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Women Veterans Health Care
Trust her to find answers
Calling all women who served in the United States Military. Do you know your Veteran status? Do you have a Veteran ID card? Do you receive any benefits from the VA, like the GI Bill? Do you receive health care benefits from VA? If you do not know the answers to these questions Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) established a call center just for you.
The Women Veterans Call Center (WVCC) answers questions and responds to concerns from women Veterans, their families, and caregivers across the nation about VA services and resources. The call is free, and you can call as often as you like until you have the answers to your questions. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. ET and Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET.
She's your guide to VA.
The Women Veterans Call Center is staffed by knowledgeable VA employees who provide information about benefits, eligibility and services specifically for women Veterans. All the representatives at the Women Veterans Call Center are women, and many are Veterans themselves that can relate to women Veterans, their families and friends.
The Call Center staff is trained to answer questions and provide personalized information about claims, education, and health care, as well as information about VA cemeteries and survivors' benefits. If there is an urgent matter, the Women Veterans Call Center can connect women Veterans with the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans or the Veterans Crisis Line.
In addition to linking women Veterans to information, the Women Veterans Call Center makes direct referrals to Women Veteran Program Managers (WVPM) located at every VA Medical Center. The Women Veteran Program Manager helps the woman Veteran coordinate services.
What will happen when I call the WVCC?
- You will be connected to a trained VA staff member
- Call Center staff will conduct a brief screen to assess your needs
- Women Veterans will be provided personalized information regarding health care services, VA benefits and services over the phone, and a package of information will be sent to their home
- You can call for yourself or a women Veteran you know
- The call is free and confidential
- Contact information will be requested so staff may follow-up
Over 58,000 women Veterans served.
VA has found that women Veterans underutilize VA care, largely due to a lack of knowledge about VA benefits and available services and their eligibility for them. In response, the Call Center contacts women Veterans to let them know about the services they may be eligible for. From April 2013 to March 2015 the Call Center has successfully contacted over 183,000 women Veterans. The WVCC receives, on average, 50 calls per day and makes, on average, 800 calls per day.
Womens Veterans Call Center Poster, 2014Dimensions: 11x17", (495 KB, PDF) 8.5x11", (360 KB, PDF)
In addition to receiving calls, WVCC reaches out to women Veterans to let them know about the services they may be eligible for, and they help connect them to benefits they deserve.
What will happen when I receive a call?
- A trained WVCC staff member will identify themselves as working for the VA and ask if it is a good time to talk
- She will then ask if you are aware of your eligibility for benefits
- Women Veterans will be provided with information regarding health care services, VA benefits and services available over the phone, and a package of information will be sent to their home
- Contact information will be requested so staff may follow-up
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. Who can use the Women Veterans Call Center?
Any women Veteran or person that has questions about services and benefits available to women Veterans in the VA.
2. Can I call the Women Veterans Call Center if I am not registered with VA or enrolled in VA health care?
Yes, any women Veteran can use the Women Veterans Call Center, even if you are not registered with the VA or enrolled in VA health care.
3. How do I know when I should call the Women Veterans Call Center?
You should call the Women Veterans Call Center if you have any questions about VA services or health care available to women Veterans. You may also call the Women Veterans Call Center if you have concerns about your current VA health care services.
4. How would I know if I am considered a Veteran?
You may be considered a Veteran if you served on active duty in the armed forces of the United States and was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. You do not need to have wartime or combat experience to be considered a Veteran.
5. How do I use the Women Veterans Call Center service?
Simply call 1-855-VA-Women (1-855-829-6636) to be connected with a Women Veterans Call Center representative. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. ET and Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. ET.
6. Is there a cost to call the Women Veterans Call Center?
No. The telephone number is a free service.
7. Who answers my call to the Women Veterans Call Center?
VA contact representatives are women, and some representatives are Veterans. All representatives are trained to provide information as it relates to services and benefits available to women Veterans.
8. Can I contact the Women Veterans Call Center if I am already receiving care in the VA?
Yes. If you prefer, the Women Veterans Call Center representative can help coordinate care with your regular health care providers by connecting you with the Women Veteran Program Manager at the VA Medical Center closest to you.
9. What happens when I call the Women Veterans Call Center?
When you call the Women Veterans Call Center, you will receive direct assistance from a trained VA contact representative. Representatives are here to assist you with your questions, concerns and provide you with resources. The contact representatives will work with you to provide you with the best course of action. To better serve you, they may ask for information such as your name, telephone number and your address. Contact representatives can provide direct referrals for VA services and help fast-track appointments with a Women Veterans Program Manager.
10. Why should I enroll for VA health care benefits?
Women Veterans should enroll for health care benefits to ensure they receive the comprehensive benefits package offered through VA's national health care system. VA offers comprehensive medical care, including any necessary medical outpatient and inpatient services.
Veterans can apply for VA health care enrollment by completing VA Form 10-10EZ, which takes about 15 minutes. VA will then process the online or mail-in application. The 10-10EZ can be obtained by call the Women Veterans Call Center at 1-855-VA-Women (1-855-829-6636). You may also visit or call any VA health care facility or Veterans benefits office. Please visit the Resource Locator at http://www.va.gov/landing2_locations.htm to find the facility nearest you.
11. What VA health care resources are available to women Veterans?
The VA provides a full continuum of health care, including comprehensive primary care (care for acute and chronic illness and gender-specific care), specialty care, mental health care, disease prevention and screening, emergency care, and women's health specialty care (e.g., advanced breast and gynecological care, maternity care, and some infertility treatments). In addition, VA offers services such as inpatient medical/surgical/mental health care, physical rehabilitation, substance abuse treatment, long-term care, and pharmacy benefits. For more information on VA services provided to women Veterans, call 1-855-VA-WOMEN (1-855-829-6636).
12. What are the most common reasons people call in to the Call Center?
To learn about benefits and eligibility and to discuss issues they face such as homelessness, maternity care, Military Sexual Trauma, and environmental exposures.
13. Do you have issues you cannot resolve over the phone? If so, what is the process for addressing those issues?
At times, there are issues that the Call Center cannot immediately resolve. In those cases, we research the best course of action/locate the appropriate resources, and call the Veteran back to help her address her issues and concerns.


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In her new book, All That is Bitter, and Sweet, actress Ashley Judd strongly questioned the use of particular rappers in public charity events used to bring awareness to important issues. She slammed the YouthAIDS organization and MTV's 'Staying Alive' concerts for inviting Snoop Dogg and Diddy to perform at their events.
