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Democratic Senator Tony Hill received a gradeeof 63, down 37 points from his perfect scor e in 2008. Scores from both Republicanj Senators Jim King and Steve Wise improvedsin 2009. King scored a perfecy 100, up from last year’s B and Wise inched up from an 81 last year to a gradesof 82. Scores for memberz of the Florida House of Representatives weregenerallgy lower, though Republicans Jennifer Carroll and Lake Ray earnecd perfect scores of 100. Republican Charle s McBurney scored a 95 whiler Democrat Audrey Gibson earneda 56, down from last year’xs 77. Democrat Mia Jones had the lowestt score in the area of with a graddeof 35.
Also earning perfec t scores were Republicans Janet Adkinse ofFernandina Beach, Ronald "Doc" Renuart of Ponte Vedra Bill Proctor of St. Augustine and Michael Weinstein ofOranges Park. Charles Van Zant of Palatka scorexda 93. The grade earned by a legislator is calculated by dividingf the total number of times a legislator votexd in support ofthe chamber’s position by the total number of times a legislatot cast a vote on issuez outlined in the agenda. Votes after roll call and missedx votes are not factore intoa legislator’s score, while votesa on certain issues are double-weighted. Grades can also be lowereed if a legislator files a bill attacking thebusinesa climate.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Florida Gators' Trey Burton a triple threat - MiamiHerald.com
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MiamiHerald.com | Florida Gators' Trey Burton a triple threat MiamiHerald.com Trey Burton's record-setting six touchdowns against Kentucky exposed him as UF's newest multipurpose weapon. Florida's Trey Burton (8) goes through the ... |
Monday, September 27, 2010
Bankrupt GM owes Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Maritz millions - St. Louis Business Journal:
http://rethinkentertainment.com/productiondevelopment/getouttatownseasonii.html
billion in revenue in 2008. GM had promised to buy back $33 million in vehicles from Enterprise as part of a repurchaseragreement that's similar to a lease, said Christy a spokeswoman for Enterprise. "We have a good workingg relationship with GM and have receiver assurances that the manufacturer will hono rthe agreement," she GM also owes Maritz Inc. in Fentob more than $25.6 million, according to the GM hirex Maritz to perform customer satisfactiobn researchand surveys, as well as trainingb for dealers to boost customer Maritz also provides event and incentive programsd for GM.
"Maritz leadership has been in closew contact with GM throughout its reorganization planning saidBeth Rusert, a spokeswoman for "We believe the relationship will continue." Maritzx also performs work for , whichu in April. Maritz continues to receive paymentsxfrom Chrysler, Rusert Maritz, a family-owned sales and marketing services companu in Fenton, reported $1.49 billionm in revenue in 2008. GM, which makes Chevrole Express and GMC Savana vansin Wentzville, listed $173 billion in liabilitiesd and $82 billion in assets in its bankruptcy filing.
billion in revenue in 2008. GM had promised to buy back $33 million in vehicles from Enterprise as part of a repurchaseragreement that's similar to a lease, said Christy a spokeswoman for Enterprise. "We have a good workingg relationship with GM and have receiver assurances that the manufacturer will hono rthe agreement," she GM also owes Maritz Inc. in Fentob more than $25.6 million, according to the GM hirex Maritz to perform customer satisfactiobn researchand surveys, as well as trainingb for dealers to boost customer Maritz also provides event and incentive programsd for GM.
"Maritz leadership has been in closew contact with GM throughout its reorganization planning saidBeth Rusert, a spokeswoman for "We believe the relationship will continue." Maritzx also performs work for , whichu in April. Maritz continues to receive paymentsxfrom Chrysler, Rusert Maritz, a family-owned sales and marketing services companu in Fenton, reported $1.49 billionm in revenue in 2008. GM, which makes Chevrole Express and GMC Savana vansin Wentzville, listed $173 billion in liabilitiesd and $82 billion in assets in its bankruptcy filing.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Human Capital: People on the move, July 6 - Kansas City Business Journal:
http://www.maslakulhuda.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=28
LLC , a Boston-based independent investmenty advisory firm serving high net worth individuals and hired Todd Silvermanas director, wealth Prior to joining Siharum, Silverman was senior vice presiden at Kobren Insight Management . , a clinicall affiliate of providing community-based health appointed Rachel Kleiman-Wexler director of Kleiman-Wexler, who has more than 30 yeard ofprofessional experience, most recently served as directorf of pharmacy at in Webster. 451 Marketing in Bostonn added Marija Hamed as new mediaqmarketing manager.
Prior to joining 451 Hamed was responsible for developingg and managing socialmedia campaigns, and producing graphic design and generalk Web content for numerous B2B and B2C , a Boston-based appointed Susan Stendahl chief development Stendahl most recently served as the director of developmenrt at .
LLC , a Boston-based independent investmenty advisory firm serving high net worth individuals and hired Todd Silvermanas director, wealth Prior to joining Siharum, Silverman was senior vice presiden at Kobren Insight Management . , a clinicall affiliate of providing community-based health appointed Rachel Kleiman-Wexler director of Kleiman-Wexler, who has more than 30 yeard ofprofessional experience, most recently served as directorf of pharmacy at in Webster. 451 Marketing in Bostonn added Marija Hamed as new mediaqmarketing manager.
Prior to joining 451 Hamed was responsible for developingg and managing socialmedia campaigns, and producing graphic design and generalk Web content for numerous B2B and B2C , a Boston-based appointed Susan Stendahl chief development Stendahl most recently served as the director of developmenrt at .
Friday, September 24, 2010
Developer behind Corazon, Tartan Fields files for bankruptcy - Business First of Columbus:
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Anderson, who also developedd the in 1997 andin 2000, filed for a Chapter 7 liquidationm of debts in Bankruptcy Court in He told Columbus Busineses First that he hopes the filing will end what has been a difficulft few years during which investors in Corazom lost millions of dollars, the golf courseas he shepherded fell into financiapl hardship, and he went throughg a medical crisis. Despite the problemds at his high-profile Anderson said the threeare high-end facilities that can rebounr under better economic circumstances. “We’re very proud of those threde amenities,” he said.
“We did everything we couled possibly do togive (those) products and amenitiews everything they could to succeed.” The private Tartan Fields countrhy club was placed into receivership June 1 afted allegedly defaulting on a loan with . GE Capital was preparinhg to put the public Golf Club of Dublibn into receivershipas well, but investors in that coursse pre-empted it by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptch protection June 11. Both courses remain Columbus lawyer A.C. Strip, who representz Tartan Fields receiver , attributed their financial problems to accumulated debt and the general decline in Stripsaid Anderson’s bankruptcy should not affect what happenxs at either course.
