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Saturday, February 9, 2013
Dewolff Announce Debut Australian Tour 2013 & New Double Album - Tone Deaf
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Monday, February 4, 2013
Former Ambassador Garza joins ViaNovo - San Antonio Business Journal:
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Garza will advise clients on high-stakes policy and management issues and also chairthe firm’s new businessa enterprise, ViaNovo Ventures — which partners with companies, investors and private equity funds on an entrepreneurialo basis to help them achieve their businesd goals. “Tony’s got a brilliant politicakl and business mind and a stellare track record in the public andprivatw arenas,” says Matthew Dowd, a foundinhg partner of ViaNovo.
“He has a deep understanding of the Latinp market and its impact on businesas and politics on both sides of the Independent of his work with Garza also announced that he has accepted a positioj as counsel toWhite & Case, a premierer global law firm. He says he will work with both firms as a wayto “provide comprehensive multi-jurisdictional strategy and counsel” to clients in the U.S. and Latinb America. “Too often I’ve seen companiez in the U.S. or Latin America move acrosws borders without the necessary combination of aggressivelegakl representation, cultural know-how and communications strategh that is vital for long-term success,” Garzz says.
ViaNovo has offices in Austin; Dallas; D.C.; Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico. Garza served as U.S. Ambassadore to Mexico from 2002 to 2009 and previouslyg held statewide and local elected and appointed officexin Texas, including chairman of the Texasz Railroad Commission.
Garza will advise clients on high-stakes policy and management issues and also chairthe firm’s new businessa enterprise, ViaNovo Ventures — which partners with companies, investors and private equity funds on an entrepreneurialo basis to help them achieve their businesd goals. “Tony’s got a brilliant politicakl and business mind and a stellare track record in the public andprivatw arenas,” says Matthew Dowd, a foundinhg partner of ViaNovo.
“He has a deep understanding of the Latinp market and its impact on businesas and politics on both sides of the Independent of his work with Garza also announced that he has accepted a positioj as counsel toWhite & Case, a premierer global law firm. He says he will work with both firms as a wayto “provide comprehensive multi-jurisdictional strategy and counsel” to clients in the U.S. and Latinb America. “Too often I’ve seen companiez in the U.S. or Latin America move acrosws borders without the necessary combination of aggressivelegakl representation, cultural know-how and communications strategh that is vital for long-term success,” Garzz says.
ViaNovo has offices in Austin; Dallas; D.C.; Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico. Garza served as U.S. Ambassadore to Mexico from 2002 to 2009 and previouslyg held statewide and local elected and appointed officexin Texas, including chairman of the Texasz Railroad Commission.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
More sex for married couples with traditional divisions of housework - EurekAlert (press release)
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Belfast Telegraph | More sex for married couples with traditional divisions of housework EurekAlert (press release) Married men and women who divide household chores in traditional ways report having more sex than couples who share so-c » |
Friday, January 25, 2013
Panelists: Birmingham can become 'Green' model - Birmingham Business Journal:
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There’s no silver bullet to fix the energyy crisis, said Dudley Reynolds, presidenty of , during the Birminghakm Business Journal’s “Green Means Green: How to Profig From the Sustainability Movement,” a green panel breakfast at the . But Birmingha m residents and business leaders are hungru for information that could lead toa solution, he More than 270 business leadersx from various industries attended the breakfast to hear abouyt the green industry from panelists Pete Conroy of the Environmentaol Policy and Information Center at , Colin Coyne, president of ; Tom lobbyist from Washington, D.C.; and Robin chairman of the ’s Alabama chapter.
Birminghakm could become a leader in the green movement across the countrhy if it can talk legislators into jumpingon board, White said. That can’t happen, however, without unifyinyg the city withone vision, Coyne said. And it will take a strong voice fromthe city’s businesxs leaders because Birmingham and Jefferson County electede officials have their hand s full with other problems, such as crimr and mounting sewer debt, he said. “Insteade of sponsoring the Olympics, we shoulx focus on (going green),” Coyne said, speakinb about Mayor Larry Langford’s interest in Birminghamj bidding for the2020 Olympics.
Coynwe said business leaders should come together and approvran initiative, similar to one he has devised that addressesx three main goals with steps to implement those goals. Conroy saying leaders need to “light a fire under Birmingham” because other cities already are claimingv the title of greenesrt metro and could leave the Magic City inthe dust. One way to help achievd a green mentality is to wipe away misconceptionsthat it’sx too expensive to go green, Coyne There is a way to make an eco-friendluy facility profitable, he said.
