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Charlie and the Sky Subscription Factory
Posted by The Marketing Team,
Mar 04, 2014
Do you remember the early scenes of the classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film?
Charlie is peering through the window of the local sweet shop, shaking his head in sad disdain at all the smiling, spoilt children inside having sweets thrown all over them. They're in and he isn't and he can only catch a glimpse of what's inside, knowing he's unlikely to ever afford the privilege of going into the shop with the other children.
So why am I talking about Charlie?
As part of a new £600m commitment to the Sky Owned portfolio, Sky First Episodes was born on February 1st; a platform which allows users to watch first episodes from Sky on YouTube. Naomi Gibney, Sky director of entertainment, marketing and digital, said: "The combination of Sky First Episodes and a TV campaign featuring entire clips from our biggest and best series means that now everyone has the chance to sample Sky shows."
Just a taste…
Sky are attempting to utilise the ever-growing VOD space and have extended their content to a new video platform in the hope they will generate more subscribers, just as the sweet shop owner enticed children with his shiny shelves of sweets. It is growing increasingly important in such a media-saturated world that brands are now confident in their platform choices for the mutual benefit of both the company and customers. A brand must now ask: 'How appropriate is this medium for our business objectives and what will it actually do for us and our customers?' In other words, how can Sky build long-term relationships between its customers and their content?
Sky's new service provides first episodes and scene teasers plus behind the scenes footage to non-Sky subscribers via YouTube. What's the catch? In order to view more episodes, viewers must subscribe to Sky. This brings me back to Charlie, who did indeed desire what the other children had inside the sweet shop. However, no matter how enticing the shop was, it just reminded him of what he didn't have and couldn't afford. In other words, if Charlie had been able to afford to go into the sweet shop, it is likely he would have. And we all remember how disappointed Charlie was when he eventually got a chocolate bar but it didn't hold the golden ticket. His hopes were raised, his anticipation built but then he was let down by not being able to continue his chocolate journey without having to purchase further.
Outside of providing first episodes and behind the scenes footage, Sky's new service seems to be lacking a real reason for customers to continue their journey. Ultimately, the key to Sky's advantage over competitor platforms is the ownership of experience opportunities for consumers. This is something which is growing increasingly important in a world bored of materialism, hence the popularity of Twitter and Facebook where consumers can share their experiences and discuss their excitement. OTT platforms such as Netflix have also hit the nail on the head by providing exclusive, exciting content available only to subscribers and which gets people talking. At the end of January this year, they passed the 44 million user mark, and have stated: "It's been a good year for Netflix. People around the world want what we offer: consumer-in-control internet television."
Instead of simply providing an outlet to view programming, Sky need to create noise and excitement around their content; get customers talking and sharing; start creating and joining conversations; tap into the 'content experience' and begin adding an extra value dimension to their offerings, perhaps creating media events around their programmes. So take note Sky, it's time to open those sweet shop doors and offer more than a penny sweet sample and a window view.
Written by Jessica Venner from Total Media
Jess works as part of the TV team and loves strategy, customer/client relationship-building and a half-hourly snack or two.


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Could this tragic story of an argument between Florida siblings that turned fatal have had a different ending? Well, that depends ...
Elena Rendell, 17, is accused of shooting her 14-year-old foster sister, Christine, in the neck as they fought over a cellphone at their home. According to police, the two siblings had gotten into an argument over the phone when Elena grabbed a 9mm handgun from a bedroom, pointed it at her sister, and fired a single shot. What happened next is heartbreaking: Elena ran out of the house shouting for help. Christine was taken to the hospital but later died from injuries from the shooting. Elena is in juvenile custody and will be charged as an adult with second-degree manslaughter with a firearm.
But there seems to be a missing piece to this story ...
Namely, where the teenager got a gun in the first place. In most states, you have to be at least 18 years of age (and in most cases 21) to possess guns, particularly a handgun. Surely, the gun belonged to an adult in the household who made it accessible to these juveniles, in which case, shouldn't he/she share some of the blame as well?
Of course, at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter who the gun belonged to -- what matters is that this young woman shot and killed a family member over something as meaningless as a cellphone. It's likely she pulled the trigger in a fit of rage and not because she intended to shoot her dead. And the fact that she ran from the house trying to get help for her sister indicates she had at least some remorse. Still, the extent of the violence among teens over something so trivial is disturbing, not to mention very upsetting.
Who do you think should be blamed in this horrific story: the teen, the owner of the gun, or both?
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The gun owner should share some of the blame. If you are going to own a handgun, it should be properly secured from children (including teens) in your house. I believe guns are supposed to be stored unloaded and locked up if children are in the house. I will never understand parents who just leave guns lying around, or on the top of a dresser (hello, kids can climb!), or under the seat of their car. It is irresponsible and criminal. I'm sure the parents are suffering at the loss of their daughter, but it seems like this could've been prevented. If the 17 year old had her OWN gun- that's a whole other scary situation.
Unless there are laws detailing how a gun should be stored in a house with children (which, if I'm remembering correctly, there aren't), then legally there isn't really a way to blame the gun owner. Being a gun owner myself I can say that gun was absolutely stored incorrectly. It should have been either locked in a safe or unloaded with a gun lock through it. So should the gun owner have stored his/her weapon correctly? Yes. Can we blame them? Morally, yes, but legally there isn't much anyone can do about it. Unless of course the weapon was obtained illegally but we won't go off on that tangent. Even then, the owner did not pull the trigger. The girl did.
Either way this is a tragic, tragic situation. That girl is going to have to live with that one moment she lost control of her anger for the rest of her life.
the teen, if it weren't a gun she probably would've grabbed a knife or hell even a spoon to kill the girl. it wasn't in reach, she had to go into another room to get it, she showed fore-thought, she wanted to shoot the girl and probably kill her.
17 year olds are smart enough not to point a gun at their sisters and shoot at them. Or at least they should be, so no I don't think the gun owner is at fualt how do we know that the gun wasn't in a safe and the teen knew the code to get in.
Well, I do believe that the owner of the gun should be held a bit responsible because it was easily accessed; however, believe it or not, my older sister grabbed a sharp knife (steak knife) out of the drawer one time and went after my younger sister throughout the house! Luckily no one got hurt and she didn't really stab her; but who's fault would that be? My parents because they happen to need knives to cut poultry/meat and it was in the normal spots that normal people keep them in? It would ultimately be my sister's fault because of her 'craziness and out of control' response. I mean when you think about it, a lot of things can be used as a weapon if you really want to hurt someone. I think the child had issues and obviously reacted in a way that was not a normal reaction for most kids fighting over a 'toy' so to speak.
