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Oh hey, remember how I was obsessed with all things FLEET back when their SS '11 collection launched in March?
Well, I am STILL obsessed with all things Fleet (and maybe even more so than ever before). And you know what… you probably should be too.
In case you need a little refresher, here are just a few of the gorgeous looks from Fleet's Spring/Summer 2011 collection:
Chain Bracelets. Chain Necklaces. Boot Chains. Hair Chains. Ear Chains. Glorious Chains GALORE.
Oh, but not just any chains.
Each piece actually combines a variety of carefully selected, lightweight chains in sterling silver, aluminum, stainless steel, bronze, etc. (the list goes on and on…), that fully complement each other and together form a singular, pretty piece.
Kate Power, owner & designer of Fleet Jewelry, generously sent over a Reckoner Bracelet ($69) from her spring collection AND (because she is so awesome) also sent over a second bracelet to give away to YOU!
Just take a look at this beauty:
If you love this bracelet in photos, I guarantee that you'll love it even more in person. It's impossible to capture the brilliance of the piece in pictures (for me at least) but the sparkle factor is just insane and makes the bracelet look SO amazing in natural sunlight. Seriously! The chome-like finish never ceases to ooooh and ahhhh me. Another thing I really love about this particular piece is the weight. With all that metal you might be thinking "Oh geez, that must weigh A TON"… but in reality, the bracelet is actually suuuuper lightweight! #WINNING
I really can't say enough about how much I adore this bracelet and it has certainly become one of my staple accessories (I especially love it with basics). The design is just so wearable and the edge factor isn't overkill or try-too-hard, a delicate balance that seems almost impossible for most designer to achieve these days.
I can't wait to add some more Fleet pieces to my collection and see what is in store for future seasons. You are sure to see my Fleet pieces piece pop up often here on the site as I'm always wearing them!
A huge thank you to Fleet Jewelry for providing a giveaway prize for our Spring event! Be sure to check in daily for our latest Spring Shopping with Brixton Street feature.
Win a Reckoner Bracelet ($69 value) from Fleet Jewelry's Spring/Summer 2011 Collection!
To Enter: Visit the Fleet website and let me know your favorite piece from the collections or shop sections of the site.
Bonus Entry 1: "Like" Fleet Jewelry on Facebook OR follow Fleet Jewelry on Twitter
Bonus Entry 2: "Like" Brixton Street on Facebook OR follow Brixton Street via Google Friend Connect OR RSS feed OR via email
Bonus Entry 3: Tweet about the giveaway, share on your Facebook page, or blog about the giveaway & leave a link to your tweet, blog post or Facebook post. You may share once per day.
You may use this sample tweet if you like:
#Giveaway : #Win a SS '11 bracelet from Fleet Jewelry ($69 value). Comment @ http://brixtonstreet.com/?p=2523 to enter. OPEN WORLDWIDE.
You MUST leave a separate comment for each entry. This giveaway will end May 15, 2011 at 11:59 PM PST. Open to readers WORLDWIDE. Good luck!
FTC disclaimer: I was provided with the product mentioned in this post courtesy of the brand. I was not provided with any monetary compensation for posting and all opinions expressed here are mine.


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An interview by Vinita Kinra (@VinitaKinra)
Vinita Kinra: Welcome to Global Asian Times, Amol. Tell us something about yourself not many people are aware of.
Amol Arora: Most people know that I lead the SHEMROCK & SHEMFORD Group of Schools as the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Group, which has matured over the past 25 years to become one of India's leading education groups with over 525 preschools & senior schools in India, Nepal & Bangladesh.
However, something about me which not many people know is the fact that I am an Engineering Graduate from the Delhi College of Engineering and that before settling down in the career of my choice – Education, I worked in a number of leading IT corporates in India and USA. I worked as a Software Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services for some time. I also worked with Conexant Systems for quite a few months, before finally taking up my dream job.
Also, very few people know that when I was pursuing my MBA from the University of California-Irvine Campus, I was offered a faculty scholarship and so I taught there as a teaching assistant for more than a year.
Vinita Kinra: How did Shemrock and Shemford happen to you?
Amol Arora: SHEMROCK Chain of preschools was founded by my parents and I immediately became a part of the venture. It all started back in the year 1989, when my parents, Dr. D.R. Arora and Dr. Mrs. Bimla Arora, who themselves were very experienced educationists, were looking for a good preschool for my sister, but could not find one. That's when the idea of opening their own preschool struck their minds and based on the 30 years of their academic experience in India and abroad, they started the very first SHEMROCK in North Delhi.
As time went by, SHEMROCK's popularity amongst parents went up, and so did the number of its branches. In 1992, after hearing about the advantages of franchising model, we thought it was the right model, and this marked the birth of the SHEMROCK Preschool chain, the first preschool chain to be launched in India.
In time, we were growing rapidly. We were starting to grow outside Delhi-NCR and we used to receive parents' feedback like, "Why are you sending our children away?" So we realized that we should start our 10+2 schools so as to transfer the same stress-free, fun learning environment of SHEMROCK to senior grades too. Therefore, in the year 2009, along with my wife, Mrs. Meenal Arora, I decided to extend the same vision of making learning enjoyable to K-12 grade students, and we started the Senior School Chain of SHEMROCK – SHEMFORD Futuristic Schools.
Vinita Kinra: As a child, what did you want to grow up to be?
Amol Arora: As a child, I was always fascinated by people who had set up their own venture and wanted to be an entrepreneur when I grew up… and I think I am one of those few lucky people who get to live their childhood dreams.
At the age of 14, when my mother started SHEMROCK, I enjoyed assisting her in all the various aspects of running the school, especially marketing. This passion continued right through my college years and I kept assisting her in the various aspects of running the school. In fact, I did not aim for the IIT Engineering Entrance and only aimed for Delhi University so that I could continue working with SHEMROCK during my engineering studies.
Vinita Kinra: Tell us about your recent education expo experience.
Amol Arora: I enjoy talking at various Education Conferences, Summits & Expos of the country and the globe, sharing my ideas, addressing the challenges faced by young educators and hoping that I can inspire the next generation of education leaders in India and abroad.
I have been sharing my experience at World Education Summit (WES), Bett, One Globe, India Learning Expo, VCCircle, Eduvision, School Leadership Summit, Education eINDIA Education Summit etc. And very recently I was a speaker at Bett Asia, Singapore.
Such forums give me an opportunity to meet entrepreneurs who are starting up in education, and I love hearing their enthusiastic ideas, all while being more than happy to share my thoughts and feedback on the same.
Vinita Kinra: What is your vision for education in India? Are your schools accessible to the masses?
Amol Arora: The future of the industry, as I see it, is that the Indian education sector will experience exponential growth in terms of education providers. In coming years, technology will have an even greater role to play in education, both as a tool for teaching-learning, administration, and the huge amount of data that would be used for personalized learning.
The role of teachers will change from knowledge providers to facilitators. Further, more investments will be seen in the education sector by corporates, start-ups and NGOs such as the Khan Foundation, which will encourage innovative models for education.
Regarding our schools, the quality of our curriculum and our child-friendly environment is the reason why our schools have gained trust of more than 300,000 parents in the past 25 years.
In these past 25 years, not only have our schools grown to over 425 Preschools and 100 K-12 Branches in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, but have also reached every length and breadth of the country from Srinagar in J&K to Erode in Tamil Nadu. Our schools have proved to be the source for providing quality, holistic learning for approximately 40,000 children from Metros cities like Delhi to 3-tier cities like Azamgarh. So Yes, I'd say our schools are very much accessible to the masses.
Vinita Kinra: How competitive is the schooling industry in India?
Amol Arora: The Schooling Industry in India has undergone some major progressions over the past decade. Apart from the formal K-12 (Kindergarten-12th grade) schools and higher education institutions, countless non-formal play schools, coaching institutions, tuition centers, multi-media & ICT (Information Communication Technologies) providers and educational books & aids suppliers have sprouted up. As a result, the education industry is a sector with a large market and no barriers to entry. Hence there are numerous players in this sector, and naturally, there is a lot of competition.
However, the country does not have a homogeneous competitive environment. There are pockets where there is an over-supply of schools and we see schools competing among each other for attracting enrolments. On the other hand, there is a large population that does not have access to quality education and parents are compelled to send them to whatever school is available, or have them travel large distances to nearest quality institutions.
Vinita Kinra: How do your schools distinguish themselves from other premier schools in India?
Amol Arora: At SHEMROCK & SHEMFORD, we have a very simple philosophy that if we make learning enjoyable, learning will happen automatically. So every minute of the school, the time table is planned in a way that children love to come to our schools. And that is what differentiates us from other schools, where the focus is still on traditional teaching methodologies and children are dependent on tuition classes to learn.
Vinita Kinra: Where do you see your chain of schools in the next two decades?
