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Profiles of the top 25 schoolsx can be reached by clicking on the nameas of thoseschools below. A breakdow of the rankings for each section of Western New York can be accessesby . The following abbreviations havebeen CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementary School, HS-Higu School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junior High School, JSHS-Junior-Seniod High School, MHS-Middle-High School, MS-Middle School, PS-Primargy School, SHS-Senior High School, VHS-Vocational High Each school is followed by the name of the districty that operates it (if it’s a public school) or the district where it is located (if it’as a private school). • 1. • 2. • 3. 4.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Green building
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The startup modular home builder said it can buildc homes that produce as much power as they will use in a year a concept the industrycalls “net — and can do it faster and cheaper than traditionao methods, all while using greehn building materials and reducing waste. Net zero energyu homes are popping up all over the countru as government and private support increases and new materials are developed.
However, with hundreds of thousandx of foreclosedhomes empty, depressed home prices and a recession-stunter building industry, it might not seem like the righy time to start a home manufacturing But Zeta CEO Naomi Porat “The industry is ripe for reinvention right now,” she Zeta’s first two-story, two unit, work/live town home is beingt installed now in Oakland. The home includea four modules andat 1,560 squarw feet, Zeta homes start at about $165 per squarre foot or $258,000. This does not include the cost of site workand foundation, the companhy said.
Zeta is usingv the Oakland town home as its demonstration home to get home developerxs and state agencies interested in buying tractas ofthese homes, Porat said. Zeta has 16 employees, and most of them work in the San Leandr factory designing and buildingthe homes. Porat’s brothed is Marc Porat, chairman of Zeta and of , which is manufacturing highlyefficieny windows, drywall alternatives, insulation and other green buildingf products. Marc Porat is also chairman of , a cleantecj cement company, and he worked for Apple’s Advanced Technologh Group before spinningout .
Naomi Pora said Zeta uses the best, greenest and cheapest materials to buileits homes, with the aim of makingf them affordable, but is using Serious windows in its first modular home. Homes take about six-to-eight weeks to build in the factory and another montyh or so to assemble onsite — stilkl much faster than on-site construction. “The wholde house is about 90 percent completed in the factory down to thetowel racks,” Poraft said.
“Then we do the finish work on site to marry the Net zero energy homes use technologuy like heatrecovering generators, waste water heat recoveru systems and Energy Star appliances rated for efficiency — to limit the amount of electricity a household uses. They use solar panelsw or other renewable generation like small wind turbines toproducee electricity. Zeta hopes to sell its homews directly to contractors who will build neighborhoodsof multi-family, net-zer o energy homes. But contractors may have some time to thinjkabout it.
The California Energy Commission recommended that all new construction homes are builtfto “net zero energy” standarda by 2020 and all buildings meet those metricsa by 2030. And a bill that woulrd require the California Energy Commission to adoptt standards and building codess requiring new homes and buildings to meet net zero was introduceds in the California Assembly onApri 24. “We feel we’re abouty 10 years ahead of thecurve now,” Poratt said.
The startup modular home builder said it can buildc homes that produce as much power as they will use in a year a concept the industrycalls “net — and can do it faster and cheaper than traditionao methods, all while using greehn building materials and reducing waste. Net zero energyu homes are popping up all over the countru as government and private support increases and new materials are developed.
However, with hundreds of thousandx of foreclosedhomes empty, depressed home prices and a recession-stunter building industry, it might not seem like the righy time to start a home manufacturing But Zeta CEO Naomi Porat “The industry is ripe for reinvention right now,” she Zeta’s first two-story, two unit, work/live town home is beingt installed now in Oakland. The home includea four modules andat 1,560 squarw feet, Zeta homes start at about $165 per squarre foot or $258,000. This does not include the cost of site workand foundation, the companhy said.
Zeta is usingv the Oakland town home as its demonstration home to get home developerxs and state agencies interested in buying tractas ofthese homes, Porat said. Zeta has 16 employees, and most of them work in the San Leandr factory designing and buildingthe homes. Porat’s brothed is Marc Porat, chairman of Zeta and of , which is manufacturing highlyefficieny windows, drywall alternatives, insulation and other green buildingf products. Marc Porat is also chairman of , a cleantecj cement company, and he worked for Apple’s Advanced Technologh Group before spinningout .
Naomi Pora said Zeta uses the best, greenest and cheapest materials to buileits homes, with the aim of makingf them affordable, but is using Serious windows in its first modular home. Homes take about six-to-eight weeks to build in the factory and another montyh or so to assemble onsite — stilkl much faster than on-site construction. “The wholde house is about 90 percent completed in the factory down to thetowel racks,” Poraft said.
