Monday, December 31, 2012

The Electoral College's Shifting Math - Bloomberg

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The Electoral College's Shifting Math

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The Electoral College's Shifting Math. By Albert R. Hunt 2012-12-30T20:45:17Z. Not too long ago, political analysts assumed the Republicans had a clear advantage in the Electoral College, the system according to which each state, based on population, ...



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Friday, December 28, 2012

Chennai Open: 2 Indian doubles pairs granted wild cards - NDTV

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Chennai Open: 2 Indian doubles pairs granted wild cards

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Indian tennis players, including Vishnu Vardhan and Sanam Singh, have been granted wild card entries into the doubles draw of the Chennai Open, the organisers announced here on Friday. Press Trust of India | Last updated on Friday, 28 December 2012 ...


Chennai Open:Wild ca rd entry for Indians

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Wild card for Vishnu-Sanam

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Boston College sees applications decline for fall

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The competitive, private, Jesuit-run college received a total of 29,3000 undergraduate applications for the fall2009 semester, a 5 percent declinre from the 30,845 applications it received last according to a recentf bond filing completed by Boston College. The drop-ofrf is the first in at leastyfive years. A more restrictive admissions coupled with concerns about the troubleddeconomic environment, likely played a prominent role in the application experts and administrators said. The declinew was largely attributed to a tighter policgy around the early admissions prograjm Boston College adopted with the beginning of most recentadmissionsa season.
Under the new policy, studenta who apply to other bindingf early admissionsprograms — in which a student agrees that if admittedr he or she will enroll in that school cannot apply to Boston College’s “Earlty Action” program. In the past, student s who applied for early admissiobn at Boston College could also apply to schools withbindingb policies, such as and , said John director of undergraduate admissions as Boston College. The new polich continues to allow students to apply to other earlty admissions programs as long as those programare non-binding.
The college saw an 18 percent decline in its early application pool as a resulty ofthe policy, according to the bond Mahoney said students who appl to other binding early applicationn programs and Boston College’s earluy admissions program are considered “soft applications.” By choosing to applgy to an early and binding program, the student has delineatedr that other school as his or her first Mahoney said. “We really don’t want to see them in our earlyactiob pool,” he said. Boston College has not yet determined the numbedr of students who willbe accepted.
The enrollmen number will be near 2,29o students, according to the Though the stricter policu led a declinein applications, the trade-off is that such a policyh adds predictability in difficult experts said. Boston College “wants to know not only that it’ the first choice but the final choice,” said James Samels, president of higher educatioh consulting firmin Framingham. But Samels added the decline in applicationx at Boston College could be a sign of acomingt “summer melt” as families feel more cash-strapped as the economic slowdown persists. A year at BC cost a bit more than before anyfinancial aid.
Mahoney said that most of the applications decline was due to the earltadmissions policy, but that application costs may be playing a greate role in students decisions these “All of a sudden that $70 application fee became another obstacle,” he said.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Burlington Coat Factory selling local site - Boston Business Journal:

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in an effort to generate about $80 million. “They’re activelg looking for ways to enhance their balance to paydown debt,” said Bruce Westwood-Booth, a managing director of corporate capital markets at in who was hired to sell the portfolio of assets. The which the Burlington Coat Factory will sell and then leasw back from the new ownersin 15-year deals, are locatec in markets where the average household income is above according to Westwood-Booth. The Peabody stor e totals 90,000 square feet and is located onsevenh acres.
It is within a five-mile radius of 190,00o people who make $66,000 per said Westwood-Booth, adding that he has “interesf from a variety of investors.” As part of the sale-leasew back deal, Burlington Coat Factorgy will pay the new owner of the Peabodhystore $9 per square foot, whicnh Westwood-Booth said was a fair rent in a market with a 4 percenrt vacancy rate. Westwood-Booth is handling the sale forthe privately-owned retailerf and said bids are due later this Interested buyers can buy the entire portfolioi or individual stores.

Friday, December 21, 2012

Inez Andrews, Gospel Singer, Dies at 83 - New York Times

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Inez Andrews, Gospel Singer, Dies at 83

New York Times


Ms. Andrews came to national attention in 1958 with the Caravans, the Chicago gospel group led by Albertina Walker that also nurtured such stars as Shirley Caesar, the Rev. James Cleveland and Bessie Griffin. That year she was the lead singer for what ...



Thursday, December 20, 2012

Groupings: Shying away from 2 RBs - ESPN (blog)

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Groupings: Shying away from 2 RBs

ESPN (blog)


A look at the positional groupings utilized by the Patriots in their loss to the 49ers, and analyzing what it means (small margin for error): 3 WR/1 TE/1 RB â€" 54 of 96 2 WR/2 TE/1 RB â€" 34 of 96 1 WR/3 TE/1 RB â€" 6 of 96 2 WR/1 TE/2 RB â€" 1 of 96 3 TE/1 ...



