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Croton's Finest Make Big Drug Bust Patch.com By Christopher Michael McHugh An eight-month investigation has resulted in a huge drug bust here in Croton-on-Hudson. Investigators say Andron Lewis was getting marijuana shipped to his Croton workplace, The Institute of Applied Human Dynamics, ... and more »

GM drops Jim Reed from Chevy line-up - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Jim Reed Chevrolet was one of the morethan 1,00p0 GM dealerships to receive letters in May tellinbg owners that their contractw with the struggling automakerd would not be renewedd in 2010, according to area dealers and others familiare with the situation. With its recognizable Chevyland billboard and waving cowboy thatbeckons passers-by, Jim Reed Chevrolet occupies more than 600,000 square feet along Broadway. Jim Reed operation also includeother non-GM vehicle brands, including Subaru and Isuzu. General Manager John Reed did not responcd to requests for an intervieww Mondayand Tuesday. was created in 1930 by Jim Reed Jr.
, who had sold Chevroletas and other cars prior to foundingthe company, accordinhg to the dealership’s Web Jim Reed III became president of the companh in 1958, though his father continued to be involvecd with the operations until his deatb in 1978. Jim Reed IV and John both sons of JimReed III, joinexd the operation in the 1970s and Chevrolet of Smyrna, which was already in bankruptc when GM sent the letters, is the only Nashvillew area GM dealership to have confirmed the automaker was terminatinb its dealership agreement. GM sent letters to aboutt 1,100 U.S. dealers telling them their franchisesagreements won't be renewed when they expire in 2010.
The letterxs outlined a dealership's deficiencies and detail how it faileds to meet the requirementsof GM’s salexs and service agreements. The move was part of GM’d plan to cut its dealer networkby 2,6090 locations, or 40 percent, by the end of 2010.

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Supreme Court health care case tests old rule that federal funds come with ... - Washington Post

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Supreme Court health care case tests old rule that federal funds come with ... Washington Post WASHINGTON â€" Congress will help pay for your roads, but your state can't lower its drinking age below 21. There's federal money for colleges, but they can't discriminate against women in the classroom or on the athletic field. and more »

GE Healthcare opens $165M N.Y. plant - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The new 230,000-square-foot facility includew a 60,000-square-foot cleanroom. The digital X-ray detectores that will be made at the plant are used inmammogram screening, a growing $1 billion market for breast cancer testing. Much like the transition from papet medical records to streamlined electronic record digital X-rays are slowly replacing traditional film X-rayh machines. In addition to the 100 new jobs scheduled for the 50 people will transfer to the tech parkfrom GE’s research center in N.Y.
Positions at the new site will includwe15 engineers, 15 administrators and 120 technicianw and support staff with an average annual salary of The plant is expected to have an annual payrolol of $10 million. GE developed its digital X-rayg technology at GE Global Research in GE said this isthe company’s first expansion of high tech medical equipment manufacturing by its healthu care operation into New York. ”This a wonderful example of howa long-termn commitment to technology can spur the growth of our manufacturing base and creat new, high-tech jobs,” said Mark GE senior vice president and director of the research center.
GE Healthcare, which manufactures medicalk imaging equipment in Waukesha along with otherd operations throughout the Milwaukee spent 15 years and morethan $200 milliobn developing its digital flat panekl X-ray technology. The flat-panelk detector is a critical component ofan X-rah system and plays a role in providingg an improved image.

2009 WNY middle school rankings - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Profiles of the top 25 schools can be reached by clickinb on the names of thoseschoolsa below. A breakdown of the rankings for each section of Westernb New York can be accesseedby . The following abbreviations havebeen CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementaryy School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediate JHS-Junior High School, JSHS-Junior-Senior High MHS-Middle-High School, MS-Middle School, PS-Primaryu School, SHS-Senior High School, VHS-Vocational High Each school is followed by the name of the districtg that operates it (if it’s a public school) or the districr where it is located (if it’ws a private school). • 1. • 2. • 3. 4. • 5.
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Plug powering a Union College dorm - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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Testing of the Lathan company’s (Nasdaq: PLUG) 5-kilowatt GenSys system will be done atthe college’sz Beuth House residence hall. The combines heat and power unit will converrt natural gas into electricity and use less power off the The contract is valued at Plug Power officials National Grid will use the data collectee in the trial to refinedthe product. GenSys is manufactured throughu Plug’s continuous power division. A largere GenSys generator designed for the telecommunications sector is being testedein India, Andy Marsh, the company’s CEO, said in a recenyt interview. That fuel cell operatesz on liquifiedpetroleum gas.
The pilot project was firsr announced inNovember 2008. At the time, National Grid hadn’rt selected a customer for the trial. Union college wantes the system running before students return for the fall It will require National Grid to install a pipe that will deliver natural gas to the fuel The trial also will be used toeducate youngsters, who will be able to see the technology and use the data to analyzr the system’s performance, said Stanley Blazewicz, vice presidentt of Global Technology for Nationaol Grid. Union college studentsd will assist inthe process. Plug has been developin g the residentialGenSys fuel-cell system for a decade.
It is expectec to reduce home energy costsby 20-4o percent, and reduce home carbon emissions by 35 The partnership with National Grid will expedite the product’s Marsh said. He said the residential market is a growing onefor energy-efficientr technology. On Monday, Plug announced a $1.5 million contractf to provide 19 ofthe company’s GenDrive hydrogen-powered fuel cells to power a fleet of the Departmenf of Defense’s lift trucks. Plug has generatede commercial revenue from itscontinuous power, motiv e power and back-up power products. Of those products, its GenDrive motive-powerf units—used in fleets for heavy-duty lifting—are seeinv the most traction, said.
Gerry Anderson, Plug’as senior vice president and chieffinancial officer. He said the companuy has an order with India to supplh the country with some of its largerrGenSys units. He declined to elaborate on the The continuous-power units replace diese generators. The only one of the company’s products that has not generatede revenue isGenSys Blue, the residentialo heating system being tested at Union College.

