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Peek-a-Boo Learning Blocks and Musical Elephant - $30 (Northridge)
Wonderful visual and kinesthetic learning tool for toddler and baby. This would make a great present. About 30 plastic blocks with different images inside. They rattle, twerp, spin and dazzle. They fit into this cool elephant that the baby can pull across the floor as it sings.
Many hours of stackable fun.
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Vegas Minnesota Fats 8' Billiards Table
A premium billiards table for the true enthusiast!
This outstanding 8' billiards table embodies modern styling with its black vinyl laminate covering and silver decorative accents. 1" slate surface with wood backing is wrapped in professional grade wool and nylon blend green felt. Extra wide rails include inlaid sights. Pedestal legs and 6" levelers guarantee strength and smooth, even action.
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Vintage 101 Dalmatians 3 Items, WDP 1960s Print Litho
1. 1960s Walt Disney Productions 101 Dalmatians Litho Print Measures 10 3/4" X 8 3/4" , in good condition with two tiny blems in a blue plastic frame. Printed on heavy cardboard. Has string on back and ready to display. "101 DALMATIONS, WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS" is printed in the bottom left hand corner.
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Halex Air Hockey Table
Selling a pre owned Halex air hockey table for only $80
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Hacienda Heights
Great for a Gift! 177 rebuildable pieces
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BRAND NEW Barbie Waterfall Fantasy Pool Playset
Barbie Waterfall Fantasy Pool Playset
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Vintage Lesney Slot Cars
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Monkey Package Swing Set
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Excellent condition!! The top of the chess set slides open for storing chess pieces.
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"Being confronted with evolution may have been the catalyst for asking the difficult questions, but the real problem for me was not evolution – it was biblical literalism."
Once we recognize that no one takes the text literally, and that we have often failed to account for the details in the text regarding the time of day, we can begin anew to try to understand the text as an ancient text rather than as a modern one. As such, we must begin with the idea that the text operates in the world of omens, not the world of physics and astronomy.
This series, by Old Testament scholar Richard S. Hess, was first published as an appendix to Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (Downers Grove: IVP Academic; Nottingham: Apollos, 2011).
Astronomers have many different methods for measuring the age of various objects in the universe, and they all support ages of billions of years, not thousands. Even if the assumptions of one or two methods were faulty, it is highly unlikely that all of the methods would be affected.
We need to hear stories from others who have wrestled with evolution and Christian faith. What arguments made them change their views on science? How did they hold fast to their relationship with God? The essays in this series will eventually comprise a book, provisionally titled, "Evolving: Evangelicals Reflect on Evolution."
Over the next few months, with permission from Yale University Press, BioLogos will offer edited versions of chapters from John Polkinghorne's best books, Belief in God in an Age of Science and Theology in the Context of Science, in order to help readers delve more deeply into some of his most important ideas.
Although committed to the principle of sola Scriptura, Calvin recognized that the Bible would have been written in terms its original recipients would have understood. Calvin inherited the medieval cosmology of his time, a way of viewing the world heavily influenced by Greek thought and one which was about to receive shocks from astronomers such as Copernicus and Galileo. But not just yet.
This ongoing series written by historian Ted Davis begins with a brief synopsis of his personal background, and then goes on to reveal his passion for debunking "the now-common view that the history of science and Christianity is one of ongoing, inevitable conflict."
In this excerpt from the book Delight in Creation: Scientists Share Their Work with the Church, astronomer Deborah Haarsma shares her excitement about recent findings about our universe from a Christian perspective.
Many Christians believe that they face a painful choice-- either life was designed by God or it is an evolutionary product of natural selection. Charles Darwin himself believed in this dichotomy, and people ever since have felt the need to "choose sides". However, looking back at history, we find that one of Darwin's chief scientific colleagues, Asa Gray, did not share this perspective. In this three-part essay, part 1 charts the relationship of Asa Gray and Charles Darwin. Part 2 describes Darwin's struggle with the problem of natural evil and design in nature, and part 3 explores how Asa Gray was able to embrace evolution without rejecting the idea of design.
At a press conference on July 4, 2012, and with 99.99994% confidence (5 sigma), CERN announced the discovery of a particle consistent with that of a Higgs boson (a.k.a. "the God particle"). This is very exciting for elementary particle physicists. But what is the Higgs particle, and what is its meaning?
The discovery of the Higgs boson would certainly be a breakthrough for particle physics and cosmology, but would such a finding also radically redefine theology's understanding of God or challenge the existence of such a deity? Is there actually any theological or religious significance in Higgs physics at all?
