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Atlanta's TomorrowWorld Festival Wows
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This past September 27-29, ID&T brought its famous mega-production to the Bouckaert Farm outside Atlanta and showed American audiences what's been missing from its already-massive festival market. The event's multiple stages each featured an engaging theme—from the mainstage's massive "Book of Wisdom" motif to the Hardstyle stage's scorpion monstrosity. [READ MORE] Continue reading
Kaskade Takes 'America's Best DJ' Title a 2nd Time
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The votes of the fans have all been counted and it's official: DJ Times magazine and Pioneer DJ are proud to announce that Kaskade has been voted America's Best DJ for 2013. This is the second time Kaskade has taken home the award—he also won in 2011—and it marks the first time any DJ has won the 8th annual award twice.
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While an outcry from the general public has just erupted following Miley Cyrus's twerking nightmare at last week's MTV Video Music Awards, Diplo has reigned as the patron saint of the art since the release of his Express Yourself EP last year. In an attempt to solidify this position, Diplo has announced his plan to create a World Record-breaking twerk wall during his performance at this weekend's Electric Zoo festival in New York City. [READ MORE] Continue reading
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In need of a quick, free stormer to load your libraries and sets for the weekend? We've got seven killer tracks just for you, completely free of charge, as part of our weekly #FreePlayThursday feature![read more] Continue reading
America's Best DJ: A Chi-town 4th, Bisco & Bassgasm 9
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Chicago – This past weekend, America's Best DJ Summer Tour Presented by Pioneer DJ & DJ Times was feeling plenty patriotic, and lucky for us we got to spend the 4th of July and its immediate aftermath in one of America's greatest cities—Chicago, Ill.[read more] Continue reading
Matt & Kim, Flosstradamus, & More Added to Mad Decent Block Parties
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The dates and initial lineups of the 2013 Mad Decent Block Parties were announced a while back, but a number of notable artist additions have just been announced. The additional acts added to the 13 tour dates include Matt & Kim, Action Bronson, 3BALLMTY, Kito & Reija Lee, and Anamanaguchi. Flosstradamus joins fellow America's Best DJ nominees Baauer, Dillon Francis, Diplo, Nadastrom, and RL Grime on the lineup. [READ MORE] Continue reading
HOLY SHIP!!! Reveals 2014 Lineup Including Disclosure, Zedd, Skrillex, and More
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Going into its third annual voyage, HOLY SHIP!!! has released its lineup for the three night cruise and dance music festival. The lineup spans a wide range of styles and includes both seasoned veterans and rising stars. [READ MORE] Continue reading
Holy Ship!! Takes EDM Out to Sea
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Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. —It's not every week that you can watch world-class DJs play all night in a club, and then all day on the sandy shores of the Bahamas. In fact, it's only about once a year.
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EDM on NYE—Hot Shots from New Year's Eve
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New York City —First off, Happy New Year!
This past New Year's Eve and its previous weekend, the EDM world saw plenty of its top DJ/performers light up venues across the country for thousands of adoring fans. From Las Vegas to Dallas and New York City, some of the globe's major talents welcomed in the New Year, then drove their beats deep into the night. [...] Continue reading
Markus Schulz Voted America's Best DJ for 2012
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Port Washington, N.Y.— The votes have all been counted and it's official — DJ Times magazine and Pioneer DJ are proud to announce that Markus Schulz has been voted America's Best DJ for 2012.
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Hey, everyone!
I'm interested in hearing about which bird first got you hooked into birding.
Long, memory-filled monologues are allowed!
As for me, it was the Killdeer.
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Posted 29 July 2011 - 06:06 PM
Hey, everyone!
I'm interested in hearing about which bird first got you hooked into birding.
Long, memory-filled monologues are allowed!
As for me, it was the Killdeer.
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When I was young I used to build models. Cars, boats, superman busting through a wall, etc. One day my mother bought me a model of a Scarlet Tanager. All bright red and solid black, what a beautiful bird! I've been interested in wildlife as long as I can remember. A few years ago I decided I would make a real effort to find one of these beautiful birds for real.
In a park in a nearby town there are supposed to be tanagers every year. I went there to see if I could find one, just one! I was off and running on this wonderful hobby but still couldn't find one. Finally, after about three years I went back to that same park one day in early spring and stood in a spot I thought should be good to see a Scarlet Tanager. After a while of seeing almost nothing at all I stopped, closed my eyes and simply asked God to let me see ONE Scarlet Tanager. I didn't even need a picture, just a chance to see one for real. I opened my eyes, walked a few feet and thought I heard what sounded like my prey. A Tanager landed in a tree just 10 yards in front of me and stayed there for at least 15 minutes! I was taking pictures like mad. Constantly checking with my binos to see this gorgeous bird as close as possible for as long as possible before it went away.
Since then I have found more Tanagers in several other parks in the area. They still thrill me every time I see them.
Scarlet Tanagers are the bird that started it all for me.
Posted 30 July 2011 - 08:24 AM
As I seriously was thinking about this, it really is hard to say. It wasn't really the first bird we ID'ed here in Iowa, as it didn't really start an interest in birding. That was a Northern Flicker. I cannot even say it was the Brown Thrasher, which brought me to this site. There were/are the people here who were passionate. We have a 9 year old who really liked the birds. He is always drawing them, photographing and reading about them. He builds bird houses and feeders. His excitement began rubbing onto the rest of the family.
But you know, I think the bird that really gave me a passion for birding is the Wood Duck. We had a male and female in our front tree early one Saturday. It was like if we can have such a cool bird in our yard, what else is out there beyond our 9 acres? Our yard list still far surpasses everything else, but slowly the gap is widening.
This whole birding thing really has made us all so much more aware of our surroundings. It is so amazing what we can see on a daily basis even if weeks pass and we never see a new bird. We have so much to learn about our regular visitors that at this point, we cannot say there is a dull moment.
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Wow. I wish I had the same kind of powerful first experience as the stories I'm reading here.
I've always been into animals, especially mammals, but I was somewhat uninterested in aves as a child. However, a pair of loud, noisy birds became my Grandma's next door neighbors. Unlike most other birds, they would run along on the ground, peeping. And, unlike most birds, I could get so close! Finally, I decided I didn't want to call them "the birds" anymore and I researched online. I discovered they were Killdeer.
Over the years, my Grandma placed a feeder outside and I became increasingly interested in the birds. I got to know them personally and I was amazed at the variety and beauty of the animals living in my own backyard. Now everytime a chickadee calls, I can't help but smile. And the mourning doves always bring a tear to my eye. In a way, birds also opened my eyes to how awe-inspiring creation is.
Now birding is a joy to me. I'm very glad those Killdeer decided to move in.
Posted 01 August 2011 - 01:26 PM
Great Post .. For me it was the American Goldfinch .. I thought someones pet bird escaped .. Since then I have been birding .. I try to get out as much as I can .. Nothing like walking in the woods .. fields .. And wondering what you might see next.
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When I was a photographer with film, I never bothered to try to photograph birds, because it was just hopeless technically, or at least financially due to the quantity of film waste that would be required. Then when I finally got a DSLR, I found I could actually get shots of critters that just weren't manageable before. This was especially brought home by a pair of red-tails that decided to soar over me for several minutes just a week after I first got the camera. Interest in identifying birds definitely came after interest in photographing them.
