You are invited! Join us for a FREE Veterans Employment and Networking Event on Saturday May 3rd at Boulder Crest Retreat for Military & Veteran Wellness.
Hire Our Heroes (HOH) will partner with Boulder Crest Retreat to host a "boutique" hiring event. This event will be small, intimate and high-touch—the intent is to pair a group of 24-30 transitioning veterans with approximately a dozen employers (hiring managers) who are actively seeking motivated, capable and seasoned military leaders for immediate placement within their companies. After a morning spent practicing elevator pitches and behavioral interview questions in small breakout groups, we will host a luncheon during which we will introduce each company/hiring representative to our veteran guests. The afternoon will be devoted to brief (15 minute) interviews between employers and job seekers.
There is a demand for the talent that Veterans bring to the workforce, and organizations want to meet with you to talk about their companies and job openings.
Resumes are required for registration, and we will ensure these organizations know what you're looking for in a company while they search for prime candidates.
Attendees are expected to attend for the duration of the event, which will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will conclude at approximately 4:30 p.m. Please arrive by 8:30 for check-in and coffee. Lunch is included.
An active duty service member with less than 3 months until EAS/ETS.
Seats are limited! To register for this event, fill out the information below and send your resume to bcr@hireourheroes.org and be sure to put "VETERAN RECRUITING" in the subject line.


The most prominent investment and promotion agency in Grenada is the Grenada Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), which was established in 1985 through the enactment of the Grenada Industrial Corporation Act, Act 2 of 1985. GIDC is overseen by a Board of Directors appointed by the Minister with responsibility for Finance & Industry. GIDC's goals include attracting new foreign direct investment; facilitating growth and development of existing businesses; and increasing the number of local profitable small businesses registered and operating throughout Grenada. Other development agencies include the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and the Caribbean Tourism Organisation. Grenada's FDI net inflows were reported at around 8.2 per cent of GDP in 2010, according to the World Bank (2011).


The Tizen .NET framework allows you to easily and efficiently create applications for Tizen. Study the following instructions to help familiarize yourself with the Tizen .NET application development process. With the instructions, you can create and run a basic .NET application, which displays some text on the screen with no user interaction.
Before you get started with developing Tizen applications, set up the development environment.
Create a project using Visual Studio.
This step shows how you can deploy and run the application on the emulator or a real target device.
This step shows how you can enhance your application by creating a UI and making small alterations to it to improve the usability of the application.
The following figures illustrate the application to be created. The application screen displays the Welcome to Xamarin Forms! text and no user interaction is provided.
In the Visual Studio menu, select File > New > Project.
Select Installed > Visual C# > Tizen, and select the Tizen App (Xamarin.Forms) template.
Select the profile, Wearable (preview). Click OK.
If you select the wearable profile in the Tizen Project Wizard, a wearable project titled <projectname>.Tizen.Wearable is added. It contains code to instantiate your wearable application within the Tizen framework.
When your application code is ready, build the application. The building process performs a validation check and compiles your files. You must sign the application package with an author certificate when building the application. If you have not yet registered a Tizen certificate in Visual Studio, see Certificate Manager.
In the Visual Studio menu, select Build > Build Solution.
In the Solution Explorer view, right-click the solution name and select Build.
Tizen .NET applications are always deployed as installed packages. The package files have the .tpk file extension, and the process of generating a package is controlled by the manifest file. The Visual Studio template generates the manifest file ( tizen-manifest.xml) to the top level of the <projectname>.Tizen project (if you create projects with mobile, TV, or wearable profiles, a separate manifest file is generated for each profile).
For this example application, the default manifest is sufficient. If you want to make any changes in the application, such as changing the application icon or installing resources that are used by the application at runtime, see Packaging Your Application.
After you have built the application, deploy and run it.
In the command prompt, enter sdb devices.
Xamarin.Forms provides a way to build portable applications which run in a native way. It provides a set of controls for building a user interface, as well as generates code which adapts the user interface code to use the native facilities of the supported platforms. The following is a brief introduction to the Xamarin.Forms controls, and how to use them to build on the application you have just created.
The C# code from your first application displays a label centered on the screen, containing the Welcome to Xamarin Forms! text. This CrossTemplate1 application created from the template is set up and ready to be built and run by Visual Studio right after you create it, as described above.
Pages represent screens within an application. The UI of an application is built from one or more pages and with a navigation mechanism, if needed. The navigation scheme is specified by the INavigation interface. Many pages are of the ContentPage type, which describes the view of a single screen.
Layouts are containers used to compose views into logical structures. Some available types are absolute, grid, relative, and stack layouts; each provide mechanisms, such as orientation, spacing, and padding, to control the layout. The StackLayout class is a basic layout where you can simply stack controls on top of, or side-by-side, one another. Layouts can also be bundled with and nested into each other.
Views are the controls displayed on the user interface, such as labels, buttons, and text entry boxes.
Cells are specialized elements used for items in tables and lists, which help describe how the items must be rendered.
The App class is declared, deriving from the Xamarin.Forms.Application class, which represents a cross-platform mobile application.
The App class constructor creates a ContentPage instance where you set up the view to display.
You assign what you want to display to the Content property of the ContentPage class.
In this case, the content is a container, specifically a StackLayout instance. This layout positions ("stacks") its child elements in a single vertical (default) or horizontal line.
Child elements are added to the Children property. In this example, a single Label instance is added, whose Text property is the message you want to display.
Some lines implement control over the layout. For example, the stack is set to vertically center the child elements, and the label is set to use center-alignment for its text.
Besides the App constructor, the rest of the file is just a template. Event handlers from the Application class can be filled in if the application needs to handle application state changes.
To modify and build a new application, create a new project. The default name for the second project is CrossTemplate2 (as shown in the namespace declaration in the following step list), but of course you can name it anything you want.
The basic template uses a label which displays text in an area of the screen. The properties inherited from the base classes of Label give control over the display: font attributes, families, and sizes, as well as layout options. Modify the application by adding a button control. It is similar to the label, but is specifically designed to react to click events. As a result, the Button class defines the Clicked event, which tells the application what to do when the click event takes place.
In order to do something visible on the screen to show that you have received the click event, define another label. Give the new label a value to be displayed in the initial state, and make the button click event handler update the text and button color once the click event triggers.
Text = "Welcome to Tizen!"
To change the new label's properties when the button is clicked, define the OnButtonClicked event handler.
When an event triggers, 2 parameters are delivered to any handler set up to watch it. The first parameter is an object representing the control that triggered the event and the second parameter is the event data appropriate to the event type.
Increment the click counter, build a string showing how many times the button has been clicked, and set the Text property of the label to that string.
Just for visual effect, you can also set the button background color to something different than the initial color set when the button was instantiated.
The following image shows what happens when you run the modified code. At startup, the button is red and the text below the button is unclicked. After a couple of clicks, the click counter is displayed below the button, and the button color has changed.
This topic only introduces the controls in use in the example above. For more information on Xamarin.Forms, see the Xamarin Developer Center. There is also a comprehensive book about Xamarin.Forms available as a free download from Microsoft Press.
A Tizen .NET application is deployed in the form of an installable package, with the package file extension .tpk. A Tizen .NET package has a relatively simple structure: internally it is a ZIP file with content that matches the directory layout of the project.
The shared directory, which is for items that are considered system-wide (shareable).
The application icon is packaged in the shared/res directory on installation, and the icon appears on the home screen with the icons for the other applications. You can either replace the icon (which is just a copy of the default Tizen logo) with one of your own using the file name generated by Visual Studio, or put a new icon in the same project directory and update the package manifest to indicate the new name.
The res directory, which is for application-private resources.
If the application needs a file to open at runtime, it can be placed here.
The bin directory, which contains the generated application executable.
The lib directory, which contains the generated application support code.
If you use nugget libraries, they are imported in the lib directory.
The package manifest, which defines the application properties and is used at the installation time.
2 signature files (author and distributor), which are checked at the installation time.
The following figure shows the layout of the platform-specific (Tizen) project. It includes the lib, res, and shared (with a res subdirectory containing an image file) directories, and the tizen-manifest.xml file. There is also the bin directory, which Visual Studio only shows if you select the Show all files option for the solution. These pieces all go into the package.
Package generation (and in fact installation) is controlled by the tizen-manifest.xml package manifest file. The following figure shows the .tpk file for the initial application, to illustrate how the combination of the directory layout and the package manifest leads to the actual package.
When packaging your application, you also need to consider whether any feature or privilege declarations are needed in the manifest file, and how to place any language-specific files.


