Their scoring drought had just about reached biblical proportions -- no runs since Monday -- when the Mets welcomed Wilmer Flores from Triple-A Las Vegas for Friday night's game against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Reported by Newsday 3 hours ago.
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Wilmer Flores in lineup, but runs still hard to come by
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Bees lose another player to Los Angeles and another game to Las Vegas
The Bees had their fifth player called up within the last week and couldn't keep pace with Las Vegas losing 6-3.
Reported by Deseret News 2 hours ago.
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Phillies 3, Mets 2: Shortstop Provides Lift, but the Mets Fall
Recalled from Class AAA Las Vegas, Wilmer Flores had two hits as the Mets broke a 23-inning scoreless streak. Still, Philadelphia prevailed in 11 innings.
Reported by NYTimes.com 2 hours ago.
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Aspiring lawyer gets probation for beheading bird in Las Vegas
(Reuters) - An aspiring lawyer from California was sentenced to up to four years of probation on Monday for drunkenly beheading a bird at a Las Vegas hotel in 2012, prosecutors said.
Reported by Reuters 10 hours ago.
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Vegas bird death: Law school grad gets probation for animal cruelty
Vegas bird death: A University of California law school grad beheaded a helmeted guineafowl named Turk. For killing the bird during a drunken escapade in Las Vegas, he was sentenced to up to four years probation and 16 hours of work per month in an animal shelter.
Reported by Christian Science Monitor 10 hours ago.
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A Restaurant in Las Vegas Will Put an Entire Maine Lobster in Your Pho and Serve You ‘Boner’ Soup
Because of its ever-revolving palette of new restaurants, bars and clubs, the Las Vegas Strip tends to lure visitors away from the rest of the…
via Emag.co.uk Reported by Musicrooms.net 9 hours ago.
via Emag.co.uk Reported by Musicrooms.net 9 hours ago.
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Mets call up Rafael Montero to debut Wednesday vs. Yankees
The Mets are shaking up the pitching staff. In an effort to strengthen the bullpen and rotation, the team will call up prospect Rafael Montero from Triple-A Las Vegas to...
Reported by NY Post 8 hours ago.
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Nevada GOP Forcefully Defends Removing Anti-Gay Language From Platform
The Nevada Republican Party is fighting back against a fellow Republican who is upset that it removed anti-gay language from its platform, saying the "divisive social issue" has no place in the document.
Last month, the Nevada GOP voted to strip opposition to marriage equality out of its official party document -- a decision that came after "raucous debate," according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Republican parties in only seven states plus the District of Columbia have no mention of opposition to same-sex marriage in their platforms. The move came as polls showed that more Republicans embrace marriage equality nationwide.
At the Republican National Committee's spring meeting in Memphis on Friday, Nevada Republican National Committeewoman Diana Orrock addressed criticism of the state GOP's move that came in an email from Oklahoma Republican National Committee member Carolyn McLarty.
The email from McLarty, which also criticized Nevada's removal of references to abortion, was sent to about 100 RNC members, according to the Nevada GOP. In it, she questioned the state party's loyalty to the RNC. The national Republican Party platform still has language opposing same-sex marriage and abortion.
"The Nevada GOP action to remove marriage and life from their platform is a disgrace," wrote McLarty. "The move does nothing to unify the Republican Party. Republicans will continue to lose elections if we can’t even stand for protecting the most vulnerable lives among us; or for keeping sacred five thousand plus years of natural human sexuality. Both are direct attacks on God and the family."
Orrock responded in a letter sent to the same delegates who received McLarty's thoughts. She also read part of the response at the meeting's Western Regional Breakfast. Her letter said that the Nevada GOP is not necessarily "for" same-sex marriage or abortion; it simply believes that those issues have no place in the platform. From the letter:
Nevada is home to many diverse people, including a very large LGBT population. The GOP is by definition a party of inclusion not exclusion. If we as a political party continue to exclude Americans that agree with our core principles of freedom and limited government, how can we expect to attract new candidates or continue to get quality Republican candidates elected?
Excluding an entire group of American citizens based solely on their sexual preference toward the same gender is not only divisive but in the 21st century it is unacceptable.
