http://www.tl-edu.net/Georgetown-University-School-of-Medicine-Teaching-Knowledge-Ethics-and-Skills.html
The New Albany-based apparel merchant said Wednesdayg it willshut Ruehl’s 29 stores and direct-to-consumer operationxs and will be “substantially complete” with the effort by the end of next January. The decision comex a month afterAbercrombie (NYSE:ANF) took a deep strategicf look at the chain, which targets youngv adults with clothes and accessories. whose only Ohio store is at Easton Town generated a pretax operating lossof $58 million last The chain regularly was Abercrombie’s weakest sales performer at stores open at least a year. Ruehl’es same-store sales were off 33 percentin May. Abercrombiew earned $272.3 million on $3.
54 billion in revenure last year. “It has been a difficult decision toclos Ruehl, a brand we continue to believer could have been successful in different circumstances,” CEO Michael Jeffries said in a statement. given the current economic environment, we believe it is in the best interest of the company to focus its efforts and resourcese on the growth opportunities afforded by ourothe brands, particularly internationally.” The company didn’ t disclose the effects on the chain’sx work force, nor did it indicate the numbert of jobs tied to Ruehl. The reviee of Ruehl, which opened in cost the companyabout $51 million in impairmenft charges in its first quarter.
Abercrombir expects to book about $65 million in pretax chargesz through the rest of the fisca year as it winds down The company Wednesday also said it amended a credit agreement to excludssome Ruehl-related charges from requirementsa under its covenant with the lender and reduced its available credit to $350 million from $450 million. Jeffries said the compang is confident is has sufficientt cash on handbut “wr believe it is prudent to make these in light of the recession-battered retail environment and the one-time Ruehl In addition to the 29 Rueh l stores, Abercrombie runs 350 flagship stores and 733 otherws under the Abercrombie, Hollister Co. and Gilly Hickx nameplates.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Lil Wayne's Birthday Present: Download I Am Not A Human Being Album Online - Execte News
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Renovation projects to upgrade Civil Rights Museum, dilapidated Lorraine Motel - Memphis Business Journal:
http://www.i-amfaithweb.net/lords_prayer.htm
“It just takes a good bit of time and mone to keep up a facility that is well over 70yearas old, not just as a museum, but as a hotel,” executivew director Beverly Robertson says. Grinder , Inc., won the bidding for the firsy step of the final restoration The company is restoring the front of the Lorrainw Motel at the National Civil Rights including the original doors facing the historic balcony and thefacade framing, for “We made a conscioue decision to reduce our bid substantially to a level that wouldr ensure this important restoration work is says Henry Haizlip, vice president and part ownert at Grinder-Haizlip.
“The reduction in our bid is our way of supportinf the mission of the National Civil Right Museum while giving back to the The work, which starts in should take about two months. The project required historic approvak on the state andfederalk level, such as the , and requireds a steady hand, according to Robertson. “It was a very difficulrt project to replace the doors without sacrificinh the integrity ofthe framework,” she Keith Kays, owner of Keith Kays Architect, is the architecg on this portion of the project. He says this projectr involves more than just making sure paing matches and rusted columnzare replaced.
“The goal is to leave it in a conditionbwhere it’s fully repaired, keeping with what it was, and enablr it to be routinely maintainerd and cared for over the years,” Kays says. It was also a challenge to make sure that replaced items such as windows or light fixtures matched what was used when the Lorrainse Motel closed in 1968 after Martin Luthe rKing Jr. was “Rather than simply going to Home Deport andbuying doors, you have to buy soli d core doors with existing hardware,” Kays “Everything is being done to maintain the character and appearance.
” This requirefd research to get the right style of door, down to the hardware and room number Larry Harvey, facility manager at the National Civil Rightd Museum, has heard the complaints aboug the aging facility. “By far the most negatives comments we’ve heard is the fact that the doors look like the waythey do,” he says. “oI can appreciate that because if I was payinfgood money, I’d want everything to be too.
” The first phase of which cost $185,000, started in 2005 and included repairx for drainage problems, repairing the redoing the public restrooms and re-roofing the The second phase, which cost $350,000, involved repairing and repaintinhg woodwork on the Lorraine Motel, adding a seconrd exit to a converted meeting room and bringing exteriofr walls up to code. The third phase, which has yet to be completeluybid out, will eventually add exteriofr landscaping and improved irrigation, in additiom to the facade restoration.
Thesre phases are different from the renovation planned forthe museum’zs gallery space, expected to start in 8-10 That will include an updat of the museum’s technology and exhibits and should be a two-yeart process. However, the museum’s administration felt thes changes werenecessary first, according to Gwen Harmon, directodr of governmental and community affairs for the National Civikl Rights Museum. “We were looking at the outsid e part before we thought ofthe renovation,” Harmo n says.
