oryzacody.wordpress.com
Million in College Scholarship Money to High Schookl Seniors Who Are Hungryg toLearn Seventy-Five High School Seniors Chosen from More Than 150,000 Applicantsd To Win Scholarships from KFC's 2009 Colonel's Scholarsx Program LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The fourthg class of KFC Colonel's Scholars(R), 75 talented and ambitious incomin college freshmen, will attend colleges and universities across the country this fall, thanks to scholarships provided by the Kentuckg Fried Chicken Foundation.
More than 150,0090 graduating high school seniors who excelled in and out of the classroomn applied for the scholarships this TheKFC Colonel's Scholars prograk awarded 75 scholarships based on financial need and the impact of studentsa on their schools and communities. Each award winnef is eligible to receive upto $20,000o during the next four years to pursued a bachelor's degree at an accredited public universitty within his or her home The members of this year's classw of KFC Colonel's Scholars have demonstrated a wide rangd of talents and represent a diverse groulp of backgrounds. One Scholar maintained a 4.0 grade-pointt average while working asa co-owner of a dairyh farm.
Another Scholar launched a nonprofir organization, which provides services for homelesz mothers in Orlando who were victims ofdomestidc violence. This organization has helpedr many families find housing and taught them how tobe "These students have proven that they are completelyy committed to both their educatiojn and enriching and supporting their schools and communities," said , president of KFC. "Becausw of this commitment, we are dedicating ourselve to helping them pursue their dream and realize their goal of acollege education.
"" "As a KFC Franchisee and a donor assisterd scholarship sponsor, I am honored to help carry on Colonepl Sanders' commitment to education by supportin the fourth class of KFC Colonel's Scholars," stated . KFC Colonel'z Scholars, now in its fourth year, is an annual prograk of the Kentucky Fried Chicken an independent charity supportesby KFC, its employees and franchisees, and KFC patrons. The KFC Colonel'sx Scholars' mission is to empower students to improve theirf lives withscholarship resources. The program has awarded more than $5 million in scholarships since its For more information onKFC Colonel's Scholarz and the Kentucky Fried Chickejn Foundation, visit or .
KFC Colonel's Scholar s is a program of Kentucky FriedChicken Foundation, an independent 501c3 charityh funded by KFC, its franchisees and KFC and seeks to help provide high school studentsa scholarship resources to attend publicx post-secondary schools within their states of residence. Colonel's Scholarsa is a registered trademark of KFC KFC Corporation, based in Ky., is the world's most popular chicken restauranty chain specializing in Original Recipe(R), Extra Crispy(TM), Kentucky Grilledd Chicken(TM) and Original Recipe Strips with home-style Honey BBQ Wings, and freshly made chicken There are more than 15,000 KFC outlets in more than 80 countriex and territories around the world, serving some 12 million customere each day.
KFC Corporation is a subsidiaryof Yum! Inc., Louisville, Ky. (NYSE: YUM). Alabama Kayla Harrisz (Wetumpka, Ala.) Mashika Temperl (Vredenburgh, Ala.) Arkansas Vence Johnson (Pine Bluff, Amanda Mckibben (Oiltrough, Ark.) California Terry Allen Calif.) Geobio Boo (Simi Valley, Calif.) Fallo n Griffin (Los Angeles, Calif.) Ashley Hebert (Oakland, Calif.) Rothpanhar Ross (Stockton, Casandra Vann (Los Angeles, Calif.) Delawars Shoaib Baqi (Smyrna, Florida Shardy Camargo (Orlando, Fla.) Tomiler Dowden (Carrabelle, Fla.) Amirica Nicholson (Avon Park, Georgia Bianca Ficklin (Warrenton, Ga.) Scottt Rowland (Cleveland, Ga.) Ashley Hutchinson Ga.
