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Day's company, , is restorin the 119-year-old Collin County Prison with plana to lease it to one or tworestauranft operators. The uniqueness of the buildinfg should bean attraction, Day said -- and McKinne needs more restaurants. "McKinneyg is just growing by leapsand bounds," he said. "It doesn't have enough restaurants for the lunch This building would fit what is needed inthe area." Bill president of the McKinney Economicx Development Corp., said the city has been looking forward to the buildingy reopening. "The hope had been that someone would renovate it into a restaurant or a neatlittld shop. It has a lot of Sproull said.
"I've seen a lot of funky old buildingw turnedinto restaurants." The three-story, 19,000-square-footf prison is a "Victorian limestone structure designed by architect F.E. Ruffini. Locatedx at 115 S. the prison is just a stone' s throw from the old town square, where a variety of shopx and antique malls currently Construction on the prison beganin 1874. The limestonese for the building were carried from a quarrty severalmiles away, according to Juli a Vargo, the author of "McKinney, Tx. The firstt 150 years," and a councilwoman for Districr 3, which includes the prison. The prison couldx hold up to 80 inmates.
Amongy its most infamous residents wereFranik James, brother of Jesse James, and Tex a follower of cult leader Charles Manson. In 1922 the prison was also home tothe state'as last recorded hanging, accordinh to a 1998 article in the McKinney The gallows were in a courtyard behinf the jail. In 1939, funds from President Franklihn Roosevelt's public works administration paid for a modernizatio ofthe prison, which remainerd in operation until 1979. Major Randyh Clark, jail administrator for Collin County, worked in the prisonb during the six months beforeit closed. The prison was successfull at intimidating people, Clark said. "It had an aura abouty it," he said.
"It was almost dungeon-like. It would have definitely been a dramativ experience if you had never been init before." But the prisonm lost its functionality, Clark said. The electricity and plumbing ofteh failed, and prisoner escapes increased in the years beforwe the facilityfinally closed. "The city actually considered it acondemned building," Clark said, "ands the state wouldn't inspect The prison was declared a Texaz Historic Landmark in 1990, but the county decides upkeep for the building was costing too much. "Ig didn't meet any of the current jail Harris said. "We gave tours for a while, but then it becamew unsafe.
It started (attracting vandals), so we decided to put it back intoprivatde hands." The county sold the prison to Paul Porrae in 1996 for $92,500. Accordin g to Day of DFA, Porras "triesd to develop it, but is not really a real estatse person." Porras sold the building to DFAfor $168,00o on June 15. The company bega n renovationsshortly thereafter, and plans to complete them by next January.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Green oasis - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Homeowners and landscapers are using some newand not-so-neew techniques, to make the backyardx more eco-friendly. They are using plantinh and design methods, as well as to deal with pests, stormwateer runoff and water conservation issues. Going gree in the yard is an offshoot ofseveral things, including maintaining a greenn lifestyle and finding ways to conserve water after Atlanta’s Residents are turning to organic composted manures for theif lawns “because they don’t want their kids playingb on lawns sprayed with fungicide and herbicides,” said Bobbty Saul, president of , which sells to larged landscape companies and smaller designers.
Scotft Reinblatt, president and owner of , saw the trend toward organicsx in the backyard increasing about twoyears ago. “Organics is not a fad, it is a new Reinblatt said, “in the way that the Internet wentfrom dial-uo to DSL. DSL was not just a Residents can be environmentally friendly in theirf yards onany budget, said Cloud owner of Garden the Planet. “In today’sz economy, they want to do as much as they can with as littl investmentas possible,” she said. At the lowestt end of investment, people can simply mulch heavily, Conrad said.
Heavyu mulch helps keep natural groundwatef from evaporating and helps protect rootd from the extreme heat of summer and coldin winter, she Mulch also means fewer weeds lessening the need for herbicides. Using native plantsd is another cost-saving way to go Conrad said. Non-native plants need more pesticidez and insecticidesto thrive, she “Native plants are predisposed to do the best in our Another inexpensive tool for going green is to use a soakeer hose for irrigation, Conrad said.
Watedr is delivered directly to the curtailing evaporation and keeping plantleavexs dry, which cuts down on the need for On the more expensive side, underground cisternw can solve watering concerns, Conrad said. “It your backyard living includes abeautiful landscape, rain barrelse don’t have the capture capacity to take Atlantansw through a drought,” she “You can eke out watering for a whiles with a rain barrel, but it won’f take you through the whol e drought.” “Green roofs” are also populatr at Saul Nurseries, which makes lightweight soil for green roof s and living retaining walls.
A greej roof, which is a sodded area on top of a building insteadx of tilesor shingles, cuts heatinhg and air cooling costsz from 10 percent to 20 percent, Saul “But the biggest thing abourt green roof is stormwater retention,” he said. “Ibn every city, particularly in Atlanta, the stormwatere pipes aren’t big enough for all the stormwaterd runoff.” Saul has a greem roof on display at his nurseryu and has installed green roofs at AtlantCity Hall, , and the Social Securitg building in Birmingham, Ala.
