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In other words, time to watch your If you think buying travel is tricky when priceasare high, you have no idea how complicatedr life on the road can be when price s are falling. The travel industry doesn'f lower prices graciously or transparently. There are alwaye trapdoors, tricks, and an endless parade of extrad that can needlessly inflate your fares androom rates. Considedr what follows a cheat sheet to avoif getting tricked in the next few weeksand months.
We'lp revisit this topic as frequently as necessary to keep you abreasf of this most extraordinary time in travel Buy Now, Check Later Several carrierds tried to raise farex over the weekend, their second failed attempt in as many (Airlines usually try to raise prices on when bookings are light, so they can rescind the increaseas by Monday morning if the lemming-like industrhy doesn't act in lockstep.) You can look at the attemptedf price hikes as delusional or an indication that at leastf some carriers see glimmers of hope for a summer trafficv bump. Either way, chances are that we'vew reached a temporary floor in airfares, so now woulde be a good time to lock insummee flights.
With the requisite 60-day advance purchase and Saturday-nigh stay requirement, business-class fares to Europd are now as lowas $1,798 roundtripo before taxes. That's just a few hundrefd dollars morethan you'll pay for a coacnh seat on shorter notice later this year. Business-clasds fares to Latin America arefalling too. Up-fronft fares to Asia remain high considering a rapif declinein traffic, but coach prices across the Pacificv are lower than across the Atlantidc on a fare-per-mile basis.
And you can't complain much abouy domestic fares: We've already seen several $49-to-$99 fare In fact, Virgin the struggling startup, has cut some transcontinenta l fares to as lowas $79 one-wayh this spring. Although I recommend you buy now, you shoule always double-check prices again beforew you travel. There are automated fare-watc h programs—Yapta is a current favorite of price-obsessivwe fliers—but you can also do it yourself a few weeks beforseyou fly. If you find a substantiallgy lower fare, call the airline and get a voucher for the price difference, minus an admittedly hefty ticket-rewrite fee.
Bewars Bogus BoGos The low priceof premium-clasds tickets has mooted the classic "buy one, get (BoGo) promotion, but that hasn't stoppes carriers from trotting out the gimmick in hopesa you're not paying attention. Earlier this year, for example, Soutb African Airways offered one forcoach travel, but the requiredf "buy one" price was just $100 less than if you had purchasedr two tickets separately. Qantas ran a two-for-onde sale on business-class seats last but its buy-one pricer was literally twice as much as competitors were chargingh for asingle seat.
Also rendered virtually useless in thecurrentf market: the much-heralded International Airlinre Program available with certaibn American Express cards. It will give you a free companion first- or business-claszs ticket when you buy one—but only if your purchase is at full a price that is now often four or five timea higher than the current sale ratess freely available inthe marketplace. Added Value or Lower Pricews Never as monolithic as the the hotel industry is splitt on how to get head backon beds. As room rates and occupanchy levelshave plummeted, some chains (most notablyt Hilton) have indulged in what the industry calls "nakesd discounting.
" That's when you simplhy slash nightly rates as low as required to fill a Other hotel players (like Marriott and many priceu resorts and independent are trying to keep published rates high, but larding them with freebies. Sometimes it's free meals or spa treatments, and sometimes it's severalp hundred dollars worth ofresort "credits" that travelerxs can use as they wish. Other the value-added inducement is third-party gift cards. So far this for example, Marriott outposts have offered gift cards for Targetand Amazon.com as part of the nightly room Which is better? Depends on you.
I prefer the rate reductiob because things like a free Sundaybruncyh "worth" $45 is useless to a guy whosse morning intake is invariably a bagel and coffee. But if you like what the hoteois offering—and understand its actual retaipl value—go for it. The Blind-Buying Bonanza Blind biddinv for flightsis passé now that airlines publiclu sell seats at giveaway prices on theirt own proprietary websites. But so-called "opaque" operations such as Hotwire.com, and Lastminute.com have gained new popularity with upscale travelersdbecause top-notch hotels around the world now dump their excess capacity into the blind-bookinbg pools.
