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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
On Monday, Feb. 3, The Kickin' Chicken held their company-wide Employee Appreciation party at Founder's Hall in Charleston Towne Landing.
The owners, managers and employees all came together for a fun and philanthropic event. Employees and guests brought canned goods to be donated to James Island Outreach, enjoyed frogmore stew and BBQ and danced along to live music by local band Soulfish.
The highlight of the evening included owners David Miller, Bobby Perry and Chip Roberts presenting checks totaling $32,852 to representatives from Camp Happy Days, Charleston Miracle League, Summerville Miracle League and James Island Outreach. The proceeds were raised during The Kickin' Chicken's 5th Annual Month of Giving campaign back in November of 2013.
Kickin' Chicken employees were also honored for their service both in and out of the restaurants. Heather Rohrig, of The Kickin' Chicken Summerville, and Ellen Albenesius, of The Kickin' Chicken James Island, were both awarded Most Altruistic Employee for their continued volunteer work with Camp Happy Days and Summerville Miracle League. General Managers from each of The Kickin' Chicken's five locations also recognized two team members from each store for their commitment to the customer and the community.
Over the years, The Kickin' Chicken has donated more than $150,000 to charitable organizations across the Lowcountry. With five Lowcountry locations and over 250 employees, The Kickin' Chicken's commitment to community through charitable giving and active participation is even stronger than before. To the team at The Kickin' Chicken, being a local business means giving back to the community, customers and employees that support you.
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Camp Happy Days believes that every child battling cancer in South Carolina should have an opportunity to benefit from a summer camp experience and other life-changing programs regardless of family income or economic status. To learn more about kids kickin' cancer and for more information on Camp Happy Days, please visit CampHappyDays.com.
About Charleston and Summerville Miracle Leagues
The Miracle Leagues make memories by providing a life-changing experience for children and adults with mental and physical challenges through a community supported baseball leagues. For more information and to learn ways that you can help out, visit CharlestonMiracleLeague.org and SummervilleMiracleLeague.org.
About James Island Outreach
James Island Outreach was the result of community churches coming together to help those affected by the devastation caused by Hurricane Hugo in September of 1989. Today, the outreach provides food, financial assistance and counseling for those who are in crisis and extreme financial need. For more information, please visit JIOutreach.org.
About The Kickin' Chicken
Locally owned, operated and involved for 15 years, The Kickin' Chicken is a casual dining restaurant with five locations in the Lowcountry. Focused on great food, good service and a fun atmosphere, The Kickin' Chicken has something to offer everyone. For more information about all five location visit KickinChicken.com.
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How Did Pollsters Fare on Election Night?
By Carl Bialik
Despite the challenges facing pollsters, including declines in landline telephone penetration and in response rates, polling firms generally did a good job of calling the presidential election.
National polls just ahead of the election showed President Barack Obama holding a slim lead, and he was ahead by 2.2 percentage points in the ongoing national popular-vote count on Wednesday morning. (The final Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll gave Mr. Obama a one-percentage-point edge nationally.) And state polls showed Mr. Obama winning in most swing states, which he did to clinch an electoral-college victory over Republican nominee Mitt Romney by early Wednesday morning.
"Most of the pre-election polls did a good job of forecasting a close race nationally, with more showing an Obama edge than a Romney edge," said Scott Keeter, director of survey research for the Pew Research Center. "And most of the state polls anticipated the Obama victory in battleground states such as Ohio, Nevada, Iowa, Wisconsin and New Hampshire. Theories that the polls were missing a brewing GOP wave turned out to be wrong."
If anything, pollsters may have understated Mr. Obama's support. His vote margin over Mr. Romney exceeded the Real Clear Politics polling average in a dozen of the closest states by an average of 2.3 percentage points, though some of that may be because he picked up support after some of the polls included in the average were conducted.
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Most quantitative forecasts relied heavily on the state polls, so they also did well. A majority of forecasts either tracked by the Wall Street Journal or provided to the Journal by email on or before Tuesday morning showed Mr. Obama winning the national popular vote by a small margin while picking up at least 302 electoral votes. He had 303 electoral votes Wednesday afternoon, with Florida's 29 electoral votes still in play.
Forecasters were confident in saying that Obama's probability of winning was well over 50%, with bettors at Intrade putting his win probability at above 70% on Tuesday afternoon — favoring Mr. Obama in all swing states save Florida and North Carolina — and Nate Silver's prediction model for the New York Times forecasting a greater than 90% chance of an Obama win. "It is clearly not a toss-up," said J. Scott Armstrong, a professor of marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who compiles and aggregates forecasts at the site PollyVote. PollyVote's compilation suggested that Obama would win 51% of the two-party vote, to Romney's 49%; Obama's two-party vote share was at 51.1% in counting Wednesday afternoon.
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The most likely outcome, according to the output of Mr. Silver's model for win probabilities in swing states, was that Obama would win 332 electoral votes, losing in North Carolina. Mr. Silver projected that Mr. Obama would win 51.3% of the two-party vote.
Drew Linzer, a political scientist at Emory University, also projected that Mr. Obama would win 332 electoral votes.
Mark Blumenthal, senior polling editor of the Huffington Post, and his forecasting partner Simon Jackman predicted the same Electoral College outcome as Mr. Silver's model suggested, while expecting Obama to take an even smaller share of the two-party vote: 50.8%.
Prof. Jackman, a Stanford University political scientist, credited "a good, broad mix of pollsters, most of them working really hard to get it right, with varying degrees of success." He added, "the early reviews suggest the industry did OK, maybe better than OK."
One particularly successful polling firm was Public Policy Polling, which called the right winner in every swing state — with the possible exception of Florida, where Mr. Obama, who led in the final PPP poll in the state by one percentage point, was leading by six tenths of a percentage point in counting Wednesday afternoon.
"It seems like the last three election cycles everyone's spent a ton of time talking about why the polls might be wrong, but they get it right in the end," said Tom Jensen, director of Public Policy Polling, a Democratic polling firm. "I think pollsters are doing a good job with all the extra demographic weighting that's necessary in an era of low response rates, and clearly had a good handle on the fact that minority and young voter turnout in 2012 was going to be just as strong as it was in 2008. The results of this election tell a story of demographics, and the pollsters had the demographics right."
J. Brian Adams, a lecturer in mathematical sciences at Penn State Harrisburg, also came close to the final count, expecting Obama to win 51.5% of the two-party vote, and garnering 314 electoral votes — losing in North Carolina while winning in other swing states.