The Nevada convention delegates recognized that the inclusion of divisive social issues has no place in our platform, and that an insistence on emphasizing divisiveness will do nothing more than guarantee that we’ll continue to lose elections and never be in a position to support our core principles of freedom and limited government.
Map created by Aaron Bycoffe. Reported by Huffington Post 9 hours ago.
Last month, the Nevada GOP voted to strip opposition to marriage equality out of its official party document -- a decision that came after "raucous debate," according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Republican parties in only seven states plus the District of Columbia have no mention of opposition to same-sex marriage in their platforms. The move came as polls showed that more Republicans embrace marriage equality nationwide.
At the Republican National Committee's spring meeting in Memphis on Friday, Nevada Republican National Committeewoman Diana Orrock addressed criticism of the state GOP's move that came in an email from Oklahoma Republican National Committee member Carolyn McLarty.
The email from McLarty, which also criticized Nevada's removal of references to abortion, was sent to about 100 RNC members, according to the Nevada GOP. In it, she questioned the state party's loyalty to the RNC. The national Republican Party platform still has language opposing same-sex marriage and abortion.
"The Nevada GOP action to remove marriage and life from their platform is a disgrace," wrote McLarty. "The move does nothing to unify the Republican Party. Republicans will continue to lose elections if we can’t even stand for protecting the most vulnerable lives among us; or for keeping sacred five thousand plus years of natural human sexuality. Both are direct attacks on God and the family."
Orrock responded in a letter sent to the same delegates who received McLarty's thoughts. She also read part of the response at the meeting's Western Regional Breakfast. Her letter said that the Nevada GOP is not necessarily "for" same-sex marriage or abortion; it simply believes that those issues have no place in the platform. From the letter:
Nevada is home to many diverse people, including a very large LGBT population. The GOP is by definition a party of inclusion not exclusion. If we as a political party continue to exclude Americans that agree with our core principles of freedom and limited government, how can we expect to attract new candidates or continue to get quality Republican candidates elected?
Excluding an entire group of American citizens based solely on their sexual preference toward the same gender is not only divisive but in the 21st century it is unacceptable.
The Nevada convention delegates recognized that the inclusion of divisive social issues has no place in our platform, and that an insistence on emphasizing divisiveness will do nothing more than guarantee that we’ll continue to lose elections and never be in a position to support our core principles of freedom and limited government.
Map created by Aaron Bycoffe. Reported by Huffington Post 9 hours ago.
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Andalusian Resorts and Spas, Inc. Announces Signing of Letter of Intent to Acquire the Mona Lisa Hotel and Casino in Costa Rica
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Andalusian Resorts and Spas, Inc. (the "Company") (symbol: ARSP.PK), announced today that it has executed a letter of intent for the acquisition of the Mona Lisa Hotel and Casino in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Mona Lisa Hotel and Casino (http://www.monalisacr.com/) is located in historic Barrio Amon with 93 recently renovated guest rooms, a fabulous restaurant, and an 8,000 square foot Casino. Andalusian intends to use the Mona Lisa Hotel and Casino to cater to the LGB
Reported by Business Wire 10 hours ago.
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Copious Makes a Splash at Magento Imagine
LAS VEGAS, May 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Portland-based Copious (http://copio.us) plans to make a big splash at Imagine, Magento's annual user conference this week in Las Vegas (http://www.imagineecommerce.com/). Imagine is Magento's largest event of the the year, drawing more than...
Reported by PR Newswire 9 hours ago.
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Inside Ashton Kutcher's Guys' Weekend in Las Vegas
The dad-to-be, sans Mila Kunis, came out to Sin City with approximately 40 pals to celebrate producer Luke Watson's 40th birthday
Reported by People Magazine 9 hours ago.
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Guest Post: Yellen's Wand Is Running Low On Magic
Submitted by Doug French via Casey Research,
*How important is housing to the American economy?*
If a 2011 SMU paper entitled "Housing's Contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) quot; is right, nothing moves the economic needle like housing. It accounts for 17% to 18% of GDP.
And don't forget that home buyers fill their homes with all manner of stuff—and that homeowners have more skin in insurance on what's likely to be their family's most important asset.
