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The Portland, Ore.-based wind energy company has joinedr forces with Bat Conservation Internationapl in gathering wildlife data at a wind powe r projectin Garrett, Pa. The conservation group’a work will be conducted through the Bats and WindEnergyy Cooperative, a coalition that includes the , the , and the . The work will focu s on the impacts of wind energt on bats and how to addressthe issues. From late July to earlty October, Iberdrola and BCI researchers conducted an experimentt in which some wind turbines at the Casselman Wind Powet Project in southwestern Pennsylvania were stopped duringy certainwind conditions.
Shutting turbines down at certainbwind speeds, and during times when bats are most could be an effectiv e way to lower bat deaths during theird migration period in late the company said. Iberdrola, formerly , is a subsidiarh of Spanish electric giantLast month, Iberdrola S.A. closed on its $4.5 billioj deal to buy the Maine-based electric company with 1.7 milliobn upstate New York customers.
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Justice shall be guiding principle of country: Kapil Sibal - IBNLive
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IBNLive | Justice shall be guiding principle of country: Kapil Sibal IBNLive Patna: Any country or rule which does not have justice as the guiding principle cannot prosper, Union Minister Kapil Sibal said on Saturday. Addressing a convention in Patna, the minister recollected that the day he entered politics he had made up his ... |
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Coronavirus patient dies in Birmingham hospital - The Guardian
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The Guardian | Coronavirus patient dies in Birmingham hospital The Guardian A patient being treated for a new form of a Sars-like virus has died at the Queen Elizabeth hospital, Birmingham. The patient, the fourth in the UK and the third in one family to be identified with the respiratory illness caused by the newly identified ... Patient Dies Fro m Coronavirus In Birmingham Man dies of SARS-like virus at Birmingham's QE Hospital Birmingham patient dies from SARS |
Thursday, February 14, 2013
ATS Services is now Talagy, with new owner - Dayton Business Journal:
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Derek Mercer, the nephew of ATS founder Delores acquired the company and will servseas chair. Kesler will retaimn the title ofchairman emeritus. Amy McGeorge will assume the role of presidentrand CEO. Terms of the acquisitiohn werenot disclosed. “This is an excitinf time in the growth and evolutionof ATS, and I’n pleased to allow the next generation of leadershiop to take the helm,” said Kesler. Kesler created Jacksonville-base ATS Services in 1977, eventually forminbg a parent company that merged with three otherstaffinb firms, including .
The businesas split into two ventures: , whicn became a publicly traded company and isnow , and ATS Mercer worked as the director of information technology at ATS Servicesd before creating his own company, , a globap provider of on-demand talent managemenyt software, in 1996. Kesler provided a loan that helped startfthe company. Vurv Technology was acquirefd by (NASDAQ: TLEO) in 2008 for $128.8 Talagy, which has 11 offices around the country and 80 will continue to offer the same products and but instead of operating under multipls brands and business units the compan y will consolidate into asingle brand.
Derek Mercer, the nephew of ATS founder Delores acquired the company and will servseas chair. Kesler will retaimn the title ofchairman emeritus. Amy McGeorge will assume the role of presidentrand CEO. Terms of the acquisitiohn werenot disclosed. “This is an excitinf time in the growth and evolutionof ATS, and I’n pleased to allow the next generation of leadershiop to take the helm,” said Kesler. Kesler created Jacksonville-base ATS Services in 1977, eventually forminbg a parent company that merged with three otherstaffinb firms, including .
The businesas split into two ventures: , whicn became a publicly traded company and isnow , and ATS Mercer worked as the director of information technology at ATS Servicesd before creating his own company, , a globap provider of on-demand talent managemenyt software, in 1996. Kesler provided a loan that helped startfthe company. Vurv Technology was acquirefd by (NASDAQ: TLEO) in 2008 for $128.8 Talagy, which has 11 offices around the country and 80 will continue to offer the same products and but instead of operating under multipls brands and business units the compan y will consolidate into asingle brand.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
CATS gets N.C. award for safety - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The award is given to an urban transit system that travels more than 1 million miles per year and has excelleng performance in traffic andpassenger CATS’ buses traveled some 12 million miles in 2008 and had only 0.43 preventablee accidents per 100,000 miles. That is a 17 percent reduction in preventable accidentsfrom 2007. Last CATS buses carried more than 19 million passengerseSince 2001, preventable accidents are down 63 percent. Duringf the same period, CATS increased its servicew by42 percent, and ridership rose 63 “Safety is our No.1 priority,” says Keitgh Parker, chief executive of CATS.
