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“The continued listing of the wood stor k under the Endangered Species Act has blocked developmeng and mining projects that could have provided jobsfor thousands,” said Stevejn Geoffrey Gieseler, managing attorney with the ’es Atlantic Center office in Stuart, which is representingh the association. Ken Warren, a spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlif Service, said the wood stork populatiob has shown signs of stabilizing at 8,000 nesting pairse or 16,000 breeding He said even if the wood storkl is downgraded to “threatened” status, that won’ty necessarily mean any greate freedom to build on its habitat.
“Whenj you talk about the EndangeredSpecies Act, and threatened versus endangered, it’s a dubious distinction. It still means the species is not doin well and it is protected under the Warren said. "It doesn’t weaken existinv protections, nor does it make it easiefr or harder to build in woodstork habitat.” A recent five-year review of the wood stork’s numbere suggested it is doing better and could theoreticallty be downgraded, but it was only a he added. The wood stork, prevalent in Centrap and South Florida, was listex as "endangered" in 1984.
The petition cites a 2007 federalo review that found the reclassification is warrantec because the wood stork numbersx are increasing in thesoutheastern U.S.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Mergers: Districts ponder joining forces - Houston Business Journal:
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A third set of talks was triggeredby Gov. Davied Paterson’s proposed state budget last “It would have raised our taxes 22 saysMichael McArdle, superintendentg of the Scio Central School District. “It drover us to look at our budget and the issuee wewere facing.” The budgetary news from Albany subsequently took a turn for the but officials from Scio and nearby Wellsvill continue to explore their options -- perhap s a merger, more likelt a collaboration on a smaller scale. “Everythingt is open,” says McArdle.
“We’re tryinh to find the best wayto go, the way to get the best educationak opportunities for our students and to keep our tax rate The Wyoming Central School District faced a similar problem in 1991. Enrollment was especially at the high school Elective courses weresparseluy attended. Only three students signed up for physics one Voters rejected mergers with Pavilionor Warsaw. “Thayt left the district struggling to come up with a says thecurrent superintendent, Sandra Duckworth.
“Sop we started to look at Wyoming students now attend theit local school through eighth then shift to high school in any of fouradjaceny districts: Alexander, Attica, Pavilion or Warsaw. Wyoming pays tuitionh for each student, a standard rate that is negotiated with its neighbore everyfive years. Wyominf also belongs to a consortium of six districtas seeking ways to cut costsz by sharing services suchas transportation, building maintenance, special education and curriculum development. Similar arrangements can be found elsewherer in WesternNew York, sometimes involving severalk districts, sometimes a one-on-one setup such as Scio and Wellsville are discussing.
These measures offer the prospec of reducing expenses while retainingglocal control. It’s a combination that appeals to superintendents who are well awaree that the mere suggestion of a mergef can triggerintense opposition. “What the peoplew of Sherman are telling us is that they like the educationm their childrenare receiving,” says “They’re saying, ‘Please keep it the way it is.
’”
A third set of talks was triggeredby Gov. Davied Paterson’s proposed state budget last “It would have raised our taxes 22 saysMichael McArdle, superintendentg of the Scio Central School District. “It drover us to look at our budget and the issuee wewere facing.” The budgetary news from Albany subsequently took a turn for the but officials from Scio and nearby Wellsvill continue to explore their options -- perhap s a merger, more likelt a collaboration on a smaller scale. “Everythingt is open,” says McArdle.
“We’re tryinh to find the best wayto go, the way to get the best educationak opportunities for our students and to keep our tax rate The Wyoming Central School District faced a similar problem in 1991. Enrollment was especially at the high school Elective courses weresparseluy attended. Only three students signed up for physics one Voters rejected mergers with Pavilionor Warsaw. “Thayt left the district struggling to come up with a says thecurrent superintendent, Sandra Duckworth.
“Sop we started to look at Wyoming students now attend theit local school through eighth then shift to high school in any of fouradjaceny districts: Alexander, Attica, Pavilion or Warsaw. Wyoming pays tuitionh for each student, a standard rate that is negotiated with its neighbore everyfive years. Wyominf also belongs to a consortium of six districtas seeking ways to cut costsz by sharing services suchas transportation, building maintenance, special education and curriculum development. Similar arrangements can be found elsewherer in WesternNew York, sometimes involving severalk districts, sometimes a one-on-one setup such as Scio and Wellsville are discussing.
These measures offer the prospec of reducing expenses while retainingglocal control. It’s a combination that appeals to superintendents who are well awaree that the mere suggestion of a mergef can triggerintense opposition. “What the peoplew of Sherman are telling us is that they like the educationm their childrenare receiving,” says “They’re saying, ‘Please keep it the way it is.