Amol Arora: Our organization has been growing at a rapid pace all across India for the past six years. Our Preschool Chain—SHEMROCK has grown from 90 to over 425 schools, with a growth of around 4.5 times and today we are launching more than 2 SHEMROCK Preschools per week. Simultaneously, SHEMFORD, our K-12 Schools have grown from 2 in 2009 to over 100 schools today. This remarkable growth was noticed by Limca Book and they honoured our schools with the title of "Most Schools Launched in Shortest Time."
We setup 162 schools last year, and we plan to start 200 more schools this year all across India, Nepal & Bangladesh. Recently, we have also taken some initiatives in African countries, so with this rapid rate and these increasing numbers, we hope to be present in most countries across the world with leadership positions in a majority of developing nations, in the next 2 decades.
Vinita Kinra: Has the school system in India kept pace with the evolving needs of Indians?
Amol Arora: No, the school systems not only in India, but all across the world, do not keep pace with the evolving needs of the people. Hypothetically, you could take teachers from today's school, in a classroom of a hundred years ago, and they will still be able to teach. Whereas, the world around us has changed so much that there would hardly be any other professional who would be able to work, if they were taken back to that era.
So schools have not kept pace as much as the world around has changed. However, things are evolving and schools are embracing new methodologies to prepare children for the new skill-sets required in the 21st century.
Vinita Kinra: If you could only make one wish, what would it be and why?
Amol Arora: India opened up economic liberalization in 1991 and we have all seen its impact in all sectors. With the opening up of the economy, the whole country changed. The only sector that is stuck in the old socialist mindset is education, and it needs to be freed so that it can attract more and more investments, more players, more competition, and ultimately more choice for students and parents.
So it is my sincere wish that as a country we all be mature about the fact that for-profit models would attract the investments and more research, thereby ensuring a better future for our children. The longer we delay what is inevitable, the more damage we do to future generations.
Vinita Kinra: What is your advice to emerging entrepreneurs?
Amol Arora: My advice to people who are thinking of becoming entrepreneurs is that they must take risks. Entrepreneurship is an exciting journey, with extreme ups and downs, and I am sure that if somebody has found his/her passion, they must pursue their passion. At the end of their life, people will regret the things they didn't do rather than the ones they did.
I think this famous quote makes perfect sense to all aspiring entrepreneurs: "Entrepreneurship is Living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't."—Unknown.
Vinita Kinra is a Toronto-based author, editor, speaker and activist, best known for her short story collection, Pavitra in Paris, launched to critical acclaim in 2013. She is also a contributor for India's largest English daily, The Times of India.

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- In this approach a new clear aligner called Invisalign is provided each week which moves the teeth 0,25 mm per week ie. 1mm per month
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Participation Agreements, Rules & Regulations
Each person cast as an individual character will receive a Participation Agreement via email. Digital agreements sent via email to adults age 18 and older can be electronically accepted by following the instructions in the email. Digital agreements sent via email to minors under the age of 18 must be printed, signed by a parent or legal guardian, notarized and returned to the Entertainment Office. All participation agreements are to be submitted no later than September 1st of each Festival season.
Participation Agreements for groups are submitted to the group representative and are subject to the same guidelines listed above. In addition, group representatives must provide the Entertainment Department with a list of all act members by August 1st of each Festival season. The list is to include each member's full legal name, address, phone number, email address, number of dates of planned participation, and if the member is over/under the age of 18.
Accepting the Participation Agreement means that you agree to follow the Festival's Rules and Regulations for all participants.
In addition to those Festival Rules & Regulations for all participants, you also agree to following:
Participant IDs, Camping & Security
- A Participant ID (pass) is required to access the Festival property and backstage areas. It is a plastic, credit card-sized photo ID for those who participate 5 or more full weekends during the Festival season. Plastic Participant IDs are picked up on Dress Rehearsal Day.
- Those participating less than 5 full weekends are to receive a temporary pass made of paper and dated for each day of their participation. Temporary passes are picked up at the Information Booth located outside the Festival Front Gate each morning of your participation.
- You are responsible to have your Participant ID along with legal identification in your physical possession whenever you are on the Festival property.
- You must complete and return your Participation Agreement to be eligible for a pass.
- Photos for the plastic Participant IDs are prepared by the Festival's Registration Department using a special computer system. There will be multiple opportunities to have your photos taken. Returning veterans should go through the registration process only if their physical appearance has changed enough to require a new photo or if they wish to register to camp on the property.
- Your Participant ID comes with responsibilities. You are expected to abide by the Festival Rules and Regulations as well as applicable local, state and federal laws. Failure to do so may result in the loss of your Participant ID and termination of your participation. Further information on Participant IDs can be found in the Festival Rules and Regulations.
- "Participant Only" signs indicate the gates you may use to access the backstage area from onstage. Only individuals carrying a valid Participant ID may have access to the backstage area.
- Rudimentary camping facilities are available for Festival participants only. Camping requires Festival permission, paperwork and a refundable deposit. For security reasons, your Participant ID must reflect that you have registered to camp.
- A camping deposit is required to camp, however, it is 100% refundable for Entertainment Cast so long as your cleared campsite is reviewed / confirmed by the Camp Ground Director at the end of the Festival season. The Camp Ground Director will stamp your receipt. KEEP YOUR RECEIPT and turn it into the Festival Office to receive your refund.
- If you are under the age of 18 and wish to camp, you must either camp with your parents (who also must be participants) or you may camp with an authorized Festival participant over the age of 21. This requires approval in advance and a completed and notarized Parental Permission for Camping Form. Guardians must be near their wards once the Festival day is done and they are responsible for the actions of the ward. Please take this commitment seriously.
- Please refer to the Festival's Rules & Regulations for further information on camping.
Guest Passes
- We welcome participants from other Festivals as well as former cast members who are returning for a visit and will provide eligible visitors with a pass so they can join us in entertaining our guests.
- A guest pass entitles visitors to the same privileges and responsibilities of any full time member of the cast. These visitors must sign a Volunteer Participation Agreement, follow the Festival Rules & Regulations, and are allowed to register to camp.
- Guests who prefer to be treated as patrons should purchase a ticket which doesn't allow them access backstage. Please do not ask for a pass for friends or family who are simply coming to the Festival to watch you perform.
- Anyone wishing to visit this Festival as a guest performer must notify the Entertainment Office no later than Thursday prior to the weekend the intend to visit. This ensures that we have time to arrange a Guest Pass with the Registration Department and communicate names to Safety Services.
- Please do not confuse Complimentary Tickets and Guest Passes as they do not come with the same privileges or responsibilities.
Site Access / Safety Services
- On a Festival day, expect to show your pass to the Safety Services staff monitoring the various access points. Safety Services are on a non-facial recognition policy meaning they will always ask to see your pass even if they are your friend or relative. Please cooperate and have your pass ready every time.
- Safety Services are not in costume. They wear yellow t-shirts, green pants, Festival logo hats, and they carry a yellow flag with a red cross on a large pole so they can easily be found in a crowd.
- Safety Services carry radios and are the first stop in an emergency situation. Emergency situations can arise on a Festival day. It might be a lost child or parent, a patron collapsing due to heat, a bee sting, or injury. IN any situation, please remain calm and help to keep others calm while you assist with locating a Safety Services person. Your supervisor also has a radio. Notify your supervisor of the emergency, and they will in turn make a radio call requesting Safety Services. If you cannot locate your supervisor, go to the closest food concession booth to ask for a manager or go backstage to any stage and seek the stage crew member on hand. Explain the situation and ask them to make a radio call requesting Safety Services. Please be brief and specific as to the nature of the emergency and location but take care as to not assume a diagnosis of a medical emergency.
Child Participants on Cast
The Renaissance Festival prides itself on being a family-oriented show and encourages participation by family members when possible. Child participants and their participating parents or legal guardian are subject to additional Rules and Regulations. Click here to view.
All Minors on Cast
All those under the age of 18 must submit to the Entertainment Department a completed Permission for Emergency Medical Treatment form signed by a parent or legal guardian. Click here to download the form.
All those under the age of 18 that wish to attend the Festival Cast Party must submit a completed Parental Permission form to the Entertainment Department. Click here to download the form.
Patron Days
A "Patron Day" is when a Festival cast member purposefully does not show up for work at the Festival so that they can attend the Festival as a patron. Click here to download additional Rules & Regulations pertaining to "Patron Days".
Hat Pass and Merchandise Sales
The Festival works hard to carefully control the solicitation of our patrons in an effort to not inadvertently create an off putting experience for them. Accepting tips and selling merchandise are contracted privileges earned by veteran cast members that have successfully developed characters, a repertoire of bits and/or act. Cast members without these privileges are not permitted to solicit for tips. If a patron insists on tipping you, the rule of thumb is to decline 3 times before accepting out concern of offending the patron.
- Click here to learn more about the Festival's Hat Pass Guidelines.
- Click here to learn more about the Festival's Merchandise Guidelines.


