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Why Walla Walla will never be Napa

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

A comparison I often hear is that current day Walla Walla Valley resembles Napa Valley in the 1970s. There are, in fact, numerous parallels. There is a spirit of cooperation in Walla Walla that is said to have marked Napa during this time. Additionally, there is an almost continual influx of talent and aspiration. There is also, of course, explosive growth. One this is clear though. Walla Walla Valley will never become Napa Valley. Here is why.

Napa has a built-in tourist industry that Walla Walla will never have. Napa receives 4.7 million visitors annually. Over three million of these people are making day trips. Day trips are easy with about seven million people living in the Bay Area, about an hour and a half from Napa. Conversely, about 459,000 people visit the Walla Walla Valley each year with about forty percent of these people making day trips (Note: numbers from 2008). The two largest population centers near Walla Walla are Portland and Seattle, both a little over four hours away. These two cities combined are smaller than the population of the Bay Area. For people visiting the Walla Walla Valley from these cities, day trips are almost out of the question making it a weekend endeavor (the average stay for overnighters is 2.8 days). This is, of course, what gives the area much of its charm and appeal. While additional air travel to the area could increase visitation, this will never be the same as having a large metropolitan area within close proximity.

There are numerous other differences. Like most of Washington, Walla Walla is notable for its many small producers and few large ones. Napa, in contrast, has numerous mid to large-size wineries. Interestingly, both Walla Walla in Napa are home to a large number of their respective states’ wineries (1/5 for Walla Walla and 1/4 for Napa) but account for a very small percentage of total state production.

The differences in production between the two areas are substantial. The vast majority of Walla Walla wineries make less than four thousand cases of wine annually. This is less than many Napa wineries make of any single wine. One of my favorite examples of this comes from Napa Valley’s Joseph Phelps. Cabernet is king in Napa Valley and few do a finer job with it year in and year out than Joseph Phelps. The winery’s flagship bottling is the ‘Insignia’ which comes in at a cool $200 per bottle. The winery produces almost seventeen thousand cases of this wine alone. Think about those numbers for a moment.

While Walla Walla has new wineries coming on-line with each passing year and numerous grand projects are in the work, the valley will, most likely, never produce wine on the scale that Napa does. I will never say never because there is a lot of land there but it seems unlikely, although there will certainly be more mid-size wineries in the coming years.

Overall, Napa Valley and its growth over the last forty-years can provide instruction to Walla Walla Valley. There are comparisons to be made. But ultimately Walla Walla will never be like Napa Valley, nor should it be. Walla Walla is on its own unique path as a wine region. Only time will tell where it goes.

Note: See a recent post from Josh at DrinkNectar.com that includes some related discussion.

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  1. Anonymous Says:
  2. Um, so where do you think Walla Walla's path as a wine region will be in 2015?
    If history is a lesson, then I would expect some consolidation, mergers, and attrition...but that's like using a 'fatman' bomb to catch fish.

  3. Josh Wade Says:
  4. Sean,

    I totally agree with the proximity piece. Unless we move a big city closer to Walla2, it will never be Napa. Spokane boasts 3.8 million visitors annualy but will always lack the romance of the vineyards. Woodinville has decidedly made a play to be region #1 in the state, but city planners have a lot on their plate to make sure it retains some charm rather than becoming a suburban nightmare.

    2015? I'm not an expert (in anything really) but I don't see much attrition but could see some consolidation happening there. Growth will continue and that region could see 750,000 visitors annually if it focuses on its infrastructure.

    Cheers and great post!

  5. WWM, good question. It will be interesting to see what effect the economy and the opening of so many tasting rooms in Woodinville has on the area. I don't think consolidation, mergers, and attrition are out of the question. There are a number of wineries sitting on a whole lot of wine. I do think there will continue to be new wineries opening up as well.

    Josh, those are pretty impressive numbers for Spokane actually. Time to start planting more there! :) I agree that city planners have their work cut out in Woodinville. Just had a long discussion with somebody about this last night. It could really go one way - or the other - with all of the growth. We'll see.

    Thanks for the comments!

  6. Catie Says:
  7. Right. I cannot tell you how many times I have stamped my feet, yelled at anybody who would listen to me, cringed when some enthusiastic writer from LA or NY (who has never actually visited Walla Walla)thought they cleverly coined that phrase and several times myself blogged, "Walla Walla will never be another Napa!" Due to the fact that we are too far away from anything major - and thank goodness for that!

  8. Catie, mercifully, it is a LONG limo drive from Seattle! Keep fighting the good fight.

  9. Catie Says:
  10. I think the other thing that is frustrating is people assume Walla Walla actually wants to be another Napa. The truth is, we don't. We are quite happy where we are in the wine world, thank you very much.

    Napa makes car parts. Walla Walla makes wine.

