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- How Victorian Government Business Offices (VGBO) and Regional Development Victoria can help your business
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Is my business eligible for assistance?All businesses based in Victoria can seek help from their local VGBO for advice, guidance and assistance. Business that have received help from VGBOs include R & D and manufacturing businesses, secure card production companies, food manufacturing plants and engineering companies.
How can the Business Development Manager help my business?Business Development Managers (BDMs) can assist with the following:
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Metropolitan VGBOs are located in Melbourne CBD, Bundoora, Dandenong, Totteham and Ringwood.
CBD - Inner Melbourne Region
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Regional Development Victoria (RDV) Offices
There are a number of Regional Development Victoria (RDV) Offices located throughout the state. To contact your regional office or to find out more please contact Regional Development Victoria.
The office locations are listed below:
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- Ballarat
- Bendigo
- Geelong
- Heywood
- Horsham
- Leongatha
- Mildura
- Robinvale
- Sale
- Seymour
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- Traralgon
- Wangaratta
- Warrnambool
- Wodonga
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Staff Writer | March 19,2013EAST WALLINGFORD - A fourth tractor trailer jack-knifed today, forcing travelers on Route 103 to take a detour, until recently when Route 103 reopened.
Rutland area roads are slick this afternoon, as they are around the state, with tractor-trailer crashes causing delays and road closures. Around 11 a.m., a jack-knifed truck blocked both lanes of travel on Route 9 just east of the State Police Barracks in Brattleboro.
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A challenge for Chicagoans
- Chargenda Jun 21, 2011 03:05 PM
I have a group that meets for a monthly lunch club. Every month we pick an off-the-beaten-path spot in Chicago. It is usually some type of ethnic food. There are about 8-10 of us every month who attend. And the person picking usually rotates. We have had some great experiences and found some awesome grub.
But, its my turn and I want to pick a winner. Previous hits have been La Unica (cuban in the back of a grocery store on devon), Taste of Peru, some puerto rican sandwich places, Isla Pilipina, etc.
Idea, thoughts?! I want to pick someplace super unique and great!
Taste of Peru
6545 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Isla Pilipina Restaurant
2501 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
My immediate thought would be Eithopian. My two favorites are Eithopian Diamond and Ras Dashen. I like it because it is pretty much accessible to all tastes level. Can get crazy (kifta) or tame (chicken/veggie dishes). Fun to eat on a communal platter too.
Well, almost all of your choices are Latin American. So you could keep to that theme, or go elsewhere. If you want to keep to that theme, I'd go to Mundial Cocina Mestiza in Pilsen. It's creative provincial Mexican, and IMHO the best Mexican in the city - but for whatever reason, a lot of people haven't been there. www.mundialcocinamestiza.com Amelia's is similar - it was actually started by a former partner at Mundial - and I don't think there's any spot more off-the-beaten-path than their location on South Halsted in Back of the Yards. www.ameliaschicago.com The Amelia's folks also recently opened another place called Fogon in West Town. www.fogonchicago.com
If you don't want to keep doing Latin, how about Podhalanka for Polish food? http://chicago.menupages.com/restaura... Or, you could do one of the Asian cuisines, maybe one of the Vietnamese places on Argyle Street, or one of the Indian places on Devon, although I think most Chicagoans have been to some of those. Or, you could do Vermilion, which is a fusion of Indian and Latin. www.thevermilionrestaurant.com
If you want to get away from ethnic entirely, you could go to Deleece for contemporary American fare in Lakeview. www.deleece.com Or go to Southport Grocery in Lakeview for comfort food. www.southportgrocery.com Both these places are outstanding and neither seems to get much attention except from those in the neighborhood.
All of these are open for lunch.
Mundial Cocina Mestiza
1640 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
1549 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60642
re: nsxtasy
Another place you can do a fusion of Asian and Latin cuisines is Belly Shack, in Bucktown. www.bellyshack.com You could also try Bill Kim's other restaurant, Urban Belly, but I think it's strictly Asian. www.urbanbellychicago.com
Joong Boo Market
3333 N. Kimball Ave. Chicago, IL. 60618
Has an excellent but >tiny< cafe that does Korean right!
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Reza's has blanded out, to my palate. Noon O Kebab is better overall.
re: ferret
second to that, ferret!
Sun Wah BBQ off Argyle and Broadway is always a home run for me, especially with large groups. Call ahead and reserve a couple of their roast ducks (even for lunch - if only so they can prepare ahead of time, rather than make your group wait forever for them to come out). Anything with house-cured bacon is usually great, as are most of the specials taped to the wall as you walk in. They are also BYO.
re: danimalarkey
You read my mind. After great suggestions and ideas, I picked Sun Wah. Been once and as I was researching realized how fun that could be for the group.
re: Chargenda
Great choice and great place to eat! Everything I've had there has been wonderful and we always want to go back.
Does it have to be within the city limits? I had lunch at Kabul House in Skokie a month or two ago, and it was great, with Afghan food that was different from the usual and delicious. www.kabulhouse.com
Looks like you've got plenty of options!
re: nsxtasy
LOVE LOVE LOVE Kabul House. A must for foodies, BYO, friendly servers, easy parking.


