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5074 Sunrise Hwy.
Massapequa Park, NY 11762
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Ciao Baby Restaurant & Lounge - Massapequa Details
Dining Style:
Casual Dining
(516) 799-5200
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Wednesday: 4:00pm - 10:00pm
Thursday: 4:00pm - 11:00pm
Friday - Saturday: 11:30am - 12:00am
Sunday: 3:00pm - 10:00pm
Payment Options:
Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Italian, Contemporary American
Dress Code:
Casual Dress
Accepts Walk-Ins:
Additional Details:
Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Entertainment, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
We'll bring our family food to your house making any Italian dish you desire.
Private Party Contact:
Frank Cammarata (516) 799-5200
Special Events & Promotions:
Monday & Wednesday: $19.95 Trio of Macaroni
Tuesday: $24.95 Chef Tasting Menu
Wednesday: $10 Unlimited Wine Tasting
Thursday: $15 3-Course Ladies Night Menu, Open Bar from 8:00pm-9:00pm.
Getting there
Cross Street:
Block Blvd.
Private Lot
Parking Details:
Parking in the rear of restaurant and valet on the weekends.
A word from Ciao Baby Restaurant & Lounge - Massapequa
Our Goal is to have you re-visit days past. We invite you into our house where everyone is treated like family. Enjoy great food, great wine , great music and great company while you stroll down memory lane with style and simplicity.
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If you go I just recommend that
you bring a few friends and an empty stomach."
Dined on 6/29/2014
Had a birthday here recently with
a party of 12. The staff were super friendly and attentive. The food was on point. I highly recommend this restaurant, you will not be disappointed."
Dined on 6/25/2014
We recently went with a group of
seven for a birthday celebration. The food was outstanding. Two "double" platters were more than enough food for us. We had Nonna's meat platter (which had baseball sized meatballs!) and the spinach ravioli. Delicious! You have to try to trio of calamari appetizer!!! It's the best I've ever had! The service was great, and they didn't try to rush us out on a Friday night. We had a most enjoyable time! Can't wait to come back."
Dined on 6/13/2014
Service and food was great..prices
and portions were spot on.. Overall great night out"
Dined on 6/13/2014
Once again Ciao baby's in
Massapequa was my choice for my birthday and I couldn't have asked for any better!"
Dined on 6/5/2014
Never disappointed. Food is
delicious and the prices are great."
Dined on 5/30/2014
This was our first time to Ciao
Baby but heard only good things. We were not disappointed, that's for sure. The portions are huge, and the food was delicious. Service was great! We will definitely be back!"
Dined on 5/24/2014
We went there for my sons 15th
birthday. The food is great and there is TONS of it. Portions are gigantic and delicious! The glasses of wine a re huge too! A great place to take the family for a fun time"
Dined on 5/18/2014
We could not have been more
disappointed with our Mothers Day Brunch. The bill was over $400 for a cold buffet breakfast and 1 mimosa each(2 people didn't even have a drink) the buffet was minimal and nothing was labeled. My parents had no idea why they were eating. It was such a disappointment. It used to be a good place for dinner, but after this experience, I would never go back. They also added a 20% gratuity which was so wrong since we helped ourselves! So overpriced and not worth it."
Dined on 5/11/2014
I've always gone out east for
Mother's Day brunch. Since I moved closer to Nassau County, I decided to try some place a little closer that offered a buffet type brunch. I was so pleased to learn that Ciao Baby did just that. I've eaten dinner there (Massapequa once and Commack many times) and have never been disappointed. The food is amazing. The brunch was so disappointing. The food was cold, and the selection was poor. Most brunches offer at least a Mimosa at no extra cost. I have crossed Ciao Baby off my list for brunch next year; I will take a 45 minute to an hour's drive and will go out east again. However, I will still eat at Ciao Baby for dinner. You always get an outstanding meal. "
Dined on 5/11/2014
I went for the Mother's Day
brunch. Nothing was set up at the time our reservation was set. Had to wait nearly a half hour before they were ready, and then customers scrambled around the awful buffet line set-up...plates came before hot food, but not cereals and bagels for some reason. Felt like an idiot standing on line with bagels in hand, waiting for a plate. I was shocked when I got the bill for what was supposed to be a "moderately priced" restaurant. Never going back."
Dined on 5/11/2014
Old world style Italian dishes
with creative flare. Portions are tremendous and the quality is top notch. Service is second to none. When a big family wants to sit down, eat and enjoy great food, Ciao Baby should be a big "blip" on the radar."
Dined on 5/9/2014
Food was over cooked and
tasteless, service was non existent despite there being only 2 other tables in the dining room. Price point inflated. Not worth it. "
Dined on 5/5/2014
Food was terrific but we placed
pour drink order, didn't even get them and were rushed for our order. We were there with friends and wanTed to relax and chat. Waiter came to our table several times wanting to take our order.ugg!!"
Dined on 4/26/2014
Food was amazing!!! Ordered a Rice
ball appetizer, the Chicken Scarpariello for 2 and the eggplant lasagna. We were 4 adults and had enough food to feed at least 7 or 8 people. The ice cream volcano for dessert was truly incredible!!! The wait staff were very pleasant and accommodating. Can't wait to go back with friends."
Dined on 4/13/2014
Food was bland portions small
service slow, I will not return ever, So bad wished I didn't have to pay for it when the bill came"
Dined on 4/13/2014
Got to the restaurant and didn't
have our reservation. I even called the restaurant at 12:30 that day and they confirmed the reservation. Had to wait an hour to be seated. I have the confirmation from open table. Was disappointed that we had to wait. Could have bought us a drink at the bar while we waited for the hour. There were 8 people in our party. I made the reservation and was very embarrassed"
Dined on 4/5/2014
I made a reservation for a
particular booth and noted so in the comments section in the reservation, as one of my party has hearing issues. In addition I called the restuarant and I was told they would mark the table reserved. When I arrived I had to wait, the hostess attempted to seat my party at a table in the loudess section, when I reminded the hostess of my reservation notes she read the reservation and stated that there were no notes. When I stated I also called she got someone else who found the comments in the reservation. The hostess said that we could have another booth and proceeded to sit us in one when the manager came and arrogantly stated that the three booths that were available were reserved for VIPs."
Dined on 3/28/2014
Food was plentiful and delicious.
Loved everything."
Dined on 3/28/2014
Great place to eat, excellent
service, great wine and happy hour drinks."
Dined on 3/28/2014
We were 4 couples - Wait staff was
very personable & helpful. Food was served hot & was plentiful & delicious. Everyone in the group raved over their lunch & are looking forward to going to Ciao Baby again."
Dined on 3/13/2014
we were there at peak dinner hour.
many parties in progress, but service was still good. excellent lasagna (eggplant) and gorgonzola salad (single order of both enough for two. staff rushed but still friendly and helpful. we recommend."
Dined on 3/9/2014
great food & drinks, staff was
very friendly and the price for the amount of food you get is just right.... nice place for a date or to bring a group."
Dined on 3/8/2014
Food and service are always good.
