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When four young jazz virtuosos decided to join forces, the Rhythm Future Quartet was born. Named after a Django Reinhardt tune, the Rhythm Future Quartet performs dynamic and fiery arrangements of Gypsy jazz, standards and original compositions. The quartet features Jason Anick on violin, Olli Soikkeli and Vinny Raniolo on guitars, and Greg Loughman on bass. Tickets: $20 General Admission / $18 Seniors / $17 Members Silver Table for Four with reserved seating and a bottle of wine: $200 Gold Table for Four with reserved seating and a bottle of wine: $300
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Other areas of performance are impressive. Battery life is 30 hours for music, which is very impressive for a hard disk player like this, and video playback of five hours is about par for the course; enough for a couple of movies with room to spare for an episode or two of The Simpsons. Move up to the bulkier 160GB model and you get an extra ten hours of music listening, while video playback is extended to a maximum of seven hours, which is seriously impressive.
File format support is, as usual, pretty miserly, however. For music, you're stuck with AAC, Apple Lossless and MP3, while video is restricted to H.264 formats - .mp4, .mov and .m4v - with no sign of native support for .avi or .divx files. If your main source of video is the Internet, this means you'll be doing a fair bit of re-encoding.
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Arrington thriving with post-NFL endeavors
LaVar Arrington was back in town Monday, here to help an old pal, talk to some kids and generally carry out his game plan, which has nothing to do with games.
"My life's calling is to have an impact on young people's lives as much as I can, give back as much as I can," the former North Hills and Penn State football star said Monday.
Calling Pittsburgh "my pride and joy" and lamenting that he doesn't visit enough, Arrington was the featured guest at a youth football camp run by ex-North Hills teammate and Pitt safety Eric Kasperowicz, the new Pine-Richland coach. Still looking buff at 34, Arrington addressed the young campers, signed autographs and chatted up Kasperowicz's high schoolers, who were sweating in the weight room.
Older players — that is, the current NFL generation — also are on Arrington's radar. The league's Transition Assistance Program assists those who face the many challenges of retirement, and Arrington said he is training to become a "certified transitional coach" to facilitate the effort.
"When you're done playing the game, this isn't like basketball," he said. "You can't get a five-on-five game. It's just one of those sports where, if you've played it and played it at a high level, it becomes difficult to convince your body and your mind that you're not doing it any more."
A linebacker taken No. 2 overall by Washington in 2000, Arrington achieved moderate success during six NFL seasons with the Redskins and one with the Giants before an Achilles tendon injury hastened his retirement at 29. He has stayed busy since then, doing assorted media work that includes a popular Washington radio talk show.
He also owns a sports management firm that recently branched out into modeling, and started a company called Extreme Procision that combines unique forms of apparel and instruction for "a state-of-the-art football training system that will develop the world's next generation of football players," according to its website.
Arrington lives with his family in a large, comfortable home in Annapolis, Md. Citing the support of his wife and parents, he acknowledged that his transition from football "was probably smoother than most." But it still wasn't easy. He said he turned to his motorcycle for that "adrenaline rush I used to get when I played the game."
Six years ago Tuesday, Arrington crashed his bike near his home, suffering a broken right arm and nerve damage, two broken vertebrae and a huge gash in his right thigh. He was hospitalized for two weeks.
"That was my transition," he said. "I lived, and I was blessed enough to make it through that situation. I looked at my family, I realized I'll get a great adrenaline rush by being a great dad and giving back to the community the best I can."
Like many former Penn State players, Arrington was a vehement critic of Joe Paterno's firing, the actions of the school's board of trustees and the subsequent NCAA sanctions that resulted from the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal. He said he "supports the Paterno family 100 percent" in their lawsuit against the NCAA and still resents how things were handled.
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Erdogan is not going to end the genocide war against France until: (a) France admits it committed genocide during its colonial rule in Algeria, (b) France admits there was no genocide against Armenians in Turkey in 1915, or (c) we all agree that genocide never took place anywhere in the world and millions of humans were killed by Martian invaders. According to Erdogan, "what the French did in Algeria during its colonization was genocide." He claimed that 15% of Algerians were massacred between 1945-1962. Erdogan also pointed out that President Sarkozy's father served in the French Legion during this time period and thus was part of the genocide.
There are two issues emanating from his statement. One argues there was genocide in Algeria and the other argues there was no genocide in Turkey against Armenians. I get confused. What does genocide in Algeria have to do with genocide in Turkey? Is Mr. Erdogan attempting to prove that if you commit genocide it means you are not allowed to discuss our genocide? When will Turkey admit it killed over a million Armenians and in order to demonstrate moral and ethical health as a nation? The US Congress apologized to Japanese Americans for their internment. Germany has apologized for the Holocaust. Just admit the truth and everyone who engaged in genocide can finally cleanse their souls.


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From going through a lot of these posts.. I don't understand why "casual-friendly" people want their character to feel progressed when they can't/don't want to raid. Unless they can give an example of what they want to see besides "I just want something exciting" isn't really going to help your cause. Is it to shave seconds off killing mobs while questing/farming/solo-ing old content?