Allan Keiter, proprietor of election-forecasting site 270towin.com, said before polls closed of forecasts such as his own, "It is a pretty straightforward mathematical calculation, but one that is totally dependent on the accuracy of those state polls," Mr. Keiter said. "Garbage-in, garbage-out is the big risk here. If the polls are wrong, anybody that is doing this kind of projection will be wrong." Mr. Keiter told the Journal he expected Mr. Obama to win 51% of the two-party vote share to Mr. Romney's 49% — in other words, 51% of the votes that go to either Mr. Obama or to Mr. Romney — and to win 302 electoral votes, losing in Florida and North Carolina.
Princeton University neuroscientist Sam Wang reported on his elections site that he expected Mr. Obama to win with 303 electoral votes and 51.1% of the two-party vote share. Forecaster Brice Acree, who posts at the Margin of Error site, told the Journal he also expected Mr. Obama to take 303 electoral votes, with 51.5% of the two-party vote. That electoral-vote total will be correct if Mr. Romney wins Florida.
"On the whole, the election looks good for pollsters and forecasters," Mr. Acree said.
Sheldon Jacobson, a computer scientist and elections forecaster at the University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign, told The Wall Street Journal he expected Obama to get 281 electoral votes despite tying Romney with 50% of the two-party popular vote, and losing in Colorado, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. Steve Rigdon, Prof. Jacobson's University of Illinois forecasting colleague, was the only forecaster surveyed to predict a Romney victory, basing that in large part on Rasmussen Reports polling data, which he said he considered "the most reliable." Rigdon predicted that Romney would win 273 electoral votes to Obama's 265.
Though Rasmussen Reports showed a slight skew toward Mr. Romney compared to the actual vote counts, Scott Rasmussen, founder and president of the firm, said the firm "had a good night." He added, "We projected a toss-up nationally and in the key swing state of Ohio. Our projections in other states and the Senate races gave an excellent sense of the race."
Some forecasters also offered Senate predictions, with all of them projecting the Democrats would hold onto control of the body. Mr. Blumenthal and Prof. Jackman forecast that Democrats would hold 51 seats in the next Senate, not including two independents. Mr. Silver's model agreed. Prof. Jacobson and Mr. Keiter expected the Democrats to take 50 seats, which would give the party control because the two independents are likely to caucus with the Democrats. And Mr. Adams predicted the Democrats would hold 54 seats. After the final races were decided Wednesday, the Democrats won 53 seats, not counting two independents, who also won.
Despite the polling industry's strong showing Tuesday, Mr. Rasmussen believes it will need an overhaul before the next presidential election. "For 2016, the biggest lesson is that this was the last election of the telephone-polling era," Mr. Rasmussen said. "Pollsters need to figure out how to reach people in a reliable manner going forward."
Pew's Mr. Keeter isn't so sure, though. "Given the challenges that polling faces, no one can be confident that our methods in four years will be the same as they are today," he said. "But the basic tool of the trade — the random-digit-dial telephone survey — has proven to be remarkably resilient, and I sure wouldn't predict its demise anytime soon."
"On balance, it speaks well about how well polls continue to capture the electorate, despite the myriad difficulties in polling today," said Bill McInturff, the Republican pollster who with Democratic pollster Peter Hart, runs the Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
"For all the derision directed toward pre-election polling, the final poll estimates were not far off from the actual nationwide vote shares for the two candidates," said Costas Panagopoulos, a political scientist at Fordham University who conducted a preliminary analysis of nationwide polls from 28 firms.


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#2. LifeGem Diamonds
What do you get the lover who has everything?
Or ... probably some things.
You don't know what they have, actually; you find first names to be "moving too fast" and get mysteriously itchy if somebody so much as mentions the word "relationship." Don't worry! You're not crazy! Those are the Commitment Spiders. They're very real, and they're all over you right now -- yes, especially in your hair. But if you can find a way to slay them (PROTIP: Try coating yourself in a thin lacquer of hairspray. Commitment Spiders hate that shit! Gets 'em all sticky; they don't like being tied down,) you might one day find yourself in a steady relationship. If that happens, you'll eventually need a gift for that special someone that'll set their heart aflame like a crazy person soaked in hairspray. So when it's time to get serious, don't get just any diamond: Get her a corpse diamond!
LifeGem is a company that will forge gemstones out of the ashes of your loved ones. Or really, any "carbon source" you choose -- their words, not mine! And hey, you know what's poorly guarded and full of carbon? Celebrity cemeteries! Now, you could easily boost some Telly Savalas or a couple handfuls of Anna Nicole Smith (I bet she'd make a sweet emerald), but LifeGem themselves offer a few custom products of their own, and they really won me over with this tasteful Michael Jackson hair diamond.
What better way to say "I will love you forever" than the reconstituted remains of the King of Pop's scalp, compressed and burned into shiny rock form? If you really want to seal the deal, try reminding her that she's one cremation away from being a diamond herself! That's romantic as motherfucking shit.
#1. Liquid Wood
WARNING: This product is not what it sounds like.
Or rather, it's exactly what it sounds like. And that sucks.
If you're just looking for some good ol' fashioned boner juice, do not Google "liquid wood" and order a case of the first thing that pops up. I know we're all busy men these days. We have computers pretending to listen to our loved ones while we take shots every time KITT ramps some shit -- we don't have time to read "product descriptions" like a bunch of chumps. So just know that if you order Liquid Wood expecting some Cocka-Cola, you're going to get a papier-mache milkshake instead. I mean, I guess it's pretty neat, deceitful name aside: It's made out of lignin, the ingredient that makes wood woody, but it comes in the form of moldable plastic. You can essentially injection-mold a tree into any custom form you want.
Hey, wait ... maybe this was intended as some sort of futuristic custom-molded dong splint? Man, I've been thinking so last century on this.
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After I'd transferred all of the company's petty cash onto a weird kind of Japanese Skype Card that smelled like panties when you scratched it, contacted an Anigao Girl willing to be my online girlfriend in exchange for a small fortune delivered to her through an online customs loophole, and found a completely, hilariously unreliable chat translator to facilitate our communication, I was ready: I was ready to finally begin my first real, adult relationship. Her name was KumikoParties92, and she had the hard, lean body of a swimmer, and the head of Sailor Moon. She was as beautiful as she was terrifying. Chatting with her was like chatting with one of those magazine collages they find in serial killers' apartments. It started out about like you'd expect: She asked me what my name was, and I asked if she'd ever fought, or considered fighting, a small army of cats while topless.
"That part's easy, baby! Just cover yourself with Fancy Feast and start slappin' ..."
"So desu ne?" she typed, which my chat translator helpfully transformed into: "Concern of uncertainty. Do you?"
Shit. Uncertainty? I assumed that all of Japan was set to "down to clown" by default; could it be that pop culture racism and Internet stereotyping have misinformed me? I decided to back off a little bit, just at the start, and blamed my absurdist sexual demands on faulty translation software.
"What songs dream you?" The chat translator supplied.
Was she asking what music I liked? Yes! At last! This is exactly the kind of small talk years of Cracked articles have prepared me to simulate.
