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and Industry released seasonally adjustedd unemployment figures forthe state’s counties and metropolitahn statistical areas on Tuesday. In Alleghenyt County, the unemployment rate fell from 6.6 percent in Marchn to 6.5 percent in April. Beaver County’s went from 8.2 percenr in March to 7.9 percent in The improvements in Allegheny andBeaver counties, were not enough to boost the seven-countt Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonally adjusted unemploymentf rate increase from 7.2 percent in March to 7.3 percenrt in April. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate held steaduat 7.8 percent.
When making comparisons, the Departmentr of Labor and Industry uses seasonally adjusted figures in ordeer to account for cyclical hiring differencesathat don’t reflect changes in the overallk economy. Employment in the seven-county Pittsburgh area continues to be strongerd than manyother areas. In additiojn to besting the state by half apercentage point, unemploymeny in the Pittsburgh MSA is 1.6 percentags points lower than the United Statee as a whole, which has seasonall y adjusted unemployment of 8.9 percent. Here is the breakdown across the state: State 5.7 percent Lebanon: 6.7 percent Altoona: 7.2 percent 7.3 percent Philadelphia: 7.9 perceny York-Hanover: 7.
9 percent Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton: 8.3 perceng Erie: 8.4 percent Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percent Johnstown: 8.7 percent 8.7 percent Within the Pittsburgg MSA, unemployment ranged from 6.5 percent in Allegheny Counth to 9.8 percent in Armstrong Here is the breakdownby county: 6.5 percent Butler: 7.3 percent Washington: 7.6 percenft Beaver: 7.9 percent Westmoreland: 8.1 percent 8.9 percent Armstrong: 9.
8 percent
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Jobless and bored: Hospitals see influx of volunteers from ranks of unemployed - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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Danek, 56, of Hales assumed he would be caller back to work in afew weeks. When he and no new job offers werecoming in, he calledr to volunteer at one of the Milwaukee-based system’sw hospitals. “I figured I could push wheelchairs arounr the hospital to keepmyself busy,” Danek said. Aurorqa wanted Danek for more thanwheelchair duty. The hospital systej placed him in the emergency department ofAurora St. Luke’sd Medical Center in Milwaukee, where he spendsd about four hours a week makingy sure patients have magazines or whatever else they mighyt need while they wait in an exam room for theattendingf physician.
“Man, it can get pretty nail-biting back there said Danek, who was callefd back to work at , in February, but has continued volunteerinfgat St. Luke’s. “You spend an eveniny at St. Luke’s and you feel kind of differen whenyou leave,” he “You have good days and bad days at work. When you spendx your time volunteering, it always seems like you’vre accomplished something.” Boredom isn’t the only thint prompting peopleto volunteer. Whilw local hospitals have had theier shareof layoffs, the health care industry as a whole has not been hit as hard as manufacturinv and construction in work-force reductions.
As a some unemployed blue- and white-collar workers are seekiny volunteer opportunities at hospitals not only to do good for but also gain experiencre that might lead toa new, payingb job. “Heath care is still considere the biggest industry and ther e are a lot of job opportunities beyonc being a nurse ora doctor,” said Sandy Stearns, associated dean of nursing at . Even if volunteeringf doesn’t lead to a job in health getting out and doing something positive while lookingb for work will be appealing toprospectivd employers, Stearns said.
Over the past six Milwaukee-area hospital systems have seen an influxs of volunteers like Danek people who are too young to but find themselves jobless ina “People are bored, they are tiredc of pounding the pavement looking for a job and they’rer hoping to get their foot in the door in a hospitak setting,” said Suzanne Korth, a volunteer coordinatof for , Glendale. “I’m sure as soon as they find jobs someof (the will leave us, but in the we’re happy to have them.
” Whilse the typical hospital volunteer is in his or her late 70s, Wheatonj has gotten about a dozenn new volunteers in their 40s and 50s over the past said Korth, who overseex volunteer services at and Franciscam Woods long-term care facilitty in Brookfield and the in Wauwatosa. Interviews with the six healtbh care systems in Milwaukee and Waukesha countied show most have had a significanrt increasein volunteers, many of whom are recently unemployed. An exceptionn is in Wauwatosa, which has lost a few volunteerss who left for paying jobs because oftheif families’ economic situations, said spokesman Briajn Dorrington.
