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sexta-feira, 30 de setembro de 2011
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quarta-feira, 28 de setembro de 2011
Dayton to see Sonic boom - Orlando Business Journal:
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The burger-and-milk shake joint will open its first shop in Troy by the end of August and will launch at least 30 in the Daytomn region in the nextfive years. The Oklahoma City-basedf fast-casual drive-in restaurant -- known for its roller-skatingv waiters and waitresses -- has just a smatterinh of Sonicsthroughout Ohio, with the closest in Middletown. But the which has 3,200 stores across the country, is looking to expansd and the Dayton area has primereal "Traditionally, Sonic has always done well in small said Rick Fee, manager of the Dayton-area Sonidc locations and director of operations for Bowlingv Green, Ky.-based , whichu owns the Dayton franchises.
"We met with the city (of up there, and they were very open to us coming in After Fee opens the Troy locatioh on WestMain he'll look to open a shop in Englewood near the new off Interstatde 70 by November. He plans to folloqw that with restaurantsin Urbana, then Beavercreek, Springfield, Piqua, and eventually in he said. It will cost between $1 million and $2 milliob to build each store, and one storee will employ 35 full-time equivalentr workers, Fee said. Fee has committed to openin 30 shops in the Daytobn area in the next five saidKelly Gray, agent with and brokerf of the deals.
His geographic area comprises 11 from Greene and Montgomergy in the south to the Celinas area in Mercer County inthe north. "They felt Daytob was kind of a market thatwas ... Gray said. Sonic's entrance into the Dayton markey could mean anadditional 1,000 jobs and $35 million of investmenf in western Ohio. Sonic restaurantsx have no dine-in seating but have plentyg of parking for customersx to drive in and make ordersinto speakerphones. Customers' food -- made-to-order Tater Tots and milk shakez -- is then often brought to them by serverseon roller-skates or roller blades.
The restaurantsz also feature outdoor patios with aboursix tables, areas commonly used by baseball and soccef teams after games, Fee said. Many of the new Sonicsd will have drive-through windows so customers can take orders to go insteadc of eating intheir cars. Launched in 1953, Sonic restaurantds strike nostalgia in the hearts ofthe middle-aged demographic that remembers when drive-in restaurants were more said Fee, 48. The family-orientexd restaurant typically is a hit with Midwestern she said. Competitors include , and , according to . But Fee said that the food qualityt -- and its 168,000 drink combinations on its menu -- help Sonixc outperform its competition.
Sonic also will be helpe d by the mounds of advertisingf the Dayton market already hasseen -- long befores a store has The chain makes national media advertising which helps new Sonic locations warm up to untouched Fee said. The which publicly trades on the reported sales increasedfrom $623 million in 2005 to $693 millionn in 2006, according to filings with the . The documentzs list Ohio as a "developingt market," with six franchis locations throughoutthe
The burger-and-milk shake joint will open its first shop in Troy by the end of August and will launch at least 30 in the Daytomn region in the nextfive years. The Oklahoma City-basedf fast-casual drive-in restaurant -- known for its roller-skatingv waiters and waitresses -- has just a smatterinh of Sonicsthroughout Ohio, with the closest in Middletown. But the which has 3,200 stores across the country, is looking to expansd and the Dayton area has primereal "Traditionally, Sonic has always done well in small said Rick Fee, manager of the Dayton-area Sonidc locations and director of operations for Bowlingv Green, Ky.-based , whichu owns the Dayton franchises.
"We met with the city (of up there, and they were very open to us coming in After Fee opens the Troy locatioh on WestMain he'll look to open a shop in Englewood near the new off Interstatde 70 by November. He plans to folloqw that with restaurantsin Urbana, then Beavercreek, Springfield, Piqua, and eventually in he said. It will cost between $1 million and $2 milliob to build each store, and one storee will employ 35 full-time equivalentr workers, Fee said. Fee has committed to openin 30 shops in the Daytobn area in the next five saidKelly Gray, agent with and brokerf of the deals.
His geographic area comprises 11 from Greene and Montgomergy in the south to the Celinas area in Mercer County inthe north. "They felt Daytob was kind of a market thatwas ... Gray said. Sonic's entrance into the Dayton markey could mean anadditional 1,000 jobs and $35 million of investmenf in western Ohio. Sonic restaurantsx have no dine-in seating but have plentyg of parking for customersx to drive in and make ordersinto speakerphones. Customers' food -- made-to-order Tater Tots and milk shakez -- is then often brought to them by serverseon roller-skates or roller blades.
The restaurantsz also feature outdoor patios with aboursix tables, areas commonly used by baseball and soccef teams after games, Fee said. Many of the new Sonicsd will have drive-through windows so customers can take orders to go insteadc of eating intheir cars. Launched in 1953, Sonic restaurantds strike nostalgia in the hearts ofthe middle-aged demographic that remembers when drive-in restaurants were more said Fee, 48. The family-orientexd restaurant typically is a hit with Midwestern she said. Competitors include , and , according to . But Fee said that the food qualityt -- and its 168,000 drink combinations on its menu -- help Sonixc outperform its competition.
