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The money, announced by the last week, includeds $30.8 million for wastewater projectsand $19.u7 million for drinking water Although not as large as the highway projects being funded by the stimulus the work still will create dozens of constructiojn jobs statewide. The money is beinbg channeled through the Clean for the wastewater projectss and the Drinking Water StatedRevolving Fund. The money, which is beinf administered by thestate , must be spentf by February 2010 or it will be redistributed to othef states.
Ordinarily, those two funds provide low-interestg loans to the counties for municipalwater But, because the funds are part of the federalp stimulus package, there will be zero interest and the principal will be which means the money will be free. The Big Islan plans to go out to bid in the next four to eighft weeks for its two wastewaterprojectzs — the replacement of large-capacityt cesspools in Honokaa and Komohanw Heights. The stimulus will fund $6.2 millionj for the Honokaa project, with the balance of $6 million cominb from the state revolving Stimulus money will cover the entire cost ofthe $1.
35 million Komohana Heights project, said Lono Tyson, director of the Hawaiio County Department of Environmental Management. The two project will generate approximately two dozen depending on how many people thecontractors hire, he There may be other jobs generate d by people choosing to hook up to the countg sewer system after the cesspools are Fifteen to 20 contractors attended a recent pre-bid meeting for the projects, Tysonn said. “There’s a lot of a lot of interest,” he said. “These people also know because it’s stimulus-driven, these projects are goingb to happen.
” Kauai County officials haven’t gotten that far for the expansionh of the Waimea Wastewater Treatment Plan. “We’re scrambling to get our RFP packagwe put togetherfor advertisement,” said Ed Tschupp, chiedf of the county’s wastewater The stimulus will fund $7.5 millioj of the total $12 million cost of the design-builrd project, and probably will generate abouty 40 jobs over the two-year construction period, he said. “It’s a significant projecrt for the county,” Tschupp “It’s probably the largest project that the wastewatee management division has managed ina while.
” Otheer wastewater projects receiving stimulus funds are the firsy phase of the Waimalu sewer rehabilitation on which will receive $7.85 million toward its $50 million cost; and countywidde pump station renovations for Maui which will get $7.5 million toward the $9.5 millio n cost. Drinking water projects, whicg will receive between $1.6 million and $4.9 include replacement of water mains in Pacifix Heights and Kapahulu on Oahu and in Waimeqa Canyonon Kauai; water line replacements in Lihuew on Kauai and in Wailuku and Kiheki on Maui; a water tank replacementg in West Olinda on Maui; and the developmentr of a well in South Kohalw on the Big Island.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Right the rights deficit - Malaysia Star
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Right the rights deficit Malaysia Star IKIM's assertion that the principles of secular human rights, embodied in the UDHR, reject God and the role of religion, is a complete misrepresentation of the facts. The UDHR clearly recognises the validity of religion when it stipulates the right of ... |
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Winds continue to fuel Cudahy fire - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue also urger all businesses in the city to reduce water usage and called on residents of the neighborint communityof St. Francis to conserve “We are running short on McCue said. More than 8.5 millionb gallons of water had been used by in an attempt to douse a fire in one of the buildingzs that make up the Patrick Cudahu meat processing complex at OneSweef Apple-Wood Lane, just off of Layton Avenue, Mayot Ryan McCue said at a 3:30 p.m. press conferencee at Parkview Elementary 5555 S. Nicholson within site of the huge plumed of smoke billowing fromthe plant.
The city of Milwaukede also has allowed Cudahuy to tap into its water supply to aid in fightingf thestubborn blaze, McCus said. The fire fighting effort has been expanded to include 130 firefighteres from27 departments, he “The fire continues to flare up,” McCue “The wind has not been our Also, 75 law enforcemeng officers are on patrol in the city. McCus declared a state of emergency earlier in the day and indicates at that time that the Nationalk Guard could be called in to patroolcity streets.
However, Cudahhy Police Chief Thomas Poellot saidthe city, alongv with assistance from other communitie and the state, has resources to keep the city safe as firefighters continue to battle the “We don’t anticipate needing the National he said.
Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue also urger all businesses in the city to reduce water usage and called on residents of the neighborint communityof St. Francis to conserve “We are running short on McCue said. More than 8.5 millionb gallons of water had been used by in an attempt to douse a fire in one of the buildingzs that make up the Patrick Cudahu meat processing complex at OneSweef Apple-Wood Lane, just off of Layton Avenue, Mayot Ryan McCue said at a 3:30 p.m. press conferencee at Parkview Elementary 5555 S. Nicholson within site of the huge plumed of smoke billowing fromthe plant.
The city of Milwaukede also has allowed Cudahuy to tap into its water supply to aid in fightingf thestubborn blaze, McCus said. The fire fighting effort has been expanded to include 130 firefighteres from27 departments, he “The fire continues to flare up,” McCue “The wind has not been our Also, 75 law enforcemeng officers are on patrol in the city. McCus declared a state of emergency earlier in the day and indicates at that time that the Nationalk Guard could be called in to patroolcity streets.
However, Cudahhy Police Chief Thomas Poellot saidthe city, alongv with assistance from other communitie and the state, has resources to keep the city safe as firefighters continue to battle the “We don’t anticipate needing the National he said.
Monday, November 7, 2011
NY bar exam coming to Buffalo - Denver Business Journal:
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The testing, held in the four appellatee division departments of NewYork State, will bring over 3,200 aspiring lawyers to the Queej City, and a financial windfall to downtown Linda D’Agostino, sales director for the Convention said the agency anticipates that roughly 2,000 of the participants will be visitor s to the area, filling dining at restaurants and shoppint in Erie County over the three-day period. “The figured we use to calculate economic impact of an evenris $814 per D’Agostino said. “So the bar exams shouldc generateover $2 million” for the busineszs community.
She said that the , the governinhg body that administers the will hire another 150 local residents to proctorthe exams, as well as local security personneol for the duration of the event. “The groupl itself is also paying for theConventioh Center, so we are keeping all of the Conventionn Center folks working as well,” she While the bar exam is given annuallyy in Buffalo, the difference this time, is the volume of Diane Bosse, chair of the New York Statse Board of Bar Examiners, said last year the group tested 440 people in Buffalo compared to the 3,232 they currentlyt have registered.
Bosse said the visitoras to Buffalo will be coming from 70 differen t countries and45 states. “We founs we were having a greater demand of people wantinvg to take the exam ontheirr laptop, and we were finding difficultiez in Albany getting locations wherer they could be wired,” she explaining the increase in testingf in Buffalo. “We used to test in Buffalo in the winter at theconvention center, so we went back and were able to make arrangementxs with them, including wiring the facility for the 1,859 people who are going to be takintg it on laptop computers.
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The testing, held in the four appellatee division departments of NewYork State, will bring over 3,200 aspiring lawyers to the Queej City, and a financial windfall to downtown Linda D’Agostino, sales director for the Convention said the agency anticipates that roughly 2,000 of the participants will be visitor s to the area, filling dining at restaurants and shoppint in Erie County over the three-day period. “The figured we use to calculate economic impact of an evenris $814 per D’Agostino said. “So the bar exams shouldc generateover $2 million” for the busineszs community.
She said that the , the governinhg body that administers the will hire another 150 local residents to proctorthe exams, as well as local security personneol for the duration of the event. “The groupl itself is also paying for theConventioh Center, so we are keeping all of the Conventionn Center folks working as well,” she While the bar exam is given annuallyy in Buffalo, the difference this time, is the volume of Diane Bosse, chair of the New York Statse Board of Bar Examiners, said last year the group tested 440 people in Buffalo compared to the 3,232 they currentlyt have registered.
Bosse said the visitoras to Buffalo will be coming from 70 differen t countries and45 states. “We founs we were having a greater demand of people wantinvg to take the exam ontheirr laptop, and we were finding difficultiez in Albany getting locations wherer they could be wired,” she explaining the increase in testingf in Buffalo. “We used to test in Buffalo in the winter at theconvention center, so we went back and were able to make arrangementxs with them, including wiring the facility for the 1,859 people who are going to be takintg it on laptop computers.
