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NEWARK, Del. - - Looking to play spoiler for the second straight game, the Wilmington University women's basketball game couldn't hold onto a halftime lead, falling to cross-town rival Goldey-Beacom, 69-62, in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference contest at the WU Athletics Complex on Tuesday night.
Wilmington (7-18, 4-14 CACC) had as large as a 22-8 lead in the first half but the Lightning (11-13, 8-9 CACC) battled back to within three points at the halftime break and took the lead for good four minutes into the second half.
Prior to the game, the Wildcats' coaching staff, teammates, and the Wilmington University athletics department bid farewell to three seniors on the women's team playing in their final home game at the WU Athletics Complex. Seniors Lauren Brown, Katie Franklin, and Allison McDonald put on the green and white for the final time in front of their home crowd.
The Wildcats opened the game strong, scoring seven of the first nine points of the contest, and then used a 10-0 run in the middle of the half to take a commanding 22-8 lead with 8:23 to play in the first half. Tashea Plummer started the run with a jumper to put the Wildcats up 14-8, followed by a steal and a jumper from Tenicia Spence. Cary Callaway hit back-to-back jumpers before Jasmine Lee concluded the run with a layup, giving the Wildcats their largest lead of the game.
The Lightning quickly responded with a 9-0 run of their own, however, getting back into the ball game and cutting the deficit to 22-17 with 5:19 left in the first half. Goldey-Beacom cut into the Wildcat lead to as few as two points with 3:05 to play before Taylor Carter hit one of her three three-pointers of the game to give the Wildcats a 29-24 lead with 1:23 showing on the scoreboard.
Goldey-Beacom's Chelsea Grove set the Lightning into the locker room only trailing 29-26 on a pair of free throws to close out the scoring in the first half.
The Lightning scored the first seven points of the second half to take a 33-29 lead before the Wildcats made a run of their own. Callaway responded with a three-pointer, followed by another jumper for five straight points, giving the Wildcats the 34-33 lead with 16:32 remaining in regulation.
But a Lillian Chukwuese started a 7-0 run for the Lightning, putting the visitors ahead 40-34 with 15:10 to play in the game. It would be a lead Goldey-Beacom would not relinquish.
Callaway hit another jumper to close the gap to one point with 12:39 to play before a fast-break layup by Spence cut the deficit to 48-47 with 7:58 to play, but the Wildcats could never get over the hump. Goldey-Beacom extended the lead out to as many as 11 points down the stretch before settling on the seven point margin of victory.
Wilmington had three players in double digits, all with 11 points. Spence, Carter, and Callaway each finished with a team high 11 points, as Carter went 3-of-5 from beyond the three-point arc. Spence added seven rebounds and three steals while Callaway grabbed two boards and two steals. Jenn Carr scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds while Plummer scored eight points and grabbed a team high eight rebounds.
The game was won at the foul line, as many Wildcats battled foul trouble all night long. Goldey-Beacom shot 13-of-27 from the free-throw line, getting 13-of-21 combined from Chukwueze and Grover. The Wildcats went 4-of-5 from the charity stripe, as both Jocelyn Rodriguez and Jasmine Lee each went 2-for-2.
Wilmington closes out its 2013-14 season on the road on Saturday when the Wildcats head to North Division foe Caldwell. The women's game will be the night cap in the CACC doubleheader, with an approximate tip of 3 p.m.


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Man, is it summer. While I am still trapped inside the house, it is still H O T. We don't have air conditioner downstairs, where I spend most of my time (circling back and forth from the kitchen, to living room to watch tv and crochet, to the dining room for the computer) sitting in front of various fans and eating as many popsicles as possible. And since I'm barely cooking, I spend a lot of time thinking about what I want to eat. I found this recipe in this months Gourmet. I can sit at the table and do prep work, but not stand at the stove and cook, so I did most of the work while Alex fried.
Jalapeno Poppers
8 large sized jalapenos
about 1 cup of shredded cheese (I used cheddar and mozzerella)
1 T hot sauce
2 eggs, beaten
salt and pepper
1 c gf breadcrumbs
3/4 c rice flour
Cut the jalapenos from the stem to the tip on one side, and then cut a cross right below the stem, forming a T. Hopefully you have some rubber gloves (if not make sure you don't rub your eyes or pick your nose for a while), and you can reach in and scrape everything out. I tried this with a knife and it didn't work as well and took 3 times as long. Repeat with all the peppers. Mix the cheese with the hot sauce, and a good pinch of salt and sprinkle of pepper. Stuff each pepper with the cheese mix, packing it tight. Dredge each pepper in rice flour, then egg, then crumbs. Careful, because the crumbs won't want to stick. Place aside, gently, and repeat. The Gourmet recipe said to double dip them in the egg and crumbs, but that didn't work with my crumbs, it just made everything slide off into the egg wash.
Gently fry the peppers in batches of 2 or 3 in hot oil, drain on a paper towel, and serve immediately. If your fiance refuses to eat them, they can be stored in the fridge and reheated in the toaster oven for a few minutes at 350.