  11. Rusty Eddy Says:
  12. Apologies to Tommy Smothers for Catie's Napa joke, but I agree with everything said. Walla Walla doesn't want to be Napa any more than Washington wants to be California. The value of WW is its uniqueness. (On the other hand, WW wineries and merchants probably wouldn't turn down any additional wine tourist dollars...) I do hope, however, that the WWVWA continues its efforts to spread the WW Gospel nationwide. When I visit accounts in Boston, Chicago, Jersey - and even Denver - I'm amazed at the continuing lack of awareness of small WW and WA wineries.

    There's no reason to want to be big right away, but we can't sit around and wait for people (thank you wine bloggers) to come to us; we need to be proactive to spread the word.

  13. Rusty, very good points. Whenever I travel I always stop by wine stores to see what Washington wine they have on the shelves. Often it's just the usual suspects from the state's larger producers. This is a good start but it's equally important to make wines from smaller producers more accessible to people in far flung areas. A difficult but critical problem to solve.

  14. Catie Says:
  15. One thing that will give Walla Walla and the State of Washington some mileage was the Wine Bloggers Conference. Hopefully, we can continue to procure such events that will give us consumer awareness.

    Rusty, that isn't my joke. Been around for awhile.

  16. Catie, I agree which was part of the reason why I, personally, saw the bloggers conference as important. Creating a strong group of evangelists for Washington wine, let alone people who are active bloggers, and sending them forth could have a significant impact over time.

  17. Jan Says:
  18. Just returned from a short wine tour into Sonoma and Russian River Valley – almost without exception when we mentioned being from Washington and Washington wines, the tasting room staff would say – yes, you are making some good Pinots up there.. What???? We’ve got a ways to go my friends…..

  19. Anonymous Says:
  20. A couple of years ago the cry of "don't Bend Walla Walla " was taken up. There seemed to be more of a fear of becoming another Bend OR which may be closer comparison of what W2 may become in the future. Bend is regionally isolated but brought an eclectic mix into its fold and has prospered as a hip place to be/visit. I think that W2 will continue to attract people to a lifestyle that will play to its strengths, which it will need to support the expanding economy that has sprung up lead by the wine industry. No doubt the economic downturn has slowed this and will change the landscape of what wineries survive or merge but in the long run there will be growth and in due time the region will be recognized for the excellent quality of wines it produces. When that happens at least we can say "I remember when..."

  21. Jan, I've also heard that Pinot comment. Ouch! I've said numerous times - I think people think I'm kidding - that Washington continues to have an awareness problem outside of people paying a lot of attention to wine. In many cases, at best, they hear about it but don't see the wines they hear about on the shelves. It's a problem.

  22. Anon 8:20am, very interesting comparison regarding Bend. I should say that, while I believe Walla Walla won't become Napa, it will obviously be changed by the wine industry there. It already has been of course. Whenever something is gained, something is also lost too. Personally, I hope Walla Walla always retains what makes it special. As an outsider, I believe, perhaps naively, that it will. However, I'm sure there are people who think it's already changed for the worse in some ways. Many folks don't like change, although it's about the only constant. Thanks for the comment.

  23. Catie Says:
  24. There was more to the "Don't Bend Walla Walla" story that forced that cry - alot more. A developer from Bend Oregon came to Walla Walla and wanted to build "Illahee," a 365-home upscale development complete with golf course, a 60-room hotel, 10 miles of trails and a restaurant.

    Actually, the concept,or a concept like this, would have been great for Walla Walla's economy as the Port of Walla Walla just announced if we want growth of retail, especially chain stores and dining establishments (many locals want a Granny's Buffet, Olive Garden, Costco, et al "sigh") we need more "roofs' sold. We need to expand our population.

    However, the problem with the Illahee idea was they wanted to sneak in on the coveted rural water, plant themselves on nearly 360-acres of pristine Walla Walla farmland (Sean, the area was near K-Vintners house/tasting room) and the new structures would hide one of our best panoramic views of the Blue Mountains. Push came to shove and the county commissioners sent the Bend group back to Oregon.

    Walla Walla is a funny little town and has always been this way. We want growth, but not too much, especially if it means we have to change things. Believe it or not, there are several Walla Walla citizens who hate-hate-hate the wine industry and feel that everything wrong with the city, the wineries are responsible and should be made to fix the problems. Of course, those of us who paid attention in economics and social studies classes know better. And no - I am not one of the citizens who want a Granny's Buffet, let alone an Olive Garden.

  25. Catie, thanks for the context. As I was reading your comment I thought "Hmmm...that could have been really good for the area in some ways" and then when I read about where it was going to be I was appalled. Very difficult to get the balance right. I am sure there are many in Walla Walla who are not pleased that the wine industry has grown there. We need to give them a 'Christmas Carol' view of what the area would look like without it, although I guess they might like it!

  26. Anonymous Says:
  27. Tri-cities? There is a commercial airport and a mid-size metropolitan base. Did we forget about this? It's only 45 minutes away for those who don't know.

