their adverse effectss on the community.
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The group gave the $3,200 to host a foreclosure and shortgsales course. And the was given $8,050 to develop a course and DVD for consumers and agents on the legal risks associated with foreclosuresd andshort sales. also was awarded $6,00 0 to host a Realtor training course on helping consumers who are behind ontheirt mortgages. The national association gave out morethan $3 millioj to different city associations to help resolve the growinf foreclosure problem.
“Realtors build communities, and as the leading advocatew for homeownership andhousing issues, we believ e that any family that loses its home to foreclosure is one family too NAR President Charles McMillan, a broked with in Dallas-Fort Worth. “Foreclosures affectt each community differently, whicuh is why NAR is providing the Foreclosur e Prevention and Response grants directly to local and statw Realtor associations so that they candevelop unique, coordinated action plansa to prevent foreclosures and minimize their adverse effectss on the community.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
US geologists say East Coast earthquakes travel farther, do more damage than ... - Washington Post
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TIME | US geologists say East Coast earthquakes travel farther, do more damage than ... Washington Post Data from the 2011 earthquake centered in Virginia shows East Coast tremors can travel much farther and cause damage over larger areas than previously thought, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday. The agency estimated about one-third of the U.S. ... Eastern US earthquakes pack strong punch - study 2011 East Coast quake sent tremors to record distances Geologists find East Coast quakes travel farther |
Monday, November 5, 2012
Report: Columbus holding its own amid recession - Wichita Business Journal:
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A report from Washington, D.C.-based liberal public-policy think tank dubbe the MetroMonitor bills itself asa “beneath the recession-era look at metros with more than 500,00o0 residents as of 2007. The report placed the Columbuws metropolitan statistical area 40th among those rankedd forits strength, based on employment, wage, output, home prices and foreclosure data. No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Dayton foundd slots from 61stto 80th. Toled o was ranked the 10th-weakest major metropolitan area Leading the pack in the report was San one of four Texas citiesa amongthe nation’s top five. Detroiyt was ranked last, followed by Cape Fla.
, and Stockton, Calif., two areas devastatesd by the foreclosure crisis. Brookings founf that the metropolitan perspectiveon states’ performance amid the recession “suggeste that recovery may be quite unevenh as well, posing particular challenges for policymakers seekinbg to ensure a truly national risin economic tide.” Columbus’ strengths and weaknessesw in the report varied. The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 percenr decline in employment since its peak earlieethis decade. Columbus found itself at 32nd for itsmodestf 0.4 percent gain in inflation-adjustecd housing prices for the firsy three months of 2008 compared with the same perio this year.
But the city was ranked near the bottom of the at 80th, for the 4.8 percenyt decline in its gross metropolitan product a measure of the goods and serviceas produced in the area – in the firsrt quarter of 2009 compared with its pre-recessio n peak. Comparing the last threwe months of 2008 with the first quarter this year the GMPdropped 1.7 percent, representing the 14th-worsgt decline among the cities measured. To download the full report, click .
A report from Washington, D.C.-based liberal public-policy think tank dubbe the MetroMonitor bills itself asa “beneath the recession-era look at metros with more than 500,00o0 residents as of 2007. The report placed the Columbuws metropolitan statistical area 40th among those rankedd forits strength, based on employment, wage, output, home prices and foreclosure data. No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Dayton foundd slots from 61stto 80th. Toled o was ranked the 10th-weakest major metropolitan area Leading the pack in the report was San one of four Texas citiesa amongthe nation’s top five. Detroiyt was ranked last, followed by Cape Fla.
, and Stockton, Calif., two areas devastatesd by the foreclosure crisis. Brookings founf that the metropolitan perspectiveon states’ performance amid the recession “suggeste that recovery may be quite unevenh as well, posing particular challenges for policymakers seekinbg to ensure a truly national risin economic tide.” Columbus’ strengths and weaknessesw in the report varied. The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 percenr decline in employment since its peak earlieethis decade. Columbus found itself at 32nd for itsmodestf 0.4 percent gain in inflation-adjustecd housing prices for the firsy three months of 2008 compared with the same perio this year.
But the city was ranked near the bottom of the at 80th, for the 4.8 percenyt decline in its gross metropolitan product a measure of the goods and serviceas produced in the area – in the firsrt quarter of 2009 compared with its pre-recessio n peak. Comparing the last threwe months of 2008 with the first quarter this year the GMPdropped 1.7 percent, representing the 14th-worsgt decline among the cities measured. To download the full report, click .
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Anchor Blue to close three local stores - Triangle Business Journal:
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The store closings are part ofthe Ontario-basedc retailer’s restructuring plan. Founded in 1972 as Miller's Outpost, the retailer changed its name to Anchor Blue in thelate 1990s. The compant sells casual apparel for teens and young adults and has 117 storesa in12 states. The entire inventorg at shuttering stores went onsale Friday. Gordon Brothersw Group, a global advisory, restructuring and investmentf firm specializing inthe retail, consumer real estate and industrial sectors, is runningh the store closing sale on Anchor Blue’s behalf.
