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Olga's Diary (Continued)
Dear Diary
Sydney: I got a letter from home. It had been sent to St Giles who forwarded to Miss Franklin who forwarded to Sister Pateman and eventually I got it.
It was from Sydney saying he was coming to England on a business trip and would be staying at the Reynolds Hotel in London during the last week of March. He said he wanted to see me and isn't leaving England until he has done.
So I went to meet him on my day off yesterday. Sydney has lost weight and some hair, but, otherwise he'd barely changed, but he said I had.
I had bought a new outfit for the occasion because I wanted to look the best I could. I was wearing a new blue dress I'd recently bought and a little hat to match and a grey coat belted at the waist. I thought I looked very nice. Sydney said I did.
It was so good to hear about Mammie and the family. He told me Mammie was well, but worried about me and gave me all the news about the family. Cissie and Dyke had another two children; Dolly had married her Syrian and I felt sad I hadn't be at her wedding; there were no changes in Pearl's life; Ruby had a boyfriend called Jack, whom Sydney and Mammie approved of. Ruby and Jack were very serious about each other and Sydney said he thought there might be another marriage in the family. How nice.
Birdie was working at the Ward Theatre and it seemed as if she might go to America and stay with Vivie for a while. Vivie had got her divorce and married Freddie. I wondered how Mammie felt about that, I bet she was upset. Chickie and Maurice were well but poor Chickie still hadn't heard a word from Victor Condell and Gwennie was still living with that terrible man, Keith Rousseau. And Boysie and Minah had another baby, a little girl. Once we'd been through the family I waited for the questions to come my way.
"Mammie is desperately worried about you Olga. We know you're not at the hospital any more, what happened?"
I couldn't tell Sydney about Marie, not because I was frightened of him, I wasn't any more, but because I was so ashamed of what happened to me and I hadn't the courage to face my family.
I told him I'd failed my first year's exam and that's why I left the hospital and because of the war I couldn't go home. So I had to find some work and because I had some experience nursing I found a job as a children's nursery nurse.
I told him I had lots of friends and I was very happy with the job because it was well paid and I would never to be able to earn so much in Jamaica. I wanted to stay on here in London a bit longer.
"Well, that's fine because I'm going to be here for at least another four months doing business around the country, so, when I've finished, we can go home together". Sydney had it all worked out.
"This time", he said, "I'm keeping my promise to Mammie".
I gave him a false address and he gave me the date he would be back at the Reynolds Hotel. I told him I would ring him at the hotel when he returned there. It wasn't that I don't want to go home, of course I do. I want to be with my family and I want Mammie to see her beautiful little granddaughter, but I fear seeing Mammie's disappointment in me, that would be too much to bear. I know they will ask questions which I don't want to answer. The memory is too painful.
Then Sydney asked about Joanne and if she was well. When I told him she'd died, I swear there were tears in his eyes. He put his arm round me, but I had to shake it off and he looked hurt. I couldn't help it, these days if anyone is kind to me, I cry.
Sydney wanted to know why I hadn't kept in touch with Aunt Martha. I told him I didn't like her because she blasphemed a lot, was a drunk, a liar and a hypocrite. I must have said it with such venom, because Sydney looked so shocked. I told him how when I was staying with her, Mr Kitchen stayed overnight with Aunt Martha and that they were living together as man and wife. I told him she said mean things to me.
"She makes a great pretence of being a Christian person when she's in Jamaica going to Church but she doesn't go near a Church here and then there's Mr Kitchen"
"What about Mr Kitchen" Sydney asked. And before I could stop myself I'd blurted out Aunt Martha's big secret.
"He's a black man".
Dear Diary
The Hunt Ball: The Hurts have a stud farm in Ireland and, now the war is over, they have decided to close Hendon Hall and move back to Ireland. Mrs Hurt said she would have liked me to come with them, but there are staff there already. I don't mind really. But before they move to Ireland they want to hold a Hunt Ball, like they used to do before the war.
Fortnum and Mason's in Piccadilly are doing the catering for the Hunt Ball and Mrs Hurt has put me in charge of collecting the programmes which means I have to stand by the drawing room door and as the gentlemen came in they hand me their programmes. I had a peek at one and it's just a list of all the dances with room to write down the name of the lady who the gentleman is going to have a particular dance with.
Mrs Hurt's daughter-in-law, Judith dressed me for the Ball in a long white dress with a wide gold sash around my waist and a gold and white turban on my head. When I saw myself in the mirror I thought I looked like Annie Harvey, the Obeah woman in Kingston, but Mrs Hurt and Mrs Attwood said I looked lovely.
When the first huntsman arrived he gave me his programme.
"I think you are in the wrong place"
"This is the Hunt Ball isn't it?"
"Yes, but you're supposed to be in an evening suit".
"My dear girl, the huntsmen come to the Hunt Ball in their hunting jacket" he said.
No one had told me that the huntsmen come in their red coats. Captain and Mrs Hurt were coming down the spiral staircase and she looked lovely in a lilac evening dress.
"What's the matter Carmen".
"I was just telling this gentleman that he was in the wrong place".
Mrs Hurt was very apologetic to the gentleman and said she should have explained to me that the huntsmen come in their uniform. I felt very foolish, but the gentleman and Mrs Hurt were very nice about it.
Oh it was a wonderful sight, all those handsome men in their red hunting jackets and the ladies looking beautiful in their evening dresses.
Our last day: This morning Captain Hurt gave Marie a present beautifully wrapped and tied with a pink ribbon. The present was so big I had to help her open it and out came a whopping big doll. She was the most beautiful doll I've ever seen and she was as big as Marie.
Marie was speechless, but beaming.
"Susie", she finally said, hugging the doll tight. It was a wonderful present from the Hurts and made my little girl very happy.
Mrs Hurt gave me a month's holiday pay and arranged for Marie to go into a nursery in Basingstoke for two weeks so that I could have a holiday and promised to give me a good reference for my next position.
"Carmen, I don't want to pry into your personal life and I only do so now because I'm fond of you and Marie, but for Marie's sake don't you think you should contact your family".
Mrs Hurt had no idea I had already seen Sydney, nor did she know I had an Aunt in London. I had never discussed anything about my family with the Hurts.
"I don't think you realise how hard life could become for you both. There are many people, including the authorities, who consider an unmarried mother unfit to bring up a child and may even try and take her from you".
I was deeply touched by her concern for us and wanted to hug her, like I would Mammie, but I was a servant and that wouldn't have been acceptable, so I just said
"I will think about it".
I hope Mrs Hurt is wrong. I think my guardian angel has returned to watch over me and Marie. We have been lucky so far; we have met nice people like the Sister Pateman and Sister Warner at the nursery, the Hurts, even Matron and Miss Franks have been very, very, kind.
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Donald Bers, the Joseph Silva Endowed Chair for Cardiovascular Research and chair of the Department of Pharmacology at UC Davis, was recognized as a Distinguished Scientist at the American Heart Association's 2012 Scientific Sessions, which were held in Los Angeles Nov. 3-7.
With this recognition, Bers joins a prominent group of 75 scientists and clinicians whose overall work has significantly advanced the association's mission of "building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke."
Bers is a world-renowned expert on the intricate physiological factors that regulate cardiac contractions and identifying treatment targets for correcting abnormal heart rhythms. By using unique research models, focusing on quantitative techniques and synthesizing results across biological studies, his work has dramatically expanded the understanding of heart muscle-dynamics.
"Dr. Bers' innovative research is at the forefront of defining cellular and molecular pathways that can lead to new treatments for heart disease, which is the number-one cause of death in the U.S.," said Frederick J. Meyers, executive associate dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine. "Combined with his remarkable track record of service to his field, dedication to mentoring early-career researchers, and advocacy for the advancement of women in medicine, it is no surprise that this prestigious organization considers him among the nation's premier cardiology scientists."
