CBC.ca | Famed AP war photographer Horst Faas dies at 79 Daytona Beach News-Journal AP AP , Hovering US Army helicopters pour machine gun fire into the tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, Vietnam, March, 1965. (AP/Horst Faas) In this 1967 file ... Famed combat photographer Horst Faas dies at 79 |
Friday, May 11, 2012
Famed AP war photographer Horst Faas dies at 79 - Daytona Beach News-Journal
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
SAHA to spend $14.5 million on local housing project upgrades - Orlando Business Journal:
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million in federal stimulus funds to repaif and upgrade a numberr of public housing Out of 349 housing authoritiee in Texas that received money from the Americaj Recovery andReinvestment Act, San Antoniok Housing Authority, or SAHA, received the largest amount. SAHA is requirec to use the moneg for capital improvements and all the funds must be spen t withinthree years. “These funds will alloe us to make much-needed repairs to our public housingg properties and improve the safetu and quality of life for our SAHA President and CEO Lourdes CastroRamirex says.
Among the properties slated for major upgrades is the LewixChatham Apartments, a 119-unift apartment complex for seniors on the city’as South Side. Lewis Chatham also will undergo anextensive modernization. In stimulus funds will be used to upgrade the elevators and fire safety at nearluy 20elderly communities. Other projectsd will involve replacing fencing, windows, roofing, cabinets, and heating, ventilatiobn and air conditioning SAHA Board Chairman Ramiro Cavazos says the agencyy will encourage the participation of smalland minority-owner businesses.
“We will also give additional weight to contractorw that commit to actively recruiting employeezs from the neighborhoods in and around where this workwill occur,” he says. SAHA will issue requests for proposals to perform engineering and architectural servicews relatedto stimulus-approved projects. Web www.saha.org
million in federal stimulus funds to repaif and upgrade a numberr of public housing Out of 349 housing authoritiee in Texas that received money from the Americaj Recovery andReinvestment Act, San Antoniok Housing Authority, or SAHA, received the largest amount. SAHA is requirec to use the moneg for capital improvements and all the funds must be spen t withinthree years. “These funds will alloe us to make much-needed repairs to our public housingg properties and improve the safetu and quality of life for our SAHA President and CEO Lourdes CastroRamirex says.
Among the properties slated for major upgrades is the LewixChatham Apartments, a 119-unift apartment complex for seniors on the city’as South Side. Lewis Chatham also will undergo anextensive modernization. In stimulus funds will be used to upgrade the elevators and fire safety at nearluy 20elderly communities. Other projectsd will involve replacing fencing, windows, roofing, cabinets, and heating, ventilatiobn and air conditioning SAHA Board Chairman Ramiro Cavazos says the agencyy will encourage the participation of smalland minority-owner businesses.
“We will also give additional weight to contractorw that commit to actively recruiting employeezs from the neighborhoods in and around where this workwill occur,” he says. SAHA will issue requests for proposals to perform engineering and architectural servicews relatedto stimulus-approved projects. Web www.saha.org
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Smart Online execs quit after company drops Smith Anderson - Triangle Business Journal:
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The resignations came after a May 19 board meetinfg during whichthe firm’s interimm CEO, Doron Roethler, who was also board chairmanb and president, resigned for what a companuy spokesman described as personal reasons. A new interimj CEO has been named, and a search has begun to find his Resigningin protest, according to letters filedc by each with the U.S. Securities and Exchange were board memberRoberta Hardy, who had joine d the Smart Online board in March 2009, CFO Timothy Kristg and Neile King, COO and vice president of sales and marketing.
“Thw company’s former securities lawyers have substantial securities law experiencer and significant knowledge of the Hardy wrote inher letter. “I am greatlgy concerned that the company’s changed in securities lawyers will expose the companyy and its directors and officers togreater risk.” Smart Online spokesman Steve Hoechster says the resignations came in the wake of a decisionm by the Smart Online boarx to hire the New York-basede law firm to replace Smitn Anderson. Hardy voted against the move, Hoechster says.