Even four- and five-star properties work with the opaquer sitesthese days, and they sell deeplt discounted rooms to travelers who pony up paymentg before they know what hotel they are buying. I'm not a fan of blincd booking—to me, lodgings aren't a commodity—bug many travelers whose taste I trust recentlhy have secured huge discounts on desirable hotels and resortxs using Hotwireand Priceline. And third-party sitew such as Bidding for Travel have sprunf up to allow bidders to swap intelligence onwhat they've scored and which propertieas currently use the opaqu sites.
There's still another twist on the bidding sites: Luxury Link electronically auctions accommodations and trave packages at deluxe properties arounxdthe world. I have used Luxury Link myseldfor holidays. If you know the propert and what itnormally charges, you can bid with of course, you want to travel when the hote or resort is offering rooms. The Mileage Markdown Travel is so slowjust now—airline traffic is down arounr 10 percent compared with last year's already depressec levels and average hotepl occupancy has fallen to around 50 percent—thatr airlines and hotels have even begun to mark down the pricwe of staying and flying for free via frequent-travepl programs.
A steady stream of private promotionsx offering flights for up to 25 percent fewerf miles and hotel rooms for substantiallyh fewer points hashit travelers' email inboxes in recenf weeks. To take advantage of these private makesure you're signed up to receive the promotional offerx from your favorite airline and hote programs. And while we're talkinhg about frequency programs, another point to keep in If you're relatively flush with cash, airlines and hotelss are offering lavish points and miles promotions when you book paid roomxand flights.
After a two-nighyt stay in a Manhattan hotellast month, I earned enough bonusa points for a free night in an Italiabn resort I've been eyeing for a holiday next And all of the major airlines are currentlty running double or even triple "elite promotions through mid-June. Once you register, you receiv bonus miles toward your elite status next Earning or upgrading your elite statuds for 2010 will come in handy if the economty recoversnext year. The Fine Print… One notable exception to the fire-salee nature of travel this year iscar rentals. If prices have risen compared withlast year.
The reason: Rentall firms have been hit by the crediyt crunch and have had difficulty raising cash to financsnew fleets. The result is a double Daily rates, especially for midweek businesxs rentals inmajor cities, are rising—and the cars you'rre renting are older, have more cosmetix damage, and may not be as mechanicallg reliable as they once were. Portfolio.cokm © 2009 Cond Nast Inc. All
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Report: Enterprise zones miss mark - Sacramento Business Journal:
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The enterprise program — introducec a few decades ago and has been designatedd to dozens of communities statewide has no effect on job creation comparee toother regions, according to the PPIC officials say the state shoulrd consider the effect of enterprise zoneds and whether the should continue. The state has 42 enterprise and will costabout $500 million during the next fiscal year. A few have been successful, but, on the enterprise zones did little forjob creation.
“Ther state can ill afford to continue the enterprises zone program without clearer evidence of its benefits ora well-definedc plan to make it more effective,” PPIC associatwe director of research Jed Kolko said in a news releasre and co-authored the report with David PPIC senior fellow and economics professo r at University of California The state created the enterprise zone program in offering tax credits to businessed for creating jobs and purchasinvg equipment. The PPIC report is the third announcement on the controversial The stateLegislative Analyst’s Office, citing the projectefd $24 billion budget shortfall next year, encourages scaling back on the program.
However, the , whosee members are from the public andprivate sector, has pushecd to expand the program to help jump-start the sputtering Charles Swenson, professor for the in Los Angeles, challengew the Public Policy Institute report, claimingt enterprise zones boost employment, increases household income and lower s poverty rates. He added a much-broader focus on enterprise zones is needed to determine the succesds ofthe program. “What this papefr demonstrates is that to evaluate an enterprisezone program’s economic we need to look at a numbed of outcomes – job growth, unemployment income levels, business retention, etc.
” Swenson Craig Johnson, president of the California Associatiobn of Enterprise Zones, also questioned the report. “When you look at the wholw picture – the enterprise zone program is an essentiaol tool for economic growtjhin California,” Johnson said. “The program deliverz measurable benefits to our state by creating jobs and businesw growth opportunities for economically disadvantaged individualsand
The enterprise program — introducec a few decades ago and has been designatedd to dozens of communities statewide has no effect on job creation comparee toother regions, according to the PPIC officials say the state shoulrd consider the effect of enterprise zoneds and whether the should continue. The state has 42 enterprise and will costabout $500 million during the next fiscal year. A few have been successful, but, on the enterprise zones did little forjob creation.
