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Roasted pineapple relish:• Peel and core a fresh pineapple, dice into large chunks• Slice 1 fresh jalapeno• In a bowl, toss jalapeno and pineapple with 1⁄2 cup of teriyaki sauce and place on a roasting pan• Place in a 400 degree oven for 40 minutes or until tender and slightly caramelized, allow to cool to room temperature• Place mixture in a food processor and pulse to a relish-like consistency, season with salt and pepper to taste
...pineapple in half lengthwise and cut out the fruit section. Remove the core and cut the fruit into medium dice. Reserve about one cup of pineapple for the fried rice...
...same business model that steered the firm through its first 10 years of jaw-dropping growth. Three years ago, eBay boasted 30% more traffic than Amazon, but today its 84.5 million active users scarcely best Amazon's 81 million customers. The troubled economy and weakness in eBay's core business contributed to a 60% drop in market value this year. Amazon's market cap topped eBay's for the first time last summer. "eBay used to own all the on and off ramps, and now it's just another highway," says Scot Wingo, chief executive of ChannelAdvisor, a consultancy that...
...that have synergy with eBay's brand. He's also re-evaluating whether to spin off Skype, the voice-over-IP phone-system acquisition that was Whitman's biggest mistake, not to mention a $1.4 billion write-off. eBay overpaid for a company that doesn't directly benefit the core business. Donahoe also launched a new search platform to better catalog the 120 million live listings...
...fact that Washington teachers didn't even want to choose between merit pay, based on performance, plus losing a year of tenure, and a standard smaller raise on an annual basis exposes the core issue regarding our failed public-school system. The vast majority of public-school teachers (as represented by their union) are willing to accept below-proficiency pay in return for job security because they are painfully aware of their collective ineptitude. When tenure is eliminated and teachers can make up to $130,000 per year for extraordinary performance, educators like me may be encouraged to (re)join...