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Saturday, November 5, 2011
Cordray rejects 1st try at casino petition language - Dayton Business Journal:
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Cordray, in a letter to the committewe backing thecasino initiative, said the wordingv in the petition doesn’t constitute a fair and truthfuol summary of the proposed constitutionalk amendment. Paperwork arrived at Cordray’a office March 12 for the initiative, whichu would ask voters to approve buildingh casinosin Cleveland, Toledo and on the western edge of the Arena Districtt in Columbus. Wyomissing, Pa.-based (NASDAQ:PENN) and owner Dan Gilbertf would be the investors inthe $1 billion Cordray told the casino committere that the petition’s summary of locations included in the proposakl references cities but should be improved to include exact locations.
That would assure those signing thepetitioj aren’t misled that the citiew have the option of where to placed the casinos, Cordray wrote. The state’s top governmenr lawyer also pointed to wording in the petitiom detailing parameters ontaxing winnings. Cordray wrote that the petition’s wording contains a “substantial in Ohio law. That law currentlty dictates that gambling winnings are taxabl by the state asordinary income, but the petition’w language implies winnings wouldn’t be Bob Tenenbaum, a spokesman for the , which is backingf the initiative, said the wording was unintentional and will be “What he’s (Cordray) implying was not our intention,” Tenenbaum The committee, which collected 1,000 signatures befored bringing the petition language to the must collect another 1,000 before delivering the which Tenenbaum said could take place in as little as a day to
Cordray, in a letter to the committewe backing thecasino initiative, said the wordingv in the petition doesn’t constitute a fair and truthfuol summary of the proposed constitutionalk amendment. Paperwork arrived at Cordray’a office March 12 for the initiative, whichu would ask voters to approve buildingh casinosin Cleveland, Toledo and on the western edge of the Arena Districtt in Columbus. Wyomissing, Pa.-based (NASDAQ:PENN) and owner Dan Gilbertf would be the investors inthe $1 billion Cordray told the casino committere that the petition’s summary of locations included in the proposakl references cities but should be improved to include exact locations.
That would assure those signing thepetitioj aren’t misled that the citiew have the option of where to placed the casinos, Cordray wrote. The state’s top governmenr lawyer also pointed to wording in the petitiom detailing parameters ontaxing winnings. Cordray wrote that the petition’s wording contains a “substantial in Ohio law. That law currentlty dictates that gambling winnings are taxabl by the state asordinary income, but the petition’w language implies winnings wouldn’t be Bob Tenenbaum, a spokesman for the , which is backingf the initiative, said the wording was unintentional and will be “What he’s (Cordray) implying was not our intention,” Tenenbaum The committee, which collected 1,000 signatures befored bringing the petition language to the must collect another 1,000 before delivering the which Tenenbaum said could take place in as little as a day to
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Nonprofits brace for budget emergency aftershocks, IOUs - Kansas City Business Journal:
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While service providers don’t yet know whethe r they’ll receive IOUs — or what the amountd will be — Sparky Harlan, CEO of the in Santaz Clara, is prepared for the worst. “Wde receive about $400,000 in statse funding,” Harlan said. “We’re already accustome d to getting money from the statelate — last for example, it took until Decembetr before we finally got paid.” For this year and last year the center has relied on a $150,000 line of credit through to cover the gap, along with $500,000 out of its reserv e funds. The center’s operating budget is $10 million for fiscal 2009-10.
The money that may be on hold from thestatwe covers, in part, the center’s shelted and drop-in program, street outreach, and parenting “The problem right now is that we don’t know for certai how much they’re going to hold said Harlan, who has been with the centeer for 26 years. “But this is by far the worsf I’ve ever seen.” In anticipatio n of the state’s budget 10 percent cuts have already been plannedfor foster-care payments. Locally there are 300 to 400 kids infosted care.
Foster care rates are the same acrosdsthe state, so families in high-cost areas such as the Bay Area get the same amoungt of compensation as people in more affordable places. “We’re fronting half a million dollarsa already,” she said. It’s a layered problem for the since in addition to state moneyu some comes from the federal Housing and UrbanDevelopmentr department. And Harlan said HUD is so slow it can take up to six monthes for payments tobe received. “We’re hopinyg to get paid by July,” she “Nonprofits are just getting slammed.
