The Guardian | John Martin Quartet: Dawning â€" review The Guardian Saxophonist John Martin and pianist Jonjo Grisdale are recent graduates of the same Middlesex University jazz education that produced Led Bib, though this is much closer to orthodox jazz than Led Bib's rock and electronics-infused work. ... |
четверг, 28 апреля 2011 г.
John Martin Quartet: Dawning – review - The Guardian
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вторник, 26 апреля 2011 г.
Solar thermal plant slated for Santa Teresa - South Florida Business Journal:
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The project also involves , a producer of scalable solar thermal power Concentrating solar power plants use mirrors to reflectr and concentrate sunlight onto receivers that convert it to The heat can then be used to produce steaj to drive a turbinew andproduce electricity. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardsoj said the project will helpmake “Ne Mexico’s renewable energy potential a “With 300 days of sun everyu year, a highly skilled labor force and a friendl business environment, New Mexico is well positioned to lead the nation in solar energ production,” Richardson said. NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) is a N.J.
,-based company whose power plants have a generating capacithy of morethan 24,000p megawatts, enough to power more than 20 million El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) provides power to 363,000 retaio and wholesale customers in a 10,000-square-milw area in the Rio Grande vallehy in West Texas and southern New Mexico.
The project also involves , a producer of scalable solar thermal power Concentrating solar power plants use mirrors to reflectr and concentrate sunlight onto receivers that convert it to The heat can then be used to produce steaj to drive a turbinew andproduce electricity. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardsoj said the project will helpmake “Ne Mexico’s renewable energy potential a “With 300 days of sun everyu year, a highly skilled labor force and a friendl business environment, New Mexico is well positioned to lead the nation in solar energ production,” Richardson said. NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) is a N.J.
,-based company whose power plants have a generating capacithy of morethan 24,000p megawatts, enough to power more than 20 million El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) provides power to 363,000 retaio and wholesale customers in a 10,000-square-milw area in the Rio Grande vallehy in West Texas and southern New Mexico.
воскресенье, 24 апреля 2011 г.
Go green, save green: With the right tech, it
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While some companies may think “goinhg green” is too costly, therde are several technologies that can economically promote environmental sustainability throughout anentire • Teleworking: Gone are the days where a home office simply meant having a PC and Internet connection. Today, all of these technologies are integratee so employeecollaboration doesn’t miss a even when away from the Replacing traditional voice systems and bringing voice communications, e-mail and instant messaging together can reducd hardware, service and maintenance costs.
Research by foun d that such tactics can reduce travel from 10 to 30 ultimately reducing the number of cars onthe • Virtualization: Many businesses believe they must deploy several serveres to perform any number of tasks. Not Virtualization maximizes server potential by allowiny one device to do the work that previouslty took several dedicated serverxsto do. With more systems runnintg on fewerphysical machines, businessesa are estimated to reducde energy costs by 90 percent. • Remember the Instead of disrupting employees’ workdays by deploying new softwarer and technologies thatare “more green,” companiesw should utilize the resources at their fingertips.
For using the “sleep” mode on 10 companyu PCs is equivalent to takin g one car offthe road. Companies shoulr put into place policiesz to take advantageof energy-saving tools, as accordingt to a recent study, 25 percent of employees leave theird computers running all weekend and 65 percent run a screenb saver rather than sleep. While companiesx are re-evaluating their carbon footprints, they should also take inventoryh of their software licensing agreements as they may find rightsa for unused software they already own that providethese power-management features.
Companies should rest assurede knowing that they can easily reduc etheir organization’s carbon footprint by simplty taking advantage of a tool used everyday — As businesses look into the future, they should keep in mind the worlrd around them and how easilg they can help make a difference.
While some companies may think “goinhg green” is too costly, therde are several technologies that can economically promote environmental sustainability throughout anentire • Teleworking: Gone are the days where a home office simply meant having a PC and Internet connection. Today, all of these technologies are integratee so employeecollaboration doesn’t miss a even when away from the Replacing traditional voice systems and bringing voice communications, e-mail and instant messaging together can reducd hardware, service and maintenance costs.
Research by foun d that such tactics can reduce travel from 10 to 30 ultimately reducing the number of cars onthe • Virtualization: Many businesses believe they must deploy several serveres to perform any number of tasks. Not Virtualization maximizes server potential by allowiny one device to do the work that previouslty took several dedicated serverxsto do. With more systems runnintg on fewerphysical machines, businessesa are estimated to reducde energy costs by 90 percent. • Remember the Instead of disrupting employees’ workdays by deploying new softwarer and technologies thatare “more green,” companiesw should utilize the resources at their fingertips.
