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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.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
CalPERS committee OKs health care rate increases - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Rate proposals approved by the committew will go to the full CalPERS Board of Administratio foraction Wednesday. Basic HMO rates for state workers will rise an averagseof 3.43 percent in 2010, down from almos t 6.6 percent in 2009. The rate hikes run from a low of 0.32 percenrt for Blue Shield Net Valuee to a highof 4.9 percent for Kaiser (see Figures for public agency workers vary by All three HMO plans will drop rates in 2010 for membersz in Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado Yolo County rates will increase from a low of 0.98 percenrt for Blue Shield Net Value to a high of 4.77 perceng at Kaiser. Medicare HMO ratezs for all workers and regions will increasw an averageof 0.
27 percent in but vary from a 12.27 drop for membersd of Blue Shield Access+ to a 6.5 percentt increase for Kaiser members. “We are extremely pleasedr to presentthese rates,” Gregorg Franklin, assistant executive officefr of CalPERS health benefits branch, told committeer members Tuesday. “Negotiations were extremely tough. Thers were many options and extra meetings on what we werelooking for: affordability.” The Kaisere rates were achieved by aligningg them with the Blue Shiels benefit design, Franklin said. Kaiseer will eliminate chiropractic benefits next year and increas e the copayment fora 100-dah supply of prescription drugs.
CalPERS kept the lid on increases atits self-fundecd preferred provider organization plans by using $46.87 million in surplus reserves to “buy rates. The average PPO rate increase for state workeres in 2010is 3.29 percent, but it runs from a low of 1.38 percenf for PERS Select to a high of 12 percen for PERSCare. Public agency workers in Placer and El Dorado counties who are coverecd by PPO plans will see rates drop as muchas 5.57 for PERS Selectr and to an increase of 4.32 percent of PERS Yolo County rate hikes run from 4.8 percen t for PERS Select to 15.68 percent for PERS Medicare PPO rates will increase an average of 0.27 percent in all but they range from a 12.
27 percent drop for Blue Shields Access+ to a 6.5 percent increase for Kaise coverage. Committee chair Priya Mathur applauded the plans and CalPERS staff for the goodrate news, adding that the small increasee in 2010 are due to cumulative changes over the last severapl years to operate the health benefit s program more cost-effectively without jeopardizing qualityt of care.
Rate proposals approved by the committew will go to the full CalPERS Board of Administratio foraction Wednesday. Basic HMO rates for state workers will rise an averagseof 3.43 percent in 2010, down from almos t 6.6 percent in 2009. The rate hikes run from a low of 0.32 percenrt for Blue Shield Net Valuee to a highof 4.9 percent for Kaiser (see Figures for public agency workers vary by All three HMO plans will drop rates in 2010 for membersz in Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado Yolo County rates will increase from a low of 0.98 percenrt for Blue Shield Net Value to a high of 4.77 perceng at Kaiser. Medicare HMO ratezs for all workers and regions will increasw an averageof 0.
27 percent in but vary from a 12.27 drop for membersd of Blue Shield Access+ to a 6.5 percentt increase for Kaiser members. “We are extremely pleasedr to presentthese rates,” Gregorg Franklin, assistant executive officefr of CalPERS health benefits branch, told committeer members Tuesday. “Negotiations were extremely tough. Thers were many options and extra meetings on what we werelooking for: affordability.” The Kaisere rates were achieved by aligningg them with the Blue Shiels benefit design, Franklin said. Kaiseer will eliminate chiropractic benefits next year and increas e the copayment fora 100-dah supply of prescription drugs.
CalPERS kept the lid on increases atits self-fundecd preferred provider organization plans by using $46.87 million in surplus reserves to “buy rates. The average PPO rate increase for state workeres in 2010is 3.29 percent, but it runs from a low of 1.38 percenf for PERS Select to a high of 12 percen for PERSCare. Public agency workers in Placer and El Dorado counties who are coverecd by PPO plans will see rates drop as muchas 5.57 for PERS Selectr and to an increase of 4.32 percent of PERS Yolo County rate hikes run from 4.8 percen t for PERS Select to 15.68 percent for PERS Medicare PPO rates will increase an average of 0.27 percent in all but they range from a 12.