The teen is 100% responsible. You cannot tell me that a 17 year old doesn't have reasoning skills. Stop giving excuses for what this girl did. She made the decision to pick up the gun and shoot a member of her family.
no where in this story does it say the gun was NOT in a gun safe. just saying. she was 17. she is not stupid. if we were talking about a 5 year old sure, blame the gun owner, but this WOMAN walked out of the room and instead of going away to calm down she went and grabbed the gun and SHOT her sister. the charge fits the crime. i in NO way blame the gun owners. the 17 year old is MORE than old enough to know better!


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In March the National Deprtment of Veterans Affairs allocated 39 million dollars to fund more than two thousand new transitional housing beds. This is part of the VA's goal to end homelessness among veterans within five years.
Here in Connecticut, thousands of former service men and women are struggling, many with mental health problems such as PTSD. In such a bad economy, many veterans are in need of jobs as well as housing. Thankfully, new transitional and supportive homes are opening up across the state.
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coworker: hey gabby! you feeding your face?
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seriously? its this type of fat-phobic shit that makes me want to sandy hook peoples ass. i BET your ass...she wouldnt have said that if i were skinny. and its not like when i eat where people can see...that i eat a huge amount. it was ONE FUCKING PATTY.... i do all my nasty bingeing at home where nobody can see...and because im borderline, i have to make a big deal over it and over react.
why cant people jsut leave me the fuck alone? i do...i see you eating a whole damn pig and a diet coke and you dont see me telling u shit about it. and i BET if i were to go to her and be 'yo..i dont appreciate that' shed go 'jeez i was just kidding. calm down'. NO. FUCK YOU. GO DIE.
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- My parents divorced when I was two.
- I was put on my first diet when I was 11 years old. It was called "Ideal Weight".
- When I was in middle school I was teased for being "FAT " and my "friends" called me Whopper( you know, the sandwich from Burger King).
- I would constantly hide candy bar wrappers in a drawer by my bed, so my mom wouldn't find them.
- I struggled with major anxiety for most of my life. ( But, not anymore! )
- I started having major health issues when I was 19 (more about this in a future post)
- I used to eat 2 pints of Ben & Jerry's in a sitting. (Phish Food was one of my faves)
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Can financial infidelity lead to divorce?
How to work together as a couple to realize your financial goals.
Couples rank talking about money matters right down with talking about death, says a recent poll by T. Rowe Price.
In fact, roughly 43 per cent of them try to avoid family money discussions altogether, lest their children or partners realize how worried they really are about their finances. What's worse, 77 per cent of those quizzed admit they're not always honest about money-related issues.
Experts have a name for this lack of candour: financial infidelity. And they maintain it can prove every bit as damaging to a relationship as adultery.
Let's face it, couples have always fought about money. But thanks to the recession, more partners are starting to realize just how much they're really at odds with each other.
Ask any financial advisor. The most ticklish part of designing a successful financial plan is determining how much investment risk a couple can really handle. And this is doubly difficult to do when you're not even sure that the two people in front of you agree on things in the first place.
For most couples, investing is a lot like flying: If they had their choice, most would stay safely on the ground, and take the train. They fly because it helps to get them somewhere faster, and the chances of a crash seem fairly slim.
Too often though, once the plane runs into real turbulence, at least one partner's risk tolerance suddenly evaporates. Anxiety and fear drive a wedge between the couple, opening the door to recriminations or worse.
To avoid this dilemma, try to determine your "money personality" before - not while - you're making financial and investment decisions, suggest psychologists who study financial behaviour.
What are some of your earliest memories about money? Did your parents agree about finances when you were growing up? Most importantly, how closely are you and your partner aligned when it comes to spending and investing what you've got to work with.
Olivia Mellon, a psychologist who tutors financial advisors on how to read and counsel clients, suggests couples should — over and above obvious feelings of worry such as the fear of losing money and simply not understanding financial jargon — also consider their feelings toward sudden change or loss of control.
For instance, if you've stayed in a job longer than you perhaps should have or often worry that you've made the wrong move after making a big decision, then you're not likely to be much of a risk taker.
While this sense of caution will likely cost you in the long run, there's no sense in letting your spouse talk you into an investment that you're simply not going to be able to stick with over time.
More often than not, opposites do attract when it comes to money, Mellon maintains. The trick is to find a balance between two conflicting approaches, just as many couples do when deciding about asking for directions.
When two people with similar money styles actually do get together, one generally tries to outdo the other and becomes even more obsessed with his or her own view point. And that means nothing but trouble.
To resolve this conflict, try this exercise: Working independently, generate a series of lists, identifying short- and long-term financial goals. Then, share this final list with each other, coming to a consensus about prioritizing not only the goals you both agree on, but also those that may mean more to one than the other.
If you really can't agree on an item, put it off for awhile and move on to another one. Financial planning is a repetitious exercise, so don't expect to tie everything up with a nice bow from the outset.
And when a disagreement turns into a power struggle, the discussion is likely to go a bit better if you keep in mind that listening isn't necessarily obeying.
As you negotiate and compromise, each of you should choose at least one goal that the other partner prefers. The risk taker, for instance, might agree to do more for the other's sense of security by agreeing to keep a reserve of at least six months worth of expenses in a conservative money market fund.
The risk avoider, on the other hand, might accede to putting a slightly larger portion of the family's longer-term money into a potentially riskier but likely more rewarding fund, for instance.
Need some help getting started? Check out psychologist Kathleen Gurney's book, Your Money Personality: What It Is and How You Can Profit from It.
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In Ken Thomas' Jan. 15 Forum letter, "Natural Law dictates two-gender society," the author appeals to "Natural Law" to justify his opposition to same-sex marriage. He says, "Amazingly shocking how many so-called intelligent people there are ... who cannot comprehend Natural Laws — even federal judges."
One federal judge who did contemplate Natural Laws was the great Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Of those who believe in "Natural Law," he wrote: "[they] seem to me to be in that naïve state of mind that accepts what has been familiar and accepted by them and their neighbors as something that must be accepted by all men everywhere." (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Natural Law, 32 Harvard Law Review 40, 41 (1918).
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Mr. Thomas purports to speak for Nature — "that the ultimates of a little creature on this little earth are the last word of the unimaginable whole," to quote Justice Holmes. Mr. Thomas' arrogance is, for lack of a more fitting expression, "amazingly shocking."
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Don't Feel Sorry For Thugs…
March 28, 2012
Stop wasting your sympathy on ghetto thugs.
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They have none for you. Save your sympathy for their victims.
Couple met and married within a month and stayed together for 65 years… only to be parted after home invader beat wife to death
- Nancy Strait, 85, was sexually assaulted and battered to death by burglar
- Her husband Bob, 90, suffered a broken jaw and broken ribs in attack
- Police have arrested 20-year-old Tyrone Dale David Woodfork
An 85-year-old woman was sexually assaulted and battered to death by a home invader who also shot her 90-year-old husband in the face with a BB gun.
