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When you go birding you never know what you're going to see. During four days last February, walking a Florida beach on Longboat Key that has a rich variety of shorebird life, I was able to see up close some things I'd never before noticed about familiar birds.
Feb. 3. On Beer Can Island, which is the Longboat's northernmost tip, are some ravaged ash colored fallen trees with huge exposed root systems. One is wet with weeds and clinging to it are barnacles and shells. Nearby is an oystercatcher, large at 17.5-inches, with a long, thick red bill, white breast and black back. Digging in the wet sand this shorebird is putting on a demonstration of how it gets clamshells. That thick red bill is partially buried in the sand. When it pulls the bill out there's a small white shell that is quickly swallowed. When digging, the bill is turned somewhat to the right. Last year when I saw these birds feeding I wondered if they weren't "right-handed." Now I'm again wondering.
When watching oystercatchers feed I've sometimes gotten unexpectedly close to them as I am now. With binoculars I look into its yellow eye and see that is rimmed with red and looks like a dartboard. In the center of the bird's eye is a black "dot" that isn't perfectly formed. It rather appears to be badly "drawn" by an unseen artist's hand. I wouldn't have seen this at a distance.
Feb. 6. By a tidal lagoon, I briefly see a solitary sandpiper. True to its name, this 8.5-inch bird is alone. Although rare here in winter, I've seen it several times but never had a close look at the bird. It walks to the right and I go down to the rim of wet sand. Initially I can't locate the solitary but find it standing on some wheat colored muck. It is bending over eating tiny bits and characteristically bobbing its tail.
The bird and I are the only ones here. It has to be aware of my presence but gives no indication that I bother it. I'm excited, as there's an open window of opportunity to examine a bird of which I know little. Silently I lean forward and focus my binoculars. The back and upper breast, are a dull medium brown. The belly is white. One side of the legs looks dark; the other side looks dark yellow. Then the bird flies too soon. Oddly I don't feel disappointed, as I've gotten to note some things I'd not seen before and that in itself was exciting.
Feb.13. By the water is a group of sanderlings. These chunky sandpipers are often seen in small numbers racing after retreating waves then pecking the wet sand for aquatic morsels. This group is just ambling around.
Nearby is a black-bellied plover, our largest plover at 11.5-inches. However, in winter plumage, its belly isn't black but rather white. Indeed, the striking black and white bird that one sees in summer is hardly recognizable in its relatively dull brown and white winter plumage. One day I saw a couple out here that appeared to be serious birders who kept looking back and forth at the erect plover and at a field guide. I told them it was a black-bellied plover and saw the look of recognition on their faces.
A black-belly and a sanderling standing next to one another offer an instructive comparison in shorebird identification. The plover is taller than the 8-inch sanderling and stands semi-erect. The black-belly walks most often alone or with one other. It moves slowly appearing only occasionally interested in food. By contrast the sanderlings scurry constantly for aquatic morsels in the wet sand. The stately plover has the bearing of a medieval prince who has no concern about his next meal. By contrast the scurrying sanderlings resemble endlessly toiling peasants.
Feb. 14. I take my birding class on a field trip to a wetlands area where initially we don't see any herons or egrets, which are common here. We do see a roseate spoonbill and an eagle briefly fly overhead. Uncommon. We also see an osprey dive and latch onto a fish that's too big with which to fly. It appears to have a hard time extracting its talons from its catch. Finally it does and flies. Another dives, catches and flies off with a fish. While this is happening, four bottle-nosed dolphins come fairly close to shore. A woman exclaims that there is so much she can't see it all. Music to my ears.
As the trip is winding down a woman spots an egret close to shore. At first I can't believe my eyes. There is the washed out rust body, the gray back and the partially translucent pink bill of Florida's least common heron, the reddish egret. I am thrilled as this bird was nearly hunted to extinction for its plumes in the early 1900s and is making a slow comeback. Everyone gets a look before the bird goes off. The woman who spotted it gets a picture.
In late afternoon after leaving the wetlands I'm back on the beach. The tide is high, leaving little room to walk. A few ruddy turnstones walk up a sand incline. One is carrying a shell but drops it in the water. There are eight red knots all standing with heads resting on their backs as if they are snoozing. The day is coming to an end. The incessant din of the waves and the lowering sun make the moment mellow. I love it. Maybe I'll be seeing some flocks fly over the Gulf, as the sun becomes an orange ball. Like I say, you never know what you're going to see.
Friday, 28 December 2012 00:00
Members of the Council of Nassau County Cerebral Palsy Auxiliaries and the Nassau Homemakers helped make this holiday season special for students who attend school at the Children's Learning Center at the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc. One of these holiday elves was Joan Talamo, a Floral Park resident.
Friday, 28 December 2012 00:00
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced on Dec. 19 that eight people have been arrested and charged with selling counterfeit shoes, handbags, and electronics at an outdoor flea market in Valley Stream.
Rice said that on Saturday, Dec. 15, investigators from the DA's Office conducted a joint operation with the Nassau County Police Department's Asset Forfeiture Unit and ICE's Trademark Counterfeit team at the Green Acres Outdoor Flea Market. Numerous booths were identified by experts for selling counterfeit Coach and Louis Vuitton handbags, UGG boots, music CDs, and DVDs.
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Berkeley: La Bedaine - Fabulous classic Buche de Noel and croquembouche $12 ... twelve dollars
- rworange Dec 11, 2009 03:56 PM
The yule log will serve six and is letter-perfect classic buche. Wonderful buttercream with meringue mushrooms and little surprises in the frosting ... a juicy cranberry, a raisin, a nut. Absolutely perfect cake with the lovliest background of vanilla.
I asked if there were any other special holiday desserts and that's when the croquembouche was mentioned. The price varies with the size.The start at either $10 or $12, IIRC. He said he wouldn't make them too large because they are very delicate. Call ahead to place an order for these. The yule logs are in the case already.
Fabulous ,... fabulous ... fabulous.
re: celeryroot
Twelve dollars ... twelve dollars Any other decent bakery is charging $20 - $30 for something not as good. I think even Safeway charges more for their drek.
