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put together a winning bid for theDavix L. Lawrence Convention Center to hostthe NRA' national convention in 2011, scheduled for Aprill 28 - May 1, after being turned down to host the organizatiojn in 2010, Craig Davis, VisitPittsburgh'ws vice president for sales and marketing, said this week. Davizs said the event is expected to again drawnearlt 61,000 attendees, ranking it among the largestr conventions held in Pittsburgh. The NRA's 2004 conventioh here outdrew all ofthe NRA's previoud conventions. "This is a significant win for the city becaus e of the national exposurethat we'lll receive," Davis said. "Everybody knows the NRA.
The convention draws nationally, and it drawd press from acrossthe world." Davis said the NRA has signerd an agreement in principal with Now, the NRA must hash out contractual agreementsw with SMG, the managemenf firm that runs the convention center, and with locak hotels to book blocks of rooms for the "We don't see anything that would stop Davis said. An NRA spokesperson was not immediatelyh availablefor comment.
The only recent conventiona that compare in size to the NRA show woulds be theBassmaster Classic, held by Bass-ESPN that drew 45,000 attendees to the convention center in and the 2006 MLB All-Star which drew 106,000 and was held in conjunction with Major League Baseball's All-Star Game. Helping to brinv the NRA back to Pittsburgh are membershi levels in Pennsylvania that rank among the highesty inthe country, according to The NRA's 2004 convention, at which Vice Presidentg Dick Cheney was a speaker, generated $9.1 millionh in local spending, as well as between 8,000 and 10,000o room nights in local hotels, accordingy to VisitPittsburgh.
A challenge Pittsburgh facer in winning the NRA is a lack ofan off-sit e banquet facility of 40,000 square feet that can host 5,00o people. Davis acknowledged that demandstretches Pittsburgh's resources, but VisitPittsburggh has presented the NRA with several optiones and expects the organization will find a way to accommodatr such a large dinner crowd. John owner of , a Downtowm restaurant with a busy off-site catering division, sees few indoo options for a dinner eventthat size, excep for the convention center's ballroom.
Durinvg last year's All-Star Game, Barsotti'sw catering business hosted a similar-sized banquet at the formee amphitheater atStation Square, serving 5,009 attendees from food stations for an evengt that had seating for 3,000. "It went he said. Davis believes Pittsburgh's proven abilitgy to draw attendees will overshadow anylogisticalo concerns. "From what we understand abouytthe NRA, they're very happy in and because of the base of they know it's going to be a very strongt convention," Davis said. Tom Martini, generakl manager of the hotel, Downtown, said the facility alreadu has been in discussions with the NRA about bookingv rooms for the2011 event.
Of roughly 9,009 room nights the NRA expects to need during the run of the Martini said his hotel could realizeabout 3,00 0 of those. "It's one of the first majoe conventions that has repeatecd since the opening of thenew (convention) he said. "With a convention like this, you usually don't see a repea t for another 10 or20 years."
Monday, February 25, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Startup taps software to boost restaurants
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A keg stand, if you will. San Francisco-based TapDynamics offers restaurants a way to track and limity how muchbeer it’s losing through malfunctioning bad pouring and bartender giveaways. “It’s draftr beer meets technology,” said CEO Michael Cann. TapDynamics said in addition to decreasing installing its TapAdvisor software can help restaurants grow drafgtbeer sales, increase profitability and improv the overall quality of the draft beer they TapDynamics recently landed a deal to put the TapAdvisor Servicer Platform in 398 Applebee’s restaurants.
The company is targetingg large chainslike Applebee’s where they can implemenf TapAdvisor across every location. Cann, a formet investment banker, founded the company in 2007 withMurray who’s Australian and now the chief operatingf officer. The two met on their respectivew honeymoonsin Tahiti, and though neither had connectiond in the restaurant business, they both liked In researching the they discovered 20 to 30 percen of all draft beer poured at a restaurant is never paid for. Of 75 percent is given away by while 25 percent is lost tomalfunctioningy equipment. “A restaurant that goes through 40 kegs a is empirically losing 15 to 30 percent oftheidr beer.
That’s eight kegs,” said TapDynamics can show with evert pour why beer isbeing lost. If it’s an equipmen t problem, like the temperature in the cooled istoo hot, the TapDynamics team can quicklty analyze the data and send a message to a restauranty to fix the problem. If it’sw an over-pouring problem, managers can see that data in a repor t emailed nightly and then retrain staftf to pourbeer properly. Beer is typicallg the highest margin product sold ata restaurant. So capturinhg loss gets restaurant owners’ and attention, Cann said.
