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Though many detained in the purgatory of Angel Island remember it with no great fondness, for Myron Wong, it was simply part of a boys great adventure. It brought the 10-year-old Wong Yao Nam from the mountainous Chinese province of Guangdong across the sea to America to live with a father he had never met. It is an immigrant story that begins with ancestors; is triggered, as so many are, by war; is sprinkled with hardships and hard work; and ultimately ends well, with an old man looking back on a full and happy life.
Myron's story begins in 1807 with the arrival in the United States of his grandfather, Wong Kau Wei (later Jim Chu). According to family lore, he and few of his cousins hired on as cheap labor to build the Boston Harbor. Finding the New England climate too cold for his taste, at some point he crossed the country and settled in Selma, near Fresno, in California's Central Valley. An entrepreneurial sort, he opened a boarding house-cum-grocery store that catered to local Chinese bachelors—"railroad workers, miners, laborers"—all there without wives and family. For a fixed monthly sum, as many as fifty or sixty workers would take dinner with Jim and his growing family every night.
Jim was prosperous enough that after a while he was able to send his wife and children back to China "to build a new home." When it was done, he said, he would come back to the old country to visit. So Myron's grandmother, father Wong Wah Sui, then four years old, and three aunties went back to China to see to the construction. The tragedy is that grandfather Jim Chu never did see the building—or his family—again. He died on the voyage home.
Myron isn't sure when his dad, Jim Wong, made it back to America, but he's sure it was the doing of an uncle still living in Selma. Apparently Jim had been in California long enough to learn the language, since he spoke both Chinese and English well, but he wasn't able to find a Chinese wife there, so he returned home for a bride. He got married and had three children in short order: a girl; a boy, Myron's older brother, Wong Yao Sing; and Wong Yao Nam (Myron). But he wasn't able to stay long. As Myron puts it, "In China in the old days, you got nothing. House broken, fall down. [We were] Poor, poor…That's why [his dad] had to go to a different country to try to make a living supporting the family."
Jim Wong became a produce buyer in Fresno, "first for David Chow, buying produce for the big grocery stores. And then later, he and my other uncle opened Wong's Produce." Jim was able to send enough back during the thirties to support his family and send his sons to school, which was quite a privilege, Myron notes. "I went to school in China for about four years. I was lucky. A lot of [the other village kids] were 14 or 15 and in the same grade I was because they [rarely] had money to go." He and his brother were quick learners, though, and took advantage of their opportunity.
Myron remembers vividly when the Japanese started massive air strikes on China sometime in 1938 or 1939. "Bombs come and the first time, my mom and grandma not home. Just the three of us kids see the plane and we got scared. Oh, man! We ran up the mountain where we lived, afraid to come home." Sometimes, there were three planes in one day, all aiming for the nearby train depot. "The [planes] flew so low, you could see the pilot…their leather head and everything."
Fearing for her family, their mother wrote their father back in the U.S. "Unfortunately, discrimination in the old days" meant that neither she nor Myron's sister ("not American-born Chinese" and women to boot) were welcome in America because of the Chinese Exclusion Act. But Jim Wong and an uncle from Fresno were able to secure her sons' passage at least. "My mom took us from our village, by river, on a junk boat to Hong Kong," where they waited until their uncle "got all of the papers ready to board the boat." The boat in question was the SS President Coolidge, a luxury ocean liner famous for breaking speed records on trips between Japan and San Francisco. By 1940, the ship had been commissioned to help Americans fleeing Asia and Myron, his brother, and their uncle were on board.
They may have been crammed down in the bottom of the boat in steerage class, but the boys seemed to make the best of it. "That was our first time going anywhere!" They weren't allowed on the upper decks with the first-class passengers but they roamed the parts where they were allowed. "We played everyday, shuffleboard and so forth." En route, the ship anchored in Shanghai; Myron is sure on this detail because his uncle badly wanted to visit the city with a friend from the upper decks, and the young boys had to stay behind on the boat.
He smiles as he remembers his first encounter with a vending machine onboard the SS Coolidge: "My grandma gave us some dimes and nickels [from] when she was in America. And we didn't know what a dime or a nickel was, but when we saw the candy machines on the ship, my brother says 'Let's try it!' He put the money in there, pull it out, candy comes out! We got a big kick out of that! I still remember the candy: Mounds, with the coconut in the center. It was a lot of fun. I'll never forget it!"
For the most part, it was a very smooth crossing, Myron says, "only one time it got real rough. I didn't get no seasickness, but my brother did. I went upstairs and played by myself."
Upon arriving in the Bay Area in late summer 1940, after a journey lasting approximately 28 days, the youngsters were separated from their uncle and ferried over to Angel Island. They had a physical and were each assigned a bunk. They knew that at some point they would be questioned; another cousin back in China had coached them on the kinds of questions immigration officials were likely to ask as they attempted to ferret out "paper sons" and those who were not blood relatives of the American-born Chinese.
Questions like "Which way does your house face? How many steps are there to your front door? How many brothers and sisters do you have?" might have stymied some, but they didn't bother Myron or his brother. "We were pretty smart as [children]. We were little men. We knew a lot of stuff. When you grow up in China, you grow up fast."
That early maturity was probably also why the two boys didn't feel scared there waiting on Angel Island, the only children surrounded by adults at least 20 years their senior. They had no reason to fear. They were American citizens already because their dad, who was waiting for them on the mainland, was born in this country. Not to mention, their dad was able to send them money and treats. "We used to like tomato ketchup, but you [needed] to pay extra for it. Special. My dad sent in the money so everyday, instead of [eating] the Chinese food they feed us, we ate dishes with tomato and ketchup." Dad also sent a big box of oranges that went down well with their fellow detainees: "The people around us, they loved us. The oranges tasted…good and sweet."
Angel Island had no school for the children, so their time was their own. "When we finished eating breakfast, we go and play all day. We chase each other. We use the tennis ball to play basketball. When nighttime come, too early to sleep so we go downstairs to watch the grownups play pool. They shoot the jive with each other." The grownups would tease the boys, he said, and "older people would tell ghost stories," often ones about previous occupants who had hanged themselves over the shame of being refused entry into America. These spooky tales combined with the noise made by the building's rackety old water pipes, would scare Myron a little if he woke up in the middle of the night.
One scare that no one could have predicted was the fire that broke out in the kitchen late one night during their stay. It quickly spread to the women's dormitory and they were awakened by the guards coming to wake them, yelling "Fire!," which they did not understand. With their bunks located close to the door, the two boys were among the first to hear the alarm. "The sky was so red. It looked like the fire was on our roof. Real red…It was dark and cold to death. The wind was blowing, too. Boy, we got so scared. So we ran and got a blanket and put our pants on and ran back outside again."
