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Re: Things You Really Need to Learn
I enjoyed reading this article. As I read those last sentences I knew that reading it was the thing I most wanted to do... :)
I strongly agree with your list of "things you really need to learn". But I disagree about the statement: "schools won't teach you the things you really need to learn...". In my opinion some of today's schools are better than you picture them in this article. There are good teachers around the world who try to teach those "things you need to learn to be successful in live" besides the factual knowledge of their field... I dare to say this because at least 5 good teachers and my parents (also teachers) have thaught and still are teaching me.
... Nevertheless, I agree that many schools could prioritize differently and focus on those important tools for living happily ever after.
Thanks for sharing this article!
Best regards,
Anna [Comment] [Permalink]


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A Spitfire and a Hurricane provided the soundtrack to actor Robert Hardy's reading of the famous speech by the then prime minister Winston Churchill on Friday 20 August.
War veterans gathered in Whitehall, Westminster for the event commemorating 70 years since the Battle of Britain.
To mark the anniversary, the speech will be replayed outside Churchill's war-time bunker in Whitehall, at 1552 BST – precisely 70 years since Churchill stood up to give the address in Parliament.
More on the Battle of Britain
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Marvel, Star Wars and the next steps for Disney's Tomorrowlands
Published: October 8, 2013 at 2:02 PM
That was the traveling Marvel-themed attraction announced in August, which promoters said would feature exhibits, meet-and-greets, and a 3D motion-simulator ride starring Marvel superheroes.
Makes last night's news from Hong Kong Disneyland seem a bit like déjà vu, doesn't it? Yesterday, Disney Parks chairman Tom Staggs announced that Disney would build "The Iron Man Experience" at the park, with Stark Expo exhibits including the Hall of Armor, an Iron Man meet-and-greet, and what sure sounds like a 3D motion-simulator ride.
No inside information here about a formal design or development connection between the projects, but they sure sound similar, don't they?
Is there any chance Disney and Marvel fans might see a "[Insert Marvel character here] Experience" at another Disney theme park? Staggs announced that the Hong Kong Iron Man ride will take place in that city, which initially might suggest that the ride will be a one-off for that park only. But Disney brought Soarin' Over California to Florida's Epcot, so a Hong Kong setting shouldn't by itself rule out a deployment to another park. So, which one? Look first to Paris' underdeveloped Walt Disney Studios, though by 2016 Shanghai Disneyland should be open, and no one would be surprised to see a Marvel attraction there, perhaps as a way to boost attendance a couple years after the Grand Opening, when attention begins to fade. Remember, Marvel's barred from Walt Disney World and the Tokyo Disney Resort, so the only other option at the moment is California's Disneyland.
Would Disney bring Marvel to Disneyland? Legally, there's nothing stopping it. But space constraints might. For now, the industry buzz has Disney focusing on Star Wars as the next big project in Anaheim, not Marvel.
MiceAge posted a report today detailing leaks from a Disneyland management meeting that previewed plans for a Star Wars overlay in the park's Tomorrowland. [Scroll down past the DAS stuff.] The plans are said to include moving the Astro Orbiter from the hub to the upper plaza in front of Space Mountain. The Millennium Falcon would be parked on the Astro Orbiter's old home atop the former PeopleMover loading station. Tomorrowland Terrace would become the Mos Eisley cantina. And the Innoventions building would become the loading station for a speeder bike ride that would consume the current Autopia track.
The future home of Disneyland's Astro Orbiter?
Will it happen? Until blueprints are distributed and contractors hired, all theme park plans are blue sky and subject to change. And Imagineers have been known to float ideas into the online fan community to gauge reaction. In addition to ride development, these plans would require rebuilding the current Captain EO theater building to support the Astro Orbiter ride above, gutting and rebuilding Innoventions, and creating a show building around Tomorrowland Terrace, in addition to possibly rerouting the monorail track. That's a lot of coin, even for Disney.
And here's another thought worth considering: Star Wars and Marvel each take Tomorrowland another step away from its original, idealistic vision of a community in the future, replacing it with yet another conflict-driven narrative. At their hearts, both Star Wars and Marvel are dystopian, portraying worlds in which "ordinary" people have no hope, save for the efforts of superheroes (or super-human Jedi) who might come to their rescue. Perhaps there's a dissertation in there, for a student of Disney and popular culture. In the 1950s, Disney's Tomorrowland reflected a society that felt empowered and hopeful about its ability to shape a better future. In the 2010s, the plans for Tomorrowland seem instead to suggest we're living in a time when we're not thinking optimistically about our future as much as we're simply hoping that someone will ride down from space or the sky to save us.


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The Kinship Conundrum: The Impact of Aboriginal Self-Determination on Indigenous Child Protection
This report argues that mainstreaming revolution in Indigenous policy should be extended to Indigenous child protection policy, and that Aboriginal exceptionalism—typified by the operation of Aboriginal...... Read More
An Ounce of Prevention? A Toolkit for Evaluating Preventive Health Measures
How can a policymaker predict whether a preventive health program will save money over the long term? These eight questions will help guide any preliminary evaluation, whether the program in question involves...... Read More
Regulating for Quality in Childcare: The Evidence Base
The report explores the evidence base for the recent National Quality Agenda reforms to childcare that mandate lower staff-to-child ratios and higher staff qualifications. The report finds that the benefits...... Read More
Complex Family Payments: What it Costs the Village to Raise a Child
The report describes the family payments system (with a focus on family tax benefits and child care fee assistance) and analyses how the multiple programs overlap. It also explores how the phenomenon of...... Read More
Lessons from Singapore: Opt-Out Health Savings Accounts for Australia
Singapore's distinctive health funding and service provision arrangements have delivered comparable First World standards of care and health outcomes at much lower cost. A new vision for funding health...... Read More
The Forgotten Freedom: Threats to Religious Liberty in Australia
When religious followers try to express their beliefs about topics such as same-sex marriage, they are frequently met with charges of bigotry and accusations of homophobia. Religious freedom in Australia...... Read More
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Multiculturalism began as a response to the White Australia policy and continues to enjoy public support. But a new, 'hard' multiculturalism has emerged which is determined to eliminate racism. Its...... Read More
Overcoming Governance and Cost Challenges for Australian Public Hospitals: The Foundation Trust Alternative
Adapting the UK Foundation Hospital Trust governance and management model to the Australian health system can improve the productivity and financial sustainability of public hospitals in conjunction with...... Read More
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Following the global financial crisis, the incumbent Labor government introduced policies that reduced the job search requirements for people on unemployment benefits. As a result, there are now around...... Read More
A Fair Go: Fact or Fiction?
The Australian ideal of a fair go is fact rather than fiction. By offering all individuals the opportunity to capitalise on their ambition and natural ability, Australia's dynamic and socially mobile...... Read More
Panacea to Prison? Justice Reinvestment in Indigenous Communities
High Indigenous incarceration has elicited a long list of so-called solutions over the years. Yet the percentage of Aboriginal people in custody has continued to rise, and is now nearly double what it...... Read More
Back to the Bad Old Days? Industrial Relations Reform in Australia
Has the Fair Work Act thrown industrial relations back to 'the bad old days?' This report analyses the changes in industrial relations reform over the past 20 years and assesses the role in which each...... Read More
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Examines the economic case for compulsory superannuation contributions and questions whether compulsory super is the most effective way of promoting household and national saving and reducing future demands...... Read More
The New Leviathan: A National Disability Insurance Scheme
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has been touted as the biggest social reform since Medicare. Currently, there is only a naive understanding of the scheme. This report makes the case that...... Read More
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By Richard Guthrie
Monthly Archive for May, 2007
Golden-winged Warbler
It is as strikingly beautiful as its name suggests. I had a report of one singing away next to the county road near Freehold, The Greene County. It's been years since I've seen one. They were once more numerous in these parts – never common, but predictible. But, over time, they disappeared. There are several […] [Read More]
Outdoor Rec. Fest.
