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Castle Recap/Review: "Dreamworld"
Maya Zach '17/ Emertainment Monthly Staff
"Dreamworld" begins right where the premiere left off, with Castle ( Nathan Fillion ) just discovering that he has been poisoned and only has 10-12 hours left to live. The only antidote was stolen with the toxin, but Kate ( Stana Katic) has no leads as to who stole it and where it could be. A few years prior, a reporter Brad Parker wrote an article about Dreamworld that was never published. Parker opens up to Beckett when he is alerted of Bronson's death (the soldier who was poisoned in last week's episode), that Dreamworld is a launching pad for covert special ops. The article was killed by Secretary of Defense Reed (Glenn Morshower) himself, which arouses suspicion.
After Beckett nearly blows up at him, Secretary Reed drops his clueless act and spills (off the record) that Bronson assisted in taking out al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Anwar Zawari, in an airstrike in Jalalabad. The new team explores the option that al-Qaeda was finally retaliating; they track down Waqas Rasheed, a relative of Zawari and an electrical engineering student living in DC. Though he has the means to execute such an elaborate plan and has been spotted with Bronson, Kate believes that he didn't commit the crime. It turns out that after the airstrike, Bronson pulled a servant woman's corpse out of the building. When Rasheed caught him, Bronson allowed him to live as long as he never shared his secret.
Stana Katic and Lisa Edels in the Castle episode "Dreamworld." Photo Credit: ABC/Richard Cartwright.
After some great technical and logical teamwork from Richmond (the tech guy) and Castle, they manage to piece together an incredibly redacted case file. The word "Valkyrie" that Bronson uttered in his last breath was the codename of an American asset who perished in the airstrike. Farrah Ussman was the servant woman who Bronson was ordered to remove from the building. Out report Brad Parker, happens to be her fiancé, and a combat veteran who pieced the story together. The Secretary of Defense did not wait for Farrah to exit the building before ordering the airstrike. To retaliate, Parker wants to kill the woman whom he holds most dear to his heart–his wife. Luckily, Kate manages to figure this out before any real harm comes to her and gets the antidote before Castle takes his last breath.
When Castle wakes up, he finds Kate watching over him. Across the bed are Alexis and Martha, who he kept the truth from throughout the episode. He didn't want his mother and daughter to worry about him, even though he was sure he wouldn't make it through the night. Alexis had realized that he sounded strange over the phone and grew worried. She and Martha tried to get information out of Kate, Ryan, and Esposito, but no one would tell them anything.
Earlier in the episode, Beckett comes close to throwing her career away when Castle's life hangs in the balance. She disobeys a direct order when she threatens Secretary Reed in the hopes that it will give her a lead–which it does. However, under other circumstances, she is revolted by others not playing by the rules. McCord lets her know that Reed is not going to be tried for his crimes, because not everything is black and white in DC. Kate seems horrified by this idea and it creates the perfect set up for her to decide to leave the Attorney General's office to return home to New York.
Nathan Fillion and Yancey Arias in the Castle episode "Dreamworld." Photo Credit: ABC/Richard Cartwright.
The scene where Castle collapses before receiving the antidote is a beautiful recreation of the season three finale. Rick collapses, Kate leans over him, strokes his face, and whispers something to him…just as he had done two years earlier when he first professed his love to Kate.
The music does a surprisingly excellent job of heightening the tension and suspense throughout the episode. One shot in particular stood out: when Beckett swerves the car after the realization that Reed's wife is the target. Prior to this, the music is barely audible, but immediately changes to a fast-paced, intense beat and then returns to a quiet hum in the background as the radio chirps on. Another great use of music was the reprise of the song "I Just Want You" by Robert Duncan, which played when Castle and Beckett first kissed.
There were quite a few cheesy lines in this week's episode of Castle, which appears to be the new norm for the show. Though a couple of them are expected during a near-death situation, they were laid on pretty thick. Most Castle fans will swoon during these lines, but they are incredibly clichéd nonetheless. Otherwise, "Dreamworld" was an excellent episode with a complex plot and nonstop action, similar to the season's premiere.


Flagship wine of Tenuta San Guido. Limpid wine with a wide aromatic bouquet and long-lasting taste of red berries, bright acidity and soft tannins.
Flagship wine of Tenuta San Guido. This limpid wine has a hauntingly beautiful aromatic quality of lilies, violet, cassis and cherry.
In the mouth is pleasant with bright acidity and youthful red berries. Despite we are dealing with a delicate vintage, it shows great length and precision.
Average vine age: Between 3.600 to 5.500 vine stocks/ha for vineyards < 20 years old and 6.200 vine stocks/ha for vineyards > 20 years old.
Harvest: The manual harvest started with the Cabernet Franc grapes in mid-September, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon at the end of September and the Castiglioncello di Bolgheri vines at the end of October. Berries were healthy, good veraison, low sugar and good acidity.
Wine making: A very gentle crushing and de-stemming of the grapes was followed by fermentation in temperature controlled stainless steel vats (at 30°-31°C and only using natural yeasts). The maceration on the skins was a little longer than usual due to the vintage characteristics and lasted 11 to 15 days for both Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon with frequent pumpovers of the musts and délestages. The secondary fermentation (Malolactic fermentation) finished towards the end of November.


