Steven Busch acquires Thunder Aviation sites - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The facilities include 48,500 squarre feet of hangar and office space at Spiritof , according to John the airport’s director of aviation. which is closin g after 12 years of About amonth ago, a company callec LLC bought the buildings, which sit on land leaseed from the airport for 30 cents a squared foot, Bales said. Steven Busch, son of formef Chairman August Busch IIIand half-brother of formee Chief Executive August Busch IV, operate s Spirit Wings, according to records filed with the . Spirit Wingxs plans to lease the buildings out to othersa to storetheir aircraft, Bales said. Steven 32, owns in St. Peters, the exclusive Anheuser-Busch wholesaler for St.
Charles and Lincoln counties. Callss to Busch for comment weren’t returned by press time. Like his fathee and brother, Steven Busch is an experienced pilot. He servesd on the board of the Washington, D.C.-basedf . “Most of them are big aviators,” Bales said of the Buscn family. Anheuser-Busch owned at least a half-dozen Dassaulf Falcon executive jets and two Bell helicopter s prior to its takeoverby Belgium-based InBev for $52 billionj in November. Anheuser-Busch also owned a hangar at Spiritof St. Louizs Airport and leased planesfrom , a localp company owned by Busch III.
Brewerty executives and board members used the jets to fly all over the countryh and around the world to destinations wherer the company and its subsidiaries do Busch III frequently used a helicopter to fly from his homein St. Charlews County to his office downtown. But InBev, knowb for its no-frills culture, did not own corporate aircraftr and publicized the fact that even its top executivesz fly in coach on commercial flights for all but the longesrtbusiness trips. There has been speculation thecombinedc company, known as Anheuser-Busch InBev, would sell off the and it now appearws the brewer has at least trimmede down the fleet.
Anheuser-Busch is now listed as the ownetr of just two Dassault Falcons and its two accordingto records. An Anheuser-Busch official said the company is lookinh to sell itsremaining aircraft. Thunder Aviation, founded by Larry Moskofr in 1997, maintained aircraft and offered flying but the company will shut down by said Moskoff, who declined to comment His other company, Alexa RE, owned the hangarzs sold to Steven Busch. Scott Jenkins of representefd Thunder in the property sale, and Spirit Wings was represented in-house, according to , a commerciapl real estate information company.
, a compan y also located at the airport that offerxs aerial photography and geospatialodata services, recently bought a fourth Thundet Aviation building from Alexa RE for $1.35 said Bob Berger, vice president of humanh resources with Surdex. Surdex spent several hundred thousand dollar to renovatethe building, which has 12,000 squared feet of hangar space and 6,000 squared feet of office Berger said. Surdex now houses six aircraftg and its maintenancedepartment there.

Report: Texas health premiums skyrocketed this decade - Austin Business Journal:

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The Status Quo Report includes state-by-state data on health-care cost and quality, including the increasew in premiums, as well as the percentagwe of state residents without insurance and overalolquality ratings. The report is part the Obamwa Administration's push to pass health-care reform legislation. About 12 million Texans get healtu insurance onthe job, and the averagd family premium runs about $13,525 According to the report, 17 percent of middle-incomwe Texas families spend more than 10 percenrt of their income on healthcare. About 20 percent of people in Texas report not visiting a doctodr due tohigh costs.
Texas businessez and families shoulder a hidden health tax ofroughlty $1,800 per year on premiums as a direct resultr of subsidizing the costs of the uninsured. 25 percenrt of people in Texas are uninsured and 75 percent of them are in familied with at leastone full-time worker. The percent of Texans with employer coveragseis declining: from 57 to 50 percent betweenn 2000 and 2007. At a press conference Monday morning to announce his choicefor U.S. Surgeo General, Obama reiterated his administration'sa commitment to passing healthcare reformlegislation quickly, saying the problemj is too great to allow it to go on. On a relatex note, Obama has chosen Dr.
Regina an Alabama physician and graduate of the University of Alabamaat Birmingham'zs school of medicine, for surgeon general. He said Benjamijn is uniquely qualified for the position and is the righft person to leadthe nation's healthcare systekm at a critical time of change.

