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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Agent Orange cleanup to start at former US base in Vietnam - AFP
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Norwich firm gets $25000 from state for product development - Norwich Bulletin
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Norwich firm gets $25000 from state for product development Norwich Bulletin The award is aimed at boosting product development and increasing employment. By JAMES MOSHER A Norwich company was among 10 statewide to get a government ... Southington sm » |
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Florida Chamber bolsters local political leadership - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Eric Brown, chief executive officef of in Tampa has been selecte d as the first chairmab ofthe . The CCE, or committee of continuoud existence, is one component of the chamber'x efforts and a big part of its political goalws in terms of identifying andelecting pro-business candidates, said Doug vice president of grassroots advocacyh and PAC development, Florida Chamber. A CCE is similard to a politicalaction committee, but is membershipo oriented and has dues and a board. It is more long term than a PAC, Wheeleer said.
This new regional CCE was formede as part of theFlorida Chamber's statewide regional effortsz to engage local members in the legislative and political processx by helping to identify and elect pro-business, pro-jobs candidatesa to state office. "It's formalizing of some of our members in that Wheeler said. The group will unify Floridwa Chamber businesses in eleven counties stretchinh from Hernando southward to Sarasota andfrom Pasco/Pinellas east to a release said. Its goal is to brinvg local businesses and leaders togethee and make the West Central Florida Chamber Alliance a stron g political force inthe area.
"The bandingf together of area business leaders to form this entity will fill a huge void for many businesses inthe area," said Brown in a release. "Wed will be able to influence state level politics at the local leveol andelect pro-business candidates much more effectively as a group than we ever could have individually."
Eric Brown, chief executive officef of in Tampa has been selecte d as the first chairmab ofthe . The CCE, or committee of continuoud existence, is one component of the chamber'x efforts and a big part of its political goalws in terms of identifying andelecting pro-business candidates, said Doug vice president of grassroots advocacyh and PAC development, Florida Chamber. A CCE is similard to a politicalaction committee, but is membershipo oriented and has dues and a board. It is more long term than a PAC, Wheeleer said.
This new regional CCE was formede as part of theFlorida Chamber's statewide regional effortsz to engage local members in the legislative and political processx by helping to identify and elect pro-business, pro-jobs candidatesa to state office. "It's formalizing of some of our members in that Wheeler said. The group will unify Floridwa Chamber businesses in eleven counties stretchinh from Hernando southward to Sarasota andfrom Pasco/Pinellas east to a release said. Its goal is to brinvg local businesses and leaders togethee and make the West Central Florida Chamber Alliance a stron g political force inthe area.
"The bandingf together of area business leaders to form this entity will fill a huge void for many businesses inthe area," said Brown in a release. "Wed will be able to influence state level politics at the local leveol andelect pro-business candidates much more effectively as a group than we ever could have individually."
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Fryer-oil debate sizzling - bizjournals:
http://www.rawlslib.net/2004/rawls/about.html
Pete Meersman, president of the , said the policyg violates long-accepted law that the oil used to cook food is part of the fina restaurantproduct that’s sold and taxed, and should be considereed wholesale and tax-exempt. Otherwise, it’s beiny taxed twice, he said. But official s from the city and state, which discovererd the unpaid tax aftere performing sales audits on suppliersand restaurants, say they’vde been using the same interpretation for years and only recently have begunm to hear complaints. Fryer oil isn’t the same as food they said. At stake is potentially millions of dollars for the Restaurants already workon razor-thin affected businesses said.
“My concern is we’ve got restaurateurs out therd fighting the great fight in atough economy, and as soon as this is it will get passed along, and every restaurant that’s tryintg to make payroll will have to put this on theird back,” said Chris DeWitt, president of of Denver, which was citefd last year for not charging tax to retailers for fryerr oil. Restaurants aren’t taxed on item such as meat, vegetables and spices that they prepar and serveto customers, who then pay tax on theif meals. At issue is whether fryert oil is considered one of thoserwholesale materials.
Because the oil soaks into thefood it’s used to and can be re-usee a finite number of times — unlike non-exempg items, such as fryer pans and stovesd — it definitely is a food product, Meersmanb argued. But Eric Brown, communications director for Denver MayorJohn Hickenlooper, said that cooking oil is like the appliances, as a medium to cook food rather than as an ingredientg in it. “The cooking oil does not meet the wholesalw exemption incity law,” Browmn said. Though some audit subjects, such as are beginning to challengesuch findings, none has taken the issues to court yet.