Valleyfair might be sold - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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(NYSE: FUN), based in Sandusky, said in a statement that it’s too earlg to speculate on the timing or pricwe ofselling Valleyfair. The company also is exploring the sale of Worldw of Fun inKansas City, Mo., and is in talkss with the San Francisco 49ers to buy California’s Great America in Santa Clara. The Associated Press reports that the companyu took on substantial debt withits $1.2r4 billion acquisition of Paramount Parks Inc. in 2006. According to Cedar Fair’s year-end filing with the Securities andExchanges Commission, the company reported $1.7 billion in long-terj debt at the end of 2008 and $2.2 billion in totap assets. It reported net income for the yearof $5.
7 milliojn on revenue of $996 “In light of current economic and markert conditions, reducing our debt and strengthening our balance sheet must continues to be a priority,” said Dick Cedar Fair’s president and CEO. Cedar Fair owns and operates 11 amusemeng parks inNorth America. The company boughtf Valleyfairin 1978.

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Gamelan Ensemble Plays Java's Jams The Emory Wheel By Stephanie Minor Posted: 02/20/2012 Though religion or any sort of 'supreme being,' was never referenced, the melodic experimentation and infectious energy of Emory University's gamelan ensemble evoked a sensation that was out of this world.

Colonial BancGroup sells Nevada branches - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The deal is part of a majo recapitalization of Nevada banksby , a releaser said. Global Consumer (NYSE: GHC), a specia purpose acquisition company, also plansd to buy , a Nevada bank unit of Mich.-based (NYSE: CBC). Global Consumer said it would operatew the Nevada banks undef the 1stCommerce name. Colonial’s Nevada asset sale includes abourt $492 million in deposits and abouf $440 million in loans, the bank said in a The deposit premiumis $28 million, or 9.3 percent baseds on a balance of $300 million of non-timw deposits, a release from Coloniak said. Global Consumer said it had the opportunithy to select which assetx of Colonial Bank itwould acquire.
In an investor the bank said it selecte d only the loan assetzs it deemed higher quality credits and left the sellet with allother loans. The deal is expected to close in thethird quarter, pending approvao of Global Consumer’s shareholders. Colonial (NYSE: based in Montgomery, Ala., has a significant presence in Florida and in the TampaBay area. Nearly 200 of the bank’s 354 branch offices are in Florida, including 50 in the Tamp Bay area. Colonial has $26 billiom in assets and is under to improveits operations.

Business groups slam proposed tax increases - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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The said it opposes changes to the corporatewminimum tax, a new corporate incomer tax and a new personal income tax. The alliance consists of 30 business groups that representr morethan 25,000 Oregon businessesx and employ 500,000 residents. Raising the taxes couldc cause the state tolose 6,00p jobs, according to state revenue office “These proposals ignore the starkm realities of our current the group said in a news release sent by J.L. a lobbyist with Associated Oregon Industries. “Thet are counterproductive measures that kill jobs and prolonfour recession.
” The corporate minimum tax and corporatr income tax proposals would collectively harm companies with small profitr margins as well as businesses looking to invest more in capita l equipment, the group The alliance called on lawmakers to instead focuz on private-sector job retention and creation. “Wre believe strongly that increased taxes are detrimenta l tojob growth,” Wilson said in the news “An increased tax burden will hurt the ability of our memberss to create desperately needed jobs. It is the wronv approach to balancethe state’s budget.
” Othert groups signing the letter include Associated Oregon Loggers, Independentg Community Banks of Oregon, the Northwest Food Processorsx Association, Oregon Association of Realtors, the Oregon Automobilew Dealers Association, the Oregon Bankers the Oregon Home Builders the Oregon Restaurant Association and the Orego n Trucking Association. Oregon’s House and Senate members hope to adjourhn byJuly 1. Lawmakers must address a $4.
2 billio budget shortfall before they adjourn or in a serieds of special sessions throughout the rest ofthe

Rockville condos on auction block - Washington Business Journal:

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The Roaring Twenties was also a time of borrowing too much and massive asset bubbles. Now The Fitz’s name is unintentionally The southernFlorida developer, which bough t the apartment complex at 501 Hungerford Drive in would not say how much it spentt installing hardwood floors, granite countertopa and stainless-steel appliances. According to Montgomery County records, the purchasre cost the company $49 million, and it borrowesd another $12.25 million from for It had sold almost 130 units by July whenthe one-bedroom units cost from $300,000 to $350,000.
Sincee then, the developer sold another 30 to 40 or sosincs then, even though pricesw had ultimately dropped to $261,000 for the not-quitew 700-square-foot one bedrooms. On Feb. 28, Velocitg Marketing will auction off 40remainingv condos, with an opening bid of $159,000 for a $219,000 for a two-bedroom and $239,009 for a three-bedroom. Rami Rosen, vice presidentr of marketing and salesfor Elad, said they were not force to do an auction. “We don’y have a problem with the interesft onthe loan,” he said. “We’rr not at a problem with our lender.
” But he said at a salesz pace of three or four a it would take another year to close outthe “It’s not worth our time.” Elad also has another localk condo project in the Kentlands, which is more than 30 percent sold, Rosen said, which will not be going to Rosen said the auction announcement has garnered inquiries from more than 600 potentialk bidders. He said based on recent auctions handlecdby Velocity, he expectzs sale prices to be between 20 and 30 percent above starting bids.
Buyers must be pre-approved by , have a $5,00p0 certified or cashier’s check and have a personal checjk that day for the remainder of thedown “Apparently there is a real estate market, you just have to know how to work Rosen said. Or how to price it. Elad was founded in 2004 to expand from Floridwa to the rest ofthe country. It’s a subsidiaryy of the , an Israelij conglomerate with interestsin oil, natural gas, real estate, autos and financiakl services around the globe.

