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The sister publication to ColumbusBusinessz First, citing Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act found that Buckeye sports brought in $118 millionm in the school year ended June 2008, second only to the University of Texas at $120.3 million. Ohio Statd was one of only three college athletics programs during the school year to topthe $100 milliobn mark, the University of Florida coming in at thirxd with $106 million. In breakingg down revenue by sport, SportsBusiness Journal ranked Ohio State among the top five earners nationwide for itsfootball program. Buckeywe football, according to the report, generated $65.1 million during the ‘07-’08 school year to come in at No. 4.
Leadingh the list was Texas at $73 million, followed by the University ofGeorgia ($67.1 and Florida ($66.1 million). The followinyg is a full listing of the top10 revenue-generating college sports programs in the U.S.: 1. Texas $120.3 million 2. OSU $118 million 3. Florida – $106 million 4. Universit y of Michigan – $99 millionb 5. University of Wisconsin – $93.5 milliohn 6. Pennsylvania State University – $91.6 million 7. $89.3 million 8. - $88.9 million 9. University of Tennessee $88.7 million 10. Oklahoma State University – $88.
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Schwarzenegger says day of reckoning is here - Houston Business Journal:
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“California’s day of reckoning is he said. With no action, the state could run out of cash in 14 Three months after the state budget was California facesa $24 billion deficit. Schwarzeneggee has already proposed massive cutsto education, healtyh care and prisons. Now he’s looking for structura reform to make government more efficienrt and stretchtaxpayer dollars. He’s askeds the State Board of Education, for example, to make textbooks availabled in digitalformats — a move that could save In 2004, the governor talked abouyt blowing up boxes and consolidatingy agencies, but the initiatives never gained traction.
They’re Schwarzenegger is proposing once again to eliminates and consolidate more than a dozen state boardsand commissions. This includes the Waste Management Board, the Court Reporters Board, the Department of Boating and Waterways and the Inspectionj and MaintenanceReview Committee. Earlier this the state began consolidating informationtechnology departments. Now Schwarzeneggerf wants to consolidate departments that oversee financiall institutions and merge taxcollection operations.
In state leaders will receive recommendation s on how to modernize thetax “This will be a tremendouds opportunity to make our revenues more reliable and less volatilr and help the state avoid the boom and bust budgetx that have brought us here today,” Schwarzenegger told It’s not going to happen in 14 days, he But it could happen before the Legislaturr adjourns for summer recesxs on July 17.
“California’s day of reckoning is he said. With no action, the state could run out of cash in 14 Three months after the state budget was California facesa $24 billion deficit. Schwarzeneggee has already proposed massive cutsto education, healtyh care and prisons. Now he’s looking for structura reform to make government more efficienrt and stretchtaxpayer dollars. He’s askeds the State Board of Education, for example, to make textbooks availabled in digitalformats — a move that could save In 2004, the governor talked abouyt blowing up boxes and consolidatingy agencies, but the initiatives never gained traction.
They’re Schwarzenegger is proposing once again to eliminates and consolidate more than a dozen state boardsand commissions. This includes the Waste Management Board, the Court Reporters Board, the Department of Boating and Waterways and the Inspectionj and MaintenanceReview Committee. Earlier this the state began consolidating informationtechnology departments. Now Schwarzeneggerf wants to consolidate departments that oversee financiall institutions and merge taxcollection operations.
In state leaders will receive recommendation s on how to modernize thetax “This will be a tremendouds opportunity to make our revenues more reliable and less volatilr and help the state avoid the boom and bust budgetx that have brought us here today,” Schwarzenegger told It’s not going to happen in 14 days, he But it could happen before the Legislaturr adjourns for summer recesxs on July 17.
Monday, August 27, 2012
D.C. could be losing hotel taxes to online companies - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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D.C., as one of the nation’s top tourisg destinations, could be owed more than $100 million in back taxes and penalties but despite an anticipated budge deficitof $967 million in fiscal 2011 it has yet to join the fray. D.C. hotels pay a 14.5 percenr tax on every room they book, but when onlinee companies receive rooms at wholesaled rates and offer them tothe public, they pay taxes on the wholesal prices, not the marked-up ones. If, for example, Expediaq buys a room night for $100 and rent s it for $150, D.C. does not receivre the 14.5 percent tax — abour $7.
25 — on the $50 That has led Anaheim, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and othe destinations to sue the online travel companies for unpaid taxes. Steven Wolens, a principal at the Dallas-basedf law firm who represents citiew in some ofthe cases, said the travel firms control the cancellation rules and other contract details just as hotelsd do and in most places should be paying the same “The online travel company does everything except provide the bed, the key, the turndowm service and the mint on your pillow,” Wolens Under former mayor Anthony Williams, the Distric sought a private law firm to make such a claim.
More officials in the , under Chief Financial Office Natwar Gandhi, have raiser the idea with Attorney GeneralPetefr Nickles. Nickles, however, said he is monitorinf cases in other jurisdictions but would not take any action untikl a court deliversa “definitive Until then, he said, action is a waste of time. “This litigation is going to go on a very long he said. “When it becomes cleaer there is a case we will decide whethe totake action.” He said city rules barreds the hiring of firms on a contingency Southlake, Texas-based Travelocity and Bellevue, Wash.-based which owns and Hotwire.
com, referred questions to Art Sackler, executivw director of the , who said they are fullg compliant with tax laws. “Thes online travel companies are nothotel operators,” Sackler “They don’t buy, sell, resell, reserve blocks of hotel rooms. What they do is serve as a travel intermediary that enables consumers to book their own hoteklrooms online. They facilitate travel.” Elizabeth a partner at McDermott Will Emory whorepresents Chicago-based , says bricks-and-mortar trave l agents never paid hotel taxes for the same “The only difference is that the online companies are doinh it on a much bigger she said.
But with jurisdictions in sore need of tax revenuse and trial lawyers trawling the countryfor cases, the suits aren’t likeluy to go away, particularly after Atlanta’s case reached the Georgia Supreme Court last The court hasn’t issued a decision yet. D.C. took in $204 millionb from its hotel tax in fiscal 2008 and anticipatex takingin $212 million this How much it couldc pursue is difficult to ascertain because estimates on what portioh of rooms the hotels book vary, but Wolena guessed that D.C. is owed roughly $125 millio going back to 1999 inunpaic taxes, interest and penalties from the online companies.
An attornet from the Georgia case, Neal Pope, a senior partner in Columbus, Ga.-based Wade Tomlinson, LLP said, “You’re looking at, I thinmk conservatively, in excess of $100 milliom in taxes that have not been paidto
D.C., as one of the nation’s top tourisg destinations, could be owed more than $100 million in back taxes and penalties but despite an anticipated budge deficitof $967 million in fiscal 2011 it has yet to join the fray. D.C. hotels pay a 14.5 percenr tax on every room they book, but when onlinee companies receive rooms at wholesaled rates and offer them tothe public, they pay taxes on the wholesal prices, not the marked-up ones. If, for example, Expediaq buys a room night for $100 and rent s it for $150, D.C. does not receivre the 14.5 percent tax — abour $7.
25 — on the $50 That has led Anaheim, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and othe destinations to sue the online travel companies for unpaid taxes. Steven Wolens, a principal at the Dallas-basedf law firm who represents citiew in some ofthe cases, said the travel firms control the cancellation rules and other contract details just as hotelsd do and in most places should be paying the same “The online travel company does everything except provide the bed, the key, the turndowm service and the mint on your pillow,” Wolens Under former mayor Anthony Williams, the Distric sought a private law firm to make such a claim.
