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Event a benefit for Michael Feinstein Foundation for the Education and Preservation of the Great American Songbook some items for bid in the Celebrity Auction

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By Bryan Unruh Current in Carmel

Carmel residents eagerly awaiting the opening of the Regional Performing Arts Center are in for a treat.

On Nov. 1, the Carmel Arts Council will host Moonlight & Music, a benefit for the Michael Feinstein Foundation for the Education and Preservation of the Great American Songbook. The formal event is black-tie-optional and will include a live auction, silent celebrity auction and sushi bar.

Carmel band Blair & Co. and Feinstein friend Catherine Russell, a New York-based blues and jazz vocalist, will perform along with the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir.

Russell said she was thrilled to contribute to the foundation.

“I grew up on that type of music,” she said. “It was the best thing that could have happened to me.”

The event is also a prelude to the RPAC’s late-2010 opening. The center will house Feinstein’s extensive collection of Great American Songbook memorabilia, including song sheets, books, instruments and clothing from composers like George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. It will also serve as the foundation’s headquarters.

“We were ecstatic when we heard the foundation would be here,” said Cheri Piebes, president of the Carmel Arts Council. “We wanted to show our support by holding this event.”

Foundation Chairman Irwin Helford, who will speak at the event, said he was excited to introduce young people to Great American Songbook composers.

“It’s not just about the music,” he said. “It’s about our children and grandchildren having a chance to hear great music.

We want to expose the music to youngsters today and preserve it for future generations, so that when we are all gone the

Signed picture from Jerome Kern, Great American Song Book Composer.

Signed hat from Katie Couric.

An artist’s rendering of the Regional Performing Arts Center. music will live on.”

Helford said the foundation was working with PBS to release a nationally televised series on the Great American Songbook, which would include an interactive educational component available online.

Moonlight & Music will be from 6 p.m. to midnight on Nov. 1 at the Ritz Charles. The cost is $125 per guest. For ticket information, call 317-844-6033.

Russell well-prepared for show Catherine Russell was destined to perform. The daughter of a band leader and a classical pianist, she began dancing as a child before dabbling in violin, percussion and tuba. In college, she changed her focus to voice, learning a range of styles including classical, choral and gospel.

She said she started listening to classic popular music, particularly Frank Sinatra, as a child. “He has played a major role in my life,” she said. “A lot of my peers didn’t

grow up listening to American pop songs. I am glad I did.

This music has been ingrained in me since I was little.”

Her Moonlight & Music performance will include a variety of classic pop, blues, jazz and Great American Songbook songs.

She said she likes to study the catalogs of vintage American composers for “hidden gems.” “I perform a lot of lesser-known songs,” she said, “songs older people may remember from their youth.”

Signed photo from John Travolta.

Paintbrushes used by Nancy Noel.

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by Sarah Jessica Parker on Sex in the City.

OUR TAKES It is our position that American citizens should read and understand the constitutions of the United States and Indiana. We all can use a refresher course on what the founding fathers intended for the generations that followed the launch of this nation.

Continuing this week, we are running excerpts from an article of the U.S. Constitution, then the Indiana Constitution, through Election Day, Nov. 4. Today, we offer Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution (reprinted as written). See how sections this connects with today: “No Title of Nobility shall

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We urge you to carefully consider our constitutions before casting your vote in any primary or general election.

permanent solution needed It is our position that while a good and thoughtful approach is being applied to the Keystone Avenue section that traverses our fine city, a real and permanent solution has yet to be proposed to deal with the cumbersome intersection at Keystone Avenue and 96th Street. It is not uncommon for cars to remain at this intersection idling, burning copious amounts of fossil fuels while waiting for the counting stoplight light cycle after cycle required to traverse this junction.

Business owners are rightfully concerned with how modifications to this meeting point will affect both their property rights and their right to the unfettered pursuit of commerce. But as much discussion will no doubt occur

in the coming weeks and months as the final costs for the Keystone Avenue project through our fine berg are determined (accounting for the extraordinary increase in costs that we are all experiencing), let us not lose sight of what will no doubt be the ultimate weak link in the chain at our community’s southernmost border.

City and State leaders should work together to aggressively pursue Federal dollars to address this egregious and negatively impactful intersection. No individual entity is in a position to fully absorb the significant costs encountered in appropriate restructuring of this often impassable exchange, but all would benefit from its correction.

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Whose Team Are You On Anyway?

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oes one’s political orientation interviewer then queried of the self-probias them to the point of irclaimed “ideological” supporter what rationality in each and every they believed of his choice as Sarah Palin way, or is a political viewas the vice presidential running mate for point simply a reflection of Obama – one after another praised the a deeper being? When we exsenator’s insightful choice. press our views about this canThey knew Palin and were didate or that are we reflecteven able to recite elements ing our opinions about that from her resume. But they individual (or even party), or routinely mistook her for the are we simply showing our Obama running mate. Joseph deep-seeded personal views of Biden must be so proud. how we’d like to see the world Study after study has shown work? This past week, radio that we vote routinely as our shock (or is that schlock?) parents voted. Do we identify jock Howard Stern sent one too much with our ancestral of his goons to interview views and too little with those black voters. They were asked, stemming from our own among other things, whether thought? If blacks vote Obama Terry or not they were followers simply because he is black, Anker of Barack Obama. All intershould we take umbrage? Ditto viewed, save one, responded with women and Palin. Maybe, with a resounding YES. Asked why they too, Biden and McCain with the old, were supporters, some claimed that his white-guy set. Or is race as good a reason race was sufficient to garner their vote. as any other? We like to be on teams. It’s While many others asserted his policy easier. Isn’t it? views were more aligned with their own.

Terry Anker is an associate editor of Current All who know the shenanigan’s of Stern in Carmel. You may e-mail him at terry@currecognize this as blood in the water. The

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FROM THE BACKSHOP ANOTHER BIRTHDAY? C’MON! ALREADY? Time certainly does fly, no? Seems like just yesterday we were grappling with the launch of Current Publishing, LLC – and not concerning ourselves with matters presidential, gubernatorial or economic – and getting our first edition into every mailbox in Carmel.

So, then, it really is difficult to believe, but nonetheless overly gratifying, that our company is entering its third year of operations this week. In some respects, it seems as if light years have passed since Oct. 24, 2006, when Current in Carmel was first delivered; July 2007, when the first edition of the Carmel Business Leader was mailed to every business; and Jan. 29, when we debuted Current in Westfield. One exclamation: Whew!

With so much growth and development transpiring in our communities, to speak nothing of the ever-burgeoning arts scene of which we are incredibly fond, the future seems to hold a great deal of promise for us and those we serve.

Our partnerships with advertisers and readers alike have blossomed to the point where we’ve been openly welcomed and made to feel like a part of the gang. There is no way you’d be holding this newspaper had that not been the case, and for that you have our sincere appreciation.

