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Friday, December 30, 2011
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
County opens 20,000 acres to growth - Business First of Columbus:
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That acreage is about one-third larger than the city of Rancho But alongside those acres ofnew development, the Generakl Plan 2030 also calls for 21st century-style growth by rerouting some development to infillo sites as well as to decayingy and underutilized commercial corridors. The plan anticipateds the unincorporated portions of the countgy willneed 99,700 new home over the next 20 years, abouft 50,000 more than can be accommodated withim its existing urban area. The proposed general plan was first presented Monday to officiale atSacramento County’s Planning Commission. It ultimately must be approverd by the Boardof Supervisors. The plan has been sevenj years inthe making.
Much has changed during that including the proliferation ofsustainabls design, the region’s blueprint for “smar t growth” and the rise and devastating fall of the housinb bubble. It may be an onerous task for stafrf to mull decades of population and economic growthb at a time when no one is building new shopping centers or But just as landowners have been using the downtimw to plan for a return of the construction market, planners have been anticipating growthu patterns over the long “One thing we’re trying to champion is complete communitie with a mix of development and (to) integrater uses as much as planner David DeFanti said.
“That means a diversity of transportation, retail.” The proposed general plan followsthe region’ws blueprint for smart growth that valuesx infill and eschews leapfrog development. Principal planner Leighann Moffittr said it does not ask officials to expandthe county’es urban services boundary, which is a near-sacrosanc border established in 1993 between urban and rural But it does envision expanding the county’zs urban policy area, a line that markes the existing urban-rural divide and occasionally shifts farther out from the urbanm core.
There are two main new growth areas underfthis plan, both with multiple The first comprises 12,000 acres of industrial and agricultural land along the Jackso Highway corridor between Sacramentk and Rancho Cordova. It includes mining property ownedd by the Teichert group ofcompanies that’s envisioned to be developed into new communities as mining operations wind down. The second area of growthn consistsof 8,000 acres of primarily grazinbg land east of Grant Line Road bordering Rancho Cordova. Prominent land developer controlsabout 2,40p0 acres of that property and was the firsg to propose a new community there.
Last Conwy submitted an application for an expansive set of villagess and other development that includesa full-scalee residential campus for the . “There was an initial concern this isleapfrog development, but we are contiguous to existin g development,” said Michelle a spokeswoman for noting that the projec t borders Rancho Cordova’s Sunrise-Douglas Community Plan. A groundbreaking for the universityg was originally expected next year but that has been pusheto 2011, Smira In accordance with the county’s blueprin t for smart growth, General Plan 2030 directs some growthh to infill sites.
These include parcelzs near the former McClellan Air Baseand under-used sites in the county’sw 14 commercial corridors. Moffitt said the transformation of McClellan into a businesx park has opened up areas of development that previouslyh had been restricted due to noise andsafetyt concerns. The areas being considered near the base are west of Watt Before the realestate downturn, developerw had been proposing projects in that area, she Perhaps the most unconventional aspect of the propose d General Plan is the decision to revitalize commercialk corridors, such as stretches of Watt Avenuw and Folsom Boulevard.
County staff estimated the plan could allow anadditional 19,0000 homes along those corridors. That would eliminate the need to put thosw homes onagricultural land. Smallefr parcels scattered throughout the county could accommodate thousandsmore homes. Planninvg for four of the commerciao corridors alreadyhas started, principal planner Tricia Stevenas said. The idea is to revamp restrictive zoningy and allowmixed uses, including homes and apartments, in areazs that previously were limited to strip centers. The county also planss to make the corridors more attractive by buryin gutility lines, planting vegetation and enhancing the streetscapes.
Althoughj cash is tight at the Stevens said funding will come from grants and redevelopmenyt money generated through taxes inredevelopment zones. The procesxs of writing a general plan has taken so long that one major new growth project originally envisioned as part of the plan is alreadtyunder way. applied to rezond a portion of 6,000 acres it owns for redevelopmentrlast year. The aerospacd company wants todevelop 4,80p0 residential lots as well as commercial and office space on 1,391 acres south of Highway 50 betweemn Rancho Cordova and Folsom in the Easton planninh area. General Plan 2030 is next due beford the county Planning Commission onJune 22. Other workshops coul d follow.
It could be the fall before it is formallty adopted by the Boardof “The purpose of the plan is to set DeFanti said. “The details will follow.”
That acreage is about one-third larger than the city of Rancho But alongside those acres ofnew development, the Generakl Plan 2030 also calls for 21st century-style growth by rerouting some development to infillo sites as well as to decayingy and underutilized commercial corridors. The plan anticipateds the unincorporated portions of the countgy willneed 99,700 new home over the next 20 years, abouft 50,000 more than can be accommodated withim its existing urban area. The proposed general plan was first presented Monday to officiale atSacramento County’s Planning Commission. It ultimately must be approverd by the Boardof Supervisors. The plan has been sevenj years inthe making.
