http://fishing-sea.com/Fishing--Reels/Offshore-Reel/
Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwood medicaol building. He said that it now takes 10 years to 17 year sand $1 billion to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The National Cancerr Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Center has a Sept. 25, 2011, application date for its effortsx to get aninitial five-year designation as an NCI cancer center. The months-long application process for institutions seeking new designations begins with submission of documentatiohn that sometimesexceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visiy and other steps. The earliest that KU Cancer Center’e application could be approved is the springof 2012.
64 cancer centers receive Cancer Center Support Grants to supporft research to reducethe incidence, morbidity and mortalitg rates of cancer. There are 23 cancerd centers and 41 comprehensivecancer centers. The KU Cancer Center is part of , whichh is the medical research and education arm of the Universityuof Kansas. NCI designation KU’s No. 1 priority — typically is granted to academicmedical Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entityg that will apply for NCI designation. Increased regional patient accessto cutting-edge clinical • More than $1.3 billion in annual economic benefitx in the region.
• An increase in KU Cancer Center’s annual NCI financing from thecurrent $7.5 milliojn to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutione also attract world-class researchers who brinhg NCI grantswith them, and part of the estimatesd increase is based on Many of these researchers double as clinicians, adding expertise and depth in various cancer-care
Monday, November 29, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Tale of the tape: Rivers vs. Manning - ESPN (blog)
http://studenica.org/news/21novembar2008.html
WANE | Tale of the tape: Rivers vs. Manning ESPN (blog) Both Rivers and Manning are playing at a high level. Both quarterbacks are legitimate MVP candidates and both are playing well despite playing with depleted ... Peyton Manning vs San Diego Chargers How We See It NFL Week 12 Predictions |
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Weather slows efforts to stop ND oil well leak - BusinessWeek
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Weather slows efforts to stop ND oil well leak BusinessWeek Winter weather is hampering efforts by crews to stop an oil well leak in northwest North Dakota, but officials said Tuesday the delay should ... |
Monday, November 22, 2010
bizjournals: Starting a Business : Business Advice
http://theemergencyservicesshow2008.com/page/126/
Let's be honest: Things are bad, and it is miserable out therew in the worldof commerce. We are in a globap recession that will last forsome time. 1. The economy eventuall will improve andget 2. Most companies rely on salespeople to help with the bottom line. Continuing sales of a product or servicd for an organization along with great salespeople will be needed even more durinvg thesetough times. I thinm it is important to look at a strategty as old as business itself that will help a its profitability, the salespeople employed and the customersd that a company does busineszs with. The first thing, whichj is of the utmostg importance, are your customers.
Whethedr you are the CEO reading this, the salesperson or a personb in customerservice - this is the time to protecf your customer base and make sure that they are period! The one way to do this is to get in toucj with your customers. Do not attempt to do this by mail or It istoo impersonal. If you want to build relationship s withyour customers, then builr them the way they are supposed to be builgt - by people dealing directly with people! You need to ask your customerz a simple and direc question: "How are we doing for you? Be and tell me the truth." Next, for the salespeople who stillo are employed, you are going to have to work Yes, I said it - harder.
This meanas not only visiting your existing customers and checkiny their true level of customer satisfactionm but also going out and gettingnew business. Sure, the economh is slow, and we are not buying as much of anythingv as we did a fewyearx ago, but the fact remains that thers is still business beinvg done out there.
Let's be honest: Things are bad, and it is miserable out therew in the worldof commerce. We are in a globap recession that will last forsome time. 1. The economy eventuall will improve andget 2. Most companies rely on salespeople to help with the bottom line. Continuing sales of a product or servicd for an organization along with great salespeople will be needed even more durinvg thesetough times. I thinm it is important to look at a strategty as old as business itself that will help a its profitability, the salespeople employed and the customersd that a company does busineszs with. The first thing, whichj is of the utmostg importance, are your customers.
Whethedr you are the CEO reading this, the salesperson or a personb in customerservice - this is the time to protecf your customer base and make sure that they are period! The one way to do this is to get in toucj with your customers. Do not attempt to do this by mail or It istoo impersonal. If you want to build relationship s withyour customers, then builr them the way they are supposed to be builgt - by people dealing directly with people! You need to ask your customerz a simple and direc question: "How are we doing for you? Be and tell me the truth." Next, for the salespeople who stillo are employed, you are going to have to work Yes, I said it - harder.
This meanas not only visiting your existing customers and checkiny their true level of customer satisfactionm but also going out and gettingnew business. Sure, the economh is slow, and we are not buying as much of anythingv as we did a fewyearx ago, but the fact remains that thers is still business beinvg done out there.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Lee DeWyze's 'Sweet Serendipity' Music Video Debuted - AceShowbiz
http://www.carwheelsgo.com/foglight/
AceShowbiz | Lee DeWyze's 'Sweet Serendipity' Music Video Debuted AceShowbiz He previously planned to release title track of the album, but changed it few hours before the release. In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, DeWyze explained ... |
Friday, November 19, 2010
Fired executives start their own energy company - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
http://immobilier-en-yvelines.com/article/National-Fair-Housing-Alliance-Targets-Corcoran-Group-For-Violations.html
Mark Duda and Todd former vice presidentswith Kailua-based Sunetric, will focu s on commercial renewable-energy projects, including solar photovoltaic and wind-powererd systems. While their venture, , is still very new, they alreadyt have set up business dealingw with industry vendors and They also were quick to contacy former clients to maintain good Both Duda and Georgopapadakos had worked with formerlySuntech Hawaii, for a year before officiallh joining it in late 2007 — Duda as vice presidentf of finance and Georgopapadakos as vice president of business development. Sunetrifc had focused mainly on the residential markeft for rooftop PV systems and solaf hotwater heaters.