Fun place as well"
Dined on 3/7/2014
Great place If you are a couple I
sugest sharing an appetizer and entree, as the portions are huge"
Dined on 3/7/2014
What can I say That I haven't said
already about this place. I had a party of four which started at the bar for a few cocktails then off to a table for a feast. One of my favorite Italian restaurants."
Dined on 3/2/2014
The only negative was when making
the reservation through Open Table, I was asked if this was my first visit to this restaurant? I answered yes, and when we were taken to our table it was right in front of the kitchen, about 6 feet away. When we politely expressed our dismay with the table location it was quickly rectified. We (my wife and two daughters) were pleasantly surprised with the service and the food. Usually when restaurants offer such an abundance of food...it tends to be somewhat bland and tasteless. This was not the case with Ciao Baby. Though we over ordered not realizing how big the portions actually were, we had no complaints with the quality of the food. It was quite tasteful and we found service very good."
Dined on 2/20/2014
We had our reservation at caio
baby for 9:45pm on valentines day, when I arrived the restaurant was packed which I knew would be expected since it was valentines say. I gave my name to the hostess and was told they were behind and it would be a 25 min wait, I said no problem so my wife and I waited by bar. The name Mike was constantly called so we had to go up and check at least 3-4x to see if it was for us. FINALLY at approx 10:50pm well after the 25 min wait time we were given we got our seats. Once at the table we had two servers, the young lady Ava was very nice however her partner who never introduced himself and also didn't write down any of our order which cost us a salad that was given to us."
Dined on 2/14/2014
When I went in on Valentine's Day
night with my reservation, they told me that their online reservations had been disabled for over a week. Really? Then pull down the website! My party and several other parties had to have an extensive wait time tacked on to our reservations. It was over an hour and a half past my original reservation time before I was seated. It was a horrible night for this to happen."
Dined on 2/14/2014
The service was fair, it was
valentines day so it was busy. Food was not very good but very big portions, except I didn't want to eat my leftovers the following days."
Dined on 2/14/2014
Excellent food, generous portions
and outstanding service brings us back to Ciao Baby again and again. Whether a large group or a simple party of 2 we always leave pleased, full and with leftovers to take home."
Dined on 2/10/2014
Usually I don't have to make a
reservation but on a Friday night for my boyfriend's birthday I wanted to make sure we got a table. Not really sure why I just didn't call up and reserve, but decided to use Open Table this time and for some reason there was no reservation under my name. I don't know if that's fault on Open Table or the restaurant but luckily they were able to seat us anyway."
Dined on 1/30/2014
Our group of 10 had a central
table, which despite its location, was not noisy. The waitstaff was attentive, but I do wonder why they do that "not writing it down" thing with your order, when they can't remember it when they get to the kitchen. This happened twice (on my previous visit, too). Food is well prepared, and on Thursdays is a very good value, too."
Dined on 1/23/2014
The service was attentive. Food
was was cooked well and the portions were quite large and were enough to take home for a second meal. This place is known for its large portions. There are options for smaller plates available as well. This is a fun place and is good for parties but not quiet if you are looking for a romantic experience."
Dined on 1/19/2014
Had a great time, food was
excellent and the service was top notch. Kid friendly, but I'm talking about tweens and above. It's not a Friendly's. For people and kids who can appreciate a good meal."
Dined on 1/11/2014
Our party of 5 had a great
time.....the food was delicious and plentiful. We were all very happy with our experience. One of our servers, Sara H, was phenomenal."
Dined on 12/24/2013
Just left Ciao Baby Massapequa and
couldnt be more thrilled. The service was impeccable. Henry and Steve did everything necessary for my fiance and I to have a great time. The food was great. We had a Riceball for an appetizer. That thong is huge! Next up was the Skirt Steak and Sea Bass. Yum to both. We almost didn't get dessert because we were too full, but we couldn't pass up the icebox cake. We both can't wait to return with friends!"
Dined on 12/3/2013
Calamari appetizer was pretty
good. Ordered Pasta with Shrimp. Pasta was overcooked. Shrimp were tiny. Chicken Scarpiello was fair. Of course portions were massive. I would not go back."
Dined on 11/29/2013
My Wife and I went on Black Friday
after an Islanders game and it was the most amazing food and atmopshere we have been around. The food portions were huge and the wait staff was more than helpful with our orders and drinks. It was a bit loud, but nothing too overbearing. I would love to go back again the next time we are in Long Island."
Dined on 11/29/2013
with all the hype this place gets,
i was expecting more. the chilean sea bass was overcooked and my linguine w/cherry peppers and baby shrimp was only "good" because the pasta was homemade. items are way overpriced because they think it's family-style. i assure you, the two entrees listed above were not family-style portions - although they would be considered somewhat "generous." still, nothing worth the price we paid. i won't be back. it's too bad. seems like a big crowd goes here."
Dined on 11/20/2013
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'Pumpkin' stars at Lakeside picnic
Former elementary school principal writes children's book
Former Lakeside Elementary School Principal Bill Pike was the star attraction at the L.E.S. fall picnic Oct. 11, drawing as many well-wishers as he did customers to his book-signing booth at the event.
Appropriately timed for trick-or-treat season, Pike's newly-published children's book, The Last Pumpkin, tells the story of a journey to select a pumpkin for Halloween. The story centers around the last-to-be-picked pumpkin, Keeper, and around themes of acceptance and love.
Joining Pike at the event were the book's publisher, former L.E.S. student Wayne Dementi, and illustrator Nell Chesley – like Pike, a long-time Henrico resident. Early in the evening, Dementi took a look at the long line of people waiting to get their books signed and observed, "This is a testimony to the endearing qualities of Bill Pike."
As if to back him up, one former parent stepped to the front of the line to greet Pike with a grin, and began to reminisce about the time he wore a ballerina's tutu to encourage academic achievement. The next parent to reach the front of the line, Denise Dysert, announced, "I'm buying [a book] for myself, and three for friends."
After the book-signing, Pike noted that 62 books were sold at the picnic, almost tying the event record of 65. But the book sales were secondary, said Pike, to his delight at "seeing familiar faces that I hadn't seen in awhile."
In addition to enjoying encounters with current students who came to the event, Pike said, he found it exciting to visit with students from the days when he was principal.
"It was amazing to see how much they had grown," he said, "and to learn about their journeys in high school."
On the day before the event, Pike also enjoyed being a part of the school's morning announcements and reading the book in three classrooms. "That was a lot of fun," said Pike, "as the students really displayed good listening skills."
A long-time elementary school educator, Pike worked in Virginia public and private schools from 1975 thru 2010, spending 27 years in Henrico County as teacher, assistant principal, and principal. He, Chesley, and Dementi worked collaboratively for almost two years to create The Last Pumpkin, which Pike said was inspired by his parents and the family that surrounded him growing up in North Carolina. "I was very lucky," he said, "to have a supportive environment."
Although he called the book project a "great learning experience" overall, Pike remarked that being at the community picnic was especially gratifying. "[Lakeside Elementary] is such a special place for me," he said, expressing appreciation for current principal Herb Monroe's efforts to pull together the event with the help of Henrico County Recreation and Parks and the Lakeside PTA (which received a donation from the book's promoters).
