Saturday, October 13, 2012
Paterson names new leaders at budget office, tax department - The Business Review (Albany):
Gov. David Paterson appointed Roberrt Megna as director of the state Division of the which advises governors on financial mattersa and helps craft their budget proposaldseach year. Megna’s annual salary will be $178,000, and he startas on June 15. His appointment does not need approval from thestate Senate. Megnaq replaces Laura Anglin, who is leaving the budget division to head the Commission on Independen Collegesand Universities, which lobbies the states and federal governments on behalf of 111 private, nonprofir colleges and universities in New Anglin will serve as an adviser to Megna until July 15, and then begin her new job at the Megna had previously served as commission of the statee Department of Taxation and He has also worked in other jobs with the statde budget division and the Legislature.
On Paterson also announced that Jamie Woodward will take over for Megnaw at thetax department. Woodward graduated from in Troy in and earned a law degree from AlbanyyLaw School. She also holdse an accounting certificate fromin Loudonville. Woodward has been with the tax departmensince 1980. She will continue to servew as its executive deputy commissioner while also servingy asacting commissioner. Her annual salary will remai $154,300. Woodward begins her dutiesz as acting commissioner onJune 15, the day Megnsa starts his new job at the budget division.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Hamner, UNC launch Institute for Drug Safety Sciences - Baltimore Business Journal:
Liver toxicity is a main reason for regulatoryh agencies to deny approval for new drugs or take action againstexistint drugs. The researchers, who are working at the newlty formed Institute for DrugSafety Sciences, will use a virtual modelk of a liver to test how differentr drugs may affect the organ. The research has the potentiao to speed up the drug development andtestinb process. The Institute for Drug Safety Sciences, which opened last week and featuresea 14,000-square-foot research laboratory, will work to studgy global drug safety issues. It is being led by Paul Watkins, the Verned S. Caviness distinguished professor of medicindeat UNC.
Watkins, along with his scientist will work with members of the biomedical and pharmaceutical the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health to develop new drugsafety initiatives. The Institute for Drug Safety Sciencez was born from an agreement signed in Aprio 2008 between UNC and Hamner to collaborate on research into drug drug development andpublic health. It is located on Hamner’sd campus in Research Triangle Park.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
'Pro-life' congressman urged woman to have an abortion - USA TODAY
Belleville News Democrat | 'Pro-life' congressman urged woman to have an abortion USA TODAY "Since the congressman's opponents cannot attack him on his independent, conservative and pro-life record in Congress they have once again resorted to pure character assassination," he said. DesJarlais was elected to represent the 4th Congressional ... Scott DesJarlais, Pro-Life Republican Congressman And Doctor, Pressured ... Transcript: Pro-life GOP congressman urged pregnant mistress to get abortion Pro-life Tennessee congressman taped himself persuading mistress to get an ... |
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Bill Belichick, uncut, on Kevin Faulk - ESPN (blog)
NFL News (blog) | Bill Belichick, uncut, on Kevin Faulk ESPN (blog) รขKevin was here when I got here [in 2000]. I remember when I first got here, my first year, it was a little bit of a rocky year. I think Kevin and I were both trying to figure out where we each stood, what we were going to be about, and how it was ... Kevin F aulk retires after 13 years with Patriots A long run for Kevin Faulk Patriots RB Kevin Faulk retires |
Monday, October 8, 2012
Luis Concepcion-Pablo Carrillo Rematch on November 22 - BoxingScene.com
Luis Concepcion-Pablo Carrillo Rematch on November 22 BoxingScene.com By Jhonny Gonzalez. Its appears former WBA flyweight champion Luis Concepcion (26-3, 20KOs) will make good on his promise to provide Pablo Carrillo (9-1-1, 4KOs) with a rematch. The first met on September 1 at the Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City, ... |
Saturday, October 6, 2012
UB top WNY college fund raiser - Business First of Buffalo:
UB received $34.1 million in contributionsa for the fiscalyear 2008. Alumniu contributed nearly half thetotal — $15.t million, UB officials said. Other dono r groups include foundations, organizations, corporations and non-alumnu individuals. The university is the area’a largest school, with abou 28,000 full- and part-time Thirteen additional local institutions respondede tothe Council’s annual survey. , with 5,0090 students, ranked second in Western New Yorkwith $11.8i million in contributions. , with 2,400 students, raised $11.4 million while 2,300-student St. Bonaventure University raised $10.9 million, the Council said. , $8.1 million • , 5.6 million , $4.
7 million • , $2.3 millionh • , $1.9 million • (local campuz in Buffalo), $1.2 million College of Ceramics atAlfred University, $1.2 million , $599,521 • , $598,017 • , $578,530 Top fund raisers in New York state were , with $495.1q million; , with $409.4 and , with $387.6 million, the Council Overall, California’s Stanford University raised the most money--$785 In total, 1,052 institutions nationwide responded to the Combined, those institutions raised $31.7 billion, up 6.2 percent over the amount raisee during the fiscal year 2007, the Council Although contributions increased for 2008, that may not be the case for 2009 or 2010.
The Councip does not forecast future fund-raising possibilities, but it has heard from institutions that giving hasslowed down, surveyt director Ann Kaplan said. “W e are getting the impressionthat it’ s going to be worse than the 1970s” when collegesz and universities experienced a 3.5 percent decline in giving, adjustexd for inflation, between the years 1973 and 1975. “It’w obviously not a sunny situation.” The survey is distributed at the beginning of July to all colleges and universities in theUnited States.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Web site connects consumers to free health care - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
The site, myhealthresource.org, is sponsorerd by . It provides informatiobn on health services throughout the including local, state and federal healthu care programs, insurance options, information abouty disease management prescription area hospital and clinics — alongh with locations and directions — mental health assistance, homeless resource and more. A visitodr simply enters a ZIP code, clicks on the categoru of interest, and is presentede with information and a variettof options. The online resource comes as unemploymentt continues to rise in the region and growing numberw of local residents lose their health insurance along withtheit jobs.
There are an estimated 250,000 people without health insurancr inSacramento County, said registereds nurse Maria Robles, president of Californians for Patient Care. “Sacramento’ws teachers, firefighters and state governmen t workers are losing their jobs at an alarming Robles said in apress release. The onlinde service provides information on how to getcoveraged and/or treatment at no or low cost. Whiled the Web site is intended for consumers who need directiojnto services, doctors and other providers may want to use it to find out how to help an uninsurecd patient get access to furthefr care.