"Well, Saturn's pretty good," I typed nonchalantly, "but it's a little intense. When it's time to wind down, I mostly jam out to the moon these days."
"Concern of uncertainty," the chat window displayed.
"Oh! That was still too weird, huh? OK, haha! This darned translation tool!" I typed with an almost ridiculous lack of chalance. "The Beatles. Is what I meant to say. That's a normal band, right? I like that one song they have about love."
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It goes like "Love is good," and I think there's a girl in it.
After a few scant weeks and thousands of dollars of undecipherable Skype charges from "EROTIPHONIC TELEPRESENCE! YOU HAVE FUN TOO," KumikoParties92 and I finally established an uncertain but frisky rapport. She was curious about the device on my arm, the Hiro III Haptic Glove, and asked why I kept air-groping the space in front of me whenever we were chatting, but I told her I'd been in a terrible accident and had become part RoboCop as a result.
"It pains me to speak of my disability," I typed one-handed, groping the crude robotic guess at a breast that had been extrapolated from her Skype window.
"The apologies will never die," the translator supplied.
"It's OK, baby. I forgive you. Listen, did you get my present?"
KumikoParties92 giggled, the sound muffled by the expressionless rubber mask she wore, and held an oblong plastic box up in front of her webcam.
"Open it," I encouraged her. She did so.
"Why give the face of a monster?" She asked.
M ... monster? Must've been a translation error.
"That's no monster! It's the most beautiful woman in the world: It's Blanche, baby! Put her on. Be my Golden Girl."
"I do not want the face of a monster," she typed, tilting her head like a sexually terrified puppy.
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"Baby, look: All I'm saying here is that I don't like your face, and that I will pay you money to change it for me. Is that so unreasonable?"
"Annoooooo," she crooned, and a soft chime emanated from my speakers as the payment prompt popped up.
I reflexively authorized the ridiculous charges -- I don't know what Japan thinks zeros mean, but looking at their price tags is like hearing the word "banana" a bunch of times in a row: After like the 16th repetition, it just stops meaning anything. The Sailor Moon head disappeared from the camera, and she re-emerged wielding the friendly, accommodating wrinkles and radiant old-lady perm of an angel.
"Does the face of a monster embellish you?" she asked.
"I'm so embellished, I just broke the zipper on my jeans," I typed frantically. "Listen, honey, I know this is going to seem like I'm moving fast to you, and maybe I'm just deluded here, but aw, heck: Take a look in the bottom of the box. I've sent you something else."
"A therapy gift card! You shouldn't have! ... Actually, yes, basic morality practically demanded that you did."
There was a soft rustling as the unblinking visage of a plastic Blanche-face rummaged around in the excess wrapping paper. She came back up with a gargantuan, shimmering diamond. She squealed.
"That's for you, baby. I know it's crazy, but I really think we have something special here, and I ... I want you to marry me, KumikoParties92."
Time stopped as I awaited her response. She typed something, deleted it, and started typing again. She thought, and giggled, and reconsidered, but at last she entered:
"Marriage forever! For all the best you can, we can also."
"Yes!" I typed ecstatically, haptic second-basing her with the solemn and reverent gratitude of love requited. "I thought we had something special, and when I had Michael Jackson's burnt scalp forged into a diamond for you, I just knew you couldn't say no!"
She read the text, and tilted her head again.
"Concern of uncertainty," she typed, "Michael Jackson headburn gem? Translation error?"
I laughed.
"No, baby. No translation error. That is exactly what I mean to say. Exactly."
Every kiss begins with secondhand grave robbing.
She screamed and threw the ring across the room, the Blanche mask rippling in revulsion.
"What?! YOU PUT THAT BACK ON, HARLOT! THAT IS THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF THE GLOVED ONE!" I scolded her.
She shook her head frantically.
"You put it on or we are over," I typed furiously. Who wouldn't treasure a diamond forged from the flaming Jheri Curl of pop's greatest superstar? Some girls wouldn't know true romance if it lit their head on fire and pressure-cooked the wound into a beautiful ruby.
"What about nice things you inform on repeat. Love of outdoor food. Love of extended walking ..."
"Extended walking? Wh...ohhhh no, baby, that was Brainput, my virtual assistant. He took over for the boring stuff, like talking to you about feelings, while I watched old Dukes of Hazzard reruns on YouTube. Did you know they had that shit on YouTube? It's amazing! Have I not introduced you to Boss Hogg yet? I have this theory that he's actually God and the Duke Boys are-"
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"... and that's why a kind and loving God would allow such evil in the world. Makes perfect sense, right?"
"Kind words of family and dog are not original? Robots speak of love?"
"Well, yes, that stupid robot insists it likes walking, and I'm all 'What? You don't even have legs, robot!' Haha! You know how robots are."
Two shaky tears rolled out from beneath Blanche's perfect chin and fell to her keyboard.
She signed out of my heart, forever.
Last I heard, she and Brainput were living together on a Second Life island that transforms into a giant moth on weekends. I sincerely hope they are happy.
So, what conclusions can we draw from this heartbreaking experience? Clearly, my efforts to find love were an overall failure, but I don't know that I can blame that on any one particular product. Most of them did their respective jobs admirably: The haptic glove simulated the rubbery, unyielding feel of a cyberbreast perfectly, which wasn't exactly pleasant, but who am I to argue what cyberbreasts should feel like? We're blazing new trails here. The Anigao Girls, though fickle and unprepared to honor holy bonds based on corpse diamonds, were remarkably flexible about wearing the faces of dead geriatric sex symbols during stripteases, and according to Wellington's Great Encyclopedia of Whores and Whoring, that's the only measurable criteria by which one can objectively judge an escort service. And Brainput, though it ultimately betrayed me and stole the only thing I ever loved, did allow me to watch all eight seasons of the Dukes of Hazzard instead of talking to girls. That's all we can really ask of the future, isn't it?
And as for this Liquid Wood -- well, for better or worse, it has kept me mockingly erect for like 18 weeks now. But after following a truly esoteric path of recommended YouTube links, I've just stumbled across the hottest video I have ever seen.
So if you'll excuse me, I'm about to shatter this wooden dong shell like a motherfucking Gargoyle.
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Interstitial cystitis (in-tur-STISH-ul sis-TIE-tis) — also called painful bladder syndrome — is a chronic condition in which you experience bladder pressure, bladder pain and sometimes pelvic pain, ranging from mild discomfort to severe pain.
Your bladder is a hollow, muscular organ that stores urine. The bladder expands until it's full and then signals your brain that it's time to urinate, communicating through the pelvic nerves. This creates the urge to urinate for most people. With interstitial cystitis, these signals get mixed up — you feel the need to urinate more often and with smaller volumes of urine than most people.
