Nov 01
The state’s Department of Public Utilities, at the request of high-ranking public officials, announced it will investigate the preparedness and response by utility companies to last weekend’s snowstorm that knocked power out to tens of thousands of Central Massachusetts residents, many for several days.
After criticizm and calls for the investigation from Attorney General Martha Coakley, U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and state Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Richard Sullivan, DPU chair Ann Burwick announced that the DPU will launch a probe.
It will focus on multiple factors including: compliance with DPU regulations; emergency preparedness and restoration plans; allocation of resources during storm response and timely dissemination of information.
The review is on top of a similar review of work by utility companies following damage caused by Tropical Storm Irene in August.
The DPU, which regulates utility companies in the state, has the authority to levy fines and require changes to storm response plans by utility companies.
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Oct 27
“In the coming 10 years, the inflation rate will most probably stay very low; current expectations are for around 1.8 percent,” he told the mass-selling Bild am Sonntag newspaper.
“This means: in the euro zone we have price stability. This is something we are very proud of, and rightly so.”
Oct 25
Most email administrators require attachments to be below a certain size. Unfortunately, for the user, this can cause all sorts of headache when they need to send a document that is larger than this. For instance, Google has a standard 25 megabyte (MB) limit, which allows the vast majority of emails, but blocks the most problematic. I’ve used 25 MB as a limit before.
An Example
Without these limits, email would be virtually unmanageable for an organization of any 
size. Here’s an extreme example of a server without limits, and what can go wrong:
A user sent a very large, 1024 MB (1 gigabyte (GB)) video file via email to eight people, four of which were other users within the email system, four of which were external to four organizations.
For the four internal emails, they all got delivered. However, the email is duplicated four times on the server, then cached on each of their personal devices.
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Oct 21
Eric Larson, a real estate developer with a long record of high-profile deals, is now in charge of all current and future real estate development projects for Olympia Development, the entity that would play a big role in any potential new arena for the Detroit Red Wings.
Larson was named nonexecutive president of Olympia Development of Michigan, Inc. effective immediately, said Christopher Ilitch, president and CEO of Detroit-based Ilitch Holdings Inc., in a Friday statement. Ilitch Holdings is an umbrella organization for various companies owned by Mike and Marian Ilitch.
Larson will be “actively involved in our organization’s economic development activities throughout downtown Detroit and beyond,” according to the news statement.
Larson has been involved in more than $3 billion worth of real estate deals, according to the website for Larson Realty Group. That includes General Motors Co.’s purchase and redevelopment of the Renaissance Center, the development of One Detroit Center and the A.
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Oct 20
Thinking about the various retirement plans would often result in confusion on which could be the best plan, what amount of money is to be invested every year and so many other things. It will certainly be helpful if we could know what would be the final amount of money we would be able to obtain during the retirement after years of investing money. This is certainly possible with the help of a calculator which could calculate the interest rate every year and give the final amount based on the years of investment. The Roth IRA calculator does just that. You can find out more about it at roth-ira.org.
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Oct 20
There is no such thing called a genius, but perhaps there is just a trained and untrained mind. The world of sales and management is the place for the best and the most proficient. Such is the competition in this genre that only the most dynamic and the trained make it to the next level. Potential without training is like a whimsical imagination that exists in the mind of children with the belief that one fine zephyr a doleful morning would make it all come true. Well, so much for the colorful mind, but the tragedy is that we don’t live in a fairy tale and there is no place for the fables and the tales when cut throat competition is buzzing around the corner.
Therefore, if you have what it takes or you at least believe in the existence of this, then you must take enough care to achieve adequate training at the right time from the right trainer and most importantly in the right and chosen field. T Read full post…