Cutler's multi-faceted performance prevails ESPN (blog) Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler had one of the most statistically unique games in NFL postseason history in Sunday's 35-24 win over the Seattle ... |
Monday, January 17, 2011
Cutler's multi-faceted performance prevails - ESPN (blog)
http://www.ifc.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&id=27623
Friday, January 14, 2011
Roberts backs KU Cancer Center's push for NCI designation - Charlotte Business Journal:
http://cranetechnews.com/2009/03/09/crane-high-school/
Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwoofd medical building. He said that it now take s 10 years to 17 yearsand $1 billiohn to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “national The National Cancer Institute said in November that the KU Cance r Center has a Sept. 25, application date for its efforts to get aninitiakl five-year designation as an NCI cancer center. The months-long application process for institutions seeking new designationz begins with submission of documentatio n that sometimesexceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visitt and other steps. The earliest that KU Cancefr Center’s application could be approved is the springof 2012.
64 cancer centers receive Cancert Center Support Grants to suppor t research to reducethe incidence, morbidity and mortalitty rates of cancer. Therre are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensivecanceer centers. The KU Cancer Center is part of , whichg is the medical research and educationn arm of the Universityof Kansas. NCI designatiojn — KU’s No. 1 prioritty — typically is granted to academicmedical Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entitg that will apply for NCI designation. • Increase d regional patient accessto cutting-edgs clinical trials. • More than $1.3 billiojn in annual economic benefits inthe region.
An increase in KU Cancer Center’s annual NCI financingg from thecurrent $7.5 million to abougt $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attracy world-class researchers who bring NCI grantswith them, and part of the estimatexd increase is based on that. Many of theses researchers doubleas clinicians, adding expertiswe and depth in various cancer-care sub-specialties.
Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwoofd medical building. He said that it now take s 10 years to 17 yearsand $1 billiohn to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “national The National Cancer Institute said in November that the KU Cance r Center has a Sept. 25, application date for its efforts to get aninitiakl five-year designation as an NCI cancer center. The months-long application process for institutions seeking new designationz begins with submission of documentatio n that sometimesexceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visitt and other steps. The earliest that KU Cancefr Center’s application could be approved is the springof 2012.
64 cancer centers receive Cancert Center Support Grants to suppor t research to reducethe incidence, morbidity and mortalitty rates of cancer. Therre are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensivecanceer centers. The KU Cancer Center is part of , whichg is the medical research and educationn arm of the Universityof Kansas. NCI designatiojn — KU’s No. 1 prioritty — typically is granted to academicmedical Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entitg that will apply for NCI designation. • Increase d regional patient accessto cutting-edgs clinical trials. • More than $1.3 billiojn in annual economic benefits inthe region.
An increase in KU Cancer Center’s annual NCI financingg from thecurrent $7.5 million to abougt $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attracy world-class researchers who bring NCI grantswith them, and part of the estimatexd increase is based on that. Many of theses researchers doubleas clinicians, adding expertiswe and depth in various cancer-care sub-specialties.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Android at CES: strong growth as platform jumps to new devices - Ars Technica
http://allsportnews.eu/florida-athlete-only-needed-one-leg-to-have-a-hall-of-fame-career/
Fox News | Android at CES: strong growth as platform jumps to new devices Ars Technica We also saw a few handsetsâ€"such as Sony Ericsson's Xperia Arcâ€"that will ship with Android 2.3, the latest version of the platform. Android's maturity as a ... CES 2011: Motorola Xoom & NVIDIA Tegra 2: The Honeycomb Platform |
Sunday, January 9, 2011
SI: Grizzlies
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Heisley ranks behind perennial worst owner inthe league, Donalc Sterling, owner of the Los Angelexs Clippers, and James Dolan, owner of the New York Golden State Warriors owner Chris Cohan and Robert Johnson/Michael Jordan, co-owners of the Charlotte round out the bottom five. The report was based on factors like willingness to spend money to improv ethe team; stability and capabilities of frontf office and management; team culture; and interactivity with The report also gave heavy consideration to succesa on the court.
The reporft cites Heisley’s cost-cutting measures over the last few includingthe team’s trade of Pau Gasok in the 2007-08 season for expiring contracts and drafgt picks. It also mentions the team’s consecutive 22-6 seasons. The team finished 24-58 this Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss is ranked asthe No. 1 owner in the NBA followed by San Antonik Spurs owner Peter Dallas Mavericks ownerMark Cuban, Houstomn Rockets owner Les Alexander and Cleveland Cavaliersw owner Dan Gilbert, according to . In Forbes magazine listed because of his vocal supporty of revenue sharing in the NBA andthe team’z continuing corporate support growth.
