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I like cupcakes and was excited to try this place, so was sad when the cupcakes just weren't good. The frosting is kind of greasy and the cake too crumbly for my liking. Very sad indeed.
Las Vegas Cupcake treats – This bakery is the best one in the city. You walk in, and it just feels like home. The cupcakes are so delicious; they'll melt in your mouth. I got a kick out of the cupcake names. The cupcakes are places that have to do with the flavor of the cupcake. Savannah street is red velvet, Lake Tahoe Blvd is a S'more, get it?!When ordering cakes, the staff is friendly and the cakes are delectable!! The smells that emanate from Cupcake Lane Bakery remind me of my great grandmom's kitchen. A definite must!
Cupcake Lane Bakery is a must for everyone – I am shocked by the bad reviews. This place is awesome! Everything is incredibly unique and delicious. Of all cupcake shops, this is my favorite. I am not just a lover of sweets, I'm an actual chef...and I still love it. I ordered a carrot cake from here and it was beautiful and tasty. Customer servicee, you can't ask for a nicer group abd very creaive.I also think the price is completely fair - compare it to anyplace else. I'm so sorry to the writer who said they had a bad experience. I've never had anything bad. I hope you change your mind and give it another try.
BEYOND DISAPPOINTMENT – i usually don't post reviews but i was really disappointed when i went in to cupcake lane. besides the plain decor the cupcakes themselves looked plain and unappetizing. but i was there to try it out so i went ahead and had a lombard street (hostess looking one). it looked better than the hostess treat that i grew up with but the taste was nothing like it...far from it. i don't know what type of cake mix they use, but its quite obvious. the cake was dry and very stale and the "chocolate fudge" top was no where near its fudgy consistency as advertised. i called to complain but was treated with extreme rudeness by the help. when asked to speak to a manager the clerk said the manager was "busy" and that there was nothing they could do since i ate the cupcake already. i mean really?!!! they need to train their employees on how to handle customers' complaints!!! STAY AWAY from this place b/c cupcakes are HORRIBLY BAD and the customer service is beyond TERRIBLE!!
Bar far the Best Cupcakes in Las Vegas – Recently a friend convinced me to try a relatively new cupcake bakery call cupcake lane. I had tried a cupcake bakery before, (cupcakery) and was not impressed. The idea of paying 2.75 for a cupcake seemed ridiculous and after trying the cupcakery i thought I was right. However, after being dragged to cupcake lane I now feel differently. The cupcakes there were incredible! The cake was moist, the frosting was perfect, I had the lombard a gourmet version of a hostess cupcake and it was to die for. I have been converted. Cupcakes are amazing!
Best cupcake in vegas baby – I happened upon Cupcake Lane a couple of weeks ago and gone back several times since. Their cupcakes are, hands down, the best I've ever tasted. The frosting is the key; rich, smooth, and flavorful. The cake is moist. Try my favorites, the Lombard and the Savannah. Can't get enough. Unfortunately.
cupcake cupcake cupcake – My daughter took me to Cupcake Lane last Monday. Great decision! The very best cake I've ever eaten, no questions. I could have one every day for the rest of my life...but then I'd probably weigh a ton. The coconut cake was ultra-moist and the flavor to die for. The frosting was nice and light. You absolutely MUST try one of these cupcakes!!!
Great cupcakes!! Great customer service!! – I went to Vegas last week and had the best cupcake I have ever eaten in my life!!! No trans fat, corn syrup, or fillers. Made entirely from scratch. Hands down the most satisfying sweet treat since Ghirardelli chocolate.
For those of you Vegas residents who have not yet tried Cupcake Lane Bakery on I215 and Flamingo you have to get there. The flavor of the month which is amongst many other wonderful choices is Half Moon Bay, pumpkin cake with creamy whipped not too sweet frosting. I LOVED IT! I was so happy when I left that place.
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Disappointing – Wow...what a disappointment. I have been eating cupcakes for years and was very excited when this place opened down the street from my house. I had been making a trek to the cupcakery on the other side of town for awhile, so I was thrilled to not be driving across town for my sweet fix. The first turn off was the stale looking cupcakes in the case. They looked dusty almost. I tried to cupcake that looked very similar to a hostesss one.. The topping was rock hard and the cake could've been baked a month earlier. I hoped to move on to something better when I tried to red velvet, but again disappointing. It reminded my of the box mix from walmart. Red velvet is one of my favorites, so I was ready to leave after trying this unfortunate attempt at a red velvet cake. And did I mention the woman who helped me was entirely rude to me. I made the mistake of telling her I was a cupcakery customer, and she was downright nasty to me. so much for friendly competition.