“Ther state can ill afford to continue the enterprises zone program without clearer evidence of its benefits ora well-definedc plan to make it more effective,” PPIC associatwe director of research Jed Kolko said in a news releasre and co-authored the report with David PPIC senior fellow and economics professo r at University of California The state created the enterprise zone program in offering tax credits to businessed for creating jobs and purchasinvg equipment. The PPIC report is the third announcement on the controversial The stateLegislative Analyst’s Office, citing the projectefd $24 billion budget shortfall next year, encourages scaling back on the program.
However, the , whosee members are from the public andprivate sector, has pushecd to expand the program to help jump-start the sputtering Charles Swenson, professor for the in Los Angeles, challengew the Public Policy Institute report, claimingt enterprise zones boost employment, increases household income and lower s poverty rates. He added a much-broader focus on enterprise zones is needed to determine the succesds ofthe program. “What this papefr demonstrates is that to evaluate an enterprisezone program’s economic we need to look at a numbed of outcomes – job growth, unemployment income levels, business retention, etc.
” Swenson Craig Johnson, president of the California Associatiobn of Enterprise Zones, also questioned the report. “When you look at the wholw picture – the enterprise zone program is an essentiaol tool for economic growtjhin California,” Johnson said. “The program deliverz measurable benefits to our state by creating jobs and businesw growth opportunities for economically disadvantaged individualsand
Friday, June 24, 2011
As stimulus money is doled out, contractors search for bonding - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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This is particularly true for women and minoritubusiness owners, who have faced splotchy acces s to bonding opportunities. “It’s been a historical problem in our saidMarc Little, president and CEO of the Minority & Women Educational Labor Agency in Lawrenceville. And sincer the stimulus bill passedin February, demanc for the organization’s bond program has markedly he said. MWELA offers bid, payment and performancr bonds to companies in its ShelterefBond program, which turns two years old in July. During that 11 contractors have received morethan $11 millioh in bonds from the agenchy for work on 46 differentg projects.
As part of the contractors have to spend five hours a montj for six months at a business development clases through Universityof Pittsburgh’s Institute for Entrepreneurial The average surety bond is around $300,0090 to $400,000, but the agency can go up to $1 million per projecf per company. For projectsx larger than that, there is the Small Businesz Administration’s bond program, recently enhanced by the Recoveryy Act to help contractors bidding on projects upto $5 The previous limit was $2 million.
For companies bidding on federalstimulus projects, the SBA can guarantee bonding up to $10 But bonding success oftenb isn’t enough to get the job done, said Carl Knoblock, distric director for the Small Businesss Administration’s Pittsburgh office. “The challenge is they may be able to get but they may not be able to get the he said. Bonds guaranteee that a third party will compensate theownetr — the government agency, in the case of stimulus projectx — if the contractor doesn’t perform, for whateved reason.
Many bonded companies, especially the smaller still need a line of credit to hire employees and buy materials to carry out government which don’t provide up-front cash. “When lender already are not lending, even if it’sx assured and it’s bonded” it may not be funded, Knobloc k warned.
This is particularly true for women and minoritubusiness owners, who have faced splotchy acces s to bonding opportunities. “It’s been a historical problem in our saidMarc Little, president and CEO of the Minority & Women Educational Labor Agency in Lawrenceville. And sincer the stimulus bill passedin February, demanc for the organization’s bond program has markedly he said. MWELA offers bid, payment and performancr bonds to companies in its ShelterefBond program, which turns two years old in July. During that 11 contractors have received morethan $11 millioh in bonds from the agenchy for work on 46 differentg projects.
As part of the contractors have to spend five hours a montj for six months at a business development clases through Universityof Pittsburgh’s Institute for Entrepreneurial The average surety bond is around $300,0090 to $400,000, but the agency can go up to $1 million per projecf per company. For projectsx larger than that, there is the Small Businesz Administration’s bond program, recently enhanced by the Recoveryy Act to help contractors bidding on projects upto $5 The previous limit was $2 million.
For companies bidding on federalstimulus projects, the SBA can guarantee bonding up to $10 But bonding success oftenb isn’t enough to get the job done, said Carl Knoblock, distric director for the Small Businesss Administration’s Pittsburgh office. “The challenge is they may be able to get but they may not be able to get the he said. Bonds guaranteee that a third party will compensate theownetr — the government agency, in the case of stimulus projectx — if the contractor doesn’t perform, for whateved reason.
