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Habitat for Humanity International estimates the donatiom willhelp 60,000 families with accesss to improved housing. “In my professionakl life, I’ve seen housing strengthen education, families, communities and economies,” Terwilliger said in a “With this legacy gift to Habitatfor Humanity, I want to help ensurew a leveraged, sustained impact beyond my lifetimd and inspire others to make the commitment to support affordablde housing. There are more than 1.
6 billioh people around the world who live in poverty housing and they need our Within five years of the funds being transferreeby Terwilliger’s estate, 70 percent of the legacuy commitment will be used by Habitaft for housing micro-financing so that families in countries arounfd the world can improve theirf living conditions. The remaining 30 percenyt will be used forthe “J. Ronalf Terwilliger Leveraged Impact Fund.” This endowmen t for Habitat for Humanity International will make annual distributiond to helpsupport affordable-housing efforts. From 1999 to Terwilliger was chairman ofthe (ULI).
In February 2007, Terwilligere made the single largest financial contribution to the Urbanj Land Institute inits 72-year history to combag the lack of affordable housing. His grant established The ULI J. Ronald Terwilliger Centefr forWorkforce Housing, which aims to create 3,500 new units of workforce housing by 2012 in southeast Florida, and Washington, D.C. Terwilligerf joined Habitat’s board of directors in he has already given morethan $3 millionb to Habitat. He is a past chairman of the Atlant Neighborhood Development Partnership and the Nationakl Association of Home Builders MultifamilyLeadershipo Board.
He owns the Atlanta Dream, the WNBA’s local
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Combating terrorism: Get the idiom right - Economic Times
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Combating terrorism: Get the idiom right Economic Times This is where the political idiom in which these organisations and their ideologies are challenged becomes important, and the propriety of recent statements ... |
Friday, December 24, 2010
Pacific Business News (Honolulu): Business Events Calendar
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Once approved, your eveny listing will appear on the Calendar until the day aftert the date you enter as itsend date. For if you enter June 8th as your event'se end date, your listing will be removed from the Calendaat 12:00 a.m. on June 9th. Once I list an how long does it take before it is posted to the BusinessEvents Calendar? To maintainm the professional integrity of our site, each listinfg must go through an approval processw prior to being posted to the Events In most cases, this occurs withijn a few hours, with the maximum beint 24 hours. Can I post my event listing as far in advanceas I'd like? Yes, you can post eveng listings days, weeks or monthas in advance.
They will appear on the Calendad until the day afteryour event's end date. Will my eventt listing also appear in the print edition of theBusiness Journal? No, the Business Events Calendar is an online-onlyt feature; any events posted through this system will only appear If I want to list a recurring event each do I have to enteer each one separately? Yes, each month's eventg would be considered as a separate listing. There may be discounts for multiple listings. Pleas e contact us and a representative will work with you to creatde a customized package to suit your Contact information is available from the Can I selecty more than one category for myevent listing?
No, each event listing can only fall under one If more than one category applies to your evenf listing, we recommend choosing the one that is most If I have a Business Events Calendar promotional/discount code, can I use it in any of bizjournals ' 42 markets? No, each promotional/discount code is market-specifif and will only work in the market for whichh it was originally created. What shoul d I do if I need to make changexs to my event listing after it has beenpostecd online? Please contact our localp office. Information is available from the Who shoul I contact if I would like to purchased an event listing over the phoneversus online? Please contact our local office.
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Once approved, your eveny listing will appear on the Calendar until the day aftert the date you enter as itsend date. For if you enter June 8th as your event'se end date, your listing will be removed from the Calendaat 12:00 a.m. on June 9th. Once I list an how long does it take before it is posted to the BusinessEvents Calendar? To maintainm the professional integrity of our site, each listinfg must go through an approval processw prior to being posted to the Events In most cases, this occurs withijn a few hours, with the maximum beint 24 hours. Can I post my event listing as far in advanceas I'd like? Yes, you can post eveng listings days, weeks or monthas in advance.
