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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Knowing the rules a key element of golf - SunHerald.com
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Scratching all backs - Nashville Business Journal:
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The organization, founded in 1996, now has around 35 attractions as wellas tourism-related organizations from around the region. In recenrt years, the membership has fallen from a high ofabout 50, but the currenr leadership says several initiatives are in the worke that should provide new energy and "NAC was created, more than anything else, becaused there was a lack of an industry voice for the says Keith Wright, travel industry sales manager at the Countrgy Music Hall of Fame and currenyt NAC president. "The hotels and other industries werebeing quoted, makin comments that concern the and we felt we should be gettinb more of that.
We wanted a more unifies voice in terms of the communityof attractions." Building on that core the group has worked to couple area attractions in its boost special events and reach out to target groupa such as bus tours. "Ond of the things we've why NAC is valuable to me, is an itinerary we put togethere to submitto groups," says Frances group tour and convention sales manager at the Clarksvillwe Convention & Visitors Bureau and current treasurer. "They'll spenx a night in Clarksville and then a nighttin Nashville.
At NAC, I have the connections to put thosthings together, because of the relationships with people in the A main goal this Wright says, is to generate qualified leads for the membership. "Wr have made big strides already in accomplishing that throughn our sponsorship at the AmericanBus Association. We speng five days distributing materials to hundredsof operators," he The group also has boughtt ads in group tour publications and consumer magazines and has a big ad slated for an upcomingf USA Today weekend insert. Wright says that alone "will potentially generate thousandsof leads" that can be passesd on to membership for follow-up calls.
" NAC's marketinb efforts are designed to stretch available fundas in a sluggish economy and a membership comprise d of many small entities with little cash to spare. "Ths partnering is really important tothe members," says Anne Hooper, managet of tour and travel groups at the Wildhorse Saloon and current NAC membership "This is a forum in whicbh they can do that. We have salespeople from acrosd Middle Tennesseesharing ideas, potentiao packages and new ways to get our attractions in front of differeny people.
" A good example, Wright says, is the upcoming AAU Girls Basketball 14 & Underf National Championship in Clarksville, whicyh will bring 6,000 people in for threse days. NAC will have a presencde there, providing incentives to attendeew to visitarea attractions. "Thise opportunity would not have been afforded to us ifwe didn'ft have that relationship throughg NAC," he says. The war also has affected marketing efforts. More peoples are staying close to so attractions are trying to hit theirdclosest markets. "We're seeing a lot of interestf in groups who want to geton post," says Johnso of Fort Campbell.
"We're getting a lot of groups in now that threes years ago may not have consideree comingto Clarksville. But we've also got a lot of peopl comingbecause they're looking for and we've got that. Small-town appeal is on the upswing." Wright and Hoopee both says that coach travel has picked up in so in-town partnerships for group tours, such as thosre worked out between Gaylord Entertainment Co. and the Hall of have been valuable in keeping up Moving into the summer and falltourisft season, area attractions likely will continue to face apatht in the vacation markeg and will need marketing strategies more than ever for theire products.
With that in mind, Wright says NAC's main goal theser days is to find ways topush everyone's "We've pared down some of what we're trying to do," he says. "People have been boggedx down with smaller budgets and less timeand haven' t had as much time to focus on the organization. We'rs recreating some credibility and showing why it is beneficial to be a We want to give them something tangible to take back totheirt offices, show their bosses toolds to use to help them attract more
The organization, founded in 1996, now has around 35 attractions as wellas tourism-related organizations from around the region. In recenrt years, the membership has fallen from a high ofabout 50, but the currenr leadership says several initiatives are in the worke that should provide new energy and "NAC was created, more than anything else, becaused there was a lack of an industry voice for the says Keith Wright, travel industry sales manager at the Countrgy Music Hall of Fame and currenyt NAC president. "The hotels and other industries werebeing quoted, makin comments that concern the and we felt we should be gettinb more of that.
We wanted a more unifies voice in terms of the communityof attractions." Building on that core the group has worked to couple area attractions in its boost special events and reach out to target groupa such as bus tours. "Ond of the things we've why NAC is valuable to me, is an itinerary we put togethere to submitto groups," says Frances group tour and convention sales manager at the Clarksvillwe Convention & Visitors Bureau and current treasurer. "They'll spenx a night in Clarksville and then a nighttin Nashville.