  28. The Tri-cities airport is definitely a good option for flying in to Walla Walla. Can't compete with people's ability to take a direct flight to SFO/Oakland/San Jose but also gets people closer than those points - although you can fly in closer to Napa as well.

    I was pleased to see that about 1/3 of visits to Walla Walla were from day trippers. I'm assuming many of those are from the Tri-cities. Still, with a population of about 235k for the metro area (2008 census numbers), the population is quite small compared to the Bay Area.

  29. late to the game on this one, but sean you're exactly right - walla walla doesn't have a major metropolitan area within 45 minutes like napa and, thus, will never, ever be a napa. but, that's also what i love about walla walla. in fact, i bet i know more people in seattle who have been to napa than have been to walla walla. good write-up.

  30. Rand Sealey Says:
  31. I'm late to this discussion, too. I concur with just about all that was said. I have written a blog in my Review of Washington Wines about this topic, with quotes from the comments. The inherent charm of WW is its eclectic mix of wine people, academics, farmers and artists, along with small town ambience and the majestic Blues. That is WW's biggest asset and future growth needs to be built on that. Oh, about the lack of proximity to Seattle, Portland and other cities, hey, Alaska/Horizon Air where are the Air/Lodging/Car Rental packages for Walla Walla?!!

  32. Hi Rand, never too late! Thanks for the thoughts and also for mentioning this on your blog. I agree that I would love to see more package options for traveling to Walla Walla.

  33. Anonymous Says:
  34. I live in the bay area in california and like going to Napa about 4 times a year. I only live about and hour away. It is very easy for me to get there. This year my wife an I were going to go to Walla Walla, but chose to go to Paso Robles which is getting very popular to go to if you are from LA or SF. It is about 3 hours away. The wines are different than Napa, but the quality is getting very good, and the price point is great. I kind of see Walla Walla to Seattle and Portland as Paso is to LA and SF. They are making very good wines, cheap to taste, and to stay. Napa is very expensive to visit, taste, or buy.($500/night, $25 to taste, $100 abottle) I drink more Washington wines than California wine because I like the blend style and the price for quality is great. I can spend $75 on a Corliss or Leonetti which is on the high end of Washington price point for a very good wine to hold. There are so many good wines from Washington for $40 and under that I get better bang for the buck.
    In the Bay area there are a lot of stores that sell Washington wine, and not just the big producers. I can sometimes find things that are sold out on the winery website in stores here. Yesterday I found a bookwalter that was sold out online in a store here. Restraunts are also selling a lot of Washington wines.

    Napa is fun, but maybe you don't want to be Napa. You will be priced out of all the fun.

  35. Anon Sept 17, interesting comparison between Paso and Walla Walla and glad to hear that Washington wines are seeing good penetration in the market in the Bay Area. I agree that the QPR for the Washington wines - especially compared to Napa - is quite high. Thanks for the comment!

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Nearly two decades of debate on whether to consolidate six high schools into three comes to an end in Wise County.

Two new high schools are set to open next week with a price tag of 60 million dollars.

And we discovered that not only did they meet their construction deadline but came in under budget.

Things are quiet on the outside of Wise County's new Central High School but inside the excitement and anticipation are at a fever pitch.

Next week at this time the halls will be filled with excited students at both Central and the new Union High as they returned to new schools following Christmas break.

"We have a very short time period of course to get everything done so all those individuals have been extremely busy working getting their rooms ready. We appreciate all of the the individuals that are making sure we'll be open and ready," Superintendent Jeff Perry says.

Besides school colors the new schools are exactly alike which actually saved the school system money on construction costs in fact we've learned they will return somewhere between 700-thousand to a million dollars back to the board of supervisors.

"In terms of construction schedule we have finished this on time and within schedule and then a lot of individuals were skeptical and critical that we would be able to do this for the amount that we budgeted and actually we're returning money to the board of supervisors," The superintendent said.

Nobody is more excited about the news schools more than the students themselves returning to a brand new schools with new facilities.

"Physical plant, classroom facilities ready for science, chemistry, biology, classroom instructional areas, computer lab, technology access, it's all state of the art," Central Principal Charles Collins said.

"I think that of all of the trials and tribulations that we went through and all the challenges that need to be overcome and all the obstacles that we had to surmount, i think that individuals have been extremely pleased with the final product," Superindentent Perry concluded.

Ribbon cutting for the new Union High will be Monday January 6th and Central on Wednesday January 8th both at 5 p-m.


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Deep venous thrombosis is a condition in which a blood clot forms in a vein that is deep inside the body.

Alternative Names:

DVT; Blood clot in the legs; Thromboembolism

Causes, incidence, and risk factors:

Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) mainly affects the large veins in the lower leg and thigh. The clot can block blood flow. If the clot breaks off and moves through the bloodstream, it can get stuck in the brain, lungs, heart, or other area, leading to severe damage.

