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Making the Ferguson Commission Matter
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My Fake Boyfriend Became a Real-Life Crush
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Rep. Jeffrey Pogue Bill Would Ban Unisex Bathrooms
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Although Mr. Horton's views are diametrically opposed to my own, I listened to his radio shows, enjoyed the dialogue and even shouted at my radio, but I always respected his views and more importantly the man. Now I realize my respect was misplaced. Mr. Horton claims he has no use for religion, but he should have taken heed of the Biblical verse that states, "What has been hidden in the darkness will eventually be exposed in the sunlight."
Christopher R. Arps
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My trouble with Bosnians: Does D.J. Wilson live in south St. Louis? Does he live anywhere near the Bevo area or Dutchtown? It's evident from his column, "Vocal Yokels," [RFT, Aug. 1] that he does not. By portraying the residents of St. Louis Hills as a group of uptight elitists who will stop at nothing to ethnically cleanse Willmore Park, he has made an error which obviously comes from his own ignorance of the situation.
I am a 19-year-old who has lived in the Bevo area of south St. Louis for more than 10 years now, and I have witnessed the wave of Bosnian and Albanian immigrants. There are currently several Bosnian families living on my block, as well as a new crop of Bosnian-owned businesses in the area. My problem is not that the Bosnians live here, but the problems they cause for long-time residents. Car-racing is one problem. I can't count the times I've driven down Gravois and been cut off suddenly by Bosnians racing their tricked-out sports cars. They have no regard for other people or their property, especially when they're driving.
My sister and a friend were recently involved in an accident when a Bosnian girl cut across two lanes of traffic on south Kingshighway to sideswipe them. When the police arrived, the officer recognized the girl as the culprit of not one, not two, but three other accidents in the past two weeks! She was driving with no insurance and a suspended license. Just the other day I was at my neighborhood QuikTrip when a middle-aged Bosnian man next to his 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse held up his credit card in the middle of the parking lot and yelled, "No English, no English!" If he speaks no English at all, then how did he get his driver's license? How about that credit card? And why is he driving if he can't read English road signs?
Another problem is the disrespect some Bosnians have for this country. If D.J. Wilson lived in south city, he might be more aware of the number of insults aimed at Americans. I have neither said nor done anything to offend groups of Bosnian males who use sexually-explicit profanities to insult me as I walk or drive by. More often than not, the adjective "American" is attached to these insults.
For Wilson to imply that the Bosnians in Willmore Park have done nothing to merit police suspicion is pure ignorance. Before I sound like a hate-monger (which I'm sure will be the picture you paint of me), understand that my statement does not include all Bosnians. It primarily concerns the ones in Willmore Park and defends Americans who have problems with them.
Erin Frank
St. Louis
I've seen the light: Xenophobia is an ugly word. I didn't realize just how ugly until I went and looked it up after reading the article on Bosnians in St. Louis. And as I added it to my vocab list, I felt guilty and ashamed of myself because I have practiced this type of hatred also. I have given into the stereotypes that Eastern Europeans are dirty and misognynistic and just different. Your article made me realize that I was behaving in a way that I generally criticize others for. I was being close-minded and unjust. Hatred is a monster that sneaks up on you and before you realize it, it has taken over. We, as a nation based on differences, need to constantly check ourselves in the mirror or we might find that we are that monster that we fear so much in others.
Stephanie L. Fitzpatrick
St. Louis
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Recognizing the park is a jewel: I would like to commend Eddie Silva for his column, "Gates of Eden" [RFT, Aug. 1]. Lawrence Halprin has deduced through analysis and experience that Forest Park is a St. Louis metropolitan jewel, a destination, and that the city has not celebrated this asset. His answer to the problem is a concept for an entry gate experience. Key words -- concept and experience. The experience is an identity, a relationship, a connection between Forest Park and the St. Louis metropolitan area. The concept is a general notion, an idea for creating this experience, an experience of reaching Forest Park and living the wonders within to the fullest.
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Just installed two new hard disks in my machine (they have been sitting waiting for a while so they were purchased before the price hike):
The two drives are:
WD10002FAEX - 1Tb Caviar Black SATA III
WD20EARX - 2Tb Carviar Green SATA III
I am a bit confused at the performance of these two drives:
I have both SATA II and SATA III interfaces on the motherboard but I had only one socket left on the SATA III interface so I connected the 2Tb green drive on there and the 1Tb black drive to a SATA II socket.
I expected the SATA III connected drive to be faster - even though the drive is not quite so fast because the SATA II interface should limit the speed of the Black drive.
Oddly the Black drive is still faster than the green drive even though it is connected to a SATA II interface.
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I'm sure the device will be offered under agreement, but it's more likely that T-Mobile UK will push it heavily as a cheap-yet-capable Pay-As-You-Go device. We should be seeing it hitting the carrier this August.
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This is for any APA players, or bar pool players, or any of you who play 8 ball with a rule that the 8 on the break wins.
You MUST work on the second ball break, or at least give it a good try in practice!
Discussions on this board have discounted the value of that break, since it is supposed to be a very low percentage likelihood to make the 8, even using the second ball break (so why risk the scratch that shows up if you miss the shot by a little?).
In the past, I would have agreed the chances were small, since I mainly used that break, and while I did make 8s as much as anyone I saw, it was maybe 5% of the time or less. Still way more than anyone I saw using a head ball break, but still not often.
Now, having fine-tuned some aspects of the stroke and aim, I'm getting the 8 ball to come out of the rack very strongly toward the side pockets about half the time (sometimes back up table to head corner pockets), and making the 8 about 25% of the time.
Wednesday, out of 9 breaks, I made the 8 twice (22%), and three other times got the 8 within inches of the side pockets (5 of 9 is about 55% getting it close and/or making it). This has happened regularly on different tables since I've fine-tuned that break, so it seems to be repeatable, and not a one-off fluke.
If you're a 5, 6, or 7 in APA, needing 4, 5, or 6 games to win the match, you'd be averaging 1 or more games won on the break, like getting a game or two on the wire, even if you're giving up a spot on games to a lower-ranked opponent. What could be stronger than that?
