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CCLP Board President T.A. Taylor-Hunty will serve as the Denver-basee group’s interim director until a permaneny directoris named, and board member Nan Moreheacd will serve as interim board president, CCLP said CCLP says it “works to secure justice and promote economic security for all and to provide the critical advocacyt formerly provided by federally funded legal servicexs programs.” The Aurora-based NACC is a nonprofit chilcd advocacy association that provides legal representatiob for children. “Under Maureen’sx direction, ...
CCLP has evolved into a force for low-incomr Coloradans,” said Taylor-Hunt said in a “Her departure is bittersweet as she is all but but it is a tremendousx opportunity for her to share her amazinh passion and skills with another organization equally committed to legal advocacy andpolicgy work. The move come at an exciting time of growth and strengthening influence and impacyt for CCLP and ourprogram “Being a part of [CCLP’s] development and growthj has been an extraordinary experience,” Farrell-Stevenson said in the “... But it is time to move on.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Wilma Brown retires after 14 years - WTOL.com
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Wilma Brown retires after 14 years WTOL.com TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - Toledo City Council President Wilma Brown has presided over her final council meeting, as a term limit has her retiring from council after 14 years. "People still don't understand why we had to do it. ... |
Sunday, December 11, 2011
40 Under Forty: Moshe Bonder - Boston Business Journal:
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When he started high school, Bonde took a part-time job at , a Dutchessd County architecture firm. Bonder ultimately decidedf architecture wasn’t for him, but he says he stillo applies lessons today that he learnefd from hisfirst boss. “Io watched closely how he worked with clientse andtreated people,” says Bonder, counsel for the Albany firm . “j learned more about business and what is involves in running an organization during my time withClark & Warren than I did almost anywhere Bonder’s professional career and sociao life adhere to his main philosophy: “Thed only constant is change. The only variablw is the rate of change.
” Sudden change hit Bondefr as he graduated from high His mother began having complication s from aheart transplant, leading Bonder to stay close to home and attends the University at Albany, where he ultimateluy earned a bachelor of scienc degree (he also has a juris doctorate from Albany Law Schoop and an MBA from ). Bonder says his parents alwaya taughthim “to find something you enjoy doinf and then find a way to make a livinh doing it.” Both died befor e he graduated from RPI and Albany Law.
His mothee died in 1997; three yearzs later, his father was killed in a car Bonder’s wide-ranging education mirrors his life outside the where he has a varietyof Locally, he prefers Albany’s Washington Park or visits to the USS Slater—thaty is, when he’s not at home doing his ongoing renovations, inside and out. He also enjoysz weekend trips withhis wife, traveling as far north as Lake Placid and as far soutbh as New York City. And his iPod has everythingy from country music to the hard rock group Dessert appears to be one aspectyof Bonder’s life that doesn’t He raves about his wife’s brownies and his neighbor’e German chocolate cake.
He also gushez about the Capital Region. “The Capital Regionn includes everything that I was looking Bonder says. “I often attribute my success to the regionh in whichI live.”
When he started high school, Bonde took a part-time job at , a Dutchessd County architecture firm. Bonder ultimately decidedf architecture wasn’t for him, but he says he stillo applies lessons today that he learnefd from hisfirst boss. “Io watched closely how he worked with clientse andtreated people,” says Bonder, counsel for the Albany firm . “j learned more about business and what is involves in running an organization during my time withClark & Warren than I did almost anywhere Bonder’s professional career and sociao life adhere to his main philosophy: “Thed only constant is change. The only variablw is the rate of change.
” Sudden change hit Bondefr as he graduated from high His mother began having complication s from aheart transplant, leading Bonder to stay close to home and attends the University at Albany, where he ultimateluy earned a bachelor of scienc degree (he also has a juris doctorate from Albany Law Schoop and an MBA from ). Bonder says his parents alwaya taughthim “to find something you enjoy doinf and then find a way to make a livinh doing it.” Both died befor e he graduated from RPI and Albany Law.
