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Victoria Station Cartoon Cinema
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Located adjacent to Platform 19 on the Buckingham Palace Road side of Victoria Railway Station in the centre of London. The Victoria Station News Theatre was opened on 12th September 1933. A quite amazing little cinema positioned over the concourse of the station with just a small but highly stylized entrance paybox and staircase at ground floor level leading to the 1st floor auditorium.
This contained a single flat floor with seating divided into three blocks - two outer with 4 seats per row and a central block of 7 seats per row.
The auditorium was barrel shaped with an attractive proscenium and a large clock on the left hand side. The whole was specially insulated against noise and vibration from the railway station outside.
It never moved on to presenting feature films - one major drawback was that it had no toilets of its own (patrons had to come down the stairs, exit the cinema and walk a few yards to the public toilets on the railway station concourse).
Operated by the Classic Cinemas chain, the Victoria Station News Theatre was one of several small newsreel theatres in London and in later years showed continuous 1-hour programmes of short subjects and cartoons. It was quietly closed on 27th August 1981 with the Walt Disney short cartoon "The Hound That Thought He Was a Racoon" and an edition of Movietone News featuring the 1937 Coronation. It was later demolished.
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Its amazing this could operate with a film policy as it did until 1981.
hi.there this is ray aguilar,i was there on the closing night,even lent the chief dave oddy a reel of old nitrate newsreel to show,happy memories,anyone remember th waterloo station news theatre.ray
Apparently this was the last cartoon cinema left in the UK when it closed with 'The Hound that Thought He was a Raccoon' on August 27th, 1981. I'd been told by my father about them but I never knew how long they lasted.
I'm sad to pass on the news that David Oddy passed away on Jan 12, 2015 in Oxford at age 74. His cinema career spanned almost five decades, starting in the late 1950's. He was chief projectionist at several major cinemas in the West End of London, including the Victoria Station Cartoon Cinema. The BBC interviewed David on the sad day when it closed in 1981. He also worked at several other greater London cinemas, including an art house in Richmond.
David was well known and respected among his fellow projectionists. In his time most of the West End cinema projectionists knew one another as they frequented the same pubs and it was common practice to move employment from cinema to cinema. David was one of the most colorful of the lot with his quick mind, sense of humor, impeccable dress, and his love of gadgets and anything mechanical. I'm sure he and his buddy Jim Carter will both be remembered fondly as long as any of that group is still around.
David spent the last decade of his career in the AV department of the Imperial War Museum. There he had the opportunity to handle and show rare archival footage and to meet many dignitaries at exclusive screenings. He retired to Oxfordshire upon retirement.
In the days before digital filming,the projection booth was quite an engineering project. Dave was a self taught engineer who built several booths from the ground up. Long before digital controllers he devised mechanical contraptions to automatically open and close the curtains in front of the screen, to raise and lower the house music volume and to dim and raise the house lights.
The skills that David took pride in and that brought a fabulous entertainment experience to so many people in the pre-digital era are now almost entirely lost. He was an exceptionally inquisitive creative person and a loyal friend. He'll be missed.
Was this the little News and Cartoon cinema with an entrance just outside Victoria Station? If so my mother used to take me when I was a baby along with her friend Molly and they used as a drinking vessel the head my little rubber doll. I loved the cartoons, Charlie Chaplin shorts and all the newsreels of WW2 which had ended a couple of years earlier.
very sad to hear the news about dave oddy,he came to my house in the projectors80s after the news theater closed at victoria station,i bought the kalee projectors and had them in my home cinema for some time,dont know what i did with that old nitrate movietone news,shown on the last night at victoria,it was quite a job getting those projectors down from the roof! ray
Lunaluna please get in contact .. I'm Jim carters nephew and I knew David odd very well .. he was a great guy and a brilliant projectionist he got me into working at riverside studios Hammersmith years ago .. he lived near Oxford with a little model railway around his tree outside ..I've been wondering what happened to David and I knew he came from Putney as his mum lived there .. thanks
I stumbled across this great website while reminiscing. I went on occasion to the Cartoon Cinema in the mid to late 70s with a troop of kids from the Peabody Estate on Vauxhall Bridge Road. A real treat. Cartoons and old black and white movies were shown on a loop, and we would watch the, through at least twice around. Vividly recall Rocket Man, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Superman, and being fascinated by what we would now call terrible 'production values'. Cheetah the chimp was an actor in a very bad suit. If I remember correctly, Superman had the physique of a bus conductor and smoked fags. Us kids thought the films ridiculous – but were mesmerised none the less. We LOVED the cartoons.
"Did they only show cartoons there?"
I remember working there as Assistant Manager in the late 1960s. The hours were long and I've lost count of the amount of times I used to run up and down all those stairs from the cash desk to the auditorium! Classic Cinemas, in their wisdom, decided we should screen a late night full length feature film on Saturday nights. This attracted a motley crew of patrons and occasionally a fight would break out. What a nightmare.
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On the other end of things, he still enjoys cooking. Alan is our main smoker guy at Ard's. He travels offsite to weddings, family reunions, birthday parties and even brew festivals smoking ribs, pork belly and more! Alan loves connecting with the public and telling the story of where we are at today!
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Growing up at Ard's farming was the name of the game for Ethan as the son of Kyle and Alan Ard. He has been around almost as long as Ard's has! At the age of 12 he started helping where he could around Ards. He was a crucial corn maze employee growing up, who laid the maze out for many years. During his high school days he could also be found in the market as a cash register worker. From there he decided to pursue college at Bloomsburg University graduating in 2014 with a business management degree. As a member of the family he decided to try something new, before committing to the family business. He worked in construction for two years prior to coming to back to where his heart was at.
In 2016, Ethan jumped on board the Ard's crew, taking on more responsibilities than ever! He is now, our handy man and the farm hand! He assisted with renovations in 2017 to the restaurant and worked his magic again renovating the market in 2018. From there, he also takes care of our chickens, making sure the market has farm fresh eggs for sale, the pigs and has a greenhouse that provides fresh product to the restaurant. Let's not forget, where it all began though! Ethan is now in charge of the maze park during the fall, where he makes sure field trips, group trip and everyday activities go smoothly for us. The more time he spends at the farm, the more he learns the ropes from Alan! He really does do a little bit of everything!