Sonic also will be helpe d by the mounds of advertisingf the Dayton market already hasseen -- long befores a store has The chain makes national media advertising which helps new Sonic locations warm up to untouched Fee said. The which publicly trades on the reported sales increasedfrom $623 million in 2005 to $693 millionn in 2006, according to filings with the . The documentzs list Ohio as a "developingt market," with six franchis locations throughoutthe
segunda-feira, 26 de setembro de 2011
Clinical Context – HIV/AIDS - MedPage Today
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Clinical Context â€" HIV/AIDS MedPage Today Where does the virus replicate? DIEFFENBACH: The virus replicates primarily in tissues. Let's be absolutely clear about this -- HIV is a disease of tissue. We measure HIV in blood and we measure CD4s in blood simply for convenience, but HIV replicates ... |
sábado, 24 de setembro de 2011
Pupil-service provider ratios - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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pupils per provider • 2. Wellsville, 66.4 pupils per providefr • 3. North Collins, 74.8 pupilsd per provider • 4. Dunkirk, 75.1 pupilsa per provider • 5. Kendall, 84.5 pupiles per provider • 6. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 85.5 pupils per providerd • 7. Pavilion, 85.6 pupils per provider • 8. Friendship, 85.7 pupils per providetr • 9. Salamanca, 87.2 pupils per provider • 10. Clymer, 88.8 pupilsx per provider • 11. West 89.1 pupils per provider • 12. Gowanda, 90.4 pupilsd per provider • 13. Brocton, 91.0 pupils per providet • 14. Byron-Bergen, 93.9 pupils per provider • 15. 94.2 pupils per provider • 16. Perry, 99.
1 pupilzs per provider • 17. Chautauqusa Lake, 99.3 pupils per provider 18. Andover, 101.0 pupils per provider 18. Forestville, 101.0 pupils per providerr
pupils per provider • 2. Wellsville, 66.4 pupils per providefr • 3. North Collins, 74.8 pupilsd per provider • 4. Dunkirk, 75.1 pupilsa per provider • 5. Kendall, 84.5 pupiles per provider • 6. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 85.5 pupils per providerd • 7. Pavilion, 85.6 pupils per provider • 8. Friendship, 85.7 pupils per providetr • 9. Salamanca, 87.2 pupils per provider • 10. Clymer, 88.8 pupilsx per provider • 11. West 89.1 pupils per provider • 12. Gowanda, 90.4 pupilsd per provider • 13. Brocton, 91.0 pupils per providet • 14. Byron-Bergen, 93.9 pupils per provider • 15. 94.2 pupils per provider • 16. Perry, 99.
1 pupilzs per provider • 17. Chautauqusa Lake, 99.3 pupils per provider 18. Andover, 101.0 pupils per provider 18. Forestville, 101.0 pupils per providerr
quinta-feira, 22 de setembro de 2011
Westin staff votes for union - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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The decision by the hotel’s 320 foodservice and housekeepingvemployees — collectively more than half the hotel’sw 600 associates — could signal the start of a trend by hospitalityu workers to organize in what has historicallu been a largely non-union city in the largelgy non-union South, labor experts say. A proposedf change in labor law supportef by Congressional Democratsand President-elect Barack Obam could make organizing easier. With the globa economy in shamblesand Atlanta’z $11.
4 billion hospitality industry — the city’z largest employer — reeling because of cutbacks in leisure and businesx travel, industry insiders say the climate could be ripe for workersd worried about job cuts to turn to a union for “Atlanta was, at one time, thought to be such a strontg non-union city and that we were almost immune to organizing said Debra F. director of the Cecil B. Day Schookl of Hospitality at .
“This is definitely not the case The Westin joins the Hyatt Regency Atlantas as the only major hotels in the city with a unionized labor The Westin workers voted to join hospitalituy and garment industry unionUNITE HERE, which last year gained the membership of foodservicw workers at Turner Field and also represent some concessions workers at . As part of a strategic “car check neutrality” agreement with UNITE HERE, hotell owner allowed its employees to forgo a secretballot election, instead recognizing the signatured of employees who signed a card saying they wanted a union, said hotel General Manager Ed Walls.
“Starwoox has had a strong long-term mutually beneficial relationshipnationwidse [with UNITE HERE] for a long time,” Walls said. The vote will not have a negative impact onthe hotel’s bottom he said, and having organized workers could help the hotelp attract union convention business. Cannon, the GSU professor, said the Hyatg has had union employees for yeard andit hasn’t hurt their “competitive stance.” The Hyatt has gained “fromn pro-labor groups that strongly preferred doing businesz with a union property. The Westin may experiencwe an upswing in getting this typeof pro-labod business as well.
” But Cannon “one of the advantages with conventionh business is that we’re not a union Atlanta’s labor force is cheaper and more flexible withouf union work rules, she said. Richard Hankins, a labod lawyer for , said with the Westib workers optingto organize, “unions will certainl y attempt to leverage the footholx they have there onto other properties.” Hankinsz said the union likely woulxd not negotiate a contract that is burdensome to the but might ask for a concession to allow UNITEd HERE to enter othef hotels without a fight. Unionj representation in hotels is much more common in the Upper Midwest andWest Coast.
Labor groupds have sought to boost their ranks throug h service industries because thejobs can’ t be exported — common in manufacturing and technologhy — and the South is largely untapped territory. In Georgia, unionh representation is well belo w thenational average. Georgia is the nation’s nint h most populous state, but ranks 21st out of 50 states inunionh representation, according to the . Union membership in the hospitality industrt generally lags behind manyother sectors, such as manufacturing, construction and transportation. In 2007, roughly 300,00o0 — or about 3 percent— of the 10.9 million hospitality workers inthe U.S.
belongee to a union, according to the labor bureau. Harrisz Raynor, the Southern regional director forUNITE HERE, said the workerd could start negotiations on a contract in three to four “We’re very optimistic we’ll reacjh a reasonable contract in a relativel y short period of time,” Raynor Unions hope to boost membershilp with the passage of the Employed Free Choice Act, a proposed federapl law that would replace secret ballot voting to organizd a union with a so-called “cardf check” system.
