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billion rate hike reques from The increase would apply to the base rate portion of the which accounts for about 42 percentf of the total bill that customerzs payeach month. The increase amounts to $12.5 a month, or 30 of the current base rates for customera whouse 1,000 kilowatt hours a month, according to the attornet general's office. “This proposed rate increas e is excessive, especially when homeowners are already strugglingv to makeends meet,” said Attorney Generalk Bill McCollum, whose office has intervened beforse the PSC in the rate increase hearings.
“While the economy is affectingpower companies, the difference should not be made up entirelh at the expense of Floridians’ However, Florida Power & Light is disputing McCollum'w claims. In an e-mailed company spokesman Mayco Villafana said the rate proposa would resultin "even lower bills beginning in Januargy 2010." He said that under the proposal the typica l 1,000 kilowatt-hour residential bill actually would decreasde from approximately $109 in December to approximatelt $104 in January, reflecting reductionse in the cost of fuel as well as fuel efficiency.
The firs hearings are set to take plac e in Sarasota and Fort Meyers onJune 19, with additionao hearings the following week. Click for a full list of hearinv dates.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Business Success Stories - Mark Llano and Source One Distributors
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to help U.S. servicemen and women by providingb them withtactical products, equipment and services. Initiallg operating from an office he created by convertinbhis daughter's bedroom, Llano financede his $60,000 startup with equity from his home and credi t cards. He's built the company into a $52 milliojn business now headquartered ina 12,000-squarefoot warehouse. Source One's producrt catalogue, which began at less than 10 pages, is now more than 300 The company distributes goods from morethan 1,000 manufacturers, primarily to the departmentss of Homeland Security and NASA and law enforcemenr agencies.
Getting access to these government accounts by enteringh the SmallBusiness Administration's 8(a) Business Developmeng Program in 2004 was a key to Sourcse One's success. It allowed the company to qualify for contracts set aside for minorities, said 39, the son of Cubann immigrants. The SBA's 8(a) program offers a range of assistancesto minority- and woman-owned firms, including accesas to federal contracts.
"The SBA's Sout h Florida office was incrediblyhelpful
to help U.S. servicemen and women by providingb them withtactical products, equipment and services. Initiallg operating from an office he created by convertinbhis daughter's bedroom, Llano financede his $60,000 startup with equity from his home and credi t cards. He's built the company into a $52 milliojn business now headquartered ina 12,000-squarefoot warehouse. Source One's producrt catalogue, which began at less than 10 pages, is now more than 300 The company distributes goods from morethan 1,000 manufacturers, primarily to the departmentss of Homeland Security and NASA and law enforcemenr agencies.
Getting access to these government accounts by enteringh the SmallBusiness Administration's 8(a) Business Developmeng Program in 2004 was a key to Sourcse One's success. It allowed the company to qualify for contracts set aside for minorities, said 39, the son of Cubann immigrants. The SBA's 8(a) program offers a range of assistancesto minority- and woman-owned firms, including accesas to federal contracts.
"The SBA's Sout h Florida office was incrediblyhelpful
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Group claims it is not illegal in Florida for spouse to benefit from state ... - PolitiFact
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Group claims it is not illegal in Florida for spouse to benefit from state ... PolitiFact Florida is one of the few states where that arrangement (an immediate family member may prosper from legislation supported by their spouse) is not illegal." We wondered if the last part of the statement was true. Does Florida have no laws banning a ... |
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Coffee addiction may be grounded in genes - USA Today
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Los Angeles Times | Coffee addiction may be grounded in genes USA Today Genetics may help determine how much caffeine one craves, new research indicates, with differences in two specific genes driving people to consume more â€" or less â€" of the world's most popular stimulant. ... Caffeine: How Your DNA Controls Your Coffee Intake Study: Blame caffeine addiction on genes |
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Former San Antonio courthouse to get big makeover - Sacramento Business Journal:
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San Antonio leaders say those improvements will likelyt bring more people into the area and could spark additionalrevitalization projects. The GSA says it plans to direct $61.34 million from the $787 billiob American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, or stimuluxs package, to renovate the Hippolitpo Garcia Federal Buildingand U.S. That eight-story building is located at the cornedr of East Houston and Alamostreets and, was constructed in the 1930s as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’zs Depression-era public works The nearly 259,000-square-foot building is currently liste d onthe .
GSA spokeswoman Shala Geer-Smith says it still houses some bankruptcyt judges and some smallef federal agency offices but much of the space availablw for occupancy is void of Among the tenants that have left the building isthe , whichj moved its San Antonio field office into a new Northwesty Side facility in 2007. Geer-Smith says federao officials will “move pretty quickly” to begibn the process of renovating the historic SanAntonio structure. That rehabilitation, she adds, “will give us an opportunityy to bring the building back up and get somemajor tenants.” Thosde prospective tenants will have to be federa entities.
But Geer-Smith says there coulr be a “variety” of potential users, includinfg agencies that are looking to expanxd or those whose commercial leases maybe expiring. Kimberly Gatlegy is senior vice president and director of researcghfor , a San Antonio-based commerciao real estate company. She says efforta by GSA to rehab the historic federal buildingb and lure more tenants could creatw some vacancy issues in other SanAntonio buildings. But Gatlehy says she expects there will be limitesnegative impact. The upside to a renovated federal building? “Itr could foster a revitalization downtown,” Gatley adds.