Interstitial cystitis most often affects women and can have a long-lasting impact on quality of life. Although there's no treatment that reliably eliminates interstitial cystitis, medications and other therapies may offer relief.
The signs and symptoms of interstitial cystitis vary from person to person. If you have interstitial cystitis, your symptoms may also vary over time, periodically flaring in response to common triggers, such as menstruation, sitting for a long time, stress, exercise and sexual activity.
Interstitial cystitis signs and symptoms include:
The severity of symptoms caused by interstitial cystitis often varies, and some people may experience periods during which symptoms disappear.
Although signs and symptoms of interstitial cystitis may resemble those of a chronic urinary tract infection, urine cultures are usually free of bacteria. -However, symptoms may worsen if a person with interstitial cystitis gets a urinary tract infection.
If you're experiencing chronic bladder pain or urinary urgency and frequency, contact your doctor.
The exact cause of interstitial cystitis isn't known, but it's likely that many factors are at play. For instance, people with interstitial cystitis may also have a defect in the protective lining (epithelium) of the bladder. A leak in the epithelium may allow toxic substances in urine to irritate your bladder wall.
Other suggested but unproven factors that may contribute to interstitial cystitis include an autoimmune reaction, heredity, infection or allergy.
These factors are associated with a higher risk of interstitial cystitis:
Interstitial cystitis can result in a number of complications, including:
You may be asked to keep a voiding diary for a few days to record information, such as how often you urinate and how much and what kinds of fluid you consume.
For more testing, you may be referred to a specialist in urinary disorders (urologist) or urinary disorders in women (urogynecologist).
To get the most from your visit to the doctor, prepare in advance:
For interstitial cystitis, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
Make sure that you understand what your doctor tells you. Don't hesitate to ask your doctor to repeat information or to ask follow-up questions for clarification.
Be prepared to answer questions from your doctor. Potential questions your doctor might ask include:
The following may be helpful in diagnosing interstitial cystitis:
No simple treatment exists to eliminate the signs and symptoms of interstitial cystitis, and no one treatment works for everyone. You may need to try various treatments or combinations of treatments before you find an approach that relieves your symptoms.
Working with a physical therapist may relieve pelvic pain associated with muscle tenderness, restrictive connective tissue or muscle abnormalities in your pelvic floor.
Oral medications that may improve the signs and symptoms of interstitial cystitis include:
Nerve stimulation techniques include:
Some people notice a temporary improvement in symptoms after undergoing cystoscopy with bladder distention. Bladder distention is the stretching of the bladder with water or gas. The procedure may be repeated as a treatment if the response is long lasting.
In bladder instillation, your doctor places the prescription medication dimethyl sulfoxide (Rimso-50) into your bladder through a thin, flexible tube (catheter) inserted through the urethra. The solution sometimes is mixed with other medications, such as a local anesthetic, and remains in your bladder for 15 minutes. You urinate to expel the solution.
You might receive dimethyl sulfoxide — also called DMSO — treatment weekly for six to eight weeks, and then have maintenance treatments as needed — such as every couple of weeks, for up to one year.
A newer approach to bladder instillation uses a solution containing the medications lidocaine, sodium bicarbonate, and either pentosan or heparin.
Doctors rarely use surgery to treat interstitial cystitis because removing part or all of the bladder doesn't relieve pain and can lead to other complications. People with severe pain or those whose bladders can hold only very small volumes of urine are possible candidates for surgery, but usually only after other treatments have failed. Surgical options include:
Some people with interstitial cystitis find symptom relief from these strategies:
Dietary changes. Eliminating or reducing foods in your diet that are potential bladder irritants may help to relieve the discomfort of interstitial cystitis. Common bladder irritants — known as the "four Cs" — include: carbonated beverages, caffeine in all forms (including chocolate), citrus products and food containing high concentrations of vitamin C. Also consider avoiding similar foods, such as tomatoes, pickled foods, alcohol and spices. Artificial sweeteners may aggravate symptoms in some people.
If you think certain foods may irritate your bladder, try eliminating them from your diet. Reintroduce them one at a time and pay attention to which, if any, affect your signs and symptoms.
These self-care measures also may help:
Two complementary and alternative therapies that have shown some promise in treating interstitial cystitis include:
These treatments have not been well-studied for interstitial cystitis, so be sure to discuss the use of these therapies with your doctor.
Interstitial cystitis can have a profound adverse effect on your quality of life. Support from family and friends is important, but because the condition is a urinary problem, you may find the topic difficult to discuss.
Find a supportive doctor who is concerned about your quality of life as well as your condition. Seek someone who will work with you to help relieve your urinary frequency, urgency and bladder pain.
You might also benefit from joining a support group. A support group can provide sympathetic listening and useful information. Ask your doctor for information on support groups or see the Interstitial Cystitis Association on the Web.
Original article: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/interstitial-cystitis/basics/causes/CON-20022439
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California judge says drivers cannot check maps on their handset while driving; all excuses are now shot down
0. phoneArena 07 Apr 2013, 00:11 posted on
Judge W. Kent Hamlin has ruled that in California giving the cop who just pulled you over the ol, "I was just checking the map on my phone" excuse is not a valid excuse and the defendant in the case, who was given a ticket for talking on his phone while driving, has appealed the ticket although the judge has ruled that it doesn't matter what you were doing on the phone while driving, the result is a distraction to the driver...
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1. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
This law is about three things: revenue, revenue, revenue.
6. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
The law is also about three more things: safety, safety, safety.
17. jacko1977 (Posts: 428; Member since: 11 Feb 2012)
if that was true then why do we get fines if its about safety
why not take his licence off him for a week
28. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Because if you ground the driver, it's tougher to get a repeat fine from him. If you give him a fine, them out him back on the road, there's a chance you can ticket him for something else, and get more revenue.
24. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
No, it isn't. How is taking on a phone more dangerous than taking to a passenger? How is holding a phone any more dangerous than holding a soda?
If this we're truly about safety, it wouldn't be a simple fine. There would be true consequences. This law was written ONLY to create revenue.
Texting while driving? Yes, absolutely dangerous. Dialing? Yep. Simply talking? No.
33. darkkjedii (Posts: 21319; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
100% agreed +1 Ted.
39. microsoftnokiawin (Posts: 1178; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
uhm lets see
taking a phone requires your full attention when you use you stare at the screen you use one hand to operate it. while taking a passanger sits next you and talks to you at the most. and oh yeah lets f**k*n put everyone that breaks the road law in jail that will solve everything fines discourages you from breaking the law that's why it's there you do it more than once then comes more consquences
what does these things have anything to do with banning using maps
43. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Hey, genius - I said that dialing while driving was dangerous. Talking on the phone does not require looking at the phone. I requires no more distraction than talking to a passenger.
