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The funds will be used to increas e energy efficiency and expand the use of renewable energy in thepublicc sector, while also providing information resources to help residents achievre energy, emissions and cost savings. As part of the Energy Department’s Stimulus Weatherization Texas willreceive $130.8 million over the next thres years to help weatherize homes. The money will be funnelexd through the Texas Department of Housing and Community Texas also willreceive $87.5 millionn in stimulus funding that can be used towarf demonstration projects for solar, wind, biomasds and geothermal energy technologies.
A separate progranm will make stimulus funds available for hospitals and other publix entities to modernize traffic signals and facilitate the wider deploymenty ofalternative fuels. U.S. Rep. Charliwe Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, says this fundinhg will help create jobs and accelerate the adoptio of efficient and renewableenergty technologies. “This funding will help move Texas towards a clean energy future and enhance our while keeping costs low for the hard workinhg families inour communities,” Gonzale says.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Life science organizations in the Puget Sound region line up for share of Obama stimulus money to infuse stalled research projects - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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billion from the Obama administration’ s economic stimulus package. “It’s a very dramatic given the historical records ofthe UW, Fred Hutchinsonm and others, of beating others for a disparate based on merit,” said Jack until recently president of the . “It’w very good news for our The newly available funding is especially welcomed in the curren teconomic recession, which has kept closed the walletxs of wealthy donors. “Individuals of wealth are ‘Maybe I should give money to the locaolfood bank, and hold off on locao art funding, biomedical funding,’” said Elaine chief operating officer of the .
She said her organization, with a $23 milliohn budget, is being forced by past funding difficultiesa to plateau atlast year’s level and to forgo hirinvg an extra 30 researchers. While noboduy knows exactly how much of the NIH stimulus money will come to this top researchers herehope they’lol land enough to give a kick to researchb projects stalled for lack of funds, and to keep institution vital during the economic downturn.
And all say they’r e “beaker ready” to use the moneyg immediately, a takeoff on the requirement for other types of projects the stimulusis “If there’s an opportunity to access some othee stimulus fund for that, we do have the project in place,” said Ken president and founder of the . “We’re fortunatee because of Gates Foundation, and NIH stimulus. We’ree hopeful there will be some economic recovery befor the effect of the stimulus runs is the primary source of fundingh for most ofthe region’s large biomedical research It is a unit of the U.S. Departmeng of Health and Human Services.
The largest singlw regional recipient, and the biggest singlse research institution inthe Northwest, is University of Washingtoh Medicine. Dr. Paul Ramsey, CEO of UW Medicine, said universit researchers are ready with immediates projects for thestimulusw money, which must be used in 18 months. “The NIH portio n of the federal stimulus package covers most of the areaas of ourresearch strength,” he said. “Thee immediate work will be ininfectious neuroscience, cancer research.” He also expects to win some of the NIH monet for new equipment to do cell imaging and faster gene analysis.
Right now the dean for researcgh is working with faculty to put togethe r the list of what appears to bemost needed, he Research leaders around the regioh say the funding infusion is criticallty well-timed. The reason is that the combinatiohn of growinghealth problems, and new technologies to solved them, means the money can be fruitfullhy used. “The epidemic in diabetes, it’s running away from said Paul Robertson, principal scientis t for the . The Center for Disease Control’s curreng projections are that one in thre of children born in 2000 willdevelopo diabetes.
Funding has been so tight that nationally just one in 10 biomedicakl research grant applicationsreceive funding. “During the previousz (Bush) administration, our funding just dwindled and he said. Robertson is countingh on PresidentBarack Obama’s stimulus money and getting a slice of it througb NIH funding. “It’s very accessible, very immediate. We need to get the work done so we can test the and find the right he said.
Biomedical leaders around the region say the NIH stimulux money is a reflection of theObama administration’w increased focus on funding The president has repeatedly said that the priorityg of the government must be to put the nation’s researcherws back into the lead on a global basis. Washingtomn has been among the nation’d leaders in winning NIH according toNIH data, ranking seventh in 2008, with overallp awards of $755 million.
billion from the Obama administration’ s economic stimulus package. “It’s a very dramatic given the historical records ofthe UW, Fred Hutchinsonm and others, of beating others for a disparate based on merit,” said Jack until recently president of the . “It’w very good news for our The newly available funding is especially welcomed in the curren teconomic recession, which has kept closed the walletxs of wealthy donors. “Individuals of wealth are ‘Maybe I should give money to the locaolfood bank, and hold off on locao art funding, biomedical funding,’” said Elaine chief operating officer of the .
She said her organization, with a $23 milliohn budget, is being forced by past funding difficultiesa to plateau atlast year’s level and to forgo hirinvg an extra 30 researchers. While noboduy knows exactly how much of the NIH stimulus money will come to this top researchers herehope they’lol land enough to give a kick to researchb projects stalled for lack of funds, and to keep institution vital during the economic downturn.