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Things to do in Vladivostok Russia?
about 10 years ago about Vladivostok, Russia
Are there things to see and do for a visitor in Vladivostok? It seems so close to Japan that one could go and visit.. but I wonder if there is a tourism industry there? Has anyone been there and can comment?
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Vladivostok is very special. It's well developed from many points including tourism, food and night life. Since many Chinese and Japanese come to see this city, it should be easy to find a guided tour. August and September are the best months to go there. about 9 years agoAnswered by Sergey Shashkin via Ask a Nomad iPad app


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Morrisons has reported better than expected sales growth in the first quarter after reaping the rewards of price cuts and strong Easter trading.
The supermarket said like-for-like sales grew 3.4% in the three months to April 30, ahead of analyst expectations and an acceleration on the previous quarter's 2.9%.
Chief executive David Potts said: "We are improving the shopping trip in many different ways, which is making Morrisons more popular and accessible for customers.
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Figures from Kantar on Wednesday showed that Morrisons was the fastest growing Big Four grocer, helped by its The Best line attracting more affluent shoppers, with sales up 2.2%, although its market share fell 0.2 percentage points to 10.4%.
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"The transformation, spearheaded by CEO David Potts, is by no means complete; after all the weaknesses in online and convenience are still glaringly obvious. Nonetheless, progress thus far has been impressive."


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The prolific producer has crafted one of the best records of the year. RA's Holly Dicker catches up with Travis Stewart to find out about his many sounds.
An instrumental family and net-fostered interest in dance music in part explains his eclectic stockpile of records, which to date seem to touch upon nearly every genre imaginable via his Machinedrum alias and platter of side projects. It was in fact one of these that first brought him to the attention of Miami tastemaker Merck. Stewart's Triskaideka album as Syndrone—an alias "more about experimenting with electronic sounds," he reflects—also launched the label before becoming an early home for his Machinedrum hip-hop/jungle hybrids.
It was while studying at college that Stewart began gravitating towards pop music, an interest that eventually led him to relocate to New York. Through Nomrex, originally a battle-focused imprint headed by DMC Champion IE.Merg, he became immersed in producing for vocalists like Theophilus London and Chicago soul singer Jesse Boykins III—work he still continues with today. Had the label's eventual demise not revived Stewart's Machinedrum focus, records like Room(s) may never have taken shape and if coincidence had not played its part, we may even have been cheated of Sepalcure—his Hotflush-approved collab with Praveen Sharam—too.
What was it like growing up in North Carolina?
I grew up around a lot of camping, lot of hippies. My parents were hippies. I don't know if you could tell they were hippies now, unless you're at my parent's house late at night—they listen to music really loud and my dad's always playing harmonica.
You had quite a musical background?
My grandpa is in a country band. My first experience with music was going to my grandparents' place. He'd have guitars there and tape machines so I could record myself singing songs about my babysitter. I grew up with a piano in the house—my mom used to play, a lot more than she does now—and my dad has always toyed around with a lot of different instruments. We even made the mistake of getting him a miniature bagpipe. That was probably the worst idea.
My cousin was a singer-songwriter. She actually really influenced me, the fact that she was writing her own songs. She played guitar. It was very folky, with a sense of humour. She would always sneak me tapes of different music without my parents knowing, when I was in elementary school—Metallica, Green Day, Rancid and some other punk stuff.
Were you in any bands?
I was in some, just for fun. We didn't really play out or anything, we would just get together and record it. I was in two bands that played out. We would cover Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins, Hum and various other "alternative rock"—I really didn't have any other options. I grew up in such a small town and the only other musicians I could play with were just into that kind of stuff, they weren't into electronic music.
When did you take to electronic music?
It was at a point in middle school when I started getting into electronic music, around eighth/ninth grade. I was disappointed with the fact that I couldn't make the kind of music I wanted to with other people, so I think I naturally gravitated towards electronic music because it is more of a solo effort. Around then I started researching software. My mom was also really into computers, so whenever she got a new one I would get the hand-me-down. I was already an Internet nerd at that point and enjoyed meeting people from around the world who were also into electronic music.
so I kind of became his stand-in girlfriend."
Were there any records or labels that you were particularly interested in at this point?
I was into a lot of Wax Trax and industrial stuff like Skinny Puppy, Pig Face and maybe a little bit of Nine Inch Nails. Then I started getting into Aphex Twin and Autechre in early high school—that was my first introduction to Warp. When I discovered Warp that opened my mind up to paying attention to labels instead of just seeking out individual artists. I knew that I could get anything from this label and it was going to be good.
When did hip-hop enter the equation and what ultimately drove you to merge jungle and Warp-style IDM with hip-hop as Machinedrum?
Hip-hop was always there too, but mainly MTV-type stuff like Dr Dre, Wu Tang, Pharcyde, Beastie Boys, Digable Planets and Onyx. There wasn't much music I wouldn't listen to. I started getting into more underground stuff like Rawkus Records, Stones Throw and Anticon after high school. I was a huge Def Jux fan. Company Flow was also a big influence.
There's something raw and undeniable about hip-hop and most urban forms of music. There's so much freedom of expression that isn't present in a lot of genres of music. Jungle shared this with hip-hop—lots of carefree sampling, making older songs into your own. The tempos were also similar in that jungle can often be mixed into hip-hop because of the half-time/double-time tempos.
When did you start Machinedrum?
I started the project in my last two years of high school—1998-9. I was basically experimenting with Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, µ-Ziq—chopped up jungle, but going back and forth between that and a hip-hop feel.
I had sent round a demo but nobody really got back to me on it. Then I remember this label, Crack5—which was a CD-R label—got back to me with some criticism, like "you're not panning any of your stuff" and "there's no real mixing going on," which was an eye-opener to actually start learning how to do this. I was quite a punk about making music—I didn't care sonically how it sounded to other people, it was more about getting out emotions and aggression.