Nancy and Bob Strait, who had celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in December, were discovered by their daughter at their home in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Both the pensioners were rushed to hospital where Mrs Strait, who was nearly blind, died from her injuries.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117695/Brutal-home-invasion-Oklahoma-couple-ends-65-year-romance-meeting-blind-date.html">Read it all here.
Suspended THREE times for drugs, truancy and graffiti and 'caught carrying a burglary tool': New picture emerges of Trayvon Martin (and did he attack a bus driver too?)
- The teen was suspended from school three times
- He was on suspension when he was shot in February, after officials caught him with a 'marijuana pipe' and a baggie with drug residue
- Trayvon was kicked out of school in October for graffiti after he was allegedly caught with a 'burglary tool' and a bag full of women's jewelry
- Officials also suspended him once for skipping school and tardiness
- Tearful parents say their son is now the victim of a smear campaign
- New poll shows 73 percent of Americans think Zimmerman should be arrested
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Hero Mom
Moms are so important to a child's life. Great video!
Love this video, I only wish I had been more of this kind of Mom with my own kids.
Moms are our trusted teachers. our faithful protectors. Moms are our security. our dream makers. Moms are our examples. our advisors Moms are our angels. sent from above- Moms are given to us. so that we can know about love- Moms may not be perfect. or spotless like the white. snow... Moms make mistakes too. just to let you know... So if your Mom is living. you would do well to let. your anger go... If your Mom ever let you down in life, please let your forgiveness show... Free yourself from hurtful memories. and allow your heart to grow......des.
sharon,please pray for cherlys" dad,they put him in the hospital on monday and cheryl is taking half of the day on tuesday to help her mom out and find out what is going on with her dad.see you on thursday night!
You are so welcome Richard,,God Bless You♥
You just made me cry I get a little hard sometimes thank you for reminding to have a tender heart
Hello Richard,, my mother and father were also addicts and alcoholics they are gone now,, I am blessed with a daughter who has given me 4 granboys and she doesn't do none of that stuff she gives her full life to her boys and family,, Thank-you for sharing God Bless You we are stronger for this happening in our lives God has a good plan for us survivors,, AMEN.
sharon,I just wanted you to know that if you need ANYTHING I could help you -i was thinking about you all night and our friendship flashed before my eyes-it was all precious memories!You are my spiritual sister,and nothing bad will happen to you!keep positive!love,joyce
Jim Loeffert Thank you ,I agree with you, about the AA/ NA confusion you can't be free from addiction if you continue to confess that you're an addict I'm free from addiction myself but not by my doing but By the grace of God I to am a new creature in Christ. I have forgiven my Mom it's the best I can do.I met Her only a few time in my life and those time she would blame me for Her lot in life, there was very little I could do to help Her so it was better just to leave Her alone. I was a small c Christian at the time I don't know if She knew Christ at Her death I could only hope so but if not. I once ask God about people going to hell the Lord told me that People in Hell insisted on it thank you for sharing it's nice to her your story of Salvation I'm sure it is quite the testimony
Where would we be without MOMS? Answer: Not Here! Thank you, mom!
Hey Richard, the horrors of addiction, sadly, are mis-understood, and treated like crime, instead of teaching them Christ, and how HE can make you a new creature, you have groups like NA and other12 step programs, where a part of their 'charter', is for every person to stand up and say their name, followed by "and I'm an addict". Putting that into your' brain over & over, for some, thousands of times, it's no small wonder they do not ever stay 'clean' very long? I do not know your' entire life history, and it's none of my business. I'd be willing to bet, your' mom loved you, and at some point (you may have not seen with a very young set of eyes, or remember?), 'tried' to break what is a very VERY hard to break, circle? I was very blessed, I will be clean (4 years I think), and without people in my life, BELIEVERS, who steadfastly supported me after re-hab, I know by now, I'd be just another statistic. Dead and gone, in Heaven only because of Gods' Grace, but it took me ALL of this time to win back some peoples' trust, & I do not worry about those who see me as 'Jim the junky'. Jesus says I'm a new creature, and my mom was a part of that support system. I will BE PRAYING FOR YOU, and I do not say it unless I mean it, your' name is going on my prayer list. You are right, when we are in the dark terrible place, addiction takes us, and at first it is a choice, after awhile, you are sick daily without your' drug of choice, it is very hard, perhaps impossible to be anybodys' heroe! I thank God I got a 2nd chance, and God looks at the HEART, who knows, she may have cried out to Jesus? The next time you see her, could be the day you say "mom, Christ stepped in, and allowed me to build a legacy you could never dream!" Deep down, every mom has a bond with her child, that only a mom can explain. I am not an expert on addiction, just a new creature in Christ, who believes that deep in your' moms' heart, she wanted very badly to be your' heroe. God Bless you.
Not all moms are heroes sad to say. My mom was a full blown addict til the day she died.That being said I see a lot of moms stepping up to the plate to help make a difference in a child's life and I will always be proud of the mother who do just that putting themselves last and lift their children up first. Happy mothers day out there to you all.
All moms are heroes! God put us here to be heroes for our children. God bless all the mom's and grandmothers out there. We are all very special!
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September Fridge Calendar
It's not just pretty fridge art – it's useful information for training your dog … So click here to download the Candys September 2014 Calendar now!
It's not just pretty fridge art – it's useful information for training your dog … So click here to download the Candys September 2014 Calendar now!
Here's what's coming up at Candy's Canines and Fundog Agility: Candys August 2014 Calendar
Download, print, put it on your fridge and come out for some fun!
Here it is, the one document that provides everything you could possibly want to know about classes at Candy's Canines … the June 2014 Fridge Calendar!
Download, print, stick on your fridge and read daily. It's a simple process … we KNOW you can do it!
Here's your fridge calendar of classes for April 2014 … print it and stick it up on your fridge so you never miss a class!
Here's the fridge calendar for the upcoming month. See you soon!
Click here to download & print the January 2014 Class Calendar
Here's a link to the Candy's 2013 "Fridge Calendar" of upcoming classes.
Cheryl Carter is the owner and operator of Candy's Canines as well as being the instructor for the all the levels of agility classes.
In 1992 Cheryl Carter was looking for something fun to do with her mixed breed dog Wishes. Back then most dog sports (Obedience, Tracking, etc.) were for purebred dogs only. That's when Cheryl found the sport of agility. And from then on she was hooked!
Cheryl has trained several different breeds of dogs and has helped her dogs achieve many titles. The dog that started it all, Wishes, was retired in 2000 and now waits at the Rainbow Bridge. With Cheryl by his side Wishes attained several titles in his lifetime.
Since Wishes, Cheryl has trained many BC's, including Shamus, quite a fun loving dog, who passed away in January of 2009.
Willow the Wisp of Narnia, now 12 ½ , yet another extreme BC, retired from agility to pursue her love of herding and obedience (currently still going strong with Rally).