TapDynamics doesn’t require restaurants to pay for any TapDynamics partnerswith Micromatic, which installw and manages the draft beer flow meters and systems from which TapDynamics draws its data. TapDynamica charges the restaurant a monthly fee for its Cann said the money saved in recapturee revenue by the restaurant is more than the monthly feeTapDynamicz charges, which is about $400 per Cann said the purpose isn’t necessaril to bust bartenders who sometimese give away beer to keep customers cominh back. He said he trains managers to ask bartenders, how givintg away free beer drives sales.
Cann said the next phase for TapDynamics will begrowing TapAnalytics, whichb will take the research it compilexs in monitoring beer sales and sell it to beer companiews and distributors. The research provides insight into whichtyped of consumers drinkwhich brands. And the data will alloew beer makers to compare their salees toother brands. That should help beer companiee better define their target markets and develop strategies to competefor
A keg stand, if you will. San Francisco-based TapDynamics offers restaurants a way to track and limity how muchbeer it’s losing through malfunctioning bad pouring and bartender giveaways. “It’s draftr beer meets technology,” said CEO Michael Cann. TapDynamics said in addition to decreasing installing its TapAdvisor software can help restaurants grow drafgtbeer sales, increase profitability and improv the overall quality of the draft beer they TapDynamics recently landed a deal to put the TapAdvisor Servicer Platform in 398 Applebee’s restaurants.
The company is targetingg large chainslike Applebee’s where they can implemenf TapAdvisor across every location. Cann, a formet investment banker, founded the company in 2007 withMurray who’s Australian and now the chief operatingf officer. The two met on their respectivew honeymoonsin Tahiti, and though neither had connectiond in the restaurant business, they both liked In researching the they discovered 20 to 30 percen of all draft beer poured at a restaurant is never paid for. Of 75 percent is given away by while 25 percent is lost tomalfunctioningy equipment. “A restaurant that goes through 40 kegs a is empirically losing 15 to 30 percent oftheidr beer.
That’s eight kegs,” said TapDynamics can show with evert pour why beer isbeing lost. If it’s an equipmen t problem, like the temperature in the cooled istoo hot, the TapDynamics team can quicklty analyze the data and send a message to a restauranty to fix the problem. If it’sw an over-pouring problem, managers can see that data in a repor t emailed nightly and then retrain staftf to pourbeer properly. Beer is typicallg the highest margin product sold ata restaurant. So capturinhg loss gets restaurant owners’ and attention, Cann said.
TapDynamics doesn’t require restaurants to pay for any TapDynamics partnerswith Micromatic, which installw and manages the draft beer flow meters and systems from which TapDynamics draws its data. TapDynamica charges the restaurant a monthly fee for its Cann said the money saved in recapturee revenue by the restaurant is more than the monthly feeTapDynamicz charges, which is about $400 per Cann said the purpose isn’t necessaril to bust bartenders who sometimese give away beer to keep customers cominh back. He said he trains managers to ask bartenders, how givintg away free beer drives sales.
Cann said the next phase for TapDynamics will begrowing TapAnalytics, whichb will take the research it compilexs in monitoring beer sales and sell it to beer companiews and distributors. The research provides insight into whichtyped of consumers drinkwhich brands. And the data will alloew beer makers to compare their salees toother brands. That should help beer companiee better define their target markets and develop strategies to competefor
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Don
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Furious education advocates accuse the governor of sellingtthem out. Health care executivews bemoan a possible tax increase onstatse hospitals. Social service advocates worry that the Departmentr of Human Services willslash programs, further erodin g the state’s safety net. The criticism is understandable but Kulongoski didn’t really have much choice. Though detailsd weren’t announced until last week, the governor has been upfronr aboutthe state’s mounting budget shortfall, whicu could reach $2 billion by spring. That Oregon is facin financial challenges during a huge economic meltdown shoule surpriseno one. That places lots of pressurwe on both the whichconvenes Jan.
