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Renaissance unveils new IPO index - Stamford Advocate

Stamford Advocate, CT - Apr 15, 2009

Renaissance unveils new IPO indexManeesh Sagar, managing director for investments at Connecticut Innovations, said the historic path start-up companies follow in Connecticut generally doesn't lead to Wall Street. He added the trend right now is leading away from the IPO market.

Central Oregon Coast Filled with Wine, Song - Beach Connection

Beach Connection, OR - Apr 12, 2009

Beach ConnectionCentral Oregon Coast Filled with Wine, SongSat., Apr. 18. Stangeland Winery. Stangeland Winery is located northwest of Salem, Oregon. Their first vines were planted in 1978. Stangeland’s handcrafted wines are produced utilizing the best of old world methods and new world innovations.

Raise a glass - Pensacola News Journal

Pensacola News Journal, FL - Apr 15, 2009

Raise a glassInnovations in packaging, such as plastic bottles, are drawing a new audience. And Sbrocco said you can't underestimate the draw of fun names, like Little Penguin, Leaping Frog or the many risqué options that almost dare you to try the wine inside.

Gateway Green supporters to hold meeting - Daily Journal of Commerce

Daily Journal of Commerce, Oregon - Apr 13, 2009

Gateway Green supporters to hold meetingGateway Green is still under consideration by the property owner, the Oregon Department of Transportation. Supporters want to turn the site into a regional test site for green innovations in landscape design, engineering, water reclamation reuse and

Sleep Innovations names board - Home Textiles Today

Home Textiles Today, NY - Apr 02, 2009

Sleep Innovations names board Oregon Door LLC and Corrosion Guard Products LLC; and Francis Scricco, who sits on the boards at Sirva, Inc. and Tembec, Inc. Baker said the company’s reputation and customer support as well as its management team were the reasons Sleep Innovations

Renaissance unveils new IPO index - Stamford Advocate

15.04.09

Greenwich-based Renaissance Capital has partnered with FTSE Group, which is the Financial Times' and London Stock Exchange's index operation, to create an IPO index as the market for initial public offerings appears to be thawing after a deep freeze.

Kathleen Smith, chairwoman of Renaissance Capital, said the IPO market, in which private companies offer shares to the public, was effectively shut down for the last six months of last year. There have been only four IPOs filed during the first quarter of this year, compared with 73 in the same period of 2008.

Only two IPOs have been priced so far this year, compared with 43 during the same period last year. And the comparisons grow further apart when numbers for 2007 are brought into the equation. For the first three months of this year, only one IPO was priced while 59 were priced in the same period in 2007.

It's not that the past several years have exhausted the number of companies ready to take the step into the public arena, Smith said.

Source: Stamford Advocate, CT

February 2009 AIA-SWO Chapter Meeting Recap

The February AIA-SWO chapter meeting featured a dynamic presentation by Greg Hansen, LC, IESNA, LEEDTM AP, of Balzhiser & Hubbard Engineers (BHE), about the latest trends in sustainable architectural lighting. Greg and I have worked together on numerous Robertson/Sherwood/Architects projects(1) since he first became BHE’s principal lighting designer, so it was a treat to see him outside the context of our everyday professional connection. In addition to being an outstanding lighting design consultant, Greg is a first-rate educator, having taught lighting design at Lane Community College’s Energy Management Program since 1994.

Greg’s talk was entitled “Trends in Sustainable Lighting – 2009,” but could as easily been dubbed “The Six Ages of Light.” He recalled the history of artificial illumination, and its continued evolution ever since Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan independently developed the incandescent light bulb in the mid-nineteenth century. According to Greg, the six ages of light have unfolded as follows:
The First Age of Light – 1881: The Age of Necessity – Lamps are purely pragmatic; they are used to simply dispel the darkness.

The Second Age of Light – 1940: The Age of Abundance, wherein lighting design consists of determining the desired level of illumination, selecting luminaires that will produce that level, calculating the number required, and laying them out for uniformity of illumination.

The Third Age of Light – 1960’s: The Age of Refinement – Lighting solutions are driven by factors other than quantity of light. New light sources become popular, and new professionals enter the lighting design field. Between 1940...