So is there a The Last Easter Egg or The Last Christmas Tree in the works? Pike was asked.
"Nell and I have talked about working on another book," he responded. "And I have some drafts in progress that might become a book. Only time will tell."
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Take in a show at several locations this weekend! West End Comedy will provide laughs at HATTheatre; the production of "Pump Boys and Dinettes" will close Sunday; and the youth theatre company CharacterWorks will present "Footloose" at The Steward School. Another show perfect for the kids – "Despicable Me 2" is playing at the Eastern Henrico Recreation Center tonight. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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But that formula isn't particularly family friendly, if only because that thing waiting a few feet to the left of the cast is usually plotting their violent doom.
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Mumps is a viral disease characterized by fever, headache, muscle weakness, loss of appetite and swelling and tenderness of one or more of the salivary glands situated along the angle of the jaw and inside the mouth.
Roughly one-third of infected people do not have noticeable swelling.
It is spread by direct contact with saliva and discharges from the nose and throat of infected individuals.
Severe complications are rare, but mumps can cause inflammation of the brain and/or tissue covering the brain and spinal cord, the testicles, ovaries and pancreas, as well as spontaneous abortion and deafness.
PLATTSBURGH — As many as 170 Plattsburgh State students will now be excluded from campus during a mumps outbreak because they are not fully vaccinated against the viral disease.
Roughly 60 of those students — some for religious reasons — have no documentation on file showing they received either of the two doses required for vaccination.
The college has had three confirmed cases of the mumps.
New York State Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines issued an order Friday barring students who are not vaccinated against mumps and who have not contracted mumps from campus for the duration of the outbreak.
Students could be out up to 26 days after the final confirmed case of mumps, though once they have received a first dose of mumps vaccine, they can return to campus.
"This is for their safety and the safety of those around them," said Claudia S. Hutton, director of public affairs for the New York State Health Department.
Three cases of the mumps have been confirmed since the outbreak began Feb. 23, while two more are under investigation.
The outbreak was scattered across campus, and the source has not been identified.
According to the Health Department, an ongoing outbreak of mumps in a religious community in Rockland and Orange counties and Brooklyn originated in England.


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Japanese cuisine ingredients - where to buy in Toronto?
Hi there,
I just returned from a trip from Japan and want to explore Japanese cuisine in my kitchen. I was wondering where to go for the ingredients.. mirin, kombu, bonito flakes, tempura bits, etc.
As well, any tips on where to buy good soba and miso?
If you're in the Queen St. W area - Sanko's at Queen and Claremont (just west of Bathurst). Small Japanese owned general store - you'll find most things you're looking for. If they don't have it they'll be more than happy to redirect you.
If you're from the burbs than try J-Town in Markham, Steels/Vic. Park:
Larger variety of items.
Sanko and J-Town, as already mentioned and are accessible. Taro's Fish is also a great Japanese fishmonger. Many big Asian supermarkets will have a variety of Japanese food items for much cheaper than the smaller shops (like T&T). Korean groceries (like P.A.T.) will often have Japanese things, or at least a similar Korean version.
You won't find some things, and will have to substitute. Some items are fairly expensive and not really worth buying unless you need to. For instance, though I love Kewpie, it's pretty expensive to buy here and ridiculously unhealthy compared to Hellman's or whatever. The flavour is entirely different though.
As for quality of products, check the labels, and try a few different varieties of the items if possible. Also note that sometimes, as soon as you find a product you like, it will go missing of store shelves forever with no hope for a future return.
Another note: most of the better Japanese chefs in the city still fly in many or most things from Japan. We certainly have a lot of things available to us in Toronto, but sometimes the quality isn't stellar, the prices are absurd, or they disappear at random. If you're trying to make food at home, try making seasonal recipes with substitutions for seasonal ingredients available to you here. Eating here will never be quite the same as eating in Japan, just as with any country, but you can certainly make the best of it!
T&T and J-Town often have some Japanese vegetables like gobou (burdock root), yamaimo/nagaimo (mountain yam), Japanese cucumbers, and kabocha (which now shows up in many Chinese grocery stores), but the biggest problem (I find) is searching out herbs and leafy vegetables like shiso (the Japanese kind, not the Korean kind which is quite prevalent), mitsuba, and mizuna.
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Here is a Canadian source, and at $1.50 a packet, less than half the price of foreign sources.
I don't think anyone mentioned the place in Kensington market. I think its called Little Tokyo, on Augusta south of Baldwin.
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It's deceiving, the main sign is still up, but another store has replaced it.
My suggestion to the OP, you'll find all the basic ingredients you need. The base flavours of bonito flakes, kombu, niboshi, mirin, shoyu, sake, miso are the most important. It's not terribly important you can't find the more exotic stuff. Do you really need to use matsutake mushroom instead of king or oyster or shitake or enoki or shimeji. Well you get my point....
and by tempura bits I'm assuming you're referring to panko, which is easily found.
Thanks guys. This was especially helpful. I wandered to T&T and J-Town this weekend and found it especially fruitfut. I even found tenkasu at J-Town for a buck! :)
A few further questions - where would be a good place to get sashimi-grade fish?
As well, I picked up a tiny bottle of cooking sake from T&T (Gold Plum cooking sake, 9.5% alcohol, 1.5% salt)... but now I noticed it is from China. Is it still ok to use for sake in Japanese recipes?
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I would choose carefully at Taro's sometimes their fish in the fridge is a little less fresh than the fish at the counter. Not swill by any means but the stuff at the counter is usually a safer bet. They're still the best in the city for fish along with Diana's in my opinion. The fish counter at J-Town was vastly improved since the last time I went there as well. Really good assortment and all of it was very fresh.
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I was surprised to see tarako and nama sujiko (fresh, non-marinated ikura a.k.a. salmon roe) at the J-Town fish store, since those items are rarer.
However, I still have some misgivings about them setting out donburi with raw fish out on the table without refrigeration or only with a pan of ice beneath them.
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T&T has a limited selection of sashimi grade fish at their sushi counter. Salmon is about $16/lb.
Until you develop your sources, you can pick up sashimi trays from some reputable chefs.
I get a fresh tray, quite large, for $25 at aoyama by phoning ahead.
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It could also just be cooking sake, salt is added so that it can be sold in grocery stores. The market at J-Town sells it too so you know.
Obviously it's better to cook w/ an unsalted sake, but it's not going to kill your dish.
If you're looking for a bargain, the fish is marked way down late Sunday afternoon at Sakane-ya (J-town). Selection might be limited since they're just trying to push the last batch of inventory for the week. My friend raves about the deals he picks up each Sunday night.


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As the hours tick down towards the first real kickoff of the 2010 season I caught myself in a weird place;I wasn't excited for the season to start. Now don't get me wrong, I can't wait to be in the 300 level of Qwest Field on Sunday screaming my ass off but for the first time in a long time I didn't find myself full of never ending hope and optimism that normally accompanies me in week 1.