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Note: playing devil's advocate here. I understand it's an RPG and character progression is a driving point. But my point stands.
A) Random groups of people can't manage to work together without a flame war (Which is why LFR is so mind numbingly easy and yet people still choose to tunnel, ignore mechanics, and start flame wars and vote kick)
B) If it takes more than a 6 minute faceroll people will complain it's too hard (See early Crapaclysm heroics)
MoP crapped on 5 mans because once people got the gear level they stopped doing them so the devs found it to be a waste of resources and put in scenarios and heroics scenarios instead because they were fast and offered up some form of rewards not to mention challenge mode dungeons........yeah guess who well those are going.
In short, blame the players not Blizzard, Blizzard just does what people want which I find to be STUPID because 3/4 of the time the players just bitch for the sake of bitching and don't even know wtf they want.
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They asked for dungeons not to be as hard. They did not ask them to stop being content that was produced, to have them award far less than they did before, and to be subjected to casual unfriendly LFR.
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We have faced trials and danger, threats to our world and our way of life. And yet, we persevere. We are the Horde. We will not let anything break our spirits!"
The sort of casual-oriented gameplay we have in WoW today simply doesn't work with the time-investment tenets of the classic MMORPGs that made the genre attractive to begin with. This genre needs a brand new model if it is going to follow the casual trend in gaming and keep its attractive tenets.
Im just curious as to what people want? "we want change but we have no idea what kind." 5 mans and scenarios can only get you so far before you need to invent more time to get the better rewards. there are world bosses that give good stuff but ultimately this is a raiding game and if you want some char progression gonna have to put your toe into a raid of some sort. :\
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LFR (I agree it is pure shit), Flex, Normal, Heroic.
Scenarios, HC scenarios.
Timeless Isle.
The Legendary Quest chain.
World Bosses. Sha/Galleon/Nalak/Oondasta/Celestials/Ordos.
PvP. Timeless Isle PvP.
Of all of the above, the only thing that is not casual friendly is Heroic SoO. But many High Population servers, you can even pug HC SoO to a large extent.
I remember a previous post from you, which as asking the removal of Flex/Normal/Heroic and reduce everything to LFR.
Essentially you just really hate people who play more/better then you.
LFR is for casuals along with normal. I was a 3-4 days a week in Wrath
The gearing concept has always been one of "do hard stuff for better rewards," but it seems like the cry has been "I need better rewards so I can actually do the hard stuff." This is the reason why good casuals are tied with the bad players which, for me personally I know, isn't always the case.


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Maple Sugaring employs more than 1,000 farm workers.
Massachusetts has more than 300 maple producers, with over 80% located west of 1-91.
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One Massachusetts company manufactures more than 2 million dollars worth of maple syrup jugs annually.
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Indiana Area school board hopefuls air views
"With God's help, and maybe a change of governor, we can do a better job."
Indiana school board candidate John Uccellini wasn't the only one thinking about the hard financial times for public education at a pre-election forum held Thursday, but he was the last one to talk about it and didn't pull any punches.
Uccellini's remark came as he talked about what will challenge the Indiana Area School District in the next four years.
"We face a funding crisis that is not of our creation, and the solution is not within our ability to rectify," Uccellini said. "We all need to approach our legislators and come up with a better way to fund public education. We cannot keep the burden on our taxpayers.
"Whether it's sales tax or some other method of funding public education, that's the No. 1 problem we have. And by the way, it's not selling liquor stores."
Nine of the 10 candidates for the school board took part late Thursday afternoon in a forum sponsored by Indiana Area Education Association. It was the only event scheduled so far to bring together all the candidates to talk about the issues.
All the candidates have cross-filed for nominations on the Democratic and Republican sides in the primary election on May 21.
Teachers' union President Michael Tshudy emphasized that the event was not a debate. There was no back-and-forth between the candidates, no responses or rebuttals, no questions from the floor.
About 100 people attended the forum in the senior high auditorium; Tshudy said almost half of them were members of IAEA.
Each candidate had 10 minutes to talk and that was it. They were given up to five minutes to introduce themselves and offer an opening statement of any kind, then answered two questions posed to them by IAEA leadership in the rest of their allotted time.
All the candidates had been given in advance a list of 20 possible questions so they could prepare their answers. And because none of the questions were repeated, the candidates' answers couldn't be directly compared to the others'.
One candidate, Eric Palmer, offered all his answers, telling the audience that his 20 responses would be posted on his campaign website, http://palmer4board.com.
Candidate Danica Jackson was absent from the event. It was due to an unforeseen personal matter, Tshudy said, and she sent her regrets.
Jackson, who had worked in social services and as a teacher in Oklahoma and Arkansas before her family moved to Indiana in 2010, is a candidate for a four-year term on the school board. In an earlier interview with the Gazette, Jackson said that the upkeep of the elementary schools and reinforcing the elementary students' curriculum should be top priorities for the board.
In all, eight candidates are running for four seats available for full, four-year terms. Two are running for one seat that's available for two years, the remainder of a term that was on the ballot in 2011.
