'Put Jersey back on BBC weather map'

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‘Put Jersey back on BBC weather map’

0 Comments | Western Daily Press, Jul 29, 2010

The BBC should bring an end to “forecast discrimination” by putting Jersey back on its weather map, the island’s tourism authority said today.

A petition has been launched in a campaign that is also calling for more accurate weather forecasts.

Jersey Tourism claims incorrect temperature predictions are causing businesses to lose out on millions of pounds.

The island was only mentioned in ten per cent of BBC weather forecasts.

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Balloon boy's parents plead guilty in hoax

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Balloon boy’s parents plead guilty in hoax

Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Nov 14, 2009 by P. Solomon Banda Associated Press

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Colorado parents accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting their son was aboard a runaway balloon pleaded guilty Friday to charges that could bring some jail time and probation.

Richard Heene pleaded guilty to knowingly and falsely influencing Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden, a felony, in the episode that sent law enforcement scrambling to rescue 6-year-old Falcon until he was found safe at the family home. Mayumi Heene pleaded guilty to knowingly filing a false report with emergency services, a misdemeanor.

Richard Heene told judge Stephen Schapanski he understood that he could have to pay restitution for the costs incurred by public agencies because of his actions. Local and federal authorities spent at least $62,000 pursuing the balloon and searching for 6-year-old Falcon after it landed.

Schapanski told Mayumi Heene that her plea doesn’t automatically prevent any action by federal authorities regarding her immigration status; she is a Japanese citizen. Her attorney, Lee Christian, acknowledged that was the case but said avoiding a trial could reduce the consequences.

Chief deputy district attorney Andrew Lewis told the judge that prosecutors always intended to charge Mayumi Heene with a misdemeanor based on her cooperation with authorities and what he called her lower level of culpability in the incident
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Speaker; Hazleton, Pa. – Members of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce

Jul 29

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Members of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce

0 Comments | Standard – Speaker; Hazleton, Pa., May 21, 2009

Members of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce as of May 1 include:

15th St. Beer Warehouse, 455-1600

AC &R; Service Inc., 788-2427, www.acrsvc.com

A J Roofing Inc., 788-5255

A to S Metals Inc., 454-9929

AAA Mid-Atlantic Anthracite Branch, 454-6658, www.aaamidatlantic.com

Aaaamusements Rrr Usss Inc., 455-2084, www.amusementsrus@msn.com

Aaron North Inc., 501-8500, www.aaronjobs.com

ABC Pest Control, 708-2847

Above The Poconos Skydivers, 888-654-7529

Action Coach NEPA, ,517-7105, www.actioncoach.com/richardmunson

Action Real Estate, 453-0303

Advanced Automated Controls, Inc., 842-5842, www.aac247.com

Advanced Business Equipment, 800-522-7237, www.abecopier.com

Aero Solutions, 455-7736, www.aerosolutionsllc.com

Aggressive Realty & Rentals, 788-8500

AHEDD, 622-9711, www.ahedd.org

Alexandria Marolo Photography, 455-4786

Alfred Benesch & Co., 454-2750, www.benesch.com

All-American Jeep, 929-2161

All ’bout Computers, LLC, 459-6887

All-Care Home Care, 459-3002, www.allcarehomecareagency.com

All Occasions Gift Shop, 455-9556

All That Dancin’ Studio, 436-0445

Alshefski Enterprises Inc., 455-1577

Altadis & Specialty Products, 929-2355, www.altadis.com

American Abstractors Inc., 384-1330

American Cancer Society, 459-1212, www.cancer.org

American Computer Associates, Inc., 800-326-9972, www.acaInc.net

American Patient Transport Systems Inc., 459-6622, www.aptsems.com

American Red Cross Hazleton Chapter, 455-9517, http:// hazleton.redcross.org

American Tailored, 454-2530

American Transmission, 455-5900

America’s Best Value Inn, 788-5887, www.hotelpa.com

Ameriprise Financial, 454-4048

Amish Pantry, LLC (The), 379-4771, www.theamishpantry.com

Amore Pitza, 454-3311

Andrea’s Day Care Services, 788-1636

Angelo, Richard E., Contractor, 454-5052

Angelo’s Italian House, 454-9364, www.angelositalianhouse.com

ANT Vanpooling Services, 459-4618

Anthracite Region Center For Independent Living, 455-9800, www.anthracitecil.org

APO2 Inc., 455-7223

Apollo Group Inc., 823-2431

Apostolic Faith Church, 459-0454

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar, 450-6674, www.therosegroup.com