Best Cupcakes EVER!! – This place is amazing. The young man at the counter ( such a nice smile)was very polite and helpful while I tried to decide which flavors I wanted. It was finally to much, so I orded an assorted dozen. I kept peeking over at them as I drove home. The little devil on my shoulder kept saying "Go ahead just one". I was able to stay strong until I arrived home. The squeals of delight from my family got louder as I opened the box. The Savannah is the red velvet I grew up with in Tennessee. The Route 66 is JUST like a Root Beer float. The Michigan mmmmm lemon cream cheese on a lemon cake. The Lombard,chocolate cake, whipped cream filling,chocolate dipped top, my husband is now addicted. I can go on and on. All the flavors were amazing. The kids, my husband and the in laws were very happy ( it's always nice when you can make the in laws happy) . Definitely put Cupcake Lane Bakery on your list of places to try. I am going back next week the set up my sister's baby shower. Did I mention they are GREAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!
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I worked at Putnam Associates
Pros – Super smart coworkers, probably the best healthcare boutique, great placement into top grad schools
Cons – location in Burlington, relatively high stress environment with a lot of pressure
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Pros – Putnam is full of hardworking, smart people. The projects are engaging and challenging, with a great deal of responsibility to assume.
Cons – The company is located in Burlington, Massachusetts, which is not ideal and essentially requires a car. There is not always a lot of variety in projects.
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Telluride Superintendent of Schools Kyle Schumacher has sent a letter to parents announcing an increase in on-mountain security during Ski P.E.
"It is easy to become complacent in our small box canyon and forget that sometimes bad things happen," he wrote. "I encourage you to have conversations, in age-appropriate ways, with your children about stranger danger and what they should do if a stranger approaches them. I would encourage this conversation be reinforced on a regular basis. There have been many studies done showing how naïve almost all children are when approached by strangers. Don't take it for granted that they know what to do. In this case, the child knew what to do and bit her assailant. Arm your children with the skills they need, but do so in a way that doesn't frighten them or cause undue anxiety."
Of working with officials at the Telluride Ski and Golf Co. to upgrade mountain security for schoolchildren who participate in the schools' Ski P.E. Program, Schumacher wrote, "Your children's safety is our first priority. We will do this in a way that maintains the unique culture of this community, but takes into account the new normals that have been created in schools over the last several years. Telluride School District has continued to work with our local law enforcement officers to maintain and improve our safety efforts, whether in the classroom or around our school grounds."
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Canadian indie rockers Tokyo Police Club perform at Amoeba San Francisco on Monday, April 28 at 6pm. View
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San Francisco International Film Festival
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@Speedy & others,
I've seen this issue with bootneuter 2.1 hanging at detecting the settings.
I've seen this with phone going from 1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.4 to 2.x fw (note: bootneuter 2.1 came out after fw 2.x, prior to that it was bootneuter 2.0 for 1.x fw)
I never have to restore BB to 1.1.4 (04.04.05_g).
Prior to running bootneuter 2.1 do this:
- turn off the phone and turn it back on
- turn of wifi
- turn on Airplane mode
- wait 30 sec to make sure everything is off
- turn off airplane mode
- run bootneuter 2.1
The difference that I noticed with bootneuter 2.1 vs bootneuter 2.0 is:
- The first time you run bootneuter 2.1, it will not run right away but instead it will ask you to turn off/reboot the phone so that commcenter is completely shut down at the next boot up. After the reboot, bootneuter will run.
- Prior version (bootneuter 2.0) does not ask you to reboot.
My guess is bootneuter 2.1 have additional checking mechanism for safe operation. It will not run if it cannot detect the correct state of commcenter the first time.


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A revelatory, minute-by-minute account of JFK's last hundred days that asks what might have been
Fifty years after his death, President John F. Kennedy's legend endures. Noted author and historian Thurston Clarke argues that the heart of that legend is what might have been. As we approach the anniversary of Kennedy's assassination, JFK's Last Hundred Days reexamines the last months of the president's life to show a man in the midst of great change, finally on the cusp of making good on his extraordinary promise.
Kennedy's last hundred days began just after the death of two-day-old Patrick Kennedy, and during this time, the president made strides in the Cold War, civil rights, Vietnam, and his personal life. While Jackie was recuperating, the premature infant and his father were flown to Boston for Patrick's treatment. Kennedy was holding his son's hand when Patrick died on August 9, 1963. The loss of his son convinced Kennedy to work harder as a husband and father, and there is ample evidence that he suspended his notorious philandering during these last months of his life.
Also in these months Kennedy finally came to view civil rights as a moral as well as a political issue, and after the March on Washington, he appreciated the power of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., for the first time.
Though he is often depicted as a devout cold warrior, Kennedy pushed through his proudest legislative achievement in this period, the Limited Test Ban Treaty. This success, combined with his warming relations with Nikita Khrushchev in the wake of the Cuban missile crisis, led to a détente that British foreign secretary Sir Alec Douglas- Home hailed as the "beginning of the end of the Cold War."