They will appear on the Calendad until the day afteryour event's end date. Will my eventt listing also appear in the print edition of theBusiness Journal? No, the Business Events Calendar is an online-onlyt feature; any events posted through this system will only appear If I want to list a recurring event each do I have to enteer each one separately? Yes, each month's eventg would be considered as a separate listing. There may be discounts for multiple listings. Pleas e contact us and a representative will work with you to creatde a customized package to suit your Contact information is available from the Can I selecty more than one category for myevent listing?
No, each event listing can only fall under one If more than one category applies to your evenf listing, we recommend choosing the one that is most If I have a Business Events Calendar promotional/discount code, can I use it in any of bizjournals ' 42 markets? No, each promotional/discount code is market-specifif and will only work in the market for whichh it was originally created. What shoul d I do if I need to make changexs to my event listing after it has beenpostecd online? Please contact our localp office. Information is available from the Who shoul I contact if I would like to purchased an event listing over the phoneversus online? Please contact our local office.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Wisconsin remains in middle of obesity rankings - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
http://kentuckydiabetes.net/pages/11/page11.html
Wisconsin saw its adulyt obesity raterise 0.5 percentage points to 26 The state had slid in the national rankings from 22nd in 2007. The now in its sixth year, is titled "F as in Fat: How Obesitty Policies Are Failing In America andcastigates federal, state and local governments for poor or patchwork policiese aimed at curbing obesity. "Our health care costs have growb along with ourwaist lines," said Jeff Levi, executive director of Trust for America's Health. "Thw obesity epidemic is a big contributor to the skyrocketinfg health care costs in theUnitedd States.
How are we going to compete with the rest of the world if our economy and work force are weigher down by bad Mississippi had the highest rate of adult obesityat 32.5 making it the fifth year in a row that the stated topped the list. Four states now have rateds above30 percent, including Alabama (31.2 percent), West Virginia (31.q percent) and Tennessee (30.2 Eight of the 10 states with the highest percentags of obese adults are in the Colorado continued to have the lowest percentage of obeser adults at 18.9 percent. Mississippi also had the highest rate of obeswe and overweightchildren (ages 10 to 17) at 44.4 Minnesota and Utah had the lowesf rate at 23.1 percent.
Wisconsin fared among the bettedr states, ranking 40th with a childhoodc obesity rateof 27.9 Eight of the 10 statese with the highest rates of obese and overweighy children are in the South. Childhood obesity rates have more than tripledsinced 1980.
Wisconsin saw its adulyt obesity raterise 0.5 percentage points to 26 The state had slid in the national rankings from 22nd in 2007. The now in its sixth year, is titled "F as in Fat: How Obesitty Policies Are Failing In America andcastigates federal, state and local governments for poor or patchwork policiese aimed at curbing obesity. "Our health care costs have growb along with ourwaist lines," said Jeff Levi, executive director of Trust for America's Health. "Thw obesity epidemic is a big contributor to the skyrocketinfg health care costs in theUnitedd States.
How are we going to compete with the rest of the world if our economy and work force are weigher down by bad Mississippi had the highest rate of adult obesityat 32.5 making it the fifth year in a row that the stated topped the list. Four states now have rateds above30 percent, including Alabama (31.2 percent), West Virginia (31.q percent) and Tennessee (30.2 Eight of the 10 states with the highest percentags of obese adults are in the Colorado continued to have the lowest percentage of obeser adults at 18.9 percent. Mississippi also had the highest rate of obeswe and overweightchildren (ages 10 to 17) at 44.4 Minnesota and Utah had the lowesf rate at 23.1 percent.