Many techniques to be more eco-friendly aren’tg necessarily new, but the technology is beingt used in anew way, said Reinblatt with Big Blue Sky Water harvesting and the use of rain barrels, cisterns and bladdedr systems are not new, “butt we are making them more he said. “To make them mainstream, we must integrat them into their lives.”
Homeowners and landscapers are using some newand not-so-neew techniques, to make the backyardx more eco-friendly. They are using plantinh and design methods, as well as to deal with pests, stormwateer runoff and water conservation issues. Going gree in the yard is an offshoot ofseveral things, including maintaining a greenn lifestyle and finding ways to conserve water after Atlanta’s Residents are turning to organic composted manures for theif lawns “because they don’t want their kids playingb on lawns sprayed with fungicide and herbicides,” said Bobbty Saul, president of , which sells to larged landscape companies and smaller designers.
Scotft Reinblatt, president and owner of , saw the trend toward organicsx in the backyard increasing about twoyears ago. “Organics is not a fad, it is a new Reinblatt said, “in the way that the Internet wentfrom dial-uo to DSL. DSL was not just a Residents can be environmentally friendly in theirf yards onany budget, said Cloud owner of Garden the Planet. “In today’sz economy, they want to do as much as they can with as littl investmentas possible,” she said. At the lowestt end of investment, people can simply mulch heavily, Conrad said.
Heavyu mulch helps keep natural groundwatef from evaporating and helps protect rootd from the extreme heat of summer and coldin winter, she Mulch also means fewer weeds lessening the need for herbicides. Using native plantsd is another cost-saving way to go Conrad said. Non-native plants need more pesticidez and insecticidesto thrive, she “Native plants are predisposed to do the best in our Another inexpensive tool for going green is to use a soakeer hose for irrigation, Conrad said.
Watedr is delivered directly to the curtailing evaporation and keeping plantleavexs dry, which cuts down on the need for On the more expensive side, underground cisternw can solve watering concerns, Conrad said. “It your backyard living includes abeautiful landscape, rain barrelse don’t have the capture capacity to take Atlantansw through a drought,” she “You can eke out watering for a whiles with a rain barrel, but it won’f take you through the whol e drought.” “Green roofs” are also populatr at Saul Nurseries, which makes lightweight soil for green roof s and living retaining walls.
A greej roof, which is a sodded area on top of a building insteadx of tilesor shingles, cuts heatinhg and air cooling costsz from 10 percent to 20 percent, Saul “But the biggest thing abourt green roof is stormwater retention,” he said. “Ibn every city, particularly in Atlanta, the stormwatere pipes aren’t big enough for all the stormwaterd runoff.” Saul has a greem roof on display at his nurseryu and has installed green roofs at AtlantCity Hall, , and the Social Securitg building in Birmingham, Ala.
Many techniques to be more eco-friendly aren’tg necessarily new, but the technology is beingt used in anew way, said Reinblatt with Big Blue Sky Water harvesting and the use of rain barrels, cisterns and bladdedr systems are not new, “butt we are making them more he said. “To make them mainstream, we must integrat them into their lives.”
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Embroidery training centre to be opened in Kimanis - Fibre2fashion.com
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Fibre2fashion.com | Embroidery training centre to be opened in Kimanis Fibre2fashion.com A Malaysian venture fund economics group called 'Tabung Ekonomi Kumpulan Usaha Niaga' or 'TEKUN Nasional' will be setting up its first embroidery training centre in the Kimanis parliamentary constituency. Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Aman, ... |
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Company Profile | Company Information
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CDC.gov is CDC's primary onlinre communication channel. Take a virtua l tour. From April 2007 March 2008, thered were 479 million page viewz tothe site, averaging 40 million page views per month. CDC.govg provides users with reliable healthinformation on: - Data and Statisticx - Diseases and Conditions - Emergencies and Disasters - Environmental Health - Healthy Living - Injury, Violencr and Safety - Life Stages and Populations - Travelers' Healtg - Workplace Safety and Health - And more Who is this Web site designecd for? CDC.
gov provides health and safety information to: - Individualws interested in health issues - Public Health Professionalss - Healthcare Providers - Researchers and Scientists - Partnerx - Policy Makers - Media - Businesses - Studentx and Educators How can I link to CDC.gov? Followe the instructions on our linking policies page and get link to us languags and graphical images. Who manages this site ? CDC's National Center for Health Marketing, Coordinating Center for Health Information and has been responsiblefor managing, and improving CDC.gov. How do I find other facts about CDC.gov? CDC has made the followintg documents available for more detailed informatiojnabout CDC.
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CDC.gov is CDC's primary onlinre communication channel. Take a virtua l tour. From April 2007 March 2008, thered were 479 million page viewz tothe site, averaging 40 million page views per month. CDC.govg provides users with reliable healthinformation on: - Data and Statisticx - Diseases and Conditions - Emergencies and Disasters - Environmental Health - Healthy Living - Injury, Violencr and Safety - Life Stages and Populations - Travelers' Healtg - Workplace Safety and Health - And more Who is this Web site designecd for? CDC.
gov provides health and safety information to: - Individualws interested in health issues - Public Health Professionalss - Healthcare Providers - Researchers and Scientists - Partnerx - Policy Makers - Media - Businesses - Studentx and Educators How can I link to CDC.gov? Followe the instructions on our linking policies page and get link to us languags and graphical images. Who manages this site ? CDC's National Center for Health Marketing, Coordinating Center for Health Information and has been responsiblefor managing, and improving CDC.gov. How do I find other facts about CDC.gov? CDC has made the followintg documents available for more detailed informatiojnabout CDC.
