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Dawn Dawson of Rushville will be participating in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day, Oct. 11-13 in Washington D.C. She will walk 20 miles per day for three days in a row, for a total of 60 miles. Dawn will be walking in memory of her aunt, Trudy Williams, who passed away from cancer in August 2012. In addition to a great physical challenge, Dawn faces a great fundraising challenge as well. In order to be elligible to walk, each participant must raise a minimum of $2,300. Dawn and her team "Trudy's Troopers" are still fundraising! Donations can be made to Susan G. Komen for the Cure through Dawn's fundraising page at www.the3day.org/goto/dawn_dawson or by mail to Dawn Dawson 4816 N 550 W, Rushville, IN 46173
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- Noble Niters meet The Noble Niters Home Ec Club met Oct. 23 at New Salem Methodist Church Education Building. Eleven members answered the roll call with their favorite scary movie. Inspirational quotes were read by Dixie Meyer. Discussion was held regarding
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- Historical Society Fall Dinner and Program The Rush County Historical Society's annual fall dinner and program will be Thursday, Nov. 14, at St. Paul's United Methodist Church at 5th and Morgan Streets in Rushville. Mr. Jack Spaulding, a life-long resident of Rush County, has been a
- Gwinnup retirement open house announced Deanna Gwinnup will be retiring after 31 years of service at the Rush/Shelby Farm Service Agency. An open house will be held in her honor from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 26 at the Manilla USDA Service Center, 2779 S 840 W, Manilla.
- Veterans meal at Knightstown Diner Starting Veterans Day, Mon, Nov 11, Knightstown Diner will be the local donation site throughout the holiday season for Hugs for Heroes, Inc. Hugs for Heroes, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting our troops ser
- Holiday Expo Saturday Don't miss the Holiday Expo from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Rushville Elementary School East and West gyms. Many vendors will be participating including craft vendors, various home consultants and businesses. There will also
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Storm Dragon
During the Last War, Gaven d'Lyrandar hunted powerful dragonshards in the world's most dangerous places. But on one mission the danger proved too great, and he found an ancient artifact whose power filled his mind with strange visions of impending doom.
Exiled from his House, spurned by his family, Gaven has spent years locked in the island prison of Dreadhold, the most impregnable fortress in all the world. He has whiled away the years on the verge of madness, his only companion a hated war criminal who seems all too interested in Gaven.
But when a bold prison break sets Gaven loose upon the world and in the company of a desperate band of outlaws, his strange dreams begin to make sense. The shards of vision begin to form a pattern, a fulfillment of the ancient Prophecy of the Dragons. As Gaven becomes both hunter and hunted, he must put the pieces together before it is too late, before the Storm Dragon awakens to shake the foundations of the world.
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"It takes power to seize power. And the dragons have power to spare."
For millennia, the dragons have watched the great events of the world unfold, nurturing and destroying entire nations when necessary, always guided by the Draconic Prophecy.
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Gaven Lyrandar, Exile and Storm Dragon, stands on the edge of two destinies: Master of the Dragon Forge -- or its slave.
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Eberron's fragile peace is crumbling. Armies gather, and for the first time in generations, dragons rise to war. And the one man at the center of it all, the prophesied Storm Dragon, lies helpless, his powers stripped away, his mind teetering on the edge of madness.
Gaven d'Lyrandar—exile, outlaw, and the Storm Dragon himself—may be the one person able to stop the impending dragon war. But he can't remember who he is. Wounded, tormented, and hovering on the brink of madness, Gaven's friends—and even a few enemies—have to save him before it's too late.
The Eberron setting's first hardcover trilogy, James Wyatt's The Draconic Prophecies introduces readers to new lands and new cultures and brings about political changes to the hit setting. It tells the story of a once-proud hero fallen to disgrace and madness, who must learn to wield extraordinary powers to save those he loves, and to keep the world from sliding back into decades of warfare.
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As it stands today, Lovie Smith has a better chance of getting a contract extension after the season than he does of losing his job.
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Julius Peppers and Brian Urlacher are battling for the top spot on the MVP Meter, and Jay Cutler could be making a late-season surge.
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Jay Cutler tied a career high with four touchdown passes and the Bears beat Michael Vick and the Eagles 31-26 to take sole possession of the NFC North lead on Sunday.
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By Martha Neil
You don't learn to dance by reading a book.
Yet those in charge of major legal partnerships, unlike the corporations for which they work, typically don't have formal testing and training programs to supplement the knowledge attorneys bring to the job from law school and select the right individuals to hire and promote, writes a top editor in an American Lawyer (sub. req.) article reprinted by the Am Law Daily.
A few trendsetters are embracing such programs, among them attorney Mark Levin, who serves as chief marketing officer at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg. He has focused his efforts on hiring the right people.
With others, using a National Football League program focused on drafting the best players as a model, he has developed a test that looks for 22 traits among lawyers. After further work, to determine what traits proliferate among a specific law firm's star practitioners, Levin says the test can help focus attention on applicants who are the best fit for the firm.
"We think we can assess the culture of a firm and the likelihood of success of a candidate through scientific methods," he tells the legal publication.
Larry Richard, an attorney and psychologist, runs a consulting firm with a similar focus known as LawyerBrain. Such tests, he says, can help a law firm operate more efficiently. "The point here," he says, "is to gauge how compatible is this person with a job, a role, a culture, a place."
But making such assessments requires participation by those in charge, which can be personally difficult, writes ALM editor-in-chief Aric Press, a lawyer who took some of the tests himself.
"They need to assess themselves, as honestly and carefully as they might assess an applicant," he says of law firm partners. "And that can be uncomfortable, even painful."
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Seven-year-old Sadie Yessler took first place in her age group. / Bill Bresler | staff photographer
Winners of the 7- and 8-year-old division Sadie Yessler, first place; Melanie Bradley, second place; and Cameron Domke, third place are interviewed by Observer reporter David Veselenak. / Bill Bresler | staff photographer
Cameron Domke doesn't let pie go to waste, finishing his after the competition ends. / Bill Bresler | staff photographer
This years pie-eating contest at Livonia Spree saw a rash of returning champions looking to defend their whipped cream-covered crowns. Several of them delivered.
Two returning champions took first prize in their division, including 13-year-old Joe Jarvis. He competed against anyone above the age of 12 when enough pies were left after the first three heats to stage an older kids and adults competition.
While Joe thought his pie-eating contest days were over last year, when he took home the top prize in the 11- and 12-year-old division, he came to the contest anyway with a friend and some younger cousins. When he saw the opportunity to compete, he took it and finished almost the entire Blazos Pie Shoppe delicacy, beating out several adults and walking away with a smile on his face.
It felt good, the Livonia resident said.
The annual Observer & Eccentric Media pie-eating contest took place Wednesday night, with 80 contestants lining up to try their luck and devour an entire pie in under a minute. Covered in whipped cream, contestants had their pick of chocolate or vanilla cream pies, which they ate without using their hands.
Jaclyn Piazza, a bakers assistant with Livonia-based Blazos Pie Shoppe, said while two flavors were offered, it was clear which six-inch pie the children preferred.
All of the kids like chocolate, she said. It makes us feel good about our product.
This was the second year the pie shop has donated the goods for the contest. Prizes, including free movie passes and free Buddys pizza coupons, were awarded to the winners by O&E and the Livonia Family YMCA, which has co-sponsored the event for several years.
Joes mother, Ann-Marie Jarvis, said she was proud to see her son do so well at the contest one year removed from winning. She jokingly said Wednesdays event was just a precursor to a much larger eating competition he should enter.
Well take him to the Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest next, she said with a smile.
Several contestants, including 12-year-old George Spicer of Livonia, were able to down the entire pie. He ate the whole thing before time was up, leaving just a small amount of flaky crust in the pie tin.
He came into the Brighthouse Networks tent at the Spree with confidence and walked away victoriously. Afterward, he said he knew he would win all along.
I just did it with pure power and aggression, he said. Im very talented at this.
