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Monday, November 29, 2010
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
PPG Industries Foundation pledges $500k for University of Pittsburgh nanomaterials lab - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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“The University of Pittsburgh has been a leadef in this complex and important fieldof research, and PPG’sa support will help us renovate and improve our laboratory assete to move ahead rapidly in the international nanoscienc arena,” said John Cooper, dean of arts and sciences at Pitt. “Infrastructurse supported by this gift will enable recruitmentyof world-class researchers, faculth with the expertise to educate the next generatiob of nano scientists and position the Universitty as a major contributor to this new frontiere of knowledge.
” Nanomaterials, more than a thousand timesz smaller than the width of a singler human hair, are used in stronger and more durable plastics for computer displays and other products. Their tiny size givesd the materials unique properties that have the potential to increas e computer processing and memorh capacity and improve solarenergy cells, amonh other applications. The PPG Industriez Foundation was established in 1951 and focuseson education, humanb services, culture and arts, and civif affairs.
Since 971, it has contributefd almost $3 million to Pitt for researchand
“The University of Pittsburgh has been a leadef in this complex and important fieldof research, and PPG’sa support will help us renovate and improve our laboratory assete to move ahead rapidly in the international nanoscienc arena,” said John Cooper, dean of arts and sciences at Pitt. “Infrastructurse supported by this gift will enable recruitmentyof world-class researchers, faculth with the expertise to educate the next generatiob of nano scientists and position the Universitty as a major contributor to this new frontiere of knowledge.
” Nanomaterials, more than a thousand timesz smaller than the width of a singler human hair, are used in stronger and more durable plastics for computer displays and other products. Their tiny size givesd the materials unique properties that have the potential to increas e computer processing and memorh capacity and improve solarenergy cells, amonh other applications. The PPG Industriez Foundation was established in 1951 and focuseson education, humanb services, culture and arts, and civif affairs.
Since 971, it has contributefd almost $3 million to Pitt for researchand
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Kelly Foundation honors Voss - NorthJersey.com
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Washington has third-highest internet use in U.S. - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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behind only Alaska and New Hampshire, according to information released Wednesday bythe U.S. According to the Census, Alaska has the highes rate ofinternet use, with 76.1 percenr of its residents havingh access to the internet at any location, followe d by New Hampshire (74.6 percent) and Washington (73.4 Mississippi has the lowest internet-usaged rate (51.5 percent), followed by West Virginis (52.9 percent). The nationalo average is 62.4 percent The Census said that 75.7 percenrt of Washington residents have access to the internet at their which is third again behind NewHampshirwe (82.6) and Alaska (78.5) percent, and well above the nationall average of 67.
1 “As access to high-speed connections have become more so too have the number of peoples that connect to the internet at Thom File, a statistician with the Censues Bureau's Housing and Household Economifc Statistics Division, said in a statement Wednesday. Nationwide, internet use strongly correspondxsto education. Eighty-seven percent of people 25 and older with acollege bachelor’s degree used the internett in 2007, versus 74 percenf for those with only some college, 49 percent for thosr with only a high school diplomza and 19 percent for thosed who didn't finish high school.
Among age groups nationwide, 73 percentf of 18- to 34-year-olds use the 56 percent of people 3to 17, and 35 percen t of people 65 and older. Among ethnidc groups nationwide, 73 percent of Asian Americanse used the internet in 69 percentof whites, 51 percent of blackss and 48 percent of Hispanics.
behind only Alaska and New Hampshire, according to information released Wednesday bythe U.S. According to the Census, Alaska has the highes rate ofinternet use, with 76.1 percenr of its residents havingh access to the internet at any location, followe d by New Hampshire (74.6 percent) and Washington (73.4 Mississippi has the lowest internet-usaged rate (51.5 percent), followed by West Virginis (52.9 percent). The nationalo average is 62.4 percent The Census said that 75.7 percenrt of Washington residents have access to the internet at their which is third again behind NewHampshirwe (82.6) and Alaska (78.5) percent, and well above the nationall average of 67.
1 “As access to high-speed connections have become more so too have the number of peoples that connect to the internet at Thom File, a statistician with the Censues Bureau's Housing and Household Economifc Statistics Division, said in a statement Wednesday. Nationwide, internet use strongly correspondxsto education. Eighty-seven percent of people 25 and older with acollege bachelor’s degree used the internett in 2007, versus 74 percenf for those with only some college, 49 percent for thosr with only a high school diplomza and 19 percent for thosed who didn't finish high school.
Among age groups nationwide, 73 percentf of 18- to 34-year-olds use the 56 percent of people 3to 17, and 35 percen t of people 65 and older. Among ethnidc groups nationwide, 73 percent of Asian Americanse used the internet in 69 percentof whites, 51 percent of blackss and 48 percent of Hispanics.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Delta Airlines Pilot Gets Locked in Cockpit For Nearly 4 Hours - Los Angeles Times
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Saturday, November 20, 2010
How Yankee Stadium Got Ready for Football - New York Times (blog)
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Nypro chairman
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Nypro is Clinton’s biggest employer by far, with 900 workers. But when Gordob Lankton arrived there as CEOand co-owner in 1962, there were only 20 Everyone pitched in and Lankton often found himself on the factoryh floor, working alongside his He said early on, he thoughy to himself, “I like thesee people. They should sharer in the wealth ofthe company.” At a time when the excessee of officials at companies like AIG test the public’s Lankton stands as a stark reminde that good corporate citizens — those who valued their employees and their communities above theire own pursuit of wealth or fame do exist.
But before he could becomw a benefactor, Lankton had to build his company’zs wealth. When the company was founded in 1955, it made useful plastic items, like combs. Today, the company makews more complexcombination devices, such as a computerizefd insulin pen for diabetics it produces in collaboration with one of its . Nypro has three differenft divisions — consumer electronics, packaginh and health care. The health care headquarteredin Clinton, molds and assembles abouty 3 million asthma inhalers each year. It also producees 33 million insulin injection devicea and about 80 milliob check valves to be used to controll blood flow inIV sets.
Lankton’s straighft posture and deft movements beliee his77 years. The only hint that age has found him is the clear tube snaking outhis ear, indicating a hearing aid. There is a big box on his desk that is full of cell phoned covers and other discarded plastic remnants of common Lankton is particularly proud of one item a clear plastic mold with 12 divetsin it. It is the symbo l of one of Nypro’s earluy successes, a long term deal with to produced the molds for its Vistacomncontact lenses. “That deal kept the factory going for three shiftsa day, all for 15 years,” Lankton But the company also faced some serious challenges.
In Lankton said, “We were only the CFO didn’t tell me we were While that may be aslighy exaggeration, it is true there were some weeks when the companh struggled to make payroll. Nypro was overextended. The companu had borrowed heavily to buildplantz overseas, starting in Taiwan in 1973. Interesr rates went through the landing at20 percent. In a company that prided itself on providing customized service now had a client base that had ballooneed to400 customers. Lankton came up with a plan callexdthe $1 million club: identify potential customerws who would buy $1 million dollars of goodsd per year. Nypro would focus only on industry leaders, the big fish.
The firm shrunk its customet list to 40 and returneedto profitability. And that crazy idea to build plants in places like Indiaand China? “Wes beat our competitors there by 20 Lankton said with an impish grin. The idea for thosre overseas plants was born in 1956 when Lanktohnwas 25. Newly releasee from the army in he hopped on a motorcycle and spent nine monthsx on a winding path through23 countries. His stops includef some of the current-day most dangerouse places on earth — Syria, Iraq, and Pakistan. But there was one place Lankton coulc notvisit — the Sovietg Union.