Known for his enthusiasm for scientific discovery and the high standard of scholarship he sets for his research team, Bers is highly sought as a speaker for national and international conferences and symposiums. He has published more than 350 scientific papers and held leadership positions in several professional organizations. His monograph Excitation-Contraction Coupling and Cardiac Contractile Force is an indispensable reference for students and scientists.
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DemoDick wrote:NILIF is great, but in your case it may push him into further dominance behaviors. I have a much more effective way to deal with what you described.
Put the dog on a flat collar that he cannot slip. The next time he growls at you for any reason, hang his a$$ up and keep repeating "Enough...enough, enough..." Be prepared for him to try to bite you, but keep him hanging. He will decide that he wants to breathe more than he wants to be a jerk. When he calms down and behaves tell him he's good and don't hold a grudge. Now get on with your day, but be ready to repeat the procedure if necessary.
This kind of thing needs an immediate and unforgettable response from you. Let him know that you control everything for him, including his air supply. If you try to redirect his behavior you are not addressing it in the way it needs to be addressed.
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a 5 month old pup that curls his lip and growls at me is toast. if he does it more then once, he is gone. but this is just me..
JCleve86 wrote:Why not? Because there are THOUSANDS of pit bulls (and mixes) our there dying in shelters who WON'T need to be strangled to behave. Simple as that. WHY put forth the effort (and take the risk) of saving a temperamentally sub-par dog when a sound dog could be in his place, but instead, this sound dog will die for lack of space, and this unsound dog may very well end up making another headline.
This is, of course, assuming the dog in quesiton TRULY is unsound.
This is, of course, assuming the dog in quesiton TRULY is unsound
the dog should be evaluated and the more I think about it, the sooner the better - a professional who is familiar with bullies should evaluated this dog - if truly unsound, especially with the kids in the house, it needs to be humanely euthanized as soon as possible.
I pulled him up by the leash level with my face & gave him a shake & a stern talking to.
cheekymunkee wrote:This is, of course, assuming the dog in quesiton TRULY is unsound
Yes, but that is only an assumption. Not to mention an ownded PUPPY, NOT a rescue.
Sometimes a little training & behaviour "modification" goes a looooong way.
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How to help kids eat right for breakfast
Now that your children have settled into their school routine, it's time to pay a little more attention to breakfast.
This meal is very important because your body has been fasting all night as you sleep and it is ready to break its fast in the morning. Kids need to get that extra fuel in the morning to help them get through the day. Eating breakfast helps children to concentrate better and score better on tests.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Wellness Services Team Leader Lori Howard provides these tips for breakfast. She is a licensed, registered dietitian and mother of two children.
- Offer foods that are rich in fiber, such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains. For example, celery with peanut butter or veggie omelets are great ways to feed kids vegetables in the morning.
- Offer a variety of food groups to include protein and healthy fats with breakfast. Fiber, protein and healthy fats provide satiety, slow down digestion and sustain longer in the body.
- High-fat, high-sugary foods such as doughnuts, pastries and Pop Tarts® tend to digest quickly, making a child feel sluggish or even more tired early on in the morning. But any breakfast is better than no breakfast at all!
"Parents, don't worry if you don't have time for traditional breakfast foods," Lori says. "If you're in a hurry, anything goes. It's OK to offer leftovers such as pizza or hot dish or to serve sandwiches."
Whether you provide pizza, scrambled eggs or a bowl of cereal, eating breakfast helps kids concentrate better and perform better on tests. Help your kids get off to a good start!


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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Some Thoughts On The Meaning Of Justice For Our Roads
Jail time is the typical deterrent we assign to crime in our society. There is problem however when someone who sprays some paint on a wall, or smokes some pot, can get more jail time than someone who clobbers a person to the brink of death with an automobile and flees the scene. It's clear how we assign jail time is not always equitable to the damage the crime has caused. But is jail time really the best answer for dealing with reckless drivers?
There are the occasional cases of a sociopathic deliberate act of violence using a car, where jail should not be a question, such as the Mandeville case, or David Jassy mowing down a pedestrian after kicking him in the head. However most tragedies on the road are the product of extreme carelessness behind the wheel, and not the deliberate intention to harm. Though they may realize their carelessness can lead to such harm. Unlike other criminal behaviors, the endangerment to society created by reckless drivers is really only when those drivers are behind the wheel. Some people who might otherwise in their life be generally nice people, never steal or cause harm to others, can also turn into something quite sinister behind the metal and glass confines of the automobile. I still think Disney best parodied this social phenomenon in the animated short "Motor Mania". Tom Vanderbilt's book Traffic, which I reference often, explores driving from a more psychological and sociological perspective, and is an enlightening read on the topic.
So it would seem clear to me, the best course of action to address the problem of dangerous drivers, is to stop them from driving. Driving is not a right in this country, and hasn't been for a very long time. As the death toll grew and grew during the dawn of the motoring age, it became clear that driving must be made a licensed privilege to protect society. Despite the much slower machines and smaller numbers of vehicles on the road, the 1920's alone saw over 200,000 American deaths from automobile collisions (58,169 Americans died fighting in the 9 years of Vietnam for comparison). 60% of those road fatalities were pedestrians during that era. Today approximately 40,000 Americans die a bloody death every year on our roads. [Stats From Fighting Traffic]
In many public discussions of driving, the so called right to drive is invoked, but really there is no such thing. We must remind people driving is a privliage, and we must have a legal system that is actually willing to revoke that privliage when nessisary to defend the right to life and safety of other citizens.
So in conclusion, what I want to see most in the punishment of criminal drivers, more so than jail sentences, is complete revocation of driving for life with vehicle impound, in the most extreme cases. Suspensions and substantial fines in any serious cases, varying in length to fit the crime, with consideration to bodily harm that was caused. And finally the fine structure for all road crimes should be reconsidered. In our current system, a rich man with a fast car can speed, get a ticket, and not think too much of it. To them that's like a lift ticket for someone snowboarding, or comparatively speaking, much cheaper. Sliding income fine structures ensure a fine is a serious blow for any driver, while not being overly punitive on the middle class and poor.
Additionally we need to strengthen the means by which we keep suspended or revoked drivers off the road. There are plenty of cases of fatal collisions caused by someone who's license was already suspended after developing a deep record of violations that never amounted to much punishment. For this I would propose steep fines and jail time for being caught unlicensed that multiplied for repeat offense. There also needs to be better data tracking across state lines to ensure a driver doesn't hop around from state to state racking up offenses in different jurisdictions, one of the ways drivers get around suspended licenses.
It's also essential that we stop tolerating people driving around with dealer plates. License plates are an essential part of the accountability for dangerous vehicles on the road, and it is illegal to drive without a license plate or a valid temporary license plate card. The incident a while back with the SUV driver who plowed through a group of cyclists, they had no license plate. Which emboldened them to be so aggressive with their vehicle. One of the witnesses said they heard the occupants say "no plates" during the altercation.
I was shooting photography in Santa Monica recently and got a photo of an SUV stopped at a light completely blocking the entire crosswalk at Ocean Ave. and Colorado. One of the most populated crosswalks in Santa Monica because of it's connection to the famous pier. I later zoomed into some of the photos, and surprise surprise, dealer plates with no temp sticker. What is it with all the bad SUV drivers with dealer plates? Start scanning for plates in any big parking lot and you quickly realize just how many people are rolling without accountability. Pretty scary.
An important component to successfully revoking and suspending drivers licenses, that is less often discussed, is the need to combine any such enforcement with education on living car-free. Some of us already live car-free out of necessity, or by choice, or have learned to get by with much less driving thanks to cycling and our growing public transit network. For those who could never afford a car, it was never a choice to learn how to get around without one. For those of us who made a conscious decision to get by without a car, it's usually a transitional process. To suddenly lose the ability to drive is a shock, and those without a solid grasp of alternatives will sometimes cling to the steering wheel even if they aren't allowed to.