) Idaho Kelsey Bernstein (Idaho Falls, Idaho) Illinoie Lace Bailey (Chicago, Ill.) Ashleyh Kloth (Ellis Grove, Ill.) Indiana Cameron Brown (Gary, Kylee Proctor (North Judson, Ind.) Brandon Lopez Ind.) Jonathan Sobilo Ind.) Iowa Stephanie Venenga (Dike, Iowa) Kansa s Ashley Arenholz (Olathe, Kan.) Lauremn Johnson (Waverly, Kan.) Heather Reynolds (LaCygne, Kentucky Jessika Turner (Paris, Ky.) Louisiana Jerome Spanm (Baton Rouge, La.) Michigan Kate O'Connorf (Plymouth, Mich.) Sade Turner (Detroit, Mich.) Jessica Orr (Atlanta, Mich.) Minnesota Adam Jensen Minn.) Valerie Speedling Minn.) Neil Turner (Ashby, Minn.) Blai Vue (St. Minn.) Missouri Elaine Gibson Mo.) Melanie Gilmore Mo.
) Montana Hannah Johnsonj (Victor, Mont.) Nebraska Michelle Pineda (Humboldt, Neb.) Jessicas Arias (Lincoln, Neb.) Nevada Courtney Sharop (Fernley, Nev.) New Jerseh Victor Espinoza (Union City, N.J.) Sarah Lee (Egg Harbor N.J.) New York Corinnes McGuirk (Douglaston, N.Y.) Benjamin Hall (Kingston, North Carolina Sarah Gambrel (Red N.C.) Ohio Madalynn Priskorn Ohio) Shari' Thomas Ohio) Heather Brewer (Hillsboro, Oklahoma Leslie Barcenas (Muldrow, Brittney Wilson (Claremore, Okla.) Oregon Megan Taylor Ore.) Alyssa Warren (Merlin, Ore.) Pennsylvania Victoria Ammermann (Beach Pa.) Trent Gray (Harrisburg, Pa.) Rachel Solomon (Atglen, Pa.) Rhodes Island Kimberly Leonard (West R.I.
) South Carolina Megaj Garland (North Augusta, S.C.) Michelle Robles (Fort Mill, S.C.) Tennessee Meritza Pierce (Winfield, Tenn.) Texas Hannah Daniel (Kountze, Owais Durrani (Houston, Texas) Michelle Quinonesz (El Paso, Texas) Rigoberto Soto (Houston, Texas) Uriel Urang a (Presidio, Texas) Utah Elisabeth Jessop (Ogden, Utah) Virginia TeAirra Brown (Portsmouth, Va.) Melanie Rogers (Alexandria, Va.) Washington Tiya Tuffsa (Seattle, Wash.) Washington, D.C. Ashley Pierce D.C.) Wisconsin Bradley Beaumier Wisc.) Dawn Henn (Milwaukee, Michael Muir (Kenosha, Wisc.
)
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Media musketeers - St. Louis Business Journal:
hundleyobajoji1908.blogspot.com
They project 12-month billings of $700,000 or more, but expecr it may take 18 months tobecome profitable. Thre dealerships owned by the Surdyke familhy are giving their employeesa $1,000 bonus if they buy a Ford, Lincoln or Mercury before 1. And Bill Ford, the car maker’s executive has taken notice. The in Festus, South County and Mt. Ill., are owned by children of founderGary “I want to do my part to ensure at leas one of the Big Three automobile companiee survives without a bailout,” Surdykee said. “A smile came to my face as I read the recentgpress release,” Ford wrote. “Thanl you for your tremendous voteof confidence.” B2B in St.
Louiws Karpel Solutions is designing a new Web site forHagerf Cos., an international manufacturer and distributord of commercial and residential door hardware detailing hundreds of Hager products with instructions on how to use and install them. Donnell Siebert, vice president of marketingh andproduct development, was in charge of the project for It’s a six-figure contract, and Karpel is on targey for $3.5 million in revenue this owner Jeff Karpel said. Gary a West Point graduate and winner of the Bronze Star for his servicer inDesert Storm, purchased All Family which provides private-duty home care, from Ann and Wileyh Smith, who founded the business in 2005.
