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Ghazi Abdurab Al-Rassoul Amin Al-Jilani
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High School, Scientific Section, Thaqeef High School, Taif, (1966 -1970).
BA in Economics, King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, (1971-1975). Overall grade: Very Good with Honors.
Master in Economics, University of Denver (Colorado State, USA), (1979-1982), on "Saudi Petrochemical Industry Problems and Prospects".
Assistant Deputy Minister for Planning and Research (2003), Ministry of Health.
Advisor to the Minister of Health for Planning (2003), Ministry of Health.
Planning Consultant (1998-2003), Ministry of Economy and Planning
Director-General of the Industry and Commerce Department (1987 – 1998).
Economic Consultant and Chairman of Transport Sector (1983-1986), Ministry of Planning.
Budget Specialist (1981 – 1983), Ministry of Planning.
Researcher (1976 – 1981), Ministry of Planning
Significant research and field activities:
Preparing a study on the status of gas supply in the Kingdom.
Preparing a study on the costs of Operation and maintenance of the Saudi Arabian Airlines City.
Heading a field-visits team in order to study the needs of the regions (Makkah, Riyadh, Al-Jouf and Abha) for development plans and projects.
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English program, Heald College of Engineering, USA (1977).
Course on "Urbanization Policy and Infrastructure Planning", Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA (1984).
Program on "Investment Appraisal and Management", for 3 month, Cambridge, USA, (1986).
Course on "General Reform and Privatization", for 2 month, Harvard University (1997).
Training course for senior leaders on "Effectiveness of the Director in Working Groups", Institute of Public Administration, KSA.
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Member of the Customs Exemption Committee, Ministry of Industry.
Member of the National Committee of Petrochemical Industry, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).
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Talladega lineup breakdown: Almirola on pole for Chase's wildest race
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Winning the pole at Talladega Superspeedway is good for the crew and the team, a small badge of honor for them but with the knowledge that it doesn't mean a whole lot once the race starts.
So Aric Almirola and Jeff Burton will enjoy a little bit of glory until the green flag for the 188-lap race Sunday; they will start from the front row after qualifying was rained out Saturday and the lineup was based on practice speeds.
MORE: Almirola on pole | Talladega upsets | Talladega picks | Schedule
Here is how they'll start as they head into what is expected to be the biggest, wildest wild-card race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup:
1. Aric Almirola, Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 Ford. No longer has Todd Parrott as crew chief as Parrott has been suspended for violating NASCAR's substance-abuse policy. But this race is more about the spotter-driver relationship than the crew chief-driver relationship; the crew chief makes few adjustments and difficult calls during the race.
2. Jeff Burton, Richard Childress Racing No. 31 Chevrolet. Disappointed he hasn't had better results in what is now his final year at RCR. Says 2014 plans are set but still can't talk about them.
3. Marcos Ambrose, Richard Petty Motorsports No. 9 Ford. Needs a good final month to give the organization hope that 2014 will be better for the 9 car.
4. Martin Truex Jr., Michael Waltrip Racing No. 56 Toyota. Appears headed to the No. 78 car as Kurt Busch's replacement. For some reason, we don't see him channeling an inner Ricky Bobby anytime soon.
5. Carl Edwards, Roush Fenway Racing No. 99 Ford. Had the classy move of the week — he gave his Richmond trophy, as well as a Sam Bass painting, to Fox Sports' Steve Byrnes, a veteran NASCAR broadcaster battling health issues.
MORE: Most beloved drivers | Junior at Talladega | Earnhardt Sr.'s 1993 win
6. Greg Biffle, Roush Fenway Racing No. 16 Ford. Sponsor 3M does plenty of activation around this race. Well, it is the maker of Bondo.
7. David Ragan, Front Row Motorsports No. 34 Ford. Won here in May in the first win ever for Front Row. If he makes it a sweep of Talladega races, that would be even more incredible.
8. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Hendrick Motorsports No. 88 Chevrolet. Has won five times at Talladega. Too bad the last time was in 2004. If he doesn't win Sunday, that's a full season (36 races) of consecutive restrictor-plate events that he hasn't won.
9. Jamie McMurray, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing No. 1 Chevrolet. Has won restrictor-plate races. Don't count him out. But don't necessarily count on him.
10. Casey Mears, Germain Racing No. 13 Ford. He could be this Talladega's David Ragan.
11. Jimmie Johnson, Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 Chevrolet. Actually went out in final practice instead of playing it conservative. That's why this team is so good — they know what they need to do depending on the weekend.
12. Matt Kenseth, Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Chevrolet. Bet if you guaranteed him a 10th-place finish he'd take that and go home Sunday night.
13. Brad Keselowski, Penske Racing No. 2 Ford. Finally got a win in 2013. But he'll forget about that when it goes green Sunday and he's 0-for-the-day.
14. Josh Wise. Front Row Motorsports No. 35 Ford. Was fast enough in practice to know if he's in position at the end, there's no telling how high he could finish.
15. Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 Toyota. Ran more than 20 laps in the first practice session Friday. That was more than most. It was like he was in a test car. What's up with that? Uh, never mind.
16. Austin Dillon, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 14 Chevrolet. Thankful to get one more race in a substitute role for Tony Stewart. Regular sub Mark Martin is thankful, too, that Dillon is in the car for Talladega.
17. Ryan Newman, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 39 Chevrolet. Not going to enjoy this marketing exercise where people come to watch him wreck.
18. Joey Logano, Penske Racing No. 22 Ford. Engine let go in May at Talladega, so he'll try again this time around to make it to the finish.
19. Jeff Gordon, Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 Chevrolet. Made $16 million by selling his Central Park condo. Man, if this racing stuff doesn't work out, he and his wife could go into the real estate business.
20. Clint Bowyer, Michael Waltrip Racing No. 15 Toyota. Keeps calling people dips (or something like that) on Twitter. Hopes he's not the dip that causes the big wreck Sunday.
21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Roush Fenway Racing No. 17 Ford. Glad Charlotte is over so he doesn't have to hear all those lame "are you going to run the better-half dash charity race" jokes.
22. Michael Waltrip, Michael Waltrip Racing No. 55 Toyota. Say what you want about Waltrip, at least he's smart enough to just do this race and find someone else to replace Vickers for the final four races.
23. Danica Patrick, Stewart-Haas Racing No. 10 Chevrolet. All smiles thanks to a two-race deal with Aspen Dental for 2014. Hey, when you've had this bad of a season, any reason to smile is a good one.
24. David Gilliland, Front Row Motorsports No. 38 Ford. If there's any justice, he wins this time at Talladega after helping Ragan to the win in May.
25. David Reutimann, BK Racing No. 83 Toyota. His 26th last week was among four 26th-place finishes (his best) in his last 19 races.
26. Trevor Bayne, Wood Brothers Racing No. 21 Ford. It's been nine races since Bayne last attempted to qualify. Welcome back. Now all you have to do is repeat the 2011 Daytona 500.
27. Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing No. 18 Chevrolet. This could be the day he gets back into the Chase. Or it could be the day he sees another chance at a title vanish.
28. Kasey Kahne, Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 Chevrolet. Repeat after me: Stay away from Kyle Busch, stay away from Kyle Busch, stay away …
29. Bobby Labonte, JTG Daugherty Racing No. 47 Toyota. Have to wonder if this is the last time there will be two Labontes in a Cup race at Talladega.
30. Kurt Busch, Dennit Racing No. 78 Chevrolet. Oops, make that Furniture Row Racing. But hey, just trying to get another Talladega Nights reference in here to go along with the Wonder bread paint scheme for Busch.
MORE: Could Kurt Busch drive with a cougar in his car?
31. Cole Whitt, Swan Racing No. 30 Toyota. Strong run at Talladega would boost the argument for him to run the car in the 2014 Daytona 500.
32. Juan Pablo Montoya, Earnhardt Ganassi Racing No. 42 Chevrolet. Reportedly was wanted by MWR as a substitute for Vickers for the rest of the year. But why do that and help the team that's firing you? Exactly why he's in the No. 42 for rest of year. We think.
33. Kevin Harvick, Richard Childress Racing No. 29 Chevrolet. Still more pretender than contender unless he can make significant gains the next two weeks.
34. Paul Menard, Richard Childress Racing No. 27 Chevrolet. Has been 16th or 17th in the standings the last 10 weeks. That's about the story of his career.