For many people, driving is thought of as the only way to get around, and our society raises the status of owning a car to being a necessity of living. To not drive is to be a failure in this cultural narrative. Though of course all of us living sucessful lives without driving know this does not have to be the case. I didn't realize until seeing some relatives playing board games during my recent vacation, that even in "The Game Of Life", your playing piece is a car. No car, no life, it is presumed.
So amidst this culturally ingrained perception it is essential to the success of any attempt to ban someone from driving, that education comes with that mandate. They could have a lesson on using public transit, ride-shares, and taxi services, with a take-away pamphlet with all the essential resources to get started in their area. They could take a course in road cycling from a certified instructor. I can almost guarantee that anyone who comes back to driving from an extended period of cycling, walking and taking the bus, they will drive with a very different perspective of the road. The safest drivers I know are also people who ride bikes as a regular part of their getting around.
So as we take in the injustice of the system around us, and rightfully get pissed off about it, let's also start thinking beyond just the calls for justice, and start framing what real justice should look like.
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- Festoonic said...
You're right, of course, about the injustice and inequality cyclists and pedestrians experience under the law (which is same thing as injustice, I guess, or one facet of it). But consider whether bicyclists and walkers and runners and dogs and cats will ever enjoy the kind of political clout enjoyed by the the auto and marketing and petroleum and insurance and road-building industries and and and and... What possible shift in the cultural landscape could produce that transfer of power? It's apparent to me that despite the obvious moral and public health and even long-term economic imperatives for such a shift, the system in designed to prevent such a shift from ever occurring. The injustice all cyclists experience, then, isn't a error. It's the way things are built to work. It may change when the cost of gas gets high enough again, but please, friend, stop holding your breath.
- July 22, 2010 at 7:33 AM
- Skip said...
I think license revokation should be part of the penalty structions for "minor" infractions like speeding and talking on a cell phone as well as more major ones. Even for a little as a month would serve as a wake-up call to the driver.
Community policing uses this principle. If people see there is a broken window in a building, they are more likely to break another. And the community suffers as people think it's okay to vandalize property. To take the car analogy, if they see people speeding along a road or acting careless, they are more likely to do it themselves. To solve the problem, police found that fixing windows and prosecuting vandalism was effective at reducing property crime. Let's apply this principle to driving as well.
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Soon after Steve Jobs passed away, my wife sent me the following article, asking me what I thought of it: Steve Jobs: The Secular Prophet. Interesting article.
The writer speculate that Steve Jobs was a prophet for people who believe in technology. He also states that the Apple logo is a reference to the apple in the garden of Eden and speculate that the logo basically indicates that Apple wants to reverse the curse of the Fall in the garden of Eden.
Well, I do not agree. First of all, the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden was NOT an apple, that is a falsehood that crept into general belief. The Bible does not state what kind of fruit it was, but it does say that the Garden of Eden was closed and guarded by a angel after Adam and Eve was expelled from the Garden. The Garden was closed in order to prevent humans from having access to the two forbidden trees. So that means that those trees does not exist on earth anymore, so thier fruit was not any that we know of.
Secondly, when the Apple logo was designed, the events described in Genesis was not part of it. Read the interview with Rob Janoff, designer of the Apple logo. It was only later that people started to connect the Apple logo with the Bible (based on a falsehood too). I own a hand made Puma pocket knife that have a serial number that ends in 666. The last 3 digits of the serial number is etched on one of the blades, together with the model name. So it says: Gelder 666. Now, I could say that the knife was made by Satan or that Puma is a bad company or the person who made the knife is evil, but I know it is just a serial number. The knife that was made before it is 420665 and the one made after it is 420667. The knife is not evil or was not numbered like that for some evil purpose, just as the Apple logo is just a logo designed by a graphic artist with the instruction "Don't make it cute".
Much later people did connect the Apple logo with the Bible and made all kinds of observations, like Jean Louis Gassée of Apple, but that does not mean that the logo was designed to have that meaning. Soon after I bought the Puma knife, I was eating biltong while watching TV and I used the knife to cut the biltong. The TV show was captivating and I did not concentrate on the knife in my hand and when I wanted to cut off a next slice of biltong, I realized that the blade of the knife was stuck in the side of my thumb. It made a small cut in my thumb, on the side of the nail. The blade was resting in the nail. As I was concentrating on the TV, I relaxed my grip and the knife slid down and cut into my thumb. It did not feel it as the knife is very sharp. Even when I removed the knife from the wound, it did not bleed much as it was a very clean cut, but it was about 2mm deep. Now one could say that the knife cut me because it is evil, that was actually one of my first thoughts, because it seemed to cut it all by itself. But then I realized that it was just gravity and the fact that the knife is heavy and very sharp. This is due to the fact that it is a quality knife, made from the best blade steel and heavy brass and wood. So the knife is not evil, it is just a quality tool.
Thirdly I never thought of Steve Jobs in a spiritual sense, and I don't think he was some kind of prophet. I am also not aware that he made any statements to indicate that he thought so himself or that he chalanged God or any religion. To me the man was just a talented, driven, highly intelligent human who wanted to create things that are better. He did not challenge God by making our life easy, if that was the case, then Thomas Edison, Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace and a whole lot of other people that invented machines and tools to make our life easier could also be seen a secular prophets. God did say that we will have to work and that life will not be easy, but He also gave us the intelligence to build machines to help us.
But then, do all these machines really reduce or break the curse? We live in an age where most tasks are automated by machines and computers, but still life is not easy. We are not doing as much manual labour as 1000 years ago, but our life is still harsh. We now have more stress, we are less healthy because we do not get enough exercise and eat processed food. So all this technology does make certain things better, but it does not really make life easy as a whole.
I guess the point that the writer want to make is that for people who do not beleive in God or a god and who base thier salvation on technology, Steve Jobs was one of the people that raised thier hope in technology. But I don't think he saw himself as a religious icon
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My personal favorite way to wear that Catwoman costume, and the most traditional, is the sexy black jumpsuit. If you saw Anne Hathaway in the latest Batman movie then you know exactly what I am talking about. Celebs like Kim Kardashian and Brooke Burke definitely got it right with their movie quality Catwoman costumes. If you want the sex appeal of the frisky feline without going full Catwoman, then take a note from Nicky Hilton and try the sexy jungle cat look, which is still such a sexy costume. Now if you are going to be dancing all night long, that black jumpsuit will probably get a little warm, so we thought of another great way to get the sexy Catwoman costume…. with sexy designer bikinis of course!
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Building off of Snickers' "You're not you when you're hungry," this stunt takes the old wolf whistle construction workers and turns that stereotype on its cheeky head. By not being them, they are actually being pro women's rights, not sexist, not chauvinist pigs. I think this is quite an irreverent comment on society. I'm also guessing it'll go over the heads of a lot of people who will take it the wrong way.
"You want to hear a filthy word? Gender Bias."
Great comedic timing.
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This advertisement is a problem because it implies that construction workers are NORMALLY sexist assholes who objectify women on the street. By saying that, when construction workers are not themselves, they treat women respectfully, it reinforces the stereotype that construction workers are sexist assholes when they are being themselves.


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When Dana Swekosky's teenage girls were toddlers, she searched high and low for a place where "we could have unique indoor birthday parties, but nothing existed."
When Dana Swekosky's teenage girls were toddlers, she searched high and low for a place where "we could have unique indoor birthday parties, but nothing existed."
Last October, Swekowsky changed that when she opened The Pink Giraffe on Haywood Road in Hendersonville.
"We are a unique party venue that offers birthday parties with costumed performers on a small theatrical set," she explained during a "Cocoa with the Elves" event on Friday. About a dozen 3- to 5-year-olds from the nearby Montessori Country Day School attended the event, which consisted of four North Pole elves in full elf regalia leading the children in song, telling stories, playing games and even having a pretend snowball fight that left the kids collapsing in giggles.