Other than a bit of cranberry or raisin in the frosting, it is as classic as one can get. By bit, I mean as a decoration to look like a bump on the log
re: rworange
I am very dubious...... the materials alone cost me more to make a small one . Plus the time to make a real buttercream , ganache, glacage etc . If I dont have time ill get one at Downtown bakery for I think 28/6..... which is about standard for price.
re: celeryroot
Have you been to La Bedaine or been following the threads about it? I have to imagine someday this all will be a wonderful memory price-wise. Everything is way underpriced and fabulous ... fab-u-lous.
re: rworange
No I have not been there, and no I do not spend my life reading food threads.
But there is no way they can put out a great product at that price,so something is wrong.
re: celeryroot
It is unfair to pass judgement on a restaurant without trying it ... especially in light of my not reading one single negative thing about the place from people who do live nearby and are familiar with the place.
If you don't even want to read links provided in this thread then let's go another route. Discounting skill, I could make a Buche for $5 tops using this recipe for Jaques Torres ... and I'm talking using ingrediants with mainstream supermarkets like Safeway
BUT you have to factor the ACTUAL cost. This is for a log more than double the size at La Bedaine so ... 4 eggs ... at $4 a dozen we are talking about $1.33, less than 1/2 lb butter $1 and those are the most pricy ingrediants.
I'm not counting bulk costs that a bakery would pay.
Have you considered every other place is overcharging?
Why make an issue of this? This is a nice,hard-working chef who does everything himself. Why would you want to cast suspicion on his business without having been there or even reading about it? Economic times are tough and no business deserves to be kicked without reason ... especially this man who puts out the type of food this site seeks... the best of the best.
He's not putting money into press and self-promotion like some place like Tartine. I've never seen the word organic in the place.
It is just delicious. Period. That is what is supposed to count.
If you are in the area, stop by. Then post if you think there is something wrong. Get the amazing smoked sausages.
re: rworange
It is possible you got the price wrong
Also the chocolate I use costs more then 12 for a small Buche , the high fat butter I use is much higher etc.
re: celeryroot
I bought one so I know for a fact the price is $12. It was the sole reason I bought it. I usually don't buy a Yule Log before Christmas.Eve.
It wasn't a mistake in change because it was the sign for $12 that caught my eye.
Listen, I imagine one day the pricing will all change. Currently he has very little overhead. It is just him in the kitchen with a woman at the counter. When she goes on lunch, he takes over for a while at the counter.
I hope he is pricing himself incorrectly. But for this brief shining moment it is soooo refreshing to get stunningly delicious food that you don't have to think twice about buying. It is what would expect in France here in Berkeley ... that little corner French neighborhood shop.
I probably should have just left this in the longer thread but the value was so terrific I wanted to call attention to that for people in the nabe. Unfortuantely it got this attention.
BTW, for locals, there were some lovely boudin noir in the case yesterday.
re: celeryroot
I guess if you don't believe RW you could try one for yourself, If she's lying please report back.
re: celeryroot
Something may indeed be wrong, but don't you think people who've actually eaten at the place (or at least taken the time to read about it) might be better judges of that?
re: alanbarnes
I agree. In particular someone who takes the time like RW to keep others informed. It is also not hard to imagine in today's economy when one is trying to build a new business that prices might be lower than they will be in the future.
re: celeryroot
Also, I would imagine the chef is able to purchase his ingredients at a discount by buying in bulk, or using discounts or sources not available to us not in the profession.
His wife is charming, the food is very good (I had the brioche, oxtail pastry, sugar cookie, among other items) and if RW says the bouche noel is $12, it certainly sounds like both a bargain and a delightful treat to me.
re: celeryroot
I tried a bunch of things at La Bedaine and the quality was exceptional:
The prices are crazy, the guy is just throwing money away. He might be breaking even but I doubt it. I expect one day soon he'll either raise his prices or go out of business.
La Bedaine
1585 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA 94706
re: celeryroot
Um ... Today I bought a sensational croquembouche at La Bedaine for $1.50 ... One dollar and fifty cents.
Now this is the first time I've ever had a croquembouche, so I can't compare it to any other. It was like a fantasy of biting into a cloud ... soft, etheral and heavenly ... a cloud covered in crackly caramelized spun sugar ... truly divine .
I was going to let this thread get buried and not respond again, but the thought of reporting about a $1.50 croquembouche has me giggling as I type this.
He made individual croquembouche today ... just two profiteroles. So that was very nice to be able to buy this dessert without a major commitment.
This is someone who really loves what he is doing. It is the second time he's said how much fun it is to make the holiday desserts. He said the same of the yule log. His face lights up talking about it.
However, I may start turning down the stylish packaging. This chef needs to make some profit. The croissants and other breakfast pastries I bought the other day were in a white box that had a doily in it. Today a few items were in a lovely mint green shopping bag that I could easily use as a gift bag.
re: sydthekyd
Aqui ... or shouldn't that be ici?
1585 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA 94706
It's in the space once occupied by Lola's.
Seriously, twelve years of grammar school and high school French and I can't remember how to say "Where is it" in that language.
re: rworange
"ou est"
re: chilihead2006
The buche in the case this evening (already sold) was tan-colored and apparently coffee flavored. I ordered one of those ($12) and one hazelnut-chocolate ($15) for Christmas Eve. My SO thought the coffee-colored one was too pale. But trees come in different colors, right? His dad (a French guy) used to make a Buche de Noel for Christmas Eve every year. He's not up to it anymore, so we're looking forward to contributing these. They look homemade, in a good way.
We need to check out La Bedaine. We just got back from a short holiday in Paris and would love to find a local equivalent of a good boulangerie-patisserie-cafe. The quality of baked goods in Paris is knock-your-socks-off great. Your description of La Bedaine and their Buche de Noel sounds wonderful. We'll check it out and report back.
Several favorable comments about Le Bedaine are being hidden in a GO thread.
re: Robert Lauriston
They were sold out of a lot today. I liked the mocha log better than the chocolate-hazelnut. Maybe if it had just been labeled hazelnut. It was choc full of hazelnut and had a tasty splash of raspberry something on top, but it was the same color as the mocha and the chocolate taste was very subtle.
I sure hope he made some money off those yule logs. He looked like he had not slept last night. I'll bet he'll be happy not to see another Yule log for a year.
re: rworange
I think the chocolate taste was very subtle because it was nonexistent. When I picked up our two buche this afternoon, the chef's wife just called them coffee and hazelnut. So maybe there was a change of plan? It didn't matter to me; they were happily received -- though I did make a last minute stop at the Monterey Market for a Semi-Fredi apple pie because the logs seemed a bit smaller than they were before.
re: rworange
I decided to check them out today and was in about noon. He was selling out fast. The woman behind me got the last of the individual quiches. I told him he was going to have to close early and he smiled wearily and said he would just make more.
re: Ruth Lafler
Don't know what you got, but hope you stop by on a day that isn't so off in terms of being busy.
