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Grocery stores now rival the typical shopping centert formerchandising restaurant-brand foods Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, Quaker Steaok & Lube, Bob Evans and California Pizza Kitche n are among a growing number of dinin g chains with products on supermarket shelves and in freezer cases. “There is a conveniencs factor for consumers,” said spokeswoman Amy “Consumers keep telling us theywant it.” And what consumers they typically get.
Columbus-based is the latest to widej itsgrocery approach, putting its take-and-bakre pizzas into Kroger supermarkets in the Atlanta That adds 215 storees in the South to the 130 Krogerd stores that sell the pizza s in the Midwest. “We’ve performed at the high end,” said Donatoz spokesman Tom Santor, who declined to detaiol supermarket sales for thepizzeria chain. “Obviously, Kroger is This is a validationof that.” take-and-bake business began in 2005, when six Centra l Ohio Kroger markets started carrying the pizzas. Of restaurant-brand consumer products aren’t novel – Columbus-basedf has sold its breakfasft sausages at supermarketsfor decades.
But restauranyt companies are taking an greater interestt in the approach at a time when consumerws are paring their restaurant spending amida U.S. grocery store sales rose 6.7 percent last compared with a 5.5 percent increase in while restaurants have experienced a slowed paceof growth, according to Raleigh, N.C.-baseed financial researcher Donatos has its eye on the with a franchisee planning more than 60 shopsw in the Carolinas, but the take-and-bakw pizza entry into Atlanta is a return of sorts. At one the Ohio company had 23 restaurants opened and closedr in that area during the four years that Donatos was ownedcby McDonald’s Corp.
“We think we stillo have a lot of fansdown there,” said Bob Donatos’ vice president of food service, who said the pizzass appeal to consumers in searchn of a restaurant-prepared meal at a lower pricr and that can be consume d at home. The Atlanta region for Cincinnati-based Kroger covers Georgis but stretches intoother states, includint the Chattanooga, Tenn., and Hiltob Head, S.C., markets. Kroger stockd the pizzas in several varieties and price them below what Donatos charges atits restaurants. Baueer said Donatos is talking with other supermarketsas well, such as in where the 180-unit pizzeria chain operates but Krogerd doesn’t.
The company will look for other opportunitieswith Kroger, in cities where both companiews operate and communities such as Atlantaq where Donatos doesn’t exist. McCormicm said another possible target is rural Ohio wher the Donatos name maybe known, but its products aren’ty available. “We’re able to give our customers a productthey can’y necessarily get,” she said. Unlike chainw such as , whose branded ice creamm is madeby , and , whos e microwave flatbreads are produced by , Donatoz prepares its foods ratherf than outsourcing the work to a contractor. Its businessd expansion is linkedto $4.
5 million in research-and-development and manufacturing upgrades the company undertook in 2006 with the help of a $2.9 millioh loan from the state. “We have the manufacturingg nailed down,” Bauer said. “We’rr looking for significant growth soon.” Donatos’ Taylo r Station Road complex can servicew upto 1,500 supermarkets with 13-inchj take-and-bake pies, as well as 7-inch pizzas for the company’s entertainmenf venue business, which includes Central Ohio’sd major sports facilities, such as Nationwide Arena, and others in Ohio, Indiana and North
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Zep posts $5.4M quarterly profit - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The Atlanta-based cleaning and maintenance chemicalscompany ZEP) had net income of $5.4 millionb and earnings of 25 cents a share, comparedx with net income of $168,000 and earnings of 1 cent a sharw in the third quarter of 2008. sales in the third quarteer dropped 15.3 percent to $123 million. Raw materiao costs in the thirr quarter of 2009 wentup $4.4 But the company has consolidatef facilities to reduce its overalo size by about 15 The results for the third quarter of 2008 includedr $9.3 million in restructuring charges.
“Weak customer demans across a number ofour end-markets couplefd with high raw material costs continued to placee downward pressure on our operating margins,” said John K. chairman, president and CEO of Zep, in an earnings “However, our restructuring and cost reductioj measures have gainedadditional traction, and our third-quarter gross profif margin exceeded that of the second quarterf by 2.7 percentage points.
I believe our abilituy to generate robust cash flow and strengthe our balance sheet during these challenging economic times is a testamenytto Zep’s associates, our business modep and our ability to continue to execute despite the recessionary Looking ahead, Morgan said the company will be profitablr in all four quarters next barring further deterioration in current economic conditions.
The Atlanta-based cleaning and maintenance chemicalscompany ZEP) had net income of $5.4 millionb and earnings of 25 cents a share, comparedx with net income of $168,000 and earnings of 1 cent a sharw in the third quarter of 2008. sales in the third quarteer dropped 15.3 percent to $123 million. Raw materiao costs in the thirr quarter of 2009 wentup $4.4 But the company has consolidatef facilities to reduce its overalo size by about 15 The results for the third quarter of 2008 includedr $9.3 million in restructuring charges.
