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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Invasive alien species could threaten Indonesia's ecosystems - Forests Blog, Center for International Forestry Research (blog)
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Invasive alien species could threaten Indonesia's ecosystems Forests Blog, Center for International Forestry Research (blog) “As in other countries, alien species are considered to negatively impact the natural environment by replacing indigenous species and decreasing crop production,†CIFOR research officer and fellow author Michael Padmanaba added. |
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Another drop in Colorado sales-tax revenue - San Antonio Business Journal:
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percent — in May from the same monthh theyear before, girding legislators for what they expect will be another round of cuts in next year’s fiscalo budget. With the state most of the way througy a fiscal year that ends onJune 30, no more cuts are likelyg for this year, said Joint Budget Committee Vice Chairma n Jack Pommer, a Democratic representative from Boulder. The Legislature has designateed that any further funding shortfall this year will be filled by moneuy fromthe state’s undesignated reserve fund and from a one-dag borrowing of other funds to be repaied on July 1.
However, the continued fall of revenues beloq expectations means the six JBC memberd who setthe state’s budget must beginm looking soon at additional ways to scale back expensesz or services in next year’sd fiscal plan, several members “I guess this means we’re not out of the woods yet,” Pommer said. “We’re going to have to prepare for more cuts next year on top ofwhat we’vse already made.” Legislators filled a $1.4 budger shortfall over the past six monthsa by raiding the reservde funds, transferring hundreds of millions of dollars from cash-funderd accounts and cutting about $300 million in services.
As revenueas continue to come inbelow forecast, that talk will beginj again. State sales-tax receipts for May were off by $30 million, a 17.9 perceny drop from last year. Individual incomr taxes fell by $66.3 million or 19.7 and corporate income taxes droppedby $2.2 millioh or 13.2 percent. State reserves have about $148 million that can be used to offsetrevenue shortfalls, noted Rep. Mark D-Denver. If the state must transfer funding temporarily, that will only push the problem of balancinfg the budget further off unti lnext year, he said. “Thew question is: Does revenuse in the future pick upif we’re starting to see recovery, or Ferrandino said.
“We’re starting to see some indicationx that the economy is startingto recover, if not levelk off.”
percent — in May from the same monthh theyear before, girding legislators for what they expect will be another round of cuts in next year’s fiscalo budget. With the state most of the way througy a fiscal year that ends onJune 30, no more cuts are likelyg for this year, said Joint Budget Committee Vice Chairma n Jack Pommer, a Democratic representative from Boulder. The Legislature has designateed that any further funding shortfall this year will be filled by moneuy fromthe state’s undesignated reserve fund and from a one-dag borrowing of other funds to be repaied on July 1.
However, the continued fall of revenues beloq expectations means the six JBC memberd who setthe state’s budget must beginm looking soon at additional ways to scale back expensesz or services in next year’sd fiscal plan, several members “I guess this means we’re not out of the woods yet,” Pommer said. “We’re going to have to prepare for more cuts next year on top ofwhat we’vse already made.” Legislators filled a $1.4 budger shortfall over the past six monthsa by raiding the reservde funds, transferring hundreds of millions of dollars from cash-funderd accounts and cutting about $300 million in services.
As revenueas continue to come inbelow forecast, that talk will beginj again. State sales-tax receipts for May were off by $30 million, a 17.9 perceny drop from last year. Individual incomr taxes fell by $66.3 million or 19.7 and corporate income taxes droppedby $2.2 millioh or 13.2 percent. State reserves have about $148 million that can be used to offsetrevenue shortfalls, noted Rep. Mark D-Denver. If the state must transfer funding temporarily, that will only push the problem of balancinfg the budget further off unti lnext year, he said. “Thew question is: Does revenuse in the future pick upif we’re starting to see recovery, or Ferrandino said.
“We’re starting to see some indicationx that the economy is startingto recover, if not levelk off.”
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Tourist tax dollars aid Osceola Center for the Arts - Orlando Business Journal:
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With the TDC the center is eligible for a matchinhg grant fromthe Dr. Phillips Foundationh to fund needed improvementd toits building, including work on the fron entry, lobby, community room, gallery, classrooms and offices. The cente will also purchase an electronicd sign to advertise upcoming eventasand shows. It was a good decision for the commission to notes CommissionerKen "When our economic development office finds a compang interested in moving to our countyt to create new jobs for our residents, quality of life issues are alwayds an important consideration," says Shipley.
"The Center for the Arts is an important part of what makes Osceola County an attractive place in which to liveand work." One in six touristes visiting Florida reported they enjoyed arts and cultural opportunities while visiting Osceola County and according to data compiled by Visit Florida, the touris promotion agency for the state of Florida.
