Cancer-free Katie Collier all smiles after all-star game The Seattle Times Katie Collier woke up with a smirk on her face. For the first time in months, she felt like herself. That sore, lethargic, all-around crummy feeling she fought through months of chemotherapy treatments was gone. "Every morning I smiled, ... |
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Cancer-free Katie Collier all smiles after all-star game - The Seattle Times
ogarawo.wordpress.com
Thursday, March 29, 2012
State taking applications for BadgerCare Plus - Portland Business Journal:
ignatiywulyxura.blogspot.com
The Core Plan is an expansion of BadgerCarwe Plus and provides access tothe state’s most chronicallg uninsured population – low-income adults without dependent “During this difficult budgett environment, it’s important we continue to protect our basic priorities,” Gov. Jim Doyle said in a “Today, we are makinb quality, affordable health care achievable for people who traditionallyy have not hadany options.” The BadgerCare Plus Core Plan for Adultxs with No Dependent Children is a limited plan that coverd basic health care services, including primary and preventive care and genericv drugs to low-income, chronically uninsured adults.
People who have been withoug health insurance for a year or or lost their health insurance throughn no fault of their own and have a limited can applyonline at: . Funding for the BadgerCars Plus Core Plan is provided through the hospital tax that was approves by the legislature and signed into law earlierthis year.
The Core Plan is an expansion of BadgerCarwe Plus and provides access tothe state’s most chronicallg uninsured population – low-income adults without dependent “During this difficult budgett environment, it’s important we continue to protect our basic priorities,” Gov. Jim Doyle said in a “Today, we are makinb quality, affordable health care achievable for people who traditionallyy have not hadany options.” The BadgerCare Plus Core Plan for Adultxs with No Dependent Children is a limited plan that coverd basic health care services, including primary and preventive care and genericv drugs to low-income, chronically uninsured adults.
People who have been withoug health insurance for a year or or lost their health insurance throughn no fault of their own and have a limited can applyonline at: . Funding for the BadgerCars Plus Core Plan is provided through the hospital tax that was approves by the legislature and signed into law earlierthis year.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
NBC Universal, Microsoft strike ad alliance - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
xysecurakihir.blogspot.com
Terms of the deal were not Admira analyzes demographic data on viewerzs to generate more targeted TV ads and also adds automation to thebuyinv process. The two companies tested the system, using Admiraz with the NBC Local Media group in March to buy and sell locakl television ads inLos Angeles. "Our initial test of the systekmin L.A. is off to a great start. Admira providea us with the potential to help attractt an entirely new segment of advertisers to thelocak marketplace, particularly small and midsizde businesses that might not otherwise be able to buy locaol television station advertising, which is a huge leap Frank Comerford, president of platform development and commerciapl operations for NBC Local Media, said in a statement.
The full partnershil is set to begin in the The two giants are more known through theirt linkthrough MSNBC.
Terms of the deal were not Admira analyzes demographic data on viewerzs to generate more targeted TV ads and also adds automation to thebuyinv process. The two companies tested the system, using Admiraz with the NBC Local Media group in March to buy and sell locakl television ads inLos Angeles. "Our initial test of the systekmin L.A. is off to a great start. Admira providea us with the potential to help attractt an entirely new segment of advertisers to thelocak marketplace, particularly small and midsizde businesses that might not otherwise be able to buy locaol television station advertising, which is a huge leap Frank Comerford, president of platform development and commerciapl operations for NBC Local Media, said in a statement.
The full partnershil is set to begin in the The two giants are more known through theirt linkthrough MSNBC.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Bibliotheken fit fürs digitale Zeitalter machen - Förderung für neuen ... - KLE-Point
iwegasely.wordpress.com
KLE-Point | Bibliotheken fit fürs digitale Zeitalter machen - Förderung für neuen ... KLE-Point Für mehr Übersicht im großen Angebot von 24 öffentlichen Bibliotheken in NRW sorgt nun ein neuer Katalogservice. Mit dem neuen Service eröffnen die Stadtbibliotheken ihren Nutzerinnen und Nutzern die Möglichkeit, Bücher, Filme und Musik zu rezensieren, ... |
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Kendall Commons project faces foreclosure - South Florida Business Journal:
sunrise-invoices.blogspot.com
Miami-based of Florida has filed a noticw of foreclosureagainst , Prestige Builders Capitak Investments and managers Jose R. Boschetti and Martin Caparro Jr. The suit, filed in Miami-Daded County Circuit Court on March 19, seeks to seize most of the whichhas infrastructure, but no vertical The project was the first in Miami-Dadre County to be approved as a traditional neighborhood developmenr (TND), which aims to mix residentialo and commercial uses in the same The site has a covenant on it that it will be developeds as a TND. A call to Boschetti was not immediately returned.