Each year for about ten years or more, I've gone down to the Taconic Outdoor Education Center near Cold Spring to do a little bird banding demonstration for the visitors there. Yesterday was this year's date. The event was sponsored by the Taconic Center and the Putnam Highlands Audubon Society. Even with threatening weather, the […] [Read More]
Big Day
Each year around this time, groups of birders go out to see how many bird species they can tally in one day or weekend – or some variation of that. Wednesday morning, I met some of Audubon New York folks to join them in their state-wide Bird-a-thon. A Big Day as a fundraiser. I like […] [Read More]
Migration Day…
Seems to be postponed for a week or two this year. I went out early this morning expecting to hear and see a colorful array of spring migrants. Not so. The woods around the Hannacroix Preserve in New Baltimore were unsettlingly silent. Oh, there were a few song-makers, such as robin and a few Ovenbirds. […] [Read More]


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baby shower for out of town mom
posted at 6/13/2010 4:56 PM EDTI'm planning a shower for my daughter,Yes, usually done by her friends, but her closest have moved too My daughter lives out of state and is flying in. A couple of her friends will fly in as well! How do I tactfully suggest that any equiptment gifts be sent straight to her house. It's just silly to have guests lug things here when most stores have free shipping for items ordered over the internet. Also considering how much it will cost to ship after the shower. The guests will be my family and friends who have been anxiously awaiting when the shower will be! She's due in Oct. I'm planning the shower for late Aug. The younger contigent seemed to assume that people will know to ship but I don't know how to spread the word. Thanks
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posted at 6/14/2010 9:36 AM EDTI agree the younger crowd should know to ship. The problem comes with the opening of gifts at the shower - those who had their gift shipped to her house don't get to have their gift showcased at the shower, and they look like they didn't give the mom-to-be anything.
I think you are struggling with this because there is no tactful way to suggest it.
If she only registers for things that shouldn't need to be shipped, she can use the gift cards and cash for the larger items and buy them at home. Otherwise, if you want to be correct about it you have to let people do what they're going to do and deal with whatever you get.
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posted at 6/16/2010 9:29 AM EDTaspymom,
I agree with Kargiver, there is absolutely no tactful way to solve your dilemma. You have to hope, that your guests have sense enough to have items shipped to your daughters address. If they don't, you just have to bite the bullet and have the gifts shipped. An added expense - definitely. But consider it a part of your budget of giving the shower. Maybe you can cut down on something else.
The majority of the gifts - like clothing and smaller items can be packed in an extra suitcase your daughter can check in when she returns home. You can bring the rest, when you go and see the newborn, which I am sure you will. Some items can even be packed in a box, you can check in. Larger items - like a diaper pail f. ex. - can be stuffed with smaller items and clothing. Make sure you utilize all the empty space.
All that said, the fun at the shower IS opening the gifts. I would think a shower opening 25 gift cards would be a very boring one.
Good luck with your shower planning!
Re: baby shower for out of town mom
posted at 6/16/2010 10:22 AM EDTI assume you'll be talking to these close friends and family members between now and the shower.
I don't think there's anything wrong with saying something like "Sue and her daughters are chipping in for a car seat. They're going to have it shipped directly to Mary and Tom but they're wrapping up a picture of it for Mary to open at the shower. Great idea, huh?"
Obviously, you can take care of shipping whatever "normal" size presents she gets, including all those lovely homemade baby quilts and booties. (check out the new USPS one-price priority shipping ads - one set price for any box under 70 lbs.)
Have fun!
Re: baby shower for out of town mom
posted at 6/17/2010 6:18 AM EDTSometimes unwrapping a picture is enough. Cosmo's suggestion of hinting at how practical someone doing this is - without instructing anyone, I think hits the right note.
Re: baby shower for out of town mom
posted at 6/17/2010 6:47 AM EDTGreat idea Cos!


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Painter Kadir Nelson's artwork accompanies children's book of 'I Have A Dream' speech
"I Have A Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., paintings by Kadir Nelson
(Schwartz & Wade Books/Random House, hardcover, $18.99)
When Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday became a federal holiday in the 1983, Kadir Nelson was just a kid. He remembers the push for the holiday. Before it became official, Nelson's elementary school in Atlantic City decided to observe it anyway. First-grader Nelson recalls the Stevie Wonder song "Happy Birthday" playing all day at school.
Acclaimed oil painter Nelson has released a new book published by Random House Children's Books imprint Schwartz & Wade Books. "I Have A Dream" features the text of the most quoted part of King's speech at the 1963 March on Washington and illustrated with Nelson's paintings. The hardcover book also includes a CD of King's "I Have A Dream" speech so children and adults can listen to the civil rights leader's words.
Nelson's artwork has been seen in books, galleries, institutions and advertising. Collectors of Nelson's work include the U.S. House of Representatives, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Venus Williams, the San Diego Padres, Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Lil Kim and most recently, the estate of Michael Jackson, as Nelson created the cover art of the late performer's posthumous album. His books about African and African-American history include "Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson," written by Sharon Robinson, and "Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans," which Nelson both wrote and illustrated. Another children's book, written and illustrated by Nelson, has just been published by HarperCollins, called "Nelson Mandela." It also features the bright, vivid images of history.
"These pay tribute to historical icons like King and Mandela. I hope all readers can share and celebrate the legacy of these leaders," Nelson said. With the King book, he said he was not looking to recreate a photograph but create something new.
"I was really thankful, grateful to create artwork to accompany Martin Luther King's words as a complement [to the speech]," he said.
"The power and resonance of Dr. King's words in that speech are still very powerful. Whenever I hear or watch him, it literally stops me in my tracks because it is so moving, to watch those words being spoken. It's still a powerful piece of literature," Nelson said.
The book begins with King's words: "I say to you today, my friends, that even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream," and illustrated with a painting of King in front of the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial. The full text of the speech is printed at the end of the book.
Nelson said it's important to share that part of American history with children honestly, not glossed over.
"The book is a tribute to Dr. King and his legacy. It's a part of the American story, American history, and what many of us hold dear to our hearts. The speech is long lasting because of the truth King spoke," he said.
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Chief Historian Libby O'Connell shares stories from her favorite historical sites, as she travels around the country for HISTORY.
June 15, 2011 - National History Day
National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.
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On the evening of June 15, the National Museum of American History opened its doors to 4,000 young people and their families, all participating in National History Day. Every year, almost 600,000 students take part in National History Day competitions on the district level, and the winners go on to the state competitions. Finally about 4,000 go on to the nationals in June. Essentially, this is the Olympics of History for these kids. Everyone who enters learns a lot about their chosen topic, of course, but they also learn about research, writing, analysis and good academic habits that are applicable in every subject. (I'm a total fan as you can see, but the research data also supports this.) You can tell how excited everyone is by all the noise in the background--the museum was jumping that night.
HISTORY is a long-time supporter of NHD because of our commitment to history education, and I get to hand out some of the awards every year at the University of Maryland, College Park, where they hold the awards ceremony and celebration. It's fun--inspiring, actually--to see people so excited about studying history.
2011 is the first year that the Smithsonian National Museum of American History had such a huge display of the students' projects. It was fascinating to see them all.
