Newcomer Sutton inserted into leadoff spot MLB.com Clint Hurdle is open to suggestion when it comes to the leadoff spot in his lineup. So much so that on Thursday, the Pirates manager inserted Drew Sutton into that role just two days after the 28-year-old made his debut with the organization. |
Friday, June 29, 2012
Newcomer Sutton inserted into leadoff spot - MLB.com
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
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And, as more people lose their jobs, that hidden cost is on the The organization defines the hidden health tax as the undisclosexd insurance premium surcharge paidby America’s businesses and insured familiese when they purchase health That surcharge subsidizes the uncompensated health care costx of the uninsured, according to the which is pushing for healthcard reform. During 2007 and one-third of non-elderly Americans – 86.7 milliomn people – went without healthn insurance for some periodof time, accordintg to Families USA.
"Today, 46 million uninsured Americans turn to emergency rooms when they needmedicall care, and the cost of that care is paid for by everh American with insurance,” said Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, in a news Families USA contracted with actuarial firm to calculat the costs of unpaid health The report found uninsured people are less likelyu to get the care they need when theyneed it, and they are more likelty to delay seeking care as long as possible.
When they do receivd care, it is paid for in severakl ways: More than one-third (37 of that care is paid by the uninsuref themselves out of theirown Third-party sources, such as government programs and charities, paid for an additional 26 percent of that care. The remaining amount, abou $42.7 billion in 2008, is considered uncompensatedc care. Those costs are shifted onto the healt h care bills ofinsured people, ultimatel y resulting in the hidden health tax througn higher premiums.
And, as more people lose their jobs, that hidden cost is on the The organization defines the hidden health tax as the undisclosexd insurance premium surcharge paidby America’s businesses and insured familiese when they purchase health That surcharge subsidizes the uncompensated health care costx of the uninsured, according to the which is pushing for healthcard reform. During 2007 and one-third of non-elderly Americans – 86.7 milliomn people – went without healthn insurance for some periodof time, accordintg to Families USA.
"Today, 46 million uninsured Americans turn to emergency rooms when they needmedicall care, and the cost of that care is paid for by everh American with insurance,” said Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, in a news Families USA contracted with actuarial firm to calculat the costs of unpaid health The report found uninsured people are less likelyu to get the care they need when theyneed it, and they are more likelty to delay seeking care as long as possible.
When they do receivd care, it is paid for in severakl ways: More than one-third (37 of that care is paid by the uninsuref themselves out of theirown Third-party sources, such as government programs and charities, paid for an additional 26 percent of that care. The remaining amount, abou $42.7 billion in 2008, is considered uncompensatedc care. Those costs are shifted onto the healt h care bills ofinsured people, ultimatel y resulting in the hidden health tax througn higher premiums.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Baltimore-area private schools feel pinch of economy, turn to loyal donors - Baltimore Business Journal:
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But this year as their parentse tightentheir families’ budgets, a third will enroll at the state’ss flagship school instead of heading to the likesd of Vassar or Wellesley. It may not souns like such a sacrifice, but school leadera say it shows how the economic downturn has hurt privat e school students andtheir families. Requests for financial aid are up, budgetzs have been trimmed and annual fundraising goals havebecome elusive. Two schools have announcecd closures, or are on the brink of them.
The schools have had to work to find ways to keepstudent enrolled, and some have found themselves a more difficul t sell to prospective students, with their annual prices tags upwards of $20,000. But several heads of school said that while they are seeingg families reacting tothe recession, it oftejn doesn’t include scaling back on their children’s education. Loyao donors have stuck around. “We are impacted,” said Monicw Gillespie, head of school at St. Paul’s School for “We’ve got to adjust.” At St.
Paul’s that has meant spendingf less on things like foodand events, but there have been no Belt tightening wasn’t enough for at leasrt two schools, which told parents they would be closing their doorse for good at the end of the school , which was acquired by in March, had planned to continues operating through the 2009-2010 school year but won’yt have the 85 students it needed to do so, said Jemic Head of School Ben Shifrin. Ruxton Head of Schoo l Stephen Barker declined tobe Jemicy, which offers schooling for childremn with language learning disabilities, will move its upper schoo l to Ruxton’s campus in Owings Milld by fall.
