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"We think fast food is equivalent to pornography, nutritionally speaking." — Steve Elbert
TODAY IS THE DAY TO RANT AND RAVE and chat about things on my mind. Much of it probably doesn't make any sense, but that's the life of a journalist while trying to complete tax returns.Y'all know that's what I do to keep G in the style she'd like to become accustomed to.
I know that you won't believe it, but every once in a while I find myself in a fast foodery: McDonald's, Burger King or even Arby's. G likes Wendy's but what used to be hot and juicy has been cold and dry for a long time. Now they're advertising that they've gone back to the hot and juicy, but I don't remember when they announced that they weren't going to serve them that way anymore. I don't remember that ad that went something like, "We have discontinued the "Hot and Juicy" burgers cuz you don't appreciate them and you, the American public" wouldn't know the difference anyway, so from now on we will serve our burgers cold and dry." Nope, don't remember that ad.
Anywho, stopped in at McDonald's the other nite. It was very late and I wasn't into cooking myself something, and I had overdone the tuna sangies, so time for something fast. I ordered a Quarter Pounder, hold the cheese please. They still charge for cheese these days, but that was ok. But I wanted tomato and mayonnaise, nothing else. Except for the meat of course, I did want that too. But that's another story. Ask me about Goodtimes. The burger sangie cost $3.49, but I had asked for tomato. That was $.50 extra. For a tasteless, ugly, pink/green/white in color tomato, $.50 extra. They had the chutzpah to charge a half dollar for that tomato. One tiny, thin sliver of an ugly, tasteless tomato. To top it off, I had fresh tomatoes on the counter at home. But I did get 2 ½ pounds of mayo for no extra charge.
Y'all should know to always check your order at any fast food place if you are taking it home, cuz it will be wrong when you get home. Arby's has yet to get a to-go order right. And I've been eating there for almost 30 years.
Had a reader call to tell me a group of four had dinner at Oceanaire (1400 Arapahoe St, 303-991-2277; www.theoceanaire.com). Sed the food was ok, not quite to the level of good, and he didn't think it was worth anywhere near the price he paid. He didn't say how much, but he had to mortgage his house and sell his first born child and the family dog.
I'm glad I never find myself in those places. LOL. Actually, G is not above getting up and walking. Ask her about her casino dinner some years ago.
On the subject of great grub and reasonable prices, I've been to Café Bar (295 S. Pennsylvania St, 303-362-0227; www.cafebarcolorado.com) three times. While I'm not going into details today, cuz I have to eat there once for dinner, the food will blow your mind. It has quickly joined the ranks of the great metro Denver eateries, at least as far as the food and menu is concerned. If you haven't had the mushroom perogies, you haven't lived. But it's the lamb ribs that are going to getcha. Check out the menu. Sure wish they'd serve bread and butter. The place is noisy, primarily cuz it's always packed. Call for reservs.
Do advertisements drive you nuts? I luv See's Candies, but they really need a new marketing guru. Years ago there was a full-page ad in the Rocky Mountain News. A very expensive, full page ad. This ad promoted the one and only store they had in Denver. Ok, that's fine. But part of the ad in about 28 point type, was a notice to call their 800 number for the store nearest you. At the time there was only one store in Colorado. Duh?
I didn't call the 800 number, but I did call CEO Charles Huggins. He cried for a while and then sed he would fix it. I guess he did cuz I never saw the ad again, but I did get a two-pound box of candies in he mail. Y'all know that See's is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, aka Warren Buffett. Warren has a favorite steak house in Omaha. MFCIN (Muh Fav Cuz In Nebraska) took me there, was NOT impressed. Maybe Warren don't know a good steak when he tastes it? Probably not Colorado beef.
Anyway. There's this disclaimer on every box of See's Candies regarding nuts. Sez any chocolate you buy from them may contain nuts or at least trace amounts of nuts. So what person allergic to nuts would ever buy See's Candies? The answer should be no one. Good thing I'm not allergic. Give me a box of dark chocolate truffles with chocolate chips… so if you're allergic to "trace amounts," don't buy anything from See's. I would think it's pretty simple to make a batch of good stuff, and then wash the vats or whatever before you make something with nuts. But that's their problem, isn't it?
And that's the culinary news this week from our restaurant critic, Jay Fox. Blame his crankiness on the time of the year. (He's a tax guru.) You can reach him at email@example.com.


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EBay shares are jumping in after-hours trading after the e-commerce company reported stronger-than-expected second quarter results.
Shares are up 3.8% to $42 in late trading. The stock rose 3.6% in the regular session and is up 33% this year through Wednesday's close. It hit a five-year high in June.
Strength in eBay's PayPal payments business drove the stronger-than-expected results. Overall, eBay reported a profit of $692 million, or 53 cents a share, up from $283 million, or 22 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding items, EPS rose to 56 cents from 48 cents a year earlier.
The company also forecast third-quarter earnings between 53 cents and 55 cents a share, on revenue of $3.3 billion to $3.4 billion, roughly in line with analyst estimates.
"Against an uncertain macro and forex environment, this was a solid quarter for eBay," says Mark Mahaney, an Internet analyst at Citigroup, although he pointed out it "doesn't appear a thesis-changer either way."
Revenue in the payments segment, which includes PayPal, continued to grow. It posted a 26% increase in the secondd quarter from a year earlier. PayPal is on pace to become eBay's largest business.
"Mobile continues to be a game changer," says eBay CEO John Donahoe . "We now expect eBay and PayPal mobile to each transact $10 billion in volume in 2012 — that's more than double 2011, a staggering surge in mobile shopping and payments on devices that did not exist just a few years ago.