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Good, Bucher go deep, as Central rallies past Warwick
By: BRUCE MORGAN Record Express Sports Editor firstname.lastname@example.com, Staff Writer
Andrew Bucher got out in front while clubbing a foul ball home run distance.
But with the score tied 6-6, the Manheim Central sophomore made no mistake when he got a second opportunity.
His two-run blast over the left field fence in the bottom of the fifth inning last Friday capped the Barons' rally from a 6-1 deficit and lifted them to an 8-6 non-league win over back-yard rival Warwick in Manheim.
Josh Good also hit went hard, and his two-run shot to right field in the fourth inning pulled Manheim Central even, 6-all.
"We had a couple errors in the first two or three innings that led to runs that shouldn't have been runs," MC skipper Jason Thompson said, "but we overcame them, which is good."
Unfortunately for Warwick, they haven't been able to overcome their inability to hold leads early in the season. It happened to the Warriors again Monday in their Section One opener, as they took a 6-5 lead in the top of the seventh, only to suffer a 7-6 loss to Penn Manor, dropping them to 1-4 overall (0-1 L-L).
"We're just not playing all seven innings," Warwick coach Matt Gale said. "We've still been very pleased with the bats. We just can't get the critical outs and we always seem to come up against the meat of somebody's lineup. The last time that we see the top of somebody's lineup, we just struggle to get through it."
They weren't struggling early on against the Barons, as they scored two in the first inning on RBI singles by Braidy Weiler and Cody Kimmel, and then they made it 3-0 off of MC starter Bucher in the top of the second on Derrick Shields' sac fly.
Overall, the Warriors had seven hits off of Bucher and Ben Bomberger, led by Cody Kimmel (2-for-3) and Chris Wentzel (2-for-4).
The Barons got one back in the bottom of the second off of Warwick starter Tyler Morris on Colin Fry's double and Bucher's RBI single, but Warwick answered with three more in the third inning. After Kimmel worked a one-out walk, Weiler reached on an error, Reapsome walked, Wentzel delivered an RBI single, Korey Johnson walked and Shields hit a sac fly to center.
Central, though, began its comeback in the bottom of that inning, courtesy of Good's two-run double and Bucher's RBI double.
Still trailing 6-4 in the fourth, the Barons got a leadoff single by Caleb Walton. Two outs later, and with Walton at second base, Good smashed a two-run homer down the left field line to tie it 6-6.
"It was a no-doubt abouter," Thompson said. "I was actually shocked that they pitched to him. I would have walked him."
Gale said that the strategy was to try to make Good hit their pitch.
"I knew (Good) was a good hitter," Gale said. "I don't think I was ready to put him on first, but I knew we had first open, so we relayed the message to be smart and make him hit our pitch. But we just didn't execute."
In the fifth inning, Fry singled and Bucher hit his two-out, two-run homer to right field which proved to be the difference.
"It was another no-doubt abouter," Thompson said. "For the most part, a lot of our sophomores are carrying the hitting load right now."
Bucher and Fry each went 3-for-3 with two RBI's and Good was 2-for-4 with three RBI's to lead the Barons' 11-hit attack. Weiler suffered the loss in relief for Warwick, while Bomberger pitched four scoreless innings out of the 'pen to get the win for Central.
On Monday, Manheim Central (0-1 L-L, 2-3 overall) and ELCO each had five hits, but the Raiders capitalized on three MC errors while earning a 3-1 win in Myerstown in both teams' Section Three opener.
"There was one earned run — that was it tonight for (ELCO)," Thompson said. "So it should be 1-1 and we're still playing."
After ELCO took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third, Central answered in the fourth as Ryan Wilson stroked a leadoff double, took third on Fry's ground out and scored on Travis Fisher's RBI single to right. Dustin Fair then followed with a base hit, but the Barons could do no further damage.
"We didn't get timely hits," Thompson said.
The Raiders completed the scoring with an unearned run in the sixth inning.
Fisher was 2-for-3 to lead the Barons' offense and Walton started and took the loss. He walked four and struck out five in five innings.
The Warriors, meanwhile, gave two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and suffered a tough 7-6 loss to Penn Manor on Monday in Millersville.
Trailing 5-1 after five against PM starter Joe Witmer, Warwick, led by Brian Eshleman's 2-for-3 day at the plate, scored three in the sixth and two more in the seventh to go up 6-5. After Robert Gerofsky walked, pinch runner Tommy Garner went to second on a ground out, Travis Reapsome walked, both runners advanced on Korey Johnson's sacrifice, and Shields hit a two-run single to give Warwick its first lead.
But the Comets answered with three straight hits off of starter Reapsome in the bottom of the seventh to pull even. Then after Austin Richwine singled off of reliever Caleb Metzler, Alex Quinn hit a sac fly to end it.
Reapsome pitched six-plus innings and took the loss. He struck out two and walked two while scattering eight hits. The Comets' Hunter McVey got the win in relief.
Last Wednesday, March 28, Zack Hurst pitched five innings for the decision and went 2-for-3 at the plate with a double, triple and two RBI's, as Warwick earned its first win of the season by defeating host Lancaster Mennonite 8-1 in non-league action.
Derrick Shields finished 3-for-3 with two RBI's, while Cody Kimmel and Braidy Weiler chipped in with two hits apiece in support of Hurst, who allowed one earned run on just one hit. Caleb Metzler pitched two innings of no-hit relief, with four K's and two walks.
Overall, the Warriors banged out 14 hits off of Blazers' pitcher Hummel.
Manheim Central was also in action last Wednesday, suffering a 10-6 loss to Solanco in a non-league battle in Manheim. With the visitors leading 2-1 after two, the Mules scored three in the third and three more in the fourth to break the game open.
Mitch Burkholder pitched 3 1/3 innings in relief of starter Brandon Guffey and took the loss. Josh Good was 3-for-4 with a double to lead the Barons' offense, and Dustin Herbert and Andrew Bucher added two hits apiece. More COMEBACK, page B-4


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The Radisson Blu beach resort in Sharjah is located near the city's cultural and historical attractions, as well as key business and shopping districts. Guests can easily explore popular Sharjah attractions near the resort, including the Sharjah Art Museum, the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization and the Sharjah Natural History and Botanical Museum. Shoppers will delight in a visit to the innumerable local souks, or markets, located along the famed Corniche Street in Sharjah. Dubai, a city renowned for its vast shopping opportunities, is approximately a 25-minute drive from the resort. Complimentary shuttle service to select shopping areas in Sharjah and Dubai.The hotel facilities include concierge service, the resort's cafes and restaurants range from sumptuous buffets to authentic Chinese favourites, 24 h room service, access to private beach and lagoon with swimming pools and children pool, on-site souk market with a range of shops, men´s hair salon, The Bay Club - the hotel's health and fitness center, tennis court, variety of watersports, meeting and conference rooms, business center, laundry service and parking facilities. The guestroom is equipped with telephone, TV, safe, Internet access, minibar, bathroom with tub or shower and hairdryer.NOTE: Cabanas are rooms around the pool and have only 1 kingbed,only for 1-2 Personschildren are not allowed in this room type.Standard Double room with option to be used by 3/4persons if booked. All of them sharing existing bedding, 2 pers 1 double bed, 3 pers or more 2 separate beds.Address: P.O. Box 3527, Corniche Road, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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What is the Lightning Network?
As you are probably aware Bitcoin has some scaling issues, this has become more and moreapparent over recent months, transactions take longer and the fees are higher than ever meaning that micro payments are not convenient using Bitcoin. Although there has been recent developments this month with the signalling of BIP91 meaning SegWit is now locked in, the fact remains that this may still not completely solve the scaling issue.
Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja wrote the Lightning Network and its intention is for users to be able to send micro payments amongst each other almost instantaneously with little to no transaction fees. They have said that Lightning Network will be able to process millions and potentially billions of transactions per second.
How does the Lightning Network actually work?
The Lightning Network in short will allow users to send and receive Bitcoin/Litecoin etc. Through a micropayment channel meaning that the transactions will only be recorded on the blockchain once the channel is closed.
This means that micro payments will now happen off chain (off the blockchain) this means that transactions will not need to be validated by miners which has always been the normal process to date with Bitcoin transactions. This significantly speeds up the entire process especially for Bitcoin as it could now compete with some of the other much faster P2P payment methods.
How SegWit benefit the Lightning Network?
The Lightning Network will not need SegWit to run but will be helped with the addition of SegWit as it will allow for an improved version of the Lightning Network.
SegWit was officially Locked in on the Bitcoin blockchain on 1st August 2017 and will compliment the Lightning Network in a few ways:
- Previously payment channels were normally limited by Tim meaning the channel would close down after x number of days … SegWit allows us to keep additional channels open for far longer and even indefinitely if needed.
- SegWit combined with the the Lightning Network will help in solving transaction malleability
- SegWit allows for something known as Outsourcing .. this is where a server is effectively delegated the task of of validating your transactions by watching the blockchain to see if anyone is attempting to cheat. Through this system they will only be given enough information to be able to do carry out this task.