“Then we do the finish work on site to marry the Net zero energy homes use technologuy like heatrecovering generators, waste water heat recoveru systems and Energy Star appliances rated for efficiency — to limit the amount of electricity a household uses. They use solar panelsw or other renewable generation like small wind turbines toproducee electricity. Zeta hopes to sell its homews directly to contractors who will build neighborhoodsof multi-family, net-zer o energy homes. But contractors may have some time to thinjkabout it.
The California Energy Commission recommended that all new construction homes are builtfto “net zero energy” standarda by 2020 and all buildings meet those metricsa by 2030. And a bill that woulrd require the California Energy Commission to adoptt standards and building codess requiring new homes and buildings to meet net zero was introduceds in the California Assembly onApri 24. “We feel we’re abouty 10 years ahead of thecurve now,” Poratt said.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Visteon seeks bankruptcy protection - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The former parts businesss of said on Thursday that it filee to safeguardits U.S. operations. The Michigan-based company listed assets of $4.58 billio n and debts of $5.3 million. Visteonj eliminated 130 area jobs in 2006 when it ceased production of automotivre radiators and air conditioner parts at its Visteob Climate ControlSystems Ltd. facility in West Seneca. Aboutf 70 customer service and engineering employeesd were retained for a time before the entirs operation wasshut down. The company hasn’ft posted an annual profit sinced being spun off from Ford nineyears ago. Its stocki was delisted by thein March.
“Durinvg the reorganization period, we will seek to address our capital structure and legacy costs that are not sustainable givenj the currenteconomic environment,” CEO Donaldx Stebbins said in a statement. Ford, which is still Visteon’x biggest customer, has committed to ensurs long-term continuity of supplu and to support financinfg for itsrestructuring efforts, the company No Visteon subsidiaries or joint ventures outside the United States are part of the filing, the company
The former parts businesss of said on Thursday that it filee to safeguardits U.S. operations. The Michigan-based company listed assets of $4.58 billio n and debts of $5.3 million. Visteonj eliminated 130 area jobs in 2006 when it ceased production of automotivre radiators and air conditioner parts at its Visteob Climate ControlSystems Ltd. facility in West Seneca. Aboutf 70 customer service and engineering employeesd were retained for a time before the entirs operation wasshut down. The company hasn’ft posted an annual profit sinced being spun off from Ford nineyears ago. Its stocki was delisted by thein March.
“Durinvg the reorganization period, we will seek to address our capital structure and legacy costs that are not sustainable givenj the currenteconomic environment,” CEO Donaldx Stebbins said in a statement. Ford, which is still Visteon’x biggest customer, has committed to ensurs long-term continuity of supplu and to support financinfg for itsrestructuring efforts, the company No Visteon subsidiaries or joint ventures outside the United States are part of the filing, the company
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Scrushy ordered to pay $2.8B for HealthSouth fraud - San Francisco Business Times:
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billion in damages by a civil court judge for his rolein ’s massive accounting fraud scandal. The HealthSouthj founder was deemed liable for lossex incurredby shareholders, some of whom sued him seekingt to recover their investments. Judgre Allwin Horn announced the verdict shortlh after10 a.m. Horn’s judgment also declared Scrushy’s employmenyt agreements with HealthSouth void. HealthSouth said it will receivr approximately 40 percent of any mone recoveredfrom Scrushy. Attorneyx for the shareholders filed the suit againsyt Scrushy on behalf of HealthSouth saying he directed the accountingf scandal hadrequested $3.6 billion.
Scrushy testified during the trialk and deniedany wrongdoing. He was brought to Jefferson County for the trialp from a Texasfederal prison, wherwe he is currently serving sevejn years for bribing then-Gov. Don Siegelman for a seat on a state health carepolicy board. Scrusht was acquitted of criminal charges in the HealthSouth fraudin 2005. HealthSouth said it is unsure how much mighf be collectedfrom Scrushy, accordingh to a news “We are pleased to see that justice has been serves through this judgment and that another chapterr of our past has been put behin d us,” HealthSouth’s statement said.
billion in damages by a civil court judge for his rolein ’s massive accounting fraud scandal. The HealthSouthj founder was deemed liable for lossex incurredby shareholders, some of whom sued him seekingt to recover their investments. Judgre Allwin Horn announced the verdict shortlh after10 a.m. Horn’s judgment also declared Scrushy’s employmenyt agreements with HealthSouth void. HealthSouth said it will receivr approximately 40 percent of any mone recoveredfrom Scrushy. Attorneyx for the shareholders filed the suit againsyt Scrushy on behalf of HealthSouth saying he directed the accountingf scandal hadrequested $3.6 billion.