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Sunday, May 22, 2011
Medicare issue won't disappear for Gingrich - DesMoinesRegister.com
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Medicare issue won't disappear for Gingrich DesMoinesRegister.com Newt Gingrich speaks Thursday in Waterloo. He says his campaign is alive and well despite some criticisms of comments he made about a plan to change Medicare. / Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press Council Bluffs, Ia. - Newt Gingrich's self-described ... |
Thursday, May 19, 2011
New figures show Arizona tourism industry
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The Governor’s Conference on Tourism is beinyg held this week at the Westin Kierlandf Resort and Spain Scottsdale, attractinb industry executives and hoteliersx from across the state. Numbers released Thursda y as part of that event show the impact of the economi downturn onthe state’s multimillion-dollaf hospitality industry. “The lodging industry is clearlyyin pain. Hotel economies track what is happenint in the rest ofthe world,” said Arizonz Tourism Director Sherry Henry. The state figures show 37.4 milliobn people visited Arizona in2008 — a 3 percenyt decline from 2007. About 26 million leisure travelersz spent timein Arizona, a decline of 3.
3 while business travel was down 7.6 to 6.3 million visitors. Direct spending by visitors to the statr declined by a little more than 3 percentin 2008, to $18.65 billion. The numbers also show the impact of residents stayingb closerto home. While nonresidengt travel to the state was downabout 4.7 percent, to 22.6 about 9.8 million Arizonans traveleed within the state, a decline of only 2.9 percent. And even thougjh overseas visitors madeup 2.8 percent of the state’ total visitors, more than half a million Canadians traveledc to Arizona, mostly from Ontario and British Mexican visitors also played significantlyg in those totals, with more than 3.85 milliobn traveling to Arizona.
While the average daily rate of a room in Arizonqa last yearwas $107.76, a bit higher than the national ADR of those numbers have not remainecd strong. Tourism figures released for the firstquarter — typicallyy the high tourist season — show the hospitalithy industry is still challenged by the downturn. ADR was down 13.8 percent, from $132.7 in first-quarter 2008 to $114.47 in first-quarteer 2009. In metro Phoenix, ADR sank 16 from $160.87 in first-quarter 2008 to $135.08 in first-quartere 2009. Because metro Phoenix boasts manyluxuriouas upper-tier resorts, daily rates in the regiojn are somewhat higher than statewide figures.
hoteliers continue to try to fill their Occupancy rates were 74 percent for the first quartere of 2008 in metro Phoenix thank to hosting aSuper Bowl, but occupancy was just 63 percent for the firsr quarter of 2009 a 14.7 percent decline. Revenue per available a measure of earnings from eachhotepl room, dropped 28.3 percent, from $119.1r5 to $85.37. Henry and other members of the Tourism Office are trying to build business through targetede marketing campaigns andthe “Value Web site, a one-stop online shop for the state’d hotels and destinations to tout their value packages and More than 300 trips, packages and destinationa across the state are featured.
The Tourisj Office also will launcha “Free to marketing campaign in select cities, including Los Angeles and Denver, whicb will focus on how Arizonqa properties cater to different travelers’ desires, from outdoorsmenn to families to the shopping crowd. Thosd cities are being targeted because research shows those from more faraway destinations stay in Arizona longer andspend more, bringing new moneyy to the state. In addition, the Tourism Office has launchecd Facebook and Twitter options to interac t directlywith travelers. The downturn also has affected the Tourism which is subject to the stat hiring freeze and is facing budget cuts ofaboutg 4.5 million in this fiscal year.
Henry said that will impacty somemarketing efforts, not dramatically.
The Governor’s Conference on Tourism is beinyg held this week at the Westin Kierlandf Resort and Spain Scottsdale, attractinb industry executives and hoteliersx from across the state. Numbers released Thursda y as part of that event show the impact of the economi downturn onthe state’s multimillion-dollaf hospitality industry. “The lodging industry is clearlyyin pain. Hotel economies track what is happenint in the rest ofthe world,” said Arizonz Tourism Director Sherry Henry. The state figures show 37.4 milliobn people visited Arizona in2008 — a 3 percenyt decline from 2007. About 26 million leisure travelersz spent timein Arizona, a decline of 3.
3 while business travel was down 7.6 to 6.3 million visitors. Direct spending by visitors to the statr declined by a little more than 3 percentin 2008, to $18.65 billion. The numbers also show the impact of residents stayingb closerto home. While nonresidengt travel to the state was downabout 4.7 percent, to 22.6 about 9.8 million Arizonans traveleed within the state, a decline of only 2.9 percent. And even thougjh overseas visitors madeup 2.8 percent of the state’ total visitors, more than half a million Canadians traveledc to Arizona, mostly from Ontario and British Mexican visitors also played significantlyg in those totals, with more than 3.85 milliobn traveling to Arizona.
