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has announced “Epic Summer,” a first-timee offering of guided grouo tours aimed at getting people to visit the popular wintetr destinations during the typically slowersummer season. And officials from Colorado’s Eastern Plains were in Denver recentlypromoting “Our Journey,” a package offering 13 free museum tourds and free prizes for visitors who hit a majority of The efforts, in combination with the Coloradol Tourism Office’s new push for culturak heritage tours in outlying areas of the mark the most substantial efforts in memory to nudgew Denverite vacationers to neighboring counties.
“Whaf we are hearing is that this is going to be a summetrof ‘back to the basics, let’sx put the kids in the statiob wagon and drive,’” Vail Resorts Chairmann and CEO Rob Katz said. “Peoples forget Colorado has so much to The VailResorts “Epic Summer” package is aimed at multi-generational family trips of people wanting to see the Rockyy Mountains in a more in-depth way. While interestf has been high among out-of-staters so far, a number of inquiriesd also have come from Colorad familieswho haven’t really takeh the time to explore the Katz said.
The all-inclusive packages, which begijn at $199 per person per include stays at a VailResorts property, meals and guidedr trips to destinations both on and off resortg properties. Those include whitewater rafting adventures, horseback rides on Beaver Creek Mountainand gold-mine with time for optionak activities such as bicycling. “Our a collaboration of museum directors in four centralo EasternPlains counties, is being offered for the fourthy straight year.
But backers are putting more effort intopromoting it, are givingb two books about the area to anyones who visits seven of the museums and have packaged the trip with a CD of 24 songse that participants can listen to whilew driving between stops. The stops range from largeer facilities like the Elbert Counth Museum that includes a new fossil exhibit to smaller spacesw likeGrampa Jerry’s Clown Museum in Arriba, displaying one man’sz collection of artifacts featuring the circuzs performers. Families on the move could see all 13 of the sitex inone weekend, said Daniellre Dascalos, a publicist for the effort. “We’re not as much a destinatiob spot, ...
so it’s truly an alternative to maximize thingws you can do in themetro area,” said Carol Beam, a volunteer with the Elbert County Museum. “In a time when the economy’xs tight, this may be our summer to shine.” To learn about Vail “Epic Summer,” . For informationh on “Our Journey” or to order a booklet and song CD, .
Monday, January 31, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
N.C. foreclosure filings drop - San Antonio Business Journal:
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North Carolina ranked 36th in the natiob for foreclosure filings last Foreclosure filings in the state fellnearly 16.1 percent in May from Across the country, foreclosure filings rose 18 percen in May from a year ago. Thered were 321,480 foreclosure filings nationwide, whicu affected one in everyu 398 U.S. households. Nevada, Californiza and Florida posted the top foreclosuree rateslast month. Filings nationwide fell 6 percent in Mayfrom Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac tracks default notices, auction-salwe notices and bank repossessions. Its figures exceed thoswe compiled bythe N.C.
Commissioner of The company counts everyforeclosure filing, includin g multiple filings for a single The commissioner counts each household only once, regardleszs of the number of filings it
North Carolina ranked 36th in the natiob for foreclosure filings last Foreclosure filings in the state fellnearly 16.1 percent in May from Across the country, foreclosure filings rose 18 percen in May from a year ago. Thered were 321,480 foreclosure filings nationwide, whicu affected one in everyu 398 U.S. households. Nevada, Californiza and Florida posted the top foreclosuree rateslast month. Filings nationwide fell 6 percent in Mayfrom Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac tracks default notices, auction-salwe notices and bank repossessions. Its figures exceed thoswe compiled bythe N.C.
Commissioner of The company counts everyforeclosure filing, includin g multiple filings for a single The commissioner counts each household only once, regardleszs of the number of filings it
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Sen. Harry Reid Says Earmarks Will Return, Despite Obama's State of the Union Vow - ABC News
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Sen. Harry Reid Says Earmarks Will Return, Despite Obama's State of the Union Vow ABC News Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told ABC News that earmarks will return to Capitol Hill despite President Obama's vow ... |
Monday, January 24, 2011
Lopez Negrete gets taste of Dr Pepper, Kraft accounts - Houston Business Journal:
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The Houston-based agency recently secured Snapplre Group and Kraft Singlesas clients, and has starting creatinh 2009 campaigns for the brands. The involved parties would not disclose the valuw ofthe contracts. Plano-based Dr Pepper and Ill.-based Kraft join a roster of national brands already representedby Lópe Negrete Communications, including Bank of America, Wal-Marft Stores Inc., Microsoft Corp., Shell Oil Co. and Miller Brewing Co. For Kraft López Negrete Communications was named the Hispanicv agencyof record, and duties will include creatin content for mass media and interactive.
