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Crusaders Assistant Coach, Aaron Mauger, has accepted the Head Coach role with his old Leicester Tigers club from the 2015 / 2016 season.
Mauger, who will complete his third Super Rugby season as Assistant Coach with the Crusaders in 2015, played 53 games for the Leicester Tigers between 2007 and 2010 and captained the side for much of the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
He says it is a dream opportunity to return to a club that he is so fond of, in a head coach capacity.
"I have awesome memories of my time at Leicester as a player and it is a place I will very happily return to.
"I feel incredibly lucky to have the chance to do that as the head coach for the club and the timing is right for me to grab that opportunity.
"My aim is to help create the framework for Leicester to once again be amongst the top clubs in European and world rugby.
In preparation for Super Rugby in 2015, all 5 New Zealand Super Rugby franchises have named their squads for the tournament.
In the meantime, South African franchises will ponder about their squads and in December we at Rugby-Talk.com will speculate what the South African franchises will look like, as final squads will only be known in January 2015.
The same happens every year, New Zealand and Australia get their ducks in a row before the December break, whereas the South Africans seem to focus on December holidays, going to the beach, having Christmas and generally geting fat and lazy.
When can we ever expect the South African Rugby Union (SARU) and the South African Super Rugby franchises to ever catch up to the more professional attitudes displayed primarily by New Zealand… but also closely followed by their Antipodion counterparts, Australia?
Liam Napier explains the mystery of why South African rugby bosses are keeping the All Blacks away from the nation's second-biggest city.
It's one of the world's most popular destinations. In 2008, 25,000 readers of South Africa's Daily and Sunday Telegraph readers voted it the world's best city.
But while the All Blacks travel to South Africa at least once every year, 2008 was the last time Cape Town hosted the All Blacks.
New Zealand rugby is claiming its second referee apology in a week, with Craig Joubert said to have admitted he was wrong with a ruling that probably cost the Crusaders the Super Rugby crown.
The Waratahs won a tense final three weeks ago in Sydney 33-32, with the winning points coming from a penalty when flank Richie McCaw was penalised for entering a ruck from the side with a minute remaining in the match.
Had the kick missed, the Crusaders would have had possession and would have been unlikely to yield their 32-29 lead with time almost up.
Leicester Tigers have confirmed the arrival of World Cup-winning former All Black second row Brad Thorn.
39-year-old New Zealander was referred to by Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill as "one of the great all-time rugby players the world has ever seen." He is expected at the club at the end of September.
Thorn became the first player to win World Cup, Super Rugby and Heineken Cup titles and arrives from the Highlanders having previously represented the Crusaders and Leinster.
"He is a very driven individual," Cockerill told the Leicester Mercury.
"He wants to play in the Premiership and he wants to win the Premiership."
Nemani Nadolo will remain at the Crusaders for two more years, after reports in New Zealand said the giant Fijian winger "never had any intention of going anywhere else".
"We have loved having Nemani in the Crusaders this season, as have our fans, so it gives me great pleasure to confirm that he will be returning to the team next year and in 2016," Crusaders chief executive Hamish Riach said.
Pictures of Crusaders rugby players on a hunting trip in South Africa are being used by an environmental organisation in its fight against what it calls canned, or joy ride, hunting.
It is reported that the players shown in the four pictures posted by the Landmark Foundation on its Facebook page were Tom Taylor, George and Sam Whitelock, Ben Funnell and Tyler Bleyendaal. In each picture, one or more of the players was posing beside a dead animal. The animals were a zebra, a blesbok, a gemsbok and an eland.
Crusaders boss Hamish Riach has endorsed Todd Blackadder and his coaching team for at least another season.
Although Crusaders head coach Blackadder and his assistants Dave Hewett, Tabai Matson and Aaron Mauger have signed with the franchise until the end of the 2016 Super Rugby season, the honouring of such agreements can be subject to confidential conditions related to a team's performance or whether they make the playoffs.
Retired South African referee Jonathan Kaplan says the Crusaders can feel hard done by after a late penalty cost them the Super Rugby title.
The Waratahs beat the Crusaders 33-32 in the Super Rugby final in Sydney last Saturday courtesy of a late penalty by flyhalf Bernard Foley.
The Crusaders looked headed for their eighth Super Rugby crown when flyhalf Colin Slade put them in front with a penalty in the 76th minute.