My friends John Rogers and Ken Behring helped make this special night at the museum happen--cheers to them for their involvement.
You can see the webcast of the awards ceremony that was held on June 16, 2001, at www.history.com/classroom
June 1, 2011 - Chicago's Water Tower and Fort Dearborn
Chicago Water Tower, Chicago, IL
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I was in Chicago last week on a business trip and thought I'd share a little history right on Michigan Avenue. Chicago's famous water tower was designed by William Boynton and built in 1869 in "Castellated Gothic" style--a Victorian folly, complete with a minaret. Across the street stands the pump house, which today houses an information center and cafe. Underneath the pump house was a tunnel which brought fresh, clean water from two miles out in Lake Michigan to the city's residents. The Chicago water tower and pump house survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, although the surrounding buildings were reduced to ashes. Now the structures are right in the heart of Chicago's renowned shopping district. If you keep walking south down Michigan Avenue, you come to the intersection with Wacker Drive, just across the Chicago River bridge. Originally, this was the delta near where the river met Lake Michigan, a very strategic point for trade and control. In this marshy land, Native Americans (and later European settlers) harvested wild leeks. In fact, our word "Chicago" comes from "Shikako," or "place of the wild leeks," in the Algonquin dialect of the local Fox and Sauk tribes who once lived in the area. Seventeenth-century French explorers traveled through here, but it wasn't until the 1780s that Jean Baptiste du Sable,credited as the founder of Chicago, built his farm and trading post nearby. By then, this part of North America had been claimed by the French, then the British (after the French and Indian War) and finally became part of the newly formed United States of America.
If you look down on the pavement on the southeast corner of Michigan and Wacker, you will see the brass outlines of old Fort Dearborn, named after President Thomas Jefferson's secretary of war, Henry Dearborn. He sent orders for American soldiers to build a log fort enclosed with a double stockade and two blockhouses, with a commanding view of the surrounding area. The fort was completed in 1804, but Potawatomi Indians, who sided with the British during the War of 1812, burned it down at the beginning of that conflict. The fort was rebuilt and remained a landmark in Chicago until the Great Chicago Fire om 1871. Unlike the water tower, it was totally destroyed by that massive conflagration. Still, the brass outlines in the sidewalk remind pedestrians that history is everywhere--including right in the heart of Chicago's financial district.
May 24, 2011 - Sewall Belmont House, Washington D.C.
Sewall Belmont House, Washington D.C.
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While in D.C. last month, I dropped by the Sewall Belmont House to see the newly restored historic house and museum dedicated to women's progress toward equality. It's on Capitol Hill, right next to the Senate Hart Office Building on Constitution and 2nd Avenue NE. Robert Sewall, a planter and slave owner, built the brick house in 1800, with impressively high ceilings and long windows. It's the oldest house in D.C. outside of Georgetown, and includes a lovely garden and green space where the museum holds events. Alva Belmont, a strong supporter of women's rights, helped purchase the house in 1929 to serve as the headquarters of the National Women's Party (NWP). Once the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, guaranteeing women the right to vote, the NWP focused its energies on lobbying for the Equal Rights Amendment. Alice Paul was its tireless leader, and she lived in the Sewall Belmont House on and off for many years. (The ERA never has been ratified, by the way!) This is a great place to learn about women's fight for equality. There's a small, nicely designed exhibit with a variety of artifacts downstairs. Bring your kids. So many young people forget (or never knew) how hard women had to work to be treated equally in this country.
April 16, 2011 - Teddy Roosevelt Island
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
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I spend a lot of time in Washington, DC, and Northern Virginia, often crossing the Potomac on the Key Bridge that links the DC neighborhood Georgetown with Arlington, VA, home of the National Cemetery, the Pentagon, some great restaurants and a lot of big office buildings. A small wooded island--originally called Mason Island--after owner George Mason, one of my favorite founding fathers, sits in the river between Georgetown and Arlington. A small footbridge connects the island to the VA shore of the Potomac. It's one of my favorite places in any urban area, partially because it's so woodsy, with lovely paths, trees and wild flowers. We saw deer there on this visit. Once a Native American haven, then a lovely small farm in the early 19th century, it was the site of a Union troop encampment during the Civil War. After that it returned to the wild.
In the 1930s, the Theodore Roosevelt Association purchased this island for TR's memorial, a very fitting choice, as he loved wilderness and was an early supporter of a national park system. In the heart of the island is an oddly huge statue of TR, fountains and big stone slabs with manly inspirational quotes from this conservationist, author and the 26th U.S. president (1901-1909). He's considered one of our all time great progressive leaders, and he has an impressive record on the environment, trust-busting, government reform,labor and health regulations, and even pretty good on civil rights (for his day).
I am not a fan of his more bellicose foreign policies , especially his expansion of American dominance in Latin America, which led to later problems, but his high-handed actions in Colombia gave us the Panama Canal, so there certainly were benefits for the U.S.! In the video I describe his foreign policy as "bad," which is pretty simplistic.
Because the Potomac River was so high when this little video was shot last month, we couldn't get to the north shore line of the island, from where you can usually get a nice view of two other presidential memorials--the Washington Memorial and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. George Washington , Theodore Roosevelt and JFK--men uniquely suited for the demands of the presidency for their era--are each memorialized by remarkably different but equally impressive structures. But I think TR's brambley wooded island is a delightfully surprising spot, right in the heart of a busy urban hub.
April 13, 2011 - Mulberry Row at Monticello
The estate of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Virginia.
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I'm on the board of advisors for Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, in Charlottesville, VA. I was there for a meeting last month, on a beautiful spring day. Monticello attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors and students who arrive eager to tour the fascinating house and drop-dead gardens. But Monticello is also a living research center for new work on daily life and labor on a plantation in the American South. Because Jefferson kept such fastidious records (he was totally type A with a touch of OCD, in my opinion), scholars have developed a pretty clear sense of how free, enslaved and indentured people lived and worked here. Additional archeological information also provides a lot of insight into diet, persistence of African customs and autonomy among the slaves at Monticello, especially when combined with the info culled from other historical digs. Mulberry Row, where this video is shot, was literally a row of mulberry trees that stretched along one side of Jefferson's "Little Mountain" (English for the Italian "Monticello"). Alongside of the trees were a series of work shops and cabins for the craftsman and women--cheese makers, weavers, joiners, blacksmiths--who supplied food, fabric, nails and furniture for the big house. Most of the other slaves lived below the mountain, on the plantation fields where they worked. But the skilled artisans lived and worked here on Mulberry Row, right next to Jefferson's house. This group of craftspeople and workers was remarkable varied, in legal status--enslaved, indentured and free--and age--older adults, young apprenticed slaves and even little boys working in the foundry. One thing that really strikes me is how close this narrow lane of production lies to Mr. Jefferson's elegant brick house. You would see it from many parts of the house, and you'd certainly hear it and smell it. Research on Mulberry Row adds an important layer to our understanding of one of the most brilliant and complicated founding fathers. And if this diverse history of Monticello, and the classic American paradox of slave-ownership by the author of the Declaration of Independence is more than you want to hear about, you should still visit this World Heritage site just for its beauty and stunning views.
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Things to do in London: Spring events at Handel House Museum
Published: Wednesday 28th of April 2010
Handel House Museum could be one of the busiest London attractions over the coming months, as it has a packed spring diary of events.
On May 6th from 18:30 BST, the museum is hosting a mixed programme of music by Handel along with arrangements of works by Russian composer Sergey Vasilenko.