Seven-year-old Sadie Yessler of Livonia took home the top prize in the 7- and 8-year-old division. Pie-eating may be something that runs in her familys blood: her mother, Carrie Yessler, won last years adult heat.
Im passing down my gift, Carrie Yessler said. We have two more (children).
Aidan Russell, 10, of Livonia returned to reclaim his title of pie-eating champion in the 9- and 10-year-old division. He spent the entire minute concentrating on eating in order to win and may have forgotten to come up for air a few times.
Its 60 seconds of no breathing, he said with whipped cream and pie crust stuck in his hair.
It was his mother, Karen Russell, who made the statement plenty of parents would probably make after her son was awarded first prize.
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A new law that allows Marylanders to accept the pool from a friends' fantasy football league may have an unintended consequence—it opens the door for a new wave of online sports betting that revolves around fantasy teams.
Each week, thousands of people put millions of dollars on the line in daily or weekly fantasy sports leagues that allow competitors to pick and choose players from different teams and put them up against fantasy teams of friends, co-workers or even strangers.
These fantasy sports websites, such as FanDeul, Fanball and FantasySportsLive.com, are legal in most states since 2006, thanks to an exception in a federal law passed that year banning most online gambling.
However, Maryland was one state where the sites weren't legal, because fantasy sports fell under a 2006 opinion by the state's attorney general's office that defined gambling as requiring decisions, the element of chance and a prize, according to the Washington Post.
But a law passed this year in the General Assembly, which went into effect on Oct. 1, that officially gave Marylanders the right to win prizes, including cash, in Fantasy Football leagues.
And these leagues aren't like your standard Fantasy Football league made up of your friends that last an entire season. Some leagues only last one day, or one weekend.
(For the uninitiated, here's how fantasy sports work: a competitor picks a certain number of players from all the teams in the league, for his fantasy team. Over time, the real players all compete in real games. At the end of the specific time period, the competitor who drafted the statistically best real players wins the game or the league.)
For example, you could draft a fantasy football team on Fanduel.com on Thursday morning for just week 6's football games, entered a five-person league for that week, place $10 on your team, then by the end of Monday night's game, the person who racked up the most points would receive $45 (the site takes a 10 percent cut.) Some of these weekend leagues have thousands of dollars riding on the outcome.
Fanduel, which is reportedly the most popular online fantasy betting website, claimed it has distributed $3 million to players monthly in 2010, according to Forbes.
When Patch brought these sites to the attention of the Maryland comptroller's office, a spokesperson wrote in an email that the sites meeting "the statutory definition of 'fantasy competition' may legally operate in Maryland."
The statute states in order for a site to be a fantasy sports website, which residents can accept prizes from, then all prizes offered must be known to participants in advance of the contest and the winning result must be based on the skill of competitors who are able to best choose individuals in a sport who put up the best statistics.
Based on this bill, Fanduel removed Maryland from its list of states in which it was illegal for residents to participate, according to a comparison of the site's "Is FanDuel Legal? page" from July and October. (Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana and Alaska are still on the illegal list).
"Presumably it is possible for a site to call itself an online fantasy competitionbut in reality be an online gambling site," wrote Kim Frum, a spokesperson for the comptroller's office in an email. "If so, this may be the area in which the regulations are contemplated and in which the Comptroller has been authorized to adopt such regulations."
For its part, Fanduel posts a full page with an explanation of why this form of online fantasy sports betting is legal. On the page, it says, "The laws relating to fantasy sports varies by State [sic] however in the vast majority of them fantasy sports is considered a game of skill and therefore legal. In most States a game of skill is classed as game where skill is the predominant factor in determining the winner."
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AstraZeneca tapped a big pharma executive with experience integrating a biotech company and making deals when it named Pascal Soriot its new CEO earlier today.
Soriot, 53, will join AZ on Oct. 1 as CEO and as an executive director of the company's board. He had been CEO of Roche's pharmaceutical division, whose CHF 32.8 billion ($34.3 billion) in annual revenue last year exceeded AZ's total 2011 revenue of about $33.6 billion.
At Roche, Soriot successfully combined its drug development with that of Genentech—of which he had been CEO—in the year-plus since the Swiss pharma giant snapped up the U.S. biotech for $20.1 billion. AZ, the U.K.'s second-largest drug developer, had hoped to realize similar success when it bought its own U.S. biotech, MedImmune, in 2007 for $15.6 billion and repositioned that company into the center of its biologic drug operations, with an expansion of its facilities in its home state of Maryland.
While Genentech has had several pipeline successes before and since its Roche acquisition, the same cannot be said for AZ. It has struggled in recent years to recover from several late-stage setbacks with experimental medicines the company had counted on to make up for sales revenues it is set to lose due to the "patent cliff" expiration of several brand-name drugs. Those drugs, which include Nexium and Seroquel, now account for 44% of AZ sales, but are set to lose patent protection between this year and the end of 2014.
In the most recent setback earlier this month, AZ and partner BTG halted development of the experimental drug AZD9773 or CytoFab™ for severe sepsis and/or septic shock, following its failure in a Phase IIb trial. CytoFab had been projected to generate £1 billion ($1.6 billion) in annual sales for AZ had it worked.
AZ's shrinking drug pipeline was a key factor in the sudden resignation in April of CEO David Brennan, amid news reports he was pushed out. Brennan's interim successor, Simon Lowth, will return to his previous position as CFO while continuing as an executive director on the company's board.
On Feb. 2, AZ announced plans for 2,200 R&D layoffs as part of a larger reduction of 7,300 jobs. In the months before and since, the company has worked to replenish its pipeline through deals. Last month it launched collaborations with Bristol-Myers Squibb for development and commercialization of Amylin Pharmaceuticals' portfolio of products, in return for AZ paying BMS about $3.4 billion cash. The arrangement was part of BMS' $7 billion acquisition of Amylin, a deal completed Aug. 8.
"No one is blind to the challenges that confront the pharmaceutical sector and this company, but the underlying strengths of AstraZeneca in delivering on its strategy are clear," Soriot said in the statement announcing his hiring.
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Pacheco High had a 10-0 lead heading into the fourth quarter of Friday's game against Selma, and it took all the Panthers had to hold on for the 16-13 victory.
"They pretty much dominated the whole second half," Pacheco coach David Snapp said. "We touched the ball once in the third quarter and twice in the fourth quarter."
Selma scored twice in the fourth to take a 13-10 lead, and Pacheco's next drive stalled.
"They looked at me like I was crazy when I called the punt team," Snapp said. "Then (Frank) Ginda boomed it and pinned them back, and the defense stiffened."
An Adam Perez punt return gave Pacheco the ball at the 46-yard line, and quarterback Juwan Epperson hit Maurice Harden on a screen for the winning touchdown.
Now Pacheco faces an Escalon team coming off a 20-3 loss to Los Banos in its opener.
"They're going to be licking their wounds. I watched the film, and they played good enough to win, they just had a couple of breaks go against them," Snapp said. "They don't lose twice in a row often, but our guys love a challenge. We challenge ourselves every day in practice, and we're looking forward to the competition. It is Escalon they always find a way to get things done."
Escalon's defense, which held Los Banos to 130 yards of total offense, will present a challenge to Epperson, who showed he can create plays where none seemed to exist.
"He's fast, he's athletic, and he made a number of plays with his feet, where he completed a pass or scrambled for 10 or 15 yards," Snapp said. "Juwan kind of has some things you're not expecting. He didn't turn the ball over (against Selma), but he has a gunslinger mentality where he thinks he can put the ball anywhere, and I like that confidence, and I think our team fed off of it."
The Selma game was a lot closer than Snapp would have liked, but Escalon won't be any easier the Cougars defeated Pacheco 21-7 last year.
"They're excited. I think they were a little disappointed in their execution, so we worked hard on execution," Snapp said. "I've got to give Selma credit, they were a much better team than they were last year. It seemed like they had pinned this game to their clipboard that hey, this is a game we've got to win, and they played like it."
