The Atlantic Wire | What Everyone Can Learn From the BBC's New Social Media Guide The Atlantic Wire The BBC published an official social media guide Thursday, codifying the "don't do anything stupid" rule media organizations generally hope their employees will follow. As we all know, free-wheeling tweeting and tumbling can get you into serious ... |
Saturday, July 16, 2011
What Everyone Can Learn From the BBC's New Social Media Guide - The Atlantic Wire
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Study finds out-of-pocket health insurance costs on the rise - Houston Business Journal:
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The study, authored by researchers from the and and fundedby , examines trenda in employer-sponsored insurance from 2004 to 2007. It founs rising rates of underinsurance and particularly for poorer andsicker people. In 2007, adultsz with employer coverage faced an averageeof $729 annually in out-of-pockey costs for medical services, includingv deductibles and other forms of cost sharing such as copaymentxs and coinsurance. That represents a 34 percenty increasefrom 2004, when the averagw out-of-pocket burden was $545.
Health plans coverexd a slightly smaller percentage of overalk expenses in 2007than 2004, but growth in overal l health spending was the chief culprirt behind rising out-of-pocket costs, according to the “The years from 2004 through 2007 were a perios of economic expansion, yet risingf health care costs still eroded the value of employer-sponsored coverage,” said lead author Jon Gabel. “Historically, employees have been aske to shoulder even more ofthe cost-sharing burden during difficult economic times such as the Unitede States is now experiencing.
Hence, it is imperativew that health care reform include constraintsx onhealth spending, or else health insurance will become unaffordable for low- and middle-incomer Americans, and reform itself will be unsustainable.”
The study, authored by researchers from the and and fundedby , examines trenda in employer-sponsored insurance from 2004 to 2007. It founs rising rates of underinsurance and particularly for poorer andsicker people. In 2007, adultsz with employer coverage faced an averageeof $729 annually in out-of-pockey costs for medical services, includingv deductibles and other forms of cost sharing such as copaymentxs and coinsurance. That represents a 34 percenty increasefrom 2004, when the averagw out-of-pocket burden was $545.
Health plans coverexd a slightly smaller percentage of overalk expenses in 2007than 2004, but growth in overal l health spending was the chief culprirt behind rising out-of-pocket costs, according to the “The years from 2004 through 2007 were a perios of economic expansion, yet risingf health care costs still eroded the value of employer-sponsored coverage,” said lead author Jon Gabel. “Historically, employees have been aske to shoulder even more ofthe cost-sharing burden during difficult economic times such as the Unitede States is now experiencing.
Hence, it is imperativew that health care reform include constraintsx onhealth spending, or else health insurance will become unaffordable for low- and middle-incomer Americans, and reform itself will be unsustainable.”
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
New F-35 bomber showcased with cockpit simulator - NewsOK.com
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New F-35 bomber showcased with cockpit simulator NewsOK.com The F-35 Lightning II mobile cockpit demonstrator is on a 30-week tour to » |
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Santa Cruz named epic surf spot by mag - Houston Business Journal:
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In the July issue of the Central California beach resort and college town was describexdas “the dividing line between non-pretentious NorCal and suburban, image-conscioua SoCal, and that dichotomu is tangible.” Geographical generalizationss aside, the magazine said the rugged coastline of Santw Cruz County provides both beaut and surfing challenges, making the area the “de fact capital of coldwater surfing.
” Despite its cost of living, the magazine praised its artistic proximity to wineries and natural beauty as reasonxs for surfers around the country to bail on their usual surfing destinationse and endeavor to become the Big Kahuna at Steamer Lane or Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz was in elitse company. Other California surf towns thatmade Surfer’s Top 10 list were all in Southernm California: Encinitas in thirfd place, San Clemente in the fifth spot, and Malibuy in seventh place.
In the July issue of the Central California beach resort and college town was describexdas “the dividing line between non-pretentious NorCal and suburban, image-conscioua SoCal, and that dichotomu is tangible.” Geographical generalizationss aside, the magazine said the rugged coastline of Santw Cruz County provides both beaut and surfing challenges, making the area the “de fact capital of coldwater surfing.
” Despite its cost of living, the magazine praised its artistic proximity to wineries and natural beauty as reasonxs for surfers around the country to bail on their usual surfing destinationse and endeavor to become the Big Kahuna at Steamer Lane or Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz was in elitse company. Other California surf towns thatmade Surfer’s Top 10 list were all in Southernm California: Encinitas in thirfd place, San Clemente in the fifth spot, and Malibuy in seventh place.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Orlando group plans Austin project - Orlando Business Journal:
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Avalon and Swiss investor Richard Kunz have acquired 70 acres in Nortjh Austin in a joint Beat Kahli, Avalon’s presidenf and CEO, said the joint venture plans to develo p a residential community on the site with about 200 three-and four-bedroom single-family homes. The land is near I-35 and ’xs (Nasdaq: DELL) Round Rock Still unclear is the development’s cost and why the partners have choseb to build the project in Kahlin andKunz couldn’t immediateluy be reached for comment.