Maybe it's because so many members of the best run in Seahawks history are gone now after they have been given away for what appears to be peanuts considering all the memories that they had given us. Maybe the toll of two terrible seasons had finally taken it's toll on me or maybe it's because with each passing day I opened up Field Gulls or Twitter with more fear of their next transaction. I'm not sure what exactly it was but all that I knew is that my usual early September swagger was missing.
As I tried to analyze my mood it struck me that the last time that I had felt this way about this team was September 2005. I remember driving to work that morning listening to kickoff against the Jags and thinking to myself how unexcited for the new season that I must have been considering that I didn't even bother to watch it on TV but at that point who could blame me after the previous 12 months.
Going into the the 2004 season we were the pick to represent the NFC in Super Bowl XXXIX but despite racing out to a 3 and 0 start and an 18 point lead at home against our biggest divsion rival we fell flat on our face. We lost the next two games too including a game where afterwards our coach that was supposed to be the master of selecting quarterbacks talked about dumbing down the offense for his hand picked man. Almost nobody on the team could hold onto the football and the only man that could ended up dropping the biggest pass of the entire season.
We headed into a offseason where Matthew Hasselbeck, Shaun Alexander and Walter Jones were all unrestricted free agents. The man that was brought to Seattle from Green Bay with promises of Super Bowls was almost forced out by Bob Whitsitt. Our front office was a mess. The man that was eventually brought in had a draft that was questioned by many of the top pundits and completely overhauled the defense with many unpopular decisions. These were just a small portion of the things that were the reason behind my dampened enthusiasm that September morning.
But then this happened
This isn't a post comparing the merits and talent between the 2005 team with the 2010 squad. I understand that team had a much more talented core that was anchored by numerous hall of fame caliber players. This is a post to say that in the NFL anything and everything can happen without any basis in logic. This is a post to say that just because we don't think this team can accomplish anything it doesn't mean they won't.
This is post to ask you to recognize that for all the warts the National Football League may have, the one thing that it has more than any other sport is parity and the fact that any team in any division has a legitimate chance of contending for the title in week one.
This is a post that is asking you to take 25 minutes between now and when you settle down to watch the game on Sunday be it in your living room or at your local bar or in downtown Seattle with 67,000 of your closest friends to watch the video that I just included.
This is a post to remind you that hope doesn't need to be based in reality.
This is a post to remind you that our one job as fans is to give this team as much effort and desire as we hope that they show on the field.
This is a post to remind you that the Seahawks are going to win the Super Bowl this year. If they don't, I don't care because that's why they invented the future and my love for this team isn't going anywhere.
This is a post to remind you to get excited for this season.


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The Montana Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case asserting the state constitution protects the right to physician-assisted suicide.
Lawyers on both sides say there's a good chance the high court will be the first in the nation to find a constitutional right to die, the New York Times reports. Two other states, Washington and Oregon, established a right to physician-assisted suicide in voter initiatives.
The case was brought on behalf of Robert Baxter, a 76-year-old truck driver who died last year from lymphocytic leukemia. Baxter sued because he wanted to die with the help of a physician.
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Iggy Pop
Joy Division
New Order
The lineup that the Tibet House US put together for the 24th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall two nights ago was the kind of collection of noteworthy musical talents that was guaranteed to make a certain kind of discerning fan of rock music quiver with excitement. The program promised the following enticements:
Philip Glass
Nico Muhly
Matt Berning, Aaron Dessner, & Bryce Dessner of The National
Bernard Sumner, Phil Cunningham, & Tom Chapman of New Order
Iggy Pop
Robert Randolph
Patti Smith and her Band
With an invocation and closing by
Monks from the Drepung Gomang Monasteries
The evening would prove to have an impressive number of impromptu guests and collaborations not depicted here, including the surprise appearance of Sufjan Stevens, who sat in with The National; Nico Muhly playing together with Philip Glass; and a special gesture of tribute to recently departed Lou Reed from Patti Smith, who covered Reed's classic "Perfect Day."
But most exciting of all, perhaps, was Iggy Pop teaming up with three of the members of New Order (no Peter Hook, of course; Sumner was the only original member present) to play two of Joy Division's most enduring songs, "Transmission" and "Love Will Tear Us Apart." As all dedicated Joy Division fans know, when Ian Curtis hanged himself on May 18, 1980, Iggy's 1977 album The Idiot was spinning on the turntable just a few feet away.
Earlier in the evening, Sufjan Stevens joined The National for "I Need My Girl" and "This is the Last Time" off of 2013's Trouble Will Find Me and "Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks" off of their 2010 album High Violet (video for which can be found here; scroll down) before Sufjan played two songs from The Planetarium, the somewhat proggy collaboration involving Muhly and the National's Bryce Dessner from 2013. Then Nico Muhly and Philip Glass joined forces for "The Chase," a track off of Glass's 2004 soundtrack for Undertow.
When New Order's time to perform arrived, they played "St. Anthony" before introducing Iggy, who joined the band for "Californian Grass," off of New Order's 2013 album Lost Sirens; Sumner said that the band had never played the song live before. The next two songs were the immortal Joy Division numbers "Transmission" and "Love Will Tear Us Apart."
What follows are fan videos, but both the video and the audio are in fairly good shape.
"Californian Grass"
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A tip about illegal drug activity at a Bush Avenue building in Port Chester led to the arrest of a Mount Vernon man on heroin possession charges, according to Port Chester Police.
Anthony Morgan, 36, of 236 S. 5th Ave., Mount Vernon, was arrested at about 8 p.m. Tuesday by Port Chester detectives at a 20 Bush Ave. after an investigation of a call to police about drug activity at that building. Morgan is accused of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance after being found with 22 small packages of heroin, police said.
Port Chester detectives were near the building when a call came in to police headquarters about a suspicious man at 20 Bush Ave. Police said that as detectives approached the building they spotted Morgan, who ran inside the building.
After several attempts to confront Morgan, police said detectives arrested him as he tried to hide in one of the apartments at the building. Police said Morgan had no apparent connection to any of the units in the building.
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Programs at 212 engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees were surveyed; 193 responded. Data were collected in fall 2013 and early 2014. Rankings for the 193 schools that provided the data needed were calculated based on a weighted average of the 10 indicators described below. All schools are listed in the online directory.
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Quality assessment (weighted by 0.40)
Peer assessment score (0.25): In fall 2013, engineering school deans and deans of graduate studies at engineering schools were asked to rate programs on a scale from marginal (1) to outstanding (5). Those individuals who did not know enough about a school to evaluate it fairly were asked to mark "don't know."
A school's score is the average of all the respondents who rated it. Responses of "don't know" counted neither for nor against a school. About 52 percent of those surveyed responded.
Recruiter assessment score (0.15): In fall 2013, corporate recruiters and company contacts who hire from previously ranked programs were asked to rate programs on a scale from marginal (1) to outstanding (5). Those individuals who did not know enough about a school to evaluate it fairly were asked to mark "don't know." The names surveyed for the recruiter assessment score were provided by the schools themselves.