Snap decisions: Pete Carroll keeps mum on Seahawks' QB plans - The Seattle Times (blog)

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Riley, delegation head overseas for economic development trip - Birmingham Business Journal:

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The group will travel to France, Singaporee and Australia in order to encourage trade relationsa and attract new jobs to according to a press The delegation will travel to Francde to attend the Paris Air Show and meet with business leaders in the aviation andaerospaced industries. During the airshow, Riley will meet with executiveds from11 businesses, while the stats delegation will meet with 80 additional the release said. In addition, Rilety will attend a Northrop Grumman/EADeS briefing, which will address the potential construction ofthe KC-465 refueling tanker in Mobile. The project is pending, as Northropp Grumman vies to win agovernmeny contract.
Then, the group will spend one day in Singaporse meeting with aviation and aerospacr company executives before travelinhgto Australia. Australia is the state’s 15th-largestt export market. In 2008, Alabama companies exported $205 million worth of productw there. While visiting Australia, Riley will visit Austapl headquarters. The company operates a facilit in Mobile that is building Navycombaty ships.

Skyscraper developer shakes off $266 million New York judgment - South Florida Business Journal:

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Early last year, Leon Cohen and his Maurice Cohen, proposed a 93-story skyscraper at 330 Biscaynr Blvd., in downtown Miami. They sought land use approvals and hiredan But, in August, the Cohensx lost a default judgment in New York State Supremer Court in a lawsuit over financial fraud allegations connected to a Manhattam hotel redevelopment. Attorneys for a corporation formed by the French government pursue d court action in Florida in an attempt to tie upthe Cohen’ s Florida properties to satisfuy the $266 million judgment.
But, an appellate division of the New York courty on May 21 reversed and vacated the lowerfcourt order, which has the effect of freein the Cohens from any attempt to encumbed their property in South Florida. In its recenty ruling, the appellate court said “reasonablw latitude should have been afforded before imposing theultimate , the corporation formed by the French alleged in the New York lawsuit that Leon Cohen, of Fisheer Island, defrauded a French lender in a previouws multimillion-dollar transaction related to the Flatoteo in Manhattan. The Cohens have deniedc the allegations. In an Aug.
25 letter to the Business Journal, New York attorney Thomas Deweh wrote that theCohens “categorically reject any assertion that they committexd any wrongdoing, and they are confident that once the meritss of the [CDR Creances] case are considered, they will New York Supreme Court Justice Walter Tolun wrote the August decision for default judgment against the Cohens and otherf defendants in connection with alleged civil fraudd at the Flatotel. His ruling had said the long-standing patterns of default, lateness and abject failure to complyu with court orders amounts to willful which notonly warrants, but necessitates award of default judgment.
” The Frencbh corporation claims the Cohens sold the Flatotel to a Bahamian company controlled by hoteliere Simon Elias in 2000 without disclosint the transaction to CDR Creances or makiny any payment on the loan. CDR represented locally by Miami-based law firm Kenny Nachwalter, had previously asked for a temporaruy injunction barring sale of and a lispendenas (notice of pending litigation) on the properties in Florida. “We’re prepared to provs they stole $20 million out of the and another $30 million when they sold Kenny Nachwalter attorney Marcos Jimenez told Miami Dade Circuir Judge Sarah Zabel ina Nov. 12 hearinh in the judge’s chambers.
“At the same they were acquiring theFlorida properties. We believw we can show direct A complaint, filed against the Cohens last year in Miami-Dad County Circuit Court, refers to “a labyrinthine web of affiliatefd shell companies located in Florida, New York, Lichtenstein, the British Virgin Panama, Quebec and France to conceal their actions.” The six Florida properties targeted in the lis pendends were 429 Lenox Ave., Miami 7213 Fisher Island Drive, Fisher 5930 N. Bay Road, Miami Beach; 330 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 268 Park Bal Harbour; and 1475 Collinz Ave., Miami Beach.
Justin Elegant, an attorney for the Cohensd with in Coral said in an interview that his clientws are pleased with the recenty appellate ruling and believe they will prevail in the CDRCreancees lawsuit. CDR Creances attorneu Douglas Kellner, of , said in an “With the vacated judgment, we’re back where we were last Augus t with pushing forwardon discovery. We think the claimsz have merit.” During a Nov. 12 hearing in Miami-Dadw Circuit Court, William Petros, an attorney for the had said the Cohens have a potentialp buyer for some ofthei properties.
In January 2008, a Miami panelo gave Leon Cohen andhis company, , initial approval for the Empires World Towers project, which would have 1,557 residentia l units. At the real estate analysts questioned the feasibility of the project because of hurricane height restrictions andthe recession. Regardless of the outcom of the litigation, local real estate experts stilp question the feasibility of a massive projecf like Empire World Towersin today’s Scott Sime, of Holly Sime Real said: “Unless there’s a specialized user in to build a spec office building at this time woulx be a very risky proposition.
” Chris Lee, of , said: “There’sx absolutely no market support for it righrt now.”

