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Category: Another One Bites The Dust
RIP Brit Brit And Normal Guy Dave
Pour out a bowl of cheese grits this morning, because the love between Britney Spears and her normal boyfriend Normal Guy Dave (born name: David Lucado) is as dead as a melted Frapp ("Oooh, give it here, I'll still drink it!" – Brit Brit). According to TMZ, Brit Brit dumped Normal Guy Dave after someone (Chester Cheetah working under the alias Deep Flamin' Hot Throat) tipped off Daddy Spears to the existence of a video showing Normal Guy Dave cheatin' on the world's most precious little chicken-fried steak dumplin' Brit Brit Spears. ESCANDALO, Y'ALL! »
Zac Efron And Michelle Rodriguez Aren't A Thing Anymore
There will be no 0 carat, princess cut crack rock engagement rings. There will be no wedding where the guests will gasp when Michelle Rodriguez lifts Zac Efron's veil and reveals his stunningly made up wedding day face. There will be no baby that's a giant six pack with brows. There will be none of that, because Zac Efron and Michelle Rodriguez are done doing whatever it is they were doing for the past 2 months.
Several multiple sources (read: Zac's PR bitch, Michi's PR bitch, that Italian daddy, etc) tell UsWeekly that they had a major fight in Ibiza and left the shattered pieces of their genuine love on the shores of Spain.
"Michelle is going to do her own thing. Zac knew this about her when he got with her," a second source tells Us. "He's very into her though, and perhaps more than she's into him."
Indeed, despite calling it quits, Efron, 26, hasn't lost hope on the relationship. "Zac still wants to be with her," the first source adds.
"He's very into her" translates into "She gets the best kind of bad shit."
Sadly for all of us, this shit ended without them leaking some kind of sex tape. Damn that Zac for ruining EVERYTHING. Damn him for making his scissor sister mad by stealing her stash. Or maybe Michelle's the one who screwed up by cheating on him badly when she used the double-sided dildo they shared on another whore. Damn them both.
Here's MRod mourning the loss of Zachelle by partying with some hot chicks at Nikki Beach Club in Marbella a few days ago.
David Duchovny And Tea Leoni Are Officially Divorced
Something new I learned today: Tea Leoni didn't legally quit David Duchovny's ass years ago after rehab didn't cure his addiction to pussy and he once again came home smelling like frothy random cooch cream, goat milk mixed with strawberry-scented lube and regrets. I thought they got a divorce a million years ago. I was wrong, because they were married this whole time. But they're not anymore.
TMZ says that David and Tea haven't been together since 2011, but they finally got around to legally breaking up. David and Tea "quietly" divorced in June and I'm taking that to mean that they whispered in their lawyer's conference room while signing the divorce papers. Tea and David behaved like grown ups (instead of like whiny cunts the way most Hollywood couples act when they're getting a divorce) and they worked all the details out themselves. Their 2 chirruns, 12-year-old Kyd (that's really his name) and 15-year-old Madelaine, will mostly live with Tea and she and David are sharing legal custody. Since David's got that X-Files money, he will pay Tea $40k a month in alimony and another $8,333 in child support. David's also agreed to pay for their kids' private school, college and summer camp.
Tea and David got married in 1997, but they broke up for a minute in 2008 while he went to rehab to deal with his addiction to porn and punane.
$576,000 a year in spousal and child support and all Tea had to do was be married to David Duchovny for 17 years, birth out two kids and deal with the sound of a "hamster jumping on a Whoopee cushion full of pudding" as he jacked his dick off to porn for hours while she slept next to him?! But then again, Tea and her two kids live on the UWS in Manhattan, so $48,000 a month will pay her mortgage and maaaaaybe two trips to Whole Foods.
The news of David Duchovny's divorce is a gift to Mulder/Scully shippers who are still keeping hope alive. And of course this shit comes out on Gillian Anderson's born day. I'm sure David celebrated Gillian's birthday and his divorce by showing up to her door with a birthday candle stuck in his peen slit. I think I read that in a Mulder/Scully fanfiction once.
Michael Strahan And Nicole Murphy Might Have Called It Quits Over Either A Messy Prenup Fight Or A Side-Piece
There's nothing that makes me sadder than hearing about a prenup coming between a thirsty gold-digging ho and her delicious divorce dollars. Hey prenup, what's your problem? Why can't you let a wallet-humping bitch be great?
According to Page Six, that spiteful killjoy of a legal document might be the reason former NFL player and current chipper morning TV host Michael Strahan and celebrity ex-wife Nicole Murphy called off their 5-year engagement. A source claims that prior to getting married, Michael wanted Nicole to sign a prenup, which Nicole refused, probably because a woman with such a tight eyebrow game knows you never sign a prenup when there's a chance you could get your hands on some sweet Live! with Kelly and Michael money. However, Michael wouldn't budge; even though he already knows what happens when a prenup comes back to bite you in your rich ass. The source also says that even though he asked Nicole to sign a prenup, Michael has always been very generous to her, especially after she lost $7 million dollars of her Eddie Murphy divorce winnings to a shady investment scheme. Regardless, they couldn't come to an agreement about the prenup, so they called their engagement off.
BUT!! According to TMZ, Michael and Nicole's split has less to do with wallet humping and more to do with actual humping. A source close to the couple (Kelly Ripa's erect bellybutton) claims Michael was sniffing around at a pussy that wasn't attached to Nicole. Eventually she found out and dramatically whipped her engagement ring at his face (I assume) and called the whole thing off. Of course, neither the reps for Michael nor Nicole have commented on why they split.