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text: ARDMORE, Pa. -- Dont let the location fool you. Adam Scott spends a lot of time in the Bahamas, which is where he does most of his work. Scott has spent part of his time in the Bahamas the past couple of years, practicing and playing out of Albany Golf Club. The practice is important, because Scott has limited his schedule in recent years, and the key to that is being ready to compete when he does play on tour. "There are times when practice is a couple of hours a day," Scott said. "And then there are times, like last week, where good preparation and good practice is four to five hours a day. "I like that kind of number, because thats about the amount of time that I try to concentrate playing a round on tour. Its not just random. I think the amount of things I do randomly with golf is very few. Most of it is planned and purposeful." He said practicing between four and five hours is the right amount of time to get quality work and keep his focus, as he would in a round of golf. Scott said the new balance of limited tournaments and more practice to keep sharp has made him a better player. He wasnt the first to think of this. "Its no secret," Scott said. "Tiger (Woods) doesnt play much and he plays well all the time. (Greg) Norman played a really limited schedule, and he was a dominant player for a long time. It depends on what you do when youre not playing. Its not sitting at home on the couch. Its doing something thats making you better." But what about the rest of his time in the Bahamas? Go to the beach. Fishing? "I go to the gym," Scott said. And after the gym? "Then I sit on the couch," he said with a smile. ------ THE HANDSHAKE: In what was talked about Monday as "The Handshake," Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia finally saw each other on the practice range for the first time since Garcia jokingly said last month he would have Woods over for dinner during the U.S. Open and "we will serve fried chicken." They shook hands on the range, a moment captured by a fan who posted it to his Twitter account. Woods and Garcia had been going at it since the third round of The Players Championship, a feud that began when Garcia suggested Woods should have been paying attention when taking a club from the bag, which caused the gallery to cheer as Garcia was about to play his shot. They traded bards for the next few weeks through the media, which led to Garcias remark May 22 at a European Tour awards dinner in England. Both are scheduled to have news conferences Tuesday. ------ ALTERNATES: Former Masters champion Mike Weir has done just enough at qualifying to earn a spot at the U.S. Open. Weir got one of six spots that had been set aside to accommodate anyone who moved into the top 60 in the world ranking published Monday. Kyle Stanley, who finished third at the Memorial, was at No. 60. He was the only one who qualified from the latest world ranking. After that, five players who were alternates at the 36-hole sectional qualifying spots filled the 156-man field. Weir lost in a playoff at the main Ohio qualifier and was first alternate. Also getting into the U.S. Open as a qualifying alternate were Ryan Palmer, Ryan Yip, Rikard Karlberg and Harold Varner III. The next two alternates for the U.S. Open are Jesse Schutte, followed by T.J. Vogel. ------ THE HOGAN PLAQUE: Most players have stopped in the 18th fairway at Merion to see the plaque that commemorates where Ben Hogan hit 1-iron into the green in the final round of the 1950 U.S. Open. It led to par to get him into a three-man playoff that he won the next day. Thats a moment that wont be duplicated this week. For one thing, that distance (214 yards) is more like a 4-iron or 5-iron for the modern player. Plus, no one carries a 1-iron. Jason Day has one in the bag, though its stamped as a 2-iron. He had his equipment company bend the loft of the club so that it works like a 1-iron. Day has had it in play the past few tournaments. Hes not sure if he will use it at Merion, saying its mostly for the British Open at Muirfield. He dropped a ball by the plaque during a practice round Sunday, but this was no time for his new clubs. Day hit 4-iron, instead. ------ ADAMS LOW PROFILE: Except for the biggest stars, most players win a major and hit the talk-show circuit. Adam Scott kept it simple after winning The Masters. He made one appearance on an American TV show, one for his native Australia. "I felt they were important for me to do," Scott said. "I feel Ive been welcomed in the States and really supported and I also wanted to show my appreciation for everyone in America, as well, because Im really lucky how much support I get out here. I really enjoy playing in front of everyone. But I felt thats all I needed to do. 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Farm owner, 26 tenants indicted in New England's largest animal cruelty case
Twenty-seven people have been charged in connection with New England's largest-ever animal cruelty case, in which authorities said 1,400 animals were found in overcrowded, overheated and dangerous conditions.
A 911 call in July 2016 directed Westport police to a property owned by Richard Medeiros at at 465 American Legion Highway in Westport. Medeiros rented plots on his 70-acre farm to multiple tenants.
Officers found that two starved Rottweilers from one of the lots had escaped and broken into another lot, where they attacked and consumed a number of goats, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy's office recounted Friday.
In some cases, Healy's office said, the animals were living in deep piles of manure and other debris that caused medical ailments for the animals. Others were allegedly kept without proper water sources, adequate food or shelter.
"The conditions in Westport were among the worst we have ever encountered," said Tim Rickey, vice president of the ASPCA field investigations and response team.
The animals included dogs, cats, cows, horses, pigs, goats, sheep, chicken and rabbits. Many of the animals were suffering and had to be euthanized.
"The alleged treatment and living conditions of these animals is unacceptable and inhumane," said Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner John Lebeaux.
A statewide grand jury returned a 151-count animal cruelty indictment against Medeiros and 26 tenants of the farm, making it the largest investigation of its kind in New England, Healey said.
"As a result of our investigation, the owner of this farm and its tenants will be held responsible for the inhumane treatment of these animals," Healey said.
Those indicted were:
- Richard Medeiros, 83, of Westport (21 counts)
- Eduardo Caetano, 51 of Fall River (4 counts)
- Messias P. Farias, 74 of Fall River (1 count)
- Luis Machado, 56 of New Bedford (8 counts)
- Eddy DeAguiar, 37 of Fall River (10 counts)
- Joao Aguiar, 73 of Fall River (10 counts)
- Octavio Botelho, 51 of Fall River (6 counts)
- Luis Pacheco, 57 of Fall River (3 counts)
- Emmanuel DeSousa, 47 of Fall River (4 counts)
- Diana Magalhaes, 46 of Fall River, (4 counts)
- Bruno Magalhaes, 32 of Fall River (4 counts)
- Jose Botelho, 64 of Fall River (11 counts)
- Joseph Rego, 40 of Fall River (4 counts)
- Jeffrey Brilhante, 36 of Fall River (9 counts)
- Jose Aguiar, 66 of Fall River (9 counts)
- Antonio Dias, 64 of Fall River (5 counts)
- Eduardo Vultao, 51 of Dighton (4 counts)
- John Melo, 45 of Fall River (5 counts)
- Arthur Arruda, 53 of New Bedford (5 counts)
- Rhonda Gadomski, 50 of Fall River (3 counts)
- Kenneth Bellevance Jr., 44 of Westport (3 counts)
- Scottie Medeiros, 31 of Fall River (1 count)
- Timothy Cabral, 32 of Fall River (4 counts)
- Jose Reis, 58 of Fall River (3 counts)
- Antonio Medeiros, 42 of Tiverton (1 count)
- Donald Rapoza, 61 of New Bedford (8 counts)
- Emanuel Gaspar, 55 of Fall River (1 count)


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Beautiful, natural and minimalist, this home in Tokyo echos the owners store
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of having fewer, better things is something that has intrigued me for some time
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I'm sure the kitchen is my favorite part, it looks clean and simple but it's
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I could literally see this being your home! (+ a few fun toys ;)ReplyDelete
wow this is so beautiful, I love fog linen but I think I love their home more.ReplyDelete
less is more for sure.ReplyDelete
Far Eastern simplicity is something I've always admired as I don't think I could ever accomplish!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the inspiration =)
I love the space!Simple yet Cozy and chic..love the crisp of white!Gorgeous indeed.Inspiring Blog.ReplyDelete
Glad that I came across your blog again.. .Beautiful posts. Love this Tokyo house.ReplyDelete
That bed looks sooooo inviting!ReplyDelete
how lovely - love odd bowls stacked up & the neutral calming colours...just lovely.ReplyDelete
oh this is just great! i have a tiny apartment in lisbon, and if on one hand i already decided that i cannot buy anything else, because it is full enough... i find the need to sell some things in order to get the space a cleaner & organized look! the kitchen is lovely!! take care! twiggsReplyDelete
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I'm not a great programmer, but I've spent a lot time with this problem and I would greatly appreciate any help.