A school's score is the average of all the respondents who rated it. Responses of "don't know" counted neither for nor against a school. About 16 percent of those surveyed responded. For the purpose of calculating this year's rankings, the two most recent years of recruiter survey results were averaged and weighted by 0.15.
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Student-faculty ratio: This is the ratio of full-time doctoral students to full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty (0.075) and full-time master's students to full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty (0.0375) in fall 2013.
Percent of faculty in the National Academy of Engineering (0.075): This is the proportion of full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty who were members of the National Academy of Engineering during fall 2013.
Doctoral degrees awarded (0.0625): This is the total number of doctoral degrees granted in the 2012-2013 school year.
Research activity (weighted by 0.25)
Total research expenditures (0.15): This is the total externally funded engineering research expenditures. These expenditures refer to separately funded research, public and private, conducted by the school and are averaged over fiscal years 2012 and 2013. The definition for research expenditures is set by the American Society for Engineering Education.
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Data were standardized about their means, and standardized scores were weighted, totaled and rescaled so that the top-scoring school received 100; others received their percentage of the top score.
Specialty rankings: Engineering specialty rankings are based solely on the peer assessments by department heads in each specialty area. The peer assessment surveys for the specialty area rankings were conducted in fall 2013.
Department heads in a specialty area rated the other schools that offered a doctoral degree in the specialty on a five-point scale. Those schools with the highest average scores appear here. The names of department heads and names of their respective engineering schools that grant a doctoral degree in that specific area came from the American Society for Engineering Education.
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Is Joe Flacco any good? Can he win a Super Bowl? Joe Flacco has been a starter ever since he was drafted back in 2008. He has started in every game since then. When people question Joe Flacco, Ravens fans usually say, "He wins games and that's all that counts." But when is winning not enough? Maybe it's not enough when you get bounced out of the playoffs every year, even with a defense that many fear.
The Baltimore Ravens' defense stars some great players including last year's defensive player of the year Terrell Suggs, perennial pro-bowler Haloti Ngata, 2001 Super Bowl MVP, "the land shark" Ray Lewis, and future hall-of-famer Ed Reed. In the post season, the Baltimore Ravens have had the best defense, in terms of yards allowed per game, since Flacco has been there. But still, a lot of the pressure falls on Flacco's shoulders and when he doesn't come through, people immediately point the finger at him. With a Raven's defense that many Baltimore fans have been spoiled with, it can be hard not to point fingers at the man heading the offense.
Flacco has been heavily criticized by his defense, including Ed Reed who has said after a terrible outing in last season's playoffs, "He can't play like that." As one of the smartest players in the NFL, Reed's opinion carries a lot of clout. That being said, Flacco is still relatively young and has a high ceiling. With a very good defense, can Flacco get the job done or will losing the big one be his legacy? Before passing judgment, remember that it is hard to win in the NFL, and it is even harder to win in the playoffs. Joe "Cool" may be evidence of how being a pure winner does not translate to championships, but remember he was only a dropped pass away from the Super Bowl.


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We all know there's a pet overpopulation problem in Vermilion County. But how serious is it?
"Are there 500 new litters or 3,000 new litters in a year's time?" Ron Gore of Covington, Ind., asked. "Without the count, we don't have any idea what we're up against."
Gore is spearheading a project to count how many dogs and cats are born in the county.
He and a couple of his friends, Vince Koers and Lynn McLinden, are seeking volunteers to be part of the study. A volunteer would periodically keep an eye open for posters and advertisements listing puppies and kittens in his or her community, and then find out the size and type of the litters. If the volunteer doesn't want to make the call, Gore and his friends will do that.
He added, "This will require very little time or effort on the part of volunteers, but can yield big benefits."
No personal information will be taken from the litter's owners and further contact will not be made.
"This is strictly a numbers survey by interested citizens," Gore said.
Gore had an idea years ago to try to "capture" all litters in Vermilion County and make sure that they were spay or neutered — particularly "free" puppies and kittens — before they went to a new home.
His initial idea was to ask people to bring the litters to the shelter, and then give them $25 if they agreed to spay the mother.
CARA (Citizens for Animal Rescue and Adoption), for example, will not take a litter unless the owner agrees to spay the mother using the organization's discounted price, Gore said. He also learned that the Lafayette, Ind., shelter has a similar plan whenever space allows.
"So, this is not a completely crazy notion," he said.
Gore's idea didn't get off the ground. In hindsight, he said he wishes it had occurred to him to count the litters born in the county, and that might have helped him sell his idea to animal-control officials.
Recent discussions about merging the city and county animal operations renewed his interest in a count.
"I am now starting to seek volunteers all around the county to watch for ads, signs, postings, etc., anywhere that someone is offering pups and kittens free or for a cost. I want these volunteers to answer the ads and find out how many were in the litter, breed, date of birth and so on," he said. No names, addresses, or other personal information will be taken from the owners.
"Then, maybe later this year, an assessment can be made as to how to handle that number and a project developed to do something, if practical.
"I think these data might at least offer insight and perhaps interest and money into the situation and it has a scientific approach," Gore said.
The count is just the first step toward the ultimate goal of reducing the number of unwanted animals in the county and nearby areas.
"We want to stop the problem from being created in the first place," Koers said. "Nobody likes euthanizing animals."
Gore said he wants to explore all options, including social networking, Internet, foster homes and shelters — anything to help get a grip on the problem. But, first, he said, "We need to know how many animals we would be dealing with — how many dogs and cats, males and females."
He said, "If we can get this study going, we believe that many in the community will come forward to help and donate money. But, without the help of volunteer 'eyes' in the county, little can be done."
Gore and Koers said they welcome anyone with ideas to contact them.
Gore and his wife have already posted notices in some of the smaller communities, and now he's in the process of drafting letters to all county schools seeking volunteers from the teachers.
Koers summed it up: "Everybody has animals' welfare in mind. In the final analysis, there are too many animals."
Having a specific count of the number of puppies and kittens born in the county seems to be a good idea. That hard data then can be used to apply for grants or show others how serious the problem is. The bottom line is: Something needs to be done about the pet overpopulation problem. And this seems to be a good start.
Gore said: "We'd like to see CARA short on cats." Let's make that happen.
To help
If you'd like to help survey the animal population, call 443-0060 for more information.
Low-cost spay and neutering programs are available through CARA (call 655-4353 or 799-8858 ) and the Vermilion County Animal Shelter Foundation (call 431-0332).
The Pets column runs every four weeks. If you would like to have your pet featured, contact Mary Wicoff at 477-5161, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or write to Commercial-News, 17 W. North, Danville, IL 61832.


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romantic getaway. great views. wonderful staff.
tired room with tired fittings. paper thin walls, very noisy.
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With a stay at The St Johns Hotel in Solihull, you'll be near the airport and minutes from Touchwood Shopping Center, and close to St. Alphege's Church. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Brueton Park and Widney Manor Golf Club. Make yourself at home in one of the 180 guestrooms. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and satel...