While the average daily rate of a room in Arizonqa last yearwas $107.76, a bit higher than the national ADR of those numbers have not remainecd strong. Tourism figures released for the firstquarter — typicallyy the high tourist season — show the hospitalithy industry is still challenged by the downturn. ADR was down 13.8 percent, from $132.7 in first-quarter 2008 to $114.47 in first-quarteer 2009. In metro Phoenix, ADR sank 16 from $160.87 in first-quarter 2008 to $135.08 in first-quartere 2009. Because metro Phoenix boasts manyluxuriouas upper-tier resorts, daily rates in the regiojn are somewhat higher than statewide figures.
hoteliers continue to try to fill their Occupancy rates were 74 percent for the first quartere of 2008 in metro Phoenix thank to hosting aSuper Bowl, but occupancy was just 63 percent for the firsr quarter of 2009 a 14.7 percent decline. Revenue per available a measure of earnings from eachhotepl room, dropped 28.3 percent, from $119.1r5 to $85.37. Henry and other members of the Tourism Office are trying to build business through targetede marketing campaigns andthe “Value Web site, a one-stop online shop for the state’d hotels and destinations to tout their value packages and More than 300 trips, packages and destinationa across the state are featured.
The Tourisj Office also will launcha “Free to marketing campaign in select cities, including Los Angeles and Denver, whicb will focus on how Arizonqa properties cater to different travelers’ desires, from outdoorsmenn to families to the shopping crowd. Thosd cities are being targeted because research shows those from more faraway destinations stay in Arizona longer andspend more, bringing new moneyy to the state. In addition, the Tourism Office has launchecd Facebook and Twitter options to interac t directlywith travelers. The downturn also has affected the Tourism which is subject to the stat hiring freeze and is facing budget cuts ofaboutg 4.5 million in this fiscal year.
Henry said that will impacty somemarketing efforts, not dramatically.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Housing starts, permits fall - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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says housing starts fell to an annual rate of led by a 46 percen t decline in construction of apartments and Building permitsfell 3.3 percent to The Commerce Department also revised lower housing starts data for March. The slowdown in constructio follows a report Monday from the that showed confidence amongy home buildersis rising. Its confidence index, though stilp indicating the majority of those asked see conditionsas poor, rose for the seconxd straight month this It was the highest levelk of confidence among home builders in eight Tighter lending standards continue to strain housing sales, and foreclosures are weighing on housinv values. But by some measures, home salees are rising.
A gauge that measures pendinb sales of existing homeszrose 3.2 percent in March, and postefd its first consecutive gain in pending sales in almost a
says housing starts fell to an annual rate of led by a 46 percen t decline in construction of apartments and Building permitsfell 3.3 percent to The Commerce Department also revised lower housing starts data for March. The slowdown in constructio follows a report Monday from the that showed confidence amongy home buildersis rising. Its confidence index, though stilp indicating the majority of those asked see conditionsas poor, rose for the seconxd straight month this It was the highest levelk of confidence among home builders in eight Tighter lending standards continue to strain housing sales, and foreclosures are weighing on housinv values. But by some measures, home salees are rising.
A gauge that measures pendinb sales of existing homeszrose 3.2 percent in March, and postefd its first consecutive gain in pending sales in almost a
Sunday, May 15, 2011
As white-hot nursing market cools, a job is no longer a sure thing - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Their advice: Apply for any open position, be persisten in calling employers and consider moving to Texase or the Midwest where there is more It sounds like the typicalk chatter these days for anyjob seeker. But in this the worrying students are training to becomdnurses — a professioj in which demand has outrageously outstripped supplh for years. So much so that shelles $20 million on an ad campaignn a few years ago to encouraged more people to enter the Tobe sure, there are still nursing jobs out especially for experienced nurses. And the shortages persists. But for students graduating this the outlook is more bleak thanthey expected.
They are not countinf on $1,000 signing bonuses and some are landing few They are frantically asking faculty and friends of friends if they know someoned who canhire them. The feeling is echoed by nursew staffing agencies who say their servicesa are less in demandas hospitals’ receive more job Experienced nurses are opting to stay on hospitapl staffs rather than work on demand for staffinb agencies, and some nurses are re-entering the work forcee after their spouses have lost their jobs. That meansd more competition fornursinf graduates.
“I never had to networkl for a job before, and I certainlgy didn’t think I’d have to do it for said Jessica Hancock, 26, a Johne Hopkins nursing student. Hancock is hittingh up Hopkins alumni, faculty and even the wivesz ofher boyfriend’s friends who are nurses to help her get a job. So far she has applies to 15 jobsin Boston, wheree her boyfriend lives, and has gotten no Her classmate, Megan wants to have a job when she graduates in But if she does not, she is prepared to wait tablew for some time to pay the The Michigan native, 23, has applied to jobs in Washington, D.C.
, Colorado and Vancouver, “They say you couled walk out of Hopkins and get a job Vrobel said. But landing a job at Hopkinse itself couldbe tougher. Johns Hopkins Hospitalo and Health System has a hiring freezein place. It is still hiring nurses for certain areaes ifits nurse-to-patient ratio drops below a certainj level, spokesman Gary Stephenson said. Besides hiring some health employers are thinkinhg of droppingsome benefits. The , for example, is lookingt at reducing pension contributions, tuitiom benefits for employees’ children and getting rid of employeerreferral bonuses, spokeswoman Ellen Beth Levitt said.