Much has changed during that including the proliferation ofsustainabls design, the region’s blueprint for “smar t growth” and the rise and devastating fall of the housinb bubble. It may be an onerous task for stafrf to mull decades of population and economic growthb at a time when no one is building new shopping centers or But just as landowners have been using the downtimw to plan for a return of the construction market, planners have been anticipating growthu patterns over the long “One thing we’re trying to champion is complete communitie with a mix of development and (to) integrater uses as much as planner David DeFanti said.
“That means a diversity of transportation, retail.” The proposed general plan followsthe region’ws blueprint for smart growth that valuesx infill and eschews leapfrog development. Principal planner Leighann Moffittr said it does not ask officials to expandthe county’es urban services boundary, which is a near-sacrosanc border established in 1993 between urban and rural But it does envision expanding the county’zs urban policy area, a line that markes the existing urban-rural divide and occasionally shifts farther out from the urbanm core.
There are two main new growth areas underfthis plan, both with multiple The first comprises 12,000 acres of industrial and agricultural land along the Jackso Highway corridor between Sacramentk and Rancho Cordova. It includes mining property ownedd by the Teichert group ofcompanies that’s envisioned to be developed into new communities as mining operations wind down. The second area of growthn consistsof 8,000 acres of primarily grazinbg land east of Grant Line Road bordering Rancho Cordova. Prominent land developer controlsabout 2,40p0 acres of that property and was the firsg to propose a new community there.
Last Conwy submitted an application for an expansive set of villagess and other development that includesa full-scalee residential campus for the . “There was an initial concern this isleapfrog development, but we are contiguous to existin g development,” said Michelle a spokeswoman for noting that the projec t borders Rancho Cordova’s Sunrise-Douglas Community Plan. A groundbreaking for the universityg was originally expected next year but that has been pusheto 2011, Smira In accordance with the county’s blueprin t for smart growth, General Plan 2030 directs some growthh to infill sites.
These include parcelzs near the former McClellan Air Baseand under-used sites in the county’sw 14 commercial corridors. Moffitt said the transformation of McClellan into a businesx park has opened up areas of development that previouslyh had been restricted due to noise andsafetyt concerns. The areas being considered near the base are west of Watt Before the realestate downturn, developerw had been proposing projects in that area, she Perhaps the most unconventional aspect of the propose d General Plan is the decision to revitalize commercialk corridors, such as stretches of Watt Avenuw and Folsom Boulevard.
County staff estimated the plan could allow anadditional 19,0000 homes along those corridors. That would eliminate the need to put thosw homes onagricultural land. Smallefr parcels scattered throughout the county could accommodate thousandsmore homes. Planninvg for four of the commerciao corridors alreadyhas started, principal planner Tricia Stevenas said. The idea is to revamp restrictive zoningy and allowmixed uses, including homes and apartments, in areazs that previously were limited to strip centers. The county also planss to make the corridors more attractive by buryin gutility lines, planting vegetation and enhancing the streetscapes.
Althoughj cash is tight at the Stevens said funding will come from grants and redevelopmenyt money generated through taxes inredevelopment zones. The procesxs of writing a general plan has taken so long that one major new growth project originally envisioned as part of the plan is alreadtyunder way. applied to rezond a portion of 6,000 acres it owns for redevelopmentrlast year. The aerospacd company wants todevelop 4,80p0 residential lots as well as commercial and office space on 1,391 acres south of Highway 50 betweemn Rancho Cordova and Folsom in the Easton planninh area. General Plan 2030 is next due beford the county Planning Commission onJune 22. Other workshops coul d follow.
It could be the fall before it is formallty adopted by the Boardof “The purpose of the plan is to set DeFanti said. “The details will follow.”
Monday, December 26, 2011
Duke Ellington's sacred music: a jazz prayer - The Seattle Times
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Duke Ellington's sacred music: a jazz prayer The Seattle Times The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, codirected by Michael Brockman and Clarence Acox and featuring vocalists Nichol Eskridge, Everett Greene, the NW Chamber Chorus and tap dancer Alex Dugdale, performs selections from Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts ... |
Saturday, December 24, 2011
MBA: Mortgage, refinancing applications fall - South Florida Business Journal:
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percent in the week ended June 5, accordinh to the . Refinancing applicationsz fell 11.8 percent from the previous week, while applicationx for new mortgages wereup 1.1 percent. Refinancing made up 59.4 percen t of total applications last downfrom 62.4 percent the previous week. That’ds the lowest the refinance share has beensincer November. The share of adjustable-rate mortgages increasedr to 3.4 percent from 3 percentf of total applications from theprevious week. The average interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages increase d to 5.57 percent from 5.25 percent, with points increasingt to 1.09 from 1.02. The averagre interest rate for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages increased to 5.
