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Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Starbucks Retools Pastry Menu After Customers Complain - Bloomberg

Starbucks Retools Pastry Menu After Customers Complain - Bloomberg: "By Leslie Patton Apr 1, 2014"

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Starting this week, the company will begin reverting to selling slices of banana, pumpkin and iced-lemon loaf cake -- old favorites -- in its U.S. stores. Starbucks will be using new La Boulange recipes and existing suppliers to create food that more closely resembles its previous fare.
Getting the menu right is critical to Starbucks’ U.S. growth strategy. In a saturated coffee market, the company is trying to entice more customers to add a pastry or croissant to their latte orders. Starbucks also faces mounting breakfast competition from fast-food chains: McDonald’s Corp. has been offering pastries at some locations this year, and everyone from Taco Bell to Burger King is trying to boost morning sales.
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Stephen Colbert's #CancelColbert response: Comedian responds to backlash to Comedy Central tweet. (Video.)

Stephen Colbert's #CancelColbert response: Comedian responds to backlash to Comedy Central tweet. (Video.) By 

The #CancelColbert push didn't pick up steam until last Thursday, after Stephen Colbert had taped his final show of the week. That means we had to wait for what seemed like forever for the comedian to respond. It was, of course, worth the wait—even if he does lump Slate in with the rest of the "system," something that at first blush I thought was a wee bit unfair to our nuanced and explanatory coverage of the whole thing. (That said, it was hilarious, so I'm happy to largely look the other way.)

Read - and see more:  http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2014/04/01/stephen_colbert_s_cancelcolbert_response_comedian_responds_to_backlash_to.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content&mc_cid=0dab8107ae&mc_eid=b27361148d 

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New Virginia law protects farmers from meddling local officials - by By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D

New Virginia law protects farmers from meddling local officials - by By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D

 Fauquier County officials forced family farmer Martha Boneta to cease selling produce from her own 64-acre farm, and so she took action and had Commonwealth law changed... 

 Fauquier County Virginia officials threatened a family farmer, Martha Boneta with $5,000 per-day fines for hosting a birthday party for eight 10-year-old girls without a permit...
… opponents of the bill, including well-funded environmental organizations and power-hungry county governments – both determined to preserve strict land-use controls – reportedly employed lobbyists to kill the bill.  In the end, highly motivated citizens triumphed over highly paid lobbyists...

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2014/04/new-virginia-law-protects-farmers-from.html

Labels: Ag, Ag farm markets, Ag issues, Ag Land Planning, Ag Virginia, Big Government, Business Economics, Governance, Urban planning Euclidean Zoning

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. March 31, 2014

 In a hard-fought and stunning victory for family farmers and property rights throughout the Commonwealth, Gov. Terry McAuliffe on March 5 signed into law legislation solidifying Virginia’s status as a right-to-farm state by limiting local officials’ ability to interfere with normal agricultural operations.

 The governor’s signature marks the latest chapter in a swirling controversy that attracted nationwide attention in 2012 when the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors forced family farmer Martha Boneta to cease selling produce from her own 64-acre farm. No longer allowed to sell the vegetables she had harvested, Boneta donated the food to local charities lest it go to waste.

 Fauquier County officials threatened Boneta with $5,000 per-day fines for hosting a birthday party for eight 10-year-old girls without a permit, and advertising pumpkin carvings. Seeing the county’s action against Boneta as a brazen effort to drive her off her land, Virginians from all walks of life rallied to her defense.  Supporters gathered in Warrenton, the county seat, for a peaceful “pitchfork protest” to vent their anger over what an out-of-control local government had done to a law-abiding citizen....

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New Virginia law protects farmers from meddling local officials - by By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D

New Virginia law protects farmers from meddling local officials - by By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D

 Fauquier County officials forced family farmer Martha Boneta to cease selling produce from her own 64-acre farm, and so she took action and had Commonwealth law changed... 

 Fauquier County Virginia officials threatened a family farmer, Martha Boneta with $5,000 per-day fines for hosting a birthday party for eight 10-year-old girls without a permit...
… opponents of the bill, including well-funded environmental organizations and power-hungry county governments – both determined to preserve strict land-use controls – reportedly employed lobbyists to kill the bill.  In the end, highly motivated citizens triumphed over highly paid lobbyists...