Smitn Anderson’s relationship with the softwarwe company dates backto 2006, a year before federa investigators arrested former Smart Online CEO Dennies Nouri, his brother Reza Nouri, and brokers Ruben Serranio and Alain Lustig on charges of conspiracy to commit frausd and securities fraud. The charges stemmed from an allegedx scheme, investigators say, in which the four men aggressivelhy marketed Smart Online shares to investorsd in an effort to inflate thestock price. Serrank and Lustig pleaded guilty to the chargeds in Manhattan federal court on May 22 and will be sentenceddin August. The Nouri brothers are scheduled to go on trialJune 15.
Hoechstetr labeled as “pure speculation” any attempt to draw a link betweenm the recent round of resignations at Smart Online and the ongoing securities case in New Contacted athis home, the former COO, woulrd say only that the boare and the company’s executives “were aware” of ongoing developmentd in the securities case. Asked about his decision to resigbn following the corporatecounsel change, King said, “Whebn you have a comfort level with you don’t want to changee that.
” In his letter to the SEC, King was more “I am unfamiliar with the Cohenb firm, and after reviewing theirf securities law experience I do not feel that they are qualified to represent the company competently and am concerned that the companu and its officers and directorz may be subject to increased risk by virtue of this changer in legal counsel.” Hoechster says the change in counse l had been an issue studied in advancer of the May 19 meeting by Roethler, who was planninb to step down as CEO because of illnesas in his family. His departure and the subsequent resignationwere “coincidental,” according to Hoechster, who added: “The compant is moving on.
” As for Roethler’ss replacement as CEO, the board tapped one of its own, C. Jamesd Meese Jr., who is founder of He will receivew $10,000 a month as compensation until Smart Online names a according toSEC filings.
The resignations came after a May 19 board meetinfg during whichthe firm’s interimm CEO, Doron Roethler, who was also board chairmanb and president, resigned for what a companuy spokesman described as personal reasons. A new interimj CEO has been named, and a search has begun to find his Resigningin protest, according to letters filedc by each with the U.S. Securities and Exchange were board memberRoberta Hardy, who had joine d the Smart Online board in March 2009, CFO Timothy Kristg and Neile King, COO and vice president of sales and marketing.
“Thw company’s former securities lawyers have substantial securities law experiencer and significant knowledge of the Hardy wrote inher letter. “I am greatlgy concerned that the company’s changed in securities lawyers will expose the companyy and its directors and officers togreater risk.” Smart Online spokesman Steve Hoechster says the resignations came in the wake of a decisionm by the Smart Online boarx to hire the New York-basede law firm to replace Smitn Anderson. Hardy voted against the move, Hoechster says.
Smitn Anderson’s relationship with the softwarwe company dates backto 2006, a year before federa investigators arrested former Smart Online CEO Dennies Nouri, his brother Reza Nouri, and brokers Ruben Serranio and Alain Lustig on charges of conspiracy to commit frausd and securities fraud. The charges stemmed from an allegedx scheme, investigators say, in which the four men aggressivelhy marketed Smart Online shares to investorsd in an effort to inflate thestock price. Serrank and Lustig pleaded guilty to the chargeds in Manhattan federal court on May 22 and will be sentenceddin August. The Nouri brothers are scheduled to go on trialJune 15.
Hoechstetr labeled as “pure speculation” any attempt to draw a link betweenm the recent round of resignations at Smart Online and the ongoing securities case in New Contacted athis home, the former COO, woulrd say only that the boare and the company’s executives “were aware” of ongoing developmentd in the securities case. Asked about his decision to resigbn following the corporatecounsel change, King said, “Whebn you have a comfort level with you don’t want to changee that.
” In his letter to the SEC, King was more “I am unfamiliar with the Cohenb firm, and after reviewing theirf securities law experience I do not feel that they are qualified to represent the company competently and am concerned that the companu and its officers and directorz may be subject to increased risk by virtue of this changer in legal counsel.” Hoechster says the change in counse l had been an issue studied in advancer of the May 19 meeting by Roethler, who was planninb to step down as CEO because of illnesas in his family. His departure and the subsequent resignationwere “coincidental,” according to Hoechster, who added: “The compant is moving on.
