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Monday, January 14, 2013

New $50 Million Health Sciences Building Opens at HCC

A ribbon cutting for the new building took place on Monday morning.

  William Fisher, the director of cardiovascular technology, stood in the middle of his new classroom inside the new health sciences building at Howard Community College. He was showing people on a tour the new emergency room-like suite, the training beds, the shiny floor and all the new space he has. "Before, we were training in a classroom a quarter of the size of this," said Fisher. "This will be a whole new level of training." Local political and educational leaders gathered with students and residents at the ribbon cutting for Howard Community College's new $50.7 million Health Sciences Building. "It's a student-centered building," said Georgene Butler, president of health sciences at HCC, "and we're well-poised for continued growth…

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Mid-Atlantic Accounting Firm Determines Santa's Operational Cost Is $42.3 Billion

The firm even took into account the cost of caring for his reindeer.

Bill Gates, with an estimated net worth of $66 billion, could be Santa Claus one year and still have about $20 billion left over, according to calculations done by a Mid-Atlantic accounting firm. ParenteBeard, a regional accounting firm with locations in MD, PA, NY, NJ and DE, took a number of expenses into account when estimating Santa's operating cost including elf overhead and reindeer costs. In the end, they determined "Santa Inc." has an annual operating cost of about $42.3 billion based on the following calculations: The only thing they may have forgotten is that kids these days want $300 electronic gifts!

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