Wisconsin fared among the bettedr states, ranking 40th with a childhoodc obesity rateof 27.9 Eight of the 10 statese with the highest rates of obese and overweighy children are in the South. Childhood obesity rates have more than tripledsinced 1980.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Farmers develops
http://judotwins.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=60
Customers who add Farmers’ “Eco-Rebuild” option to their policies willhave access, as part of to $25,000 to rebuild or replace a home usingf “green” materials, upgrade qualified homes to meet Energyu Star requirements and be reimbursed for recycling debriss rather than disposing of it. Jeff senior vice president of home product management for says the company is working togive earth-conscious consumerds an option previously not available to them in Texas. “This is quite literally an investment in our global future and we are excited to be theindustry leaders,” he Farmers is making the Eco-Rebuild option available in 29 states including Texas.
Los Angeles-based Farmerw is the nation’s third-largest personal lines property and casualty insurance Farmersprovides homeowners, business, life insurance and financial services to more than 10 milliojn households. The company is a wholl owned subsidiaryof . Web site: www.farmers.com
Customers who add Farmers’ “Eco-Rebuild” option to their policies willhave access, as part of to $25,000 to rebuild or replace a home usingf “green” materials, upgrade qualified homes to meet Energyu Star requirements and be reimbursed for recycling debriss rather than disposing of it. Jeff senior vice president of home product management for says the company is working togive earth-conscious consumerds an option previously not available to them in Texas. “This is quite literally an investment in our global future and we are excited to be theindustry leaders,” he Farmers is making the Eco-Rebuild option available in 29 states including Texas.
Los Angeles-based Farmerw is the nation’s third-largest personal lines property and casualty insurance Farmersprovides homeowners, business, life insurance and financial services to more than 10 milliojn households. The company is a wholl owned subsidiaryof . Web site: www.farmers.com
Friday, December 17, 2010
Yolo moth quarantine extended - Charlotte Business Journal:
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A voracious pest and native of a light brown apple moth was discovered in a trap in DaviwApril 1. A second moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptinh a quarantine within a mile radius of thosed two traps. More discoveries have moved the quarantine to includ e the entire cityof Davis. Produce and ornamenta l plants can still go to stores and farmerd markets inside thequarantine area, but agriculturap products, ornamental plants and trees should not leave the quarantine area unless certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supply and also to our This moth eats ornamental plants and trees,” said Steve Lyle, spokesman with Food & Agriculture.
“In Australiw they call the light brown apple moththe ‘lighg brown eat-everything’ moth.” The moth in its varying stages of life eats 2,00 0 plants, including 250 crop It can devastate stone fruit trees, grape citrus trees and even There are monitor traps all over the statew for the moth, and more than 2,800 squarw miles of land statewide is now under Lyle said. Davis is the only area undet quarantine inthe four-county region.
A voracious pest and native of a light brown apple moth was discovered in a trap in DaviwApril 1. A second moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptinh a quarantine within a mile radius of thosed two traps. More discoveries have moved the quarantine to includ e the entire cityof Davis. Produce and ornamenta l plants can still go to stores and farmerd markets inside thequarantine area, but agriculturap products, ornamental plants and trees should not leave the quarantine area unless certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supply and also to our This moth eats ornamental plants and trees,” said Steve Lyle, spokesman with Food & Agriculture.
“In Australiw they call the light brown apple moththe ‘lighg brown eat-everything’ moth.” The moth in its varying stages of life eats 2,00 0 plants, including 250 crop It can devastate stone fruit trees, grape citrus trees and even There are monitor traps all over the statew for the moth, and more than 2,800 squarw miles of land statewide is now under Lyle said. Davis is the only area undet quarantine inthe four-county region.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
MacPromo Mac Time-Saving Bundle: 10 utilities for $50 - 9 to 5 Mac
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Business owners innovate to keep employees engaged in rough times - bizjournals:
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Asked how current economi conditions have affectedtheir employees, 48 percent of respondentsa to a Robert Half International survey cited increased stress. pay cuts, hiring freezes and layoffsz all result in employers asking workers to do more for less with Combined with potential mortgage woes on the home frony and the challenge of makinends meet, the averaged employee’s workday can be a powder keg. “Companiees are doing what they can toimprove work-lif balance,” says Andy Decker, staffing service firm regional vice president.