1 perceng from 4.8 percent, with points decreasin to 1.04 from 1.1. The average interesy rate for one-year ARMs increasee to 6.75 percent from 6.61 percent, with points decreasinfg to 0.1 from 0.15.
percent in the week ended June 5, accordinh to the . Refinancing applicationsz fell 11.8 percent from the previous week, while applicationx for new mortgages wereup 1.1 percent. Refinancing made up 59.4 percen t of total applications last downfrom 62.4 percent the previous week. That’ds the lowest the refinance share has beensincer November. The share of adjustable-rate mortgages increasedr to 3.4 percent from 3 percentf of total applications from theprevious week. The average interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages increase d to 5.57 percent from 5.25 percent, with points increasingt to 1.09 from 1.02. The averagre interest rate for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages increased to 5.
1 perceng from 4.8 percent, with points decreasin to 1.04 from 1.1. The average interesy rate for one-year ARMs increasee to 6.75 percent from 6.61 percent, with points decreasinfg to 0.1 from 0.15.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Dublin
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A three-judge panel from the Ohio 10th Districgt Court of Appeals in Columbus ruled Marcu 12 that two Dublin building standards that deal with staircasez and basement ceilings are in conflictt with a statewidebuilding code, making them But the court also ruled that city-established coded governing electrical service are permissible. Dublinj has been regulating home building withih its borders since 1980 by instituting codes under what city leadersa thought wasits home-rule Dublin’s building codes are, by design, more restrictivee than standard building practices in the market, said Jeffrey Tyler, the city’ director of building standards.
“We look at our communit y as being unique,” he said. “Our building codes improve the marketabilityt ofhomes ... and the marketability of the While Dublin has anearly three-decade history of regulating housinfg construction, the state does not. The Generakl Assembly didn’t pass its first statewidwe building codeuntil 2005. When it did, lawmakers used an industru standard as a model that in many respectsmatches Dublin’s, but is less stringenf regarding staircases, ceilings and electricity. Dublin’s codes require basement ceilings to be staircases to be less steep and electrical service to include more circuitse dedicatedto kitchens.
Each case has a good reasohn behind it, said Dublinj City Manager Terry Foegler. “There’s a very high percentage of our homeowners that want to convert their basements intolivable space,” he said of the basementy ceiling height requirement, which is a minimukm between 6 feet, 8 inches and 7 feet, 6 Ohio’s minimum is between 6 feet, 4 inches and 6 8 inches. Dublin’s zoning and land use restrictions typicall prevent homeowners from adding on totheid houses, Tyler said, so higher basement ceilings give them the optiob to create extra finished living space.
Shallower staircases make stairsx safer, and the electricapl requirements accommodate contemporary kitchen power demands, he said. Those requirement s translate into houses that are more expensive to saidRichard Taylor, owner of Dublin-baseds . While most Dublin houses aren’t built to minimum standards, Taylor said the city’s staif slope requirement prevents production housee that might be permitted in neighboring for example, from being built in A production home plan generall y uses the steeper statew staircase slope guidelines, and would have to be reworked to add the additionall two feet needed for a Dublin staircase, Taylor said.
“If it meansw you’re adding on square feet to the house, it coulc cost thousands of dollars,” Taylot said. Dublin filed a complaing in April 2007 againstthe , the state agencu that governs building codes, because city officialds felt the statewide building code was a violation of Dublin’z home-rule right to institute more restrictive But the state countered that Dublin’s codes are an exercise of the city’ s police powers, which are not allowed to conflicf with state law. A June 2008 decision from Franklin Count Common Pleas Court JudgdDavid Cain, found in the state’s favor.
A three-judge panel from the Ohio 10th Districgt Court of Appeals in Columbus ruled Marcu 12 that two Dublin building standards that deal with staircasez and basement ceilings are in conflictt with a statewidebuilding code, making them But the court also ruled that city-established coded governing electrical service are permissible. Dublinj has been regulating home building withih its borders since 1980 by instituting codes under what city leadersa thought wasits home-rule Dublin’s building codes are, by design, more restrictivee than standard building practices in the market, said Jeffrey Tyler, the city’ director of building standards.
“We look at our communit y as being unique,” he said. “Our building codes improve the marketabilityt ofhomes ... and the marketability of the While Dublin has anearly three-decade history of regulating housinfg construction, the state does not. The Generakl Assembly didn’t pass its first statewidwe building codeuntil 2005. When it did, lawmakers used an industru standard as a model that in many respectsmatches Dublin’s, but is less stringenf regarding staircases, ceilings and electricity. Dublin’s codes require basement ceilings to be staircases to be less steep and electrical service to include more circuitse dedicatedto kitchens.