All claims to the contrary, the disappointing first-quarter housing numbers expose the Federal Reserve as impotent at influencing GDP's most important component.
-*The Fed: Housing's Best Friend*-
*No wonder every modern Fed chairman has lowered rates to try to crank up housing activity, rationalizing that low rates make mortgage payments more affordable.* Back when he was chair, Ben Bernanke wrote in the Washington Post, "Easier financial conditions will promote economic growth. For example, lower mortgage rates will make housing more affordable and allow more homeowners to refinance."
In her first public speech, new Fed Chair Janet Yellen said one of the benefits to keeping interest rates low is to "make homes more affordable and revive the housing market."
As quick as they are to lower rates and increase prices, Fed chairs are notoriously slow at spotting their own bubble creation. In 2002, Alan Greenspan viewed the comparison of rising home prices to a stock market bubble as "imperfect." The Maestro concluded, "Even if a bubble were to develop in a local market, it would not necessarily have implications for the nation as a whole."
Three years later—in 2005—Ben Bernanke was asked about housing prices being out of control. "Well, I guess I don't buy your premise," he said. "It's a pretty unlikely possibility. We've never had a decline in home prices on a nationwide basis."
With never a bubble in sight, the Fed constantly supports housing while analysts and economists count on the housing stimulus trick to work.
-*2014 GDP Depends on Housing*-
"*There's more expansion ahead for the housing market in 2014,* with starts and new-home sales continuing to rise at double-digit rates, thanks to tight inventory," writes Gillian B. White for Kiplinger. The "Timely, Trusted Personal Finance Advice and Business Forecast(er)" says GDP will bounce back.
Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan says, "Our full-year 2014 economic forecast accounts for three key growth drivers: an acceleration in spending activity from private-sector forces, waning fiscal drag from the federal government, and continued improvement in the housing market."
We'll see about that last one.
-*Greatest Housing Subsidy of All Time Running Out of Gas*-
With the central bank flooding the markets with liquidity, holding short rates low, and buying long-term debt, mortgage rates have been consistently below 5% since the start of 2009. For all of 2012, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate stayed below 4%. In the post-gold-standard era (after 1971), rates have never been this low for this long.
The Fed's unprecedented mortgage subsidy has helped the market make a dead-cat bounce since the crash of 2008. After peaking in July 2006 at 206.52, the Case-Shiller 20-City composite index bottomed in February 2012 at 134.06. It had recovered to 165.50 as of January.
However, while low rates have propped up prices, sales of existing homes have fallen in seven of the last eight months. In March re-sales were down 7.5% from a year earlier. That's the fifth month in a row in which sales fell below the year-earlier level.
David Stockman writes, "March sales volume remained the slowest since July 2012." He listed 13 major metro areas whose sales declined from a year ago, led by San Jose, down 18%. The three worst performers and 6 of the bottom 11 were California cities. Las Vegas and Phoenix were also in the bottom 10, with sales down double-digits from a year ago.
This after housing guru Ivy Zelman told CNBC in February, "California is back to where it was in nirvana." Considering the entire nation, she said, "I think nirvana is not far around the corner… I think that I have to tell you, I'm probably the most bullish I've ever been fundamentally, and I'm dating myself, been around for over 20 years, so I've seen a lot of ups and downs."
-*Housing Headwinds*-
Housing is contributing less to overall growth than during both the days of 20% mortgage rates in the 1980s and the S&L crisis of the early 1990s.
In Phoenix, where home prices have bounced back and Wall Street money has vacuumed up thousands of distressed properties, the market has gone flat.
In Belfiore Real Estates' April market report, Jim Belfiore wrote, "The bad news for home builders is they have created a glut of supply in previously hot market areas… Potential buyers, as might be expected, feel no sense of urgency to buy because they believe this glut is going to exist indefinitely."
Nick Timiraos points out in the Wall Street Journal that with a 4.5% mortgage rate and prices 20% below their peak, "… homes are still more affordable than in most periods between 1990 and 2008." So why is demand for new homes so tepid? And why have refinancings fallen 58% year-over-year in the first quarter?