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 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/cco/article/view/37087 Four Week Hypofractionated Accelerated Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy and Synchronous Carboplatin or Cetuximab in Biologically Staged Oropharyngeal Carcinoma 2014-10-31T06:05:01-07:00 H. Benghiat firstname.lastname@example.com P. Sanghera firstname.lastname@example.com J. Cashmore email@example.com J. Hodson email@example.com H. Mehanna email@example.com R. Simmons firstname.lastname@example.com P. Massey email@example.com G. Sangha firstname.lastname@example.com C. Bode firstname.lastname@example.com P. Cooper firstname.lastname@example.com J. Glaholm email@example.com A. Hartley email@example.com
Hypofractionated accelerated chemoradiotherapy in the conformal era achieved acceptable control rates for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. This study reports outcomes for biologically staged oropharyngeal cancer treated using four-week intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and synchronous chemotherapy. Between 2009–2012, patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx treated with hypofractionated chemo-IMRT (55Gray in 20 fractions), with either carboplatin or cetuximab were prospectively identified. Outcome measures analysed were 2-year loco-regional recurrence-free survival (LR-RFS) and overall survival (OS). Eighty-five consecutive patients with oropharyngeal cancer (p16 positive never smoked n=17; p16 positive ever smoked n=42; p16 negative n=24; unknown n=2)) were treated with IMRT with carboplatin (n=69) or cetuximab (n=16), with median follow up in surviving patients of 26 months. Two year LR-RFS was 68% for the whole cohort (95% confidence intervals 58%-78%), 87% (58%–97%) for the p16 positive never-smokers, 75% (58%–86%) for the p16 positive ever-smokers and 45% (25%–63%) for the p16 negative patients. OS at 24 months for these groups respectively was 80% (69–87%), 100.0%, 90% (75%–96%) and 46.9% (25%–66%). Factors associated with a worse OS on multivariate analysis were p16 negativity (p<0.001), age>60 (p=0.048), increasing T stage (p=0.021) and contraindication to carboplatin (p<0.001). The acceptable efficacy obtained with this schedule questions the need for synchronous cisplatin in good prognosis groups of oropharyngeal carcinoma. These results may also prompt the examination of a 4 week schedule of chemoradiotherapy in future randomised trials.
 2014-06-24T22:10:13-07:00 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/cco/article/view/38899 Aggressive Rosette Forming Glioneuroma: Case Report and Review of the Literature 2014-10-31T06:05:02-07:00 Michael Frelinghuysen firstname.lastname@example.com Francisco Luna email@example.com Loreto Spencer email@example.com Sebastián Vigueras email@example.com Fernando Andrade email@example.com Ilson Sepúlveda email@example.com Tamara Gonzalez email@example.com We report the case of a patient who presented a pineal tumor. A partial resection was performed. The biopsy showed a glioneuroma rosette forming tumor, considered as WHO grade I. The patient was observed for 13 months and experienced significant tumor growth. Radiotherapy was performed. Instead of scarce evidence of the topic and treatment modalities in this type of tumors; radiotherapy was performed. The patient has been stable and asymptomatic. 2014-07-24T00:00:00-07:00 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/cco/article/view/38681 The Impact of Weight Change During and After Post-Operative Chemotherapy on Breast Cancer Control in Node-Positive Patients Treated With Trimodality Therapy 2014-10-31T06:05:02-07:00 Joshua Johnson firstname.lastname@example.com Bianca Lamb email@example.com Andrew Mills email@example.com Patricia L Watkins firstname.lastname@example.com Vijay Chaudhary firstname.lastname@example.com Jayaram Bharadwaj firstname.lastname@example.com Tarek A. Dufan firstname.lastname@example.com John M Watkins firstname.lastname@example.com
Objective: The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether an association exists between post-operative chemotherapy weight change and breast cancer control and survival, specifically within a high-risk population of women with node-positive breast cancer diagnosed and treated in the contemporary setting.

Methods: A retrospective investigation with the following eligibility criteria: women who underwent primary surgical therapy for invasive breast cancer, were found to have pathologic evidence of nodal involvement, and were treated with adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Demographic, tumor-, and treatment-related data were recorded and analyzed for association with disease control and survival outcomes. The post-operative/pre-chemotherapy weight and BMI served as the baseline comparator for future weight/BMI changes.

Results: From January 2004 through December 2008, 52 patients were identified for inclusion. At a median follow-up of 77.2 months (range 19.9–119.4, with 85% followed >5 years), 8 patients experienced disease recurrence and 7 patients had died (3 with recurrent disease). Analysis of factors associated with study endpoints identified absolute weight and BMI change at 1, 3, and 4 years post-chemotherapy completion as significantly inversely associated with overall survival, but not associated with freedom from failure. Additionally, a statistically significant association between number of lymph nodes involved and freedom from failure was identified.

Conclusion: This investigation did not detect statistically significant associations between weight or BMI change during chemotherapy and disease control or survival within this high-risk population, while the number of lymph nodes involved was directly related to risk of disease failure. Weight change at intervals following chemotherapy completion demonstrated some association with overall survival.
 2014-08-17T22:54:42-07:00 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/cco/article/view/38148 How Do Gender, Age and Travel Time Impact on the Need for Social Support of Patients to Have Access to Cancer Treatment? 2014-10-31T06:05:02-07:00 Ph. Groux firstname.lastname@example.com S. Anchisi firstname.lastname@example.com Th. Szucs email@example.com
Purpose: Disparities in cancer treatment for geographical and socioeconomic reasons have been demonstrated in several countries. In Valais, a canton in Switzerland, to travel to one of the oncology wards can be time consuming, cost intensive and make support by relatives or external persons and institutions necessary.

Method: We investigated which kind of support cancer patients in Valais need today to make a treatment possible, quantified it and identified subgroups with particular needs. All patients who came in February 2012 for a consultation or an ambulant therapy to one of the four centres of the "Département Valaisan d'Oncologie" or the unique private practice in the region were asked to answer to a questionnaire. Results were summarised and analysed.

Results: 84% of the patients need support. 40% of the patients need two or more kinds of support. Kind and quantity of support depend on gender, age and distance. Cancer patients in Valais need support to make their treatments possible. Some subgroups have a complex pattern of support and need specific assistance as younger women or elderly patients.

Conclusions: We demonstrate that cancer patients in Valais need social support to handle their treatment days and that their out of the pocket travel expenses increase rapidly with distance. The pattern of support needed varies according to patient characteristics as gender, age and distance to treatment centre.
 2014-09-24T22:14:23-07:00 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/cco/article/view/40624 Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer: Changing the Landscape 2014-10-31T06:05:02-07:00 Laeeq Malik firstname.lastname@example.com Systemic chemotherapy plays a central role in the management of metastatic bladder cancer. Although responses may be observed initially, overall survival with multiagent chemotherapy is still limited. No significant improvements have been made by novel cytotoxic or targeted agents in last decade. There exists an urgent need for the development of novel therapeutic agents to improve outcomes for these patients. In this paper, we review the role of immunotherapy, the programmed death 1 (PD-1) receptor and its ligands (PD-L1/2), and ongoing drug development efforts to block this pathway in bladder cancer, focusing on the currently available data from ongoing clinical trials. 2014-09-25T00:00:00-07:00 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/cco/article/view/26353 Effects of Laparosopic Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Peritoneal Metastasis from Gastric Cancer 2014-10-31T06:05:02-07:00 Yutaka Yonemura firstname.lastname@example.com Emel Canbay firstname.lastname@example.com Shouzou Sako email@example.com Haruaki Ishibashi email@example.com Masamitu Hirano email@example.com Akiyoshi Mizumoto firstname.lastname@example.com Kazuyosi Takeshita email@example.com Nobuyuki Takao firstname.lastname@example.com Masumi Ichinose firstname.lastname@example.com Chaiyoung Lee firstname.lastname@example.com Yang Liu firstname.lastname@example.com Yan Li email@example.com
Background: The purpose of this manuscript is to report the direct effects of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in gastric cancer-patients with peritoneal metastasis (PM).

Materials and Methods: Thirty-five patients with PM were enrolled, and were treated with neoadjuvant laparoscopic HIPEC (LHIPEC). LHIPEC was performed at 42 to 43 centigrade for 60 minutes adding 3 liter of saline plus 12.5mg/m2 of Mitomycin C with Cisplatin (50mg/m2). Second session of LHIPEC was done one month after the first LHIPEC in all cases. At the second session of LHIPEC, ascites volume, peritoneal cytology and peritoneal cancer index (PCI) were examined again.

Results: Intraoperative complications of bowel injury were experienced in one and three at 1st and 2nd session of laparoscopy, respectively. There was no mortality after LHIPEC. Ascites was completely disappeared in 17 of 34 patients at the second session of laparoscopy. PFCCs had been detected in 28 (80.0%) patients at the 1st session, and the positive cytology changed to be negative in 16 (57.1%) of 28 patients at the second session. PCI at the 2nd session (12.5 ± 10.5) was significantly lower than that at the 1st session (16.8 ± 9.6) (P=0.023). PCI levels at the 2nd session changed to be 0 in 6 patients.