"Along with other performers, YouthAIDS was supported by Rap and Hip Hop artists like Snoop Dogg and P. Diddy to spread the message…um, who? Those names were a red flag."
She went on to state her opinion on Hip Hop culture, asserting that the genre promotes misogyny and violence against women.
"As far as I'm concerned, most Rap and Hip Hop music--with its rape culture and insanely abusive lyrics and depictions of girls and women as 'ho's'--is the contemporary soundtrack of misogyny. I believe that the social construction of gender--the cultural beliefs and practices that divide the sexes and institutionalize and normalize the unequal treatment of girls and women, privilege the interest of boys and men, and, most nefariously, incessantly sexualize girls and women--is the root cause of poverty and suffering around the world."
Judd recently visited the Jimmy Fallon show to promote her book. The late night show, of course, features Hip Hop group The Roots as the house band. After her appearance, Roots drummer ?uestlove addressed Judd's comments via Twitter.
hmmm. at least i got my answer as to why ash judd didn't give us so much as a nod on her last visit. im a criminal: http://bit.ly/gfeFhF
(UPDATE: 04/12): After ?uestlove's initial responses to Judd's comments, Talib Kweli and 9th Wonder also took to Twitter to voice their sentiments about the issue. Amidst the outcry, Judd took to Russell Simmons' GlobalGrind.com early on Monday to apologize for her statements, saying that while some of her words were taken out of context, she is at fault for the generalizations she made.
"The outcry regarding my remarks, 2 paragraphs out of my 400+ page book, regarding hip hop and rap, has been astounding as it is out of context…The general theme [now] is to express my gratitude for a chance to learn, to be corrected where I was wrong, to make amends, and hold firm and strong on the original intention and context of points I made, with a commitment to try to do so less clumsily and with more sensitivity in the future."
She added, "I so regret that my indictment of rape culture as a whole has been interpreted as me blaming rap and hip hop exclusively. That was absolutely not my intention, and I so regret it has had that effect on some people. "
Judd finished by saying her eyes had been opened to a distinction between Rap and Hip Hop, and she'd also been introduced to new music. "Thank you to fans of both [Rap and Hip Hop] who have introduced me to artists whose lyrics embody activism and progressive values. I am glad to have more beats for my playlists. I celebrate the music, its meaning, and those who love it."
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The strange truth about tolerating and accepting you
Jan 10, 2012, 6 a.m.
Tolerance and acceptance. Those are reactions to how we judge a person, an event or a situation. To understand the difference between tolerance and acceptance, let's first take a look at what judging is all about.
It's a strangely curious fact of human behavior that we tend to judge almost everything we perceive and encounter. Yet we seldom realize how thoroughly judgmental we are.
Our need to judge people, events and situations is hard-wired into our genes and our brains. For example, if you're walking down a dark road at night and notice a movement in the bushes, you'll immediately and automatically try to classify and judge that movement. Is it an animal? A person? Does it pose a threat? We make those instantaneous judgments so we can decide to fight and defend ourselves, to flee from danger or to ignore the movement altogether.
However, our judgments go far beyond choosing between fight and flight. We are the species that has taken judgment to the max, making it perhaps the central aspect of being human.
We have an opinion and a judgment on virtually everything, and continuously project our likes and dislikes on the people, situations and events around us. But even more, we also place expectations on people and situations. When we don't get the outcomes we anticipate, we're quick to judge those people and situations — often times harshly.
For example: I flew across country, checked into a hotel and called my daughter who I had come to visit. She was "busy" that day and asked if I could come see her tomorrow. If I'd placed expectations on the event (seeing my daughter after many months of separation), or if I'd placed expectations on my daughter (expecting her to see me virtually the moment I got off the plane), I would have been disappointed. I would have blamed her for my disappointment. After all, I flew across country to see her. Why would she tell me she's "busy?" However, by not placing expectations on our reunion, I avoided disappointment and avoided blaming her for her busy-ness.
And that brings us right back to how we can understand and choose tolerance versus acceptance. We can choose to tolerate, for example, being parents of gays. It's about our beloved child who "didn't turn out right." We can somehow find it in our hearts to tolerate him or her. After all, they're our flesh and blood, right? But as we make the choice to merely tolerate, we are judging and placing expectations on him or her, preferring that our child should have been heterosexual.
However, accepting being gay is a far healthier alternative. Here, we can welcome the reality that our child is happy. That he or she has someone in their adult life they can deeply love, enjoy and laugh with. We can take a few moments to banish the disappointment and sadness based on our expectations, on our judgment of what being gay is like. Instead of tolerating we can choose to accept. That person is our child, right? We have always loved him or her, right? Parents of gays only have a tough time if they fail to accept. Accepting being gay — rather than judging, placing expectations on our kids and simply tolerating — brings peace, love and caring.
After all, we have only love and fear here in our lives on planet Earth. Choosing love, acceptance and not judging is the clear winner and far better alternative. The strange truth about tolerating and accepting is that, in spite of being the "animal that judges," we can choose the path of warmth, caring, acceptance and love. When we do that, pain, fear and conflict disappear.
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SAIL Q2 net up 12% at Rs 543.11 cr
Nov 08 2012 , New Delhi
The largest domestic steel producer had reported net profit of Rs 485.28 crore in the same quarter last fiscal.
SAIL made forex gains of Rs 41.84 crore in the July- September quarter due to volatility in dollar-rupee exchange rates, compared to forex loss of Rs 508.71 crore in the same quarter last fiscal.
Net sales of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) were, however, marginally down by 1.60 per cent to Rs 10,663.20 crore during the quarter vis-a-vis Rs 10,836.67 crore of the July-September quarter of FY'12, it said in a filing to the BSE.
Besides, its expenses also increased marginally to Rs 10,113.53 crore during the Q2, while it reported nearly 11 per cent decline in the tax outgo to Rs 244.76 crore.
However, its other income (mainly interest earned on cash deposits) fell by 54 per cent to Rs 225.49 crore in the July-September period.
SAIL scrip was trading at Rs 82.65 on the BSE at 1415 hrs, down 0.84 per cent from the previous close.


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It's hard to ignore the doomsday prophets shouting about double-digit tax hikes and massive job layoffs. Every fifth word on the financial news networks is either "fiscal" or "cliff."
According to the pundits, the world as we know it will end on January 1. As a small business owner, what should your response be? Tearfully bid farewell to the employees who've worked for your family's company for generations? Buy a generator, and stockpile canned peaches and toilet paper?