The law doesn't say that dialing the phone is illegal, it says that talking is. The cop doesn't need to see you dialing while driving, only talking. Not even talking - just holding a phone up to your ear. Which, again, is no more distracting than changing a radio channel.
Which brings us back to the central point - these laws are not passed for safety, they are passed to create revenue streams. Period.
45. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
That's your opinion. Period. :)
7. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Yes and no. Somehow, I suspect that ole Steven was using his cellular as a phone jammed up against his ear. There is an exception:
23123. (a) A person shall not drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone unless that telephone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, and is used in that manner while driving.
Note the part of the section that starts with "...unless that telephone is specifically designed..." Most every smartphone I know of is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking.
32. darkkjedii (Posts: 21319; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Safety is a must though Ted, even though you're right about revenue. These laws are set in a way that allows the driver to shoot his or herself in their own foot. Obey and be safe, break it and add to the revenue stream.
44. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Except this is supposed to be the land of the free. Our government isn't supposed to be setting us up to "shoot ourselves in the foot" to create more revenue for them to spend.
Look at what most police departments do these days - traffic and drugs. Why? Because those are money makers. Call the cops to tell them your house has been robbed, and you know what will happen? They will take a statement, and that's it. If your items happen to fall into their laps by accident, you might get them back. But there will be no investigation once they leave your premises. Because finding your stolen items brings in zero revenue.
I have been at council meetings where the councilmen complain that the cops aren't writing enough tickets, not bringing in enough revenue. "To protect and serve" has become "to collect(revenue) and serve(fines)".
46. darkkjedii (Posts: 21319; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Damn that's deep bro. You're rite too
2. LDC207X (Posts: 27; Member since: 15 Mar 2013)
I never thought that talking on your phone looks like your using maps. Whenever I see a person talking on their phone i just assume there using the GPS.
4. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
if the phone was attached to the car and in the map view, i would not consider it as distracting drivers while driving. but guiding drivers as the phone will be considered as a navigation device, or a digital map. as long as the driver is not holding the phone while driving.
but operating it in hand, thats a different story. you should pull over first before using the phone
23. Zero0 (Posts: 592; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
You hit the nail on the head.
If GPS devices are allowed, using a phone as a GPS is allowed. Setting a destination while driving, that's a different story.
5. clevername (Posts: 1436; Member since: 11 Jul 2008)
Hmmm... I wonder if this ruling can actually set the precedent for making all use of a smartphone illegal in California. I wonder this but cause as of January 1st this year, a new law here in California made it perfectly legal to text while driving as long as some sort of voice to text functionality was being used. Also, the law states that speaking through a hands free wired or wireless component is legal as well.
so this judges ruling seems to contradict 2 previously enacted laws. I know when a supreme court judge makes a ruling it can be used as precedent to change laws. But it never says this judge is a supreme court judge.
the ruling also states "when using ones hands" so does that mean voice guided turn by turn navigation is ok?
10. TheMan (Posts: 490; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)
Precedents are not limited to Supreme Court decisions. Also, it sounds like the judge was debating which is the overriding factor, the letter or the spirit of the law. He seems to favor the latter, i.e., distracted drivers can be lethal and phones can distract in a multitude of ways, not just by talking or texting (that's the truth!)
The law specifies "hands-free" device. If he wanted to use it for navigation and not get pulled over, he should use a navigation mount.
40. microsoftnokiawin (Posts: 1178; Member since: 30 Mar 2012)
it's using maps as in holding your phones in your hand scrolling around the map with your hand voice guided turn by turn is ok
8. BadAssAbe (Posts: 456; Member since: 22 Apr 2011)
So I can't use my driving apps anymore?
So, many rules to protect ourselves form ourselves.
Please let natural selection take its course faster for all mankind
13. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
Yes, let people crash and hurt each other for little reasons. Yesssss. Natural Selection isn't about who survives a car crash from an idiot too busy on their mobile phone.
9. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
That's why we must use Google Now,
That's why we must use S Voice,
That's why we must use Siri.
(Just say a command, and WALLA!. The Map appears!)
Using these will prevent accidents, we are protected with Safety.......Safety........Safety........
11. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3776; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
It's not spelled "WALLA", it's 'Voila'...lol.
But according to me, anything that takes the concentration out of the drivers view of the road and mind is a distraction.
12. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
Eh? "WALLA" is wrong?
And what's so difficult to say a command, we have 2 eyes and 1 mouth, we can concentrate on driving and saying a command at the same time. :)
It's very simple, c'est très simple.
14. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
Fun fact: Humans cannot actually multitask. Our brain just quickly switches and jumps from each task. Car crashes can be fatal, and there is no way of fixing that :) So lets not risk it, keep our eyes/mind on the road. Why can't we just set the GPS when getting in? But voice commands are probably the safest alternative.
16. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
The best thing is buying an expensive car, with touch screen GPS Navigation built in the radio, with voice command.
By the way, I agree with you. For more simple and safety, we can just buy a Garmin GPS Navigation unit. There, just waste a hundred dollar and we can begin our journey. :)
19. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3776; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Yes, the spelling is wrong but the way you say it is similar. If you spell it the way they say it, literally, it will spell somewhat like "Vwala(h)".
There are tasks which humans can do together like you can sing and cook...you can run and talk, but when you do something with your right hand and try a totally different thing with your left, they will either try to synchronize, or you'll mess it up. Not saying there are none that can multitask, there are certain humans that are gifted to multitask.
Not everyone is 'that' gifted :)
37. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
Why are we arguing about how to say " Vwalah" to "Wallah". This is PhoneArena god dammit. XD
42. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3776; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
There's so much correction going on, i'm entitled to one, atleast, lol.
I get distracted when i read someone type a word wrong, might not make sense to you, i'm just doing myself a favor, :D
25. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
All of those still require a button push, ie. not hands free.
The only reason hands free is allowed is that it's impossible for cops to tell. If they could find a way of monetizing that, hands free would be illegal, too.
15. kabhijeet.16 (Posts: 805; Member since: 05 Dec 2012)
I feel everything that can cause a distraction while driving should be avoided. Navigation apps should be used hands-free using turn-by-turn voice navigation where we dont have to look at the screen of the mobile. Law is correct that anything which causes distraction of a driver can cause accidents, hence must be avoided.
26. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Better ban radios in cars. And passengers. Those naughty buggers like to talk, and taking is a distraction. Right?
18. kowings85 (Posts: 2; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
That's just plain stupid in my opinion. So it's okay to check a regular map that would cause a lot more distraction, than taking 2 seconds to glance at something much like you would to see how fast you were going.
20. GoBears (Posts: 449; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
Keep your eyes on the road and a hand on the wheel. If you find that too difficult then you shouldn't be behind the wheel period. I couldn't care less if crash and kill yourself but idiots are swerving into oncoming traffic and killing other people. If caught using your phone while vehicle is moving it should be a six month suspension just like boozing because it's every bit as dangerous.Good for you California. Also, I hope this law apples to your law enforcement as well. I see a lot of cops around here with their ears and faces buried as well.
27. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
It won't be a suspension, because the law isn't about safety, it's about revenue. It's about monetizing a behavior. If you suspend someone's license, you can't hand them more driving fines during that period.
21. Jack58221 (Posts: 153; Member since: 23 Feb 2013)
Minnesota needs to get on board with this somewhat. Last week while driving bus through Minneapolis stuck in a traffic jam had a guy with whisky plates and watching porn on his galaxy note. Nothing like someone prone to stunning and driving watching porn in a traffic jam.
Minnesota, you get 2 DWI's and you get plates on tippy car that start with a W for the next several years.
22. lyndon420 (Posts: 4394; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
"Honestly officer, I was only using my phone to beat my kids over the head because they wouldn't shut the hell up". Kids are a huge distraction and should not be allowed to ride inside the car. When they make it illegal for kids to be in a moving vehicle...I'll be moving to California.
38. darkkjedii (Posts: 21319; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Damn Lyndon LMAOOOOO... You went hardcore bro +1
29. DigitalBoy05 (Posts: 218; Member since: 04 Jun 2011)
everyone seems to be forgetting that in order to use a voice command on a smartphone you have to touch the phone in some way, immediately making you breaking the law. its sort of a catch-22.
30. MyJobSux (Posts: 103; Member since: 01 Apr 2012)
Scanned all the posts and only saw where tedkord mentioned car radios. Without more backstory its hard to really judge this guy but if the phone were to be in a mount and a person was to answer a call or push to see what directions were coming up then i think thats fine. Using the radio, gps, etc on a car is just if not more distracting. I noticed on a newer vehical that the factory GPS would not allow you to insert a destination without being stopped. Its hard to do that with a cell phone since the phone cant tell if your the driver or a passenger although there are probably apps out there to mimic this and can be disabled when you are the passenger.
31. ICronIC (Posts: 2; Member since: 07 Apr 2013)
Even many handsfree "configured" smartphone navigation apps require you to briefly touch the screen to begin route navigation. I think the point in the judge's decision is why bother trying to discern WHY the cell phone is being touched?
If the officer observes you fiddling with the phone, you can be cited. I don't agree with this, but only because it should be the same for ANY distraction. If you're juggling CD's, applying makeup, shaving, dipping french fries into the ketchup while trying not to ruin your tie, DWD Driving While Distracted should be considered an offense.
Likewise for walking, bicycling, jogging, juggling, iPoding with earbuds or anything else where a non-driver carelessly walks in front of a moving vehicle without noticing imminent life-threatening danger
34. ibap (Posts: 758; Member since: 09 Sep 2009)
Radios? Dedicated GPS units? Changing a CD? Putting on makeup? Arguing with someone in the car? Baby in the back seat? Attractive girl/boy on the sidewalk?
I actually yell at drivers talking on their phone while executing some maneuver - in parking lots or turning corners. Put the darn thing down!
There needs to be some sense here. But a phone in your hand while the car is moving is too big a distraction, whatever you're using it for. Pull over!
35. Daftama (Posts: 619; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
So GSP in the car shoukd be out of the ?
41. GoBears (Posts: 449; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
What the h3ll does St. Pierre have to do with any of this? LOL just kidding, know you meant GPS but had to throw that out there.
36. lonewolf2873 (Posts: 40; Member since: 21 Nov 2012)
As others have stated, this law is about money, not safety. There is no reason the law must be this vague. It is due to technology these laws even exist. I can agree driving while distracted should be illegal, just not in the petty sense like starting Google now.
47. roscuthiii (Posts: 2217; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
So... no map app allowed in CA, but what if the driver actually has one of those big foldable paper maps? Is there a yea or nay on them, because they kinda seem more distracting than a smartphone.


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I said in February how I was really looking forward to watching some good baseball this spring.
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Getting my walking in by huffing it between the baseball and softball fields at Berkeley this spring I was able to catch a few good games, and on Wednesday night of last week, I was able to catch a little history as well.
For the baseball team, this senior class (Chris Wrenn, Josh Clarke, Andrew Lockliear and Brandon Browder) were able to accomplish something 50 years of senior classes were not able to do, and that's win a region championship. Coincidentally, or maybe ironically, the Stags chose this night to honor the 1960 and 1963 Stags baseball team prior to the game. These guys were Class A Lower State Champs then, and they did it twice, but whether or not they won a region title is unclear. I say that if it's not hanging from the rafters in the gym chances are it didn't happen, which would mean a region championship in baseball at Berkeley hadn't happened since World War II.
Last year the Stags won the district championship, as did the 1960 and 1963 Stags. But Cane Bay won the Region 7AAA championship last year and dogpiled near the mound on Jim Bradley Field.
Many members of this year's Stags had to stand and watch that celebration and did not like it much. Now, while they returned the favor a month later to celebrate the district championship on Cane Bay's diamond, it was not a region title.
What I saw Wednesday night was not one region championship celebration, but two.
And they occurred about eight minutes apart.
For the girls what their young team accomplished was unprecedented in Berkeley softball history. No team had ever won a region championship. This team fielded just four seniors also: Ashtin Kullnat, Katie Marsch, Lexi Sample and R.J. Reid, and in this case, Sample missed most of the season due to a knee injury so the burden of leadership fell to the remaining three.
My longwinded point in this is, if these Stags accomplished this now, with just four seniors each, and the rest of the teams comprised of juniors, sophomores and freshman, not to wish this season away anytime soon, but holy cow. Wait until next year.
"We're not finished yet," senior Brandon Browder said after their 10-0 win over Orangeburg-Wilkinson. "We have a lot of baseball to play yet."
The same goes for the girls, there's a lot of softball to be played.
And the best part is we get to see it all right here, on opposite sides of "Berkeley Lake."
A lot of good baseball and softball … you just have to be willing to walk a little bit.
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Analyzing the Role for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency
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In the debate over the proposed establishment of a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, much attention has been given to discussion of whether consumers are irrational or incompetent and therefore need paternalistic regulators to look after them, and whether inadequate consumer protection regulation was a contributor to the financial crisis. Arguments over these questions are misplaced. Consumer protection regulation is commonplace in financial markets, and is essential even where consumers are fully rational and financial crises are distant. The potential role for a CFPA should first be examined based on consideration of the benefits and shortcomings of current consumer protection regulation, and how a dedicated consumer protection regulator would be likely to change things. Specific details of proposed legislation that affect the structure and authority of a CFPA should be evaluated separately rather than being used to determine whether such an agency is a good idea or a bad one. Consideration of the general principles for and against establishment of an independent CFPA may help to illuminate the strengths and weaknesses of specific legislative proposals.
