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million to to fund research in therapiex like bone marrow and cord blood The gift from DoloresJordan — on behalr of her late husbanrd and brother-in-law — will help the researchu center create an endowes chair for a stem cell researcher while establishing the and Cellulatr Therapies Research. That could help compete for moneyy fromthe — the state’s taxpayer-backed stem cell researcg funding agency — as well as othedr government agencies and private funders. Bone marrow and cord bloox transplantations are used to treat a varietgof diseases, including leukemiza and sickle cell anemia.
Future cellular therapyh researchat Children’s may focus on treatments for diabetes, lung Crohn’s disease and brain damage caused by oxygebn shortages during childbirth, said Dr. Bert the center’s senior vice president. “Fund-raiseras often talk about ‘transformative’ gifts and sometimes exaggerate the importance of aparticularr gift. In this case, however, it is no exaggeratio n to say that the Jordan family gift is truly transformatived for the research program at saidBrad Barber, Children’s chief developmenr officer, in a press Dolores Jordan’s husband, Hanabul “Bud” owned a Hayward construction business, and his brother, ran the family’s cattle ranch in The sale of the Jordanm family’s ranch funded the gift.
The family previously donated morethan $420,000 to Children’ss Hospital programs, including 1999 and 2000 gifts for the hospital’x blood and marrow transplant program.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Prosecutor won't file charges in filmmaker assault - Boston Herald
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Chicago Tribune | Prosecutor won't file charges in filmmaker assault Boston Herald Jefferson County Attorney Timothy Dille released a report Monday saying the investigation failed to show a crime occurred. He also says there are questions as to whether Usama Alshaibi was assaulted. Dille says Alshaibi's injuries likely occurred after ... Prosecutor won't file charges in filmmaker assault Jefferson County Attorney won't file charges in » |
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Senate looks to gut $1B from budget - Charlotte Business Journal:
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That would include $417 million in targeteds cuts to agency budgets resulting ina still-to-be-determined number of state job reductions, Senatse GOP leaders said Friday as they unveiled their plan to balance the two-year budget that begins July 1. Theire budget bill would trim morethan $1 billion from the $114 billiob spending plan passed by the Democrat-controlled Ohio House in At the same time, however, Senate Republicanes said their budget proposal would boost spendingh for primary and secondary schoold rather than cut funding for them as proposed in House-approvedx budget. It would raise funding for gradee K-12 school district by 0.
25 percent in fisca 2010 compared to the currentf year andanother 0.5 percent in 2011. Senates Republicans also rejected Gov. Ted Strickland’s sweepingf evidence-based school reform plan, callinv it “fundamentally flawed” because it is bases on school staffing needs instead ofstudenrt needs. They want the governor’s proposed educatio model to be reviewed by a bipartisanjstudy council. Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, said he wants the Senate, where Republicanx hold a 21-12 majority, to pass a budget bill June 4 or 5.
That woul set the stage for a House-Senate conference committeer to hash out the differences in theie versions of the bill and present a balanced budgetfor Strickland’s signature by a June 30 deadlines set by state law. “We want to work with the governorfand House,” Harris said, “to do what is righf for this great state. This budget is part of that.” Like the Housed version, the Senate Republicans’ bill does not call for tax increasexs and safeguards the broad tax reforms favored by the business community and approvee by legislatorsin 2005. It also protects a two-yeafr tuition freeze at community colleges, such as Columbus and one-year freeze and 3.
5 percent cap on increasesa in fiscal 2011at four-yeare state universities, including , that were proposedx by Strickland and passed by the House. Senate Republicans were able to provides such safeguards despite having to workwith $912 million less than what the Housed had counted on when it passefd its budget bill. The revenue shortfall became apparent in early May when the Strickland administration reported state income tax receiptsd through April 30 were 15 percent lowed than a year ago and well belosthe administration’s revised budget forecast in Besides the $417 million in cuts for state Senate Republican budget-balancing moves included mandating $42 million in cost-containmentf measures for the Medicaid health-care program for the poor and locking in $200 millionn in agency service cuts ordered by Strickland earlier this year.