You may recall that our newspapers each were founded on the results of marketplace research. An independent firm canvassed key areas for us, asking potential readers what they would like to see in a hometown, local-local newspaper. The researchers got a collective earful, and they also were told what wasn’t “required reading.” From that research was born our business plan, the leading component of which is our content model. We’re fond of saying, “Content is king” and “News is what our readers say it is.” Some doubted

Brian Kelly & Steve Greenberg the future efficacy of that approach. We’re not ones to say, “We told you so,” but today our model remains a one-of-a-kind effort, to our knowledge, and we’re going strong with absolutely zero plans to change it.

We are completely thrilled by our partnerships, the community input, the way our readers keep us on our toes and the suggestions from many to “put a newspaper here” (and “there”).

We will. In time. Trust us. For now, it’s plenty enough for us to refine what we do day to day, which, in the end, only will serve you better. That is our goal, it’s our responsibility and it certainly is our pleasure. If you have ideas to that end, you know the drill: info@currentincarmel.com.

Remember, all, that this is your newspaper. Our doors always are open to your suggestions, submissions and visits. We’re by, for and about you. We’re ecstatic that you’ve helped us to make that a reality.

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CHS seniors earn national writing recognition - Two Carmel High School students are among seven high school seniors in Indiana – and the only ones in the Indianapolis metropolitan area – to earn recognition in the annual National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing. For work they submitted last winter, Amy Flis and Yifan Huan will receive recognition from the organization, which promotes the teaching of reading and writing across the nation.

Trunk or Treat event Oct. 29 -On Oct. 29, Carmel United Methodist Church hosts its annual Trunk or Treat Halloween event for families and kids of all ages. This event is held in conjunction with our Wednesday Night Friends and Family Dinner. Come at 5:30 p.m. for dinner, stay for Trunk or Treating at 6:30 p.m. Kids, wear your costume and “trunk or treat” from car to car in our parking lot. Adults, decorate your car and bring candy for the kids. Prizes will be awarded for costumes and trunk decorations.

Dinner is $6 for adults, $3 for kids. Trunk or Treating is free. Call 844-7275 or go to www.carmelumc.org.

CORRECTION -Jay Sullivan of Jay’s Table To You offers fresh and frozen entree’s not just frozen.

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hen my husband and I first got married, we couldn’t wait to sleep in each other’s arms, all snuggled up together like the red and white colors on a barber shop pole in our hand-me-down queen-sized bed.

Ahh, young love!

Twelve years later and an upgrade to a king, we’ve dispelled all naïve notions that sharing a bed with someone is romantic and secretly yearn for the nights when our spouse is Danielle away. Hear me out Wilson on this one.

I can’t be the only person who is awakened by someone else turning, snoring, coughing, and, if you can imagine, breathing, throughout the night. Additionally, my husband emits heat like an extra-large tanning bulb and often listens to a CD player, which continues to click, click, click well into the odark thirty hours of the morning, and you get the picture. It ain’t pretty!

Now granted, I am a light sleeper. I’m a mom, so by definition, I’m not allowed

massage parlor owner Arrested For Current in Carmel On Oct. 14 members of the Hamilton/ Boone County Drug Task Force conducted an undercover sting and subsequent search warrant at 4320 W. 96th Street in Hamilton County. Members of the task force received information in July 2008 that the business, run by Rebecca Davis, was not a legitimate massage parlor, but in fact a business that was conducting prostitution.

Davis, 56, of Indianapolis, was arrested and charged with promoting prostitution, a Class C Felony. She was taken to the Hamilton County Jail.

Also arrested was Kristina Mayhugh, 36, of Greenfield. Mayhugh was charged with prostitution, a Class A Misdemeanor. She has prior arrests for prostitution, obscene performance, pointing a firearm, theft, forgery and battery.

Search warrants conducted at the business and Davis’ residence netted a quantity of marijuana and U.S. currency as well as documents pertaining to the business.

Additional arrests are pending.

a deep sleep unless I am on vacation without children. I must be able to hear a croup cough from down the hall through closed doors, a sleepwalker heading down the stairs and potentially out to the front yard, and a nine-year old sneaking into the pantry for a late-night Pop-tart.

And alright, fine, I’ll admit it. Despite my call to good parenting, I try desperately to block out those distractions with a sleep mask, a ceiling fan, a sound machine set to white noise, continuous-run, and a large pillow covering my face and as much of my ears as physically possible.

But alas, my senses are simply too keen to completely drown them out and certainly too sharp to ignore my husband and all his magical nighttime clamoring.

Which brings me back to the beauty of sleeping alone. I can go to bed when I want without fear of being awoken when my husband comes to bed a couple of hours later and goes through his presleep ritual of bathroom “activity,” closet rumblings and electronic fiddling. I am not startled into consciousness by a particularly loud snoring session in which I have to either roll him over with both my feet shoving painfully into his side or cover his nose and mouth with my hand until he stops breathing. I am not prematurely greeting dawn by an alarm set for his early-morning rising and then subse-

quently lying through the first few bars of “Lightening Crashes” seven times as my hubbie continues to hit “Snooze”.

And though my husband likes the idea of sharing a bed, he doesn’t really appreciate my constant nagging, complaining and suffocation attempts. Admittedly, I’m a nightmare!

As mentioned in a previous article, I’d prefer my husband NOT to travel.

Though my sleep is better, his absence creates a whole slew of other problems that end up canceling out any benefits gained from a good eight to nine hours of REM. The only real solution then is separate bedrooms, but since our house only has three, and our four kids can’t quite fit into one, I’m an Egyptian-cotton sheet out of luck.

So most nights I pray that my husband will fall asleep on the basement couch watching some late-night Clancy movie on TBS. He may have a sore back in the morning, but I’ll feel well-rested and bright-eyed, and in the scheme of things, that’s all that matters. A dad who’s a bit tired is much preferred to a mom who is.

Just ask my kids.

We do still love each other; we’re just more practical these days. And in need of more sleep. Peace out.

Danielle Wilson is a Carmel resident and contributing columnist. You may e-mail her at danielle@currentincarmel.com.

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West Clay students collect coats through Oct. 22 - Through Oct. 22, West Clay Elementary’s student advisory council is collecting new or clean, gently used coats, which will be donated to local students who need warm winter clothing. Amy Riddle, who teaches fifth-grade and co-sponsors the student group, said coats, boots, mittens, hats, scarves and gloves may be dropped off at the main office of the school, 3495 W. 126th St., any school day between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. For more information, contact Riddle at ariddle@ ccs.k12.in.us or (317) 733-6500, ext. 2221.

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Paxton Waters Architecture aligns with Motorsport Ltd. - Derek Daly Design and Paxton Waters Architecture are pleased to announce they have entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Inis Motorsport Ltd. Daly, a former Formula One driver and Waters, a Carmel resident and designer of some of America’s premier motorsports facilities, are currently expanding their collective abilities to design and build road course circuits around the world.

Currently active projects include America, Canada and Brazil. The alliance will allow Daly and Waters to offer Inis Motorsport Safety and Management Systems at all future project sites.