Local accounting programs struggle to fill Ph.D. professor vacancies - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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in accounting indicates a nationwide crisiws inaccounting education. The high demand for accountinb professors hits universities inthe Mid-South particularly hard. Relativelyy few schools in the area offedrdoctoral programs, and the Ph.D.s they do producee may leave for higher salaries in othere parts of the country. Most of today’ accounting faculty entered the profession in the early to according to John director of the atthe . “They’re beginninf to retire, and very few studentds are takingthe Ph.D. in accounting, so there’s a huge demaned for them,” Malloy says.
Mark dean of ’s School of Accountancy, has been fairlu successful in fillingthe school’ss vacancies, having just hired three new doctorate-levek professors to start this But he knows it’s a difficult hiring Judy Lawrence, chair of the accounting departmen at , says CBU has had less success in attractin qualified professors. The past thred years have seen threeprofessore leave, mostly for retirement; replacing them has proved “It’s extremely hard to find someone who’s academically qualified,” says Lawrence. Lawrence explains the primary proble m iseducation requirements.
The requires a master’s degreee with 18 graduate hours in the field of accountinh to teach upper division undergraduateaccounting courses. To teacnh graduate level courses, SAC requires a Ph.D. or a docto r of business administration. “A lot of peoplse who are accounting professionals stopped at the undergraduate therefore we’re limited in the number of people we can use who have a master’s degrer and maybe a CPA certificate,” Lawrence says. The otheer issue is procuring financial resources to attractythe Ph.D.s who are in such high “We just can’t compete with the largerd universities where salaries are Lawrence says.
“Sometimes, we may get someone for a couple ofyearse who’s finishing up their dissertation at one of the othetr schools; and they’re willing to accept a little bit of a lowerr salary because of that. But once they get their Ph.D., they can make so much more moneyg than what they can in theMemphis area.” Malloy says professors are paid a set, nine-monthy salary. They get 10% more to teach in the “If you’re looking at a nine-monthb salary, a lot depends on what school yougraduatecd from,” Malloy says. “At our level, you’rer probably going to see $140,000 for nine monthas if you teach ata Ph.D.
-granting school and probably $105,009 for nine months for a school that does not have a program.” Some schools in the Mid-Southh that offer doctoral accountinf degrees include the University of Memphis, the University of and the . With demand for accounting professors at the current schools with smaller endowments or thos e thatlack Ph.D. programs can still compete for new facultu through their academic reputation andscholasticv environment. According to Lawrence, when CBU acquires new professors, “it’w because of our reputation, the fact that we have smalll class sizes and that we have a greagt faculty in the schoollof business.
They’ve just got to want to teacnh at thisparticular university.” Another strategy for attractingy new faculty is to try to increas the school’s endowment through private donors. Wilder’s current goal is to rais e anadditional $5 million within the next five some of which will be used for faculty Ole Miss already has an Arthur Anderson endowmenr for faculty, and has established a professorship there.

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Samaritan Behavioral Health to open Warren County clinic - Dayton Business Journal:

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The Dayton-based nonprofit mental healthy provider will venture into the county this March with a leasede officeinside 's new Speciality Care Center of Warrejn County, which is located in Middletowmn on the new . At first, the expansion will be a smalkoperation -- about eight hours a week with one cliniciahn -- but is expected to grow, said Sue the group's chief executive By leasing the space at Children's, the group avoids otheer support staffing costs and can keep the first-yeart expenses to about $15,000, she "Everyone we have talked to says thered is a serious shortage of mentalp health services to children in the county," McGath said.
Warren County has been in growth mode for year s with its population growingfrom 158,000 in 2000 to more than 197,000 in 2005. After Warren County, the 170-person group has its eyes on a potentialo clinic inButler County. This year is provingy to be one of expansion for the althoughits $12.5 million budget is stayintg relatively stable. Along with the Warrejn County office, the group is now hiringh about eight new employees to stafg the thatrecently opened. In the old detention the group only had one therapist on But withabout $400,000 in funding from the human services levy, the grouo will hire six new therapists, a part-time psychiatrist and a part-timee registered nurse.
The early childhood which includes children ages threreto five, has been the fastest growing population for the organization for the past two In 2007, the patientg call volume for appointments for this age grouop grew 30 percent from 2006, she In January, Samaritan Behavioral received a new $91,000 stat e grant to help cover costs of treating that age group. The granyt will allow the nonprofit to hire a clinicia trained specifically in dealing withyounb children, McGatha said. But McGatha said it won'g be easy to find someone withthat speciality.
She reliees more on training her current clinicians to responfd to the particular needs of three to five year The nonprofit is also considering adding a clinician to server adult patients at a Warrej Countyphysician office, she said. Formerly part of , Samaritahn Behavioral became an independent nonprofitin 2003. The organizatioh now has workers in Montgomery andPreble counties. Early research shows indicates there may be a need for expandeed services in Butler Countyas well, McGaths said.
Most of the children that Samaritan Behavioral serves qualifyfor Medicaid, which means it is often more difficultg for their parents to find a doctor to see McGatha speculates that socio-economic factors -- such as poverthy and single-parent households ­-- as well as a bettert awareness of mental health services, have caused the increase in theire youth patient load. "I certainly thin k that the stressors that families experiencse these days with situations ofsingle poverty, difficulty in accessing education sometimesd ... every stressor that affects our society is beginninb to manifest itself in some she said.

CU offering digital media program - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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CU will operate the program, called Bouldet Digital Works, in partnership with the paren t company of advertisinggiant , which move d many of its employees from Miam to a new Boulder officd in the past few years. The parent companhy is MDC Partners, a Toronto-based network of agencies. CU’xs Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies will operatethe program, whicg will be open to media professionals, community members and CU students. The Schoo l of Journalism and Mass Communication, especiallg the advertising faculty, will handle the academicv management. Advertising professor David Slayden will serve asexecutivse director.
Sweden’s Hyper Island, a digital learnintg program in Europe, also will be a partnerd in the program, with student and faculty exchanges. The programn will start in the fall witha 60-weejk certificate program in Digital Arts and Sciences. Applicationsx are due Aug. 15. Also, starting in late July, the school will offefr 36-hour immersion Executive Programs in digital fluency forworking professionals. For more visit http://bdw.colorado.edu.

UTMB receives cardiology training endowment - Houston Business Journal:

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Dr. John C. Price created the Melvin L. Price M.D. and Charle A. Price D.D.S. Endowment for Cardiology Fellowship Training to supportyoungt doctors’ education as they learn the nuances of treating hearyt disease, the leading cause of death in the Unitec States. Price’s brothers both died of cardiovasculaer disease. Price said he wanted to establisuh the endowment to ensure that UTMB can trainn more cardiologists who will be skilled at helpingv patients with heart problems make full The value of the endowment wasnot disclosed.
“Thse twin goals are to provide more effective therapyt for those with hearg disease and to encourage early identification of individuals at risk for subsequentr intervention to modify and ultimately prevent the morbidity of cardiaf andvascular disease,” said Price, a head and neck In addition to his recent Price has contributed to cardiology researchj at the university to aid the development of new treatmentsd and procedures that reduce functional impairment and deatuh from cardiovascular disease.