The timinfg of GE Capital’s moves against the courses Andersonh developed, coming shortly after he filed for appears to bea coincidence, Strip and Anderson said. Anderson sold his stakeds in both coursesin 2007. Anderson said the root of his financiall problems isat Corazon, a projectf designed to resemble a Tuscan retreaft on 13 acres on Dublin’s northwest side. From the the stars seemed aligned against theupscalse compound.
It was scheduled to open in Januaryg 2007 at a costof $17 million, but it wasn’t completed until that July after cost overrunsw pushed its price above $20 Contractors placed liens against the property, and which were to be marketed to homeownerzs in the nearby Tartan West development, neverf materialized as planned. “Tom is a great but he is a developer could have benefited by someone controlling his saidBret Adams, a partner at Columbue law firm and an investor in Corazonn and both golf courses. “There was never a cost relationshio directly related to his Adams saidthe 58,000-square-foot, three-story spa probably could have been completed for half its cost.
Designb changes that ran up costas contributed tothe club’s problems. Still, Adams said investoras remained passive and never made any attempt to keepcostse down. Anderson bankrolled the project with help from investord attracted to hisvision – a grouop that included George Karl, head coach of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets; former CEO John Schuessler; and Franmk Kass, chairman of , a major developer in Centrall Ohio. Anderson’s bankruptcy filing lists all three as investorsa to whom he owes an undisclosed amountof money.
“Whenm Corazon the concept was created, you wouldc look at the initial success of Tartan Fields and the Golf Club of Dubli n and you would say the sky is the limittin Dublin,” Adams “I think a lot of us were mesmerized by what was goingt on, and anyone that would have visitedr and seen the financials would have said at that time it was a home run. “I f you look at the same materialsx today, there wouldn’t be one of the Corazon investors that would take aseconx look,” Adams said. Corazon was relyin on memberships presold through homebuilderws in the TartanWest community.
But when the housingv bubble burst and theeconomty slowed, those home sales never materialized, Anderson said. “Seconc guessing and hindsight are always very good learning tools, but I never had a scenarip planned for what happens if no homes were Anderson said. “If I were going back to do it all over I could have just built the athletic facility or just buil tin phases.” Anderson said he did everythingg he could to make Corazon successful. When contractors filed liens against the property in fall Anderson sold his stake in Tartan Fieldws to put cashinto Corazon. “In the middle of all this, I had a stroke and two majorf surgeries,” he said.
“To say I gave everything to Corazon isan understatement.” Corazon ran out of cash and close d in October. In December, creditors reopened it as the Tartan Athletic Club and have put the property up for sale with a list pricerof $9.9 million. When Corazomn failed, Anderson was responsible because he personally guaranteesd most ofthe club’s Bankruptcy court records list his liabilitiew at nearly $16.9 million, but Andersonb said future amendments to the filinfg will likely raise that to about $19 million. Courtt papers list Anderson’s assets at $37,040, composed primarilh of household goods, insurance policies and a retiremenf account.
“I sold my interest in everything that had any he said. Anderson’s bankruptcy filing indicated he sold two Tartan West propertiezs last year for morethan $672,000, and sold ownership intereste in development companies in exchangse for debt forgiveness. His filing lists no real estate though property records show a home on Coventry Road in Upper Arlington ownedby Anderson’s Michelle, that is valued at nearlu $937,000.
Anderson said he and his wife are planningy to sell the house to payoff
Anderson, who also developedd the in 1997 andin 2000, filed for a Chapter 7 liquidationm of debts in Bankruptcy Court in He told Columbus Busineses First that he hopes the filing will end what has been a difficulft few years during which investors in Corazom lost millions of dollars, the golf courseas he shepherded fell into financiapl hardship, and he went throughg a medical crisis. Despite the problemds at his high-profile Anderson said the threeare high-end facilities that can rebounr under better economic circumstances. “We’re very proud of those threde amenities,” he said.
“We did everything we couled possibly do togive (those) products and amenitiews everything they could to succeed.” The private Tartan Fields countrhy club was placed into receivership June 1 afted allegedly defaulting on a loan with . GE Capital was preparinhg to put the public Golf Club of Dublibn into receivershipas well, but investors in that coursse pre-empted it by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptch protection June 11. Both courses remain Columbus lawyer A.C. Strip, who representz Tartan Fields receiver , attributed their financial problems to accumulated debt and the general decline in Stripsaid Anderson’s bankruptcy should not affect what happenxs at either course.
The timinfg of GE Capital’s moves against the courses Andersonh developed, coming shortly after he filed for appears to bea coincidence, Strip and Anderson said. Anderson sold his stakeds in both coursesin 2007. Anderson said the root of his financiall problems isat Corazon, a projectf designed to resemble a Tuscan retreaft on 13 acres on Dublin’s northwest side. From the the stars seemed aligned against theupscalse compound.
It was scheduled to open in Januaryg 2007 at a costof $17 million, but it wasn’t completed until that July after cost overrunsw pushed its price above $20 Contractors placed liens against the property, and which were to be marketed to homeownerzs in the nearby Tartan West development, neverf materialized as planned. “Tom is a great but he is a developer could have benefited by someone controlling his saidBret Adams, a partner at Columbue law firm and an investor in Corazonn and both golf courses. “There was never a cost relationshio directly related to his Adams saidthe 58,000-square-foot, three-story spa probably could have been completed for half its cost.
Designb changes that ran up costas contributed tothe club’s problems. Still, Adams said investoras remained passive and never made any attempt to keepcostse down. Anderson bankrolled the project with help from investord attracted to hisvision – a grouop that included George Karl, head coach of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets; former CEO John Schuessler; and Franmk Kass, chairman of , a major developer in Centrall Ohio. Anderson’s bankruptcy filing lists all three as investorsa to whom he owes an undisclosed amountof money.
“Whenm Corazon the concept was created, you wouldc look at the initial success of Tartan Fields and the Golf Club of Dubli n and you would say the sky is the limittin Dublin,” Adams “I think a lot of us were mesmerized by what was goingt on, and anyone that would have visitedr and seen the financials would have said at that time it was a home run. “I f you look at the same materialsx today, there wouldn’t be one of the Corazon investors that would take aseconx look,” Adams said. Corazon was relyin on memberships presold through homebuilderws in the TartanWest community.
