Jacqueline Woodson's 'Beneath a Meth Moon': Story of courage and recovery Washington Post BENEATH A METH MOON By Jacqueline Woodson Nancy Paulsen. $16.99. Age 12 and up. The Margaret A. Edwards Award for young adult literature usually caps a distinguished career, but for Jacqueline Woodson, who won the prize in 2006 at age 42, the intense, ... |
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Jacqueline Woodson's 'Beneath a Meth Moon': Story of courage and recovery - Washington Post
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Supply chain maintenance - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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Then he was contacted by Patricok Garrof , who suggested lookiny into his supply chain, which opener up a new perspective for “We’re a company focused on new products and innovation, so you don’t focus on the things alreadgy in your lap,” Welch “You get satisfied dealin g with a known quantity – untipl you realize there’s some more savingsx there.” Garr’s company uses benchmarks and client input to identifyt potential savings in any of 30 expense including everything from freighgt and packaging to temporary workerx and insurance. It then goes through a systemativ request for proposal process to find abetterr value.
“We act as an expert procurement arm for our Garr said. The company, started in the Unite Kingdom in 1992, operates in 28 countries and hassome 1,000 area directors like who operates his business on a franchisew basis. Among others, it has worked with , , , , and . who has a bachelor of science degres in industrial and systems worked for Intel in Albuquerque for 12 eventually taking on internal supply chain planningy and savingthe company, he says, $80 Around the time Garr started looking for an opportunityh to work on a more independeng basis, in August 2007, the U.S.
economy startec to turn sour and businessees began to go intosafety “This is absolutely a good fit for today’ws marketplace,” he said, though he notes that his servicesz can help businesses in any number of including growing companies like UniRac. Garr openesd his ERA franchise in the second quarterdof 2008, and began looking for ERA focuses on companies with $5 million or more in yearlt revenues that are spending $50,00p or more in a single expens category. That means, by the state’xs standards, his targets in New Mexico are medium-sized to largse firms.
When Garr contactexd UniRac, a manufacturer of solar energy mounting equipment with 61 he and Welch identifiedthe company’s packaging costse as an area of potential savings. As he generally Garr then brought in a category in this case a Floridian with 32 years of experiencein packaging. The processz led Welch to a new supplier, he said, “good savings.” He and Garr will soon meet to considere otherexpense categories. Garr said the process results in retention of the incumbent suppliere 60 to 70 percenr ofthe time, but generally at a lower cost, thankss to the introduction of competition.
He said ERA only gets paid once it hasidentifiedx cost-saving measures and the client company has agreed to implement them. He said the proces results in savings averagingf 20 percent across all and ERA’s fee is generally the equivalenty of one-half of the savings realized over 18 months. Patrick director 10215 Sand SageDrive NW, Albuquerque expensereduction.comj
Then he was contacted by Patricok Garrof , who suggested lookiny into his supply chain, which opener up a new perspective for “We’re a company focused on new products and innovation, so you don’t focus on the things alreadgy in your lap,” Welch “You get satisfied dealin g with a known quantity – untipl you realize there’s some more savingsx there.” Garr’s company uses benchmarks and client input to identifyt potential savings in any of 30 expense including everything from freighgt and packaging to temporary workerx and insurance. It then goes through a systemativ request for proposal process to find abetterr value.
“We act as an expert procurement arm for our Garr said. The company, started in the Unite Kingdom in 1992, operates in 28 countries and hassome 1,000 area directors like who operates his business on a franchisew basis. Among others, it has worked with , , , , and . who has a bachelor of science degres in industrial and systems worked for Intel in Albuquerque for 12 eventually taking on internal supply chain planningy and savingthe company, he says, $80 Around the time Garr started looking for an opportunityh to work on a more independeng basis, in August 2007, the U.S.
economy startec to turn sour and businessees began to go intosafety “This is absolutely a good fit for today’ws marketplace,” he said, though he notes that his servicesz can help businesses in any number of including growing companies like UniRac. Garr openesd his ERA franchise in the second quarterdof 2008, and began looking for ERA focuses on companies with $5 million or more in yearlt revenues that are spending $50,00p or more in a single expens category. That means, by the state’xs standards, his targets in New Mexico are medium-sized to largse firms.