35. Justin Allgaier, Phoenix Racing No. 51 Chevrolet. Maybe the only person in the Talladega infield this weekend who might just spend his time inside his motorhome drawing, working on his artwork.
36. Michael McDowell, Phil Parsons Racing No. 98 Ford. Ford engine is the one to have for him to be wanted for help at the end.
37. JJ Yeley, Tommy Baldwin Racing No. 36 Chevrolet. Just like Danica Patrick, best race of the season and only top-10 finish came on a restrictor-plate track at the season-opening Daytona 500.
38. Travis Kvapil, BK Racing No. 93 Toyota. After a week where he was in the spotlight for the wrong reasons, probably enjoying a more low-key weekend.
39. Dave Blaney, Tommy Baldwin Racing No. 7 Chevrolet. Remember the Daytona 500 when if they couldn't get the fire out or the track repaired, he would have won? He would need a similar event like that to happen Sunday.
40. Terry Labonte, FAS Lane Racing No. 32 Ford. Completing his 2013 season of restrictor-plate races. Could there be another one? The allure of racing has its way of drawing people back in again and again.
41. Tony Raines, Mike Hillman Racing No. 40 Chevrolet. He's in the race. But for how long?
42. Joe Nemechek, Nemco-JRR No. 87 Toyota. Could be a valuable drafting partner.
43. Landon Cassill, Circle Sport Racing No. 33 Chevrolet. Best driver at tweeting "big fan, pleeze respond" tweets to people in jest.


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Well here's the rules for my castle wargame.
1. A minfig can move 6 dots* on a baseplate.
2. You roll to see how many dots your minifig moves.**
3. Combat is resolved by rolling dice. You must try to win combat by getting 4+ or in other words 4,5,6. For close combat a minifig must be able to touch the body of the minifig he's attacking with his weapon. For Bows and crossbows, you have to be at maximum, 16 dots away.
4. Armor makes a difference. Every minifig has 2 wounds. If you give him armor then he gets 3 wounds. When all the wounds are gone the minifig dies. ( )
5. You can mount a warrior on a horse which lets him move faster,(12 pips, instead of 6) and kill in one hit as his height lets him cut the minifig's head off. ( ) You'll need 2 dice to field a horse man, as he can move anywhere from 0-12
6. You get 4 different unit types. 1. Most important, the Soldier! The Soldier can use any weapon in the game except lances.*** 2. Warrior, a soldier who has seen some combat but not as much as a veteran. 3. Veteran, a hardy warrior who has seen at least 2 campaigns. 4. Commander. The most important unit in the game.****
7. When you first play,all of your units are are soldiers, except the commander. Your units gain experience as they go along.*****
8. Level up! When a soldier has played through 5 scenarios and lived, he becomes a warrior. You can give him extra armor or you can leave him. When a warrior has lived through 2 campaigns and lived, he becomes a veteran. Veterans can wound a minifig on a roll of 3,4,5, or 6.
9. A scenario is when you fight a signal battle. A campaign ha a story line and is at least 5 scenarios.
10. Most important rule of all... Have Fun! I made these rules so you could play a small game or a big game, with only having to glance at the rules once.
11. Magic! For Magic you just do the same as shooting, that is, roll a die and hope you get 4+. You (The players) Come up with the spells. Spells include: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Shadow, Light. Plus healing.
12. Gunpowder. You don't have to incorporate gunpowder, but here are the rules for it. Just roll like you would with magic or shooting a bow or crossbow.
13. Equipment store.****** The equipment store is where you buy weapons or armor. You start out with 500 points at the beginning of each game. Now you may think thats a lot but it isn't. I'll give you a list of items at the store know.
Wizard, mage or any other magic use= 100 pt and they stay in your army forever.
Mercenaries= 50 pt plus you must pay them after the fight another 50 pt and again if you want them to stay in your army.
Horse= 100 pt*******
Heavy armor= 50 pt
Great weapon or armor(shiny weapon or armor)= 200 pt.
Gunpowder weapons= 300 (It is experimental after all.)
Standard= 50 pt.
Ballistae= 200 pt
Cannon= 200 pt
14. A standard lets your minifigs retreat in an orderly fashion after your commander has died. So your more likely to have more troops survive.
15. Killed soldiers. I forgot to mention this but a killed soldier, warrior or veteran is gone for good. You can still use the minifig, but he'll be a soldier again.
16. Siege Engines. I'm only going to allow Ballistae and cannons as I want to keep this fairly simple. To fire a siege engine, you must roll 4+. However, you must skip the Ballistae's or cannon's next turn as it needs to reload.
17. Magic users can use magic (Duh) but have manna. So they'll lose manna every time they cast a spell. Mage's have 100 mana which means they can cast 5 spells because all magic costs 20 manna. Warlocks have 200 manna and can cast 10 spells. Wizards have 300 manna and can cast 15 spells. Magic Users also have weapons, mostly daggers or swords they can use, beside a staff or wand.
Supplies you'll need: At least 5 minifigs per side or more(Preferably a total of 30 minifigs per side) . You'll need a few sheets of paper and a pencil or pen. 2 dice and maybe food and drink.
*= (Studs, pips, whatever you want to call them.)
**= (eg. I roll a 3 my minifig moves 3 dots. Alternatively you can move less then three.)
***= A lance can only be used by a mounted unit.
****= If your Commander dies, you lose and your forces run away. At that time, the enemy may do a humiliation round in which they try to defeat any and all retreating forces. However all retreating forces move twice as fast.
*****= A Soldier gains 100 XP a battle. So when a minfig gets 500 XP he becomes a Warrior. A Veteran has a minimum of 1,000 XP.
******= Warowk thought of this so I give credit to him.
*******= Imagine points, as gold.
I forgot to mention, If your fighter is using a big halberd or Glaive, he cannot have a shield. Shield are really just for show.
I designed this game so you guys could add on to it, just please give credit. I would also love to hear about house rules, and supplements you guys have added.
C&C welcome! The poll has been added!
BTW if you see something you think I should change please post as I can't figure out what's wrong unless you tell me what has to be changed.


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After beginnings with The Palladian Ensemble and Florilegium, she was leader of The English Concert from 1997 to 2002. In 2004 Rachel began a guest directorship with The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, touring Europe and the USA. A highlight of this collaboration was a televised concert at the BBC Proms in 2007. 2009 saw a recording of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with violist Pavlo Beznosiuk, together with 2 Haydn Violin concertos.
Over the years Rachel has enjoyed numerous collaborations with orchestras all over the world; projects special to her have been those with Arte dei Suonatori (Poland), Musica Angelica and Santa Fe Pro Musica (USA), The Academy of Ancient Music, The European Union Baroque Orchestra and the Holland Baroque Society."
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A man tries to figure out why his best friend isn't his mother in this comedy written and directed by Albert Brooks. John Henderson (Brooks) is a neurotic, self-obsessed writer whose relationships with women have been almost uniformly disastrous.
Middle-aged and single, John decides that he must come to terms with his problems with women, and he decides to start with the first significant female relationship of his life -- his mother, Beatrice (Debbie Reynolds). John arrives at Beatrice's house and announces that he's moving back into his old room until he can resolve his issues with her.
Beatrice politely plays along, but she is more puzzled by John's behavior than anything else. John and Beatrice soon find that they spend less time trying to resolve their differences than arguing if salads can be frozen or if you can really tell the difference between premium ice cream and the supermarket's store brand.
Rob Morrow plays John's brother, and Lisa Kudrow plays one of John's less compatible blind dates.


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Well, it seems that the quietness of March was really just the calm before the storm, because come April it was back to business as usual, and a lot happened.
To kick things off, in late March, NPR advertised a segment produced by Andrea Seigel that would appear on This American Life, one of the broadcaster's most popular programs. On April 1st, the program aired and the the 2nd part of it featured a talk on ASMR. The podcast was apparently up for download for the first week or so for free. Due to some complications involving finding the actual download or being able to listen to the episode on the website, IlseTheWaterdrops uploaded the part about ASMR to her YouTube channel.
After this show aired on NPR, there was an enormous amount of interest in ASMR, and the ASMR Facebook group very quickly went past the 5000 member mark within a week and a half. This was about the fastest rise in membership I've seen in quite some time, considering that before the NPR episode, at the end of March, we were barely over 4500 members. Now at the end of April, we're over 5250 members!