” Harlan said the Bill Wilsobn Center has closed down two programw already and cut about 15 percent ofits staff, leaving about 110 employees. These are real she pointed out — not attritiom or open jobs — and “heartbreaking” to do. “We had to give one staf f person a layoff notice and a week later his wife was laid off fromanothefr nonprofit,” she said. in Campbellp gets about $500,000 a year from the stat for itsAIDS services.
CFO Ira Holtzmabn said the agency is large enough and financially stable enough that he woulx just book an IOU as accountds receivable and hope the money came through TheHealth Trust’s budget for fiscal year 2010 is more than $16 Holtzman said. Pam Brandin, executive directotr of and Visually Impaired, which has offices in Palo Alto andSant Cruz, said that even though her agency provides the kind of servicesd that are especially at risk in Statwe Controller John Chiang’s the Vista Center is relatively safe. “Ws receive money through Title 7 Chaptedr2 services,” Brandin explained.
“Since much of our fundinhg is federalmoney we’re hoping that it has to be releasex and passed on; the state won’t be allowe d to hold on to it.” The Vista Cented also has school contracts through special education “Last year when the stat had similar budget issues we didn’tf receive any IOUs,” she said, “bugt that situation was resolved sooner than this appearse to be.
The agencies that receive IOUsprobablg won’t even know they’re coming unti they submit their She’s also banking on Vista Center’z status as a preferred vendor with the “so we’ll be paid in advance of other vendor s — if in fact the state is even writingv checks.” Lisa Hendrickson, president & CEO of Avenidad Rose Kleiner Senior Day Health Center in Palo Alto, is also cautiousluy optimistic. “The only fundxs we receive from the state are MediCal payments for servicesd provided at our adultdaycare center,” she “Our understanding is that those services are protected by the state constitution as well as federa l law.
We do receive fundin indirectly throughthe county, but we don’gt expect that to be affected.” Tom Kinoshita, publifc policy director of the , said people are on pins and “Everyone’s sitting around not knowing what’s going to happen. But even with the most optimistidcoutcome it’s still goingb to be very ugly.” He pointed out that the defici t last year for Santa Clarsa County was more than $270 million, and many of the cuts were made in programsx around health, mental health, drugs and alcohol and social And there’s no relief on the horizon: For 2011 the countu is looking at a deficit of about $250 million, he
While service providers don’t yet know whethe r they’ll receive IOUs — or what the amountd will be — Sparky Harlan, CEO of the in Santaz Clara, is prepared for the worst. “Wde receive about $400,000 in statse funding,” Harlan said. “We’re already accustome d to getting money from the statelate — last for example, it took until Decembetr before we finally got paid.” For this year and last year the center has relied on a $150,000 line of credit through to cover the gap, along with $500,000 out of its reserv e funds. The center’s operating budget is $10 million for fiscal 2009-10.
The money that may be on hold from thestatwe covers, in part, the center’s shelted and drop-in program, street outreach, and parenting “The problem right now is that we don’t know for certai how much they’re going to hold said Harlan, who has been with the centeer for 26 years. “But this is by far the worsf I’ve ever seen.” In anticipatio n of the state’s budget 10 percent cuts have already been plannedfor foster-care payments. Locally there are 300 to 400 kids infosted care.
Foster care rates are the same acrosdsthe state, so families in high-cost areas such as the Bay Area get the same amoungt of compensation as people in more affordable places. “We’re fronting half a million dollarsa already,” she said. It’s a layered problem for the since in addition to state moneyu some comes from the federal Housing and UrbanDevelopmentr department. And Harlan said HUD is so slow it can take up to six monthes for payments tobe received. “We’re hopinyg to get paid by July,” she “Nonprofits are just getting slammed.