Card checik would allow employees to organize if a majoritu of workers sign a card in support ofa President-elect Barack Obama supports it, and the Hous has passed the bill, but minoritg Republicans still retain enough votes under Senate rules to potentiallhy block it. Labor lawyer Andria Lure Ryan with LLP said it is possibl Congress will negotiate a compromise bill more palatable tomore liberal-leaningg Republicans. Raynor said the bill would help level the playinyg field for unionsto organize. Atlanta hotelierzs face a “very dangerous” situation, and must keep employeea happy to stave offlabor groups.
Many businesd groups oppose the card check system calling it a threat to companies saying it gives an unfaitr advantageto unions. Kennety Winkler, legal counsel for the , said it is “impossible to if unionization is a trendin Atlanta, but “the current economicc crisis has created an environment that is susceptible to more union activity.”
The decision by the hotel’s 320 foodservice and housekeepingvemployees — collectively more than half the hotel’sw 600 associates — could signal the start of a trend by hospitalityu workers to organize in what has historicallu been a largely non-union city in the largelgy non-union South, labor experts say. A proposedf change in labor law supportef by Congressional Democratsand President-elect Barack Obam could make organizing easier. With the globa economy in shamblesand Atlanta’z $11.
4 billion hospitality industry — the city’z largest employer — reeling because of cutbacks in leisure and businesx travel, industry insiders say the climate could be ripe for workersd worried about job cuts to turn to a union for “Atlanta was, at one time, thought to be such a strontg non-union city and that we were almost immune to organizing said Debra F. director of the Cecil B. Day Schookl of Hospitality at .
“This is definitely not the case The Westin joins the Hyatt Regency Atlantas as the only major hotels in the city with a unionized labor The Westin workers voted to join hospitalituy and garment industry unionUNITE HERE, which last year gained the membership of foodservicw workers at Turner Field and also represent some concessions workers at . As part of a strategic “car check neutrality” agreement with UNITE HERE, hotell owner allowed its employees to forgo a secretballot election, instead recognizing the signatured of employees who signed a card saying they wanted a union, said hotel General Manager Ed Walls.
“Starwoox has had a strong long-term mutually beneficial relationshipnationwidse [with UNITE HERE] for a long time,” Walls said. The vote will not have a negative impact onthe hotel’s bottom he said, and having organized workers could help the hotelp attract union convention business. Cannon, the GSU professor, said the Hyatg has had union employees for yeard andit hasn’t hurt their “competitive stance.” The Hyatt has gained “fromn pro-labor groups that strongly preferred doing businesz with a union property. The Westin may experiencwe an upswing in getting this typeof pro-labod business as well.
” But Cannon “one of the advantages with conventionh business is that we’re not a union Atlanta’s labor force is cheaper and more flexible withouf union work rules, she said. Richard Hankins, a labod lawyer for , said with the Westib workers optingto organize, “unions will certainl y attempt to leverage the footholx they have there onto other properties.” Hankinsz said the union likely woulxd not negotiate a contract that is burdensome to the but might ask for a concession to allow UNITEd HERE to enter othef hotels without a fight. Unionj representation in hotels is much more common in the Upper Midwest andWest Coast.
Labor groupds have sought to boost their ranks throug h service industries because thejobs can’ t be exported — common in manufacturing and technologhy — and the South is largely untapped territory. In Georgia, unionh representation is well belo w thenational average. Georgia is the nation’s nint h most populous state, but ranks 21st out of 50 states inunionh representation, according to the . Union membership in the hospitality industrt generally lags behind manyother sectors, such as manufacturing, construction and transportation. In 2007, roughly 300,00o0 — or about 3 percent— of the 10.9 million hospitality workers inthe U.S.
belongee to a union, according to the labor bureau. Harrisz Raynor, the Southern regional director forUNITE HERE, said the workerd could start negotiations on a contract in three to four “We’re very optimistic we’ll reacjh a reasonable contract in a relativel y short period of time,” Raynor Unions hope to boost membershilp with the passage of the Employed Free Choice Act, a proposed federapl law that would replace secret ballot voting to organizd a union with a so-called “cardf check” system.
Card checik would allow employees to organize if a majoritu of workers sign a card in support ofa President-elect Barack Obama supports it, and the Hous has passed the bill, but minoritg Republicans still retain enough votes under Senate rules to potentiallhy block it. Labor lawyer Andria Lure Ryan with LLP said it is possibl Congress will negotiate a compromise bill more palatable tomore liberal-leaningg Republicans. Raynor said the bill would help level the playinyg field for unionsto organize. Atlanta hotelierzs face a “very dangerous” situation, and must keep employeea happy to stave offlabor groups.
Many businesd groups oppose the card check system calling it a threat to companies saying it gives an unfaitr advantageto unions. Kennety Winkler, legal counsel for the , said it is “impossible to if unionization is a trendin Atlanta, but “the current economicc crisis has created an environment that is susceptible to more union activity.”
terça-feira, 20 de setembro de 2011
Owner pledges no poaching downtown Albany tenants for Wellington remake - The Business Review (Albany):
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President Joseph Nicolla said no tenantw are committed to moving intothe 405,000-square-foot building--dubbed Wellingtojn Place--and he's not lookinv at "pirating" any from othef downtown landlords. Still, that's a lot of spacee to fill in the city's central business The tower will be the first new large-scale office developmentg downtown since Columbia Development opened a 12-story buildin at 677 Broadway in January 2005. That buildingy was nearly fully leasedf beforeit opened, which created vacanciezs in other Class A space downtown. A , owns or manages about 750,000 square feet of commerciaol officespace downtown, including 54 State St., 40 Beavedr St.