Damn, so much drama from what I thought was a bonafide member of the Boring Couples Club. First prenup drama, then cheater drama. What's next? Another "source" coming forward to say that the real REAL reason they called off their engagement is because Michael was having a steamy affair with Kelly's gigantic bellybutton. That homewrecking hussy! You can't trust an outie bellybutton that large! It will make you lose your lunch and steal your man!
Joe Jonas And Bland Eggs' Long-Term Contract Expired
Dear aspiring beards, immediately update your headshot with Kelly Preston's Beard Placement Agency, because Joe Jonas is back out on the stroll now that he's done with the Swedish model/graphic designer whose name sounds like the name of a character McDonald's invented to sell their McEggs Benedict, or like the name of a dirty, messy sex act involving unsalted egg whites and a fist.
UsWeekly says that 24-year-old Joe Jonas and 30-year-old Blanda Eggenschwiler (whose name translates into "egg white omelet hold the salt" in the Norrland dialect) are over after almost 2 years together. It's a sad day for the meaning of true love when Joe Jonas and a beard can't come to an agreement during contract re-negotiations. Bland Eggs and Joe Jonas met through a "mutual friend" in November 2012. Joe's rep confirms to UsWeekly that he shaved Bland Eggs off of his face. The rep also spit out the same canned, generic response that every spokewhore spits out when a famous ho breaks up with their piece:
"Joe and Blanda have mutually decided to part ways. The split was amicable and the two remain friends, with great respect for one another."
Some source tells E! that Joe and Bland Eggs broke up, because they wanted to do new things and that's WAY too easy.
"It was mutual. They both wanted to do new things. Joe wants to be single right now and they thought it was better if they are just friends."
While Joe and Bland Eggs were together, Blind Gossip hocked up blind item after blind item about how he's a dragon-chasing heroin addict and she's his supplier. I always side-eyed those blind items, because Joe Jonas' eyebrows have always been as luscious as a black bear's landing strip and doesn't heroin eat your eyebrows first? Or am I confusing it with meth?
But seriously, they had a good run and they should've broken up after that sex tape rumor, because their relationship peaked when we all pictured Bland Eggs doing Joe Jonas with a long, fat dildo as he bit onto his purity ring.
And Bland Eggs should date and marry Arnold Schwarzenegger next, so her name can be Blanda Eggenschwiler-Schwarzenegger
Robin Thicke's Marriage Is Pretty Much Dunzo
Poor lovelorn d-bag Robin Thicke. According to TMZ, releasing a serial killer-y album full of stalker ballads that sold all of 50 copies hasn't won back the affections of his estranged wife Paula Patton like he thought it would. I know, I'm shocked too; who of us wouldn't swoon to the moon and back if the human equivalent of gonorrhea wrote you a bunch of songs that sound like a 15-year-old's crappy LiveJournal poetry?
A source (Alan Thicke's magic talking penis) tells TMZ that Robin has put their house up for sale and hired an attorney to split up their assets. Paula hasn't lived in the house since February, but neither she nor Robin have hired a divorce lawyer yet. You hear that Robin? She doesn't have a divorce lawyer yet! Quick, start recording a follow-up to Paula called Paula Don't Call Trope and Trope!
Obviously this could all be just another jenga block in the publicity stunt pyramid Robin and Paula have been building since he was photographed with his hand up a skank's ass, but I think he's actually selling his house because he was probably having a tough time getting laid. Most true-blue sluts have a sixth sense for detecting the presence of a bottom bitch in the atmosphere (usually by way of a tingle in their pussy or gag reflex). So every time Robin brought a new blonde trick home, they no doubt would freeze upon entry, put their hand to their pussy like a slutty psychic and ask "Did a wife or a long-term girlfriend used to live here? I'm sensing drama. I should go."
Pamela Anderson's Latest Marriage Lasted Longer Than You Thought It Would Last
Congratulations to Canadian American daisy petal Pamela Anderson! When she married her third ex-husband Rick Salomon for the second time in January, we all thought they'd annul the hell out of that marriage as soon as the coke buzz wore off. But she somehow managed to make it to 6 months before she thought to herself, "Eh, I'm bored of this peen again, NEXT!"
TMZ says that Pamela is getting one failed marriage closer to taking down Elizabeth Taylor's record, because last Thursday she filed papers to legally kill her marriage to Parasite Hilton's sex tape partner. Pamela checked the box next to "irreconcilable differences" as the reason why she's done with this marriage, because "craving new dick" wasn't listed as a reason. TMZ also says that Rick Salomon won $2.8 million in a poker tournament last Tuesday, two days before she filed to quit his ass, and if they don't have a prenup, she might be able to get her hands around half of that money. Holding out on divorcing her husband until after his big poker tournament has earned Pamela Anderson a bright shining star on The Gold Digger Walk of Fame, because that is a genius move.
Let's go over Pamela's marriage history… Pamela first put on a wedding ring when she married Tommy Lee in 1995 and they divorced three years later. Pamela jumped on and off Tommy Lee's Wienermobile dick for a few years before marrying Kid Pebble in 2006. Pamela kicked the sanctity of marriage in the anus hole a year later when she made Kid Pebble her second ex-husband. The same year that Pamela quit Kid Pebble, she married Rick Soloman for the first time. They lasted for four months before they annulled their marriage due to FRAUD. They forgot about the whole FRAUD thing and married again last January and now they're over again.
You know how some hos say that break-up sex is the best kind of sex? Maybe Pamela Anderson is way past that and she can only bust a nut if she's freshly divorced from the dude. So I'm sure as soon as their divorce is final, these marriage-abusing sluts are going to start having hot divorce fuck times and then when she gets bored with that, she'll marry him a third time, and then divorce him a third time so she can have more hot divorce fuck times. They'll keep doing that over and over again. Divorce is totally Pamela's fetish of choice. That sick bitch.