"Retail is at an inflection point, and we are helping to reshape how people around the world shop and pay," Donahoe adds.
Dow Jones reporter John Letzing points out eBay says it has several retailers lined up to offer PayPal in their stores:
EBay said in its earnings release it now has 16 "large brand-name" U.S. retailers that have said they want to work on installing EBAY's PayPal point-of-sale technology at their cash registers. The retail brick-and-mortar initiative is important for EBAY, which wants to expand PayPal's influence in the payments world. Last quarter, the PayPal system was rolled out in Abercrombie & Fitch and Jos. A. Bank stores, EBAY said.
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D.C. Fires Attorney in Supreme Court Gun-Ban Case
Loyal Law Blog readers are hip to our mini-obsession with Supreme Court advocates (see, e.g., here and here). So we're riveted this morning by the news that Peter Nickles, the acting AG of Washington D.C., has fired Alan Morrison, the D.C. lawyer who had been slated to argue the big time D.C. gun ban case before the Supremes this spring. Here are stories from the WaPo and Legal Times.
Morrison, who has argued 20 cases before the high court, had been hired by then-AG Linda Singer, who resigned two weeks ago. Morrison suggested to the WaPo that he was fired as part of a feud between Nickles and Singer.
D.C.'s 15,000-word brief is scheduled to be filed with the Supremes tomorrow, reports the WaPo, and Morrison had already been practicing for oral argument. AG Nickles said yesterday that a team of lawyers helping with the case — including iPhone expert Tom Goldstein of Akin Gump and Walter Dellinger of O'Melveny (and Duke Law) — would remain on board. Nickles, who used to work at Covington, also hinted that he might employ the services of his former colleague Robert Long.
"The brief we are submitting is a fabulous brief, a winning brief by a great team," Nickles told the WaPo. "We will not miss a step. . . . Alan is a very good lawyer, but I decided to move in a different direction. It's not as if one person is indispensable."
David Vladeck, a Georgetown Law professor and the brother of the suddenly ubiquitous NY employment lawyer Anne Vladeck, begs to differ. "This is a case that requires an unusual amount of preparation because one of the issues comes back to, 'What did those folks who wrote the Bill of Rights really mean when they wrote the Second Amendment?' " Vladeck, a friend of Morrison, told the WaPo. "In addition to needing a good lawyer and appellate advocate, you need someone who has immersed himself in very complex historical sources. Alan has been doing that for two or three months by now. Whoever takes over this case will start many, many, many laps behind where we ought to be."


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CHICAGO, April 9, 2014— At the Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) Chicago Awards Breakfast, C-CAP President Susan Robbins awarded over $500,000 in scholarships and cash awards to 20 high school seniors during the awards ceremony hosted at the Signature Room at the John Hancock building.
Hard work, good grades, and a lot of broken eggs paid off for Sade Donald from Simeon Career Academy who won a full-tuition scholarship to Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island valued at $108,000. Alejandro Gonzalez from Benito Juarez Community High School earned a full-tuition scholarship to Le Cordon Bleu for the Associate's Degree valued at $37,000. Marina Nava from Washington High School was awarded a full-tuition scholarship to the International Culinary Schools at the Art Institute valued at $93,000. Nyree Smith from Dunbar Vocational Career Academy received a full-tuition scholarship for the Bachelor's Degree to Monroe College valued at $49,000.
Scholarships awarded ranged in value from $2,000 to $100,000 to attend local culinary schools and some of the most prestigious culinary schools in the country. Some students also received C-CAP Education Scholarships, cash awards to help defray the costs of books, supplies, housing, and other expenses while at community college or another culinary school.
Only a few days earlier, during the C-CAP Chicago Cooking Competition for Scholarships, 20 finalists representing ten Chicago high schools competed against the clock when C-CAP re-created the intensity of a restaurant kitchen at the Washburne Culinary Institute for the high school seniors to face off in a savory and sweet challenge. Students were judged by a panel of local esteemed judges on presentation of the dishes, knife skills, techniques in the kitchen, taste, sanitary food handling, and timeliness. The judges included:
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Executive Chef Todd Downs Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations
Chef William Johnson Dine
Chef Jim Ortiz Frontera Grill (C-CAP Alum)
Chef Nicole Pederson Found Kitchen
Executive Chef James Samson Renaissance Hotel
Chef Patrick Sheerin Trencherman
Chef Garrick Turner The Shedd Aquarium (C-CAP Alum)
Richard Grausman, C-CAP Founder
Susan Robbins, C-CAP President
The C-CAP Cooking Competitions for Scholarships are the culmination of the C-CAP high school program for underserved teenagers at risk of leaving high school without job or college prospects. The C-CAP program offers direction, a set of useful skills, scholarships, and the potential for a fulfilling career in a growing industry.
