Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Roberts backs KU Cancer Center's push for NCI designation - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwoos medical building. He said that it now takea 10 years to 17 yearsdand $1 billion to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The National Cancert Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Cente has a Sept. 25, 2011, applicationn date for its efforts to get aninitialp five-year designation as an NCI cancer center. The months-long applicatiohn process for institutions seekingy new designations begins with submissiomn of documentation that sometimesexceeds 1,000 pagee and includes a site visitt and other steps. The earliest that KU Cancedr Center’s application could be approved is the springof 2012.
64 cancer centers receive Cancer Center Support Grants to support research to reducethe incidence, morbidity and mortalitg rates of cancer. There are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensivsecancer centers. The KU Cancer Center is part of , whicu is the medical research and educationh arm of the Universitytof Kansas. NCI designation — KU’w No. 1 priority — typically is grantedr to academicmedical centers. KU Medical Center is the entity that will applty forNCI designation. • Increased regional patient accesdto cutting-edge clinical trials. • More than $1.3 billion in annuapl economic benefits inthe region.
• An increas e in KU Cancer Center’s annual NCI financing from thecurrenf $7.5 million to about $40 NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-class researchers who brin NCI grants with them, and part of the estimatedc increase is based on that. Many of thesse researchers doubleas clinicians, addingh expertise and depth in various cancer-care

Monday, July 25, 2011

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The two ambulances, which cost abouyt $200,000 each, are owned by the hospital and are in addition to a fleet of about six ambulancesw contracted fromother companies, said Jody the hospital’s chief operating officer. Children’s Memoriall Hermann recently became the first pediatrixc hospital in the region to be certified by the as a Leveo I pediatrictrauma center. The new vehicleds are designated as Specialized Emergency Medical Services Vehicles, a level above Advanceds Life Support ambulances, indicating that the vehiclee are carrying extra personnel with specialized medicalo training.
The ambulances will enable the Children’ds transport team to carr out any procedure that is done in apediatricd ICU, including some surgical procedures. “Now that we are a Leveo 1 trauma center, we have expanded speciality services, so we have the ability to take care of morecomplex patients,” Graham said. “Oud coverage area is more expanded as well especially with the Galveston markeft shutdown — causing us to have to drivse longer distances.
” The new ambulances’ additional capabilities include intravenous continuous cardiac and respiratory carbon dioxide monitoring and invasive line En route to the hospital, the team can be in constang contact by phone with a pediatric ICU physician at Children’s Memoriap Hermann. Other features include a built-in generator, a an IV fluid warmer, and storage and electrical outletzs for multipleIV pumps, ventilators and monitors. The ambulances also are equippede withDVD players.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Franklin County snags $4.6M Justice Department stimulus grant - Business First of Columbus:

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million grant headed to Franklin County law enforcement as part of morethan $44 millionj flowing into the state througb stimulus-funded Justice Department grants. U.S. Attorney Generall Eric Holder said in a releass that Franklin County isreceiving $4.59i million under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Granyt Program. That initiative is backed by morethan $4 billionj that was earmarked in the federal stimulus packagew President Barack Obama signed this year. On top of the granty to Franklin County and severalother municipal-level awards totalinb $6.
55 million, Ohio is receiving more than $38 millionb through the same program and must disburse part of the funds to local jurisdictions. Holdef said the funds are aimed at supportinyg job creation and training in a wide rangeof law-enforcemeng areas. “By addressing Ohio’s economifc challenges while simultaneously meetingthe state’es public safety priorities, these funds represent the best of what the (Americah Investment and) Recovery Act can do for our communities,” Holderr said in a release. “This vital funding will help figh crime and buildsafer communities, and we look forwarfd to continued work with Ohio to addresz these criminal-justice goals.
” The U.S. attorney’ office said more local awards will beannounced later. Municipalitieas had until May 18 to submit applications for fundinv but the deadline has been extended toJune 17. More detailsz on the program areavailable .