Jewel And Her Real-Life Cowboy Husband Are Calling It Quits
Maybe it's all the BBQ maple leaves I ate yesterday, but that hat sort of looks like a friendly penis stingray.
Former homeless Alaskan folk singer and current owner of some serious Magic Eye titties, Jewel, has confirmed in a blog post published Wednesday (TIL: Jewel has a blog) that after 16 years together, she and her professional bull riding husband Ty Murray are getting divorced. Damn, if a squinty snaggle-toothed yodeller and a sassy lil' cowboy pixie can't make it work, what hope is there for the rest of us??
"Ty and I have always tried to live the most authentic life possible, and we wanted our separation as husband and wife to be nothing less loving than the way we came together. For some time we have been engaged in private and difficult, but thoughtful and tender undoing of ourselves. Allowing ourselves the time and space to redefine what we are to each other with love rather than with malice."
I guess "tender undoing" is the country version of "conscious uncoupling". As much as I want to believe that they're calling it quits because Ty was caught getting a hand-job from a bull, I think it's more likely the result of hooking up in 1998. Nothing good came out of 1998! That was the year that gave us both Furbys AND the Matthew Broderick Godzilla. Literally the only non-turd from 1998 was Rose McGowan at the VMAs, but everyone knows an ass that looks like two melons in a plastic grocery bag is never a sure sign that love is meant to last.
Melanie Griffith And Antonio Banderas Are Getting A Divorce After 18 Years Of Marriage
Well, here's some sad, tragic news for those of you who thought that the eternal love between the Nasonex bee and the Botox puppet formerly known as Tess McGill would last as long as the chemicals in her face (read: FOREVER). TMZ says that Melanie Griffith recently filed divorce papers to legally and officially make Antonio Banderas her third ex-husband. Let the river of Botoxed tears RUN!
According to TMZ, Melanie hired divorce attorney to the STAHS Laura Wasser (Side note: TMZ always calls Laura Wasser the "disso-queen" and I always read that as disco queen and I get a little tingle thinking of a divorce attorney arguing in front of a judge while wearing a velvet jumpsuit, gold platform heels and a fro). Melanie threw up the words "irreconcilable differences" next to "reason for quitting that bitch" on the documents. Melanie is asking for spousal support, child support and full custody of their almost 18-year-old daughter Stella. Melanie didn't list their official break up date. Melanie has been married three times before (twice to Don Johnson) and Antonio was married to that hot bitch Madge was jealous of in Truth or Dare.
Melanie and Antonio got married in May 1996 after she left Don Johnson and he left his wife. Melanie birthed out their daughter a few months later. A couple of years ago, there was a rumor that Melanie and Antonio's marriage was on its death bed because of her issues with pills and the sweet nectar and his issues with wanting to stick his chorizo in any chocha that didn't belong to Melanie Griffith. At the time, Melanie and Antonio denied those rumors and here we are now.
A couple of weeks ago, a Spanish tabloid posted pictures of Antonio putting his lips near another trick at Cannes.
I'm guessing that Melanie blamed "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for her married dying like the nerves in her face, because "my husband is a slut and I'm sick of it" wasn't an option. The L.A. County court system should really add that option.
We can all learn something from this. If you really want to tattoo your piece's name into your flesh because you think your love is going to last forever, do it at your own risk. It usually ends with you and your wallet screaming in pain as you get laser tattoo removal. But luckily for Melanie, she can get a tattoo artist to easily turn that heart into a slice of pizza and turn "Antonio" into "Totino's." That would be a smart move, because the love between a human and frozen pizza never dies.
And here's Melanie looking as happy and fresh as a wax Madame puppet while posing with Eva Longoria and Rosanna Arquette at AFI's tribute to Jane Fonda in L.A. last night.
Pics: Wenn.com, Getty
JLo Would Like You To Know That She And Casper Smart Broke Up Weeks Ago
JLo would like everyone to know that her leased piece Casper The Oh-So Friendly Boy Toy didn't "cheat" on her when he text fucked another trick. Casper didn't cheat on Jenny from Rodeo Drive, because they were already broken up! In other words, JLo's people added a few gift certificates to the glory hole to his severance package to say that they broke up in April, because NOBODY cheats on JLo!
Last month, The Dirty posted an Instagram conversation between Casper and a bikini model named Sofie Vissa, who's transgendered. Sofie later told InTouch that she and Casper never slurped on each other's fuck parts, but they did exchange "racy" pictures and she gave him a picture of her in her full naked glory. The story was turning into a major ESCANDALO (not at all), so this morning, UsWeekly, TMZ and People said they heard from a source (Hi, JLo's spokesbitch) that Casper moved his toys out of the playroom and collected his last check two months ago. UsWeekly's source spit this out about the buff frog changing his job title from "boy toy" to "unemployed boy toy" after two and a half years.
"It has actually been an amicable process that started a few months ago. It wasn't an easy decision, but they decided to stay friends…Their relationship couldn't work with the distance. He started trying to establish his own life and career, and she is so focused on hers, and they just couldn't be all about each other anymore. [JLo] is fine. She's so focused on promoting the album. They are both in a good place now."
TMZ's source (Hi, Casper!) says that it's "laughable" that Casper wants Jenny with the Cock and would sext with a woman he knows is transgendered. Bitch, please. What's really "laughable" is that anyone would want naked pictures of Casper's frogger troll-looking ass. (Okay, I probably would, but that's besides the point).