Throughout his presidency, Kennedy challenged demands from his advisers and the Pentagon to escalate America's involvement in Vietnam. Kennedy began a reappraisal in the last hundred days that would have led to the withdrawal of all sixteen thousand U.S. military
advisers by 1965.
JFK's Last Hundred Days is a gripping account that weaves together Kennedy's public and private lives, explains why the grief following his assassination has endured so long, and solves the most tantalizing Kennedy mystery of all—not killed him but who he was when he was killed, and where he would have led us.
Michicko Kakutani, New York Times:
" . . . [a] vivid portrait of Kennedy as an immensely complex human being: by turns detached and charismatic, a hard-nosed pol and a closet romantic, cautious in his decision making but reckless in his womanizing."
The Wall Street Journal:
"JFK's Last Hundred Days is a superb piece of writing—richly detailed and, considering that the end is all too well known, surprisingly enthralling."
Associated Press:
"Thurston Clarke's JFK's Last Hundred Days manages to surprise and…to delight."
Daily Beast:
"A real page-turner… makes for a great and stimulating vacation read… deftly weav[es] together the private, personal, and intimate with the public, the political, and the-then-secret public and political, makes one want to keep reading to find out even more of the scoop."
Washington Post:
"Clarke does an interesting and in many ways persuasive job of what he proposes at the beginning: 'to view John F. Kennedy through every prism and search through all his compartments during the crucial last hundred days of his life—days that saw him finally beginning to realize his potential as a man and a president—in order to solve the most tantalizing mystery of all: not who killed him, but who he was when he was killed, and where he would have led us.'"
The Economist:
"Ultimately, finishing the job fell to a man Kennedy despised. Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, a former majority leader of the Senate, was disparaged by the Kennedy White House as 'Old Lyin' Down' and 'Uncle Cornpone'. But after Kennedy was shot, the ambitious and often ruthless Texan took the reins and pushed through a host of Kennedy initiatives, including an important bill that banned discrimination in schools and other public places. Johnson also led the nation further into Vietnam. Had Kennedy lived—had his last 100 days in office come in 1968-69, not 1963—things would have been different."
Christian Science Monitor:
"[A] compelling portrait of one of the towering figures of 20th-cnetury America."
Financial Times:
"There will be few, if any, contributions more entertaining and informative than Thurston Clarke's comprehensive chronological telling of his last 100 days in office."
Dallas Morning News:
"A gracefully written, fresh look at the oft-told story."
Daily Mail:
"Thurston Clarke has written a superb book."
"A fascinating analysis of what was… and what might have been."
Kirkus Reviews (starred):
"Certainly demonstrates that three often painful years in office had taught Kennedy valuable lessons… Clarke delivers a thoroughly delightful portrait."
Library Journal:
"A graceful, bittersweet chronicle… Clarke clearly admires Kennedy but does not ignore his flaws… an absorbing narrative."
Jon Meacham, New York Times bestselling author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power:
"Thurston Clarke has done the seemingly impossible: he has found a revealing new angle of vision on John F. Kennedy that brings the president and his times back to vivid life. This is excellent narrative history."
Strobe Talbott, President, Brookings Institution:
"Clarke makes the drama, the excitement, and the dark side of Camelot seem like only yesterday—indeed, you feel as though you're right there, in the Kennedy White House, at Hyannis Port, and aboard Air Force One with JFK, today."
Bob Herbert, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos and former Op-Ed Columnist for the New York Times:
"A fascinating, close-up look at the final dramatic months of a young president's life. Thurston Clarke's portrait of Kennedy is masterful in this compelling convergence of history and biography."
Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of Cronkite:
"The three-months before President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas were frenetic times: civil rights, Vietnam, Berlin and reelection were on his mind. Thurston Clarke's JFK's Last Hundred Days does a marvelous job of reliving Camelot's fragile promise. Clarke is a masterful storyteller and able researcher. This book sings. Highly recommended."
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Since Gov. Crist will run for the U.S. Senate in 2010, he doesn't worry what Florida will be like in 2011. That political calculation explains why he wants the state to accept up-front money from the Seminole Tribe.
The governor said Wednesday that as part a new gambling compact, the tribe would give the state about $550 million in each of the next two years. That money would help the state balance the budget. Combined with the two years of federal stimulus money, it also would make life easier for the popular governor, since there would be less raising of taxes and fees and less cutting of services.
But if the economy didn't recover in 2011, the next governor and the state would be in big trouble. The tribe would not make any payments for a while after those first two years. The stimulus money would have ended.
Charlie Crist? He'd be in the Senate. And that's all he cares about these days.
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Zesh Rehman, the first South Asian to play at every level in professional football, has again added his support to Chelsea Football Club's Asian Star competition.