I do have to say he did well in not crashing and burning. He probably got a lot more business for Christmas than he could have anticipated when he opened a few weeks earlier. I've found it interesting watching him handle it well. Other than the yule log not being dark chocolate ... or any chocolate ... the quality really didn't slip despite the holiday spike. .
Let me start by saying that I am a fan of this place. I live two blocks from the place and has been a regular customer since i discovered it.
Few observations i would like to make.
- Being originally from Europe i noticed that people in America are so used to the average quality of food that anything of higher standard is expected to be found only in high priced restaurants. When i first came here i was shocked how most people are accustomed to eating non delicious and non fresh food. Of course, Berkeley is sort of an exception.
- So, why is everyone screaming that prices are so low? Personally, I do not think the prices are terribly low. They are low compared to the similar prices of the similar lower quality mass produced items. But if you shift the paradigm and think that people should not be paying arm and leg for a delicious food then the prices are not too low.
If they raise the prices I will definitely think twice before buying.
I think if they raise prices the products will not sell as fast and will be left on the shelves and will get old. The beauty of this place is that it is locally owned, small, freshly made, people oriented business and not some high end snobbish profit only driven faceless business. Living off Solano I can only name few places (unfortunately) like that.
Maybe it is too low for someone who is not counting his money (like many people living on the higher hills east of Bedaine) but for some folks like me the price is right.
re: apple_tree
I'm happy to pay so little for such top-quality food. I'm just afraid he's going to go broke and close.
re: Robert Lauriston
i agree with you that such top quality work should be rewarded and actually do not mind paying extra for higher quality freshly made food, In fact before coming here i used to spend higher percentage of my disposable income on food.
But if they raise the prices above reasonable i will not be as motivated. I stopped going to Whole Foods often since I can go to Berkeley Bowl and buy same or better staff for cheaper.
But if we buy more and spread the word he will have a higher turnover and will be financially ok. Let's say you sell 2 items for $5 each. Your cost basis is $3.
So you profit on 2 items is $4. If you raise the price to $6 you might sell two items with a profit of $6. But if you keep the same price and sell 3 items your profit will be $6 as well. In fact his costs per item will go down bcs of the economy of scale and you might sell even more than 3 since people will buy more at lower prices.
re: apple_tree
La Bedaine would have to raise its prices *to* reasonable.
If his margins are solid then it'll be great if he can keep this up, but it's hard for me to imagine that he has some magic formula that lets him make money at a price point where he's undercutting Trader Joe's.
re: apple_tree
I think Apple Tree makes some fair points. Certainly the low prices are a big part of the appeal for me as well--if the prices were much higher, I don't think I'd be as likely to go pretty far out of my way (as I do now) to buy their stuff.
I don't know if they would get away with raising the prices on their prepared dinners too much higher than they are right now. But if they sold their pastries/desserts/smoked items for $.50 or $1.00 more than they are currently? That'd still be extremely reasonable, in my opinion. And maybe more sustainable from a business perspective...
re: abstractpoet
I agree that the price is a big pulling point for me and my visits would be fewer otherwise. I've been annoyed a few times when customers in the shop had said the prices are too low.
Even a dollar or two more would make me think twice. Six dollars for a boar pate sandwich ... I'm there. Affordable lunch that competes with fast food. Eight dollars ... even seven, uh, maybe not.
There's no pr or advertising going on, so no costs for that. I have to think that Miette would not have been in business very long had they not been so media-savy. That gets reflected in the price.
There's nothing organic going on here, AFAIK. That reduces prices in comparison to other local business ... and organic doesn't necessarily transplate to flavor.
The servings are reasonable sizes. I really love it. The buttery, light wonderful brioche is half the size ... and price ... of other local bakeries. Ditto on the croissants, etc. What is not to like about a $1 tasty brioche.
I don't know if he is catering or not as someone guessed, but he must be smart about buying things. I have yet to see anything with lobster that is not a sauce or bisque, so he could be purchasing lobster carcases for that.
Right now the overhead is low. He seems to have someone helping him in the last week or two, but still, there's not a big payroll there.
re: abstractpoet
I served his smoked salmon to some friends the other night, and they were dumbfounded when I told them it had cost only $8.
re: Robert Lauriston
Did they have larger packages? The smoked salmon was $4.
re: rworange
Two packages.
re: Robert Lauriston
I stopped in the other day and got a small package of that smoked salmon, for $4 and some of the wild boar rillette for $6. That rillette was out of this world, really flavorful and rich, and the $6 piece would have been a perfect appetizer for a dinner party (though I ate most of it myself as a reward for finishing my Christmas shopping). Something of that size from Fatted Calf would have probably been more than twice the price.
re: Robert Lauriston
My new diet is: Berkeley Bowl Salad + Bedaine Smoked Salmon.
[BTW, I weighed the $4 package and it came it at about 4.65oz inside the plastic ... I was to lazy to do a tare measurement.]
It looks like he's catering and the stuff in the front is only a small part of his business. How else could he have trays and trays of pastries and non-stop entree preparation? There's too much food for the front. I'm guessing he's probably doing pretty well. Whenever I stop by there's always someone ahead of me in line and the stuff just keeps on selling.
I had the chocolate buche and it was good. Everyone liked it and I would get it again next year.
If he does raise his prices, I will definitely slow down the pace at which I've been buying his stuff so I hope he doesn't do that.
re: rightstar
The entrees last two weeks ... except for a few new items he added that are only good for 2-3 days. So he's probably cooking up a large batches. I'm not sure when you saw all that food, but if it was Christmas Eve, he had a lot of orders for those yule logs and other items, so they were pre-ordered items.
re: rworange
Two weeks ago I came in to buy his chocolate croissants. It was around 11:30. His wife had told me they would be ready then. When I came in, they weren't. He moved a cart with several racks of uncooked pastries and said it wasn't time for them to go in the oven because he had a whole bunch cooking already. On each rack, it looked like there were at least a dozen pastries. There is no way all of those could be for the front. There were just too many. I am guessing most of them were for catering.
re: rightstar
The way stuff flies out of there, I'm sure he goes through many dozens of pastries a day. He seems to have trouble keeping up with demand.