Arc Electric Construction Co., 455-2370, www.arcelectric- hazleton.com

Aset Solar, 244-2951, www.asetsolar.com

ASI Employer Solutions, 800-333-5085, www.asipeo.com

At Your Service, 708-3083, www.dmatyourservice.com

AT&T;, 459-6532

ATI Insulation Systems Inc., 455-1400

Atlas Cop Co. Compressors, LLC., 606-9186

Attick’s Inc., 455-2800, www.atticksinc.com

Auto Bus Inc./N. E. Transfer Inc., 474-6771

Auto Glass Shop, 454-3141

Auto Zone, 751-0100, www.autozone.com

Automation Consulting, 571-3633

B.F. Ziegler Co. Inc., 455-1071

Bafile Family Chiropractic Inc., 788-3737

Bakers Tower Service, 427-4758

Bank Of America, 459-4260, www.bankofamerica.com

Banyas, Joseph DMD., Family Dentistry, 454-1665

Barber Ford, 454-2414, www.barberautogroup.com

Barletta Materials & Const. Inc., 668-4303

Barry Isett & Associates, PC, 455-2999, www.barryisett.com

Baskin’s Auto, 455-6555

Bayada Nurses, 883-9022, www.bayada.com

Beacon Container Corp. 800-332-8562, www.beaconcontainer.com

Beacon Reverse Mortgage, 606-4591, www.beaconreverse.com

Bearings & Drives Unlimited II, 384-7333, www.bduInc.com

Beauty Flower Poem, 578-2584, www.beautyflowerpoem.etsy.com

Beltway Diner Restaurant, 450-6280

Bemis Co Inc., 455-7741, www.bemis.com

Benjamin Real Estate, 788-4104, www.benjaminrealtors.com

Benny Heater Co Inc., 427-8615

Bent Creek Builders Inc., 788-5541

Berger Construction Company, 636-2666, www.bergerconstruction.com

Berger Family Dealerships, 454-0856, www.bergerfamilydealerships.com

Berger, Joseph E., 929-3790

Best Western Genetti Inn & Suites, 454-2494, www.genettisuites.com

Better Business Bureau, 614-4222, www.nepa.bbb.org

Beyond Eden, 453-3336, www.beyondedenhazleton.com

Big Apple Hair Salon, 459-2638

Bigelow Law Firm Pc, 455-9970

Billig Helmes Insurance Assoc, 454-5000

Bimbo Bakeries USA-Stroehmanns, 455-2066

Birchwood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 735-2973

Biros Septic & Drain Cleaning Inc., 889-3738, www.birosseptic.com

Biros Utilities Inc., 800-823-7781, www.birosutilities.com

BKL Enterprises, 868-0441

Blasko’s Candies, 454-8451

Bloomsburg Hospital, 387-2100, www.bloomhealth.net

Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, 78455-30

Blue Cross Of NEPA, 200-4300, www.bcbs.com

Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club, 868-4653, www.blueridgetrail.com

BMC Desks Etc., 829-7098, www.bmcdesksetc.com

Bob’s Sporting Goods Inc., 455-1421

Bognet Inc., 454-2584, www.bognetInc.com

Bonanza Family Restaurant, 454-8767

Bonin, Frank J
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Herald; Dubuque, Iowa – Fed pushes for small business credit

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Fed pushes for small business credit

0 Comments | Telegraph – Herald; Dubuque, Iowa, Jul 13, 2010 | by Jeannine Aversa

WASHINGTON – Big companies are building up cash and are expected to report strong earnings starting this week. Not so for small businesses that can’t get loans – or hire freely until they do.

The gap helps explain why the economic rebound isn’t stronger and could even stall. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stepped up pressure Monday on banks to break the logjam and lend more to smaller firms, which employ at least half of American workers.

Small business owners are relying on personal credit cards or raiding retirement accounts to stay afloat, the Fed chairman said.

Bernanke and other regulators have urged banks for months to lend more to smaller companies. Lawmakers have complained that small businesses that want loans are having trouble getting them. Banks have countered by saying demand remains weak.

The Fed does have authority to create programs to increase lending, such as providing low-cost loans to banks. But economic conditions would probably have to weaken considerably before the Fed would propose such a move. One such program set up during the 2008 financial crisis was recently closed.