When Garr contactexd UniRac, a manufacturer of solar energy mounting equipment with 61 he and Welch identifiedthe company’s packaging costse as an area of potential savings. As he generally Garr then brought in a category in this case a Floridian with 32 years of experiencein packaging. The processz led Welch to a new supplier, he said, “good savings.” He and Garr will soon meet to considere otherexpense categories. Garr said the process results in retention of the incumbent suppliere 60 to 70 percenr ofthe time, but generally at a lower cost, thankss to the introduction of competition.
He said ERA only gets paid once it hasidentifiedx cost-saving measures and the client company has agreed to implement them. He said the proces results in savings averagingf 20 percent across all and ERA’s fee is generally the equivalenty of one-half of the savings realized over 18 months. Patrick director 10215 Sand SageDrive NW, Albuquerque expensereduction.comj
Friday, March 9, 2012
US naval laboratory develops firefighting robot for vessels - The Engineer
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The Engineer | US naval laboratory develops firefighting robot for vessels The Engineer Scientists at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are developing a humanoid robot to carry out firefighting duties on navy vessels. According to the NRL, a humanoid-type robot was chosen because it was considered best suited to operate within the ... NRL desig ns robot for shipboard firefighting US Navy wants an autonomous firefighting robot Navy developing humanoid robot |
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Fear of losing iconic Western culture spurs fight - Boston.com
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Boston.com | Fear of losing iconic Western culture spurs fight Boston.com The 65-year-old business owner and head of the UT/AZ ATV Club says he fears more of the restrictions that followed President Bill Clinton's 1996 declaration of the 1.9-million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument at Kanab's backdoor. |
Monday, March 5, 2012
Study: 'Minute clinics' fail to catch on in Mass. - South Florida Business Journal:
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But a new study by the consultancy firm Deloitte has found that people in Boston are statistically less willin to use this new alternative healthcare option. The percentags of patients who were likel to use a retail clinic if it cost half as much as a doctor visit was 30percent nationwide, but only 21 percenft in Boston. The percentage of patients that have actuallyu used a retail walk in clinic in the past year was 13 percen nationwide and only 5 percentin Boston. Even a one week wait for a doctoer would not entice very many Bostonians to go to aretaill clinic: just 18 percent of Bostonians said that would make them change their compared with 28 percent nationwide.
The newly-releaseds study was conducted in October of andincluded 5,665 subjects nationwide
But a new study by the consultancy firm Deloitte has found that people in Boston are statistically less willin to use this new alternative healthcare option. The percentags of patients who were likel to use a retail clinic if it cost half as much as a doctor visit was 30percent nationwide, but only 21 percenft in Boston. The percentage of patients that have actuallyu used a retail walk in clinic in the past year was 13 percen nationwide and only 5 percentin Boston. Even a one week wait for a doctoer would not entice very many Bostonians to go to aretaill clinic: just 18 percent of Bostonians said that would make them change their compared with 28 percent nationwide.
The newly-releaseds study was conducted in October of andincluded 5,665 subjects nationwide
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Oil boom and a kidnapping alter Montana town - MSN Money
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Oil boom and a kidnapping alter Montana town MSN Money Authorities allege the 43-year-old Arnold was snatched from a Sidney street by two men among the thousands from across the country descending on the small towns of the Northern Plains in search of a slice of the boom's multi-billion-dollar payoff. |
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Hawaiian Telcom opposes buyout offer - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Sandwich Isles filed a motion earliedr this month to submit a competing Chapter 11 reorganizationn plan forHawaiian Telcom. In it, the Honolulu-basex company offered to buy Hawaiian Telcom’s assets using $250 million in cash and $150 milliob in debt that would be issued byHawaiiabn Telcom. Until June 30, Hawaiian Telcom has so-callefd “exclusivity” in filing a reorganization plan. The company wants to extend that exclusivithyto Sept. 30 as it gets votez on a proposed plan it file dJune 3.