"Housing's rocky recovery could signal weakness more broadly in the economy," writes Timiraos, "reflecting the lingering damage from the bust that has left millions of households unable to participate in any housing recovery. Many still have properties worth less than the amount borrowers owe on their mortgages, while others have high levels of debt, low levels of savings, and patchy incomes."
More specifically, "So far we have experienced 7 million foreclosures," David Stockman, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, writes. "Beyond that there are still nine million homeowners seriously underwater on their mortgages, and there are millions more who are stranded in place because they don't have enough positive equity to cover transactions costs and more stringent down payment requirements."
Young people used to drive real estate growth, but not anymore. The percentage of young home buyers has been declining for years. Between 1980 and 2000, the percentage of homeowners among people in their late twenties fell from 43% to 38%. And after the crash, the downtrend continued. The percentage of young people who obtained mortgages between 2009 and 2011 was just half what it was ten years ago.
Young people don't seem to view owning a home as the American dream, as was the case a generation ago. Plus, who has room to take on more debt when 7 in 10 students graduate college with an average $30k in student loan debt?
"First-time home buyers are typically an important source of incremental housing demand, so their smaller presence in the market affects house prices and construction quite broadly," Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told homebuilders two years ago.
*There's not much good news for housing these days. For a little while, the Fed's suppression of interest rates juiced housing enough to distract Americans from weak job creation and stagnant real wages. Don't have a job? No problem! Just borrow against the appreciation of your house to feed your family.*
*But Yellen's interest rate wand looks to be out of magic. The government had a pipe dream of white picket fences for everyone. But Americans can't refinance their way to wealth. Especially in the Greater Depression.*
Read more about the Fed’s back-breaking economic shenanigans and the ways to protect your assets in the *Casey Daily Dispatch*—your daily go-to guide for gold, silver, energy, technology, and crisis investing. Click here to sign up—it’s free. Reported by Zero Hedge 9 hours ago.
*How important is housing to the American economy?*
If a 2011 SMU paper entitled "Housing's Contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) quot; is right, nothing moves the economic needle like housing. It accounts for 17% to 18% of GDP.
And don't forget that home buyers fill their homes with all manner of stuff—and that homeowners have more skin in insurance on what's likely to be their family's most important asset.
All claims to the contrary, the disappointing first-quarter housing numbers expose the Federal Reserve as impotent at influencing GDP's most important component.
-*The Fed: Housing's Best Friend*-
*No wonder every modern Fed chairman has lowered rates to try to crank up housing activity, rationalizing that low rates make mortgage payments more affordable.* Back when he was chair, Ben Bernanke wrote in the Washington Post, "Easier financial conditions will promote economic growth. For example, lower mortgage rates will make housing more affordable and allow more homeowners to refinance."
In her first public speech, new Fed Chair Janet Yellen said one of the benefits to keeping interest rates low is to "make homes more affordable and revive the housing market."
As quick as they are to lower rates and increase prices, Fed chairs are notoriously slow at spotting their own bubble creation. In 2002, Alan Greenspan viewed the comparison of rising home prices to a stock market bubble as "imperfect." The Maestro concluded, "Even if a bubble were to develop in a local market, it would not necessarily have implications for the nation as a whole."
Three years later—in 2005—Ben Bernanke was asked about housing prices being out of control. "Well, I guess I don't buy your premise," he said. "It's a pretty unlikely possibility. We've never had a decline in home prices on a nationwide basis."
With never a bubble in sight, the Fed constantly supports housing while analysts and economists count on the housing stimulus trick to work.
-*2014 GDP Depends on Housing*-
"*There's more expansion ahead for the housing market in 2014,* with starts and new-home sales continuing to rise at double-digit rates, thanks to tight inventory," writes Gillian B. White for Kiplinger. The "Timely, Trusted Personal Finance Advice and Business Forecast(er)" says GDP will bounce back.
Fannie Mae Chief Economist Doug Duncan says, "Our full-year 2014 economic forecast accounts for three key growth drivers: an acceleration in spending activity from private-sector forces, waning fiscal drag from the federal government, and continued improvement in the housing market."
We'll see about that last one.