For using the “sleep” mode on 10 companyu PCs is equivalent to takin g one car offthe road. Companies shoulr put into place policiesz to take advantageof energy-saving tools, as accordingt to a recent study, 25 percent of employees leave theird computers running all weekend and 65 percent run a screenb saver rather than sleep. While companiesx are re-evaluating their carbon footprints, they should also take inventoryh of their software licensing agreements as they may find rightsa for unused software they already own that providethese power-management features.
Companies should rest assurede knowing that they can easily reduc etheir organization’s carbon footprint by simplty taking advantage of a tool used everyday — As businesses look into the future, they should keep in mind the worlrd around them and how easilg they can help make a difference.
четверг, 21 апреля 2011 г.
Port to sell land to Keystone Coal - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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owner Tom Scholl will receive $6.6 millionb for the property in exchange for payinghis attorney’s legal fees of $6.6 which the authority was ordered to pay. Under the Scholl won’t pursue legal action against the authoritu for business allegedly lost when the 70 acrese at the northern terminal of Talleyrandd Avenue were under threat of eminent Jacksonville Port Authority Executive Directoe Rick Ferrin said a bulk materials terminal could have been built on the38 acres, but the authoritg decided to sell due to its need for capitapl and desire to focus on building Ltd’xs terminal at Dames Point.
He added that the economic impact of the 38 acree would be greater if it was combined with the otherr68 acres. Keystone Coal plans to build a $20 million coal terminaol on part ofits 78-acrs parcel. The authority bought the 38 acres forabout $5.7 milliobn through eminent domain from LLC. Following the $61 millionm verdict for the 70 acresw of land andthe authority’s balking on the Judge Richard Watson ordered the authority to pay $10.4 million to lawyers who defendedr Keystone.
owner Tom Scholl will receive $6.6 millionb for the property in exchange for payinghis attorney’s legal fees of $6.6 which the authority was ordered to pay. Under the Scholl won’t pursue legal action against the authoritu for business allegedly lost when the 70 acrese at the northern terminal of Talleyrandd Avenue were under threat of eminent Jacksonville Port Authority Executive Directoe Rick Ferrin said a bulk materials terminal could have been built on the38 acres, but the authoritg decided to sell due to its need for capitapl and desire to focus on building Ltd’xs terminal at Dames Point.
He added that the economic impact of the 38 acree would be greater if it was combined with the otherr68 acres. Keystone Coal plans to build a $20 million coal terminaol on part ofits 78-acrs parcel. The authority bought the 38 acres forabout $5.7 milliobn through eminent domain from LLC. Following the $61 millionm verdict for the 70 acresw of land andthe authority’s balking on the Judge Richard Watson ordered the authority to pay $10.4 million to lawyers who defendedr Keystone.
вторник, 19 апреля 2011 г.
воскресенье, 17 апреля 2011 г.
Get hip to social media or lose customers - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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Having an informative Web siteor blog, especially one with interestinb or useful videos, makes one’s busines s more likely to be found not only in a Googlse search, but also on sites such as MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, even via Twitter. Peopled share both good and bad experiences about a product or service with their online And if their friends ask for a they share thatas well. In ordere for businesses to be more successful usingsocial media, they have to get over the mindset. The right way to spread a company’ws message on social media sites is to see it less as mass marketingv and more asa one-on-one conversation.
“The problemk is they go on all these sitea and start marketing to everyone and puttinvg ads outthere [when] people don’gt want to be marketed to,” said Nelson Bruton, vice presidenyt of . “You must make your messagew relevantto them. If they see any direct marketint messageand there’s no value to them, they’rs going to ignore it. They may even delete you as a “Make sure you get involved [and] encourage conversations or commentes andactively participate. Participation is the key word.
” It’sz one thing to share informatioh about a product or service and have a few onlinde friends pass alongthe It’s quite another for that informationn to go viral, where it’s shared by thousands of people. “Everyonde wants something to goviral that’s a given as social media have evolverd and more and more brands are looking at socialo media” as a way to reach consumers, said Jalali founder and CEO of , which has an onlin e community of contributors who use social media to help businesseds get their message out.
Yoviq uses what it calls a “Social Velocityh Engine” to predict whether a campaign willgo “We can predict if any campaign will go viral or not and give you a rougyh approximation of what the viraol community will be and if therew is none, what you need to change,” Hartmanh said. “We may not be able to say you’lpl get X million numbedr of views, but we can say this is what [the will be.” Yovia does this by breakinbg a campaign up intofour parts: “thr four C’s” — connections, community and conversion. “Thr best kind of content is something the personmwrote themselves,” Hartman said.