The Pakistani International welcomed the fifth year of the programme: 'Asian Star is an initiative I have supported for many years and I'm sure a few gems who have managed to secure contracts previously will make a breakthrough into the game.
'There is a growing love for the game within the new generation of Asians and for young children to be able to train at the complex of the European champions should be a motivation to get involved itself. Every young person who has an ambition to become a professional player should use this opportunity to showcase their talents and potentially secure a contract. It will no doubt be an enjoyable experience for all those who do get an opportunity to attend on the day.'
As a vocal campaigner to get players and coaches from Asian backgrounds involved in the game, Zesh has created his own Foundation to further this important cause. The charity has recently joined forces with the Chelsea Foundation to establish a coach education programme in South London with the aim of creating a new generation of qualified coaches from the Asian community.
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Gayville Hall presents "A Poker Alice Christmas," starring the Poker Alice Band and country western singer Brenda George, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, December 3, at Gayville.
The veteran band from rural Clay County, founded more than two decades ago, will play seasonal favorites as well as selections from its repertoire of western swing, country, jump blues and pop, according to Gayville Hall proprietor Doug Sharples.
George, of Avon, sang with Poker Alice in the late 1980s and has reunited with the band several times annually at Gayville Hall since 2003.
Poker Alice co-founder Nick Schwebach sings and plays lead and steel guitars. Owen DeJong, the widely known classical music host on S.D. Public Radio, plays the fiddle. Both are from rural Wakonda.
Public broadcaster Larry Rohrer, also of rural Wakonda, sings and plays bass in the band. Its other members, both of rural Beresford, are Dennis Jensen on guitar and vocals and Al Remund on drums.
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WASHINGTON — Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) issued a statement Monday that she has cosponsored legislation that will expand the Visa Waiver Program in order to increase the number of foreign tourists traveling from abroad to such places as Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, Reno and other destinations in the Silver State.
"Job creation should be our top priority and promoting tourism — Nevada's largest industry — will help put people back to work and get our economy on track," Berkley said in an email. "Increasing foreign travel through the Visa Waiver Program will ensure that Nevada's cities remain among the top tourist destinations in the world."
The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) allows foreign nationals from participating countries up to 90 days of visa-free travel to the United States. Currently, 36 countries are eligible for visa-free travel under the program. Nearly 18 million tourists entered the United States under this program in 2010, a figure that represents 44% of all overseas visitors. Berkley is seeking to increase the number of nations that take part in the program as a means to encourage more travelers to visit Nevada. Nations that could benefit from the Visa Waiver bill include: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile and Poland.
The legislation cosponsored by Berkley would also enhance national security by encouraging the sharing of information between member countries and requiring that lost or stolen passports be reported in a timely manner. In addition, participants in the Visa Waiver Program are required to maintain enhanced counterterrorism, law enforcement, border control, and document security standards. Enhanced security procedures in the VWP enable DHS to determine, prior to travel, whether a VWP traveler poses a security risk to the U.S.


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Rory MacDonald does not appreciate BJ Penn missing conference calls
Alright, I'm trying to think of a way to start this article in a fair and balanced way, as I need to be impartial, but I used to have a job where I had to lead conference calls and track the attendance/corral stray people needed, and needless to say that was the lowest point of my life. During this period of time I developed conference call cauliflower ear (it felt warm all the time) and spent most of my time hunched over a desk, staring at a piece of plastic with buttons and numbers on it. Seriously, **** conference calls. There is nothing redeeming about them. If it were up to me, conference calls would have to fight Jon Jones with ONE FC rules every other Saturday afternoon or late-morning purely for my entertainment.
I'm not implying Baby Jay Penn feels the way I do about conference calls, I'm sure he doesn't wish violence upon them, but he missed the UFC 152 conference call and Rory MacDonald is not pleased about it at all. Not even a little. This is what he had to say about The Prodigy:
"I'm training for the best BJ, you know what I mean?" "I'm preparing to be the best version, I'm going to come out evolved. I'm going to come out in good shape, explosive, exciting like I always do, and I'm going to be very technical. I'm going to be on point. I don't know where B.J.'s at. He didn't even show up to this. He's dropping out of the VADA testing. The last time I saw him he looked really out of shape. I don't know where his head is at in this, but he better get serious or I'm going to hurt him very badly."
"I think he did it just to start s---, to get something going," "But I was up for it. I said let's do it. I was ready to prove that I'm not on anything and maybe motivate other fighters to start doing it, too. But he was the one that offered it and then backed out of it. He started making all these sayings like they weren't going to release the test before the fight, and all this, and they never did. He started making up all this stuff, so I don't know really what's going on with B.J.'s head right now."
"He's worried about Tri-Star. I don't care about that," "I fight for myself and that's it. I'm not worried about that. He's all upset because Georges whipped him, but I'm going to hurt him even worse."