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According to a new ranking, top Canadian cities have a better quality of life than those in the U.S.
Americans wanting a better life might want to defect to Canada...or, better yet, trek all the way to Europe or Australia. According to a new ranking of cities with the best qualities of life, the top places to live can be found north of the border or across the pond.
Vienna has the highest quality of life in the world according to rankings released today from Mercer, a New York-based human resources consulting firm. It is followed by Zurich, Switzerland; Auckland, New Zealand; Munich, Germany; and Vancouver, Canada. Among the 221 major world cities ranked, the U.S. does not make an appearance until No. 28, with Honolulu. Ranking last for U.S. cities is Detroit at number 71.
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The rankings are focused on determining "overall quality of living from an expat standpoint," says Ed Hannibal, a partner at Mercer. The company created the system in part to help corporations know how much to compensate employees working on international assignments—send a worker on an extended trip to Khartoum, Sudan (No. 217), in other words, and you might want to give her a few more bucks in hardship pay than if she were shipping off to Ottawa, Canada (No. 14).
To that end, the company considered 39 broad-ranging factors, including political stability, climate, crime levels, personal freedoms, and availability of food in determining quality of life.
"When you take Vienna being the No. 1 city, it really is the cultural and political economic center of Austria," says Hannibal by way of example. That gives the city plenty of amenities and recreational options. But aside from that, he points out that the city is also a comfortable place to be, within a country with stable, strong political structures. "Among other things is that it's a safe, stable environment for expats to live," he says.
[Read: Are Young Adults Finally Ready to Get Their Own Places?]
There tends to be some regional bunching of cities on the list. Cities in Australia and New Zealand are all ranked toward the top, at 37 or above, and cities in Canada are all at 32 or higher. Northern and western parts of continental Europe, particularly Switzerland and Germany, also fare well. Meanwhile, the 17 U.S. cities are all gathered between 28 and 71, among many cities from the UK, Japan, Spain, and Italy.
At the bottom of the list, there are similar regional groupings. Cities in the Middle East and North Africa fare poorly, in part due to ongoing unrest in many of these countries, according to Mercer. Baghdad comes in dead last, at No. 221, and another Middle Eastern city, Sana'a, Yemen, also makes the bottom 10. In addition, six of the bottom 10 cities are in Africa.
Just as current events have affected some of those lower-ranked cities' rankings, they have also dragged on several cities in the upper reaches of the list. Lisbon fell from 41 to 44, and Madrid dropped from 43 to 49 from 2011, explains Hannibal, in part due to strikes and austerity protests. Likewise, Hurricane Sandy affected the rankings for U.S. cities like Washington and New York.
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Below are the 11 cities with the highest qualities of life, according to the report:
- 1. Vienna, Austria
- 2. Zurich, Switzerland
- 3. Auckland, New Zealand
- 4. Munich, Germany
- 5. Vancouver, Canada
- 6. Dusseldorf, Germany
- 7. Frankfurt, Germany
- 8. Geneva, Switzerland
- 9. Copenhagen, Denmark
- 10 (tie). Bern, Switzerland
- 10 (tie). Sydney, Australia
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When I was younger, my brothers and I loved to play video games. We took a liking to games of all kinds, but especially enjoyed playing baseball games together. Typically we wouldnt play many of the games, we would simulate them. This allowed us to get in a number of seasons in a short amount of time. We would sit for hours in front of the television, hanging on every game in the careers of imaginary players on a screen. It sounds ridiculous, but video games gave us a hope that these players could be us one day.
Each of us would usually take a liking to a specific guy. This guy would play a similar style to our game and we would take them from draft day to the Hall of Fame in a few weeks time. We would imagine ourselves in his shoes, getting called on draft day, debuting in the big leagues, becoming an All Star and a hero for his team. It was wash, dry, fold, repeat. Every year a new game would come out and we would get our hands on it, spending hours trying to perfect our players and our squad into World Series champions.
This has been a way for us to bond as siblings. We still try to play against each other remotely. Over the past few years we have played an online game called Strat-O-Matic Baseball. It was perfect for us because we could play in the same league and the entire game was based on simulation. Recently I stumbled upon a game called Out of the Park Baseball. It too is a game based entirely on simulation, but unlike Strat-O-Matic, it is a comprehensive package.
OOTP 14 recently came out and I was given the chance to preview it. If you enjoy Twins Dailys Prospect and GM Handbooks, you will enjoy this game. While you can sit and imagine what you would do if given the chance to run an organization, this game gives you that opportunity. You control every team to every detail with personalized options available for each player. You control contracts, call-ups and team strategy.
The new game added the new rosters for 2013. Free agents can now come from a number of different places-the draft, international signings, independent ball, etc. A new interface makes navigating the game much easier and a new player development tracking system allows you to get a better grip on your farm teams.
I thought everyone here at Twins Daily would enjoy it. If you do decide to get the game, be prepared for a possible addiction. I spent a number of hours playing the game right when I got it.
I shared this game with my older brother and he immediately began playing. It is a fun way to feel connected to your hometown team and it can also be great way to get to know more guys in the system.
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Belacan Grill Malaysian Cuisine
Belacan Grill is my favorite Malaysian restaurant in the Los Angeles area–if not the west coast of the United States. I can't rave enough about how good the food is; every dish served is truly authentic, scrumptious, and unique (meaning you can't find the dishes in other Malaysian restaurants in the United States). Two thumbs way up from me!
Anyway, I took hundreds of food shots at Belacan Grill, but not everyone of them made it to the website. Clickthe image above to see the complete photo set; there are 21 dishes for your viewing pleasure…
If you would like to sample Malaysian cuisine and you're in the Los Angeles area, pay Belacan Grill a visit and tell them that Rasa Malaysia sends you. They will take good care of your stomach and appetite because you are my reader!
At Belacan Grill, all food is true to their original flavors and HALAL.
Belacan Grill Malaysian Cuisine
2701 190th St
Redondo Beach, CA
Tel: (310) 370-1831
Business Hours:
Tuesday – Thursday
11:30 am – 3:00 pm
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
5:00 pm – 10:30 pm
11:30 am – 10:30 pm
11:30 am – 10:00 pm
Closed Monday
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well done! great pics. :-)
Wow, congrats on the project. The food looks so good I wanted to eat everything.
My friend, you are incredibly talented! I love the design – it is clean, refreshing and tantalizing.
You'll have to take me there next time I visit.
Wonderful! I'm gonna check out the site right now. Congratulations!
I hit up this restaurant whenever I'm done south. One of the best I've been to.
selamat Rasa Malaysia. great pictures…
The pictures look so tempting, I would love to try them all
pictures look gorgeous… definitely going here next time I'm in LA!
lovely pics. very enticing.
I'll definitely pay my visit there!
hey, great job! love the photos!
Hey! Great job! Woo Hoo!
Can't wait to try it the next time I'm in the area.
Your pictures looked great (as usual!) and now I'm wishing that they are a chain so that I'll have one in my part of the woods! ;)
Great pictures. Home-sick Malaysians, Belacan Grill's Char Kueh Tiaw will bring tears in your eyes.
I must visit that place when I am in CA. Those pictures your took got me wiping my drools off my chin. Great job, RM :)
fabulous looking food. the photos are so well-done, makes me want to reach out with a fork.yum.
Love the photos! Wish I was within spitting distance of Belacan Grill!
Your pictures look great…as usual I must say. And the food looks gorgeous. Wish I could live on the West Coast. Maybe it is not the right forum but I have 2 quick questions for you:
-Do you know a good Malaysian restaurant in New York (all these pictures have made me quite hungry)?
-I intend to spend a few days in Singapore in November-December and was thinking about spending a week end in Malaysia. Any idea of where I could go for a couple of days?
Thanks and keep up the good work.
I am fiercely proud to call you friend. The pictures, well you know, amazing, gorgeous, fantastic, great, excellent! The light, the styling, the composition everying is just perfect. Congratulations to you and the beautiful Melting Wok!