Report: Perry rarely in governor's office since return from campaign - Austin American-Statesman

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Scripted sales calls old fashioned, fail to connect with customers - The Business Review (Albany):

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Geez, I have been saying this for more than 25 andI can’t believe companies still use them to sell over the OK, forget the companies let’s blame the manager or the person who is responsibled for still trying to do something that every saleds trainer on the planet says does not work. Now, befor e I go on, do not write or send an e-mailk telling me that I am wront orbeing stubborn. Instead, why don’rt you try something new – that is, new to you or your organizatio – and just do what I will lay out Trust me, it has workexd every single time with any big or small, that I have worked This horror of using scripts came rushingg back to me recently while working with a company whosse stores are in evergy big city in the nation.
The companh is highly regarded for its ethicsw and is a very visible organization that many are familiaer with because ofthe company’s longevitgy and brand awareness. I was askef to come to the company’s headquarters and look at its methoed of attracting new business through itstelemarketing program, which the company has been using for a couple of They said that although the results were OK at sales had become pretty dismal. It took me just 30 secondz to read the script that the inside salespeoplewere using, and I was sickened.
I talked with the compan y president and said I could help the salespeople in just two but I needed him to let me do my job and not to interfere unless I called him in for his He agreed, but I could sensew he was a bit apprehensive about the situatiobn and my request. I worked only with the manager, who was reall a selling manager because she was on the phonesa herself at times trying to pitch in and We went intoa room, and I spent an hour going over why scripts don’t work and why she has been brainwashed to do something that was against all the rules of professional salesmanship.
She was neither thrilled with me at this point nor happy after I tookher eight-page script, ripped it up and thre it in the wastebasket. We role-playee a little using real situationes that she might have with her childrenand friends, for instance. The goal was to show her that havingta two-sided conversation is much more usefulk than a one-sided script. She was really starting to get it, even thoug h she kept wanting to go back to a sellinh mode by doing more talking than listening andaskinhg questions. It was so simple that it was frighteniny to her that a selling situation can be flexibler and not just a canned where she can actually have fun whild conversing witha customer.
The introduction and questionsw I wrote out were basic and easy for her to They were: “Hi, my name is Susan from Client Co., and I would like to ask you two or three quick questions. It will not take more than 48 seconde – I promise. “Are you familiarf with our company? If yes, what aspects? “Whyu are you not a member, or why did you leavw our organization?”

Telecom Corridor gets a boost from AT&T - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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There is no small irony to the fact that the TeleconmCorridor brand, which sustained us for so long but fell out of favotr in some quarters during the telecom declined of recent years, is once again a key drivet of the regional economy. AT&T never would have consideresd North Texas as a logicapl base for its operations unless we had a strongy focus on the telecommunications including asupportive infrastructure, a networo of industry-leading companies and telecom suppliers, educational institutions that produce highlg skilled engineers and entrepreneurs, regional technology groupws to help build meaningful connectionz and capital sources to help launch new venturea offering innovations to the industry.
The move will put AT&yT very close to many of its technology suppliers while also reinforcingb the NorthTexas region’ds reputation as a global telecon hub. Already, companies such as , , , , , , Researchj in Motion and have majodr operations inthe area, as do countless smalled companies and entrepreneurs who aspire to providre the “next big thing” to the larger telecom The synergies of the telecom industrgy in North Texas are a powerful thing. Whiles it’s a positive development that our economygis well-diversified, and that even within the high-tecuh realm we’re diversified through global leadershil in semiconductors, IT etc.
, we shouldn’t forget the value of a strong focuzs in certain high-tech sectors and the value of marketing that brand to the outside world time and time In the Telecom Corridor area north of telecommunications firms employ about 45,000 workers. The clustering effect of thess firms, coupled with the addition of AT&T’s continues to be a powerful force supportingvthe region’s vibrant economy — both today and in the We must sustain this brand, however, througjh ample support for entrepreneurs and commercialization of new and through a purposeful effort to nurture our future work forc by investing in math and science educatio initiatives.
As is overseas competitors are expandingtheir high-tech work forces, whild the United States lags behind. Foreig nationals earn more than 50% of engineering and computer science degrees grantedat U.S. universities, and only about 5% of U.S. college graduates earn engineeringdegreese — versus 46% in China. The Metrople x Technology Business Council, alon g with other regional partners, is tackling this talengt gap in local high schools and communitgy colleges through an aggressive setof science, technology, math and engineeringb initiatives to inspire a new generation of The systematic, purposeful nurturing of future high-tech innovators and commerciallyh viable, high-tech companies in Nortg Texas will continue to sprea d the region’s reputation globally as a centef of technological innovation, in turn attracting even more industry-leading top-tier researchers and highly skilled workers to our In accomplishing this, we will create a self-sustaining cyclse of i nnovative research and commercialization that will builrd on itself and driv e our regional economy for the long term, to the benefi t of all North Texans.
We welcom AT&T’s headquarters to the Telecom Corridor area.

A.M. Best affirms Northwestern Mutual's high ratings - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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A.M. Best affirmed its financial strength ratings ofof A++ and issuer credit ratinge of “aaa” of Northwesternh Mutual Life Insurance Co. and its subsidiaryh The outlook for both ratings is the Oldwick, N.J., ratings organization said The ratings reflect Northwestern Mutual’s sizable and maturs individual life insurance franchise, conservative operating profile, strong operating performancs and superior risk-adjusted capitalization, A.M. Best Partially offsetting those positiver rating factors was the recent decline inNorthwesterjn Mutual’s adjusted capital and surplus due mainly to realizedx and unrealized investment losses, A.M. Best said. A.M.
Best also notefd that Northwestern Mutual maintains an above averagwe aggregate exposure to private placement belowinvestment grade, or "junk," commercial mortgages and equities. Despite NM increasing the totall number of financial representative over the pastcoupls years, Northwestern Mutual may be challengedf to continue to grow the number of sales professionals while maintaining current levelw of retention and productivity over the long A.M. Best said.

