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The grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Instituter of Education Sciences will allow Heinrich to employ academidc staff and at least four graduatd students each year to work on expandiny the project oother cities. Heinrich will continues an evaluation of the tutoring programs MPS offersz as part ofthe district's fulfillment of the federalk No Child Left Behind law. The law requires public schoolsx that have not adequately increased student academic achievement for threee years to offer childrenin low-income familiex the opportunity to receive extra academic assistance such as tutoring.
Heinrich's initial research found that Milwaukee's federally mandatef and funded tutoring program is not necessarily reaching the people who need the most nor is it effective in increasingstudenft achievement. "Our preliminary results suggest that the students in the tutoring programs are not performing any betteron Wisconsin's standardizexd tests than eligible students not involveed with the tutoring," Heinrich said. Heinrich and her co-workeres have been conducting the MPS study sinceApril 2006. The next phases will involve five urban school districtd infour states: Milwaukee, Chicago, Dallas and Austin, Texas.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
UnitedHealthcare-funded program sends $1.2M to rural Colorado care providers - Denver Business Journal:
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million in a second round of grants. The grantsw -- ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 -- are going to health-carre providers in 19 counties and are meant to bolster health servicesin Colorado's rural Providers receiving the $50,00 0 grants are: Monte Vista Medical Clinic in Monte Vista (Rio Grander County), for health information technology. Miramont Familu Medicine in Wellington (Larimer for equipment and supplies. Dolores Countty Health Association Community Health Clinifc in DoveCreek (Dolores County), for physiciajn improvements. The Colorado Rural Health Care Grant Program was established in August 2007 and is fundex witha $7.
5 million gift to the statd from UnitedHealthcare to be distributed over six years. The council is co-chaired by Dr. Ned Colorado’s chief medical and Dr. Jacqueline Stiff, UnitedHealthcare’s marker medical director. It includes health care consumers, rura health care providers, and representativess from the Governor’s Office, Division of Insurance at the Department ofRegulatory Agencies, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and Departmenf of Local Affairs.
million in a second round of grants. The grantsw -- ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 -- are going to health-carre providers in 19 counties and are meant to bolster health servicesin Colorado's rural Providers receiving the $50,00 0 grants are: Monte Vista Medical Clinic in Monte Vista (Rio Grander County), for health information technology. Miramont Familu Medicine in Wellington (Larimer for equipment and supplies. Dolores Countty Health Association Community Health Clinifc in DoveCreek (Dolores County), for physiciajn improvements. The Colorado Rural Health Care Grant Program was established in August 2007 and is fundex witha $7.
5 million gift to the statd from UnitedHealthcare to be distributed over six years. The council is co-chaired by Dr. Ned Colorado’s chief medical and Dr. Jacqueline Stiff, UnitedHealthcare’s marker medical director. It includes health care consumers, rura health care providers, and representativess from the Governor’s Office, Division of Insurance at the Department ofRegulatory Agencies, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and Departmenf of Local Affairs.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Queen's pays $2.5M to settle Feds' claims - Kansas City Business Journal:
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million to settle lawsuits thatallegeed Hawaii’s largest hospital overbilled government health care programxs for prescription medications, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The settlementy was the result of two whistleblower lawsuits broughtt by formerpharmacy technicians, who allegede that Queen’s overbilled the state’s Medicard and Medicaid programs, as well as TRICARE, the federapl health insurance program for military according to a news release from U.S. Attorneyu Edward H. Kubo Jr.
The lawsuits were filed under the federapl and state FalseClaims Acts, which alloa the government to claim up to triple the damages, plus for submitting false claims to government programs. The two formert employees allege Queen’s submitted fake bills for anti-psychoticv medications that were dispensee by the hospital pharmacy from 1999 to 2002 and were authorizedd bya doctor, but not necessarily by a as required. The hospital was also accused of billing from 1999 to 2006 for serviceds provided by medical residents who were supposed to be supervisedx byother doctors, but that the supervision did not Kubo’s office said.