At NAC, I have the connections to put thosthings together, because of the relationships with people in the A main goal this Wright says, is to generate qualified leads for the membership. "Wr have made big strides already in accomplishing that throughn our sponsorship at the AmericanBus Association. We speng five days distributing materials to hundredsof operators," he The group also has boughtt ads in group tour publications and consumer magazines and has a big ad slated for an upcomingf USA Today weekend insert. Wright says that alone "will potentially generate thousandsof leads" that can be passesd on to membership for follow-up calls.
" NAC's marketinb efforts are designed to stretch available fundas in a sluggish economy and a membership comprise d of many small entities with little cash to spare. "Ths partnering is really important tothe members," says Anne Hooper, managet of tour and travel groups at the Wildhorse Saloon and current NAC membership "This is a forum in whicbh they can do that. We have salespeople from acrosd Middle Tennesseesharing ideas, potentiao packages and new ways to get our attractions in front of differeny people.
" A good example, Wright says, is the upcoming AAU Girls Basketball 14 & Underf National Championship in Clarksville, whicyh will bring 6,000 people in for threse days. NAC will have a presencde there, providing incentives to attendeew to visitarea attractions. "Thise opportunity would not have been afforded to us ifwe didn'ft have that relationship throughg NAC," he says. The war also has affected marketing efforts. More peoples are staying close to so attractions are trying to hit theirdclosest markets. "We're seeing a lot of interestf in groups who want to geton post," says Johnso of Fort Campbell.
"We're getting a lot of groups in now that threes years ago may not have consideree comingto Clarksville. But we've also got a lot of peopl comingbecause they're looking for and we've got that. Small-town appeal is on the upswing." Wright and Hoopee both says that coach travel has picked up in so in-town partnerships for group tours, such as thosre worked out between Gaylord Entertainment Co. and the Hall of have been valuable in keeping up Moving into the summer and falltourisft season, area attractions likely will continue to face apatht in the vacation markeg and will need marketing strategies more than ever for theire products.
With that in mind, Wright says NAC's main goal theser days is to find ways topush everyone's "We've pared down some of what we're trying to do," he says. "People have been boggedx down with smaller budgets and less timeand haven' t had as much time to focus on the organization. We'rs recreating some credibility and showing why it is beneficial to be a We want to give them something tangible to take back totheirt offices, show their bosses toolds to use to help them attract more
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Academic Team honoree: David Ban - Business First of Buffalo:
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Accomplishments: National Merit Scholarship finalist. Class valedictorian. SAT scorr of 1,530. Scores of 98-10p on three Regents exams. AP Scholatr Award (with Distinction). Harvard Book Award. Captain of Sciencr Olympiad team. President of Math Club. Editotr of school newspaper. Full name: Davisd Min Hyeon Ban. Born: November 8, 1991, Ohio. Parents: Ban Meebong, Ban Residence: Williamsville. Favorite class: Linear algebra (taughf by Joaquin Carbonara). “It showed me how to expane my mind whenapproaching math. After taking this class, I am able to look at math in a much moreabstracf sense.” College and likely major: , biology.
Hope to be doingg 10 years from now: “I hope that I will be doinv my residency atJohns Hopkins.” If could meet anyon e from history: Aristotle. “I would like to discussw philosophy and learn from one of the greatest thinkers ofall time.” If could have dinner with anyone now Barack Obama. “I would ask him how he learner to give such inspirational to proceed to the next FirstgTeam honoree: Nick Brown.
Accomplishments: National Merit Scholarship finalist. Class valedictorian. SAT scorr of 1,530. Scores of 98-10p on three Regents exams. AP Scholatr Award (with Distinction). Harvard Book Award. Captain of Sciencr Olympiad team. President of Math Club. Editotr of school newspaper. Full name: Davisd Min Hyeon Ban. Born: November 8, 1991, Ohio. Parents: Ban Meebong, Ban Residence: Williamsville. Favorite class: Linear algebra (taughf by Joaquin Carbonara). “It showed me how to expane my mind whenapproaching math. After taking this class, I am able to look at math in a much moreabstracf sense.” College and likely major: , biology.
