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Berekum Chelsea owe Ghana FA over US$ 220,000 on player transfers
Berekum Chelsea owe the Ghana Football Association over US$ 220,000 as percentages on transfer fees.
Berekum Chelsea owe the Ghana Football Association over US$ 220,000 as percentages on transfer fees.
Francis Oduro Sarfo has confirmed his resignation as General Manager of Ghana Premier League club Berekum Chelsea.
Francis Oduro Sarfo has confirmed his resignation as General Manager of Ghana Premier League club Berekum Chelsea.
Former Berekum Chelsea captain Paul Aidoo has joined Turkish third-tier side Gebzespor, MTNFootball.com has confirmed.
The Ghana FA plan to increase the number of participating Premier League clubs to 18 to accommodate relegated King Faisal and Ebusua Dwarfs in a bid to find a lasting solution to the raging legal battle that has delayed the start of the top-flight league, GHANAsoccernet.com understands.
A number of Ghanaian top-flight clubs have been involved in series of friendly games ahead of the start of the new season.
Ghana Premier League new-boys B/A United are seeking to complete the signing of Emmanuel Allan and Iddrissu Abubakar, GHANAsoccernet.com can confirm.
Ghana Premier League side Berekum Chelsea are set to announce the signing of former Ebusua Dwarfs striker Asiwome Fumador.
Injury-plagued former Hearts of Oak playmaker Charles Taylor has vowed that he will not play in the local league as he is focusing on grabbing a deal with a foreign club.
Former Berekum Chelsea defender Wilson Akakpo scored the opening goal for Al Masry in their 3-1 triumph over Asyouty Sport in the Egyptian Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
Renowned Ghanaian trainer Tony Lokko has revealed his relationship with Berekum Chelsea has broken down and he has entered into talks with second-tier side Bof0akwa Tano.
GHANAsoccernet.com brings you the video highlights of the classic goal scored by Ghana youth star winger Frank Acheampong in Belgium on Saturday.
Lebanese side Tripoli SC added another Ghanaian to their ranks with the signing of former Berekum Chelsea defender Emmanuel Ofori on a season-long loan.
Ghanaian striker Emmanuel Banahene scored an early opening goal for Al-Orobah but they ended up losing 2-1 against Al Ittihad in the Saudi Pro League on Friday night.
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It's been billed as a budget full of austerity measures, but there are a few parts of the Defense Department's fiscal 2013 spending plan that are actually seeing a boost, including technology and cybersecurity.
As DOD prepares to implement the budget's measures, industry needs to pay close attention to the department's renewed focus on defending networks and data, according to officials and industry insiders.
"Cyber is now a ubiquitous requirement in all of our programs and not just in DOD. If you think about where our most treasured assets are, they're not in the U.S. government. It's our industrial base, which should be considered as part of the force structure," said Brett Lambert, deputy assistant secretary of defense, manufacturing and industrial base policy. "So as a normal course of doing business and in operations, cyber is going to have to be in the forefront of our minds because the protection of that data is becoming increasingly essential by the hour, if not by the minute."
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The demand for cybersecurity may not be anything new to the defense industry, but with the president and DOD officials augmenting cyber funding alongside measures to cut spending nearly everywhere else, it brings new concerns to the table shared by the public and private sectors.
For one, industry must adjust for a shifting priority on cybersecurity and other IT services, and that includes a requisite shift in the workforce – and that's not so easy to come by, according to David Berteau, director of the CSIS International Security Program.
"There's an aspect of this that is easily masked and it's hard to tell the impact of this budget. That is the character of the workforce itself, and particularly the ongoing problem we're having in sustaining both the supply of – and demand for – eligible, competent science, technical, engineering and mathematics people," Berteau said. "There's a long-term demand and supply equation that we have in place here. Clearly this is way bigger than defense, but this is a critical question to the defense industry, because of both demographics and changing technology."
Another challenge for industry will center on how cyber comes to be defined – and then meeting that new requirement with tailored services, the panel noted.
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IRVINE, CA and JOHNSON CITY, TN -- (Marketwired) -- 08/12/14 -- CASE Parking, a parking data solutions provider, today announced the completion of its largest deployment to date at East Tennessee State University (ETSU). To deliver cutting-edge technology to the ETSU campus, CASE partnered with Streetline, Inc., a leader in smart parking solutions, in a first-of-its-kind technological collaboration.
CASE Parking collects occupancy data for nine ETSU parking lots, accounting for more than 2,750 parking spaces across the 366-acre campus. This comprehensive collection of real-time data and incomparable integration of technology benefits university parkers, and the clustered system deployment has proven noteworthy by enabling would-be parkers to make informed decisions from multiple parking lot options to determine which will best meet their immediate parking needs.
"East Tennessee State University is a forward-thinking and environmentally aware institution," says Karen King, vice provost of ETSU. "By providing real-time access to parking data, we hope to do our part in reducing vehicle emissions and increasing our students' quality of life. We couldn't be more pleased with the collaboration and the superior results we've seen so far."