Lyrical Lemongrass – thanks for your nice comment. :)
Anonymous – Yep, the food was great, so after taking the pictures, I ate everything, LOL!
Steamy – thanks so much! You've got yourself a date, at Belacan Grill. :)
K&S – thanks for the comment and thanks for checking out the site.
Jasmeet – correct, I love it too, because eating there is like eating at home…it's very intimate and cozy, not commercialized at all.
Andaliman – yeah, I would love to try out every single dish on their expansive menu too. ;)
Yoyo's Food – 谢谢。
Sig – yes, don't miss out.
Radman – thanks.
Cindy – Don't miss it. Pencil it into your next trip, you would love it.
Piggy – thanks.
WMW – yeah, I would love to do more projects like this. It was really fun.
Vegasbuff – cool, you should. :)
East Meets West – where are you located? I will tell the boss to open a branch there. ;)
Cooknengr – if only we can get Malaysian see hum here…yeah, it would be 101% perfecto.
Expedited Writer – LOL, you are too funny. Yeah, don't miss out the next time you are in CA. It's certainly a lot closer than going back to Malaysia.
Maybahay – yeah, or just use your finger to grab the food. LOL. ;)
Wok and Spoon – you should move to CA, next stop!
Laurent – thanks for your comment! For New York, I have tried Penang in Chinatown, and also Nonya Restaurant in Soho. Both are pretty good. You can check them out. :) Yeah, you should totally spend a weekend or two or longer in Malaysia if you are going to be in Singapore. As to where you want to go, it depends the "mission" of your trip to Malaysia. If it's for food, do go to Penang (my hometown). You probably won't find better street food elsewhere, in my opinion. If you want a little of city plus food, KL is great too. But I think Penang will be awesome, because it's just different, plus you get to try a variety of really good food, and also can take in some sightseeing and heritage stuff. Send me an email if you want further information. :)
Cynthia – Awwww, you are too sweet. Really. I am glad to have your as a friend because you really make me feel proud of myself, and I am sure Melting Wok would feel that same. Thanks again! :)
Thanks a lot for taking the time to post such a quick and comprehensive reply. I really appreciate it. I will surely send you an email to get further information on Penang. Thanks again.
hey, i have been there few times. maybe i'll bump into you soon. hehe!
Well done on the pictures and website. Like everyone said, you are incredibly talented!~
btw, besides taking pictures and developing the website, do you cook their dishes too? If yes… i will gotta go there more often. hehe.
well done! the pictures make the food so so enak!
If I visit LA, I will go try it!
Mention RM, we get discounts? :-)
Congratulations on a job excellently done (and to Melting Wok too)! The website looks great and the photos fantastic! My mouth is watering and the only downside of your project is that I am totally drooling after those dishes which remain much too far away from me! :) Malaysia is actually closer… ;)
The pictures are beautiful! The food infinitely appetizing. Congratulations!
Congratulations! That's amazing. I love Belacan Grill.
Got discount or not if mention your 大名? :p
Hmmmm…looks really delicious.
Good job you and MW have done :D
gong hei gong hei!! Well done on the project!
Congratulations on the photography gig! Your work is so professional looking so it is no surprise they hired you.
Great job well done! We are all so proud of you.
Oh my! Those are some absolutely gorgeous shots! Congrats!
WOW! They definitely asked the right person. Fantastic looking pics…droolz!
Laurent – no problem. I am glad that I was able to offer you some information about Malaysia.
Oppss – thanks for your nice comment. No, I didn't cook the dishes…LOL. The next time you go there, ask for Chef Kean and tell him that you know me. Hehe.
Keropok – haha. I am not sure got discount or not…have to check with the boss. ;)
Joey – thanks for your sweet note…what are you waiting for, pack up and go to Malaysia next weekend. Air Asia flies to KL real cheap…LOL!
Veron – thank so much…I am still waiting for your kabab! Whahahaa.
Hakka House – I am glad you like it too, maybe I will run into you soon. Hehe.
Tiga – next time you come here, I take you there, sure got special treatment…haha.
Jackson – Thanks! Yeah, Gong hei gong hei. LOL!
Ming – awwww, you are such a sweetie…I am blushing with your nice compliment.
Amy – thanks so much! :)
You were born to do this. Glad you're making money off your incredible talent.
I don't know when we'll be down in LA-LA-land again, but this will be a place to hit up.
Happy Birthday ..Your post was so funny,but I confess,sometimes I had the same problem. Cheers!!!
Saw the chicken satay photo on Tastespotting! Looks beyond delicious. I love love chicken satay with peanut sauce. These pictures are making my stomach growl!


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The Ryder Cup kicks off Friday at Medinah Country Club outside of Chicago. The biennial match pits the top American golfers against the top European players with national pride on the line, but no prize money. The players might not be in line for a payday, but the Ryder Cup is a still a massively commercial event with 230,000 people expected on the Medinah grounds and a huge global TV audience tuning in at home.
One brand that will be front and center at the Ryder Cup is Mercedes-Benz, which hopes to turn these golf fans into future customers for its pricey luxury vehicles.
Mercedes-Benz USA has been an "Official Patron" of the PGA of America since 2009. The agreement includes sponsorships of the PGA Championship, Senior PGA Championship and Ryder Cup. These Patron deals typically cost $3 million to $5 million annually, but can pay off quickly for a brand like Mercedes.
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You can also try your hand at the hole in one challenge. Roughly 4,000 fans this week will take a crack at the 16th hole on Medinah No. 1 (the Ryder Cup matches are taking place at the No. 3 course at Medinah). Ace the 150-yard par 3 and you receive the keys to a new 2013 GLK 350. The odds are on the side of Mercedes, as the chances of a player off the street making a hole in one are around 12,000-to-1. Mercedes ran the hole in one contest at the PGA Championship in Atlanta last month and 3,000 fans were shut out, but Mercedes walked away with valuable leads and marketing data.
The trick is turning those 40,000 visitors to the Mercedes sponsorship area into customers. Bernie Glaser, Mercedes-Benz USA marketing chief, likes his chances. "The demographics and interests of our customers make golf the perfect match for us," says Glaser.
The typical Mercedes buyer in the U.S. is married (74%), male (63%), 53-years old with a college degree (78%) and a household income of $185,000. Similarly, most golf fans are married men in their 40s or 50s with a college education and an income around $100,000.
Golf fans are also car buyers. A survey by the National Golf Foundation found that 47% of golfers plan to purchase a new car in the next 12-months and one-third of those people currently own or lease at least three cars. More than one-quarter of those surveyed spent over $40,000 on their last car.
Mercedes focuses its sponsorship spending on events that attract a well-heeled crowd. Its three pillars are golf, tennis and New York's Fashion Week (officially Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week). Mercedes has been involved in golf for 20 years. In addition to its role with the PGA, Mercedes acts as an international partner of the Masters and the official vehicle of the British Open.
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The Mercedes-Benz Superdome is much more than just the home of the New Orleans Saints. It hosted the BCS National Championship and the men's NCAA Final Four this year. It will complete a rare major sporting event trifecta in February when it hosts Super Bowl XLVII. It will be the tenth time New Orleans hosted the Super Bowl, which matches Miami for the most all-time.
Lucas Oil owns the naming rights to the NFL stadium in Indianapolis, which hosted the 2012 Super Bowl. Philadelphia-based Front Row Marketing Services estimated that Lucas received $33.8 million in branded media value during NBC's broadcast from visuals for signage outside and inside the stadium, as well as on-air mentions during the game. Mercedes will also be a Super Bowl advertiser for only the second time in 2013. These 30-seconds spots are selling for as much as $4 million to reach a U.S. audience of more than 100 million.
I attended the event this weekend, Kurt. American Express had a major corporate presence as well. I'm guessing most corporate partners will be quite happy when they see the TV ratings for this event. Great exposure.
First of all, I can say this Mercedes-Benz's strategy is a perfect marketing and advertising step. May be, doing it this company has overreached its competitors during the struggle for buyers, because such policy gives Mercedes a huge advantage over other cars' producers.