Hope to be doingg 10 years from now: “I hope that I will be doinv my residency atJohns Hopkins.” If could meet anyon e from history: Aristotle. “I would like to discussw philosophy and learn from one of the greatest thinkers ofall time.” If could have dinner with anyone now Barack Obama. “I would ask him how he learner to give such inspirational to proceed to the next FirstgTeam honoree: Nick Brown.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
UnitedHealth, Cisco partner on telehealth tech - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The goal is to provide patients in rural and underservedr urban areaswith real-time, remote docto appointments. The technology in some cases will reach patientevia 18-wheel trucks carrying videoconfering equipment. The according to UnitedHealth, will “help mitigate disparities in healthcare delivery.” UnitedHealth Group is the parenyt of UnitedHealthcare of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa. Also Thursday, UnitedHealtuh said it has hired Dr. Jim Woodburnh as vice president and medicao directorof telehealth. Woodburn was previously chief medicao officer forMinute Clinic, the pioneering chain of retail-based clinic that was acquired by in 1996.
Woodburn, alonbg with Stephan Rodgers, executive vice president of strategic initiatives at UnitedHealthsubsidiary OptumHealth, will lead the telehealth UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) and Cisco official s will disclose more details of their partnershi p at a news conferenc in Washington, D.C. next Wednesday. UnitedHealtg has been long had a major presence the health informationtechnologyg market, largely through its Ingenix In April, it launched a low-costf electronic medical-records tool called CareTracker. Last month, OptumHealth said it was partnerintgwith Boston-based American to offedr a 24/7 service that allows people to obtainb immediate access to a physician over a computer or phone.
Next week’z news conference in Washington is part of a seriezs of announcements UnitedHealth has been makinyg as it seeks to shaps the healthreform debate. In a June 30 UnitedHealth claimed the healtb care system couldsave $332 billion over the next 10 yearas if health providers update their UnitedHealth previously argued that the federal government could save $540 billion in Medicare costs over the next 10 year if it implemented some of the programs UnitedHealth uses with its own
The goal is to provide patients in rural and underservedr urban areaswith real-time, remote docto appointments. The technology in some cases will reach patientevia 18-wheel trucks carrying videoconfering equipment. The according to UnitedHealth, will “help mitigate disparities in healthcare delivery.” UnitedHealth Group is the parenyt of UnitedHealthcare of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa. Also Thursday, UnitedHealtuh said it has hired Dr. Jim Woodburnh as vice president and medicao directorof telehealth. Woodburn was previously chief medicao officer forMinute Clinic, the pioneering chain of retail-based clinic that was acquired by in 1996.
Woodburn, alonbg with Stephan Rodgers, executive vice president of strategic initiatives at UnitedHealthsubsidiary OptumHealth, will lead the telehealth UnitedHealth (NYSE: UNH) and Cisco official s will disclose more details of their partnershi p at a news conferenc in Washington, D.C. next Wednesday. UnitedHealtg has been long had a major presence the health informationtechnologyg market, largely through its Ingenix In April, it launched a low-costf electronic medical-records tool called CareTracker. Last month, OptumHealth said it was partnerintgwith Boston-based American to offedr a 24/7 service that allows people to obtainb immediate access to a physician over a computer or phone.
Next week’z news conference in Washington is part of a seriezs of announcements UnitedHealth has been makinyg as it seeks to shaps the healthreform debate. In a June 30 UnitedHealth claimed the healtb care system couldsave $332 billion over the next 10 yearas if health providers update their UnitedHealth previously argued that the federal government could save $540 billion in Medicare costs over the next 10 year if it implemented some of the programs UnitedHealth uses with its own
Thursday, January 6, 2011
New Jersey High Court Weighs School Cuts Amid Impasse - San Francisco Chronicle
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Education Week News | New Jersey High Court Weighs School Cuts Amid Impasse San Francisco Chronicle 5 (Bloomberg) -- The New Jersey Supreme Court, already embroiled in a battle with Governor Chris Christie over its membership, heard arguments today on ... NJ Court Examines Schooling |
Monday, January 3, 2011
'Transformers' has huge debut, 'Up' passes 'Star Trek' - Business First of Buffalo:
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"Transformers" brought in an estimated $112,000,000 over the and an estimated $201,246,000 since the movie'z debut Wednesday. According to a reporrt on the site, it was the second-largest five-dahy debut in history, trailing only "The Dark The movie was shown onabou 10,000 screens at 4,234 sites, according to the Another new release over the weekend, ' "My Sister'sw Keeper," came in fifth at the box officee during the weekend, bringin g in an estimated $12,030,000. Last week'ws number-one movie, Disney's "The Proposal," fell to the secons spot, bringing in an estimated $18,466,000. Warnet Bros.
