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April 2009
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Telamon opens Louisville tech center
Coke opens first tech center outside Atlanta in Louisville
Kentucky ranks 9th nationally for number of new and expanding industry projects in 2008
ACS subsidiary opens Louisville office
HIV inhibitor grown in tobacco plants
Jewish Hospital to launch stroke unit
Outdoors magazine honors E.P. ‘Tom’ Sawyer park
Telamon opens Louisville tech center
Telamon Corp., a high-tech company that provides computer and technical support to AT&T, has opened a technology center in Louisville.
The company, based in Carmel, Indiana, will employ 10 to 15 people in Louisville, with a chance for expansion. Established in 1985, Telamon has more than 300 employees in eight locations around the world. Read more.
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Coke opens first tech center outside Atlanta in Louisville
 Coca-Cola Enterprises recently opened its new Information Technology Development Center in Louisville.
The business and information-services center will be an extension of IT services provided from the system's Atlanta group, where Coca-Cola Enterprises has its headquarters. It also is designed to reduce reliance on external contractors.
The company expects to have 35 employees by the end of the year. Read more.
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Kentucky ranks 9th nationally for number of new and expanding industry projects in 2008
 The results for Site Selection magazine's annual Governor's Cup ranking are in, placing Kentucky 9th in the nation for new and expanded industry activity in 2008.
The ranking, which marks Kentucky's highest placement in the ranking since its inception, is based on a state's total number of qualified projects as tracked by Conway Data Inc.'s New Plant database.
Qualified projects include those that meet at least one of three criteria: (1) involve a capital investment of at least $1 million, (2) create 50 or more jobs, or (3) add at least 20,000 square feet of new floor space.
During 2008, Kentucky generated 162 projects that met the database requirements. In total, 280 location or expansion announcements were reported in Kentucky resulting in 11,536 net new jobs created. Investment was estimated at more than $1.8 billion. Read more.
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ACS subsidiary opens Louisville office
TripPak Services, a division of Dallas-based Affiliated Computer Services Inc., recently opened an office in Louisville.
TripPak Services provides back-office computer services and technology consulting to trucking companies.
The company plans to hire a total of 100 people to staff the Louisville office. Read more.
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HIV inhibitor grown in tobacco plants
 Scientists have worked for years to create an HIV prophylactic to compete with the condom -- a gel that would allow women, particularly in developing nations, to reduce the risk of getting AIDS.
So far, the results have been disappointing, and none have reached the global market.
But recently, Louisville's James Graham Brown Cancer Center announced that one of its scientists had used Kentucky tobacco plants to cheaply grow a potent, protein-based drug that inhibits HIV.
If clinical studies prove successful, the product, likely a preventive gel, could be on shelves around the world as early as 2015, providing a crucial method of reducing new HIV infections. Read more.
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Jewish Hospital to launch stroke unit
Louisville philanthropists Jim and Dot Patterson have donated $1 million to Jewish Hospital to establish the Dot Patterson Stroke Center.
The center will have an eight-bed unit to provide intermediate care for patients ready to leave the hospital's intensive care unit but who still require advanced monitoring and attention.
The stroke unit is expected to open sometime this spring. Read more.
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Outdoors magazine honors E.P. ‘Tom’ Sawyer park
The readers of Get Out! magazine, an online publisher of outdoor adventure in the Ohio River region, have named E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park the best urban escape in the region.
Sawyer Park with its large green space and forested, natural landscape, was recognized as an all-around park serving organized sports teams and others with trails, a dog park, a BMX course and an archery range. Read more.
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