A bit of cheer (and, yes, bravado) to pass along here: Just eight months out of the gate, BNET has won Folio magazine's gold Eddie award for editorial excellence as the nation's top B-to-B website, and a gold Ozzie award for best site design in the business-to-business category. That...
The arbitration award to Karaha Bodas Company KBC, in December 2000, appears to an economist to be excessive. This article addresses the method used by the tribunal to calculate the award for a foreign investment that was 'taken', the possible perverse effects of excessive awards on the behaviour of investors...
International project lending for infrastructure generally involves two sets of contracts, the project agreements and other, the financing documents. This paper will discuss some issues affecting the ability of parties to the project agreements to obtain arbitral awards that can later be enforced against the asserts of the losing party....
When total quality management reached its zenith, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award was launched. At the time, big industry was sold on the idea that quality can make a substantial difference, and the academic community was warming to it too. The American Society for Quality Control helped to administer...
This article points out that there had been a award for everything best casino, best slot machine, best promotion, and best whatever. In addition, just about every magazine and organization seemed to be giving out awards. However, there was not a single award for best game regulator, until the International...
The location for Quarry Cottage, an energy efficient home is Johnson's Island just off the Marblehead Peninsula in the Sandusky Bay of Lake Erie. The Quarry Cottage is a roomy 1,650 square foot three bedroom, two bath home with cathedral ceilings throughout. R-30 wall and R-50 roof sidewall panelized construction...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Kellogg Named to Most Ethical Companies' ListC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The Ethisphere Institute named Kellogg Company to Ethisphere's second-annual World's Most Ethical Companies list. Ethisphere, a think-tank dedicated to the research and promotion of profitable best practices...
Meet a few of the Army Reserve Soldier-Heroes from Operations Iraqi Freedom, Noble Eagle, and Enduring Freedom. The Soldiers below were honored during the Army Ail-American Bowl on January 5, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas. ARCHIE MICHAEL ABUCEJO Rank Sergeant First Class Unit HHD 1st Battalion, 415th Infantry Regiment, 2d...
On March 30, 2008, the Philadelphia branch of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People NAACP awarded the 100 most influential African-American women in Philadelphia for their contributions to the community and the success they have achieved in their business and professional careers. Among this prestigious group of...
Lt. Col. Marie Lowe, an Army Reserve Soldier and commander of the Selective Service Detachment in Pittsburgh, Pa., was awarded the 2008 Carnegie Science Teacher award for the elementary level on May 9, 2008 at Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh. Nomination letters were written by both the school principal and superintendent....
The President's Volunteer Service Award was presented to Army Reserve spouse Dawnle Scheetz from Sharon, Pennsylvania on Military Spouse Day on May 6, 2008. Scheetz's husband, Major Larry Scheetz, in 2006 deployed to Iraq for a year with the 942nd QM DET in Fort Belvoir, VA. After learning of the...
The man credited with modernizing the Army Reserve Force Management structure was honored at a recent ceremony at the Pentagon. Col. William A. Whittle was inducted into the Force Management Hall of Fame during the ceremony on May 15, 2008. Whittle, who retired in 1992, was a principle designer of...
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.-Two local Army Reserve Soldiers nominated three of their supervisors at the All Children's Hospital and presented the Patriot Award to them for their outstanding support of them and other employees who serve in the U.S. Army Reserve. Staff Sgt. Timothy Heskin is a patient administrator with Co....
Six officers and one warrant officer from the Army Reserve were among 28 company-grade officers recognized by Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey in a May 14, 2008 Pentagon ceremony held for 2007 Gen. Douglas MacArthur Leadership Awards. Among the other recipients recognized were 1 3 officers and one...
Twenty-two Army Reserve units have earned the privilege of saying they are the best of the best in logistics. The Combined Logistics Excellence Award CLEA recognizes units who excel in supply, maintenance and deployment logistics. The winners and runner-ups were announced in May 2008. A total of 85 awardees were...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Brad Winters, Lake County, Oregon Commissioner and President of the Lake County Oregon Chamber of Commerce awards Clint and Heidi Smith of Thunder Ranch the 2007 Lake County Chamber of Commerce Presidents Award for Thunder Ranch's "Significant contributions and service to the Community." Clint was surprised...
Solutions II, a nationwide, award-winningtechnology consulting firm specializing in Virtualization, StorageOptimization, Business Continuance and the security surrounding thesepractices, announces the launch of a new brand and tagline, "PerformingAhead of the Curve." The positioning tagline adopted by Solutions IIleadership represents the Solutions II goals for their customers in an everchanging IT...
D&E Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: DECC), aleading integrated communications provider, has been named one of America'ssafest companies for 2008 by Occupational Hazards magazine. Thepublication's annual award recognizes a select group of U.S.-basedcompanies that combine world-class safety and health programs withexceptional safety performance results. "At D&E our employees work very hard to...
A seven-course chocolate tasting menu? Including fish? Jamie Merrill tucksin - to discover whether this chef's obsession is just a case of gastronomic overkill Located in the fashionable streets of north London, Almeida restaurant and bar is exactly the sort of establishment you'd expect to offer...
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