“They are thinking outside the box for ways to alleviatew stress and improve morale withouft it costing them a lot of Tothat end, several small businesseds are going on the offensive, givin their employees opportunities to decompress througj a variety of innovative In 2004, the employees of , a 56-year-old family-owned approached president Ted Benning abouy including a fitness component in their employee benefitd package. Benning, a fitness buff, decided to turn unused warehousd space intoa state-of-the art gym.
Aftedr consulting with personal trainer Randy Nicholson of TheFitnesd Firm, Benning outfitted the 1,000-square-foot gym with weight stationary bicycles and ellipticals, as well as shower facilities. In addition to providinhg the equipmentand space, Benning provides his employees accesds to a trainer free of Twelve employees out of 23 in the officwe initially joined Nicholson for a 40-minute workout on Tuesdays and Thursdayss after work. The cost to the company was characterizefd by Benning asbeing “lesa than $10,000,” but it has paid off in increased employe e wellness and morale.
“Our philosopht is to be proactivwe rather than reactive tohealth issues,” says Benning. Not all streszs originates in the workplace. Receptionist Georgia Hood began working out afterher “I was very hesitant at but as my weight loss continued I realizeed this was a good thing, [helping me] to get my mind and body in a good says Hood. While the Benning employeesx get inphysical shape, the owners of another Atlanta business are working on theie employee’s mental well-being. For Crait and Liz Kronenberger, co-founders of the online gaminh companyElf Island, their companyu culture mirrors that of theierdigital domain.
Elf Islanfd is a gaming site that introduce children to the worlrd of philanthropy through a conceptcalled “Gaminh for Good.” In essence, children play games onlinee that have very real charitable outcomes through the company’s partnerships. In one instance, housex built by children in a game online translatefd to real houses being builtby . The coupled exhibits the same ingenuity in thei office of16 employees. The duo and Manager of Operations Melanie Ford have developed inventive ideass to keep their workers engagedand entertained. Themr weeks, where employees dress up. Formal “Wear the oldest thing in your closet” and Mexicamn Fiesta are recent examples.
“Tchotchke where Ford collects smal l toys and objects from local stores as well as souvenirsx collectedfrom employees’ travels in a smallk bag. Every Thursday, employees get to selecg an item fromthe bag. Kronenberger likensw the company’s philosophy to its Web site. “Wew are running a social network and our office is justlike that,” she “Our feeling is to create an environmenr that parallels Elf Island’s values with a twist of Souper Jenny restaurant owner Jennyh Levison uses the same basic premiss to keep her staff engaged and productive, but she relies on a wrinkl e that others have perhaps overlooked: surprise.
Asked how current economi conditions have affectedtheir employees, 48 percent of respondentsa to a Robert Half International survey cited increased stress. pay cuts, hiring freezes and layoffsz all result in employers asking workers to do more for less with Combined with potential mortgage woes on the home frony and the challenge of makinends meet, the averaged employee’s workday can be a powder keg. “Companiees are doing what they can toimprove work-lif balance,” says Andy Decker, staffing service firm regional vice president.
“They are thinking outside the box for ways to alleviatew stress and improve morale withouft it costing them a lot of Tothat end, several small businesseds are going on the offensive, givin their employees opportunities to decompress througj a variety of innovative In 2004, the employees of , a 56-year-old family-owned approached president Ted Benning abouy including a fitness component in their employee benefitd package. Benning, a fitness buff, decided to turn unused warehousd space intoa state-of-the art gym.
Aftedr consulting with personal trainer Randy Nicholson of TheFitnesd Firm, Benning outfitted the 1,000-square-foot gym with weight stationary bicycles and ellipticals, as well as shower facilities. In addition to providinhg the equipmentand space, Benning provides his employees accesds to a trainer free of Twelve employees out of 23 in the officwe initially joined Nicholson for a 40-minute workout on Tuesdays and Thursdayss after work. The cost to the company was characterizefd by Benning asbeing “lesa than $10,000,” but it has paid off in increased employe e wellness and morale.
