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Sunday, July 17, 2011
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Friday, July 15, 2011
Monsanto opens $6M water utilization center - Business First of Buffalo:
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The $6 million center was designedf for studying cropping systems compriseeof genetics, agronomic practices and biotech traits includinv water-use efficiency technologies such as drought-tolerant cropping systems. The center will help Monsanto advancre research to helpimprove farmers’ productivity in the Westernn Great Plains. More than 80 croppiny and irrigation demonstrations are featured atthe 155-acree farm and learning center. The center will be hardwire d to eventually conduct virtual toures of robotics and seed analyticw facilities in remote locations suchas Monsanto’s breedinbg facility in Ankeny, or the company’s Chesterfield, Mo., researcy facility.
Gothenburg Learning Center Lead Chandlef Mazour said Monsanto selected the site because of its locationh in the transition zone from dryland acres to irrigated acres on the westerj High Plains and that Monsanto need that diversity to determine how to use future technologies in adding valueto crops. Crevde Coeur, Mo.-based Monsanto Co. MON), led by Chairman, President and CEO Hugh develops insect- and herbicide-resistanty crops and other agricultural products. It is one of the largesg employersin St. Louis with 4,000 locall employees.
The $6 million center was designedf for studying cropping systems compriseeof genetics, agronomic practices and biotech traits includinv water-use efficiency technologies such as drought-tolerant cropping systems. The center will help Monsanto advancre research to helpimprove farmers’ productivity in the Westernn Great Plains. More than 80 croppiny and irrigation demonstrations are featured atthe 155-acree farm and learning center. The center will be hardwire d to eventually conduct virtual toures of robotics and seed analyticw facilities in remote locations suchas Monsanto’s breedinbg facility in Ankeny, or the company’s Chesterfield, Mo., researcy facility.
Gothenburg Learning Center Lead Chandlef Mazour said Monsanto selected the site because of its locationh in the transition zone from dryland acres to irrigated acres on the westerj High Plains and that Monsanto need that diversity to determine how to use future technologies in adding valueto crops. Crevde Coeur, Mo.-based Monsanto Co. MON), led by Chairman, President and CEO Hugh develops insect- and herbicide-resistanty crops and other agricultural products. It is one of the largesg employersin St. Louis with 4,000 locall employees.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Clarkson Construction is low bidder for U.S. 69 improvements - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Clarkson’s bid of $82.2 million is expected to be approvedc this week by the statetransportation engineer, spokesmah Stan Whitley said Tuesday. The bid was 9.7 percengt lower than the state’s estimatexd cost for the project, $91 The project’s two other bidders were of Chicago, which bid $85.2 million, and of Basehor, which bid $98.8 million. The bids were openesd May 20. The project will include reconstruction ofthe U.S. 69 interchangea with 95th and 103rd streets and the widening of the highwaty to three lanes in each directionh between 103rd andInterstate 35. It is expectedr to ease congestion on the locall stretchof U.S.
69, where trafficx volumes are projected to increasefrom 78,18p vehicles a day to 175,600 by 2040, according to a project fact sheet from the Kansas Department of Transportation. The project also will creatse orsustain 2,730 jobs and generate aboutr $225 million in economic output during the the fact sheet said.
Clarkson’s bid of $82.2 million is expected to be approvedc this week by the statetransportation engineer, spokesmah Stan Whitley said Tuesday. The bid was 9.7 percengt lower than the state’s estimatexd cost for the project, $91 The project’s two other bidders were of Chicago, which bid $85.2 million, and of Basehor, which bid $98.8 million. The bids were openesd May 20. The project will include reconstruction ofthe U.S. 69 interchangea with 95th and 103rd streets and the widening of the highwaty to three lanes in each directionh between 103rd andInterstate 35. It is expectedr to ease congestion on the locall stretchof U.S.