"Casper has been a single guy and can text or see whoever he wants, but the idea that he was knowingly texting a transsexual is laughable. He's not that guy, but like a lot of single guys online he obviously likes to look at a 'lil T and A."
Casper and JLo were at the Billboard Awards together on May 18th, but People's source explained that by saying that they were still taking a little extra time to fully, fully break up.
This cover up is messier than JLo's live singing. Obviously, JLo tore up Casper's contract when he violated it by getting caught sexting with somebody else and she's trying to cover it up with this bullshit story, because nobody does her wrong. Why would anybody cheat on JLo!? Grown men have fought each other and died to get a piece of her ass. I think I learned about that in history class. Whatever, JLo is probably trolling playgrounds for her next toy and Casper is drying his tears on a random peen at the glory hole. No, he's not crying, because he's not with JLo anymore. He's crying, because he's out of a job!
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... to go--but there were a few short side paths that dead-ended and some actual tunnels that were blocked off but that you could see. Besides the level that we were walking on, there were stairs up and down, and what appeared to be some kind of drainage system. It was incredible. We came out on the other side of the pyramid and walked around and up to the top, which is now occupied by a church. The city sits at a high altitude so once we reached the top, ...
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... a while when an old wizened woman of about 90 motored past me like she was walking on flat ground. It was a bit humiliating actually... The church itself is interesting and you can walk around behind the alter into what is called the 'sacred room' to view some relic or something related to the lady of the remedies or whatever (sorry Catholics reading this but heathen that I am I have no idea what it was all about). When we climbed back down the ...
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|Former Nebraska player charged with murder
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Collins is in police custody and faces murder charges, Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said.
Police also arrested Karnell Burton, 20, on suspicion of criminal homicide, attempted first-degree murder, and weapons charges. And an arrest warrant was issued for Ahmad Johnson, 21. Both Collins and Johnson face first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and felony weapons charges, Kleine said.
Timothy Thomas was killed about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday during a drug deal in a midtown Omaha neighborhood, authorities said. Around the same time, a white SUV hit several cars nearby. Police found Marshall Turner - who'd been hit by gunfire - inside. He was in critical condition Wednesday at an Omaha hospital.
the Cornhuskers from 2000-02. He quit the team after being suspended four games for an undisclosed NCAA rules violation, and he has had a string of run-ins with the law since.
Eric Crouch, the 2001 Heisman Trophy winner who played with Collins at Nebraska, said Collins seemed to be doing well when the two bumped into each other at the Ultimate Fighting Championship matches in Omaha last week. Crouch said they spoke for about 20 minutes.
``Thunder always has been a personable guy, a likable guy, so this comes as a shock,'' Crouch said. ``You can be very likable and have your own personal issues.''
Crouch said Collins told him that he hoped to hook on with a Canadian Football League team next year and that in the meantime he was working in promotions for an Omaha company. Crouch said Collins offered no other details about his activities.
``I left it at that,'' Crouch said. ``I didn't want to ask too many questions.''
Ohio coach Frank Solich, Nebraska's coach when Collins played for the Huskers, said he hasn't had contact with Collins since 2002. He declined additional comment.
Collins, from Los Angeles, was a junior college All-American in 1998 who was touted by recruiting analysts as the next in a long line of great Nebraska running backs.
9 passes for 189 yards. Collins' highlight came on the 2001 season's signature play, when he pitched the ball to Mike Stuntz on a reverse play that resulted in Stuntz's 63-yard touchdown pass to Crouch against Oklahoma.
A brief stint in the CFL followed Collins' days with the Cornhuskers.
Collins had said in interviews that he considered Lincoln a safe haven from gangs in Los Angeles. His father and a brother had been killed in gang shootings, he said.
In 2006 he was sentenced to 10 days in jail after he pleaded no contest to obstructing an Omaha police officer. Witnesses said Collins had been involved in a shooting, and police found marijuana in his pocket.
In 2003, he was acquitted of assault and burglary charges in Corvallis, Ore. Those charges stemmed from his alleged confrontation with an Oregon State football player and Collins' ex-girlfriend.
In 2002, Collins pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace in Lincoln. That was part of an agreement with prosecutors to drop two assault charges connected to alleged fights with the same woman in Lincoln.
Crouch said Collins ``almost reminds'' him of Lawrence Phillips, the running back from a troubled background in Los Angeles who drew national attention for his crimes during and after his days at Nebraska.
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Sustainability Report 2005-2006
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Parks Australia Environmental Performance
EN6: Location and size of land owned, leased or managed in biodiversity-rich habitats
Goals 2005-06
- None set
Performance 2005-06 and trends
Parks Australia's parks and gardens cover a total of 2 132 282 hectares. This figure has increased by 937 hectares from the 2 131 345 hectares reported in 2004-05 due to the inclusion of Booderee's Botanic Gardens, and marine park areas in the totals, as well as minor changes with the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) in Canberra.
Of the six Commonwealth national parks, two are listed World Heritage sites (Kakadu and Uluru) for their natural and cultural values. These two parks and Booderee National Park are managed jointly with Traditional Owners. The other three national parks protect unique island ecosystems within Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island (located in the Indian Ocean) and the Norfolk Island Territory.
Management of these parks aims to ensure protection of ecosystems and continuing use by Traditional Owners, while providing for significant numbers of visitors. A key aspect of these parks is the intact habitats they provide for a diverse range of species, including many species listed as threatened at state or national level.