Willow's daughter, Hijacker's Air Express, (aka Pandy) who earned her NATCH on Cheryl's birthday … How's THAT for a birthday present? Pandy lives for agility and loves every minute of it, sometimes to the extreme. Cheryl has taught her incredible distance and problem solving that she has learned from Sharon Nelson and Becky Woodruff of NADAC.
Her up and coming agility prospects are the Three Pupsketeers, 6 month old Frost, Magick and Swift. They have all started agility training under Amanda Nelson's programs, all are clicker trained, and are progressing by leaps and bounds. Cheryl is handling Magick, Swifty is with his new found teammate Karen Pederson since Kai's passing in April 2009, Swifty is Kai's brother so keepin it all in the family! and Frosty with his special girl Madeline and junior handler who also runs an awesome Shih-Tzu name Hercules.
Besides agility, Cheryl is currently active with the rest of her pack in Herding, Flyball and Obedience with a bit of trick training mixed in.
"I love to get into the dog's minds and love to see that light bulb turn on in both the dog and handler. Watching my students grow and learn is the greatest gift I could ever ask for."
Ron has been involved with Obedience since April of 1998 when he took his 12 week old GSD puppy Lexi to a puppy class for what appeared to be a ten week class.
One puppy class turned into a ten week beginner class. That turned into a five week Intermediate class. That turned into an continuing advanced class which eventually led Ron and Lexi to their first CD Obedience title. Now this all led right into their second GSD, Anya, whom Ron got as a rescue at age four.
Ron took what he had learned from his first Obedience dog and applied it to Anya. Which led them to their AKC CD title. Then Ron and Anya went on to get their AKC CDX title after which Ron started to teach her Utility level exercises. In the interim Ron took time to show in a new venue with the AKC called Rally-O and UKC Obedience while they worked on their Utility.
They advanced through Rally from Novice to Advanced to Excellent then they went on to get her RAE title in Rally ( double Q in Advanced and Excellent at the same show 10X). After finishing Rally and UKC finally getting her UCDX they started showing in AKC Utility, finally obtaining that title in October of 2008.
Somewhere in there Ron also found time to become a Licensed UKC Rally Obedience judge.
Ron teaches Rally / Obedience at Candy's Canines.


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A few photos from so-called "Ontario"
Blasting through "Canada".
Molly Wickham and Cody Merriman are raising their three year old son at a tailings pond blockade in so-called "British Columbia." The couple are active participants in the Unist'ot'en blockade and invited me to stay at their cabin, which overlooks a lake that Nanika Metals wants to turn into a sea of toxic waste.
Read my article about it on VICE.com
A group of pipeline surveyors were evicted from unsurrendered indigenous territory in so-called "British Columbia" by the Unist'ot'en clan. If TransCanada is caught trespassing again, their equipment will be confiscated
TransCanada pipeline surveyors were evicted from unsurrendered Unist'ot'en territory in so-called "British Columbia." From the article: "In protecting their community and their land, the Unist'ot'en clan will not back down. "The fact that we came in and kicked TransCanada out after they knowingly were entering into unceded territory, and sent their workers ill-informed into the territory, we see it as an end to a project that they were attempting to start," Toghestiy said. "They can't win. There's no winning against a force that just refuses to back down, a force that has constitutional backing, a force that has case-law backing, a force that has the social backing from the common every day person who lives here in North America–people who are becoming de-colonized, people who are becoming more aware and waking up to the climate crisis."Read the whole thing on VICE.com
"At the fifth and final Tar Sands Healing Walk, indigenous communities living on the front-lines of bitumen extraction in Alberta came together to pray, and to lead a march through the grotesque epicentre of a continental oil project.
It may seem defeatist to pray in the face of an industrial behemoth like Alberta's tar sands, but it is actually an incredible show of strength. As millennia old traditions, these prayers have survived smallpox epidemics, policies of starvation, religious bans, torture in state sanctioned residential schools, and massive environmental degradation at the hands of mining, oil, and gas industries. Praying in the heart of Alberta's tar sands is a palpable act of defiance—a clear refusal to go extinct after centuries of attempted genocide.
Marching for hours, the Healing Walk passed by open-pit mines, fields of dead earth, lakes of poison called 'tailings ponds,' soviet-style worker villages, and hydrocarbon refineries. The air reeked of sulphur and diesel, and many participants complained about burning eyes, sore throats, metallic tastes, headaches, and nausea."Read the whole article on VICE.comCheck out the video on Youtube
I made this video at the fifth and final Tar Sands Healing Walk, where indigenous communities on the front-lines of tar sands extraction lead a spiritual march through a landscape of poisonous lakes, dead earth, open-pit mines, and refineries. If you're ever curious about what Canada's genocidal policies of resource extraction look like, here's a contemporary view from the ground. The video is a little cheerier than I may have made it otherwise, but the atmosphere at the camp ground, despite everything, was also alive with life and joy. The tar sands are a defeatable industry, with anti-pipeline action and indigenous litigation already causing significant delays.
Unist'ot'en Camp stands firmly in the path of Enbridge's Northern Gateway.
"The federal government's approval of Enbridge's Northern Gateway is an invitation to conflict—a test of Canada's will to inflict violence upon the environment and indigenous peoples who have, throughout much of the project's proposed route, never surrendered their lands.
'This isn't just a fight about pipelines. This is a fight about indigenous sovereignty, our sovereignty,' said Toghestiy."Read the article on VICE.com
Ezra Levant gave a talk on 'Ethical Oil' in Peace River, an oil town famous for having air so poisonous that people were forced out of their homes. While residents endure an ongoing, industrial hell, industry pats itself on the back at the Peace Oil Sands Convention and Trade Show. Photos and additional reporting by Elle Kurancid.Read it now on VICE.com
Canada's "Economic Action Plan" basically entails destroying the earth as fast as possible and trampling the rights of indigenous people. Indigenous rights - like to hunt or fish - are backed by the Canadian constitution, and remain in Canada as the last meaningful environmental protection laws after Harper's massive legal overhaul in 2012.
The Canadian government knows that it is violating its own constitution, but it is betting that it can dig up and export the tar sands before the law catches up with it. This article looks at the many First Nations that are suing the government over their new policies and vital pieces of tar-sands infrastructure - including fracking and extraction sites and pipelines like Kinder Morgan and Line 9 - with a particular focus on the Beaver Lake Cree. The photo is of oil leases on the Beaver Lake Cree's territories.A long-read on VICE.com


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These 20 credit modules outline the main themes of Roman (1st-2nd C AD) and Greek (5th-4th C BC) history and historiography. Rome will take place in semester 1, Greece in semester 2. Students will become familiar with the range of literary, epigraphic and archaeological sources that historians use to reconstruct the ancient world. The modules will deal in detail with the problems of using this source material including the agendas and social climate of those who produced them. They will consider processes such as acculturation (including Romanisation) and theoretical models such as structuration theory and Marxist readings of history.
