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ADT Completes Its Accelerated Share Repurchase Program

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ADT Completes Its Accelerated Share Repurchase Program

BOCA RATON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The ADT Corporation (NYS: ADT) today announced it completed its accelerated share repurchase program on April 2, 2013. On January 29, 2013, the company entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement under which it repurchased 12.6 million shares of its common stock for a total cost of $600 million.

In addition to the accelerated share repurchase program, ADT may repurchase shares of its common stock on the open market in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In December 2012, ADT initiated a $100 million 10b5-1 share repurchase plan under which 2.2 million shares of ADT common stock were repurchased prior to its completion on January 23, 2013. In February 2013, ADT initiated an additional $100 million 10b5-1 share repurchase plan. As of April 11, 2013, ADT had repurchased 2 million shares of its common stock under this plan for a total cost of approximately $94 million.

The company’s share repurchases under both the accelerated share repurchase program and the 10b5-1 plans were made pursuant to ADT‘s three-year, $2 billion share repurchase program, which was approved by the company’s board of directors on November 26, 2012.


About ADT

The ADT Corporation (NYS: ADT) is a leading provider of electronic security, interactive home and business automation and monitoring services for residences and small businesses in the United States and Canada. ADT‘s broad and pioneering set of products and services, including ADT Pulse interactive home and business solutions, and home health services, meet a range of customer needs for today’s active and increasingly mobile lifestyles. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, ADT helps provide peace of mind to more than six million customers, and it employs approximately 16,000 people at 200 locations. More information is available at www.adt.com.

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ADT Participates in CBS's Hit Reality Series "Undercover Boss" on Friday, April 12

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ADT Participates in CBS’s Hit Reality Series “Undercover Boss” on Friday, April 12

Company’s Chief Marketing Officer Goes Undercover to Work Side-by-Side with Employees and Customers

BOCA RATON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– ADT‘s Chief Marketing Officer, Tony Wells, is featured in the hit CBS series Undercover Boss, which follows high-level corporate executives as they slip anonymously into the front lines of their own companies. Mr. Wells worked alongside an emergency dispatch operator in an ADT alarm monitoring center, a residential installation technician, a residential sales representative and a small business sales manager. The episode featuring ADT will be broadcast tomorrow (Friday, April 12) at 8 p.m. EDT/PDT; 7 p.m. CDT on the CBS Television Network.

“Our management team is focused on building a culture where our employees are not just focused on our 6.4 million customers, but obsessed by providing the industry’s best service experience,” said Mr. Wells. “Participating in the show showed me that ADT‘s mission—to help save lives—really resonates with our team members. They are extremely passionate about their responsibilities, and it’s an honor to work at a company where all of the employees really believe in the mission and make an effort to go above and beyond to deliver an excellent customer experience.”

For more information on CBSUndercover Boss, please visit: http://cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/undercover-boss/about.


About ADT

The ADT Corporation (NYS: ADT) is a leading provider of electronic security, interactive home and business automation and monitoring services for residences and small businesses in the United States and Canada. ADT‘s broad and pioneering set of products and services, including ADT Pulse interactive home and business solutions, and home health services, meet a range of customer needs for today’s active and increasingly mobile lifestyles. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, ADT helps provide peace of mind to more than six million customers, and it employs approximately 16,000 people at 200 locations. More information is available at www.adt.com.

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Kaplan's Colloquy Unit Taps Tim Gilbert as President

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Kaplan’s Colloquy Unit Taps Tim Gilbert as President


Veteran education executive will lead business’ expansion of online solutions for higher education institutions

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Kaplan, Inc., the leading global education provider and a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYS: WPO) , today announced that Timothy S. Gilbert has assumed leadership for Colloquy LLC, a business unit offering end-to-end online and distance education solutions to higher education. As Colloquy’s president, Gilbert will be based in the operation’s Delray Beach, FL headquarters and report to Darrell Splithoff, executive vice president of Strategy and Innovation at Kaplan, Inc.