Risks for DVT include:

  • Bedrest
  • Cigarette smoking
  • Fractures
  • Giving birth within the last 6 months
  • Medications such as estrogen and birth control pills
  • Obesity
  • Recent surgery (especially hip, knee, or female reproductive organ surgery)
  • Sitting for a long time, such as on a long plane or car trip

You're also more likely to develop DVT if you have any of the following conditions:

  • Blood that more likely to clot (hypercoagulability)
  • Cancer
  • Overproduction of red blood cells in bone marrow (polycythemia vera ) or related conditions

DVTs are most common in adults over age 60, but can occur at any age.

  • Changes in skin color (redness) in one leg
  • Increased warmth in one leg
  • Leg pain in one leg
  • Leg tenderness in one leg
  • Swelling (edema) of one leg

Signs and tests:

Your health care provider will perform a physical exam. The exam may show a red, swollen, or tender leg.

The following tests may be done:

Blood tests may be done to check if there is increased blood clotting. Such tests include:

  • Activated protein C resistance (checks for the Factor V Leiden mutation)
  • Antithrombin III levels
  • Genetic testing to look for mutations that make you more likely to develop blood clots, including the prothrombin G20210A mutation
  • Lupus anticoagulant or anti-phospholipid antibodies
  • Protein C and Protein S levels
  • Screening for disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC )

This list is not all-inclusive.

For years, the standard treatment has been a medication called heparin, which stops blood clots from forming. This type of medicine is called an anticoagulant (also known as a blood thinner).

If heparin is given continuously through a vein (IV), you must stay in the hospital. However, newer forms of heparin that can be given by injection once or twice a day can sometimes be used. You may not need to stay in the hospital as long, or at all, if you are prescribed this newer form of heparin.

The drug warfarin is usually prescribed along with heparin. Warfarin is taken by mouth and is usually used for long-term therapy. It takes several days to fully work. Heparin is continued until the warfarin has been fully effective for at least 24 hours. People usually take warfarin for a minimum of 3 months, but sometimes they must take it for the rest of their lives, depending on their risk for another clot.

You will need frequent lab tests to check the thickness of your blood when you first start taking warfarin. This lets your health care provider properly adjust your dose.

In rare cases, surgery may be needed if medicines do not work. Surgery may involve:

  • Placement of a filter in the body's largest vein to prevent blood clots from traveling to the lungs
  • Removal of a large blood clot from the vein or injection of clot-busting medicines

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Expectations (prognosis):

Many DVTs disappear without a problem, but they can return. Some people may have long-term pain and swelling in the leg known as post-phlebitic syndrome. Wearing tight (compression) stockings during and after the DVT may help prevent this problem.

A blood clot that breaks free in the leg and travel to the lungs (pulmonary embolus ) can be life threatening. Rapid treatment of DVT helps prevent this problem.

Calling your health care provider:

Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of DVT.

Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if you have DVT and you develop chest pain , difficulty breathing , coughing blood, fainting , loss of consciousness , or other severe symptoms.

Doctors may prescribe blood thinners to help prevent DVT in people at high risk, or those who are undergoing high-risk surgery.

Sometimes patients in the hospital wear special soft boots that automatically (and gently) squeeze the calves periodically. This is called intermittent pneumatic compression. It helps keep blood moving and prevents blood clotting.

Moving your legs often during long plane trips, car trips, and other situations in which you are sitting or lying down for long periods of time can also help prevent DVT.

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Snow V, Qaseem A, Barry P, et al. Management of venous thromboembolism: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2007;146(3):204-10. Epub 2007 Jan 29.

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Louisiana State Police have confirmed to WDSU that Jennifer Englade, the woman involved in Sunday’s accident in Norco that killed three, including a pregnant woman, was over the legal limit for alcohol.

Prosecutors in St. Charles Parish tell WDSU that Englade will be charged with three counts of vehicular homicide, one count of first-degree feticide, one count of negligent injury and second-offense DWI Wednesday.

Police expect Englade to be released from the hospital, where she is being treated for injuries sustained in the crash, sometime between Wednesday and Saturday.

Police told WDSU that Englade will be transported to the St. Charles Parish jail as soon as she is released.

St. Charles Parish District Attorney Joel Chaisson told WDSU he will ask for substantially high bond because of the nature of the case and the history of the driver.

Police would not release Englade’s exact blood alcohol level.

WDSU has learned that Englade has been arrested for DWI on at least four previous occasions.

Chaisson added that the reason why Englade is being charged with second-offense DWI is because her first three DWIs came in 1996 and 1999 (two), and there is a 10-year limit to using previous DWI charges to enhance additional DWI charges. Only Englade's 2012 DWI can be used to enhance the most current charge.