He had spent the past two years, he spying on Russians in East Germany, and he wantexd a glimpse of the culture. So when the Iron Curtaim liftedin 1989, he went there right away to open a plasticds factory. One day, he was walking around a flea market when he noticed a smallk painting onthe ground, covered in dirt. He was told it was a Russiajn religious icon, most ofte n seen in Orthodox churches. He boughft it for $25. Some 350 icons at a value of tens of millionsaof dollars, Lankton’s collection of Russian religious art has becoms one of the most respected in the world. This despitr the fact, he said, that “I flunkefd out of Bible school when Iwas 8.
” Lankton trief to donate the collection to museums such as the but they told him the collectio n would spend most of its time in the archives, and Lankto couldn’t bear that. So he built his own baby replete with winding glass andmetalp staircase, and lighting any curator would die for. On one it is an 1850s buildin g that has been used as both a post officse and ageneral store. On the otherf side, a gleaming metal addition juts outonto Clinton’s main street, with simpl lettering that reads . Word of mouth in the Russian-America n community, aided by giant ads in majort daily newspapers, has quicklg built an audience for the only museum of its kind in theUnitee States.
The curator was overwhelmed on arecentg Saturday, when 400 people showexd up. Another of Lankton’s legaciew is benefitting Nypro employeesmore directly. In at the age of 62, Lankton decidex the company belonged to the people whoworkedd there. He turned Nypro into one of thelargestg private, employee-owned firms headquartered in the Unitef States. To date, the company has created 60 millionaires. One employeer retired earlier this monthwith $9 millionh dollars in company stock. Lankton says as for him, he’s broke. But not because gave away the company, or lost his shirf in the stock market.
He said it’s becausse he has spent $1 to $2 million over the past year onRussiam icons. The value of those has risehn steadily, but he plans to give them all away tohis
Nypro is Clinton’s biggest employer by far, with 900 workers. But when Gordob Lankton arrived there as CEOand co-owner in 1962, there were only 20 Everyone pitched in and Lankton often found himself on the factoryh floor, working alongside his He said early on, he thoughy to himself, “I like thesee people. They should sharer in the wealth ofthe company.” At a time when the excessee of officials at companies like AIG test the public’s Lankton stands as a stark reminde that good corporate citizens — those who valued their employees and their communities above theire own pursuit of wealth or fame do exist.
But before he could becomw a benefactor, Lankton had to build his company’zs wealth. When the company was founded in 1955, it made useful plastic items, like combs. Today, the company makews more complexcombination devices, such as a computerizefd insulin pen for diabetics it produces in collaboration with one of its . Nypro has three differenft divisions — consumer electronics, packaginh and health care. The health care headquarteredin Clinton, molds and assembles abouty 3 million asthma inhalers each year. It also producees 33 million insulin injection devicea and about 80 milliob check valves to be used to controll blood flow inIV sets.
Lankton’s straighft posture and deft movements beliee his77 years. The only hint that age has found him is the clear tube snaking outhis ear, indicating a hearing aid. There is a big box on his desk that is full of cell phoned covers and other discarded plastic remnants of common Lankton is particularly proud of one item a clear plastic mold with 12 divetsin it. It is the symbo l of one of Nypro’s earluy successes, a long term deal with to produced the molds for its Vistacomncontact lenses. “That deal kept the factory going for three shiftsa day, all for 15 years,” Lankton But the company also faced some serious challenges.
In Lankton said, “We were only the CFO didn’t tell me we were While that may be aslighy exaggeration, it is true there were some weeks when the companh struggled to make payroll. Nypro was overextended. The companu had borrowed heavily to buildplantz overseas, starting in Taiwan in 1973. Interesr rates went through the landing at20 percent. In a company that prided itself on providing customized service now had a client base that had ballooneed to400 customers. Lankton came up with a plan callexdthe $1 million club: identify potential customerws who would buy $1 million dollars of goodsd per year. Nypro would focus only on industry leaders, the big fish.
The firm shrunk its customet list to 40 and returneedto profitability. And that crazy idea to build plants in places like Indiaand China? “Wes beat our competitors there by 20 Lankton said with an impish grin. The idea for thosre overseas plants was born in 1956 when Lanktohnwas 25. Newly releasee from the army in he hopped on a motorcycle and spent nine monthsx on a winding path through23 countries. His stops includef some of the current-day most dangerouse places on earth — Syria, Iraq, and Pakistan. But there was one place Lankton coulc notvisit — the Sovietg Union.
He had spent the past two years, he spying on Russians in East Germany, and he wantexd a glimpse of the culture. So when the Iron Curtaim liftedin 1989, he went there right away to open a plasticds factory. One day, he was walking around a flea market when he noticed a smallk painting onthe ground, covered in dirt. He was told it was a Russiajn religious icon, most ofte n seen in Orthodox churches. He boughft it for $25. Some 350 icons at a value of tens of millionsaof dollars, Lankton’s collection of Russian religious art has becoms one of the most respected in the world. This despitr the fact, he said, that “I flunkefd out of Bible school when Iwas 8.
” Lankton trief to donate the collection to museums such as the but they told him the collectio n would spend most of its time in the archives, and Lankto couldn’t bear that. So he built his own baby replete with winding glass andmetalp staircase, and lighting any curator would die for. On one it is an 1850s buildin g that has been used as both a post officse and ageneral store. On the otherf side, a gleaming metal addition juts outonto Clinton’s main street, with simpl lettering that reads . Word of mouth in the Russian-America n community, aided by giant ads in majort daily newspapers, has quicklg built an audience for the only museum of its kind in theUnitee States.
The curator was overwhelmed on arecentg Saturday, when 400 people showexd up. Another of Lankton’s legaciew is benefitting Nypro employeesmore directly. In at the age of 62, Lankton decidex the company belonged to the people whoworkedd there. He turned Nypro into one of thelargestg private, employee-owned firms headquartered in the Unitef States. To date, the company has created 60 millionaires. One employeer retired earlier this monthwith $9 millionh dollars in company stock. Lankton says as for him, he’s broke. But not because gave away the company, or lost his shirf in the stock market.
He said it’s becausse he has spent $1 to $2 million over the past year onRussiam icons. The value of those has risehn steadily, but he plans to give them all away tohis
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Pedagang Emperan Malioboro Libur, Mal Tetap Buka - Detikcom
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Pedagang Emperan Malioboro Libur, Mal Tetap Buka Detikcom Pengamatan detikcom, Jumat (5/11/2010), murid-murid di kompleks SD Pujokusuman di Jalan Kolonel Sugiono, SD Timuran di Prawirotaman, SD Muhammadiyah Karang ... |
Monday, November 15, 2010
Metropolitan Police Department's storage facility gets started - Washington Business Journal:
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D.C. teamed with Akridge to build the storage facility at the site of theformer D.C. Villaged emergency shelter, which shuttered in late 2007. “We’vs got to provide our police forcee the tools to dothei jobs,” said Mayor Adrian Fenty, who participated in Tuesday’s groune breaking. “This facility will be equippedf to handle millions of items of evidencer held by the Metropolitan Police Department and integrate best practices and advancef technology for safe andresponsible storage.” The design phase of the 30,000o square-foot warehouse has been completed. MPD’sw current evidence facility at 2235 Shannon Placde SE has been leasedsinc 1984.
The new warehouse will improve in areasof safety, security, environmental working conditions, air lighting, electricity, and inventory tracking Amenities will include computer-automated storage system for logging and retrieval of evidence, secure and controlled acceszs to all areas, video event logginyg of transactions, bar code scanning and refrigerateed units for storing DNA samples. Construction on the which is shooting for Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmentap Design certificationor higher, is expected to be finishedc by February 2011. Plans to move the evidence facilitgy and other MPD divisions to 225Virgini Ave.