The ANBG in Canberra is the premier national organisation devoted to growing, studying and promoting Australian native plants. A smaller botanic garden is located on Norfolk Island, and an area within Booderee National Park also functions as a botanic garden.
|Area (ha)
|Australian National Botanic Gardens
|Booderee National Park
|7254 (including a marine area of 875 ha)
|Christmas Island National Park
|Kakadu National Park
|1 980 400
|Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden
|656 (including Mt Pitt section 460 ha; Phillip Island 190 ha; Norfolk Island Botanic Garden 5.5 ha)
|Pulu Keeling National Park
|2602 including marine area extending 1.5 km around North Keeling Island
|Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
|132 566
|2 132 282
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I used a key from the worlds end keep to unlock the hall of the dwarven kings gate, as i couldnt find a key from that area, i now cant unlock the final gate.. help?
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I have the same dilemma! I've been running around looking for keys for days now!
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You need to use the rift spell when you stand at the gate. there is a wall when you run to the left. on top of that wall there is a monster. hit that, change to normal rift and then kill it. it will drop the key
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You'll find another key in the frozen temple. I did exactly the same and used the wrong key.
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Where I can I get good dry aged steaks?
FWIW I just had the $24/lb dry aged rib eye from Oakland WF and it was good. I don't think they are aged for a very long time, but enough to get some of the intensification of flavor, and either young enough or well trimmed to minimize the funkiness.
Jul 29, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
Not Dim Sum brunch after getting off plane
Sorry about that. It is the major surface road (CA highway 82) running north-south on the Peninsula, crossing through most of the towns along the way.
Not Dim Sum brunch after getting off plane
I would trust the city building garages, especially Embarcadero plaza, more than I would the open lots, though no place would be risk free.
In this case you might just drive to El Camino Real, just west of the airport running north-south. Lots of restaurants, many with parking out in front, surburban style. I don't really eat there, so have no specific recommendations though. Maybe some people can chime in. I see diners, Chinese, Viet, Mexican amongst others.
Pickings are thicker heading south, but it's a quick jaunt back to the highway.
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Saturday morning Ferry Plaza Market might be enjoyable, although later in the morning it's pretty crowded. I would recommend parking in the Embarcardero center parking lot and get validation. Or Golden Gate plaza. I would say most areas in SF, Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond it is not a good idea to park on street with visible luggage.
I go to Happy Valley all the time because my wife likes dim sum and finds it satisfactory to good. Easy to park and very cheap. It get slagged a lot in these threads; I am highly aware that there is better dim sum available, but I like it enough that I don't have strong urges to go elsewhere. It's also the kind of place that you can go to in running clothes after a morning workout, which is a big +++ in my book. Sounds like Peony is worth a try again; I go to Emeryville East Ocean once a year or so and it's always good quality stuff but comparatively expensive.
Has anyone been to Joy Luck recently? It used to be the winner in cheapness and always seem to have enough good items to make it worth it to me, but once I started going to Happy Valley the relative ease of going to that side of the lake won out, and it was sometimes just as good to better.
My Taiwanese born mom and aunts visited recently and enjoyed it, even compared with the more expensive places they frequent in the Rockville, MD and Northern Virginia region. Not that they're experts or anything.
Probably depends on what items you prefer too. Har gow in particular have too thick skins here.
Jun 20, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
BBQ Hut in Oakland opened a few months ago, Shattuck at Alcatraz. I was very impressed at about a month in; very high quality meats, consistently smoked, and a good portion for the price. More recently, the portion size has declined. Everything well smoked and seasoned, which is a big thing for me. Brisket generally not too lean. I enjoy the links and ribs. Solid ketchup based sauce, better spicy. Clearly they cater but they don't seem to have any particular catering menu, so best call in.
I did have a disappointing 4 meat combo recently, where the brisket was all dried out and oversmoked.
Don't care for their baked beans, potato salad or collards.
I like Smoky J's and their distinctive sauce, though the brisket and ribs were not as good on a few visits over the last 6 months. Not bad, just not as good as before. Hopefully a temporary dip.
Stopped in recently while in the Concord area; had links and beef to go. Links were a pretty tasty spicy smooth (red) ground. In general I prefer coarse, mixed, but these were pretty good. Hot was hotter than most. Was provided with both a red and a brown sauce, like many of the "Hickory Pit" style places in the East Bay, though here both were distinctly barbecue sauce, where the "Brown Sauce" at the other places is more like gravy.
Brisket was too lean and underseasoned for me. This was in the evening though; many places are only good for brisket at lunch. Smokiness mild but present.
Single visit review.
KC's is solid for catering if you like the style; we've used them pretty regularly over the years. It used to be my favorite 15 years ago before I converted to Texas gospel. I still go from time to time; links are some of my favorite. Everything is sauced unless you specify otherwise, beef is often too lean for me. Ribs solid.
Hip, casual place for a small celebration in Oakland?
Hog's Apothecary- awesome CA beer list, food way better than it has to be, excellent really.
Hog's and Ramen Shop are no reservations, if that matters.
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May 21, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
Any Good Coffee in Downtown Oakland?
Modern Coffee on thirteenth, weekdays til 5 pm
May 16, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
Grilled Lamb Skewers / Kabobs (Chinese Islamic / Muslim) in East Bay?
The cumin version is very nice, but they are tiny skewers, the total amount of meat maybe equal to one skewer at a lower end place. That said, they are very well done, well seasoned with a good amount of both salt and cumin. The soy-scallion version is also good.
May 01, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
China Village (Albany) is open!
So I've been about three times since it reopened. Each time I would say that I've had a good Sichuan meal though few of the dishes were outstanding. I still think back to the golden days of 2002-2003 with some fondness.