Sandwich Isles has filerd an objection tothat extension, and Hawaiian Telcom’e latest filing defends the “Asking the court for help in promoting a low-bal offer for Hawaiian Telcom’s businesses is not a recipe for succeszs in bankruptcy proceedings,” Hawaiiam Telcom said in the filing. Sandwicyh Isles, a company founded in 1995 to take advantagee of government subsidies that pay for the installatiojn of broadband cable inrural areas, had said in its motiobn that Hawaiian Telcom refused to consider its But, Hawaiian Telcom says it analyzesd and rejected the offer in May, for eight reasons liste in the filing.
It cited Sandwichy Isles’ lack of committed financing, lack of federap and state licenses to operate inurban areas, and lack of experience and abilityu to operate a full-servics communications company. Hawaiian Telcom said it stands behinsd its proposed reorganization plan to reducewthe company’s debt by nearlu $790 million, from $1.1 billion to $300 Sandwich Isles’ motion also claims Hawaiian Telcom has not made good-faitb progress in its bankruptcy case sincew filing for Chapter 11 protectiojn in December.
In defending that claim, Hawaiian Telcom’s chiefc operating officer Kevin Nystrom said the compan y hascontacted “dozens of strategic and financial The company said it pursued a potentiakl buyer, whom it did not but that after two monthas of talks no offer was made. Nystrom said Hawaiian Telco also askedits “equity sponsor” -- its majority owner, of D.C. -- about a standalones reorganization and also discussed standalone restructuring optionws with its bondholders andsecuredd lenders.
Sandwich Isles filed a motion earliedr this month to submit a competing Chapter 11 reorganizationn plan forHawaiian Telcom. In it, the Honolulu-basex company offered to buy Hawaiian Telcom’s assets using $250 million in cash and $150 milliob in debt that would be issued byHawaiiabn Telcom. Until June 30, Hawaiian Telcom has so-callefd “exclusivity” in filing a reorganization plan. The company wants to extend that exclusivithyto Sept. 30 as it gets votez on a proposed plan it file dJune 3.
Sandwich Isles has filerd an objection tothat extension, and Hawaiian Telcom’e latest filing defends the “Asking the court for help in promoting a low-bal offer for Hawaiian Telcom’s businesses is not a recipe for succeszs in bankruptcy proceedings,” Hawaiiam Telcom said in the filing. Sandwicyh Isles, a company founded in 1995 to take advantagee of government subsidies that pay for the installatiojn of broadband cable inrural areas, had said in its motiobn that Hawaiian Telcom refused to consider its But, Hawaiian Telcom says it analyzesd and rejected the offer in May, for eight reasons liste in the filing.
It cited Sandwichy Isles’ lack of committed financing, lack of federap and state licenses to operate inurban areas, and lack of experience and abilityu to operate a full-servics communications company. Hawaiian Telcom said it stands behinsd its proposed reorganization plan to reducewthe company’s debt by nearlu $790 million, from $1.1 billion to $300 Sandwich Isles’ motion also claims Hawaiian Telcom has not made good-faitb progress in its bankruptcy case sincew filing for Chapter 11 protectiojn in December.
In defending that claim, Hawaiian Telcom’s chiefc operating officer Kevin Nystrom said the compan y hascontacted “dozens of strategic and financial The company said it pursued a potentiakl buyer, whom it did not but that after two monthas of talks no offer was made. Nystrom said Hawaiian Telco also askedits “equity sponsor” -- its majority owner, of D.C. -- about a standalones reorganization and also discussed standalone restructuring optionws with its bondholders andsecuredd lenders.
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