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2014/04/new-virginia-law-protects-farmers-from.html

Labels: Ag, Ag farm markets, Ag issues, Ag Land Planning, Ag Virginia, Big Government, Business Economics, Governance, Urban planning Euclidean Zoning

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. March 31, 2014

 In a hard-fought and stunning victory for family farmers and property rights throughout the Commonwealth, Gov. Terry McAuliffe on March 5 signed into law legislation solidifying Virginia’s status as a right-to-farm state by limiting local officials’ ability to interfere with normal agricultural operations.

 The governor’s signature marks the latest chapter in a swirling controversy that attracted nationwide attention in 2012 when the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors forced family farmer Martha Boneta to cease selling produce from her own 64-acre farm. No longer allowed to sell the vegetables she had harvested, Boneta donated the food to local charities lest it go to waste.

 Fauquier County officials threatened Boneta with $5,000 per-day fines for hosting a birthday party for eight 10-year-old girls without a permit, and advertising pumpkin carvings. Seeing the county’s action against Boneta as a brazen effort to drive her off her land, Virginians from all walks of life rallied to her defense.  Supporters gathered in Warrenton, the county seat, for a peaceful “pitchfork protest” to vent their anger over what an out-of-control local government had done to a law-abiding citizen....

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By contrast, opponents of the bill, including well-funded environmental organizations and power-hungry county governments – both determined to preserve strict land-use controls – reportedly employed lobbyists to kill the bill.  In the end, highly motivated citizens triumphed over highly paid lobbyists...

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Report: Smartphone kill-switch could save consumers $2.6 billion per year | PCWorld

Report: Smartphone kill-switch could save consumers $2.6 billion per year | PCWorld: "Technology that remotely makes a stolen smartphone useless could save American consumers up to $2.6 billion per year if it is implemented widely and leads to a reduction in theft of phones, according to a new report."

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2137740/smartphone-killswitch-could-save-consumers-26b-per-year-says-report.html#tk.nl_today

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Monday, March 31, 2014

London skeletons reveal secrets of the Black Death - The Washington Post

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Washington Post News Alert Exclusive: CIA misled on interrogation program, Senate report says

Washington Post News Alert: 

Exclusive: CIA misled on interrogation program, Senate report says

A report by the Senate Intelligence Committee concludes that the CIA misled the government and the public about aspects of its brutal interrogation program for years — concealing details about the severity of its methods, overstating the significance of plots and prisoners, and taking credit for critical pieces of intelligence that detainees had in fact surrendered before they were subjected to harsh techniques.

The report, built around detailed chronologies of dozens of CIA detainees, documents a long-standing pattern of unsubstantiated claims as agency officials sought permission to use — and later tried to defend — excruciating interrogation methods that yielded little, if any, significant intelligence, according to U.S. officials who have reviewed the document.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-misled-on-interrogation-program-senate-report-says/2014/03/31/eb75a82a-b8dd-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html 

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News from The Hill Caterpillar avoided $2.4B in taxes, charges Sen. Levin By Peter Schroeder

News from The Hill

Caterpillar avoided $2.4B in taxes, charges Sen. Levin By Peter Schroeder

Caterpillar avoided $2.4 billion in taxes thanks to a reorganization that housed its most profitable business in Switzerland, according to a Senate report.

While the report, from the Senate Permanent subcommittee on Investigations, said Caterpillar had done nothing illegal, it criticized the manufacturing giant for trying to avoid paying U.S. taxes.

“Caterpillar is an American success story that produces tremendous industrial machines,” Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), the head of the investigatory panel, said Monday. “But it’s also a member of the corporate profit-shifting club that has shifted billions of dollars in profits offshore to avoid paying U.S. taxes."


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The Honorable Joe Getty, Tanya Shewell, Dick Matthews and Robert Ehrlich in a campaign photograph from August 2006


The Honorable Joe Getty, Tanya Shewell, Dick Matthews and Robert Ehrlich in a campaign photograph from August 2006.