So here's the idea:
I run load() from a class called menu. load() is located in a class called astock(). load() collects data from a file and loads it into an array called data of objects called stockdays. stockday is a class I wrote containing some doubles and integers.
Then while loading this data, I examine it to see if price changes on different days meet threshold values set in menu.
The crazy thing is, if I don't include the line: data[i].direction = 0; (marked by *** below) right before I run if-statements to examine price changes I get this behavoir:
each data[i].direction is equal to data[i-1].direction (the previously analyzed piece). For example, if the thresholds are met and the if-statement runs then data.direction is changed and so if every single one afterwards even though in my constructor for stockday I explicitly state direction = 0 (initialization really).
This problem is fixed if I include the ***'d line, but then I arrive at another problem.
In the next method run called posJumpEx() every single data[].direction is equal to zero.
I've written my stockday class with public variables. This may be bad form, I was just looking for a way to easily modify them. Could this be the problem?
I'm going to attach my code below, I apologize it's so long, but I just cant seem to find a way to just post the explanatory parts:
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\\_____HERE is the stockday class________ public class stockday { public double high, low, price; public long volume; public int direction; // 0 unassigned, 1 negative, 2 positive public stockday (double fhigh, double flow, double fprice, long fvolume) //Constructor { high = fhigh; low = flow; price = fprice; volume = fvolume; direction = 0; } }\\__________Here is the astock class, it uses the stockday objects ______________ public class astock { public String ticker; public static int numDays; public stockday data[]; public double pthresh, nthresh, pthrlen, nthrlen; public counter //Counts the pos and neg jumps cpos, cneg; public astock(String fTicker, int fNumDays, double fpthresh, double fpthrlen, double fnthresh, double fnthrlen) { //Constructor data = new stockday[fNumDays]; ticker = fTicker; numDays = fNumDays; pthresh = fpthresh; pthrlen = fpthrlen; nthresh = fnthresh; nthrlen = fnthrlen; stockday sd = new stockday(0,0,0,0); for(int i=0; i <numDays; i++) //Need to initialize all stockday objects in array data[] { data[i] = sd; } cpos = new counter(); cneg = new counter(); } public void load() { //Loads and marks jump locations System.out.println(ticker); counter c1 = new counter(); //Creates a counter try { FileInputStream gstream = new FileInputStream("C://Programming//StockData//" + ticker + ".txt"); DataInputStream stkIn = new DataInputStream(gstream); String str; double prevprice = 0; //yesterdays price double pchg = 0; //percentage change from yesterday for (int i = 0; i < numDays; i++) { str = stkIn.readLine(); String fields[] = str.split(","); data[i].price = Double.parseDouble(fields[0]); data[i].high = Double.parseDouble(fields[3]); data[i].low = Double.parseDouble(fields[2]); data[i].volume = Long.parseLong(fields[1]); //System.out.println("price: " + data[i].price + "\tVolume: " + data[i].volume + "\tLow: " + data[i].low + "\tHigh: " + data[i].high); //Determine % chg, then set directions ********data[i].direction = 0; ******** if(i > 0) //Make sure we're not in the first run of the loop { pchg = (data[i].price - prevprice)/prevprice; if( pchg < nthresh && pchg > (nthresh+nthrlen)) { data[i].direction = 1; cneg.click(); //add one to the counter to determine number of jumps } if( pchg > pthresh && pchg < (pthresh+pthrlen)) { data[i].direction = 2; cpos.click(); } } System.out.println("price change: " + pchg + "\tdirection: " + data[i].direction); prevprice = data[i].price; } } catch (IOException e) {} System.out.println("Number of Pos Jumps: " + cpos.get()); } public void posJumpEx() { //Gets jump/correction magnitudes double corrPerc[] = new double[cpos.get()+1]; int n=0; for(int i=0; i < numDays; i++) { //System.out.println("Direction: " + data[i].direction); if(data[i].direction == 2) { corrPerc[n] = (data[i+1].price - data[i].price)/data[i].price; System.out.println("Correction %: " + corrPerc[n]); n++; } } }\\___________Here is the menu class_____________ vary straightforward public class menu { private static double pthresh = .08, pthrlen = .07, nthresh = -.08, nthrlen = -.07; private static int numDays = 1249; public static void main (String args[]) { astock Fdata = new astock("CNX", numDays, pthresh, pthrlen, nthresh, nthrlen); Fdata.load(); Fdata.posJumpEx(); } }


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The state attorney's office on Tuesday released discovery material in the case of a Mandarin man charged in the shotgun killing of his wife.
Jacksonville police said Peter Jensen, 23, killed Karina Jensen, 24, after playing violent video games. The material does not specify which games.
Crime scene photos of the garage apartment show several shotguns, a rifle, two handguns, a machete, a silencer, lots of shotgun shells and loose bullets. There's marijuana, three little pot seedlings in blue Solo cups, and prescription bottles all over the place, along with lots of video game equipment, as seen in the photos. Several pictures also show a large pool of blood, as well as the windows police said Jensen shot out, and the door.
37-minutes of 911 calls
There are 37-minutes of 911 calls, including one from Peter Jensen's parents, who called from their home. The garage is detached. The father said he'd heard three gunshots and that no one had been shot that he knew of.
Jensen's mother got on the line and told the dispatcher her son was screaming, on drugs, saying stuff about being afraid there's a bomb, and talking to his wife.
Jensen's mother can later be heard talking to her son once he was outside.
"Peter, come here," she said. "He's trying to get through the fence. He doesn't have a gun."
An officer then yelled, "Put your hands up," and Jensen's mother told him to do the same, saying, "Peter, you need to go to a hospital."
A friend who was with Peter and Karina Jensen called 911 from his car frantic.
"It's a murder. He just snapped," he told a dispatcher. "He ran inside, started shooting. His wife was trying to calm him down and he shot her in the head."
According to the 20 pages of police reports, Peter Jensen blamed the killing on drug dealers. He never makes any admissions, investigators said.