Then on May 11th at the same time, Andreas Skouras will be performing Couperin, Bach and Strauss as part of a special performance.
Other live music highlights at the museum will be a concert celebrating the harpsichord on May 20th, an afternoon of Handel and Bach on May 23rd and then, on June 3rd, the celebrated trio Arcadia Revived will perform a programme of Italian cantatas by Handel, Steffani, Scarlatti and Monteverdi.
Handel House Museum is situated on Brook Street in the upmarket London district of Mayfair, with handy transport links to the rest of the capital and beyond.
Bond Street and Oxford Circus Underground stations are both close by, while the nearest mainline railway stations are Victoria and Marylebone.
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Gridlock'd, 12 a.m. (EST), Showtime Showcase: In one of the last junkie epics '90s, Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth and Thandie Newton wrestle with heroin and health-care — getting off the one and getting on to the other. It's one of the last things Tupac filmed before he died, and the film showcases his remarkable charisma. Fans of spoken-word poetry, jazz and abject melodrama, take note.
The Jimmy Kimmel Show (with Kanye West), 12:05 a.m. (EST), ABC: Chances are that Immature Little Mr. Temper Tantrum will most probably not cancel on Jimmy (the way he did earlier with a few other shows), but Kanye's going to have to be nothing short of miraculous to win us back after all the garbage he's spewn in the press, the trash he talked at the VMAs, and the absurd non-event that is the fight between him and 50 Cent. As an artist, Kanye's . . . ok. As a role model, he sucks pretty hard. Don't you think?


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Fort Wayne resident Curt Sylvester has been chosen president of AARP Indiana.
AARP is an advocacy group for people 50 and older. The Indiana chapter has nearly 860,000 members.
Sylvester's post is the top volunteer position for the statewide organization. His term is for two years, and he can serve three straight terms. He replaces Clyde Hall of McCordsville, who did not seek a third term.
Sylvester, 70, was a United Methodist minister for 35 years. He was a minister at St. Joseph United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne for 20 years, retiring in 2003. He also was at churches in Goshen and Valparaiso and is a former school teacher.
He has been an AARP Indiana volunteer since 2006 and a member of its executive council since 2010.
The Bloomington native said Tuesday that he wants to recruit, organize and train AARP volunteers as a "behind the scenes" president.
"You find people and say, 'What are you good at, what do you want to do,' and let them go," Sylvester said in an interview.
He is a member of the AARP National Volunteer Leadership Institute.
For more on this story, see Wednesday's print edition of The Journal Gazette or visit www.journalgazette.net after 3 a.m. Wednesday.


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Phonetime Inc.: Financial Results for the First Nine Months of 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Phonetime Inc.: Financial Results for the First Nine Months of 201217:01 EDT Friday, October 19, 2012TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 19, 2012) - Phonetime Inc. (TSX:PHD) announced today the financial results for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. Net income was $1.4 million, compared to $2.2 million for the first nine months of 2011. EBITDA(1) was $1.9 million compared to $1.2 million in 2011.[amounts in thousands of US dollars, except per share information]Q3-2012Q3-2011YTDQ3 -YTDQ3 -20122011For the three and nine months ended, September 30UnauditedUnauditedUnauditedUnaudited2012201120122011$$$$Revenue22,41229,56170,59789,852Cost of revenue20,69927,37465,23184,199Gross margin1,7132,1875,3665,6537.6%7.4%7.6%6.3%Operating expenses9441,1853,0243,833Income before the undernoted7691,0022,3421,820Corporate expenses130178416650Depreciation of property and equipment309990415Amortization of intangible assets107256743756Stock-based compensation10203387Interest and debt costs4069144272Gain on retirement of debt--(260)0Mark to fair value of common share warrants-(279)(1)(2,272)3173431,165(92)Income (loss) before income taxes and discontinued operations4526591,1771,912Provision for (recovery of) income taxesCurrent5-15-Deferred(100)(100)(300)(299)(95)(100)(285)(299)Income (loss) before discontinued operations5477591,4622,211Discontinued operations, net of tax of nil----Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) for the period5477591,4622,211Revenue for the nine months ended was $71 million compared to $90 million in 2011. 2012 revenue is lower than that of 2011, primarily as a result of continued price decreases in the markets in which the Company operates; this is part of an ongoing trend in international long distance rates that has existed for a number of years. Lower revenue was offset by improved margins, resulting in Income before undernoted in 2012 of $2.3 million compared to $1.8 million in 2011, an improvement of $0.5 million.In 2012, the Company retired its subordinated debt resulting in a one-time non-cash gain of $0.3 million. This is recorded below the line as Gain on retirement of debt. In 2011, the Company retired common stock warrant derivatives resulting in a one-time non-cash gain of $1.7 million. This was recorded below the line.At September 30, 2012, the Company had a cash balance of $0.5 million and $2.5 million of available borrowings under its revolving lending facility. Shareholder's equity was $10.3 million compared to $9.1 million at December 31, 2011.On September 14th, 2012, the Company acquired and cancelled five million or 3.1% of its outstanding shares at an average cost $0.043 per share, reducing the number of shares outstanding to 153,731,492.Outlook"We are continuing to execute our business plan. We remain profitable despite a continued global recession. We continue to seek opportunities to consolidate traffic with competitors and partners." said, Gary Clifford, Executive Chairman.The Company's unaudited interim financial statements have been filed on SEDAR.About Phonetime Inc.Established in 1994, Phonetime is a leading provider of international and domestic switched voice services to the worlds telecommunication operators and voice service providers. Phonetime's customers and suppliers include, fixed line operators, mobile operators, retail and VoIP service providers, who buy and sell voice and IP telecommunications services. Phonetime has traders in Europe, Asia and the Americas using its proprietary trading platform with embedded intelligence, which includes profitability benchmarking, call routing, credit management, network quality visibility and loss prevention. As voice technology evolves Phonetime has commoditized its trading philosophy and along with its platform is positioned to emerge as a leading clearing house. Phonetime is a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX).Caution Regarding Forward Looking Information:This press release contains forward-looking statements, which may be identified by words like "expects", "anticipates", "plans", "intends", "indicates" or similar expressions. These statements are not a guarantee of future performance and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. Phonetime's actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors set forth in reports and other documents filed by the Company with Canadian securities regulatory authorities from time to time. See www.sedar.com which contains all securities files.(1) EBITDA is non-GAAP financial measure. It is defined as Income from continuing operations excluding depreciation and amortization expense, stock based compensation, interest expense, gain on retirement of debt and mark to fair value of common stock warrants.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Gary CliffordPhonetime Inc.Executive firstname.lastname@example.com VazquezPhonetime Inc.President and firstname.lastname@example.com


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Bernard A.I. White, 83, husband of Luleen White, of 525 Robin Street went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013, at his home surrounded by his family, following a long and courageous struggle with cancer.
Mr. White was born Aug. 14, 1930, in Crystal Valley, Mich., a son of the late Floyd H. White and Lilly (Bell) White.
Mr. White was preceded in death by two brothers, Ernest J. White of Maryville, Tenn., Stillman F. White and a sister, Margorie L. Karnes of Michigan.
