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The Pen will be narrated by former Phillies relief pitcher and MLB Networmk analystMitch Williams. The program takes a look at the lives followingthe team’s 2008 World Series win and the pressures of keepingf their roster spot for the 2009 The series features relief pitcherx Brad Lidge, Ryan Madson, J.C. Romero, Scott Eyre, Clay Chad Durbin, Gary Majewski, Jack J.A. Happ, Chan Ho Park and bullpen coach Mick and follows them to everything from fishinvg trips and youth basebal l games to the White House fora post-World Seriesw visit. The program also speak s with players following the suddebn death of longtime Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalaz onApril 13.
“As a reality-basedd series The Pen is the ultimatew look into the lives of these both on and off the saidTony Petitti, president and CEO of MLB Network. “So much of what we know about relief pitcherz is based on statisticsand saves, and a series like The Pen giveas a level of familiarity to each player.” The programn marks the first program ever produced using a camera and microphones installesd in a Major League bullpen to film in-game and practics footage. Two other cameras were installed in CitizensxBank Park, one behind home plate and one at low firs t base, and were controlled by MLB Network’s headquarteras in Secaucus, N.J.
Producere Danny Field suited up as a catcher with a camersa attached to his mask to capture footage durinh spring trainingin Clearwater, Fla. The majority ownet of the MLB Network is MajorLeagude Baseball. Philadelphia-based (NASDAQ:CMCSA, CMCSK), Cox Communications, DirecTV and Time Warnedr also own interests inthe network.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Russia's Vindictive Ban - Daily Beast
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Daily Beast | Russia's Vindictive Ban Daily Beast Russia's orphanages are some of the worst in the world, and adoption by Americans provided a much-needed way out. Dr. Jane Aronson, founder of Worldwide Orphans Foundation, on the horror children will face in these 'gulags'รข€"and how a game of ... Russia's Putin signs anti-US adopti on bill US 'Deeply Regrets' Russia's Adoption Ban Putin Signs Bill That Bars US Adoptions, Upending Families |
Friday, December 28, 2012
Sea Angels group works to keep Palm Beach County's coast clean - Sun-Sentinel
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Sun-Sentinel | Sea Angels group works to keep Palm Beach County's coast clean Sun-Sentinel When Robyn and Micheal Halasz said "I do," they never thought their union would be a role-model for beach clean-up organizations. The Halasz are the founders of Sea Angels, a non-profit, eco-centered beach clean-up group. For them and their core group ... |
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Go Daddy Group expanding into new facility - Phoenix Business Journal:
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The company will open abouty 21,000 square feet of space in a neighboring building at its headquarters location inScottsdale It’s a necessary move for the companyh that has seen its work force grow from 700 employees three years ago to more than 2,050, said Warren president and chief operating officer of Go Daddy. “In we’ve expanded throughout the businesscenterd complex, taking up more and more of the offic space available here in the he said. “With this most recent we now have morethan 77,000 squarse feet in Scottsdale. The Scottsdale expansiojn was needed now for thesimple reason: We needed to accommodater a growing employee base.
” The space will house additions to the company’zs customer care center, of which about 60 percentt of its work force is dedicated, Adelma said. It also will be used to houswe additionalproduct developers, and the space vacated will allow for growthg in other departments. Go Daddy, whicj provides Web domain registration andhosting services, has abou t 6.3 million customers, adding aboutt 1.5 million in the past year.
The company has continue to hire despitethe economy, adding more than 100 peopls since the beginning of the Adelman said the company plans to continue looking at international expansion as well as expanding one of its data “To give you an idea how big that projec t is, we’ll spend millions of dollars and emplohy close to 300 construction workers on that one data center he said.
The company will open abouty 21,000 square feet of space in a neighboring building at its headquarters location inScottsdale It’s a necessary move for the companyh that has seen its work force grow from 700 employees three years ago to more than 2,050, said Warren president and chief operating officer of Go Daddy. “In we’ve expanded throughout the businesscenterd complex, taking up more and more of the offic space available here in the he said. “With this most recent we now have morethan 77,000 squarse feet in Scottsdale. The Scottsdale expansiojn was needed now for thesimple reason: We needed to accommodater a growing employee base.
” The space will house additions to the company’zs customer care center, of which about 60 percentt of its work force is dedicated, Adelma said. It also will be used to houswe additionalproduct developers, and the space vacated will allow for growthg in other departments. Go Daddy, whicj provides Web domain registration andhosting services, has abou t 6.3 million customers, adding aboutt 1.5 million in the past year.