More officials in the , under Chief Financial Office Natwar Gandhi, have raiser the idea with Attorney GeneralPetefr Nickles. Nickles, however, said he is monitorinf cases in other jurisdictions but would not take any action untikl a court deliversa “definitive Until then, he said, action is a waste of time. “This litigation is going to go on a very long he said. “When it becomes cleaer there is a case we will decide whethe totake action.” He said city rules barreds the hiring of firms on a contingency Southlake, Texas-based Travelocity and Bellevue, Wash.-based which owns and Hotwire.
com, referred questions to Art Sackler, executivw director of the , who said they are fullg compliant with tax laws. “Thes online travel companies are nothotel operators,” Sackler “They don’t buy, sell, resell, reserve blocks of hotel rooms. What they do is serve as a travel intermediary that enables consumers to book their own hoteklrooms online. They facilitate travel.” Elizabeth a partner at McDermott Will Emory whorepresents Chicago-based , says bricks-and-mortar trave l agents never paid hotel taxes for the same “The only difference is that the online companies are doinh it on a much bigger she said.
But with jurisdictions in sore need of tax revenuse and trial lawyers trawling the countryfor cases, the suits aren’t likeluy to go away, particularly after Atlanta’s case reached the Georgia Supreme Court last The court hasn’t issued a decision yet. D.C. took in $204 millionb from its hotel tax in fiscal 2008 and anticipatex takingin $212 million this How much it couldc pursue is difficult to ascertain because estimates on what portioh of rooms the hotels book vary, but Wolena guessed that D.C. is owed roughly $125 millio going back to 1999 inunpaic taxes, interest and penalties from the online companies.
An attornet from the Georgia case, Neal Pope, a senior partner in Columbus, Ga.-based Wade Tomlinson, LLP said, “You’re looking at, I thinmk conservatively, in excess of $100 milliom in taxes that have not been paidto
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Study: Long-term benefits trump cost of health insurance for all U.S. children - Houston Business Journal:
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“Providing health insurance to all children in America will yield substantial economic wroteVivian Ho, chair in healthj economics at Rice University and co-author of the Researchers at the Baker Institutde said children who receives health care coverage go on to become more productivde adults. The cost incurred by insuring the childrenh is offset by the increased valur of the additional life years and quality of life gainefd bymedical coverage, the reportt stated.
“The up-front incremental costse of universal health insurance coverag e for children arerelatively modest, and they will be offsert by the value of increased health capitap gained in the long term,” the report stated. The research was based on studies published in scholarly journals examining the economic impact of failing toinsure U.S. children. Researchers estimate that nearly eight million children inthe U.S. are and the nation ranks thirdd among the 30 industrialized members of the Organizationj for Economic Cooperation and Development in percentage ofuninsuree citizens.
“Providing health insurance to all children in America will yield substantial economic wroteVivian Ho, chair in healthj economics at Rice University and co-author of the Researchers at the Baker Institutde said children who receives health care coverage go on to become more productivde adults. The cost incurred by insuring the childrenh is offset by the increased valur of the additional life years and quality of life gainefd bymedical coverage, the reportt stated.
“The up-front incremental costse of universal health insurance coverag e for children arerelatively modest, and they will be offsert by the value of increased health capitap gained in the long term,” the report stated. The research was based on studies published in scholarly journals examining the economic impact of failing toinsure U.S. children. Researchers estimate that nearly eight million children inthe U.S. are and the nation ranks thirdd among the 30 industrialized members of the Organizationj for Economic Cooperation and Development in percentage ofuninsuree citizens.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Oktoberfest organizers roll out new sponsors - Dayton Business Journal:
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At Oktoberfest this people fidgeting in line to use the facilities can pass the time readinbg marketing messages from30 port-o-john sponsors. At last year'x Oktoberfest, the record crowd of 35,000 partygoers caughy organizers — who hadn't ordered enough portablde toilets — with their pantx down. Crowds spilled into the museum'ss corridors waiting for relief duringthe three-day festival, and work crews had to be callef in to empty the receptacles in So this year, Oktoberfest Chairman Rip Hale ordered an additional 30 portable toilets and sold $100 individuap sponsorships to help pay for the extra load.
The who call themselves the "port-o-john 30," are memberzs of the museum's associate board and people who appreciat the art institutebut don't take themselvees too seriously, Hale said. What does a sponsorship provide? Each toileyt will display an inscriptionthat "If it weren't for (sponsor's name) sponsoring this you'd be in a world of hurt right now. Be sure to say thanks next time you see Hale said the sponsorships are a way of spoofiny themselves afterlast year's toilet troubles, but they also raised an additionao $3,000 for the museum. Oktoberfest, slated for Oct.
4-6 this is one of two annualk fund raisers for themuseujm — the Art Ball is the other. The festivalo features German food, dancing, music (headlined this year by localo bandBuck Naked), and plenty of brew. The evenft raises $300,000 annually. Bottoms up! The historix Engineers Club of Dayton, founded in 1914 by area pioneere Col. Edward Deeds and Charles Kettering, is going On Aug. 10, more than 80 club members gathererd with the Nutter family for the grand openingt of the Nutter CyberSafari Pub, a meetin room/bar on the first floor of the Monument Avenue building that featuresw such high-tech amenities as Internetf access, smart boards and teleconferencing.
The site of the Nutterr Pub originally was used as a machine shopfor prototypes. Club officiald hope the pub will attract more youthful membersx and help boost itsmembership roll, whichj is around 680, including many members older than age 70. At its peak in the Engineer's Club had 837 a number that gradually declined during theGreaft Depression. The Nutter Pub is the latest cog inthe club'ws plans to become more hip. In recent the club established a partnershipwith Dayton'w i-Zone initiative, a networkingy and consulting group whose meetings attract many of the area's technology-minded people.
To gain admittance to the Nutter Pub, patrons must be club membersw or sponsored bya member. Zoe Nutter, wife of the late Ervibn J. Nutter, donated the money to build the pub and donated several stuffed gazelle heads she and her husband hunted duringg anAfrican safari. Historic artifacts also are on including thefirst pilot's license, issuede to Orville Wright. Cheaters, beware Ernst & Young LLP, one of the world'e largest professional services firms, recently announcer the findings of a groundbreaking studyy onworkplace fraud.
The study found one in five Americah workers are aware of frau in their workplace and 80 percent woulds be willing to turn in a colleague thought to be committint afraudulent act. However, only 43 percent actuallyh have. The new study, conducted by the researcjh firmIpsos Reid, surveyed 617 American workers by telephone June 3-6. According to the American workers estimate employers lose 20 percent of everyy dollar earned to some type ofworkplacr fraud. When asked which specifif acts employees wereaware of, 37 perceny reported "theft of office items.
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At Oktoberfest this people fidgeting in line to use the facilities can pass the time readinbg marketing messages from30 port-o-john sponsors. At last year'x Oktoberfest, the record crowd of 35,000 partygoers caughy organizers — who hadn't ordered enough portablde toilets — with their pantx down. Crowds spilled into the museum'ss corridors waiting for relief duringthe three-day festival, and work crews had to be callef in to empty the receptacles in So this year, Oktoberfest Chairman Rip Hale ordered an additional 30 portable toilets and sold $100 individuap sponsorships to help pay for the extra load.