The Lightning Network is still in development and while it is an exciting project we still; need to wait and see how/if it will be as effective as we speculate it could be. What are your thoughts on the Lightning Network? Will it revolutionise blockchain technology further? How will it affect the price of Bitcoin?
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SUPER BOCK SUPER ROCK – Superb! Catch a few perfect waves on Portugal's golden Atlantic coast before catching the awesome riffs from what is easily one of the best line-ups this festie season: Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, BRMC and the mighty QOTSA to name a few. Get in!
The 19th edition of the Super Bock Super Rock (SRSB) festival will take place from the 18-20 July 2013 in Meco, a coastal resort just outside of Lisbon, in Portugal.
Together with headliners Arctic Monkeys, The Killers and Queens of the Stone Age; Azealia Banks, Johnny Marr, Kaiser Chiefs, Chk Chk Chk and Owen Pallett are amongst the acts set to be performing at the Portuguese festival this summer.
Relatively unknown to UK audiences, Super Bock Super Rock is one of the longest running festivals in Europe. The festival takes place by some of the most beautiful beaches in Portugal, just a mere 20 minutes train ride from Lisbon city centre. With easy access from the airport, Super Bock Super Rock offers an enviable setting and strong line-up at an amazing price tag of £77 + booking fee for a 3 day ticket including 4 camping nights (17th to 20thincl).
An amazing line-up, affordable ticket prices, good weather, beach setting, easy access and the opportunity to make a beach holiday or city break out of the festival experience, make Super Bock Super Rock one of the strongest contenders of the European festival circuit.
Line up so far: Arctic Monkeys, The Killers, Queens of the Stone Age, Azealia Banks, Johnny Marr, Kaiser Chiefs, Chk Chk Chk, Ash, Owen Pallett, Efterklang, Tomahawk, TOY, Anarchicks, Gary Clark Jr, Manuel Furia, Carl Craig, Ricardo Villalobos, Ben Klock B2B Marcel Dettmann, Julien Bracht, Josh Wink, Expander, Freshkitos, Kinetic, Joao Maria & Miguel Neto, Henriq, Rui Vargas & Andre Cascais and Mary B
Dates: 18-20 July 2013
Where: Meco, 20 min train from Lisbon
Ticket Price:
Three Day Pass, including camping – £77 + booking fee
Thursday: £41 + booking fee
Friday: £41 + booking fee
Saturday: £41 + booking fee
To get there: Low-cost airline Easyjet operates daily direct flights from London (Luton and Gatwick), Bristol, Liverpool and Edinburgh
TAP flies direct from Manchester to Lisbon and British Airways direct from London Heathrow
Age Restrictions: Under 18-s will have to be accompanied by an adult.
Official website: www.superbocksuperrock.pt
Book tickets to Super Bock Super Rock, here
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We have one pair of 3 day full camping tickets* to be won. To enter, correctly complete the competition question and entry form below. Good luck!
*Entrants must be 18yo+. Transport and expenses are not included (don't be so greedy, you). The prize is the tickets only and cannot be transferred or exchanged. The winner must produce photo ID to collect the prize.


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19 March 2012
London FA Senior Cup Quarter Final
Kingstonian 02 v Dulwich Hamlet 01 (att 178)
Kingsmeadow, Norbiton KT1
Team Talk. Avid readers (hello to both of you) will know that this isn't the first Tale from the Kingsmeadow Pigeon Stand, having opened our blog with a trip to last season's game between AFC Wimbledon and York City. However, it's only fair that we give Kingstonian, the rightful natives of Norbiton, a fair crack of our Pigeony whip. So we girded our collective loins and headed south-westerly for the last remaining 2011-12 London Senior Cup Quarter Final.
Despite roots dating back to 1885, Kingstonian's current incarnation is the result fo a merger between Old Kingstonians and Kingston-on-Thames. Old Kingstonians, then of the Old Norbiton Sports Ground (now Kingsmeadow) acted as the reserve team, whilst Kingston-on-Thames were based at Richmond Road, the club's ground for nearly 70 years between 1919 and 1988.
Kingstonian are somewhat of a cup specialist, despite only winning the FA Amateur Cup once (compared to Dulwich Hamlet's impressive 4 titles) they were twice successful in winning the FA Trophy in the 90s thanks to the Midas-handed management of non-league icon Geoff Chapple.
These days, Chapple is ensconced in the boardroom of Conference South champions-elect, Woking, and Kings are stewarded by Geordie and all-round good guy, Alan Dowson whose coaching staff also includes the only non-sexist at Sky Sports, Martin Tyler.
Whilst the glory days of the mid to late 90s have passed, Kinstonian are currently enjoying a stable period in the Isthmian Premier having recently escaped the clutches of Step 4, following promotion in 2009. I was (un)fortunate enough to see them lift the Isthmian Division 1 South title that year as they beat Dulwich 2-1 in Craig Edwards' last game in charge of Dulwich. That was the last time I saw Kingstonian and here I was, back with the Hamlet; determined to see the Pink and Blues depart victorious.
Park the bus. Norbiton Station is about a 10 minute walk from Kingsmeadow, although if you are after a few jars on the way to/from the ground, I suggest you go the extra stop into Kingston. The walk out of town along London Road and then Cambridge Road will take you no more than 20 minutes at the very most. If you're coming by car, there is plenty of parking although access is via a single road so it might take a while to get out on busy matchdays.
Homefield advantage. We covered a lot of ground when we visited last year, so I'm going to focus on the bits restricted by the Blue Square Powers that be.
Entry, despite being cheap (reduced to a bargain £7 for this County Cup tie) was potentially more tricky than expect as Kingmeadow seem to be operating some sort of No Fat Chicks policy on the turnstiles. Luckily, it was more spacious than initially feared but non-leaguers aren't exactly renowned for their svelte physiques and I can think of some who would struggle. Still, it means there'll be plenty of chips for the rest of us so no bad thing.
Once through, I was delighted to see some badges for sale. Terry's Badges, a massive highlight of visit #1 and of many visiting supporter's trips to Kingsmeadow were not there but another vendor with the same level of passion for pins had turned up. WHilst his collection was admirable (especially for a monday night match, he didn't seem to have the same gravitas Terry.
Either the button-on business isn't as lucrative as he hoped or he didn't think the Dulwich massive would be big spenders. Whatever the truth, instead of a majestic table in the style of Terry's Badges, had been replaced with the top of a wheelie bin.
Optimistically, they were trying to push a Hamlet badge for £20. We might be pink and blue dandies from the right side of the tracks but we're not idiots. In fairness, the amiable bin/badge attendant admitted that badge might not actually be worth £25 and in fact he seemed willing to let it go for a fiver. I guess when you're trading out of waste receptacles, you don't have much leverage, especially when the colours are wrong. Maybe that's what drove the price up.
It's always hard to imagine Kingsmeadow as a league ground, it feels very Step 1-2 and it seems fitting that the K's still call the place home, and rightly so. Few improvements seem to have been undertaken to account for their tenant's/host's lofty new position. A few extra seats were noticeable on each end of the main stand and a subbuteo-esque TV tower now sits above the stand on the other flank. Unlike the prissy world of League 2 or even Step 1, there's an easy path to allow you to roam freely around the ground.
Being able to explore to our hearts content, we marched into Kingstonian's excellent, if not slightly hidden bar. The bar can be reached either from the back of the main stand or, far more pleasingly, down the tunnel. As we marched onward for a Monday evening livener, my eye was drawn to a small broom cupboard next to the bar. Adorned with red and white, this tiny wee room was a goldmine of Kingstonian swag that almost rivalled the majesty of Sutton.
As well as a plethora of Kingstonian related goodies, I was delighted to stumble (quite literally) upon a pile of old programmes and second-hand books and VHS tapes, many of which were familiar from my youth. The Saint Michael (M&S to our younger readers) guide to American Football was a particular highlight from my childhood but it was the History of Soccer, a three tape epic through the beautiful game, that I have the fondest memories of. As a young lad growing up in deepest darkest Spain, this boxed set, together with the Story of the World Cup, ET: The Extra Terrestrial and a fuzzy feed of Gibraltar TV from 300 miles away were my only English Language companions. If only they had a copy of Alex Kid on the Sega Master System, I would have been in my element.
Prawn sandwiches. The bar itself is a good space and manned by couple of proper old school bar-types complete with short-sleeved shirt and tie. Unlike Champion Hill which promises much from its four real ale pumps but perennially fails to deliver anything more than London Pride (if you're lucky), Kingsmeadow seems to have a rotating guest ale, on this occasion a taste of the motherland in the form of Deuchars IPA.
The main tea bar was shut so food and hot drinks came from of a burger van parked at the end of the main stand. I didn't partake in anything but there seemed to be a hell of a lot of smoke or coming from there. Maybe some Steamed Hams were on the menu.
