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Monday, October 29, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Burgess: Property tax losses
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The Miami-Dade County property appraiser released its preliminargy tax rollinformation Monday, with all four taxingf jurisdictions – fire rescue, library, the unincorporated area and Miami-Dadee overall – seeing a decline. The countywide decreases comparing preliminary tax numbers from year to year shows a 9percentg decrease, or a total of $22.55 billion.” “These losses wouled have been worse if not for new constructiob that was added to the propert tax roll as of Jan. County Manager George Burgess said in a memo sent tocountu commissioners. North Bay Village took the biggesft hit, down 20.2 percent from 2008 Homestead sawan 18.
2 percent decline, followed by Normandy down 17.5 percent, and Aventura which was down 17.3 Golden Beach and the tiny city of Islandia saw no Medley saw a 1.5 percent drop whiled Biscayne Park saw a 4 percent Click for the full list. Staffers reviewed property tax rolla going back to 1985 and found that 1993 saw taxable valus shrinkby 2.9 percent, or $1.9 “Even in 2008, when we absorbed the impactr of doubling the homestead exemptiohn from $25,000 to $50,000, the property tax roll was relativeluy flat,” Burgess explained in the “These losses in property tax roll values are unprecedented.
” Burges s warned of a lot more pain on the using the last two yearz as a barometer of what is For the second consecutive year, Miami-Dade faced a $200 million budgeg gap in the last fiscall year. Core services were kept intact bytightenint belts, but assuming the same tax rate adoptedx for 2008-09, the estimated ad valore m revenues for fiscal year 2009-10 woulfd shrink by $174.1 million, according to the Taking into account the impact of normal inflationarhy growth and the economic slowdown, combined with the non ad valorekm revenue sources, results in property tax subsidized operationw facing a budget gap of $350 million to $400 Burgess said.
“We are workinbg diligently to prepare a proposed budget forFY [fiscal year] 2009-10o that to the extent possible, preserves essentia services and minimizes service impacts to our he wrote in the “However, closing a budgetarhy gap of this size will requirew some very difficult decisions.”
The Miami-Dade County property appraiser released its preliminargy tax rollinformation Monday, with all four taxingf jurisdictions – fire rescue, library, the unincorporated area and Miami-Dadee overall – seeing a decline. The countywide decreases comparing preliminary tax numbers from year to year shows a 9percentg decrease, or a total of $22.55 billion.” “These losses wouled have been worse if not for new constructiob that was added to the propert tax roll as of Jan. County Manager George Burgess said in a memo sent tocountu commissioners. North Bay Village took the biggesft hit, down 20.2 percent from 2008 Homestead sawan 18.
2 percent decline, followed by Normandy down 17.5 percent, and Aventura which was down 17.3 Golden Beach and the tiny city of Islandia saw no Medley saw a 1.5 percent drop whiled Biscayne Park saw a 4 percent Click for the full list. Staffers reviewed property tax rolla going back to 1985 and found that 1993 saw taxable valus shrinkby 2.9 percent, or $1.9 “Even in 2008, when we absorbed the impactr of doubling the homestead exemptiohn from $25,000 to $50,000, the property tax roll was relativeluy flat,” Burgess explained in the “These losses in property tax roll values are unprecedented.
” Burges s warned of a lot more pain on the using the last two yearz as a barometer of what is For the second consecutive year, Miami-Dade faced a $200 million budgeg gap in the last fiscall year. Core services were kept intact bytightenint belts, but assuming the same tax rate adoptedx for 2008-09, the estimated ad valore m revenues for fiscal year 2009-10 woulfd shrink by $174.1 million, according to the Taking into account the impact of normal inflationarhy growth and the economic slowdown, combined with the non ad valorekm revenue sources, results in property tax subsidized operationw facing a budget gap of $350 million to $400 Burgess said.
“We are workinbg diligently to prepare a proposed budget forFY [fiscal year] 2009-10o that to the extent possible, preserves essentia services and minimizes service impacts to our he wrote in the “However, closing a budgetarhy gap of this size will requirew some very difficult decisions.”
Thursday, October 25, 2012
US Airways asks 400 flight attendants to take furloughs - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Three-hundred of the impacted flight attendant are in Phoenisx andLas Vegas, said US Airways spokeswomaj Valerie Wunder. The other 100 will come from the Tempe-baser airline’s East Coast operations where it has flight attendantd in markets suchas Boston, New York and Charlotte, N.C. US Airwayws (NYSE:LCC) has more than 6,600o flight attendants. Wunder said the Phoenix and Las Vegae furloughs and leave will be from four to 16 months while the East Coast terms will bethrew months.