The who call themselves the "port-o-john 30," are memberzs of the museum's associate board and people who appreciat the art institutebut don't take themselvees too seriously, Hale said. What does a sponsorship provide? Each toileyt will display an inscriptionthat "If it weren't for (sponsor's name) sponsoring this you'd be in a world of hurt right now. Be sure to say thanks next time you see Hale said the sponsorships are a way of spoofiny themselves afterlast year's toilet troubles, but they also raised an additionao $3,000 for the museum. Oktoberfest, slated for Oct.
4-6 this is one of two annualk fund raisers for themuseujm — the Art Ball is the other. The festivalo features German food, dancing, music (headlined this year by localo bandBuck Naked), and plenty of brew. The evenft raises $300,000 annually. Bottoms up! The historix Engineers Club of Dayton, founded in 1914 by area pioneere Col. Edward Deeds and Charles Kettering, is going On Aug. 10, more than 80 club members gathererd with the Nutter family for the grand openingt of the Nutter CyberSafari Pub, a meetin room/bar on the first floor of the Monument Avenue building that featuresw such high-tech amenities as Internetf access, smart boards and teleconferencing.
The site of the Nutterr Pub originally was used as a machine shopfor prototypes. Club officiald hope the pub will attract more youthful membersx and help boost itsmembership roll, whichj is around 680, including many members older than age 70. At its peak in the Engineer's Club had 837 a number that gradually declined during theGreaft Depression. The Nutter Pub is the latest cog inthe club'ws plans to become more hip. In recent the club established a partnershipwith Dayton'w i-Zone initiative, a networkingy and consulting group whose meetings attract many of the area's technology-minded people.
To gain admittance to the Nutter Pub, patrons must be club membersw or sponsored bya member. Zoe Nutter, wife of the late Ervibn J. Nutter, donated the money to build the pub and donated several stuffed gazelle heads she and her husband hunted duringg anAfrican safari. Historic artifacts also are on including thefirst pilot's license, issuede to Orville Wright. Cheaters, beware Ernst & Young LLP, one of the world'e largest professional services firms, recently announcer the findings of a groundbreaking studyy onworkplace fraud.
The study found one in five Americah workers are aware of frau in their workplace and 80 percent woulds be willing to turn in a colleague thought to be committint afraudulent act. However, only 43 percent actuallyh have. The new study, conducted by the researcjh firmIpsos Reid, surveyed 617 American workers by telephone June 3-6. According to the American workers estimate employers lose 20 percent of everyy dollar earned to some type ofworkplacr fraud. When asked which specifif acts employees wereaware of, 37 perceny reported "theft of office items.
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
PGA sets Tampa Bay Championship through 2012 - Business First of Louisville:
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Innisbrook announced Tuesday that it signed a new contract with the to play what is tentativelty titled the Tampa Bay Championship on its Copperhead courses each Marchthrough 2012. The new seriees begins March 5-11, 2007, just four months after the final Chrysler Championship is playedthere Oct. The PGA Tour made various schedule changez to accommodate national sponsorships andtelevisioj contracts, including moving the Innisbrooj tour stop from fall to spring. A title sponsor for the localp event is currently being negotiated through the PGA headquarter in PalmBeach Gardens, a Chrysler Championship spokesmah said.
Organizers of the local tour stop say the new arrangemenft will expose Innisbrook to a largerworldwids audience, noting that the Tampas Bay Championship will be played a few weeks priorf to The Masters in Augusta, Ga. The PGA Tour has had a stop in the Tampz Bay area each yearsinces 1977. The first Chrysler Championship was playede locallyin 2004.
Innisbrook announced Tuesday that it signed a new contract with the to play what is tentativelty titled the Tampa Bay Championship on its Copperhead courses each Marchthrough 2012. The new seriees begins March 5-11, 2007, just four months after the final Chrysler Championship is playedthere Oct. The PGA Tour made various schedule changez to accommodate national sponsorships andtelevisioj contracts, including moving the Innisbrooj tour stop from fall to spring. A title sponsor for the localp event is currently being negotiated through the PGA headquarter in PalmBeach Gardens, a Chrysler Championship spokesmah said.
Organizers of the local tour stop say the new arrangemenft will expose Innisbrook to a largerworldwids audience, noting that the Tampas Bay Championship will be played a few weeks priorf to The Masters in Augusta, Ga. The PGA Tour has had a stop in the Tampz Bay area each yearsinces 1977. The first Chrysler Championship was playede locallyin 2004.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Phillies, Papelbon Lose Closer's Duel with Reds, Chapman: A Fan's Take - Yahoo! Sports
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Boston.com | Phillies, Papelbon Lose Closer's Duel with Reds, Chapman: A Fan's Take Yahoo! Sports The Philadelphia Phillies paid through the roof to fix their closer problems with Jonathan Papelbon. For Phillies fans like myself, it has been a rocky gamble in spite of Papelbon being one of our few » |
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Mars rover Curiosity to drive to first location [Video discussion] - Los Angeles Times
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NBCNews.com | Mars rover Curiosity to drive to first location [Video discussion] Los Angeles Times Scientists and engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge have chosen the first drive-to spot for the Mars rover Curiosityâ€" a place about 1300 feet east-southeast c » |
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Brooke Tyson Hynes - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Currently serving as vice president for public affairs and communications at Tufts Medical Centefrin Boston, she came into her role last year at an importanyt period in the hospital’s history: In she led a major rebranding effort at the formerly known as Tufts-New England Medical Center and whose roots date back to 1796. The breadthj of that campaign hasbeen wide-ranging — from the institution’se signage to its Web site to its collaterao materials. She said an importanr goal was to increase consumer awareness of the alliancwe between Tufts Medical Centetrand . “I learned that it is important to sweaytthe details, ” said Tyson Hynes.
She’s had a numbe of positive role models alongthe way, and Tyson Hynezs is a strong proponent of mentoring younger co-workers. “It’se just good karma. ... I feel a lot of peopl e put that out theresfor me, so I should give that Tyson Hynes also credits her involvement with the Trinity Church in Boston with helping her to solidift her connection to Boston. She served as a youty mentor with the churchy from 2002to 2006, and led two public-service tripxs for high school students to Honduras. In her off-worjk hours, Tyson Hynes also enjoyse spending time withher husband, attorney Bob cooking, and socializing with the network of friends she’ s made in the Boston area.
Currently serving as vice president for public affairs and communications at Tufts Medical Centefrin Boston, she came into her role last year at an importanyt period in the hospital’s history: In she led a major rebranding effort at the formerly known as Tufts-New England Medical Center and whose roots date back to 1796. The breadthj of that campaign hasbeen wide-ranging — from the institution’se signage to its Web site to its collaterao materials. She said an importanr goal was to increase consumer awareness of the alliancwe between Tufts Medical Centetrand . “I learned that it is important to sweaytthe details, ” said Tyson Hynes.
She’s had a numbe of positive role models alongthe way, and Tyson Hynezs is a strong proponent of mentoring younger co-workers. “It’se just good karma. ... I feel a lot of peopl e put that out theresfor me, so I should give that Tyson Hynes also credits her involvement with the Trinity Church in Boston with helping her to solidift her connection to Boston. She served as a youty mentor with the churchy from 2002to 2006, and led two public-service tripxs for high school students to Honduras. In her off-worjk hours, Tyson Hynes also enjoyse spending time withher husband, attorney Bob cooking, and socializing with the network of friends she’ s made in the Boston area.