No effin' way! Cliff or no cliff, small businesses like yours are what keep the economy chugging along. They're the little engines that not only think they can, they know they can. Keep doing what you do best! If you make something, keep making it. If you sell something, keep selling it.
And stop thinking that some day you'll get around to implementing SEO for your company. That day has arrived.
Rule #1: You can't afford to wait
Sure there's economic uncertainty. When isn't there? The difference between the businesses that grow despite the economy, and those that end up auctioning off their empty desks and file cabinets on eBay is preparation.
Using SEO for a small company, you'll get that preparation.
Customers find businesses online, and if you haven't taken the time to do SEO for your business, they won't find you. Small company SEO is what gets your business found!
Sure, you could hire a guy in a red chicken suit to jump up and down with a sign pointing to your restaurant. You might even get a few new customers to drive in, but you'll probably just hear the honks of passing cars. And laughter. Your sales will suffer the same humiliation as the poor chicken.
And even if you can find a fool who'll dance in a chicken costume for minimum wage, guess what? You're an even bigger idiot, 'cuz minimum wage five days a week will probably cost you more than search engine optimization in the long run!
Rule #2: You need Google
Forget the zombie apocalypse. Zombies aren't going to take over the world. Google is.
According to the Google gods, 97% of consumers search for local businesses online. Google Places (now known as Google+ Local) helps them find what they're looking for. There are more than 80 million Google+ Local pages worldwide, and it's time for you to add your company to this growing list.
Registration is free. You don't need a website, and customers don't have to leave Google to get information like your company's phone number, address, and customer reviews.
But you can't hire a chicken to promote your company on Google. Hire an agency that provides affordable small business SEO services, and they'll help you outrank your competition.
Rule #3: You need social media
Social media cues now play a big part in how well businesses rank in search engine results. Any campaign that is meant to improve SEO for a small company should incorporate social media marketing.
It's not enough to create a Facebook page for your business. You need a presence on many social platforms, and you need to actively engage with your customers on all of them. That means regularly adding unique, exciting, and interesting content that people actually want to read or look at. Spamming a thousand shares or likes to your Facebook account does get you a lot of links to your site, yes. However, that doesn't help you at all. How many sales will that get you? None! Plus, you are dancing with the devil by doing that.
If you're thinking, "I don't have time for fricking Facebook," you're not alone! Businesses that rank well often have an SEO/SEM firm to do the social aspect of SEO for small companies for them.
Rule #4: You need local SEO
Local SEO for small companies is more than just a business listing on Google. It's an ongoing process that helps companies rank well in search engine results for a specific city.
Say a customer who lives in Atlanta is looking for a Christmas tree. She'll most likely go to Google, and type something like "Christmas trees Atlanta" or "Atlanta Christmas trees."
Local search optimization for small businesses helps savvy tree farmers appear on the first page of those search results. Guess who has a merrier Christmas? The farmers who did SEO, that's who. They'll be ho-ho-hoing all the way to the bank!
And that's it. It's a wrap. I hope you liked my 4 rules of SEO for small companies.
To More Traffic, More Conversions, And More Business,
Michael Bartlett
Motriz Marketing
- Michael BartlettOnline marketer at Interactive 360, Inc.Michael Bartlett is a Southern search engine optimization genius hailing from Houston, Texas. Whenever he's not tinkering around with keyword density rates of alt image tags and far geekier SEO madness, he enjoys long walks on the beach, pretty girls, and to the death scrabble matches with puny opponents who don't stand a chance against his mighty word formation weaponry.


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By the time the national anthem is sung, most of Twins hitting coach Scott Ullger's work is done for the day. Hours before the Metrodome's gates open and the fans begin to file in, Ullger might be hanging out with his players in the clubhouse video room, studying tapes, going over previous at-bats looking for problems and breaking down a hitter's swing. Or he'll be down in the newly installed batting cage tucked in the Dome's right-field corner doing more fine-tuning, throwing soft-toss or working with a player who's hitting off a tee. Baseball players put in long hours, and much of the day-to-day grunt work of the game goes on outside the scrutiny of fans and media. This season, with a roster brimful of young and unproven players, Ullger has his work cut out for him.
The big cage is dragged out to home plate a few hours before game time, and Ullger and his fellow coaches take turns throwing batting practice from behind a screen at the front of the mound. BP affords a hitter the chance to work on his rhythm and his stroke. He's not going to see anything fancy--most batting practice pitches come in at about 60 miles per hour--and the goal is to hit the ball where it's pitched and jump on anything you can drive. If you arrive at the park early enough to witness the ritual of BP, you'll see a lot of line drives, plenty of home runs, as well as a steady stream of banter, advice, and heckling from around the cage.
On this day in late April, Ullger arrived at the ballpark early to put in some extra work with 23-year-old rookie outfielder Torii Hunter, who went hitless in four at-bats the previous night and is struggling to keep his average over .200. "We're gonna work on some things with Torii," the coach says. "We noticed last night that his hips and shoulders were flying open, and we're trying to keep him back until he makes contact, not before." Now, as the right-handed-hitting Hunter takes his turns in the cage, it's clear he's concentrating on Ullger's advice. He keeps his weight back, his hands quiet; with a short, level swing and his head down, he drives pitch after pitch back up the middle and into the gaps.
Hitting a baseball is the one challenge in sports that can consistently make an otherwise graceful and coordinated human being look as hapless as Roberto Benigni. Even the most sporting of pitching machines can reduce a decent weekend athlete to a flailing, frustrated wreck, and unless you're one of the blessed and fortunate few, the odds are very good that you couldn't even get good wood off the most rag-armed BP pitcher. The biggest bum ever to wear a big-league uniform would make you and me look sick. (All right, maybe we could hit Scott Aldred.)
But really, those are just the plain, hard facts of baseball, and it's the one reason the sport cruelly weeds out aspirants at a relatively early age, driving dreamers into softball leagues, where the ball is tossed underhand and always looks like a grapefruit coming toward the plate, or to the obsessive labyrinths of fantasy ball. Perhaps you're familiar with the clichés: How you're supposed to somehow hit a round ball square using a round bat. How even the best hitters fail seven out of ten times. You've got a split second to react to the trajectory of a projectile that's traveling toward you at 70 to 100 mph--a difficult assignment at even the lowest of skill levels. (Just ask Michael Jordan, who struggled to hit his weight in the depths of the minors.)
