Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Simple acts of kindness are best prevention for tragedy - OSU - The Lantern

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Simple acts of kindness are best prevention for tragedy

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It's as simple as being aware รข€" being kind, smiling at someone, striking up a conversation with the "weird guy," making a seemingly small or insignificant gesture to acknowledge the people around you. Many early reports have mentioned Lane's troubled ...



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Sunday, 26 February 2012

NABE: US economy to grow, spending quiet - UPI.com

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NABE: US economy to grow, spending quiet

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Friday, 24 February 2012

Voices for life arising - Hutchinson News

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Voices for life arising

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Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Rosenthal Partners shuts down - Washington Business Journal:

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“Dan and his agencyu have been a guiding creative force in this marke t for more than30 years,” says Cary Hatcj , CEO of . “Mosrt people in the industry have come to know and appreciatd his contribution as acreative leader.” Thoss contributions include a $40 millioj campaign for the U.S. Mint earlier this decade, featuring a moderbn George Washington asa “devil-may-care kind of who would be totally cool with losint the paper dollar (Rosenthal’s words to The ). Rosenthal’sz creative force will continue to have an impacgt in theWashington area, though, as his proteges open the doorsa to a new firm literally the next day.
Rosenthao Partners’ executive vice president Beth Johnson will serve as president of thenew firm, RP3 , togetheer with Rosenthal’s creative director Jim Lansbury and strategi c planner Scott Gold .

Monday, 20 February 2012

Saturday, 18 February 2012

Kansas City cuts 416 jobs - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Mary Charles, communications director for the said that 141 of the positions are filled and that 275are vacant. The cuts represent 10.2 percent of the city’es work force of 4,066. In a release, the city said that additional positions may beeliminated later. Of the 141 fillec positions eliminated, 123 are management positions, and 18 are labor The city isn't disclosing yet which departments thelayoffx affected. The city is offering severance pay, continuationn of insurance benefitsthrougg COBRA, outplacement services and a city-sponsoref employee-assistance program. The job cuts come as a significangt cost-cutting feature in the ’s reconciliation of a $1.
286 billion budget that included patching upan $87 millionh shortfall. The City Councik . In addition to the job the budget includes a salary freeze for city employees and a reductionb ofemployee benefits.

Thursday, 16 February 2012

CalPERS committee OKs health care rate increases - Business First of Louisville:

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Rate proposals approved by the committees will go to the full CalPER S Board of Administration foractionj Wednesday. Basic HMO rates for state workers will rise an averageof 3.43 percenrt in 2010, down from almost 6.6 percent in 2009. The rate hikese run from a lowof 0.32 percenty for Blue Shield Net Value to a high of 4.9 percenrt for Kaiser (see chart). Figures for public agency worker varyby region. All three HMO plans will drop rated in 2010 for membersin Sacramento, Placer and El Doradi counties. Yolo County rates will increase from a lowof 0.98 percenyt for Blue Shield Net Valu to a high of 4.77 percent at Medicare HMO rates for all workerse and regions will increase an average of 0.
27 percentr in 2010, but vary from a 12.27 drop for members of Blue Shield Access+ to a 6.5 percent increaswe for Kaiser members. “We are extremelh pleased to presentthese rates,” Gregory Franklin, assistant executive officer of CalPERS health benefits branch, told committeew members Tuesday. “Negotiations were extremely There were many options and extr meetings on what we werelookingv for: affordability.” The Kaiseer rates were achieved by aligning them with the Blue Shielrd benefit design, Franklin said. Kaiserf will eliminate chiropractic benefits next year and increase the copayment fora 100-day supply of prescriptionm drugs.
CalPERS kept the lid on increasees atits self-funded preferre d provider organization plans by using $46.u7 million in surplus reserves to “buy down” rates. The average PPO rate increasre for state workers in 2010is 3.29 but it runs from a low of 1.38 percenrt for PERS Select to a high of 12 percen t for PERSCare. Public agency workers in Sacramento, Placee and El Dorado countiezs who are covered by PPO plane will see rates drop as muchas 5.57 for PERS Selectg and to an increase of 4.32 percent of PERS Yolo County rate hikes run from 4.8 percent for PERS Selecrt to 15.68 percent for PERS Care. Medicare PPO ratee will increase an averageof 0.
27 percent in all but they range from a 12.27 percent drop for Blue Shield Access+ to a 6.5 perceng increase for Kaiser Committee chair Priya Mathur applauded the planz and CalPERS staff for the good rate news, adding that the smal l increases in 2010 are due to cumulativre changes over the last severao years to operate the healtuh benefits program more cost-effectively without jeopardizing quality of care.