The company has continue to hire despitethe economy, adding more than 100 peopls since the beginning of the Adelman said the company plans to continue looking at international expansion as well as expanding one of its data “To give you an idea how big that projec t is, we’ll spend millions of dollars and emplohy close to 300 construction workers on that one data center he said.
Monday, December 24, 2012
bizjournals: Search Results
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
Medtronic picks San Antonio for diabetes-unit expansion - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Two sites in the Kansas City area, including the headquartersd in Lenexa, had been in contentionm for the expansion, which is expected to add 1,400 jobs to the San Antonioi area duringa five-year period. The announcement of Medtronic’a site selection took placed at the Overlook at the Rim officse building inSan Antonio, where Medtronic will occupu 150,000 square feet. The company said in a releaswe Monday afternoon that it expects to begibn recruiting immediately and will open the new facilityt inlate summer. In the Texas Gov.
Rick Perry credited the recruitment victory tothe state’sa low taxes, fair legal system and predictabl regulatory climate “combined with our quality work force and a $6 millio n investment from the Texas Enterprise Fund.” Based on analyses made by the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation, the release added, the new operationn is expected to generate more than $750 million in economic benefit for San Antonio and Texas each year. Minneapolis-based Medtronic’sw diabetes division, which makes insulin pumps, glucose monitoring devicezs and diabetes-management software, is one of Medtronic’s fastest-growinf businesses.
The unit already employsw 1,500 people in Northridge, just outside Los Angeles, but doesn’t have room to expane there. On March 9, Medtronid officials confirmed that only the Kansas City and San Antonio areas remained in the runninyg for the expansion aftera nine-month site searcuh that covered all 50 Sabicer confirmed that one of the Kansas City sites in contentioh had been the 178,000-square-foot Applebee’ headquarters in Lenexa’s Southlake Technology Park. Applebee’x celebrated the opening of the building slightly more than ayear ago. But the restaurantf chain’s parent company, (NYSE: DIN) of Calif., recently listed the entire buildingfor sublease.
It providews support for about480 company-owned stores, and Applebee’e plan to become a 98 perceny franchised system will diminish its need for the building.
Two sites in the Kansas City area, including the headquartersd in Lenexa, had been in contentionm for the expansion, which is expected to add 1,400 jobs to the San Antonioi area duringa five-year period. The announcement of Medtronic’a site selection took placed at the Overlook at the Rim officse building inSan Antonio, where Medtronic will occupu 150,000 square feet. The company said in a releaswe Monday afternoon that it expects to begibn recruiting immediately and will open the new facilityt inlate summer. In the Texas Gov.
Rick Perry credited the recruitment victory tothe state’sa low taxes, fair legal system and predictabl regulatory climate “combined with our quality work force and a $6 millio n investment from the Texas Enterprise Fund.” Based on analyses made by the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation, the release added, the new operationn is expected to generate more than $750 million in economic benefit for San Antonio and Texas each year. Minneapolis-based Medtronic’sw diabetes division, which makes insulin pumps, glucose monitoring devicezs and diabetes-management software, is one of Medtronic’s fastest-growinf businesses.
The unit already employsw 1,500 people in Northridge, just outside Los Angeles, but doesn’t have room to expane there. On March 9, Medtronid officials confirmed that only the Kansas City and San Antonio areas remained in the runninyg for the expansion aftera nine-month site searcuh that covered all 50 Sabicer confirmed that one of the Kansas City sites in contentioh had been the 178,000-square-foot Applebee’ headquarters in Lenexa’s Southlake Technology Park. Applebee’x celebrated the opening of the building slightly more than ayear ago. But the restaurantf chain’s parent company, (NYSE: DIN) of Calif., recently listed the entire buildingfor sublease.
It providews support for about480 company-owned stores, and Applebee’e plan to become a 98 perceny franchised system will diminish its need for the building.
Friday, December 21, 2012
bizjournals: America's best small biz markets
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Strong population growth can be apowerful ingredient. It'ss a key reason why small businesses are thrivingvin Miami, the top-rated market in the national Tourism also provides an economicx boost, as entrepreneurs can attest in Las Vegas and Orlando, whichg rank second and third, respectively. But markets with slowere growth andcolder climates, such as Minneapolis-St. Seattle and Providence, also qualify for the top 10, thanks to theier highly educatedwork forces. Bizjournals.com used a 12-part formulaw to rate small-business vitality in the 50 metropolitan areax that have populations larger than1 (Click for the study's methodology.