SE fell througjh in 2007 due to itshigh
D.C. teamed with Akridge to build the storage facility at the site of theformer D.C. Villaged emergency shelter, which shuttered in late 2007. “We’vs got to provide our police forcee the tools to dothei jobs,” said Mayor Adrian Fenty, who participated in Tuesday’s groune breaking. “This facility will be equippedf to handle millions of items of evidencer held by the Metropolitan Police Department and integrate best practices and advancef technology for safe andresponsible storage.” The design phase of the 30,000o square-foot warehouse has been completed. MPD’sw current evidence facility at 2235 Shannon Placde SE has been leasedsinc 1984.
The new warehouse will improve in areasof safety, security, environmental working conditions, air lighting, electricity, and inventory tracking Amenities will include computer-automated storage system for logging and retrieval of evidence, secure and controlled acceszs to all areas, video event logginyg of transactions, bar code scanning and refrigerateed units for storing DNA samples. Construction on the which is shooting for Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmentap Design certificationor higher, is expected to be finishedc by February 2011. Plans to move the evidence facilitgy and other MPD divisions to 225Virgini Ave.
SE fell througjh in 2007 due to itshigh
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Seven Denver companies among fastest-growing in U.S. - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Denver-based companies making the top 100list were: Global Technologyy Resources (No. 7), comCables (No. 21), DocuVault (No. 63), CAM Servicess (No. 77), Gunther Douglas (No. 79) All Copy Products (No. 84) and Postmodern Co. (No. 95). The ICIC surveyt showed that the 2009 winners grew at a compounc annual growth rate of 40 percent and an average combines rate of 324 percent between 2003and 2007. Collectively, the top 100 inner-city businesses have employednearly 17,000 people and created nearlyg 10,000 new jobs in the past five years.
Accordin g to ICIC, 53 percent of companies expectysteady growth, 11 percent expect theidr revenues to double, 6 percent expect theid revenues to triple and only 4 percenr expect their revenues to decline in 2009. the average Inner City 100 company’w revenues were $23 million. The 2009 Inner City 100 winneres operate from 55 cities in31 states. Fifteenb companies on the list are based in California and eight arefrom Massachusetts. Texas and New York each have seven companies onthe Awards: RNL is the only firm in Colorado to be namedd among the top five sustainable-design firmsz based in the United States, according to a Top 10 list publishedr by Architect magazine in its May issue.
The rankings were based on severakl variables, such as percentage of Leadership in Energyu and EnvironmentalDesign (LEED) projects and LEED-accrediteed professionals on staff in 2008 as well as green Founded in 1956, RNL is based in Denver and has officess in Phoenix, Los Angeles and Abu United Arab Emirates. The Universit of Colorado Denver School of Medicins Alumni Association presented its topannual prize, the Silvetr and Gold Award, to Denveer Health’s chief medical officer, Dr. Philiop Mehler , who graduated from the schoolin 1983. The association also recentlg honored Dr. Dan Bessesen with its Distinguisher Achievement Awardand Dr.
Nancy Nelson with its DistinguishefdService Award. Bessesen, a professor of medicine in the divisioof endocrinology/metabolism/diabetes, is also based at Denver He is a 1982 graduate of the UCD School of Medicine. Nelson, who graduated from what was then called the Universityh of Colorado School of Medicinein 1959, is now professor emerita of pediatrica at the school. She served as the firsty female head of the Colorado Medical Society. Dr.
Mark a professor in the department of familyh medicine at the University of Colorado Denvetr Schoolof Medicine, has been named recipient of the 2009 Osage Orang e Distinguished Physician Walking Stick Award for his work runningt the school’s Rural Track The program increases the number of physicians practicing in underserve rural areas across Colorado and the Unitedr States. HMH Architecture and Interiors of Boulder receive two awards from the American Societu ofInterior Designers. The 2009 Colorado Annual Interior Design Awards won by the firm werefor “Primaryg Residence over 5,000 square feet” and for “Beed & Bath.
” Boutique for the Soul , an organizatioj designed to connect and support women in business, was namesd 2009 Business of the Year by the Denveer Tech Center Business and Professionall Women’s Network. Denver-based Alpine Waste & Recyclingy was recognized as the state’s most outstanding business forits recycling/diversion program by the Colorado Associationb for Recycling. The Colorado chapter of the Societyt for Marketing Professional Servicepresented Denver-based Kieding Office Architects with the 2009 Marketing Excellencse Award for best advertising campaign. Kieding specializes in the planning and design of commercia loffice space.
The Boulder Valley School District ’d annual report, called “Thrive,” won the Award of Excellencew from the Colorado Schoolsx PublicRelations Association. It was designerd by CommArts. Laura Landwirth , executivw director, Colorado Association of Homes and Servicews forthe Aging, received the Award for Excellencde from the Assisted Living Federation of Done deals: Mortenson Constructiobn has been selected to build six new Tacticaol Equipment Maintenance Facilities (TEMF) at Fort Carson Army Base on behalr of the Army Corps of Engineers. The facilitiesd will include four medium and two smalolbuilding designs, totaling $63.9 million.
The work follows Mortenson’w construction of eight previous TEMF facilities at Fort Dovetail Solutionsadded Kendall, Koenig Oelsner PC to its list of clients. KKO is a boutiqure business law firm with offices in Denvertand Boulder. Design Lines Inc. , an interior designb firm based inGreenwood Village, has been selectesd to provide interior designs for The Alvea Spa in Queens Creek, Ariz., and the Vineyards Spa in Calif. Openings: DécorAsian , which selles pan Asian art, collector’s items, furniture and antiques, openecd its first Denver location, at 1787 S. The company opened its original store on Pearl Street in Boulderin 2003.
AfterOurs Urgent Care has openedr its fourth Colorado this onein Westminster. The clinic, located at 2761 W. 120thy Ave., operates weeknights, from 5-9 and during weekends and holidays from8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Denver-based companies making the top 100list were: Global Technologyy Resources (No. 7), comCables (No. 21), DocuVault (No. 63), CAM Servicess (No. 77), Gunther Douglas (No. 79) All Copy Products (No. 84) and Postmodern Co. (No. 95). The ICIC surveyt showed that the 2009 winners grew at a compounc annual growth rate of 40 percent and an average combines rate of 324 percent between 2003and 2007. Collectively, the top 100 inner-city businesses have employednearly 17,000 people and created nearlyg 10,000 new jobs in the past five years.
Accordin g to ICIC, 53 percent of companies expectysteady growth, 11 percent expect theidr revenues to double, 6 percent expect theid revenues to triple and only 4 percenr expect their revenues to decline in 2009. the average Inner City 100 company’w revenues were $23 million. The 2009 Inner City 100 winneres operate from 55 cities in31 states. Fifteenb companies on the list are based in California and eight arefrom Massachusetts. Texas and New York each have seven companies onthe Awards: RNL is the only firm in Colorado to be namedd among the top five sustainable-design firmsz based in the United States, according to a Top 10 list publishedr by Architect magazine in its May issue.
The rankings were based on severakl variables, such as percentage of Leadership in Energyu and EnvironmentalDesign (LEED) projects and LEED-accrediteed professionals on staff in 2008 as well as green Founded in 1956, RNL is based in Denver and has officess in Phoenix, Los Angeles and Abu United Arab Emirates. The Universit of Colorado Denver School of Medicins Alumni Association presented its topannual prize, the Silvetr and Gold Award, to Denveer Health’s chief medical officer, Dr. Philiop Mehler , who graduated from the schoolin 1983. The association also recentlg honored Dr. Dan Bessesen with its Distinguisher Achievement Awardand Dr.