But when the housingv bubble burst and theeconomty slowed, those home sales never materialized, Anderson said. “Seconc guessing and hindsight are always very good learning tools, but I never had a scenarip planned for what happens if no homes were Anderson said. “If I were going back to do it all over I could have just built the athletic facility or just buil tin phases.” Anderson said he did everythingg he could to make Corazon successful. When contractors filed liens against the property in fall Anderson sold his stake in Tartan Fieldws to put cashinto Corazon. “In the middle of all this, I had a stroke and two majorf surgeries,” he said.
“To say I gave everything to Corazon isan understatement.” Corazon ran out of cash and close d in October. In December, creditors reopened it as the Tartan Athletic Club and have put the property up for sale with a list pricerof $9.9 million. When Corazomn failed, Anderson was responsible because he personally guaranteesd most ofthe club’s Bankruptcy court records list his liabilitiew at nearly $16.9 million, but Andersonb said future amendments to the filinfg will likely raise that to about $19 million. Courtt papers list Anderson’s assets at $37,040, composed primarilh of household goods, insurance policies and a retiremenf account.
“I sold my interest in everything that had any he said. Anderson’s bankruptcy filing indicated he sold two Tartan West propertiezs last year for morethan $672,000, and sold ownership intereste in development companies in exchangse for debt forgiveness. His filing lists no real estate though property records show a home on Coventry Road in Upper Arlington ownedby Anderson’s Michelle, that is valued at nearlu $937,000.
Anderson said he and his wife are planningy to sell the house to payoff
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Strickland signs 2nd interim budget - Nashville Business Journal:
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Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on Tuesday signedc a second interim budget to continue state operations from Wednesday throughuJuly 14. The new interim budgett comes after a first one was put in placed to cover operations fromJuly 1, the firsy day of the new two-year budget cycle, through Tuesday. The seven-day interim budget comes as Strickland and stat e Senate Republicans remain at an impasses overthe governor’s proposal to generatre an estimated $933 million over two years by installing video slot machiness at seven horse racing tracks in Ohio. That’s part of a largefr effort to pluga $3.
2 billion budgeyt hole that remains to be close as both sides hurl accusations of partisahn power-playing. Strickland has said he’s reluctantly signing the interim budgetsa and raised questions Tuesdaty afternoon about putting a third interim spendingv planin place. “I’m not sure we can continuwe tofund everything,” Strickland telling reporters the state is widening its budget gap by an estimated $13.
8 millioj a week under the interim The interim budgets generallty provide services tied to the state’s General Revenue Fund with an allocation at abouft 70 percent of last year’s funding which legislators have said is roughlgy in line with proposed cuts under the new That funding level, Strickland said, also sends money to services that will either be reduceds or eliminated under a revisedr budget framework. Senate President Bill Harris, on Tuesday offered up a to take the slots proposalk before voters in November through a constitutionalo amendment but Strickland rejectedthe idea.
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on Tuesday signedc a second interim budget to continue state operations from Wednesday throughuJuly 14. The new interim budgett comes after a first one was put in placed to cover operations fromJuly 1, the firsy day of the new two-year budget cycle, through Tuesday. The seven-day interim budget comes as Strickland and stat e Senate Republicans remain at an impasses overthe governor’s proposal to generatre an estimated $933 million over two years by installing video slot machiness at seven horse racing tracks in Ohio. That’s part of a largefr effort to pluga $3.
2 billion budgeyt hole that remains to be close as both sides hurl accusations of partisahn power-playing. Strickland has said he’s reluctantly signing the interim budgetsa and raised questions Tuesdaty afternoon about putting a third interim spendingv planin place. “I’m not sure we can continuwe tofund everything,” Strickland telling reporters the state is widening its budget gap by an estimated $13.
8 millioj a week under the interim The interim budgets generallty provide services tied to the state’s General Revenue Fund with an allocation at abouft 70 percent of last year’s funding which legislators have said is roughlgy in line with proposed cuts under the new That funding level, Strickland said, also sends money to services that will either be reduceds or eliminated under a revisedr budget framework. Senate President Bill Harris, on Tuesday offered up a to take the slots proposalk before voters in November through a constitutionalo amendment but Strickland rejectedthe idea.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Underweight and Extremely Obese Die Earlier Than People of Normal Weight, Study Finds
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June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Underweight peoples and those who are extremely obesse die earlier than people of normalkweight - but those who are overweight actually live longed than people of normal Those are the findings of a new study publishedf online in Obesity by researchers at Statistics Kaiser Permanente Center for Healthn Research, Portland State University, Oregon Health Science University, and McGill University.
(Photo: (Photo: "It'se not surprising that extreme underweight and extreme obesity increase the riskof dying, but it is surprising that carrying a littld extra weight may give people a longevity advantage, said , PhD, coauthor of the study and seniotr investigator for the Kaiser Permanentes Center for Health Research. "It may be that a few extr pounds actually protect older people as theirhealth declines, but that doesn'tt mean that people in the normal weight ranger should try to put on a few pounds, said , DrPH, coauthor and Professor of Communityu Health at Portland State University.
"Our study only looked at mortality, not at qualit of life, and there are many negative health consequencese associatedwith obesity, including high blood pressure, high and diabetes." "Good health is more than a BMI or a numberd on a scale. We know that peopled who choose a healthy lifestyle enjogbetter health: good food choices, beinvg physically active everyday, managing stress, and keeping blood cholesterol, and blood sugar levels in check," said MD, a weighf management specialist with Kaiser Permanente' s Care Management Institute. The study examined the relationshipl between body mass index and deathamong 11,326 adultw in Canada over a 12-yeard period.
(BMI uses height and weight to estimatsebody fat.) Researchers found that underweight peopled had the highest risk of dying, and the extremely obese had the secondc highest risk. Overweight people had a lower risk of dyinf than those ofnormal weight. This is the firsft large Canadian study to show that peopls who are overweight may actually live longer than those of normal Anearlier study, conducted in the United Statez and published in 2005 in the Journalp of the American Medical showed similar results. For this study, researchers used data from the Nationak Population Health Survey conductex by Statistics Canada everyhtwo years.
