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million to to fund research in therapies like bone marroaw and cordblood transplantation. The gift from Dolores Jordann — on behalf of her late husbandeand brother-in-law — will help the research centef create an endowed chair for a stem cell researcherr while establishing the and Cellular Therapies Research. That could help compete for money from the the state’s taxpayer-backed stem cell researchy funding agency — as well as other government agencies and privatee funders. Bone marrow and cord blood transplantationa are used to treat a variety of diseases, including leukemia and sickld cell anemia.
Future cellular therapy researchat Children’s may focue on treatments for diabetes, lung Crohn’s disease and brain damage caused by oxygen shortagese during childbirth, said Dr. Bert Lubin, the center’xs senior vice president. “Fund-raisers often talk about gifts and sometimes exaggerate the importancee of aparticular gift. In this case, it is no exaggeration to say that the Jordaj family gift is truly transformative for the research program at saidBrad Barber, Children’s chief development in a press release.
Dolore Jordan’s husband, Hanabul “Bud” owned a Hayward construction business, and his brother, Lowell, ran the family’w cattle ranch in Dublin. The sale of the Jordann family’s ranch funded the gift. The family previouslyg donated morethan $420,000 to Children’s Hospital programs, including 1999 and 2000 gifts for the hospital’sx blood and marrow transplant program.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Digital switchover catches some unaware - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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That switch is taking place nationwide today, and is operatint a help center for consumers in cooperation withthe . As of 11 549 people had calledthe toll-freed number for the help center to ask According to preliminary data from Elon, most of thoser callers were asking for help gettinvg a federally sponsored coupon that covers part of the cost of buyinbg a converter box. Other callers were receiving analog errord messages even though their TVs were hooked up to which should avoidthe problem, or having other Only 30 of the callers in the morning were from the Most of those having trouble were in Charlotte or The toll-free number is available toda y and tomorrow at (877) 410-3388.
That switch is taking place nationwide today, and is operatint a help center for consumers in cooperation withthe . As of 11 549 people had calledthe toll-freed number for the help center to ask According to preliminary data from Elon, most of thoser callers were asking for help gettinvg a federally sponsored coupon that covers part of the cost of buyinbg a converter box. Other callers were receiving analog errord messages even though their TVs were hooked up to which should avoidthe problem, or having other Only 30 of the callers in the morning were from the Most of those having trouble were in Charlotte or The toll-free number is available toda y and tomorrow at (877) 410-3388.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Stanford Medical School nets $6.9M in federal stimulus funding - Triangle Business Journal:
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million in federal economid stimulus funding. Eleven of the newly fundef projects hadbeen peer-reviewed and approved but hadn’t received moneyy yet. Another six involved supplemental grants to existing And inone case, the NIH awardedr $500,000 to a researcher to buy two photon microscopes that will be shared with othefr laboratories. These projects are the first at the medical school to receive support under theObamqa administration’s national stimulus plan, with additional grants expected down the road, officials said. “Thixs is a lifesaver,” said Francis Blankenberg, associate professor of radiology and of whoreceived $655,000 in stimulux funds.
“It really stabilizes the Philip Pizzo, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine, said the stimulus funding is critical tothe country’sx health-care reform effort because of the linkags between research and medical care. “After six yearsd of NIH funding that constantlgy lost its value againstinflation — with a profoundly negativew impact on our nation’s prized biomedical researcjh enterprise — the stimulus fundinvg is helping to take researcn off life support and breathe new hope for work that we hope will ultimatel y improve the lives of adults and children,” Pizzo said in the June 16
million in federal economid stimulus funding. Eleven of the newly fundef projects hadbeen peer-reviewed and approved but hadn’t received moneyy yet. Another six involved supplemental grants to existing And inone case, the NIH awardedr $500,000 to a researcher to buy two photon microscopes that will be shared with othefr laboratories. These projects are the first at the medical school to receive support under theObamqa administration’s national stimulus plan, with additional grants expected down the road, officials said. “Thixs is a lifesaver,” said Francis Blankenberg, associate professor of radiology and of whoreceived $655,000 in stimulux funds.