By Mike Beas Current in Carmel

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olitics will not become as much term limits means there are few open seats a woman’s job as a man’s until for which a woman can challenge. Fewer changing diapers becomes as women in office mean fewer role models much a man’s job as a woman’s.” for young women wanting to choose a life --Frances Rosenbluth, comof public service. parative political economist, When women do run, public Yale University perception skews a candidate’s In the U.S., only 14strengths. Female candidates typipercent of elected officials cally fare better in elections where are women, ranking it 69th corruption, safety and women’s in the world behind the and children’s issues are of paralikes of Rwanda, Cuba and mount importance. Male candiCosta Rica in terms of the dates typically perform better in percentage of women in elections where issues like ecopower. Indiana ranks 36th nomic development, crime and out of 50 states with less taxation are the most important. than 19-percent female It would seem that this particustate legislators. Locally, lar gender bias would be just as Carmel and Westfield fare unfair for women as it would be Sue about the same with each for men.

Finkam only having one female city What are your thoughts about councilor out of a total of women in office? Let’s administer seven seats (14 percent). a quick quiz. Would you be supportive Why aren’t more women in positions of your college-age son if he announced of power? he wanted to run for office? Would that Perhaps some gender bias exists. answer change if it was your married According to a 2007 Gallop poll, 11-perdaughter who has two children under the cent of individuals would not vote for a age of 5 at home? female candidate regardless of her compeSue Finkam is interested in making a differtence or competitor.

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urry, it is not too late. You the finish line doing what cheerleaders do. still have time to sign up for Brookes Place is a haven where young University High School’s Spirit children through college age can go to Run 5k. Be one of over 500 find solace and comfort after experiencing runners huffing and puffing the death of a family member. Support their way towards the finish for young people when dealing line to benefit Brookes Place, with grief at a young age gives IPS Elementary School 88 and hope for tomorrow that begins UHS. Even in a sour economy, today. The runners will help to Derek Rodriguez and Anne make sure the next youngster Davis are sure they can exceed suffering from the pain brought their $14,000 goal. about from loss will find a Derek is the student chair of friendly shoulder to lean on. the event and Anne provides And some of the money will the steady leadership from a remain at UHS to help the parent’s point of view. Together parent’s association fund scholarthey are inspiring their commitships and student activities. This tee members to solicit sponsors, is a tradition first started by orrecruit volunteers and ponder ganizers of Emily’s Run, named Jeff every detail before the starting after Emily Kathryn Gilroy. gun fires and the announcer Emily passed away at the age Worrell yells, “They’re off!” The 5k route of 11, and a few years later, her starts and ends at University High School namesake run was renamed to Spirit Run. on 116th Street with a winding portion of Emily left a legacy of the origami paper the run going through West Park. crane as a symbol of hope. During this The students and parents decided on the year’s race, Memory Cranes can be dedicatbeneficiaries of their generous labor. IPS ed to a friend or loved one experiencing a schools, not known for being flush with challenging time in their life. The Memory cash to do the extras that Carmel kids take Cranes will decorate the route. for granted, will receive a portion of the For more information go to www.spiritmonies. School 88 Principal Emily Waters run.org. To help three worthy causes, get will not only be on hand with her students your shoes. to take part in the event, but worked Jeff Worrell is a local business owner. He hard to find sponsors for her kids so that recognizes volunteers on “Connecting with they can contribute to the goal along Carmel” on cable channel 16. Contact him at with everyone else. Anna Brochhausen jworrell@advantagemedical.com Elementary School cheerleaders will be at

Committee explores Monon Center deficit The city council Parks, Recreation and Arts Committee will recommend using $650,000 from the county option income tax (COIT) fund to finance the Monon Center budget shortfall.

The resolution, if passed, would require a temporary change to the city-township interlocal agreement, which does not allow the use of COIT money for operational costs.

Past discussions of the shortfall between the city council, Clay Township Board and Carmel Clay Parks Board have yielded heated disagreements, with city and township representatives questioning the parks board’s financial preparation.

The debate continued at last week’s parks committee meeting where officials said the shortfall – which parks board members confirmed would not exceed $600,000 – stemmed from the parks board’s lack of oversight.

Before the Monon Center opened, the board estimated it would need $1 million for operational costs. It obtained $500,000 from its own fundraising efforts, but declined to request additional funding from the city. Council president Rick Sharp said the board should have anticipated the shortfall.

“You were under-funded from the beginning,” he said. “We shouldn’t have this explosion on our hands. This is a huge breakdown in the process.”

The committee’s $650,000 recommendation includes an additional $50,000 to hire an accountant, one of several suggestions made by council members to prevent major Monon Center deficits in the future.

At-large City Councilman Kevin “Woody” Rider, who owns a restaurant in Carmel, also asked the board to generate monthly cash flow statements for the center.

“You can’t run a business without them,” he said. “We have to fix the problems. I can’t keep throwing good money at something unless those problems are fixed.”

The parks board appeared receptive to the council’s suggestions, but officials expressed frustration with the board’s failure to respond sooner. Council members said they recommended hiring an accountant and providing monthly cash flow statements as early as February.

“We have said, ‘Here are things we think would be helpful,’” parks committee Chairman Ron Carter said. “Nothing has been particularly heeded.”

The council’s finance committee will next discuss the issue at its next meeting on Nov. 20.

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No new taxes for city projects

By Bryan Unruh Current in Carmel

projects near completion. If so, it could account for the deficits on both projects.

Two major Carmel construction projThe projects were also crippled by rising ects will require an extra $90 construction and gasoline costs, million in funding, but Mayor he said, which engineers did James Brainard said taxpayers not consider in their original won’t have to foot the bill. projections. “The estimates Brainard announced last were well-intentioned,� said week that the Keystone Avenue Brainard. “Unfortunately, and Regional Performing Arts circumstances have proved us Center projects would each cost wrong.� about $45 million more than City Council president Rick originally projected. The origiSharp said he was unconvinced BRAINARD nal cost estimated for Keystone by the mayor’s explanations. was $90 million; the RPAC was Rumors of Keystone’s lack of $80 million. sufficient funding began circuThe city had contingencies in place for lating in May, he said, only a month after both plans, Brainard said. The Keystone the city took control of the project. project will draw from a $75 million bond “We were off 20 million before we the city kept to account for any shortfall. moved a speck of dirt,� he said. “I think The RPAC will call for a $45 million inthere is something seriously wrong with stallment purchase contract spread over the process.� three years.

Sharp said he wanted to explore other “This was always a possibility if fundoptions with Keystone, including changing raising was delayed,� said Jeff Worrell, construction plans to eliminate elevated member of the Carmel Redevelopment roundabouts. He said Brainard’s handling Commission, which is responsible for of the RPAC made a funding increase the RPAC funding. “We might not use any of only viable option, and he doesn’t want (the extra money).�

Keystone to suffer the same fate.

The slowing economy has significantly “If we cannot realize the vision of hampered fundraising efforts, Brainard Keystone with the amount available, then said, but he expects it to pick up as the we need to change that vision,� said Sharp.

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David Cain “How much of a raise Marketing am I getting?”, he asked. The reviewer queries this youthful request with a simple, “What? You think you deserve a raise?” His answer is not surprising, “Yes, I’ve been here six months.” Ah yes, the world where people are paid more because of the passage of time, not their value to an organization.