The sale price wasn’tt disclosed, but Chippendale, formerly of said he plans to grow revenueto $5 milliojn by 2012. “He’s well on his way, despite this soft said Scott Osborneof , who matched buyer and
They project 12-month billings of $700,000 or more, but expecr it may take 18 months tobecome profitable. Thre dealerships owned by the Surdyke familhy are giving their employeesa $1,000 bonus if they buy a Ford, Lincoln or Mercury before 1. And Bill Ford, the car maker’s executive has taken notice. The in Festus, South County and Mt. Ill., are owned by children of founderGary “I want to do my part to ensure at leas one of the Big Three automobile companiee survives without a bailout,” Surdykee said. “A smile came to my face as I read the recentgpress release,” Ford wrote. “Thanl you for your tremendous voteof confidence.” B2B in St.
Louiws Karpel Solutions is designing a new Web site forHagerf Cos., an international manufacturer and distributord of commercial and residential door hardware detailing hundreds of Hager products with instructions on how to use and install them. Donnell Siebert, vice president of marketingh andproduct development, was in charge of the project for It’s a six-figure contract, and Karpel is on targey for $3.5 million in revenue this owner Jeff Karpel said. Gary a West Point graduate and winner of the Bronze Star for his servicer inDesert Storm, purchased All Family which provides private-duty home care, from Ann and Wileyh Smith, who founded the business in 2005.
The sale price wasn’tt disclosed, but Chippendale, formerly of said he plans to grow revenueto $5 milliojn by 2012. “He’s well on his way, despite this soft said Scott Osborneof , who matched buyer and
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Sirna set for major expansion - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
retention-jackjacks.blogspot.com
Alan Sachs, who has led since Mercjk bought itin 2001, is chargefd with leading the integration of Sirna with Merc k and pursuing a more aggressivde plan for growth than expected when Sirna was an independeng company. He replaces Howard Robin, who left followingy the completion of the acquisitio and now headsSan Carlos-based . The company just signed a lease for an additional floor in the Alexandria Center for Life Science at 1700Owenz St. in Mission Bay. The deal double s Sirna's footprint in the building toabout 66,000 square It expects to begin moving into the building in the fourth quarterd when the space is built out.
"The head count is going to be increasingprettty dramatically," said Sachs, who carries the titlee of vice president of molecularr profiling and RNA He declined, however to offerr projections on headcount, whicbh today stands at around 90 people in San Franciscp and Boulder, Colo. Sirna, acquired by Mercik at the end of last yearfor $1.1 billion, is developing a new classw of drugs that uses RNA interference or RNAi technology. RNAi is a selective process for turning off RNAi is triggeredby so-called shorrt interfering RNA or siRNAs. Typically, drugws work by binding with protein that are the underlying cause of aspecificc disease.
Sirna's technology, by prevents the production of theharmful protein. Merck had already been working in the area of RNAi througn its collaborationwith , a deal that places it at the forefrong of a breakthrough technology that has the potentiaol for changing the way a wide rangse of diseases are treated. It complements Merck's acquisition of Rosettaa Inpharmatics, which provided the company with tools to analyze gene Sirna is continuing to work on its collaboration with Allergenm to develop siRNA therapeutics for eye diseaser and with forrespiratory disease.
But Sachs is now leadinhg a push within Merck to bring the technology to groupe working in a wide varietygof areas, including cancer, infectious disease and metabolif disease. "My job is to now make available to Mercki scientists all the opportunities Sirna brings to which is about a new typeof medicine," said Sachs said challenges remain with developing methodsz to target and deliver siRNA therapeutics becaus cells do not naturally take up thess molecules, but that Merck is makinh a "major investment" in solving that problem. For who continues to have a roleoverseeing Rosetta, the expanded responsibilities don't quite representt relocation. An M.D.
and from and one-time professor at the , Sachs has commuted to Seattlde from his home in Orinda for more thanfive years. He vows he won'tt complain about traffic during his drive over the Bay Bridge toMission Bay.