-*Greatest Housing Subsidy of All Time Running Out of Gas*-
With the central bank flooding the markets with liquidity, holding short rates low, and buying long-term debt, mortgage rates have been consistently below 5% since the start of 2009. For all of 2012, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate stayed below 4%. In the post-gold-standard era (after 1971), rates have never been this low for this long.
The Fed's unprecedented mortgage subsidy has helped the market make a dead-cat bounce since the crash of 2008. After peaking in July 2006 at 206.52, the Case-Shiller 20-City composite index bottomed in February 2012 at 134.06. It had recovered to 165.50 as of January.
However, while low rates have propped up prices, sales of existing homes have fallen in seven of the last eight months. In March re-sales were down 7.5% from a year earlier. That's the fifth month in a row in which sales fell below the year-earlier level.
David Stockman writes, "March sales volume remained the slowest since July 2012." He listed 13 major metro areas whose sales declined from a year ago, led by San Jose, down 18%. The three worst performers and 6 of the bottom 11 were California cities. Las Vegas and Phoenix were also in the bottom 10, with sales down double-digits from a year ago.
This after housing guru Ivy Zelman told CNBC in February, "California is back to where it was in nirvana." Considering the entire nation, she said, "I think nirvana is not far around the corner… I think that I have to tell you, I'm probably the most bullish I've ever been fundamentally, and I'm dating myself, been around for over 20 years, so I've seen a lot of ups and downs."
-*Housing Headwinds*-
Housing is contributing less to overall growth than during both the days of 20% mortgage rates in the 1980s and the S&L crisis of the early 1990s.
In Phoenix, where home prices have bounced back and Wall Street money has vacuumed up thousands of distressed properties, the market has gone flat.
In Belfiore Real Estates' April market report, Jim Belfiore wrote, "The bad news for home builders is they have created a glut of supply in previously hot market areas… Potential buyers, as might be expected, feel no sense of urgency to buy because they believe this glut is going to exist indefinitely."
Nick Timiraos points out in the Wall Street Journal that with a 4.5% mortgage rate and prices 20% below their peak, "… homes are still more affordable than in most periods between 1990 and 2008." So why is demand for new homes so tepid? And why have refinancings fallen 58% year-over-year in the first quarter?
"Housing's rocky recovery could signal weakness more broadly in the economy," writes Timiraos, "reflecting the lingering damage from the bust that has left millions of households unable to participate in any housing recovery. Many still have properties worth less than the amount borrowers owe on their mortgages, while others have high levels of debt, low levels of savings, and patchy incomes."
More specifically, "So far we have experienced 7 million foreclosures," David Stockman, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, writes. "Beyond that there are still nine million homeowners seriously underwater on their mortgages, and there are millions more who are stranded in place because they don't have enough positive equity to cover transactions costs and more stringent down payment requirements."
Young people used to drive real estate growth, but not anymore. The percentage of young home buyers has been declining for years. Between 1980 and 2000, the percentage of homeowners among people in their late twenties fell from 43% to 38%. And after the crash, the downtrend continued. The percentage of young people who obtained mortgages between 2009 and 2011 was just half what it was ten years ago.
Young people don't seem to view owning a home as the American dream, as was the case a generation ago. Plus, who has room to take on more debt when 7 in 10 students graduate college with an average $30k in student loan debt?
"First-time home buyers are typically an important source of incremental housing demand, so their smaller presence in the market affects house prices and construction quite broadly," Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told homebuilders two years ago.
*There's not much good news for housing these days. For a little while, the Fed's suppression of interest rates juiced housing enough to distract Americans from weak job creation and stagnant real wages. Don't have a job? No problem! Just borrow against the appreciation of your house to feed your family.*
*But Yellen's interest rate wand looks to be out of magic. The government had a pipe dream of white picket fences for everyone. But Americans can't refinance their way to wealth. Especially in the Greater Depression.*
Read more about the Fed’s back-breaking economic shenanigans and the ways to protect your assets in the *Casey Daily Dispatch*—your daily go-to guide for gold, silver, energy, technology, and crisis investing. Click here to sign up—it’s free. Reported by Zero Hedge 9 hours ago.