Today we have a chance to witness a special moment in history as Venus transits across the disk of the Sun for people across the world to see. Not only is this process of discovery exciting for natural science, but it has profound theological ramifications as well.
I ask the question, "Why is the universe so special?" Now scientists don't like things to be special; we like things to be general, and our natural anticipation would have been that the universe is just a common specimen of what a universe might be like.
BioLogos is pleased to share excerpts from Karl Giberson's book The Wonder of the Universe: Hints of God in a Fine-Tuned World. It presents a two-part argument: in the first section Giberson outlines the history of our understanding of the universe, emphasizing the reliability of our knowledge of its properties and its history. In particular he outlines the remarkable evidence of design. In part two of the book, however, he discusses the complexities of drawing inferences from the design of the universe, cautioning against arguments that fine-tuning of the universe proves the existence of God.
When it came time to go to graduate school, one of Owen Gingerich's science professors told him "If you feel a calling to go to astronomy, you should give it a try, because we shouldn't let atheists take over any particular field."
Baylor University Physicist Gerald Cleaver describes the changing state of our understanding of the cosmos and suggests ways that Christians can make theological sense of a theoretical Multiverse.
I will take some time to clarify exactly how Michael Behe, the biochemist and Intelligent Design (ID) proponent who has most extensively developed the "irreducible complexity" argument, uses the term.
N.T. Wright explores the context and manner in which Scripture is authoritative. He does so by questioning the meaning of an authoritative book as well as the application of such authority. Wright encourages us to flee from the controlling "list" mentalities that belittle the richness of God's Word, and rather to understand it as a narrative inspired by God and recorded by ancient persons. Ultimately, God "organizes" his people through his Son Jesus and by the Holy Spirit, and not through extracted rules from the Bible.

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Dan Sheehan
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6:23 PM EDT, July 10, 2012
I have met the enemy, and he is cute.
After any number of dicey encounters with skunks over the years, I visited the Wildlands Conservancy's Pool Wildlife Sanctuary on Tuesday and met one in the flesh. He was a little fellow, a few weeks old, and he sat sleepily in the arms of Maureen Ruhe, the center's director of environmental education.
Skunks have always been something of a mystery to me. All animals have natural defenses of one kind or another. They can scratch or sting or bite or claw or run quickly away. In most cases, those defenses are precise, and don't cause any harm to anyone but the intended target.
The skunk, though, is equipped with a weapon of mass destruction. A few years ago, my wife and I called the fire department in the middle of a February night because we thought something was on fire in the basement. No, said the bleary-eyed firefighters. A skunk sprayed your house.
A couple of years later, our greyhound, Murphy, encountered a skunk in the backyard. Murphy will run and hide from a stiff wind, but he chose to pursue the skunk, and the outcome was precisely what you would have expected. It was six weeks or so before the stench stopped rising off him in wet weather.
That's my background with skunks. So when I heard the conservancy had a new one — successor to Stinky, the longtime resident skunk who died of cancer last year — I went out to see it, fully prepared to dislike it on sight.
Well, it turns out that a baby skunk — especially one with its scent glands removed — is pretty much an elongated kitten: fuzzy, warm, mischievous, cuddly. This particular skunk has all those attributes, and is smart, too.
"Within two days of getting him, he figured out how he could open the upper lock on his travel case," Ruhe said. "That was pretty scary."
The one thing he doesn't have is a name. The conservancy is holding a naming contest, and has already had a couple of dozen entries: "Flower," "Pepe Le Pew" and an early favorite, "Lehigh Le Pew."
"I think it should be Stinky Jr.," said Ethan Guzenski, the 6-year-old son of conservancy employee Renee Guzenski.
Everyone misses Stinky. Ethan's sister, 9-year-old Ella, said Stinky was a terrific.
"My best friend," she said. "He was fluffy, He was very friendly. A very nice skunk."
But she has high hopes for this nameless newcomer, who has become a fast favorite among the staff and volunteers.
Ruhe said skunks are valuable critters. They consume a lot of grubs that would otherwise grow into beetles and eat your lawn and shrubs. But because of their spray and their status as potential rabies carriers, Ruhe said, "a lot of people think two horrible things — 'They're gonna spray me or they're gonna kill me.'
It's a bad rap.
"Skunks don't spray capriciously," Ruhe said. "They only spray if it comes down to their lives. They are a rabies vector species, but that's why when you see a wild skunk, you stay away."