Agency head Alex Lópezs Negrete says the creative work for Kraf is alreadyunder development, with the first ideazs set to go public in July. “Thizs is our first client withimn theKraft family, and we are very excited,” Lópes Negrete says. “It’s also refreshing to have a client that is so Basil Maglaris, a spokesman for , declined to commenr until the campaign was under way. for the Dr Pepper Snapple Group account, Lópezs Negrete says his agency has beengivem “tremendous creative freedom.
” “The campaignj we are doing for Dr Pepper, is actually the idea we pitched to them during the and that doesn’t happen in the businesw very often — that is very cool,” he López Negrete Communications is handling creativee assignments for Dr Pepper and 7UP on a national and will handle regional advertising for Squirt. The agench will also be doing some workwith Sunkist. Monicza Morales, Dr Pepper brand manager for theHispanicx market, and René Sánchez, associate brand manager for 7UP, say the campaign are designed to build consumedr engagement.
Morales says “Vida23” is targeting Latino youths ages 18 to 24 who are both biculturaoand bilingual. A Web site has been createrd that incorporateswhat López Negrete says are the passions of today’s young Latinos. “They enjoyy music, hanging out, the idea of fame or lookingg at fame, their car and, not to our their family,” he says. Television and radio spots will kick off the DrPepped campaign, which features a song called “Lw La La Life/Vida23.” The Web site alloww users to remix their own version of the song as well as view the musivc video and download ringtones.
Spanish-language televisionn ads will airin Dallas, Los Angeles, San Antoni o and Sacramento, Calif., while radio spotd will air in thosre same markets as well as Houston, Chicago, Phoenix, Fresno, El Paso and Austin. As part of the campaign, Lópe z Negrete Communications hascreated “Club23” — a travelinyg portable club where consumers can play games, dance and get noticed by the “Pepperatzzi.” Otherr campaign efforts include “VidaVans” that travel to retailers: “Tu a chance to win a new car; and “Familia23,” a chancr to win a family reunion.
Meanwhile, Lópeaz Negrete Communications is putting a more wholesome spin on a new campaigjnfor 7UP, but using some of the same creative tactics as Dr Sanchez says the “Sevenisima” campaign will target Hispanix mothers. He says the creative work includes celebratingba “natural way of life” and the things mothers do with their families. The 7UP campaign will also incorporatwe an online component as well as televisiom andradio spots.
Other efforts are being tied in as includinga “Seven Dias de Sevenisima” contest, where winnersd receive seven days of family-oriented prized such as home cleaning, shoppingy sprees and family Like with Dr Pepper, López Negreted Communications has centered the 7UP campaigm on music. The theme “Sevenisima,” will be sung by Deniser Gonzalez, who will also serve as the television spokeswomam for commercials that will be shown exclusively on Gonzalez will also be featureed on the Web site and makepublic appearances.
The Houston-based agency recently secured Snapplre Group and Kraft Singlesas clients, and has starting creatinh 2009 campaigns for the brands. The involved parties would not disclose the valuw ofthe contracts. Plano-based Dr Pepper and Ill.-based Kraft join a roster of national brands already representedby Lópe Negrete Communications, including Bank of America, Wal-Marft Stores Inc., Microsoft Corp., Shell Oil Co. and Miller Brewing Co. For Kraft López Negrete Communications was named the Hispanicv agencyof record, and duties will include creatin content for mass media and interactive.
Agency head Alex Lópezs Negrete says the creative work for Kraf is alreadyunder development, with the first ideazs set to go public in July. “Thizs is our first client withimn theKraft family, and we are very excited,” Lópes Negrete says. “It’s also refreshing to have a client that is so Basil Maglaris, a spokesman for , declined to commenr until the campaign was under way. for the Dr Pepper Snapple Group account, Lópezs Negrete says his agency has beengivem “tremendous creative freedom.
” “The campaignj we are doing for Dr Pepper, is actually the idea we pitched to them during the and that doesn’t happen in the businesw very often — that is very cool,” he López Negrete Communications is handling creativee assignments for Dr Pepper and 7UP on a national and will handle regional advertising for Squirt. The agench will also be doing some workwith Sunkist. Monicza Morales, Dr Pepper brand manager for theHispanicx market, and René Sánchez, associate brand manager for 7UP, say the campaign are designed to build consumedr engagement.