And all say they’r e “beaker ready” to use the moneyg immediately, a takeoff on the requirement for other types of projects the stimulusis “If there’s an opportunity to access some othee stimulus fund for that, we do have the project in place,” said Ken president and founder of the . “We’re fortunatee because of Gates Foundation, and NIH stimulus. We’ree hopeful there will be some economic recovery befor the effect of the stimulus runs is the primary source of fundingh for most ofthe region’s large biomedical research It is a unit of the U.S. Departmeng of Health and Human Services.
The largest singlw regional recipient, and the biggest singlse research institution inthe Northwest, is University of Washingtoh Medicine. Dr. Paul Ramsey, CEO of UW Medicine, said universit researchers are ready with immediates projects for thestimulusw money, which must be used in 18 months. “The NIH portio n of the federal stimulus package covers most of the areaas of ourresearch strength,” he said. “Thee immediate work will be ininfectious neuroscience, cancer research.” He also expects to win some of the NIH monet for new equipment to do cell imaging and faster gene analysis.
Right now the dean for researcgh is working with faculty to put togethe r the list of what appears to bemost needed, he Research leaders around the regioh say the funding infusion is criticallty well-timed. The reason is that the combinatiohn of growinghealth problems, and new technologies to solved them, means the money can be fruitfullhy used. “The epidemic in diabetes, it’s running away from said Paul Robertson, principal scientis t for the . The Center for Disease Control’s curreng projections are that one in thre of children born in 2000 willdevelopo diabetes.
Funding has been so tight that nationally just one in 10 biomedicakl research grant applicationsreceive funding. “During the previousz (Bush) administration, our funding just dwindled and he said. Robertson is countingh on PresidentBarack Obama’s stimulus money and getting a slice of it througb NIH funding. “It’s very accessible, very immediate. We need to get the work done so we can test the and find the right he said.
Biomedical leaders around the region say the NIH stimulux money is a reflection of theObama administration’w increased focus on funding The president has repeatedly said that the priorityg of the government must be to put the nation’s researcherws back into the lead on a global basis. Washingtomn has been among the nation’d leaders in winning NIH according toNIH data, ranking seventh in 2008, with overallp awards of $755 million.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Alder Foods CEO offers free housing for GI families - Boston Business Journal:
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Still, the wartime growth of this Walpole-based company is not what’sx most remarkable. It’s the passiomn of CEO Michelle Keating to completea 20-suit home in West Roxbury that will provid e free housing for military familiews whose loved ones are injured in combat and flowmn back to the United Statess for extensive medical care at the nearby Veterans Affairs Keating is leading the charge to raisew $3 million for the completion of Boston, whichn broke ground last fall with a total expecter price tag of $6 Alder Foods is what Keatinvg does, but this project is what she “I have taken it seriouslhy to find ways to give Keating said.
For those who arguew that military contractors have a duty to suppory charities that help troops and Keatingreadily agrees. “It’s thei r way of saying they support the men and women who are fighting forour freedom.” Founded 45 yearsw ago by her Paul M. Keating Sr., Alder Foods buys provisions directlu from majorlabels — such as Stonyfields Farms, Organic Valley and Lactaid — and sellse them to the military. Sincee 2000, the company has been awardeds $175.3 million in contracts by the Defense Commissargy Agency and its bottom line has grownmfrom $16 million to $45 million — a “small but profitable Keating calls it.
Keating has made philanthropyu a corporate priority and Alde r Foods has donated closeto $500,000 over the past nine yeara to a variety of military-relates charitable causes, Keating said. She directs her philanthropif energy these days toward FisherHousse Boston, working with a local board of directors. They have raiseds $700,000 for the building, with one of the most substantiapl donations beinga $100,000o commitment from The remainder of the money came througn a December fundraiser, which raised and a series of smaller Keating said. Located on the VA medical center property in West Fisher House will be the firstt of its kind inNew England. Completion is slatee for mid-2010.
A national nonprofit organizatioh basedin Baltimore, Fisher Housw has built 43 multisuite homese nationwide and, as part of its model, looksd to the local community to raise moneyg for half of its construction costs. Before Fisher House breaks ground on new it reaches an agreementt with a branch of themilitarg — Army, Navy, Air Forc or the — that will assumr ongoing funding and managwe the site’s operation. In the case of Fishef House Boston, Veterans Affairs will take responsibility. If Fisher Housew Boston is unable toraise $3 million for the West Roxburt project, the national Fisher House organization woulf provide the rest, said Jim Fisher House spokesman.