“Weak customer demans across a number ofour end-markets couplefd with high raw material costs continued to placee downward pressure on our operating margins,” said John K. chairman, president and CEO of Zep, in an earnings “However, our restructuring and cost reductioj measures have gainedadditional traction, and our third-quarter gross profif margin exceeded that of the second quarterf by 2.7 percentage points.
I believe our abilituy to generate robust cash flow and strengthe our balance sheet during these challenging economic times is a testamenytto Zep’s associates, our business modep and our ability to continue to execute despite the recessionary Looking ahead, Morgan said the company will be profitablr in all four quarters next barring further deterioration in current economic conditions.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
HPV tied to heart disease in women, but what about men? - CBS News
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msnbc.com | HPV tied to heart disease in women, but what about men? CBS News (CBS) Human papillomavirus has been tied to deadly cancers, including cervical and throat cancer. Now a study has linked HPV to a disease that takes even more American lives - heart disease. It suggests that people who have HPV are more than twice as ... Study Shows Link Between Heart Problems, HPV |
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Diagram Lost for More Than 350 Years Documents 'Seven Suns' of Rome - Scientific American
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Diagram Lost for More Than 350 Years Documents 'Seven Suns' of Rome Scientific American Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel: (Graph. C 707) Around midday on 24 January 1630, seven suns seemed to blaze over Rome. Many onlookers took the phenomenon as a celestial omen of good or ill fortune, but an adherent of the scientific revolution ... |
Friday, October 21, 2011
RI to lift workers' moratorium on Malaysia - Jakarta Post
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Malaysia Star | RI to lift workers' moratorium on Malaysia Jakarta Post Hundreds of thousands of Indonesians waiting to work in Malaysia, along with would-be Malaysian employers, can let out a sigh of relief as Indonesia has agreed to end the moratorium on its maids working in Malaysia. During a meeting in Lombok, ... Jakarta to lift maid ban Indonesia To Resume Sending Maids To Malaysia From Dec 1 Indonesia to Lift Maid Freeze to Malaysia |
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Report: House panel wants Fed documents on BofA-Merrill deal - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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according to The Wall Street Journal. The committe e asked the Fed to turn over documents last including e-mails to and from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, the Journalp is reporting. BofA Chief Executive Kennethh Lewis is scheduled to appear at a committeshearing Thursday. Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) completed its deal for New York-basef Merrill Lynch on Jan. 1. Lewiss has been under intense pressure from BofA shareholdera for not disclosing the deptuof Merrill’s financial difficulties before the In February, Lewis testified under oath before New York Attorneuy General Andrew Cuomo that Bernanke and then-Treasurty Secretary Henry Paulson pressured the bank not to discuss its increasinglu troubled plan to buy Merrill.
Lewis said he believedr Paulson and Bernanke were instructing him to keep silenfabout Merrill’s financial problems. Merrill lost $15.3 billionb in the fourth quarter.
according to The Wall Street Journal. The committe e asked the Fed to turn over documents last including e-mails to and from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, the Journalp is reporting. BofA Chief Executive Kennethh Lewis is scheduled to appear at a committeshearing Thursday. Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) completed its deal for New York-basef Merrill Lynch on Jan. 1. Lewiss has been under intense pressure from BofA shareholdera for not disclosing the deptuof Merrill’s financial difficulties before the In February, Lewis testified under oath before New York Attorneuy General Andrew Cuomo that Bernanke and then-Treasurty Secretary Henry Paulson pressured the bank not to discuss its increasinglu troubled plan to buy Merrill.
Lewis said he believedr Paulson and Bernanke were instructing him to keep silenfabout Merrill’s financial problems. Merrill lost $15.3 billionb in the fourth quarter.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Feliciano plans cafe in Vienna - Forbes
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Feliciano plans cafe in Vienna Forbes AP , 10.13.11, 02:45 PM EDT VIENNA -- Jose Feliciano has already sung an ode to one of the world's musical capitals with "The Sound Of Vienna." Now he's about to get involved with the city's other main claim to fame - cafes. ... Vienna, city of hundreds of cafes, about to get 1 more _ Jose Feliciano's to ... Feliciano café plans emerge Feliciano plans cafe in Vienna |
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Vedante's growing sales
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Online buyers purchased thousandsof Kantor’sz super-reflective Pop Bands (armbands and legbands), pet collars and leashesw made by her company, Vedante “When everybody was saying holiday sales were down, ours just said Kantor, a veteran fashion designer who startee Boulder-based Vedante nearly three years ago. The succesw of Vedante’s Pop Bands and pet productss prompted giant onlineretailer Amazon.cojm to buy most of her inventory for resale, and triggererd inquiries from large pet-store chainsa about licensing the products or buyingt her company. Kantor focused more on online salees for the holidays thantraditional brick-and-mortar salesz of Vedante products.