Imagine, then, the challenges facing Scott Ullger. The Twins' budget-slashing measures have left Tom Kelly and his staff with a roster of largely unproven young players, including a handful of hitters who have spent hardly any time above AA ball. As Ullger knows too well, and as his young charges are finding out in a hurry, there is a world of difference between even the highest minor leagues and the bigs. It's like trying to go from pounding out Christmas carols on a church-basement piano to mastering Chopin at Orchestra Hall, and the learning curve couldn't be steeper. A good minor-league fastball hitter won't get a chance to feast on major-league heaters for long before teams start to feed him a steady diet of breaking balls and off-speed stuff, and the guy who can't adjust will find himself back in Triple A in a hurry. And it's not just the pitching: Defenses are more accomplished and unforgiving, umpires and managers are more exacting, the scouting is more sophisticated, and the scrutiny is more intense.
Ullger comes uniquely qualified to appreciate both the tremendous shot his young players are being given and the difficulties they face. At age 42, he has spent more than 20 years in professional ball, the majority of that time in baseball's backwaters, playing and managing in the minor leagues. Through ten minor-league seasons, he put up consistently solid numbers as a right-handed-hitting outfielder/first baseman/third baseman, but the big break never came, and his one opportunity in the majors was more like a drive-through shot of decaf espresso than the proverbial cup of coffee. Ullger spent the 1983 season with the Twins, but on a team that included Kent Hrbek, Gary Gaetti, Tom Brunansky, and Gary Ward, he didn't get much of a chance to show what he could do. He started the season in an 0-for-19 slump and finished with only 79 at-bats and a .190 average.
Having those stats next to his name in the Baseball Encyclopedia must smart, but Ullger can only shrug now when he remembers the frustrations of that season. "It was different then," he says. "A player usually got only one chance, and I pretty much sat on the bench the whole year. You can't be bitter about it--you know, maybe I could have caught a break and played ten years, but I was a couple years older than most of those guys, and the opportunities were given to them. I did learn from the experience how to prepare yourself to come off the bench, and I learned a lot by just sitting around watching and paying attention to what was going on. I think that opportunity to really study the game, plus the versatility I had as a player, has allowed me to be a halfway decent coach."
Ullger spent his last minor-league season with the Orioles' Triple A team, and the next year Jim Rantz, the Twins' minor-league director, called and offered him a managerial job at Visalia in the California League, which at the time was the team's class A franchise. He ended up spending seven years as a manager in the Twins farm system, and had success at every stop, winning titles at A, AA, and AAA and being named Manager of the Year in both the California and Pacific Coast leagues. The Twins named Ullger their first-base coach in 1995, and he's been around ever since, spending the past few seasons in the third-base coaching box. When Terry Crowley departed for Baltimore during the off-season, creating a vacancy in the hitting-coach slot, Ullger lobbied for the job, and won it.
Though Ullger has embraced some aspects of Crowley's favored approach--e.g., a short, compact swing--he has some different ideas about the way hitters might trigger that swing, and incorporates components of the famed Charlie Lau/Walt Hrniak weight-shift model (in which the weight is shifted back with the pitch and forward with the swing) while recognizing the limitations inherent in any one absolute approach.
"You can't really go with one style," the hitting coach says. "Because each hitter is different, has different strengths and different weaknesses. Our approach is really just to work with these guys to try to get them to hit the ball hard, try to hit line drives back up the middle, and then, if they can work the count in their favor, maybe looking for a spot to drive the ball. And you'd like guys to be able to handle the outside pitch and learn to take it the other way. Plate discipline is such a big thing with young hitters, learning to work the pitcher and know what pitches to look for in what situations. A lot of times young hitters will get themselves out, and when they start scuffling it becomes a mental thing. That's what we try to stay away from: We'll work on mechanics, a consistent approach, studying pitchers, keeping emotions under control. They have to learn that sometimes when they're making outs they're not doing anything physically wrong."
With so many young players, there are days when time management is Ullger's greatest challenge. He gets to the ballpark at one o'clock most afternoons, and there's often a line for early batting practice. "It's hard to find time," the coach admits. "Everybody has their needs. It never ends, but this is a great group of guys, willing to work hard and get better. And I think we're having a lot of fun."
Later this night, in the game against Boston, the freshly tutored Torii Hunter has about as much fun as a hitter can have, belting a grand slam off Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield and ending the evening two-for-three with a walk and five RBI. For Scott Ullger it's one of the more conspicuous triumphs in what promises to be a long season of small victories.
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Xena and Gabrielle are back, trying to adjust to living at home in Amphipolis. A lot of stories often have them leaving home and traveling for their adventures but this time they have decided to resist the urge to wander. But for how long? I think this time the greater good is going to be debated rather than served.
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Originally opened in April 1924 as the Ritz Theatre with 1,300 seats. It was renamed Manos Theatre 1935.
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The Manos Theatre on Philadelphia Street in Indiana was destroyed in the early 1980s. I don't know much about this theatre…I did attend movies there as a child, it was a beautiful theatre and it was a sad day when it was leveled. On the site now is the offices of Indiana County Head Start.
Barry: I was about to ask some folks I just met from Indiana PA about this theatre, but since it was leveled they will only have their personal memories. Too bad as Indiana PA is the homewtown of Jimmy Stewart and Stewart movies could have been shown at that theatre like It's A Wonderful Life during the holiday season.
The Manos chain was pretty big in Western PA. The Palace in Greensburg has been beautifully restored and has frequent shows. We recently saw Patti Page there. I have a half decent xerox pix of the Manos in Monessen (rebuilt 1948// demolished a few years ago)
The photo shows that the Manos Theatre was in a very old building. I would not expect a building of that style to have been built as late as 1928, when the theater organ was installed, and it could have been built as early as the 1900s or 1910s. The auditorium could have been built behind an existing commercial building, of course, but this could also be an earlier theater that has had multiple names.
Arcadia Publishing Company's book Indiana, Pennsylvania mentions five theater names in the town, but is very short on both details and photos. It doesn't mention the name Ritz Theatre.
There's a photo of a theater called the Star, located on 7th Street, which was demolished to make way for a department store in 1915. There's a photo of the entrance of the Manos Theatre in 1956. There's a photo of the Indian Theatre from 1936.
Most interesting is a theater called the Globe. There's a photo apparently depicting the original Globe, built in 1909, which suffered a fire in 1912. The Globe then moved to a different (unspecified) location. The caption says the new Globe was later called the Strand. What I'm wondering is if the Globe/Strand later became the Ritz and then the Manos?
Boxoffice of July 31, 1967, said that the Manos Theatre in Indiana, Pennsylvania, had celebrated its thirtieth anniversary on the 19th of that month, so it must have lost he name Ritz in 1937.
The Manos Theater's closing was announced on September 24, 1980.