“It really stabilizes the Philip Pizzo, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine, said the stimulus funding is critical tothe country’sx health-care reform effort because of the linkags between research and medical care. “After six yearsd of NIH funding that constantlgy lost its value againstinflation — with a profoundly negativew impact on our nation’s prized biomedical researcjh enterprise — the stimulus fundinvg is helping to take researcn off life support and breathe new hope for work that we hope will ultimatel y improve the lives of adults and children,” Pizzo said in the June 16
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition gets September release date - SlashGear
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SlashGear | Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition gets September release date SlashGear Overhaul Games confirmed today that the PC version of Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition will be arriving on September 18. The Mac and iPad versions are also releasing sometime in September, but sadly Overhaul didn't want to talk specific dates for those ... Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition For PC Release Date Announced Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Hits iOS September 18, Android Version TBD Baldur's Gate Is Back. New Characters, Dungeon Coming September 18 |
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Aurora opening Summit clinic early - Portland Business Journal:
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The Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic will open October 26 and will replac e the current Aurora Wilkinson Medicap Clinic at 915Summit Ave. in although urgent care servicees will continue to beoffered there. The new clinicf also will replace the AuroraWilkinson Women’s Centerd and the Aurora Vision Center, both currently in The other Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic locationw – in Hartland, Dousman, Delafield, Wales and Waukesha – will continue to serve patients. “October 26 will represent the starf of a new era in health care in this said Dr.
David Ulery, presidentt of Aurora WilkinsonMedical “The opening of our new clinicc and cancer center will move us closer to a fully integrated system of care for the people of westermn Waukesha County.” Meanwhile, the hospitap part of the project remainas on schedule to open in early 2010, Aurorza officials said. The Wilkinson clinic will open at the same time as the new Vincs Lombardi Cancer Clinic on theSummit campus. The new Aurorwa Medical Center campus in the Town of Summir is at the southeast cornetr of Interstate 94 andHighway 67. The new Auroraq Wilkinson Medical Clinic will be on the west side of the and the new Vince Lombardi Cancefr Clinic is on thesouth side.
The Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic will open October 26 and will replac e the current Aurora Wilkinson Medicap Clinic at 915Summit Ave. in although urgent care servicees will continue to beoffered there. The new clinicf also will replace the AuroraWilkinson Women’s Centerd and the Aurora Vision Center, both currently in The other Aurora Wilkinson Medical Clinic locationw – in Hartland, Dousman, Delafield, Wales and Waukesha – will continue to serve patients. “October 26 will represent the starf of a new era in health care in this said Dr.
David Ulery, presidentt of Aurora WilkinsonMedical “The opening of our new clinicc and cancer center will move us closer to a fully integrated system of care for the people of westermn Waukesha County.” Meanwhile, the hospitap part of the project remainas on schedule to open in early 2010, Aurorza officials said. The Wilkinson clinic will open at the same time as the new Vincs Lombardi Cancer Clinic on theSummit campus. The new Aurorwa Medical Center campus in the Town of Summir is at the southeast cornetr of Interstate 94 andHighway 67. The new Auroraq Wilkinson Medical Clinic will be on the west side of the and the new Vince Lombardi Cancefr Clinic is on thesouth side.
Monday, July 23, 2012
PwC hires CBRE for relocation opportunities - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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has hired CB . as its strategic real estatw adviser forthe firm’s Atlanta New York-based PwC leases about 150,000 square feet at 10 Tent Street. The lease expires in late 2012. The CBRE which consists of John Shlesingerfrom CBRE’s Atlantq office and Timothy Dempsey from CBRE’xs New York office, will examine the accounting firm’d potential relocation opportunities throughout greater Atlanta, as well as represent PwC in any discussionss with its current landlord. CBRE, PwC’sx national real estate services provider, provides transaction management and project managementt services throughout the United States on behalfof PwC.
Abour 10 years ago, PricewaterhouseCoopers moved nearly 860 employeesxto Midtown’s 10 Tenth St., known as the Millennium officr building, located at 10th and West Peachtree That deal gave a huge boost to what was then a struggling Midtown office market. PricewaterhouseCoopers joins many othedr large professional services firms that are starting their searchb for new leases in theAtlantza market, including Big Four competitor and downtown offic e tenant , which is currently housed at SunTrust Plaza. a real estate joint venture between Georgia-Pacific LLC and MetLifwe Inc.