After college you moved to New York and got involved with Nomrex. Could you tell us a bit more about it and what happened?
I moved to New York City and instantly started working with vocalists like Tiombe Lockhart, Addiquit and other people that I had known before moving there. Eventually I met Theophilus London (who went by the name Thelonious Kapps at the time), Jesse Boykins III, MeLo-X and Mickey Factz. Once I had made all these connections we decided it would be a good idea to make Normrex more of a production team than just a label. A Brooklyn-based studio was started. Mixtapes were made for Theophilus as well as a full-length album. Once the mixtapes started circulating a bit of hype started growing around Theophilus and the inevitable happened—big labels and manager-types started filling his head with ideas of a bigger and better life than the underground/boutique level we had established. He eventually parted ways with us.
After he left things went quickly downhill. The Machinedrum album Want to 1 2? was put on the backburner mid-manufacturing stage, all other planned releases were also subsequently scrapped and the label started to fall apart. Too many eggs in one basket-type situation. I am disappointed by the outcome, but I also learned a great deal about the music industry in a short amount of time.
We played a show together in New York before I moved there—that's when we first met. Then whenever I was coming through on tour I would stay at his place. After moving there we were hanging out more and throwing parties together. We used to collaborate on his Percussion Lab events and also a party called Cassette NYC, but we never really collaborated musically until just a little over two years ago. We had made music together, but it was just drunken nights jamming and not really recording anything. Then there was this time his girlfriend went out of town—she was away in Sweden for a month—so I kind of became his stand-in girlfriend. One night I said, '"Let's stop playing video games. You have this studio, let's make a full track." And that's when Sepalcure was born. We weren't really making the tracks to put out. We were just doing it for fun. We sent them to our friends—Alex and Dave from Dub War—because we thought they would like them. Little did we know that Alex was doing PR and A&R for Hotflush. Dave was also in communication with Paul (Scuba). Without us knowing, they sent the tracks to Paul and he just hit us up one day.
Sepalcure, Machinedrum, production work and various other aliases—do you need to have a lot of different commitments?
I have loads of unfinished tracks from the past and things I don't even know I will ever finish. I don't want that to happen any more. Too much of that stuff is unresolved and I would like to have more resolution in my life. It's better for me to narrow down. Once I start getting involved in too many projects, especially lately, everything suffers. Every single project suffers from the lack of focus and me not knowing how to say no.
Is that why you changed your approach with Room(s)?
A lot of the tracks were made while I was on the road. I started trying to make tracks as quickly as possible because I knew that if I made just a little bit of an idea and let it sit around in my hard drive for too long, there would be a big disconnection between the original intent and the outcome. It was an approach that I never really attempted before.
I am really excited with the outcome so far. It's an exciting process to just be done with songs. I think that's an important thing for all artists. How to be OK with abandoning your artwork. Essentially, art is never finished. You can toy around with it for the rest of your life and it will still never be finished, so why not abandon it earlier than you would normally?
You've just spent the summer in Berlin, what's it like compared to New York?
There are a lot of artists here really pushing sound and doing innovative things—which is similar to the hardworking vibe in New York, but it's way more relaxed. There is less of an immediacy to translate your art into money here. When you have that pressure to work your ass off on music to make just enough money to get by, there's something missing that's really pure about making music and really good art.
What is your stance on the music scene in New York?
New York has become a world hub of everything, so it gets a bit blurry and hard to tell what is the scene there, but I think a big problem that is stopping any fresh scene from popping up is that fact that kids can't really go to parties. Every party is 21 and up, so you're losing out on all the youth—and they are the sponges.
They are the ones that want to be influenced, they're the ones that get the most excited at parties and, in the end, have this naïve approach to hearing all these influences and creating something new. I think some of the most innovative music comes from that. From naïveté, from people not really knowing what they're doing—just reacting, rather than being jaded.
Do you still consider yourself naïve, despite a decade of experience under your belt—or at least hope or wish to be so?
I wish I were a bit more naive of course. I think this benefits artists in that their minds aren't clouded by over-knowledge or saturation of a certain sound, style or method used to create. On the one hand it's important to understand where a style of music originates from and the history of it. On the other hand, if you consider all this history and what is and isn't considered "correct" under the defining laws of a genre there is a tendency to box yourself in. I feel like it's harder to form a box around yourself when you don't necessarily consider genre limitations due to a simple lack of experience and knowledge. When the box is off, it's easier for one to innovate.


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Experts differ in bowl game predictions for Arkansas
Experts are predicting that Arkansas will play in the Music City Bowl, the Belk Bowl or the TaxSlayer Bowl this December.
The Hogs finished the 2016 season with a 7-5 record, 3-5 in the SEC. This put them in 5th place in the SEC West.
As of November 28th, both SBNation and Sporting News projects that Arkansas will face Minnesota in the Music City Bowl, which is played in Nashville on December 30.
College Football Talk disagrees. It has Arkansas playing against Miami (FL) in the TaxSlayer Bowl. That game is held in Jacksonville, Florida, on December 31.
CBS Sports also predicts an Arkansas vs. Miami (FL) matchup, but thinks they will play in the Belk Bowl. The Belk Bowl is held in Charlotte on December 29.
Arkansas has played in the Music City Bowl once, losing to Minnesota in 2002. It played in the TaxSlayer Bowl in 1960 and 1981, when it was called the Gator Bowl. The Hogs have never played in the Belk Bowl.
Arkansas has won three straight bowl games, including the 2016 Liberty Bowl against Kansas State.


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It has been a long time since I've browsed through these photos, but since my dad is currently doing the 5 day hike of 90 kilometers through the Fish River Canyon, my heart can not helped but to be tugged in a very southern direction.
If you haven't done the hike, this is it! You have to do it! I'm not much of a hiker, but the Fish River Hike should be one everyone's bucket list.


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TOM HARDY: A fan of beards, dogs, and his silly old MySpace photos. Not a fan, as it turns out, of invasive questions about his sexuality.