I almost always order:
So overall, your description sounds like pretty much of a disaster, and I find it hard to understand why, though I don't really doubt that that's what you got.
To provide some general color, I've found the service overall to be consistently off-putting in that there's always at least one note or interaction that is borderline rude from the waitstaff, often from one of the otherwise friendlier servers. I find the runners and bus staff consistently fine. Also, I've always found Mr Yao kind of curt, so I don't really interact with him much. I've never had the kind of involved discussion that others have described.
Nowadays I slightly prefer Ancient Sichuan though that place definitely has its own problems.
Apr 30, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
Secret Menu at Zen Yai? [San Francisco]
It is generally beef blood, even if you order the pork version. I've been eating this stuff for years and in general I've never noticed the metallic taste you get with any congealed blood cake.
Apr 21, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
Ran Kanom Thai Noodle - San Pablo
I noticed that there's a change of ownership application in the window. Different waitstaff this time, but I saw one of the same ladies in the back as on my previous visits.
Boat noodle still good, though maybe less strong herby-hot-sour than my last try.
I also noticed the new menu and look forward to trying additional dishes. The additional dishes make it more like my Hollywood favorites.
Apr 17, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
Pakistani restaurants: any regional specialties?
I feel like Kabana and Indus Village are comparable in taste to Lahore karahi and Tayyab's in London.
Apr 10, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
Pakistani restaurants: any regional specialties?
I went to a place in Dublin called biryani pointe that may be hyderabadi. It's part of a national chain of 15 or so restaurants, two of which an Indian from India friend likes lot. It was good, about half the dishes I thought were excellent. There's another in Santa Clara and a similarly named but I think unrelated Hyderabad biiryani pointe in Milpitas.
I particularly liked the chicken 65 and gobi manchurian and the goat curry.
Apr 10, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
The Punchdown - Oakland "natural" wine bar
There is a wine bar there now but it's called 1621 or something like that. Haven't been.
Apr 02, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
Is it true that SF restaurants barely make profits?
Or the crowdfunding sites where money is "invested" for no interest in the business, and little or no real obligation from the funded.
Someone should start a funding site that actually can handle true equity interests. Does that exist? Too much lawyering, maybe.
Apr 02, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
Ran Kanom Thai Noodle - San Pablo
Made it up here a few times. Very promising, thai noodle dishes v. Similar to my Hollywood/San Fernando Valley favorites. Beef boat noodle excellent, I like that they have large and small size. Zen Yai in the Tenderloin may be slightly better due to broth complexity and meat/offal selection, but this is a close second. Balanced hot/sour flavones without adjustment. Chicken tom yum noodle v. Good, again close second to zen Yai. No other close version I know if in east bay/sf.
Enjoyed the flavor and consistency of the kao soy "gravy" but could have been slightly thinner and more voluminous. The opposite problem of most bland soupy versions around here. Did not like the dry egg noodles. I can accept it as a garnish, but the bulk of the noodles were also quite dry.
Packed leftovers from the steam table $5. Really like the morning glory with pork, in a sweet sour coconut milk sauce, slightly spicy. Jungle curry was good. Turmeric and pork stir fry also had good flavor but a little too salty for me.
Store sells Thai lays potato chips. 4-5 flavors including (I think) nam prik pao. I think there's also nam kao flavor bu I'm not sure.
Neither google maps nor apple maps could find it for me but it's in the same center as Sam Pablo Supermarket. Beware apple maps on this one.
Souk Savanh Restaurant, lao and thai cuisine [Oakland]
I think there was a management or at least staff change, including cooks, over the past year, but it has been still as good as before, at least for the things I always order. See the other posts.
This is a place where "medium"is plenty for me 90% of the time.
Is it true that SF restaurants barely make profits?
I certainly agree with this post.
Is it true that SF restaurants barely make profits?
I don't know a lot about restaurants specifically, but It kind of amazes me that this discussion largely doesn't recognize the difference between net profit margin and return on investment. Someone pointed put revenue does not equal profit, but neither does it equal invested capital. Furthermore, the nature of the invested capital matters. If there is significant debt, that creates additional pressure on the operating margin. An owner-operator, paying herself a salary that is counted against operating costs, as it should be, might be satisfied with a sub-5% profit margin, depending of course on the amount and nature of the invested capital. Here is where discussions of the nature of the investors belong. Equity investments that only draw dividends from profits clearly have different effects than a bank loan or guaranteed investor dividends based on revenue.
There are plenty of going, profitable concerns that get by with operating margins in the 1.5-3.5% range. These tend to be large corporations with very large revenues, but you would be correct to suppose that the 1.5-3.5% would be unsatisfactory if it were ROI or ROIC.
Mar 31, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
BBQ Hut at 6400 Shattuck. [Oakland]
Each time I've gotten them they are large baby back, decent amount of meat compared to say a chain parboiled baby back. Most of the bones more like a smaller St. Louis cut.
Mar 19, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
I can't get over how much I like Beerlao dark... I think I was introduced to this at Champa Garden in the early days , 2008 or earlier. Now mostly get it at Souk Savanh, occasionally Chai Thai when they have it. Would still love to be able to buy cases in Oakland, but will check out San Pablo Supermarktet if I get up to Ran Kanom.
The well chosen and medium roasted dark malt, lightened further with rice make this an awesome beer to go with the cuisine. Caramel notes are emphasized in the aftertaste, and it doesn't have any of the smokey notes more common in the current american fashion of dark lagers. Just much lighter overall.