Police said Englade was traveling northbound on US 61 near LA 627 in a 2006 Pontiac G6 and crossed the raised median shortly before 2 a.m.

The Pontiac entered the southbound lane and was struck on its right side by a 2001 Honda Civic driven by Romishe Mejia-Fequier, of Harvey, police said.

Joshua Jones, a passenger in Englade’s car died, as did Mejia-Fequier and a backseat passenger of the Civic who was pregnant, Esther Centeno, police said.

A frontseat passenger in Mejia-Fequier sustained critical injuries but survived the crash.

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by Jeremy Morrison

If you’ve ever visited Canada’s capital city Ottawa in Winter, the above scene no doubt made you smile.  See, this picture represents a  Canadian staple and a Winter season right-of-passage.  One can not truly be Canadian less they have torn into the pastry known as the BeaverTail.   Ottawa gets mighty cold in Winter, occasionally reaching temperatures recorded only there and on planets in the far reaches of the Galaxy.  That saving inner-warmth came from skating the Rideau Canal toward the wee red hutch.

I remember my first time.  Like many firsts, it began with a moment of stark terror.  The horror stemming from a parent looking at me telling me we were going to eat BeaverTails. Dining on the rear appendage of Canada’s National animal was not atop the list of culinary pilgrimages I wished to embark on.  Instead, I was presented with a fried, golden, cinnamon-covered pastry.  It was better than any donut.  Tastier than any cake.  If this is what rodent tail tasted like – I was converted.

It’s rare now that I get chance to make the pilgrimage to Ottawa – but when I do, the BeaverTail is a must.  It’s just as tasty now as it was then.

It was 1980 when the first stand opened in Ottawa’s Byward Market, and didn’t take long to catch on Nationally – eventually this authentic bite of Canadiana was available at Walt Disney World – in a little stone hutch in its native pavilion in Epcot.

Trapper Bob’s Authentic Canadian Pastries offered guests the chance to experience the Tails in the comfort of the Central Florida heat.  It served more than the classic cinnamon and sugar dusted variety.

It became a go-to for thousands of guest every year. You can never go wrong with fried-dough and Canadian charm.  Alas, Disney’s contract with BeaverTail (the pastry’s innovators trademarked the name) expired, and Trapper Bob’s post in Epcot was abandoned.   Despite many online petitions, it never returned.

I had the good fortune to serve at Le Cellier for more than a year, and very rarely did a day pass where I was not asked what had happened to the BeaverTails.  It’s hard to explain to guests that Trapper Bob was sent back to the Great White North, and we were left with a cart serving a not-so-Canadian classic…. popcorn.  The only saving grace was the Fruitopia, PowerAde and Iced Tea were replaced with beer and ice-wines.

So, for the time we bid adieu to this lost Disney World nosh.  Perhaps one day Trapper Bob will don his ‘Coon skin cap and head South again.  Until then, I hear Ottawa is really nice this time of year.  Just bring a jacket.

Jeremy is a Disneyphile from Toronto, Canada.   In the last 15 years he has been a chef,  food writer, and a Disney Cast Member.  He is the co-creator of a television show, and his daughter, Teagan .  He runs the start-up blog spinstheworld.com with his wife, Ashley.

Spin The World wants to hear about your favorite food memory from Disney World – e-mail us at  you.spin.the.world@gmail.com

3 Responses to "The Lost Walt Disney World Food Diary–BeaverTails"

  1. LeeAnn says:

    Bring back the maple candy, too!

  2. Stephen Conti says:

    My wife and I had beavertails at the Frontenac in Quebec City back in 2007. We still talk about them to this day. SOOO good!!!

  3. Brandon says:

    What a stroll down memory lane. I spent most of the first couple of months of my contract working at the Beaver Tails hut back in 2001. A few fellow cast member even took to calling me “The Beave” since I worked there so much. Predictably, I was very upset to see the Beaver Tails hut no longer functioning on return visits to WDW. Fortunately I can still get my Beaver Tails regularly at the Toronto Zoo!

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OSHKOSH, Wis. (WFRV) - Final preparations are underway for the annual WPS Farm Show.

It runs tomorrow through Thursday and draws visitors from around the Midwest.

"It is the number one show of the year for our company" according to Kevin Habeck, District Sales Manager for Patz.

Roughly 470 exhibitors are setting up at the EAA grounds in Oshkosh, to show off the latest in farm technology.

"It gets your name out there and if they have questions they can directly talk to us as far as what products we sell" says Justin Eldred, Agromatic Inc.

WPS started the show 54 years ago , as a way to promote electricity use on a farm.

"As farming has changed so has our show" say Rob Juneau, WPS Farm Show Manager. "Almost every company who is in farming today, has something that is more efficient, more technologically advanced precision, anything to save money".

No matter what color tractor you drive, or the size of your operation, the show is a learning experience.

"The main reason they come is to see the new equipment, to get their hands on the equipment that they might be using for their dairy" Habeck explains.