The actions of a "stupid" lone drunkard who racially abused Crusaders winger Nemani Nadolo was an anomaly that should not tarnish his great season, says coach Todd Blackadder.
"After all I've done to contribute to this lovely city of Christchurch to be called a UN FIT CHUBBY [N****] is disappointing [sic]," the Fijian-born Nadolo tweeted at 2.48am today.
The Waratahs won a drama-laden Super Rugby grand final 33-32 in Sydney with Bernard Foley breaking the Crusaders hearts by kicking a 45m penalty in the final seconds.
This frantic contest had multiple dramas, starting with the Crusaders trailing 14-0 in as many minutes, losing their talismanic general Dan Carter with an ankle injury in the first half and then having to mount a spirited comeback in front of a record 62,000-strong crowd.
He's loath to talk about dynasties and sustained dominance, but NSW Waratahs coach Michael Cheika is already plotting a path to back-to-back Super Rugby titles.
With a season remaining on his three-year contract, Cheika laughed off speculation he could be heading off to coach the Argentine national team after guiding the Waratahs to their Holy Grail.
"What, for a holiday? No, I'm here. We're well into our planning for next season," Cheika said after the Waratahs' last-gasp 33-32 win over the Crusaders in Saturday night's final.
Two of the Crusaders' favourite sons were ironically also their own worst enemies during an epic Super Rugby final last night, as Richie McCaw and Andrew Mehrtens both made significant contributions to the Waratahs' historic triumph.
The All Blacks captain was a focal point of the Waratahs' match-winning penalty in the final minute at ANZ Stadium while Mehrtens – who famously confirmed the Crusaders third title in Canberra in 2000 with a coolly taken three-pointer – played a more peripheral role in the Waratahs dramatic 33-32 victory.
Ultimately it was Wallabies flyhalf Bernard Foley who took centre stage by directing his seventh successful penalty attempt just clear of the crossbar with less than 30 seconds to play in a contest that completed the Waratahs resurrection as the dominant force in Australian rugby.
Todd Blackadder's pre-match prediction that the Super Rugby final would be determined by a few crucial moments came back to haunt him as a "50-50″ call condemned the one-time competition kings to another bridesmaid experience.
Bernard Foley's last minute penalty secured the Waratahs their maiden title on Saturday in Sydney and extended the Crusaders wait for their eighth to at least an eighth year.
When the Waratahs were awarded a penalty inside the last minute of Saturday's night Super Rugby final against the Crusaders at ANZ Stadium, Waratahs flyhalf Bernard Foley didn't flinch.
He immediately stepped up to take the kick – even though from 43-metre the attempt might be slightly out of his range.
Waratahs (20) 33 / 32 (13) Crusaders (Final Score)
The Waratahs and Crusaders did battle in the 2014 Super Rugby Final at
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This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
It is the Finals of Super Rugby 2014 this weekend! The Waratahs host the Crusaders.
This weekend decides the honors for the 2014 Super Rugby season.
What a game we have to look forward to!
The Waratahs have been good and consistent all season whereas the resurgent Crusaders, who absolutely pummelled the Cell C Sharks last weekend have hit a rich vein of form.
A winner is difficult to predict, there are game breakers on either side, no matter how you look at it. In the final analysis the 2 best Super Rugby sides of 2014 are in the Final and both deserve to contest for ultimate glory in 2014.
13 Other Challengers already now lay by the wayside, done and dusted, only 1 more game to come…. this one!
Who do you think will take the crown and Why?
Let the game continue…. let the battle commence!
Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder has a chance to go where no man has gone before him in the Super Rugby annals.
The 42-year-old former All Blacks skipper could become the first person to captain and coach title-winning teams.
Blackadder guided the Crusaders to the first three of their record seven championship victories, the first coming in 1998 when they beat the Blues, 20-13 at Eden Park, breaking the Auckland-based franchise's hold on the title.
Blackadder endeared himself to the entire top of the South Island region by making a post-game speech acknowledging the team represented Nelson Bays, Marlborough, Buller, West Coast, South Canterbury, Mid Canterbury and Canterbury.
NSW Waratahs have stoked the fire ahead of the Super Rugby final after skipper Michael Hooper failed to turn up for a photo promoting Saturday night's blockbuster.
Hooper was supposed to be photographed alongside Crusaders captain Kieran Read and the Super Rugby trophy on Friday.
But the All Blacks No.8 and reigning IRB Player of the Year got sick of waiting and walked off ANZ Stadium with Hooper still a no-show 20 minutes after the scheduled time.