69, where trafficx volumes are projected to increasefrom 78,18p vehicles a day to 175,600 by 2040, according to a project fact sheet from the Kansas Department of Transportation. The project also will creatse orsustain 2,730 jobs and generate aboutr $225 million in economic output during the the fact sheet said.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Celtics president's star rises as team returns to championship status - Boston Business Journal:
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Such was the case for Rich Gothanm when he took a management position withthe , whicj emerged from its own recession last year afted a more than 20-year slump. If an organization can establishh strategies for success indifficultr times, “you can reallt raise the ceiling on things when the team is winning,” said who took the role of president with the Celtice in 2007. “You get battle-tested.” The Celticds were certainly tested. The team has won 17 but largely languished from the late 1990xto 2007. Last season — aftedr picking up sensations Kevin Garnett and RayAllenm — the team won the NBA championship against longtime rivalas the Los Angeles Lakers.
It was a fairy tale endiny to a drawn out chapter inthe team’s And it was particularly sweet for Gotham, who grew up in Milfordx a diehard basketball fan. The rise of the team on the cour t has breathed new life intothe Celtics’ off-court The team’s valuation jumped by 14 percent in 2008 to $447 milliohn on business magazine Forbes’ list of sporta franchises worth. For all the successe on the fabled parquet, much of the Celtics’ success storg took place behind the And as aresult Gotham’s star has steadily rise n with the team’s prospects.
Gotham joined the Celtica in 2003 as the executive vice presidenrtof sales, marketing and corporate development. It was his job to get fans in the seata and to secure sponsorships during a time when the team regularlyu struggled just to makethe playoffs. The idea was to creater an aggressive sales and marketing cultursthat wasn’t currently existing in the front office. Undetr Gotham the sales force has grownh to about 28 people todag from about four or five employees in Gotham said.
The sales team’s mission was to try and pack the TD Banknorth Garden every In the process it adopted sophisticate analytical tools for tracking ticket sales designer todetermine “who is the right buyer for the right night of the week for the righy opponent,” Gotham said. About 240 different ticket packagews were created to entice customers of all Lacking awinning record, the focu became more about providing an evening of entertainment. A dance team was Lucky the Leprechaun, the human version of the team’s was trotted out to dunk. (He also had a cubiclw along with other sales workers in the front office.
) And commercials attempted to capitalized on the personality of players. Gotham — who is tall and thin with a raspy Massachusettsaccent — was promoterd to chief operating officer in 2006. Less than a year lateer he was made president ofthe team. At 44, Gotham is a child of the Internet boom ofearlhy 1990s. He received a undergraduate degree in but rather than go back foran MBA, he trainedr within the fast-paced workplacde of online companies. He was a vice presidenft of sales atLycos Inc. and held a similart position after Lycos merged within 2000.
The job entailed 80-hour work weeks where people often joked about agingb inInternet years: each year in the industry mean you aged by five years. “I t was full of driven, type-A Gotham said. “You would go to work for 80 houraa week. You almost had no idea what was going onoutside (the company).” The connection to Lycos eventuallyg led to the After leaving Lycos, Gotham was being consideref as a possible CEO candidates for an investment Lexington-based venture capital firm was Bob Davis, the former CEO of is a general partner at Highland and recommended Gothaj to Wycliffe “Wyc” a former general partner at the firm that led the investmengt group that bought the Celtice in 2002.
“I had Rich over here at Highland incubating abusineszs idea. Along the way I introduced himto Wyc,” Davisw said. “Rich is not a backslapper, high-five, full-of-baloney kind of guy. He’ds the type of guy who can look you in the eye withouft a piece of paper signedand say, ‘I’m going to deliver the following for you,’ and you know it’s goingf to get done.” The jump from Internet sales to sports marketing wasn’t a “big leap,” Gotham said. The businessa concept was the same: aggregating an And Gotham said now that the team is doing well the digitapl end of the business is becominh an evengreater priority.
The team’s Web site averaged 2 million unique visitorsper month, and Gothanm envisions a day when games could be watched on an He already sees such a hankering amonb sports fans like his son. (Gotham has three childre n between the ages of 7and 12.) Every morning befored he eats his cereal, his son will watchb highlights from basketball games online. “He’s the NBA’xs dream fan,” Gotham said.
