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Flinthill FHB_297
submitted 11/13/2013
Ribtickler (see all reviews from this person)
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Price Paid
I`m still in the learning stages of the banjo game with about 9 months under my belt, so really to me it sounds pretty good. I just picked it up from the post office today so I`m still in the process of setting it up.
Sound Rating
This banjo was supposedly set up at instrument alley, but of course I had to monkey with it and change the head tension to my liking. The action as it comes is really quite playable, I have played a goldstar 100 and and 85 and I`d say the action is comparable to the 100 or better.
Setup Rating
Now supposedly these Flint hill banjos are knock offs or seconds of the RK line of banjos, I have found 2 small flaws, one in the finish on the side of the neck near the 22 fret about the size of a match head ( looks nicked) the other is hard to explane, but the fret board looks rough or maybe un finished after the last fret and before the tension ring. The banjo is definitely nice to look at, really highly figured maple on the resonator and neck, gold plating looks like it could maybe be a bit thin, mother of pearl on the fret board looks as though it could use a bit more polishing.
Appearance Rating
hardware seems good and heavy except for the arm rest, it seems a bit thing as well as the gold plating seems thing and like it may wear off.
Reliability Rating
Customer Service
instrument alley comes across to me as a little shady..lol it took a month to get this banjo to my door, and when I started inquiring where it was about a week after I ordered it, I got the ole " the order is still being processed. a few different excuses between the online tec guy you talk to and Ben the guy you e-mail. multiple e-mails later he seemed to be trying to satisfy me by saying he`ll take $25 off the shipping, have the banjo set up, add a 2 year warrantee, but I see no evidence of any of this stuff being done....not impressed with that at all!
The arm rest, is about the only thing that could be a little heavier in my opinion.
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Overall Comments
over all its a nice banjo and once I get the setup tweaked to my liking I`m sure it`ll be great. My initial thoughts when I opened it up is wow, thats nice looking but hey is that mother of pearl on the fret board or a cheap imitation? on further inspection I believe it may be mother of pearl but it needs more polishing. Banjo sounds like a banjo, the finish is 98% perfect, set up is close. if this model is a representation or knock off of an RK97 which I think retailed for $2500 to $2800 it would not be worth that price, but at $950 i think it is a reasonable price for what you get. the Case is a really nice hard case which hugs the banjo securely and should protect it nicely.
I`m a little afraid of ordering again from instrument alley, though I did get what I ordered, it took nearly a month. I placed the order on the 18th of oct 2013, and received it in the mail nov 13 2013. they kept telling me it will ship soon, then the next time they told me they were waiting on a bridge to come in that I ordered. so actually I still haven`t received one of the bridges I ordered. instrument alley comes across as a little on the sketchy side, but I did get my order and the prices were darn good.
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Flinthill FHB 280 A
submitted 10/18/2013
jbeck1948 (see all reviews from this person)
After I got it set up it sounds great (Bluegrass)I have already given a rating for this banjo when I first got it. This is an update.
Wasn't set up. I replaced the arm rest for a thicker one, I replaced the tailpiece with a "Kirchner", . I changed the strings to GHS 140, and I put a "Five Star" smooth white head on it. I did thin the bridge a little and placed it in the correct location.
There were some flaws on the neck where the outter binding was glued to the inner binding along the top edge of the neck. For the difference of the price it's not that bad.
Looks good. Not cheap
Never called them
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Arm rest was a little thin. I felt that was the only part that looked cheap. I replaced it with a thicker one.
After all that I did to the banjo I feel it's a very nice banjo. Looks great and plays great now.
Flinthill FHB 280 A
submitted 9/27/2013
After I got it set up it sounds very nice. I like Bluegrass music.I haven't played an archtop in a long time so it's a little new at this time.
The banjo was not set up. I had to set the bridge, tighten the head, etc.
Mahogany neck, No hole bell bronz tone ring., 3 ply rim rick maple, Gotoh tuners. There were a few flaws along the top edge of the white bindings. I cleaned most of the marks off. I guess for the price I 'm still in good shape. Other than that everything looks great.
The finish is nice and appears it will last. I did change the armrest to a more thicker one.
Never called them.
Just the arm rest. I felt it should be a little thicker.
Over all, I feel it will be a great banjo, at least, for the price. A friend told me it was the same banjo as the Recording King RK 80 arch top. It does look like it. That was what I was wanting, but this banjo was a lot cheaper. I bought it off of Amazon.com
Flinthill FHB-300
submitted 8/24/2012
Ladelnutts (see all reviews from this person)
Witchita Band via Ebay
Sounds good. It is amazing how much different a tone ring can make a banjo sound especially after playing one without a tone ring for months.
After spending some money at the local music shop to get this thing properly set up I have to amend my previous rating of an 8 for the setup. The set up on this had the action WAY too high in order to compensate for the frets not being level. I also had to set the intonation on the bridge when it arrived.
Good looking banjo. All parts look great. The only imperfections I see are a small bit of varnish on the side of the nut and a few chips around the frets. Overall it's a good looking banjo and you have to really look for the chips.
Seems like good stuff to me but I'm sure there is better out there hence giving it an 8. Very nice finish.
They answered emails quickly and were very pleasant to speak with on the phone with. However with the skeptical "setup" I have to give them a 6.
Others have said the arm rest is thin. It is identical to the arm rest on my Recording King RK-R20 & I don't have anything else to compare it to. I'm sure there is better out there hence giving it a 9.