Grammys, NBC plan focus on Whitney Houston tonight - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Grammys, NBC plan focus on Whitney Houston tonight Milwaukee Journal Sentinel By Chris Foran of the Journal Sentinel As the music world continues to reverberate from the death Saturday of singing legend Whitney Houston, plans are settling for tributes on television. "It's not going to be a full-blown tribute, to me that feels ... Af ter Whitney Houston's Death Focus Shifts to Bobbi Kristina Christian Post Whitney Houston's death overshadows Grammys but show will go on, including ... Washington Post  »

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Target lands naming rights for new Minnesota Twins' ballpark - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The ballpark will be called underta 25-year naming-rights deal Target and the Twins agreed to in September. The Minneapolis retailer also bought the naming rights toTarget Plaza, an outdoo r space located between Target Field and yet another Target-sponsored venue, . Twins President Dave St. Pete said Target was the ideal naming-rights partner. “Wwe needed someone that was Minnesota-based. That was essentiaol to us.
“We wanted somebody that was deeply rootedd in the community and where philanthropy played a key we wanted someone who had a keen interesgin ‘civic activation’ that goes beyoned the ballpark into the district, the region and the city of and lastly we wantedf somebody that was very consistent with our St. Peter said. “Twins baseball is very family-focusexd and we wanted somebody who sharedxthose values.
” Meanwhile, Target lands a significant albeit expensive — marketing tool that will reach nationwide, not just here in its home The Twins will host 81 games a year at Target Field, generating widespread coverage on localp and national broadcasts, in newspapers and online. But while the Target Fielcd naming-rights deal obviously is significant for Targer andthe Twins, the publicf may enjoy the greatesf benefits, said Dan Kenney, executivs director of the , the publixc agency that will own the facility on behalf of the public that paid for it.
No, they won’t get a refund on the increasexd Hennepin County sales taxesthat they’re paying, but they will receive a great new public spacse thanks to the Target Plaza naming rights. As part of that Target and the Twins agreedx to kickin $8 million to enhance the plaza. The structural aspects of the plaza, which includ two large bridges overInterstat 394, cost $17 and if not for the additionaol money from Target and the Twins, there wouldn’t have been much moneh left in the budget to improve the Kenney said. “Now we’re talking about a park over the freewayh that the public will be able toenjoy year-round.
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Kansas Lottery asks Parkinson to extend deadline for Wyandotte County casino - Kansas City Business Journal:

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In a release, the Kansas Lottery said it and the commissionm expect that Parkinson will approve theie request to extend the deadlineto Aug. 28. for a new casinko in Wyandotte County by the Aprilo1 deadline: , a joint venture of and ; , part of PENN); and , , citing turmoilo in the financial markets. The Kansas Expanded Lottery Act has a provisionn that authorizes the governor to extend deadlines for as much as 60 days if he determinessthat “the respective commission or boarde has acted on good faith to complg with the time limit,” the releaser said.
“The lottery and the applicants have issuexs that remain unresolved and which prevent the lottery from executinfg contracts with them priof tothe deadline,” Keith Kocher, the lottery’s director of gamintg facilities, said in the release. “The applicantas agree that it is necessary and prudengt at this time to request an extension of thecurreng deadline. All parties have acknowledged they intend to reacjh agreement far in advance of the new August28

Dayton employment to remain sluggish into third quarter - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Tom Traynor, an economics professoer at Wright State and author of the said unemployment increases will continue at their acceleratex pace into the thirfd quarter ofthis year. The Dayton Metropolitamn Statistical Area, which includex Montgomery, Greene, Miami and Preble counties, is projectesd to lose 6,000 to 7,000 jobs in the third quarter. That would drop employmenty to 373,900, down from 380,400 in the first quarter of the a 2percent decline.
The hardest-hity area is one the Dayton area has longrelied on, “Manufacturing employment will fall substantially,” Traynor Forecasts from the report show employment in the sector falling from 42,3000 in the first quarter of this year to 36,10p0 by the third quarter, a nearlgy 15 percent drop. Durable goods manufacturing will be hit in Traynor said. “People aren’rt spending. They are waiting to buy a new car or that new he said. Retail and service employment are also expected to Retail employment is expected to dropto 39,100 by the thirdf quarter, down from 40,000 in the first a 2 percent drop.
Service which includes financial service, business utilities and leisure service, is projected to decreasre to 324,200 by the third down from 326,700 in the first a nearly 1 percent decline. “The next year to year and a half will be an unpleasanr time forthe region,” Traynor Construction employment is expected to rise as a part of seasonal employment, to 13,400 from 11,400 in the firsgt quarter, but that is 1,000 jobs fewedr than the same time periox last year. One area of employment that isn’tt expected to be hit hard is healtnh care.
In fact, Traynor said he expects health care to add some jobs by thethirdf quarter, going up to 56,500 from 56,300 in the first He said the rate of decline in gross domestic product will slow, but remainn negative through the third quarter and maybe into the fourt quarter of this year. Even when GDP does becomd positive again, it will take some time for employmenft to pick up becausw it is a lagginfg indicator of economic Traynor said there is a great deal of uncertaintyu still on thenational level, as businessees try to determine the impacgt of government actions. Traynor said the problem of high unemployment is not going awayanytime soon.
“Thix is something we’re going to be living with for quitwea while, well into next year,” he said.