Harper High School:
Shaqueal Blakeley, Washburne Culinary Institute Partial-Tuition Scholarship, $2,000, Chicago C-CAP Education Scholarship, $2,000, Total $4,000
Prosser Career Academy:
Kwan Brown, Chicago C-CAP Education Scholarship $2,000, Knife Kit $150, Total $2,000
Miriam Chavez, Culinary Institute of America Full-Tuition Scholarship for the Associate's Degree, $52,920, Chicago CIA Community College Stipend $1,000, Total $53,920
Christian Popoca, Robert Morris University Partial-Tuition Scholarship $28,000, Knife Kit $150, Total $28,150
Richards Career Academy:
Ashley Cannon, Joliet Junior College Tuition for the Assistance Scholarship $500, Chicago C-CAP Education Scholarship $2,000, Knife Kit $150 Total $2,650
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Josselyn Castro, Chicago C-CAP Culinary Education Scholarship $3,000, Knife Kit $150, Total $3,150
Zainab Ganiyu, Illinois Institute of Art Las Vegas Half-Tuition Scholarship $21,465, Chicago C-CAP Education Scholarship $1,000, Knife Kit $150, Total $22,615
Simeon Career Academy:
Darrell Crawford, Chicago C-CAP Culinary Education Scholarship $2,000
Sade Donald, Johnson & Wales University Full-Tuition Scholarship, $108,624
Ruthie Eldridge, Le Cordon Blue Full-Tuition Scholarship for the Certificate $19,500, Chicago C-CAP Education Scholarship $1,000, Total $20,500
Justin Purnell, Joliet Junior College Tuition for the Assistance Scholarship $500, Culinary Futures Scholarship $1,500, Knife Kit $150, Total $2,150
Benito Juarez Community High School:
Juan Fernandez, New England Culinary Institute Full-Tuition Scholarship for the Certificate Program in Professional Cooking, $6,200
Alejandro Gonzalez, Le Cordon Bleu Full-Tuition Scholarship for the Associate's Degree, $37,000
Roberto Clemente High School:
Bianca Huerta, Lexington College Partial-Tuition Scholarship, $60,800
Christina Rivera, Joliet Junior College Tuition $500, Chicago C-CAP Education Scholarship $2,000, Total $2,650
Roosevelt High School:
Jasmine Huerta, French Pastry School Partial-Tuition Scholarship for L'Art de la Patisserie or the L'Art du Gateau Certificate $7,500, Chicago C-CAP Education Scholarship $2,000, Culinary Futures Scholarship $5,000, Total $14,500
Washington High School:
Marina Nava, The International Culinary Schools at The Art Institute National Full-Tuition Scholarship for Culinary Arts, $93,300
Jennifer Ramirez, Culinary Futures Scholarship $7,000, Knife Kit $150, Total $7,150
Laura Taylor, Kendall College Partial-Tuition Scholarship $18,000, Culinary Futures Scholarship $4,000, Knife Kit, Total $22,150
Dunbar Vocational Career Academy:
Nyree Smith, Monroe College Full-Tuition Scholarship for the Bachelor's Degree, $49,344
Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) works with public schools across the country to prepare underserved high school students for college and career opportunities in the restaurant and hospitality industry.
In the 2013-2014 academic year, C-CAP Chicago impacted the lives of approximately 2,500 students in 19 public schools working with 32 teachers in job training and internships, teacher trainings, college and career advising, product donations and culinary competitions that lead to culinary school scholarships.
A national nonprofit founded in 1990 by well-known culinary educator and author, Richard Grausman, C-CAP manages the largest independent culinary scholarship program in the United States and since inception has awarded high school students more than $40 million in scholarships and donated more than $3.1 million worth of supplies and equipment to classrooms. Many C-CAP alumni, now graduates of top culinary schools, are working in leading restaurants and hotels throughout the nation.
For more information about C-CAP, visit www.ccapinc.org.
Press Contacts:
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C-CAP National:
Joyce Appelman
Nicola Copeland
This year's annual C-CAP Chicago Farmer's Market Cooking Challenge was held during our overnight ARAMARK Nutrition Camp at the University of Chicago. Thirty students were broken up into teams lead by chef mentors where they worked for two days to create recipes and plan a menu based on locally grown and sustainable items found at the Green City Market. Each team had two hours to cook as many original recipes as possible. It was an exciting two hours, in which Team #3 won this year's challenge!
Congrats to Chef Marcel Taylor and his team of outstanding C-CAP students!
Team Members:
Brandon Gadson- Senior Simeon Career Academy
Cinthya Hernandez- North Grand High School
Allyson Hixson – Prosser Career Academy
Claudia Ramirez- Richards Career Academy
Arugula and Baby Heirloom Tomato Salad with Honey Lime Vinaigrette
Pan seared beef medallions with chipotle cream sauce served with Poblano peppered Jasmine Rice and sautéed Swiss chard
Roasted Peach and Ginger Cookies
Mixed Fruit Summer Spritzer
Click here to see highlights from the 2010 Chicago Preliminary Competition at Washburne Culinary Institute, Feb 2010


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I was wondering when playing a gamecube game from usb hdd using usbloader gx, how do you or can you exit back to the usbloader gx menu?
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Radisson investors owe the City of Lansing $17 million, a proposed agreement knocking it down to $1 million could be voted on next week.
The agreement calls for a $300,000 payment up front with an additional $700,000 to be paid over the next roughly 11 years. The agreement also allows the city to be able to invest in another hotel if it wanted to. It can't under current terms.
At Mondays' Committee of the Whole meeting, an independent financial consultant advised council members to take the deal.
"I wish there was another solution, but there isn't so it looks like we're locked into this for quite some time. " says Council President Sandy Allen.
Negotiations have been ongoing for the last year or so and what investors will do depends heavily on what the city does. George Brookover, attorney for the investors, says his clients have to decide on investing millions of dollars to re-brand the hotel or to continue with the Radisson brand.
It's unclear what would happen if the Radisson name is dropped or if investors would drop the hotel altogether. It's not netting money year to year says Brookover, just enough to pay its bills. Investors have not had to pay the city any money in the 20 years the hotel has been in Lansing because it never made enough to have to under current terms.
The Economic Development Corporation Board will look over the proposed agreement Tuesday and if it's sent through, council will vote on forgiving the debt at next Monday's meeting.


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The state's largest organization of wine grape growers is making signs for distribution to vintners who are concerned with the risks herbicide spray drift can pose to vineyards.
