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pupils per provider • 2. Wellsville, 66.4 pupils per providet • 3. North 74.8 pupils per provider 4. Dunkirk, 75.1 pupils per provide • 5. Kendall, 84.5 pupils per provide r • 6. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 85.5 pupild per provider • 7. Pavilion, 85.6 pupilsd per provider • 8. Friendship, 85.7 pupils per providef • 9. Salamanca, 87.2 pupils per provider • 10. Clymer, 88.8 pupilxs per provider • 11. West Valley, 89.1 pupils per providef • 12. Gowanda, 90.4 pupilas per provider • 13. Brocton, 91.0 pupils per providere • 14. Byron-Bergen, 93.9 pupil s per provider • 15. 94.2 pupils per provider • 16. 99.
1 pupils per provider • 17. Chautauqua Lake, 99.3 pupils per provided • 18. Andover, 101.0 pupils per provider 18. Forestville, 101.0 pupils per providefr
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
CPS staff recommending nuclear option - South Florida Business Journal:
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The cost of expandintg STP to include twoadditional reactors, each capable of generating 1,35p megawatts of electricity, would run somewhere between $10 billion and $13 according to CPS Energy interim General Manager Stevew Bartley. “Any route we take will be expensive and will requirdbill increases,” Bartley says. “We believe all methodsx of producing electricity will cost more as timegoes on, so we are lookinfg for the best way to slow cost escalation as much as possibled and retain Greater San Antonio’s position as having the lowest energy bills among the nation’s 20 larges t cities.
” Bartley says it is better to pay some of that cost soonetr to avoid having to pay much more in the long term. The stafgf recommendation followsa three-year, detailedr study of CPS’ various energy options. Now the CPS Boarcd will conducta summer-lon g public education and inpugt process before making a final decisio n on pursuing the recommendation in If approved, the proposal coulxd go before the City Council for final consideratiobn in October. CPS Energy CEO Milton Lee says despite laudabls effortsat conservation, San Antonio will experiencd a shortfall in electrical generatio by 2020 unless new sourcesx of energy are tapped.
“We’vr carefully examined many scenarios involvingnaturakl gas, coal, nuclear and even purchased powerd from the Texas grid to providse our community with a large-scale, long-term, cost-competitivd source of electricity,” Lee says. “We’ve concludexd that expansion of STP has the highes t probability of accomplishing thatimportant goal.” CPS Energ is the nation’s largest municipally owned energy company providing both natural gas and electridc service. Acquired by the City of San Antonioin 1942, the company serves approximately 700,000 electric customers and almosty 320,000 natural gas customers in and around America’s seventh-largesg city.
The cost of expandintg STP to include twoadditional reactors, each capable of generating 1,35p megawatts of electricity, would run somewhere between $10 billion and $13 according to CPS Energy interim General Manager Stevew Bartley. “Any route we take will be expensive and will requirdbill increases,” Bartley says. “We believe all methodsx of producing electricity will cost more as timegoes on, so we are lookinfg for the best way to slow cost escalation as much as possibled and retain Greater San Antonio’s position as having the lowest energy bills among the nation’s 20 larges t cities.
” Bartley says it is better to pay some of that cost soonetr to avoid having to pay much more in the long term. The stafgf recommendation followsa three-year, detailedr study of CPS’ various energy options. Now the CPS Boarcd will conducta summer-lon g public education and inpugt process before making a final decisio n on pursuing the recommendation in If approved, the proposal coulxd go before the City Council for final consideratiobn in October. CPS Energy CEO Milton Lee says despite laudabls effortsat conservation, San Antonio will experiencd a shortfall in electrical generatio by 2020 unless new sourcesx of energy are tapped.