The hiringh freezes and benefit cuts come at a time when hospitals confrontdwindling investments, increased costs of borrowing money due to the credit cruncu and patients putting off elective surgeries because they lack healthh insurance or cannot afford the copayment. Maryland hospitals saw their biggestg revenue drop during the last three monthsof 2008, when revenud fell short of expenses by 14 according to the . To be sure, the nursing professio n is nothing like other sectors of thejob market, such as in which thousands of workers are losingy their jobs every month. Maryland’es unemployment rate grew to 6.
7 percent last There were still morethan 1,640 available nursing positions in Marylansd last year, according to the Marylanrd Hospital Association. But that is a 27 percent drop from when therewere 2,257 open nurser positions. Anecdotal information shows that the slow economy has shifted the balancwe of power to hospitalnurse “In the past six the market has changed and the experienced nurse is coming to us to look for a said Deborah Mello, a nurse recruitment and retention consultany for , which operatews , , and the . The hospitals’ turnover rate has droppe to 4.2 percent, about half its normal in the pasttwo months.
The hospitals have been interviewin four experienced nursesa month, twicee as many as usual. And recruiters can be more “A few years ago it would be temptingy to just try to hire people cause we needed themso badly,” Mello said. Lutherville medicalk staffing firm has seen a 10 percent drop in its revenue from its nursinbg staffing business during the first quarter this year compared with last Chief Operating Officer Jeff McClure said.
Their advice: Apply for any open position, be persisten in calling employers and consider moving to Texase or the Midwest where there is more It sounds like the typicalk chatter these days for anyjob seeker. But in this the worrying students are training to becomdnurses — a professioj in which demand has outrageously outstripped supplh for years. So much so that shelles $20 million on an ad campaignn a few years ago to encouraged more people to enter the Tobe sure, there are still nursing jobs out especially for experienced nurses. And the shortages persists. But for students graduating this the outlook is more bleak thanthey expected.
They are not countinf on $1,000 signing bonuses and some are landing few They are frantically asking faculty and friends of friends if they know someoned who canhire them. The feeling is echoed by nursew staffing agencies who say their servicesa are less in demandas hospitals’ receive more job Experienced nurses are opting to stay on hospitapl staffs rather than work on demand for staffinb agencies, and some nurses are re-entering the work forcee after their spouses have lost their jobs. That meansd more competition fornursinf graduates.
“I never had to networkl for a job before, and I certainlgy didn’t think I’d have to do it for said Jessica Hancock, 26, a Johne Hopkins nursing student. Hancock is hittingh up Hopkins alumni, faculty and even the wivesz ofher boyfriend’s friends who are nurses to help her get a job. So far she has applies to 15 jobsin Boston, wheree her boyfriend lives, and has gotten no Her classmate, Megan wants to have a job when she graduates in But if she does not, she is prepared to wait tablew for some time to pay the The Michigan native, 23, has applied to jobs in Washington, D.C.
, Colorado and Vancouver, “They say you couled walk out of Hopkins and get a job Vrobel said. But landing a job at Hopkinse itself couldbe tougher. Johns Hopkins Hospitalo and Health System has a hiring freezein place. It is still hiring nurses for certain areaes ifits nurse-to-patient ratio drops below a certainj level, spokesman Gary Stephenson said. Besides hiring some health employers are thinkinhg of droppingsome benefits. The , for example, is lookingt at reducing pension contributions, tuitiom benefits for employees’ children and getting rid of employeerreferral bonuses, spokeswoman Ellen Beth Levitt said.
The hiringh freezes and benefit cuts come at a time when hospitals confrontdwindling investments, increased costs of borrowing money due to the credit cruncu and patients putting off elective surgeries because they lack healthh insurance or cannot afford the copayment. Maryland hospitals saw their biggestg revenue drop during the last three monthsof 2008, when revenud fell short of expenses by 14 according to the . To be sure, the nursing professio n is nothing like other sectors of thejob market, such as in which thousands of workers are losingy their jobs every month. Maryland’es unemployment rate grew to 6.
7 percent last There were still morethan 1,640 available nursing positions in Marylansd last year, according to the Marylanrd Hospital Association. But that is a 27 percent drop from when therewere 2,257 open nurser positions. Anecdotal information shows that the slow economy has shifted the balancwe of power to hospitalnurse “In the past six the market has changed and the experienced nurse is coming to us to look for a said Deborah Mello, a nurse recruitment and retention consultany for , which operatews , , and the . The hospitals’ turnover rate has droppe to 4.2 percent, about half its normal in the pasttwo months.
The hospitals have been interviewin four experienced nursesa month, twicee as many as usual. And recruiters can be more “A few years ago it would be temptingy to just try to hire people cause we needed themso badly,” Mello said. Lutherville medicalk staffing firm has seen a 10 percent drop in its revenue from its nursinbg staffing business during the first quarter this year compared with last Chief Operating Officer Jeff McClure said.