Candidate Julia Trimarchi Cuccaro mentioned the district's money problem in her opening remarks.
"There's no question that the budget pressures are enormous, and there is all kinds of pressure about safety issues, which were never a problem when I was a kid growing up," she said. "It's real and it's going to be very expensive.
"I think, in order to address these issues, we have to develop an offensive plan and a defensive plan. On defense, I see education as an investment … and like any investment, you have to be very careful about diversifying your risk."
On the offense, Cuccaro said, Indiana has the academic program to prepare students for growing numbers of jobs in energy and medicine in western Pennsylvania.
Moderator Scott Mossgrove drew a question about money and another about academics for Cuccaro.
The district cannot raise the tax rates by much, she said, so "every dollar spent has to be well thought through."
"We must build more efficiency into the system so we don't replicate programs across the county," she said.
Cuccaro, an attorney, also said she supports early childhood education, but would have to study whether the local Head Start and private pre-kindergarten programs are enough or if the Indiana Area School District should offer one.
"I'm not sure it's my priority," Cuccaro said.
Uccellini, who retired after 30 years as a math teacher and curriculum coordinator for the district, talked about his experience in implementing Indiana's cyber school, the "IDEAL" distance learning program.
In addition to the question about the district's primary challenges, he was asked if any programs could be reduced to help save money.
"No," he said. "We can't do more with less. I don't see any place where we can reduce programs and still have savings."
Incumbent board member Walter Schroth, operator of the family-owned Schroth Industries lumber business, told the audience that the board needs consistency.
"My skill set from my business, and my experience of almost eight years on the board, is what the community needs," Schroth said.
He had a short answer to a question about what facility upgrades the district needs.
With a $16 million district project now under way to improve energy efficiency and to fix the roofs of the schools, "no large projects will be needed for the next 10 to 20 years," he said. The board now is studying ways to improve safety and security, and will have to monitor the maintenance of the schools.
How can the district increase achievement of elementary students?
Concentrate on having all elementary students reading at their grade level and get them excited about math and sciences before they reach high school, Schroth said.
Board member Diana Paccapaniccia, who also is running for a third term on the board, said she was educated and worked as a nurse before moving to Indiana 22 years ago. She talked about putting two children through Indiana schools, and their involvement in arts and athletics.
She said her experience in labor contract negotiations and planning building projects would provide needed continuity that the "current board majority" does not have.
Paccapaniccia said she disagreed with a proposal to reconfigure the elementary schools so two buildings would house kindergarten through second-grade students and two would have third through fifth grades.
Transportation costs would rise, she said. And families need the connections to schools that develop when their children attend the same building for many years.
She also was asked about technology training for students.
Paccapaniccia said students should be using technology all day and that she supports providing a laptop computer to each student.
"We need to get all our students plugged in from the moment they get in the door," she said.
The candidates running for the two-year term answered questions first at the IAEA forum.
Incumbent director Rob Werner, who described himself as "between jobs" and most recently with S&T Bank, said "there are no villains" on the school board — only different points of view.
He took one of the earliest jabs at Gov. Tom Corbett.
Mossgrove asked what Werner thought about Indiana Junior High School students spending 10 percent of their time in school preparing for and taking mandated, standardized tests.
"I didn't like it then and I don't like it now," he said. "But I'm not the governor."
While the tests are required, Werner said, the district has to make the most efficient use of time in preparing for them.
Mossgrove also drew the question about the school board's role in student discipline for Werner, who said there needs to be a change.
Most discipline for minor offenses is handled within the schools, and decisions on some of the most serious offenses, the Level IV violations, are made by the school board, Werner explained. But the board decided a few years ago to delegate some Level IV decisions to the superintendent and administrators.
"I think we should go back to having the board being fully responsible for Level IV discipline, not the administration," he said.
John Barbor, an attorney in Indiana, also running for the two-year term, declared his support for arts education. He said humanities "may need to share a haircut with other areas … but should not be beheaded" when the board considers spending and program cuts.
Barbor also said in his opening remarks that he "has reservations" about the board's committee system. Only a few board members get the important information that all directors need to know before making decisions, he said, and the committees don't necessarily save the board's time. But he said some committees have worked well, particularly one on which he served seven years ago that guided the senior high gymnasium project.
Barbor was asked whether he supports changes in the school employees' pension system that have been proposed in Harrisburg.
Barbor predicted that the PSERS system — which is beyond the school board's control — would be changed so that future employees would pay more into the system and have smaller retirement benefits.
And on a question about school security, Barbor said "it is counterproductive to try to turn a school into a fort" and that having a school psychologist to counsel at-risk students "could be more valuable than reinforced doors."
Palmer, an administrator at Indiana County Technology Center and an instructor of entrepreneurship classes at the Eberly College of Business at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, promoted his blend of education-business experience and promised he would work with "openness, accountability, collaboration and respect" if elected.
He was asked for his philosophy concerning retention of students who don't meet grade-level requirements.
Having kids repeat grades holds a social stigma, and a "rinse and repeat" approach doesn't work, Palmer said.
"We have to pay attention for students who are falling through the cracks," he said.