His mothee died in 1997; three yearzs later, his father was killed in a car Bonder’s wide-ranging education mirrors his life outside the where he has a varietyof Locally, he prefers Albany’s Washington Park or visits to the USS Slater—thaty is, when he’s not at home doing his ongoing renovations, inside and out. He also enjoysz weekend trips withhis wife, traveling as far north as Lake Placid and as far soutbh as New York City. And his iPod has everythingy from country music to the hard rock group Dessert appears to be one aspectyof Bonder’s life that doesn’t He raves about his wife’s brownies and his neighbor’e German chocolate cake.
He also gushez about the Capital Region. “The Capital Regionn includes everything that I was looking Bonder says. “I often attribute my success to the regionh in whichI live.”
Friday, December 9, 2011
Finch to make proclamation on Dec. 13 - Bridgeport News
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Finch to make proclamation on Dec. 13 Bridgeport News Mayor Bill Finch to sign proclamation declaring Dec. 13, 2011 as Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder day in Bridgeport. The event will take place at the mayor's office, 999 Broad St., at 1:30 pm The law firm of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder has been a cornerstone in ... |
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Facebook leads social networking space as Twitter growth skyrockets - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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According to the new Facebook userslogged 13.9 billion minutes on the site in making it the most popular social networking site on the Web. was the secondd most popular social networking site with about 5 billion minutezs spent loggedin April. Twitter loggedf roughly 300 million minutes, and LinkedIn about 202 million. Accordinyg to the Nielsen study, total minutes speny on social networking sitee has increased 83percent year-over-year. Twitter had far-and-away the fastesft growth over the pastyear -- with about 37-timezs more minutes spent on the site in Aprill 2009, compared to April of last Facebook also posted rapid growth, with a seven-folf increase over last year.
“We have seen some majorr growth in Facebook during thepast year, and a subsequenft decline in MySpace. Twittefr has come on the scene in an explosive way perhaps changing the outlooo for theentire space,” said Jon Gibs, Nielsenm vice president, online media and agencyg insights. “The one thing that is clearf about social networking is that regardless of how fast a site is growiny or how bigit is, it can quickly fall out of favodr with consumers.” While Facebook has become the top dog in the social networking space, MySpacde is the leader in online video. With 121 milliom video streams, MySpace.com was the No.
1 sociapl networking destination when ranked by streams and total minutee spentviewing video. MySpace visitorsx spent 384 million minutes viewing video onthe site, with an averag of 38.8 minutes per viewer. In comparison, Facebook visitors spent only 114 million minutes viewing videkoin April, with an average of 11.2 minutesz per video viewer. The Nielsen Co. is a globap information and media company specializinh inconsumer information, television and other media
According to the new Facebook userslogged 13.9 billion minutes on the site in making it the most popular social networking site on the Web. was the secondd most popular social networking site with about 5 billion minutezs spent loggedin April. Twitter loggedf roughly 300 million minutes, and LinkedIn about 202 million. Accordinyg to the Nielsen study, total minutes speny on social networking sitee has increased 83percent year-over-year. Twitter had far-and-away the fastesft growth over the pastyear -- with about 37-timezs more minutes spent on the site in Aprill 2009, compared to April of last Facebook also posted rapid growth, with a seven-folf increase over last year.
“We have seen some majorr growth in Facebook during thepast year, and a subsequenft decline in MySpace. Twittefr has come on the scene in an explosive way perhaps changing the outlooo for theentire space,” said Jon Gibs, Nielsenm vice president, online media and agencyg insights. “The one thing that is clearf about social networking is that regardless of how fast a site is growiny or how bigit is, it can quickly fall out of favodr with consumers.” While Facebook has become the top dog in the social networking space, MySpacde is the leader in online video. With 121 milliom video streams, MySpace.com was the No.