"CASE Parking's collaboration with Streetline and Blackboard represents the first collaboration of its kind," says Sebastian E. Gutierrez, CASE Parking president and CEO. "By feeding our data into Streetline's superior applications and integrating this technology with the renowned Blackboard Mosaic platform, we've provided an instantaneous and easily accessible campus-wide deployment for the ETSU parkers."
"We are excited to work with these revered organizations that are so respected in their fields," says Mosaic Product Manager, Alex Ackerman Greenberg. "This is a one-of-a-kind collaboration, and we're pleased to have been a part of it as well as having been able to serve the ETSU campus community."
For this project, Streetline took its award-winning smartphone app, Parker, and developed an icon to sit within ETSU's campus life and services mobile app, powered by Blackboard Mosaic. The icon launches the Parker app to enable campus parkers to see how many available parking spaces are on campus and provide them with directions to the selected parking spot.
On the backend, Streetline's data management tool, ParkEdge, allows ETSU to upload location and policy data for the campus' parking facilities, which is then fed into the Parker app. If rates or policy changes throughout the year or for special events, ParkEdge allows for easy update and management of variable data. In addition, real-time parking lot occupancy data is captured and fed into Parker via CASE Parking's proprietary Counts in the Cloud technology -- launched to market in 2013 to empower parking operators' collection of invaluable car-count data. The result of this technology integration is a one-click solution for students, visitors and would-be parkers to access comprehensive parking data from anywhere.
"Streetline is thrilled to see ETSU leading the way in adopting open, mobile & cloud technologies to make the campus more sustainable, while at the same time providing an enhanced experience for students," added Kurt Buecheler, SVP Business Development and Channel Partners at Streetline.
The mobile application, made possible through the Blackboard platform and Streetline technology, is available for both Android and iOS users through Google Play and the Apple store.
ABOUT STREETLINE, Inc.: Streetline is a leading smart parking company delivering smart data and advanced analytics to solve parking issues for customers worldwide. Streetline's pioneering technology makes the parking experience for consumers easier, while making cities and university campuses more efficient. Through sound level and road surface temperature sensing capabilities, Streetline helps cities and universities to further enhance their 'smart city' or 'smart campus' initiatives. Streetline is a privately-held company headquartered in Foster City, CA with smart parking deployments in Germany, France, the U.K., and across the United States including California, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, and Washington, DC. The company was named one of Fast Company's 10 Most Innovative Companies in Transportation, as well as IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year. Streetline was named Best Mobile Innovation for 'Smart Cities' for Parker at the 2013 Mobile World Congress, a Gartner 2013 Cool Company and was recognized with the 2013 Frost & Sullivan North American Competitive Strategy Leadership Award. For more information on Streetline visit: www.streetline.com. To follow Streetline on Twitter: @streetlineinc.
ABOUT CASE PARKING: CASE Parking delivers 99.9+ percent accurate, real-time occupancy data via its proprietary Counts in the Cloud system, enabling effective parking operations management through its fully-integrated web-based dashboard. Through innovative partnerships with leading app developers, parking operators can ultimately increase sales, reduce labor costs and minimize lost revenue, while also assisting drivers to find parking space availability quickly and easily. CASE's clients and partners -- including Streetline, Texas A&M University, ParkMe, University of Hawaii and the City of Newport Beach -- rely on CASE Parking's technology to improve the overall efficiency of their operations. For more information, visit www.caseparking.com.
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The 3rd International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that its Call for Papers is now open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, and physical persons. In the IoT vision, every new "thing" - sensor, actuator, data source, data con...
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An entirely new security model is needed for the Internet of Things, or is it? Can we save some old and tested controls for this new and different environment? In his session at @ThingsExpo, New York's at the Javits Center, Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, reviewed hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveal a new risk balance you might not expect. Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years' experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is co-author of t...
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The Internet of Things will greatly expand the opportunities for data collection and new business models driven off of that data. In her session at @ThingsExpo, Esmeralda Swartz, CMO of MetraTech, discussed how for this to be effective you not only need to have infrastructure and operational models capable of utilizing this new phenomenon, but increasingly service providers will need to convince a skeptical public to participate. Get ready to show them the money!
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The Internet of Things will put IT to its ultimate test by creating infinite new opportunities to digitize products and services, generate and analyze new data to improve customer satisfaction, and discover new ways to gain a competitive advantage across nearly every industry. In order to help corporate business units to capitalize on the rapidly evolving IoT opportunities, IT must stand up to a new set of challenges. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director of THINKstrategies, will examine why IT must finally fulfill its role in support of its SBUs or face a new round of...
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One of the biggest challenges when developing connected devices is identifying user value and delivering it through successful user experiences. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Mike Kuniavsky, Principal Scientist, Innovation Services at PARC, described an IoT-specific approach to user experience design that combines approaches from interaction design, industrial design and service design to create experiences that go beyond simple connected gadgets to create lasting, multi-device experiences grounded in people's real needs and desires.