Just for clarification—-the Manos Theater building was NOT demolished. It still stands, but has been repurposed into standard office space.
The Ritz Theatre opened in April, 1924, according to this item from the May 3 issue of The Moving Picture World:
"W. P. McCartney, whose newest theatre, the Ritz, at Indiana, was opened three weeks ago, was in town a few days ago and stated that standing room only has been the rule at this beautiful new house. The Ritz seats 1,300."The building through which the Manos Theatre's entrance ran is still standing, but is nowhere near big enough to have held a theater seating over 1,000, so the auditorium must have been behind it on the space now occupied by a parking lot. It has definitely been demolished.
This web page has multiple photos showing the house both as the Ritz and as the Manos.
According to a articles in the Indiana Evening News, W. Penn McCartney acquired the site of the Ritz Theatre in 1919. Plans for the new theater, originally to have been called the Rialto, were completed by the Punxsutawney firm of Powell & Justus in 1920, and construction was expected to begin soon, but there were apparently numerous delays.
Announcements of the imminent construction of the theater appeared in the newspaper in 1921 and 1922. Later announcements gave the name of the architectural firm as Powell Bros. (perhaps Mr. Justus died while waiting for the project to begin.) Reports in construction trade journals in 1922 also named Powell Bros. as architects for the project.
I've been unable to find any articles about the project from 1923, or from 1924, when it was finally built, but if Mr. McCartney was having trouble getting financing for the theater (the most likely cause of the delays) then it's unlikely that he would have been able to afford entirely new plans for the project, and the original plans by Powell & Justus, perhaps updated by Powell Bros., were probably used.
An August 8, 1966, Indiana Evening News article said that Michael Manos' Monessen Amusement Co. took over the Ritz Theatre in 1933. A full page ad in the February 7, 1937, issue of the paper touted the second anniversary of the Manos Theatre, so the renaming must have taken place in early 1935.
My grandfather, Al Mercer, worked at this theater up until the mid 1970s. My mother worked in the ticket window in the mid 1950s & met my father there. He was attending IUP at the time.
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The tiny Wisconsin burg of Antigo is engulfed in a golf-and-drug scandal that has lead to the suspension of the elementary school principal and implicated former members of the coaching staff of the well regarded local football program. According to the Wisconsin Rapids Herald, the Bass Lake Country Club has been used this winter as a meeting place for local men to buy, sell and smoke marijuana. The club, which is carved into the large pine forests that border the Nicolet National Forest to the northeast of Wausau, is closed for the off-season. Reportedly, the group of men, who are all in their 40s and 50s, bought and sold marijuana, often smoking it before playing rounds of golf. The investigation by the Langlade County Sheriff's Department also found that players purchased cocaine dozens of times.
Bass Lake was a hotbed. Former football coach John Lund was accused in court documents of selling the weed, and a local drug dealer named Jim Hunter was arrested last week. "It is that Hunter estimated selling cocaine three or four times a year to the Bass Lake Country Club guys over the past three years," the filing says. "It totals about 18 to 24 deliveries of cocaine to the Bass Lake Country Club."


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Hookah Smoking In S. Wheeling
Business finds a way around county's indoor tobacco ban
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WHEELING — Mike Kralovic is able to do what Trey Santorine could not: have people legally smoke a hookah pipe inside a Wheeling business. Kralovic, co-owner of the Tobacco Warehouse, 4300 Jacob St....
So a bong shop is ok but don't you DARE try and sell "bath salts" or "insense"
What's next a ban on big gulps?
This town has now BECOME the carbon copy of California stupid!
Always said local officials were smoking something!!!
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Just move closer to the MarkWest Hookah in Houston Pa that spits black smoke now on a regular basis... FREE TO THE PUBLIC!
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hey..if they want to spend their money they made flipping burgers here then so what. lol.
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His store is a great place and a very friendly environment he has alot more then just the hookahs hes turned an old building into something positive that not many other people do in wheeling. Most get knocked down and turned into parking lots! Hes got great prices and its definately a fun place to go. His store is for anyone who likes hookahs or cigars or smoke cigarettes or for the people who roll their own he has a lot to offer for anyone looking for tobacco products
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@whgsfuture - "Older folks will not like this. However, this appeals to some younger folks: college students and probably some unsavory folks. "
Generations change. I remember whgspast as a golden era. South Wheeling was in the firm control of organized crime with nearly 30 'sporting houses'. That's where a lot of college guys hung out. The controlling folks kept good order and safety. Sometimes, at least in the past, 'unsavory folks' are the white hats.
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I have been in Kravolic's store and it is a well-lit, very well kept, respectable business. He has every form of LEGAL tobacco you can imagine. Hookah bars in other countries are used for sampling flavored tobaccos or for social gatherings. That's what his shop is set up for. Yes, they are used for tobacco, but just like many other things, people can pervert something and use it for what it was never intended for in the first place. Of course people will believe what they want to and trying to convince them otherwise is futile. I wish him luck and good business. Glad to hear business has picked up for him.
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yeah, right..
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I can't think of anything more invigorating and productive than spending a few hours sitting in a small, dim, bare brick-walled room su cking expensive flavored smoke into my lungs. If they would only add bongo music and a strobe light – nirvana.
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The Clean Indoor Air Act is quite straightforward in allowing retail tobacco shops to "test their products" (smoke inside). The problem I ran into was a lack of funds and time more than anything else. Unfortunately I've been away at college and can't see Kravolic's shop but I hope he's able to turn it into a fun and vibrant place and not just charge for a hookah and a chair. Good luck mike!
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Older folks will not like this. However, this appeals to some younger folks: college students and probably some unsavory folks. Unsavory folks would probably prefer drugs and consider hookah smoking wasteful spending. Chill folks....this is a good thing. We cannot attract young people by offering them old foggy stuff. Need proof? Look around you the next time you go to a festival in the city. You will see a huge majority of old folks. The current people in charge are turning Wheeling into a senior citizen gathering place.
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So these are sold for smoking tobacco? I might have been born at night but it wasn't last night.
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Ubercart is not a separate script of an online store; it's a Drupal module. This means that first of all you need to install Drupal and all the necessary modules before installing Ubercart. No need to be an Einstein to figure out how to install all these elements.
Setting up Must-Have Modules
Before installing Ubercart we need to setup some Drupal modules. These third-party ones are not the part of a core and they are created by individual developers or companies. They provide additional features or enhance existing ones. Here you can see the full list of Drupal modules. In fact, only the Token module is required for Ubercart. What is Token you can read on the front page of this module. Tokens are small bits of text that can be placed into larger documents via simple placeholders, for example,% site-name or [user].