Let’s call it the Entitlement Generation and recognize that the E-Geners are affecting us all. This E-Gen influenced world expects things - all kinds of things. They expect everything to be about them and not about you. They expect to see what

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Six Central Indiana counties report increased sales in September - Indiana continues to ride the real estate tide, as indicated by an increase in home sales in several more central Indiana counties in September, while maintaining an overall year-todate decline compared to the same period in 2007, according to pended sales statistics compiled by F.C. Tucker Company. In last month’s Tucker report, Hamilton County home sales grew by 2.5 percent. Boone County is the strongest market locally with an impressive 41.9 percent increase in sales of single-family homes and condominiums last month compared to a year ago. Following Boone are Shelby County with a growth of 15.0 percent, Morgan with a 12.3 percent growth and Johnson increasing by 7.9 percent.

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Phone: 317-569-6770 Website: cremedelacremecarmel.com Email: info@cremedelacremecarmel.com Crème de la Crème celebrated one month of homemade, French-style pastries in Carmel’s Arts & Design District yesterday. Owner Yukiko Kikuchi, who makes the pastries from scratch every morning, said the store differs from its competitors in its low-sugar baking approach. Kikuchi and her mother-in-law, Katsue – the shop’s

Yukiko Kikuchi only employees – honed their baking skill as wedding caterers in Las Vegas before moving to Carmel. Their specialty, a roll cake they call Crème de la Crème, is among their most popular items. It pales in comparison, however, to the birthday cake orders the duo receives on a daily basis. Kikuchi said she hopes the business will continue to flourish as word-of-mouth grows. “I want everyone to try us at least once,” she said.

MONEY MATTERS Is the current state of the economy going to change how you spend for the holidays?

“Yes. We are trying to save as much money as we can in case we need it for later.”

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“Very fruitily. I don’t know where the economy is going, and I don’t think it will make a difference who is elected.”

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Fishers, Avon, and Greenwood Dubya is trying to run as fast as grew into successful edge cities. he can. The price of commodiUnfortunately, the government ties has collapsed, which should will be underwriting these facbe good for the consumer, but tories in depressed areas with will the consumer have a job to the billions of dollars from the earn money to buy goods and rescue plan. services? What kind of jobs will We have nationalized the be in America in 10 years? Will banks. We are in uncharted we have job growth? And where waters and Magellan is worried Brian will this job growth occur, if what is on the other side of the Shapiro at all? horizon. The Chinese control Probably, Sen. Barack our debt. The Russians are Obama will be our next president. I was spending our oil dollars on new military invited to serve on a panel of small busiequipment. Al Qaeda and the Taliban are ness owners for Obama. I warned them regrouping. The Asian continent has taken that they may not like my questions, but the majority of our unskilled factory jobs. they still invited me. The event was at We have wasted billions in Iraq. And now, an old Mallory plant off of Washington the clowns are filling the holes with cash.

Street in downtown Indianapolis. My As my old speech coach once asked: “How great aunt, Belle, worked at the plant in do you unscramble scrambled eggs?” the 1950s, so there was a sense of family Brian Shapiro is a Carmel resident and conhistory in this dilapidated facility. tributor to Current Publishing. You may e-mail The moderator, who probably will him at brian@shapiros.com be the next head of the SBA, said that

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EXERCISE TO HEAL CUTS? - Going for a fast walk may be good for healing your skin as well as your heart. At least it’s true for mice – and maybe even for humans – according to a new study by the University of Illinois. In a study on mice, the mice that ran 30 minutes a day for three days before and five days after receiving a skin wound healed better than the mice that didn’t run. Scientists speculate that the runners’ speed healing was due to increased blood flow which speeds cells’ healing action. Other kinds of cardio may have the same effect.

-Health SLEEP DEPRIVATION WORSE FOR WOMEN THAN MEN - For women, poor sleep is more damaging to heart health than it is for men, and new research may help explain why. “Men who reported poor sleep quality tend to have high levels of testosterone, which may block some of the damaging effects of bad sleep on cardiovascular health,” say study leader Edward Suarez, Ph.D., of Duke University.

In men, testosterone has a positive effect on mental and physical health.

-Healthy Living ATTENTION, WANNABE MOMS - If you’re in the market for a son, you’d better eat your Wheaties! In a recent study, pregnant women who ate cereal every morning for a few months before getting pregnant were 87-percent more likely to have a son than those who didn’t. Healthful habits, like regular breakfasts, seem to give a boost within a woman’s womb to sperm and embryos that carry the Y chromosome, explains study author Fiona Mathews, Ph.D, of England’s University of Exeter.

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or many of us, food is not merely something we use to nourish our bodies physically. Instead, many of us turn to food in times of sadness, stress, boredom or even in times of celebration.

Food, for many of us, is the ultimate “healer.” While it is unreasonable and nearly impossible to expect that we will eat only when physically necessary, becoming more mindful of when and how we are using food to cope will help us take steps toward Dr. Eve Olson better health.

Wellness The danger in using food to cope is that not only do we run the risk of overeating in general, but we can easily fall into the trap of an unbalanced diet. How many of us reach for fresh veggies or fruit when we are seeking comfort food? Many of us reach for things that are non-nutritive and fattening such as baked goods, chips, pizza or ice cream. While this is a very real problem for many Americans, the real danger is that food does not really help us to solve our problems.

When we use food as a coping skill, it is

Dining out healthy You work out. You watch what you eat.

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Best Casual Dining Spots Uno Chicago Grill - We love: The Penne Bolognese—just 16 grams of fat (well within the daily recommended max of 65 grams of fat for a 2,000-calorie-aday diet).

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In order to get a handle on this problem, the first step is to become aware of it. Try being more mindful about how you are feeling and what you are putting in your mouth. Next, try reducing your stressors and finding other ways to cope.

Oftentimes journaling, walking, talking with a friend or relaxation breathing can help us to relieve some stress and anxiety.

This can be a long, complicated, process for some people, so do not hesitate to seek professional help or seek an alternate resource for guidance. The important thing is to just try to make a little bit of progress each day.

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OBITUARIES James W. Cody, 92, of Fishers, passed away Oct. 8. He was born on Aug. 31, 1916, in Boone County to the late Losey and Grace Mills Cody.

Jim was a member of the Millersville Lodge #126 and the Scottish Rite. He had worked for HyGrade, formerly Kingan & Co., for 20 years and later Wonder Bread for 15 cody years. In addition to his parents, Jim was preceded in death by his wife, Rachel Wasson Cody, three brothers and one sister. Survivors include sons Roger D. (Nancy) Cody of Onekama, MI, and David S (Lori) Cody of Patriot, OH; daughter, Marcia K. (Michael) Hackett of Carmel, 10 grandchildren with another expected granddaughter in November; four great grandchildren; large extended family and many dear friends. Family and friends gathered on Sunday, Oct. 12, in Leppert Mortuary, Smith Carmel Chapel, 900 N. Rangeline Road, Carmel, where a Masonic Service will take place at 5:30 p.m. The funeral service was held Oct. 13. You are invited to visit www.leppertmortuary.com where you may sign the guest book, share a memory or make a memorial contribution to the Carmel Friends Church, of which he was a member, 651 West Main Street, Carmel, IN 46032.