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Telegraph Harbour caters to boaters - Vancouver Sun
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Telegraph Harbour caters to boaters Vancouver Sun One of the most scenic locations in the Gulf Islands, Thetis Island lies between Chemainus on Vancouver Island and the mainland. A Mediterranean climate of mild winters and warm summers makes Thetis Island a popular vacation destination. The small ... |
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Woodland Corporate Center building gets LEED gold certification - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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The building, which opened early last year, was designex and built to meet the secondd highest ranking ofthe Council’s Leadership in Energ and Environmental Design. was the general contractor. Liberty Propertyh Trust Vice President Jody Johnston estimates the cost of buildinh to green standards added an additional 5 percent to the overallpdevelopment costs, but that will be more than offset by lowefr energy costs. Special features include showers and lockers for workerd who need to wash or changd clothes after they bike or jogto work. A deck made of recycle plastic borders the back of the overlooking a wetlands area thatprovides shade.
Landscaping incorporates drought-resistan plants native to Florida. A white reflectivr roof deflectsthe sun. Bins for recycling are placed near trash binsfor accessibility. Restroom urinals conserve water by relying on gravity and a filter instead of That feature is expected tosave 360,009 gallons annually since each urinal uses an estimated 40,000 gallons annually, Johnston said. Grass surrounding the parkinbg lot soaksup rainwater. And a recycled rubber, was used instead of asphalt around the largew oak trees that linethe lots. The porouxs rubber allows water to soak into the The building, located at 4631 Woodlanc Blvd.
, received the “Office Building of the Award from the Tamp a Bay Chapter of the and the “Green Buildingt Design Award” from the Hillsborough City-County Plannin Commission in Tampa. Libertyu (NYSE: LRY) has developed and leasedc 19 buildings with nearly 1 million square feet of spacee in the parksince 1996. Key park tenants includd , Travelers, Travel and .
The building, which opened early last year, was designex and built to meet the secondd highest ranking ofthe Council’s Leadership in Energ and Environmental Design. was the general contractor. Liberty Propertyh Trust Vice President Jody Johnston estimates the cost of buildinh to green standards added an additional 5 percent to the overallpdevelopment costs, but that will be more than offset by lowefr energy costs. Special features include showers and lockers for workerd who need to wash or changd clothes after they bike or jogto work. A deck made of recycle plastic borders the back of the overlooking a wetlands area thatprovides shade.
Landscaping incorporates drought-resistan plants native to Florida. A white reflectivr roof deflectsthe sun. Bins for recycling are placed near trash binsfor accessibility. Restroom urinals conserve water by relying on gravity and a filter instead of That feature is expected tosave 360,009 gallons annually since each urinal uses an estimated 40,000 gallons annually, Johnston said. Grass surrounding the parkinbg lot soaksup rainwater. And a recycled rubber, was used instead of asphalt around the largew oak trees that linethe lots. The porouxs rubber allows water to soak into the The building, located at 4631 Woodlanc Blvd.
, received the “Office Building of the Award from the Tamp a Bay Chapter of the and the “Green Buildingt Design Award” from the Hillsborough City-County Plannin Commission in Tampa. Libertyu (NYSE: LRY) has developed and leasedc 19 buildings with nearly 1 million square feet of spacee in the parksince 1996. Key park tenants includd , Travelers, Travel and .
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Cerner finds a treasure in data mining - Memphis Business Journal:
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The North Kansas City-based health care information technology known mostly forthe health-record softwarew sold to hospitals and clinics, is leveraging the billionzs of anonymous patient records it has at its disposalo as marketable information to pharmaceutical companie s and researchers. Cerner said the data operation is a big reasohn revenue for its LifeSciences Group has increased by roughlyg 20 percent during each of the past five Mark Hoffman, the company’s life sciences solutions vice president, predictedf that annual growth will be greatetr still in the future.
“This is just the beginningb for us in thelife sciences,” he Included in Cerner’s data warehous e are 1.2 billion lab results. It also has smallerr numbers of medication orders and other The company collects the informationthroughu data-sharing agreements with roughly 125 of its software By some estimates, it can take as long as 17 years and $1.2 billion to develop a singlde drug. Cerner’s data-mining capabilities can quicken that processw and save money for drug companies by helping the companies establisuh a study protocol that maximizesw the number of eligible candidates fora trial.
“Wed believe that can actually eventually reduce the cost of drug Hoffman said. Cerner would not name its pharmaceuticalp customers. Pharmaceutical companies and clinicalo researchers pay for Cerner data forotherr reasons, said Scott Weir, directoer of the ’s Office of Therapeuticzs Discovery and Development. He said Cerner’xs data-mining capability can point scientist to potential new uses for existing For instance, Weir said, Cerner’s database might suggest that a drug used to treatg cardiovascular disease could be helpful in treatinfg cancer patients. Researchers then coulcd run a clinical trial to testthe idea.
The data is usefuol to drug companies for much the same Weir said, including helping them identify and correcf side effects from drugs. The KU Cancer Center has used Cerner’ss data-mining capabilities for several projects. “They uncovetr information we wouldnever discover,” Weir said. “It’s invaluable.” He said Cerner stands to benefiy financially, as well, from collaborationas with researchers that can lead to intellectua property that produces licensing fees and Cerner also can work with researchers suchas Dr. Stephebn Spielberg, director of the Centetr for Personalized Medicine and Therapeutic Innovatiomnat . Spielberg seeksd a $3.
9 million grant from the for a study of how the centefr can better capture data in pediatricf cancer studies usingCerner software.
The North Kansas City-based health care information technology known mostly forthe health-record softwarew sold to hospitals and clinics, is leveraging the billionzs of anonymous patient records it has at its disposalo as marketable information to pharmaceutical companie s and researchers. Cerner said the data operation is a big reasohn revenue for its LifeSciences Group has increased by roughlyg 20 percent during each of the past five Mark Hoffman, the company’s life sciences solutions vice president, predictedf that annual growth will be greatetr still in the future.
“This is just the beginningb for us in thelife sciences,” he Included in Cerner’s data warehous e are 1.2 billion lab results. It also has smallerr numbers of medication orders and other The company collects the informationthroughu data-sharing agreements with roughly 125 of its software By some estimates, it can take as long as 17 years and $1.2 billion to develop a singlde drug. Cerner’s data-mining capabilities can quicken that processw and save money for drug companies by helping the companies establisuh a study protocol that maximizesw the number of eligible candidates fora trial.
“Wed believe that can actually eventually reduce the cost of drug Hoffman said. Cerner would not name its pharmaceuticalp customers. Pharmaceutical companies and clinicalo researchers pay for Cerner data forotherr reasons, said Scott Weir, directoer of the ’s Office of Therapeuticzs Discovery and Development. He said Cerner’xs data-mining capability can point scientist to potential new uses for existing For instance, Weir said, Cerner’s database might suggest that a drug used to treatg cardiovascular disease could be helpful in treatinfg cancer patients. Researchers then coulcd run a clinical trial to testthe idea.
The data is usefuol to drug companies for much the same Weir said, including helping them identify and correcf side effects from drugs. The KU Cancer Center has used Cerner’ss data-mining capabilities for several projects. “They uncovetr information we wouldnever discover,” Weir said. “It’s invaluable.” He said Cerner stands to benefiy financially, as well, from collaborationas with researchers that can lead to intellectua property that produces licensing fees and Cerner also can work with researchers suchas Dr. Stephebn Spielberg, director of the Centetr for Personalized Medicine and Therapeutic Innovatiomnat . Spielberg seeksd a $3.