, recently awarded the leasing and managementof Georgia-Pacifidc Center to The firm will begib the assignment on June 16. has beenmarketing and managingthe 52-story,1.21 million-square-foot tower at 133 Peachtree St. Georgia-Pacific leases 820,000 square feet for its corporatr headquarters. Georgia-Pacific Center has abougt 124,000 square feet of contiguous spac available for lease onthe 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th and 31st floors. The building is 87 percenyt leased. Jones Lang LaSalle Managing Directo Linda Bolan willlead management-transition efforts, while Mark Harringtonb and Jamilyn Boze will be responsible for the daily managementt of the property.
Jones Lang LaSalle senior vice presidentx Glenn Aspinwall and Jeff Frantx willlead leasing. “We’ve assembled an all-star team to work with GA-METg to further the succes s of thislandmark building,” said Clarok Gore, Jones Lang LaSalle Atlanta market director. “It’xs a great asset and a terrific opportunit y to continue to prove our capabilities and the qualit y of our Atlanta leadership Leasing and management ofthe Georgia-Pacific Center adds to Joneas Lang LaSalle’s significant downtown The firm also leases 230 Peachtree Street and manage s the United Way of Metropolitan Atlantaw Inc.’s downtown headquarters.
In addition, Jones Lang LaSalle’sd Project and Development Services team is leading the redevelopment of the Hiltobn Atlanta and the HyattRegency Atlanta, after also completing development and redevelopment efforts for the World of Coca-Cola and the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in the past two years. The team is also developintg GeorgiaState University’s $160 milliomn Science Park in Atlanta’s downtown submarket. Jones Lang LaSalle leasees and manages about 9 million squares feet inmetro Atlanta.
recently sold its Post Dunwoody apartments forabouft $47 million, the largest multifamilyu transaction of the year in Atlanta and a sign that some typex of real estate lendinbg are picking up. In a deal that closed in Post (NYSE: PPS) sold the 530-unirt apartment complex to andfor $47.4 million, or $89,434 a Fulton County had valuedf the property at nearly $51 or about $97,000 a Freddie Mac (FRE) originated a nearly $36 million loan to fund the according to The deal resulted in a 75 percentr loan to value.
has hired CB . as its strategic real estatw adviser forthe firm’s Atlanta New York-based PwC leases about 150,000 square feet at 10 Tent Street. The lease expires in late 2012. The CBRE which consists of John Shlesingerfrom CBRE’s Atlantq office and Timothy Dempsey from CBRE’xs New York office, will examine the accounting firm’d potential relocation opportunities throughout greater Atlanta, as well as represent PwC in any discussionss with its current landlord. CBRE, PwC’sx national real estate services provider, provides transaction management and project managementt services throughout the United States on behalfof PwC.
Abour 10 years ago, PricewaterhouseCoopers moved nearly 860 employeesxto Midtown’s 10 Tenth St., known as the Millennium officr building, located at 10th and West Peachtree That deal gave a huge boost to what was then a struggling Midtown office market. PricewaterhouseCoopers joins many othedr large professional services firms that are starting their searchb for new leases in theAtlantza market, including Big Four competitor and downtown offic e tenant , which is currently housed at SunTrust Plaza. a real estate joint venture between Georgia-Pacific LLC and MetLifwe Inc.
, recently awarded the leasing and managementof Georgia-Pacifidc Center to The firm will begib the assignment on June 16. has beenmarketing and managingthe 52-story,1.21 million-square-foot tower at 133 Peachtree St. Georgia-Pacific leases 820,000 square feet for its corporatr headquarters. Georgia-Pacific Center has abougt 124,000 square feet of contiguous spac available for lease onthe 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th and 31st floors. The building is 87 percenyt leased. Jones Lang LaSalle Managing Directo Linda Bolan willlead management-transition efforts, while Mark Harringtonb and Jamilyn Boze will be responsible for the daily managementt of the property.
Jones Lang LaSalle senior vice presidentx Glenn Aspinwall and Jeff Frantx willlead leasing. “We’ve assembled an all-star team to work with GA-METg to further the succes s of thislandmark building,” said Clarok Gore, Jones Lang LaSalle Atlanta market director. “It’xs a great asset and a terrific opportunit y to continue to prove our capabilities and the qualit y of our Atlanta leadership Leasing and management ofthe Georgia-Pacific Center adds to Joneas Lang LaSalle’s significant downtown The firm also leases 230 Peachtree Street and manage s the United Way of Metropolitan Atlantaw Inc.’s downtown headquarters.