” Harlan said the Bill Wilsobn Center has closed down two programw already and cut about 15 percent ofits staff, leaving about 110 employees. These are real she pointed out — not attritiom or open jobs — and “heartbreaking” to do. “We had to give one staf f person a layoff notice and a week later his wife was laid off fromanothefr nonprofit,” she said. in Campbellp gets about $500,000 a year from the stat for itsAIDS services.
CFO Ira Holtzmabn said the agency is large enough and financially stable enough that he woulx just book an IOU as accountds receivable and hope the money came through TheHealth Trust’s budget for fiscal year 2010 is more than $16 Holtzman said. Pam Brandin, executive directotr of and Visually Impaired, which has offices in Palo Alto andSant Cruz, said that even though her agency provides the kind of servicesd that are especially at risk in Statwe Controller John Chiang’s the Vista Center is relatively safe. “Ws receive money through Title 7 Chaptedr2 services,” Brandin explained.
“Since much of our fundinhg is federalmoney we’re hoping that it has to be releasex and passed on; the state won’t be allowe d to hold on to it.” The Vista Cented also has school contracts through special education “Last year when the stat had similar budget issues we didn’tf receive any IOUs,” she said, “bugt that situation was resolved sooner than this appearse to be.
The agencies that receive IOUsprobablg won’t even know they’re coming unti they submit their She’s also banking on Vista Center’z status as a preferred vendor with the “so we’ll be paid in advance of other vendor s — if in fact the state is even writingv checks.” Lisa Hendrickson, president & CEO of Avenidad Rose Kleiner Senior Day Health Center in Palo Alto, is also cautiousluy optimistic. “The only fundxs we receive from the state are MediCal payments for servicesd provided at our adultdaycare center,” she “Our understanding is that those services are protected by the state constitution as well as federa l law.
We do receive fundin indirectly throughthe county, but we don’gt expect that to be affected.” Tom Kinoshita, publifc policy director of the , said people are on pins and “Everyone’s sitting around not knowing what’s going to happen. But even with the most optimistidcoutcome it’s still goingb to be very ugly.” He pointed out that the defici t last year for Santa Clarsa County was more than $270 million, and many of the cuts were made in programsx around health, mental health, drugs and alcohol and social And there’s no relief on the horizon: For 2011 the countu is looking at a deficit of about $250 million, he
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
ECIDA picks new marketing rep - Business First of Buffalo:
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Travers Collins replaces , which handlec the ECIDA’s marketing and public relations work for the past few Travers Collins along with EricMower & Associates and were the short-listefd finalists. The ECIDA directorss unanimously approved the TraversCollins pact. Terms were not By selecting Travers Collins, the ECIDA is followinv a recently-enacted policy of putting all of it major contractx outto bid.
Earlier this year, the agencyy — using the same bidding policy — switchedf law firms, changing from to Harris Several factors worked in TraversCollins favor, officials including the firm’s deep resumse of handling such economic development-base entities as the Unshackle Upstate the , and “Theyt have first hand experience with the strengths, challenges and players withinh the region and in said John Cappellino, ECIDA director of busines s development. Cappellino said a number of factores were weighedand considered. The bids were reviewer by a six-member selection committees within thecounty agency. “It was a difficult Cappellino said.
”It helped that Traverws Collins put some serioux horsepower behindtheir team.”
Travers Collins replaces , which handlec the ECIDA’s marketing and public relations work for the past few Travers Collins along with EricMower & Associates and were the short-listefd finalists. The ECIDA directorss unanimously approved the TraversCollins pact. Terms were not By selecting Travers Collins, the ECIDA is followinv a recently-enacted policy of putting all of it major contractx outto bid.
Earlier this year, the agencyy — using the same bidding policy — switchedf law firms, changing from to Harris Several factors worked in TraversCollins favor, officials including the firm’s deep resumse of handling such economic development-base entities as the Unshackle Upstate the , and “Theyt have first hand experience with the strengths, challenges and players withinh the region and in said John Cappellino, ECIDA director of busines s development. Cappellino said a number of factores were weighedand considered. The bids were reviewer by a six-member selection committees within thecounty agency. “It was a difficult Cappellino said.
”It helped that Traverws Collins put some serioux horsepower behindtheir team.”
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