The new skunk won't be greeting the public for another month or so, because he hasn't completed his inoculations. After that, however, he'll become part of the conservancy's educational programs.
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Three finalists will be chosen July 23, and the winner will be determined by a poll on the conservancy's Facebook page. The winner can choose between for one week of summer camp or a four-person bike and boat adventure.
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When you get to be my age, particularly during an era where technological advances that would have been (and in many cases, were) considered science fiction when I was a lad (walking five miles to school through the 15 ft. snow banks that were so common back before Global Warming was invented yada yada yada), it's often interesting to reflect back on the first time you saw something. I was always a bit of an early adopter (and this is not something that I outgrew, mind you, this is a trait that was, uh, somewhat
when I got married and relinquished a large degree of autonomy regarding the appropriate and acceptable uses of discretionary income) so in many cases I was the first on the block to haves something new.
That was the case with personal computers (TRS-80 Model I, back when you had to order them from Tandy because they didn't think they'd sell well enough in the Radio Shack stores; no one really knew what a computer really was yet), and it was the case with Hot Wheels. I had the very first set – two cars (which, if I still had them in their original packaging would probably be worth skads more than the shriveled husk of that TRS-80) and enough track to have a side-by-side race down the stairs. No loops, no mid-track accelerators, no fancy stuff at all. But cool. Very cool. Of course, we were heavily reliant on our imaginations before we had the full immersion 3D simulators of today. If you were somewhat challenged in the imagination department, all you could do was watch the little cars roll down the track. For those with vibrant and active imaginations, though, there was the opportunity to visualize yourself driving a powerful and nimble car through the turns, jumps, and eventually loops of the Hot Wheels world.
Today, as we all know, we need put forth no mental cycles at all to immerse ourselves into fantastic worlds created through technology and the creative efforts of art designers and software developers. Case in point: TrackMania United, developed by Nadeo. TrackMania United is the latest release in a wildly popular series that I, having long ago lost the ability to pay attention to even a sliver of the vast computer gaming market, had never heard of. Twenty million downloads of the original version indicates a pretty successful product, but when you're only aware of the Call of Duty level of successful games you tend to miss some of the lesser known gems.
In any event, TrackMania is the long-awaited opportunity to virtually play in the Hot Wheels world. You build your own tracks using pieces-parts included in the package, put your car on the track, and drive it! It's not
the Hot Wheels world, though. It's the same idea taken to incredible extremes. In the TrackMania world, huge jumps, tight turns, and even loops are standard fare. There are seven different environments, each having a different mix of terrains and scenery, and each having a different type of car. The Stadium environment, for example, offers a mix of dirt and concrete surfaced tracks and a open wheel buggy style car that offers a high degree of agility and grip. The Coast environment uses a heavy sedan that takes much more attention to speed management to navigate though the Mediterranean scenery. The Island tracks are more about raw speed and difficult jumps, while the Snow, Desert, and Rally settings offer pretty much what you'd expect from those descriptions. The last environment, Bay, offers a urban environment through which you will race along the docks or through the downtown area.
Game play is very linear, forcing the player to progress through levels of increasing complexity and difficulty. In nearly all of the environments, the highest levels of difficulty are very difficult to finish, much less finish in an elapsed time good enough to move to the next level. In many cases, I simply gave up when I got to a level that I just couldn't finish. Many of the jumps required such precise entry and were so difficult to complete that an entire track was impossible for me to complete. This is, of course, why I hate being locked into a progression – it makes no allowance for not being able to complete one of the tracks and essentially locks the remainder of them from me. I play games to have fun, and getting stuck on an overly difficult task that one must complete to move on is simply not my idea of fun. Frankly, it seems more like work to me.
Once a player has been through all of the tracks in each of the three modes (Race, Puzzle, and Platform), more tracks can either be created by using the included track editor or by downloading tracks that others have developed and offered for purchase online using the in-game currency called Coppers. Coppers are easy to earn by challenging other players best times on tracks, or by working through the offline collection of tracks. Other than access to more tracks, I didn't get much out of online play because there is no head-to-head racing. In fact, the total lack of actual racing against opponents took a lot of the potential fun out of it for me. I've never gotten into Rally style racing; in my opinion, if you ain't rubbing, you ain't racing, and racing against the clock is just not my style.
