Plain Dealer | A master of his emotions, Cleveland Indians' Justin Masterson wins even in ... Plain Dealer By Bill Livingston, The Plain Dealer View full sizeChuck Crow, The Plain Dealer"I do not like losing," says Justin Masterson after Wednesday loss to the White Sox. "But there are aspects of life, just as there are aspects of baseball, that you can't ... |
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
A conversation with | Alexia Poe, Peritus Public Relations - Kansas City Business Journal:
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What is the most outside-of-the-box idea you have ever had in yourprofessionapl career? I entered the work force as a TV reporterd and thought that would be my career but because I’ve been open to new and interesting opportunities and have take risks, I’ve enjoyed experiences of a What was the result? I’vre worked for a governor, U.S. senator and in the Whitr House for the first lady of theUnites States. It has been one heck of a What single thing makes your organizationstanrd out? Peritus exudes an entrepreneurial spiri that fosters tenacity and creativity. What does your organizatiob have in the worksfor 2009?
To establis h Peritus as a key playe in the public affairs aren in Tennessee. How did you wind up in your currenyt position? By learning as much as I possibly coulr in each jobthat I’ve had whethetr the focus was government relations, community relations or public service. Why do you have the careet you have? I enjoy problem-solving and workintg with people. My communication skillse and instinctsabout people, issues and situations also come in What word best describes your leadership style? Goal yet to be achieved? I’vwe experienced a lot already, so theree isn’t one goal I’m aiming toward.
I always strive to learn more and to be better at what I do whether as a publicfaffairs professional, wife, mother, etc. Professional pet peeve Arrogance and peoplewho don’t listen to What keeps you up at night? Not much. What do you do to relievee stress? Spend time with my husband, Charley, and baby daughter, Ella clean and take long walks. What is the simples thing you never learnedto do? Whistle. Favoritew hobbies? Spending time with my familtyand exercise. What skill would you most like toimprove Patience. Pets? Braddock, 3-year-old Harlequin Great Dane (blaci and white spotted). She weighs 120 pounds and is the sweetesanimal you’ll ever meet.
What trait do you value most in friends? Person outside of your family you would most like to spenxd time with onan island? I’km an only child of divorced parents, so I like alonde time. You’ve just been give $100,000 to donate to charity. Where would you give it, and why? Ther e are so many worthwhiler organizations in Nashvillethat I’d have to do a lot of thinkin g about how to divvy it up, but Fifty Forwards and West End Community Church would certainly be on the What would you like to crosws off your “bucket list” next?
Take a trip to
What is the most outside-of-the-box idea you have ever had in yourprofessionapl career? I entered the work force as a TV reporterd and thought that would be my career but because I’ve been open to new and interesting opportunities and have take risks, I’ve enjoyed experiences of a What was the result? I’vre worked for a governor, U.S. senator and in the Whitr House for the first lady of theUnites States. It has been one heck of a What single thing makes your organizationstanrd out? Peritus exudes an entrepreneurial spiri that fosters tenacity and creativity. What does your organizatiob have in the worksfor 2009?
To establis h Peritus as a key playe in the public affairs aren in Tennessee. How did you wind up in your currenyt position? By learning as much as I possibly coulr in each jobthat I’ve had whethetr the focus was government relations, community relations or public service. Why do you have the careet you have? I enjoy problem-solving and workintg with people. My communication skillse and instinctsabout people, issues and situations also come in What word best describes your leadership style? Goal yet to be achieved? I’vwe experienced a lot already, so theree isn’t one goal I’m aiming toward.
I always strive to learn more and to be better at what I do whether as a publicfaffairs professional, wife, mother, etc. Professional pet peeve Arrogance and peoplewho don’t listen to What keeps you up at night? Not much. What do you do to relievee stress? Spend time with my husband, Charley, and baby daughter, Ella clean and take long walks. What is the simples thing you never learnedto do? Whistle. Favoritew hobbies? Spending time with my familtyand exercise. What skill would you most like toimprove Patience. Pets? Braddock, 3-year-old Harlequin Great Dane (blaci and white spotted). She weighs 120 pounds and is the sweetesanimal you’ll ever meet.
What trait do you value most in friends? Person outside of your family you would most like to spenxd time with onan island? I’km an only child of divorced parents, so I like alonde time. You’ve just been give $100,000 to donate to charity. Where would you give it, and why? Ther e are so many worthwhiler organizations in Nashvillethat I’d have to do a lot of thinkin g about how to divvy it up, but Fifty Forwards and West End Community Church would certainly be on the What would you like to crosws off your “bucket list” next?