I am not a gifted player by any means, and I think if I can do this, it can't be that hard with some work. And it seems the conventional wisdom, here and elsewhere, that it is too rare an event to be valuable, really isn't true.
I will admit that I don't play on bar tables much, and haven't since I've gotten this technique, so I don't know if these results would be the same on a 7 or 8 footer that you'd find in bar pool.
Mike Sigel's runout series has him running out about 10 racks of 8 ball, and using this break, he made one 8, and had two or three others come close. He says he greatly prefers this break.
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I'm always looking to combine my areas of knowledge, which makes teaching, education and entrepreneurship (and what makes them tick) prime areas for further focus later on in life. I'm a life-long learner even if I'm not in school, but I'm haven't written off the possibility of pursuing other degrees or doing a combo degree.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's clear from Ashton Kutcher's tone — even though he's sitting 2,500 miles away in New York — that the 35-year-old actor and technology enthusiast holds an unflinching reverence for Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder he portrays in the film "Jobs," opening Friday.
When he speaks about embodying the notoriously demanding Mac mastermind during a recent video conversation on Skype, in which Kutcher was an early investor, he's resolute and thoughtful. It's the antithesis of his goofball on-screen personas in TV series like "That '70s Show" and "Two and a Half Men" and in films such as "Dude, Where's My Car?" and "What Happens in Vegas."
For Kutcher, he says it was imperative that he personify, not parody, the well-documented mannerisms of Jobs, who died in 2011 of pancreatic cancer and will also be profiled in an untitled Sony film by Aaron Sorkin. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who's played by Josh Gad in "Jobs," has been hired as an adviser on the upcoming Sorkin film.
With "Jobs," Kutcher hopes his performance is as much a lesson about entrepreneurship to today's youth as it a profile of a man who revolutionized technology.
AP: You don't paint a spotless portrait of Steve Jobs in this film. How did you balance playing a man that's obviously an icon but also has flaws like everyone else?
Kutcher: I think Steve cared about the end result and wasn't worried about being liked and knew he would eventually be liked if his creations were properly executed. He was very blunt, but it's because he cared. I tried to look at his faults as his gifts, and I tried to understand it and not judge it. I think the way that guy received love in life was by creating products that people loved, and when they loved the products, they thereby loved him.
AP: How did you mentally prepare for the scenes where Jobs goes into beast mode and he's yelling and combative?
Kutcher: He was never just senselessly combative. I think there was something he desired, and he had a goal and passion for his consumers that were driving his frustration. He wanted the people around him to care as much about the result as he did. I think his frustration was in an effort to motivate people to care.
AP: Why do you think now is the right time for this story? It isn't too soon?
Kutcher: As time passes, I think the tales get taller. He'll become more glorified for the things he did right, and more vilified for the things he did wrong. We had a great opportunity to tell a story about a guy with an exponential amount of resources to inform us about what really happened — or as close to what really happened as they can recall.
AP: How do you feel about Steve Wozniak declaring some scenes weren't accurate after he saw footage of the film?
Kutcher: Steve Wozniak is being paid by another company to support their Steve Jobs film. It's personal for him, but it's also business. We have to keep that in mind. He was also extremely unavailable to us when producing this film. He's a brilliant man and I respect his work, but he wasn't available to us as a resource, so his account isn't going to be our account because we don't know exactly what it was. We did the best job we could. Nobody really knows what happened in the rooms.
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Santa Fe police are asking the public for help in connection with a brazen stabbing that was caught on surveillance video.
Police say a smoke shop employee at 1209 Cerrillos Road was stabbed outside the store on Oct. 30 at around 10 p.m.
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From 1950 to 1953, the United States joined with the United Nations forces in Korea to take a stand against what was deemed a threat to democratic nations worldwide. At war's end, a million and a half American veterans returned to a peacetime world of families, homes, and jobs - and to a country long reluctant to view the Korean War as something to memorialize. But to the men and women who served, the Korean War could never be a forgotten war.
The Korean War Veterans Memorial honors those Americans who answered the call, those who worked and fought under the most trying circumstances, and those who gave their lives for the cause of freedom.
Visitors to the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., are greeted by a patrol of 19 stainless steel statues trudging toward an objective.
The patrol consists of 14 soldiers, one sailor, one airman and three Marines. The seven-foot-tall figures represent racial and ethnic cross sections of America -- whites, blacks, Asians, American Indians, Hispanics.
One Marine carries an ammunition case about the size of a lunch box and a tripod on his shoulder. There is also a statue of an African American Army medic and a South Korean soldier fighting with the American unit.
The troops walk grimly through a triangular field of juniper bushes and marble barriers that symbolize the rough terrain in Korea. Their objective, at the apex of the triangular "field of service," is symbolized by a masted American flag. The figures are clad in windblown ponchos to recall the harsh weather troops endured.


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Heat up the milk but not hot enough for it to boil. I just put it in the microwave for about 2 minutes but you can do anything in terms of heating it up


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March 8, 2008
Northridge, Ca. - The 13th ranked Long Beach State women's water polo team broke open a close game with three goals in the fourth period to defeat 14th ranked Cal State Northridge, 7-5, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) game on Saturday afternoon at Matador Pool.
With the score tied (4-4) entering the fourth period, the 49ers Kelsie Emerick scored two straight goals at the 7:33 and 6:02 marks. Dayna Wawrzynski added an insurance goal for the 49ers at 4:04 before the Matadors' Jessica Coy scored at 2:47.
The loss dropped Cal State Northridge to 4-9 overall and 0-3 in the conference. Long Beach State evened its overall record at 8-8 and 3-2 in the MPSF.
The Matadors led briefly in the game. After a Lauren Sieprath scored a goal at 6:38 in the first period to give Long Beach State a 1-0 lead, CSUN's Dayne Van Gorder scored at 4:28, and Coy tallied a goal at 2:55 to give the home team a 2-1 lead. However, Branwyn Lee scored for Long Beach State at 1:17 to tie the game at 2-2.