Nancy Nelson with its DistinguishefdService Award. Bessesen, a professor of medicine in the divisioof endocrinology/metabolism/diabetes, is also based at Denver He is a 1982 graduate of the UCD School of Medicine. Nelson, who graduated from what was then called the Universityh of Colorado School of Medicinein 1959, is now professor emerita of pediatrica at the school. She served as the firsty female head of the Colorado Medical Society. Dr.
Mark a professor in the department of familyh medicine at the University of Colorado Denvetr Schoolof Medicine, has been named recipient of the 2009 Osage Orang e Distinguished Physician Walking Stick Award for his work runningt the school’s Rural Track The program increases the number of physicians practicing in underserve rural areas across Colorado and the Unitedr States. HMH Architecture and Interiors of Boulder receive two awards from the American Societu ofInterior Designers. The 2009 Colorado Annual Interior Design Awards won by the firm werefor “Primaryg Residence over 5,000 square feet” and for “Beed & Bath.
” Boutique for the Soul , an organizatioj designed to connect and support women in business, was namesd 2009 Business of the Year by the Denveer Tech Center Business and Professionall Women’s Network. Denver-based Alpine Waste & Recyclingy was recognized as the state’s most outstanding business forits recycling/diversion program by the Colorado Associationb for Recycling. The Colorado chapter of the Societyt for Marketing Professional Servicepresented Denver-based Kieding Office Architects with the 2009 Marketing Excellencse Award for best advertising campaign. Kieding specializes in the planning and design of commercia loffice space.
The Boulder Valley School District ’d annual report, called “Thrive,” won the Award of Excellencew from the Colorado Schoolsx PublicRelations Association. It was designerd by CommArts. Laura Landwirth , executivw director, Colorado Association of Homes and Servicews forthe Aging, received the Award for Excellencde from the Assisted Living Federation of Done deals: Mortenson Constructiobn has been selected to build six new Tacticaol Equipment Maintenance Facilities (TEMF) at Fort Carson Army Base on behalr of the Army Corps of Engineers. The facilitiesd will include four medium and two smalolbuilding designs, totaling $63.9 million.
The work follows Mortenson’w construction of eight previous TEMF facilities at Fort Dovetail Solutionsadded Kendall, Koenig Oelsner PC to its list of clients. KKO is a boutiqure business law firm with offices in Denvertand Boulder. Design Lines Inc. , an interior designb firm based inGreenwood Village, has been selectesd to provide interior designs for The Alvea Spa in Queens Creek, Ariz., and the Vineyards Spa in Calif. Openings: DécorAsian , which selles pan Asian art, collector’s items, furniture and antiques, openecd its first Denver location, at 1787 S. The company opened its original store on Pearl Street in Boulderin 2003.
AfterOurs Urgent Care has openedr its fourth Colorado this onein Westminster. The clinic, located at 2761 W. 120thy Ave., operates weeknights, from 5-9 and during weekends and holidays from8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Roseville bank gets $5M in deposits in first full quarter - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Bank Holdings owns , which reported $275,000 or 9 centsd per share in net income for thesecond quarter, up from $86,000 or 3 centsa per share a year earlier. The numbers are unaudited. Last year Bank Holdingsw paid lessthan $1 million for the banking charter of CNA Trust Co. of Costa Mesa, which it moved to Greatert Sacramento and onMarch 18. "We are very pleased with our continued growth and especiall the growthof (Silverado)," said Bank Holdingw CEO Hal Giomi in a pressd statement.
"At the end of June, afterf only three full monthsof operation, this divisio n had about $5 million in deposits and over $20 million in The entire bank had asseta of $285 million at the end of up from $240 million a year All but $7 million of that asset growth has occurred in 2005. Giomi'e banking career has Placer County He was president of Sunrises Bankof California, a Roseville bank he sold to Firsty Banks Inc. in 1996. Two years later Giomi led the organization of a Roseville bank to be called Silverado which was merged before it opened into CapitolValleyy Bank. Giomi worked for Capitol Valleyt for a year before headinv east to openNevadaw Security.
Bank Holdings' thinly traded stock (NASDAQ:TBHS) last exchanged hands at $19.90 per up 35 cents. The 52-weemk range is $15.35 to
Bank Holdings owns , which reported $275,000 or 9 centsd per share in net income for thesecond quarter, up from $86,000 or 3 centsa per share a year earlier. The numbers are unaudited. Last year Bank Holdingsw paid lessthan $1 million for the banking charter of CNA Trust Co. of Costa Mesa, which it moved to Greatert Sacramento and onMarch 18. "We are very pleased with our continued growth and especiall the growthof (Silverado)," said Bank Holdingw CEO Hal Giomi in a pressd statement.
"At the end of June, afterf only three full monthsof operation, this divisio n had about $5 million in deposits and over $20 million in The entire bank had asseta of $285 million at the end of up from $240 million a year All but $7 million of that asset growth has occurred in 2005. Giomi'e banking career has Placer County He was president of Sunrises Bankof California, a Roseville bank he sold to Firsty Banks Inc. in 1996. Two years later Giomi led the organization of a Roseville bank to be called Silverado which was merged before it opened into CapitolValleyy Bank. Giomi worked for Capitol Valleyt for a year before headinv east to openNevadaw Security.
Bank Holdings' thinly traded stock (NASDAQ:TBHS) last exchanged hands at $19.90 per up 35 cents. The 52-weemk range is $15.35 to
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Milken Institute report gauges life sciences impact on Phila. area - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The report, commissioned by several Philadelphia-area biotech and economic developmenr organizations, found one in six jobs in the Philadelphia regionh can be traced to the lifesciences “The Greater Philadelphia regio is seeing the return on the investmentw they have made in theit life sciences industry,” said Ross director of regional economics at the Milkenb Institute, an economic think tank in Santa Calif. “The combined effortd of business, policy makers, academic institutions and entrepreneurs are shapinbgthe region’s future as a top location for economic growth and high-wage jobs.
” The reporft comes out at a time when the region’s smallet biotech companies are struggling to attract capital. This year has alreadyy seen of Horsham, Pa., sell it assets, the board of in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., approve a dissolution plan, and (NYSEs Alternext US:ILE) in Exton, Pa., announc e it was running out of cash andpursuing debtor-in-possessiom financing in connection with a possiblw bankruptcy filing. The study’s “current impact composit e index” category evaluates measures such as employment relative size andindustry growth.
The Philadelphia region — which for the studt included partsof Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delawarre and Maryland — ranked second in the Milken Institute’ s overall composite index, trailing only Bostonj and just ahead of Greatert San Francisco. The overall composite index used the current impacg score along with a ranking fora region’s pipelinw of potential innovative new products and “small busines vitality indices” to rank what the study describesx as the elite “life clusters in the country. Philadelphia was ranked third overalk when the Milken Institute last conducted a studtyin 2005.
In other Philadelphia retained its thirdc place ranking for innovation pipelineas and moved to third from fifth for life scienceework force. The region had its lowest ranking, ninth, in the study’xs small business vitality index. The studuy found the region’s life sciences directly employed 94,400 workers and generated $7.7 billion in direct “It’s encouraging that the report recognizesthe region’s capacity for innovatio and entrepreneurship and that access to risk capitalp has increased during the past five said Barbara Schilberg, managing director and CEO of the Philadelphia-based operator of the Biotechnology Greenhouse of Southeasterm Pennsylvania.
“The findings also reinforce our beliefc that there are additional opportunities for regional partners to leveragedGreater Philadelphia’s resources, to create new businesses that fostefr medical innovation and at the same time contribute to a stronv regional economy.” The Milken Institute Study was commissioned by Pennsylvania Bio, Select Greater Philadelphia, BioNJ, Greater Philadelphia Life Sciences Delaware BioSciences Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturerws of America.