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Ho Chi Minh 's Mausoleum
After two years of construction, the mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh was officially inaugurated on August 29,1975. The facade of the mausoleum faces the historic Ba Dinh Square. The mausoleum is divided into three layers with a combined height of 21.6 meters. The lowest layer forms a terraced stand exclusively used for the presidium of grand meetings organized at the grassy Ba Dinh Square.
The second layer is the central piece of the mausoleum where the remains of the president is kept in a chamber accessible through a series of passages and flights of marble staircases.
The upper part of the mausoleum is the roof resembling a three terraced steps. The facade of the upper part bears an inscription "President Ho Chi Minh" made of dark violet precious stone. The mausoleum is the place to keep the remains of President Ho Chi Minh, the great patriotic who had been conferred the title "World Cultural Activist" and the national hero. The conferment was made on the occasion of the centenary anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's Birthday (1890-1990). The mausoleum project was the results of artistic labor of both Vietnamese and former Soviet Union scientists in respect for President Ho Chi Minh.
Ho Chi Minh 's Residence
(Nha Bac Ho). After 1954 Ho Chi Minh had the run of the Presidential Palace, but the ostentation was too much for the ascetic president, who openly shunned luxury and preferred the humble former home of the palace's electrician, where he lived for four years. Then, the story goes, in 1958 Ho Chi Minh moved to this simple but tasteful wooden house on stilts, which served as his living quarters and work space until his death in 1969. An elegant but spare study -- some books, his small typewriter, a few newspapers, and an electric fan presented to him by a group of Japanese Communists are visible -- adjoins his equally spare bedroom. Downstairs he received his guests: foreign dignitaries, Politburo members, army cadres, and schoolchildren. Surrounding the house are well-tended gardens with flame trees, willows, mango trees, and aromatic frangipani. Cyprus trees thrive on the edge of the pond, which Ho had stocked with carp. A crisp clap of the hands apparently still brings the fish to the surface.
Regardless of Ho Chi Minh's faith in the accuracy of the city's antiaircraft gunners, some doubt must be thrown on the claim that Ho Chi Minh spent so much time in this open-air sanctum, with only the trees, his wooden house, and a trusty old war helmet as protection. American bombers targeted Hanoi during the war, and they surely would have emptied their loads on Ba Dinh District had they known their archenemy was feeding fish and conferring with his generals in the unprotected confines of his stilt house. Indeed, Ho's Politburo ordered the construction of a nearby bomb shelter, later dubbed House No. 67. Legend holds that Uncle Ho refused to use the shelter as a home, preferring to confer with the Politburo in this fortified bunker but to sleep in his stilt house. Before visiting Ho's residence, wait for the rest of the group that accompanied you through the mausoleum to go on ahead; it's much more enjoyable to walk through the jasmine-scented compound unhurried and without the inevitable chatter of other tourists. You'll exit this area via a pebbled pathway to the south of the mausoleum. As if they were themselves sights on the tour, older Vietnamese intellectuals wearing bifocals and striped cotton pajamas sit on park benches and read the Communist Party mouthpiece, Nhan Dan (The People), or sip green tea and smoke cigarettes. COST: 3,000d. OPEN: Daily 7:30-11 and 1:30-4.
One Pillar Pagoda
It is a group of structures consisting of a pagoda and a tower built in the middle of a square lake. The whole group was officially called Dien Huu Pagoda and Lien Hoa Tower, but the tower has traditionally been called the One-Pillar Pagoda. It is of a square shape and each side is nine feet long with a curved roof placed on a round stone pillar. The pillar is approximately 4 feet in diameter, twelve feet high (excluding the underground section) supporting a system of beams of timber, thus making up a framework for the tower resembling a blossoming lotus stretching up out of the square pond that has a surrounding brick wall. From the edge, there is a narrow brick path running through the pond to a nice ladder leading up into the Buddhist tower where there is a notice reading that the Lotus tower and pagoda were built in memory of a dream had by King Ly. The inscription states "King Ly Thai Tong (1028-1054) dreamt of seeing the Quan An Buddha sitting on a lotus tower to which the King was led. Upon waking, the King told his lords about his dream and sought their advice. Some of them advised him to build a stone pillar in the middle of the pond and place a Buddhist's lotus tower on the pillar just as the King had dreamt." Then Buddhist monks were asked to pray and worship for the King's longevity. Consequently, the pagoda was called "lasting life" (Dien Huu) and that took place in 1049.
The One-Pillar Pagoda has undergone numerous changes and repairs. On September 11, 1954 before their withdrawal, the French army mined and destroyed the Lien Hoa Dai. When the liberation forces took over Hanoi, the government rebuilt the pagoda in accordance with its original structure and completed it in April 1955.
Hanoi Old Quarter - Hanoi the 36 streets
As the oldest continuously developed area of Vietnam, Hanoi's Old Quarter has a history that spans 2,000 years and represents the eternal soul of the city. Located between the Lake of the Restored Sword, the Long Bien Bridge, a former city rampart, and a citadel wall, the Old Quarter started as a snake and alligator-infested swamp. It later evolved into a cluster of villages made up of houses on stilts, and was unified by Chinese administrators who built ramparts around their headquarters. The area was named "Dominated Annam" or "Protected South" by the Chinese. The Old Quarter began to acquire its reputation as a crafts area when the Vietnamese attained independence in the 11th century and King Ly Thai To built his palace there. In the early 13th century, the collection of tiny workshop villages which clustered around the palace walls evolved into craft cooperatives, or guilds. Skilled craftsmen migrated to the Quarter, and artisan guilds were formed by craftsmen originating from the same village and performing similar services. Members of the guilds worked and lived together, creating a cooperative system for transporting merchandise to the designated streets in the business quarter.
Because inhabitants of each street came from the same village, streets developed a homogeneous look. Commoners' homes evolved out of market stalls, before streets were formed. Because storekeepers were taxed according to the width of their storefront, storage and living space moved to the rear of the buildings. Consequently, the long and narrow buildings were called "tube houses." Typical measurements for such houses are 3 meters wide by 60 meters long. The Old Quarter has a rich religious heritage. When the craftsmen moved from outlying villages into the capital, they brought with them their religious practices. They transferred their temples, pagodas and communal houses to their new location. Each guild has one or two religious structures and honors its own patron saint or founder. Therefore, on each street in the Old Quarter there is at least one temple. Now, many of the old temples in the Old Quarter have been transformed into shops and living quarters, but some of the old buildings' religious roots can still be recognized by the architecture of their roofs. Although the old section of Hanoi is often called the "36 Old Streets," there are more than 36 actual streets. Some researchers believe that the number 36 came from the 15th century when there might have been 36 guild locations, which were workshop areas, not streets. When streets were later developed, the guild names were applied to the streets. Others attribute the 36 to a more abstract concept. The number nine in Asia represents the concept of "plenty." Nine times the four directions makes 36, which simply means "many." There are now more than 70 streets in the area.
Some streets have achieved fame by their inclusion in popular guidebooks. Han Gai Street offers silk clothing ready-made and tailored, embroidery, and silver products. Hang Quat, the street that formerly sold silk and feather fans, now stuns the visitor by its brilliantly colored funeral and festival flags and religious objects and clothing. To Thinh Street connects the above two and is still the wood turner's street. Hang Ma glimmers with shiny paper products, such as gift wrappings, wedding decorations and miniature paper objects to burn for the dead. Lan Ong Street is a sensual delight of textures and smells emanating from the sacks of herbal medicinal products: leaves, roots, barks, and powders.
Hanoi Opera House
(Nha Hat Lon). The centerpiece of French architecture in Hanoi and one of the grandest buildings in the city, the Hanoi Opera House is a small-scale version of the Paris Opéra designed by Charles Garnier and completed in 1875. The Hanoi structure, finished in 1911, incorporates the same grand elements of Napoleonic architectural style. Perhaps because of the theater's French history, its steps were the site of frequent denunciations against colonial rule. Immediately following World War II, in August 1945, Vietminh troops commandeered the Opera House and announced from its balcony the triumph of the August Revolution. Complete with an enhanced orchestra pit for 60 musicians and a movable stage, the 400-seat, three-tier theater hosts national celebrations, ballet, symphonies, pop and rock concerts, and opera. Seeing a show may be the only way to get into the Opera House, as its doors are usually closed.
Hoan Kiem Lake(Lake of Restored Sword).
The lake which is not as large as Ho Tay to the northwest is situated in the center of the city. Because of its unique location Sword Restored Lake is billed as a basket of lower placed in the middle of Hanoi. The name of Sword Restored Lake is derived from a legend which has it that King Le Thai To had a precious sword. The sword. The sword had always been on his side during the 10-year resistance against the Ming aggressors. After he won over the foreign aggression and returned to Thang Long Citadel. One day he went out and boarded a royal boat to cruise in the lake. Suddenly he saw a giant turtle emerging and coming towards him. The king withdrew his sword and pinpointed with the sword the direction of the coming turtle for his soldiers' attention. All of a sudden, the turtle caught the sword between its teeth from the king's hand and submerged. The king thought that it might have been that during the resistance war against the Minh aggression, the king was offered sword by genie to help him defeat the enemy. Now when peace has returned the genie appeared and took back the sword. With that thought in mind, King Le Thai To named the lake after episode as Ho Hoan Kiem
Ngoc Son Temple
Hoan Kiem lake which had been considered the most beautiful lake in the city was in the 19th century added with another object to make it more beautiful and famous. That was the construction of a temple on the Ngoc (Jade) islet in the lake. Initially the temple was called Ngoc Son Pagoda. Later it was renamed Ngoc Son Temple because in the temple is dedicated to saints. Saint Van Suong was a person considered the brightest star in Vietnam's literature and intellectual circles. Tran Hung Dao was worshipped because he was the national hero who led the Vietnamese people to a resounding victory over the Nguyen aggression. The temple as it is seen today was attributable to the restoration afforts of Nguyen Van Sieu in 1864. A great Hanoi literature writer, Nguyen Van Sieu himself had a large pen-shaped tower (Thap But) built in at the entrance to the temple. On the upper section of the Thap but there are three Chinese characters Ta Thanh Thien which means literally that to write on the blue sky is to imply the height of a genuine and righteous person's determination and will. Behind Thap But is Dai Nghien (Ink Stand). The ink stand is carved from stone resembling a peach, which is placed on the back of the three frogs on top of the gate to the temple. Passing through Dai Nghien visitors are to tread on the wooden bridge called The Huc. The Huc is literally understood as the place where beams of morning sunshine are touching.
On the long way that leads to the temple there are several cau doi (parallel sentences) written on the wall. These cau doi are considered part of a traditional ward puzzle entertainment, a lifestyle literally educated persons of ancient Thang Long used to follow.
Temple of Literature - The first university of Vietnam
Location: Temple of Literature is located on Van Mieu Street, 2km west of Hoan Kiem Lake.Characteristics: Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam is a famous historical and cultural relic consisting of the Temple of Literature and Vietnam's first university. The Temple of Literature was built in 1070 in honour of Confucius, his followers and Chu Van An, a moral figure in Vietnamese education.Quoc Tu Giam, or Vietnam's first university, was built in 1076. Throughout its hundreds of years of activity in the feudal, thousands of Vietnamese scholars graduated from this university. In 1483 Quoc Tu Giam was changed into Thai Hoc Vien (Higher Educational Institute). After decades of war and natural disasters, the former construction was completely destroyed. In preparation for the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long (present day Hanoi) another construction has been built following the model of the previous Thai Hoc Vien on the same ground. The work includes the front hall, the back sanctuary, lean-tos on the left and on the right, the courtyard, and subsidiary structures. This site preserves historical vestiges of a 1,000-year-old civilization such as statues of Confucius and his disciples (Yan Hui, Zengshen, Zisi, Mencius), and ancient constructions such as Khue Van Cac (Pavilion of the Constellation of Literature) and the Worshipping Hall.
Quan Thanh Temple
The three ancient Chinese which are still seen today on the top of the entrance to the temple means Tran Vu Quan. That is literally the temple which is dedicated to Saint Tran Vu. A temple is a place for worshipping saints while a pagoda is dedicated to Buddha and faithful disciplines.
Saint Tran Vu was a legendary figure which was a combination between a legendary character in Vietnam's legend and a mystic character derived from China's legend. The legendary character in Vietnam's legend was a saint who had earned the merits of assisting King An Duong Vuong in getting rid of ghost spirit during the King's construction of his citadel at Co Loa.
The Chinese legendary figure was a saint who made great contributions in safeguarding the northern border. Quan Thanh Temple was built during the reign of King Ly Thai To (1010-1028). In 1893 the temple was given a grand facelift to have the shape as we can see it today. Special attention should be paid to a black bronze statute of Saint Tran Vu. The giant statute, formally placed in the main hall, was cast in 1677. Another special object is an ancient bronze bell, 1.5 meters high, which is hanged at the top of the three-gate entrance.
Another object of no less significant is a smaller black bronze statute of Old Trong, a chief artisan of the bronze casting team who had made the giant statute of Saint Tran Vu and the great bell on top of the tree-gate entrance. To commemorate the great contributions of the teacher Old Trong, his students of bronze casting cast his statute and placed in the temple for their for their younger generations to remember Old Trong for ever.
Hoa Lo Prison - Hanoi Hilton
There's not much left of the infamous "Hanoi Hilton," the prison that once housed captured American servicemen during the Vietnam War, including U.S. Air Force pilot Douglas "Pete" Peterson, the first U.S. ambassador to Hanoi. What does remain, however, is a small section of the old prison, which is now a museum, and the tree under which Do Muoi, the aging former general secretary of the Communist Party, used to sit while writing on the backs of leaves during his imprisonment by the French in the years of Vietminh resistance.
Hoa Lo Prison Museum is a blunt reminder of the horrors of colonialism and wartime imprisonment. Here, through the front gates of the old French Maison Centrale (Central House, or Prison), built in 1896, you can get a handle on what life was like for Vietnamese prisoners held during France's occupation of Vietnam. (The number of prisoners under the French grew from 615 in 1913 to 2,000 in 1953.) In the southern hall, beyond the grisly guillotine and body basket, are cells where death row prisoners, including Hoang Van Thu, Tran Dan Ninh, and Nguyen Van Cu (who escaped and became a powerful early leader of modern Vietnam), were held. These cells are dank, dark, and anything but welcoming.
On exhibit upstairs are Vietnamese propaganda photos of American POWs, including Senator John McCain and former Ambassador Peterson, cheerily shooting pool, cooking, and writing letters. You won't be able to see the building where the American pilots were kept since it has been torn down, as has the cell from which Do Muoi and 100 other prisoners escaped in 1945 through the maze of sewers that ran under the prison, parts of which are on display in the courtyard.
If you're looking for historical detail about the prison, you may be disappointed by the museum's guidebooks, which are far more inclined to talk about the size of the cells than reveal any nuggets about what took place behind the musty yellow walls. Note, too, that there's little information in English at the museum. COST: 10,000d. OPEN: Tues.-Sun. 8:30-11:30 and 1:30-4:30.
Vietnam History Museum
Situated at # 1 Trang Tien Street, behind Hanoi's Municipal Theater, this museum was originally part of the Vien Dong Bac Co School that was founded in 1932 by the French. At that time, the museum exhibited a collection of ancient artifacts collected from all over southeast Asia.
In 1958, four years after the French lost control of Indochina, France gave the building to Vietnam and it became the national History Museum. Both floors of the museum house thousands of artifacts displayed in order of age, from ancient to contemporary. In the Stone Age section, you'll find tools and instruments for hunting and fighting made of polished stone, evidence of pre-historic ancestors living in present-day Vietnam. Included are stone axes chipped three to four hundred thousand years ago that were unearthed at Do Mountain in Thanh Hoa province, proof that the country is a cradle of civilization.
The Bronze Age section of the museum is famous for its bronze drums, the most notable of which is Ngoc Lu's majestic and beautiful drum which has been studied by scholars from all over the world for its implications on sculpture, its use and the manufacturing technology of its time. Also on exhibit are bronze axes, javelins, daggers, spears and other bronze weapons used for close range and distance fighting, weapons from the period of the Hung kings, during which Vietnam was first founded and Co Loa's 2nd century BC thin and thorny bronze arrows which so frightened northern invaders that they gained a reputation for being magical.
For the past 2,000 years, Vietnam's history has been a continuous struggle against foreign invaders. The museum's many photographs of pagodas, temples, fortresses, gravesites, famous figures and generals and many important documents, well known sayings and artifacts convey the indomitable will of the people.
Fine Arts Museum Hanoi
This is a national museum founded in June 1966. It displays art works and objects of the various nationalities living in Vietnam in every period. Prominent are collections of painting of great values by such famous contemporary artists as To Ngoc Van, Nguyen Phan Chanh, Tran Van Can and Bui Xuan Phai, etc,.
Address: 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St, Hanoi. Tel: (84-4) 265801 or 233084
Museum Of Ethnology Hanoi Vietnam
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is both a research centre and a public museum exhibiting the ethnic groups of Vietnam. The mission of the Museum is scientific research, collection, documentation, conservation, exhibition and preserving the cultural and historic patrimony of the nation's different ethnic groups. The museum also serves to guide research, conservation, and technology that are specific to the work of an ethnographic museum.
In its planning for the future, the Museum intends to present the cultures and civilisations of other countries of South-East Asia as well as in the region
West Lake - Tay Ho Hanoi
This is a big lake in inner Hanoi covering an area of hundreds of hectares and the road around it is ten and a half miles long. Geographers have shown that the lake was once part of the Red River left behind when the river changed its course. It is perhaps due to changes in the courses of rivers and lakes that there are so many legends about them and their names. For instance, according to the "Ho Tinh" story, the lake was named after Xac Cao. The legend tells that there was a nine-tailed fox hiding itself in the area with the intention to harm the people. Long Quan raised the level of the water in order to destroy the fox's lair. The cave he occupied collapsed and was turned into the lake. According to another version, that of the "Bell Casting Giant," the lake had another name, "Golden Buffalo." This story tells of a giant amassing all the black bronze from the north in order to cast a bell which when struck, would echo throughout the countryside. Because black bronze was the mother of gold, the north's golden buffalo heard the sound and desperately searched for its mother. It came to this area and repeatedly trampled upon it to such an extent that the earth sunk and it became a lake.
According to ancient manuscripts however, this lake was written into 11th century history as Dam Dam (Frost Lake) and by the 15th century, it was called Tay Ho (West Lake) and has long been a site of interest. Since the Ly-Tran dynasties, kings built various palaces around the lake as sites of interest and enjoyment.
When the lake and weather are calm, boating on it is a delight. On a walk around the lake, one can see many relics and sites of interest. Nghi Tam Village (birthplace of the famous poetess, Ba Huyen Thanh Quan), the Kim Lien pagoda with its unique architecture and Nhat Tan Village with its famous garden of peaches are located around the lake. There is also the Thien Nien pagoda dedicated to the founder of the art of weaving, Ke Buoi village with its traditional papermaking, Dong Co temple, and most striking of all, the Holy Mandarin Temple.
Today, with a series of newly built hotels around the lake, its beauty is even more diversified. Together with Truc Bach Lake, the West Lake further enriches the poetic nature of inner Hanoi while at the same time gives the city a source of fresh fish

