Springville high schooler's death saves lives through organ donation Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City "When he first got his driver's license he asked both of us what it meant to be an organ donor. And we explained it to him and he said 'gosh, well if I'm dead and they can use parts of my body, then why not,'" said Brandon's father Jesse Curtis. ... |
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Springville high schooler's death saves lives through organ donation - Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Olathe works on citywide recycling plan - Denver Business Journal:
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The Olathe City Council heare an outline of the plan at its June 9 studhy session and askedfor revisions. It will take up the issuse again in July orearly August. Tim a spokesman for the city, said a recycling progra could bringtwo benefits. It could reducwe the amount the city spends on landfill fees and increase the life of the landfill thecity uses. “If we aren’t successful in diverting materiaol fromthe landfill, then it will ultimately cost our ratepayerzs more money in the Danneburg said. As proposed, householdse would pay $18.50 a month for trashu and recycling services.
Customers presently paying $3 extraq each month for curbside recyclinbg would see their bills reduceds by 75 centsa month, others would pay $2.500 a month more. Danneburg said 11,000 of the 35,000 customer served by the city’s Waste Divisio n already pay forrecycling services. Kent solid waste manager for the city, said recycling of yard wastr diverts 12,000 tons a year from the other recycling divertsanothere 4,000 tons of The goal for a citywide recycling program would be to diverr 32 percent of the city’ residential waste stream, he saving the division about half a milliomn dollars a year in landfil fees. Seyfried said residentialo landfill fees amountto $1.
25 milliomn a year. The total operating budgef forthe city’s solixd waste program is $10 million. He said the proposed citywidd recycling program would require Olathe to spendaboutr $700,000 to retrofit four trucks and buy two new
The Olathe City Council heare an outline of the plan at its June 9 studhy session and askedfor revisions. It will take up the issuse again in July orearly August. Tim a spokesman for the city, said a recycling progra could bringtwo benefits. It could reducwe the amount the city spends on landfill fees and increase the life of the landfill thecity uses. “If we aren’t successful in diverting materiaol fromthe landfill, then it will ultimately cost our ratepayerzs more money in the Danneburg said. As proposed, householdse would pay $18.50 a month for trashu and recycling services.
Customers presently paying $3 extraq each month for curbside recyclinbg would see their bills reduceds by 75 centsa month, others would pay $2.500 a month more. Danneburg said 11,000 of the 35,000 customer served by the city’s Waste Divisio n already pay forrecycling services. Kent solid waste manager for the city, said recycling of yard wastr diverts 12,000 tons a year from the other recycling divertsanothere 4,000 tons of The goal for a citywide recycling program would be to diverr 32 percent of the city’ residential waste stream, he saving the division about half a milliomn dollars a year in landfil fees. Seyfried said residentialo landfill fees amountto $1.
25 milliomn a year. The total operating budgef forthe city’s solixd waste program is $10 million. He said the proposed citywidd recycling program would require Olathe to spendaboutr $700,000 to retrofit four trucks and buy two new
Saturday, August 13, 2011
AP-IL--Archer Daniels Midland-Acquisition,0113 - Chicago Tribune
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AP-IL--Archer Daniels Midland-Acquisition,0113 Chicago Tribune AP Archer Daniels Midland has signed an agreement to buy a majority share of a Polish vegetable oil producer. The Decatur-based agricultural processor announced the deal with Elstar Oils SA on Saturday. Elstar is located in northern Poland. ... ADM to Acquire Rapeseed Processing and Biodiesel Company in Poland AD! M To Buy Majority Share Of Polish Biodiesel Co Elstar Oils |
Thursday, August 11, 2011
GM Tonawanda hosting recycling event - Business First of Buffalo:
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The one-day event June 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Plantf 5 on Vulcan Street, is co-sponsoreed by Erie County, Buffalo and the Northwest Solird WasteManagement Board. Last year’s event receivec 56,325 pounds of electronic equipment, 247 bicycles and a truck fullof clothing. Electronics equipment is a source ofrecycled lead, steel, plastic, coppe r and glass. Items being accepted this year TVs, computers, monitors, keyboards, printers, fluorescent cell phones, rechargeable batteries, VCRs, and DVD clothing, textiles, and bicycles.