The colorful wild turkeys where I was living didn't hurt, but I think those two red-tailed hawks get the credit.
Posted 17 August 2011 - 04:12 PM
When we retired we moved from the city to a rural setting. I started noticing brightly colored birds that I had never seen in the city. I had no idea what they were and couldn't see any detail as they flew by so quickly. One day we were sitting in a park in town and noticed a black and white bird scurrying up and down a tree trunk, then watched as it hung up side down from a tree branch. We were very intrigued.
We found out it was a White Breasted Nuthatch.
Since then we have been avid bird watchers. We started off with one seed bell in our tree, we now have up to 6 feeders out and get many different birds coming to our feeders.
Posted 19 August 2011 - 06:38 AM
The Baltimore Oriole. I was on a date with my husband at a nice restaurant when I had to excuse myself to take an important phone call, and I was standing outside of the building in my finery when a male Baltimore Oriole flew by and landed in a nearby tree. It was so flashy and bright, it looked like it belonged somewhere in the tropics, not in suburban Massachusetts.
I wasn't sure what it was, so I searched on Whatbird. I've always been relatively interested in birds, and I used to watch them out the back window of my grandparents house with my grandfather when I was a little girl, but that was what inspired me to make a life list and get a field guide.
Posted 19 August 2011 - 12:13 PM
Nice thread!
We had previously lived on a postage stamp lot with no trees in a desertish area of Colorado and the only birds we saw at our home there were a robin and a northern flicker.
After we had lived in New York for little over a year, I was spending a good deal of time outside in the spring with my young children. Our new yard had trees, including old apple trees, wild grasses and flowers and part of a neighborhood forest. I noticed an eastern towhee. I had never seen anything like it before. I looked it up and started feeding the birds. And have been hooked since. Although, I have learned enough to know when to feed the birds and what kinds of food attract the birds I am interested in. And I have also had time to plant flowers and trees that attract birds.
Posted 19 August 2011 - 03:29 PM
I've been into photography for a while now, and I always liked wildlife. As far as birding, it was somewhere between the Ospreys that I saw on boat rides with my family and the Green Heron that I use for my avatar that I decided to start birding seriously. I spotted the Greenie on a boat trip around Lake Okeechobee. I had read a book about Florida's waterbirds the day before, so I knew exactly what it was. I also had my camera with me. That was Thanksgiving 2008. After that Christmas, I was on my way back home from my folks' place and decided to check out Merritt Island NWR (I'd read about it in the Florida waterbirds book too). I saw my first Sora there, but I didn't know what it was at the time. While I was searching the web trying to figure out what it was, I came across this site called whatbird.com. That was it.
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Barracuda Networks is building on the success of its Spam Firewall product line by delivering a similarly engaging Barracuda Web Filter 310 appliance. The device contains more features and customization than any other I've seen for the money.
Administrators familiar with the Barracuda Spam Firewall's user interface will find a near-exact copy on the Web Filter, with its own feature-rich, multi-tabbed Web pages. (Web Filter was formerly known as the Spyware Firewall, until Barracuda extended its feature set and reach.) Although the device's strength still lies in blocking spyware, it also blocks unauthorized Web sites, viruses, adware, malicious Web content, and unauthorized applications.
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Arriving as a 1U unit with LAN and WAN ports, the Web Filter 310 should be placed as an inline device to scan all incoming monitored content before passing it to the end-user. Content filtering begins with more than 50 separate predefined categories, ranging from the blatant (adult and porn content) to personal choices such as gambling, auctions, and finance.
Content can be blocked or whitelisted by domain, category, URL patter, or MIME type. Spyware and malware are blocked if they come from URLs previously determined by Barracuda Networks as malicious, as well as if they're caught by the real-time binary content scanning.
The Web Filter can block peer-to-peer services, IM, file downloads, Web-based e-mail, music sites, proxies, and chat sites. Most of the popular services (AIM, iTunes, Weatherbug, MySpace, etc.) are already listed and can be allowed or blocked on a per-service basis. Preventing users from downloading and using unauthorized applications can significantly decrease malicious risk and increase productivity (infoworld.com/4304).
I want to stand up and applaud Barracuda's capability to block third-party desktop toolbars -- such as those of Yahoo and MSN -- and applications that potentially pose a security risk -- such as instant messaging (a popular avenue for malware spreaders) and Citrix's GoToMyPC.
One of my favorite features, in the content filtering section, allows an administrator to test a newly modified filtering category immediately, using a browser within the Web Filter interface. This allows the administrator to test for desired outcomes when trying to block or allow a particular site, although I did find some differences between what the test revealed and what occurred on the client.
Administrators can easily submit new sites and rogue applications to Barracuda Networks for addition to the built-in content categories. You can also block access manually using any of the Web Filter's customized block options.
Local clients identified as infected by the Web Filter will be automatically blocked and directed to download and run the Barracuda Spyware Removal tool. Although I can't recommend its use more than I can some of the better-known and lab-tested spyware removal tools, it's nice to be able to give users an automatic option based upon malicious activity detection.
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Lately, Marie Claire has done some really good covers — like the revelatory au naturel Kim Kardashian shot (which Allure basically tried to rip off a couple months later, except for how theirs turned out really sweaty and less flattering and, well, worse), and the in-your-face Jolie shot, and even last month's Blake Lively effort. So I was bummed out by the Kristen Wiig edition:
Kristen Wiig is a very pretty lady, and seems like she's probably fun. Not that you would know it from this. If you had never heard of her before — say, you just woke up from a very long coma, in which your dead uncle told you all sorts of truths about your soul but absolutely nothing about pop culture — you would wonder if "HER LOL INTERVIEW" was actually supposed to read "LOW," and that she'd spent the whole time in very low spirits and with low energy, speaking at low volume, sitting in low light, briefly lowing like a cow, and then, I don't know, low-balling somebody on a pair of shoes on eBay. That thing is stiffer than a face on Real Housewives: Pick Any City. Her smile seems forced and insincere, as if the wind machine made it hard for her to breathe, and the pose seems arranged chiefly to maximize boob exposure — something I don't traditionally associate with Marie Claire. In fact, to close the circle, LOL does not feel like a very Marie Claire term either. And can you really get naturally perfect skin? Isn't the whole idea of having to do something to your skin to make it perfect the OPPOSITE of it being natural? I'm confused. I don't think of Marie Claire as my friend who texts in teen shorthand and wears underboob blazers. Maybe we need to go out for a ladies' night and hug it out over some cocktails.


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The San Francisco received some of the worst news one could possible receive when starting wide receiver Michael Crabtree suffered an Achilles tear during Tuesday's OTA practice; though the belief is that he won't miss the entire season. It's a reminder that even preventing contact during offseason practices, players still have the potential to suffer significant injuries -- usually under the file "freak accidents".
It got us thinking. Which Bengals could the team ill-afford to lose? We have a list but we applied a generic criteria. We're not just naming the best Bengals players; rather the impact it would cause if they were injured, largely in relation to the current talent pool at their respective positions.