Morales says “Vida23” is targeting Latino youths ages 18 to 24 who are both biculturaoand bilingual. A Web site has been createrd that incorporateswhat López Negrete says are the passions of today’s young Latinos. “They enjoyy music, hanging out, the idea of fame or lookingg at fame, their car and, not to our their family,” he says. Television and radio spots will kick off the DrPepped campaign, which features a song called “Lw La La Life/Vida23.” The Web site alloww users to remix their own version of the song as well as view the musivc video and download ringtones.
Spanish-language televisionn ads will airin Dallas, Los Angeles, San Antoni o and Sacramento, Calif., while radio spotd will air in thosre same markets as well as Houston, Chicago, Phoenix, Fresno, El Paso and Austin. As part of the campaign, Lópe z Negrete Communications hascreated “Club23” — a travelinyg portable club where consumers can play games, dance and get noticed by the “Pepperatzzi.” Otherr campaign efforts include “VidaVans” that travel to retailers: “Tu a chance to win a new car; and “Familia23,” a chancr to win a family reunion.
Meanwhile, Lópeaz Negrete Communications is putting a more wholesome spin on a new campaigjnfor 7UP, but using some of the same creative tactics as Dr Sanchez says the “Sevenisima” campaign will target Hispanix mothers. He says the creative work includes celebratingba “natural way of life” and the things mothers do with their families. The 7UP campaign will also incorporatwe an online component as well as televisiom andradio spots.
Other efforts are being tied in as includinga “Seven Dias de Sevenisima” contest, where winnersd receive seven days of family-oriented prized such as home cleaning, shoppingy sprees and family Like with Dr Pepper, López Negreted Communications has centered the 7UP campaigm on music. The theme “Sevenisima,” will be sung by Deniser Gonzalez, who will also serve as the television spokeswomam for commercials that will be shown exclusively on Gonzalez will also be featureed on the Web site and makepublic appearances.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Raleigh retail market still expected to keep up pace - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Consider that statement in these terms: That's the equivalent of sevehn new Crabtree Valley Malls being builrtsince 2002. The numbers do includes two enclosed malls, Triangled Town Center and The Streets at but those centers represent onlyabouy one-third of the total square footage added to the market. That'ss a retail sector growth rateof 31%. And such growtn will continue, according to a report issued by for its annualk RetailTrends forecast. Marcus & Millichap, a real estatde investment firm, projects the Triangl will rank amongthe nation'x fastest-growing, second-tier retail markets over the next five years, along with Modesto, Calif., Charleston, Sarasota, Fla.
, and Pa. The fastest growing top-tier markets -- with tieres based on size -- are New York Fort Lauderdale, Phoenix, Oakland and Seattle. The reporty was released during the International Counci ofShopping Center's annual conference in Las Vegas on May 21. Marlend Spritzer, president of Properties in Durham and a specialisgt inretail leasing, says the Triangle has been sparesd the brunt of the slowdown in the housingh market that's plaguing much of the country, so the area'sx population is still growing. "Because of that, we are still on top in employment growth andhouseholr growth," she says. And, housing growthn drives retail growth.
"It tends to follow the says Rob Hicks, development managedr for WeingartenRealty Investors' Triangled office.
Consider that statement in these terms: That's the equivalent of sevehn new Crabtree Valley Malls being builrtsince 2002. The numbers do includes two enclosed malls, Triangled Town Center and The Streets at but those centers represent onlyabouy one-third of the total square footage added to the market. That'ss a retail sector growth rateof 31%. And such growtn will continue, according to a report issued by for its annualk RetailTrends forecast. Marcus & Millichap, a real estatde investment firm, projects the Triangl will rank amongthe nation'x fastest-growing, second-tier retail markets over the next five years, along with Modesto, Calif., Charleston, Sarasota, Fla.
, and Pa. The fastest growing top-tier markets -- with tieres based on size -- are New York Fort Lauderdale, Phoenix, Oakland and Seattle. The reporty was released during the International Counci ofShopping Center's annual conference in Las Vegas on May 21. Marlend Spritzer, president of Properties in Durham and a specialisgt inretail leasing, says the Triangle has been sparesd the brunt of the slowdown in the housingh market that's plaguing much of the country, so the area'sx population is still growing. "Because of that, we are still on top in employment growth andhouseholr growth," she says. And, housing growthn drives retail growth.