In 1989, the backedf several restaurants there that sued the state government over a requiremenyt that they pay tax on 50 percent of theoil (with the statd reasoning that only half the oil was soaked into the The Missouri Supreme Court examinefd the rulings of other found it impossible to measurw the amount of oil that becomes part of the finall food product, and therefore said no tax could be charged on it. “Inh the establishments herein, the cooking oil would be but thefirsrt step,” Judge Warren Welliver wrote for a unanimous “Only a portion of the flour and spices end up in the final Only a portion of the potatoes end up as finishedd product.
Chicken trimmings are consigned tothe garbage. The same is true for the componenrt parts ofthe salad. Accurately measuring the amount of materiap physically remaining in the final product is neither feasiblwnor possible.” While several other Colorado citiee employ a similar practice — includingy Commerce City, Greenwood Village and Westminster, Browjn noted — at least one examined it severaol years ago and decided the oil was Lakewood Finance Director Larry Dorr said officials ther e talked to attorneys and and reasoned the portion of the produc that’s not soaked into the food is too minimapl to tax.
“Our interpretationm was, ‘yeah, it’s used up, it doesn’t last foreveer and some of the oil does stay in the Dorr said. “If it didn’t, these fried foods would be a lot healthier to But because statelaw doesn’t definer what specific materials are taxable or and because home-rule cities are allowed to make theidr own interpretations of their equally vague tax there’s no move to change statutd by Denver or the state. Mark spokesman for the , said he’d foundd audits going back to 1998 in whicyh restaurants were assessed tax for the oil and paidthe tax.
Oil is drainede into containers and thrown out as differentiating it from the served he said. “That is clearly how it’s differentr than a piece of meat or a sliceof potato,” Coucgh said. Restaurants, however, figure the cost of the oil into the finap price of the meal when decidingt how much they will charge customers for that burger or thosebuffalo wings, Meersman said. If they’rr forced to pay taxes on it, that woulr mean the government is taxing theitem twice. That coulrd hurt the business atmosphere in Denver even more than it coulfharm restaurants, DeWitt said. “If arbitrarilu our government can reach in and tax whatevetr theyneed to, where does it stop?
” he “And when does it make Denver a less attractivew place to do business?”
Pete Meersman, president of the , said the policyg violates long-accepted law that the oil used to cook food is part of the fina restaurantproduct that’s sold and taxed, and should be considereed wholesale and tax-exempt. Otherwise, it’s beiny taxed twice, he said. But official s from the city and state, which discovererd the unpaid tax aftere performing sales audits on suppliersand restaurants, say they’vde been using the same interpretation for years and only recently have begunm to hear complaints. Fryer oil isn’t the same as food they said. At stake is potentially millions of dollars for the Restaurants already workon razor-thin affected businesses said.
“My concern is we’ve got restaurateurs out therd fighting the great fight in atough economy, and as soon as this is it will get passed along, and every restaurant that’s tryintg to make payroll will have to put this on theird back,” said Chris DeWitt, president of of Denver, which was citefd last year for not charging tax to retailers for fryerr oil. Restaurants aren’t taxed on item such as meat, vegetables and spices that they prepar and serveto customers, who then pay tax on theif meals. At issue is whether fryert oil is considered one of thoserwholesale materials.
Because the oil soaks into thefood it’s used to and can be re-usee a finite number of times — unlike non-exempg items, such as fryer pans and stovesd — it definitely is a food product, Meersmanb argued. But Eric Brown, communications director for Denver MayorJohn Hickenlooper, said that cooking oil is like the appliances, as a medium to cook food rather than as an ingredientg in it. “The cooking oil does not meet the wholesalw exemption incity law,” Browmn said. Though some audit subjects, such as are beginning to challengesuch findings, none has taken the issues to court yet.
In 1989, the backedf several restaurants there that sued the state government over a requiremenyt that they pay tax on 50 percent of theoil (with the statd reasoning that only half the oil was soaked into the The Missouri Supreme Court examinefd the rulings of other found it impossible to measurw the amount of oil that becomes part of the finall food product, and therefore said no tax could be charged on it. “Inh the establishments herein, the cooking oil would be but thefirsrt step,” Judge Warren Welliver wrote for a unanimous “Only a portion of the flour and spices end up in the final Only a portion of the potatoes end up as finishedd product.
Chicken trimmings are consigned tothe garbage. The same is true for the componenrt parts ofthe salad. Accurately measuring the amount of materiap physically remaining in the final product is neither feasiblwnor possible.” While several other Colorado citiee employ a similar practice — includingy Commerce City, Greenwood Village and Westminster, Browjn noted — at least one examined it severaol years ago and decided the oil was Lakewood Finance Director Larry Dorr said officials ther e talked to attorneys and and reasoned the portion of the produc that’s not soaked into the food is too minimapl to tax.