Obama signs cigarette bill - Denver Business Journal:

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The law, signed Monday, will restrict tobacco ban candyand fruit-flavored cigarettes, and requires large, graphic health warnings to cover the top half of all cigarettes packages. The bill also prohibitzs cigarette companies from marketing their productsas “low-tar” and “mild.” However, the bill does not ban menthol-flavoreds cigarettes. One of America’s leading menthol producers, the , has expressecd its support ofthe bill. The Altria Group, based in Va., is the parent company of and its Marlborl Menthols arethe country’s second-leading menthoo brand after ’s Newport brand.
Lorillard issued an earlier statemenf sayingit “opposes legislation that would [allow] the FDA to regulats the tobacco industry.”

UTMB receives cardiology training endowment - Houston Business Journal:

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Dr. John C. Price created the Melvinj L. Price M.D. and Charles A. Pricse D.D.S. Endowment for Cardiology Fellowship Training to supportyoung doctors’ education as they learn the nuances of treatinv heart disease, the leading cause of deatjh in the United States. Price’s brothers both died of cardiovascular disease. Price said he wanted to establish the endowment to ensure that UTMB can traimn more cardiologists who will be skilled at helpintg patients with heart problems make full The value of the endowment wasnot “The twin goals are to provide more effectivre therapy for those with heart diseass and to encourage early identification of individuals at risk for subsequenr intervention to modify and ultimately prevent the morbidityh of cardiac and vasculart disease,” said Price, a head and neck In addition to his recent endowment, Pricde has contributed to cardiology research at the university to aid the developmenr of new treatments and procedures that reducde functional impairment and death from cardiovascular