“This was important because this is the firstt thing people see when they come tothe
“It just takes a good bit of time and mone to keep up a facility that is well over 70yearas old, not just as a museum, but as a hotel,” executivew director Beverly Robertson says. Grinder , Inc., won the bidding for the firsy step of the final restoration The company is restoring the front of the Lorrainw Motel at the National Civil Rights including the original doors facing the historic balcony and thefacade framing, for “We made a conscioue decision to reduce our bid substantially to a level that wouldr ensure this important restoration work is says Henry Haizlip, vice president and part ownert at Grinder-Haizlip.
“The reduction in our bid is our way of supportinf the mission of the National Civil Right Museum while giving back to the The work, which starts in should take about two months. The project required historic approvak on the state andfederalk level, such as the , and requireds a steady hand, according to Robertson. “It was a very difficulrt project to replace the doors without sacrificinh the integrity ofthe framework,” she Keith Kays, owner of Keith Kays Architect, is the architecg on this portion of the project. He says this projectr involves more than just making sure paing matches and rusted columnzare replaced.
“The goal is to leave it in a conditionbwhere it’s fully repaired, keeping with what it was, and enablr it to be routinely maintainerd and cared for over the years,” Kays says. It was also a challenge to make sure that replaced items such as windows or light fixtures matched what was used when the Lorrainse Motel closed in 1968 after Martin Luthe rKing Jr. was “Rather than simply going to Home Deport andbuying doors, you have to buy soli d core doors with existing hardware,” Kays “Everything is being done to maintain the character and appearance.
” This requirefd research to get the right style of door, down to the hardware and room number Larry Harvey, facility manager at the National Civil Rightd Museum, has heard the complaints aboug the aging facility. “By far the most negatives comments we’ve heard is the fact that the doors look like the waythey do,” he says. “oI can appreciate that because if I was payinfgood money, I’d want everything to be too.
” The first phase of which cost $185,000, started in 2005 and included repairx for drainage problems, repairing the redoing the public restrooms and re-roofing the The second phase, which cost $350,000, involved repairing and repaintinhg woodwork on the Lorraine Motel, adding a seconrd exit to a converted meeting room and bringing exteriofr walls up to code. The third phase, which has yet to be completeluybid out, will eventually add exteriofr landscaping and improved irrigation, in additiom to the facade restoration.
Thesre phases are different from the renovation planned forthe museum’zs gallery space, expected to start in 8-10 That will include an updat of the museum’s technology and exhibits and should be a two-yeart process. However, the museum’s administration felt thes changes werenecessary first, according to Gwen Harmon, directodr of governmental and community affairs for the National Civikl Rights Museum. “We were looking at the outsid e part before we thought ofthe renovation,” Harmo n says.
“This was important because this is the firstt thing people see when they come tothe
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Southwest adds pet fares, raises bag fees - Nashville Business Journal:
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Small cats and dogs can fly in the cabifor $75 each way. “These new programs and processees are just the startingg point with additional initiatives planned for latedrthis year,” Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said in a statement. “Igt is always our goal to be upfront with our customers and to set the righfcustomer expectations. Our changes today associatre a charge for items that are truly an extra All pets must fit in a carrier that goes under theairplane seat, which will count as the passenger’sw carry-on bag. Customers can begin purchasinv pet fares on June 1 for travel beginninvgJune 17.
Southwest also is increasing its service charge to check a third bag or an overweight bag that weighs 51 to 70 The fee will be raisedfrom $25 to $50 for customers travelinfg on or after June 17. Southwesft remains one of the only airlines that allowe the first two bagsfor free. “Th increase in the baggage charge impacts less than one percent of our Kelly says. Southwest will start charging $25 each way for unaccompanierd minors traveling alone betweeh the ages of 5and 11. The chargr applies to tickets purchasedJune 1. Unaccompanied minors may only travelp on nonstop ordirect flights, not on flightsz that change planes.
“This service charge will help us covere our added costs and still maintain ourcompetitive low-fare advantage,” Kelly says.
Small cats and dogs can fly in the cabifor $75 each way. “These new programs and processees are just the startingg point with additional initiatives planned for latedrthis year,” Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said in a statement. “Igt is always our goal to be upfront with our customers and to set the righfcustomer expectations. Our changes today associatre a charge for items that are truly an extra All pets must fit in a carrier that goes under theairplane seat, which will count as the passenger’sw carry-on bag. Customers can begin purchasinv pet fares on June 1 for travel beginninvgJune 17.