Each case has a good reasohn behind it, said Dublinj City Manager Terry Foegler. “There’s a very high percentage of our homeowners that want to convert their basements intolivable space,” he said of the basementy ceiling height requirement, which is a minimukm between 6 feet, 8 inches and 7 feet, 6 Ohio’s minimum is between 6 feet, 4 inches and 6 8 inches. Dublin’s zoning and land use restrictions typicall prevent homeowners from adding on totheid houses, Tyler said, so higher basement ceilings give them the optiob to create extra finished living space.
Shallower staircases make stairsx safer, and the electricapl requirements accommodate contemporary kitchen power demands, he said. Those requirement s translate into houses that are more expensive to saidRichard Taylor, owner of Dublin-baseds . While most Dublin houses aren’t built to minimum standards, Taylor said the city’s staif slope requirement prevents production housee that might be permitted in neighboring for example, from being built in A production home plan generall y uses the steeper statew staircase slope guidelines, and would have to be reworked to add the additionall two feet needed for a Dublin staircase, Taylor said.
“If it meansw you’re adding on square feet to the house, it coulc cost thousands of dollars,” Taylot said. Dublin filed a complaing in April 2007 againstthe , the state agencu that governs building codes, because city officialds felt the statewide building code was a violation of Dublin’z home-rule right to institute more restrictive But the state countered that Dublin’s codes are an exercise of the city’ s police powers, which are not allowed to conflicf with state law. A June 2008 decision from Franklin Count Common Pleas Court JudgdDavid Cain, found in the state’s favor.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Rangers submit highest bid, win negotiating rights to Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish - Washington Post
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Globe and Mail | Rangers submit highest bid, win negotiating rights to Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish Washington Post Major League Baseb » |
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Michael Jackson's belongings sell for nearly $1M - San Francisco Chronicle
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CBC.ca | Michael Jackson's belongings sell for nearly $1M San Francisco Chronicle By SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer Danny Moloshok / AP Paula Pereira, from San Clemente, Calif., photographs a Michael Jackson-inscribed Victorian revival style armoire with the text "Train, perfection March April Full out May" on the mirror ... Michael Jackson's Belongings Sell For Nearly $1M |
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Charter sets salary, bonus for restructuring chief - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Doody, 44, will earn a base salaryy of $60,000 a month, or $720,000 a but Charter hopes it emerges from Chapterf 11 bankruptcybefore then. The company hopes it emergr from bankruptcy in six months orby September. Charter also plan to give Doodya $1.5 milliobn “emergence bonus” reduced by the sum of the base salary paid to Dooduy during his term of employment, the amountr of monthly fees paid to consultants and the $75,000 retainerd paid to Dumaine. As part of the Charter CEO Neil Smit may nix the bonud atany time. Doody previously led successful in-court and out-of-courrt restructurings, including at , a San Calif.
-based energy company, and , one of the nation'se largest providers of outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging and rehabilitative services. HealthSouth presidengt and CEO Jay Grinney credited Dooduy with helping the company redirect its focus in the wake ofa multibillion-dollatr corporate accounting fraud perpetrated undef prior management. Charter Doody as an adviser and officiallty named him chiefrestructuring officer
Doody, 44, will earn a base salaryy of $60,000 a month, or $720,000 a but Charter hopes it emerges from Chapterf 11 bankruptcybefore then. The company hopes it emergr from bankruptcy in six months orby September. Charter also plan to give Doodya $1.5 milliobn “emergence bonus” reduced by the sum of the base salary paid to Dooduy during his term of employment, the amountr of monthly fees paid to consultants and the $75,000 retainerd paid to Dumaine. As part of the Charter CEO Neil Smit may nix the bonud atany time. Doody previously led successful in-court and out-of-courrt restructurings, including at , a San Calif.
-based energy company, and , one of the nation'se largest providers of outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging and rehabilitative services. HealthSouth presidengt and CEO Jay Grinney credited Dooduy with helping the company redirect its focus in the wake ofa multibillion-dollatr corporate accounting fraud perpetrated undef prior management. Charter Doody as an adviser and officiallty named him chiefrestructuring officer
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Would you like a gun with that Hummer? - St. Louis Business Journal:
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million, 34,000-square-foot dealership. Stock and Associates has been tapped as the civil engineer. Lynch owns Adventure with morethan $3 million in annuap sales of Hummer accessories worldwide, and he expects that will double by expanding it to Adventure Accessories and Shootinbg Sports, adding firearms and outdoor equipment. Kent president of , was racking up frequent flierd miles between his officein St. Louis and that toddling town as he executed a complexd deal that led to the acquistion of a Chicagodesign firm. The termds were not announced, but the combined architectural firm would bethe nation’s 11th based on Cannon’s annual revenue of $95.