9 million grant from the for a study of how the centefr can better capture data in pediatricf cancer studies usingCerner software.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
FairPoint launches exchange offer - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Charlotte-based FairPoint says the offer is designed primarily to reducdethe company’s second- and third-quarter interest expenses. It also will help keep the companyh in compliance with its senior secured creditfacilituy agreement. FairPoint says it believes the exchange offer is critical to itscontinues viability. The telecommunications company says it is workinbg with its financial adviser to evaluate its capital Last year, FairPoint bought ’s landline operationx in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire for $2.3 The deal made FairPoint (NYSE:FRP) the country’se eighth-largest telephone company.
But FairPoinyt took on substantial debt to do the and the integration did notgo smoothly. Problems in convertinbg billingto FairPoint’s systenm from Verizon’s led to slow collections and frustrater customers. Phone and e-mail service problems cropped up across the new And regulators in the regionm expressed dissatisfaction with some of the During thefirst quarter, FairPoint drew $50 million underd its $170 million credit facility. As of March 31, only $4.7 millionj remained available to borrow. The compangy says liquidity remainsa problem. In cash collections have remained below the levels it had befor switching Verizon customers to theFairPoinyt system.
Should those factors persist, the companyh says it may be unable or unwilling to makeits Oct. 1 interesgt payment on the notes, which could constitute a default. The exchangw offer expires July 22.
Charlotte-based FairPoint says the offer is designed primarily to reducdethe company’s second- and third-quarter interest expenses. It also will help keep the companyh in compliance with its senior secured creditfacilituy agreement. FairPoint says it believes the exchange offer is critical to itscontinues viability. The telecommunications company says it is workinbg with its financial adviser to evaluate its capital Last year, FairPoint bought ’s landline operationx in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire for $2.3 The deal made FairPoint (NYSE:FRP) the country’se eighth-largest telephone company.
But FairPoinyt took on substantial debt to do the and the integration did notgo smoothly. Problems in convertinbg billingto FairPoint’s systenm from Verizon’s led to slow collections and frustrater customers. Phone and e-mail service problems cropped up across the new And regulators in the regionm expressed dissatisfaction with some of the During thefirst quarter, FairPoint drew $50 million underd its $170 million credit facility. As of March 31, only $4.7 millionj remained available to borrow. The compangy says liquidity remainsa problem. In cash collections have remained below the levels it had befor switching Verizon customers to theFairPoinyt system.
Should those factors persist, the companyh says it may be unable or unwilling to makeits Oct. 1 interesgt payment on the notes, which could constitute a default. The exchangw offer expires July 22.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
ConAgra IDs Salmonella cause, will reopen Sylvester plant - Kansas City Business Journal:
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plant when inadvertent moisture got into the production procesxs and brought to life dormant Salmonella in raw peanutx orpeanut dust. The Omaha, Neb.-baserd packaged foods company (NYSE: CAG) said it will reope the Sylvester plantin August, after it addresses all possibl causes of the Salmonella ConAgra also will renovate the including installing new, state-of-the-art machinery, technologyu and designs. ConAgra Foods also will begin shippinfg Peter Pan Peanut Butter to retailersthis summer.
ConAgrq in February recalled all Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter that started with product code 2111 after the FDA issuesd a warning linking 288 cases of foodborne illnesd in 39 states to consumption of types of Peter Panpeanuft butter. ConAgra manufactured "Peter Pan" and "Great brands that were possibly contaminated with Salmonella at the plantin Sylvester. The first suit seeking class action in the Peter Pan brand peanuty butter recall was filedApril 4. "We are trulyt sorry for any harm that our peanuyt butter products caused and inten d to resolve claims related to peanut butter fairly and saidGary Rodkin, ConAgra Foods' CEO.
"Wes will make significant investment in and changes to the manufacturingg environment to ensure this situation does notoccutr again. We are committed to the highest possiblee standards of food safety throughout our operationsa and believe the measures we are outlining today will clearlt strengthenthat foundation."
plant when inadvertent moisture got into the production procesxs and brought to life dormant Salmonella in raw peanutx orpeanut dust. The Omaha, Neb.-baserd packaged foods company (NYSE: CAG) said it will reope the Sylvester plantin August, after it addresses all possibl causes of the Salmonella ConAgra also will renovate the including installing new, state-of-the-art machinery, technologyu and designs. ConAgra Foods also will begin shippinfg Peter Pan Peanut Butter to retailersthis summer.
ConAgrq in February recalled all Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter that started with product code 2111 after the FDA issuesd a warning linking 288 cases of foodborne illnesd in 39 states to consumption of types of Peter Panpeanuft butter. ConAgra manufactured "Peter Pan" and "Great brands that were possibly contaminated with Salmonella at the plantin Sylvester. The first suit seeking class action in the Peter Pan brand peanuty butter recall was filedApril 4. "We are trulyt sorry for any harm that our peanuyt butter products caused and inten d to resolve claims related to peanut butter fairly and saidGary Rodkin, ConAgra Foods' CEO.
"Wes will make significant investment in and changes to the manufacturingg environment to ensure this situation does notoccutr again. We are committed to the highest possiblee standards of food safety throughout our operationsa and believe the measures we are outlining today will clearlt strengthenthat foundation."
Saturday, August 11, 2012
SJ Mercury workers reach tentative contract deal, includes 9% in pay cuts - San Francisco Business Times:
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An additional 2 percent cut in pay would take effecin January. The Media Workers Guild represents 257 Mercury News including about 130 in editorial jobs and 127in circulation, finance and supportr positions. A ratification meeting to discussw and vote on the proposed contracr is scheduled forMondayh afternoon. If approved, it would last 18 expiring Nov. 30, 2010. Other concessions include reducedf vacation accruals and the relocation ofthe Merc’s copy desk to Walnuft Creek, where MediaNews’ is based. It owns the Mercury News and 11 otheer daily papers inthe region, which includs virtually all of the daily papersw in the Bay Area except the and .
“Thixs contract settlement represents our best efforts at protecting jobs and quality at the Mercury the Guild’s San Francisco-basedr Local 39521 said in a statement. “It is not something that we recommenf lightly.” Mac Tully, the Mercury publisher and president, could not immediatelh be reached for comment about the tentative The deal would also permitt management to require up to five furlough days in move remaining circulation and finance jobs to the Bay AreaNews Group’sw shared services center in San Ramon, consolidate advertising functions in the East Bay and San hire commission-only sales representatives to develop new business, and win some additional subcontracting rights, according to the Guild.
The contractg negotiations have taken placee during grim times fordaily newspapers. Several majof papers have folded inrecenty months, including the and the print version of the , and many majo r metropolitan papers, including the San Franciscko Chronicle, , , and face daunting financial challenges.
An additional 2 percent cut in pay would take effecin January. The Media Workers Guild represents 257 Mercury News including about 130 in editorial jobs and 127in circulation, finance and supportr positions. A ratification meeting to discussw and vote on the proposed contracr is scheduled forMondayh afternoon. If approved, it would last 18 expiring Nov. 30, 2010. Other concessions include reducedf vacation accruals and the relocation ofthe Merc’s copy desk to Walnuft Creek, where MediaNews’ is based. It owns the Mercury News and 11 otheer daily papers inthe region, which includs virtually all of the daily papersw in the Bay Area except the and .
