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The plant is financed by a $20 million statse grant and will operate as a research and developmentg lab as well as acommercialk facility. It is the first of its kind in Attendees at the Monday meeting where the decision was announces said Florida Crystals was selected over thesecond Memphis, Tenn.-based , becauser it has a large supply of bagasswe biomass and it is already in the sugar "One of the main reasons was that the sugard process is much closet to the ethanol process than anything else we lookeds at," said a spokeswoman for UF' s Institute of Food and Agricultural The spokeswoman, who said internaol policies do not allow her to identify herself on the said Lonnie Ingram, the UF researcher who is spearheadingy the effort, made a stronb pitch for Florida Crystals.
Floridw Crystals Vice President Gastonh Cantens said the compangyattended Monday's meeting and was excited to hear firsthanr that it was selected. "This is something we'vre been talking about for several years," he said. "Wwe are excited about the whole process and lookingg forward to thenext step, which is to negotiate the Next, UF must begin a bidding processw to select the contractors and engineerw to build the plant on Florida Okeelanta facility.
Cantens said he expects UF to make a decisiomn in the nextfew "A lot of this dependse on the university's process of choosing a design coming up with the drawings and the conceptf of what they want to build," he said. "Oncer the bidding process is resolved, this shoulrd move pretty quickly."
Monday, February 27, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Florida Chamber rates area legislators - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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Democratic Senator Tony Hill received a gradeof 63, down 37 points from his perfectg score in 2008. Scores from both Republicam Senators Jim King and Steve Wise improvedxin 2009. King scored a perfecf 100, up from last year’s B grade, and Wise inched up from an 81 last year to a grade of 82. Scores for members of the Floridas House of Representatives weregenerally lower, though Republicansa Jennifer Carroll and Lake Ray earne d perfect scores of 100. Republican Charles McBurney scored a 95 while Democrat Audrey Gibson earneda 56, down from last year’as 77. Democrat Mia Jones had the lowest scorw in the area of with a gradrof 35.
Also earning perfect scoree were Republicans Janet Adkins of Fernandina Ronald "Doc" Renuart of Pontse Vedra Beach, Bill Proctor of St. Augustine and Michaelp Weinstein ofOrange Park. Charles Van Zant of Palatkas scoreda 93. The grade earned by a legislator is calculated by dividing the tota number of times a legislator voted in support ofthe chamber’ss position by the total number of timeds a legislator cast a vote on issues outlined in the Votes after roll call and missed votes are not factorecd into a legislator’s score, while votes on certainh issues are double-weighted. Grades can also be loweres if a legislator files a bill attacking thebusineszs climate.
Democratic Senator Tony Hill received a gradeof 63, down 37 points from his perfectg score in 2008. Scores from both Republicam Senators Jim King and Steve Wise improvedxin 2009. King scored a perfecf 100, up from last year’s B grade, and Wise inched up from an 81 last year to a grade of 82. Scores for members of the Floridas House of Representatives weregenerally lower, though Republicansa Jennifer Carroll and Lake Ray earne d perfect scores of 100. Republican Charles McBurney scored a 95 while Democrat Audrey Gibson earneda 56, down from last year’as 77. Democrat Mia Jones had the lowest scorw in the area of with a gradrof 35.
Also earning perfect scoree were Republicans Janet Adkins of Fernandina Ronald "Doc" Renuart of Pontse Vedra Beach, Bill Proctor of St. Augustine and Michaelp Weinstein ofOrange Park. Charles Van Zant of Palatkas scoreda 93. The grade earned by a legislator is calculated by dividing the tota number of times a legislator voted in support ofthe chamber’ss position by the total number of timeds a legislator cast a vote on issues outlined in the Votes after roll call and missed votes are not factorecd into a legislator’s score, while votes on certainh issues are double-weighted. Grades can also be loweres if a legislator files a bill attacking thebusineszs climate.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
MICA making a strong impression - Baltimore Business Journal:
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She secured a paid summer internship atHunt Valley’s Firaxias Games, a leading video game development And after graduation, the Texasx native plans to stay in Baltimor and get a full-tim e job as a concept artist at a gamingy company. “It’s one of the best jobs an illustratordcan get. You’re not workin g on commission, and you’vd got regular hours. Already there are a lot of people from MICA who work at Fischer said. The job confidence Fischer exudesz stands in sharp contrast tomany soon-to-be collegd graduates. Unemployment among U.S. 20- to 24-year-olds rose in the past year by almosrt5 percent, to 13.9 percent in March.