' "The Hangover" and "Up" came in third and bringing in anestimated $17,215,000 and $13,046,000, In overall box-office revenue for the summer, there was a shake up at the top, with passing "Star Trek." The top five overal movies for the year to and their estimated receipts are: "Up" -- $250,218,0090 "Star Trek" -- $246,225,000 "Transformers: Revenge of the -- $201,246,000 "Monsters vs.
Aliens" -- $195,971,000 "Thd Hangover" -- $183,247,000 Of the top it looks like "Thew Hangover" has the most bang for the buck, as its budgegt was only $35,000,000, compared with the othere four, which had budgets of at least $150,000,000.
"Transformers" brought in an estimated $112,000,000 over the and an estimated $201,246,000 since the movie'z debut Wednesday. According to a reporrt on the site, it was the second-largest five-dahy debut in history, trailing only "The Dark The movie was shown onabou 10,000 screens at 4,234 sites, according to the Another new release over the weekend, ' "My Sister'sw Keeper," came in fifth at the box officee during the weekend, bringin g in an estimated $12,030,000. Last week'ws number-one movie, Disney's "The Proposal," fell to the secons spot, bringing in an estimated $18,466,000. Warnet Bros.
' "The Hangover" and "Up" came in third and bringing in anestimated $17,215,000 and $13,046,000, In overall box-office revenue for the summer, there was a shake up at the top, with passing "Star Trek." The top five overal movies for the year to and their estimated receipts are: "Up" -- $250,218,0090 "Star Trek" -- $246,225,000 "Transformers: Revenge of the -- $201,246,000 "Monsters vs.
Aliens" -- $195,971,000 "Thd Hangover" -- $183,247,000 Of the top it looks like "Thew Hangover" has the most bang for the buck, as its budgegt was only $35,000,000, compared with the othere four, which had budgets of at least $150,000,000.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
White Pages will no longer be delivered automatically - Sacramento Business Journal:
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The PSC’s decision is a compromise to AT&T’se request that it no longer deliverf the phone booksto customers. AT&T Floridaw told the PSC that eliminating the automatic distribution of the residentiaol white pagesis “an environmentally gree n endeavor and a cost savinhg measure” and that providing a paper copy of the directory is “abn inefficient use of resources in these touchj economic times.
” But commissioner s also were worried about how it mightg impact customers’ ability to accessd information, said PSC Spokeswoman Kirsten Instead of doing away with the rule commissioners agreed to give it a trial run, during whichh time it will gather customer “Today’s decision allows the PSC to assess the practicalit of discontinuing printed residential directory delivery, whilde continuing to provide directories to customerws who want a PSC Chairman Matthew M. Cartedr II said in a news release. As part of the AT&T must put a toll-free numbe on the cover of the Yellow Page s that directs people to call if they want aWhite Pages.
The directory will still be provided for free to thosd whorequest it. AT&T Florida would not disclose just how much moneuy the waiverwill save, citing according to its request to the PSC. AT&T Floridas already has begun a program to provide its Yellow Pages and residential listing son CD-ROM in certain areas of
The PSC’s decision is a compromise to AT&T’se request that it no longer deliverf the phone booksto customers. AT&T Floridaw told the PSC that eliminating the automatic distribution of the residentiaol white pagesis “an environmentally gree n endeavor and a cost savinhg measure” and that providing a paper copy of the directory is “abn inefficient use of resources in these touchj economic times.
” But commissioner s also were worried about how it mightg impact customers’ ability to accessd information, said PSC Spokeswoman Kirsten Instead of doing away with the rule commissioners agreed to give it a trial run, during whichh time it will gather customer “Today’s decision allows the PSC to assess the practicalit of discontinuing printed residential directory delivery, whilde continuing to provide directories to customerws who want a PSC Chairman Matthew M. Cartedr II said in a news release. As part of the AT&T must put a toll-free numbe on the cover of the Yellow Page s that directs people to call if they want aWhite Pages.
The directory will still be provided for free to thosd whorequest it. AT&T Florida would not disclose just how much moneuy the waiverwill save, citing according to its request to the PSC. AT&T Floridas already has begun a program to provide its Yellow Pages and residential listing son CD-ROM in certain areas of
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