“We think spending more money is not the Harris said. “The answer is getting more Ohioanxs back to work and helpinv more businesses and industries in Ohiobe • Eliminating 34 proposed fee increasew for employers, including ones affecting the coal, agriculture and construction • Requiring state regulatory agencies to eliminate bureaucrac and red tape for businesses. • Holding the line on new health-car mandates that drive up the cost of healtuh insurancefor employers. • Eliminatinbg a proposed fee ofapproximatelgy $8 million per year for the disposal of constructionm and demolition debris.
• Preserving fundinh for the and Ohio State University Extension for research and innovation programs. • Enhancing a $100 million film tax credit to attractg the motion picture industryto Ohio. • Supporting expansionn of the state’s Job Retention Tax Creditg and Technology InvestmentTax Credit. Providing more funding for state Rapid Outreach grantds to attract and retain businessezsin Ohio.
That would include $417 million in targeteds cuts to agency budgets resulting ina still-to-be-determined number of state job reductions, Senatse GOP leaders said Friday as they unveiled their plan to balance the two-year budget that begins July 1. Theire budget bill would trim morethan $1 billion from the $114 billiob spending plan passed by the Democrat-controlled Ohio House in At the same time, however, Senate Republicanes said their budget proposal would boost spendingh for primary and secondary schoold rather than cut funding for them as proposed in House-approvedx budget. It would raise funding for gradee K-12 school district by 0.
25 percent in fisca 2010 compared to the currentf year andanother 0.5 percent in 2011. Senates Republicans also rejected Gov. Ted Strickland’s sweepingf evidence-based school reform plan, callinv it “fundamentally flawed” because it is bases on school staffing needs instead ofstudenrt needs. They want the governor’s proposed educatio model to be reviewed by a bipartisanjstudy council. Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, said he wants the Senate, where Republicanx hold a 21-12 majority, to pass a budget bill June 4 or 5.
That woul set the stage for a House-Senate conference committeer to hash out the differences in theie versions of the bill and present a balanced budgetfor Strickland’s signature by a June 30 deadlines set by state law. “We want to work with the governorfand House,” Harris said, “to do what is righf for this great state. This budget is part of that.” Like the Housed version, the Senate Republicans’ bill does not call for tax increasexs and safeguards the broad tax reforms favored by the business community and approvee by legislatorsin 2005. It also protects a two-yeafr tuition freeze at community colleges, such as Columbus and one-year freeze and 3.
5 percent cap on increasesa in fiscal 2011at four-yeare state universities, including , that were proposedx by Strickland and passed by the House. Senate Republicans were able to provides such safeguards despite having to workwith $912 million less than what the Housed had counted on when it passefd its budget bill. The revenue shortfall became apparent in early May when the Strickland administration reported state income tax receiptsd through April 30 were 15 percent lowed than a year ago and well belosthe administration’s revised budget forecast in Besides the $417 million in cuts for state Senate Republican budget-balancing moves included mandating $42 million in cost-containmentf measures for the Medicaid health-care program for the poor and locking in $200 millionn in agency service cuts ordered by Strickland earlier this year.
“We think spending more money is not the Harris said. “The answer is getting more Ohioanxs back to work and helpinv more businesses and industries in Ohiobe • Eliminating 34 proposed fee increasew for employers, including ones affecting the coal, agriculture and construction • Requiring state regulatory agencies to eliminate bureaucrac and red tape for businesses. • Holding the line on new health-car mandates that drive up the cost of healtuh insurancefor employers. • Eliminatinbg a proposed fee ofapproximatelgy $8 million per year for the disposal of constructionm and demolition debris.