Conclusion: This new method is not only a safe and convenient method for predicting feasibility of complete cytoredution, but also an effective treatment to control malignant ascites and to eradicate PFCCs before cytoreductive surgery. Furthermore, LHIPEC can reduce PCI levels.
 2014-09-29T01:30:57-07:00 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/cco/article/view/41050 Human Serum Proteins Recognized by CA215 and Cancerous Immunoglobulins and Implications in Cancer Immunology 2014-10-31T06:05:02-07:00 Gregory Lee firstname.lastname@example.com Suefay Liu email@example.com Cheng-Yuan Huang firstname.lastname@example.com
In 1987, a monoclonal antibody, RP215, was generated against the OC-3-VGH cancer cell line and shown to react with a carbohydrate-associated epitope located mainly on the heavy chains of immunoglobulins, designated as CA215, which are expressed on the surface of almost all cancer cells and not on normal immune cells. CA215 and cancerous immunoglobulins were affinity-isolated from the shed culture media of the same ovarian cancer cell line by using RP215-linked and anti-human immunoglobulin G-linked affinity chromatography, respectively. They were then immobilized separately as general ligands to isolate any protein components from pooled human sera which demonstrated affinity to CA215 and/or cancerous immunoglobulin G. The affinity-isolated components were then subjected to molecular analysis by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Among the detected protein components, more than 72% were found to be commonly recognized by both CA215 and cancerous immunoglobulins. Some have previously been identified as endogenous proteins or fragments in human serum. They are considered generally, as cancer biomarkers, according to their pro-cancer (e.g. C4b binding protein ? chain, complement C3, complement factor H, serotransferrin, and vironectin), anti-cancer (e.g. 35 kDa inter-?-trypsin inhibition heavy chain 4, anastellin, apolipoprotein A-1, fibrinogen beta chain, and, keratin type I cytoskeletal 9), or autoimmune (specific immunoglobulin G) properties, respectively. Therefore, besides serving a role for the growth/proliferation of cancer cells, cancerous immunoglobulins can also interact directly or indirectly with many other serum protein components or fragments for unspecified reasons and unknown mechanisms of action.
 2014-10-30T18:53:09-07:00 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/cco/article/view/40059 Correlation of Dosimetric Parameters With Subclinical Liver Function Test Alterations After Radiotherapy for Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Tumors 2014-10-31T06:05:02-07:00 K. Malek email@example.com H. Zhang email@example.com Y. Boudam email@example.com M. Colonna email@example.com R. Sihanath firstname.lastname@example.com C. Rebischung firstname.lastname@example.com J. Balosso firstname.lastname@example.com
Purpose: To characterize conditions of radiation induced liver diseases (RILD) after radiation therapy administered for upper gastrointestinal tract tumours, not involving the liver.

Method & Materials: this is a retrospective study of 169 patients treated by three dimensional conformal radiations for upper gastrointestinal tract tumours between 2002 and 2008 at the Michallon hospital. Cumulative and differential DVHs (Dose Volume Histogram) were extracted from TPS generated files and liver function tests (ALAT, ASAT, GGT and AP) and tumour markers (CA 19.9 and CEA) from patient records at four different time points (before treatment, and one, three, and six months after the end of treatment). Liver function alteration was defined as an increase in one parameter over 1.5 times the upper normal limit. All these data have been stored and statistically worked out using Lyman model parameters.

Results: 34 patient records were studied. Twelve patients had RILD but none at six months. Results are consistent with the Burman description. Dosimetric profiles are different and a correlation appears between RILD and the level of doses given to liver. V40Gy is the most predictive dosimetric parameter for subclinical liver function changes.