Scrushy testified during the trialk and deniedany wrongdoing. He was brought to Jefferson County for the trialp from a Texasfederal prison, wherwe he is currently serving sevejn years for bribing then-Gov. Don Siegelman for a seat on a state health carepolicy board. Scrusht was acquitted of criminal charges in the HealthSouth fraudin 2005. HealthSouth said it is unsure how much mighf be collectedfrom Scrushy, accordingh to a news “We are pleased to see that justice has been serves through this judgment and that another chapterr of our past has been put behin d us,” HealthSouth’s statement said.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
NCB Capital Impact to get $90M in tax credits from Treasury Department - Washington Business Journal:
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The Arlington-based nonprofit affiliate of NCB, which supportw health, housing and education facilitiesin low-income areas, was one of 32 organizationw competitively picked to get a total of $1.5 billionm in New Markets Tax Credits through the stimulus package. The $90 millionb in credits, which aim to help retainm and generate jobs and forge economic development indistresseed communities, will help NCB Capital Impact and its partnersz create 1,000 new jobs, 3,000 new school seats for low-income 100 units of workforce and provide 25,000 working families with quality, affordabl health care across the U.S., said NCB.
Sincde mid-2005, NCB Capital Impact has closedon $205 million in crediyt transactions that have leveraged over $500 million in capitap for underserved populations. NCB used fund to help Media and Technologyu Charter High in Boston reducee its debt service costs by40 percent. Last NCB Capital Impact gave out arecord $208.1 million for education, health care and affordable homeownership programs that benefitr low- and middle-income communities The New Markets Tax Credit Program, createds by Congress in 2000, lets individual and corporate taxpayerw receive a credit against federal income taxes for makinb qualified equity investments in investment vehicles.
Othefr local organizations to get fundingwere McLean-based Capitapl One Community Renewal Fund LLC, which received $90 and McLean-based Solomon Hess Loan Fund LLC, whicbh received $50 million.
The Arlington-based nonprofit affiliate of NCB, which supportw health, housing and education facilitiesin low-income areas, was one of 32 organizationw competitively picked to get a total of $1.5 billionm in New Markets Tax Credits through the stimulus package. The $90 millionb in credits, which aim to help retainm and generate jobs and forge economic development indistresseed communities, will help NCB Capital Impact and its partnersz create 1,000 new jobs, 3,000 new school seats for low-income 100 units of workforce and provide 25,000 working families with quality, affordabl health care across the U.S., said NCB.
Sincde mid-2005, NCB Capital Impact has closedon $205 million in crediyt transactions that have leveraged over $500 million in capitap for underserved populations. NCB used fund to help Media and Technologyu Charter High in Boston reducee its debt service costs by40 percent. Last NCB Capital Impact gave out arecord $208.1 million for education, health care and affordable homeownership programs that benefitr low- and middle-income communities The New Markets Tax Credit Program, createds by Congress in 2000, lets individual and corporate taxpayerw receive a credit against federal income taxes for makinb qualified equity investments in investment vehicles.
Othefr local organizations to get fundingwere McLean-based Capitapl One Community Renewal Fund LLC, which received $90 and McLean-based Solomon Hess Loan Fund LLC, whicbh received $50 million.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Summit brings Cuba, Latin American economy into focus - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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With other countries pressuring President Barack Obama to lift the Cuba casts a long And while the embargo is not likely to end any time the president on April 13 removed all restrictionas on Cubans in America who want to visi or send money to family members residing on the Communist The moveoverturns hard-liner policies that were enacted in 2004 unde President George W. The removal of the travel ban for Cubanws with family had been expectedunder Obama’s pro-engagement agenda, but the Whitwe House said it does not have plans to remove restrictionz for all Americans traveling to the island.
“I don’t thinki we’re going to get there unlesx there’s a sense that the Cuban government is willin to give some kind ofreciprocating gesture,” said Susab Purcell, director of the at the . Tessie whose Miami company, ABC Charters, is one of a handfuo in the U.S. that is licensed to transport travelers to welcomed the announcement and said it could mean that her business improves to the poinr where it was beforethe Bush-era ruled took effect. That could mean her businessd doubles, she said. However, the economy in Americ a could slow down the pace at which her business recoversto pre-Bush rule levels, she added.
“Th e good news is that South Florida residentx who have family on the island can purchase many goode from the retail outlets around our saidJerry Haar, professor of management and international business at (FIU) and a board “The bad news is the economy will limit the amoung they can buy.” Travel agents like Aral got another boost on April 14 when a federall judge in Miami overturned a law passed last year by the Florid a Legislature that requires travelo agencies that specialize in tripsz to Cuba to post bonds and pay higher registratiom fees.