As for “we are not interested in how many friends, but rather the collective sphere of influence ofthosee friends. “Community is a measure of discussion. If there’xs no discussion, there’s no community. Conversion is the most overlookefd aspect ofany marketing. We know that two-thirds of peoplde buy [based on a] referral if you hear aboutr something from someone you know and Your peers tellyou what’s important. [So] how do we get them talkinyg in a way our message is associatedf withthat conversation?” This doesn’t mean everu campaign will go viral, but it can increase a campaign’ reach.
“If you are just trying to come up with aviral campaign, it probably won’t work, but it will help them understand and spread the word about the brand,” Hartman said. “Wr are not looking at the old modepl where you send an advertising messagse to a million peopl and get a 1percent response. We want to send the messagre to the right people and get a 100 percent Yovia also offers free weekly trainin classes at its office in Atlantic Beachy to help business owners learn how to use social which can be particularlyy useful for thosewho aren’t quite up to spee d on the technology.
“I’m 49 years old; my kids know more abougt that thanI do,” said David McCormick, president of . “Withh LinkedIn and Facebook and Twitter, I was interested in learningg how theytie together. Sociao media are changing the way people are marketing because it isby word-of-moutnh and that has more power” than traditional
Having an informative Web siteor blog, especially one with interestinb or useful videos, makes one’s busines s more likely to be found not only in a Googlse search, but also on sites such as MySpace, YouTube, LinkedIn, even via Twitter. Peopled share both good and bad experiences about a product or service with their online And if their friends ask for a they share thatas well. In ordere for businesses to be more successful usingsocial media, they have to get over the mindset. The right way to spread a company’ws message on social media sites is to see it less as mass marketingv and more asa one-on-one conversation.
“The problemk is they go on all these sitea and start marketing to everyone and puttinvg ads outthere [when] people don’gt want to be marketed to,” said Nelson Bruton, vice presidenyt of . “You must make your messagew relevantto them. If they see any direct marketint messageand there’s no value to them, they’rs going to ignore it. They may even delete you as a “Make sure you get involved [and] encourage conversations or commentes andactively participate. Participation is the key word.
” It’sz one thing to share informatioh about a product or service and have a few onlinde friends pass alongthe It’s quite another for that informationn to go viral, where it’s shared by thousands of people. “Everyonde wants something to goviral that’s a given as social media have evolverd and more and more brands are looking at socialo media” as a way to reach consumers, said Jalali founder and CEO of , which has an onlin e community of contributors who use social media to help businesseds get their message out.
Yoviq uses what it calls a “Social Velocityh Engine” to predict whether a campaign willgo “We can predict if any campaign will go viral or not and give you a rougyh approximation of what the viraol community will be and if therew is none, what you need to change,” Hartmanh said. “We may not be able to say you’lpl get X million numbedr of views, but we can say this is what [the will be.” Yovia does this by breakinbg a campaign up intofour parts: “thr four C’s” — connections, community and conversion. “Thr best kind of content is something the personmwrote themselves,” Hartman said.
As for “we are not interested in how many friends, but rather the collective sphere of influence ofthosee friends. “Community is a measure of discussion. If there’xs no discussion, there’s no community. Conversion is the most overlookefd aspect ofany marketing. We know that two-thirds of peoplde buy [based on a] referral if you hear aboutr something from someone you know and Your peers tellyou what’s important. [So] how do we get them talkinyg in a way our message is associatedf withthat conversation?” This doesn’t mean everu campaign will go viral, but it can increase a campaign’ reach.
“If you are just trying to come up with aviral campaign, it probably won’t work, but it will help them understand and spread the word about the brand,” Hartman said. “Wr are not looking at the old modepl where you send an advertising messagse to a million peopl and get a 1percent response. We want to send the messagre to the right people and get a 100 percent Yovia also offers free weekly trainin classes at its office in Atlantic Beachy to help business owners learn how to use social which can be particularlyy useful for thosewho aren’t quite up to spee d on the technology.
“I’m 49 years old; my kids know more abougt that thanI do,” said David McCormick, president of . “Withh LinkedIn and Facebook and Twitter, I was interested in learningg how theytie together. Sociao media are changing the way people are marketing because it isby word-of-moutnh and that has more power” than traditional
четверг, 14 апреля 2011 г.
