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Thursday, August 9, 2012
Hetch Hetchy drain plug in voters' hands - SFBay
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Mexican experts find hundreds of bones piled around skeleton in unprecedented ... - Washington Post
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Monday, August 6, 2012
Love of the college leads Minnis to Benedictine job - Wichita Business Journal:
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is fortunate to have one of their own leadingt the college into the 21st This marvelous endorsement comes fromKansas City's Bob Reintjesw Sr., one of the Atchisoh college's distinguished alums. I wholeheartedly agree with that assessmeng of Benedictine PresidentSteve Minnis. In an earliet column, I wrote about my worries at when its populat andsuccessful president, Dan retired. I was thrilled and relieved when Pat Long was chosen as She is leading Baker tonew heights. Similarly, Benedictine faced a big problemn several years ago when itsvery well-respectedr president, Dan Carey, left.
Steve has done preciselyh the same thing in Atchison that Pat did in Baldwin What truly fascinates me about Steve Minnisx is his unorthodox route tothe presidency. He grew up in St. where his father coached baseball at Missouri After graduatingfrom Benedictine, Steve got a law degree from . He then came to Kansas City, where he joined Dennis Moore'x staff as assistant Johnson Countyprosecuting attorney. His offices was across the hall from Paul and his intern wasPhilol Kline. After a few years in private he joinedSprint Corp.'s legal staff, doing litigation and regulatoryu work.
During his 14 yeard there, his principle good works centered on his alma He ultimately became presidentof Benedictine's national alumni He held that office during the college's 2004 presidential search. At one point, he thought: "Why not The search committee concurred, and the rest is His success as president of the college can be summed up in one thinb he told me when I recentlyh spent several hourswith him. He "It works because I love this place. Benedictines speaks to me.
I came becaus e I want to make a difference inyoung people's Since Steve came "home," enrollmentf is the largest in school For the first time ever, Benedictinde was recognized in as one of "America's Best Colleges." Steve spearheadede a successful effort to raise $8 milliohn in four months for a new academic center. He also told me: "Thid job is not that different from Both are what you are all In business orin education, if you get away from your you flounder." Steve is adamant abou t rigid adherence to the school's missiohn of "educating men and women within a communityt of faith and scholarship.
" Steves told me that his mentor was felloqw Benedictine alum Tom Hoenig, who was chairma n of the college's board when he was My reaction was that the president of the Federap Reserve Bank of Kansas City was a great choiced for a mentor. Benedictine is a family affairfor Minnis. His wife is a and his son is afreshman there. His is truly a lifelong love affaitwith Benedictine. When I left his he told me: "We celebratwe our 150th anniversary next I want to stay here and positiobn us well for the next150 years." I have never met a more likable or focused I will bet he is leading Benedictine well into the next centur y and a half!
is fortunate to have one of their own leadingt the college into the 21st This marvelous endorsement comes fromKansas City's Bob Reintjesw Sr., one of the Atchisoh college's distinguished alums. I wholeheartedly agree with that assessmeng of Benedictine PresidentSteve Minnis. In an earliet column, I wrote about my worries at when its populat andsuccessful president, Dan retired. I was thrilled and relieved when Pat Long was chosen as She is leading Baker tonew heights. Similarly, Benedictine faced a big problemn several years ago when itsvery well-respectedr president, Dan Carey, left.
Steve has done preciselyh the same thing in Atchison that Pat did in Baldwin What truly fascinates me about Steve Minnisx is his unorthodox route tothe presidency. He grew up in St. where his father coached baseball at Missouri After graduatingfrom Benedictine, Steve got a law degree from . He then came to Kansas City, where he joined Dennis Moore'x staff as assistant Johnson Countyprosecuting attorney. His offices was across the hall from Paul and his intern wasPhilol Kline. After a few years in private he joinedSprint Corp.'s legal staff, doing litigation and regulatoryu work.
During his 14 yeard there, his principle good works centered on his alma He ultimately became presidentof Benedictine's national alumni He held that office during the college's 2004 presidential search. At one point, he thought: "Why not The search committee concurred, and the rest is His success as president of the college can be summed up in one thinb he told me when I recentlyh spent several hourswith him. He "It works because I love this place. Benedictines speaks to me.
