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- Colo. firms in their IPO infancy
- Reorganize when putting away holiday items
- Neighbors Question the Historical Societyâ’s Plans to Expand
- Not just anybody: Rosemary Conley
- CantonRep.com | The Canton Repository | Canton, Stark County &…
- A LINE ON GROWTH: Second of two parts: Rural life’s calm gives…
- You don’t have to look overseas for someone to help

Colo. firms in their IPO infancy
Denver Post – Dec 30, 2006
Other firms most frequently mentioned as IPO candidates include restaurant chain Noodles & Co. of Broomfield, software-maker Webroot of Boulder and distribution company TrenStar of Greenwood Village. Lefthand Networks of Boulder, a data storage company, could be encouraged to go public by the success of Isilon Systems, a Seattle- based data company whose shares more than doubled after its debut Dec. Nationally, investment researcher Renaissance Capital expects many of the 2007 IPOs to come from international, technology and private-equity owned companies. Here are some details about local companies intending to go public: Local Matters, a Denver-based company that provides software and media services to help Yellow Pages publishers expand their offerings in local markets, said it expects to sell 3. 3 million shares between $14 and $16, raising $43… 7 percent; and Louisville-based drugmaker Replidyne, down 42. Other smaller IPOs in 2006 included Smart Move, a Greenwood Village-based moving services company that this month held a $16. 6 million IPO, and Ascent Solar, a Littleton-based energy-related company that raised $16. In 2006, 198 companies nationwide raised a combined $43 billion by selling shares to the public for the first time – the biggest year since 2000.

Reorganize when putting away holiday items
pittsburghlive.com – Dec 30, 2006
“Cleaning up can set the stage for the success of next year. ”

It is the time of year built around moving all those reindeer, lights and wreaths back to where they came from and finding homes for the garland, elves and illuminated icicles that have joined the family. This also is a time of year that seems inspirational in the jobs it demands. story continues below
“Everybody wants to be so practical, so professional,” says Diane Stafford from Ace Thrift Supply in New Kensington. Mostly, it involves organization and planning in a number of ways. For residents such as Joanne Caton, of Shaler, it means finding a home for all the goods… “Manufacturers have become very creative making items for storage-conscious consumers,” he says. Even non-holiday items can have a late-year surge. Dinah Brein, from Seattle’s Onrax storage company, says the firm’s product seem to be attractive at the holiday season. The company makes racks that are designed to be hung from the tops of garages, creating another level of storage. “A lot of people are scrambling for space,” she says, “so this provides a place to put all the Christmas ornaments. ”

Planning tools

A little planning and observance of some basic rules can go a long way to making the next holiday season better than a pile of ornaments on the living-room floor. “You have to be tough,” says Leslie McKee from Mt.

Neighbors Question the Historical Societyâ’s Plans to Expand
New York Times – Dec 30, 2006
Our people are very angry. ” The society’s plans may face restrictions imposed by the city and the state, which have contributed more than $25 million for improvements inside the building since the early 1990s, when the neglected, and nearly bankrupt, society closed its doors for two years. In its initial presentations, the society said it was considering moving its auditorium to the five-story annex and using the space for an orientation center. It planned to reconfigure gallery floors and ceilings, to replace the current elevator with two new ones and adorn a gallery ceiling with art by Keith Haring. “A substantial amount of money was spent in the auditorium and in a renovation of the elevator and in the first-floor galleries for new ceilings and other improvements,” said Ed Norris, the society’s chief operating officer from 1994 to 2002. “And new floors were put in. ”The acceptance of city money required the society to sign agreements to protect the construction for the life of the bonds that paid for the improvements, said Kate D… ” Still others are challenging the society’s viability. Wright, the co-op tenant, who is co-chairman of the Park West 77th Street Block Association, said the society “is extremely fragile financially, and there is no way they are going to realize from the tower scheme the money they will need to ensure their future. Why go through all the agita if the institution is going down?” He mentioned the society’s budget of $17 million against $4 million in revenues from admissions and other sources; Dr. Mirrer had to raise $13 million this year. Even a developer windfall “would not solve the society’s financial problems for long,” Mr.