Tim Gilbert is the new president of Colloquy, a division of Kaplan, Inc., offering online and distance education solutions to colleges and universities. (Photo: Business Wire)

Gilbert most recently served as senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Campus Management Corp. in Boca Raton, FL. During his eight years at Campus Management, he helped grow the company from a niche provider into a global industry leader, serving 1,700 colleges, universities, and not-for-profit institutions. Previously, Gilbert held senior management positions with IBM Life Sciences, The Raymond Corporation (a manufacturing division of Toyota Industries Corp.), and The Patriot Company, a consumer goods firm he co-founded and later sold.

“Colloquy will continue to focus and expand its services to all types of higher education institutions which want to take advantage of online capabilities to reach distant learners,” said Darrell Splithoff. “We are very pleased to have Tim lead those efforts. His combination of leadership qualities, experience, and vision will take Colloquy to its next phase of growth.”

Colloquy currently serves a number of U.S. colleges and universities, including the University of California at San Francisco, George Washington University (Washington, DC) and George Mason University (Fairfax, VA).

Gilbert earned an MBA from Regis University (Denver CO), a master’s degree from The John Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD), and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin—Madison.

Gilbert was named “Chief Marketing Officer of the Year” by the CMO Institute in 2010. A former board member of the South Florida Technology Alliance, he regularly speaks and writes about technology in education. His

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TSYS to Present at the 25th Annual Card Forum and Expo

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TSYS to Present at the 25th Annual Card Forum and Expo

COLUMBUS, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– TSYS (NYS: TSS) announced today that Amerigo DeVera, associate director of Customer Interaction Analytics, has been chosen to present at the 25th Annual Card Forum and Expo, on April 9, 2013. The theme of the event is “The Power of Payments Partnerships.”

DeVera will present in a session titled, “Collecting and Understanding Interaction and Analytics-based Services for Your Customers.” He will be discussing the enormous amounts of data that are generated by today’s financial services contact centers, and how to collect and analyze this data to more efficiently handle calls, retain customers and generate revenue for financial institutions. DeVera will also identify trends for measuring customer satisfaction, improving service and better understanding cardholder needs and behaviors.

The conference will be held at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Fla. For more information, visit http://www.paymentssource.com/conferences/cfe/index.html.

About TSYS

At TSYS, (NYS: TSS) , we believe payments should revolve around people — not the other way around. We call this belief “People-Centered PaymentsSM.” By putting people at the center of every decision we make, with unmatched customer service and industry insight, TSYS is able to support financial institutions, businesses and governments in more than 80 countries. Offering merchant payment-acceptance solutions as well as services in credit, debit, prepaid, mobile, chip, healthcare and more, we make it possible for those in the global marketplace to conduct safe and secure electronic transactions with trust and convenience.

TSYS‘ headquarters are located in Columbus, Georgia, with local offices spread across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. TSYS provides services to more than half of the top 20 international banks, and has been named one of the 2013 World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere magazine. For more information, please visit us at www.tsys.com.

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Bluegreen Corporation Completes Merger with Subsidiary of BFC Financial Corporation

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Bluegreen Corporation Completes Merger with Subsidiary of BFC Financial Corporation

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. & BOCA RATON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– BFC Financial Corporation (“BFC” or the “Company”) (OTCQB: BFCF) and Bluegreen Corporation (“Bluegreen”) (NYS: BXG) today announced that the previously announced merger of Bluegreen into Woodbridge Holdings, LLC (“Woodbridge”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BFC, became effective as of the close of trading today.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, each outstanding share of Bluegreen’s Common Stock (other than those shares held directly or indirectly by BFC and shares owned by holders who exercised and perfected their appraisal rights in accordance with Massachusetts law) have been converted into the right to receive $10.00 in cash, without interest thereon and less any applicable withholding taxes. See “AdditionaI Information for Bluegreen Shareholders,” below.