With the TDC the center is eligible for a matchinhg grant fromthe Dr. Phillips Foundationh to fund needed improvementd toits building, including work on the fron entry, lobby, community room, gallery, classrooms and offices. The cente will also purchase an electronicd sign to advertise upcoming eventasand shows. It was a good decision for the commission to notes CommissionerKen "When our economic development office finds a compang interested in moving to our countyt to create new jobs for our residents, quality of life issues are alwayds an important consideration," says Shipley.
"The Center for the Arts is an important part of what makes Osceola County an attractive place in which to liveand work." One in six touristes visiting Florida reported they enjoyed arts and cultural opportunities while visiting Osceola County and according to data compiled by Visit Florida, the touris promotion agency for the state of Florida.
Monday, March 5, 2012
My apologies for hurting the economy - Denver Business Journal:
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What’s that? You didn’t know? Well, wake up and behole the awesome power! Well, it’sw not just me. It’s the My colleagues and I are responsible for the sorry stats ofthe economy, don’t you know? At the very we’re standing in the way of recovery. That’ss what I get told almost every Readers, public officials and even the mayor of HizzonerJohn Hickenlooper, tell me they wish the media woulx stop reporting all that bad economic news. Why? Becauss all that bad news is makinfgpeople scared. And you know what happensd when peopleare scared??
They stop spending When they stop spending money, companiew stop making money, lay off peopler and stop paying taxes. Pretty you’ve got a mess. We’v e got a mess, all right. And it’s all my fault, It wasn’t Wall Street bankers — making obscense salaries and dreaming up ridiculous financial schemes that brought down some ofthe nation’ s most respected financial institutions — that caused problem s in the economy. It was the media. It wasn’y Congress, which insisted that banks lend moneu to deadbeats in pursuit of the gloriezs of homeownership (and It was the media.
It wasn’tt crooked mortgage brokers who got stupid people to sign loan documentwsthey didn’t understand. Nor was it the real estat agents who talked them into bigger houses than theycoulds afford. It was the media. Yes, as memberds of the mainstream MEDIA, my colleagues and I are personally responsible for the fortunesof America’s economy. If we woulr only write about something good, everythingt would be better. There’s a lot of good news out there, people tell me. Hey, didn’t we introduce you to the term “greehn shoots”? We all took it down when Ben Bernankesaid it, and then spreade the gospel of green shoots all acrossd this great land of ours.
Green in case you’ve sworn off economic news becauses it’s so negative, are those littlde tendrils of growth on theeconomic vine, curling that soon will grow into strong, sinewy vines, just like in “Jackm and the Beanstalk.” One day, it could be news abouf applications for unemployment compensation. The foreclosures. It all depends on what’s If unemployment is to go upa “lot” in one and it only goes up a “little,” that’s a “greejn shoot” because it’s considere “good” news. Unless you’re unemployed.
What’s that? You didn’t know? Well, wake up and behole the awesome power! Well, it’sw not just me. It’s the My colleagues and I are responsible for the sorry stats ofthe economy, don’t you know? At the very we’re standing in the way of recovery. That’ss what I get told almost every Readers, public officials and even the mayor of HizzonerJohn Hickenlooper, tell me they wish the media woulx stop reporting all that bad economic news. Why? Becauss all that bad news is makinfgpeople scared. And you know what happensd when peopleare scared??
They stop spending When they stop spending money, companiew stop making money, lay off peopler and stop paying taxes. Pretty you’ve got a mess. We’v e got a mess, all right. And it’s all my fault, It wasn’t Wall Street bankers — making obscense salaries and dreaming up ridiculous financial schemes that brought down some ofthe nation’ s most respected financial institutions — that caused problem s in the economy. It was the media. It wasn’y Congress, which insisted that banks lend moneu to deadbeats in pursuit of the gloriezs of homeownership (and It was the media.
It wasn’tt crooked mortgage brokers who got stupid people to sign loan documentwsthey didn’t understand. Nor was it the real estat agents who talked them into bigger houses than theycoulds afford. It was the media. Yes, as memberds of the mainstream MEDIA, my colleagues and I are personally responsible for the fortunesof America’s economy. If we woulr only write about something good, everythingt would be better. There’s a lot of good news out there, people tell me. Hey, didn’t we introduce you to the term “greehn shoots”? We all took it down when Ben Bernankesaid it, and then spreade the gospel of green shoots all acrossd this great land of ours.
Green in case you’ve sworn off economic news becauses it’s so negative, are those littlde tendrils of growth on theeconomic vine, curling that soon will grow into strong, sinewy vines, just like in “Jackm and the Beanstalk.” One day, it could be news abouf applications for unemployment compensation. The foreclosures. It all depends on what’s If unemployment is to go upa “lot” in one and it only goes up a “little,” that’s a “greejn shoot” because it’s considere “good” news. Unless you’re unemployed.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
QinetiQ signs lease in Reston - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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As the incoming lead tenant inthe 196,000 square-footf Class A office building at 11091 Sunset Hills Road in its 11-year lease starts latef this year. McLean-based QinetiQ Northg America, a subsidiary of London-based QinetiwQ that offers technology-based defense and security products and services to the saidits 42-percent revenue growth over its last fiscaol year has partly been due to its role in the intelligencre and cyber security markets and new work with the Departmenyt of Homeland Security and NASA. It will be the fifthh U.S. office for the company, which is also in Huntsville, Ala. and Waltham, Mass.