A great banjo for the money. I'm still unsure of the real truth of the Recording King vs. Flinthill dilema. Whether the parts were overstocks or stolen from RK I have no idea. Read up on the subject and form your own opinion. Bottom line is I got a great banjo worth much more than what I paid for it. It really sounds and looks great. After having the local shop set it up I am really enjoying it.
Flinthill FHB-300
submitted 4/28/2012
andspence (see all reviews from this person)
Excellent full sound, with a nice ring - no matter where you are on the neck.
The banjo may have been setup when I got it, but I doubt it, and it didn't matter as I wanted to take it apart to check for defects, and to re-setup.I scraped a bunch of lacquer off under where the ring sits. Tightened the head to ~G#. Using a presto tailpiece, and Snuffy 5/8 bridge.I set the action as low as I could without buzzing.
Very nice maple resonator and neck. Standard arrowhead inlay pattern for the 300. There are minor flaws in the finish and inlays but nothing unexpected from a mass produced, asian-made banjo.
The armrest was extremely flimsy, and rather uncomfortable (the transition from the side to the top was a sharp angle). Replaced the armrest with a First Quality version.Tuners are nice, but the knobs are almost too big to for peghead layout. At this point, it's not a big enough concern to change out.
Stock Armrest is NO good!!!!!
On amazon, the banjo was listed as "used". I think what that meant was that it had hung in a music store for a while, as it still had a dealer tag on it when I received it in the mail. It was clearly not used.
Flinthill FHB-285
submitted 11/1/2011
moyer (see all reviews from this person)
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i play scruggs style, i never have worked on my own banjo cause we have a guy who is a banjo whizz around here so he does all my work and don'tcharge alot and does an amazing job. ive nothing but PROBLEMS with this Flinthill banjo since i got it this year. Ivetakin it to two different places and they told me the same thing that there'sa weak spot in the neck from the 5th fret to the head of the banjo. there wasbuzzing on the 5th fret on the 1st,2nd and 3rd strings and not to mentionat the 17th fret, even a spot or two in between. I think it would sound good ifit didnt have a crap neck. it is loud thats about all i can say for sound.
the banjo was set up ok, the action was high but had it lowered to my liking.i have had in the repair shop 6 times since i bought it in Feb. 2011 and ive only had it 8 months now. seems like it needs to be set back up every 2 months.
ill will admit i was a sucker for the looks of the fbh-285 banjo. it really is a beautiful looking instrument but looks are very deceiving!!!!
the tuners are nice ones but it dont seem to matter with this banjo. ive never had worse luck keeping a banjo in tune with this flinthill. i play the crap out it and there is wear on the fingerboard on the 2nd 3rd fret ALREADY. you are out of tune after 1 song, it is terrible really. i cant depend on this banjo for practice at home.
ive bought instruments from Daves music b4 and never had problems. i have told him my situation and he has been helpful so far. he said something about getting me a new neck but i havnt got it yet been going on a month now and i told him i needed it asap so im not sure whats going on. i feel as if im bugging him when i call about it. i think he's a very nice guy but i sure would like to see something get done very quick like. im not sure if its him or the dealer he goes through but i just wish i could get a solid answer. still not sure if im gonna even get it. i will rate this as to what has been done so far, i just hope that something gets done. if it does i would rate it as a 10, but for now..........
tailpiece had a cover on it which rattled so i took it off and that stoped it.i had to have the frets filed down, i acutally had my ring finger stick in the bottom edge of the 5th fret while slide up and it drew blood. i had to have it replaced with a new one and the old one was bent. the guy that repaired it couldnt believe how much work a BRAND NEW banjo needed.
when i bought the flinthill-285 i did it on impulse cause it sounded good and looked awesome. ive been playing going on 4 years now and have really takin off quite well. the banjo i play b4 that was a danville that never stayed in tune.that was the 1st i ever owned so when i play the flinthill it sounded like a gibson to me. it only had buzz on the 5th fret on the 4th string then but the longer i play it the worse it got. i thought with a little TLC i could get the buzz out and have a good banjo. i have heard rumors from several people that the flinthill is an off brand of recording king which was hard to believe but the RUMOR is that a company in china didnt do a good job on alot of banjo's that were supose to be recording kings banjo's so they slapped a different name on em. i dont know how true this but ive heard it said alot around bluegrass jams and festivals. the person i bought it off of is a very nice person so i dont wanna talk him or his store down cause ive got great deals on dobro's and guitars that were very well setup and good quality instruments. sometimes i think that he's just having problems through his dealers of getting my new neck for my flinthill so i would not NOT recommend anyone to purchase anything from his store, i want to make that crystal clear.although i would NOT RECOMMEND EVER buying a flinthill-285 model unless you want a money pitt. i spent $500 on mine and have got $300 in it in repairs and new parts.im looking to buy a new banjo and i can't get more than $350 on a trade in for my flinthill-285. it is very aggerviating and annoying. im going to trade it for what i can get and just count my losses.
Flinthill Fh-250
submitted 9/21/2011
New Kid (see all reviews from this person)
Instrument Alley
Great sound no tonering, Traditional Flathead look, lighter than typical banjo but puts out good sound
No Issues had to set bridge no pencil marks on head
Looks great , one piece neck good tuners inlays perfect
Seems all good to soon to tell
Very Helpful and friendly would go back
To soon to tell
Best Deal out there plays and sounds like a banjo costing twice as much.
