NM task force recommends basing teacher evaluations on student performance ... The Republic AP SANTA FE, NM â€" A Public Education Department task force recommends that teachers be evaluated based on the achievement of their students. The group's findings were announced Tuesday and the department posted a report on its website ... |
mercredi 31 août 2011
NM task force recommends basing teacher evaluations on student performance ... - The Republic
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lundi 29 août 2011
Deal still in the works for Trump on S. Tryon? - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Still, the New York development conglomerate's plans for most of a South Tryon Street block continue tomove forward, says Ashleyh Campbell, co-founder of , whichh is managing land acquisition for the Trump Charlotte project. A mix of condos, retail and a hotel hinges on theTrump Organization'ws purchase of two parcels between East Stonewall and East Hill streetw owned by , Campbelol says. Deadlines for closing on the propertiea -- which Campbell said in August wouldx occur by the end ofOctobetr -- have moved, he says.
A Crescenrt official declined this week to discuss the projec t inany detail: "I am not in a positio n to discuss anything," says Henry Lomax, vice president of capitao markets. "I can't say anything abouyt it. There are a lot of moving parts. Once somethint happens, we can talk about it. But so far, nothingh has happened." Infinity has been working as the Trump Organization's local representative for a project that would be spearheadee by real estate mogul Donald Trump'ws children. In March, third-generation real estate developef DonaldTrump Jr.
announced consideration of theTryon However, the financial structure of the deal and the overalpl scope of the project remain undetermined, Campbellp says. "Trump hasn't even finalizedr what he wants onthe site," he says. "He's only agreef to do due diligence." Trumpo Jr. did not return callsw this week. Campbell says Charlotte-based architecturaol firm is the leading candidate to design the A Little official declines to talk aboutthe plans. "Wr can't comment on that in any regarfd atthis point," says firm spokeswoman Tina Little and at least three other firms were askes to submit proposals in May.
The first rounfd of interviews included Truml sonsDonald Jr. and Eric, according to a representativre from one of the firmsin contention. Most of the loca interaction with the Trump Organizationn has been led byDonald Jr. or Infinityg Partners. On one occasion, Charlotte economic director Tom Flynn participatexd in a telephone conference call that includexTrump Jr., but he says he'es never met any of the Trumps. In the past two Trump family members have said they were considering launchingt projectsin Dallas, Atlanta and Seattle.
Only Trump Towers Atlanta hassignificantly progressed, while Florida project s under way in Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdalee have been plagued by poor sales and The Trump Organization typically teams with a local development companty or agrees to a licensing deal in which a buildee buys the Trump brand for a fee plus a shard of profits. For example, a developer in Tampa agreedc topay $2.8 million and 50% of net profitsd for a condo project in exchange for using the Trump The project in Charlotte isn'yt a signature deal, Campbell says. "That's not the way this projectg started," he says.
"It might end up that way, but the initiaol interest and commitments thus far have come fromthe Instead, the Charlotte proposal involves a monetary commitment from the
Still, the New York development conglomerate's plans for most of a South Tryon Street block continue tomove forward, says Ashleyh Campbell, co-founder of , whichh is managing land acquisition for the Trump Charlotte project. A mix of condos, retail and a hotel hinges on theTrump Organization'ws purchase of two parcels between East Stonewall and East Hill streetw owned by , Campbelol says. Deadlines for closing on the propertiea -- which Campbell said in August wouldx occur by the end ofOctobetr -- have moved, he says.
A Crescenrt official declined this week to discuss the projec t inany detail: "I am not in a positio n to discuss anything," says Henry Lomax, vice president of capitao markets. "I can't say anything abouyt it. There are a lot of moving parts. Once somethint happens, we can talk about it. But so far, nothingh has happened." Infinity has been working as the Trump Organization's local representative for a project that would be spearheadee by real estate mogul Donald Trump'ws children. In March, third-generation real estate developef DonaldTrump Jr.
announced consideration of theTryon However, the financial structure of the deal and the overalpl scope of the project remain undetermined, Campbellp says. "Trump hasn't even finalizedr what he wants onthe site," he says. "He's only agreef to do due diligence." Trumpo Jr. did not return callsw this week. Campbell says Charlotte-based architecturaol firm is the leading candidate to design the A Little official declines to talk aboutthe plans. "Wr can't comment on that in any regarfd atthis point," says firm spokeswoman Tina Little and at least three other firms were askes to submit proposals in May.
The first rounfd of interviews included Truml sonsDonald Jr. and Eric, according to a representativre from one of the firmsin contention. Most of the loca interaction with the Trump Organizationn has been led byDonald Jr. or Infinityg Partners. On one occasion, Charlotte economic director Tom Flynn participatexd in a telephone conference call that includexTrump Jr., but he says he'es never met any of the Trumps. In the past two Trump family members have said they were considering launchingt projectsin Dallas, Atlanta and Seattle.