They spent that night, and a couple of nights afterward, in the horse stables behind the dormitories, up the mountainside. They were allowed to return to their dorms after that, but with the kitchen destroyed, Myron remembers with a grin, they had to rely on canned army rations for a whole week.
It seems the fire delayed the boys' interrogations as well, so they ended up spending about a month or six weeks on the island. Myron remembers two interviews. They took "my brother and I on this little boat and put us in one of those vans with the wires and everything to the office where they questioned us." (The supporting documents apparently were stored over in San Francisco.) The brothers were quizzed separately in their native tongue. "To tell you the truth," says Myron, "they didn't ask me much." He didn't feel the interrogations were strange or weird. "That's just the way of life, you know what I mean? What are you gonna do? You want to come to America, you've got to do what they ask you, to answer [the questions]."
Shortly thereafter, Myron and his brother were reunited with the father they had never known. It was the first time he had laid eyes on them since they were babies. "We were so happy because we were going up," remembers Myron. "It felt great. My dad, he was happy. We [couldn't] say much. He put his arms around us and everything."
Besides seeing the big city for a few days, "dad took us to the barbershop, cut our hair." Myron also remembers being disappointed they weren't able to visit the Treasure Island World Fair, which had been entertaining Bay Area residents and visitors for the previous two years. It closed for good on September 29, 1940—just "two days after they let us out," he notes. Sometimes, the Angel Island detainees had been allowed to walk down to the beach to see the Fair's fireworks across the bay and he remembers them shooting up high against the dark, night sky. They returned to Fresno shortly thereafter for their dad's work.
A worn photo of a smiling Myron at age 11 unearths fond memories. He is on a dusty road next to an old pickup. It is summer 1941. "In the old days, before the war first start, in Santa Maria, they had a lot of Japanese tomato farms. So my dad hired this truck driver. He had a big truck." Myron and the truck driver would head out from Fresno and "go pick up tomatoes…lettuce, potatoes, onions, everything." Back then, the way from Fresno to Santa Maria was completely undeveloped. "[It was] dirt roads, all desert" as far as the eye could see and there was little in the way of entertainment. The irony was that Myron "couldn't speak English or nothing at the time." And his companion, the Armenian truck driver who delivered the vegetables and gifted him the photo "couldn't speak Chinese…we had a lot of fun, though."
These salad days of childhood were not to last, unfortunately. The family had been together little more than a year and a half in Fresno when America entered World War II after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. According to Myron, Jim Wong contemplated active service, but settled for a job supplying produce to the U.S. Army in Los Angeles so he could stay close to his sons. The downside of this work meant that he traveled and would be away a lot, so he was relieved when his eldest son opted to stay behind in Fresno with his cousins. How to look after Myron while he was away was also a problem. And, well meaning though he was, the solution Jim Wong settled on proved profoundly humiliating for his younger son.
Fourteen-and-a-half-year-old Myron would go to live with a rich, white family in an upscale neighborhood of Los Angeles and, in return for room and board, would work for them as a houseboy. "In the morning, I make coffee, make breakfast—toast, soft-boiled egg. I take it upstairs for them to eat. After they eat, I wash the dishes and go to school." After school, he would help the lady of the house "cut the vegetables, things like that" to prepare the evening meal. He would then serve them the evening meal and wash the dishes. "The first week, I didn't like it. I told the lady, 'I'm too young to work.' When I went back home, my dad said, 'Hey, you go back!' And that was it. In the old days, you have to obey your father. You don't talk back."
Myron worked seven days a week for the McKees. He had Sunday afternoons off, which he spent with his father or with friends playing ball and going to the movies "where the poor people live in the old days…over near 27th and San Pedro." (He got Wednesday afternoons off as well, during summer vacation.) At John Burrow Junior High and later L.A. High, he had friends from many different backgrounds and ethnicities. "Only a few [were] Chinese." One family, the Chans, was rich and owned an import-export business. Others were less well-off; their fathers ran laundries. He made friends with kids from all social strata, but he kept them at a distance.
He hid the fact that he had to dress up in Chinese clothes ("white shoes, white pants") and answer to his Chinese name,Yao, not Myron. "I never wanted to get too close to be good friends because I didn't want them to know where I lived. I [couldn't] bring them to the house. Houseboy was an insult in the old days. A low-class insult." He was invited to birthday parties of the lo fan (white friends), but politely declined. "Even with the Chinese, I keep secret."
Myron quit working for the McKees as soon as he graduated from high school, shortly after the end of the war. "[It was] tough, I know. I lived through all of that stuff. Nobody went through what I [did]." The sad irony is that had his mother been allowed into the country when he came in in 1940, Myron wouldn't have been farmed out to strangers. "I missed my mom…After the war, she didn't want to come. She was too old and everything, you know, so she never did come."
But Myron didn't dwell on this sadness. "Even when I go to high school, I never feel angry about anything. That's how life [is]. I believe in Chinese way, that the day you are born, you're destined to be there. The way you're going to be, you do the best you can." When he left high school, he worked "first in wholesale produce at night in San Pedro for six or seven years." Then he drove a truck for Thrifty Mart [later Smart & Final] to earn a living. "I worked for them for 15 years. Load up the produce from the dock and deliver it to the store. They got 19 stores when I started with them, when I quit they got 99."
In 1955, he settled down and married his wife, Irene. They had two children, Tina and Kirby, Kerwin. In the late sixties, he decided to open his own store, the Liquor Box, in Pasadena, near the site of the Rose Bowl. Selling alcohol and a few groceries was "good business. People came like crazy." He remembers one night before the annual Rose Parade. "People at nighttime, they come to help with the flowers. They came to my store and they buy cake. A lot of young people, a lot of fun back then." Sadly, progress meant the end of the Liquor Box. "They took the place down when they made the freeway." He had had the Liquor Box for 13 years and was ready to retire.
Even now in retirement with two grandchildren, Casey and Dustin, friends try to get Myron to move to newer, fancier districts of Los Angeles—"Montery Park, Alhambra, all of them"—but he is happy in the same Mid City neighborhood. "I don't want to move. You know what? I like this section because…when I get old, I can't walk, I cannot drive, [but] I can take the bus. Right in front, I can go to Chinatown, the airport, everywhere. [I'm] right in the center. Hollywood. Beverly Hills. I love it. I still love it."
It was grandson Casey's school project about his roots that inspired Myron to return to Angel Island for a visit in 2003; he took his entire family. "I wanted to show my kids what my experience was and how things looked, you know?" He found "almost everything empty, changed a lot, too." Though he did recognize the floor where his bunk had been. "They took out the beds, but they still have the poles up there…and the three levels."