Flinthill FHB-300
submitted 2/19/2011
lrbsammyswannabe (see all reviews from this person)
Being a fan of Ralph Stanley and Doug Dillard I've always wanted an archtop and finally found one in my price range at a local music store which is nationally recognized for their vintage instruments . . First thing I noticed was the deep base on this thing , very punchy . Excellent tone up the neck as well , very clean and bright . Better than my Maple Blossom . Excellent sustain . Good characteristic archtop tone while playing close to the bridge . I'm anxious to here someone elso play it for me so I can hear the true sound of this thing . There were 4 workers in the store and none of them knew how to play banjo . I even asked one customer but he was shopping for guitars . It's no Stanleytone but it will do ! I'm no authority on banjos . All banjos sound good to me which is why I give this one a 9 .
Came set up from the shop . Perfect set up for me right off the stand . Perfect action the whole length of the neck . The only things missing were a couple spikes at the 7th. and 9th. The shop installed them both for an extra $10 for me while I was cashing out .
Beautiful deep red mahogany color that brings out the maple grains nicely . Heavy gloss . Beautiful sunburst finish on the back of the one piece resonator . One minor crack in the binding at the 5th. fret , a minor 1/16" crack on 2 of the pegs , one minor flaw in the clear coat on the side of the resonator . Nice inlays . Love the Gibson style flange , although thin , unlike the girlish-looking one on my Deering Maple Blossom .
Tuners seem tight . Been playing it for a few days now and haven't had any tuning issues . So far an excellent second banjo (actually 5th. banjo counting my cheap ones) . Haven't picked up my Deering Maple Blossom since buying this one .
Extremely friendly sales girl who was very knowledgable with the banjo inventory at the store . Quoted me the same price ($699 Including hardshell "Flinthill" case) as advertised online at their website . HOWEVER , the owner of the store was a different story . Nice guy , but , after I got an accurate quote from the nice sales girl , the owner came up while I was testing it out and asked me how I liked the banjo . Told him I loved it and gave me a price $200 more than the girl quoted me . The tag on the banjo had it listed for $2200 retail (no way) , $1100 sale price and he quoted me $900 with a hardshell case . I guess he assumed I didn't look on their website before I came in , or was just looking for a sucker . Overall , a good experience . Brought a buddy along who playes stand-up bass and jammed in the corner for a while . Very fair prices , even on accessories (straps/strings etc.) . Forgot to ask about warranty since I was too excited to get home and play some more . Due to this one minor issue with the owner , I'm leaving the "Where purchased" column blank .
No standout parts as this is a middle-of-the-road banjo . Three-ply maple rim and two piece flange; nickel plated metal parts; bound, pearl inlaid rosewood fingerboard; planetary tuners with geared 5th; figured maple neck and resonator; vintage sunburst high-gloss finish; "No-hole" cast raised-head tone ring. Eventually may replace the tailpiece . Maybe experiment with some different bridges . The flange seems thin , but I like the "Gibby" style . The "Flinthill" hardshell case is beautiful and the banjo fits perfectly snug . Easily a $80 - $100 case . Not exactly sure what it means but the cast tone ring is a "no hole" style .
Finally got my archtop and am very happy . I'm pleasantly surprised of the quality of this $700 banjo . I went to the store expecting a little less , since the website had only a few pictures of this banjo , none of them good close-ups . I knew within 10 minutes of playing it that I would be taking it home . Thought I would be paying extra for another hardshell case but the case came with it !!!! The controversy surrounding these Flinthill banjos intrigued me and may have played a little part in purchasing it .
Flinthill FBH-280
submitted 2/10/2011
Joe Brown (see all reviews from this person)
Banjo has a rich full bright sound. I've only been playing banjo for 6 months. This was bought to replace an Oscar Schmidt OB-5, which has an aluminum pot.
The nut slots for the 2nd and 3rd strings were cut too low, so the strings were buzzing on the first fret. I filled the slots with super glue and baking soda and then tightened the strings while the mixture hardened. Almost good as new. I emailed Sega and asked for a replacement nut-no response as yet. Other than that, the action was great and the bridge was even in the right spot. I retuned the banjo and it sounds great, all the way up the neck. Low rating only because of the screwed up nut. Keep in mind that these are Recording King seconds.
The main flaw with these banjos is the finger boards. The inlays leave much to be desired. The cutouts for the mop inlays are oversized, and no filler was used to hide it. Also the wide binding on the left side of the fingerboard appears to be composed of two different strips, the other with the fret marker dots. For the first 10 frets you can see where the glue started separating-there is not a huge gap there, so at first glance it appears to be a dirty line, but, on close inspection, you can see tiny gaps-looks almost like someone ran a tiny sprocket down the middle of the binding-but only on that one side. Again, these are seconds that are being marketed under a different brand name. The balance of the banjo, the neck, the rim, resonator, headstock, the frets are all beautiful. So, are you willing to spend an additional $400-$900 for the same exact banjo with a nicer looking fingerboard? It won't sound any better or play easier. Yesterday I drove 40 miles to see two other Flinthills. A Luthier had an FBH 280 and a FBH-282. He was asking for several hundred dollars more for them, and they both had the same sloppy inlay job, and glue streaked binding on the finger board.
I have no doubt this banjo will last several lifetimes if it is properly cared for. I would never dare play without a backup until I replace the string nut.
It is supposed to be under warranty from Sega for one year. I haven't received a response from them about a replacement nut. Amazon has a 30 day, no questioned asked refund policy.
Other than the string nut being miscut, and the finger board appearance, this banjo weighs a ton, and is built like a tank. If properly handled, I forsee no problems.