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Located in Alcester (Coughton), Throckmorton Arms Hotel is within the vicinity of Ragley Hall and All Saints Church. This inn is within the region of Anne Hathaway's Cottage and Stratford Racecourse. Make yourself at home in one of the individually decorated guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is av...
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We are a Georgian listed house set in park like surroundings on the edge of the Cotswolds but only 4 miles from Stratford upon Avon.All our rooms are en-suite with a four poster room and family suites sleeping 3or 4 , we have a sunny guest sitting room with the daily papers.Our dinning room has been awarded a pie by the AA for good quality food and we were r...
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Robert L. Lawton
OXFORD _ Robert L. Lawton, 87, formerly of Oxford, passed away on Sept. 10, 2012, in Cortland.
He was born on Dec. 25, 1924, in Oxford, the son of the late William J. and Grace (Moore) Lawton. On May 3, 1953, he married the love of his life Betty (Hicks), who predeceased him on March 21, 2005.
He is survived by his children, Jim and April Lawton of Homer, Chuck and Ann Marie Lawton of Syracuse, David Lawton of Oxford, Carol and Dennis Fallon of Rural Retreat, Va., Dale and Susan Lawton of Norwich, and Jerry and Kim Lawton of Morris; his brother, William Lawton Jr. of Oxford; as well as 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Bob, as he was known to his friends and family, was a loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and husband.
He was hard working and truly loved the outdoors. Bob enjoyed a long career with the New York State Parks and Recreation Department as park manager for Gilbert Lake State Park in Laurens.
He always made time for his children and their interests, filling the role of pack leader for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, as well as coaching the Little League baseball team in Oxford.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Oxford, with the Rev. David Hanselman officiating. Interment will follow in Riverview Cemetery, Oxford.
Friends may call at the Behe Funeral Home, 21 Main St., in Oxford, from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 72, Oxford, NY 13830; the American Cancer Society, 57 Front St., Binghamton, NY 13905; National Parkinson Foundation, P.O. Box 5018, Hagerstown, MD 21741.
Memories and condolences may be shared by visiting www.behefuneralhome.com.


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Siemens and KUKA Announce Cooperation
KUKA Systems GmbH Posted 10/01/2013Siemens and KUKA held a press conference at the EMO Hannover 2013. Manfred Gundel, CEO of the KUKA Roboter GmbH, and Dr. Robert Neuhauser, CEO of the Motion Control Systems (MC) Business Unit of the Siemens Drive Technologies Division, has informed about an enhanced cooperation.
- Joint solutions offered: integrated, operator-friendly loading of machine tools using robots
- Integration of robotics and CNC solutions for machining workpieces with robots
- Strengthening the fundamental idea of integrated production processes
- Development of new applications in lightweight construction
Highly flexible and fully automated production today demands complete integration of robots into the production flow and into the automation environment. In this area, in particular, applications for robots and machine tools are growing together steadily as a result of new requirements and technological progress. Given these developments, Siemens and KUKA are strengthening their cooperation in automation and industrial robots. The aim is to be better able to serve industries with high automation requirements in loading and machining. With the shared development, customers will have access to new products and solutions that are coordinated optimally over their entire life cycle, from design, to production simulation, to engineering and the production shop level. Moreover, in the long term, the two companies will be including aspects of robot automation in their activities as outlined in the Industrie 4.0 project.
With this close partnership, Siemens and KUKA can offer end customers integrated solutions with a high technological demand and level of maturity and position themselves still better on global markets. At the center of the joint development and the closely meshed marketing activities is seamless, operator-friendly integration of the robot for loading the machine tool. The companies will also develop scalable, integrated solutions for machining workpieces with robots, especially for lightweight construction. In this field, in particular, new materials such as composites require innovative machining concepts that the two companies will be intensively advancing as part of the cooperation.
KUKA will provide robot systems that make use of proven solutions in the field of CNC with Sinumerik from Siemens for integration with machine tools. The standard implementation of the concept includes loading by a KUKA robot, which is integrated in Sinumerik. A scaled offer is also planned ranging from a robot with additional CNC machining functionality to a robot as a pure CNC machining unit. Here, too, the aim is complete integration of the robot into the PLM processes.
At EMO 2011, both partners have already presented the integration of the robot into the Sinumerik user interface as an application, for programming, teach-in, and diagnostics. The next step will now be the connection to CNC tasks.


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30. Re: iTunes Artwork Chang Arrow has gone?zit Dec 2, 2012 8:28 AM in response to turingtest2
A good idea, but not as good as manual or automatic cycling.
And the ability to add more than one artwork to a set of songs is still missing.
I hope Apple cares enough about their products to have someone scanning these discussions.
Perhaps they are uncomfortable with having the same art duplicated in all the songs of an album.
But it is less likely to get lost when embedded in the songs, rather than just sitting in the album folder.
And it's small compared to the audio.
31. Re: iTunes Artwork Chang Arrow has gone?turingtest2 Dec 2, 2012 8:53 AM in response to zit
I think the loss of multiple art has more to do with standardising tracks so they work well with iTunes Match. Apple don't monitor the forums for user feedback. That goes to iTunes Feedback.
32. Re: iTunes Artwork Chang Arrow has gone?zit Dec 2, 2012 9:21 AM in response to turingtest2
The world is going subscription. So will Apple.
That's OK, but it doesn't work for everything.
I haven't used Match.
For a tune with multiple artwork for which it has no match, it will obviously upload all embedded artwork.
It it has a match, nothing is uploaded, but nothing is deleted either, if I understand correctly.
I don't see a problem here,
It might be nice if it uploaded artwork for matched songs, but they don't have to.
33. Re: iTunes Artwork Chang Arrow has gone?dcsos Dec 2, 2012 9:45 AM in response to zit
The problem is I cannot see the back cover and possibly the inner sleve or any other seconday art work i've embedded - visible with ITunes 10.5.
At lest the Artwork remains in the file. Now how to see it large?
34. Re: iTunes Artwork Chang Arrow has gone?DaveSpencer Mar 1, 2013 11:28 PM in response to dcsos
This was a disgraceful change by Apple. I spent hours loading front, back and centre artwork for my thousand of songs and in one flick of a switch it is rendered useless.
JUST LIKE THE SUPERB EXPOSE AND SPACES IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE ARE GETTING THE ARROW BACKTO SWITCH THROUGH ARTWORK !! Sorry about shouting but this change was a disgrace.
Has anybody found decent third party app that solves this problem?
35. Re: iTunes Artwork Chang Arrow has gone?turingtest2 Mar 2, 2013 2:11 AM in response to DaveSpencer
With iTunes 11 to see a large version of the primary artwork click the tiny art image in the notification area of the iTunes window.
If you'd still like access to the various images within the context of iTunes then the only workaround that comes to mind is to create your own digital booklets. This would not only allow access to the images but render them full size on the screen instead of in a tiny window in the corner as was the case with the artwork panel.
36. Re: iTunes Artwork Chang Arrow has gone?dcsos Mar 2, 2013 3:43 AM in response to turingtest2
Great Idea!
Apart from converting old format heres how to access new:
Double-click the iTunes application icon to launch the application.