While at a press conference for his new film Legend, Hardy received this question from a reporter for Daily Xtra, an LGBT news website:
In the film, your character Ronnie is very open about his sexuality. But given interviews you've done in the past, your own sexuality seems a bit more ambiguous. Do you find it hard for celebrities to talk to media about their sexuality?
The question is phrased awkwardly enough, but it also takes a LOT of context for it to make sense.
Coleman is referring to a 2008 interview with Attitude magazine, in which Hardy said he had "sexual relations" with men – in 2011, the actor told Marie Claire that these quotes had been taken out of context.
So with that in mind, you can see what might have prickled him:
But what is your question? I don't find it difficult for celebrities to talk about their sexuality. Are you asking me about my sexuality? Why?
AGH. It gets considerably icy from there out.
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At the TeenTech awards for 2015, a team of high school students from the U.K. have taken out the Future of Health category with the concept for a new style of condom. You may be thinking that is not a new idea, but it's what they propose for a condom that is a winner.
The condom, which they call 'S.T.EYE', would detect infections, such as chlamydia and syphilis.
If a sexually transmitted infection (STI) was detected, it would turn a different color. The STI that has been detected would show as a particular color. It would work this out by the particular strain of bacteria that is present.
According to Independent, it is the brainchild of Daanyaal Ali, 14, Muaz Nawaz, 13, and Chirag Shah, 14, pupils at Isaac Newton Academy in Ilford, Essex, who wanted to "make detecting harmful STIs safer than ever before" without the need for invasive tests.
Revolutionary color changing condoms detect STDs:
"We created the S.T.EYE as a new way for STI detection to help the future of the next generation. We wanted to make something that made detecting harmful STIs safer than ever before," said Daanyaal Ali, 14 in a statement.
This is "so that people can take immediate action in the privacy of their own homes without the often-scary procedures at the doctors. We've made sure we're able to give peace of mind to users, and let people act even more responsibly than ever before," Daanyaal added.
The idea has not gone unnoticed, with a condom manufacturer approaching them saying that they were impressed with their determination to tackle such a sensitive issue. They were judged by Dr Christian Jessen, who was judging the Future of Health category.
Teens invent condom that changes color if you have an STI:
It is still in the conceptual stage. The team explained that S.T.EYE could glow green for chlamydia, yellow for herpes, purple for human papillomavrius, or blue for syphilis. It won the TeenTech award for best health innovation.
They will receive their award at Buckingham Palace later this yea,r and they won $1532 in prize money for the invention.
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A framework for content curation
In conversation at EduTECH earlier this month, Harold Jarche evoked George E. P. Box's quote that "all models are wrong, but some are useful".
Of course, the purpose of a model is to simplify a complex system so that something purposeful can be done within it. By definition, then, the model can only ever be an approximation of reality; by human error, furthermore, it won't be as approximate as it could be.
Nevertheless, if we accept the inherent variability in (and fallibility of) the model, we can achieve a much better outcome by using it than by not.
It is with this in mind that I have started thinking about a model – or perhaps more accurately, a framework – for content curation.
I have grown weary of hotchpotch lists of resources that we L&D pro's tend to cobble together. Sure, they may be thoughtfully filtered and informatively annotated, but a hotchpotch is a hotchpotch. I should know: I've used them as a student, I've seen my peers create them, and I've created them myself.
Surely we can put more design into our curation efforts so that the fruits of our labour are more efficient, meaningful, and effective…?
Consider the trusty instructional design heuristic of Tell Me, Show Me, Let Me, Test Me. As far as heuristics go, I've found this to be a good one. It reminds us that transmission is ineffective on its own; learners really need to see the concept in action and give it a go themselves. As the Chinese saying goes, "Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand." *
* Truisms such as this one are typically met with suspicion from certain quarters of the L&D community, but in this case the research on the comparative efficacies of lectures, worked examples, PBL etc appears to add up.
As a framework for content curation, however, I feel the heuristic doesn't go far enough. In an age in which learners in the workplace are expected to be more autodidactic than ever before, it needs refurbishment to remain relevant.
So I propose the following dimensions of a new-and-improved framework…
Attract me
An important piece of content curated for the target audience is one that attracts them to the curation in the first place, and promotes word-of-mouth marketing among their colleagues.
While related to the subject matter, this content need not be "educational" in the traditional sense. Instead, its role is to be funny, fascinating or otherwise engaging enough to pull the learners in.
Motivate me
As learning in the workplace inevitably informalises, the motivation of employees to drive their own development becomes increasingly pivotal to their performance.
Old-school extrinsic motivators (such as attendance rosters and exams) don't exist in this space, so the curator needs to convince the audience to proceed. Essentially this means putting the topic into context for them, clarifying how it relates to their role, and explaining why they should bother learning it.
Tell me
This content is new knowledge. I recommend covering only one key concept (or a few at most) to reduce cognitive load. It's worth remembering that education is not the provision of information; it is sense making.
It's important for this content to actually teach something. I see far too much curation that waxes lyrical "about" the subject, yet offers nothing practical to be applied on the job. They're beyond the sales pitch at this stage; give 'em something they can use.
Show me
This content demonstrates the "Tell me" content in action, so the employee can see what the right behaviour looks like, and through that make further sense of the concept.
Real-world scenarios are especially powerful.
Let me
By putting the content into practice, the learner puts his or her understanding to the test.
Interactive exercises and immersive simulations – with feedback – allow the learner to play, fail and succeed in a safe environment.
Support me
This content jumps the knowing-doing gap by helping the learner apply the concepts back on the job.
This is principally achieved via job aids, and perhaps a social forum to facilitate ad hoc Q&A.
Extend me
This content assists the employee who is keen to learn more by raising their awareness of other learning opportunities. These might explore the concepts in more depth, or introduce other concepts more broadly.
All that extra curation that we would have been tempted to shove under "Tell me" can live here instead.
Value me
Everyone is an SME in something, so they have an opportunity to participate in the curation effort. Whether the content they use is self generated or found elsewhere, it is likely to be useful for their colleagues too.