Ahead of the 2014 Super Rugby Final, we have decided to pick out the key head-to-heads set to take place at ANZ Stadium this Saturday.
Five players wore the red and black the last time the Crusaders won the Super Rugby title in 2008, that 20-12 win coming versus the 'Tahs, who also had five in action. So for Rob Horne, Kurtley Beale, Wycliff Palu, Tatafu Polota-Nau and Benn Robinson the game may well have some feeling.
Dan Carter, Andy Ellis, Richie McCaw, Kieran Read and Wyatt Crockett were those on the triumphant XV in Christchurch, but will they be again?
Here we look at six battles set to take place in Sydney and judge who might have the edge in the critical areas that could decide the fixture.
It was like a scene out of the movie Invictus.
After the Waratah's final training session before Saturday's Super Rugby final, Adam Ashley-Cooper dropped to a knee with the entire squad huddled around him, arm in arm, and recited a poem he wrote himself.
The rhyming stanza lasted for 20 minutes and was met with rapturous applause at its conclusion.
The Waratahs trained in the open in Sydney today and the pressure on coach Michael Cheika was obvious as he oversaw the team's final significant practice session before Saturday's Super Rugby final against the Crusaders.
Already on the equivalent of a good behaviour bond after incurring a suspended six-month ban by SANZAR for abusing a cameraman during the Waratahs' loss to the Sharks in Durban, the notoriously volatile head coach was again irritated when a photographer took images of lineout drills.
"What if I come to your work and start f…king photographing you?" Cheika shouted at the photographer situated behind the goal posts at the Kippax ground near Allianz Stadium.
That message got through but soon afterwards the 47-year-old noticed another photographer at the other end of the field, prompting Cheika – in more conciliatory tones – to ask the Waratahs' media manager to warn him to stop shooting.
Former Waratahs captain Phil Waugh says the Waratahs pack can "dominate" the Crusaders in the crucial forward battle, if their mental game is spot on.
Waugh, the state's most-capped player, rejected speculation from sections of the New Zealand media that the seven-time Super Rugby champions would have the Waratahs on toast at set-pieces in Saturday's final at ANZ Stadium.
Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder has predictably made no changes for Saturday night's Super Rugby grand final against the Waratahs in Sydney.
Given the way his team dismantled the Sharks 38-6 in Christchurch last weekend there was always an expectation Blackadder would roll out the same side for the showdown at the Olympic Park's ANZ Stadium.
He barely blinked during the white-knuckled flight over the Southern Alps and Ryan Crotty isn't worried about what lies ahead in Sydney, either.
Strong westerly winds caused lively turbulence for the Crusaders' Air New Zealand jet as it flew over the South Island's spine yesterday, resulting in the pilot reducing altitude and slightly deviating the flight path to give his passengers a smoother voyage.
Given some of the hairy situations they have endured on the field the Crusaders have become accustomed to wild rides, so like his team-mates Crotty could only fasten his seat belt and wait for the bumpy ride to end.
It's that sort of resolve coach Todd Blackadder will want from his men during Saturday night's Super Rugby grand final against the Waratahs.
It couldn't be a more familiar sight. The Crusaders, Super Rugby's most successful team, arriving to play in another final and Richie McCaw, the most capped All Black ever, sporting a freshly stitched gash under his eye.
The team from Christchurch is after its eighth title and, even away from home, bookmakers are taking three times the money from punters on a Crusaders win.
The Crusaders have history on their side, having beaten the Waratahs in two previous Super Rugby finals.
But this time they are in Sydney, where they haven't played all season, and McCaw is paying no attention to past records.
A State of Origin-esque sea of blue, an Australian Super Rugby crowd record and the biggest take-up of corporate packages since the Manchester United exhibition match say ANZ Stadium will be the furthest thing from a "neutral venue" when the Waratahs take on the Crusaders this Saturday.
As Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder and countless New Zealand pundits latched on to the notion the All Blacks' 54 per cent win record at the Homebush Bay venue would take the sting out of the Waratahs' home ground advantage this weekend, match organisers were putting the finishing touches to a plan to ensure it will do anything but.
Todd Blackadder cannot believe the Waratahs have ditched their fortress to chase the almighty dollar.
If Crusaders coach Blackadder was in counterpart Michael Cheika's shoes he would never allow anyone, or any amount of cash, to persuade him to give up home advantage for a Super Rugby grand final.