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Life's harshest lessons can be tough to face at any age, but it just doesn't seem fair when they come so early in life.
Our community has been touched by the loss of three young people just this week and four total since September. Our family at The Express-Star extends heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost loved ones.
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Senate Bill 550, by Sen. David Holt, R-Oklahoma City, and Rep. Tom Newell, R-Seminole, was signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin during the 2013 legislative session and took effect Friday.
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Update, 1:15 a.m. Wednesday
All precincts have been counted in Dearborn. Sam Salamey will serve as judge in the 19th District Court, replacing Chief Judge Richard Wygonik.
All other local incumbents kept their seats, including 15th District Rep. George Darany, Wayne County Commissioner Gary Woronchak, and Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education Trustees Aimee Blackburn and Mary Lane.
Update, 10:30 p.m.
With 70 percent of Dearborn's precincts counted, Sam Salamey is leading with 59 percent of the vote in the 19th District Court race.
Both Salamey and Wygonik had been out at the polls all day, and both were awaiting local and national results at their respective election parties in west Dearborn—Salamey at LaPita; Wygonik at Park Place.
Update, 8:01 p.m.
The polls have closed. Check back here on Dearborn Patch throughout the night for the latest news and results.
Update, 7:30 p.m.
The after dinner scene at the polls was a mixed bag in Dearborn. On the east side the city, precints saw a late surge of voters; on the west side, campaigners started packing up with voters just trickling in by 7:00 p.m.
Dearborn City Hall was at 401 ballots case by 5:45 p.m. A poll worker said that the line or 20 or so residents waiting to vote was a steady number.
"Since about 4 p.m. it's been pretty heavy," she said.
At Salina Elementary around 6 p.m, poll workers were scrambling to check in a long line of voters in Precincts 1 and 2.
Lori Grajek, a GOP poll challenger there to check for voting issues, said that it had been a steady stream of people all day.
"I'm just really worried about the election," Grajek said of her reasons for volunteering her time. "I wanted to get involved."
The precincts were at over 800 ballots total cast by that point.
Grajek said that issues with the laptops had slowed the process down, as some voters looking to check in weren't coming up in the digital registry. Poll workers, she said, were forced to call the Dearborn clerk's office to double-check some voters' proof of registration.
ACCESS provided extra tables, partitions and pens to allow more people to vote at once.
The scene was similar at McDonald Elementary, where Precincts 1 and 2 saw 616 and 567 voters as of 6:30 p.m. A turnout greater than 50 percent was expected for the area of around 2,600 residents.
And though the lines were nonexistant after 7 p.m., Snow Elementary saw perhaps the biggest turnout of the day, with 743 ballots cast at Precinct 25 and 755 at Precinct 26.
Update, 2 p.m.
At the Dearborn Public Schools Administrative Services Center, where Precinct 27 votes, there was no wait for voters around noon. However, precinct workers told Patch that "there were lines this morning and there will be lines this afternoon."
Precinct 27 had 357 voters by noon.
Canvassers for 19th District Court judicial candidates Sam Salamey and Richard Wygonik handed out literature at the door, as did a supporter of Aimee Blackburn and Mary Lane's reelection to the Dearborn Board of Education.
Alex Gontarski, there on behalf of the school board, said she had voted around 11:30 a.m. at Snow Elementary. At that time, they were nearing voter No. 400.
Wygonik supporter Joe Terry said he was happy to hear that the numbers were high.
"It's good to see the turnout," he said. "This is an important election."
Over at Woodworth Middle School, workers for Precincts 15 and 16 were scrambling to keep lines short by adding extra voting partitions in the school's gymnasium.
"We ran out of pens, we ran out of seats," one poll worker reported.
A total of 222 people had voted as of 1 p.m.
Outside, canvassers for the Arab American Political Action Committee and Sam Salamey for judge tried to stay warm while urging voters to take their literature.
Brothers Yousef and Ahmed Bahalwan, who represented AAPAC, as well as Sam Salamey canvasser Dena Bazzi, are all 15. Only fellow canvasser Soha Elsayed, 21, was able to cast a ballot in the 2012 elections.
Update 1:45 p.m.
U.S. Rep John Dingell (D-15th District) paid a visit to Yack Arena in Wyandotte. It was one of a number of campaign stops for Dingell on Election Day, who also visited First Presbyterian Church in Dearborn Tuesday morning.
Dingell will host an election party in Taylor Tuesday night.
Dingell is running against GOP challenger Cynthia Kallgren for a seat in the newly drawn 12th District. He is seeking his 30th term.
Update, 1:30 p.m.
Turnout was high at several Dearborn precincts visited so far today by Patch.
Lindbergh Elementary continued to see some of the longest lines in the city, according to voters, with the wait for Precinct 36 around an hour long heading toward midday. One voter said she stood in line for a half hour Tuesday morning before leaving and coming back at 11. Half an hour later, she still had a ways to go to make it to the polls.
Lindbergh polling officials said they were at voter No. 217 for Precinct 36 at 11:30 a.m. With no available seats, voters filled out their ballots in folding chairs lining the wall of the school's gymnasium.
Update, 10 a.m.
The lines at most polls in Dearborn were long all morning—with some voters reporting a wait time of up to an hour.
Voters' cars lined the streets and slowed traffic near Lindbergh and Haigh elementary schools, while the parking lots at and across the street from City Hall were both full around 9 a.m.
Dearborn Patch readers on Facebook said an hour wait time was common, and that some precincts had already set up extra partitions for voters.
Resident Cynthia Alvarado said she voted absentee last week.
"I'm out of town, but was glad to avoid the lines," she said. "Last presidential election it took me about an hour to vote."
Update, 9:30 a.m.
If you're looking for a snack today, check out Tim Hortons, which is giving away free donuts with the purchase of a beverage in honor of Election Day. Those "I Voted" stickers are pretty snazzy, but a free donut is pretty sweet, too.
Dearborn voters will cast their ballots Tuesday for a handful of local elections, in addition to voting for the next president and congressional leaders.
The most contentious local race is for an open seat on the bench of the city's 19th District Court. Incumbent Chief Judge Richard Wygonik will face attorney and court magistrate Sam Salamey for that position.
Also on Dearborn's ballot will be races for the 15th District of the State House of Representatives, the 13th District of the Wayne County Commission, and the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education.
Voter turnout in Dearborn—as well as statewide—is expected to be high for the 2012 general election. Dearborn City Clerk Kathy Buda said she also anticipates a record number of absentee ballots, as residents attempt to avoid long lines at the polls Tuesday.
If you haven't voted yet, click on the PDF attached to the article to study a sample ballot before you go to the polls. Or, find your sample ballot with help from Publius.org.
Bookmark this webpage and come back throughout the day for more election news. Then, return at 8 p.m. when we'll be reporting Dearborn's election results live.
Connect with Dearborn Patch on Facebook and Twitter.
With 58 of 58 precincts reporting
Results Sam Salamey
18,150 Richard Wygonik 14,020
Dearborn Board of Education
Results Aimee Blackburn
Mary Lane 15,678
Mary K. Petlichkoff 12,863
Wayne County Commissioner, 13th District
Results Gary Woronchak, Democrat
J. Scott Saionz, Republican
State Representative, 15th District Results George T. Darany, Democrat 26,465
Priscilla Parness, Republican
More Election News


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• Developed systems so that families started receiving Seizure Action Plans the same day of their visit to their PCP or specialist or shortly after.
• Ensure the family left the visit with their own copy of the Seizure Action Plan.
• We placed copies into the electronic medical record.
• We developed ways to have the seizure action plan in a drop down menu in the electronic medical record.
• Providers worked to find time in the clinic visit schedule to work with families on completing plans.
Questions for My Practice
• Do we routinely provide seizure action plans for children with epilepsy?
• Do we have enough options for seizure action plans to meet the cultural and language needs of our patient population?
• Is the seizure action plan available for all levels of literacy? If the family asks for help either completing the form or getting more information, do I have some resources to recommend?