Take a trip to
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Restaurant smoking ban is extinguished - Houston Business Journal:
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Senate Bill 544 made it through the Health and Humaj Services Committee but fell one vote short of getting a full hearing in theTexasx Senate, said Jeremy communications director for Ellis, the bill’s sponsor. With only 12 days left in the legislativs session, Warren says the bill is done for this Totry again, lawmakers will have to revive it at the next session in two years, he Citing the journalists’ shield law that passecd the on its third try, Warren said smoking-ban supporterzs are likely to try “Sometimes a third time is a charm, but for this sessiobn it is no more,” Warren said.
supported the ban, considering it the only meansz to equalize competition among local where some municipalities have enacterd bans and others have left the decisiohn up to restaurant The association in a statementWednesdat said, "The Texas Restaurantt Association is disappointed by the failure of the proposesd statewide smoking ban to pass the . While this issuwe has long been acontentious one, TRA believes that applyinvg a smoking ban across all workplaces and all jurisdictionsd is the only equitabler solution to a growing social concern.
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Senate Bill 544 made it through the Health and Humaj Services Committee but fell one vote short of getting a full hearing in theTexasx Senate, said Jeremy communications director for Ellis, the bill’s sponsor. With only 12 days left in the legislativs session, Warren says the bill is done for this Totry again, lawmakers will have to revive it at the next session in two years, he Citing the journalists’ shield law that passecd the on its third try, Warren said smoking-ban supporterzs are likely to try “Sometimes a third time is a charm, but for this sessiobn it is no more,” Warren said.
supported the ban, considering it the only meansz to equalize competition among local where some municipalities have enacterd bans and others have left the decisiohn up to restaurant The association in a statementWednesdat said, "The Texas Restaurantt Association is disappointed by the failure of the proposesd statewide smoking ban to pass the . While this issuwe has long been acontentious one, TRA believes that applyinvg a smoking ban across all workplaces and all jurisdictionsd is the only equitabler solution to a growing social concern.
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Friday, April 6, 2012
Colorado is more than mountains - bizjournals:
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But during the two recessions that havehit since, tourisnm leaders have watched people get more fruga l with travel dollars, and learned a little about their habits. One of theirr key notations is that those who come even in the badtimes — or those who wander across their own state to save money rather than leave it are looking for more than just scenery to make theidr vacations memorable. And so, new phrasesa have permeated both the thinking of thosde leaders and the promotional material thatextols Colorado’s virtuez to travelers. They are terms such as cultural heritage, culinary tourism, and beer and wine tourism.
They’re making a big mark and startiny to diversifythe state’s tourisj landscape. “In the early if it didn’t involve snow or whitewater, it wasn’t really tourism,” said Doug Caskey, executivr director of the . “Now the Tourism Office is involving all kinds ofotherd tourism, such as heritage tourism and agritourisj ... Most people just think about comingv to Coloradoto ski. They don’gt usually think about coming to Colorado to visity a winery or have aculinary vacation.
But that is According to the 2007 Longwoodsd Visitor Profile Study commissionesd bythe , more people still come to the Centenniall State searching for the outdoors than anythinbg else. Mountains are the prime according to 44 percent ofthose surveyed. Wilderness, lakes and the natural environment all ranked in thetop 10. But smal towns, historic towns and histori areas — all hallmarks of cultura heritagetourism — ranked in the top eight as well. Nearly three times as many people visit breweries in Colorado as elsewhere in the United and archaeological-site and historic-culture activitiezs also outpace the national norm, the study noted.
As such, statee officials who flew recentlyto Dallas, Houston and Los Angeles to talk to traveol writers led the discussionsd with mountains, then shiftedd to other highlights, said Kim director, Colorado Tourism Office (CTO). Pitchin g the state now involves mentioning its 73 wineries and 99crafy breweries, its myriad festivals and its three-yea push to establish cultural heritage tours in differentf areas of Colorado, she said. The CTO and also push the nonrecreationa l side of Colorado tourism as it reaches out both to residentsa and nonresidents to tourthe state. Both groupas have set up websites advertising dealz at places ranging from historic homea tolocal cafes.
“I think it’sz easier to promote the state,” McNult said of the diversittyof attractions. “Colorado has so many thingx to do, from a lower-budget-consciou s type of vacation to a more luxurious typeof vacation.” Travelers’ new interests have led to side For example, two wine tour companies have begun operating in Denver. Groupd also have begun that organizee “voluntourism” trips that bring people eitherf into or out of Coloradio to spend vacations helpingg environmental and socialwelfare causes. The growth of choicezs also has meant that tourism officials are advertisingg Colorado in new places to try to hookspecifid travelers.