The children's favorite elf was Fix It Elf, who can fix anything. He was joined by Curious Elf, Wanna-Be Santa Elf and Poinsettia Elf.
"Fix It Elf is funny!" declared 3-year-old Elena Styles.
"You work with Santa, right?" she asked Wanna Be Santa Elf. "Yes, I do!" the elf responded.
"The snowball fight was fun," said Morgan Tucker, 4, sipping his cocoa. "I saw Santa at a farm and I asked him for a sled and Legos!"
Montessori Country Day owner Maggie Whitmire, who has 30 years of teaching experience, said the event was great for her students on their last day of school before Christmas break.
"They are loving it here and they're excited about the holidays," she said. "The elves are doing a fabulous job. They're engaging the kids, not just putting on a play or something. At this age, the kids need interaction, which makes events like this much more fun."
The Pink Giraffe also hosts pixie parties, "in which the guests come in and pick out a tutu and pixie wings to put on during the performance, and soon the show begins," Swekowsky said. "The pixies, Mother Nature, and the Guardian of the Enchanted Garden perform a skit that includes a little participation of the birthday girl, and then they play pixie games with the children."
The parties are geared toward 3- to 9-year-olds.
"We also offer special children's ticketed events for the public," Swekowsky said, including a visit from Cinderella in January.
The elves were played by Swekowsky and her husband, Tom Bleick's, children — Langley Morgan, Skylan Rayne, Lakelyn Reed and Caroline Bleick.
The Pink Giraffe had its genesis in her children's love of theater and acting, Swekowsky said.
"By the time each one of my children were 5, they had caught the acting bug and have been in many theater, TV and film productions," she said. "After all four of us performed together a couple of times, I realized what a special gift it is to be able to entertain people together. After a few visits to Disney World, I became enamored with the entire Disney experience and love watching the excitement of children when around a costumed performer."
Looking forward to next year, The Pink Giraffe will offer "more ticketed events, such as Meet & Greet with Cinderella, Leap with the Leprechauns, Cookies with Little Red Riding Hood, Dr. Suess's Birthday Party, The Monster Mash and many more," Swekowsky said. "These events are for boys and girls. Our most notable addition to 2014 will be offering parties for ages 10 and up. I won't go into details, but will mention chocolate and punch fountains."
She added that watching "the children's reactions to the characters — costumed performers — is where I find the most enjoyment. Children grow up in a blink of an eye, so our mission at The Pink Giraffe is to give parents the opportunity to make the happiest memories of the their children's birthday parties possible."
The Pink Giraffe is located at 1515 Haywood Road in Hendersonville. Call 828-388-3155 for more information.
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The Federal Direct Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) is available to parents of dependent undergraduate students who want to borrow funds to help pay for educational costs.
Application: Parents may apply online. Parent borrowers applying for the loan will complete the Federal Direct PLUS Loan Master Promissory Note Application (PLUS MPN). A parent borrower using the PLUS MPN will usually need only to sign a promissory note once for each student, at the time they first borrow. To request additional funding in the same or subsequent years, the parent borrower may do this online.
Deadline: Federal Direct PLUS Loan applications must be certified by the Office of Financial Aid by the last day of the semester. In order for the loan to be disbursed, the parent borrower must complete all steps of the PLUS Application Process at least one day prior to the end of semester. The student must be enrolled at least half-time at the time of disbursement.
Eligibility: Parent borrowers must be the dependent student's biological parent or adoptive parent. A stepparent is also eligible to borrow a PLUS loan only if their income and assets were used on the dependent student's Free Application for Federal Aid. A legal guardian is not considered an eligible borrower. Both parents may receive a PLUS loan as long as the total aid package does not exceed the student's cost of attendance. In addition the borrower must be a citizen or eligible non-citizen, not in default on a federal student loan, not owe a refund on any federal student aid program, and is credit worthy. A parent is not eligible for a PLUS loan if the federal government holds a judgment lien on their property, they are incarcerated, or they are in default or have a overpayment of federal aid. General eligibility requirements must be satisfied by all students to receive Federal Direct PLUS Loan assistance.
Loan Limits per Academic Year: The maximum parents may borrow in Federal Direct PLUS Loan per academic year is the difference between cost of education minus other financial aid received.
Aggregate Loan Limits: There is no aggregate limit.
Interest Rate/Fees: Rates vary depending upon when the loan was first disbursed. Get current rate information.
Loan Reductions/Cancellations: Parents may request the Federal Direct PLUS Loan be reduced or canceled. The request must be in writing from the parent borrower, not the student. Please include parent borrower's name, the student's name, the student's Bloomsburg University ID Number, and the amount you want the loan reduced to. If the request is made prior to disbursement of funds, please send the request to the Office of Financial Aid. Once disbursement of funds has been made, parents have 30 days to request the Business Office to return funds.
Repayment: Beginning July 1, 2008, parents may choose to defer payments on a PLUS loan until six months after the date the student ceases to be enrolled at least half-time. Accruing interest may either be paid by the parent borrower monthly or quarterly, or be capitalized quarterly. A parent may take between 10 and 25 years to repay the loan, depending upon the amount owed and the type of repayment plan selected. Parents may also pay the balance of the loan, plus any interest due, early and without a penalty.


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Levy competed in five tournaments for the Bulldogs in 2004-2005, and had a 82.5 average. He had his best finish at the MacDonald Cup, where he tied for 16th place with 225. He finished 2003-2004 with a 77.4 average. He had Yale's best finish at the Macdonald Cup with a 148, tied with teammates Ben Levy (his brother, the 2003-2004 Yale captain) and Andrew Vitt for 17th overall. His best finish in the spring was a 153 at the Yale Spring Opener, which tied for 26th and was one stroke ahead of his brother. A graduate of Abington High, Levy is in Pierson College and majors in East Asian & International Studies.


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Week 7 Area Football Round-Up
MINSTER — The Minster Wildcats didn't waste much time Friday night getting on the scoreboard in front of a homecoming crowd. The Wildcats forced the Parkway Panthers to punt and on one 54-yard run by junior Sam Dues the Wildcats had a quick lead.
Minster never looked back 41-19 victory.
"Our kids have been wanting to get off to a good start for a long time," Wildcats head coach Geron Stokes said. "We have not started off well this season and our seniors really focused and demanded that the rest of the team be focused and I thought it showed right off the get go."
Dues rushed for 134 yards on 13 carries.
Minster quarterback Josh Nixon threw for four touchdowns and 130 yards.
Eli Wolf followed up his 250-yard receiving game a week ago with seven catches for 83 yards and two touchdowns.
The Wildcats (4-3, 4-1) will travel to Fort Recovery next Friday, while Parkway (3-4, 2-3) will entertain St. Henry.
NEW BREMEN —Versailles rolled to a 31-0 win over New Bremen.
"We are constantly inconsistent, " New Bremen Coach Jason McGaharan "The kids are working hard and I don't mean that in a mean way. It is frustrating and that's the MAC."
The Cardinals had a few opportunities but could not finish off drives.
After Versailles took a 6-0 lead on a Nick Campbell touchdown run, the Cards took an interception deep into the Tigers' territory. But the home team could not convert the turnover into points, turning the ball over on downs.
As the game turned into the second quarter the Cards stood tough, but disaster hit late in the second period. Campbell hit Mitch Gigandet on a five-yard pass making it 12-0. Then in a span of two minutes Versailles scored two more times on passes to Damien Richard. After playing so well, Bremen was now down 24-0 and up against the wall.
The game played out in the second half as Versailles scored one more time taking a commanding 31-0 lead.