According to Juneau "This is really known as the buying show. It is the last show before spring planting starts so any farmers who do not have equipment that they're looking for this is where it usually happens".

While this show is already one of the largest in the Midwest, demand is growing every year for size to increase.

Roughly 100 vendors are on a waiting list.

"We try to bring only farm specific vendors here and we attract 20,000 to 25,000 farmers every year" Juneau says.

Admission is free, parking is three dollars.

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OGDEN, Utah – For the sixth consecutive year, the Corporation for National and Community Service has named Weber State University to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service.

“Weber State University is proud of its engagement with our community,” said Ryan Thomas, associate provost. “We believe that such commitments help us to meaningfully respond to local educational needs. Being nationally recognized for the sixth consecutive year as part of the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll is an important national acknowledgment of the deep and continuing commitment of the university to prepare its students to strengthen the community.”

Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service learning and civic engagement. Honorees for the award were chosen based on a series of selection factors including scope and innovation of service projects, percentage of student participation in service activities, incentives for service, and the extent to which the school offers academic service-learning courses.

WSU’s Community Involvement Center was established on campus as a resource for faculty, students and community partners in 2007. The center houses the AmeriCorps Education Award Program, Volunteer Involvement Program and helps facilitate service-learning projects in curriculum. During the 2010-11 academic year, 7,077 WSU students worked on service-learning projects or volunteered in the community, totaling more than 131,229 service hours.

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Yearning for High Blog Revenue? Draw More Traffic

Owning a blog/website has emerged as the most trendy way to earn bucks (big or small, depends entirely on how you channelize it). While there are writers passionate about writing, who create a personal blog just to vent their feelings and their writing pangs out, there is a huge majority of people, which take up the job of writing for websites (personal and for third parties) for the sole purpose of earning money.

It is not a bad idea given that there is no dearth of people, who have been earning big through this practice. We are only set to witness a huge surge in this trend because the opportunities to earn on the Internet are multiplying by the hour.

Yearning for High Blog Revenue? Draw More Traffic

There is a suite of things to be considered, if you wish your blog to draw in money for you. The most important of all is how much traffic is your blog drawing, and if it is getting any clicks from it.

How to Boost Traffic

  • Good Quality Content

Write good quality content – it is the first advice that I would like to pass on. Nothing beats authenticity. When you write a very informative content in the form of numerous useful posts and articles, your users would be keener to stay on your website. It will also lead to better word of mouth marketing. Visitors will also share your content on their social media profiles, which means more popularity of your articles and the overall blog. With so many enriching benefits, it would be imprudence to miss out on good quality content.

Good Quality Content

You can look at the online portals, where writers advertise their availability. These places boast of innumerable writers, who can really help you with your website by writing highly-valuable content, which can be read by a whole sea of readers. You can also hire content writing companies that deal in this field. These companies hire a pool of writers and contracting out them for writing job.

  • Effective Marketing – Content and Social Media Marketing

Does this ever fail? Marketing is the key to sell any product, even websites. Particularly, the techniques of content marketing have brought a revolution in the way, we promote our products. Social media marketing has emerged as a top billed technique for marketers from all walks of industry to put their product right there in front of their potential customers and garner good attention and maximum eyeballs for them. There are various ways to promote your website through social media. Downloading the social media plug-ins on your website, which embed the sharing button of platforms, like Google+, Facebook, Linkedin, and twitter, which goes a long way in creating the right impact in the market and letting you turn heads in the manner most effective and empowered. Social media marketing promotes your product in the way nothing else does. It incredibly easy and effective and it is an unrivaled approach to make yourself count on the Internet. Because, most of the Internet audience has an account on the one or more websites, they happily share your content, if they like it.

Social Media Marketing

Apart from downloading the social media plug-ins, you can also create pages of your site on Facebook, Twitter and Google. These pages will revolve around the theme of your website as you will post the article links of your website. This way, you get more clicks from the relevant audience. Of course, you will also need to promote the pages on the respective platforms. You can do so through paid advertising, a great way to gain Fans and followers on your social media page. As more and more people join your page, you will get greater visibility for your posts and updates. This helps in giving a huge boost to your presence on the Internet. The social media pages are also indexed by Google. So, when users run into them, they know that your brand is authentic and is spreading its presence across different platforms.

There is not any scarcity of the ways that can be leveraged to drive heavy traffic towards your website. You only need to be compassionate and dedicated towards its success.

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Web Hosting Software Firm, Ensim, Enables Largest OCS Deployment

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Santa Clara, California – (The Hosting News) – September 22, 2009 – Provider of change management, user provisioning and access control software, Ensim Unify, is providing provisioning and management for Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), accelerating the deployment for customers of over 150,000 seats.

Described as currently the largest single OCS installation in North America, in less than 90 days, Ensim’s OCS Manager solved all the major provisioning and management requirements that had delayed the deployment of over 150,000 seats of Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007.