During the study from 1994/1995 through 2006/2007, underweight peopl were 70 percent more likely than people of normal weigh tto die, and extremelyy obese people were 36 percentf more likely to die. But overweight individuals were 17 percen less likelyto die. The relative risk for obese people was nearly the same as for people of normal The authors controlled for factors suchas age, sex, physical and smoking. The study was fundedf by grants from the Nationapl Instituteon Aging, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidnehy Diseases and the Canadian Embassgy in Washington D.C.
Authors include: , PhD, Statistics JM Berthelot, Canadian Institute for Healtyh Information andMcGill University; , Portland State University; , PhD, Kaise r Permanente Center for Health Bentson H. McFarland , MD, PhD, Oregon Health & Scienc University and , PhD, McGill University. If you want to know more abourt health risks related to your weightand BMI, ask your doctot or get more information at kp.org/weight. About the Kaiser Permanente Centere for HealthResearch ( Kaised Permanente's Center for Healthn Research, founded in 1964, is a nonprofit research institution dedicated to advancing knowledge to improves health. It has research sites in Ore.
, Honolulu, Hawaii and Kaiser Permanente is committed to helping shapes the future ofhealth care. We are recognizedr as one of America's leading health care provideresand not-for-profit health plans. Foundedf in 1945, our mission is to provid high-quality, affordable health care services to improve the health of our memberz and the communities we We currentlyserve 8.6 million membersd in nine states and the District of Care for members and patients is focused on theirf total health and guided by theirr personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers.
Our expert and caring medicapl teams are empowered and supportedby industry-leadin technology advances and tools for health disease prevention, state-of-the art care delivery and world-class chronic diseasw management. Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to care clinical research, health education and the support of communitt health. For more information, go to: . Portlanf State University (PSU) serves as a center of opportunitu forover 27,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The University'd innovative approach to educatioj combines academic rigor in the classroomwith field-baseed experiences through internships and classrooj projects with community partners.
The University'd 47-acre downtown campus exhibits Portland State'es commitment to sustainability with green while many of the125 master's and doctoral degrees incorporated sustainability into the curriculum.
June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Underweight peoples and those who are extremely obesse die earlier than people of normalkweight - but those who are overweight actually live longed than people of normal Those are the findings of a new study publishedf online in Obesity by researchers at Statistics Kaiser Permanente Center for Healthn Research, Portland State University, Oregon Health Science University, and McGill University.
(Photo: (Photo: "It'se not surprising that extreme underweight and extreme obesity increase the riskof dying, but it is surprising that carrying a littld extra weight may give people a longevity advantage, said , PhD, coauthor of the study and seniotr investigator for the Kaiser Permanentes Center for Health Research. "It may be that a few extr pounds actually protect older people as theirhealth declines, but that doesn'tt mean that people in the normal weight ranger should try to put on a few pounds, said , DrPH, coauthor and Professor of Communityu Health at Portland State University.
"Our study only looked at mortality, not at qualit of life, and there are many negative health consequencese associatedwith obesity, including high blood pressure, high and diabetes." "Good health is more than a BMI or a numberd on a scale. We know that peopled who choose a healthy lifestyle enjogbetter health: good food choices, beinvg physically active everyday, managing stress, and keeping blood cholesterol, and blood sugar levels in check," said MD, a weighf management specialist with Kaiser Permanente' s Care Management Institute. The study examined the relationshipl between body mass index and deathamong 11,326 adultw in Canada over a 12-yeard period.
(BMI uses height and weight to estimatsebody fat.) Researchers found that underweight peopled had the highest risk of dying, and the extremely obese had the secondc highest risk. Overweight people had a lower risk of dyinf than those ofnormal weight. This is the firsft large Canadian study to show that peopls who are overweight may actually live longer than those of normal Anearlier study, conducted in the United Statez and published in 2005 in the Journalp of the American Medical showed similar results. For this study, researchers used data from the Nationak Population Health Survey conductex by Statistics Canada everyhtwo years.
During the study from 1994/1995 through 2006/2007, underweight peopl were 70 percent more likely than people of normal weigh tto die, and extremelyy obese people were 36 percentf more likely to die. But overweight individuals were 17 percen less likelyto die. The relative risk for obese people was nearly the same as for people of normal The authors controlled for factors suchas age, sex, physical and smoking. The study was fundedf by grants from the Nationapl Instituteon Aging, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidnehy Diseases and the Canadian Embassgy in Washington D.C.
Authors include: , PhD, Statistics JM Berthelot, Canadian Institute for Healtyh Information andMcGill University; , Portland State University; , PhD, Kaise r Permanente Center for Health Bentson H. McFarland , MD, PhD, Oregon Health & Scienc University and , PhD, McGill University. If you want to know more abourt health risks related to your weightand BMI, ask your doctot or get more information at kp.org/weight. About the Kaiser Permanente Centere for HealthResearch ( Kaised Permanente's Center for Healthn Research, founded in 1964, is a nonprofit research institution dedicated to advancing knowledge to improves health. It has research sites in Ore.
, Honolulu, Hawaii and Kaiser Permanente is committed to helping shapes the future ofhealth care. We are recognizedr as one of America's leading health care provideresand not-for-profit health plans. Foundedf in 1945, our mission is to provid high-quality, affordable health care services to improve the health of our memberz and the communities we We currentlyserve 8.6 million membersd in nine states and the District of Care for members and patients is focused on theirf total health and guided by theirr personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers.
Our expert and caring medicapl teams are empowered and supportedby industry-leadin technology advances and tools for health disease prevention, state-of-the art care delivery and world-class chronic diseasw management. Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to care clinical research, health education and the support of communitt health. For more information, go to: . Portlanf State University (PSU) serves as a center of opportunitu forover 27,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The University'd innovative approach to educatioj combines academic rigor in the classroomwith field-baseed experiences through internships and classrooj projects with community partners.
The University'd 47-acre downtown campus exhibits Portland State'es commitment to sustainability with green while many of the125 master's and doctoral degrees incorporated sustainability into the curriculum.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Ford will stop Claycomo F-150 production for a week - Charlotte Business Journal:
http://www.fuzzysplace.com/article/Real-Estate-Industry-Owes-Zillow-Debt-Of-Thanks.html
The UAW Local 249 posted the informationb in a newsletter on its Web Local 249 Vice Presidenr Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the informationis accurate. The production stoppage comes a week before an alreadyscheduled one-week summer break for the entire plant starting June 29, a Localo 249 spokeswoman said. The plant also is schedulef for a summer breakk during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percenr from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percent from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Locap 249 said the slight increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford F) to cancel the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-15p truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacf at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “This is partiall y due to depleted funds forthe state’es Division of Unemployment in making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an option,” the Locakl 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 addexd that sales projections continue to be less than the five shiftss at the two truck plants can producr if they work full time through the 2010production year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomo and threerin Dearborn. Wyse said Ford is considering once agaih moving a shift fromthe F-150 side of the Kansaas City Assembly Plant and puttingy them to work on the SUV side.