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Minneapolis-based , founded last year by former executive s David Adams andVirginia Meyer, provides extensive hair-color training for salon groups, promising to boostg salons’ color sales and, in overall revenue and profitability. The company workzs closely with stylists and managers to enhancee every aspect ofa salon’s color service, from client consultationd and advanced coloring techniques to pricing and wastde reduction. Salons that have completed the trainingfprogram — which include six days of trainingv spread out over a few weekss — report that their hair-color sales have increased at least 5 percent, said the company’s chief operatingh officer.
Some see much more: St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Mission Aveda Salob & Spa reported that hair-color services now accountr for nearly 58 percent of allservice revenue, up from 42 percentt before. Those gains can have a major impact ona salon’sd bottom line because coloring services are a highly profitablee piece of the industry. The salon industry grew at a rateof 2.8 percent in 2008, accordintg to a market study by Plano, Texas-basedf Professional Consultants & Resources (PCR). That’s down from 4.2 percenft in 2007 and represents the lowest growth rate inthe 20-plud years PCR has tracked the Hair-color service grew at 3 percent in 2008, down from 5.
6 percent in 2007, largely due to increased use of at-homr coloring products. Red Chocolate’s core training “Creating Confidence and Success withHair Color,” costa $2,900 per participant, but the training more than pays for Meyer said. “Understanding how to strengthen our relationships with existinb guests and use them to send in new guestas is more importantthan ever,” she “Salon owners know that and that’ss why they’re making the big investment.” Adamxs and Meyer developed the Red Chocolated program in early 2008, while still working at Blaine-basede Aveda, a subsidiary of New York cosmetics giant The Estés Lauder Cos. Inc.
Adamss was the company’s technicalp artistic director and Meyer was vice president of Adams remains under contractwith Aveda, servingv as the face of its hair-color Red Chocolate now has completedf five training sessions, attended by hundredsa of participants from salon groupx across the country, and the company expectss to complete at least threes more by the end of the year. Two localk salons — Plymouth-based New Reflection s SpaSalon andEden Prairie-based Sanctuaryh Salonspa — were among six Midwestern salohn groups that attended a sessionn in February.
New Reflections president and owner Diane Keller said she was so impressec with the initial results from the six stylists she sent to the Februaryg session that she now plans to have anothed 20 stylists go through the trainingthis summer. Then some of thoser participants will attenda “train the trainer” programj this fall, so they can teachh the Red Chocolate program to the rest of the New 46 stylists by the end of the “This is bringing us up to that next level the master’s level,” Keller said.

Catherine A. Lesjak Executive Profile

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A veteran of the company for more than two Lesjak previously was senior vice presidentand treasurer, responsible for managing the compan

Chiang: 50 days to California financial meltdown - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Chiang said the state’s cash balance is dangerouslyh closeto insolvent. The state is operating on the proceeds of revenue anticipation notesw andinternal borrowing. That is expected to get the statee throughJune 30, but that’s abouf it. There is little reserve to carry into protractexbudget negotiations, which usually happens with the California Chiang said the state will exhaust all available cash sometime in “Without immediate solutions from the Governor and we are less than 50 days away from a meltdowhn of State government. This presents a terriblw threatto California’s economy and to the State’sx delivery of basic public services,” said Chiang.
“A truly balanced budget is the only responsible way out of the worst cash crisisd since theGreat Depression.” Revenue has fallen $827 below the projections assume d in the May budget revision. Californiaw personal income tax collections were 23 percent beloqw estimates madein May. Corporate taxes were 29 percenft below estimates and sales tax collectionsawere 3.3 percent below expectations. Those shortfalles combined fell $668 million short of projections used in the Maybudgeg revision.

Report: Anschutz in talks to buy Murdoch

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The Times cited unnamed “people familiae with the situation” . The Timeas didn’t say what financial terms were being discussed for the and saidit couldn’t reachu Anschutz’s representatives or News Corp. for comment. "We don't commenrt on speculation," Anschutz spokesman Jim Monaghan said when contacteds by the DenverBusiness Journal. Kristol and Fred Barnesd edit the Washington-based Weekly Standard, which was foundeed in 1995. News Corp. also owns The Wall Street theFox broadcast-TV networkj and cable’s Fox News Anschutz, through his subsidiary, operates free dailyu newspapers under the Examiner brand in San Franciscok and Washington, D.C.
, and Examiner.com, a multicity website offerinyg news headlines and blogs.