OTTAWA — When the Wapakoneta Redskins were cruising on offense, Keaton Metz was involved Friday, as the junior not only returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown but also accounted for a passing, rushing and receiving touchdown.
Metz and the Redskins powered past a 45-13 win Friday over the Ottawa-Glandorf Titans in a Western Buckeye League varsity football contest at Titan Stadium in Ottawa.
After the hot start to Friday's game, ignited by Metz's 92-yard kickoff return, the Redskins cooled slightly before halftime but emerged in the second half and closed the door on the Ottawa-Glandorf Titans.
Metz had 120 yards receiving on four catches and contributed four TDs.
Kodi Morgan totaled 150 passing yards and went 10-of-14.
O-G Logan Rieman countered with 202 passing yards and was O-G's leading rusher at 94 yards.
Wapak hosts St. Marys (0-7, 0-6)next Friday.
Celina's Caleb Hoyng ran for 97 yards and threw for 150 yards in Celina's 55-19 romp over Van Wert.
Celina put up 424 yards of total offense, with 218 through the air and 206 on the ground.
Celina improves to 6-1, 5-1 in the WBL. Van Wert fell to 0-7, 0-6 in the WBL.
Celina travels to Shawnee next Friday night.
COLDWATER — The Cavaliers kept pace with Marion Local atop the MAC standings at 5-0 with a convincing win over the Rockets.
Coldwater picked off Anna quarterback Josh Robinson three times. One of those interceptions was returned 50 yards for a touchdown in the opening minutes of the game. Drew Otten and Aaron Harlamert also had interceptions for the Cavs.
Coldwater quarterback Brody Hoying did most of his damage with his legs, rushing for 76 yards and four touchdowns on eight carries. He also went 5 of 10 passing for 80 yards and an interception.
Coldwater travels to Marion Local next Friday in one of the state of Ohio's marquee match-ups.


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Prescription Refills
Your primary care physician can refill most prescriptions; however, we will be glad to refill prescriptions for medications originally prescribed by one of our cardiologists. In order for us to fill your prescription, you must have been seen by us within the past 12 months. When calling for refills, please have the name and phone number of your pharmacy ready or ask your pharmacy to fax the request for refills to (251) 445-8250. Plan ahead and allow 24-hours for your refill request to be completed. We are only able to refill prescriptions during normal clinic hours - Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to noon. We cannot refill prescriptions after normal clinic hours or on weekends. Narcotic prescriptions cannot be prescribed or refilled by phone.
Telephone Advice
Between visits, you may call regarding a change in your condition or with questions about your medications. Telephone contact is intended to augment, not replace your follow-up appointments. By keeping your follow-up appointments, you are assured that you have time with your physician to discuss all test results and your physician & staff have time to outline their recommendations for you.
Billing and Insurance
The USA Heart Center accepts most insurances, but patients should confirm participation when making an appointment. If your insurance company requires a referral, it is your primary care physician's responsibility to provide a referral. Without the proper referral, you must accept responsibility for all charges. Payments and co-pays are required at the time of the visit. Mastercard, Visa and Discover are accepted.
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ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 Review
After looking at a fair selection of Z77-based motherboards, you come to the conclusion pretty quickly that performance curves will be relatively flat between motherboards. That being said, you have to then focus on what brings value to the equation with the feature set. This is where most boards differ from each other. ASRock's Z77 Extreme 4 is part of the Extreme series that begins with the Extreme 3 and is now populated up to version 11. Each model moves up the ladder, including additional features and capabilities, along with a higher price point. The Z77 Extreme 4 includes the company's 555 XFast feature set that allows for performance of up to 5x over competing designs. Add in excellent graphics support with up to 4-way solutions from AMD and NVIDIA with the use of dual-GPU cards or 2-way SLI and CrossFireX with two single GPU cards, and you get a pretty potent little beast. The rest of the feature set includes some pretty unique items, such as the Dehumidifier function, non K-SKU CPU overclocking, and a solid built philosophy using Gold-covered Japanese-made capacitors and an all-digital 8+4 power circuit. Pricing is reasonable at around the $134 mark, which puts the Z77 Extreme 4 at the budget end of the spectrum for a Z77-based motherboard. Having seen what some of the competition is bringing to the table, let's look at ASRock's' Z77 Extreme 4 to see if it's ready to eat with the big boys or slink over to the kiddie table.
Closer Look:
ASRock has delivered a flashy package that stands out from the crowd with the large 555 XFast logo on the front panel. ASRock's logo and motherboard name adorn the front with a flashy Z77 logo splashed across the top right edge. Support for Intel processors, AMD and NVIDIA graphics solutions, and Windows 7 are across the bottom of the panel. The back side of the package goes into detail on the 555 feature set that touts each feature as being 5x faster than competing designs. XFast Ram, XFast Lan, and XFast USB are all key components in this feature set. Further discussion is found on the Digital 8+4 phase power design that utilizes Japanese-made, gold-covered, polymer capacitors, UEFI Browser, Virtu MVP Hybrid graphics support, and more. Internally, the packaging is much like most on the market with the bundle sitting in a compartment over the motherboard. The motherboard is enclosed in an static resistant bag and is securely held in place by the design of the enclosure.
The bundle of accessories included with the Z77 Extreme 4 is slim, but includes the basics to get the board installed and running with a minimum list of installed components. There are two parts to the bundle: the documentation and the hardware. Documentation includes a user's manual / install guide, software installation guide, a pamphlet for how to set up and use Lucid Logix Virtu MVP software, and information on the 555 feature set. A driver disk includes the software and driver package for the Z77 Extreme 4. On the hardware side, you get a pair of SATA cables, a SLI bridge connection, and an I/O shield. The package is basic and is indicative of the $134 price point of this board.
The flashy packaging sets the expectation that the Z77 Extreme 4 will be up to the task of delivering high performance to go with the 555 XFast feature set. Will the Z77 Extreme 4 be all flash and no substance? The only way to find out is to put the screws to it.


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Open Type Compressors
Compressors for drive with standard motors via V-belt or direct clutch. Flexible motor arrangement allows for practically all drive-related requirements. Suitable for all current refrigerants, also NH3.
Semi-Hermetic Compressors
Suction gas-cooled HG and air-cooled HA compressors offer a full capacity range of innovative, modern compressor technology with 2-, 4-, 6- and 8-cylinders. Suitable for all current refrigerants, as well as CO2. For the EX range, GEA is the first European manufacturer to offer compressors certified according to ATEX machine category 2.
Semi-Hermetic Units
Air-cooled SHG, SHA and SHGZ two-stage condensing units as well as the GEA Plusbox (complete outdoor condensing unit) belong to the product program of semi-hermetic units.
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Vehicle compressors are used for bus and rail air conditioning as well as transport refrigeration. The open compressors in aluminium design feature smallest dimensions and state-of-the-art high-speed machines with innovative design details. Unique product range with 2-, 4- and 6-cylinders available.


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Cleveland State University's Strategic Plan was updated in August 2012 to incorporate new campus initiatives, identify priorities, and reflect the dynamic nature of the planning process. The updated Strategic Plan includes priorities identified in Cleveland State University's 2010 Self-Study; the Office of Research and Scholarship's University Strategic Research and Creative Activity Priorities; the Centers of Excellence planning documents; the Diversity Action Plan; and Presidential priorities disseminated through public speeches, press releases, and Presidential Strategic Initiatives.
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Fire sweeps Sierra foothills, destroys 2 homes
SONORA, Calif. —
More than 200 firefighters are battling a grass and woodland fire in the central Sierra foothills that has already destroyed two homes.
State fire officials say the small but fast-moving fire has also burned an outbuilding, a pickup, three recreational vehicles and two cars since it began in a subdivision about five miles east of the Tuolumne County city of Sonora on Tuesday. Fire crews were able to save dozens of other homes.
The 30-acre Armario Fire is 65 percent contained with crews aiming for full containment by Thursday night.