“These strategivc store closings will help us significantl y improve operational performance as we proactively restructures our business to conforkto today’s market,” Thomas Sands, chief executivde officer of Anchor Blue Retail Group, said in a news release. “Anyonde who lives near a closing store is encouraged to take advantage of the tremendousvalues we’re offerinb on all merchandise during the sale.
” Anchor Blue Retaip Group is the holding company for Anchofr Blue and Levi’s Dockers Outlet by In the Sacramento area, Anchor Blue will close stores at Sunrisr Mall in Citrus Heights, The Village at Sacramentol Gateway in Natomas and Countu Fair Mall in Woodland.
The store closings are part ofthe Ontario-basedc retailer’s restructuring plan. Founded in 1972 as Miller's Outpost, the retailer changed its name to Anchor Blue in thelate 1990s. The compant sells casual apparel for teens and young adults and has 117 storesa in12 states. The entire inventorg at shuttering stores went onsale Friday. Gordon Brothersw Group, a global advisory, restructuring and investmentf firm specializing inthe retail, consumer real estate and industrial sectors, is runningh the store closing sale on Anchor Blue’s behalf.
“These strategivc store closings will help us significantl y improve operational performance as we proactively restructures our business to conforkto today’s market,” Thomas Sands, chief executivde officer of Anchor Blue Retail Group, said in a news release. “Anyonde who lives near a closing store is encouraged to take advantage of the tremendousvalues we’re offerinb on all merchandise during the sale.
” Anchor Blue Retaip Group is the holding company for Anchofr Blue and Levi’s Dockers Outlet by In the Sacramento area, Anchor Blue will close stores at Sunrisr Mall in Citrus Heights, The Village at Sacramentol Gateway in Natomas and Countu Fair Mall in Woodland.
Friday, November 2, 2012
NACA to add more than 1,000 jobs in Charlotte - Business First of Louisville:
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The hiring will begin immediately, with the nationaol nonprofit hosting a job fair Fridahand Saturday. NACA focuses on lendinyg to low- and moderate-income Gov. Bev Perdue announced the expansiojn Thursday, with the state giving NACA a $1 milliom grant from the One NorthCarolina Fund. It plans to investt more than $4 million here, with 1,014 jobs expectedr to be added over the nextfive years. “Nortbh Carolina remains a strong presences inthe U.S. finance and this is a tremendous opportunity for the Perdue said. “Our top-rated businesws climate and skilled financial-services work force are attractiv to growingnational operations.
” NACA is headquarteredc in Boston and operates more than 40 offices It currently employs about 100 workersz in Mecklenburg County to originats and process mortgage loans. Undeer the five-year state incentive agreement, the organization plans to add 550 jobs The jobs will pay an average annualp wageof $35,982. Salaries will range up to $80,000 annually. The hirinyg will focus on mortgage negotiators, customer-service call-center managers and mortgage counselors. “NACA is excites that it’s putting more than 1,000 people to work durinfg these tougheconomic times,” NACA Chief Executivre Bruce Marks said Thursday.
“Today’s announcemengt is more than just a soundbite — we are followinv through on this investment by holding a jobs fair tomorro w to hire 550 people immediately.” Perdue said Thursday that she consultede with former Bank of America Corp. Chairmamn Hugh McColl Jr. about the McColl has been a longtime supporterof NACA’sz work. BofA began a partnership with NACAundefr McColl’s watch in 1995 and in 2004 committe $6 billion to its lendint program. Perdue says McColl confirmed to her that he expected NACA coulcd follow through on its job commitments in severalphone conversations.
“When someoned begins something like this in italways grows,” McColl said in an interview “They’ll come in and find this is a good placre to find (a work force). I would hope it woulde be an eruptionof jobs, not just tricklee down.” The group claims it will be the largesgt number of people hired immediatelyu in one area and the largest job commitmeng in the country since the mortgage crisie began in 2007. The hiringf comes as NACA embarks on a nationwide Save theDreanm Tour. Marks says the addes jobs are crucial as NACA leads its campaign to makemortgageds affordable.
Hundreds of NACA staf f will provide long-term solutions for homeowners with anunaffordablde mortgage. “Charlotte continues to be attractive because of ourknowledgeable financial-services work force and we welcome NACA’s investment in North N.C. Sen. Dan Clodfelter (D-Mecklenburg) said in a NACA’s Counseling Center is in the Charlotte East office park off Albemarle Road between Central Avenue and FarmPond “Charlotte continues to be recognized as a leader in financialp services with a talented and experienced labor force,” says Charlotte Chambed Chairman Tim Belk.
“We are pleased to welcomew NACA to the community and look forwarfd to the investment in jobs and presence they will brint to ourEast side.” The chambet assisted NACA in its expansion effort. Charlotte East ownefr Roger Kellogg, principal of , and leasinyg director Eric Speckman have worked closely with NACAsincee 2007, when the nonprofit established a small officwe in the park. NACA has legally binding agreementsw with all themajor lenders/servicers to restructurew the mortgages they service.