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Ming-Chi Kuo: iPhone X Production Currently Just <10K Units Per Day, Blush Gold Color May Launch Later
Monday September 11, 2017 8:16 am PDT by Joe Rossignol
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo issued a research note to investors today in which he said Apple's current iPhone X production totals less than just 10,000 units per day. For this reason, Kuo anticipates the iPhone X will remain in "severe short supply for a while" following its expected launch later this month.
Kuo also anticipates that the so-called "Blush Gold" colored iPhone X will encounter some production problems and will initially be available only in "extremely low volume." He said there is even a chance that the gold version will go on sale at a later date than the other colorways, which are rumored to be silver and black.
Here's the excerpt from Kuo's research note obtained by MacRumors:
Due to component supply constraints, we estimate current production of the OLED iPhone at less than 10k units per day, which means the model will remain in severe short supply for a while. Furthermore, we estimate that the gold version of the OLED iPhone will encounter some production problems and will initially be available only in extremely low volume. There is even a chance that the gold version will go on sale at a later date than the other versions. However, we believe these shipment delays will have a limited impact on the shares of Apple and its supply chain members.
Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone X, a new Apple TV with 4K video, and Apple Watch Series 3 models with LTE at its first-ever event at Steve Jobs Theater tomorrow. Join us at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time for complete coverage.
Tags: KGI Securities, Ming-Chi Kuo
my box of crayolas says that's "Copper"
jmgregory1
If true, 10k per day isn't a supply constraint, it's a model that can't be released. If you extrapolate out, with their starting production in the last 30 days, that's 300k units for launch. There is no way they would offer it for sale if that's what they're sitting on now.
Maybe with 3m units on hand, but then they'd need to be producing ~1m units per day to satisfy what I expect will be initial demand of 30m units in the first 30 days.
JaySoul
Make it seem scarce.
That makes people want it more, and ultimately more forgiving of an exorbitant price tag.
TechnicallyTee
Well I just plan on doing what I normally do which means waking up to order at 3am and just see what day I get. Is what it is.
iPhaithful
Someone should invent a drinking game where everytime the phrase "KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo" is mentioned we take a shot.
Statusnone88
As long as I can get a 256GB iPhone X in "black", all is good.
Incoming Intel CEO Derides Company's Inability to 'Deliver Better Products' Than Apple's M1 Chip
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Attachments is comprised of objects and materials that trigger childhood memories of things collected or passed down from family that hold affection and bind us together. The things we can't part with become a part of us.
Remedies for healing and repair are kept in a medicine cabinet. The remedies in Archive connect to childhood memories. These strange salves of my past, the blanket, bandage, cards, clothespins, plaster cast of my teeth, rusted toy wheels and baby shoes are reminders of the bruised childhood I once endured. The sticks are pacifiers. The small pink felted covering on the wooden spool is an association I have to biting my nails and sucking my thumb. A reminder that the color pink has associations of nurturing and wool has warmth and protection.
The worn quality of the clothespins suggested their uselessness but they are repurposed and valued for their wear and tear. I am attracted to their aged markings that suggest they we're once loved.
Remnant is composed from men's button-down shirts I collected from thrift stores. Their previous use added to the feeling of memory and meaning of wearing hand-me-down clothes. I grew up the middle child of four brothers. The time I spent cutting out the buttonhole plackets, dyeing and then stitching them became a mindful and meditative act.
Buttonhole plackets separated from their shirts act as lines of text and the buttonholes as words. Pieced together they read as textile. Swaddling is stitched together with pink thread, embedded with wool and makes a blanket to convey a sense of caring and warmth.
An understanding of the work comes through your senses. Form is given to abstracted figures or surrogates in the guise of empty vessels. The visual fragility of the cloth in my work contributes to associations of membrane, veneer and permeable skin, sometimes bruised and vulnerable, sometimes misshapen and marked upon. Like skin, cloth holds the wear and tear of time through stretching, abrasion, and sagging. I see my work as abstracted figures, whether as flat planes or as sculpture. They are constructed as emotional surrogates; empty vessels, thin skinned, splayed out, hung up, tattooed.
The visual fragility in the cloth contributes to the associations of skin as membrane, bruised, worn, and vulnerable. It evokes pathos and empathy. Like skin, cloth is absorptive and can be pricked with needle and stitched with thread. I bring to the surface what stalks beneath the veneer; stresses that seep through our subconscious, like seeping though our skin, are held within the body and manifested as disease or discomfort. I choose the colors of pink and purple paired with wax and thread to show the physicality and emotionality of the loss and discomfort we experience as we go through life. Emotional layers are build up, like the building up of sediment, through force and pressure until an eruption occurs and becomes manifest on the surface.
This "body" bag was my first foray into the idea of bag as empty vessel or repository for life's experiences. The division of the markings from the top of the bag was to create the idea of head and torso, an abstracted figure. I applied beeswax as a material to create the idea of skin in its translucency and permeability.
The repetition of mark making on cloth, delicate and small openings twined in waxed linen, weavings splayed like animal hides, these works represent the conscious body.
The meaning in these works comes from the deliberative and rhythmic acts coupled together with the interaction of materials. It is through these conscious acts of making that create a sense of intimacy within the work.
The diptych arranged close together and framed by wood created an association of looking through windows, looking out onto a field. The small ovals are like water drops on glass that magnify what lies underneath. Hurricane Katrina and the flooded rooms leaving behind water marks where residue was captured on the wall are also associations.
Small ovals hold your attention as place markers for contemplation-meditation. The slightly raised embroidered thread has associations of scar, tattoo, branding or stigmata.
The small ovals represent intimacy, a place to rest your eyes, a place to gather your breath, a place of looking deeper into the surface, or magnifying what lies underneath, discovering what lies just beneath the chaotic tangle of lines, the jumbled mess of our thoughts.
Skin has memory and is imprinted with lines slowly over time. These meandering lines tell stories of our desires and longings. The lines, slits, and stitched marks of this skin-like cloth reflect our life's journey.
Scraped, torn and distressed, Rend 2 amplifies the effects of time. Rend 2 was created during Hurricane Katrina and the media captured the devastating effects of the storm as the water receded. What remained in the aftermath of the storm was debris covered with muck.
The structure and metaphor of the human spine conjures up images of strength and responsibility, but the small openings convey a sense of vulnerability.
Each box with twined form represents the orifices of our bodies and are placed on the wall in relation to their positions within the body. The beeswax encases each box as a protective skin. The small, delicate, circular openings of the twined forms present a sense of innocence. When we are born we are unmarked by life's circumstances.
The mutability of sticks as both object and subject transcend their ordinariness. These sticks function as talismans, souvenirs, props, relics, surrogates and artifacts. Gathering the sticks became a ritualistic act. The beach from where they were gathered became a bone yard. The emotional attachments they chronicle are of tenderness, separation and loss. They are reminders of our mortality and through their transformation in my work they are raised from the dead.
These pink felted sticks became amputated limbs of all the soldiers and civilians alike, who have recently been maimed in current wars from around the world. By felting over the sticks with pink wool, my intention was to create an act of nurturing, a salve for healing the wounds of so many maimed by war.
The use of the boxes as containers symbolizes the idea of transport to the after life. The box as open casket. Their vertical positioning on the wall references the human body with the intention of confronting death and the afterlife. The sticks were gathered from the beach and rescued into this work thereby redeeming their status as dead wood. Each group of sticks was wrapped with strips of dyed cloth, paper, ribbon and string. Each had embedded between the layers small objects or amulets such as buttons, letters, and linen handkerchiefs. These wrapped sticks took on the uncanny appearances of misaligned bodies of hands and feet.
Through my attention and care these sticks were transformed into a body. Dyeing and carefully wrapping the drift wood sticks in Indigo and waxed linen elevated and gave value to their status. Wrapping and dyeing was a transformative and ceremonial act.
The bound sticks in Crone reference an old woman's body as well as a sense of loss. Each stick was chosen for its particular bend or crook. The protruding stick feet are painted purple in reference to the body shutting down, no longer able for oxygen to circulate. The hog gut is membrane, thin and shear much like skin as we age.. The cavity of the box is filled with dark red beeswax, the blood connection we have to each other as well as a reference to embalming fluid. Crone is a reminder we all eventually become just bones.
I use sticks symbolically as memento mori, artifact, talisman, relic, amulet and surrogate. Sticks conjure up emotional attachments to loss and suffering. I purposefully choose sticks that have particular articulated form. In Reoccurring Affections 1 & 2, the painted sticks function as text, undecipherable. The sewn grid and the folding of the paper hold connotations of maps.
This photo shows the process of how the paper was created for Reoccurring Affections 1 & 2. Kozo paper was pulled as single sheets and then layered together like shingles on a roof. The kozo picked up fugitive dye from the weaving as well as the texture of the surface. When the kozo was dry it was lifted off the weaving as a singular sheet of paper.
Journalists have the difficult task of sifting through the rubble of news and organizing shards of information into a cohesive story. Celebrity news has hijacked the Media. In contrast to this trivialization of what is news worthy, this exhibit tells the stories of real marginalized people living in Los Angeles. Angelenos who are homeless, disabled, elderly, etc. have lived quietly, but courageously, facing their daily struggles and most often do not warrant headline news or recognition. People, whose stories tell of lives of displacement, addiction, mental illness, loneliness, and poverty are poignantly told using the photographic process of cyanotype on multi-layered fabric panels.
Each cloth panel is created by collaging together negative images exposed on a light box.
John was a man I met in the McArthur Park area of Los Angeles. Shortly after the exhibit of Living in the Margins, John was killed by being set on fire. His story was told in the LA Times, a story of John's life on and off the streets. We all have a past and cannot assume to know a person by their present circumstances. John was sweet, approachable, and had the brightest blue eyes.
The reinvention and repurposing of cloth from discarded pattern books is a metaphor for bringing new life to what was to be tossed away.
The processes of over-dyeing in both Re Bloom and Hexagon Blues brought unity to the fabrics. Pink was chosen for Re Bloom because it signifies growth and femininity. Surface depth is created by the layers of screen-printing and stencils with pigments and discharge paste.
I've been a collector of security envelopes and find myself engaging in the design possibilities of abstracting the small patterns found on the inside of the envelopes by playing around with scale and shape via photoshop. I'm engaged with the possibility of creating beauty from what is typically trash. I prepare my screens with these designs and mix inks not knowing in advance what the outcome is going to be but trusting in the possibilities, the process and myself enough to have confidence that all of the time and effort will combine into some idea of Constructed Harmony.
· Starting with the most mundane of fabrics, unbleached muslin, the muslin is transformed first through dyeing and in these panels there are subtle gradations from light to dark.
· I screen print on both sides of the cloth to create layers of depth.
· I then paint on a mixture of bees wax and paraffin that transforms the cloth even more by making it translucent and stiff. It becomes almost paper-like.
· If properly back-lit they are transformed into looking like stained glass.
· all of this is labor intensive but as I say, each artist has his or her own madness.
· I wanted the panels to have more dimensional presence so I accordion folded each into a grid and burnished the edges leaving the trace of the grid.
· The panels undulate slightly from the wall, unfolded like a map. This in turn led to the white embroidered"X" that sits on the very top of the surface. Seducing you to linger a little longer.
Starting with the most mundane of fabrics, unbleached muslin, the muslin is transformed first through dyeing, then screen printed on both sides of the cloth to create layers of depth. Wax was added to created translucency and body.
The city is a manufactured landscape, an urban environment. During a walk through my neighborhood, I encountered several redwood trees, hundreds of miles away from their natural habitat. Drawn to the rugged surface of the trees, which was a counter point to all of the concrete and asphalt surroundings, Naughty Knotty, is a tree manufactured out of a single photographic image taken of a section of bark. The multi-shingled image of the bark echoes the experience one would have walking amongst a grove of redwood trees. Because of the scale you cannot see the forest through the trees. What you can experience is the tactile quality and the physical presence of the bark of the tree.
In Naughty Knotty, the use of cloth transforms our notions of bark as hard and tough. The soft, pliable and lightweight qualities of the cloth express an idea of bark and tree as a gracefully draped feminine sheath. The formidable scale and girth of Naughty Knotty and the bold image of bark paired with the suppleness of cloth contradicts our perceptions of what a tree is supposed to be.
I love creating patterns on cloth with Shibori. Shibori is a controlled resist dye method developed in Japan. Several types of dye classes are utilized corresponding to the type of fiber content in each cloth. Indigo is a natural blue vat dye and various depths of blue can be achieved depending on the strength of the vat and the number of dips into the vat. Acid dyes work on the protein fibers of wool and silk and also nylon.
I love the process of creating patterned surfaces by building up multiple layers through screen printing. I find joy, excitement and the anticipation of the outcome playing with color combinations. I like to use the same screens in different combinations with colors of ink to change the mood.
I love how circles are utilized in pattern design.
One Christmas holiday I printed a set of napkins for each family member and friends. I cut and sewed mitered corners on each one. That was a labor of love.