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Article About "Eye of the Storm" Appears in Minneapolis' Northeaster
An article about Aimee Kuzenski's new book, "Eye of the Storm," appears in the Dec. 4th issue of the Northeaster newspaper in Minneapolis. The article appears on pages 6 & 7.
Eye of the Storm is a science fiction novel where gods and mortals meet, and the apocalypse follows. The story begins with the main character, the god War, bent on revenge after an ancient enemy tricks him into destroying his human identity. He takes drastic steps to protect his empire, seizing the body of a young West Point lieutenant named Camilla Sykes.
Learn more at http://akuzenski.com.
Novacek's Border Crossings Named One of the Best Books of 2013
Detroit's Metro Times has named "Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance" one of the Best Books of 2013 by a Detroit author. In the article, A Year in Detroit Books, reporter Michael Jackman says, "Best of all was Border Crossings (Ten21 Press, $18 paperback, 260 pp.), and it's hardly about Detroit at all! It's the memoir of Charles Novacek, the civil engineer who managed the construction of Cobo Hall, the Silverdome and the Detroit People Mover, among other projects. He died in 2007, and this posthumous release was published by his widow. I'm grateful she did. It's quite a story...." Congratulations to Charles' widow and publisher, Sandra Novacek.
Signings Events Announced for "Great Houses of Summit Avenue and the Hill District"
"Great Houses of Summit Avenue and the Hill District" is expected to be a big seller at Twin Cities Barnes & Noble stores this holiday season. The store in the HarMar Mall in Roseville, Minn., which is not far from St. Paul, has hundreds of copies on hand of what is promising to be a hometown classic available.
Featured in the book are 24 homes along St. Paul's historic Summit Avenue. The homes were designed by noted architects, including Clarence Johnston, Cass Gilbert, Reed and Stem, Emanuel Masqueray, and many others.
The book's photographer, Karen Melvin, appeared at the store on Nov. 22nd to sign books. More information about the book can be found at www.summitavenuebook.com.
Here's a list of future signing events in Minnesota through the end of the year.
Saturday November 30th, 4-5 PM at The Book Shelf, 162 W Second Street, Winona.
Sunday December 1st, 11-1 PM at Barnes and Noble in St. Cloud.
Saturday December 7th, 12-1 PM at Common Good Books, St Paul.
Saturday December 7th , 1-3 PM at Bibelot Gifts Store, on Grand Avenue in St Paul.
Saturday December 7th, 3-5 PM at Traditions home Furnishings on Grand Ave in St. Paul.
Sunday December 8th, 12-1 PM at Barnes and Noble Highland, St. Paul.
Sunday December 8th , 2-4 PM at Barnes and Noble Minnetonka, Ridgehaven Mall.
Saturday December 14th 11-1 PM at Barnes and Noble Roseville, Har Mar Mall.
Saturday December 14th 1-3 PM at Subtext books, Selby and Western , lower level under Nina's Coffee Shop.
Sunday, December 18th 1-2 PM at B&N in Duluth.
Floyd County Times in Kentucky Publishes a Story About the New Book, "An Angel is Born"
The article, Floyd County native releases new book appeared in the Nov. 22 edition of the Medical Leader in Kentucky. Also on Nov. 22nd, the article, Weeksbury native's book a tribute to special needs families, was published in the Floyd County Times newspaper.
Wynn Johnson's memoir, An Angel is Born: A Family's Story, shares his memories of growing up in Weeksbury, and also about a special person in his life -- his niece Angel Rose. The child had special needs and never learned to walk or talk, but touched every person she met in a special way.
Throughout November. Johnson has been promoting the book through signings in Minnesota where he now lives. He was at Valley Bookseller in Stillwater, Minn., on Sat., Nov. 23, Buffalo Books in Buffalo, Minn,. on Nov. 16, and The Bookcase of Wayzata in Wayzata, Minn. on Nov. 13.
More information about the book, which is a great read for people who like inspirational stories, can be found at www.anangelisborn.com.
Special Holiday Themed Story Time at B&N in Roseville, Minn. on Fri., Nov. 22
The Bookcase of Wayzata Hosted the Authors of "Making Tracks" on Nov. 16th
Local Family Helps Others Understand Autism Through New Book
Great Exposure for a New Book About St. Paul's Historic Summit Avenue and the Hill District
Book Launch Party Held for Great Houses of Summit Avenue and the Hill District
Author of the Heartwarming Book, "An Angel is Born: A Family's Story," Kicks Off the Holiday Season with Several Signings