” As for Roethler’ss replacement as CEO, the board tapped one of its own, C. Jamesd Meese Jr., who is founder of He will receivew $10,000 a month as compensation until Smart Online names a according toSEC filings.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
KMD architecture firm to triple Seattle presence - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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KMD board member Sean Huangh has relocated to Seattle with plans to more than triple the size ofthe firm'sz Seattle office as the firm competes for design work in the Northwest and in "Based on our business plan, we want to get to 40 to 50 said Huang, a design "That will let us do the diversity of work we want to do, with the firepower to do four to five major projects." KMD currentlyg has a staff of 14 in its Seattlw office. Huang expects that the company will hire nearly 50 peopl during the nexttwo years. That's not counting staffers who may be recruitedfrom KMD'es other offices to work on varioue projects, he said.
In beefing up its presences in Seattle, KMD will be competing againsttwo Seattle-based industry giants, and , which respectivel y had 464 and 303 employees and billings of $82.4 million and $62.7 according to the Puget Sound Business Journal's 2006 Book of Lists. KMD is the largest firm in the San Francisco Bay Area with 60 architectxsand $60 million in billings for the last available figures, according to the San Franciscko Business Times' 2004 Book of Lists. NBBJ design partnee Steve McConnell said, "Good firmsd will be looking at the Northwes t to see what they can makeof it.
Good competitioj challenges all of us to be to be more clear about who we are and what we are and wewelcome that." Callison principal Bill Gartz concurs and notes there's plenty of room at the "Judging by the cranes out there, there is quiter a bit of work being done," Gartz said. Aftetr analyzing the market, KMD officials The firm "discovered a lot of greaty opportunities to engage other core areas of our practicw inthis office," Huang said. About 40 percent of the Seattled office's work is in the health-care Huang said. The firm also does a significant amountt of work for academicd institutions and governmental agencies as wellas mixed-use Huang said.
Locally, KMD plans to expande its reach inthose disciplines. It is designing two scienc e facilities for an unidentified client in Richland and renovatingba 20,000-square-foot building on Evergreen Hospitao Medical Center's Kirkland campus for the new Evergreehn Neurological Institute. KMD is also working on the master plan for the new Snohomish Countyg justice centerin Everett. Huanh said Seattle is an important markey for obtaining workin Asia. KMD is helping design a 2 million-square-fooft retail center in Shanghai and Seoul City Hall inSouth Korea. Also, KMD wanted a larger officw in a city where environmentally friendly and sustainable desigb is a prominent focusamong firms.
"It's somethinvg we want to be involved in," Huang said. "Wse try and go where the market is doin ginnovative work." "Internationally, Seattle is becoming renownexd not only because of its businesses but becaus of its design," said Huang, who said the city is regardec as a leader in sustainabl e design. Huang, who was involved in designint the FordField mixed-use sports stadiujm development in Detroit, site of Supedr Bowl XL, began lobbying to relocate here about 18 months ago. His wife's family is located in the Seattls area. Making the move with Huan g is Senior Associate andDesignefr L.T. Chen.
Additionally, Seattle health-care specialist Christopher Rubright has been promoted to the positiom of directorof health-care Larry Parrett remains director of KMD's Seattlse office. Founded in 1963 as Kaplabn McLaughlin Diaz, KMD has eight offices and 190 The firm opened its Seattle offices in 1992 after KMD was retained to design the expansion of HarborviewsMedical Center.
KMD board member Sean Huangh has relocated to Seattle with plans to more than triple the size ofthe firm'sz Seattle office as the firm competes for design work in the Northwest and in "Based on our business plan, we want to get to 40 to 50 said Huang, a design "That will let us do the diversity of work we want to do, with the firepower to do four to five major projects." KMD currentlyg has a staff of 14 in its Seattlw office. Huang expects that the company will hire nearly 50 peopl during the nexttwo years. That's not counting staffers who may be recruitedfrom KMD'es other offices to work on varioue projects, he said.
In beefing up its presences in Seattle, KMD will be competing againsttwo Seattle-based industry giants, and , which respectivel y had 464 and 303 employees and billings of $82.4 million and $62.7 according to the Puget Sound Business Journal's 2006 Book of Lists. KMD is the largest firm in the San Francisco Bay Area with 60 architectxsand $60 million in billings for the last available figures, according to the San Franciscko Business Times' 2004 Book of Lists. NBBJ design partnee Steve McConnell said, "Good firmsd will be looking at the Northwes t to see what they can makeof it.