"It tends to follow the says Rob Hicks, development managedr for WeingartenRealty Investors' Triangled office.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Former APG business park developer Opus East to liquidate under Ch. 7 - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Unable to refinance millions of dollardin debts, the company plans to liquidat its portfolio of commercial properties throughout the It was unclear how much Opus East expects to fetchj for its properties. Parent companyt , of Minneapolis, made the announcement in a news releas e and said another ofits subsidiaries, Ariz.-based Opus West, expects to seek Chapter 11 protectionn in July. In its bankruptcy filing, the companty listed assets ofbetween $50 million and $100 million and liabilitiesz of between $100 million and $500 million.
“Declining real estate values and tight credit markets continue to impede the refinancing of assetsz and restructuring oflending agreements,” Mark CEO of Opus Corp., said in a statement. In additiohn to general market conditions, the companyg cited $35 million in unpaid wageds from the federal for a project it was developinb in College Park forthe , company spokeswomajn Winston Hewett said in a telephone interview. The companyy had ceased building speculative office buildings more than ayear ago, and it trimmedd its workforce from about 100 employees last year to abourt 16 employees as of June 15. The company did not includd all of its subsidiaries inthe filing.
It for example, Maryland Enterprise LLC, which was developinb the propertyfor NOAA, and Nursery Corne r LLC, which built a 160,000-square-foot office building in Linthicum Heightw for defense contractor Opus East has developedd more than 13.3 million square feet of spacde since 1994. Opus West has developed more than 52.7 millionn square feet since 1979. These bankruptcies come on the heels of the April 22 bankruptcy of OpusSouth Corp., an Opus affiliates based in Atlanta. Opus has said it plans to wind down its operationsw in that part of the countrtyas well. Opus has said it plans to continuse to run its remaining operating OpusNorth Corp.
, basedr in Chicago, and Opus based in Minnetonka. Those unitsa are actively pursuing projects. They also have been less affected bythe recession, due to their mix of projectg types, healthy balance sheets and stronged markets, according to Opus' press release. Opus said its developmentg activity has fallen tojust 4.8 millionb square feet in 2009, down from 34 million square feet in 2007 and 35 milliohn square feet in 2008.
Unable to refinance millions of dollardin debts, the company plans to liquidat its portfolio of commercial properties throughout the It was unclear how much Opus East expects to fetchj for its properties. Parent companyt , of Minneapolis, made the announcement in a news releas e and said another ofits subsidiaries, Ariz.-based Opus West, expects to seek Chapter 11 protectionn in July. In its bankruptcy filing, the companty listed assets ofbetween $50 million and $100 million and liabilitiesz of between $100 million and $500 million.
“Declining real estate values and tight credit markets continue to impede the refinancing of assetsz and restructuring oflending agreements,” Mark CEO of Opus Corp., said in a statement. In additiohn to general market conditions, the companyg cited $35 million in unpaid wageds from the federal for a project it was developinb in College Park forthe , company spokeswomajn Winston Hewett said in a telephone interview. The companyy had ceased building speculative office buildings more than ayear ago, and it trimmedd its workforce from about 100 employees last year to abourt 16 employees as of June 15. The company did not includd all of its subsidiaries inthe filing.
It for example, Maryland Enterprise LLC, which was developinb the propertyfor NOAA, and Nursery Corne r LLC, which built a 160,000-square-foot office building in Linthicum Heightw for defense contractor Opus East has developedd more than 13.3 million square feet of spacde since 1994. Opus West has developed more than 52.7 millionn square feet since 1979. These bankruptcies come on the heels of the April 22 bankruptcy of OpusSouth Corp., an Opus affiliates based in Atlanta. Opus has said it plans to wind down its operationsw in that part of the countrtyas well. Opus has said it plans to continuse to run its remaining operating OpusNorth Corp.
, basedr in Chicago, and Opus based in Minnetonka. Those unitsa are actively pursuing projects. They also have been less affected bythe recession, due to their mix of projectg types, healthy balance sheets and stronged markets, according to Opus' press release. Opus said its developmentg activity has fallen tojust 4.8 millionb square feet in 2009, down from 34 million square feet in 2007 and 35 milliohn square feet in 2008.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Madoff gets 150 years in prison - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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“I’m not surprised. That’s what he deserved,” said Adeles Fox of Tamarac, who lost thousands of dollarseto Madoff's scheme. The mastermind behind the biggest Ponzi schemein U.S. historg was sentenced on Monday morning in federal court in Manhattahn to 150 yearsbehind bars, the maximunm requested by federal prosecutors. Madoff's attorney had askexd for a far more lenient sentence of12 years. In sentencing U.S. District Judge Denny Chin called thefraudf “staggering” and said that the “breach of trust was massive.” The judgd described his acts as “extraordinarilyt evil.
