- Vienna Circa 1780: An Imperial Silver Service Rediscovered @ Metropolitan Museum
The silver in the Second Sachsen-Teschen Service is exquisite—as it should be, having been commissioned by Marie Antoinette’s big sister, the Archduchess Marie Christine (Mimi) of Austria (1742-98). But the tasty scholarship tidbits accompanying the exhibition are equally rich. Learn how this service à la française weathered the French Revolution; how to origami-fold...
- Richard Brody: Upcoming DVD releases.
paragraph class="noindent">On the seventieth anniversary of the theatrical release of two all-time classics, Warner Home Video is releasing sumptuous new editions of “Gone with the Wind” (Nov. 17)—a five-disk package—and “The Wizard of Oz” (Sept. 29), both directed . . ....
- Books: “When the Killing’s Done.”
This searing novel pits a biologist, Alma Boyd Takesue, against an animal-rights activist, Dave LaJoy, who, along with his folksinger girlfriend, fights a plan devised by Alma and the National Park Service to kill invasive species—including rats and feral pigs—on California’s Channel Islands . . . (Subscription required.)...
- Philip Levine: “Black Wine”
Have you ever drunk the black wine—vino negro—
of Alicante? The English dubbed it Red Biddy
and consumed oceans of it for a pence a flagon.
Knowing nothing—then or now—about wine,
I would buy a litre for 8 pesetas—12 cents— . . . (Subscription required.)...
- Airtel DTH Dealer in India
The Set Top Box that comes with Airtel DTH Service claims to have more memory. That's the reason Airtel DTH Service manages to provide more interactive applications compared to other DTH Service providers in India. Some of these applications are really cool such as those for travel, shopping (iShop), and city information (iCity). You can even book movie tickets from iMatinee service from...
- Goings on About Town: Art
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MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM
Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)—“Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú.” The twin brothers, who made a splash in the eighties with very large, very distressed-looking photographs, are back—big time—with an . . ....
- Who is Responsible For Training the Service Advisor?
If there were a convention of Service Managers, GMs and DPs, and I asked the question "Who here in this room would say that their Service Advisors are completely trained?" what percentage of the room would hold their hands up? If you are responsible forTraining the Service Advisors, maybe you should read this article to see how you might get it done!...
- Why You Should Invest in Automotive Service Advisor Training
What is service advisor training and why should you consider investing in it? One sharp advantage is that with a good service advisor you can see an increase in sales made through the business. Plus you can actually gain more customers if your service advisor knows what to do!...
- How to Find a Good Place For Car Service
The following article discusses how to deal with the anxiety that goes along with automotive repairs and service. Whether you're bringing your car in for repair or for scheduled maintenance, the following tips will ensure you receive better car service in NJ....
- Automotive Service Manger Training Process
Cars require regular maintenance and repairs. A mechanic does the physical work on the vehicle, but the service manager ensures that the dealerships service department is well run and managed. Automotive service manger training requires years. The service manager needs skills gleaned from work experience, education, vocational training, and certifications in the automotive field....
- Selecting a Good Auto Transport Service
Auto transport Service is an invaluable service in today's world. The need for car shippers has increased over the years and as a result, many transport companies have sprung up. There is much competition the industry and much to consider when choosing the right auto transport service for your needs when shipping a car....
- Richard Brody: George Cukor’s “A Star Is Born.”
paragraph class="noindent">George Cukor’s “A Star Is Born,” from 1954—one of the greatest inside-Hollywood movies, featuring a career-crowning performance by Judy Garland—was mutilated by Warner Bros. and released with nearly half an hour slashed from the director’s . . ....
- Benefits of Car Wrapping Service
Have you ever heard of car wrapping service or vehicle wrapping service? Both have the similar meaning and from the word itself, it clearly shows that it is a service to wrap your car. It American terminology, it means decorating the car. Today, people are getting excited in decorating their vehicle especially company's cars as a method of advertising the brand....
- IBM’s Mills: service orientation essential for new business growth
I interview Steve Mills, IBM's SOA mover and shaker, who discusses the business necessity of service orientation and cloud services, and how IT is becoming a service aggregator more than a service......