“Whether the return (to work) is due to health care coverage ordwindling pensions, some are finding themselves in a different placew than where they were at this time last Dorrington said. Columbia St. Mary’s Inc. also has seen an increasw in college-age students volunteeringy to build resumes in a more competitive job saidKerry Burmeister, director of volunteet services for the health system’e east side Milwaukee hospital campuses. “We recently had two individualas between college and applying for medicakl schoolwho couldn’t find full-time jobs so we were able to retaijn them as volunteers,” she said.
Aurora, eastern Wisconsin’s larges health care system, has recorded the largest increassin volunteers. The system has about 1,1676 volunteers in the Milwaukee up 46 percent from ayear ago, said Karen Schaefer, Aurora’w regional director of volunteer services. Angelp Coburn, 31, has been volunteerinv at in downtown Milwaukee about 20 hours a week sincew he lost his job atin January. Cobur has found the volunteer experience rewarding, and he hopes it mighg lead to employment at Aurora orsomeplace else. “It woulxd be nice, but I’m not countintg on it,” Coburn said. “Right now, I’mk just very much enjoying volunteering.
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Danek, 56, of Hales assumed he would be caller back to work in afew weeks. When he and no new job offers werecoming in, he calledr to volunteer at one of the Milwaukee-based system’sw hospitals. “I figured I could push wheelchairs arounr the hospital to keepmyself busy,” Danek said. Aurorqa wanted Danek for more thanwheelchair duty. The hospital systej placed him in the emergency department ofAurora St. Luke’sd Medical Center in Milwaukee, where he spendsd about four hours a week makingy sure patients have magazines or whatever else they mighyt need while they wait in an exam room for theattendingf physician.
“Man, it can get pretty nail-biting back there said Danek, who was callefd back to work at , in February, but has continued volunteerinfgat St. Luke’s. “You spend an eveniny at St. Luke’s and you feel kind of differen whenyou leave,” he “You have good days and bad days at work. When you spendx your time volunteering, it always seems like you’vre accomplished something.” Boredom isn’t the only thint prompting peopleto volunteer. Whilw local hospitals have had theier shareof layoffs, the health care industry as a whole has not been hit as hard as manufacturinv and construction in work-force reductions.
As a some unemployed blue- and white-collar workers are seekiny volunteer opportunities at hospitals not only to do good for but also gain experiencre that might lead toa new, payingb job. “Heath care is still considere the biggest industry and ther e are a lot of job opportunities beyonc being a nurse ora doctor,” said Sandy Stearns, associated dean of nursing at . Even if volunteeringf doesn’t lead to a job in health getting out and doing something positive while lookingb for work will be appealing toprospectivd employers, Stearns said.
Over the past six Milwaukee-area hospital systems have seen an influxs of volunteers like Danek people who are too young to but find themselves jobless ina “People are bored, they are tiredc of pounding the pavement looking for a job and they’rer hoping to get their foot in the door in a hospitak setting,” said Suzanne Korth, a volunteer coordinatof for , Glendale. “I’m sure as soon as they find jobs someof (the will leave us, but in the we’re happy to have them.
” Whilse the typical hospital volunteer is in his or her late 70s, Wheatonj has gotten about a dozenn new volunteers in their 40s and 50s over the past said Korth, who overseex volunteer services at and Franciscam Woods long-term care facilitty in Brookfield and the in Wauwatosa. Interviews with the six healtbh care systems in Milwaukee and Waukesha countied show most have had a significanrt increasein volunteers, many of whom are recently unemployed. An exceptionn is in Wauwatosa, which has lost a few volunteerss who left for paying jobs because oftheif families’ economic situations, said spokesman Briajn Dorrington.
“Whether the return (to work) is due to health care coverage ordwindling pensions, some are finding themselves in a different placew than where they were at this time last Dorrington said. Columbia St. Mary’s Inc. also has seen an increasw in college-age students volunteeringy to build resumes in a more competitive job saidKerry Burmeister, director of volunteet services for the health system’e east side Milwaukee hospital campuses. “We recently had two individualas between college and applying for medicakl schoolwho couldn’t find full-time jobs so we were able to retaijn them as volunteers,” she said.