How could he cater? He's there all the time. I haven't seen any big orders packed up to go, either.
re: Robert Lauriston
You are right rworange and Robert Lauriston. I asked him today. He said he can cater but only the type where he drops off the food. I asked him if he's able to sell everything by the end of the day and he said it's not a problem for him since he has almost no overhead.
I asked him if he's open on Monday. He said he doesn't bake pastries on Monday as he uses that day to prep for the rest of the week. However, if he has anything left over in the refrigerated case, he will be more than happy to sell it.
re: bythebay
No one has reported on them for a while. Thanks for the reminder!


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La Gondola Lakehurst NJ........................
- Tapas52 Jul 20, 2008 07:57 PM
Three of us went to La Gondola in rt 70 Lakehurst tonight for an Italian dinner, my wife had a craving for pasta.....been there once before and it was satisfactory for a Pizza/Restaurant style place.....we were seated and after looking at the menus proceeded to give out order which were three Pepsi's, 3 egg drop/spinach soups.. Linguine w/white clam sauce, Linguine w/ Red Clam sauce...& my wife ordered Spaghetti w/ White clam sauce. We first got the soup which was tasteless.......after ten minutes the waitress comes back to ask how we are doing so we say ....."can we please have our Pepsi's now" !!!!......finally the main courses were served...they looked nice with fresh clams in the shell & chopped too..........BUT, my wife took one bite and tells me the Spaghetti is RAW!!!! She couldn't even twirl it on the fork, the other two were satisfactory but nothing special.....so she tell the waitress & she takes it back to the kitchen after 10 more min it returns & the waitress is watching her take the first bite....my wife tries it again and guess what? Its the same thing super aldente & uneatable...... disgusted we said please take it back & forget about it......she says the cook put it back in a pan with some juices and covered it trying to steam it cooked or something like that......5 minutes later she returns and says the cook is making a whole new order.......at his point we were done & I said fine just make it to go.....while we waited the OWNER comes to our table and apologizes & says that this is the way we make spaghetti & I can't please everyone!!....my wife said we're from a restaurant family & know what good pasta should be........after all this frustrated and just wanting to leave....I took the to-go order paid the bill and left.....Oh well another one crossed off our list for sure.......
Thank you for letting me vent
Ewwww. Sorry the meal turned out like that for you. We've passed that place many times, and even from the road it never gave off any good vibes.
re: carl555
Many people have suggested going to Luigi's Restaurant nearby in downtown Lakehurst as a good alternative for Italian also....we'll see.
my wife took one bite and tells me the Spaghetti is RAW!!!! She couldn't even twirl it on the fork, the other two were satisfactory but nothing special....my wife said we're from a restaurant family & know what good pasta should be.......
I'm sorry, but I am a little confused. The spaghetti came to the table where it was still straight and firm?
{they looked nice with fresh clams in the shell & chopped too..........}
But, you describe as nothing special.
So you did not like the soup and you had to ask twice for your Pepsi...for me the jury is still out on your wife's spaghetti.
The waitress asked you how everything was...
handled your concerns...twice
The cook cooked up your order...then recooked a second plate
the owner came by to apologize....maybe something lost in his sincereness or delivery.
All this angst over under-seasoned soup and too firm pasta and a few forgotten Pepsies. I guess mishaps never happened in your restaurant family. I think there may be more to this story than told here.
re: fourunder
We tried it, had a very bad experience tried to describe it best I could. They had their chance & failed miserably....There are too many other establishments that we enjoy far more.
Live & learn......I hope others that dine there enjoy it, but we will definitly not be going back to La Gondola every again thats for sure.


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Looking for a very specific pad thai in the Toronto Area
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- foodiegirlo1 Jan 22, 2013 07:53 AM
So, I'm on a hunt for a very specific type of Pad Thai and I thought you guys might be able to help me out.
This is the menu description of a pad thai from Thunder Bay, Ontario:
Fresh rice noodle, stir fried with tofu and egg in a tangy spice mix. Crushed peanut, lime and green onions are on the side. Served with homemade peanut sauce
I think what make's this pad thai different is the peanut sauce and the spice mix (instead of a ketchup/tamarind sauce).
Can anyone help me? I'm willing to travel around Toronto a bit. Thanks for you help!
i think you're going to have to be significantly more descriptive. ie. what does it look like, any clue what is in the "spice mix"
i'm not sure if what you're looking for is saucy or is quite dry and has peanut "sauce" on the side that you mix in. it sounds like it could very well be a person's family version of a stir fried noodle they have at home, in which case you're not likely to find anyone else making it.
one of the things i'm trying to get at is that i would probably suggest not asking for it by "pad thai" and just thai stir fried noodles as i think you might get lead astray quite quickly.
re: pinstripeprincess
Valid point. I copied a link from tripadvisor of what their pad thai looks like. I really don't know what's in the spice mix. The pad thai I'm looking for is more dry, or a very lightly coated sauce. The peanut sauce on the side is really what makes it more saucy, I guess. <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.ca/LocationPho... alt="Photos of Thai Kitchen, Thunder Bay" is courtesy of TripAdvisor
re: foodiegirlo1
Does it have a curry flavour? There are some places that offer a curry pad thai version.
re: Full tummy
Nope, definitely not a curry flavour
re: foodiegirlo1
the yellow would have lead me to the same conclusion. it might be worth your while to actually call up the restaurant and find out if there is another name for it.
I'll take, "What is Rama Pad Thai" for a hundred Alex. But I'm just guessing based on your description. Where to find it is another matter.
There are some somewhat tangy commercial pad thai sauces that are jarred, sold near the red curry paste and plum sauce in the grocery store. Maybe that's the spice mix they were using? I used to buy one brand at Safeway in AB, and the pad thai ended up tasting a lot like the somewhat tangy, but not ketchup-based and not tamarind-based, pad thai I first ate in southwestern Ontario.
I haven't noticed any pad thais around town with a peanut sauce.
Salad King does a pad thai with satay sauce but I'm not sure it is exactly what you are describing.
re: Full tummy
Truthfully I cannot recall them being either really great or really bad but they are called Siam Noodles and they approximate this photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaeko/80...
re: Cat123
Ugh. That looks like something that came out of my cat!
re: 5andman
I'll also look into this one, thanks!
re: 5andman
Does that place even serve real Thai food?