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Vegas Bird Death May Bar Young Man From Practicing Law
A bird death in Las Vegas back in 2012 had a lot of people up in arms over animal cruelty. Now the main individual responsible has finally been sentenced. Justin Alexander Teixeira, a 25-year-old Berkeley law student, was sentenced to …
Reported by WebProNews 7 hours ago.
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Ashton Kutcher Takes Weekend Trip To Las Vegas Without Pregnant Fiancé Mila Kunis
Ashton Kutcher enjoyed a guys' trip to Las Vegas this past weekend to celebrate the 40th birthday of his good friend, television producer Luke...
Reported by ContactMusic 8 hours ago.
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Omnicare to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2014 Health Care Conference
Cincinnati, May 13, 2014 - (ACN Newswire) - Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE:OCR) today announced that it will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Health Care Conference on Wednesday, May 15, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. PT (11:00 a.m. ET) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The event will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed from Omnicare's Investor Relations website at http://ir.omnicare.com. Please allow extra time prior to the event to visit the site and download the streaming media software required to listen to the Internet broadcast. Following the conference, an archived version of the webcast will be available for 30 days.
About Omnicare
Omnicare, Inc., a Fortune 500 company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, provides comprehensive pharmaceutical services to patients and providers across the United States. As the market-leader in professional pharmacy, related consulting and data management services for skilled nursing, assisted living and other chronic care institutions, Omnicare leverages its unparalleled clinical insight into the geriatric market along with some of the industry's most innovative technological capabilities to the benefit of its long-term care customers. Omnicare also provides key commercialization services for the bio-pharmaceutical industry through its Specialty Care Group. For more information, visit www.omnicare.com.
Contact:
Patrick C. Lee
+1-513-719-1507
patrick.lee@omnicare.comThis announcement is distributed by NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions on behalf of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: Omnicare via Globenewswire
Copyright 2014 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.com Reported by ACN Newswire 8 hours ago.
The event will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed from Omnicare's Investor Relations website at http://ir.omnicare.com. Please allow extra time prior to the event to visit the site and download the streaming media software required to listen to the Internet broadcast. Following the conference, an archived version of the webcast will be available for 30 days.
About Omnicare
Omnicare, Inc., a Fortune 500 company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, provides comprehensive pharmaceutical services to patients and providers across the United States. As the market-leader in professional pharmacy, related consulting and data management services for skilled nursing, assisted living and other chronic care institutions, Omnicare leverages its unparalleled clinical insight into the geriatric market along with some of the industry's most innovative technological capabilities to the benefit of its long-term care customers. Omnicare also provides key commercialization services for the bio-pharmaceutical industry through its Specialty Care Group. For more information, visit www.omnicare.com.
Contact:
Patrick C. Lee
+1-513-719-1507
patrick.lee@omnicare.comThis announcement is distributed by NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions on behalf of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein.
Source: Omnicare via Globenewswire
Copyright 2014 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.com Reported by ACN Newswire 8 hours ago.
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Las Vegas: Where the lights still blaze
The junked signs that attracted throngs to old Las Vegas have for years gathered dust in a neon boneyard just a few miles from the sleek mega-casinos on the Strip.On a Memorial Day holiday weekend, the hulking metal come-ons are...
Reported by New Zealand Herald 7 hours ago.
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Britney Spears adds 50 dates to Las Vegas residency
Pop star Britney Spears has added 50 dates to her Las Vegas residency with new shows, including performances on holidays New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day 2015.
Reported by abc4 7 hours ago.
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24 Iconic Portraits Of The Coolest Americans Ever
What exactly do we mean when we call someone “cool?” Most would struggle to describe it, but just about everyone knows "cool" when they see it. It is a distinctly American invention that finds its roots in African-American culture, Jazz, and the multitude of icons that the American fame machine has produced. A new exhibition and book, "American Cool," currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C., traces the origins of “cool.” It also includes a look at the 100 “coolest” Americans of all time.
To decide who made the list, curators Frank H. Goodyear III, the co-director of the Bowndown College Museum of Art, and Joel Dinerstein, the director of the American Studies program at Tulane University, engaged in a vigorous debate based on four criteria.