So, do you want to spend $1000-$1500 for a picture perfect banjo, or do you want to make music for $600? From 10 feet away, no one is going to see the poor inlay job on the fingerboard.
Flinthill FHB-260
submitted 10/29/2010
WildJimbo (see all reviews from this person)
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I have no complaints about the sound of the banjo. It's crisp, and bright.
The banjo required the frets to be dressed. It was unplayable when it arrived. The tailpiece is a very flimsy presto copy and I replaced it as well.
It's a pretty banjo, however the pattern on the back has an issue. The "flower" in the center is great, but the circle appears to have been stenciled with a marker. There is also evident of some marker where the resonator meets the flange as if it was scuffed in shipment.
Other than the tailpiece everything else looks decent. I would have no problems using it at a gig.
These are distributed by Saga, and there's probably a half dozen different stories about how these banjos came to be. Warranty? No clue... I didn't see it as an issue considering the price.
Tailpiece, tuners and armrest could stand a slight upgrade. Pot assembly is great.
...yeah, I know, there's a crowd of you that will think I'm a bad person. I think I can handle that. What I bought was the one that looked like the RK-60 - or Deco King.It's not without it's issues I guess, but the price was considerably cheaper so I figured, "What the heck!"Now, most of the RKs I've encountered in shops were ready to play right out of the box. This one was not. It required setup... and not just minor tweaking. First and foremost the frets had to be dressed. They had never been touched beyond getting put into the fingerboard. The ends were sharp, and they were by no means level. Now, I'm not extremely picky, but the frets were bad enough that it was unplayable. I have no idea what sort of tailpiece comes on the RK-60 but the Flinthill came with a flimsy Presto knockoff. It's functional, and had I not had a real Presto handy I'd have left it alone, but I did replace it. How's it sound? Well, it sounds quite good. It sounds like a banjo, and compared to other banjos I have it sounds a lot like another banjo. The only really troubling visual thing about it is the design on the back. The "flower" is fine, but the circle... it looks like an afterthought put on with a marker. Worth what I gave? Very much so, even including the tailpiece and the fret dressing. Do I feel guilty? Nah, not really. However, after buying this one I feel like I can heartily recommend the RK banjos. Not sure if that's enough to keep me from being cast out as an unbeliever, but that's okay too.
Flinthill FHB-300
submitted 6/13/2010
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The sound is very loud and bright - its what you would expect from a nickel and maple banjo. Seems really responsive. Good ring up the neck as well.
The setup was OK, but I always go back over my banjos and set them up for me as I like a 1/2 inch bridge because of poblems I have with my right hand.
Maple finish - very nice flaming on the neck and resonator. The resonator is one piece which is unusual on a lower-price banjo. A few small imperfections around a couple of the inlays which was my biggest gripe with the banjo.
Overall the hardware was good, but I did swap out the armrest as the one that came on it was kinda thin.
I dealt directly with a dealer who called me after the sale was made. There are questions about where these banjos actuallyy came from. Some say they are built from parts taken from the Reocroding King facutory illegally, some say they are Recording King overstock parts which Recording would not take delivery of - you will need to do your own reserach and come to your own conclusion. All I know is its a really nice banjo for the price.
Great value for a banjo thats sounds really good and you can ake anywhere!
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I have been administering quite a few of the intradermal fluzone prefilled syringes at my clinic and although people don't complain of pain when the needle is inserted, they do say the solution hurts more going in , than it would with an intramuscular flu injection.
I agree, the irritation on the injection site is worse than reg flu shot... My shot hurt more than I anticipated, it burned.
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China Magic Noodle House
The wife and I have been meaning to try the China Magic Noodle House for months after reading that they make their own noodles fresh to order. The only thing keeping us from trying it is the 30 minute drive from Central Phoenix (it's on Dobson & Warner in Chandler).
I spent 8 months living in China and it wasn't an american tour. I lived with Chinese roommates and ate in local street markets the majority of the time I was there...it has been 10 years since I left. I'm not going to say I haven't found good chinese food in the US since returning, but I have to say that what we ate today at China Magic was the first place that actually reminded me of dishes we actually had in China in terms of texture and taste. (ie I've had great food especially in NY and SF, but never saw or ate those dishes while in china)
We didn't get to sample much of the menu, as I had already eaten and we just stopped to get my wife something to eat. We started with the steamed dumplings. Depending on what you're used to, you might not dig them...but they have incredibly thick, chewy skins that were obviously made by the same noodle guy (who I'll talk about in a minute) minutes before stuffing w/ filling and steaming them. The difference between these and most dumplings you get in the US is substantial; it's a texture thing as much as it is taste. No see-through skins here. Probably the thickest, chewiest skins I've had in the US and it brought me back to China...and I loved it!!! Some of the best meals I had in China (and there were many great ones) consisted of dumplings, and I haven't really had anything like it again until today.
Best part was you get 8 large dumplings for like 5 bucks.
For our entrees we both got noodle soups. I had the beef soup, the wife had a seafood soup. Like $6 each. HUGE portions compared to most places; there is a large grapefruit-sized ball of noodles in the bowl. The noodles are the star...there is this guy behind a display window (with a tip jar, lol) that you can watch make your noodles to order. He does it the traditional way, spinning and slapping them around. You just don't see that kind of stuff in the southwest very often, and I'm very happy to see it!! The texture is completely different from most noodle soups you get for the same reason the dumplings were so great - chewy texture and great flavor. The soup base was flavorful and the beef tender - not the best soup I've ever had but it was pretty dang good.