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Enthusiasm for the Internet of Things has reached an all-time high. In 2013 alone, venture capitalists spent more than $1 billion dollars investing in the IoT space. With "smart" appliances and devices, IoT covers wearable smart devices, cloud services to hardware companies. Nest, a Google company, detects temperatures inside homes and automatically adjusts it by tracking its user's habit. These technologies are quickly developing and with it come challenges such as bridging infrastructure gaps, abiding by privacy concerns and making the concept a reality. These challenges can't be addressed w...
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The Domain Name Service (DNS) is one of the most important components in networking infrastructure, enabling users and services to access applications by translating URLs (names) into IP addresses (numbers). Because every icon and URL and all embedded content on a website requires a DNS lookup loading complex sites necessitates hundreds of DNS queries. In addition, as more internet-enabled 'Things' get connected, people will rely on DNS to name and find their fridges, toasters and toilets. According to a recent IDG Research Services Survey this rate of traffic will only grow. What's driving t...
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Connected devices and the Internet of Things are getting significant momentum in 2014. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Jim Hunter, Chief Scientist & Technology Evangelist at Greenwave Systems, examined three key elements that together will drive mass adoption of the IoT before the end of 2015. The first element is the recent advent of robust open source protocols (like AllJoyn and WebRTC) that facilitate M2M communication. The second is broad availability of flexible, cost-effective storage designed to handle the massive surge in back-end data in a world where timely analytics is e...
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Many times we turn to God only we have fallen flat on our face.
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
4/24/2012 (2 years ago)
Published in Living Faith
Keywords: Father James Farfaglia, Prayer, Get Serious, Spirituality, Henri Nouwen
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) - We all know that prayer is essential, but for many, prayer is the last thing that we do. At times, prayer is seen as a last resort when all of our own efforts have failed.
This pervasive attitude, so rooted in our can-do American view of self-reliance, reminds me of a charming story about a little boy who began to ride his bicycle for the first time.
As he rode around the neighborhood, his mom watched proudly from the front porch of their house. As the little boy rode past his house he yelled out, "Hey, mom, look no hands!" As he rode by the second time, he yelled out, "Hey, mom, look no hands!" Finally, as he rode by a third time, he yelled out, "Hey mom, look no teeth!"
Many times we turn to God only we have fallen flat on our face.
In his book Compassion, Henri Nouwen writes, "Prayer requires that we stand in God's presence with open hands, naked and vulnerable, proclaiming to ourselves and to others that without God we can do nothing" (page 102). He goes on to say that "prayer must be our first concern" (page 102).
A well organized and daily spiritual life is an essential part of the Christian way of life. Prayer is a discipline and it requires personal discipline. As I wrote in my book Get Serious! - A Survival Guide for Serious Catholics, "Discipline is essential. You will not be able to live out a serious spiritual life without it" (page 31).
Nouwen explains that, "the discipline of prayer is the discipline by which we liberate the Spirit of God from entanglement in our impatient impulses. It is the way by which we allow God's spirit to move more freely" (Compassion, page 103).
He continues with these helpful insights: "The discipline of prayer makes us stop and listen, wait and look, taste and see, pay attention and be aware. Although this may sound like advice to be passive, it actually demands much willpower and motivation. We may consider the discipline of prayer a form of inner displacement.
The ordinary and proper response to our world is to turn on the radio, open the newspaper, go to another movie, talk to more people, or to look impatiently for new attractions and distractions. To listen patiently to the voice of the Spirit in prayer is radical displacement which at first creates unusual discomfort.
We are so accustomed to our impatient way of life that we do not expect much from the moment. Every attempt to 'live it through' or to 'stay with it' is so contrary to our usual habits that all our impulses rise up in protest. But when discipline keeps us faithful, we slowly begin to sense that something so deep, so mysterious, and so creative is happening here and now that we are drawn toward it - not by our impulses but by the Holy Spirit" (Compassion, page 105).
It is true that prayer is not an easy enterprise.
The spiritual life will always be a battle.
There always will be obstacles that are necessary to overcome if we wish to live a life of prayer.
First of all, many people struggle with distractions when they pray. I have always encouraged people to be patient when they are distracted. However, it is true that distractions are rather normal, especially for all those who are beginning to develop a prayer life.
Personal discipline, choosing a suitable place, using a good text when necessary and selecting a proper time for prayer are all important aspects when determined to overcome distractions in prayer.
Secondly, aridity is another major obstacle that people struggle to overcome. However, it must be understood that spiritual dryness is a normal road of purification that the Lord uses in order to bring us to greater heights of the spiritual life.
The quality of prayer must not be measured by personal feelings. Feelings come and go. Our personal experience of God through prayer will fill us with peace and provide renewal and strength, but it is important that we leave consolations to the will of God.
Thirdly, many people become impatient with God because they want instant answers. God is not a computer. Our God is a loving Father who knows all of our needs.
Finally, probably the biggest obstacle is that most people are just too busy. Too many people are like Martha, "anxious and worried about many things" (Luke 10: 41). We leave prayer to the last moment of the day or when all of our own efforts fail.