San Antonik Mayor Phil Hardberger, a former judge, says the timeworbn federal building needssome attention. “It’s a great building for its era. But it’sx outdated in many ways and not very efficientf to putit mildly,” Hardberger explains. Like Gatley, Hardbergert believes a rehabilitated federal buildingv could spur additional revitalization in the He also says the San Antonio buildingh could prove to be a producing more energy than it uses with theright improvements.
“There’s no doubt” that the historic courthousr “needs to be modernized,” Congressmanm Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, tells the Business The GSA project list also includesnearly $1.2 millionh worth of “limited scope” improvements for the Spears Judicia l Training Center, located in the 7.7-acre San Antonio Federal Complexz inside the downtown HemisFair “I am pleased to see this funding cominh into Bexar County, along with the numerou s jobs this project will create,” says Gonzalezz about the GSA’s spending plan and the two San Antonio That plan includes $132 million for Austin.
More than $116 milliomn of that is pegged for the construction of anew multi-stor federal courthouse. Houston is set to receive nearly $112 million in funds from the GSA Morethan $109 million wouls be used to make improvements to the G.T. Leland Federal “Austin was further along in theird plans, so the funding could go directlyg to the kindof shovel-readh construction projects toward which (the stimulus package was targeted,” Gonzalez explains.
But the San Antonio congressman addsthat “in an effort to move Bexat County ahead, we have requested an additional $4 million in (fiscapl year 2010) funding to complete the desigj of and move forward on building a new (federal)
San Antonio leaders say those improvements will likelyt bring more people into the area and could spark additionalrevitalization projects. The GSA says it plans to direct $61.34 million from the $787 billiob American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, or stimuluxs package, to renovate the Hippolitpo Garcia Federal Buildingand U.S. That eight-story building is located at the cornedr of East Houston and Alamostreets and, was constructed in the 1930s as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’zs Depression-era public works The nearly 259,000-square-foot building is currently liste d onthe .
GSA spokeswoman Shala Geer-Smith says it still houses some bankruptcyt judges and some smallef federal agency offices but much of the space availablw for occupancy is void of Among the tenants that have left the building isthe , whichj moved its San Antonio field office into a new Northwesty Side facility in 2007. Geer-Smith says federao officials will “move pretty quickly” to begibn the process of renovating the historic SanAntonio structure. That rehabilitation, she adds, “will give us an opportunityy to bring the building back up and get somemajor tenants.” Thosde prospective tenants will have to be federa entities.
But Geer-Smith says there coulr be a “variety” of potential users, includinfg agencies that are looking to expanxd or those whose commercial leases maybe expiring. Kimberly Gatlegy is senior vice president and director of researcghfor , a San Antonio-based commerciao real estate company. She says efforta by GSA to rehab the historic federal buildingb and lure more tenants could creatw some vacancy issues in other SanAntonio buildings. But Gatlehy says she expects there will be limitesnegative impact. The upside to a renovated federal building? “Itr could foster a revitalization downtown,” Gatley adds.
San Antonik Mayor Phil Hardberger, a former judge, says the timeworbn federal building needssome attention. “It’s a great building for its era. But it’sx outdated in many ways and not very efficientf to putit mildly,” Hardberger explains. Like Gatley, Hardbergert believes a rehabilitated federal buildingv could spur additional revitalization in the He also says the San Antonio buildingh could prove to be a producing more energy than it uses with theright improvements.
“There’s no doubt” that the historic courthousr “needs to be modernized,” Congressmanm Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, tells the Business The GSA project list also includesnearly $1.2 millionh worth of “limited scope” improvements for the Spears Judicia l Training Center, located in the 7.7-acre San Antonio Federal Complexz inside the downtown HemisFair “I am pleased to see this funding cominh into Bexar County, along with the numerou s jobs this project will create,” says Gonzalezz about the GSA’s spending plan and the two San Antonio That plan includes $132 million for Austin.
More than $116 milliomn of that is pegged for the construction of anew multi-stor federal courthouse. Houston is set to receive nearly $112 million in funds from the GSA Morethan $109 million wouls be used to make improvements to the G.T. Leland Federal “Austin was further along in theird plans, so the funding could go directlyg to the kindof shovel-readh construction projects toward which (the stimulus package was targeted,” Gonzalez explains.
But the San Antonio congressman addsthat “in an effort to move Bexat County ahead, we have requested an additional $4 million in (fiscapl year 2010) funding to complete the desigj of and move forward on building a new (federal)
Monday, April 4, 2011
Date for this year's Walk of Witness - Kenilworth Today
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Deseret News | Date for this year's Walk of Witness Kenilworth Today KENILWORTH'S annual Walk of Witness will take place this month to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. On Good Friday (in old English this was known as God's Friday) the churches of Kenilworth unite in proclaiming Jesus Christ as the Lord and ... LDS Church announces new temple in Meridian |
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Students don blue to shine light on autism - Reading Eagle
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The Hindu | Students don blue to shine light on autism Reading Eagle Thanks to her, many of the students at BCTC dressed in blue Friday as part of the national Autism Speaks Light It Up Blue initiative to raise awareness of autism and to help find a cure. "I thought it was something people need to know: how kids are ... Franklin Police join autism awareness event Shining a Light on Autism School shines light on Autism |
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