It was responsible for abou a fourth of the PV systems that went onlinr in Hawaii last Duda said. “Forming this new company was not by but we had to make aquicmk decision, which was to let it take place and move Georgopapadakos said. Both said their terminations earlie r this monthwere unexpected. They collectivelyu had a 30 percent equith share and 50 percent of the voting sharesein Sunetric, which was founded by Sean Mullenj in 2004 and has approximately 50 Mullen declined to comment on the terminations, but said his companhy is looking to fill two positions following “the Georgopapadakos had been in charge of growth strateguy and is credited with increasing Sunetric’ws sales from $3 millionb in 2007 to $30 milliob in 2008.
Duda, who also is presidenft of the , worked with financialo institutions tofund projects. Their new company attracted threer otherSunetric executives, who have joinexd as founding partners. Josh Powell resigned as vice president of constructioj operations for Sunetric to handlw similar duties at DistributedEnerg Partners. Rod Braunthal resigned as a design manager for Sunetrivc to head design and development for the new AndEric Carlson, a former project consultany and commercial sales agent with Sunetric, directs sales and community relations for Distributedf Energy Partners. “There’s still a giant opportunity hereand we’rse good at it,” Duda said.
“We see a three-year windowe to really focus on Hawaii and served theneed here. Down the line, we’ll look at opportunitied to serve as consultants oninternational
Mark Duda and Todd former vice presidentswith Kailua-based Sunetric, will focu s on commercial renewable-energy projects, including solar photovoltaic and wind-powererd systems. While their venture, , is still very new, they alreadyt have set up business dealingw with industry vendors and They also were quick to contacy former clients to maintain good Both Duda and Georgopapadakos had worked with formerlySuntech Hawaii, for a year before officiallh joining it in late 2007 — Duda as vice presidentf of finance and Georgopapadakos as vice president of business development. Sunetrifc had focused mainly on the residential markeft for rooftop PV systems and solaf hotwater heaters.
It was responsible for abou a fourth of the PV systems that went onlinr in Hawaii last Duda said. “Forming this new company was not by but we had to make aquicmk decision, which was to let it take place and move Georgopapadakos said. Both said their terminations earlie r this monthwere unexpected. They collectivelyu had a 30 percent equith share and 50 percent of the voting sharesein Sunetric, which was founded by Sean Mullenj in 2004 and has approximately 50 Mullen declined to comment on the terminations, but said his companhy is looking to fill two positions following “the Georgopapadakos had been in charge of growth strateguy and is credited with increasing Sunetric’ws sales from $3 millionb in 2007 to $30 milliob in 2008.
Duda, who also is presidenft of the , worked with financialo institutions tofund projects. Their new company attracted threer otherSunetric executives, who have joinexd as founding partners. Josh Powell resigned as vice president of constructioj operations for Sunetric to handlw similar duties at DistributedEnerg Partners. Rod Braunthal resigned as a design manager for Sunetrivc to head design and development for the new AndEric Carlson, a former project consultany and commercial sales agent with Sunetric, directs sales and community relations for Distributedf Energy Partners. “There’s still a giant opportunity hereand we’rse good at it,” Duda said.
“We see a three-year windowe to really focus on Hawaii and served theneed here. Down the line, we’ll look at opportunitied to serve as consultants oninternational
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Carrots and sticks shape healthier employees, save money - bizjournals:
http://coolminedrama.com/index.php.page=design
HRAs are lifestyle surveys that evaluatean individual’s likelihood of having debilitating, expensive health conditions. But employees often view them as a Or worse, they’re the employed sticking his nose into the employee’s privatwe life. But they are more than They are about who ownsthe risk. If the employefr agrees to be financially responsiblse for the risks associated withan employee’s health, shouldn’t the employee be accountable to help the risk-bearee understand those risks? So some employers are now taking a hard Participate in the HRA, or you don’f have health coverage.
Here’s the softer Take the HRA and your deductible will drop by Or your monthly health plan premiunm contribution will be There are many variations onthis theme. The employere establishes baseline values for health characteristicd such as bodymass index, cholesteroll level, blood sugar level and blood Meaningful progress on each measure buys the employee a reduction in the deductible so that, it disappears. Now a new species of Web-basec ventures — take a look at www.chiprewards.com or www.gbehavior.cok — has sprung up to help employers and health plans shape behaviorsthrough rewards. Been asked to join the diseasemanagement program?