“Wed are proud of the outstanding performance that more than 500 bus operatorsx exhibit each day in transportiny customers safely totheie destination.” CATS attributes its safet success to its driver-training program, whichg incorporates computer simulation, on-street practice and refreshedr training.
The award is given to an urban transit system that travels more than 1 million miles per year and has excelleng performance in traffic andpassenger CATS’ buses traveled some 12 million miles in 2008 and had only 0.43 preventablee accidents per 100,000 miles. That is a 17 percent reduction in preventable accidentsfrom 2007. Last CATS buses carried more than 19 million passengerseSince 2001, preventable accidents are down 63 percent. Duringf the same period, CATS increased its servicew by42 percent, and ridership rose 63 “Safety is our No.1 priority,” says Keitgh Parker, chief executive of CATS.
“Wed are proud of the outstanding performance that more than 500 bus operatorsx exhibit each day in transportiny customers safely totheie destination.” CATS attributes its safet success to its driver-training program, whichg incorporates computer simulation, on-street practice and refreshedr training.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Home sales rise again - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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The says existing home sales, including single-familh homes, condos and coops, rose 2.4 percent in May. It was the firs t back-to-back monthly gain in existing home sales since September 2005. “Historically low mortgage ratesx clearly drew buyers into the and housing remains very affordable even with a recengt uptickin rates,” said NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun. “First time buyersa are also being drawn off the sidelinese bythe $8,000 tax which is helping to absorb inventory.” The numbers could be even better, if it weren’t for poor appraisals, says the Realtorxs association.
While pending sales of existinhhomes - those with signe d contracts but not closed - indicated stronger activity, some contracts are falling through from faultty valuations that keep buyers from getting a loan, said Yun. The NAR callw the appraisal problem serious, and says complaints abou t faulty appraisals have been snowballing across the First time buyers accountecd for 29 percent of salesin May. The number of buyerzs actively looking is up almost 10 percent from ayear ago. Condominium and cooperative sales saw the biggest gainin May, up 6.1 percenf from April.
The says existing home sales, including single-familh homes, condos and coops, rose 2.4 percent in May. It was the firs t back-to-back monthly gain in existing home sales since September 2005. “Historically low mortgage ratesx clearly drew buyers into the and housing remains very affordable even with a recengt uptickin rates,” said NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun. “First time buyersa are also being drawn off the sidelinese bythe $8,000 tax which is helping to absorb inventory.” The numbers could be even better, if it weren’t for poor appraisals, says the Realtorxs association.
While pending sales of existinhhomes - those with signe d contracts but not closed - indicated stronger activity, some contracts are falling through from faultty valuations that keep buyers from getting a loan, said Yun. The NAR callw the appraisal problem serious, and says complaints abou t faulty appraisals have been snowballing across the First time buyers accountecd for 29 percent of salesin May. The number of buyerzs actively looking is up almost 10 percent from ayear ago. Condominium and cooperative sales saw the biggest gainin May, up 6.1 percenf from April.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
College of Nanoscale Science will start undergraduate program - Sacramento Business Journal:
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State University of New York Chancellofr Nancy Zimpher made the announcement Friday atthe college’ws Fuller Road campus. Currently, the college offers only master’s and doctoral programs. Some undergraduate courses will be offered inthe fall, but the firsgt full class of about 50 students will startt in the spring, said Robert Geer, vice presidentf of academic affairs at the school. The college plands to grow the freshman class to 300 to 500 in the next four or five saidAlain Kaloyeros, the college’s vice president and CEO. The baccalaureatew program will be funded througha $10 millionj endowment, a donation that includes an undisclosed amount from G.
Thomaa Selfridge, who owns The endowment is expected to covefrtuition costs, Kaloyeros said. Selfridge also made an endowmenf when the campus openedin 2001. The stated approved the four-year program two weeks ago. Albany Nanotech will not add to its staff of 55 Geer said, but that number is expectede to grow to 75 over the next five years. Friday’z announcement was another milestone for the AlbanyNanoTech campus, where the college is located. Earlie this week, officials there announced that private, federaol and state investments at the campuz hadtopped $5 billion. Employment has also exceededc the 2,500-mark.
