Tuesday, November 29, 2011

'Up' avoids 'Hangover' at box office - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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"Up" brought in an estimater $44,244,000 in its second weekend, beatingh out the new release from , whichn brought in an estimatedf $43,275,000. Another new release, 's "Land of the Lost," came in well in thirr with anestimated $19,524,000. According to a reportg on Box Office Mojo, which tracks box-office "Up" was shown on about 6,700 screense at 3,818 sites and "Thee Hangover" was shown on about 4,500 screend at 3,269 sites.
Coming in fourthu was last week's number-two movie, "Night at the Museum: Battlre of the Smithsonian" from , whichy brought in an estimated Rounding out the top fiveis 's "Star Trek," which brought in an esimated The report says that "Star Trek" has brought in $222.8 million in 31 days, making it the second-bigges t box office smash in the "Star Trek" when adjusted for ticket price inflation.
The top spot belonga to the original "Star Trek: The Motion

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Urban Meyer waiting to take over after Fickell was dealt unwinnable hand - Belleville News Democrat

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Urban Meyer waiting to take over after Fickell was dealt unwinnable hand

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Ohio State f eeling 'drained' heading into Michigan game, Buckeyes reporter says

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Ohio State vs. Michigan: Buckeyes No Match for Wolverines Balanced Attack

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

State announces more stimulus projects - Business First of Buffalo:

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Erie, Niagara and Cattaraugus counties are set to receive anadditionalo $7.5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds certified June 30 by Gov. David Certifications by the governoe show the federal government that the projectd are necessary to improvethe state’d transportation system and create jobs. Once projects are put out to bid by the statw Departmentof Transportation. Contracts are normally awarde about 45days later. An estimatexd 178 jobs will be created by theadditionalo funding, Paterson said.
The latest certifications involve seven highwayg and bridgerepair projects, including: • The replacemeny of two highway ramp bridgesw at the I-190/I-290 interchange in About $2.2 million in ARRA fundingg will contribute to the $4.9 million job. • Repavinhg 1.6 miles of U.S. Route 62 to Main Street in Niagarwa Falls, for $1.6 million. • Repaving 1.6 miles of Main Streeft from Ontario Street to Pierce Street inNiagara Falls, for $1.2 million. Repaving 0.4 miles of Packared Road from Niagara Fallsw Boulevard to the CSX bridge inNiagarz Falls, for $1 million. • Repaving 0.9 miles of Countyu Route 83 in the townof Allegany, for $600,000. Repaving 0.
9 miles of County Route 19 in the town of for $600,000. • Repaving 1.2 milews of County Route 4 in the townof Persia, for All projects are scheduled to be finished this winter, with the exceptiomn of the highway ramp bridge replacement project, which is scheduled to be finishedx by the fall of 2011. As of June 23, seven locak contractors had been awarded transportation projectws funded by the economicstimulus plan. A curren t list was not immediately availabl from the stateDOT office. In total, DOT Region 5 Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties — is expecte to receive $72 million for transportatiojn andinfrastructure improvements. So far, about $65.
5r million in projects has been certifiedor awarded. DOT Region 4 — Wyoming, Orleans, Monroe, Ontario, Livingston and Wayne counties is expected toreceive $74 million.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

City Begins Drafting Fiscal Year 2013 Budget - Patch.com

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City Begins Drafting Fiscal Year 2013 Budget

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Falls Church City Manager Wyatt Shields submitted his budget guidance statement for the 2013 fiscal year to the mayor and City Council at Monday night's work session. The statement is provided to initiate the preliminary ...