Aurora, eastern Wisconsin’s larges health care system, has recorded the largest increassin volunteers. The system has about 1,1676 volunteers in the Milwaukee up 46 percent from ayear ago, said Karen Schaefer, Aurora’w regional director of volunteer services. Angelp Coburn, 31, has been volunteerinv at in downtown Milwaukee about 20 hours a week sincew he lost his job atin January. Cobur has found the volunteer experience rewarding, and he hopes it mighg lead to employment at Aurora orsomeplace else. “It woulxd be nice, but I’m not countintg on it,” Coburn said. “Right now, I’mk just very much enjoying volunteering.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Test Kitchen tips: Chilling meats before slicing - Los Angeles Times
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Test Kitchen tips: Chilling meats before slicing Los Angeles Times Last week, we tested a potential recipe for our Culinary SOS column. The recipe was for tuna tartare, and it called for the tuna to be cut into a brunoise (a French term for a fine dice, typically 1/8-inch cubes). Because the tuna fillet was soft, ... |
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Rising from the ashes: Homes being rebuilt at Possum Kingdom Lake - Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Fort Worth Star Telegram | Rising from the ashes: Homes being rebuilt at Possum Kingdom Lake Fort Worth Star Telegram By Steve Campbell POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE -- When Shawn Gibson's ancestors settled along the Brazos River in the 1850s, native grasses atop the rugged bluffs could tickle a horse's belly. In the decades since, thirsty cedar thicket s spread out from draws ... |
Friday, April 6, 2012
Home inventory drops to 8-month supply - Orlando Business Journal:
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Association members sold 2,131 homes last month in the Orlando metropolitannstatistical area, and the sales growtbh has helped pare down area inventory supplyh to single digits for the first time this June’s inventory had 17,831 homes availablse through the Multiple Listing Service, which reflecte an 8.4-month supply at the current sales pace. In January, the Orlandio MSA had an inventory level that reflecteda 23.6-monthy supply and it has steadily decreases since. A market with six months of supplt is considered by housing economista to be balanced between buyerdand sellers, the association reported.
Inventory is down by 1,2921 homes from May meaning 1,292 more homes left the markett than enteredthe market. However, low prices have primarilty driven the increasein sales, as nearly 46 percent of the homesa were either bank-owned or distresser property sales. Orlando’s mediab home price in June was $131,200, a 39 percen t decrease when compared with June but a slight increase when compared withMay 2009. Homesx in the Orlando area spent an average of 104 days on the markety before being sold inJune 2009, and the average home sold for 93.8 percent of its listing price.
About 184 single-family homes sold in the $200,000-$250,000 range, while 10 homea sold for $1 million or more and 118 homesx sold for lessthan $50,000. All agents in the Orlandi MSA — Lake, Orange, Osceolas and Seminole counties — sold 2,774r existing homes in June, a 56.9 percentf jump when compared withthe 1,768 homes sold in June 2008. To MSA sales are up 53.8 percentr over this time last year, with 12,863e sold last month and 8,363 sold in the same montnh a year prior. Along with stronger sales, 7,230 homes were awaitinv closings, more than double the 3,329 that were pendingy at this timelast year.
Orlando condo marke t resales, meanwhile, went from 136 sold in June 2008 to 394 salexlast month. To date, 1,781 condos sold this year, a huge spikr from the 691 posted at this timein 2008. Therd 176 condo units that sold for up to while 61 sold inthe $50,000-$60,000 range and 11 sold for more than Duplex, townhome and villa resales also jumped nearl y 32.8 percent, from 131 in June 2008 to 174 last
Association members sold 2,131 homes last month in the Orlando metropolitannstatistical area, and the sales growtbh has helped pare down area inventory supplyh to single digits for the first time this June’s inventory had 17,831 homes availablse through the Multiple Listing Service, which reflecte an 8.4-month supply at the current sales pace. In January, the Orlandio MSA had an inventory level that reflecteda 23.6-monthy supply and it has steadily decreases since. A market with six months of supplt is considered by housing economista to be balanced between buyerdand sellers, the association reported.
Inventory is down by 1,2921 homes from May meaning 1,292 more homes left the markett than enteredthe market. However, low prices have primarilty driven the increasein sales, as nearly 46 percent of the homesa were either bank-owned or distresser property sales. Orlando’s mediab home price in June was $131,200, a 39 percen t decrease when compared with June but a slight increase when compared withMay 2009. Homesx in the Orlando area spent an average of 104 days on the markety before being sold inJune 2009, and the average home sold for 93.8 percent of its listing price.
About 184 single-family homes sold in the $200,000-$250,000 range, while 10 homea sold for $1 million or more and 118 homesx sold for lessthan $50,000. All agents in the Orlandi MSA — Lake, Orange, Osceolas and Seminole counties — sold 2,774r existing homes in June, a 56.9 percentf jump when compared withthe 1,768 homes sold in June 2008. To MSA sales are up 53.8 percentr over this time last year, with 12,863e sold last month and 8,363 sold in the same montnh a year prior. Along with stronger sales, 7,230 homes were awaitinv closings, more than double the 3,329 that were pendingy at this timelast year.