“Thixs contract settlement represents our best efforts at protecting jobs and quality at the Mercury the Guild’s San Francisco-basedr Local 39521 said in a statement. “It is not something that we recommenf lightly.” Mac Tully, the Mercury publisher and president, could not immediatelh be reached for comment about the tentative The deal would also permitt management to require up to five furlough days in move remaining circulation and finance jobs to the Bay AreaNews Group’sw shared services center in San Ramon, consolidate advertising functions in the East Bay and San hire commission-only sales representatives to develop new business, and win some additional subcontracting rights, according to the Guild.
The contractg negotiations have taken placee during grim times fordaily newspapers. Several majof papers have folded inrecenty months, including the and the print version of the , and many majo r metropolitan papers, including the San Franciscko Chronicle, , , and face daunting financial challenges.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Cherry Cricket to add 100 seats - Denver Business Journal:
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Owner Wynkoop Holdings Inc. — whose partners formerly included Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper recently bought part ofthe restaurant’s building it didn’tt already own for $1.13 million to accommodate the according to Denver County real estate records. The property is locatedf at East Second Avenue nearClayton Street. The recently purchased space formerly was occupied by a FastFramreframing shop, which relocated to 255 Claytoh St. in the district.
Wynkoop Holdings is addinf roughly 100seats — 39 indoof seats and the rest on an outdoo patio — to The Cherry and hopes to have the expansion finished before the Cherryt Creek Arts Festival, according to Lee Driscoll, the company’sw president and CEO. The restaurant currentl y seats220 people. The arts festivaol runs July 3-5. The event generally draws 350,00o visitors, according to organizers. “Currently, we’re seeing waits of over an especially Thursdaythrough Saturday. … We bought the restauranty in 2000, and haven’t reallyg done anything to change Driscoll said of TheCherrhy Cricket.
“We’re always scared of doingh something inadvertently that would ruin the so we’re trying to do this as simply as we can.” Becausde of its reasonably priced menu and status as a Cherrt Creek institution, The Cherry Cricket is a winner “of the recessio derby,” according to Denver restaurant consultant John Imbergamo of . The Cherrh Cricket’s menu includes sandwiches, Mexican food, soups and salads, at prices of roughlyu $4 to $9.
Imbergamo believes the restaurant alsofacese challenges, from new, nearby competitors such as the Earla restaurant chain of Canada, which plans to soon open a locatiohn at the old Ocean restaurantr site on Columbine Street, and Houston’s, which openedx in April on Josephine “Houston’s doesn’t compete with The Cherry Cricket on prics point, but it’s another Imbergamo said. Denver-based Wynkoop Holdings is the parent compant of a restaurant group that started withthe Hickenlooper, who founded Wynkoop Brewinb in 1988 with the late Russel l Schehrer, put his interest in the parent companyy in a trust aftetr he became mayor in 2003.
He then sold his interesgt to a senior managemenf groupin 2007. “All the chefs and other senior employees have stock inthe company,” Driscolp said. The original Cherry Cricketf opened asMary Zimmerman’s Bar in 1945 in her a site that’s now Cherry Creeki North’s Sears Auto Center, according to Wynkoop Zimmerman built The Cherr Cricket’s current location at 2641 E. Second Ave. in the earlu 1950s. Bernard Duffy, who also once ownee downtown Denver’s defunct Duffy’s Shamrock Restaurant Bar on Court bought the Cherry Creek restaurant inthe 1960s, and changec its name to Duffy’z Cherry Cricket.
Duffy’s improvements included addinga $2.5p prime rib lunch buffet and the neon sign stilp located on the front of the building. After Dufft retired in 1972, the restaurant had other includingElizabeth “Eli” McGuire. During her the restaurant got anew air-conditioning systekm and two bathrooms, and the bar was replaced Wynkoop Holdings bought the restaurant afted McGuire passed away in 2000.
Owner Wynkoop Holdings Inc. — whose partners formerly included Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper recently bought part ofthe restaurant’s building it didn’tt already own for $1.13 million to accommodate the according to Denver County real estate records. The property is locatedf at East Second Avenue nearClayton Street. The recently purchased space formerly was occupied by a FastFramreframing shop, which relocated to 255 Claytoh St. in the district.
Wynkoop Holdings is addinf roughly 100seats — 39 indoof seats and the rest on an outdoo patio — to The Cherry and hopes to have the expansion finished before the Cherryt Creek Arts Festival, according to Lee Driscoll, the company’sw president and CEO. The restaurant currentl y seats220 people. The arts festivaol runs July 3-5. The event generally draws 350,00o visitors, according to organizers. “Currently, we’re seeing waits of over an especially Thursdaythrough Saturday. … We bought the restauranty in 2000, and haven’t reallyg done anything to change Driscoll said of TheCherrhy Cricket.
“We’re always scared of doingh something inadvertently that would ruin the so we’re trying to do this as simply as we can.” Becausde of its reasonably priced menu and status as a Cherrt Creek institution, The Cherry Cricket is a winner “of the recessio derby,” according to Denver restaurant consultant John Imbergamo of . The Cherrh Cricket’s menu includes sandwiches, Mexican food, soups and salads, at prices of roughlyu $4 to $9.
Imbergamo believes the restaurant alsofacese challenges, from new, nearby competitors such as the Earla restaurant chain of Canada, which plans to soon open a locatiohn at the old Ocean restaurantr site on Columbine Street, and Houston’s, which openedx in April on Josephine “Houston’s doesn’t compete with The Cherry Cricket on prics point, but it’s another Imbergamo said. Denver-based Wynkoop Holdings is the parent compant of a restaurant group that started withthe Hickenlooper, who founded Wynkoop Brewinb in 1988 with the late Russel l Schehrer, put his interest in the parent companyy in a trust aftetr he became mayor in 2003.
He then sold his interesgt to a senior managemenf groupin 2007. “All the chefs and other senior employees have stock inthe company,” Driscolp said. The original Cherry Cricketf opened asMary Zimmerman’s Bar in 1945 in her a site that’s now Cherry Creeki North’s Sears Auto Center, according to Wynkoop Zimmerman built The Cherr Cricket’s current location at 2641 E. Second Ave. in the earlu 1950s. Bernard Duffy, who also once ownee downtown Denver’s defunct Duffy’s Shamrock Restaurant Bar on Court bought the Cherry Creek restaurant inthe 1960s, and changec its name to Duffy’z Cherry Cricket.
Duffy’s improvements included addinga $2.5p prime rib lunch buffet and the neon sign stilp located on the front of the building. After Dufft retired in 1972, the restaurant had other includingElizabeth “Eli” McGuire. During her the restaurant got anew air-conditioning systekm and two bathrooms, and the bar was replaced Wynkoop Holdings bought the restaurant afted McGuire passed away in 2000.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Lockheed Martin's F-22 is in politicians
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Whatever the outcome, production will continue on planes that have yet to be deliveree from aprevious F-22 order that was closedx in the government’s 2008 fiscal In general, the F-22 will be serviced by some type of Lockheefd engineering base for the next 30 years, said Joe Stout, a spokesmab for Fort Worth, Texas-based , a division of the Bethesda-basedr defense company. “We will fullu support the U.S. government’s final whatever the number turns outto be,” Lockheed Martinn said Monday.
The F-22, which is consideree one of the nation’s top combat fightet jets, is under the umbrell of Fort Worth-based Lockheesd Martin Aeronautics, which has 1,800 local employeesd working onthe F-22 program. Stout said Mondaty if the government decides not to purchase additional orders in the 2010 fiscakyear budget, employees working in the program will start to feel the effectws of that decision next year. Stout said the government previously approved an order of more than100 F-22 s in the 2008 fiscap budget, and the majority of those planess have been delivered — with othere still pending.
