Monday, July 18, 2011

Diamondbacks veteran Geoff Blum still feels the nerves - AZ Central.com

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Diamondbacks veteran Geoff Blum still feels the nerves

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Blum in 13th season in the majors; made season debut in Friday's loss vs. Dodgers by Sarah McLellan - Jul. 16, 2011 06:16 PM This may be his 13th season in the majors, but infielder Geoff Blum still felt a twinge of nerves when he made his season debut ...


Blum's return gives D-backs bench flexibility

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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Kettering Health names three new presidents - Dayton Business Journal:

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New presidents were named for and Sycamore and Southviewmedical centers. Michael Stephena was named presidentof , succeeding Richarx Haas who was appointex as president of . Gregory Henderson was namecd president of GreeneMemorial Hospital, succeeding Stephens, and Timothy Ols has been name d president of , succeeding Henderson. All three transitionsw will take effectMarch 1. The executive hirinvg come on the heels of Fred Manchur taking the position of president of the networkleffective Jan. 1. Sincwe then, Roy Chew was named president of and Richar d Haas was named to replace Chew as president of the Grandviewqand Southview. Those appointments took effect Feb. 1.
Ketteringy Health Network has sixarea hospitals, including Ketteringv Medical Center, Grandview Medical Center, Southview Medicakl Center, Sycamore Medical Center and Greene Memorial Hospital, and has more than 8,00 0 employees in the In October, Kettering Health Network purchaseds 35 acres off of New Germanyy Treibein Road in Beavercreek and plansd to break ground in late fall or earlhy winter 2009 on a new Greende County hospital that would cost up to $100 million and bring up to 200 jobs to the

Thursday, July 14, 2011

University of Maryland starts new finance program - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Master of Science in Business: Financr will be taught throughthe university’sd . “The global financial crisis has changed the way we thinlkabout finance,” said G. Anandalingam, dean of the Robertt H. Smith School of Business, in a “Now more than ever there is a need for industryh professionals with a solid understanding of evolving financiapl models for banking anddebt management, corporate governancre and management.
” Teachers have been workingt closely with the and the FDIC, among other agencies, and have also advise d large financial institutions and multinational Using quantitative methods, students will be able to analyzd and direct the financial decisions of an organizationb in the global economy. Classews start this fall at the school’w Washington, D.C. ,campus in the . The part-timew program meets twice weeklh and takes15 months.

Monday, July 11, 2011

New Orleans Launches August Restaurant Promotion - Sacramento Bee

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New Orleans Launches August Restaurant Promotion

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By New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau NEW ORLEANS, July 11, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- New Orleans has announced the line-up of 40 world-class restaurants for its seventh annual COOLinary restaurant promotion, offering special two and three-course ...


New Orleans Launches August Restaurant Promotion

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

The age of credulity - Ottawa Citizen

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The age of credulity

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This strange credulity is growing. Many reporters remember when there were a few guys with fax machines who sent us badly typed letters analysing why the Kennedy assassination was a hoax. Now it has spread to everything. We are besieged with claims ...



Thursday, July 7, 2011

RTP shooting victim had 13 wounds - abc11.com

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RTP shooting victim had 13 wounds

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Also killed were Amesha Alia Page-Smith, 24, and Adrianne Celeste Stevens, 22. Eric Smith says he can't believe his cousin is gone. "She was a fun outgoing energetic person," he rec »

Monday, July 4, 2011

United Way optimistic it will reach $82M goal - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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“We are going to do our best to get said MiltonLittle , president of Atlanta’d United Way, in a phone interview March 9. “I remain optimistic.” One reason for the optimismj has been the success ofthe “Criticalp Needs” campaign, which sought to raise $2.5 million in immediatwe dollars to help agencies serving those hardest hit by the economic Thanks to a $2 millionm gift from the Joseph B. , the Critical Needw campaign actually hasraised $3.5 million. “W know that individual families and households are really hurtinghright now,” said Russ Hardin , presidenf of the Whitehead Foundation.
“United Way offeredd us an ideal way to help throughoutf themetro area. It was an easy decisionm for us.” Little said anotherf high point was thatUnited Way’s top donors raisedc $170,000 in addition to their annual giftw for the Critical Needs campaign. “The spiri of generosity is a culturedof Atlanta, and that’s what has helped sustainh us during this time,” Little said. This year’ws campaign has had several bright spota under the leadershipof ’sz Ed Heys .
“We were able to launch Unitedd Way campaigns in 150 new companies largeand small,” Little Those included two big ones, and In all, United Way runs about 2,000 campaigns every year. Yet some companiews had to suspend campaignsthis year. “Unfortunately, givemn the recession, we had some campaignas that didn’t do as well as they had in previoue campaigns mainly due to headcount reductions,” said who didn’t want to identifyg those companies. As a Little said: “There is a good chance therew will bea brand-new No. 1 Last year, topped the corporatr donor list by raisingnearly $4.4 million. was second with $4.3 million.
, a longtimr top donor, came in thirx with $4 million. Othed entities raising at least $1 million were the Combined Federallcampaign (47,000 federal employees), , , Georgiqa Power/ , , QuikTrip, , , the statw of Georgia, , Deloitte LLP, , LLP, and Co. Little said that therre will be two new donors inthe million-dollar club and As tough as this year has been, the 2009 United Way campaigj may be tougher. The chair will be John Somerhaldert , CEO of AGL Resources Inc. “Irt certainly is going to be as large a challengre as we haveever had,” Somerhalder His strategy? “We are tryinf to start early.
” The Woodruff Arts Center annuao corporate campaign also is swimming upstream to reach a recorde goal of $9 million. So far, the campaign has raised $5.1 million, or 57 percent of that according to MichaelGarrett , ’s who is chairing the campaign. “Althougn this year’s campaign is proving challenging, we have chosen not to reducs the goal and remain committed to reachinh thefull $9 million,” Garrett wrote in an e-mail.
To meet that the campaign cabinet is sweetening the dealfor