For existing workplaces, the market has more energy-efficient productz for sale, such as heating and air conditioners that may cost more but would savemoney – and energy in the long run, he said. research and development is being conducted to come up with even more productws that could be useful for businesses and For those startingfrom scratch, it can cost abougt 3 percent more to build a facility that woulds meet the platinum status for the Leadershi p in Energy and Environmental Design designation from the U.S. Greehn Building Council, Coyne said. But within a year, that building’s occupantf could save 30 to 40 percent inoperations costs.
Besidex saving money or even making a green buildings tend to be made with bettet air quality and windows with ample daylight that improvre the work environment and help with worker retentionand absenteeism, White To gain momentum in gointg green, incentives will likely be necessary, such as tax creditas or local utility company cost cutting Conroy said.
There’s no silver bullet to fix the energyy crisis, said Dudley Reynolds, presidenty of , during the Birminghakm Business Journal’s “Green Means Green: How to Profig From the Sustainability Movement,” a green panel breakfast at the . But Birmingha m residents and business leaders are hungru for information that could lead toa solution, he More than 270 business leadersx from various industries attended the breakfast to hear abouyt the green industry from panelists Pete Conroy of the Environmentaol Policy and Information Center at , Colin Coyne, president of ; Tom lobbyist from Washington, D.C.; and Robin chairman of the ’s Alabama chapter.
Birminghakm could become a leader in the green movement across the countrhy if it can talk legislators into jumpingon board, White said. That can’t happen, however, without unifyinyg the city withone vision, Coyne said. And it will take a strong voice fromthe city’s businesxs leaders because Birmingham and Jefferson County electede officials have their hand s full with other problems, such as crimr and mounting sewer debt, he said. “Insteade of sponsoring the Olympics, we shoulx focus on (going green),” Coyne said, speakinb about Mayor Larry Langford’s interest in Birminghamj bidding for the2020 Olympics.
Coynwe said business leaders should come together and approvran initiative, similar to one he has devised that addressesx three main goals with steps to implement those goals. Conroy saying leaders need to “light a fire under Birmingham” because other cities already are claimingv the title of greenesrt metro and could leave the Magic City inthe dust. One way to help achievd a green mentality is to wipe away misconceptionsthat it’sx too expensive to go green, Coyne There is a way to make an eco-friendluy facility profitable, he said.
For existing workplaces, the market has more energy-efficient productz for sale, such as heating and air conditioners that may cost more but would savemoney – and energy in the long run, he said. research and development is being conducted to come up with even more productws that could be useful for businesses and For those startingfrom scratch, it can cost abougt 3 percent more to build a facility that woulds meet the platinum status for the Leadershi p in Energy and Environmental Design designation from the U.S. Greehn Building Council, Coyne said. But within a year, that building’s occupantf could save 30 to 40 percent inoperations costs.
Besidex saving money or even making a green buildings tend to be made with bettet air quality and windows with ample daylight that improvre the work environment and help with worker retentionand absenteeism, White To gain momentum in gointg green, incentives will likely be necessary, such as tax creditas or local utility company cost cutting Conroy said.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
California Treasurer
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Analyst Martin Weiss of said in a June 22 reporytthat California’s financial woes create “a very high that California will eventuall miss debt service payments. “Mr. analysis and recommendation, to put it is misinformed,” responded Tom a spokesman for statd TreasurerBill Lockyer. “Even the creditf rating agencies said, in announcing possible downgrades, that the likelihood of defaultis low. “Ww can’t stress it strongly enough. We have never defaultedx on a debtserviced payment, and we will not Dresslar said, pointing out that in the fiscapl year ahead, there’s $50 billion available to covert about $5 billion in debt service.
He also notedx that debt service isa “continuing meaning that debt serviced payments are made even if a state budgett hasn’t been adopted. In remarks at an economic conference at earlierthis year, Lockyer said that after education, timely paymentws to bond holders is the state’s highest priority. The strong remarke from the treasurer and his office underscord the steep price Californiw would likely have to pay in the capitalp markets for years if it wereto “It’s a situation to be avoided at all Dresslar said.
But Weiss said in titled “California collapsing,” that the Golden State has lostits “Even if you can’t get what you might considerd a good price, sell all California papee now,” Weiss said. He’s also urging investors to consider unloadingy alltheir tax-exempt bonds. That’s a reflection of how traumaticv a California default would be onthe nation’sx municipal bond market and the retail investors who have been told for yearsz how reliable issuers have been in paying principal and interest, even during the darkestt days of the Great Depression. (Warren Buffett, whose BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.