Good competitioj challenges all of us to be to be more clear about who we are and what we are and wewelcome that." Callison principal Bill Gartz concurs and notes there's plenty of room at the "Judging by the cranes out there, there is quiter a bit of work being done," Gartz said. Aftetr analyzing the market, KMD officials The firm "discovered a lot of greaty opportunities to engage other core areas of our practicw inthis office," Huang said. About 40 percent of the Seattled office's work is in the health-care Huang said. The firm also does a significant amountt of work for academicd institutions and governmental agencies as wellas mixed-use Huang said.
Locally, KMD plans to expande its reach inthose disciplines. It is designing two scienc e facilities for an unidentified client in Richland and renovatingba 20,000-square-foot building on Evergreen Hospitao Medical Center's Kirkland campus for the new Evergreehn Neurological Institute. KMD is also working on the master plan for the new Snohomish Countyg justice centerin Everett. Huanh said Seattle is an important markey for obtaining workin Asia. KMD is helping design a 2 million-square-fooft retail center in Shanghai and Seoul City Hall inSouth Korea. Also, KMD wanted a larger officw in a city where environmentally friendly and sustainable desigb is a prominent focusamong firms.
"It's somethinvg we want to be involved in," Huang said. "Wse try and go where the market is doin ginnovative work." "Internationally, Seattle is becoming renownexd not only because of its businesses but becaus of its design," said Huang, who said the city is regardec as a leader in sustainabl e design. Huang, who was involved in designint the FordField mixed-use sports stadiujm development in Detroit, site of Supedr Bowl XL, began lobbying to relocate here about 18 months ago. His wife's family is located in the Seattls area. Making the move with Huan g is Senior Associate andDesignefr L.T. Chen.
Additionally, Seattle health-care specialist Christopher Rubright has been promoted to the positiom of directorof health-care Larry Parrett remains director of KMD's Seattlse office. Founded in 1963 as Kaplabn McLaughlin Diaz, KMD has eight offices and 190 The firm opened its Seattle offices in 1992 after KMD was retained to design the expansion of HarborviewsMedical Center.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Erickson gives up on Hilliard project - Portland Business Journal:
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notified the city of Hilliard last Thursdagy that the foreclosure filing means thedeveloper won'y open the unfinished $34 million first phase and will no longerd manage the 80-acre property. The decision ends more than two monthw of wrangling over continuedd financing of the Hickory Chase project between the developer andthe lenders. That financialo issue had prompted Erickson to cease construction on the firsy 145 units of the complex and community centee the week ofMay 12. The company’s announcement comeas as it from its goal ofinvesting $12 billiob to develop 50 communitie s over the next decade.
That includes scrappinhg plans to build senior housing facilities in five including Ohio. Before Erickson halted construction, would-bew residents had been told they couled move in by late Erickson had planned to deliver 833 residentiak unitsthrough 2013. “We have been informe d by the lender for our Hickory Chas e project that despite out best efforts to resolvefinancialp issues, the lender has commencer a foreclosure proceeding that will result in us not beingf able to open Hickory Chasr and end our management of the the developer wrote in its letter. “We are deeplt disappointed we were not able to reacya resolution.
” The deposits of prospective residentse are not affected by the foreclosure, the compangy said, and it will offert refunds. The company said in June that it wouldc close its sales center in late July pending resolution of thefinanciapl issues. A company spokesman offered no additionao comment beyond the text of the A KeyBank spokeswoman also was not immediately available for commenrt on thefinancing consortium’s plans for the property. The lendetr had extended a $90 million construction loan for the project inAprilk 2008, according to public records.
In a news Hilliard said it had not riskesd city money inthe $17 millionh of road improvements to Brittonb Parkway, Anson Drive and Leap Road. Brittomn Parkway opened in January while construction continues on theAnsojn connector. Those projects were financed through a communitgy development authority that funded the project through bond Those bonds were expected to be paid off througu rising property taxes generated as theretirement community’s buildings get completed.
Hilliarde Finance Director Michelle Kelly-Underwoos said the city’s current operating budgets also did not rely on tax revenuew generated bythe “In short, we were not counting moneyt from Erickson until (the retirement community) was Kelly-Underwood said in the “and this unfortunate developmeng shows the wisdom of taking that conservative
notified the city of Hilliard last Thursdagy that the foreclosure filing means thedeveloper won'y open the unfinished $34 million first phase and will no longerd manage the 80-acre property. The decision ends more than two monthw of wrangling over continuedd financing of the Hickory Chase project between the developer andthe lenders. That financialo issue had prompted Erickson to cease construction on the firsy 145 units of the complex and community centee the week ofMay 12. The company’s announcement comeas as it from its goal ofinvesting $12 billiob to develop 50 communitie s over the next decade.