If you'd be willing to head north to Newmarket, the Pad Thai served at Cambodian Noodle King does not contain ketchup (or any other tomato based product). It's quite dry, and a bit spicy. Maybe you could call and ask them, it's a family run restaurant and they are very friendly and helpful. Because of a tomato allergy its one of the very few places I can eat Pad Thai so I can't really compare it to any others. But it is probably worth a phone call.
re: Pincus
Peanut sauce could be ordered on the side and then, when no one is looking, upturned on the dish.


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Cost is zero. Information to fill in the gaps is on the internet (like dial *99# to connect).
No need for BB Desktop Mungler either :-)
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I have a Touch and good eyesight
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This, though, is the beginning of always-connected, intelligent delivery products. Maybe even the keyboard.
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Schengen - it's great
Why doesn't Ape Island sign up?
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Hello? British passport. I'm visiting home.
Needless to say I have no regrets about leaving.
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Aww come on....
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What I found funnier was that everyone else seemed confused.
"What do we do now? It's not a kick-off is it?"
"Err I think he missed it"
"Nah, you sure?"
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With Office installed locally, I can store documents on my encrypted hard drive. I don't need a network connection to update anything and I only have a dependency on power and the reliability of my notebook.
Take these same dependencies and then add my Internet connection and for Google Docs to be up.
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that most people will chose the first one on the list.
Now where does this leave the consumer? The serious noobs and grandmas who have no clue? They are neither worse or better off. They will never know this happened.
But everyone's still doing bionic backflips whilst they're not looking.
And all this for "free" software. All these browsers are free. As in beer.
Why not spend this effort in formalising the standards and making each browser behave identically? Or is the EU really giving the user the chance for them to chose their own document object model?
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It (doesn't) last forever
- eLizard Sep 9, 2013 01:11 PM
I bought my husband, then boyfriend, a Henkel's chef's knife for $100+ in 2001 for his birthday. His birthday is on Friday, and Henkel has bit the dust after 12 years of almost daily use, inconsistent honing, amateur and professional sharpening. That knife doesn't owe me a dime. Question is, how long do your knives last you? I think I read somewhere that some professional kitchens rent their knives because they're so hard on them. Made me feel better about mine not "lasting forever."
Also, thinking about getting this one for him for Friday. What say you?
How did it bite the dust?
The handle disintegrated on an old Sabatier that I inherited from my grandfather. My MIL has nearly ruined my paring knife a few times, though I've rehabbed it successfully so far. I've given away quite a few knives that I didn't use very often. And I've had a few sharpening stones expire on me. But the knives I use most often don't seem any worse for wear now than they did several years ago when they were new. If a knife is only lasting 12 years for you, you might have a problem to address, depending on the circumstances of its demise.
Professionals definitely go through knives faster than the average home cook. I would generally expect over 10 years of use from a chefs knife in a professional setting, though that can depend heavily on how the knife is sharpened and the kind of treatment it's subject to.
As far as the Wusthof Icon - it's a good replacement for someone who's used to a henckels (4 star line?). It tends to look nice, feels very similar to the Henckels, sharpens reasonably well, and I like that it doesn't have a full length bolster.
The Messermeister Meridian Elite has almost the exact same specs at a lower price point. For consideration:
re: cowboyardee
the tip broke, and where the knife meets the handle (hilt?) is a little wonky.....
it's never seen the inside of a dishwasher.
The wooden handle of a paring knife split, after years of use and frequent washing. It was part of a knife set given to me and obviously wasn't made to last. My knives with non-wooden handles are showing no signs of age, and most of the wooden-handled ones too.
re: genoO
Feeling pretty good about my Henckels, then; got it for $50. in late winter 1983, so that's less than 14 cents a month. And going down all the time, as it shows no signs that I'll ever need to get another.
re: ellabee
Most of my knives are 15-20 yrs old. Only one I got rid of was one that I allowed some idiot "professional" to sharpen for me. Never again - he totally ruined the shape of the blade. It ended up looking like a thick fillet knife.
We have a knife that's about 75 years old - was my grandmother's on the farm. It's pretty funny - i think you'd have to be on a ship at sea to make a decent cut with it: the edge is completely wavey from her sharpening the middle only.
_______/--------------------\___________ <kinda like that!
re: ellabee
Most of my knives are 15-20 yrs old. Only one I got rid of was one that I allowed some idiot "professional" to sharpen for me. Never again - he totally ruined the shape of the blade. It ended up looking like a thick boning knife.
We have a knife that's about 75 years old - was my grandmother's on the farm. It's pretty funny - i think you'd have to be on a ship at sea to make a decent cut with it: the edge is completely wavey from her sharpening the middle only.
_______/--------------------\___________ <kinda like that!
You might want to try taking your knife to a store to see if they will return it to Henkel. I had a Henkel for five years that developed tiny hairline cracks on the handle. It didn't affect its performance, but I thought it was odd, so I took it to a speciality knife store (it was a wedding gift, so I don't know where it was purchased and didn't have the receipt) and they sent it back to Henkel for me. I got a new knife back two weeks later. I was amazed at how easy the process was.
The replacement is now doing the same thing, so I think it may be a design flaw and I've decided not to worry about it, but I thought I would mention my experience in case you think your knife might warrant replacing.
PS. Like Cowboyardee, I love the Wusthof Icon!
re: playingwithfood
Cracks around rivets with plastic handles are a common knife issue I see and most German makes replace them easily if that happens.
Hypothetically could be from the rapid temp changes in the dishwasher.
I point these out to folks and give them a choice of letting them send it for warranty now or sharpen it and next time it needs sharpening send it in.
I prefer the fully encased handles like the Wusthof Grand Prix because of it
re: knifesavers
will do. it's been relegated to the "cape" for summer use. I will be down there this weekend, and i will take a photo.
That's what she said!
More seriously: could you say what makes it qualify as having bitten the dust?
Indeed, frequent sharpening, especially of the more aggressive types, like those Chef's Choice machines, will just wear the blade shape down.
If you're in Boston, you can surely locate someone. I also suggest, as an ardent cook myself, that you involve your spouse in a new knife selection: go together to a good shop and get him what he likes.