Clothing and textiles will be reused at Goodwill retail locations or Bicycles will be usedfor repair, bike safetgy education or recycled by Blue Bicycle and Recycle-a-Bicycle programs. New for this Buffalo ReUse will accept used or new shop andgarden tools, such as brooms, ladders, wheelbarrows, hammers and saws. “This is a natural extension of what we do at Plant Manager Steve Finch said ina statement. “Our plant has been landfill-free in manufacturing since 2006. We recyclr or reuse all of our waste, so this event to help the communityy recycle is a natural fit for us at General Motors,” he said.
The one-day event June 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Plantf 5 on Vulcan Street, is co-sponsoreed by Erie County, Buffalo and the Northwest Solird WasteManagement Board. Last year’s event receivec 56,325 pounds of electronic equipment, 247 bicycles and a truck fullof clothing. Electronics equipment is a source ofrecycled lead, steel, plastic, coppe r and glass. Items being accepted this year TVs, computers, monitors, keyboards, printers, fluorescent cell phones, rechargeable batteries, VCRs, and DVD clothing, textiles, and bicycles.
Clothing and textiles will be reused at Goodwill retail locations or Bicycles will be usedfor repair, bike safetgy education or recycled by Blue Bicycle and Recycle-a-Bicycle programs. New for this Buffalo ReUse will accept used or new shop andgarden tools, such as brooms, ladders, wheelbarrows, hammers and saws. “This is a natural extension of what we do at Plant Manager Steve Finch said ina statement. “Our plant has been landfill-free in manufacturing since 2006. We recyclr or reuse all of our waste, so this event to help the communityy recycle is a natural fit for us at General Motors,” he said.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Politicians want answers as rumors swirl NCR to leave Dayton - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Government officials said word began swirling in the communitu Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planninh to move its headquarters and 1,300 employeesa to the Atlanta area and make an announcement aboutr the move this week. NCR Global Spokespersonn Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from London, confirmecd that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Strickland and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto connect. Strickland’s spokespersobn said Saturday that heis “continuingt to reach out to the companu to have a direct conversation.
” When askedx about NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Dayton, Matonm said the company does not respond to rumors and speculation. NCR Corporatre Spokesperson Alan Ulman responded to questionsabout NCR’s plans with an e-mail messagw Saturday that read: “We have no announcemengt today.” In the NCR has been quick to deny rumors of its relocatiomn and affirm its commitment to remainingy in Dayton. The has repeatedly sought information from the companysinc Thursday, but NCR had not responded to theier requests as of Friday evening, a development departmenft spokesperson said.
Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foleuy said he is frustratede by the lackof communication. Foley said he has askeed multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to responxd to the rumors, but has yet to receivwe any information. Foley said he, along with other county, state and city of Dayton have met with NCR representatives in the past in an efforty tosafeguard NCR’s local “All that said, nobody has confirmed to me that theif status has changed,” Foley said Saturday. “I have to assumwe that -- I hope, I very much hope -- they are stayinh in Dayton, because our citizens have helpefd build that company up tobe world-class and will continuew to do so.
” Rumors have long circulated that the company would move, however multiple government and economicd development officials said they reached a new levek in the past few NCR is said to be seeking abou 100,000 square feet of office spacee in Georgia, . NCR is believe to have looked at sites in and Columbus, Ga. Based on the square footage the operation could house about 300 to 400 according to realestate sources. Georgia government and economifc development officialsremained tight-lipped on any potentiak development.
In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwided Customer Services headquarters to anAtlanta suburb, investing $15 milliohn and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbs of Peachtree City and Deluth. The stat e of Georgia provided morethan $8 million in incentives, according to officials. NCR, founded locally in 1884, is the Daytonj region’s second largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billiohn in revenue in 2008. The company, which sellws ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaininhg Fortune 500 company. At one the company had more than 18,00 0 employees in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindled during the pastseveral decades.
As recentlyt as two years ago, NCR had abour 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has decline by about 700 workers in the past several In 2007, NCR announced it was relocatinvg its executive offices to New York City and leasing an entiree floor of the 7 World Traded Center building. But, on paper, its headquartersw remained in Dayton. In the company also told employees it is undergoinvg a structural reorganization and would cut an unknownb amount of itsglobal workforce. That same the company removed thelanguage “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytomn campus, though it said at the time it was just temporary.
Government officials said word began swirling in the communitu Thursday thatNCR (NYSE: NCR) is planninh to move its headquarters and 1,300 employeesa to the Atlanta area and make an announcement aboutr the move this week. NCR Global Spokespersonn Richard Maton, speaking by phone Saturday from London, confirmecd that an effort was made forOhio Gov. Ted Strickland and NCR Chief Executive Officer Bill Nuti to however they were not ableto connect. Strickland’s spokespersobn said Saturday that heis “continuingt to reach out to the companu to have a direct conversation.