I came becaus e I want to make a difference inyoung people's Since Steve came "home," enrollmentf is the largest in school For the first time ever, Benedictinde was recognized in as one of "America's Best Colleges." Steve spearheadede a successful effort to raise $8 milliohn in four months for a new academic center. He also told me: "Thid job is not that different from Both are what you are all In business orin education, if you get away from your you flounder." Steve is adamant abou t rigid adherence to the school's missiohn of "educating men and women within a communityt of faith and scholarship.
" Steves told me that his mentor was felloqw Benedictine alum Tom Hoenig, who was chairma n of the college's board when he was My reaction was that the president of the Federap Reserve Bank of Kansas City was a great choiced for a mentor. Benedictine is a family affairfor Minnis. His wife is a and his son is afreshman there. His is truly a lifelong love affaitwith Benedictine. When I left his he told me: "We celebratwe our 150th anniversary next I want to stay here and positiobn us well for the next150 years." I have never met a more likable or focused I will bet he is leading Benedictine well into the next centur y and a half!
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Waiting for Wal-Mart plus the fight over 'Snakelights' top 20 years of WBJ headlines - Wichita Business Journal:
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Those are some of the stories that highligh t the WichitaBusiness Journal'z 20 years of reporting local breaking businessx news. As a part of the WBJ's 20th we're reprinting news from 1991, 1996 and 2001. Nov. 10, 1986 The managerr of the PawneePlaza Mall, Mark Michaelis, confirmed that he was negotiatingf with Wal-Mart to fill 103,0090 square feet of space vacated three years earlie r by . Mall tenants hoped Wal-Mart woulx move in and breathe life into the shopping centef at Pawneeand Broadway. Not only did Wal-Mart open its firsr Wichita store in the mallin 1987, the retaile also bought the mall in 2002 then knocked it down to buil d a Wal-Mart Supercenter.
The Kansas Attornegy General's office and some state bankers questioned if the was followinv a new state law for handling bids onfailedd banks. They were concerned that the FDIC seemer to favor branch banks over newlhychartered banks. Kansas Banking Commissioner Eugene Barrett got anattorney general's opinion statinb that branch banking should be allowed "only when all else Of 11 bank closings after the law took effect, six reopened as branches, two were newly chartered banks and thres more had not reopened. , the owner of the Wichita Business Journal, announced it was merging with Scripps HowardBusinesds Journals.
Scripps Howard, which was based in Houston and operated 10businessx journals, received approximately $24 million in the stocm transaction. At the time, ACBJ operated business journals in25 cities. Today the company has newspapersx in42 cities. Nov. 8, 1991 The majority of the 375 employeex at KansasGas & Electric's corporate offices were told theirf jobs might be moving to Topeka once stats regulators ruled on a proposed merger with . Mergert teams were looking for the most efficient site for combining servicews suchas accounting, finance, legal and data processing.
The merger created in which became in 1999 after merging with Kansasx CityPower & Aviation industry observers were still trying to decidew if 's development of the Starship turboprop aircraft was a success. Only 18 Starships had been delivered even thoughbusinese aviation's first all-composite construction aircrafy had been certified in 1989. Analysts applaudexd Beech's decision to invest in leading-edgew technology despite economic conditions that hurt overalkaircraft sales. A totao of 53 Starships were built. In 2003, Raytheobn Aircraft Co. decided to stop supportinvg the Starship and offered to buy back all of the aircrafy fromtheir owners. Nov. 8, 1996 The Inc.
settleds a patent-rights lawsuit with over the sale of flexibldelighting products. The lawsuit claimed Coleman infringed on the patentasBlack & Decker had for its "Snakelight." Colemahn had suspended sales of two simila r products pending the outcome. A Pennsylvania-based for-profit hospitap chain took a close look at openiny a facility in officials believed a new hospitaol would lower health care costs in the officials agreed a third hospital woulrd bring down costs in theshort term, but they doubted that addinf hospital beds would be in the community's best interesr in the long The demolition team set Dec. 22 as the date for the implosiojn ofthe .
Businesses arounc the site were given a chancre to learn more about how plannedx to use explosives to dropthe 17-story building. Nov. 9, 2001 City of Wichitwa officials believed a discount airline could be serving Wichitqa by the spring of 2002 afte r outliningthe " " Area businesses were asked to pledgee three months or more of their annual air trave budget to one or more discount Steve Flescher, air service development director for the city, said he wouldn'yt be surprised if one of three carriers -- , or Americanb TransAir -- would be ready to do businessa within six months. announced it would turn over its day-to-dah mortgage lending operations toon Jan. 2, 2002.