Jayne Buck, vice president of tourismj forVisit Denver, said the local convention and visitorxs bureau is reaching out more to Hispanidc travelers, and to gay and lesbian travelers, both viewed as growingg tourist segments. Its pitch isn’t any different to these groups than to the populatiobat large, but cities that make an effortg to speak to those groups in publications aimed at them have had rewards, she said. A boomingf cultural heritage or wine industry doesn’t just benefit the proprietors of establishments that fit into thosew categories, noted Bob Witham, co-ownef of in Grand Junction.
Those who come to the state to see one type of site also have to eat in sleep in hotels and probably visit otherd destinations while they areout here, he and otherse said. “A business like ours makeas quite an impact on an individual Witham said. At a time when many businesses and governments are cuttinv back drasticallyon spending, tourism promotion in Colorado has been nicked only After a lengthy debate over whether to cut tax dollare going to a program that will bring in more tax revenues, the Legislatured this year cut only 25 percent of the CTO marketingy budget, leaving it at $15.6 million, McNulty noted.
With that budget, the offic can continue giving grants to develop culturapheritage tours, she said. And it can continue to employ new marketinyg techniques to reach people who just as much like to sip a locallyy made syrah while sauntering through the Snow Goose Festiva as those who come here to schuss downthe slopes. “Wed are blessed to live in a stater that literally has something for McNulty said.
But during the two recessions that havehit since, tourisnm leaders have watched people get more fruga l with travel dollars, and learned a little about their habits. One of theirr key notations is that those who come even in the badtimes — or those who wander across their own state to save money rather than leave it are looking for more than just scenery to make theidr vacations memorable. And so, new phrasesa have permeated both the thinking of thosde leaders and the promotional material thatextols Colorado’s virtuez to travelers. They are terms such as cultural heritage, culinary tourism, and beer and wine tourism.
They’re making a big mark and startiny to diversifythe state’s tourisj landscape. “In the early if it didn’t involve snow or whitewater, it wasn’t really tourism,” said Doug Caskey, executivr director of the . “Now the Tourism Office is involving all kinds ofotherd tourism, such as heritage tourism and agritourisj ... Most people just think about comingv to Coloradoto ski. They don’gt usually think about coming to Colorado to visity a winery or have aculinary vacation.
But that is According to the 2007 Longwoodsd Visitor Profile Study commissionesd bythe , more people still come to the Centenniall State searching for the outdoors than anythinbg else. Mountains are the prime according to 44 percent ofthose surveyed. Wilderness, lakes and the natural environment all ranked in thetop 10. But smal towns, historic towns and histori areas — all hallmarks of cultura heritagetourism — ranked in the top eight as well. Nearly three times as many people visit breweries in Colorado as elsewhere in the United and archaeological-site and historic-culture activitiezs also outpace the national norm, the study noted.
As such, statee officials who flew recentlyto Dallas, Houston and Los Angeles to talk to traveol writers led the discussionsd with mountains, then shiftedd to other highlights, said Kim director, Colorado Tourism Office (CTO). Pitchin g the state now involves mentioning its 73 wineries and 99crafy breweries, its myriad festivals and its three-yea push to establish cultural heritage tours in differentf areas of Colorado, she said. The CTO and also push the nonrecreationa l side of Colorado tourism as it reaches out both to residentsa and nonresidents to tourthe state. Both groupas have set up websites advertising dealz at places ranging from historic homea tolocal cafes.
“I think it’sz easier to promote the state,” McNult said of the diversittyof attractions. “Colorado has so many thingx to do, from a lower-budget-consciou s type of vacation to a more luxurious typeof vacation.” Travelers’ new interests have led to side For example, two wine tour companies have begun operating in Denver. Groupd also have begun that organizee “voluntourism” trips that bring people eitherf into or out of Coloradio to spend vacations helpingg environmental and socialwelfare causes. The growth of choicezs also has meant that tourism officials are advertisingg Colorado in new places to try to hookspecifid travelers.
Jayne Buck, vice president of tourismj forVisit Denver, said the local convention and visitorxs bureau is reaching out more to Hispanidc travelers, and to gay and lesbian travelers, both viewed as growingg tourist segments. Its pitch isn’t any different to these groups than to the populatiobat large, but cities that make an effortg to speak to those groups in publications aimed at them have had rewards, she said. A boomingf cultural heritage or wine industry doesn’t just benefit the proprietors of establishments that fit into thosew categories, noted Bob Witham, co-ownef of in Grand Junction.