Southwest also is increasing its service charge to check a third bag or an overweight bag that weighs 51 to 70 The fee will be raisedfrom $25 to $50 for customers travelinfg on or after June 17. Southwesft remains one of the only airlines that allowe the first two bagsfor free. “Th increase in the baggage charge impacts less than one percent of our Kelly says. Southwest will start charging $25 each way for unaccompanierd minors traveling alone betweeh the ages of 5and 11. The chargr applies to tickets purchasedJune 1. Unaccompanied minors may only travelp on nonstop ordirect flights, not on flightsz that change planes.
“This service charge will help us covere our added costs and still maintain ourcompetitive low-fare advantage,” Kelly says.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Legislator wants Nixon to cut stimulus money for Kokam battery plant - Philadelphia Business Journal:
http://scottsspotlight.com/2008/09/28/chuck-loves-lost/
Kokam’s , to be dubbed Summitt Battery Park, would employ an estimated 900 peopl e with average annual salaries of Kokam President Don Nissanka has said he hopes to breakk ground before the end ofthe year, probablu at a site of more than 40 acres in the vicinit y of Kokam’s current 50,000-square-foot Lee’s Summit Nissanka was out of the country Monday and couldn’ t be reached for comment. Kokam, a startuo founded in October 2005, burst into the limelight this picked Kansas City for an assembly facility largely becauseof Kokam’ds proximity.
And with federalp stimulus dollars and stated moneyseeking advanced-battery-makers, a joint venture involving Kokam landed a commitment in April of nearlyt $145 million in incentivesa from Michigan to build a batter plant there that’s similar to the one planned locally. The grouo also applied for federalstimulus money. Schaefer, R-Columbia, sent a lettet to Nixon on Thursday proposing that financing be cutby $11.5r million combined for Kokam’s Lee’s Summit plan and another battery plant in Joplim to help preserve $31.2 milliobn in financing for the in Columbia, whicu Schaefer called the cornerstone of a $200 million hospita l project.
“Every indication that I’m getting is that (Nixon) intenda to veto the money for the Schaefer said, adding that Nixon’s veto probably would kill the entire $200 milliojn project. “Spending public funds on a cancer hospital owned by the citizens of Missouri is alwayse going to win out over giving public funds to a private companty for abattery plant,” Schaefer said. “Nobody has told me that the lowef amount wouldkill (Kokam’s Lee’s Summit) Nixon spokesman Scott Holste said the governorf will have an announcement about the budget bill before June 30, the end of Missouri’xs fiscal year.
Nixon and his stafv have been reviewing the budgetbill “line by line to determine what the statr can afford,” Holste said, and they want to keep central servicesw in place. Jim Devine, CEO of the l, said he thoughtf Schaefer’s proposal was “not as serious” a threat as the EDC firsty thought, “but you never know in politics.” The EDC issuedc a release Friday encouraging Nixon to keep theKoka plant’s financing fully in place.
Kokam’s , to be dubbed Summitt Battery Park, would employ an estimated 900 peopl e with average annual salaries of Kokam President Don Nissanka has said he hopes to breakk ground before the end ofthe year, probablu at a site of more than 40 acres in the vicinit y of Kokam’s current 50,000-square-foot Lee’s Summit Nissanka was out of the country Monday and couldn’ t be reached for comment. Kokam, a startuo founded in October 2005, burst into the limelight this picked Kansas City for an assembly facility largely becauseof Kokam’ds proximity.
And with federalp stimulus dollars and stated moneyseeking advanced-battery-makers, a joint venture involving Kokam landed a commitment in April of nearlyt $145 million in incentivesa from Michigan to build a batter plant there that’s similar to the one planned locally. The grouo also applied for federalstimulus money. Schaefer, R-Columbia, sent a lettet to Nixon on Thursday proposing that financing be cutby $11.5r million combined for Kokam’s Lee’s Summit plan and another battery plant in Joplim to help preserve $31.2 milliobn in financing for the in Columbia, whicu Schaefer called the cornerstone of a $200 million hospita l project.
“Every indication that I’m getting is that (Nixon) intenda to veto the money for the Schaefer said, adding that Nixon’s veto probably would kill the entire $200 milliojn project. “Spending public funds on a cancer hospital owned by the citizens of Missouri is alwayse going to win out over giving public funds to a private companty for abattery plant,” Schaefer said. “Nobody has told me that the lowef amount wouldkill (Kokam’s Lee’s Summit) Nixon spokesman Scott Holste said the governorf will have an announcement about the budget bill before June 30, the end of Missouri’xs fiscal year.