Conclusion: While dosimetric parameters are predictive of liver biological disorder, the Lyman model is not predictive of these mild disorders.
 2014-10-31T06:03:10-07:00 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/cco/article/view/41834 Reviewer Acknowledgements for Cancer and Clinical Oncology, Vol. 3, No. 2 2014-10-31T06:14:59-07:00 Lexie Grey email@example.com Reviewer Acknowledgements for Cancer and Clinical Oncology, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2014.
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TAMPA — All week, UCF coaches and players toned down their emotions heading into a game with USF that they refused to call a rivalry.
TAMPA — All week, UCF coaches and players toned down their emotions heading into a game with USF that they refused to call a rivalry.
UCF coach George O'Leary shares what he is grateful for during the Thanksgiving holiday.
TAMPA — This was an historic, euphoric day when George O'Leary's awful seven-year itch became an awesome seven-year switch.
The UCF football senior class that helped the school win its first BCS game and delivered some of the top academic marks in the country took its final bow before a season-low announced crowd of 30,920 at Bright House Networks Stadium Saturday.
Mike Easton didn't have much to talk about going into the final home game of his college football career. That was a shame, since he deserved something for all the work he'd put in.
Before they heard applause and celebrated big wins, several seniors on the UCF football team heard searing remarks from critics when they decided to sign with the Knights.
TALLAHASSEE — FSU wide receiver Rashad Greene, normally so dialed in, does not typically take time to reflect or be sentimental.
FSU OL Roderick Johnson has been a revelation since entering the starting lineup two weeks ago, but the true freshman is about to be tested for the first time in his young career.
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FSU DB Jalen Ramsey's role is that of a villain for the Seminoles and he likes it that way.
Georgetown's D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera hits a 12-foot runner with 3.4 seconds to go
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Mike London will return to coach Virginia next season according to the school's athletic director.
The highly-anticipated matchup between FSU WR Rashad Greene and UF CB Vernon Hargreaves is being overplayed to a certain extent.
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Indulge us and spill the beans on your meal, menus, service and overall impression of where you dined during RW.
Just posted this under a different thread...
Thought I'd report back on our lunch at Charlie Palmer's. It was great!
Each course offered three choices. We tend to like the same things and this time was no different...we ordered the exact same things for all three courses...sorry for the lack of variety! For the app, we had the Rappahannock clam chowder, which was creamy and smoky. Very good. For our main entree, we chose the roasted angus sirloin, which was served with a spinach puree and braised veal ravioli. Again, delicious! We also ordered a side of fries served w/chipotle aioli (delicious) and wild mushrooms (good, not great).
And for dessert, and this trumped everything else, the chocolate peanut butter terrine. I swear, it was one of the best desserts I've ever had, and I am quite the chocolate aficionado. We raved about the dessert to our server and he surprised us by sending us home with a complimentary terrine!! Just what my waistline needs :-)
They have a great wine list and we enjoyed some great reds by the glass: a Zin, Sangiovese, and a Cab blend.
Because of the holiday, the restaurant was very busy for lunch. We never felt rushed, in fact, we enjoyed a 2 hour lunch, and the service was great.
If you can get a reservation, I would definitely recommend CP.
re: joann.hill12
Joann did you happen to notice folks dining at the bar? I would love to try Charlie Palmer's sometime for lunch this week but I'm not sure when my schedule will allow it and I'll probably be dining alone. I thought I would just stop in and hope they could squeeze me in at the bar, but since I've never been there, I wasn't sure if this is done.
re: Elyssa
You know what, I didn't really take notice...sorry! I would give them a call just to make sure that you can order the RW menu at the bar. Good luck!
Also had mine under a different thread but:
Willow in Arlington (Lunch). It was great. Several choices per course, everything we tried was excellent. The artichoke bisque appetizer was yummy, and my husband loved the lamb burger, but in the end it was the cake that stole the show. Red Velvet was the cake of the day and I have never had better.
Had a nice lunch at a less than 1/2 full Asia Nine. 3 choices of Bento box - sushi, hawaiian chicken, or shrimp curry, all with cali rolls, gyoza and fresh fruit dessert. The dinner menu had more extensive choices (see website), but food was well prepared and satisfying. Interestingly, did not see Bento box on regular menu, so don't know how it compared in price to the $20.09 RW charge. Usually the theory of RW is to try some palce with an eye to going back for a full priced meal, but there were no regular menu items on the RW week menu.
Went to TenPenh for the first time for dinner last night. There was a choice of apps, you could choose any entree from the menu, and a choice of 3 desserts. I had the lobster bisque (yummy), crispy whole fish (flounder, even more yummy), and thought all of the desserts were just okay. Would definitely recommend it, especially given that there was no upcharge on the fish (the only upcharge is on the lobster).
Dinner, Vidalia, 2/17
The only menu they handed out at the table was a RW menu, which was nice -- not sure if you could get the regular menu by request. Anyhow, there was definitely no "second-class patron" treatment here.
They offer the three-course $35.09 dinner or a five-course $50.09 dinner, but the whole table has to pick one or the other. We went with three courses, which I suspect is what most people do. Five courses would be a LOT of food.
Each course offered about 10 choices, including two vegetarian. Very nice selection, I think.
The only "upcharges" (mentioned in previous posts about Vidalia) were for side dishes. $8.50 for a side of macaroni and cheese w/ ham that was enough for two people, for example.
Everybody in my party was very happy with their food. Between us, we had the suckling pig and snapper tartare appetizers; the Wagyu beef, the goat and the shrimp-and-grits entrees; and two of the vegetarian dishes, which I didn't sample, plus the macaroni and cheese. Everything I tried was terrific. I especially recommend the shrimp and grits. Portions were fairly small, but I wasn't left hungry.
Wine was pretty reasonable, too, at $6.50-$9 per glass. Service was great.
Vidalia is apparently doing gonzo business during RW -- the only table I could get on a Tuesday night (same day reservation) was at 8:45. So make your reservations in advance this summer.
Lunch, Adour, 2/17
This is a fairly new (?) restaurant in the St. Regis hotel. Though the place was fairly empty for our late lunch, they seated us at a bench table between two other couples. I really dislike this kind of seating, common in Washington -- feels like I can't avoid eavesdropping on my neighbors, and vice versa. There were other, better tables available that stayed empty throughout lunch.
Service was okay. A bit snooty. The RW menu was included with the restaurant's regular menu ... I got the idea that not many people were ordering from the regular menu.
The RW menu offered only three choices for each course. I had a Mediterranean bass tartare appetizer, which was excellent. The salmon entree was okay -- served with a giant hunk of fennel as a side, which was a little odd but better than I expected. The salmon was well cooked but pretty plain.
Wine started at $9 a glass and went up.
Anyhow, I wasn't impressed enough to return.
re: awayne
we did lunch at vidalia and had: roasted suckling pig, rabbit pappardelle, wagyu brisket, trout, bananas napoleon and pecan bar. the suckling pig was a little bland, but the pasta was incredible. creamy, savory, perfectly-seasoned and portioned. i wish i'd had that instead of the pig. the beef was disappointingly fatty and also underseasoned — the jus served over it just tasted flat, not deep or rich. I ate it all, but i've had better. the trout was good, but too salty.
i was pretty underwhelmed until dessert arrived. the pecan bar was amazing — like a flat, hot and gooey version of pecan pie served with a dollop of vanilla ice cream. the housemade caramel was wonderful, so good it gave me cavities. dessert is never my favorite course — in fact i skip it most of the time — but it was my favorite in this scenario. the bananas napoleon were very good and nicely presented, but the crunchy dark chocolate shell was difficult to get onto a fork and into your mouth.
Based on this experience, i would not understand why Vidalia is in the Washingtonian's top 10 of the 100 very best restaurants — however, it IS restaurant week, and i'm sure standards were perhaps lowered because of it. i'll give it another try, but they'll have to really bust out all the stops.
Farrah Olivia, Lunch 2/19:
Three appetizer choices (Sourdough Beignets, very good, different, also salad and soup choices). Four entree choices (tarragon gnudi, out of this world, Roast chicken, yum, Salmon, good, Pork loin, untried) and three dessert (mango chowder, yum, chocolate espresso cheesecake, yum, and pecan sandwich, really good). The experience was wonderful, service was good, food was excellent. May make a second reservation here.
re: maoj
Went to Dino on Monday night. You get the run of a large menu, with one ap or half pasta, one pasta or entre, and a dessert. The desserts comes with grappa.
I was pretty happy with my appetized, and the wild bore pasta recommend on some other thread was great. Excellent desert, my dinning campinion were pretty happy too, no one was blown away but solid job. Service wise the waiter was good, but there was a lot interaction with runners. At nicer restaraunts when the runners don't interact much it's hard to ask questons about the food or ask for other stuff.
Their RW special goes for a couple more weeks. Worth a shot, but I wouldn't rush to go there again.
A friend of mine and I went to the Oval Room for dinner last night since they extended RW an extra week. Overall, we were both happy with our meals. it was a great choice, IMO, because I typically like to go to restaurants during RW that I usually wouldn't go to.
For each course, they offered 4 different choices. For my first, I had a roasted cauliflower soup, which was served with microgreens, dried apricots, and aged cheddar. All of the flavors blended very well together. My friend ordered the shrimp chorizo with black olive crumble. She said it was good, but unlike my soup, her portion was very small. We both had the slow-baked salmon for our entree. It was very good...served with black beans, avocado, and a sake dressing. It was really good and better that I had even anticipated.
For dessert, we had the peanut butter cheesecake parfait layered with concord grapes...it was like eating a pb & jelly cheesecake...yum!
We also had a dark chocolate brownie served w/coffee ice cream. It was good but it was completely blown away by the pb cheesecake parfait.
My wines by the glass were just ok.
The ambiance is fine, a bit stuffy for my taste, but still ok.
Overall, I'm glad I tried it during RW...not sure I agree with it's ridiculously high ranking in the Washingtonian's top 100 for 2009 (not that I normally agree with most of the choices/rankings anyway), but I would definitely recommend it for RW this summer.
I spent the week in New Orleans. Ate at Mother's every night--etoufee, smoked sausage and oyster po' boys, fried chicken and jambalaya. God, it was fabulous.
Went to Bistro Francais, not because it was RW, but just because we ended up there and they offered a RW menu. I hadn't been to Bistro Francais in many years, but will now start going because it is pretty good. The RW menu was mussel soup or salad, both good, I had hangar steak and my friend had lamb, both yummy, and dessert was apple tart which was decent. Bread was good too.
I like the restaurant because it is casual (no snooty people here) and solid value for the money. Not gourmet cooking, but good and wholesome, nonetheless. Service was good too plus an interesting wine menu with reasonably-priced choices.