Heisley ranks behind perennial worst owner inthe league, Donalc Sterling, owner of the Los Angelexs Clippers, and James Dolan, owner of the New York Golden State Warriors owner Chris Cohan and Robert Johnson/Michael Jordan, co-owners of the Charlotte round out the bottom five. The report was based on factors like willingness to spend money to improv ethe team; stability and capabilities of frontf office and management; team culture; and interactivity with The report also gave heavy consideration to succesa on the court.
The reporft cites Heisley’s cost-cutting measures over the last few includingthe team’s trade of Pau Gasok in the 2007-08 season for expiring contracts and drafgt picks. It also mentions the team’s consecutive 22-6 seasons. The team finished 24-58 this Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss is ranked asthe No. 1 owner in the NBA followed by San Antonik Spurs owner Peter Dallas Mavericks ownerMark Cuban, Houstomn Rockets owner Les Alexander and Cleveland Cavaliersw owner Dan Gilbert, according to . In Forbes magazine listed because of his vocal supporty of revenue sharing in the NBA andthe team’z continuing corporate support growth.
Friday, January 7, 2011
New SBA emergency bridge loans to become available in June - Washington Business Journal:
http://www.ccheever.com/blog/?cat=16
Through the program, small businesses that are havinb trouble making payments onexisting non-SBAq loans can borrow up to $35,000, interest-free. The mone y can be used to make up to six months of payments of principal and interest on smallk business debt ranging from mortgages to credit Small businesses will have one year aftef the final disbursement of these bridgs loans before they have to stary payingthem back. They will then have five years to repay the The economic stimulus bill called for the SBA to creatw the new temporaryloan program.
The agencyu will guarantee 100 percent of the amount oftheses America’s Recovery Capital loans, whichh will be made througb its network of private-sector lenders. SBA Administratoer Karen Mills said the agency will providse guidance to lenders on the ARC program byJune 8, and will begin accepting loan packages from lenderw June 15. “We expect these loans to be in high Mills said. Tony president and CEO of the Nationall Association of GovernmentGuaranteed Lenders, estimates the approximatelhy $350 million in loans that will be available throughh the program will be used up “rather quickly,” perhapes in three months.
Lenders, however, are stilll awaiting crucial details onthe program, he said. Only small businesses will be eligibld to receivethe loans, for example, and the SBA hasn’rt defined viable yet. the SBA will be subsidizing the interest on the and the agency has not told lenderz what interest rate theycan charge. The SBA will provides these details to lendersJune 8, Mills In general, she said, viable small businesses are firms with a trackm record of success that are experiencing temporary difficulties, such as declining sales, due to the economic They also must present a plan demonstratinyg they will be able to sustain themselvea once they’ve used up the emergencyh loan, she said.
Lenders that currently do not participate inthe SBA’s government-guaranteed loan programd will be given the opportunityt to do so. This will enable them to help borrowerx who are behind on theifloan payments, and turn past-due loans into loanxs that are current. This should result in more banksd becomingSBA lenders, a goal of both Millsa and Sen. Mary Landrieu, who chairs the Senate Small Business andEntrepreneurship Committee. Only about half of all U.S. bankz make SBA loans, Landrieu said.
If theree is a problem with the progran that keeps banksfrom participating, “we want to correct it,” she
Through the program, small businesses that are havinb trouble making payments onexisting non-SBAq loans can borrow up to $35,000, interest-free. The mone y can be used to make up to six months of payments of principal and interest on smallk business debt ranging from mortgages to credit Small businesses will have one year aftef the final disbursement of these bridgs loans before they have to stary payingthem back. They will then have five years to repay the The economic stimulus bill called for the SBA to creatw the new temporaryloan program.
The agencyu will guarantee 100 percent of the amount oftheses America’s Recovery Capital loans, whichh will be made througb its network of private-sector lenders. SBA Administratoer Karen Mills said the agency will providse guidance to lenders on the ARC program byJune 8, and will begin accepting loan packages from lenderw June 15. “We expect these loans to be in high Mills said. Tony president and CEO of the Nationall Association of GovernmentGuaranteed Lenders, estimates the approximatelhy $350 million in loans that will be available throughh the program will be used up “rather quickly,” perhapes in three months.
Lenders, however, are stilll awaiting crucial details onthe program, he said. Only small businesses will be eligibld to receivethe loans, for example, and the SBA hasn’rt defined viable yet. the SBA will be subsidizing the interest on the and the agency has not told lenderz what interest rate theycan charge. The SBA will provides these details to lendersJune 8, Mills In general, she said, viable small businesses are firms with a trackm record of success that are experiencing temporary difficulties, such as declining sales, due to the economic They also must present a plan demonstratinyg they will be able to sustain themselvea once they’ve used up the emergencyh loan, she said.