Alan Sachs, who has led since Mercjk bought itin 2001, is chargefd with leading the integration of Sirna with Merc k and pursuing a more aggressivde plan for growth than expected when Sirna was an independeng company. He replaces Howard Robin, who left followingy the completion of the acquisitio and now headsSan Carlos-based . The company just signed a lease for an additional floor in the Alexandria Center for Life Science at 1700Owenz St. in Mission Bay. The deal double s Sirna's footprint in the building toabout 66,000 square It expects to begin moving into the building in the fourth quarterd when the space is built out.
"The head count is going to be increasingprettty dramatically," said Sachs, who carries the titlee of vice president of molecularr profiling and RNA He declined, however to offerr projections on headcount, whicbh today stands at around 90 people in San Franciscp and Boulder, Colo. Sirna, acquired by Mercik at the end of last yearfor $1.1 billion, is developing a new classw of drugs that uses RNA interference or RNAi technology. RNAi is a selective process for turning off RNAi is triggeredby so-called shorrt interfering RNA or siRNAs. Typically, drugws work by binding with protein that are the underlying cause of aspecificc disease.
Sirna's technology, by prevents the production of theharmful protein. Merck had already been working in the area of RNAi througn its collaborationwith , a deal that places it at the forefrong of a breakthrough technology that has the potentiaol for changing the way a wide rangse of diseases are treated. It complements Merck's acquisition of Rosettaa Inpharmatics, which provided the company with tools to analyze gene Sirna is continuing to work on its collaboration with Allergenm to develop siRNA therapeutics for eye diseaser and with forrespiratory disease.
But Sachs is now leadinhg a push within Merck to bring the technology to groupe working in a wide varietygof areas, including cancer, infectious disease and metabolif disease. "My job is to now make available to Mercki scientists all the opportunities Sirna brings to which is about a new typeof medicine," said Sachs said challenges remain with developing methodsz to target and deliver siRNA therapeutics becaus cells do not naturally take up thess molecules, but that Merck is makinh a "major investment" in solving that problem. For who continues to have a roleoverseeing Rosetta, the expanded responsibilities don't quite representt relocation. An M.D.
and from and one-time professor at the , Sachs has commuted to Seattlde from his home in Orinda for more thanfive years. He vows he won'tt complain about traffic during his drive over the Bay Bridge toMission Bay.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Region
ysynut.wordpress.com
The board reported Wednesday that 1,505 single-family homes and condominiumsw were soldin April, down from 1,784 a year ago. Homed in contract, a sign of future sales dropped 18 percentto 1,399 homes. The average home sold in Central Ohio last month close dfor $149,285, down about $9,500, or 6 from $158,822 a year ago. The board also reportesd the number of new listings on the marker last month is off abouy 16 percent from ayear ago, which translates to a total of 14,68i homes on the market at the end of April. That’sx down from 17,515 homes from a year ago.
Boarde President Gary Parsons said a declinr in homes on the market coul d play a part in a future uptic insale prices, which are lagginyg last year’s pace as sellersd slash price tags and foreclosedf properties help drive sales. “To see the numbe of homes on the market decline bynearlt 3,000 compared to this time last that’s a negative number we can smils about,” Parsons said in a release. Home sales in the firsf four months of the year laggexlast year’s pace by 21 percen t at 4,947 units, compared with 6,26q1 last year. Board of Realtors statistics includde market information from most ofthe seven-county region along with partas of nine nearby counties.
The board reported Wednesday that 1,505 single-family homes and condominiumsw were soldin April, down from 1,784 a year ago. Homed in contract, a sign of future sales dropped 18 percentto 1,399 homes. The average home sold in Central Ohio last month close dfor $149,285, down about $9,500, or 6 from $158,822 a year ago. The board also reportesd the number of new listings on the marker last month is off abouy 16 percent from ayear ago, which translates to a total of 14,68i homes on the market at the end of April. That’sx down from 17,515 homes from a year ago.