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These adorable handmade ornaments are a fun and easy activity to do with your kids. It's an easy Christmas craft that will take no time to make, and you can look back on your kids' little hands from years past.
- 2-ounce bar of polymer clay in your favorite color
- 2-ounce bar of polymer clay in another color that you like
- 6 toothpicks
- A clean surface
- Bag of alphabet pasta
- Brown paper grocery bag
- 1 Photograph - in which the face will fit in the palm of the hand
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- Glue
- Cut the grocery bag so you have a work surface large enough to accommodate your clay work. Roll out a flat sheet of polymer clay on the paper, in color desired, so the clay sheet is big enough for a child's hand to fit on it.
- With a toothpick, have the child trace his/her handprint on the clay. Go ahead and push on the toothpick a little - so it actually cuts through the clay. Then gently pull away the excess clay from the hand you just traced.
- Trim the photo so you have just the face. It should fit comfortably in the palm of your clay hand. Gently press it onto the clay.
- Take the other-color clay and break off a piece about the size of a dime. Roll it out into a long thin "snake." Use the snake to "line" your photo all the way around - kind of like a frame. It should touch the edges of the photo you trimmed. Gently press it down along the edges of the photo so it holds the photo in place in the palm of the hand. Careful! Don't mash it down too hard!
- Pour out a pile of alphabet pasta. Have the child pick out the letters in his/her name, and any other letters or numbers that would make a nice extra message - like your name or "MERRY CHRISTMAS" or "HO HO HO" or the year (noting the year would be a great way to remember when you actually did this, in later years). Then arrange the letters and numbers around or near the face you just framed with the "snake" in that other color of clay.
- With the toothpick, poke a little hole so you can hang the hand when it's finished. Don't go too near the edge of the clay!
- Bake at 275 degrees for 25 minutes - ON the grocery bag. It's easier to just leave the clay hand on there til it's baked. Then let it cool to the touch.
- When cool, carefully pull the paper away. Turn the hand over, and on the back of each of the fingers, glue a toothpick. The toothpick will keep the fingers reinforced. Your clay hand will be thin, and if it's handled roughly, one of the fingers might snap off. Reinforcing the fingers in the back will prevent that. When the glue dries, your hand can be hung!
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Very cute ornaments project. Thank you for sharing such detailed information. I think the kids will love these!
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The Mohawks' Peter Campbell had the team best of 39, sinking a birdie on No. 10. Gabe Walters tallied a 40, and Joey Dehaven shot a 41 for St. Wendelin. Matt Huffmon carded a 43 for the Senecas, with a birdie on No. 18. Bryan Kennedy shot a 45 and Henry Burns chipped in a 52.
Old Fort falls to Van Buren
KANSAS - Van Buren's Britton Jackson and Cole Ohlrich led the way at Nature's Trail shooting a 41 and 42 to best Old Fort 176-189 Wednesday.
The Stockaders' Adam Alexander was the only one close in reach of Jackson and Ohlrich, shooting a 44. Brad Heilman shot a 47 for Old fort. Maison Steyer and Rob Root would each add 49.
Tanner leads Willard over Columbian
The Flashes' Jake Tanner shot a 37 at Seneca Hills to help Willlard (5-3) beat Columbian (3-5) 163-182 in a dual meet. Jake Tanner was under par for four of the first five holes.
Columbian's Jack Burkes, T.J Wickham, and Eline Widman stayed neck and neck to each card a 44. Graydon Bunting shot a 50 to help the Tornadoes.
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FREMONT - In a tri-meet at the Fremont Country Club, match medalist
Aaron Burns shot a 37 to lead Fremont St. Joe (2-4) to victory with a team score of 177.
Norwalk St. Paul (4-8) finished second shooting 189 with Steven Farmer shooting a 47. New Riegel (2-9) posted a third place finish with a 204. Travis Williams and Lance Smith each carded 49 for the Blue Jackets.
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UPPER SANDUSKY - Upper Sandusky had a strong showing edging out Buckeye Central 177-182 at Lincoln Hills.
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The farmer's shrinking share
The farmer's shrinking share
New USDA analysis shows that farmers are receiving less of each retail dollar spent. Numbers in 2008 showed a 20 percent share, but new data cuts that number to 12 percent of the food dollar going to those that actually grow or produce the food consumers purchase at food stores.
What is causing the decline? Labor is the largest contributor to food prices. It takes several people in various channels to take the raw product and get it to the store shelf. Those people all earn a wage for their role; and wages do not seem to be declining. The second-largest contributor is the combination of food processing, packaging, and transportation. These three components all require energy and a lot of it! The ever-changing cost of energy is a key factor in the recent plunge of producer price percentages. While the producer receives 12 percent, these energy consumers are 33 percent of the retail dollar – nearly three times as much. If you choose to eat meals away from home, the added cost to eat at a restaurant goes to the business, shrinking the farmer portion to just 3.4 percent. So, energy costs are definitely contributing to the downward pressure on producer portions.
The National Farmers Union's February 2011 summary comparing consumer prices and producer prices, utilizes USDA's NASS Agricultural Prices 2011 as its source. The retail price was based on Safeway brand (Safeway is a supermarket chain with over 1,700 stores in North America). It lists a gallon of milk at $4.39 and the producer share at $1.50 per gallon. That equates to about $18 per hundredweight and 34 percent of the food dollar. So, as milk producers, we fair better than the average agricultural product (based on Safeway data).
Cheese is not as high. A retail price of $4.69 per pound and producer price of $1.12, makes a 23 percent producer share. Last year, cheese returned 55 percent of the retail price to producers.
Those industries that do not fair as well . . .
Farmers whose end product is beer receive only 1.5 percent of the consumer's retail dollar. Potato growers for raw potatoes receive 9 percent of the food dollar. But if potato farmers sell for potato chips, the farm portion drops in half to 4.5 percent. Click here to see the National Farmer's Union flyer with 15 agricultural products and their comparative costs.
The remaining portion of the food dollar includes costs for marketing, processing, wholesaling, distribution, and retail channels to get our product to consumers. But, again, don't forget labor – it's the largest share.


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Since this is my first Zone column, I think I should introduce myself. My name is Bonnie Hazen, and I am a 32-year-old Trumbull County resident. My career here at the Tribune Chronicle began in late 2010, and although I was sad to see Joshua Flesher leave, I am excited for the opportunity to write this column.
I did not grow up in the Mahoning Valley - I moved here from Virginia Beach, Va., in 1999. Yes, I left Virginia Beach to come here, and no, I am not crazy.
My family - parents, sister, niece, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. - still live in the great tourist attraction that is Virginia Beach, and although I miss them terribly, I love it here in the Valley.