The blaze is one of at least 11 wildfires in the state, including the Paiute Fire in Sequoia National Forest. That has consumed 1,800 acres since it began on Saturday. It is 50 percent contained.


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ATDI to deliver Radio Spectrum Management System in Lithuania – RRT
ATDI have been chosen by RRT, Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania, to deliver the Radio Spectrum Management System.
RRT, The Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania, is an independent national institution regulating communications sector in Lithuania. It was established under the Law on Telecommunications and the provisions of the European Union Directives. One of the main purposes of RRT establishment is competition promotion in electronic communications and postal sectors.
RRT has been using ATDI software ICS telecom as Spectrum engineering tool since 2005 and now has again chosen ATDI software ICS manager as the solution for spectrum management. ATDI will provide software, training, database migration, customization, and system integration, including the automation of RRT workflows and the development of a web portal for licenses management.
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Fiscal Year 2006
A. Complaint Resolutions
Resolved Through Early Complaint Resolution (ECR)
- A complaint alleged a school district failed to provide appropriate parking to individuals with mobility impairments at an elementary school during the time parents picked up their children from school. School policy required parents to park on the street to retrieve their children. This policy caused individuals with mobility impairments to access the school building by climbing a hill located in the front of the school. The complainant informed OCR that she observed a parent with two artificial limbs struggling up the hill to pick up her child after school. OCR facilitated an agreement between the parties that allowed individuals with disabled parking permits to enter the parking lot during the time it was closed to the general public.
Several individuals with disabilities were able to actually park in the handicap spots today and make it to the school to get their children without major stress of how to get there.
Letter from the complainant
- A complaint alleged that an elementary school teacher failed to implement certain provisions of the Section 504 plan for a student with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) because the student had a high level of intelligence and because the teacher erroneously believed that the Section 504 provisions did not apply to the student. The student's parents, despite this dispute with the teacher, valued the teacher's relationship with their daughter. OCR facilitated an early complaint resolution between the parties, enabling the parents to both preserve their relationship with the teacher and address their daughter's educational needs.
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
Of the 5,805 complaints received by OCR in FY 2006, 3,511 complaints contained allegations of disability discrimination. Moreover, 1,227 of those complaints concerned the more specific issue of the provision of a free appropriate public education.
- A complaint alleged there were significant delays in a school district's completion of mental health evaluations for students with suspected disabilities. OCR found that, over a two-year period, district Individual Education Program teams referred 165 students for mental health evaluations. However, evaluation and placement meetings were completed for only 79 of those 165 students and, of those, only two were completed in a timely manner. The average length of time from referral to completion of the evaluation was 6.6 months and, for some students, the time exceeded 12 months. The district agreed to monitor all aspects of referrals and to develop a system to ensure evaluations would be completed on a timely basis so that students received appropriate education services.
I am so grateful for all of your help and guidance. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. God bless you ... and all who look out for children.
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- A complaint alleged that students with disabilities who rode special education buses had shorter school days than students without disabilities because the special education buses arrived late to school and left early. OCR's investigation found that the school district's transportation schedule resulted in shortened school days for special education students without Individualized Education Program justification for a shorter day. Some parents had to resort to driving their children to and from school so that they would not miss instructional time. The district agreed to revise the transportation schedule. The district also agreed to determine which students were entitled to compensatory educational services due to the shortened school days and to provide those services.
- OCR's investigation found a district conditioned the admission of students with disabilities who would otherwise be eligible for admission to a non-traditional school in the district on the students' waiver of special education and related services. OCR also found the school district denied students with disabilities admitted to the non-traditional school a free appropriate public education. The district agreed to revise its admission policies and procedures. It also agreed to provide students with disabilities the services necessary for them to receive a free appropriate public education.
- A complaint alleged that a school district failed to provide to a student the occupational therapy and paraprofessional services specified in the student's Individualized Education Program. In investigating this allegation, OCR discovered that the school district's practice was to delay the start of these services at the beginning of the school year for all students with disabilities. The district agreed to take steps to ensure that, when education plans required related aids and services, the plans would be implemented and services and aids be delivered as soon as the school year began.
Testing and Examination
- OCR closed the monitoring of a settlement agreement that addressed the provision of accommodations to persons with disabilities taking the General Education Diploma (GED) examination. The complaint alleged a state department of education failed to provide sufficient information and guidance to ensure that an application for necessary accommodation during the GED examination could be processed within a reasonable amount of time. The complaint also alleged that the time and effort required of applicants with disabilities to apply greatly exceeded the time and effort required of non-disabled persons, thereby denying students with disabilities an equal opportunity to take the exam. The state department of education agreed to revise procedures for requesting and processing accommodations for the GED examination. The state also provided training to test site administrators and staff of the testing service. The provision of accommodations now routinely takes no more than a few days, rather than the weeks or months it took when the complaint was filed with OCR.
- A large school district offered free administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT) to all tenth-grade students in the district. A complaint alleged that the free test administration did not include certain students with disabilities and certain LEP students. The district acknowledged that it did not extend the same opportunities to all students, and voluntarily entered into a settlement agreement to offer a comparable opportunity to those students who had been excluded.
Disability Harassment
- OCR found a school district failed to take appropriate action after a picture of a student with a disability appeared in the school yearbook with a disparaging disability-related nickname. The district agreed to send the student an acknowledgment of regret and to offer counseling for the student to alleviate any adverse effects that resulted from the incident. The district also agreed to institute a policy designed to prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future.
I have just received the report concerning the High School. It is a brilliantly done piece of work; you are to be congratulated on this great report! You have left NO STONE UNTURNED! Your very pragmatic and exacting approach to detail is magnificent. It goes all the way from elevator gates to stalls in a boy's bathroom.
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- A complainant alleged that many areas of a university were physically inaccessible to her motorized wheel chair, including the restrooms. She alleged that the restrooms did not have handrails and were too narrow, requiring her to hang from the top of the restroom stall and inch her way to the toilet. She filed the complaint after falling in the restroom and being unable to get up. OCR determined there were accessibility problems at the university. The university agreed to make structural changes to the facility to address the violations identified by OCR.
- A complaint alleged accessibility problems at a notable high school in a large urban public school district. Based on OCR's finding, the district agreed to make an entrance accessible, provide adequate parking for persons with disabilities, create an accessible pathway from the parking lots to the school building, provide access to elevators, provide access to toilets and other critical facilities, and relocate specialized classrooms to physically accessible classrooms.


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Bryant committee halts discussion on proposed burn ordinance
The Finance and Personnel Committee of the Bryant City Council was slated to discuss the revision of an ordinance regulating the open burning of yard waste during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, but an alderman quickly put an end to the dialogue, citing the fact that the ordinance was inappropriate to discuss at a Finance and Personnel Committee meeting.
City attorney Chris Madison wanted to get input on the revised version of the ordinance, which was met with significant resistance in its original form by several alderman and members of the public during its first reading at the August council meeting.
Madison said the ordinance is meant to regulate — not ban — the burning of yard waste, to keep the fires out of the city's rights of way and ditches, and to ensure city equipment does not continue to be damaged.
Alderman Mike Chandler was among those who spoke out against the regulating of burning yard waste during the first reading, alleging the ordinance was, in fact, a burn ban in disguise.
At Tuesday's committee meeting, Chandler called for a point of order to stop the discussion.
Madison said the point of order was a procedural technicality.
Madison will meet with public works director Monty Ledbetter and Mayor Jill Dabbs, he said, to make sure he fully understands the intended goal of the ordinance. If it gets brought up again at all, it will be during a City Council meeting, Madison said.
The committee also discussed an ordinance governing liens for cleaning up abandoned property in the city limits. This ordinance was discussed before being placed on the City Council agenda for September.