I Live Here I Give Here is pleased to announce the appointment of Courtney Manuel as the nonprofit's new executive director. She is set to begin in this role on Tuesday, January 22 and will lead the organization, which is focused on making Austin the most generous community in the nation, in a continued period of growth and success for the nonprofit.
Manuel will take over for interim executive director, Lindsay Muse, who will return to her role as senior director of operations in advance of ILHIGH's annual Amplify Austin Day campaign, which returns for a seventh year on Thursday, February 28 through Friday, March 1. The organization is inspiring Central Texas residents and neighbors to give $11 million to over 700 local causes during this year's campaign to build upon the $45 million they've raised for the community over the past six years.
Manuel joins ILHIGH with over a decade of experience in fund development, management, and leadership. She began her career in the nonprofit sector working in collaboration with the City of West Hollywood and the Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles. Following a move to Chicago, she held the position of special events & communications manager at Literacy Chicago, and then as senior manager of sponsorship & special events at the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago.
Most recently, Manuel held a variety of positions at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, where she advanced to eventually serve as executive director for development at Dell Medical School that she helped to build from scratch and lead development operations. Manuel's professional experience boasts many impressive highlights, including leading a campaign at Dell Medical School that has raised over $200 million to date towards a $1 billion, 10-year goal. To accomplish this goal, she worked closely with visionary donors, the Dell Medical School dean, and faculty, as well as key University of Texas partners, to create a case for support and a comprehensive, successful development plan. Manuel additionally designed the development department structure and strategically selected a talented team of development professionals to support this work.
"I am so fortunate to have chosen a career that prioritizes improving the community in which I live and work. But to now lead an organization whose vision is to make Austin the most generous community in the nation is the opportunity of a lifetime. Therefore, I am honored, and humbled, to serve as the next executive director at I Live Here I Give Here -- an organization whose stellar reputation and enormous impact across our city's vast nonprofit landscape has already made an indelible mark. I am eager to begin working with the brilliant staff and dynamic board of directors to further grow and shape the organization as we move into our next decade of service," said executive director Courtney Manuel.
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For at least three decades the U.S. Department of Justice has been encouraging – including, in some cases, incenting – companies to develop and implement effective compliance programs, most recently in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's speech Monday at the annual Compliance Week conference in Washington DC. Every C&E professional should read his remarks – which can be found here. Note that the Deputy AG broke no new ground with the speech. But – as the latest word on the subject from DOJ – it can be useful to draw from in preparing compliance training, particularly for the Board and senior management, in explaining the benefits of having a strong program generally and of assessing risks and program efficacy in particular, and in other matters.
– At the same time, we recognize that even the best compliance program may not stop individual bad actors. Corporate compliance programs are sometimes compared to preventative medicine. It's a good analogy. Getting an annual physical doesn't mean you won't get sick. But those screenings – just like a robust compliance program – help to ensure that issues will be detected and addressed at an early stage.
– Compliance is not a one-size-fits-all proposition… Even blue-chip, multinational corporations with strong preexisting programs must continuously evaluate their risk profiles and adapt to new circumstances.
– Our Department does not use a rigid formula to assess the effectiveness of corporate compliance. Each company's risk profile and solutions to reduce its risks warrant consideration. We make an individualized determination in each case.
So, all told, good stuff – but only if members of the E&C community put it to use.


Ever Wondered Why Apple Displays The Time As 9:41 AM In All Their Ads?
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If curiosity drives your urges, this list is for you.
It is not often that you see someone transform before your eyes. In the matter of a few years, Abby Pollock has done just that.
Stop airing your dirty laundry...or don't because it makes me laugh.
Are these the dumbest people on Facebook or are they just trollin'? See for yourself in this funny Smosh Gallery!
This man used his intelligence and came up with a genius idea.
VIDEO: Cool Trick That Will Change The Way You Used A Wrench Tool Forever!
CCTV caught the entire thing.
Mobile phones are one of the most widely utilized gadgets in the world. And with the debut of its touchscreen version, the popularity of the device boomed to another level. The populace seems to get cozier with the gadget every passing day. Being a part of the X-generation, you have as well lost yourself!
You'll never say 'I hate my job' ever again. EVER.
A video of a Buddhist friar imploring placidly in a vat of bubbling oil has been making rounds on the web.
You Cannot Miss This Evolution Of Taylor Lautner.
No matter how much we have progress today; the world is still a dangerous place for women. Gender-based discrimination, female foeticide, domestic violence and rapes are some common problems faced by women mainly in Asian and African nations.


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Does this at all sound familiar?
You wake up, do a quick email/message scan, then head to the kitchen and turn on the morning news while preparing breakfast and getting ready for the day.
This was my typical morning routine until I found out how negatively it was impacting my work and personal lives. Looking back now, it's scary to even think about going back.
With the endless barrage of Trump's daily nonsense, I decided to take a 1-week vacation from all things news-related; an information diet if you will. Almost a year later here I am, without a single regret in sight.
Since eliminating this morning bombardment of What Trump said on Twitter, I uncovered something I had yet to fully discover in life – my true creative potential.
Sure, up until this point I felt like a fairly creative person, but little did I know this was merely the tip of the iceberg. Diving in, it wasn't simply my creativity which surged, I saw major improvements in all aspects of life, including professional, personal, health and wellness.
Did I miss my morning news roundup?
It was weird at first but quickly became a distant, irrelevant memory.
Was I worried about missing something important?
I quickly realized everyone else around me would fill me in on anything major I needed to know, acting as news filters, weeding-out the unimportant and providing only the essentials.
Did I feel less smart because I didn't know everything that was going on in the world?
Surprisingly the exact opposite – I felt smarter, more empowered, less stressed, more mentality focused, healthier, performed better at the office, began enjoying life more, my personal relationships improved, and most of all, I felt far more in control of my life.
When we first wake up, those first few minutes, however long they may be, are wonderfully unique.
If only for 5 minutes, this is the only time of the day we are completely free from the digital barrage of email, social media, and headlines.
For these first few moments, there are no distractions, with our minds being well rested and fresh. Our phone is likely not ringing and we have the complete and utmost freedom to think about and create whatever we want. Our mind is in a state of reactive purity, meaning it's primed and ready to focus outward (i.e. creative output), rather than reacting to incoming stimuli.
The issue, unfortunately, is we don't realize our output potential until we begin experimenting with this sacred moment first thing in the day. Most of us are living an entirely reactive lifestyle, never allowing ourselves the undistracted opportunity to create, think, discover, or develop.
"Build pockets of stillness into your life. Meditate. Go for walks. Ride your bike going nowhere in particular. There is a creative purpose to daydreaming, even to boredom. The best ideas come to us when we stop actively trying to coax the muse into manifesting and let the fragments of experience float around our unconscious mind in order to click into new combinations. Without this essential stage of unconscious processing, the entire flow of the creative process is broken."
What was formally my morning news update has since been replaced with creative time, of which I've become so incredibly protective. These first few moments are a time where I can think without distraction, create freely, problem solve, and produce results which lead to success in both my personal and professional lives.
For me, this took the form of a morning journal, sometimes a mere 5 minutes, where I can think clearly and write down whatever comes to mind.
It's incredibly therapeutic – something I never imagined myself doing. Yet the benefits have been astounding, allowing my subconscious mind to release everything it's been working on overnight, before being bombarded with external inputs and distractions.
"A beneficial outcome from mind wandering is the capacity to generate novel, creative thoughts. A positive relationship was found between mind wandering and the tendency to generate solution steps in social problem–solving tasks. Thus, one outcome of mind wandering could be the self-generation of pathways to problem solutions."
One of the best things I ever did was replace my morning news update with this creative time.
Having not felt I was missing out on important information (i.e. FOMO – fear of missing out), I soon came to realize the news is mostly useless noise anyways – 90% nonsense which has zero weighting on the quality of our lives.
"Most information is time consuming, negative, irrelevant to your goals, and outside of your influence. I challenge you to look at whatever you read or watched today and tell me that it wasn't at least two of the four."
I recalled that news outlets are businesses first, news providers second. This means they aren't in the business of providing news, but rather, the business of selling ads.
Providing news is simply the medium by which they can deliver advertisements and generate revenue – a means to an end.
Here's where the conflict of interest comes in. There isn't enough important, actual news available to maintain a consistent level of viewership, so, to maximize ad sales and keep shareholders happy, news outlets sprinkle "entertaining" stories among real stories to retain viewership and hold ground among competing outlets.
Hurricane Maria and the need for disaster relief in Puerto Rico is a legitimate news story, but following it with a fluff piece about Trump coining the word "fake" will make anyone question what is newsworthy?
In recent years especially, the bulk of mainstream journalism has moved predominantly towards entertainment as society becomes increasingly fixated on the unimportant.
CNN and Fox News, for example, have essentially become TV drama's, focusing primarily on arousing and captivating audiences' based on human emotion rather than intellectual interest.
As a result, mainstream news outlets have dramatically lost credibility, yet continue to draw audiences, albeit for the wrong reasons, by maintaining this shift away from newsworthy journalism.
How can we protect and nourish our creative process?
start a video or audio journal if you're not a fan of writing.
There's no right or wrong answer. The key is to escape the noise and give your brain some downtime by performing less intellectually demanding tasks.
The people who own the news outlets are doing it right – making boatloads of cash while spending more time with family, friends, and traveling the world on their private yachts. Yet most of us completely fail to realize the forces which are at play against us: the many corporations vying for our attention.
Every hour spent away from distraction is one hour closer to achieving our goals.
The news itself is not knowledge, but rather, mostly noise meant to occupy time. True knowledge is the development of skills acquired through experience or education.
Knowledge is obtained by reading things of actual substance, i.e. books, academic papers, or research studies, and then contributing to the knowledge pool via creative thinking and problem solving so as to help advance humankind. This leads us to better solve problems, process information, make decisions, and create new ideas.
For the rare 10% of newsworthy stories, watching the news may, in fact, make us smarter, but believing the more we consume, the smarter we will become, is simply false.
By over-consuming all we're doing is robbing ourselves of the most important asset we have – time; time to create, discover, learn and grow.
Key takeaways: To live is to grow, but if we're constantly consumed and distracted by mindless nonsense we'll merely stay at the same plateau and never advance to the next level.
This biggest mistake we can make is to not give ourselves the opportunity to explore our creative potential. We so easily assume we're not the creative type and leave it at that. Everyone is creative; it's a grotesque assumption to think otherwise.
We must give ourselves more credit, and more time to discover our talents. This entire post, for example, started as a quick morning journal entry and now here we are over 1,500 words later! Even if no one ever reads it, or thinks it's complete trash, it's more about the process and opening up the mental pathways which can then be applied to improve all other aspects of life.
We must all establish an environment which fosters and encourages our creativity; it'll only make us stronger, smarter, and will lead each of us to a better, more fulfilling life.
What's your favourite way of disconnecting from the noise of the world? Let me know in the comments below!