Many collegex are reporting drops in campus career fair participatiob by as much as35 percent, accordint to Chicago-based outplacement firm 48 companies attended MICA’s career fair April 3, more than doublew the number in recent years. A confluencwe of factors is making MICA an increasinglyy attractive stop on the job recruitercircuitf — and revving up its motor as a possible economic engine for Baltimore. Among U.S. art MICA holds the distinction of grantingv degreesthe longest.
Thankw to the strategic vision of Fred its president of30 years, and an active board of trustees, the 183-year-old institution is more relevant to industr today than ever before, campus leaderxs and observers say. Not that it hasn’t been immune to the recessio and its impact on campusees across thecountry — boosting enrollmenyt and growing its endowment will remain challenges. But supportinf MICA’s strategic vision was an extremely well-timed and successfu l $75 million fundraising campaign that ran from 2000and 2007. Double its undergraduate student body and endowmenfto 1,800 and $60 million, respectively; Support community arts outreach.
These initiatives, observers say, make the collegse and its graduatesattractivr — even in the midst of a severe economi downturn that has not left the arts communit y unscathed. Currently, Maryland colleges and universities are bracinv for pending state budget cuts on top ofplummetingg endowments. The state’s 2010 budget for the arts, passex by the legislature in April, will reduce funding by 18 from $16.6 million to $13.6 million, according to Theress Colvin, executive director of the . Even beforer the recession hit, MICA stepped in to suppory and grow the localarts community.
“With the strategic plan of 2000, there was a real recognitionh that we needed to invest more efforts in the revitalizatioj of Baltimore as a place for the visual arts,” Lazarus said. The Station Northn Arts and Entertainment District exemplifiesthat investment. Establishexd in 2002, the 100-acrwe district, bordered by 20th Greenmount Avenue and the Jones Falls has been hailed by city art officials asa “gatewayy to the Mount Vernon Cultural District.” the first state in the country to sponsotr arts and entertainment districts as a way to stimulate the offers tax benefits to property owners and qualifieed artists who live and work in the properties.
Stationj North is one of 16 such districtsin Maryland. In MICA bought the former Jos. A. Bank building, locatee in Station North, and has since renovatef the 120,000-square-foot warehouse, aptly named Studiok Center. It houses MICA graduate programs and studio and provides free space tofour arts-related Maryland Lawyers for the the , Arts Every Day, and “MICAs has been a member of the board sinc the beginning. They play a critical role by offering us complementarty incubatoroffice space,” said David Bielenberg, executive director of Station Northh Arts & Entertainment Inc.
Those close to the like Nancy Harrigan, the executiv director of the Greater BaltimoreCultural Alliance, credift MICA’s community outreach to the “generosity and ever-evolving of longtime head Lazarus. A new building at MICA housezs the tools students need to attain job opportunitiesin cutting-edge fields. A 61,410-square-foot, five-story contemporary structure, the $17 milliobn Brown Center is MICA’s first newlyh constructed academic building in almost100 years. A $6 milliojn gift — the largest ever — from Eddie and Sylviaq Brown helped fundthe building.
Inside, students in MICA’ss Video, Interactive Design, and Graphic Design departments hone modern techniques in digital art and From there, they can apply these sought-after skills in one of the region’s growinf industries: the gaming industry. Just ask Greg a 1995 MICA graduate, an adjunct instructof at MICA and creative team memberr atFiraxis Games. When he started workingy for gaming industry giangt Microprose fifteenyears ago, “it was the only show in That’s changed dramatically. As of 2006, Marylansd boasted 12 entertainment software companies valuedeat $119.9 million, according to the Entertainmentt Software Association.
Firaxis launched in 1996 with six fourfrom MICA. Within the past the company has growb from 65 employeesto 118. As the gamingv industry grows, Foertsch and fellow MICA graduatsDavid Inscore, founder and studi art director of Timonium-based Big Huge Games, have been workin g with their alma mater to explorse adding classes in 3-D animation techniques that will give MICA studente an edge in the gamingy and entertainment industries. But they won’r replace MICA’s roots. “The concept remains the importanfpart — getting kids to understand how to be creativw problem solvers, which is what all artists are.