US Airways cut 1,30p positions in 2008 as it and other airlines reduced flight schedules and costs in the wake of a pullbac in consumer and business traveland record-high fuel Fuel costs have dropped compared to last summer, but the U.S. recession continues to bite tourism andbusiness travel. Wundefr said flight attendants were not part ofthe 1,300-worker reduction but current demand and flightt capacity leaves that work group area US Airways has more than 33,000
Three-hundred of the impacted flight attendant are in Phoenisx andLas Vegas, said US Airways spokeswomaj Valerie Wunder. The other 100 will come from the Tempe-baser airline’s East Coast operations where it has flight attendantd in markets suchas Boston, New York and Charlotte, N.C. US Airwayws (NYSE:LCC) has more than 6,600o flight attendants. Wunder said the Phoenix and Las Vegae furloughs and leave will be from four to 16 months while the East Coast terms will bethrew months.
US Airways cut 1,30p positions in 2008 as it and other airlines reduced flight schedules and costs in the wake of a pullbac in consumer and business traveland record-high fuel Fuel costs have dropped compared to last summer, but the U.S. recession continues to bite tourism andbusiness travel. Wundefr said flight attendants were not part ofthe 1,300-worker reduction but current demand and flightt capacity leaves that work group area US Airways has more than 33,000
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Safe Guards - Business First of Louisville:
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In addition, Publishers Printing's foremostg weapon against the battle of carpal tunnel syndrome resides atthe company'a Lebanon Junction plant. Simon describes with fervort the $250,000 custom-made device that sort s outgoing mail. Workers feed bundlee of books intothe sorter, whichy uses an electronic eye to detect ZIP A robotic arm guides the bundlse from the conveyor belt onto the appropriate pallett for its ZIP code. The unit has a numberf of advantages, Simon said. it eliminates the heavy 20- to 100-poundf mailbags workers formerly had to carry and manuallty sort in favorof smaller, 6- to 12-pounrd bundles.
And the repetitive motion of turning from mailbag to pallet is as well, because the robotic arm does the "Since we've eliminated our mailbags at the Lebanobn Junction plant," Royalty said, "our back injuries have been cut in Carpal tunnel syndrome did not merit much mentiom from the large printers interviewed for this who rely on automated equipment to perform tasks once performedf by hand. Few could recal l actual cases intheir plants. "We don'yt have the kind of repetitive motions that creatse carpaltunnel syndrome," Reed said.
"Back in the days of the old letterpresxs shops, where a guy would operate it 10 hourwsa day, six days a maybe, but we just don't have that anymore." Although carpal tunnel syndrome was not identified as a major the printers contacted for this reportr said they would take stepas to eliminate the threat should a worker complain. "Igf an individual comes to us and says, `I know this job normallgy doesn't require this, but I'm sensitive,' then we get whatevee they need to perform their Royalty said. Over coffee and bottled water ata gray, granite-finishe d table in V.G. Reed & boardroom, Dennis Reed recalle "the scent" of printing.
For years, it was a telltalee sign common to anyone working in the printing It came fromthe solvent-based chemicals printers used for most of this Reed recalled it from his growing up years -- his familyt has been in printinfg since 1938. More than just an annoyance, the scenft turned out to be deadly. "We can tracew two family member's canced directly to the chemicals they Reed said. Today, however, the chemistru is safer, much of it basex on water ratherthan solvents, Brown Advances in chemical technology have eliminated two substances that threatened the environmen t also.
Isopropyl alcohol, long an industrt staple, is no longerr used, according to all the printers interviewec forthis story. It had been an ink additive to aiddryint time, Reed said. "Life has not been easier afterr havingno alcohol," he said, "butg it's probably been environmentally safer." Silver was anothef byproduct of the printing industry. It was used in the pre-press departmenft where images from film were photoengravee onto the metalprintinyg plate. Modern computer technology, however, has made it possibl e to go directly from negatives to a plate withouyt having touse film.
The result -- no silverf is released into the sewers, Merrick Still, printers routinely address chemical Royalty, of Publishers Printing, tracks the chemicals used in her and keeps two sets of material safetydata sheets: one in her officd and the other in each department manager's If employees have questions about materiak they are using, they are encouraged to ask for the safetyu sheet. The sheets describe ingredients, first-aidf and safety-handling procedures. "Chemical-wise, we just don't have many hazardouse chemicals here," she said.