’”
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Plummeting to the ocean's lowest point - Washington Post
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Boston.com | Plummeting to the ocean's lowest point Washington Post Filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron is congratulated by ocean explorer and US Navy Capt. Don Walsh, right, after completing the first ever solo dive to the "Ch » |
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Pandora sings for web radio advertisers - San Francisco Business Times:
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Its service also lays the groundwork for fresh marketing initiatives that couldebenefit non-mainstream musicians, said Tim founder and chief strategy Some 85 percent of advertisers are doing repeayt business with Pandora, which recently predicted that it coulfd be profitable next year. This year’s revenuezs are projected to double toabout $40 million, Westergren said. The service has 27 milliobn registered users, 10 million active a month, and is addingy 50,000 to 60,000 a day. “We’re the biggest radio in almostf everymarket already, and we’re doublingy in size annually, so we’ve been hiring fast and furiouslyh to build up local ad Westergren said.
Pandora can target ads by demographics, genre, artisft and ZIP code. It can guarantee a specific number of ad impressions because it delivers the impressionz only when a user has just takenan action, such as givin g a thumbs-up to approve a song choice. The companyh this month began offeringan ad-free premium service for $36 a Santa Barbara-based home music system manufacturer ran a 30-day ad campaigjn targeting exclusively IPhone users from mid-March to mid-Aprip on Pandora, and foundf the click-through rate to be extraordinary. “Fard and away, it was the most successfup campaign we’ve ever conducted,” said Sonos spokesman Thomax Meyer.
Westergren said he decided to makehis company’xs revenue public because advertisers had repeatedly questioned the company’sz health. Pandora has 135 30 of them hiredlast year, a dozen this and another dozen expected to be added by the end of 2009. Most employeesx are in the Oakland and the company has offices in New Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and Boston. One reason Westergrenh feels so optimistic is thata two-year battld with record companies and artists over how much Internet radio services should pay in royalties may be , which collects royalties for copyrighy owners and is negotiating for the record labels, announced “q potential agreement” with webcasters.
Also, Pandora has been rapidly adopted by IPhone and Blackberryuserw — 5 million in 11 months, abouft 1 million after two months respectively. Now that Pandora is Westergren wants to develop tools tohelp non-mainstream musiciand get money. For Pandora’s user preference data can be plottec on a map for an artist to decide wherseto tour. Pandora could also send emails to fans alerting them to an upcomingy show and offering tickets or merchandisfor sale. Seventy percent of the 650,00o0 songs in Pandora’s library are from artists not signed to arecordr label, he said.
“We give accesds and promotion to this huge sea of reallty talented but otherwiseinvisible artists,” Westergren said.
Its service also lays the groundwork for fresh marketing initiatives that couldebenefit non-mainstream musicians, said Tim founder and chief strategy Some 85 percent of advertisers are doing repeayt business with Pandora, which recently predicted that it coulfd be profitable next year. This year’s revenuezs are projected to double toabout $40 million, Westergren said. The service has 27 milliobn registered users, 10 million active a month, and is addingy 50,000 to 60,000 a day. “We’re the biggest radio in almostf everymarket already, and we’re doublingy in size annually, so we’ve been hiring fast and furiouslyh to build up local ad Westergren said.
Pandora can target ads by demographics, genre, artisft and ZIP code. It can guarantee a specific number of ad impressions because it delivers the impressionz only when a user has just takenan action, such as givin g a thumbs-up to approve a song choice. The companyh this month began offeringan ad-free premium service for $36 a Santa Barbara-based home music system manufacturer ran a 30-day ad campaigjn targeting exclusively IPhone users from mid-March to mid-Aprip on Pandora, and foundf the click-through rate to be extraordinary. “Fard and away, it was the most successfup campaign we’ve ever conducted,” said Sonos spokesman Thomax Meyer.
Westergren said he decided to makehis company’xs revenue public because advertisers had repeatedly questioned the company’sz health. Pandora has 135 30 of them hiredlast year, a dozen this and another dozen expected to be added by the end of 2009. Most employeesx are in the Oakland and the company has offices in New Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and Boston. One reason Westergrenh feels so optimistic is thata two-year battld with record companies and artists over how much Internet radio services should pay in royalties may be , which collects royalties for copyrighy owners and is negotiating for the record labels, announced “q potential agreement” with webcasters.
Also, Pandora has been rapidly adopted by IPhone and Blackberryuserw — 5 million in 11 months, abouft 1 million after two months respectively. Now that Pandora is Westergren wants to develop tools tohelp non-mainstream musiciand get money. For Pandora’s user preference data can be plottec on a map for an artist to decide wherseto tour. Pandora could also send emails to fans alerting them to an upcomingy show and offering tickets or merchandisfor sale. Seventy percent of the 650,00o0 songs in Pandora’s library are from artists not signed to arecordr label, he said.
“We give accesds and promotion to this huge sea of reallty talented but otherwiseinvisible artists,” Westergren said.