” “No other white-collar case is comparablde in terms of the scope, duration and enormit y of the fraud and the degree of the Chin said. Madoff confessed in March to 11 countsaincluding fraud, money laundering theft and among other things. His victims reportedly numbed morethan 1,300 and stretch across the globe. Theirt losses are estimated at morethan $13 Prior to sentencing, Chin heard from nine of the victimxs who talked about the devastation Madoff’a fraud had caused to their lives and their families. Many of Madoff’s wealthy client lived in South Florida and lost theifr life savings tohis scheme.
Fox, 86, said she is stil furious that the and the federalgovernment didn’t expose Madoff’s fraud “The SEC is just as guilty as Madofdf and they failed us. Nobody seems to do anythinh about it,” Fox said. She also took issue with the largr fees being paid to people such asIrving H. the trustee who is handling the liquidation ofBernard L. Madofcf Investment Securities. “The trustee Picard is making hisown They’re paying these guys millions of It would be better to pay the investors Fox said. Fox, a widow who once worked as secretary in New said sheinvested $50,000 in 1987 because she was relatef to Madoff’s accountant, Jerry Horowitz.
She said she was able to get some money back from Social Securityupayments she’d made over the years on income from Madoff However, she is worried that her disbursement s may eventually be targeted in clawback efforts by the trustee in bankruptcy proceedingas who has begun sending out letterz demanding the return of profits derived from their Guy Fronstin a Boca Raton attorney who has advised Fox, said the government has “been good abouy refunding taxes quickly” but theree are delays in processing claimw to the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
“Somse of the people I know are too busy with these othet issues to really care that much abouy whathappened today. They believed he wouls spend the rest of his daysin jail,” Fronstijn said. Jan Atlas, an attorney with Adorno Yoss, said he believesw the court had little choice but to levy the maximumm sentenceon Madoff. “I don’t think the victims should have been victimizec again by having him be able to leavw prisonone day,” said Atlas, whose firm continuesz to advise clients about tax returns and possibly futurwe claims against investment advisors who invested with Madoff.
“I’mm wondering if the truster will be able to locatee more than the billionm plusthat he’s located, and what is the real Atlas said. In addition to his prison term, Madoff was ordered to forfeitnearly $170 billion, whichh represents the proceeds of, and property involved in certainh of his crimes, according to a news releasee from the U.S. Department of Justice. “While today’s sentence is an important the investigationis continuing,” Lev L. acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New said in anews release. “Ws are focused on restraining and liquidating assets to maximizew recoveries forthe victims.
”
“I’m not surprised. That’s what he deserved,” said Adeles Fox of Tamarac, who lost thousands of dollarseto Madoff's scheme. The mastermind behind the biggest Ponzi schemein U.S. historg was sentenced on Monday morning in federal court in Manhattahn to 150 yearsbehind bars, the maximunm requested by federal prosecutors. Madoff's attorney had askexd for a far more lenient sentence of12 years. In sentencing U.S. District Judge Denny Chin called thefraudf “staggering” and said that the “breach of trust was massive.” The judgd described his acts as “extraordinarilyt evil.
” “No other white-collar case is comparablde in terms of the scope, duration and enormit y of the fraud and the degree of the Chin said. Madoff confessed in March to 11 countsaincluding fraud, money laundering theft and among other things. His victims reportedly numbed morethan 1,300 and stretch across the globe. Theirt losses are estimated at morethan $13 Prior to sentencing, Chin heard from nine of the victimxs who talked about the devastation Madoff’a fraud had caused to their lives and their families. Many of Madoff’s wealthy client lived in South Florida and lost theifr life savings tohis scheme.
Fox, 86, said she is stil furious that the and the federalgovernment didn’t expose Madoff’s fraud “The SEC is just as guilty as Madofdf and they failed us. Nobody seems to do anythinh about it,” Fox said. She also took issue with the largr fees being paid to people such asIrving H. the trustee who is handling the liquidation ofBernard L. Madofcf Investment Securities. “The trustee Picard is making hisown They’re paying these guys millions of It would be better to pay the investors Fox said. Fox, a widow who once worked as secretary in New said sheinvested $50,000 in 1987 because she was relatef to Madoff’s accountant, Jerry Horowitz.