Additional Information for Bluegreen Shareholders

If you are a shareholder of Bluegreen’s Common Stock as of the close of trading on April 2, 2013, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Computershare, Inc. (collectively “Computershare”), the paying agent retained for purposes of the merger, will mail to you a letter of transmittal and instructions explaining how to surrender your shares of Bluegreen’s Common Stock for payment of the merger consideration to which you are entitled. After you return the proper documentation to the paying agent, Computershare will issue and deliver to you a check for the amount of cash you are entitled to receive. Bluegreen’s shareholders should not send in their stock certificates until they are requested to do so by Computershare. If your shares of Bluegreen’s Common Stock are held in “street name” by your bank, broker or other nominee, you will receive instructions from your bank, broker or other nominee on any actions you may need to take to receive the merger consideration for those shares.

ABOUT BLUEGREEN CORPORATION

Founded in 1966 and headquartered in Boca Raton, FL, Bluegreen Corporation (NYS: BXG) is a leading timeshare sales, marketing and resort management company. Bluegreen manages, markets and sells the Bluegreen Vacation Club, a flexible, points-based, deeded vacation ownership plan with more than 160,000 owners, …read more
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ADT Chief Financial Officer Kathy Mikells to Leave Company

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ADT Chief Financial Officer Kathy Mikells to Leave Company

BOCA RATON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The ADT Corporation (NYS: ADT) today announced that Kathryn Mikells, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is leaving the company, effective May 2, 2013, to assume the role of chief financial officer at Xerox.

“We are thankful for Kathy’s leadership over the last year as she helped manage our successful transformation into a public company,” said Naren Gursahaney, ADT‘s Chief Executive Officer, “Kathy has been supported by an outstanding finance organization that will continue to serve the company and its shareholders well under her successor.”

ADT has initiated a search for a new chief financial officer. Mikells will remain with ADT through its second fiscal quarter earnings report on May 1, 2013.

ABOUT ADT

The ADT Corporation (NYS: ADT) is a leading provider of electronic security, automation and related monitoring services for residences and businesses in North America. ADT‘s broad and pioneering set of products and services, including ADT Pulse interactive home and business solutions, and home health services, meet a range of customer needs for mobile lifestyles. ADT helps provide peace of mind to more than six million customers in the U.S. and Canada. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, ADT employs approximately 16,000 people at nearly 200 locations. More information is available at www.adt.com.

From time to time, ADT may use its website as a channel of distribution of material company information. Financial and other material information regarding the company is routinely posted on and accessible at http://investors.adt.com. In addition, you may automatically receive email alerts and other information about ADT by enrolling your email by visiting the “Investor Relations” section at http://investors.adt.com.

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ADT to Release Fiscal Second Quarter Earnings Results and Host Conference Call on May 1, 2013

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ADT to Release Fiscal Second Quarter Earnings Results and Host Conference Call on May 1, 2013

BOCA RATON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The ADT Corporation (NYS: ADT) will release financial results for its second fiscal quarter before trading begins on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, and will host a conference call the same day at 8:30 am ET to discuss the results.

To join the live webcast and conference call, visit the investor relations section of ADT‘s website, http://investors.adt.com, or dial 1.888.679.8035 for domestic participants, or 1.617.213.4848 for international participants, and enter passcode 98646699 when prompted.

A replay will be available two hours after the completion of the call, and for two weeks following the call. To listen to the recording, visit http://investors.adt.com, or dial 1.888.286.8010 for domestic participants, or 1.617.801.6888 for international participants, and enter passcode 40453148 when prompted.


About ADT

The ADT Corporation (NYS: ADT) is a leading provider of electronic security, interactive home and business automation and monitoring services for residences and small businesses in the United States and Canada. ADT‘s broad and pioneering set of products and services, including ADT Pulse interactive home and business solutions, and home health services, meet a range of customer needs for today’s active and increasingly mobile lifestyles. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, ADT helps provide peace of mind to more than six million customers, and it employs approximately 16,000 people at 200 locations. More information is available at www.adt.com.

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The Cookie Crumbles: Can Mondelez Find Its Mojo?

