Dani meets ‘Millie’ at OCT
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
The journey from chorus line to starring role took three years for Dani Moreno-Fuentes. She knew it was complete during a recent rehearsal for “Thoroughly Modern Millie.”It happened when she sang the surging ballad called “Gimme Gimme” from the musical that kicks off Ocala Civic Theatre’s new season tonight.The cast grew quiet as Moreno-Fuentes, playing [...]
A glimpse of life behind the curtain
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
I took my final bows in “The Nutcracker” Sunday. The Marion Performing Ballet continues the show this weekend, but my dance career is finished. Without casualties.Some notes from the ballet’s embedded reporter:I did not trip any fellow cast members, but I did step on a gift-wrapped prop. Also, I nearly walked into the girls’ dressing [...]
Nude photo of ‘Musical’ star appears on Internet
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
Brainy Gabriella of “High School Musical” would no doubt blush at the idea that a nude picture of young actress Vanessa Hudgens was circulating on the Internet. The problem for the Walt Disney Co. is that Hudgens plays Gabriella.Hudgens’ publicist confirmed Friday that the photograph is indeed the 18-year-old star of Disney Channel’s wildly successful [...]
A style-starved room is now sumptuous
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
Jane and Johan are a sophisticated, stylish duo with a cosmopolitan lifestyle and two busy careers. The couple adores throwing parties and entertaining guests. And Belgium-born Johan owns a luxury chocolate company, which means he often has colleagues visiting from around the world for in-home chocolate tasting sessions.The problem was that their lovely house was [...]
Best Bets for this weekend 11-22
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
National Christian recording artists Vicky Beeching and Jimmy Needham will perform at 6 p.m. today on Ocala’s downtown square. Free. 622-1119Comics Ryan Hamilton, Mike Cody and Brian Walters will perform at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday at JokeBoy’s Comedy Club, 18 S.W. Broadway St., Ocala. 368-5653″Diana: Dresses for a Cause” exhibit [...]
Best Bets
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
CINEMA SUNDAYThe Ocala West United Methodist Church will show the family movie “Meet the Robinsons” at 2 p.m. at 9330 S.W. 105 St., Ocala. Free. 273-4902EQUINE EXPO: The Florida Equine Capital Expo continues today at Hits Post Time Farm, 13710 U.S. 27, Ocala. Admission: $15 for adults, $7 for seniors. Huge horse expo with demonstrations [...]
Europe Fears That Meth Foothold Is Expanding
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
JESENIK, Czech Republic %26#x2014; The methamphetamine epidemic is not just a scourge of the American heartland. It has a powerful foothold here in the heart of Central Europe. Home meth labs are sprouting up all over the country to produce this cheap, potent drug using the pseudoephedrine found in common cold medications.
In 2000, the Czech [...]
Tech Talk - A Peek Behind the Curtain
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
Posted by J.A. Watson
I’ve spent a lot of time discussing video quality, resolution, frame rate, bandwidth and the like. But after using this information to set the video resolution, or optimize your setup to get the best possible performance, how are you going to know if it actually worked? Well, the obvious way [...]
FOR F=1 TO 100:PRINT "JOURNOZ ROOL!";:NEXT F
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
Posted by Rupert Goodwins
A rather silly piece from Journalism.co.uk reports on a current debate in the US, where the big issue is whether journalists should learn how to code, like they used to need shorthand and a titanium liver.
Sure, if you’re covering a very technical beat then it helps if you know what people [...]
End of the show…
Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on December 15, 2007
Posted by Rupert Goodwins
The curtain has come down on Intel’s first developer forum in Beijing, and it’s been a blast. The trouble is that I’ve now got a hard disk full of notes, pictures and documents , but with no time to put the whole thing into context. That’ll be next week’s job ?and like [...]