The committee also discussed CD investments recommended by the Street Committee, including a one-year CD for $350,000 on the Alcoa Road Project; and a six-month $400,000 CD for the Lindsey Project.
The committee also discussed a proposal to purchase a trackhoe for the city's water crew in order to save money currently spent leasing such equipment.
The Bryant Historical Society also gave an update on 2011 projects and presented a request for 2012 funds, sharing its 2012 project list.


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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Restaurants, Bars and Pubs, Coffee/Tea Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Restaurants, Bars and Pubs, Coffee/Tea Goto page 1, 2 Next Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message kangnamdragonJoined: 17 Jan 2003Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:57 pm Post subject: Restaurants, Bars and Pubs, Coffee/Tea Restaurants in Korea Note: Restaurants outside of Seoul will be indicated as such. General Information 1. Restaurant Guide To Korea 2. Best non-Korean restaurant in Seoul 3. Songtan Resturants 4. Ethnic restaurants in Ulsan Western Breakfast/Brunch 1. Where is the McDonalds Breakfast in Korea??? Buffets(general) 1. All you can eat buffet bulgogi/kalbi restaurants.... 2. Best Buffets Around... 3. Decent Buffets in Seoul... American/BBQ/Sandwiches/Pizza 1. Bagel Street Cafe 2. Is there a Krispy Kreme in Seoul? 3. Bar-b-q or Southern US food 4. Subway (the restaurant) in Daegu? 5. TGIF in Gwangju - Hamburgers for foreigners, finally! 6. Turkey and all the trimmings -suggestions please? 7. Kahunaville 8. Where is there a Burger King in Busan? 9. Papa John's Pizza in Bundang 10. Subway Sandwich Shop now in Cheonan Chinese 1. Chinese restaurants = where? Ethiopian 1. Ethiopian food? 2. Ethiopean restaurant in Seoul? French 1. French Restaurants in Seoul Greek 1. Greek restaurant in Hongdae 2. Is there a good Greek restaurant in Seoul? Indian/Pakistani 1. Indian Restaurant 2. Evear Green 3. Don't eat at ASHOKA INDIAN RESTAURANT in Itaewon's Hamilton 4. The best Indian restaurant in Seoul?? 5. Best Indian or Thai food Italian Japanese 1. Miyozen Sushi Restaurant Middle Eastern 1. Ali Baba's Itaewon Mexican 1. Mexican Food 2. MEXICAN TACO STAND (In seoul) Everything under $3 3. Yo Quiero Taco Bell Russian Russian restaurants in Seoul South-east Asian (Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese) 1. Evear Green 2. Vietnamese restaurants? 3. Anyone been to Bali (the restaurant, not the island)? 4. Best Indian or Thai food Sea Food 1. best restaurant for eel in seoul? 2. I want to eat some good raw fish in Seoul Vegetarian 1. The Old Veggie Food Question 2. How Easy is it to be a Vegetarian in Seoul? Bars and Pubs in Korea 1. Wine Bars in Seoul?? 2. Incheon Expat bar? 3. Forgeiner Bars in Ulsan Coffee/Tea Shops 1. Tim Hortons in Bundang 2. Tim Hortons coffee substitute 3. Starbucks in Itaewon! Back to top TECOJoined: 20 Jan 2003 Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:38 am Post subject: Geckos is a great pub/restaurant - Itaewon. Back to top ClemensJoined: 28 Sep 2006Location: Seoul Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:40 am Post subject: Gecko's has very very mediocre food. There's a Chakraa up in Haebangchong though which serves South Indian food and is fantastic. Back to top DevJoined: 18 Apr 2006 Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject: If you want great Indian food, there are two absolutely fantastic restaurants in Seoul. They are Wazwan and Taj Palace. They set themselves apart from the other Indian restaurants in town by the fact that the owner and cooks are from Kashmir. They cook all of your favorite curries with recipies from that region of India. The nan bread that you dip into that curry is crispy and light. The sizzling tandori chicken is awesome too. For vegetarians, there are over 25 menu items to choose from. Give these places a shot. Wazwan & Taj Palace are from the same people. Taj Palace is a little more upscale with more menu items and a little closer to Itaewon station. I still go to Wazwan sometimes because it's small, homey and the nearby mosque adds a nice exotic touch. To get to either one of them, you get out of Itaewon Station at exit 3, walk past Starbucks to the hip hop clothing store on the corner. Turn right. Walk up the street 1 block and Taj Palace is on your right - second floor. To get to Wazwan, continue one block more passing the Foreign Food Mart on your left and the excellent English bookstore, What The Book (both worthy stops on your way for cheap phone cards and great books). . Turn left onto the next street. Walk for about 3 minutes. You'll see the mosque on the left. Wazwan near the next corner. Happy eating and Namaste! Back to top Pyongshin SangjaJoined: 20 Apr 2003Location: I love baby! Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject: Pretty well anywhere that sells good imported beer...Guinness, Alley Kat Ale etc. etc. 3 Alley Pub, New Phillies, Canada Buddy, RMT, Thunderbird (Taegu), Queen's Head (Hongdae), Mike's Cabin, Watts On Tap, Dublin (Pundang), Wolfhound, Hollywood Grill etc. etc. Back to top Chris KwonJoined: 23 Jan 2008Location: North Korea Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:18 am Post subject: How about some breakfast places ... like a Denny's/Village Inn/Waffle house kind of restaurant in Seoul? Back to top syi012Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:46 pm Post subject: thanks for the info everyone Back to top DongtanTonyJoined: 22 Feb 2008Location: Bundang Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject: Chris...not sure about Denny's...but Rocky Mountain Tavern does a pretty good breakfast I hear. Back to top nicholas_chiassonJoined: 14 Jun 2007Location: Samcheok Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:22 am Post subject: Dong-hae has russian shashlik and pelmeni. Back to top positiveJoined: 05 Nov 2008 Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject: There is a little coffee shop in Acrotower in Anyang called "Topresso". It's on the third floor, and has pretty cheap coffee (I'm pretty sure everything is under 3,000). Their whipped cream doesn't tastes like whipped cream from the US, not from Korea, which makes their Cafe Mocha's quite delicious. Also, there is blazing-fast wireless coming from somewhere in the building, so if you have a laptop, I'd suggest stopping in. There is only one outlet, but they don't have a problem with me using it. Back to top kiaratokoreaJoined: 13 Jun 2009 Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:37 am Post subject: Does anyone know good coffee shops in the haeundae distrct of Busan? Back to top aschmiesJoined: 30 Dec 2009 Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 6:29 am Post subject: Excellent This is excellent, i love how the information is organized, thanks!! Back to top aschmiesJoined: 30 Dec 2009 Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 6:30 am Post subject: PS I'll be going to korea in August.. only a couple months, and i have no idea what to expect!! i don't even know yet for sure which city i will be in... hopefully jeju! will i be totally lost if i don't know korean!? i'm trying, but it's a slow process.. Back to top WhatisdokdoJoined: 05 Apr 2010 Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:28 pm Post subject: The Best Restaurant Review Site Have you guys heard of www.Seouleats.com That's where I go to find my restaurants when I come to Seoul. He gets a mix of what's mid-range to high price. I don't mind paying a lot of money for good food, but I get angry if I have to pay a lot and get crap. Here's a list of places by area. http://www.seouleats.com/p/test-page.html Back to top Bloopity BloopJoined: 26 Apr 2009Location: Seoul yo Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:48 am Post subject: Re: The Best Restaurant Review Site Whatisdokdo wrote: Have you guys heard of www.Seouleats.com That's where I go to find my restaurants when I come to Seoul. He gets a mix of pwhat's mid-range to high price. I don't mind paying a lot of money for good food, but I get angry if I have to pay a lot and get crap. Here's a list of places by area. http://www.seouleats.com/p/test-page.html i really havent enjoyed any of the food recommended on the site. Take suji's for example. Its probably the most praised joint on the site and the food is garbage considering the price you pay. 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WE BEGAN WITH A BELIEF sauteed with a lot of frustration. That a group of focused people, working hard together, could fix the food children eat at school. This is an important challenge: For many Massachusetts students, the cafeteria meals they eat represent about half their total caloric intake for the day.