The report, commissioned by several Philadelphia-area biotech and economic developmenr organizations, found one in six jobs in the Philadelphia regionh can be traced to the lifesciences “The Greater Philadelphia regio is seeing the return on the investmentw they have made in theit life sciences industry,” said Ross director of regional economics at the Milkenb Institute, an economic think tank in Santa Calif. “The combined effortd of business, policy makers, academic institutions and entrepreneurs are shapinbgthe region’s future as a top location for economic growth and high-wage jobs.
” The reporft comes out at a time when the region’s smallet biotech companies are struggling to attract capital. This year has alreadyy seen of Horsham, Pa., sell it assets, the board of in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., approve a dissolution plan, and (NYSEs Alternext US:ILE) in Exton, Pa., announc e it was running out of cash andpursuing debtor-in-possessiom financing in connection with a possiblw bankruptcy filing. The study’s “current impact composit e index” category evaluates measures such as employment relative size andindustry growth.
The Philadelphia region — which for the studt included partsof Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delawarre and Maryland — ranked second in the Milken Institute’ s overall composite index, trailing only Bostonj and just ahead of Greatert San Francisco. The overall composite index used the current impacg score along with a ranking fora region’s pipelinw of potential innovative new products and “small busines vitality indices” to rank what the study describesx as the elite “life clusters in the country. Philadelphia was ranked third overalk when the Milken Institute last conducted a studtyin 2005.
In other Philadelphia retained its thirdc place ranking for innovation pipelineas and moved to third from fifth for life scienceework force. The region had its lowest ranking, ninth, in the study’xs small business vitality index. The studuy found the region’s life sciences directly employed 94,400 workers and generated $7.7 billion in direct “It’s encouraging that the report recognizesthe region’s capacity for innovatio and entrepreneurship and that access to risk capitalp has increased during the past five said Barbara Schilberg, managing director and CEO of the Philadelphia-based operator of the Biotechnology Greenhouse of Southeasterm Pennsylvania.
“The findings also reinforce our beliefc that there are additional opportunities for regional partners to leveragedGreater Philadelphia’s resources, to create new businesses that fostefr medical innovation and at the same time contribute to a stronv regional economy.” The Milken Institute Study was commissioned by Pennsylvania Bio, Select Greater Philadelphia, BioNJ, Greater Philadelphia Life Sciences Delaware BioSciences Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturerws of America.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Semantra to unveil CRM software, hire staff - Dallas Business Journal:
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million in revenue during the next12 months, with the bulk of that cominb from a new product scheduled for an Aprio release. Chris Davis, president and CEO of , expect the software developer to boostits 24-perso staff by 15 people during that time as it unveilas its new baby, dubbed Semantra 2.0 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The producg strives to make it fast and easy for nontechiesa to find information containedin what's called "customer relationshipo management" software, or CRM.
CRM manage a business' activities before and after it sells including sales, customer service and "There is not sufficient access to users of the (CRM) says Cody Aufricht, Semantra's vice presidentr of marketing. "If you're a vice president of salex ... you can't go into the CRM syste and go get the datayou You're reliant on (the information-technology to run reports." Aufricht says Semantra's software allows business people to use "naturao language" to find, say, how many sales prospects a business has that are greater than $100,000 and are expecteds to close by a certain date. "That will pop into your browser," he says.
Early feedback from companiesx that havetested Semantra's technology has been "It's a wonderful tool. It's an awesome says Travis Grubbs, vice president of information technologyat , an Irving technical-services concern. Grubbws says he hopes ePartnerss will become a customerof "It's something I think we'd definitely be able to To help the business grow faster, Semantr ( ) plans to primarily use re-sellers to handle the salezs and service side of its product. Amongf other things, ePartners does re-sellintg of technology products. Grubbs says ePartners currently hasno re-sellint agreement with Semantra, but suggests one could be set up if both partiews are amenable.
Semantra began generating revenue in May 2005 with the releases ofversion 1.0 of its software. The company hopes to get off the launcyh pad with thesecond permutation, which Davis says shoul d pull in $1.5 million to $2 million over the next year. He says the company'ds total revenue may be closerto $2 millionj to $2.5 million because it may release another producg during that time. Like virtually all startups, Semantrsa is currently losing monety as it seeksto grow. Davis expect the business to become cash-flow positive -- meaning generatinhg more cash than it isconsuming -- by the firs quarter of 2010.
The companuy has received a total ofnearlhy $6 million in financing, most of whicbh has come from Dallas' Cardinal Capital, a private-equity shop led by Edwarf "Rusty" Rose, whose credits include a stintt at co-owner of the in the '80s and Davis expects to close another round, worth probably $3 million to $5 million, at the end of the seconcd quarter of this year.
million in revenue during the next12 months, with the bulk of that cominb from a new product scheduled for an Aprio release. Chris Davis, president and CEO of , expect the software developer to boostits 24-perso staff by 15 people during that time as it unveilas its new baby, dubbed Semantra 2.0 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The producg strives to make it fast and easy for nontechiesa to find information containedin what's called "customer relationshipo management" software, or CRM.
CRM manage a business' activities before and after it sells including sales, customer service and "There is not sufficient access to users of the (CRM) says Cody Aufricht, Semantra's vice presidentr of marketing. "If you're a vice president of salex ... you can't go into the CRM syste and go get the datayou You're reliant on (the information-technology to run reports." Aufricht says Semantra's software allows business people to use "naturao language" to find, say, how many sales prospects a business has that are greater than $100,000 and are expecteds to close by a certain date. "That will pop into your browser," he says.
Early feedback from companiesx that havetested Semantra's technology has been "It's a wonderful tool. It's an awesome says Travis Grubbs, vice president of information technologyat , an Irving technical-services concern. Grubbws says he hopes ePartnerss will become a customerof "It's something I think we'd definitely be able to To help the business grow faster, Semantr ( ) plans to primarily use re-sellers to handle the salezs and service side of its product. Amongf other things, ePartners does re-sellintg of technology products. Grubbs says ePartners currently hasno re-sellint agreement with Semantra, but suggests one could be set up if both partiews are amenable.
Semantra began generating revenue in May 2005 with the releases ofversion 1.0 of its software. The company hopes to get off the launcyh pad with thesecond permutation, which Davis says shoul d pull in $1.5 million to $2 million over the next year. He says the company'ds total revenue may be closerto $2 millionj to $2.5 million because it may release another producg during that time. Like virtually all startups, Semantrsa is currently losing monety as it seeksto grow. Davis expect the business to become cash-flow positive -- meaning generatinhg more cash than it isconsuming -- by the firs quarter of 2010.
The companuy has received a total ofnearlhy $6 million in financing, most of whicbh has come from Dallas' Cardinal Capital, a private-equity shop led by Edwarf "Rusty" Rose, whose credits include a stintt at co-owner of the in the '80s and Davis expects to close another round, worth probably $3 million to $5 million, at the end of the seconcd quarter of this year.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
GDP shrinks in early 2009, but less than in late 2008 - Memphis Business Journal:
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percent in the first quarter of the U.S. said Friday, but the drop was less than the 6.3 percengt in the final quarterof 2008. The economy's 5.7 perceng Q1 shrinkage was also less severd than theexpected 6.1 percent declind that the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) had forecasrt a month ago, based on partial data. "The decrease in real GDP in the firsr quarter primarily reflected negative contributions from equipmentand software, private inventory investment, nonresidentia structures, and residential fixed investmentr that were partly offset by a positive contributioh from personal-consumption expenditures," BEA said in a statementg Friday.
"Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculationof GDP, Personal-consumption spending went up 1.5 percent in the quarted versus a 4.3 percent drop in the previous BEA cited that fact in explaining why the nation'w GDB declined less in Q1 than in the previouxs quarter. It also cited a larger decreasein imports. The GDP decline in Q4 2008 wasthe nation's largest sincee the mid-1980s. GDP measures total goods and services produceed inthe U.S. .
percent in the first quarter of the U.S. said Friday, but the drop was less than the 6.3 percengt in the final quarterof 2008. The economy's 5.7 perceng Q1 shrinkage was also less severd than theexpected 6.1 percent declind that the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) had forecasrt a month ago, based on partial data. "The decrease in real GDP in the firsr quarter primarily reflected negative contributions from equipmentand software, private inventory investment, nonresidentia structures, and residential fixed investmentr that were partly offset by a positive contributioh from personal-consumption expenditures," BEA said in a statementg Friday.
"Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculationof GDP, Personal-consumption spending went up 1.5 percent in the quarted versus a 4.3 percent drop in the previous BEA cited that fact in explaining why the nation'w GDB declined less in Q1 than in the previouxs quarter. It also cited a larger decreasein imports. The GDP decline in Q4 2008 wasthe nation's largest sincee the mid-1980s. GDP measures total goods and services produceed inthe U.S. .
Friday, November 5, 2010
Positive Energy expands to Duke City - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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A full-service renewable energy company founded in Positive Energy has doubled in the past three The company wanted a presence in Albuquerque and located in EDO becausd of its proximity to the Rail Runnecommuter train, which runs between Belen and Santa Fe. Tim McGiverm will be the company’s Albuquerque sales and service representative, PES customerws include large commercial enterprises as well as smaller residential Solar applications are increasing because of higherenergy costs, lower solar module costs and a 40 percent federal and stated tax credit available for qualifying The new office will be powerexd by solar modules in the form of door and window awnings, and EPS is in preliminaryg discussions about a rooftop installation to power the commonh area of one of EDO condominium
A full-service renewable energy company founded in Positive Energy has doubled in the past three The company wanted a presence in Albuquerque and located in EDO becausd of its proximity to the Rail Runnecommuter train, which runs between Belen and Santa Fe. Tim McGiverm will be the company’s Albuquerque sales and service representative, PES customerws include large commercial enterprises as well as smaller residential Solar applications are increasing because of higherenergy costs, lower solar module costs and a 40 percent federal and stated tax credit available for qualifying The new office will be powerexd by solar modules in the form of door and window awnings, and EPS is in preliminaryg discussions about a rooftop installation to power the commonh area of one of EDO condominium
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Business strong, but cruise terminal for Jacksonville on hold - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Since the authority pulled back on its pursuit in March, the infrastructure bond market has improvef and ships are being filled with passengers despite cruise opponents’ warning that the recessiob would cripple the industry. But authority boarf chairman William Mason said his prioritt isgetting Ltd’s $208 milliom terminal online, which is expected to be open at the site of the currenft cruise terminal in 2012. “I don’ty think there is any chance we are going to lose thecruiser industry,” said Mason. The authority last week signedxa two-year contract with to keep servic of its 2,052-passenger Fascination.
Since the cruise ship has been runnintg at nearly 113percent capacity, said Tony the authority’s senior director of cruise operations. He said Carnival has reducerd rates forthe Jacksonville-based cruise but not by as much as it has cut cruiser packages in other The cruise industry as a whole has fareed well in the recession, but Jacksonville’xs cruise industry has the added plus of being a heavuy drive-to market, meaning passengersz don’t have to buy plane tickets. A thirde of the country is able to drive to Jacksonvilles in 24 hoursor less.
Despite being a drive-tio market, Jacksonville International Airport has experienced an increasein cruise-boundd passengers, said Michael Stewart, Jacksonville Aviation Authority spokesman. He said abouyt 15 percent of the cruise-goers come throug the airport and the majority come inon Saturday, whichy is a slow day for the business-passenger heavyy airport. Jacksonville Port Authority Executive Director Rick Ferri said the latest construction of a new cruise terminap could start isApril 2012.
The cruisde lines could be diverteed to a temporary terminal while a new terminal is built and the existin g cruise terminal could be kept open longet by making it the last structure to be demolished to make way for theHanjinb facility. Although the authority’s call for desighn bids was recalled, the terminal was expecter to includea 1,400-space, five-story parking garage and about 25,000p square feet of retail space.
The constructionm would createabout 1,500 jobs and have an annual $500 million impact on the area, said Loui s Woods, a economics and geography professor, base on an economic analysis commissioned by the With 40 percent of passengers staying in Jacksonville before or after the cruise, hotels logge about 18,000 room-nights annually, Dan King, general manager of the , said Hotels reported a 6 percent to 7 percent occupancuy drop when cruise service stopped between April and Each cruise passenger spends about $300 in the said Visit Jacksonville spokeswoman Lyndsay Rossman, and the Fascinatiom has a $25 million impact on the area per
Since the authority pulled back on its pursuit in March, the infrastructure bond market has improvef and ships are being filled with passengers despite cruise opponents’ warning that the recessiob would cripple the industry. But authority boarf chairman William Mason said his prioritt isgetting Ltd’s $208 milliom terminal online, which is expected to be open at the site of the currenft cruise terminal in 2012. “I don’ty think there is any chance we are going to lose thecruiser industry,” said Mason. The authority last week signedxa two-year contract with to keep servic of its 2,052-passenger Fascination.
Since the cruise ship has been runnintg at nearly 113percent capacity, said Tony the authority’s senior director of cruise operations. He said Carnival has reducerd rates forthe Jacksonville-based cruise but not by as much as it has cut cruiser packages in other The cruise industry as a whole has fareed well in the recession, but Jacksonville’xs cruise industry has the added plus of being a heavuy drive-to market, meaning passengersz don’t have to buy plane tickets. A thirde of the country is able to drive to Jacksonvilles in 24 hoursor less.
Despite being a drive-tio market, Jacksonville International Airport has experienced an increasein cruise-boundd passengers, said Michael Stewart, Jacksonville Aviation Authority spokesman. He said abouyt 15 percent of the cruise-goers come throug the airport and the majority come inon Saturday, whichy is a slow day for the business-passenger heavyy airport. Jacksonville Port Authority Executive Director Rick Ferri said the latest construction of a new cruise terminap could start isApril 2012.
The cruisde lines could be diverteed to a temporary terminal while a new terminal is built and the existin g cruise terminal could be kept open longet by making it the last structure to be demolished to make way for theHanjinb facility. Although the authority’s call for desighn bids was recalled, the terminal was expecter to includea 1,400-space, five-story parking garage and about 25,000p square feet of retail space.
The constructionm would createabout 1,500 jobs and have an annual $500 million impact on the area, said Loui s Woods, a economics and geography professor, base on an economic analysis commissioned by the With 40 percent of passengers staying in Jacksonville before or after the cruise, hotels logge about 18,000 room-nights annually, Dan King, general manager of the , said Hotels reported a 6 percent to 7 percent occupancuy drop when cruise service stopped between April and Each cruise passenger spends about $300 in the said Visit Jacksonville spokeswoman Lyndsay Rossman, and the Fascinatiom has a $25 million impact on the area per
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Hospitals cut pay, freeze hiring after years of growth - Portland Business Journal:
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and Clinics, Providence Health & Serviceds and Legacy Health System have all slowed or frozehn some categoriesof hiring. Statewide, hospital and relatec out-patient employment fell by 800througu March. During the same period a year hospitals created400 jobs. The losses are related to the state’ 12.1 percent unemployment People who lose a job and the accompanyinvg health insurance are more likely to postponremedical treatment.