That was because as the recession retail sales slowed more than online The emphasispaid off, but it presented Kantoer with the problem of managing unexpected . “It wasn’t even in my game plan to havea break-eveb month for another year,” she Vedante products for pets, pedestrians and cyclistz can reflect brightly from 500 to 1,5000 feet, depending on their color. Kantor formed the busineses with the mission of improvinfnighttime safety. Cars injur or kill a pedestrianj every seven minutes in the United according to the National Highwayt Traffic SafetyAdministration (NHTSA).
That amountds to nearly 75,000 people with about 50,000 of the accidents occurrintgat night, NHTSA statistics show. Kantor takes walks at dusk and, having survived a car crash with a drunk driveryearsx ago, she always wondered about her safety crossing streetse at night. Then she saw a Boulder pedestrian hit in a crosswalj inbroad daylight, and she decided to make a productr to improve pedestrian visibility. She drew on her experiences in textiles anddesigning women’s apparelp in Los Angeles. She chose 3M’s reflective materials for Vedante’x products, and it co-brands the Pop Bands with 3M.
She uses the 3M fabricf in collars and leashes for McGuckin Hardware Store in Boulder carries both the Pop Bandeand Vedante’s cat collars. The Pop Bandxs , costing between $12.98 and $13.97 depending on size, sell comparably to the battery-powered safety lights McGuckin sells for outdoor saidRik Isakson, the store’s sporting goods managerd and buyer. “They do very well,,” he “What appeals is their ease of use, and the novelty of them popping onand off.” Vedante’sz pet collars range between $13.98 and and its leashes between $29.98 and $45.98.
Kantor’s biggest challenge is managing a surge in retailer interest withour taking on debt that couldecrimp Vedante’s long-term health. Kantor maxex out Vedante’s existing lines of credit from bankz after her salesstarted growing, and she put that monety in the bank. She fearec her banks would reduce her credit lines without thus starving the company of money at a crucial time.
Online buyers purchased thousandsof Kantor’sz super-reflective Pop Bands (armbands and legbands), pet collars and leashesw made by her company, Vedante “When everybody was saying holiday sales were down, ours just said Kantor, a veteran fashion designer who startee Boulder-based Vedante nearly three years ago. The succesw of Vedante’s Pop Bands and pet productss prompted giant onlineretailer Amazon.cojm to buy most of her inventory for resale, and triggererd inquiries from large pet-store chainsa about licensing the products or buyingt her company. Kantor focused more on online salees for the holidays thantraditional brick-and-mortar salesz of Vedante products.
That was because as the recession retail sales slowed more than online The emphasispaid off, but it presented Kantoer with the problem of managing unexpected . “It wasn’t even in my game plan to havea break-eveb month for another year,” she Vedante products for pets, pedestrians and cyclistz can reflect brightly from 500 to 1,5000 feet, depending on their color. Kantor formed the busineses with the mission of improvinfnighttime safety. Cars injur or kill a pedestrianj every seven minutes in the United according to the National Highwayt Traffic SafetyAdministration (NHTSA).
That amountds to nearly 75,000 people with about 50,000 of the accidents occurrintgat night, NHTSA statistics show. Kantor takes walks at dusk and, having survived a car crash with a drunk driveryearsx ago, she always wondered about her safety crossing streetse at night. Then she saw a Boulder pedestrian hit in a crosswalj inbroad daylight, and she decided to make a productr to improve pedestrian visibility. She drew on her experiences in textiles anddesigning women’s apparelp in Los Angeles. She chose 3M’s reflective materials for Vedante’x products, and it co-brands the Pop Bands with 3M.
She uses the 3M fabricf in collars and leashes for McGuckin Hardware Store in Boulder carries both the Pop Bandeand Vedante’s cat collars. The Pop Bandxs , costing between $12.98 and $13.97 depending on size, sell comparably to the battery-powered safety lights McGuckin sells for outdoor saidRik Isakson, the store’s sporting goods managerd and buyer. “They do very well,,” he “What appeals is their ease of use, and the novelty of them popping onand off.” Vedante’sz pet collars range between $13.98 and and its leashes between $29.98 and $45.98.
Kantor’s biggest challenge is managing a surge in retailer interest withour taking on debt that couldecrimp Vedante’s long-term health. Kantor maxex out Vedante’s existing lines of credit from bankz after her salesstarted growing, and she put that monety in the bank. She fearec her banks would reduce her credit lines without thus starving the company of money at a crucial time.
Monday, October 10, 2011
D.C. area office vacancies reach 12.3% - Austin Business Journal:
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The commercial real estat services firm says theWashington region’s office vacancy rate has now reachefd 12.3 percent. Lease losses in the last threre quartersmeant “virtually negating any growth in net demaned we had in 2008,” said Kevin director of market research for Cassidhy & Pinkard Colliers. “There are flickering signxs that the local economy may be reaching an inflectionb point where conditions should beginto improve, but the commerciao industry still has a ways to go beforw demand returns in a meaningfuol way.” In D.C., net absorptiomn was negative 230,900 square feet, pushing D.C.’ws vacancy rate to 9.6 percent.
