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Archive for Saturday, November 29, 2014

The Market For Low-End Smartphones Is Looking Up

Smartphones that don't scrimp on performance but sell for less than $200 off contract are gaining traction. And the low end is quickly becoming one of the most innovative spaces in mobile tech.
Published in NPR News


Scott Joseph | RusTeak

This week on Spotlight, Orlando Restaurant Critic Scott Joseph praises a College Park restaurant for its food and service.  He also explains how to find the building and read the odd names on the menu.
Published in Scott Josephs Restaurant Guide, Spotlight

Messiah, Art Festival and Food and Rum Fest

The Messiah Choral Society presents their 42nd annual performance of Handel’s Messiah on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center in Downtown Orlando. Dr. John Sinclair, Professor of Music at Rollins College will conduct the 120+ member choir and professional soloists. The performance is also supporting the Second Harvest Food Bank by requesting concert attendees bring donations of nonperishable food items. Doors open at 2:15 , and since this an open to the public concert you may want to get there early for the best seats.
Published in Archives

How Dogs Understand What We Say

Dogs pay close attention to the emotion in our voices, but what about the meaning of words? A clever experiment with 250 canines shows that dogs understand more of our speech than previously thought.
Published in NPR News

Easy Gift Ideas from 90.7 WMFE

Give a gift they will remember for years to come. Give the gift of tickets to see two great public radio personalities – Author and humorist David Sedaris comes to Orlando April 17th and This American Life host Ira Glass comes June 20th. Single tickets are $90 or get a pair for $180. Don’t wait! Order your tickets today and be a holiday hero! Call 1-800-785-2020 or go to http://www.wmfe.org/events/
Published in Archives

Sanford Community Leader Reflects on Ferguson

Sanford community leader and Goldsboro Historical Museum curator Frances Oliver reflects on protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and their differences from and similarities to the massive demonstrations in Sanford two years ago, after the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Published in Central Florida News

Equal Access to Fresh Foods

It’s widely known these days that there are huge swaths of the United States, especially in urban areas, where it’s not easy to get access to fresh, whole foods. Convenience stores stocked with nonperishables like mac-n-cheese, cup-o-noodles and premade frozen entrees are everywhere, but in some communities, true grocery stores with wide aisles stocked with fresh produce, meats, dairy and whole-grain products are scarce – you need to take a car or a bus just to get a head of lettuce or an onion, not to mention any kind of meat that isn’t in frozen nugget or patty form.
Published in Archives

Retailers gear up for Small Business Saturday

There are only four weekends until Christmas- including Black Friday weekend, when 140 million Americans are expected to hit the stores in search of a good deal.The Florida Retail Federation is forecasting a 5 percent increase in sales this holiday season over last year.
Published in Central Florida News

Final preparations for first Orion test flight

Final preparations are underway in Florida and on the West Coast for next week’s first unmanned test mission of NASA’s new deep space capsule Orion. Orion is scheduled to launch Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a four-and-a-half-hour mission. It’ll orbit the Earth twice, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
Published in Central Florida News



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