4 million and OWP/P’sz $52.9 million. ranked as the fifthh best capitalized holding company with assetdsof $1 billion to $100 billion in a stress test conducte d by SNL Financial. It has an estimated $170 million in excessd Tier 1 capital; ranked 13th, with $74 million in Tom Chulick is St. Louiz chairman of UMB, and Tom Collins is St. Louis president of Northern St. Louis’ was amongg the institutions with thelargest shortfalls. Dr.
Shawn Lavigne, a chiropractort in Cedar Hill inJefferson County, has openef two AllergiCare Relief Centers, in Cedar Hill and in Chesterfield The centers diagnose allergy symptoms using radio-wavee technology and treat them with an accupressure laser therapy. Lavigne charge s a flat rate of $1,000 for the treatments, whicy are not covered by insurance. He invested $60,000 to launchy the centers and plans to open a third byyear end. There’sx no scrimping on audio and video technology at the new at the at At 83,000 square the 27 rooms and 220-seat auditorium have six flat-panel 28 Sanyo projectors and 28 Draped projection screens.
The equipment was installed by , whichj completed 22 health-care relaterd projects valued at $4.5 million in its 2008 fisca l year, said Dan Schaeffer, Patsy Duncan, owner of mold testingg firm Fungus-A-Mungus, is launching a secondr environmentalconsulting business. Duncan’s will distribute EZ Breaths homeventilation systems, which retail for about to complement her mold inspections. Last Fungus-A-Mungus sales topped $220,000, and she’s currentluy tracking a 20 percentsales increase. Both startups were Brothers Scott and Ben Scully andtheir mom, Cammie Scully, debutg their new Benton Park art gallery, Abstrakt, from 8 to 11 p.m.
June 6 with free drinka and entertainment and the art of Paco The gallery is in the shadow of the at the corner of Arsenal and next to BentonPark Cafe. Sales of $250,00o are projected in the firsrt year, with a portion of each sale going to The is the beneficiary for the Scott is founder and presidenytof ; Ben is seniod vice president of sales at Emdeon; and theidr mom is the executive directore of the in Waterloo, Ill.
million, 34,000-square-foot dealership. Stock and Associates has been tapped as the civil engineer. Lynch owns Adventure with morethan $3 million in annuap sales of Hummer accessories worldwide, and he expects that will double by expanding it to Adventure Accessories and Shootinbg Sports, adding firearms and outdoor equipment. Kent president of , was racking up frequent flierd miles between his officein St. Louis and that toddling town as he executed a complexd deal that led to the acquistion of a Chicagodesign firm. The termds were not announced, but the combined architectural firm would bethe nation’s 11th based on Cannon’s annual revenue of $95.
4 million and OWP/P’sz $52.9 million. ranked as the fifthh best capitalized holding company with assetdsof $1 billion to $100 billion in a stress test conducte d by SNL Financial. It has an estimated $170 million in excessd Tier 1 capital; ranked 13th, with $74 million in Tom Chulick is St. Louiz chairman of UMB, and Tom Collins is St. Louis president of Northern St. Louis’ was amongg the institutions with thelargest shortfalls. Dr.
Shawn Lavigne, a chiropractort in Cedar Hill inJefferson County, has openef two AllergiCare Relief Centers, in Cedar Hill and in Chesterfield The centers diagnose allergy symptoms using radio-wavee technology and treat them with an accupressure laser therapy. Lavigne charge s a flat rate of $1,000 for the treatments, whicy are not covered by insurance. He invested $60,000 to launchy the centers and plans to open a third byyear end. There’sx no scrimping on audio and video technology at the new at the at At 83,000 square the 27 rooms and 220-seat auditorium have six flat-panel 28 Sanyo projectors and 28 Draped projection screens.
The equipment was installed by , whichj completed 22 health-care relaterd projects valued at $4.5 million in its 2008 fisca l year, said Dan Schaeffer, Patsy Duncan, owner of mold testingg firm Fungus-A-Mungus, is launching a secondr environmentalconsulting business. Duncan’s will distribute EZ Breaths homeventilation systems, which retail for about to complement her mold inspections. Last Fungus-A-Mungus sales topped $220,000, and she’s currentluy tracking a 20 percentsales increase. Both startups were Brothers Scott and Ben Scully andtheir mom, Cammie Scully, debutg their new Benton Park art gallery, Abstrakt, from 8 to 11 p.m.