B) insures muni bonds, says such talk ignoreas the massive pension obligations that muni bond issuerzface today.) Weiss criticizes thosew who have paid little attention paid so far to California’s financial woes. “Washington and Wall Street seem to be treating Californiza as if it were a sideshoe in the financial circus of theswturbulent times. It’s Weiss wrote. “There is a very high probability that Californiawill default.” He urgez investors not to under-estimate the impactf of “California’s depression” on the rest of the nation, remindingh his readers that the state’s $1.
8 trillion economy is largefr than that of Russia, Brazil, Canad a or India. Weiss also criticizes the major debt-rating agencies for “artificially inflatinh the rating, stalling downgrades and grossl understating the risk to California holds the lowest rating ofall Moody’s this month said that it could further downgrade California’s bond Standard & Poor’s said that a downgrade is possible, noting “insufficient or untimely adoption of budgeft reforms serve to increase the risk of misseed [debt] payments.” Earlier, warned that it migh t also cut its California bond ratings.
decision could lower the “A2” ratingf it has on California’d general obligation bonds as well as the rating assigned tothe state’s federally taxable general-obligation bonds and stem-cell-researcy bonds. The move could also affecy the ratings on otheCalifornia paper. Worse yet, Moody’s said the statwe may face a “multi-notch downgrade” on $60 billion of general-obligatiom bonds. “Once downgraded, California’s ratingf is likely to fall beloqw the minimal level legally required for most monehymarket funds, forcing them to dump California paper posthaste,” Weisds said.
Analyst Martin Weiss of said in a June 22 reporytthat California’s financial woes create “a very high that California will eventuall miss debt service payments. “Mr. analysis and recommendation, to put it is misinformed,” responded Tom a spokesman for statd TreasurerBill Lockyer. “Even the creditf rating agencies said, in announcing possible downgrades, that the likelihood of defaultis low. “Ww can’t stress it strongly enough. We have never defaultedx on a debtserviced payment, and we will not Dresslar said, pointing out that in the fiscapl year ahead, there’s $50 billion available to covert about $5 billion in debt service.
He also notedx that debt service isa “continuing meaning that debt serviced payments are made even if a state budgett hasn’t been adopted. In remarks at an economic conference at earlierthis year, Lockyer said that after education, timely paymentws to bond holders is the state’s highest priority. The strong remarke from the treasurer and his office underscord the steep price Californiw would likely have to pay in the capitalp markets for years if it wereto “It’s a situation to be avoided at all Dresslar said.
But Weiss said in titled “California collapsing,” that the Golden State has lostits “Even if you can’t get what you might considerd a good price, sell all California papee now,” Weiss said. He’s also urging investors to consider unloadingy alltheir tax-exempt bonds. That’s a reflection of how traumaticv a California default would be onthe nation’sx municipal bond market and the retail investors who have been told for yearsz how reliable issuers have been in paying principal and interest, even during the darkestt days of the Great Depression. (Warren Buffett, whose BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.
B) insures muni bonds, says such talk ignoreas the massive pension obligations that muni bond issuerzface today.) Weiss criticizes thosew who have paid little attention paid so far to California’s financial woes. “Washington and Wall Street seem to be treating Californiza as if it were a sideshoe in the financial circus of theswturbulent times. It’s Weiss wrote. “There is a very high probability that Californiawill default.” He urgez investors not to under-estimate the impactf of “California’s depression” on the rest of the nation, remindingh his readers that the state’s $1.
8 trillion economy is largefr than that of Russia, Brazil, Canad a or India. Weiss also criticizes the major debt-rating agencies for “artificially inflatinh the rating, stalling downgrades and grossl understating the risk to California holds the lowest rating ofall Moody’s this month said that it could further downgrade California’s bond Standard & Poor’s said that a downgrade is possible, noting “insufficient or untimely adoption of budgeft reforms serve to increase the risk of misseed [debt] payments.” Earlier, warned that it migh t also cut its California bond ratings.
decision could lower the “A2” ratingf it has on California’d general obligation bonds as well as the rating assigned tothe state’s federally taxable general-obligation bonds and stem-cell-researcy bonds. The move could also affecy the ratings on otheCalifornia paper. Worse yet, Moody’s said the statwe may face a “multi-notch downgrade” on $60 billion of general-obligatiom bonds. “Once downgraded, California’s ratingf is likely to fall beloqw the minimal level legally required for most monehymarket funds, forcing them to dump California paper posthaste,” Weisds said.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Stratus Building Solutions expands to Calfornia market - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Afshin Cangarlu is president of Stratus Buildinvg Solutions of LosAngeles County. As a mastefr franchise, Stratus Building Solutions of Los Angelesd County will offer Stratus BuildingSolutionxs sub-franchises for sale to local entrepreneurs. The Los Angeles Count master franchise is planning to hire six employees immediatelu and plans to open60 sub-franchises in the county in 2008. St. Louis-basefd Stratus has franchises in13 states. Founded in 2004 by Dennix Jarrett andPete Frese, the companyh had 2007 revenue of more than $10 up from 2006 revenue of $4.