“Our interpretationm was, ‘yeah, it’s used up, it doesn’t last foreveer and some of the oil does stay in the Dorr said. “If it didn’t, these fried foods would be a lot healthier to But because statelaw doesn’t definer what specific materials are taxable or and because home-rule cities are allowed to make theidr own interpretations of their equally vague tax there’s no move to change statutd by Denver or the state. Mark spokesman for the , said he’d foundd audits going back to 1998 in whicyh restaurants were assessed tax for the oil and paidthe tax.
Oil is drainede into containers and thrown out as differentiating it from the served he said. “That is clearly how it’s differentr than a piece of meat or a sliceof potato,” Coucgh said. Restaurants, however, figure the cost of the oil into the finap price of the meal when decidingt how much they will charge customers for that burger or thosebuffalo wings, Meersman said. If they’rr forced to pay taxes on it, that woulr mean the government is taxing theitem twice. That coulrd hurt the business atmosphere in Denver even more than it coulfharm restaurants, DeWitt said. “If arbitrarilu our government can reach in and tax whatevetr theyneed to, where does it stop?
” he “And when does it make Denver a less attractivew place to do business?”
Monday, December 20, 2010
Bombino fined $40K for illegal crop shipments - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
http://snipsly.com/2010/12/10/choosing-the-right-wood-flooring-for-your-home/
Bombino Express imported 34 packages of Indiab mangoes and yams that werelabeled “ladiesa apparel” through Los Angeles International Airport in July. Airportg dogs discovered the packages and officialsz confiscatedthe shipment. Federal and state laws ban importing of untreatedr mangoes and yamsfrom India, which can be infestecd with numerous crop-damaging including the devastating Oriental fruif fly. “Invasive pests are a primary threatg toour crops, and keeping them out of Californiza is vital to the security of our food supplgy and the stability of our agricultural crop,” California Department of Food & Agriculture secretary A.G.
Kawamurw said in a news release. Bombino will pay $40,000 in civil penalties, and face a $1.6 milliomn penalty if it violatesthe agreement, according to the agreementf with the Attorney Generalo and CDFA. Agriculture officialx say the Oriental fruit fly could costthe state’s millionsx of dollars in crop losses, eradication effortsa and quarantine requirements. “It’s criticapl that imported produce be properly inspecteds to avoid devastating and costly pest Attorney General Jerry Brownsaid
Bombino Express imported 34 packages of Indiab mangoes and yams that werelabeled “ladiesa apparel” through Los Angeles International Airport in July. Airportg dogs discovered the packages and officialsz confiscatedthe shipment. Federal and state laws ban importing of untreatedr mangoes and yamsfrom India, which can be infestecd with numerous crop-damaging including the devastating Oriental fruif fly. “Invasive pests are a primary threatg toour crops, and keeping them out of Californiza is vital to the security of our food supplgy and the stability of our agricultural crop,” California Department of Food & Agriculture secretary A.G.
Kawamurw said in a news release. Bombino will pay $40,000 in civil penalties, and face a $1.6 milliomn penalty if it violatesthe agreement, according to the agreementf with the Attorney Generalo and CDFA. Agriculture officialx say the Oriental fruit fly could costthe state’s millionsx of dollars in crop losses, eradication effortsa and quarantine requirements. “It’s criticapl that imported produce be properly inspecteds to avoid devastating and costly pest Attorney General Jerry Brownsaid
Friday, December 17, 2010
Report: VC-backed liquidity drops to $8.2B in Q1, lowest since 2005 - San Francisco Business Times:
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billion, the lowest quarterly total since the fourth quarteof 2005, according to the a report Wednesday by . The largesty deal of the first quarter wasRound Texas-based Inc.'s (NASDAQ:DELL) $1.4 billion acquisition of Nashua, N.H.-based data-storagee company Inc. The second larges t deal of the firsg quarter wasSanta Clara, Calif.-based Inc.'s (NASDAQ:JAVA) $1 billion purchasde of open-source database company Inc. of Calif. The report shows that the firsgt quarter saw just80 M&A transactions accounting for roughly $7.8 billionb in liquidity, a far cry from the $10. 2 billion generated via 105 M&A in the first three months of 2007. Only six U.S.
venture-backe companies went public in the first quarter, raising just $392 millioh -- a 67 percent decline from the $1.2 billion raised via 13 IPOs in the first quarter last year. Information technology companies accountedc for the bulk of the capital raisedcvia M&A, with 59 transactions generating more than $6.1 billion in liquidity, a 5 percent dip for the segmentg from the $6.4 billion raised in 79 M&A transactions during the first quarter of 2007. By software companies accounted for the bulk of IT deal flow with29 M&q transactions completed, garnering nearly $2.3 billion.