Several new Facebook groups and pages were started. They are ASMR Pacific; ASMR Rockies; ASMR UK; ASMR southeast; Share & Discover!; Lackawanna ASMR; ASMR New York City, and ASMR Sweden. So if you hail from any of those locations, feel free to join and chat with your fellow countrymen and women.
On April 9th, we all celebrated the 2nd ever International ASMR Day. The International ASMR Day organisers even got a contest up and running with a very appealing goodie bag as a prize for 5 lucky winners.
A few new web presences have sprung up as well elsewhere, such as an Italian ASMR blog and ASMRtistsUK on Twitter. There's also a website called ASMRLab.com, which just launched recently. This website purports to explain the inner workings of ASMR. You can follow them on Twitter at @ASMRLab.
A French journalist, Lénaïg, got a hold of ASMR Research & Support and wanted help in getting some "ASMR addicts" to get in contact with her. You can do so by reaching her over at Facebook. She was in the USA, in NY, in April, so if you missed the announcement over at our Facebook page, she will be available again in June in California to meet in person.
A spa writer named Michelle would like to get a hold of any ASMRtists in the city of New York, USA. If you reside in this area and are interested, please contact her at @michellejoni if you are on Twitter, or here if you're on Facebook.
Four new articles on ASMR appeared online. One was over at Northern Life Magazine, and the other at Persephone Magazine. A third one appeared over at the Corsair Online, a college newspaper, and a fourth over at dcfaithinaction.org – which is the magazine for Divine Child High School.
There were three ASMR documentaries that both received some news this month. One is Braingasm, which has gone past the pre-production phase, and has entered production. I've received word that the film may also undergo a name change at some point, adding in the subtitle of "The Unnamed Feeling". For more info, be sure to email firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit http://www.braingasm-film.com/. The project also has a Facebook page, and can be found on Twitter at @BraingasmFilm.
The other documentary is being worked on by Kate Mull of Mullberry Films. Kate would like to get in contact with anyone on the east coast of the USA, on or off camera. She's based in Washington DC. So if you are interested in contributing, and are within commuting distance, don't hesitate to contact Kate at email@example.com. The ASMR Film project, as it's currently known, has a Facebook page and a YouTube channel, which had this video posted this month (which is also available over at vimeo).
And lastly, a third one, referred to as the ASMR Audio Documentary, has entered pre-production as well. That has a Twitter page.
Two short surveys were hosted at SurveyMonkey, one of which was linked to over at Reddit, and received nearly 1000 responses! The results of the survey were released in text and image form. The other survey is here, and the results here.
A new ASMR app was released – the first for the Windows Phone operating system. It's called ASMR Videos and requires Windows Phone version 7.5 and 8 to run. You can grab it for $1.99, and it only weighs about 2 MB. Judging by the options available on the page, there may also be a trial version.
That's it for this month. As always, make sure to check back in a month's time for the monthly update!


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It was early 1987, and Mitt Romney was shopping. And he was angry. He was walking the aisles of Staples, a little-known retail store his firm had bet $1.5 million on so far, and picking up office supplies. Then he waited in line at the checkout counter -- for far too long.
To Romney, then chief executive of a fledgling investment firm called Bain Capital, it confirmed what friends had told him: A superstore with low prices was a good idea, but the lines took forever, the credit card machines weren't working, the staff was "surly." With just a few stores open since its launch in Brighton, Staples already had big problems.
''I was shopping there myself and found it a frustrating experience," Romney would later say.
Staples went on to revolutionize the way office supplies were sold, and its founder, Tom Stemberg, would become a loyal political backer for Romney in his run for the presidency. But two-decade-old court documents unsealed last week offer a new glimpse into the early days of the start-up, revealing a rocky beginning long before Staples became a polished bullet point on Romney's resume as a businessman and job creator. The filings, released at Norfolk Probate and Family Court at the request of the Globe, portray a retailer riddled with operational problems and contentious board fights, and shed light on Romney as a hard-nosed investor, leaning sternly on an entrepreneur for results.
Stemberg, a former supermarket executive, believed the inefficient business of small stationers could be improved so companies could buy office supplies in large volume. He hoped to launch a chain of big stores.
He met Romney in 1985, introduced by a partner from another local investment firm, Bessemer Venture Partners. Romney was skeptical that low-margin products such as paper clips and pens could translate into handsome profits. But after studying the market, he concluded that Staples could save businesses money. Bain and Bessemer wanted to be the lead investors. Then came the negotiations, and they were brutal.
''It was a very difficult and painful process," Romney would recall while testifying on Stemberg's behalf. "We found Tom difficult to deal with from a negotiating standpoint." His comments were part of the unsealed filings from Stemberg's divorce case in 1991.
Stemberg and his lawyer were driving a tough bargain, trying to keep "a very large portion" of the company for the founder, while Bain and the other investors were "of course thinking we should take a large portion of the company."
The talks took weeks, Romney recalled, and they were longer and more grueling than any he and Bain had dealt with in the past. The negotiating process became so difficult, Romney said, that Sandy Samuels, a representative for one of the other investors, threw up his hands, saying, "I can't take it any more, Mitt, you try." Romney said he and Stemberg finally wore each other down.
''It was very clearly our intent to reward Tom handsomely if the company did spectacularly well. On the other hand, we did not want Tom to receive any reward if he were to turn out to be not an effective chief executive officer," Romney said in his testimony.
Stemberg, who is now a professional investor himself at the venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners, declined to comment on the testimony from his divorce case, but did not dispute that the Staples negotiations were intense.
Indeed, such contentious face-offs are common, said Todd Dagres, a Boston venture capitalist whose deals have included Akamai Technologies and Twitter.
''The one thing that is an absolute rule is, the most successful entrepreneurs I've dealt with have been the most challenging," said Dagres of Spark Capital. "Based on how successful Staples and Stemberg were, and Mitt has been, I would be shocked to learn if it was anything different." Romney's campaign declined to comment for this story.
With all the agreements in place, Staples started rolling out new stores. Woburn opened after Brighton, and Providence after that. But sales were ramping up slower than expected, Romney said. Immediately, the blame fell on Stemberg.
''The first area of concern was whether management or Tom in particular was selecting the right sites with sufficient care and whether we needed a different process for selecting sites," Romney said. In addition, Romney was concerned that the stores were short on some merchandise, and that customers were staying away because of those inefficient checkout lines.
Romney said he and the rest of the board rode Stemberg hard. They wanted him to hire a chief operating officer with serious retail experience who could manage the operational issues. Stemberg resisted for a time, perhaps fearful the new executive would replace him, Romney speculated.
The problems continued into late 1987, and Romney was pessimistic about the company's prospects. Bain's goal was to make 10 times its money in five years in venture deals, he said, or about 58 percent a year. Fearing Staples could fail, he put less Bain money on the line in the third round of fund-raising, and helped put a value on the company's private stock at $2.90 a share (an amount Stemberg's ex-wife, Maureen, would later argue was too low).
''We were obviously proved wrong ultimately, but the price we thought was high at that stage given the company's performance," Romney said.
Meanwhile, Staples executives botched some presentations to the board, and yet another new store launch, in Port Chester, N.Y., took off too slowly. When Stemberg and supermarket magnate Leo Kahn, then Staples chairman, proposed an expensive new distribution center, some board members grew furious.
Samuels, the board representative for investor Fred Adler, said Adler was upset the company wasn't growing faster. In fact, Adler was so frustrated, he invested in a Staples competitor, Office Depot in Florida, and suggested that they simply run Staples out of business, Romney recounted.
Romney went to New York to meet with Adler and try to talk him out of doing anything to harm Staples. It wasn't a pleasant meeting.
''He was not friendly in the meeting and called me various names, and basically said, 'It's none of your business; we'll do what we want to do,' " Romney said. Adler could not be reached for comment.
After that experience, Bain would institute rules barring co-investors in deals from backing competing companies. But Romney had to learn that the hard way.
There were some lessons of the business Romney had already learned by then, like that he had an inherent conflict of interest in carrying out his duties as a Staples director while also representing his firm's interest as an investor.
''Those of us on the board who are also investors have a complicated role," Romney said. "As board members we want to get as high a price as possible for the company, and as investors we want it low."
