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Professionals from all businesssectors — thos who were laid off and those feeling uneasy abouy their job futures — have driven the increasee in applications, COO Terry Freeman said. And Cook Street isn’t alone. Three- to five-monthb cooking programs, designed to help people move into new are on the rise in Denve as businesspeople — especially thosd in their late 30s — rethink their Many professionals, tiring of the corporates culture, are following long-buried culinary dreamzs and looking to become chefs or caterers, or just to work in a fieldx that makes them happier. “We’re definitelyy seeing more activity.
We’ve seen more peoplde from different industries that find it harderd toobtain jobs,” Freeman said of her risinfg pool of applicants for the downtown Denver school’s professional chef program , whichb runs for 18 weeks and costs $24,990. “They see all these layoffs as a sign for them to move intosomethintg different, something they’ve always wanted to do.” Culinart school officials say it’s a familiar trend, as they saw similadr interest during the last recession eight years ago.
But what’ s intriguing is the number ofpeople who, even before the markegt collapsed, already had begun thinking about leavingy behind careers and trying something new, they said. Thosse include David Bravdica, 38, of who worked for 12 years in airportg andaviation management. After more than 10 yearsx “in an office, in a cube, behind a Bravdica decided he wanted to work on somethinh where he could reallysee results, so he attended Cook Streeg and then became a co-owner of Flavorf Catering. Suddenly, more friends and acquaintances are askinb Bravdica what it takes to leave the business he said. He also co-owns a pasture-raised poultry businesa in northern Colorado.
“With the recession, I’ve seen an increase in peoplee readjusting or looking at their livesand saying, ‘a I doing what I want to be doing?’” he “I think people either turn a corner themselvews or are forced to turn that Cooking is an attractive field because people have to eat, even during an economic and enjoy doing so, said Karejn Barela, COO of Boulder’s , where a six-month professional program costz $28,450.
And with more people becoming interested in both eating healthier and eatingyfood that’s grown locally, there are growing opportunities for local food entrepreneurs, leadingv to a “slight” increase in applications, she Erin McLaughlin of Denver left behind a careee in real estate data management to attend Cook Street last and found that 10 of the 11 peoplwe in her class were changing careers. She now teachees recreational cooking classes at Home on the Rangre in Denver and islaunchinyg Twinkle, an organic baby food company, next month. “I thinm [the recession] has made people reassess values,” said 39.
Added Jorge de la Torre, dean of culinary education atin Denver: “I thinjk people are saying, ‘I’m going to take this [layoff] as a I’m going to do what I alwayws wanted to do.” The increase in applicants meanxs more competition for class openings. Cook Street, for may grow its professionalchef program. But even with risingt application totals, it wants to focus on the quality ratherd than quantity of its Freeman said.
And ever since private lendeer Sallie Mae announced in January that it no longefr would provide aidfor vocational-school students, Culinary Schoo l of the Rockies has had a lot of applicante who can’t afford to enter its programs, Barela Her school just obtained its eligibility for federal funding, but still gets more interesy than it can accommodate, she said.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
BACVA tops hotel bookings goal - Denver Business Journal:
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The booked 522,541 future room nights in the past fiscal city tourism leaders said at a press conference The number, which passed BACVA’ s goal of 475,000 booked nights, is a 15.7 percent increase over nights booked the previous In 2008, BACVA booked 451,608 futurer room nights. Group business meetingsw comprise the new bookings and are projected to spend morethan $725 milliomn in spending in the city. City and tourism officials credirt the booking success tolast year’sz creation of the Baltimore Convention & Tourism Board, a joint boards that oversees BACVA and the .
“Ourt investment in BACVA is paying off,” Mayor Sheila Dixon said Monday speaking in front ofthe city’sx Inner Harbor tourism center. The formation of the board last year has allowedr BACVA and the convention center to be more Dixon said. A new plethora of hotels that opened or are undefr construction near the convention center from whicj businesses can choose for bookingz also contributed to an upticiin bookings. The $300 milliohn publicly financedHilton Baltimore, which opened last August, has 757 rooms and grew Baltimore’zs total hotel room reservoir to more than 7,000.