Emprise's stafff of 10 mortgage workers becamw MortgageCenter employees. At the time, Emprise handled $70 million in mortgage business. And Wichita was waiting for the light to come on as Krisp Kreme started hiring the 130 employees it woulx need to open its first storer inthe area. The store at 7777 E. Central was scheduleds to open Dec. 4. The companhy opened its secondWichita location, 8512 W. in 2003. Largest Wichitwa Office Equipment andFurniture Companies, 1986. (ranked by full-tims employees) 1. 2. 3. Scott Rice; 40; Ben Grisamore 4. Hesston Business Interiors; 31; Rick Watsonj 5. Inc.; 28; Lloyd McGinlet 6. The 7. Southwestern Office Supply; 15; Robert Blick II 8.
Contemporaryh Comfort; 12; Brenda Sickmon 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Thompson-Crawle y Furniture; 8; Steve Roe 17. Janzen Business Machines; 4; Larryt Hart 18. 19. 20. 2; Robin VanHuss
Those are some of the stories that highligh t the WichitaBusiness Journal'z 20 years of reporting local breaking businessx news. As a part of the WBJ's 20th we're reprinting news from 1991, 1996 and 2001. Nov. 10, 1986 The managerr of the PawneePlaza Mall, Mark Michaelis, confirmed that he was negotiatingf with Wal-Mart to fill 103,0090 square feet of space vacated three years earlie r by . Mall tenants hoped Wal-Mart woulx move in and breathe life into the shopping centef at Pawneeand Broadway. Not only did Wal-Mart open its firsr Wichita store in the mallin 1987, the retaile also bought the mall in 2002 then knocked it down to buil d a Wal-Mart Supercenter.
The Kansas Attornegy General's office and some state bankers questioned if the was followinv a new state law for handling bids onfailedd banks. They were concerned that the FDIC seemer to favor branch banks over newlhychartered banks. Kansas Banking Commissioner Eugene Barrett got anattorney general's opinion statinb that branch banking should be allowed "only when all else Of 11 bank closings after the law took effect, six reopened as branches, two were newly chartered banks and thres more had not reopened. , the owner of the Wichita Business Journal, announced it was merging with Scripps HowardBusinesds Journals.
Scripps Howard, which was based in Houston and operated 10businessx journals, received approximately $24 million in the stocm transaction. At the time, ACBJ operated business journals in25 cities. Today the company has newspapersx in42 cities. Nov. 8, 1991 The majority of the 375 employeex at KansasGas & Electric's corporate offices were told theirf jobs might be moving to Topeka once stats regulators ruled on a proposed merger with . Mergert teams were looking for the most efficient site for combining servicews suchas accounting, finance, legal and data processing.
The merger created in which became in 1999 after merging with Kansasx CityPower & Aviation industry observers were still trying to decidew if 's development of the Starship turboprop aircraft was a success. Only 18 Starships had been delivered even thoughbusinese aviation's first all-composite construction aircrafy had been certified in 1989. Analysts applaudexd Beech's decision to invest in leading-edgew technology despite economic conditions that hurt overalkaircraft sales. A totao of 53 Starships were built. In 2003, Raytheobn Aircraft Co. decided to stop supportinvg the Starship and offered to buy back all of the aircrafy fromtheir owners. Nov. 8, 1996 The Inc.
settleds a patent-rights lawsuit with over the sale of flexibldelighting products. The lawsuit claimed Coleman infringed on the patentasBlack & Decker had for its "Snakelight." Colemahn had suspended sales of two simila r products pending the outcome. A Pennsylvania-based for-profit hospitap chain took a close look at openiny a facility in officials believed a new hospitaol would lower health care costs in the officials agreed a third hospital woulrd bring down costs in theshort term, but they doubted that addinf hospital beds would be in the community's best interesr in the long The demolition team set Dec. 22 as the date for the implosiojn ofthe .
Businesses arounc the site were given a chancre to learn more about how plannedx to use explosives to dropthe 17-story building. Nov. 9, 2001 City of Wichitwa officials believed a discount airline could be serving Wichitqa by the spring of 2002 afte r outliningthe " " Area businesses were asked to pledgee three months or more of their annual air trave budget to one or more discount Steve Flescher, air service development director for the city, said he wouldn'yt be surprised if one of three carriers -- , or Americanb TransAir -- would be ready to do businessa within six months. announced it would turn over its day-to-dah mortgage lending operations toon Jan. 2, 2002.
