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Friday, December 27th, 2013 Issue 52, Volume 17.

The Greeks, known for family-style dinners, lively music, and cuisine, use staple ingredients like olive oil, wheat and wine for their dishes. This combination makes My Big Fat Greek Restaurant a perfect fit for the family-friendly wine- and olive-producing region of the Temecula Valley.

Upon entering the double doors guests are welcomed with a big, Greek-style smile and "hello" from a host or the owner himself, Alan Krier.

Krier opened the restaurant eight months ago with his business partner Reeve Benaron.

The two wanted to bring to the Valley Greek-infused, Mediterranean dishes local residents can enjoy without needing a passport.

At My Big Fat Greek Restaurant, the atmosphere is about entertaining the guests who are catered to and treated like family.

"I love to get to know my customers and create relationships, getting to know them so well we banter back and forth with jokes and ribbings," said Krier.

Having repeat customers means to Krier that he and his staff are doing things right.

"We work hard to maintain consistency in the quality of food we serve, the presentation and a helpful attentive staff," said Krier. "If you order our Watermelon Salad which has heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, and manouri cheese or the popular Colorado Lamb Chops, you should have the same quality of meal every time you come in and order."

The menu at My Big Fat Greek Restaurant Advertisement [ Berry-Bell and Hall Mortuary ] has a wide variety that can please many palates. They offer lamb served up as a gyro, or grilled lamb chops, fish such as salmon or trout, and appetizers like traditional Tzatziki or Dolamathes (stuffed grape leaves).

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Musically-inclined Burnsville High School students will have an even greater opportunity to explore their talents next year now that the School Board has approved a recommendation to expand its music offerings.

At its Thursday, Dec. 19 meeting, the Board approved BHS Principal Dave Helkes recommendation to add four new music classes to the schools course catalog: Strings Chamber Orchestra, Beginning Guitar, Beginning Piano and History of Rock and Roll.

The music people have met a lot and have been engaging in really good conversation, and they really want to find ways to provide other students an opportunity to tap into music that may not be in the traditional band or traditional orchestra [setting], Helke said. We have lots of kids who are not in band or orchestra, but do have garage bands or are in bands outside of school, so it would be a way to capture those students in our own music program.

A strings program was first established at Envision Academy of the Arts, a District 191 magnet high school that was only open in the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years. After the academy closed due to enrollment and funding concerns, the strings program was revived at Harriet Bishop Elementary School and Eagle Ridge Junior High. Officials say the program has been extremely popular.

That [Strings Chamber Orchestra] course really is being proposed because we have our first small cohort of students that are coming through the Harriet Bishop [and] Eagle Ridge strings programs, Helke explained. Even though it will be a small cohort next year, I did talk to [Principal Donald] Leake at Eagle Ridge and I do understand that over the next two or three years those numbers will grow, so we need to put in place some type of a course for those students so they can continue their instruction in strings.

While the course is aimed at students who have been through the Harriet Bishop and Eagle Ridge strings programs, all students will be allowed to enroll in the class as long as they show the necessary level of proficiency in an audition.

Helke said the music teachers at BHS have been looking for more creative ways to get students interested in music education, and more new classes could be on the horizon. Long range, theyve even been talking about eventually looking at music production as an opportunity for kids, he said.

Board member Abigail Alt was pleased to see the new additions. Its really refreshing to see the addition of [these] music [courses] at BHS, said Alt. I would like to challenge us all as a district to continue thinking outside of the box as far as what we can do, not just at the high school level, but also at the other levels to offer enriching and meaningful musical experiences for all of our students.

Thats definitely the tone I get from the music teachers as were talking through new courses and new opportunities for kids, Helke responded.

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Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) December 27, 2013

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Not only is hardwood durable and stylish, it's easy to care for. Unlike other types of flooring, wood is a cinch to clean-up and a little routine maintenance goes a long way. With the proper care, wood flooring can last generations.

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Homeowners, rental property owners and businesses with hardwood floors in Milwaukee, can now choose a wood flooring certified professional with a Better Business Bureau, A+ Rating, courtesy of Keith Allman, head of Royal Wood Floors.