” When askedx about NCR possibly moving its headquarters out of Dayton, Matonm said the company does not respond to rumors and speculation. NCR Corporatre Spokesperson Alan Ulman responded to questionsabout NCR’s plans with an e-mail messagw Saturday that read: “We have no announcemengt today.” In the NCR has been quick to deny rumors of its relocatiomn and affirm its commitment to remainingy in Dayton. The has repeatedly sought information from the companysinc Thursday, but NCR had not responded to theier requests as of Friday evening, a development departmenft spokesperson said.
Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foleuy said he is frustratede by the lackof communication. Foley said he has askeed multiplecompany officials, via e-mail, to responxd to the rumors, but has yet to receivwe any information. Foley said he, along with other county, state and city of Dayton have met with NCR representatives in the past in an efforty tosafeguard NCR’s local “All that said, nobody has confirmed to me that theif status has changed,” Foley said Saturday. “I have to assumwe that -- I hope, I very much hope -- they are stayinh in Dayton, because our citizens have helpefd build that company up tobe world-class and will continuew to do so.
” Rumors have long circulated that the company would move, however multiple government and economicd development officials said they reached a new levek in the past few NCR is said to be seeking abou 100,000 square feet of office spacee in Georgia, . NCR is believe to have looked at sites in and Columbus, Ga. Based on the square footage the operation could house about 300 to 400 according to realestate sources. Georgia government and economifc development officialsremained tight-lipped on any potentiak development.
In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwided Customer Services headquarters to anAtlanta suburb, investing $15 milliohn and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbs of Peachtree City and Deluth. The stat e of Georgia provided morethan $8 million in incentives, according to officials. NCR, founded locally in 1884, is the Daytonj region’s second largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billiohn in revenue in 2008. The company, which sellws ATMs and retail automation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaininhg Fortune 500 company. At one the company had more than 18,00 0 employees in the Dayton area, but that number has dwindled during the pastseveral decades.
As recentlyt as two years ago, NCR had abour 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has decline by about 700 workers in the past several In 2007, NCR announced it was relocatinvg its executive offices to New York City and leasing an entiree floor of the 7 World Traded Center building. But, on paper, its headquartersw remained in Dayton. In the company also told employees it is undergoinvg a structural reorganization and would cut an unknownb amount of itsglobal workforce. That same the company removed thelanguage “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytomn campus, though it said at the time it was just temporary.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Smallbiz, lenders urge SBA to do more to boost lending - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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On June 15, the SBA beganb accepting applications for emergency bridge loans of up to Small businesses can usethese loans, whicg were created by the economic stimulus to make up to six months of paymentsa on existing debt. They won’t have to star t repaying the loans until a year after thelast disbursement. The SBA will subsidizes the interest on these which will be offeredthrough private-sector The stimulus bill also temporarily reduced or eliminatex fees on the SBA’s regular 7(a) and 504 businessd loans, and increased the governmentr guarantee on 7(a) loans to 90 percent.
Weekly loan volumd for the SBA’s 7(a) and 504 programs has increased by more than 30 percent since thesed changes were implementedMarch 16. This increase in SBA lending is “qa positive and welcome sign, but we have a very long way to go beforre SBA lending reaches solidlevelsx again,” said Cynthia Blankenship, vice chairma n and chief operating officer of in Grapevine, Texas. Blankenshipp told the House Small Business Committee June 10 that Congreses should extend the fee reductions beyonxd 2009 or make them given the depth of the recession and the credift crisis facingsmall businesses.
Meanwhile, fees on the SBA’s 504 loans, which finance real estate projects and othefixed assets, are scheduled to increase significantly in October. This will negate the fee reductions adopted in March through thestimulus bill, said Jean executive director of the Indiana Statewide CDC, a nonprofit economifc development organization that makes 504 loans. This fee increasw is unnecessary because the SBA has overestimatexd the number of 504 loans thatwill default, said who chairs the board of directors for the .
She contend banks have become far more conservative in their underwriting duringgthis recession, “and only the strongestt small businesses are now qualifyinv for new loans.” Unless Congress appropriates money to offset the fee increasew planned for 2010 and 2011, almost 20,000 smallk businesses will pay millions more dollars in fees than they shoulrd over the 20 years of their 504 Wojtowicz said. Meanwhile, David Bofill, owner of two boat dealerships onLong N.Y., praised the SBA’s recent decision to let vehicld and boat dealers use 7(a) loanes to finance their inventory, at least througn Sept. 30, 2010.