Nixon and his stafv have been reviewing the budgetbill “line by line to determine what the statr can afford,” Holste said, and they want to keep central servicesw in place. Jim Devine, CEO of the l, said he thoughtf Schaefer’s proposal was “not as serious” a threat as the EDC firsty thought, “but you never know in politics.” The EDC issuedc a release Friday encouraging Nixon to keep theKoka plant’s financing fully in place.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
SMF Energy announces $40M recapitalization - Washington Business Journal:
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The company (NASDAQ: FUEL) said in a news release that it estimates the recapitalization will reducerits short-term debt by $9.5 its total debt by $4.4 million and its cash requirements for interesg and dividends by more than $1 milliom a year. It said shareholders' equity has been increasedc by morethan $4 million as a SMF Energy said it extinguished all of its existing non-bano debt and outstanding preferred stocki through various agreements with dozens of existing debt and equityg investors, while converting its existing $25 million asset-based lending facility into a new, more favorable, $20 million asset-based lending facility and a $5 million, 60-monthn amortized term loan, the proceeds of which were used to pay down $4.
8678 million in secured notes and $125,000 in unsecurec notes. The company said it issued new stock to make up the balanced paid for the cancellation and extinguishment of theexistinf investors' debt and equith securities. Fort Lauderdale-based SMF Energy said in the release that the recapitalizationj took place with amended agreements withand . It said the only non-bankm debt incurred in the recapitalization was an unsecure d subordinated promissory noteof $800,000 at 5.5 percent interes t issued to an existing institutional investor in exchange for $800,00 0 of one of the Augusr 2007 11 percent senior secured convertibl e promissory notes.
The institutional investor alsoexchanged $200,000 of the same securee note for shares of commobn stock priced at 38 centw a share, which was greater than the closingv bid price of the stock on the day before the effectivw date. acted as SMF Energy’es placement agent for the recapitalizationn and received feesof $380,000, paid with a combination of cash and pursuant to a Feb. 1 investment banking SMF Energy supplies specialized transportation and distributiobn services for petroleum productsand chemicals. It providesx commercial mobile andbulk fueling, along with other services to the manufacturing, construction, energy, telecommunications and government servicezs sectors.
Formerly known as , as of Nov. 30, it conducte d operations through 31 service locations in 11 Shares closed down nearly 3 cents to about35 cents. The 52-weeok high was 71 cent on Aug. 28. The 52-week low was 10 centes on Feb. 20.
The company (NASDAQ: FUEL) said in a news release that it estimates the recapitalization will reducerits short-term debt by $9.5 its total debt by $4.4 million and its cash requirements for interesg and dividends by more than $1 milliom a year. It said shareholders' equity has been increasedc by morethan $4 million as a SMF Energy said it extinguished all of its existing non-bano debt and outstanding preferred stocki through various agreements with dozens of existing debt and equityg investors, while converting its existing $25 million asset-based lending facility into a new, more favorable, $20 million asset-based lending facility and a $5 million, 60-monthn amortized term loan, the proceeds of which were used to pay down $4.
8678 million in secured notes and $125,000 in unsecurec notes. The company said it issued new stock to make up the balanced paid for the cancellation and extinguishment of theexistinf investors' debt and equith securities. Fort Lauderdale-based SMF Energy said in the release that the recapitalizationj took place with amended agreements withand . It said the only non-bankm debt incurred in the recapitalization was an unsecure d subordinated promissory noteof $800,000 at 5.5 percent interes t issued to an existing institutional investor in exchange for $800,00 0 of one of the Augusr 2007 11 percent senior secured convertibl e promissory notes.
The institutional investor alsoexchanged $200,000 of the same securee note for shares of commobn stock priced at 38 centw a share, which was greater than the closingv bid price of the stock on the day before the effectivw date. acted as SMF Energy’es placement agent for the recapitalizationn and received feesof $380,000, paid with a combination of cash and pursuant to a Feb. 1 investment banking SMF Energy supplies specialized transportation and distributiobn services for petroleum productsand chemicals. It providesx commercial mobile andbulk fueling, along with other services to the manufacturing, construction, energy, telecommunications and government servicezs sectors.
Formerly known as , as of Nov. 30, it conducte d operations through 31 service locations in 11 Shares closed down nearly 3 cents to about35 cents. The 52-weeok high was 71 cent on Aug. 28. The 52-week low was 10 centes on Feb. 20.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Certified interpreter enjoys challenges, experiences that come with her job - The Newark Advocate
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Certified interpreter enjoys challenges, experiences that come with her job The Newark Advocate Jill Gillespie, of Newark, owner of Jill Gillespie Interpreters for the Deaf, volunteers her services to the Friend of Jesus ministry at James Street Center ... |
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