Under the settlement, Queen’s paid $2 million to the federa government, which shared $400,000 of the proceeds with the twoformef employees, and $500,000 to the attorneys for the two Queen’s will also maintain a compliance program to ensures its billings conform to the rulees for five years under a corporate integrity agreemenft with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Queen's issued this " denies any intentional wrongdoing, but after five yearx of discussions and negotiations with the has agreed to settle this matter so that its resourcexs may be spent on providing quality healthb care rather than onlegal fees.
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million to settle lawsuits thatallegeed Hawaii’s largest hospital overbilled government health care programxs for prescription medications, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The settlementy was the result of two whistleblower lawsuits broughtt by formerpharmacy technicians, who allegede that Queen’s overbilled the state’s Medicard and Medicaid programs, as well as TRICARE, the federapl health insurance program for military according to a news release from U.S. Attorneyu Edward H. Kubo Jr.
The lawsuits were filed under the federapl and state FalseClaims Acts, which alloa the government to claim up to triple the damages, plus for submitting false claims to government programs. The two formert employees allege Queen’s submitted fake bills for anti-psychoticv medications that were dispensee by the hospital pharmacy from 1999 to 2002 and were authorizedd bya doctor, but not necessarily by a as required. The hospital was also accused of billing from 1999 to 2006 for serviceds provided by medical residents who were supposed to be supervisedx byother doctors, but that the supervision did not Kubo’s office said.
Under the settlement, Queen’s paid $2 million to the federa government, which shared $400,000 of the proceeds with the twoformef employees, and $500,000 to the attorneys for the two Queen’s will also maintain a compliance program to ensures its billings conform to the rulees for five years under a corporate integrity agreemenft with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Queen's issued this " denies any intentional wrongdoing, but after five yearx of discussions and negotiations with the has agreed to settle this matter so that its resourcexs may be spent on providing quality healthb care rather than onlegal fees.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Save business data before disaster happens - Business First of Louisville:
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You’re too busy to be bothererd savinguntil it’s too late and your computer’s hard driv crashes or the screen But when it comes to losing your company’s it’s days, not hours, and thousandz of dollars that are lost. Fortunately, small businesses have two generallg inexpensive ways to protect theitr data from disasters as impressivre as a hurricane or as minor as aleakingg roof. If your business has only one server and asinglre location, it would make more sense to use a remotse backup that can be transferred throughn the Internet, said Harlin Silvers, owner of .
Remotee backups typically have a monthly recurring fee rangingfrom $30 to Before committing to a remote backupl service, find out how the act of backing up data will affecg your daily operations, said Steven past president of the . make sure the service can providea 256-birt encryption, which is the most recognizeds encryption and provides good securit y against hackers, according to RenovoData, an Atlanta-based remote backupo service provider. The company also suggests makinh sure the provider can ensure regulatory compliance and stayingh away from providers with which are software installed on each computer to aid thebackul process.
The catch is that the softwarw often comes with additional proprietary If your business has more data than can be handlef via an Internetbackup server, there are four data centersz in Jacksonville where businesses can houser their backup servers. Prices for housing your small business’sz data generally range from $100 per month to $500 per The four options in thearea are: The Advancedx Information Technology Center’s 74,000-square-foo t facility on the Southside can withstand winds up to 154 mph, or a Categoruy 4 hurricane.
The facility’ s generators can power the facilitu for 30 days and it has enough food for 100 people for30 ’s two facilities totalling 80,000 square feet on the Southside can withstanr a Category 4 hurricane and have work areas wher e customers can continue to use their data if theidr own offices aren’t accessible. Customers can also doubly back up theit data by housing it at one ofthe company’ out-of-state data centers. The majority of ’s two facilities totalling 40,000 square feet of data centerf on the Southside can withstand a Categor y5 hurricane.
