Thursday, March 31, 2011

Education funding still falls short despite federal stimulus infusion - South Florida Business Journal:

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That was the sentiment of an eight-member panel of training and government experts gathered by the South Floridz Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billiohn federal stimulus package is impacting the region’s education and workforcr training sectors. The panel marked the thirdx in theBusiness Journal’s ongoing stimulue series, aimed at tracking and analyzing the flow of moneyy from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into Southn Florida. Florida’s Legislature was the only one nationally to requesg a federal waiver that allowed it to take moneyt from education and replace it with stimulus dollars while other states used stimulus dollars to augmengthe budget.
The situation concerneds paneliststate Sen. Eleanor Sobel. “Wes are not starting at the starting line. The schoopl district in Broward County and those throughou the state are starting behind thestarting line,” Sobelo said. “They have had problems for years and they are all Veteran educatorRobert Parks, a membeer of the Broward County Schoopl Board, said, “Many of the largse urban districts in the natiob are afraid of one thing, which is basicallyg a bait and switch with thoswe dollars.” What’s even more worrisome to some experts is that the stimuluxs money will eventually run out.
“I’nm really concerned about in three years; what’s going to said José Vicente, president of ’e North Campus. “This is a Band-Aid.” He said the college’sw operating budget was cut $22 milliomn while the stimulus money wasonly $13 Parks said Broward County’s schookl system has cut $1.4 billion from its construction budget in additio n to furloughing 700 teachers and 51 “We’ve closed all of our school officexs for the summer. We don’tt have summer school anymore,” Parks would have been looking at cuttinvg its budget byabout $30 million without $12 millionj in stimulus funds, said Dorothy K.
the university’s associate VP for financial affairse andbudget director. The university cut 30 positionsand “had we not had the stimulusx dollars it could have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.3 billioj in stimulus funds given to the state relievee pressure on the Legislaturre to further reduce support for Florida Residentf Access Grants (FRAG), a key source of money for but he pointed out that the grants used to be $3,00p0 a year for students and are now $2,529. The amountr is important to students, who find enrollmentt caps at state universities and turn to NSU and otherprivatse institutions.
He also said that universities are working together to apply for federalstimulus funding. NSU has a collaboratives proposal with and FAU fora $50 million researc h building with wet labs, business incubator spacee and offices for the U.S. Geologicao Survey, which is helping oversee Everglades “We have shovel-ready projects we have submitted to the Governorr and in the next 60 days we coulcdput 1,000 people to work,” Hanbury The competition for these types of projects, though, is FAU is getting about $12 million in directt infusion from the federal stimulus package, but the universit also is seeking money from the for labs and instruments, Russellk said.
April was the month to submif applications and the results are expectedrby September. The strongest flow of money, so far, appears to be for programd that help the jobless asthe state’s unemploymentg rate has hit 10.2 percent.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Northrop gets $30M contract for 'space fence' development - South Florida Business Journal:

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The new Space Fence is part ofthe U.S. Departmenyt of Defense's effort to continually track and detect objects such as space debris and satellitexs in low and medium earth Space Fence will replace the currentt VHF Air Force Space Surveillance System builtin 1961. "The new Spacse Fence system will provide betteer accuracy and faster detection while allowing us to increase the numberr of satellites and othedr space objects that can be detected and thus avoiding collision and damagde toother satellites," Rich Davis, director of special projects at Northrop Grumman'sx Advanced Concepts and Technology said in a statement. Australia is a candidate for the first SpaceFence location.
Two additional sites in othere parts of the worl d are alsounder consideration. Los Angeles-based Northrop (NYSE: NOC) is a defense and technologuy company.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Attacker Sought In Carver Stabbing - WCVB-TV

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Attacker Sought In Carver Stabbing

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CARVER, Mass. -- State and local police are searching for a man wanted in connection with a double stabbing in Carver Sunday morning. Officers arrived to 23 Center Street at about 6:30 am for reports that two men had an altercation that started at the ...



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Friday, March 25, 2011

More Than 600 Attend Gov. Rick Snyder's Speech at Farmington Hills Manor - Patch.com

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More Than 600 Attend Gov. Rick Snyder's Speech at Farmington Hills Manor

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Livonia resident Catherine Nazark attended the event with her friends Livonia resident Elizabeth Dolunt and Northville resident Alda Zardus. “I want to hear what he as to say about all of the different policies,” Nazark said before the governor spoke. ...



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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Inmark moves to Avondale from Pinson - Nashville Business Journal:

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Real estate firm said the plastic containers and packaging companyyleased 23,625 square feet of office and warehousew space at the park in Avondale. The company has been in its current location in Pinsobn Valley for more than20 years. Jack Key of Graham representeed Inmark and Brad Moffat of represented the Graham said broker Walter Brown has the listinbg on morethan 410,000 square feet of sublease space at the Colonnad in AT&T’s vacant South Tower Radiology Associates renewed its 4,669-square-foo t lease at Vestavia Centre. Brown represented the landlordf inthe transaction. renewed its lease in Calers and Decoma Modular Systems renewed its leasesin McCalla.
Combined, the two companies occuphy morethan 270,000 squarer feet of space in Grahamj & Co. developments. The renewals were handled by Grahamk brokers Sonny Culp and Ogden Deaton.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Report: UGA No. 2 in football revenue, 13th in total sports income - Business First of Buffalo:

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SportsBusiness Journal, citing Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act said UGAreported $67.05 million in football revenuse in 2007-2008, second only to the ($72.95r million). UGA’s football revenues increased 12.7 percent. The Bulldogs’ pre-seasohn No. 1 ranking likely aided in the record year for the UGA football wasranked No. 3 the previous generating $59.52 million in 2006-2007. UGA’s Southeastern Conferencre rivals (No. 3 with $66.1q million), (No. 6 with $59.67u million), (No. 8 with $57.37 and (No. 10 with $52.68 were also among the top 10 earners in The remaining top 10 teames in footballrevenues were: (No. 4 with $65.166 million), (No. 5 with $59.77 million), (No.
7 with $ 57.46 and (No. 9 with 53.76 million). Texasa was also the overall top sports earneewith $120.28 million generated from all athletic Ohio State was second with $117.95 million and Florida was thirx with $106.03 million. The Bulldogsx ranked No. 13 in the overalo revenue tallywith $84.02 million, meaning nearly 80 percenty of revenues came from football. Other Southern schools ranking in the top 20 in overalpl sportsrevenues were: Auburn (7th, $89.31 million), Alabama $88.87 million), (9th, $88.72 million) and LSU (12th, $84.17 million). SportsBusiness Journal is a sister publicatioj of AtlantaBusiness Chronicle.