Children's Picture Books – Now 99 Cents Each!
Over 45 different children's picture books are now each available for less than a dollar in Amazon's Kindle Store! "From Aladdin to The Velveteen Rabbit," Amazon posted on one of their Facebook pages, "these 45 Kindle-exclusive Rabbit Ears picture books are just 99¢ each for a limited time." Amazon posted the announcement on the Facebook page for their Kindle Fire tablets, presumably because of the lavish cover images for each of the books. But these are "Kindle Edition" books, so you can enjoy them on any kind of Kindle!
There's three Beatrix Potter stories in the mix, along with some adaptations of a few folk tales, and classic children's stories by Rudyard Kipling (and two by Washington Irving). There's even a few characters from history, whose lives are being re-told in special biographies for younger readers. To see the selection, just point your browser to tinyurl.com/DollarKidBooks. It looks like some of these books are brand new, and they normally sell for $7.77 — so it's a pretty big savings.
Here's a list of the 45 children's books that have been reduced in price to just 99 cents!
20 eBooks for just 99 cents!
Every day Amazon offers a big one-day discount on one special ebook. It's on a special web page called "the Kindle Daily Deal" (available at this shortcut: tinyurl.com/DailyKindleDeal ) But today's deal is even better than usual. Because on Sunday — for one day only — Amazon is discounting twenty different ebooks!
"Today only, 20 great novels that inspired movies are just $0.99 each on Kindle," Amazon explains at the top of the page. It's a series of books from a publishing house named Rosetta (titled — what else? — "Books into Film".) "Individual Daily Deal titles may have additional territory restrictions, and not all deals are available in all territories," Amazon warns at the top of the web page. But if you're lucky enough to be in the right country — and you can make it to the web page before midnight — there's some very intriguing titles on the list!
For example, they're offering a 99-cent version of the book Shoeless Joe, which was the basis for Kevin Costner's baseball movie, Field of Dreams. There's also a discounted version of I am Legend, which was made into a movie starring Will Smith, and even the original book version for Village of the Damned. But they've also discounted books that inspired some of the great classic movies, like In the Heat of the Night, and even Marilyn Monroe's first movie, the noir classic Asphalt Jungle. I was surprised to see the books behind some of the ground-breaking films from the 1960s, including Midnight Cowboy and even Dr. Strangelove. And Slaughterhouse-Five, the great anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut, also made it onto the list too — available all day Sunday for just 99 cents.
Here's the complete list of all the "Books into Film" Kindle ebooks that on sale Sunday for just 99 cents.
I think the only thing better than a good ebook is a good ebook that costs 99 cents!
I was sad to hear that Maurice Sendak died on Tuesday. He wrote "Where the Wild Things Are," and also wrote or illustrated several dozen more books — all just as original, and just as exciting. So it's surprising that there aren't any Kindle ebooks available by Maurice Sendak. But there is one way to get Maurice Sendak's works onto your Kindle — by listening to an audiobook!
And amazingly, there's also a full-length novel adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are that was written by Dave Eggers!
Audible.com is also selling an audiobook which contains a 25-minute interview with Sendak on the PBS radio show, Fresh Air. (Sendak was one of two guests on the show, which also includes another 25-minute interview with actress Patricia Clarkson.) It was recorded in 2003, when 75-year-old Sendak had just released a new book called Brundibar that was based on a dramatic Czechoslovakian opera. The audiobook offers a fun to hear Maurice Sendak's voice coming out of your Kindle!
I'm a big fan of Sendak. One year before he wrote Where the Wild Things Are, Sendak even drew the illustrations for a dark little children's story by Robert Graves (the 67-year-old author of I, Claudius). People are remembering their favorite Sendak stories today, all around the web.
And it's nice to know there's also ways to remember Sendak with your Kindle!
The first James Bond book was published nearly 60 years ago — and it was nearly 50 years ago that the first James Bond movie was released. Now the famous secret agent has found his way into the world of ebooks. This month, Amazon announced a 10-year license for the every one of Ian Fleming's "James Bond" books for North America — both in print and as Kindle ebooks.
Here's a list of the James Bond titles which will be available as Kindle ebooks.
In addition, Amazon also plans to publish two interesting non-fiction books written by Ian Fleming — The Diamond Smugglers, a true-crime story from 1957 analyzing the illegal trade in precious stones, plus Thrilling Cities, a 1963 collection of travel stories.
It reminds me of a conversation I had with my friend Len Edgerly (who broadcasts a new episode of the Kindle Chronicles podcast online every Friday). Last summer he'd read From Russia With Love during a trip, and noted that even back then, it wasn't available on the Nook (or on any other digital reading devices that he'd tried). But on his podcast, Len shared another interesting observation: that reading that ebook also opened his eyes to the potential of "public notes" created for a Kindle ebook.
[T]here's an intriguing use of public annotations in that book, because Jeffrey Deaver has — apparently he was authorized by the family to write another 007 novel in the series. It's called Carte Blanche, and it was actually published in May. But he was going through "From Russia With Love, written by Ian Fleming, sharing his impressions of the book as part of his preparation for writing his own James Bond novel. And one of the ones I loved the best was, in that book, Bond isn't — doesn't appear in the book to where you can see what he's doing and saying until a third of the book goes — has passed. It's all preparation and Moscow and — the spy's getting ready to seduce him, and all this. And Deaver says, this is amazing, you know, that he would have the discipline and the skill to wait this long to introduce his main character…. I'm going to be really curious to read the Deaver book to see if I can see things that he flagged in his reading of From Russia With Love as he was preparing his own version of a Jame Bond story.
My theory is that people just aren't aware of the power of public notes. (To follow a specific person's notes, just login at Kindle.Amazon.com and search for their name, and then click the "Follow" button that appears over their profile picture.) I predicted to Len that as time goes by, and as people become more familiar with the possibilities, we'll see more interesting uses for public notes on the Kindle. The last thing I said to him?
For Wednesday only — while supplies last — you can get a refurbished Kindle Fire for just $139!
They were previously owned, but just like with past deals, they've all since been tested by Amazon, so they'll still come with a full one-year warranty, just like a new Kindle Fire tablet! (And since the Kindle Fire was only released on November 15th, none of them are more than five and a half months old!) Normally the Kindle Fire tablets cost $199, so it's a really nice way to save some money.
There's a couple of ways to get to the page with the special offer. The easiest is just to go to point your browser to tinyurl.com/KindleFireThursday . That's the easy-to-remember URL I made last time Amazon had a special price on Kinde Fire tablets – and even though today the sale is on Wednesday, the URL still works! Amazon is also offering the special price through their "Gold Box Deals" page. ("New Deals, Every Day.") If you go to the same URL on Thursday, there'll be a different deal — and another one the next day — and there's also "Lightning Deals" on the same page which last only for an hour or two.
Remember, all of these deals are "While Supplies Last," so if there's something you're interested in, hurry up and grab it! (That's part of the fun…) I still haven't bought a Kindle Fire tablet — but at prices this low, it's going to be hard to resist!