That having been said, the over-the-top nature of the driving physics, the graphically rich environments, and the fun track designs make this a fun game, at least at first. As the difficulty progressed to the point where I could no longer progress through the collection of tracks without trying over and over and over to make a successful jump 2/3s of the way through a track, I began to get frustrated. You mileage, as you surely know by now, may vary. If you have the patience for it and find the online community aspect appealing, TrackMania United will be a good fit for you. Me, I'm more into reality-based racing, but I did enjoy many of the tracks and environments before I hit the impermeable wall of difficulty.
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Over-the-top physics in detail rich environments make for a fun arcade racer, but at some of the higher difficulties it can be difficult, if not impossible, to progress through all of the tracks. Online play is not all that it could be, but offers access to skads of new tracks.
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The second day of the Laser World Championships, also Oman's National Day, offered sailors a variety of conditions and outcomes. Start time was delayed again today as the committee waited for the wind to settle in the right direction, the fleet hit the water at approximately 1pm. There were ten disqualifications from four false starts during the singular race of the day. Canada's David Wright and current leader Nick Thompson (GBR) were among those casualities, dropping in the standings as a result. The breeze did settle in at a 12 knot easterly, with a building chop, delivering the only race of the day. In the yellow fleet, Rob Davis sailed a respectable 9th moving himself up the overall rankings into the top 30. Coach Steve Mitchell says "Lee Parkhill was disappointed with his 17th, but still keeps him just inside the top 15". In the blue fleet, Tom Ramshaw and Alex Heinzemann struggled after bad starts to get back in touch with the lead group.
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An all-new Spider-Man series debuted in late 1999 on Fox, the same network that had helped make Spider-Man: The Animated Series into a long-running hit. Spider-Man Unlimited borrowed a concept from the short-lived comic book Spider-Man 2099, which sent your friendly neighborhood webslinger into a very different New York City (courtesy of Marvel Comics' tried-and-true "alternate universe" concept).
The first episode began with our hero still fighting crime here on our earth. Spider-Man (a.k.a. Peter Parker) was battling regular baddies Venom and Carnage when the two villains stowed away in astronaut John Jameson's spacecraft. Spider-Man followed, and thanks to a mix-up, the group ended up on a bizarre Counter-Earth. The new planet was similar to the old one, but with a few important changes. A race of half-human, half-animal overlords called The Bestials were the planet's rulers, and regular humans were society's outcasts.
Peter Parker's old associates—Mary Jane, J. Jonah Jameson, and the rest—were still around, but in this universe, their lives hadn't followed the same paths. Now an unknown with no friends or family, Peter found an apartment with landlady Nakao Yamada-Jones and her young son, Shayne. Peter just wanted to get back home, but if life had taught him one thing, it was this: "With great power comes great responsibility." Thus, when John Jameson asked for his help in leading a human rebellion against The Bestials, Spider-Man knew what he had to do.
Spider-Man Unlimited was a sizeable hit in its October 1999 debut, but it had the unfortunate luck of airing at the peak of Pokémon-mania. Fox decided the show would be better served by keeping it under wraps until later, so after only three episodes, Spider-Man Unlimited went on hiatus. The show eventually returned towards the end of 2000, giving the webslinger a second shot at the future.
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The Multiple Miracles of Bird Feathers
Other animals fly, make nests, chirp, lay eggs, and do all sorts of things birds do. But only birds have feathers, among the most magical creations in all of nature.
Traditionally, theories about the rise of feathers focused on the question of why they evolved, proposing some particular use as the original driver of their evolution. Insulation, waterproofing, display, and most often flight have all had their adherents, but lack of fossil evidence made these theories impossible to test. New thinking has focused instead on how feathers evolved, identifying the series of developmental steps required to grow something so structurally intricate. Now, informed by a trove of newly discovered fossils in China, most experts agree that the early stages of feather evolution can all be found in the dinosaurs. This allows ideas about the first functions of feathers to be revisited: There are fossils of simple feather bristles that were clearly colored, and early branching plumes had the same downy traits that keep a songbird warm in the middle of a northern winter.
One night at the tail end of an ice storm, while I was studying winter ecology in western Maine, the skies cleared and the temperature plunged to 17 degrees below zero. That's cold enough so that a Budweiser, spilled in the snow, will freeze solid before all the beer can drain from the can. I know this because I dropped one on the walk between the cabin and my tent.
As I readied myself for sleep that night, I couldn't help thinking of the hapless "chechaquo" in Jack London's Yukon tale "To Build a Fire." But where he had hoped to ward off the frost with "mittens, ear-flaps, warm moccasins, and thick socks," I had a plush goose down sleeping bag to burrow into. (I'd borrowed it from a friend who was sleeping indoors beside the woodstove.) Lying there in warmth and comfort, it occurred to me that somewhere nearby, the tiny birds that I had been chasing all afternoon were doing exactly the same thing.