We don't want to reinvent the wheel. Come up with some do-gooder solution that ignores the important progress being made in Massachusetts, such as a new ban on some sugary snacks. Our hope is to add urgency to existing efforts and perhaps identify new ones.
Last winter our group of 30 or so, calling ourselves Let's Talk About Food, began meeting monthly for breakfast to discuss school meals. We have insiders like school nutritionists and organizations with specialized expertise, like Project Bread, Cooking Matters, and the Greater Boston Food Bank. And outsiders from management consulting, marketing, media, business. We have chefs, pediatricians, and people with food trucks.
Ellen Parker, the executive director of Project Bread, provided our group with an overview of the complexity of the school food system, which involves a web of federal and local regulations.
Schools don't just have those to contend with, another person piped up, but also the teachers who rearranged the milk displays to put the chocolate in front of the white and the principal who hated arriving in the morning and having the whole school smell like broccoli. (Solution: Blanch it in the morning to speed up the cooking time later.)
Michael Peck, director of food and nutrition services for the Boston public schools, outlined the tremendous success on the city's universal breakfast program, which was launched in September and is free to all students in the system regardless of need. This is a great beginning, but it needs to expand beyond Boston. Some Massachusetts kids get free breakfast on MCAS days because principals think it helps their students perform better. If all kids were fed breakfast every day, wouldn't they learn better all year long?
Now, after six months of meetings and presentations, our group is finally evaluating ideas that seem most promising. These aren't "our" ideas, or even new ideas, but we think they are good ones.
One thought is to build a regional commissary for school food — a stand-alone facility where workers would produce fresh food daily for schools in Greater Boston. Because many of our local school kitchens have only a heat-and-serve capacity, we could use the commissary to replace (or augment) the processed and frozen food we in many cases buy from out-of-state vendors.
Our second strategy focuses on the school food service workers. They're nearly as important to our children as the teachers in their classrooms, but some people don't treat them that way. And because many of the dedicated folks who work at schools come to the job with little culinary training, we are thinking through the feasibility of an on- or off-site culinary program. A commissary could do double duty as a professional development center, or school districts could partner with local culinary schools.
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No, despite the title this is not really a post about sports. With that out of the way, let's talk a bit about sports.
The NHL season has started up again back in Canada and I am again faced with the fact that I care less and less about my favourite childhood hockey team – the Toronto Maple Leafs. Go Jets Go? I am transitioning from being a fairly big NHL hockey fan (though I will always love the WJC, Olympics, and other major tournies) to being a football (soccer –henceforth called football – wow, see how legit I am??) fan. It's one more sign of being at 'home' in a new place I guess. I have always been a footie fan since living in Northern Ireland in 2004 and deciding to make Liverpool my team but it's a lot more difficult to be a serious fan in Canada. Matches start at 10am on Saturday morning (if you can find somewhere showing the game), little coverage in the press, and fewer people to talk about it with. Now it is reversed and I am completely surrounded by football over here – proper kick-off times, games on every TV in the bar, lots of press coverage, playing football on the weeknights, and the same thing everyone is talking about at work or in the streets the next day.
Appropriately for this, an unfortunately high percentage of my wardrobe here in Tanzania (I argue it's the most comfortable thing you can wear in this humidity – but others may just see it as a weakness in fashion sense) is made up of football jerseys (Barcelona, Liverpool, Ghana, Bayern Munich, Argentina, Celtic, Toronto FC, Spain, Valhalla FC…). I guess this is all just adapting to one's surroundings – that and it's a pretty damn lonely hockey conversation in Dar es Salaam.
It's been about 5 weeks now since I've been back in Tanzania. Did I tell you I was returning to Tanzania again? Yep, I've returned for Year 3 (standard entry-level CBA contract you know) – the last of the three original "Canadians"/musketeers left on this side of the equator. The first year was for the adventure, the second for good career move (and more of the first), the third is for a little of both of those…but let's be honest, it's mainly for the girl. Maybe this guy is finally getting his priorities straight??? Looking forward to the year ahead!
Speaking of timelines, it has also been 3 months since last blog update which isn't exactly keeping my promise in this post of doing a better job and promising exciting photos and stories (seriously though, the mountain gorilla one is pretty cool – you should probably harass me until I finally put it up). If it's any consolation, most of my posts last year were about 30 minute reads and the size 3-5 regular blog posts – so if you average that out I didn't do too bad…. The last weeks in Tanzania in August were hectic, the time spent back home sure felt hectic, and the first weeks here I have hardly hard time to sit and think let alone write (probably I just need to manage my time better…). But that is just how life is, busy, deadlines, other priorities, and time continues to fly on by.
There is also something to be said for things just becoming more "normal" after a few years and you find fewer reasons/inspirations to write about. We have two new Canadian interns here in the MEDA Tanzania office this year and I enjoy seeing them here and thinking back to my first months adjusting with eyes wide open and a zest for exploring anything and everything new. In one of my very first posts on this blog I wrote of my experience in the first month that "the ordinary has just become extraordinary on a more regular basis". I think that there was certainly some truth in this and perhaps I have just started to see things once again more through that 'ordinary' lens. A place like this can certainly offer plenty of the extraordinary but it can also wear you down fast until sometimes you just want to stay in on the long weekend and watch a complete HBO series on your laptop. At first I feel a bit sad when I think about that – but then again I think it is entirely normal. What can be a life-changing experience or a heart-stopping landscape for one is another person's daily life or view from the backyard and it works both ways my friend. We all learn to get comfortable as natural coping mechanism and sometimes that even includes getting a little bit jaded with things and there is nothing wrong with that.
The original purpose of this blog post when I started writing it (only took me 791 words to get here) was to talk about the feeling and definition of what is "home" when you live abroad for a period of time. I found myself interchanging the two places defined as home quite a bit when I talked to people before, during and after my recent trip to Canada. Was it that I was returning home for a one month visit or was it that I would be returning back home to Tanzania after this short visit in Canada? From where I came or from where I currently am? I still don't really have the answer. Maybe it is a bit too scary to call one place home and still know you will likely be moving on from it soon enough and might again become a stranger in a new place. You make many new friends and forge a new life while away but at the same time almost everyone still has the friends and ties from where they came. You need to try to make the place where you are now as much of a home as possible and I have been very fortunate in that regard – but of course all the while keeping close to your original home. The interesting part is when you feel comfortable and happy and yet not quite completely…for lack of a better term, at home when in either place but still somewhere in-between. For now, it can often feel as though I simultaneously have two homes – and at the very same time – not really one at all.


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What comes out of this is that ICE/HSI now appears to be incredibly gullible, falling for basically every bullshit claim from the MPAA. Just imagine if ICE/HSI had been around and had this sort of broad stupid made-up power over "intellectual property theft" during the introduction of the VCR -- back when the MPAA was declaring it illegal? ICE would be out there raiding and shutting down electronics stores for selling the devices. All because the MPAA said so.


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As the Piranas refuse to elect her clan leader, Dalhia has decided to leave town to explore new horizons and perhaps set up her very own clan. And she'd only just made up her mind to do this, when she received her first recruit in the form of Chiara, who'd also decided to go off adventuring away from the clan of her beginnings. From Monday, December 10th, Dalhia and Chiara will no longer be available in the shop's packs. However, players who already own them can continue to use them as normal. Sales of the two characters on the Market will be blocked until the morning of Wednesday, December 5th.
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Yay!!not only 2 new cr from which i have one but a new clan promise with leader the amazing dalhia!!!excellent
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Well played UR staff.. well played..
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That was really quick new Cr's...
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