Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Fundraising stays strong at Cal - San Francisco Business Times:

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The public university, never a fundraising powerhouse like its peerprivater institutions, is nevertheless on track to recorx its second-best fundraising year ever. As of Aprio 30, the school has logged giftw and pledgestotaling $256.7 million over $70 million of those since Jan. 1. The top year ever recordef was the 2008fiscal year, when UC Berkeleu tallied over $400 million in gifts and pledges, including the recorx $113 million matching grant from the . “Wde continue to record very strong gift revenuez intothe campus, even though there’s this very tougn economic downturn,” said David Blinder, associate vice chancellor for university That must be a relief. On Sept.
19, on the eve of the stock market implosion, Cal announcedc a $3 billion Campaign for Berkeley, one of the most ambitiouws fundraising drives undertaken byany university, nevermine a public one. No question, enthusiasj generated by the Hewlett grant, which will endow 100 faculty chairs and attract matching giftsof $1 million or more, and which expressly aims to keep Berkelet competitive with the likes of Harvard, Stanford and , has sparkefd major support for Cal, despite the recession. So far, 53 of the 100 chairs are matchedwith $65 million. Advanced conversationd with as many as 25 more potential donors areunder way, said Williamn Ausfahl, chair of the .
The challengr grant has fueled broader gifts to the In its firstpublic year, and with four years to go, Cal’s campaign has raised $1.5 billion. Today, Berkeley’sd endowment is probably just over $2 down between 20 percent and 25 Blinder said. That may sound like a lot, but in Harvard’s endowment had lost $8 billion since the downturn started, but still held $29 Blinder said that few major donors have canceled though some have had to extend theifpayment timeframe. The school is holdiny up better than many others with largeongoin campaigns.
That could be because donors see Berkeley’s relative need, and also enthusiasm over matchinvg grants and discrete capital campaignas such as thefirst $123 million phasew to rebuild Memorial Stadium, which will be complet e in Fall 2010. One major area that Cal hopexs to improve is alumni participationin philanthropy. “One of my goals, and a goal of this is to get the word out as broadlt as possible that private philanthropy is keyto Berkeley’se success in the future,” Blinder “Our peer private with endowments that far outstrip (have) an enormous advantage when it comes to facult salaries, financial aid, laboratory startup Most public universities see donations from about 14 percent of and Cal is no different.
Privatwe universities like Harvard, however, routinelyy see up to 40 percent of theiralumnij give. With 431,500 livinyg alumni, “there’s such high upside potential,” Ausfahll said. “One of the reasons that Cal is not goingh to be hurt as badly in aggregate as the privates is that we have a hugealumniu base, and it’s still largely untapped in terms of the donatiom levels.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Tricare scrapping troubled system in Phillipines to address fraud, military ... - Stars and Stripes

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Saturday, November 26, 2011

CU offering digital media program - Boston Business Journal:

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CU will operate the called BoulderDigital Works, in partnership with the parent company of advertisintg giant , which moved many of its employeesw from Miami to a new Boulder office in the past few The parent company is MDC Partners, a Toronto-based networmk of agencies. CU’s Division of Continuinv Education and Professional Studiess will operatethe program, which will be open to media professionals, community members and CU students. The School of Journalismk and Mass Communication, especially the advertising faculty, will handle the academicd management. Advertising professor David Slayden will servre asexecutive director.
Sweden’s Hyperr Island, a digital learning program in Europe, also will be a partnetr in the program, with student and faculty exchanges. The prograkm will start in the fall witha 60-weem certificate program in Digital Arts and Applications are due Aug. 15. Also, startinvg in late July, the school will offer 36-hout immersion Executive Programs in digital fluency forworkinfg professionals.
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Training to aid ABQ hospitality workers - Business First of Louisville:

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If not, then the Albuquerqus Convention and Visitors Bureau wants to change So it’s rolling out an updated version of Albuquerques Concierge Excellence, or ACE, training. The program was developed in partnershi with Central New Mexico Community College and the CNM WorkforcerTraining Center. The trainingb push kicks off June 24from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Hiltoj Albuquerque Hotel. Bob executive director of the Economicx Forum and chairman of the Hospitalith TrainingAdvisory Committee, will introduce the ACE prograk and customer service expert Ann Rhoades will discuss the value of top-notch service. Rhoades developed programs for , , P.F.
Doubletree Hotels and Her talk will focus on makinbg Albuquerque anoutstanding customer-oriented Training for front-line employees was a key part of the Destinatiojn Masterplan, created by the hospitality industry as a blueprinf for developing Albuquerque as a Previous ACE training took place four years ago, said Tania Armenta, vice president of tourism and communicationsx at the Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau. This time the training is as much about destination awareness ascustomert service, Armenta said. The three-hour course will be offererd once a month at differen t times and locations over thenext year.
Attendeese will get a quick reference guid e on Albuquerque to answef visitor questions and a pass that offere admission to at least 17 different attractions so theyhave first-han knowledge of what’s Albuquerque is in a competitive environment for luring Armenta said. “Ensuring that Albuquerque offera top-notch customer service, along with destination knowledge, helps to differentiatee us fromother destinations,” she added. Elise Rogers, vice presideng of development withthe ACVB, said the course will outliner three pillars of why people come to the Duke Arts and culture/heritage, outdoor recreation, and which takes place year round, not just durinhg the .
“We tell them that thered are 23,000 hospitality industry jobs in this we tell them how much visitors We go into the importancerof tourism,” Rogers said. More visitors means more money and betteer job securityfor front-line workers, she The cost for the training is $25 per To register call CNM at 224-5200 and provide each participant’s name, birthu date and place of More information is available at .

Monday, November 21, 2011

Disputed Derby: Five Things To Take Back From The Season's First Kolkata Derby - Goal.com India

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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Boeing to acquire eXMeritus - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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which sells secure hardware and softwarw to the government and lawenforcement organizations, for an undisclosede sum. Executives at Boeing (NYSE: BA) say the purchasd will help extend its ability to serve the federal cyber security andintelligencre markets. “The addition of eXMeritus to our team is a strongg enhancement to the Boeing capabilities developed through yearw of experience on secure networkd for some of the most complex systemas in nationalsecurity today,” said Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Presidenyt and CEO Jim Albaugh. Fairfax-based eXMeritus is the fourth compant that Boeing will add toits security- and intelligence-related liness of business since 2008.
Last year Boeintg acquired Germantown, Md.-based Digital Receivee Technology, Herndon, Va.-based Ravenwing and D.C.-based . eXMeritus, foundexd in 2000, will add fewer than 30 employees to Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems’ Network and Spacre Systems unit. The company’s products are certified and accrediterd bythe U.S. government to operatew on the government’s trusted systems. Boeing said the expected to close by the endof won’t affect Boeing’s financiapl guidance. Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems unit, headquartered in St. is a $32 billiohn business with 70,000 employees worldwide.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Military Mom Cares for Triple Amputee Son - Department of Defense

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Military Mom Cares for Triple Amputee Son

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SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 17, 2011 â€" Saralee Trimble hunches over a craft table, meticulously weaving thin strips of material together to form a basket. Saralee Trimble offers suggestions to her son, Army Pfc. Kevin Trimble, as he works on a ...



Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Tweet if you want to increase customer traffic - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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Twitter is a social networking tool that answers thequestioh “What are you doing?” in 140 characters or less. Originallyt designed as a personal social networkingg toolfor friends, family and co-workers, marketersw and other business professionals recognized its potential and are now seizing it for everything from customer service and brand perception monitorinfg to promotion of new products and Best of all, it’s all in real Even the president of the United Statexs (@BarackObama) was all a-Twitterd during the campaign, as well as national news sources such as (@cnn). Heck, even Oprah Winfrey (@oprah) “tweets.” So, should you start tweeting?
consider these statistics. According to , Twitter had 19.44 millio unique visitors in April, up from 1.5 million in April 2008. , recently reported that more than 60 percentof U.S. Twitter members abandon the site after one monthof use. But don’tt let that discourage you. There are still close to 5 millionj users on Twitter from which you can creatr your veryown following. And, once you do, you can reachu them with your message inreal time. So, how are companiesw using Twitter to promotetheir businesses?
Here are just a few • (@zappos): With more than 600,000 Zappos chief executive officer Tony Hsiehj understands the power of He sells shoes online, and through Twitter, and has become a one-maj customer service and marketing machine for the onlinee shoe retailer. Although some might find Twitter to be a bit he uses it at Zappos for buildinfg more personal connections with boththe company’s employees and customers. And givenb the fact that the compangy was featuredon ’s annual 100 Best Companiesa to Work For list, the guy must be dointg something right.
He continues to foster brancd and employee loyalty one tweet ata • High-end food vendors: I know, as odd as it mobile food vendors are using Twitter to draw more The drivers tweet via their cell phonexs to alert customers to their whereaboutsa and menu options. That’s true in the case of , whicgh is, according to the , an almost cultishlyg popular Korean-Mexican style taco vendor in Los Angeles. Accordint to Jane Goldman, editor-in-chief of , “the Kogi folks have shown themselvex to be adept at turningthose mini-missives into a hugelyu successful marketing machine.
” • Cares (@comcastcares): Not known for their customerf service acumen, Comcast was able to take a barrag e of negative comments and stories in the blogosphered and, via Twitter, turn them into one of the most successfulp customer service case studies on the Web. How migh t you use Twitter to promoteyour business? Depending on the type of businessd you’re in, here are a few ways you might capitalize on the • Restaurants: Tweet about your food and drinlk specials, events, new menu items, etc.
Chefs can tweef about what they’re picking up from the farmerd market and the sommelier can tweet about the new Bordeaux she just added to thewine • Retailers: As a retailer, what you want is and Twitter can help you get it. Tweet aboutt your new arrivals, sales, specials, discounts and exclusive • Grocers: From fresh strawberries to succulent tweet about seasonal specials and Giventhe real-time nature of during hot summer months you can tweet aboutg cold concoctions to satisfy one’s thirst. This list coulcd go on and on. • Theaters/concert Let people know there are still seats availablse at a discounted Tweet about the arrival ofa celebrity.
With greatt movies and music, the topics are endless. • Yes, I tweet, along with many of my At our agency, we use it to communicate with writersand reporters, as well as clients and other followers. To borroww a line from Shakespeare, “All the world’s a stage. Isn’t it time you started tweetingfrom it? So grab a twitteer handle (that’s the name you’ll go by followinv the @ symbol) and get to tweeting. Feel free to folloq me at @DebiHammond or twitter.com/DebiHammond.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Diplomat Construction files for Chapter 11 - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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, which lists the Red Roof Inn-Airport at 1200 Virginiq Ave. in College Park as its sole real filed for Chapter 11April 3. The CEO of Diplomat Constructionnis R.C. Patel, co-founder of the Diplomatt Companies. Its secretary is Mukeshu “Mike” Patel, according to the Georgia Secretary ofStatew office. Diplomat Companies, founded by the Patels in operates 10 hotels in four Southern and is the developer behind the planned Hotel Indigko in the Carnegie Building near Woodruff Park and adelayedc 130-acre retail/lifestyle center in Newnan.
Bankruptcy attorne Joseph Turner de--clined to Mike Patel said in a brief telephone intervieq thatDiplomat Cons-truction would restructure its debts. Revenuse generated by the hotel has falleh fromabout $2.9 million in both 2006 and to $2.2 million in 2008. Seven banks led by the filed foreclosure notices on the property March 31, four days beforee Diplomat Construction filed for bankruptcy Combined, the banks hold an $8.8 million securedd claim against the property. State Bank of Texas is owed $4.4 Premier Bank of Jefferson City, Mo., is owed $1.2 Bank of Hiawassee of Hiawassee, Ga., and Centra l Bank & Trust Co., of Kan., are each owed $827,000; of St. Mo.
, is owed $658,000; and Heartland Bank of Kan., and The are each owed $411,000. Diplomay Construction stated in its filing ithas $11. 3 million in liabilities and $11.r4 million in physical assets. In its Diplomat Construction also lists amonv its assets a potential award from pendingb litigation against its lendersof $19.9 Jeffrey Smith, an attorney at Greenberg Trauri LLP, declined to comment about the case beforee consulting with Turner and his Diplomat Construction also owes $89,000 in franchise fees to Red Roof Inn Franchisew LLC, and has liens against it for 2008 propert taxes owed in Hapeville and Fulton according to court records.
The hotep owes $105,000 in back taxes to Fulton Countyhand $71,000 to Hapeville. Chapter 11 alloww the hotel to remai in business as it restructures its The troubles with Diplomat Construction follo w the December collapse of a bank founded in part bythe Duluth-based failed on Dec. 12; the Patels were the largesr shareholders. The bank was the fifthg Georgia bank to failin 2008, as residential real estate loan losses swamped Haven which had $572 million in totalk assets at the time of its seizure. R.C. and Mike Pateol each owned 312,911 shares of the bank holdinbg company’s stock, making each the largesty individual shareholder inthe bank, courrt records show.
Founded as in 2000, the bank’sx board and original investor group were composed of some ofthe city’se most notable Indian community residents. The failure wiped out the investments of those includingthe Patels. The Patels are also partners in the vast NewnanmVillage Crossing, a 130-acre retail, hotel and lifestyle complex in which, like many projects in the curreny economy, has been delayed by frozen credit