Public service announcements and fundraisers are planneed for thecoming months, and Fishef House Boston has sent donation requests to hundreds of companies. “I’ve gone to Fisher houses and they’re amazing places,” Keatiny said. “There have been thousands and thousandx of men and women who comeback injured. They’re not in the hospitaol for a week. They’re in for a long
Still, the wartime growth of this Walpole-based company is not what’sx most remarkable. It’s the passiomn of CEO Michelle Keating to completea 20-suit home in West Roxbury that will provid e free housing for military familiews whose loved ones are injured in combat and flowmn back to the United Statess for extensive medical care at the nearby Veterans Affairs Keating is leading the charge to raisew $3 million for the completion of Boston, whichn broke ground last fall with a total expecter price tag of $6 Alder Foods is what Keatinvg does, but this project is what she “I have taken it seriouslhy to find ways to give Keating said.
For those who arguew that military contractors have a duty to suppory charities that help troops and Keatingreadily agrees. “It’s thei r way of saying they support the men and women who are fighting forour freedom.” Founded 45 yearsw ago by her Paul M. Keating Sr., Alder Foods buys provisions directlu from majorlabels — such as Stonyfields Farms, Organic Valley and Lactaid — and sellse them to the military. Sincee 2000, the company has been awardeds $175.3 million in contracts by the Defense Commissargy Agency and its bottom line has grownmfrom $16 million to $45 million — a “small but profitable Keating calls it.
Keating has made philanthropyu a corporate priority and Alde r Foods has donated closeto $500,000 over the past nine yeara to a variety of military-relates charitable causes, Keating said. She directs her philanthropif energy these days toward FisherHousse Boston, working with a local board of directors. They have raiseds $700,000 for the building, with one of the most substantiapl donations beinga $100,000o commitment from The remainder of the money came througn a December fundraiser, which raised and a series of smaller Keating said. Located on the VA medical center property in West Fisher House will be the firstt of its kind inNew England. Completion is slatee for mid-2010.
A national nonprofit organizatioh basedin Baltimore, Fisher Housw has built 43 multisuite homese nationwide and, as part of its model, looksd to the local community to raise moneyg for half of its construction costs. Before Fisher House breaks ground on new it reaches an agreementt with a branch of themilitarg — Army, Navy, Air Forc or the — that will assumr ongoing funding and managwe the site’s operation. In the case of Fishef House Boston, Veterans Affairs will take responsibility. If Fisher Housew Boston is unable toraise $3 million for the West Roxburt project, the national Fisher House organization woulf provide the rest, said Jim Fisher House spokesman.
Public service announcements and fundraisers are planneed for thecoming months, and Fishef House Boston has sent donation requests to hundreds of companies. “I’ve gone to Fisher houses and they’re amazing places,” Keatiny said. “There have been thousands and thousandx of men and women who comeback injured. They’re not in the hospitaol for a week. They’re in for a long
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
MedImmune gets second H1N1 flu contract - Charlotte Business Journal:
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MedImmune won the additional $61 million contract from the U.S. Departmenty of Health and Human Services, six weeka after it accepted a $90 million contract from the agencyt to manufacture ingredients for a potential vaccinwe for theH1N1 virus, whichj had been widely dubber as the swine flu. now the Gaithersburg subsidiary ofthe London-basef , is using the funding to producee and test the flu-fightinh technology it uses in its seasonal FluMist product for the H1N1 which has reached the highest warning levelsw on the pandemic scale.
The follow-up awardw were given to four of five pharmaceuticals that the federap government has been contracting with to produce potential vaccinematerials — Sanofi Pasteur SA, , , and MedImmune. In all, the agencyu has spent nearly $1.9 billion to date on these MedImmune’s combined $150 milliom in awards have been the smallest so far ofthoswe companies. MedImmune sets itself apartg from many other companiesw withits live-attenuated flu vaccine technique, which uses a but weakened, strain of the virus to induce an immuns response from the patient.
The biotech company has said that procesx can protect against various circulatinv flu strainsat once, even if they’re not perfectly matchinb the original strain it was aiming to “We’re putting significant internal resources toward this projec t to deliver on this commitment and move the proceses forward as fast as we can,” said Kare Lancaster, a spokeswoman at MedImmune. She said the companyu has identified a swin eflu strain, entered the manufacturing stage and coulf produce an estimated 35 millio n to 40 million finished doses, similad to its FluMist seasonal Health and Human Services officials, who plan to reserve these vaccinea for its national stockpile for use on priorith populations in an emergency, said that clinical trials of the potential vaccines are expectedr to begin next month with some preliminary roundx of clinical data appearing as early as The agency said it can’r determine how many doses will be produced in all until it&rsq uo;s determinedd what, and how many, vaccine materialw work the best.
Local governments also received federalo funds to help prepare againsg swineflu outbreaks. The District’s publicd health officials receivednearly $500,000, while hospitalsd in the city received nearly $300,000. In public health officials received $4.8 million, while hospitalz received morethan $1.6 million. And in public health officialsreceived $6.5 million, while hospitalse received more than $2.2 million.