As I wrote in my book Get Serious! - A Survival Guide for Serious Catholics, I honestly do not know what it takes for people to really want to pray. Perhaps spiritual thirst is a gift. However, we need to remember the words of Sacred Scripture. "The nearer you go to God, the nearer he will come to you" (James 4:8).
Persist on praying no matter what. Persevere in your daily prayer routine and let the Holy Spirit take it from there. If you feel that your faith is weak, ask the Holy Spirit to deepen your faith.
Father James Farfaglia is the Pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Corpus Christi, TX. Visit him on the web at www.fatherjames.org.
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There will be several things outside the role-play (namely contests) that will be made for fun, whenever the discussion thread is made, and could provide your character special privileges. What the awards will be, I still have yet to determine, but all of this is optional. I don't want anyone feeling obligated to participate.
Soundtrack Contest - compile about 10-12 songs. Try to keep the songs clean and not so vulgar. This also looks to help inspire those who may run into writer's block. Listening to music does help.
Recipe Contest - there are many different berries in the Pokémon world so why not come up with various dishes that at least sound plausibly edible by humans.
Know Your Character(s) Quiz - this will check to see if you've read anyone else's profiles besides your own.
Art Contest - can't have a collection of contests without this section. It does not have to be large scale because I'm thinking only of banner sizes right now. Should it be just banner only, it'll be to make a banner for the role-play.
The Ultimate "Arts" Contest - will combine the music, visual art, and writing to create an eye-catching, dramatic advertisement for the role-play. This will be a group contest consisting of three people. Will occur near the end of the role-play.


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As for who that player might be, Gary admits he doesn't have a clue, just as he has always been kept in the dark around transfers.
"The club keep transfers very quiet because they don't want other clubs to be aware that they're moving for somebody. They don't even tell the players, they don't tell the staff… it's done very quietly."


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Gov. Snyder's proposed changes have drawn a skeptical response from some Detroit public school officials, who fear that open school choice would drain their already-dwindling enrollment. His proposals still require approval of the state legislature, which is under Republican control.
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Remember my post a few weeks ago about the 3D Fiber Lashes and the party I was hosting. Well in a hilarious (to me) turn of events, I am now selling the stuff. Yes, I loved it THAT much!
One of the fun things about being a Younique consultant is that I can now do adoption fundraisers for people.
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Here's a bit from his mom, Cheryl…
After my husband died 2 1/2 years ago, I had no idea where my life was going. I had two young children to raise alone, and half way through the process of an international adoption of a little special needs girl from China. But, by the grace of God, my Faith carried me through the next year, to complete my adoption as a Single/Widow, even after the child we intended to adopt died in China from a brain tumor the following year. I was later matched with another special needs child, a six year old little girl, and she has been home for a year and a half now, thriving, happy and growing so quickly! She has blessed our family in so many ways…through our grief, she has brought a new sense of life and happiness in our home. Well God knew where my life was intended to go, and I am being led to bring home a little special needs boy from China!! So, I am again on the journey to bring home a child from across the world, a little boy…he was abandoned at just one month old, and found near a train station….he desperately needs a loving home and family, and I know he will add more joy and happiness to our family.
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Photos and Description of this 6 bedroom holiday home in Pioneer - West Pine Retreat
House, 6 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, Cabin with bunks and 1/2 Bath (Sleeps 10-35)
Excellent High Speed DSL for streaming video!
Beds for 17 plus 3 cots. but up to 50 allowed, Just bring your sleeping bags.
10 acre property that borders the headwaters of Sutter creek.
Feels like it is on 50 acres but is in an upscale area close to gas, IGA etc. Upper Pioneer makes the easy commute to Kirkwood, and only 12 minutes to Bear River Reservoir.
Old growth Cedars, Oaks and other pines with large meadows. There is a walking trail around property.
Scaled pricing according to the number of bedrooms and low cleaning fee to save you Money. This is one of the finest lots in the area. Clean comfortable Tahoe style house. Porches around most of house, covered and non covered. It was once an Appaloosa ranch. Wildlife galore including large numbers of Deer.
Quiet neighborhood streets make for long walks without traffic.
Outdoor games galore, Badminton, Volleyball, Frisbee Golf (1 basket,we will be adding more baskets) Horsehoes, Bocce,ping pong etc.
If you want more than just a house to stay in but the total package, a retreat with unparrelled land to enjoy at this amazing price than this is for you.
Keywords: UPPER PIONEER LOCATION, CLOSE TO KIRKWOOD, FISHING, SKIING, JACKSON, PINE GROVE.
- Suitability:
- Events Allowed
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- pets not allowed
About Mike Ewing
We are friendly and flexible and want to make your stay as enjoyable as possible. We understand hospitality as we own a campground in AZ.
Mike Ewing purchased this house in 2005
Why Mike Ewing chose Pioneer
Love this area, love the Alpine Feel of this property without the extreme weather. Easy access to high sierras.
What makes this house unique
Very peaceful, the house is warm and friendly.
Not just a place to stay but outdoor games, and absolute privacy.


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Sparrows Point, Maryland, once home to a thriving steel mill, is poised for redevelopment and job creation, thanks to a new public-private partnership, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown announced following a gathering of stakeholders Thursday.