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NBA world reacts to Jerry Buss' death
Jerry Buss, the longtime Lakers owner who led the franchise to 10 NBA championships, died Monday. He was 80.
"The NBA has lost a visionary owner whose influence on our league is incalculable and will be felt for decades to come," NBA commissioner David Stern said. "More importantly, we have lost a dear and valued friend. Our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time."
Former Lakers, current NBA players and owners, reporters and celebrity Lakers fans were among those who took to Twitter to express their condolences and offer their thoughts on Buss, who bought the team in 1979. Here's a sampling:
My thoughts and prayers are with the family & friends of Dr. Jerry Buss. He was a great man and an incredible friend.—
Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 18, 2013
Condolences to the Buss family. Dr Buss was not only the greatest sports owner, but a true friend & just a really cool guy. Loved him dearly—
James Worthy (@James_Worthy42) February 18, 2013
RIP Jerry Buss. Your encouragement and support along with your stories of staying true to yourself had an enormous impact on me.—
Mark Cuban (@mcuban) February 18, 2013
My thoughts and prayers are with the Buss family. Dr. Jerry Buss was like a Dad to me and is a tremendous loss to @Lakers fam. @JeanieBuss—
Dennis Rodman (@dennisrodman) February 18, 2013
#RIP Jerry Buss.—
LeBron James (@KingJames) February 18, 2013
Really sorry to hear about Dr. Buss. Jerry R.I.P. my friend—
Micky Arison (@MickyArison) February 18, 2013
RIP to the legend Jerry Buss—
Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) February 18, 2013
Jerry Buss was so cool he should be in the rock and roll hall of fame . He will be missed.—
Chris Rock (@chrisrock) February 18, 2013
Huge loss for the @nba and the basketball world. RIP Jerry Buss.—
Kevin Love (@kevinlove) February 18, 2013
Rest peacefully Dr. Buss and may God bless your family. Purple-Gold—
Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) February 18, 2013
RIP Dr. The Legend Jerry Buss, one of the reason growing up in a LA was great, what you did for the Lakers & the NBA Is legendary.—
Nick Young (@NickSwagyPYoung) February 18, 2013
My condolences to the Buss family, the Laker fans and to everyone at the NBA – we lost the best professional basketball owner ever today.—
Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) February 18, 2013
My main takeaway: Dr. Buss treated EVERYBODY great. He was nice to everybody at the bottom and the top, because he had been both places.—
John Ireland (@LAIreland) February 18, 2013
wow. thank you dr. jerry buss for all you have done to uplift los angeles, and give me untold joy. rest in peace—
Flea (@flea333) February 18, 2013
As great as Jerry Buss was for the Lakers, he was even better to his friends.—
J.A. Adande (@jadande) February 18, 2013
You might not like the Lakers but can't have anything but endless respect for the tenure and legacy of Jerry Buss. RIP—
David Locke (@Lockedonsports) February 18, 2013
Jerry Buss wasn't just the greatest owner in NBA history. He was, arguably, the greatest owner in the history of pro sports. #RIP—
Bonnie Bernstein (@BonnieBernstein) February 18, 2013
While we argue endlessly over the greatest player of all time, the argument for greatest owner is anything but an argument. It's Jerry Buss.—
Lakers Nation (@LakersNation) February 18, 2013
You hope every player in the NBA understands the debt he owes Jerry Buss, whether he's ever played for the Lakers or not. BK—
Kamenetzky Brothers (@KamBrothers) February 18, 2013
Jerry Buss bought the Lakers in 1979, drafted Magic Johnson, and has given the world the best show in sports for 34 years.—
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The market will celebrate its 20th year in operation this season with more foot booths, live music by Jeff Jones, Stawberry Shorties from bakers at John Acquaga's Nugget, cooking demonstrations by top chefs
"We are really excited to place the emphasis on food and create the atmosphere for a fun, family event," said Missy Hinton, spokeswoman for the Nugget.
Organizer Shirley Sponsler of Shirleys Farmers Markets said the market in Sparks has seen many changes from the time she started it two decades ago.
"It's kind of hard to believe, actually," Sponsler said, who started as a consultant to the city organizing the market beginning in 1993. "It's gone through lots of changes. Now, it's back on the plaza, and it's really nice. I think it will be even better this year."
Several vendors will sell the fruits of their labor, including Lattin Farms of Fallon, Schat's bakery will sell baked goods, vendors will have organic olive oil on hand,
Now getting new things organic olive oil, made by Wild Tree — a first-time vendor with the market.
The market will open one hour earlier than usual. The hours will be from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. The earlier time is intended to put an emphasis on local farmers and food; and give people an opportunity to take home locally produced food to prepare at home.
The market will be located in the Victorian Square Plaza, between Victorian Avenue and the Century Theaters, eliminating the hassle and the expense of closing Victorian Avenue to traffic every week.
