Monday, May 30, 2011

Swarm owner Arlotta gets NLL honor - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The Swarm set a franchisde attendance recordin 2009, drawing 98,46r fans for the team’s eight home despite finishing with a 6-10 record. The team ranked fourth among the NLL’s 12 teams with an average attendance of up almost 8 percentfrom 2008. Arlotta, a Denverr businessman and lacrosse enthusiast, from ownetr Craig Leipold last July. “John’s business background and passion for lacrosse have contributecd to a strong Minnesota Swar m franchise today and a very promising futurer for the franchise and the league as a NLL Interim Commissioner George Daniep said ina statement.
In addition to his work as the Swarm’ws owner and president, Arlotta also served on the NLL’s boarfd of directors, including roles on its executive and corporatwgovernance committees. This is the second consecutivwe year that a Swarm official has been namesdthe NLL’s Executive of the Year. Former Swarm president Tom Garrity won the awaredin 2008. Garrity, who to form sports-marketing consultinh firm Quan Sports Marketing withhis wife, was senior vice presidengt of sponsorship and ticket salexs for the .

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Softball: Persistent Aloha breaks through, beats Glencoe 3-2 - OregonLive.com

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Softball: Persistent Aloha breaks through, beats Glencoe 3-2

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Aloha's Anna Moore (5) steps makes the winning score against Glencoe in the bottom of the seventh inning at Rosemont Ridge Middle School in front of Glencoe catcher Tre Sullivan. - (MOTOYA NAKAMURA/THE OREGONIAN) WEST LINN â€" For six innings Friday, ...



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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Hempstead's New Dredge Restores Beach - Elmont Community Webpage (blog)

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Hempstead's New Dredge Restores Beach

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The erosion that resulted posed a threat to area homes, local roadways and a community park. What's more, the depression served as a collecting pool for seaweed left behind by receding tides. In response to the dangerous erosion and stifling stench of ...


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Monday, May 23, 2011

Family Life: How can I help my 11-year-old son to stop wetting the bed? - Irish Independent

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Family Life: How can I help my 11-year-old son to stop wetting the bed?

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One of the first might be to reassure your son that he is not alone in wetting the bed. In fact, about three per cent of children will still wet the bed at age 11. That equates to about 1750 11-year-olds around the country. ...



Saturday, May 21, 2011

Women's tech group partners with local university - Phoenix Business Journal:

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In its effort to promote women intechnology fields, chose ATW as a partnee to launch the first collegiate chapter of ATW nationwide. As part of the the ProfessionalDevelopment Center, the short-term software training divisiomn of UAT, will offer classes at a discoung to all members of the ATW Phoenix Chapter. The University of Advancin g Technology also will offera scholarship, available in January 2004 (called the UAT/ATW Scholarship) to wome n enrolling in the University. "Thiws partnership comes at a time when the need is asother technology-related associations in the Valley are losiny momentum or ceasing operations said Beth McMullen, Phoenix ATW Program Director.
ATW is nonprofig organization that supports empowering women in the field of For more: . Phoenix-based launched Wi-Fui service at Tempe's Regatta Pointe condominiums, providingf residents with Hotspotzz high-speed wireless Internet Wi-Fi access points were installesd throughoutthe property, allowinyg residents and visitors to connect using a wirelessx high-speed Internet connection. Wi-Fi accessa is available throughoutthe complex's 136 one- and two-bedroo m condominiums, including access around the pool and Muticom and Salt Lake City-based Hotspotz z are providing the high-speed Internet connection for $19.95 per montjh for the condo residents.
Tim Tutlanrd of Multicom said his company also is in the earlyy stages ofinstalling Wi-Fi "hot zones" arounx the Copper Square area of downtown Phoenix. For more: . TV, DVD salesw on the rise According to a studyg by eBrainMarket Research, color TVs with screenj sizes of 20 to 25 inchesa and those 27 inches or larger represented the largestg portion of video products owned by U.S. consumerxs in 2002, and they continue theird strongholdin 2003. The percentage of consumers owning colotr TVs with a screen of 20 to 25 inchee increased from 55 percent to 72 percenty from 2002to 2003.
The number of householdxs with TVs with a screen of 27 inchesw orgreater (not including projection TVs) increased from 47 percent to 62 percent. DVD players are the third most popular video productamonv consumers. The Consumer Electronics Association's Market Research Departmenyt spun off eBrainin 1998. For . Sitewire Marketspace Solutions, a Tempe-basexd marketing and Web development firm specializing in the golf launched twocomponents -- loyalty and tournameng marketing management -- to its Acceleraq system. The programs are designed for the golf industry to help identify loyal golfers, capture tournament player contact information and retain thos e customers.
Sitewire's solution allows courses to use its Web presenc e to growtheir business, collect criticall golfer data and form ongoing relationships with thereby increasing profitable rounds of play.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

American Eagle first quarter earnings decline - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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Net income for the quartedr ended May 2was $22.0 million, or 11 centss per share, compared to $43.9 million, or 21 for the year-ago quarter. The teen clothinbg retailer, based on Pittsburgh's Sout Side, saw total sales decline 4 percent year-over-year, to $612 million, from $640.2 million. Comparable-store sales for American Eagle (NYSE:AEO) were down 10 percentt for the quarter, compared to a 6 percen t decline in the same quartet ayear ago. "While we are never satisfiefd with anearnings decline, ther are early indications that the businessa is stablizing," CEO Jim O'Donnell said in a statement.
He citex improvement in the AE branc and categories like dressesand accessories. Analystzs were expecting earnings per share of 7 in linewith management’s recent guidance, as the companuy seeks to improve its women’s apparel and maintain its salew during a time when most retailerse are facing difficult sales declines and mallsa are drawing fewer customers. Jennifefr Black, a principal of Oregon-based research compang JenniferBlack & Associates LLC, saw reasonm for optimism. “I think it’ a very democratic brand and it appeals to a lot ofdifferen people,” she said.
“They’re in a pretty good positiobn because they offer consumers value but they have thebranrd name.” Black was encouraged by the women’ assortment that American Eagle has rollec out in its stores, praisingv the increased selection of women’s dresses and women’s denim, a weakness at the compang of late, for both tappinbg into the “Boho Chic” trend and offering selection that enablees female shoppers to mix and match. She also was strongly encouragex about the return ofRoger Markfield, the company’sa former Co-CEO and Chief Merchandising Officef who retired in 2006.
His returj to American Eagle was announcedin January, underd the newly created titls of Executive Creative Officer. Black said she didn’g expect Markfield’s new strategies to have any majorf influence untilthe fall. Holly Guthrie, an analyst for suburbabn Philadelphia-based Boenning & Scattergood Equith Research, also expected the company won’t see any meaningfupl turn arounduntil then. “In October 2008, same stores sales decelerated at a fast and furious she wrote in arecent report.
“Wed believe that (comparable store could continue to be negativre for the next four to five months and most importantly the biggest volume sales are seen when productsare promoted.”

Monday, May 16, 2011

Israeli spook firm recruiting mercenaries for Qaddafi? - World War 4 Report

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Israeli spook firm recruiting mercenaries for Qaddafi?

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Fortunately, Eurasia Review had merely lifted a March 1 story from the Palestinian independent Maan News Agency, where it remains online under the title "Report: Israel company recruiting Gadhafi mercenaries." However, the Maan accountâ€"which in turn ...



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