A.J. GREEN: Green is so athletically gifted that when he does something remarkable that redefines our understanding of physics, we're no longer amazed. We just expect it. Green's 162 career receptions is the second-most in NFL history during a player's first two seasons, sitting behind only Marques Colston (168). Along with tying a club-record five games with 100 yards receiving or more in 2012, Green was also named the AFC Offensive Player of the Month in September.
GENO ATKINS: One of the more obvious selections due to his overall three-year production in Cincinnati. Last year Atkins posted 12.5 quarterback sacks and four forced fumbles. Not to mention there's a lot of unproven talent behind Atkins on the depth chart.
ANDY DALTON: Just take a minute and realize who would replace him if he suffered a significant injury. That's Event Horizon levels of scary.
REGGIE NELSON: Though we could just say, "there's no one else" as our reasoning, Nelson is a significant contributor on a defense that's ranked inside the top-seven in consecutive seasons. Since 2011, Nelson has generated 170 tackles, seven interceptions, four forced fumbles, a touchdown and three quarterback sacks. It's not just the numbers that defines Nelson. His interception against Pittsburgh with :24 remaining in the fourth quarter eventually led to the Bengals' game-winning field goal, clinching a postseason berth. We're talking one of the greatest impacts of a single-game for the entire season.
LEON HALL: Already existing in a fairly deep talent pool at his position, Hall's production towards the end of the season last year was the image of the trustworthy Hall that we had been missing earlier that year. Coming off his recovery from a season-ending injury in 2011, as Hall's Achilles strengthened and his confidence with it, Hall displayed a game-changing impact starting with an interception against the Eagles that gave Cincinnati required momentum to win the game. Then Hall scored touchdowns against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Texans during wild card weekend.
Terence Newman turns 35 years old and hasn't played a full 16-game season since 2010 and Adam Jones has only recently felt 100 percent healthy -- except he suffered a minor calf injury during the first week of OTAs. In fact last season was the first time that Jones played a full 16-game season. Except for his Achilles injury in 2011, Hall is stability and reliability; easily the best cornerback on the team.


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Locals call Denali – or McKinley, you decide – The Mountain. When you're lucky enough to see it you understand why. Though it's flanked by several other great peaks, Denali towers above them all at 20,320 feet. My friend — a former resident of the mountain town where most expeditions to Denali start — envied my success in seeing the summit. Though that success had little do with me and everything to do with weather and an available seat on Talkeetna Air Taxi's flight-seeing and glacier landing tour.
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For the ultimate bird's eye view of your destination there's no more thrilling way to get your bearings than zooming over the landscape in a helicopter. Whether hovering over a kaleidoscope of corals at the Great Barrier Reef or soaring around the Statue of Liberty in New York, here are 10 of the best cities seen from above
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I've explored the Windy City from plenty of angles: often on foot, sometimes by boat, but never before from the air. To say that touring Chicago by helicopter provides a different perspective would be a huge understatement. Taking off from Midway Airport, located to the southwest of the city, I immediately developed a new appreciation […]
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There are many places and ways to explore the great American outdoors. At the top of any itinerary you will find the Grand Canyon, and while most people would drive in to check out Lake Meadow and the Hoover Dam, why not avoid the crowds and take the first class route, high about in a helicopter on the Grand Canyon All American Helicopter Tour?
February 28, 2012 by Viator Travel Team | 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Grand Canyon Helicopter Tour
It's funny how you can have a really skewed idea of what things look like before you actually see them. For example, I expected the Sydney Opera House to be much bigger than it is, the Leaning Tower of Pisa to be out on its own rather than part of a complex and Prague Castle to be a bit like the ones you see in fairy story cartoons.
In a similar way, I got the Grand Canyon all wrong.
February 21, 2012 by David Whitley | 0 Comments
Top 10 Helicopter Tours
Often described as a "once in a lifetime experience", helicopter tours offer you a unique opportunity to see the world's most famous icons and cities from above. Only in a helicopter can you hover, land and gain access to areas that would otherwise be off limits to tourists. It's a great way to start or finish a holiday, and for many travelers, a helicopter tour is the absolute highlight of their trip. This year, New York City and Las Vegas helicopter tours were our travelers top picks! With such iconic attractions and amazing skylines, it's no wonder helicopter tours in these areas are consistently popular.
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Rather than opening Control Panel or other locations from the Start Menu and hunting for what you need, you might find it easier to access them in expanded view from the Start Menu. Here we'll show you a quick tip to get it done.
If you're moving from XP to Windows 7, one of the new features you might be interested in is Media Center. In this tutorial we'll walk through the process of configuring it for the first time and look at some of its default features.
Dropbox is one of the coolest utilities available today to backup and share files and folders online. If you want easier access to it, you might want to add it to the Send To Menu in the Context Menu.
If you ever have to read a long Word document, scrolling all the way through it to find what you need can be annoying. Today we look at using the Thumbnails Feature to navigate through them faster.
Sometimes when you plug a USB drive into your machine you won't see it in Computer or AutoPlay in Windows 7 or Vista. Today we take a look at how to change the drive letter so you can can access it.
Unfortunately when installing Office 2010 not everything goes smoothly. Here is how to fix an Internal Error 2203 which we ran into during one installation of OneNote 2010.
One new feature with the Windows 7 Taskbar is the Notification Area automatically hides certain icons. Here we'll take a look at making it a bit more manageable.
Sometimes you need to keep your important documents secure so only certain individuals can read and edit them. Here we take a look at how to restrict editing and encrypt your documents in Office 2010.
When you're traveling sometimes you don't have a Wi-Fi connection available for your portable devices or need to share files with another wireless computer. Here is how to create a wireless ad hoc network in Windows 7 to solve the issue.
There are a lot of new users to Windows 7 who are not happy with the new Start Menu and wish they could revert to the Classic menu. Here is how to at least get back the Classic "All Programs" Menu.
There may be times when you don't want "the man" knowing what your IM conversations are. Today we look at an Instant Messenger plugin that will keep your conversations completely private.
Sometimes when you're making changes to your computer sound card or upgrading editions of Foobar2000 you may get this playback error. The fix for this is simple and quick.
If you have multiple user on your local machine or manage workstations in an office, you might want to enable or disable their password protection for added security. Today we take a look at how to do it in Windows 7.
In the previous version of Windows Live Writer, utilizing features was a simple process. Now things are placed in the Ribbon and at times more difficult to access. Here we'll look at adding anything to the Quick Access Toolbar.
The new Search feature in Windows 7 has greatly improved for navigating your PC. But how neat would it be to search the Internet from the Start Menu? Here we show you how to do it.
If you're the administrator of a shared computer or a few in the office, you probably want to have the users change their password periodically for enhanced security. Here's how to do it in Windows 7 & XP.
When you want to close an application window you "x" out of it or close it from the Taskbar right? What you may not know is, you can also close out of an application double clicking the icon on the left of an app window.
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Microsoft has released a beta version of the next version of Windows Live Essentials, it includes tools like Movie Maker, Mail, Live Sync, and more for Vista and Windows 7. Here we'll take a look at the beta suite and see what you can expect.