Token module provides a central API for modules that use these signs, and add their own markers values. Please note that Token module provides no visible features for users, in fact, it provides services for the processing of tokens for other modules.
For Drupal 6 Module Token is a submodule "Token Action", which can be enabled separately. It provides an "action" for Drupal Actions/Trigger modules that use Token replacements. Ubercart uses tokens in several functions, such as confirmation messages or e-mails.
Next Bunch of Modules Required to Support Images
Everyone wants to present his products with good images available in several sizes. We also want our customers to enlarge the images. Drupal does not support images out of the box, that's why Ubercart uses not one, but six different modules. Installation take time and it seems to be a complicated process, but they update Drupal, offering new features necessary for our online store. Modules required for installation:
Content Construction Kit (CCK): This is one of the most important modules for Drupal. It allows user to create new types of content and add new fields to existing content types using only the admin interface, without the need for any programming knowledge. You can download the module here.
FileField: This module is an extension for CCK. It creates a field to add the file.
ImageField: This module is also a complement to the CCK. It creates the image field.
ImageAPI and ImageAPI GD2: ImageAPI use GD2 library for image processing through PHP. It is very necessary modules, because they allow us to perform basic operations on images, such as resize, rotate, add watermark, crop, or converting to another format directly from the browser, without the need to import into the application for image editing.
ImageCache: This module allows you to create pre-defined standard image. Ubercart uses ImageCache, to adjust all product images. You load an image, and module dynamically generates files for the product catalog, sketches, photos and a basket.
Thickbox: This module integrates jQuery plugin Thickbox into Drupal. By clicking the icon full-size version is opened in a new window without reloading the entire page. It provides automatic integration with all of the above modules.
Google Analytics: This module adds Google Analytics stats to your website. He is not only to collect general statistics such as number of visitors, most popular pages. E-commerce tracking and analysis is a very useful tool that helps you analyze profitability and manage your marketing strategy.
Views: This module provides site administrator Web interface that allows you to easily change the appearance of your site content.
After you've downloaded these modules create new directory sites/all/modules, extract files and copy modules to this folder. Finally, go to http://localhost/admin/build/modules, choose from this list of modules you need, and click Save.
Ubercart Installation
After you've installed Drupal modules, it's time to install Ubercart. Go to and download the latest Ubercart 2.x for Drupal 6. It comes as a compressed tar.gz file, extract it can be the same as you do with Drupal.
Copy it to your sites/all/modules as we did with the previous modules. In fact, Ubercart is not just a single module it's a package. Some of these modules require (Ubercart-core), and some of them are optional (Ubercart-Core (optional) and Ubercart-extra, Ubercart-fulfillment, and Ubercart-payment). No need to install each Ubercart module. It will take some time for you to decide which of them you need. Of course you can always go back and add or remove sub-modules, depending on your needs.
Compulsory modules
The most important Ubercart package modules are:
- Shopcart: required for the functioning of the shopping cart
- Conditional Actions: conditional actions needed to adjust shipping and taxes
Additional modules can be obtained at Drupal's repository.
Using UberDrupal, Ubercart Installation Profile
When we are installing profile, we are giving Drupal specific instructions what language to use, what topics to include, or which settings to use after installation. This is a very powerful tool with a great potential, since it allows developers to create predefined Drupal packages created for specific purposes, such as blogs, image galleries, magazines, or online stores. The only disadvantage of this procedure is that the profiles are not fully automated; you still have to download all modules, and then run the installation of the profile.
To automate the installation you can use the Drupal package - UberDrupal. It automatically sets all basic Ubercart and Drupal modules, which we've mentioned earlier. It also allows some basic pre-configuration and sets up the shop with default settings. If you want to use this installation profile, firstly you need to download all modules and all Drupal Ubercart modules, and then put them into folder sites/all/modules. Then download UberDrupal, and put it in the catalog profiles. Now, when you run the installation, you will see two options Select profile installation: Drupal or UberDrupal. Choosing the second option allows UberDrupal installation profile.
Ubercard Setup
So, after we've found out how to install Ubercart on Drupal, let's proceed to the configuration of Ubercart. Follow the link, my_website/admin, and there you'll see that a new configuration section appeared "Store administration".
Orders: at this point, all that concerns the formation and processing of orders, here you set it as your online store will process orders. Here you can see which orders are received and you can adjust them manually, manage and delete.
Customers: view and modify customer information and orders. Here you can get all the information needed about your customers.
Products: this option allows to see the settings of the Ubercart, concerning the goods and products that are sold in your online store, for example, how your product is displayed, what information should be displayed and so on.
Reports: in this section, you are offered all sorts of records of the store. Here is a log of all changes and transactions that took place in your store. You can see who bought a specific product etc.
Conditional actions: administer the predicates setup to automate store.
Configuration: setting up the configuration settings for Ubercart. Using this option you can modify Recycle Bin, catalog, product, process, shopping, etc. So there are some interface settings and display options.
Help: Link to get help!
Well, that's all. After fulfilling these steps your Drupal powered online store will be ready to go. If you have any questions or interesting ideas on how to optimize this process, making it easier and quicker, use the comments section. Also check out Drupal themes that include hundreds of absolutely terrific examples.


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I have an NSMutableArray that will start with 0 objects in it, but as the program progresses objects will be added to it. How can I shift all elements down, when a new element is added?
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As can be seen through the above list as objects are added to the array, all current elements move down. However, I do not want my array to exceed a certain size (lets say 10 elements). When a element is pushed to 11 I want it "pushed" out of the array. How can I go about doing this?
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Residential Multi-Family Garden Style Apartment:
Garden style apartments are typically referred to a low-rise apartment building. The Residential Multi-Family properties are historically under 5 stories tall and contain a center courtyard/common area in which the dwelling typically surround. These buildings are commonly found in states that enjoy warmer climates throughout the year, and the tenants tend to spend more time utilizing the buildings outdoor amenities such as pools, BBQ areas, sun decks, and gardens. Traditionally these style of Residential Multi-Family buildings can be found on the west coast in cities such as; California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, etc, unlike the Mid/High Rise properties that make up the iconic New York Skyline.
Mid/High-Rise Building:
Mid/High-Rise Residential Multi-Family apartments are typically tall buildings containing 10 stories or more and unlike the Garden–Style apartments, these buildings tend to have very little to no outdoor space utilized by the tenants. Many of these buildings rely in indoor amenities and surrounding landscape, and due to the size of the buildings; properties are generally equipped with elevator service to transport the tenants from one floor to another. These building tend to be found in larger cities with high density population in colder climate, such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, etc.