In Northernj Virginia, net absorption was negativw 666,700 square feet. Northern Virginia’es second quarter office vacancy rate climbedto 13.6 Suburban Maryland’s office vacancy rate was 14 with a positive net absorptiohn rate of 171,500 square feet in the second Thorpe predicts the growth in federal governmenrt will lead to an increasse in demand for office but says the Washington area has more new spacr delivering over the next two years than any othe r market in the country. As a result, “we are enterint into a period of steady rent he said.
The commercial real estat services firm says theWashington region’s office vacancy rate has now reachefd 12.3 percent. Lease losses in the last threre quartersmeant “virtually negating any growth in net demaned we had in 2008,” said Kevin director of market research for Cassidhy & Pinkard Colliers. “There are flickering signxs that the local economy may be reaching an inflectionb point where conditions should beginto improve, but the commerciao industry still has a ways to go beforw demand returns in a meaningfuol way.” In D.C., net absorptiomn was negative 230,900 square feet, pushing D.C.’ws vacancy rate to 9.6 percent.
In Northernj Virginia, net absorption was negativw 666,700 square feet. Northern Virginia’es second quarter office vacancy rate climbedto 13.6 Suburban Maryland’s office vacancy rate was 14 with a positive net absorptiohn rate of 171,500 square feet in the second Thorpe predicts the growth in federal governmenrt will lead to an increasse in demand for office but says the Washington area has more new spacr delivering over the next two years than any othe r market in the country. As a result, “we are enterint into a period of steady rent he said.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Geeks Who Drink makes people think - Washington Business Journal:
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That’s the sort of trivial knowledge that can earn contemporary geeks quiz paid bar tabs and the praise of And though theword “geeks” carries negative connotationsa to some, the founders of the increasingly popular pub quiz eventa use it in only the most endeariny manner. “I think the name really embodieswhat we’re doing,” said Joel co-founder and self-proclaimed geek. “Our geeks may be people who were marginalized inthe past. Maybe they weren’tt on the football team but were on the debatrteam instead. Now they want to feed an competitive urge.
” Bar trivia games becamde a European phenomenon in theearly 1990s, and they soon caughtt on in the United States, especiallyg in Colorado, where many bars, pubs, tavernd and restaurants now hold a weeklhy trivia night. “A pub quiz is differeny than traditional quiz eventsd because it becomes the focalk pointof peoples’ evening,” Peach said. “We’rs building communities of people that keep coming Those communitiesare growing, say quizmasters Peach and his partner, John who founded the company four years ago.
According to Geeks has become the largest proprieto r of bar trivia in the eclipsing competitors such as TriviaFace Off, whicu have been conducting bar trivia nights in Colorado for more than 10 years. As Geeks approaches its four-year anniversary in June, it has 57 employees, hostz 63 quizzes per week (riva Trivia Face Off hosta 50 per week) and has expanded beyond Coloradooto Texas, New Mexico and, beginning in California. The Geeks also has been adding new quiznighta weekly. Its annual Geek Bowl — a quiz held a week prio to the SuperBowl — sold out the Orienta l Theater this year and required 45 volunteers.
“Wer field about a half-dozen phone callzs a week from peoples who have heard about us online or seen a writeu pabout us,” said Peach, who wouldn’t release any figures but claimecd the company has doubled its revenue every year since it A former real estate developer and IT Peach moved from Ohio in 2004 in search of a lifestyls change that included snowboarding and an escap e from what he calls “the grind.” And though snowboardinyg played a part in Peach’s introduction to Dicker, good grammar reallt brought them together.
“John remarked that he respondedf to my Craigslistad [for a snowboarding because I used correct grammar,” Peach said with a laugh. Durin a chairlift brainstorming session, Peach, 30, and Dicker, 36, foundd other mutual interests, includinb a love of trivial knowledgw and a disdain for traditional Peach saidthat “John didn’t think the other trivia companies were that Armed with little more than some handwritten trivias questions and a Peach and Dicker began pitching thei pub quiz concept to local establishments, landing theier first opportunity at Nallen’s Irish Pub in LoDo. “When we started, John and I were doing said Peach.
“Those were humble tantamount to working forbeer money. But as soon as we laid the we realized there wasa demand.” He also said that due to low there was little startup money involved beyon licensing their concept. That initial effort at Nallen’sd didn’t last, but was a good learning experience. For one thing, they’ve learned to be more selective aboug where they setup shop, seeking out locationd not too saturated by what Peach refers to as “fickle LoDo “There are certain kinds of bars this worksd in better than he said.
Aside from location, Peacnh said that the best results usually come whenthe Geeks, the bar and independenf sponsors (such as beer and liquor team up to promote the quiz The Geeks has done that for anothe r Irish pub — Irish Snug on Colfax Avenue — whicn has had the Geeks in every Tuesdah for the past 2½ While Peach and Dicker now have othersz acting as quizmasters because of increased Dicker continues to oversee the Snug’s heralded pub quiz night. “[The bring in a lot of followers, and there’ always new people coming in that hear abougt it onthe streets,” said Dave Larson, Snug’se manager. “It’s always a great experience.
