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According to VisitPittsburgh, each home game between the and the Detroig Red Wings brings anestimated $4.9 million in economic impact, whetherf its from hotel stays, mealse at restaurants or other A number of hotels are fully including the Omni William Penn, whicbh hosts the NHL’s the , with the caveat that it alwayas sells out Tuesdays and Wednesdays anyway to businessa travelers, and the . Tom Martini, the general managerd for the Westin Convention Center Hotel, located Downtown, described the addedr boost of Stanley Cup-relatedf guests. “We would’ve been busy but we wouldn’t have been selling out,” he said.
“This has allowedc us to fill up theentirde hotel, all 616 rooms.” Martini and othedr hotel operators emphasized the added jolt of unexpectexd business comes during an otherwise down year from hoteol business following a strong 2008, which also featurefd a Penguins-Red Wings Stanley Cup that was lost by Pittsburgh’d favorite flightless birds. Bob Page, the area director of sale s and marketingfor Omni, said the NFL’zs coterie of league officials, along with media, has brought an increasew in occupancy beyond the two game days, comparable to the businesas generated from a strong home playoff run by the , althoughh not topping it.
“It’s not to the degreed of probably theAFC championship, but it’sd still great business for us,” he said. “It’ s selling us out.” The story is a littlse more complicated for locap restaurantsand bars. John Barsotti, ownert of The Common Plea, located downtown, estimated the restaurantr has seen a 25 percenf increase when the Penguins are playingh playoff gamesin town. But when the team is playingg away, the hockey fan dinerxs stay away. “We’ve seen increases when they’re said Barsotti, who estimated his 2009 business is up by 25 percen overlast year, despite the recession.
“But on the oppositwe page, we see a little bit of a decrease when they go out of Chris Dilla, owner of Bocktown Beer and Grill, in North said it can be tricky for her operation to jump from a busy nighft of a hockey game to extra slow nights when therwe isn’t one. She expects that plenty of customera are struggling to go the distancee withthe seven-game series. “It’s hard for the businesas becausepeople don’t have the money to be out evergy other night,” she said. “It tendse to be that people who watchh the playoffs really have to watcbtheir pennies.
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Friday, July 15, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
2009 WNY middle school rankings - Nashville Business Journal:
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Profiles of the top 25 schoolxs can be reached by clickinvg on the names of thoseschoolsd below. A breakdown of the rankings for each section of Westerb New York can be accessedby . The following abbreviationd havebeen used: CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middlr School, ES-Elementary School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediat e School, JHS-Junior High JSHS-Junior-Senior High School, MHS-Middle-Highy School, MS-Middle School, PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High School, VHS-Vocational High Each school is followed by the name of the districtf that operates it (if it’as a public school) or the districtr where it is located (if it’s a private • 1. • 2. 3. • 4.
• 5. • 6. 7. • 8. • 9. 10. • 11. • 12. 13. • 14. • 15.
Profiles of the top 25 schoolxs can be reached by clickinvg on the names of thoseschoolsd below. A breakdown of the rankings for each section of Westerb New York can be accessedby . The following abbreviationd havebeen used: CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middlr School, ES-Elementary School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediat e School, JHS-Junior High JSHS-Junior-Senior High School, MHS-Middle-Highy School, MS-Middle School, PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High School, VHS-Vocational High Each school is followed by the name of the districtf that operates it (if it’as a public school) or the districtr where it is located (if it’s a private • 1. • 2. 3. • 4.
• 5. • 6. 7. • 8. • 9. 10. • 11. • 12. 13. • 14. • 15.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Kannapolis honored for economic strategy - Nashville Business Journal:
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The city received the awarxd in the category of Excellence in Economic Diversification which recognizes responses to plant closurese and othereconomic dislocations, that promotr economic diversification. The competition is open to nonprofits; state and regional governments; and universities and colleges. Cabarrus and Rowamn counties lost 4,300 manufacturing jobs when textilemanufacturer Kannapolis-basedPillowtex closed in July 2003. Two years later, Californiaw billionaire David Murdock announced plans forthe N.C. Researcg Campus at the 350-acre former Pillowtex headquarter andmanufacturing site. The life-sciences hub includesz the participation ofDuke University, the UNC System, the N.C.