Multi-Family Asset Class:
In addition to the different styles of Residential Multi-Family properties, buildings are also categorized by class. The class of buildings is determined by several factors, and usually ranges from a grade of D which is at the lower end or preferred spectrum to a grade of A which is highly sought after. In addition to the property class, the location is also graded on the same scale. Properties that are considered Class A assets in Class A location tend to be highly desirable, and command much higher rents for the residential unit. Whereas the properties that fall in to the D grade in both Class and location tend to generate lower rent, which proves the time old saying, when it comes to real estate, it's all about location, location, location. Some of the factors that go into determining a Residential Multi Family's class or grade can be subjective to an extent, but there are definite parameters investor's banks, and brokers use when underwriting or determining value.
As discussed above, asset class is determined by several factors including location. Many building offer their residents several amenities which are commonly found in newer buildings, where as Residential Multi-Family buildings that were constructed much earlier tend not to provide the same services and amenities and which is reflected in determining the properties asset class. Several of the more modern building can be like four star resorts, offering their residents everything from; on-site gyms, media centers, spas, laundry service, to residential units that can rival million dollar homes.
So whether its garden-style apartment located in California or a Mid-High Rise in Downtown Manhattan, all these property fall within Real Estates Residential Multi-Family Asset Class.
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Each week The Republic visits with a member of the Diamondbacks for a series of on-the-spot questions. This week: Starting pitcher Josh Collmenter.
Question: There were people I heard on sports talk radio and some fans as well who were ready to give up on you after you ran into a series of tough starts. But you came back and pretty much stuck it to them. How rewarding has that been?
Answer: Well, I think all along the way I've had to try and prove people wrong. Everything's kind of unorthodox with what I do. It's probably added a little fuel to the fire, though, just to keep me going. But I know if I do what I can do as a pitcher then I can have success and it's just a matter of consistency and making sure I'm doing that every time out.
Q: A big part of this game is confidence. How much is confidence a big part of what you do?
A: I think it's big. You have to go out there and think that any time you face any team that you can get those guys out. If you have any doubt in your mind, then you're already beat a little bit. You just throw every pitch with conviction and trust it's going to do what it does. I heard one time that the worst pitch you can throw is one without conviction, so I try to make sure every time I go out there I pitch to contact, to the zone where I want, and force those guys to take swings and not wait around and let them get the pitch they want to hit.
Q: Your change-up has been incredibly effective for you this year, but I think it's the curveball that's throwing a lot of guys off. Would you agree with that?
A: Yeah, especially because a lot of guys haven't seen it often. It's kind of a surprise pitch and when I'm on, I can drop it in to seal a strike or even an out. They see it late coming into the strike zone and just have to throw the bat at it a lot of times. It's a pitch I definitely want to continue to work on and continue to master.
Q: If you only throw it seven times an outing, it can still be effective, right?
A: Yeah and I think that's part of why it's successful and why it works, because it usually comes at a completely unexpected time and usually catches them off balance.
Q: You're eligible for National League Rookie of the Year consideration. If it wasn't for Atlanta's Craig Kimbrel, who has 43 saves, (including Thursday's) do you think you'd have a shot?
A: He's having a tremendous rookie season, but I'm not trying to think about stuff like that too much. I just try to take care of my business and do what I can for the team and all the personal stuff comes secondary to that.
Q: People have been trying to give you a nickname based on that straight, over-the-top delivery you have. I've heard "The Ferris Wheel" and "The Tomahawk." What do you think of those?
A: I've heard those. A lot of guys have compared me in the past to the old Iron Mike pitching machines, where the arm comes right up over the top. That's another popular one, I guess.
Q: You actually used to practice throwing tomahawks in the woods back home in Michigan, though, correct?
A: Yeah, that's a true story. If that's what led to this arm angle or whether it's just the way I was made, that's how I've thrown since I first picked up a baseball and so far, it's carried me this far.
Q: If you had a tomahawk in your hand right now, could you imbed it into one of those lockers across the clubhouse?
A: I'd give it a try. I don't have the rotation down exactly, but I figure if I got close enough it would do some damage.
Q: So what's it been like to be involved in a playoff race?
A: Unbelievable. Just to come up and get to experience this was fun. But then a few months after that, to be where we're at and have a pretty good lead in our division and playing really good baseball down the stretch, it's what everyone dreams about. A lot of guys spend their entire career without even sniffing the postseason so to be in the middle of it and contributing my first year is even more than I could have dreamed for. It's just a lot of fun coming in here with these guys every day. The attitude in the dugout and around the locker room is just exceptional. It's a good environment, a good place to be and it's what baseball is all about.
Q: You're from Homer, Mich., and they threw a day in your honor back there when you and the Diamondbacks were in Michigan to play the Tigers. What was that experience like?
A: For what they were able to do in just a couple of days really shows what that small town is all about. Things like that don't happen every day there. They're behind you 100 percent and will root for you and cheer for you all the way through. That's how they are. Everybody knows everybody. I hear from a lot of people back there and they're all excited and proud and I think you get a sense of ownership that it's one of their own is doing this so they feel like they're part of it, too.
Q: I'm not saying it's going to happen, but how nice would it be for you if the Diamondbacks and Tigers were to meet in the World Series?
A: I've been hearing that from a lot of friends back home and they said they'd be torn on who to cheer. Most of them say if I pitched against them they'd be rooting for me but that they'd pull for the Tigers to win the Series. I haven't convinced them all to be Diamondbacks fans quite yet, but I'm working on it.
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>> Clean up Get a spit shine at the Clallam County Family YMCA in Port Angeles ($1.50 for shower, $8 for a full-day pass) and save your money for a swanky hotel with an in-room hot tub in Seattle. (360) 452-9244
>> Pig out The Crabhouse Restaurant on the Port Angeles waterfront has–you guessed it–the best crab cakes on this stretch of coast. They're made with locally caught Dungeness. (360) 457-0424, pacrabhouse.com
>> Best Dayhike: Lake Angeles-Heather Park Loop This 13-miler features virgin forest, wildflowers, one of the largest lakes in the Olympics, and climbs to views of Port Angeles, the Olympic Mountains, and the North Cascades across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Pick up the trailhead on Hurricane Ridge Road near the visitor center, outside Port Angeles.