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Walter T. Hunt Jr., 82, of Indianapolis, passed away Oct. 5. He was the son of the late Walter T. Hunt and Bertha I. Evans Hunt.

Walter was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during World War II. He was a 52-year member of the Indianapolis Valley Scottish

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FOR THE RECORD / Education

Marion M. Huber, 87, of Carmel, and formerly of Noblesville and Hinsdale, IL, passed away Aug. 30.

She was born on Dec. 15, 1920, in Hinsdale, IL, to the late Otto and Alice Linde Huber. Marion loved the outdoors and her many cats. She also enjoyed the time she spent with her family. She was preceded in death by her sister and brother in law Alice and William Christiansen; brothers, William G. Huber and Floyd M. Huber. Survivors include brother, Frank (Lynn) Huber; sisters-in-law, Joyce Huber and Mary Huber as well as many nieces, nephews and their families. A committal service was held on Oct. 18 in Crownland Cemetery, Noblesville. You are invited to visit www. leppertmortuary.com where you may share a memory, sign the guest book or make a memorial contribution to the Hamilton County Humane Society, 1721 Pleasant Street, Noblesville, IN 46060.

Smoky Row has game - The Smoky Row Student Council has partnered with the Indianapolis Colts through the “Gary Brackett Locker Program.” Smoky Row will be collecting items based on the predetermined monthly theme (October is Food Drive and November is Clothing) to benefit a local charity. The school that collects the most items per capita at the end of the six-month period will receive a school assembly with Gary Brackett.

Please contact Smoky Row at 317-5714084 for more details.

CHS holiday show tickets now on sale - CHS has announced ticket sale information for “Holiday Spectacular,” its annual winter show.

Tickets, which traditionally sell quickly, will go on sale to the general public Nov. 5 at 7:30 a.m. in the bookstore. Ticket prices range from $8 to $15. Sales will continue in the bookstore on school days from 7:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Evening shows at 7:30 p.m. will take place Dec. 3, Dec. 4 and Dec. 5. Matinees at 2 p.m. are scheduled for Dec. 6 and Dec. 7.

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Creekside student plays principal - Eighth-grader Josh Haddon won the chance to be principal for a day at Creekside Middle School, shadowing Mr. Tom Harmas. On Oct. 13, Haddon spoke to the PTO in the morning, selected the student lunch menu, visited several of his former classes with Harmas and got a tour of the Creekside facilities not open to students. The lottery Haddon won was a part of a fundraising event associated with Creekside’s Big Give.

Haunted tour at Children’s Museum - Pack your suitcase and get your ticket to board the Children’s Museum Guild Haunted House Eerie Express for an overnight stay like no other on Oct. 24.

Scouts will take a lights-out tour of the Eerie Express, check out Animation, enjoy a Planetarium show, pizza party, a movie and more. Scout Patches will be awarded to all passengers. Cost is $35 per person.

Visit www.childrensmuseum.org for more information.

Girl Scouts helping soldiers abroad - Girl Scout troop 2019, consisting of third-grade girls from College Wood, West Clay and Smoky Row, is conducting a service project to collect beanie-baby-sized plush animals and Hot-Wheels-type cars to send to soldiers in the Middle East. The soldiers carry the items in their pockets to give to children they meet in order to establish a bond of trust. Collection bins can be found in the lobbies of the schools, as well as at Classic Cleaners in the Village of West Clay. The service project will continue until spring of 2009.

By Brandie Bohney Current in Carmel

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I knew this was bound to happen eventually. Even gurus are not infallible. I made a grammatical error in my own column. And my readers called me on it. Lots of them.

Thanks, all!

The mistake in question occurred in my Sept. 30 column, “Can’t We All Just Get Along?”

In the final paragraph, I told readers not to feel badly if they have been treating certain singular indefinite pronouns as if they were plural. I should have told them not to feel bad. My bad (pun intended). A classic case of adverb overuse.

Anyhow, I thought I would let you know why I was wrong – in terms of grammar, anyway. Feel is one of those verbs that can function as either a linking verb or an action verb. There are a bunch of these tricky critters, among them grow, smell, seem, appear and become (this is not an exhaustive list by any wild stretch of the imagination). When you use any of these two-function verbs as linking verbs, they are paired with adjectives: bad, good, quick and so on. If you are using them as action verbs, they require adverbs: badly, well, quickly and so on.

So if I say, “He smells bad,” I’m referring to his need for deodorant or other personal hygiene, but if I say, “He smells

badly,” I’m letting you know that he has trouble recognizing when his kids have dirty diapers – or at least that’s what he wants his wife to think.

If you aren’t sure whether the verb in question is functioning as a linking verb or an action verb, replace it with a form of to be. In the first example above, smells is functioning as a linking verb; I could replace it with is and still have a logical sentence: He is bad. In the second example, smells is an action verb, proven by the replacement method: He is badly. Yikes.

I wasn’t trying to tell my readers that they need not have a deadened sense of touch if they make mistakes with indefinite pronoun agreement. That is, however, what I did. I think this issue stems from learning from a young age that adverbs modify verbs: we just get adverb crazy. Linking verbs are an exception, as you see.

Speaking of exceptions, you may be wondering about well and good. That, my friends, is an exception. It is grammatically correct to say, “I am good,” when referring to your general overall state of being. It is also correct to say, “I am well,” when you are speaking specifically of your health. Exception noted.

I think this issue stems from learning from a young age that adverbs modify verbs: we just get adverb crazy.

Linking verbs are an exception, as you see.

Brandie Bohney, an editor for Current Publishing, is a former English teacher who developed a mastery-learning technique for teaching grammar, style and punctuation to high school seniors. If you have a grammar question for her, please email bbthegrammarguru@gmail.com.

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consequences for their behavior, the behavior you want them to demonstrate and what you want them to learn from it.

• Before the child can resume activity they must come up with tangible evidence that they understand what they’ve done and what WHAT TO DO: choices they will make in the • Be a positive influence by future to avoid disciplinary example. action.

• Deal with the behavior, not • Treat each disciplinary inthe child. fraction as if it’s the first time.

• Break down the behavior so Having to tell a child over and the child takes responsibility over again on the same issue for the behavior. demonstrates that we have not WHY DO WE REACT? gotten the child to understand Ask yourself. Am I disciplinwhy and how they need to ing this child: behave differently. If we want • To get him/her off my back?

Becky Kapsalis to change a behavior, we must • Because I can’t be bothered Ask YiaYia change our approach. It’s imwith teaching him/her how to portant to remember most behave? children do not want to behave badly.

• Because I haven’t got time to deal with Unless they see us model the behavior him/her? we want them to learn and help them • Because this is a serious incident that assume responsibility for their bad berequires isolation? havior, they have little reason to change.