I have a forty year old Sab in daily use that still looks ok to me. I rinse and wipe the blade after every use, maybe with a little dish washing soap if dealing with meat, hone (2-4 swipes on a steel) before each use, and sharpen for Thanksgiving and Independence Day.
re: tim irvine
Hi, Tim:
What a beautiful knife! I have a "Red Violin" chef that looks almost identical, maybe also a Sab. It was my grandmother's (passed 1937), and I believe it was in her family before that. A distant cousin returned the knife to me around 1985. Like yours, it looks like there is less "belly" or rocker to the edge than it probably had when new, but still a fabulous piece.
Hi, eLizard:
Oh, don't get me started...
A good unabused chef's knife, hand-washed, dried, judiciously (and competently) resharpened, should last a normal household an actuarial *lifetime*. It might deserve a few trips to a general practitioner knife doctor after a few decades, and *maybe* one radical regrind/conversion in its dotage.
It depends on DH's wants/needs. I think this is a serviceable blade at a reasonable price. The integral pommel is unnecessary, and I would favor the 9" or 10" length.
Consider sending the dusted Henkels to our CH friend knifesavers for rehab. It could make a fine slicer or petty knife to complement your new blade.
I bought my 8" forged chefs knife in 1988 and it still looks like new, even after 2 years in a professional kitchen.
My 6" chefs knife that I now use on a daily basis looks almost new, except for sharpening marks/scratches the blade.
I broke a Theirs Issard knife but it was because I was in a rush and tried to pry something apart. I admitted that it was my fault but the warranty was still good and they replaced it for only the shipping cost.
I am abusive on Forschner paring knives but at $5.00 each they aren't a big deal. I commonly break one or two a year.
Great for sharing your story. You are absolutely correct that a knife does not last forever. Hey, not even diamond, did I tel you that? :) Anyway, back to your previous statement, I thought 12 years is a bit short for home cook setting, but it really depends how you use it and how you sharpen it.
Wusthof is a great choice for your next knife. It is very similar to Henckels. I particularly like the Wusthof Ikon line because of the reduced bolster (not a full bolster).
I agree with cowboyardee that Messermeister is also very good. In fact, I used to recommend it because neither Wusthof nor Henckels had reduced bolster and only Messermeiser had them.
If you want something exciting and thinner, then you can think about trying a Tojiro DP knife. Great knife and slightly cheaper too. However, it will be a change.
Ultimately, the Wusthof Ikon will be a good safe choice.
I'm on my second carbon-steel 4" Sabatier, and I figure it's got another twenty years in it, given the wear on the blade. At that rate it'll likely outlive me. On the other hand, my 14" Stanley butcher knife was dated by the dealer at ca. 1916, and it will outlive my grandchildren. The big difference, of course, is that the Sabatier gets used three or four times a day, and the Stanley maybe three times a month. Especially in a half-vegetarian household.
Knives can easily go for 30-50 years or more in heavy home use with proper care.
My main set of Wusthofs are over 26 years old and have heavy use by me with vegetables being the core of my cooking. They have survived visiting relatives who used them as a screwdriver and other such abuse. I also have an old Chicago cutlery paring knife that is over 37 years old and is still the one I reach for.
These are good, basic knives - not custom made Samurai swords as some knives are, and still they serve me so well.
When I was a youngster, and assisted my parents in cooking, one of the things they taught me very early on was how to sharpen and maintain knives. This is probably the most important step in working with knives. If you know how to do that well, you can take any knife and make it a good working one.
I'm real pleased with my Forschner Fibrox stamped chef; it takes an edge well and keeps it for a while, and responds well to the steel; it's light and easier on the arm after a few hours in the kitchen, and the fibrox handle won't slick up, even if it gets greasy, which means a lot fewer bandaids. And when it does break, it won't cost a fortune to replace. Besides, I'm not looking for an heirloom, I need a tool that does what I need it to and doesn't cost a fortune to do it.
On the other hand, my son saw be drooling over an 8" Miyabi Damascus and surprised me with it a couple years ago. I love the weight and the steel is amazing, but I also find myself being a lot more anal about that knife too.
re: coakes
re: coakes
I've been toying with buying a couple of those knives, and a Chef's Choice sharpener -- I am terrible about getting knives professionally sharpened when they need them. I wouldn't feel guilty about running a $35 knife through the dishwasher and the sharpener as much as necessary.
On the other end of the spectrum, I just got a lovely Aritsugu as a gift that I'm nearly afraid to use...but boy is it nice!
I bought my Russell chef's knife in the late 1970's and still use it. My oldest knife is an Olsen bread knife acquired in 1967, which has lasted longer than the company that made it. My second oldest is a Japanese paring knife from 1968 which is still one of my most often used knives.


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Carmen \c(a)-rmen, car-men\ as a girl's name (also used as boy's name Carmen), is pronounced KAR-men. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Carmen is "garden, orchard". Originally a Spanish form of Carmel, influenced by the Latin word "carmen", "song". One of the titles of the Virgin Mary is Santa Maria del Carmen, meaning "Saint Mary of Mount Carmel", and this form of the name honors her. Also the name of the tragic romantic heroine of Bizet's opera "Carmen" (1875). Dancer Carmen Miranda; model Carmen Kass; actress Carmen Electra.
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1976 Jerry Lee Lewis was arrested for driving drunk when he drove his Rolls Royce into a ditch.
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Birthday: Jamie Troy (The Classics) 1942 - Steven Caldwell (The Orlons)
November 23, 1899 The first Jukebox was installed at The Palace Royal Hotel in San Francisco.
Top Single: Im Leaving It Up To You Dale & Grace.
November 24, 1956 The Dell-Vikings recorded nine songs including Come Go With Me all A cappella. After instrumentation was added, Come Go With Me went on to be the first top 10 Pop hit by a racially mixed Rock & Roll vocal group.
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Three same-sex couples have applied for a marriage license in Lancaster County since the U.S. Supreme Court annulled the state's same-sex marriage ban.
On Thursday, Nov. 20, the Supreme Court allowed for same-sex marriages to begin in South Carolina, meaning gay couples can now marry in 35 states across the nation.
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For most driving through Indian Land, Charlotte Highway (U.S. 521) is just a highly traveled route.
But for Lancaster parents Julia and Randall Reynolds, it's the birthplace of their second child.