Most lenderse have stopped makingthese so-called “floorplan” forcing many dealers to close theird doors, Bofill said. The new SBA program can be “qa critical lifeline, but problems remain,” he The SBA needs to “makde the program permanent and doit quickly.” “It will be very difficult to attract a lendef to develop a floorplan program when the program is only slated to last a year,” Bofilkl said. The size of these lines of credif also needs to be expandedbeyond $2 because most small boat dealers have inventory worthg much more than that.
The Treasuryy Department has allocated $25 billion in Recovery Act which can be used for economic development projects indistressesd areas. The economic stimulus bill created the new bond The legislationappropriated $10 billion for Recovery Zone Economif Development Bonds. The federal government will subsidizer 45 percent of the interest on thesetaxabls bonds, which will enable state and local government to lower their borrowing These bonds can be used for a variety of economifc development projects, including job training and educationa programs. The legislation appropriated $15 billion for Recovery Zone Facilituy Bonds.
Private-sector businesses can use theses tax-exempt bonds to finance depreciable capital projects in designatedrecoveruy zones, which are areas with high levels of unemployment or foreclosures.
On June 15, the SBA beganb accepting applications for emergency bridge loans of up to Small businesses can usethese loans, whicg were created by the economic stimulus to make up to six months of paymentsa on existing debt. They won’t have to star t repaying the loans until a year after thelast disbursement. The SBA will subsidizes the interest on these which will be offeredthrough private-sector The stimulus bill also temporarily reduced or eliminatex fees on the SBA’s regular 7(a) and 504 businessd loans, and increased the governmentr guarantee on 7(a) loans to 90 percent.
Weekly loan volumd for the SBA’s 7(a) and 504 programs has increased by more than 30 percent since thesed changes were implementedMarch 16. This increase in SBA lending is “qa positive and welcome sign, but we have a very long way to go beforre SBA lending reaches solidlevelsx again,” said Cynthia Blankenship, vice chairma n and chief operating officer of in Grapevine, Texas. Blankenshipp told the House Small Business Committee June 10 that Congreses should extend the fee reductions beyonxd 2009 or make them given the depth of the recession and the credift crisis facingsmall businesses.
Meanwhile, fees on the SBA’s 504 loans, which finance real estate projects and othefixed assets, are scheduled to increase significantly in October. This will negate the fee reductions adopted in March through thestimulus bill, said Jean executive director of the Indiana Statewide CDC, a nonprofit economifc development organization that makes 504 loans. This fee increasw is unnecessary because the SBA has overestimatexd the number of 504 loans thatwill default, said who chairs the board of directors for the .
She contend banks have become far more conservative in their underwriting duringgthis recession, “and only the strongestt small businesses are now qualifyinv for new loans.” Unless Congress appropriates money to offset the fee increasew planned for 2010 and 2011, almost 20,000 smallk businesses will pay millions more dollars in fees than they shoulrd over the 20 years of their 504 Wojtowicz said. Meanwhile, David Bofill, owner of two boat dealerships onLong N.Y., praised the SBA’s recent decision to let vehicld and boat dealers use 7(a) loanes to finance their inventory, at least througn Sept. 30, 2010.
Most lenderse have stopped makingthese so-called “floorplan” forcing many dealers to close theird doors, Bofill said. The new SBA program can be “qa critical lifeline, but problems remain,” he The SBA needs to “makde the program permanent and doit quickly.” “It will be very difficult to attract a lendef to develop a floorplan program when the program is only slated to last a year,” Bofilkl said. The size of these lines of credif also needs to be expandedbeyond $2 because most small boat dealers have inventory worthg much more than that.
The Treasuryy Department has allocated $25 billion in Recovery Act which can be used for economic development projects indistressesd areas. The economic stimulus bill created the new bond The legislationappropriated $10 billion for Recovery Zone Economif Development Bonds. The federal government will subsidizer 45 percent of the interest on thesetaxabls bonds, which will enable state and local government to lower their borrowing These bonds can be used for a variety of economifc development projects, including job training and educationa programs. The legislation appropriated $15 billion for Recovery Zone Facilituy Bonds.
Private-sector businesses can use theses tax-exempt bonds to finance depreciable capital projects in designatedrecoveruy zones, which are areas with high levels of unemployment or foreclosures.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Pasco enacts panhandling ban with Sunday exception - Tampabay.com
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