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Members of Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Georgetown perform before President Barack Obama speaks at a celebration of Cinco de Mayo in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on May 3, 2012.

On Saturday, Americans across the country will gather to celebrate the 150th Cinco de Mayo. Donning sombreros and dancing to mariachi music, revelers will celebrate everything Mexican, and enjoy a shot of tequila—or three. The holiday has become ingrained in the American calendar, and in 2005 Congress passed a resolution calling on the president to recognize the historical significance of the holiday. Contrary to widespread popular belief, May 5th is not actually Mexican Independence...

TV commercial added to weekend traffic

Metro issued a permit Saturday and Sunday to allow filming for a television commercial for a major car manufacturer in a variety of locations downtown.

The Korean Veterans Bridge was one of the film locations and was closed longer than anticipated because of the filming that impacted drivers in the downtown area.

The permit was issued for when much of about three miles of Interstate-24 was closed over the weekend – from the I-24/I-65 split north of downtown to the I-24/I-40 split east of downtown.

Similar weekend road closures are scheduled this spring and summer to rehabilitate the Woodland Street and Main Street bridges.

“The (Public Works) department plans...

Kings within game of sweeping Blues, advancing to Western Conference final

LOS ANGELES — When captain Dustin Brown crunched Alex Pietrangelo with a hit along the boards in the opening minutes, the Los Angeles Kings knew they hadnt lost whatever fire has driven them deep into the playoffs.

The eighth-seeded Kings are a team transformed, executing against St. Louis with all the precision, passion and consistency that eluded them for much of an erratic regular season.

And now these late bloomers are one win away from emerging in the Western Conference finals.

Drew Doughty had a goal and two assists, Jonathan Quick made 18 saves and the Kings moved to the brink...

Thompson Hine’s Washington Office Welcomes Seasoned Transportation and …

WASHINGTON, Apr 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Thompson Hine LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of a highly
regarded team of transportation and international trade lawyers —
Charles A. Hunnicutt, G. Brent Connor and Patricia N. Snyder. The
lawyers will be joined by Scott E. Diamond, a non-lawyer international
trade specialist. The group joins from the Washington, D.C. office of
Troutman Sanders. This brings to nine the number of lawyers...

Hudsonville teen’s safe-driving commercial debuts nationwide

HUDSONVILLE — A public service announcement on safe driving created by Hudsonville High School junior Rebecca Rapin is now hitting national television.

Rapin, a student in visual communications at Careerline Tech Center in Holland, had her storyboard for the 30-second commercial selected from 700 student entries from across the country.

The contest was sponsored by the National Road Safety Foundation as part of its third annual Drive2Life PSA competition for showing during National Youth Safety Month in May.

To see the finished spot click on the link www.awptv.com/clients/NRSF/2012/FINAL/PSA .

I was really surprised they picked mine.

Galaxy S III’s Very First Commercial (VIDEO)

Economist pans Ga. transportation tax

ATLANTA — The conservative economist and columnist Walter Williams doesn’t necessarily embrace two of Georgia business community’s biggest goals, deepening the Savannah River and a sales tax for transportation.

Chicago Based Commercial Finance Company Offers Non-Recourse CMBS Loan Options …

Clopton Capital, a secondary market commercial real estate lender which provides commercial loans for income producing properties nationwide, is announcing the expansion and addition of non-recourse lending options for operators and owners of hospitality properties.

(PRWEB) May 04, 2012

Clopton Capital, a secondary market commercial real estate lender which provides commercial loans for income producing properties nationwide, is announcing the expansion and addition of non-recourse lending options for operators and owners of hospitality properties.

A nationwide program for financing hotel properties with non-recourse CMBS loans has recently been sourced and added to the portfolio...

Commercial Appeal, C Spire celebrate 11 Academic All-Stars

This years crop of Academic All-Stars makes the average teen appear to be a slacker.

In a banquet room full of 170 high-achieving teens, organizers say they are the next scientists, lawyers, CEOs, doctors, professors or even a governor.

Before heading off to colleges throughout the country, these seniors are already blazing trails in and out of school.

Eleven seniors from nine area schools were honored Friday at the Hilton Hotel as the 2012 C Spire Wireless Academic All-Stars.

For more than 40 years, The Commercial Appeal has recognized athletes in its Best of the Preps program. Then in 2006, the newspaper decided to give equal recognition for students who excel...

Commercial enterprises are putting our critical infrastructure at risk

May 04, 2012

Network World

Cybercriminals have already figured out how to hack into enterprise infrastructure, and the critical infrastructure that controls our nations supply of water, gas, oil and electricity just might be next.

With so many connections and shared vulnerabilities between the two infrastructures, the inevitability of this is unsettling. If the critical infrastructure is successfully penetrated, electrical grids could be shut down, water supplies could be turned off, telecommunications channels could be severed, and transportation systems could come to a halt. Take the electrical grid offline...

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