Jensen maintains innocence in interrogation
Jensen maintained his innocence in a more than hour long hard-to-follow police interrogation jumping from one topic to the next, with bold allegations about what happened the night his wife was killed inside their Mandarin apartment
Detective: "Every you said, don't make no sense?"
Jensen: "You're trying to frame me for something I didn't ever do. He went over to the corner and whatever, he grabbed my gun."
Detective: "This was last night?"
Jensen: "I mean, whatever night. I mean I was hella high. I was high as s***."
Detective: "What gun did he grab?"
Jensen: "He grabbed my 12-gauge."
Detective: "Ok, then what happened?"
Jensen: "He came over to the couch and just shot my wife in the freaking head, man."
Jensen claimed he had been on a two-day binge the night his wife was killed. He told detectives he was smoking bath salts and marijuana, when his friend and drug dealer, "Matthew" shot his his wife, Karina Jensen in the head in September.
Crime scene photos inside revealed a collection of shotguns, handguns, a rifle, a silencer, a machete and dozens of shells and bullets.
During the interview with detectives, Jensen went on to say "Matthew" raped his wife before shifting back to the night of the shooting, where he said he and Matthew struggled over the shotgun.
Jensen: "I got to him. Like went around Karina and turned it around and then he just ran the other way."
Detective: "When you got it in your hand, then what did you do?"
Jensen: "I shot. Like, as much or however many shots were in it."
Police report found Jensen naked by shed
According to a police report police found Jensen naked by a shed, where he was heard shouting, "I'm not the guy you're looking for. I didn't kill my wife. It was the drug dealers."
Legal expert Gene Nichols said Jensen's competency must first be determined before the case can move forward.
"I am absolutely confident in both experts that both sides will hire to determine if these were acts of a madman, or if these are acts of a man who is trying to delay the system," said Nichols.


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|System: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, 3DS
|Dev: Next Level Games
|Release: July 19, 2011
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Mild Blood, Mild Language, Violence
by Sean Engemann
There are two ways Captain America: Super Soldier can be judged; we can either see it as an above-average movie tie-in, or a mediocre action/adventure game. In either case, what you'll inevitably find during your playthrough is recycled gameplay (with most liberties taken from Batman: Arkham Asylum), a less-than-stellar detailed environment, a story sure to put you to sleep, and bosses that just don't live up to their grandiose titles. But all is not bad, since the combat is satisfying to the end, and collecting precious artifacts is a fun way to explore and unlock extras, despite their rather odd placements.
If you end up watching the movie before you play the game, I'll save you the shock of finding out just how loosely related the two plotlines are. Sure, the timelines are the same, the HYDRA are the fodder thrown at you, and Red Skull is present, but that's where it ends. The Cap's globetrotting exploits in the movie are condensed into a single location in the game.
After a brief prologue in France's trenches, you'll skydive into a large castle complex under the control of Dr. Arnim Zola and his hoard of genetically enhanced HYDRA soldiers. You'll then spend your day taking down anti-aircraft cannons, destroying radio towers, getting captured (and of course breaking free), saving your fellow soldiers, and chasing down the nefarious head honchos. It's all very predictable, but I assume this was the intent of developer Next Level Games. After all, the patriotic endeavors of our shield-bearing hero, and epic World War II success stories in general, have always been about building up to a climactic victory rather than keeping you scratching your head until the very end. And quite frankly, how many Marvel films have you watched and said, "I didn't see that one coming," without a hint of sarcasm?
Part and parcel of the trite storyline is the hand-holding you receive throughout its entirety. You'll always be told precisely what to do in order to advance, and the means of doing so are little more than a single button press. Oftentimes you'll be situated in a large room with poles and rafters, where the platforming aspect of the game comes into play. However, there's never any sense of danger or immediacy to traversing these narrow platforms and thin bars, as a single button press ensures success. You do receive a multiplier to your focus shift for good timing, and the movements themselves are a symphony of grace, but it's more about keeping the action moving rather than challenging the player. The game even stops you at times with puzzles to solve, but only for a few seconds at the most. These brainteasers are remedial and unchallenging, and eventually become just plain annoying.
Should your mind drift off during the objective sequence, the Cap can always throw up his Tactical Vision, which turns the screen monochromatic and highlights the usable environments. Also highlighted are any collectibles in the vicinity. You'll find ceramic eggs, steins, and other trinkets scattered throughout the castle, which unlock various extras such diary entries and concept art. Collecting film reels will reveal video clips of Dr. Zola's progressive research into the human genome. For more of an in-game impact, piles of dossiers are strewn about on tables and beds, but also in odd places like a prison cell and underneath vehicles. These files award you with Intel Points, a currency used to purchase new combat abilities. Aside from their peculiar locations, the thought of our patriotic hero swiping precious artifacts seems rather uncharacteristic, but from a gaming aspect, it's still a nice diversion after you've knocked out the current wave of bad guys.
But perhaps you'll want to just rush to the next set of gun-and-Taser-toting HYDRA goons, and that's okay, because the combat system is well put together and endlessly enjoyable. If you've recently played Batman: Arkham Asylum, you'll definitely find the combat familiar. It's a good formula, especially for a superhero who relies on melee attacks. The controls are easy enough, with one button to attack, one to grab, one to dodge, and one to counter. The trigger buttons handle your shield, both for blocking and throwing. As more enemies circle around you, your strikes and dodges look more like a dance, as you gracefully roll over their backs and perform jumping roundhouse kicks. You'll receive an indicator when an enemy is about to attack, as well as slow motion impacts, both of which help you coordinate your next strike.
Once mastered, the combat poses little challenge, even with over a dozen enemies surrounding you and more trying to snipe you down. It never grows tiring though, thanks to cinematic close-ups and a healthy variation of takedown animations, making each encounter feel fresh. If you want to test your combat prowess, try the game on hard mode, as this deletes the enemy attack indicators and makes them more aggressive. To top it off, your health does not regenerate.


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"The studies have shown (even after previous rate hikes) parking on-street has continued to increase and demand has still gone up," said Matt Huffaker, assistant to the city manager. "We want to use pricing as a parking management tool that allows us to ensure that the most parking is available to the most people."
The city's Transportation Commission will discuss the proposed changes and overall structure of a parking fund at its 6 p.m. Thursday meeting at City Hall, 1666 N. Main St. But a full review of a draft parking ordinance and adoption of proposed changes isn't expected by the City Council until next month.