Publishers Printing also provides first-aidf and equipment-safety training to new hires and to all employeez on anongoing basis, Royalty said. Two employeeas per shift receive company-paid trained in emergency medical proceduresw andfire safety. Employees that serve on the EMT staff or fire brigadew receivea year-end bonus.
In addition, Publishers Printing's foremostg weapon against the battle of carpal tunnel syndrome resides atthe company'a Lebanon Junction plant. Simon describes with fervort the $250,000 custom-made device that sort s outgoing mail. Workers feed bundlee of books intothe sorter, whichy uses an electronic eye to detect ZIP A robotic arm guides the bundlse from the conveyor belt onto the appropriate pallett for its ZIP code. The unit has a numberf of advantages, Simon said. it eliminates the heavy 20- to 100-poundf mailbags workers formerly had to carry and manuallty sort in favorof smaller, 6- to 12-pounrd bundles.
And the repetitive motion of turning from mailbag to pallet is as well, because the robotic arm does the "Since we've eliminated our mailbags at the Lebanobn Junction plant," Royalty said, "our back injuries have been cut in Carpal tunnel syndrome did not merit much mentiom from the large printers interviewed for this who rely on automated equipment to perform tasks once performedf by hand. Few could recal l actual cases intheir plants. "We don'yt have the kind of repetitive motions that creatse carpaltunnel syndrome," Reed said.
"Back in the days of the old letterpresxs shops, where a guy would operate it 10 hourwsa day, six days a maybe, but we just don't have that anymore." Although carpal tunnel syndrome was not identified as a major the printers contacted for this reportr said they would take stepas to eliminate the threat should a worker complain. "Igf an individual comes to us and says, `I know this job normallgy doesn't require this, but I'm sensitive,' then we get whatevee they need to perform their Royalty said. Over coffee and bottled water ata gray, granite-finishe d table in V.G. Reed & boardroom, Dennis Reed recalle "the scent" of printing.
For years, it was a telltalee sign common to anyone working in the printing It came fromthe solvent-based chemicals printers used for most of this Reed recalled it from his growing up years -- his familyt has been in printinfg since 1938. More than just an annoyance, the scenft turned out to be deadly. "We can tracew two family member's canced directly to the chemicals they Reed said. Today, however, the chemistru is safer, much of it basex on water ratherthan solvents, Brown Advances in chemical technology have eliminated two substances that threatened the environmen t also.
Isopropyl alcohol, long an industrt staple, is no longerr used, according to all the printers interviewec forthis story. It had been an ink additive to aiddryint time, Reed said. "Life has not been easier afterr havingno alcohol," he said, "butg it's probably been environmentally safer." Silver was anothef byproduct of the printing industry. It was used in the pre-press departmenft where images from film were photoengravee onto the metalprintinyg plate. Modern computer technology, however, has made it possibl e to go directly from negatives to a plate withouyt having touse film.
The result -- no silverf is released into the sewers, Merrick Still, printers routinely address chemical Royalty, of Publishers Printing, tracks the chemicals used in her and keeps two sets of material safetydata sheets: one in her officd and the other in each department manager's If employees have questions about materiak they are using, they are encouraged to ask for the safetyu sheet. The sheets describe ingredients, first-aidf and safety-handling procedures. "Chemical-wise, we just don't have many hazardouse chemicals here," she said.
Publishers Printing also provides first-aidf and equipment-safety training to new hires and to all employeez on anongoing basis, Royalty said. Two employeeas per shift receive company-paid trained in emergency medical proceduresw andfire safety. Employees that serve on the EMT staff or fire brigadew receivea year-end bonus.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Aerospace companies wait for word about stimulus money - Triangle Business Journal:
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In February, Congress approved more than $1 billion in Americanj Recovery and ReinvestmentAct (ARRA) funds for space projects. Whethe r or when local aerospace contractors will see any of the monet indirectly depends on budgeting for fiscal year which is being hashed out nowin Washington, D.C. Boulder-basee is in a typical situation. Preliminary stimulusw plans at NASA andthe (NOAA) show moneyy coming to two projects for whichg Ball Aerospace is a contractor. Yet, nearlg four months after ARRA’s passage, the companyu doesn’t know whether it will have a shot at any ofthe “We may.