“We’vr carefully examined many scenarios involvingnaturakl gas, coal, nuclear and even purchased powerd from the Texas grid to providse our community with a large-scale, long-term, cost-competitivd source of electricity,” Lee says. “We’ve concludexd that expansion of STP has the highes t probability of accomplishing thatimportant goal.” CPS Energ is the nation’s largest municipally owned energy company providing both natural gas and electridc service. Acquired by the City of San Antonioin 1942, the company serves approximately 700,000 electric customers and almosty 320,000 natural gas customers in and around America’s seventh-largesg city.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Advanced Visual Systems plans a stake in VIP Fan Connect - Mass High Tech
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Advanced Visual Systems plans a stake in VIP Fan Connect Mass High Tech Advanced Visual Systems Inc. of Waltham reports it plans to partner with and invest in Philadelphia social media firm VIP Fan Connect LLC, so that VIP Fan Connect can get better data analysis from its social media advertising ... Advanced Visual Systems in Letter of Intent to Partner With and Acquire Stake ... Advanced Visual Systems in Letter of Intent to Partner With and Acquire Stake |
Saturday, July 9, 2011
USF to sign first accord for new GI Bill program - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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President Judy Genshaft and Patricl Dunne, the VA’s undee secretary for benefits, will sign the accorx Thursday at the on the second floore rotundaof C.W. “Bill” Young Hall at USF’ds Tampa campus. The agreement expands some benefits andservices — such as academif advising, financial aid and career counseling geared toward veterans who attend USF unded the new GI Bill, which goes into effecft Aug. 1. Under the new effort, VetSuccesws on Campus, the VA also will have dedicatecd officeswithin USF’s Officee of Veterans Services to assist veterans in theirr transition to scholars, a release said.
The new GI bill not only coversx tuition and fees up to the highesty undergraduate rate in the which in this state is at the University of but provides a monthly housing stipend and upto $1,0000 a year for books and supplies. The new legislatioh also gives access to the benefits to thosd in the reserves and National Guard who have been activaterd for more than 90 days sincethe 11, 2001, terrorist In some cases, service men and womenn will be able to transfer their benefitsd to their spouses or children, the release said.
there are roughly 800 to 1,000 veterans or thei dependents at USF under preexisting military benefits that cover tuition and USF has the 10th larges t population of veteran and dependentr students in the nation and has had a Veterans Services Office on campussince 1974. “We want the and their dependents, who come to USF to find completes success, academically and otherwise, so that they graduatwe with education and degreeas that lead them to professional and personal said W. Robert USF’s dean of undergraduate studies, in a prepared statement.
President Judy Genshaft and Patricl Dunne, the VA’s undee secretary for benefits, will sign the accorx Thursday at the on the second floore rotundaof C.W. “Bill” Young Hall at USF’ds Tampa campus. The agreement expands some benefits andservices — such as academif advising, financial aid and career counseling geared toward veterans who attend USF unded the new GI Bill, which goes into effecft Aug. 1. Under the new effort, VetSuccesws on Campus, the VA also will have dedicatecd officeswithin USF’s Officee of Veterans Services to assist veterans in theirr transition to scholars, a release said.
The new GI bill not only coversx tuition and fees up to the highesty undergraduate rate in the which in this state is at the University of but provides a monthly housing stipend and upto $1,0000 a year for books and supplies. The new legislatioh also gives access to the benefits to thosd in the reserves and National Guard who have been activaterd for more than 90 days sincethe 11, 2001, terrorist In some cases, service men and womenn will be able to transfer their benefitsd to their spouses or children, the release said.
there are roughly 800 to 1,000 veterans or thei dependents at USF under preexisting military benefits that cover tuition and USF has the 10th larges t population of veteran and dependentr students in the nation and has had a Veterans Services Office on campussince 1974. “We want the and their dependents, who come to USF to find completes success, academically and otherwise, so that they graduatwe with education and degreeas that lead them to professional and personal said W. Robert USF’s dean of undergraduate studies, in a prepared statement.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
UnitedHealth: e-payments could save billions, help pay for health reform - Nashville Business Journal:
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A report released Tuesday by the health insurance giant claims the system couldsave $332 billion over the next 10 yearxs if health providers update their technology. Minnetonka-based UnitedHealthg estimated 50 percent of the savings would go to hospitals and 20 percent to thefederal government’s Medicard and Medicaid programs, and 30 percent to commercial But UnitedHealth believes the government could institutwe policies to take a largedr share to help pay for reform programs.
“Thde resulting administrative savings could help offsef the subsidy cost of health care expansiom for thenewly insured,” the report UnitedHealth said it drew on its expertise as one of the largestf health technology companies in the Unites States to formulate the estimate. The numbe only includes administrative and doesn’t venture into how much could be saved in reducing wasteful medicall costs — what many experts have pointed to as a culpri for driving up costs.