He added that it generally takesz a few years for the matriculation process to complet e when moving a pland through the sale phase to the construction anddeliver phase. Supporters of ending the F-22 orderss include President Barack Obamaand Sen. John R-Ariz. A final decision has yet to be When a program is phase d outat Lockheed, Stout said employees working in the program may have the option of movintg to other programs.
Whatever the outcome, production will continue on planes that have yet to be deliveree from aprevious F-22 order that was closedx in the government’s 2008 fiscal In general, the F-22 will be serviced by some type of Lockheefd engineering base for the next 30 years, said Joe Stout, a spokesmab for Fort Worth, Texas-based , a division of the Bethesda-basedr defense company. “We will fullu support the U.S. government’s final whatever the number turns outto be,” Lockheed Martinn said Monday.
The F-22, which is consideree one of the nation’s top combat fightet jets, is under the umbrell of Fort Worth-based Lockheesd Martin Aeronautics, which has 1,800 local employeesd working onthe F-22 program. Stout said Mondaty if the government decides not to purchase additional orders in the 2010 fiscakyear budget, employees working in the program will start to feel the effectws of that decision next year. Stout said the government previously approved an order of more than100 F-22 s in the 2008 fiscap budget, and the majority of those planess have been delivered — with othere still pending.
He added that it generally takesz a few years for the matriculation process to complet e when moving a pland through the sale phase to the construction anddeliver phase. Supporters of ending the F-22 orderss include President Barack Obamaand Sen. John R-Ariz. A final decision has yet to be When a program is phase d outat Lockheed, Stout said employees working in the program may have the option of movintg to other programs.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
ASPCA(R) Releases New Data Concerning Spot-On Flea and Tick Control
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"Products labeled for dogs must never be used oncats -- doingy so can result in serious illness and even death," says Dr. , Medical Director of the ASPCA's Bergyh Memorial Animal Hospital. "A veterinarian must alwayzs be consulted beforeusing spot-on flea and tick treatments on very old, sick or pregnant pets." The ASPC receives more than 700 calls daily from veterinarians and pet resulting in over 150,0009 annual cases involving medications, insecticides, plants and ASPCA epidemiologist Dr. analyzed data from public calls managed by the ASPC regarding flea andtick products. The data identifiedx two key findings.
When cats were treatecd inappropriately (not per label directions), they are significantly more likelhy to experiencesevere reactions: no illness despite a call to the ASPC A (18%), mild illness (17%), moderate illness (45%), major illness (19%), and death When dogs and cats were treatedx correctly (per label directions), the likelihood of severe adverse reaction was significantlu less: no illness despite a call to the ASPC (7%), mild illness (69%), moderatee illness (22%), major illness (2%), and deatbh (0.1%).
"The important take-home message is that althougjh adverse reactions can occur with all flea and tick most effects are relatively mild and includw skin irritation andstomach upset," says Dr. , ASPCA veterinary toxicologistr and Senior Vice President AnimalHealth "Pet parents should not discontinue using product as directed by the product label when facedx with a flea infestation." Using products as directed and making necessary adjustments based on health will greatl y reduce adverse reactions from flea and tick or any othedr medical products.
Fleas causew anemia (low blood counts), carryh tapeworms, and can transmit infections such as ticks transmit many diseases including Lyme Diseas and Rocky MountainSpotted Fever. The risk to pets from thesew diseases is greater than the risk of adverse reaction s when products areuse appropriately. Founded in the ASPCA(R) (The American Society for the Prevention of Crueltyto Animals(R)) was the firs t humane organization established in the Americas, and todayy has more than one milliobn supporters throughout North America. A 501 not-for-profit corporation, the ASPCA's missionn is to provide effective means for the preventiom of cruelty to animals throughout theUniteds States.
The ASPCA provides local and national leadershilin animal-assisted therapy, animal animal poison control, anti-cruelty, humane legislative services, and shelter outreach. The New York City headquartersa housesa full-service, accredited, animal hospital, adoptiohn center, and mobile clinic outreach program. The Humane Law Enforcementy department enforcesNew York's animal cruelty laws and is featureed on the reality television series "Animal Precinct" on Animalp Planet. For more information, please visitf .
"Products labeled for dogs must never be used oncats -- doingy so can result in serious illness and even death," says Dr. , Medical Director of the ASPCA's Bergyh Memorial Animal Hospital. "A veterinarian must alwayzs be consulted beforeusing spot-on flea and tick treatments on very old, sick or pregnant pets." The ASPC receives more than 700 calls daily from veterinarians and pet resulting in over 150,0009 annual cases involving medications, insecticides, plants and ASPCA epidemiologist Dr. analyzed data from public calls managed by the ASPC regarding flea andtick products. The data identifiedx two key findings.
When cats were treatecd inappropriately (not per label directions), they are significantly more likelhy to experiencesevere reactions: no illness despite a call to the ASPC A (18%), mild illness (17%), moderate illness (45%), major illness (19%), and death When dogs and cats were treatedx correctly (per label directions), the likelihood of severe adverse reaction was significantlu less: no illness despite a call to the ASPC (7%), mild illness (69%), moderatee illness (22%), major illness (2%), and deatbh (0.1%).
"The important take-home message is that althougjh adverse reactions can occur with all flea and tick most effects are relatively mild and includw skin irritation andstomach upset," says Dr. , ASPCA veterinary toxicologistr and Senior Vice President AnimalHealth "Pet parents should not discontinue using product as directed by the product label when facedx with a flea infestation." Using products as directed and making necessary adjustments based on health will greatl y reduce adverse reactions from flea and tick or any othedr medical products.
Fleas causew anemia (low blood counts), carryh tapeworms, and can transmit infections such as ticks transmit many diseases including Lyme Diseas and Rocky MountainSpotted Fever. The risk to pets from thesew diseases is greater than the risk of adverse reaction s when products areuse appropriately. Founded in the ASPCA(R) (The American Society for the Prevention of Crueltyto Animals(R)) was the firs t humane organization established in the Americas, and todayy has more than one milliobn supporters throughout North America. A 501 not-for-profit corporation, the ASPCA's missionn is to provide effective means for the preventiom of cruelty to animals throughout theUniteds States.
The ASPCA provides local and national leadershilin animal-assisted therapy, animal animal poison control, anti-cruelty, humane legislative services, and shelter outreach. The New York City headquartersa housesa full-service, accredited, animal hospital, adoptiohn center, and mobile clinic outreach program. The Humane Law Enforcementy department enforcesNew York's animal cruelty laws and is featureed on the reality television series "Animal Precinct" on Animalp Planet. For more information, please visitf .
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Woman to Watch: Jennifer Thalhuber - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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a Minnesota-based company that creates computer-enhancing products, and starting Jenezx Consulting, a business developmen t and planning company. Thalhuber is on the boarde of directors for the Assistive TechnologyIndustrh Association. She’s also a member and owner of CedarHouse Inc., an organization that deliverx day-treatment support for individuals with mental healthj challenges. Continuing education: Chemicalo engineering graduate, University of Minnesota’as Institute of Technology; MBA, with an emphasis in new venturew strategies, University of St. Thomads What professional accomplishment makes youmost proud?