The wife scarfed her entire bowl, and she claims we're making the 30 minute drive again in the near future.
They have a lot of different types of noodles and dishes on the menu; I'm planning on ordering the dumplings and something new next time we go...
Anyways, as you can probably tell, I'm a fan and we're exicited to have this place in town.
The noodles here are very good, but everything else on the menu just falls short a bit. I actually think their knife-cut noodles are better than their hand-pulled ones.
I like the beef soup a lot, especially the bits of pickled cabbage they usually put in. Last time we went, I didn't get any cabbage and I was disappointed. Love the "dumpings" (look closely at the menu, they forgot the 'L' and it cracks us up every time) but we usually get them fried. Yum. The man tou donut things are good, too. Hot, fluffy goodness.
I've had the stirfried beef noodles. While the noodles themselves are indeed good, the dish as a whole just seemed to be missing something. The noodles with oyster sauce were nasty. I don't know what that pale gravy stuff we got was, but it was awful and didn't look anything like the picture or taste anything like oyster sauce.
re: Jen76
Those dumplings are absolutely delicious! They taste a lot like the ones I make at home, from a snack food recipe book (printed in both Chinese and English) that my parents bought in Hong Kong when we lived in the PI. My wrappers always end up thicker and kind of chewy (just like the ones at China Magic Noodle!) and I always wondered if I just had bad technique. Maybe not, after all!
We've only been here once. We live very nearby. Like others we were disappointed and underwhelmed by our choices...one was beef with lemon or lemon garlic sauce and the other I don't even remember. The noodles themselves weren't and but everything else on the plate was unimpressive:sauces, ingredients, seasonings...
Maybe we need to go back and try the soup?
re: ziggylu
Do try the soup, dumplings and mantou. I think of all the things we've tried there, those are the ones that shine.
I've been twice, try the hand pulled, with ground pork noodles. Also check out the board for specials, which is where you might find the vegetables...
Two separate visits, outrageously good fresh hand-pulled noodles (especially the shaved and thick noodles) and amazingly low prices.
Pot-stickers are very, very good. Pan fried - for once they are not too crispy or dried out, like most valley restaurant prepare them. The dipping sauce that accompanies them is good, but add a bit of red chile oil to your plate, a splash of black vinegar. Now you've got the real Chinatown pot sticker good stuff.
5 different kinds of noodles -ask the waiter which one goes best with your choices. The beef with shaved noodles was terrific - beef just melted in your mouth. How do they do that with beef? We also ordered the shrimp curry with thin pulled noodles. The shrimp were large, sweet and perfectly cooked. The curry sauce was not all that great, and I wouldn't order it again - but I'd order another dish with those shrimp without hesitation.
Chicken fried rice, not usually one of my favorites, was a shining star in this place. Again, the meat was tender, moist - and all white meat chicken. Vegetables in the friend rice remained just a bit crunchy to give it some character.
Beef soup with noodles. Again, that superb tender beef. Broth was deep flavored, with a distinct tinge of anise. Just wonderful.
Service is friendly, helpful and anxious to please. Excellent service from Charles, and nice guy to chat with.
If you like authentic Chinese noodles, don't miss out on this place. I'm anxious to go back and try the noodles with XO sauce and more of the soups, but I suspect that we'll stick with the thick or shaved noodles unless we get soup.
re: Veggie Liv
The online menu on China Magic Noodle House's website indicates that they do have some potentially vegetarian options. If you are concerned about non-vegetarian ingredients (e.g., oyster sauce, chicken stock) being included in otherwise vegetarian dishes, you might want to check with the restaurant staff before ordering or before venturing over.
China Magic Noodle House
2015 N Dobson Rd, Chandler, AZ 85224
re: Veggie Liv
They have several vegetarian noodle options (both stir-fried and soup based). And, really, noodles are the only thing worth getting there.
re: ipsedixit
Ipsedixit - the potstickers are very, very good. And the beef was terrific, in all preparations. Noodle based dishes are 95% of the menu, so noodles are indeed the reason to go.
Several options for vegetarians, but hohokam makes a good point about the sauces.
re: jkgourmet
Really, everything other than the hand-made noodles on the menu (save for maybe some of the preserved pig offal items) are really to entice the American clientele who neither can appreciate nor care for hand-pulled noodles.
This is my favorite Chinese place, and really the only place in East Valley serving anything authentic. However, recently, they have a gal server who is very incompetent. She can't get any orders right and then tries to cover it up. She is not attentive to the customer. We hope the owner finds out and gets rid of her.
I agree with the original poster. We moved here from Asia and this is about as authentic as it gets locally. It's pretty much exactly like being in the same type of restaurant in China. We've eaten almost everything on the menu and we've never had anything we didn't like. And it's a superb value. They don't cater to the American taste in any way though, so if you've never had this kind of northern Chinese food before you may find it heavy and/or oily. I love it personally.