"We're starting to do a lot more food-oriented things," Sponsler said. "There will be crafts and restaurants. But he focus will be a little more on food, business. There will be live music out there (musical guess to be Jeff Jones), but it will be a little tamer."
The event will include food trucks, including one from John Ascuaga's Nugget manned by talented chefs. Five trucks have signed up already, Sponsler said.
Two booths serving alcohol will be ready to pour cool drinks. The Nugget will also serve strawberry margaritas.
Great Basin Brewery and Tres Hombres will take turns serving their brew from a beer booth.
"We know people like to come out there after work, but it will be much more controlled," Sponsler said.
The Nugget will also serve its famous Strawberry Shorties from its booth in the square.
Sponsler hopes guests will be able to buy some food to take home and some to purchase and eat at the market while enjoying the springtime weather.
Some of the vendors will include Lattin Farms of Fallon, famous for its locally grown, organic produce. This year, the farm will bring its cold weather crops to the table. These will include lettuce, spinach, kale, chard, peas and carrots, turnips.
"Our winter carrots are especially sweet," said B. Ann Lattin, married to third-generation Lattin, Rick. "They're really good. We have one patch."
The greens will be the feature. The farms will also sell Basil, oregano and thyme.
"We sell a lot of our fruit bread, zucchini, pumpkin-banana, lemon-raspberry, chocolate-raspberry and sunshine, B. Ann Lattin said. "We'll have our Hearts of Gold cantaloupe jam and raspberry-rhubarb jam."
Lattin said you can taste the freshness of the farm's organic quality because it's picked ripe.
"It has very intense flavors," she said.
Lattin Farms celebrated its 100-year anniversary 2 years ago in Churchill County.
"We've been farming ever since (we got here)," she said. The farm was certified organic some eight to 10 years ago, B. Ann said.
Most of venders are returning from last year, but this year, there will be a few new gourmet choices, a jewelry booth, the Roasting House (for coffee lovers), a Greek salad stop called Black Iris serving Mediterranean fare, West Coast with its gourmet hot sauce and a few bakeries. Jamba Juice will also be on hand to temp the taste buds of thirsty visitors.
One favorite return vendor will be Contreras, which sells fresh flowers.
"They will be the main flower vendor at the market," Sponsler said.
Whole Foods will pay $7,000 for the branding of the market this year.
"It has always been a great event for Victorian Square and Sparks," said Beth Cooney, executive director of marketing at John Ascuaga's Nugget, told the Daily Sparks Tribune. "We hope to re-create the family and community atmosphere of the event's earlier days."
The farmers' market contributes to the local economy by not only introducing new business and products to the region, but also by creating local summer jobs. Sponsler said she plans to employ more than 30 people this summer.


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Sometime after Benchmark Assisted Living, one of the largest senior-care providers in the Northeast, entered talks to acquire Village Retirement in December 2004, negotiations hit a snag. Village Retirement's management was extremely reluctant to allow Benchmark executives to contact key employees. "We knew that was a problem," says Jill Haselman, Benchmark's senior vice president for organizational development. "But I don't think we pushed hard enough."
The Wellesley, Massachusetts-based company pursued the merger anyway and decided to keep seven out of nine of the executive directors of the Village Retirement facilities it purchased without interviewing them first. That turned out to be a mistake. Less than a year after the deal closed, four of those directors had left the company, forcing Benchmark into the costly and time-consuming task of recruiting replacements. As employees who didn't fit the new corporate culture began to exit, Benchmark faced the costs of unemployment, severance packages, recruiting, and temporary labor. "We're still cleaning up, because we didn't get in and clean house the first time," Haselman says.
It's a common merger mistake. Companies routinely overlook human-capital issues during deal negotiations or during the early stages of integration. "It always surprises me how rarely CFOs participate in human-capital decisions," says Ross Zimmerman, a senior consultant with human-resources consulting firm Hewitt Associates LLC. Mistakes such as failing to retain key managers, putting the wrong workers in important jobs, neglecting to equalize pay and benefits, or missing human-capital liabilities can torpedo a merger and turn synergy projections into an expensive joke.
Part of the problem is that many HR departments aren't even prepared to assist in the due diligence that a merger requires. A 2005 study by professional-services firm Towers Perrin, headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, found that just 26 percent of the companies surveyed considered their HR departments to be "fully ready" to aid a merger or an acquisition effort.
Not only do companies overlook human-capital concerns, but they also fail to account for them in the deal price, says Robert F. Bruner, dean of the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, who studies the reasons why mergers fail. "The cost of an acquisition isn't just the amount paid to the target's shareholders," he says. The true total must account for all the human-capital issues that get larded in, says Bruner. That includes, for example, severance payments, consulting fees, and perks — such as the continued use of the corporate jet or the company condo in Paris — paid to the CEO of the target company.