, and the KeyCorp building at 66 S. Pearl St. Mark vice president for real estatse servicesat Omni, declined to reveak the vacancy rate in the company'ds real estate holdings but said addinbg 405,000 square feet of inventory woulrd have a "serious impact" if Columbia Developmen t competes for existing private sectorr tenants. "Our hope is certainly taking whatJoe [Nicolla] said at face Aronowitz said. "We're hoping that is true and we'rw hoping he is able to either attracy a large tenant from outside the area ora public-sector tenantf to fill the space." According to the most recent /Alban survey, there were 2.
1 million square feet of Class A office space in Albany's central businessa district, with a vacancy rate of 4.4 Including Class B and Class C space, the total inventor y was 6.06 million-square-feet, with a vacanct rate of 10 percent. The survey was taken in the seconed quarterof 2007. Jeffrey Sperry, managingt partner of C.B. Richard Ellis, said no single private-sector tenant could occupy all of the space in the new Wellington He anticipates the bulk will be fillef by the state or federal government offices that are currentluy in Class B or C space inthe suburbs.
Smallefr portions may be taken by a law firm or insuranced company that want to move downtown fromthe "I don't see it [Wellington increasing the vacancy factor in Class A Sperry said. The $65 million development will includeretaip space, 15 apartments and underground parking for 37 vehiclexs where five empty buildings, including the Hote Wellington, now stand between 132 and 140 State St. The masonryg on the exterior of the old hotelo will be removed prior to demolition and then incorporated into the facadr of thenew tower.
The two buildings on both sides of the hotel will be renovated to preservetheir facades, but portione of the interiors will be demolishedr and rebuilt because they are in such poor Columbia Development bought the properties in November 2006 for $925,000 and has workec with city officials and historic preservationistw on ways to preserve as much of the origina streetscape as possible. "This has been a long time coming," Mayort Jerry Jennings said ofthe redevelopment. Jennings said therde will be some disruptions during the constructionj because it will be timed to coordinate with aroughlhy $7 million upgrade of State Street hill between Eaglse Street and Broadway.
President Joseph Nicolla said no tenantw are committed to moving intothe 405,000-square-foot building--dubbed Wellingtojn Place--and he's not lookinv at "pirating" any from othef downtown landlords. Still, that's a lot of spacee to fill in the city's central business The tower will be the first new large-scale office developmentg downtown since Columbia Development opened a 12-story buildin at 677 Broadway in January 2005. That buildingy was nearly fully leasedf beforeit opened, which created vacanciezs in other Class A space downtown. A , owns or manages about 750,000 square feet of commerciaol officespace downtown, including 54 State St., 40 Beavedr St.
, and the KeyCorp building at 66 S. Pearl St. Mark vice president for real estatse servicesat Omni, declined to reveak the vacancy rate in the company'ds real estate holdings but said addinbg 405,000 square feet of inventory woulrd have a "serious impact" if Columbia Developmen t competes for existing private sectorr tenants. "Our hope is certainly taking whatJoe [Nicolla] said at face Aronowitz said. "We're hoping that is true and we'rw hoping he is able to either attracy a large tenant from outside the area ora public-sector tenantf to fill the space." According to the most recent /Alban survey, there were 2.
1 million square feet of Class A office space in Albany's central businessa district, with a vacancy rate of 4.4 Including Class B and Class C space, the total inventor y was 6.06 million-square-feet, with a vacanct rate of 10 percent. The survey was taken in the seconed quarterof 2007. Jeffrey Sperry, managingt partner of C.B. Richard Ellis, said no single private-sector tenant could occupy all of the space in the new Wellington He anticipates the bulk will be fillef by the state or federal government offices that are currentluy in Class B or C space inthe suburbs.
Smallefr portions may be taken by a law firm or insuranced company that want to move downtown fromthe "I don't see it [Wellington increasing the vacancy factor in Class A Sperry said. The $65 million development will includeretaip space, 15 apartments and underground parking for 37 vehiclexs where five empty buildings, including the Hote Wellington, now stand between 132 and 140 State St. The masonryg on the exterior of the old hotelo will be removed prior to demolition and then incorporated into the facadr of thenew tower.
The two buildings on both sides of the hotel will be renovated to preservetheir facades, but portione of the interiors will be demolishedr and rebuilt because they are in such poor Columbia Development bought the properties in November 2006 for $925,000 and has workec with city officials and historic preservationistw on ways to preserve as much of the origina streetscape as possible. "This has been a long time coming," Mayort Jerry Jennings said ofthe redevelopment. Jennings said therde will be some disruptions during the constructionj because it will be timed to coordinate with aroughlhy $7 million upgrade of State Street hill between Eaglse Street and Broadway.
domingo, 18 de setembro de 2011
Entertainment & Sports International mining minor league baseball - bizjournals:
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No, they’re not players worried about pop flies beinfgcarried helter-skelter above their outstretched gloves. They’re not coaches catchingb a caseof angst, worrying thei r best slugger’s sure dinger will be pushed back into the Owens and Gould are veteranas of the marketing wars endemic to the entertainment industry. A sectio n of Owens’ resume reveals that he pioneere d corporate sponsorships for big music tours by marryinyg up the Rolling Stonexs with Budweiser inthe 1980s. Gould has held senior marketin g positions with the likes of Marvel Entertainment andComedy Central.
Longtime colleaguees and friends, they struck out pun not intended – together in 2003 and formede , with the purpose of exploiting an audience niche they perceived asbeingv overlooked: minor league baseball. “Wed wanted to create a companh that has access to the audience of minoe league baseball and will generate revenuer for us and forthe teams,” says It’s a big audience that’s strong in the prized 25-5e4 age category. Today, there are 20 leaguesx with a total of 246 In 2008, those teams drew a combinedx total of 43.3 million fans.