Rather than play Saturday night's much-anticipated match at Allianz Stadium, where they have been unbeaten all season, the Waratahs have agreed to relocate to the less familiar – but bigger – ANZ Stadium at Olympic.
Nemani Nadolo's thick Australian accent is just one tell-tale sign the New South Wales Waratahs' decision to let the rampaging winger slip through their fingers could come back to haunt them on Saturday.
The Fiji international crossed the Tasman Sea with his Crusaders side today intent on clinching their eighth Super Rugby title in the final against the Waratahs, who cut him loose after a solitary season in 2009.
"When you are unwanted and have got to go elsewhere and find opportunities I guess when the door shut there you do feel a bit sad," Nadolo told Television New Zealand of his dumping by the Waratahs before the Crusaders flew to Sydney.
The Crusaders' forwards, who provided the platform for their semifinal victory over the Sharks with a dominant performance that at times embarrassed the big South Africans, are targeting an improved effort for Saturday's final against the Waratahs.
Like the Sharks, the Waratahs' pack is extremely big – lock Will Skelton weighs 137kg – but there is a suspicion they can be brought down to size with aggression and firepower, something this Crusaders outfit has in abundance.
Corey Flynn concedes there's nothing like a jolt of electricity to help determine a career path.
Things are trucking along pretty nicely for the 33-year-old these days but if he wasn't a professional rugby player he isn't certain what occupation he would have chosen after leaving Southland Boys' High School.
Well, he is sure about one thing: He wasn't going to work in an industry where he risked getting zapped from bare wires.
"I was looking at an electrical apprenticeship but that wasn't my forte," Flynn reflects. "Electricity scares the hell out of me because you can't see it and I took a couple of boots."
Andy Ellis is not the world's best number nine. He is not even rated in the top three half backs in his own country by the All Blacks coach.
But the 30-year-old scrapper may well be the most influential player on the pitch in the Super 15 final.
Ellis is a very good gauge of how the Crusaders are travelling. When Ellis is going well, the Cantabs are going well.
When Ellis is searching for his game and his energy, the Crusaders often become stilted, predictable and unsure of themselves.
The little big man – do all half backs have a Napoleon complex? – was superb in the semifinal against the Sharks.
The Crusaders deliberately shortened their kicking game to put the Sharks backfield under constant pressure and Ellis was at the forefront of the tactic.
Getting ditched from the All Blacks wasn't how Colin Slade wanted to prepare for his first Super Rugby grand final.
He can't do anything about his omission from Steve Hansen's Rugby Championship squad but the first five-eighth could think of better ways to begin what should be one of the most memorable weeks of his career as the Crusaders focus on meeting the Waratahs in Sydney on Saturday night.
The timing might have been terrible but one thing is certain: Slade isn't going to have a whinge about it.
"I had probably prepared myself, a little bit, for it," Slade shrugged.
"It's a bit of a numbers game isn't it? You can't take everyone."
A look back at a handful of classic contests between the Waratahs and the Crusaders this century.
2001: Waratahs 25-22 Crusaders
The last time the Waratahs defeated the Crusaders was way back in 2001 when the Waratahs ended the Crusaders hopes of defending their Super 12 title and kept their own semi-final hopes alive.
In the tight match-up it took over 35-minutes for the first points to be scored before the Waratahs lead 10-3 into half-time.
The Crusaders hit the Waratahs hard during the second half to take the lead 17-15 for the first time during the match, but a converted try and penalty to Matt Burke put the Waratahs out of reach with a 25-17 lead, while a missed conversion to Ben Blair saw the side fall three-points short 25-22.
In the mould of Blackadder, no not that one, you are thinking of Todd, I'm talking about the other one, Waratahs coach Michael Cheika has a cunning plan… to emulate Jake White and get his possible reasons for potential failure on record 4 days before kick off.
White complained about how skewered and unfair the competition is for the sides ending outside of the top 2 spots. White though, as a cunning strategist, is small fry compared to the brilliance that is Cheika.
Cheika, realizing that because his side ended top of the combined log and therefor he couldn't use the "we didn't get an extra week's rest" excuse, had to dig really deep, and boy, he didn't disappoint.
In a move that would put Kasperov to shame, he has hatched a plan so cunning that not even Blofeldt could have thought it out.