Ran Kanom Thai Noodle - San Pablo
I think that pad thai and see ewe are normally not hot, though you are always welcome to doctor it up. So when ordered spicy it may not make the most sense. In contrast, pad kee Mao and boat noodle are dishes which are meant to be spicy. In thai town LA I have given up on ordering spicy and stick to medium. Places here I know to be more receptive, including some of the oakland Lao places, I also stick to medium.
I think the thin rice noodle "sen lek" or rice stick, is the most common type in this dish, based on my research ( I've not been to Thailand) but to be offered a choice is common. The other choice would be "wide, flat" or ho fun. Egg noodles do not make sense in this dish. Anyway, I am obsessed with boat noodle, and will have to make a point of getting up there soon. Current fave is Zen Yai in the Tenderloin, but mostly go to. Thai Noodle or Bangkok Noodle in Berkeley, Sawooei in ElCerrito. None of these are top tier, all too mild and without any acidity in the base. Thai noodle comes closest, Sawooei is a v. Good beef noodle soup on its own terms.
BBQ Hut at 6400 Shattuck. [Oakland]
I've been here three times now. Really enjoying it. The smoking is skillful and strong, but with a finesse and cleanness that is lacking at smokey j's lately and certainly at Everett and jones Berkeley. It tastes "clean" to me but not in the way that a place like Smoke does.
Brisket well chosen and fatty enough- it makes a difference. I curse the preference for lean that afflicts so many of the places here in CA. Baby back ribs, yes, but smoked to toothsome, not falling off. Was impressed by the mahogany effect combined with just salt and pepper. Links were good, semi coarse. I still prefer KC BBQ for those.
Chicken and rice Boudin, a special , was delicious.
Sauce was very good, fresh tasting vinegar and tomato base in mild or spicy. Spicy not as hot as smokey j's spicy. Tarter than KC BBQ.
Potato sale to me could have used more pickle or acidity. Not my fave. Standard southern "chunky mash" style but with some BBQ rub in it. Collards were plain vinegar cooked, but good in that context. Beans not my fave, but would order each time as a side.
Beer and wine.
I've noted in other BBQ threads that I've become a Texas partisan but this place works for me too.
Mar 12, 2014twocents in San Francisco Bay Area
Bluebottle Opens new store in Oakland on Broadway near 40th
I have not been a fan of Blue Bottle, preferring Four Barrel, Ritual and even Bicycle and Verve. However, as an Oakland resident I would go to the Jack London cafe/roastery every couple of months to sample. However, I live quite near the new Morse building cafe and have the strong impression that the pour over coffee I've had there 3-4 times now has been better than at their other venues (JLS, mint, ferry bldg.) not sure why this would be since I am sure the beans are the same but maybe the skill level is better, or they are using a different amount of beans per cup?
Anyway, I like it, but their single origin roasts are much more than I want to pay regularly for.
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Are you using medium grain rice? I never get good texture with long grain, but the common calrose variety works great. I always finish on the stove so I can control consistency.
Dec 13, 2013twocents in San Francisco Bay Area


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If Northern Ireland were independent it would be a Third World country. If it was a business it would have been bankrupt years ago and simply not exist.
Earlier this week the Department of Finance published public spending figures for the year 2011/2012, the latest available and the results are stark.
During that period public spending in Northern Ireland was £9 billion higher than tax revenues, which equates to £5,311 for every single one of us.
The rest of the UK is running at a deficit as well, as we recover from the depression but this equates to 33 per cent of Total Economic Output, as opposed to 10 per cent in the UK as a whole.
The deficit is met by taxpayers in the rest of the UK – a significant burden which is no comfort to unionists or nationalists.
I doubt very much whether many voters in England, Wales or Scotland are aware of the extent of the deficit. But if they were, which do you think they would go for to help their own economy: closing the local hospital, increasing income tax, or cutting the subvention to Northern Ireland? As to citizens of the Republic of Ireland: we now have a price on Irish unity: it is £9 billion a year: even if it were affordable to a state so recently bankrupted, just translate that into a cost per citizen and watch the appetite for a united Ireland disappear.
The news is full of stories about large amounts of money, so vast in fact that most of us just can't grasp them. Never mind relate to them.
So let's just think for a second about what the rest of the UK could have as an alternative to a place which is still riven with conflict and costs them £9 billion to run.
One of the UK's biggest current investments is in upgrading the entire rail network in Great Britain. This will be spent on upgrades to stations and tracks and will create enough capacity around cities for an additional 140,000 daily rail journeys at peak times, most of which will be on. It is costing £9.4 million.
So without the massive loss we are making, and if the money were to be transferred into capital expenditure, the rest of Britain could enjoy a similar massive investment every single year.
So this is the context against which our politicians are falling out over the impact of Welfare Reform. Welfare is actually one of the areas where the deficit has grown the most. It accounts for 35 per cent of the total spent here.
It is a sad irony that 100 years ago Northern Ireland had a vibrant, booming economy with its linen industry, ship building and other heavy manufacturing. All that has gone. Today we're left with an economy which is struggling to come to life, and a heavy dependence on the public sector, which is itself losing money and is comparatively larger than that of the old Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China.
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Posted 09 November 2012 - 12:55 AM
hi there,
we are looking at starting swimming lessons for our 3 children aged 6 and 4 yrs ( twins). just wondering if anyone has any views on whether state swim is better or craige leisure centure is for swim lessons?