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Jobs Watch: The revenue forecast calls for pain
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The state's new revenue forecast is out, and the findings are not pretty: nine consecutive quarters (and counting) of year-over-year job loss, surprisingly poor numbers in the professional services, financial and retail sectors and looming public sector cuts as backlash spreads over government spending. Housing starts are down, retail sales are down and consumer confidence is understandably low. The Oregon job market is not expected to improve significantly until the fourth quarter of 2011.
Does this mean we're in for a double-dip recession? Moody's Economy.com doesn't believe so. The national ratings agency characterizes Oregon's economy as "recovering" and estimates the chances of a double-dip recession here at 28%.
Whether you use the word "recession," "depression" or "slow recovery," the forecast calls for pain. The collapse of the national RV market has sent Oregon's transportation equipment sector jobs down by a predicted 45% from 2007 to 2012. The moribund housing market has devastated the state's already weakened timber industry, and Oregon construction jobs are expected to drop by 12.5% this year and another 2% next year.
The bottom line is that the state is expected to bring in $12.3 billon in revenue during the 2011-2013 biennium due to the ongoing drop-off in personal income taxes. That is $377.5 million lower than the forecast from June 2010 and a whopping $1.27 billion from the end of session forecast in 2009.
Thus continues a long string of overly optimistic and downright inaccurate forecasts from the state's economic analysis team. The release of each new forecast brings new rounds of excuses about how no one could have seen such trouble coming.
No doubt the recession has turned out much worse than many had predicted. But wishful thinking also has played a role.
When the recession first hit in 2008, many top officials insisted that Oregon was somehow immune or at least sheltered because of the state's relative lack of reliance on the financial sector, the comparative strength of the Oregon housing market and the spectacular growth of the state's urban creative class. Wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong.
When I was researching a cover story that we ultimately decided to title "The Party's Over," I heard a lot of wishful thinking, from people in power as well as people in the real estate business. One maverick who wasn't buying the suggestion that Oregon was somehow protected from the approaching storm was Tim Duy, director of the Oregon Economic Forum. "There is this surface veneer that we as Oregonians want to believe that the meltdown isn't happening here," he told me. "I keep telling people, the market in Oregon started to rise later than in the rest of the country. We're just lagging the cycle by 12 to 18 months here. It's a story that people don't want to hear for a whole host of reasons. But that is what's happening."
Unfortunately, Duy was right, and a whole lot of other people were wrong. We're paying for that now. The battle over what to cut is going to get even uglier than it already is. The inevitable cuts to the public sector and resulting job losses are going to put even more pressure on the job market and make people even less willing to spend spend as personal income stagnates, a trend which will take its toll on the private sector as well.
All I can say is that I hope Moody's prediction that a double-dip recession is unlikely in Oregon doesn't turn out to be the latest exercise in wishful thinking.
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Re: Backpacking in Nevada
Thanks, Nick!
Re: "Backpacking in Nevada"
Thanks, Nick! I'll check out your trip reports. Looking through the book on backpacking Nevada, there really is a lot of variety in the state. I hope to do some trips there soon.
Backpacking in Nevada
Hi Everyone - A bit background before my question. My neighbor has a sister who lives in Mesquite, NV. My neighbor was telling me how beautiful the state is and that there are a lot of great hiking...
Re: Re: Re: "5 Beginning Concepts for Winter Backpacking"
Hi Stephen - Same here! Last winter I was going to get some new skis from L.L. Bean and then held off from buying them. Glad I didn't spend the money. Hopefully, this year...fingers and toes cr...
Re: "5 Beginning Concepts for Winter Backpacking"
Great article and the photos are fantastic. I live in Michigan where we get wet snow conditions, so I would have to revamp my equipment to take that into consideration (a synthetic sleeping bag, fo...
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However, I still hold with my original posting. Backpacking is done by humans on their feet, not on motorized vehicles. Let the dirt bike companies advertise in the various motorized sports magazin...
Re: November Issue of Backpacker
I guess I've read too much Edward Abbey, then.
November Issue of Backpacker
Hi All - I just received the November issue of Backpacker. As I flipped it over to remove it from the plastic wrap, what did I find myself looking at but an ad for Honda dirt bikes! It felt like...
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"Chief Plentyjunk" - I love it! LOL
Bookstores and Backpacking Books
In the now-defunct Borders and in Barnes and Noble bookstores, it seemed that the section with backpacking books contained mostly survival manuals, as if just venturing a toe's length outside t...
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Spokane voters will get a chance to weigh in on the mayor's salary next year, but City Council members say a change to the city charter may complicate other potential ballot measures that will seek money for schools and an expanded transit system.
A proposed change to the city's charter by Councilman Mike Fagan would let the city's Salary Review Commission set the mayor's wage. The commission, which determines City Council members pay, currently has five members who are nominated by the mayor and approved by the council.
Fagan's proposal follows a suggestion by Mayor David Condon last month to give the salary commission power over his pay.
But Fagan said his ordinance is his response to the public forums he led looking in to the issue, which he organized after the city's budget included a $7,000 raise for the mayor.
The pay increase, which the mayor argued was determined by city law, would have made him one of the best paid mayors in the Pacific Northwest. After public outrage and harsh criticism from the council, the mayor officially rejected the raise and waived "any legal or equitable right now or in the future" to the pay raise that "he is entitled for fiscal year 2015," according to a document he signed early this month.
On Monday, the City Council stripped the rest of the pay raises for nonunion employees at City Hall, including those for the mayor's cabinet.
Fagan said he wants the charter change to appear on February's ballot, where it would share the ballot with a $145 million bond measure by Spokane Public Schools.Cheney and Mead school districts also overlap with Spokane's municipal borders, so voters in those districts would also consider Fagan's question. Cheney is asking for a $44.8 million bond and Mead is asking for $69.5 million bond.
Council President Ben Stuckart called Fagan's proposal "a fair idea, " but said he didn't support putting it on the ballot with the schools' proposals.
"I'm not in favor of the timing of it. I'll be lobbying my fellow council members to delay it till next fall," he said, adding that the charter change would create "a dynamic that might confuse the school issue."
The following April ballot could have a ballot measure from the Spokane Transit Authority, which would go to implementing its Moving Forward campaign. The ambitious 10-year, $72 million proposal will be mostly covered by federal funds, but about $12 million would be local tax dollars.
The plan requires voter approval of a 0.3 percent sales tax increase. The STA board will decide Dec. 18 whether to put the issue on the ballot.
Councilman Mike Allen, a liaison for the council on the STA board, said putting Fagan's proposal on the April ballot might get in the way of STA's potential proposal. Regardless, it had his backing.
"I support what Mike's trying to do because it de-politicizes the mayor's salary, which is exactly what they do with the council's salary," he said.
Rick Bocook, a perennial figure at Spokane City Council meetings, has just a few issues he rails on at City Hall. Freedom for street musicians. The tyranny of the city's sit-lie ordinance. Sidewalk chalk drawings.
Bocook, AKA Harpman Hatter, was in fine form on this last front last night, as he rendered a perfect Dr. Evil - pinky and all - on an issue stemming from an article I wrote last month.
Now, I won't comment on his spelling, or delve into any similarities between Mayor David Condon and the characters from the Austin Powers film series. But I will note that any time anyone says, "One million dollars," I can definitively say that the phrase rings in my head with the sound of one voice. And I usually have the desire to raise my pinky and an eyebrow.
Voters have a way of complicating the state's revenue forecast by changing the laws on things that provide revenue. After they passed a law abolishing the state's monopoly on wholesale and retail liquor sales, the state coffers saw a big bump in booze taxes. In theory that was at least partly because distilled spirits were on the shelves of every supermarket, discount house and big-box retailer, making it more handy to grab a bottle without a special trip to a state store.
That novelty may be wearing off. . .
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OLYMPIA — Legislators may be asked to split the state into districts to elect the state Supreme Court justices, an idea that got a sometimes friendly, sometimes skeptical hearing Friday before the Senate Law and Justice Committee.
Jason Mercier, of the Center for Government Reform, likes it, saying the different sides of the state have different industries, cultures and perspectives. Democrats on the committee weren't enthusiastic, with Sen. Jeannie Darnielle of Tacoma saying some people move around so much that you can't determine their perspective from their current address.
Justice Debra Stephens is the only current member of the court from the Spokane area and the others were working somewhere in Western Washington before getting appointed or elected to the court. But Spokane is better represented than any other area in one respect – Gonzaga University Law School has the most graduates on the court with three. After that, it's one each from University of Puget Sound, North Carolina, Duke, University of California-Berkeley, USC and Notre Dame. That's right, none from University of Washington.
Perhaps some Husky will come up with a proposal for the court to have a proportional representation for the number of graduates its Law School turns out?
OLYMPIA – Someone please give Senate Republican budget writers a new metaphor for hyperbolic parsimony.
Looking at the state's less than cheery prospects of matching income to outgo last week, the chief GOP Senate budgeteer deployed the well-worn image of personal thriftiness, the squeezed toothpaste tube.
"I'm the kind of guy who, with toothpaste, I squeeze the tube as empty as I can get it and then I cut it open and scrape out the rest and then I buy a new tube," Sen. Andy Hill, R-Redmond said. "That's the way I approach budgeting this year" . . .
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Why do we have to wait so long for our results? some Washington candidates and campaigns whine every Election Night. Why can't we be like Oregon?
Washington counts ballots it receives that are postmarked by election day, regardless of when they arrive. Oregon requires them to be in hand on election day; postmark doesn't count. This is SOOOO much better, some good government groups say, because the vast majority of Oregon ballots are counted election night, while only about a half of Washington's are, and the rest come in and get counted in the succeeding days (and sometimes weeks.)
So it was with amusement that we note a story out of supposed electoral gold-standard Oregon that one of that state's ballot issues is now in doubt because of some 13,000 ballots recently counted around the state. They're "challenge" ballots, meaning there's something wrong, like their signature doesn't match the one on file.
But in fact they're still counting in Oregon and the GMO initiative may be headed for a recount. In Washington, we're still counting, but nothing's in doubt.
OLYMPIA — House Republicans re-elected their top leadership today, returning Dan Kristiansen as their leader for the 2015 session..
Kristiansen, of Snohomish, was named to the job earlier this year after Rep. Richard DeBolt stepped down for health reasons.
Joel Kretz of Wauconda was re-elected deputy leader, J.T.Wilcox, of Yelm, re-elected floor leader and Paul Harris, of Vancouver, minority whip. Matt Shea of the Spokane Valley was re-elected as one of two assistant whips.
Shelly Short, of Addy, was elected caucus chairwoman, replacing Judy Warnick, of Moses Lake, who was elected to the Senate.
OLYMPIA — A Pasco-based government watchdog made a pitch Friday for district elections to the Supreme Court and two Spokane Valley law enforcement officers told legislators about rising arrest numbers for driving under the influence of marijuana.
That would be fairly normal fare for a Senate Law and Justice Committee hearing except for one thing: The legislators were in Olympia the researcher and the cops were in Spokane, testifying live over the Internet.
The committee was testing a system for remote testimony that chairman Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley,could be used for many legislative hearings during the 2015 session.
