Sara Giza/Special to Treasure Coast Newspapers The Cotswold cucumber and cream cheese was crisp and cool.

Located on Sixth Avenue in Vero Beach, near the Miracle Mile shopping district, the Penny Poppins British Bakery & Tea Room is an interesting addition to our area, as I discovered when I visited recently for lunch with my mother.

Whether in the mood for the bakerys various takes on the puff pastry, a traditional tea time of your favorite tea served in a decorative pot with scones ($9.95), British-inspired sandwiches or hearty entrees, many treats wait to be tasted.

The interior is simple, with cherry wood tables. Walls and a bookshelf play homage to England without being cluttered. You can even grab the chance for a photo op with the Queen herself or Englands famous red phone booths, via cardboard cutouts. The sole television plays British sitcoms, while the proprietors accent tells you the place is authentic and if youre like me makes you dream of visiting faraway places.

I opted for the Cotswold cucumber and cream cheese sandwich ($4.25), while my mother chose the Tower Bridge turkey ($6.49). Each was served with potato chips and arrived having been cut into charming triangles. The Cotswold cucumber and cream cheese was crisp and cool. The Tower Bridge turkey was layered nicely with thick slices of shredded cheese, tomato and lettuce. Both left us feeling refreshed, without being overly full.

Sara Giza/Special to Treasure Coast Newspapers The English trifle was served in a chilled glass topped with Cool Whip and grated chocolate.

And that left us just enough room to happily partake in some British desserts. The English trifle ($5.25) arrived in a chilled glass topped with Cool Whip and grated chocolate. The second layer was a generous portion of English custard, which led the way to strawberries and sponge cake on the bottom. Texturally, this was an interesting treat with several different elements in play. Overall, it was a subtle note to end on and not overly sweet.

Im looking forward to a return visit, when I plan on testing out some of the evening menu options including bangers and mash ($9.95) and shepherds pie ($10.50).

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Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) A disabled young Binghamton boy now has a new room to play, sleep, and heal.

Connor Ford, 10, got his first look at his completed brand new bedroom Tuesday morning.

Connor has Treacher Collins Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy, and has lived in the family's living room for the past nine years.

After the family built an addition to the home, A Room to Heal came in and created a space for both Connor and his nurses.

"Someone is awake with him 24 hours a day and sits next to him and now he has his own room here and across the hallway a separate room for whoever, whether it's a nurse or myself or my husband, he has space, he has his own room," said Connor's mom Kelly Ford.

Included in his room is a mural of all of Connor's favorite sports teams, cabinets full of games, movies and toys and lots of the Boston Red Sox.

There is also a lift from Connor's bed into the shower, which is only one of the many ways this room helps heal Connor and his family.

"It's functional, you can stand on either side and whatever I need, the nurse needs, its there for him. And then it's fun! I mean, he's got his mural, he's got his TV," Ford said.

Connor communicates with his eyes, so the interior designer included pictures on the outside of each cabinet so he knows what's inside.

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GREENSBURG, Pa., April 22 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania patient will likely be facing drug charges after police allegedly confiscated more than 350 stamp bags of heroin that she was in the process of selling from her hospital room.

Greensburg City police are expected to charge a woman was being treated at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital with delivery and possession of a controlled substance as soon as Tuesday.

In addition to selling heroin from the ICU unit as well as her hospital room, the woman also allegedly injected heroin into her IV system.

The Intensive Care Unit at Excela Westmoreland Hospital cares for the sickest of sick patients, which is another reason our staff is keenly aware of what is happening in and around a patient's room as they monitor for sudden changes in health status, Excela spokeswoman Jennifer Miele said in an emailed statement. Last week, they noticed an inordinate amount of foot traffic to one room. Rather than visitors who stayed for an hour or more, they saw people coming and going in a matter of minutes.

After watching what was happening on surveillance cameras, hospital security staffers contacted the Greensburg police.

When the heroin was seized, police also took two syringes, several cellphones, and $1,420 from the woman's hospital room.

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A ribbon cutting and a first for 10-year-old Connor Ford. For the first time Ford, who suffers from Treacher Collins Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy, has his own room.

"It's been amazing, just amazing for all of us," said Kelly Ford, Connor's mom.

It's made possible by a Room to Heal, a charity dedicated to creating healing environments for children.

"Connor communicates with his eyes, very much so. So with the pictures now on the doors of the cabinets, that's when he can say, 'I want to watch a video,'" said Kelly Ford.

Since he was eight months old Ford's room has been the dining room, to allow easy access to his medication and space for a parent or nurse to always be by his side.

Thanks to an addition to the Ford's home, there is a separate space for a nurse across from Connor's room, which has now has space for his medical equipment and all of the fun things a 10-year-old boy wants.

"He's got his mural, he's got his TV, his window bench. It will allow us to sit and read books," said Kelly Ford.