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Q: Javascript multiple alerts I have a very limited knowledge of Javascript, I recently started working on a project where some JS is involved. I had an issue where multiple alerts appeared. The original code was:
  clipboard.on('success', function(e) {
    alert('Link successfully copied.');
    e.clearSelection();
  });

Reversing the two lines (I suspected that clearSelection fired another event) solved the issue.
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    e.clearSelection();
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Why did this actually work ?
Edit.
The clipboard comes from the library clipboard.js and is defined here:
var clipboard = new Clipboard(".btnToDoSthg");

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Luc Janssens is an artist, professor of French language and literature, expert in multicultural education, pilot, and winemaker. He is also a philanthropist and a source of hope and compassionate care for impoverished people in the war-ravaged countryside of Laos. "What started as a personal interest in learning more about bilingual education years ago became a lifetime endeavor to help Laotians," he explains.
Luc is as versatile in the ways he fulfills this goal as he is in the rest of his life. His organization, the Lao Rehabilitation Foundation, cares for disabled children, builds schools, dispensaries and hospitals, ships tons of medical equipment and supplies, builds clean water systems in remote villages, organizes plastic surgery missions, and delivers healthcare with volunteer medical staff in rural areas.
Born in Brussels, Belgium in 1944, Luc graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels with a Master of Fine Arts degree. At the age of 26, on a whim, he took a trip with his younger brother to attend a flight school in Merced, California. After what he describes as a short stint as a pilot for Air Zaire in Africa, Luc returned to the U.S. and earned a master's degree in French Language and Literature from California State University, Stanislaus.
Not one to do things halfway, Luc dove in, learning from the community about their needs and concerns. "Soon I got involved in helping with refugee resettlement issues, including preservation of Hmong language and culture," he says. In doing so, Luc also found his PhD dissertation topic and produced a lengthy study on Hmong beliefs and values.


These are quite remarkable. They begin with a dense, fudgy brownie base filled with walnuts, which would be enticing enough, but then a ganache layer is baked right on top for a richer than rich taste and texture. These are one of my foolproof recipes that I go to again and again. And they keep wonderfully in the refrigerator for almost a week – frozen, they barely lose any of their oomph over the course of a month. Truly a flexible recipe. (Psst, eating them straight out of the freezer aint bad either). Stick with chocolate that's between 50% and 60% cacao. These originally appeared in my second book, Bake It To The Limit.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Coat a 13 x 9-inch pan with nonstick spray.
For bottom layer: melt butter and chocolate together in double boiler or microwave. Stir in vanilla, instant coffee and salt. Whisk in sugar and eggs, one at a time, whisking well after each addition. Add flour and stir briefly just until smooth. Stir in nuts and scrape batter into pan.
For top layer: melt chocolate and butter together in double boiler or microwave. Off heat, whisk in sugar, cream, salt, coffee and vanilla. Add eggs and yolks one at a time, whisking well after each addition. Stir until smooth. Pour over bottom layer, using an offset spatula, if necessary, to spread evenly.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until top has a dull cast and the edges are just pulling away from the pan sides. A toothpick inserted in the center will have a bit of moist batter clinging to it. Do not over bake. Cool completely on wire rack.
To serve, these must be at least slightly chilled. After cooling to room temperature, refrigerate for about 1 hour to facilitate cutting. Refrigerate in airtight container up to 1 week or freeze up to 1 month. (Separate layers with parchment paper).
You will need a 1 1/2-inch round cookie cutter and 35 dark chocolate covered espresso beans. Cool brownies to room temperature, then refrigerate for 1 hour. Cut out 35 rounds with the cookie cutter (rows of 7 across and 5 down). Place each round in a small fluted paper cup, if desired, and top with a chocolate covered espresso bean. Follow storage and serving instructions above.


Here's a site that allows patients to send suggestions to researchers doing work on their health problem — translational research really is a loop!
The business model is to sell the data it collects to drug companies — a form of citizen science?
The 23andMe management states that in the future these genetic data could be accessed by academic and other research collaborators and with others through social networking sites as well.