Over the next few years, Staples grew to 24 stores and 1,100 employees. Bain would invest a total of $2.5 million. The plan was to take the company public in 1989 if it was profitable. And when it came to launching an IPO or selling the company, Romney felt that Bain's interests were aligned with Stemberg's, in wanting to fetch the highest price possible.
Still, Romney remained a skeptic about Staples' prospects for a long time, according to his testimony, maintaining that many start-ups fail, and reeling off cold statistics that betrayed no illusions about Staples' chances. He said he felt there was a 25 percent chance Staples would be successful, 25 percent that it would be an "OK investment," another 25 percent probability it would be a "bad investment but we'd get our money back," and a "25 percent probability we'd lose money."
Romney was this pessimistic, even though Wall Street's Goldman Sachs & Co. wanted to help do a deal and Staples already had a suitor. Sears was interested in acquiring the company and sent representatives to meet with Stemberg and Romney.
The price to sell, Romney told them, was $100 million to $130 million. But the Sears offer didn't come close.
By April 1989, Staples went public at $19 a share and jumped to $22.50 in the first day of trading. The company's value soared to more than $200 million, and Bain ultimately would make $13 million on its investment. Stemberg made even more.
It was a small sum compared with the massive profits Bain was starting to reap in leveraged buyouts. But it would be one of the few successful start-ups Romney could claim to have worked closely on. Today, Staples is the world's largest office supply company, with more than 1,870 stores, 88,000 employees, and a market capitalization of $7.8 billion. Bain no longer has a stake in the company, which is facing challenges in the digital era as offices shift away from traditional paper and pen. But Staples has remained a centerpiece of Romney's campaign narrative about understanding small business.
Speaking over the summer at the Republican National Convention, Stemberg recalled none of the hardships of the early days, just Romney's willingness to help. "He never looked at Staples merely as a financial investment," Stemberg said. "He saw the engine of prosperity it would become."


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What's silver, has two wings and FLIES? Why, today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 260Z of course. With low miles and a pair of questionable mods, the real riddle is how much bread should someone pay for this silver Zed?
My loss - your gain. That's what the seller of yesterday's Lotus Turbo Esprit claimed in his ADHD-targeted ad, and the car's price made fully 73% of you gain a pants tent over the thought of ownership, for a Nice Price win.
The Esprit had its roots in the '70s, and so did Nissan's game changing sports car, the S30 Z-car. When the then Datsun branded Z debuted on the cusp of the disco decade it suddenly made the cheap British sports cars seem like something Charles Dickens might drive. Likewise its unmuted sexiness married to reliable operation doomed the cheap seat Italians to whatever it is they've been doing ever since.
However, even the wily Japanese can get it wrong on occasion, and so without further ado we give you the 1974 260Z. Don-don-daaa! It's not that the 260 was actually such a bad car, but the one-year in the U.S. model simply missed the target for drivability and performance. You see, despite a 172-cc bump in the L-series engine size (2,565 vs. the 240's 2,393) additional work to reduce emissions robbed the car of 10 horsepower, dropping it to 140.
That performance-blunting horse thievery was abetted by the 260Z's greater heft, being differentiated from the 240 by a strengthened platform and bumpers that were no longer made from rice paper and haiku. On the plus side, the interior received some enhanced ergonomics and at least those bumpers aren't the sumo wrestlers marring the 280Z. The '74.5 260s were burdened with these, but this earlier edition is more pleasing to the eye if not your insurance agent.
The seller of this particular 260Z says in his ad that it flies, and advocates riding around town in style, which one would assume to mean doing so in this silver 45,000 mile Z-car. At a cursory glance it seems stylish enough, looking pretty stock with the exception of its 'custom Inki' wheels - by which I think he means Enkei - and the tail light panel now being body color rather than grey. It's also missing the rubber extensions for the bumpers which keep crumbs from hitting the ground when you eat crackers over them.
Another claim made in the ad is that the car is in mint condition, and like many a confectionery treat that wintry flavor, this Z hides a surprise. Unfortunately, that surprise is not a liqueur-infused cherry, but the fact that the doors now open skyward rather than the traditional funky chicken fashion.
Okay, lets get this out of the way, Lambo doors are so played even Lambos don't have Lambo doors any more - sad trombone. I guess this seller doesn't abide the meme. At any rate, check out the video here to see how those doors insides are covered in space age silver as are the bolsters of the seat covers making the whole interior look like a set piece from Barbarella. Props for Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble!
Okay, so let's recap and look at this car's pros and cons. The 260Z is not the most desirable S30 model - but at least it's not an automatic 2+2. The Lambo doors are a definite demerit - unless those are really working for you in which case you will probably be put off by its total lack of under-car fluorescent lighting. The overall condition of this car is pretty good plus there are 4 new BFGs. However, the seller suffers from excessive exclamation point syndrome, making the ad annoying!!!!
And the price for all this yin and yang is $9,500. It's up to you to decide on which side of the coin that falls. What do you say, does $9,500 open the Lambo door to 260Z ownership? Or, is the price the least of this car's problems?
You decide!
San Francisco Craigslist or go here if the ad disappears.
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Alumna Turns Childhood Engineering Dream into Career
If, as a child, someone asked 2002 Stevens graduate Miriam Woodall what her adult profession would be, she probably have pictured herself working with heavy machinery and equipment in a power plant or oil field.
She would have been right. Woodall is in her tenth year at Chevron Corporation, working as a Rotating Equipment Decision Support Center Team Lead in the Maintenance division supporting all of Gulf of Mexico operations,
For Woodall, becoming an engineer was a no-brainer. She was surrounded by them growing up. Her father, who worked for an oil company, studied Mechanical Engineering, as did her older brother. Her mother studied Chemical Engineering.
"In my family, it was always like, 'What else can you be?'" Woodall said.
Woodall came to Stevens after she researched universities with top engineering schools near White Plains, N.Y., where her father moved her family after his employer transferred him from Florida. When she was accepted, the decision to enroll was easy. She was not only offered a full tuition scholarship, but she would be able to join the women's swimming team.
"I only ended up swimming for my first two years, but it was a great experience," Woodall said. "It gave me great friends and an outlet for stress."
In addition to swimming, Woodall was involved in many groups and activities on campus – she was a Resident Assistant, a member of the international coed service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega, and a member of Tau Beta Pi, a national engineering honor society.
Perhaps most importantly, she was part of the Cooperative Education program, which she said was instrumental in her later career success.
"Co-op, internships, jobs – whatever you can do to get work experience helps you out tremendously once you enter the 'real world,'" she said. "Often, it can set you up with great job offers before your senior year even starts."
Stevens unique engineering curricula also helped make the transition to the workforce easier.
"The engineering courses are extremely well-rounded at Stevens, in that we learned business and economics in addition to engineering," she said. "It's great to have strong technical skills, but you also have to be able to sell your ideas to project managers and speak their lingo. Stevens gave me the background to do that."
Woodall got her foot in the door at Chevron after securing an internship with Texaco while she was still an undergraduate studying Mechanical Engineering. Texaco offered her a full-time position after she graduated, which Woodall accepted.
However, Texaco then merged with Chevron before Woodall had finished her degree. Fortunately, Chevron honored her offer and Woodall went to work for the company in 2002.
Today, Woodall supervises a group of Chevron analysts who do predictive maintenance on rotating equipment like compressors and turbines found in oil and gas production sites.
She lives in Covington, L.A. with her husband and newborn daughter, Maya Anne. It is probably too early to say if little Maya will have a childhood engineering dream of her own.
For full coverage of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Stevens becoming fully coeducational, visit Women at Stevens.


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Talking Dead returns to AMC Sunday night following the premiere of the second half of Fear the Walking Dead's fourth season, but some members of the aftershow's crew won't be there for it.
Following the reinstatement of host Chris Hardwick after the network conducted an investigation into allegations of sexual and emotional abuse by Hardwick's ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra, one female executive producer and a "handful" of female staffers on the show have quit, The Wrap reports.
Dykstra wrote an essay on Medium in June detailing an unnamed former boyfriend — who was quickly uncovered to be Hardwick — who was described as over-controlling, sexually demanding and vengeful after their breakup, to the point where Dykstra feels she was blackballed from the industry. Hardwick vehemently denied the allegations.