By Jenna Goudreau, Forbes Staff

It’s a bright, warm February day in Boca Raton, Fla., but Irene Rosenfeld doesn’t look happy. At an industry conference one week after reporting disappointing fourth-quarter results, the chairman and CEO of Mondelez International, formerly Kraft Foods, is defending her new company under a barrage of questions from irritated financial analysts. One wants to know what’s really changed after the spinoff. Another barks: “You said you’re getting frustrated? Well, we’re getting frustrated, too.” Yet another wants to know why she didn’t disclose before the earnings release that the company was having execution issues in Brazil and Russia. Beneath her no-fuss cropped red haircut and chic white blazer, her mouth hardens into a thin, straight line. “I deeply regret it impacted my credibility with you, but I don’t know what else could have been done,” she says. “The long-term prospects are quite robust.” …read more
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IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Merger With NYSE Euronext Will Reshape Markets

By Tom Groenfeldt, Contributor The IntercontinentalExchange’s (ICE) proposed merger with NYSE Euronext, which was submitted to the European Commission for review this week, positions the company for growth as interest rates rise, according to ICE CEO Jeff Sprecher, who suspects a lot of money is sitting on the investment sidelines. He spoke to the Futures Industry Association conference in Boca Raton last week. …read more
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You Never Lost The Right

By Bradlee Dean

“Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is 
proved, and to be steady on all the battlefield besides
 is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.” – Martin Luther

This morning, I did a radio interview concerning our recent First Amendment victory at Boca Raton, Fla. (which happens to be our second one in a year), and the show host was mentioning that the Christian religion is under incessant attack in public schools. He complained that soon, we would not have the “right” to say certain things in public schools.

Does that sound like the America you know?

I then said to him, “You never lost the right.”

Students HAVE THE RIGHT to pray on a public school campus.

Students HAVE THE RIGHT to read their Bible on a public school campus.

Students HAVE THE RIGHT to form religious clubs on campus.

Students HAVE THE RIGHT to hand out tracts, flyers, or other religious material on campus.

Students HAVE THE RIGHT to do research papers, speeches, etc. with religious themes.

Students HAVE THE RIGHT to be exempt from participating in assignments that are contrary to their religious beliefs.

Students HAVE THE RIGHT to discuss religious issues, even though other students may overhear them.

Despite the fact that we HAVE RIGHTS, it amazes me how much time people will spend proclaiming defeat and giving power over to corruption when they still have the freedom to do the right things.

If the American people would instead spend their time bringing about resolve by upholding the law, advocating judgment, and thereby establishing righteousness and peace, we would have a different country in a week.

The American people have been led to believe that anti-American groups such as the ACLU have a right to violate our founding documents. They do not.

People have also been deceived into thinking that students in the public schools belong to the government, as if to say the federal government is free to violate the 10th Amendment at will.

Let me explain: As someone who has taken the time to read our founding documents – the Bible, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights – I can find nowhere where I have lost any of my rights unless I am willing to give them up. The purpose of government is to ensure our rights, not take them away.

When reading the above documents, I have to remember that men fought, bled, and died to give me my blood-bought freedoms. This may sound over the top to some, but honoring their sacrifice is the reason I stand my ground and fight.

God is willing to give you what you are willing to fight for (Hebrews 11).

If I were to ask the professing church in America for permission to reach out to our posterity, they would say that you could not cross “lines between church and state.”

I know this from experience.

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Authorities ID 3 killed in Florida small-plane crash

Authorities have identified three men killed when their small plane crashed into a parking lot near a South Florida airport

Fort Lauderdale Police spokeswoman DeAnna Garcia said Saturday that the crash killed Steven Waller of Deerfield Beach, Wallis Watson of Boca Raton and Kevin Watson of Pompano Beach. Waller was the pilot.

Authorities said the twin-engine Piper Cheyenne propeller plane began experiencing engine trouble and tried to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. The crash Friday afternoon set about a dozen vehicles ablaze, but no one on the ground was hurt.

The airport serves smaller planes rather than the larger commercial flights at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Garcia said police were working with Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board investigators.

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The ADT Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend

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The ADT Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend

BOCA RATON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The ADT Corporation (NYS: ADT) today announced its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share of common stock. The dividend will be paid on May 15, 2013 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on April 24, 2013.