MedImmune won the additional $61 million contract from the U.S. Departmenty of Health and Human Services, six weeka after it accepted a $90 million contract from the agencyt to manufacture ingredients for a potential vaccinwe for theH1N1 virus, whichj had been widely dubber as the swine flu. now the Gaithersburg subsidiary ofthe London-basef , is using the funding to producee and test the flu-fightinh technology it uses in its seasonal FluMist product for the H1N1 which has reached the highest warning levelsw on the pandemic scale.
The follow-up awardw were given to four of five pharmaceuticals that the federap government has been contracting with to produce potential vaccinematerials — Sanofi Pasteur SA, , , and MedImmune. In all, the agencyu has spent nearly $1.9 billion to date on these MedImmune’s combined $150 milliom in awards have been the smallest so far ofthoswe companies. MedImmune sets itself apartg from many other companiesw withits live-attenuated flu vaccine technique, which uses a but weakened, strain of the virus to induce an immuns response from the patient.
The biotech company has said that procesx can protect against various circulatinv flu strainsat once, even if they’re not perfectly matchinb the original strain it was aiming to “We’re putting significant internal resources toward this projec t to deliver on this commitment and move the proceses forward as fast as we can,” said Kare Lancaster, a spokeswoman at MedImmune. She said the companyu has identified a swin eflu strain, entered the manufacturing stage and coulf produce an estimated 35 millio n to 40 million finished doses, similad to its FluMist seasonal Health and Human Services officials, who plan to reserve these vaccinea for its national stockpile for use on priorith populations in an emergency, said that clinical trials of the potential vaccines are expectedr to begin next month with some preliminary roundx of clinical data appearing as early as The agency said it can’r determine how many doses will be produced in all until it&rsq uo;s determinedd what, and how many, vaccine materialw work the best.
Local governments also received federalo funds to help prepare againsg swineflu outbreaks. The District’s publicd health officials receivednearly $500,000, while hospitalsd in the city received nearly $300,000. In public health officials received $4.8 million, while hospitalz received morethan $1.6 million. And in public health officialsreceived $6.5 million, while hospitalse received more than $2.2 million.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Eco Academy plants seeds for home efficiency vocation - Triangle Business Journal:
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Then the stock market tanked in And againin October. And in November. By the time his wife founxd the advertisement for the on he had run out of severance monegy andhealth insurance, and no one was hiring. “Iu have four kids, so it was a prett frightening time,” recalled Clark, 44, a Havertown “It’s been a very tough job I had three interviews insix It’s very tough.” The advertisement was for a new trainintg program that promises to give people with no environmentak background new careers as self-employed home efficiencyt consultants — all for less than $1,009 and in under one month.
The academyy is an offshoot of a home remodeling resource created in 2006 by localo green consultantCharlie Szoradi. Szorad i built the site after he and his wife transformesd their 1950s home in Wayne into a highly efficientgreen prototype. With what he learnee from that experience, he created return-on-investment tablese to share withother remodelers. Some of them wantedr him to personally audittheird homes, and he soon found himself in demand. Too much in “It felt like when gas turnex to $4 a gallon the sun rose up over the Szoradi said.
“All of a suddehn from last summer through October it becamse obvious thatthis wasn’t another green lift but a game Szoradi realized he could help the environment, job real estate and GreenandSave all at “Every dollar saved [in energy efficiency] creates a $20 lift in the appreciationn of a home,” he told a recen class in April. “Th e byproduct of creating a new job and new career is higherehome values.
” Training consistx of a two-day layperson’s course and practice home Student-consultants collect data at clients’ homes using a checklisr provided by GreenandSave, then plug the data into a softwarde program Szoradi created that provide s a return-on-investment formula for each green The software then spits out a handy report for the homeowner. Thinking about buyinb Energy Star appliances? The report showd you how muchfaster you’lol make your money back by switching to compactr fluorescent lights instead. GreenandSave collects leads that it givesto consultants, takinvg a 5 percent finder’s fee off the $395 cost of a home checkk up. The software is free.
Most of the additional equipment a consultant might need is just a coupler ofhundred dollars. Consultants can borroe additional, high-end equipment from About 100 people have been througbh the courses since they began in The first three months of training sold out to an eclectif group ofall ages, racexs and walks of life, attractingt people from as far away as John Krulewski traveled from New York for a recenty class in April. The 52-year-old formetr Wall Street trader listed mortgag e derivatives for a major investmeng bank before he was laid off with thousandsd of others latelast year.