Oregon Winegrowers Association is making fence post signs available to wineries and vineyard owners. The signs alert farmers who are using 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, commonly referred to as 2,4-D, to the potential danger to the state's 25,000 acres of vineyards.
The systemic herbicide, used in the control of broadleaf weeds, is one of the most widely used herbicides in the world, and is the third most commonly used herbicide in North America.
When it drifts beyond its target weed population, however, it can create a threat, specifically when it hits a pocket of cool air and falls on vines. Grapes are among the most sensitive of all plants to this chemical's ability to disrupt growth. In some instance, the herbicide can kill otherwise healthy, mature vines.
The OWA is providing the 12- by 18-inch signs for $21 each through the OWA office in Portland. Grape growers can reach the OWA at 503-228-8336.
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Nixing Their Nap
If your child refuses naptime, don't worry. Kids in this age group don't necessarily need a nap every day, but they should have predictable down time, which means time scheduled at the same point in the day every day for simply resting.
"This is the time of day when you take away stimulation," says Wendy Sue Swanson, MD, pediatrician and author of the Seattle Children's Hospital blog "Seattle Mama Doc." "This time is still restful for a child. It's not restorative sleep, but it's important downtime."
Experts agree what's most important is to establish sleeping routines and be consistent. Preschoolers thrive on schedules.
Getting to Bed
Many parenting books will recommend warm baths or a bedtime story to help your preschooler fall asleep, but this doesn't always work. Often times, a preschooler who refuses to go to bed is a preschooler who is overtired.
Setting an earlier bedtime or starting quiet time earlier on to help preschoolers transition to bedtime might help. Keeping them up later does not, Briccetti says.
"When children become overtired they get cranky, which can increase the bedtime struggles," she says. "Parents will sometimes react by keeping them up later to try to tire them out, which exacerbates the problems. Offer rewards for nights without struggle, but try not to scold or punish your child if they are resistant. Remember, you have control over when your child goes to bed, not when he or she falls asleep. If they are unable to fall asleep quickly, the rule should be that they have to remain lying quietly in bed."
Some preschoolers continue to co-sleep with their parents, a practice that is common among some cultures. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends against parent-infant bedsharing because of the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). The risk of SIDS declines after the first year, but if a young child co-sleeps with his parents on a long-term basis, it may become difficult to get him to sleep independently.
"The older the child gets the more difficult it can become to encourage him or her to sleep in their own room," Briccetti says.
Parents often think toddler beds help preschoolers adjust to sleeping on their own or out of a crib.
Experts recommend that if a child is big enough to climb out of a crib or is toilet-training, then it's time to transition to a regular bed. Some children can transition directly from a crib to a regular twin-sized bed, so a toddler bed isn't always necessary.
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Chapel Melodies (Various)
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Al Budris, President of Sidi America, and Shane Cooper, President and Founder of DeFeet International, paid their first official visit to Lees-McRae College earlier this month, as members of the College's newly formed Bicycle Advisory Council. The industry veterans were treated to a warm welcome, a campus tour, and challenging rides in the surrounding Appalachian Mountains. The reason for the visit? To experience first-hand Lees-McRae's Bicycling Studies Minor program, the first of its kind in the Nation.
Spearheaded by Lees-McRae President Dr. Barry Buxton, this ground-breaking program covers areas of study in exercise physiology and biomechanics, marketing and communications, the economics of sports, nutrition and athletic performance, product development, event management, cycling infrastructure and transportation design.
"I was impressed by the dedication and passion of all involved with the college," remarked Al Budris. "Everybody is so focused on the opportunities for Lees-McRae's future that I am invigorated and even more excited to be involved with their cutting-edge minor program in bicycle business studies."
Shane Cooper added, "We are excited to be a part of this fantastic program at Lees-McRae. I know it will cultivate new cycling minds and seed them into our market. I challenge our industry to embrace this entrepreneurial spirit that Dr. Buxton and Lees-McRae are initiating. This institution, its faculty and students understand that bicycling is a big business, and they will be leading the way to an innovative, brighter future."
As the highest campus in the eastern U.S., liberal arts college Lees-McRae sits 3739 feet above sea level. Its Division I cycling team, the Bobcats, have won 10 National titles since its inception in 2001. The campus facilities include national championship mountain bike and dual slalom courses and "The Hub", a 2500 square foot facility dedicated to the needs of their cycling teams, including a hall of fame, offices, bicycle maintenance and repair stations, bicycle storage, and locker room facilities. For more information on Lees-McRae College and the cycling team, contact email@example.com or visit www.lmc.edu.
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A country of 36 million, Uganda has the second highest fertility rate in the world. Despite progress over the last decade, maternal mortality remains high. Limited access to quality maternal care continues to put Ugandan women at risk of pregnancy-related disability as well. Obstetric fistula, a vaginal injury usually caused from prolonged labor without timely medical attention, is common, and many women are unaware that it can be treated and often repaired.
Since 2004, EngenderHealth has partnered with Ugandan health centers and hospitals to build awareness of obstetric fistula and support its prevention, treatment, and repair. From 2004 to 2013, we trained 26 doctors and 761 nurses to perform fistula repair surgery, and supported a total of 3,534 surgeries. We also greatly improved the quality of obstetric care and family planning services, both of which enable fistula prevention.
Our work today continues to focus on strengthening fistula prevention and treatment in Uganda with the Fistula Care + Project. We are expanding efforts to build community awareness, increasing our emphasis on the integration of family planning services with fistula and maternal health care, and addressing the enormous backlog of women awaiting life-altering fistula repair.