Leverage this opportunity by providing a mechanism by which anyone can contribute better content.
As you have no doubt deduced by now, the overarching theme of my proposed framework is "less is more". It values quality over quantity.
It may prove useful beyond curation too. For example, it may inform the sequence of an online course. (In such a circumstance, a "Test me" dimension might be inserted after "Let me" to add summative assessment to the formative.)
In any case, it is very much a work in progress. And given it is #wolweek, I ask you… What are your thoughts?Explore posts in the same categories: content curation, instructional design
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18 June 2015 at 8:26
This is a really useful framework Ryan. The simplicity of the framework and the language you've used is beautiful.
The framework makes it easy to support a shift from courses to resources and from just-in-case to just-in-time. It also reinforces the different needs of workers – learning something new, exploring further, solving problems, preparing/refreshing/performing tasks and recognises the importance of user generated content.
The input to the framework can be 'Help Me', i.e. do my job, solve problems, make sense of my environment, respond to challenges, develop and improve etc. The outcomes and impact of the framework can be represented as 'Enable Me' and 'Empower Me', to perform, to deliver, to succeed, to create.
18 June 2015 at 15:12
It may be the @pkmchat this morning on #sketchnote but I'm wondering if the pyramid is the best way of conceptualising your framework. It seems to me that learners are moving in and out of the elements of your framework in less linear ways and that the progression is not often as neat as we'd like it to be.
Your framework looks perhaps more circular to me, with the learner in the middle, gathering the spokes of the wheel (and more than one wheel at a time) as best they can until they finally have the parts needed for the whole.
I'm cautious too, about throwing everything into the autodidactic basket. I'd like to think we learned something from throwing everything into the eLearning basket – that people learn in a variety of ways, and that the role of the L&D person is to discern what is the best way (holding in creative tension the needs of the business, the learner, the trainer, the content, the environment, the context etc!).
Similarly, I'm not sure that we can bring content curation into one framework (though I'm with you in moving on from the hotchpotch approach) but I do agree that we should be intentionally designing content curation as part of the learning process. However, I don't want it tied down so tight that, like in the absence of a dictionary on my desk, I don't stop and read content that looks interesting on the way past and may be part of another wheel that i don't even know I'm building at the moment. #mashedmetaphors.#wolweek
18 June 2015 at 16:17
Ryan, I think the steps in this process are great. Very simple language and understandable steps that could be applied to a range of situations or content types.
As Neil, mentioned I'm not sure about the pyramid – certainly not in it's current state. Visually for me, I see "attract me" at the top of the pyramid which suggests this is the final and most important piece. Perhaps steps or a ladder?
18 June 2015 at 23:09
Interesting. I agree the I would place the first step, attract me on the first level, like stairs ( remind me of @RachelHappe post in #WOL also http://www.communityroundtable.com/best-practices/thecrs-working-out-loud-framework/ )
Next I like the choice of verbs and what they relate to in a learning hierarchy. very much in the diea of Learning Experience use cases i advocate in the xAPI workgroup on verbs. May reuse your post for this effect.
Now I'm a bit disconcerted because I don't see the relation with content curation. I think it's a common misunderstanding between the general meaning of content curation and the one that exists in the L&D realm. Here I see employees, learners agents being mentionned wich are a very special case of content curation. take @cendrinemedia for example, she's neither an employee, a learner or L&D person yet she's a professional curator. My 2 cents.
19 June 2015 at 22:45
Wow! Thanks for this informative resource Tim
21 June 2015 at 15:08
Hey Ryan, thanks for sharing this model-in-progress, it's always interesting to see the emergence of thinking …and how it evolves. One of the benefits of blogging! What I like about this is that it includes a lot (all?) of the elements that should be considered in designing useful and relevant learning resources – and as per your objective- extends the original 'tell me, show me" etc model.
I think it could actually map quite well to the likes of 70:20:10 too – it might be an interesting exercise to try (maybe I will!).
Like others, especially Neil I see these as elements that could be used more flexibly than the model currently implies – and I think depending on the context and implementation, some of these stages could be consolidated (eg attract & motivate), some excluded or re-ordered ( eg if there is sufficient prior knowledge, you could easily skip the 'tell' and 'show' pieces and go straight to 'let me'; alternatively jump to 'let me' then have a 'show me' positioned as feedback).
The other comment I'd make is that although you have pitched this as a model of 'content curation', it may not always be 'content' that is 'curated' to achieve the objective in and of itself. 'Attract me' for example, could be achieved through an activity (eg. A competition, expo, open day, event etc) as part of a campaign.
24 June 2015 at 0:34
Great visual and excellent word choice. I teach developmental mathematics at the university level and have been looking for a hierarchy to explain what we do. This may be it! I will share it with my colleagues….I'm sure it will create a robust discussion. Thank you for sharing your vision!
29 June 2015 at 0:14
What a great post brother Ryan. I'm Indonesian who are conducting a research about the integration of technology into education. It is very valuable for me to read. Can I explain your ideas in my seminar proposal for my thesis?
29 June 2015 at 0:20
Hey brother. Can I re-write your ideas in bahasa Indonesia? I think that they should be informed for educational practitioners in my country who are attracted to e-Learning as they are very valuable.
1 July 2015 at 21:06
In the parallel between "Telling" and "Extending" — How do you see the relationship changing here between someone who is a complete beginner in a subject vs. someone who has reached a more advanced level of proficiency?
Presumably someone who enters this learning pyramid at a higher level of proficiency will need "extending" content curated with a high level of relevance and specificity, but will not be served by the "telling approach."
7 July 2015 at 22:24
It's very true – there is always something new that could be presented, even to an advanced learner. It makes one think of the pyramid diagram presented amidst other pyramid diagrams… either in a recursive fashion, or being connected by any number of horizontal links. To me, imagining it in this way adds more validity to your model. Thanks for the response, Ryan-
8 July 2015 at 8:19
As always mate your views are insightful and unique. I like this because you are centering it around the individual and the content to be curated and its applicability. At the heart of this for me sits learner motivation and this is my focus at the moment. How has this changed? Interesting.