Except for a few audio glitches, which a staff member said was a problem with the Internet not the equipment on either end, the test run went smoothly. . .
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Troy Bruner, head of the Spokane's Ethics Committee, said City Council President Ben Stuckart's leak of a confidential email had the ability to hurt the city, but there was no evidence of it doing so.
"Certainly there was a potential for harm to be done to the city," Bruner said. "We had no evidence that harm was done, so we figured that the penalty should be minimal."
In a unanimous decision by the committee last night, Stuckart was fined $250 for leaking a confidential email dealing with an open lawsuit.
Bruner said the matter was closed, but noted the committee will write a "strongly worded statement showing our disapproval of his actions and admonishing him."
Stuckart, who publicly apologized for his actions, said he regretted forwarding the email. In his defense to the ethics committee, Stuckart said the information in the email was already public knowledge.
Bruner rejected Stuckart's claims, saying they "weren't convincing to us."
"He said the email wasn't bad because its contents were public knowledge. There was no way for us to know that," he said. "He said you should be able to dismiss this because there was no harm to the city. We had no way to know if there was harm done to the city."
Bruner said he was convinced that the matter had been resolved, even though he had an unanswered question.
"One personal observation I have, President Stuckart really wasn't able to provide a compelling reason why he forwarded the email in the first place. That's something I still don't have an answer for," he said. "But he was apologetic for his behavior and he did affirm that he would not engage with such disclosures in the future."
Spokane City Councilman Ben Stuckart was fined $250 for violating the city's ethics code, but committee members said his action did not financially harm the city.
Stuckart was referred to the committee for leaking what city officials called a "highly confidential email regarding a pending matter of litigation" with a subject line that read: "ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGED Appeal Decision."
The matter was referred to the city's Ethics Committee earlier this month by City Attorney Nancy Isserlis.
"They decided that, yes, they have jurisdiction," said Mike Piccolo, a city attorney who advises the City Council and sat in on the ethics committee hearing. "They decided that, yes, if the actions in the referral were determined to be true, they violated the city's ethics code."
Piccolo said the committee decided that it was hard to determine if Stuckart's actions caused any monetary harm to the city, so it was difficult to impose any monetary penalties.
Based on the discussion, Stuckart and the committee agreed to a "stipulation," which means that by admitting fault, Stuckart could avoid a full-blown committee hearing. The stipulation, however, required a fine, which ended up being determined by Stuckart.
"It took about an hour. They decided I had violated the ethics code, but I hadn't harmed the city, and they fined me $250," Stuckart said. "I suggested the $250."
In her letter to the Ethics Committee, Isserlis said the matter of Stuckart's ethics violation "came to my attention inadvertently" when she was performing an investigation about an alleged city code violation at the request of Don Waller, president of Local 29, the city's fire union.
During this investigation, she found an email Stuckart had forwarded to Waller written by Erin Jacobson, an attorney with the city. Jacobson's email dealt with pending litigation against the city by the fire union regarding the mayor's plan to create departments with a fire division. The mayor's move would have allowed him to appoint people to positions instead of having them go through a civil service process leading to union-protected jobs.
Jacobson's email was sent to the mayor and council members.
"Within twenty minutes of receipt of Ms. Jacobson's email, Council President Stuckart forwarded the email, in its entirety, to Mr. Waller at his personal email address," Isserlis wrote in her referral. "I believe Mr. Stuckart was aware he was forwarding confidential information to the party opposing the City in pending litigation."
When the referral was made, Stuckart made a public apology and admitted fault.
This story is developing. Check back later for updates.
In today's paper, I wrote about the proposed demolition of two historic buildings on Spokane's storied auto row, part of the conceptual master plan by the Larry H. Miller Group to build a large downtown campus for its auto dealerships.
The buildings to be razed are, without question, historic. The building on the southeast corner of Madison and West Third was built in 1937, and its neighbor at 1023 W. Third Ave, was constructed in 1913. Both meet the 50-year age eligibility requirement for the National Register of Historic Places. But as Megan Duvall, the city's historic preservation officer, said in today's story, the building's aren't really architecturally significant. In other words, they're kind of boring.
The decision to remove the buildings came after Duvall realized she could use a provision in the city's demolition ordinance allowing for the razing of historic buildings as long as their destruction supported the rehabilitation of an adjacent historic structure.
It's that structure - the International Harvester Company Truck Showroom built in 1929 at 1030 W. Third Ave - that has historic significance as one of the few remaining and unique buildings left on the old automotive row. The row is technically called the West Downtown Transportation Corridor Historic District, and its period of significance stretched from 1890 to 1949.
The photo at the top of the post shows the Harvester building the year it was completed. Besides how intact the building remains to this day, what's most interesting to my eyes is the huge rock outcropping to the building's east. How'd they get rid of that mountain? Was the rest of downtown marked with similar rocky protuberances, much like how the South Hill remains?
The images below show how the Miller Lexus showroom changed as a result of its dealings with the city and Duvall. Representatives from the company called the compromise to rehabilitate the Harvester building in exchange for demolishing the other two buildings "workable," but said the process leading to the compromise was "frustrating" because it forced the company to change its designs for a new Lexus showroom.
Instead of obscuring the Harvester building under the metal veneer of a new Lexus showroom, the company now will include the original building in its designs for the showroom. The metal siding has been replaced with limestone and brick in the designs for the new addition.
OLYMPIA — Washington legislators will have a bit more money in the coming fiscal years than they expected when they adjourned in March, but not enough to cover the projected costs of current programs.
Increases in the number of school children, Medicaid recipients, along with a proposed raise for state employees, will help drive the cost of current state programs up by about $2.65 billion in 2015-17. And that's before increased spending for court-ordered improvements to public schools, which could be between $1 billion and $2 billion, and smaller class sizes mandated by a voter initiative.
Continued recovery from the recession, which includes lower unemployment plus stronger collections for sales taxes and real estate excise taxes will give the state about $2.9 billion more in revenue in that period than in 2013-15.
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OLYMPIA — House Democrats had their numbers shaved in this month's election but voted today to stick with most of last session's leadership.
Seattle Rep. Frank Chopp was re-elected speaker, a position he has held by himself since 2002, and shared as co-speaker in 1999, 2000 and 2001 when the House was tied between Democrats and Republicans.
Rep. Pat Sullivan of Covington was re-elected majority leader, Eric Pettigrew of Seattle majority caucus chairman and Kevin Van De Wege of Sequim majority whip. Kris Lytton of Anacortes was elected majority floor leader to replace Tami Green, who gave up her seat to run unsuccessfully for the state Senate this year. Lytton was formerly an assistant floor leader.
If all the fighting over immigration reform has you scratching your head, Jon Stewart won't clear it up so much as show you some of the sillier elements of it.
4. Voters at Fairchild Air Force Base support expanded background checks for gun sales – resoundingly.
Initiative 594 won the precinct at Fairchild 72 votes to 38. On the other hand, maybe they don't. Voters there also supported Initiative 591, though not by as much (59 votes to 51)
3. The days of calling the 6th Legislative District a swing district are gone.
When working on an election story recently, I was about to refer to the 6th as a swing district when my colleague, Jim Camden, reminded me that it only really swung for two elections. I might argue that the closeness of some other races besides the 2006 and 2008 cycles when Democrats won seats in the district made it a legitimate swing district longer than that, but his point is accurate; the 6th Legislative District, especially since redistricting, is Republican territory even when Democrats attract a well-known candidate and spend big.
2. Spokane loves its parks and loves its smooth streets even more.
Recent controversies about salaries of Mayor David Condon and other administrators at City Hall made many city leaders worried that voters would turn against the street levy and, especially, the park bond.
But whatever griping you might hear about City Hall, city leaders apparently have earned the trust of voters when it comes to streets and parks. Considering that voters under Mayor John Powers rejected a street tax at a time when streets clearly were in much worse condition, passing the street levy with nearly 78 percent support is a major turnaround. I'm guessing that the voters' mood reflects that the city kept its promises after voters approved a street tax in 2004 under Mayor Jim West.
In politics, as in military campaigns, victory has many fathers. That may explain the self-congratulatory press release from supporters of I-594. . .
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Spokane County voters said yes to both gun initiatives, causing some observers on the West Side of the state to scratch their heads on election night. One could reasonably vote no on I-591 and I-594, they opined, but voting yes twice seemed illogical on measures largely in conflict.
Spokane is not alone in passing both measures. Asotin, Clallam, Clark, Pierce and Skagit counties also have said yes to both. In all cases, at least one initiative is ahead by relatively thin margins.
In Spokane, I-591 leads by about 1,800 votes, and I-594 about 8,000 as of Friday's count. But the precincts where one passed are generally precincts where the other failed. There are a handful of precincts in the northeast city of Spokane's and the central Spokane Valley where both passed. But some of those tended to be precincts with higher numbers of "undervotes" where at least one measure was left blank.
Some voters may have strong feelings in favor of one, but couldn't decide on the other. Indecision isn't the same as being contradictory.
To compare the undervotes with the Spokane County votes on I-591 and I-594, check the PDF documents below.
OLYMPIA – The most ephemeral thing in politics might be big majorities. This should be particularly obvious to Democrats as they look to next year's Legislature.
Six years ago, Democrats approached the session with 31 of 49 seats in the Senate and 62 of 98 seats in the House. Those were nearly veto-proof majorities if they'd found the need to override any vetoes from Gov. Chris Gregoire, but considering she was a fellow Democrat, that point was mostly moot.
Slowly the Republicans chipped away at those margins, a few seats at a time. . .
The Spokane Transit Authority is passing around an online survey today looking for feedback on its Moving Forward campaign and a potential tax increase to expand its service.
In an email, the transit organizations had this to say:
Dear community member,
STA Moving Forward is Spokane Transit's DRAFT 10-year implementation plan that proposes to sustain existing service levels and provide more and better transit for the growing region. As a part of the public outreach period from September through November, STA has provided an online survey to get feedback on the proposed package of transit projects as well as a potential funding mechanism in the form of a voter approved 0.3% increase in local sales tax rate (a 0.3% increase in local sales tax equals 15 cents on a $50 purchase; fuel and most food products are sales tax exempt).
Follow this link to take the survey, which only takes a few minutes.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers was re-elected the House Republican Conference chairwoman today by GOP members who returned all their top leaders for the upcoming Congress.
House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Majority Whip Steve Scalise were also re-elected. The conference chairmanship is considered the Number Four position in leadership.
McMorris Rodgers won re-election last week to a sixth term with about 60 percent of the vote. Her Democratic opponent Joe Pakootas unsuccessfully challenged her leadership position as a sign that she was more in touch with Washington, D.C., than the voters of her Eastern Washington district. McMorris Rodgers countered that it gave her "a place at the table" to raise local and regional issues when legislation was being discussed.