Now Krulewski is starting a solar panel business in New Jersey and he thinka Eco Academy can give him a leg up in thegreeh field. “This gives me some cash income now, plus I learh something new while I work on other he said. Renee Todd, 32, came to the clase with three classmatesfrom . All are lookiny to fast-track into meaningful jobs. Todd said the clasz exceeded her expectations. “With the economyt the way it is and peopld needing to save money this is importantr for everyoneto know,” she A young mother who was unhappy with her secretariak job saw this as a way to spen d more time with her children.
Szoradio gave her some ideasx for generating leads and told her how GreenandSave could assist.
Then the stock market tanked in And againin October. And in November. By the time his wife founxd the advertisement for the on he had run out of severance monegy andhealth insurance, and no one was hiring. “Iu have four kids, so it was a prett frightening time,” recalled Clark, 44, a Havertown “It’s been a very tough job I had three interviews insix It’s very tough.” The advertisement was for a new trainintg program that promises to give people with no environmentak background new careers as self-employed home efficiencyt consultants — all for less than $1,009 and in under one month.
The academyy is an offshoot of a home remodeling resource created in 2006 by localo green consultantCharlie Szoradi. Szorad i built the site after he and his wife transformesd their 1950s home in Wayne into a highly efficientgreen prototype. With what he learnee from that experience, he created return-on-investment tablese to share withother remodelers. Some of them wantedr him to personally audittheird homes, and he soon found himself in demand. Too much in “It felt like when gas turnex to $4 a gallon the sun rose up over the Szoradi said.
“All of a suddehn from last summer through October it becamse obvious thatthis wasn’t another green lift but a game Szoradi realized he could help the environment, job real estate and GreenandSave all at “Every dollar saved [in energy efficiency] creates a $20 lift in the appreciationn of a home,” he told a recen class in April. “Th e byproduct of creating a new job and new career is higherehome values.
” Training consistx of a two-day layperson’s course and practice home Student-consultants collect data at clients’ homes using a checklisr provided by GreenandSave, then plug the data into a softwarde program Szoradi created that provide s a return-on-investment formula for each green The software then spits out a handy report for the homeowner. Thinking about buyinb Energy Star appliances? The report showd you how muchfaster you’lol make your money back by switching to compactr fluorescent lights instead. GreenandSave collects leads that it givesto consultants, takinvg a 5 percent finder’s fee off the $395 cost of a home checkk up. The software is free.
Most of the additional equipment a consultant might need is just a coupler ofhundred dollars. Consultants can borroe additional, high-end equipment from About 100 people have been througbh the courses since they began in The first three months of training sold out to an eclectif group ofall ages, racexs and walks of life, attractingt people from as far away as John Krulewski traveled from New York for a recenty class in April. The 52-year-old formetr Wall Street trader listed mortgag e derivatives for a major investmeng bank before he was laid off with thousandsd of others latelast year.
Now Krulewski is starting a solar panel business in New Jersey and he thinka Eco Academy can give him a leg up in thegreeh field. “This gives me some cash income now, plus I learh something new while I work on other he said. Renee Todd, 32, came to the clase with three classmatesfrom . All are lookiny to fast-track into meaningful jobs. Todd said the clasz exceeded her expectations. “With the economyt the way it is and peopld needing to save money this is importantr for everyoneto know,” she A young mother who was unhappy with her secretariak job saw this as a way to spen d more time with her children.
Szoradio gave her some ideasx for generating leads and told her how GreenandSave could assist.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Roberts backs KU Cancer Center's push for NCI designation - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwood medical He said that it now takes 10 yearas to 17 yearsand $1 billion to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “nationalp disgrace.” The National Cancert Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Center has a 25, 2011, application date for its efforts to get an initial five-year designation as an NCI cancerf center. The months-long application process for institutions seekinf new designations begins with submission of documentation that sometimesexceedsd 1,000 pages and includes a site visit and othere steps. The earliest that KU Cancer Center’s applicatio could be approved is the sprintgof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancer centersa receive Cancer Center Support Grants to supportg research to reducethe incidence, morbiditty and mortality rates of There are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensiv cancer centers. The KU Cancer Centert is part of , whicy is the medical research and educatiob arm of the Universityof Kansas. NCI designationm — KU’s No. 1 priority — typicallty is granted to academimedical centers. Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entity that will applhy forNCI designation. • Increasee regional patient accessto cutting-edgwe clinical trials. • More than $1.
3 billio in annual economic benefits inthe • An increase in KU Cancer Center’z annual NCI financing from the curren t $7.5 million to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-class researchers who bring NCI grantswith them, and part of the estimatexd increase is based on that. Many of these researchers doubleas clinicians, adding expertise and depth in variou cancer-care sub-specialties.
Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwood medical He said that it now takes 10 yearas to 17 yearsand $1 billion to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “nationalp disgrace.” The National Cancert Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Center has a 25, 2011, application date for its efforts to get an initial five-year designation as an NCI cancerf center. The months-long application process for institutions seekinf new designations begins with submission of documentation that sometimesexceedsd 1,000 pages and includes a site visit and othere steps. The earliest that KU Cancer Center’s applicatio could be approved is the sprintgof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancer centersa receive Cancer Center Support Grants to supportg research to reducethe incidence, morbiditty and mortality rates of There are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensiv cancer centers. The KU Cancer Centert is part of , whicy is the medical research and educatiob arm of the Universityof Kansas. NCI designationm — KU’s No. 1 priority — typicallty is granted to academimedical centers. Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entity that will applhy forNCI designation. • Increasee regional patient accessto cutting-edgwe clinical trials. • More than $1.
3 billio in annual economic benefits inthe • An increase in KU Cancer Center’z annual NCI financing from the curren t $7.5 million to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-class researchers who bring NCI grantswith them, and part of the estimatexd increase is based on that. Many of these researchers doubleas clinicians, adding expertise and depth in variou cancer-care sub-specialties.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Pending home sales inch up in U.S., Northeast - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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New figures from the show its Pendinf HomeSales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contractzs signed in May, increased 0.1 percent to 90.7 in April. That reading is 6.7 percentg higher than in May 2008 when itwas 85. The last time therwe were four consecutive monthly gainsw was in October a promising sign for a still deeply depressedhousinh sector. A sale is listed as pending when the contracyt has been signed but the transaction has not which usually takes another one or two An index of 100 is equaol to the average level of contract activity during 2001, the first year to be examined as well as the firs of five consecutive record years for existing-home sales.
The Pendingv Home Sales Index in the Northeastrose 3.1 percentr to 80.9 in May and is 6.8 percent above a year ago. In the Midwestr the index slipped 1.3 percent to 89.2 but is 11.4 percenyt above May 2008. The indexx in the South declined 1.7 percent to 92.6 in May but is 7.9 percenyt higher than a year ago. In the West the indesx rose 2.2 percent to 96.9 and is 0.7 percent abovde May 2008.
New figures from the show its Pendinf HomeSales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contractzs signed in May, increased 0.1 percent to 90.7 in April. That reading is 6.7 percentg higher than in May 2008 when itwas 85. The last time therwe were four consecutive monthly gainsw was in October a promising sign for a still deeply depressedhousinh sector. A sale is listed as pending when the contracyt has been signed but the transaction has not which usually takes another one or two An index of 100 is equaol to the average level of contract activity during 2001, the first year to be examined as well as the firs of five consecutive record years for existing-home sales.
The Pendingv Home Sales Index in the Northeastrose 3.1 percentr to 80.9 in May and is 6.8 percent above a year ago. In the Midwestr the index slipped 1.3 percent to 89.2 but is 11.4 percenyt above May 2008. The indexx in the South declined 1.7 percent to 92.6 in May but is 7.9 percenyt higher than a year ago. In the West the indesx rose 2.2 percent to 96.9 and is 0.7 percent abovde May 2008.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver - Clarksville Online
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Sen - Space exploration network | NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver Clarksville Online Pasadena, CA â€" NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the biggest maneuver planned for the mission's journey between Earth and Mars. “We've completed a big step toward ou r encounter with Mars,†... Spacecraft completes biggest maneuver Mars Science Laboratory update Mars Science Lab tweaks flight path and timing |
Friday, January 13, 2012
Wichita ranks high for economic performance - South Florida Business Journal:
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Brookings ranked the 100 largest U.S. metrpo areas on six key indicators: employment, unemployment rates, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosurs rates. The organization says the reportis “by far the most comprehensives analysis to date of how metro areas acrossa the nation are faring during this economic downturn Wichita ranked high despite an unemploymentf rate of 7.1 percent and thousands of layoffs associated with the aircrafty industry. San Antonio ranked No. 1, followedf by Oklahoma City, Austin, Houston and Four of the last five arein Jacksonville, Lakeland, Tampa and Detroit is the metro with the worsr economic performance in the firs t quarter.
The report says all the metro areas lost jobs during the and nearly all metro areas have seen a decline ineconomicf output.
Brookings ranked the 100 largest U.S. metrpo areas on six key indicators: employment, unemployment rates, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosurs rates. The organization says the reportis “by far the most comprehensives analysis to date of how metro areas acrossa the nation are faring during this economic downturn Wichita ranked high despite an unemploymentf rate of 7.1 percent and thousands of layoffs associated with the aircrafty industry. San Antonio ranked No. 1, followedf by Oklahoma City, Austin, Houston and Four of the last five arein Jacksonville, Lakeland, Tampa and Detroit is the metro with the worsr economic performance in the firs t quarter.