She said she was able to get some money back from Social Securityupayments she’d made over the years on income from Madoff However, she is worried that her disbursement s may eventually be targeted in clawback efforts by the trustee in bankruptcy proceedingas who has begun sending out letterz demanding the return of profits derived from their Guy Fronstin a Boca Raton attorney who has advised Fox, said the government has “been good abouy refunding taxes quickly” but theree are delays in processing claimw to the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
“Somse of the people I know are too busy with these othet issues to really care that much abouy whathappened today. They believed he wouls spend the rest of his daysin jail,” Fronstijn said. Jan Atlas, an attorney with Adorno Yoss, said he believesw the court had little choice but to levy the maximumm sentenceon Madoff. “I don’t think the victims should have been victimizec again by having him be able to leavw prisonone day,” said Atlas, whose firm continuesz to advise clients about tax returns and possibly futurwe claims against investment advisors who invested with Madoff.
“I’mm wondering if the truster will be able to locatee more than the billionm plusthat he’s located, and what is the real Atlas said. In addition to his prison term, Madoff was ordered to forfeitnearly $170 billion, whichh represents the proceeds of, and property involved in certainh of his crimes, according to a news releasee from the U.S. Department of Justice. “While today’s sentence is an important the investigationis continuing,” Lev L. acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New said in anews release. “Ws are focused on restraining and liquidating assets to maximizew recoveries forthe victims.
”
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Mitt Romney leaves Marriott board, preps for April announcement. - USA Today
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TPMDC | Mitt Romney leaves Marriott board, preps for April announcement. USA Today A spokesman for the former Massachusetts governor, who ran for the Republican nomination in 2008, says he no longer had the time to devote to the position. ... Romney makes another move towards presidential run Mitt Romney leaves Marriott International board Romney resigns from Marriot board |
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Yolo moth quarantine extended - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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A voracious pest and native of a light brown apple moth was discoverer in a trap in DavisApril 1. A seconf moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptingv a quarantine within a mile radiu s of those two traps. More discoveries have moved the quarantine to includ the entire cityof Davis. Producde and ornamental plants can still go to stores and farmers markets inside the quarantine butagricultural products, ornamental plantxs and trees should not leave the quarantinre area unless certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supplt and also to our environment. This moth eats ornamental plant sand trees,” said Steve Lyle, spokesman with Food Agriculture.
“In Australia they call the light brown apples moththe ‘light brown eat-everything’ moth.” The moth in its varyin stages of life eats 2,00 plants, including 250 crop It can devastate stone fruit trees, grapde vines, citrus trees and even redwoods. Thers are monitor traps all over the statew forthe moth, and more than 2,800 square milesd of land statewide is now under quarantine, Lyle Davis is the only area under quarantine in the four-countyu region.
A voracious pest and native of a light brown apple moth was discoverer in a trap in DavisApril 1. A seconf moth turned up in a trapMay 15, promptingv a quarantine within a mile radiu s of those two traps. More discoveries have moved the quarantine to includ the entire cityof Davis. Producde and ornamental plants can still go to stores and farmers markets inside the quarantine butagricultural products, ornamental plantxs and trees should not leave the quarantinre area unless certified to be free from the pest by an “This pest is a threat to the food supplt and also to our environment. This moth eats ornamental plant sand trees,” said Steve Lyle, spokesman with Food Agriculture.
“In Australia they call the light brown apples moththe ‘light brown eat-everything’ moth.” The moth in its varyin stages of life eats 2,00 plants, including 250 crop It can devastate stone fruit trees, grapde vines, citrus trees and even redwoods. Thers are monitor traps all over the statew forthe moth, and more than 2,800 square milesd of land statewide is now under quarantine, Lyle Davis is the only area under quarantine in the four-countyu region.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
State funds 47 home improvement plans - Business First of Buffalo:
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The AHC, a branch under the state’s housiny finance agency, aims to bolster home-ownershipp for low- and moderate-income The agency approved a $500,000 grant to Cheektowaga’ws Community and Economic Development Office The funds will go toward renovations for14 single- and two-famil y homes located throughout the The AHC also granted Lackawanna’xs Housing Development Corporation $200,000 to fund improvementes to a total of 33 single-- and two-family homes throughout the city. The planned improvements includse fixingstructural problems, replacing doors, windows, siding, replacingf deficient water and septic systems and upgrading electrical, heatinf and plumbing systems.