Not just anybody: Rosemary Conley
Times Online – Dec 30, 2006
Isn’t olive oil good for us?It doesn’t bring anything into your life. If you’re trying to keep down your weight, it’s a disaster. All fats — olive oil, lard or goose fat — go straight on to your thighs for storage. Would you consider plastic surgery?No. But ask me again when I’m 80. I have a facial exercising machine that tones up my facial muscles. If you could change one thing about yourself? I probably take on too much, but then I like that about myself… If you could change one thing about yourself? I probably take on too much, but then I like that about myself. The rest of me, I’m quite happy with. Are you a control freak? If I wasn’t of that nature, I don’t think I’d head up a company. But I’m less controlling than I used to be. I’ve got a good team at my office that I trust and I’ve mellowed as I’ve got older. Has your conversion to Christianity helped you to be disciplined?After inviting God into my life 20 years ago, he has transformed it. The first thing I do in the morning is to pray and read the Bible.

CantonRep.com | The Canton Repository | Canton, Stark County &…
Canton Repository – Canton Repository (subscription) – Dec 30, 2006
Harris said the company has broken no environmental laws. “The material in question actually is a low-grade coal, and we have it in a concrete building that is not exposed to the elements,” he said. Harris said that moving the coal was expensive and the company was not able to get it removed in time to meet the original EPA deadline. “We have agreed to move it, and we will post bond in the next few weeks and then start the removal process,” he said. McCown ordered that no scrap materials be removed from buildings until the money for the project is approved. The company also must turn over its financial records to the state within two weeks and repair structural deficiencies to the concrete bunker where waste is stored. McCown said there had been reports of asbestos buried on the site, and questioned why the Ohio EPA had not taken water and soil samples… Clint Shuff, an EPA inspector, said he and investigators from attorney general’s office found no evidence of asbestos burial. Petro’s office filed a contempt-of-court lawsuit last month alleging that Harris failed to comply with a court-ordered cleanup. Biomass was sued by the attorney general’s office in 2004 and forced to pay $26,000 for improper storage and slow removal of more than 10,000 tons of tobacco at the site. At that time, the company agreed to remove all the coal and coke products within a year and a half. When it acquired the site, Biomass had plans for a $150 million renovation of the former ethanol plant that would have allowed it to operate a wood-fired plant that could generate enough electricity to supply 150,000 to 200,000 households.

A LINE ON GROWTH: Second of two parts: Rural life’s calm gives…
Free with registration – Dallas Morning News – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 30, 2006
Check out Frank and Novaleen Davis’ century-old wooden barn. Novaleen says it’s OK to get close for photographs. A company removed lint from cottonseed at those silos up on the left. The state came in and removed toxic waste. See the signs selling all this farmland? Notice the wooden stakes? The highway will grow to four lanes, starting in a year or so.

You don’t have to look overseas for someone to help
Stockton Record – Dec 30, 2006
Maybe he’s celebrating one month of being clean and sober, and you can relay an encouraging message. Maybe it’d become the chic thing, comparing notes and photos among your friends:”Hal, my homeless guy, just finished his 12-step program. ” “Well, my homeless lady, Ellen, is moving back in with her sister and taking another shot at her GED. “And, truth be told, sometimes it’d be, “My guy Thomas got busted for crack – I think it’s his third strike. “I’m not being flippant. And I know that a grown-up, messed-up homeless person doesn’t have the cute pathos factor of a needy little kid. But not all homeless people are hard to bring back to life and hope… But not all homeless people are hard to bring back to life and hope. I asked longtime Skid Row workers Nancy Berlin and Molly Lowery for a couple of real-life examples. Here’s how I would place them on a Save the Homeless Web site:”Tania worked for six years at a rent-a-car company. With her salary and her husband’s, they could rent an apartment, take care of their two kids, ages 2 and 7, even buy them bikes. But when her husband abandoned the family, one salary wasn’t enough. Tania’s apartment? Gone.