He also noticed something that the young Myron hadn't paid any attention to in 1940—"the words the people carved in." This time around, he found the poetry on the walls of Angel Island dormitories "beautiful. See most of the [Chinese] people who came to America were all good, educated people. They knew how to write, so they put a lot of beautiful stuff up"—everything from their feelings about leaving China to their time in detention and even advice to future detainees to work hard to achieve their dreams.
Overall, Myron was glad he had made the trip north and had shared the experience with his family. "I think people should…know about it. You know, it's history."
Myron Wong and his brother were among the last immigrants to be processed at Angel Island. Two months after Myron's stay, in the winter of 1940, the government closed down Angel Island Immigration Station for good.
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In a preheated cast iron skillet or saucepan, sauté the onions until golden brown. Add the ground beef, chili powder, cumin, oregano, minced garlic salt and pepper then fully brown the ground beef over medium high heat. Add the remaining chili ingredients and simmer 10 more minutes. Then, remove from heat.
Cut each jalapeño in half lengthwise and core the interior using a spoon. Fill each half jalapeño with chili, top with shredded cheddar cheese and wrap with a slice of bacon.
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text: BSinPNS #2151 Posted December 1, 2013 (edited) Master - Dimitrios Manetas Staff Captain - Theocharis Charalampos Chief Engineer - Andreas Kavouras Hotel Director - Raffaele Bernardini Cruise Director - Sue Denning N.B. Being replaced by Ben from Australia on 30 November GRM - Marisa Rebelo F&B Manager - Shane Mansfield Executive Chef - Paul Carroll Captain's Club Host - Graeme Kelleher All very visible and accessible. Edited December 1, 2013 by BSinPNS 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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This was supposed to be a Canada/New England cruise, with a repositioning at the end to Ft. Lauderdale, where Emerald Princess will spend the winter season. We are from Atlantic Canada and took this cruise for the US ports we were supposed to visit - Bar Harbor, Boston, Newport, New York and Charleston. Charleston turned out to be the only port we actually made it to, other than a service call in Boston, when no one was allowed off the ship except for the 90 passengers who had originally planned to end the cruise in New York.
On the second day in Quebec City, we were informed that they were monitoring Hurricane Sandy and were going to stay in calm Canadian waters until the danger from the Hurricane was past. So we entered the "Magical Mystery Tour" segment of the cruise (so named by the Cruise Director), where we visited unexpected ports such as Saguenay, (Quebec), Cornerbrook, (Newfoundland) and Saint John, (New Brunswick). Since we already live in this part of the world, these were of little interest. And I suspect most of the other 590 or so Canadians on board felt the same way.
It became obvious after awhile that, aside from avoiding the storm, which certainly cannot be criticized, Princess's main concern was to limit their extra costs in dropping off the 90 New York departing passengers, leaving the 2900 other passengers with very disappointing substitutions for the US ports missed. Magically, we arrived in Boston on the day we had originally planned to be in New York, and the 90 departing passengers were put on buses headed to the three NY area airports, thus minimizing the cost to Princess. We could have easily sailed out around the storm and gone to Nassau, Bermuda, or Princess Cays and still arrived in Ft. Lauderdale on time. In fact, there appeared to be no reason we could not have made full day stops in Bar Harbour and/or Boston, if they had not wasted so much time stalling in Atlantic Canada.
So the itinerary turned out to be a complete disappointment. No compensation was offered, and the Captain, who early on acknowledged he was getting plenty of suggestions from passengers on where we could go as alternatives to New York, disappeared from view completely from Boston onwards and was never seen or heard from again. I suspect he left the ship in Boston. It was disgraceful that he did not have the courage to face the passengers, especially at the Captains Circle party for Elite and Platinum members, where he had earlier committed to attend. Added to my frustration was the fact that when he did speak over the public address system early in the cruise, he had such a heavy Italian accent he was barely understandable.
Aside the from the itinerary disaster, onboard it was a fairly good cruise. Emerald Princess seems to be in fairly good condition, although apparently is heading to drydock next April. My only serious complaint was that the bed in our cabin was the most uncomfortable I have ever encountered in 20 cruises. The mattress was in desperate shape. A couple of maintenance problems in the bathroom when we boarded were quickly fixed. Our room steward did a competent job, although he completely ignored the "Make Up Our Room" card we placed outside by 8 am in the mornings and it was often noon before our room was done.
We have not cruised on Princess for almost 4 years, due to a major disappointment with our last cruise on Star Princess in 2009. The food at that time in the Dining Room was very tasteless, and frankly I was expecting the same this time. To my surprise, the flavor of the food has improved tremendously, at least on this ship, and we were very satisfied with the evening meal. We were on fixed seating in the Da Vinci dining room. Our waiter Johnson was great, ably assisted by Tony. However, breakfast and lunch in the Da Vinci was another matter. Service was incredibly slow and the food often luke warm and fairly bland. Horizon Court food was mixed, but it was never overly congested when we were there.
The entertainment was also a mixed bag. Except for the final show, the production shows were poor. Maybe we have just seen too many. The other acts brought on the ship were mostly good, especially the hypnotist, which is something I had never encountered previously on a cruise. The Cruise Director Peter and his staff did a competent job. I really enjoyed the personality of Deputy Cruise Director Frenchie, as well as Ryan, who is crazy. But my main criticism of the entertainment is the impact from having a extra deck added to the latest Princess ships like the Emerald without increasing the public space,especially the theatre. As a result, they now have to do three shows a night instead of two, and they have shortened the shows to about 30 minutes - hardly worth showing up for. And if you go to the first show, as we did, the congestion outside the theatre after the show from people waiting to get into the second show is terrible, all the way back to the mid-ship elevators (which were also terribly slow at peak periods).
So, the cruise was a major disappointment. Even with the surprise new ports added to replace the missed ones, we were cheated out of one port day. Absolutely no apology or compensation offered by Princess.
Will I cruise on Princess again any time soon? NO!


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Simon's Guide to Casinos and Gambling in Korea (South)
The general stance on gambling of the South Korean authorities could be summarised as the following: all forms of gambling in Korea are prohibited, unless they are expressly permitted by a specific legislation.
The relevant regulatory bodies and their respective regulated gambling activities are as follows:
- the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (the "MCST") regulates the South Korean casino industry, motorboat racing, cycle racing and sports promotion betting tickets (e.g., Sports Toto),
- the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (the "MAFRA") regulates horse racing and traditional bullfighting,
- the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (the "MOSF") regulates lottery businesses.
These are the only forms of legal gambling in South Korea. They are all specifically permitted in legislative pieces. For instance, casino gambling is made legal mainly under the Tourism Promotion Act, lottery is permitted by the Lottery Tickets and Lottery Fund Act and betting on horse racing is legalised by the Korean Racing Authority Act.