The board is considering a suggestion to institute "pay to play" fees for students in extracurricular activities. Mossgrove asked for Palmer's reaction to the idea.
"I hate pay to play… it's not a good idea," Palmer said. Even if the district offered discounts or waived fees for kids from low-income families, using free lunch program guidelines, Palmer said many families or students would not want to deal with extra paperwork and some students would be left out of activities.
"This would create chaos for lower-income students. We can be more creative" in funding extracurricular programs, he said.
Deborah Clawson, who retired in 2012 after a career in education ending with five years as superintendent of Indiana Area schools, offered a three-point philosophy for being a school director.
First, she said, the people who will succeed as school directors will be those who are willing to change.
"We must do what's best for students" from kindergarten through 12th grade, serving all of them equally and allowing teachers to lead them, Clawson said.
Finally, "accountability begins in Harrisburg," with the Legislature and governor — but "it extends to me, as a taxpayer," she said.
She was asked to compare Indiana to other districts, to identify its strengths and areas that need to be improved.
Comparisons have limited value, she said.
Mossgrove also asked about what district expenditures could be reduced or reallocated.
After recent rounds of budget cutting by the school board, Clawson had no suggestions.
"If we had any frivolous expenses, they are long since gone," she said.
Douglas Steve, a former senior high business teacher now working as a financial adviser, said in his introductory statement that the "current board majority is barely getting by."
He said he disagrees with the board's committees system and said the full board should be delegating work to the committees for study, rather than the committees initiating discussion and sending its findings to the rest of the board.
Steve also said the school board annually adopted the Pennsylvania School Boards Association's code of ethics while he served, but has not done so since he left the board in 2011.
He also said the board reduced district spending in two years when he served, but has increased spending eight times in the past 10 years.
Mossgrove asked Steve whether the district has an obligation to attract businesses and residents to Indiana.
"We do," he said. When business operators contact local agencies and individuals talk to real estate agents about coming to Indiana, "they ask what the schools have to offer and they want to be shown the buildings. Those things are being asked.
"It is important to have the facilities" that will attract them, Steve said.
Steve also was asked about a proposal by Pennsylvania Department of Education to begin a teacher and administrator evaluation system that would be tied to the results of student achievement tests.
He said he opposes to the idea.
"It's too vague. They don't say what they mean," Steve said. He suggested that it would further motivate the schools to concentrate efforts on getting high PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) scores while sacrificing in areas other than reading, math and biology.
"When you teach to the test, you don't have a well-rounded education," Steve said.
Tshudy said the IAEA does not recommend which candidates the voters should elect, because of the direct working relationship between the board and the teachers.
"While we don't endorse specific candidates, I am glad to see 10 candidates for five spots, all of whom I think I can work with, if elected," Tshudy said.
But as he wrapped up the program, Tshudy played off Uccellini's closing comment about replacing the governor.
"You'll hear more from me about who to vote for in 2014, the gubernatorial race. But at this point we're more interested in the school board race. I encourage you to get involved, get informed and vote."


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After spending most of my day (on the job time-*hengh*) reading posts it seems that there are only a few search engines that are worth posting to.
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I checked out Inkomi and I like their pricing. $39 1 url $25 addtional urls. This'll get my client's sites on MSN and AOL right?
A clarification, because that reference to "client's sites" makes me think you might have missed this: when you submit "one url" to Inktomi it means just that. One url, one page. If you want to include ten pages even from one site in the paid spidering program, you have to pay for all ten, they're not going to crawl your whole site because you submit the index page. That said, Inktomi is spidering sites for free too, so you have to decide whether it's worth paying for it.
Of course it is still true that after paying $39 for one page you can put pages from both your own and your clients' sites in for $25 each. I just wanted to make sure you caught the part about paying per page.
As Marcia said, Inktomi is no longer a way into AOL, but it is a way into MSN. When Go60Guy dropped PositionTech's url as a way to get into MSN, that's what he was referring to. PositionTech is one of a few vendors through which you can pay to get into Inktomi.
On the subject of 'top engines'. I can't help but wonder this....
How important is it to spend time (and money if you want to do it with auotmated software) submitting to the 'thousands of smaller search engines' out there (the 'bottom' engines :))?
I have Web Position Gold which tells me the tiny engines are not important because no-one use them anyway. Is this true?
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Bangkok for kids: 35 things to do with your children
Bangkok has a reputation for being an after-dark playground for adults. And we wouldn't want it any other way.
But that doesn't mean it's not a family-friendly city. There are dozens of activities, classes and shows that cater specifically to the young ones.
Here are 35 things to do with your kids in and around Bangkok. Many are worth checking out even if you don't have children.
1. Siam Ocean World
An impressive aquarium in the basement of the posh Siam Paragon Shopping center, Siam Ocean World has everything from penguins to sharks.
There are live feeding displays, a kids' play area, rain forest, reefs and giant tubs you can stick your feet in and watch fish nibble away at your dead skin.