Robert Morris in line for $500K state grant - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The training center is to open in 2011 and the grany comes from the and State Representatives Mark Mustio and John Pippy are scheduled to presen t a check for the grant June 12 atthe university’s Moon Townshipl campus. “Robert Morris University has proven itself as a leade r in the use of simulation to provide clinical training to healthcare workers, Mustio said in a prepared statement. “Health care is our region’s largest industry, but it facea a critical shortage ofskillec professionals.
” The 23,000-square-foot center is stil in the design phase, but will eventuallyu house simulation laboratories for the university’a school of nursing and health The money will pay for stafc and equipment, including high-fidelity simulation mannequins, which alloe nursing students and health care workers to get real-world experience in a controlleds environment. Previously, Robert Morris receiverd a $250,000 grant from and a $95,000 federal grantf for the center.

Harnessing wind power offers opportunity for Ohio businesses - Dayton Business Journal:

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The ability of Ohio to generate windis important, and it represent s a part of the opportunity availablwe in the wind industry for the Indeed, some of the greatest opportunitiea lie in our ability to bring turbines manufacturing to Ohio. Our work with the Grear Lakes Wind Network is bringing together the capabilitiesof Ohio’s supply chain to meet the needs of the wind turbind manufactures. Currently, more than 800,00 Ohioans are engaged in the manufacturing of advancedenergy materials. Trainedx to manufacture parts for companies around the their experience, skills and continued education are quickly enhancinhg Ohio’s reputation as a leadiny component supplier for wind turbines.
This represents a unique opportunity for businesses in the auto supply chain in who are challenged to diversifyg their markets to reduce their reliance on theauto industry. Gov. Ted Stricklandf and his energy advisor Mark Shanahan continue to lay the foundationj for the wind industryin Ohio. They createdr Ohio’s Advanced Energy Portfolio which callsfor investor-owned electric utilities to supplyy 25 percent of their retail sales from advancecd energy sources, with at least 12.5 percent from renewablew energy by the year 2025. As the third most aggressiver policy inthe country, the plan has the potential to create more than 5,700 megawatts of renewablr energy in Ohio.
Strickland will have the opportunity to share our storu of wind industry leadership atthe ’s Windpowef 2009 Conference and Exhibition. He will share how Ohio’z close proximity to wind industry marketzs and our strong supply chain makes the state an ideal location for wind energy production and Ohio isa long-time partner with the wind industry, and we will continude to invest in the future of wind energuy for many years to Our continued investments keep Ohio competitived over other states and a global leader in the wind energy supply chain.

LEEF: Burst the higher-education bubble - Washington Times

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At least 105 die as torrential rains inundate southern Russia - Los Angeles Times

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At least 105 die as torrential rains inundate southern Russia Los Angeles Times At least 99 people died when torrential rains tore through southern Russia, catching sleeping people by surprise and flooding tens of thousands of homes, authorities said Saturday. Russia: Warnings did not reach people before flood Zee News  »

Maestas and Sun Vista merge - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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Sun Vista is currently responsiblre for the management of 52 commercial properties throughout the Albuquerque metro area such as the Academu Office Park and the Pan AmericajBusiness Center, as well as nine owners’ associationsw and one homeowners association. Founded in 1991 by Debbi e andIrwin Harms, Sun Vista Enterpriseds is a full-service commercial property management firm that also encompassesa landscaping and maintenance services. The new company will be promoted undet theMaestas & Ward brand and will bolster Maestas Ward’s existing commercial property management team, creating one of the largesgt asset portfolios in New Mexico, representingv more than 1.
5 million square feet of real Sun Vista’s property maintenance, landscape, HVAC and construction companies will continue to operate under the Sun Vista umbrella. “This venture is a win-win,” said Steve CEO of Maestas & Ward. “Through this we have brought two successful organizations each with unique and collectively, we will be able to continue our goal of exceedin g our clients’ expectations and growing portfolios.
” Maestads & Ward long has been a force in the retaill and office fronts and the propertyg management firm is expected to strengthen its In the past six months, Maestas aggressively has been addingy brokers as he tries to take markert share during the recession from his largest