However, nothing has been determineds so far, he said. A year ago, Ford moved aboutf 800 workers from a second shift onthe F-1509 side of the Kansas City plant to a thirdc shift on the SUV side. The employees were moved back tothe F-150p side on Jan. 12. Ford Escape sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,5967 in April but down 7.2 percentt from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansae City Assembly Plant also produced the Mercury Mariner and hybrid versions of the Ford Escape andMercuryy Mariner. Combined sales of hybrid versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reachede 3,906 in May, a new compant record.
The old sales record of 3,42 hybrid vehicles was set in April 2006. As of May, Ford’sx Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomp hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried employees.
The UAW Local 249 posted the informationb in a newsletter on its Web Local 249 Vice Presidenr Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the informationis accurate. The production stoppage comes a week before an alreadyscheduled one-week summer break for the entire plant starting June 29, a Localo 249 spokeswoman said. The plant also is schedulef for a summer breakk during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-series trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percenr from 28,757 in April but down 22.3 percent from 42,973 in May 2008. UAW Locap 249 said the slight increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford F) to cancel the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-15p truck plant in Dearborn, Mich.
, but the down week was left intacf at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. “This is partiall y due to depleted funds forthe state’es Division of Unemployment in making down weeks at (Dearborn) less of an option,” the Locakl 249 said in the newsletter. Local 249 addexd that sales projections continue to be less than the five shiftss at the two truck plants can producr if they work full time through the 2010production year. Ford runs two shifts at Claycomo and threerin Dearborn. Wyse said Ford is considering once agaih moving a shift fromthe F-150 side of the Kansaas City Assembly Plant and puttingy them to work on the SUV side.
However, nothing has been determineds so far, he said. A year ago, Ford moved aboutf 800 workers from a second shift onthe F-1509 side of the Kansas City plant to a thirdc shift on the SUV side. The employees were moved back tothe F-150p side on Jan. 12. Ford Escape sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,5967 in April but down 7.2 percentt from 17,667 in May 2008. The Kansae City Assembly Plant also produced the Mercury Mariner and hybrid versions of the Ford Escape andMercuryy Mariner. Combined sales of hybrid versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner reachede 3,906 in May, a new compant record.
The old sales record of 3,42 hybrid vehicles was set in April 2006. As of May, Ford’sx Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomp hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salaried employees.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
IBC 2010: Portable DDRs, Maturing 3D and Moving Metadata to the Cloud - Studio Daily
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Friday, September 17, 2010
City tweets to curb tourist drop-off - Nashville Business Journal:
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Hotel consultant Drew Dimond expects hotels in Greater Nashville to see occupancy plummet 15 percenf to 20 percent fromlast year’s levels. But the is battlinfg the decline, in hopes of keeping any occupancy drop-off belo 5 percent. Bureau staff is Twittering, Facebooking and sendinyg out e-blasts to announce free stuff to do, last-minutw travel deals, CMA Music Festivapl updates andattractions specials. “Wd certainly don’t think it’s going to be some great saysButch Spyridon, president of the visitora bureau.
“If we were flat to last year, I’d be I expect that we will be down Spyridon hopes the value of Nashville will draw visitors becausse ofthe city’s wealth of live, around-the-clock music. has brought back its free music poolsidr and isoffering “kids eat inside the hotel for the first time this summer. “At every we’re creating events, promoting and marketing and adding extra valuewith events,” Spyridon says, such as offering flight-hoteo packages when touted $49 flights to Nashville duringv a one-day sale in April.
The Nashvillre Symphony has half-price tickets for select shows, the Country Music Hall of Fame has been givinygout $5 off couponxs through June 7, and Gaylorcd is offering four-night hotel and attractions packages at 40 percenrt off. Keith Wright, president of the , says attractions are sweeteningg discounts this summer and focusing onthe drive-in market. “Regionao tourism has become extremelyy importantto us, and we are marketing more to that he says. Nashville’s biggest months for tourism are June and mainly because of the CMA Musicf Festival thatpumps $25 million into the city ever June.
Officials at the would not say how tickeg sales are going forthis summer’s festival, whichh kicks off next October is a popular convention month becausr of the fall weather. Nashville tourismm has been hit inrecent months. In April, the averagw nightly hotel ratedropped 6.3 percent to $92.84 from $99.05 in the same month last according to Smith Travep Research in Hendersonville. Hotel occupancy plunged 15 percenty in Aprilto 56.9 percent, down from 67 percentr a year ago. Revenued per available room, a key metricf for hoteliers, was down 20.5 percent in April. The amouny of attendees for booked conventiones this summer is down abouy 24 percent fromlast year.
Nashville’s hospitality industry, however, is outperformingt much of the rest ofthe country. For the firsy quarter of 2009, Nashville’s average dailgy rate dropped 4.5 percent. Only five cities did and 19 of the top 25 marketsadid worse. The decline in hotel tax collectionzs is greater than the drop in which shows tourists are coming but choosingy lessexpensive hotels, says Walt Baker, executive directord of the . Nashville’s hotel occupancyy dropped 11.6 percent in the first quarter compared to the year a drop that registered eighthg best among thetop 25. Travel has continuedr to descend atthe , nearin g 2005 levels, says airport spokeswoma n Emily Richards.
Passenger counta were down 9.5 percent in Aprikl as compared to theyear before, and down 9.3 percent in the first four months of the year.
Hotel consultant Drew Dimond expects hotels in Greater Nashville to see occupancy plummet 15 percenf to 20 percent fromlast year’s levels. But the is battlinfg the decline, in hopes of keeping any occupancy drop-off belo 5 percent. Bureau staff is Twittering, Facebooking and sendinyg out e-blasts to announce free stuff to do, last-minutw travel deals, CMA Music Festivapl updates andattractions specials. “Wd certainly don’t think it’s going to be some great saysButch Spyridon, president of the visitora bureau.