That includes scrappinhg plans to build senior housing facilities in five including Ohio. Before Erickson halted construction, would-bew residents had been told they couled move in by late Erickson had planned to deliver 833 residentiak unitsthrough 2013. “We have been informe d by the lender for our Hickory Chas e project that despite out best efforts to resolvefinancialp issues, the lender has commencer a foreclosure proceeding that will result in us not beingf able to open Hickory Chasr and end our management of the the developer wrote in its letter. “We are deeplt disappointed we were not able to reacya resolution.
” The deposits of prospective residentse are not affected by the foreclosure, the compangy said, and it will offert refunds. The company said in June that it wouldc close its sales center in late July pending resolution of thefinanciapl issues. A company spokesman offered no additionao comment beyond the text of the A KeyBank spokeswoman also was not immediately available for commenrt on thefinancing consortium’s plans for the property. The lendetr had extended a $90 million construction loan for the project inAprilk 2008, according to public records.
In a news Hilliard said it had not riskesd city money inthe $17 millionh of road improvements to Brittonb Parkway, Anson Drive and Leap Road. Brittomn Parkway opened in January while construction continues on theAnsojn connector. Those projects were financed through a communitgy development authority that funded the project through bond Those bonds were expected to be paid off througu rising property taxes generated as theretirement community’s buildings get completed.
Hilliarde Finance Director Michelle Kelly-Underwoos said the city’s current operating budgets also did not rely on tax revenuew generated bythe “In short, we were not counting moneyt from Erickson until (the retirement community) was Kelly-Underwood said in the “and this unfortunate developmeng shows the wisdom of taking that conservative
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Graham 4Q profits slip - Wichita Business Journal:
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Net income in the fourth quartedrwas $3.6 million, or 35 centz per share, a decline of 14.6 percenft from $4.2 million, or 41 cents per year-over-year. The Batavia-based manufacturet (AMEX: GHM) noted a restructuring in the period throug the elimination ofcertain management, office and manufacturintg positions. The number of jobs cut was not disclosed but resultedc in a chargeof $559,000, whicgh included severance and related employee benefitf costs. The restructuring is expected to yieldapproximately $2.7 milliohn in annual cost savings. Fourth-quartedr net sales were $24.8 million, up 9.2 from $22.8 million in the prior year’w fourth quarter.
Full-year net income in fiscal 2009was $17.56 million, up 16.2 percent from $15.o million in fiscal 2008. On a per share net income in fiscal 2009was $1.71 compared with $1.498 in fiscal 2008, a 14.8 percent improvement. For the year endeed March 31, 2009 revenue was a record $101. million, 17 percent higher than $86.4 million for the fiscal year ende dMarch 31, 2008.
Net income in the fourth quartedrwas $3.6 million, or 35 centz per share, a decline of 14.6 percenft from $4.2 million, or 41 cents per year-over-year. The Batavia-based manufacturet (AMEX: GHM) noted a restructuring in the period throug the elimination ofcertain management, office and manufacturintg positions. The number of jobs cut was not disclosed but resultedc in a chargeof $559,000, whicgh included severance and related employee benefitf costs. The restructuring is expected to yieldapproximately $2.7 milliohn in annual cost savings. Fourth-quartedr net sales were $24.8 million, up 9.2 from $22.8 million in the prior year’w fourth quarter.
Full-year net income in fiscal 2009was $17.56 million, up 16.2 percent from $15.o million in fiscal 2008. On a per share net income in fiscal 2009was $1.71 compared with $1.498 in fiscal 2008, a 14.8 percent improvement. For the year endeed March 31, 2009 revenue was a record $101. million, 17 percent higher than $86.4 million for the fiscal year ende dMarch 31, 2008.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Young banned seven days for hate crime incident - SI.com
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Atlanta Journal Constitution | Young banned seven days for hate crime incident SI.com DETROIT (AP) -- Delmon Young was suspended by Major League Baseb » |
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