About ADT

The ADT Corporation (NYS: ADT) is a leading provider of electronic security, interactive home and business automation and monitoring services for residences and small businesses in the United States and Canada. ADT‘s broad and pioneering set of products and services, including ADT Pulse interactive home and business solutions, and home health services, meet a range of customer needs for today’s active and increasingly mobile lifestyles. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, ADT helps provide peace of mind to more than six million customers, and it employs approximately 16,000 people at 200 locations. More information is available at www.adt.com.

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Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP to Report Fourth Quarter 2012 Results

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Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP to Report Fourth Quarter 2012 Results

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP will release its fourth quarter 2012 results the afternoon of March 15, 2013, and host a conference call to discuss such results on March 18, 2013 at 2:00 pm EDT.

Conference call dial-in information is available to certain qualified investors and securities analysts on the Company’s website www.laddercapital.com in the Investor Relations section, via a password-protected website. Qualified investors and securities analysts who do not have a password are invited to fill out and return the Certification Form on the site in order to obtain access.

About Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP is a leading commercial real estate finance company that originates and invests in a diverse portfolio of commercial real estate and real estate-related assets, focusing on senior secured assets. Our investment activities include (i) direct origination of mid-market commercial real estate first mortgage loans of $5 million to $100 million, (ii) investments in investment grade securities secured by first mortgage loans on commercial real estate and (iii) investments in net leased and other commercial real estate. Founded in 2008, Ladder Capital is run by a highly experienced management team with extensive expertise in all aspects of the commercial real estate industry, including origination, credit, underwriting, structuring, capital markets and asset management. Led by Brian Harris, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Ladder Capital is headquartered in New York City and has branches in Boca Raton, Dallas, and Los Angeles. For more information, visit www.laddercapital.com.

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Lawsuit Threat Prompts School To Readmit Christian Speaker

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Bradlee Dean Lawsuit Threat Prompts School to Readmit Christian Speaker

Three weeks after being ejected from a high school campus over doubtful accusations from school administrators, popular speaker and musician Bradlee Dean gave his presentation to an enthusiastic high school club.

“This generation is subjected to everything, and protected from nothing,” Dean said. “You cannot complain about our posterity when they are guilty as taught. They simply reflect their teachers. I am tired of seeing the older generations divert responsibility. So I am doing my best to make up for their lack thereof.”

Spanish River High School administrators in Boca Raton told students they had no First Amendment rights in kicking Dean’s group off campus Feb. 13, but later changed their minds at the suggestion of federal court action to allow Dean to speak to The American Club, who had invited him with school approval. (See actual video footage of the ejection of Dean and his group “You Can Run But You Cannot Hide, Intl.”)

Liberty prevailed for the students who came to Bradlee Dean’s presentation. Several dozen students showed up for the after-school discussion.

Citing the First Amendment of the Constitution, as well as “viewpoint discrimination” (a term used in numerous U.S. Supreme Court decisions involving protected speech), Richard Mast of Liberty Counsel said, “The District’s videotaped reaction to Bradlee clearly showed that administration officials were familiar with his position on various issues, and that his statements and reputation were the motivations behind his denial and ejection from the school,” Mast also stated that “The District later proffered the club’s alleged failure to follow protocol as the reason for its denial. ‘Paperwork errors’ were the only obstacles that the District could come up with to justify itself; once these were addressed, the District had no choice but to approve.”

Dean added, “The truth of the matter is, I know what it is like to be forgotten about, therefore it is easy to stand up and fight for what you love and I love this generation enough to fight for them. It stands true, God will give you what you are willing to fight for. No excuses. And today’s victory at the American club, Spanish River High School speaks for itself. God has not changed — the American people have.”

 

Contact: Jake MacAulay
jake@sonsoflibertymedia.com
763-234-2757 – cell

 

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, 2/22/2013

By The White House

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

11:34 A.M. EST

MR. CARNEY: I just want to say that it is my pleasure, and clearly yours, to have with me today the Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, who is here to speak with you about the impacts of sequester, if it comes to pass, on the American travel industry.

And as we’ve talked about a lot, the indiscriminate, deep cuts will affect everyone, really, in America, and industries. And Secretary LaHood is here to discuss one aspect of that with you and to take some questions. And afterwards, I’ll be here to take questions on other issues.