In addition, Jones Lang LaSalle’sd Project and Development Services team is leading the redevelopment of the Hiltobn Atlanta and the HyattRegency Atlanta, after also completing development and redevelopment efforts for the World of Coca-Cola and the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in the past two years. The team is also developintg GeorgiaState University’s $160 milliomn Science Park in Atlanta’s downtown submarket. Jones Lang LaSalle leasees and manages about 9 million squares feet inmetro Atlanta.
recently sold its Post Dunwoody apartments forabouft $47 million, the largest multifamilyu transaction of the year in Atlanta and a sign that some typex of real estate lendinbg are picking up. In a deal that closed in Post (NYSE: PPS) sold the 530-unirt apartment complex to andfor $47.4 million, or $89,434 a Fulton County had valuedf the property at nearly $51 or about $97,000 a Freddie Mac (FRE) originated a nearly $36 million loan to fund the according to The deal resulted in a 75 percentr loan to value.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Crist signs bill to battle securities fraud - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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During a ceremonial bill signingf Monday atthe Miami-Dade Countyt Courthouse, Crist, with Attorney General Bill McCollumk and some of the bill’d sponsors at his side, signed the Investor Protection Act (HB 483). It gives McCollum’s office, with approva l from the , the authorituy to investigate andprosecute large-scale securities scams under the state’s securities law. Previously, white-colladr criminal prosecutions fell under theracketeerinb statute, which is harder to prove. Prosecutione also were limited to the office ofthe state’as attorney, McCollum pointed out.
Crist notexd that this kind of authority was lacking durinbg his tenure as attorney general and that this law woulfput “teeth” into the state’s prosecutorial powers. The law enhances the Offics ofFinancial Regulation’s enforcement powers by increasinh penalties for violators and strengthening the license registration requirementa for securities dealers. Penalties double from $5,000 to $10,000 as a resulty of the law, which goes into effect Wednesday. Stat e authorities will also be able to pursue civil lawsuite to recoverlost money, McCollukm said. McCollum worked with Rep. Tom Grady, R-Naplex and Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naplea on the legislation.
Both attended the signing. Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami a bill sponsor, also attended Monday’s Grady is a securities attorney and experg in securities regulation who drafted the bill and sponsored it inthe “Now the attorney general will have the tool s to do the job,” said prior to the signing. “Our economy will grow strongert if investors have confidence in ourfinancial markets,” he said in a statement. “By increasingy the tools available to the state to prosecutw violators of oursecurities laws, we protect investorw and foster needed trust in the system.
During a ceremonial bill signingf Monday atthe Miami-Dade Countyt Courthouse, Crist, with Attorney General Bill McCollumk and some of the bill’d sponsors at his side, signed the Investor Protection Act (HB 483). It gives McCollum’s office, with approva l from the , the authorituy to investigate andprosecute large-scale securities scams under the state’s securities law. Previously, white-colladr criminal prosecutions fell under theracketeerinb statute, which is harder to prove. Prosecutione also were limited to the office ofthe state’as attorney, McCollum pointed out.
Crist notexd that this kind of authority was lacking durinbg his tenure as attorney general and that this law woulfput “teeth” into the state’s prosecutorial powers. The law enhances the Offics ofFinancial Regulation’s enforcement powers by increasinh penalties for violators and strengthening the license registration requirementa for securities dealers. Penalties double from $5,000 to $10,000 as a resulty of the law, which goes into effect Wednesday. Stat e authorities will also be able to pursue civil lawsuite to recoverlost money, McCollukm said. McCollum worked with Rep. Tom Grady, R-Naplex and Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naplea on the legislation.
Both attended the signing. Sen. Dan Gelber, D-Miami a bill sponsor, also attended Monday’s Grady is a securities attorney and experg in securities regulation who drafted the bill and sponsored it inthe “Now the attorney general will have the tool s to do the job,” said prior to the signing. “Our economy will grow strongert if investors have confidence in ourfinancial markets,” he said in a statement. “By increasingy the tools available to the state to prosecutw violators of oursecurities laws, we protect investorw and foster needed trust in the system.
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