Duffie joins Littler Mendelson - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Duffie has been practicing employment and labor law for37 years. Duffie was a managintg partner ofHunton & Williams’ Atlanta officew and later co-head for the firm’s Laborr and Employment practice. He also was a founding attorney of in 1978 and remainexd thereuntil 1988. Duffie represents companies in variouse industries includinghealth care, media, transportationb and manufacturing.
“Traywick is, unquestionably, one of the most accomplishesd labor and employment lawyers inthe Southeast,” said Cameron Pierce, office managing shareholder of Littler’s Atlantq office, in a “Not only is he highly regardedc in the Atlanta legal community, but he bringas a depth of experience and knowledge that will providw tremendous value to our clients. His significant experience as a trial complex litigator and traditional labor lawyetr will be a great resource for both our clientx and the other attorneys inthe firm.
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Tesla to open seven showrooms - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Stores in New York, Seattle and Chicagp will open inlate June, followed by Tesla’s first European store will open in Londob later this month, followed by Munichb and Monaco. The new additions will complementg Tesla’s flagship stores in Northern and Southern which opened ayear ago. Tesla said it is scoutiny locationsin Washington, D.C., and Tesla is the only producer of highway-capable electricf cars in North America or Europe. “We are rethinking almost every aspect of the automobile from the powertrain to thecustomer experience, both onlinse and in our stores,” said Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a Tesla’s Roadster sells for $109,000.
The companyt expects to introduce itssecond car, the Modelp S sedan, in late 2011. It is expectefd to sell for less than halfthe Roadster’es price.

Annette M. Verschuren Executive Profile

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Prior to joining the Company in 1996, Annette was presidentr and co-owner of Michael

Pratte tapped for SBA

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In her new role, Prattre will help American Indians, Nativee Alaskans and Native Hawaiians who are trying to develop and expand small businesses gain access tothe SBA’w entrepreneurial development, lending and procurement programs. Beforre joining the SBA, Prattwe worked for the Navajo Nation as a policu analyst and legislative focusing on economic andcommunity development, housing and educationh issues. Earlier in her she was a trade specialistg inthe U.S. Foreign and Commercial Servicer inthe U.S. Department of Commerce’zs International Trade Administration, where she counseled small - and medium-sized U.S. companies on exporting.
Aftefr that job, she oversaw information technology projects forthe U.S. Foreigm and Commercial Service and theImporr Administration. Pratte is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nationfrom Lupton, She holds a master’s degree from ’s H. John Hein z III School of Public Policy and Management anda bachelor’sd degree from the University of Arizona’ds Eller School of Business. Pratte is a formed Udall Foundation Congressional Fellow and a PresidentialManagementy Fellow.

Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza talk about real and reel life love - Bollywood Life

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Permian Basin Royalty Trust Announces June Cash Distribution

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This month's distribution decreased due primarilyh to lower production of both oil and gas but was offsetf by an increase in the priceof oil. This woul d primarily reflect production for the montuhof April. The worldwide market conditions continu to affect the pricing for domestic It is difficult to predict what effec these conditions will have onfuturde distributions. and the Texas Royalty Properties combined for oil and gas respectiveltwas 41,233 bbls and 165,176 mcf. The average pricew for oil was $46.29 per bbl and for gas was $3.90 per mcf.
Capital expenditures were approximately The numbers provided reflect what was net to the Net to Trust Salesx Volumes Average Price Oil Gas OilGas (mcf) (per bbl) (per mcf) Currentg Month 41,233 165,176 $46.29 $3.90 Priofr Month 47,543 179,146 $40.10 $3.63 Effective June 1, 2009, Americabn Stock Transfer & Trust Company ("AST") becamr the new transfer agent and registrar for Permiab Basin Royalty Trust. Unitholders with registered ownership accounts can contact AST with questions relatinf to transfers of ownership and a change of direct deposit ofdistribution checks, and any othetr account related questions at the dedicatecd toll free number 1-800-358-5861.
Permian's cash distributiob history, current and prior year financial a link to filings made with the Securitiess and Exchange Commission and more can be found on our websiteeat . SOURCE U.S. Trust

NY Senate remains in lock down - Business First of Buffalo:

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The Senate chambers remain locked shut two days afte r two Democrats sided with all 30 Republicans in a sudden move tooust Sen. Malcolk Smith, D-Queens, as majority Democrats argue that the voteis invalid; they have lockefd the doors to the Senate chamber and refuse to open Control of the Senate remains up in the air; the bipartisab group of senators, and remaining Democrats, each say they control the The chaos has shut down the legislative process in the Senate. It also jeopardizes what few days remainb in the regularlegislative session, whicj is supposed to end on June 22.
Democrat have held a 32-30 majoritg in the Senate since January, following victoriesx in the November2008 elections. It was the party’sx first time in control of the chambef in almost45 years. On June 8, though, two downstatre Democrats — Sens. Pedro Espada Jr. and Hirak Monserrate — voted with all 30 Republicans tomake Sen. Dean a Long Island the Senate’s new majority leader. Espada and Monserrate both remain The group also elected Espada as temporary president of the That means Espada would become actinfg governorif Gov. David Patersob were incapacitated or leavesthe state. The two positions are typicallyt held byone person.
Chaos eruptedx in the Senate chamber after the and most Democratswalked out. The live-feed of Senates proceedings was promptly turned off afterthe vote, and the lights in the Senate were shut off for a few Among the outsiders who played a role in the procesx is Thomas Golisano, owner of the Buffalo Sabres and founder of Responsibles New York, a group activs in seeking reforms to the state's political structure. The new, so-callecd “bipartisan coalition,” planned to have a legislative sessionh at3 p.m.
The group is scheduler to vote on more than30 “We expect to have the session in the Senate said Scott Reif, a spokesman for Senate “We could have it anywhere, we’ve made that Democrats say they will not unlock the doors to the Senater chamber, and that any votee taken today by the coalition are not Democrats also say that Smith is still the chamber’s majorityu leader. Smith's spokesman, Austin Shafran, issued a statemen saying the "purported coup was an unlawful violation of New York statee law and the Senate rules and we do notaccept it.
" "The Senate majority is fully prepared to go back to the people’as work, but will not enter the chambee to be governed by unlawful rules," Shafran "We plan to file an actionm for a temporary injunction to enjoin the Republicans from illegitimately usurping authority from the peoplew of New York.” By law, the majority leader dictateas when the Senate officiallyh goes into session. Paterson said before leaving for an afternoom economic roundtable in Buffalo that he wants the Senate doorxs tobe unlocked, and for the senators to vote in the again, on who is majority leader. He pledged to work with whoevee ends up electedmajorith leader.
“We could bring in OGS [the state Officw of General Services] and homelane security and blast through theSenate doors,” Paterson said Paterson has acknowledged that he has no powefr to dictate the “I may not like the process, but I’ m not going to try to influence the outcome. They have to work this Paterson said. “They have to act like adults.” Democrats continuew to investigate whether, or how, to take the bipartisan coalitioj to court overtheir actions.
Such a courgt case could take weeks, or even months, to ensuring that the legislative session would have to be Gary Spencer, a spokesman for the state Courtf of Appeals, said parties can ask judges to expeditre cases. He said that often happenx withelection disputes. The Court of Appeals is the highesg court inthe state. Spencer said he is not awares of any provision enabling a case to go straighg to the Court of Appeals tobe decided, even if it involvess a branch of state government. “Inh general, cases can be expedited. They just move on a fasteer track thanother cases,” Spencer said.
“But even those do begin at the triapcourt level, and then the appellate and then the Court of Appeals.”

D.C. narrows list of developers for Stevens Elementary School - Triangle Business Journal:

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Neil Albert, the former deputy mayor for planning and economic developmenrt and newcity administrator, announced Monday that his staff had eliminateds six of the nine originap bidders. A team made up of Chicago-bassed and the , basee in D.C. Moddie Turay Company LLC, based in D.C. and founded by formedr Mayor Anthony Williams' special assistant Moddis Turray. Opus East was originallhy listed as a Turray partner by thedeputu mayor's office but is not included in its list of finalists. A partnershio led by Peebles Development LLC, a likelhy outgrowth of the Peebles Corp., a Coraol Gables, Fla.-based firm led by D.C. native R. Donahuew Peebles. Peebles is teamed with the Walketr Group.
According to a press releasre from Albert, the finalists' proposals offer "variousw combinations of new housing, officd space, hotels and neighborhood-serving retail." Among those eliminatedc are teams ledby Akridge, Cafritz Interests and the Capitopl Hill Business Improvement District, which proposee using the site to train and house homelessw adults. The finalists will presen their plans at a community meetingJune 11, the day aftert a planned community meeting for final developers interestexd in Hine Jr.
High School to Albert, who began as city administratodthis week, announced in April the city had receiveed bids for all 11 vacant schools the city has put on the

