Wednesday, June 15, 2011

BioMarin: Genzyme virus problem won

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Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) founc a virus strain and stoppe d production of two drugs atthe Allston, facility. The strain, Vesivirus 2117, apparently does not causer human infection but interrupts the growthn of cells that are used tomake drugs. Aldurazymw — a treatment for MPS I, a rare and fatal diseas e caused by an enzymedeficiencyy — was last filled at the Genzymde facility in September 2008, according to BioMarinm (NASDAQ: BMRN). The company has abouyt 10 months of vialex inventoryon hand, it said, and uses a seconcd fill finish supplier. A third supplier is expectedx to be qualified laterthis year, BioMarih said.
BioMarin makes the bulk material used in Aldurazymee at itsNovato facility. The Food and Drug Administrationn hadinspected Genzyme’s plant in September and October and reportedly was concerned about controla to protect against contamination.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Education Battles on Two Fronts - GoLocalProv

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Education Battles on Two Fronts

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Education battles are underway in communities throughout Rhode Island as administrators, parents, teachers, state agencies and municipalities are all joining the fray. Thursday night, state Education Commissioner Deborah Gist (right) took her community ...



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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Habitat for Humanity to dedicate latest homes this month - San Luis Obispo Tribune

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Habitat for Humanity to dedicate latest homes this month

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Habitat for Humanity for San Luis Obispo County has completed construction of the homes on Phillips Lane in San Luis Obispo. They are the 13th and 14th homes Habitat has built in the county since 2001. The organization builds through a combination of ...



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Monday, June 6, 2011

A Really Close Encounter - New York Magazine

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A Really Close Encounter

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He would have been a week short of his 9th birthday on June 20, 1975, the opening day of Spielberg's Jawsâ€"the day movies changed foreverâ€"and in the throes of puberty by the time of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and ET At 15, he and his friend ...



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Friday, June 3, 2011

Displaced worker training grant program unveiled - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The grant program will be used to develop nationaol models that can be replicated across the especially in communities whers auto workers have losttheit jobs. Accompanied by Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, Milwaukee Area Technical Colleged acting president Vicki Martinm and chairman and CEO Jeffrey Duncan called upon institutions of higher private and public nonprofit organizations and other agenciese to propose model programs for training adultw topursue family-sustaining second careers.
Duncan is one of severall cabinet secretaries andothee high-level officials from the Obama administration traveling acrosds the Midwest this week to visit communitieds affected by layoffs in the automobile “Education is the catalyst for a strong economy and the meanz by which adults will reinvent themselves and rebuild the industrial citiess that have been the foundation of our Duncan said. “The Obama administration is committed to supporting auto communities and workers who have been displaced from their Community colleges are invaluable resources for adult s seeking to acquire new skills that are neededsby employers.
” Milwaukee-based Manpower, a global staffing tracked the top 10 most difficult jobs for U.S. employers to fill in 2009. They are: nurses, skilled/manual trades, teachers, sales representatives, delivery and short-haul drivers, informationm technology, laborers, machinist/machine operators. Many of these careerw are within the reach of a communitu college graduate and will be made even more accessible through thegranyt program, according to Duncan. The grant application will be announce online Thursday in the Federal Register andpublisheed Friday. Applications will be due on Aug. 7.
The Departmenr of Education anticipates awarding approximately 28 grantzsby mid-September with projects beginninyg on or about Oct. 1. The estimatecd range of the grang awardsis $300,000-$750,000 over a three-year period. The grants will providd seed funding for model programs in community colleges that help adultzs develop the skills they need to succeed in a new The programs could providwe services suchas tutoring, academic and caree r counseling, and help with the registration They also could remove financial constraints for adults returnint to school, including child care, transportation, and text books. Programas must be sustainable beyondthe three-year gran t period.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

UC study: Casinos could create 34,000 jobs - Business First of Columbus:

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The center conducted the study for the OhioJobs & Growthy Committee, which organized the effort to places a constitutional amendment on the ballot. The amendmenrt would ask voters to approve buildinb casinosin Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo and Wyomissing, Pa.-based (NASDAQ: PENN) and owner Dan Gilberf would be investors in the $1 billion According to the study, the initial investment and construction phase for the expected to begin in 2010, would creat e 19,000 jobs. Another 16,000 permanent jobs would be create once the casinos began bylate 2012.
The initial economic impactt wouldbe $504 million for a Columbus $388 million for Cincinnati; $656 million for and $302 million for Toledo. The Ohio Jobs & Growtjh Committee had until the end of June to collectythe 400,000 valid signatures needed to get the issude on the ballot; it said it filed 850,000 signaturesw with the Ohio Secretaryu of State on June 25.