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U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent Statistics and Analysis
Frequently Asked Questions
Does EIA have city or county-level energy consumption and price data?
EIA has gasoline price data for some cities and data for electric and natural gas distribution utilities, as follows:
- Gasoline prices, including taxes, for 10 cities.
- Electricity sales (a proxy for end-use consumption) and prices for distribution utilities. Most cities or municipal areas are served by a single distribution utility. However, many utilities serve a larger area than the jurisdictional boundaries of a specific city. The names of the counties, by State, where each electric utility has distribution equipment and which can be used as an estimate of a utility's service territory are in File 4 of EIA 861 survey database. In some cases, more than one utility may have distribution equipment in the same county.
- Natural gas delivery/sales and prices. EIA does not have data on the service territory of natural gas utilities.
Last revised: July 24, 2013
Other FAQs about Natural Gas
- Can I obtain a list of companies involved in the natural gas industry, such as utilities, pipeline companies, and storage operators?
- Does EIA have city or county-level energy consumption and price data?
- Does EIA have maps or information on the location of natural gas and oil pipelines?
- Does EIA have projections for energy production, consumption, and prices for individual states?
- Does EIA publish shale gas and coal bed methane production and reserves data?
- How can I choose my natural gas supplier in my state?
- How does EIA calculate the year-ago and five-year averages in the Natural Gas Weekly Storage Report?
- How much coal, natural gas, or petroleum is used to generate a kilowatthour of electricity?
- How much does it cost to produce crude oil and natural gas?
- Where are the historical spot prices for natural gas?
- Where is the boundary for state and federal offshore oil and gas production?
- Which states consume and produce the most natural gas?
- Why am I being charged more for propane than the price on EIA's website?
- How much natural gas does the United States have and how long will it last?
- How much natural gas is consumed (used) in the United States?
- How much shale gas is produced in the United States?
- What are Ccf, Mcf, Btu, and therms? How do I convert natural gas prices in dollars per Ccf, or Mcf to dollars per Btu or therm?
- What are the major factors affecting natural gas prices?
- What can I expect to pay for heating this winter?
- What is the average price of natural gas for electric-power-generation?
- What is the outlook for home heating fuel prices this winter?
- What is the total working gas capacity in underground natural gas storage?
- What is the volume of world natural gas reserves?
- What percentage of homes in the U.S. use natural gas?
- What types and amounts of energy are produced in each state?