…and the game. As you might expect, neither team fielded a full strength eleven. However, considering both sides were in action two days before, it was heartening to see both sides come out and have good go. Still, you know you're in for a cracker when the teams run out to Rule the World by Tears for Fears.
Kingstonian are a decent looking side and they looked comfortable throughout most of the first half. They seem like a well organised bunch for the most part although questions do have to be raised about their big number five, Ian Gayle, who looked decidedly uncomfortable throughout.
Kings opened the scoring early with a bold shot-cum-cross from Allan Tait from fully 40 yards, deceiving all and sundry, including most of his own teammates. Despite this pretty slow start from the Hamlet (due in part to massive delays on the trains meaning the some of the squad didn't exactly have their game-face on), the pink and blues improved steadily and were unlucky to fall behind to a goal from hapless defender turned super striker, Gayle, midway through the half.
The second half started positively for Dulwich as Ian Gayle's dodgy back-pass let Omarr Lawson clean through on goal to make it 2-1 in the 46th minute. In truth, I was still raiding the club shop when Dulwich scored so the above description is pieced together from the most reliable sources of the Hamlet Rabble although I prefer the double-overhead kick, ricocheting off the back of the goalie descriptions that also seemed to be doing the rounds.
Kingstonian looked more than happy with a 2-1 lead and seemed over complacent at times as Dulwich continued to attack but Kingstonian dealt with the pink and blue onslaught with ease as the Hamlet rarely tested Rob Tolfrey in the Kingstonian goal. In the end Kings were worthy winners…just, and will go on to face Cray Wanderers in the semi before a potential final against either Hendon or (squatters) AFC Wimbledon.
Post-match rubdown. Kingsmeadow is a great wee place. It's hardly cut out for league football but for Step 3, it's a bloody nice ground. Kingstonian were relatively entertaining and whilst it's hard to judge a team based on a performance in a County Cup against a team from the division below, they seemed to have a number of talented players who, with a few additions, may make them highly competitive in the Isthmian Premier next season. I just hope Dulwich are in there with them.


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I think, as writers, we tend to procrastinate a lot. I mean, you only have to look at the forums on the NaNoWriMo website during November to find out just why so many people never make it to 50,000 words, don't you? And on Twitter – well, there are a lot of tweets about writing. By people who were supposed to be working on their novels. By people who were not supposed to be on Twitter.
When I log onto my computer, the first website I open is usually Protagonize, the writer's community. I don't post there all that often any more, although I made a New Year's Resolution to do more. Writer's Block killed that. But I spend a lot of time talking to people, making connections, having friends …
The second website I open is WordPress. And I look through the 'Freshly Pressed' page, to see if there's anything that interests me. There is very often a post about writing. For a while I thought this was really cool – there were other writers out there! They blogged! I could, like, read other people's opinion on it!
And then I realised what it really meant. There were lots of other writers out there. They blogged. The other writers were my rivals – the other writers were also growing up and trying to get a sense of their style; growing up and dreaming of publication; growing up and working on their novels in school lunch hours; blogging about writing; tweeting about writing … I was not alone.
Which, face it, is a good thing most of the time. We all like to come home and have somebody to talk to, don't we? We don't want to be alone …
But when it's competition,we'd rather be against five other people than fifty. Because we've got more of a chance of winning against those other five than those other fifty.
After a while, I stopped thinking about that, and thought, "Well, they want it just as much as me, so I'll be nice about it. I mean, love your neighbour as yourself, right? I can't be angry at them because they happen to have the same interests as me … that's supposed to be a good thing." Only it wasn't as neat as that, since my brain isn't organised. I don't tend to think in sentences.
Instead, I thought, why are so many writers blogging about writing instead of actually writing? And yes, I count myself among these writers. I should be working right now. Not on my book, but on my schoolwork – on my art homework, which if past experience is anything to go by should keep me busy for at least four hours – because the half term holiday is drawing to a close. And when I've done that, and practised the violin, and the flute, and tidied my room enough to be able to see the floor and the bed, then I can work on my novel.
Instead I'm blogging about the fact I should be doing all of these things.
Many of my teachers, and my parents, would say that's not a good thing. They think I'm organised, you know. It's a joke. They have never seen my bookshelves. But I think by doing this, I'll reach one other person who's feeling the exact same way. Who stumbled across this on Twitter or something, and can empathise.
And perhaps we'll start talking. And perhaps that friendship will last. And perhaps they'll become the next person to badger me to stop procrastinating and get on with writing, the next person to read my first draft and give me comments, the next person to give me that vital encouragement. And then the procrastinating will have been worth it, because somebody will know who I am.
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As a new thing, just because it's Saturday, I'm going to offer to you a few other blogs that I read. I don't have many at the moment, on account of this being the first time I've done this. So far, I've subscribed to three blogs:
Gin & Lemonade – It was a post about writing that led me over to this blog, but she blogs about all sorts of things, from cooking to books.
The Hack Novelist – What do you think? Writing, of course. But it's a good laugh. I like this blog ;)
Kristen Lamb's Blog – Some invaluable advice … she also taught me how to use Twitter. Which was very helpful of her, so there we go.
Okay, so everybody whose blog I've ever subscribed to was originally Freshly Pressed (I think), but how else am I meant to find them? Feel free to share any other blogs with me in the comments.


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LOCATION: Victory Family Church parking lot
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Cruise the sheltered crystal clear waters of Moreton Island and its Marine Park, and see dolphins, sea turtles, even a humpback whale! Then snorkel through 15 ship wrecks before a smorgasbord lunch
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$85 child (1 - 14)
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Spend a day on the bay with us and watch for sightings of dolphins & whales (in season), swim in aqua waters, feed fish, ride the boomnet and enjoy a buffet lunch featuring BBQ chicken, ham off the bone, fresh prawns and salads!
Let us take you on an unforgettable cruise into the sheltered crystal clear waters of Moreton Island and its Marine Park. This haven is home to many playful dolphins, the rare and shy dugongs, huge sea turtles and even humpback whales June – October. You will be amazed by the spectacular beauty of Moreton Island.
Morning tea is provided on arrival at the vessel then cruise over Moreton Bay to the Island where we conduct the Marine eco cruise looking for the Dolphins, Turtles, Dugongs that frequent the bay and June- October we offer Whale watching opportunities free of charge during the QLD Whale season. There are also activities for the adventurous; experience the rush of boom netting in the summer months, or relax on the white sandy beaches and swim in the crystal clear waters. You will be treated to a BBQ chicken, ham off the bone, Prawn and salads smorgasbord lunch with complimentary tea and coffee all day.
There is an optional snorkelling guided tour on the day around the world famous Tangalooma Wrecks (at cost, payable on the day), comparable to the Great Barrier Reef, snorkeling through 15 scuttled ship wrecks, amongst a myriad of fish. Tour includes guides in the water, marine fees, insurances and free hire of wetsuits and snorkel equipment.
This experience operates all year round (closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day) and departs Newport Marina, Scarborough at 8:30 AM and returns at 4:00 PM. Transfers from Brisbane are available on request at an additional charge.
Very friendly service. It was a fun day out, I love it! Thanks.
Fabulous experience
Great day out with Dolfin Cruise
Great day out, highly reccomended
Dolphin Wild is a great company and will definitely go again
This was an absolutely perfect first date. The combination between adventures shared and time for us to share quietly, whilst the catering was all done, was a perfect balance. I have already recommended this to a friend.
The staff were fantastic and made it a very enjoyable experience. I would definitely do this again!! Thanks Dolphin Wild!!
I have told many friends and family about this great value Adrenalin deal right on our Brisbane doorstep! Within an hour you are snorkelling with coral & reef fish, swimming with turtles and spotting many dugongs. It was such a great easy day - highly recommended for families/travellers/ locals, everyone!
Loved the experience. Actually saw dugongs, turtles and Dolphins. Ship wrecks were good and food served - filling and yummy!
Had a great time!
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DEA Proposes Further Cuts in Opioid Supply/
By Pat Anson, Editor
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed an additional 20 percent reduction in the manufacture of many opioid painkillers, including oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine and morphine. The proposed cuts in the opioid supply, which would be effective in 2018, are in addition to those imposed by the DEA in 2017.
"Demand for these opioid medicines has dropped," the DEA said in a news release, citing sales data released by the QuintilesIMS Institute, which tracks prescription drug use. About 7 million fewer prescriptions were filled for hydrocodone in 2016, the fifth consecutive year that hydrocodone prescriptions have dropped.
"Physicians, pharmacists, and patients must recognize the inherent risks of these powerful medications, especially for long-term use," said DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg. "More states are mandating use of prescription drug monitoring programs, which is good, and that has prompted a decrease in opioid prescriptions."
Many pain patients tell PNN that demand for opioid medicine has not dropped, but that doctors are increasingly reluctant to write opioid prescriptions because of increased oversight by the DEA, insurance companies, and federal and state regulators.