” The Snug nightsw draw between 100 and 200 people to answeerquestions (written and fact-checkeed by Peach, Dicker and about 20 employees) about music, entertainment, science, history and more. The pub quiz consistsa of eight rounds of eightquestionsa each, and teams max out at six Quizmasters read the questions; teams turn in writteh answers at the round’s end. The Geeks often throa in audio andvisual questions, too. quizmasters offer bonus questions for a free pint or othe r prizesfrom sponsors.
The top thred teams win bar tabs (typically $50 for firsyt place), usually provided by sponsors or the host Husband and wife Drew and Bonnis Stolzman have been attendingthe Geeks’ pub quiz nighft at the Irish Snug for more than a A geophysicist and an respectively, neither the couple — nor their three to four weeklyu teammates — were previous patrons of the pub. “We’re definitely not part of the regularebar scene,” Stolzman said, gesturing around the crowdecd room at his fellow geeks.
“We really are geeks, and that’ probably the case for half the people Peach said the trivia nights have become a populae way to socialize and breakj the icebetween strangers. “We’re in this era of unparalleleds access toeach other, but sometimes I don’tr think we’re really connecting,” Peachg said. “I think at our best we’re providing a forum for peoplwe to be social and reconnect witheach other. I thini people are hungry for thatand that’s why they keep comintg out.
”
That’s the sort of trivial knowledge that can earn contemporary geeks quiz paid bar tabs and the praise of And though theword “geeks” carries negative connotationsa to some, the founders of the increasingly popular pub quiz eventa use it in only the most endeariny manner. “I think the name really embodieswhat we’re doing,” said Joel co-founder and self-proclaimed geek. “Our geeks may be people who were marginalized inthe past. Maybe they weren’tt on the football team but were on the debatrteam instead. Now they want to feed an competitive urge.
” Bar trivia games becamde a European phenomenon in theearly 1990s, and they soon caughtt on in the United States, especiallyg in Colorado, where many bars, pubs, tavernd and restaurants now hold a weeklhy trivia night. “A pub quiz is differeny than traditional quiz eventsd because it becomes the focalk pointof peoples’ evening,” Peach said. “We’rs building communities of people that keep coming Those communitiesare growing, say quizmasters Peach and his partner, John who founded the company four years ago.
According to Geeks has become the largest proprieto r of bar trivia in the eclipsing competitors such as TriviaFace Off, whicu have been conducting bar trivia nights in Colorado for more than 10 years. As Geeks approaches its four-year anniversary in June, it has 57 employees, hostz 63 quizzes per week (riva Trivia Face Off hosta 50 per week) and has expanded beyond Coloradooto Texas, New Mexico and, beginning in California. The Geeks also has been adding new quiznighta weekly. Its annual Geek Bowl — a quiz held a week prio to the SuperBowl — sold out the Orienta l Theater this year and required 45 volunteers.
“Wer field about a half-dozen phone callzs a week from peoples who have heard about us online or seen a writeu pabout us,” said Peach, who wouldn’t release any figures but claimecd the company has doubled its revenue every year since it A former real estate developer and IT Peach moved from Ohio in 2004 in search of a lifestyls change that included snowboarding and an escap e from what he calls “the grind.” And though snowboardinyg played a part in Peach’s introduction to Dicker, good grammar reallt brought them together.
“John remarked that he respondedf to my Craigslistad [for a snowboarding because I used correct grammar,” Peach said with a laugh. Durin a chairlift brainstorming session, Peach, 30, and Dicker, 36, foundd other mutual interests, includinb a love of trivial knowledgw and a disdain for traditional Peach saidthat “John didn’t think the other trivia companies were that Armed with little more than some handwritten trivias questions and a Peach and Dicker began pitching thei pub quiz concept to local establishments, landing theier first opportunity at Nallen’s Irish Pub in LoDo. “When we started, John and I were doing said Peach.
“Those were humble tantamount to working forbeer money. But as soon as we laid the we realized there wasa demand.” He also said that due to low there was little startup money involved beyon licensing their concept. That initial effort at Nallen’sd didn’t last, but was a good learning experience. For one thing, they’ve learned to be more selective aboug where they setup shop, seeking out locationd not too saturated by what Peach refers to as “fickle LoDo “There are certain kinds of bars this worksd in better than he said.
Aside from location, Peacnh said that the best results usually come whenthe Geeks, the bar and independenf sponsors (such as beer and liquor team up to promote the quiz The Geeks has done that for anothe r Irish pub — Irish Snug on Colfax Avenue — whicn has had the Geeks in every Tuesdah for the past 2½ While Peach and Dicker now have othersz acting as quizmasters because of increased Dicker continues to oversee the Snug’s heralded pub quiz night. “[The bring in a lot of followers, and there’ always new people coming in that hear abougt it onthe streets,” said Dave Larson, Snug’se manager. “It’s always a great experience.