AMC pulled Hardwick as hosts of several of its shows and moderator of The Walking Dead franchise Comic-Con panels, bringing on superfan Yvette Nicole Brown to take over while the investigation was being conducted. AMC said its investigation found no wrongdoing, and brought Hardwick back into its fold.
After the controversy, Hardwick's name was also pulled from the Nerdist website, the company which he helped found. Hardwick's name has since been put back on the site.


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Poised for her third go-around with MTV reality show stardom, Lauren Conrad's newest show -- a documentary-style series based on the development of her fashion line, Paper Crown -- has apparently been dropped by the network.
As MTV EVP of programming David Janollari told Entertainment Weekly:
We decided not to go ahead with the show. There were talks about whether we could somehow manage to put together a special based on that footage, but that's also a big question mark based on her interest in that and the finances ... it was a great attempt but it just didn't feel like a perfect fit for us now.
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Conrad countered with her own statement:
We sold a show to MTV, filmed it and are really proud of the final result. MTV felt the subject matter was too high brow for their audience and offered me the opportunity to change the show by incorporating more of my personal life. We agreed going into the project that this show would be an aspirational one, focusing on my career and my goals and not my personal relationships. We delivered the show that we sold and are sorry MTV didn't feel their viewers were savvy enough to appreciate it.
Ba-zing! It's apparent that Conrad has grown out of the MTV machine, but it's also clear that MTV has no interest in altering its winning approach to reality TV -- namely, concentrating more on the characters' personal lives than their actual careers. Conrad's attempt to position her brand is clear, but without the promotion of that pilot, it's unclear how the new Paper Heart line will fare, especially as her contemporaries like Olivia Palermo plan to launch fashion lines on TV of their own.


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Let's face it, sometimes adding shutters and flowers aren't enough to improve curb appeal.
This large and handsome farm house in Ontario is crying out for a little more than just esthetics.
First, everything on the structure that is rotten needs replacing. The dated colour palette and the tired roof also have to be addressed.
The pink and beige bricks on the foundation limit the choice of flattering tints for various elements on the house. I propose to unify the top and the bottom by painting these the same earthy blue colour. A 20-year guaranty paint especially made for bricks and concrete, in a mat finish, would be matched with an exterior acrylic matte paint for the siding. The surfaces have to be initially cleaned with a TSP product and then rinsed thoroughly with a hose. When dry, two coats would then be applied with a small roller on flat surfaces and a brush for the joints.
The deck on the right has two unattractive overhangs built one over the other which have to be removed entirely. By doing so, holes in the walls will be revealed. A new and solid triangular shaped roof, in the same angle as the adjoining one, would cover the damaged walls and only half of the deck size. This way, the natural light would still be encouraged in the house.
To give an impression of thicker - thus newer looking windows - all coloured trims should be painted white. The shutters will have to be fixed and painted charcoal in semigloss.
To unify the look, the two entries have to be treated in the same way. The doors from the different porches should be of an identical model and both painted the same burgundy tint in a semi-gloss finish. By eliminating the unsightly screen door, the house will appear more inviting and richer.
The banisters also need to be harmonized. I suggest an X-shaped style railing reminiscent of the oblique lines on barn doors. Made out of a few square wooden posts and stained in an opaque crisp white they will provide an inexpensive and appropriate design. The stairs on the side porch would be moved to the left to create a new area for a flowering shrub that will soften the corner. The flooring and the stairs would be stained in a medium grey.
Two new simple and bigger black lantern light fixtures will complete the work on the house.
On a farm, the last thing one needs is the continual extra sweat over an extensive and high maintenance landscaping requirement. A simple approach with clean lines, coloured leaves, long lasting blossoms and drought tolerant annuals are a wiser alternative.
A huge empty wall on the side of the house lends itself beautifully to an eye-catching climbing rose bush on a strong trellis stained charcoal. This stunning natural element will decorate without being too demanding since no winter protection is necessary.
Though the work seems challenging on such a big house, these changes will add value to the home and will bring country living to a new level.
Most homes can use a little help when it comes to warming up their curb appeal. If you'd like some inexpensive ideas on how to improve the appearance of your home, send a clear photo of your house with your commentary to: Suzanne Rowe, Designer, firstname.lastname@example.com. Because of the volume of email she receives, it is not possible for her to individually reply to each correspondent.
Vegetation (from left to right)
- Weigela Samba (three shrubs, bronze leaves, purple red flowers)
- Hydrangea Annabella Grandiflora (three shrubs, white clusters)
- Rosa William Baffin (climb-ing rose bush on trellis)
- Catharanthus Roseus syn. Vinca Rosa (white annuals in big flower pot)
- Hydrangea Annabella Grandiflora (3 shrubs, white clusters)
- Weigela Samba (shrub)
- Catharanthus Roseus syn. Vinca Rosa (white annuals planted in long and deep box)
- Senecio Mikanioides (an-nuals, cascading ivy in flower box)


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St John Bosco
St John Bosco is remembered as a man who dedicated his life to the service of abandoned young people. Over 150 years ago he challenged the way young people were treated in the desperate poverty that existed at that time in the city of Turin, Italy. He was driven by first-hand experience of the effects of dreadful poverty and hunger on the young people he came across, he was determined to change their condition. Others were inspired to follow him in responding to the needs of the young. John Bosco created an order in the Catholic Church, called the Salesians. They were founded in the poverty of a city we consider to be one of the most prosperous in the world today. The feast day of St John Bosco is January 31st.


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Netherstorm: Biodome!
I was pretty excited when we finally hit the Eco-Sphere. It was spectacular and gorgeous and the contrast between the lusciousness of the bio-garden extravaganza from the harsh crackling barren outer area made it even more intriguing. Inside the Eco-Sphere, you gather flowers, collect pelts from lynxs, and hunt down crocs. It was a nice retreat from the rest of Netherstorm.
We also thought this NPC was pretty funny. If you guys can remember the movie Biodome, Paully Shore was one of the main actors. hehehe. Good to see the sense of humor persisting.
Having a druid in your party is pretty awesome. Taint uses his flight form to do a ton of scouting for us which helps speed up the questing x10. He finds collection items, rare spawned mobs, and tracks horde. hehehe.
Yeah, these horde decided to gank us while we were fighting mobs. We were a little dissoriented and made the huge mistake of not targeting the Shammy first. He actually went down from Felix's DOTs but he ankhed right away. So we ran back to our bodies, Taint took to the skies, located them, and we gave them a little payback. Twice. :)
So as of tonight, I have 465,677XP left till 70. Felix might come up to Austin this Friday so we can all hit 70 here and then go out and celebrate. Mexican Martinis on the house!
Please send all your gold to Alachia so she can just buy her epic flying mount. hehehe.. I wish. I've decided I want the epic flying mount and want to skip the regular to save money. But who knows how that'll go. Must figure out a way to make a quick 6.5k.


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To tip or not to tip? When dining in a foreign country, that is often the question. In Singapore, the short answer is no – the country does not have a tipping culture. For the long answer, keep... Read our full review of Are you supposed to tip in Singapore?.
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Who says you need a lot of money to eat like a king? Singaporeans have applied the foodie mentality to their beloved hawker stalls where the best meal of your life can cost only a couple bucks. There are hundreds of blogs and guides rating Singapore's thousands of food stalls, but the most highly-regarded foodie guide is the... Read our full review of The Makansutra: Singapore's famous foodie guide.
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Singapore is an expensive city to spend time in as a tourist, but you can trim some fat from your budget when it comes to meal time. Thanks to the city's abundant hawker centres, you can get three square meals for around S$10 without sacrificing taste or... Read our full review of Eating in Singapore on S$10 a day.
No self-respecting food lover would come to Singapore without trying the famous chilli crab, but local cooks have plenty of other delicious tricks up their sleeves for dealing with prawns, squid, cockles and even stingrays. If you're a fan of fresh seafood, you won't want to miss out on... Read our full review of Must-try seafood dishes in Singapore.
You wouldn't know it by walking past or from reading the sign outside, but Chye Seng Huat Hardware brews some of the best coffee in Singapore. This retro-chic cafe roasts their own beans and has a coffee bar where you can sample their different blends and brewing methods as well as some delectable... Read our full review of Chye Seng Huat Hardware.