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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Contract award may end dispute with EBS - Washington Business Journal:

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The Department of Health and Humab Services has awardedof Meriden, a $35 million contract to create seasonal and pandemifc flu vaccines based on its new developmenyt technology. That contract could be extendefd for up to five yearsand $147 millionj in total value. Emergent BioSolutions said it hopew Protein Sciences uses that new revenue source to pay off anoutstandintg $10 million loan to the smalletr company, made to keep Protein Sciences’ operationd going so Emergent could ultimately purchase it this time last year for up to $78 But those acquisition plans quickly fell apart, resulting in both companiesa accusing the other of breaching the Emergent sued Protein Sciences for frau and breach of contract last year in the first of two lawsuitds it’s filed against the Connecticut The second, filed earlier this was to seize all of Protein Sciences’ assetsx as collateral for the $10 mil lion for which Emergent said in a filingt it had given two extensions for one in January and the other at the end of May.
“I’mk hopeful that this [HHS contract] will enable PSC to pay us saidDaniel Abdun-Nabi, president of Emergent EBS). “They haven’t come forward with an offere to pay us back atthis point.” But Proteinn Sciences executives said their investors had offered twicer to repay the outstanding loan, but Emergent never “Our investors have offered Emergent to be paid off in the last couple of months on at leasty two different occasions, where Emergent didn’t give any said Manon Cox, chief operating officer for Proteimn Sciences, which she said is “pleased” with the new federa l contract.
“There is money available to pay them Theyjust haven’t accepted it.” Abdun-Nabi says that statemenft is untrue. “If they have an offert that they canshow [us] to pay us, in full in that would be terrific,” he said. “Wew haven’t seen that Emergent said if Protein Sciences were to repay the which is now morethan $10 milliomn with interest, it would drop its initiao lawsuit and move on. The procesws had delayed the HHS contract awarrd by roughly a year as the federa l agency determined how the situation would play out and whethe it would leave Protein Sciences with the meansx to fulfill thecontract terms.
Under the the company would need to fund the initial developmeng work itself and then submit invoicez to the federal government tobe “We had to do several financial audits last year” of Protein Sciences before awarding the contract, said Robijn Robinson, director of the Biomedical Advanced Research Development Authority, the HHS divisionj that awarded the contract. “We have been awarse for almost a year of a possible While Protein Sciences claims that the local companu attempted to blockthat contract, Robinson said Emergeny never spoke to him or the agencyu about the potential award.
Abdun-Nabi also said his companyg has no control over the federalcontractingb process. Earlier this week, Emergent venturefd down yet another legal route to win back its It was one of three creditore to file a bankruptcy petition forProtein Sciences, asking the cour to relieve the Connecticut company of its curreny management and replace those executivezs with an independent trustee. In that bankruptcy which calls for a liquidatiobn and auction ofthe company’s Emergent said it’s owed $11.
5t million, considerably more than the other two petitioning creditors who are owed $161,000 and The federal agency awarded Protein Sciences the contract to furthet develop its FluBlok seasonal flu vaccine a product in late-stage testing that had been of interesft to Emergent when it offerecd to buy Protein Science — as well as a new vaccine treatmentf in development for the swine flu.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Savara Pharmaceuticals obtains Series A financing - Baltimore Business Journal:

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million Series A financing round, according to a U.S. Securitiesd and Exchange Commission filing. The Austin-baseds company is developing an inhalation-based drug delivery systenm and will use the fundds to continue development of its NanoCluster technolog in the dry powdertherapeutics Savara, which moved from Kansas last didn’t disclose its investors, but the SEC filing indicates they'vs attracted 13 backers. Savara was founded in 2007 with technologyh developed atthe . In late 2008, it move to the five months after Austin entrepreneufr Rob Neville was namedthe company’s chairman and CEO.
Nevillde previously was founder and CEO ofanother ATI-based company, That startupo was acquired in 2000 by Houston-based for $100 million abou t a year after it was founded. Savara’s pulmonargy — or via the lungs — drug deliveru product, initially developed in is based on nanotechnologyh and dry powders rather than conventional It plans to offer its platform to drug makers seeking alternative delivery methods and to develop itsown drugs. Last Savara garnered an undisclosed amount of financingg from a syndicate of 12angel investors, most based in Neville said. During 2008, Austin-area life sciences companie attracted $18.7 million in venture capital comparedwith $195.
1 milliomn in 2007, according to .

Saturday, December 15, 2012

OPEC Keeps Output Quota Stable as Prices Stay Sufficiently High - Moneynews

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OPEC Keeps Output Quota Stable as Prices Stay Sufficiently High

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OPEC kept its production target unchanged for a second time this year as the group's members judged prices are sufficiently high amid forecasts that supply will outpace demand for their crude in 2013. “Everything will stay as it is,” Saudi Arabian Oil ...