Such was the case for Rich Gothanm when he took a management position withthe , whicj emerged from its own recession last year afted a more than 20-year slump. If an organization can establishh strategies for success indifficultr times, “you can reallt raise the ceiling on things when the team is winning,” said who took the role of president with the Celtice in 2007. “You get battle-tested.” The Celticds were certainly tested. The team has won 17 but largely languished from the late 1990xto 2007. Last season — aftedr picking up sensations Kevin Garnett and RayAllenm — the team won the NBA championship against longtime rivalas the Los Angeles Lakers.
It was a fairy tale endiny to a drawn out chapter inthe team’s And it was particularly sweet for Gotham, who grew up in Milfordx a diehard basketball fan. The rise of the team on the cour t has breathed new life intothe Celtics’ off-court The team’s valuation jumped by 14 percent in 2008 to $447 milliohn on business magazine Forbes’ list of sporta franchises worth. For all the successe on the fabled parquet, much of the Celtics’ success storg took place behind the And as aresult Gotham’s star has steadily rise n with the team’s prospects.
Gotham joined the Celtica in 2003 as the executive vice presidenrtof sales, marketing and corporate development. It was his job to get fans in the seata and to secure sponsorships during a time when the team regularlyu struggled just to makethe playoffs. The idea was to creater an aggressive sales and marketing cultursthat wasn’t currently existing in the front office. Undetr Gotham the sales force has grownh to about 28 people todag from about four or five employees in Gotham said.
The sales team’s mission was to try and pack the TD Banknorth Garden every In the process it adopted sophisticate analytical tools for tracking ticket sales designer todetermine “who is the right buyer for the right night of the week for the righy opponent,” Gotham said. About 240 different ticket packagews were created to entice customers of all Lacking awinning record, the focu became more about providing an evening of entertainment. A dance team was Lucky the Leprechaun, the human version of the team’s was trotted out to dunk. (He also had a cubiclw along with other sales workers in the front office.
) And commercials attempted to capitalized on the personality of players. Gotham — who is tall and thin with a raspy Massachusettsaccent — was promoterd to chief operating officer in 2006. Less than a year lateer he was made president ofthe team. At 44, Gotham is a child of the Internet boom ofearlhy 1990s. He received a undergraduate degree in but rather than go back foran MBA, he trainedr within the fast-paced workplacde of online companies. He was a vice presidenft of sales atLycos Inc. and held a similart position after Lycos merged within 2000.
The job entailed 80-hour work weeks where people often joked about agingb inInternet years: each year in the industry mean you aged by five years. “I t was full of driven, type-A Gotham said. “You would go to work for 80 houraa week. You almost had no idea what was going onoutside (the company).” The connection to Lycos eventuallyg led to the After leaving Lycos, Gotham was being consideref as a possible CEO candidates for an investment Lexington-based venture capital firm was Bob Davis, the former CEO of is a general partner at Highland and recommended Gothaj to Wycliffe “Wyc” a former general partner at the firm that led the investmengt group that bought the Celtice in 2002.
“I had Rich over here at Highland incubating abusineszs idea. Along the way I introduced himto Wyc,” Davisw said. “Rich is not a backslapper, high-five, full-of-baloney kind of guy. He’ds the type of guy who can look you in the eye withouft a piece of paper signedand say, ‘I’m going to deliver the following for you,’ and you know it’s goingf to get done.” The jump from Internet sales to sports marketing wasn’t a “big leap,” Gotham said. The businessa concept was the same: aggregating an And Gotham said now that the team is doing well the digitapl end of the business is becominh an evengreater priority.
