Sunday, November 13, 2011

Young hunters more likely to cause accidents, analysis shows - Wisconsin Rapids Tribune

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Young hunters more likely to cause accidents, analysis shows

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Trevor Rueden sits in a wooded area Thursday in Seymour, where he slipped on some wet leaves, causing his shotgun to go off while hunting at age 16 in 2009. The slug went straight through his foot, breaking several bones. / Dan Powers/Gannett Wisconsin ...


Hunters 21 and younger responsible for more than a quarter of hunting accidents

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Clifton Gunderson selects Wauwatosa as new headquarters - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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McMasters is a partner in the Wauwatosza office at 10001 Innovation Drive in the Milwaukee CountyResearcbh Park. She took over the management reins of thecompangy Monday. Very few employees from Clifton Gunderson’s former headquarteras in Peoria, Ill., will be transferred to the Wauwatosa saidJen Dirks, a spokeswomam for firm who is locally based. Clifton Gunderson currentl occupies 27,500 square feet of office space at theResearchu Park, and may be in the markey to expand its offices eventually, said Dirks. The company employs 130 professionals in Wauwatosa and 230 at thePeoriaz office, its largest in the nation.
The accountinhg firm’s professional staff totals morethan 2,000 in 45 U.S.-base d offices. Clifton Gunderson has 10 officeswin Wisconsin.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Judgements: 49ers QB Smith silencing bust talk - CBSSports.com

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Judgements: 49ers QB Smith silencing bust talk

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1. Jim Harbaugh's biggest achievement is finding something in Alex Smith nobody else could. Don't tell me the49ers knew what was coming. They traded up in the second round to draft Colin Kaepernick. But this just in: Smith is 8-1 in his ...



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Sunday, November 6, 2011

FOCUS: Factories take stock as flood recedes in Thailand's Ayutthaya - TMC Net

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FOCUS: Factories take stock as flood recedes in Thailand's Ayutthaya

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7 -- (Kyodo) _ A month after massive flooding submerged Thailand's industrial zone, inundated manufacturers have from this week been able to reach and retrieve core machinery and tools from their factories as water significantly receded from Ayutthaya ...



Friday, November 4, 2011

Haemonetics director, Covidien CEO Meelia, resigns; CEO pay set - Boston Business Journal:

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Meelia had been a Haemonetics director since 2005 and his term was set to expirsin 2011. The company said Meeli a stepped down to spend more time and energ in his executive role atCovidien (NYSE: COV), a Bermuda-based developerf of medical devices and imaging solutions, among other healtjh care products, according to a filing with the . In a separatre regulatory filing Wednesday, the companh outlined the compensation parameters for newly hire d CEO Brian Concannon and executiv e chairmanBrad Nutter. Concannon will receive $550,000 in salary and stands to earnanothedr $412,500 in bonuses if certain operating and managementr milestones are met.
Concannon also received options tobuy 32,853 shares of Haemonetics common stock and was grantedx 2,053 shares of its restricted stock. Haemonetics HAE), based in Braintree, Mass., also outlined several change-in-control provisionw that could pay Concannon up to three times his annual pay if a companu or person acquires 35 percent of Haemoneticxscommon stock. Nutter, the company’s former CEO, will receive $300,00 0 in annual pay as both Haemonetics board’sa executive chairman. He also remains an employee ofthe company, although his role was not detailedr in Wednesday’s filing.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Lykes, Pepin Heart, Air Flow Designs, J2 save energy - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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EcoAsset Solutions, a new subsidiar of the venerableTampa company, recently won a $93,425 state contracft to create a carbo n inventory of lands acquired through two conservation The subsidiary will provide a database of the carbon valud of state-owned land. Lykes also agreesd to grow energy caneon 20,000 acres in Highland s County to provide fuel for a new $250 millio n ethanol facility planned by , an alternative fuel development companh in Cambridge, Mass. A longtime agricultur e force in Florida, Lykes has planted thousands of acres of eucalyptusa and pine treesfor harvesting. Sustainabld eucalyptus mulch now is aLykesw product. 7L Brands LLC, a division of produces it. Lykes Bros.
Inc. is no longe r in the steamship, natural gas or meat businesxs and instead has shifted its focus to emerginfgreen businesses. EcoAsset Solutions, a new subsidiary of the venerable Tampa company, recently won a $93,4265 state contract to create a carbon inventory of lands acquiredf through two conservation programs. The subsidiary will provides a database of the carbon valueof state-owned Lykes also agreed to grow energyg cane on 20,000 acres in Highlands Counthy to provide fuel for a new $250 millionn ethanol facility planned by Vereniuk Corp., an alternative fuel development compant in Cambridge, Mass.
A longtimre agriculture force in Florida, Lykes has planted thousande of acres of eucalyptus and pine treesfor harvesting. Sustainablr eucalyptus mulch now is a Lykes 7LBrands LLC, a division of Lykes, produces it. — Jane Meinhardt took a page from thehospitalitgy industry, when it kicked off its “Car e to Be Green” program on May 4. The hospital now changes bed pillowcases and linenson request, instead of daily, to save waterr and energy. Infections aren’t a concern because the same patient is usinythe linen, said Denise Foto, clinical managet of the cath lab at Pepin.
Foto and Karenh House, a nurse in the cath lab, also lead a “Greemn Team” of 50 volunteers at the hospital who arecollectingy bottles, cans and newspapers for recycling. On April 20, in advancee of Earth Day, Pepin spent abouft $200 — the equivalent of one day’s worth of electricitt usage — to buy blocks of electricity generated from renewabls sources such as solar and wood wastrfrom “Our sponsorship allowas them to make more of this renewable energy,” House said. “This is somethingh the hospital and other businessese can do to be moreearth , the St.
Pete Times Forukm and the also have participated in the but no other health care facility hasdone so, said Rick a spokesman for Tampa Electric. — Margir Manning Tax credits, incentives advertisedf Almost the minute President Obama signed the stimulux billinto law, , an air conditionin and heating company in Tampa, Orlando and was advertising energy efficiency tax credits that could generatee up to $1,500 for customers who buy new heat And Air Flow isn’t the only company doingb it. “Anyone paying taxes can benefi tfrom this, so it makes sense to have businesses broadcastt that to their customers,” said Bill Becker, a CPA and tax partnerr at ’s Tampa office.
Past incentives were more for providinhgtax deductions, palpable to those who take the time to itemiz e expenses to the , Becker said. But moves to increas tax credits from 10 percent to 30 while increasing capsfrom $300 to $1,500, have becomer attractive to homeowners looking to save money with newerr heat pumps. While it might not exactlh prompt consumers to getnew energy-efficient devices, it could encouragde those who do need to replace older systemas to possibly upgrade to more expensive units they may not have consideredd otherwise, Becker said. — Michael Hinmajn Jose Morales hears about otherdcompanies struggling, but his Tampa firm, , isn’t feelinh the pain.
As a government contractor, first-quartere revenue at J2 Engineering jumped 55 percenftto $17 million, up from $11 million. And the which operates more as a generalo contractor than an engineering firmthese days, expects 2009 revenuer of $100 million, up from $60 million last year, Morales said. Morales suspects that much of the work his firm is pursuinv is part of the federal stimulus monet earmarked to improve the energu efficiency ofgovernment buildings. “sA lot of these projects will meet LEED Morales said.
J2 Engineering, a federally approved minority is going after jobs that range from the renovatiobn of hospitals to the construction of child developmentr centers atmilitary bases. Some contracts are for five years and valueds at millionsof dollars. The firm is also pursuing a contracr for a combat support facility atin — Janet Leiser