The Expand Family Planning Project (ExpandFP) supports 6 health facilities in two districts of Uganda (3 in Hoima and 3 in Masaka) by building the capacity of service providers who have not been trained in long-acting reversible methods. The project also supports special family planning days at the clinics and mobile outreach services conducted to rural areas in their larger catchment area. The project works with Village Health Teams, which inform the community about the special event days, in addition to providing information on family planning methods overall. In its second year, the project is working with youth groups, peer educators, and healthcare providers trained in youth-friendly services to ensure greater access to FP services for youth.
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Floyd Fest isn't the only event pumping big bucks into our area.
More than 1,500 softball players, coaches and families will travel into the greater Roanoke Valley this weekend.
The ASA-USA's 18 and Under National Championship tournament will be taking place in southwest Virginia.
The city of Salem put a bid in for this tournament and beat out cities across the entire country. Participants will be spending much of their time here on the softball diamond, but they will also be eating, shopping and sleeping.
Crews are currently working around the clock to get the fields ready for some competition.
"This is something that every community across the United States would like to host because what it would do and bring to your economy during these bad times," said tournament director Jon Shaner.
More than 80 teams are expected to stay in the region.
"We will not lose the first teams until about Thursday afternoon, so for sure we will have teams here in the Roanoke Valley a full 6 days," he said.
Fans and players are expected to occupy more than 6,000 hotel rooms.
"They believe in what we're providing them in terms of services and facilities and as a result of that our hotels are seeing record business this year," said Roanoke Valley Visitors Bureau and Convention President Landon Howard.
Howard said hotels aren't the only businesses that will cash in on this big event.
"People will be getting out, going to our attractions, eating in a lot of our restaurants and most importantly, as a result of them being here, they will be generating jobs."
Shaner said the tournament chose our region because of the facilities.
"It's getting to be so competitive out there where everyone is building beautiful complexes so with that expansion and with Roanoke County and city to expand their facilities has helped us with our bid process," he said.
According to Howard, this softball tournament is just one of 80 sporting events happening in our area for the year 2013.
"When they come they will spend more money, it will generate more taxes and it makes for a better quality of life for all of us," he said.
The tournament starts on Sunday with check-in and opening ceremonies.
Games begin on Monday and will end on Sunday.
Teams will be using complexes here in Salem, Roanoke County and Botetourt County.


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NEW YORK -- A research firm estimates that Google (GOOG) will surpass Facebook in display advertising revenue this year, beating every other company with a 15.4 percent share of the U.S. market.
EMarketer said it expects Google to rake in $2.31 billion of revenue from online display ads. These are more lucrative than the text-based ads that appear next to search results and account for the bulk of Google's revenue.
The researcher predicts that Facebook will hold 14.4 percent of the market this year with $2.16 billion in U.S. revenue. Earlier this year, eMarketer had expected Facebook to pass Google.
In all, eMarketer expects the display advertisement market to grow 21.5 percent this year to $14.98 billion in the U.S.


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The Role of State Legislation in Consumer-Driven Health Care
Timothy Stoltzfus Jost
Washington and Lee University - School of Law
Mark A. Hall
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American Journal of Law and Medicine, Vol. 31, pp. 395-418, 2005
Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 2005-24
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The Consumer-directed health care movement has recently been given a major boost by section 223 of the Medicare Modernization Act, which provides federal income tax subsidies for health savings accounts coupled with high deductible health plans. The federal tax subsidy, however, will only be available in states whose program of insurance regulation permits high deductible health plans to exist. The MMA represents, therefore, a new approach to federalism in health insurance - offering tax incentives for states to change their approach to insurance regulation rather than preempting state regulation or imposing federal regulation. To date the states have generally responded positively to the federal inducement by adapting their regulations to the federal model. We question, however, whether the states are fully considering the new challenges to insurance regulation raised by consumer-driven health care. This article, based on interviews with state regulators, insurance company representatives, and other experts, attempts to ask the questions that states must answer in deciding how to regulate this new form of health care finance.
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Urgent: IRS emails find that Lerner targeted Sen. Grassley
Per Pergram-Capitol Hill
Fox has learned that in the email dump (of the messages they do have) to the Hill, that former IRS employee Lois Lerner apparently targeted Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and referred his tax returns to the Exams Unit at the IRS for further scrutiny.
Apparently Lerner, somehow, got an invitation for a speaking event intended for Grassley. Grassley had been invited to speak somewhere (not sure where yet) and they offered to fly him and put him up. It is not known at this point whether Grassley took them up on the offer.
Rather than just ignore the invitation or send it to the appropriate people because it was not intended for her, Fox is told that Lerner then referred Grassley for further tax scrutiny as a result of the invitation. It is unclear how deep an inquiry into Grassley's taxes went.
What is striking here is that Lerner would go after a sitting U.S. Senaator.
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Palm Promises More webOS Phones in 2011
New webOS devices readied for early next year.
It was already announced that HP and Palm were readying webOS-powered tablets for next year, so it's only logical that the companies are preparing a new batch of webOS-enable smartphones for early 2011.
Details on these phones, including processor speed, carrier, and so forth. A logical assumption would be that the devices will launch with webOS 2.0 onboard, even that's not a given. VentureBeat reports that at least one of the new devices will be be a keyboard-less touch-based device with a high resolution screen similar to iPhone's. The project's codename is Mansion.
Expect further announcements on Palm's new devices as it gets closer to the new year or another shareholders call. Until then, dream away, webOS supporters.