Mr. White was a member of Memorial Baptist Church, where he had served as deacon, Sunday School director, trustee, chairman of the Premises Committee and Sunday School teacher. He served in the U.S. Army/Air Force during the Korean War as an air traffic controller. He received the Korean Service, United Nations Service, National Defense Service and Good Conduct medals. Bernard was employed for 34 years with the Verizon Telephone Company. In 1971, he transferred from the Engineering Department in Danville to Staunton as supervisor of the Test and Assignment Center on Fillmore Street. At retirement in 1989, he was supervisor of cable maintenance. Mr. White was a member and past president of the Staunton Kiwanis Club, campaign chairman with the United Way in 1992, worked with Literacy Volunteers, served on the Salvation Army Board of Directors and as a past board member of the Staunton Fine Arts Center. He was also a life member and past president of the Staunton Verizon Telephone Pioneer Club and a volunteer with the Verona Food Pantry. Bernard was a loving, caring husband and father who enjoyed playing golf, traveling, playing his guitar, volunteering and helping others.
In addition to his loving wife of 53 years, surviving are his precious daughter, Denise Humphries of Staunton; a sister, Gloria Karnes of Bedford, and numerous nieces and nephews also survive.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, in Memorial Baptist Church by the Revs. Temple D. Myers and Ben Sprouse.
Burial will be private in Oaklawn Memory Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 29, 2013, in Coffman Funeral Home and Crematory, and other times at the residence.
Active pallbearers will be R.M. Stone, Mike Lacy, Jack Blake, Jim Harner, Todd Wilmore, Danny Karnes and Scott Brann.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Fellowship Sunday School class, and members of the Staunton Kiwanis.
It is suggested those desiring make memorial contributions to Memorial Baptist Church, 225 Taylor St., Staunton, VA 24401 or to Augusta Hospice of the Shenandoah, P.O. Box 215, Fishersville, VA 22939
Coffman Funeral Home and Crematory, 230 Frontier Drive, Staunton is in charge of his arrangements.
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Sony e-book head defends DRM—and costlier e-books than Amazon's $9.95 bestsellers
December 17, 2009 | 3:15 am
By David Rothman
Hardware companies love to say that publishers demand DRM. But Steve Haber, present of the Digital Reading Business division at Sony, goes beyond that and says he doesn't see DRM vanishing soon for this reason:
"You need an orderly process to sell books and DRM makes that possible, mainly because it allows content creators and distributors to make money from that content." As if that's the only way? Of course, with social DRM or no DRM, you wouldn't be locking customers so neatly into the ecosystem of encrypted ePub which Sony currently dominates. Significantly, Sony runs an e-book store.
Addressing another issue at the eBook Summit before making his DRM remarks, Haber said $9.95, Amazon's standard price for bestsellers, wasn't high enough for many books. "The $9.99 price point is not a money-maker. Certain bestsellers are sold at that price for retail, competitive reasons. But you need to have a range. You could go from $10 to $20 even to $100 for an e-book. There's no sweet spot and it's certainly not $9.99. When you walk into a bookstore and there are a range of prices. It should be the same for an e-book store."
He also said he expects early customers to get their Sony Reader Daily Editions before Christmas Day.
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I don't disagree with the price range concept for ebooks per se, but if the analogy is to be with pbooks then the rights also need to be analogous to those I have with pbooks.
I have readily paid a high price for a pbook (e.g., Abraham Lincoln: A Life by Michael Burlingame had a publisher price of $125 and I have on preorder Eichmann's Men by Hans Safrian, which has an $85 price), but these books have values that ebooks do not. (1) I actually own them and can move them from house to house and still be able to access them. If I had bouth ebook versions, I'd have to rebuy them should I change devices, particularly if I went from a non-Kindle to a Kindle. (2) Should I decide that I no longer want them in my library, I can gift them to someone else — a friend, a relative, a school or library. Can't do that with an ebook. (3) When my neighbor wants to borrow one of the books, I can lend the book to him/her. I can't read it while in their possession but I can lend it to them, get it back (or not), and then lend it to my son. More importantly, I can let my wife read the books while I go on to read something else. Can't do that with an ebook unless I also want to give up my ebook reader.
But perhaps most important is this: (4) pbooks have a secondary market. When I no longer want to keep a pbook, in addition to the options of giving it away, I can sell it on the secondary market and recoup some of the cost of the original purchase. Can't do that with an ebook, even if a publisher told me that it was OK to resell the book: ebooks have no intrinsic secondary market and I do not see one being built. There is no need for physical possession thus no need for a secondary market.
Consequently, although ebooks probably should have a range for pricing, the limitations on ebooks — because of DRM, incompatible formats, their relatively poor esthetic quality, and their ephemerality — call for a range that begins at zero (free) and rises to no more than $25 (in my estimation), nothing even close to what pbooks can command.
Nah, I smell a rat. You cannot convince me that $9.95 is too low – unless you're stuck in the past and want to use ebook sales to subsidize the manufacture, printing, marketing and distribution costs of your p-books…
I will never, ever, ever pay more than $9.99 for an ebook. We need to draw a line in the sand on this if we intend to protect the market from recalibrated expectations.
If Sony maintains that mindset they'll price themselves out of competition. Sony has made many disastrous DRM decisions in the past with some of their CDs. An ebook has no real overhead after its creation other than to sit on a server where it can be duplicated ad infinitum for basically little or no cost. You don't have to store an inventory or deal with a backlog or remainders or any of that. Unless all that extra cost is going directly to the author and not Sony's pockets then $10 is more than enough for an ebook.
I agree with Rich Adin's post. The publishers need to re-consider what exactly ebooks' value proposition is for the customer. Most of the value problems Rich listed are not exactly caused by the ebook format, but rather by DRM.
I would be ready to pay pbook price for ebook when the ebook:
a) is DRM-free
b) provides multiple formats
c) gives me perpetual access
The above would make a purchase attractive to me.
Now, if the ebook is technical reading, there is one thing that would bring up the value proposition considerably:
d) offer free or inexpensive updates
O'Reilly is trying to do exactly that and I think they are on the right track. Especially if you consider that — depending on your reader device and format of the book — you wouldn't need to rely on the index but can search the text, copy/paste examples or code, enlarge graphs, etc.
Plus, you'll probably end up using several of the ebooks as reference material to keep at hand all the time and the ebook format will allow that without adding additional weight to your bag or luggage.
To me, all this adds enough value to beat print version hands down.
Of course, O'Reilly reputation is also important. While it is still good, it used to be stellar, and is slowly slipping. Some of the titles I've read had very poor editing. If they don't fix that I will be buying neither ebooks nor print books from them. (Interestingly, ebooks would make it convenient for the publisher to correct mistakes in the book text itself instead of relying on errata.)
I certainly agree that eBooks should not be locked to a single price and economic model. Amazon's pricing is probably not sustainable without severe armtwisting of publishers. Of course, I believe in affordable pricing, but I don't try to impose my choices on other publishers.
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Extending out onto Lake Michigan, Navy Pier offers plenty in the way of family-friendly entertainment. The first think you'll spot once you set foot on the pier is the towering Ferris wheel; you'll also find a swing-seat ride and a carousel. Once the kids have had their fill of thrill rides, you can spend some time practicing your putt at the 18-hole miniature golf course, wander through the Funhouse Maze or spend a few hours exploring the Chicago Children's Museum, with hands-on exhibits ranging from treehouses to firetrucks.
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The Navy Pier complex is open year-round from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, though some attractions may be closed during the winter months. You don't have to pay to enjoy the pier (or its evening fireworks); however, individual attractions along the pier charge their own fees. For specific pricing information and to see a calendar of upcoming events, check out the Navy Pier website. Navy Pier extends east of the Streeterville neighborhood just north of the Chicago River. The closest "L" train station — Grand-Red, serviced by the Red Line — is located just less than a mile due west of the pier's entrance. There are also several buses servicing Navy Pier, including route Nos. 2, 26, 65, 66 and 124.