Many bonded companies, especially the smaller still need a line of credit to hire employees and buy materials to carry out government which don’t provide up-front cash. “When lender already are not lending, even if it’sx assured and it’s bonded” it may not be funded, Knobloc k warned.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Harvard study: Poor homeowners bear brunt - Phoenix Business Journal:
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In Cleveland, Boston and Washington D.C., price declines at the low end of the marketr through December 2008 were more than twice thoser at the high end inpercentage terms, accordintg to Harvard University’s . Nationwide, home equity fell by $2.5 trilliohn in real terms in 2008 and bynearly $5.9 trilliobn (or 43 percent) from the 2005 level, the study “The loss of housing wealth caused consumersw to curtail cash-out refinances and pull back on spending, knockingh an additional 0.9 percentage point off economixc growth last year, the study said, quotinb Moody’s Economy.com.
There is some relatively good Home prices in metro Boston have returnedto pre-20056 levels, the study said. Homeowners who are not under pressure to sell are usuall unwilling to cut theirprices drastically, the studyu said. “This is especially true if the pricew they can get is not enough to pay off the Many would-be sellers therefore prefef to stay put unlesas compelled to move,” according to a reporty called “The State of the Nation’s Housing “Still, the longer that foreclosures remainn a problem, the greater the pressur on sellers to drop their prices.
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In Cleveland, Boston and Washington D.C., price declines at the low end of the marketr through December 2008 were more than twice thoser at the high end inpercentage terms, accordintg to Harvard University’s . Nationwide, home equity fell by $2.5 trilliohn in real terms in 2008 and bynearly $5.9 trilliobn (or 43 percent) from the 2005 level, the study “The loss of housing wealth caused consumersw to curtail cash-out refinances and pull back on spending, knockingh an additional 0.9 percentage point off economixc growth last year, the study said, quotinb Moody’s Economy.com.
There is some relatively good Home prices in metro Boston have returnedto pre-20056 levels, the study said. Homeowners who are not under pressure to sell are usuall unwilling to cut theirprices drastically, the studyu said. “This is especially true if the pricew they can get is not enough to pay off the Many would-be sellers therefore prefef to stay put unlesas compelled to move,” according to a reporty called “The State of the Nation’s Housing “Still, the longer that foreclosures remainn a problem, the greater the pressur on sellers to drop their prices.
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
RESCUE ME "Mutha" Season 7 Episode 1 Photos - Daemon's TV
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Friday, June 17, 2011
Lubavitch Education Center faces foreclosure - Nashville Business Journal:
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’s 84,020-square-foot, seven-story building on seveh acres, along with two other properties, is named in the $8 millio foreclosure lawsuit filed on June 23 bythe Ala-based bank in Miami-Dade County Circuity Court. The nonprofit center is affiliated with theChabad Lubavitch, an orthodox Jewish movement that has temples and educatio n centers throughout the world. The foreclosurs names the nonprofit Friends of Lubavitch of Floridaa andthe for-profit 17330 NW 7 LLC. Rabbi Bentzio n Korf, who is listed on the LubavitcbEducation Center’s Web site as the manages both entities, which took an $8 million loan from the bank in 2004.
Korf didn’ft immediately return a call seekinyg comment. The center was founded in 1973 as the firsrrabbinical college, or yeshiva, in the southeastern U.S. Orthodoxs Jews from throughout South Florida send theid children there for religious In addition to the main which is located nearGoldehn Glades, the foreclosure targets the 30,750-square-foot educatioj center at 1114 Alton Road in Miamo Beach and a 3,363-square-foot apartment building at 1231 13th St. in Miami Beach. Miami-based attorney Elizabeth Dombovary, who represents Regionw Bank inthe didn’t immediately return a call seekin comment.
’s 84,020-square-foot, seven-story building on seveh acres, along with two other properties, is named in the $8 millio foreclosure lawsuit filed on June 23 bythe Ala-based bank in Miami-Dade County Circuity Court. The nonprofit center is affiliated with theChabad Lubavitch, an orthodox Jewish movement that has temples and educatio n centers throughout the world. The foreclosurs names the nonprofit Friends of Lubavitch of Floridaa andthe for-profit 17330 NW 7 LLC. Rabbi Bentzio n Korf, who is listed on the LubavitcbEducation Center’s Web site as the manages both entities, which took an $8 million loan from the bank in 2004.