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LinuxCon North America Convenes in Toronto, Canada
Linux Foundation's big event celebrates the 25th anniversary of Linux
Linux Turns 25
Linux has evolved from a "won't be a professional" project to one of the most professional software projects in the history of computers.
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Competitors get in the game with RHEL without Red Hat
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The bride and groom aren't seafood eaters but feel like they may want to provide a New England enpereince to their guests, but will need a place with some non-seafood options as well.
Alternately they are thinking about Italian food (their favorite).
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People are invited to walk a 1.5 mile loop around White Haven Memorial Park at 210 Marsh Road, or just sit and enjoy a concert on the lawn — or do both, to benefit Mercy Flight Central.
Weather and schedule permitting, one of the Mercy Flight Central helicopters will make a visit to White Haven during the event set for Sunday, Sept. 14.
The walk will take place from 1 to 2 p.m. The terrain is flat and everyone, including children or people in wheelchairs, will be able to participate at their own pace.
From 2-4 p.m. live music will be provided by Sam & Nanci DeLeo, featuring favorites from the 1940s to modern day tunes. Refreshments will be provided.
Children under 12 are free. For those 12 and older, the cost is $20 per person the day of the event or $15 per person for those who pre-register by Sept. 12, and pay by cash, check or credit card at White Haven's office.
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well the men at target had big smiles on thier faces..thier was a cashier who was wearing a very low neck blouse and she was buxum and spilling out of her blouse..was amusing because my dh looked embarrassed..she looked like she was 16 yrs of age..
was a disappointing trip to target..couldn't find any food containers..they did have any flowers..i think they were getting ready to display thier christmas tree's..
That wouldn't fly at the Wal-Mart where my son works.
Well, at every Target I've ever been too it is tan pants and a red shirt (usually whatever style the employee likes) but you'd think there were be some guidelines on decency and is and is not appropriate attire.
Walmart is navy shirt and tan pants. However, I see workers that look like their shirts are 10 years old, or pulled out of a dirty wad in a clothes hamper, and also very unkempt, and poor hygiene. Not very presentable for any work place.
We'll light up the sky, we'll open up the clouds, 'cause baby tonight, we're beautiful now.
There is a lot of places that need a dress code. I get so turned off by how todays clothing looks like night clothes for tops and everything spilling out or already out. I never thought I would be come old fashion. But come on! Some common sense needs you don't have to show everything.
Another policy I would like to see, is no chewing gum! I have even told some managers at restaurants, when they asked me how my service was, I will reply it could have been better if the waitress wasn't chewing and smacking her lips like a cow chewing cud. Also why isn't there more a code on hair. When I worked at a restaurant it was no loose hair. Half the time you can't see ones face for how the hair covers the face or is so long in the back you wonder where there bun is or hairnet. Doesn't anyone issue that any more? okay! off my soap box.
You can probably send the nearest Target employee to my place and have them dig in my closet for appropriate clothing. For some odd reason every time I've been in that place I've been mistaken for an employee. And I do NOT wear red and tan. I dress entirely in black most of the time and have a very "goth heavy" look. (No, I'm not "gothic" either.) I also have many, many tattoos. So apparently what most of the California public thinks when they see me slumming around the local Target is "Raccoon eyes. check. Gothy clothing and black nail polish. check. Multiple tattoos in a dark art style and of a religious nature. check. She's obviously a Target employee! Let's ask where the underpants from this week's special are hiding!!!"
Yes, they DO need a dress code. I've never been mistaken for an employee of Hot Dog on a Stick, so may I suggest something along those lines?
/slight vent over
Rebecca_WV_40Walmart is navy shirt and tan pants. However, I see workers that look like their shirts are 10 years old, or pulled out of a dirty wad in a clothes hamper, and also very unkempt, and poor hygiene.
So did you complain to the manager?
no i didn't complain it really wasn't that big of a deal to me..i was having to much fun teasing my dh..plus i was to tired to complain about anything..i just wanted to get out of the store.
Sadly, it seems to be a sign of the times with some ot this "trash dressing." I guess they need Judge Judy to tell them to cover up!
around here all Target employees were tan slacks and red polo shirts....never seen one with out that outfit....
It's not how you start, it's how you end....so end strong!!
Walk yourself strong!!
i'm wondering if this girl was called into work at last minute..all the othe employee's were dressed in a conservative way..
ds HAS TO WEAR BLUE SHIRT, TAN pants. Lately he says he can wear jeans, and a blue shirt, too. Not sure if it is because he works nights or what.
His tan pants are looking really worn, but, I usually try to find him some on clearance, or for Christmas. He needs to start buying his own. LOL
I'm sorry you said they need a dress code so I thought you were upset.
Having a uniform does not prevent people from altering them or wearing them in an unintended way by the company. For example, when i was in high school everyone wore tapered pants. yet the pants that work gave out had very side legs. Most kids had them sewn in a little bit. Well it was finally put to a halt when one girl had them sewn in so much they were skin tight. Then you had kids who wanted to wear them low on the hips and kept them there with a belt.
It comes down to being specific in what you require of your employees. As a parent I would not want to have to shiled my kids' eyes because shewas showing everything she owned.
It's obvious to me she used to work at an espresso stand!
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NEW DELHI: Leading American trade bodies have asked US Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithnerto seek clarity on India's budget proposal to retrospectively tax overseas transactions involving local assets during his meeting with finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday.
Over 12 leading associations, in their communication to the US Secretary of the Treasury said that India's proposed new law - Finance Bill 2012 - which allows the government to tax past transactions, 'would have a significant negative effect on companies, customers and shareholders, and investors in India'. These industry lobbies also warned that the new law, if passed by Parliament, 'may well have a detrimental impact on the flow of direct investment into India'.