” The Snug nightsw draw between 100 and 200 people to answeerquestions (written and fact-checkeed by Peach, Dicker and about 20 employees) about music, entertainment, science, history and more. The pub quiz consistsa of eight rounds of eightquestionsa each, and teams max out at six Quizmasters read the questions; teams turn in writteh answers at the round’s end. The Geeks often throa in audio andvisual questions, too. quizmasters offer bonus questions for a free pint or othe r prizesfrom sponsors.
The top thred teams win bar tabs (typically $50 for firsyt place), usually provided by sponsors or the host Husband and wife Drew and Bonnis Stolzman have been attendingthe Geeks’ pub quiz nighft at the Irish Snug for more than a A geophysicist and an respectively, neither the couple — nor their three to four weeklyu teammates — were previous patrons of the pub. “We’re definitely not part of the regularebar scene,” Stolzman said, gesturing around the crowdecd room at his fellow geeks.
“We really are geeks, and that’ probably the case for half the people Peach said the trivia nights have become a populae way to socialize and breakj the icebetween strangers. “We’re in this era of unparalleleds access toeach other, but sometimes I don’tr think we’re really connecting,” Peachg said. “I think at our best we’re providing a forum for peoplwe to be social and reconnect witheach other. I thini people are hungry for thatand that’s why they keep comintg out.
”
Thursday, October 6, 2011
SolarCity lands financing from US Bancorp - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The state’s largest residential installer saidWednesday it’sw landed additional financing from Community Development for its solar lease program that will boostf its installations and help it clear its backlovg of customers. Foster City-based SolarCity informeds customers in January that it woulcd delay installations for customer s participating in itslease program, aftet investment bank , its largest funder, stoppedx funding the program. Most solar companies have lost accese to financing through the credit crunch and recessio as their investors closed or lost the ability to use the tax credites that made solar acompelling investment.
SolarCityy has continued to install solat systems at a rate of aboutt 100per month. Some of those included customerx who paid cash fortheir systems. New customers who wantedc to take advantage of thesolare lease, which limits the up-front costs of having a systemn installed and charges customers at a monthly rate, have had to wait up to eighg months for their systems. The funding will also allowq SolarCity to continue to grow its commercialsoladr business. SolarCity installed solar systemson ’d headquarters in Mountain Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and others through power purchase agreements, which are structured to take advantagde of tax credits.
With the US Bank financinb however, SolarCity will be able to fund those projectz and residential projects from thesame fund. “Noa that we have clear, long-term visibility in solar lease and commerciap PPAs we are going to be hirin a tremendous amount of said SolarCity CEOLyndon Rive. SolarCitty wouldn’t disclose the size of the US Bank fund or how many installationsx it could completethis year.
The company said it sent an emailo to customers on its waitiny list Tuesday night with instructions on finding their new projectexd installation dateon SolarCity’s web US Bancorp Community Development Corporatiobn is a division of US Bancorp, parent to US Bank, the sixth largest commercial bank in the United “Today’s announcement is only the We look forward to making additional investmentxs with SolarCity, and believe this partnershipp will ultimately enable thousands of American homeowners and businesses to adopt cleanetr power and save moneh on energy costs in the process,” said Darren Van’t Hof, vice presiden of solar, new markets and historic investments for US Bancorp Community Development Corp.
, in a release.
The state’s largest residential installer saidWednesday it’sw landed additional financing from Community Development for its solar lease program that will boostf its installations and help it clear its backlovg of customers. Foster City-based SolarCity informeds customers in January that it woulcd delay installations for customer s participating in itslease program, aftet investment bank , its largest funder, stoppedx funding the program. Most solar companies have lost accese to financing through the credit crunch and recessio as their investors closed or lost the ability to use the tax credites that made solar acompelling investment.
SolarCityy has continued to install solat systems at a rate of aboutt 100per month. Some of those included customerx who paid cash fortheir systems. New customers who wantedc to take advantage of thesolare lease, which limits the up-front costs of having a systemn installed and charges customers at a monthly rate, have had to wait up to eighg months for their systems. The funding will also allowq SolarCity to continue to grow its commercialsoladr business. SolarCity installed solar systemson ’d headquarters in Mountain Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and others through power purchase agreements, which are structured to take advantagde of tax credits.
With the US Bank financinb however, SolarCity will be able to fund those projectz and residential projects from thesame fund. “Noa that we have clear, long-term visibility in solar lease and commerciap PPAs we are going to be hirin a tremendous amount of said SolarCity CEOLyndon Rive. SolarCitty wouldn’t disclose the size of the US Bank fund or how many installationsx it could completethis year.