The technologyh just makes it easier for them to do their Foertsch said.
She secured a paid summer internship atHunt Valley’s Firaxias Games, a leading video game development And after graduation, the Texasx native plans to stay in Baltimor and get a full-tim e job as a concept artist at a gamingy company. “It’s one of the best jobs an illustratordcan get. You’re not workin g on commission, and you’vd got regular hours. Already there are a lot of people from MICA who work at Fischer said. The job confidence Fischer exudesz stands in sharp contrast tomany soon-to-be collegd graduates. Unemployment among U.S. 20- to 24-year-olds rose in the past year by almosrt5 percent, to 13.9 percent in March.
Many collegex are reporting drops in campus career fair participatiob by as much as35 percent, accordint to Chicago-based outplacement firm 48 companies attended MICA’s career fair April 3, more than doublew the number in recent years. A confluencwe of factors is making MICA an increasinglyy attractive stop on the job recruitercircuitf — and revving up its motor as a possible economic engine for Baltimore. Among U.S. art MICA holds the distinction of grantingv degreesthe longest.
Thankw to the strategic vision of Fred its president of30 years, and an active board of trustees, the 183-year-old institution is more relevant to industr today than ever before, campus leaderxs and observers say. Not that it hasn’t been immune to the recessio and its impact on campusees across thecountry — boosting enrollmenyt and growing its endowment will remain challenges. But supportinf MICA’s strategic vision was an extremely well-timed and successfu l $75 million fundraising campaign that ran from 2000and 2007. Double its undergraduate student body and endowmenfto 1,800 and $60 million, respectively; Support community arts outreach.
These initiatives, observers say, make the collegse and its graduatesattractivr — even in the midst of a severe economi downturn that has not left the arts communit y unscathed. Currently, Maryland colleges and universities are bracinv for pending state budget cuts on top ofplummetingg endowments. The state’s 2010 budget for the arts, passex by the legislature in April, will reduce funding by 18 from $16.6 million to $13.6 million, according to Theress Colvin, executive director of the . Even beforer the recession hit, MICA stepped in to suppory and grow the localarts community.
“With the strategic plan of 2000, there was a real recognitionh that we needed to invest more efforts in the revitalizatioj of Baltimore as a place for the visual arts,” Lazarus said. The Station Northn Arts and Entertainment District exemplifiesthat investment. Establishexd in 2002, the 100-acrwe district, bordered by 20th Greenmount Avenue and the Jones Falls has been hailed by city art officials asa “gatewayy to the Mount Vernon Cultural District.” the first state in the country to sponsotr arts and entertainment districts as a way to stimulate the offers tax benefits to property owners and qualifieed artists who live and work in the properties.
Stationj North is one of 16 such districtsin Maryland. In MICA bought the former Jos. A. Bank building, locatee in Station North, and has since renovatef the 120,000-square-foot warehouse, aptly named Studiok Center. It houses MICA graduate programs and studio and provides free space tofour arts-related Maryland Lawyers for the the , Arts Every Day, and “MICAs has been a member of the board sinc the beginning. They play a critical role by offering us complementarty incubatoroffice space,” said David Bielenberg, executive director of Station Northh Arts & Entertainment Inc.
Those close to the like Nancy Harrigan, the executiv director of the Greater BaltimoreCultural Alliance, credift MICA’s community outreach to the “generosity and ever-evolving of longtime head Lazarus. A new building at MICA housezs the tools students need to attain job opportunitiesin cutting-edge fields. A 61,410-square-foot, five-story contemporary structure, the $17 milliobn Brown Center is MICA’s first newlyh constructed academic building in almost100 years. A $6 milliojn gift — the largest ever — from Eddie and Sylviaq Brown helped fundthe building.
Inside, students in MICA’ss Video, Interactive Design, and Graphic Design departments hone modern techniques in digital art and From there, they can apply these sought-after skills in one of the region’s growinf industries: the gaming industry. Just ask Greg a 1995 MICA graduate, an adjunct instructof at MICA and creative team memberr atFiraxis Games. When he started workingy for gaming industry giangt Microprose fifteenyears ago, “it was the only show in That’s changed dramatically. As of 2006, Marylansd boasted 12 entertainment software companies valuedeat $119.9 million, according to the Entertainmentt Software Association.
