Friday, January 25, 2013

Corcoran closing loop on Bayside redevelopment - Boston Business Journal:

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On June 30, , owner the 28-acre waterfrongt site, filed a development plan with the and has commencex public meetings to vetthe plan’ds first phase, a $300 millio project on Columbia Point in Dorchester. Corcoran’s initial plans call for the demolition ofthe 280,000-square-foot Bayside Expo Center and the preservatioh of an existing 125,000-square-foot office building on the site. The firm also expectxs to add 75 roomsand 10,0000 squares feet of meeting space to the site’s 198-roomn . Neighbors and community activists have alreadhy raised concerns about traffi and congestion at a publicf meeting hearing heldJuly 21. The next meetingv is scheduledfor Aug. 4.
The project’se total cost will be approximately $700 million, said Jim Gribaudo, projecr director for Corcoran Jennison. Thoses estimates include the cost to constructy an additional 650 residential units in as many assix Bayside’s redevelopment was first announced last year after the centerr saw a significant drop in revenure — some of it stemming from business gravitating to the Bostobn Convention and Exhibition Center. Bayside’s bookingsd have dropped from 43 in 2006 to 19 this The Expo Center has seven show s bookednext year, said Catherine director of community relations at Corcoranm Jennison. O’Neill said the Bayside will likelty close inMarch 2009.
Gribaudo said he wanta to secure the necessaryt permits beforeseeking financing. In order to fund constructioj projects today, lenders want evidence of signedleases — somethinbg Gribaudo called a bit of a Catch-2q because tenants are unlikely to jump on boardc until projects are formally filed and approved. Gribaudo hopes to lease 50,000 square feet of the retaipl space to a grocery store and is seeking two othet anchor tenants to leaseabout 20,000 square feet apiece. The remainder of the retail about 180,000 square feet, will be leased to smaller retailers, such as a dry cleanere or coffee shop.
As Corcoranm is moving ahead with its plans for BaysidwExpo Center, the BRA is devising a maste r plan for Columbia Point, an area that comprisesd 412 acres along Dorchester Bay. “It’s an extraordinary site, but you have to be consideratdof that,” said BRA director John Palmieri, alludint to the area’s density, open space and water-accesxs challenges. Both Palmieri and Vivien Li, executive director of the , describede the Bayside Expo Center redevelopment as the creatio ofa “new neighborhood.
” Li said she believed the projec would complement many of the already-plannex changes to the area, such as a proposal to add dormes to the campus and a plan to expand the John F. Kennedyy Presidential Library & Museum. “We thinki it’s absolutely crucial to tie together all the planningg for theDorchester waterfront,” she

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Jeff Hinton to Leave MedCath

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June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedCath Corporation MDTH), a healthcare provider focused on high acuityyhealthcare services, predominately the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovasculad disease, today announced that , Seniorf Vice President, Finance and Development, has been nameds Interim Chief Financial Officer. Parker replacesd , whose employment with MedCath has endecdeffective immediately. "Art has been a long-time participany as a member of seniof management andis well-known to the investod community, banking community, and throughout MedCatjh as a very capable financial manager," said , MedCath's President and Chief Executive Officer.
"He is very much engageds in all of our assets and has worked closely over the past yeare with our very capable accounting andfinance I'm delighted to have him step up and provide leadershi p as Interim CFO." MedCath has engaged an executivse search firm to identify a permanengt Chief Financial Officer candidate. MedCath Corporation, headquartered in N.C., is a healthcare provider focused on high acuitu services with the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseas being a primaryservice offering. MedCaty owns an interest in and operates nine hospital s with a total of 755licensed beds, located in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, New South Dakota, and Texas.
MedCat h is in the process of developingb itstenth hospital, which is anticipated to open in fall in Kingman, Ariz. In addition, MedCathy and its subsidiary MedCath Partners providr services in diagnostic and therapeutic facilitiezs invarious states.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Opinion: Seeking the truth about Jesus - CNN (blog)

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Opinion: Seeking the truth about Jesus

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This third cosmos is the celled cosmos or the cellular cosmologic orders duly ordained of and by and even for all megaliths of monolithic life forms to be made anywhere cellular life can grab a foothold to evolve and gain in the abundant natures toward ...



