School parcel tax renewal vote may be in April Nov 12, 2009
Palo Alto Online News. Uploaded: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 8:54 AM. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Cloud Storage, SSDs Take Center Stage at SNW Oct 15, 2009
Savvis (NASDAQ: SVVS) and Compellent (NYSE: CML) partnered on Project Spirit, Savvis' next-generation cloud infrastructure platform, and Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) opened up its Archive Services Platform to application providers through an application programming interface (API). The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced the formation of the Cloud Storage Initiative (CSI), which "will coordinate and deliver education efforts for the vendor and user communities and perform... (EnterpriseStorageForum)
'Kindergarten readiness' course wins applause Oct 15, 2009
Palo Alto Online News. Uploaded: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 12:08 PM. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Palo Alto fourth in state among K-12 districts Oct 13, 2009
Palo Alto ranks fourth statewide among K-12 school districts, as measured by the state Academic Performance Index (API) ... The districts with the top three APIs are San Marino, La Canada and Piedmont. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Applications make Twitter a more powerful tool Oct 7, 2009
Others evolved and became more sophisticated over time, said Kevin Makice, author of "Twitter API: Up and Running." ... Of course, challenges remain, such as managing Twitter's rapid growth without hitting accidental outages and other roadblocks. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Calaveras schools continue upward trend on test scores Oct 1, 2009
The API is used by the California Department of Education to track the scores of second- through 12th-grade students ... The API assigns a number to a school, from 200 to 1,000 ... Under No Child Left Behind, a federal mandate passed in 2001, schools must, by the 2013-14 schools year, have 100 percent of students testing as proficient (an API of at least 800) in English language arts and math, meeting certain goals along the way. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
'Everyday Mathematics' authors to visit Palo Alto Sep 30, 2009
" A survey of elementary parents in June found that outside mathematics tutoring is common among Palo Alto families. Parents of more than 57 percent of elementary children provide supplemental math assistance outside of school, the informal survey found. The extra math help most commonly consisted of two hours or less per week of workbooks, software or programs like Kumon or Score or, in some cases, comprehensive outside programs such as Stanford's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY). The... (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Arcan Resources Ltd. Announces Second Quarter 2009 and Updates Drilling Results Aug 20, 2009
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PC-linked search for ET turns 10 May 23, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009. Over the past 10 years, off and on, 5 million geeks, nerds and other folks - plus their 5 million personal computers - have listened for signals from extraterrestrial beings who may be trying to communicate with Earth from distant planets across the Milky Way. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Savient Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results May 7, 2009
8 million of costs associated with the manufacturing of commercial batches of pegloticase active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) by our third-party manufacturer and an additional severance liability recorded during the quarter. Partially offsetting these higher expenses were lower validation and technology transfer costs relating to our secondary source supplier for pegloticase API. ... 01 par value 150,000,000 shares authorized; 54,960,000 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2009 and 54,654,000... (PR Newswire)
Rave reviews for 'Everyday Mathematics' May 5, 2009
Of CA's top 10 API unified districts, only 1 other picked EDM (Piedmont) and it is new there. Posted by CG, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, 5 hours ago. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
OPTI Canada Announces First Quarter 2009 Results Apr 28, 2009
"We expect that improvements being made to the water treatment system will significantly enhance steam injection, and therefore bitumen production in the second quarter and lead to a substantial ramp-up in PSC(TM) production." FINANCIAL SUMMARY ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three months In millions ended March 31 Years ended December 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008 2007 2009 As restated As restated... (Canada Newswire)
Love in danger Apr 1, 2009
Because Love missed the cut at the API, he dropped four spots to 51st in the World Rankings. Why is that a big deal. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Crucial win for 'Canes Mar 30, 2009
Replacements: 16 Ged Robinson, 17 Jacob Ellison, 18 Bryn Evans, 19 Api Naikatini, 20 Willie Ripia, 21 Jason Kawau, 22 Cory Jane. Referee: Jonathan Kaplan Touch judges: Phillip Bosch (South Africa), Willie Roos (South Africa) TMO: Johann Meuwesen (South Africa). (iAfrica.com)
How to Save the Newspaper Industry Mar 9, 2009
It seems to me the only thing the NYT, for example, has brought lately to the larger newspaper-business party is its recent release of an API to pull in stories via semantic meta data ... Work out mechanisms or APIs which would allow the advertising process to tie into local merchant inventory supply chains, co-op ad programs with manufacturers, or whatever. (Newsmax)
OPTI Canada Announces Year End 2008 Results Feb 25, 2009
On a 100 percent basis, the Project is expected to produce 58,500 bbl/d of products, primarily 39 degree API Premium Sweet Crude (PSC(TM)) with low sulphur content, making it a highly desirable refinery feedstock ... ADVANCING FUTURE PHASES Our capital program for 2009 includes funds allocated to advance detailed engineering on the SAGD and Upgrader facilities for Phase 2 of the Project and also includes funds for additional core hole drilling to further delineate our nearer-term development... (Canada Newswire)
Tailgate party helps community Feb 19, 2009
There is one correct answer, and it's the 17th annual API Chili Cookoff, billed as Casper's largest tailgate party -- Chili Bowl XVII -- from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Casper Events Center. Tickets are 10 each, available in advance or at the door at the Casper Events Center box office. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