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I signed up for PlayStation Plus on December 8, 2012, and thought it would be handy to list the games I've gotten from it since then. It's nice for me to be able to see at a glance what I've gotten out of the service, and it also might be something prospective PS Plus members would be interested in checking out.
Edit 12/08/2013: According to this list, I got 84 games from PlayStation Plus during my first year with the service. The majority of them were PlayStation 3 titles, with a decent chunk of PlayStation Portable and/or Vita games, and two PlayStation 4 games for good measure. All in all, that's a lot of games across a lot of platforms in a single year!

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As a young child, I would stay with my grandmother from time to time when my parents went on trips or had to do secret Christmas shopping. Without fail, every time I visited, the television would be set to one of three things. She was either watching soap operas, game shows, or inexplicably, given every other part of her character… black and white monster movies. Dinosaurs and giant monkeys would battle each other for what seemed like a chance to destroy a city. It didn't seem to matter if the monsters in these movies were men in rubber suits or lizards with cardboard fins glued on it them. There was nothing about these movies I, as young boy, couldn't love. King of Tokyo by Richard Garfield takes the premise of these old movies and creates an enjoyable, easy to learn, dice game.
King of Tokyo is playable with 2-6 people and will take up to a half hour to play. I would recommend you aim for 4-6 players for the most enjoyment. The game consists of 6 different monsters, all homages to the classic monsters from the movies the game is based on. Each monster has their own standup piece and a character card used for tracking points and health. There is also a deck of 66 cards and a board which only has one space on it. Most importantly there are 6 dice. The object of the game is to either gain 20 victory points or eliminate all other players.
The board is placed in the middle of the table with every player's monsters off the board. These players are now outside Tokyo. When someone is able to enter Tokyo, they place their character on the space on the board. Three cards are dealt to the side of the board. The cards have an energy cost and each describe a unique ability your monster can gain. Some of these may be temporary benefits like a victory point gain or some may be permanent like having the ability to use a shrink ray to decrease the number of dice opponents roll. My personal favorite is "It Has a Child" which lets you reset your character if you get eliminated.
The dice have numbers 1 through 3 printed on them representing victory points. They also have a heart, lightning bolt, and claw. On your turn you will roll all 6 dice. You will then get to re-roll any dice you wish up to two times. For any set of 3 of the same number, you earn that number of victory points. You gain an additional point for each additional dice of the same number you have for that set. For example, if you roll 3 2's you earn 2 points. If you roll 4 2's you earn 3 points (2 points for the set of 2's and 1 point for the additional 2). Every heart you roll can heal your monster up to its starting health of 10. Every lightning bolt will earn you one energy, which can be used to purchase the ability cards. Lastly, the claws will allow you to attack other players. If you are currently outside Tokyo, or off the board, your attacks are focused on the monster in Tokyo. If you are in Tokyo, or on the board, your attacks land on every other monster outside Tokyo at the same time. .
For entering Tokyo, you will be rewarded with a victory point. At the beginning of any of your turns where you currently in Tokyo, you earn 2 more victory points. The downside to being in Tokyo is you cannot use heart dice to heal yourself, and you are going to need to heal yourself. Everyone is going to attack you when you are the King of Tokyo. Once you have had enough punishment, you are able to flee the city, thus forcing the monster that just attacked you to enter Tokyo.
This game is beautifully simple. Anyone will be able to grasp the rules within minutes. There is a Yahtzee feel with re-rolling dice to get favorable sets. The board, consisting of one space, couldn't be simpler and is there to support the game's theme. You could get away with not having a board at all but then there is no Tokyo. Nothing about the game is overwhelming. This is surprising because the game designer, Richard Garfield, is the designer of the very popular collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering, which is anything but simple. When looking at the deck of cards in King of Tokyo, you can see the years of focusing on Magic: The Gathering has paid off. The card abilities are clear and the interaction between certain cards melds seamlessly. In a given game, you will probably only reveal 10 cards or so. This keeps each game unique. You could have some favorite ability cards but it isn't likely it will show up when you need it.
One of the most frustrating things in traditional board games is the idea of player elimination. No one likes sitting around a table watching two friends drag out a game of Monopoly after they went bankrupt. Most modern/designer board games don't have player elimination, most keep everyone involved till the very end. King of Tokyo is a rare exception and I don't mind it one bit. It's partly because the game is so short and one player usually doesn't get knocked out too much sooner than everyone else getting knocked out or that the silly nature of the game is fun to watch unfold.