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Hawaii ranks 15th in U.S. for foreclosures, sees nearly 400% spike in May - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Foreclosures were up 397.5 percent for the month compared with May and wereup 19.3 percent over April 2009, accordingf to the latest report from RealtyTrac issueds Wednesday. Hawaii ranked 15th in the nation for foreclosurezsin May, up from 23rd in Hawaii had 816 foreclosure filings in May. There were 684 foreclosuree filings in April and 164 foreclosures inMay 2008. Hawaiiu had a foreclosure rate of one filing for every621 households, according to the latest surve y by the California-based real estatw research firm. Nevada again had the highes t foreclosure rate inthe country, with one filing for every 64 California had the second highest rate for the followed by Florida.
Californiqa had the highest number of foreclosures at Vermontranked 50th, with just six foreclosures at a rate of one filinvg for every 51,906 households. Nationally, there were 321,480 foreclosure filinge for the month, down 6 percent from Aprilo and up nearly 18 percent from May according tothe report.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Economist: U.S. may see double-dip recession by late 2010 - Memphis Business Journal:

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Those odds may seem low, but they’re actualluy high since double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economyt grows 95 percent of the time, said the chamber’a Marty Regalia. He predicted that the currentt economic downturn will end arounsd September but that the unemployment rate will remai high through the first half ofnext year. Investmentf won’t snap back as quickly as it usually does after a Regalia said.
Inflation, however, looms as a potential problem becausde of thefederal government’s huge budget deficit s and the massive amount of dollars pumped into the economy by the , he If this stimulus is not unwound once the economy beginsz to recover, higher interest rates could chokr off improvement in the housinv market and business investment, he said. “The econom y has got to be running on its own by the middld ofnext year,” Regalia said. Almost every major inflationargy periodin U.S. history was preceded by heavyudebt levels, he noted. The chances of a double-di p recession will be lower if Ben Bernanke is reappointed chairmabn of the Federal Regalia said.
If President Obama appointds hiseconomic adviser, Larry Summers, to chair the Fed, that woulf signal the monetary spigot would remain open for a longe time, he said. A coalescing of the Fed and the Obamaw administrationis “not something the markets want to see,” Regaliaw said. Obama has declined to say whether he will reappoint Bernanke, whose term ends in February. Meanwhile, more than half of smalkl business owners expect the recession to last at least anothe rtwo years, according to a surveg of Intuit Payroll customers.
But 61 percent expect their own busines s to grow in the next12 “Small business owners are bullish on their own abilitieds but bearish on the factorsd they can’t control,” said Cameron Schmidt, directo r of marketing for . “Even in the gloomies t economy, there are opportunitied to seize.” A separate survey of small business owners by founs that 57 percent thought the economy was getting while 26 percent thought the economywas improving. More than half plannee to decrease spending on business development in the nextsix months. on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’xs Web site.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

'The boat was like a metal coffin' - Ottawa Citizen

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Temple Terrace, Vlass Group agree on downtown redevelopment - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Mayor Joe Affronti cast the tiebreakinyg vote to approve a deal with to convety nearly 29 acres of land on the southeast side of the Bullarx Parkway and North 56th Street intersection in Temple Terrace wherr Vlass wants to builda mixed-use downtown. “The vote we did was certainlyg for the best interest ofour city, not only now but in the long Affronti said. “We want to be able to look back 15 yearxfrom now, or even 10 yeara from now, and be proude of what we did. We want to be able to see that the city has developedf this land into a beautiful area and that the placd has a tremendous demand from people to be a part of But not all of the governing body is happty withthe results.
Councilman Ron Govin, who spentr most of his first term as a liaison between the councipand developers, said the deal cost Templs Terrace at least the $20 million that it originallgy paid for the land it was now handing “We left a lot of money, or potential on the table,” Govin said. “I love the and I love the prospecgt of finally moving on the project because I think that’s phenomenal. But I could not vote for it. I did not feel that it was the best use ofour Govin’s idea was to sit on the land a little longet and wait for an opportunity to sell it for a returb on investment.
“The assumption of the rest of the council who voteds for it was that it was the only opportunity that would come along and that nobod y would pay us anything forthe property.” But with the city stillo paying down debt it acquired in purchasing the the mayor said it had to move forwared or possibly face starting from square one. “The city is much better off financially doing this,” Affronti said. “Maybe not initially, but in the long-term. Our city is goingb to be much better off with what we did yesterdaty than if we had held off and tried to sell it when the marketgwas right.
” By selling to Vlass, the city can still have a stronhg presence in what is developed on the site where two aging strip malls sit, instead of leaving it up to whatever entity fronted the cash to buy the land down the “I don’t think doing that is accomplishing the vision our citizenx have had for all these Affronti said. “They wanteed downtown development, and that’s what we’re gointg to give them.” The closinyg of the property is expected to takeplacee Wednesday, said Temple Terrace spokesman Michael However, even with such a deal in it could still be some time before any noticeable work begins on the site.
“They still have two or threed years before they even have tobreak ground,” Dunn said. “There is still a lot of work to do, but this clearsd the way for them to at leasgtget started.” Temple Terrace purchased the more than 30 acres that stretchesw from where Busch Boulevard becomes Bullard Parkway almost completely to the Hillsboroughn River beginning in the earlh 2000s to help turn around a central piecr of property it said was pulling down neighborinhg property values and creating Over time, the city council develope d plans to create a New Urban mixed-use project that wouldx include retail, office space and Three developers had been attached to the of Orlando in 2005 and then a partnershil between and the former of Temple Terrac in 2006.
Ram/Pinnacle had planned to pay justunder $15 millionn for 20.4 acres, but that development team droppefd out in September 2008, making room for Vlass to take over. Vlasas previously announced plans to constructa $150 million half the cost Unicorp committed to spend in to create a new However, total build-out could take up to 13 something Councilman Govin said he wasn’t too excitedc about. “I felt that was a littlde long,” he said. “But you’re never going to get a plan that is going to please This is exciting forthe city, and I don’t want to do anythinv to dampen that excitement.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Google+ experiences some growing pains - CNN International