The Fed chief’s latest comments came as legislative efforts to spur small-business lending have languished, and as the recovery has lost momentum. Bernanke spoke at a Fed conference held to explore ways to loosen lending to small companies.

“Making credit accessible to sound small businesses is crucial to our economic recovery,” Bernanke said. “More must be done.”

Some small business leaders say they would hire more if only they had easier access to loans. One of them is Marilyn Landis, of Basic Business Concepts Inc. of Pittsburgh, which compiles financial documents for other small businesses.

Landis said even though she says she’s never missed a payment, she says her line of credit was cut about 18 months ago.

Nearly one-third of small business borrowers report difficulty arranging credit, accroding to the National Federation of Independent Businesses.

By contrast, big businesses, which start reporting their second- quarter earnings this week, have enjoyed easier access to loans and low interest rates.

Analysts expect companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 to report a 42 percent jump in profit by one measure, S&P; says. For the current quarter, which ends Sept. 30, they expect a 31 percent rise.

The big companies also benefit from something available to fairly few small businesses: plenty of cash.

In March, cash at S&P; 500 companies hit a record $837 billion – about a year and a half’s worth of profits. And S&P; senior analyst Howard Silverblatt says he expects cash to rise to a new record for the April-to-June quarter when figures are released later this summer.

Yet even as the economy has improved, lending to small businesses has declined
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Long Island Real Estate Briefs: October 19, 2007

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Long Island Real Estate Briefs: October 19, 2007

Long Island Business News, Oct 19, 2007 by David Winzelberg

Rocky Point, at last, aiming for a renewed downtown

The future is now for Rocky Point. At least, it began last week.

Vacant stores and failed businesses have long dotted the landscape in this North Shore community, and officials are now considering proposals for new housing – mostly rentals – to help bring the area back to life. About 200 residents and business owners crowded the local VFW Hall recently for the first public workshop on the revitalization of Rocky Point’s downtown business district.

Fairfield Properties has been trying to build 230 apartments on 30 acres of the former Sokul property on Route 25A for years. Fairfield has even offered to contribute $3 million toward a sewer system to service the project, as well as other businesses in the downtown area – a public benefit that has helped sway local civics and others once opposed to increased density on land originally zoned for 50 single-family homes.

Mark Broxmeyer, a partner at Commack-based Fairfield, said he believes much-needed rental housing will also create more business for Rocky Point retailers and restaurants, and said 90 percent of the units would be age-restricted – 55 and up – and would not burden local schools.

Representatives from the Town of Brookhaven, the Rocky Point Civic Association and Vision Long Island talked about the Fairfield plan and listened to residents on their ideas and hopes for the downtown area and surrounding neighborhood. Some of the talk centered on ways to take advantage of the 25A bypass, built in the 1990s. The bypass has been effective in allowing traffic to bypass the Rocky Point business district – but that steady flow of traffic includes potential customers.

Tired of Disneyworld?

Want to party at Richard Branson’s private Necker Island in the Caribbean?

How about a week at Mick Jagger’s Mustique Villa in the Bahamas?

Those are just two of the luxurious and exotic vacation destinations offered by a company called Villas of the World, which has just partnered with Prudential Douglas Elliman to help the realtor’s clients find unique getaway spots.

Villas is a 20-year-old company with access to private five-star villas, castles, yachts, even islands with their own white-gloved resort staff. Malibu, St. Tropez and Tuscany are the types of chic, jet-set locations on the menu, and celebs the likes of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lopez, Leonardo DiCaprio, Paul McCartney and Mariah Carey have frolicked at some of Villas’ vacation resorts.

Real Deals

* Healthcare Workers East United has signed a 15-year lease for 56,113 square feet at 100 Duffy Ave., part of a three-building, 425,000-square-foot office complex in Hicksville. The transaction was arranged by the Blumenfeld Development Group, which acquired the buildings with Apollo Real Estate Advisors in 2005. The health-care workers group – Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union – has over 275,000 members in New York, Massachusetts, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Other tenants at 100 Duffy Ave. include insurance company AIG and New York Sports Clubs. The three buildings at 50, 100 and 110 Duffy Ave. are located next to the Long Island Railroad Hicksville station.