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A new spokesman representing a group alleging discrimination in the hiring of the district's secondary education director addressed school board members during their meeting Tuesday, Nov. 18.
Tuesday night marks the third consecutive meeting that Lancaster's Delegation for Minority Affairs addressed school board members during the public comment segment of the meeting.
The links streak goes on.
The team of University of South Carolina Lancaster Lancers and USC Gamecock golfers teamed to post their fifth straight win over the Clemson University golfers in the 13th annual Big Thursday golf tournament at the Lancaster Golf Club on Thursday, Nov. 20.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of my district who have elected me to my fourth term on the Lancaster County Council.
I am honored and take the job you have elected me to do seriously. I am proud to say we have accomplished much over the past 12 years.
During my tenure on County Council, we have worked hard to put policies and procedures in place to protect your tax dollars and receive the very best in services from each county department.
When King David successfully brought the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem, he wrote a song of thanksgiving to God, which is recorded in 1 Chronicles 16:7-36.
His first attempt to transport the ark failed miserably because he had not followed God's instructions, but once he corrected his mistakes, God blessed his efforts.
Fort Mill scored a touchdown in each half to take a 14-6 win over the Lancaster County Parks and Recreation all-stars in the Central District small fry youth football championship game on Thursday night at Lancaster Memorial Stadium.
Ten young people participated in the Lancaster District AME Zion churches' 10th annual Oratorical Expose on Sept. 25.
The purpose of the program is to promote youth development in research and speech.
Each contestant was given three topics to choose from to do their research. The topics were:
• Because of the increase in cost for higher education, do you feel a college education is still a good investment today (why or why not)?
• How has reality TV affected the black family and/or the black community?
Earlier this year, Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile asked to meet with Lancaster County Council Chairman Larry McCullough and myself to talk about his concerns, as well as concerns voiced by Indian Land residents about the level of service being provided.
Increasingly, the sheriff's deputies in the Panhandle area find themselves overwhelmed and undermanned by the growth of crime in Indian Land.
The holiday-giving spirit in Lancaster is bountiful.
More than $1,900 has been collected so far for the annual Ward Faulkenberry Memorial Christmas Basket which began Nov. 2.
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Fon (Fon Wireless Ltd.) is a company that operates a system of dual access wireless networks. Fon claims to have the largest Wi-Fi network in the world, with over eight million hotspots as at July 2013.[1][2]
Members, whom the company calls "Foneros", agree to share a part of their bandwidth as a Wi-Fi signal, so that they can connect to other members' hotspots.
Consumers who choose not to share their Internet connection can buy Wi-Fi access passes or credit from Fon. Fon members whose hotspots are used to access Wi-Fi by a paying customer can receive part of the revenue.
- 1 Company
- 2 Fon membership
- 3 Paid access
- 4 Hardware and firmware
- 5 Collaborations
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Fon Wireless Ltd. is a for-profit company incorporated and registered in the United Kingdom. It was created in Madrid, Spain, by Martín Varsavsky where it headquarters most of its operations. Fon also has subsidiaries and branch offices in the USA, UK, Brazil, France, Germany and Japan. Its investors include Atomico Ventures, Google, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Skype.[3]
Fon membership[edit]
To become a Fon member (Fonero) and join the Fon community, one must own a Fonera router or a router with the Fon software built in. This enables users to share a portion of their Wi-Fi bandwidth, and in exchange get the right to use other members' Fon Spots.
Types of Fon membership[edit]
Fon has three levels of membership explained below. Not all levels are available in all countries. Especially in countries where Fon has partnered with the country's national telecoms provider (e.g. BT in the UK) the Bill profit sharing level is no longer available to new users. In early 2013 Fon partnered with Deutsche Telekom and 'Bills' are no longer available.[4]
In countries where FON has partnered with local ISPs, such as Greece, FON may not offer any kind of membership other than through a specific ISP, thus making Fon an ISP service rather than a community.
The membership levels are:
- Linus: (named for Linus Torvalds, founder of the Linux project): has a Fonera router, shares Wi-Fi and gets free roaming at others' Fon Spots.
- Bill: (named for Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft): has a Fonera router, shares Wi-Fi, gets free roaming at any Fon Spot, and can get 50% of the net revenues when a visitor purchases a Fon pass at their Fon Spot. (This feature is not currently available in Japan, Russia, Germany, or the United Kingdom).[5]
- Alien: does not have a Fonera router and does not share broadband with the rest of the Fon community. Aliens have an active account with Fon, receive community information and access Wi-Fi at Fon Spots by purchasing Fon passes.[6]
Paid access[edit]
A non-member, termed an Alien, is anyone who connects to a Fon Spot but does not share their Internet access at home or other location. This kind of user may purchase daily access passes to use the Fon network.
Access passes can be bought directly from the access point's portal page; it is also possible to register with Fon from that page. Passes can also be pre-purchased and used at a later date. In Spain, Germany, France, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa and the United States it is also possible to buy passes by sending a text message from a mobile phone.
Hardware and firmware[edit]
Originally Fon began with a software download for compatible routers, in particular, Linksys routers. This is custom firmware based on OpenWrt.
Fon started using the OpenWRT base as firmware base for Fon branded routers. The firmware has been customised specifically for use in the Fon Community, allowing consumers to share their broadband connection and to connect to other Fon Spots around the world.
Fon developed a number of their own products:
- Gramofon - router with built-in streaming client
- Fonera SIMPL (2014) Wireless Router - lacks the RP-SMA removable antenna connection of the original SIMPL below[7]
- Fonera SIMPL Wireless Router
- Fonera 2.0n Smart WiFi Router
- Fonera 2.0g Smart WiFi Router
- Fonera+ Wireless Router
- Fonera Wireless Router
- Fontenna WiFi Antenna
Fon firmware creates two different Wi-Fi signals: one private and one public.[8]
- Private ('MYPLACE') : encrypted and intended for the owner's private use. Only the Fon Spot owner can access the internal network, computers and files.
- Public ('FON_FREE_INTERNET'): un-encrypted or open, but username and password protected so allowing only registered Fon users to access the Fon Wi-Fi community network, but they cannot access the consumer's private network.