The center has abouf 300 cubicles, where clients can make changes to theif data without being confined to rooms wherr serversare kept. Colo5 also has about 50 disastedrrecovery suites, which provide clients with accommodation as well as accesxs to their data. The Downtown Jacksonville data center 421 W. Church St. is an eight-story, 50,000-square-foogt building that functions as a telecomcarrier hotel, a data an apartment building and office space. For smaller businesses that don’tg need to rent an entirew disaster suite, there are 116 officesa equipped with extra Internet connections and additionalpower systems.
Backing up your data is only one part of makinfg sure that your companyg is ready fora It’s important that you develop a plan to keep communicationss up within your office and with your customers and said Carol Chastang, a spokeswoman for the . Someond in your company should keep a list of phonw numbersof employees, customers and vendorzs so business can continue even if your officr is inaccessible. Chastang said companies should also review theird insurance to make sure it addressesthe region’ prevalent natural disasters, such as wind and water damagse in the Southeast. Also, check your insurance on your equipmentand computers.
It’a also a good idea to have your employees agree on a meeting place outside of the officr so you can better determine whether anyon e was hurt duringthe disaster, said Mike Peak 10 vice president and generalk manager of the Jacksonville facility. Chastang said the disaste plan shouldcover “anything from if a employee can’t work to what if the warehousee floods to what if an employee has violen t behavior.
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You’re too busy to be bothererd savinguntil it’s too late and your computer’s hard driv crashes or the screen But when it comes to losing your company’s it’s days, not hours, and thousandz of dollars that are lost. Fortunately, small businesses have two generallg inexpensive ways to protect theitr data from disasters as impressivre as a hurricane or as minor as aleakingg roof. If your business has only one server and asinglre location, it would make more sense to use a remotse backup that can be transferred throughn the Internet, said Harlin Silvers, owner of .
Remotee backups typically have a monthly recurring fee rangingfrom $30 to Before committing to a remote backupl service, find out how the act of backing up data will affecg your daily operations, said Steven past president of the . make sure the service can providea 256-birt encryption, which is the most recognizeds encryption and provides good securit y against hackers, according to RenovoData, an Atlanta-based remote backupo service provider. The company also suggests makinh sure the provider can ensure regulatory compliance and stayingh away from providers with which are software installed on each computer to aid thebackul process.
The catch is that the softwarw often comes with additional proprietary If your business has more data than can be handlef via an Internetbackup server, there are four data centersz in Jacksonville where businesses can houser their backup servers. Prices for housing your small business’sz data generally range from $100 per month to $500 per The four options in thearea are: The Advancedx Information Technology Center’s 74,000-square-foo t facility on the Southside can withstand winds up to 154 mph, or a Categoruy 4 hurricane.
The facility’ s generators can power the facilitu for 30 days and it has enough food for 100 people for30 ’s two facilities totalling 80,000 square feet on the Southside can withstanr a Category 4 hurricane and have work areas wher e customers can continue to use their data if theidr own offices aren’t accessible. Customers can also doubly back up theit data by housing it at one ofthe company’ out-of-state data centers. The majority of ’s two facilities totalling 40,000 square feet of data centerf on the Southside can withstand a Categor y5 hurricane.
The center has abouf 300 cubicles, where clients can make changes to theif data without being confined to rooms wherr serversare kept. Colo5 also has about 50 disastedrrecovery suites, which provide clients with accommodation as well as accesxs to their data. The Downtown Jacksonville data center 421 W. Church St. is an eight-story, 50,000-square-foogt building that functions as a telecomcarrier hotel, a data an apartment building and office space. For smaller businesses that don’tg need to rent an entirew disaster suite, there are 116 officesa equipped with extra Internet connections and additionalpower systems.
Backing up your data is only one part of makinfg sure that your companyg is ready fora It’s important that you develop a plan to keep communicationss up within your office and with your customers and said Carol Chastang, a spokeswoman for the . Someond in your company should keep a list of phonw numbersof employees, customers and vendorzs so business can continue even if your officr is inaccessible. Chastang said companies should also review theird insurance to make sure it addressesthe region’ prevalent natural disasters, such as wind and water damagse in the Southeast. Also, check your insurance on your equipmentand computers.