In Windows 7 Explorer, changing the view of your thumbnails and other files is easy by clicking the Change Your View button in Explorer. What you may not have noticed is there's an Extra Large view setting as well.
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Carrying out complex operations & applying conditions on tables in Access are not that much easy as in Excel. Some users are still confusing it with Excel which is synonymous to belittling Access capabilities.
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Ozzie Newsome has confirmed what many thought was Derrick Mason's starting spot. Torrey Smith will be the starter per Baltimoreravens.com. So all those that thought it was Mason's job can suck it up and trust Ozzie like we always do. Now what do you all think?
@1WinningDriveBaltimore Ravens Newsome says Torrey Smith is coming in to be a starting wide receiver. ... Also talks about his kickoff return ability 44 minutes ago via TweetDeck


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A few weeks ago, Keith Bates wrote an insightful and blunt post about how many startups are nothing more than pop bands looking for "hit singles" as opposed to inventing something new and important.
It was a post I had on my to-do list but Keith did such a good job that it does not make sense to cover the same ground. Instead, I want to take a different approach by putting the spotlight on a topic alien to many startups: patience.
In an instant gratification, give-it-to-me-now, overnight success world, patience isn't a concept that is embraced or celebrated. Startups that don't enjoy immediate success when they launch or soon afterward are easily dismissed as yesterday's news. They get one shot at hitting the mark so if you miss, you're done…or so it goes.
The reality is not every startup hits it right away. Some take time to mature, evolve, improve and find the right audience, while others have to wait until they're at the right place at the right time.
In other words, they need to be patient rather than expecting the world to come to their door right away. Patience means have faith in your vision, the problem being solved or addressed, and the strategic and tactical roadmap.
It means having the confidence to not get discouraged when traction doesn't happen right away – be it users, customers, partners, revenue, investors or media/blog coverage. It also involves having a realistic approach to the marketplace, the competition and what it will take to establish a solid foothold that can be built upon.
Unfortunately, it is difficult for startups to be patient because there's so much competition and there is a belief that success must happen right away, otherwise you might as well pack it up and go home.
What patience gives a startup is the ability to see things through, stay the course, have faith in their technology, employees and vision, and remain confident their time will come.
Truth be told, it's tough to be patient. It's difficult to keep going when things aren't going well or as well as expected. But patient can be a virtue for startups that know they've got a product that will eventually click with customers or users.
For some more thoughts on startups and patience, Max Lynch talks about his experience with Codiqa.


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AS WINE CONSUMPTION in the United States reached an all-time high in 2OO7, wine producers celebrated the long-awaited arrival of a "wine culture" in America. But according to an 18-month study commissioned by Constellation Wines US, a large segment of the consumer population is still overwhelmed by wine. The results of "Home & Habits", the second phase of Constellation's "Project Genome" study, were released March 7. "Our industry needs to do more to become more customer focused," said José Fernandez, President and CEO of Constellation Wines North America.
The original 2OO5 study of 35OO wine drinkers was one of the largest consumer research projects ever conducted by the wine industry. The new study examined the purchases of 1O,OOO premium-wine consumers – defined as those who purchased wine priced at $5 and higher – over an 18-month period. While the first Project Genome study asked online survey participants to recall their wine purchases during the last 3O days, the Home & Habits study tracked the actual purchases of Nielsen Co.'s Homescan consumer purchase panel, which employs in-home bar code scanners and surveys to map consumer buying behavior across a demographically balanced sampling.
Nielsen measured consumer attitudes and purchase behavior within multiple purchase channels, including warehouse clubs, supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drug stores, liquor stores, and wine shops. The scan data were supplemented with online interviews to classify consumers by consumer segments identified in the original study: Overwhelmed, Image Seekers, Traditionalists, Savvy Shoppers, Satisfied Sippers, and Enthusiasts.
Among the new insights into the segments:
23% of consumers:
Overwhelmed by sheer volume of choices on store shelves.
Like to drink wine, but don't know what kind to buy and may select by label.
Looking for wine information in retail settings that's easy to understand.
Very open to advice, but frustrated when there is no one in the wine section to help.
If information is confusing, they won't buy anything at all.
Image Seekers
2O% of consumers:
View wine as a status symbol.
Are just discovering wine and have a basic knowledge of it.
Like to be the first to try a new wine, and are open to innovative packaging.
Prefer Merlot as their #1 most-purchased variety; despite "Sideways", Pinot Noir is not high on their list.
Use the Internet as key information source, including checking restaurant wine lists before they dine out so they can research scores.
Millennials and males often fall into this category.
16% of consumers:
Enjoy wines from established wineries.
Think wine makes an occasion more formal, and prefer entertaining friends and family at home to going out.
Like to be offered a wide variety of well known national brands.
Won't often try new wine brands.
Shop at retail locations that make it easy to find favorite brands.
Savvy Shoppers
15% of consumers:
Enjoy shopping for wine and discovering new varietals on their own.
Have a few favorite wines to supplement new discoveries.
Shop in a variety of stores each week to find best deals, and like specials and discounts.
Are heavy coupon users, and know what's on sale before they walk into a store.
Typically buy a glass of the house wine when dining out, due to the value.
Satisfied Sippers
14% of consumers:
Don't know much about wine, just know what they like to drink.
Typically buy the same brand – usually domestic – and consider wine an everyday beverage.
Don't enjoy the wine-buying experience, so buy 1.5L bottles to have more wine on hand.
Second-largest category of warehouse shoppers, buying 16% of their wine in club stores.
Don't worry about wine and food pairing.
Don't dine out often, but likely to order the house wine when they do.
12% of consumers:
Entertain at home with friends, and consider themselves knowledgeable about wine.
Live in cosmopolitan centers, affluent suburban spreads or comfortable country settings.
Like to browse the wine section, publications, and are influenced by wine ratings and reviews.
47% buy wine in 1.5L size as "everyday wine" to supplement their "weekend wine".
98% buy wine over $6 per bottle, which accounts for 56% of what they buy on a volume basis.
With the highest percentage of consumers falling into the Overwhelmed category, Leslie Joseph, Constellation's Vice President of Consumer Research Affairs, commented: "We need to do a better job as an industry of helping these people understand what a wine's going to taste like." Fernandez said he sees the situation as a chance to increase overall wine sales in the US. "We've under-communicated to these consumers," he said. "Increasing per capita consumption in the Overwhelmed category is our biggest opportunity. If we do nothing, today's Overwhelmed will be tomorrow's Overwhelmed." The fact that most people who work in the wine industry are Enthusiasts may account for the industry's failure to understand Overwhelmed consumers, Fernandez added.
Joseph pointed out that the industry also needs to pay more attention to Traditionalist consumers, who tend to prefer established wine brands. "It's perhaps not the most exciting segment to be talking about" for sommeliers or retailers, she said, "but it's very important to keep these consumers in mind."