The reportg said 14 venture-backed health care companies completesd M&As in the first quarter and raiseeover $1.1 billion, a nearly 42 percengt drop-off from the $1.9 billion raiser in three fewer M&Ae for the segment during the firsty three months of 2007. The median amount of venturse capital raised priorto M&Asd rose to $24.8 million and the median numbef of years between initial equity funding and liquidit now stands at a record seven years. Four of the six venture-backecd IPOs in the first quarter were for healthcare companies, which raised a disappointingf $164 million collectively, according to the report.
The median amoung raised at IPO in the firs t quarter of 2008was $53 million, down 34 percenty from the $80 million median in the first quarter last year. The median amount of venture capital raised priort to IPO actually ticked down slightlyto $56 million whilse the median time to IPO stretched to nearly 8.3
billion, the lowest quarterly total since the fourth quarteof 2005, according to the a report Wednesday by . The largesty deal of the first quarter wasRound Texas-based Inc.'s (NASDAQ:DELL) $1.4 billion acquisition of Nashua, N.H.-based data-storagee company Inc. The second larges t deal of the firsg quarter wasSanta Clara, Calif.-based Inc.'s (NASDAQ:JAVA) $1 billion purchasde of open-source database company Inc. of Calif. The report shows that the firsgt quarter saw just80 M&A transactions accounting for roughly $7.8 billionb in liquidity, a far cry from the $10. 2 billion generated via 105 M&A in the first three months of 2007. Only six U.S.
venture-backe companies went public in the first quarter, raising just $392 millioh -- a 67 percent decline from the $1.2 billion raised via 13 IPOs in the first quarter last year. Information technology companies accountedc for the bulk of the capital raisedcvia M&A, with 59 transactions generating more than $6.1 billion in liquidity, a 5 percent dip for the segmentg from the $6.4 billion raised in 79 M&A transactions during the first quarter of 2007. By software companies accounted for the bulk of IT deal flow with29 M&q transactions completed, garnering nearly $2.3 billion.
The reportg said 14 venture-backed health care companies completesd M&As in the first quarter and raiseeover $1.1 billion, a nearly 42 percengt drop-off from the $1.9 billion raiser in three fewer M&Ae for the segment during the firsty three months of 2007. The median amount of venturse capital raised priorto M&Asd rose to $24.8 million and the median numbef of years between initial equity funding and liquidit now stands at a record seven years. Four of the six venture-backecd IPOs in the first quarter were for healthcare companies, which raised a disappointingf $164 million collectively, according to the report.
The median amoung raised at IPO in the firs t quarter of 2008was $53 million, down 34 percenty from the $80 million median in the first quarter last year. The median amount of venture capital raised priort to IPO actually ticked down slightlyto $56 million whilse the median time to IPO stretched to nearly 8.3
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
RI city seeks to buy out homes affected by flood - WLNE-TV (ABC6)
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RI city seeks to buy out homes affected by flood WLNE-TV (ABC6) AP - December 15, 2010 11:25 AM ET CRANSTON, RI (AP) - The city of Cranston is seeking federal approval to buy out several dozens homeowners affected by the ... |
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Overcrowded School Dance Shut Down - WCVB-TV
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Overcrowded School Dance Shut Down WCVB-TV But when nearly 2000 students packed the gym, police were called in to disperse the crowd. Bill Mahoney, Belmont Hill High School's Director of ... |
Friday, December 10, 2010
Groups prepare lawsuit over Metrorail project - Washington Business Journal:
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The man uniting the two groups isScott Monett, head of the grass-roots organization that has been fightinyg the elevated-track design since 2006. He was just electee vice chair ofSierra Club’s 4,000-member Greatt Falls group. Tysons Tunnel has soughy pro bonolegal representation, and a nationally recognizef watchdog group has shown interesg in handling the case. The Tysonse Tunnel group did not want the name of the watchdogtgroup identified.