* American Industries purchased a 25,000-square-foot building at 625 Main St. in Westbury for a little over $3 million. The company is relocating from Brooklyn to its new Westbury headquarters. Ralph and Richard Perna of Newmark Knight Frank in Melville represented American Industries and Nick Cangemi, also of Newmark Knight, represented the sellers.

* Stark Foods, an importer of specialty confectionary food items, leased 24,000 square feet at 250 Forest Drive in Greenvale. Ralph and Richard Perna were at it again, representing Stark Foods; landlord Simone Development was represented by Josh Levin.

* The Manhattan-based Moinian Group, owner of 175 Fulton Ave. in Hempstead, announced 16,500 square feet in new leases for health- care agencies. North Shore Hospital/RegionCare (7,500 square feet), Winthrop Hospital (5,000 square feet) and Preferred Pharmacy (4,000 square feet) all signed on at the Hempstead facility, according to Carmel Kashani, an investment partner. The North Shore Hospital lease was arranged by Moinian’s in-house leasing team. Cushman & Wakefield’s David Levitan represented Winthrop Hospital and Brian Boker of Sutton & Edwards represented Preferred Pharmacy.

* Sheralven Enterprises Ltd. is leasing 50,000 square feet of office and distribution space from Dukal Corporation at 5 Plant Ave
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Standard Life Bank savers hit by rate cut

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Standard Life Bank savers hit by rate cut

0 Comments | Herald, The; Glasgow (UK), Jul 29, 2010 | by ian mcconnell

BANKING giant Barclays is moving to cut interest rates paid by Standard Life Bank on customers’ savings only weeks after finalising its takeover of this Scottish operation, even though base rates have been unchanged since March 2009.

Barclays is mailing more than 200,000 customers of Edinburgh- based Standard Life Bank this week notifying them of the cuts in savings rates.

Standard Life Bank had, prior to its sale by life and pensions giant Standard Life to Barclays for pound(s)226m, tended to move savings rates when base rates were shifted.

Barclays is, from October 1, cutting the annual interest rate on its direct access individual savings account (ISA) from 2.65% to 2.3%. The rates on its direct access savings account are also being cut from October 1. The gross rate for balances between pound(s)1 and pound(s)1000 will be cut from 0.9% to 0.7%, with that for amounts between pound(s)1000 and pound(s)2500 reduced from 1% to 0.7%.

Rates paid on Standard Life Bank’s various other savings products will also be cut.

Asked by The Herald for his view of the move by Barclays, Jim Spowart, who set up Standard Life Bank in the mid-1990s before moving to Halifax in 1999 to set up Intelligent Finance, said: “All these banks that I set up were people champion banks. They were banks that were meant to deliver good value for the consumer, which they did.”

Spowart, giving his impression of general banking sector conditions at the moment, added: “Unfortunately, in the current climate, I think that is something that is lacking. I think innovation is lacking, and the competitiveness, because everyone feels they don’t need to be competitive because people are struggling with their mortgages and they are struggling with their savings to get good rates. More or less anyone can offer what they want in the market-place.

“Margins (charged by banks) have been widening both in the personal sector and in the business sector, and that is not good for the consumer.”

Spowart noted Barclays had paid “quite a good price” for Standard Life Bank.

Barclays earlier this month announced plans to close Standard Life Bank’s cash savings and mortgage centre at Edinburgh’s Ex- change Crescent, which employs 254 staff, in December 2011, and to integrate these functions into its own retail banking operations
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TANKS A LOT!

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TANKS A LOT!

0 Comments | Evening Times; Glasgow (UK), Jul 28, 2010 | by OONAGH BROWN

A Glasgow-based aquarium manufacturer has landed a pound(s)50,000 loan from steel giant Corus to make reptile tanks.

The cash boost means Aquapac is now set to expand on to the internet.

Aquapac, based in Ruchill Street, Maryhill, was given the unsecured funding as part of the government’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme (EFGS).

The investment from the UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE) – a subsidiary of Corus -will make the company top in its industry by funding the purchase of cutting-edge machinery.

The new equipment will help them to produce a larger range of aquariums and vivariums for snakes and lizards and will make sure they meet demand.

Managing director Stephen Connachan said: “There has been a marked increase in vivarium sales in recent years and they are now on par with cat and dog products.

“As this is a niche market, it is vital that we stay ahead of the competition and ensure we are providing our clients with the highest quality products.”

He added: “Thankfully, the money we have received from UKSE will allow us to do this.”