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|31 Dec 2011
Windows 7 Home Premium not able to move pictures around with mouse
I am a Proffessional Photographer who sent my Vista Computer in to be fixed and was called and told they were going to replace it with a new Windows 7. I take hundreds of pictures and its really important to me to be able to re-organize them within the same folder in the order I need and then rename them within that folder. I have found threads with info on downloading and making the windows allow you to do this, and have tried for hours. I'm either doing something wrong, or its not working. Please help with a little more detail on how to do this. I have the newest version of home premium and maybe that's the problem. My computer is a Toshiba Satellite L775-S7352. I would seriously appreciate any help. I like everything else about windows 7
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Hi mommyphotogirl ,welcome to sevenforums.
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Yes, that is the exact thread I tried to follow. Even now BOTH of those downloads are on my main screen. I followed the intructions step by step, and when I went to a folder to see if I could move my pictures, they are still frozen. My husband even tried. I don't know what I am doing wrong. But I follow each and every step.
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Am I only supposed to do the first download to disable and not the second, I did all steps 1-10, then I did them again and again.
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reading brinks tutorial you need both the files, one to reset the folder views to default ,then the second to disable the auto arrange,
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Just tried it step by step again. First I shut down my computer. Waited for the 45 updates to load, then restart. Right Clicked on "Reset_All_Folders_To_Default_Folder_Views" and did the (Merge) (Run) (Yes) (Yes) (OK) then this time I tried logging off just in case its defferent than re-starting. When I logged back on I righ clicked on "Disable_Windows_Explorer_Auto_Arrange" and did the (Merge) (Run) (Yes) (Yes) (OK) then I went to Re-start my computer. After when I go to my picture folder and try to move a picture, nothing happens. They won't move. Am I missing something? Am I supposed to go to another part of the computer to see if they move, or put my pictures somewhere else? I would even be happy if there was a program I could get that would load and allow me to move and arrange pictures. I really do like Win 7 I just have thousands of pictures that need to be arranged in many different folders and I need to be able to organize them myself. I really appreciate you trying to help. These forums can be hard cause your trying to help a stranger... I just wish I was smarter and more tech minded. Any more thoughts or ideas would be appreciated!
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Title: Europe on 5 Wrong Turns a Day: One Man, Eight Countries, One Vintage Travel Guide
Author: Doug Mack
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A writer and popular blogger describes his experiences using a nearly 50-year old travel guide, Europe on Five Dollars a Day, to explore modern-day Europe and reflects on what has changed and what has not.
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Prepare to Get Lost on the Beaten Path…
When Doug Mack picked up a 1963 edition of Europe on Five Dollars a Day, he stumbled on an inspired idea: to boldly go where millions have gone before, relying only on the advice of a travel guide that's nearly a half century out-of-date. Add to the mix his mother's much-documented grand tour through Europe in the late 1960s, and the result is a funny and fascinating journey into a new (old) world, and a disarming look at the ways the classic tourist experience has changed-and has not-in the last generation.
After a whirlwind adventure spanning eight countries-and costing way more than five dollars a day-Mack's endearing account is part time travel, part paean to Arthur Frommer's much-loved guide, and a celebration of the modern traveler's grand (and not-so-grand) tour.