Click the "Music" option beneath the "Library" heading in the iTunes application window.
Click the "Album" option at the top of the iTunes application window to sort the music in your iTunes library alphabetically by album.
Scroll down to the album for which you wish to view the digital booklet. The digital booklet for an album will be listed before the first track on the album. It will be named "Digital Booklet - XXX," where "XXX" is the name of the album.
Double-click the digital booklet to open the PDF file in the computer's default PDF viewer application.
Read more: How to Access a Digital Booklet Album in iTunes | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_8543932_access-digital-booklet-album-itunes.html#ixzz2MN k1Qbid
37. Re: iTunes Artwork Chang Arrow has gone?turingtest2 Mar 2, 2013 3:59 AM in response to dcsos
Well if you're going to roll your own it will be called whatever you call it.
However the iTunes convention is indeed Digital Booklet - <Album>. Having made you own booklet, given it the file name Digital Booklet - <Album>.pdf and imported it into iTunes it will initially show up in the Books section.You should select it, Get Info, set the relevant Album, Album Artist and Artist values, then change the media kind to Music.
38. Re: iTunes Artwork Chang Arrow has gone?FredrikOOO Apr 27, 2013 3:54 AM in response to DaveSpencer
One apparent solution is to downgrade to the last version of iTunes with the "cycle through artwork function" still present. That is if you don't need functions of the later versions. I run 10.4.1 since I heard this is the last "cycle through" version – but someone here suggests it's 10.5.x. Can anyone clear out the fog?
39. Re: iTunes Artwork Chang Arrow has gone?dcsos Apr 27, 2013 12:40 PM in response to FredrikOOO
I'm running 10.5.1 and I can still see back cover in bottom left artwork panel, and also make it large.
That is if its not 'currently playing'
If its currently playing- I can only see the front cover in 'large' in 10.5.1
This is because of the Quick Time Controls (e.g. Play Triangle) that are embedded in the artwindow when you enlarge it-
10.4 didn't have these
40. Re: iTunes Artwork Chang Arrow has gone?turingtest2 Apr 27, 2013 1:14 PM in response to FredrikOOO
I've looked at my records and I reported a problem with iTunes 10.5.1.42, but it is possible that the triangles were removed with the iTunes 10.5.0.x release.
As long as you backup your current database properly you can install a different version to test it, then uninstall iTunes, restore your archived database, then reinstall your preferred build.
41. Re: iTunes Artwork Chang Arrow has gone?dcsos Apr 27, 2013 3:21 PM in response to turingtest2
Hey I just looked I am 10.5.141 -- just before you by a day or two I bet!!!
and of course I stiil have triangles in lower left allowing more than just front cover art.
As I said before, the back cover will pop up when you double cliick it to full screen size...so long as its not the tune thats currently playing
If its the currently playing one, the front cove pops up instead.
While listening to other songs, the back cover is still accesible full screen in 10.5.141


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Panjakent Bazaar
|Coordinates: 39°30′N 67°37′E / 39.500°N 67.617°E
|Population (2000)
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Panjakent (Tajik: Панҷакент; Persian: پنجکنت; Russian: Пенджикент), also spelled Panjikent, Panjekent, Panjikant or Penjikent, is a city in the Sughd province of Tajikistan on the Zeravshan River, with a population of 33,000 (2000 census). It was once an ancient town in Sogdiana. The ruins of the old town are on the outskirts of the modern city. The Sarazm Important Bird Area lies downstream of the city on the tugay-vegetated floodplain of the river.
Ancient Panjekent was a small but flourishing town of the Soghdians in pre-Islamic Central Asia. It was known as Panchekanth.[1] It means five towns (villages).
The ethnic and territorial name "Soghd/Soghdian" or Sughd/Sughdian was mentioned in history as early as the Iranian Achaemenid Dynasty (6th century BCE). The Achaemenids founded several city-states, as well as cities along the ancient Silk road and in the Zarafshan valley.
The town grew in the 5th century CE and many professionals such as established businessmen and landowners made their livelihoods in Panjakent. In 722 CE, Arabian forces besieged and annexed the town. The last ruler of the town Divashtich fled into upper Zarafshan but he was captured and sentenced to death. For around 50 years, ancient Panjakent was ruled by new administrators but towards the end of the 8th century the town on the upper terraces was depopulated and relocated. Many ancient ruins of the old city, particularly the city architecture and works of art remain today.
According to Arab geographers, Panjakent in the 10th century had a formal Friday mosque that distinguished the place as a town from a village. It was the easternmost city of Soghd, and became well known for its walnuts. [2]
Russian archaeologist Boris Marshak spent more than fifty years excavating the ruins at Panjakent.[3] He remained there even after Tajik independence as director of the excavation of the Panjakent ruins, even during the years of Civil War in Tajikistan from 1992 to 1997. Through close cooperation with the government of Tajikistan, Marshak ensured the protection and continued excavation of the Panjakent ruins. An important feature of the ruins is the frescoes which show details of dress and daily life.
Shaivism was popular in Sogdiana and Eastern Turkestan as found from the wall painting from Penjikent on the river Zervashan. In this depiction, Shiva is portrayed with a sacred halo and a sacred thread ("Yajnopavita"). He is clad in tiger skin while his attendants are wearing Sodgian dress. In Eastern Turkestan in the Taklamakan Desert. There is a depiction of his four-legged seated cross-legged n a cushioned seat supported by two bulls.
- ^ Gorgâni, Tirdâd. "Welcome to Penjakent". GEOCITIES. Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
- ^ Marshak, B.I. "Panjikant". Encyclopædia Iranica.
- ^ Shkoda, V. (October 2003). "Marshak's Bibliography and CV.". Transoxiana Webfestschrift Series I. Transoxiana: Journal Libre de Estudios Orientales. Retrieved 2006-10-14.
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Coordinates: 39°30′N 67°37′E / 39.500°N 67.617°E


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Bart Doan
JAMESTOWN — Every horror movie set on a farm near a small town seems a little more realistic after a visit to the Indiana Fear Farm, which returns for his 11th season.
Sabrina Kent-Doolin, owner of KD Entertainment and the Fear Farm, said the idea came to them more than a decade ago when, with their farm land, they needed something else to stay afloat.
"It actually started out as just a horse farm and we boarded horses, gave lessons, and it was just not cutting it, to be quite honest," she said.
So she and her family took their love for Halloween and built what has become one of the few and most unique interactive haunted houses in the area, using more than 100 actors, realistic scenes.
The aptly named Slaughter Barn appeals to the hard core haunted house enthusiast while the Haunted Hayride caters to fans of the season with an added entertainment style twist.
"After the first five years, we added the Slaughter Barn, as well as adding our Gore Store where we sell IFF snacks and drinks," Kent-Doolin said. "It's gone from back in the day where we had maybe 12 of us running around from scene to scene, hoping we got to the next spot in time, to now on any given night when we'll have 40 to 50 actors in the woods and in the barn as well. Everything is fully audio now, including people flying over air, explosions, things chasing you, to dancers on the hay ride. Where we've come in 11 years are miles apart."