• Do we routinely involve families in the completion of plans?
Changes to Try in My Practice
• Complete a seizure action plan for all children in the practice with epilepsy.
• Work with families to complete the seizure action plan, and ensure the plan will work for them.
• Check that the seizure action plan being used is in the family's preferred language, and at the appropriate literacy level.
• Partner with the school nurse to help develop and maintain the seizure action plan.
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By JOHN CORYER
---- — PLATTSBURGH — There has been some disappointing moments for the Plattsburgh State baseball team at Chip Cummings Field this season.
Sunday, however, was a good day for the Cardinals.
Plattsburgh swept an 11-10 and 5-4 doubleheader from Castleton State in non-conference play.
"There were a lot of positives today and less pressure on the players," Plattsburgh coach Kris Doorey said. "It was a good day for us. We told the players that this was the start of our 2014 season.
"I talked with (Castleton) coach (Ted) Shipley before the game and we were in agreement to play our starters in the first game and then players, except for a couple, who don't get a chance to play very often in the second game.
"There were opportunities for both of us to change our minds because of the different situations that came about in the second game. But we stuck to what we had agreed on."
In the first contest, Kevin Briggs' run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth inning broke a 10-all tie and gave the Cardinals the victory.
The Spartans scored three runs in the top of the first and the Cardinals came back with five in the bottom of the inning. Plattsburgh held a 7-3 lead at one time and then needed three runs in the fifth to take a 10-8 advantage.
Castleton scored a run in the seventh and then one more in the eighth to pull into a 10-all tie.
Mike Mulvihill, who had a big day at the plate, Mat Chavez and Briggs led a 17-hit Plattsburgh offensive attack with three hits each. Matt Meunier and Shane Houppert chipped in with two each. Chris Pescetti, Nicholas Lupo and Jimmy Rosario each drove in two runs.
Allen White, Cameron Curler and Mat Pause paced the Spartans with three hits apiece, and Joe Borowski added two.
Shunsuke Sugimoto allowed one run over the final two innings and was the winning pitcher. Nate Swahn surrendered just one run in relief for the Spartans, but was tagged with the loss.
In the second game, Castleton (25-11) jumped in front with a run in the first and three more in the second for a 4-0 lead.
The Spartans still led, 4-1, when the Cardinals (13-23) tallied two in the fifth to pull to within one and two more in the sixth to take the lead, with Rosario's run-scoring single the game-winning hit.
Rosario led the Cardinals with three hits, while Mulvihill boomed a long solo home run over the left-center field fence and added a two-run double in the fifth. Chavez also had a RBI single.
"It was good for our players to get some playing time today," Doorey said. "Rosario had a great day both offensively and defensively, and Mulvihill had a great day at the plate."
Five other Plattsburgh players added a hit each in the second contest as the Cardinals had 10 hits in all.
Macyn Clifford was the lone Spartan to get two hits.
Colin Crawford gave Plattsburgh three scoreless innings in relief and Rafael Ponce went the final two scoreless innings to get the pitching victory. Ethan Macura took the loss in relief.
"It was a good day to play baseball and we were able to get two wins," Doorey said.
The Cardinals close out their 2013 season when they host SUNY Canton on Tuesday at Lefty Wilson Field under the lights.
Plattsburgh 11, Castleton 10
Castleton 300 410 110 — 10 15 4
Plattsburgh 511 030 001 — 11 17 1
Ravey, Swahn (6) and Pause. Orr, Levinson (5), Sugimoto (8) and Briggs. WP- Sugimoto. LP- Swahn. 2B- Zielinski (C), Meunier (PSU), Mulvihill (PSU), Houppert (PSU).
Plattsburgh 5, Castleton 4
Castleton 130 000 0 — 4 6 3
Plattsburgh 001 022 x — 5 10 3
Smith, Macura (6) and McCormick. Leddy, Crawford (3), Ponce (6) and Weightman. WP- Ponce. LP- Macura. 2B- Mulvihill (PSU). HR- Mulvihill (PSU).


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Preschool Fair
Traverse City — Families with children ages 3 to 5 can learn more about Traverse City Area Public Schools preschool options at a Preschool Enrollment Fair Saturday, Feb. 9.
The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Eastern Elementary School, 1600 Eastern Ave. Families also may register their preschool children in any TCAPS tuition-based preschool program for the 2013-14 school year. Representatives from each TCAPS preschool program will be on hand to answer questions and help with registration.
To complete registration at the fair, families must provide a copy of the child's birth certificate, health insurance information, completed registration forms, registration fees and the first week's tuition.
For details, contact Angel Elsenheimer, 933-1759 or email@example.com.
GED testing
Traverse City — General Education Development (GED) testing will be offered at Central High School for individuals 18 and older who wish to complete high school equivalency requirements.
The next test dates are Feb. 11-12. Participants must register at the Central High School principal's office, 1150 Milliken Dr., prior to the test date. To take the complete test, participants must be able to attend both dates. A government-issued photo ID is required.
The current cost is $100 (cash or money order) due at registration; $20 for individual tests including retakes. In March, fees go up to $125 and $25.
Call 933-3500, to learn more. For details on GED preparation classes, call TBA Adult Education Department, 922-7825, or Michigan Works, 922-3739.
Pom clinic for girls
Traverse City — Central High School's Cheer and Dance teams will offer a Junior Pom Clinic Saturday, Feb. 2, for girls in first through fifth grades.
The clinic will be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in the CHS gym, 1150 Milliken Dr. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. Participants will perform with the CHS Pom Team at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, during halftime of the CHS JV basketball game. A short parent meeting will be held at the start of the clinic to provide game-day information.
The cost is $25. Registration forms are available at www.tcaps.net/community.
Vasa ski races
Traverse City — Registration is under way for the 37th annual North American Vasa Ski Races.
The event will be held Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 9-10, at Timber Ridge Resort on Hammond Road. Registration and packet pickup for preregistered skiers is noon-9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at Timber Ridge. An all-you-can-eat pasta meal will start at 5:30 p.m.
For details and registration, visit www.vasa.org.
ACT test prep class
Traverse City — Northwestern Michigan College will offer two ACT Test preparation courses.
The classes are designed to help familiarize students with the test, provide practice, build confidence and reduce test anxiety.
One class meets 6-9 p.m. five Tuesdays, Jan. 29 to Feb. 26, in room 101 at NMC's Great Lakes Campus, 715 E. Front St. The cost is $265.
A four-week option starts Tuesday, Feb. 5. The cost is $235
For best results, it is recommended that either class be taken several months before taking the exam. Visit www.nmc.edu/ees or call 995-1700 for details or to enroll.
ER Awards dinner
Elk Rapids — The Elk Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce is offering all community organizations the opportunity to participate in the Community Wide Awards Dinner. Organizations that wish to present an award at the dinner have until Thursday, Jan. 31, to notify the chamber.
The event will start at 6 p.m. April 26, at Turtle Creek Casino. Tickets are $45 per person or $425 for a table of 10. For tickets, visit www.elkrapidschamber.org. For details, call 264-8202 or email Misty Youngson, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Help filing FAFSA
Traverse City — Northwestern Michigan College's Student Financial Services staff will offer help filing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on Fridays, Feb. 1-22.
Help is available from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Center for Learning in the Osterlin Building on NMC's main campus. Participants should bring 2012 tax returns and/or W2s, Social Security card and driver's license. For details, visit www.nmc.edu/financialaid, email email@example.com or call 995-1035.
Snowshoe hike
Benzie County — The Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy will offer a guided hike Saturday, Feb. 2, at Misty Acres, its newest preserve.
The one-mile hike starts at 10 a.m. Participants should meet at the new parking lot on the north side of the road known as N. County Line/Co. Hwy 602/Smeltzer Road/N. Manistee County Line Road For details or reservations, call 929-7911 or fill out the form at www.gtrlc.org/events.
Event for women
Traverse City — The Women's Winter Tour, a celebration of women, winter and chocolate, returns to its Traverse City roots on Sunday, Feb. 3.