) Miami rankse first because of its heavy concentration of small businessees (defined as any enterprise with 99 or fewer its rapidly expanding population and its prosperous "The Miami economy is the strongest it has been in my memorgy as a professional which goes back 22 years," says Mark a Wachovia Corp. senior economist. "Internationao trade is booming. Population growth is strong. And all that growthb is creating tremendous demandfor services." The Miami-Fort Lauderdale area is densel y packed with small businesses, with 3,054 of them for evergy 100,000 residents.
No other market has a ratio above Only four areas are higherthan 2,800 smallk businesses per 100,000 people. Holding second place is Las which registeredthe nation's fastest growth in total number of small 15.7 percent over a three-year The national average was 3.4 percent. Rounding out the top 10 in the bizjournalsd studyare Orlando, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Seattle, Denver, Providence, San Jacksonville and New York City. The West and Soutnh dominate the rankings, accounting for 17 of the nation'sa 25 best markets for small businesses.
Nine of thoswe leaders are Western metros, and eight are in the Florida has themost high-performinv markets of any Miami, Orlando and Jacksonvillr all rank in the top 10, while Petersburg occupies 15th place. "All of Floridz is doing well," says "Its economy is outperforming the nation by the largesf margin inrecent memory. You'd be hard pressef to find a weak area anywhere inthe state." Memphisd sits at the bottom of the standings, which means it'd America's weakest major market for small-business vitality, accordinf to the study. Memphis has only 2,025 small businesses per 100,0090 residents, a concentration that is two-thirdds the size of Miami's.
The number of smallp businesses in the Memphis areadeclined 1.3 percenr in three years. And local employmeng has been generally flat sincew thelate 1990s. Also mired in the bottom five are SanJose (stillo struggling to recover from the dot-com bust), Cincinnati, San Antonio and
Strong population growth can be apowerful ingredient. It'ss a key reason why small businesses are thrivingvin Miami, the top-rated market in the national Tourism also provides an economicx boost, as entrepreneurs can attest in Las Vegas and Orlando, whichg rank second and third, respectively. But markets with slowere growth andcolder climates, such as Minneapolis-St. Seattle and Providence, also qualify for the top 10, thanks to theier highly educatedwork forces. Bizjournals.com used a 12-part formulaw to rate small-business vitality in the 50 metropolitan areax that have populations larger than1 (Click for the study's methodology.
) Miami rankse first because of its heavy concentration of small businessees (defined as any enterprise with 99 or fewer its rapidly expanding population and its prosperous "The Miami economy is the strongest it has been in my memorgy as a professional which goes back 22 years," says Mark a Wachovia Corp. senior economist. "Internationao trade is booming. Population growth is strong. And all that growthb is creating tremendous demandfor services." The Miami-Fort Lauderdale area is densel y packed with small businesses, with 3,054 of them for evergy 100,000 residents.
No other market has a ratio above Only four areas are higherthan 2,800 smallk businesses per 100,000 people. Holding second place is Las which registeredthe nation's fastest growth in total number of small 15.7 percent over a three-year The national average was 3.4 percent. Rounding out the top 10 in the bizjournalsd studyare Orlando, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Seattle, Denver, Providence, San Jacksonville and New York City. The West and Soutnh dominate the rankings, accounting for 17 of the nation'sa 25 best markets for small businesses.
Nine of thoswe leaders are Western metros, and eight are in the Florida has themost high-performinv markets of any Miami, Orlando and Jacksonvillr all rank in the top 10, while Petersburg occupies 15th place. "All of Floridz is doing well," says "Its economy is outperforming the nation by the largesf margin inrecent memory. You'd be hard pressef to find a weak area anywhere inthe state." Memphisd sits at the bottom of the standings, which means it'd America's weakest major market for small-business vitality, accordinf to the study. Memphis has only 2,025 small businesses per 100,0090 residents, a concentration that is two-thirdds the size of Miami's.
The number of smallp businesses in the Memphis areadeclined 1.3 percenr in three years. And local employmeng has been generally flat sincew thelate 1990s. Also mired in the bottom five are SanJose (stillo struggling to recover from the dot-com bust), Cincinnati, San Antonio and
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