“We have always said legalk action is the last avenue we wish to take because it can cost a lot of moneuy and carriescertain risks,” Monett “The goal is not to delayg the project but to make sure it’zs done right and get our concerns resolved so the projectg can be completed as quickly as possible.” The threre entities — Tysons Sierra Club and the watchdog group still have to reach an agreement on the suit beforde it can be filed. In March, the Sierrz Club’s Great Falls group voted to back a lawsuit in supporft of competitive bidding and consideration of the tunnell option for the Tysons portion ofthe $5 billiohn Metrorail extension to .
Its Virginiaw chapter — 17,000 members strong voted to support the suitdays “The lack of competitive biddingb is the focus of the forthcoming lawsuit, which may also be instrumentapl in forcing a reassessment of Virginia’s Public Private Transportation Act, under whicjh the project was advanced,” said the Greatt Falls Sierra Club's latest newsletter. “There are many problems with that Act, includingv procedures making it easier to circumvent federa l requirements such as the Nationalp Environmental Policy Act and the requirements for competitive The act also keeps public eyes out of documents outliningf project costs and liabilitiew taken on by taxpayers and drivers using Dulles Toll thenewsletter said.
As the lead plaintiff, Tysones Tunnel and its pro bono counsel are conductingf a large amount of legal research to figured out where and how legal leverage coulf bestbe applied. The big polic initiative Monett said he woulds like to see addressed at the federall level whetherfederal grant-making bodies shouled only provide grant money to projects that are competitively bid. But he says while there does not seem to be much precedentf regarding federal grants used to fundtransportationj projects, there is substantial case law regardinhg government contracting that does require competitive bidding.
“Apparently, the only way to get the issue addressed appropriately is through some sort oflegak action," he said. "Everyone is keenly aware that tunneling is the betterd wayto go. but thus far none of Virginia’zs elected officials has had the political courage to take a serious look at It hasruffled Monett’s feathers that Dulleds rail contractor just inkec a deal to use tunnel borintg machines for a project in London.
He rhetorically asks why the compang can use the technology overseas butnot Bechtel's $400 million contract to manag the London project, largest undergrounding effort in the world, will be headee by Cliff Mumm, who worked most recentlg on the Dulles rail project. The lawsuit concept is being backedc by such Tysons Tunnek supporters asTim Wynne, a Vienna resident. “It’sw simple — which Metro option has worked bette r for community prosperity anddevelopmentt — the Metro in Arlington (underground) or Alexandriaz with stretches above ground?
With the new technology available today and the stimulus money being made available for state and localp projects there is no excuse not to bore a tunnep through Tysons,” he said. With wide-borw tunneling, trains would travel through a single tunnel and the station platform would be in thetunnel itself. Monett saidt only a small percentagd ofthe 23.1-mile project has been completed and it is not too late to changd the design plan. A June 2 panel in Dunn Lorintg gathered tunnel supporters in the transportation industry andarea leaders, showing that the community’es interest in the tunnel vision is still alive.
“If I was having a bathrookm done and only had thewalls painted, I could still change the tiling,” Monett said.
The man uniting the two groups isScott Monett, head of the grass-roots organization that has been fightinyg the elevated-track design since 2006. He was just electee vice chair ofSierra Club’s 4,000-member Greatt Falls group. Tysons Tunnel has soughy pro bonolegal representation, and a nationally recognizef watchdog group has shown interesg in handling the case. The Tysonse Tunnel group did not want the name of the watchdogtgroup identified.
“We have always said legalk action is the last avenue we wish to take because it can cost a lot of moneuy and carriescertain risks,” Monett “The goal is not to delayg the project but to make sure it’zs done right and get our concerns resolved so the projectg can be completed as quickly as possible.” The threre entities — Tysons Sierra Club and the watchdog group still have to reach an agreement on the suit beforde it can be filed. In March, the Sierrz Club’s Great Falls group voted to back a lawsuit in supporft of competitive bidding and consideration of the tunnell option for the Tysons portion ofthe $5 billiohn Metrorail extension to .
Its Virginiaw chapter — 17,000 members strong voted to support the suitdays “The lack of competitive biddingb is the focus of the forthcoming lawsuit, which may also be instrumentapl in forcing a reassessment of Virginia’s Public Private Transportation Act, under whicjh the project was advanced,” said the Greatt Falls Sierra Club's latest newsletter. “There are many problems with that Act, includingv procedures making it easier to circumvent federa l requirements such as the Nationalp Environmental Policy Act and the requirements for competitive The act also keeps public eyes out of documents outliningf project costs and liabilitiew taken on by taxpayers and drivers using Dulles Toll thenewsletter said.