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Delmar Loop institution Brandt's Café (6525 Delmar Boulevard; Web site) has a new executive chef, Ben Welch. Welch, a graduate of Johnson & Wales culinary school in Charleston, South Carolina, has worked at Emeril Lagasse's NOLA restaurant and, locally, at the late Blue Water Grill. Brandt's new menu features cold and hot small plates: tuna carpaccio, sliders, roasted duck breast and more.
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Kandi & Todd Choose A Wedding Date, Mama Joyce Is Not Excited
Mama Joyce may have fought tooth and nail to never see this day happen, but love will always make a way! Kandi Burruss and her fiancé Todd Tucker have finally picked their wedding date!
She will be walking down the aisle on April 4, which is in just a few weeks!
Over the past few months, we've watched the crazy drama between Kandi and Todd unfold as her mother Joyce made it quite clear that she does not like Kandi's man and wanted no parts of her getting married. She even alleged that Todd was creeping with Kandi's best friend Carmon in an effort to break the couple up.
All of that is now water under the bridge now that the wedding is really happening. The Real Housewives of Atlanta cameras will be on deck as Kandi and Todd jump the broom, and Mama Joyce will be in attendance. She recently told Radar Online that she is not happy about this one bit, but she won't be standing up when it's time to object the nuptials:
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Kandi says she is happy so I just have to go by what she says.[…]I'm not going to stand up when they ask if anyone has any objections. I don't have anything to say. Everyone knows how I feel.[…] I hope that I can say 'I'm glad Kandi didn't listen to me and this is the man she has been waiting for all her life.
Mama Joyce also revealed that she may dislike Todd, but she is still ready for Kandi to push out more babies — no matter who the father is.
Their father doesn't make no difference to me. If she adopted, had another child with Todd, I will love it.
She also promises to keep it cute at the ceremony and says she's not worried about being filmed.
I am not fighting nobody. I'm used to cameras, they've been around for the last five or six years. I'm pretty comfortable.
We already foresee a lot of tears at this wedding.
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US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has developed an App along with Air Watch to track disaster relief like Hurricane Isaac.
Hurricane Isaac has left the Gulf Coast but is still moving toward the midwest and threats of flooding and tornadoes still exist. New Orleans received nearly 20 inches of rain and about 3,000 people were evacuate. Louisiana National Guard worked with sheriff's deputies to rescue people stranded in their homes.
The Operation Blue Roof App (named after the blue tarps used on homes to identify the need for help) will be used at emergency centers.The Operation Blue Roof program provides free to owners a temporary roof for residential structures, schools, daycares and publicly owned facilities.
The mobile app tracks repairing damaged homes or properties from owners application to the completion of contract work. The process starts with the homeowner requesting assistance via kiosks or emergency centers located at the disaster relief locations. The Corps of Engineers manages the Operation Blue Roof program as part of its mission assignments by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Corps of Engineers priorities are to support FEMA and other Federal, State and local government agencies during natural and man-made disasters.
During disasters, USACE supports immediate emergency by sustaining life with temporary emergency power and restore critical infrastructures. According to AirWatch, Hurricane Isaac will be the first time the app is used.
Federal workers will access the homeowner or owner application data via iPhones or iPads to eliminate paper handling. In addition, smart phones are used to take photos, notes of damage and quantities of repair materials. These same devices use GPS to lead the USACE personnel to the location of the home and are used to communicate and deploy response personnel.
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- Hurricane Isaac: FEMA ready to help New Orleans if storm hits
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We have all been there many times throughout our lives when we just weren't thinking clearly or at all. Whether it is the time we locked our keys in our car or turned on the blender without putting the lid back on it, no matter what it is, we have all done something when, for some reason or another, our minds were vacant.
However, there have also been times when we have witnessed other people committing such acts, where we were compelled to ask, "Seriously, what were you thinking?"
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WILLIAMSPORT — Nearly 150 volunteers in Lycoming County pitched in to help feed thousands of people in the lead-up to Martin Luther King Jr. day.
Lycoming College hosted its 2nd annual "Day of Service" where 40,000 meals were packaged.
Those packages will then be distributed to families throughout the area.


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Education in Postwar Europe
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Jada Has A Classy Full Frontal Babestation Shoot!
Check out this brand new Babestation shoot from Jada, as she chucks off her panties and flashes the camera her more intimate areas! Jada has to be one of the most photogenic Babestation girls, and this shoot is one of her most sexy yet! See it in full at the official Babestation site!Visit the website.


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Monday, November 26, 2012
Doug Marrone: Top NFL Coaching Candidate?
As Syracuse fans already know, the job Doug Marrone has done to turn around the football program has been remarkable. From flaming dumpster fire Greg Robinson left behind to bowl games in two out of the last three years, Marrone has the formerly proud program headed back upward. One needs no further evidence of that than the Orange's 5-1 record to conclude the 2012 season.
Sure there have been plenty of bumps along the way, but the bottom line is that this program is miles ahead of where it was just four short years ago and that's directly attributable to the man at the top.
Others are now starting to take notice, as evidenced by Doug showing up on Peter King's list of the top 15 coaching candidates for NFL jobs. The list is broken out into 5 college candidates and 10 current NFL assistants.
King developed the list, "per chats with front office people in the last two weeks." In order, the Sports Illustrated writer has his top five college candidate as:
1. Chip Kelly, Oregon
2. David Shaw, Stanford
3. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame
4. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa (even coming off the bad season at Iowa, he's well-respected in the NFL)
5. Doug Marrone, Syracuse
Marrone's NFL pedigree, the success of former boss Sean Payton, and of course the job he's done at SU all come into play. I can't see Marrone leaving for another college program and based just on a gut feel, I can't see him leaving SU just yet -- as there's clearly more to accomplish but I do know this -- when your coach is being talked about as someone other people want - it's a much better thing than wondering if he's headed for the unemployment line.
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Has anyone any tips or ideas about relaxing a long dead and dried beetle?
I have been bought a beautiful metallic green tropical scarab from a certified dealer at the AES Trade Fair in September. However, it is 10 years dead and well dried in a contracted position. I have tried all my old bag of tricks for relaxing it. The moisture chamber for two weeks had no effect whatsoever. Soaking in 5% Acetic acid solution slighty loosened the joints only. Steam and finally direct immersion in boiling water, has made the mouthparts and antennae soft enough to set but the legs, whilst the joints are certainly more supple, are still not able to be moved into a mounted position. I have heard about Barber's Fluid but cannot find a source of this in the UK that is definitely Benzene-free and I don't have a fume cupboard. The modern modified Barbers Fluid substitutes Acetone for the carcinogenic Benzene that was part of the original recipe. Historical papers also refer vaguely to direct application of an ammonia/detergent mixture to the siezed joints but I cannot find much in the way of detail about this, such as a recipe, a description of the technique or a supplier of the solution.
It is a beautiful specimen about 1 1/2" long and is crying out to be properly set and displayed. Can anyone help with some insider information?
My experience is that all the miracle fluids are not as good as old fashioned boiling water. If boiling for x period of time softens the palps etc., boiling for a much longer period should eventually soften the legs too. Manipulating them will help, once they start you should be able to move them in their sockets by hand....
Thanks for the tip.
I will definitely try the boiling water again. Was a bit cautious so far, as I had visions of beetle soup!!
An hour in a simmering pot did the job! Beetle now mounted and drying.
Thanks for the help.


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Tyrynda Thai Restaurant - Has anyone been here yet?