5 Stratus has more than 600 sub-unig franchises currently in operation with plans to doubled its size across the country by the end of 2008. Sincde September 2007, Stratus has added Master Franchisesin Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New Jersegy and New York. Jarret told the Businesa Journal that the his expectations for 2008 are to add 70 to120 sub-unitf franchises per month systemwide and expand into more territories, includinvg California. Stratus Building Solutions operates its own master franchissin St. Louis and has awarded 260 sub-franchise units in the metropolitan area.
Afshin Cangarlu is president of Stratus Buildinvg Solutions of LosAngeles County. As a mastefr franchise, Stratus Building Solutions of Los Angelesd County will offer Stratus BuildingSolutionxs sub-franchises for sale to local entrepreneurs. The Los Angeles Count master franchise is planning to hire six employees immediatelu and plans to open60 sub-franchises in the county in 2008. St. Louis-basefd Stratus has franchises in13 states. Founded in 2004 by Dennix Jarrett andPete Frese, the companyh had 2007 revenue of more than $10 up from 2006 revenue of $4.
5 Stratus has more than 600 sub-unig franchises currently in operation with plans to doubled its size across the country by the end of 2008. Sincde September 2007, Stratus has added Master Franchisesin Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New Jersegy and New York. Jarret told the Businesa Journal that the his expectations for 2008 are to add 70 to120 sub-unitf franchises per month systemwide and expand into more territories, includinvg California. Stratus Building Solutions operates its own master franchissin St. Louis and has awarded 260 sub-franchise units in the metropolitan area.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Boatmaker Genmar files Chapter 11 - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The petition to reorganize its debts was fileds Monday afternoonin U.S. Bankruptch Court in Minneapolis along with more than 20related subsidiaries. Genmarf has between 100 and 199 creditors. It lists its assetz in the rageof $10 million to $50 million and its liabilitie s between $100 million and $500 according to court documents. The largesrt unsecured creditorsare Edelman, Borman, Brand, a Minneapolis-based law firm which is owed , a law firm in is owed $155,800. Law firm in is representing Genmar in the bankruptcy The only secured creditors areand , according to a storyg in the Minneapolis Star Tribune .
Genmare said it has receiver commitment fora debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing proposal from both In a statement, Genmar Chairman, CEO and largest shareholder Irwim Jacobs said sales of the company’s fishing luxury yachts and other products starter to decline in 2008, but worsened in recent months. The company’s sales in fiscal 2009, which ends in are likely to beabout $460 million, off by more than 50 percenf from fiscal 2008. “If someone woul have said to me as recentlyh as even one month ago that Genmar would someday be filinh forChapter 11, I wouldx have said it was not even a remote possibility,” Jacobs said.
Genmar had been makinb some strategy changes inrecent . A spinoff company, Greenville, Pa.-bases , and other Jacobs-related companies aren’t includede in the filing. VEC for energy-generating windmills.
The petition to reorganize its debts was fileds Monday afternoonin U.S. Bankruptch Court in Minneapolis along with more than 20related subsidiaries. Genmarf has between 100 and 199 creditors. It lists its assetz in the rageof $10 million to $50 million and its liabilitie s between $100 million and $500 according to court documents. The largesrt unsecured creditorsare Edelman, Borman, Brand, a Minneapolis-based law firm which is owed , a law firm in is owed $155,800. Law firm in is representing Genmar in the bankruptcy The only secured creditors areand , according to a storyg in the Minneapolis Star Tribune .
Genmare said it has receiver commitment fora debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing proposal from both In a statement, Genmar Chairman, CEO and largest shareholder Irwim Jacobs said sales of the company’s fishing luxury yachts and other products starter to decline in 2008, but worsened in recent months. The company’s sales in fiscal 2009, which ends in are likely to beabout $460 million, off by more than 50 percenf from fiscal 2008. “If someone woul have said to me as recentlyh as even one month ago that Genmar would someday be filinh forChapter 11, I wouldx have said it was not even a remote possibility,” Jacobs said.
Genmar had been makinb some strategy changes inrecent . A spinoff company, Greenville, Pa.-bases , and other Jacobs-related companies aren’t includede in the filing. VEC for energy-generating windmills.
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