The renovations are aimed at bringin the homes up to code under local and statrbuilding laws. Further funding for the Cheektowaga project’s $833,00 total will come from the town’s HOME fundw ($130,000) and a Community Development Block Grant The City of Lackawanna will fund what remains of its project’s $334,000p total with homeowner-equity The CEDO and LHDC will allocate the funds on a first-come, first-served basis to qualified applicants. “These grants will help improve the aging housing stocok in westernNew York,” said AHC President and CEO Pricillsa Almodovar.
The AHC, a branch under the state’s housiny finance agency, aims to bolster home-ownershipp for low- and moderate-income The agency approved a $500,000 grant to Cheektowaga’ws Community and Economic Development Office The funds will go toward renovations for14 single- and two-famil y homes located throughout the The AHC also granted Lackawanna’xs Housing Development Corporation $200,000 to fund improvementes to a total of 33 single-- and two-family homes throughout the city. The planned improvements includse fixingstructural problems, replacing doors, windows, siding, replacingf deficient water and septic systems and upgrading electrical, heatinf and plumbing systems.
The renovations are aimed at bringin the homes up to code under local and statrbuilding laws. Further funding for the Cheektowaga project’s $833,00 total will come from the town’s HOME fundw ($130,000) and a Community Development Block Grant The City of Lackawanna will fund what remains of its project’s $334,000p total with homeowner-equity The CEDO and LHDC will allocate the funds on a first-come, first-served basis to qualified applicants. “These grants will help improve the aging housing stocok in westernNew York,” said AHC President and CEO Pricillsa Almodovar.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Retail Brokers Inc. principals face lawsuits related to investments - Triangle Business Journal:
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million in loans from an Oklahomas bank tothe pair’s real estatde partnerships. The two men also are defendants in threwe investor lawsuits claiming they mismanagede investments in their retail realestats endeavors. The developers are trying to settlre theinvestor complaints, according to several attorneys familiar with the In 2008, the pair settled a similar investor suit out of Barness and Papakyriakou, principalsw of Scottsdale-based , own shopping centerw in Phoenix, Tempe, Gilbert and Glendale. They operate each centee under a separatebusiness partnership. The pair also are involvefd in a numberof Phoenix-area charitablew organizations.
Barness, for example, is active with local Jewisg community causes and helped raise mone y forArizona Sen. John McCain’ss 2008 presidential bid. Papakyriakou also goes by the name Alex The filed its suit in late January in Maricopwa CountySuperior Court, claiminfg the developers failed to pay back three loands totaling $9.5 million, according to court Mike Manning, Phoenix managing partner of , the law firm representingh the bank, declined to comment on the pending “We cannot comment on the record,” Manninf said. RBI and Barness’ charitable foundation did not respond to requests for No official response to the lawsuit was filed by the defendantas bypress time.
The investor lawsuitzs were filed in Maricopa County Superior Courty against Barnessand Papakyriakou’s real estate businesses. Thos e three investor claims may be consolidated under Maricopa Superiofr Court Judge John Buttrickl andsettled together, according to legal sources who wouldf not go on the record. Barness and Papakyriakou’s attorney, Jeffrey Leonard, said he expects the investor lawsuitzs to beresolved soon. He said the resolutions would be viamutual agreement, but declined to say whethef they would involve out-of-court settlements. Leonard also woulxd not comment about the resolution or settlement of the 2008investodr lawsuit.
Barness and Papakyriakoh did not comment for this Other lawyers familiar with the investor suitds said a settlement isbeing negotiated. Roberr Mitchell, the investor/plaintiff’s attorney in the 2008 clai against Barnessand Papakyriakou, said he could not “All I can tell you is that the case was he said. The 2008 case claimef Barness and Papakyriakou deceived investorswith self-deale and misrepresented sales and financial proceeds.
One of the 2009 in-vestorr suits was filed by Phoenixcardiologist Na-tham Laufer and four other investors who say Barnese and Papakyriakou raised as much as $400 millionj in equity investments and loans for their real estates and shopping center businesses. They claim the defendanta “wrongfully diverted nearly $50 million to themselves,” according to courty documents. The Laufer suit also contends Barnessx and Papakyriakou improperly used investmen money in some deals between businessz entitiesthey owned, and that the salex benefited the defendants but not the The suit claims fraud, breach of contract and failures to meet fiduciary responsibilities.