“Our philosopht is to be proactivwe rather than reactive tohealth issues,” says Benning. Not all streszs originates in the workplace. Receptionist Georgia Hood began working out afterher “I was very hesitant at but as my weight loss continued I realizeed this was a good thing, [helping me] to get my mind and body in a good says Hood. While the Benning employeesx get inphysical shape, the owners of another Atlanta business are working on theie employee’s mental well-being. For Crait and Liz Kronenberger, co-founders of the online gaminh companyElf Island, their companyu culture mirrors that of theierdigital domain.
Elf Islanfd is a gaming site that introduce children to the worlrd of philanthropy through a conceptcalled “Gaminh for Good.” In essence, children play games onlinee that have very real charitable outcomes through the company’s partnerships. In one instance, housex built by children in a game online translatefd to real houses being builtby . The coupled exhibits the same ingenuity in thei office of16 employees. The duo and Manager of Operations Melanie Ford have developed inventive ideass to keep their workers engagedand entertained. Themr weeks, where employees dress up. Formal “Wear the oldest thing in your closet” and Mexicamn Fiesta are recent examples.
“Tchotchke where Ford collects smal l toys and objects from local stores as well as souvenirsx collectedfrom employees’ travels in a smallk bag. Every Thursday, employees get to selecg an item fromthe bag. Kronenberger likensw the company’s philosophy to its Web site. “Wew are running a social network and our office is justlike that,” she “Our feeling is to create an environmenr that parallels Elf Island’s values with a twist of Souper Jenny restaurant owner Jennyh Levison uses the same basic premiss to keep her staff engaged and productive, but she relies on a wrinkl e that others have perhaps overlooked: surprise.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
DADT Hangs In Balance As Democrats Refine Their Pitch - Huffington Post
http://mideastmonitor.org/issues/0705/0705_7.htm
DADT Hangs In Balance As Democrats Refine Their Pitch Huffington Post Faced with the possibility of failure, both Democratic leadership on the Hill and administration officials have begun refining their pitch. ... |
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Govt yet to contact with hijacked ship - The Daily Star
http://aroundstars.com/n27912/
The Daily Star | Govt yet to contact with hijacked ship The Daily Star The government is yet to establish any direct contact with Bangladesh-flagged ship MV Jahan Moni which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea on ... |
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Man convicted in mortgage-fraud scheme - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Following a seven-day trial in Adamd County, Essien, 45, was convicted of four felony counts two countsof forgery, and one counf each of theft by receivingg and violating the Colorado Organizedr Crime Control Act. Sentencing has been set for Aug. 26. “Today’s verdict is a significant victory for the peoplesof Colorado,” said Colorado Attorney Generaol John Suthers, whose office helped bring the case against Essien and his Suthers called Essien’s operations “ond of the most expansive and heinouas mortgage fraud rings we’ve seen in Colorado.
” Essienn and nine others were indicted in March 2008 on charges connecte with 34 real estate deals in Denver, Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson The arrest of the 10 capper a two-year investigation involving Suthers’ office, the , the FBI, the districrt attorney for the 17th Judicial District and the U.S. Department of Housingy and Urban Development. Four others have pleader guilty. The rest are expected to stanc trialthis summer. Between spring 2004 and spriny 2007, Essien and his co-defendants allegedlyt used false invoices and shell corporationsw toobtain $10.9 million in mortgages, keeping $1.1 millionn of those funds, according to the indictment.
Essien’s shelo companies were Essien and Co. Realtgy Ltd. and EU Enterprise. Thosee indicted allegedly used shell buyer s to acquire houses atinflated prices, telling mortgage lendere that the houses had gotteb improvements they actually hadn’t, the Attorney General’s Office Lenders were deceived into paying for the Loans also often were obtained by overstating buyers’ incomew and understating debts. With many of the mortgage payments neverwere made, and the homes quickly were foreclosedf on, according to the indictment. Essiej acted as the real estate broker in the He was directly involvede in purchasing four properties with total mortgages ofnearly $1.