The thought of any creature surviving outdoors in such frigid temperatures is impressive, but the golden-crowned kinglet does it with the smallest body mass of any bird in the north woods. In ecology, Bergmann's Rule states that body size generally increases with latitude--larger species flourish in colder climates because bulky things maintain their temperature more efficiently. Put a big pot of stew out in a snowstorm, and it will stay hot a lot longer than a grilled cheese sandwich or a fried egg. A golden-crowned kinglet, however, weighs in at just more than five grams, about the same as a nickel or a teaspoon of salt. That's less than half the size of the chickadees and nuthatches it flocks with, and where those birds huddle for warmth in empty nest holes at night, kinglets appear to make do in the open air. Shivering is one strategy to generate body heat, and some species can slow their entire metabolism at night, entering a kind of low-temperature torpor to pass the time until sunrise. But clearly only one thing keeps kinglets and countless other birds from freezing solid in the coldest climates: the incredible insulative quality of feathers.
To date, no amount of engineering has created a synthetic insulation as efficient as feathers. By one estimate, a mountain climber would have to wear 11 pairs of polypropylene long johns to achieve the same heat retention as one down-filled expedition jacket. For kinglets and other winter survivors, the effects are even more astonishing. When temperatures dip low, the difference between the outdoor air temperature and the cozy space inside a kinglet's feather coat can be as much as 140 degrees Fahrenheit.
But no matter how remarkable downy insulation may be for songbirds and mountaineers, perhaps nothing about feathers inspires us more than their close association with flight. As the late author Douglas Adams once wrote, "There is an art . . . or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
When Ken Franklin jumps from an airplane, he throws Frightful out first. And once he and the peregrine falcon are airborne, Ken drops a lure, a weighted aerodynamic bait, that gives her a target to aim for as she dives. Several years ago Ken, an avid pilot and master falconer, added one more thing to the list of items falling from his plane: a National Geographic film crew. Using a tiny modified flight computer attached to her tail, they clocked Frightful diving in a streamlined free fall at 242 miles per hour, a record for animal flight. And with close-up video footage, they were able to see how she did it, stretching her body into a streamlined shape and accelerating downward to do what Ken calls "slipping through the molecules."
Feathers enhance bird flight in all kinds of important ways, but the complexity of a living bird wing defies easy quantification. "Their flexibility is amazing," Ken said, staring at a dramatic photograph of a falcon pursuing a sandpiper at close quarters. "In all the dives I've watched, I've never seen a feather break in flight. Wrestling on the ground with prey, sure, but never on the wing."
That's an impressive statement considering the tremendous structural strain of braking and turning at such high speeds.
I asked Ken what role feathers played in a falcon's great speed, and he immediately pulled out a picture of a bird in flight. "Look at the feather edges--they're jagged," he said, tracing a finger along the wing coverts and the contour feathers covering the back. The tips did look uneven where they overlapped, as if some of the barbs were especially long and stiff. "It has something to do with airflow, reducing turbulence and drag during their dives. I don't know exactly how it works, but I'm sure that's what is going on."


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344 N Camden Dr, Beverly Hills, CA | Directions 9021034.068084 -118.403376
Monday To Friday From 12:00 PM To 02:30 PM Monday To Sunday From 06:00 PM To 11:30 PM
Neighborhoods: Irvine Business Complex
I love to have date nights here. The noodles are hand made in front of you if you go at the right time of the day. Must get items are : 9 season prawns, Mr. Chow noodles, chicken satay and the peking duck.
Mr. Chow has the best menu! – They have the best menu. It feels like I want to buy everything from it! Well I ordered their Fried Shrimp and it tastes really good. It's a must try for Mr. Chow. I plan on having our family dinner their this coming Saturday. This is a one of a kind restaurant.
WORST DINING EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE – I took a client here and we were both VERY disappointed with the food, service and ambiance. The food was mediocre at best. The restaurant looked old and run down and looks nothing like what you see on their website. The worst part, was that after a $140 bill and one hour of eating and socializing with my client we were asked to leave because they needed to turn the table over. I was not only shocked but mortified. I am disgusted by this establishment and my guess is that the only reason why it continues to stay is business is because of it' location.
Nice Chinese food presented in western style – I took some Chinese friends visiting US there, only because it's within walking distance from their hotel to the restaurant. So I didn't expect much at first . But we were all surprised and love it - It is authentic Chinese food in Beverly Hills. Can you imagine it? The restaurant was packed that day. We ignored the loudness since the food was so good.
