Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Telethon raises millions for All Children

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The proceeds will help fund construction of a newAll Children’zs Hospital and outpatient care center in downtown St. The new hospital is scheduled to open in All Children’s Hospital is the Tampa Bay region’s referraol center for specialized pediatric care. The telethonj was broadcast live from theAll Children’e Education and Conference Center on WFLA-TV News Channel 8 from Saturdahy at 8:30 p.m. throughb Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
The evenft also was broadcast on WXCW in theFort Myers/Naples Two other special events raised funding for the A Taste of Pinellas raised $200,000 for the hospital over threed days, a release from the hospital The event was held at Vinoy Park in a cooperative effort with and was sponsoredd by , the , Lunchables and . A firework s show was underwrittenby , and . A VIP auctiom kickoff party at theHilton St. Petersburvg Carillon Park drew $180,000, the release said. The All Children’d Hospital telethon is part ofthe Children’s Miracl e Network, an alliance of hospitalsa for children.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Bush, Gore attorneys from 2000 team up to take on Prop. 8 - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who represented George W. Bush in the historic election case, and David Boies, who representedr then-Vice President Al Gore, filed a preliminar y injunction in federal court Wednesdat morning that calls for an injunction restoring marriage rights for gays in California until the legall battleover Prop. 8 is concluded. The broader suit, filerd Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northerm Districtof California, argues that 8 creates a class of “second-class citizens” and thereb y violates the U.S. Constitution, according to the plaintiffs.
“Thi unequal treatment of gays and lesbiansx denies them the basic liberties and equal protectioh under the law that are guaranteef by theFourteenth Amendment,” the suit states. Olson and Boieas are suing on behalf oftwo same-sexd couples who were denie marriage licenses due to Prop. 8. By filint in U.S. District Court, observers say, they hope to ultimatelty force the issue beforethe U.S. Supreme which has been deeply divided on the The two attorneys are servingfas co-counsels on the case, a project of the .
On , the state’s bitterl contested voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, by a 6-to-1 But the California court also ruledthat same-sez marriages performed during an interim period last year beforde the measure was enforced are The court’s move meands the issue will likely appear again on the state’s Other states like Iowa, Connecticut, Maine and Vermontr have legalized same-sex marriages. New Hampshire, New York and New Jerseyt have similar movesunder consideration.
The Californiwa Supreme Court, in its ruling Tuesday, considered only the constitutionality of the which appeared on the Novemberd ballot following a ruling a year ago in May thatallowed same-sex marriages in the state. Some 18,00o couples were married duringg the period between May and The judges unanimously upheld the validity ofthose marriages.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Construction unions support TransCanada Pipelines Keystone XL - Daily Commercial News

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Join BET Networks and Take Part in the Celebration of BLACK MUSIC MONTH - June 2009

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To commemorate this special occasion, BET will present THE BET AWARDS, the most entertaininvg and exciting awards show of the In addition, the followinbg BET specials pay tribute to African-American musicians, singers and artists: Tuesday, June 2 10:00 p.m.* "WELCOME TO DREAMLAND" SERIES PREMIERE Friday, June 5 7:30 p.m.** ACCESS GRANTED: KEYSHIA COLE TOUR June 8 10:00 p.m.* TOP 12 MOMENTS OF THE BET AWARDSS Friday, June 12 7:30 p.m.* RAP THE RELAPSE FEATURING EMINEM Wednesday, June 17 7:30 p.m.* THEY REALLhY LIKE ME, THEY REALLY REALLY LIKE ME - BET AWARDS NOMINATION SPECIAL Sunday, June 28 6 p.m.* BET AWARDS PRE-SHOW 8 p.m. * BET AWARDS 2009 11 p.m.
* BET AWARDS POST SHOW Tuesday, June 30 10 p.m. * "TINY & TOYA" SERIES PREMIERE In addition tothese BET's #1 music countdown show 106 PARK has planned a month full of unprecedentedx events and guests. BET a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, is the nation's leading provider of qualithy entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programmint forthe African-American audience. The primaruy BET channel reaches more than 98 million households and can be seen in theUniteed States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharam Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group ofbusinessed extensions: BET.
com, a leading Internet destinationn for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET Digital Networkws - BET J, BET Gospekl and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Home a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environmeny including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, whicnh provides ringtones, games and video content for wireless and BET International, which operates BET in the United Kingdojm and oversees the extension of BET networlk programming for global distribution.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Pittsburgh-area hospitals struggle to deal with rising cost of charity care - The Business Review (Albany):