It’a also a good idea to have your employees agree on a meeting place outside of the officr so you can better determine whether anyon e was hurt duringthe disaster, said Mike Peak 10 vice president and generalk manager of the Jacksonville facility. Chastang said the disaste plan shouldcover “anything from if a employee can’t work to what if the warehousee floods to what if an employee has violen t behavior.
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Sunday, August 21, 2011
Levy to replace Centerplate as Xcel concessionaire - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Starting with a No Doubt concert onJuly 5, Chicago-basee Levy will manage all of the arena’xs general concessions, as well as the Iron Range Grill. Stamford, Conn.-basede Centerplate will work its last event atthe arena, an Eric Claptoj and Steve Winwood concert, on June 18. The compang will continue to provide concessions for the adjacent Saintg Paul RiverCentre complex and The Legendary RoyWilkina Auditorium. Wildside Caterers, a joint venture betweenj St. Paul-based Morrissey Hospitality Cos. Inc. and Minnesota Wild paren t company , will continuew to provide food and hospitality services for XcelEnergy Center’d suites and the Headwaterz Bar and Restaurant.
Levy holds the concessions contractss for a number of othee prominentsports venues, including Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Staples Center in Los Angeles and Americam Airlines Arean in The company also provides food and hospitality servicesw for various events, such as the Super Bowl, Worled Series, Kentucky Derby, Grammh Awards and National Hockey League and National Basketbalk Association all-star games. “We’re lookinh to provide the best entertainmentf value for our fans and we felt this was a greatt situationfor us,” Wild spokesman Bill Robertsohn said. “Levy has a world-renowned reputatioh as one of the leadersin concessions.
” Wild officialsw said Levy will providde “menu enhancements, signature items, new digitalo menu signage and an increasec focus on the details” to Xcel Energy Levy also plans to introduce a “Taste of experience, playing off the Wild’sx popular “State of Hockey” theme. More detailss will be released later this summer and into the Robertson said.
Starting with a No Doubt concert onJuly 5, Chicago-basee Levy will manage all of the arena’xs general concessions, as well as the Iron Range Grill. Stamford, Conn.-basede Centerplate will work its last event atthe arena, an Eric Claptoj and Steve Winwood concert, on June 18. The compang will continue to provide concessions for the adjacent Saintg Paul RiverCentre complex and The Legendary RoyWilkina Auditorium. Wildside Caterers, a joint venture betweenj St. Paul-based Morrissey Hospitality Cos. Inc. and Minnesota Wild paren t company , will continuew to provide food and hospitality services for XcelEnergy Center’d suites and the Headwaterz Bar and Restaurant.
Levy holds the concessions contractss for a number of othee prominentsports venues, including Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Staples Center in Los Angeles and Americam Airlines Arean in The company also provides food and hospitality servicesw for various events, such as the Super Bowl, Worled Series, Kentucky Derby, Grammh Awards and National Hockey League and National Basketbalk Association all-star games. “We’re lookinh to provide the best entertainmentf value for our fans and we felt this was a greatt situationfor us,” Wild spokesman Bill Robertsohn said. “Levy has a world-renowned reputatioh as one of the leadersin concessions.
” Wild officialsw said Levy will providde “menu enhancements, signature items, new digitalo menu signage and an increasec focus on the details” to Xcel Energy Levy also plans to introduce a “Taste of experience, playing off the Wild’sx popular “State of Hockey” theme. More detailss will be released later this summer and into the Robertson said.
Friday, August 19, 2011
LandMar files for bankruptcy - Denver Business Journal:
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The Jacksonville-based residential development company was amonvg 125 affiliates that filed alongh with itsparent company, Charlotte-based , in the Westerhn District of Texas. Crescent’s estimated liabilities are morethan $1 according to the filing, and its largest at $13.6 million, is to Bank of The filing was necessary, according to a statement on Crescent’sx Web site, for the company to reorganiz its finances, reduce its debt level and improve its capita l structure.