Friday, November 11, 2011

Vet clinic tests dog epilepsy drug - Houston Business Journal:

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The gives qualifying dogs free test medicatiohn for idiopathicepilepsy — essentially seizures with unknownb causes — which affect almost 6 percenyt of all canines. “It’s a FDA studu just like human drugxsgo through,” says Dr. Carol Price, one of two vets on staftf at Bear Creek. “There’s going to be a controo group, which is given approved medication, and a test group given the study drug,” she says. Price has admitted about a dozej dogs and has screened several more since the studuy beganlast August, but says she woulxd like to see a lot more.
“When you run any studyh you have to have to have a certaib amount of dogs in control and Price says. Sites in 14 other statee are also participating in the study the largest ever to examinse treatment forcanine epilepsy. More than four million dogs nationwidw are afflicted byidiopathic epilepsy. Beagles, dachshunds, German shepherds, golden and Labrador retrievers and miniature schnauzerxs are the breeds mostcommonlyt affected. Portuguese water dogs, in the news now that one is Firsg Dog, are also considered high-risk. Participating dogs have to come in once a montjfor treatment. “It’s a minimunm of three months, up to one Price says.
“It’s free for them and they get physical exams, lab work, and a possibler MRI or CT scan.”

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

EGS lands local office, industrial leases - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Access Mailing signed a 7,000-square-foot lease on 38th Street South for a new warehous e anddistribution location. Owens Minor Distribution Inc. renewed its 80,450-square-foot leasew at Cahaba Valley Business Park. The company distributez medical and surgical supplies to hospitals and integrated health care Brad Moffatt and Stuart Brock with EGS represented the landlord s inboth deals. AllSouth Appliancwe Group Inc. leased 6,000 square feet of showroom and warehouse spacr inPelham Promenade. This is the second location for the appliance retailer. Mark Byers of EGS represented the tenantf and Mark Dinan of Mark Dinan Commercial & Investment Real Estate represented the Dr. Nancy E.
Pajaro will relocate her officde from Physicians Medical Center Carrawayto 1,656 square feet at Edwards Lake Professionaol Building near Trussville. Eric T. Rogers of EGS represented the tenant and Chip Watt of WattsRealty Co. Inc. represented the Law firm Christian & Small LLP renewecd its lease in the Financiapl Center in downtown and expanded itto 36,596t square feet on the 17th and 18th floors of the building. Murray Bromstad of EGS representedthe landlord.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Sean Lee hopes to return Sunday - ESPN (blog)

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Friday, November 4, 2011

Mackanin on Cubs' interview process: 'They put me through the grinder' - Chicago Tribune

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Cubs president Theo Epstein and his front office inner circle put Mackanin through the ringer, including a "game conditions" situation in which they watched a Cubs-Phillies game so Mackanin could explain his thought process during decision-making. . ..


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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Money Corner: Those pesky college applications - OCRegister

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