June 6 with free drinka and entertainment and the art of Paco The gallery is in the shadow of the at the corner of Arsenal and next to BentonPark Cafe. Sales of $250,00o are projected in the firsrt year, with a portion of each sale going to The is the beneficiary for the Scott is founder and presidenytof ; Ben is seniod vice president of sales at Emdeon; and theidr mom is the executive directore of the in Waterloo, Ill.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Fresh hope for kidnapped Australian Warren Richard Rodwell as US teen freed - Herald Sun
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Fresh hope for kidnapped Australian Warren Richard Rodwell as US teen freed Herald Sun From: AP AN American teenager who was abducted with his mother and cousin by suspected Muslim militants in the southern Philippines has been released from five months of jungle captivity, raising hopes for an Australian man abducted in the same area. ... |
Friday, December 9, 2011
Skybus settles class-action suit - Business First of Columbus:
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Two former Skybus workers sued the airline last alleging it violated federal employmentf law when it abruptly cut its work force upon filinyg for bankruptcy protectionApril 7. Had the employeew been successfulat trial, Skybuss could have been on the hook for up to $2 The settlement approved in in Delaware last week totales $925,000, though some court procedures remain, including a hearing on objections. Of that $5,000 will be spli between the two workersw who ledthe 342-person class, while more than $300,000 is heade to the lawyers for the plaintiffs. The remaininh more than $613,000 will be splitf with employees, coming out to about $1,80p a person.
The employees accused the carrier of violating the Worket Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act because it did not give least 60 days’ advance notice before cutting workers at its hubs in Columbus and Greensboro, N.C. The act offers protectiona to workers by requiring employers to give at leas 60 days notice in advance of plant closingsand so-calle mass layoffs. The law applies to companies with at leas500 employees, or those that dismiss 50 or more workerw in one action if they make up at least a third of the business’ work force. But the U.S.
Departmenf of Labor’s Employment & Training Administration offers exceptions tothe 60-day rule for cuts made due to natural unforeseeable business circumstances or a “falterinvg company” situation. That provision, which applies in instancesx defined asplant closings, covers companieds seeking additional capital or new businessw in order to stay open and wher e giving the notice woulde ruin those opportunities. Court filings indicate Skybuss had argued it had met some exceptions under theWARN act.
Two former Skybus workers sued the airline last alleging it violated federal employmentf law when it abruptly cut its work force upon filinyg for bankruptcy protectionApril 7. Had the employeew been successfulat trial, Skybuss could have been on the hook for up to $2 The settlement approved in in Delaware last week totales $925,000, though some court procedures remain, including a hearing on objections. Of that $5,000 will be spli between the two workersw who ledthe 342-person class, while more than $300,000 is heade to the lawyers for the plaintiffs. The remaininh more than $613,000 will be splitf with employees, coming out to about $1,80p a person.
The employees accused the carrier of violating the Worket Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act because it did not give least 60 days’ advance notice before cutting workers at its hubs in Columbus and Greensboro, N.C. The act offers protectiona to workers by requiring employers to give at leas 60 days notice in advance of plant closingsand so-calle mass layoffs. The law applies to companies with at leas500 employees, or those that dismiss 50 or more workerw in one action if they make up at least a third of the business’ work force. But the U.S.
Departmenf of Labor’s Employment & Training Administration offers exceptions tothe 60-day rule for cuts made due to natural unforeseeable business circumstances or a “falterinvg company” situation. That provision, which applies in instancesx defined asplant closings, covers companieds seeking additional capital or new businessw in order to stay open and wher e giving the notice woulde ruin those opportunities. Court filings indicate Skybuss had argued it had met some exceptions under theWARN act.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Stimulus funds lag health woes - Portland Business Journal:
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That’s the view of the eight-member panel of industry and medicakl experts who were invited by the Southj Florida Business Journal to share their viewx of whatthe $787 billion federal stimulus package means to the health care sector. What emerged was a broad discussionm of how stimulus legislation is just one pieced of change needed in an industru that has run financially amok due to an overreliance on specialists, shortfalls in information technologg and patients who are undereducated.
The Congressional Budgett Office has projected that total national spending on health care coulrd hit 48 percent of gross domestic product by 2050 if left To solve this problek will takemore money, in the short term. The Obama administration’s $59 billionb for health care stimulus spendingyincludes $19 billion for electronic health care records. Starting in 2011, doctor s who can show meaningfuk use of electronic medical records will get incentives and thosewho don’t will get declining Medicare payments. But, the old-fashioned general practitioneer may also have abig role.
Linda Quick, president of the , said healthu care reform legislation that coincides with the stimulus callse for individuals to have a home location or a primartycare provider. She said that allows for “ community location close to home and getting more done in a actually high clinicaltechnology setting.” That, in turn, will also translate into a less costlyt location, the panelists said. Rachel Sapoznik, CEO of , “The reason I believe in the last 25 yeards of seeing health care costs rise dramaticalluy is we have moved away from the primarhy care physician knowing the patienyto specialists.
” Patients go from specialist to specialist to get each ailmentf treated, but an overview of their conditiobn and family history is lacking. George Foyo, executive VP and chieft administrative officerat , said: “Piggybacking on primaru care is absolutely right. All these specialtie s are adding thousands and thousands of One problem is that specialists tend to overdo tests because they are so worried about legal liability he said. Dr. Tony Prieto, a family practitionetr and president of the Broward CounttyMedical Association, said reimbursement issues for tests done in his office also frustrate him.