partner Juan Mayol, who has been involvesd with Kendall Commons inthe past, said he was not familiard with the lawsuit and could not comment. Boschettj and Caparros also are partners inMiami Lakes-based , one of Southu Florida’s biggest developers. In Hispanic Business ranked Prestige Builders Partners asthe fifth-largesr Hispanic-owned business by revenue in the A call to Caparros was not immediately returned. The lawsuity also named Miami Lakes-based Falcon Funding, led by Arthur which gave the developersa $12.2 million second mortgag e for Kendall Commons in 2004.
If City Nationap succeeds, it would wipe out Falcon’s interest in the A project at the site has been in the workswsince 1992, when Miami-Dade County commissioners movede the urban development boundary to allo for ’ version of Kendall The planned project, located on the southg side of Kendall Drive and just east of Krome was to include hundreds of offices and retail space. That projecy never got off the ground and Pulter soldthe property. The last sale of the site was betwee n onetime owner and Kendall Land Developmentfor $73 million in 2004. Falconw was president of KendallCommons Inc.
and Falcob Funding, which provided the second mortgage to Kendall Land led by Boschettiand Caparros. developer of the proposed Miami Worldcentert project indowntown Miami, Boschetti and Caparrosx have partnered on other development projects in the past. The 2004 versiom of Kendall Commons was less densethan Pulte’sw planned development and included 1,256 homes, a 132,000 square feet of commercial space, parks and a In recent debates over whether to extend the westerb boundary for new projects, some commissioners have said Kendallp Commons should be the last extension for residential development for years.
No homes were but the School Boardof Miami-Dade County purchasedc 9 acres for $7.3 million in 2007 to build a new Construction was never begun. Fort Lauderdale-basec , which gave Kendall Land Developmenya $17 million mortgage in was not named in the suit. That loan, modifiec to $11.9 million in Januaryh 2008, covers several commerciapl parcels not included inCity National’s City National’s foreclosure lawsuit is basedd on the $33.8 million mortgag e it granted Kendall Land Development in 2004. It was last modified to $22 million in Januargy 2008.
Not only is this one of the larges developments in terms of acreage and potential number of units in Southn Floridafacing foreclosure, it is also the firsrt major foreclosure lawsuit filed by City National Until now, the bank has hardly suffered from the recession. As of Dec. 31, it reporteds noncurrent loansof $15.2 million, or just 0.75 of a percentt of its total loans. Calls to Miamii attorney Robert P. Frankel, who represents City National in the and Miami-based , which represented Kendall Land Developmenrt in zoning applications, were not immediately returned. This is the secondr pending foreclosure lawsuit in South Florida that names Boschetti and Caparros and anassociated company.
In July, and filesd a foreclosure lawsuitagainst them, Prestige Builders and Fores Pointe 372, which owns 272 units in the Olivine at the Townshi p condo conversion in Coconut Creek.
Miami-based of Florida has filed a noticw of foreclosureagainst , Prestige Builders Capitak Investments and managers Jose R. Boschetti and Martin Caparro Jr. The suit, filed in Miami-Daded County Circuit Court on March 19, seeks to seize most of the whichhas infrastructure, but no vertical The project was the first in Miami-Dadre County to be approved as a traditional neighborhood developmenr (TND), which aims to mix residentialo and commercial uses in the same The site has a covenant on it that it will be developeds as a TND. A call to Boschetti was not immediately returned.
partner Juan Mayol, who has been involvesd with Kendall Commons inthe past, said he was not familiard with the lawsuit and could not comment. Boschettj and Caparros also are partners inMiami Lakes-based , one of Southu Florida’s biggest developers. In Hispanic Business ranked Prestige Builders Partners asthe fifth-largesr Hispanic-owned business by revenue in the A call to Caparros was not immediately returned. The lawsuity also named Miami Lakes-based Falcon Funding, led by Arthur which gave the developersa $12.2 million second mortgag e for Kendall Commons in 2004.