I had a specific idea for this page but it didn't turned out at all like I expected; it actually turned out better.
The page took a turn on its own which made me realize that I must follow my heart and intuition when creating. It really fit the theme of this challenge perfectly as I really felt as if my dreams really know the way and I must follow!! There is a video tutorial above on how I created this art journaling page.
I'm showing how I created this page and where the "mistakes happened" that lead me to create it this way.
This video really emphasizes one of the most common mistakes people believe about Mixed media. In this case the point about: "Being Afraid of Making Mistakes".
I recently created a video emphasizing the 10 most common misconceptions people believe abut Mixed Media.
This month the challenge on the 7 Dots Studio blog is about Dreams. May it be dreams, goals, aspirations or actual night dreams we want you to take what lies inside you imagination and channel it into your projects. So what dreams have you been having lately? Come and share them with us in this challenge.
Here is our inspirational circle to get your started!!!


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The autumn season, also known as fall, traditionally begins with the Labor Day Holiday at the beginning of September and extends through the Thanksgiving Day holiday near the end of November.
Labor Day signifies the end of summer and the end of the three-month school holidays for most children. Swimming pools in the northern states close right after the Labor Day weekend and most summer sports activities end. This holiday is always celebrated on a Monday and workers have a 3-day weekend. It is often used for one last mini-vacation for the family before school begins. Picnics and outdoor barbecues are a favorite activity.
Poplar trees explode with fall colors along a road in the state of Utah.
The autumn season can be quite pleasant in most of the US. In the northern states, it usually brings warm sunny days with cool nights. The leaves of the hardwood forests begin to change color and produce a magnificent display for a few short weeks. In the South, it means an end to the oppressive heat of mid-summer and the onset of more pleasant temperatures. Along the south Atlantic coast and around the Gulf of Mexico it can bring some dangerous storms known as Hurricanes.
Baseball season nears its end and the professional baseball teams begin their playoffs in preparation for the World Series. Football (American football) season begins. Every weekend, high school and college teams across the USA engage in local matches. On Sunday afternoons, television sets across the land are tuned to the professional games of the National Football League.
During Halloween, front yards of many houses are decorated with witches, ghosts, skeletons and giant illuminated pumpkin faces called "jack-o-lanterns".
Halloween is always celebrated on October 31. Children throughout the country dress in costumes and visit all the houses in their neighborhood to receive candy treats. The front yards of many houses are decorated with witches, ghosts, skeletons and giant illuminated pumpkin faces called "jack-o-lanterns". On the days just before Halloween, each town and village holds a parade with many children and sometimes a few adults marching through the streets in costumes. Prizes are given to the best dressed. The most famous parades are held in San Francisco and New York City where the gay residents parade in unbelievably extravagant costumes. October 30 is known as Devil's night, and people that have been unkind to children in their neighborhood may find their shrubbery decorated with toilet paper or their windows covered in soap.
The fall season ends with the Thanksgiving holiday weekend following the third Thursday in November. This harvest festival is a time when families re-unite for a great feast. Roast turkey with cranberry sauce, candied yams, and pumpkin pie are the traditional dishes served on Thanksgiving. The Saturday following Thanksgiving is always the traditional first day of the new Christmas-shopping season. Macy's department store hosts a huge parade in New York City and stores across the country offer their first big sales of the new season. This is always one of the biggest shopping days of the year as the winter season begins.
Photo Description: Over head and under foot, the rich and magical colors of autumn signal the end of summer and the approach of winter.


Administrative staff in universities shoulders the important task of management and service, which is the indispensable role in the operation of universities. However, their professional development has not been realized fully, and their self-actualization needs could not be satisfied. For the administrative staffs professional development, colleges and universities should meet the basic life needs and security needs of administrative teachers by creating comfortable environment and improving their welfare, should meet their social needs by creating opportunities for them to exchange and study, should achieve the highest level of needs by setting a platform and encouraging administrative teachers to upgrade themselves.
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How Many Hours Does It Take To Become An Expert?
How many hours it takes to become an expert depends on what you're studying, and how you define the word "expert." That being said, there are some patterns.
Now, there is a pretty big difference between a bachelor's and a Ph.D., but the theme is interesting enough: expertise is less about intelligence, and more about persistence.
The results appear below, ranging from celebrity gossip expertise (proof that humanity itself has jumped the shark), to a lifetime of work for neurosurgery. And who knew knitting was sew complex?


Here we have for sale is this 'A Yawn Is A Silent Scream For Coffee' sweatshirt. If wen you yawn and you know it's time for a coffee then this sweatshirt is for you! Remember to tag us online in all of your selfies! #savethepeople and @savethepeople_co on instagram!