Also, I am still not convinced on the research on the so called truisms and you know my feelings on this. We are a terrible profession when it comes to scientific discipline. I can pull four articles from last year along this line of research that really do put the sword to that traditional view set. I have included below but there is so much more now being done to realign us to a good foundation and practice, which results in us doing more research and that can only be a good thing. We need to ensure that the models become debatable and re-workable rather than "biblical".
Having said this, I don't include your model as part of this subset as I really believe that this can be and is, curated well, learner centered and driven in a lot of ways and can be used in many dimensions. Great stuff Ryan
Subramony, D., Molenda, M., Betrus, A., and Thalheimer, W. (2014). The Mythical Retention Chart and the Corruption of Dale's Cone of Experience. Educational Technology, Nov/Dec 2014, 54(6), 6-16.
Subramony, D., Molenda, M., Betrus, A., and Thalheimer, W. (2014). Previous Attempts to Debunk the Mythical Retention Chart and Corrupted Dale's Cone. Educational Technology, Nov/Dec 2014, 54(6), 17-21.
Subramony, D., Molenda, M., Betrus, A., and Thalheimer, W. (2014). The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Bibliographic Essay on the Corrupted Cone. Educational Technology, Nov/Dec 2014, 54(6), 22-31.
Subramony, D., Molenda, M., Betrus, A., and Thalheimer, W. (2014). Timeline of the Mythical Retention Chart and Corrupted Dale's Cone. Educational Technology, Nov/Dec 2014, 54(6), 31-24.
8 July 2015 at 15:15
Interesting framework-the thing that strike me (like you, a content creator) is that while "attract me" used to be critical in a world where content could be "pushed" now is seems "be discoverable by me" or more pragmatically "be Googlable by me" is more important.
I see many workplaces with great content in Intranet/LMS that is ignored because the learners equate search = learn so tend to access external, uncontrolled info rather than the carefully curated material. No easy solution to that with commercially sensitive content though.. Thanks for the framework!
8 July 2015 at 16:08
Wow! This is awesome and love it to bits. It really goes a long way in re-inventing training as a self-discovery journey. Learners must own their learning and it has to be desirable by being "attractive" and being value adding driven by the need to learn and discover more. Leaders, managers and mentors have a huge role to play in "motivating" and guide learners in this journey of self-discovery.
15 July 2015 at 14:46
We usually do agree more than we disagree and I think what you say is accurate, it does depend on context. But then it's also not as simple as context, there's also varying degrees of usefulness of a framework within each context so there's two sliding scales at work here that make it a very slippery slope at best :-)
8 November 2016 at 9:41
'all models are wrong, but some are useful' Love it! Thanks for the post, Ryan. I'd be keen to see how your visual has evolved, but the context for each 'step' is insightful and indeed useful. As are some comments here.


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I absolutely love stationery, especially cute note card sets. They are so versatile whether I need to write a thank you note, send a picture of my daughter to her grandparents, or tuck inside a gift package. However, many note cards in stores are generic and mass-produced, made to appeal to everyone. I would like mine to reflect me and my interests as well as be unique.
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Purple Evening Wedding Dresses Strapless
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New York : MF Global Ltd., a broker of exchange-listed futures and options, said it acquired Sydney, Australia-based futures broker BrokerOne Pty Ltd ,strengthening its position in the Australian futures and options market.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. About 10 percent of MF Global's revenue comes from Asia Pacific.
BrokerOne is the market-share leader in trading futures contracts on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the companies said.
Further details of the deal were not disclosed. It expects the deal to add to its earnings over the next 12 months, the futures and options broker said in a statement.
BrokerOne said the acquisition, a second one in Asia Pacific in four months, further advances its growth strategy for the region.


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By Devin Corbitt, News Editor
Thanks to the efforts of Leadership Belton, residents in Belton will be able to enjoy the great outdoors within the shade of a brand new pavilion.
Team members began working on the project last November, when they decided to build a place where community members could gather together without overheating or getting drenched.
"We're very pleased to do (this)," Joshua Thomas, Project Manager, said. "It gives the people a place to congregate. We're not far from the senior center; this is a great opportunity to come over here and enjoy the great outdoors and get out of the sun as well.
The pavilion is located in a small community park within Mitchell Circle in Belton.
The pavilion was dedicated to the Central Texas Housing Consortium last Thursday amidst representatives from companies who made donations to the project, Leadership Belton team members and the Housing Consortium.
"A lot of these apartments around here are ours, but this truly serves a community, as well," Barbara Bozon, Executive Director of the Central Texas Housing Consortium, said. "There are a lot of neighbors that will enjoy this, especially the shade once it gets to be 100 plus. We're really grateful for it. It's a great place to have activities."
Sponsors included American Legion Post No. 55, Lengefeld Lumber Company, JP Allan Company, EBCO General Contractor, Kiwanis Club of Belton, Extraco Bank and McCoy's Building Supply, who each donated time, money and materials to help make this project a reality.
"The rest of the team did a great job supporting me," Thomas said. "Every one of them did a great job coming together and making it happen."
Because of the generosity of their sponsors, Leadership Belton was also able to donate about $1,500 to the Housing Consortium. The money will be used to purchase tables, a bench and a trash can for the pavilion.
"It feels good," Thomas said. "I'm a general contractor by trade, so it's always satisfying to see something come from an idea to paper, and then from paper to actually here. What was neat is I got to see it go from an idea to what it is today and actually get to touch it and look at it."
For more information on Leadership Belton, please visit http://www.beltonchamber.com/leadership-belton.


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Paternity suit filed against dead polo player Carlos Gracida
A Miami woman has filed a paternity suit against the estate of polo star Carlos Gracida, who died in a fall from his horse during a match in February in Wellington.
The child, a daughter, was born in May in Miami to Mexican citizen Monica Sierra, according to court records.
Sierra was five months pregnant when Gracida, 53, one of the world's best known players, died.
DNA tests conducted after Gracida's death by Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office showed there's a 99.9 percent chance Gracida was the father.