However, South Korean casinos are only available for foreigners – local residents are only allowed in one South Korean casino, Gangwonland, for which the restriction against the entrance of local residents is relaxed pursuant to the Special Act on Support of Development of Abandoned Mine Areas.
Online gambling is strictly prohibited under South Korean law. The reason for this is that South Korean laws do not make a distinction between land based and online gambling. According to Article 247 of the Criminal Code, anyone conducting illegal gambling in South Korea is subject to criminal prosecution and faces charges of up to 5 years in prison or KRW 30 million (approx. $26,000). This clause is pertinent to online gambling operations as well. Only online sales of lottery tickets is specifically permitted.
Individual players, if caught, are prosecuted as well. According to Article 246 of the Criminal Code, a South Korean person, who gambles using the services of unlicensed operators (online and offline alike) is punishable by a fine of up to KRW 5 million ($4,370) or a minor fine, but "gambling which is just for momentary pleasure is exempted". This clause basically decriminalises small scale, recreational gambling. Habitual gamblers, on the other hand, face penalties of up to three years in prison or a fine of up to KRW 20 million ($17,480)*.
/What constitutes habitual gambling is not explained in the law./
Although, it is not possible to widely enforce an online gambling ban on the level of individuals, Korean Authorities made it clear, that online gamblers in the country can face penalties if caught. Recently, a number of South Korean professional athletes were charged with online betting (and also alleged match fixing) and were questioned by the police about their online gambling habits**.
Internet censoring in South Korea is described as 'pervasive'. It is reported, that sites of foreign online gambling operators are also being blocked by ISPs in the country.
There are also rumors of financial institutions blocking transactions to and from online casinos – mostly because this is the case in China – , however none of official sources or laws mention this anywhere.
*Source: ICLG Report: Korea – Gambling 2015
**Source: More South Korean Athletes in Trouble for Gambling
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Casino gambling in South Korea
Online casino gambling in South Korea: illegal, players are prosecuted if caught
Land based casino gambling in Korea is legal and regulated under the Tourism Promotion Act, although only one casino in Korea is permitted to allow local residents to enter, the aforementioned Gangwonland. There are currently 14 land land based casinos in Korea listed on google maps, although this is only a minimum figure, as probably not every casino in Korea is listed on Google Maps.
All forms of online gambling in Korea are prohibited and criminalised. However, the legislation is phrased in a way to basically exempt small scale recreational gamblers, or only imposes a minor fine on them. Also, online gambling bans in general, are next to impossible to be enforced in any country.
Bingo in South Korea
Online bingo in South Korea: illegal, players are prosecuted if caught
None of the land based casinos in Korea appear to operate bingo halls. Outside these licensed venues bingo, as all other forms of gambling is Korea, is illegal. The national lottery also does not offer bingo games to its players.
All forms of online gambling in Korea are prohibited unless specifically made legal, this applies to online bingo. This makes online bingo illegal in South Korea.
The government is reported to block several foreign online gambling sites – although it's unknown, whether their blacklist also includes online bingo sites.
It is impossible for any state to widely enforce online gambling bans on the level of individual players, and the South Korean legislations makes it clear that it does not wish to either, therefore small scale online gamblers in the country are not realistically in any danger from the authorities.
Poker in South Korea
Online poker in South Korea: illegal, players are prosecuted if caught
Land based poker is legal and licensed in South Korea, although poker playing is limited to the licensed casinos. As a sign of the easing of gambling restrictions in the country, this year, one of the events of the annual Asia Pacific Poker Tour was held in the Korea's capital, Seoul, in the Paradise Walkerhill Casino. The event was funded by Poker Stars, one of the biggest international online poker platforms in the world.
Online poker, on the other hand is strictly prohibited, just like many other forms of online gambling in Korea. The South Korean government does not issue licenses to operators and professional players could, theoretically, face prosecution. However, small scale gamblers are basically exempt from the prohibition.
Sports betting in South Korea
Online sports betting in South Korea: the only legal forms of sports betting are the state backed Sports Toto and Proto, there is also legal horse race betting offered by the Korea Racing Authority, none of these have online platforms, players of foreign online bookmakers are prosecuted if caught, but that seldom happens
In Korea, the legal sports betting options are limited to games offered by the state-backed company Sports Toto and the horse race betting conducted by the Korea Racing Authority.
Sports Toto offers two sports betting games: Sports Toto and Proto, with the first being pari-mutuel betting and the second fixed odds. Both games can be played in electronic terminals, betting shops and convenience stores around the country, but they do not have online bookmakers. The profits generated by Sports Toto's games go to the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation, the goal of which is to popularise sports amongst the Korean populace.
All legal horse race betting in the country is conducted by the Korea Racing Authority. Wagers can be made on the three thoroughbred tracks around the country as well as the thirty OCBs (Off-Course Betting centres)*. However, the Korea Racing Authority does not offer any online sportsbooks.
Foreign online sportsbooks are illegal and players can face prosecution if caught. Recently, several Korean basketball players were charged with online betting and alleged match fixing.
The government also block access to some foreign online bookmakers. However, regular, small scale players placing bets with such sites from the safety of their homes are extremely unlikely to be prosecuted in Korea, or any other country for that matter (recreational, not professional, small scale gambling by private persons is not criminalized in Korea). Odds on major foreign online sports books are said to be far superior to the ones offered on the state backed betting games in Korea.
*Source: KRA official website: OCB centres
Lottery in South Korea
Online lottery in South Korea: legal, state monopoly, you can purchase lottery tickets online
The Korean Lottery Commission licenses one company, Nanum LOTTO Co. Ltd. to conduct lottery draws and sell printed, electronic and online lottery tickets in the country.
Nanum LOTTO Co. Ltd. is the only legal provider of lotteries in the country. It is unknown if individual Koreans playing on foreign online lotteries are prosecuted.
Bitcoin gambling in South Korea
Bitcoin gambling in South Korea: unknown / undetermined, safe to assume that it's illegal, just as other forms of online gambling in Korea
South Korea is a country with a blossoming Bitcoin scene and authorities do not restrict the use of Bitcoin in the country.
A number of news pieces were published June last year about a South Korean Bitcoin gambling company, Satoshinori beta testing its products meant to cut the firm a piece of the estimated $49b East-Asian online gambling market (illegal included)*. The company would've operated under the same assumption as many other Bitcoin casinos – namely, that as Bitcoin is not a currency, therefore Bitcoin gambling is legal, or at least not explicitly illegal, even in countries with laws otherwise prohibiting online gambling.
However, this is an assumption was proven wrong many times in many countries around the world in recent years. The fact, that the company has disappeared ever since its announcement last year seems to confirm suspicions, that they too are facing legal barriers. Online gambling bans are not this easy to circumvent, apparently.