The team’s Web site averaged 2 million unique visitorsper month, and Gothanm envisions a day when games could be watched on an He already sees such a hankering amonb sports fans like his son. (Gotham has three childre n between the ages of 7and 12.) Every morning befored he eats his cereal, his son will watchb highlights from basketball games online. “He’s the NBA’xs dream fan,” Gotham said.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Death by keyboard: cursive writing instruction could be thing of past - FOX 8 News WVUE-TV
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DailyTech | Death by keyboard: cursive writing instruction could be thing of past FOX 8 News WVUE-TV State officials sent school leaders a memo April 25 telling them that instead of cursive writing, students will be expected to become proficient in keyboard use. The Times of Munster reports the memo says schools may continue to teach cursive as a ... Indiana drops handwriting from school curriculum No more cursive writing in schools? Death by Keyboard: Indiana School Officials Make Teaching Cursive Optional |
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Nation loses 524,000 jobs in December - Kansas City Business Journal:
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percent, up from 6.8 percenft the prior month and the first rate higher than 7 percenysince 1993, the said Friday. The nation lost 1.93 milliom jobs between August and The manufacturing sector had the bigges Decemberjob loss, at 149,000. For all of 2008, the sectof lost 791,000 jobs, an average of 66,000 a month. The natio n also lost 101,000 construction jobs in Decemberand 632,000 in all of 2008, the Bureauu of Labor Statistics said. Employment in the retai trade sector declined on a seasonallyadjustex basis, despite the holiday season.
The sector had 66,600 fewere jobs in December than in Novembefr andlost 522,300 jobs for the The only sectors to register increases betweenm November and December were health which picked up 31,600 jobs nationally; educational up 7,000 jobs; and government, which addecd a total of 7,000 jobs at the state and local levels. The nation’s unemployment rate in Decembe 2007was 4.9 percent. Scoty Paul, executive director of the , said in a released that a substantial investment in infrastructure andthe nation’a productive enterprises is the only way to “ensure that this recession doesn’t become a 21st-century Greay Depression.
” “Creating and preserving manufacturing jobs is essentialk to the recovery,” Paul “Manufacturing jobs support four or five othere jobs in America’s communities and ensure that locao and state governments have adequate fundingf for critical services.” Paul called on Congresss to quickly pass a stimulus package “thatr focuses on rebuilding America’s crumblingt infrastructure using American-made products” and soon thereafter “taks steps to reduce America’s tradre deficit, which stands at over $700 billion and drives wealtgh and jobs offshore.
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percent, up from 6.8 percenft the prior month and the first rate higher than 7 percenysince 1993, the said Friday. The nation lost 1.93 milliom jobs between August and The manufacturing sector had the bigges Decemberjob loss, at 149,000. For all of 2008, the sectof lost 791,000 jobs, an average of 66,000 a month. The natio n also lost 101,000 construction jobs in Decemberand 632,000 in all of 2008, the Bureauu of Labor Statistics said. Employment in the retai trade sector declined on a seasonallyadjustex basis, despite the holiday season.
The sector had 66,600 fewere jobs in December than in Novembefr andlost 522,300 jobs for the The only sectors to register increases betweenm November and December were health which picked up 31,600 jobs nationally; educational up 7,000 jobs; and government, which addecd a total of 7,000 jobs at the state and local levels. The nation’s unemployment rate in Decembe 2007was 4.9 percent. Scoty Paul, executive director of the , said in a released that a substantial investment in infrastructure andthe nation’a productive enterprises is the only way to “ensure that this recession doesn’t become a 21st-century Greay Depression.
” “Creating and preserving manufacturing jobs is essentialk to the recovery,” Paul “Manufacturing jobs support four or five othere jobs in America’s communities and ensure that locao and state governments have adequate fundingf for critical services.” Paul called on Congresss to quickly pass a stimulus package “thatr focuses on rebuilding America’s crumblingt infrastructure using American-made products” and soon thereafter “taks steps to reduce America’s tradre deficit, which stands at over $700 billion and drives wealtgh and jobs offshore.
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Sunday, July 3, 2011
Arctic Glacier to Issue Units to Satisfy Convertible Debenture Maturity - MarketWatch (press release)
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Arctic Glacier to Issue Units to Satisfy Convertible Debenture Maturity MarketWatch (press release) UN +1.16% ("the Fund") today announced that it has given notice to the holders (the "Debenture holders") of its 6.50% extendible convertible unsecured subordinated debentures (the "Debentures") that it will satisfy its obligations to repay the ... |
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