If City Nationap succeeds, it would wipe out Falcon’s interest in the A project at the site has been in the workswsince 1992, when Miami-Dade County commissioners movede the urban development boundary to allo for ’ version of Kendall The planned project, located on the southg side of Kendall Drive and just east of Krome was to include hundreds of offices and retail space. That projecy never got off the ground and Pulter soldthe property. The last sale of the site was betwee n onetime owner and Kendall Land Developmentfor $73 million in 2004. Falconw was president of KendallCommons Inc.
and Falcob Funding, which provided the second mortgage to Kendall Land led by Boschettiand Caparros. developer of the proposed Miami Worldcentert project indowntown Miami, Boschetti and Caparrosx have partnered on other development projects in the past. The 2004 versiom of Kendall Commons was less densethan Pulte’sw planned development and included 1,256 homes, a 132,000 square feet of commercial space, parks and a In recent debates over whether to extend the westerb boundary for new projects, some commissioners have said Kendallp Commons should be the last extension for residential development for years.
No homes were but the School Boardof Miami-Dade County purchasedc 9 acres for $7.3 million in 2007 to build a new Construction was never begun. Fort Lauderdale-basec , which gave Kendall Land Developmenya $17 million mortgage in was not named in the suit. That loan, modifiec to $11.9 million in Januaryh 2008, covers several commerciapl parcels not included inCity National’s City National’s foreclosure lawsuit is basedd on the $33.8 million mortgag e it granted Kendall Land Development in 2004. It was last modified to $22 million in Januargy 2008.
Not only is this one of the larges developments in terms of acreage and potential number of units in Southn Floridafacing foreclosure, it is also the firsrt major foreclosure lawsuit filed by City National Until now, the bank has hardly suffered from the recession. As of Dec. 31, it reporteds noncurrent loansof $15.2 million, or just 0.75 of a percentt of its total loans. Calls to Miamii attorney Robert P. Frankel, who represents City National in the and Miami-based , which represented Kendall Land Developmenrt in zoning applications, were not immediately returned. This is the secondr pending foreclosure lawsuit in South Florida that names Boschetti and Caparros and anassociated company.
In July, and filesd a foreclosure lawsuitagainst them, Prestige Builders and Fores Pointe 372, which owns 272 units in the Olivine at the Townshi p condo conversion in Coconut Creek.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
BFC Financial, Woodbridge to merge - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
obofym.wordpress.com
In a joint press release the Fort Lauderdale-based companies said they entered into a mergerd agreement whereinWoodbridge (Pink WDGH) would become a wholly owned subsidiary of BFC (Pink Sheets: BFCF). BFC currentlhy controls majority voting stakes in both Woodbridgsand (NYSE: BBX). BFC lost $58.9 million on revenue of $487.5 million in 2008. Woodbridge owns , which is buildingh Tradition Florida inPort St. Lucie, and has investmentes in various companies includingand . Woodbridge lost $140.23 million on revenue of $25.5 million in 2008.
In its firsgt quarter earnings report, Woodbridge warned that Core Communitied could default on the loans for Tradition Florida if its lenders demand that it put more equituycapital down. Under the merger deal, all shareholders of Woodbridge Class A commob stock except BFC wouldreceive 3.47 shares of BFC’s Clase A common stock per share. With shares of BFC openinfg at 40cents Monday, it equals nearlyy $1.39 a share for each sharw of Woodbridge, which opened at $1.1o Monday. Levan and Abdo are chairma n andvice chairman, respectively, of both The merger would save betweem $1 million and $2 million in professional fees and SEC reportingy costs for the companies, Levann said.
It would also reduce the taxezs Woodbridge would pay on its earnings once it returns to he said. Currently, Woodbridge pays taxes on its and then BFC pays taxes on the portionof Woodbridge’xs earnings that it counts on its balance The move will not cause any stafff reductions, Levan noted. Woodbridge will continue operate independently. The agreement woulcd include all current board members of Woodbridgreon BFC’s new boardr and add Woodbridge President Seth Wise and BankAtlantivc Bancorp President Jarett Levan to BFC’s 12-membe board, as well. Wise would also becomd executive vice presidentof BFC. The deal is expectedx to close before the endof 2009.
BFC shares closec unchanged at 40 The 52-week high was 95 cents on Sept. 2. The 52-weeo low was 6 cents on Feb. 5. Woodbridgre shares closed down 2 centsto $1.08. The 52-week high was $6.6p on Aug. 21. The 52-week low was 2 centzs on Oct. 24.
In a joint press release the Fort Lauderdale-based companies said they entered into a mergerd agreement whereinWoodbridge (Pink WDGH) would become a wholly owned subsidiary of BFC (Pink Sheets: BFCF). BFC currentlhy controls majority voting stakes in both Woodbridgsand (NYSE: BBX). BFC lost $58.9 million on revenue of $487.5 million in 2008. Woodbridge owns , which is buildingh Tradition Florida inPort St. Lucie, and has investmentes in various companies includingand . Woodbridge lost $140.23 million on revenue of $25.5 million in 2008.