However, it's true, that South Korean gambling laws do not address Bitcoin gambling in specific, but than again, neither do they expressly ban online gambling – the ban is a general one, with its scope covering online operators as well. Therefore, it's safe to assume, that Bitcoin gambling, in practice, is just as illegal in South Korea than any other forms of online gambling.
Although players might face charges if caught, recreational gamblers are basically exempt from the prohibition(see above).
*Source: Korean Bitcoin Gambling Site Seeks Asian Customers
Online gambling websites accepting players from South Korea
Although, online gambling is illegal in South Korea and players can, theoretically, face penalties if caught, many foreign platforms accept registrations from the country. Individual players are only prosecuted in extremely rare cases (I found only one reported case with the basketball players mentioned above, and they were only questioned). Nevertheless, if you decide to place bets online from South Korea be aware of the risks.
The following online casino and bookmakers accept players from online casinos.
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text: Summer Meals: 5 Things to Research Now for Summer 2016 2015-05-27Summer 2015 may just be getting started, but it's actually the perfect time to begin mapping out your strategies for starting or expanding your Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) for next year. Take advantage of the timing to review what you're doing and where there is untapped potential. Visit neighboring communities to explore what they are doing to serve low-income students who truly need this valuable meals program. If you can get a head start on the fundamentals now, you won't have to worry about doing so in the height of the school year, making it easier to ensure that all plans will be solidly in place by the time next summer rolls around. Determine if you're going to be a sponsor or a vendor (or both). The sponsor of an SFSP incurs most of the financial and administrative responsibility (including site monitoring, training and reimbursement claims), while a vendor's primary responsibility is to provide the actual meal (preparation, delivery and service). You might choose to take one just one of these roles or you might do both at different sites throughout the community. If you're interest is primarily in being a vendor—or adding vendor contracts in addition to your own sponsorship sites—research other organizations that are current or potential SFSP sponsors; these might be a government agency (such as a parks and recreation department), a private organization (perhaps a camp or church) or a non-profit (a food pantry or other advocacy group). Discover possible serving locations. Spend the summer scouting out areas where children naturally congregate while out of school. Options include school playgrounds, camps, churches, parks and public housing complexes. There are guidelines to offering the SFSP at different types of sites, though, and your state agency will determine if the proposed locations are eligible. Figure out efficient and innovative ways to deliver and serve the food. If you want to invest in special equipment or transportation to improve your SFSP participation reach—for example, SNA President Julia Bauscher's Louisville, Ky., district is among those that have outfitted a school bus for this purpose—now is the time to get the ball rolling. Don't forget about food safety! Identify partners to support your program. Grant-makers, donors or corporate sponsors can help make the program possible by filling the gaps for funding and supplies and assisting with marketing, as well as providing enrichment activities. Scout out potential donors and partners in the form of foundations, corporations and individual supporters. Ask plenty of questions! Find out if other school nutrition directors in the area have experience with summer feed programs. Contact them for specific advice about serving in your state or region. Of course, there are a number of moving cogs when it comes to implementing or expanding an SFSP. SNA, with support from the National Watermelon Promotion Board, developed a handy toolkit that can help you put all the pieces together for a successful program. Download it at www.schoolnutrition.org/summerfeeding.


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We've well-passed the seasonal risks associated with holiday trees and crazy amounts of kitchen appliance use. But don't think we're out of the woods yet when it comes to potential electrical fires! The winter season still presents a fair array of risks, so it's best to be as prepared as possible as we move into the middle of the season.
Need some help beefing up your electrical safety, or want to know the leading electrical fire risks to be found during the cold months here in Tampa and Clearwater? Hoffman Electrical & A/C is here to clue you in!
The Biggest Risks Lie in Home Heating
Pulled right from the NFPA: "heating equipment was involved in an estimated 54,030 reported U.S. home structure fires." That was through the years of 2011-2015. The statistic is both huge and telling, and as you might expect you should be very wary of your HVAC and alternative heat sources.
To prevent HVAC equipment risks be sure your furnace, boiler, or whatever heating system is serviced routinely. Many fires that begin in an HVAC system occur because it hasn't been cleaned and the electrical components haven't been checked in a while. We know shelling out for a tune-up service isn't fun, but it's miles better than a Tampa electrical fire.
Avoid space heater risks by setting the space heater away from any flammable surfaces or materials. Additionally be sure to power the space heater with appropriate outlet support (a dedicated circuit, ideally) and never leave a space heater unattended. Those things eat up tons of wattage—many of them run hotter than your oven!
If You're Using a Generator, Use it Right
For many of us, a whole-home generator is all that stands between us and a days-long power outage during the winter months. It doesn't usually get as frigid around here as other places, but when we get it, we get it heavy! Generators are an awesome way to keep power, but they come with their own risks; namely, they're at risk of sparking a flame if they're under-maintained or the fuel in the generator is old. If your generator has been sitting idle for half a year, get it inspected before you try to use it!
Be Careful When Cooking
There's nothing like hot food after being out in a blustery winter day. But before you get to cooking, be sure your kitchen is equipped safely! GFCIs should be in use in all kitchen spaces within a certain range of water sources, and additionally, ranges, ovens, microwaves, and refrigerators should be on dedicated circuits to avoid overloads that can lead to an electrical fire. Outside of electrical issues, be sure to stay in the kitchen when cooking. A sizable portion of kitchen fires reported were found to be due to appliances being left alone.
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RPS Asks: Which Games Made You Weep?
As Adam and I lay out boxes of tissues (for crying, you disgusting pig) in order to discuss To The Moon for a Verdict this afternoon, it makes us wonder: what games have made you cry? Yes, yes, Tomb Raider: Angel Of Darkness. We've all done that joke. But really, bravado aside, when did you get moved to weeples?
I've written about the two previous games that saw me shed a tear a couple of years ago, and I talked to Charles Cecil about the process four years ago (wow, our site's really old). (I mention these to stave off complaints from those claiming we always go on about this – twice in four years, whingebags.)
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4 Must-Try Local Spaghetti Spots
It's that time of year again. The time where we have an excuse to eat the sinfully-good dish of Spaghetti (with no regrets). Happy National Spaghetti Day People! In honor of this sacred holiday, Cocktails Catering is giving you four local places you should be filling your bellies at.
Now you might be thinking, is this restaurant really worth the drive for some spaghetti? The answer is yes. I can assure you that Garlic's Italian cuisine is well worth the hike to New Smyrna Beach. Garlic offers oversized portions so not only do you get your money's worth, but you also leave with a happy-full-belly. Did I mention Garlic always starts you off with complimentary roasted garlic, olive oil and bread? Beware, this is highly addicting. Now, depending on how brave or hungry you're feeling you can always order the 16 oz filet mignon meatball (yes I said it, 16 oz filet mignon meatball), which pairs greatly with some delicious spaghetti. #NationalSpaghettiDay This dynamic duo is great to share with a friend (or two or three). Be sure to take a selfie with this insane dish because if you didn't snap it, did it really even happen? Bottom line, I would highly recommend Garlic to anyone who is looking for some good spaghetti and a great environment (out door seating with string lights everywhere).