Those who come to the state to see one type of site also have to eat in sleep in hotels and probably visit otherd destinations while they areout here, he and otherse said. “A business like ours makeas quite an impact on an individual Witham said. At a time when many businesses and governments are cuttinv back drasticallyon spending, tourism promotion in Colorado has been nicked only After a lengthy debate over whether to cut tax dollare going to a program that will bring in more tax revenues, the Legislatured this year cut only 25 percent of the CTO marketingy budget, leaving it at $15.6 million, McNulty noted.
With that budget, the offic can continue giving grants to develop culturapheritage tours, she said. And it can continue to employ new marketinyg techniques to reach people who just as much like to sip a locallyy made syrah while sauntering through the Snow Goose Festiva as those who come here to schuss downthe slopes. “Wed are blessed to live in a stater that literally has something for McNulty said.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Making apps pay - bizjournals:
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Application development is a $7.7 billion market according to a study from informatioj technology research company And the market is only expecteeto grow, with Gartner peggingg an average 7 percent growtg rate for the next five years. Some of the companiess that develop apps aregetting rich, and others are trying to figure out how they can do the “There are a couple of game companies makinhg a hundred million dollars, and many more making tens of milliond of dollars, and there’s no question there’s more to said Jeremy Liew, managing general partner at in Menllo Park. “I would speculate that in the aggregate, they’re making more moneyu than .
” Developers looking to make mone y in application development need one of three things intheire favor: an enormous audience for theidr application, a specific customer base that advertisers are willing to pay more to or an application that is so much fun (or that customers will pay for it Lightspeed has investments in three app development each of which fits into thoswe parameters. Redwood City-based has a huge audience base for its applicationm that allows personalization of blogs and social has an application for Facebook and the iPhonw that allows users to review movies and sharee the reviewswith friends.
It touches an audienced so tightly focused that movie studiozs are willing to pay a premium toreach them. Then therde is and its Facebookapp “Friends For Sale.” User make micropayments or take other actions (filling out surveys, for that result in monetization, or revenuew generated for the company that createcd the app. One concept is true for all apps more traffic equals moremoney potential. “If you can creats massive volumes of traffic onsocial networks, even if you’r e not selling, the reach becomes pretty Liew said.
“If you can tell a stor and generate content thatexcitesw people, (advertisers) are willing to pay a premiumk because of the audience,” he said. Investord and developers themselves say therw is definitely money tobe made, but the market is Early applications were basic, simpl games, such as Facebook apps that allowed usersd to throw sheep at their friends or give them a virtuall ham sandwich. “Throwing sheep at each othe r is not a saidPeter Yared, founder and chief executive officer of , a San Francisco-basedx social network syndication service that raisecd $4.1 million in Seriex A funding in February.
The next step is branded content from largerf companies that brings in news and multimedia to engag ethe audience. And in a few Yared said, people will starr seeing the riseof business-to-business apps as “What will make it pervasive is the infrastructure being builgt out to let people do it he said. Anu Shukla, founder and CEO of which helps developers monetize their applicationse and generates leads foradvertisers — said when networksd such as Facebook first started opening their platforms for applicationj development, the primary method of monetizatiobn was the old CPM (cost per thousand page model. But it didn’yt work well then and it doesn’t work well today.
Sociao media’s high level of engagemenft means banners and ads arean interruption, she The new trend is towarcd “virtual currency,” allowing users to give each othedr credits and prizes. Platforms “are looking for the applicationsd that are extremely and thecriteria isn’t necessarily monetization, but engagement, reach and Shukla said. “We found that some of the ...
multiplayerf role playing games are the ones with the mostengagedr audiences, and they monetize the
Application development is a $7.7 billion market according to a study from informatioj technology research company And the market is only expecteeto grow, with Gartner peggingg an average 7 percent growtg rate for the next five years. Some of the companiess that develop apps aregetting rich, and others are trying to figure out how they can do the “There are a couple of game companies makinhg a hundred million dollars, and many more making tens of milliond of dollars, and there’s no question there’s more to said Jeremy Liew, managing general partner at in Menllo Park. “I would speculate that in the aggregate, they’re making more moneyu than .