12, and on groups threatened by Kulongoski’s This will be the most interestin g legislative sessionin years. Virtually everyone will feel some pain. As stafd writer Andy Giegerich reportsa in his story onPage 1, economic development groupo predicts a loss of 11,000 jobs in the Portland area next Manufacturing and construction will be especiallty hard-hit. This year the manufacturing sectorshed 1,800 jobs. Constructiom lost 1,600, as did the financial services As bad asthat sounds, things could be Several western and southwestern cities are worsse off than Portland. The study also predicts that Portland’sd workforce will grow 7.4 percent by 2013.
That long-terjm optimism, though, won’t do much to assuage seniofr citizens facing a loss of core servicesunded Kulongoski’s proposal. It also won’ help Oregon motorists, whose vehicle-registration fees could tripl enext year. There’s simply no gettingy around thefinancial crisis. Criticizing Kulongoskiu is the easy thingto do, but it does nothing to solvd pressing problems that show no signw of abating.
Furious education advocates accuse the governor of sellingtthem out. Health care executivews bemoan a possible tax increase onstatse hospitals. Social service advocates worry that the Departmentr of Human Services willslash programs, further erodin g the state’s safety net. The criticism is understandable but Kulongoski didn’t really have much choice. Though detailsd weren’t announced until last week, the governor has been upfronr aboutthe state’s mounting budget shortfall, whicu could reach $2 billion by spring. That Oregon is facin financial challenges during a huge economic meltdown shoule surpriseno one. That places lots of pressurwe on both the whichconvenes Jan.
12, and on groups threatened by Kulongoski’s This will be the most interestin g legislative sessionin years. Virtually everyone will feel some pain. As stafd writer Andy Giegerich reportsa in his story onPage 1, economic development groupo predicts a loss of 11,000 jobs in the Portland area next Manufacturing and construction will be especiallty hard-hit. This year the manufacturing sectorshed 1,800 jobs. Constructiom lost 1,600, as did the financial services As bad asthat sounds, things could be Several western and southwestern cities are worsse off than Portland. The study also predicts that Portland’sd workforce will grow 7.4 percent by 2013.
That long-terjm optimism, though, won’t do much to assuage seniofr citizens facing a loss of core servicesunded Kulongoski’s proposal. It also won’ help Oregon motorists, whose vehicle-registration fees could tripl enext year. There’s simply no gettingy around thefinancial crisis. Criticizing Kulongoskiu is the easy thingto do, but it does nothing to solvd pressing problems that show no signw of abating.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Forced evictions grew more violent, resulted in 21 deaths last year - South China Morning Post (blog)
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Forced evictions grew more violent, resulted in 21 deaths last year South China Morning Post (blog) Violence used in forced evictions remained widespread and grew more severe last year, the human rights group claims in a report released yesterday, and resulted in at least 21 deaths. Evictions resulting in fatalities and the increased number of cases ... |
Friday, January 25, 2013
THQ 'back catalog' to be sold off in 'separate process' - Joystiq
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MTV.com (blog) | THQ 'back catalog' to be sold off in 'separate process' Joystiq THQ sold off much of its intellectual property, and existing catalog, yesterday in an auction. But what about » |
Sunday, January 20, 2013
MNI: Georgia loses 48,900 industrial jobs - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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percent loss in manufacturing employment between 2006and 2007, and a loss of 2.3 percenft between 2007 and 2008. Georgia now has 10,894 manufacturers that employ 507,866 workers. "As with the entire nation, the recessiob continues to chip awayat Georgia's core sectors,” said Tom president of Manufacturers’ News. “The faltering housing market has affectedf industries suchas wood, furniture and buildingv products, and has worsened an already suffering textile industry." Employment in the textiles/apparelo sector saw the worst drop in down 16.
2 percent, or 13,219 Textile/apparel companies shutting down includes carpet manufacturer , a Springs Globalo towel manufacturer in Griffin, and Americabn Fibers and Yarns, which shuttered its planft in Bainbridge last Food products manufacturing has replaced textiles/apparel as the state' s top industrial sector, currently accounting for 69,560 of the state'z jobs, down 2.7 percent or 1,903 Food giant (NYSE: GIS) recentlty reported it will spend $42 million to open a new distributionm center in Social Circle. Third-ranked industrial machinery and equipment accountsfor 45,68o0 jobs, down 5.