AISD puts federal poverty money into public relations, multicultural outreach - Austin American-Statesman

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AISD puts federal poverty money into public relations, multicultural outreach Austin American-Statesman The department â€" which has a staff of 23 and a 2011-12 budget of about $2 million, including $1.4 million for salaries â€" is now being funded with about $192000 of Title I money, federal funds given to support programs and services at high-poverty ... and more »

American National Announces AM Best Rating Change

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These rating actions were primarily a result of the decrease in the companies capital and surplus and reduceoperating performance. American National Life Insurancse Companyof Texas, Garde n State Life Insurance Company, Standarde Life & Accident Insurance Company, Farm Family Life Insurance Pacific Property & Casualty Company and American National Lloyds Insuranc e Company were affirmed at theire current A (Excellent) rating with a stable ANPAC Louisiana Insurance Company was affirmed at its current A- rating with a stable outlook.
The Unitedr States and the world at largre have experienced a severe economic While American National largely investd in high quality assets to support its insurance and annuity some of these were among the hardesty hit over thepast year. During 2008 and the firstr quarterof 2009, on a consolidated American National took $435 millionm in other-than-temporary impairments on invested assets. This impactesd our reported capital and subsequently our recent review by AM We believe that there are serioua limitations in the current market value accounting practicea forinvested assets.
To support our liabilities, American National typically holds assets totheird maturity, but is required to mark many of them to theier current market value. current accounting practices do not allow us to reverse the full amoung of any recovery on assetas on which impairments havebeen recorded. From December 31, 2008 to May 31, 2009 the unrealizedr gains and losses recorded forour available-for-salee securities improved by $345 million. The unrealizex gains and losses onour held-to-maturity securities improvee by $230 million.
Over the past few our management team has made sound decisiond that have resulted ina short-terj reduction to our earnings in order to improvew our competitive position, liquidity and strength over the long term. As an we have increased the company's cash positionb to ensure ample liquidity during the recent volatile economic Also impacting earnings were significant expenditures in preparing for our registratio n withthe SEC.
While we are disappointed with the recentt rating actions taken by AM we are proud that our ratinv ofA (Excellent) with a stable outlook recognizes Americabn National and its subsidiary companies as financiall y strong with an "excellent ability to meet their ongoing insurance This opinion is supported by American National's strongv corporate profile. -- Forbes recently namer American National among its2009 "100 Most Trustworthy Companies". -- American National has thrivede more than 104 the result of a conservative corporate culture with a strong commitment toits shareholders, agents and employees.
-- American National remainws well capitalized with GAAP assets equakto 119% of thosw needed to support the company's GAAP liabilities. -- As of Marc 31, 2009, GAAP Assets totaled $18.82 -- As of March 31, GAAP Stockholders' surplus was $3.06 billion, or $115.46 per basic share. -- American National is a diversifiedf family of companies offering a broad array ofinsurances products, annuities, pension plan servicews and mutual funds. -- With no corporate debt, Americabn National has no outside demands on its liquidity and continues to be able to invest in growingyits business. A.M.
Best's active company rating scale is: A++ A+ (Superior), A (Excellent), A- (Excellent), B++ B+ (Good), B (Fair), B- C++ (Marginal), C+ (Marginal), C (Weak), C- and D (Poor). American National Insurancew Company is headquarteredin Galveston, The American National family of companies offers a broad line of producte and services, which include life annuities, health insurance, credig insurance, pension plan services and property and casualty insurancw for personal lines, agribusiness, and targetef commercial exposures.
American National's major insurance subsidiaries include Americann National Life Insurance Company of Standard Life and AccidentInsurance Company, Garden State Life Insurance Company, American National Property and Casualty Farm Family Life Insurance Company, Farm Family Casualt y Insurance Company and United Farm Famil Insurance Company. For more information, including company news and investotrrelations information, visit the company's web site at . The statement s contained in this release that are not historical statements, including statements regarding future performance, plane and projections, are forward-looking statements based on management'a current expectations.
These statements involvs certain risks and uncertainties detailed inthe Company's financiak statements. Actual results may differ materially from thes statements due to changesin business, competitive, market, economic, and politicakl factors that are beyond our We disclaim any intention or obligation to updater or revise any forward-lookiny statements, whether as a result of new information, futurre events or otherwise, excep as may be required by law.

Moveable feast of Martha's Vineyard community dinners warms winter - Martha's Vineyard Times

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Moveable feast of Martha's Vineyard community dinners warms winter Martha's Vineyard Times By Don Hinkle Peter Yoars (right), Marjorie Pierce, and Marsha Winsryg serve potluck concoctions at the Congregational Church in West Tisbury. Many Island restaurants offer lower prices, two-for-one meals, and a variety of special deals during the ...

BofA prices share offering - Charlotte Business Journal:

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per share. Investors in the bank’s perpetuall preferred stock can tender their shares before midnighton Wednesday. The offe is part of the bank’s effor t to raise $33.9 billion in capitalo that federal regulators say BofA needs afterthe government’s “stress test” of its ability to withstan d a deeper recession. The exchange doesn’y involve any preferred sharezs held by thefederalo government. Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) has raised the majority of new capital it needsw tosatisfy regulators. In May, BofA sold $13.5 billionn in common stock. BofA also sold a 5.7 percenft stake in China Construction Bank to Asian investorz for a gainof $4.5 billion.
Thosew steps boosted BofA’s Tier 1 common capital by $1.8 billiohn by reducing a deferred tax asset In addition, BofA agreed to exchange $5.9 billionb in preferred shares for 436 milliobn shares of common The company has said it could raisd more money by selling assetds such as First Republic Bank, a San Francisco-based bank, and entering into joint ventures.

Browse We Recommend - Memphis Flyer

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Browse We Recommend Memphis Flyer “That's a tough style to play. It's like going to the dentist without novocaine.” Tiger coach Josh Pastner was grinning as he described his team's 13th win of the season Saturday afternoon, but the expression seemed more one of relief than joy. ... and more »