China Magic Noodle House
2015 N Dobson Rd, Chandler, AZ 85224
Here is my review of vist 1 and visit 2
Visit 1:
Went there yesterday for the first time
It was pretty good, as soon as I sat down I got some brown round things with what looked like daikon...fired them down...pretty good, I believe they are boiled peanuts and either daikon or pickled radish, they were nice to crunch on
Went with the Spicy Beef with XO Sauce and thick noodles, as I love the thick Udon noodles in the soup at Hiro Sushi and I was happy to find that the chewiness and texture was very similar, so I was quite happy with them
I wish there was a bit more beef and heat, however a couple teaspoons of chile paste and a dash or two of vinegar and I got the heat and tang in the right direction, probably takes a few tries to perfect it, kind of like Pho
I would really like to try some soup there, because for some reason i had a spoon ready even though I knew I didn't order soup, oxtail is calling my name
I did not try any of their boba drinks, mainly because being that close to Lee's Sandwiches (across the street) and not getting and iced coffee after noodles would have been wrong
Visit 2
went here for a 2nd time, as i was craving some soup, and had the Ox tail Soup with the hand pull noodles and also the salt and pepper shrimp
They have moved the specials board onto the menu itself, if you are looking at it on Yelp, the specials are not on those pictures and the prices are about 30-50 cents higher on average
Turns out I like oxtail when someone takes it off the bone for me, versus me doing all the work, the oxtail had a few good bites in it and a few a bit more grisley bits to it - the broth still had good flavor (it is like Pho, you have to add stuff to it, white pepper / soy sauce / vinegar / siracha / chili paste) then you get it to the right flavor profile you want, i had it with the hand pulled noodles letter C - which is what he recommended, i think i prefer everything with the thick udon like noodles...however quite good and satisfied the craving for spicy beef broth based soup
The star was salt and pepper shrimp for $8 they gave me a dinner sized plate stacked with two levels of shrimp, it must have been over a pound of shrimp there, no idea how they are making any money on that, but I am not complaining
They were cooked perfectly (read as not overdone and rubbery) and had a great crispiness on the outside (salt and pepper have the shell on if you have never had them, perhaps strange the first time you eat them, but then you start to crave them that way), and good flavoring served on a bed of lettuce with some jalepeno's diced throughout and some dashed on it, i couldnt say exactly what it was my guy says fish sauce but i doubt it in a chinese restaurant - regardless this provided the meatiness i was craving and i got the beef broth flavor from the soup with noodles, and still had over 10+ shrimp to take home
20 bucks including tip - good stuff
I forgot to look at what the other Chef's Specials were, but nothing was that expensive so it is certainly worth going there and picking that sounds good and giving it a shot - will probably stop back in a week or two and try something else new and report back, but def get the salt and pepper shrimp if you have not had it there yet


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I remember when I first started breastfeeding, I did suffer from sore nipples for the first week or so, until me and bubs got used to breastfeeding and how to do it properly.
I did buy a tube of nipple cream and used it a few times, but this ad really makes me NOT want to buy the stuff!
I read a blog post at The Alpha Parent about an ad placed in a Lithuanian magazine for a breastfeeding nipple cream. The ad tries to let you know how painful breastfeeding can be by gluing the pages together, and as you tear the pages apart, the baby basically rips the womans nipple off!
Once the page is fully opened the caption shouts, "BREASTFEEDING HURTS", and has a pic of the nipple cream advertised.
What do you think about this ad?
Do you think it might further scare women off breastfeeding who already have misgivings? Or do you think women should be told up front that, yes, breastfeeding can sometimes hurt?
YES!!! How else do we know that it's normal to feel like your nipples are being sucked off for those first few seconds for the first week or so. Education is always better. Knowing that after that initial painful start it doesn't hurt at all would help too.
I have to admit it did hurt when i breastfed, but only to start with and towards the end of my pregnancy i was putting nipple cream on every night just to prepare for when my baby was born, and then when she was born i was still putting it on before and after every feed and after every shower. But yes to start with the third day in of breastfeeding it was toe curling pain!! Thats when the nurses know its really bad for you (apprently your word isnt good enough until your toes curl) LOL!!
before i breastfed this would have put me off almost entirely! after struggling to breastfeed both my first and second child and all the pain and tears and whimpering and bleeding my kids have put me off! no amount of cream or shielding or expressing or advice helped me :( now in a month i'm due to be going through it all again :(
I know a mother who had problems with her nipples. She got around the problem by expressing for a few days after getting advice.
I thnk it's an excellent concept but It would care me off, maybe if they wrote something along the lines of "Breastfeeding can hurt- but with time and (insert nipple cream brand here) you can get past it and enojy nursing" or something along those lines anyway.
That ad would have scared me off breastfeeding!
Surely this would turn some mothers, especially young ones, off feeding.
Oh god, it would be enough to put you off breastfeeding. Those creams never worked for me, the only thing that helped was time!
I think that women should be told that yes it can hurt BUT it does get better


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Big guilds like Paragon have finance officers whose job is to keep the GBank stuffed to the brim with all the necessary raid consumables and hundreds of thousands of gold for repairs.
But yeah, I bet most of us would go pale on totaling all the pots, flasks, feasts and repairs they rack up while wiping for days on end like they do during progression.
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Having never been in an elite-level raid, I can't say this for sure, but I highly doubt they used a feast and a flask and a pre-pot on EVERY pull. The reason for this is that on a first pull, or first few pulls, you don't know what the mechanics are yet, meaning it would just be a waste. I could see them even possibly doing something like giving everyone +endurance flasks for quite a few pulls, or at least for the first 1-2 hours as they figure out the mechanics (survivability over dps in that case).
That being said, it probably wouldn't take them that many pulls to figure out all the mechanics. Even if they used 50 pulls, that would leave at least 350 pulls for all those consumables - that's 700 dps potions, 350 feasts, probably somewhere around 50 flasks/cauldrons. Quite a lot, in other words. But hey, that's why they are #1 in the world, because they make that effort. Which probably isn't that big of an effort - every big guild I've ever been in has had more gold than they know what to do with, so having a world class guild, I have to bet that they could easily spare 50k-100k gold on consumables without batting an eyelash, as they could make that back many times over selling BoE's or even runthroughs for achievements and mounts.