King of Tokyo was a distant blip on my radar for a while. The game looked too simple at first and I was not a fan of the idea of cardboard standups for characters. Now playing it, I feel foolish for waiting so long. Miniatures would look nice on the table and I am sure there are people out there who have customized their game unique figures. In the game, you aren't dealing with the figures too much. Most of your focus is on the dice and your cards, adding figures would have increased the cost of the game unnecessarily.
There is an official expansion to the game out already that adds an additional character as well as adding evolution cards to the game, thus adding some complexity. I haven't tried this expansion out myself yet but look forward to getting my hands on it. I am sure there will be more expansions to come in the future, as well.
This is a game that has quickly become a favorite of mine. Not only is it good fun to play, but it gets people laughing, all the while being extremely easy to get on the table and teach to newcomers. It's a game I feel comfortable breaking out during any board game session, being quick enough to play in-between other, more demanding games. That being said, I could still see it stealing the night. This is one to check out, for sure.


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yo 2: yarn over twice.
(directions in parenthesis are the cable portion described in the notes above)
these are very pretty! love the buttons!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much! They're also very cozy. Happy knitting!ReplyDelete
It looks like the top part with the buttons are ribbed (in the pictures) but when you work that pattern as written you get a moss stitch. Which is accurate? Also, it seems like row #7 is missing from the pattern, though somewhat intuitive, you might want to fix it.ReplyDelete
Christoph, thanks for pointing that out. I have added row 7 to the directions. The ribbed portion of the gauntlets are knitted straight; not in the round, so the wrong side will be opposite stitches. This should not result in a moss stitch unless you've connected in the round. The connection occurs after the ribbed part. I hope that helps!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the perfect pattern! I've been looking (and looking, and looking...) for a nice gauntlet pattern with the braided cable! You rock!ReplyDelete
OK love these, but the thumbs don't make sense to me at all, can you expand a bit?
I don't get the thumbholes at all, helpReplyDelete
It's OK, I figured it out. ;-)ReplyDelete
lease help with the thumb holes! Questions: by "knotted straight" you mean back and forth across top of gauntlet, right? #2: "insert working yarn into a stitch near the thumb opening " , do you mean stitch on needle or free stitch on side? #3: "pull yarn ball" do you mean working yarn? The whole thing? If I only do this on cable rows, I would only do it twice, but your instructions say three times. I'm so confused!!!��ReplyDelete
Sorry for the confusion; it's meant to reinforce the opening with additional stitches, and also brings the working yard to the correct side. It's a manual stitch and won't be beautiful, but doesn't need to be because it will blend in and disappear. I used a crochet hook to make some additional stitches at the opening, and made sure I ended where the yarn was in front of the work so you can continue the pattern. I hope that makes sense!Delete
Could you please provide the gauge for this beautiful set of gloves? I generally have to change the needle size as I knit tight. Thank you for your help.ReplyDelete
In a previous comment I asked for the gauge for this pattern. I didn't give you a way to contact me. Hopefully I have provided the necessary information so you are able to respond. Thank youReplyDelete
Joan, Sorry for the delay. I used a worsted weight, about 21(ish) sts. I lost the tag so I can't say for sure, but it's a tad lighter weight than your standard worsted yarn. The halo added a little bit of heft, but not much. Thanks for your question! Please let me know if you need anything else.Delete


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Original post made on Oct 1, 2007
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on Oct 1, 2007 at 6:06 pm
"... had their say about whether it's right for the Menlo Park City Council to use taxpayer dollars to restore the Park Theatre [for a private business/enterprise]..."
Whether it's right???
Simple: It's NOT right!!!
My Scenario:
There is a building that is old in Menlo Park. Old means historic... right? Yeah, I'll call it historic to raise some eyebrows.
Anyway, I want to start a "members only" club. Menlo Park, give me a $500,000.00 (half MILLION) to restore this old building. If anyone wants to see what the taxpayer's $500,000.00 did, pay me dues to join my club and we'll let you in. Otherwise, you can wait 50 years to come inside my private enterprise/business.
Don't like my idea? Ok... Menlo Park, buy the bulding and spend some cash on fixing up the joint. I want you to give me a below market lease for 50 years and I'll pay it every year. Want to see the inside of the building? Again, pay the dues to enter my private enterprise/business.