"All six of these segments are coming into your establishment on any given day," said Ed LeMay, Senior Vice President- Channel Management, Constellation Wines US. "The key is in what proportion."
how data will be used Constellation will use insights from the Project Genome Home & Habits study when consulting with retailers and on-premise establishments in developing more comprehensive wine plans, from updating grocery displays to "clustering" selections by geography, lifestyle and preference. "Any time we can learn more about our premium-wine consumer, it's an opportunity to serve them better," LeMay said. Fernandez said the study results are especially important to Constellation now that it has divested itself of "jug wine" brands Inglenook and Almaden, and is focusing on becoming a leader in the premium wine segment. Constellation chose to share top-line findings of the new research as a service to the industry, Fernandez said. "In the end, we all benefit when we know consumers better, and can make wine a more meaningful and relevant part of their lives."


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There's good news and bad news.
The threatened LACMA film program has been saved through the fiscal year 2010 by $150,000 in pledges from the Hollywood Foreign press Association (they put on the Golden Globes) and Time Warner Cable (in association with Ovation TV). The museum has often mounted screenings of restored prints that are headed for DVD release or showings on cable.
LACMA Director Michael Govan stated that the museum:
"is grateful to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Time Warner Cable, and Ovation TV, for expressing their tangible support for the art of film at LACMA, and we're very pleased that we can keep film rolling while we build for the future."
The bad news is that the Motion Picture and Television Fund is set to close its long-beleaguered housing unit an affliliated care center for the aged, as planned, by year's end, reports the NYT.
J. Sperling Reich | August 28, 2009 5:13 AM
It's amazing how all of a sudden it only takes $150,000 to keep the LACMA film program up and running for another 8 months, but somehow it managed to lose boatloads of money (according to LACMA officials) over the last several years.
Quite honestly, the whole thing is beginning to smell like a publicity stunt aimed at raising money. If indeed that's what it is, then it worked. Not only did they get two donations, but I'm now looking forward to attending a screening at LACMA even though I live quite far away. I haven't been there in years.
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Ipoh is the state capital of Perak, on the west coast of peninsular Malaysia. The name Ipoh originated from a local tree known as the pokok ipoh. This particular plant is known for its tree sap, which is poisonous and was traditionally used by the Orang Asli (aboriginal people) in their blowdarts. Ipoh is also known as san seng which means "city surrounded by mountains" in Cantonese.
Photo by Alex Moi
Ipoh is located in the rich tin bearing valley of the Kinta River. It grew up as a mining town. For that reason, Ipoh's growth has stagnated ever since the development of the country and the closure of the tin mines. This stagnation has prompted many residents to move to other parts of Malaysia, particularly Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh has since been called a dead city and a good retirement city. In spite of this, Ipoh still remains one of Malaysia's largest cities, with a population of 637,200 (2004) and urban area population of 798,800 (2004), placing it in the top five cities in Malaysia by population.
Ipoh's food is famous, and comparable to that from Penang. Many people, some from as far as Singapore, actually travel to this city just to taste its variety of great food. There are numerous dishes worthy of gluttons but visitors to Ipoh should make it a point to taste the local fare. Chances are the cuisine here is more varied and likely to be tastier than many other places in Malaysia.
By bus
The bus fare from Puduraya bus station in Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh is RM 13.40. The bus fare from Penang bus station in Penang to Ipoh is RM 13.50. The Ipoh bus station is located at Medan Gopeng near Gunung Rapat.
Photo by Eugene Yong
There are also two express bus services run by two different companies called YoYo and Triton direct from KLIA to Ipoh and back, six times daily. In Ipoh the terminal for YoYo is on Jalan Bercham, while the Triton bus station is located at the new bus station in Medan Gopeng.
If you will be arriving very early in Ipoh (say 5am), it might be better to get the bus to drop you off at Hotel Excelsior or Jalan Abdul Jalil in the middle of town. It is then a short walk to the famous Foh San Restaurant that sells Dim Sum, which opens early in the morning.
By plane
Ipoh's Sultan Azlan Shah Airport (IPH) is rather quiet. Merpati flies three times weekly from Medan (Indonesia), but all domestic services have ceased.
By car
Ipoh is located on the North-South Highway, to the north of Kuala Lumpur. If you drive by car, you can exit from the Jelapang Exit if you come from Penang or exit from the Ipoh South Exit or Simpang Pulai Exit if you come from Kuala Lumpur.
By train
There is a daily train from KL (8.45pm) to Ipoh (1.05am), then via Butterworth (6.05am) to Hat Yai (10.15am Thai time). To Hat Yai, berths are 43RM and seats 30RM. For the return from Hat Yai, the train leaves at 2.50pm via Butterworth (9.30pm)to Ipoh (2.15am) and on to KL (6.35am); berths cost 31RM, seats 18RM.
Inter-city services to Ipoh will be upgraded considerably when double-tracking to KL is complete. Latest estimates for completion are in 2007, but take even this with a grain of salt, as it was originally supposed to be finished in 2000!
By car
Ipoh's traffic is not as congested as other cities such as Kuala Lumpur.
However, during heavy traffic such as the morning drive to work (around 8-9am)
and late evening return from work (around 5-6pm), minor jams may occur. Parking
spaces are adequate, but not too abundant. Note that the Ipoh town center has
many one-way streets.
On foot
Ipoh is a rather pedestrian-hostile city. Walking within Ipoh city centre and Ipoh Old Town is feasible but walking long distance generally is not.
By bicycle
There are no hard and fast rules for cyclists, but you are expected to observe road rules at all times. Cyclists are forbidden from riding on the sidewalk but often do. Helmets are optional but not common.
Muzium Darul Ridzuan is an interesting historical museum of Perak, located in a
pretty former tin-mining tycoon's mansion near the Anglo-Indian railway station
of Ipoh.
St. Michael's Institution is an architectural wonder. Established in 1912, it is one of the premier schools in Ipoh.
Mari Amman Temple, an old temple located on the banks of river near bridge on Sungai Pari Road, is kept very clean. It has sannidhis of pilliyar, muruga and navagrahas.
Walk around the (relatively) old city and look at the classy late 19th- and early 20th-century buildings Ipoh is justly proud of.
Pasar Malam (Night markets). One of the favourite activities by local people is
to visit wet market. There are many stalls that sell food and groceries. There
are many wet market locations around the city, depending on the day of the
Monday: Taman Menglembu, Taman Ipoh Jaya (near Gunung Rapat)
Tuesday: Ipoh Garden East
Wednesday: Ipoh Garden(near Perak stadium)
Thursday: Taman SPPK
Friday: Taman Pertama; Pekan Razaki (near Taman Ipoh Jaya)
Saturday: Taman Rasi
Sunday: Taman Cempaka (6pm-10pm only)
Kellie's Castle, the deserted mansion of an eccentric English planter, is in Batu Gajah, half an hour's drive from Ipoh city centre. Its main appeal lies in the belief that it is haunted and that secret passages leading to hidden chambers exist.
Sam Poh Tong (Cavern of Triple Gems) is a Chinese temple is located at Gunung
Rapat, built within a gigantic limestone cave. It has a popular attraction: a
tortoise pond which houses hundreds of tortoises (a symbol of longevity) of
various sizes.