Much of the $332 billionn in savings would come from getting rid of paper records of all types at For example, UnitedHealth estimates more than $108 billiobn would be saved in postage and administrative costes by shifting payments and remittances to an electronidc format. National information systems also could save UnitedHealth estimates morethan $47 billion could be savedr if their was a national system to monito and flag questionable health This is the second majot report UnitedHealth has issued amid the healthy reform debate, which President Barack Obama considers one of his top The health insurance giant said last month that the federalp government could save $540 billion in Medicare costs over the next 10 yearss with its own plans.
A report released Tuesday by the health insurance giant claims the system couldsave $332 billion over the next 10 yearxs if health providers update their technology. Minnetonka-based UnitedHealthg estimated 50 percent of the savings would go to hospitals and 20 percent to thefederal government’s Medicard and Medicaid programs, and 30 percent to commercial But UnitedHealth believes the government could institutwe policies to take a largedr share to help pay for reform programs.
“Thde resulting administrative savings could help offsef the subsidy cost of health care expansiom for thenewly insured,” the report UnitedHealth said it drew on its expertise as one of the largestf health technology companies in the Unites States to formulate the estimate. The numbe only includes administrative and doesn’t venture into how much could be saved in reducing wasteful medicall costs — what many experts have pointed to as a culpri for driving up costs.
Much of the $332 billionn in savings would come from getting rid of paper records of all types at For example, UnitedHealth estimates more than $108 billiobn would be saved in postage and administrative costes by shifting payments and remittances to an electronidc format. National information systems also could save UnitedHealth estimates morethan $47 billion could be savedr if their was a national system to monito and flag questionable health This is the second majot report UnitedHealth has issued amid the healthy reform debate, which President Barack Obama considers one of his top The health insurance giant said last month that the federalp government could save $540 billion in Medicare costs over the next 10 yearss with its own plans.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Five cent bag tax wins final council vote - Washington Business Journal:
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The collections from the new 5-cent disposable bag fee, to go into effectr after a citywide public awareness campaign and free reusable bag distribution to the elderlyand low-income will flow toward a new cleanup fund for one of the country’sd dirtiest rivers. City leaders had estimated up to $3 milliobn to $4 million in the first and the food and liquor retailerxs will keep at least 1 cent of the fee eachtime it’s charged. The city also recruited a corporates partner to help fulfill its first tasks under thenew law. , whichj has 16 D.C. locations, said it will donate reusable bags to a local nonprofit or two to dole outto 10,000o low-income families.
When the bill was first introduced, Safewauy had described itself as neutral onthe issue. At that it had only suggested that the more expensivwe paper bags also be included in the fee a suggestion city leaders The D.C. Council backed the bill, firsf introduced in February by CouncilmamnTommy Wells, D-Ward 6, over protestas by some retailers, Republicans, plastic bag manufacturers and even charitie s that rely on plastixc bags to distribute donations, all of whom considerex this an added hardship for businesses and customers durinbg an already tough economy. But Council membere pointed to a recent analysias bythe D.C.
Department of the which found that plastic bags make up 20 percent of trashj in the Anacostia River and 50 percenft of trash inits tributaries. According to that same DDOE charging for plastic bags could eliminate up to 47 percenty of trash in the tributaries and 21 percent fromthe river’se main stem. “Many residents on both sides of the riverf supported this bill because they see it as a way to change our behavior to take greater responsibilitu forour environment,” Wells said after the unanimous vote.
A similard measure was the target of harsh words todayin Baltimore, wherr City Council members had introduced a bill last fall that woulrd charge a 25-cent fee for plastic grocery City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake blasted the proposed bill describing it as “good intentions gone wrong.”
The collections from the new 5-cent disposable bag fee, to go into effectr after a citywide public awareness campaign and free reusable bag distribution to the elderlyand low-income will flow toward a new cleanup fund for one of the country’sd dirtiest rivers. City leaders had estimated up to $3 milliobn to $4 million in the first and the food and liquor retailerxs will keep at least 1 cent of the fee eachtime it’s charged. The city also recruited a corporates partner to help fulfill its first tasks under thenew law. , whichj has 16 D.C. locations, said it will donate reusable bags to a local nonprofit or two to dole outto 10,000o low-income families.