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It wouldn't be a Maryland summer without fleshy tomatoes, juicy peaches and steaming hot corn on the cob. Warm weather brings an abundance of fresh local produce to the State. But behind the farm stands are businesses facing unique challenges. Fortunately, the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development is active in supporting these businesses and connecting them with other agencies, as well as federal and local government programs, which offer solutions and relief.
One of the State's most powerful resources for assisting Maryland farmers is the Maryland Agricultural & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation (MARBIDCO). The organization offers low interest loan and grant programs and assists with rural land preservation, among other services. MARBIDCO recently assisted Red Rock Enterprises—a Garrett County-based third‐generation, family‐owned and operated sustainable forestry company—purchase additional timber from the State. It also helped a young husband and wife, JC and Kristina Davis, secure a loan to purchase a 77‐acre farm in Caroline County. Together they will continue a family legacy.
Nonprofit arts organizations and programs bring creativity, color and character to dozens of Maryland communities. Governor Martin O'Malley, this week, demonstrated the State's commitment to these resources, announcing nearly $13.4 million in Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) grant awards.
"The arts are at the very center of community life for so many Marylanders, whether it be in our schools, museums, churches, or at festivals, concerts and exhibits," Governor O'Malley said. "The livelihood of our arts organizations is critical to the quality of life we enjoy, and an economy strengthened by 12,700 jobs and an impact of $1 billion annually."
In past generations, it wasn't unusual for a family doctor to make a house call, perform a broad range of medical services and offer emotional as well as clinical support. While the traditional house call may be a thing of the past, patients today are taking advantage of a return to cooperative hands-on care in the form of patient-centered medical homes, including many in Maryland. Data shows that this care model is not only lowering costs but also improving care.
In a growing number of medical homes, doctors, nurses, care managers and medical assistants work together to help patients manage their care among different facilities, coordinate referrals to specialists and help track health outcomes. Rather than wait until he or she needs emergency care, the patient receives consistent preventative care from a familiar team of practitioners and builds a "long-term healing relationship," according to the Maryland Health Care Commission.
Medical homes are one of the fastest growing trends in the healthcare industry. In the last six years, the number of certified medical homes nationwide has exploded, from 20 in 2008 to 6,800 today. As of January 2014, Maryland has 58 home health centers, most of which are located in areas with a large number of Medicaid patients, according to Heather DeCarlo, a health IT expert at RxNT in Annapolis.
Thanks in part to funding from the Affordable Care Act, medical home practitioners are now assisted by new forms of information technology, including electronic medical records. The ACA has also fundamentally changed how the country pays for healthcare, DeCarlo said.
Medical facilities are moving away from fee-for-service payments, which encourage more and oftentimes unnecessary medical procedures, to models that encourage cost efficiencies and improved medical outcomes, according to DeCarlo. The ACA incentivizes providers who can prove that they are bringing more services under the healthcare umbrella, like patient education and care coordination, and medical homes support this new team-based model, she said.
State officials have already found promising results among Maryland medical homes.
In 2011, through the MHCC, the Maryland Multi-Payer Patient Centered Medical Home Program began a three-year pilot study to test the medical homes care model. The study included 53 primary and multi-specialty practices throughout the State.
By the second year of the study, nearly half of the practices generated savings and overall care quality increased by approximately 10 percent, according to the MHCC.
CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, Maryland is one of the State's success stories. Through the use of medical homes, patients' overall health care costs have been reduced by 4 percent, leading to an estimated cost savings of $40 million in 2011, according to the MHCC.
The MHCC concluded, "Physicians who practice in medical homes anecdotally report much greater satisfaction with their work than in a traditional practice; and investing in comprehensive medical home care has improved quality and reduced total cost to the system because of better care and coordination."
A growing number of cybersecurity companies, from startups to industry trailblazers, are choosing to build their brands in Maryland.
Jeffrey Wells, Executive Director of Cyber Development with the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, explains why in the above video.
Wells cites a number of unique benefits to launching a cybersecurity company within Maryland's borders, including the following:
- Advanced technology
- Research facilities
- Federal agencies and military commands
- Academic institutions
- Trained workforce
Financial assistance is also available through the Cybersecurity Investment Incentive Tax Credit and other State and federal incentives.
For more information on the State's efforts to stimulate the cybersecurity industry, visit CyberMaryland.
The latest Maryland business news:
- Oak Investment Partners was the largest venture investor in Maryland 2013, according to the Baltimore Business Journal's list of the top five VC firms. Oak's investment in the State totaled $75 million last year.
- Convergence Technology has new digs — 8,000 square feet in Columbia that will accommodate the cybersecurity company's growth. According to the Baltimore Business Journal, Convergence plans to hire 20 to 30 people on top of its staff of 65 by the middle of next year.
- The new eyeglass assembly facility in Baltimore County could grind prescription lenses for Google Glass, the wearable device by the web search giant. The plant could employ up to 40 people in the next two years.