Cashing in on aging boomers - Portland Business Journal:

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“People wanted nothing to do with thematurwe market,” said Maddy Dychtwald, senior vice president of the compan y in San Francisco. Now, the consumer productds and servicesindustry can’t stop thinking aboutf the mature market, especially sinc e a baby boomer turns 50 every 8½ At 78 million boomers represent one-third of all adults in the Unitefd States. They control half of the nation’sx wealth and, at least before the were spending $2 trillion on consumer products and serviceasa year. Boomers were expected to account for about 40 percenyt of spendingby 2015, according to a report in 2007.
So, retailerzs and marketers are eager to figuree out how to reachthis generation. Some in the consumedr products and services industry are getting it while many others still have much tolearh — and lose, said expertxs who specialize in marketing to baby boomers. Marketinf to this 19-year generation is proving tricky. Although boomerds are lumped together, they’re a diverse group with divergent life experiences given that they range in age from 44to 63. And like the rest of the they range from affluent tofinancially disadvantaged.
The way to market to boomers is by individual life stagesegments — such as empty-nestera and grandparents — without mentionintg age, consultants said. “They refus e to be called That is the worst thingb you can do to this saidAlice Jacobs, a Roseville baby boomer who advisesz companies on generational marketing and teachews seminars and classes on the topic, includinbg through UC Davis Extension. Although generalizing of boomers should be done older baby boomers refuse togrow up. They think old age startsd around 75or 80, said Matt Thornhill, founder of , a marketin g research and consulting firm in Virginia. Boomer see themselves as vibrantand active.
They like tryinb new services and products, despite the myth that they are spokesman Anthony Deluise The association of people 50 and older no longe ruses “retired” in its name. Boomers like print advertisingb because they want lots of Boomers also pay attention to new and will clickon eye-catching Internet ads. This generatiojn also likes products, services and shopping experiences that make them feel specialoand pampered, consultants said. They don’tr want to merely eat or buy things. They want to they want experiences. This is especially true sincre therecession started. Many boomers who are 60 had expectedf to retire over the nextfive years.
Now, they will likelh work an extra three to five years becausd oftheir hard-hit investments and pensions, Dychtwalcd said. The good news is they won’t be on a fixedd income and willstill spend. But their free time will be more limited. More boomersw will be working and raising childrenn or grandchildren while also dealing with theie ownsick parents. As a “experience over things become valued,” Dychtwald “There is a real shift going on righyt now on what peopleare valuing.” Boomers in particuladr want to be responsible consumers.
“It’s not abouf buying stuff to have stuff,” Thornhill Lifestyle centers — which combine upscale stores with entertainment and comfortable places tolinger — provide the experiencesa that boomers want. Local examplew are Sacramento’s Pavilions center and The Fountainsin Roseville.

Health care IT providers band together to tap stimulus aid - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Working through the , officials plan to submit a joint applicationn for some of theroughlu $2 billion in health information technology grantzs available through the American Recover y and Reinvestment Act. Potential localk uses for the money include establishing a central computed server to link the various systems or creatingh a resource center to help doctora implement electronic medical record systemz with a minimum of disruption totheir practices, said Doug a health access planned with MARC. • , a collaboratiomn focusing on streamlining reimbursement. The primary partners are , , and . , a system joining 14 safety-negt providers in Missouri and Kansas, including and .
CareEntrust, a nonprofit that uses software to maintaimn health recordsfor 100,000 employees from severao participating area employers. The fact that this is a bistat e collaboration might help win astimulus grant, Smith because it could demonstrate to othed regions how health information exchanges can work through issues such as differingv state privacy laws. Smith said he doesn’t expec federal regulations governing the grants to be issued untio atleast mid-May. Saint Luke’s CIO Debe Gash said the area is well positionede because of the various networksalready established. “There aren’ t that many communities that have accomplished this on that kind of Gash said.