Kek Lok Tong (Cavern of Ultimate Bliss), a cave temple that lies on the other side of the same range of limestone hills as Sam Poh Tong, is accessible only through Gunung Rapat housing area. Hence, Kek Lok Tong has a cleaner, quieter and more cooling environment and has the best scenic cave view.
Perak Tong (Perak Cave) is located at Gunung Tasek and houses over 40 Buddha statues. There is a steep, tall staircase in the interior of the cave rising up to the top of its hill, where one is greeted by a beautiful and panoramic view of Ipoh and its surroundings. The statue of Buddha in Perak Tong is the tallest and largest of its kind in Malaysia. Both Perak Tong and Sam Poh Tong temples have decent vegetarian food. Perak Tong was built in 1926 by a Buddhist priest from China.
Natural hotspring - at Tambun, a 10 minutes drive from Ipoh
Hill climbing - Menglembu Hill in Menglembu provides awe-inspiring views of the limestone outcrops and caves that surround Ipoh
White-water rafting and caving - River Kampar offers great excitement with its relatively safe rapids.
Ipoh is inexpensive by Malaysian standards, and even more so for visitors from most industrialized countries: RM50 is a perfectly serviceable daily backpacker budget. Food in particular is a steal, with excellent local hawker fare available for less than RM4 per generous serving. Accommodation is also inexpensive by international standards, with a bed in most hotels below RM100. Top hotels offer rooms at around RM100 to RM200.
Restaurants often do not display prices. Tourists are advised to ask the price
before having meals. Tipping is uncommon in Ipoh and even taxis will usually
return your change to the last cent.
What to Buy
Ipoh Fragrant Biscuit (Heong Peang). The recommended brand is Yee Hup. Originally produced in a village house in Gunung Rapat, it has been recommended to buy it at the Gunung Rapat Jalan Sri Ampang, Taman Ipoh Jaya store (or a branch in Hugh Low Street (Jalan Iskandar), near Lou Wong restaurant) as you can get it freshly hot baked from there. You can also buy Chinese biscuits and Tambun Pomelo at many shops near Low Wong restaurant. These are the must-buy souvenirs to bring home to.
Kacang Puteh. This a very delicious Indian snacks with a variety of choices. There is one factory located in Buntong, Ipoh where it manufactures and distributes to all sellers around the country.
Pomelo. Perak's most famous fruit, a large juicy citrus fruit. The best pomelos are reputed to be from Tambun, about 10 minutes drive east of Ipoh. There are stalls selling pomelos in front of the Sam Po Tong temple.
Curry Bread. This a bread with delicious curry chicken fillings inside. The demand for this bread from locals is more than the supply and it is sold out quickly. This Kampar Garden Bakery Shop is located at Jalan Peh Kee Koh, off Jalan Kampar. Also must try tuna bread and wholemeal mixed bread. It is better to go there during morning to buy those breads as it can be sold out very quickly. (Opens morning until evening)
Pottery. Often missed by most visitors is the fact that Ipoh produced potteries for export. A good place to shop is along Jalan Kuala Kangsar which offers ample range for selection.
Ipoh White Coffee. If you have to get the sachet-packed type, try the brand 'Old Town'.
Ipoh is famous for its Chinese food.
Ipoh beansprouts chicken, which consists of chicken meat, assorted chicken innards and beansprouts boiled in hard water and served with soy sauce and sesame oil. Ipoh's beansprouts are very fat, short and tastier than those produced outside Ipoh, thus Ipoh's beansprouts also receive orders from other states. Famous beansprout chicken noodles include Onn Kee and Lou Wong (Restaurants both located at the junctions of Yau Tet Shin Street and Osbourne Street.
Ipoh Sar Hor Fun, which are rice flat noodles prepared in hard water and served in clear chicken and prawn soup with chicken shreds, prawns and spring onions. Famous sar hor fun include Thean Chun and Kong Heng Restaurants - located along Leech Street in the old town. Other popular food choices include chicken and pork intestines satay, curry pork skin chee cheong fun, and their custard! Custards are usually sold out around 3pm weekdays and noon on Saturdays and Sundays.
Ipoh Chicken Rice. The famous Ipoh Chicken Rice can be found in Bak Gong restaurant located near the Foh San restaurant in city centre,. ( Opens afternoon )
Hor Hee noodles. This is also a very delicious kuey teow noodles with fish balls and fish pastes. The most famous stalls selling Hor Hee including those located in Heng Heung restaurant besides restaurant Sin Yean Lee in Ipoh Old Town (Opens only at night), and also the "Gao Peng" restaurant at Charmberlain Road in Ipoh New Town (again, night only).
Dim sum (fish balls, fried stuff, dumplings, buns, served in small quantities). Foh San restaurant, located nearby the tauge ayam outlets, is a famous. It has a branch in SS2 Petaling Jaya, the satellite town of Kuala Lumpur. Yuk Fook Moon Lau (Opens in the morning and also at night), located behind Excelsior Hotel, sells excellent dim sum too. Ming Kok which is just opposite is the best dim sum restaurant in Ipoh. Also try out or take away the Cha Siew Bao", Chinese pork pao sold in Yuk Fook Moon Lau. Be warned, must go there around early in the morning about 6am-7am because it is quite difficult getting a table at a later time.
Photo by Toby Oxborrow
Beef noodles. There is one famous beef noodles restaurant called Buntong beef
noodles restaurant, sells very delicious beef noodles, beef balls and yong tau
foo. There are three restaurants in Ipoh famous of its Beef Noddles, run by
three brothers originally from the Buntong Village of Ipoh. The restaurants are
located at 1) Kong Heng Restaurant in Old Town Ipoh (morning til noon); 2) Taman
Rishah Restaurant, between First Garden and Menglembu (noon til evening); 3)
Jalan Theatre, near the Rainbow food court, in the Ipoh city. (evening til
Banquet dining restaurants (usually for holding Chinese wedding dinners) which serve excellent seafood and meat. The famous ones among Ipoh natives are Overseas restaurant opposite Excelsior hotel, Mun Zhong restaurant in Jalan Pasir Puteh, Pusing Mun Zhong restaurant (Remember to try their signature prawn dish known as the Kou Hai) in Ipoh town, Tung Hoi restaurant in Menglembu & branch in Ipoh Garden South, Lee How Fook restaurant in Jalan Kampar. Two restaurant that serves very good Nyonya cuisine are Yum Yum restaurant at Persiaran Greenhill near Excelsior hotel and also A-Ssam House restaurant near Jalan Yang Kalsom.
Fish ball noodles/yong tau foo. Some of the recommended outlets are Nam Fatt in Jalan Kampar, Tai Kar Lok the best one in city centre near Hotel Excelsior, and also one stall located in Pasar Pasir Pinji (Open nights only).
Popiah. The best and most delicious popiah, arguably in the whole of Malaysia, is sold in Kwong Heng restaurant, in Ipoh Old Town. This is a food where fried shrimp, beansprouts, vegetables and some sweet sauce are wrapped up inside a paper-thin flour-made skin.