>> Try something new You've seen two of the three major ecosystems in the Olympics. Now head for the coast on a sea-kayak trip along the Dungeness Spit. From the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, near Sequim, paddle seven miles to a historic lighthouse. You'll see harbor seals, sea lions, bald eagles, and water birds. Olympic Raft and Kayak conducts guided tours and rents gear for DIY trips ($99 per person guided, $45 for an eight-hour kayak rental). (888) 452-1443 or (360) 452-1443, raftandkayak.com
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(Video) Video footage shows brutal attack on troops on board Gaza-bound vessel; soldier says passengers fired at forces, beat them severely using metal bats, knives. 'We landed barehanded, and they lynched us,' he says
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on the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara vessel shows activists on board brutally beating up troops with metal rods and chairs.
Following the takeover of the ship, soldiers displayed for the cameras the knives and other weapons used by the Gaza-bound activists in their attack.
"I was among the last to come down, and I saw the guys spread all over, each in another corner, with three or four people around each. I saw a soldier on the ground with two people beating the hell out of him. I pushed them off of him, and they moved on to me and started to beat me up with the poles. This is how I broke my hand apparently," he said. "At the time I was not holding a weapon, just like everyone who came down from the rope barehanded and with our paintball guns on our backs."
"They came at me and assaulted me. I took them down to the ground. I took a few steps back and pulled out my paintball gun. They charged me while I fired at their legs," he said. "One of the bats shattered the weapon, so I moved on to the handgun, so that I have something to hold. At that point my arm wasn't functional."


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· As the weather chills on, escape to The Beach! That's right, our local waterpark is no longer linked solely with sand, surf and summer. The largest HOLIDAY FEST they've ever presented is underway featuring carriage and pony rides, live nativity scenes, strolling characters and storytellers, a "North Pole" petting corral with lambs, piglets, donkeys and more -- there's bound to be something to please even the Grinchiest young ones.
Want something more physical to combat those holiday pounds? Try the Penguin Arctic paddleboats or take your slickest ice-skating moves for a spin on the 7,500-square feet Carroll's Lake.
· Wanna see lights? Lots of them? Look no further than the famous FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, where for the 24th year the Cincinnati Zoo will flip your switch with 2.5 million lights. Expect a dazzling display of colors and patterns in the new Holiday in Lights show with more than 52,000 dancing lights that twinkle, sparkle and scintillate to a medley of popular holiday tunes. Another new feature this year: Watch for ice carvers with chisels and chainsaws as they transform huge blocks of ice into majestic holiday sculptures each night.
· Where would the holidays be without trains? One must-see, 61-year-strong tradition is the DUKE ENERGY TRAIN DISPLAY. It can be glimpsed through the windows at Fourth and Main streets, but walking through the lobby is a must to experience the full wonderment of more than 300 miniature train cars and engines on 1,000 feet of track. While you're downtown, check out FOUNTAIN SQUARE's new, improved ice skating area with dimensions equal to the Rockefeller Center's celebrated space.
· In a fitting theme for Cincinnati Museum Center, housed in Art Deco train station landmark Union Terminal, it's HOLIDAY JUNCTION time! Marvel at a 2,000-square-foot, O-gauge layout for trains that are 48 times smaller than life presented by local model train clubs and collectors. Some of the earliest vintage trains produced will also be displayed.
· If the model trains feel too, well, miniature, take a ride on SANTA'S NORTH POLE EXPRESS at Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad. (You can also register to win tickets at the Museum Center's Holiday Junction.) Each round trip from Lebanon Station to the "North Pole" lasts 90 minutes: 30 minutes for each scenic leg, with a half-hour stopover to visit Santa and his elves and warm up with hot chocolate. Dress warmly, as the vintage trains aren't heated.
· We know Santa's classic look consists of a red suit, a fluffy white beard and a big belly, but now the Newport Aquarium is adding scuba gear to the list. Check out SANTA'S WATER WONDERLAND -- where the water isn't frozen -- for a unique twist on seeing Saint Nick: Scuba Santa. ©
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The Comeback: Dominique Ansel Bakery Reopens Tomorrow at 8 a.m. With Special-Edition Cronuts [Updated]
After a DOH closure, the bakery reopens Tuesday morning at 8.am. with 'Rocky'-themed pastries.
After a DOH closure, the bakery reopens Tuesday morning at 8.am. with 'Rocky'-themed pastries.
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Pastrami for everyone.
"It's complicated."
The legal documents claim that "bridge-and-tunnel partygoers" ruined their peace and quiet.
Come blow your horn, and all that.
Go get a glass of wine in the famously tiny dining room.
Go get a porterhouse for two.
Get ready for "The National House of Pancakes."
The barge is back.
They fixed the pipe troubles that closed the restaurant last week.
Danny Bowien came close to signing a lease.
The Kiwi kebabs are coming back next.
The whiskey bread stays on the menu.
Go get some smoked-salmon-wrapped oysters.
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Michael Psilakis is celebrating with drinks specials and dollar oysters.
The chef will open a new restaurant in the space where he worked for many years.
A neighborhood-by-neighborhood look at how restaurants have fared in the 365 days since the storm.
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I just got word that Julie Vanloo WILL sign with Iowa State on Wednesday when the spring signing period starts. She will choose the Cyclones over offers from TCU, Miami and N.C. State, among others.
Vanloo - who hails from Belgium - is a talented point guard. In the U17 World Championships last summer, she averaged more than 17 points per game, pushing her team to a fourth-place finish.
While Vanloo will sign with Iowa State, it's still not a done deal that she will end up in Ames next fall. She is still deciding whether to play professionally in Europe or in college in the United States. The good news is that if she ends up in the States, it will most definitely be in Ames!
Here's a story I wrote on Vanloo after her visit to Iowa State in December.
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Good news, we are at least part of the way there in getting her to play for the Cyclones.
This sounds more promising than the last European player Fennelly brought over.
At least the cold won't scare her off.
The next JVB! Julie Vanloo from Belgium.
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This is great news, although the disclaimer at the bottom tempers my enthusiasm a bit.
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This is great news, although the disclaimer at the bottom tempers my enthusiasm a bit.
BF just tweeted that she has signed.
Iowa State: Anyone who's a true college basketball fan needs to see a game at Hilton Coliseum. Nice is in the DNA of Iowans and the fans here are particularly gracious -- even when the home team loses but gives a great effort, they are appreciative.
ESPN.com picked Hilton Coliseum as the "Hot Arena" in the Big 12...coaches in the league noted that, "regardless of talent, the Cyclones have a home court like no other."
was excited when i received fennelly's tweet, then after reading the other article......i doubt she will come, thanks for getting my hopes up!
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