I just want to remind you that we’re on a slightly constrained time schedule. We have the President’s meeting with national governors — Democratic governors, and then also the pool spray with the Prime Minister of Japan.

With that, I turn it over to Secretary LaHood.

SECRETARY LAHOOD: Sequester will be a very — will have a very serious impact on the transportation services that are critical to the traveling public and to the nation’s economy. At DOT, we will need to cut nearly a billion dollars, which will affect dozens of our programs. Over $600 million of these cuts will need to come from the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency that controls and manages our nation’s skies.

As a result of these cuts, the vast majority of FAA’s nearly 47,000 employees will be furloughed for approximately one day per pay period until the end of the fiscal year, and in some cases it could be as many as two days.

Today we are sharing more details with our unions and with industry so they can start planning for serious impacts of sequester. Here is what these automatic cuts are going to mean for the traveling public.

Obviously, as always, safety is our top priority, and we will never allow the amount of air travel we can handle safely to take off and land, which means travelers should expect delays. Flights to major cities like New York, Chicago, and San Francisco and others could experience delays of up to 90 minutes during peak hours because we have fewer controllers on staff. Delays in these major airports will ripple across the country.

Cuts to budgets mean preventative maintenance and quick repair of runway equipment might not be possible, which could lead to more delays. And once airlines see the potential impact of these furloughs, we expect that they will change their schedules and cancel flights.

So we are beginning today discussions with our unions to likely close more than 100 air traffic control towers at airports with fewer than 150,000 flight operations per year. And we’re talking about places like Boca Raton, Florida; Joplin, Missouri; Hilton Head, South Carolina; and San Marcos, Texas. The list of the towers — the list of potential towers that are to be closed, or elimination of midnight shifts, is posted on our …read more
Source: White House Press Office

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Transporation Secretary Ray LaHood, 2/22/2013

By The White House

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

11:34 A.M. EST

MR. CARNEY: I just want to say that it is my pleasure, and clearly yours, to have with me today the Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, who is here to speak with you about the impacts of sequester, if it comes to pass, on the American travel industry.

And as we’ve talked about a lot, the indiscriminate, deep cuts will affect everyone, really, in America, and industries. And Secretary LaHood is here to discuss one aspect of that with you and to take some questions. And afterwards, I’ll be here to take questions on other issues.

I just want to remind you that we’re on a slightly constrained time schedule. We have the President’s meeting with national governors — Democratic governors, and then also the pool spray with the Prime Minister of Japan.

With that, I turn it over to Secretary LaHood.

SECRETARY LAHOOD: Sequester will be a very — will have a very serious impact on the transportation services that are critical to the traveling public and to the nation’s economy. At DOT, we will need to cut nearly a billion dollars, which will affect dozens of our programs. Over $600 million of these cuts will need to come from the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency that controls and manages our nation’s skies.

As a result of these cuts, the vast majority of FAA’s nearly 47,000 employees will be furloughed for approximately one day per pay period until the end of the fiscal year, and in some cases it could be as many as two days.

Today we are sharing more details with our unions and with industry so they can start planning for serious impacts of sequester. Here is what these automatic cuts are going to mean for the traveling public.

Obviously, as always, safety is our top priority, and we will never allow the amount of air travel we can handle safely to take off and land, which means travelers should expect delays. Flights to major cities like New York, Chicago, and San Francisco and others could experience delays of up to 90 minutes during peak hours because we have fewer controllers on staff. Delays in these major airports will ripple across the country.

Cuts to budgets mean preventative maintenance and quick repair of runway equipment might not be possible, which could lead to more delays. And once airlines see the potential impact of these furloughs, we expect that they will change their schedules and cancel flights.