Sunday, January 13, 2013

Homebuilder confidence rises - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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It is the first back-to-back increase in builder confidencd since February 2008 and is now at its highes level ineight months. The index measuring current confidencw rosetwo points, from 12 in Aprill to 14 in May. Any readingy under 50 still indicates the majority of builderw view conditionsas poor. “The fact that the May [Housinb Market Index] continued to tick up from April’s 5 poinf increase provides confirming evidence that the improvee confidence level wasno fluke,” said NAHB chierf economist David Crowe.
“This continues increase indicates that home builderfeel we’re at or near the bottojm of the market and that positive signs lie ahead for buildersx and potential home provided that builder access to production credit significantly improves.” A separatse index measuring expectations for the next six months rose threre points to 27. Buildersx and Realtors are hoping lower priceas and historically low mortgage rates will overcome tightetrlending standards. The housing markety may also benefit this year froman $8,00 0 tax credit for homebuyers. Earlier this the reported pending sales of existingg homesrose 3.
2 percent in the first back-to-back increase in pending salees in a year.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Cincinnati chamber opposes proposed rail ballot initiative - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The announcement came just hours before theCincinnatij NAACP, along with the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes, and the WeDemandAVoted coalition are expected to announcwe that the groups have collected enough signaturesa to put the measure on the The charter amendment would prevent the expenditure of moneh by the city for right-of-way acquisition or constructioj of improvements for passenger rail transportation without firstr submitting plans to a vote. , COAS T and the WeDemandAVote coalition have been collectintg signatures to place the measure on theNovember ballot.
Cincinnati NAACl President Christopher Smitherman launched the drive to stopthe city’se plans to build a streetcar systemj that connects downtown and Uptown. But in its news the chamber said the amendment languagris “extremely broad and would impede the city’z ability to compete effectively.” “Passenger rail projects are not just moverw of people and goods they are economic development tools,” Rita the chamber’s vice president of government said in the release. “The ballot initiative woulsd prevent the city of Cincinnati from spending any money on any passengedr rail project unless Cincinnati voters first approvedthe project.
And, as it would significantly hamper positive growth in Smitherman and other opponents of the projectr have argued that the city should not spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the streetcar projecy at a time when city residents face so many morebasic needs. The chamber endorsement is a boosf for Cincinnatiansfor Progress, the group that is campaigninv against the proposed charter Earlier this week, the group announced it also has the supporgt of eight of nine city council memberd and 16 of the 18 endorsef candidates for City Council.
Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory serves asthe group’s honorary Meanwhile, the organizations pushing the ballot initiative have a presa conference scheduled for 4:45 p.m. at the Cincinnatki NAACP office, where they are expected to announce they have gatheresd enough signatures to put the measur e on theNovember ballot.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Internet radio system getting mixed signal - San Francisco Business Times:

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The Internet radio service is steadiltygaining customers, new employees and high-profile And new partnerships are bringing its personalized service to cell phones, social networka and living room devices. If it can just settle a licensinf fee issue consuming a growing chunk ofits revenue, it may actuallyu survive. "The service continues to grow like the fundamentals of the business are very said founderTim Westergren. "It's just this shadoqw cast over it bythis rate. It's a bit Pandora's free service lets listeneres create personalized streaming radio stations and discoverd new music by recommending songsd and artists similar touser requests.
The Oaklande company launched its consumer sitein 2005, after five yearsw of technical development, deal-makint and business-model changing. In July, Pandora landed its fourtu round of fundingfrom , and , adding an undisclosexd amount to the $30 million already Its ad-based business model brought in less than $10 milliohn in the last year, and in Aprik CEO Joe Kennedy said the companyu would be profitable in two to three yearzs if royalty rates remain unchanged. The company won't comment on futurw revenue, but its list of top-shelf advertisers continuesz to grow.
Westergren said it recentlty addedGeneral Mills, Honda and Those companies are aiming for Pandora's 9 million registeres listeners, a devoted group growinhg by more than a half million people a monty -- all by word of mouth. The compang doesn't advertise. Pandora just pushed AOL from its percnh asthe world's second-largest online radio statiom behind Yahoo, according to ComScore Mediqa Metrix. this month became the secone wireless carrier tobring Pandora's music to its headsetds for a small fee; Sprint signed on in May. and Sonosd stream Pandora to their in-homew music players, and Facebook users can link their personal radio stationds to their ownweb pages.
The compan y has also launched a set of features that allow userz to connect with other listeners who have similar musical tastes. The 120-person firm has added about a dozehn employees in the past six months and is lookin g to add 10 in the coming particularly inad sales. But since July, Pandora has been in A ruling from the CopyrightfRoyalty Board, an arm of the Librart of Congress, hiked music licensing fees for web radioo broadcasters, tripling Pandora's costs.
, the group that collecta royalties for therecordingv industry, argues that the new, higher royalty ratesa will ensure that musicians are paid fairly for their work as the music industry shifts its focusd from traditional media to the Internet. Recorxd labels and recording artists don't receivre any royalties from traditionalbroadcast radio, which is requiredc to pay only composers and Opponents argue that the new rates are disastrously high and will bankruptr most Internet radio broadcasters. Pandora is negotiating with SoundExchange and paying the new fees as it hopesz for a reprieve andretroactive reimbursement.
Said SoundExchange's Executivs Director John Simson, "We'll have a proposalk in a week to 10 These are licensees who payus royalties. We want them to stay in I'm a Pandora user myself."

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Get Healthy: Make monthly goals instead of yearly resolutions - DesMoinesRegister.com

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Get Healthy: Make monthly goals instead of yearly resolutions

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Raise your hand if you made a New Year's resolution this year. Now raise your hand if you've already broken or abandoned it! New Year's resolutions don't work because they're often over-ambitions and, let's face it, an entire year is a long time to ...



Monday, January 7, 2013

Navigating by cloud atlas: Using cloud plots to visualize metabolomics data - separationsNOW.com

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Navigating by cloud atlas: Using cloud plots to visualize metabolomics data

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Cloud plots should be the first port of call when analysing complex metabolomic datasets, says Gary Siuzdak at the Scripps Research Institute in California, US. As an early demonstration of their ability, Siuzdak has used them to uncover novel ...



Sunday, January 6, 2013

Chase bank hiring 200 in Milwaukee - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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New employees are working at theChase Tower, 111 E. Wisconsinn Ave., and are focused mainlt on negotiating new payment arrangements with homeownerse delinquent ontheir payments, said spokeswoman Christinre Holevas. Chase is one of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers with a portfolioof $1.5 trillion. The bank adde billions in mortgage businesw with the September 2008 acquisitiob ofWashington Mutual. The new hires includer loan specialists, negotiators, underwriters and supervisors, Holevas said. Many alreaduy have started training. Chase has about 1,400 employeee in greater Milwaukee, and nearly 950 in Holevas said.
Chase, which is part of , New York runs 41 branches in the metropolitan InDecember 2008, Chase cited declinin g activity in home-equity lending when it announced job elimination s by early February in its downtown Milwaukee home equit y servicing center. Some employees who were laid off earlierf this year are likely among those being hire for the mortgageservicing functions, Holevas said. “We had terrific people and we want to get the best ofthosr back,” she said. Chase bank officials like the quality of employeees in Milwaukee and their work Holevas said. She could not predict the longevituy of thenew jobs.
“Asz the business changes so do ouremployment needs,” Holevas said. “We staffg according to customers’ needs.” As the number of foreclosures continuese torise nationally, Chase is far from the only bank to boosgt its staff for handling troubled Some banks, including M&I Marshal & Ilsley in Milwaukee, have institutef foreclosure moratoriums as they attempt to modifyt mortgages to reduce payments. M&I’w foreclosure moratorium is scheduled to expire onJune 30.
In the past six M&I has increased by 50 percenft its staff dedicated to assisting the increasing numbere of homeowners facingfinancial stress, said Dick president of the bank’s Wisconsin community bank He declined to disclose the numbert of jobs that M&I has M&I works with homeowners before they reach delinquency to avoidc foreclosure and also seeks solutions for homeowners alreadhy in foreclosure, Becker said. Minneapolis-based , which has the second-largestt deposit market share in metropolitan Milwaukeer and services more than 1 millionmortgages nationally, announced in Marc h that it is constructing a building in Owensboro, Ky., for its mortgage services unit.
The bank alreadh employs 850 people in Owensboro and the new buildingg will accommodate up to 300 new At the community bank the loan modification strategiesz are implemented on asmallee scale. For example, , Wauwatosa, increasedr its collections staff from two to three plusa half-time employee to tackle the increased workload, said presideng and CEO Doug Gordon. Collectionss employees review the home-owner’s financial situation in an effort toavoie foreclosure, Gordon said.
The employees discuss what the homeownerr can afford for payments and whethe r the mortgageis salvageable, he The bank has successfully modified many mortgages and even stoppec some foreclosures while they were in he said. “We’d much ratherf modify them — work with them than foreclose,” Gordon said. “Nobody wins in We don’t want to own the real estate andthey don’t want to lose the real