Coy led the Matadors with two goals while Kirra Kylander, Dayna Van Gorder and Allison Brookes added a goal apiece.
Cal State Northridge hosts the Northridge Mini on Tuesday. At 2:30 p.m., the Matadors plas Indiana, and again at 6:30 p.m. against Occidential. At 4:30 p.m., Indiana faces Occidential.
Cal State Northridge (4-9 overall, 0-3 MPSF) 2 1 1 1 = 5
Long Beach State (8-8 overall, 3-2 MPSF) 2 2 0 3 = 7
CSUN Scorers: Jessica Coy 2, Kirra Kylander 1, Dayna Van Gorder 1, Allison Brookes 1
LBS Scorers: Lauren Sieprath 2, Kelsie Emerick 2, Becky Gentner 1, Dayna Wawrzynski 1, Branwyn Lee 1
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Watch the trailer of the inspiring, magical story about a happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green, who can't wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life's greatest gifts.


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The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Abraham D. Penamedina, 32, of Los Angeles, Calif., died 27 April in Baghdad, Iraq, when his patrol came under sniper fire. Penamedina was assigned to Company B, 20th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
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Science Cafe: Poetry Scope
Join us for Poetry Scope, an evening of science through the lens of poetry. Five Triangle-area poets will read and discuss their science-inspired poems, which were selected from more than 50 poems submitted for consideration, because of their scientific content, connection to the Museum, and diverse representation of the natural sciences.
About our Speakers
Claudette Cohen is the winner of the 2013 Doris Betts Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared in Cream City, Lyric Poetry, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Squaw Valley, and Owen Wister Reviews, storySouth, Southern Anthology, and Mainstreet Rag, among others. An alumna of Agnes Scott, University of Wyoming, and UNC Wilmington, Cohen attended Squaw Valley on scholarship and was awarded residency at Ucross Foundation. A new short story of hers is soon to appear in the anthology, Phantom Manners: Contemporary Southern Gothic Fiction by Women (University of South Carolina Press).
Cherryl Floyd-Miller is a poet and playwright whose work explores themes of family, identity, womanism, myth and folklore, Southern culture, iconism, fidelity/infidelity, intersections of personal and public history and love. She has been published in numerous publications and anthologies, including Poetry, Essence magazine and North Carolina Literary Review. She has published three collections of poems: Utterance: A Museology of Kin (Sadorian Publications, 2003), Chops (Nexus Press, 2005) and Exquisite Heats (Salt Publishing, 2008).
Angela Kirby has a B.A. in Creative Writing from Duke and owns a graphic design company. She has published handful of poems, won a couple of writing awards, and is working on a sci-fi/fantasy novel. Writing is her first love; science is a close second. Angela is a North Carolina native who lives and works in in Raleigh.
Anna Weaver was raised in Oklahoma and lives in Cary with her two daughters. She reads frequently at Raleigh-area open mics, and her poems have appeared in Star*Line, Utter Magazine, Summerset Review, and elsewhere. Links to her work are at annaweaver-poet.com.
Lisa Zerkle has served as President of the North Carolina Poetry Society, community columnist for The Charlotte Observer, and co-editor of Kakalak. Heart of the Light, her first chapbook, is available from Finishing Line Press. She is currently working on a collection of poetry based on the production of energy from the industrial age to the present.


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Tiger Woods' performance at the Australian Open indicates he's getting closer to his old form, but it still wasn't enough to end a two-year losing streak
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Woods returned Down Under -- the site of his last win in 2009 -- and took the 36-hole lead at the 2011 Australian Open with rounds of 68 and 67. But continuing the trend of not being able to put four rounds together, Woods stumbled to a 75 on Day 3. His closing 67 wasn't enough to end a two-year losing streak, however, it did give him a solo third-place finish -- his best result since his last victory.
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Your 2008 CBE Classic champions return home tonight to face the Virginia Cavaliers at the Carrier Dome. Let's get to some formalities:
Donna Ditola on the Orange mindset.
The Mike Waters preview.
The Daryl Gross Propaganda Machine
We have a chance of all three idiots making it to the game tonight, Boss included. And there is a reason I've looked forward to this game since the schedule was announced....the ACC is showing their face in Syracuse.
I despise the ACC. I can't stand them. I refuse to watch an all-ACC football or basketball game on TV. And yes, I know that means I miss out on Carolina-Duke, but honestly I'd rather watch the America East game of the week then watch two teams from that conference battle it out.
Growing up in the '80's I was force fed the "ACC is the best thing since the polio vaccine" ramblings of Dick Vitale and Billy Packer. The icing on the cake was John Swofford's public wooing of Syracuse University just months after our '03 national title. This man is a scumbag, in my idiotic opinion. He couldn't have been happier to get his smiling, used-car salesman mug all over the cameras of CNY while trying to court the Orangemen into the ACC during the spring of '03. We know how the rest of the story goes and how much he had our back during his conference meetings.
In 2005, I had the pleasure of "debating" some points of the ACC-Big East debate with some UNC fans during the Syracuse NCAA Regional. Let's just say Labatt's Blue, Southern Comfort, and Jack Daniels made some interesting fuel to that fire.
It's especially uplifting now to see that the Super-Sized Big East has destroyed the myth of ACC supremacy in college hoops. Go Orange and beat the ACC tonight.
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The Chancellor's ambitions of rebalancing the economy were dealt another blow today by official figures showing a greater-than-expected deterioration in the UK's trade balance in February.
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London's small businesses delivered a harsh verdict on the Chancellor's faltering efforts to kick-start the recovery today, with just one in 10 claiming the economy has improved in the last six months.
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Under-fire Chancellor George Osborne has been spreading good tidings about the economy as he seeks to divert attention from gossip that senior Tories want to oust him from the Treasury. He was in Sittingbourne, Kent, this week to give a speech in the august surroundings of a Morrisons supermarket. "One of your company slogans — 'every penny matters' — is a very fitting catchphrase for what I want to talk about," declared Osborne, as he made a thrilling speech about "the major changes we're making to our tax and welfare system this month. Changes that are all about making sure that we use every penny we can to back hard-working people who want to get on in life". Thanks for that, George. Best not to mention Morrisons' annual sales, though: down 2.1 per cent, it has been one of the worst performers among the Big Four in the grocery sector. The Osborne effect!