1-B2 Floor, Siam Paragon, 991 Rama 1 Road. Open daily, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. +66 (0)2 687 2000
2. Dusit Zoo
Bangkok's Dusit Zoo -- known as Khao Din to the locals -- has been around since the 1930s but recently underwent some renovations that include a lakeside promenade and a 'sky walk' that gives visitors an elevated view of some of the exhibitions.
Located next to the grand Amphorn Satharn Throne Hall, it has a decent selection of animals, including the usual elephants, tigers, snakes and crocodiles.
There are also a few small rides and a huge lake you can paddle around in a pedal boat as your kids -- or you -- cower at the sight of wild monitor lizards swimming by.
71 Rama V Road, Chitrlada district, Bangkok. +66 (0)2 281 2000. Open daily, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
3. Safari World
Safari World is basically a two-park attraction. There's a drive-through open zoo where you can check out lions, tigers and rhinos from the safety of your car. The park also offers bus rides through the zoo for visitors without vehicles.
Next door is Marine Park, which is a bit misleading as there's a lot more than just aquatic-related stuff, such as animal exhibitions and live shows.
99 Panyaintra Road. +66 (0)2 914 4100-. Open daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
4. Siam Park City
Siam Park City is a huge theme park with thrill rides, kiddie rides, a massive water park, dinosaur museum -- stay away if you have dust allergies -- and a learning zone.
The aging park certainly could use a few coats of paint but it's still a great place for a day out. Most impressive of all is Siam Park City's wave pool, which at 13,600 square meters is the largest in the world, according to Guinness.
Siam Park Avenue (Serithai soi 75), Waterpark open daily, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Amusement park, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. +66 (0)2 919 7200
5. Ancient City
The only way to tour Thailand's most significant historical sites in a day. About a 45-minute drive from the city, this Samut Prakan attraction features replicas of dozens major Thai landmarks, from the Grand Palace in Bangkok to the contested Preah Vihear temple on the border with Cambodia.
Given Ancient City's size, walking isn't recommended. Rent a golf cart or a bike to cruise around the park instead.
296/1 Sukhumvit Road, Bangpoo, Samut Prakan. Open daily, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
6. Funarium
Bangkok expats love this giant air-conditioned venue. The majority of the space is taken up by an enormous playground complete with climbing walls, ball pools, super-slides, trampolines, tubing and rope swings.
There's also a cycling circuit (complete with bikes, trikes and helmets), a basketball court, outdoor sandpit, paddling pool and a well-designed babies' and toddlers' area for tots under five.
A café caters to adults and kids, and upstairs there's an arts and crafts room and party spaces for hire. Best of all, there's a separate parents' area complete with 1970s style lounge furnishings and those priceless attributes -- peace and quiet.
Sukumvit 26 (behind Carrefour, Rama IV Road). +66 (0)2 665 6555 Open daily, 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m.
7. Wakeboarding
For kids who love being yanked across the water on a board there are three great wakeboarding venues in Bangkok.
Two of them are cable-ski facilities -- Lake Taco and Thai Wake Park -- which means the rope is attached to a big overhead cable attached in turn to metal towers that pull you around the lake instead of a boat.
Thai Wake n' Ski offers boats with drivers, which you can book for 15-minute sessions.
8. Cooking school
Bangkok has a few cooking classes geared towards kids and teens. At the high end of the price range is the Mandarin Oriental, though they only accept kids 15 and older.
A Little Something is popular among the locals, with classes available for kids as young as three and running right up to adults.
9. Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall
Dragging your kids around a museum to learn about Thai history might not seem like a fun afternoon. But trust us, this place is cool. And they might even learning something.
Rattanakosin Exhibition Hall is actually a high-tech interactive museum that recaps two centuries of Bangkok history in one large space.
Sophisticated multimedia displays and touch-screen booths shows off content that mainly focuses on the rich past of the Rattanakosin period, highlighting royal culture, Thai architecture, traditional performances and ceremonies.
Open Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. 100 Ratchadamnoen Klang Road. +66 (0)2 621 0044.
10. Khlong tour
Show the kids that not everyone lives over dry land, and hire a long-tail boat from any Chao Phraya Ferry pier and take an hour's rip through the city's canals (khlongs).
Always an eye-opening experience, even if you've lived here your whole life.
11. Mansion 7
For Bangkok's quirkiest shopping experience, hit Mansion 7. Designed to look like a dark old mansion, the entrance to this boutique mall welcomes shoppers in with a great, frightening "claw."
In addition to shops and restaurants, there's giant spooky moon and a haunted house you can tour, with various creepy installations set up here and there.
Open Sunday to Thursday, noon-midnight. Friday/Saturday, noon-2 a.m. 244/7 Ratchadaphisek Road, MRT: Huay Kwang. +66 (0)2 692 6311
12. Museum Siam
A modern, interactive museum in the heart of the Old City, Museum Siam gives grown-up visitors a refresher course in the definition of Thai-ness, while youngsters spend time sorting through the dirt in the mock archeology site or shooting old-fashioned weapons.