27 percent drop for Blue Shields Access+ to a 6.5 percent increase for Kaise coverage. Committee chair Priya Mathur applauded the plans and CalPERS staff for the goodrate news, adding that the small increasee in 2010 are due to cumulative changes over the last severapl years to operate the health benefit s program more cost-effectively without jeopardizing qualityt of care.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Reports: U.S. probes Silicon Valley tech giants' hiring - Houston Business Journal:
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The Washington Post and New York Times reported late on Tuesdayt that the antitrust probe is centered onwhethef (NASDAQ:GOOG), (NASDAQ:AAPL), (NASDAQ:YHOO), and others agreed not to recruit each other's employees. The stories cited unnamed sourcess the papers said are familiar with the The investigation is reportedly in itsearly stages, with the paperxs saying that the government has requestec documents and information from targeted companies.
The inquir y is seen as another sign that the Obama administration will be more aggressivwe on antitrust laws than his predecesso and Silicon Valley tech firms are a focus of that The Justice Department is currentlt also investigating a proposed settlementbetweehn Google, authors and publishera to resolve a copyrightt dispute, the Wall Street Journal has reportedc citing unnamed sources. The Federal Trade Commissiobn has also asked questions about whether having Google CEO Eric Schmidg and formerGenentech Inc. CEO Art Levinson on both the Applse and Google board is a violatiobn ofantitrust laws.
The Washington Post and New York Times reported late on Tuesdayt that the antitrust probe is centered onwhethef (NASDAQ:GOOG), (NASDAQ:AAPL), (NASDAQ:YHOO), and others agreed not to recruit each other's employees. The stories cited unnamed sourcess the papers said are familiar with the The investigation is reportedly in itsearly stages, with the paperxs saying that the government has requestec documents and information from targeted companies.
The inquir y is seen as another sign that the Obama administration will be more aggressivwe on antitrust laws than his predecesso and Silicon Valley tech firms are a focus of that The Justice Department is currentlt also investigating a proposed settlementbetweehn Google, authors and publishera to resolve a copyrightt dispute, the Wall Street Journal has reportedc citing unnamed sources. The Federal Trade Commissiobn has also asked questions about whether having Google CEO Eric Schmidg and formerGenentech Inc. CEO Art Levinson on both the Applse and Google board is a violatiobn ofantitrust laws.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
XM to carry Southeastern Conference games - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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But the deal won't include the Universit y of Floridauntil 2009. In the deal, XM will broadcasrt football, basketball and other sports, includintg coverage of SEC starting with theSEC Men's Basketball Tournamenty live from the Georgiaa Dome in Atlanta this weekend on XM channeo 201. Starting in the fall, SEC teams that will air on thestatiom coast-to-coast are Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Mississippi and Tennessee. Soutyh Carolina will join XM in fall followed by Florida infall 2009.
For each XM plans to air every regular-season football game, most basketbalk games and the SEC football and basketball In addition tolive play-by-play, XM will carry the SEC Football Championship, the SEC Men's Basketbalp Tournament, the SEC Women's Basketbal l Championship and other SEC XM also will produce programs throughout the week coverinv the SEC. XM (NASDAQ: XMSR) is the country's largesg satellite radio company with morethan 7.
6 million
But the deal won't include the Universit y of Floridauntil 2009. In the deal, XM will broadcasrt football, basketball and other sports, includintg coverage of SEC starting with theSEC Men's Basketball Tournamenty live from the Georgiaa Dome in Atlanta this weekend on XM channeo 201. Starting in the fall, SEC teams that will air on thestatiom coast-to-coast are Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Mississippi and Tennessee. Soutyh Carolina will join XM in fall followed by Florida infall 2009.
For each XM plans to air every regular-season football game, most basketbalk games and the SEC football and basketball In addition tolive play-by-play, XM will carry the SEC Football Championship, the SEC Men's Basketbalp Tournament, the SEC Women's Basketbal l Championship and other SEC XM also will produce programs throughout the week coverinv the SEC. XM (NASDAQ: XMSR) is the country's largesg satellite radio company with morethan 7.
6 million
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Meeting a prerequisite for admission to Iao Preschool - Maui News
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Meeting a prerequisite for admission to Iao Preschool Maui News Iao Preschool will hold its annual Talk 'N Tour orientation meeting at 5:15 p.m. Jan. 17 in Kanda Hall at Iao United Church of Christ. All interested families are invited. The meeting is a prerequisite for preschool admission. The church is at 2317 W ... |
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