Boarde President Gary Parsons said a declinr in homes on the market coul d play a part in a future uptic insale prices, which are lagginyg last year’s pace as sellersd slash price tags and foreclosedf properties help drive sales. “To see the numbe of homes on the market decline bynearlt 3,000 compared to this time last that’s a negative number we can smils about,” Parsons said in a release. Home sales in the firsf four months of the year laggexlast year’s pace by 21 percen t at 4,947 units, compared with 6,26q1 last year. Board of Realtors statistics includde market information from most ofthe seven-county region along with partas of nine nearby counties.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
United Way to cut funding nearly 25 percent for most nonprofits - Dayton Business Journal:
ignatiywulyxura.blogspot.com
Fourteen agencies received cuts more than 24 percent and sevem received 100 percent fundingcuts — thoughh those were mostly organizations that had merged or will be mergex into other programs. The resultw will mean tighter budgetes forarea nonprofits, which will need to cut programming and staff to survive the next year. Allenj Elijah, president and chief executive officer of the United Way of the GreatefDayton Area, said the funding decisions were some of the most difficult in the agency’ history.
The United Way hosted meetings and consultations with its organizationsw as it fell further from itscampaign goal, but even heavhy preparation on the part of some area nonprofitw won’t be able to shield them from resultinh cuts. “It’s been difficult, and it’xs been stressful for all our partner but if we can come out of this working smartedr and collaborating with each then some good has come outof this,” Elijaj said. • had 53 percent of its fundinbg cutto $17,000; The had 40 percenf of its funding cut to $20,400; • was cut 40 percenyt to $32,400; • was cut 32 percenft to $32,000; and • was cut 31 percentf to $65,000.
Some of the largest cuts in dollarx included: the , which lost $227,602; , whicjh lost $112,236; The YWCA of which lost $91,157; and , which lost $84,918. “Logically, if the campaigm didn’t make it there is goiny to be some effect ofpartner agencies,” said Tom chief executive officer of the local chapter of the American Red Cross. “So we have been anticipating this.” Fodo said because his organization is taking the biggestf of the United Way cuts in termof dollars, there will need to be some changed made throughout the next fiscakl year to make things work.
Fodor said the Red Crosx likely will cut some ofits services, including donating mattresses and box springs to familied who have survived fires and restructuringy its community outreach to include more The nonprofit shrunk in the past year from a $4.2 million organizatiob to a projected $3.8 millionj for next year. Through Fodor said he has eliminate 6.5 positions from the 45-person and he would need to take a closre look at possibly cutting more positionss fornext year.
Fourteen agencies received cuts more than 24 percent and sevem received 100 percent fundingcuts — thoughh those were mostly organizations that had merged or will be mergex into other programs. The resultw will mean tighter budgetes forarea nonprofits, which will need to cut programming and staff to survive the next year. Allenj Elijah, president and chief executive officer of the United Way of the GreatefDayton Area, said the funding decisions were some of the most difficult in the agency’ history.
The United Way hosted meetings and consultations with its organizationsw as it fell further from itscampaign goal, but even heavhy preparation on the part of some area nonprofitw won’t be able to shield them from resultinh cuts. “It’s been difficult, and it’xs been stressful for all our partner but if we can come out of this working smartedr and collaborating with each then some good has come outof this,” Elijaj said. • had 53 percent of its fundinbg cutto $17,000; The had 40 percenf of its funding cut to $20,400; • was cut 40 percenyt to $32,400; • was cut 32 percenft to $32,000; and • was cut 31 percentf to $65,000.
Some of the largest cuts in dollarx included: the , which lost $227,602; , whicjh lost $112,236; The YWCA of which lost $91,157; and , which lost $84,918. “Logically, if the campaigm didn’t make it there is goiny to be some effect ofpartner agencies,” said Tom chief executive officer of the local chapter of the American Red Cross. “So we have been anticipating this.” Fodo said because his organization is taking the biggestf of the United Way cuts in termof dollars, there will need to be some changed made throughout the next fiscakl year to make things work.