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Revynn also made a good point about repairs. I'd be willing to bet repairs were an overall bigger expense than consumables. (But as I said above, they can easily make all of that gold back many times over.)


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When you have kids, birthdays are suddenly a big deal. By birthdays, I mean the birthdays of your child(ren), not necessarily your own birthday. My pre-motherhood birthday celebrations usually involved going out with a bunch of my friends and my main squeeze, all dolled up for a night on the town. Once Bear came along and then Beauty, my birthdays became back seat occasions of my own choosing. But my kids' birthdays are HUGE events in our home and in our family. It's not to say we spend a fortune or throw amazingly lavish parties, but more so we just really celebrate our children, our family, our life. It's incredible, and we really try to spend the day focused on the blessings we've received in our… [more]
This week marks a milestone for my children: their birthmother's birthday. We have an open adoption by mutual request, thus, I have the kids make something and we send it off. My daughter seemed particularly sad this year as we created our gifts. I asked her about it, and her eyes welled with tears. She said she missed her birth mother. Now, I'm not at all competitive with her birthmother, but I questioned this a bit. Whereas my daughter does recall certain fairly catastrophic events in her childhood, and has the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to prove it, by and large, she has forgotten the day-to-day life with her birth family. She was placed in foster care somewhere around her 4th birthday, and her little… [more]
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Adopted Children, Birthdays, and Bad Behavior
When I was going through the home study process, my social worker told me to read several books about adoption. One of these books talked about birthdays being a sad time for adopted children. According to the author, for children placed for adoption as a newborn, a child's birthday is also the day that his birthmother "abandoned" him. The author said to keep an eye out for bad behavior around a child's birthday because this could indicate that a child is struggling with adoption issues. The child might not want to celebrate the day that he was taken from his birthfamily.
I did not know whether to believe this or not. Birthdays are generally happy times for kids, especially when they know that they will be… [more]


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N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
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The University of California, Merced, began its eighth academic year with 5,760 undergraduate and graduate students, up nearly 11 percent to a new high, according to data released today (Sept. 27).
The increase proves that demand for UC Merced grows, despite a difficult economic environment. Space constraints forced the university to limit undergraduate enrollment for the first time ever this year, though graduate enrollment and research have not been affected.
Graduate student [1] enrollment hit 329, an increase of 26.5 percent over last year. Overall, graduate students comprise nearly 6 percent of the student body. The campus's ultimate goal is for graduate enrollment to reach 10 percent of the total student population by 2020.
"Graduate students are integral to our mission as major research university and will help attract increased research funding while enhancing UC Merced's growing contribution to the San Joaquin Valley, state and society as a whole," said Acting Dean of Graduate Studies Chris Kello. "We made a concerted effort this year and allocated significantly more resources to graduate support to boost the numbers even more in the coming years."
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The campus saw a 3.6 percent increase in freshman students consistent with the university's efforts to manage enrollment growth carefully, but still attracted its largest freshman class ever — 1,495. New transfer student enrollment decreased by 25 percent as a result of a change in admissions criteria.
University officials continue to be pleased with the academic quality of the class, as well as the diversity among UC Merced's freshmen, reflecting the campus's commitment to fostering a culture of excellence through a diversity of people, ideas and perspectives. The university has enrolled 19 new students who were awarded the UC Regents' Scholarship based primarily on their academic and personal achievements.
"In addition to setting new marks for overall enrollment, this year we welcomed the largest and most competitive class in our history," said Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management J. Michael Thompson. "We are pleased that an increasing number of high school seniors are recognizing the remarkable opportunities available for students at UC Merced and joining the campus community."
Of this year's class, 99 percent are from California. Undergraduate students from the San Joaquin Valley represent the largest single segment on campus at 31.2 percent, while 27.8 percent hail from the greater Los Angeles area and 21.2 percent from the San Francisco Bay Area.
"Our primary focus has been to create an exceptional opportunity for California students to receive a UC education," said Thompson.
First-generation freshman student numbers continue to rise steadily — up from 60 percent in 2011 to 65.5 percent in 2012. The campus enrolled an estimated 62.5 percent Pell Grant-eligible freshmen in 2012-13 compared to 59.7 percent in 2011, representing students with the highest level of financial need, and expects to distribute nearly $100 million in financial aid and scholarships during the academic year.
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215 allows FBI to get records relevant to an investigation. PCLOB: NSA program fails on "FBI", "records," "relevant" & "investigation."— Julian Sanchez (@normative) January 23, 2014
As Julian Sanchez points out, the NSA's program of phone record collection is clearly, unequivocally, and totally illegal (and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board agrees). The Patriot Act's section 215 allows the FBI to collect relevant records for a specific investigation.
The NSA isn't collecting records, it isn't the FBI, the data it collects isn't relevant, and there is no specific investigation. It's pretty amazing that there are still people (including Obama) insisting that the program is legal.