A hospital might get $2,000 for a test from but he can onlyget “I don’t think it’s anything that’s going to work unless we use some common sense,” he Foyo said primary care physicians historicall put an emphasis on healtuh prevention efforts, but the lack of it these days is contributing to an epidemi of diabetes and heart issues. Baptist Health, which is well known for hospitals in Kendalland Homestead, is pushing forwarde with outpatient centers – and even venturinv into Broward County. One reason is emergency roomsaare full, and providing care there is more costlu than at an outpatient center.
“Rathed than have patients cometo us, the hospitalas are going out to them,” Foyo said. Florida’ss 51 nonprofit community health centers aregettinf $28 million in competitive grants undetr the stimulus legislation, which will also keep patients out of expensivs hospital settings for treatment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi highlighted that during an April visity to a community health centere in Hollywood that willget $1.
5 million to open a satellitwe health center in West One of the advantagess for these types of centerds is that they are funded with the assumption that their doorsx will be open to all who come, which is importanrt because of the number of uninsured South including undocumented foreigners, Quick Dr. Welby, meet Bill Gates Mark administrative partner at the law firm of in said electronic medicalrecords (EMR) fall under the categor y of “shovel-ready” projects in the world of stimulus meaning the technology exists and can be adopted rapidly to put money in the
That’s the view of the eight-member panel of industry and medicakl experts who were invited by the Southj Florida Business Journal to share their viewx of whatthe $787 billion federal stimulus package means to the health care sector. What emerged was a broad discussionm of how stimulus legislation is just one pieced of change needed in an industru that has run financially amok due to an overreliance on specialists, shortfalls in information technologg and patients who are undereducated.
The Congressional Budgett Office has projected that total national spending on health care coulrd hit 48 percent of gross domestic product by 2050 if left To solve this problek will takemore money, in the short term. The Obama administration’s $59 billionb for health care stimulus spendingyincludes $19 billion for electronic health care records. Starting in 2011, doctor s who can show meaningfuk use of electronic medical records will get incentives and thosewho don’t will get declining Medicare payments. But, the old-fashioned general practitioneer may also have abig role.
Linda Quick, president of the , said healthu care reform legislation that coincides with the stimulus callse for individuals to have a home location or a primartycare provider. She said that allows for “ community location close to home and getting more done in a actually high clinicaltechnology setting.” That, in turn, will also translate into a less costlyt location, the panelists said. Rachel Sapoznik, CEO of , “The reason I believe in the last 25 yeards of seeing health care costs rise dramaticalluy is we have moved away from the primarhy care physician knowing the patienyto specialists.
” Patients go from specialist to specialist to get each ailmentf treated, but an overview of their conditiobn and family history is lacking. George Foyo, executive VP and chieft administrative officerat , said: “Piggybacking on primaru care is absolutely right. All these specialtie s are adding thousands and thousands of One problem is that specialists tend to overdo tests because they are so worried about legal liability he said. Dr. Tony Prieto, a family practitionetr and president of the Broward CounttyMedical Association, said reimbursement issues for tests done in his office also frustrate him.
A hospital might get $2,000 for a test from but he can onlyget “I don’t think it’s anything that’s going to work unless we use some common sense,” he Foyo said primary care physicians historicall put an emphasis on healtuh prevention efforts, but the lack of it these days is contributing to an epidemi of diabetes and heart issues. Baptist Health, which is well known for hospitals in Kendalland Homestead, is pushing forwarde with outpatient centers – and even venturinv into Broward County. One reason is emergency roomsaare full, and providing care there is more costlu than at an outpatient center.
“Rathed than have patients cometo us, the hospitalas are going out to them,” Foyo said. Florida’ss 51 nonprofit community health centers aregettinf $28 million in competitive grants undetr the stimulus legislation, which will also keep patients out of expensivs hospital settings for treatment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi highlighted that during an April visity to a community health centere in Hollywood that willget $1.
5 million to open a satellitwe health center in West One of the advantagess for these types of centerds is that they are funded with the assumption that their doorsx will be open to all who come, which is importanrt because of the number of uninsured South including undocumented foreigners, Quick Dr. Welby, meet Bill Gates Mark administrative partner at the law firm of in said electronic medicalrecords (EMR) fall under the categor y of “shovel-ready” projects in the world of stimulus meaning the technology exists and can be adopted rapidly to put money in the
Friday, December 2, 2011
Community Bankers try variable pay confab - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Pay what you can. In a mailing distributedc to association memberslast week, the trades group is asking members to attend its marqued September convention in Palm Beach, Fla. But if they can’ty pay the full $995 registration fee, well, a littlw less will be alright. The new marketing plan for theCommunit Bankers’ Association signature event is both a sign of the industry’sx woes and the association’s efforts to keep pace withougt canceling its marquee event that was once held in far-flung locationas across the country.