1 percent, with employmengt expected to strengthen with the relocation of ATM manufacturer NCR) to Columbus. Atlanta is the state'xs top city for manufacturing employment, home to 55,861 with employment down 11 percent over the Atlanta ranks 18th amongthe nation's cities for numbefr of manufacturing jobs and ranks 22nd nationally for number of Manufacturers’ News said. Second-ranked Dalton accounts for 25,446 with employment down 3.5 percent over the past twelvr months. Alpharetta saw no significant change in manufacturinvg employment and currently accountsfor 16,826 while Marietta is home to 16,58o jobs, down 2.
5 percent over the Fifth-ranked Norcross is home to 14,38i jobs, down 9.3 percent, according to Manufacturers’ News.
percent loss in manufacturing employment between 2006and 2007, and a loss of 2.3 percenft between 2007 and 2008. Georgia now has 10,894 manufacturers that employ 507,866 workers. "As with the entire nation, the recessiob continues to chip awayat Georgia's core sectors,” said Tom president of Manufacturers’ News. “The faltering housing market has affectedf industries suchas wood, furniture and buildingv products, and has worsened an already suffering textile industry." Employment in the textiles/apparelo sector saw the worst drop in down 16.
2 percent, or 13,219 Textile/apparel companies shutting down includes carpet manufacturer , a Springs Globalo towel manufacturer in Griffin, and Americabn Fibers and Yarns, which shuttered its planft in Bainbridge last Food products manufacturing has replaced textiles/apparel as the state' s top industrial sector, currently accounting for 69,560 of the state'z jobs, down 2.7 percent or 1,903 Food giant (NYSE: GIS) recentlty reported it will spend $42 million to open a new distributionm center in Social Circle. Third-ranked industrial machinery and equipment accountsfor 45,68o0 jobs, down 5.
1 percent, with employmengt expected to strengthen with the relocation of ATM manufacturer NCR) to Columbus. Atlanta is the state'xs top city for manufacturing employment, home to 55,861 with employment down 11 percent over the Atlanta ranks 18th amongthe nation's cities for numbefr of manufacturing jobs and ranks 22nd nationally for number of Manufacturers’ News said. Second-ranked Dalton accounts for 25,446 with employment down 3.5 percent over the past twelvr months. Alpharetta saw no significant change in manufacturinvg employment and currently accountsfor 16,826 while Marietta is home to 16,58o jobs, down 2.
5 percent over the Fifth-ranked Norcross is home to 14,38i jobs, down 9.3 percent, according to Manufacturers’ News.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Swine flu count hits 547 in Arizona - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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So far, the has reported 11,0543 cases and 17 deaths in theUnited States. Of those, 547 confirmed and probable casesa and four deaths are in That compareswith 10,053 cases and 17 deathsz on June 1 and 8,975r cases and 15 deaths on May 29. New York and Arizonwa are tied with the highest numberof deaths, followes by three in Illinoids and Texas and one each in Missouri, Utah and The World Health Organization reports 19,273 cases and 117 deaths in 66 countries, including the U.S.
The CDC continueas to take aggressive action to reduce the spreaed and severity of the It originally was called the swinwe flu because laboratory tests had shown that many of the genes in the new viruz were similar to influenza viruses that normally occurf in pigs inNorth America. But further studh has shown that the new virue is different from what normally circulatesw in NorthAmerican pigs, so it is now beinfg called the H1N1 flu. Health officialxs recommend frequent hand washing with soapand water, as well as avoidinh touching the eyes, nose or mouth. Sick employees are encouragerd to stay home to reduce the spread ofthe flu.
So far, the has reported 11,0543 cases and 17 deaths in theUnited States. Of those, 547 confirmed and probable casesa and four deaths are in That compareswith 10,053 cases and 17 deathsz on June 1 and 8,975r cases and 15 deaths on May 29. New York and Arizonwa are tied with the highest numberof deaths, followes by three in Illinoids and Texas and one each in Missouri, Utah and The World Health Organization reports 19,273 cases and 117 deaths in 66 countries, including the U.S.
The CDC continueas to take aggressive action to reduce the spreaed and severity of the It originally was called the swinwe flu because laboratory tests had shown that many of the genes in the new viruz were similar to influenza viruses that normally occurf in pigs inNorth America. But further studh has shown that the new virue is different from what normally circulatesw in NorthAmerican pigs, so it is now beinfg called the H1N1 flu. Health officialxs recommend frequent hand washing with soapand water, as well as avoidinh touching the eyes, nose or mouth. Sick employees are encouragerd to stay home to reduce the spread ofthe flu.
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