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Have you had it with the celebrity chef mania that's been gripping our town lately? Do you long for good food in a stylish setting that doesn't require valet parking and a second mortgage to appreciate? Then head to Summerlin for a taste of Italia—Portobella style. Chef Dan Drayer has brought innovative, up-scale food to a neighborhood that wants and needs it. You won't find grilled shrimp on perfect foccacia bread at Olive Garden, but you will at Portabella. The same dish cooked by a bohunk chef or the runty bam man from New Orleans would cost twice as much. Gourmet pizzas have been all the rage ever since Wolfgang of the Mojave invaded our desert, but at Portabella, a smoked chicken and caramelized onion number competes with anything Spago throws at you, and it's served by waiters who actually seem to like the fact that you're there. Not always the case at the "I'm too sexy for my shirt" staff at the Forum Shops.
Another winning pie is topped by three varieties of roasted mushrooms and has an earthy resonance unfound in any pizza place that delivers. The seafood pasta is chock full of good things that swim—and Drayer's sea bass in a potato crust shows he speaks a little French as well. It is a classic haute cuisine presentation that Joachim Splichal, now here with his Pinot Brasserie, popularized in Los Angeles. Multiple meals here have convinced me that seafood is the strength of this kitchen, but Portabella's turns out a mean rosemary roast chicken too. Of all the dishes I've sampled, only some of the pastas have failed to impress, but all is forgiven when a trio of crème brulees was forced upon me. You know I hate smooth, dense custard infused with chocolate, banana and macadamia nut. It was a test of my gastronomic strength and stamina but somehow I suffered through it. It's a tough job, I know, but hey!!! someone's gotta do it. Toques off to Chef Dan Drayer and Portabella.
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Thanks to everyone who filled out our short ZoomText 10 survey. First off,
congratulations to E.J. Monaghan whose name was chosen in the raffle - E.J. won a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate!
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This time around, we're asking you to answer the following question that was posed to me by Cathy Gettel, Ai Squared's Dealer Network Manager: "What is your best tip for sightless organization? How do you keep track of clothes, food, desk objects, etc.?"
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Have you attended one of our free webinars yet? We have one every week that is dedicated to just covering all the exciting new features in ZoomText 10 - it runs every Thursday at 3:00 PM, EST. On top of that, we also have a session that gives you an overview of ZoomText as a whole, which is just perfect for someone who is not familiar with ZoomText at all or just wants a refresher on the program as a whole. Join us on Wednesdays at 12:00 PM EST.
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Our support team also has a free webinar coming up entitled "An In-Depth Look at the ZoomText Camera Feature" - it's on May 22nd from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST and will present a comprehensive look at the new ZoomText 10 Camera feature. Some of the topics to be covered will be: how to set up and use the camera; available configuration settings; and hotkeys. Click this registration link to sign up!
Plus, we've just reduced the cost of our two-day ZoomText workshop that's taking place on May 8th and 9th in Hartford, CT, to $400 - and you get a free ZoomText Large-Print Keyboard! The class is geared toward trainers to give tips on ZoomText training techniques. To sign up, head over to the NEAT Center's website to register. If you have any questions, you can simply reply to this email. We've got even more information about this event over on our training page. This will be the only in-depth 2 day workshop on ZoomText 10 this year so be sure you don't miss out!
We here at Ai Squared continue to invest in the assistive technology community by donating ZoomText Magnifier/Reader to the inABLE organization's Mwangaza Project, which will put this software into the hands of students who are blind and visually impaired in Kenya. The Mwangaza Project is an international consortium of technology and service organizations, anchored by inABLE and the Georgia Institute of Technology's Sonification Lab, to provide computer labs, training, and accessible education to students with visual impairment in developing nations.
"With the help of ZoomText, these students will enhance their computer literacy and education, which not only allows them to bridge the academic gap with their sighted peers, but arms them with valuable skills they'll take as they enter the job marketplace," states Ai Squared CEO David Wu. "These students' lives are being transformed and we are so proud to be a part of this effort."
You can read more about inABLE or read the press release we sent out for even more information.
Grant Lock is a published author who also happens to be a ZoomText user. In fact, he credits ZoomText for much of his success! But enough out of me, take it away Grant:
How ZoomText Helped Shoot Me First
"You can't go back to Afghanistan, Grant. Stargardt's has finally caught up with you."
The ophthalmologist peered into the machine, and into my eyes. If it had peered into my heart, it would have seen tears. It didn't matter that I had been Project Support Director for a huge eye-care program with its headquarters in Kabul. But hey, I was 64, and typical Stargardt's would have taken out my central vision before I was 20. I packed a lot into those four bonus decades.
His voice was a mile away. "You can go back to sell your gear, but that's all. The last bit of the macular could go any time." It was a hard call after serving the needy for so long in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
"You should write Grant," friends said. "Start while you can. You're a good story teller and you have plenty of stories to tell."
I soon had the title: Shoot Me First. It came from a tense confrontation with bearded, rifle toting Pakistani Pashtuns who did not want me to rebuild a girl's school. Yet the day before a bright-eyed girl had said, "I want to go to school. One day I want to be a doctor."
The subtitle was easy: "A cattleman in Taliban country - 24 years in the hotspots of Pakistan and Afghanistan."
With my remaining vision I went proactive and researched the internet for the most suitable screen reader for my future use. That was when I found out about ZoomText. Ai Squared came up as a progressive, innovative company with good worldwide support.
The best piece of advice was given a few months after I had installed the program. "You may think you don't need it yet, Grant," the tall rep drawled at an Adelaide Techfest, "but switch it on and leave it on... then it will grow on you." And it did.
That was three years ago and I am now legally blind. Thanks to ZoomText I have recently published the book, and people say they can't put it down. I consider ZoomText to be the most valuable of my vision tools. As I start my next book, I am looking forward to getting into ZoomText 10 with all its innovative features.