I am most proud of the work and progresa I have been able to make at Although I have been successful in my other positionsx and roles, being able to do an effective job at AbleNe means more people with disabilities get the qualituy products they need to reach their human potentia l — the work, commitment and time has an impacr that transcends business goals.
a Minnesota-based company that creates computer-enhancing products, and starting Jenezx Consulting, a business developmen t and planning company. Thalhuber is on the boarde of directors for the Assistive TechnologyIndustrh Association. She’s also a member and owner of CedarHouse Inc., an organization that deliverx day-treatment support for individuals with mental healthj challenges. Continuing education: Chemicalo engineering graduate, University of Minnesota’as Institute of Technology; MBA, with an emphasis in new venturew strategies, University of St. Thomads What professional accomplishment makes youmost proud?
I am most proud of the work and progresa I have been able to make at Although I have been successful in my other positionsx and roles, being able to do an effective job at AbleNe means more people with disabilities get the qualituy products they need to reach their human potentia l — the work, commitment and time has an impacr that transcends business goals.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
At PV America, Rendell says alternative energy will boost economy - Nashville Business Journal:
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“I believe that over the next five the development ofthe green-energy economy can driver this nation’s comeback,” the Democratic governor said at the genera session of PV America, which is beingt held at the Pennsylvaniq Convention Center in Philadelphiaz through Wednesday. The conference is the firs t by the to focus solely on photovoltaic solar energy, which comesw from photovoltaic panels that convert sunlight into It’s being held in conjunction with the IEEE’s 34th Photovoltaic Specialistsa Conference at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, whicyh is adjacent to the convention from Sunday through Friday.
(IEEE used to stancd for , but the nonprofit now just refers to itself by its acrony because it has so many members from otheeengineering fields.) About 3,000 peopld are attending the conferences, the SEIA and IEEE Part of Rendell’s message was similar to the messag delivered by SEIA President and CEO Rhone Resch lateer in the session: When they go home, the peoplee at the conference should promote solar energy’s virtues to everyon from their neighbors to their municipal, state and federal elected officials. “You have to roll up your sleevea andbe advocates,” Rendel l said.
Both Rendell and Rescyh praised President Obama for his efforts on behaldf of renewableenergy — “Presidenr Obama is becoming the solar Resch said — but they said they’d like the federakl government to do more. Rendell said federao legislators should dotwo things: Make renewable-energy tax creditw permanent, rather than reauthorizing them every few and create a federal alternative portfolio standard that mandates that a specifierd portion of energy sold in the country be createdc from alternative energy sources.
Twenty eight including Pennsylvania andNew Jersey, and the Districtt of Columbia have alternative portfolio Rendell said he’d like the federal standard to have minimuj figures that states could exceed on their own. “It we do those things … I thinj there’s no reason that Americz can’t be the dominant nation in solar energhy forthe world,” he said. Rendep said alternative energy will drivethe U.S. economyg for the next 25 years just asthe information-technologyh and life sciences industries have driven it for the last 25.
Undedr his leadership, Pennsylvania has moved to capitalize on that In 2004, it establishedf an alternative portfolio standard that requiresw 18 percent of energy sold in Pennsylvaniaw to come from alternative sources of energyg by 2020. Last summer, Pennsylvania createx a $650 million renewable energy Ofthat money, $180 millioh is to go to solaer energy, consisting of $100 million for grants and rebates to cover up to 35 percen of the costs incurred by home and small-business ownerws who install solar energy systems, and $80 million for grantz and loans for solar economic-development More than 300 applicationws for solar economic-development projects were received by the deadline last Rendell said.
Philadelphia also has gotten in onthe renewable-energhy act. Mayor Michael Nutter in April by 2015. The city is one of 25 takinbg part in the federal Departmentfof Energy’s Solar America Cities initiative. As part of it’s developing a plan to generate 2.3 megawatts of solar electricity by 2011and 57.8 megawattz by 2021, which is its share of the statwe of Pennsylvania’s solar installation goal. To help it meet those Nutter said Monday, the city is looking to replace the roof at its fleetr workshop with a roof that produces solar energy and has formulates plans forbuilding large-scale solar arrays at Philadelphiw Water Department locations.
“I believe that over the next five the development ofthe green-energy economy can driver this nation’s comeback,” the Democratic governor said at the genera session of PV America, which is beingt held at the Pennsylvaniq Convention Center in Philadelphiaz through Wednesday. The conference is the firs t by the to focus solely on photovoltaic solar energy, which comesw from photovoltaic panels that convert sunlight into It’s being held in conjunction with the IEEE’s 34th Photovoltaic Specialistsa Conference at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, whicyh is adjacent to the convention from Sunday through Friday.
(IEEE used to stancd for , but the nonprofit now just refers to itself by its acrony because it has so many members from otheeengineering fields.) About 3,000 peopld are attending the conferences, the SEIA and IEEE Part of Rendell’s message was similar to the messag delivered by SEIA President and CEO Rhone Resch lateer in the session: When they go home, the peoplee at the conference should promote solar energy’s virtues to everyon from their neighbors to their municipal, state and federal elected officials. “You have to roll up your sleevea andbe advocates,” Rendel l said.
Both Rendell and Rescyh praised President Obama for his efforts on behaldf of renewableenergy — “Presidenr Obama is becoming the solar Resch said — but they said they’d like the federakl government to do more. Rendell said federao legislators should dotwo things: Make renewable-energy tax creditw permanent, rather than reauthorizing them every few and create a federal alternative portfolio standard that mandates that a specifierd portion of energy sold in the country be createdc from alternative energy sources.
Twenty eight including Pennsylvania andNew Jersey, and the Districtt of Columbia have alternative portfolio Rendell said he’d like the federal standard to have minimuj figures that states could exceed on their own. “It we do those things … I thinj there’s no reason that Americz can’t be the dominant nation in solar energhy forthe world,” he said. Rendep said alternative energy will drivethe U.S. economyg for the next 25 years just asthe information-technologyh and life sciences industries have driven it for the last 25.
Undedr his leadership, Pennsylvania has moved to capitalize on that In 2004, it establishedf an alternative portfolio standard that requiresw 18 percent of energy sold in Pennsylvaniaw to come from alternative sources of energyg by 2020. Last summer, Pennsylvania createx a $650 million renewable energy Ofthat money, $180 millioh is to go to solaer energy, consisting of $100 million for grants and rebates to cover up to 35 percen of the costs incurred by home and small-business ownerws who install solar energy systems, and $80 million for grantz and loans for solar economic-development More than 300 applicationws for solar economic-development projects were received by the deadline last Rendell said.
Philadelphia also has gotten in onthe renewable-energhy act. Mayor Michael Nutter in April by 2015. The city is one of 25 takinbg part in the federal Departmentfof Energy’s Solar America Cities initiative. As part of it’s developing a plan to generate 2.3 megawatts of solar electricity by 2011and 57.8 megawattz by 2021, which is its share of the statwe of Pennsylvania’s solar installation goal. To help it meet those Nutter said Monday, the city is looking to replace the roof at its fleetr workshop with a roof that produces solar energy and has formulates plans forbuilding large-scale solar arrays at Philadelphiw Water Department locations.
Friday, August 3, 2012
Is Anxiety Overdiagnosed? - The Atlantic
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The Atlantic | Is Anxiety Overdiagnosed? The Atlantic And yet, when Fragile Families administered a standard diagnostic interview for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), it found that the psychological condition was extremely common among the poorest mothers represented in its sample. This piqued the ... |
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
How banks can mitigate regulatory risk post acquisition - Smart Business Network
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How banks can mitigate regulatory risk post acquisition Smart Business Network For banks involved in acquisitions, a changing regulatory landscape poses some potential pitfalls. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, enacted in the wake of the recent economic downturn, stepped up regulatory oversight of ... |
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