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Sunday, March 30, 2014

History News Network | Dusting off the language of the Cold War

History News Network | Dusting off the language of the Cold War:


“The cold war dinosaurs who still tramp the corridors and editorial columns of London and Washington seem almost to pine for the virile certainties of 1945-1989,” the columnist Simon Jenkins writes. http://hnn.us/article/155094

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HTC's next flagship smartphone needs more than Robert Downey Jr. | PCWorld

HTC's next flagship smartphone needs more than Robert Downey Jr. | PCWorld: "The HTC One: is a good phone not enough?"

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2111121/htcs-next-flagship-smartphone-needs-more-than-robert-downey-jr.html#tk.nl_today

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The second iteration of the One is expected to have a 5-inch full HD screen and a Snapdragon 801 processor with four cores running at 2.3GHz. The phone is also rumored to have two cameras on the back that will work together to produce better images.

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An improved camera has been one of the main themes on smartphones HTC’s newcomer will compete with, including the Sony’s Xperia Z2 and the Galaxy S5 from Samsung, They were launched at Mobile World Congress last month and will go on sale in April, with the S5 starting to ship on the 11th.
The smartphone market is anticipated to heat up further with a successor to the G2 from LG Electronics and a new iPhone as early as May or June.
HTC has already introduced three new phones this year: Desire 310, Desire 610 and Desire 816, which are all part of an increased focus on the midrange of the market. But a successful high-end model is key for any smartphone company, because it can both help improve profits with better margins and create a trickle-down effect for the rest of the portfolio.
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This blog post won’t be shared on Facebook, and I should be worried

This blog post won’t be shared on Facebook, and I should be worried:

This blog post won’t be shared on Facebook, and I should be worried

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Journalism can never be silent: That is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.” — Henry Anatole Grunwald That’s a popular quote on journalism from the one-time editor of Time magazine. […]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/03/13/this-blog-post-wont-be-shared-on-facebook-and-i-should-be-worried/?wpisrc=nl_inn
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A nationwide poll of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans reveals the profound and enduring effects of war

A legacy of pain and pride


A nationwide poll of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans reveals the profound and enduring effects of war on the 2.6 million who have served.
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GOP slams VA: 'Bureaucracy run amok' | TheHill

GOP slams VA: 'Bureaucracy run amok' | TheHill: "By Bernie Becker"

President Obama should back a measure to streamline a Veterans Affairs “bureaucracy run amok,” a House Republican said in the party’s weekly address Saturday.

 Rep. Jackie Walorksi (Ind.), a member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, called on the White House to support a bill that would empower the VA secretary “to fire senior officials who aren’t up to the job,” helping to clean up the department’s current backlog on disability claims that averages 330 days a case.

 Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/202096-gop-on-veterans-affairs-backlog-bureaucracy-run-amok
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News from The Hill Is Obama pivot to Asia on hold? By Jeremy Herb

News from The Hill Is Obama pivot to Asia on hold? By Jeremy Herb

Plans for the United States to pivot to Asia are on hold again with Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.

It’s just the latest complication in the Obama administration’s plans to rebalance the military toward Asia to counter China.

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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Morning Call in Oaks since 1870 New Orleans City Park nr Besthoff Sculpture Grdn

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Syndney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden New Orleans Museum of Art City Park

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WWJD? Pray in secret, He says | MarylandReporter.com

WWJD? Pray in secret, He says | MarylandReporter.com:

March 27, 2014 

A federal judge this week told the Carroll County commissioners to stop praying in Jesus’ name at their meetings. One of the commissioners defied the order, and said she’s willing to go to jail over it.

Read more: http://marylandreporter.com/2014/03/27/wwjd-pray-in-secret-he-says/

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▶ Three essential tools for solving the worst Wi-Fi headaches | PCWorld

▶ Three essential tools for solving the worst Wi-Fi headaches | PCWorld:



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#CancelColbert: Stephen Colbert vs. Suey Park and the hashtag activists.

#CancelColbert: Stephen Colbert vs. Suey Park and the hashtag activists.:



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Friday, March 28, 2014

French Market Station New Orleans Regional Transit Authority www.norta.com NOLA

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Napoleon House restaurant Roast Beef poor boy 500 Chartres & St. Louis St NOLA

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