Check out Shoot Me First on my website or on Amazon where you can buy it in Kindle form or paperback.
Support technician Lloyd was on the phone with one of our customers a while back and he learned about a cool website that lists "hotkeys" (keystroke combinations that provide quick access to various functions on the computer) for a variety of programs. You can find shortcuts for using Windows, to your internet browser, to games, and even Skype! Knowing these shortcut keys will really enhance your productivity at the computer. Check out this handy website today!
Support learns all kinds of things from you - it's not just a one-way street of learning over here :)
ZoomText user Kathy Kalaluhi sent
in a bunch of websites that she thought other ZoomText users would find interesting and helpful. We liked the idea so much that it's become a regular "column" in ZoomNews! Below are her suggestions and if
you'd like to submit any websites for the next issue, please email them to Becca at firstname.lastname@example.com!
And a new category of sorts: "Best fruits in the orchard" - the best Mac apps for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad! Some of them are available on the Android platform as well.
Thanks to Kathy for these great suggestions!
After 567,000 miles and 48 years, Florida woman parks her 'Chariot' - 93-year-old Rachel Veitch realized that the macular degeneration in her eyes had developed to the point where she needed to stop driving her 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente, her car that had racked up 567,000 miles!!
Students from Watertown's Perkins School hunted for eggs on White House lawn - For the first time, four students from the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown got the chance to participate in the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House lawn using eggs outfitted with sound chips.
PocketSMS lets visually and hearing impaired send & receive SMS
- Bidirectional Access Promotion Society (Bapsi) has released an Android app called PocketSMS, that allows visually impaired and hearing impaired individuals to send and read text messages (SMS) from their phones.
Major breakthrough in Age-Related Macular Degeneration - Scientists have discovered that a part of the immune system called the infllamosome is involved in regulating the development of AMD what could potentially lead to a novel therapy for one of the common forms of blindness.
Modesto vision center thrives - The Vision Impaired Persons Support Center has been a success and recently produced "The Little House That Cares," a book containing 17 stories from blind people who have benefited from the center and its amenities.
Impairment didn't hinder his achievement - Renowned violinist Mysore M. Manjunath has been visually impaired since birth yet now he has a PhD in music and has given numerous concerts in India and abroad.
Program teaches tennis to blind Fremont students - About eight students gather Tuesday afternoons in the gym at the Fremont school to take part in a nationwide program that may be the first of its kind -- teaching groups of blind and visually impaired students to play tennis.
NGO plays matchmaker for blind couple in Pune - NGO Louis Braille Apang Kalyan Sanstha, Lonikand, is playing Cupid for the wedding of a visually impaired couple by making it a grand affair, much beyond the meager means of the two.
Taiwan-designed bowl for visually impaired wins iF design award - A "smart" bowl designed for the visually impaired by a PhD student at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, has won the prestigious German iF concept design award for 2012.
Kurt Mackin: Football coach - Despite being visually impaired, 19-year-old Kurt Mackin has already been playing and coaching football for many years.
Spring showers bring May tradeshows (let's hope some flowers, too). Check out our list of upcoming events - as always, stop by and see us if you're going to be there!
Vermont Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (VABVI) Conference
April 19th, 2012
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American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Leadership Conference
May 4th - May 5th, 2012
St. Pete Beach, FL
Baruch College Conference on Employment and Visual Impairment
May 11th, 2012
New York, NY
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Texas Assistive Technology Network (TATN) Statewide Conference
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Houston, TX
VISIONS Conference
June 28th - July 1st, 2012
Minneapolis, MN
National Federation of the Blind (NFB) National Conference
June 30th - July 5th, 2012
Dallas, TX
American Council of the Blind (ACB) Conference and Convention
July 6th - July 14th, 2012
Louisville, KY
Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) Annual Conference
July 9th - July 14th, 2012
New Orleans, LA
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the
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July 18th - July 22nd, 2012
Bellevue, WA
Envision Conference
September 12th - September 15th, 2012
St. Louis, MO
New England Library Association (NELA) Annual Conference
October 14th - October 16th, 2012
Sturbridge, MA
Accessing Higher Ground
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Westminster, CO
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as I Expanded a rim rear hub and built a custom coaster,
I could not have gear .... and I missed it!
I'm inspired by old bikes (1900), and tractor mower gearbox!
I used bike gears, plexiglass and machined parts
I put two weeks to get the idea and create plans
and about 2 months to realize the gearbox!
there are three speeds and axis drive and output are the same
the selection system is brass
plexiglass box is to see the mechanism
Step 1:
Plans were made to the scale to facilitate manufacturing and various tests of setting up
Step 2:
when you change the speed which was led starts to rotate in the air and it is another that takes over
brass washers avoids usury
for machining gears supports, a special machine (mortiser) was used
I had to disassemble a lot of speed freewheel bike in order to make this arrangement
I then just solder the sprockets on their support
Step 3:
it slides on the shaft and causes a finger, which thanks to a spring, causes the pinion that is desired, while leaving the others free
just as a system of tractor mower!
Step 4:
- Bottom 4 sprockets rotate at the same time
- Right there the output gear (the piece with the red lines allows to see the rotation)
- Top left, the three sprockets rotate independently of each other (the brass Shifting used to lock the one you want)
here you can see in works
This brings me some ideas to build a quadcycle :D.
You told that "I put two weeks to get the idea and create plans and about 2 months to realize the gearbox!"
I want to Design my own gearbox. So can you tell me which books help you to get the idea or information to make or design your gearbox?
Please please please help me!
I wants to make available the most interesting of my research:
system speed of tractor mower (pic 3)
bikes with the old gearbox in the bottom bracket, (pic 6-8-9)
a gearbox-chain (pic 5)
one shema gearbox compact bike that I colored (pic 4)
other system (pic 1-2)
mine is a mixture of all that
on the schema of the photo No. 7 there is a simple freewheel system
it did not suit me at first because speed we can not pedaling backwards .... therefore the coaster brake that was not possible!
otherwise it is a simple system realize!