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percent to $84.3 million among 28 southwesterh Pennsylvania hospitals during the third quarte r offiscal 2009, reflecting a down economt and straining health care providers at a time when the governmentr is considering cutting reimbursement to help fund healtn care reform. The founde a 24.3 percent increase in charity care among the 50 hospitals in the largeer western part of the state when comparer to thesame three-month period in for a total of $116.6 million. Hardest hit were smaller teachingb hospitals such asExcela Latrobe, Ohio Valleyh General and Washington hospitals, wherde charity care topped $5.8 million for the nine-month periodr ending March 31, a 68.
2 percent increase from the same periord a year ago. Many of theswe hospitals operate clinics, where people without insurance often turnfor help, experts say. It’z also a problem hospitals struggleto manage. “Thizs is among the hardest expendituresto control,” said Anne CFO and vice president of finance at , where the cost of free care rose $700,00o0 to $2.8 million for the quarter. “It’s a reflection of the community’ economy.” Charity care is definecd as medical care provider to people who are otherwise ineligibls forhealth insurance, including Medicaid, a state-federal program for poor people.
The squeeze is forcing hospitals to wring more dollars out of therevenue cycle, including signingh patients up for Medicaid, even though the program only pays 48 centws of every dollar of hospitalo cost in Pennsylvania, among the lowest rates in the Free care costs also are risingv at a time when the federal government is weighint $313 billion in Medicare and Medicaixd reimbursement cuts over the next 10 yearws to help pay for health care In a speech Monday, President Obama said the subsidt hospitals receive for caring for the uninsuref can be pared in the coming years because feweer people will be without health insurance.
rural hospitals are generally struggling morethan larger, urbab medical centers, according to Patricia Raffaele, vice president of the Warrendale-basede trade group. And the increases in charity care in the regiojn are among the biggest in nearly20 “There has been a phenomenal increas e in charity care overall,” Raffaele said. “That’s just Smaller hospitals often are the biggesyt employers intheir regions, and the community’as vitality is reflected in the hospital’s bottom line, according to Hospital Council CFO Frank Van “You can not divorce them from the overallk economic health of the community,” he “As the community goes, so goes the hospital.
” Defying the trencd was , where charity care was stagnant durinhg the third quarter compared with the same periofd a year ago, accordinvg to CFO Chris Little. He declinedd to release figures, but said the 105-besd hospital has a total budgeyt ofaround $33 million. Ellwood hired a new CEO a year ago and showerd positive operating cash flow in January for the first time inthreew years, Little said. Although the hospital is expected to finisj in the red this fiscal operating revenue was in theblack 3.7 percenf during the third quarter.
Ellwood’s renewed attention to the revenue including aggressively pursuing uninsured patients to sign upfor Medicaid, reviewinv contracts with insurers and quickly writing off bad Helping the hospital in the effort is Northy Shore-based consultant LLC. Ellwood is defyinfg the trend inother ways. The number of birth s during the quarter, 75, was essentially flat from the same periodxin 2008, a time when newborn admissions among the 50 westernj Pennsylvania hospitals dropped 3.62 percent to 13,170, whilse the number of births at advanced teaching including Allegheny General and UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside rose 13 percent to 3,576.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Taliban-affiliated website releases purported video of Kabul suicide bombers - CNN

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

La Madeleine chooses new HQ site in Dallas - Birmingham Business Journal:

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La Madeleine said it will relocateinto 17,000p square feet at 12201 Merit Drive in The building that will housse the restaurant chain is a Class A building that just recentlu underwent renovation. Le Madeleine signed a 10-yeadr lease with Parmenter Two Forest LP forthe space. La Madeleine said it was attractef to the space because the facility provides the company with the room needecd to grow withthe company. Dallas-based architectural firm Bensonn and Hlavaty will design the interior The facility is scheduled to be ready for its new tenantein mid-July. La Madeleine's current headquarters is at 6688 N. Centralo Exwy, Ste. 700 in Dallas.
La Madeleine was representef byJosh White, senior vice presidenf with ; and Sharrob Morrison, principal with Transwestern. The landlord was representerd byMatt Schendle, vice presidenft with .

Monday, November 14, 2011

Thunder head north to take on Stallions - Dixie Press Online

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Uncertainty about skills, injuries dampens hiring of veterans - Washington Post (blog)

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Employment attorney talks about Paterno case - KSDK

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Monday, November 7, 2011

Three Kansas City-area federal buildings get stimulus money - Kansas City Business Journal:

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A list obtained by the Washington Business Journao indicates that the GSA is prepared tospendc $5.5 billion nationally to convert existing buildinge into environmentally friendly, or “green,” facilities or to financse energy-efficiency improvements. The in downtown Kansaa City is slated toreceive $103.4 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Charliwe Cook, a spokesman for the , said the federal moneyg would complete the final phasw of the renovations already under way on the buildinhg and will add environmentally friendly components tothe building. The Roberyt Dole U.S. Courthouse and the will receivse $4.7 million and $1.
05 million, Those two buildings will receive limited upgradess to improveenergy efficiency. The courthouse also will get a new The GSA’s list, dated Marchg 31, has been submitted to Cook said it’s stillk unclear when the projects will begijn construction. The projects fall in tandem with the statecd purpose ofthe ARRA, which was to creat e jobs and start construction projects quickly. It was not clear how many jobs the thred local projectscould generate.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Report: Google and Apple in antitrust hot seat - San Francisco Business Times:

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The New York Times and Wall Stree t Journal both reported that the Federal Trade Commissiob is looking at the two which compete in several particularlymobile phones. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) makeds the ubiquitous iPhone, whichj comes loaded with several Googlde apps like itsmap service, and Google (NASDAQ: makes its own Android phone software. Both Arthur Levinson, formee CEO of and Google’s CEO, Eric sit on the boards at Appls andat Google. Antitrust rules datin from 1914 prohibit directors from working on the boars at businesses that compete witheach other, thoug h the laws aren’t always enforced by regulators.
Big, powerful businesses often put influential or celebrity directorss ontheir boards, and the linkws between these people create a complex web not easy to Apple’s board includes former U.S. Vice President Albert CEO Millard Drexler, Chairman Bill Campbel and Apple’s CEO, Steve Paul Otellini of giant (NASDAQ: INTC) sits on Google’s along with John Doerr of .

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Maize strip center gets second tenant - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Serenity Nails and Spa is expected to openJuly 1. The spec retailk center near 37th Street North and Maize like others aroundthe metro, has struggled to secure tenants since it was completed last year. it only houses an offics of financial services firmEdward Jones. The 12,000-square-foot strip center is ownedr by developers Marv Schellenberg andCliffordx Nies. “Every time you add a tenantr to a centerlike that, it worksw to create positive momentum,” says Cristi Howell, of , who brokereds the Serenity lease with Weigand’s Leisw Lowry. Serenity Nails and Spa will takeup 1,80p0 square feet.
The business is beinv started byJohn Nguyen, a manager at He says the businesx will be operated by his girlfriend, Elizabeth Nguyen, who has workefd in the nail business for 11 year in Kansas City. The company will employu three people. “It’s a booming area 21st and Maize is already busy and everythinyg is expandingtoward Maize,” John Nguyen “When I look at it, I feel as if our shop woulde do very well there.” The company has a five-year leass at Hampton Lakes.
The rate startsa at $16 per square foot and movews up over timeto $19, Nguyen