I was trolling through Westchester Magazine's website the other day and I saw this restaurant mentioned. Has anyone been here yet? It's in Sleepy Hollow the site said - Cortlandt Street to be exact. The menu looks pretty good and some of the dishes sound so yummy!!!
I'm thinking about going there this week and wanted to know if I should skip it or not.
Any thoughts out there? I know there's a whole Thai thread already, but I didn't see this place on there. I'll gladly let you all know how it was if I visit.
We just had dinner there last Tuesday night, thought the food was very good and very reasonable. Nice portions. The owners are very pleasant too. I had the pineapple duck, nice and crispy in a red curry sauce with veges. My dh got the pad thai, was the best pad thai I'd ever had and my friends are all vegetarians, they were all happy with their selections too. Everyone joined the clean plate club that night!
We just ate there this evening for the first time. The appetizer of thai crepes (rice-flour crepes stuffed with ground peanuts and turnips) were excellent, and the tom yum koong was delicious and almost (but not quite) as hot as I've had it in Thailand. Fried talapia with tamarind sauce was good, masaman curry duck was cooked just right (tender and moist without being undercooked)although curry could have been a little more flavorful. Sticky coconut rice with mango desert was spectacular. Decor is lovely, service was very friendly and attentive. Only complaint is they seem to use bell pepper in too many dishes (although I ended up choosing dishes w/o them).
re: streisleit
We had dinner there Sunday night, 2nd visit to this incarnation (also had been to it before when it was Thai House). Husband can't seem to stray from the massuman (sp?) curry (he chose the chicken variety). I had chicken larb salad and tom gum soup. Very nice all around, and want to go with a bigger group for more variety in our dishes. Wish they delivered...
re: Nancy C
They definitely deliver - i order from there nearly every week. Haven't eaten in the restaurant yet, so can't really comment on that experience, but as far as take out we have enjoyed it very much. They curries are nice and hot - like they should be.
re: wpfoodie
oOOOH... good to know... I hope they'll deliver to Ossining - happy to tip enough to also cover gas!
My friend and I came here for lunch one cold crisp afternoon and were very pleasantly surprised with the ambiance of the restaurant, the friendliness and service, and most especially the lunch - priced at $7.95 (we are both retired so price matters!). The food was extraordinarily fresh and good and the portions more than generous, especially for a lunch special. I'm planning to go back with another friend for lunch this weekend.
I was not all too exited with this place. The food was decent enough but I had minor complaints about most dishes. The duck was dry, the fried snapper was a little soggy by the time it made it to the table, the pineapple curry was a little too stick, sweet. Over all, not a bad place but the Thai House was better, which is a shame. I went to a place in Mohegan Lake which was much better, and a little cheaper too. It was called Bangkok Spice. I know that its a little far for people down county but to Nancy C, just go with Bangkok Spice.


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Balloon Fest
Come and enjoy watching as these balloons are filled and then take off for various areas. Friday night there is a launch from Shelbyville, Saturday morning, they will launch from various locations. There will be a Balloon glow and basket burn Saturday night with food and entertainment. You can meet the pilots on Friday evening. Sunday morning will be another opportunity to watch. These colorful balloons will be launched daily (weather permitting) and you can watch as they fly around the Lake Shelbyville area.
Windsor Harvest Picnic
Come and enjoy this family-friendly festival which is in its 118th year. Entertainment comes to you in gospel, country and rock. This year's entertainment includes The Battlecreek Band, David Frizzell and Lorrie Morgan. Fountain City Amusements provides a carnival atmosphere with plenty of food as well as the Ice Cream Social. There is also a 5K run/walk, a pedal tractor pull, parade, and a raffle drawing. This year for one show only is Country Legend Marty Stuart.
Scarecrow Daze Festival
During the Annual Scarecrow Daze Festival, the entire city of Shelbyville is decorated with scarecrows. With a different theme every year, entrants decorate their homes and businesses to the theme. There is also a large parade on Saturday, kids' games, a beer tent, music, a quilt show, and plenty of food and crafts, in downtown Shelbyville. Held in conjunction with Touchstone Energy Balloon Fest.
Shelbyville Festival of Lights
Come to Shelbyville and take a drive through Forest Park as it is lit up for the Holiday season. These lights are put in place each year by volunteers and new lights and themed areas are also added. Candy Cane lane is to honor loved ones. Come enjoy the Victorian Village, Santa's Shop, the North Pole, Bethlehem, and others.
Tower Hill Fall Festival
Held in the Village Park. This is the 29th year for the festival which has unique activities such as the Produce "500" which features vehicles made from produce from as small as a grape to as large as a watermelon. It also has a car and motorcycle show, garden tractor pulls, a tractor show, plenty of kids games a parade Saturday at 4:00 pm and entertainment along with the annual demo derby on Sunday.
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Cowden Pioneer Days
This family friendly festival is set in the city park with plenty of carnival rides, craft vendors, flea market, foods, etc. There is also an IPRA sanctioned rodeo that takes place Friday. A demolition derby takes place on Saturday. You can also enjoy the arm wrestling. There will also be a large parade Saturday morning. Tour the historical cabins set in the park along with collections.
Effingham Farmer's Market
Effingham Farmer's Market includes tons of fresh and local foods, handmade crafts and live music each Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. Buy local and help support our community!
Pana Tri-County Fair
Come out to the Tri-County fair! The fair is here to bring together both urban and rural people in a setting that provides entertainment as well as education for all and to help show-case all that the surrounding counties have to offer. Grandstand events include tractor pulls, demo derby and more. Carnival and events for the family.
Mid-August Meltdown
Sprint : 1/4 mile swim, 13 mile bike, 3.1 mile run. Out and back on the bike and run. A few rolling hills on the bike, but the run is completely flat. Fast course on Lake Sara! $100 Cash Prize to Overall Male and Female. $75 Cash Prize to 2nd Overall Male and Female. $50 Cash Prize to 3rd Overall Male and Female
Blacksmith Hammer In & Old Tyme Antique Tractor Show
Watch live demonstrations of the art of blacksmithing and view the antique tractors. Located at the Chautauqua Auditorium in Pana's historical Kitchell Park on South Route 51.
Corvette Funfest
What started out as a customer appreciation party in 1994 is now the largest Corvette party in the world! Join more than 14,000 Corvettes at this four-day celebration with expert seminars, awards, burn-out wars, product displays, fashion shows, Corvette Clubs, a Swap Fest, live entertainment and, of course, Corvettes!
Big Earl's Extreme Race
Big Earl's Extreme Race is a 3+ mile obstacle run in Effingham. There are seven different wave times with over 15 obstacles and all participants will recieve a free hot dog and beer or soda.
GrapeVine Bluegrass Festival
One of the few true American musical forms, bluegrass - that high, lonesome sound created by Bill Monroe over 50 years ago - has steadily gained in popularity over the years, and for good reason. It's natural. It's organic. We are proud to present a few of the finest bluegrass acts to be found anywhere. Hosted by local bluegrass heroes Firebox, Tuscan Hills Winery will have two days of amazing picking, beautiful bowing and soaring vocal harmonies - we can't think of a more harmonious way to bring the summer to a close! This is a rain or shine event. Bring your lawn chairs! There will be a variety of great food and beverages including water, soda, coffee, tea, beer and wine available for purchase on the festival grounds. Parking is free and within 25 to 100 yards away from the venue & of course handicapped parking is available. All ages are welcome. Be sure to check out the web address for more information on tickets and pricing: http://www.grapevinebluegrass.com.