Chow hor fun or Kueh teow basah, rice noodles fried in such a way that it is a little wet with dark gravy (as opposed to the Penang char kueh teow which has no gravy but fried with egg, prawns or cockles and the Cantonese-style wat tan hor which is completely immersed in clear, egg gravy). You can get chow hor fun in all Chinese restaurants in Ipoh. The best chow hor fun can be found at a street stall in the Mengelembu town area and one restaurant near Xin Hup Zi (Origin from Buntong) (Only opens at night).
Hakka noodles. There a few restaurant around the city sells delicious Hakka noodles with yong tau foo. The most popular Hakka noodles is offered by Yin Yau Kui at Hugh Low Street (Jalan Iskandar). This shop specialises in noodles rather than its yong tau foo. Another lesser known favourite, known to local old-timers is located at Majestic Food Centre at Osbourne Street (Jalan Tahwil Azar). This stall offers much better yong tau foo compared to Yin Yau Kui but Yin Yau Kui's noodles are superior. There is one near the Mun Zhong restaurant in Jalan Pasir Puteh (Only opens in the morning), one in a food court behind the Olympia college or Jalan Yang Kalsom (Only opens in the morning).
Salted chicken or Yim Kok Kai. The chicken is baked in salt in such a way the skin and meat is so delicious when you eat it and you will finished it all. Whole chicken are wrapped in "oil paper" amd then baked in large woks filled with heated salt. The restaurant that sells salted chicken is Aun Kheng Lim Restaurant, located at Theatre Street, opposite Martell house or near Bak Gong restaurant in the city centre. It is so popular that you must call to order before you drop in. Tel: 05-254 2998.
Roasted duck. The duck is roasted in such a way the skin of the duck is so crispy, smells great when you eat it and the meat is delicious to be eaten. Recommended famous restaurant that sell roasted duck: Yeong Wai restaurant in Greentown Business area and Tuck Kee restaurant in Pasir Pinji, Ipoh. There's also a restaurant called Kedai Hong Kong in the Tasek area. The chef famously studied his duck preparation in Hong Kong. A couple of ex-staff have opened their own duck restaurants in adjacent restaurants.
Curry noodle. There is one restaurant in old town Ipoh, called Sin Seng Fatt, which is located near Kong Heng restaurant in Market Street, sells very delicious curry noddles. The curry paste of the curry noodle is so good that it's packed and sent to franchises in Hong Kong. They have a franchise at SS2, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. (Open mornings and afternoons only.). Another famous shop known to the locals is Sin Chuan Fatt located at Jalan Pasir Puteh, known for its very spicy and thick curry paste, fried chicken and pork to go with the noodles. Lesser knowns are; the restaurant facing the roundabout besides MGS secondary school. (Open mornings and afternoons only.) and a coffee shop called Sin Chuan Fong located at Hugh Low Street.
Laksa. This is a noodle which is same as the the Penang's famous Laksa but with a different taste. Laksa in Ipoh tastes a bit sour and spicy but not as sweet as Penang's Laksa. The ingredients of the noodle soup contain prawn paste. There is one Laksa stall in Farlim, Ipoh (opposite the Setapak driving institute,on the way to Mengelembu from Ipoh) sells very good Laksa (Only opens on Sunday afternoon). The other one would be the Laksa stall in Kong Heng Restaurant.
Prawn mee or Hokkien mee. This is also another noodle that is same as Penang's Hokkien Mee. The soup of this noodle taste spicy and sweet. Recommended prawn mee stall is the roadside stall on the road between Yik Foong complex and Super Kinta shopping centre (Only opens at night and until early morning).
Chee Cheong Fun. Unlike the Chee Cheong Fun in KL, Ipoh has it with minced pork sauce and mushroom, topped with preserved green chilli or just plain Chee Cheong Fun with a sprinkle of deep fried shallots and sesame. Can be found in many restaurant in Ipoh. One stall at Thean Chun Restaurant (Beside Kong Heng restaurant in Ipoh old town sells this.
Cuttle fish. This food is a plate of cuttle fish with kangkung or water convolvulus vegetable and sweet and spicy sauce on top of it.
Sze Chuan food. There is a very good Sze Chuan Restaurant located in Fair Park (There is only one, along the way from Ipoh General Hospital to Ipoh Indra Mulia Indoor Stadium.) They serve some very authentic Sze Chuan-style dishes that can only be described as heavenly. Don't forget to order the deep fried "Man Tou" or Chinese "Pau", Cheong Chang Arp (sauce-layered duck), Sze Chuan fried long beans, Taufu cooked Szechuan-style and Tong Por pork meat. These are signature dishes at this establishment.
Nasi Kandar. This is a rice with dishes like fish curry, black pomfret curry, ayam masak merah and various types of vegetables. Very popular among locals Malay and Chinese. Located at Yong Suan Restoran, Jalan Yang Kalsom. (Opens afternoon)
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Mee Rebus. This is a plate of noodle with sweet and sour flavour taste.
Ingredients include beansprouts and eggs. The famous restaurant that sells mee
rebus is the Mee Rebus Ramli restaurant at Cowan Street (Jalan Raja Ekram) and
the main shop at Jalan Kuala Kangsar. (Opens morning and night)
Chinese Vegetarian Food. There is one restaurant, Restaurant Sin Meng Kee, in the city centre that offers good Chinese vegetarian economical rice. It has many dishes in its menu. Main shop located at Jalan Dato Onn Jaafar and branch located at Jalan Lau Pak Khuan, Ipoh Garden and Kinta City food court. (Opens morning until evening)
Claypot Chicken Rice. This is a hot and delicious chicken rice cooked in a claypot. There is a stall at Shatin food court at Pasir Puteh that is very famous for selling this rice. (Opens only at night).
Chinese-style Satay. This is skewered meat seasoned and flavored with spices and served with cucumbers, onions and a chunky peanut sauce. Please note that the Chinese-style of satay (compared to other satay) contains pork and thus unsuitable for Muslim tourists. The preferred stall is in Thean Chun Restaurant, Ipoh old town. (Open mornings and afternoons)
Samosas. There are great samosas and other great foodstuffs to be found in Little India.
Food court. If you just want to eat a variety of good Ipoh food in just one place, that would be Anika Selera or Gourmet Square and Wolley centre in Canning Garden. Must try bubur cha cha (The first drinks stall counting from the Woolley centre) and seafood in Aneka Selera (Toong Koo Theng). Try the Marmite Crab or the sweet & sour crab and the fried balitong. Must also try ABC dessert (Ice Mix) in Wolley centre. It is made up of a bowl of sinfully delightful mixture of red bean, cendol (green strands of pandan flavoured rice flour), jelly, peanuts and palm seed kernel topped with shaved ice, rose syrup, evaporated milk and corn. For the more health conscience, there is a fruit variant you can order. The other two great food courts are Rainbow City food court opposite Sam Tet primary school in Ipoh and all the street food stalls in Mengelembu old town. (All opens at night). You can find a lot of choices of good Ipoh food in these food courts.
Worth mention, it is quite difficult getting a table at many coffee shops during weekdays and especially on weekends and holidays, advice is to go there early or not at busy time.