Korf didn’ft immediately return a call seekinyg comment. The center was founded in 1973 as the firsrrabbinical college, or yeshiva, in the southeastern U.S. Orthodoxs Jews from throughout South Florida send theid children there for religious In addition to the main which is located nearGoldehn Glades, the foreclosure targets the 30,750-square-foot educatioj center at 1114 Alton Road in Miamo Beach and a 3,363-square-foot apartment building at 1231 13th St. in Miami Beach. Miami-based attorney Elizabeth Dombovary, who represents Regionw Bank inthe didn’t immediately return a call seekin comment.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
New executive suites space opens on Congress - Triangle Business Journal:
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Austin Centre Executive Suites spans the entirw remodeled fifth floor of the Austinn Centre office building and includes80 fully-furnishef suites. The suites also have four conference three kitchens, a mailroom, shared office virtual office capabilities and secretarial services and centralized phone-answerin capabilities. “The beauty and simplicity of Austij Centre Executive Suites is that you can sign a leas today and movein today,” Tom president of T. Stacy & Associates, said.
“Foer a small business looking for downtowhn office spacein Austin, these executive suites are in a greag location at a great Leases start at $595 per montj for fully furnished offices, which average 150 squarde feet. T. Stacy & Associates runs the executive suitexs and handlesthe leasing. Representativeas said the suites have some tenantw alreadyin place, but declined to specify how The space had previously been occupie d by another executive suites
Austin Centre Executive Suites spans the entirw remodeled fifth floor of the Austinn Centre office building and includes80 fully-furnishef suites. The suites also have four conference three kitchens, a mailroom, shared office virtual office capabilities and secretarial services and centralized phone-answerin capabilities. “The beauty and simplicity of Austij Centre Executive Suites is that you can sign a leas today and movein today,” Tom president of T. Stacy & Associates, said.
“Foer a small business looking for downtowhn office spacein Austin, these executive suites are in a greag location at a great Leases start at $595 per montj for fully furnished offices, which average 150 squarde feet. T. Stacy & Associates runs the executive suitexs and handlesthe leasing. Representativeas said the suites have some tenantw alreadyin place, but declined to specify how The space had previously been occupie d by another executive suites
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Business leaders applaud Minnesota budget stalemate - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty and DFL legislativre leaders failed to reach abudgetf deal, leaving Pawlenty to erase the remaininhg $2.7 billion budget gap using unallotments. There will be spendingv cuts, the governor says, but no tax increases. “Give the economy, I think comingg out of the session without additionakl burdens being placed on job providers is anenormousw victory,” said Charlie Weaver, executive directo r of the Minnesota Business Partnership.
Late Mondagy night, the DFL-controlled House and Senate passed a bill that would balance the budgetwith $1 billion in tax increasesz and a one-time accounting The bill included tax hikes for the liquor and credit card Pawlenty, however, said he’ll veto the bill. “On the certainly we fared pretty well,” said Tom vice president of government affairx for the Minnesota Chamberof Commerce. “The varietu of tax increases that were proposed by the Legislaturd didnot happen, thanks in largde part to the governor, and we’re pleasec with that outcome.
” The governor's stanc drew criticism from the International Uniojn of Operating Engineers, which represents 13,000 members in Minnesota and the Dakotas. "Minnesota’s workin g men and women will soon feel the pain of these massivdbudget cuts," said Local 49 business manager Glen Johnson in a predicting that big employment cuts from schools and the like woulds follow the veto.
Officials from the National Associatiob of Industrial and Officeproperties (NAIOP), a commercial and real estatre development association, were pleased the sessiohn ended without increasing statewide genera l property taxes, something that had been discussed earlier in the But since state aid to Minnesotza cities could be among the items that gets cut by NAIOP members are still worried that local propertg taxes might rise as cities try to balancee their own books.
NAIOP leaders also were pleased that a proposelaw didn’t pass that would have given citiex the authority to establish transportation or street-improvemenr districts to raise revenue for a variety of things ranginf from transit stations to street lights, said Kaye Rakow, directoe of public policy for the Minnesota Chapter of The proposed law woulds have allowed cities to create districts without havingy to demonstrate specific benefits for the landowneres (as they must for special assessments). The legislative session was a one forsmall businesses, said Mike Hickey, executivd director of the National Federation of Independent Minnesota chapter.
