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  • The ten best peelers and graters Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:48PMWhether you want smooth, skinless spuds or coarse shards of parmesan, it’s worth investing in the right kitchen kit...
  • Three Innovative Young Companies at Anaheim Kush Expo Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:49AMChristopher Victorio/OC WeeklyClick here to see more photos from Kush Expo . Green goodness was plentiful at the second annual Kush Expo at the Anahiem Convention Center this past weeke
  • Boutique brilliance: Small is still beautiful in Paris' shopping streets Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:35AMParis is close to shopping heaven. Here, bakers can be superstars – and, even in the centre of town, you can find hardware stores alongside high-end fashion. All the global chains are here, but there is also an incredible number of homegrown, one-off boutiques. The summer sales continue until 26 July. After that, many places close for all or part of August, when it is not unusual to find shop ...
  • MWSS-374 builds new Osprey helicopter landing pads Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 1:15PMMARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. An installation the size of the Combat Center comes with lots of maintenance, ranging from road repairs and replacing firing targets to building landing pads for the many types of aircraft that fly in to support training.
  • Northern Ireland’s eclectic performer Duke Special tours Czech Republic Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 11:22AMDuke Special is a songwriter and performer from Belfast whose style is influenced by vaudeville and theater. Having opened for the likes of Van Morrison and Snow Patrol, he is known for putting on a captivating live performance – often using unusual instruments such as old gramophones or transistor radios. Duke Special’s four-concert tour of the Czech Republic kicks off Tuesday night at Prague’s ...
  • Marketplaces dot Havana for new private vendors Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 3:03PMANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA Marketplaces full of vendors hawking everything from food to religious items may be common sights across Latin America, but they're springing up for the first time in the Cuban capital as the island's Communist government opens its tightly controlled economy to some private-sector activity. Nearly 140 official points of sale in abandoned structures ...
  • IBM @100 Years – Global Innovation is About Silicon Valley, not IBM Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 10:31AMCongratulations to IBM and its 100 years in business – from making cheese graters to supercomputers, and much, much more. IBM is seen as very much an East Coast company yet its history shows a strong and long connection with … Continue reading → IBM @100 Years – Global Innovation is About Silicon Valley, not IBM is a post from: SiliconANGLE We're now available on the Kindle! Subscribe today .
  • IBM 100 - IBM Should Renew Its Silicon Valley Heritage Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 10:35AMIBM loves to talk about innovation but its chief executive makes jokes about Silicon Valley...
  • El Anatsui sculpts cloth of red and gold Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 7:00AMWILLIAMSTOWN -- El Anatsui's exhibition of found-object sculpture at the Clark Art Institute proves what many people believe -- that Anatsui is one of the most significant artistic innovators of our time.
  • Details often escape memory, yet feelings will always remain Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 5:21AMOn Tuesday night, I biked home from a tennis game. It was lovely out, and it was still light at that hour, and I was pedalling hard downhill. I was filled with the moment. Dinner was waiting for me. My wife and daughter were waiting for me. The trees were green and full, and the air had the promise of summer in it. Life. What can one say?
  • Haupia how-to Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 6:35AMWhen most of us make haupia — Hawaiian coconut pudding — we reach for a powdered mix and a can.
  • The French Debate: Are Smurfs Communist Anti-Semites? Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 12:22PMThe French do love their semiotics. But right now, there are whole French discussion boards dedicated to determining whether a brigade of blue cartoon characters from the fifties favored a command economy. Have things gone too far?  This très  Barthesian moment was precicipated by the publication of Antoine Buéno's "The Little Blue Book: A critical and political analysis of the Smurf society ...
  • Weekend Wanderer: College of the Desert Street Fair offers good time, deals Sunday, June 5, 2011 @ 3:24AMLoading Photo Galleries ... Loading ... The College of the Desert Street Fair in Palm Desert offers a variety of unique items. / Photos by Tamara H. Sone, The Desert Sun
  • Weekend Wanderer: If you want it, you might find it here Saturday, June 4, 2011 @ 8:08PMThis week the Weekend Wanderer goes from hiking trails and feeding fish at the Whitewater Preserve to hunting for unique items and wrangling wild deals at the College of the Desert Street Fair.
  • Midland County seeing worst fires in history Saturday, May 28, 2011 @ 11:01PMDrive around Midland County, down West County Road 118 and the side streets off South County Roads 1215 and 1214, and you'll see where the fire hit.
  • Mitch Hedberg's official site relaunches Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 6:07PMCreated by his widow, a memorial for the cult comedian features never-before-seen footage and material
  • Car Wreck Turns into Large Grass Fire Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 11:30PMA blaze in extreme eastern Nolan County burned over 125 acres after a car caught on fire and ended up sparking a grass fire near Farm to Market Road 126.