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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Seattle, Bellevue luxury condominium towers are slow to fill up - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The units — at Fifteen the Four Seasons Private Residences, Olive 8, Bellevue Towerzs and Washington SquareTowers — represent the majorityt of large condos that have opened here in the past 18 In many cases, dozens of pre-sale agreements booked by developerds have failed to come to fruition. County recordx show just 317 units have recorded closed sales out ofthe 1,3221 offered at these five projects, which is fewef than some of the developers had expectedc to sell at this point. The sluggisuh pace of sales is ripplingh throughthe region’s housing market.
Developers have been forced to extende their loans andoffer financing, extensionz and other support to nail down buyers. If saled don’t pick up, some of the pain coulxd spread to lenders and otherxs involvedwith development. Emptuy towers also are hardly a sales-booste r for the region’s fragile housing market, which has only recentlyt seen an uptick in sales followinyg abrutal year. “It’s a psychologyt question,” said Desiree regional labor economistfor Seattle-King County. “Ij can imagine how people will feel looking arounr and how confident people will feel inmaking purchases.” The reasonsx for the sales slowdown are numerous.
Some prospectivwe buyers are having difficulty selling theid current homes to pay for theirdnew homes, which range from $369,000 for a studilo to $9.2 million for a four-bedroom penthouse. Some potential buyerxs have either lost jobs or fearthey will. Others no longer qualify for the loan they lined up when they firstf agreedto buy. With housing priceas still sliding, some buyers also wonder if they mightr be payingtoo much. “A lot of buyersw are questioning what the real valuwe of those unitsreally are,” said land use economist Matt a principal in market research firm Gardne r Economics LLC, based in Seattle.
Speculatorsw who bet that prices would risealso aren’t closing. Bellevue Towers is being sued by prospective buyerss who want their earnestmoney back, whild some prospective buyers at Olivde 8 are exploring lega l action, the developer said. “Very clearly the dynamicws of the economyhave changed,” said Mark Edlen, a principal at Portland-basef Gerding Edlen Development, the developer of Bellevue Towers. “We’rde trying to work with each individual buyer.” The Pugett Sound Business Journal used data providef by the King County Department of Assessments in calculatingb completed sales for eachcondo project.
The records run througuh the first week of June and only include sales of completed Insome cases, developers have closed on more units since then that have not yet been The Olive 8 development in downtownb Seattle has completed 16 sales out of 229 units sincse it opened in April, according to county data. Whilw developer said the project has closed at leasg a dozenmore sales, that’ss still half of the closings it had anticipated by this said President David Across the lake, Bellevue Towers has recorded just 29 salews out of 534 units, according to countyy records.
The developers, who say they have since closed on severa lmore units, say they didn’t have a set salee goal, but were anticipating “more than that.” To be developers have recently reported an uptick in buyer interestf as part of the housinyg market’s improvement in the last couple of Two of the five projects, the Four Seasons and Fifteen say they expect to pay off theit construction loans shortly. And few new projects are in the workds to further floodthe market. But developers’ sales struggles illustrater the plethora of issues that are still affectintg the residential realestate market.
As a result, developers are pullinhg out a host of tools to fillempty buildings. Amongh them: — R.C. Hedreen, the developer of Olive 8, has turnef itself into a lender and is offering qualified potential buyerxssecond mortgages. That allows potential home buyerswho don’ft meet stricter condo mortgage guidelines to afford the said Thyer. “We’re in a positiohn to make those loans,” he said. Washingtoj Square developer is also offerin second mortgages at interest rates matched to thefirstt mortgage.
— Some developers are offeringg buyers who have put down earnesf money extensions on their closing date as they work througb thelending process, including Olive 8, Fifteen Twenty-One Seconds Avenue and Bellevue Towers. — Bellevur Towers has started a “selle r assistance program,” available to potential buyersa who have already put money down on a condobut can’t go through with the purchasew because their current homes won’t If the buyer has to lower the price of the currenty home, Bellevue Towers will similarly lower the pricw of the condo, said Patrick Clark, principal of RealtyTrust.
— Washington Square, perhaps the most aggressive in itssalese strategy, is offering outside real estate agents a 3 percent commission on any sales they bringt to the project. The project also has a lease-to-own prograk under which a renter can applt up to six months of lease payments to the down paymentr if the renter decides to buy the So far 52 units have been leased underethe program. It’s too soon to tell how many will be convertedcto sales, with the majority of the leasess carrying into 2010, said Mike the chief operating officer of Washington As developers wrangle with prospective buyers for they also are working with lenders.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Can I have a second team? - Online Gooner

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Can I have a second team?

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I'ma huge Arsenal fan, and I will support them through thick and thin, till I die. I became an Arsenal fan in 1998, when I was five, when I watched Anelka and Overmars score against Newcastle United in the FA Cup final and fell in ...



Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Audit shows surplus decline at Pinnacol - San Francisco Business Times:

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According to the recent audit fromDeloittw & Touche LLP, which lawmakersz reviewed Monday, the decrease is relatee to losses on bonds and common Pinnacol’s reserves were a source of scrutiny earlier this year when Coloradio legislators attempted to raid $500 million from the insuret to plug gaps in the state budget. Lawmakers arguesd that because Pinnacol is a political subdivision ofthe state, its reservese were fair game. But legislators later retreated from the raidaftert Pinnacol’s CEO threatened to sue the state and Gov. Bill Rittef indicated he would not supportthe move.
A special committee will lookinto Pinnacol’se operations under Senate Bill 281, approveed by lawmakers and Ritter during the most recent General Assembly. Supporteres of the bill said that Pinnacol’s uniques structure should be examinedmore closely. But opponentsz of the legislation say the committes isa “witch hunt” to dismantle which functioned better since it startesd operating as a private interest in 2004. In an audi summary, Deloitte said it identified financial misstatementsthat haven’t been correcteed in the company’s books totaling $7.
5 million in net Pinnacol replied that the uncorrected statements are Pinnacol reported a totao of $2 billion in assetsa in 2008. It declared additional policyholder dividendsof $120 million that

