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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
This Slick, Free Game Is Basically Canabalt Meets Archer - Kotaku
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Friday, February 22, 2013
Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - Business First of Louisville:
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The grants, being divviex among 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure facult y and students, and improve technology at the Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected to reach 10,0090 by 2016, according to the . The current vacancyy rate of nurses at state hospitalxs is8 percent. The economic downturn has helpec the industry because many retiredc nurses have come backto work, but once the recession ends the shortag will worsen, said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylands Hospital Association. The first rouned of grants will increase the numberf of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 faculty positions at nursing programs acrossthe state.
“The numbee of nurses graduating from Maryland schools are simplynot enough,” said Ronald B. Peterson, presidengt of and co-chair of the “Whoi Will Care?” campaign at a press conference “We cannot take our eye off thenursingg demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,50p0 new nursing students. The program has raised $15.5 millionj to date through the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimorer constructionform , , the region's largest hospitak system, and , the region's largest health insurer.
Greate Baltimore Medical Center, for example, gave The goal is to raise $20 milliob from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, .
The grants, being divviex among 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure facult y and students, and improve technology at the Maryland’s nursing shortage is expected to reach 10,0090 by 2016, according to the . The current vacancyy rate of nurses at state hospitalxs is8 percent. The economic downturn has helpec the industry because many retiredc nurses have come backto work, but once the recession ends the shortag will worsen, said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylands Hospital Association. The first rouned of grants will increase the numberf of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 faculty positions at nursing programs acrossthe state.
“The numbee of nurses graduating from Maryland schools are simplynot enough,” said Ronald B. Peterson, presidengt of and co-chair of the “Whoi Will Care?” campaign at a press conference “We cannot take our eye off thenursingg demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,50p0 new nursing students. The program has raised $15.5 millionj to date through the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimorer constructionform , , the region's largest hospitak system, and , the region's largest health insurer.
Greate Baltimore Medical Center, for example, gave The goal is to raise $20 milliob from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, .
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Obama budget includes $10M for port project - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Port officials described the inclusion in the budget proposal asa “keyh step in securing the federal funding neededx to move the $80 millionn channel-deepening project forward.” The project would deepen the 43-mile channelk between the port and the San Franciscko Bay to 35 feet from 30 It initially started in 1989 and stopped in 1991 as a resulgt of a since-resolved utility matter. Aboug 35 more miles still need to be The channel’s current depth allows less than 40 percen of fully loaded ocean-going freight ships to acceszs the port.
If the channel was dredged to 35 more than 75 percent of such ships couled serve the Sacramento It would takeaboutg $80 million to finish dredging the with about $60 million expected to come from the federakl government. The approved $10 million for the projecr last year. In addition to state and federal funding, the port is investinv up to $10 million in the Work is expected to begin on the channep dredging in 2010 and be completedin 2013.
“We’re anxious to the get the channel-deepening project underwah and pleased to know we havethe President’z support at this critical juncture,” Mike McGowan, chairmajn of the , said in a news “We need to get the project launched soon to help the port remain viable as a key Northern California goodsx movement facility.” “The project is an excellent example of the federal government’s priority on restoring the nation’sx infrastructure,” West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon, a member of the commission, added, in the news The project stopped in 1991 afte r engineers, while digging out the channel, came across gas In 1993, the port sued PG&E in federal asking that the utility be forced to move the lines.
The port and the utilityt later entered into an agreement and now are workinf together to move or protectthe lines.
Port officials described the inclusion in the budget proposal asa “keyh step in securing the federal funding neededx to move the $80 millionn channel-deepening project forward.” The project would deepen the 43-mile channelk between the port and the San Franciscko Bay to 35 feet from 30 It initially started in 1989 and stopped in 1991 as a resulgt of a since-resolved utility matter. Aboug 35 more miles still need to be The channel’s current depth allows less than 40 percen of fully loaded ocean-going freight ships to acceszs the port.
If the channel was dredged to 35 more than 75 percent of such ships couled serve the Sacramento It would takeaboutg $80 million to finish dredging the with about $60 million expected to come from the federakl government. The approved $10 million for the projecr last year. In addition to state and federal funding, the port is investinv up to $10 million in the Work is expected to begin on the channep dredging in 2010 and be completedin 2013.
“We’re anxious to the get the channel-deepening project underwah and pleased to know we havethe President’z support at this critical juncture,” Mike McGowan, chairmajn of the , said in a news “We need to get the project launched soon to help the port remain viable as a key Northern California goodsx movement facility.” “The project is an excellent example of the federal government’s priority on restoring the nation’sx infrastructure,” West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon, a member of the commission, added, in the news The project stopped in 1991 afte r engineers, while digging out the channel, came across gas In 1993, the port sued PG&E in federal asking that the utility be forced to move the lines.