Subjects covered will range from political structures; imperialism and its social, political and economic effects; patronage both central and local; influence of military structures on society; role of individuals in the construction of the past; regional histories. Many of these sessions will consider the "othering" of non-elite male groups.
The sessions on Ancient Western Asia will cover the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages and aim to outline historical as well as cultural developments. Beginning with the palace societies and the world of the Amarna diplomacy links will be forged with Egypt and, in greater detail, the worlds of the pre-historic Aegean and early Greece. The course will introduce students to the latest research on the many peoples and cultures that shaped the Near East during this period.
The New Kingdom (Eighteenth to Twentieth Dynasties, c. 1539-1292 BC) saw the transformation of Egypt from rule by the Hyksos to an empire stretching from the Euphrates in Syria to the fifth cataract on the Nile in modern Sudan. It's an era of warrior pharaohs but also of Hatshepsut, Akhenaten and Tutankhamun. International trade and diplomacy figure prominently, as do enormous religious building projects, extensively decorated tombs such as that of Nebamun, the Book of the Dead, personal religion and the village of Deir el-Medina. It's also the period of Amenhotep, son of Hapu, later deified, and Khaemwese, the 'first Egyptologist'. This module presents an overview, addressing different topics and themes in a broadly chronological framework, and always emphasising primary sources. Whether you're fascinated by Egyptian temples and gods, by what they believed about an afterlife, by famous pharaohs, by relief carving, painting and sculpture, diplomatic correspondence and private letters, or interconnections with Africa, the Near East and the Mediterranean, there is something for you.
For the ancient Egyptians the most crucial part of life was their posthumous travel to the beyond without dying a second death. Each dead individual had to pass several stages before s/he could become an Osiris and lead his/her life as a circumpolar star in the beyond, "sitting and standing up with the gods". In this option course we will be looking into the mechanics necessary to guarantee a positive outcome of this rite of passage in order to successfully socialise the deceased into the world of the dead. Textual as well as archaeological sources will help to unfold a detailed picture of the various processes and concepts involved. Among many other topics, we will look into several cemeteries in detail, discuss child burials, listen to recitations performed by priests in the embalming chambers and learn to understand how the Book of the Dead worked. The focus of this option course will be on funerary belief offering a complete picture of how a burial procession leading from the embalming chamber to the tomb was organised, including all rituals and personnel involved. It will enable you to understand ancient Egyptian funerary rituals and religion and will give you an integral picture of the complexity of ancient Egyptian ritual practice.
The focus of this module will be on the Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, destroyed during the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, and their region. It will examine the society, culture and religion of the cities through a range of literary, inscription and archaeological evidence. Students will be introduced to the problems that each of these types of material poses for the historian. The module will address many different aspects of life within the cities including public and private display; the demonstration of loyalty to the emperor and empire; elite patronage; religious cult; work at the cities; public entertainment including gladiators and public deviance; elections and governance. Additionally the module will consider the heritage management of the material remains at the sites and will address perceptions of Pompeii in popular culture (including for instance painting, film and TV, and popular novels). Comparisons will be drawn between the cities and their importance as examples of Roman urbanism more generally will be analysed. Relevant comparisons to other Italian cities will also be made. Finally, the module will consider what the cities can teach us about urban change during the Roman empire.
Sparta is an enigma. A society of so-called 'equals' whose equality was dependent upon the enslavement and exploitation of others, Sparta excited the imagination of contemporaries from other Greek states and has continued to serve as both a positive and a negative social and political model up until the present day. This module will attempt to get behind the 'Spartan mirage' through detailed study of the ancient evidence and a wide-ranging examination of its society and institutions. It looks at the military ethos of the Spartans, the role of the Spartan education system, the relationship between the Spartans and their Helots, and the place of women in Spartan society. This module also discusses the varied ways in which Sparta has been appropriated by ancient and modern writers, and the impact this has had upon academic study of Sparta.
This module covers the late third to the fifth centuries AD, the period known as Late Antiquity. Late Antiquity is a crucial period in the Roman World encompassing the destruction of the Empire in the West and its survival in the East. The module deals with the transformation of the ancient into the medieval world. The module will address the social and political history of the period through literature, archaeology and material culture including analysis of key emperors such as the reformer Diocletian who is alleged to have created a more autocratic imperial model, Constantine, the first Christian emperor, and Julian who abandoned his Christian heritage to return to paganism. The module will cover the relationship between Christianity and paganism including conversion, the creation of new holy space and religious violence; imperial capitals such as Rome and Constantinople; the evolution of the imperial court; Rome and barbarians; the Persian Empire; family and gender structures including eunuchs and the effect of Christianity on these structures.
Did you ever want to know which sacred spells were spoken during the mummification process and how they worked? Did you know that an Egyptian prince battled the Amazons before falling in love with their leader or that Egyptian magicians fought duels using fire, storm and transformation long before Hollywood?
This module consists of two parts. In the first term you will be investigating funerary literature and recitation texts to understand the different genres of texts and how to read the Book of the Dead. We will also discuss how religion, myth and ritual influenced non-funerary literature (belles lettres). During the second term, you will explore life in ancient Egypt as reflected in the fascinating legacy preserved in stone inscriptio ns and on papyri, from temple and tomb texts, to wisdom literature, funny stories and travel tales, love poetry, autobiographies and letters, including sometimes undiplomatic 'diplomatic correspondence'. We shall draw on translated texts from the whole time-span of the pharaonic period from the Old Kingdom to Roman times, providing ample scope for individual students to pursue their own particular interests within this very wide field.
The stunning victory of the Athenians over the Persians at Marathon and the equally dramatic desperate last stand of Leonidas and his 300 Spartans at Thermopylae were defining moments in Greek history. In many ways Greek identity was forged in these and other battles against the Persians. This course will consider what the Greeks thought of foreigners and their religions, cultures and politics, and what these beliefs and opinions reveal about the Greeks themselves. Often disdainful or dismissive of foreigners or 'Barbarians', the Greeks tended to regard non-Greeks as at best inferior, and at worst as candidates for conquest and enslavement.
This course will focus on the defining encounters between Greeks and non-Greeks, e.g. the Trojan War, the mythical encounters between Greeks and Amazons, the Persian Wars, the wars between the Greeks in Sicily and the Carthaginians, and Alexander the Great's conquest of Asia. The key primary sources that will feature will be Homer's Iliad, Herodotus' Histories, Aeschylus' Persians, Xenophon's March of the Ten Thousand and the Education of Cyrus, the various accounts of Alexander the Great's Persian campaign, along with a wide array of visual material.