- The Chesapeake Innovation Center is moving to Odenton, the Baltimore Business Journal Reports. The move will bring the incubator closer to the growing high-tech, cybersecurity cluster around Fort Meade.
- The City of Westminster launched a downtown business incubator program this week, according to The Sun. The program is seeking restaurants and retailers and "will offer financial assistance and mentoring to business owners looking to locate downtown."
- The Baltimore Business Journal picked up the announcement of the 12 companies named finalists in the InvestMaryland Challenge, Maryland's national business competition. The finalists are competing for $100,000 top prizes in four categories — Information Technology, Life Sciences, General Business and, new this year, Cybersecurity. A full list with links to the finalists here. More information on the Challenge here.
- Employment in downtown Baltimore rose 8 percent to about 122,000 in 2013, The Sun reports. That marks the second year in a row for job gains in the city's core, the first time in a decade that has happened.
- Citybizlist reports on a pair of acquisitions by Maryland companies. Precision for Medicine, a Bethesda-based company that supports drug development and commercialization, acquired Hobart Group Holdings. And Digital Management Inc. acquired KnowledgePath of Burlington, Mass. DMI is a mobile and big data company and KnowledgePath has found its niche in omnichannel e-commerce.
The next great idea was easier to find than a necktie at TechBuzz2014, a semi-annual event put on by the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA) where entrepreneurs, given more to flannel shirts than business suits, pitched their fledgling companies to an auditorium full of venture capital and angel investors.
The event aimed to link investment firms with 20 promising startups seeking about $1 million to $3 million to expand their businesses, hire talent and begin building their products.
Dozens of startups have presented at six similar TechBuzz gatherings since 2010 and 40 percent received venture funding within a year as a result, said MAVA Executive Director Julia Spicer. The growth of TechBuzz over the past four years reflects growth of early and venture-stage investing in the mid-Atlantic. The Baltimore-Washington region is among the most active areas for venture investing in the country, along with California, Massachusetts, New York and Texas.
Venture capital funding in Maryland increased to $663 million in 2013 from $408 million in 2012, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. The state's 63 percent growth far outpaced the national average of 7 percent. Maryland is also establishing itself as a major market for early investment, according to a report by the State Science & Technology Institute (SSTI) last month.
That was evident Tuesday at the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club, a newly renovated Art Deco-era moviehouse, where startups, some of whom who just sold their first product weeks ago, came in search of early "angel" or "Series A" investment. The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) was a co-sponsor of the event. James Keeratisakdawong, Principal with DBED's Maryland Venture Fund (MVF), co-chaired the committee that reviewed the applicants and selected 20 companies to present.
The startups spanned a wide array of ideas and products, some targeting consumers, others geared to the enterprise market. Companies ranged from Basepair, developer of software to analyze DNA sequencing data, to Brain Sentry, a Bethesda company whose wearable helmet sensors can signal when a youngster in a contact sport needs to be checked for a possible concussion, to LoveThatFit, a "virtual fitting" technology that enables users to try on clothes "virtually" and that aims to improve online apparel shopping. Armed only with slide presentations and "elevator speeches," the entrepreneurs had four minutes to make a pitch. A countdown clock ensured not a second more. A panel of judges then evaluated them in the venture capital equivalent of "American Idol."
One judge, MVF Managing Director Thomas S. Dann, observed that many local startups are focused on the hot markets of cybersecurity and cloud computing. But whatever the venture, he said, "we want to see entrepreneurs focused on the problem that the customer is trying to solve and how the ROI [return on investment] they offer can attract that next customer."
Passion was also important. The judges said they made special note of whether the entrepreneur was motivated by a "pain point" they had experienced while seeking a product or service. One example of that was Mark Olcott, who described his College Park-based company Vitus Vet as a cloud-based network of medical records for pets. He described an example of a dog named Bogey that was brought to an emergency clinic for treatment after being injured. The pet died later that night because it couldn't tolerate the type of anesthesia administered.
Olcott revealed he was the vet.
"I felt like I got kicked in the stomach," he said.
Startups also must not overlook the potential competition for what they're trying to create, said Dayna Grayson, a Partner at New Enterprise Associates, which ranked sixth last year for investments in Maryland, according to a recent Baltimore Business Journal survey. "A lot of presenters today didn't talk about competitors," she said. "Many large public companies have few direct competitors. It's not enough to say you're going to be among the best of five or six."
Ultimately, as one investor judge told the entrepreneurs, the proof is in the product: "You get enough customers," he remarked, "then you don't need our money."
BALTIMORE, MD (March 25, 2014) – The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) announced today that 12 startup companies have advanced to the final round of the InvestMaryland Challenge, the State's national business competition. The finalists are competing for $100,000 top prizes in four categories — Information Technology, Life Sciences, General Industry, and, new this year, Cybersecurity. All companies who entered the Challenge are eligible for more than $300,000 in other prizes, including grants, software and lab and incubator space. The winners will be announced in May.