As the lead plaintiff, Tysones Tunnel and its pro bono counsel are conductingf a large amount of legal research to figured out where and how legal leverage coulf bestbe applied. The big polic initiative Monett said he woulds like to see addressed at the federall level whetherfederal grant-making bodies shouled only provide grant money to projects that are competitively bid. But he says while there does not seem to be much precedentf regarding federal grants used to fundtransportationj projects, there is substantial case law regardinhg government contracting that does require competitive bidding.
“Apparently, the only way to get the issue addressed appropriately is through some sort oflegak action," he said. "Everyone is keenly aware that tunneling is the betterd wayto go. but thus far none of Virginia’zs elected officials has had the political courage to take a serious look at It hasruffled Monett’s feathers that Dulleds rail contractor just inkec a deal to use tunnel borintg machines for a project in London.
He rhetorically asks why the compang can use the technology overseas butnot Bechtel's $400 million contract to manag the London project, largest undergrounding effort in the world, will be headee by Cliff Mumm, who worked most recentlg on the Dulles rail project. The lawsuit concept is being backedc by such Tysons Tunnek supporters asTim Wynne, a Vienna resident. “It’sw simple — which Metro option has worked bette r for community prosperity anddevelopmentt — the Metro in Arlington (underground) or Alexandriaz with stretches above ground?
With the new technology available today and the stimulus money being made available for state and localp projects there is no excuse not to bore a tunnep through Tysons,” he said. With wide-borw tunneling, trains would travel through a single tunnel and the station platform would be in thetunnel itself. Monett saidt only a small percentagd ofthe 23.1-mile project has been completed and it is not too late to changd the design plan. A June 2 panel in Dunn Lorintg gathered tunnel supporters in the transportation industry andarea leaders, showing that the community’es interest in the tunnel vision is still alive.
“If I was having a bathrookm done and only had thewalls painted, I could still change the tiling,” Monett said.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Hickenlooper: City must face 'tough times' with determination - Business First of Buffalo:
http://www.kez1.com/baseball-in-january.html
The "worst economic crisis of our lifetime" is hurtingf families and businesses and forcing deep cutsto Denver'e spending plans, Hickenlooper said in a speechh delivered at the Greek Theaterf in Civic Center Park. "With overallk revenues down 8 percentin 2009, we are makinyg tough decisions every day to balancd our budget," the mayor said. He that the city wouldd have tocut $120 million from the city budgeg over the next 18 months. "Our city governmentr must overcome tough times with the same determination that our businessesa andfamilies do," Hickenlooper said.
Despite hard the mayor said heremains "completeluy committed to FasTracks," the Regional Transportation District'ss massive regional rail-transit project, which is facing financial . . Here is the completse text of Hickenlooper's State of the City address as prepared for provided byhis office. Good We appreciate all of you being here so earl inthe morning, but it is and it allows us to gatheer before you all head to work.
For decades, the Gree Theater – and the park that surrounds us has been a central civic gathering place a place where our citizens come to sharre ideas and commit to We are honored to have with us Council President Jeanne Robb and the entire City District Attorney Mitch and Clerk and RecorderStephanie O’Malley. We are also honorecd to have Gov. Bill Ritter, statse Treasurer Cary Kennedy, as well as former Mayor Wellington Webb, and numerous state senators and regional mayors and county My wifeHelen Thorpe, who gives me great patience and courage, is here as well. Welcomw to all of you.
We are gathered durinh a time of unprecedented We are engulfed by the worsy economic crisis ofour lifetime. Whole industries have been broughyt down oneafter another. Homebuilding, mortgages, real estate development, insurance, the list goes on. Unemploymentr is projected to rise to levels not seen sinces theGreat Depression. Foreclosures not only on people’s homes, but also on theirt businesses, on their livelihoods, are growing by doublre digitseach year. But in the midsgt of the global recession Denver remains a plac efor optimism.
We face our challengeas head on, and make tough Our City government must overcomed tough times with the same determination that our businessesz andfamilies do. With overal l revenues down 8 percentin 2009, we are making toughh decisions every day to balance our budget. Working with our cabinegt members, our employees and the City Counciol we have alreadycut $86 million from our generao fund budget for fiscal year 2009. To help do this we saveed a combined $16.8 million in overall personnel And wesaved $22.
2q million in operational costs, such as deferment of equipmenr replacement; holding open vacant positions; and reducing the cost of services and And you’ll notice the lights in the Webb buildinb are turned off a lot It is not or even appropriate in a time of decreasing for a City to hire more employees. there are fewer peoplee working for the City of Denver today than there werein 2002. But thanks to the dedication of our Cityworkerws – and because of innovative new practices like 3-1-q1 – we are finding efficiencies and doin g more with less.