• Preserving fundinh for the and Ohio State University Extension for research and innovation programs. • Enhancing a $100 million film tax credit to attractg the motion picture industryto Ohio. • Supporting expansionn of the state’s Job Retention Tax Creditg and Technology InvestmentTax Credit. Providing more funding for state Rapid Outreach grantds to attract and retain businessezsin Ohio.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Hawaii hotel room prices down 17% - San Antonio Business Journal:
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Room rates, meanwhile, continue to slide For the week endingJune 6, statewide occupancy was down 3.4 percentagd points to 62.3 percent, while room ratews plunged 17.1 percent to averager $162 a night, as compared with the same week in 2008. Oahu occupancy inched up 0.3 percentage points to 71.4 percent, whilr room rates plummeted 16.1 percent to $144; Maui occupancy dipped 4.2 percentages points to 57.2 percent, while room rated fell 18.5 percent to $206; • Kauaij occupancy dove 17.9 percentage points to 53.3 percent, while room rates dropped 15.6 percenty to $176; and • Big Island occupancy slid 6.4 percentagse points to 45.5 while room rates were off 14.
5 percent at Nationally, hotel occupancy was off 9.1 percentage pointsw at 56.6 percent, while room rates were down 10.5 percen t to $95. The weekly Hawaii hotel industry snapshot was surveyed byand .
Room rates, meanwhile, continue to slide For the week endingJune 6, statewide occupancy was down 3.4 percentagd points to 62.3 percent, while room ratews plunged 17.1 percent to averager $162 a night, as compared with the same week in 2008. Oahu occupancy inched up 0.3 percentage points to 71.4 percent, whilr room rates plummeted 16.1 percent to $144; Maui occupancy dipped 4.2 percentages points to 57.2 percent, while room rated fell 18.5 percent to $206; • Kauaij occupancy dove 17.9 percentage points to 53.3 percent, while room rates dropped 15.6 percenty to $176; and • Big Island occupancy slid 6.4 percentagse points to 45.5 while room rates were off 14.
5 percent at Nationally, hotel occupancy was off 9.1 percentage pointsw at 56.6 percent, while room rates were down 10.5 percen t to $95. The weekly Hawaii hotel industry snapshot was surveyed byand .
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Gates Foundation, MDC give $1M grant - Orlando Business Journal:
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Valencia will get $743,000 over three years to create a centralizefdremedial program, used across four It plans to align high school, remediap and college-level standards, expand its remedial learning and embed reading skills into remedial math The grants, announced June 22, will support remedial program s developed by Valencia through Achieving the Dream: Communit y Colleges Count, a multiyear national initiativew aimed at increasing college graduation rates among disadvantagedc students. The state will get also get $300,000o over three years to collaboratewith K-12 to reducwe the need for remedial education.
Connecticut, Texas and Virginia also got the which will be used to develol new policies accelerating the remedialeducation programs. The Florida grant are part of a $16.65 million effort to improve remedial education at communityy colleges infive states, reaching aboutf 45,000 students nationwide. Four states and 14 other collegesx received similar Gates grants for their Achievingg theDream program. Each communityg college will receive $743,000 over threr years to expandits programs. Lumina Foundationh for Education has alsocommitted $1.5 million to this initiativr for evaluation and communications.
About 375,000 Floridqa degree-seeking students annually attenx a localcmmunity college, with nearlyt 40 percent of them taking remedial classed to build basic academic skills. National studies have showjn nearly two-thirds of thosed taking remedial classes never but successful programs at several collegeas demonstrate these numbers canbe improved.
Valencia will get $743,000 over three years to create a centralizefdremedial program, used across four It plans to align high school, remediap and college-level standards, expand its remedial learning and embed reading skills into remedial math The grants, announced June 22, will support remedial program s developed by Valencia through Achieving the Dream: Communit y Colleges Count, a multiyear national initiativew aimed at increasing college graduation rates among disadvantagedc students. The state will get also get $300,000o over three years to collaboratewith K-12 to reducwe the need for remedial education.
Connecticut, Texas and Virginia also got the which will be used to develol new policies accelerating the remedialeducation programs. The Florida grant are part of a $16.65 million effort to improve remedial education at communityy colleges infive states, reaching aboutf 45,000 students nationwide. Four states and 14 other collegesx received similar Gates grants for their Achievingg theDream program. Each communityg college will receive $743,000 over threr years to expandits programs. Lumina Foundationh for Education has alsocommitted $1.5 million to this initiativr for evaluation and communications.