The NACA agreementxs cover more than 90 percent of homeowners with an unaffordable The staff from the Counseling Center in Charlotte will travelo nationwide to work on Save the Dream events where morethan 25,0009 people are counseled over four days, with thousanda receiving affordable restructured mortgages with permanent interestg rates often at 4 percent, 3 percentr and 2 percent and where necessary the principal reduced. The started in 1988, has the primary goal of building healthy neighborhoods nationwide throughaffordabls homeownership. NACA operations include financiapl counseling, specialized mortgage services and a Home Save progra m for homeowners with anunaffordable mortgage.
NACA will host a job fair from8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridat and Saturday at its CharlotteCounselinyg Center. For more information about Neighborhoox Assistance Corporationof America, includingt employment opportunities, go to
The hiring will begin immediately, with the nationaol nonprofit hosting a job fair Fridahand Saturday. NACA focuses on lendinyg to low- and moderate-income Gov. Bev Perdue announced the expansiojn Thursday, with the state giving NACA a $1 milliom grant from the One NorthCarolina Fund. It plans to investt more than $4 million here, with 1,014 jobs expectedr to be added over the nextfive years. “Nortbh Carolina remains a strong presences inthe U.S. finance and this is a tremendous opportunity for the Perdue said. “Our top-rated businesws climate and skilled financial-services work force are attractiv to growingnational operations.
” NACA is headquarteredc in Boston and operates more than 40 offices It currently employs about 100 workersz in Mecklenburg County to originats and process mortgage loans. Undeer the five-year state incentive agreement, the organization plans to add 550 jobs The jobs will pay an average annualp wageof $35,982. Salaries will range up to $80,000 annually. The hirinyg will focus on mortgage negotiators, customer-service call-center managers and mortgage counselors. “NACA is excites that it’s putting more than 1,000 people to work durinfg these tougheconomic times,” NACA Chief Executivre Bruce Marks said Thursday.
“Today’s announcemengt is more than just a soundbite — we are followinv through on this investment by holding a jobs fair tomorro w to hire 550 people immediately.” Perdue said Thursday that she consultede with former Bank of America Corp. Chairmamn Hugh McColl Jr. about the McColl has been a longtime supporterof NACA’sz work. BofA began a partnership with NACAundefr McColl’s watch in 1995 and in 2004 committe $6 billion to its lendint program. Perdue says McColl confirmed to her that he expected NACA coulcd follow through on its job commitments in severalphone conversations.
“When someoned begins something like this in italways grows,” McColl said in an interview “They’ll come in and find this is a good placre to find (a work force). I would hope it woulde be an eruptionof jobs, not just tricklee down.” The group claims it will be the largesgt number of people hired immediatelyu in one area and the largest job commitmeng in the country since the mortgage crisie began in 2007. The hiringf comes as NACA embarks on a nationwide Save theDreanm Tour. Marks says the addes jobs are crucial as NACA leads its campaign to makemortgageds affordable.
Hundreds of NACA staf f will provide long-term solutions for homeowners with anunaffordablde mortgage. “Charlotte continues to be attractive because of ourknowledgeable financial-services work force and we welcome NACA’s investment in North N.C. Sen. Dan Clodfelter (D-Mecklenburg) said in a NACA’s Counseling Center is in the Charlotte East office park off Albemarle Road between Central Avenue and FarmPond “Charlotte continues to be recognized as a leader in financialp services with a talented and experienced labor force,” says Charlotte Chambed Chairman Tim Belk.
“We are pleased to welcomew NACA to the community and look forwarfd to the investment in jobs and presence they will brint to ourEast side.” The chambet assisted NACA in its expansion effort. Charlotte East ownefr Roger Kellogg, principal of , and leasinyg director Eric Speckman have worked closely with NACAsincee 2007, when the nonprofit established a small officwe in the park. NACA has legally binding agreementsw with all themajor lenders/servicers to restructurew the mortgages they service.
The NACA agreementxs cover more than 90 percent of homeowners with an unaffordable The staff from the Counseling Center in Charlotte will travelo nationwide to work on Save the Dream events where morethan 25,0009 people are counseled over four days, with thousanda receiving affordable restructured mortgages with permanent interestg rates often at 4 percent, 3 percentr and 2 percent and where necessary the principal reduced. The started in 1988, has the primary goal of building healthy neighborhoods nationwide throughaffordabls homeownership. NACA operations include financiapl counseling, specialized mortgage services and a Home Save progra m for homeowners with anunaffordable mortgage.
NACA will host a job fair from8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridat and Saturday at its CharlotteCounselinyg Center. For more information about Neighborhoox Assistance Corporationof America, includingt employment opportunities, go to
Thursday, November 1, 2012
You are here - Fleetwood Today
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Fleetwood Today | You are here Fleetwood Today Three tonnes of rubbish were dumped in alleys between Heathfield Road an Whinfield Avenue and also another alley off Orchard Drive. But council sleuths found clues in the rubbish which linked it to a restaurant in Blackpool. Working with Blackpool ... |
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