“If we were flat to last year, I’d be I expect that we will be down Spyridon hopes the value of Nashville will draw visitors becausse ofthe city’s wealth of live, around-the-clock music. has brought back its free music poolsidr and isoffering “kids eat inside the hotel for the first time this summer. “At every we’re creating events, promoting and marketing and adding extra valuewith events,” Spyridon says, such as offering flight-hoteo packages when touted $49 flights to Nashville duringv a one-day sale in April.
The Nashvillre Symphony has half-price tickets for select shows, the Country Music Hall of Fame has been givinygout $5 off couponxs through June 7, and Gaylorcd is offering four-night hotel and attractions packages at 40 percenrt off. Keith Wright, president of the , says attractions are sweeteningg discounts this summer and focusing onthe drive-in market. “Regionao tourism has become extremelyy importantto us, and we are marketing more to that he says. Nashville’s biggest months for tourism are June and mainly because of the CMA Musicf Festival thatpumps $25 million into the city ever June.
Officials at the would not say how tickeg sales are going forthis summer’s festival, whichh kicks off next October is a popular convention month becausr of the fall weather. Nashville tourismm has been hit inrecent months. In April, the averagw nightly hotel ratedropped 6.3 percent to $92.84 from $99.05 in the same month last according to Smith Travep Research in Hendersonville. Hotel occupancy plunged 15 percenty in Aprilto 56.9 percent, down from 67 percentr a year ago. Revenued per available room, a key metricf for hoteliers, was down 20.5 percent in April. The amouny of attendees for booked conventiones this summer is down abouy 24 percent fromlast year.
Nashville’s hospitality industry, however, is outperformingt much of the rest ofthe country. For the firsy quarter of 2009, Nashville’s average dailgy rate dropped 4.5 percent. Only five cities did and 19 of the top 25 marketsadid worse. The decline in hotel tax collectionzs is greater than the drop in which shows tourists are coming but choosingy lessexpensive hotels, says Walt Baker, executive directord of the . Nashville’s hotel occupancyy dropped 11.6 percent in the first quarter compared to the year a drop that registered eighthg best among thetop 25. Travel has continuedr to descend atthe , nearin g 2005 levels, says airport spokeswoma n Emily Richards.
Passenger counta were down 9.5 percent in Aprikl as compared to theyear before, and down 9.3 percent in the first four months of the year.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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The biggest loss was recordedeby , headquartered in Minneapolis, lost $14.4 million in the first quarter, accordingv to results released by the U.S. Bancorp had the best quarter. here. Minnesota’s banks earnex $102 million in the first quarter, compared to the first quarterd of 2008 when theyearned $290 according to numbers released Wednesdagy by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The state’s 408 FDIC-insuredc commercial banks earned $475 million in the fourth quarterof 2008. "Man y banks are ridding themselves of troubled loand in order to be in a good position to makea recovery, in parallel with the economy," said Joe president and CEO of the .
"Whejn you compare banks, the economy, unemployment ... with a year ago at this thingsobviously aren't as good. We weren'tg in as deep of a recession a year ago as we are The quality of loans heldby Minnesota’d banks continued to decline. Net charge-offas as a percentage of total loans and leaseewere .94 percent, compared to .74 percent in the fourtu quarter of 2008 and .48 percenrt in the first quarter of last year. Noncurrent loans and loans as a percentagwe of total loans and leases was nearlt3 percent, compared to 2.6 percent in the fourth quartetr of 2008 and 1.5 percent in the first quartedr of last year.
Minnesota banks have increasedx their lending about 1 percentr between the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter ofthis year. However, lending is stilo down year-over-year: total loans and leases by Minnesotaw banks for the firs quarter of 2009was $54.2 million compared to $80 millio for the same period last "Banks are being more careful about lendingh as a whole, but customersa are also borrowing less, as well," Witt "Unemployment is much higher than it was [in firsf quarter 2008], which means not as many peoplr have jobs or may qualify to borrow.
Minnesota banks are lending toqualifiecd customers, however, which is reflected in the 1 percenty increase in lending between [fourth quarter and [first quarter 2009]. To have lendin g go up at any rate in a recession isquited impressive. What that tells me is that Minnesota banks have moneto lend."
The biggest loss was recordedeby , headquartered in Minneapolis, lost $14.4 million in the first quarter, accordingv to results released by the U.S. Bancorp had the best quarter. here. Minnesota’s banks earnex $102 million in the first quarter, compared to the first quarterd of 2008 when theyearned $290 according to numbers released Wednesdagy by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The state’s 408 FDIC-insuredc commercial banks earned $475 million in the fourth quarterof 2008. "Man y banks are ridding themselves of troubled loand in order to be in a good position to makea recovery, in parallel with the economy," said Joe president and CEO of the .
"Whejn you compare banks, the economy, unemployment ... with a year ago at this thingsobviously aren't as good. We weren'tg in as deep of a recession a year ago as we are The quality of loans heldby Minnesota’d banks continued to decline. Net charge-offas as a percentage of total loans and leaseewere .94 percent, compared to .74 percent in the fourtu quarter of 2008 and .48 percenrt in the first quarter of last year. Noncurrent loans and loans as a percentagwe of total loans and leases was nearlt3 percent, compared to 2.6 percent in the fourth quartetr of 2008 and 1.5 percent in the first quartedr of last year.
Minnesota banks have increasedx their lending about 1 percentr between the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter ofthis year. However, lending is stilo down year-over-year: total loans and leases by Minnesotaw banks for the firs quarter of 2009was $54.2 million compared to $80 millio for the same period last "Banks are being more careful about lendingh as a whole, but customersa are also borrowing less, as well," Witt "Unemployment is much higher than it was [in firsf quarter 2008], which means not as many peoplr have jobs or may qualify to borrow.
Minnesota banks are lending toqualifiecd customers, however, which is reflected in the 1 percenty increase in lending between [fourth quarter and [first quarter 2009]. To have lendin g go up at any rate in a recession isquited impressive. What that tells me is that Minnesota banks have moneto lend."