Open Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sanam Chai Road. +66 (0)2 622 2599
13. Play in the park
Contrary to appearances, Bangkok is a very green city with plenty of wide open spaces. Among the city's top parks are Lumpini Park, Chatuchak Park, Rama IX Park and Queen Sirikit Park. All are lush, spacious and great for a few hours of relaxation.
Our favorite is Rot Fai Park, where you can rent a bike and cruise around the grounds. There are also a few modern playgrounds for the kids and a free butterfly museum that isn't exactly swarming with the pretty fliers but worth a walk through nonetheless.
Nearby is a lake where you can rent sail boats and row boats, as well as some old trains on display. To get there, take the MRT to Chatuchak Park station and walk.
14. Ice-skating
If you come from a cold country where kids learn to skate right after they've taken their first steps, give your children a confidence boost by letting them spin circles around the locals.
There are rinks at Siam Discovery Center (BTS: Siam), Esplanade Ratchadaphisek (MRT: Rathchadaphisek), Esplanade Rattanathibet and Imperial World Samrong.
15. Dream World
In spite of some fairly obvious similarities, Disney it ain't.
But this Thai amusement park in Bangkok's Rangsit district is good for a full day of fun. Dream World has attractions for young and old kids including roller coasters, a sky tram, snow world, live shows, nice gardens and a daily parade.
Note: While Dream World was among several Thailand attractions affected by the recent floods and is now closed for repairs, it is due to reopen in January of 2012.
62 Moo 1 Rangsit Nakornnayok Road, Km 7 Thanyaburi, Patumthani. +66 (0)2 533 1152
16. Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm
Filled with crocodiles, other reptiles and a few elephants, the Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm claims to be the largest croc farm in the world. There are also elephants, hippos and other animals on display.
But it's the wrestling show that is the real attraction. Watch a man put his head inside a crocodile's mouth and walk away unscathed. That alone is worth a visit.
Open daily, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. 555 M.7, Taiban District, Amphoe Muang, Samut Prakan
17. Neilson Hays Library
This historic library near Silom Road has a great selection of books for all ages.
First founded in 1869 by the Ladies' Bazaar Association to serve the reading needs of the English-speaking public, the Neilson Hays Library has a few art galleries onsite as well.
There's also a great children's program that includes a massive book collection and Saturday afternoon story-telling sessions. Entrance is only 50 baht to access the facilities for a day.
195 Surawong Road, Bangkok. BTS: Saladaeng. Open Tuesday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
18. Bowling
There are modern, hi-tech bowling alleys all over the city, pretty much in every major shopping mall. They've got food and beer (for the parents, of course) and play the latest top 40 hits.
Siam Paragon's Blu 'O' Rhythm (BTS: Siam) is one of the larger facilities, with 38 lanes and several karaoke booths.
19. Dine with robots
At this Japanese restaurant, the robots not only bring your food but they also perform dance routines as they cruise up and down a strange enclosed runway, much to the delight of the customers.
You order the dishes on computerized screen at the table. Older kids will enjoy cooking their own meals at the table as diners have to decide between hotpot or barbecue. There are also some tasty side dishes, like sushi and gyoza.
Hajime Robot Restaurant, 59/27 3/F, Monopoly Park Rama 3, Bangkok. +66 (0) 2 683 1670
20. See a movie
Bangkok's movie theaters are generally an impressive bunch, many offering VIP seats and recliner chairs in addition to regular seats that still manage to cost less than what you'd pay to catch a flick in many cinemas overseas.
The most impressive of the lot is Paragon Cineplex, which hosts 14 movie theaters and a 600-seat Krungsri IMAX theatre.
For a really VIP experience, watch a film on one of the Nokia Ultra Screens. Tickets include free popcorn and drinks and you get to watch the movie on leather recliners while cuddled in blankets.
5/F, Siam Paragon, BTS: Siam. +66 (0)2 129 4635
21. Snake Farm
Want to see a cobra being milked of its venom? Neither do we. But your kids probably do.
Head to the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, which has its very own onsite snake farm that offers daily demonstrations on snake handling and venom extraction every day at 11 a.m. (Closed on holidays.)
1871 Rama IV Road, Bangkok. +66 (0)2 252 0161. MRT: Lumpini
22. Bike tour
Don't worry, we're not suggesting you send your kids out into the streets of Bangkok on a bicycle.
But there are several organized tours that are completely safe and take you to some out-of-the-way places that will give you a new insight into Bangkok that tourists and even most locals don't see.
For a full list of companies offering tours, check out this CNNGo article on cycling in Bangkok.
23. Tuk-tuk ride
Every kid who comes to Bangkok is going to ask to ride a tuk-tuk. Even kids who live here get a kick out of cruising in one from time to time.
Just be sure to set the price/destination before you go or you could be taking the kiddies on a tour of some gem and suit shops.
24. Go-karts
Bangkok's RCA strip is most famous for its nightlife but there's also a popular indoor go-kart track open to anyone over seven years old.
EasyKART is a high quality facility equipped with a night light system, computerized time systems and a panoramic bar and restaurant.
Kids from 7-12 years of age can ride the 100-cc karts, while those over 13 have the option of getting behind the wheels of the 160- or 270-cc vehicles.