Dinerstein explained to PBS Newshour: “First an originality of artistic vision as established through a signature style, which is to say their artistic vision cannot be separate from their personality. Second, that in a given historical moment, they were perceived as a cultural rebel. Third, that they have high profile recognition. Fourth, that they have a recognized cultural legacy.”
While the usual suspects are featured, including James Dean, Jimi Hendrix, and Hunter S. Thompson, there are many less obvious faces on the "cool" list as well. All are, however, what Dinerstein calls,"the successful rebels of American culture."
The National Portrait Gallery shared a selection of the portraits with us here, but you can see the entire collection in the book or at the gallery until September 7th.
-Long Island-native Walt Whitman was a poet, essayist, and journalist, best known for his seminal poetry collection "Leaves of Grass" (1855), which was criticized for its overt sexuality.
Frederick Douglass was an African-American orator, writer, statesman, and activist. After escaping from slavery in 1838, Douglass wrote a landmark autobiography of his experience and became a leader of the abolitionist movement.
Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s. At the time of his death from alcoholism at 28, Beiderbecke was little known outside of the jazz community.
Nicknamed "the Empress of the Blues," Bessie Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often considered the greatest singer of the era.
Billie Holiday was a jazz singer and songwriter, whose style was inspired by jazz instrumentalists. She worked with many of the titans of early jazz, including Count Basie, Artie Shaw, and Louis Armstrong.
Though born in Britain, Audrey Hepburn made her mark on American culture as a film, TV, and Broadway icon during Hollywood's "Golden Age," with the films "Breakfast At Tiffany's" (1961) and "My Fair Lady" (1964).
Hailing from Hoboken, New Jersey, Frank Sinatra was one of the most influential and best-selling entertainers of all time.
Humphrey Bogart was named in 1999 by the American Film Institute as the greatest male star in the history of film. He appeared in such iconic movies as "Casablanca" (1942), "The Big Sleep" (1946), "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), and "Sabrina" (1954).
Lauren Bacall is a film and stage actress most famous during Hollywood's "Golden Age." She often appeared alongside Humphrey Bogart and was a mainstay in the film noir genre, often playing the "femme fatale" role.
Considered by many to be the greatest actor of all time, Marlon Brando achieved acclaim for playing the role of Stanley Kowalski in the play "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951) and later for his roles in "On The Waterfront" (1954), "The Godfather" (1972), and "Apocalypse Now" (1979).
James Dean is best known as an icon of teen disillusionment, which he exhibited prominently in the film "Rebel Without A Cause" (1955). He died in a car accident at 24.
Mississippi-born Muddy Waters is considered the "father of modern Chicago blues" and is credited with influencing some of the biggest acts of the 1960s and 1970s, including The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, AC/DC, and Led Zeppelin.
Miles Davis was a jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Davis revolutionized jazz in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, pioneering the jazz fusion, jazz-rock, and jazz-funk genres.
Actor Steve McQueen has been called "the King of Cool" for his anti-hero persona and his many popular iconic movies, such as "The Great Escape" (1963) and "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968).
Hailing from Seattle, Washington, Jimi Hendrix was called "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music," by the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.
Joan Didion is a writer and essayist best known for her documentation of the tumultuous American culture in the 1960s.
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist that first achieved recognition as a graffiti artist on the Lower East Side during the late 1970s. He died of a heroin overdose at 27.
Scottish-born David Byrne is a founding member of American new wave band Talking Heads, one of the most popular and influential bands of the 1980s.
Debbie Harry is a singer-songwriter, most famous for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie.
One of the most influential pop stars of the last 30 years, Madonnna broke through in the early '80s with her debut single "Everybody" and later with "Like A Virgin."
Kurt Cobain was the lead singer and guitarist of grunge band Nirvana. Cobain struggled with heroin addiction and depression through much of his life, eventually committing suicide at 27 in 1994.
Tony "The Birdman" Hawk is a former professional skateboarder, widely considered to be one of the most influential pioneers of skateboarding.
Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro has appeared in numerous cult films including "The Usual Suspects" (1995), "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" (1998), "Snatch" (2000), and "Sin City" (2005).