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Jaime Wyeth's retrospective at the MFA in Boston renews Mark's appreciation for that piece of Folk Art Arnold Schwarzenegger....
Portrait of Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jamie Wyeth (American, born in 1946)
* The Collection of Arnold Schwarzenegger. © Jamie Wyeth.
* Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Lynn and I have always enjoyed the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston during our frequent trips there. They always have interesting and sometimes provocative exhibits, they have multiple great restaurants and the space manages to be stately without being intimidating or overwhelming.
Recently, Lynn and I had the chance to check out one of the high profile exhibits in the US for the season: The Jamie Wyeth retrospective. Wyeth's work has always intrigued me on its own and in the way it connects to the work of his father and especially his grandfather.
Wyeth's retrospective shows an artist whose interests and experimental tendencies surpassed both his father and grandfather. Wyeth's work reflects some of the rustic, supernatural(ism) of his father Andrew but it also connects to some of the brawny and poetic men of action that NC painted in his illustrations for Children's Classics like Last of the Mohicans. Wyeth's 1977 portrait of a bare chested Arnold Schwarzenegger in his late 70's prime reminded me of NC's work on the print version of The Return of Tarzan from 1913 which depicts a brawny Tarzan in repose. This portrait in particular made me realize that Jamie Wyeth merged the notion of fine art with popular culture and even pulp in a way that his grandfather did which is why I love his work so much and why he is the most enjoyable major American artist at present in my opinion....
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Mark and Lynn visit Paul, Mark and Donnie's place in Hingham....
There is a part of us (mainly me) that really has a weakness for quality commercial restaurants and products that really deliver good value, minimum pretension and good quality and variety in their food, wine and/or spirits. This impulse led us (mainly me) to seek out Wahlburgers the high end burger outpost in Hingham owned by Chef Paul Wahlberg and his brothers Hollywood superstar Mark Wahlberg and Donnie who has had a noteworthy career as a music, film and television performer. The restaurant has also generated a reality show of the same name on A & E featuring the behind the scenes operations of the Hingham restaurant.
Lynn likes excitement and novelty which the crowded, bustling restaurant had in spades. What was unexpected was the high quality and general variety of the food. Lynn had a Haddock sandwich which she said had great flavor and was lightly fried with panko. Our grand kids enjoyed the Chicken Fingers and "Alma's Macaroni" (Alma is Mother Wahlberg). The restaurant had some great offbeat offerings for vegetarians such as the Portabello Capped Mushroom Burger which I had and found juicy and savory. If you are watching your carbs you can get the burgers with lettuce wraps instead of the bread.
An artful homage to the Wahlberg's film and television work hovers overhead
It is also worthy of note that the staff is friendly and unflappable. The manner in which they handled the bustling lunch crowd with wait lines going out into the street was impressive. Despite the long lines we were seated in a surprisingly timely fashion and managed to get our food quickly and with a minimum of fuss. The place has a family friendly vibe but there is a separate part of the restaurant with a bar section which makes it a good place to go and watch "the game." (The Red Sox were playing an afternoon game which generated a lot of interest during our time there).
Jackson at Wahlburgers
The drive from South Boston to Hingham is about an hour but the trip was well worth it and though we love Boston the parking can be kind of a headache if you are not up for it. The area where Wahlburgers was busy but parking was not a hassle.
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Contest!: Mark and Lynn give away a copy of Kathleen Flinn's latest...
We are giving away a copy of Kathleen Flinn's funny and poignant memoir of her childhood Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good. Ms. Flinn has also graciously agreed to contribute a one of a kind item to our givaway: An autographed jar of her own homemade blueberry jam made from her grandfather's own recipe.
To enter simply tell us in 50 words or less your most memorable dish growing up (and why). Email your entry to markandlynnarefamished@yahoo.com. Lynn and I will choose the winner and will publish the winning entry as on of our posts. Contest ends midnight September 20. Thanks much and good luck!
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Author Kathleen Flinn turns family history into storytelling gold...
Kathleen Flinn's author of The Sharper Your Knife the Less You Cry is back with a memoir of her youth called Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good: A Memoir of Food and Love from an American Midwest Family. Ms. Flinn's memoir appropriately arrives late in the summer as it is a book as bittersweet and poignant as the end of the season and the onset of Autumn.
The book is a chronology of her upbringing and covers three generations of her family. Ms. Flinn's adventurous streak and zest for life was a theme of some of her earlier works and here we see some of this in her own family history such as when her family decides fairly abruptly to pack up their Michigan home and move to California to help a relative run a pizza restaurant. Other highlights include chronicling her family's attempt at raising chickens and her family's abrupt move from Michigan to Florida. Ms. Flinn offers up serious retro comfort food recipes such as Lemon Meringue Pie, Bread and Butter Pickles, and Hot German Potato Salad to punctuate her chapters and underline some of her early experiences with food and cooking. Our favorite of these recipes is her Pan Fried Steak a la Julia Child.
The author (photo credit Irene Flinn)
This work, is in effect Ms. Flinn's third memoir and exhibits her exquistie story telling ability. She manages to weave a fascinating tale out of both the considerable drama and impulsiveness of her parents but also manages to get a lot of mileage out of the ordinariness of her youth such as chronicling the prodigous canning practices of her Grandparents or how her Father loved fishing. Ms. Flinn's work here manages to balance the sweetness and the ache of family history with the wizened perspective of adulthood.
Mark and Lynn at the I Go Inn....
The end of summer tends to have us in a reflective mood and the end of this summer is no exception. One of the most memorable experiences of the summer of 2014 was a jaunt to the rakish I Go Inn Upstate in Edinburg, NY.
The afternoon we visited the I Go Inn was one of the first hot summer days we experienced and many of the patrons of the IGI were literally just off of the boat from motoring on the Great Sacandage Lake as the Inn has a dock at the bottom of its property. Many of the patrons were floating around with beach coverups, flip flops and sunscreen liberally applied on their face and torso.
The food was the best kind of beach food: Generous portions of fried seafood (such as the coconut shrimp), beer battered shrimp and chips mixed in with more high end and/or healthy options such as the Ahi Tuna Salad and Turkey Burgers.
Mainly though, the I Go Inn is a great place to people watch. The place was packed the day we were there so it took awhile for our food to get served but our attentive waitress managed to re-assure us and the restaurant "comped" a couple of our appetizers even though our wait wasn't that bad considering. Again, the raucous but somehow well behaved clientele helped keep us entertained until we got our food.
Mark and Lynn try A Taste of the North Fork
Lynn and I had discovered much of the North Fork's culinary offerings this summer starting with the cHarissa that Lynn had found at a Farmer's Market in Mattituck early in the summer. The eventual need to replenish our cHarissa supply led us to the charming A Taste of the North Fork storefront.
The Taste of the North Fork storefront in Southold had a wide variety of locally made culinary delights such as the sesame scallion dipping sauce which we found worked great as a marinade and provided nice flavor
to such bland fare as tofu.
Thankfully, we found our cHarissa in ample quantities. There were plenty of items that we didn't get to try just yet but the Taste of the North Fork store is a great showcase for the rich and evolving creative food scene on the North Fork of Long Island.
Mark and Lynn take stock of Belle Isle Seafood's new home...
Lynn and I just got back from Boston and one of our favorite places Belle Isle Seafood has been moved into an expansive new location.
The expansion included a short move across the small bridge going into Winthrop. The seafood remains sublime and though the old, cramped location had a rustic charm the new location's size and comfort is a welcome change.
Jaime Wyeth's retrospective at the MFA in Boston r...
Mark and Lynn visit Paul, Mark and Donnie's place ...
Contest!: Mark and Lynn give away a copy of Kathl...
Author Kathleen Flinn turns family history into st...
Mark and Lynn take stock of Belle Isle Seafood's n...
Links of note from M & L...
Hotel Indigo near Boston
Isabella Gardner's amazing residence...
Itsi-Bitsi cupcakes
Jamie Oliver's Official Site
Joe Beef
Natalie McLean's official site
North Fork Table & Inn
Pullmans in Montreal
Rowdy Hall
Tate's Bake Shop
Tilar Mazzeo author site
salsa salsa
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Disney has just filed a patent for some new virtual reality tech. And forget about it being some new type of goggles or body suit. They are working on technology for the floor!!
From what the patent says, it looks like there are actually three different types of tech.
1) Vibration - This would cause friction to help guide the person in the proper direction based on the level of friction and ease of balance, etc.
2) Rotating discs - This would obviously physically turn the person in the proper direction.
3) Magnets and treadmills - This one sounds kind of fun actually. It involves magnets on the soles of one's shoes as well as on the treadmill belt.


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Champions League: What Alex Ferguson told Man Utd players after losing 2009 final to Barcelona – Carrick
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Former Manchester United midfielder, Michael Carrick has revealed what former boss, Sir Alex Ferguson told Red Devils' players after their 2009 Champions League final defeat to Barcelona in Rome.
United had the opportunity to become the first club since AC Milan to win the competition in back-to-back seasons but were outclassed by Barcelona, who scored through forwards, Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi.
"The Boss (Sir Alex Ferguson) was understandably angry and had a go at everyone," Carrick told The Times.
"You need to have a look at yourselves and see if you can play at this level. Moscow [in 2008] was irrelevant.
"We were Manchester United and the expectation was relentless. "You've let a good chance slip away here."
He added, "The Boss summed up exactly how I was feeling. After he finished, I just questioned myself again and again. Am I good enough?".
Ferguson won two Champions League titles during his 26-year reign at Old Trafford.
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The Chelsea hierarchy has informed manager Frank Lampard, that he is expected to reach the top four this season if he intends to still be in charge of the team, the UK Mirror reports.
Senior officials at Stamford Bridge want to give under-pressure Lampard time to turn the club's fortunes around and not make a decision mid-season.
However, they are believed to be considering Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl, RB Leipzigs Julian Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel who was just sacked at Paris Saint-Germain.
Ex-Juventus boss Max Allegri has also admitted he wants to manage in England.
Chelsea may be seen moving towards a German or German speaker if they replace Lampard, because of the makeup of the dressing room with the likes of Timo Werner, Kai Havertz and Antonio Rudiger among prominent squad members.
But Lampard is likely to be judged on whether he can get Chelsea back into the Champions League next season.
Having spent £200m last summer, the hierarchy believes the Blues should be in the top four and among the contenders.
Premier League agrees on new substitutes' rule
The Premier League on Wednesday confirmed it will try the use of concussion substitutes during matches.
However, no date for it to be implemented has been announced.
This comes amid growing concerns about the impact of head injuries and ball heading in football.
The new law, when implemented, will see teams make up to two changes in a match for players who have suffered or are suspected of having a concussion.
These substitutions will be added to the three substitutions currently allowed in Premier League fixtures and teams will be allowed to sub a player with concussion even if they have already made all their regulation changes.
"Premier League shareholders today formally agreed to introduce the International Football Association Board's (IFAB) additional permanent concussion substitutions trial.
"The trial will be confirmed when the implementation of the reporting processes, including private medical information, has been resolved with IFAB and FIFA.
"With player welfare the Premier League's priority, the protocols will allow a maximum of two concussion substitutes to be used per team, with the opposition side able to use the equivalent number," a Premier League statement read in part.