Open daily, 1 p.m.-midnight. RCA Plaza, Royal City Avenue. +66 (0)2 203 0621
25. Bangkok Dolls Museum
The Bangkok Dolls Museum showcases antique dolls created by Khunying Thongkorn Chanthawimol, a Thai who trained at Tokyo's Ozawa Doll School.
Most of the pieces highlight Thailand's culture and arts but there's a section featuring dolls in national costumes from around the world. There are two sections in the museum: dolls for sale and dolls that aren't.
Open Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 85 Soi Yaek Ratchata Phan (also known as Soi Mor Leng), off Rajapraprop Road. +66 (0)2 245 3008
26. Muay Thai
If dolls aren't thrilling enough your kids, there's always muay Thai. Watch the fights or sign up for lessons.
Bangkok's most famous muay Thai stadiums are Lumpini and Ratchadamnoen, both of which feature regular bouts.
More on CNNGo: Teen muay Thai fighters share tales of life in the ring
27. Koh Kred
Combine a boat trip with a walking tour around this little island down the Chao Phraya River inhabited by Mon decendents and famed for its delicious food and pottery.
Kids will love the dessert factory. Though many foreigners complain Thai sweets are just too, well, sweet, it's a complaint rarely uttered by a child.
The Chao Phraya Express Boat -- take the boat with the green flag -- makes regular trips to Koh Kred during peak hours. From the Pak Kred pier, take another ferry across to the island.
28. Chatuchak Weekend Market
Weekend markets aren't usually all that great for kids, what with the crowds and the heat. But this one is the exception.
There are toy areas, clothes, electronics and all those other items kids want to buy. Best of all is the pet section, filled with impressive varities of fish, dogs, cats, rodents and even poultry. One warning: you could stumble onto a cock fight.
Open on weekends, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. BTS: Mor Chit. MRT: Chatuchak Park
29. Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
A relatively new addition to Bangkok's tourist scene, the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum features renderings of all the usual dead and alive suspects like Michael Jackson, Princess Diana, George Clooney and Madonna.
There are quite a few regional figures too, including Mitr Banchana, Teresa Teng and Aung San Suu Kyi.
Open daily, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. 6/F, Siam Discovery, Bangkok. BTS: Siam. +66 (0)2 658 0068
30. Planetarium and Science Museum
If all the contraptions and models inside the Bangkok Planetarium and Science Museum seem dated, it's because they are. But there's some learning to be done here.
The Planetarium and Science Museum is filled with numerous gadgets and gizmos from the 1980s designed to teach physics lessons and help pass the time between shows in the planetarium.
Outside in the courtyard there are life-sized models of various spacecraft and planes.
Open Tuesday-Sunday, 9 a.m.- 5p.m. 928 Sukhumvit Road. +66 (0)2 392 0508 Take the BTS to Ekamai station. The museum is directly opposite the Major Ekamai cinema.
31. Golden Mount
Tire out the whole family with a hike up the winding stairs at Bangkok's famed Golden Mount, known in Thai as Phu Khao Thong. The views of the city are incredible and kids will love ringing the long string of bells for good luck.
Open daily, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Wat Saket, Bangkok. The best way to get there is by taxi. Ask the driver to take you to Phu Khao Thong.
32. TK Park
Located on the eighth floor of CentralWorld, TK Park is massive multimedia space geared towards children and young adults.
There's a learning auditorium, virtual reality center, mini theatres, IT workshops, coffee bar, music and IT libraries, a quiet room, a children's room and a reading park, to name a few.
Open daily, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. 8/F CentralWorld. BTS: Chidlom
33. Siam Niramit
A massive stage production featuring over 100 performers, Siam Niramit crams seven centuries of Thai culture into a fantastic 80-minute show that's heavy on the special effects.
Shows start daily at 8 p.m. and there's an onsite restaurant offering a mediocre Thai buffet dinner from 5:30 p.m. After the show, families can check out the onsite attractions like elephant rides, a recreation of a traditional Thai village and other cultural displays.
Getting there: Siam Niramit operates a free shuttle service from Exit 1 of the Thailand Cultural Centre MRT station
34. Art lessons
There are art schools all over the city offering drop-in classes, many in Bangkok's shopping malls.
One of the best is Attic Studios, which features drop-in classes and workshops for kids led by international professionals including portfolio development sessions for kids over 12 and creative classes for kids from six-13.
45/4 Sukhumvit Soi 31. +66 (0)2 662 0224
35. Go fishing
Bangkok is full of fishing parks but the top one has to be Bungsamran, a tin quarry turned 16-hectare fishing lake on the outskirts of the city stocked with 50 species of enormous fish.
Species heavyweights can weigh as much as 250 kilograms, so half the fun is watching guys struggle to reel them in.