"Congratulations to the finalists and all the companies that advanced in the InvestMaryland Challenge. To stand out from the field of 260 applicants is an achievement in itself and a testament to the strength of the companies competing for the top prizes," said Dominick Murray, DBED Secretary. "For two years in a row, Maryland has been named the #1 state in the country for innovation and entrepreneurship and companies like those competing in this Challenge are the reason why. They are the future leaders of Maryland's Innovation Economy and we are proud to support them as they grow and create jobs."
Now in its second year, the InvestMaryland Challenge drew 260 applicants, including 29 companies from 11 other states and Washington D.C. The field was narrowed over two rounds of judging by more than 80 investors, successful entrepreneurs, business executives and other members of the Maryland startup community. In early March, panels of judges interviewed 41 semifinalists — 14 in IT, 10 in Life Sciences, 11 in General Industry and six in Cybersecurity — and selected the 12 finalists from that pool. IT, Life Sciences and Cybersecurity were open to only Maryland companies. The General category was open to out-of-state companies as well as Maryland companies.
IT Finalists: Continue Reading…
The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED), through the Maryland Venture Fund (MVF), has invested $75,000 in CoFoundersLab, a Rockville startup that provides an online matchmaking service for entrepreneurs. The MVF investment was made with funds raised byInvestMaryland, one of Governor Martin O'Malley's key economic development initiatives. A public-private partnership between the State and venture capital firms,InvestMaryland raised $84 million to reinvigorate the State-run MVF and support the growth of young Maryland companies in biotechnology, cybersecurity, e-commerce and other high-growth industries.
"CoFoundersLab is an innovative, exciting young company and a valuable resource for their fellow entrepreneurs. Having a strong team in place is often the most important ingredient in a startup's success," said Dominick Murray, DBED Secretary. "Entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses are the engine that drives Maryland's economy and keeps our State competitive. We are proud to make this investment in CoFoundersLab and look forward to their success, and the success of the companies they touch."
"We're delighted to gain the support of the Maryland Venture Fund to help CoFoundersLab achieve its ambitious plans for growth. InvestMaryland has proven to be one of the most progressive state programs to help foster startups activity, the engine for job creation," said Shahab Kaviani, Cofounder and CEO of CoFoundersLab. "With this investment we'll continue to improve our matching algorithm and launch events in more cities so the best founding teams can unite to launch new business and create jobs for Maryland and beyond."
CoFoundersLab is the world's largest online community of entrepreneurs and helps them discover and connect with more than 25,000 cofounders, advisers, and interns to launch and grow new businesses. Members make connections through an online matching site at CoFoundersLab.com and through in-person matchup events hosted in more than 35 cities across the globe. Its success stories include ReelGenie, an online service based in Silver Spring that creates videos from a customer's videos and photos. ReelGenie received a $150,000 investment from the MVF in July 2013. CoFoundersLab has also provided Premium Memberships to all 41 companies that advanced to the second round of the InvestMaryland Challenge, Maryland's national business competition.
Created by Governor O'Malley and passed by the General Assembly in 2011, InvestMaryland is the largest venture capital investment initiative in Maryland's history. In March 2012, the State raised $84 million for the program through an online auction of tax credits to Maryland insurance companies. Two-thirds of the funding – $56 million – is being managed by carefully screened private venture firms that will invest the funds and, if successful, return 100% of the principal and 80% of the profits to the State's general fund. The remaining third of the InvestMaryland capital is largely allocated to direct investments by the state-run Maryland Venture Fund.
The Maryland Venture Fund is a regionally recognized leader in seed and early-stage investing and a national model for state-supported investment programs. With nearly two decades of experience and numerous successful investments, MVF invests in highly innovative technology companies across the full range of industry sectors including software, communications, cybersecurity and life sciences companies in the areas of healthcare IT, medical devices and diagnostics.
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley will deliver his final State of the State address at noon today in Annapolis.
Watch the full address live in the above video player.
The State of the State is one of the governor's key annual speeches, in which he lays out priorities and goals for his administration and the current legislative session. This is O'Malley's final speech, as Maryland's next governor will take office in January 2015.
The Washington Post reports that he plans to reflect on progress made over the past seven years and speak on plans to increase the state's minimum wage.
Videos of past speeches, including the governor's 2013 State of the State address, are available here.
For workers with New Year's resolutions to learn new skills and advance their careers, the EARN (Employment Advancement Right Now) program may soon provide some assistance.
The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) announced last week the recipients of planning grants for collaborative worker training programs in various industries across the state. The 29 awardees will now use the grants to fund the creation of partnerships with fellow key players in their industries, ranging from biotechnology to manufacturing.
Through conferences, meetings and training sessions, they will determine the type of training needed most among workers in their industry. They will submit finalized Strategic Industry Partnership Workforce Training Plans by March 2014, and by May 2014, DLLR will award implementation grants.
The two-phase process of planning grants and implementation grants is funded by the state at $4.5 million. Funding for planning grants averaged $22,000, according to DLLR.