So we are beginning today discussions with our unions to likely close more than 100 air traffic control towers at airports with fewer than 150,000 flight operations per year. And we’re talking about places like Boca Raton, Florida; Joplin, Missouri; Hilton Head, South Carolina; and San Marcos, Texas. The list of the towers — the list of potential towers that are to be closed, or elimination of midnight shifts, is posted on our …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at The White House Press Office

Wal-Mart profit up in key holiday quarter

A view shows the Walmart logo at an opened Walmart store on Thanksgiving day in North Bergan

(Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc posted a higher quarterly profit and raised its dividend payout on Thursday, as efforts such as extending its layaway program and matching competitors' prices attracted shoppers during the competitive holiday season. The world's largest retailer earned $1.67 per share from continuing operations in the fiscal fourth quarter, up from $1.51 per share a year earlier. Wal-Mart had forecast a profit of $1.53 to $1.58 per share from continuing operations. (Reporting by Jessica Wohl in Boca Raton, Florida; Editing by Maureen Bavdek)

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Yahoo Business

Florida Stadium to Be Renamed— After Prison Firm

By Matt Cantor A 29,000-seat university stadium in Boca Raton, Florida, will soon boast the name of a private prison company—a move that has critics shaking their heads, the New York Times reports. GEO Group “is a company whose record is marred by human rights abuses, by lawsuits, by unnecessary deaths,… …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Newser – Home

How Kraft Got Its Innovation Groove Back

By Jenna Goudreau, Forbes Staff

Kraft Foods Group has spent the last three years getting its innovation groove back, company leaders said today at the annual Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) Conference in Boca Raton, Fla. The $18-billion-in-revenues food products company with iconic brands like Maxwell House, Oscar Mayer and JELL-O became an independent company last October after a corporate split of legacy Kraft’s North American grocery business and its global snacking business, which is now called Mondelez International. …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest

Christian Speaker Kicked Off Florida School Property

By Kevin Banet

School Official Heard Claiming Constitutional Rights Don’t Apply

For a lot of high school students, the Constitution is about as dry a subject as you can get. But not for some kids in Boca Raton, FL.

Students at the Spanish River High School in this Miami suburb show an interest in Constitutional rights — especially when they are taken away right under their noses. Members of the American Club there were surprised that Christian speaker/musician Bradlee Dean was kicked off of their school’s property over Dean’s conservative views, even though Dean had been invited weeks before under the approval of the school’s administration.

“I was surprised that a teacher … or someone who worked at the school, was telling the students that we’re not supposed to uphold the Constitutional values given by our Founding Fathers while on school property,” a student said after Dean was kicked off school property. The student’s comments are recorded on a YouTube video chronicling the incident:

Exiled to the roadside

This is the kind of student most teachers want — someone who is passionately interested in the subject. The other students in the club were no doubt just as fascinated, as they sat on the grass afterwards just off the school property to hear Dean’s talk.

But Dean’s talk was too politically incorrect, in the eyes of Principal William Latson and his cohorts at Spanish River. Latson ignored the fact that Dean had been invited by the school’s club (which has invited other conservative speakers, including entertainer Victoria Jackson) and that Dean’s appearance was approved and announced on the school’s PA system that week.

“Controversial” and “Anti-Homosexuality”

Halfway through the event, it was shut down by the principal, who cited “controversial statements” and the “anti-homosexuality” of Dean’s group “Sons of Liberty.” (Disclosure: Sons of Liberty is a client of our firm, TreeFrogClick.) One official told the group that the Constitution “does not apply to school property,” and that neither the Club nor the speakers had any First Amendment rights.

What? The Constitution does not apply to public school property, and First Amendment rights are squashed? Sounds like these school officials have put their institution in the same category as a prison, or a school in a communist country.

And anyone who believes in traditional morality, such that homosexual acts are inherently disordered — runs the risk of being trotted off school grounds.

Dismantle Beliefs

To make it clear, America, most public schools — or should I say government schools — are doing their utmost to dismantle students’ beliefs that families should be led by a mom and dad, and not by two men or two women who are sexually involved with one another. If you aren’t sure what’s going on, find out what kind of sex education, field trips to Planned Parenthood, and “anti-bullying” programs that are a mask for the homosexual agenda are going on at your school.

Dean and his group did not play dead over the eviction but got ahold of their lawyers, who have threatened an injunction and …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Western Journalism