21/596 Soi Nawamin, 42 Nawamin Road, Bangkok. +66 (0)2 734 9272
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the art or sport of catching fish with a fishing rod, usually in rivers and lakes rather than in the sea Culturefield sportsThe main field sports are hunting, shooting and fishing. They are often also called blood sports because they involve killing animals. In Britain all three sports were traditionally associated with the upper classes, although today they all, especially fishing, attract a much wider group of people.Fox-hunting, usually called just 'hunting' in Britain, was until recently the most common form of hunting. A pack of specially trained dogs (called foxhounds) chase after and kill a fox while a group of people follow on horseback, traditionally wearing pink (= red jackets) and blowing horns. Fox-hunting was once a popular subject for painting and some English countrypubs display sets of prints. Fox-hunting, together with stag-hunting (= the hunting of male deer with dogs), hare coursing, in which greyhounds (= a type of dog) chase after a hare (= a type of rabbit) are now illegal, as are other blood sports such as badger-baiting and cockfighting.The ban on hunting was an important political issue in Britain. Many people believe hunting is cruel and should be stopped, but some people living in the country see the ban as an attack on their way of life. The ban finally came into effect in 2005. Organizations opposed to hunting with dogs include the League Against Cruel Sports and the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). The main organization in favour is the Countryside Alliance.Shooting game birds, such as pheasant and grouse, is a sport mainly of the upper and middle classes. Grouse shooting begins each year on 12 August, the Glorious Twelfth, and takes place mainly in Scotland. The hunters often employ beaters to drive the birds towards their guns. Those who object to shooting at live birds for sport do clay pigeon shooting (= shooting at clay discs fired into the air).Fishing, often called angling, is a very popular sport and there are many angling clubs. Three main types of angling take place: fly fishing, coarse fishing and sea fishing. Fly-fishing, which is expensive, is fishing for salmon, trout and other fish in fast-flowing rivers, using specially disguised hooks. Coarse fishing in rivers and lakes for fish other than salmon and trout, most of which are thrown back after being caught, is more widely popular. On the coast people may fish with a rod and line from a boat or from the shore.The US probably has more hunting organizations than any other country. This is mainly because of two strong traditions: the Constitution gives all Americans the right to own guns, and Americans have always hunted animals for food. The first Europeans who settled America hunted deer, bear, foxes, turkeys and ducks to survive, and many Americans still eat what they shoot. For these reasons, hunting is a sport for all classes and many people own hunting rifles. Americans do not use the name field sports. Instead they say outdoor sports or, because that can include camping, walking and boating, simply hunting and fishing. Bird hunting is often used instead of shooting, because that can also mean shooting at targets made of wood.Many other Americans are against hunting, but animal rights groups have little power against organizations like the National Rifle Association, which has more than 4 million members, and other politically active groups that support hunting and fishing. Conservation organizations like the Colorado Wildlife Coalition also use their influence to protect the rights of people to hunt and fish.The first US hunting club, the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club, was established in 1766 in Philadelphia. Fox-hunting now only takes place in a few eastern states where it is associated with the upper class and has little opposition. Americans generally hunt deer, elk (= a type of deer), bear, antelope, mountain lion, raccoon and wild birds. The US Fish and Wildlife Service is in charge of fishing and hunting laws. States have their own wildlife departments and sometimes both national and state permission is needed to hunt.Fishing is the most popular outdoor sport in America. Freshwater (= river) fish caught in the US include trout, bass and salmon. Saltwater (= sea) fish include flounder, mackerel, shark, snapper and tuna.nounjump to other results
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Syndicated columnist George Will presents only one piece of evidence in his Sunday piece denying global warming — and he gets it wrong...What does it take for Will and/or the Washington Post to append a correction? As of 6:30 p.m., there was still nothing. Is it because his entire commentary looks ridiculous if he retracts the sole relevant factual nugget he included in his diatribe?
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Nobody knows why Mr. Ford became so unhinged. Former staffers say his problems got much worse after he took office. By this year they were running mickeys to him several times a week and watching him drive drunk. When he's high or under stress – which is a lot – Mr. Ford becomes irrational and ungated.
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THanks so much Asaseabean.
I really appreciate your wisdom and sincere advice. The car is going in for the door ding repair soon anyways but you maybe right, perhaps the service manager is not being truthful. I kind of always wondered when he tells me stuff like 'yes, i would not accept it if it were my car' and then BMW Canada says that service manager concludes this is normal characteristic!?!
At least now I got him to promise to fight. Btw I got records of all our conversations which proves everything that the service manager said. In Canada the laws allows us to record conversations as long as one party knows the conversation is being recorded.
But you are right on to continue to fight b/c this is 100% unacceptable. This car serious feels is one of the wheels is about to fall off or one of the wheels is seriously damaged.
You have a good spirit and waaaayyyyyyy tooooo much patience than me so hang in there and know that i'm rooting for ya to come out as a winner.
So i guess they gonna give you a loaner whilst they try to fix the dang in the shop? Didn't they ask for the loaner back only to give it to you back?
Well, enjoy life and don't let this whole car fiasco hold you back.
BTW, i took my car in today for reprogram (ref. "defect code 0061130300") you may wanna ask your dealership to lookup your VIN and see if your ride is affected and get the car reprogam. I'm also getting the latest navigation map and nav OS update (which is not free) but for all the troubles you've being thru maybe the manager will be nice enough to throw those updates in there for free.
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