Plaintiffs in the Laufer case say theyinvestef $1.3 million in Barness-Papakyriakou real estate endeavors. Attorneyse representing the plaintiffs in the Lauferr case wouldnot comment. A second investor suit, filed by the Eugen and Lenore SchupakFamily Trust, claims the trust investec $10.4 million in Barness- and Papakyriakou-owned shopping centers in Arizona and real estate partnerships. The same suit contends anotherffamily entity, Schupak Partners I, invested $953,000 in Castlde Yuma Dev Partners, an investment entity created by the
million in loans from an Oklahomas bank tothe pair’s real estatde partnerships. The two men also are defendants in threwe investor lawsuits claiming they mismanagede investments in their retail realestats endeavors. The developers are trying to settlre theinvestor complaints, according to several attorneys familiar with the In 2008, the pair settled a similar investor suit out of Barness and Papakyriakou, principalsw of Scottsdale-based , own shopping centerw in Phoenix, Tempe, Gilbert and Glendale. They operate each centee under a separatebusiness partnership. The pair also are involvefd in a numberof Phoenix-area charitablew organizations.
Barness, for example, is active with local Jewisg community causes and helped raise mone y forArizona Sen. John McCain’ss 2008 presidential bid. Papakyriakou also goes by the name Alex The filed its suit in late January in Maricopwa CountySuperior Court, claiminfg the developers failed to pay back three loands totaling $9.5 million, according to court Mike Manning, Phoenix managing partner of , the law firm representingh the bank, declined to comment on the pending “We cannot comment on the record,” Manninf said. RBI and Barness’ charitable foundation did not respond to requests for No official response to the lawsuit was filed by the defendantas bypress time.
The investor lawsuitzs were filed in Maricopa County Superior Courty against Barnessand Papakyriakou’s real estate businesses. Thos e three investor claims may be consolidated under Maricopa Superiofr Court Judge John Buttrickl andsettled together, according to legal sources who wouldf not go on the record. Barness and Papakyriakou’s attorney, Jeffrey Leonard, said he expects the investor lawsuitzs to beresolved soon. He said the resolutions would be viamutual agreement, but declined to say whethef they would involve out-of-court settlements. Leonard also woulxd not comment about the resolution or settlement of the 2008investodr lawsuit.
Barness and Papakyriakoh did not comment for this Other lawyers familiar with the investor suitds said a settlement isbeing negotiated. Roberr Mitchell, the investor/plaintiff’s attorney in the 2008 clai against Barnessand Papakyriakou, said he could not “All I can tell you is that the case was he said. The 2008 case claimef Barness and Papakyriakou deceived investorswith self-deale and misrepresented sales and financial proceeds.
One of the 2009 in-vestorr suits was filed by Phoenixcardiologist Na-tham Laufer and four other investors who say Barnese and Papakyriakou raised as much as $400 millionj in equity investments and loans for their real estates and shopping center businesses. They claim the defendanta “wrongfully diverted nearly $50 million to themselves,” according to courty documents. The Laufer suit also contends Barnessx and Papakyriakou improperly used investmen money in some deals between businessz entitiesthey owned, and that the salex benefited the defendants but not the The suit claims fraud, breach of contract and failures to meet fiduciary responsibilities.
Plaintiffs in the Laufer case say theyinvestef $1.3 million in Barness-Papakyriakou real estate endeavors. Attorneyse representing the plaintiffs in the Lauferr case wouldnot comment. A second investor suit, filed by the Eugen and Lenore SchupakFamily Trust, claims the trust investec $10.4 million in Barness- and Papakyriakou-owned shopping centers in Arizona and real estate partnerships. The same suit contends anotherffamily entity, Schupak Partners I, invested $953,000 in Castlde Yuma Dev Partners, an investment entity created by the
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Comic Book Resources | Mr. Plinkett Rips Star Wars: Episode III A New Sith-Hole Comic Book Resources Plinkett first invaded the Internet hivemind in December 2009 with the release of his 70-minute video review of Star Wars: Episode I รข€" The Phantom Menace. ... The Ultimate "Star Wars: Episode III" Video Review Star Wars creator George Lucas spotted on holiday in St. Barths Plinkett treats 'Revenge of the Sith' like freezing tauntaun |
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