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Mansfield Reformatory
Mansfield Reformatory was built between 1886 and 1910, and remained in full operation until 1990. The original design was by Cleveland architect Levi Schofield, whose projects included the Soldier's and Sailor's monument on Public Square, and the office building that bears his name on the south west corner of Euclid Avenue at East 9th Street. Initially a facility for juvenile offenders, Mansfield Reformatory became home to some of the State's most dangerous criminals. The six-tier East Cell Block remains the largest free-standing steel cell block in the world.
Mansfield Reformatory – Mansfield, Ohio
The facility has been used for the filming of a number of movies, including Shawshank Redemption, Air Force One, Harry and Walter go to New York, and Tango and Cash.
Today, the Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society is slowly renovating the prison. The Warden's Quarters and the Guards' Room have been restored, and a new roof has been installed. The Society hosts tours and haunted prison experiences.
Author lrpaciniPosted on January 9, 2014 January 9, 2014 Categories Uncategorized2 Comments on Mansfield Reformatory
Flame on Cleveland's New Mall
Lit during the 2013 National Senior Games, the inaugural event showcasing Cleveland's newly renovated Convention Center in July 2013, the flaming cauldron stands as a symbol of Cleveland's industrial past and technological future. The Senior Games attracted more than 25,000 visitors to Cleveland. 10,888 of them participated in the largest Senior Games ever.
Flaming Cauldron – Steel with LED lights – July 30, 2013
The Lighting Scheme Continuously Changes through Pallet of Colorful Combinations
Cleveland's City Hall as Seen from the Northeast Corner of the Mall – Looking East on Lakeside Avenue
The View of the South End of the Mall including Cleveland Public Library (left) and Old Federal Building (right)
Cleveland's Global Center for Health Innovation
Known as the Group Plan, Cleveland's public malls and the surrounding buildings were designed by Chicago architects Daniel Burnham, Arnold Brunner, and John Carrere in 1903. Buildings include the Federal Building completed in 1910, followed by the Cuyahoga County Courthouse (1911), the Cleveland City Hall (1916), the Public Auditorium (1922), the main Public Library (1925), the Board of Education administration building (1930), and the Cuyahoga County Administration Bldg. (1957). At the south end, the War Memorial Fountain with a tall symbolic bronze statue by Marshall Fredericks (1964). In the early 1960s, the entire north mall was excavated to create a vast underground convention center connected to the Public Auditorium, and the Hanna fountains were installed on the surface, flanked with trees and plantings.
The latest addition is the Global Center for Health Innovation (2013), combined with a complete renovation of the city's Convention Center. Demolition of the Cuyahoga County Administration Building will begin soon to make way for a major hotel.
All photographs Copyright (c) 2013, Lauren R. Pacini
Author lrpaciniPosted on November 21, 2013 January 14, 2014 Categories Uncategorized2 Comments on Flame on Cleveland's New Mall
Cleveland's Sidaway Suspension Bridge
Sidaway Suspension Bridge
Cleveland's only suspension bridge was built by the Van Sweringen brothers in 1931. It is a 680 feet long pedestrian footbridge, spanning a ravine known as Kingsbury Run, and connecting two ends of Sidaway Avenue – one in the Polish-American neighborhood of Slavic Village, and the other in Garden Valley, an African-American neighborhood.
Sidaway Suspension Bridge Showing Missing Decking
The bridge was vandalized in July 1966, during racial tensions between the two neighborhoods. The deck was set on fire, and the bridge has never been repaired.
Author lrpaciniPosted on November 15, 2013 Categories Uncategorized6 Comments on Cleveland's Sidaway Suspension Bridge
About My New Profile Photo
Since changing my LinkedIn profile photo, several people have said, "That is an interesting photograph, but what is it?" The answer is that this is the stained glass dome 85 feet above the banking floor of the Cleveland Trust Rotunda.
A closer view reveals more of the incredible detail. . .
. . . as does an even closer view! To take a trip under the dome, click here.
Just below the Tiffany-style dome of Cleveland's historic Cleveland Trust Rotunda, between the graceful columns, is a series of beautiful murals painted by Francis Davis Millet, who died at age 65 in the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. To see the murals and for information on each of them, click here. Or, for photographs and details of the historic building, click here.
Author lrpaciniPosted on September 12, 2013 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on About My New Profile Photo
Cleveland Receives Kudos for Progress
Is the glass half full or half empty? Admittedly we have come a long way but still have a very long way to go. The city that was once the automobile capital of the nation, and was once home to one-half of the millionaires, is making a come-back. No longer the butt of night-time talk show monologues, Cleveland is reinventing itself in a very sustainable way.
Perhaps the most significant sign of revitalization is in Cleveland's Midtown section, between Playhouse Square and Cleveland State University on its west, and the Cleveland Clinic and University Circle on its east. Formerly a vast waste-land, Midtown is making a come-back. Old factories and warehouses are being renovated and re-purposed, or demolished and the land redeveloped.
On the north side of Euclid Avenue, once Cleveland's grand avenue, known as the most beautiful street in America, stands Dunham Tavern Museum. Built in 1824, and once a stage coach stop on the road from Buffalo to Detroit, Dunham Tavern Museum is the oldest building in Cleveland standing on its original site. Until a year ago the museum stood in the shadow of a seven-story industrial building.
Dunham Tavern Museum
The demolition of the building restored 2-1/2 acres of Dunham land to provide much needed green space in Midtown to serve local residents, employees of Midtown, and Dunham Tavern Museum members.
Directly across the street, the renovation of two buildings is nearing completion.
Renovated 6555 Carnegie Avenue
Renovated 7000 Euclid Avenue
And a new building serves as the home to the University Hospital's Cleveland Heart Lab, Cleveland Eye Bank, Jumpstart, a national business accelerator, and Chamberlain College of Nursing.
New 6700 Euclid Avenue
Author lrpaciniPosted on July 5, 2013 September 21, 2013 Categories Uncategorized2 Comments on Cleveland Receives Kudos for Progress
Sometimes it is Better to be Lucky than Good
Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day. The day when everyone is Irish! We hear so much about the "luck of the Irish," that I was inspired to a change of pace post.
Those who know me have heard me often say, "Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good." This is not to say that "Good" is not a necessary foundation, because it is. But as a photographer, simply being at the right place at the right time has yielded some of my best work.
Releasing the shutter at precisely the right moment, or achieving just the right angle is as often as not, a matter of luck, built on a foundation of "good."
The author James Rufus Agee (1909 to 1955) said it far better than can I:
"Many people, even some good photographers, talk of the 'luck' of photography as if that were a disparagement. And it is true that luck is constantly at work. It is one of the cardinal creative forces in the universe, one which the photographer has unique equipment for collaborating with. And a photographer often shoots around a subject, especially one that is highly mobile and in continuous and swift development–which seems to me as much his natural business as it is for a poet who is really in the grip of his poem to alter and re alter words in his line. It is true that most artists, though they know their own talent and its gifts as luck, work as well as they can against luck, and that in most good works of art, as in little else in creation, luck is either locked out or locked in and semi-domesticated, or put to wholly constructive work; but it is peculiarly a part of the good photographer's adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it. Most good photographs, especially the quick and lyrical kind, are battles between the artist and luck."
Happy Saint Patrick's Day to you all, and may the luck of the Irish be with you always.
Author lrpaciniPosted on March 16, 2013 March 17, 2013 Categories Uncategorized6 Comments on Sometimes it is Better to be Lucky than Good
New Gallery in Old Building
Inside the Transformer Station Gallery
The latest gem in Cleveland's crown of jewels is the Transformer Station Gallery, located at 1460 W 29th St, in historic Ohio City. The 1920s facility once supplied power to the electric street cars that crossed the Cuyahoga River on the lower deck the Detroit-Superior Bridge, connecting east and west sides of Cleveland. Recently expanded and opened by Laura and Fred Bidwell as a gallery for their personal collection, the Transformer Station is a collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Building Cleveland, the exhibit in the original section of the building is remarkable black and white images based on photographs made by Vaughn Wascovich , using a hand-made pinhole camera. The images are the result of a collaboration with printmakers Michael Loderstedt and Christi Birchfield at Zygote Press.
The 15-ton Armington crane ties the original portion of the building with its industrial past. The Armington Steel Company was founded by George Armington in 1899, to manufacture cranes and hoists. His sons continued to build the company, and in 1953 it became the Euclid Division of General Motors. The benches throughout the gallery were the creation of Reclaimed Cleveland, made from flooring salvaged from Chrysler's former Twinsburg Stamping Plant.
To see more images of the Transformer Station Gallery, please visit my Website at http://artographyonline.com/galleries/transformerStation/
Author lrpaciniPosted on February 17, 2013 February 18, 2013 Categories UncategorizedLeave a comment on New Gallery in Old Building
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Solovieff, Nicolas Theopemptovitch
A Russian composer. He was born at Perosavodsk, and studied at the Academy of Medicine Surgery. Later he gave up his medical studies and entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he was a pupil of N. J. Zaremba in the theory class, and finished his course in 1870 with a dramatic cantata, Samson's Death, for which he was awarded a silver medal. Solovieff began his career as a critic in 1870, and since 1874 has been professor of harmony, counterpoint, musical history and theory of music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and is critic and manager of the Imperial Court Chapel. He has composed a large number of noteworthy works which include a symphonic cantata, Russia and the Mongols; a cantata, for the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Peter the Great; a cantata for voices and piano; The Legend of the Wars of Tgor; a chorus and prayer for Russia, which was awarded the competition prize of the Imperial Russian Musical Society in 1878; an overture on a Russian popular song, composed for the Pan-Russian exhibition in Moscow in 1882; two operas and a collection of three hundred Russian songs. Solovieff's first opera, The Blacksmith, was given at St. Petersburg in 1875, and Cordelia appeared in 1885. This last opera was awarded a medal at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
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A Homeschool Story: Sweet Kids: Good Help, but Hide the Rasor!
So when I awoke Thursday, if you can call it that, to a fever and wracked with pain, my darling son and younger daughter announced they were taking over for the day, "go back to bed mama." I fussed around the kitchen for a minute, slightly worried when Aragorn asked whether the fast food restaurant down the road took cash, and gave in when it was clear I was not a help.
Moral of the story: never mind, I already told you in the title. I am glad that I did not try to write a blog post that day. Happy to be back among the living, breathing and logical. And thank you to my children and husband who contributed to the house being held together while I mended. Thank you too, to the two good friends who dropped by with DVDs to keep the kids busy.


For other uses, see Bitti (disambiguation).
Bitti (Sardinian: Bitzi or Vitzi) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 140 kilometres (87 mi) north of Cagliari and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Nuoro.
The commune takes its name from the Sardinian bitta (female deer). Already existing in Roman times, it is mentioned in 1170 as Bitthe. Bitti was a provincial capital of the Giudicato of Gallura and, from the 14th century, was part of the Giudicato of Torres. It was later included in the marquisate of Orani.
Su Romanzesu nuragic archaeological complex.
Church of Santu Jorgi (St. George).
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namespace Brasa\RecursoHumanoBundle\Controller\Proceso;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;

class ContabilizarPagoController extends Controller
{
    var $strDqlLista = "";
    /**
     * @Route("/rhu/proceso/contabilizar/pago/", name="brs_rhu_proceso_contabilizar_pago")
     */
    public function listaAction() {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
        $request = $this->getRequest();
        if(!$em->getRepository('BrasaSeguridadBundle:SegUsuarioPermisoEspecial')->permisoEspecial($this->getUser(), 66)) {
            return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('brs_seg_error_permiso_especial'));
        }
        $paginator  = $this->get('knp_paginator');
        $form = $this->formularioLista();
        $form->handleRequest($request);
        $this->listar();
        if($form->isValid()) {
            if ($form->get('BtnContabilizar')->isClicked()) {
                set_time_limit(0);
                ini_set("memory_limit", -1);
                $arrSeleccionados = $request->request->get('ChkSeleccionar');
                if(count($arrSeleccionados) > 0) {
                    $arConfiguracion = new \Brasa\RecursoHumanoBundle\Entity\RhuConfiguracion();
                    $arConfiguracion = $em->getRepository('BrasaRecursoHumanoBundle:RhuConfiguracion')->find(1);
                    $arConfiguracionNomina = new \Brasa\RecursoHumanoBundle\Entity\RhuConfiguracion;
                    $arConfiguracionNomina = $em->getRepository('BrasaRecursoHumanoBundle:RhuConfiguracion')->find(1);
                    $arComprobanteContable = new \Brasa\ContabilidadBundle\Entity\CtbComprobante();
                    $arComprobanteContable = $em->getRepository('BrasaContabilidadBundle:CtbComprobante')->find($arConfiguracion->getCodigoComprobantePagoNomina());
                    foreach ($arrSeleccionados AS $codigo) {
                        $arPago = new \Brasa\RecursoHumanoBundle\Entity\RhuPago();
                        $arPago = $em->getRepository('BrasaRecursoHumanoBundle:RhuPago')->find($codigo);
                        if($arPago->getEstadoContabilizado() == 0) {
                            $arTercero = $em->getRepository('BrasaContabilidadBundle:CtbTercero')->findOneBy(array('numeroIdentificacion' => $arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getNumeroIdentificacion()));
                            if(count($arTercero) <= 0) {
                                $arTercero = new \Brasa\ContabilidadBundle\Entity\CtbTercero();
                                $arTercero->setCiudadRel($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getCiudadRel());
                                $arTercero->setTipoIdentificacionRel($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getTipoIdentificacionRel());
                                $arTercero->setNumeroIdentificacion($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getNumeroIdentificacion());
                                $arTercero->setNombreCorto($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getNombreCorto());
                                $arTercero->setNombre1($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getNombre1());
                                $arTercero->setNombre2($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getNombre2());
                                $arTercero->setApellido1($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getApellido1());
                                $arTercero->setApellido2($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getApellido2());
                                $arTercero->setDireccion($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getDireccion());
                                $arTercero->setTelefono($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getTelefono());
                                $arTercero->setCelular($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getCelular());
                                $arTercero->setEmail($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getCorreo());
                                $em->persist($arTercero);
                            }
                            $this->contabilizarPagoNomina($codigo,$arComprobanteContable, $arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getCentroCostoContabilidadRel(), $arTercero,$arPago, $arConfiguracionNomina);
                            $arPago->setEstadoContabilizado(1);
                            $em->persist($arPago);
                        }
                    }
                    $em->flush();
                }
                return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('brs_rhu_proceso_contabilizar_pago'));
            }
        }