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Jeff Francis: Francis lasts just three innings Monday - Rotoworld.com
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Jeff Francis: Francis lasts just three innings Monday Rotoworld.com Jeff Francis lasted only three innings Monday, allowing a pair of runs on five hits in a loss to the Padres. It was the left-hander's first start for the ... |
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Australia court issues ruling favorable to KCI in patent fight - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The Australian court issued the injunctionb againstSmith & Nephew. The order temporaril blocks Smith & Nephew from selling negatives pressure wound therapy foam dressing kits in Australiaq until the court can rule onthe patent-infringemenr case KCI brought against Smith & Nephew. The Federal Court of Australia in Victoria is expectex to set a trial date on the alleged infringement and validityyof KCI’s claims sometim in 2010. At issue is whethed Smith & Nephew infringed on patents owneds by and licensedto KCI, base in San Antonio. The intellectual propertuy forms the basisof KCI’sd Vacuum Assisted Closure, or V.A.C. medical device.
In 2008, Smith & Nephew SNN) announced that the companu would release a line of foam dressingv kits based on negative pressure wound therapy and set out to begin marketing the kits to health carefacilities KCI, in turn, responded with patent infringement allegations. The U.S. headquarterss of Smith & Nephew are based in St. Petersburg, Fla. The paren company is based in London. Smith & Nephew officials have long maintained that the company has not infringed onWake Forest’as patents and have promised to defends its technology.
The company plans on marketing its foam kits for the treatmenty ofpressure ulcers, diabetic/neuropathicf ulcers, traumatic wounds, post-operative surgical wounds and skin flapse and grafts. Kinetic Concepts (NYSE: KCI) alreadhy has taken similar actionxs againstSmith & Nephew in the Unitede Kingdom, the United States and Germany. Those cases are in varying stagesof development. A UK courty issued a permanent injunction against Smith Nephew on certain claims madeby KCI. Smitj & Nephew officials are appealingthat decision. No final decisions have not been made in theUnited However, the German Federal Patent Courr ruled against KCI in March.
KCI is in the procesw of appealing that decision to the German FederakSupreme Court.
The Australian court issued the injunctionb againstSmith & Nephew. The order temporaril blocks Smith & Nephew from selling negatives pressure wound therapy foam dressing kits in Australiaq until the court can rule onthe patent-infringemenr case KCI brought against Smith & Nephew. The Federal Court of Australia in Victoria is expectex to set a trial date on the alleged infringement and validityyof KCI’s claims sometim in 2010. At issue is whethed Smith & Nephew infringed on patents owneds by and licensedto KCI, base in San Antonio. The intellectual propertuy forms the basisof KCI’sd Vacuum Assisted Closure, or V.A.C. medical device.
In 2008, Smith & Nephew SNN) announced that the companu would release a line of foam dressingv kits based on negative pressure wound therapy and set out to begin marketing the kits to health carefacilities KCI, in turn, responded with patent infringement allegations. The U.S. headquarterss of Smith & Nephew are based in St. Petersburg, Fla. The paren company is based in London. Smith & Nephew officials have long maintained that the company has not infringed onWake Forest’as patents and have promised to defends its technology.
The company plans on marketing its foam kits for the treatmenty ofpressure ulcers, diabetic/neuropathicf ulcers, traumatic wounds, post-operative surgical wounds and skin flapse and grafts. Kinetic Concepts (NYSE: KCI) alreadhy has taken similar actionxs againstSmith & Nephew in the Unitede Kingdom, the United States and Germany. Those cases are in varying stagesof development. A UK courty issued a permanent injunction against Smith Nephew on certain claims madeby KCI. Smitj & Nephew officials are appealingthat decision. No final decisions have not been made in theUnited However, the German Federal Patent Courr ruled against KCI in March.
KCI is in the procesw of appealing that decision to the German FederakSupreme Court.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Man charged over gay sex act in toilet - Herald Sun
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Man charged over gay sex act in toilet Herald Sun Homosexuality is not illegal in Singapore, but sex between men is criminalised under the penal code, despite amendments in 2007 which legalised oral and ... |
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Darpa Wants Remote Controls to Master Troop Minds - Wired News
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UberGizmo (blog) | Darpa Wants Remote Controls to Master Troop Minds Wired News Already, scientists have devised cutting-edge brain stimulation methods to treat medical disorders, like Parkinson's disease or severe depression. ... DARPA Wants to Inst » |
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
HAI to Work with FAA on Credit Validation for HUMS-equipped Helicopters - Helicopter Association International
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Helicopter Association International | HAI to Work with FAA on Credit Validation for HUMS-equipped Helicopters Helicopter Association International The three basic aspects of HUMS are installation, credit validation, and Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA). Although installed on a number of ... |
Monday, September 6, 2010
Power co-op looks to grow 'green' power - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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William Berg, Dairyland presidenyt and CEO, said the co-op is also spendinf $400 million in in environmental control equipmentrat coal-fired power plants and promotinh energy conservation, including a program in whichb it gives away energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs. Dairyland is lookint to investin 'green' technologied and expand its electricity generation from various renewable energy sources, including landfill gas, animal waste and hydroelectric Dairyland reported that its earnings for 2008 declinex to $11.3 million, compared with $14.3 million in 2007.
Managemen noted that fuel to operate Dairyland’z generating facilities, primarily continues to be Dairyland’ws largest annual expense. The rising costs contributed to anaverage 9.8 percengt increase in wholesale rates in 2008. Totak operating revenue for 2008 increasedto $373.8 million, up 14 percenty compared with $328.5 million in 2007. Electrix sales also increased in 2008, with totak sales up 8 percent. Dairyland Powefr provides wholesale electricity to 25 membeer distribution cooperatives and 16municipal utilities.
William Berg, Dairyland presidenyt and CEO, said the co-op is also spendinf $400 million in in environmental control equipmentrat coal-fired power plants and promotinh energy conservation, including a program in whichb it gives away energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs. Dairyland is lookint to investin 'green' technologied and expand its electricity generation from various renewable energy sources, including landfill gas, animal waste and hydroelectric Dairyland reported that its earnings for 2008 declinex to $11.3 million, compared with $14.3 million in 2007.
Managemen noted that fuel to operate Dairyland’z generating facilities, primarily continues to be Dairyland’ws largest annual expense. The rising costs contributed to anaverage 9.8 percengt increase in wholesale rates in 2008. Totak operating revenue for 2008 increasedto $373.8 million, up 14 percenty compared with $328.5 million in 2007. Electrix sales also increased in 2008, with totak sales up 8 percent. Dairyland Powefr provides wholesale electricity to 25 membeer distribution cooperatives and 16municipal utilities.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Report: California to shed 1M jobs during recession - San Francisco Business Times:
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The pace of private-sector job losses will slow over the next few but state and local governmentr layoffsare beginning, the Business Forecasting Center at the said in its latest California and Metro Forecast released The forecast said California’s unemployment will peak at 12.3 percent early next year, and will remainn in double-digits until the end of 2011. The centet produces quarterly economic forecasts of the United California and nine metro from Sacramento to Fresn and the San FranciscoBay Area. In the Sacramento unemployment will risefrom 11.1 percent this year to peak at 11.4 percen t next year, before dipping to 10.2 percent in the report said.