Before signing a deal, the acquirer should create an integration plan, says Marco Boschetti, a Towers Perrin consultant. Then, the acquirer should quantify the costs of the plan, budget for those costs, and tie them back into the deal price. Severance payments, raises, new hiring, relocations — all need to be reflected in the pricing model. "HR should have a seat at the table only if they are able to talk dollars and cents," says Boschetti.


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Parking along the 0-100 block of West Randolph Street isn't cheap.
From 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., it costs $5.75 an hour; overnight parking costs about half that amount.
At those rates, parking along the street for 24 hours would set you back a hefty $106.38.
Unless you're Loreen Targos.
For months, the 26-year-old has been parking her motorcycle in what you might call Loop loopholes — small patches of downtown streets that are neither covered by the seemingly omnipresent meters nor marked as restricted.
In other words, Targos has found slivers of space where she can legally park her 1996 Honda VT 600 for free.
The free spots are widely known by fellow motorcycle riders who park in them daily, Targos said. Some of the spots, like the ones on Randolph, are large enough to fit a car.
In most cases the city does not bat an eye.
But for reasons she can't fathom, Chicago police have begun aggressively ticketing her motorcycle when she parks it along West Randolph.
Since June 3, Targos has received 38 parking tickets for a variety of alleged infractions, including parking "not entirely in a parking meter space," parking in a prohibited zone, and having an expired meter in the central business district.
Targos insists the tickets are bogus, and has challenged all 38 by mail.
So far, administrative law judges agree.
Through Friday, 14 of the tickets have been adjudicated, and Targos maintains a perfect record — all 14 were dismissed.
Rulings on the other 24 tickets are pending, but Targos expects those to be thrown out too.
"I've read the ordinance. I know the ordinance so freaking well," she said. "Not one (of the tickets) has been found valid by an administrative judge."
And yet, the citations keep coming.
In an attempt to stop the tickets, Targos has taped copies of the judges' rulings on her motorcycle, hoping officers will read it and see that she is legally parked. Instead, officers continue to write fresh tickets, affixing them to her rearview mirror.
At times, the situation has gotten testy.
In early September, Targos was parking her motorcycle when two officers approached and said she couldn't park there, she said. Targos showed them copies of the judges' rulings, but the conversation quickly devolved, she said.
"They were saying, 'You have to pay to park, you have to pay to park,'" Targos said. "I kept saying, 'According to these signs, I don't.'"


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Tennessee Tech's Michael Birdwell featured on History Channel's 'Histories Mysteries'During the 1930s, a secret, pro-Nazi group known as The Black Legion terrorized the Midwest and was responsible for 57 killings.
On Monday, April 10, at 7 p.m. and again on Saturday, April 15, at 1 p.m. the History Channel will take a look at this sinister group on its popular feature series, History's Mysteries, based on the writings of Tennessee Technological University adjunct professor Michael Birdwell, who wrote the recently published Celluloid Soldiers: The Warner Bros. Campaign Against Nazism.
"Terror in the Heartland," the History's Mysteries episode title that takes much of its subject matter from Birdwell's book, explores the formation of The Black Legion, the group that claimed guardianship of white Christian values and was rumored to have more than 130,000 members.
In conjunction with the television show, Birdwell is teaching a non-credit class through TTU's Extended Education called "You Know This Means War" to be held Mondays, April 17-May 8, from 6-8 p.m. Call 372-3300 to register. Cost is $39.
Birdwell was part of the filming of the History's Mysteries episode last October that began in Detroit, where a strong faction of The Black Legion was stationed, with additional filming done in Washington, D.C. Birdwell was also featured extensively on a recent A&E special about Sgt. Alvin C. York.
Celluloid Soldiers: The Warner Bros. Campaign Against Nazism, details the Warner Bros. film studio's conscious decision to embark on a virtual crusade to alert Americans to the growing menace of Nazism.
The movie studio produced the movie "The Black Legion" starring Humphrey Bogart in one of his earliest and least-known movie roles. Bogart plays a factory mechanic whose expected promotion to foreman is instead given to a foreign-born worker. His association with the pro-Nazi group ends up having him put in jail. The movie is now out on video.
Running through the literature and rhetoric of the Black Legion was the fear of an international Communist takeover of the United States. Legionnaires were ordered by their superiors to be prepared to take over federal government buildings with arms at what they called "zero hour," the date and time that communists would rise up throughout the United States and launch their attack on the country. In truth, however, the legion was led by unsophisticated men, "petty men," as one researcher has noted, who were most interested in the "pettiness of personal reform."By and large, the typical Black Legionnaire was a lower-class, Anglo-Saxon male, poorly educated with few industrial skills, and were Southerners transplanted to the Detroit area during the heyday of the city's industrial growth during the 1920s. -30-


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It's been a while since we had a review of a Mad Catz product on this site. I liked a lot of their original Xbox products and the MicroCon controllers were one of my favorite ones to use for the Xbox. With the explosion of old arcade games on Xbox Live, Mad Catz has released and old school looking controller for fans out there.. Let's take a look at the Arcade Gamestick and see how it stacks up.