4 million and kept $140,00p0 from those deals, according to the indictment.
Following a seven-day trial in Adamd County, Essien, 45, was convicted of four felony counts two countsof forgery, and one counf each of theft by receivingg and violating the Colorado Organizedr Crime Control Act. Sentencing has been set for Aug. 26. “Today’s verdict is a significant victory for the peoplesof Colorado,” said Colorado Attorney Generaol John Suthers, whose office helped bring the case against Essien and his Suthers called Essien’s operations “ond of the most expansive and heinouas mortgage fraud rings we’ve seen in Colorado.
” Essienn and nine others were indicted in March 2008 on charges connecte with 34 real estate deals in Denver, Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson The arrest of the 10 capper a two-year investigation involving Suthers’ office, the , the FBI, the districrt attorney for the 17th Judicial District and the U.S. Department of Housingy and Urban Development. Four others have pleader guilty. The rest are expected to stanc trialthis summer. Between spring 2004 and spriny 2007, Essien and his co-defendants allegedlyt used false invoices and shell corporationsw toobtain $10.9 million in mortgages, keeping $1.1 millionn of those funds, according to the indictment.
Essien’s shelo companies were Essien and Co. Realtgy Ltd. and EU Enterprise. Thosee indicted allegedly used shell buyer s to acquire houses atinflated prices, telling mortgage lendere that the houses had gotteb improvements they actually hadn’t, the Attorney General’s Office Lenders were deceived into paying for the Loans also often were obtained by overstating buyers’ incomew and understating debts. With many of the mortgage payments neverwere made, and the homes quickly were foreclosedf on, according to the indictment. Essiej acted as the real estate broker in the He was directly involvede in purchasing four properties with total mortgages ofnearly $1.
4 million and kept $140,00p0 from those deals, according to the indictment.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Greater Phoenix CVB launches social media campaign - Austin Business Journal:
http://www.oldchalloners.com/what-is-lasik-surgery-who-should-undergo-the-lasik-surgery/
The first contest offers a two-night stay at the Royalk Palms Resort and Spa and a candleliyt dinner for two atthe resort’s restaurant, T. In subsequent weeks, similar packagesx are expected to be giveb away fromthe Ritz-Carlton Phoenix, Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, InterContinental Montelucia Resortr and Spa, Fairmont Scottsdale, Sherato Wild Horse Pass Resort Spa, Westin Kierland, Phoenician and Arizonsa Grand. The contest is part of a socialp media marketing campaign by the Greater Phoenic CVB that also includes anew blog, Twittetr and Flickr accounts, and YouTube videos. The called the Hot Sheet, is a frequently updated compendium of shopsand activities.
The videi project, called “Phoenix Dream features Phoenicians of local and national renown offering tours of their favoritrelocal hangouts. The inaugural video is hosted by celebrity chefMark Blog: Facebook: Twitter: YouTube: Flickr:
The first contest offers a two-night stay at the Royalk Palms Resort and Spa and a candleliyt dinner for two atthe resort’s restaurant, T. In subsequent weeks, similar packagesx are expected to be giveb away fromthe Ritz-Carlton Phoenix, Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, InterContinental Montelucia Resortr and Spa, Fairmont Scottsdale, Sherato Wild Horse Pass Resort Spa, Westin Kierland, Phoenician and Arizonsa Grand. The contest is part of a socialp media marketing campaign by the Greater Phoenic CVB that also includes anew blog, Twittetr and Flickr accounts, and YouTube videos. The called the Hot Sheet, is a frequently updated compendium of shopsand activities.
The videi project, called “Phoenix Dream features Phoenicians of local and national renown offering tours of their favoritrelocal hangouts. The inaugural video is hosted by celebrity chefMark Blog: Facebook: Twitter: YouTube: Flickr:
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