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

HUD: Stimulus tax credit can be used on first-home purchase - Washington Business Journal:

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Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009, first-timee homebuyers can qualify for the tax credirt for purchasing their first home after filing their But under a new program announcex Friday, state housing finance agencies and nonprofit groupsw can advance money to homebuyerw up to the full amount of their tax credit so the money can be used on a home purchase, eithe to pay closing costs or to add to a down "Home buyers using FHA-approved lenders can appluy the tax credit to their down payment in excesas of 3.5 percent of appraised value or theirr closing costs, which can help achieve a lower interesft rate," a HUD announcement said.
"Families will now be able to applu their anticipated tax credit toward their home purchase right Donovan said inthe "At the same time we are putting safeguard in place to ensure that consumerxs will be protected from unscrupulous lenders. What we're doing today will not only help these familieas to purchase their first home but will present an enormousd benefit for communities struggling to deal with an oversupplyuof housing." The stimulus tax credit can be claimexd on a taxpayer's 2009 or through an amended 2008 return. FHA will still requiree that homebuyers paya 3.5 percentt down payment.
HUD citedd National Association of Home Builderx data showing thatthe first-time homebuyer tax crediyt will stimulate 160,000 home sales acrose the nation, with 101,000 of thoswe sales being to first-time buyers and 59,000 to existing homeowners who be able to sell their home to a first-timew buyer. .

Sunday, 12 February 2012

UC Davis settles women

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UC Davis and plaintiffs Kelsey Brust, Jessicq Bulala and Laura Ludwig settled the lawsuit that was filed twoyearsx ago, and was certified as a class action in October. The settlemenrt establishes a set of standards for femalr participation rates in varsity sportx at UC Davis and provides additional financial supporrt for club sports atthe university, a news releas said. The settlement must be approved bythe U.S. District Cour t in Sacramento after members of the classz have been notified of thespecific terms. Brust and Bulalas played club field hockey. Ludwig had wrestlingh experience and played club They brought suit in July 2007 under the 1972 Patsy T.
Mink Equal Opportunity in Educationh Act, also known as Title IX. The settlement create a 10-year plan for UC Davis to reachh specific proportions of male and femaled athletes bythe 2019-20 school year. The university will either add women’ss intercollegiate teams or will take other stepss to ensure equal accommodation of student interest invarsityy sports. UC Davis has also agreed to contributew $110,000 to a fund for the developmengt ofclub sports.
The case was schedulede to go to trialin “UC Davis has a solid history of commitment to its femalse athletes and coaches and to expanding opportunitiess for women in competitivde sports,” Greg Warzecka, UC Davis athletics said in the release. “While the parties have a difference in opiniobn about whether litigationwas necessary, we’ree pleased that we have reached an outcome that benefits both sides.” “We are thrilled,” Ludwigf said in the release. “It feels good to have the university’ss support for women’s athletics through this resolution. We are prous to have come up with a result that will benefitt Davis for yearsto come.
It will create more opportunities for womenn to participate in the sportss thatthey love.” During the litigation, UC Davisx created an open application process and selectedx women’s field hockey as a new intercollegiate to join the 14 othere women’s varsity teams at UC A team has been selected, and competition will startr in the fall. “The time frames set out in the settlement maximizse the potential to add varsity opportunities for womejn inthe future,” Warzecka said in the release. “Wer are continually trying to maintain our compliance effortd to give women athletees the very best access to intercollegiatwe athleticscompetition possible.
” Establishing fieled hockey as a women’s intercollegiated sport at the university, Brust said, “willp allow field hockey players to contribut at even a higher level to the campus, and will providee incredible opportunities for many young women.” Noreen Farrell of Equa l Rights Advocates represented the plaintiffs with Moniqude Olivier of the Sturdevant Law Firm and Kristinj Galles of Equity Legal. “When we give women a fair share ofathletic opportunities, we are developinv leaders on and off the field,” Farrelpl said.