Posted 09 November 2012 - 08:48 AM
We currently go to Craigie but have done stateswim in the past, although it was a few years ago. Craigie was cheaper when I last looked although that could have changed. It is currently $126 for a 9 week term. An advantage that stateswim has is that you can book a makeup lesson if you miss one, they don't do that at Craigie. If you miss a lesson there you can get a free family pass to the pool but that has to be used during the term. We used to use Whitfords statswim and around Christmas time it was very difficult to get a parking spot with all of the shoppers. With stateswim they take children into the water to do lessons on their own at an earlier age than Craigie do although I don't think that would be an issue for you. I have found the water temperature to be similar at both pools. Regarding which place has better lessons/teachers, I didn't notice any difference. Craigie has a lot of different levels operating at the same time so it maybe easier to get all of your kids lessons schedules simultaneously?
Edited by Fabulous, 09 November 2012 - 08:51 AM.
Posted 09 November 2012 - 04:40 PM
I have also used both. Generally I prefer stateswim, as they move the children up through the levels when they are ready, without having to wait until the end of the term. I have also found the teachers a little stricter, which my DD needed. And they were more willing to help my DS get over his fear of water. It took them 6 weeks, after 2 wasted terms at Craigie.
Much prefer stateswim, as I said. But I agree with Fabulous - parking can be a hassle. We did Saturday AM for a while, which was a pain.
Posted 10 November 2012 - 01:40 AM
hi there, thanks to you both for your replies.. very much appreciated. stateswim phoned me back today and they are making up a new class for my 3 little ones on a tue at 5.30 which is just brilliant. when my son was little i took him to craige and it was totally fine and i was going to take them back there again ( we have been overseas for a few yrs) until i spoke to another mum whom was taking her 2 children to state swim in osbourne park and they were doing really well. we have decided to choose stateswim ( whitfords so fingers crossed with the parking!!) for the reasons in that they only have 4 per class and they move them up when appropriate as opposed to waiting for a 9 week course to end. also with having 3 children in stateswim it is a little cheaper too which is a bonus:O)
again thank you both for your replies! have a good weekend )
Posted 10 November 2012 - 08:59 AM
Interesting to read your comments, because our experience of Stateswim (East Fremantle) was that we went for months on end not progressing and DS1 at 18 months was put into a class that was age-based and was well behind what he'd been doing in his previous swimming school interstate where they were getting him ready to do classes without me. I prefer the term-based programs because we get a regular progress report.
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Ozone oxidation of biological sludge: Effects on disintegration, anaerobic biodegradability, and filterability
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DOI: 10.1002/ep.10494
Copyright © 2010 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy
Volume 30, Issue 3, pages 377–383, October 2011
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Erden, G. and Filibeli, A. (2011), Ozone oxidation of biological sludge: Effects on disintegration, anaerobic biodegradability, and filterability. Environ. Prog. Sustainable Energy, 30: 377–383. doi: 10.1002/ep.10494
Publication History
- Issue published online: 13 SEP 2011
- Article first published online: 10 SEP 2010
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- anaerobic degradability;
- biological sludge;
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This study deals with pretreatment of biological sludge by ozone oxidation for the purpose of biological sludge disintegration. Different ozone dose ranged between 0.005 and 0.25 gO3/g DS were used for the process optimization. The potential for improving anaerobic digestion through ozone oxidation was also investigated. In addition, the effect of ozone oxidation on filterability characteristics of sludge was evaluated using lab-scale experiments. The results showed that ozone effectively disintegrates the sludge. The highest disintegration degree (51.1%) was achieved when 0.1gO3/g DS was used. Biochemical methane potential (BMP) results suggest that ozone oxidation significantly enhanced the biodegradability of biological sludge. For 0.1 gO3/g DS, 25% higher methane production was achieved compared with raw sludge. The supernatant characteristics of the sludge were also affected by ozone oxidation. For 0.1 gO3/g DS, the soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP) increased by 300%, 94.2%, 225%, and 200%, respectively. Finally, using ozone oxidation for the purpose of floc disintegration (0.1 gO3/g DS) had no negative effect on sludge filterability in terms of CST results. But at higher doses than 0.1 gO3/g DS, ozone oxidation reduced the filterability of sludge. © 2010 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 2011


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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
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In exciting news, my cover story in All About Beer has been published! It's a feature length story about Bayou Teche Brewing, its connection to French farmhouse brewing, and a rundown on the history of the farmhouse brewing style.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Beer travels and links!
|Matt Horney (Old Rail), me, Zac Caramonta (Gnarly Barley), and Josh Erickson (Chafunkta)
during ACBW at the Avenue Pub.
Bad Blogspot! It crashed and wiped out my previous draft of this blog post. However, I now suspect that it may have sucked, so it may be for the best.
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Can't blog. Detoxing.
Another successful ACBW in the books. Avenue Pub had a 16% increase (in either volume or sales, I'm not sure) over last year. Lots of events, lots of beer, lots of breweries, lots of fun.
I'm a bit fried. So here are some other people's brainthoughts.
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Go forth and taste grandly!
|Variety of beer from Local's Night at the Avenue Pub
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Try not to put the "Fried" in Friday, OK?
|Ommegang seasonal at Coquette
Almost at the end of ACBW, hope everyone is holding up OK!
Yesterday afternoon/evening was gorgeous in New Orleans and today is shaping up to be the same. I'm heading over to the Avenue Pub to drink some of the newer, smaller, local breweries' beer this afternoon - hey, did y'all know that the Avenue balcony opens at 1pm on Fridays? - and then head over to Crescent Pie and Sausage.
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Thirsty Thursday
|Me at the Avenue during ACBW 2010. We moved to New Orleans that week.
Which is why I look exhausted and why I have band-aids on my fingers
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ACBW Wednesday - We're in the thick of it now!
|The upstairs offerings of last night's Barrel Aged night at the Avenue Pub
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