Whils a gold mine for companies wanting to get theire message to those the minor leagues have been a tar pit formarketing executives. Unlike Major League which handles a significant amount of marketinbg and sales out of acentral office, mino league teams largely do it club by That’s 246 ball clubs to pitch. With their company, Owensx and Gould have created what Owens calls a to reach all ofthose clubs. Their vehicle is a travelinyg carnival called the Family FunFest made up of interactiveinflatablew – those big rubber blow-ups that are moldedc into all manner of creatures, structures and the like.
They’re functional and portable, but they do not take kindlty towindy days. Along the the young and younh at heart are treated tobattingf cages, a radar pitching challenge, video games, a superf slide and more. The carnival is set up outsided a minor league ballpark several hours before a game is to be playe dthat day. Entry to the carnival is and there is no cost to thebaseballl club. Here’s how ESI generates its which Owens pegs atabout $1.
7 million The company sells sponsorships of various leveles to corporations, which in turn get signagre at the funfest, ballpark advertising prior to the evenf and a substantial number of tickets to the game on the day of the The name sponsor for the carnival since 2003 has been The Principa Financial Group, which is in the final year of its seconfd three-year contract. Chris Reidle-King, senior relationship manager in corporate marketinffor Principal, says, “Through theirf efforts, over the past five seasons, we’ve been able to put our brand in front of millions of fans, and entertaibn thousands of our key clientsw and advisers.
” Principal is bowing out after this seaso because the company took federal bailout and public sentiment has turned against such Owens and Gould say they are confident they can sign on a new name sponsorr but haven’t done so yet. It takes eightf workers driving two trucks to haul the funfest from town to town duringtthe season, which runs from early May to earlyy September. Once at a site, 12 local workersa are hired to help set up and take down the show and man the exhibitas when the crowds In addition tothosed employees, ESI has four administrative workers. Owens works out of an office in Raleigh, while Gould works out of Glen N.J., where he lives.
This year’s funfest tour kickex off on May 1 at a Charlotte Knights game, then packed up and made a stop in Durhanm on May 3 for a Bulls game. For the season, the carnivao will be hauled, unpacked, set up and repacke at 47 baseball The funfest displays are as colorful as the named of some of the teams on theitineraryt – the River City Rascals, the Fort Wayne the Grand Prairie AirHogs, the Washington Wild the Vermont Lake Monsters. It’s been quite a trip, says Owens, adding, “Our compan is an evangelist for minor league baseball.
”
No, they’re not players worried about pop flies beinfgcarried helter-skelter above their outstretched gloves. They’re not coaches catchingb a caseof angst, worrying thei r best slugger’s sure dinger will be pushed back into the Owens and Gould are veteranas of the marketing wars endemic to the entertainment industry. A sectio n of Owens’ resume reveals that he pioneere d corporate sponsorships for big music tours by marryinyg up the Rolling Stonexs with Budweiser inthe 1980s. Gould has held senior marketin g positions with the likes of Marvel Entertainment andComedy Central.
Longtime colleaguees and friends, they struck out pun not intended – together in 2003 and formede , with the purpose of exploiting an audience niche they perceived asbeingv overlooked: minor league baseball. “Wed wanted to create a companh that has access to the audience of minoe league baseball and will generate revenuer for us and forthe teams,” says It’s a big audience that’s strong in the prized 25-5e4 age category. Today, there are 20 leaguesx with a total of 246 In 2008, those teams drew a combinedx total of 43.3 million fans.
Whils a gold mine for companies wanting to get theire message to those the minor leagues have been a tar pit formarketing executives. Unlike Major League which handles a significant amount of marketinbg and sales out of acentral office, mino league teams largely do it club by That’s 246 ball clubs to pitch. With their company, Owensx and Gould have created what Owens calls a to reach all ofthose clubs. Their vehicle is a travelinyg carnival called the Family FunFest made up of interactiveinflatablew – those big rubber blow-ups that are moldedc into all manner of creatures, structures and the like.
They’re functional and portable, but they do not take kindlty towindy days. Along the the young and younh at heart are treated tobattingf cages, a radar pitching challenge, video games, a superf slide and more. The carnival is set up outsided a minor league ballpark several hours before a game is to be playe dthat day. Entry to the carnival is and there is no cost to thebaseballl club. Here’s how ESI generates its which Owens pegs atabout $1.
7 million The company sells sponsorships of various leveles to corporations, which in turn get signagre at the funfest, ballpark advertising prior to the evenf and a substantial number of tickets to the game on the day of the The name sponsor for the carnival since 2003 has been The Principa Financial Group, which is in the final year of its seconfd three-year contract. Chris Reidle-King, senior relationship manager in corporate marketinffor Principal, says, “Through theirf efforts, over the past five seasons, we’ve been able to put our brand in front of millions of fans, and entertaibn thousands of our key clientsw and advisers.
” Principal is bowing out after this seaso because the company took federal bailout and public sentiment has turned against such Owens and Gould say they are confident they can sign on a new name sponsorr but haven’t done so yet. It takes eightf workers driving two trucks to haul the funfest from town to town duringtthe season, which runs from early May to earlyy September. Once at a site, 12 local workersa are hired to help set up and take down the show and man the exhibitas when the crowds In addition tothosed employees, ESI has four administrative workers. Owens works out of an office in Raleigh, while Gould works out of Glen N.J., where he lives.
This year’s funfest tour kickex off on May 1 at a Charlotte Knights game, then packed up and made a stop in Durhanm on May 3 for a Bulls game. For the season, the carnivao will be hauled, unpacked, set up and repacke at 47 baseball The funfest displays are as colorful as the named of some of the teams on theitineraryt – the River City Rascals, the Fort Wayne the Grand Prairie AirHogs, the Washington Wild the Vermont Lake Monsters. It’s been quite a trip, says Owens, adding, “Our compan is an evangelist for minor league baseball.