Ironically, it's become that "different" path of building everything from the ground up, little to none of it bought new, that has become the hallmark that keeps bringing people out to their farm house. Now, it is complete with scenes that look like they fell out of anyone's favorite horror flick.
From their famed "butcher room" to the Fear Farm High, which is a full-sized bus turned into an interactive horror scene, the scares come differently every time because of the volume of actors involved.
"We've become known for that very thing that worked against us for many years," Kent-Doolin said. "We've learned to cherish our weaknesses. We didn't have a big budget. Most haunted houses like this have money backing them. We had to build it the old fashioned way. It's good, old fashioned, catch-you-off-guard good ideas. That's one of the things people love about us.
"We're heavily people haunted. Animatronics come in and they're gone. People can act with you in so many different ways. People get an over the top feel. It's like watching a movie. We literally try to inundate you from every angle."
And that is the catch. Kent-Doolin says that they've evolved over the years to include some animatronics, but refuse to have rooms without people in them, making the evening for patrons completely unscripted both indoors and out, all with an end result that helps them give back to the community at an alarming percentage.
"One of the unique things about our haunt is you truly get an original show every night," she said. "That's because we are solely haunted by groups looking to raise money. So we have key clubs, dance clubs, theatrical clubs, foreign language clubs looking to raise money for trips, and we donate money as well as give them tickets to come back."
Kent-Doolin says they gave more than a third of their earnings back into the community through school clubs that the actors participated in and are even branching out past schools to other clubs.
"It allows us to bring them into the community and just as important, that's one of the things that sets us apart," she said. "It's grown, obviously, with us, so now we require a very large number of school participation, but we also have teams like travel volleyball and softball. It's really started putting its reach out and reach its fingers out past the schools."
Youth that participate as actors, mostly teenagers, are required to have a sponsor with them, either a parent or a teacher.
And the end result year in and out is always the same, promises Kent-Doolin.
"We guarantee you'll be entertained," she said. "It'll be an experience like they've never seen before. We truly have something for everyone. Most haunted houses are designed to reach a certain demographic and that's it. But our haunted hayride is for everyone. It's just as much entertainment as scare. They interact with you on an up close and personal level, and then for the non-enthusiast, you can relax with our hot chocolate and people watch. We truly have people that come out and never buy a ticket and spend all night with us. It's really unusual to see that at a haunted house. We don't want to be the biggest. We just want to be the best."
The ticket prices for the hay ride are $14 for adults and $12 for children. Tickets for the Slaughter Barn are $12. A combo pack that allows access to both is $22 for adults and $20 for children ages 8 and younger. Group pricing is available as well by calling (765) 366-8493.
The Indiana Fear Farm is at 6736 S. 500 W., Jamestown. Hours are 7 to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 7 to 10 p.m. Sundays and Thursdays, throughout October.
For more information, visit the website at www.indianafearfarm.com.


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ADP: Private Sector Added 215,000 Jobs in December
Payroll processing firm ADP's jobs reading comes in well above consensus estimates.
The private sector added 215,000 jobs in December, according to payroll processor ADP. The figure comes in well above consensus estimates of around 150,000, according to Bloomberg, and points to a promising December job report.
"[215,000] is above the trend job creation we've been getting over the past couple of years, at about 150,000 a month," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, which coproduces the report with ADP, in a call with reporters Thursday morning.
[READ: ADP: Private Payrolls Added 118,000 Jobs in November]
The data represent job growth across several industries, including 53,000 new jobs in the trade, transportation, and utilities category, as well as 37,000 new jobs in professional and business services. Construction was also unexpectedly strong, with 39,000 new jobs, though Zandi noted that industry may be benefiting from reconstruction after Hurricane Sandy.
Manufacturing, meanwhile, subtracted 11,000 jobs. That industry's job growth has flattened in recent months after posting moderate growth since the recession.
Particularly encouraging about the latest figure from ADP is that it signals strong job creation in a month marked by intense fighting among lawmakers over the fiscal cliff, Zandi said. Many in the business community complained of the uncertainty created by the potential tax and spending changes, saying that it was hindering their abilities to plan for the future. Still, job growth appears to have withstood this uncertainty.
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"The fiscal cliff debate ... has not seemed to have done significant damage to the job market," Zandi said. "One could argue that we'd be seeing more job creation if we were not in the middle of these difficult fiscal decisions, but it doesn't appear that they are weakening economic growth."
Though the addition of 215,000 jobs is an encouraging sign, it does not necessarily mean that job creation is accelerating significantly. Another indicator released today signals that the job market continues its slow march to recovery. The Labor Department reports that new unemployment insurance claims for the week ending December 29 stood at a seasonally adjusted 372,000, up 10,000 from the previous week. The four-week moving average, a measure that smooths out this naturally volatile indicator, remained flat, inching up by just 250 claims, to 360,000.
Plenty of factors could keep job growth from accelerating in the coming months. Zandi points to future potential legislative fights that will continue the atmosphere of business uncertainty: battles over spending cuts, tax reform, and raising the debt ceiling. He believes job gains will remain around the trend of 150,000 per month until lawmakers have settled these pressing issues.
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"It won't be until the other side of the Treasury debt ceiling that we're going to see stronger job growth on a consistent basis," he said.


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Signature Sites founder and Owner Michael Edis is in the news regarding the website his company launched for Scouts Canada's summer camps program…
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Tonawanda News — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said a plan to replace lighting along the state Thruway and canal system could reduce electricity costs by an estimated 20 percent.
"As we celebrate Earth Week, New York is continuing to move forward with efforts to increase energy efficiency and reduce costs in state government by adopting new green technologies," Cuomo said in a prepared statement.
"The Thruway's LED lighting project is one example of how we are doing our part to use less electricity. In addition, these environmentally friendly upgrades will result in significant savings – and pay for themselves – which is great news for toll payers."
The upgrades are intended to reduce the Thruway Authority's $2 million annual electricity bill, Cuomo said.
Upgrades are planned at nearly 20 toll barriers and plazas including Exits 24 (Albany), 25 (Amsterdam), 35 (Syracuse), 38 (Syracuse), and 39 (Syracuse). Several more locations including the Williamsville toll barrier, Exit 48A (Pembroke), Exit 18 (New Paltz), and the Erie Canal maintenance station in Fonda are in the auditing or planning stages, Cuomo's message states.
A benefit of LEDs, which stands for light emitting diodes, is lower energy consumption and durability, with the bulbs lasting up to a decade.
As an example of the resulting savings, the state estimates the lighting upgrade at Exit 24 Albany will reduce energy usage by 25 percent (or 93,360 kilowatt hours) for an annual operating savings of about $10,400. The total cost of the lighting upgrade project at Exit 24 was $26,315, while incentives and rebates along with the utilization of the Thruway staff makes the cost to the authority about $2,000, according to Cuomo staffers.
The entire project is expected to pay for itself within two years.
The Thruway Authority also is announcing plans to integrate solar technology at 289 locations and has begun a project to install wind turbines in the Buffalo Division.