"It is discrimination, plain and simple. I have a well-documented chronic pain condition. Social Security has deemed me 100 percent disabled," wrote Lora Lemons. "No other chronic condition that requires medication to combat the disease is flagged the way pain producing diseases are."
"I am prepared to commit suicide if my pain meds are drastically cut," wrote a woman who has adhesive arachnoiditis, a chronic and disabling spinal condition. "We don't want to die, but the legislators in the federal and state governments are going to force it for those in intractable pain."
"No other disease medication is scrutinized. We, as patients, are being denied, dismissed, overlooked and discriminated against by our physicians, due to all the scrutiny associated with treating chronic pain disease with opioid medications. Our doctors are afraid to treat us humanely and adequately," said Candi Simonis.
Under federal law, the DEA sets production quotas for all manufacturers of opioid medication and other controlled substances. This year the agency reduced the amount of almost every Schedule II opioid medication by 25 percent or more. The 2017 quota for hydrocodone, which is sold under brand names like Vicodin, Lortab and Lorcet, was reduced by a third.
Despite those deep cuts, the DEA remains under political pressure to combat the overdose epidemic by reducing the opioid supply even further. Last month, a group of 16 U.S. senators wrote to Rosenberg saying additional cuts "are necessary to rein in this epidemic."
The DEA published notice of its intent in the Federal Register and is accepting public comments on the proposal until September 6.
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The High Plains showcases let you see performers in their natural setting: no gimmicks, no themes, just a microphone, a comedian, and a whole lot of funny. Come see a fantastic mix of local and national comics—catch some of your faves or discover some new ones!
Aparna Nancherla
Brent Weinbach
Dulcé Sloan
Chris Garcia
Jordan Doll
Jordan Wieleba
Preston Tompkins
David Rodriguez
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V has been talking bout the Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken here for months! I finally got to try it once before we went to Zumba and quit enjoyed it. So when we made another date to bake some mini stuffed pancake balls, I decided to head over and pick up some snacks/light lunch for us.
The restaurant is not very big, with a weird layout. The to-go cashier/line right at the door is such a bad spot because it clogs up their already very tiny hallway to the restaurant.
I do love the murals on the walls.
I ordered:
Salty Fried Chicken $3.25
The chicken is pretty darn tasty. The portion is very generous for a mere $3.25. The chicken were bits of dark meat that is marinated thoroughly. Seasonings in the coating were 5 spice and salt. Crispy coasting, extremely juicy bits of salty chicken. Delicious!!
There are also bits of fried sweet potato that I did not care much for. They were soggy and absorbed too much oil.
Fried Chicken Wings $3.25
Pretty good and pretty much the same seasoning and coating as the small pieces of chicken thigh but just a tad more satisfying because you get to eat it off the bone. The chicken is extremely crispy, marinated and seasoned well – with hints of 5 spices and very juicy & moist meat.
The wings are cut in half, so it is one wing bone per piece which is quite deceptive so it seems like there is quite abit. So about 4 wings in total and 3 large potato wedges. I didn't like the wedges tho, they were bland and not very good.
Pork Chop Rice Plate $5.99
This was comes with an order of black or green tea. The green tea was refreshing, not too sweet and pretty good with the deep fried  greasy food.
The pork chop seasoning/coating is exactly like the crispy fried chicken bits. The pork chop was crispy on the outside and still quite juicy and tender. The rice is topped with ground pork cooked in a light soy sauce, which was not bad. It was salty but perfect with rice. Again, generous portions for the price paid, and along with the green tea – definitely great value!
The egg tasted cold and was quite tasteless. The braising soy sauce was bland and the tofu puff just absorbed bland grease. The veggies were pickled, but instead of being tangy – it was sweet. I didn't care much for the side dishes.
Grilled Chicken Noodle Soup $6.99
I appreciate that the chicken is served on a separate plate so it doesn't lose all its flavour by swimming in the soup. It was grilled well and marinated right through and served with a sweet teriyaki like sauce. I didn't care much for the soup or noodles. The soup base was bland and undeveloped while the noodles served was dried linguine!! I thought they would serve Chinese egg noodles and so was quite disappointed.
Fresh Mango Shaved Ice $4.50
Meh… Pretty much chunky crushed ice topped with condense milk, mango syrup and generous chunks of fresh mango. Sweet and quite refreshing but not what I was expected. When I asked if this was the Taiwanese shaved ice/snow ice that is flavoured before being shaved finely – the server said yes but this is nothing like the original Shaved Ice.
Mango Milk Tea w Coconut Jelly $3.25 -Â Not very good, too sweet and milky.
Milk Tea w Coconut Jelly $3.25 – Too sweet, milky and barely any tea flavour.
Milk Tea & Coffee (HK Style) w Small Tapioca Pearls $4.25 – Very good, it was sweet but nice balance of tea & coffee and I really enjoyed the little pearls.
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Personal Rating: 2.75 out of 5 (Pretty Average)
Been here a handful of times so this is a comprehensive review. Definitely great value for money. Portions are large, and the prices are cheaper than its competitors. That being said, their service leaves a lot to be desired for and the food is pretty average (other than the fried chicken!). Service while dining;Â Â barely a smile and other than ordering and getting the bill, the servers are no where to be found and this is a small place.
There are two cashiers, the one closest to the door is for take outs only. The first time I went, no one was in the front and I walked toward the 2nd cashier right inside. As I stood there for 5 minutes, no one acknowledged my presence! I knew better the second time around.
The take out food took over 25 minutes!! The guy who helped me noticed I was waiting for a while, and approached me (outside) and told me he would check on my order. He seemed nice enough. But the ladies that worked there are just not very nice at all… And 25 minutes for 2 orders involving just using the fryer was dismal.
Verde Tea Cafe
19620 Stevens Creek Blvd
Cupertino, CA 95014
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DangeRuss Territory: The Price of Paying a Quarterback
Matt Milligan
Russell Wilson is getting paid. News broke of the imminent extension: a 5 year, $89 million contract with a still yet to be determined signing bonus (rumors are floating around in the $20-30 million range). And, at least for the time being, @DangeRussWilson will be the highest paid player at the position. That is, until the salary cap increases and Andrew Luck signs his new contract which will inevitably make Russell's look like a happy hour deal at Ruby Tuesday.
It's been interesting to see how these teams respond after forking over major cash to their quarterback. Over half the league is paying at least $12 million to their QB for the upcoming season, and yet less than half of them have a ring on their finger.
The Good:
- Aaron Rodgers has worked out so far with one ring on his finger, but still has 3 years left at $22 million a year.
- Though they haven't looked the same since their 2009 season Super Bowl run, Drew Brees' five-year deal, at least statistically, was worth the investment.
- For a hall of fame quarterback, a $34 million contract for Peyton Manning and the Broncos ain't so bad, though he inevitably won't bring them any glory.
- While we're on the topic of Mannings, the one with the more rings still stands around the middle of the pack in terms of money per year.
- Bargain of the decade? 4 time champ Tom Brady makes less annually than ringless Sam Bradford, Philip Rivers, Andy Dalton, Carson Palmer, Alex Smith, Tony Romo, and Jay Cutler.
The "We'll See:"
- On the flipside, at 26 and 30 years old, Cam Newton and Matt Ryan may still prove to be sound investments if their teams can build around them in the worst division in the league.
- WR to QB convert Ryan Tannehill is making almost $20 mill a year and hasn't really done shit, but continues to progress nonetheless.
- The Steelers and Cowboys, among a few others, currently sit on the fence together, as it's too early to tell how heavy extensions for a 33 and 35 year old quarterback play out. Roethlisberger has brought the rings. Romo's brought nothing but pain and suffering.
The "Oh My God We're Going to Suck For a Very Long Time:"
- After extending their quarterback through 2020 for $126 million ($54 million guaranteed), the Bears eventually benched Jay Cutler last season for Jimmy Clausen, and at one point actually considered releasing him and eating the rest of his guaranteed money.
- The Lion's Matt Stafford has yet to live up to the hype or his contract with one of the best receivers in the history of the league on his team, and has yet to win a single playoff game; the two of them combined will eat over 30% of the team's cap next year.
- If last season was any indicator, the 49ers will be rotting at the bottom of the NFC West for quite a few years whilst absorbing the blunt of the Colin Kaepernicks $114 million ($61 million guaranteed are you serious!!!) extension from 2014.
The difference between Wilson and the QBs mentioned in the previous paragraph: track record. None of the guys mentioned above have been able to accomplish what Wilson has, much less in the first 3 years of their careers. It could be argued that much of Wilson's contract should be calculated into what he's already given them – three straight playoff appearances, including a 2012 divisional round lost by his own coach, a Super Bowl win, followed by a gut-wrenching Super Bowl loss at the 1 yard line this year. It sounds weird to say, but with a career record of 42-14 and at only 26 years old, he has very little left to prove – only Tom Brady currently holds a better career win percentage. Peyton, Roethlisberger, Rodgers, Luck… Wilson trumps them all.