And if I want to design my own gearbox what information do I need?
for example, a standart Crankset about 45 teeth
the sprocket wheel is about 15
I used the principle of:
A = 20 teeth on B = 10 teeth
axis speed equivalent, B will turn two times faster than A
after I did a lot of multiplication and division
the rest has to give you ideas, observe plenty of mechanism and keep only what can be used on your gearbox
So can you give me formulas that you use to make your gear box?
That would yield 4 ratios with no more chain or sprockets. simply make engagement from the brass selector ring to the output.
Nice project.
I have used the following page to find many calculators when designing my projects.
In regards to your comment of needing gearing for a wide rear wheel, they have Internally geared rear hubs. They are expensive, but let you have an 4-speed or 8-speed with only a single rear sprocket.
Nuvinci: (these are crazy expensive, but rather "cool") http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature&v=IZoSnzvHADQ
Shimano: ("cheaper", but still much more expensive than regular sprockets) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimano_Alfine
I know there are speed hubs but few have the coaster
they are very expensive but if I wanted this system is that I fell in love with the old bike gearbox in the crankset
My system is also expensive, heavier, less reliable than speed hub has but it is more class and it's mine!
For example, taking a speed hub and putting in a plexiglass box
I started thinking about this for custom system I build for my brother
another and put a derailleur shifter and hubs bike in a box
my gearbox is not the easiest or most reliable in the long term, I would have to heat treatment of the gears to be on the strength
(steels used are planned for!)
if you really want to launch you, I can give you ideas
Very nice job indeed ! Thanx for sharing ! …
I did buy an older tooth paste that still exists here (Email Diamant : the one with the toreo as an icon) and it works !…
-1st 12-23
-2nd 15-15
-3rd 17-13
output gear, 26-11
(number of teeth)
I was a little confused in step 3 when you mention the "finger" that slides. I think this is a wide, U-shaped bar: one end has holes to screw onto the brass shift slider, and the other has a square tab that locks into the grooves on the inside of each sprocket holder. Could you show a picture of this "finger"?
Here is a picture that illustrates the "finger"
the bolt allows the "finger" to be driven by the brass slider
the spring allows the finger go up into the holes of the gears
But not being very good at English, I managed to clearly explain
for shifting, you must stop pedaling, engage the next gear and pedaling gently until that the gear is engaged
there are brass washers between each gear, they can bring down the finger to avoid two speed is trained at the same time
if there were not these washers, transmission break
thanks for sharing that fantastic gearbox with us
for the Design Contest, I expect the validation
Also, nice swing-bike.


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With the growing demand for food and fiber from an increasing global population, agriculture is continually challenged to do more with less.
One of the things necessary to make this happen is technology.
"The use of the satellites to tell you where the fertility is, where your spots are maybe needing more fertilizer, learning it from the sky. Used to, tractors didn't have cabs to begin with. Now they've got all sorts of GPS and everything to keep your rows straight, to tell you what you're planting per acre. Combines are that way. How much is the combine bringing in per acre. The brand new combine, you look inside it, and it was a touch screen instead of all those knobs and levers."
Terrell Wiese farms and ranches in Milam and Williamson counties, and says there's no doubt that technology makes a farmer more efficient.
"The combines nowadays, you don't have to worry about if you've got a streak of grain, if you've got a leak or something it's telling you that something's not working in the machine. The planters, and everything, it's amazing that, they're not just giving away seed corn any more. And if you're putting out to much for what you're doing, that away you'd be wasting money if you're overdoing what you wanted to do."
And whether we're talking about a pickup or a new state of the art piece of equipment, you're grand daddy would be amazed.
"When you have somebody work on your vehicle in the shop, they may not work on it with a crescent wrench, they work on it with a lap top. Nowadays, the guys that come and work on the tractors, the mechanics, they have to know a s much about a computer as everybody. They bring their laptop out to tell you or tell, the tractor will tell them what's wrong, before we get started."
But technology isn't cheap.
"No, they're not giving you the keys to a new tractor or nothing like that. Technology costs money. We don't all drive brand new combines, brand new tractors or anything like that. The financing, it's not the easiest. Some people have went to a second job and tried to farm and ranch at the same time. It does stretch you a little thin when you start doing that."
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Imperial Capitals of Europe
Istanbul to Vienna | 16 Days
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Skip to Istanbul to Vienna Day-to-Day
Day 1:
Vienna (embark)
Arrive at Vienna International Airport, where you will be transferred to the ship. (D)
Day 2:
Choice of Vienna city tour with National Library visit
exclusive "Vienna, City of Arts" tour with an art historian
Get to know Vienna's imperial history during a tour that takes you along the stately Ringstrasse to the beautiful Austrian National Library. Or opt to explore Vienna with an art historian, taking in the Belvedere and the Museum of Fine Arts. (BB, L, D)
The Austrian National Library is closed on Mondays. If the tour lands on a Monday, Mozarthaus will be visited instead.
Day 3:
Exclusive guided "Go Active" biking tour of Danube Island
Enjoy the day on your own, or join an afternoon bicycling tour of Danube Island's verdant nature preserve. (BB, L, D)
Day 4:
Bratislava walking tour
Take a guided stroll through Slovakia's capital city. In the evening, enjoy a Captain's Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner. (BB, L, WD)
Day 5:
Szentendre Island, cruising the Danube River, Budapest
Exclusive Hungarian reception at Szentendre Island's Bodor Mayor Horse Farm and choice of Budapest city tour
exclusive "Do as the Locals Do" Budapest walking tour
After enjoying some leisure time in Budapest, take a motorcoach to Szentendre Island's Bodor Mayor Horse Farm for a private reception and a dazzling display of horsemanship in the style of Hungary's ancient cowboys—the Magyar Csikós. Altenatively, take a panoramic coach tour shows you Budapest's top sights, from Castle Hill to Parliament to the Grand Market. Or discover the city's treasures like a local: hop the metro to a famous pastry shop decorated with brilliant tile work, stroll romantic Karoly Gardens, and visit Market Hall, where you can shop for traditional items like paprika and Unicum. (BB, L, D)
Day 6:
Spend the day at leisure. (BB, L, D)
Day 7:
Mohács (Pécs)
Excursion to Pécs with exclusive wine tasting in the Villány Hills
Pécs boasts a fascinating array of Roman ruins and Ottoman mosques-turned-churches. The region is famous for its vinoculture; taste the celebrated red wines produced in the Villány Hills on a special wine excursion. (BB, L, D)
Day 8:
Osijek, Vukovar
Full-day tour of Osijek, school visit, and exclusive home-hosted lunch
Children will perform for you at their school before you take a tour of the town and savor an exclusive home-hosted lunch with a Croatian family. (BB, L, D)
School visit not available during school holidays.