The Catholic Community School of Soutjh Baltimore also said this spring that this would be its lastschoool year. School officials said declining enrollment pushed theire operating budget intothe red. Many schools have receivedf slight or significant increases in requests forfinancial aid, and they are coming at a time when annual fundraising is Schools fund their day-to-day operations, as well as programxs like financial aid, through a combination of tuition endowment interest and individual All three sources have been crimped as stock market declines and layoffs have made it more difficultg to afford private schooling.
At Friends School, abouf 60 families already at the schoopl applied for aid for the first time for the cominvgacademic year, said Head of Schoop Matthew Micciche. About 250 of the school’sd 1,000 students receive financial aid for annuao tuition billsof $20,175. Micciche expects the number of those receivinbg aid to goup slightly, but not all of thoswe who applied will qualify for aid, he said. The increas will mean less money is available fornew however, he said.
Admissionse applications have fallen slightly for next year but the qualit y of applicants is still he said, making for some difficult Other schools haven’t seen a drop-off in applicationa and are preparing to accommodate a full slate of students in the fall. At , a K-12 schoool in Owings Mills, classes for the fall are full, said Anitas Hilson, the school’s admissions director. But the schoolo is giving out more money to help keep students McDonogh isthe eighth-most expensive privater school in the region with a $22,5200 annual bill per student. The schooll has a special endowed fund to provide loans to families in need of financiaol aid asidefrom grants.
Though the fund isn’t new, it has been gettingg more requests forthe money, Hilson said. The schoo l expects to loan $500,000 from the fund this Certain schools have been able to make up some of their funding gaps by tapping one of theit most valuableresources — the pocketsx of loyal alumni. At St. Paul’xs School for Girls, for example, the schookl is within reach ofits $1 million fundraisingh goal for the year. It has gottebn there through a 77 percent increase in the numbedr of donors to itsannuapl campaign, Gillespie said.
That showa that while many are giving smaller more donors are recognizing the importance of supportingv their school during the tough economic she said. Alumnae support has helped turn thingsx aroundfor , an all-girls boarding and day high schoolo in Glencoe that is the second-most expensive school in the region. Tuitionh is $25,800, not counting boarding costs, for the roughly 100 of 130 totalo students who live on Former Head of School George Swope told parents last year that if the schoool did notraise $20 million, it wouldx have to close.
But after changes that includede bringing alumna Taylor Smith on as head of schook and former Head of School Hollyy Rogers asa part-time board member, thingss are looking up. Faculty received raisesx this year, and the school has already surpassedlast year’s fundraising total of $625,000. It is nearingf $800,000, Associate Head of School ParnyhHagerman said. Officials are expectingt 20 new day students this compared to just one in fall and they plan to add sixtgh and seventh grade day classes inthe 2010-2011 schoo l year. Gillespie said she has also found thatat St. alumni have found a way to supporgt the institutions that are closesgtto them.
At Friends, Miccicher said that many families seem to be finding a way to come up with tuitiomn moneydespite parents’ layoffs or stock market losses. “The education of their children remainsw a sufficiently high prioritythat they’ll sacrifice other thingws rather than sacrifice that,” he
But this year as their parentse tightentheir families’ budgets, a third will enroll at the state’ss flagship school instead of heading to the likesd of Vassar or Wellesley. It may not souns like such a sacrifice, but school leadera say it shows how the economic downturn has hurt privat e school students andtheir families. Requests for financial aid are up, budgetzs have been trimmed and annual fundraising goals havebecome elusive. Two schools have announcecd closures, or are on the brink of them.
The schools have had to work to find ways to keepstudent enrolled, and some have found themselves a more difficul t sell to prospective students, with their annual prices tags upwards of $20,000. But several heads of school said that while they are seeingg families reacting tothe recession, it oftejn doesn’t include scaling back on their children’s education. Loyao donors have stuck around. “We are impacted,” said Monicw Gillespie, head of school at St. Paul’s School for “We’ve got to adjust.” At St.
Paul’s that has meant spendingf less on things like foodand events, but there have been no Belt tightening wasn’t enough for at leasrt two schools, which told parents they would be closing their doorse for good at the end of the school , which was acquired by in March, had planned to continues operating through the 2009-2010 school year but won’yt have the 85 students it needed to do so, said Jemic Head of School Ben Shifrin. Ruxton Head of Schoo l Stephen Barker declined tobe Jemicy, which offers schooling for childremn with language learning disabilities, will move its upper schoo l to Ruxton’s campus in Owings Milld by fall.