Sierra's goal in filing the lawsuit was to stake her claim to Gracida's inheritance along with Gracida's two adult sons from a failed marriage, and to make sure that the baby would be able to gain U.S. citizenship, said Craig Galle, the attorney for Gracida's estate.
Thing is: Although he made millions playing for patrons ranging from Arab sheiks to rich Argentinians and mentoring the likes of Brit princes William and Harry, Gracida died virtually penniless, his attorney said.
"Carlos died with little or no assets," Galle said. "At one point, he was a multimillionaire. But he must not have gotten much guidance on the business front."
Palm Beach County records show Gracida's $600,000 house was seized by a bank in 2012. He also lost millions in polo-related real estate projects overseas.
Gracida never regained consciousness after his horse's head slammed into his when it was hit by another player's mallet.
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A Hialeah couple wanted to live the good life in Palm Beach — and it landed them in jail.
Javier Roura, 25, and Joanna Sanchez, 28, were charged with forgery, fraud, illegal use of a credit card and grand theft.
Back in July, the two showed up at the Four Seasons Palm Beach with no reservation. They did manage to secure a room and quickly rang up $10,000 worth of goodies — including a room service bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue and $8,000 in clothes.
Problem: Their credit card was fake, and so were the names they gave at the desk.
How did police track them down and arrest them Wednesday? One of their probation officers recognized them on hotel surveillance video.
Expect to see a lot more of Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres in the area of the Parc Plaza condo building in Miami Beach.
Torres, 60, is unloading his house in Jupiter so he can spend more time in South Beach, where he own a condo at the Parc.
The Jupiter crib is on the market for $3.3 million, 12 years after the golf-crazed drummer bought it.
"When he's not on tour, Tico's spending quite a bit of time in Miami Beach," said Gina Franano, his publicist.
Ex-Miami Heat star LeBron James may have inadvertently tweeted the name of his soon-to-be-born daughter on Friday.
King James posted a photo of him and pregnant wife Savannah vacationing in Greece before he joins the Cleveland Cavaliers for pre-season camp.
And in the short accompanying text, James dropped this line: " Mykonos Greece is spectacular! Push gift to my wife . . . ! Zhuri hurry up and get here so your daddy and 2 brothers can annoy you! Lol."
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Classification of familial adenomatous polyposis: a diagnostic nightmare
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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) classification is a diagnosis nightmare. A colon-cancer-prone family with a tendency to form small, right-sided adenomas was described in 1988 and eventually the problem was linked to the APC gene with mutations nearer the 5' end. Three classes of APC mutations exist in kindreds having an attenuated phenotype. The range of numbers of adenomas found in those with mutations is very large. Those in practice must be aware of the broad range of signs and symptoms that FAP can present clinically and be aware that classical prophylactic and surveillance practices are not adequate for all cases of FAP. Early upper endoscopy is needed for some families. Those classified as attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (AFAP) patients should have colonoscopy and polypectomy and if the number of colonic adenomas is so large that they cannot be followed by that means, prophylactic subtotal colectomy with continued follow-up of the rectal segment by endoscopy should be used.
Publication Name: American Journal of Human Genetics
Subject: Biological sciences
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Genomewide scan for familial combined hyperlipidemia genes in Finnish families, suggesting multiple susceptibility loci influencing triglyceride, cholesterol, and apolipoprotein B levels
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A genomewide scan for familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL) genes has been carried out in 35 Finnish families. Results suggest multiple susceptibility loci influencing cholesterol, triglyceride and apolipoprotein B levels. FCHL is a common dyslipidemia predisposing to early coronary heart disease. It is characterized by higher levels of serum total cholesterol, triglycerides, or both. The first locus was recently found to be on chromosome 1q21-q23.
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Kyle Peters Signs with AG Motorsports
Team press releaseBristol, TN – AG Motorsports is proud to announce the signing of #50 Kyle Peters to their 2013 Pro team. Kyle will contest the 250 Class of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, East Coast series and the 250 Class of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship series.
The second year Pro looks to improve upon his rookie season with a new team, a new bike, and a new set of goals for 2013. "I'm looking forward to the upcoming season. I've been training really hard and can't wait to get out there racing", said Kyle.
"Kyle is a rider that is full of talent"… said Team Manager, Al Albiker. "He had an outstanding amateur career, capping it off at Loretta Lynn's by winning the 250 Pro Class while being injured. He got his feet wet last year and I look for great things from him this season. As we are restructuring our team, Kyle can help us achieve successful results and set the tone for the future. It is great to have him onboard."
Be sure to follow Kyle on Twitter at; twitter.com/kylepetersmx and on Facebook at; facebook.com/kylepetersmx
Kyle would like to thank his sponsors for their continued support; Unit Clothing, One Industries, Bell Helmets, FMF, POD Knee Braces, ICW, EVS, DVS Shoes, 100% Goggles, Tag Metals, Sunline, Moto Tassinari, MTF, Pro Circuit, DT1 Air Filters, and C4mx.
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Yellow - A Tinder Approach to Making Snapchat Friends
Yellow is an app where you can upload a selfie and post it with hopes that someone will like it and want to add you. When you open the app profiles will appear and you can swipe left if you are not interested or right when you find someone you like the look of. Once you and another user have both swiped right on each other's profiles, only then will the username be revealed and you can then add that person. Unlike Tinder it is not made for dating, simply finding new people to be friends with on the social network.
There is also no messenger option, you will have to wait to have added a person to communicate through Snapchat itself. Yellow really only serves to match you with people and in just two weeks the app has had over 3.5 million swipes. It seems to be quite a good idea as you can only know someone's username if you have both liked the other's photo.
So you're not just going round adding everyone and anyone nor being added by whoever may feel like it. I'm aware that you still don't actually know the person on the other end, so I suppose that could be an issue in the long run, but all I can say to that is, like anything else, don't go stupid with it. Keep in mind that you do not know that person so keep it friendly, but not too much. Having said that, I haven't come across any complaints during my research on the app. We'll have to give it a chance and see how well it develops.
