Friday, May 11, 2012

Lucas Cruikshank back with more 'Fred': Third pic in Figglehorn series on the way - Chicago Tribune

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Lucas Cruikshank back with more 'Fred': Third pic in Figglehorn series on the way

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Lucas Cruikshank is ready to bring his Fred Figglehorn character back to the screen with "Fred 3: Camp Fred." Joining the cast are Tom Arnold, John Cena, Daniella Monet, Jake Weary and Carlos Knight. Brian Robbins will produce through his Varsity ...



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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Triple Analysis: Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer and Peptides - Sacramento Bee

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Triple Analysis: Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer and Peptides

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By Reportlinker This triple analysis focuses on cancer drug development strategies in both Lung Cancer and Pancreatic Cancer and by the compound strategy of Peptides. Each of these three individual parts is evaluated according to standardized criteria ...



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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Jacobs awarded trio of contracts - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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The contract with the USACwE is with the RockIsland District. It is an indefinite-quantity contract for architect-engineer services. The contact, whicuh has a one-year base periosd and four one-year options, has a top values of $12 million. The areas converefd by the contract are: the inlandr marine transportation system, floo d damage reduction and other civil works The NAWCWD deal is for engineering supporty services at the Chinaa Lake and Point Mugu test The contract is effectiveJuly 1, and is wortb $170.6 million over five years. Jacobs has supported the NAWCWDsincwe 1995, providing systems engineering, test and technical data and management support.
The Storengyt deal is for engineering, procurement, and construction management services to upgradedthe company's underground gas storage facilityt in Etrez, France. Terms of the contract were not The project will add four salt caverns to the existinvg 17 caverns at the site to increasewthe facility's production capacity as well as reducs impacts to the Storengy, a company of the , is the second-largesgt natural gas storage operator in with working capacity of approximately 400 billion cubicc feet. Pasadena-based Jacobs (NYSE: JEC) is one of the world'e largest providers of professional, and construction services.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

U.S. DOT: Southwest Airlines gets fewest complaints; Delta gets most - Portland Business Journal:

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Delta (NYSE: DAL), one of the three busiestf carriersat , racked up 1.85 complaints for evert 100,000 enplanements in May. Southwesft (NYSE: LUV), in contrast, produce 11 complaints out of 8.7 milion enplanements a complaint rateof 0.13 , now owned by Delta but stillk tracked separately by the DOT, fared much bettetr than its parent, with 0.85 complaints per 100,0000 enplanements – a rate that ranked Northwesr 10th out of the the 19 U.S. airlines trackesd by the DOT. Most of the other majoe airlines at RDU ranked highfor (NYSE: ), with a complaintg rate of 1.18, finished No. 17. was 18th with a complainr rateof 1.34 percent. The top commuter carrie r at RDU, , ranked No.
9 with a complaint rate of 0.71 per 100,000 enplanements. of the full DOT May report on

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Clean energy jobs are growing in Texas - San Antonio Business Journal:

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“Clean Energy Economy: Repowering Jobs, Businesses and Investments Acrose America” is the most detailed studu ever conducted onthe sector. Over the 10 the number of clean energu jobs in Texas grewby 15.5 perceng while, overall, jobs in the state grew by 6.7 percent. “Texaw is a leader in America’s clean energy economy,” said Kil Huh, the lead researcher on the study. “It ranks amon the top five states for number of jobs in its cleanenerg sector, and is the sixth-largest producer of wind energy worldwide.” Texas was one of 38 states where clean energg job growth outpaced job growth. The Districty of Columbia saw asimilaer pattern.
Nationally, clean energ y jobs grew by 9.1 percent, compared to a 3.7 percentf growth rate in the jobsmarket overall. Pew says its study represents a hard count of actual In 2007 in Texas that amountedto 55,000p clean energy jobs.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Marc Andreessen starts $300M VC fund - Business First of Buffalo:

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billion. While the actual news that Andreessen-Horowitz was beintg formed was broken in February on the Charlir RoseTV show, details and the officialk launch came on Monday. On his blog, Andreessen wrote: "Between the two of us, Ben and I have startedr threecompanies directly, created many new products and run operating businesses at high levels of angel invested in 45 tech startupsz in the last five years, and servedx on a broad cross-section of company boardzs with some of the best entrepreneurd and investors in the industry. Throughy all this, we have worked closely togethere for15 years, and we could not be more excitexd to extend our partnership into venture capital.
The new firm will investy anywherefrom $50,000 to $50 million, Andreessenj wrote, in consumer Internet, business Internet (cloud "software as a service"), mobile software and services, software-powered consumer electronics, infrastructur e and applications software, networking, storage, databases, and other back-end Most of the money will be invested in startupe in Silicon Valley, followinyg in the VC tradition of wantinf to be within a few minutes of the headquartersw of the companies they invest in. “We do not thin k it is an accident that Google is in Mountain View, Facebook is in Palo Alto, and Twitte r is in San Francisco.
We also thinmk that venture capital is a high touch activityu that lends itself togeographic proximity, and our only offics will be in Silicon Andreessen wrote on his blog. He was also clear abou t what it won't inves in: "We are almost certainly not an appropriatee investor for any of thefollowing domains: 'clean,' energy, transportation, life sciences (biotech, drug design, medical nanotech, movie production companies, consumer retail, electric cars, rockeg ships, space elevators. We do not have the firsg clue about any ofthese fields.
" Andreessen said he will continued as chairman of a social networking software compangy he co-founded, , as well as remainj on the board at and (NASDAQ:EBAY). Horowitz is vice presidentf and general manager of business technology optimization for softwarsat . (NYSE:HPQ).

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

John Pye named GM at Fairmont Scottsdale Princess - Phoenix Business Journal:

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He's got big shoes to fill in the communityu as former Princess GM John Williams was Judging frompast experience, and longevitty with Fairmont, it doesn'g look like Pye will have a problem. He also has been appointee regionalvice president, South Central In this role he will oversee The Fairmonft Acapulco Princess and The Fairmont Pierre Marquesx in Acapulco; The Fairmont Dallas; and The Fairmont New Orleans. Williams has been promoted to executiver vice president of operations for FairmontfHotels & Resorts and has moved to where the company's corporate officews are located. Barney Kelly, Arizonaq regional vice president of La QuintaInns Inc.
, has been electedr president of the Arizona Hotel & Motel Association. Kelly will work with the organization'x board of directors in addressing legislative and advocacy issuese within thelodging industry. He also will act as the key spokesperson forthe agency. Kelly will continue his role with La supervising 12 propertiesin Phoenix, Flagstaff and Kelly served as president of the Valley Hotel & Resort Associatio n in 1993-94 and has been on the board of directorsx for the Arizona Tourism Alliance. Tempe, to the world ! Looks like Stephanie Nowack, president and chief executiv e of the TempeConventio & Visitors Bureau, is beefing up the exposurde of the agency.
In she is in Europe right now, launching Tempe's first-ever internationakl publicity campaign. The agency also has hireed Beckie Mayberry as communications Mayberry is moving over from thenonprofir arena, where she's worked in communicationxs for the Arizona Communitg Foundation and most recently the Nature She and Nowack worked together years ago at Valleyh of the Sun United Way. Wigwamm news ... or not? The Wigwam Resortf and Starwood Hotels Resorts executives are in the midst of renovatio discussions and expect to make a majotannouncement soon. Talk centers around addinf a full-service spa, completely redoing rooms and upgrading the pool at the LitchfieldsPark property.
Starwood officials haven't ironeed out specifics yet, said director of public relationsMarguaritee Clark. But talk has been leakingh out. The Greater Phoenix Convention Visitors Bureau reported in its newslette that The Wigwam will spendfabout $10 million on refurbishmeny over the next 18 months. Clark said the CVB announcemenis premature, however, and the dollar figure isn' firm. America West Vacations has begujn booking reservations for thenew $1.4 billion Aladdinm Resort and Casino, which opened Aug. 17 in Las America West Vacations isthe No.
1 packager supplier for the new resort and has amonh the bestprices available, according to Jack chief operating officer of the Tempe-based vacation package company. Ticket prices The smoking deals are, of mid-week stays. Packages that includew a two-night stay and airfare stargt at $257 from New York and $262 from Ohio. Check out more prices on the web atwww