A hike to $2 an hour would give Walnut Creek the highest on-street parking rate in the county, and put it in line with cities such as Oakland and parts of San Francisco.
But making money is not the goal, Huffaker said. In fact, along with the rate hike, the first hour of parking at city garages would be free, and the Broadway garage would offer free parking all day on Sundays.
For years, Walnut Creek leaders and patrons have struggled with the city's downtown parking situation. Studies have been done, task forces formed and rates raised, all in an effort to refute the idea that there is not enough parking downtown.
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Another proposal is to expand the boundaries of the downtown parking meter zone to include the city's total parking inventory. The zone would go up to Parkside Drive on the north (the zone now ends at Civic Drive) and south to just past Las Lomas High School.
In the outlying parking zone, 85 percent occupancy would again be the benchmark. While rates there would not go to $2 an hour as is suggested for central downtown, the outlying hourly rate would change from 50 cents to $1 an hour.
But the city must be careful not to drive those users away, said Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce President Jay Hoyer. Downtown business owners, in the past, haven't supported longer enforcement hours or higher rates, he said. But this proposal is an entire plan to improve parking and includes public education about why this is necessary, Hoyer said.
Still, he thinks the city should be cautious.
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Some may have already been pushed away. Bob Fish of Danville said he used to come to Walnut Creek all the time. He believes the changes are indeed intended to boost revenue.
"Mostly (now) we visit Pleasant Hill or Stoneridge Mall for our shopping," Fish said. "Parking is free, there's always room, and we can spend time considering what to eat or what to buy instead of worrying about the dreaded meter maid lurking around the corner."
The City Council has already supported a parking management plan in which fees rates and collection hours are adjusted to achieve that 85 percent maximum occupancy for on-street parking, but an update to that parking ordinance is necessary, Huffaker said. A draft version of the ordinance, which will include fee ranges, will first go to the transportation commission in October and then the City Council a few weeks later. If approved, fees would likely rise by early 2014.
For more information go to www.walnut-creek.org and click on "quick links" then "public meetings" and finally "transportation commission."
Contact Elisabeth Nardi at 925-952-2617. Follow her at Twitter.com/enardi10.


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text: Git support for Visual Studio - Git, TFS, and VS put into Context January 30, '13 Comments [76] Posted in Open Source | VS2012 Sponsored By Dogs and cats, living together...mass hysteria. This classic Ghostbusters quote is used by many geek-types (myself included) whenever something crazy or unexplained happens. Today Brian Harry from Microsoft announced Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 (or VS2012.2) the latest quarterly update. That's interesting, but it's the announcement of Git integration with Visual Studio and TFS that is really significant, in my opinion. Download Visual Studio Tools for Git (read it all, note the VS2012.2 prerequisite at the bottom) Getting Started with Git on Visual Studio TFS in the Past For me personally, the term "TFS" has historically meant "big scary corporate centralized source control" while Git has meant "small scrappy lightweight distributed source control." 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Now Visual Studio 2012 supports both centralized version control and distributed version control in a cleanly integrated way. Open Source - Working WITH Git So Visual Studio is integrating Git. Suspicious? This might sound like the "embrace and extinguish" Microsoft from the 90's. Arguments can always be made, but I'm a coder, so I look at the code. If you dig into the GitHub repo, you can see at least five Microsoft employees (phkelley, ethomson, jamill, martinwoodward, congyiwu) submitting pull requests to the libgit2 GPLv2 library (GPL'ed with a linking exception), including direct commits from phkelley who has earned that access. They work with all the libgit2 committers including Vicent Marti from GitHub. The team has been doing this for months and months. In fact, if anyone was paying attention to commits and pull requests they would have seen this whole convergence coming down Main Street. Libgit2 is a great library with a lot of attractive features (from their site): written in portable and standards compilant C completely multi-platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, xBSD and more compiled natively under all platforms (yes, even MSVC on Windows) re-entrant, with sane error handling designed with a solid and consistent API available as bindings for all major scripting language You can see below that this new Visual Studio Git support actually ships git2 and libgit2sharp and integrates it via a VSIX (Visual Studio Extension). Visual Studio and Git This Git support will require VS2012.2 (currently in preview) so you'll need to install that first, then get the VSIX. You'll be able to update both when VS2012.2 is released, and the Git VSIX will continue to update automatically via the VS Gallery. It's a full source code provider for VS so you can use it to do most anything without leaving VS, or you can hang out at the command line and use it for a visual reminder as to the state of your repository. You can see what will be included in a commit and what's excluded: You can make new branches, check them out, as well as see what branches are published or unpublished. In this screenshot you can can see Keith and I going back and forth on a Pull Request. Note that I've allowed VS in Git Settings to go to Gravatar and get a picture of Keith. Here's a screenshot of me managing a recent merge conflict with the VS diff editor then committing the change and pushing it to GitHub. All the diffing is integrated as you'd expect it to be, and available via a Right-Click. What's next? I'm told that while this Git integration is currently in preview. The team work on a three week sprint cadence so expect to see frequent updates. The plan is that in a future release Git will come baked in to all editions of Visual Studio - including Express. Perhaps we'll see PoshGit command line integration/support and maybe better support for the Git command line within the NuGet Package Manager Console inside VS. Hosted Team Foundatation Services - Git or TF Version Control You can use VS Git support with all your Git projects by just opening projects. It's just Git. I am pushing branches to CodePlex, to GitHub and other Git repos. I'm also continuing to use my other Git tools interchangeably, as I like. Some teams I work on use Git, others use TFS. It depends on the team, the company and the goals. Some teams have servers they run themselves, some use hosted Git services at BitBucket or GitHub. There's also hosted Team Foundation Services. For teams, you can go up to http://tfs.visualstudio.com and sign up for a account and get 5 users for free. You can choose either Git or Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) as the source provider and use all the Team Foundation agile, scrum or other templates for your ALM tools. I've actually got https://hanselman.visualstudio.com now for my "team." There's issue tracking, backlogs, scrum templates, a Kanban board, burndown charts and more. You can use the web app or use the Visual Studio integration to manage your bugs and backlog. There's even cloud build servers in preview. I've said this before, but I'll say it again. This kind of open source collaboration stuff is why I went to work for The Man. Playing well with others, competing well while using and promoting open source. I don't think every group at Microsoft "gets" it yet, but it's cool to see the open movement spreading. I'm looking forward to using these Git tools for Visual Studio, as well as GitHub for Windows and PoshGit. « Plex is the media center software ecosys... | Blog Home | Cross Browser Debugging integrated into ... » About Scott Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author. About Newsletter Sponsored By Hosting By Comments [76] Share on: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or use the Permalink


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I had a LE blowout on one of my old Cabrinha Crossbows. I had the kite itself repaired at a sail maker and I replaced the bladder with a new one. Once back on the water, the kite explodes again when it smashed the water, the fabric in the LE was ripped open where the seams from the sail maker was made *sigh*.