Connor was involved in the design of his room while befriending designers, painters, and the creator of his mural.

"He sat with her and giggled the whole time as she joked that she wanted to paint Yankee gear on the wall instead of the Red Sox," said Kelly Ford.

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"The Butterfly Room" is one of those movies that is really coming in under the radar. It just debuted at the Laemmle NoHo 7 without much in the way of publicity, and that's a shame because this thriller directed by Jonathan Zarantonello proves to be a real treat for horror fans as it features several actors we all remember from various horror and cult classics. Among them are Barbara Steele who is best known for her work in a number of Italian gothic horror films like "Black Sunday," Ray Wise who left an indelible impression on us with his performances in "Robocop" and "Twin Peaks," Erica Leerhsen who survived a few ill-fated horror movies like "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2" and the remake of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," Camille Keaton who suffered such unforgivable brutality in "I Spit on Your Grave," Adrienne King who memorably decapitated Jason Voorhees' mother in "Friday the 13th," and P.J. Soles who showed us things we really did like in John Carpenter's "Halloween." Looking at this cast, you'd think that this was another version of "The Expendables" but with horror icons.

Another big horror favorite in "The Butterfly Room" is Heather Langenkamp who is still best remembered for her role as Nancy Thompson in "A Nightmare on Elm Street." Here she plays Dorothy, a single mother who has her own reasons for keeping her son away from butterfly collector Ann (Barbara Steele). As the movie goes on, you find out exactly why Dorothy has such a bone to pick with Ann, and it is not worth spoiling here.

Langenkamp dropped by the Laemmle NoHo 7 for "The Butterfly Room's" opening night, and she did a Q&A with the movie's second assistant director Brian McQuery. When asked how she became involved with this production, Langenkamp explained that it started with a journalist friend of Zarantonello's who introduced the director to her while at a horror convention she was attending.

"This journalist friend was my introduction, and I noticed that Jonathan was lurking in the background (laughs) for several hours," Langenkamp said. "Finally we struck up a conversation and he gave me the script later. I have to say that when I read it, I felt that the part of Dorothy was one of the better parts that I've read in many, many years. I think, from what you see on the screen, she's a very strong woman and she's a very fierce mother and I really enjoyed playing such a part. I remember we got together at this restaurant in Santa Monica, and I think I shocked Jonathan a great deal by telling them how much I liked it and how I really loved this idea that this horror movie focuses on an elderly woman which is something that is really rare."

In addition to all the horror icons, there are also several child actors in the cast who play kids that become way too friendly with Ann. Now there's a saying that the things to avoid while making a movie are working with animals and children, but Langenkamp found working with child actors like Ellery Sprayberry and Julia Putnam very informative and fascinating.

"It's kind of a lesson every day in how to be so natural and so in the moment, and I always get a lot of inspiration from children like Miko Hughes (who appeared opposite Langenkamp in "Wes Craven's New Nightmare") who was like that for me," Langenkamp said about working with child actors. "You just zone in with them as they really experience the movie in a different way I think, and it is really refreshing. Ellery was really fun to work with, and I remember this one day when she had to go too long hair to short hair too long hair and everybody was panicked. But Ellery was just smiling and taking it all in stride, and we had a lot of fun on the set as I remember."

Ever since her days battling Freddy Krueger, we haven't seen as much of Langenkamp as we would like. For her acting has become a part time job, and she spends most of her days running AFX Studio, a Special F/X Make-Up Studio in Los Angeles, with her husband David LeRoy Anderson. One of her more recent acting roles was as a character named Moto in "Star Trek Into Darkness," but her role as Dorothy in "The Butterfly Room" is the biggest one she has had in some time. This led one audience member to ask her if coming back to acting was like getting back on a bicycle where everything comes back to you.

"I would have to say not at all like riding a bike," Langenkamp said. "I think that you're much more self-conscious about how you're doing as you get older especially if you've taken time off. I was really worried a lot of the time about whether I was going to be able to get my chops back up to speed, and I'm happy with the way the movie looks on the screen. I'm much happier than I actually thought I was at about 6:45 tonight (the movie started at 7:40 pm) because I get a lot more critical of myself too as I get older. Both of those things combine actually, making for a very uncomfortable day today, but now I can relax. I don't think it's like riding a bike. I wish it was more like that."

But even after being away from acting for a long time, Langenkamp still has a great love for it. She explained why that is the case and also talked about what it was like working with Steele who is probably the biggest horror icon in the cast of "The Butterfly Room."