I'll never forget my first experience at Terra Mia. I was out with my family and my sister was in the mood for "true authentic Italian food" (remember these words) . Now, the funny part was that when we got to the restaurant and she saw that pizza was nowhere to be found on the menu, she was not a happy camper. No PIZZA? How dare they, right? In this case, wrong. While my dad was too busy diffusing the ticking time bomb (my sister), my mom and I were brave enough to order and wow were we glad we did. I'll always remember my first bite into their spaghetti and chicken parmesan. I could not believe we hadn't discovered this restaurant sooner. Moral of the story, if you're looking for the real deal Italian food then you're in for a treat. Terra Mia has built it's reputation on experience, customer service and authentic Italian cuisine. This Italian hidden gem can be found right in the heart of Lake Mary (not to be confused with the Longwood location as they have different owners).
Full Disclaimer: Terra Mia has added pizza to their menu, post my sisters pizza melt down. #pizzaprobelms
This place has it all; a beautiful ambiance, addicting hand crafted cocktails and freshly made-to-order cuisine. When I initially thought of local restaurants that serve spaghetti in Honor of National Spaghetti Day, it should come to no surprise that Prato was the first one to come to mind. One of Prato's most popular dishes is their Mustard Spaghettini Cacio E Pepe. Although, I've personally never tried this dish, Yelp reviewers have often referred to this meal as close as to Italian Cuisine you'll find. I for one know, I'll be ordering it next time and you better believe I'll be adding an order of their renowned meatballs (to die for).
You can find this Italian restaurant in the quaint town of Mount Dora. If you've never visited the area I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a charming experience. Mount Dora is known for being a historic district and it should come to no surprise that it's filled with picturesque boutiques and restaurants. Enough about how amazing Mount Dora is and more about National Spaghetti Day. Olive Branch won't disappoint with their hearty dishes and delightful atmosphere. This place has a Mediterranean-Italian vibe to it, which comes with a pretty unique and diverse menu.
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I am thrilled for the summer loveliness we're sharing today! With the unofficial end of summer coming up, it's only right that we send summer off in style! Today Audra Wrisley Photography and stylist Jean Hilpert produced this styled with inspired by the citrus theme of Renaissance weddings, with a modern twist, of course! Virginia's Fort Hunt Park made for a perfectly whimsical backdrop for this charming and organic Summer's Eve bridal inspiration shoot. I love the chic and simple baby's breath bouquet – I can just smell it now!
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Location: Fort Hunt Park
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Why victims of domestic violence are at war with each other
Letter to the Editor
WHILE violence can be committed by anyone, it is generally directed at someone physically weaker, therefore women or children.
As decades of buried women turn in their graves to celebrate the new era of DV awareness, a war between victims has erupted.
The war cry from one corner is: "Men are also victims of domestic violence!" The other corner shouts: "Rubbish, how many men died this week?"
The domestic violence issue is being tainted by this battle - men versus women. There should be solidarity between victims.
It is not a competition.
The DV issue is between the abuser and the abused - no gender about it.
The fact that men, who should have the physical strength to protect themselves against a woman, are being beaten is an interesting factor.
Women are often trapped and cannot escape but we should be asking men, "why didn't you escape?"
Women don't have the strength to restrain their attacker so we should be asking men, "Why didn't you restrain your attacker?"
Women often have children to protect so shouldn't we be asking the male victim, "what do you do about protecting your children?"
Women believe their partners when they say "it will never happen again". Shouldn't we be asking men, "do you believe this nonsense, also?"
Women are beaten so brutally they cannot go out in public until their injuries have healed. Shouldn't we be asking the male victim, "What injures did you sustain?" Men are murdered by their partners; we know this because there are women serving life sentences.
(Some of) these women suffered horrendous abuse leading up to the murder - did their male counterparts?
The fact that men are also victims is a goldmine.
Why toss the gold back?
Get men on board.
Discuss what can be done instead of comparing bruises. The war is between the abused and the abuser and should not be a gender issue.
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1. I haven't been running this week, letting myself thoroughly recover. It has been very strange. I especially felt odd not running on National Running Day! I felt like a priest skipping mass! Oh well, my muscles are thanking me. I have been surprised at how tired I have been each evening when I haven't been running! I think I needed the break in more ways than one.
2. I have been on an interviewing committee for a 4 month maternity leave at my school. There were many many applications and the people we interviewed were very good. And these are the people looking for a temporary job!(maybe not their first choice) I am certainly glad I am not looking because for years in Vermont getting a teaching job has been very tough.
3. It is just about time for me to start marathon training if I am going to run a fall marathon. I am having a very tough time choosing one. I had one pretty much decided upon when I looked at the website again and discovered it starts at 10. Even in New England I don't want to do an early October marathon that begins so late. Am I being too picky? All other marathons I have done started at 8:00 at the latest. Even in the fall in New England. I keep going on MarathonGuide.com and also think maybe I am letting some of the negative comments influence me too much. Do I want to repeat a marathon? (Hudson/Mohawk - flat, scenic, very small - not necessarily a plus for me) or do a larger one with pacers to try to qualify for Boston(Hartford) or a flat faster one that starts at 10 (Smuttynose Rockfest - new marathon) or a scenic one that is very hilly (Mt. Desert Island) or go farther in New England (Amica ) and have pretty ocean views but a more rushed trip due to distance. Is anyone doing any of these? Thoughts? I need to decide soon although I can just start training with an approximate start. Some of these may fill up. Momentarily (it changes constantly) I am leaning toward Mt. Desert Island.
I am adding to this after the first few comments. I wasn't specific enough, actually the last 3 are on the ocean. Only the first two are land bound!


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The head of the Armenian Orthodox church is in the middle of a controversial visit to Istanbul. Karekin II has in the past angered Turks by accusing them of committing genocide against Armenians at the time of World War I. Turkey denies the charges of genocide.
I thought it was a perfectly simple question.
I had gone backstage to interview the conductor of an ethnic Armenian church choir after a rousing performance at Istanbul University.
As the choristers packed up their manuscripts, we chatted for a while about the music and the conductor was all smiles.
Then I asked his opinion on the conference his choir was singing at - the snappily labelled "Symposium on New Approaches to Turkish-Armenian relations".
I wondered if he thought the event could help mend fences. Within seconds, he was edging away from me, apparently deeply uncomfortable.
"I don't want to talk about politics," he pleaded, "we just came for the music!"