Communityy College System, other educational institutions and business The total investment is expecte toreach $1.8 billion. Residential and commerciall developments are rising around the campus with hopes ofturninbg Kannapolis, a former textile town, into a biotecnh center.
The city received the awarxd in the category of Excellence in Economic Diversification which recognizes responses to plant closurese and othereconomic dislocations, that promotr economic diversification. The competition is open to nonprofits; state and regional governments; and universities and colleges. Cabarrus and Rowamn counties lost 4,300 manufacturing jobs when textilemanufacturer Kannapolis-basedPillowtex closed in July 2003. Two years later, Californiaw billionaire David Murdock announced plans forthe N.C. Researcg Campus at the 350-acre former Pillowtex headquarter andmanufacturing site. The life-sciences hub includesz the participation ofDuke University, the UNC System, the N.C.
Communityy College System, other educational institutions and business The total investment is expecte toreach $1.8 billion. Residential and commerciall developments are rising around the campus with hopes ofturninbg Kannapolis, a former textile town, into a biotecnh center.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Secret Service Investigates Spy Camera Artist - Huffington Post
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The Age | Secret Service Investigates Spy Camera Artist Huffington Post Recently, the project has come under investigation from the Secret Service, based on the possibility that McDonald has violated computer fraud law. The Secret Service arrived at McDonald's house yesterday and confiscated his computers, iPod and flash ... Apple Store spycam artist says that Secret Service busted him Artist's Controversial Apple Project Nixed by Secret Service Spy Cam Artist Gets Secret Service Visit |
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Marvell lowers Q4 guidance - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Santa Clara-based Marvell (NASDAQ:MRVL) said the revised outlook is approximately 38 percent to 41 percent belowthe $845 million reported for the same quarter in the previoue fiscal year. The outlook for revenue in the fourtjh quarter of fiscal 2009 was previously projectedf to be in a rangsof $690 million to $730 million, or down 8 percent to 13 percenft sequentially. "The current macro economivc environment is having a significant negative impact onour business," said CEO Sehar Sutardja. "There is a great deal of uncertaintty surrounding the duration and depth of the currenft worldwideeconomic slow-down.
This is especiallty true within the PC and the consumefrelectronics markets. While visibility into future demansd in these marketsremains uncertain, it is clear an inventory correctiom process is underway in the near term. we will continue to take actions to realighn our expense profile to thecurrent
Santa Clara-based Marvell (NASDAQ:MRVL) said the revised outlook is approximately 38 percent to 41 percent belowthe $845 million reported for the same quarter in the previoue fiscal year. The outlook for revenue in the fourtjh quarter of fiscal 2009 was previously projectedf to be in a rangsof $690 million to $730 million, or down 8 percent to 13 percenft sequentially. "The current macro economivc environment is having a significant negative impact onour business," said CEO Sehar Sutardja. "There is a great deal of uncertaintty surrounding the duration and depth of the currenft worldwideeconomic slow-down.
This is especiallty true within the PC and the consumefrelectronics markets. While visibility into future demansd in these marketsremains uncertain, it is clear an inventory correctiom process is underway in the near term. we will continue to take actions to realighn our expense profile to thecurrent
Monday, July 4, 2011
'Dog' Chapman hit with $1.8M IRS tax lien - Business First of Buffalo:
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The Honolulu-based TV bounty hunter and his wifeAlice E. known as Beth Chapman, owe $1.8 million to the on 2006 and 2007 according to a federal tax lien recordedd May 19 by the Hawaii Bureau of The liens come five months after were filec in Hawaii against the Chapmans for unpaifd taxes from 2002through 2005. The Chapmans’ Los Angeles-based Dennis Duban, told PBN in Februaru that some of the federal tax billxs had already been paid and blamed a lag betweebn the time of payment and the releaser ofthe liens. But according to recordss on file with the Bureauof Conveyances, none of the lienzs filed in January have been released.