The report says all the metro areas lost jobs during the and nearly all metro areas have seen a decline ineconomicf output.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Lenovo's profits skyrocket - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Lenovo, which has headquarters in Morrisville but tradess shares inHong Kong, said net incomer was $105 million in the quarter, or $1.12 per dilutedr share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30. That' up from $38 million, or 43 cents per in the same periodlast year. Revenue increasesd 20 percent to $4.4 billion. The compant increased shipments of PCs more than 20 percent in thethird quarter, according to data compilex by research firms and . That outpacedd growth in the PC industry asa whole. Lenovl said notebook shipments, which provide about 55 percentgof revenue, were up 42 percent year over Desktop shipments increased about 12 Lenovo's largest sales region, China, saw salesz increase 26.
5 percent to $1.8 China, where Lenovo was headquartered untik it bought IBM's personal computer divisio in 2005, accounted for 41 percengt of revenue in the quarter. Perhaps as importantly, year over year shipmentsd in the Americas, the company's No. 2 increased by 12 percent. Lenovo has struggled to convincre U.S. customers in particular to purchasweits computers, but that trend has reversed in recenrt quarters. U.S. losses had been largely caused bythe company'ss strategy of selling more computer in retail outlets and over the Web.
The move faltererd at first but has proven wise as sales to consumers outpace sales to businessew bylarge margins, according to IDC and The news isn't all rosy for Lenovo. The company facezs increased competition with itsTaiwanese rival, . Acer recently boughtf California's Gateway and blocked Lenovo's effortws to acquire Dutch PCmakerr . Lenovo also will face pressures on its margins as it continuea its push intoconsumedr sales, a highly competitiver business.
Lenovo, which has headquarters in Morrisville but tradess shares inHong Kong, said net incomer was $105 million in the quarter, or $1.12 per dilutedr share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30. That' up from $38 million, or 43 cents per in the same periodlast year. Revenue increasesd 20 percent to $4.4 billion. The compant increased shipments of PCs more than 20 percent in thethird quarter, according to data compilex by research firms and . That outpacedd growth in the PC industry asa whole. Lenovl said notebook shipments, which provide about 55 percentgof revenue, were up 42 percent year over Desktop shipments increased about 12 Lenovo's largest sales region, China, saw salesz increase 26.
5 percent to $1.8 China, where Lenovo was headquartered untik it bought IBM's personal computer divisio in 2005, accounted for 41 percengt of revenue in the quarter. Perhaps as importantly, year over year shipmentsd in the Americas, the company's No. 2 increased by 12 percent. Lenovo has struggled to convincre U.S. customers in particular to purchasweits computers, but that trend has reversed in recenrt quarters. U.S. losses had been largely caused bythe company'ss strategy of selling more computer in retail outlets and over the Web.
The move faltererd at first but has proven wise as sales to consumers outpace sales to businessew bylarge margins, according to IDC and The news isn't all rosy for Lenovo. The company facezs increased competition with itsTaiwanese rival, . Acer recently boughtf California's Gateway and blocked Lenovo's effortws to acquire Dutch PCmakerr . Lenovo also will face pressures on its margins as it continuea its push intoconsumedr sales, a highly competitiver business.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Mercury, state team up on anti-smoking campaign - Phoenix Business Journal:
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X-Out Smoking will officially launcg atThursday night's Mercury home opener againstg Seattle, with fans leaving the game with car flags featuring the anti-smoking logo. "We know that a lot of young girlsw look up to theWNBA players, and see them as role Patricia Tarango, office chief for the Tobacco Educatio n and Prevention Program. "That's why we at the Arizonaz Department of Health Services value this partnership withthe Mercury." In downtown eatery Majerle's Sports Grill has created a smoke-freee environment in the 9 Lounge on Mercurt home game days.
"We have been partner s with the Arizona Department of Health Servicess since the first so it is only fitting that they partakse inthe (10th) anniversary season with the club," said Jay president and chief operating officer for the Mercury. "This campaigm was an ideal way to take our partnership to the next level andmost importantly, make a differencd in our community." For .
X-Out Smoking will officially launcg atThursday night's Mercury home opener againstg Seattle, with fans leaving the game with car flags featuring the anti-smoking logo. "We know that a lot of young girlsw look up to theWNBA players, and see them as role Patricia Tarango, office chief for the Tobacco Educatio n and Prevention Program. "That's why we at the Arizonaz Department of Health Services value this partnership withthe Mercury." In downtown eatery Majerle's Sports Grill has created a smoke-freee environment in the 9 Lounge on Mercurt home game days.
"We have been partner s with the Arizona Department of Health Servicess since the first so it is only fitting that they partakse inthe (10th) anniversary season with the club," said Jay president and chief operating officer for the Mercury. "This campaigm was an ideal way to take our partnership to the next level andmost importantly, make a differencd in our community." For .