  • Secret diary of a band: the corporate gig Saturday, May 7, 2011 @ 4:52PMThis week, our anonymous band discover the perils of playing to the fashion crowd Since starting the band, we've written more than 50 songs for our debut album. I think it's fair to say that 98% of those compositions are complete and utter tripe, though if you were to ask other members of the band they'd disagree with me over which ones. Each song is laboured over, each demo is produced to the ...
  • Canucks’ master graters taking Predators off their game Saturday, May 7, 2011 @ 3:18PMIn a season where he broke out offensively with 41 goals, earned some Hart Trophy talk and was nominated for the Selke Trophy for the third consecutive season, Ryan Kesler credited his "MVP" status to the Vancouver Canucks due to his straying away from his old self (an elite NHL pest) because he saw it was hurting the team. But Old Ryan has made appearances during their series with the Nashville ...
  • Counties, residents starting to add up costs of floods Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 10:34PMIt's still far too early to nail down an exact cost, but city and county leaders, as well as residents, are already crunching what are expected to be large numbers.
  • Anis Shivani: 10 Favorite Poems: Akhmatova, Garcia Lorca, Lowell, and Others Tuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 2:48AMIn Lowell's world, intellectual life is the greatest adventure--which rules out despondency and despair, in formal terms. It's a paradox our age lacks the sophistication to enter and accept.
  • Multiple grass fires ignite in Midland Friday, April 29, 2011 @ 11:33PMSeveral wild fires plagued Midland firefighters throughout Friday, as it was yet another red flag fire warning day.
  • Customers hungry for Plaza kitchenware store to open Thursday, April 28, 2011 @ 10:53PMSur La Table says it will quietly open today on the Country Club Plaza. Good luck with that.
  • Separated at Birth: Dream Downtown Hotel Embraces Its Cheesy Side Tuesday, April 26, 2011 @ 10:28AM[Photo via HotelChatter.] The Dream Downtown Hotel in the Meatpacking District/Chelsea DMZ has been dubbed The Cheesegrater for its new facade. The hotel's architect doesn't mind the comparison, and neither does the hotel's brain trust: They're sending out Dream-branded...
  • TEXAS WILDFIRES - TAMING THE WILDCAT: County officials took the lead Saturday, April 23, 2011 @ 4:06PMSwarms of responsibilities cover the counties as thick as smoke in calamitous events such as the Wildcat Fire. For officials in Tom Green and Coke counties, those responsibilities made this disaster a full test of leadership.
  • Horace Mann experience transportation fair Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 3:18PMFrom cement, dump and fire trucks to road graters, tractors and recreational vehicles, kindergarten students from Horace Mann saw it all at the Transportation Fair held April 12 on the Northwest campus.
  • Login Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 9:50AMCeCe Knight stands beneath a homemade showerhead attached to a PBC pipe and braces herself for the chilly water.
  • America’s Next Great Restaurant Recap: David Rees on Pete the Pita, and Feeding Kale to Kids Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 10:32AMBobby Flay's daughter looks unimpressed. This recap is coming to you from Chicago, one of America’s most innovative food cities! (One of Chicago’s innovations is deep-dish pizza, the amazing pizza that is never good.) I’m here on family business, but I’m still ready to recap my face off. Speaking of: I dined at Chipotle last week! I ate a veggie burrito that weighed slightly less than a ...
  • Air power dips in wildfire fight Friday, April 15, 2011 @ 12:22AMThree firefighting aircraft were temporarily grounded Thursday from service battling grass fires in West Texas, leaving about a dozen available to fight continuing wildfires across the state and sending officials scrambling to bring in the backup units, according to officials with the state and U.S. Forest Service .
  • NFL Draft 2011: Should the Cowboys Pick Mike Pouncey or Cam Newton in Round 1? Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 7:38PMHow long has it been since the Cowboys drafted an offensive lineman in the first round?  The answer to this question—and many more—are coming up in the friendly confines of this here entertaining column. There’s been much discussion in Texas during the NFL offseason.  The talk is centered on the issue of the ninth overall pick in the upcoming draft.  Whether or not the Cowboys should draft an ...
  • Firefighters keep hot spots under control with support from communities Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 12:30AMCases of Gatorade, water and soda filled the bed of Michael Isbell’s truck, and a large plastic tub of snacks sat in the front passenger seat.
  • The Hamptons, Honey Wednesday, April 13, 2011 @ 11:23AMA bee yard, a Frenchman, a few down-on-their-luck chickens: worlds collide at Blue Spruce Farm, the Water Mill home of Pylones-USA owners Alan Ceppos and Frederic Rambaud.  SLIDESHOW: The Hamptons, Honey No, buffalo don't roam here (it is the Hamptons, after all), but a mule does, alongside a few horses with a past and several rescue chickens. But that's a long story. The house is a Long Island ...
  • Car show driven by sexual, domestic violence awareness Sunday, April 10, 2011 @ 11:13PMOrganizers of this year's Cruisin' Against Bruisin' car show promise it will be extra special.There ...
