Monthly Archives: January 2011

Local schools listed as 'failing' could become targets for charter conversion …

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Top Stories Local schools listed as ‘failing' could become targets for charter conversion under new ‘parent trigger' law BY GARY WALKER Seven schools in The Argonaut coverage area are on the Parent Revolution's list of schools that could be ripe for charter conversion under a state law.Braddock Avenue and Stoner Avenue elementary schools and Marina Del Rey Middle School in Del Rey, Orville Wright Middle School in Westchester, Read more [...]

RSVP committed to Melbourne events

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RSVP Melbourne’s new home: the Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne's events industry has been given a boost by organisers of RSVP Melbourne, who reaffirmed their commitment to the industry at a launch of the tradeshow’s new name and logo. The new brand was theatrically revealed with a kabuki performance at the show's new venue, the historic Royal Exhibition Building, conworld.net has reported. Extensive research of the Melbourne industry was undertaken by Read more [...]

King Day events listed

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<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 9-->Grambling State University president Frank G. Pogue will be the keynote speaker at the ninth annual Martin Luther King Day Noon Ecumenical service Monday in the Ruston Civic Center.This service follows the annual Martin Luther King Unity March and Parade that will start at 11:30 a.m. at Louisiana Tech's Thomas Assembly Center. Marchers will meet at 11:15 a.m. The march and parade will proceed east on Alabama Avenue and north on Monroe Street to the south entrance Read more [...]

Five properties connected to Norway business raid up for sale

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The following 10 properties owned by New Horizon Capital Investments have unpaid taxes. 172 Main St., Norway, office building, for sale 380 Main St., Norway, Odd Fellows hall, for sale 14 Orchard St., Norway, two-family house, for sale 16 Orchard St., Norway, three-bedroom house, for sale 34 Greenleaf Ave., Norway, three-bedroom house, for sale 21 Cottage St., Norway, apartment building 24 Cottage St., Norway, apartment building 35 Skillings Ave., Paris, apartment building 44 Gothic St., Paris, Read more [...]

£7m sale of Forth Dimension Displays triggers staff windfalls

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Forth Dimension Displays, the Scottish pioneer in high-resolution micro-screens and simulation technology for medical and military equipment, has been acquired by Nasdaq-listed Kopin for £7 million, triggering windfalls averaging £20,000 for the bulk of its staff. The remaining 90% of the gain will benefit venture capitalist investors Doughty Hanson and Amadeus. The company, is based at Dalgety Bay in Fife. It employs around Read more [...]

Hawke’s Bay hits top end of NZ heat list

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The country experienced its fifth warmest year since 1900 last year, with higher than normal temperatures caused by La Ni�riven anticyclones - although Hawke's Bay slipped off the sunshine radar.Prevailing easterlies and northeasterlies warmed the air but dragged cloud, and about average rainfall, to eastern areas, although the increased number of anticyclones made the year a generally settled one.In Niwa's just-released climate summary for the year, figures Read more [...]

Hawke's Bay hits top end of NZ heat list

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The country experienced its fifth warmest year since 1900 last year, with higher than normal temperatures caused by La Ni�riven anticyclones - although Hawke's Bay slipped off the sunshine radar.Prevailing easterlies and northeasterlies warmed the air but dragged cloud, and about average rainfall, to eastern areas, although the increased number of anticyclones made the year a generally settled one.In Niwa's just-released climate summary for the year, figures showed a year of two halves - with Read more [...]

Muhammad Ali quits boards of 6 listed firms – Business Times

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PDF EMAIL PRINT CURRENCY CONVERTER LARGER TYPE SMALLER TYPE The former Johor Corp chief has squarely denied rumours of share price manipulation. Former Johor Corp (JCorp) chief Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim has decided to quit the boards of all six listed firms related to the state investment group and has squarely denied rumours of share price manipulation. He has decided to resign so as not to put his ex-colleagues in a Read more [...]

Woman injured in fatal fire listed in fair condition

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CROWN CITY — A woman who was injured in a fire that claimed the life of a 5-year old boy on Monday night is still recovering at a Huntington, W.Va., hospital.Nina Johnson, 29, Crown City, is now listed in fair condition, according to Chris Koenig, communications manager at Cabell Huntington Hospital. Johnson suffered what were termed by Gallia County authorities as “smoke-related” injuries in the Monday evening fire in which her son, Isiah, died.According to a press release issued by the Read more [...]

UK retailers list 3DS for March 18, £249

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Listings for the Nintendo 3DS have popped up on UK retailers, including The Hut, Best Buy, Woolworths and WHSmith, offering "pre-order deposits" with a March 18 date. According to these sites, the handheld will be available in blue, black and red. As MCV points out, however, all these sites pull their listings from The Hut's database, so they're essentially all from the same source. (Duplicate 3DS listings on all the sites, featuring a March 25 release date, have been removed since we first Read more [...]