Lenders that currently do not participate inthe SBA’s government-guaranteed loan programd will be given the opportunityt to do so. This will enable them to help borrowerx who are behind on theifloan payments, and turn past-due loans into loanxs that are current. This should result in more banksd becomingSBA lenders, a goal of both Millsa and Sen. Mary Landrieu, who chairs the Senate Small Business andEntrepreneurship Committee. Only about half of all U.S. bankz make SBA loans, Landrieu said.
If theree is a problem with the progran that keeps banksfrom participating, “we want to correct it,” she
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Poll: What was the most important aspect of the Patriots' unexpected 14-2 season? - MassLive.com (blog)
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ESPN (blog) | Poll: What was the most important aspect of the Patriots' unexpected 14-2 season? MassLive.com (blog) APThe emergence of rookie tight end Rob Gronkowski played a major role in the Patriots success this season. No one re » |
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Economist: FDIC gearing up for bank closures - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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“They know they’re goingg to take down a large number of banks andthey can’t do it unti l they’re staffed up,” said Mark chief economist and director of research for the Real Estatr Center at . Dotzour expects federal regulators to establishan agency, similar to the that disposeed of assets belonging to insolvent S&Ls in the late 1980s and earlt 1990s. “Once they startt to sell [foreclosed real we’ll find out what the market really is,” Dotzouer told attendees at a local economic summit hosted by the Tampa chapters ofthe , and NAIOP.
Dotzour blamed federak intervention for the lack of commercial real estate investmenr activity inrecent months, as well as the failure of businessez to make major decisions. “Nobody knows what to do so they’ree doing nothing,” Dotzour said at the luncheon meetinv atthe . Government, in its quest to help the economy, is causingy harm by propping up failing companies and regularltchanging rules, he said. “No one can predicr what the governmentwill do,” Dotzourr said. “People are frozen.
It’s not that they don’tf want to invest in the the rulesare unclear,” he He jokingly called the Federal Reserve “inksters” for routinely printinv money to bail out big including banks that are stilol not making many loans. The government’s role in a capitalistivc society, he said, “is to make the rulea and get off thedanc floor.” Businesses and individuals that can’t pay theirt bills should resolve thei r problems in bankruptcy court, not with moneh from the government, he It’s a process that has workexd for decades, for “Everyone has a lesson to learn here, including you and me,” he said.
“Ww have to live within our Dotzour expects foreclosure rates to continuseto climb, real estate price s to fall more and cap rates to rise to at leastg 9 percent before leveling off. In 2010 and interest rates will beginto rise, as will inflation. Once investors realize the market isat bottom, dealw will begin to flow again, he said. In the meantime, he comparee the bad loans that remainon banks’ bookx to a smelly cat litte box and the feds keep throwing more littee on top to mask the smell. But they’lp eventually have to removw the organic material to fixthe problem.
“They know they’re goingg to take down a large number of banks andthey can’t do it unti l they’re staffed up,” said Mark chief economist and director of research for the Real Estatr Center at . Dotzour expects federal regulators to establishan agency, similar to the that disposeed of assets belonging to insolvent S&Ls in the late 1980s and earlt 1990s. “Once they startt to sell [foreclosed real we’ll find out what the market really is,” Dotzouer told attendees at a local economic summit hosted by the Tampa chapters ofthe , and NAIOP.
Dotzour blamed federak intervention for the lack of commercial real estate investmenr activity inrecent months, as well as the failure of businessez to make major decisions. “Nobody knows what to do so they’ree doing nothing,” Dotzour said at the luncheon meetinv atthe . Government, in its quest to help the economy, is causingy harm by propping up failing companies and regularltchanging rules, he said. “No one can predicr what the governmentwill do,” Dotzourr said. “People are frozen.
It’s not that they don’tf want to invest in the the rulesare unclear,” he He jokingly called the Federal Reserve “inksters” for routinely printinv money to bail out big including banks that are stilol not making many loans. The government’s role in a capitalistivc society, he said, “is to make the rulea and get off thedanc floor.” Businesses and individuals that can’t pay theirt bills should resolve thei r problems in bankruptcy court, not with moneh from the government, he It’s a process that has workexd for decades, for “Everyone has a lesson to learn here, including you and me,” he said.
“Ww have to live within our Dotzour expects foreclosure rates to continuseto climb, real estate price s to fall more and cap rates to rise to at leastg 9 percent before leveling off. In 2010 and interest rates will beginto rise, as will inflation. Once investors realize the market isat bottom, dealw will begin to flow again, he said. In the meantime, he comparee the bad loans that remainon banks’ bookx to a smelly cat litte box and the feds keep throwing more littee on top to mask the smell. But they’lp eventually have to removw the organic material to fixthe problem.
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