“We’re real happy we didn’t have a massivde tax increase during aterrible recession. I thinki that would only make things worse, and it was a sourced of a lotof battling.” But businesses groupss didn't record any major proactive victorieas either, said Blois Olson, an executive vice presidentg at Tuneim Partners in Bloomingtoj and former co-publisher of Politics in Minnesota . "Th e real question is: Did we do anything that is goiny togrow jobs? I think the jury's still he said. The Chamber had supported proposalzs calling for business tax cuts or other incentives that woulde have helped spureconomic development.
"jI think most of those ideaws got left on the Hesse said.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty and DFL legislativre leaders failed to reach abudgetf deal, leaving Pawlenty to erase the remaininhg $2.7 billion budget gap using unallotments. There will be spendingv cuts, the governor says, but no tax increases. “Give the economy, I think comingg out of the session without additionakl burdens being placed on job providers is anenormousw victory,” said Charlie Weaver, executive directo r of the Minnesota Business Partnership.
Late Mondagy night, the DFL-controlled House and Senate passed a bill that would balance the budgetwith $1 billion in tax increasesz and a one-time accounting The bill included tax hikes for the liquor and credit card Pawlenty, however, said he’ll veto the bill. “On the certainly we fared pretty well,” said Tom vice president of government affairx for the Minnesota Chamberof Commerce. “The varietu of tax increases that were proposed by the Legislaturd didnot happen, thanks in largde part to the governor, and we’re pleasec with that outcome.
” The governor's stanc drew criticism from the International Uniojn of Operating Engineers, which represents 13,000 members in Minnesota and the Dakotas. "Minnesota’s workin g men and women will soon feel the pain of these massivdbudget cuts," said Local 49 business manager Glen Johnson in a predicting that big employment cuts from schools and the like woulds follow the veto.
Officials from the National Associatiob of Industrial and Officeproperties (NAIOP), a commercial and real estatre development association, were pleased the sessiohn ended without increasing statewide genera l property taxes, something that had been discussed earlier in the But since state aid to Minnesotza cities could be among the items that gets cut by NAIOP members are still worried that local propertg taxes might rise as cities try to balancee their own books.
NAIOP leaders also were pleased that a proposelaw didn’t pass that would have given citiex the authority to establish transportation or street-improvemenr districts to raise revenue for a variety of things ranginf from transit stations to street lights, said Kaye Rakow, directoe of public policy for the Minnesota Chapter of The proposed law woulds have allowed cities to create districts without havingy to demonstrate specific benefits for the landowneres (as they must for special assessments). The legislative session was a one forsmall businesses, said Mike Hickey, executivd director of the National Federation of Independent Minnesota chapter.
“We’re real happy we didn’t have a massivde tax increase during aterrible recession. I thinki that would only make things worse, and it was a sourced of a lotof battling.” But businesses groupss didn't record any major proactive victorieas either, said Blois Olson, an executive vice presidentg at Tuneim Partners in Bloomingtoj and former co-publisher of Politics in Minnesota . "Th e real question is: Did we do anything that is goiny togrow jobs? I think the jury's still he said. The Chamber had supported proposalzs calling for business tax cuts or other incentives that woulde have helped spureconomic development.
"jI think most of those ideaws got left on the Hesse said.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Effectiveness of a Wii balance board-based system (eBaViR) for balance ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
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Effectiveness of a Wii balance board-based system (eBaViR) for balance ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release) We present eBaViR (easy Balance Virtual Rehabilitation), a system based on the Nintendo Wii Balance Board (WBB), which has been designed by clinical therapists to improve standing balance in patients with ABI through motivational and adaptative ... |
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
CVC ad campaign boosts hotel reservations - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The CVC, in partnership with St. Louis County and the St. Louisw Area Hotel Association, invested $700,000 in the Winter Magi advertising campaign, which includes print and radipo ads running withina 200-mile radius of St. The campaign seeks to increase tourist activitgy inthe St. Louis region during the wintedr months by promoting local shoppingg destinations andwinter events, ranging from Blues hockegy to the Nutcracker at the Fox. The program also includes a brandeed St. Louis shopping bag full of offers fromparticipatinb restaurants, retailers and attractions that is given to visitorsx at area hotels.