That’s the number of researchers, engineers, students and faculty that now work atthe 800,000-square-foott complex. With an average salary of those numbers translate to an annuapl payrollof $202 million. Albany NanoTech opened its fourtn building, NanoFab 300 this past spring. Zimpher became chancelloer June 1. She is touring SUNY campusese over the nextfew months.
State University of New York Chancellofr Nancy Zimpher made the announcement Friday atthe college’ws Fuller Road campus. Currently, the college offers only master’s and doctoral programs. Some undergraduate courses will be offered inthe fall, but the firsgt full class of about 50 students will startt in the spring, said Robert Geer, vice presidentf of academic affairs at the school. The college plands to grow the freshman class to 300 to 500 in the next four or five saidAlain Kaloyeros, the college’s vice president and CEO. The baccalaureatew program will be funded througha $10 millionj endowment, a donation that includes an undisclosed amount from G.
Thomaa Selfridge, who owns The endowment is expected to covefrtuition costs, Kaloyeros said. Selfridge also made an endowmenf when the campus openedin 2001. The stated approved the four-year program two weeks ago. Albany Nanotech will not add to its staff of 55 Geer said, but that number is expectede to grow to 75 over the next five years. Friday’z announcement was another milestone for the AlbanyNanoTech campus, where the college is located. Earlie this week, officials there announced that private, federaol and state investments at the campuz hadtopped $5 billion. Employment has also exceededc the 2,500-mark.
That’s the number of researchers, engineers, students and faculty that now work atthe 800,000-square-foott complex. With an average salary of those numbers translate to an annuapl payrollof $202 million. Albany NanoTech opened its fourtn building, NanoFab 300 this past spring. Zimpher became chancelloer June 1. She is touring SUNY campusese over the nextfew months.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Garza pleased to represent St. Charles East at state - Chicago Daily Herald
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Garza pleased to represent St. Charles East at state Chicago Daily Herald It would be nicer were his teammates bowling alongside him, but St. Charles East's Alex Garza is downstate. The Saints' second individual state bowler in four years â€" current assistant boys bowling coach C.J. Logue made it in 2010 â€" on Friday Garza ... |
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Metro adds, eliminates Houston-area routes - Houston Business Journal:
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New routes include the 402 Quickline Bellaire, which will complement the 2 Bellaird alreadyin service. The other is the 32 Renwick which will operate alontg Renwickand Fountainview, between Braeswood and Woodway, weekday s between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. The new routes will begih June 1. Metro has also added a 4:25 p.m. inboundf trip and a 3:50 p.m. outboune trip to its 204 SprinbPark & Ride • The Neuens and Memoriall City branches of 20 Long Point. The route will now operater alongLong Point, Gessner, Westview, Business Center and Brittmoore, servin the Houston Community College Town and Country campusx and the Wal-Mart located just west of Beltway 8.
87 Sunnyside/Plaza del Oro/TMC will no longetr operate along Braeswood, W.C. and portions of Old Spanish Trail. Instead it will operate via Holcombreand Cambridge. • 326 TMC Campuds Circulator. Metro is makinhg this change due to low ridership on the and duplication by othef bus servicesand • The 44 Acrew Homes route will no longer operatde along Stallings, Bonazzi and McCrarey due to low ridershipl in the area. For more informatioh on the changes, .
New routes include the 402 Quickline Bellaire, which will complement the 2 Bellaird alreadyin service. The other is the 32 Renwick which will operate alontg Renwickand Fountainview, between Braeswood and Woodway, weekday s between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. The new routes will begih June 1. Metro has also added a 4:25 p.m. inboundf trip and a 3:50 p.m. outboune trip to its 204 SprinbPark & Ride • The Neuens and Memoriall City branches of 20 Long Point. The route will now operater alongLong Point, Gessner, Westview, Business Center and Brittmoore, servin the Houston Community College Town and Country campusx and the Wal-Mart located just west of Beltway 8.
87 Sunnyside/Plaza del Oro/TMC will no longetr operate along Braeswood, W.C. and portions of Old Spanish Trail. Instead it will operate via Holcombreand Cambridge. • 326 TMC Campuds Circulator. Metro is makinhg this change due to low ridership on the and duplication by othef bus servicesand • The 44 Acrew Homes route will no longer operatde along Stallings, Bonazzi and McCrarey due to low ridershipl in the area. For more informatioh on the changes, .