Mr Chow sucks! – avoid at all costs!!!!!
after being to the LA and NY restaurants of the Mr Chow chain, i was in London with my parents and decided to take them out for crispy duck - i was stupid enough to take them Mr Chow, simply because i had had good experiences at their LA and NY restaurants years ago.
What a lame, terrible, humiliating experience it was: the maitre d', a Brazilian by the name of Marcelo, took my simple order of "crispy duck for 4" and transformed it into a tour de force where i never managed to touch my crispy duck. this cheap (as in low and diselegant) restaurant probably wanted to make some extra pounds on my bill, so the emmigré dumped everything on the menu. i tried cancelling the duck but he made me a doggy bag which i never touched (obviously!).
stay away from decadent restaurants, avoid Mr Chow.
Impressive – I've been to Mr. Chow now about half a dozen times with either a client or a friend visiting from out of state. It's by far one of the most impressive dining experiences around LA. The energy in the place is very contagious and you are surrounded by a cool group of people. But what keeps me coming back here for special occasions is the food. The gnoochi with oysters is unbelievably delicious, the drunken fish is another fav and Mr. Chow noodles is a must. I always end up staying longer here because the high energy vibe makes you feel a bit like you're at a super chic party.
Love it – My favorite restaurant. Food was so good! And I'm Chinese.
Had a Wonderful Meal at Mr. Chow restaurant – I attended the Creme of the Crop BET awards after party at Mr. Chow. The event as a whole was fantastic but the most amazing part was the fantastic dish the chefs prepared specially for the guests at this event. It was a mix of Frida Kahlo tequila, lobster and fresh garlic. It was the best lobster dish I've ever tasted. I want to go back this weekend so my husband can taste the lobster dish too! This is the first time I've ever had a tequila infused dish and i cant wait to go back and have more!
DO NOT GO HERE. EXPENSIVE + BAD QUALITY + RUDE STAFF. – I wish I had four hands so I could give this place four thumbs down. Cataclysmic. Completely out of this world.
I went to this ghastly place to have a nice evening with a couple of friends. We were 6 altogether. Here's what happened. We had a reservation, double-confirmed and acknowledged, and found out upon timely arrival that we'll have to wait for "10-15" minutes. This turned into a good 45 minutes. Forget about expecting an apology. After sitting down in something that resembles a cubicle made for 1 person and not for 6 we started studying the menu and asked for recommendations which were literally the most expensive food on the entire menu. Ridiculous. I don't need a waiter slash sales person when I am asking for an honest recommendation.
After I jokingly asked the waiter if he could recommend anything that would be more moderately priced I got a snappy response "I don't know what you like" out of the blue after which he caught himself and directly put his fake smile on again.
Anyways, the food turned out to be partly undercooked (we had it returned to the kitchen and redone) and really on par with PANDA EXPRESS. Mind you that we are not gourmets of any kind, but can tell if food is plainly bad. What we received was what you would expect from a fast food chain.
Given that our final bill ended up being well over $500 I feel cheated out of my money.
Bottom Line.
1) Dont go here.
2) Tell all your family, friends, and coworkers not to go here.
3) Go to a good restaurant. Mr Chow is NOT where you want to go. Mark my words.
mr chows is over rated! – i dont like atmosphere as well! i have been there about 5 times and i was never that impressed . my husband on the other hand loves it.
Amazing – Believe the hype.... Great service and most importantly the best food I have ever had!!!!!
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"The NCAA is alleging that some Miami officials essentially looked the other way when presented with evidence of booster Nevin Shapiro's wrongdoing" as the basis of its Lack of Institutional Control charge against the Hurricanes establishment. The AP also adds that Miami may file a request for an outright dismissal of the case. CBS' Dennis Dodd says this is, in fact, a thing that is happening, and that it will happen today. John Infante translates.
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Be that as it may: Given the public statements we've seen out of Miami thus far, we are overly excited about this letter, because there are few things we love more than institutionalized backbiting immortalized in print.


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I have a IPSF unlocked phone that was upgraded from 1.0.2 to 1.1.1 on a Windows machine with the following steps:
symlink, upgrade, iphuc-jailbreak, ssh-ify with dropbear, iAsign on Windows, fix YouTube, use WinSCP to copy Installer in /Applications, install BSD, install UIctl and Services, install Nervegas's BSD_base and BSD_extra (manually copied the files with WinSCP in the appropriate directories and then chmod 755 *), install OpenSSH, delete all the dropbear files, remove the symlink, connect to iTunes and sync. Apps installed: iLight, Installer, SendPics, UIctl, VNsea, MobileFinder, services, iBlackjack, Navizon, MobilePreview, Term-vt100, Sketches, VoiceNotes and MobileToDoList.