  • Wow factor at the Albright-Knox Friday, April 1, 2011 @ 7:30AMThe Albright-Knox Art Gallery has been shopping. And with “Surveyor,” the latest in a series of exhibitions meant to introduce some big, bold new acquisitions to the rest of the family, the gallery is out to impress.
  • Italian Kitchenware Retailer Teams Up with Harold Import Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 4:12PMKitchenware distributor Harold Import Co. Inc. (HIC), Lakewood, N.J., introduced its Fante’s Italian cooking products, named after the Philadelphia gourmet retailer, at the International Home + Housewares Show earlier this month.
  • Volvo To Expand Shippensburg Campus Wednesday, March 16, 2011 @ 9:55AMVolvo Construction Equipment will relocate part of its operation from Asheville, N.C., to an existing plant in Shippensburg, company officials said.
  • Cool culinary helpers Sunday, March 13, 2011 @ 9:21PMCooking is said to be therapeutic, a powerful recreation activity. It could be so true as home cooking has become one of the favourite and trendy lifestyle activities cherished by more and more of the younger generations these days.
  • Top agriculture officials visit DA projects in Sulu Sunday, March 13, 2011 @ 4:00PMCOTABATO CITY, March 13 (PNA) - To ensure government agricultural projects are implemented properly, Department of Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala and other agriculture officials visited the DA's projects in Sulu, one of the provinces under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
  • Hottest, newest gadgets to help around the house Monday, March 7, 2011 @ 7:05AMBehindTheBuy.com's David Gregg spotlights several that caught his eye at huge International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago
  • Iditarod makes city maintenance crews reverse their roles Saturday, March 5, 2011 @ 2:30AMCity road maintenance crews began dumping thousands of pounds of snow through the heart of Anchorage late Friday to build the in-town portions of the 20-mile-long course for the ceremonial start of the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
  • Be Careful Not to Inhale the World's Smallest Computer Tuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 11:15AMA team at the University of Michigan has designed a computer that clocks in at just over one cubic millimeter. This new scale of technology will have the ability to transform any object into a digital device. The cheese graters of the future will put today's bunch to shame.
  • Wildfires burn thousands of acres in Motley County, city of Matador spared Tuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 1:33AMMATADOR — More than a dozen volunteer fire departments and state agencies on Monday continued to fight multiple hot spots remaining from two massive wind-driven wildfires in Motley County.
  • Motley County blaze spares Matador Tuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 1:26AMSummary:  MATADOR - More than a dozen volunteer fire departments and state agencies on Monday continued to fight multiple hot spots remaining from two massive wind-driven wildfires in Motley County. MATADOR - More than a dozen volunteer fire departments and state agencies on Monday continued to fight multiple hot spots remaining from two massive wind-driven wildfires in Motley County. read more
  • Reservoir site yields ancient artifacts Friday, February 25, 2011 @ 4:14AMSeveral artifacts dating back 4,000 or even 10,000 years have been found in the area that will be inundated in May when a reservoir comes into being in Quang Ngai Province’s mountainous district of Tay Tra.
  • PIERRE HUYGHE: ‘The Host and the Cloud’ Thursday, February 24, 2011 @ 2:33PMMaybe we’re all captives in someone else’s movie.
  • Power Support, Alessi & Klear Objects, Up to 70% OFF Tuesday, February 22, 2011 @ 6:57AMSave Event: Power Support, Alessi and Klear Objects (Various Home and Office products) Save up to 70% OFF! Alessi is a kitchen utensil company from Italy. They design everyday items from plastic and stainless steel. From the 1980s onward, Alessi has been particularly associated with the notion of "designer" objects - otherwise ordinary tools and objects executed as high design, particularly in a
  • Council weighs towing tickets Saturday, February 12, 2011 @ 5:01PMOne Strathcona County councillor is wondering why taxpayers are on the hook for towing cars during street plowing. Coun. Roxanne Carr said she wants to look at why vehicle owners who don't move their cars in time for snow clearing equipment to pass don't pay for the costs to move their vehicles.[...]
  • ALTUS SCHOOLS START AN HOUR LATE THURSDAY; BREAKFAST SERVED AN HOUR LATE; TEACHERS REPORT AN HOUR LATE; BUSES TO RUN ... Wednesday, February 9, 2011 @ 12:22PM"All the equipment is ready and the trucks are loaded," said Street Commissioner Holmes Willis Tuesday afternoon in anticipation of the snow storm that blew into the area last night. Ahead of the ...
  • What tools are essential in the kitchen, and what can I do without? Wednesday, February 9, 2011 @ 1:54AMWhen it comes to cooking equipment, a minimalist approach is often best -- especially for the small things. If your drawers are cluttered with unused hand tools, it's probably time for you to take inventory and pare down.
  • Crews Work Around Clock To Prepare For Winter Storm Tuesday, February 8, 2011 @ 5:46PMState and local crews said they have prepared for days ahead of Tuesdays winter storm.