It was a telling insight.
Closed borders
Turkey and Armenia are neighbours who might as well be a million miles apart.
Diplomatic relations have been frozen for over a decade; their mutual border is closed.
But the direct dispute is over a matter of history: The death of hundreds of thousands of Armenians in eastern Turkey during the dying days of the Ottoman empire.
Armenia wants those deaths recognised as genocide. Turkey refuses to accept that term.
For Armenia and its vast and powerful diaspora, getting recognition from Ankara is a mission so important, it is almost a way of life. But here inside Turkey, ethnic Armenians have chosen an uncomfortable silence over confrontation.
I visited Anush and her brother Vartan in a leafy middle class suburb of Istanbul.
Their apartment was typical of the area, but with the odd design twists, like knotted dried flowers on the table that reminded me of my trips to the Caucasus.
"Turks still ask me where I come from," Vartan told me, as his sister brought in the tea. "They seem to have no idea there used to be hundreds of thousands of us here."
Uneasy existence
Anush and Vartan are just two of some 60,000 ethnic Armenians who still live in Turkey - a land their ancestors have inhabited for almost 2,000 years. It is an uneasy co-existence.
"We've lived with violence ever since I was born," Anush told me. "Graffiti on our churches, abuse on the streets. I still think twice in some areas before I say my name openly."
Anush's parents barely speak Armenian, because their parents worried they would stand out and when Armenian militants began assassinating Turkish diplomats in the 1970s, Turkish Armenian families here made themselves more invisible still.
It is hardly surprising they do not normally voice an opinion on what happened in 1915.
Anush and Vartan are a rare exception and, even so, I have had to change their names.
We know exactly what happened, Vartan told me.
He said his Armenian great grandparents were forcibly deported south, accused of siding with Russian troops against the Turks. They handed their children over to Turkish neighbours for safety and never returned.
There is a similar tragedy behind every Armenian door here, but the local patriarch has banned his community from discussing it - if they want to keep their jobs in Armenian churches and schools.
"It's fear," Anush told me simply.
There have been some early signs of change here. Last year a university in Istanbul hosted the first discussion of the genocide claims in Turkey ever to question the official line. It was hugely controversial but it happened.
And now international pressure on Ankara to re-examine its position is increasing.
Vartan welcomes that but he senses a rise in aggressive, nationalist feeling in Turkey in response.
"If other countries force this issue, it will be terrible for the Armenian people here," Vartan told me quietly.
"If you plunge a man into boiling water, he will burn," he said, "but if you increase the heat gently, he could get used to it."
Unlike the Kurds, Turkey's Armenian population is an officially recognised minority with certain rights and privileges.
But despite that - and despite their silence - Turkish Armenians seem like pseudo-citizens.
And even now, in Armenian schools here, ethnic Armenians are banned from teaching certain "strategic" subjects - geography, sociology, morality, history.
As we talked into the warm evening, and glasses of tea gave way to Armenian cognac, I began to understand the price people like that choir master pay to live in peace in Turkey.
To many Armenians abroad their silence is a sort of treachery. For Anush, Vartan and the others it is about protecting a fragile peace.
But it is all built on the shakiest of foundations.
"I am positive. I do have hopes for Turkey," Anush told me as I put on my shoes to go.
"But I don't remember ever feeling truly comfortable living here. Always at the back of my mind is the thought that one day I may be forced to leave."
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All-inclusive resorts lose low-budget image with chic decor, luxe spas
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic -- Your retirement savings back home may be draining, but here you feel like a big shot guzzling rounds of complimentary piña coladas and premium-liquor drinks from an attentive server at the Paradisus Palma Real's swim-up bar. You can sip them in submerged concrete chaises built into in the vast serpentine pool while a Dominican band plays upbeat merengue tunes.
Elsewhere on the resort's groomed grounds, adorned with modern sculpture and white-columned walkways, flamingos strut, housekeepers strew flower petals on beds and concierges make bookings for a half-dozen eateries with South Beach-chic décor. All this — drinks, food, activities, shows, a room that's boutique-hotel heaven — is covered in a daily rate as low as $150 a person in early fall, $230 this week.
Lobster and steak are on the menu, and pig-out-till-you-can't is the rule. Room service runs 24 hours, and that 3 a.m. burger and fries are gratis, too.
Chicago-area honeymooners Erin and Gary Greiss are here enjoying Palma Real's no-extra-charge horseback rides on the beach, yoga and snorkeling. Their Royal Service suite (about $4,500 in a seven-night package with airfare) includes a butler and bottles of rum, vodka and Scotch. "It's like a cruise, but less structured," says Erin, 27. And unlike aboard most love boats, 24/7 cocktails are included.
This all-inclusive concept — popular with Europeans for years and catching on with a growing number of Americans — is more attractive than ever in a time of financial free-fall.
Once viewed as a bare-bones vacation option, the everything-covered industry is wooing guests with new, over-the-top Shangri-Las at prices as low as $100 a person daily. And they're courting resort sophisticates with Architectural Digest-style décor, non-buffet eateries, butlers, family freebies and velvet-rope VIP areas with their own pools and restaurants.
"There's an increasing demand," says Becky Veith, affiliated with Travel Experts of Raleigh, N.C. "It's not just Joe Six-pack pounding beers all day by the pool." All-inclusive chains — mainly Spanish, French, Jamaican and Mexican — are "growing aggressively, and the experience they offer is unbelievably consistent," she says.
"They have a very high rate of returning guests," says Scott Berman, head of PricewaterhouseCoopers' U.S. hospitality and leisure consulting group. "In other down cycles, they have performed very well."
Brands such as Sandals, SuperClubs, Iberostar, Occidental and Paradisus are building ever more luxurious getaways and targeting upscale clients who once would never book an all-inclusive vacation. At the same time, they're courting the budget-conscious with discounts, such as Sandals Resorts' up to 55% off rates for arrivals through Dec. 26, 2009.
"Luxury Included" now is a Sandals trademarked phrase. "We have moved beyond … the often-maligned all-inclusive connotation," proclaims Gordon "Butch" Stewart, chairman of the Jamaica-based chain.
To lure the value-conscious, upscale hotels added all-inclusive options. They include Ritz-Carlton's Rose Hall in Jamaica, Rosewood's Little Dix Bay on Virgin Gorda and Starwood's Bora Bora Nui Resort & Spa in French Polynesia. All-inclusive pioneer Club Med has raised its bar with luxury rooms at some clubs.
Targeting the rich, too
"Even people with a lot of money like knowing what the bottom line will be," says travel veteran Arthur Mehmel, whose TourScan agency specializes in the Caribbean. He says some "very rich" clients have spent Christmas at Occidental's Royal Hideaway Playacar on Mexico's Riviera Maya, one of only two all-inclusives anointed with the top five-diamond ranking from AAA. (The other is the Grand Velas All-Suites and Spa Resort near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.) They're both members of The Leading Hotels of the World consortium, as is the Punta Cana Paradisus Palma Real.