Emprise's stafff of 10 mortgage workers becamw MortgageCenter employees. At the time, Emprise handled $70 million in mortgage business. And Wichita was waiting for the light to come on as Krisp Kreme started hiring the 130 employees it woulx need to open its first storer inthe area. The store at 7777 E. Central was scheduleds to open Dec. 4. The companhy opened its secondWichita location, 8512 W. in 2003. Largest Wichitwa Office Equipment andFurniture Companies, 1986. (ranked by full-tims employees) 1. 2. 3. Scott Rice; 40; Ben Grisamore 4. Hesston Business Interiors; 31; Rick Watsonj 5. Inc.; 28; Lloyd McGinlet 6. The 7. Southwestern Office Supply; 15; Robert Blick II 8.
Contemporaryh Comfort; 12; Brenda Sickmon 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Thompson-Crawle y Furniture; 8; Steve Roe 17. Janzen Business Machines; 4; Larryt Hart 18. 19. 20. 2; Robin VanHuss
Saturday, August 4, 2012
New rules may protect appraisers, but drive up buyers
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Federal regulations aimed at putting more distance between mortgage brokers and home appraisers requir e lenders touse “appraisal managemen t companies” to order The idea is to preventt brokers from pressuring appraisers to hit certain However, some say the new rules also are pushing up the pricr and length of time for The new rules went into effect May 1 as part of the “Hom Valuation Code of Conduct” which keeps mortgage brokers from hand picking appraisers. In fact, the two are not allowee to communicateat all.
Only bankas that show they select appraisers through a strict rotatiomn system can contactappraisers Nashville’s uses a Web-based appraisaol management company and can only communicate with an assigned appraisefr by posting a question on the Web, says Ross Kinney, seniodr vice president of mortgage lending. Kinney says the additional steps have pushed up the cost of appraisals by 6 percengt to 10 percent for the companythey use. Others are even “It’s a substantial difference in the way mortgagesare I’m sure that will bring more independence, whichj is a good thing,” Kinney says. “But I’m not sure how it is goingv to affecthome buyers.
If they are non-experienced or out-of-market it will be interesting to see how that plays Appraiser Danny Wylie of in Nashville sayshe won’y deal with most appraisal managemengt companies because they take a high percentages of his fee. He charges $400 to $450 as an experienced appraiser, but management firms often want to hire himfor $275 or Wylie says he’s considered settinb up his own management company, but he says he woulx have to hire less experience appraisers to make it work Despite the challenges, Wylie thinks the changeds are better for borrowers. He says he lost businessz becausehe wouldn’t lie on an appraisal. That bank nevee called him again.
“One of the problemse has been that unscrupulous brokers coulcd pick unscrupulous appraisers who would pick whatever valuewwas needed,” he says. The new regulationx also set up a whistleblower hotline for thoswe suspectingsuch activity. Under the new appraisals take longer because the markegt is more complex and the rules require more Wylie says. Lenders want information on absorption rates, suppluy and economic conditions, he says. One local , has seen a surge of business from the The family-owned business in Franklin is primarily a mortgagwe compliance business, which means it checks loanse for fraud.
A few years ago, the company developerd a databaseon appraisers, with information such as credentials, how many appraisalsx they’ve done and if they’ve ever been involvedd in a high-risk loan. With the new the appraisal management side ofQualithy Mortgage’s business has ballooned — up 500 percentt since last year, says executive vice presidenyt Tommy Duncan. Duncan’s phone started ringin in March and April with lenders looking for appraisalmanagement services. He’ds hired three people in the past three months and is lookinb to expand to alargeer space.
He’s already had to turn down two lenders on the West Coasgt becausehe couldn’t handle the volume of work they had. Duncan says he chargesa about 25 percent to 35 percent of the appraisao fee for themanagementt services, adding that some management firmss charge as much as half. Appraisal price s depend on the city and can rangefrom $350 to $450. Dunca n supports the conduct code. He, too, has been cut off in the past by a lendertwho didn’t like one of his appraisals. “My job is to rotatee appraisals among credentialed appraisers without any discrimination or favoritism,” he says.
The conduct code “is probably a positive step to mend some of the problemsa that are alreadyout there, but I’m not sayin g its a cure all.” Part of the new regulations is that anyone who makes money off a real estate deal can’t speaki to the appraiser. Dianne Payne, regional production manager for the mortgagr divisionof Memphis-based , says her bank has been usinf a rotation system to select appraiser for a year and half, instead of an appraisal managemen t firm. It eliminates any as agents can no longef requestspecific appraisers, she says. “It’s a more level playinv field,” she says.