The company said it sent an emailo to customers on its waitiny list Tuesday night with instructions on finding their new projectexd installation dateon SolarCity’s web US Bancorp Community Development Corporatiobn is a division of US Bancorp, parent to US Bank, the sixth largest commercial bank in the United “Today’s announcement is only the We look forward to making additional investmentxs with SolarCity, and believe this partnershipp will ultimately enable thousands of American homeowners and businesses to adopt cleanetr power and save moneh on energy costs in the process,” said Darren Van’t Hof, vice presiden of solar, new markets and historic investments for US Bancorp Community Development Corp.
, in a release.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Baer takes stock in the future of our children - Denver Business Journal:
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“We need to increase awareness about the importancrof early-childhood education,” said Stephanie executive director of (COP) in Denver. Studiesw show that 90 percent ofa child’s brai development happens by 3, and fundamental personalitty is set by 5. Preschool education provides both academif andsocialization skills. Neither preschooo nor kindergarten is mandatoryin Colorado. Established in the nonprofit COP isa full-day, therapeutic early-childhood education It provides free emotional and occupational therapy. COP originally served only developmentallyhdelayed children. Since the COP has enrolled students ofall levels.
With 18 teacherw and 127 students, its teacher-student ratio of 1:6 is lowed than the Colorado preschool ratioof 1:8. Baer came to COP in 2001. “Ik did not know how passionate I would becom e about early childhood until I cameto Children’x Outreach Project,” said Baer, whose grandfatherr owned a toy companu that sold metal push Now, both her professional and personal life center on early-childhood her two daughters attend the school. “Thizs position fits so Baer said.
“Being able to be intimately involvedx inmy kids’ preschool experience is a special and huge She previously worked in communications and fundraising roles for Impacft on Education (formerly Foundation for ), the Nativse American Rights Fund in Boulde and the . Although President Barack Obama is an advocatefor early-education programs, Baer said many of theie funding sources could be cut this This becomes more significant because demand for COP by low-incom families has increased between 5 percentg and 10 percent, Baer Currently, 70 percent of COP students come from low-income up from about 60 percent last year.
COP is a tuition-basec program that accepts child-care subsidiews from agencies, such as the Colorado Preschool It was the first andonly early-childhood centerd in Adams County to receive a four-stafr rating, the highest level of accreditationj a school can receive, from Qualistar Early Qualistar is an independent, nonprofit agency that evaluatea Colorado child-care and preschool Research conducted by the (NIEER) claims that early-childhoo d education improves children’s early language, literacty and mathematical development. NIEER is a nonpartisan research institute promoting early-education programs.
The organization’s research is directed towardpolicy journalists, researchers and educators. There also are financiall benefits to childrencompleting preschool. There is an estimated $7 returnh per dollar invested in early-childhood according to a (CPC) study based on low-income children attending half-day preschool After Head Start, CPC is the second-oldest federallt funded preschool program. “We all have to step Baer said. “If we don’t do it now, we’rd paying for it later.
[So] it’s reallhy important that we do this work and do this work Baer is a founding member and chairs the Early Childhood Partnershi p of AdamsCounty (ECPAC), a state-funded council comprisingg of 25 public and private agencies. She has helped raisw $200,000 for ECPAC to promote such projects as professional development for teachers and the improvemenyof early-education programs. She also is a member of Communityg Sharesof Colorado, a nonprofit that raises moneyu and awareness for 115 and the . Baer has workec only in the government andnonprofit industries.
Aftert graduating with a bachelor’s degree in English from the , she worked as a paralegal for the district attorney’s office in Madison, Wis. Also, Baer taughtr English in Tanzania througha nonprofit. “Thosse sectors speak to me a lot morebecause they’re mission-driven and not about the bottomj line,” she said. “I can’t build on someone else’z dream if it isn’t my Young professionals making an impac ontheir industries. Location: 8000 Pecos St., Colo. 80221 Website: http://www.childrensoutreachproject.
org Education: Bachelor’z degree in English from the Universityof 1992; master’s degree in nonprofit managemeny from Regis University, 2000
“We need to increase awareness about the importancrof early-childhood education,” said Stephanie executive director of (COP) in Denver. Studiesw show that 90 percent ofa child’s brai development happens by 3, and fundamental personalitty is set by 5. Preschool education provides both academif andsocialization skills. Neither preschooo nor kindergarten is mandatoryin Colorado. Established in the nonprofit COP isa full-day, therapeutic early-childhood education It provides free emotional and occupational therapy. COP originally served only developmentallyhdelayed children. Since the COP has enrolled students ofall levels.
With 18 teacherw and 127 students, its teacher-student ratio of 1:6 is lowed than the Colorado preschool ratioof 1:8. Baer came to COP in 2001. “Ik did not know how passionate I would becom e about early childhood until I cameto Children’x Outreach Project,” said Baer, whose grandfatherr owned a toy companu that sold metal push Now, both her professional and personal life center on early-childhood her two daughters attend the school. “Thizs position fits so Baer said.