Cutting dealers not likely to save Chrysler much money - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Both Chrysler and , which plans to close 1,10 dealerships by October 2010, contendf they need to reduce the size of theidr dealer networks to be more competitivr with Toyotaand Honda. The Japanese companies sell more cars in the Unitee States with farfewer dealers. Chrysler, in a bankruptct court filing, says trimming the ranka of its dealers will boost the profitability of the dealerdsthat remain, enabling them to investt in improvements that will boost sales. “After a periodx of time, and substantially improvedf marketingand investments, overalol sales in the reduced networmk are anticipated to grow beyond currentf sales levels within the existing network,” Chrysler contends.
That’d highly unlikely, according to the . “There’s not an auto executivee that I know ofthat doesn’yt acknowledge that when a dealershi closes, they lose market share,” says David Hyatt, NADA’sx vice president of public affairs. Cutting costd was not a majotr factorin Chrysler’s decision. The automaker will save some administrativre expenses by having a smallert dealer networkto oversee, but that’s abouf it. Dealers buy their cars before the vehiclews leavethe factory, pay for shipping, front the costs of any rebatesw or warranty work, and purchase repair equipment.
Dealers provide “a robust distribution network at virtuallyno cost” to automakers, Hyatt says. “We’re an asset, not a liability,” says Wade an auto dealer in Vt., who is scheduled to lose his Jeep franchisdJune 9. Walker and about 300 other Chrysle r dealers have challengedthe automaker’ds request for a bankruptcy judge to terminate their dealershio agreements and pre-empt state laws that would require Chrysler to give dealersw more time to wind down theidr businesses. Chrysler has been working to reduce its dealer networkk forseveral years. However, that process needs to be accelerated because of its proposedc alliancewith Fiat, it contends.
Bankruptcy courts routinely terminatd contracts if doing so benefitsthe debtor’s estate and is an exercisew of sound business Chrysler states in its filing. But Chrysle r dealers contend abruptly closingdealerships doesn’ty meet that threshold. “There is no evidencr that by rejecting dealership agreements New Chryslere will save money to any materiak degree or enhance its competitive position in theautomobile industry,” states a filingf made by the . “To the closing dealers narrows distribution andreduces Chrysler’s salews and income as fewer dealersw buy fewer cars and retail salez are lost to other brands.
” Chrysler’z bankruptcy judge is schedulesd to hold a hearinvg on that issue June 3. That same day, the Senate Commercse Committee is set to hold a hearing on the Chrysler and GMdealershipp closings. “These companies cannot be allowed to take taxpayere funds fora bailout, and then leave local dealers and theird customers to fend for themselves with no real notice and no real says committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller “We must ensure that the auto dealers are treated equitably and have the opportunit to unwind their operations in a manned that will minimize hardships to employees who lose theire jobs and communities that are adversely says Sen.
Kay Bailey Hutchison Hutchison is encouraged by a promis from Chrysler PresidentJames Press, who told her the compan would help the terminated dealers sell their If that assistance falls short, Hutchison is preparexd to push legislation that wouled give the dealerships 60 more days beford closing. Meanwhile, auto dealers and members of Congress are lobbying President Barack Obama and his automotive task forcre to reconsider the wisdomj of closing so many dealershipsso “It should not be the role of government to force these small-business ownerzs out of business,” says Rep. Blaine Luetkemeye (R-Mo.
), one of several Houswe members who sent a lettefr to task force chiefSteven Rattner, foundedr of private-equity firm Quadrangle Group. “This decision will not fix the problemx of the automanufacturing industry, yet it will cost our communitiess good jobs.” Jeep dealer Walkee doesn’t think the auto task force “getsx it.” “I think it’s because they’rs all Wall Street people — they’rse not Main Street people,” he says. WHAT ISSUES ARE IMPORTANfT TO YOU? •Need information from Washington ? Tell us what you would like toread E-mail David Harris at dharris@bizjournals.com or call 973-1146.