Anyway, I had the kite repaired again with extra reinforcement. The LE bladder I tried to fix by cutting a hole in the bladder around the part that was ripped open and by then putting a huge patch over that hole. One lube of glue and hundreds of bad words later I finally thought that the LE was fixed once for all, but my repair work apparently failed and there is no chance that I can fix the leakage that still is there. Believe me, I tried!
I now have two options.
1. Buy a new bladder, again. I feel though that I don't want to spend a single cent more on this f*****g kite.
2. My final idea of fixing the LE is to cut out a whole section of the bladder. Take a corresponding section from my extra bladder (since I have two of them now) and glue that section on to the bladder. I´m thinking that it perhaps is possible if I thread the bladder on some kind of pipe with the same dimension as the the bladder itself (or slightly bigger) before I glue it to make sure that the surfaces are perfectly flattened out.
Has anyone tried this, or is there another way to replace a section of a bladder. We´re talking about a section that is about 25 cm in length.


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I'm not experiencing any at the moment, but apparently some dentists…. [yeah, it would be the dentists that would find this…] have discovered something new about Nerve Growth Factor — it seems to have a role in pain signaling:
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's School of Dentistry (www.ohsu.edu/sod) have discovered a novel function of the peptide known as Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) in the development of the trigeminal nerve. The trigeminal nerve provides the signaling pathway for periodontal pain, dental surgical pain, and pain associated with temporomandibular disorder, trigeminal neuralgia, migraine, and other neuropathic and inflammatory conditions.
The study is posted online (www.neuropeptidesjournal.com/article/S0143-4179(08)00110-8/abstract) in the journal Neuropeptides and will appear in print issues of that journal in early 2009.
Working with researchers in the dental school departments of Endodontology and Integrative Biosciences, second-year endodontology resident and lead author of the study, Leila Tarsa, D.D.S., M.S., found a new mechanism involved in establishing junctions – known as synapses – between trigeminal nerve cells. Nerve cells communicate with one another through chemicals called transmitters that are released at synapses. The transmitter release from nerve cells endings is possible only if aided by several molecules that are critical for proper function of the synapse. Tarsa's research shows that NGF promotes transport of one of the molecules (called synaptophysin) from the nerve cell body to its ending.
"The data indicate that NGF participates in formation of neuronal connections in the trigeminal system," said Agnieszka Balkowiec, M.D., Ph.D., OHSU School of Dentistry assistant professor of integrative biosciences and OHSU School of Medicine adjunct assistant professor of physiology and pharmacology, who is the senior author of the study and whose lab hosted the research. "This study has broad implications for trigeminal nerve regeneration."
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Lollapalooza 2010: Opportunity Knocks, Part One
Lollapalooza is one of the biggest music festivals of the summer, but with 100-plus acts on the lineup, not everyone hitting the stage has the name-recognition of a Green Day or a Lady Gaga. In this two-part feature, PopMatters follows one band as it prepares for its first gig at an event that is expected to draw almost 100,000 excited music fans.
Lollapalooza, since reinventing itself as a one-weekend, one-location festival in 2005, has become one of the pre-eminent musical events of the American summer. It's a major show which audience members travel to from across the continent (and further) in order to imbibe vast quantities of live music in a single sitting. But while big-name headliners this year like Lady Gaga are the primary draw for many of the thousands of attendees, there are well over a hundred different bands and artists scheduled in the 2010 lineup. Many of these performers are up-and-comers in their own niche-genres or geographical regions, but Lollapalooza will see them playing to vast crowds whose main goal for the weekend may not necessarily be giving new acts a fair chance. PopMatters follows one such band -- Ann Arbor, Michigan's My Dear Disco -- as they spend a long summer touring, recording and promoting in advance of their first gig on a Lollapalooza stage. Through MDD's eyes, we'll try to see how an unsigned band-on-the-rise deals with a busy touring schedule, finding new fans, and leveraging every opportunity to their advantage.
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On a cloudy June 18th, 2010 evening, My Dear Disco takes the stage for their headlining performance at Ann Arbor's first "Top of the Park" show of the summer. The event has turned the city's intertwined shopping district and university campus into a sea of sun-kissed local citizens, ranging from young families pushing strollers around, to entrepreneurial-restaurateurs hawking their Chicago-style hotdogs from vending booths. Most of the crowd's attention, however, has been focused on the stage since long before the band energetically bounced onto it. Last year, My Dear Disco played to a crowd of 4,000+ 'Ann Arborites,' the biggest audience so far in Top of the Park history, and this show marks their triumphant homecoming after a year of heavy out-of-town touring and locked-in-the-studio recording sessions. MDD has gained a much bigger audience since their previous performance, but the people here are the fans who loved them first and they're ready to dance the evening away with their hometown heroes, as MDD takes their places behind their instruments in what is rapidly becoming an Ann Arbor tradition.
The band launches into one of their many upbeat, danceable tracks, and the fans who have crammed the area immediately in front of the stage are quickly moving their feet in time to MDD's intricate grooves. MDD blitzes through two, then three songs, with the audience-frenzy showing no signs of abating. Elementary school-aged children skip and leap around the edges of the crowd, while the now thoroughly-buzzed drinkers in the festival's beer garden nod their heads in funk-and-microbrew induced bliss. After the third song comes to a close, MDD seems all set to kick things up another notch, when disaster strikes. Before the band started playing, an anonymous announcer had been warning over the P.A. that "inclement weather" could potentially shutdown the show. Before MDD gets a chance to begin song number four the voice returns, warning the crowd that they should start searching for cover, as rain and 70 mph winds are less than 20 minutes away from hitting the outdoor venue.