I can nearly feel the incredulous look passing over your face as you read this. You're probably thinking, "What? Here? Why?"
There are many reasons I love it here, but first let me tell you a little bit about the city my father refers to as ''the cesspool.''
First of all, a city with a population of more than 400 thousand people that attracts millions of visitors each year equals pretty crowded.
I used to work on the oceanfront - Pacific Avenue down by the Boardwalk - and what should have been a 10-minute drive home turned into a 45-minute drive because every block or so the huge throng of beach-goers would ignore the flashing red hand at the crosswalk and block the intersection for the duration of several green lights.
If the driver of the vehicle in front didn't know to push into the mob in order to force it apart, you were stuck there until they got fed up - unless the police came by to intercede.
There are always long lines at the checkout, and stores are always crowded (imagine a Black Friday nearly every day of the year). There are loud planes from the air station frequently flying overhead. There also is little sense of community in Virginia Beach. Ironic for a city with that many people, but it's really very impersonal. It's also flat.
I love the rolling hills and dense clusters of trees here - and there's nothing like fall in the Valley.
Not to mention the snow. I know, I complain every time the bottom of my pants get soaked from the short walk to my car before work, leaving me cold for the rest of the day. And I hate the disgusting sludge that accumulates in the parking lots after a heavy snowfall turns to slush. But you can't argue that the first snowfall is always beautiful, and everyone wants a white Christmas.
Snow is something my mom is always wishing for and rarely gets on the East Coast. It is something we have no shortage of here, and something my husband loves - a real winter. I have a feeling if you were without it for a while, you'd come to miss it.
The variety and quality of food in the Valley is another thing I love. I often joke that it was easy to be skinny in Virginia Beach, and when I moved here, it became increasingly difficult because the food here is SO good. I'll tell you one thing, there are nowhere near the amount of family-owned-and-operated restaurants in Virginia Beach.
Wedding soup? Unheard of. Pizza? Papa Johns and Pizza Hut are easy to find, but what about Bellaria, Francesco's, Cocca's, Ianazone's, Pizza Works? How about Italian delicacies by Antinucci's, Antone's and Alberini's, just to name a few that start with 'A'.
If you left, you'd surely miss the taste of Daffin's chocolate, the rich smell of freshly roasted O'Neill's Coffee that permeates West Middlesex, and that mysterious sauce they cover french fries with at the Hot Dog Shoppe, not to mention Jib Jab's delicious dogs (my parents' favorite).
If you go to a wedding somewhere other than the Valley, you may be disappointed at the lack of a cookie table. I know I was at my cousin's wedding this past fall. There was a chocolate fountain, but I'll take a cookie table filled with clothespin cookies and other Valley favorites over a chocolate fountain any day of the week.
Some people say there isn't anything to do here, but there's plenty. Mill Creek MetroPark is one of my favorite places to visit (I was married in the rose garden), and it reminds me of Norfolk's Botanical Garden with its lush landscape of flowers and trees and breathtaking butterflies and wildlife (I once saw a fox), with one exception - it's free.
One thing I've noticed when talking to people here is that they say the same things people in Virginia Beach do. I think many people out there suffer from what I call grass-is-greener-elsewhere syndrome.
Well for me, the grass is greener right here.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Incline-based Corporate Visions, Inc., announced Wednesday the results of its third quarter survey on marketing and sales alignment, which polled more than 730 business-to-business (B2B) sales and marketing professionals worldwide.
The findings highlight the lack of collaboration between the sales and marketing teams of industry-leading companies as they work to differentiate their solutions in today's marketplace. In fact, a staggering one in three respondents reported that their message creation process is non-collaborative, politically charged or nonexistent.
To delve deeper into the issue of marketing and sales alignment, and determine exactly where the disconnect between teams is occurring, Corporate Visions posed survey questions about messaging, content and tools development within organizations. Notable findings from the Q3 survey include:
• Message creation process is non-collaborative - The responses revealed that one-third of respondents' companies have a collaborative process for creating messages that involves both the sales and marketing teams; one-third have a process that is non-collaborative, politically charged or nonexistent; and one-third have a process that is semi-collaborative. This means a whopping two-thirds of the companies represented in the survey are struggling to achieve a truly collaborative process for message development. By operating in distinct silos, marketing runs the risk of creating messages that will fail to effectively reach customers, and by extension, that salespeople are not comfortable delivering or will not use.
• Field sales representatives are left out - Respondents indicated that, of the professionals involved in messaging/tool creation, field sales representatives constitute only 37 percent of the room, compared to marketing associates, which represented 54 percent. Because field sales representatives are essential to ensuring that relevant messages are delivered to customers, these statistics - which indicate that they are rarely involved in the creation process - are alarming.
• Messaging and sales tools are created by accident - A meager three percent of respondents said their company uses a repeatable process when creating content, messages and tools across the enterprise. The implications of these results are that most messaging and tools created to support sales teams are done more by accident than on purpose, and enterprises are risking inconsistent and diluted messages.
"The results of this quarter's survey indicate that while some organizations are taking steps to better align sales and marketing, many continue to operate in inefficient silos," said Tim Riesterer, chief strategy and marketing officer with Corporate Visions. "Enterprises need to employ a cross-functional framework for message development where marketing and sales work together to create messaging that resonates with customers. The repeatable framework should begin with identifying the customer's main goals, then pinpoint how these goals are at risk."
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It turns out Cassandra Ferguson didn't have to look far for love after all.
The former Bachelor contestant, who tried to win Juan Pablo Galavis's heart, is engaged to her boyfriend Rodney, she announced Sunday on Instagram.
Showing off a snapshot of her sparkler, Ferguson writes, "Yes, I'm engaged!"
The bride-to-be's news (on Mother's Day!) couldn't have come at a better time: The couple are parents to son Trey.
Ferguson's journey to love hasn't been easy – Galavis ultimately sent her home early – but she has finally found her happily ever after.
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1 1/2 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup onion, diced
1/2 cup leeks, cleaned well, white part only, sliced thin
4 cup vegetable stockor Kombu Dashi (soup stock), see Eden's recipe
2 tsp fresh ginger root, finely grated
2 pounds carrots, chopped
1/2 tsp Eden Sea Salt, or to taste
1/4 tsp ground white pepperfreshly ground black pepper
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2 tsp fresh chives, mincedfresh parsley, or scallions
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a medium soup pot and sauté the garlic, onions and ginger for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the carrots, vegetable stock, shiitake soaking water, salt and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes.
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I agree, but it comes with two big ifs. IF Samuelsson can stay healthy and IF he can match his production from three seasons ago. It's the last time in his career that he put up numbers similar to what Hudler did last season (he was close 6 years ago). So we got him cheaper but my hunch is the Wings probably lost some goalscoring in swapping Sammy for Huds. I hope he proves me wrong though.
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