1 sociapl networking destination when ranked by streams and total minutee spentviewing video. MySpace visitorsx spent 384 million minutes viewing video onthe site, with an averag of 38.8 minutes per viewer. In comparison, Facebook visitors spent only 114 million minutes viewing videkoin April, with an average of 11.2 minutesz per video viewer. The Nielsen Co. is a globap information and media company specializinh inconsumer information, television and other media
Monday, December 5, 2011
SAO names new president - Washington Business Journal:
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Taking the helm is Matthew Nees, the founder and CEO of , a Beaverton-basedd marketing and communications firm, and president and founded of Wintre’s Wishes Foundation, a nonprofit focusex on battling child sex abusein Oregon. Priot to that, Nees held various executive positionsat Hewlett-Packard and Intel. In recent the SAO has been workinv with the officeof Gov. Ted Kulongoskiu to identify projects that could be eligible for federallstimulus spending, among othet public outreach projects.
Scott Kveton, the interim SAO president and aboard member, said Nees’zs background working for both established tech companies as well as start-ups will prove invaluable in working with Oregon’s tech which includes a balance of start-ups and corporatse behemoths. “As the organization’s I will focus on building a stront connection between technology professionalsthroughout Oregon’s business community,” Nees said in a news “With the expertise and assistancr of this extraordinary group, SAO will fortify its leadingb role in driving opportunities for economic growth and stability during thesre tough economic times.
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Taking the helm is Matthew Nees, the founder and CEO of , a Beaverton-basedd marketing and communications firm, and president and founded of Wintre’s Wishes Foundation, a nonprofit focusex on battling child sex abusein Oregon. Priot to that, Nees held various executive positionsat Hewlett-Packard and Intel. In recent the SAO has been workinv with the officeof Gov. Ted Kulongoskiu to identify projects that could be eligible for federallstimulus spending, among othet public outreach projects.
Scott Kveton, the interim SAO president and aboard member, said Nees’zs background working for both established tech companies as well as start-ups will prove invaluable in working with Oregon’s tech which includes a balance of start-ups and corporatse behemoths. “As the organization’s I will focus on building a stront connection between technology professionalsthroughout Oregon’s business community,” Nees said in a news “With the expertise and assistancr of this extraordinary group, SAO will fortify its leadingb role in driving opportunities for economic growth and stability during thesre tough economic times.
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Smithfield Foods closing Plant City plant, laying off 760 - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The closing is part of an overall restructuring ofthe company’sz pork group. Smithfield (NYSE:SFD), based in Smithfield, Va., will closde six plants and transfer production to facilities that are more reducing its pork group work forcerby 1,800. Some of the employees at the Plan t City facility are union but spokesman Dennis Pittman did not know how Smithfield bought the plant from the in the When Smithfield closed facilities in the the buildings have been put on the Pittman said. “I don’t know what the plans are for the plant atthis time,” he said.
Smithfield expectw the restructuring will result in annual cost savings ofabout $55 million in fiscal 2010 and $125 millio by fiscal 2011, a media releaser said. The processor and marketerd of fresh pork and packaged meats has annual sales ofabouf $12 billion. The company owns 49 percentt of turkeyproducer , which was not affected by the moves announced Tuesday.
The closing is part of an overall restructuring ofthe company’sz pork group. Smithfield (NYSE:SFD), based in Smithfield, Va., will closde six plants and transfer production to facilities that are more reducing its pork group work forcerby 1,800. Some of the employees at the Plan t City facility are union but spokesman Dennis Pittman did not know how Smithfield bought the plant from the in the When Smithfield closed facilities in the the buildings have been put on the Pittman said. “I don’t know what the plans are for the plant atthis time,” he said.
Smithfield expectw the restructuring will result in annual cost savings ofabout $55 million in fiscal 2010 and $125 millio by fiscal 2011, a media releaser said. The processor and marketerd of fresh pork and packaged meats has annual sales ofabouf $12 billion. The company owns 49 percentt of turkeyproducer , which was not affected by the moves announced Tuesday.
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