"It's probably my favorite thing to do," Langenkamp said of acting. "I think one the most creative things that a person can do is bring a script to life and think of the character and think of how you're going to interact with someone like Claudia. Those scenes were a lot of fun and especially all the scenes with Barbara Steele. She is one of my personal heroes and someone that I greatly admire, so I often watched her. She's a very elegant woman and she's very powerful, so sometimes I would just watch her and try to learn from her in the thing she did to be kind of a majestic creature in the film. I learn a lot from the people that I work with and I always and see what their techniques are and how they get prepared, and I take whatever I can from people like that."

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The Room is a 2003 independent romantic drama film written, directed, produced by, and starring Tommy Wiseau. It was Wiseau's directorial debut, and while the film is primarily centered on the melodramatic love triangle between an amiable banker (Wiseau), his fiance (Juliette Danielle), and his conflicted best friend (Greg Sestero), a significant portion of the film is dedicated to a series of unrelated subplots involving the friends and family of the main characters.

Entertainment Weekly has called The Room "the Citizen Kane of bad movies"[1] and a number of notable publications have labeled it as one of the worst films ever made.[2][3] Originally shown only in a limited number of California theaters, the film quickly developed a cult following as fans found humour in the film's bizarre storytelling and various technical and narrative flaws. Although Wiseau has retroactively characterized the film as a black comedy, audiences have generally viewed it as a poorly made drama, a viewpoint supported by some of the film's cast.[4][5] Within a decade of its premiere, the film was selling out showings around the United States and had inspired a video game, book, and traveling stage show.

Johnny is a successful banker who lives in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiance, Lisa. They share an intense relationship characterized by constant, passionate lovemaking. Despite this idyllic existence, Lisa has inexplicably become dissatisfied with her life, and one afternoon confides to her best friend Michelle and her mother Claudette that she finds Johnny boring. Although Michelle advises her to be grateful for what she has, and her mother counsels her that financial stability is more important than happiness, Lisa decides to seduce Johnny's best friend, Mark. Although he is initially reluctant, Mark gives in to Lisa's advances. Their affair continues through the remainder of the film, even though Mark appears reluctant at the outset of each sexual encounter and repeatedly tries to break off the relationship. Lisa, meanwhile, having come to the realization that she "wants it all", decides to stay with Johnny for financial support and the material goods he can provide her. As the wedding date approaches and Johnny's clout at his bank slips, Lisa alternates between glorifying and vilifying Johnny to her family and friends, both making false accusations of domestic abuse and defending Johnny against criticisms. Meanwhile, Johnny, having overheard Lisa confess her infidelity to her mother, attaches a tape recorder to their phone in an attempt to identify her lover.

Against the backdrop of Lisa and Mark's affair, numerous subplots involving secondary characters begin to develop: Denny, a neighboring college student whom Johnny financially supports and "loves like a son", has a mysterious run-in with a drug dealer named Chris-R, whom Johnny and Mark overpower and take to the police. Denny also lusts after Lisa, ultimately confessing to Johnny his attraction; once Johnny tells Denny that Lisa loves him as her friend, Denny resolves to propose to his own girlfriend. Johnny takes on a mysterious client at his bank whose identity he is sworn to protect. Claudette experiences real estate problems, bemoans failed relationships, and informs Lisa that she has breast cancer. Michelle and her boyfriend, Mike (Scott Holmes), break into[6] Johnny and Lisa's home to have sex. Peter (Kyle Vogt), a psychologist friend of Johnny's and Mark's, alternates between defending Lisa and assessing her as a sociopath, which results in Mark briefly trying to murder him. Each of these subplots receives little exposition, and none are ever resolved.

At a surprise birthday party for Johnny, Steven, a previously unseen friend of Lisa's and Johnny's, catches Lisa kissing Mark while the rest of the guests are outside and confronts her about the affair. Lisa expresses no remorse, while Mark angrily urges Steven not to tell anyone. Johnny announces to the guests that he and Lisa are expecting a child, only for Lisa to tell Steven and Michelle that she lied about it in order to "make it interesting". At the end of the evening, Lisa flaunts her affair in front of Johnny, who physically attacks Mark.

After the party, Johnny locks himself in the bathroom, prompting Lisa to make plans to leave him for Mark. Johnny finally comes out of the bathroom and retrieves the cassette recorder he attached to the phone, and listens to an intimate call between Lisa and Mark. Claiming that all of his friends have betrayed him, Johnny destroys his apartment and then kills himself with a pistol. Denny, Mark and Lisa discover Johnny's body sometime later. Mark and Denny blame Lisa for Johnny's death, with Mark declaring he does not love Lisa and never wants to see her again. Denny asks Lisa and Mark to leave, but they stay and comfort one another as the sound of the approaching sirens grow louder.[7]