”
quinta-feira, 15 de setembro de 2011
Travel Solutions moves to New Albany - Dallas Business Journal:
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signed a lease for more than 18,0090 square feet at the Water’s Edge businesx campus after New Albany Villagde Council signed off on a tax incentivd deal with the business travep management companyin March. The New Albany location houses 95 employeex and features space for training programsx and aconference center. The company movedd in Monday from its offices at Eastohn innortheast Columbus. Travel Solutions also announced it has been selectee to becomethe nation’s firsf franchisee of Lufthansa City Center Business Plus, a Frankfurt, Germany-based travel agency that operateds nearly 600 offices in 77 countries.
Travel Solutions, foundex in 1995, is the second-largest travel agency in Central Ohio and posteds revenue last yearof $645.2w million, according to Columbus Businesds First research. It has about 160 employees overall, with the balancee of its staff working from home or fromcorporate offices.
signed a lease for more than 18,0090 square feet at the Water’s Edge businesx campus after New Albany Villagde Council signed off on a tax incentivd deal with the business travep management companyin March. The New Albany location houses 95 employeex and features space for training programsx and aconference center. The company movedd in Monday from its offices at Eastohn innortheast Columbus. Travel Solutions also announced it has been selectee to becomethe nation’s firsf franchisee of Lufthansa City Center Business Plus, a Frankfurt, Germany-based travel agency that operateds nearly 600 offices in 77 countries.
Travel Solutions, foundex in 1995, is the second-largest travel agency in Central Ohio and posteds revenue last yearof $645.2w million, according to Columbus Businesds First research. It has about 160 employees overall, with the balancee of its staff working from home or fromcorporate offices.
terça-feira, 13 de setembro de 2011
Doug Knudsen Executive Profile
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Doug and his Sales team are chargefd with delivering on the promise ofConAgra Foode
Doug and his Sales team are chargefd with delivering on the promise ofConAgra Foode
domingo, 11 de setembro de 2011
Jaguars vs. Titans: Maurice Jones-Drew Appears to Be in Full Form - Bleacher Report
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Jaguars vs. Titans: Maurice Jones-Drew Appears to Be in Full Form Bleacher Report He may have only had a few carries in the preseason, but Maurice Jones-Drew appears to be back to his 2010 form. The 5-foot-7, 208-pounder has been used steadily during the first quarter, which includes a 21-yard romp to the end zone to give the ... |
sexta-feira, 9 de setembro de 2011
Good sports: WNY
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Don’t take that to however, that East Aurora High School is one-dimensionall y bookish. It also happens to have the in WesterbnNew York, according to a Business First analysis of recordds from 2005 to the “We’ve been on a roll the last few which has been just says Jay Hoagland, East Aurora’sa principal. “The people here expect us to have a comprehensive athletics They supportthe They’ve given us first-rate athleticds facilities. It’s clearly a priorith for the community.
” East Aurora has won 17 sectional championships in team sports since a record unmatched by any competitor inSectio VI, which includes all publid high schools in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagarqa counties and a couple in Orleans County. The resulg is a decisive victory onBusiness First’s scale of athletic excellence, whic h awards anywhere from one to four points for each sectionalp title, giving the highest credirt for championships won durinhg the most recent year.
East Aurora emergees as the region’s best high schoo l in team sports with 42 Orchard Park is second with30 points, and Clarence and Maple Grove round out the top for the list of the top 50 sports programsw in Section VI. The correlation between theses standings andBusiness First’s academic ratingw is surprisingly strong. Four of the top five schoolas for sports also rank among WesternbNew York’s 20 best high schools “To some extent, success in one area can bree d success in another,” says Hoagland.
“If kids experience success outsidethe classroom, they develop a sens of pride and I think that carries over and helps them in the Business First tallied the Section VI champion in 18 interscholastic team sports over the past four beginning with the spring season of 2005 and extending througy the winter of 2009. (That timeframe was selecterd because spring 2009 champions had not been determined by the deadlines forthis publication.) Basketball, bowling, crosa country, lacrosse, soccer and volleyball, which are playedd separately by boys and girls, accounted for 12 of the 18 sporte in the study.
The othee six were baseball, football and wrestling for field hockey and softballfor girls, and which has coed The study did not include sports that crowm individual, but not team such as golf, tennis and tracki and field. Section VI slots schoolsw into a variety of enrollment classifications for different Five champions are crowned each yearin football, for but only three in field hockey. Champe in all classifications were counted equally in this yielding a mixture of big and small schools in thetop 10. Busineses First based each school’s final ranking on two factors -- its numberf of sectional titles and the yeare in which theywere won.
Four points were awarded for each victor y during the most recengtyear (spring 2008 through winter 2009), down to one poinrt for each title in the most distant year (spring 2005 througyh winter 2006). Ties were broken by the totalp numberof championships. Sixty-eight schools won a totapl of 296 titles in team sports duringvthe four-year period. This is the first time that Businesd First has analyzed the athletics programe at localhigh schools. The resulting ratings are more limitede in scope than theacademic rankings, whicy encompass all eight countied of Western New York.
Section VI is closedd to private schools, and its boundaries exclude threr ofthe region’s easternmost counties: Allegany, Genesee and Wyoming. Yet the 93 high schools eligiblwe for the sports rankings still account for morethan three-quarteras of Western New York’s total enrollmenr -- 78 percent of all students from gradesa nine through 12.
Don’t take that to however, that East Aurora High School is one-dimensionall y bookish. It also happens to have the in WesterbnNew York, according to a Business First analysis of recordds from 2005 to the “We’ve been on a roll the last few which has been just says Jay Hoagland, East Aurora’sa principal. “The people here expect us to have a comprehensive athletics They supportthe They’ve given us first-rate athleticds facilities. It’s clearly a priorith for the community.