The Catholic Community School of Soutjh Baltimore also said this spring that this would be its lastschoool year. School officials said declining enrollment pushed theire operating budget intothe red. Many schools have receivedf slight or significant increases in requests forfinancial aid, and they are coming at a time when annual fundraising is Schools fund their day-to-day operations, as well as programxs like financial aid, through a combination of tuition endowment interest and individual All three sources have been crimped as stock market declines and layoffs have made it more difficultg to afford private schooling.
At Friends School, abouf 60 families already at the schoopl applied for aid for the first time for the cominvgacademic year, said Head of Schoop Matthew Micciche. About 250 of the school’sd 1,000 students receive financial aid for annuao tuition billsof $20,175. Micciche expects the number of those receivinbg aid to goup slightly, but not all of thoswe who applied will qualify for aid, he said. The increas will mean less money is available fornew however, he said.
Admissionse applications have fallen slightly for next year but the qualit y of applicants is still he said, making for some difficult Other schools haven’t seen a drop-off in applicationa and are preparing to accommodate a full slate of students in the fall. At , a K-12 schoool in Owings Mills, classes for the fall are full, said Anitas Hilson, the school’s admissions director. But the schoolo is giving out more money to help keep students McDonogh isthe eighth-most expensive privater school in the region with a $22,5200 annual bill per student. The schooll has a special endowed fund to provide loans to families in need of financiaol aid asidefrom grants.
Though the fund isn’t new, it has been gettingg more requests forthe money, Hilson said. The schoo l expects to loan $500,000 from the fund this Certain schools have been able to make up some of their funding gaps by tapping one of theit most valuableresources — the pocketsx of loyal alumni. At St. Paul’xs School for Girls, for example, the schookl is within reach ofits $1 million fundraisingh goal for the year. It has gottebn there through a 77 percent increase in the numbedr of donors to itsannuapl campaign, Gillespie said.
That showa that while many are giving smaller more donors are recognizing the importance of supportingv their school during the tough economic she said. Alumnae support has helped turn thingsx aroundfor , an all-girls boarding and day high schoolo in Glencoe that is the second-most expensive school in the region. Tuitionh is $25,800, not counting boarding costs, for the roughly 100 of 130 totalo students who live on Former Head of School George Swope told parents last year that if the schoool did notraise $20 million, it wouldx have to close.
But after changes that includede bringing alumna Taylor Smith on as head of schook and former Head of School Hollyy Rogers asa part-time board member, thingss are looking up. Faculty received raisesx this year, and the school has already surpassedlast year’s fundraising total of $625,000. It is nearingf $800,000, Associate Head of School ParnyhHagerman said. Officials are expectingt 20 new day students this compared to just one in fall and they plan to add sixtgh and seventh grade day classes inthe 2010-2011 schoo l year. Gillespie said she has also found thatat St. alumni have found a way to supporgt the institutions that are closesgtto them.
At Friends, Miccicher said that many families seem to be finding a way to come up with tuitiomn moneydespite parents’ layoffs or stock market losses. “The education of their children remainsw a sufficiently high prioritythat they’ll sacrifice other thingws rather than sacrifice that,” he
Monday, June 25, 2012
Sutter: 'It's definitely a whole new bag of worms' - 06-25-12 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette (blog)
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TheChronicleHerald.ca | Sutter: 'It's definitely a whole new bag of worms' - 06-25-12 Pittsburgh Post Gazette (blog) Center Brandon Sutter spoke publicly this afternoon for the first time since he was acquired by the Penguins as part of the trade which sent Jordan Staal to the ... Sutter excited about potential to win with Penguins |
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Clarcor's Q2 earnings drop more than 30% - Washington Business Journal:
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percent in the second quarter, compare d to the same period ayear ago. Franklin-based Clarcotr (NYSE: CLC) reported income of $25,582, or $0.50 cents per diluterd share, in the quarter ended May 30, compareed to $40,783, or $0.80 cents per dilutesd share, in the year-ago period. Revenue came in at $229,394 for the quarter, down 14.1 percent from the previous year’ s quarter, when revenue came in at $267,137. Analysts, on estimated earnings of 38 cents per shared on revenueof $243.1 according to Reuters Estimates.
“As we had expected, this year’s secondx quarter was difficult, though operating results were much stronger than in our firsgtfiscal quarter,” says Norm Johnson, Clarcor’s chairman and CEO, in a “Our order rates, overall, have and we are beginning to see indication s of increased product demand in selected markets.” Clarco makes mobile, industrial and environmentalk filtration products and consumer and industrial packaginf products sold to domestic and international markets.