For much of the earlier half of the first millennium BC the Assyrian Empire was the dominant power in the eastern Mediterranean region reaching out of its heartland in northern Mesopotamia into Anatolia, controlling much of the Levant and at times even parts of Egypt. This seminar will adopt a multidisciplinary approach to the phenomenon that was Assyria and has a firm basis in the international State Archives of Assyria Project of which AL was one of the original contributing members. A key information and data source for the seminar will be the online and published resources of the Project which includes almost forty volumes of state of the art translations and studies of key Assyrian texts and cultural areas. In the context of the seminar this material will empower students to investigate and research subject areas of their choice over a wide range covering almost every area from the ruthless and bloodthirsty military through to zany love poetry. The seminar will focus on the key areas of Assyrian civilisation including subjects such as science, pseudoscience, economy, law, religion, mythology, politics, propaganda and much else. In terms of approach the emphasis will be on ancient written sources but material culture will also play a role. Students will learn how to brew Assyrian beer, prepare Assyrian blood soup as well as how to predict the future, for example by pouring oil on water or observing animal behaviour.
This seminar looks at the 'real life' experience of being a soldier in the Roman army in the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D. and also the experience of other members of the wider military community such as servants, slaves, women, children, traders. It lays emphasis on using the direct, physical evidence produced by the Roman army. Sometimes this is in the form of the forts and buildings of the army, sometimes objects used by different members of the community, and often it is written evidence produced by the Roman army including inscriptions or administrative documents (such as the Vindolanda tablets from northern Britain). All this evidence will be available in English, whether it comes from Britain or elsewhere, even if it was originally in Latin.
Questions that will be addressed will include:
The overall aim is therefore to try to understand the 'reality' of the day-to-day life of the Roman military community when there was no fighting (i.e. most of the time) and to appreciate the wide range of evidence we have for Roman soldiers and the Roman army other than 'emperors and battles' histories.
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"Loved This Book!"
This is my very first Nora Roberts novel ever and I absolutely loved it. She took her time developing the characters. There is romance, humor, racial tension, class tension, southern culture, oh...and murder! Fell in love with Tucker Longstreet. The deep south has this city girl curious. Loved Tom Stechschulte's narration. Can't imagine a woman doing as fine a job as he did.
I love to cook, but I hate cutting vegetables. But while having this book in I cut too many veggies on several occasions as I prepared meals. I was so lost in the story that I could have cut veggies all day.
I highly recommend this book. Can't wait to choose the next one from her.
"Loved this book!"
Yes. It was just a realistic and pleasant story about people who I could easily know and identify with. I'd recommend it to someone who would like that in a book.
Can't think of any at the moment. I guess Waiting to Exhale, but with less drama and um...drama. The bond that women develop is impressive. We can tend to be competitive. I like the support the women gave to one another in both of these books.
Liz was my favorite. Sudden loss of her husband. An "older" women who had been concerned about being along and STILL maintained her character and turned down requests for sex by a handsome somewhat younger doctor. Even at her most vulnerable, alone state, she stayed true to her morals and character. Gotta love a strong woman who loves herself though the worst of times with class and dignity.
No. I l work from home and walk my two dogs several times a day. I listen during walks and while in my car. Can't stand commercial radio.
Just that I am about to find the next book by this author an get started right away!
"Loved it!"
Loved book one. Book two did not disappoint. Looking forward to the third installment. I am a new Nora fan and am methodically listening to all of her work. She's the best.
"I dissagree. The narration was just fine."
I was not going to purchase this book based on the reviews about the narration. However, I am a new Roberts' fan and wanted to continue to explore her work. So I purchased it and I am so glad I did. I began this one right after listening to The Witness with the female narrator. So admittedly, hearing MacLeod Andrews' voice was a downer. But after getting past his description of characters and scenes, things picked up and I "fell into" the story and didn't think again about the narration. That took all of 20 minutes into the 11 hour narration. While I think all of the women seem as though they are heavy smokers (lol) he does a great job with the reading all in all. One challenge is that I can't tell Owen and Becket's voices apart. They seem to be the same.
As for the plot, it was great. Funny and sweet. I am already listening to book two and am enjoying it. And I was so pleased to know that Andrews is the narrator on that one too. I have come to know his voice as the voice of these characters. To switch up would be a bummer. Looking forward to book 3. Hope Nora is cranking it out as I type.
Good book. Good performance!
"Such a Wonderful Story and So Beautifully Told"
I absolutely loved this book! I am very late to the party. Apparently Nora Roberts has a huge fan following and has had it for some time. I'm not sure where I've been but this is only my second book from her and the first was just finished a week ago.
The story was sweet, and intelligent enough not to be "mushy". Can't wait to finish this review so that I can move on to my next Roberts' book.
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Yes. I would recommend it because it keeps your attention as the story unfolds.
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I just love M.H.C. and a good who-done-it. It didn't disappoint.
"I enjoyed this book and the reading."
The reader MADE this book. She embodied each character so well.
My most memorable moment was when Charity was able to
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Best dumpling place (better than mother's, dumpling house, and chinese traditional bun)
- oohlala Oct 28, 2007 08:22 PM
Xin miao Dumpling Restaurant (2 doors down from Mother's dumpling), practically unheard to most dumpling lovers. After been eating northern style dumplings for over 20 years, I can swear by my life that this place makes the best dumplings in chinatown! WHY?
1. Owner's from Shandong province, birth place of northern style dumplings. None of the other owners from mother's, dumpling house, and chinese traditional bun are actually from shandong.
2. homemade chili sauce (ground fresh chilli and garlic). For those who don't know about authentic northern style (Shandong) dumplings, garlics are consumed RAW along with dumplings. Your significant other or date WILL hate you after, but you will reach nirvana with the chilli sauce. Remember to ask for it if it's not on the table.
3. When the clients are mostly northern chinese, you know you hit the jackpot.
4. Owner used to be a law professor, nothing's more appetizing while discussing law during your dumpling consumption.
Menu is simple, but everything is good. Decor is minimal and service can be slow (because it's a one-man show). However, if you want the best orgasmic dumpling experience in your life, the wait will be worth it.
For those who have not tried the restaurant, please do so and if you think i'm wrong, feel free to rebut. If you haven't, please do not write back and say "Mother's dumpling is my favorite one". I look for the challenges.
One more note to add, prices are cheaper than the 3 other dumpling places mentioned above and all include taxes.
re: xtal
It's at the lower level and the restaurant does serve noodle and some apps, but the main focus is still dumpling (boiled, pan-fried, and steamed). I did not get to try the noodle last time, so I cannot comment on the quality.