Local former Chrysler, GM dealers look to sell used cars - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Tony Wilkerson, executive directotr of the , said his organization has begunm to lend assistance to dealers lost in thebankruptcy “Our national organization has already sent letters to them to let them know abouty our organization and I plan to do the same thingv for our state,” Wilkerson said. “Thehy were in the used car businessanyway – but if you’re stuckj like many of them are, the overhead cost for a used car dealershipo is nothing compared to a franchise.” However, the expansiom of the local used car markey comes as prices are increasingt and the availability of late-model used cars is he said. But according to Morgah Murphy, president of motorpool.
com, the initial increase in pricex should be looked at as merelyha short-term hurdle. “At firstg glance, that would strike the communityt as bad but in thelong run, it’s good for resalr values,” Murphy said. When local consumers buy they will be able to demand more when they choose tosell it, he In fact, the higher resale values might actuallyu revive American car dealers in the “American manufacturing has been similar and just as good as Japanesde and Korean manufacturing, but the problem has been re-sale value and initiao prices,” Murphy said.
In the meantime, Birmingham dealerse affected can capitalize on the unique landscapd of the local market on the used car he said. Many are family-ownedr and have been staples in the communith formany decades. They are also encouraged by the fact that locall used car sales have seen an uptick amid the recessiom as buyers are more inclined to look for a bargain as a means tospend less. “Birminghamn has a long and distinguished history ofreputablr dealers,” Murphy said. “Don Drennen has been in busineswsince 1908. That’s 101 years of serving our so there’s a culture around businesses like that.
” Their long-standing historgy could make local buyers more inclinec to buy used cars from he said. Ward Drennen, president of Don Drennen Buick Chryslerand Jeep, said after learnint that his dealer agreement had been canceled with expanding his used car salez seemed like a real possibility. “Ww are going to expand our used cardepartmentds drastically,” said Drennen, who was left with more than $2 millio n in Chrysler parts and merchandise. “We want to offer a greayt value to peoplewho can’t afforx a new car.
” Although he hasn’tf stopped looking into becoming a franchiseer for other automotive manufacturers, he is open to the idea of makinv the switch to stay in “It is possible that we could become a used car superstore,” said Drennen, who also learnedc that GM will seek to cancel the dealershil agreement he has for his Buickl dealership. “We’ve been in Birmingham long enoug that our reputation can keepus

Nuti: NCR to save millions with Georgia move - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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was as much about consolidation and cost saving as it wasaboug Georgia’s $60 million incentive package, its demographics, infrastructur and skilled workforce. The relocation will save the Fortuns 500company “tens of millions of dollars” over the next NCR chief Bill Nuti told Atlanta Business Chronicle on NCR’s decision to locate in Georgia, will brinf more than 2,100 jobs including nearly 900 to a manufacturinbg operation in Columbus. That facility, will be NCR’sd first manufacturing plant in the United Statez sincethe 1970s. NCR is consolidatin g corporate jobs from not just but from severalothet U.S.
locations, Nuti said, declining to disclose the NCR will continue to employy less than 50in Dayton, wher it will maintain a data center and saleds and service operations. Atlanta’s academic institutions also helpesd win theNCR deal. The companuy views schools like as a potential labor pool and a partneer for joint innovation and The region’s relatively robustf economy, its supply chainn logistics infrastructure and corporate base, also helped win NCR “We looked at all of these factorsx and Georgia scored amongst the highest of all Nuti said. Atlanta also got a little help from the economicallydepresserd Midwest. “Recruitment has been difficult in Nuti said.
NCR’s move to the Southeast was also promptedfby consolidation. “At the end of the day we really were a company that was widely Nuti said. Since NCR’s 1997 spin-ofvf from AT&T, “the company was everywhere and The company needed to consolidatew into a single campus to improve collaboration and he said. NCR’s executive offices, will remain in Manhattan, Nuti “That center surrounds our largest and most major customers in the world in thebanking industry,” he said.
“That’ s where we host many of our customerw in the financialservices

Is General Dynamics' Stock a Bargain by the Numbers? - DailyFinance

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Is General Dynamics' Stock a Bargain by the Numbers? DailyFinance Let's see what those numbers can tell us about how expensive or cheap General Dynamics (NYS: GD) might be, including against competitors Boeing (NYS: BA) , Lockheed Martin (NYS: LMT) , and Northrop Grumman (NYS: NOC) . First, we'll look at most ... and more »

Fitness Store $500 New Year's Gift Card Sweepstakes - 11 Lucky Winners - The Open Press (press release)

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Fitness Store $500 New Year's Gift Card Sweepstakes - 11 Lucky Winners The Open Press (press release) Don't miss out log on to Facebook today. Like the WorkoutHealthy.com Facebook page. That is so simple a child can do it, but you can only win if you are 18 years old or older and you must be a US resident. Those are the rules. ... and more »

Jason Long - bizjournals:

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Age: Hometown: Education: First job: Family: Married to Christy with three 10-year old Taylor, 8-yeafr old Peyton and 6-month-old What do you do: Oversee logistic operations for 220,000-square-foot warehouse whichy includes shipping, receiving, staffing and inventory control Like bestabout job: Like least about job: Pet peeve: Most importan t lesson learned: Person most interested in meeting: Most respected Career goals: First choice for a new career: Favorits quote: “However beautiful the strategy, you shoul d occasionally look at the — Winston Churchill Most influential To Kill a Mockingbird Favorite cause: Favorite status Favorite movie: Favorite restaurant: Favorite vacation Favorite way to spend free time: Favorite stress Favorite musicians: Automobile: What do you know ?
What are the most important measures third-partyu logistics companies can take to stay viablde during the recession? Companies that will survivs and thrive in this economyt are the ones that are willing to changwe for the long-term future. I think this recentf downturn forced companies to look hard at wherwe and why they spend monet and trim away anythintg that isnot essential. Efficiency is becominh the No. 1 thing companies are focusing on in all areazs from equipmentto people. If ever y company made it a priorityu towork smarter, profitws will follow.

Applied Aerospace Structures lands cargo spacecraft deal - San Francisco Business Times:

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Stockton-based Applied will do the workfor ORB) of Dulles, Va., which got the originalo contract from NASA earlier this year. Orbitapl is spending $150 million on the demonstration project, and NASA is putting in $170 Applied Aerospace will build and test partd used in the Cygnus which is designed to move arounr once in orbit and ferry cargo to the space NASA hopes this new system will be readhy to go soon aftee space shuttles are retired in 2010. Orbital Sciences hopes to demonstrate its cargo delivery which will use a new Tauruds IIrocket (which Applied is also workinyg on), in the fourth quarter of 2010.
If NASA approvews the system, it could fly “several” missions in 2011 and up to eight a year in 2012and 2013. Applie d Aerospace Structures has about 240 workers and started businessin 1956. It used to be named Parsonse of California and started out making rotor bladesfor helicopters. Earlier this month, the company bough 10 acres to add to its existing14

Bennet cites Colorado examples in Senate plea for health-care reform - San Francisco Business Times:

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Coloradans, he said, "speaj for countless others acrossthe nation. All they ask for is a healtgh care system that work sfor them, a health care system that doesn’t crush them with unreasonablw cost increases, and a health care systek that doesn’t deny them coverage just because they have pre-existinvg conditions." Bennet, D- Colo., also touted his own proposals to make patienrt transition care more cost-effectivew and successful. "In Colorado, we haven’t waitesd on Washington," he said. "We’ve made real progreszs in showing how to provide high quality health care at alower cost.
" Bennet, formerly superintendenr of the Denver Public Schools, was appointede to the Senate by Gov. Bill Rittere to fill the seat vacaterd by Ken Salazar when Salazar was pickesd by President Barack Obama as secretaryg ofthe Interior. Here is the full text of Bennet's Senate-floorf speech as prepared for delivery Thursday, providee by his staff. In the speech, he is addressingh the president ofthe Senate. Mr. President, I rise today to discussz the urgent need for healthcare reform. The people of and the American people, have waited for too long for Washingtohto act. We should begin with a basicf principle: if you have coverage and you like it, you can keep it.
If you have your and you like himor her, you should be able to keep them as We will not take that choice away from you. But even as we keep what we must confront the challengee of soaring health care costs and the lack of accessxto affordable, quality health care. The status quo is Every day, families in Colorado and acrosa America facerising premiums. Their plans offetr fewer benefits. They are denied coverage becauserof pre-existing conditions. And until we fix the healtg care system, we won’t be able to fix the fiscal mess in which wefind ourselves. Sincre 1970, the share of healthcare as a part of the GDP has gone from 7 percenft to17 percent.
The United Statew spends over $2 trillion in healtu care costs, including over $400 billion on Medicare President Obama has said that the biggest threat toour nation’sw balance sheet is the skyrocketinh cost of health And he’s right. In we haven’t waited on We’ve made real progress in showing how to provide high qualitty health care at alowerf cost. Last week, the New Yorker magazinre published an articleentitlecd “The Cost Conundrum” that highlights the importanf work that’s been done in Mesa Colorado. Over thirty years ago this communityserving 120,00o0 people came together—doctors, nurses, and the non-profit healt insurance company.
They agreed upon a system that paid doctors and nurseds for seeing patients and producing bettertquality care. They realized that problems and costw go down when care ismore patient-focused. In Mesa the city of Grand Junction implementedd an integrated health care system thatprovides follow-up care with This follow-up care has helped lowere hospital readmissions rates in Grand Junction to just 3 percent. Comparwe that to the 20 percentrate nationwide, and it is cleae that our community on the Western Slope of Colorado is onto something groundbreaking. High readmissionm rates are a huge problej forour seniors.
Nearly one in five Medicard patients who leave a hospitapl are readmitted within thefollowinv month, and more than three-quarters of these readmissions are Rehospitalization costs Medicare over $17 billion a year. It’s painfuo for patients and families to be caught up in thes cyclesof treatment. All too care is fragmented – you go from the doctor, to the to a nursing home, back to the hospital and then back to thedoctor again. Patientsa are given medication instructions as they are leavin gthe hospital, many times after coming off of strongg medications.
They don’t know whom to and they are not sure what to ask their primary care The solution, both our Denver and Mesa County health communities have is to provide patients leaving the hospital with a This coach is a trained health professionalk connecting home and the This coach teaches patients how to manage their healt h on their own.

Scharf faced Denver

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Not only did Scharfc and his staff work endless hours to ensure that the convention center and hotels were prepared for the in but he also helped set historic tourismj numbers in the cityand state. A record 28 milliomn people visited Colo­rado in 2007, contributing $9.8 billionj — up 10 percent from 2006 — to the state’s according to a study commissioned bythe (DMCVB) and the Overnight visitors to Denver last year rose to 12.2 up 4 percent from 2006. They spent $2.6 billion, a 6 percen t increase over 2006. The number of overnight leisure traveler s jumped 5 percentto 9.
6 The state’s ski resorts are responsible for a big shares of visitors, capturing 20 percent of the skiinvg market nationwide. “So many of us have invested a greaf deal in the city to make it what it is Scharf said. “I think this year, we’vew come off a couple greatf banner yearsin We’ve established ourselves as a top 10 tourism destination.” And the DNC will help acceleratw that success, Scharf said. city officials, retailers and hospitality consultants across the state say the which drewroughly 50,000 into the city, will bring recorx tourism numbers in the yearsd to come.
“People had heard about and the DNC allowed us to be on the world Scharf said. “I have hearfd from our counterparts and representativea across the country that said Denverlooked great.” Schargf credits his staff for the bureau’s He was named president and CEO of the DMCVhB in 2004 and manages a staffg of 63 people, including tourism employees in Chicagoi and Washington, D.C. The bureau is a nonprofit and has morethan 1,000 private busines s members and an annuall budget of $15 million. Between boarsd meetings, traveling for work, and working with city and stat officials, Scharf keeps busy taking his two daughters, 9 and 12, to extracurriculatr activities.
“My life is filled with whereve my girls are swimming orplaying soccer,” he said. “They’re very There’s probably not a sport they’re not “My kids are the age where they like to and they like to bike alongh theSouth Platte,” Scharf said, while listinb the numerous activities he shares with his He takes them across the state, showing them the picturesquwe Rocky Mountains and small Western towns that he advertisezs to travel media across the world. Scharrf has climbed five of the state’sw 14er mountains, rafted down Colorado rivers and riddebn his mountain bike on trails acrossthe state.
“Fromk the Alamosa region to Buena Vista, I’j just always impressed with what this stater hasto offer,” he

GE, Rolls-Royce prepare F136 engine for flight testing - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The companies said Wednesday that it is beginnint its flight clearancecertification review, a process that will prepare the F136 for flightf testing. It expects that, following the engine will be tested onan F-35 Lightning aircrafgt in early 2011. The F136 is intended to be an alternativr engine forthe F-35 Jointt Strike Fighter, an aircraft that’s expected to servw as a mainstay for U.S. armedx forces and those of numerous allies for Multiple variations ofthe F-35 are beinfg developed by . is building the primary F-35 engine, with whichu the GE-Rolls-Royce engine would compete for orders, under contracy with the Pentagon.
In early May, the Pentagon cut fundingv forthe GE-Rolls engine – the fourth time it has done so. In each Congress has restored funding forthe project. GE and Rolls-Roycd said their version of the engine will be readhy for salein 2012. Evendale-based GE Aviation is a unit of Co. GE).