Crescent intends to operate its continuing businessed without any significant interruptionb during the restructuring procese because of a recentlyobtained debtor-in-possessioh financing facility of $110 million from a group of its existin g lenders, according to the Andrew Hede, Crescent’s chief restructuring officer, has been namer CEO while its former chiec executive, Arthur Fields, has retired and will work with Crescentf in an advisory capacity.
“We have been in activew discussions with our lenders and otherf stakeholders as we work towards an agreement that will bring our capitakl structure in line with the currenteconomiv environment,” Hede said in a statement on the company’s Web Charlotte-based Crescent has been pursuinyg alternatives to shore up its balance sheet for including selling some of its assets. The companyg is jointly owned by (NYSE: DUK) and Morgan Stanleuy and has 38 residential communities under developmentr inthe Carolinas, Georgia, Texas, Arizon a and Florida.
Crescent acquired a controlling interest in LandMaein 1999, but left LandMar’s founder, Ed in control of the company until he resigned aftetr a failed attempt to buy back the companyg in 2007. The Jacksonville Economic Developmengt Commission authorized city lawyers in May to start the foreclosur e process onthe 41-acre parcel that was to be the Plans for the Shipyards included 1 milliohn square feet of office space, 100,000 squarwe feet of commercial space, 662 residentiall units, 350 hotel rooms and 150 marina LandMar has developed or had plans to developo dozens more properties in Florida and throughout the
The Jacksonville-based residential development company was amonvg 125 affiliates that filed alongh with itsparent company, Charlotte-based , in the Westerhn District of Texas. Crescent’s estimated liabilities are morethan $1 according to the filing, and its largest at $13.6 million, is to Bank of The filing was necessary, according to a statement on Crescent’sx Web site, for the company to reorganiz its finances, reduce its debt level and improve its capita l structure.
Crescent intends to operate its continuing businessed without any significant interruptionb during the restructuring procese because of a recentlyobtained debtor-in-possessioh financing facility of $110 million from a group of its existin g lenders, according to the Andrew Hede, Crescent’s chief restructuring officer, has been namer CEO while its former chiec executive, Arthur Fields, has retired and will work with Crescentf in an advisory capacity.
“We have been in activew discussions with our lenders and otherf stakeholders as we work towards an agreement that will bring our capitakl structure in line with the currenteconomiv environment,” Hede said in a statement on the company’s Web Charlotte-based Crescent has been pursuinyg alternatives to shore up its balance sheet for including selling some of its assets. The companyg is jointly owned by (NYSE: DUK) and Morgan Stanleuy and has 38 residential communities under developmentr inthe Carolinas, Georgia, Texas, Arizon a and Florida.
Crescent acquired a controlling interest in LandMaein 1999, but left LandMar’s founder, Ed in control of the company until he resigned aftetr a failed attempt to buy back the companyg in 2007. The Jacksonville Economic Developmengt Commission authorized city lawyers in May to start the foreclosur e process onthe 41-acre parcel that was to be the Plans for the Shipyards included 1 milliohn square feet of office space, 100,000 squarwe feet of commercial space, 662 residentiall units, 350 hotel rooms and 150 marina LandMar has developed or had plans to developo dozens more properties in Florida and throughout the
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Crist wants ag disaster declared for Manatee, Polk, other areas - Denver Business Journal:
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Manatee and Polk are among the 11 countiesw for which Crist is seekingfederal assistance. Manateer is one of nine counties that experience flooding in recent weeks because of a seriew of storms that passedthrough Florida. Some areas of the stater received upward of 24 inchee of rain overa 10-day period through June 5, Crisrt said. Two other counties, Polk and experienced eight weeks of droughtt between March 15 andMay 26, which is usually the minimum threshold to get a disaster declaration.
“This dichotomy is somethinh every Florida farmer and rancher knowx alltoo well,” Crist said in his Excessive rain and flooding have damaged potato, watermelon, bell pepper, tomato, cantaloupe, cucumber, caladium and buttet bean crops. Drought conditions have impactedd pasture andBahia grasses, Crist said. “It is my hope that givej the amount of damageagriculture received, you will expedite this requesg so that our producers can begin to access much-needed disasterf relief,” Crist said.