The new 2014 Fonera SIMPL, introduced in February 2014, includes Facebook integration. The owner of the Fonera SIMPL may register their own Facebook account with the device. Once this is done, any user that is a 'Facebook Friend' of the owner is granted access to that Fonera (only).[9]
A Business model of the Fonera, the 'Fonera Business' has been listed on Fon's website for sometime, but has, at the time of writing (March 2014) not been made available for purchase. It intends to take Facebook integration further by offering free WiFi to customers of a business who are asked to 'Like' the Facebook page for the business in order to gain free WiFi access.[10]
BT Fon Community[edit]
BT Group (formerly known as British Telecom) is the first and largest Fon collaboration. On October 4, 2007, Fon and BT announced that they had jointly created the BT Fon Community by flashing Fon's software on all BT Total Broadband Wi-Fi routers in the UK.[11] This allows BT Total Broadband customers to participate in the FON community without buying a Fonera and in some cases (where the customer has since replaced the BT Hardware after creating the BTFon account) without sharing their own WiFi. Since March 2007 BT has supplied it customers with routers that already have FON software preinstalled and enabled offering an opt out service,[12] although recent changes are seeing the service (along with the BT OpenZone brand) being rebranded to the unified service of BTWiFi.[13]
Fon and SFR (Neuf Cegetel) launched Fon on Wi-Fi routers throughout France. SFR subscribers can opt into Fon to share and receive Wi-Fi services.[14]
NOS wi-fi (formerly ZON@FON)[edit]
NOS is the leading cable provider in Portugal, resulting from a merger between ZON Multimedia and Optimus Telecomunicações. Back in 2008, ZON partnered with Fon to create ZON@FON (currently NOS wi-fi), the largest Wi-Fi network in Portugal. Fon technology is built into NOS wi-fi routers so its subscribers become part of the Fon community automatically.[15]
SoftBank is Fon's first collaboration with a mobile line operator wanting to offload data traffic to Wi-Fi. Since 2010, SoftBank bundles a Fonera with every iPhone they sell.
Belgacom, Belgium's biggest telecommunications company, joined the Fon network in November 2011. Belgacom added Fon's WiFi-sharing technology to its BBox2 modem earlier in 2011, making it possible to broadcast two WiFi signals from a broadband internet source. One signal is encrypted and private. The other signal is public but only accessible via password. Membership is automatically activated (opt-out).
KPN, a large telecomunications company in the Netherlands, joined the Fon network in January 2013. Public launch of the Fon network on KPN modems is expected to be enabled later in 2013.[16] But the roll out has been pushed back to April 2014.[17]
Deutsche Telekom[edit]
New partnership with Deutsche Telekom announced in March 2013 to take effect later in the year.
MWEB ADSL South Africa[edit]
MWEB just announced a partnership with Fon; February 2014. What this means is that MWEB customers that have a Fon enabled router can share their WiFi Bandwidth and also use those of other Fon users in the countries and locations that Fon have partners.[18]
OTE in Greece[edit]
In February 2014 Greek telecommunications company OTE and Fon announced a partnership to bring the Fon service to OTE subscribers in Greece.[19]
In Greece, OTE subscribers share 1 Mbit/s of their downstream capacity for the Fon service and earn the right to use the Fon service provided by other OTE subscribers. If a customer has disabled their Fon WiFi signal for 30 days then they lose the right to use the Fon service provided by other OTE subscribers until they enable it again. OTE has announced that the Fon service is built-in in all OTE-provided routers and enabled by default. Subscribers who don't wish to participate can request an opt-out.
JT Global[edit]
On 28 March 2014 the Jersey telecommunications provider JT Global announced a partnership with Fon. The Fon service will be available later in 2014 to JT broadband subscribers which use the company's fibre to the home service.[20]
Telstra in Australia[edit]
On 20 May 2014 the Australian telecommunications provider Telstra announced a Fon service to be available in November 2014 called Telstra Wi-Fi.[21] Telstra broadband subscribers will receive free use of WiFi hotspots, to be initially located in the Central Business Districts of Australian state capitals.[22]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Fon announces next generation Fonera Simpl with EAP optimized for mobile devices" (Press release). Fon. Business Wire. 26 February 2012.
- ^ Enjoy Fon at 7 Million Hotspots Around the World
- ^ Fon - "Investors"
- ^ . Fon https://www.facebook.com/fon.wifi. Retrieved 1 May 2013. Missing or empty
- ^ Money making WiFi, Fon - Money Making WiFi
- ^ What is a Fonero, Linus, Bill, Alien?, Fon FAQ.
- ^ https://shop.fon.com/en/product/fonera-1
- ^ Fon - Safe and Secure
- ^ https://shop.fon.com/en/product/fonera-1
- ^ https://shop.fon.com/en/products/business-wifi
- ^ "BT and Fon launch the world's largest Wi-Fi community". BTFon. 2007-10-04.
- ^ "BT and Fon launch the world's largest Wi-Fi community". BTFon. 2013-05-30.
- ^ "I can see BT Openzone, BT Fon and BT Wi-fi as available networks. Which should I use?". BTFon. 2013-05-30.
- ^ Kirstin Ridley (2007-10-04). "BT links up with Fon for 'people's' Wi-Fi network". Reuters.
- ^ Fon and Zon launch the ZON@FON WiFi Community in Portugal, Martinvarsavsky.net.
- ^ KPN biedt wereldwijd publiek WiFi netwerk via samenwerking met Fon, kpn.com.
- ^ Uitrol landelijk wifinetwerk start in april, consumentenbond.nl
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.mobilecommerceinsider.com/news/2014/02/05/7663785.htm
- ^ "Your Wi-Fi is going global". JT Global. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "Telstra Wi-Fi: Offering Australians more ways to connect". Telstra. 20 May 2014. Retrieved i October 2014. Check date values in:
- ^ "Telstra plans free trial for Wi-Fi network in November". Znet. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ Able Wireless
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November 28, 2014
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fans of "Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker have erected a makeshift memorial near where the 40-year-old actor died in a car crash in Valencia.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said speed was a factor in Saturday's one-car crash, though it will take time to determine how fast the car was going.
The crash also killed Walker's friend and financial adviser Roger Rodas. Walker's publicist, Ame Van Iden, said Walker was a passenger in the car when the two drove away from a fundraiser in a 2005 red Porsche Carrera GT.
Sheriff's deputies found the car engulfed in flames when they arrived at the site of the crash.
On Sunday, fans of Walker gathered to leave flowers, candles and memorabilia from the action movies.
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