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Azione Fall Conference Headed to Austin
Azione Unlimited will host its annual fall conference this October in Austin, Tex., founder Richard Glikes announced Wednesday.
The conference, titled "The Arrant Affair in Austin," will take place Oct. 8-10, coinciding with the beginning of the Austin City Limits festival. The event will feature meetings, a pool tournament, and dinners at Buffalo Billiards and Maggie Mae's.
"Our event logo tells the story", Glikes said in a statement. "Build a team, share ideas, develop partnerships, make friends, and have fun… that's what we do! Everyone loved our Las Vegas conference last month and this one will be even better."
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For the most part, 90 percent of the restaurants and eateries in the neighborhood of Sultanahmet are sadly lacking, and although you can forgive an eatery a less than stellar meal at lunchtime, I for one can't forgive the extortion. Instead, I recommend you sample the honest home cooking at the various innocuous lokantas (dives with steam tables), particularly along Pierloti Caddesi, between the Hippodrome and Cagaloglu and in the working streets around the Grand Bazaar. In a pinch, head over to Buhara 93 (Sifa Hamami Sokak 15A; tel. 0212/518-1511) for some pretty good, cheap basic Turkish fare, and pizza that I've come to know and love. For dinner, spring for a taxi (about 6.75YTL/$5) and venture beyond the confines of the tourist trap for one of Beyoglu's more genuine restaurants or meyhanes (traditionally male-dominated taverns or pubs serving food and drink). The restaurants of Beyoglu and Taksim are more consistent in that they serve a regular stream of locals and businessmen rather than rely entirely on the tourist industry. A bit farther up the Bosphorus in Besiktas and Etiler are the five-star restaurants that attract Turkish jet-setters and consulate personnel, for the most part providing a wide selection of fresh-fish specialties, excellent service, and spectacular views.
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The neighborhood of Kumkapi on the fringes of Sultanahmet capitalizes on the fish market across the highway, a year-round carnival crammed with typical tavernas. Don't walk there alone, though, as these are the streets that attract the worst petty thieves.
Restaurant dining rooms resemble ghost town eateries in the summer, but if you just continue up the steps, you'll see why. Istanbul is a city of rooftop terraces, and summer dining is almost exclusively enjoyed high above the city accompanied by warm breezes and breathtaking panoramas.
Dressing for dinner in Turkey requires the same amount of good judgment as anywhere in the Western world. Although a jacket and tie (or black dress for women) would be perfectly appropriate for a Saturday evening meal at an upscale restaurant or hotel dining room, a pair of pressed pants and a nice shirt will also do the trick in any listing indicating "dress smart." Leave the beachwear for the beach (including Bermuda shorts, cutoffs, and tank tops), and you should avoid any unnecessary faux pas.
For someone new to Istanbul, one of the first questions you will ask yourself is "where should I make my base?" In previous editions, I unreservedly directed my readers to Sultanahmet, where old dilapidated homes converted into "Special Category" hotels created the perfect gateway to an authentic past. There have been three very important developments in the past few years. First, hotel rooms that used to cost 40€ ($50) now charge 80€ ($100) and up, for absolutely no added value. Admittedly this is primarily a disadvantage for those paying in U.S. dollars, but on principle I refuse to pay upwards of 80€ ($100) for a room that once cost me 16€ ($20). Let me put this further into perspective: The luxury five-star Hotel Ceylan Inter-Continental (reviewed below) has Internet rates as low as 133€ ($160). Second, given the enormous profit margins that a hotel can bring in, it seems as if everyone has gotten in on the act -- transforming a market of family-run houses into a sea of mass-produced soulless "boutique hotels." Finally, and most disappointingly, the hassling by carpet salesmen and their ilk has reached new levels; last time I stayed in town several hotel guests opted for the safety of the hotel lobby rather than brave the irritating and stressful storm of harassment. It is therefore with a heavy heart that I recommend this neighborhood only with the admonition to book through a reputable agent, stay vigilant (for formal and informal crime), or preferably, base yourself in Beyoglu, where hotels are managed by people schooled in hotel management (and not carpet sales), and the food and nightlife are better anyway.
The price of your hotel room generally includes breakfast and tax, although a few higher-priced hotels tack these on top of the room rate. The price categories listed in this section are to be used mainly as guidelines due to the market-driven nature of the industry. It's not uncommon, for example, for a room listed at 205€ ($250) a night to sell for significantly less through an agency. For this reason you may find fewer options in the "Inexpensive" or "Moderate" categories.
In general, agency rates can be as much as 75 percent less than the rack rate, and even after the agency commissions are tacked on, you can still get a better rate than if you booked it yourself. Meanwhile, many hotels are offering special rates via the Internet that undercut even the agents, so it's important to do the legwork if you're looking to get the best rate.
For those game enough to hole up on the less-convenient-to-everything Asian side, there are two pretty amazing options that promise to mitigate the trouble of getting there and getting around. The first is the brand-new luxury boutique Sumahan Hotel, in Çengelköy. It's deluxeness rivals that of the Çiragan, and more amenable given that the latter's best rooms are booked more than a year in advance. The hotel provides three shuttles per day to the Kabatas docks (just below Dolmabahçe Palace). There are also commuter boats from the waterfront near the centrally located Eminönü two times daily.
The posh and luxuriously restored Bosphorus Palace Hotel (previously and popularly known as the Bosphorus Pasha), Yaliboyu Cad. 64, 34676, near the Beylerbeyi Palace (tel. 0216/422-0003; fax 0216/422-0012; www.bosphoruspalace.com) is another time-honored option on the Asian side. The Radisson SAS Bosphorus Hotel (tel. 0212/310-1500), Çiragan Cad. 46, 34349, on the banks of the Bosphorus Strait, opened in January 2006, and posts prices that range from a moderate 135€ ($165) to an extravagant 650€ ($790) per night.
Meanwhile, keep your eyes open for the arrival of the new Four Seasons Bosphorus, scheduled for 2007, which promises to provide flawless hospitality to the waterfront around Ortaköy.
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