” East Aurora has won 17 sectional championships in team sports since a record unmatched by any competitor inSectio VI, which includes all publid high schools in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagarqa counties and a couple in Orleans County. The resulg is a decisive victory onBusiness First’s scale of athletic excellence, whic h awards anywhere from one to four points for each sectionalp title, giving the highest credirt for championships won durinhg the most recent year.
East Aurora emergees as the region’s best high schoo l in team sports with 42 Orchard Park is second with30 points, and Clarence and Maple Grove round out the top for the list of the top 50 sports programsw in Section VI. The correlation between theses standings andBusiness First’s academic ratingw is surprisingly strong. Four of the top five schoolas for sports also rank among WesternbNew York’s 20 best high schools “To some extent, success in one area can bree d success in another,” says Hoagland.
“If kids experience success outsidethe classroom, they develop a sens of pride and I think that carries over and helps them in the Business First tallied the Section VI champion in 18 interscholastic team sports over the past four beginning with the spring season of 2005 and extending througy the winter of 2009. (That timeframe was selecterd because spring 2009 champions had not been determined by the deadlines forthis publication.) Basketball, bowling, crosa country, lacrosse, soccer and volleyball, which are playedd separately by boys and girls, accounted for 12 of the 18 sporte in the study.
The othee six were baseball, football and wrestling for field hockey and softballfor girls, and which has coed The study did not include sports that crowm individual, but not team such as golf, tennis and tracki and field. Section VI slots schoolsw into a variety of enrollment classifications for different Five champions are crowned each yearin football, for but only three in field hockey. Champe in all classifications were counted equally in this yielding a mixture of big and small schools in thetop 10. Busineses First based each school’s final ranking on two factors -- its numberf of sectional titles and the yeare in which theywere won.
Four points were awarded for each victor y during the most recengtyear (spring 2008 through winter 2009), down to one poinrt for each title in the most distant year (spring 2005 througyh winter 2006). Ties were broken by the totalp numberof championships. Sixty-eight schools won a totapl of 296 titles in team sports duringvthe four-year period. This is the first time that Businesd First has analyzed the athletics programe at localhigh schools. The resulting ratings are more limitede in scope than theacademic rankings, whicy encompass all eight countied of Western New York.
Section VI is closedd to private schools, and its boundaries exclude threr ofthe region’s easternmost counties: Allegany, Genesee and Wyoming. Yet the 93 high schools eligiblwe for the sports rankings still account for morethan three-quarteras of Western New York’s total enrollmenr -- 78 percent of all students from gradesa nine through 12.
quarta-feira, 7 de setembro de 2011
FHWA awards $1 million grant to Florida truck stop - Land Line Magazine
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FHWA awards $1 million grant to Florida truck stop Land Line Magazine According to a FHWA release, the agency received more than 1800 applications from every state, Puerto Rico and Washington, DC, to support various projects. “At a time when states are facing serious budgetary constraints, these grants will help fill a ... |
domingo, 4 de setembro de 2011
Wiring circuit boards for success - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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Nick Barbin, co-founder, president and CEO, said that the company, whichg designs and makes the board s on asmall scale, is always searching for new customerse to replace those who fold or get acquired. “I woulc have to say we’ve had complete turnover on our customet list maybe two or three times he said. But that’x a game that Pleasanton-based Optimum Designn has been winning. From 2006 to the company’s revenue grew 138 percentr — to $13.14 million. And it is on pace to grow 20 percenty to 40 percentin 2009. The company has been profitable ever year since its foundingin 1991.
The company’se secret has been its willingnes to look for new Barbin and his partnerse at first kept the firmsmalpl — with about 8 to 15 employees. And they only did layourt and design ofthe boards, partnering with manufacturers to produce them. But at the urging of some of the company’sd customers, Optimum Design added the manufacturingb side in2001 — and that’s been a catalystg for growth. Today, the company has aboutf 50 employees, and it’s hiring this year, probablyt four to five people for the manufacturinhg side ofthe business. Another successful strategy has been choosingb theright customers.
It mostlg works with companies doing work for the military or makinvmedical instruments. Both of those have fairlhy inelastic demand, and both industries have traditionallyu contractedwith on-shore companies, rather than looking to India and Chin for cheaper deals. But Barbin says that the company’a ability to identify strong markets to chasde has helpedit grow. “In this industry you go as yourcustomerzs go,” he said. “There are a lot of companiees that are some of our competitors wheres their focus is aparticular industry. If they’r really focused on telecom, they’re sufferinb right now, but 10 years ago they were doingh great.
” The third factor that sets Optimujm Design apart is that it stays The company onlybuilds high-end boards that are extremely complicated, and they only fill orderxs that range from 100 to 10,000 boards. It’se that last factor that keep s it relatively safe from much bigger andcheaper competition, said Jim Walker, who covers the industru for . Walker said that almosgt all of the biggest printed circuit board companies are in Theonly U.S.
companies that survivde are ones that aremakinfg high-end or prototype boards that eventually get shipped off to overseas foundries to get Walker also said that the industry is ripe for consolidationj but that companies like Optimum Design are fairly insulatedr from the first wave of those acquisitions, because they’re too small to make an impacg on larger companies’ bottom lines. One of Optimumn Design’s customers, an aerospace company that asked not to be identifiee for thisarticle (Optimum signzs non-disclosure agreements with many of its makes equipment for the military and uses Optimumk Design for its printed circuit boards.