GrapeVine Bluegrass Festival
One of the few true American musical forms, bluegrass - that high, lonesome sound created by Bill Monroe over 50 years ago - has steadily gained in popularity over the years, and for good reason. It's natural. It's organic. We are proud to present a few of the finest bluegrass acts to be found anywhere. Hosted by local bluegrass heroes Firebox, Tuscan Hills Winery will have two days of amazing picking, beautiful bowing and soaring vocal harmonies - we can't think of a more harmonious way to bring the summer to a close! This is a rain or shine event. Bring your lawn chairs! There will be a variety of great food and beverages including water, soda, coffee, tea, beer and wine available for purchase on the festival grounds. Parking is free and within 25 to 100 yards away from the venue & of course handicapped parking is available. All ages are welcome. Be sure to check out the web address for more information on tickets and pricing: http://www.grapevinebluegrass.com.
Freedom Train at the Effingham Performance Center
Freedom Train tells the thrilling story of Harriet Tubman in a series of highly theatrical scenes that use dance, dialogue and music of the period in a way the whole family is sure to enjoy. The show starts at 10 a.m.
Lee Greenwood Christmas at the Effingham Performance Center
"A Tennessee Christmas" with Lee Greenwood is a celebration of traditional and popular carols guaranteed to put the entire family in the spirit. See him live at the EPC at 7:30 p.m.
Elevation at Effingham Performance Center
Introducing Elevation!! Elevation is without question the most successful U2 tribute band in the world. With their huge repertoire, ranging from U2's first album "Boy" to 2014's "Songs of Innocence", Elevation is the only band that offers the most authentic sights and sounds of U2. If you think this sounds too good to be true, purchase tickets today. After all, seeing and hearing is believing. What a better way to start believing at 7:30 p.m.
The Math Maniac Show at the Effingham Performance Center
In Max Millions' fast-paced, up-beat and highly visual demonstrations, The Math Maniac proves that learning math and fun go together naturally live at the EPC at 10 a.m.
Rich & Little Friends at the Effingham Performance Center
What's in common with U.S. Presidents or even Jimmy Stewart, Jack Lemmon, John Wayne, and Humphrey Bogart? One man...Rich Little. A master mimic of more than 200 voices, Little continues to impress with a touring schedule throughout the U.S. and is now coming to Effingham Performance Center. Named "Comedy Star of the Year" by the American Guild of Variety Artists, now is your chance to see the man himself. Be sure to see how "little" you are impressed with Little at 7 p.m. It's not an impression, but the one and only Rich Little.
3 Redneck Tenors at the Effingham Performance Center
Get ready for a sidesplitting ride as we go on an excursion only the 3 Redneck Tenors could have had, delighting audiences with their vocal prowess and a smorgasbord of songs and music. See them live at the EPC at 7 p.m.
Scott Wattles Blue Suede Christmas at the Effingham Performance Center
Join musicians, Scott Wattles and the Blue Suede Crew at 7 p.m. as they celebrate the holidays with their sensational Rock 'n Roll Christmas show.
John Anderson at the Effingham Performance Center
See country chart-topper John Anderson sing his hits on his tour throughout America at the EPC at 8 p.m.
Red Hot Chilli Pipers at the Effingham Performance Center
It's Bagpipes. It's Rock. It's Bagrock. AC/DC meets the poet Robert Burns. It's the Red Hot Chilli Pipers-- a 9 piece ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards and drummers--with musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that will leave you breathless. Their trademarked sound is a unique fusion of traditional pipe tunes--like "The Flowers of Scotland," "The Hills of Argyll," and "Amazing Grace"(done Chilli-style, of course!)--and contemporary anthems like Queen's "We Will Rock You," "Clocks" by Coldplay, "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol, "Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams, and a fantastic rock medley of Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water," and AC/DC's "Thunderstruck". There has never been anything quite like The Red Hot Chilli Pipers. Feel the Chilli heat at 8 p.m.!
Branson On the Road at the Effingham Performance Center
What do you get when you bring together a fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, upright slap bass, beautiful rhinestone costumes, hilarious comedy and country Christmas, bluegrass, rockabilly and gospel music? only one answer-Branson On The Road--Christmas Style at the Effingham Performance Center! The best way to experience a Branson Christmas show right where you live! Two different times to catch this amazing act, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.


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Chocolate has nothing to do with reading books but it makes the experience all the more enjoyable and I consider both to be necessities of life.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Death Comes Silently by Carolyn Hart
Death Comes Silently: A Death on Demand Mystery by Carolyn Hart, Berkley Prime Crime (a division of The Penguin Group Publishing), $24.95 list price, hardcover.
Annie Darling, owner of mystery bookstore Death on Demand, is dealing with slow business so when she has the chance to host a book signing for a local writer, she asks Gretchen Burkholt, a fellow volunteer at a local charity resale shop, to take her scheduled shift. During the book signing Gretchen calls Annie when she discovers information on an index card found in the pocket of a jacket belonging to the late Everett Hathaway among clothes donated by his family after his supposed accidental drowning that could mean he was murdered instead.
Annie goes to the shop to discover Gretchen has been murdered and the paper with the information is missing. Suspicion falls on an ex-convict handyman but as Annie digs deeper into the connection between Gretchen's and Everett's deaths even more suspects emerge and it soon becomes apparent that one of them wants her out of the way.
This series is one of my favorites and this newest story lived up to my expectations. I always like reading about the relationship between Annie and her husband Max as they embark on sleuthing adventures together. All the regular characters are likeable which makes the series fun to read. Hart always does a good job of creating enough suspects to keep the reader guessing right up to the end and that was the case in this storyline as well.
Fans of this series won't be disappointed and newcomers will enjoy it even if they haven't read the previous titles as there is enough background given on the various characters to explain the relationships.
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this series. thank you for the review.
I've not read any of this series but just bought it based on your review. I went through your list of mystery titles and purchased 7 on my new Kindle based on your reviews. Thanks for your input and thoughtful reviews.ReplyDelete
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Kristen Stewart Shacks Up With Producer Pal Post-Cheating Scandal
Robert Pattinson apparently isn't the only one to take refuge in the home of a friend following Kristen Stewart's all-too-public affair with married Snow White and the Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders.
According to a new report from Radar Online, Kristen has also flown the vampire love nest she once shared with Rob and is now living with her producer friend, Giovanni Agnelli.
"Giovanni has been very, very attentive to her every need," a source told Radar Online. "He has been fielding all her calls via her cellphone and vetting who she gets to speak to, so not many people can get through to her right now."
While Kristen might be getting the support she needs at the moment, Rob is reportedly none too happy about her new living situation and is convinced that his former flame is sleeping with Giovanni.
"Rob knows Agnelli and has been calling him a lot since Kristen has been there," the insider said. "He wants to know why Kristen is staying there at his house. He is super angry now and has accused of Giovanni of sleeping with Kristen too."
Source: Hollywood Life, Radar Online
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NBC's "New Year's Eve With Carson Daly" will ring in 2013 with Grammy Award-winning group Train, performing "Mermaid" and John Lennon's "Imagine," and, Cassadee Pope, the winner of NBC's "The Voice," as well as some of the best musical performances from 2012. The two-hour special will air live on Monday, December 31, beginning in primetime from 10-11 p.m. (ET), and continuing from 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (ET) with the first performances of the New Year.
"NBC's New Year's Eve with Carson Daly" will broadcast in high definition from the middle of the world's most famous New Year's Eve destination — Times Square in New York City.
Stars Scheduled to Appear Include Amy Poehler, Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, CeeLo Green, Christina Aguilera, Donald Trump, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon and Anglea Kinsey.
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