All was working great, until I tried to re-install BSD and OpenSSH, which gave me an Installer "Error during install script execution!" Since that point, I cannot write anything in /System or /Applications, like I have returned to jail. For instance:
# mv /var/root/test.txt /Applications
mv: cannot create regular file `/Applications/test.txt': File exists
# cp /var/root/test.txt /System
cp: cannot create regular file `/System/test.txt': File exists
My fstab seems ok:
# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/disk0s1 / hfs rw 0 1
/dev/disk0s2 /private/var hfs rw,noexec 0 2
I even tried to symlink and jailbreak again, but made no difference. Trying to install or uninstall anything also gives me the same Installer script error. All applications are working fine, but the phone has returned to jail!
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Police officer awarded for bravery after saving kids from burning coach
4:05pm Thursday 12th December 2013 in News By Alexandra Rucki, Senior Reporter
A police officer who rescued children from a burning double decker coach has received an award for bravery from the Queen.
Acting Sergeant PC Colin Swan, of Wimbledon, has been awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery, which is given for acts meriting national recognition.
PC Swan, now an officer with Wandsworth Police, noticed smoke pouring out of the coach on the M3 motorway while he was off duty on July 31, 2009.
He pulled his car in front of the coach to bring it to a standstill, realising the rear nearside wheel was on fire.
Once it stopped he ordered all the passengers evacuate, with the coach filled with 66 young children on a day trip to the seaside.
PC Swan went up the stairs to held the children down and pass them off the coach.
Flames began to lick up the side of the coach and an explosion tilted the coach, but PC Swan continued to carry children off the coach.
There was a further explosion as the last of the women came down the stairs.
PC Swan did a final check to see if everyone left the coach, even though the whole of the back of the coach was consumed by fire.
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LAGRANGE, Ga. --- Huntingdon College's men's tennis team advanced to the Great South Athletic Conference championship after defeating Maryville College, 5-0, on Saturday in LaGrange, Georgia.
Huntingdon (14-7) swept the doubles' matches taking a three point advantage, 3-0, into singles competition.
In singles, four matches went unfinished on Saturday with the Hawks ahead in every contest. Tyler Creamer and Dylan Carr picked up the two victories sending the Hawks into the GSAC Championship on Sunday, May 1, against second-seeded Piedmont College beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern.
2011 GSAC Tennis TournamentMaryville College Men's Tennis vs Huntingdon College (Apr 30, 2011)Huntingdon College 5, Maryville College Men's Tennis 0Apr 30, 2011 at LaGrange, GA
Singles competition1. Zach Molin (HCM) vs. Zach Clark (MCM) 6-0, 2-1, unfinished2. Tyler Creamer (HCM) def. Chaz Elrod (MCM) 6-0, 6-03. Sean Jackson (HCM) vs. Matthew Breeden (MCM) 4-3, unfinished4. B.J. Foroughian (HCM) vs. Christian Lockhart (MCM) 6-4, 3-2, unfinished5. Larry Pritchett (HCM) vs. Tyler Odle (MCM) 6-0, 5-0, unfinished6. Dylan Carr (HCM) def. Jordan Keller (MCM) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles competition1. B.J. Foroughian/Sean Jackson (HCM) def. Zach Clark/Chaz Elrod (MCM) 8-52. Tyler Creamer/Larry Pritchett (HCM) def. Matthew Breeden/Christian Lockhart (MCM) 8-13. Zach Molin/Dylan Carr (HCM) def. Jordan Keller/Tyler Odle (MCM) 8-1
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Submitted by Anonymous on mer, 2013-03-06 15:14.