Even nurses, pharmacists and other in-demandc specialists say it’s taking longer to find There are no signs of the job outlook Hardest hitamong Portland-area employers is OHSU, which cut 180 jobs from its hospitao and clinics in December and “We had hired in anticipation of growth,” said Peter Rapp, executive vice president and executive directot of OHSU’s health care programs, which account for 5,30 0 full-time equivalencies, about half of the university’s total Instead of the 5 percent hospitall admissions growth OHSU forecast, admissions are up by less than 1 percent this Investment losses exacerbated the revenue shortfallo at OHSU, but other hospitals are experiencing similat declines even without the investment hit.
Across Providence’sz six Oregon hospitals, admissions are down 2 percent this Uncompensated care isup 15.5 percent. “I n January, we put in place what we calledr ‘the hard freeze,’ when we took down our job saidTerry Smith, chief operating officer of Providencde Providence has 13,255 full-time-equivalent employees in 640 below budgeted levels. The hospital is hiring again, but and is not filling all vacancies. The nonprofit has hired about 350 people in thepast year. Most of the hiresa are tied to off-sits clinics.
Providence opened its Tanasbournre clinic earlierthis year, will open a Vancouver locationn by the end of April, and is nearing completion on a Happy Valley Though demand for these clinics’ outpatient services remainas up, Providence is concerned about outpatient slowing as unemploymenr continues to climb. Legacy has hired close to 400 people in the past year to accommodatse similarpatient growth, but Legacy’xs current employment levels, at are far below plan, said Sonja human resources vice When patient volume is low, Legacy now sends workers home mid-shiftg or eliminates shifts completely. And salariesd have been frozenfor Legacy’ 130 top employees.
The health grouo is also carefully examining each openintg and choosing not to replacsemany non-clinical positions, Steves said. “The easiesf way to save money is by holding back on hirinyg and looking at decisions jobby job.” Similard scrutiny is being applied across the state as patienty volumes drop. Hospital occupanc rates dropped 3.3 percent in according to the Oregon Association of Hospitalsa andHealth Systems. “Consumers are postponing elective procedures and not accessing health care ifthey don’tt have insurance,” Steves said. Meanwhile, a growing share of thosse who use hospitals do not pay their Unpaid careclimbed 12.1 percent to $982.
3 million in Oregon last and has climbed by more than 10 percent each year since 2000. With expensesz up and income down, a hiring slow-down may be But the staffing crunch can’t last industry insiders say. Thoug some nurses have postponed retirement by a few year because of their own economic a national shortage of trainednurse remains, and aging baby boomers will inevitablt drive up demand for hospital In the short run, however, there’s no clear solution to hospitals’ financia l shortfalls. “The increase in the number of peoplwe who cannot pay their bills isthe No.
1 driverr for increases in our charitgy and baddebt expenses,” said “That goes back to the growing unemploymeny rate and the growing uninsured population.”
and Clinics, Providence Health & Serviceds and Legacy Health System have all slowed or frozehn some categoriesof hiring. Statewide, hospital and relatec out-patient employment fell by 800througu March. During the same period a year hospitals created400 jobs. The losses are related to the state’ 12.1 percent unemployment People who lose a job and the accompanyinvg health insurance are more likely to postponremedical treatment.
Even nurses, pharmacists and other in-demandc specialists say it’s taking longer to find There are no signs of the job outlook Hardest hitamong Portland-area employers is OHSU, which cut 180 jobs from its hospitao and clinics in December and “We had hired in anticipation of growth,” said Peter Rapp, executive vice president and executive directot of OHSU’s health care programs, which account for 5,30 0 full-time equivalencies, about half of the university’s total Instead of the 5 percent hospitall admissions growth OHSU forecast, admissions are up by less than 1 percent this Investment losses exacerbated the revenue shortfallo at OHSU, but other hospitals are experiencing similat declines even without the investment hit.
Across Providence’sz six Oregon hospitals, admissions are down 2 percent this Uncompensated care isup 15.5 percent. “I n January, we put in place what we calledr ‘the hard freeze,’ when we took down our job saidTerry Smith, chief operating officer of Providencde Providence has 13,255 full-time-equivalent employees in 640 below budgeted levels. The hospital is hiring again, but and is not filling all vacancies. The nonprofit has hired about 350 people in thepast year. Most of the hiresa are tied to off-sits clinics.
Providence opened its Tanasbournre clinic earlierthis year, will open a Vancouver locationn by the end of April, and is nearing completion on a Happy Valley Though demand for these clinics’ outpatient services remainas up, Providence is concerned about outpatient slowing as unemploymenr continues to climb. Legacy has hired close to 400 people in the past year to accommodatse similarpatient growth, but Legacy’xs current employment levels, at are far below plan, said Sonja human resources vice When patient volume is low, Legacy now sends workers home mid-shiftg or eliminates shifts completely. And salariesd have been frozenfor Legacy’ 130 top employees.
The health grouo is also carefully examining each openintg and choosing not to replacsemany non-clinical positions, Steves said. “The easiesf way to save money is by holding back on hirinyg and looking at decisions jobby job.” Similard scrutiny is being applied across the state as patienty volumes drop. Hospital occupanc rates dropped 3.3 percent in according to the Oregon Association of Hospitalsa andHealth Systems. “Consumers are postponing elective procedures and not accessing health care ifthey don’tt have insurance,” Steves said. Meanwhile, a growing share of thosse who use hospitals do not pay their Unpaid careclimbed 12.1 percent to $982.
3 million in Oregon last and has climbed by more than 10 percent each year since 2000. With expensesz up and income down, a hiring slow-down may be But the staffing crunch can’t last industry insiders say. Thoug some nurses have postponed retirement by a few year because of their own economic a national shortage of trainednurse remains, and aging baby boomers will inevitablt drive up demand for hospital In the short run, however, there’s no clear solution to hospitals’ financia l shortfalls. “The increase in the number of peoplwe who cannot pay their bills isthe No.
1 driverr for increases in our charitgy and baddebt expenses,” said “That goes back to the growing unemploymeny rate and the growing uninsured population.”
Monday, November 1, 2010
Budget sets dredging adrift - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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billion fiscal 2009 budget request forthe ' civi l works program includes no money to complete the next phas of channel deepening in Jacksonville harbor. In what has become a familiarr occurrence, the , locapl sponsor for channel deepening, will need to lobby Congress to add monegy toward thefederal government's $15 million share of the $22 milliomn project. Last year, Congress included $2.8 million after the administration'a fiscal 2008 budget reques t for civil works left Jacksonvillw harbor off its list of constructiomn projectsto fund.
Shipping and logistic s professionals have said thechannel -- 41 feet for much of the way and 38 feet for the rest -- must be deepenede to at least 45 feet for the port of Jacksonvilles to be competitive. That's being driven largely by the Panama Canal'as expansion, to be completed in 2014, and containerized cargo portsin S.C., and Savannah, Ga., whose channels are 45 feet and 42 respectively. The current project is to increas e the depth to 41 feet from milemarkerf 14.7 to Talleyrand Marine Terminal, a roughly five-nautical mile stretch of the St. Johns Channel deepening as far as marker about three miles west of Dames was completedin 2002.
"We see it as a continuationh project," said Eric Green, the authority's seniotr director for government andexternal affairs, referring to a category of project s normally given greater prioritg than new projects. "That's the case we'l be pleading." The administration's funding request for coastal navigatiomn construction infiscal 2009, $188 million, is up 13.3 percentg from its fiscal 2008 request of $166 million. Aboutg $151 million for coastal navigation construction is requested for deepening projects deemed high New York-New Jersey Harbor, Oaklansd (Calif.) Harbor and Columbia River (Wash.-Ore.) Channel.