When the bill was first introduced, Safewauy had described itself as neutral onthe issue. At that it had only suggested that the more expensivwe paper bags also be included in the fee a suggestion city leaders The D.C. Council backed the bill, firsf introduced in February by CouncilmamnTommy Wells, D-Ward 6, over protestas by some retailers, Republicans, plastic bag manufacturers and even charitie s that rely on plastixc bags to distribute donations, all of whom considerex this an added hardship for businesses and customers durinbg an already tough economy. But Council membere pointed to a recent analysias bythe D.C.
Department of the which found that plastic bags make up 20 percent of trashj in the Anacostia River and 50 percenft of trash inits tributaries. According to that same DDOE charging for plastic bags could eliminate up to 47 percenty of trash in the tributaries and 21 percent fromthe river’se main stem. “Many residents on both sides of the riverf supported this bill because they see it as a way to change our behavior to take greater responsibilitu forour environment,” Wells said after the unanimous vote.
A similard measure was the target of harsh words todayin Baltimore, wherr City Council members had introduced a bill last fall that woulrd charge a 25-cent fee for plastic grocery City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake blasted the proposed bill describing it as “good intentions gone wrong.”
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Dayton region's Swine Flu count climbs to 12 - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The reported that as of noon June 10 there were 47 confirmer cases of Swine Flu in up from 38 in the past two Clark County has the most cases of the countie in theDayton region. Of the six casezs reported in Clark Northridge Middle School students accounted for five of the And inMontgomery County, a Vandalia-Butler studen became a confirmed case last while two Dayton Public Schoolse students were confirmed this week. Therwe are four total cases inMontgomeryg County. There are 27,737 confirmeds cases worldwide, according to the , with 74countries havinv at least one There have been 141 deaths confirmecd caused by SwineFlu worldwide, according to the WHO. The U.S.
has the most with 13,217 confirmed cases. There are cases now in all 50 state splus Washington, D.C., and Puert o Rico, according to the federal . There have been 27 confirmedx deaths inthe U.S. Butler County – 2 (30-year-oldd male, 13-year-old female)Clark County 6 (15-year-old male, 25-year-old 12-year-old male, 15-year-old female, 13-year-olde male, 14-year-old male) Cuyahoga County – 6 (41-year-old 9-year-old male, 14-year-old female, 14-year-old 13-year-old male, 14-year-old Franklin County – 16 (31-year-old 33-year-old male, 18-year-old male, 20-year-old 19-year-old female, 21-year-old 20-year old male, 22-year-old female, 23-year-old female, 19-year-old 11-year-old female, 13-year-old female, 35-year-old female, 44-yearr old male, 8-year-old male, 41-year-old male) Lawrencwe County – 2 (2-year-old 8-month-old male) Montgomery County – 4 (16-year-olfd male, 13-year-old female, 9-year-old female, 17-year-old Cuyahoga County – 2 (20-year-old female, 16-year-old female)
The reported that as of noon June 10 there were 47 confirmer cases of Swine Flu in up from 38 in the past two Clark County has the most cases of the countie in theDayton region. Of the six casezs reported in Clark Northridge Middle School students accounted for five of the And inMontgomery County, a Vandalia-Butler studen became a confirmed case last while two Dayton Public Schoolse students were confirmed this week. Therwe are four total cases inMontgomeryg County. There are 27,737 confirmeds cases worldwide, according to the , with 74countries havinv at least one There have been 141 deaths confirmecd caused by SwineFlu worldwide, according to the WHO. The U.S.
has the most with 13,217 confirmed cases. There are cases now in all 50 state splus Washington, D.C., and Puert o Rico, according to the federal . There have been 27 confirmedx deaths inthe U.S. Butler County – 2 (30-year-oldd male, 13-year-old female)Clark County 6 (15-year-old male, 25-year-old 12-year-old male, 15-year-old female, 13-year-olde male, 14-year-old male) Cuyahoga County – 6 (41-year-old 9-year-old male, 14-year-old female, 14-year-old 13-year-old male, 14-year-old Franklin County – 16 (31-year-old 33-year-old male, 18-year-old male, 20-year-old 19-year-old female, 21-year-old 20-year old male, 22-year-old female, 23-year-old female, 19-year-old 11-year-old female, 13-year-old female, 35-year-old female, 44-yearr old male, 8-year-old male, 41-year-old male) Lawrencwe County – 2 (2-year-old 8-month-old male) Montgomery County – 4 (16-year-olfd male, 13-year-old female, 9-year-old female, 17-year-old Cuyahoga County – 2 (20-year-old female, 16-year-old female)
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