The noncompetitive cross country skiing and snowshoeing event will be held on the Leelanau Trail. Participants will be transported by shuttle between 9 and 11:30 a.m. from the Holiday Inn West Bay in Traverse City to starting points along the route. The route ends at Black Star Farms for food samples, coffee and more. Shuttles back to Traverse City will be available 10 a.m.-2 p.m. from Black Star Farms.
Registration ranges from $25 to $35. For details or to register, visit www.womenswintertour.com. Registration forms also are available at Brick Wheels in Traverse City and Suttons Bay Bikes in Suttons Bay. Participants also may register and pick up event buttons from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, and 9 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, at the Holiday Inn West Bay, 615 E. Front St.
Scrabble tourney
Cadillac — Registrations are due Wednesday, Feb. 6, for a Scrabble tournament on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Cadillac Wexford Public Library, 411 S. Lake St.
The contest is open to ages 12 and older. The first game starts at 10 a.m., followed by lunch at noon and the second game at 12:40 p.m. The $5 nonrefundable entry fee includes lunch.
For details or registration, call 510-9047.
Reflux treatment
Manistee — Manistee residents suffering from gastroesophageal reflux disease now have an alternative to daily medications to treat chronic heartburn.
Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF), an incisionless surgical solution, is being offered by West Shore Medical Center general surgeons. A program on reflux disease and treatments including the TIF procedure will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, in classrooms 1 and 2 in the Education Center at West Shore Medical Center, 1465 E. Parkdale Ave.
The seminar is free and open to the public. To register, please call (800) 533-5520.
Cherub Tales
Traverse City --Holy Angels Preschool and Elementary School will offer Cherub Tales Story Hour for toddlers and preschoolers.
The free story hour will be held 10:30-11:15 a.m. Thursdays, Feb. 7-March 14, in the school library, 130 E. 10th St. A craft activity is included. For details, call 946-5961 or visit www.gtacs.org.
Class of '88
Manistee — The Manistee High School Class of 1988 will hold its 25-year reunion at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 6, at The Elks Lodge.
Interested classmates may email Caroline Plamondon Simaz, firstname.lastname@example.com, for details.
Story time
Traverse City — Preschool children, their caregivers, families and friends are invited to a special Wigglers Story Time with stories "for the birds" at the East Bay Branch Library, 1989 Three Mile Road.
Story time starts at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30. It includes a filmstrip story, songs, crafts and snacks.
For details, call 922-2085 or visit www.tadl.org/eastbay.


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The morning of Ava Tree's eighth birthday begins the same as always . . . only different. Today, Ava makes wishes and they come true. It's A for Amazing!
First, she wishes that her pet rabbit, Tibbar, will use the toilet instead of his messy, annoying litter box . . . and he does. Then she wishes that her best friend's very proper mother will not ruin her very improper backwards birthday party by making it forward, upside up right, down side down, and right side out . . . and she doesn't.
Can Ava wish for anything she wants on her birthday--and every day after that--and have it come true? What if her biggest wish is to undo the saddest thing in her life so far (and possibly forever)? Can that wish come true, too?
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I remembered how Tibbar used the toilet when I wished it. How Mother Purhfect changed her mind about coming to my party when I wished it. And how Reed Dimster didn't come to my party when I wished it. Now it was time to make my official birthday cake wish.
There was something I wanted more than anything else in the world. I would make it my birthday cake wish.
I looked over my shoulder and took a deep breath. I blew out those candles in one breath.
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JEANNE BETANCOURT is the author of many award-winning books for children and young adults, including, the Pony Pals, a chapter book series that has run for more than ten years and sold more than ten million copies worldwide. She's also received Emmy nominations and other awards for her television and movie scripts. She lives in New York City where besides writing, she likes to paint and tap dance. If Jeanne had wishing power, the first wish she'd make would be for everyone who reads Ava Tree to have three wishes a day, too.
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Richard M. Salsman, Contributor
I cover the intersection of economics and politics.
President Obama seems frustrated these days – lashing out emotionally, intensifying his rhetoric against money-makers, doubling down on his demagoguery, and claiming that heartless GOP rivals want dirty air, unsafe water, poisoned food, and no health care. Mr. Obama blames Congress for not enacting yet more of his destructive "stimulus" schemes, even as the CBO this week reiterated its prior estimate that Obama's first stimulus scheme ($787 billion, February 2009) will have a net negative impact on GDP over the coming decade.
Mr. Obama says he'll spend $1 billion on his coming campaign for re-election – gathered, no doubt, from the corporate "fat cats" he likes to denounce – and that thematically he'll be running against a "do nothing" Congress. In fact, if Congress did nothing for Obama over the coming year, it would be doing him a favor.
More pathetic still has been Mr. Obama's recent resort to blaming others – as usual, the innocents among us – for the abject failure of his own policies. For some inexplicable reason, he said in Orlando last September, Americans have "gotten a little soft" and "didn't have that same competitive edge that we needed over the last couple of decades." In late October he told a gathering in San Francisco that "we've lost our ambition, our imagination, and our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge." Finally, at the APEC meeting last weekend Obama complained to an audience of American CEOs that "we've been a little bit lazy over the last couple of decades . . . We aren't out there hungry, selling America and trying to attract new businesses into America."
Mr. Obama's use of the collective "we" is an attempt to soften what's really a bullying, despicable insult – equivalent to this: "You much-vaunted money-makers, those I demonize, you aren't working very hard, aren't hiring enough, or earning enough to render to me the tax revenues I need."
In just three years Mr. Obama has been such an inspiring leader, confidence-builder, political organizer, and policy-maker that he simultaneously faces a do-nothing Congress, a do-nothing business community, and a do-nothing economy. No wonder most Americans these days tell pollsters they're dissatisfied with his presidency.
Mr. Obama isn't the first U.S. president to seek re-election by running against a "do nothing" Congress. Democrat Harry Truman did it in 1948 and beat a weak GOP candidate (New York governor Tom Dewey), albeit in a close vote. Yet unlike Truman, whose famed desktop sign declared "the buck stops here," Obama prefers to pass the buck, to deny self-responsibility, and to blame others for his failings. At various times he has blamed the stagnant U.S. economy of 2009-2011 on President Bush, on the financial crisis of 2008, on the Japanese tsunami, the "Arab Spring," the European debt crisis, the weather – and now, on otherwise productive Americans who've mysteriously become "soft," "lazy," "un-ambitious," and "un-imaginative."
At the same time, Obama's administration demands still more taxes from top wealth-creators, blocks bank dividends, precludes Boeing from opening a new plant in South Carolina, stalls deep-water drilling in the Gulf, subsidizes corrupt loss-makers like Solyndra, and nixes the proposed Keystone Pipeline. Is it the case that rich taxpayers, bankers, jet-makers, and oil producers have suddenly become "lazy," or instead that they simply refuse to keep slaving away for the privilege of being characterized as malefactors by the president? Why should wealth creators be more ambitious, work harder, or earn more profits, only to hand them over as tax revenues to Mr. Obama, so he can more easily pay the lavish bills he has rung up at the White House?
Mr. Obama has said "we've lost our willingness to do the things that built the Golden Gate Bridge," but it's surely not true that we've lost the ability to build them. If such things aren't built anymore in part it's because government now prefers to redistribute wealth than to help create it (by facilitating infrastructure investment), in part because it is over-indebted and simply can't afford it, but primarily because environmentalists have erected legalized barriers to such creations. The greens want to remove existing bridges, dams, and factories – not build new ones. If Obama really wanted us to regain our "willingness" to build great things, he'd call off his vicious green dogs.