Who Should Attend: Federal IPv6 Transition Managers and their network security representatives are invited to attend, along with IPv6 security vendors. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about IPv6 security readiness, best practices, and formulating a way forward. There will also be an opportunity to interact with IPv6 security vendors listed in Attachment A.
The event is scheduled to take place September 25-26, 2012 at the GSA Headquarters in our nation's capital Washington DC.
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Because prayer is a language each of us speaks and hears in a different way, we try to find meaning within the chorus of diverse voices. With her engaging sermons and stimulating teachings, Rabbi Olshein shows us how the lessons from the past are relevant to our lives today.
We welcome and encourage congregational participation in our many religious, social and educational programs offered throughout the year.
Temple Israel's Shabbat celebration begins every week 30 minutes before services with our "Proneg" (our "nosh" before services) to help us wind down from our busy weeks and get to know each other as a community.
Erev Shabbat services are held every Friday night at 6:30 p.m., followed by an Oneg (dessert reception). We invite you to join us for any part of our Friday evening.
Weekly Shabbat morning learning (on either the Torah portion of the week or another topic) takes place each Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m.
Additionally, about once per month, we host a Saturday morning worship service called "Out of the Box Shabbat" at 11:00 a.m. During this informal worship experience, the Rabbi focuses the readings and discussion on a theme from the week's Torah portion. This service is followed by a light Kiddush luncheon for all who attend.
Our services are fully egalitarian (men and women participate equally) and we strive to create a healthy balance between the traditional and the creative. Services are intentionally balanced in Hebrew and English and our prayer book is fully transliterated to be accessible for the non-Hebrew reader. Additionally, we project all of the words to our prayers on our large screens at the front of the sanctuary. We use both traditional and contemporary melodies to make our worshipers feel at home no matter their background.
We invite you to come and pray and learn with Rabbi Olshein, Cantor Michael Kruk as we celebrate Shabbat and the Jewish holidays together!


OKCTalk > OKCpedia > Nostalgia & Memories > What businesses do you miss?
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I miss the Continental as well. I also loved going to the Quail Twin as a kid. I loved the charm of French Market Mall and the smell of the Cigar Shop. They had a great old pipe sign. I am too young to really remember if the Mall itself was ever viable, but I loved wandering through the empty place in the years before it was gutted.
Oh those Harrigan's dinner rolls. Mmmmmm.
I miss Casa Bonita! I know most people say their "Mexican" food was horrible, but I loved every bit of it. I remember coming to the one in OKC one time before it closed. I lived in eastern OK at the time and so I mostly went to the one in Tulsa but it has closed down and changed hands. I think the one in Tulsa may have reopened under a different name, and the only Casa Bonita left is the Denver one.
Otherwise, I'm fine with whatever's gone. I don't get all that attached to retail establishments. I just liked the Boar's Head because they let me play (and drink there, for free) well before I was 21. The owners there were very supportive of the local music scene, and I recall they had an excellent stage setup.
interesting that you mention Dairy Queen...I find it odd that Dairy Queen has never been able to stay in business around here. is it because Braum's is so popular here?
Laredo's is rebuilding (about 3 years now on the project). Hopefully they will have it soon as it looks about 90% complete, they've just been incredibly slowwwwwwwww. It's over by the Belle Isle Chili's.
I agree. I wish we still had Casa Bonita! I heard the Tulsa one is going to reopen this year or next.
I am originally from the Tulsa area and I miss Reasor's. I used to buy all my stuff at Wal-Mart then food would start going bad much earlier than the exp date. Then we started going to Target to get groceries, but I would like an Oklahoma based company with competitive prices.
warren, how about shopping at Crest then? They are locally based and competitive.
Is that the building next to the I hop ?
Now, the Dairy Queens are all going out of business (even where no one ever heard of Braums). Sonic is moving in to fill the void. All the small towns have Sonic now. Good job, Sonic (local company).
Ditto on everything you said..Continental was the best theatre and I also loved walking around in French Market Mall...I dont know why...probably the first place I remember seeing mall walkers. We always walked around before getting in the neverending line at furrs.
I know some of these have already been mentioned but heres my list.
Kips Big Boy on may ave.
Burger Shack..(Only open for a short time at Rockwell and 39th) best burgers!
and there was a breakfast type diner at May and Grand that changed names several times...seems like it had a putting green...I cant remember the name. Alot of restaurants..I must be getting hungry.
I also recommend Crest. I lived in Tulsa for a few years, and Reasor's prices aren't nearly as competitive as Crest.
I worked at the Sound Warehouse next door.
There are still Dairy Queens all over Texas, we have one about a mile from our house. The OKC franchisee has always seemed to be in trouble, I grew up going to the one at 16th & Meridian. I know they rebuilt the ones in Edmond (Second Street just east of UCO) and Midwest City (by the Albertsons near Reno & Midwest Blvd. maybe) in the mid-90's, are they still open?
I agree with Harrigan's, their cheese rolls were the best. Also, as a kid I miss Crystal's pizza. What could be better eating pizza and watching cartoons and the Three Stooges.
Nabber, there is still a "Nothing But Noodles" at Quail Springs on Memorial (the original one) across from the mall. I believe it's just called "Noodles" now but it is still the exact same concept and same owners (same as Bricktown too), they just got tired of paying franchise fee so changed the name. Same food and owners though.
Where was the Kips? I remember there being one on Reno where the On the Border is now.
31st and May? I think it is where Ridgway's was for awhile. The one on Reno came much later than the one on May.
It was at 31st and May...I think it became a club for awhile after it closed. Im not sure whats there now. Funny thing is I dont know why I liked it....the milkshakes probably.
bluedogok....thanks I couldnt think of that to save my life even though my dad loved the place. My brother and I always thought he had a crush on one of the waitresses. And speaking of places I miss Sound Warehouse would be one of them. Did the SW at Grand and May use to be a theatre before it was a music store?
I guess I am a little biased because I know the whole Reasor family. I have been to the Crest on (I think) 15th and Santa Fe and it seemed a little dark and dingy when I was there. I don't know. Reasors gave me a better feel. I talked to Josh Reasor (Nephew of the owner and Marketing Director) a couple of days ago and I asked him when they were going to open up one in OKC and he said "Need to soon. You guys have a great need for one of our stores or several."
Yes, the Sound Warehouse on May was a theater at one time. It has the same bones as the Will Rogers Theater on Western.
It was the Lakeside Theater (http://cinematreasures.org/theater/16847/), the screen and speakers were still up above the ceiling over the old Classical department when it was at the south end of the building. It was just cut at a point above the ceiling. You would occasionally find old posters or stubs in the nooks and crannies around there.
Call me a fast food junkie if you want..... I miss the original Hardee's. I loved their mushroom & swiss, hot ham & cheese, fried chicken, salads and they had some pretty good breakfast stuff as well.
I missed Steak and Ale.
Dear Lord, I missed the lobster bisque, then a nice prime rib steak.
We normally went to the southside one.
If you have a suggestion please pass it to me.
Yeah, that reminds me of Sunday morning getting all you can eat biscuits and gravy and potato rounds... for $1.99.
I know they rebuilt the ones in Edmond (Second Street just east of UCO) and Midwest City (by the Albertsons near Reno & Midwest Blvd. maybe) in the mid-90's, are they still open?
The Edmond one didn't last long. It's McAlister's Deli now.
Nabber, there is still a "Nothing But Noodles" at Quail Springs on Memorial (the original one) across from the mall. I believe it's just called "Noodles" now but it is still the exact same concept and same owners.
It's actually "Lotsa Noodles", they're just too cheap to change out the sign at the top of the building, so they just took off the "Nothing But".
Do you know which building? I live right by there.
I used to live a few blocks from Lynn Hickey Dodge. Every now and again if I was outside I would hear We Sooold Another One on the loud speaker. When I drove by there yesterday and noticed it was plowed into the ground I was kind of happy that nobody else would have to hear that if they were outside planting pansies.
Why would you miss that place?
The sales tactics there were abhorrent.
Besides...Who misses a car dealer anyway? I always feel like I need a shower after I leave one.
The Sound Warehouse I was thinking of was at N. May and Grand. It was a blockbuster music before whatever it finally became. It was the theater that was in the same model as the Will Rogers.
That was it, I thought the Will Rogers went front to back whereas the Lakeside went left to right.
Sound Warehouse went through a couple of ownerships after Dan died, Kay (his widow) ran the company for awhile before merging with the guy who owned the Dallas franchises. They then sold out to a Disney affiliated company which sold out to Blockbuster who had previously purchased the Warehouse Records chain.
I found the whole concept of having tire shredders to prevent people from leaving rather amusing.
What's this about tire shredders?
10. TG&Y:.......Variety Store's..not the Family Centers.
And that's why it's now a vacant lot...They even razed the building.
My daughter used to hang at Sandman's when she was 15 or so. Lots of weird stuff there. But, she survived and so did I!
yes hardees, i miss hardees, sunday morning family outing was at hardees for the buscuits and gravy, and also about 2 times a month, we had there fried chicken for dinner, it was really really good, better than the kfc thing. Also i miss there sourdough sandwhiches.. Why are we stuck with a burger join that mainly makes bacon, hame on hamburger, hamburger on hamburger, friend onions on hamburger, (15 different versions of a hamburger even if) one ingredient is changed its likea whole new burger) we need hardees back... i might drive to joplin,mo they have a hardees there jk, but next time i am in that area, ohhh yaaaaa..
does anybody remember these pizza places that was kinda likea chuck-e-cheese, but had now characters or show, it had the games though, i believe they had one off 89th and peen? and one in norman. I remember playing in the ball pin aas akid and playing skiball and collecting tickets. I thought they where fun, nota big place but fun. It wasnt a krystals, which i want back as well.
I dont think it was showbiz, it was a chain, they where in shopping centers, smaller thana cicis pizza place, but had a game center and a play place in it.
hmmm... 89th & penn... 74th & penn would've been crystal's... but you've ruled that out. i can't think of anything like that at or around 89th & penn.
smaller. no characters. in shopping centers. any more clues?
Southside Harrigan's was great. Always great. Anyone remember the waiter, tall guy with a mustache that worked there for pretty much the entire time the place existed? He was great.
Again, being from tulsa, I seriously miss Crystal's Pizza. Going there as a kid, always used to sit in the little theatre and watch old cartoons.
New Orleans Coffee House (a way back flashback). Ultra cool, myterious, full of people of dubious character.
Yipee-Yi-Yo Cafe (before it was sold and relocated). Quite the opposite of New Orleans Coffee house. YYY was positive, upbeat, fun, and friendly. And, the owner was a pioneer in the OKC coffee scene.
Don't forget Mr. Buck's specialty shop and Katz Drug or even Sheen drug...then there was Emmer Brothers. C.R. Anthony the right stuff at the right price.