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Saturday, July 9, 2011

NEA grants $2.8 million for reading program - Business First of Louisville:

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The NEA has awardedd $2,8 million to groups to sponsor The Big which will be held September 2008 toJune 2009. The Big Read givesa communities the opportunity to come togetherto read, discuss and celebrater one of 23 selections from American or world literature, according to a news Grants were awarded to groups in 46 the District of Columbiwa and the U.S. Virginj Islands. Each group is receiving a grantg ofbetween $2,500 and To date, the NEA has givenh more than 500 grants to support local Big Read In Kentucky, grants were awarded to: in Bowling Green, whicg will hold a program to discuss "To Kill a Mockingbird" in Frankfort, which will discusws "A Lesson Before Dying;" Kentucky Gateway Museum Centefr in Maysville, which will discuss "Thes Age of Innocence;" , which also will discuss Williamsburgg Action Team, which also will discuss "A Lessonh Before Dying.
" "Everything the NEA does we do in NEA chairman Dana Gioiq said in the release. "I am delightedr to announce our 208 new partners in The Big Some are new tothe program, some are but all of them have answererd the call to actiom to get our countr reading again."

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Round 3 of workers

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Florida’s workers’ compensation insurance rates were among the highest in the nationhbefore attorneys’ fee limits were imposed in 2003. Insurancer rates dropped every year since then because lawyers refused many cases due to the limite d prospects formaking money. However, the Floridaa Supreme Court last fall ruler the language in the fee schedule is ambiguousa and allowed judges to approve larger fees — a decision that cleared the way for plaintiff attorneyss to make more money in on-the-job injurh cases. As a result, workers’ comp insurance rates will rise 6.4 perceng in April.
But House Bill 903 and companionh Senate Bill 2072 change the language to restrict attorneyy compensation to thefee formula. arguex that the proposed law is needed becauseerising workers’ comp insurance rates creates a hardship for companies in the state and discourage thoses that might move to Florida. “If this bill doesn’ft pass, Florida employers will see a seriez of costly increases intheir workers’ comp rates,” said Daniepl Krassner, spokesman and strategist for the Floridza Chamber of Commerce. “We want to get injuresd workers back on the job as quickly as Settling claims quicklydoes that.
” Paul executive officer with the , a group representingg trial lawyers, said the bill would limit the hourlg fees injured workers can pay their Unless the plaintiff can find a lawyer willingb to work for a contingency fee, the worke would have to represent himself. “Workingg people will have to find theirf way through the system withouftan attorney,” Anderson said. By contrast, theree are no limits on what insurancd companies can pay attorneys torepresent them. Rep.
Dave Murzin, co-sponsor of the House version of theproposes law, feels differently: “There will alwayds be attorneys willing to represent injurec workers, just as there are always attorneys willing to represent criminalzs and accused criminals. The real issue is the cost of doinvg businessin Florida, which will increase dramatically without these changes.” The House bill has been read out of committede and could soon go to a House vote, and the Senat version sponsored by Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naples, has been sent to committeed forinitial review.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Mass. Woman Makes 66th Visit To Maine - KTVU San Francisco

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

A Paradigm-Shattering Quasar - SkyandTelescope.com

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