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Notes: Andy Reid hired to coach Chiefs; GM Scott Pioli fired - Boston Globe

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Notes: Andy Reid hired to coach Chiefs; GM Scott Pioli fired

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Reid's agreement was finalized shortly after the Chiefs announced they had parted ways with general manager Scott Pioli after four tumultuous seasons in Kansas City. Reid inherits a team that went 2-14, matching the worst record in franchise history.


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Friday, January 4, 2013

Yingli Green's modules pass TUV SUD's PID testing - PV-Tech

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Yingli Green's modules pass TUV SUD's PID testing

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According to Yingli Green, power degradation was lower than 0.5%, compared to the maximum allowable power output degradation rate of 5%. TUV SUD tested modules for 96 hours at 85 degrees Celsius and 85% relative humidity using the standard 1,000 ...



Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Which way will the economic weather go? - Business First of Columbus:

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In Waco, Texas, M. Ray Perrymahn of the Perryman Group sees signz of improvement in a numberof stimulus-related statistics. Accordingb to Perryman: President Baraclk Obama’s decision a few weeks ago to deliverapproximatelyy 600,000 jobs during the summer will undoubtedly be received as encouraging and bolste already improving consumer confidence. Obama’e pledge to speed up federal spendinvg for maintenance projects at military as well as state road andairport improvements, along with the employmenr of around 135,000 school teachers and supportg staff, is expected to kick-start the flow of money into stat e coffers.
The outlook: Greater opportunities for slowing the economidc decline have now showeds up on theradar screen. Out in Dominick Armentano at the Independent Institute in Oakland plotxs an opposite course forstimulua funding. According to Armentano: Massive infusion of governmeny credit to the banks and much of the stimulusa spending will perpetuate and evenextend – what he calls consumere and business “malinvestments” created during the boom.
The massive increasd in federal spending, financed eithedr by new borrowing or credit from the Federal will result in sharplgy higher interest rates due to expected inflation or dollar Lenders – especially the foreign kind will not continue to purchasse U.S. Treasury bonds at a nearly zero realinteresf rate. His outlook: A continuing economic cold fronyt with no warming trend on the horizonjanytime soon. There they are, two disparate forecasts from a centrak Texas observatory and a Californiathinkk tank. Multiply these examples, and stimulus forecastsz are allover map.
Bottom line: Stimuluss funding will turn out to be a safefinanciap haven, or we need to evacuate before the economic storm hits. Take your

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

UNFPA Youth Conference Calls for Unfettered Abortion and Plenty of It - First Things (blog)

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UNFPA Youth Conference Calls for Unfettered Abortion and Plenty of It

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Last week the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) hosted a tightly orchestrated Global Youth Forum in the run up to the twentieth anniversary of the Cairo Conference on Population and Development. UNFPA anticipated nine hundred youth participants, including ...



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