Friday, May 13, 2011
New Albany tech incubator hatched - Business First of Columbus:
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The New Albany Business Development Centet opened this week at the New Albanyy Business Park off WestCampus Oval. The goal of the center is to turn ideasxinto jobs, said Stephen a business development professional for TechColumbus, which runs the area’d biggest incubator off Kinnear Road in “We wanted to assist them (New Albany) in their endeavors to created a tech economy,” he said Thursday. Jennifer Chrysler , community developmenf director for the village ofNew Albany, hope s the center will help bolstetr the village’s economy. “We wanted to be able to attract smalkl businesses as well as large corporationsw tothe region,” she said.
The center will providwe a variety of services to business developerasand entrepreneurs, Anderson said, includin g business coaching, and access to investment capital and a small-business developmenrt center. Consulting services and attorneys also will be availabld tothe entrepreneurs. “The hope is to brinfg in all these resources and layere them in to help these Anderson said. The New Albany Business Development Centere parallels a similar endeavor by TechColumbusacrosd town, where it helped to open the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center this year. Both suburban incubatord have been in the workzs for almosttwo years.
Though the two have similafr concepts, the centers will “havd their own identity and their own Anderson said. The new center also will house a TechColumbus the New Albany Chamber of Commerceand , a companyg that helps businesses conduct information technologuy test projects. Anderson said having companies such as Platform Labs at the centert will give the nascent businesses direct access to certain services. Creation of the New Albany Business Development Centee and the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center were funded by state grants andprivate investments. New Albanhy contributed $750,000 toward its project, whicy was complemented by $1.
5 millionn from the state’s Third Frontier technology development
The New Albany Business Development Centet opened this week at the New Albanyy Business Park off WestCampus Oval. The goal of the center is to turn ideasxinto jobs, said Stephen a business development professional for TechColumbus, which runs the area’d biggest incubator off Kinnear Road in “We wanted to assist them (New Albany) in their endeavors to created a tech economy,” he said Thursday. Jennifer Chrysler , community developmenf director for the village ofNew Albany, hope s the center will help bolstetr the village’s economy. “We wanted to be able to attract smalkl businesses as well as large corporationsw tothe region,” she said.
The center will providwe a variety of services to business developerasand entrepreneurs, Anderson said, includin g business coaching, and access to investment capital and a small-business developmenrt center. Consulting services and attorneys also will be availabld tothe entrepreneurs. “The hope is to brinfg in all these resources and layere them in to help these Anderson said. The New Albany Business Development Centere parallels a similar endeavor by TechColumbusacrosd town, where it helped to open the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center this year. Both suburban incubatord have been in the workzs for almosttwo years.
Though the two have similafr concepts, the centers will “havd their own identity and their own Anderson said. The new center also will house a TechColumbus the New Albany Chamber of Commerceand , a companyg that helps businesses conduct information technologuy test projects. Anderson said having companies such as Platform Labs at the centert will give the nascent businesses direct access to certain services. Creation of the New Albany Business Development Centee and the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center were funded by state grants andprivate investments. New Albanhy contributed $750,000 toward its project, whicy was complemented by $1.
5 millionn from the state’s Third Frontier technology development
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Southwest
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“Depending on where they decideto fly, I think it will have a positivr impact on air service for businessd travelers,” said Tim president of the . Southwest’s decision to serve Milwaukee is an indicatio that the Milwaukee market has enough passenger volumee to attract multiplemajor airlines, Sheehy said. Southwest Airlines announcefd May 20 that it would begin servicsat Milwaukee’s by Nov. 1. The Dallas-basedr airline indicated that it could start with eight to 10dailyu departures.
Specific information about routed andfares isn’t expectede to be released until late “Air service is a big component of economic developmenrt and we’ve been blessed with good air travelo service for business travelers,” Sheehy said. Oak Creek-based , which operates and regional carrierMidwest Connect, has a long histort of catering to business travelers and the air carrief has been the dominant airline at Mitchelkl for many years. Although Southwest is likely to attract some business travelers, it will be faced with trying to lure passengers away from Midwest Airlines, said Juliaa Taylor, president of the .
“I stilll think there’s some loyalty for Taylor said. Although it still has the largest market sharat Mitchell, Midwest has made drastic cuts in service over the past a move initially prompted by record-high fuel prices. Cutbacks by Midwesrt have opened the Milwaukee market toothert carriers, including Southwest. Dallas-based Southwest the country’s largest low-cost airline, currently provides servicr to about 65 cities in more than 30 Southwest is likely to attract business travelers at Mitchell despitethe airline’xs no-reserved-seating policy and no-frills Sheehy said.
“I fly enough and I’ve seen some very significanty business leaders and CEOs sitting in he said. “I don’t thinok that’s an issue, especially in this economy.” Sheehy noted that Orlando, Fla.-based , which has continue d to expand its serviceat Mitchell, entered the market with a reputationj as a discount airlinew focused primarily on attracting leisure travelers. “AirTran certainlty has become abusiness carrier,” he said.
Southwestr spokesman Brad Hawkins said the airline considered the large number of corporatew headquarters in the Milwaukee area and northern Illinois when decidingh to launch serviceat “It’s not our mindset to enterd a new market and just go after leisure travelers,” he Over the past 18 Southwest has rolled out products and services aimer at attracting business including an option to pay a higher fare in order to be guarantee inclusion in the first group to boared a flight. Passengers also receive a beverage and bonus frequent flier credits by paying the higher Hawkins said.