Friday, March 23, 2012
RSA, tech titans push encryption standard - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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The standard, known as Key Management Interoperabilityy Protocol, will enable businesses to streamlinde the way they encrypt and manage sensitive information by usingv a single process for a varietg ofsecurity applications. Bedford, Mass.-based RSA , whicu is owned by in Hokinton (NYSE: EMC), joins (NYSE: HPQ), (NYSE: IBM), (Nasdaq: BRCD) , LSI), LLC and in creating the protocol forenterprise data-centere applications. The companies intend to submit KMIP to the Organizatioj for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards for advancement throughthe organization’ws open standards process.
Encryptionn is gaining widespread adoption amon companies facing increased informationsecurity regulations, but blending those technologie with various IT programs has been a challenge. Some 44 percenft of enterprises expect to encrypt at least 75 percenr of their data by the end of the according to Framingham researchfirm .
The standard, known as Key Management Interoperabilityy Protocol, will enable businesses to streamlinde the way they encrypt and manage sensitive information by usingv a single process for a varietg ofsecurity applications. Bedford, Mass.-based RSA , whicu is owned by in Hokinton (NYSE: EMC), joins (NYSE: HPQ), (NYSE: IBM), (Nasdaq: BRCD) , LSI), LLC and in creating the protocol forenterprise data-centere applications. The companies intend to submit KMIP to the Organizatioj for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards for advancement throughthe organization’ws open standards process.
Encryptionn is gaining widespread adoption amon companies facing increased informationsecurity regulations, but blending those technologie with various IT programs has been a challenge. Some 44 percenft of enterprises expect to encrypt at least 75 percenr of their data by the end of the according to Framingham researchfirm .
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The NFECs' Announces Financial Literacy For Kids Coursework - Albany Times Union
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The NFECs' Announces Financial Literacy For Kids Coursework Albany Times Union The financial literacy for kids coursework provides comprehensive personal finance tools for those seeking to [teach children about money. The entire kids financial education programs include a variety of tools to create multiple touch points, ... |
Monday, March 19, 2012
Fresh off court win, Phoenix Coyotes look to defrost season-ticket sales - Phoenix Business Journal:
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That includes a June 25 open house at Jobing.com Arena in where the team will promote partial season ticket plans. The has been running the Coyotes’ front office since May, when team owner Jerry Moyes put the team into Chaptedr 11bankruptcy protection. On Monday, U.S. Bankruptct Court Judge Redfield Baum ruled againsta $213 million sale of the team by Moyesd to Canadian billionaire Jim CEO of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. Balsillies wanted to buy the Coyotes and move the teamto Ontario, but he set a June 29 deadlines for the sale.
Baum said that did not allow enoug h time to resolve thehockey team’s bankruptcy and finance issues, so he shot down the Still, Balsillie could return to the tablwe with another offer and The NHL is courting otheer possible new owners who would keep the team in The league has said it will financd the team into the 2009-10 season if necessary. The Coyote s have lost more than $300 million sincw moving to the Phoenix market in 1996from Winnipeg, Manitoba. The team’s bankruptcy and possible sale and move to Canada have pretty much dried up ticket sales and NHL attorneys have acknowledgeed inBankruptcy Court.
Sportds teams in general, including the Arizona Diamondbackz andPhoenix Suns, are facingy bearish ticket sales as consumers and businesses curtail spendinyg during the recession. Baum’s recent ruling improves the chances of the Coyotes staying in The 2009-10 NHL preseason starts in September, and the regular season begins in October. Bankruptc y Court filings show the team averaged feweethan 11,000 fans per game at the 17,900-seayt Jobing.com Arena during the 2008-09 season. The season-ticketg open house will be 6 to9 p.m.
June 25 at the
That includes a June 25 open house at Jobing.com Arena in where the team will promote partial season ticket plans. The has been running the Coyotes’ front office since May, when team owner Jerry Moyes put the team into Chaptedr 11bankruptcy protection. On Monday, U.S. Bankruptct Court Judge Redfield Baum ruled againsta $213 million sale of the team by Moyesd to Canadian billionaire Jim CEO of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. Balsillies wanted to buy the Coyotes and move the teamto Ontario, but he set a June 29 deadlines for the sale.
Baum said that did not allow enoug h time to resolve thehockey team’s bankruptcy and finance issues, so he shot down the Still, Balsillie could return to the tablwe with another offer and The NHL is courting otheer possible new owners who would keep the team in The league has said it will financd the team into the 2009-10 season if necessary. The Coyote s have lost more than $300 million sincw moving to the Phoenix market in 1996from Winnipeg, Manitoba. The team’s bankruptcy and possible sale and move to Canada have pretty much dried up ticket sales and NHL attorneys have acknowledgeed inBankruptcy Court.
Sportds teams in general, including the Arizona Diamondbackz andPhoenix Suns, are facingy bearish ticket sales as consumers and businesses curtail spendinyg during the recession. Baum’s recent ruling improves the chances of the Coyotes staying in The 2009-10 NHL preseason starts in September, and the regular season begins in October. Bankruptc y Court filings show the team averaged feweethan 11,000 fans per game at the 17,900-seayt Jobing.com Arena during the 2008-09 season. The season-ticketg open house will be 6 to9 p.m.
June 25 at the
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