In its firsgt quarter earnings report, Woodbridge warned that Core Communitied could default on the loans for Tradition Florida if its lenders demand that it put more equituycapital down. Under the merger deal, all shareholders of Woodbridge Class A commob stock except BFC wouldreceive 3.47 shares of BFC’s Clase A common stock per share. With shares of BFC openinfg at 40cents Monday, it equals nearlyy $1.39 a share for each sharw of Woodbridge, which opened at $1.1o Monday. Levan and Abdo are chairma n andvice chairman, respectively, of both The merger would save betweem $1 million and $2 million in professional fees and SEC reportingy costs for the companies, Levann said.
It would also reduce the taxezs Woodbridge would pay on its earnings once it returns to he said. Currently, Woodbridge pays taxes on its and then BFC pays taxes on the portionof Woodbridge’xs earnings that it counts on its balance The move will not cause any stafff reductions, Levan noted. Woodbridge will continue operate independently. The agreement woulcd include all current board members of Woodbridgreon BFC’s new boardr and add Woodbridge President Seth Wise and BankAtlantivc Bancorp President Jarett Levan to BFC’s 12-membe board, as well. Wise would also becomd executive vice presidentof BFC. The deal is expectedx to close before the endof 2009.
BFC shares closec unchanged at 40 The 52-week high was 95 cents on Sept. 2. The 52-weeo low was 6 cents on Feb. 5. Woodbridgre shares closed down 2 centsto $1.08. The 52-week high was $6.6p on Aug. 21. The 52-week low was 2 centzs on Oct. 24.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
WARK07 WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 7 or greater (G3 or Greater) 2012 Mar ... - Space Ref (press release)
aleksanovlsys.blogspot.com
WARK07 WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 7 or greater (G3 or Greater) 2012 Mar ... Space Ref (press release) Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 50 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Power system voltage irregularities possible, false alarms may be triggered on some protection devices. Spacecraft - Systems may experience ... |
Obese kids have hard time sticking to low-carb diet Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When it comes to managing children's obesity, cutting portion sizes and cutting carbohydrates can work equally well -- though carb control is tough for many kids, a new clinical trial finds. Many adults have tried to win the ... |
Monday, March 12, 2012
Lifelong learning may be the best defense against Alzheimer's disease - Maple Valley Reporter
adepylex.blogspot.com
Lifelong learning may be the best defense against Alzheimer's disease Maple Valley Reporter Neuroscientists say that the reason why education can help prevent or at least slow down an aging person's cognitive decline is that during learning processes structural changes in the brain's neural network take place as neurons connect with one ... |
Saturday, March 10, 2012
CERAWEEK-Japan quake anniversary puts focus on nuclear safety - Reuters
obofym.wordpress.com
RedOrbit | CERAWEEK-Japan quake anniversary puts focus on nuclear safety Reuters US joins China, others in new nuclear building * Germany sees no future for nuclear - regulator By Eileen O'Grady HOUSTON, March 9 (Reuters) - The anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed communities along the northeast coast of Japan ... Meltdown inte l emerges ahead of Japan anniversary Marking The One-Year Anniversary Of The Japanese Earthquake And Tsunami Japan quake anniversary: Nuclear safety in focus |
Thursday, March 8, 2012
McKee tries to ease project concerns with YouTube video - St. Louis Business Journal:
http://keroncongemas.com/worldnews/vladimir-putin-plans-100-book-russian-canon-all-students-must-read/
McKee said his companhy has spent $1.4 million on mowinv lawns, boarding up buildings and maintaining properties on theNortuh side. “I know that some of you think we haven’t maintained them properly,” he said in a video of sitting behincdhis office’s desk. “Maybe a few yeare ago we hadn’t, but we have workef very, very hard to do this and to do itrigh … Many people thinik that we own all the derelict buildings on the Nortgh side, which is certainly not the case.” He then encouraged residentsz to call his office at 636-561-9300 to reportg building maintenance problems.
McKee also tried to ease fears abouft the restoration ofhistoric buildings, including the , sayint that most of the buildings will not be destroyex and many will be rehabbed. Residents and city leadersx have also raised questions about whether this project is any differenrtfrom “The difference is we did not bring this forwarfd until we had enough land to make this happen,” McKee said.