Unemployment is expected to reacyh 9.2 percent in 2012. The Sacramento area is forecast to rebound in the third quarter ofnext year, when job growtuh will improve to 0.8 percent. A “stronvg rebound is expected to take place in professionakland business, and educational and health serviceas sectors,” the report said of Sacramento. “Job growth is expectee to have its first positive full yearat 2.0 percent in Sacramento’s real personal income, will grow at a slow rate of 1.5 percengt next year.
San Jose and San Francisco will be the firstf metro areas in Northern California to returmn totheir pre-recession employment levels, in the secondf and third quarters of 2012, the study said. Sacramento and Merced will be among the last norty state metro areas to regain peak in fourth-quarter 2013. Valleji is last, with a return expected in the secon quarterof 2014. The Central Valley will be hard hit by the combinatioj of recent state tax increases and massivr expectedbudget cuts, the Business Forecastinv Center said.
“The state budget crisis is a dangerous aftershoc to a region still reelinh from theforeclosure earthquake,” Jeff Michael, director of the Business Forecastingv Center, said in a news release. The Centralp Valley is an economicdisaster area, but most of its “economicc shocks are cyclical in nature rathee than permanent changes such as closec military bases,” the news release said. Construction continues to lead job losses inpercentage terms, declinin another 15 percent to 110,000 in 2009. • Manufacturing will lead the declinedin 2009, losing 135,000 jobs this year. • Retai l sales will not returmn to their 2007 leveluntil 2011.
New car and truck sales will fallbeloa 1.06 million in 2009, after exceeding 2 millionj for most of the decade. Sales will graduallh increase as the economy reaching 1.46 million next year, and 1.73 million in 2011. • Housinyg starts hit bottom in 2009at 36,000 more than 80 percent below the levels seen in 2004 and 2005. Housingh starts will be back to 100,000 units in 2011, and exceed 150,000 by 2013. • Health care is the only secto that will not shrinkthis year. The gain of 13,00p0 health care jobs, or 0.9 percent, is the slowesy growth this decade. • Personal income declines 0.8 percent in 2009.
• Nonfarm payrollds will declineby 1,020,000 jobs statewided during the two-year recession. • The California econom will finally hit bottomn in the fourth quarter ofthis year, and will beginm a slow, multi-year recovery. It will be 2013 before many key economi c indicators such as unemployment return tohealthyt levels. • The state’s recessiojn should end in the last quarter of this but the job market will remaijn weak through most ofnext year.
The pace of private-sector job losses will slow over the next few but state and local governmentr layoffsare beginning, the Business Forecasting Center at the said in its latest California and Metro Forecast released The forecast said California’s unemployment will peak at 12.3 percent early next year, and will remainn in double-digits until the end of 2011. The centet produces quarterly economic forecasts of the United California and nine metro from Sacramento to Fresn and the San FranciscoBay Area. In the Sacramento unemployment will risefrom 11.1 percent this year to peak at 11.4 percen t next year, before dipping to 10.2 percent in the report said.
Unemployment is expected to reacyh 9.2 percent in 2012. The Sacramento area is forecast to rebound in the third quarter ofnext year, when job growtuh will improve to 0.8 percent. A “stronvg rebound is expected to take place in professionakland business, and educational and health serviceas sectors,” the report said of Sacramento. “Job growth is expectee to have its first positive full yearat 2.0 percent in Sacramento’s real personal income, will grow at a slow rate of 1.5 percengt next year.
San Jose and San Francisco will be the firstf metro areas in Northern California to returmn totheir pre-recession employment levels, in the secondf and third quarters of 2012, the study said. Sacramento and Merced will be among the last norty state metro areas to regain peak in fourth-quarter 2013. Valleji is last, with a return expected in the secon quarterof 2014. The Central Valley will be hard hit by the combinatioj of recent state tax increases and massivr expectedbudget cuts, the Business Forecastinv Center said.
“The state budget crisis is a dangerous aftershoc to a region still reelinh from theforeclosure earthquake,” Jeff Michael, director of the Business Forecastingv Center, said in a news release. The Centralp Valley is an economicdisaster area, but most of its “economicc shocks are cyclical in nature rathee than permanent changes such as closec military bases,” the news release said. Construction continues to lead job losses inpercentage terms, declinin another 15 percent to 110,000 in 2009. • Manufacturing will lead the declinedin 2009, losing 135,000 jobs this year. • Retai l sales will not returmn to their 2007 leveluntil 2011.
New car and truck sales will fallbeloa 1.06 million in 2009, after exceeding 2 millionj for most of the decade. Sales will graduallh increase as the economy reaching 1.46 million next year, and 1.73 million in 2011. • Housinyg starts hit bottom in 2009at 36,000 more than 80 percent below the levels seen in 2004 and 2005. Housingh starts will be back to 100,000 units in 2011, and exceed 150,000 by 2013. • Health care is the only secto that will not shrinkthis year. The gain of 13,00p0 health care jobs, or 0.9 percent, is the slowesy growth this decade. • Personal income declines 0.8 percent in 2009.
• Nonfarm payrollds will declineby 1,020,000 jobs statewided during the two-year recession. • The California econom will finally hit bottomn in the fourth quarter ofthis year, and will beginm a slow, multi-year recovery. It will be 2013 before many key economi c indicators such as unemployment return tohealthyt levels. • The state’s recessiojn should end in the last quarter of this but the job market will remaijn weak through most ofnext year.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Rockynol offers options for senior living - Akron Leader Publications
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Akron Leader Publications | Rockynol offers options for senior living Akron Leader Publications Rockynol, owned and operated by Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services (OPRS), has more than 45 years of experience in providing housing and care to adults ... |
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Renowned Healthcare Advertising Agency LLNS Re-Launches With Ideas at the Center - PR Newswire (press release)
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Renowned Healthcare Advertising Agency LLNS Re-Launches With Ideas at the Center PR Newswire (press release) NEW YORK, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- LyonHeart, a leading full-service healthcare communications company and member of the Diversified Agency Services division ... |
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