Experience a traditional Chinese tea ceremony at this antique-filled cafe on the outskirts of Chinatown. Pots of tea range from S$10 for classic Oolong to S$15 for fragrant Eight Treasures with dried fruits and flowers. Staff are happy to explain the benefits of each blend and the traditional way to brew it. It's easy to spend a few hours here and if you get peckish there's a small menu of... Read our full review of Tea Chapter.
One thing you learn from travelling is that what people like to eat for breakfast varies wildly by culture. This means that in multi-ethnic Singapore there are multiple traditional breakfast options available at hawker centres across the... Read our full review of Traditional breakfasts in Singapore.
Singapore's traditional breakfast of kopi or teh with kaya butter toast and eggs has seen a surge in popularity in recent years, with local chain Ya Kun even branching out abroad. If you'd like to get nostalgic and take a step back into Singapore's culinary past, where should you... Read our full review of Singapore's old-style cafes.
The traditional method of brewing Singapore-style coffee is alive and well at Nanyang Old Coffee in the Chinatown neighbourhood. Come for a cup of kopi-o, handmade dim sum and to browse the mini-museum of antique coffee-making... Read our full review of Nanyang Old Coffee & Museum.
Tiong Bahru is quickly becoming known as one of the trendiest neighbourhoods in Singapore, and one of the reasons is the presence of cafes like Forty Hands. This Melbourne-inspired cafe has an artsy atmosphere, fantastic fair-trade coffee and makes one of the best breakfasts in... Read our full review of Forty Hands Cafe.
Singapore is so westernised that it's easy to forget you're in Asia, but one local tradition that's holding strong is the kopitiam.... Read our full review of How to order coffee like a Singaporean.
Singapore's Arab Street is a charming hotchpotch of textile stores and cafes selling Turkish and Iranian food right next to watering holes and hip hostels. While many of these have come and gone over the years, the Cafe le Caire has been serving delicious well-priced Middle Eastern fare for more than a... Read our full review of Cafe le Caire.
You can get a bowl of laksa, a spicy seafood noodle soup, at any hawker centre, but Singapore's east coast traditionally lays claim to katong laksa -- regarded as a quintessentially Singaporean dish. In this variant the broth tastes more of curry than coconut milk and the noodles are diced so they're easy to ladel in the spoon with cockles, fishcake and bean sprouts. Chilli paste is served on... Read our full review of 328 Famous Katong Laksa.
In many Southeast Asian countries being a vegetarian limits you to a boring diet of fried rice with veggies. This couldn't be further from the case in... Read our full review of Singapore's best vegetarian restaurants.
Named after Joseph Balestier, the first US Consul to Singapore, Balestier Road runs alongside what used to be his sugar-cane estate. While no traces of sugar cane remain, Balestier today is a great spot to wander and sample a range of traditional Singaporean dishes. Strap... Read our full review of Eating around Balestier Road.
In most cases Singapore's delicious hawker food is best enjoyed at open-air hawker centres, but there are rare exceptions to this rule. One of them is Kway Guan Huat, a simple shop in eastern Singapore that has been following the same family recipe to make their popiah for more than 70... Read our full review of Kway Guan Huat Popiah.
Kopi and Tiger beer flow as Singaporeans sit back and loosen their belts after a day's work. The auntie-in-charge hustles about, spare change clinking in her fanny pack. Sizzling 'wok breath' fills the air as white-clad chefs saute with an agility that rivals the pro footballers on the house TV. The drink stall may be the anchor of any kopitiam in the Singapore heartlands, but without a... Read our full review of Zi char: The hearty food of Singapore's kopitiams.
After a S$5 million revamp, much-loved Chinatown Food Street finally re-opened at the end of February 2014. Occupying a 100-metre stretch of Smith Street, the new Food Street features 24 excellent hawker stalls — more than double than in the past — with many of them new ones selected from among the famous in the... Read our full review of Chinatown Food Street.
Ayam penyet (literally "smashed chicken") may technically be an Indonesian dish, but you're more likely to find it on the menu in Singapore than in Bali. Singapore is wild for this dish of fried chicken, rice, tofu and spicy sambal, and Ayam Penyet Ria Restaurant on Orchard Road is the original source of the... Read our full review of Ayam Penyet Ria Restaurant.
Singapore is famous for spicy, savoury foods like chilli crab and laksa, but what's for dessert? To satisfy your sweet tooth, head to Dessert Hut where you can sample Singaporean concoctions like mango sago and peanut soup at bargain... Read our full review of Dessert Hut.
A short walk from Clarke Quay SMRT, Song Fa Bak Kut Teh is a perpetually busy powerhouse specialising in bak kut teh — literally pork bone tea. Popular for breakfast (yes really), lunch and dinner the dish consists of fatty pork ribs, a secret blend of herbs, and many hours of boiling. The results? a soup so flavourful you'll want to eat a large bowl despite the heat. The soup is eaten... Read our full review of Song Fa Bak Kut Teh.
The oily curries taste like a failed fusion of Thai and Indian food, but signature dishes like mohinga (noodles and chickpea fritters in fishy broth) and pickled tea leaf salad (an explosion of flavours and textures) are so unique you'll get cravings for them. Set meals with a drink and side are a good value and help solve the challenge of figuring out what to order — the Burmese staff are... Read our full review of Inle Myanmar Restaurant.
If you're looking for decent Vietnamese food in the heart of Singapore's Chinatown, Yummy Viet, on Smith Street is a solid and not too expensive option right in the middle of things. Yummy Viet is right on Smith Street, in the midst of the revamped, quite touristic, Chinatown Food Street and offers healthy rice paper rolls, bánh mì (baguette sandwiches), noodle salad with barbecue pork and... Read our full review of Yummy Viet.
In the chaos of the Chinatown street market the sound of the waitresses saying Sawasdee kha! rings out like an angel. We used to be quite down on here as the Thai food was really toned down in its kick to accommodate a tourist's palate, but on a more recent visit, we found the food had improved considerably both in taste and presentation (along with a revamped menu and inching up prices for... Read our full review of Sawasdee Thai Food.
From the Thai-speaking staff to the portraits of the Thai King on the wall, Diandin Leluk is just about as authentic as it gets in Singapore without hopping on a plane to Bangkok. The menu is extensive and covers everything from stand-bys like tom yam goong and green curry to northeastern Thai specialties like larb and chicken feet. We've eaten here a few times and are yet to have a bad... Read our full review of Diandin Leluk.
This legendary Kampong Glam restaurant has been serving tasty Malay food since 1908 — well before Singapore was an independent country! Though they make a mean briyani, Zam Zam's signature dish is murtabak, an artery-clogging concoction of fried dough stuffed with mutton, diced onion and egg served with a bowl of curry gravy. The restaurant is busy all hours of the day and it's worth... Read our full review of Singapore Zam Zam Restaurant.
With its cosmopolitan population – including many Japanese expats – you're never far from a sushi restaurant in Singapore. Whether you just want a couple of California rolls in a take-away container or a Michelin-starred dining experience, Singapore has something to satisfy sushi cravings on any... Read our full review of Sushi for every budget in Singapore.
To outsiders Singapore is one sprawling city, but to its residents there are two distinct divisions: town and the heartlands. Often the only part of Singapore that visitors experience is Orchard Road, Raffles Place to Marina Bay and other central areas where you find five-star hotels and people queuing to shop at Louis Vuitton. A sharp contrast, the heartlands are largely residential areas with... Read our full review of Singapore's best heartland hawker centres.
Iconic Lau Pa Sat hawker centre, nestled into the heart of Singapore's financial district and a great spot to sample local cuisine as well as international dishes, reopened in mid-2014 after a nine-month renovation that left it bigger, brighter and better than ever. The makeover gave the food centre a spruced up interior, improved ventilation and a reconfigured layout of food stalls, while... Read our full review of Lau Pa Sat hawker centre.
Still often known as Lavender Food Square, New Century Food Paradise is a typical Singaporean hawker centre that serves a wide array of food at bargain... Read our full review of New Century Food Paradise (Lavender Food Square).