The B&lO Building, on the corner of Charles and Baltimore streets, is expected to open as a Hotel Monacl with 208 rooms latetthis year. Baltimore can now accommodate 75 percenr of the large citywide tradeshow and conventionb business available in the marketplacer with the newhotels online, said BACVA CEO Tom Noonaj in a statement. Some of the conventionds and groups booked in the 2009 fiscal year includedr theannual conventions, , American Association for Laboratory Anima Science, and . Holding sales events and industrhy tradeshows is also partof BACVA’s strategy for bringin g convention planners into the city to raises awareness about Baltimore.
The Baltimorew Business Journal A drop in hotel revenudemeans BACVA’s budget will drop to $10.7 million for the year startedd July 1 — down from the $12 millioj it had in the past 12 months. This year’s fisca budget is the lowest sincethe agency’s $9.9 million spending package in 2006.
The booked 522,541 future room nights in the past fiscal city tourism leaders said at a press conference The number, which passed BACVA’ s goal of 475,000 booked nights, is a 15.7 percent increase over nights booked the previous In 2008, BACVA booked 451,608 futurer room nights. Group business meetingsw comprise the new bookings and are projected to spend morethan $725 milliomn in spending in the city. City and tourism officials credirt the booking success tolast year’sz creation of the Baltimore Convention & Tourism Board, a joint boards that oversees BACVA and the .
“Ourt investment in BACVA is paying off,” Mayor Sheila Dixon said Monday speaking in front ofthe city’sx Inner Harbor tourism center. The formation of the board last year has allowedr BACVA and the convention center to be more Dixon said. A new plethora of hotels that opened or are undefr construction near the convention center from whicj businesses can choose for bookingz also contributed to an upticiin bookings. The $300 milliohn publicly financedHilton Baltimore, which opened last August, has 757 rooms and grew Baltimore’zs total hotel room reservoir to more than 7,000.
The B&lO Building, on the corner of Charles and Baltimore streets, is expected to open as a Hotel Monacl with 208 rooms latetthis year. Baltimore can now accommodate 75 percenr of the large citywide tradeshow and conventionb business available in the marketplacer with the newhotels online, said BACVA CEO Tom Noonaj in a statement. Some of the conventionds and groups booked in the 2009 fiscal year includedr theannual conventions, , American Association for Laboratory Anima Science, and . Holding sales events and industrhy tradeshows is also partof BACVA’s strategy for bringin g convention planners into the city to raises awareness about Baltimore.
The Baltimorew Business Journal A drop in hotel revenudemeans BACVA’s budget will drop to $10.7 million for the year startedd July 1 — down from the $12 millioj it had in the past 12 months. This year’s fisca budget is the lowest sincethe agency’s $9.9 million spending package in 2006.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Northrop gets $30M contract for 'space fence' development - Denver Business Journal:
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The new Space Fence is part ofthe U.S. Department of Defense'x effort to continually track and detectt objects such as space debrise and satellites in low and mediumnearth orbit. Space Fence will replace the current VHF Air Forcew Space Surveillance System builtin 1961. "Thde new Space Fence system will providw better accuracy and faster detection while allowing us to increase the number of satellites and othedr space objects that can be detectedand tracked, thus avoiding collisio n and damage to other satellites," Rich Davis, director of special projectas at Northrop Grumman's Advanced Concepts and Technolog y Division, said in a statement.
Australia is a candidate for the firsr SpaceFence location. Two additional sitezs in other parts of the worl are alsounder consideration. Los Angeles-based Northropo (NYSE: NOC) is a defense and technologyu company.
The new Space Fence is part ofthe U.S. Department of Defense'x effort to continually track and detectt objects such as space debrise and satellites in low and mediumnearth orbit. Space Fence will replace the current VHF Air Forcew Space Surveillance System builtin 1961. "Thde new Space Fence system will providw better accuracy and faster detection while allowing us to increase the number of satellites and othedr space objects that can be detectedand tracked, thus avoiding collisio n and damage to other satellites," Rich Davis, director of special projectas at Northrop Grumman's Advanced Concepts and Technolog y Division, said in a statement.
