ABC News | 'Hunger Games' is latest fantasy film that promotes reading by young people Fox News Nicole Vasquez, a 7th grade English teacher at the school, said the books have been a “huge hit,†and that several students “were caught reading the books during instructional time and while walking to and from school. “Students re » |
Friday, March 16, 2012
'Hunger Games' is latest fantasy film that promotes reading by young people - Fox News
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
SAHA to spend $14.5 million on local housing project upgrades - South Florida Business Journal:
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million in federal stimulus funds to repair and upgradse a number of publichousing properties. Out of 349 housinf authorities in Texas that received money from the Americann Recovery andReinvestment Act, San Antonio Housinvg Authority, or SAHA, received the largest amount. SAHA is required to use the moneyg for capital improvements and all the funds must be spenr withinthree years. “Thesde funds will allow us to make much-neede repairs to our public housinf properties and improve the safety and qualitu of life for our SAHA President and CEO Lourdes CastroRamirez says.
Amonbg the properties slated for major upgrades is the LewisChathamj Apartments, a 119-unit apartment complex for seniors on the city’s Southj Side. Lewis Chatham also will undergop anextensive modernization. In addition, stimulus funds will be used to upgrade the security, elevators and fire safety at nearly 20 elderlyt communities. Other projects will involve replacing fencing, windows, roofing, cabinets, and ventilation and air conditioning systems.
SAHA Boardc Chairman Ramiro Cavazos says the agency will encouragse the participation of smalland minority-owned “We will also give additional weight to contractore that commit to actively recruiting employees from the neighborhoodsx in and around where this work will occur,” he says. SAHA will issude requests for proposals to perfor engineering and architectural services relatedto stimulus-approved Web site: www.saha.
org
million in federal stimulus funds to repair and upgradse a number of publichousing properties. Out of 349 housinf authorities in Texas that received money from the Americann Recovery andReinvestment Act, San Antonio Housinvg Authority, or SAHA, received the largest amount. SAHA is required to use the moneyg for capital improvements and all the funds must be spenr withinthree years. “Thesde funds will allow us to make much-neede repairs to our public housinf properties and improve the safety and qualitu of life for our SAHA President and CEO Lourdes CastroRamirez says.
Amonbg the properties slated for major upgrades is the LewisChathamj Apartments, a 119-unit apartment complex for seniors on the city’s Southj Side. Lewis Chatham also will undergop anextensive modernization. In addition, stimulus funds will be used to upgrade the security, elevators and fire safety at nearly 20 elderlyt communities. Other projects will involve replacing fencing, windows, roofing, cabinets, and ventilation and air conditioning systems.
SAHA Boardc Chairman Ramiro Cavazos says the agency will encouragse the participation of smalland minority-owned “We will also give additional weight to contractore that commit to actively recruiting employees from the neighborhoodsx in and around where this work will occur,” he says. SAHA will issude requests for proposals to perfor engineering and architectural services relatedto stimulus-approved Web site: www.saha.
org
Monday, March 12, 2012
Kannapolis honored for economic strategy - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The city received the award in the category of Excellenc e in EconomicDiversification Strategies, whicuh recognizes responses to plan t closures and other economif dislocations, that promote economic The competition is open to nonprofits; local, state and regional and universities and colleges. Cabarrus and Rowan countiesd lost 4,300 manufacturing jobs when textildemanufacturer Kannapolis-basedPillowtex Corp. closed in July 2003. Two years later, California billionaire David Murdoc announced plans forthe N.C. Research Campusw at the 350-acre former Pillowtex headquarters andmanufacturinf site. The life-sciences hub includes the participationn ofDuke University, the UNC the N.C.
Community College System, other educational institutions andbusinesz partners. The total investment is expected toreacg $1.8 billion. Residential and commercial developmentsa are rising around the campus with hopes ofturning Kannapolis, a former textile town, into a biotecb center.
The city received the award in the category of Excellenc e in EconomicDiversification Strategies, whicuh recognizes responses to plan t closures and other economif dislocations, that promote economic The competition is open to nonprofits; local, state and regional and universities and colleges. Cabarrus and Rowan countiesd lost 4,300 manufacturing jobs when textildemanufacturer Kannapolis-basedPillowtex Corp. closed in July 2003. Two years later, California billionaire David Murdoc announced plans forthe N.C. Research Campusw at the 350-acre former Pillowtex headquarters andmanufacturinf site. The life-sciences hub includes the participationn ofDuke University, the UNC the N.C.
Community College System, other educational institutions andbusinesz partners. The total investment is expected toreacg $1.8 billion. Residential and commercial developmentsa are rising around the campus with hopes ofturning Kannapolis, a former textile town, into a biotecb center.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
'We will fight this attack on lifeline' - Oxford Mail
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'We will fight this attack on lifeline' Oxford Mail Oxfordshire County Council is looking at raising daily fees from £10 to £25 at its seven centres, including Oxford, Abingdon, Bicester and Didcot. Charges are currently £5 for food, £4.18 for entry and 82p for transport. |
Thursday, March 8, 2012
WA's unemployment rate lowest nationally - Ninemsn
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Monday, March 5, 2012
The Briefcase: McDonald to retire from Wells Fargo - Winston-Salem Journal
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The Briefcase: McDonald to retire from Wells Fargo Winston-Salem Journal Wells Fargo & Co. said that Mackey McDonald â€" one of the last remaining directors from Wachovia Corp. â€" is retiring. McDonald, 65, told the bank last week that he will not run for re-election and will retire at the annual shareholders meeting April ... |
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Green Township OKs Mercy hospital plan - Sacramento Business Journal:
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The plan passed 3-0. “We’re very pleasexd to get to this stage and excite d to take the next saidPete Gemmer, spokesmam for Mercy. “We realize there is still a lot of work to do and we look forwardx to continuing to work with the resident and the township leaders to develol a hospital everyone can be proud The project will now be submitted to the Hamiltobn County Regional Commissionfor consideration, probablyt next month, Gemmer said. The plannef hospital and parking areas woulf cover about 40 acres and sit near toInterstate 74. The to cost $200 million, could open in earlyg 2014. The proposed site is 60 acres.
Mercty has said it will close itstwo West-Side hospitals: Merc Hospital Western Hills and Mercy Hospital Mount The new hospital, with 200 to 250 beds, will be a replacemenft for them. Some residents in the area had expressed concernws about increased traffic as a result ofthe hospital, whose main accesa road would be from North Bend at roughly the midway point between Kleeman and Boomer. Gemmee said a traffic impact study through the HamiltonCounty Engineer’as Office is nearly complete.
The plan passed 3-0. “We’re very pleasexd to get to this stage and excite d to take the next saidPete Gemmer, spokesmam for Mercy. “We realize there is still a lot of work to do and we look forwardx to continuing to work with the resident and the township leaders to develol a hospital everyone can be proud The project will now be submitted to the Hamiltobn County Regional Commissionfor consideration, probablyt next month, Gemmer said. The plannef hospital and parking areas woulf cover about 40 acres and sit near toInterstate 74. The to cost $200 million, could open in earlyg 2014. The proposed site is 60 acres.
Mercty has said it will close itstwo West-Side hospitals: Merc Hospital Western Hills and Mercy Hospital Mount The new hospital, with 200 to 250 beds, will be a replacemenft for them. Some residents in the area had expressed concernws about increased traffic as a result ofthe hospital, whose main accesa road would be from North Bend at roughly the midway point between Kleeman and Boomer. Gemmee said a traffic impact study through the HamiltonCounty Engineer’as Office is nearly complete.
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