Friday, January 11, 2013
RSPCA summoned to meet head of charity watchdog after controversial David ... - Telegraph.co.uk
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Telegraph.co.uk | RSPCA summoned to meet head of charity watchdog after controversial David ... Telegraph.co.uk The RSPCA was reported to the Charity Commission by MPs and peers last month for controversially funding the successful prosecution against the Heythrop Hunt. Mr Cameron is a local MP in the area where the Heythrop hunts. Now it has emerged that the ... |
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Talking up tangible engineering - The Engineer
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The Engineer | Talking up tangible engineering The Engineer With Christmas firmly behind us, it's ironic that the Radio Times - a publication that for many is solely associated with the festive season - has triggered one of the first widely reported engineering debates of the New Year. In an interview with the ... Back Tangible Technology Not We b Fads, says Dyson Bagless Vacuum Inventor Wants More Engineers, Less Game Devs Sir James Dyson criticises government for backing games industry |
Monday, January 7, 2013
ABX parent wins business from Qantas, DHL - Dallas Business Journal:
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Wilmington-based Inc. (NASDAQ:ATSG) said that ABX under a new agreement will run charter service six days a weekbetween Brussels, Belgium, and Lagos, Nigeria, for DHL affiliates European Air Transport NV/SA. The agreemen t initially calls for service to run through As part of theDHL agreement, ABX and a newly formed Air Transport subsidiary, Airborne Maintenance and Engineering will maintain the aircraft in Brussels and Air Transport also said it signerd a two-year agreement with Freight, a subsidiary of Australian carried Qantas Airways Ltd.
The deal callsx for its Air Transport International subsidiary to run overnight servics between Australia and New Zealand every Monday througnh Thursday beginningJune 15. Air Transport said the company will useBoeingv 767-200-SF aircraft, which also will be availablwe for charter service and weekend rotations. The new contractes come amid an ongoing effort from Air Transporr to diversify its revenue streaj after losing thousands of jobsas DHL, its primaryg customer, has made drastic changes to its U.S. operations. Thosse moves include halting domestic point-to-point shipping and planningv to shift cargo operations tothe Cincinnati-Northerhn Kentucky Airport from the Wilmingtoh Air Park.
The Airborne Maintenance subsidiary, whicy earlier this year was awardeda $4 million tax credit for proposed operations in Wilmington, was formedc in the wake of DHL’s plans.
Wilmington-based Inc. (NASDAQ:ATSG) said that ABX under a new agreement will run charter service six days a weekbetween Brussels, Belgium, and Lagos, Nigeria, for DHL affiliates European Air Transport NV/SA. The agreemen t initially calls for service to run through As part of theDHL agreement, ABX and a newly formed Air Transport subsidiary, Airborne Maintenance and Engineering will maintain the aircraft in Brussels and Air Transport also said it signerd a two-year agreement with Freight, a subsidiary of Australian carried Qantas Airways Ltd.
The deal callsx for its Air Transport International subsidiary to run overnight servics between Australia and New Zealand every Monday througnh Thursday beginningJune 15. Air Transport said the company will useBoeingv 767-200-SF aircraft, which also will be availablwe for charter service and weekend rotations. The new contractes come amid an ongoing effort from Air Transporr to diversify its revenue streaj after losing thousands of jobsas DHL, its primaryg customer, has made drastic changes to its U.S. operations. Thosse moves include halting domestic point-to-point shipping and planningv to shift cargo operations tothe Cincinnati-Northerhn Kentucky Airport from the Wilmingtoh Air Park.
The Airborne Maintenance subsidiary, whicy earlier this year was awardeda $4 million tax credit for proposed operations in Wilmington, was formedc in the wake of DHL’s plans.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Highwoods lines up $162M in loans - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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Both loans should close within60 days. Highwoodsw (NYSE: HIW) says it will use the monety to repay debt and for generalcorporate “We are very pleased with thesw loan commitments, which will further fortifg our already healthy balance sheet, enhancr our liquidity and position Highwoods to take advantaged of future growth opportunities,” Ed Fritsch, president and chiefc executive officer, said in a written According to Highwoods, the two loans are: * A $115.0 6.5-year secured loan provided by at a fixedf rate of 6.875 percent. It is secured by a pool of 10 assetswin Nashville, Raleigh and * A $47.3 7-year secured loan arranged by at a fixede rate of 7.5 percent.
It is secured by the offic portion of RBC Plaza in Highwoods also announced that it has paid off a securefd loanof $107 million, whichh carried a rate of 7.8 percentt and was originally scheduled to mature in November 2009. There were no prepayment penalties.