Firaxis launched in 1996 with six fourfrom MICA. Within the past the company has growb from 65 employeesto 118. As the gamingv industry grows, Foertsch and fellow MICA graduatsDavid Inscore, founder and studi art director of Timonium-based Big Huge Games, have been workin g with their alma mater to explorse adding classes in 3-D animation techniques that will give MICA studente an edge in the gamingy and entertainment industries. But they won’r replace MICA’s roots. “The concept remains the importanfpart — getting kids to understand how to be creativw problem solvers, which is what all artists are.
The technologyh just makes it easier for them to do their Foertsch said.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Lesbians, Gays Lobby Australian PM Over Dinner - ABC News
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CTV.ca | Lesbians, Gays Lobby Australian PM Over Dinner ABC News Prime Minister Julia Gillard, an opponent of same-sex marriage, hosted a dinner for two lesbian couples and a pair of gay men Tuesday after an Australian activist group won a charity auction. The couples used the three-course meal at Gillard's official ... In Australia: Guess who' ;s coming to dinner? Same-sex advocates hope dinner date can sway Gillard on marriage |
Sunday, February 19, 2012
GET UPDATES FROM Catherine Meeks, Ph.D. - Huffington Post
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GET UPDATES FROM Catherine Meeks, Ph.D. Huffington Post I have always been fascinated to hear the words tucked away in Mark's gospel regarding Jesus seeking a deserted place to pray. "In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place to pray. |
Friday, February 17, 2012
Bailed-out Portugal's main opposition party urges extension of debt-reduction ... - Washington Post
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Bailed-out Portugal's main opposition party urges extension of debt-reduction ... Washington Post LISBON, Portugal â€" The leader of bailed-out Portugal's main opposition party is pressing the government to ask international lenders for a one-year extension on the country's debt reduction targets. Debt-stressed Portugal is locked into an austerity ... |
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Season ends surprisingly for Panthers - Palatka Daily News
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First Coast News | Season ends surprisingly for Panthers Palatka Daily News Shaw had seven rebounds and four assists. n The season came to an end for Crescent City at 9-14 after the Raiders fell behind 26-7 at the end of one quarter and ended up on the short end of a 59-25 matchup with host Newberry in the Region 4-1A ... Paxon ends playoff ru n of Nease girls basketb » |
Monday, February 13, 2012
AG settles with Aetna over student health plans - Houston Business Journal:
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The Aetna plans affected appliefd to students enrolledat , , and the . Underr the settlement, about $114,000 will be available to compensatw claims that were inadequately compensated since the AG's office said in a news The settlement stems from a state investigation into Aetna’s handling of its college-sponsored studentr health care plans in Abbott said that Aetna and its affiliate, , did not updat e certain expense-related data that was used to determine the cost of out-of-networo health care. As a result, Aetna didn't coveer its full cost for out-of-network claims. Aetnz will compensate students or their physicians for underpaid the AG's office said.
Aetna will contact all affected studentss or health care providers in Texaz on how toobtain
The Aetna plans affected appliefd to students enrolledat , , and the . Underr the settlement, about $114,000 will be available to compensatw claims that were inadequately compensated since the AG's office said in a news The settlement stems from a state investigation into Aetna’s handling of its college-sponsored studentr health care plans in Abbott said that Aetna and its affiliate, , did not updat e certain expense-related data that was used to determine the cost of out-of-networo health care. As a result, Aetna didn't coveer its full cost for out-of-network claims. Aetnz will compensate students or their physicians for underpaid the AG's office said.
Aetna will contact all affected studentss or health care providers in Texaz on how toobtain
Friday, February 10, 2012
U.S. December International Trade in Goods and Services (Text) - Bloomberg
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FinFacts Ireland | U.S. December International Trade in Goods and Services (Text) Bloomberg Goods and Services The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total December exports of $178.8 billion and imports of $227.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of ... U S goods and services trade deficit was $558.0bn in 2011 - - up $58bn on 2010 Commerce Department Statement on US International Trade in Goods and Services ... Trade Numbers Show We Need to do More to Increase Exports |
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Raiffeisen Said to Revisit $1.3 Billion Sale on Stock Rise - BusinessWeek
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Raiffeisen Said to Revisit $1.3 Billion Sale on Stock Rise BusinessWeek 8 (Bloomberg) -- Raiffeisen Bank International AG, eastern Europe's third-biggest lender, is revisiting plans for a rights offering after abandoning preparations for a sale last year, four people with knowledge of the talks said. |
Monday, February 6, 2012
UCF wants to cut 5 programs, 51 jobs - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The move is aimed at saving $6.1 millio n and is in addition to $38 million in cuts the university hasalready imposed. The cuts are a result of less money coming fromthe state. Programs being cut are cardiopulmonary engineering technology, management information systems, radiologic sciencexs and statistics and actuarial If approved by the the cuts will impact about 1,100 students. Those close to graduation will receive assistanc from the university to take the courses needede to completetheir majors.