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[NEW MUSIC] URBAN FU$E – "RUNAWAY" | @URBANFUSEMUSIC
April 17, 2019 by PlatinumVoicePR	in NEW MUSIC, WHAT'S NEW and tagged Amazon, Atlanta, Detroit, DJ, Facebook, Hip Hop, Music Industry, Platinum Hip Hop, PLATINUM INDIES, PlatinumVoice PR, Twitter, urban fu$e, youtube	| Leave a comment
The Urban Fu$e Collective releases a new project, "Runaway"
The members of Urban Fu$e hail from all over the world and are truly a reflection of diverse cultures and different approaches to music fused into one single sound. A strong dance beat is the hallmark of UF no matter the genre: Hip Hop / Rap, Dance Hall, V-Pop, Afro, Latin, UF does it all!
Why do they call themselves Urban Fu$e?
They chose the name because of the multicultural fusion of their music, but also because they consider themselves to be fuses: they will spark the musical revolution that is to come. The members of Urban Fu$e come from Yaounde, Cameroon, Lagos, Nigeria; Freeport, Bahamas; Nashville, Tennessee; San Francisco Bay Area, California; London, England, and Vietnam. Their new single "Runaway," is a breath of musical fresh air, as their intriguing sound is like no other on the scene.
Quote from Suzanna Lam, founder of Urban Fu$e:
"I was inspired by a true story I saw on Youtube that happened back in the '60s or '70s in which a beautiful actress was caught cheating on her husband and caused quite a scandal, especially for the guy who was a well-known songwriter in the entertainment industry. In the true story the guy (the husband) was broken-hearted, cried, pleaded to her in public to come back to him with the kids and he would forgive her but she never did probably too embarrassed. There are well-known documented youth suicides as a result of social media bullies. The cause of suicide is due to the embarrassment caused by these online bullies. We intentionally have a male vocalist on the track because we feel crying is a very natural process when someone is hurt physically and emotionally so it doesn't matter if you're a boy or a girl, you have the ability to cry and that's OK, not a taboo as in "boys don't cry" kind of attitude that most people believe. Hopefully, through this song boys are more accepted to cry because it's not healthy to hold things back inside and boys pretend to be strong.
Crying is just a way for the body to re-balance the chemicals in the body when it goes through an emotional shock so there is nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about it. That's why we had female rapper coming on the track in verse three to tell him just that message.
https://urban-fuse.com/
[NEW MUSIC] ACE DRUCCI – "Hustlers Ambition"| @ACEDRUCCI
March 21, 2019 by PlatinumVoicePR	in NEW MUSIC, WHAT'S NEW and tagged ACE DRUCCI, Atlanta, Detroit, DJ, Google Plus, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Artist, Platinum Hip Hop, PLATINUM INDIES, PlatinumVoicePR, Twitter, youtube	| Leave a comment
Washington D.C. Recording Artist, Ace Drucci releases long-awaited EP, "Hustlers Ambition"
Ace Drucci is an artist/producer from Washington, DC. He has a long history and roots that began as a musician in various bands throughout the DC Metro area at age 15. He has worked as a producer on songs with 2 Chainz, Snoop Dogg, Ne-Yo, and Yo Gotti; to name a few. Ace Drucci's music has over 8 million streams on Spotify, Deezer, Tidal & Apple Music.
As a verified artist on Spotify, Apple Music Shazam, Ace Drucci is currently performing in various venues in the south-east region. His music gains over 2000 BDS Radio Spins and over 600 Mediabase Spins in the US.
In 2017, his single "Frankie Lymon" made the Top 40 Independent Charts and his single "Put That Thang On Me" went number 38 on the mediabase charts.
[NEW MUSIC] TIEN -"DARTY" | @etienne__brown
February 22, 2019 by PlatinumVoicePR	in NEW MUSIC, WHAT'S NEW and tagged Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Facebook, Google, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Artist, Indie Artists, Music Industry, Platinum Hip Hop, PLATINUM INDIES, Tien, Twitter, youtube	| Leave a comment
CHECK OUT NEW MUSIC by TIEN -"DARTY"
Atlanta Recording Artist, Tien releases his latest single "Darty." "Darty" is a nicely produced track by ThatDudeDobbs. Connect with Tien on all social media outlets
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[NEW MUSIC] A.O. – "Episode 3: A Force to Be Reckoned With"| @THEAGENCYHQ
December 20, 2017 by PlatinumVoicePR	in NEW MUSIC, WHAT'S NEW and tagged A.O., Amazon, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Indie Music, iTunes, Music, New York, Texas, youtube	| Leave a comment
A.O. emerges with a new album Episode 3: A Force to Be Reckoned With
After picking up from Episode 1 and 2, A.O. unveils a new album Episode 3: A Force to Be Reckoned With to be released on December 31st. Throughout his career, the Agency Operative has gone through a series of transformation to reach this point as a hip-hop artist. From writing in a journal to writing rhymes. Quickly, he went from playing trumpet to being a vocalist.
Shortly thereafter, there was a setback in which AO had to take a hiatus. The first album didn't meet the financial success expected. So, the Agency Operative held back on releasing more projects. The first one could've been the last. The reason for creating another project would be – AO does not give up so quickly. Even though "Episode 1" did not reach financial success, the album did give him a better perception of how the music industry works.
Another reason for putting out another project is that the graduate of TCNJ in 2009 has not seen much change in the economy. The job market continues to be limited to job opportunities. Not much has changed from the first album in 2011 to the current album in 2015. After graduation, A.O. continues to work temporary jobs with no offers for a permanent position. He decided to take his life in a new direction.
From the beginning, AO went by the stage name, King Kong. The reason for the name change was due to getting legal rights to the name. With that being said, the new name is "The A.G.E.N.C.Y Operative." Agency is an acronym (Agent Geared for Emissary to Navigate through Critical Conditions without yielding). Operative means secret agent. The Agency Operative is the secret agent of The Agency Headquarters and the name of the label. In 2010, the label launched, and the first single was "So Hot."
With seven years into the game, the current status of A.O. is to continue with the mission. The third installment of his discography "Episode 3: A Force to be Reckoned With" will be released. "Episode 3: A Force to be Reckoned With" and will be available on Itunes and Google Play on December 31, 2017. Also, you can pre-order his album before its official launch.
As an agent on a mission, the journey will continue to fulfill the mission statement. Connect with A.O. to be one of the first to download his latest project.
Pre-order "Episode 3: A Force to be Reckoned With" on:
[MUSIC] OG Blizz – "Profit" (Bandz In My Pocket) | @RealOGBlizz
September 18, 2017 by PlatinumVoicePR	in NEW MUSIC, WHAT'S NEW and tagged Atlanta, Detroit, Google, Indie Music, iTunes, Music, OG BLIZZ, PlatinumVoice PR, PlatinumVoicePR, youtube	| Leave a comment
Detroit Rapper, OG Blizz is Making a "Profit" on his latest single
For almost 5 years now, Rapper OG Blizz has been putting the "R" in Rap with the rhythm and beats complementing his lyrical flow. You will soon notice this on his latest single, "Profit"(Bandz In My Pocket). The track is produced by Decicco and will keep any vibe lit.
The Detroit hip-hop artist, OG discovered his musical talent at a very young age. While playing around in the studio with his fellow P.B.F Members (Pusha Boy Fam) – the young tenacious Blizz was born With practice, OG continued to develop his hip-hop flow. Thereafter, he started to deliver an authentic, polished modern day sound for the hip-hop world to hear. OG Blizz will take you inside the 'Streets of Detroit' as he raps about the struggle.
In 2009, a life-altering car accident completely damaged his dominant hand. But, it made him more hungry for the money. OG Blizz tells it all -mostly on two mixtapes. He is looking to release a third titled "Vision" on all digital music platforms very soon. Please be sure to follow him on all social media outlets.
Instagram: therealogblizz
Twitter: RealOGBlizz
Facebook: OGBlizzMusic (OGBlizzBMG)