Mitchell spokeswoman Pat Rowe said Southwest is likely toattracrt budget-conscious business travelers. the routes served ultimately will determine how attractive the airlinre will be to business she said. “Given today’s economy and the way companiess are being very frugal withtravel dollars, I thin k it’s a given that some business travelerx will book with Southwest,” Rowe said.
“Depending on where they decideto fly, I think it will have a positivr impact on air service for businessd travelers,” said Tim president of the . Southwest’s decision to serve Milwaukee is an indicatio that the Milwaukee market has enough passenger volumee to attract multiplemajor airlines, Sheehy said. Southwest Airlines announcefd May 20 that it would begin servicsat Milwaukee’s by Nov. 1. The Dallas-basedr airline indicated that it could start with eight to 10dailyu departures.
Specific information about routed andfares isn’t expectede to be released until late “Air service is a big component of economic developmenrt and we’ve been blessed with good air travelo service for business travelers,” Sheehy said. Oak Creek-based , which operates and regional carrierMidwest Connect, has a long histort of catering to business travelers and the air carrief has been the dominant airline at Mitchelkl for many years. Although Southwest is likely to attract some business travelers, it will be faced with trying to lure passengers away from Midwest Airlines, said Juliaa Taylor, president of the .
“I stilll think there’s some loyalty for Taylor said. Although it still has the largest market sharat Mitchell, Midwest has made drastic cuts in service over the past a move initially prompted by record-high fuel prices. Cutbacks by Midwesrt have opened the Milwaukee market toothert carriers, including Southwest. Dallas-based Southwest the country’s largest low-cost airline, currently provides servicr to about 65 cities in more than 30 Southwest is likely to attract business travelers at Mitchell despitethe airline’xs no-reserved-seating policy and no-frills Sheehy said.
“I fly enough and I’ve seen some very significanty business leaders and CEOs sitting in he said. “I don’t thinok that’s an issue, especially in this economy.” Sheehy noted that Orlando, Fla.-based , which has continue d to expand its serviceat Mitchell, entered the market with a reputationj as a discount airlinew focused primarily on attracting leisure travelers. “AirTran certainlty has become abusiness carrier,” he said.
Southwestr spokesman Brad Hawkins said the airline considered the large number of corporatew headquarters in the Milwaukee area and northern Illinois when decidingh to launch serviceat “It’s not our mindset to enterd a new market and just go after leisure travelers,” he Over the past 18 Southwest has rolled out products and services aimer at attracting business including an option to pay a higher fare in order to be guarantee inclusion in the first group to boared a flight. Passengers also receive a beverage and bonus frequent flier credits by paying the higher Hawkins said.
Mitchell spokeswoman Pat Rowe said Southwest is likely toattracrt budget-conscious business travelers. the routes served ultimately will determine how attractive the airlinre will be to business she said. “Given today’s economy and the way companiess are being very frugal withtravel dollars, I thin k it’s a given that some business travelerx will book with Southwest,” Rowe said.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Duke ordered to shut Indiana units - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The move follows a jury ruling last year thatthe plant’s previousx owner, Cinergy Corp., violated federalp emissions standards after it refurbished the units withoug a permit. Charlotte-based Duke (NYSE:DUK) bought Cinerg in April 2006 for $9 billion. At the time of last year’zs ruling, Duke proposed that units 2, 3 and 5 be retirec in 2012, when the company’s new integratexd gasification combined-cycle plant in Edwardsport, comes on line. The court’s ordef accelerates that timetable by three Shutting downunits 2, 3 and 5 will remove a combinesd capacity of 265 megawatts. That is 39 percent of the station’ss 677-megawatt power-generating capacity.
The units affectedc by the judge’s decisiom are more than 50 years old, says Jim president and chief operating officeeof Duke’s franchised electric and gas He says the ordert should not impact the company’s operations this year becauses of changes Duke had already made following the jury’s verdict last
The move follows a jury ruling last year thatthe plant’s previousx owner, Cinergy Corp., violated federalp emissions standards after it refurbished the units withoug a permit. Charlotte-based Duke (NYSE:DUK) bought Cinerg in April 2006 for $9 billion. At the time of last year’zs ruling, Duke proposed that units 2, 3 and 5 be retirec in 2012, when the company’s new integratexd gasification combined-cycle plant in Edwardsport, comes on line. The court’s ordef accelerates that timetable by three Shutting downunits 2, 3 and 5 will remove a combinesd capacity of 265 megawatts. That is 39 percent of the station’ss 677-megawatt power-generating capacity.
The units affectedc by the judge’s decisiom are more than 50 years old, says Jim president and chief operating officeeof Duke’s franchised electric and gas He says the ordert should not impact the company’s operations this year becauses of changes Duke had already made following the jury’s verdict last
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Virginia Beach can't show pride of SEALs - USA Today
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
Life after TARP - Nashville Business Journal:
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is one of them. “The two-wors answer is the political landscape,” Pinnacle CEO Terry Turner says, regarding the U.S. Treasury’x Troubled Asset Relief Program. When the bank firsy accepted the fundson Dec. 12, the $700 billionj program was positioned by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulsoj as being available only to strong Turner explains. “We didn’t need the capital. We just wante the Good Housekeeping seal,” Turner However, TARP funds quickly became cast on Capitolo Hill and in the public mind as a forinsolvent banks. “In the second and third uncreditworthy banks started getting Turner says.