Ipoh White Coffee, which are coffee beans specially roasted (with palm-oil
margarine; visit this Wikipedia article for more info). Its colour is similar to
that of cappuccino when served with milk. The best can be found in the few
coffee shops located opposite the Kinta Heights flats in Ipoh's old town such
o Nam Heong Restaurant (Distributor of "3 in 1 Ipoh Old Town White Coffee")
o Xin Yun Loong restaurant (Open mornings and afternoons only)
o Xin Yuan Hoong and Xin Yuan Foong (All open mornings and afternoons only).
The aroma, taste & texture of the original thing is definitely superior compared to the commercially-packed sachets or the Ipoh White Coffee sold elsewhere. These coffee shops are likely to be crowded during teatime, especially on weekends. Food-wise, you can get fried noodles/vermicelli, satay, congee, kuih, etc. sold in these coffee shops. You should also order tasty toasted bread with kaya (coconut jam) and butter to complement a good cup of white coffee (known as a "Yin-Yang" toast). Nowadays you can get a good cup of white coffee in coffee shops around Ipoh city.
Tau Fu Fah, or soybean curd. It is claimed that only Ipoh or Kinta Valley water that can only make this drink so tasteful. This drink is good for the body after travelling in a very hot day. The soya bean is fresh, sweet and smooth. Once you are drinking this soya bean curd, you can feel the smoothness and freshness of the soya bean smoothing down through your throat. It is served steaming hot with pandan syrup. The stall, named Kei Foong, or Funny Mountain in English, is located at Osbourne Street (Jalan Tahwil Azar), near Restaurant Foh San. It has a drive-in delivery service. Also try the delicious variety of:
o soymilk only
o soymilk mixed with cincau
o soybean curd with soymilk.
The Funny Mountain shop opens morning until evening. Tau Fu Fah and its variants can also be found in stalls by the roadside in various places.
Tong Sui, sweet dessert drink that will definitely refresh your body in a hot day. Located at Restaurant Cha Yong, behind Pizza Hut in Ipoh Garden South. The other place locals call "Tong Sui Kai" or Desert Drinks Street is located in the food stall across from Sam Tet Primary School (noon til late night). The most popular tong sui at this place would be black sesame, peanut tong sui. Another few stalls are located in the Ipoh Stadium's food court and in a food court near the former Ocean (now The Store) supermarket.
There are a few good budget and clean hotels around the food court near Sam Tet primary school, Jalan Yang Kalsom and Public restaurant in Ipoh city centre.
- Seri Malaysia Hotel Ipoh. Budget hotel. Located at Jalan Sturrock, Off Jalan Tambun.
- The Majestic Station Hotel Ipoh. Budget and old hotel. Located at the Ipoh Railway Station.
- YMCA Ipoh. Budget hotel. Located at Jalan Raja Musa Aziz, beside D.R. Park.
- Hotel Eastern. Budget hotel. Located at Jalan Raja Musa Aziz.
Within the city centre
- Syuen Hotel Ipoh, 88, Jln Sultan Abdul Jalil (Located at opposite Parkson shopping centre). +605 253 8889, fax: +605 253 3335. [1]. A four star hotel, thus probably not for the budget traveller, the Syuen offers a full range of services for both business and holiday travellers. A room for 1 starts at around RM 190 and includes breakfast and 1 round of golf.
- Hotel Excelsior. Four star hotel. Located at opposite Overseas restaurant.
Outside the city centre
- Casuarina Parkroyal Ipoh. Four stars hotel. Not for budget traveller. Located at Jalan Gopeng.
- Heritage Hotel Ipoh. Four star hotel. Located at Jalan Raja DiHilir.
- Hillcity Hotel & Condo. Located at Jalan Gopeng, opposite Sam Poh Tong cave.
Stay safe
Ipoh is in general a very safe city, certainly by international standards. There are however some irritants, like beggars especially at bus terminals. It is better not to attract any unwanted attention by giving money to the beggars as most of them are professional beggars operated by syndicates.
The city centre is relatively safe, but again, pickpockets do work in the stations. If you are carrying a bag make sure that it's closed tightly (all zipped up or whatever). If you have a wallet in your pocket keep a hand near it while exiting the buses.
JUST OUTSIDE IPOH (travel suggestions)
Pangkor is a fishing village island with many beautiful beaches. There are two
famous resorts when mentioning Pangkor: Pangkor Laut (which is on a small 1
resort adjacent island) and Pan Pacific resort. Nearby places such as Lumut,
Sitiawan and Pangkor Island offer very good seafood.
Cameron Highlands is Peninsular Malaysia's most famous highland destination. Many vegetable, strawberry and tea farms are to be seen there. The cool weather and beautiful scenery makes it a popular hideaway from the warm weather in the rest of the state. There is a toll-free road to Cameron Highland from Simpang Pulai located at south of Ipoh. It will take about an hour to reach there from Ipoh by car.
Gua Tempurung or Tempurung Cave, Perak's best kept secret, is a must visit if you are an adventurous person. It is located at Gopeng, just 24km south of Ipoh. There are many unique and fascinating limestone formations in the cave. There are a few challenging cave exploration packages that are very exciting where you need to climb, crawl and slide. There is a shuttle bus and tour service at Medan Gopeng bus station in Ipoh. It takes about 30 minutes to get there.
Lata Kinjang waterfalls is a majestic waterfalls that is visible from the North-South highway, after passing the Tapah exit.
Taiping, was the first major township developed by the British in Malaysia. It is a very peaceful and quiet town. Its attractions are beautiful Maxwell Hill (or now known as Bukit Larut) and Taiping Lake Gardens, and Taiping Zoo.
Tg. Tualang is located south of Ipoh and offers very good seafood. Also if you want to see a tin dredger-turned-museum, head to this town. It is still yet to be opened, but you can take a geek at this machine from a far.
Ulu Geroh Be an ecotourist and experience the rainforest by going to Ulu Geroh, an Orang Asli kampung about one hour's drive into the hills east of Gopeng (25 km south of Ipoh). The last half of the ride is along a rough road (4x4 prefered) through rubber, durian and oil palm plantations to the village on the edge of the rainforest. Guides from the Orang Asli community take visitors to see the parasitic Rafflesia flower (the largest flower in the world) and the Raja Brooke's Birdwing butterfly as well as other forest bugs, plants, etc. There's also a small but beautiful waterfall. The guides charge about RM50 per person. It's best to arrange for guides a day or two in advance. This can be done by phoning Saniey, who speaks English, at 017-5360872. You will need your IC or passport number for the visitor log book.


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Our newest book club read: Keith Richards' autobiography.
Keith Richards, a fourth of one of our most favorite bands and a top five style icon, has written his autobiography. Important topics that are promised to be covered (according to the Amazon.com description): Anita Pallenberg, Brian Jones' death, life with/estrangement from/reuniting with Mick Jagger, and meeting wife Patti Hansen.
Topics we hope are covered:
• A Keith Richards shopping guide
• Scientific explanation about how Keif is still alive
• The filming of Cocksucker Blue and Sympathy for the Devil.
Whatever has ended up filling these pages, we will certainly be reading Life come October 26 when it is released.
Joey reads: The Beautiful Fall by Alicia Drake.
RIYL: '70s French fashion; The Hollywood Babylon series; Karl Lagerfeld; Yves Saint Laurent; industry gossip
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