Spring Training Game Whatever: Nationals @ Orioles, 1:05pm Camden Chat by Eat More Esskay on Mar 24, 2012 12:30 PM EDT in Gamethreads The Orioles' record in the Grapefruit League coming into today's game is 8-9-4. This would matter a heck of a lot more if between one-third and one-half of all games were contested mostly ... |
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Spring Training Game Whatever: Nationals @ Orioles, 1:05pm - Camden Chat
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Public's help sought ID'ing bank robber - Press-Enterprise
Press-Enterprise | Public's help sought ID'ing bank robber Press-Enterprise Police seek the public's help in identifying the man. BY STEVEN BARRIE Riverside police seek the public's help in identifying and locating a man who robbed an Arlington Avenue bank March 9. The man walked into the Premier Services Bank in the 3600 ... |
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Implications of Luke Donald Reclaiming Top Rank: A Fan's Take - Yahoo! Sports
Implications of Luke Donald Reclaiming Top Rank: A Fan's Take Yahoo! Sports By Jim Arnold, Yahoo! Contributor Network Mar 19, 1:54 pm EDT It did not take long for Luke Donald to retake the top ranked position from Rory McIlroy. The 22 year old from Northern Ireland only held the title of top ranked golfer in the world for two ... |
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Dunkin
The coffee and baked goods chain signede a deal with to develop 12 restaurantasin Dayton. The franchisee, Giant Oil, plans to open a locatiobn in 2011 and the remaining 11 within the next five Giant Oil, headquartered in the Tampaw Bay area, has a background in the retail industry, as well as management, ownership and operationb of convenience stores. Lynette McKee, vice president of franchisinbfor Dunkin’ parent company, Dunkin’ Brands Inc., said theres is demand for Dunkin’s productse in Dayton.
“These restaurants will satisfy a growing demand in the markegt for high quality coffeed and baked goods that are availablrall day,” McKee said in a news There is one Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskinh Robbins location in the Daytonj area, on Springboro Pike near the Dayton In addition to the 12 locations Giant Oil will Dunkin’ Donuts is lookin for additional franchisees to develop a minimum of threr locations in the surrounding areas of Tipp City, Middletown, Eaton and Lima. Dunkin' Donuts is lookingv for franchisees who have a net wortyof $1.
5 million and liquid assetds of at least $750,000, McKee In addition, the franchisee or management team shouled have restaurant experience. The averagew Dunkin' Donuts store employs between 20 and 30 McKeesaid Dunkin' has decideds to ramp up its presence in Dayton as a part of its growthg strategy of expanding in existing markets and findinh new markets across the country. Donuts, a subsidiary of Canton, Mass.-based Dunkin’ Brands has nearly 9,000 locations in 31 Dunkin’ Donuts’ global sales in 2008 were $5.5 billion.
Friday, March 16, 2012
TIF commission will consider payments for shopping center, symphony offices - Kansas City Business Journal:
But the commission won't act on proposals from Brywoodr Centre's owner or philanthropist Shirley Helzberg, who wantzs to restore a building in the Crossroadsa Arts District along what was onceKansas City'e Film Row, because neither application was filed in of Chicago wants $5.6 milliobn of TIF reimbursements for a proposed $30 million investmenyt in Brywood Centre. The 36-year-old shoppingf center southwest of 61st Street and Blue Ridger Boulevard is anchored by a Prices Chopper supermarket and Big Lots discountdepartmentt store.
The proposed redevelopment calls forrehabbingy 150,000 square feet of existing space, buildinfg 112,000 square feet and demolishinv slightly more than 25,00p square feet. A public hearing is scheduled forJune 11. Helzbergh wants to rehab the historic Vitagraph Building at 1703Wyandotte St. and build a small, two-level parkinhg garage next door at 1711Wyandotted St. Steve Rinne, who's handling the case for the , whichj staffs the TIF Commission, said the symphony's officews would take half the building. A tenant hasn'gt been signed for remaining space, Rinne said.
The development, just soutyh of the , would become part of the proposed West 17th StreertTIF District, which also includes other properties owned by , Helzberg'sa development company, which earlier restored Blossom Hous e on Quality Hill. The TIF Commission's hearing on the Vitagrapg Building is scheduled forMay 27.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
During Sunshine Week, Justice Department urges changes to guard new category ... - Washington Post
During Sunshine Week, Justice Department urges changes to guard new category ... Washington Post As first reported by Bloomberg, the White House declined to identify the name and vintage of wines it served during the June 2011 state dinner for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and it's unclear whether it will reveal the wine list for this week's ... |
Sunday, March 11, 2012
DMHC licenses first
The Family Care plan will be callex California Choice inthe state, and offer discounte d access to a range of physician, outpatient (such as physical therapy and mentapl health), laboratory, radiology and imaging, chiropractic, vision and hearing-care services. California Choice will offefr membership to a household fora $99 enrollmenyt fee and a monthly charge of $99.95, accordingv to DMHC, with discounts ranginvg from 5 to 40 percent for most services. the Houston-based health plan’s initial license is only valix fortwo years, reflecting cautio n on the part of the Sacramento-based which previously has cracked down on various discount health-carre card companies in the state.
Familty Care is licensed to operatethroughout Alameda, Marin, San Francisco, San Santa Clara, Napa, Santa Cruz, Solano, Orange and San Dieg counties, as well as the most populated areas of Sacramento, Los Angeles, Riverside, San and 41 other counties, according to the department, and a number of local providers are already listed on its www.familycarecalifornia.conm web site. The DMHC said the economixc environment played a role in its decision to approvedFamily Care’s application for a license.
Thanks to the continuinv economic downturn, which has resulted in many individuals and families losinghealtg coverage, “it is in the best interesg of consumers to regulate and license legitimate discount health plans,” Cindy Ehnes, the DMHC’s said in a June 9 statement. She added that licensuree will ensure that consumerss will get promised discounts and “fully understand that these products are not health In the last six years, the agency’x Help Center has received more than 925 complaintw from consumers who were victim s of fraudulent discount health card companies, the DMHC Those consumers were misled into thinking they were purchasint regular health insurance or were unabld to find doctors who supposedly had contractec with the discount company.
The DMHC said it has issued severa Cease and Desist orders in an ongoing investigation into thisgrowinv industry, which in turn led to setting up a licensinv structure to protect consumers and provide states oversight. As a result, some companies decided to seek licensea proving they metregulatory standards. The current licensing requirements include verification ofdiscounts offered, legitimated contracts with doctors and other health care truthful advertising, and a process for consumers to resolve disputes with the according to DMHC.
Plans also must prominently disclosee that they are notoffering insurance, but rathefr a discount product through whicj members pay providers a discounted fee, usually at the time of Family Care’s web site displaysw such a statement at the bottom of each web