Scott Young, vice president of marketing and product management at Ensim Corporation noted, ”Deployment of OCS 2007 often proves challenging for regulated organizations due to complex user entitlement policies. By deploying Ensim Unify, our customer was able to solve its OCS provisioning and management challenges in less than 90 days, while enforcing the security and compliance policies required for its users. The effectiveness and scalability of Ensim Unify speaks for itself in this case, given the size of the OCS deployment it enabled.”

A number of provisioning obstacles had stopped the customer from gaining the benefits of OCS. These obstacles included support for complex IT security and compliance policies, such as multiple provisioning workflows for different types of employees, multi-level help desk support, and minimizing the burden on IT caused by the manual update process. Ensim delivered a provisioning and management solution that integrated with the customer’s existing directory infrastructure and provisioning policies and supported different provisioning workflows, while automating the hundreds of daily manual updates. It also enabled delegated administration to support multi-level help desk operations, while offering full audit and reporting for these processes.

Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition is a complete, role-based access management solution that can be deployed just for OCS or across the entire unified communications (UC) infrastructure including email, VoIP, conferencing, collaboration, and instant messaging. Ensim’s OCS Manager enables businesses to realize the promise of unified communications without the pain of manual user provisioning and burdensome management. OCS Manager works with existing ID management solutions to allow organizations to take full advantage of all the new OCS 2007 features without imposing a burden on IT.

Key features of Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition OCS Manager include:

  • Ability to Integrate with Complex Provisioning Policies
  • Support for Multiple Provisioning Workflows
  • Automated Maintenance of Daily Manual Updates
  • Full Multi-level Help Desk Support
  • Detailed System Activity and Transaction Logging

David J. Wippich, chairman and CEO at Ensim Corporation remarked, ”The ROI associated with deploying unified communications is significant, but many organizations are stuck at deployment or take on burdensome management tasks after deployment. Ensim Unify enables quick deployment, automation of maintenance tasks, and interoperability that leverages existing investments and policies that can be extended to UC apps like OCS.”

Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation is the leading provider of user provisioning and access management software. Ensim products are used by service providers and enterprises worldwide to accelerate and enable deployment of integrated solutions, simplify and automate secure management of complex environments, and increase user and IT productivity. Ensim has over two million users under management and is Microsoft Gold Certified.

To learn more about Ensim, please visit: www.ensim.com.

For more information on Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition OCS Manager, please visit: www.ensim.com/products/ensim_unify/OCS.

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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Ever find yourself wolfing down snacks as you're watching your favorite sitcom? Studies have shown that people eat more when distracted by TV or other pastimes.

A new study finds, however, that there may be a simple way to slow down food intake in these situations: take smaller bites.

In the Dutch study, participants were given a meal of soup to consume as they watched a 15-minute animated film. Two groups ate pre-measured volumes of either small or large sips, while another group was free to take whatever size of sips they wanted.

All the participants could eat as much as they wanted and were later asked to estimate how much they had eaten.

In all three groups, the distraction of watching the film led to a general increase in the amount of soup consumed. The people who ate the pre-specified small sips of soup, however, consumed about 30 percent less than those in the other groups.

The other two groups -- who took bigger sips -- also tended to think they ate much less of the soup than they actually had consumed, said researchers led by Dieuwerke Bolhuis and colleagues from Wageningen University.

"The idea that taking smaller bites would potentially counteract the effects of eating while distracted makes sense from a physiologic standpoint," said registered dietitian Rebecca Solomon, who was not connected to the study.

"We know that it takes approximately 20 minutes for the sensation of 'satiety' or fullness to kick in," explained Solomon, who is nutrition coordinator at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. "When we eat too quickly, we tend to overeat -- whether distracted or not -- because we unknowingly may eat past the point of what I call 'gentle satiety,' an appropriate level of after-meal fullness."

"Taking smaller bites necessarily makes the meal or snack take longer to eat, therefore reducing the amount one would eat within that initial 20 minutes when the feeling of satiation is not yet registered by the brain and stomach," Solomon said.

Another expert agreed.

"The old advice of taking small bites in order to lose weight may have more evidence," said Nancy Copperman, director of public health initiatives in the Office of Community Health at North Shore-LIJ Health System in Great Neck, N.Y.

Her advice? "Avoid inhaling large bites or gulps," she said. "Focus on what you are eating and drinking, enjoy the taste of the meal or snack, and try to avoid distractions when eating."

The study was published Jan. 23 in the journal PLoS One.

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Lawmakers also turned back several other contentious amendments, including one seeking nearly $5 billion in additional Medicaid benefits for Hurricane Katrina evacuees now spread throughout the country.