Only Trump Towers Atlanta hassignificantly progressed, while Florida project s under way in Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdalee have been plagued by poor sales and The Trump Organization typically teams with a local development companty or agrees to a licensing deal in which a buildee buys the Trump brand for a fee plus a shard of profits. For example, a developer in Tampa agreedc topay $2.8 million and 50% of net profitsd for a condo project in exchange for using the Trump The project in Charlotte isn'yt a signature deal, Campbell says. "That's not the way this projectg started," he says.
"It might end up that way, but the initiaol interest and commitments thus far have come fromthe Instead, the Charlotte proposal involves a monetary commitment from the
vendredi 26 août 2011
CFO of the Year: 2009 Judges - Wichita Business Journal:
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Peter Brown is founder and chairmanof , a multidisciplinar private investment firm. He previously was chairman, CEO and presidenyt of , retiring in March. He joined AMC in 1991 as CFO. Brownm founded and served as chairma n of the real estateinvestment trust’s boare of trustees from 1997 to 2003. He currently servex as a director of and on variouzsnonprofit boards. Charles Peffeer was a partner with from 1979 untilk his retirementin 2002. He was managingg partner of the Kansas City office from 1993to 2000. Peffere serves as a directord and chairman of the Audit Committeeeof , and He also serves as a directodr and member of the Financial Responsibility Committee of .
Jeannine Strandjords was chief integration officer at before retiringin 2005. Previously, she had financial positions with and She got her start on the audigt staff ofErnst & Whinney. Strandjord serves on corporate andnonprofift boards, including the boards of , , , and .
Peter Brown is founder and chairmanof , a multidisciplinar private investment firm. He previously was chairman, CEO and presidenyt of , retiring in March. He joined AMC in 1991 as CFO. Brownm founded and served as chairma n of the real estateinvestment trust’s boare of trustees from 1997 to 2003. He currently servex as a director of and on variouzsnonprofit boards. Charles Peffeer was a partner with from 1979 untilk his retirementin 2002. He was managingg partner of the Kansas City office from 1993to 2000. Peffere serves as a directord and chairman of the Audit Committeeeof , and He also serves as a directodr and member of the Financial Responsibility Committee of .
Jeannine Strandjords was chief integration officer at before retiringin 2005. Previously, she had financial positions with and She got her start on the audigt staff ofErnst & Whinney. Strandjord serves on corporate andnonprofift boards, including the boards of , , , and .
mercredi 24 août 2011
HMO membership trend is positive - The Business Review (Albany):
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Despite the positive trend in overall HMO profits weredown 23.4 percent to $491.q2 million in 2008, according to data from the . A totalo of 13 of the state’s 39 HMOs lost money last year comparee to 10in 2007. Overalo revenue rose 2.2 percent to $17 billion in 2008. membership was up 1.3 percenty to 3.4 million in 2008 compared to lastyear – reversin g a 5.5 percent drop the year before. Soutgh Florida’s enrollment was also flat at about 1.5 million. Medicapl Plan was by far the year’ s biggest winner with a profitof $211 millionm on revenue of $4.9 billion. Humana AdvantageCare Plan loggede $2 million in profits on $80.6 million in revenue on its own.
Combinexd with Careplus Health Plans’ Humana produced $235.4 million in profit on $4.9 billion in a 22 percent increase fromlast year. Their commerciaol business specifically went from a lossof $10 millionj in 2007 to a profit of $2 million in 2008. That’s due in part to theif market share and to theirstrong contracts, which allows them to reduce payments to providers as costs go up, said Alan a Minnesota-based health care analyst who follows Florid a HMOs. Humana spokesman Mitchell Lubitz attributedrthe company’s success in part to member growth, whicg was achieved organically and through the purchase last year of AdvantageCare Medicarew Advantage Plan in Florida.
AdvantageCare had the bulk of its membershipl on the Treasure Coast andSouthwest Florida, Lubitzs said. Humana also expanded its Florida HMO offerings to employer in PalmBeach County. Membership in the South Floridsa region wasat 341, 776. ’s Healthn Option, which is midsized in terms of membership inSoutb Florida, turned a profiyt in 2008. But it was smalledr than the income it generatedlast year. BCBS Healtu Option profit declined by84 percent, generatintg $7.9 million from $877 milliomn in premium revenue.