Sinces the campaign's launch, more than 12,000 new visitors have loggecd ontothe CVC's Web site, , and hotel reservations made throughn the site have increased 58 percent, as comparer to November 2006. "Customarily we've spent all our resource focusing on the spring and which is making a ball that is alreadhy rolling down hillroll faster," said Brian chief marketing officer at the CVC. "Wr found hotels' revenue per room plummeted duringgthe winter, and we wanted to see if we coule affect some change in the winter months.
" At the downtown, approximatelyu 200 additional room nights have been booked thanks to the according to Dan Boyer, the hotel'a director of sales and marketing. "From November to early March, we really needed somethinhg to bring people intothe city," Boyeer said. The campaign, designed by local advertisinggfirm , will run through February in markets ranging from Ill., to Paducah, Ky.
The CVC, in partnership with St. Louis County and the St. Louisw Area Hotel Association, invested $700,000 in the Winter Magi advertising campaign, which includes print and radipo ads running withina 200-mile radius of St. The campaign seeks to increase tourist activitgy inthe St. Louis region during the wintedr months by promoting local shoppingg destinations andwinter events, ranging from Blues hockegy to the Nutcracker at the Fox. The program also includes a brandeed St. Louis shopping bag full of offers fromparticipatinb restaurants, retailers and attractions that is given to visitorsx at area hotels.
Sinces the campaign's launch, more than 12,000 new visitors have loggecd ontothe CVC's Web site, , and hotel reservations made throughn the site have increased 58 percent, as comparer to November 2006. "Customarily we've spent all our resource focusing on the spring and which is making a ball that is alreadhy rolling down hillroll faster," said Brian chief marketing officer at the CVC. "Wr found hotels' revenue per room plummeted duringgthe winter, and we wanted to see if we coule affect some change in the winter months.
" At the downtown, approximatelyu 200 additional room nights have been booked thanks to the according to Dan Boyer, the hotel'a director of sales and marketing. "From November to early March, we really needed somethinhg to bring people intothe city," Boyeer said. The campaign, designed by local advertisinggfirm , will run through February in markets ranging from Ill., to Paducah, Ky.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Mercy clinics to move come fall - Nashville Business Journal:
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Mercy consists of Mercy Children’s Clinic, Mercy Family Services and the Mercy ChronivCare Home. The nonprofit has been addin 100 new patientsper month, officials say, and the move will alloaw it to consolidate services by doubling patient space. Mercy Children’s Clinic’s patient roomz will increase from 12 to 18 and Mercu Family Services rooms will increase from three to eight with the The new space is locatedf 1113 Murfreesboro Roadbehind Garcia’s and Hobby Lobby. Proposalz from several contractors are being reviewexd for thebuild out, which will take approximatelyt 60 days once work starts.
While therw has been some interestin Mercy’s current property at 112 Ninth Ave. S., no offers have been made and managementr is waiting for a revisedproperty appraisal. Plans to expand by reconstructing Mercy’s current footprint proved prohibitive, officialas say, and meeting city codes would have requiresd adding a number of newparking spaces. Adding those spaces would have required construction of aparkinb deck, which they say woule have come at a very high Mercy began 10 years ago providing primaruy pediatric care to children from mostlyu the Natchez and Hard Bargainm communities in Franklin.
It has grow n to serve more than 9,400 children from 31 counties in Kentuckyand Alabama.
Mercy consists of Mercy Children’s Clinic, Mercy Family Services and the Mercy ChronivCare Home. The nonprofit has been addin 100 new patientsper month, officials say, and the move will alloaw it to consolidate services by doubling patient space. Mercy Children’s Clinic’s patient roomz will increase from 12 to 18 and Mercu Family Services rooms will increase from three to eight with the The new space is locatedf 1113 Murfreesboro Roadbehind Garcia’s and Hobby Lobby. Proposalz from several contractors are being reviewexd for thebuild out, which will take approximatelyt 60 days once work starts.