Governor Martin O'Malley praised the program, which has become a signature part of his jobs creation plan for the state. "There is no progress without a job. By awarding today's state-funded Planning Grants to these selected strategic partnerships, we're moving our State forward and helping more Marylanders get the skills they need to qualify for Maryland's most in-demand jobs. Working together, these EARN planning grants will provide industry-specific, state-of-the-art training for high-demand occupations," the governor said in a statement.
While the initiative is the first of its kind in Maryland, similar programs have succeeded in Colorado, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and have already assisted workers in industries including aerospace, healthcare and clean energy.
Organizations and business leaders applied for grants to fund the creation of Strategic Industry Partnership Workforce Training Plans between October and November.
Find a full list of awardees categorized by industry below. Learn more about the applicants by clicking on the links.
|Planning Grant Awardees
|1) Baltimore Biotechnology Strategic Industry Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): BioTechnical Institute of Maryland, Inc., and Baltimore BioWorks, Inc.
Co-Conveners: BioTechnical Institute of Maryland, Inc., and Baltimore BioWorks, Inc.
|2) Montgomery County Biotechnology Training Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): Montgomery College
Convener: Montgomery College
|3) Prince George's and Charles County Construction Industry Partnership for Jobs
Lead Applicant(s): Finishing Trades Institute
Convener: Washington DC Building Trades Council
|4) BIM Technology for the Incumbent Worker in the Construction Industry
Lead Applicant(s): Towson University Division of Innovation and Applied Research
Convener: Maryland Center for Construction Education & Innovation
|5) Project Jump Start Construction Industry Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): Associated Builders and Contractors Baltimore Metro Chapter
Convener: Associated Builders and Contractors Baltimore Metro Chapter
|6) Central Maryland Cyber/IT Consortium
Lead Applicant(s): Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation, Inc.
Convener: Dunbar Digital Armor
|7) Western Maryland IT Center for Excellence
Lead Applicant(s): Allegany College
Convener: Exclamation Labs!
|8) 21st Century Technology Business Services Partnership for Prince George's County
Lead Applicant(s): AgemO Technology
Co-Convener: Prince George's Community College & Bowie State University
|Green Industry
|9) Water and Wastewater Career Development Partnership of Central Maryland
Lead Applicant(s): Maryland Environmental Service (MES)
Convener: Maryland Environmental Service (MES)
|10) Baltimore Regional Green Strategic Industry Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): Civic Works
Convener: Civic Works
|11) Maryland Offshore Wind Strategic Industry Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): Humanim
Convener: Business Network for Maryland Offshore Wind
|12) Northeast Maryland Health Industry Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation
Convener: Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation
|13) Ready to Care: An Eastern Shore Partnership to Train Healthcare Workers
Lead Applicant(s): Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center
Convener: Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center
|14) Montgomery County Healthcare Practitioners: Rx for Employability
Lead Applicant(s): Montgomery Business Development Corporation
Convener: Montgomery Business Development Corporation
|15) Baltimore Healthcare Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare (BACH)
Co-Conveners: BACH and Center for Urban Families
|16) Southern Maryland Healthcare Industry Alliance
Lead Applicant(s): Tri County Council
Convener: College of Southern Maryland
|17) Prince George's and Charles Counties Healthcare Industry Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): Associated Black Charities
Convener: Associated Black Charities
|Health Information Technology
|18) Health Information Technology Strategic Industry Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): Community College Baltimore County (CCBC)
Convener: CCBC Continuing Education and Economic Development Division (CEED)
|19) Mobile Health Technologies in the Baltimore/Washington Corridor
Lead Applicant(s): Howard Community College
Convener: Maryland Health Tech Coalition
|Retail / Hospitality
|20) Baltimore Regional Culinary/ Hospitality Strategic Industry Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): Humanim
Convener: Humanim
|21) Building Employer Led Alliances for Careers in Hospitality (BEACHES)
Lead Applicant(s): Wor-Wic Community College
Co-Conveners: The Governor's Economic Development Committee of Ocean City Maryland & The Carousel Group
|22) Purple Line Skills Training Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): CASA de Maryland, Inc.
Convener: CASA de Maryland, Inc.
|23) Maryland Mid-Western Transportation & Logistics (MOVE) Partnership
Lead Applicant(s) Montgomery College
Co-Conveners: Hagerstown Community College and Montgomery College
|24) Chesapeake Transportation and Logistics Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): Cecil College
Convener: Mid-Atlantic Transportation and Logistics Institute
|25) Manufacturing Workforce Partnership of Frederick County
Lead Applicant(s): Wright Manufacturing
Convener: Wright Manufacturing
|26) Shore Manufacturing Strategic Industry Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): Chesapeake College
Convener: Upper Shore Workforce Investment Board
|27) Maryland Manufacturing Incumbent Workforce Training Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)
Convener: Maryland MEP
|28) Maryland Manufacturing Boot Camp
Lead Applicant(s): Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)
Convener: Maryland MEP
|29) Marine Trades Industry Partnership
Lead Applicant(s): Marine Trades Association of Maryland
Convener: Marine Trades Association of Maryland


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No silver bullet- execution on thre primary fronts: a substantially enhanced web presences, leveraging the agency presence to drive service, deliver on the AAA promise of lowest prices.
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