| Grandmother's kitchen: Nostalgic antiques and whimsical gadgets warm ...
Hoosier cabinets, butter churns and ice chests are perennial favorites with kitchen antique lovers.
But some of today's hottest culinary collectibles - especially for those with less space (and cash) - lean to whimsy and nostalgia, such as red-handled egg beaters, polka-dotted mixing bowls and cutting boards shaped like pigs and rabbits.
"Either they grew up with the items or they grew up with mothers who had them. They have fond memories of the kitchen and they want to recapture that," Kyle Husfloen, editor of the Antique Trader Kitchen Collectibles Price Guide, says of buyers.
If you're thinking about adding a few antique accents to your own kitchen or expanding a collection of old-time foodie gadgets, here are some tips on where to shop, what to get and how much to pay.
Ridgewood movie theater reopens
RIDGEWOOD � Workers scurried on Tuesday to clean the construction dust from the refurbished Warner Quad theater to get ready for today's reopening. "There has been a slight decline in people walking up and down the avenue, so we're looking forward to it reopening," said Gus Lainis of the Daily Treat restaurant across the street from the 1930s-era theater in the heart of the business district on East Ridgewood Avenue. .
ANGOLA-DRC: Activists denounce political apathy towards migrant rape ...
The situation seems to be getting worse but the Angolan and Congolese authorities we have repeatedly approached show no political will to end the situation," said Floribert Chebeya, who heads Voice of the Voiceless, a DRC NGO. Amigo Gonde, president of the Human Rights Defence Association, was equally critical of the DRC government. "Rape is used here in Congo as in other countries as a psychological weapon to defeat the enemy and humiliate ... Similarly, by these acts, Angola wants to reinforce the idea that Congolese people are and should remain inferior. "The DRC government has an obligation to protect its citizens both on its own soil and abroad but instead our leaders display weakness when it comes to talking to other countries, especially Angola, where it plays the beggar," he added, noting the abuses had been going on since 2004.
National Science Foundation Awards Emcien Emerging Opportunities Grant
"Today, parts forecasting is done in the absence of configuration level product forecasting. Since products are not modular in terms of the option choices, it is not possible to do accurate parts forecasting," explained Roy Marsten, Emcien's Founder and Chief Scientist. "The result is too much parts inventory and shortages of the right parts. The financial outcome of the excess inventory is poor asset utilization; the impact of parts shortages is operational disruptions, poor customer service and potential revenue loss." Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) August 25, 2006 -- National Science Foundation (NSF) has validated the timely nature of Emcien's solution by granting an award under the Emerging Opportunities Program. The Emerging Opportunities (EO) topic is designed to enhance the ability of the NSF to support unique and timely business opportunities enabled by the deployment of advanced technology.
Peter Hujar's love for the lonely
According to Peter Hujar, New York City is one of the loneliest places in the world. People live there by the million, but those in Hujar’s photographs, at least – friends and acquaintances from the 1970s intelligentsia and gay bohemian sub-cultures – look mentally and emotionally alone, alert to the delicate sorrows of the human condition. Hujar, who died in 1987, was an important American photographer of the 1970s and early 1980s, whose work describes New York at a time when the city was financially impoverished but artistically rich. In this first British retrospective, the ICA has selected approximately 50 works, mainly portraits, many of them little known but others that will be recognised even by those who go blank at the name Hujar. Alongside them is a handful of quietly powerful nocturnal city landscapes and five of his 1960s photographs of the catacombs in Palermo, where skeletons were displayed fully clothed, their sad, hollow faces peering out into the gloom.
Matador rallies to beat Guida
Seen as a rising star in mixed martial arts, the 155-pounder was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated earlier this year when the magazine turned its attention on MMA. The experienced Guida, who turned 26 yesterday, fell to 22-6 (2-3 in the UFC) with yet another exciting fight under his belt. "That guy is amazing, tough," an emotional Huerta said after the fight.
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