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IT'S BEEN 8 YEARS,WHERE HAS UGK'S SMOKE D( @smiznoke) BEEN? | #TrillMovement
September 6, 2016 by PlatinumVoicePR	in Mixtapes, WHAT'S NEW and tagged Atlanta, Core DJs, Detroit, Facebook, Google, Hip Hop, Indie Artists, Ms. Carmen, Music, Official Core DJs, Platinum Hip Hop, Platinum Voice PR, Platinum VoicePR, PlatinumVoicePR, SMOKE D, UGK	| Leave a comment
Smoke D talks about his days in prison and UGK
It's been eight years and six months since Smoke D brought that undeniable underground sound made possible in part by himself as well as two trailblazing Southern rappers Bun-B and Pimp C, collectively known as UGK. And since touching down on free ground August 27, it's evident that his homecoming has been a long-awaited welcome.
Within a month of being released from prison, he has received rave reviews online for his comeback single "When the Feds Pull Up" featuring Bukwild. Over a silky smooth interpolation of R. Kelly's classic "When A Woman's Fed Up" accented by piercing piano chords and acoustic guitar strums, Smoke honestly and unapologetically breaks down the possible consequences of living on the other side of the law.
And with a highly anticipated mixtape and full-length album distributed via Trill Life Entertainment on the way, diehard fans across the nation celebrate the return of the trill.
"Judging from the internet response of my first leaked single, I definitely have an audience already in place," I'm bringing them back that underground sound that was there before and bringing in a better way and pick up where Pimp left off…I learned a lot from Pimp as far as coming up with that UGK sound," I learned how to rap from him and how to produce."
Born in Denver, Colorado and raised in Mississippi since he was six weeks old, Smoke D came up in the sleepy town of Crystal Springs, right outside the state's capitol city Jackson. When he was 15, his mother packed up the young man and his six siblings and relocated to the faster-paced Capitol City.
"Jackson was a lot different than Crystal Springs. There were a lot of gangs in Jackson so I got acclimated to the streets through gang activity," he recalls. "It's just another state with another ghetto. It's a lot of poverty. It's just a rat race. Even if you win the race, you're still just a rat."
Despite all of his dirty dealings in the streets, Smoke managed to make it college. He had a friend from Crystal Springs who also attended Hinds Community College but pursued a rap career on the side. The friend invited Smoke to travel with him to Lansing, Mich. for his studio session. There, he rubbed elbows with such celebrated Flint rappers the Dayton Family.
It just so happened that the studio owner's son wanted to record a song of his own but no one would help him. After getting the nod from his father, Smoke wrote a song with the kid called "The Pimp Mack Hustle." Smoke only intended it to be a joke record and was mainly concerned with helping his friend's career.
When Smoke and his friend brought their music back to Mississippi, they circulated the tapes amongst their friends. One of those friends was a local club owner named Stokes who passed both tapes along to Bun and Pimp, who were performing at the club that night.
"Out of the blue, I get a call from Stokes telling me to come to the club," Smoke recalls. "I didn't know what he wanted."
When Smoke arrived at the club, the owner told him to go out to the back door of the club. "When I got out back, it was a limo back there. So I got in the limo and it was three girls in the limo with Pimp and Bun," Smoke remembers. "We were listening to the music and listened to the song I did with the little boy, and Pimp invited me to come to his house for two weeks. I ended up staying for two years."
At the time, UGK had recently signed a major label deal with Jive Records and were recording their 1994 seminal Southern classic album Super Tight in New Orleans. They were working on a record entitled "Front Back Side to Side" and asked Smoke to get on the song. With menial promotions and virtually no airplay, Super Tight went gold and "Front, Back, & Side to Side" became a hit single for the Texas-based group.
That one verse featuring Smoke's gritty lyrics established him as one of the up-and-coming voices in Southern hip-hop. Among true fans of Southern rap music, he was a legend in the making and hadn't even released his first record yet.
The success of "Front, Back, & Side to Side" caused things to really take off for Smoke. He toured with UGK, and he and Pimp C worked on tracks that would be on Smoke's highly anticipated solo album, but before he could finish recording the album, his life took a tragic turn. Smoke had a run-in with the law that resulted in his serving a 10-year bid for manslaughter.
"My life changed after that. I wanted to keep it real and still hang in the ghetto," he admits. "I didn't have guidance. I was doing whatever I felt like, going wherever the wind blew me… People who are from the same place where you are from resent you for trying to do better. Back then, I was too naive to understand that."
While locked up, Smoke recorded an audio message to let Pimp, Bun and the rest of the crew know that he was ok. Pimp chopped it up and put the audio as song intros on the next gold-selling album Ridin' Dirty.
"While I was in the penitentiary, it put a lot more hype on me," says Smoke. "That got me respect in the prison because I was trying to do something. God blessed me all the way."
As luck would have it, though, 10 days after Smoke got out of prison, Pimp was on his way to prison. "I got out expecting an easy road but it didn't turn out that way," he says. "I was really out there on my own, trying to avoid trouble. I waiting on Pimp…I was rap hustling and street hustling."
That street hustling gained him another round trip ticket to prison as Pimp was being released. "Before Pimp got out, I was back in trouble so when he was getting out, I was headed back in," says Smoke. "By the time we got to reconnect again, he was found dead in California. I don't know if it was God's will for us not to coexist in the same space or something. I don't know."
On his last sentence, Smoke faced a 20-year bid but got out on "good time" for participating in rehabilitation classes. Last year, prior to his release, several previously unreleased tracks from Smoke, Pimp C, Bun-B and Lil Boosie, among others, were released on Smoke D's mixtape The Lost Files, hosted and mixed by DJ Big House.
"A whole lot of people know who I am but they don't see my face," says Smoke. "I'm not a person who's always out. I stick to myself but now it's time to use my talents to further my family and people I know and love." And that's exactly what he is set to do with his forthcoming mixtape and full-length album fueled by runaway single "When the Feds Pull Up."
"Before, I had this big house built as far as the music. But since I've been gone, the house done got old. So I'm in the process of rebuilding, reestablishing and bringing everything back up to date."
Follow Smoke on Twitter: @smiznoke
[VIDEO] @BBELOUDPACKTEAM- "AIN'T BALLIN"
July 16, 2016 by PlatinumVoicePR	in Music Videos, WHAT'S NEW and tagged #ChicagoMusic, Atlanta, Chicago, Coast 2 Coast, Core DJs, Detroit, Facebook, Google, Hip Hop, Indie Artists, KINGBONE, LOUDPACK TEAM, Music, Music Industry, Official Core DJs, Platinum Hip Hop, Platinum VoicePR, PlatinumVoice PR, PlatinumVoicePR, Twitter, YOUNG FLASH 068, youtube	| Leave a comment


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State Sen. Frank Wagner talks to John Reid about how much money you can expect back in your wallet, plus he talks about the possibility of impeaching LG Justin Fairfax and knowing Gov. Ralph Northam.
John Reid speaks with Norman Leahy about the governor's interviews thus far, as well as polling numbers showing that he still has backers.
John Reid speaks to UVA's Kyle Kondik about the possibility of impeaching the lieutenant governor after a second allegation of sexual assault emerged.


A Bloomington Indiana man was taken into police custody in Madison County. The arrest was made at 7:47.a.m. on Thursday morning. The man taken into custody was identified as 23 year-old Korbin L. Clark. The arrest was made following a traffic stop. He was arrested for Speeding. He was taken to the Madison County Sheriff's Office. He was released after 24 hours.