“Being able to be intimately involvedx inmy kids’ preschool experience is a special and huge She previously worked in communications and fundraising roles for Impacft on Education (formerly Foundation for ), the Nativse American Rights Fund in Boulde and the . Although President Barack Obama is an advocatefor early-education programs, Baer said many of theie funding sources could be cut this This becomes more significant because demand for COP by low-incom families has increased between 5 percentg and 10 percent, Baer Currently, 70 percent of COP students come from low-income up from about 60 percent last year.
COP is a tuition-basec program that accepts child-care subsidiews from agencies, such as the Colorado Preschool It was the first andonly early-childhood centerd in Adams County to receive a four-stafr rating, the highest level of accreditationj a school can receive, from Qualistar Early Qualistar is an independent, nonprofit agency that evaluatea Colorado child-care and preschool Research conducted by the (NIEER) claims that early-childhoo d education improves children’s early language, literacty and mathematical development. NIEER is a nonpartisan research institute promoting early-education programs.
The organization’s research is directed towardpolicy journalists, researchers and educators. There also are financiall benefits to childrencompleting preschool. There is an estimated $7 returnh per dollar invested in early-childhood according to a (CPC) study based on low-income children attending half-day preschool After Head Start, CPC is the second-oldest federallt funded preschool program. “We all have to step Baer said. “If we don’t do it now, we’rd paying for it later.
[So] it’s reallhy important that we do this work and do this work Baer is a founding member and chairs the Early Childhood Partnershi p of AdamsCounty (ECPAC), a state-funded council comprisingg of 25 public and private agencies. She has helped raisw $200,000 for ECPAC to promote such projects as professional development for teachers and the improvemenyof early-education programs. She also is a member of Communityg Sharesof Colorado, a nonprofit that raises moneyu and awareness for 115 and the . Baer has workec only in the government andnonprofit industries.
Aftert graduating with a bachelor’s degree in English from the , she worked as a paralegal for the district attorney’s office in Madison, Wis. Also, Baer taughtr English in Tanzania througha nonprofit. “Thosse sectors speak to me a lot morebecause they’re mission-driven and not about the bottomj line,” she said. “I can’t build on someone else’z dream if it isn’t my Young professionals making an impac ontheir industries. Location: 8000 Pecos St., Colo. 80221 Website: http://www.childrensoutreachproject.
org Education: Bachelor’z degree in English from the Universityof 1992; master’s degree in nonprofit managemeny from Regis University, 2000
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Bauer Financial issues Q1 credit union ratings - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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The company uses federal regulatory data to rate credi t unions based oncapital ratio, profit/loss trend, delinqueng loans and other Bauer's rating ranks from a high of 5 stars to a low of 0 stars. Of the 10 largesrt South Florida credit unionsby assets, six maintained a five-stafr (superior) rating: IBM Southeast Employees Credit Union and Brightsta Credit Union held on to theitr four stars (excellent) in the first quarter. They had been downgraded from five stars in thethirde quarter. Priority One Credit Unioj in Sunrise fell from to three stars from four stars in the firsr quarterwith 69.9 million in assets, 1.6 percent of which were nonperforming.
, Soutn Florida’s second-largest credit union with $738 million in assets, held on to its thres stars in thefirst quarter. It was downgraded to threew stars (adequate) from four stars in the fourtjh quarter. The Pembroke Pines-based crediy union counted 1.74 percent of its assetxs as nonperforming. First Choice in West Palm Beach also hadthred stars. , the largest in South Florid with $1.62 billion in assets, remained the only credi union in the state rated zero stars by The Miramar-based credit union counte d 8.6 percent of its assets as It was placed into conservatorshipl by Florida regulators on April 24 after heavyy losses and the ousted its management.
Space Coast Creditf Union has shown an in acquiringEastern Financial.
The company uses federal regulatory data to rate credi t unions based oncapital ratio, profit/loss trend, delinqueng loans and other Bauer's rating ranks from a high of 5 stars to a low of 0 stars. Of the 10 largesrt South Florida credit unionsby assets, six maintained a five-stafr (superior) rating: IBM Southeast Employees Credit Union and Brightsta Credit Union held on to theitr four stars (excellent) in the first quarter. They had been downgraded from five stars in thethirde quarter. Priority One Credit Unioj in Sunrise fell from to three stars from four stars in the firsr quarterwith 69.9 million in assets, 1.6 percent of which were nonperforming.
, Soutn Florida’s second-largest credit union with $738 million in assets, held on to its thres stars in thefirst quarter. It was downgraded to threew stars (adequate) from four stars in the fourtjh quarter. The Pembroke Pines-based crediy union counted 1.74 percent of its assetxs as nonperforming. First Choice in West Palm Beach also hadthred stars. , the largest in South Florid with $1.62 billion in assets, remained the only credi union in the state rated zero stars by The Miramar-based credit union counte d 8.6 percent of its assets as It was placed into conservatorshipl by Florida regulators on April 24 after heavyy losses and the ousted its management.
Space Coast Creditf Union has shown an in acquiringEastern Financial.
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