Day 9:
Belgrade city tour with Kalemegdan Fortress
Enjoy a panoramic drive through Belgrade, explore vast Kalemegdan Fortress on foot, and see a bit of a city that loves to shop and party. (BB, L, D)
Day 10:
Cruising the Iron Gates
Spend a peaceful day cruising the majestic Iron Gates. (BB, L, D)
Day 11:
Medieval theater performance and Belogradchik rock formations
Explore the lesser-known town of Vidin and see a live performance before visiting the peculiar Belogradchik rocks, the source of many legends. (BB, L, D)
Day 12:
Rousse (Veliko Tarnovo and Arbanassi or Ivanovo and Rusenski countryside)
Choice of Veliko Tarnovo and Arbanassi with authentic Bulgarian lunch
Ivanovo and Basarbovo monasteries and Rusenski Lom Nature Park with lunch
In Veliko Tarnovo, see the majestic ruins of Tsarevetz Castle. In Arbanassi, see the frescoed Nativity Church and stop at a village restaurant for a typical Bulgarian lunch, complete with live folk music. Or opt for a tour of the countryside, which will include the rock-hewn cave churches of Ivanovo and Basarbovo in the craggy precincts of a national forest. In the evening, enjoy a Captain's Farewell Reception and Gala Dinner. (BB, L, FD)
Day 13:
Giurgiu (disembark), transfer to Bucharest hotel
Bucharest city tour with People's Palace visit
Disembark the ship in Giurgiu and transfer via motorcoach to Bucharest. Later in the day, enjoy a panoramic tour of eclectic Bucharest, with its mix of monumental Communist buildings and French-influenced architecture. (BB, L)
Day 14:
Bucharest, flight to Istanbul
Depart from Bucharest and fly to Istanbul. (BB)
Day 15:
Istanbul city tour with Grand Bazaar
Today's panoramic tour takes you to the Hippodrome; the Blue Mosque, with its distinctive minarets and blue Iznik tile walls; spectacular Hagia Sophia (the Church of Holy Wisdom), which was built in 535 AD; and Topkapi Palace, a magnificent Ottoman residence. Then wend your way through the vaulted passages and 6,000 merchant stalls of the Grand Bazaar. (BB)
Sultanahmet (Blue Mosque) is a place of active worship. Ceremonies may restrict visitors from entering at times. At all times, please obey mosque etiquette.
Hagia Sophia is closed on Mondays and Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays. The city tour of Istanbul will be arranged in accordance with the days they are open. If Hagia Sophia is not available during your stay, we will offer the harem visit in Topkapi Palace instead.
Day 16:
Transfer to Istanbul Ataturk Airport for your flight home. (CB/BB)
Order of sightseeing may change throughout the itinerary. Substitute visits to other sites may occur during your trip due to water levels or other uncontrollable factors.


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Five reads to keep you entertained when it – finally – gets sunny again
You have remembered your sun cream, your sunglasses, and an ample supply of travel sweets. But you are still missing that last vital ingredient… a book to read while you bask in the sun, or get over the previous nights festivities. But the question is, what to read? Well look no further as GT brings you five possibilities to keep you entertained in those restful moments between your holiday misadventures.
I Heart London – After traipsing her way through some of the most famous cities in America and Europe, Angela Clark has finally taken the plunge and come back to old her native London. Lindesy Kelk's latest yarn has our girl coming back after her visa expires, and having to face up to all the trouble she left behind. Angela's return to London was never going to be smooth sailing, and this is sure to lead to a multitude of mishaps that will keep you entertained on the long flight out and back again.
50 Shades of Gray – The book which started and had people from both sides of the Atlantic falling over themselves to read it. This erotic bestseller explores the burgeoning relationship between Anastasia Steele, a recent college graduate, and her employer Christian, as they explore his dark fantasies and sadistic fetishes. They have called this book explicit and extreme, but if you want a little guilty pleasure, then this is the book for you. Get tied up by EL James' amazing novel this summer, but having read it you will never look at a neck tie the same way again.
Queerwolf – The age of vampiremania is coming to an end, and so dawns the age of the werewolf. Rob Rosen's latest novel follows Blake, the 'accidental' werewolf on a comic misadventure to find his place after his world has been changed. Since the Twilight saga brought us the sight of a rippling Taylor Lautner, werewolves have beaten down the vampires in the sexy monster Olympics. So what better way to appreciate these attractive creatures of the night by picking up this book, with its cast of sexy characters that are bound to make you howl at the moon with laughter.
Bokassa's Last Apostle – Paul Shelton's debut novel takes its reader to places it never expects to go. From running naked on Hampstead Heath with our protagonist, Everton Jones, we go on to meet a hilarious cast of characters in London's gay scene to help him find the secret diamond cache of the Emporer Bokassa. But before he can get his hands on the treasure he has to contend with the an army of mimes, a demon, and a violent gang war. With a plot that reads like Alice in Wonderland on poppers, you'll be laughing at this little diamond all the way back from the airport.
Tailor Made – The saying goes that clothes do not make the man, but that man maketh the clothes. But it is Wyatt Taylor who makes the clothes look so damn hot! After losing his job, Wyatt finds himself in a coveted position of PA to William Bowen, an attractive and powerful business tycoon. Far from finding themselves at opposite ends of the track however, Wyatt and William find themselves drawn together by passion. Say goodbye to the office by indulging in this steamy office romance, which will keep you reading up to the shivering climax.