Both loans should close within60 days. Highwoodsw (NYSE: HIW) says it will use the monety to repay debt and for generalcorporate “We are very pleased with thesw loan commitments, which will further fortifg our already healthy balance sheet, enhancr our liquidity and position Highwoods to take advantaged of future growth opportunities,” Ed Fritsch, president and chiefc executive officer, said in a written According to Highwoods, the two loans are: * A $115.0 6.5-year secured loan provided by at a fixedf rate of 6.875 percent. It is secured by a pool of 10 assetswin Nashville, Raleigh and * A $47.3 7-year secured loan arranged by at a fixede rate of 7.5 percent.
It is secured by the offic portion of RBC Plaza in Highwoods also announced that it has paid off a securefd loanof $107 million, whichh carried a rate of 7.8 percentt and was originally scheduled to mature in November 2009. There were no prepayment penalties.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Delphi salaried retirees eye pension suit - Dayton Business Journal:
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If not stopped, retirees fear that the move coulde drastically cut the value ofyounger ex-white collare workers’ pensions by as much as 50 said James Frost of Clarence, N.Y., a board member and organizer of the Delph i Salaried Retiree Association. The legal action is being spearheadedd by 100 to 200 retirees in Ohio who belonvg tothe 5,400-member association but who are actinv on their own, Frost said. “(The DSRA is) serving as supporrt by gathering information and sharingh it with all our members and by contacting legislatorsd aroundthe country,” Frost said. “We are not startiny our own (legal) action because it would duplicate what theyare doing.
” The opposition sprang out of the modifieed reorganization plan Delphi disclosed on June 1. The to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, said it would cancel its pension obligations and have assumer thehourly workers’ pensions and the governmenft take over the salaried employees’ plan. who worked at GM for 25 year and at Delphifor six, said hourlyh workers’ pensions won’t be affected “at least in the short but salaried workers who retired at 55 could lose half the values of theirs. “We want our pensions also to be transferred to he said. The suit would charge Delphi, GM, the II and the U.S. Treasuruy with collusion againstthe retirees.
In the reorganization plan for GM’s former parts II LLC — a unit of Platinunm Equity — would acquire and operate Delphi’s U.S. and businesses by supplying $3.6 billionj in capital. Delphi was formed in 1999 when GM spun off its partxmanufacturing division. The Troy, Mich.,-based company, GM’sd largest supplier, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcu protection inOctober 2005.
If not stopped, retirees fear that the move coulde drastically cut the value ofyounger ex-white collare workers’ pensions by as much as 50 said James Frost of Clarence, N.Y., a board member and organizer of the Delph i Salaried Retiree Association. The legal action is being spearheadedd by 100 to 200 retirees in Ohio who belonvg tothe 5,400-member association but who are actinv on their own, Frost said. “(The DSRA is) serving as supporrt by gathering information and sharingh it with all our members and by contacting legislatorsd aroundthe country,” Frost said. “We are not startiny our own (legal) action because it would duplicate what theyare doing.
” The opposition sprang out of the modifieed reorganization plan Delphi disclosed on June 1. The to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, said it would cancel its pension obligations and have assumer thehourly workers’ pensions and the governmenft take over the salaried employees’ plan. who worked at GM for 25 year and at Delphifor six, said hourlyh workers’ pensions won’t be affected “at least in the short but salaried workers who retired at 55 could lose half the values of theirs. “We want our pensions also to be transferred to he said. The suit would charge Delphi, GM, the II and the U.S. Treasuruy with collusion againstthe retirees.
In the reorganization plan for GM’s former parts II LLC — a unit of Platinunm Equity — would acquire and operate Delphi’s U.S. and businesses by supplying $3.6 billionj in capital. Delphi was formed in 1999 when GM spun off its partxmanufacturing division. The Troy, Mich.,-based company, GM’sd largest supplier, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcu protection inOctober 2005.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Service for pirating iOS apps abruptly closes, cites 'stagnant' community - Apple Insider
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Apple Insider | Service for pirating iOS apps abruptly closes, cites 'stagnant' community Apple Insider Service for pirating iOS apps abruptly closes, cites 'stagnant' community. By Sam Oliver. A prominent service for jailbroken iPhones that served up stolen iOS App Store applications abruptly closed on Sunday, marking a major victory for Apple in the ... Hackulous, the pirated iOS app community, abruptly closes Hackulous closes its doors, taking Inst » |
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