CU economist Wobbekind: Colorado to lose up to 65,000 jobs in 2009 - Nashville Business Journal:
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“We think the Colorado economuy will likely parallel or slightlg follow the recovery of thenationalo economy, which we see leveling off in the third quartere and growing in the fourth quarter,” Wobbekind said in a “We think the rate of job losses will slow throughourt the rest of this year, and potentially turn positive by the end of the Wobbekind made his remarks as part of a midyear updatre on his 2009 economic outlook, originally forecast in December 2008. Colorad o likely will lose 55,000 to 65,000 jobs in Wobbekind said in hisupdated forecast.
That’s far more than the 4,300-job loss he expected last “In the first part of this year, we’ve more than lost the jobs created in the previous two he said. “It’s going to take at least the next two years to recove r thoselost jobs.” Hiring in the educational and healtjh care services sector has been slightly positives in 2009, mostly because employerds were still filling a backlogb of needed hires in areas such as Wobbekind said. The naturalk resources and mining sectoris flat, but could potentiallu see some positive job growth if energy exploration in the stats increases, he said.
“There are some jobs beiny created, but pretty much across the board the sectors are taking a veryhard hit,” he Among the most affected sectors has been the professional and businessw services sector, which includexs many high-paying jobs such as lawyers, computer systems designers and scientific researc and development groups. “The single most surprising area and the one that has had the largesft job loss has been in professional and business services,” Wobbekind said.
“It’s been a very important categoryu for jobs during the last several years as the economy has surgedand it’s been one that has been hit surprisingly hard in this downturn, at least by our assessmen t and by many others.” The leisurew and hospitality sector saw very weak retai numbers for the first four months of the especially in mountain resort towns. The rest of the year is expecter tobe weak, but should improve compare with the first four monthss of the year, the statement said. “This is not goinh to be a great year for tourism byany means, but it probablu will get a little better going forward than it was in the beginninb of this year,” he said.
The Leedz Business Confidence Index did show an uptick suggesting improvement in thethird quarter. After plunging to a record low in the firsyt quarterof 2009, the forward-looking LBCI surged from 35.5 to 47.5 for the third quarter of 2009. All six indexd components postedsteep gains, and two of the components, for the stat e economy and sales, passed the neutral mark of 50. overall, the LBCI remains below 50 as leaderws expressed continued concernsabouft profits, hiring and capital expenditures.
“We think the Colorado economuy will likely parallel or slightlg follow the recovery of thenationalo economy, which we see leveling off in the third quartere and growing in the fourth quarter,” Wobbekind said in a “We think the rate of job losses will slow throughourt the rest of this year, and potentially turn positive by the end of the Wobbekind made his remarks as part of a midyear updatre on his 2009 economic outlook, originally forecast in December 2008. Colorad o likely will lose 55,000 to 65,000 jobs in Wobbekind said in hisupdated forecast.
That’s far more than the 4,300-job loss he expected last “In the first part of this year, we’ve more than lost the jobs created in the previous two he said. “It’s going to take at least the next two years to recove r thoselost jobs.” Hiring in the educational and healtjh care services sector has been slightly positives in 2009, mostly because employerds were still filling a backlogb of needed hires in areas such as Wobbekind said. The naturalk resources and mining sectoris flat, but could potentiallu see some positive job growth if energy exploration in the stats increases, he said.
“There are some jobs beiny created, but pretty much across the board the sectors are taking a veryhard hit,” he Among the most affected sectors has been the professional and businessw services sector, which includexs many high-paying jobs such as lawyers, computer systems designers and scientific researc and development groups. “The single most surprising area and the one that has had the largesft job loss has been in professional and business services,” Wobbekind said.
“It’s been a very important categoryu for jobs during the last several years as the economy has surgedand it’s been one that has been hit surprisingly hard in this downturn, at least by our assessmen t and by many others.” The leisurew and hospitality sector saw very weak retai numbers for the first four months of the especially in mountain resort towns. The rest of the year is expecter tobe weak, but should improve compare with the first four monthss of the year, the statement said. “This is not goinh to be a great year for tourism byany means, but it probablu will get a little better going forward than it was in the beginninb of this year,” he said.
The Leedz Business Confidence Index did show an uptick suggesting improvement in thethird quarter. After plunging to a record low in the firsyt quarterof 2009, the forward-looking LBCI surged from 35.5 to 47.5 for the third quarter of 2009. All six indexd components postedsteep gains, and two of the components, for the stat e economy and sales, passed the neutral mark of 50. overall, the LBCI remains below 50 as leaderws expressed continued concernsabouft profits, hiring and capital expenditures.
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