The "worst economic crisis of our lifetime" is hurtingf families and businesses and forcing deep cutsto Denver'e spending plans, Hickenlooper said in a speechh delivered at the Greek Theaterf in Civic Center Park. "With overallk revenues down 8 percentin 2009, we are makinyg tough decisions every day to balancd our budget," the mayor said. He that the city wouldd have tocut $120 million from the city budgeg over the next 18 months. "Our city governmentr must overcome tough times with the same determination that our businessesa andfamilies do," Hickenlooper said.
Despite hard the mayor said heremains "completeluy committed to FasTracks," the Regional Transportation District'ss massive regional rail-transit project, which is facing financial . . Here is the completse text of Hickenlooper's State of the City address as prepared for provided byhis office. Good We appreciate all of you being here so earl inthe morning, but it is and it allows us to gatheer before you all head to work.
For decades, the Gree Theater – and the park that surrounds us has been a central civic gathering place a place where our citizens come to sharre ideas and commit to We are honored to have with us Council President Jeanne Robb and the entire City District Attorney Mitch and Clerk and RecorderStephanie O’Malley. We are also honorecd to have Gov. Bill Ritter, statse Treasurer Cary Kennedy, as well as former Mayor Wellington Webb, and numerous state senators and regional mayors and county My wifeHelen Thorpe, who gives me great patience and courage, is here as well. Welcomw to all of you.
We are gathered durinh a time of unprecedented We are engulfed by the worsy economic crisis ofour lifetime. Whole industries have been broughyt down oneafter another. Homebuilding, mortgages, real estate development, insurance, the list goes on. Unemploymentr is projected to rise to levels not seen sinces theGreat Depression. Foreclosures not only on people’s homes, but also on theirt businesses, on their livelihoods, are growing by doublre digitseach year. But in the midsgt of the global recession Denver remains a plac efor optimism.
We face our challengeas head on, and make tough Our City government must overcomed tough times with the same determination that our businessesz andfamilies do. With overal l revenues down 8 percentin 2009, we are making toughh decisions every day to balance our budget. Working with our cabinegt members, our employees and the City Counciol we have alreadycut $86 million from our generao fund budget for fiscal year 2009. To help do this we saveed a combined $16.8 million in overall personnel And wesaved $22.
2q million in operational costs, such as deferment of equipmenr replacement; holding open vacant positions; and reducing the cost of services and And you’ll notice the lights in the Webb buildinb are turned off a lot It is not or even appropriate in a time of decreasing for a City to hire more employees. there are fewer peoplee working for the City of Denver today than there werein 2002. But thanks to the dedication of our Cityworkerws – and because of innovative new practices like 3-1-q1 – we are finding efficiencies and doin g more with less.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Dublin incubator breathes life into heart monitor companies - East Bay Business Times:
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, which for the last four yeares has been developing a wireless fetal has been functioning unded the careof Shennib's the . The compan just landed a new chiefexecutive officer, Dennis who spent the last 25 years developinh clinical applications for women's health. Meister joined Prenatem on July 2. His task will be helpinh Shennib raise financing and take the monito to marketby 2010. Prenatek doesn't have a productf on the market yet and has no other In stealth mode until Prenatek is one of two companies that Shennigb has spun out of the Center for MedicapDevice Innovations, founded in 2004.
The center focuse s on developing intellectual property portfolioss for the companiesit creates, most involvinfg ultra-miniaturized technology to solve health-care problems. It worksx closely with a networkof advisers, includin g Ned Scheetz, founder of LLC, an investment firm focusing on health care, and John a former senior executive with "We started with eight differenyt ideas and we went out and talkeds to over 50 doctors," Shennib "We asked how do you do things today, what are the productx and what are the Out of the eight ideas we came up with, we narrowe it down to two.
" The second company birthef from the Center for Medical Devicr Innovations is Cardiovu, which is developinbg a similar "smart patch" monitor for the adult heart. It is still a very early stage compan and its products have yet to clearclinicalk trials. Prenatek's fetal monitor has cleared preliminary "proof of clinical trials in a real hospita l withlive patients. The monitor is implanted into adisposablew "smart patch" that the expectant mothert wears on her abdomen. Unlike monitor that use ultrasound technology, this monitor registerxs the rhythm directly fromthe pre-birth infant'zs heart, which at 28 weeks is aboutg the size of a dime.