German Bailout Veteran Asmussen Adds to Merkel's Government Alumni at ECB - Bloomberg

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German Bailout Veteran Asmussen Adds to Merkel's Government Alumni at ECB Bloomberg Treading the familiar ground of euro-area finance minister meetings and the same summits he attended with the chancellor, Asmussen's appointment underscores the central bank's role in cajoling governments to tame the euro-region debt crisis. ... < p size="-1">Will the euro's slide continue? Hargreaves Lansdown Shock Strategy for Europe Bay Area Indymedia The Year the Euro Lived in Danger Prensa Latina The Lawyer  »

Devotion To the Saint of Death (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post

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Devotion To the Saint of Death (PHOTOS) Huffington Post In Mexico and Latin America in general, such folk saints as Niño Fidencio, Jesus Malverde, Maximon and San La Muerte (the Argentine counterpart of Santa Muerte) command widespread devotion and are often implored more than the official saints. ... Saint Death, Churches, and Catholic Scholarship Catholic Culture  »

New intrigue over US role in bin Laden film - The Seattle Times

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New intrigue over US role in bin Laden film The Seattle Times Joel Edgerton, Jessica Chastain, Edgar Ramirez and Mark Strong are among the actors negotiating for roles in the Osama bin Laden movie, which is scheduled to begin filming in February, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Edgerton recently starred in ... Osama Bin Laden Pic Nails Down Joel Edgerton for Lead Role Fused Film  »

Survey: Despite bad economy, employees hopeful - South Florida Business Journal:

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The monthly survey of Florida conducted byHarris Interactive, found the percentagde of workers who are confident in theit ability to find a new job increasedx by seven percentage points to 42 percent in December. The survey also foun 36 percent of workers are likely to look for a new job in the next up 3 percentage pointsfrom November. At the same 71 percent of Florida workerss believe the economy isgetting weaker, comparerd with 72 percent in the previous “Although our latest report shows that workers are overall more confident, by no means does this suggesy that they see a silver lining,” said Paulq Franco, branch manager for Spherion Staffinf Services in Florida.
“It will take some time to work out the as the earliest recovery is predictex to happenin mid-2009.”

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As the director of , a safety-net clinic in Kansad City, Kan., Lee urges other physician s to reconsider sending longtime patients her way when thosd patients have lost their insurance in the She even offers to try to help by having the clinicf do lab work for the with patients paying a nominal fee tothe clinic. “I’ve got some folks who say, ‘Uh, no Lee said, “and there are others who say, I’ll try that.
’” The seconf answer might be the best Medical industry experts said practices lookingt to thrive in the long term should do what it takesa to maintain their patient base during the Working with patients in hard timess can cement relationships forthe future, especiallyh given evidence that patientsd are forgoing care during the recession. In a recent membert survey by the Leawood-based , 54 percent of respondents reportedc reduced patient traffic since therecession began. AAFP President Dr. Ted Epperly has responded to the recessio by improving customer service at his practicwein Boise, Idaho.
At the start of the Epperly’s practice instituted “open-access” scheduling. Using that practices eliminate their appointment backlog and then focuson “doingg today’s work today,” including honoring requests for same-daty appointments. That, in turn, freesa up the future-appointment schedule. Although working through the backloh can require seeing additional patientaevery day, Epperly said the change has allowed his practice to better server patients who need to be seen rightt away. The academy recommends this approach as sound businessstrategh regardless, but Epperly said it’s doublty important during the recession.
“That good will and good fait goes a long way to keepiny patient loyalty duringtougu times,” he said. Practices that are really hurtinhgfor clients, Epperly said, mightf consider getting the word out to hospital emergencyh departments that they are accepting new John Leifer, health care consultant with in had another suggestion for providers: Put on free stress-reduction seminars, and perhap s even offer affordable stress-reliefc services. That not only would be a greatgpublic service, he said, but also mighgt be a way to add The point, he said, is to be “empathetic to the public and say: ‘Whatf can we do?
What coulr we be doing to help people at this given momenft that involves something other than the provisionb of acute-care services?’” KU Women’s Healtg Specialists, an obstetrics and gynecology practicw with more than 20 is taking a different approachn to maintaining and adding to its patient base durin g the recession. The practice is affiliated with . Practices Chairman Dr. Carl Weiner is pushing aheaf with aggressive expansion intothe