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Inter-Korean Meeting: No Dialogue, Just PR
The run-up to the latest official meeting between the two Koreas began with a PR salvo. And, with no cameras or reporters present, the meeting always looked like it would end in mess of spin.
And so it did.
As with so many other inter-Korean meetings in the nearly 60 years since the Korean War, nothing substantively changed after mid-level defense officials met Tuesday and Wednesday in Panmunjom. Diplomats not just in the Koreas but in the U.S., China and elsewhere are left with the problem of finding another way to engage dictator Kim Jong Il's reluctant regime.
Even the most dramatic moment of the two-day session – the sudden exit of North Korea's delegation on Wednesday afternoon – was spun in different ways.
South Korea says the North's delegation "unilaterally" ended the meeting. But North Korea says South Korea "breached even the elementary courtesy of seeing the delegation of the other side off."
The whole process got started when, just six weeks after attacking South Korea, North Korea on Jan. 5 suddenly called for talks with the South. But it did so in an unusual way, with a statement by its state news agency under the headline "Important Proposal for Peace and Reunification Advanced." The statement called for "wide-ranging dialogue and negotiations with the political parties and organizations of south Korea including its authorities."
While that sounded nice, it's not the way governments approach each other for official discussions. It took several weeks for North Korea to start formal discussions with South Korea, and then came the rub of actually working out details, which took even more time.
Little was expected to come from the working-level meeting, except for setting up more meetings.
"It looked like they're just going through the motions, but it looks like they got tired of going through the motions," says Peter Beck, a longtime Korea analyst who is now at the East-West Center in Honolulu.
And so, a new stage of the PR battle has begun.
North Korea's military issued a statement on Thursday saying the talks broke down because South Korea insisted on being "given assurance against additional provocations" when higher-level officials met. North Korea said the South's delegates resorted to "hoodlumism" by holding seven breaks over the two days of meetings.
South Korea all along has said that it wanted North Korea to acknowledge its attacks of the South's Cheonan patrol ship and Yeonpyeong Island last year, incidents in which the North killed 50 South Koreans.
The colonel who led the South's delegation, Moon Sang-kyun, met reporters a short time after the North's statement came out on Thursday. "Because our people are still hurt over the Cheonan and Yeonpyeong incidents, we can't just move on," Mr. Moon said.
He said South Korea will listen to offers to meet again with the North but added, "It will depend on the conditions they attach."


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Research shows potential of improved processes to enhance organisational collaboration and speed time to market
London, 23 October 2012 – Ricoh Europe today announced that improving document and information processes can significantly help organisations seize new business opportunities such as: faster time to market with new offerings, rapidly addressing customer needs, reacting more quickly to changing market dynamics and winning competitive business. These findings are supported and summarised in a recent IDC white paper sponsored by Ricoh1.
A product of Ricoh's new Process Imperative initiative to promote improved document and information management, the IDC global study surveyed 1,516 document-driven business process owners and information workers.
New business opportunities defined
According to the study, document processes are important to an organisation's revenue but can have a bigger impact on time to market. Ninety-one (91) percent of respondents said that optimising customer-facing processes would help speed time to market – on average by 13 percent. Improved processes enable teams closest to customers – such as sales and marketing – to quickly and accurately convey opportunities they have identified to design and development teams responsible for new product or service creation. The ability to supply information to the right people, at the right time and in the right format can easily make the difference between being a leader or a laggard – and success or failure of a new business initiative.
The research also found improving processes can help sales and product-development organisations create new market opportunities. Study respondents said fixing document processes would help their organisation more rapidly address customer needs (78 percent); respond more quickly to market changes (65 percent); and improve their competitive stance (63 percent). Improved processes can also help cement customers' loyalty to an organisation and decrease the chances that they will defect to a competitor, according to the study. Companies with outstanding document processes can capitalise on the vulnerabilities of their competitors' inferior customer service.
"The benefits of optimising business processes are real, and they are profound," said Sergio Kato, Deputy General Manager, Ricoh Global Marketing Group/Services Business Center. "Improving business processes is one of those very rare initiatives that can reduce costs, drive new business opportunities, speed time to market and most importantly potentially increase revenue. The investment is usually modest compared to the return, which can be substantial."
Ricoh has mastered a process for continual process improvement over decades of work with thousands of Managed Document Services clients. Concludes Kato, "Change is difficult, but following best practices and leveraging years of document management experience can make it easier. Equally important is sustaining the change and continually improving on it."
For more research findings and resources on how improved processes can help businesses improve revenue and manage risk visit http://thoughtleadership.ricoh-europe.com/eu/processimpacts/capitalise/.
IDC White Paper sponsored by Ricoh, "Organisational Blind Spot: The Role of Document-Driven Business Processes in Driving Top-Line Growth," September 2012
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Ricoh's Process Imperative is an on-going initiative to promote understanding of new document and information processing paradigms that help enterprises leverage the collective wisdom embodied in their organisations. This initiative will fund research and provide resources, like those found on this site, which combine Ricoh's document and information process expertise with that of industry visionaries, our partners and our customers. The insights gained through this work help businesses transform their business processes to improve productivity and drive out cost by delivering the right information, at the right time, in the right form.
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Ricoh is a global technology company specialising in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group, operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,903 billion yen (approx. 23 billion USD).