Senators also rejected a measure that would have required Medicare beneficiaries to sign a consent form before signing up for Medicare's new drug benefit, which is due to start enrolling patients in less than two weeks.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) said the measure was necessary because many beneficiaries were unaware that the drug plan stops paying benefits after $2,250 in annual drug costs and does not kick in again until costs reach $5,100.

"I want to make sure that they understand what it is they are applying for," Lautenberg said.

Republicans rejected the idea. "Essentially it creates an unacceptable level of paperwork," said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Judd Gregg (R-N.H).

The Senate's strategy of cutting spending while avoiding benefit cuts could face a challenge when the House begins its debate on a budget bill next week. House members are expected to cut up to $54 billion and attempt to slow the growth in Medicaid while avoiding Medicare changes altogether.

The White House several days ago threatened to veto the budget bill if it contains the Senate's cuts to Medicare industry subsidies.

Part of the House package will include moves to give state governors more flexibility to cut costs by reducing some benefits or raising costs paid by Medicaid patients.

"We're putting some basic reforms in that frankly should have been done a long time ago," Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said Thursday.

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Ibuprofen Risky for Heart Patients?

Common Pain Drug May Cut Aspirin Lifeline in People at High Risk for Heart Disease

Ibuprofen or Naproxen vs. Prexige

The study by Farkouh and colleagues enrolled 18,325 arthritis patients. Nearly 17% of these patients were at high risk of heart attack and stroke.

The trial compared ibuprofen (brand names include Advil, Motrin, and Nuprin) or naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn) to a new pain drug sold as Prexige in the U.K. and Canada.

Prexige is a member of the stomach-friendly family of pain drugs called Cox-2 inhibitors. Celebrex is the only member of this drug class sold in the U.S. Another Cox-2 drug, Vioxx, was taken off the market after people taking the drug had a suspiciously high number of heart attacks.

All of the high-heart-risk patients in the Farkouh study should have been taking low-dose aspirin. Sixty percent of them did. These patients should have had fewer heart attacks, strokes, and heart deaths than those who did not take aspirin.

But if the patients took aspirin and also took high-dose ibuprofen, they were nine times more likely to have a heart attack than were patients who took aspirin and Prexige. Patients who took ibuprofen without taking aspirin were no more likely to have a heart attack than those who took Prexige.

Farkouh and Nissen say there is strong evidence that ibuprofen blocks the blood-clot-preventing effects of aspirin. Both agree that the drugs do not interact if a person takes aspirin two hours before taking ibuprofen. But Farkouh says this approach will not work in the real world.

“The problem with that is Grandma Jones has to take a statin drug, an ACE inhibitor, and beta-blockers, too. Now you tell her to take a white pill hours before she takes the green pill -- it isn't going to work," he says.

So what is a person who needs low-dose aspirin supposed to do for arthritis pain? For those at low risk of stomach and gut side effects, Farkouh recommends taking naproxen at the lowest helpful dose -- and avoiding ibuprofen.

Nissen says there's far too little evidence to advise anyone to stop taking ibuprofen. However, he recommends that patients take their low-dose aspirin two hours before taking ibuprofen.

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Aug. 13, 2001 -- Ann-Margret was known as America's sex kitten when she rocketed to fame in the early 1960s. In the '70s she made her mark as a serious actress, with Academy Award nominations for her roles in Carnal Knowledge and Tommy. Along the way she conquered Las Vegas, starred in critically acclaimed television dramas, and battled back from a near fatal on-stage accident.

Now the actress is taking on a new role as spokeswoman for a campaign to raise awareness about the bone-thinning disease known as osteoporosis. She is still stunning, still sexy, but she is also something else. Ann-Margret turned 60 three months ago, and she wants the world to know about it.

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"Sixty is just a wonderful time of life, because you know yourself," she tells WebMD. "It was so different 30 years ago. When someone turned even 40 it was a major deal. They were considered to be on a downward spiral. And 50 ... my goodness!"

The actress says she had no hesitations when approached by the "What 60 Looks Like Now" campaign, even though it meant going public with her age. The education effort is sponsored by the National Council on the Aging, with financing from Merck pharmaceuticals, which manufacturers the osteoporosis drug FOSAMAX.

"Everyone knows everyone's age in Hollywood anyway," she says. "It is true that Hollywood is still obsessed with age, but who cares? Who really cares? This is just so important."

She says women who stay active and fit should not fear aging, and a survey commissioned by the campaign suggests many don't. Of 400 60- to 69-year-old women participating in the survey, 56% said they were more active and healthier than they had expected to be at that age, and 70% said their 60s were the best time of their lives.

However, while almost all the women questioned agreed that maintaining good health is important, only about half of them had undergone a bone density test designed to identify osteoporosis.

"The one thing that I want to get out there, especially to postmenopausal women, is that they should call their doctor, make an appointment, and find out if a bone density test is right for them," the actress says. "The test is so simple. You don't even take off your clothes. It takes about seven minutes, and it's painless. There is nothing to it."

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