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Samsung NBA Summer League to tip off July 11
NEW YORK -- Samsung NBA Summer League tips off on Friday, July 11, at the COX Pavilion and Thomas and Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, marking the 10th time the event will be held in the desert. For the second time in the event's history, a tournament-style format will be utilized to crown a champion.
Reported by NBA 6 hours ago.
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The Ballen Group's Las Vegas Home For Sale In 89123 Is Now Pending
The Ballen Group of Keller Williams Realty Las Vegas's Las Vegas home listing is now pending. The Ballen Group is excited to be selling one of their Las Vegas homes.This Las Vegas home was listed for $161,920 but is selling for $166,000. This home sold in 2012 for $120,000. The Ballen Group is thrilled to get this homeowner $46,000 more than they bought the home for two years ago. In this sale The Ballen Group is selling this Las Vegas home for 102.5% of the listing price.The Ballen Group of Keller Williams Realty's Las Vegas homes for sale sell on average 103.8% of listing price. Lynn Snider, the Las Vegas real estate agent who is representing The Ballen Group, says the secret to selling the home for above asking price is "Pricing it just right."This home received the offer currently pending sale days after the Las Vegas home was listed for sale. The Ballen Group's Las Vegas real estate agent, Lynn Snider, is hoping to have this Las Vegas home sold within the month it was listed as a Las Vegas home for sale.Built in 2005, this two-story house is still in perfect condition to be sold. Lynn Snider, representing Lori Ballen in this Las Vegas home listing, has been a real estate agent for 12 years and is well equipped to sell this Las Vegas home.This single-family Las Vegas home is located on Coronation Avenue. This home has 3 beds, 2 … baths, and is sized at approximately 1,408 square feet. The property has a lot size of 2,614 square feet. This home is in the Enterprise neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This Las Vegas home is in the zip code region of 89123. The number of active listings in Las Vegas 89123 increased by 29.2% in April from the previous month of March 2014. The median number of days active properties have been listed is 50. This sales period is significantly shorter than the United State's average.
The amount of housing sales in January dropped by 59.7% from December 2013. Because the supply is down, now is the time for home owners looking to quickly sell their Las Vegas homes at a good price to sell their house.
This area of Las Vegas's median household salary is $65,296. Las Vegas 89123 has 1,079 households earning between $35,000 to $40,000 a year. For the zip 89123, 17.73% of the people living in this area have completed a bachelors degree as their highest education level.
The Ballen Group's Las Vegas real estate agents are dedicated in selling Las Vegas homes, and specializes in Summerlin. Owned by Richard and Lori Ballen, these real estate agents are determined to bring their clients the "Wow Factor" through clear, constant communication and service of the highest level.
Lori Ballen
3046 S. Durango #100
Las Vegas, NV 89117
www.theballengroup.com
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Company Contact Information
The Ballen Group - - Las Vegas Real Estate Specialists
Lori Ballen
3046 S. Durango #100
89117
702-604-7739
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This Las Vegas home is in the zip code region of 89123. The number of active listings in Las Vegas 89123 increased by 29.2% in April from the previous month of March 2014. The median number of days active properties have been listed is 50. This sales period is significantly shorter than the United State's average.
The amount of housing sales in January dropped by 59.7% from December 2013. Because the supply is down, now is the time for home owners looking to quickly sell their Las Vegas homes at a good price to sell their house.
This area of Las Vegas's median household salary is $65,296. Las Vegas 89123 has 1,079 households earning between $35,000 to $40,000 a year. For the zip 89123, 17.73% of the people living in this area have completed a bachelors degree as their highest education level.
The Ballen Group's Las Vegas real estate agents are dedicated in selling Las Vegas homes, and specializes in Summerlin. Owned by Richard and Lori Ballen, these real estate agents are determined to bring their clients the "Wow Factor" through clear, constant communication and service of the highest level.
Lori Ballen
3046 S. Durango #100
Las Vegas, NV 89117
www.theballengroup.com
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Company Contact Information
The Ballen Group - - Las Vegas Real Estate Specialists
Lori Ballen
3046 S. Durango #100
89117
702-604-7739
News and Press Release Distribution From I-Newswire.com Reported by i-Newswire.com 5 hours ago.
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