Federal regulations aimed at putting more distance between mortgage brokers and home appraisers requir e lenders touse “appraisal managemen t companies” to order The idea is to preventt brokers from pressuring appraisers to hit certain However, some say the new rules also are pushing up the pricr and length of time for The new rules went into effect May 1 as part of the “Hom Valuation Code of Conduct” which keeps mortgage brokers from hand picking appraisers. In fact, the two are not allowee to communicateat all.
Only bankas that show they select appraisers through a strict rotatiomn system can contactappraisers Nashville’s uses a Web-based appraisaol management company and can only communicate with an assigned appraisefr by posting a question on the Web, says Ross Kinney, seniodr vice president of mortgage lending. Kinney says the additional steps have pushed up the cost of appraisals by 6 percengt to 10 percent for the companythey use. Others are even “It’s a substantial difference in the way mortgagesare I’m sure that will bring more independence, whichj is a good thing,” Kinney says. “But I’m not sure how it is goingv to affecthome buyers.
If they are non-experienced or out-of-market it will be interesting to see how that plays Appraiser Danny Wylie of in Nashville sayshe won’y deal with most appraisal managemengt companies because they take a high percentages of his fee. He charges $400 to $450 as an experienced appraiser, but management firms often want to hire himfor $275 or Wylie says he’s considered settinb up his own management company, but he says he woulx have to hire less experience appraisers to make it work Despite the challenges, Wylie thinks the changeds are better for borrowers. He says he lost businessz becausehe wouldn’t lie on an appraisal. That bank nevee called him again.
“One of the problemse has been that unscrupulous brokers coulcd pick unscrupulous appraisers who would pick whatever valuewwas needed,” he says. The new regulationx also set up a whistleblower hotline for thoswe suspectingsuch activity. Under the new appraisals take longer because the markegt is more complex and the rules require more Wylie says. Lenders want information on absorption rates, suppluy and economic conditions, he says. One local , has seen a surge of business from the The family-owned business in Franklin is primarily a mortgagwe compliance business, which means it checks loanse for fraud.
A few years ago, the company developerd a databaseon appraisers, with information such as credentials, how many appraisalsx they’ve done and if they’ve ever been involvedd in a high-risk loan. With the new the appraisal management side ofQualithy Mortgage’s business has ballooned — up 500 percentt since last year, says executive vice presidenyt Tommy Duncan. Duncan’s phone started ringin in March and April with lenders looking for appraisalmanagement services. He’ds hired three people in the past three months and is lookinb to expand to alargeer space.
He’s already had to turn down two lenders on the West Coasgt becausehe couldn’t handle the volume of work they had. Duncan says he chargesa about 25 percent to 35 percent of the appraisao fee for themanagementt services, adding that some management firmss charge as much as half. Appraisal price s depend on the city and can rangefrom $350 to $450. Dunca n supports the conduct code. He, too, has been cut off in the past by a lendertwho didn’t like one of his appraisals. “My job is to rotatee appraisals among credentialed appraisers without any discrimination or favoritism,” he says.
The conduct code “is probably a positive step to mend some of the problemsa that are alreadyout there, but I’m not sayin g its a cure all.” Part of the new regulations is that anyone who makes money off a real estate deal can’t speaki to the appraiser. Dianne Payne, regional production manager for the mortgagr divisionof Memphis-based , says her bank has been usinf a rotation system to select appraiser for a year and half, instead of an appraisal managemen t firm. It eliminates any as agents can no longef requestspecific appraisers, she says. “It’s a more level playinv field,” she says.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
TSI Provides Educational And Informative Videos Through YouTube - Einnews Portugal
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TSI Provides Educational And Informative Videos Through YouTube Einnews Portugal TSI Provides Educational And Informative Videos Through YouTube. /EINPresswire.com/ TSI is pleased to announce the release of its YouTube Channel. TSI is pleased to announce the release of its YouTube Channel, TSICorporate. Designed to bring ... |
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
New Iberia Family Upset Deputies Arrested Their Autistic Son - KATC Lafayette News
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New Iberia Family Upset Deputies Arrested Their Autistic Son KATC Lafayette News A New Iberia family wants justice, after their autistic son is arrested for walking down the street. The incident happened last week on the 400 block of Silver Street. The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office says 23-year-old Travis Charles was walking near ... |
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