Singapore is a food lover's paradise. Luckily for those on a shoestring budget the city's best eats aren't at five-star restaurants but at the plentiful hawker centres. Squeaky-clean Singapore forbid street food decades ago, rounding up its sidewalk chefs into foodcourt-like settings called hawker centres. They're clean, cheap, and offer diverse and delectable food. Hawker centres are everywhere,... Read our full review of Our top 10 Hawker Centres.
If you consult a Singapore travel guide to find out which hawker centre serves the best seafood it will likely recommend Newton Circus, which is also known for touting and overcharging tourists. Instead, ask a Singaporean living on the west coast and they'll point you in the direction of Pasir Panjang Food Centre where you can get a better seafood feast for... Read our full review of Pasir Panjang Food Centre.
Singapore may be a shopping mall nation, but that means you're never far from an easy, affordable foodcourt meal. If you're from the West the word 'foodcourt' may evoke images of burgers and pizza slices, but in Singapore this couldn't be further from the truth. Singaporean foodcourts mostly serve Singaporean food – think of them as hawker centres with... Read our full review of Great meals in malls: Orchard Road foodcourts.
Offering delicious food at bargain prices, hawker centres are one of our favourite things about Singapore. Here's everything you need to know before sitting down for a meal at a hawker... Read our full review of Etiquette at Singapore hawker centres.
Though they're best known for spicy foods like chilli crab and char kway teow, Singapore hawker centres also serve up a quick, cheap breakfast. One of the most popular local breakfast items is kaya toast, a tropical twist on toast and eggs with enough calories to last you through... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: kaya toast.
A Singapore hawker dish of Chinese origins, wonton mee takes two of our favourite things – noodles and dumplings – and combines them into one steaming bowl of goodness. Add a generous serving of roasted pork and you've got a delicious meal that will set you back only... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: wonton mee.
Thosai (also spelled dosa) is a savoury pancake served with a slew of spicy dipping sauces. Like so much of the Indian food popular at Singapore hawker centres, thosai are cheap, tasty and 100%... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Thosai (dosa).
Vietnam may be better known for fresh summer rolls, but at Singapore hawker centres you'll find a comparable creation called popiah. Not only do popiah make a healthy snack, they're a bargain at around S$1.50 per... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Popiah.
If you want to try Singapore hawker food but nothing too exotic, Cantonese roasted meat is the perfect introduction. For only a few dollars, you get a complete meal with rice, soup and your choice of roasted duck, pork or chicken. The stalls are easy to identify too — just look for the display of crispy cooked animals hanging in the... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Cantonese roast meat.
If there's one thing that's universal about the human race it's our love of barbecue. At Singapore hawker centres, this frequently takes the form of satay – bite-size morsels of grilled meat served with a peanut sauce so good you'll be licking the... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Satay.
It's wise to keep an eye out for stingrays when you're swimming in shallow water, but you should also watch out for them at Singapore's hawker centres – they're... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Barbecue stingray.
If you think fried noodles don't get any better than phad Thai, it means you haven't tried char kway teow. This popular Singapore hawker dish combines rice noodles, seafood, Chinese sausage and lard into one sinfully savoury dish. We hope you're not counting... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Char kway teow.
Spicy, sour, sweet and savoury – the popular Singapore hawker dish of laksa blends many flavours into one delicious bowl. Once you try it, you may just find yourself craving hot soup in spite of the tropical... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Laksa soup.
If you're a fussy eater who likes to know every ingredient that goes into your meal, this healthy soup is the perfect Singapore hawker dish for you. Every bowl of yong tau foo is custom-prepared with the diner choosing the ingredients and even the flavour of the... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Yong tau foo.
If there's one dish that tops the "must-eat" list of visitors to Singapore it's chilli crab. Whether you eat it in a hawker centre or a posh seafood restaurant, digging into a whole crab swimming in sweet and spicy sauce is the most memorable (and messy) meal that Singapore has to... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Chilli crab.
Sometimes simple is best. Roti prata, a popular Singapore hawker dish imported from South India, is a deliciously buttery flatbread served with a bowl of curry. It's equally popular for breakfast or a midnight snack, and is one of the few hawker dishes that is easily made... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Roti prata.
Lor mee is a hawker dish of Hokkien heritage. The lor or gravy is simmered for hours, with spices, meat stock, egg whites and corn starch to give it its sticky consistency; served with flat yellow noodles and some crunchy additions, it's dish worth seeking out while you're in Singapore. (You'll also find lor duck, lor pork and lor beancurd at cheap stalls right across the city... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Lor mee.
There are steamboats — and then there are fish-head steamboats. If you don't already know, a steamboat is an Asian hotpot of a simmering stock in which one cooks meat and vegetables. While the steamboat scene in Singapore is a hodgepodge of Thai, Sichuan, Japanese and Korean buffet varieties in restaurants, the classic Singapore hawker steamboat for a family dinner out is a fish-head... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Fish-head steamboat.
So you really want to try a classic Singaporean hawker dish? Kway chap isn't for beginners, and will perhaps only suit those brave enough to lust after, say, haggis in the West, but it's well worth seeking out for its rich soy sauce-based gravy, delectable flat noodles and tender pork offal. Forget newfangled nose-to-tail dining; this is the original real deal, a slurpworthy breakfast that... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Kway chap.
Teochew porridge or 'muay' is so healthy that it doesn't seem like a typical hawker dish — in fact, it's likely as close as one will get to home-cooked food outside your home. Pretty much every food court or hawker centre in Singapore will have an 'economy rice' stall — a smorgasbord of meats, fish and vegetable dishes to go with a serving of rice, but not all offer porridge. The... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Teochew porridge.
Rojak is a Malay word meaning 'mixture'. But if you hear it used in conversation in Singapore, it's probably referring to what's for lunch. Rojak is the name of not one but two hawker dishes, and both are delicious and completely... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: A tale of two rojaks.
Forget chilli crab — if Singapore has a national dish it's definitely chicken rice. First of all, this simple but tasty dish is something that Singaporeans genuinely eat all the time. No hawker centre is complete without a chicken rice stall and it's a balanced meal – carbs, protein, chilli sauce – for just a few... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Chicken rice.
Placing an order for "carrot cake" with a wizened man with a wok, it's hard to imagine that anyone would expect a slice of cake with cream cheese icing. The name of this classic Singapore hawker dish isn't meant to deceive; it's simply the result of a direct translation from... Read our full review of Singapore hawker dishes: Carrot Cake (chai tow kueh).
Fishball noodles are a Singapore staple found in almost every hawker centre and coffee shop. The simple combination of noodles in soup or chilli oil and balls of minced fish means that there is little variation for a stallowner to make their dish a cut above the rest. Hock Lee Fishball Noodles, however, has made that leap into greatness by using fresh ingredients that result in a purity of... Read our full review of Hock Lee Fishball Noodles.
Chinese cuisine reigns supreme at this hectic hawker centre between the business district and Chinatown. Many people say that Singapore's best chicken rice — practically the national dish — comes from Tian Tian Chicken Rice stall and it'll only set you back $3. Other popular dishes include oyster omelettes, congee (rice porridge), fish ball noodles, char siew barbecue pork, dim sum, fried... Read our full review of Maxwell Road Food Centre.
Ignore the touts who try to direct you to a table near their stall — you're free to sit anywhere — and browse the catch of the day displayed on ice in front of each stall. While chilli crab is the obvious choice, black pepper crab, crispy cereal prawns, grilled fish, and spicy sambal stingray are just as delicious — always ask the price (usually quoted per 100 grams) before ordering fresh... Read our full review of Newton Food Centre.
You can trust this vegetarian restaurant opposite the Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple for tasty Indian food at prices even religious pilgrims can afford. Curries and rice dishes are precooked so just take a look (or a sniff) at what's available. For a freshly prepared snack order some roti prata (flatbread) or dosai (savoury pancake) which come with a bowl of dahl curry for dipping and costs less... Read our full review of Suriya Restaurant.
Follow your nose to this multi-purpose market building in Little India. While the upper floors sell everything from saris to CDs, the ground level is largely a hawker centre with stalls turning out curries, briyani rice, roti murtabak (flatbread stuffed with minced meat and onion), dosai (lentil pancakes with curry), and Indian-style fried noodles — bright red from the added chilli. Wash it... Read our full review of Tekka Centre.