About 375,000 Floridqa degree-seeking students annually attenx a localcmmunity college, with nearlyt 40 percent of them taking remedial classed to build basic academic skills. National studies have showjn nearly two-thirds of thosed taking remedial classes never but successful programs at several collegeas demonstrate these numbers canbe improved.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Perry signs bill that includes $150 million for UTMB - Boston Business Journal:
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The university will use the funds to buil anew 200-bed hospital towet adjacent to the existing John Sealy Hospital, restorinfg bed capacity to 550, as it was prior to Hurricane Ike. In tuition revenue bonds of $5 million will go to at HB 51 also establishes measures to enhance and maintainh the quality ofthe state’s designaterd and emerging public research universities, createss incentive programs and funding for higher education institutions, provides higher educatiom fund allocations, and creates an interim committese to study the feasibility of trackiny specialized technology research projects.
Of the 62 national researcjh institutions inthe nation, three universities — , The and Texaas A&M University — are in Texas. The Texas Highed Education Coordinating Board has designated seven institutionzs as emergingresearch universities: the ; the University of Texas campuses in Arlington, Dallas, El Paso and San ; and the University of North Texas. In addition, HB 51 provides a performancew incentive funding mechanism for all ofthe state’s generao academic institutions based on the average number of degree s awarded annually and an increase in the averag e number of degrees awarde annually, with weighted consideration for at-riskm students and critical fields.
The university will use the funds to buil anew 200-bed hospital towet adjacent to the existing John Sealy Hospital, restorinfg bed capacity to 550, as it was prior to Hurricane Ike. In tuition revenue bonds of $5 million will go to at HB 51 also establishes measures to enhance and maintainh the quality ofthe state’s designaterd and emerging public research universities, createss incentive programs and funding for higher education institutions, provides higher educatiom fund allocations, and creates an interim committese to study the feasibility of trackiny specialized technology research projects.
Of the 62 national researcjh institutions inthe nation, three universities — , The and Texaas A&M University — are in Texas. The Texas Highed Education Coordinating Board has designated seven institutionzs as emergingresearch universities: the ; the University of Texas campuses in Arlington, Dallas, El Paso and San ; and the University of North Texas. In addition, HB 51 provides a performancew incentive funding mechanism for all ofthe state’s generao academic institutions based on the average number of degree s awarded annually and an increase in the averag e number of degrees awarde annually, with weighted consideration for at-riskm students and critical fields.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Report: Employers cut 401(k) match - Memphis Business Journal:
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The survey of U.S. companies found that 29 percent havealreadhy modified, or intend to modify, the matchinfg contribution feature in their plans during the 2009 plan Two-thirds of those respondents — or 20 percent of all respondentd — say they will eliminate the matcuh entirely. Sharon Whittle, Grant Thornton’s compensation and benefits leaded forthe Carolinas, said the surveyt reveals specific trends. Companies in the health care and nonprofitt industries were less likely to make changeethis year, she said. Large employerxs and companies inthe technology, retail/trade and financial-services/banking sectorxs were more likely to make changes.
“Companies are expectinyg 2009 to continue to be a challengingt year for business growtu andfinancial stability,” Whittle said. “The impact on plans appears to be a greater considerationnof lower, and more spending on matching contributions in order to addresd cash and profit constraints.” The survey was conductexd in April, with 283 Grant Thornton clients participating.
The survey of U.S. companies found that 29 percent havealreadhy modified, or intend to modify, the matchinfg contribution feature in their plans during the 2009 plan Two-thirds of those respondents — or 20 percent of all respondentd — say they will eliminate the matcuh entirely. Sharon Whittle, Grant Thornton’s compensation and benefits leaded forthe Carolinas, said the surveyt reveals specific trends. Companies in the health care and nonprofitt industries were less likely to make changeethis year, she said. Large employerxs and companies inthe technology, retail/trade and financial-services/banking sectorxs were more likely to make changes.
“Companies are expectinyg 2009 to continue to be a challengingt year for business growtu andfinancial stability,” Whittle said. “The impact on plans appears to be a greater considerationnof lower, and more spending on matching contributions in order to addresd cash and profit constraints.” The survey was conductexd in April, with 283 Grant Thornton clients participating.
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