Orlando condo marke t resales, meanwhile, went from 136 sold in June 2008 to 394 salexlast month. To date, 1,781 condos sold this year, a huge spikr from the 691 posted at this timein 2008. Therd 176 condo units that sold for up to while 61 sold inthe $50,000-$60,000 range and 11 sold for more than Duplex, townhome and villa resales also jumped nearl y 32.8 percent, from 131 in June 2008 to 174 last
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Ellison made the comments Tuesdayy at a Sun conference for users of Java software whichy he also said could be used on Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) earlier this year agreede to acquire Sun (Nasdaq: JAVA) for $7 billion. "Ij don't see why some of those devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuters quotex Ellison as saying. "There will be computersd that are fundamentally basedon Java." Netbooks are inexpensive laptolp computers designed to connect wirelessly and are used primarily for checkiny email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expecteds to grow to between 20 million and 30 million unitswthis year, up from the 11.
7 milliojn sold last year when thei sales took off. Most PC makerzs now have a netbook model and if Oraclee does get into the market it will go up againstthe . (Nasdaq: (Nasdaq: DELL) and , which either make netbookd or develop softwarefor them. Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptopo runningon ’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android operatinb system instead of Microsoft Windows, which most makers now use.
Ellison made the comments Tuesdayy at a Sun conference for users of Java software whichy he also said could be used on Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) earlier this year agreede to acquire Sun (Nasdaq: JAVA) for $7 billion. "Ij don't see why some of those devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuters quotex Ellison as saying. "There will be computersd that are fundamentally basedon Java." Netbooks are inexpensive laptolp computers designed to connect wirelessly and are used primarily for checkiny email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expecteds to grow to between 20 million and 30 million unitswthis year, up from the 11.
7 milliojn sold last year when thei sales took off. Most PC makerzs now have a netbook model and if Oraclee does get into the market it will go up againstthe . (Nasdaq: (Nasdaq: DELL) and , which either make netbookd or develop softwarefor them. Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptopo runningon ’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android operatinb system instead of Microsoft Windows, which most makers now use.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Home prices fall on Kauai - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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There were 21 single-family homes sold on Kauaki last month, twice the number sold in February, but stillo down 30 percent from theyear before, when 30 homee sold, according to statistics from . The mediann price of those homes was which was a 23 percent drop fromMarcy 2008, when the median pricd was $681,450. The number of condominiums sold on Kauai in March totaled 11, which was one more than in but 45 percent fewer than March 2008, when 20 unit sold. The median price of a condi on the Garden Isle in Marchywas $220,000, down 67 percent from the same monthh a year ago, when it was $677,500.
Prices for the firsy three months of the year were likewise The median price ofa single-famil home on Kauai during the firsr quarter of the year was a 33 percent drop from the same perioxd last year, when it was $668,750. Sales were down by 46 percen t during thefirst quarter, when 42 single-family homes were compared to 78 homes during the January-March period in 2008. Salex of condos were down 48 percenft during thefirst quarter, when 29 units compared to the first three months of when 56 units sold. The median pricer of a condo during the first quartertdropped 58.5 percent to $254,000, down from $612,50 0 during the first three months of 2008.
There were 21 single-family homes sold on Kauaki last month, twice the number sold in February, but stillo down 30 percent from theyear before, when 30 homee sold, according to statistics from . The mediann price of those homes was which was a 23 percent drop fromMarcy 2008, when the median pricd was $681,450. The number of condominiums sold on Kauai in March totaled 11, which was one more than in but 45 percent fewer than March 2008, when 20 unit sold. The median price of a condi on the Garden Isle in Marchywas $220,000, down 67 percent from the same monthh a year ago, when it was $677,500.
Prices for the firsy three months of the year were likewise The median price ofa single-famil home on Kauai during the firsr quarter of the year was a 33 percent drop from the same perioxd last year, when it was $668,750. Sales were down by 46 percen t during thefirst quarter, when 42 single-family homes were compared to 78 homes during the January-March period in 2008. Salex of condos were down 48 percenft during thefirst quarter, when 29 units compared to the first three months of when 56 units sold. The median pricer of a condo during the first quartertdropped 58.5 percent to $254,000, down from $612,50 0 during the first three months of 2008.
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