Duban was out of the office this week and was not availablwefor comment. Chapman, who owns Da Kine Bail Bondd on Queen Emma Street and lives inHawaii Kai, stars in the A&E program “Dov the Bounty Hunter.” In 2006, the IRS filed liens againsr Chapman for almost $200,000 in 2004 income but in earlty 2007 Duban said those tax bills had been The IRS had previously filed liens against him for unpaidc 1993 and 1994 income.
The Honolulu-based TV bounty hunter and his wifeAlice E. known as Beth Chapman, owe $1.8 million to the on 2006 and 2007 according to a federal tax lien recordedd May 19 by the Hawaii Bureau of The liens come five months after were filec in Hawaii against the Chapmans for unpaifd taxes from 2002through 2005. The Chapmans’ Los Angeles-based Dennis Duban, told PBN in Februaru that some of the federal tax billxs had already been paid and blamed a lag betweebn the time of payment and the releaser ofthe liens. But according to recordss on file with the Bureauof Conveyances, none of the lienzs filed in January have been released.
Duban was out of the office this week and was not availablwefor comment. Chapman, who owns Da Kine Bail Bondd on Queen Emma Street and lives inHawaii Kai, stars in the A&E program “Dov the Bounty Hunter.” In 2006, the IRS filed liens againsr Chapman for almost $200,000 in 2004 income but in earlty 2007 Duban said those tax bills had been The IRS had previously filed liens against him for unpaidc 1993 and 1994 income.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Portland's new Web site should spark the area
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The site will also detail potential carbon andenergyt savings, as well as how much a consumer coulcd save using various tax credits and othefr incentives. City officials say the called the Oregon CleanEnerghy Map, will boost the profilse of one of the state’xs fastest growing industries and promote Portland as a national hotbed of solar energy activity. “The idea is to reall y get people excited about solar and show them that other people in the communit y are doing it and that solat worksin Portland,” said Lee Rahr, solar programj coordinator for the city’s Bureau of Planning and The project is the result of Portland’as designation as a Solar Americz City, a U.
S. Department of Energy program in whicj 25 cities receive a totalof $4.9 milliojn in grants and technical assistance to invest in solar The city received a two-yea $200,000 cash grant as part of the It also receives about $250,000 in technica assistance from the Department of which covered the estimated $30,000 cost of the Oregon Clean Energy Map. Portland will become one of aboutg a dozen of the Solar Americaw cities to use the program to deployt solar map Web sites in a project being led out of the Portlanx officeof , the global engineering firm headquartereed near Denver that was founded in Corvallis.
The idea was spawnedd a few years ago after San Franciscl Mayor Gavin Newsom launched a goal ofhaving 10,00o0 San Francisco rooftops adorned with solar photovoltaic systemas by 2010. San Francisco then contracted with CH2M Hill to come up witha “The No. 1 thing they needed to do is educate the saidSteph Stoppenhagen, who is leadinb the solar mapping initiativs out of CH2M Hill’s offices near Portland Statse University. San Francisco’s solar map was launched two years ago, with CH2M Hill retainingf the licensing rights to the prograjm so it could offer it toothed cities.
Using Google Map satellite CH2M Hill’s system prompts usersd to type in their The map zooms in and highlightzstheir rooftop. A box will pop up detailing the roof’a square footage, its estimated photovoltaic potential, the amount of electricity a solar electric systemcoulcd produce, how much electricity would be saved per and how many pounds of carbon would be spared by employing a In a separate box, users can get price estimatees for varying sizes of residentiaol and commercial systems.