For a few minutes, the crowd lingers around hopefully, and the band assures them that they will do their best to continue the show if at all possible. Unfortunately, the sky continues to look more and more threatening, and the band reluctantly starts packing-up their expensive live rig. The festival-goers, with even greater reluctance, start to make their way to shelter in Rackham Auditorium or the nearby bars and restaurants. It's an unfortunate end to what was supposed to be something of a victory lap for this local-band-made-good. Amazingly enough though, in almost a month of doing research on and corresponding with My Dear Disco, it's the first time I've heard of anything remotely resembling bad luck befalling them.
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My Dear Disco first formed as a two-piece back in 2006. Originally a computer-based project for Tyler Duncan, the group began to expand when his University of Michigan School of Music classmate Bob Lester contributed an electro-pop track called "My Dear Disco" which featured the vocals of another friend from U of M, Michelle Chamuel. Impressed by the song, Duncan swiftly reformed as a dance-music group with an emphasis on live performance. At one point the band featured seven members, mostly fellow School of Music students, but has since shrunken down to five touring musicians, with bassist Christian Carpenter and drummer Mike Shea assisting the three core members at their live shows.
The band-members were all still in school as this project came together, and a few great college-party-shows followed by a sudden disbandment after graduation would have been a predictable end to this tale, but that was never an option according to the band's leaders. Instead of joining their classmates in filing endless job applications during their last year of undergraduate study, the band hit the road, playing 150+ gigs in 2009 alone. They also spent time in the studio, putting out the full-length DanceThink LP in January, 2009.
This post-grad course of action actually isn't that strange for graduates of the U of M School of Music. Many of the band's contemporaries are successfully pursuing music full-time now that school is out, but not exactly along the same avenue that MDD is. Over the past few years, traditional genres like bluegrass and folk have experienced a remarkable resurgence in the Midwest (among other places), and many of MDD's former classmates, like popular yarn-spinner Michael Beauchamp, have used their vast musical knowledge to explore these older music forms through younger eyes and ears. MDD, however, went in another direction. They decided to apply past experiences like Duncan's years touring with traditional Irish ensembles and Lester and Chamuel's formal production training at the School of Music's Department of Performance Arts Technology to the one type of music they'd spent most of their lives listening: pop.
Bright, young people treating pop music as an art-form on par with other, more venerated genres has been a dominant theme of indie-music since the end of the last century. Yet the idea of artists with extensive technical knowledge turning their talents to something that is commonly dismissed as a mere commercial product is still, despite post-punk, "poptimism" and Andy Warhol, one that doesn't feel quite right to a lot of people. While MDD understands that this is a common reaction, they admit it has no relation to their own activities and listening habits. "It doesn't make sense on paper, that's for sure," muses Duncan. "Here's one theory. No matter where you are, you're surrounded by pop music. That's one thing you know you can hear if you're driving through the plains of North Dakota -- you'll be able to tune into some kind of pop radio station."
A further part of the explanation may lie in the relatively young age of this group of recent college graduates. Like their elders, MDD were raised listening to The Beatles, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson, but they also were teenagers when groups like Basement Jaxx and Daft Punk started putting out albums that took techniques associated with "the underground" and used them to re-imagine the sounds they'd heard on Top 40 stations. In addition, they grew up at the same time as the internet was evolving. Lester explains that "with the internet at our disposal it is possible to find and obsess over any kind of sound and music that interests you." Most people may divide their time between listening to folk bands at local shows and then nodding along to a Max Martin production (another MDD influence) in the car, but it's likely that their iTunes playlists are nowhere near as segregated.
When talking about contemporary influences, the band mentions beloved indie acts like Justice and Phoenix. Those two groups in particular seem to represent the crossroads MDD's music inhabits. Justice re-imagines classic pop and rock through their computers and samplers while Phoenix looks like a typical pop-rock five-piece who just happen to build their aesthetic with the aid of sparkling, electro-inspired hooks. Listen to Dancethink LP or any of MDDs shorter releases, and you'll hear all these ingredients in the mix, although they won't seem as important as the fact that, much like their influences, this is a band that makes really good, really catchy dance-pop.
Their best songs range from "Replacable", a club-ready track that glistens like a well-calibrated dance machine fresh off the factory floor, to "Amsterdam", a frenetic anthem that uses stomping Bristol-punk-style guitar stabs to drive home its equally danceable chorus. This band of formally-trained musicians has a range of arrows in their quiver that is inconceivable to the casual Fruity-Loops producer -- ranging from Lester's guitar-shredding abilities to Duncan's encyclopedic knowledge of his synthesizers, as well as the way Chamuel belts out her lyrics about love and loss with what seems like unconscious ease (like many great pop singers, she has that rare and hard-to-learn ability to make a string of simple "baby, baby, baby'"s sound like the most heartrending moment of introspection imaginable) – but for the band, they are all tools used to serve their goal of making good, enjoyable songs.


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Twitter, the San Francisco startup that lets Kanye tweet apologies and everyday people post their thoughts and doings, is about to become the latest billion dollar social networking site.
The company behind the 140-character craze just raised $50 million, an investment that places its total value at $1 billion, TechCrunch reports. That number is up from a value of $250 million earlier this year. Twitter is privately held, but its value can be extrapolated from how much investors pay for stakes in it.
Twitter was co-founded in 2006 by New York University dropout Jack Dorsey, along with Biz Stone and current CEO Evan Williams. Although official numbers are unavailable, TechCrunch estimates that Twitter has 25 million users.
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Despite Twitter's rapid rise, compared to Facebook and MySpace, the social networking giant still has room to grow. Last year, Business Week estimated that Facebook was worth as much as $5 billion. MySpace was bought by Rupert Murdoch's Fox Interactive in 2005 for $580 million, a fraction of its likely current value.


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//www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPPEi6NFFuoThe RX-8 Owner Club will again be running a Club Stand at this popular event. For details, here's a link to the RX-8 OC topic:https://www.rx8ownersclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=101&t=75824The RX-8 OC Events Co-ordinator (and his team) are warmly inviting other Mazda rotary engined cars onto their stand which, due to the number of cars attending, is usually in a prime position on the Beaulieu MoTor Museum site. The club will have a gazebo and refreshments will be available for a small fee.So come on, let's make this a great Mazda Rotary Day where we can all get together to show and share our passion for all things Mazda Rotary.To express and interest in going, simply post up in here and I'll co-ordinate things with the RX-8 OC (as I'm one of their Events Team anyway )I'll probably be taking one of my 1983 RX-7 FB's to the show and I hope to see and meet some MRC members there - EDIT: Added list of those interested in attending:1. casey - probably taking RX-7 FB2. nozyboy (possible) - RX-7 FB3. Clarky
Be great to see you there too John - what car would you take along, the RX-8 or the FD (or will you decide nearer the date)?