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The Halloween season officially began Oct. 11 when Riley Hospital North, partnering with RE/MAX Legends Group, sponsored its annual Pumpkin Patch Festival at Clarian North. The family event featured free pumpkins, live entertainment and an Indy race car. Kids were encouraged to join in on the fun with special kid-friendly entertainment, including a bounce house and petting zoo.

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The petting zoo featured llamas, ponies and dogs from local shelters.

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CARMEL CELLOIST TO PERFORM - Polina Umansky, a professional musician and 12year resident of Carmel, performs at Meridian Music, Munger Hall on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. For more information, Umansky click onto www. musicalmusings.org or call 317-818-1039. Umansky is looking for organizations to sponsor the series.

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HIGH HONOR FOR GROSSER – Mark Grosser, owner of M. Grosser Jewelry Design, 1 S. Range Line Rd. (Suite 310), has been selected as the only jeweler for the Indiana Artisan program.

The initiative GROSSER identifies Grosser as a craftsman of the highest quality, and it “reflects what a great artist he is,” said Eric Freeman, manager of Indiana Artisan. Grosser also teaches “Business of Art Fairs” at the Indianapolis Art Center. His next seminar is Saturday and Sunday. For more information, contact Grosser at 317-663-7000.

Late October is a great time to explore the current crop of gallery shows as artists take a break from outdoors arts festivals and prepare for winter holiday fairs, which begin after Halloween.

Gallery One36 continues to host thought-provoking group exhibitions that include works by Carmel and Westfield artists, along with images and objects by other painters, sculptors and mixed-media artists from the surrounding counties.

On Saturday, owner Katherine Kemp welcomes guests to learn “The Absolute Truth” as revealed by nine artists, including Carmel’s April Willy and Michelle Marocco. The artists’ reception is from 6-9 p.m. at Gallery One36 (136 E. Main St., Westfield).

Editions Limited Gallery in Broad Ripple (838 E. 65th St.) unveils 25 privatecollection photographs by Tom Casalini of Zionsville. Casalini has achieved national recognition for his black-and-white fine art portraits, but his new body of work is a radical departure. For one thing, the new works are all in color, with series devoted to florals, beach scenes, Americana and Italian scenery. The exhibit runs through Nov. 7.

You have two more weeks to see “Painting the Figure: A Contemporary View of a Long Tradition” of the art of the nude at the Bona Thompson Memorial

What: “Chocolate: The Exhibition” When: Through Jan. 4 Where: Indiana State Museum, 650 W. Washington St., Indianapolis Cost: $7 adults, $6.50 seniors, $4 children ages 3-12 Details: “Chocolate” (in English and Spanish) immerses you in a sweet experience, engaging all your senses and revealing surprising facts about chocolate you’ve never known before. Even the L.S. Ayres Tea Room is involved, with special high-end chocolate dessert offerings during the run of the show.

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Carmel painter Chris Griffin-Woods has five oil-on-canvas paintings in the sale.

Other participating artists are Kathleen Biale, Cynthia Blasingham, Lois Davis, Frank Downton, Gloria Fischer, Jim Gerard, Glenda Heath, Cassia Margolis, Caroline Mecklin and Jenny Pauckner. Griffin-Woods’ prices range from $875 to $2,800, while other original works cost as little as $400 up to $4,500. Most are under $1,000.

On Sunday, Caroline Mecklin demonstrates the art of figurative painting from 2-5 p.m. at the gallery, which is located off East Washington Street in the Irvington Historic District.

Closer to home, pick up a new Carmel Arts & Design District Gallery Guide at the Arts & Design District Office (111 W. Main St.) before strolling along Main Street and Range Line Road this weekend. Many new shops and restaurants have opened in the last year. Duck into Soori Gallery near the western arch or the Blue Egg Gallery on the north end of Range Line Road, or any of the galleries clustered along East and West Main Streets to see a wide range of contemporary paintings and sculptures by artists from around the world.

By Barbara E. Cohen Current In Carmel

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ANNUAL PUMPKIN HARVEST FESTIVAL - Stoneycreek Farm in Noblesville celebrates harvest each year, and this year’s festival runs through the end of October.

Some activities include the hayride to the pumpkin patch, a haunted house for youngsters, gourd sling shot, corn cob cannon, Kiddiepillar, candle making, farm animals and more. Many activities have a nominal fee. Parking is free Monday through Friday and $5 per car on Saturday and Sunday. Visit www.stoneycreekfarm.net for more information.

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ctober means apples, either from the orchard, caramelcoated and rolled in nuts or just plain candied. As we turn the clock back for the fall solstice, it means apples of all types, including the variety from the islands, “pineapple”.

Though the only similarities to the pines or cones are the sharp needleedged pine thongs as found in the cone shaped persuasion, which was a natural protection from aniChef Michael mals searching for a Vlasich tasty meal. Visually, Culinary Explorer one can see similar characteristics from the palm fawn top to protective shell or to the stiny bulb.

Few people realize October as the last of seasonal months for pineapple from across the globe. Something about this time of year yields the last of the sweetest and juiciest natural yellow candy from nature’s pantry. Come October, generally the prime specimens are harvested and the official change to the second season from the countries south of the border begin to kick in. In all truth, the southern hemi-

sphere was the origin for pineapple, Brazil and Paraguay to be exact, not Hawaii or the Pacific Rim Islands. Christopher Columbus first introduced “Anana” or “excellent fruit” to Europe from his travels, and later, Captain Cook transplanted them in Hawaii from the tropics of the Caribbean.

Pineapple is consumed at all meal periods, from breakfast, used as secret ingredients, snacks or succulent sides for the treasured of a favorite food. Be aware we are not the leading grower or distributor.

In fact, the area I have referenced in other columns as dominant in the world, China is the leading producer, manufacturer and distributors for pineapple. Here’s a recipe for pineapple, carrot and sun-dried cherry salad: Makes four side salads or accompaniments 2/3 cup small diced pineapple 1 1/4 cup shredded carrot 1/3 cup sundried Cherries 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 tsp fresh chopped parsley 1 TBL lemon juice Salt and pepper to taste

Chef Michael R. Vlasich, CEC, AAC, is a Carmel resident and the executive chef at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. You may email him at chefmichael@currentincarmel.com

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want to thank my male readers who Don’t get too serious with us too have written to inquire, “What is quickly. It scares us off and makes us it that women really want?” I’m so think you’re like that with every woman. glad you asked. Every woman is On the other hand, don’t be too indedifferent, but I can assure you that pendent to where we don’t feel paid aton this topic, I have contention to, loved or wanted. sulted with a few of my single If you don’t want to date girlfriends on this one, comus, don’t drag us on. We may bined with my own experihurt from the breakup in the ences and opinions, added a beginning, but we’ll appreciate pinch of sugar, two eggs and your honesty and be able to get voila, the answers are almost over you more quickly because as easy as pie. Let’s take a the Band-Aid is pulled off look at the common census. quickly, so to speak. This is one Create a 100-percent of the things I don’t understand trust factor. Whether in about some men. They’d rather front of us or behind our cheat because they’re not happy backs, stop googling at other and be a jerk to a woman than women, for Pete’s sake. It hurt her by breaking it off. On Rachael Noble stinks and we hate it. There’s the other hand, don’t be mean DATING nothing like spending and to us when you’re breaking up. hour to look good for our Just tell us you’re so sorry, but date and some other woman becomes the this isn’t going to work for you and then apple of your eye. It hurts, so stop it. It tell us why. Then cut off communication also makes us look stupid because the gal and be done. you’re looking at is thinking, “That girl is More to come on this topic. And so dumb, she doesn’t realize she’s dating soon I will be polling you men out there a cheater”. Further, tell us the truth. We to find out what it is that YOU want. want to trust you. We really do. On the Inquiring female minds want to know. other hand, you don’t have to go into Much love to you all. detail about how great your ex-girlfriend was. Don’t lie to us about it, but do tell Rachael Noble is a single Carmel resident and contributing columnist. She can be us that you don’t want to go into that reached at nobleadvice@yahoo.com. subject.