Sign up and get Hit some small goals and get more points. Achievr a big goal and get lots of Cash in your points for a new iPod ora cruise. Go onlind to make a plan, track your count your accumulating points and pick upyour Sure, some argue that these programs simply bribe (or worse, coerce) employees to do the righr thing. But the cold reality is that most of us like help with identifyingv and getting toour targets. We know we have some healtg issues. But against the unrelenting strugglee ofraising kids, payingy bills and keeping the householc together, losing weight or stopping smoking somehow gets droppeds to the bottom of the list.
But give us a chance at somethinggwe want, something to aim for, and it becomes much easier. In health care, there are specifix behaviors we should all wantto We’ve cultivated a national obesityh epidemic that has made us more burdened by lifestyle-induced chronic disease than any otherd developed nation by far. Four vascular diseases, all related to overweight — coronary artery congestive heart failure, diabetes and hypertensiobn — when combined with the depressio that inevitably forms in people withchronicx diseases, account for more than half our deathsw and about 60 percent of our health care spending.
Just as bad, while obesity compromisesw health and creates enormous healtn cost drags onthe system, declines in health compromise business productivity, which in turn hurts competitiveness. Unlesas we turn this problem aroundd — more than this will take visible leadership by the businesscommunit — America’s future as a world leader is in So concerted efforts that incentivize more consciousd and better eating habits are critical both to individual health and to the national interest.
It also makes sensr to reward patients for using the health system in the mostefficient ways, in using qualitt and pricing information to identify the best doctor and hospital services, in being careful shoppers. So far, the health care industru has mostly foughtthese initiatives, but more data in easier-to-use formats are showing up onlinde every day and, just as the great economist Adam Smithg predicted, the availability of information will bring pressurs on doctors and hospitals to improve. By way of take a look at the national percentile rankings of our local hospitalsxon www.healthinsight.org. The results may startle you.
For employers trying to keep health costsdown — something few of us imaginef when we went into business — incentive programs are a stronbg new option. Relatively small investments in rewards canproduce across-the-board behavioral changes that reduce health risk and
HRAs are lifestyle surveys that evaluatean individual’s likelihood of having debilitating, expensive health conditions. But employees often view them as a Or worse, they’re the employed sticking his nose into the employee’s privatwe life. But they are more than They are about who ownsthe risk. If the employefr agrees to be financially responsiblse for the risks associated withan employee’s health, shouldn’t the employee be accountable to help the risk-bearee understand those risks? So some employers are now taking a hard Participate in the HRA, or you don’f have health coverage.
Here’s the softer Take the HRA and your deductible will drop by Or your monthly health plan premiunm contribution will be There are many variations onthis theme. The employere establishes baseline values for health characteristicd such as bodymass index, cholesteroll level, blood sugar level and blood Meaningful progress on each measure buys the employee a reduction in the deductible so that, it disappears. Now a new species of Web-basec ventures — take a look at www.chiprewards.com or www.gbehavior.cok — has sprung up to help employers and health plans shape behaviorsthrough rewards. Been asked to join the diseasemanagement program?
Sign up and get Hit some small goals and get more points. Achievr a big goal and get lots of Cash in your points for a new iPod ora cruise. Go onlind to make a plan, track your count your accumulating points and pick upyour Sure, some argue that these programs simply bribe (or worse, coerce) employees to do the righr thing. But the cold reality is that most of us like help with identifyingv and getting toour targets. We know we have some healtg issues. But against the unrelenting strugglee ofraising kids, payingy bills and keeping the householc together, losing weight or stopping smoking somehow gets droppeds to the bottom of the list.
But give us a chance at somethinggwe want, something to aim for, and it becomes much easier. In health care, there are specifix behaviors we should all wantto We’ve cultivated a national obesityh epidemic that has made us more burdened by lifestyle-induced chronic disease than any otherd developed nation by far. Four vascular diseases, all related to overweight — coronary artery congestive heart failure, diabetes and hypertensiobn — when combined with the depressio that inevitably forms in people withchronicx diseases, account for more than half our deathsw and about 60 percent of our health care spending.
Just as bad, while obesity compromisesw health and creates enormous healtn cost drags onthe system, declines in health compromise business productivity, which in turn hurts competitiveness. Unlesas we turn this problem aroundd — more than this will take visible leadership by the businesscommunit — America’s future as a world leader is in So concerted efforts that incentivize more consciousd and better eating habits are critical both to individual health and to the national interest.
It also makes sensr to reward patients for using the health system in the mostefficient ways, in using qualitt and pricing information to identify the best doctor and hospital services, in being careful shoppers. So far, the health care industru has mostly foughtthese initiatives, but more data in easier-to-use formats are showing up onlinde every day and, just as the great economist Adam Smithg predicted, the availability of information will bring pressurs on doctors and hospitals to improve. By way of take a look at the national percentile rankings of our local hospitalsxon www.healthinsight.org. The results may startle you.
For employers trying to keep health costsdown — something few of us imaginef when we went into business — incentive programs are a stronbg new option. Relatively small investments in rewards canproduce across-the-board behavioral changes that reduce health risk and
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