Mad Catz's Arcade Gamestick features an oversized joystick on a square base. Take the style of the Atari 2600 controller and elongate the handle a bit and you get the Arcade Gamestick's stick. It's an analog stick unlike older style arcade controllers which are digital and only feature four or eight directions. On top of the joystick is a button that coincides with the left analog button on a regulargamepad . The square base is concave on the bottom and on the sides making it a little easier to hold. On two corners of the product are the bumpers and triggers. The triggers seem to have a slight mushy feel to them when you press down but they spring back to it's original position well.
The four colored buttons in the diamond configuration sits to the right of the stick and north of the right analog stick. Each button's feel when pushed is pretty good and offers good feedback. The right analog stick does feel a little looser than I would've liked but it's not bad. I also liked the click of the right analog stick. It feels strong and also offers great feedback when pressed.
One unique feature that I would love to see games take advantage of is the rotating dial or spinner that surrounds the right analog stick. You can activate the spinner with the selector located between the joystick and the main buttons. For games like Tempest or Breakout, this would be a great feature. It's got a good feel and offers strong yet smooth action when spinning. I had hoped it would work with Zuma so I could rotate the frog around with the dial but alas it didn't work correctly. Let's hope that developers in the future take note of this and design some games that use it.
In the middle sits the Xbox 360 button with the D-pad on the bottom left part of the joystick. The D-pad's springs feel stiff and very well made. It's a cross style D-Pad and a design I prefer over the Xbox 360's dial pad with a cross. In the top center sits the start and back buttons. Underneath the back button is the turbo button so you can use rapid fire on the stick. The speed of the turbo can be adjusted with the selector to the right of it. The stick offers three settings for you to choose from. You can program as little as 1 button or all of them to use turbo so you aren't stuck with having buttons that react to turbo that you don't want to. The speed of button presses range from 2 presses per second, 5 presses per second, and 6 presses per second.
The USB cord is of very generous length so you can sit pretty far from the console and still have it work. At the end is a break-away plug that separates in two in case someone or something runs by quick and trips the over the cord. If this happens, you can be sure your console won't be ripped from it's position and you end up with a broken Xbox 360.
One nice thing about the stick is that it comes with three Xbox Live arcade games. Bundled with the controller are Frogger, AstroPop, and Time Pilot. That's another $15 value right there giving bringing the joystick down to $35 really. There's also a nice little free 48 hour trial for Xbox Live Arcade if you aren't already a gold member. The games aren't the top of the line Xbox Arcade Live offerings but they are fun nevertheless. I enjoyed Frogger and Time Pilot the most while AstroPop will appeal to those that like puzzle games. Overall, the bundle gives you some full versions of games to use your stick with.
The Arcade Gamestick performed ok in all the game I tested with it. I ran through the entire gamete of the line on Xbox Live Arcade. The spring seems to be stronger on the stick compared to the right analog stick making it feel sturdier. I don't prefer the over-sized joystick as much as I thought I would though. I do really like the feel of old school controllers as the TankStick from X-Arcade being one of my favorite controllers currently shows. I think I would've liked it better if Mad Catz decided to do a straight eight direction digital feel rather than keeping the main stick analog or perhaps offering a way to switch between analog and digital like some of the older controllers I used to have would've been a nice addition. I also found it's a lot easier to place it on a surface to use rather than holding it in a hand. There are still some games I prefer to play with using the Xbox 360 controller but the Arcade Gamestick is a good compliment in some of the classics such as Frogger, Contra, and Pac Man. It's kind of funny because games that don't use any buttons such as Frogger and Pac Man, I find myself using my right hand to control it as it feels more comfortable and it's how I play in arcades. The over-sized stick makes it easy to grasp with the off hand if when you're reaching over from the right side of the controller. Since it's USB, you can also use it on your PC as well if you like. If you have some MAME or Atari classic games, you can use the Arcade Gamestick with them too.
Overall, the Mad Catz Arcade Gamestick does offer an old style feel for some old school games. It's a good effort and I hope Mad Catz improves on the design to offer some more old style controllers. Like I said earlier, a digital eight way stick with the arcade style handles would be a great one to come out with. The spinner is a great feature and one that developers need to leverage in future games. The controller comes with a 2 year warranty giving you a good amount of time to get repaired or replaced should something happen. With three games included, it's not a bad buy and it's also something unique that no other third or first party manufacturer offers.
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