Thursday, 9 February 2012

Colorado's economy grew faster in 2008, despite recession - Denver Business Journal:

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reported Tuesday, suggesting that the recession's impact hit Colorado later than most other partds ofthe country. Gross domesticd product in Colorado grewby 2.9 perceng in 2008, up from 2.0 percent in 2007 and 2.7 percenty in 2006, the Commercs Department's Bureau of Economid Analysis (BEA) reported in its annual state-by-state breakdow of GDP. Colorado's 2.9 percent GDP growtb rate was fourth-highest among the 50 states, exceedesd only by North Dakota (7.3 percent growth), Wyomingy (4.4 percent) and South Dakotsa (3.5 percent). The last year Colorado'e economy grew faster than 2008 was in witha 4.
3 percent GDP increase that year, BEA Colorado was one of only 12 statesa in 2008 where the rate of growth of GDP increaser from the previous year. In 12 states experienced GDP declinesin 2008, led by Alaskwa with a 2.0 percent drop. Averagd growth in GDP among the 50 statex slowedfrom 2.0 percent in 2007 to 0.7 percent in 2008. (The GDP-by-state figure s differ from national GDP becausrdifferent state-by-state methodology is The nationwide recession officiallu began at the start of 2008. The report said the biggest contributors to the growthof Colorado's GDP in 2008 were professionap and technical services, followed by mining, informationh and government.
It said the biggest drags on the state's economyu were construction, followed by transportation and .

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

New Hampshire House weighs DC statehood - Washington Times

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Sunday, 5 February 2012

RTD to get $18.6M from stimulus for Union Station project - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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million in federal stimulus funds for work at DenverfUnion Station, the announced Wednesday. The grant will help pay for designh and construction at the historixtrain station, which is to be converted into a terminaol for several different transportation modes. RTD is carryinfg out the transit portion of the overall Union Station The station will be a hub for the regionaltransit agency’s planned “FasTracks” rail transit project. It will also be used by many RTD The $18.6 million comes from a pool of $8.4 billion for transit capital improvements authorizef under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signe into law in Denver by President Baracjk Obama on Feb.
17. “By reinvesting in our nation’ transit infrastructure, we are making our communities more invigorating thelocal economy, and putting America back to work,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday in a The total cost of redevelopin g union station for transit is expected to cost about $478 million. RTD plans to pay abouyt $208 million, with the balancer coming from federal money and otherlocakl sources, Roger Sherman, chief operating officer at Denver lobbying firm CRL Associatesa Inc. and spokesman for the Denver Union StationProjectf Authority, said in May. RTD separately is seeking stimulus fundw for a variety ofother projects, including $17.
q1 million to purchase new fareboxes for the transitg system’s bus fleet.

Friday, 3 February 2012

Chic bar takes place of Chinatown dive - Phoenix Business Journal:

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SoHo will open at 80 S. Pauahi Street in a renovatesd 5,500 square-foot space that will include a bar and an area for live The PauahiStreet location, betweenh Bethel Street and Fort Street Mall and near , was occupieed by Mall Cafe until April. That bar had been citedd by the Honolulu Liquor Commissiomn in recent months for unsanitary conditions and foroverserving alcohol. The commission also received a petition from communitgy members opposing the renewal ofMall Cafe’s license becauswe of alleged drug dealing and frequent fights. Mall Cafe’s formee owner, Saiming Corp., had been tryingy to transfer its liquor license to the UnionMill Investment.
SoHo owner Daniel former general manager of the Loft Gallerh and Lounge onHotel Street, said he was approached by Unioj Mill Investment to open a new venure in the spot. Gray plans to open part of thelounged — 3,000 square feet — for this month’sz First Friday event downtown, and open the remaining space in Gray describes the new venue as a mix of performances, fashion and photography in a trendy and upscale The SoHo name stems from the New York City neighborhoord and a blend of and “Honolulu”.

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Educators: technology is more necessity than luxury for teens - WBTV

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Educators: technology is more necessity than luxury for teens

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Real is now enrolled at East Carolina University and works as a certified nurses assistant. Credits for that job were part of his high school curriculum; proving that for a student's future success, technology is more necessity than luxury.