The company states that spills ought to be cleaned-up immediately before moisture is allowed to soak into the grain. However, it's best not to use things like oil based, wax, polish, or ammoniated or abrasive cleaners as these can cause damage to wood.

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The team at the company likewise recommends homeowners and businesses try to keep humidity levels as consistent as possible. Fluctuations in moisture levels can cause planks to warp, and become discolored.

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Dear Angie: Can I save money by finishing my basement piecemeal rather than hiring a general contractor? Jennifer M., Alpharetta, Ga.

Dear Jennifer: It depends. There are risks and rewards if you act as your own general contractor on a large project.

Our researchers found that general contractors who hire and supervise subcontractors such as plumbers, electricians and carpenters typically mark up labor and material costs by as much as 20 percent. A 20 percent markup on a $15,000 remodel, for example, would be $3,000. That's money you could pocket if you supervise all aspects of the project.

But weigh your options carefully before deciding what's best for your situation.

Unless you have experience in the building trades or house construction, as well as a flexible schedule with significant free time, you're probably not ready to act as your own general contractor. Orchestrating a full remodeling of your basement can be a monumental task for an inexperienced homeowner.

You could end up paying more if the job is done incorrectly by the subcontractors you hire or if scheduling conflicts arise. Highly rated general contractors tell our team that they sometimes are brought in to fix problems created by workers homeowners hired on the cheap.

A general contractor is responsible for fixing problems with the job. If things go wrong on your watch, you'll be paying.

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Two young minds decided to start a blog on architects and construction. Read on to know what became of it

David A. and David B. were in a bit of a tizzy. They had just realised that their hugely popular website for architects, http://www.archdaily.com, had generated clones in China. Their content was being lifted, translated, uploaded. They didnt know what to do. They lived literally at the other end of the world Santiago, Chile. So they sent mails: cease and desist, you will hear from our lawyers. It didnt make a difference.

Then came an invitation to the Pritzker Prize ceremony in China the Pritzker is the Nobel of architecture. Immediately they sent the main clone, http://www.archgo.com a mail saying they were coming. Sure, he responded, Id love to meet you. When they were fact to face, he said, Look, Chinese architects really need your information. And youre not giving the information in Chinese, so Im doing that job. I dont have a business model, Im not making money. I just want to help Chinese architects. The Davids were stunned. They understood.

What is it that was considered so important for Chinese architects? Lets rewind a little, to the story David Assael, 33, shared with this writer over breakfast in Moscow recently.

Discovering urbanism

When David discovered urbanism, or city studies, as a student of architecture in Chile, he felt a sense of belonging. With the same time and effort that you need to make a home for a single family, he says, you can make a park for a lot of people, or a city plan.

Later, when he began teaching, he realised that all the amazing projects his students did remained only on paper. On an exchange programme in Barcelona, Spain, he had seen an exhibition on the next 10 years of urban projects in that city. It was the first time I saw an exposition about cities for citizens, not urbanists, he says. Then he heard what ordinary people, such as his friends grandmas, had to say about a new building a French architect was doing there. It sort of resembled a cucumber and the elderly women were offended. It looks like a big dildo, they complained, it ruined the look of their city.

When he returned to Santiago, he started thinking about the relationship between cities and citizens, about how citizens had no clue what buildings and structures would do to their cities. Or even if they did, they didnt know what to do about it. And so, along with David Basulto (David A. and David B., isnt that funny?), a computer whiz from college, he started a website to give information about cities to Chilean citizens. They called it Urban Platform (Plataforma Urbana), and with the permission of the university, uploaded ideas that came from students.

It was 2006, about the time blogs were getting popular, and very soon, their platform with information from and about architects, became the most recognised blog in Chile! But they wanted something else a site where my grandmother could go and understand what was happening in her city. Thats when they started taking the work happening in private circles, mostly to do with homes for high income people because that was good work you dont see on the street, and loading it on the site. They hoped this way to raise the level of public works, and a new site was born, in 2007, called Plataforma Architectura.

Now, with the growing visibility of the site, it was time to get more professional. So they asked architects to send information about their projects. If youve done good work, you want everyone to see it, says David A. The projects began pouring in. Next, they approached companies to send information about products that would be useful to architects, and pay for it. The companies too saw something in this proposition. They complied.

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