All-inclusives tend to be outside the USA because "the model is labor-intensive and only works in certain places" with cheap workers, Berman says. Lots are in the Dominican Republic and Mexico. Jamaica's all-inclusive heaven, too, and the home base for Sandals and SuperClubs (which includes swinging, go-naked Hedonism Resorts).
In the Dominican Republic, workers from neighboring Haiti rapidly construct Vegas-style fantasies for wages under $15 a day. About three dozen gated resort compounds line the 20-mile stretch of spectacular white-sand beach in the Punta Cana area.
Paradisus Palma Real is one of the best, Mehmel and Veith say.
It certainly looks the part of a deluxe resort, with scuttling bellmen and immaculate open-air marble lobby with sweeping views down to the blue Atlantic. Check-in has two sour notes: a bracelet worn until snipped off at stays' end to prove you're a paid guest (a staple at most all-inclusives) and an introduction to a "vacation concierge."
Instead of suggesting restaurants and activities, he launches into a rhapsodic sell for a resort "vacation club," with model suite available for viewing. Not a timeshare, he insists, as his charges resist the pitch to buy fractional use of a unit. (This is not a facet of most all-inclusives.)
On a pleasanter note: Even low-level accommodations are up to prestige-hotel standards, with cushy mattresses, bathrooms with jetted tubs and separate showers, flat-screen TVs, balconies or terraces, minibars stocked with complimentary water, soft drinks and beer. There's a sophisticated spa, where you do pay for services.
Service here — as elsewhere in Punta Cana — is notably friendly, if not always efficient. That request for a glass of water may get a "con mucho gusto (with much pleasure)" response from a server, but take a couple of tries to obtain. Room-service trays may sit in corridors all day, leftovers on unappetizing display.
Eats are plentiful, but chefs' reach often exceeds the grasp. A dinner at the Japanese teppanyaki bar is disappointing — from boring rice that grows cold while diners at a counter surrounding a giant griddle wait for the cheerful Dominican chef to sauté steak, chicken, shrimp and scallops, with unremarkable results. A Continental restaurant called Passion delivers some succulent fare, including a tender veal chop washed down with a selection of decent (and included) house red wines from Chile and Argentina and decadent desserts.
Faulting the food
Families and incentive groups love the all-inclusive concept, Veith says. But gourmets and super-sophisticates likely won't be thrilled with them, save for non-chain choices such as Curtain Bluff on Antigua, she says.
Dominican Republic visitor Phillip White, 39, of Bristol, Tenn., would second that opinion. During his stay at Punta Cana's generally well-rated Excellence resort, "one of my biggest complaints would have to be the restaurant that served the buffet-type breakfast and lunch," he says. "The dishes in the warming bins would be over-/under-cooked." It's the same story at many all-inclusives, where quantity trumps quality at the lavish buffets. Even the Palma Real's fancy à la carte restaurants (save one for Royal Service guests) generally didn't impress the Greisses.
Palma Real gets good guest reviews but is always striving to improve, says Paradisus marketing vice president Tony Cortizas.
Guests at luxury all-inclusives toast the premium booze (all the Bombay Sapphire you can quaff). Tips are included, but many Americans leave extra and are beloved for that. Europeans tend not to tip. Most staffers speak at least some English, but visitors who can muster basic Spanish have a communication edge.
A Paradisus guest chats with the driver about the Dominican Republic during a hotel excursion to a stable for a group trot on the beach, which includes a stop for pesky vendors. As the open-air shuttle bumps over potholed roads, guests fall quiet at the sight of the poverty out of sight of the glitzy hotel compounds. Naked children play outside shacks; faded clothes hang to dry on a barbed-wire pasture fence.
Then they're back inside the gates of Paradisus, where grinning barmen do shaker-tossing routines straight from the Tom Cruise movie Cocktail, casino dealers pay off high-fiving gamers, and tanned sunbathers congratulate themselves on the great vacation deal they've scored.
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Last updated on May 24th, 2017 at 01:42 pm
As a parent of a 15-year-old daughter, I am in tears for those parents who are missing children after last night's bomb blast at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester.
From the moment you become a parent, your life is tinged with worry forever after
You become a lighter sleeper in case you're needed in the night, you know sheer terror if your toddler disappears for a minute in the supermarket and, you're reluctant to let your tween go alone to a public toilet in a mall because you've seen too many horrifying crime movies, where freaks steal children and do terrible things to them.
Letting them go to a concert without you is a big moment for a parent
My daughter was happy to be chaperoned to see One Direction two years ago – she was 13 and just happy to be seeing Niall and Harry in the flesh.
Fast forward to two years later, and she begged to be allowed to go with a friend to see Justin Bieber at the FNB Stadium in Jo'burg.
Being a parent of a teen is harder than parenting toddlers
You can keep toddlers in your sight 24/7 – they don't have a choice (or a voice to assert their independence) – but teenagers are a different story. We have this constant tug going on inside – between letting go and wanting to hang on tight. (I even find myself longing for those days when she clung to me and sat on my lap at birthday parties, scared of the water slide or the clown.)
But we decided to let her have a night out with friends without cramping her style
Six months after buying the tickets, both Mom and Dad had a sleepless night fretting about dropping her off outside a stadium, in what is often called the rape capital of the world, in the province that's referred to as the hijack capital of SA.
At the last minute, literally 10 minutes after dropping the 15-year-olds (complete with spare cell phones and power banks) at the stadium with lots of instructions about going to the loo together and not talking to strangers, I got a call from Ponds SA, offering us two VIP tickets to the concert.
Relief! We could be in the stadium in case she needed us – and she wouldn't even have to know…
It was all okay and, despite 10 minutes of frantic anxiety when we couldn't get network coverage to call her when it ended, we met at the pre-arranged collection point and it all ended well.
It wasn't the case for many parents in Manchester last night
Imagine the horror of hearing about a bomb exploding at a venue where you had dropped your precious child (or children); then trying to call them on their phones and getting no answer; then racing to the venue, while calling hospitals in the area on your way; then trying to find them among the dead and wounded in the hysterical crowd.
There is no greater horror or terror for a parent
As for targeting a venue that would be known to be populated by pre-teen and teenage children… what kind of animals could do this? I can only imagine that the bombers have never been parents. Surely no parent, who has created a child and then spent a lifetime trying to protect and keep them safe, could do this to another parent's child?
There are some complete nutters out there in the crazy, mixed-up world – and some of them are prepared to die for their cause – but please please please leave our children out of it…