The funding has also given Aquapac the chance to create a new market strategy.

Mr Connachan said: “We are looking forward to launching our new website, which is hugely important as it will allow existing and potential clients to find out more about what we can provide.”

The website will be a important tool for the company because it distributes its products across the UK and Europe.

Aquapac clients include the Canadian pet supplier Rolf C Hagen and household appliance manufacturer Russell Hobbs.

Aquapac also sells to customers in North America, including grooming product giant Remington and The United Pet Group.

Anne Clyde, area manager of UKSE, said: “Since 2002 Aquapac has increased its turnover by more than 400% which is a fantastic achievement.

“It has clearly cornered a specialist market and has managed to secure contracts with high-profile European, American and Canadian companies.

“It is crucial the company continues to provide the best possible service for these clients, especially in the current economic climate.

“This is why we are more than happy to provide the funding for the new machinery.”

She added: “The EFGS scheme is designed to help profitable businesses reach their full potential. I’m confident that this funding will help Aquapac to do this as it works to remain at the forefront of its sector.”

oonagh.brown@ eveningtimes.co.uk

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Bolt on Easy Street despite difficult lane draw

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Bolt on Easy Street despite difficult lane draw

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), May 24, 2010

THE world’s fastest man Usain Bolt clocked a superb 200 metres time of 19.76 seconds to win on the second stop of the IAAF Diamond League tour in Shanghai despite being given a difficult lane draw at the Chinese venue.

Bolt arrived at the meeting to find he had been given lane six, which is not considered the best when attacking the crown of the bend after the start of the race.

It seemed to make little difference to the 23-year-old Jamaican, however, as he made light of a strong breeze in the home straight to produce a world-class performance.

“I did not choose my lane, I did not know I was in lane six. I actually only found out when I got to the track, unless my agent (Ricky Simms) talked to my coach and agreed it,” said Bolt.

Whether Simms and Bolt’s coach were experimenting and giving the world record holder the chance to test himself out in an unhelpful lane has not been revealed.

But it made little difference as Bolt spreadeagled the opposition to win in a time which only Tyson Gay and Wallace Spearmon of the current crop of sprinters have bettered.

Bolt, whose next outing is over 300m at the IAAF World Challenge in Ostrava on Thursday, again insisted he has no plans to chase world records this season. His decision remains firm despite his arch-rival Gay insisting last week in Manchester – where he achieved a world 200m best performance in a straightline race – he might have to go faster than his world-leading marks if he is to beat Gay and Asafa Powell.

Bolt reiterated: “I said I’m not going to chase the records. I said it doesn’t matter if I get beaten this season because this season is the off season.

“If Tyson decides that he wants to beat the record, fine. For me, even if he wants to go chasing, I don’t.

“I’m just going to lead the run and try to stay unbeaten this season
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What you're wearing

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What you’re wearing

0 Comments | Press, The; Christchurch, New Zealand, Jul 28, 2010 | by Amy PARSONS-KING

Zest goes out to see what Christchurch is wearing.

Ihaka Weepu, scaffolder, Lichfield St.

I think my beanie’s from Amazon, my glasses are from the Sunglass Hut and my jacket is from Hunters & Collectors.

I got my scarf and the grey top from Contemporary Lounge and the greenstone and cross necklace was a gift from my family.

My jeans are by Industrie and from Meccano, the bag is from Rebel Sports and my shoes are from Fridge, Freezer, Icebox.

When I go shopping I like to go to Contemporary Lounge, Hunters & Collectors and Plume.

Who/what defines my style? I go with what’s in fashion and what other people are wearing
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The American Quarter

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The American Quarter Horse is the first breed of horse native to the United States. The breed evolved when the bloodlines of horses brought to the New World were mixed. Foundation American Quarter Horse stock originated from Arab, Turk and Barb breeds. Selected Stallions and Mares were crossed with horses brought to Colonial America from England and Ireland in the 1600?s. This combination resulted in a compact, heavily muscled horse that evolved to fill the colonists passion for short distance racing.

The amazing power behind a quarter horse enabled this great animal to run short distances over a straightaway faster than any other horse with the fastest being named Celebrated American Running Horse. The names for this breed has changed many times over the years until 1940 when a registry was formed to preserve the breed which officially became the American Quarter Horse Association.

In the year 1674 in Enrico County, Virginia the first American Quarter Horse Race was held.
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