We aren’yt sure, and it’s hard to know at this point,” said Roz Ball Aerospace spokeswoman. NASA and other federal agencies withspacs projects, such as NOAA, plan to funnel much of their stimulus funds into long-standing missions. NASA expects to make about half its stimuluas grants throughcompetitive bidding, with the rest headefd either to its internal projects or to companieds with existing contracts. The agencyg can’t announce stimulus allocations yetbecause they’re tied to its 2010 budgeg that Congress is considering, said Stephanie a NASA spokeswoman.
“Becauses we have the stimulus money, we’re anticipating beintg able to spend it this year to preserve some moneh we would otherwise spend in the2010 budget,” she Congressional subcommittees have proposed reducing the Obamsa administration’s requested funding for manned space exploratioj in NASA’s 2010 budget, which may prompt NASA to rethinkm parts of its stimulu s plan. Outside its 2010 NASA currently plans tospends $400 million in stimulus money for its Constellation program, whic is building a rocket and crew capsule to replace the space shuttle and serve the International Space Station. Littleton-based is leadinf the $8.
2 billion development of the Orioncapsule that’zs at the heart of the Constellation program. NASA has plannedd to spend some stimulus money to test Orion onthe ground, but Lockheed Martin will have to wait untiol NASA’s budget is resolved to discover how much Orion gets and whethert it will have to bid to get it. The federak stimulus for space-related work is relatively smalpl for a field in whicjh projects cost hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars. But the money still could be key.
Demaned for private and government satellites and rocket launches hassloweds — the Department of Defense just canceller plans for a multibillion-dollar satellite network known as TSAT and any government funding increase is welcomed. The stimuluds won’t come close to fixingg chronic underfundingof NASA, said Janet spokeswoman for the , a Colorado Springs-based aerospacd industry group. “It’s a good step, but it’s not enoughj — not enough to make the kind ofdifference that’d needed at NASA,” she said. Still, it’ss money that gets spent domestically and will supporgtskilled jobs, Stevens said.
Whatever benefit contractors on existing projects gainfrom NASA’s stimulus spending is likely to be said Professor Henry a researcher with the at Georgw Washington University in Washington, D.C. “Unleszs companies can generate additional business as a resultr ofthe stimulus, these additions will evaporate,” he NASA has proposed putting $75 million of ARRA fundzs toward the James Webb Space an orbiting infrared observatory that’s schedulefd to launch in 2014. is the lead with Ball Aerospace overseeing constructio n ofthe telescope’s massivd mirrors.
In February, Congress approved more than $1 billion in Americanj Recovery and ReinvestmentAct (ARRA) funds for space projects. Whethe r or when local aerospace contractors will see any of the monet indirectly depends on budgeting for fiscal year which is being hashed out nowin Washington, D.C. Boulder-basee is in a typical situation. Preliminary stimulusw plans at NASA andthe (NOAA) show moneyy coming to two projects for whichg Ball Aerospace is a contractor. Yet, nearlg four months after ARRA’s passage, the companyu doesn’t know whether it will have a shot at any ofthe “We may.
We aren’yt sure, and it’s hard to know at this point,” said Roz Ball Aerospace spokeswoman. NASA and other federal agencies withspacs projects, such as NOAA, plan to funnel much of their stimulus funds into long-standing missions. NASA expects to make about half its stimuluas grants throughcompetitive bidding, with the rest headefd either to its internal projects or to companieds with existing contracts. The agencyg can’t announce stimulus allocations yetbecause they’re tied to its 2010 budgeg that Congress is considering, said Stephanie a NASA spokeswoman.
“Becauses we have the stimulus money, we’re anticipating beintg able to spend it this year to preserve some moneh we would otherwise spend in the2010 budget,” she Congressional subcommittees have proposed reducing the Obamsa administration’s requested funding for manned space exploratioj in NASA’s 2010 budget, which may prompt NASA to rethinkm parts of its stimulu s plan. Outside its 2010 NASA currently plans tospends $400 million in stimulus money for its Constellation program, whic is building a rocket and crew capsule to replace the space shuttle and serve the International Space Station. Littleton-based is leadinf the $8.
2 billion development of the Orioncapsule that’zs at the heart of the Constellation program. NASA has plannedd to spend some stimulus money to test Orion onthe ground, but Lockheed Martin will have to wait untiol NASA’s budget is resolved to discover how much Orion gets and whethert it will have to bid to get it. The federak stimulus for space-related work is relatively smalpl for a field in whicjh projects cost hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars. But the money still could be key.
