Has Announced A Deal Which Will See The Company Will Acquire Parent Company Of Dictionary
15 May 2008, 17:05 No comments
The search engine predicts the move will expand its audience by 11 percent or 145 million unique visitors per month. Once the deal is signed and stamped, Ask.com is expected to add more layers such as video and images to entries on Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com. The deal is due to close in Q3 of this [...]
Why isnt there a vegetarian restaurant in Boise
16 April 2008, 17:05 No comments
In 2007, Idaho was No. 1 on PETA’s list of the top vegetarian-friendly state prison systems in the country.Meanwhile, meatless diners in the Treasure Valley have been sentenced to life without a vegetarian restaurant with no sign of parole.Several markets of similar size (Tulsa, Okla.) or smaller (Green Bay, Wis.) have one, but a restaurant [...]
TV chefs dish up heaven hell
1 April 2008, 04:04 No comments
Both shows are about cooking.But watching them simultaneously creates two experiences that are as different as driving a unicycle through an inferno and floating in a pool of fragrant rose petals.Let’s begin with the fourth season premiere of Hell’s Kitchen (Fox, Citytv, 9 tonight). Fifteen brash contestants are vying for a coveted $250,000 (U.S.) job [...]
A new luxury in India Retirement homes
22 March 2008, 20:08 No comments
“Grandparents also want their own independence,” said the 62-year-old widow, who lives in a bustling retirement community in this southwestern Indian city. “We want freedom. We would like to travel, to pursue our hobbies.” A cultural revolution is under way in India, led by an unlikely gray-haired vanguard that is [...]
Museum shops outside-the-perimeter filled with unique finds
19 March 2008, 19:07 No comments
nside the Perimeter, there are great shops associated with museums, gardens, historical areas and other places I’ve loosely defined as “museum shops” (see last week’s article in Buyer’s Edge). Outside I-285 there are equally fascinating places to visit with shops to browse. Here are some items you can’t find just anywhere:
Museum Replicas Ltd.
While it’s not [...]
Mags Websites Fairs Tap Tech DIY Boom
21 February 2008, 19:07 No comments
Make magazine, not yet three years old, is leading a new wave of interest in build-it-yourself projects. Even as technology comes to us in packages that are ever harder to take apart and tinker with, Make harkens back to a time when it was OK to build your own radio, get under the hood of [...]
Jeannine DeLancett 81 former Sentinel librarian witness to history
21 February 2008, 19:07 No comments
“She didn’t have a lot financially, but in her heart she always felt she needed to give what she had to help others.” The 81-year-old Orlando woman died Tuesday of cardiac arrest. In 1926, DeLancett was born in La Louvi%26#65533;re, Belgium, where she experienced history. [...]
Sit down with a good book slice of pie
13 February 2008, 02:02 No comments
The literary festival is a first for the Andersen Enrichment
Center.
”We wanted to host a fun family event that would
get people involved in reading,” says Hall, who
lives in Saginaw Township, ”and to also give the
public an idea of literature that has been written by people
in our area.”
Ten authors are slated to attend, with many of [...]
Orr New owners of The Front Door arent planning big changes
9 February 2008, 02:02 No comments
The new owners of Boise’s best beer bar - The Front Door - say they don’t plan on making any major changes to the funky pizza/beer pub that has become the destination place for local beer enthusiasts.This is good news for Boise’s burgeoning beer culture. Yes, we have four different brewpubs in the city limits. [...]
Rivalry spills off the field and onto the table
3 February 2008, 16:04 No comments
As is the case with their respective football teams, New
York’s offering is a bit of an underdog. New England
clam chowder is a dynasty that can be found on restaurant
menus across the nation. Manhattan clam chowder is a rare
find.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen red clam
chowder,” said Lindsay Tebo, manager of The Beach
Bar on Clark Lake [...]