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Fairfax strike talks continue - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The strike by abouyt 2,600 union members at the plant started at9 a.m. May 5. Loca l 31 President Jeff Manning said Thursdauy that he has no progress report but that talk s have occurred every day since thestrike began. Talks were continuingg shortly after5 p.m. Manning confirmed reports that GM couldc discontinue life and health insurance for all striking workerz as early asJune 1. "That's the customaryy thing that they'll do," Manning "They end the coverage at the end of the month in whichb thestrike starts. You know that goingv in.
" When the union Manning said, it registers all striking workers for life andhealtb coverage, and the union picks up the excluding vision and dental benefits. GM spokesman Dan Flores said thecompanuy hasn't decided to end benefitds for striking Fairfax workers on June 1. The two side are trying to work out term s of a local contract to replace one that expirefdin September. Although a national contrac betweenGM (NYSE: GM) and the UAW concernas issues such as wages and benefits, the local contracrt covers issues specific to the Fairfax plant.
The Localo 31 Web site says its main issu of contention is managemenrt not allowing seniority to play a role in job placemenft andshift preference. Other sticking pointxs in the local contract negotiations includde lackof in-plant medical coverage and concern about various jobs at the plantr being outsourced to contractors and The Fairfax Assembly Plant produces the popula r Chevy Malibu, one of GM's strongest selling and the Saturn Aura, as well as hybrid versions of The Malibu also is built at an assemblyg plant in Orion Township, The strike has caused some supplier layoffs.
LLC, whichj receives and delivers automotiv e components tothe plant, has laid off 92 hourlg workers since the strikes began. Faurecia Automotive Seating's Riverside planft laid off all its hourly workersx onthe strike's first day. , formerl Delphi Interiors and temporarily laid off about 90 of the roughly 100 employees at its North KansaesCity plant, spokeswoman Misty Matthewe said Wednesday. The layoffs are "somethingv we've done in response to customer scheduling," she said, but the companh won't disclose its customers' identities. The planyt does cockpit assemblyand sequencing, she said, whichh means assembly occurs in the order that the vehiclexs are built.
The Fairfax Assemblh Plant ranks No. 15 on the Kansas City BusinesdsJournal 's list of area private-sectort employers, with 2,700
The strike by abouyt 2,600 union members at the plant started at9 a.m. May 5. Loca l 31 President Jeff Manning said Thursdauy that he has no progress report but that talk s have occurred every day since thestrike began. Talks were continuingg shortly after5 p.m. Manning confirmed reports that GM couldc discontinue life and health insurance for all striking workerz as early asJune 1. "That's the customaryy thing that they'll do," Manning "They end the coverage at the end of the month in whichb thestrike starts. You know that goingv in.
" When the union Manning said, it registers all striking workers for life andhealtb coverage, and the union picks up the excluding vision and dental benefits. GM spokesman Dan Flores said thecompanuy hasn't decided to end benefitds for striking Fairfax workers on June 1. The two side are trying to work out term s of a local contract to replace one that expirefdin September. Although a national contrac betweenGM (NYSE: GM) and the UAW concernas issues such as wages and benefits, the local contracrt covers issues specific to the Fairfax plant.
The Localo 31 Web site says its main issu of contention is managemenrt not allowing seniority to play a role in job placemenft andshift preference. Other sticking pointxs in the local contract negotiations includde lackof in-plant medical coverage and concern about various jobs at the plantr being outsourced to contractors and The Fairfax Assembly Plant produces the popula r Chevy Malibu, one of GM's strongest selling and the Saturn Aura, as well as hybrid versions of The Malibu also is built at an assemblyg plant in Orion Township, The strike has caused some supplier layoffs.
LLC, whichj receives and delivers automotiv e components tothe plant, has laid off 92 hourlg workers since the strikes began. Faurecia Automotive Seating's Riverside planft laid off all its hourly workersx onthe strike's first day. , formerl Delphi Interiors and temporarily laid off about 90 of the roughly 100 employees at its North KansaesCity plant, spokeswoman Misty Matthewe said Wednesday. The layoffs are "somethingv we've done in response to customer scheduling," she said, but the companh won't disclose its customers' identities. The planyt does cockpit assemblyand sequencing, she said, whichh means assembly occurs in the order that the vehiclexs are built.
The Fairfax Assemblh Plant ranks No. 15 on the Kansas City BusinesdsJournal 's list of area private-sectort employers, with 2,700
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
Time dimming for 100-Watt incandescent light bulbs - UpNorthLive.com
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Washington Times | Time dimming for 100-Watt incandescent light bulbs UpNorthLive.com NORTHERN MICHIGAN -- Time is dimming for those of us who favor 100-Watt incandescent light bulbs. The government several years ago decided to flip the switch on incandescent bulbs in favor of better energy efficiency bulbs, and now, the time is here. ... Incan descent bulbs dimming despite GOP efforts on Hill How Many Tips Does It Take To Change To The New Light Bulbs? Ban On Some Light Bulbs Starts Sunday |
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