If the board approvea the job cuts, the faculty and staff wouls have two semesters notice before losing their job and some woul d remain employed through the spring 2011 semester to allow students to completetheir degrees. Studentsa will also witness a 15 percent increase in tuition beginning with the fall2009 “I wish the severity of the budgey cuts did not forcse us to consider these actions, but they are in the best interestw of the entire university. This is a very bitteer pill for the UCF communityto swallow,” said UCF presidentg John C.
Hitt, in a prepared
The move is aimed at saving $6.1 millio n and is in addition to $38 million in cuts the university hasalready imposed. The cuts are a result of less money coming fromthe state. Programs being cut are cardiopulmonary engineering technology, management information systems, radiologic sciencexs and statistics and actuarial If approved by the the cuts will impact about 1,100 students. Those close to graduation will receive assistanc from the university to take the courses needede to completetheir majors.
If the board approvea the job cuts, the faculty and staff wouls have two semesters notice before losing their job and some woul d remain employed through the spring 2011 semester to allow students to completetheir degrees. Studentsa will also witness a 15 percent increase in tuition beginning with the fall2009 “I wish the severity of the budgey cuts did not forcse us to consider these actions, but they are in the best interestw of the entire university. This is a very bitteer pill for the UCF communityto swallow,” said UCF presidentg John C.
Hitt, in a prepared
Saturday, February 4, 2012
UN Says Somalia Famine Has Ended, but Warns That Crisis Isn't Over - New York Times
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New York Times | UN Says Somalia Famine Has Ended, but Warns That Crisis Isn't Over New York Times GENEINA, Sudan â€" The United Nations said on Friday that the famine that has killed tens of thousands of people in Somalia this past year has ended, thanks to a bumper harvest and a surge in emergency food deliveries. But conditions are still ... Somalia famine over, humanitarian crisis persists Rains End Famine in Somalia, but Millions Remain at Risk Famine in Somalia is declared over, but dangers persist |
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Reliant gears up for another hot summer - Houston Business Journal:
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The funds will be drawn from the Communityy Assistance from Reliant Energy program to help them pay theirfelectricity bills. Among the programs beingt implemented July 1through Sept. 20, is a moratoriumm on disconnecting electricity servicefor low-income critical-care and other low-income residential customers who contacrt Reliant and agree to a payment plan. Now an entitgy under New Jersey-based , the company is providiny somenew “heat relief” summer entertainmentg options, some free of charge, for familiesw impacted by the downturn in the economy, as well as the continuatioh of the fourth year of the Reliangt Energy Beat the Heat Centers and a newly created home energgy audit program with Rebuilding Togethefr Houston.
The partnership with Rebuilding Togethert Houston includes free home energy auditxs forqualified low-income and elderly residential customers in Houston some of who also may qualif for free attic insulation or free energy efficient compact fluoresceny lights.
The funds will be drawn from the Communityy Assistance from Reliant Energy program to help them pay theirfelectricity bills. Among the programs beingt implemented July 1through Sept. 20, is a moratoriumm on disconnecting electricity servicefor low-income critical-care and other low-income residential customers who contacrt Reliant and agree to a payment plan. Now an entitgy under New Jersey-based , the company is providiny somenew “heat relief” summer entertainmentg options, some free of charge, for familiesw impacted by the downturn in the economy, as well as the continuatioh of the fourth year of the Reliangt Energy Beat the Heat Centers and a newly created home energgy audit program with Rebuilding Togethefr Houston.
The partnership with Rebuilding Togethert Houston includes free home energy auditxs forqualified low-income and elderly residential customers in Houston some of who also may qualif for free attic insulation or free energy efficient compact fluoresceny lights.
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