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Phantom of the Opera Ballet Alyona Yakovleva, artistic director of the Indiana Ballet Company, has arranged and choreographed and is directing a ballet version of The Phantom of the Opera. The ballet opens Oct. 25, at 8 p.m. at the Madame Walker Theatre in downtown Indianapolis.

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costume, the after-party is $10 per person; the charge is $15 per person for those not in costume. Visit www. indianaballetcompany.com for tickets and additional performances.

Broad Ripple Music Festival Dozens of local musicians and bands in almost 20 venues throughout Broad Ripple. That’s the Broad Ripple Fall Music Festival. On Oct. 25 from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m., there will be more than enough music to go around. Many of the venues are family-friendly and free. For more information, go to www. discoverbroadripplevillage.com. A complete listing of artists and venues is available by link through the website.

LIVE MUSIC:

Muldoon’s 111 W. Main Street, Suite 100, Carmel The Jeff DeHerdt Trio: Oct. 23, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Rick Stump: Oct. 25, from 8 to 11 p.m.

Visit www.muldoons.net or call 317571-1116 for more information.

Mickey’s Irish Pub 136th and Meridian in Carmel Endless Summer Band: Oct. 24 Big Daddy Caddy: Oct. 25 Entertainment Reservations are accepted. Call 317-573-9746 for reservations or visit www. mickeysirishpub.com for more details.

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erhaps the Bible’s simplest book wisdom with simple book-learned knowlto understand is Proverbs. edge. Too often in culture we see people It plays well to any crowd . . . praying at the altar of rationality and logic. everyone wants to be wise. And Knowledge, rationality and logic are good, Proverbs is, front to back, advice but it’s wise to at least occasionally consider on wisdom: How to get it. How that they are manmade. I think, to keep it. How to recognize it. therefore I am. That is Descartes, How to increase it. How to apply not the Bible. it. How to share it.

Proverbs tells us that true Proverbs is 31 chapters of wisdom comes from God and rewisdom one-liners. sides in faith.

It also gives nearly equal time A dear friend advised me, in a to fools: How to be one. How time of emotional confusion, to to recognize one. How to avoid consider Proverbs 3, verses 5 and being one.

6: Nothing else in the Bible is so Trust in the Lord with all secularly clear, so spiritually upyour heart, and lean not on your lifting and so humanly convictown understanding; in all ways ing all at the same time. Proverbs acknowledge him, and he will Bob Walters is a close-up look in a brightly-lit make your paths straight.

Spirituality wisdom mirror.

Lean not on my own underThe hardest thing about readstanding?

Before I was a believer, I ing Proverbs is its common construction couldn’t imagine.

As a believer, I shudder at of couplets that tug us in two directions at the thought of having nothing but my own once, e.g.: “The wise do this, but a fool does understanding. that.” Gosh, some of those first ones make I think, therefore I am? That’s rational. me feel smart; too many of the second ones I think, therefore I pray. That’s wise. make me feel dumb.

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he Internet remains the biggest opportunity for most companies that are jockeying for your eyeballs and Silverlight is Microsoft’s attempt at gaining market share in the enormous Internet multimedia market.

Essentially, Silverlight is a competitor to Adobe’s Flash which currently has an estimated 90-percent market share. Both are web-development platforms.

Most everyone is familiar with Adobe’s Flash as the Gary Hubbard engine that renders Technology the videos at sights like YouTube.com and CNN.com, but it’s also the technology used for just about anything visual that has movement or animation.

Microsoft’s approach with Silverlight is quite different from Adobe’s Flash in that it is currently more focused on application development (it works directly with the .Net development platform), but at the end of the day, they both want you to use their software to view video.

In order for Microsoft to get more web surfers to use the Silverlight viewing software, they have to convince more website developers to use their development tools for generating multimedia content.

In order for more website developers to commit to using Silverlight development tools, they want to see more web surfers that have the Silverlight viewing software installed, so it is a bit of a Catch-22 at the moment.

One of the highest profile partnerships that Microsoft landed for Silverlight was NBC’s Olympics website, which required the Silverlight software in order to view the live streams that were available during the Games.

Oddly, now that the Games are over, all of the archive videos at NBCOlympics. com are encoded using Adobe’s Flash.

So the real question is, do YOU need it? The answer to that question is different for everyone reading this and the sights you visit on the Internet will be the biggest factor. Until you go to a website that requires the download and you deem the content valuable enough to do so, you don’t need to install it.

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Really, Traditional, its not that we want to morph our homes into decorator show houses. We DO, however, want to make a statement that reflects the fact that we are all grown up now and a want a bit more sophistication in our lives.

Please do not take this personally. We will never leave you because you have been there for us day after day welcoming us with comfort and enabling us to relax after a long day’s work.

See, Traditional? You have not lost your identity. You have gained a fabulous, exciting new friend named Cosmopolitan.

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up some tips. Oh stop it. No one is saying the gorgeous tufted leather chair has to leave to make room for a plastic hand chair. You are being overly dramatic.

Look at it this way: Some of us are adults now. Our children are out of the home. We want a martini on occasion, but won’t give up our fine Merlot.

Traditional Design, you have been there for us and we will never forget you for that.

Perhaps you would feel better if we gave it a new name altogether. How about Cosmopolitan? Yes, I like that.

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Dear Traditional, Please do not take this wrong. In my heart, you are still the foundation of beauty and good taste in interior design. I really feel, however, that I need to let you know that there is a tide building. In the next few weeks, months and years, more is going to be expected of you.

I know, I know . . . you are the most popular style on the block. Please know that you can’t sit on your laurels of fine woods, sumptuous textiles and rich Vicky Earley colors forever.

Design There is a look on the horizon that simply won’t fit neatly into your textbook description.

I really don’t want to hurt you, but you need to know you have some fans that want you to clean up your lines a bit. They want you to throw in some sleek line and perhaps, if they are daring, a bit of splash.

Don’t get me wrong, Traditional Design, you are the foundation for classic good taste. You are not being fired.