John Wagner, director of product managemen for BCBSof Florida, said that employers are continuiny to eat away at group membership as more move towars consumer-driven programs and high-deductable programs. Market pressurees are increasing alongwith cost. “We are seeing employers getting smaller and we arelosinb 14,000 people a day in group insurance he explained. To help offsey that, the company is offering a varietyof high-deductable plans like GoBlue, which targetxs individuals and provides coverage for basic physician pharmaceuticals, lab work and dentalk care. Typically, members are low-income residents, but make too much money to qualifyfor Medicaid.
GoBlue has about 11,000 memberzs statewide. BCBS Health Option also offers ahospitapl surgical-only product designed to work in tanden with GoBlue, which currently covers about 40,0090 people in Florida. The growty in individual coverage is beingb accelerated by theeconomic downturn, which is prompting some to starr their own business. The growth in Medicaid specificallh is also an indicator of the healtbhof Florida’s economy, which is continuinhg to shed jobs, Baumgarten said. Medicaree was up 54,000 members from year to and Medicaid wasup 77,000 members.
Looking at OIR’s numbers, Medicaid and Medicare enrollment, which is considered individual coverage, has increasedd significantly formany companies. For example, Healthy Palm Beaches went from 4,0167 members in 2007 to 7,322 members last Freedom Health saw its Medicare numbers climbfrom 12,50i in 2007 to Humana Medical Plan grew Medicaid members from 39,58 in 2007 to 43,650 the following It also grew Medicare by abouy 10,000 members in the same year.
Humana’z Medicaid results are no Baumgarten said that Humana is the largest Medicar Advantage plan provider in the Ramona Fiumara, VP of operations for Seitlin Benefits in Fort said that carriers are doing everythinvg they can to respond to the shift away from grouo memberships. “Even if you look at TV and radioi ads, insurers are promoting individual products more prominentl y than you haveseen before,” she said.
Despite the positive trend in overall HMO profits weredown 23.4 percent to $491.q2 million in 2008, according to data from the . A totalo of 13 of the state’s 39 HMOs lost money last year comparee to 10in 2007. Overalo revenue rose 2.2 percent to $17 billion in 2008. membership was up 1.3 percenty to 3.4 million in 2008 compared to lastyear – reversin g a 5.5 percent drop the year before. Soutgh Florida’s enrollment was also flat at about 1.5 million. Medicapl Plan was by far the year’ s biggest winner with a profitof $211 millionm on revenue of $4.9 billion. Humana AdvantageCare Plan loggede $2 million in profits on $80.6 million in revenue on its own.
Combinexd with Careplus Health Plans’ Humana produced $235.4 million in profit on $4.9 billion in a 22 percent increase fromlast year. Their commerciaol business specifically went from a lossof $10 millionj in 2007 to a profit of $2 million in 2008. That’s due in part to theif market share and to theirstrong contracts, which allows them to reduce payments to providers as costs go up, said Alan a Minnesota-based health care analyst who follows Florid a HMOs. Humana spokesman Mitchell Lubitz attributedrthe company’s success in part to member growth, whicg was achieved organically and through the purchase last year of AdvantageCare Medicarew Advantage Plan in Florida.
AdvantageCare had the bulk of its membershipl on the Treasure Coast andSouthwest Florida, Lubitzs said. Humana also expanded its Florida HMO offerings to employer in PalmBeach County. Membership in the South Floridsa region wasat 341, 776. ’s Healthn Option, which is midsized in terms of membership inSoutb Florida, turned a profiyt in 2008. But it was smalledr than the income it generatedlast year. BCBS Healtu Option profit declined by84 percent, generatintg $7.9 million from $877 milliomn in premium revenue.
John Wagner, director of product managemen for BCBSof Florida, said that employers are continuiny to eat away at group membership as more move towars consumer-driven programs and high-deductable programs. Market pressurees are increasing alongwith cost. “We are seeing employers getting smaller and we arelosinb 14,000 people a day in group insurance he explained. To help offsey that, the company is offering a varietyof high-deductable plans like GoBlue, which targetxs individuals and provides coverage for basic physician pharmaceuticals, lab work and dentalk care. Typically, members are low-income residents, but make too much money to qualifyfor Medicaid.
GoBlue has about 11,000 memberzs statewide. BCBS Health Option also offers ahospitapl surgical-only product designed to work in tanden with GoBlue, which currently covers about 40,0090 people in Florida. The growty in individual coverage is beingb accelerated by theeconomic downturn, which is prompting some to starr their own business. The growth in Medicaid specificallh is also an indicator of the healtbhof Florida’s economy, which is continuinhg to shed jobs, Baumgarten said. Medicaree was up 54,000 members from year to and Medicaid wasup 77,000 members.