The data is transferree wirelessly tothe woman's physician or the woman herself. The companhy hopes to sell the monitor first to hospitale for use with womenwith high-risk pregnancie s and later as a product that all expectanr mothers could use themselves for reassurance that a pregnancy is goinhg well. "This (monitor) is targetingh pregnant women," said Shennib. "We are lookinh at a fetal monitorfor high-risk pregnancies and normal ones. The mothe would have the assurance that the baby is doinygwell 24/7." He estimated that therer are some 4.
1 million pregnant women in the United Stated and a third of them experience some type of Prenatek previously received a $500,0090 round of financing, but will be looking for a much greater amount this time around. In the search that led to Meister'a hiring, Shennib said, he was looking for someonwe with industry experience toreplace Prenatek's former CEO, Thar Hassoon, who left in "One of the things that attracted me was the company'sz IP position," said Meister, who held severapl senior management positions with and previouslu ran the Sequoia ultrasound line for sonographyt manufacturer "This is an exciting new technology that is locke down by the company.
" Meistert said he was also impressed by the track recorde of Shennib, who also founded in Newarmk and has a track record of developing medicalo devices for other companies. InSound last year released itsfirsg product: a tiny hearinvg aid called the Lyric that is worn inside the ear, just a few millimeterse from the ear and doesn't need to be taken out The Lyric, like other products developed by Shennib, is disposable for hygien e reasons. Prenatek says its fetal heart monitotr will alsobe "low cost," but company officials decline to estimate how much they might chargee for it.
, which for the last four yeares has been developing a wireless fetal has been functioning unded the careof Shennib's the . The compan just landed a new chiefexecutive officer, Dennis who spent the last 25 years developinh clinical applications for women's health. Meister joined Prenatem on July 2. His task will be helpinh Shennib raise financing and take the monito to marketby 2010. Prenatek doesn't have a productf on the market yet and has no other In stealth mode until Prenatek is one of two companies that Shennigb has spun out of the Center for MedicapDevice Innovations, founded in 2004.
The center focuse s on developing intellectual property portfolioss for the companiesit creates, most involvinfg ultra-miniaturized technology to solve health-care problems. It worksx closely with a networkof advisers, includin g Ned Scheetz, founder of LLC, an investment firm focusing on health care, and John a former senior executive with "We started with eight differenyt ideas and we went out and talkeds to over 50 doctors," Shennib "We asked how do you do things today, what are the productx and what are the Out of the eight ideas we came up with, we narrowe it down to two.
" The second company birthef from the Center for Medical Devicr Innovations is Cardiovu, which is developinbg a similar "smart patch" monitor for the adult heart. It is still a very early stage compan and its products have yet to clearclinicalk trials. Prenatek's fetal monitor has cleared preliminary "proof of clinical trials in a real hospita l withlive patients. The monitor is implanted into adisposablew "smart patch" that the expectant mothert wears on her abdomen. Unlike monitor that use ultrasound technology, this monitor registerxs the rhythm directly fromthe pre-birth infant'zs heart, which at 28 weeks is aboutg the size of a dime.
The data is transferree wirelessly tothe woman's physician or the woman herself. The companhy hopes to sell the monitor first to hospitale for use with womenwith high-risk pregnancie s and later as a product that all expectanr mothers could use themselves for reassurance that a pregnancy is goinhg well. "This (monitor) is targetingh pregnant women," said Shennib. "We are lookinh at a fetal monitorfor high-risk pregnancies and normal ones. The mothe would have the assurance that the baby is doinygwell 24/7." He estimated that therer are some 4.
1 million pregnant women in the United Stated and a third of them experience some type of Prenatek previously received a $500,0090 round of financing, but will be looking for a much greater amount this time around. In the search that led to Meister'a hiring, Shennib said, he was looking for someonwe with industry experience toreplace Prenatek's former CEO, Thar Hassoon, who left in "One of the things that attracted me was the company'sz IP position," said Meister, who held severapl senior management positions with and previouslu ran the Sequoia ultrasound line for sonographyt manufacturer "This is an exciting new technology that is locke down by the company.
" Meistert said he was also impressed by the track recorde of Shennib, who also founded in Newarmk and has a track record of developing medicalo devices for other companies. InSound last year released itsfirsg product: a tiny hearinvg aid called the Lyric that is worn inside the ear, just a few millimeterse from the ear and doesn't need to be taken out The Lyric, like other products developed by Shennib, is disposable for hygien e reasons. Prenatek says its fetal heart monitotr will alsobe "low cost," but company officials decline to estimate how much they might chargee for it.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Forget Roses, Unranked Arizona Just Looking for Victory as NCAAF Odds Fave - BetUs.com
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