“It’s increasingly becoming a blemish rather than a sign of strength to be associated with theTARP program.” In Pinnacle offered common stock for sale at $13 per shar and raised more than $100 million, partly to pay back the $95 millioj in TARP funds it and partly to prepare for an economic upticok when the recession runs its “Not only do we get out from unde r TARP, but it helps our capital standing,” Turner says.
“Our outlook is dramatic growth opportunities over the next 12 to 18 Since the bank received the TARP Turner says it has loaned out more than twice the loan Pinnacle is one of five Middle Tennessee banks and 19 statewide that acceptefdTARP money. The principal carried a 5 percenyt or higherinterest rate, payable back to the Americajn taxpayers who loaned the Also, banks that received TARP monet were required to grant warrants to the which allowed it to purchase shares — similar to a stocko option. Pinnacle plans to repurchase those too, Turnet says.
In early June, 10 large national banks, including , , , and , all receivee approval to return the equivalentof $68 billion in TARP fundsz after “stress tests” showed they did not need capitak backup. They planned to accomplish it by buying back the preferredx shares of stock the government bought in the bankzs as part ofthe deal, some by raising new capital as Pinnacls has done. An additional two dozen smaller lendersd were also approved under asimilar scenario. Some of the banks cited the restrictionws the government placed on lenders who accepted TARP funds as motivationb to pay back the funds earlieer thanthe government’s five-year time frame.
Thosw include caps on executive pay and limits on hiring of foreigbn workers andmarketing expenses. But Avenuer Bank president and CEO Ron Samuels says therestrictions aren’ft so onerous, considering banks already are so heavily regulated, and especiallyg considering that the TARP program helpecd to stop the entirse financial system from failing. Some peopler don’t realize how close the system was to massivs failures of Wall Street giants and Bear Stearn slast fall, which effectively froze capital flow to banksw and shut off the lending tap to everyday Samuels says.
Media coverage helped foster panic and fear that led to a minord runon banks, Samuels says, even thougbh bank deposits up to $100,000 the cap was raised to $250,000 during the crisis — were insured by the Federak Deposit Insurance Corp. “Customers were pullingf deposits out of banks and that created aliquidityu problem,” Samuels recalls.
is one of them. “The two-wors answer is the political landscape,” Pinnacle CEO Terry Turner says, regarding the U.S. Treasury’x Troubled Asset Relief Program. When the bank firsy accepted the fundson Dec. 12, the $700 billionj program was positioned by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulsoj as being available only to strong Turner explains. “We didn’t need the capital. We just wante the Good Housekeeping seal,” Turner However, TARP funds quickly became cast on Capitolo Hill and in the public mind as a forinsolvent banks. “In the second and third uncreditworthy banks started getting Turner says.
“It’s increasingly becoming a blemish rather than a sign of strength to be associated with theTARP program.” In Pinnacle offered common stock for sale at $13 per shar and raised more than $100 million, partly to pay back the $95 millioj in TARP funds it and partly to prepare for an economic upticok when the recession runs its “Not only do we get out from unde r TARP, but it helps our capital standing,” Turner says.
“Our outlook is dramatic growth opportunities over the next 12 to 18 Since the bank received the TARP Turner says it has loaned out more than twice the loan Pinnacle is one of five Middle Tennessee banks and 19 statewide that acceptefdTARP money. The principal carried a 5 percenyt or higherinterest rate, payable back to the Americajn taxpayers who loaned the Also, banks that received TARP monet were required to grant warrants to the which allowed it to purchase shares — similar to a stocko option. Pinnacle plans to repurchase those too, Turnet says.
In early June, 10 large national banks, including , , , and , all receivee approval to return the equivalentof $68 billion in TARP fundsz after “stress tests” showed they did not need capitak backup. They planned to accomplish it by buying back the preferredx shares of stock the government bought in the bankzs as part ofthe deal, some by raising new capital as Pinnacls has done. An additional two dozen smaller lendersd were also approved under asimilar scenario. Some of the banks cited the restrictionws the government placed on lenders who accepted TARP funds as motivationb to pay back the funds earlieer thanthe government’s five-year time frame.
Thosw include caps on executive pay and limits on hiring of foreigbn workers andmarketing expenses. But Avenuer Bank president and CEO Ron Samuels says therestrictions aren’ft so onerous, considering banks already are so heavily regulated, and especiallyg considering that the TARP program helpecd to stop the entirse financial system from failing. Some peopler don’t realize how close the system was to massivs failures of Wall Street giants and Bear Stearn slast fall, which effectively froze capital flow to banksw and shut off the lending tap to everyday Samuels says.
Media coverage helped foster panic and fear that led to a minord runon banks, Samuels says, even thougbh bank deposits up to $100,000 the cap was raised to $250,000 during the crisis — were insured by the Federak Deposit Insurance Corp. “Customers were pullingf deposits out of banks and that created aliquidityu problem,” Samuels recalls.
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