I grew up almost the same way...difference is that after 10 years my mom decided to put an end to the relationship and divorce my dad against what the Catholic church said. Today, the violence that we (myself, brother and sister) learned growing up still continues. I know my brother pushes his wife around, but she won't leave him, and now they have a baby to teach. My sister endures psychological abuse every day, but does the same back. I myself have been in different abusive relationships and strive to have a peaceful life. Sadly ending relationships time and time again because I know I deserve better. We learn these patterns of living growing up in this patriarchal society, where men feel superior than women because they are typically physically stronger. As women, we need to speak out against violence and teach each other how to respect and honor women. First, we honor and love ourselves and the rest follows. It is no longer the time of self-sacrifice and enduring violence and oppression. Going back to the Native beliefs and traditions of women as sacred, because we give life. We give a piece of our life so that life can go on. Thank you Tina for having the courage to tell your story and help other women do the same. Peace & Wellness


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PC to Mac, Steve Jobs is appreciated
Apple Inc. co-founder and former CEO passes away
Published: Thursday, October 6, 2011
Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 20:07
Steve Jobs — beloved co-founder, chairman and literal genius of one of the most original and innovative companies, Apple Inc. — passed away Wednesday, Oct. 5. He was 56 years old.
Who cares?
Well if you don't care, there are a couple of things wrong with this situation. If you don't care, for one, you fail to have compassion for a human being, a father and a husband in losing his life, leaving on Earth a handful of dear loved ones who cared for him greatly and he for them.
Not caring about Jobs' death would also constitute a lack of appreciation for his technological contributions. Over the past 35 years Jobs served as an ardent leader and innovator in the technology field with his first Apple II being released in 1976. According to mashable.com, this first Apple mass-marketed product ignited the "personal computer revolution."
Additionally, reading this blog from your computer, phone, tablet, MP3 player with Wi-Fi capabilities would be contradicting if you didn't care. Jobs tremendously impacted the piece of technology you're using to access this.
Personally, I have a strong feeling everyone does care. And by everyone, I mean a solid percentage of the world's population.
However, there's a confession I have to make.
I adamantly disliked Apple for quite sometime. The word "dislike" doesn't fully express how I believed Apple products to be one way for individuals to conform to societal trends. I wasn't necessarily a hardcore PC fan (of course, I'm playing off of Microsoft's Sept. 2008 "I'm a PC" campaign), but I definitely vowed to never buy an Apple product.
I didn't want to be like everyone else.
These products — the one's with the innocently, dumb Apple logo — were one big, fat trend. Individuals would buy these sleek, white pieces of technology to stand out among the uncountable amount of normal computer users. Apple products were supposedly "so great." When I would ask my friends and acquaintances why they chose to have an Apple computer, a Mac, their responses would be along the lines of, "Ohhh-mmm-geee, Macs can't get viruses," or, "Macs are so much better for designing," or even, "They have an awesome battery life."
No. I dismissed these responses as an iPhone user dismisses their unwanted open apps using Apple's iOS (operating system) multi-tasking feature.
Instead of a Mac, I wanted a Sony VAIO. Instead of an iPod, I wanted a Zune. Instead of iTunes music software, I wanted to use Zune music software. Instead of an iPhone, I wanted the latest Windows phone. You get my (past hating, stubborn) drift.
It was in the past, okay.
This thought process of mine derived from not having a true experience with an Apple product. Being a sophomore in high school, I purchased Apple's first generation iPod mini.
I grew attached.
I was so cool with my new, silver MP3 player I couldn't even stand it. Of course, I was late in this purchase because of my aforementioned animosity. Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed it especially with my FM transmitter to bass-out in my "souped-up" Honda Civic. (That's what's up.)
Because of the iPhone hype as a senior in high school, my animosity returned as I purchased a Zune 80GB. This lasted me a long time as I adventured through the end of my high school career and into college life. That Zune was and still is a monster: big, heavy, durable.
Fast forward a few years and my mom bought me an iPhone 4 — score!
Since my true Apple iPhone 4 experience (along with two iMac experiences, one on which I'm currently typing), I have had nothing but positive thoughts and gratitude for such sophisticated pieces of technology. Apple Inc. as a corporation, and specifically Steve Jobs who served as CEO from 1997 to Aug. 2011, has revolutionized the globe's computing landscape, along with innovating MP3 player selections, touch-screen phone capabilities and tablet products.
My favorite news-related memory of Steve Jobs, since I have become an Apple junkie, was his "Stop holding the iPhone 4 wrong" response in June 2010 when the iPhone 4 was rumored to have horrible reception due to its antenna being placed on the bottom, left side of the device. He's so real.
It's horribly depressing such a bright individual's time on Earth ran out. Although Steve Jobs passed away, his ideas and creations — Apple Inc. and all of its products — will undoubtedly continue to penetrate technological markets.
"Your time is limited…So, don't waste it living someone else's life…Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice." — ABC News
Thank you, Steve Jobs; I'm so gracious.
Jason Syptak is a senior marketing major and New Media editor for The Battalion.
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