| At the Throttle Shoot-outs, Santa and Preservation
I recently read a posting on an internet site dedicated to railroad preservation which offered an opinion that museums should not have shoot-outs because they are "hokey" and do a disservice to the museum. As the Executive Director of the most complete steam era railroad complex in the country, I've been struggling with just such issues. Yes, we do feature shoot-outs and we also offer the Polar Express®, both of which could be considered pretty "hokey." This begs the question: How does the featuring of these events mesh with our mission? .
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This Winter Barbados is Hotter Than Ever!
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Barbados is sizzling with excitement, as one of today's hottest pop stars, Barbadian Rihanna, returned home on Thursday, February 21st for a celebratory bash of her Grammy win. Simultaneously, this winter, Barbados is host to Holders Season, the island's "Biggest Social Event of the Year." A variety of world-class music and theatrical performances, ranging from opera to comedy, are lined up in this year's Holders program providing the ultimate sensory experience. The annual performing arts festival, scheduled to last until March 15, 2008, is held at the breathtaking Holders House in Barbados and has previously been graced by legends including: Pavarotti, Sir Tim Rice and Lesley Garrett. Holders Season is hosted by the renowned Wendy Kidd, mother to Jodie and Gemma Kidd -- the UK's current super-model of choice plus ingenue/Countess, respectively.
The Tyrant and the Bomb, Part II
Like his father, the dictator knew that Pyongyang would need help to achieve the ultimate objective of worldwide recognition and his life's dream: a nuclear bomb. The weapon is the one thing that brings 22 million North Koreans (with annual GNP per capita of about $800) on par with 290 million Americans (GNP per capita of $35,400). The official route was relatively unproductive. The Yongbyon ("Project 9559") research reactor the Soviets built for the "Great Leader" went into operation in 1965. North Korean scientists acquired their expertise in Moscow and with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. By becoming a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1985, North Korea agreed to use nuclear power exclusively for peaceful purposes. But the megalomaniac from Pyongyang managed to find others in the world who wanted to break out of the club of nuclear have-nots and build the bomb themselves.
Edmonds was the first African-American to earn a monogram at Notre ...
Wayne Edmonds waited for the backlash, for the inevitable reminders of racism to kick in. Maybe all those people back home were right. Maybe Notre Dame was no place for a black man. There had been no incidents before this day, but Edmonds sensed what was coming when Fighting Irish coach Frank Leahy approached him during a practice in 1953. "I want you to run with the backs," Leahy told Edmonds. Offensive line coach Bob McBride chimed in: "I want you to be first, too." .
De La Hoya makes his retirement plan
Starting this week at the Honda Classic, the tour will return to a traditional 36-hole cut for the top 70 and ties. If more than 78 players make the cut, there will be another cut to the top 70 and ties after the third round. Winter sports: Americans leading • Americans Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates won the compulsory-dance segment at the junior world figure skating championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. They finished with 35.11 points, edging Russia's Maria Monko and Ilia Tkachenko (34.99) by 0.12 points. • Finnish ski jumper Harri Olli was banned for the rest of the season for breaching team rules and unsportsmanlike conduct at the ski flying world championships. The Finnish Skiing Association banned Olli after he reportedly disappeared late Friday and turned up Saturday three hours before the second day of jumping at the worlds in Germany.
Cyber Korp's Live Demo at Gartner's Midsize Summit 2007 Big Success
CHICAGO, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyber Korp, a leading Agile software development and staffing solutions provider, made a huge splash on the conference floor of Gartner's Midsize Enterprise Summit, with its innovative, live demonstration of agile software development processes at work. This type of live demonstration was the first known, and successfully highlighted one of Cyber Korp's key offerings, Agile Project Delivery through its Agile Development Center (ADC) in Chicago. A volunteer from the conference, a Director of Technology from an Airline, chose to give them requirements for a software application that he would like to build. Once the requirements were taken, they were handed off to Cyber Korp's 100% Agile Development Center team in Chicago, and the development work began.
N.J. woman hurt when suspected homemade fireworks explode
Authorities were in Pitman today searching the home of a woman seriously injured in an explosion of what investigators believe were homemade fireworks. Police received a call at 2:40 p.m. yesterday about a person injured in the kitchen of a house on the 200 block of West Holly Avenue. Tracy Shimkus, 41, was transported to Cooper Medical Center in Camden where she was in critical condition today and being treated for hand, stomach and face wounds. Investigators for the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office and members of the New Jersey State Police Bomb Squad obtained a search warrant to inspect the house today to determine whether Shimkus and her family could safely return. The victim is married to Stephen Shimkus, 44, and the couple have three teenage children, authorities said.
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