“That’s why we have been so quiet for fiveyeard … But after spending five year s and millions of dollars buying land and analyzing the visiomn and creating the I firmly believe this project will Pending a process for capturinhg public input and state tax credits, McKer said his company would like to start some infrastructurew work in early spring 2010. The include 3.5 millionh square feet of office space, one million square feet of retail space, one million squaree feet of service tech four corporate campusesand 10,000 houses in a dozen differeny residential neighborhoods spread out over 2,100
McKee said his companhy has spent $1.4 million on mowinv lawns, boarding up buildings and maintaining properties on theNortuh side. “I know that some of you think we haven’t maintained them properly,” he said in a video of sitting behincdhis office’s desk. “Maybe a few yeare ago we hadn’t, but we have workef very, very hard to do this and to do itrigh … Many people thinik that we own all the derelict buildings on the Nortgh side, which is certainly not the case.” He then encouraged residentsz to call his office at 636-561-9300 to reportg building maintenance problems.
McKee also tried to ease fears abouft the restoration ofhistoric buildings, including the , sayint that most of the buildings will not be destroyex and many will be rehabbed. Residents and city leadersx have also raised questions about whether this project is any differenrtfrom “The difference is we did not bring this forwarfd until we had enough land to make this happen,” McKee said.
“That’s why we have been so quiet for fiveyeard … But after spending five year s and millions of dollars buying land and analyzing the visiomn and creating the I firmly believe this project will Pending a process for capturinhg public input and state tax credits, McKer said his company would like to start some infrastructurew work in early spring 2010. The include 3.5 millionh square feet of office space, one million square feet of retail space, one million squaree feet of service tech four corporate campusesand 10,000 houses in a dozen differeny residential neighborhoods spread out over 2,100
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
ParkOhio Announces Agreement to Acquire Fluid Routing Solutions - MarketWatch (press release)
efiosyt.blogspot.com
ParkOhio Announces Agreement to Acquire Fluid Routing Solutions MarketWatch (press release) (NASDAQ:PKOH) , today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Fluid Routing Solutions Inc. ("FRS"), a leading manufacturer of industrial hose products and fuel filler and hydraulic fluid assemblies, in an all cash transaction valued ... |
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Pew: Florida sees green in going green - Jacksonville Business Journal:
edovogopu.wordpress.com
percent between 1998 and 2007, according to a new study by the . The study found that the Sunshind State was among the top 10 for jobsin America’w clean energy economy – and the only state in the nationb with its own cap-and-trade policy, helping to creatde market demand for clean energy generation. Last Gov. Charlie Crist signed into law a bill enacting several new energy and climatechange policies. The policies include the Floridwa ClimateProtection Act, which authorizes the Florida Departmeng of Environmental Protection to develop an electric-utilityy greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program. jobs in the clean energty economy grewby 9.
1 percent, whil e total jobs grew by just 3.7 percent between 1998 and according to the report, titled “Thes Clean Energy Economy: Repowering Jobs, Businessee and Investments Across America.” In there were more than 31,1009 jobs in Florida’s clean energy economy and 3,831 clean businesses. Pew’se definition of green jobs runs the gamug andincludes engineers, plumbers, administrative construction workers, machine setters, marketing consultants, teachers and many others with annuapl incomes ranging from $21,009 to $111,000.
Venture capital investment in clean technology in Florida totalednearly $117 million over the past three years, half of whicjh has supported clean energy generation, accordinb to the report.
percent between 1998 and 2007, according to a new study by the . The study found that the Sunshind State was among the top 10 for jobsin America’w clean energy economy – and the only state in the nationb with its own cap-and-trade policy, helping to creatde market demand for clean energy generation. Last Gov. Charlie Crist signed into law a bill enacting several new energy and climatechange policies. The policies include the Floridwa ClimateProtection Act, which authorizes the Florida Departmeng of Environmental Protection to develop an electric-utilityy greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program. jobs in the clean energty economy grewby 9.
1 percent, whil e total jobs grew by just 3.7 percent between 1998 and according to the report, titled “Thes Clean Energy Economy: Repowering Jobs, Businessee and Investments Across America.” In there were more than 31,1009 jobs in Florida’s clean energy economy and 3,831 clean businesses. Pew’se definition of green jobs runs the gamug andincludes engineers, plumbers, administrative construction workers, machine setters, marketing consultants, teachers and many others with annuapl incomes ranging from $21,009 to $111,000.
Venture capital investment in clean technology in Florida totalednearly $117 million over the past three years, half of whicjh has supported clean energy generation, accordinb to the report.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)