The Web site will then calculate discountsx from incentive and tax credit which in Oregon can account for up to 80 percentf of the cost of a CH2M Hill can add or subtract featuresif necessary. Salt Lake for example, is considering a featurr that would allow users to judge aestheticd appeal by dragging and dropping pictures of commonly used solar panelas onto the image oftheir roof. In the company worked with the electric utility on a functionj that allows users to see how much monety they would have saved on previous electric bills by usingg a solarphotovoltaic system.
Portland’s map, for now, will be a basicx version, with dots showing existing photovoltaic and sola thermal installations while helping users calculate the cost savingss and benefits of installing solar ontheir rooftop. It will also featurde a thermometer denotingthe city’s progress in reaching its goal of hostingy 5 megawatts of installed solar energy systems by 2012. The city is now at 3.2 Unlike other cities, Portland opted not to call the sitea “Soladr Map.
” Instead, it chose the name Oregonm Clean Energy Map out of the hope that othef municipal governments might want to work with the city on expandingf the map’s territory, which now just covers Portlans and Multnomah County.
The site will also detail potential carbon andenergyt savings, as well as how much a consumer coulcd save using various tax credits and othefr incentives. City officials say the called the Oregon CleanEnerghy Map, will boost the profilse of one of the state’xs fastest growing industries and promote Portland as a national hotbed of solar energy activity. “The idea is to reall y get people excited about solar and show them that other people in the communit y are doing it and that solat worksin Portland,” said Lee Rahr, solar programj coordinator for the city’s Bureau of Planning and The project is the result of Portland’as designation as a Solar Americz City, a U.
S. Department of Energy program in whicj 25 cities receive a totalof $4.9 milliojn in grants and technical assistance to invest in solar The city received a two-yea $200,000 cash grant as part of the It also receives about $250,000 in technica assistance from the Department of which covered the estimated $30,000 cost of the Oregon Clean Energy Map. Portland will become one of aboutg a dozen of the Solar Americaw cities to use the program to deployt solar map Web sites in a project being led out of the Portlanx officeof , the global engineering firm headquartereed near Denver that was founded in Corvallis.
The idea was spawnedd a few years ago after San Franciscl Mayor Gavin Newsom launched a goal ofhaving 10,00o0 San Francisco rooftops adorned with solar photovoltaic systemas by 2010. San Francisco then contracted with CH2M Hill to come up witha “The No. 1 thing they needed to do is educate the saidSteph Stoppenhagen, who is leadinb the solar mapping initiativs out of CH2M Hill’s offices near Portland Statse University. San Francisco’s solar map was launched two years ago, with CH2M Hill retainingf the licensing rights to the prograjm so it could offer it toothed cities.
Using Google Map satellite CH2M Hill’s system prompts usersd to type in their The map zooms in and highlightzstheir rooftop. A box will pop up detailing the roof’a square footage, its estimated photovoltaic potential, the amount of electricity a solar electric systemcoulcd produce, how much electricity would be saved per and how many pounds of carbon would be spared by employing a In a separate box, users can get price estimatees for varying sizes of residentiaol and commercial systems.
The Web site will then calculate discountsx from incentive and tax credit which in Oregon can account for up to 80 percentf of the cost of a CH2M Hill can add or subtract featuresif necessary. Salt Lake for example, is considering a featurr that would allow users to judge aestheticd appeal by dragging and dropping pictures of commonly used solar panelas onto the image oftheir roof. In the company worked with the electric utility on a functionj that allows users to see how much monety they would have saved on previous electric bills by usingg a solarphotovoltaic system.
Portland’s map, for now, will be a basicx version, with dots showing existing photovoltaic and sola thermal installations while helping users calculate the cost savingss and benefits of installing solar ontheir rooftop. It will also featurde a thermometer denotingthe city’s progress in reaching its goal of hostingy 5 megawatts of installed solar energy systems by 2012. The city is now at 3.2 Unlike other cities, Portland opted not to call the sitea “Soladr Map.
” Instead, it chose the name Oregonm Clean Energy Map out of the hope that othef municipal governments might want to work with the city on expandingf the map’s territory, which now just covers Portlans and Multnomah County.
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