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Dubai Burj Khalifa Tickets: Level 124 & 125
Dubai Speedboat Tour: Marina, Atlantis, Palm & Burj Al Arab
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Dubai has transformed itself in recent years with a series of creative, ambitious construction projects that have catapulted this city to the top of every bucket list. Here are a few attractions you won't want to miss when you visit this desert hotspot.
Burj Khalifa
At 829.8 meters tall, the Burj Khalifa stands proudly as the world's tallest building. Visit the observation deck on the 124th floor for a gravity-defying, jaw-dropping view.
Dubai Fountains
Brought to you by the same team behind the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas, the Dubai Fountain show is a true spectacle. Grab a seat in a nearby cafe, and take it all in.
Burj al Arab
Dubai is home to the world's tallest hotel, the Burj Al-Arab. If you can't afford the $15,000/night luxury suite, try dining amongst the sea creatures in the underwater restaurant!
Palm Islands
There are two palm-shaped artificial islands off the coast. Palm Jumeirah already houses luxury villas and a waterpark. The larger Palm Jebel Ali is still under construction.
The World Dubai
Just 2.5 kilometers off the coast, The World Dubai is an artificial archipelago in the shape of the world map. These 300 mini-islands are secluded properties for exclusive investors.
Jumeirah Beach
Dubai gets some intense sun. And that means you'll be needing a beach. Jumeirah Beach is the best sandy strip in town, and the hub of hotels makes it a great homebase for tourists.
Dubai Creek
The creek divides Dubai into two towns (Deira to the north, Bur Dubai to the south). Check out the Dhow Wharfage, where some fishing dhows have anchored for over a century.
Dubai Museum
The Dubai museum is housed inside the 18th century Al-Fahidi Fort. Learn about the Emirates expansion after the oil boom, and examine traditional Emirati musical instruments.
Dubai Mall
In a city this well-known for luxury, you better believe the Dubai mall is a must-see! Inside, you'll find an entrance to Burj Khalifa, an ice-skating rink, a games center, and a cinema.
Dubai Marina
Spanning three kilometers along the Persian Gulf, the Dubai Marina will be the largest man-made marina in the world upon completion, and house over 12,000 residents and tourists.
Planning Your Dubai Visit
How many days should you spend in Dubai?
For non-architects, three to four days will be plenty of time to see everything you need to see. Be very mindful of when you choose to visit. The weather gets very hot between May and September, and uncomfortable if you aren't used to the desert heat.
Where should you stay in Dubai?
You will have your choice of impressive hotel rooms in this city. For the more budget-conscious travelers, know that you won't have to miss out just because you can't afford to stay at the fancier places! Plan ahead for experiences at Dubai's luxury hotels. Make dinner reservations at Burj Al-Arab, or stop by for an afternoon cocktail (and view of the Burj Khalifa) at The Address Downtown Dubai.
Be conscious of cultural differences
If you are heading to Dubai for the first time, you may have questions about the laws that Western tourists consider unusual. In short, be respectful. Dress conservatively and make sure your shoulders are covered. Public displays of affection are considered unlawful. Also, the consumption of alcohol in public is illegal, except in specified bars.
Good to know
- Language
- Arabic
- Currency
- AED (United Arab Emirates dirham)
- Time Zone
- Country Code
- +971
- Best time to visit
- It's best to visit in spring and fall, when the temperatures will be a little more mild.
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Brilliant. I would do this and recommend this again
There was great communication throughout the process of excursion. The tour guide picked up my wife and I promptly from our hotel and took us to the dessert destination. We started off with the dessert tour (please advice that you shouldn't either eat too much or go on an empty stomach as the motions of the car can make you feel sick). The driver was attended enough to ensure all passengers in the car are happy. after the tour we had a BBQ lunch and a few traditional dancer shows to keep us entertained. we also had the chance of smoking shisha (if your into that and handling falcons, which was rather interesting. followed by camel riding and pictures with the baby camels. Overall this was very much value for money. and I most certainly would recommend this again. I have to give an extra thank you to Iklaq who was the tour guide who looked after all passengers including myself who were in his vehicle :)
a wonderful afternoon with a lot of action
my kids loved it. It was a great afternoon - started with a quad ride in a bigger area of a kind of farm outside Dubai. My 14 year old di not want to stop - he really had fun using his own quad. From there we went into the desert dunes, drifting rides with the SUV, sandboarding and plenty of time for taking photos. Last station was the camp with delicous tea and coffee plus arabic snacks and dates, the following performances were nice to watch, the barbeque yummy - it was possible to go twice even if not everything was available, but plenty of food. Very important for a hot day - water was available the entire trip, in the camp you also can have sprite, coke etc. all included in the price - summarizing I definitively say it was a worth trip with a lot of action and entertainment.
Great dune bashing, Sandboarding and camel riding via GetYourGuide
Just spontaneous planned in the morning and easily booked online for the afternoon, it was such a well organized and exiting 4 hour adventure. No waiting time at hotel lobby, I was informed about short delay of pick-uptime by messenger. Yaseen, the driver is very nice and friendly, always taking care on his guests, taking great photos and videos from me and bashing the dunes - it was really great. It was a great tour through the nice red sand dunes with phot stop, sandboarding and a camel ride at the end during sunset in the desert, everybody in the group had fun. Back at the hotel at 7 p.m. without wasting time at one of the boring camps it was the right event for me - with really great memories.
We booked the Safari with the guide Choudhry Munawar
We were 4 (2 adults and 2 children) - We really enjoyed our Safari with Choudry we received a lot of information concerning Dubai and we had the opportunity to discover some places of the desert of Dubai. Choudry was really friendly with everybody and did really the maximum to make this afternoon special for us. He spent a lot of time to give us the possibility to make pictures - his driving was nice and we were feeling safe with him. The dinner in the camp was nice! We definitely had no bad surprise everything was positive!
This was so much fun and a great tour - loved every minute !!
The 2 guys that ran our tour were so professional, friendly and fun. They made the trip a great experience - and the whole boat was laughing and having fab time. They helped everyone to get great pictures, made us all scream in delight at their driving skills and boat tricks. It was brilliant as well that they gave everyone water throughout the tour. I would highly recommend this tour - it was just FANTASTIC - well organised and a great experience. They also were very informative about all the sights we saw.