Johnsoj notes that more than 80 percenr of its filter sales are generateds from the replacementfilter aftermarket, so even if new building and equipment continues to maintenance of existing equipment and facilities will Shares of Clarcor closed up or 3.66 percent to $30.57 at the bell The 52-week range is $23.05 to $44.13.
percent in the second quarter, compare d to the same period ayear ago. Franklin-based Clarcotr (NYSE: CLC) reported income of $25,582, or $0.50 cents per diluterd share, in the quarter ended May 30, compareed to $40,783, or $0.80 cents per dilutesd share, in the year-ago period. Revenue came in at $229,394 for the quarter, down 14.1 percent from the previous year’ s quarter, when revenue came in at $267,137. Analysts, on estimated earnings of 38 cents per shared on revenueof $243.1 according to Reuters Estimates.
“As we had expected, this year’s secondx quarter was difficult, though operating results were much stronger than in our firsgtfiscal quarter,” says Norm Johnson, Clarcor’s chairman and CEO, in a “Our order rates, overall, have and we are beginning to see indication s of increased product demand in selected markets.” Clarco makes mobile, industrial and environmentalk filtration products and consumer and industrial packaginf products sold to domestic and international markets.
Johnsoj notes that more than 80 percenr of its filter sales are generateds from the replacementfilter aftermarket, so even if new building and equipment continues to maintenance of existing equipment and facilities will Shares of Clarcor closed up or 3.66 percent to $30.57 at the bell The 52-week range is $23.05 to $44.13.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Reading Rainbow: Take a look, it's on an iPad - CBC.ca
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The iPad Guide | Reading Rainbow: Take a look, it's on an iPad CBC.ca The beloved long-running PBS children's show Reading Rainbow has been resurrected as a digital app. LeVar Burton, the host and producer of the ... 'Reading Rainbow' iPad app brings the show to a new generation of ... From TV to Tablet, How to Keep Kids Engaged in Books |
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Lindsay named Denver Metro Chamber chair-elect - Denver Business Journal:
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Lindsay is benefit group-Denver president for Lockton, a large independent insurancd borkerage. Lindsay’s term as board chairmanm will begin inSeptember 2010. The current boardd chairwoman isMadeleine "Mimi" Roberson, president and CEO of HeathONE' s Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center and Rocky Mountain Hospitaolfor Children. He has previousluy been a chamber board member as well as chair of its Healt Care Committee and a participant in theLeadership Foundation’se Leadership Exchange program. He has receivef the chamber's Doak Jacoway award for outstanding servicee by aboard member. Lindsay, an ex-U.S.
Marine Corpsa officer and Vietnam veteran, has served on many boardas related to business andhealth care. "Bill’ s impressive body of work in health care is an importanrt part of his qualifications for chair ofthe chamber," Joe president and CEO of the Denver Metrko Chamber, said in a statement. "His real gift to this organizatiobn is his ability to see beyond the issue or crisi s in front of him and understanthe long-term view we have for businesws in Colorado.
" Lindsay holds a bachelor's degree from Gettysbury College in Pennsylvania and has severa professional designations, including Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Certifiecd Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) and Retirement Planning Associate (RPA).
Lindsay is benefit group-Denver president for Lockton, a large independent insurancd borkerage. Lindsay’s term as board chairmanm will begin inSeptember 2010. The current boardd chairwoman isMadeleine "Mimi" Roberson, president and CEO of HeathONE' s Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center and Rocky Mountain Hospitaolfor Children. He has previousluy been a chamber board member as well as chair of its Healt Care Committee and a participant in theLeadership Foundation’se Leadership Exchange program. He has receivef the chamber's Doak Jacoway award for outstanding servicee by aboard member. Lindsay, an ex-U.S.
Marine Corpsa officer and Vietnam veteran, has served on many boardas related to business andhealth care. "Bill’ s impressive body of work in health care is an importanrt part of his qualifications for chair ofthe chamber," Joe president and CEO of the Denver Metrko Chamber, said in a statement. "His real gift to this organizatiobn is his ability to see beyond the issue or crisi s in front of him and understanthe long-term view we have for businesws in Colorado.
" Lindsay holds a bachelor's degree from Gettysbury College in Pennsylvania and has severa professional designations, including Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Certifiecd Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) and Retirement Planning Associate (RPA).
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