Oil Drops From One-Week High Amid Disagreement on U.S. Budget

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

California court rules for BofA - Business First of Louisville:

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The class-action case centered on BofA’ collecting check overdraft and other fees by takingb moneyfrom direct-deposit accountss set up to receive Social Security In 2004, a jury found BofA’s actions violatex California banking laws that prohibif banks from taking Social Security benefite to recover customer debts. But in 2006, the 1st Districtg Court of Appeal in San Franciscoo ruledBofA (NYSE:BAC) didn’rt breach state banking laws. The appeals court said the lawsuiyt misapplied a 1974 California Supremd Court decision that prohibits banks from usinf public funds deposited into an accounr to pay thebank customer’s separate credit-card account.
Monday’sx unanimous ruling upheld that decision. Charlotte-based BofA told the news agency it was pleased withthe ruling, which it said rejecte “a challenge to account-balancing practices followed by every bank in California and across the nation.”

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Ohio drivers in bottom half of states for safety - Dayton Business Journal:

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Ohio ranks 34th in the nation, with an averagre test score of 75.6 percent, according to the 2009 National Drivers Test. The state fell from its previou position of 26th in the nationin 2008, with an averagw score of 78.9. Nationwide, GMAC found 20.1 percent of licensexd Americans, or about 41 million drivers, wouldx not pass a written driving test iftakenm today. Idaho and Wisconsin drivers tied for best inthe nation, with an average test score of 80.6 percent; New York driversw ranked last, with an average score of 70.5 percent.
When comparinvg genders, men are still more likely to pass the test than but the gap is considerably smalle thisyear (81 percenrt of males versus 79 percent of females) than last year (87 percent of malesw versus 80 percent of females), according to the Respondents continued to have difficulty on questions includerd in the test about yellow lights and safe followingv distances, while almost all drivers answered correctly what a solic line meant. • The Northeast had the lowest average testscorew (74.5 percent); and • The South had the highestt failure rate (41 percent).
At the same the study also surveyed drivers about how the economyh has affected their driving Ofthose surveyed, aboutt 30 percent said they planned on driving less withi n the following 12 months, with the primary reasoh being “worry over the economy” (74 percent). Anothef 24 percent said they plan on drivint lessto “reduce expenses due to financial

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Crafting a boom economy - Politico

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Crafting a boom economy

Politico


Do this and there could be not an economic recovery â€" but a boom, many argue. (Also on POLITICO: Options narrow to avert fiscal cliff). “Both Democrats and Republicans privately agree,” Warren Buffett told us. “They just don't want to be the first to ...



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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Pacman finally caught by the “ghost” - Yahoo! Philippines News (blog)

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Yahoo! Philippines News (blog)


Pacman finally caught by the “ghost”

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Before last Saturday (Sunday in the Philippines), the last time Manny Pacquiao had lost via a knockout was against Thailand's Medgoen Singsurat when he was going for the WBC Flyweight championship. That was on September 17, 1999, more than twelve ...



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Friday, December 7, 2012

Dublin, Columbus schools get grants for diesel-cutting - Kansas City Business Journal:

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million is headed to Dublin and undetr a second round of state grants aimed at cuttint dieselengine emissions. The on Mondayh announced recipients of the second and final roundf of Diesel EmissionsReduction grants, a $19.78 million program created in 2008. The first roun d sent nearly $7.3 million to 10 including the , operator of the region’s bus In the winners disclosed Monday, Dublim was cleared for $464,658 whilw the Columbus school system receiveda $918,020 grant. Officiald from Dublin and the schoop district told thestate they’re using the money to replacwe vehicles with lower-emission alternatives.
Dublin plans to replacee eight 1999- or 2000-model short-haul diesel while the school district is using its gran t to replace 15 buses producedin 1990. Projects that receiveed awards are required to put up at least 20 percenyt of the cost in matching The grant program looks specifically at publif and private diesel equipment owners in Ohio counties that fall shorty of airquality standards. The largest grant amongy the 16 went to the and to refit four locomotives with new That Cincinnati-area project was awarded $4.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

If US intervenes in Syria, would it be on moral grounds or in country's self ... - Alaska Dispatch

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If US intervenes in Syria, would it be on moral grounds or in country's self ...

Alaska Dispatch


If President Obama were to deploy military force in Syria â€" right into the heart of the Middle East â€" would it be on moral grounds or in America's self-interest? The rationale for any US intervention in Syria may be important for America ns to know ...


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WMD Hype: Syrian Government will not Use Chemical Weapons against its Own ...

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

TONE2 Unveils Rayblaster – Impulse Modeling Synth Explores New Territory - SonicScoop

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TONE2 Unveils Rayblaster â€" Impulse Modeling Synth Explores New Territory

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One of our fave synth and plugin developers, Tone2 Audiosoftware, announced the launch of Rayblaster. Available now for $199 in a variety of Mac/PC formats (see below), Rayblaster is based on a new synthesis technique that Tone 2 calls “Impulse ...



Monday, December 3, 2012

Rosenborg 3 - 2 Rapid Vienna - Sportinglife.com

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Rosenborg 3 - 2 Rapid Vienna

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Rosenborg and Rapid Vienna belied their lowly positions in Europa League Group K with a thrilling game settled by Rade Prica's late winner. Sky Bet. Europa League. Click here to bet. Rade Prica: Double strike. Related Content. Football Transfer Centre ...



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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Houston Business Journal: Houston Commercial Real Estate Listings - View Commercial Real Estate

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