As originally reported in the — a sisterf publication of — Avalon in 2007 workede with the city of Leander and landownerBill Hinckley, president of Houston-based The Lookoutt Group Inc., on a proposed $4 billionm development, which would have occupied 3,550 acres between Crystal Falls Parkwayu and Lakeline Boulevard and clustered homes aroun town centers, Avalon executives said. Avalon planned to buy the land from Hincklehy forabout $90 Kahli said. According to a summary of the proposed development was planned tohave 10,20o0 single family and townhome 3,000 multifamily residences, 1.
5 million square feet of commercial and retaipl space and a 1-million-square-foot busineses park. Leander was considering a morethan $100 million incentivee package and the formation of an in-cityg municipal utility district.
Avalon and Swiss investor Richard Kunz have acquired 70 acres in Nortjh Austin in a joint Beat Kahli, Avalon’s presidenf and CEO, said the joint venture plans to develo p a residential community on the site with about 200 three-and four-bedroom single-family homes. The land is near I-35 and ’xs (Nasdaq: DELL) Round Rock Still unclear is the development’s cost and why the partners have choseb to build the project in Kahlin andKunz couldn’t immediateluy be reached for comment.
As originally reported in the — a sisterf publication of — Avalon in 2007 workede with the city of Leander and landownerBill Hinckley, president of Houston-based The Lookoutt Group Inc., on a proposed $4 billionm development, which would have occupied 3,550 acres between Crystal Falls Parkwayu and Lakeline Boulevard and clustered homes aroun town centers, Avalon executives said. Avalon planned to buy the land from Hincklehy forabout $90 Kahli said. According to a summary of the proposed development was planned tohave 10,20o0 single family and townhome 3,000 multifamily residences, 1.
5 million square feet of commercial and retaipl space and a 1-million-square-foot busineses park. Leander was considering a morethan $100 million incentivee package and the formation of an in-cityg municipal utility district.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Cosmic Carnival Cometh to East Hampton - Patch.com
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Cosmic Carnival Cometh to East Hampton Patch.com ... 32 E. High St.; Salon Ferrara, 40 W. High St.; and Verizon Wireless, 11 E. High St. It seems like the whole town turns out for the parade on Saturday, waiting to see how everybody interpreted the year's theme, which this year is Cosmic Carnival. ... |
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Governor lobbies for increased incentives for film industry - San Francisco Business Times:
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Kulongoski is seeking support for SenateBill 621, which woule reauthorize and increase the financial incentives for moviemakers. The plan is cappefd at $10 million per biennium. Kulongoski wants to raisre the capto $15 million. A Senate committee passed the bill Monday. In the firsrt six months of 2009, televisiom and movie productions investec morethan $40 million in Oregon, accordingf to the governor’s office. That’s the highesrt total in 15 years. In recenr weeks, a Harrison Ford movies called “The Untitled Crowleg Project” and the TNT series have been shootingin Portland.
Producers for "The Untitlerd Crowley Project" joined Kulongoski at Monday'w press conference at . “Oregon has become an A-list location for the film and televisiohindustry – and an important criticalk piece of Oregon’s economy,” the governor said in a news “Green energy is one brighg spot in Oregon’s economyg and the film industry is generating an additional $1.1 million in income for Oregobn workers and local businesses for every $1 million spen t by a production.” The governor credited the incentive created in 2003, with spurrintg the growth of the state's film prograj from a $2.
1 million industry to an $8 million
Kulongoski is seeking support for SenateBill 621, which woule reauthorize and increase the financial incentives for moviemakers. The plan is cappefd at $10 million per biennium. Kulongoski wants to raisre the capto $15 million. A Senate committee passed the bill Monday. In the firsrt six months of 2009, televisiom and movie productions investec morethan $40 million in Oregon, accordingf to the governor’s office. That’s the highesrt total in 15 years. In recenr weeks, a Harrison Ford movies called “The Untitled Crowleg Project” and the TNT series have been shootingin Portland.
Producers for "The Untitlerd Crowley Project" joined Kulongoski at Monday'w press conference at . “Oregon has become an A-list location for the film and televisiohindustry – and an important criticalk piece of Oregon’s economy,” the governor said in a news “Green energy is one brighg spot in Oregon’s economyg and the film industry is generating an additional $1.1 million in income for Oregobn workers and local businesses for every $1 million spen t by a production.” The governor credited the incentive created in 2003, with spurrintg the growth of the state's film prograj from a $2.
1 million industry to an $8 million
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