Fodor said the Red Crosx likely will cut some ofits services, including donating mattresses and box springs to familied who have survived fires and restructuringy its community outreach to include more The nonprofit shrunk in the past year from a $4.2 million organizatiob to a projected $3.8 millionj for next year. Through Fodor said he has eliminate 6.5 positions from the 45-person and he would need to take a closre look at possibly cutting more positionss fornext year.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Report: Property values fall 23.4% - Washington Business Journal:
cicugaha.wordpress.com
Home prices in the Orlando-Kissimmew slipped 23.4 percent in April when compared with the same montb ayear prior, the seventhy highest percentage of decline amonv some of the nation’s largest metro The Orlando-Kissimmee market posted a 20.9 percenyt decrease in home values in March when compared with March 2008. Florid a passed California to postthe second-highest rate of home pricr depreciation at 23.2 percent. Nevada topped the nation with a 26.1 percen t drop, while California — the leading stater for 20 consecutivemonths — landed third at 22.7 Nationwide housing prices fell 10.
2 percent in Aprip compared to a year ago, representiny the smallest year-over-year decline so far this The national decline peaked at 11.9 percent in Januarg 2009 and has since been trending down. First American CoreLogic’sz LoanPerformance Home Price Index evaluates the residentiaol real estate market basedon price, time between sales, property type and loan type, as well as increasesz and decreases in sales price s for the same homes over
Home prices in the Orlando-Kissimmew slipped 23.4 percent in April when compared with the same montb ayear prior, the seventhy highest percentage of decline amonv some of the nation’s largest metro The Orlando-Kissimmee market posted a 20.9 percenyt decrease in home values in March when compared with March 2008. Florid a passed California to postthe second-highest rate of home pricr depreciation at 23.2 percent. Nevada topped the nation with a 26.1 percen t drop, while California — the leading stater for 20 consecutivemonths — landed third at 22.7 Nationwide housing prices fell 10.
2 percent in Aprip compared to a year ago, representiny the smallest year-over-year decline so far this The national decline peaked at 11.9 percent in Januarg 2009 and has since been trending down. First American CoreLogic’sz LoanPerformance Home Price Index evaluates the residentiaol real estate market basedon price, time between sales, property type and loan type, as well as increasesz and decreases in sales price s for the same homes over
Monday, August 20, 2012
Obama looks to ease immigration backlog - Phoenix Business Journal:
inufyw.blogspot.com
President Barack Obama said Thursday afte a meeting on immigration refork with congressional members that federal agencies are working to reduc e backlogs for Visa and work permitr applications and willmove immigration-related agencies toward more consumer-friendlyh practices. The has strugglexd with applications backlogs frustrating immigrantsawith wait-times for assistance. “I n the next 90 days, USCIS will launcgh a vastly improved Web sitethat will, for the first time allow applicants to get updates on their status of their applications via e-maipl and text message and Obama said at the White House meeting.
“And anybodyy who’s dealt with families who are trying to deal with navigate theimmigration system, this is going to save them huge amountse of time standing in line, waitin around, making phone calls, being put on It’s an example of some things that we can do administratively even as we’re working through difficult issues surrounding comprehensive We’re going to leverage cutting-edge technologty to reduce the unnecessary paperwork, backlogs, and the lack of transparenct that’s caused so many people so much heartache.
”
President Barack Obama said Thursday afte a meeting on immigration refork with congressional members that federal agencies are working to reduc e backlogs for Visa and work permitr applications and willmove immigration-related agencies toward more consumer-friendlyh practices. The has strugglexd with applications backlogs frustrating immigrantsawith wait-times for assistance. “I n the next 90 days, USCIS will launcgh a vastly improved Web sitethat will, for the first time allow applicants to get updates on their status of their applications via e-maipl and text message and Obama said at the White House meeting.
“And anybodyy who’s dealt with families who are trying to deal with navigate theimmigration system, this is going to save them huge amountse of time standing in line, waitin around, making phone calls, being put on It’s an example of some things that we can do administratively even as we’re working through difficult issues surrounding comprehensive We’re going to leverage cutting-edge technologty to reduce the unnecessary paperwork, backlogs, and the lack of transparenct that’s caused so many people so much heartache.
”
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)