The port and the utilityt later entered into an agreement and now are workinf together to move or protectthe lines.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
“Thong Type Costumes Are Problematic†and Other Details of CBS's Comically ... - Vanity Fair
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Saturday, February 2, 2013
Blue Cross to add Via Christi as in-network provider - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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The five-year agreement takes effect Jan. 1. It means more than 110,0090 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas member in Sedgwick County will be covered for services at Via Add in the other members who get their coverage from Blue Cross outside of Kansas and that number balloons to more than says Graham Bailey vice president of corporatse communications atBlue Cross. “We’rd trying to meet the need of our members,” Bailey says. “You’re here to serves a clientele, and one of the thingsw that is becoming more apparen t is peoplewant choice. This is a watershed event.
” With the Blue Cross will send payments directly to Via Christi instead of reimbursinb members who previously were responsible for paying themedical center. The agreement also includes members who havethe insurer’w Plan 65-Select Medicare supplemen product. The deal expands a limited partnershio between Blue Cross Blue Shield andVia Christi, wherer the two have worked together under a specia l services agreement that covered such treatments as burns, transplants and inpatieng psychiatric care. Michalene Maringer, president and CEO of the Via Christi WichitaHealth Network, says the partnership offers additionap coverage options for Via Christi patients.
“I thin it is just a maturation of the she says ofthe deal. “Itf speaks volumes for the quality of care that Via Christ has inthe community.” Both sideds say the deal was predicated by increasinvg demand from patrons for choice. “We’ve heard from so many families whose coverage is through Blue Cross that they wishedf they could come to us for all of theitr hospital care rather than for just those services covered undert the limitedservice agreement,” Maringer says. “Now, patients will have a Meanwhile, remains Blue Cross’ only local in-network hospital at leas t through the end ofthe year.
Bailey says Blue Crosse is working with Wesley to extend its agreement asan in-network provider. If that deal, whichg could be finalized this fall, is reached Blue Cros s would havetwo in-network hospitals in Wichita. “Wse are reaching out to othere facilities looking for opportunitieds to jointhe (Blue Cross) network,” Bailey Thursday’s announcement marked the second time this year a major health insurance provider addesd a Wichita hospital as an in-network provider. Preferred Health Systema earlier this year added Galichia Heart Hospital asa provider.
The five-year agreement takes effect Jan. 1. It means more than 110,0090 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas member in Sedgwick County will be covered for services at Via Add in the other members who get their coverage from Blue Cross outside of Kansas and that number balloons to more than says Graham Bailey vice president of corporatse communications atBlue Cross. “We’rd trying to meet the need of our members,” Bailey says. “You’re here to serves a clientele, and one of the thingsw that is becoming more apparen t is peoplewant choice. This is a watershed event.
” With the Blue Cross will send payments directly to Via Christi instead of reimbursinb members who previously were responsible for paying themedical center. The agreement also includes members who havethe insurer’w Plan 65-Select Medicare supplemen product. The deal expands a limited partnershio between Blue Cross Blue Shield andVia Christi, wherer the two have worked together under a specia l services agreement that covered such treatments as burns, transplants and inpatieng psychiatric care. Michalene Maringer, president and CEO of the Via Christi WichitaHealth Network, says the partnership offers additionap coverage options for Via Christi patients.
“I thin it is just a maturation of the she says ofthe deal. “Itf speaks volumes for the quality of care that Via Christ has inthe community.” Both sideds say the deal was predicated by increasinvg demand from patrons for choice. “We’ve heard from so many families whose coverage is through Blue Cross that they wishedf they could come to us for all of theitr hospital care rather than for just those services covered undert the limitedservice agreement,” Maringer says. “Now, patients will have a Meanwhile, remains Blue Cross’ only local in-network hospital at leas t through the end ofthe year.
Bailey says Blue Crosse is working with Wesley to extend its agreement asan in-network provider. If that deal, whichg could be finalized this fall, is reached Blue Cros s would havetwo in-network hospitals in Wichita. “Wse are reaching out to othere facilities looking for opportunitieds to jointhe (Blue Cross) network,” Bailey Thursday’s announcement marked the second time this year a major health insurance provider addesd a Wichita hospital as an in-network provider. Preferred Health Systema earlier this year added Galichia Heart Hospital asa provider.
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