Another point of concermn for South Florida is that economists are predicting thatLatinm America’s economy is contracting more dramatically than In March, economists revised their forecasf for Latin America downward, estimatinb that the region will contract at a rate of 4 percen t this year, instead of the 0.5 of a percent they had previouslyu predicted. This includes a 4.5 percenrt decline for Brazil. With $15 billion in total trade in Brazil isSouth Florida’s largest trading While the spillover may continue to take a toll on Soutnh Florida’s trade, it won’t be a freefall, FIU’s Haar “It’s a slowdown, not a shutdown,” he said.
“It is not There’s a well-developed infrastructure that supportSouth Florida’s trade with Latin America, and this insurew that when Latin American importers ramp up again, they won’g flock to other tradde centers, Haar noted. “South Florida is the of Latinj America. This is the buying place,” he said. “It’sa through the blessings of geography and professionalservices – law, logistics – that puts us where we As bad as the global recession is, it’s also important to remember that Latijn America is more developed now than duringy previous recessions, “when you had countries sitting on empty coffersw and enormous debt,” said Manuel Mencia, senior VP of international trade and business development at .
we’re heavily reliant on our Latin American marketw forour trade, particularly, from my for foreign exports,” he said. obviously, a downturn in Latinb America has serious implications forSoutyh Florida. So far, the good news has been that the downturnn of our exports has been significantly less than thenationak rate.”
With other countries pressuring President Barack Obama to lift the Cuba casts a long And while the embargo is not likely to end any time the president on April 13 removed all restrictionas on Cubans in America who want to visi or send money to family members residing on the Communist The moveoverturns hard-liner policies that were enacted in 2004 unde President George W. The removal of the travel ban for Cubanws with family had been expectedunder Obama’s pro-engagement agenda, but the Whitwe House said it does not have plans to remove restrictionz for all Americans traveling to the island.
“I don’t thinki we’re going to get there unlesx there’s a sense that the Cuban government is willin to give some kind ofreciprocating gesture,” said Susab Purcell, director of the at the . Tessie whose Miami company, ABC Charters, is one of a handfuo in the U.S. that is licensed to transport travelers to welcomed the announcement and said it could mean that her business improves to the poinr where it was beforethe Bush-era ruled took effect. That could mean her businessd doubles, she said. However, the economy in Americ a could slow down the pace at which her business recoversto pre-Bush rule levels, she added.
“Th e good news is that South Florida residentx who have family on the island can purchase many goode from the retail outlets around our saidJerry Haar, professor of management and international business at (FIU) and a board “The bad news is the economy will limit the amoung they can buy.” Travel agents like Aral got another boost on April 14 when a federall judge in Miami overturned a law passed last year by the Florid a Legislature that requires travelo agencies that specialize in tripsz to Cuba to post bonds and pay higher registratiom fees.
Another point of concermn for South Florida is that economists are predicting thatLatinm America’s economy is contracting more dramatically than In March, economists revised their forecasf for Latin America downward, estimatinb that the region will contract at a rate of 4 percen t this year, instead of the 0.5 of a percent they had previouslyu predicted. This includes a 4.5 percenrt decline for Brazil. With $15 billion in total trade in Brazil isSouth Florida’s largest trading While the spillover may continue to take a toll on Soutnh Florida’s trade, it won’t be a freefall, FIU’s Haar “It’s a slowdown, not a shutdown,” he said.
“It is not There’s a well-developed infrastructure that supportSouth Florida’s trade with Latin America, and this insurew that when Latin American importers ramp up again, they won’g flock to other tradde centers, Haar noted. “South Florida is the of Latinj America. This is the buying place,” he said. “It’sa through the blessings of geography and professionalservices – law, logistics – that puts us where we As bad as the global recession is, it’s also important to remember that Latijn America is more developed now than duringy previous recessions, “when you had countries sitting on empty coffersw and enormous debt,” said Manuel Mencia, senior VP of international trade and business development at .
we’re heavily reliant on our Latin American marketw forour trade, particularly, from my for foreign exports,” he said. obviously, a downturn in Latinb America has serious implications forSoutyh Florida. So far, the good news has been that the downturnn of our exports has been significantly less than thenationak rate.”
Monday, October 17, 2011
Reader letters | Allowing suffering - Louisville Courier-Journal
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Reader letters | Allowing suffering Louisville Courier-Journal Republicans are busy focusing their attention on non-existent problems while millions of Americans suffer from lack of work and fall into poverty. Where are their solutions for America's unemployment crisis? On Thursday, they decided that ... |
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