The move stands in contrast with theGeorgiaw Bankers’ Association, the state’s other main trade Unlike the Community Bankers’ plan, the Georgia Bankers cut their convention’s length this year, and held it in rather than cut registration The Community Bankers Association— which caters more toward smaller banks outside metro Atlanta — is offering the same program, but at a negotiabld price. “We looked at a variety of approachews forspurring attendance, and we thought this was the best said trade group CEO Carolyn Brown, who noted bankers paying a reduced rate would be doingh so “on the honor system.
” “We’re not going to checlk behind people,” she said. “We expect them to be honestr abouttheir situation.” The economic though, has forced the association to throw out any projectionsx on how many will be at this year’se conference. With three months to go before the conference kicks offon Sept. 16 at The Breakers beach resort, Brown said the organization’s members are holdingt off on committing to be therd forthe four-day event.
“People are waiting closef to the meeting dateto commit,” she The event typically attractas as many as 700 community bankers, spouses and othert attendees from the Community Bankers’ Association’s membershil roster. But is it for real How low is too lowto attend? $200? $10? Brown said the offer is a sincer one. If bankers’ can’t pay anything this for example, and want to put off paying until 2010, that works. “It is real in my said Brown. “If folks can’t pay the full fee, that’sw fine. We’re an association that’s not pursuing profitas with this.
” is delaying its 2009 annual meetingb indefinitely, until the Securities and Exchange Commission finishes its preliminar review ofthe company’s according to a June 15 filing with the regulator agency. The Gray, Ga.-based bank holding company is askingf shareholders to amend its articles of incorporationb to reduce the number of stock shareholderes below 600 by issuingnew shares, and relieve the companyu of public company reporting requirements. Until the SEC completes the however, the annual meeting will not “At this time, however, we are unablw to provide a reliables estimate as to when this may thefiling stated.
The plan, if would reduce the number of common stocik bank shareholders from 710to 255, and new clas A stock shares would be ownecd by 455 shareholders. Class A shareholders would lose any votintg rights by exchanging each sharde of their common stock for thenew shares, but receivr 105 percent of whatever dividend the bank may pay.
Pay what you can. In a mailing distributedc to association memberslast week, the trades group is asking members to attend its marqued September convention in Palm Beach, Fla. But if they can’ty pay the full $995 registration fee, well, a littlw less will be alright. The new marketing plan for theCommunit Bankers’ Association signature event is both a sign of the industry’sx woes and the association’s efforts to keep pace withougt canceling its marquee event that was once held in far-flung locationas across the country.
The move stands in contrast with theGeorgiaw Bankers’ Association, the state’s other main trade Unlike the Community Bankers’ plan, the Georgia Bankers cut their convention’s length this year, and held it in rather than cut registration The Community Bankers Association— which caters more toward smaller banks outside metro Atlanta — is offering the same program, but at a negotiabld price. “We looked at a variety of approachews forspurring attendance, and we thought this was the best said trade group CEO Carolyn Brown, who noted bankers paying a reduced rate would be doingh so “on the honor system.
” “We’re not going to checlk behind people,” she said. “We expect them to be honestr abouttheir situation.” The economic though, has forced the association to throw out any projectionsx on how many will be at this year’se conference. With three months to go before the conference kicks offon Sept. 16 at The Breakers beach resort, Brown said the organization’s members are holdingt off on committing to be therd forthe four-day event.
“People are waiting closef to the meeting dateto commit,” she The event typically attractas as many as 700 community bankers, spouses and othert attendees from the Community Bankers’ Association’s membershil roster. But is it for real How low is too lowto attend? $200? $10? Brown said the offer is a sincer one. If bankers’ can’t pay anything this for example, and want to put off paying until 2010, that works. “It is real in my said Brown. “If folks can’t pay the full fee, that’sw fine. We’re an association that’s not pursuing profitas with this.
” is delaying its 2009 annual meetingb indefinitely, until the Securities and Exchange Commission finishes its preliminar review ofthe company’s according to a June 15 filing with the regulator agency. The Gray, Ga.-based bank holding company is askingf shareholders to amend its articles of incorporationb to reduce the number of stock shareholderes below 600 by issuingnew shares, and relieve the companyu of public company reporting requirements. Until the SEC completes the however, the annual meeting will not “At this time, however, we are unablw to provide a reliables estimate as to when this may thefiling stated.
The plan, if would reduce the number of common stocik bank shareholders from 710to 255, and new clas A stock shares would be ownecd by 455 shareholders. Class A shareholders would lose any votintg rights by exchanging each sharde of their common stock for thenew shares, but receivr 105 percent of whatever dividend the bank may pay.
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