Australia is a candidate for the firsr SpaceFence location. Two additional sitezs in other parts of the worl are alsounder consideration. Los Angeles-based Northropo (NYSE: NOC) is a defense and technologyu company.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Avaya sets $1 billion public offering - Computerworld
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com | Avaya sets $1 billion public offering Computerworld Network World - Avaya is going public again, filing today with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering worth $1 billion. After the offering would value the company at $5 billion, and it would use the cash ... Avaya Files Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering Avaya offers stock to the public Avaya Files $1 Billion IPO |
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Services held for two families in separate murder-suicides - San Diego Union Tribune
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Services held for two families in separate murder-suicides San Diego Union Tribune SAN DIEGO â€" Services were being held Tuesday for the members of two families who died within a week of each other in unrelated murder-suicide cases in San Diego and Chula Vista. A memorial service and burial were held ... |
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Mighty Brand Infomercials Take a Week-Long Respite to Recognize the Passing of Pitchman Billy Mays
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June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- This the companies responsible for the brandproduct line, Mighty Putty and Mighty announced that television advertisements featuring will not run for a perioc of one week in recognition of the pitchman'ss death. In agreement with the wishess of theMays family, Mighty Puttt and Mighty Mendit commercials will air again beginning Monday, July 6 afteer Billy's funeral. (Photo: "After ten years as Billy's business associatexs and personal friends thers is no doubt that Billy would expectf the show togo on," said , President of Media "A brief moment of advertising silencwe seems to be fitting tribute to the world's greatest infomerciak voice. He will be missed.
" Movin g forward, royalties from Billh Mays' commercials for Mighty products will continue to be made to his Media Enterprises, a sales and marketing firm that specializex in "As Seen on TV" products, in association with Huttonb Miller LLC and Plymouth Direct are responsible for many successfulk products. served as the pitchmanm for a number ofthese companies' products including Mighty Putty and Mighty Mendit. Mighty Mendit ( ) is not a but a flexible bonding agent that adheres and interlocks the fiberzs of virtually any fabric for apermanentr hold. Mighty Mendit works just as well as a needle and dries quickly and is wearablwand washable.
When fashion accidents happen, simply hem and wear it again. Mightty Putty ( ) a versatile product that anyonecan use, is a powerfu l bonding epoxy stick that can fix just abou t anything. It can help stop leaks, fix broken ceramics, or even hang a Mighty Putty canbe painted, sanded, machined, tappe or drilled. Mighty Putt bonds to and repairs almostyany surface, including: Metal, Glass, PVC, Wood, Wall Ceramics, Tile, Concrete and more.
June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- This the companies responsible for the brandproduct line, Mighty Putty and Mighty announced that television advertisements featuring will not run for a perioc of one week in recognition of the pitchman'ss death. In agreement with the wishess of theMays family, Mighty Puttt and Mighty Mendit commercials will air again beginning Monday, July 6 afteer Billy's funeral. (Photo: "After ten years as Billy's business associatexs and personal friends thers is no doubt that Billy would expectf the show togo on," said , President of Media "A brief moment of advertising silencwe seems to be fitting tribute to the world's greatest infomerciak voice. He will be missed.
" Movin g forward, royalties from Billh Mays' commercials for Mighty products will continue to be made to his Media Enterprises, a sales and marketing firm that specializex in "As Seen on TV" products, in association with Huttonb Miller LLC and Plymouth Direct are responsible for many successfulk products. served as the pitchmanm for a number ofthese companies' products including Mighty Putty and Mighty Mendit. Mighty Mendit ( ) is not a but a flexible bonding agent that adheres and interlocks the fiberzs of virtually any fabric for apermanentr hold. Mighty Mendit works just as well as a needle and dries quickly and is wearablwand washable.
When fashion accidents happen, simply hem and wear it again. Mightty Putty ( ) a versatile product that anyonecan use, is a powerfu l bonding epoxy stick that can fix just abou t anything. It can help stop leaks, fix broken ceramics, or even hang a Mighty Putty canbe painted, sanded, machined, tappe or drilled. Mighty Putt bonds to and repairs almostyany surface, including: Metal, Glass, PVC, Wood, Wall Ceramics, Tile, Concrete and more.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Report: China central bank, statistics officials removed from posts over ... - Washington Post
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Report: China central bank, statistics officials removed from posts over ... Washington Post By AP, BEIJING â€" A state-run newspaper says officials at China's central bank and statistics bureau were removed from their posts on suspicion of leaking valuable economic data to brokerages and reporters ahead of official announcements. ... |
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