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Servings: 10
1/4 cup warm water
1 cup milk -- room temperature
1 large egg -- beaten
1/4 cup butter -- softened
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
4 cup all purpose white flour
1/2 package instant vanilla pudding mix
1 tbsp bread machine yeast
1 cup brown sugar -- packed
1 tbsp cinnamon
1/4 cup butter -- softened
4 ounce cream cheese -- softened
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1/2 tbsp milk
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Dough: Add the dough ingredients, in the order listed, to the bread machine and prepare using the dough setting. On a lightly floured surface, roll out to an
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So, I found out last night that Nehemiah has been getting up at night and contacting his birth mom.
I have found birth mom on Facebook. So I look in now and again (I'm sure most is set for private but not everything). Nehemiah has a FB page too, and I keep an eye on that as well (he's not allowed on it so I keep a watch).
Imagine my shock last night when I scrolled thru some of her shared links and see a photo of Nehemiah, taken downstairs in our bathroom, using one of the other kid's iTouches holding it up to the mirror!! (I'm guessing using facetime or some such thing).
I printed the photo….wrote BUSTED! across the top. Then on the bottom wrote, "Really Nehemiah? You know the deal we had with contact, and you agreed to our terms. This goes against all trust issues." I then laid it face down on his bed (I haven't seen him yet this morning).
Our terms, as per the caseworker, is all contact is written and has to go via the caseworker's office. We will send it to her, she will forward it. And any contact in return has to go the same route. All inappropriate mail will be discarded (or labeled for me to give when the kids are older)
Only Nehemiah and Adam are allowed contact at this time as per our request. The boys are not to let the other kids know they received and/or sent anything.
The caseworker and the boys agreed to these terms..
I thought I had set all electronics with password protection. I forgot to double check every one of them apparently. Partially my fault, but I trusted him/them/all the kids….to stay off the electronics and never get on the internet without my permission.
<Ugh> so at a dilemma as to what to do for punishment.
He's allowed contact….may not be the way he wants, but is the way the caseworker said it had to be until we finalize, or whatever timeframe we set after that date.
He agreed to the terms.
We told him until he was 18. He said, "Cool! I can deal with that."
Apparently NOT!!!
It isn't so much the contact that has me upset (although that can get us AND her in trouble).
It is the trust.
The promises broken.
Lines crossed.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo continued the statewide Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) Progress Tour in the North Country, where he toured priority projects to see, firsthand, their progress and their economic impact in the region.
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The Florida freshwater fishing forecast for the third week of March starts out with the full moon that is five days past the lunar apogee and a weather forecast predicting southerly winds at 15-20 mph that will produce a 30 percent chance of rain today and Monday.
Tuesday through Thursday there will be a slight chance of rain as a northwesterly wind at 5-10 mph brings a low pressure system into the state. Wednesday looks to be the best of the next five days with ideal wind speeds, variable cloud cover.
The barometric plot of the past five days has produced a major feeding migration each day from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
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The major feeding migration of the day I predict will continue to occur from the midmorning hours to 1 p.m. The feeding intensity rating today will reach 7 or 8; however fishing the windy side of the lake will be a challenge today and tomorrow.
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The minor fishing migrations of the day will occurs during the sunrise and moonset, and during the sunset and moonrise periods. From the 6:30-8:30 hours of the day a feeding intensity of 5-6 will occur with the peak period occurring as the sunrise and sunset end
For the month of March I am promoting "Bait and Tackle Store Appreciation Month" by giving anglers 'artificial bait half day bass fishing trips' for $150, which can be for two anglers, and includes my equipment and baits, and gas.
All you need to do is bring any Highlands County bait and tackle store's March 2014 receipt of over $30 with you to the boat ramp on the day of the trip to have the discount.
The Istokpoga.info webpage is updated weekly as I obtain information from all the lake management agencies as to their work plans for the lake during the upcoming week. Currently the lake level is two inches below the annual high pool of 39.5 feet above sea level.
The bass fishing results of the past 10 days were very good, with daily catches of bass in the eight to nine pound range and five to eight in the three to six pound range each trip.
I've been maintaining a five pound average per bass so far this month which is a tribute to just how good Lake Istokpoga has become.
Dave Douglass is a bass fishing guide and conservationist in Central Florida. This column can be accessed in full at BassFishingForecast.com and FloridaBassFishingForecast.com.
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When starting medication, some adults and parents claim that there is no improvement. The most common reason for this lack of response is an incorrect ADHD diagnosis. Maybe your child's behaviors are caused by an academic problem, such as a learning disability (LD) — maybe you suffer from depression or an emotional disorder, not adult ADHD. Many patients tell their doctor that they or their child can't sit still or pay attention to everyday tasks. Without asking questions or conducting tests, the physician writes a prescription. The ADHD diagnosis is not that simple. Specific criteria must be met before an attention deficit disorder diagnosis is made: establishing that the behaviors have been chronic (existed since early childhood) and pervasive (at home, at work, at school).
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In There Will Be Blood, Daniel Plainview uses vivid imagery to explain his plundering of an oil rival's resources: "I drink your milkshake." In the complex, compelling new documentary Big Men, the combatants can scarcely maneuver their straws without stabbing each other in the eye.
It's a cautionary tale about the global oil economy, with one enterprising local company in the middle of the action. In 2007, Dallas-based Kosmos Energy discovered the first commercial oil field in the history of Ghana. It looked like a good bet. Then Ghana held an election, the country's loyalties and priorities shifted, the world economy collapsed, and greed, that universal human equalizer, grew ubiquitous.
Writer-director-producer Rachel Boynton got in on the bottom floor of the whole process, and she provides a panoramic view of a thorny tale with countless moving parts and a time frame continuing to 2011. Big Men is one of those docs that utilizes (and requires) large blocks of onscreen text to explain exactly what's going on, who's doing what to whom, who's in on the deal and who's out and who's back in again.
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