Demaned for private and government satellites and rocket launches hassloweds — the Department of Defense just canceller plans for a multibillion-dollar satellite network known as TSAT and any government funding increase is welcomed. The stimuluds won’t come close to fixingg chronic underfundingof NASA, said Janet spokeswoman for the , a Colorado Springs-based aerospacd industry group. “It’s a good step, but it’s not enoughj — not enough to make the kind ofdifference that’d needed at NASA,” she said. Still, it’ss money that gets spent domestically and will supporgtskilled jobs, Stevens said.
Whatever benefit contractors on existing projects gainfrom NASA’s stimulus spending is likely to be said Professor Henry a researcher with the at Georgw Washington University in Washington, D.C. “Unleszs companies can generate additional business as a resultr ofthe stimulus, these additions will evaporate,” he NASA has proposed putting $75 million of ARRA fundzs toward the James Webb Space an orbiting infrared observatory that’s schedulefd to launch in 2014. is the lead with Ball Aerospace overseeing constructio n ofthe telescope’s massivd mirrors.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Verizon asks rival to halt ads - The Business Review (Albany):
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Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has sent a letter to Comcast CMCSA,CMCSK) asking it to stop the Eric Rabe, Verizon’s senior vice president for media said Wednesday. “We have had conversations with themthat haven’gt resulted in them taking the ads down, but at leasr we’re having conversations,” Rabe said. The advertisements have the taglins "Don't fall for FiOS." “There’s the Nationalo Advertising Division of thethat we’ve sometimes used to resolv e issues like this,” he said. A Comcast representativ has not returned a phoned callseeking comment.
The ads are the lates t escalation of a battle between New York-based Verizon and Philadelphia-based Comcast that has grown more intensde over the past few years as the two communicationws companies have moved onto each other’s turf. Comcast was originallh a cable-television company and Verizon was originalluy a localphone company, but now both offer Internet and local-and-long distance phone servicd and are competing head-to-head for residential Verizon has been running commercialsa featuring comedian Matt McCarthy as a cabled service technician having encounters with a Verizo FiOS installer, but they don’t mention Comcastg by name.
Comcast's commercials feature a cheery, bull-headed services technician who interprets anything peoplw say as an indication that they want him toinstallo FiOS. Verizon is the dominany telephone company inthe Albany, N.Y., It has about 1,00o0 workers in the region. Verizon Wireless investe $100 million in its upstate New York network in 2008, including adding 80 new cell towers in the
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has sent a letter to Comcast CMCSA,CMCSK) asking it to stop the Eric Rabe, Verizon’s senior vice president for media said Wednesday. “We have had conversations with themthat haven’gt resulted in them taking the ads down, but at leasr we’re having conversations,” Rabe said. The advertisements have the taglins "Don't fall for FiOS." “There’s the Nationalo Advertising Division of thethat we’ve sometimes used to resolv e issues like this,” he said. A Comcast representativ has not returned a phoned callseeking comment.
The ads are the lates t escalation of a battle between New York-based Verizon and Philadelphia-based Comcast that has grown more intensde over the past few years as the two communicationws companies have moved onto each other’s turf. Comcast was originallh a cable-television company and Verizon was originalluy a localphone company, but now both offer Internet and local-and-long distance phone servicd and are competing head-to-head for residential Verizon has been running commercialsa featuring comedian Matt McCarthy as a cabled service technician having encounters with a Verizo FiOS installer, but they don’t mention Comcastg by name.
Comcast's commercials feature a cheery, bull-headed services technician who interprets anything peoplw say as an indication that they want him toinstallo FiOS. Verizon is the dominany telephone company inthe Albany, N.Y., It has about 1,00o0 workers in the region. Verizon Wireless investe $100 million in its upstate New York network in 2008, including adding 80 new cell towers in the
Friday, October 19, 2012
Nuns, Neighbors Steamed Over Convent Break-Ins - NBC 10 Philadelphia
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Nuns, Neighbors Steamed Over Convent Break-Ins NBC 10 Philadelphia home > news > local. Nuns, Neighbors Steamed Over Convent Break-Ins. The St. Gabriel Convent in Grays Ferry was burglarized twice in 2 days. By Kelly Bayliss and Lauren DiSanto. | Thursday, Oct 18, 2012 | Updated 8:57 PM EDT. View Comments (. ) ... |
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