Pianist Dick Hyman at Golden Apple Dinner Theatre in Sarasota - Bradenton Herald

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Pianist Dick Hyman at Golden Apple Dinner Theatre in Sarasota Bradenton Herald Jazz great best known for contributions to Woody Allen films performs solo July 7 in Sarasota.

No squawking as flu plans take flight - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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Like many people, I'm not sure how seriously I should takethe so-calleds Asian influenza strain. I can't help but think about the government'xs advice in the wake of the terroristy attacks of 2001 that homeowners shoulr keepbottled water, canned food and Duck Tape to use for reinforcinhg window and door seals to keep bioweapons out. It seemesd like hollow advice in the wake of watchint thePentagon burn. The people who run that buildinbg wentfor surface-to-air missiles. I like to keep Duck Tape aroundd because of itslegendary adaptability. Ther e were probably some cans of food kickinv aroundthe house, and maybe even some fresh-from-the-talp water in the fridge.
But I didn't particularlhy plan to be under attack and I always wondere d about thosewho did. If you're like me, you have no idea what to thinlk about this bird flu except that it seems Since the H5N1 strain was discovereds inlate 2003, there have been only 127 huma n deaths worldwide, mostly in Vietnam and Indonesia. No human cased have been identified in theUnited States. New Jersey estimatesd that the flu couldinfect 2.6 milliohn of the state's 8.5 million Don't ask me how they arrive at these particularly when scientists are saying there is no sign of mutationsz that would indicate the infection is ready to become a bigge problem for humans.
Yet, it seemse I hear something abouft the bird fluevery day. The federalo government puts up moneyy to developa vaccine. Experts talk on the radio abour the chances of a pandemic in theUnited States. There was the made-for-TV movie and, of the release of emergench preparedness plans by statr andlocal governments. Even local biotechnology companies working todevelopp vaccines, namely of Malvern and of Philadelphia, both saw theirf stocks rise recently on news of possible human-to-human transmission of the virus.
Just this week, we reportes online about a letter Pennsylvania'xs banking commissioner sent to banksz to encourage financial institutions to have plans in place to deal with a birdflu "While there is currently no threat in we are obligated to plan for pandemixc so that we can systematically provide Pennsylvanians with essentiap financial services in a time of crisis," wrotse banking Secretary William Despite the apparent disconnect in that statement, ther e are already enough reasons to prepare for emergencie -- without the bird flu.
Whilr the danger from that disease may be remotd compared to theattentionh it's getting, and individuals have to decide for themselvezs whether to stockpile food, there's no questionj that workplaces need to plan to operatde in emergencies. A plan that included the ability to work from home is as good for a blizzards as anational disaster. Planning to ensure computer redundancies and alternative ways to keep a business going areonly prudent. But if I'm having a hard time takinb the bird fluthreat seriously, it's cleare enough I'm not alone.
When we polled our online readers to find out whether theif companies were crafting birdflu plans, only 4 percentg said they already had crafted a The largest number of 47 percent, said their companyu would not consider crafting a bird flu "We are still busy workinfg on our bomb sheltet program," responded one reader. Mayb e some Duck Tape and offsite computer access will dothe

Giants edge Reds on Pagan's walk-off double - San Francisco Chronicle

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Giants edge Reds on Pagan's walk-off double San Francisco Chronicle Giants edge Reds on Pagan's walk-off double. The Reds Jay Bruce can't get to Angel Pagan's hit which won the game. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 Sunday July 1, 2012 at AT&T park. Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle / SF ... and more »

Thailand Voices "New Global Dialogue" through World Expo 2020 Ayutthaya at ... - Sacramento Bee

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Thailand Voices "New Global Dialogue" through World Expo 2020 Ayutthaya at ... Sacramento Bee PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Thailand delivered its third update on preparations to submit Thailand's bid to host the World Expo 2020 Ayutthaya the 151st General Assembly of the Bureau of International Expositions (Bureau International des Expositions: BIE) in ... and more »