        $arPagos = $paginator->paginate($em->createQuery($this->strDqlLista), $request->query->get('page', 1), 300);
        return $this->render('BrasaRecursoHumanoBundle:Procesos/Contabilizar:pago.html.twig', array(
            'arPagos' => $arPagos,
            'form' => $form->createView()));
    }

    private function formularioLista() {
        $form = $this->createFormBuilder()
            ->add('BtnContabilizar', 'submit', array('label'  => 'Contabilizar',))
            ->getForm();
        return $form;
    }

    private function listar() {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
        $this->strDqlLista = $em->getRepository('BrasaRecursoHumanoBundle:RhuPago')->pendientesContabilizarDql();
    }

    private function contabilizarPagoNomina($codigo,$arComprobanteContable,$arCentroCosto,$arTercero,$arPago, $arConfiguracionNomina) {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
        $arPagoDetalles = new \Brasa\RecursoHumanoBundle\Entity\RhuPagoDetalle();
        $arPagoDetalles = $em->getRepository('BrasaRecursoHumanoBundle:RhuPagoDetalle')->findBy(array('codigoPagoFk' => $codigo));
        foreach ($arPagoDetalles as $arPagoDetalle) {
            if($arPagoDetalle->getVrPago() > 0) {
                $arRegistro = new \Brasa\ContabilidadBundle\Entity\CtbRegistro();
                if($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getEmpleadoTipoRel()->getTipo() == 1) {
                    $arCuenta = $em->getRepository('BrasaContabilidadBundle:CtbCuenta')->find($arPagoDetalle->getPagoConceptoRel()->getCodigoCuentaFk());
                }
                if($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getEmpleadoTipoRel()->getTipo() == 2) {
                    $arCuenta = $em->getRepository('BrasaContabilidadBundle:CtbCuenta')->find($arPagoDetalle->getPagoConceptoRel()->getCodigoCuentaOperacionFk());
                }
                if($arPago->getEmpleadoRel()->getEmpleadoTipoRel()->getTipo() == 3) {
                    $arCuenta = $em->getRepository('BrasaContabilidadBundle:CtbCuenta')->find($arPagoDetalle->getPagoConceptoRel()->getCodigoCuentaComercialFk());
                }
                $arRegistro->setComprobanteRel($arComprobanteContable);
                if($arCuenta->getExigeCentroCostos() == 1) {
                    $arRegistro->setCentroCostoRel($arCentroCosto);
                }
                $arRegistro->setCuentaRel($arCuenta);
                $arRegistro->setTerceroRel($arTercero);
                $arRegistro->setNumero($arPago->getNumero());
                $arRegistro->setNumeroReferencia($arPago->getNumero());
                $arRegistro->setFecha($arPago->getFechaHasta());
                if($arPagoDetalle->getPagoConceptoRel()->getTipoCuenta() == 1) {
                    $arRegistro->setDebito($arPagoDetalle->getVrPago());
                } else {
                    $arRegistro->setCredito($arPagoDetalle->getVrPago());
                }
                $arRegistro->setDescripcionContable($arPagoDetalle->getPagoConceptoRel()->getNombre());
                $em->persist($arRegistro);
            }
        }
        //Nomina por pagar
        if($arPago->getVrNeto() > 0) {
            if($arConfiguracionNomina->getCuentaNominaPagar() != '') {
                $arCuenta = $em->getRepository('BrasaContabilidadBundle:CtbCuenta')->find($arConfiguracionNomina->getCuentaNominaPagar()); //estaba 250501
                if($arCuenta) {
                    $arRegistro = new \Brasa\ContabilidadBundle\Entity\CtbRegistro();
                    $arRegistro->setComprobanteRel($arComprobanteContable);
                    //$arRegistro->setCentroCostoRel($arCentroCosto);
                    $arRegistro->setCuentaRel($arCuenta);
                    $arRegistro->setTerceroRel($arTercero);
                    $arRegistro->setNumero($arPago->getNumero());
                    $arRegistro->setNumeroReferencia($arPago->getNumero());
                    $arRegistro->setFecha($arPago->getFechaHasta());
                    $arRegistro->setCredito($arPago->getVrNeto());
                    $arRegistro->setDescripcionContable('NOMINA POR PAGAR');
                    $em->persist($arRegistro);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * @Route("/rhu/proceso/descontabilizar/pago/", name="brs_rhu_proceso_descontabilizar_pago")
     */

    public function descontabilizarPagoNominaAction() {
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
        $request = $this->getRequest();
        $session = $this->getRequest()->getSession();
        $objMensaje = new \Brasa\GeneralBundle\MisClases\Mensajes();
        $form = $this->createFormBuilder()
            ->add('numeroDesde', 'number', array('label'  => 'Numero desde'))
            ->add('numeroHasta', 'number', array('label'  => 'Numero hasta'))
            ->add('fechaDesde','date',array('widget' => 'single_text', 'format' => 'yyyy-MM-dd', 'attr' => array('class' => 'date',)))
            ->add('fechaHasta','date',array('widget' => 'single_text', 'format' => 'yyyy-MM-dd', 'attr' => array('class' => 'date',)))
            ->add('BtnDescontabilizar', 'submit', array('label'  => 'Descontabilizar',))
            ->getForm();
        $form->handleRequest($request);
        if ($form->isValid()) {
            if ($form->get('BtnDescontabilizar')->isClicked()) {
                $intNumeroDesde = $form->get('numeroDesde')->getData();
                $intNumeroHasta = $form->get('numeroHasta')->getData();
                $dateFechaDesde = $form->get('fechaDesde')->getData();
                $dateFechaHasta = $form->get('fechaHasta')->getData();
                if($intNumeroDesde != "" || $intNumeroHasta != "" || $dateFechaDesde != "" || $dateFechaHasta != "") {
                    $arRegistros = new \Brasa\RecursoHumanoBundle\Entity\RhuPago();
                    $arRegistros = $em->getRepository('BrasaRecursoHumanoBundle:RhuPago')->contabilizadosPagoNominaDql($intNumeroDesde,$intNumeroHasta,$dateFechaDesde,$dateFechaHasta);
                    foreach ($arRegistros as $codigoRegistro) {
                        $arRegistro = new \Brasa\RecursoHumanoBundle\Entity\RhuPago();
                        $arRegistro = $em->getRepository('BrasaRecursoHumanoBundle:RhuPago')->find($codigoRegistro);
                        $arRegistro->setEstadoContabilizado(0);
                        $em->persist($arRegistro);
                    }
                    $em->flush();
                    echo "<script languaje='javascript' type='text/javascript'>window.close();window.opener.location.reload();</script>";
                } else {
                    $objMensaje->Mensaje('error', 'Debe seleccionar un filtro', $this);
                }
            }
        }
        return $this->render('BrasaRecursoHumanoBundle:Procesos/Contabilizar:descontabilizarPagoNomina.html.twig', array(
            'form' => $form->createView()));
    }

}

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Teen Week was the first thing we had at Indian Creek, and Teen Weeks have continued to have a strong place in our schedule. Teenagers are exciting, full of life, crazy, and have a lot to offer. It is our desire and prayer to channel all of that energy into love and service for the Lord Jesus Christ! We pray and try to bring in the very best youth speakers (whom God is using) from around the country to challenge each teenager from the Word of God. We will have a power packed week with activities, sports, preaching, and devotion for the Lord. We really do desire (as the Psalmist said) to "shew His strength to this generation"! Teenagers are our future and we want to help prepare their hearts and minds for that future the Lord has for them!