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Local National Day of Prayer observances double
Abilene will have two National Day of Prayer observances on Thursday. Both begin at noon and will last about one hour. The Abilene Interfaith Council service will be held in Minter Park on Cypress Street downtown. A service sponsored by One Kingdom will be held on the lawn in front of City Hall, 555 Walnut St.
Since the first call to prayer in 1775, when the Continental Congress asked the colonies to pray for wisdom in forming a nation, the call to prayer has continued through our history, including President Lincoln's proclamation of a day of "humiliation, fasting, and prayer" in 1863. In 1952, a joint resolution by Congress, signed by President Truman, declared an annual, national day of prayer. In 1988, the law was amended and signed by President Reagan, permanently setting the day as the first Thursday of every May. Each year, the president signs a proclamation, encouraging all Americans to pray on this day.
Source: nationaldayofprayer.org
Abilenians will once again have two National Day of Prayer observances from which to choose.
In the past few years, a service sponsored by the Abilene Interfaith Council was the only local observance.
This year, the AIC will once again have an observance in Minter Park on Cypress Street in downtown Abilene. The service will begin at noon.
At the same time, another service will be held on the lawn in front of City Hall, 555 Walnut St. That service is sponsored by One Kingdom, an organization of local churches formerly known as Pray Big Country.
Several years back, two services were held and then Pray Big Country stopped holding a service. More recently, some pastors involved with Pray Big Country held services in their church on the Wednesday night before the official National Day of Prayer, which has been held on the first Thursday in May since 1988.
Scott Beard, pastor of FountainGate Fellowship and a founder of Pray Big Country, said member pastors decided to take some time off to revamp and come up with a vision for the organization.
As a result, One Kingdom was formed, with a number of churches and civic leaders involved. Police Chief Stan Standridge serves on the board of directors.
"We're really seeing a broader spectrum of guys stepping up," since the organization regrouped, Beard said.
The board decided that revising a National Day of Prayer service would be in line with the goals of One Kingdom.
"The heart of what we're doing really is centered around prayer," Beard said.
One thing the organization is not doing is trying to compete with the Abilene Interfaith Council observance, Beard said. If fact, he said One Kingdom organizers didn't know the AIC planned an observance until plans were already made for the service at City Hall.
The One Kingdom service will be a Christian service, while the Abilene Interfaith Council will feature prayers and remarks from people of various faiths. Beard believes the two services will serve a good purpose, rather than be a competition.
"I believe he (God) will honor all our prayers," Beard said.
The One Kingdom service will feature live music and prayers for the city and nation, Beard said. Also, Mayor Norm Archibald will read a proclamation.
The interfaith service will feature people of various faiths offering prayers or meditations, said Ron Smith, a member of the council. The remarks and prayers will reflect commonalities among faiths and loyalty to the nation, he said.
The interfaith observance will end with "the breaking of bread together in peace." Bits of bread will be shared from a common loaf among the participants.
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Added chicken to my goat cheese salad, it was very good and a good portion. lychee martini was strong, ordered one but the got 2 because it all didn't fit in the glass at once. nice cozy place for a date.
Posted by Used to live next door on 07/17/2010
Always a good place for Brunch. Great food, good price. Waitress was helpful, however, the clean up guy was right on me after I finished my last bite. Would highly recommend for a good place to eat, people watch and relax.
Posted by Sheila of course! on 11/03/2008
The dirty Stoli Martini is one of the best in the city. I like it Stoli and I like it dirty and they make it just right. The shrimp quesadillas are pretty good too. Not a very exciting menu though.
Posted by slimchancey on 09/24/2008
My friend and I ordered our "classic burgers" medium-rare. We received burgers that were completely overcooked, dry, and tasteless.
Posted by Tim, Shirley and family on 01/01/2008
We had a family lunch here on New Year's eve, after sight-seeing in the Village. The service was friendly and the food good basic fare, but a single shot of Jack Daniels for $7.75 is taking the piss. The price wasn't on the menu and I didn't like the "nasty surprise" tactic used by the management. I won't be going thre again next time I'm in NY.
Posted by WB CRIT on 10/02/2005
Situated on seventh ave between 16th and 17th. Merchants is nothing spectacular but safe for any meal of the day. The inside is dim and a good place for afterwork drinks or a date. My friend and I went for brunch, we sat outside but felt we had to fight with the acoustics of everything else. I ordered a tuna nicoise salad. I've had better, but it was fine. my friend ordered eggs benedict traditional and simple. There was no particular emphasis on presentation, the portions were practical, and enough to even share. the service was fine, nothing grand or lacking luster.
Posted by smoegz on 07/08/2005
I was quite impressed to say the least about Merchants. The menu was moderately priced, and the sandwiches were delectable; appetizers were done very well too. The nachos I would definitely eat again, and would recommend the Chicken Pesto or Chicken Club any day. Everyone at the table was happy with the delish food, but even more so with the cocktails. The margarita was mixed with very good puree, the pink lemonade was classy and liquor packed, and the mojitos blessed my taste buds with sweetness and my vision with blur after two. All in all you really cannot go wrong with this place. The atmosphere is classy, and they have a patio, which is fun in the summer as well. Great food and cocktails.


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Oboist William Woodworth, music professor at Tennessee Tech University, will present his annual recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5.
He will be accompanied by fellow TTU faculty member Grace Eunhye Choi on piano, and flute professor Roger Martin will join him for the trio "Noble Dinner Music," by Robert Delanoff. The Delanoff piece includes a variety of catchy rhythmic sections, moods and sounds.
The concert's diverse program includes some of the finest solo literature for the oboe and English horn and is centered around compositions from Woodworth's alma mater, the Eastman School of Music. The three Eastman pieces are "Sonata Pastorale" by Robert Bloom, "Pastorale for Oboe" by former Eastman director Howard Hanson and Warren Benson's "Evening Piece."
The concert is in TTU's Wattenbarger Auditorium, located in the Bryan Fine Arts Building, 1150 N. Dixie Ave. It is free and open to the public.


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