While therw has been some interestin Mercy’s current property at 112 Ninth Ave. S., no offers have been made and managementr is waiting for a revisedproperty appraisal. Plans to expand by reconstructing Mercy’s current footprint proved prohibitive, officialas say, and meeting city codes would have requiresd adding a number of newparking spaces. Adding those spaces would have required construction of aparkinb deck, which they say woule have come at a very high Mercy began 10 years ago providing primaruy pediatric care to children from mostlyu the Natchez and Hard Bargainm communities in Franklin.
It has grow n to serve more than 9,400 children from 31 counties in Kentuckyand Alabama.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon proposes green college campus downtown, looks for stimulus aid - San Francisco Business Times:
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The Phoenix mayor would like to see the sustainabilit campus located near 7th Avenue and Van Buren Streetr just west of thedowntown core. He said and woulf be the centerpieces of the new Downtown Phoenix already is home to a growinvg ASU campus and a biomedical center that featuresz programs from ASU and the Universityof Arizona. Thosde existing higher education assets are locatedin downtown’sx core and to it eastern edges. The city of Phoenix has been lobbyint federalagencies — includingf the U.S. Departments of Education, Energy and Housinb and Urban Development to help fund the green campua via the American Recovery Reinvestment Actof 2009.
The $787 billion federal stimulus offers education and research grantds for solar and alternative energyt and in othersustainability niches. Gordon will be in Washington next week talkingg to Obama administration including Vice President Joseph Biden abouythe stimulus. That will include meetinge withthe U.S. Department of Labore about the sustainability effort as well as work forcs development fundingvia ARRA.
Therde is a Rio Salado College adult educatio n center off of 7th Avenue near Filmore Gordon said Rio Salado owns some other land and ther e are vacant parcels that could be used fora sustainability/green The campus would be geared towarsd environmental and sustainable architecture, engineering and workforce Gordon said more specific plans and details of the west downtownn campus are being worked and could be unveiled this fall. ASU has been uppingg its green and sustainable programs at its Tempe andother campuses.
Gordon, ASU Presideng Michael Crow and the Greater Phoenix Economic Counci l also want to bolsterfthe Valley’s solar energu production and make the region a center for alternativ e energy source. That includes Gordon wantinfg the city to become the Silicon Valley for solard energy and reducethe Valley’s urban heat island by painting rooftops
The Phoenix mayor would like to see the sustainabilit campus located near 7th Avenue and Van Buren Streetr just west of thedowntown core. He said and woulf be the centerpieces of the new Downtown Phoenix already is home to a growinvg ASU campus and a biomedical center that featuresz programs from ASU and the Universityof Arizona. Thosde existing higher education assets are locatedin downtown’sx core and to it eastern edges. The city of Phoenix has been lobbyint federalagencies — includingf the U.S. Departments of Education, Energy and Housinb and Urban Development to help fund the green campua via the American Recovery Reinvestment Actof 2009.
The $787 billion federal stimulus offers education and research grantds for solar and alternative energyt and in othersustainability niches. Gordon will be in Washington next week talkingg to Obama administration including Vice President Joseph Biden abouythe stimulus. That will include meetinge withthe U.S. Department of Labore about the sustainability effort as well as work forcs development fundingvia ARRA.
Therde is a Rio Salado College adult educatio n center off of 7th Avenue near Filmore Gordon said Rio Salado owns some other land and ther e are vacant parcels that could be used fora sustainability/green The campus would be geared towarsd environmental and sustainable architecture, engineering and workforce Gordon said more specific plans and details of the west downtownn campus are being worked and could be unveiled this fall. ASU has been uppingg its green and sustainable programs at its Tempe andother campuses.
Gordon, ASU Presideng Michael Crow and the Greater Phoenix Economic Counci l also want to bolsterfthe Valley’s solar energu production and make the region a center for alternativ e energy source. That includes Gordon wantinfg the city to become the Silicon Valley for solard energy and reducethe Valley’s urban heat island by painting rooftops
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Paedophilia warning over school uniforms - The Imperfect Parent
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Sky News | Paedophilia warning over school uniforms The Imperfect Parent New guidance has been issued to parents on how to dress their children in school uniform. It advises parents to avoid 'fashion' uniforms, such as short skirts and tight trousers, and instead choose more traditional uniform choices, to reduce the risk ... School Urges 'Modesty' To Avoid Sex Predators Scottish school warns parents that their kids' clothes attract pedophiles School orders pupils to wear baggy clothes 'to deter paedophiles who like boys ... |
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