Five men have been convicted by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin of membership of the Real IRA.
Three of the men, John Murphy (aged 25), (Old Mallow Road), Gerard Varian (aged 46), (Bride Valley Park, in Fairhill), and Aidan O'Driscoll (aged 25) (Glenheights Park, in Ballyvolane) are from Cork.
The other two men, Ciaran O'Dwyer (aged 50), (Castletroy View) and Ultan Larkin (aged 34), (Farranshone), are from Limerick.
O'Dwyer is reportedly the head of the Real IRA in Munster and Larkin is said to be his second in command.
All five had denied the charges. They have now been remanded in custody for sentencing at a later date.
Lets hope they all get life.
Three of the men, John Murphy (Old Mallow Road), Gerard Varian (Bride Valley Park, in Fairhill), and Aidan O'Driscoll (Glenheights Park, in Ballyvolane) are from Cork.
The other two men, Ciaran O'Dwyer (Castletroy View) and Ultan Larkin (Farranshone), are from Limerick.
Lord Nelson, are you using this site to build up your CV for a job in the Irish Independent or the Sun.
Lord Nelson, why have you posted this in the Sinn Fein forum, these people have been convicted of membership of the RIRA, who have no links to Sinn Fein.
It's called portfolio dear boy.
They have been convicted of membership of the "Republican Movement," can anyone from Sinn Féin confirm or deny if these convicted criminals are members of that party?
[quote="Cormac Donaghey":18tfhw7e]Lord Nelson, are you using this site to build up your CV for a job in the Irish Independent or the Sun.
Well in the context of some of your contributions to this forum, you would be well suited for a job at either of those papers, they never let the little detail of the truth bother them either, in their rantings.
[quote="Cormac Donaghey":28mreyrs]Lord Nelson, are you using this site to build up your CV for a job in the Irish Independent or the Sun.
Well hopefully you'll be able to keep your secret identity well hidden when you reach the giddy heights of Abbey Street, for fear that the IRA will kill your family/friends/goldfish in retaliation for your devastating rhetorical campaign against them.
This, we pray, oh Lord.
Well they are not members of the Republican Movement that consists of the IRA and Sinn Fein, etc. The political group with the closest links to the RIRA is the 32CSM, so ask them if your interested. Again I ask you why have posted this thread in the Sinn Fein forum.
And If you check they have been convicted of membership of the RIRA, not the Republican Movement, which is a term used when refering to a number of organisations as a whole.
Well then why have they been allowed into the Republican Wing of Portlaoise Prison?
Actually no. Not everyone who is a republican is part of the (Provisional) Republican Movement.
And they weren't convicted of membership of the 'Republican Movement' because membership of the 'Republican Movement' is not a crime.
and as for your hope that they recieve life Nelson (Ha,Ha your even as dim-witted as mr muntz), they will most likely recieve 4-6 years for membership of an illegal organisation.
Lord Nelson, every member of Sinn Fein is regarded as a member of the Republican Movement, that is not a crime, as much as people like you would want it to be.
No but membership of an illegal organisation styling itself Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the Irish Republican Army, otherwise the IRA IS a serious crime.
No but an illegal organisation styling itself Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the Irish Republican Army, otherwise the IRA IS a serious crime.
Yes, but which organisation were they convicted of membership of? The (Provisional) IRA or the (Real) IRA?
Lord Nelson, you still haven't answered my question.
... an illegal organisation styling itself Oglaigh na hEireann, otherwise the Irish Republican Army, otherwise the IRA.
Lord Nelson, you state that your location is the United Kingdom, yet on another thread, you refer to the RTE Primetime documentary you watched about Galway.
The reason I query your location is that if you actually live in Ireland, you have to be the daftest poster on this site, with true04 running a close second.
Can you seriously not distinguish between the republican movement and the so called RIRA.
See, here's the thing. You post that, and then you ask Sinn Fein if these guys were members. Why ask Sinn Fein (which isn't linked with the Real IRA) if they were members, and not ask any other party.
Unless ... you don't know the difference between the Real IRA and the (Provisional) IRA. Are you a little slow?


Evening performances at 7pm on: April 25 – 27. Matinee performance at 2pm on: April 28. The Crucible by Arthur Miller. In every community torn by suspicion, the most dangerous threat may be the community itself.
In the insular, Puritan community of 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, a group of young girls are found dancing in the woods, and immediately fall ill. When no earthly cause can be determined, the citizens of Salem suspect that some more sinister force may be at hand. As long-held grudges turn to violent disputes, humiliating secrets are exposed and disseminated, and the line between truth and pretense becomes increasingly blurry, the citizens' dogged determination to root out evil becomes more dangerous than the evil itself. When the burden of proof is invisible and the crime too terrible to name, everyone becomes a suspect and no on is safe.
Winner of the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play. This exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem is both a gripping historical play and a timely parable of our contemporary society.


stunning waterfront home on beautiful lake huron with 100' of beach frontage. originally custom built by world renowned 'pineridge timber frame homes'. 6500 sq ft of amazing living space. 37' stone hearth on a rumford fireplace. there are also 2 more gas fireplaces. beautiful winding custom staircase. lots of extras: professionally done kitchen, double granite islands, 2 dishwashers, heated floors under ceramic, marble & cement, steam sauna, and home theatre with leather seating. lawn sprinkler system. also has a generator system. far too many wonderful things to mention about this spectacular property. truly one of the finest homes in lambton county!


Wow, I haven't seen a 4500s in years! A friend of mine used to have one, bought new in the mid 1980s. I was very young at the time but I always liked the sound of it. It wasn't realistic in the sense that todays digital pianos are, but there was something about it, and it was definitely recognizable as a piano sound. Infact, they used it for a good 15 or so years and even up until recently I always remember it was a good sounding instrument - if you have any soundclips or vids of you playing it I'd be interested.
Good luck, I hope you get it fixed, for me that's a total nostalgia trip.


We hosted a dinner party last weekend, and let me tell you it was yummy! The theme? Asian food. We made some, and bought some. My favorite dish of the night? A sushi platter. I don't know if I was more excited about eating it or photographing it. Aside from being delicious, it's just so pretty to look at. My mouth is watering for some more just thinking about it.


Work with our staff to coordinate the best possible date for your fundraising effort. Once a date has been chosen, then get excited…chances are it will help your profits! We offer a zero-risk, all-reward program designed to increase your organization's fundraising potential, while adding a fun and exciting racing component to your event.
Pole Position Raceway welcomes you to invite your supporters to join in and have a blast racing at our track. We offer a family-friendly, indoor, go-kart racing experience that encourages camaraderie and good times. Whether it be a rookie race or a pro race, everyone can join in. For each of our 3 pre-determined race choices, Pole Position Raceway will offer $5 per race purchased. Also, if available, feel free to use our track-side lounge to set up your bake sale or auction items for that additional fundraiser push!
All you have to do is ask your supporters to bring in a pre-printed flyer during your race event that you and your committee, friends, and group distribute prior to your event. We will provide you with the customized flyer which will reward your group for each race purchased. The flyer identifies your supporters and we can easily tally your purchased races. Spread the word about your event! Make use of Facebook, flyers, email, posters, Twitter.
Select a date for your fundraiser and 'buyout' the facility for a private event. We'll close the doors to the public and allow you private access to 56,000sq.ft. of entertainment space for your family, friends, supporters. Our facility also offers a 1500sq. ft. meeting room, complete with projector, screen, and free wi-fi.
Your group pays for a one-hour rental fee and your organization receives an additional hour at no cost! Your group will determine the cost per race. Your group can work with our race staff and create special races, elimination tournaments, rookie, amateur or pro races. You keep all the proceeds from the races and we supply the racing support staff.
The facility offers free parking, timing monitors, free wireless internet, racing memorabilia, arcade and video games, track-side viewing. Catering, bar, awards, and trophies can be added for an additional fee.
Again, with the purchase of a racing package over $500, we will happily offer our 1500sq.ft. meeting space, if available, at no charge, for your cookie sale, auction or something similar.
Vouchers must be picked up at our location. We will not mail or e-mail the vouchers.
Your organization must use the name Pole Position Raceway - Indoor Karting in all marketing materials.
We will require a copy of your 501-c. Please bring in or send us a copy.
To request a Donation, please email us at donations@kartingstl.com with info about your event.
We kindly ask you pick up the donation within 3 weeks of your request due to the high volume of donations.


Yesterday, I was the guest interviewee on Virginia Reed's "A Woman's Perspective," a radio podcast on the Progressive Radio Network. You can listen to the episode by clicking the play button in the audio player embedded above, or you can download or stream it at PRN.
Steve and I listened to the whole podcast- great job Robert!!!
I just spent 40 min w/ you on the beach-- I thought you sounded like someone whose writing I'd want to follow!
I listened to the whole interview - right through the closing music, and it's extremely touching and wonderful. What's especially nice is that Rob takes the people whom we have all known forever, and lights them up for the whole world to appreciate. And despite what he says about his speaking skills, Rob is one of the few people I know that can speak in complete sentences for 3/4 of an hour.
Fantastic-thanks for sharing with us-we enjoyed listening this morning!
I am so impressed, but not surprised, at how well you came across at your radio interview!!
great job. Say hi to your "brother" for me. Seriously you were a pleasure to listen to.
Read you, heard you and you are "ept." Very impressive performance, you should have a future in radio. You come across as thoughtful and honest with a nice soothing radio voice.
I listened to the whole interview.................you were super.
I thoroughly enjoyed the WHOLE interview! I'm so proud of you and so blessed to know you and your whole family including Coal, Shadow, Mickey and Banjo!
You do have a great radio voice. If those who heard this segment don't subscribe to your blog, they will be missing out.
You speak so well and you are so wise. Well done, Robert! We much prefer blogs to tweets and facebook and you captured why just perfectly. Please keep up the early morning writing as you summarize and prioritize our thoughts as well.
Ok I listened to the interview twice. You were awesome.
I invested part of my afternoon listening to you being interviewed on the pod cast. It was a very revealing interview even though I already knew 97% of your stories. I always knew there were many reasons why I have always felt so close to you, it's because you usually echo my own thoughts and convictions.
P.S., you are not inept; rather I see you as challenged in a few areas.


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Damien Echols who along with Charles Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. are known as the West Memphis Three and convicted of the Robin Hood Hills child murders in which three eight year old boys were killed in West Memphis, AR.
Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley Jr. were released from prison on August 19, 2011. Their convictions were not overturned, instead they agreed to an Alford Plea.
Over 100 pages of exclusive pictures, interviews, articles, etc and also includes two promotional items. The first is a Paradise Lost folder which has been hand signed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky who produced and directed the documentary. Also included is a handwritten message and signed by Mara Leverett the author of the book "Devil's Knot" about the case.
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