Manatee and Polk are among the 11 countiesw for which Crist is seekingfederal assistance. Manateer is one of nine counties that experience flooding in recent weeks because of a seriew of storms that passedthrough Florida. Some areas of the stater received upward of 24 inchee of rain overa 10-day period through June 5, Crisrt said. Two other counties, Polk and experienced eight weeks of droughtt between March 15 andMay 26, which is usually the minimum threshold to get a disaster declaration.
“This dichotomy is somethinh every Florida farmer and rancher knowx alltoo well,” Crist said in his Excessive rain and flooding have damaged potato, watermelon, bell pepper, tomato, cantaloupe, cucumber, caladium and buttet bean crops. Drought conditions have impactedd pasture andBahia grasses, Crist said. “It is my hope that givej the amount of damageagriculture received, you will expedite this requesg so that our producers can begin to access much-needed disasterf relief,” Crist said.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Water conservation alert posted - Huntington Herald Dispatch
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Water conservation alert posted Huntington Herald Dispatch HUNTINGTON â€" West Virginia American Water has issued an alert asking Huntinton and Barboursville residents to conserve water. Sunday's alert was prompted by a break in a 12-inch transmission line. It took place along 5th Avenue near 24th Street. ... |
Friday, August 12, 2011
Zea Rotisserie & Grill coming to Colonial Brookwood Village - Birmingham Business Journal:
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The restaurant will be located in the forme Plaza III Steakhouse space and will openby October, said a news releasw issued by Brookwood’s management . This is Zea’s fist location in Birmingham and its 13th in the Other locationsinclude Albuquerque, N.M.; Pensacola, Fla.; Plano, Texas; and New Orleanx and Lafayette, La. “We have had our eye on Birmingham for some time and we were waitingv for just theright location,” said Hans one of three founders of Zea.
“Whejn we were presented the BrookwoodVillager opportunity, we knew the location was perfect because of the successfupl and dynamic restaurant mix alreaduy in place, the strong customer base and the proximity to a large population of office workers.” The award-winninb restaurant is known for its chicken, ribs, duck and seafoodf fare. The space Zea will occupy has been vacantysince high-end steakhouse Plaza III closed late last
The restaurant will be located in the forme Plaza III Steakhouse space and will openby October, said a news releasw issued by Brookwood’s management . This is Zea’s fist location in Birmingham and its 13th in the Other locationsinclude Albuquerque, N.M.; Pensacola, Fla.; Plano, Texas; and New Orleanx and Lafayette, La. “We have had our eye on Birmingham for some time and we were waitingv for just theright location,” said Hans one of three founders of Zea.
“Whejn we were presented the BrookwoodVillager opportunity, we knew the location was perfect because of the successfupl and dynamic restaurant mix alreaduy in place, the strong customer base and the proximity to a large population of office workers.” The award-winninb restaurant is known for its chicken, ribs, duck and seafoodf fare. The space Zea will occupy has been vacantysince high-end steakhouse Plaza III closed late last
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The Huddle Holy land trips - Politico
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The Huddle Holy land trips Politico http://politi.co/pwrG8n HUDDLE SCOOP: CANTOR, McCARTHY, PRICE LEAD ISRAEL TRIPS -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy and GOP Policy Committee Chairman Tom Price are among the 56 Republicans voyaging to the holy land in a ... |
Monday, August 8, 2011
14 now report sickness from tainted milk - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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14 now report sickness from tainted milk Pittsburgh Post Gazette The number of people sickened by the Yersinia enterocolitica bacteria after drinking glass-bottled milk from Brunton Dairy in Aliquippa has risen to 14, the » |
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Barcelona building on successful training program through expanded academy for ... - Washington Post
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Barcelona building on successful training program through expanded academy for ... Washington Post By AP, BARCELONA, Spain â€" Barcelona has risen to the top of European soccer on the strength of its highly productive academy. Now, it's looking to expand its stock of homegrown talent through a new school to develop even more young players. ... |
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