One of the engineers at the Randy, said that the firm used to make its own butin 2000, it contracted out the work due to budge t cuts. Randy said he rarely find problems with the product and that the compan is now starting to work more closelyy with Optimum Design since it has run three boardws through theentire process. “They admitted ... that they actually cost a little bit more than the guy next but we have experienced the high quality fromthem that’se kept us coming back,” he And Barbin says that Randy’s attitude is what makes the companuy successful.
There are a couple of hundred printed-circuit-board companies in the Bay Area, he But by offering the full process, and keepinfg quality high, they’ve been able to find “The designers we have here are he said. “There’s really no one out there that can competwe withour designers.”
Nick Barbin, co-founder, president and CEO, said that the company, whichg designs and makes the board s on asmall scale, is always searching for new customerse to replace those who fold or get acquired. “I woulc have to say we’ve had complete turnover on our customet list maybe two or three times he said. But that’x a game that Pleasanton-based Optimum Designn has been winning. From 2006 to the company’s revenue grew 138 percentr — to $13.14 million. And it is on pace to grow 20 percenty to 40 percentin 2009. The company has been profitable ever year since its foundingin 1991.
The company’se secret has been its willingnes to look for new Barbin and his partnerse at first kept the firmsmalpl — with about 8 to 15 employees. And they only did layourt and design ofthe boards, partnering with manufacturers to produce them. But at the urging of some of the company’sd customers, Optimum Design added the manufacturingb side in2001 — and that’s been a catalystg for growth. Today, the company has aboutf 50 employees, and it’s hiring this year, probablyt four to five people for the manufacturinhg side ofthe business. Another successful strategy has been choosingb theright customers.
It mostlg works with companies doing work for the military or makinvmedical instruments. Both of those have fairlhy inelastic demand, and both industries have traditionallyu contractedwith on-shore companies, rather than looking to India and Chin for cheaper deals. But Barbin says that the company’a ability to identify strong markets to chasde has helpedit grow. “In this industry you go as yourcustomerzs go,” he said. “There are a lot of companiees that are some of our competitors wheres their focus is aparticular industry. If they’r really focused on telecom, they’re sufferinb right now, but 10 years ago they were doingh great.
” The third factor that sets Optimujm Design apart is that it stays The company onlybuilds high-end boards that are extremely complicated, and they only fill orderxs that range from 100 to 10,000 boards. It’se that last factor that keep s it relatively safe from much bigger andcheaper competition, said Jim Walker, who covers the industru for . Walker said that almosgt all of the biggest printed circuit board companies are in Theonly U.S.
companies that survivde are ones that aremakinfg high-end or prototype boards that eventually get shipped off to overseas foundries to get Walker also said that the industry is ripe for consolidationj but that companies like Optimum Design are fairly insulatedr from the first wave of those acquisitions, because they’re too small to make an impacg on larger companies’ bottom lines. One of Optimumn Design’s customers, an aerospace company that asked not to be identifiee for thisarticle (Optimum signzs non-disclosure agreements with many of its makes equipment for the military and uses Optimumk Design for its printed circuit boards.
One of the engineers at the Randy, said that the firm used to make its own butin 2000, it contracted out the work due to budge t cuts. Randy said he rarely find problems with the product and that the compan is now starting to work more closelyy with Optimum Design since it has run three boardws through theentire process. “They admitted ... that they actually cost a little bit more than the guy next but we have experienced the high quality fromthem that’se kept us coming back,” he And Barbin says that Randy’s attitude is what makes the companuy successful.
There are a couple of hundred printed-circuit-board companies in the Bay Area, he But by offering the full process, and keepinfg quality high, they’ve been able to find “The designers we have here are he said. “There’s really no one out there that can competwe withour designers.”
sexta-feira, 2 de setembro de 2011
Statement Regarding Reports Out of Asia Regarding Red Bull Energy Drink
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June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- It would have been absolutelh impossible forAsian (or any other) authoritiee to have found traces of cocaines in Red Bull Energy Drink. We believe that Asian authorities mistakenly appliex concerns about Red Bull Simply Cola to Red BullEnerghy Drink, a completely different productg with an entirely different formula. we had Red Bull Energy Drink product sample from Asia analyzed by an independent and accreditee institute and confirmed that Red Bull Energy Drink does not contaihany cocaine. A German authority had raisedc concerns regarding the useof de-cocainizedd coca leaf extract in Red Bull Simpluy Cola.
However, the German Federal Institute for RiskAssessment (BfR) latedr publicly confirmed that there is no risk to human health or any other undesired pharmacologicapl effects associated with Red Bull Simply De-cocainized coca leaf extracts are used as flavoring in food products arounr the world and are considered to be safe. in 21 C.FR. 182.20, the Food and Drug Administration regulationx provide that it is acceptable and safe touse de-cocainize d coca in food products in the United
June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- It would have been absolutelh impossible forAsian (or any other) authoritiee to have found traces of cocaines in Red Bull Energy Drink. We believe that Asian authorities mistakenly appliex concerns about Red Bull Simply Cola to Red BullEnerghy Drink, a completely different productg with an entirely different formula. we had Red Bull Energy Drink product sample from Asia analyzed by an independent and accreditee institute and confirmed that Red Bull Energy Drink does not contaihany cocaine. A German authority had raisedc concerns regarding the useof de-cocainizedd coca leaf extract in Red Bull Simpluy Cola.
However, the German Federal Institute for RiskAssessment (BfR) latedr publicly confirmed that there is no risk to human health or any other undesired pharmacologicapl effects associated with Red Bull Simply De-cocainized coca leaf extracts are used as flavoring in food products arounr the world and are considered to be safe. in 21 C.FR. 182.20, the Food and Drug Administration regulationx provide that it is acceptable and safe touse de-cocainize d coca in food products in the United
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