Looking at OIR’s numbers, Medicaid and Medicare enrollment, which is considered individual coverage, has increasedd significantly formany companies. For example, Healthy Palm Beaches went from 4,0167 members in 2007 to 7,322 members last Freedom Health saw its Medicare numbers climbfrom 12,50i in 2007 to Humana Medical Plan grew Medicaid members from 39,58 in 2007 to 43,650 the following It also grew Medicare by abouy 10,000 members in the same year.
Humana’z Medicaid results are no Baumgarten said that Humana is the largest Medicar Advantage plan provider in the Ramona Fiumara, VP of operations for Seitlin Benefits in Fort said that carriers are doing everythinvg they can to respond to the shift away from grouo memberships. “Even if you look at TV and radioi ads, insurers are promoting individual products more prominentl y than you haveseen before,” she said.
lundi 22 août 2011
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. Company Profile | HBAN Company Information
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Huntington Bancshares Incorporated isa $52 billionm regional bank holding compan headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Huntingtobn has more than 143 yearws of serving the financia needs ofits customers. Through our including our banking subsidiary, The Huntington National Bank, we provide full-servicde commercial and consumerbanking services, mortgagew banking services, equipment leasing, investment management, trusf services, brokerage services, customized insuranced service program, and other financial products and services. Our over 600 banking offices are locatedin Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
Huntington also offers retail and commercial financial services onlineat huntington.com; through its technologically 24-hour telephone bank; and through its network of almosgt 1,400 ATMs. The Auto Finance and Dealer Services group offerds automobile loans to consumers and commercial loans to automobile dealers withinmour six-state banking franchise area. Selected financial service activitiesd are also conducted in othefstates including: Private Financial Group offices in Florida; and Mortgagwe Banking offices in Maryland and New Jersey.
Internationakl banking services are available through the headquarters office in Columbus and a limitecd purpose office located in both the Caymajn Islands andHong Kong.
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated isa $52 billionm regional bank holding compan headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Huntingtobn has more than 143 yearws of serving the financia needs ofits customers. Through our including our banking subsidiary, The Huntington National Bank, we provide full-servicde commercial and consumerbanking services, mortgagew banking services, equipment leasing, investment management, trusf services, brokerage services, customized insuranced service program, and other financial products and services. Our over 600 banking offices are locatedin Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
Huntington also offers retail and commercial financial services onlineat huntington.com; through its technologically 24-hour telephone bank; and through its network of almosgt 1,400 ATMs. The Auto Finance and Dealer Services group offerds automobile loans to consumers and commercial loans to automobile dealers withinmour six-state banking franchise area. Selected financial service activitiesd are also conducted in othefstates including: Private Financial Group offices in Florida; and Mortgagwe Banking offices in Maryland and New Jersey.
Internationakl banking services are available through the headquarters office in Columbus and a limitecd purpose office located in both the Caymajn Islands andHong Kong.
samedi 20 août 2011
TSA workers at Port Columbus join union - Business First of Columbus:
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The TSA Port Columbus Chapter 319 has 110 of Port 240 transportation security officerssigneds on, said Dina Long, a spokeswomam for the Washington, D.C.-based organization. The unioh said it is actively organizin g at other major airportsw in Ohio and arounethe country. The Columbus union becomese part of a network of chapter sin Florida, Texas, New York, California and Pennsylvania, the organizatiob said. President Colleen Kelley said in a release that priorit y issues for the uniojn include problemswith pay, shift scheduling and othefr civil service issues.
Those she said, are part of a largedr plan for the TSA work force that includez a call for full whistleblowed protections and revisions tothe administration’d training and certification system. The union calls itselfd the largest independentfederalk union, representing employees in 31 agenciess and departments nationwide.
The TSA Port Columbus Chapter 319 has 110 of Port 240 transportation security officerssigneds on, said Dina Long, a spokeswomam for the Washington, D.C.-based organization. The unioh said it is actively organizin g at other major airportsw in Ohio and arounethe country. The Columbus union becomese part of a network of chapter sin Florida, Texas, New York, California and Pennsylvania, the organizatiob said. President Colleen Kelley said in a release that priorit y issues for the uniojn include problemswith pay, shift scheduling and othefr civil service issues.
Those she said, are part of a largedr plan for the TSA work force that includez a call for full whistleblowed protections and revisions tothe administration’d training and certification system. The union calls itselfd the largest independentfederalk union, representing employees in 31 agenciess and departments nationwide.
jeudi 18 août 2011
PCI Geomatics + RapidEye... A Rapid Acceleration (Imagery) - SatNews Publishers
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SatNews Publishers | PCI Geomatics + RapidEye... A Rapid Acceleration (Imagery) SatNews Publishers The GXL system includes support for the automated orthorectification and mosaicking of the imagery collected by the RapidEye satellite constellation. PCI Geomatics has delivered a GXL-Satellite system that integrates locally procured off-the-shelf ... |
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