There's actually a noodle dish called "Californian noodle", if you do get it, please let me know how it is
I actually love this place. It's SO mainland Chinese, it isn't funny. And yes, their stuff is indeed authentic. I prefer their food to Mother's Dumplings, even though that isn't an popular opinion around here. The slow service does grate, but the prices are great.
re: orangewasabi
we did not try the boiled dumplings with pork and chive, but the pork and cabbage ones were sublime, chewy wrapper with juicy filling, heavenly~ We also had the pan-fried dumpling with pork, chives, and shrimp. The dumplings were made in longer shape, which is what pan-fried dumplings supposed to resemble. Chives were not overpowering, I could still taste the pork and shrimp.
re: JonasBrand
I've tried to create a place link but I cannot find any information on address or contact info on Canada411 or other sites. Not with the spelling of the name provided.
re: JonasBrand
Just go to Mothers and look to your right. It's two doors down in the same tiny stripmall.
re: orangewasabi
Thanks! Found it. Will give it a try soon and report back.
Here is a link to Mother's Dumplings to help others find it.
Mother's Dumplings
421 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON , CA
re: Pincus
We saw a few choices, but not a lot~
Whether the taste is good or not is not depend on where is the owner born nor the chef, I am not saying Ma's better or Xin's better because those are far from a good resturant in my mind.
Went back and tried more items on the menu.
1. Hand made beef noodle is delicious. Noodle is chewy and smooth. Broth is full of beef flavour and spiced with fresh diced cilantro.
2. More boiled dumplings. Chives & pork, celery & pork, and chicken & mushroom. Dumplings are all about the skin. If the wrapper's good (chewy & thin), the dumpling will be extra amazing.
3. five-spiced stewed beef, well seasoned and diced cilantro really added some punch in each bite.
4. pan-fried beef dumplings. Perhaps the biggest disappointment for tonight. Seasoning was bland and skin was slightly undercooked.
5. green onion pancakes. Crispy on the outside and dusted with black and white pepper mix (an unusual approach for me). The pepper mix really can surprise the tastebuds.
Everything together, average to be 8 bucks per person (include 20% tips). Can't beat that!
re: oohlala
Hey Oohlala,
Were you there tonight with five other people between 7-8pm? If so, I was the next table to you guys!
re: wasabi_girl
ha, so you also heard the thundering chewing noise from the 3rd table behind your friend???
yah, the pan-fried dumplings we had that day was not good either. However, the ones we had from our first visit (pork, shrimp and chives) was nice and crisp. Last night was the busiest night I've ever witnessed. It must be pretty difficult for the owner to serve 3 tables at the same time.
I'm not surprsied to see the negative report on shrimp dumplings since shrimp dumplings are really southern china's specialty. I will never NOT to order that.
I will ask the owner next time what items are made in the house and report back. Ha, I've at least persuaded two fans.
re: oohlala
Did we hear the 'human food processor'?? Good grief, I was FACING him...and you thought the sounds were bad...you should have seen the man. I was surprised he managed to keep the food IN his mouth because it was open half the time. My friend is from Japan and he was too polite to look but he did say the sounds were quite disgusting. And wasn't it a hoot to hear the two noisy diners YELL for the bill simultaneously?! My poor friend almost jumped in his seat. Welcome to the Mainland!!
Were you the nice guy that kept getting up to refill the tea for your group? Did you ever try the California Beef Noodle? If so, is it the same beef as the stewed beef dish?
I always wanted to try the dumpling places down in Chinatown but never seem to have time to make the drive down. But after reading Oohlala's thread, I thought I would make the trip.
I went with a friend of mine and we were both hungry and anticipating the juicy dumplings. We ordered the following:
-boiled pork with chives dumplings, $6.99 for 25 pieces
-pan fried pork, shrimp and chives dumplings, $5.99 for 10 pieces
-steamed shrimp dumplings (dim sum style), $2.49 for 4 pieces
-fried green onion pancake, $1.49 for one piece
-sauce stewed beef, $5.99
My friend and I really enjoyed the boiled dumplings. The wrapper was thin, the filling was juicy and well seasoned. However, my friend and I agreed the other dishes were 'nothing special'.
The fried dumplings were a bit greasy for us and the wrapper wasn't crispy but rather 'fried and getting soft' and the soft upper portion turned out 'chewy'. Also the filling in the fried dumplings were rather dry and not juicy like the boiled dumplings.
Don't order the shrimp dumplings as they are not made in-shop but rather bought in bulk and steamed on site. The wrappers were thick and chewy and not at all like dim sum restaurant shrimp dumplings.
The fried green onion pancake was again bought in bulk and fried when ordered. We saw the owner run to the chest freezer in the front of the restaurant a few times getting our food. Anyway, the pancake wasn't flaky or flavorful.
Lastly, the sauced stewed beef which reminded me of five spice stew beef. Again the owner retrieved our dish from the freezer but this time he nuked it in the microwave. The first time the dish was brought to use, the beef was not warm enough so the owner re-nuked it. Bad idea as the beef was over nuked and turned out dry.
Overall, the prices were VERY reasonable. The owner didn't speak much English but was intent to look after his customers the best he could considering it was a one-man show. My friend and I are going again and just order the boiled dumplings next time.
re: wasabi_girl
I talked to the owner today and all the dumplings and green onion pancake were all made in-shop. There's no way for him to make anything fresh cause he's running the entire place himself. He has to prepare a lot of the food the day before and he can only freeze the dumplings. Frozen dumplings usually taste just as good as the fresh ones if they're cooked within few days.
re: oohlala
Frozen dumplings can never taste as good as the fresh one, also, it does not matter if it is made in house, if it does not taste good, it does not taste good.
re: oohlala
Oohlala - Thanks for posting. Wow, you went again?! Did you try anything new on this visit? Just a little pet peeve of mine -- cannot stand people bashing other's posts on this site.
I posted this on a "cheap eats" thread, but it seems more appropriate here.
Based on this and other posts, Mrs Scary and I went to Xinmiao just before 2pm Saturday. We had heard it was slow, but as there were only two other diners seated at the same table, and already eating, we decided to give it a try.
Within about 5 minutes we had ordered 3 small dumpling plates and a pancake.
The only person working there seemed very polite.
Over the next hour, 5 more patrons came in and ordered, two groups of two and a single.
Roughly an hour after we arrived, one small plate of dumplings arrived at our table. About 15 minutes later, a second plate arrived, but it was not one we had ordered, but hey, we had waited over an hour for our second plate so the one we received was going to have to do.
In the interim, the single table had received his full order, a large plate of dumplings, as had one of the two person tables, spring rolls and soup. (It's easy to determine what the others are eating and the status of their order as it is a small place)
Fifteen minutes later, or roughly one and a half hours after ordering, we were told that he had run out of the ingredients to make our third plate of dumplings. We asked about the pancake, and by the surprised expression on his face, it was evident that he had forgotten about it.
Not wanting to risk another hour and a half for two more dishes, and because the food we had eaten was average at best, we paid our bill.
We won't be returning.
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REVIEW - Xin Miao: Rustic goodness!!