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Chuck began his legal career as a lawyer for the Legal Aid Society of the City of New York. He was the first lawyer selected for the "continuity unit," an experimental approach to the delivery of criminal justice service that provided one lawyer to each defendant from the beginning to the end of their case. Because of the success of that innovative concept, it became the model for public defender services throughout the nation. When Chuck left the Society for private practice, he served as appointed counsel in the state and federal courts on many challenging cases that often made the headlines. His extensive experience handling those cases gave him a unique insight into the workings of the criminal justice system. Chuck served as lead counsel in death penalty cases in both federal and state courts. His knowledge proved invaluable when capital punishment was re-evaluated during his first year in the Assembly. He played a critical role throughout the Assembly's public hearings, the most extensive ever conducted on the subject of capital punishment. He is proud that those hearings persuaded influential legislators to oppose the death penalty in New York State. His experience representing violent criminals gave him a keen insight into the pain inflicted on their victims. As a legislator, his dedication to protecting the rights of victims and his command of the issues have helped to institute important reforms such as the lengthening of the statutes of limitation to prosecute sexual criminals, taking DNA from criminals and drunk driving laws that carry stiffer penalties. Chuck has also been a leader in bringing common sense reform to the unreasonably harsh "Rockefeller Drug laws" that removed discretion from judges and forced irrationally long jail sentences on non-violent drug offenders. He knows first-hand the scourge of gun violence that plagues our communities. In 1972, one of his first Legal Aid clients was charged with possessing a "zip gun." Those home-made weapons were soon obsolete as cheap illegal hand-guns became easily available on our streets. Chuck has written a bill that will protect our citizens from wanton gun violence. If a criminal commits a crime with a gun, he serves every day of the jail sentence for that crime and then has to start serving an extra 7 years in jail for simply having had a gun. The criminal can get out from under that extra 7 years if he honestly discloses, to the satisfaction of law enforcement, the identity of the person from whom he got the weapon. That information will empower us to prosecute the profitable underground networks that smuggle illegal guns into New York. The law will also provide valuable information that will help law enforcement combat gangs, which can only thrive in secrecy. Their ability to function will be severely damaged once their members start "talking" to the police in order to avoid serving an extra 7 years in jail. During the course of more than 30 years of court room experience, Chuck developed a sub-specialty of representing high-ranking cooperating witnesses in important federal prosecutions. Those experiences, which at times meant that he and his clients were hidden away in safe-houses in undisclosed locations, taught him that the power to gather "intelligence" is the most effective weapon in our arsenal to combat crime locally and at the international level. Chuck has been accused of having forgotten that he was a criminal defense lawyer because he has fought so hard for the rights of crime victims. Another member of the Assembly publicly stated that members on both sides of the aisle listen when Chuck speaks on the subject of criminal justice. That says a lot.


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The family of former Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock , who recently awoke from a coma, wants him to enter rehab after he is released from a Los Angeles hospital, according to TMZ.com .
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I don't know about you, but inheritance was something I never imagined would apply to me. An inheritance was something rich people left for their kids. It was something for the spoiled trust-fund heirs who might speed around Malibu in their sports cars. It's hard for many of us to imagine the place of inheritance in the world in which our Bible was first revealed.
But, in the gospel, the cross is about, among other things, your future economic status.
In the world of the Bible, one's identity and one's vocation are all bound up in who one's father is. Men are called "son of" all of their lives (for instance, "the sons of Zebedee" or "Joshua, the son of Nun"). There are no guidance counselors in ancient Canaan or first-century Capernaum, helping "teenagers" decide what they want "to be" when they "grow up." A young man watches his father, learns from him, and follows in his vocational steps. This is why "the sons of Zebedee" are right there with their father when Jesus finds them, "in their boat mending the nets" (Mark 1:19-20).
The inheritance was the engine of survival, passed from father to son, an economic pact between generations. To lose one's inheritance was to pilfer for survival, to become someone's slave.
The inheritance structure is part of something deeper, more real, the inheritance that a Father God gives to those who share in his image. The Bible identifies Jesus as the One who inherits all the promises. He's the One of whom it is said, "You are my Son" (Psalm 2:7), to whom the Father promises to make "the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession" (Psalm 2:8).
The Fall ruined us economically. The primeval insurrection in the garden forfeited our inheritance, as we walked away from our Father's house. The heirs were gone, done in by our appetites. And a serpent now holds the cosmos in captivity, driving along the deposed rulers, the disinherited heirs, as his slaves.
But then there's Jesus.
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What happened after Sayuri shot her step dad.
It has been four years since i murdered my step dad. You'd think that after that man
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But during this time me and Sayuri have been sent to live with his sister in Tokyo,
She doesn't believe me when i said that he killed my mom and raped me. Treats us badly
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I don't have the courage to turn her in. Me and Sayuri have gone through too much pain
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The only reason we came here is because she sadly is the only family we have left.
Other than this house we have no place to go other than the orphanage.
I don't want to risk having Sayuri taken away from me. Plus i am the only one that gets
My aunt seems to like her except for when she tells her to stop when she's
beating me or overworking me.
All i have to do is stay quiet and do what she asks until we have enough money to find a
place of our own. Even though I know she's not going to let us just leave, I have to think
of a way to hide it from her.
I start high school in five days but i'm not sure if she'll let me go. It's illegal for her not to
so i'm hoping that will make her let me go.
Middle School was a blur. I didn't talk to anyone and I worked everyday after school. I
had no social life but didn't care, even though i got called names like Serial Killer Sakura
I payed no mind to those. I didn't try to explain my story and tell them they're all wrong.
The more I ignored them the worse the rumors got, but what is better telling them 'No he
raped me and killed my mom so i killed him!'
They wouldn't believe me anyways. Plus i've learned not to trust anybody. Before i moved
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