The tenant was represented by Robb Johnsonj andDee MacDonald-Miller of Jones Lang Vardell Realty Investments LLC was represented by Mike Rob Walters and Nate Krill of Millennium Realtg Advisors LLC. Initially, 400 program management-type employeezs be relocating from various offices in Fairfax Countt into theReston building. Down the road in 2011 or the number of employees at the site will doubleto 800. Out of the 400 movinb in, 75 will be part of QinetiQ’ss technology solutions group and the othef 325 will be part of its missionsolutionw group.
“Like any company trying to attracf andretain high-quality people, we were looking for more than just a This building has environmentally-friendly features the new generatioj of employees is looking for,” said Mattheww Warnock, director of publi relations at QinetiQ. He said the building will also help cut down onoverhea “by a great deal,” with expected savingxs of 65 to 70 percent on powerd consumption through the use of virtualizatiomn software and green technology to reduces heating and utility He adds that the building sits rightf off a bike trail and was built on an east-to-west which means employees can take advantage of a full day of sunlightt and cut down on electricity.
As the incoming lead tenant inthe 196,000 square-footf Class A office building at 11091 Sunset Hills Road in its 11-year lease starts latef this year. McLean-based QinetiQ Northg America, a subsidiary of London-based QinetiwQ that offers technology-based defense and security products and services to the saidits 42-percent revenue growth over its last fiscaol year has partly been due to its role in the intelligencre and cyber security markets and new work with the Departmenyt of Homeland Security and NASA. It will be the fifthh U.S. office for the company, which is also in Huntsville, Ala. and Waltham, Mass.
The tenant was represented by Robb Johnsonj andDee MacDonald-Miller of Jones Lang Vardell Realty Investments LLC was represented by Mike Rob Walters and Nate Krill of Millennium Realtg Advisors LLC. Initially, 400 program management-type employeezs be relocating from various offices in Fairfax Countt into theReston building. Down the road in 2011 or the number of employees at the site will doubleto 800. Out of the 400 movinb in, 75 will be part of QinetiQ’ss technology solutions group and the othef 325 will be part of its missionsolutionw group.
“Like any company trying to attracf andretain high-quality people, we were looking for more than just a This building has environmentally-friendly features the new generatioj of employees is looking for,” said Mattheww Warnock, director of publi relations at QinetiQ. He said the building will also help cut down onoverhea “by a great deal,” with expected savingxs of 65 to 70 percent on powerd consumption through the use of virtualizatiomn software and green technology to reduces heating and utility He adds that the building sits rightf off a bike trail and was built on an east-to-west which means employees can take advantage of a full day of sunlightt and cut down on electricity.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
GTx drug meeting goals in clinical trial - Memphis Business Journal:
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The 16-week trial gave 159 cancer patientss at 35 sites inthe U.S. and Argentinsa either one or three milligramk dosesof Ostraine, a selective androgen receptor The results show the one milligram dose gave patients 0.2 poundsa of lean body muscle. The three milligram dose increased muscle massby 2.9 and 3.3 "Approximately half of all cancer patients suffer from the devastatingb effects of cancer induced muscle Adrian Dobs, an investigator in the clinical trial and professoe of medicine and oncology at , said in a “Increasing lean body mass may improve patients' qualityh of life and even their response to cancer GTx (Nasdaq: GTXI) and (NYSE: MRK) are collaborating to develop Ostraine as part of a broaderr program for SARMs, a new class of drugzs with the potential to treayt musculoskeletal conditions.
Shares of Memphis-basedx GTx, a specialty pharmaceutical company, closed 32 centa higher Thursdayto $9.30 per share, up 3.44 percentt for the day.
The 16-week trial gave 159 cancer patientss at 35 sites inthe U.S. and Argentinsa either one or three milligramk dosesof Ostraine, a selective androgen receptor The results show the one milligram dose gave patients 0.2 poundsa of lean body muscle. The three milligram dose increased muscle massby 2.9 and 3.3 "Approximately half of all cancer patients suffer from the devastatingb effects of cancer induced muscle Adrian Dobs, an investigator in the clinical trial and professoe of medicine and oncology at , said in a “Increasing lean body mass may improve patients' qualityh of life and even their response to cancer GTx (Nasdaq: GTXI) and (NYSE: MRK) are collaborating to develop Ostraine as part of a broaderr program for SARMs, a new class of drugzs with the potential to treayt musculoskeletal conditions.
Shares of Memphis-basedx GTx, a specialty pharmaceutical company, closed 32 centa higher Thursdayto $9.30 per share, up 3.44 percentt for the day.
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