Forego any formalities and even the cutlery for one of the most satisfying Indian meals in Singapore — banana leaf curry. A swatch of banana leaf serves as your plate and rice, dahl and veggies are heaped on top and constantly refilled. Meat dishes are ordered separately and come in portions big enough to share — try the butter chicken, tandoori prawns or the famous fish-head curry (it... Read our full review of The Banana Leaf Apolo.
There's lots of competition for tasty food and good value in Little India, so the fact that Komala's has been open more than 50 years and is always busy speaks for itself. This South Indian restaurant has implemented a fast food-style ordering system to deal with the steady stream of customers, but the food remains fresh, flavourful, and 100%... Read our full review of Komala's Restaurant.
Serving up South Indian specialties in a casual colonial setting, Samy's Curry is a Singapore institution. The fact that Samy's has been around for 50 years is a testament to how good the food truly... Read our full review of Samy's Curry.
Far East Plaza is known as a hang-out for Singapore's teenage ah lians and ah bengs who flock there for cheap, flashy fashions. Since a meal at this mall usually means KFC and bubble tea, I was sceptical when I heard there was a good Turkish restaurant tucked away... Read our full review of Singapore's best Turkish kebab?.
There's no question that Singaporean food is delicious, but this cosmopolitan city is also a great place to satisfy any cravings for food from far-flung countries. The fact that all food in Singapore is imported from overseas means you can get any ingredient here, including the tomatillos, chipotle peppers and masa harina necessary to make authentic Mexican... Read our full review of Mexican food in Singapore.
With the opening of Singapore's new casinos has come a slew of celebrity chef restaurants. If you're a foodie or fan of 'Top Chef' you'll certainly recognise names like Wolfgang Puck, Joel Robuchon, and Guy Savoy. While Singapore is already an expensive city for a formal meal, these restaurants take fine-dining to a new extreme with S$200 steaks and S$500 degustation menus (that's... Read our full review of (Relatively) affordable celebrity chef meals in Singapore.
You can feast on every kind of Asian food imaginable in Singapore, but sometimes nothing satisfies like a burger. Restaurants in trendy areas like Clarke Quay charge upwards of S$20 for a burger and fries, but it is possible to satisfy your Western craving for much less at a hawker... Read our full review of Botak Jones Burger Stalls.
Atop Mount Faber, the second highest hill in Singapore, is a glass-walled dining complex called the Jewel Box. Inside you'll find three fine-dining restaurants plus Moonstone, a casual al fresco bar serving up Japanese nibbles and stunning views of Sentosa... Read our full review of Moonstone Bar.
At their second location beside the river the Prince of Wales feels less like a backpacker bar and more like an Aussie pub. Like the Little India location it's a reliable spot for live music with a changing line-up of local bands and international indie bands plus a Sunday afternoon jam session. In addition to the usual offerings, Aussie beers are on tap with pints from S$8 and further... Read our full review of Prince of Wales.
Set on the roof terrace of Singapore's Esplanade Theatres, Orgo offers more than just spectacular views of the bay. The bar's cocktail menu is out of this world featuring original creations like vanilla dragonfruit martinis and spicy strawberry... Read our full review of Orgo Bar.
Looking for a place to wet your whistle in the Orchard Road area? Skip the bland hotel bars and head to historic Emerald Hill for a tipple among the palm trees and Peranakan... Read our full review of The bars of Emerald Hill.
For countless reasons – cheap food, a central location – the Little India neighbourhood is home to Singapore's highest concentration of hostels. Since it's no secret that backpackers like to drink, backpacker bars have popped up to keep them full of Tiger Beer. Here's a rundown of where to go and what to... Read our full review of The backpacker bars of Little India.
There are many reasons why Clarke Quay is Singapore's top spot for an evening drink: the views of the sun sinking over the Singapore River, the eclectic crowd, and the fact that nearly every bar has a happy hour drink special! Here's a quick guide to finding the cheapest drinks at Clarke... Read our full review of Happy hour drinking at Clarke Quay.
With a record that includes banning chewing gum and censoring slapstick comedies like Borat, it's fair to say that Singapore is not known for its sense of humour. But that doesn't mean Singaporeans don't enjoy a good laugh. To see the city-state at its silliest and most politically incorrect, check out Comedy Masala night every Tuesday at Home... Read our full review of Comedy Masala at Home Club.
Though Tiger is undisputedly the official brew of Singapore, if you're looking for a locally-brewed beer with a little more oomph there are some fine... Read our full review of Singapore's best microbreweries.
On the rooftop of the tallest building in Raffles Place, 1-Altitude isn't just the highest bar in Singapore it's the highest al fresco bar in the world. The bar is completely uncovered and there's nothing but a five-foot glass wall to keep you from walking off the edge and plummeting 282 metres onto a... Read our full review of 1-Altitude.
Sipping on a cherry-red Singapore Sling at the Long Bar in Raffles Hotel is perhaps the most iconic thing to do in Singapore. Though it won't score you the cultural points of say a visit to the National Museum, you may not feel too upset about spending an hour or two forcing yourself to down the slightly sweet, easily drinkable cocktail in the name of historical... Read our full review of Long Bar at Raffles Hotel.
It doesn't take long to realise that drinking in Singapore is an expensive habit, but drink promotions can make an evening out a little more affordable. While we have already covered Singapore's best happy hours, here are my latest suggestions for getting the most booze for your buck every day of the... Read our full review of 7 days of drinking in Singapore.
As a modern, independent gal I'd normally turn my nose up at the thought of drink prices depending on gender… but, given Singapore's expensive nature – especially when it comes to drinking – I'll take all the deals I can... Read our full review of Ladies' nights in Singapore.
Don't let your brain turn to mush while you travel – flex those neurons at one of Singapore's pub quizzes. By my count five bars reliably host a weekday trivia night with prizes and a drink special to accompany... Read our full review of Strain your brain at a Singapore pub quiz.
No matter where on earth you travel, you can always find two things to quench your thirst: Coca-Cola and Guinness beer. In Southeast Asia Coke is served in all manners including plastic bags filled with ice, but the best way to enjoy a Guinness remains at a traditional Irish pub. With St Patrick 's Day just around the corner, now seems like the perfect time for a round-up of Irish pubs in... Read our full review of Irish pubs in Singapore.
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Project GT: Meet Team Under Par
Team name: Team Under Par
Racer 1:
Name: Kevin Luby
Title: Senior Editor, Skiing Magazine
Age: 27
From: Spokane, Washington
Home hill: Schweitzer Mountain, Idaho
Racer 2:
Name: Jonathon Holton
Title: Project Engineer, Mountainside Medical, LLC
Age: 29
From: Carbondale, Colorado
Home hill: Snowmass, Colorado
Why the Grand Traverse?
We have a pretty aggressive happy-hour session to thank for this lightbulb moment. Swell.
What has been the most difficult part of training?
Eating. Finding a good mix of energy snacks and real food that is still palatable after several hours of touring has been the tricky. Consuming a steady stream of calories is critical to successful training and to completing the race.
What are Team Under Par's Grand Traverse goals?
In no particular order: survival, finishing in less than 12 hours, and dusting Team DadFit.
What are the team's strengths?
Strong legs, healthy lungs, and rugged good looks.
We both get a bit temperamental in adverse conditions.
What's the team's biggest concern about Team Dadfit?
As the old farts already pointed out, old age and treachery.


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One of the most compelling challenges for companies entering the world of social business is measurement. The ability to attribute cause and effect directly can be elusive when it comes to measuring business outcomes like increased sales, improved customer retention and lowered support costs. But that's only because this is new territory. Business participation with social media on the web at large and internally has absolutely made measurable progress for numerous companies and organizations. The trick is to learn how, create a model that works for you and to sell it internally for testing, implementation and adoption.
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Helping to promote Pilipino culture to the Channel Islands campus, Ventura County community, family, and friends. As the sister club to Kilusan Pilipino in Stockton at the University of the Pacific (KP-OP est. 1994), we strive to be more than just another campus organization. KP is FAMILY. Kilusan Pilipino recognizes, welcomes, and thrives on diversity. As a whole, the KP Family consists of students from different ethnicities, cultures, and majors -- all that is required to join is a genuine interest in Pilipino culture. We continuously display the talents of our club members, whether it is leadership, acting, dancing, singing, or making each other laugh. Kilusan Pilipino becomes another family for its members, who develop close and personal friendships. Kilusan Pilipino is another home away from home.
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