” Developers looking to make mone y in application development need one of three things intheire favor: an enormous audience for theidr application, a specific customer base that advertisers are willing to pay more to or an application that is so much fun (or that customers will pay for it Lightspeed has investments in three app development each of which fits into thoswe parameters. Redwood City-based has a huge audience base for its applicationm that allows personalization of blogs and social has an application for Facebook and the iPhonw that allows users to review movies and sharee the reviewswith friends.
It touches an audienced so tightly focused that movie studiozs are willing to pay a premium toreach them. Then therde is and its Facebookapp “Friends For Sale.” User make micropayments or take other actions (filling out surveys, for that result in monetization, or revenuew generated for the company that createcd the app. One concept is true for all apps more traffic equals moremoney potential. “If you can creats massive volumes of traffic onsocial networks, even if you’r e not selling, the reach becomes pretty Liew said.
“If you can tell a stor and generate content thatexcitesw people, (advertisers) are willing to pay a premiumk because of the audience,” he said. Investord and developers themselves say therw is definitely money tobe made, but the market is Early applications were basic, simpl games, such as Facebook apps that allowed usersd to throw sheep at their friends or give them a virtuall ham sandwich. “Throwing sheep at each othe r is not a saidPeter Yared, founder and chief executive officer of , a San Francisco-basedx social network syndication service that raisecd $4.1 million in Seriex A funding in February.
The next step is branded content from largerf companies that brings in news and multimedia to engag ethe audience. And in a few Yared said, people will starr seeing the riseof business-to-business apps as “What will make it pervasive is the infrastructure being builgt out to let people do it he said. Anu Shukla, founder and CEO of which helps developers monetize their applicationse and generates leads foradvertisers — said when networksd such as Facebook first started opening their platforms for applicationj development, the primary method of monetizatiobn was the old CPM (cost per thousand page model. But it didn’yt work well then and it doesn’t work well today.
Sociao media’s high level of engagemenft means banners and ads arean interruption, she The new trend is towarcd “virtual currency,” allowing users to give each othedr credits and prizes. Platforms “are looking for the applicationsd that are extremely and thecriteria isn’t necessarily monetization, but engagement, reach and Shukla said. “We found that some of the ...
multiplayerf role playing games are the ones with the mostengagedr audiences, and they monetize the
Monday, April 2, 2012
Texas solar bill's death could benefit Tennessee - Memphis Business Journal:
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Over the weekend, Texas legislators let the clockk run out on a bill that wouldd have createda $500 million rebat e program to build solar installationd in the Lone Star State. On Tennessee’s Capitolo Hill Monday, Sen. Jim Kyle was quickl to capitalize. “To any company that had an eye on we say come on upto Tennessee,” said D-Memphis, who is sponsoring Gov. Phil Bredesen’es energy bill. Bredesen has proposeds using $600 million in stimulus bill funds and new companiese investing here that will producedsolar components, including in Bradley County and in Those companies were attracted by a package of statee incentives and infrastructure-ready industrial megasites.
“Wesgt Tennessee is well positioned to attract companieas that will bring in 21stcentury jobs. The new energy industry can play a big part in gettingg our local economies back ontheidr feet,” said Sen. Roy D-Dresden, who worked with Finney to get an industrialp megasite inWest Tennessee. Bredesen hoped to position the state as a leader in developing alternativ energy sources as part of his legach asa two-term governor.
Over the weekend, Texas legislators let the clockk run out on a bill that wouldd have createda $500 million rebat e program to build solar installationd in the Lone Star State. On Tennessee’s Capitolo Hill Monday, Sen. Jim Kyle was quickl to capitalize. “To any company that had an eye on we say come on upto Tennessee,” said D-Memphis, who is sponsoring Gov. Phil Bredesen’es energy bill. Bredesen has proposeds using $600 million in stimulus bill funds and new companiese investing here that will producedsolar components, including in Bradley County and in Those companies were attracted by a package of statee incentives and infrastructure-ready industrial megasites.
“Wesgt Tennessee is well positioned to attract companieas that will bring in 21stcentury jobs. The new energy industry can play a big part in gettingg our local economies back ontheidr feet,” said Sen. Roy D-Dresden, who worked with Finney to get an industrialp megasite inWest Tennessee. Bredesen hoped to position the state as a leader in developing alternativ energy sources as part of his legach asa two-term governor.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Tiger's return to form is a Masterful one - New York Daily News
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New York Daily News | Tiger's return to form is a Masterful one New York Daily News By Hank Gola / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The legend took root there when everything about Tiger Woods was good and right and innocent. Fifteen years ago, a whirlwind whipped through the pines at Augusta National Golf Club, blowing apart old conventions and ... |
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