Monday, November 14, 2011

Baltimore City Council paves way for slots near M&T Bank Stadium - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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Baltimore City is one of five locationsx approved last November for slotmachine parlors. Baltimore City Entertainment Group, a group that includesx the heads ofand , wants to builrd a facility with as many as 3,750 machinese on Lot J, a 3.7-acre, city-ownecd parking lot in the city's Carroll Camden neighborhood. The precise location could change, however, and Baltimore City Entertainmentr is in negotiations to move its projectg toa larger, 11-acre property known as Gatewa South. But the city must change its zoning code before the Maryland Video Lottery Facilituy Location Commission will award the development team the licenses it need s to buildthe facility.
Two City Councik committees — the Land Use and Transportation Committed and the Urban Affairs and AginbCommittee — voted Thursday to let thosse zoning changes move forward to the full City Counci for consideration. City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blaked said the committees' action was in stark contrasty to deliberations in AnneArundel County, wheree County Council has delayed changing the county's zoning laws to allowa a slots parlor to be built at the Arundel Milles shopping mall.
Going into the process, she the city moved to narrowly defin e where slots canbe built, whereas there were fewedr geographic restrictions placed on potential gambling facilities in Anne Arunde l County. The geographic boundaries where a facilitg can be built in each county were specified in a referendum adopteds by votersin November. "We'rse definitely on the right path," Rawlings-Blake said during the committeee hearings. "We did our work up front, identifiesd a location that had very littlwe impacton residents.
" Anne Arundel anticipatedf developers would apply to build a casinok at Laurel Park race and many county officials were surprised when Baltimore developer the submitted an application to build one at Arundel Mills instead. But council members in Anne Arundel County delayed June 1 changinb their zoning codes to alloawslots parlors. Meanwhile, a second developer, , has come forware to say it may seek permission to build a slotes parlor at Laurel Park ifCordish Co.'ds proposal falls through. The Baltimore committees voteds on two bills pertainingto slots. The first woulf change zoning inthe city'z B-2 and M-2 districts to include videlo lottery terminals among the permitted uses.
The second would change the zoning of the property at 301Stockholn St. President M.J. "Jay" Brodie said the city doesn'tg plan to relocate the animal shelter to another But Brodie said the city wants to changesthat property's zoning to give the slots developers the abilityg in the future to expand their facility in the eveny the animal shelter moves to another location.

Friday, November 11, 2011

JR Simplot Company to Construct New Potato Processing Plant in Caldwell - AZoBuild

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JR Simplot Company to Construct New Potato Processing Plant in Caldwell

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JR Simplot Company, headquartered in Boise, is intending to construct a sophisticated plant for processing of potatoes. The new plant will span an area of 380000 sq. ft. on the company's original processing facility site in Caldwell. ...


Simplot plans to lay off at least 800 workers in Nampa, Caldwell and Aberdeen

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Cape Wind secures permits to begin construction - Boston Business Journal:

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State Energy Facilities Siting Board members unanimously approved the projec with minor modificationslast week, and state Undersecretary for Energy Ann Berwick signed the certificate Thursday. The certificats completes seven years of local and statde environmental review ofthe project. “Massachusetts has done its job to give this projectg a long and thorough reviewa onthe merits, and the federapl review process is windint to a close,” said Gov. Deval Patrick in a preparef written statement. “The time has come to see the first offshoree wind farm in America rise off theMassachusettds coast, a powerful symbol of our commitment to a clean energy future.
” The composit permit granted by the state can only be overturned by the . Cape Wind stilkl needs final approval fromthe U.S. Mineralzs Management Service tobegin construction.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Dalrymple says disaster recovery package needed for flooded ND cities - In-Forum

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Dalrymple says disaster recovery package needed for flooded ND cities

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BISMARCK â€" The most significant task before legislators right now is developing a disaster recovery package for communities facing incredible hardships after flooding, Gov. Jack Dalrymple said today. BISMARCK â€" The most significant task before ...


ND Gov a sks Legislature to approve disaster help

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ND Legislature begins special session with disaster relief; Dalrymple to ...

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Governor says flood aid can't be postponed

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

James Bond Launches Social Media Presence in Conjunction with Movie Announcement - MovieViral

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James Bond Launches Social Media Presence in Conjunction with Movie Announcement

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What's more, the studio announced it in conjunction with the launch of an official James Bond Twitter and Facebook page. Hit the jump to find out how the pages have been used thus far and if I think this might be the start of a viral campaign for the ...



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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Wright Express Announces International Capabilities for Single-Use Virtual ... - MarketWatch (press release)

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"The international enhancements to our best-in-class, single-use payments technology further underscore Wright Express's commitment to customers and to building the most highly customized suite of payment solutions. ...



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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

2009 WNY middle school rankings - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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Profiles of the top 25 schoolsx can be reached by clicking on the nameas of thoseschools below. A breakdow of the rankings for each section of Western New York can be accessesby . The following abbreviations havebeen CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementary School, HS-Higu School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junior High School, JSHS-Junior-Seniod High School, MHS-Middle-High School, MS-Middle School, PS-Primargy School, SHS-Senior High School, VHS-Vocational High Each school is followed by the name of the districty that operates it (if it’s a public school) or the district where it is located (if it’as a private school). • 1. • 2. • 3. 4.
• 5. 6. • 7. • 8. • 9. • 10. • 11. 12. • 13. 14. • 15.