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29 Initial Situation: This custom home in Carmel was built in the late 1980s and included a large kitchen and adjoining hearth room with custom cherry cabinets. The overall look of the room was outdated. The goal was to change the existing overall blue color theme to a more brownish gold color. Here we take a look at the improvement of the large hearth room and fireplace surround. Part 2 will focus on the decisions made on the rest of the kitchen.

quoted at eight weeks. The project schedule was developed using this estimated delivery date. Unfortunately, the stone supplier experienced some manufacturing problems that ended up delaying the delivery of the stone by several weeks. This delayed the final completion of the project.

Final Product: The remodeled fireplace surround is shown in the “after� photo. The existing dark blue ceramic tiled surround and dark stained trim has been removed. The new mantel and surround includes a natural stone finish. The stone is a hand-finished, disDesign Phase: The homeowners wanted tressed, cement-based material that emulates to completely remove the existing fireplace the look and feel of carved limestone. The surround, including the existing dark-stained material is hand-distressed and acid-etched to mantel and fireplace trim. The design phase create an authentic finish. The width of the focused on the new fireplace surround.

Larry hearth was designed to approximately match Numerous natural stone, brick and cultured the width of the mantel shelf. The product Greene stone options were considered. In the end, was installed in a similar fashion as cultured the homeowners selected a lightweight stone and involved the use of construction adhesive, custom cast stone product by Metastone manufactured screws and grout. in California. The manufacturer provided a designer to help customize the product to the style and proportions Have a remodeling question? Ask Larry Greene, owner of of the kitchen.

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n my entire adult life, I’ve never relented despite the invitations that have attempted to sucker me in to these annual gatherings. But this year, my wife is begging me to break my perfect record.

My aversion to these get-togethers began in my childhood when I first heard my father say, “Go to a Halloween party? Not in this lifetime.” My mother thought Halloween parties rocked. Actually, Dick Wolfsie my mother thought Humor just about anything rocked if it got her out of the house. My father was content to stay at home, watch TV and do crossword puzzles. Dad didn’t think having a good time was really all that much fun.

One year, my mother donned a white dress, a blond wig and high heels. She was going to be Marilyn Monroe and she wanted my father to accompany her to the party as New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio, Monroe’s second husband. She even found an old baseball uniform for dad to wear.

My father wanted to please my mother, but he was no Yankee. He was more of a dodger, as you’ll soon see.

Dad told mom he’d meet her at the party after work. When he walked in the door, he wasn’t dressed as the Yankee slugger, but had simply added a pair of horn-rimmed glasses to his normal business attire. He claimed he was disguised as Monroe’s third spouse, playwright Arthur Miller, who wrote Death of a Salesman.

My mother was not amused, but my parents did win second prize, edging out the Applebaums, who went as Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

That was 50 years ago. Now my wife has her heart set on going to her boss’s Halloween gala. I headed to a nearby costume shop. Most of the remaining outfits were for little kids, and I didn’t want to go as the world’s fattest skeleton or least graceful ballerina. And I wasn’t going to be caught dead as a ghost. For about 50 bucks I could have been either John McCain or Barney Rubble, but the tags had come off the rubber masks and the clerk wasn’t sure which was which. I was tempted by the Incredible Hulk outfit because that would give me an excuse to lose my temper if we started talking about politics. I also considered a Spiderman suit, figuring that if the party got dull, I could make a dramatic exit.

My biggest concern is that I will be uncomfortable interacting with people when

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we’re all dressed as someone else. I don’t think it’s appropriate for Shrek to be discussing the plunge in the stock market and I’m not taking advice on a good place for sushi from Yoda.

I ended up mixing and matching several costume parts and the result is a pretty scary monster. I told my wife that having

a conversation in this ridiculous get-up was going to make me too self-conscious.

“Look, Dick, she said, “with that stake in your heart, ooze coming out of your mouth, pointy teeth and the huge veins in your forehead, you’ll fit right in. Always remember the tip you give interns at Channel 8 who are learning how to be

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should have known.

I replaced the radio in my truck – the one that was removed by the person or persons unknown who did not share my views about the private ownership of movable property – and have come to realize that I simply do not know how to operate the thing, and can’t figure it out.

I have, at present, an unusable radio.

Oops. My bad.

They don’t call them radios anymore.

Radio in this instance is as outdated Mike Redmond as gramophone. Or Humor hi-fi. They don’t even call them stereos now. They’re sound systems. Not that you could prove it by me. System I got. Sound is another matter entirely.

We’re a long way from the days of an AM Philco with one knob for volume, one for tuning, and a little speaker mounted in the dash, up by the windshield.

Now, I am not for a minute suggesting we go back to those days. Well, wait. I take that back. I loved listening to WLS from Chicago while driving around LaGrange County late at night in a 1964 Ford. Or WCFL. Or CKLW. Or even WOWO. Of course, I’m dating myself, because that was back in the olden days when AM radio played music, and when the music

was likely to include George Jones, the Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin, all in the same half hour. And dinosaurs lived along Fall Creek Boulevard.

Then came the 8-track tape.

The less said of those, the better. Oh, they looked cool, mounted on the console, with the two speakers set into the deck beneath the rear window, but let’s face it: Soundwise, they weren’t much better than strapping an Edison cylinder phonograph into the back seat.

FM radio that played something other than dentist office music and tape cassettes came along at about the same time, and with them a great leap forward in sound quality and Morning Zoo hilarity. CDs were next, and I’ve been quite happy with those. They sound good (until you go over a railroad track), they’re easy to store (as long as you don’t use the cases) and they make excellent coasters. That was more or less what was jacked from my truck. And it’s fairly close to what I bought today, except . . .

You can’t just turn it on and get music. Oh, no.

That’s too simple for today’s technowhizical world.

You have to sort through a menu first, to select whether you want music from CD, radio, iPod. Which is all well and good, except it requires a good bit of the attention that, silly me, I think should be devoted to driving.

But wait! There’s more! It also comes with a remote.

Now, as a guy, I consider myself to be a certified remote expert. Even so, I am having a difficult time figuring how I am going operate a steering wheel, a five-speed manual shift, and a remote control with the number of hands I have been supplied.

Oh, and keep the truck on the road. But I can’t figure out how to do that any more than I can figure out how to get the thing to play anything. At this point I’ll even take static.

I guess there’s really only one thing left for me to do. I don’t want to, but I really

don’t have a choice. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

I’m going to have to read the instructions.

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Early detection is the best defense.

No one is immune to breast cancer. And women with certain personal and family traits are more susceptible than others.

The first step to early detection is as simple as asking yourself a few questions: 1. Am I over 54 years old? yes (1pt) no 2. Did my period start before age 12? yes (1pt) no 3. Did I have my first child after age 30? yes (1pt) no 4. Am I childless? yes (1pt) no 5. Has my mother, sister or daughter been diagnosed with breast cancer? yes (2pts) no 6. Have two or more family members been diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer? yes (3pts) no 7. Have I had a breast biopsy that revealed atypical cells? yes (3pts) no If your score is 3 or more, you may benefit from a breast cancer risk assessment and evaluation by the Clarian North Breast Care specialists.

Call 688-5155 to schedule your appointment.