In addition to being rife with continuity errors, the film has several plots, subplots and character details whose inconsistencies have been noted by critics and audiences. The Portland Mercury has pointed out that a number of "plot threads are introduced, then instantly abandoned".[8] One of the most notable examples of this is in an early scene, when halfway through a conversation about planning a birthday party for Johnny, Claudette off-handedly tells Lisa: "I got the results of the test back. I definitely have breast cancer."[9] The issue is casually dismissed and never revisited during the rest of the film.[8][9] In addition, the audience never learns the details surrounding Denny's drug-related debt to Chris-R or what led to their violent confrontation on the roof.[8][10]

Beyond being Johnny's friend, the character Mark receives no exposition; when he is first introduced he claims to be "busy" while sitting in a parked car in the middle of the day, with no explanation ever given as to his occupation or what he was doing.[6] Greg Sestero created a backstory for the character in which Mark was an undercover vice detective, which Sestero felt united several otherwise disparate aspects of Mark's character (such as his secretive behavior, clandestine marijuana use, mood swings, and his handling of the Chris-R incident);[6] however, Wiseau dismissed adding any reference to Mark's past to the script.[6] The makers of The Room video game would later introduce a similar idea as part of a subplot involving Mark's unexplained backstory.

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The White House Situation Room is a 5,525-square-foot (513.3m2)[1]conference room and intelligence management center in the basement of the West Wing of the White House. It is run by the National Security Council staff for the use of the President of the United States and his advisors (including the National Security Advisor, the Deputy for Homeland Security and the White House Chief of Staff) to monitor and deal with crises at home and abroad and to conduct secure communications with outside (often overseas) persons. The Situation Room is equipped with secure, advanced communications equipment for the President to maintain command and control of U.S. forces around the world.

The Situation Room was created in 1961[2] by President John F. Kennedy after the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion was attributed to a lack of real-time information. The room has secure communications systems built into it and the walls contain wood panels that hide different audio, video and other systems.

The Situation Room staff is organized around five Watch Teams that monitor domestic and international events. Each Watch Team includes three Duty Officers, a communications assistant, and an intelligence analyst; though the number and composition of the teams may vary, depending on shift requirements and workload. The teams are staffed from a pool of approximately 30 senior personnel from various agencies in the intelligence community and from the military. These members are handpicked from heavily vetted nominations made by their parent agencies, and are strictly apolitical. They stand watch on a 24-hour basis, constantly monitoring world events and keeping senior White House staff apprised of significant incidents.[2][3]

The mission of the Situation Room is to provide current intelligence and crisis support to the NSC staff, the National Security Advisor, and the President. In effect, the Situation Room is a 24/7 one-stop shop for sensitive information flowing into and out of the White House. It is also the funnel through which most communications, especially classified information, will pass when the President is not in residence. It is an essential link, providing the traveling White House with access to all the information available from Washington's national security community.

The day begins with the Watch Team's preparation of the Morning Book. Prepared for the President, Vice President, and most senior White House staff, the Morning Book contains a copy of the National Intelligence Daily, the State Department's Morning Summary, and diplomatic cables and intelligence reports. The Morning Book is usually in the car when the National Security Advisor is picked up for work. The morning routine also includes the President's Daily Brief, which is prepared by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, hand-delivered, and briefed by an intelligence community officer to the President and other NSC principals.

In addition, the Watch Teams produce morning and evening summaries of highly selective material. These summaries, targeted on current interagency issues, are transmitted electronically to the NSC staff.

The Situation Room staff also provides alerts on breaking events to NSC and White House personnel. Responsibility for informing the President belongs to the National Security Adviser. Later, a written "Sit Room Note" will be prepared, summarizing the event with up-to-the-minute reports from other centers, perhaps including a photo, diagram, or map. The task of the Situation Room staff is to ensure that the President and National Security Adviser are informed not only of the current situation but also how the situation is being portrayed by the media.

Another typical Situation Room activity is arranging the President's phone calls and other sensitive communications with foreign heads of state. This includes coordinating the timing of such calls at each end, providing interpreters where necessary, and ensuring appropriate security and record keeping. In this function, the Situation Room coordinates closely with the White House Communications Agency.[3]

The only comprehensive renovation of the Situation Room took place from 2006 to 2007.[4] Prior to the renovation, the room used cathode ray tubes for monitors and fax for communication and had computers and telephones with 1985-era technology.[4] The room also had a small kitchen with no sink.[4] Encrypted audio/visual equipment was also unreliable, and such equipment would sometimes go black, "prompting a presidential outburst."[4]Henry Kissinger once described the Situation Room as "uncomfortable, unaesthetic and essentially oppressive,"[5] while the New York Times termed the pre-renovation complex "something of a low-tech dungeon."[4]

Planning for the renovation began before the September 11, 2001 attacks, although the project became more urgent afterward.[4]

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While the Public Access Room still has its array of desktop computers for you to use, you can now enjoy free wireless Internet connectivity in our office (room 401), as well as House and Senate conference rooms, the auditorium, certain areas of the chamber-level hallway, and the central corridors along railings on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors.

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