In blaming the deleterious effects of his own policies on Americans allegedly being "soft," "lazy," "un-ambitious," and "un-imaginative," Mr. Obama has had what I'd call his "malaise moment." Recall President Carter's limp speech in July 1979, nearly three years into his term, blaming the disastrous economy on Americans supposedly being in a psychological funk, or in what Mr. Carter called "a crisis of confidence." Pundits dubbed it the "malaise" speech. "Malaise" is defined as "a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort" or "a vague, unfocused feeling of mental uneasiness, or lethargy." In his speech Carter said "our true problems are much deeper than gasoline lines or energy shortages, inflation or recession," for "we are confronted with a moral and a spiritual crisis," such that "all the legislation in the world can't fix what's wrong with America."
Mr. Carter said the U.S. economy was broken not because of his own policies but because of "a crisis of confidence that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will." The problem, he said, is that Americans "have always believed in something called progress," but that's no longer feasible; now shortages were the norm, and "we can manage the short-term shortages more effectively," but "there is simply no way to avoid sacrifice." We should forget about pursuing or expecting prosperity, because "we've discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning" and that "piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose."
Just like Carter's anti-capitalist mentality, Obama's also calls for "sacrifice" (as if that's "noble"), instead of celebrating those among us who seek to live and gain by creating and exchanging new values, whether material or intangible. For Carter and Obama, those are "greedy" and "selfish" pursuits (true) which only deprive our lives of true meaning (false). As such, each man imposed regulatory-spending-tax-monetary regimes that stifled private-sector incentives, sapped entrepreneurial vitality, and chilled investor risk-taking.
If the Obama administration really cared about fostering a new willingness by America's top wealth-creators to be more ambitious, work harder, and create a more prosperous economy, he'd be less hostile to wealth-creators and would rescind his wealth-destroying policies, while adopting truly pro-capitalist ones. He'd heed capitalism's greatest economist, Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832), who said it best two centuries ago:
The last paragraphs of your comment made a lot of sense and I liked it.
We are all Americans and working to build a better America for all or us. There is no need for a gulf between the rich and the poor. Let's join in and build that bridge. A win-win situation/policy
What is hurting is comments like this "Yes, making regulatory agencies back off will benefit the class who take chances with their assets to create businesses. Yes, more taxes will take funds out of our pockets which could go toward hiring a few extra people"
That statement is how the Republicans justify their opposition to every single economic policy of the president. It is simply NOT TRUE.
The regulations today are more lax than under President Bush (please check this out it is not smoke blowing). Taxes are the lowest EVER for the "job creators" (these are all FACTS!)
Those arguments should not be used as if to say well BOTH parties need to give a little. Yes both need to give a little but check out what you are really asking for in the "giving".
There is only one rigid stance throughout all of this and it is NO NEW TAXES. Democrats have advanced much to the consternation of their base the willingness to negotiate entitlements. Say what you want about this but they have done so. The Republicans on the other hand have refused to even TALK about new revenues.
Are you serious?
Sometimes I wonder if writers of these columns actually re-read their work.
Mr. Salsman, can you truly say you believe what you just wrote? Among other non-truths you said President Obama is hostile to wealth-creators and needs to rescind his wealth-destroying policies, while adopting truly pro-capitalist ones.
This is incredulous! These "wealth creators" are making money hand over fist yet not creating a single new job.
They continually cry like spoilt babies with shills like yourself to help: that they are "nervous" and don't have "confidence" to help grow the market.
Give me a break! These wealthy "job creators" are all Republican voters hoarding their money and in effect working against America's interest in order to make President Obama's policies not work and help elect a Republican president. Shame! Shame! Shame!
" If Say's pro-capitalist prescriptions were adopted today we'd again witness the great vitality, energy, creativity and prosperity that made America great in the first place."
In your estimation, when did the US first forsake Say's prescriptions? Would you argue that the United States of the 1940′s, 50′s, and 60′s (when capital gains and income taxes were radically higher than they are today) was more or less pro-capitalist than it is today? Why has the persistent tax-cutting and deregulation of the past 30 years not had the effect that its partisans repeatedly predicted?
read Lance Winslow's "The Flow of Trade in a Global Economy" and you will understand tax-cutting had nothing to do with it…
Countries run on what they make and the fuel is the currency…..
once all the fuel(currency) leaves the country has Retail…that makes NOTHING…
and a government having to make MORE AND MORE DEBT (selling Bonds) in order to get the fuel back….
"It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption." – Jean Baptiste Say
When was the last time you heard any of those turnips on Jenkins Hill in Washington D. C. tell the American people to buy "Made In America"….
persistent tax-cutting and deregulation of the past 30 years didn't get America in this mess….
foreign made did….
a 6 to 1 trade deficit with China….
and 1975 being the last year America had a trade surplus….
the same years Sam Walton was listening to a "whistle while you work" song east of Seoul….
the same year Jimmy Hoffa disappeared….
A country can not survive with Retail making NOTHING and government making MORE DEBT.
it survives by making Made In America in the case of the United States of America.
George Washington on that dollar can't help anyone in America if he is being held in a foreigners hand.
Government debt 1791- $75 million
today- over $15 trillion….
Deregulation caused both of America's greatest depressions. Remember the last one was deregulation of the housing market.
Also, I've noticed that no group really believes in getting rid of government. People only want to due away with the government which they feel doesn't benefit them. I hardly ever hear conservatives saying lets do away with the armed forces and the police department, why not? They are government too. Why don't we just do away with all government and have a Wild Wild West sharp shooter economy. He/she with the fastest shot wins.
Also, I wouldn't expect any educated or rational person to believe that 1 person could take the U.S. out of a multi Billion dollar depression in 3 years. Especially without the help of congress would you?
Can we have a genius explain how that could realistically happen?
More importantly, it almost really doesn't matter who we have in the office at the end of the day. If we're not willing to work hard & smart we're all screwed.
Hello Mark,
You clearly know nothing of the Reagan era when tax cuts put a resurgent US back on top in a big way. But what have facts to do with anything, right Mark?
The problem has been the growth of corrupt, squandering government with its corresponding debt loads and intrusive, stifling regulatory policies. And in the last 12 years, government growth has been profound.
The US during the 50′s and 60′s had a cold war to fight while attempting to recover from the massive outlays of WW2 and its aftermath. The US did not have the competition of Europe and Japan til later.
" intrusive, stifling regulatory policies…"
I'm sorry, wasn't deregulation to blame for the mess leading up to the global economic meltdown?? And wasn't it Reagan who opined that Big Business would monitor itself? Ask Corzine how that self-checking is going.
Yes, the deregulation of the 80′s is to blame for the problems of leading up to the crisis of 2008. Luckily, the problem managed to remain within the US and struck no other countries, as heavily regulated as they are.
Every now and then a recession comes along. And the markets after a little bloodletting move on. You may have noticed it now and then. I guess the Obama government doesn't like the bloodletting, so they bailed everyone out. Now a recession becomes a depression.
You mean the former Democrat governor, John Corzine?
Hey, people and businesses tend to fail every now and then. You don't believe me, look at all of the failures occupying various parks all over the place, or that were occupying various parks.
"Luckily, the problem managed to remain within the US and struck no other countries.."
I'm not sure what planet you're living on, but on Planet Earth, the financial crisis affected most countries. There were numerous European bank failures, stock markets were in serious decline everywhere. MBS and CDO were sold to corporations, financial institutions and municipalities across Europe and Asia. What happens in the U.S. no longer stays in the U.S.
I was referring to John Corzine, the former Goldman CEO who was succeeded by Hank Paulson. You know, the guy who later bailed out his buddies…Nice to have friends in high places.
Occupy is about getting corruption out of Washington. I guess you're against that.
Wow, I see. It's all Obama's fault. If only we'd left the Republican party in charge, we'd be roaring happily along like we were in 2008.
The stimulus was way oversold, but it still saved millions of jobs (funny, I've seen estimates for that from the CBO; sure we're using the same source?) If it had been twice as large, and gone to activities that provide an immediate stimulus, it may have been more effective. The fact it was a Democratic wish list instead of a stimulus bill *was* a failure of Obama's leadership.
It's amazing to me how we're still arguing Keynesian economics 65 years after Keynes' death. There are far too many people for whom economics is a religion, not a science.


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