- Books: “Verdi’s Shakespeare” review.
In the essays collected here, Wills examines how Verdi—who, though he did not read English, “adored Shakespeare”—composed and staged “Macbeth,” “Otello,” and “Falstaff,” all “solid masterpieces,” and the latter two “arguably the greatest things he . . . (Subscription required.)...
- Anthony Lane: “Higher Ground” and “One Day.”
Speaking as someone chained to the past—or to an imaginary version, if the real one proves unavailable—I tend to inquire, when grading the current fortunes of an actress, not “How good are her movies?” but “How bright would the gleam have been in . . ....
- Getting the Best Value – Mercedes Service
If you own a Mercedes and a service is due, one of the most important considerations is cost. There are many options available to you with regard to where to book you vehicle in. You may either take your car to a main dealer or an independent garage who will carry out a Mercedes service for you....
- Peter Schjeldahl: Tino Sehgal at the Guggenheim.
You will enjoy your visit to the Tino Sehgal whatchamacallit at the Guggenheim—“show” doesn’t fill the bill—or else expose yourself as a hopeless grouch. The thirty-four-year-old London-born artist’s “relational” works can seem chichi in . . ....
- Thomas Mallon: John Irving’s “In One Person.”
Readers looking for bears—often seen riding motorcycles or being set free from zoos in John Irving’s fiction—will find only a human, subcultural variant of the species in his new novel, “In One Person” (Simon & Schuster). Bill Abbott, the earnestly bisexual narrator . . . (Subscription required.)...
- How You Stand to Gain From Automotive Service Consulting
Managers employed in automotive service manager jobs are struggling with challenges to satisfy their customers. The traditional service set up does not seem to be able to hold onto customers and there is a need felt for an overhaul....
- David Denby: “Moneyball” and “50-50” reviews.
Ted Williams was one of the greatest hitters ever to play baseball. But the game is excruciatingly difficult—Williams himself said that—and even he got a hit only thirty-four per cent of the time. What thrills the breed of scientifically minded baseball nuts known as sabermetricians . . ....
- Books: “The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim.”
Abandoned by his wife and rebuffed by his estranged father, a middle-aged salesman named Maxwell Sim—“like a SIM card”—finds he has “lost all appetite” for “human contact.” Leaving behind seventy Facebook friends and the fake e-mail address he . . . (Subscription required.)...
- Auto Buying Services
Using a dependable auto buying service makes car buying easy and quite painless. You'll save yourself time, aggravation, and with the right professional a lot of money. A good auto buying service will charge a low flat fee and work exclusively for the customer. Keep reading to see what an auto buying service can do for you......
- Say No to the Up-Sell in Car Service
The level of dishonest information being used to make consumers pay more money to have their cars serviced is a concern to the honest companies in the industry. Despite the difficulties of the current financial environment there are plenty of car service firms that can offer the consumer the opportunity to save a fortune of a car service when compared to main dealers....
- Joan Acocella: “Smut,” “Lightning Rods,” “House of Holes: A Book of Raunch” reviews.
We are often told that, in art, sex must keep a few veils on in order to be sexy. That’s certainly not true in painting—there are many nudes that make the heart beat faster—but in literature the rule generally does apply. One of the . . ....
- How to Get Netflix For FREE!
Netflix, the online movie rental service, has been around for a few years now. They provide unlimited rentals delivered free to your mailbox. I have been a very satisfied customer for 3 years now. But what's making me more excited is a new service that they are offering. In answer to customer requests, Netflix has begun providing a service that lets you download unlimited movies directly...
- Goings on About Town: Dance
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With its spiffy new brochures—filled with sexy photographs of the dancers—and its new fall season, N.Y.C.B. is clearly trying to shake things up. Four weeks of repertory programs include something new—“Plainspoken,” yet another ballet by Benjamin Millepied . . ....
- Goings on About Town: Dance
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Larry Keigwin has let his inner club kid out again—the same one we’ve glimpsed in works like “Megalopolis”—only this time, he digs deeper. The evening-length “Exit,” set to original music by the electroacoustic cellist Chris . . ....