Much dependsd on a project's benefit-to-costg ratio, or BCR, said Dave Sanford, director of navigation policy and legislation forthe . "Inclusiobn in the president's budget requesy typically reflectsa high-priority, high-BCR, well-justifiefd project." The Jacksonville project's BCR was calculates at 1.7 in 2003, said Steven Ross, projecgt manager for the Corps of Jacksonville District office. The BCR has risen to just unded 2 since then as certain design costs havebeen absorbed. By the Oakland deepening project -- to 50 feet -- has the highest BCR at 8.5. The administration's budget request includes $25.
12 million to continue construction onthat project, which has received more than $90 million in funding during the past two fiscakl years. Only the New York-New Jersey harbor with a BCR of 2.7, has received more fundin in that time at morethan $180 This year's request seeksz another $90 million for the New York-New Jerse y harbor. The Columbia Rivedr Channel Improvement Project to deepenthe 103.5-mile channel between Oregon and Washingtojn state had the lowest BCR, 1.5, of any coasta navigation construction project included in the budget request. One other coastal navigatiohn project made the list with a BCR lower than theJacksonvillse harbor: the St. Lucie Inlet, BCR of 1.
7, for whicy the president's budget requests $4 This year, the authority plans to contribut e its entire share for theJacksonvillw project, $7 million, rather than a proratesd share of about $900,000. The authority's money plus the federa government's $2.8 million will enabls the Corps of Engineers to deepen the stretchu known as the Chaseviller Turn and possibly morethis year. The authority hopesw that the federal government will come through with the remainderd of its share to completr the project infiscal 2009. "We will be seeking the full fundingtfor that," Green said. "I don't thinik we can break [the project] up again.
" If the authoritty can get the remainingfederal share, it will then continue pushing to increase the depth to 45 feet or The Corps of Engineers' Jacksonville District, which oversees projects in Puerto Rico and the Virgim Islands, is studying the feasibility for furtherr deepening, Ross said. Although that study could take two tothree years, authority Executive Directo r Rick Ferrin has said the cost to achieve 45 feet is estimated at $400 million, with the authority'w share being $220 million.
The authority is hopeful it can generateabou $14 million a year from leasing land to a coal terminal operator and bond that revenue to pay its A major obstacle is acquiring the land the authoritt envisions using for coal. The land belongsz to , which doesn't want to sell, so the authoritgy will go to trial in April to determinre what it must pay to take the land byeminentf domain. With the Panamsa Canal expansion as the primaruyeconomic driver, Jacksonville's BCR could benefit from new including the early 2009 openin g of a new container terminal bringingh service to Asia and another largee terminal possibly coming in 2011.
"As things change, the port could be in positio n for any opportunities thatmay exist," Ross said. "Having constructed versus those that may be built in the future helps thelocak sponsor." Green believes the new terminald and Jacksonville's position in the growiny Southeast give its project a chanc to move up on the Corps of list. "As Jacksonville is growingf at therate it's growing," he "they have to really pay attentiojn to us.
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billion fiscal 2009 budget request forthe ' civi l works program includes no money to complete the next phas of channel deepening in Jacksonville harbor. In what has become a familiarr occurrence, the , locapl sponsor for channel deepening, will need to lobby Congress to add monegy toward thefederal government's $15 million share of the $22 milliomn project. Last year, Congress included $2.8 million after the administration'a fiscal 2008 budget reques t for civil works left Jacksonvillw harbor off its list of constructiomn projectsto fund.
Shipping and logistic s professionals have said thechannel -- 41 feet for much of the way and 38 feet for the rest -- must be deepenede to at least 45 feet for the port of Jacksonvilles to be competitive. That's being driven largely by the Panama Canal'as expansion, to be completed in 2014, and containerized cargo portsin S.C., and Savannah, Ga., whose channels are 45 feet and 42 respectively. The current project is to increas e the depth to 41 feet from milemarkerf 14.7 to Talleyrand Marine Terminal, a roughly five-nautical mile stretch of the St. Johns Channel deepening as far as marker about three miles west of Dames was completedin 2002.
"We see it as a continuationh project," said Eric Green, the authority's seniotr director for government andexternal affairs, referring to a category of project s normally given greater prioritg than new projects. "That's the case we'l be pleading." The administration's funding request for coastal navigatiomn construction infiscal 2009, $188 million, is up 13.3 percentg from its fiscal 2008 request of $166 million. Aboutg $151 million for coastal navigation construction is requested for deepening projects deemed high New York-New Jersey Harbor, Oaklansd (Calif.) Harbor and Columbia River (Wash.-Ore.) Channel.
Much dependsd on a project's benefit-to-costg ratio, or BCR, said Dave Sanford, director of navigation policy and legislation forthe . "Inclusiobn in the president's budget requesy typically reflectsa high-priority, high-BCR, well-justifiefd project." The Jacksonville project's BCR was calculates at 1.7 in 2003, said Steven Ross, projecgt manager for the Corps of Jacksonville District office. The BCR has risen to just unded 2 since then as certain design costs havebeen absorbed. By the Oakland deepening project -- to 50 feet -- has the highest BCR at 8.5. The administration's budget request includes $25.
12 million to continue construction onthat project, which has received more than $90 million in funding during the past two fiscakl years. Only the New York-New Jersey harbor with a BCR of 2.7, has received more fundin in that time at morethan $180 This year's request seeksz another $90 million for the New York-New Jerse y harbor. The Columbia Rivedr Channel Improvement Project to deepenthe 103.5-mile channel between Oregon and Washingtojn state had the lowest BCR, 1.5, of any coasta navigation construction project included in the budget request. One other coastal navigatiohn project made the list with a BCR lower than theJacksonvillse harbor: the St. Lucie Inlet, BCR of 1.
7, for whicy the president's budget requests $4 This year, the authority plans to contribut e its entire share for theJacksonvillw project, $7 million, rather than a proratesd share of about $900,000. The authority's money plus the federa government's $2.8 million will enabls the Corps of Engineers to deepen the stretchu known as the Chaseviller Turn and possibly morethis year. The authority hopesw that the federal government will come through with the remainderd of its share to completr the project infiscal 2009. "We will be seeking the full fundingtfor that," Green said. "I don't thinik we can break [the project] up again.
" If the authoritty can get the remainingfederal share, it will then continue pushing to increase the depth to 45 feet or The Corps of Engineers' Jacksonville District, which oversees projects in Puerto Rico and the Virgim Islands, is studying the feasibility for furtherr deepening, Ross said. Although that study could take two tothree years, authority Executive Directo r Rick Ferrin has said the cost to achieve 45 feet is estimated at $400 million, with the authority'w share being $220 million.
The authority is hopeful it can generateabou $14 million a year from leasing land to a coal terminal operator and bond that revenue to pay its A major obstacle is acquiring the land the authoritt envisions using for coal. The land belongsz to , which doesn't want to sell, so the authoritgy will go to trial in April to determinre what it must pay to take the land byeminentf domain. With the Panamsa Canal expansion as the primaruyeconomic driver, Jacksonville's BCR could benefit from new including the early 2009 openin g of a new container terminal bringingh service to Asia and another largee terminal possibly coming in 2011.
"As things change, the port could be in positio n for any opportunities thatmay exist," Ross said. "Having constructed versus those that may be built in the future helps thelocak sponsor." Green believes the new terminald and Jacksonville's position in the growiny Southeast give its project a chanc to move up on the Corps of list. "As Jacksonville is growingf at therate it's growing," he "they have to really pay attentiojn to us.
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