I don't think anyone will argue Wilson's talent and charisma. He's an unselfish player, dates pop stars, got drafted by the MLB and stays out of the negative headlines – he's the young Derek Jeter of football. He's got a fan base that adores him, and the #1 defense in the league that picks him up when he's down (see: Wilson's 4 interceptions in Seattle's 28-22 OT win in the NFC championship last year). But in my opinion, that #1 defense that's kept his name so clean over these incredible playoff runs is the thing that's going to wind up suffering the most at the expense of that shiny new contract. And as much as I hate to predict it, I think Wilson suffers equally from it.
It hurts to predict something like that because I genuinely like the guy and his swagger. I followed DangeRuss a bit at NC State and was passing out liquor drinks on the bandwagon at Wisconsin. He seemed to have this unfazability about him that I envied, and I just loved to cheer for the guy. Come the NFL draft, he was an afterthought for me; I figured he might go undrafted and wind up backing up Carson Palmer for a few years before I had to watch his name fizzle into the sunset.
I'm still amazed at the progress he's made so far, but the guy has his limits. He picks his passes pretty carefully, as evidenced by only throwing over 25 attempts once in his last 5 playoff games. The guy doesn't make mistakes, and when he does his defense saves his ass. To contrast, Tom Brady has only thrown over 25 times all but twice in his entire career's worth of 29 playoff games. Those two games: 2002 when he was hurt in the second quarter and Bledsoe had to come in, and at Heinz Field in 2005 when the temperature dipped below 10 degrees.
I bring it up because there's a similar situation in the league that I can't help but think of when considering Russel's new situation. Fresh off a Super Bowl victory in March 2013, the Ravens signed young Joe Flacco to a 6 year, $120.6 million contract, despite some question marks around whether or not he was "franchise quarterback" material. The Ravens were able to finagle some numbers for the 2013 season and spent 47% of their cap on defense despite the Flacco contract, still good for 1st in the league. But as that contract number started to become more of a reality, so too did the reality of losing out on some of the young prospects anchoring the defense. In 2014, that cap number slipped to 36%, and Baltimore comes into the 2015 season with 30% of their cap allocated to the defense, good for 31 out of 32 lowest in the league.
That contract number may only be revolving around one person, but it has such a deeper impact than most people realize. Before Wilson signed his contract this year, the Seahawks were pegged for spending 2.16% of their cap on quarterbacks for this upcoming season, which would have ranked last in the league. Not surprisingly, 1.52% of Seattle's cap was allocated to the QB position for the 2014 season based solely on Wilson's rookie contract, coupled with Tarvaris Jackson as the backup (hint: there was no backup plan). 1.52% at the most pivotal position in the league – that is absolute highway robbery.
Don't believe me? Of the 32 teams in the league, 9 of the 12 playoff teams last season ranked in the top 12 for money spent on the quarterback position. Translation: only 3 of the remaining 20 teams made the playoffs. Those 3 teams: the Carolina Panthers, who play in the absolute worst division in football; Arizona, who made the wildcard after blowing a 9-1 record to start the year; and of course Indy, who still has yet to bend over for the spanking from Andrew Luck and what will be his nuclear missile of a contract.
To be more direct: the Seahawks had the 2nd best deal on a quarterback of any Super Bowl champ the last two decades. Wilson accounted for an absolutely absurd 0.56% of the Seahawk's cap for the 2012/2013 season. For perspective, Flacco will eat up almost 19% of Baltimore's cap next year.
So for all of you who hope and pray a franchise quarterback falls into your lap, know this: since 1994, only 5 out of the 20 eventual Super Bowl champs had over 10% of their cap allocated to their quarterback: Young, Favre, Eli, Peyton, and most recently Brady at 10.4%. That's it. Elway won Super Bowls back to back coming in at 5% of the cap each season. The Rams rode on Kurt Warner's magic to their ring while paying him 1.3%. The only better contract steal than Wilson's over that span? Naturally, Tom Brady: the Patriots ponied up a whopping 0.47% of their cap for their 2002 Super Bowl MVP (although they were still paying Drew Bledsoe).
Now make no mistake: the 'hawks will contend this year -- there's no doubt about that. The defense is still anchored by a lot of the same guys who've been getting them there. They've lost crucial defensive playmakers but have drafted well enough to mask it. But with contracts like Michael Bennett, Cliff Avril, Earl Thomas, and Richard Sherman on the roster, that clock's going to strike midnight a lot sooner than Seattle fans would like to imagine. That's even before we discuss:
- the addition of Jimmy Graham's $10 million a year;
- Cam Chancellor's holdout;
- K.J. Wright's $27 million extension that makes him the second highest paid at his position behind Lance Briggs;
- Marshawn Lynch's $12 million a year extension, second highest behind Adrian Peterson.
Seattle has some decisions to make, but it appears their bed is made. Much like Flacco, Wilson and company will start the steady decline to mediocrity and make his fan base question the legitimacy of his contract. The Seahawks have been riding on the tailwinds of the perfect storm; Wilson has been more than anyone could have hoped for out of the the 3rd round of the draft. But as that storm starts to die, light will be shed on the fact that the Captain was given credit and paid accordingly for what his crew had been mostly responsible for... and that ship's gonna start to go down real quick because of it..
In the end, Wilson is not a QB who can hoist a team on his shoulders and mow down opponents for 3 consecutive playoff games -- paying him like he can will ultimately be their undoing. So for those of you waiting on Teddy Bridgewater, Johnny Football, Blake Bortles, Geno Smith, E.J. Manuel, (I can't keep going -- it's too painful), it seems to me there's only one solution: ride the wave of a rookie contract (Wilson, Flacco, Roethlisberger), or find a quarterback whose wife is worth more than he is and pray he's willing to play at a discounted rate long term because of it. It's your only hope.


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In Search of Indian Comics (Part Two): The Politics of Indian Comics/
Today, I continue to narrate some of my adventures in search of a better understanding of comics and graphic novels in Contemporary India. Last time, we considered the ways that contemporary artists are building upon India's folk art and mythological traditions. I ended with some reference to the importance of Amar Chitra Katha, a publisher that for some decades produced comics teaching Indian boys and girls about their legends and history. These comics helped to establish the public's expectations about what a graphic novel from India might be like. I also discussed Bhimayana: Expereicnes of Untouchability, which depicts incidents in the life of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, a civil rights leader who spoke on behalf of the Dalit people: this book taps the folk art traditions of the Gond people, as well as seeking to tell aspects of Ambedkar's life that are traditionally left out of the history books about the founding of the Indian nation, where Ambedkar is mostly known as the author of the country's constitution. Aparajita Ninan, part of the group of graphic artists who joined me in Dehli's Crafts Museum, worked on Bhimayana. She's best known for her work on A Gardner in the Wasteland: Jotiba Phule's Fight for Liberty, written by Srividya Natarajan (one of Bhimayana's two co-authors) and also published by Navayana Press. Phule was another important critic of the caste system in India who wrote a key book -- Slavery (Gulamgiri) in 1873 -- who challenged Brahmanism and critiques the enslavement of the "lower" castes, a work inspired by and dedicated to the Abolitionist movement in the United States. Many of Phule's ideas remain controversial to the present day, including his sharp critiques of the ways that the Hindu tradition was structured to insure that the Brahmin caste continued to dominate over everyone else. Ninan's art is rendered in an inky black and white style that has the brute force of agit-prop. She draws imagery and symbols from around the world in part to link Phule's arguments back to their historical roots, including his intense engagement with American abolitionism and the French revolution. Here, for example, is a two page spread which links Phule to a range of other freedom fighters and Civil Rights leaders from around the world and across history, all of whom marched, the books argues, behind the cause of Liberty, Fraternity and Equality.
Another spread compares the brutal techniques deployed to keep the castes in place with the role that lynching in the deep American south.
And this page sums up the contrasting perspective that Phule brought to Hinduism.
Keep in mind that the current government actively promotes Hindu nationalism and conservative ideology and takes a dim view of those who critique or challenge those traditions.
Vishwajyoti Ghosh, another member of our little gathering, is the author and illustrator for Delhi Calm, a graphic novel about a group of rock musicians touring the countryside, and what happens when Indira Gandhi declares a national State of Emergency and imposes martial law on India. Or perhaps not. The book works hard to establish a state of plausible deniability: "Nothing like this ever happened. If it did, it doesn't matter any more, for it was of no interest or relevance even while it was happening. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. This is a work of fiction. Self-Censored." The female dictator is described throughout only as Little Moon; her supporters are often depicted wearing happy masks, implying that a forced smile is really the only safe way to respond to the political turmoil that surrounds them.
Signs of propaganda, police violence, and political imprisonment run across the book, often in the background of panels. Paranoia infuses every social interaction in a world where the rights of citizens have been suspended and no one knows what is going to happen next. As an American reader, trying to process it with the help of Wikipedia entries, I did not get all of the layers of allegory and allusion here, but the work was nevertheless compelling.