Date of Meal: November 5, 2007 - 9:30pm arrival, 10:50pm (or later) departure; 2 people
Meal Items and Price (tax included):
- 25 Cabbage & Pork Boiled dumplings: $6.99
- 10 Pork, Chives, and Shrimp potstickers: $5.99
- Bowl of beef noodle soup: $5.99
For this type of ultra casual ("small-eats" in Chinese) restaurant, it is probably more fair to review on an item-by-item basis.
Cabbage and Pork Boiled Dumplings: These were thick-skinned dumplings (contrary to the other review which said the Pork and Chives dumplings were thin-skinned) with a reasonably sized filling. The dumpling was not stuffed with filling, but the portion was more than appropriate, and with 25 in this order, it was more than generous given the price. The thick-skin was quite well made - chewy and not over-boiled, and well designed for dipping in some soy sauce mixed with vinegar and chili oil. The meat tasted fresh (ie. the dumpling hasn't been sitting in the freezer for too long) and was appropriately seasoned. A hint of ginger can be tasted. This was a good plate of dumplings, but I cannot say that they were mind-blowing (I've certainly had better, though not at a Toronto restaurant). Perhaps a good word for them is RUSTIC. It was down-to-earth, no bells and whistles - just comfort food. Highly recommended.
Pork, Chives, and Shrimp potstickers: The rating would be along the same lines as for the cabbage and pork dumplings. Though there were only 10 potstickers per order, each was decidely larger than the boiled dumplings - again, a generous portion for the price. The skin was thinner than the boiled dumplings, and the potstickers were made with the ends of the dumplings open. The filling was quite large, and the taste was very good. It was well seasoned and of a different consistency than the cabbage and pork dumplings. The product was cooked well - piping hot with nice chewy skin and juicy filling as well as a good colour. Again, delightful comfort food - highly recommended.
Beef Noodle Soup: This was perhaps the most "rustic" of the three dishes I ordered. The noodles were handmade, and the soup was not a spicy Sichuan style base. Instead the soup was a clear but rich broth with some vegetables and chives, with a generous portion of pre-cooked beef pieces (not overly seasoned). This was a rather large bowl of noodles - should be enough for most individuals. The noodles of the very thick variety. They were not a work of art - not like handmade noodles you'd find at a Ding Tai Fung kind of restaurant, but nevertheless excellent. They were not pretentious and were highly enjoyable to eat - chewy yet soft. They matched well with the soup and with the rest of the items I ordered. Overall, this was very good rustic dish, and on a cold Toronto winter evening, it would be among the best of comfort foods.
Service, etc:
Service is where this place starts to fall apart, unfortunately. As noted by others in the topic, the owner/cook is ridiculously slow. My table of 2 was the only table at the restaurant for the entire duration of my stay. The items arrived sequentially, with the boiled dumplings first, then the noodle soup, and finally the potstickers. The dumplings took 20 minutes, and another 10-15 more for the noodle soup, and at least another 20-30 minutes for the potstickers. If it were not for the quality of the foods, I would have been rather upset since I was quite hungry.
Intuitively, I suspect that owner/cook was cooking the individual dishes one at a time, likely without much pre-preparation - like having pre-boiled water ready for the dumplings. This indicates either the owner/cook is a moron who should be put out of his misery because no restaurant can sustain this (he can't even do take-out like that) OR he's just starting out and hasn't invested in the proper cooking equipment (ie. specialty pots for boiling noodles, multiple burners, steaming racks etc). I don't think this is a matter of experience because common sense should tell the guy that it shouldn't take over an hour to serve three simple dishes to the only two people in your restaurant. Also, it is quite possible that he also made the noodles and wrapped the potstickers after I ordered (while waiting for the dumplings to boil), in order to prevent waste given his evidently sparse Monday later-evening customer base.
Overall: GOOD!
I would definitely go back very soon, but only later in the evening when there are no other customers. At the same time, if the owner/cook sells his dumplings frozen, I'd buy some too. The man seems nice and honest: he even told me I ordered too much for two people (of course I wanted variety and some leftovers). The price point is great for consumers - fantastic value. The only downside is his service speed. This is a big point obviously, and hopefully someone can tell him to speed it up without quality loss because there are plenty of potential customers to be served!
Last night, a friend and I tried, and failed, to eat at Mother's for the first time as it was overcrowded. We ended up at this place instead. I concur with other posters on this one. It's authentic, imho, to a fault, having lived in Xian for a year. When we first got there, there were two Chinese men, red faced from drinking gao liang, the whole place reeked of it. And of course, they shouted orders to the owner/waiter/chef.
Even the bland, fluorescently lit interior, complete with plastic flowers was realistic. The food was good not great, but again, very much like what I came to expect in a dumpling place in northern China. The main point was the price. We shared two trays, one of pork bao dze, and another of pork guo tia, a plate of fried peanuts and tea, we left stuffed and the whole thing after tax was $13.
Just don't expect efficient service though, it's a one man show.
re: fickle
Yes. I live down the street from the empty space formerly Xin Miao. It has been shut down for approximately 2 weeks now.
re: food face
passed by yesterday and saw the door wide open and tables with chairs laid out waiting for people... didn't take a very detailed look though to see if there was any activity in the kitchen. hiatus or permanently shut down?
btw, mother's dumplings is quickly growing out of the super cheap eats category into the reasonably priced fix in chinatown.
re: pinstripeprincess
Did they raise their prices recently? *pout*
I haven't been in a month or two, but was planning on going soon.
re: vorpal
all the prices are probably posted on the website but i've noticed steady increases in prices every time i go. sometimes it's only by 50 cents, but they seem to be raising it semi-frequently.
the beef onion roll was 5.99 last visit, to get handmade noodles in the da lu it's 6.99, they now have fried rice for 5 but considering there's no meat and it's all hard frozen veg... it feels like a scam. i can't recall anything else since someone else ordered before i got there.
re: pinstripeprincess
True. It isn't super cheap anymore. It's delish but is losing some of it's "gem" appeal.
If ever you are up Richmond Hill's way, do give 'Northern Dumpling Kitchen' inside Times Square on Hwy #7 a try. Great dumpling selection. Freshly made to order, nicely seasoned filling and tons of broth inside the 'thin' skin cocoon!. Noodle dishes are also excellent. Delicious sauces and perfectly cooked, home made al-dente noodles. My favourite dish is their cold appertizer, Sliced leg of pork in garlicky sauce. The spicy chili oil sauce infused and mixed with tons of garlic, crushed szechuen peppercorns, cilantro and other spices is simply out of this world!
re: Charles Yu
Charles you always have clever recs. I will go...thanks.
re: Charles Yu
I can vouch for the "Northern Dumpling Kitchen" inside Time Square. My HK friend introduced me to her go-to dumpling restaurant last year and I've been going ever since. The chicken pot stickers are huge and so juicy that it almost fills up the soup spoon. Just take a look yourself: http://www.flickr.com/photos/teafortw...


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