Ghosh also curated an important anthology of "graphic narratives", This Side That Side?: Restorying Partition, convening a diverse range of South Asian artists, writers, illustrators, filmmakers, and other storytellers, to reflect on the political forces that separated off India and Pakistan. Ghosh writes in the book's introduction:
"Restorying Partition can never be easy. If one wants to avoid the usual revival of Mass Memory, one has to look beyond those maps lodged in our nervous systems that make nervous headlines on our televisions. To listen to the subsequent generations and the grandchildren and how they have negotiated maps that never got drawn. This Side, That Side is a tiny drop in the river of stories that must be told before the markers run dry."
The range of perspectives and techniques included makes its own political statement. Nina Sabnani, an animator, tells the story ("Know Directions Home?") of her family's displacement using stitch work, a technique she also deploys with great effect in her animated film, Tanko Bole Chhe (The Stitches Speak).
Malini Gupta and Dyuti Mittal contributed "The Taboo," adopting a visual style that engulfs the page in intertwined art rather than break it down into panels.
"I Too Have Seen Lahore!", a collaboration between Salman Rashid (in Lahore) and Mohit Suneja (in Delhi), conveys some of the horrors and brutality of this historical upheaval.
The following comes from my travel diary:
After our lunch with the comics artist at the Crafts Museum, my host Parmesh Shahani takes us to Hauz Khas Village (which locals tend to call HKV or simply the Village). It is hard to describe the vibe of this place. On the outskirts there are dozens of little food stalls and carts, each selling street food, and a constant zip of the motorcycles and autorickshaws, which we have seen everywhere on this trip. As we pass through the gates, and past a local deer park, we enter an environment which represents a series of temporal and cultural layers. The original layer are ruins, going back to the 11th century (or there-abouts) of what was once a great Islamic university and a cluster of palaces. Much remains left behind – buildings with huge domes, crumbling columns, decaying steps, which stretch out for as far as the eye can see. Amidst them, people are sitting and having the street food, playing games with balls and rackets, posing for selfies, and otherwise getting on with the business of life.
On top of this was built an urban village – traditional houses and shops which could have been built at any point in the 20th century. We later learn that this area was a kind of criminal underworld in the early 20th century – a tribe of bandits were located here and the city constructed walls to keep them away from the rest of the population, assuming anyone who ventured into this space knew what they were getting themselves into. This is what gives the area its thuggish charm. And now, the area is undergoing a process we might describe as gentrification: it got discovered by hipster youth and has been transformed into their playground. So, they have built, without building permits in most cases (Parmesh says), cute little clothing stores, poster shops, record stores, bakeries, coffee shops, and night clubs, on top of the structure of the older village, often in a very ramshackled or haphazard fashion.
It's dusk and music is already blarring out of speakers all around us. We pass young people with eccentric hairstyles and cool clothes, doing some early evening shopping, and looking forward to an evening of clubbing. We see more white youth than we've seen elsewhere – and almost all of them are wearing traditional Indian clothing – while the Indian youth are almost all wearing western garb. (I wonder if either notices that their cultural fantasies are not exactly aligned here.)
The whole effect is something from a cyberpunk novel – Neo-Delhi rather than Neo-Tokyo, with a healthy amount of the kipple and chaos of something like Blade Runner. Parmesh shares with us a few of his favorite shops including a really cool poster shop which has all kinds of brightly colored vintage paper products: I want, but there's not enough time to look and process. As we are leaving, though, the manager gives us a business card and says you can order online and he will ship to the U.S. Big smiles.
And here, as elsewhere across India, there is spectacular street art, itself suggesting the graphic storytelling potential of this amazing country.
Next Time: Where, oh where, can you find comics in India?


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Have you ever wanted to know how to make authentic Anzac biscuits?
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Anzac biscuits are inextricably tied with the folklore of Australia's World War I diggers and are an instantly recognisable symbol of the mateship and camaraderie that was forged in those inhospitable environments.
While there is a romantic sentiment attached to the iconic treat today, back in the early 1900's there were practical reasons as to why the Anzac biscuit became so popular.
One important feature of the national biscuits is the simple ingredient list made up of items that didn't spoil easily.
Because of those hardy ingredients the biscuits were able to be sent to the front lines of battle and remain fresh.
Using a recipe provided by Bob Lawson, an Anzac present at the Gallipoli landing, former Broken Hill RSL President John Basich and I went about making a batch of the traditional sweet biscuit.
Click the audio tab above to hear how it went...
- 1 cup each of plain flour, sugar, rolled oats, and coconut
- 4 oz (125g) butter
- 1 tbls treacle (golden syrup)
- 2 tbls boiling water
- 1 tsp bicarbonate soda (add a little more water if mixture is too dry)
- Grease biscuit tray and pre-heat oven to 180C.
- Combine dry ingredients.
- Melt together butter and golden syrup. Combine water and bicarbonate soda, and add to butter mixture.
- Mix butter mixture and dry ingredients.
- Drop teaspoons of mixture onto tray, allowing room for spreading.
- Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden. Allow to cool on tray for a few minutes before transferring to cooling racks.
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66 – Thirty-Six Hours with Model S
We discuss Caleb's recent 36 hour excursion with the Model S up to wine country. Caleb shares all of his impressions and experience with Model S, from the driving dynamics, to the UI, to charging, to Autopilot. If you've ever wanted to know more of what it's like to drive a Tesla this is the episode for you.


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How to fix "format error: not a PDF or corrupted"
Two days back, I have received an email with PDF file attachment. When I tried to open PDF file, it shows an error message which says: "format error: not a PDF or corrupted"
I was surprised to see such error message and thought hope it was not a virus file as attached PDF. Immediately I have called to my friend who is expert in handling PDF file error matters. My friend suggested me it may not be virus file. It could be possible that PDF file got corrupted so he suggested me to open PDF file in foxit PDF reader which is an alternative of adobe reader then I install the foxit pdf reader, & try to open "corrupt" pdf files.
When I tried to open it in foxit reader, again it shows same error message.
There is a chance that the problem was caused by the latest update of Foxit Reader then I uninstalled Foxit Reader and then reinstalled but the error still remain same.
As the error message indicates that the PDF file get corrupted that is why I decided to download again another copy of PDF file, but when I opened it, same problem occurred.
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"...one can try to re-create the world, to build another in its place, one in which the most intolerable features are eliminated and replaced by others that accord with one's desire. As a rule anyone who takes this path to happiness, in a spirit of desperate rebellion, will achieve nothing. Reality is too strong for him. He will become a madman and will usually find nobody to help him realize his delusion." Sigmund Freud
What a day for such a man.. Augusto Boal one of the great innovators of the modern world a mentor of the human mind 1931 - 2009 May 1st..


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Brush Fire clears farm land May 21, 2014
On May 21, 2014 Center Moriches FD was activated for a Brush Fire in the vicinity of Railroad Ave and the Sunrise Service Road South. Chief Ronald Primus, 5-4-30, was first on scene and requested a pumper and brush truck to respond. Engine 5-4-1 was the first unit to arrive and the crew quickly started to knock down the fire on the east end, which was approaching a shed and chicken coup. Upon arrival of 5-4-12, GI Brush Truck, which arrived with a light crew did combine with the crew from Engine 1 to continue knocking down the active fire with the brush truck. Chief Primus requested Brookhaven Town Fire Marshall to respond, 5-0-45 arrived on scene shortly thereafter. While crews worked on putting out the fire, Fire Police 5-4-10 responded and closed eastbound traffic on the Sunrise Service Road just west of the scene due to the smoke condition passing over the roadway. Chief Primus transmitted a signal 4 within a half an hour from the time of activation and all units were back in service less than an hour from activation. The fire consumed an area of the farm land approximately 100' x 400' in size.Read More


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OK, reality check. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. But if you're willing to give your dream of "being in the best shape ever!" a bit more time than 6 weeks, you should check a recent New York Times article Personal Best-Fitness is Not An Overnight Sensation. It can be done. Just takes dedication and more than 6 weeks.
Are you now calculating how long it'll take to realistically reach your goal? Thinking "I have to workout for 9, 12, 24 months to get in great shape?!" Well, yes, it will.
But wait! Don't flop back on the couch yet. Let's consider where you'll be in another year, 5 or 10 years if you do continue with your current lifestyle. Are you one of the many who gain, on average, 10 lbs a year? Continue on the path you're on and by February 2011 you will be 20 lbs heavier!
OK, now let's flip that fatty forecast. If you started some new habits--exercising a bit more, eating a bit less--and lost a half pound per week, by February 2011 you could be 52 lbs lighter. Sweet!
Personal best is just that: personal. There are exercise addicts and then there are the rest of us. If being in super shape is your goal, go for it! To me fitness is about maintaining quality of life. So if you have aches and pains, can't easily tie your shoes, or balance on one foot, then you really do need to get moving.
If you want it, you can do it. You just have to work at it as hard as you want it. That's reality.
No go take it outside!