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Northwestern ekes out 37-34 win over Illini to end season
BY STEVE GREENBERG November 30, 2013 6:18PM
Northwestern linebacker Collin Ellis (45) breaks up a pass intended for Illinois running back Josh Ferguson (6) during the first half of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Jeff Haynes)
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — There was no more fitting way for the season to end. That goes for both Northwestern and Illinois.
The Wildcats (5-7, 1-7 Big Ten) probably were far too good to go through an entire conference slate without celebrating even once.
The Illini (4-8, 1-7 Big Ten) probably weren't good enough to finish one victory shy of a .500 record and bowl eligibility.
And this matchup, it much be said, wasn't good enough to make many people care.
A less-than-half-full crowd watched NU eke out a 37-34 win that, quite frankly, will go unnoticed around the rest of the country. Not because the enormously important Alabama-Auburn game was riveting, which it was. Not because the Ohio State-Michigan game was an absolute classic, which it was.
Other than allowing Pat Fitzgerald and his Wildcats to feel halfway decent about themselves heading into the long, cold winter, this one really just didn't matter.
Unless Illini coach Tim Beckman gets fired, that is, but really? It would come as a huge surprise at this point.
The game didn't pass without some very notable accomplishments. Northwestern's passing attack produced monster numbers from Trevor Siemian (31-of-44 for 414 yards and four touchdowns), Christian Jones (13 catches, 182 yards, two TDs) and Rashad Lawrence (five catches, 112 yards, one touchdown).
Illinois senior quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase, who passed for 307 yards and rushed for 55 more, became his school's career leader in total offense, surpassing Juice Williams' mark of 10,594.
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|16 Aug 2012
GTX 560TI FPB: White Lines in safe mode, error 43 in normal 640x480
Hello everyone,
I have recently purchased a used GTX 560 TI from ebay. The seller has been great working with me, so no problem there. He says the card was working in his friends machine "they watched youtube videos."
I purchased a custom built pc in 2009. Specs were:
Windows 7 64 home premium. "Authentic"
AMD Phenonm Processer II x4 945
Motherboard: Gigabyte MA790GPT-UD3H
Power: Fatality 550 watt.
Ram: OCZ DDR3 4gb
Motherboard Graphics "currently using" ATI Radeon HD 3300
Former Graphics Card: BFG GTX 275 "Artifacting"
About a month ago the card died. I believe it was from not being cleaned, b/c I never did "shame on me" for 3 years of usage. I purchased the 560, and upon instalation received white lines. After windows auto installed the hardware, I restarted. This resulted in windows booting with lines again and in 640x480 "forced" res. The card is stopped by windows b/c of error 43.
I spent days researching and 3 hours with a local tech last night. We have done everything past the point of the normal check list. Deleted old drivers with driver sweeper. Tried multiple drivers from EVGA. Used Device doctor, Driver Reviver, every driver updated.. Still error 43..
Funny things happening....
One time, after many attempts, was able to boot with no lines, drivers installed. Started Batman, lines then crashed.
Installed Radeon drivers to onboard graphics. The bios is set to PCIE primary "went through most of the bios with the tech." After I installed the radeon, re-installed 560+new drivers, black screen now after windows starting.
White lines in safe mode.
Re-installed 285 driver, can reboot, with forced 640x480 res.
Tried to re-install new driver, in 640x480, received message You are not using a display attached to an Nvdia gpu.
Have not flashed the bios as tech has not recommended yet.
Weird thing happened when using the free version of NvidiaXP Driver updater. The updater found an acient driver of my old GTX 275. But I used driver sweeper and cleared/delete pretty much all Nvidia files.
If anyone wants to tackle this problem, much appreciative. The seller is willing to pay if the card doesn't work "but I'd rather not go that route as he needed the money"
The worst issue is, and he is working on it, I don't have a SN# on the back of the card. He said in the ad, his friend got the card in a gaming pc but used his own and left the 560 in the static bag until sold. Every other tag is on there, just missing that.
Thank you everyone reading and hope to hear back..
|My System Specs
|16 Aug 2012
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
The card is dead, wouldn't come up with those sorts of faults unless the card was fried, the seller and his friends inexperience has unfortunately broken the card, probably from pulling it out the computer without first grounding themselves, the tiniest little shock can destroy the card, I fear this is what's happened
|My System Specs
|16 Aug 2012
MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
Did you uninstall the ATI drivers before you installed the nvidia drivers?
|My System Specs
|16 Aug 2012
Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
I concur with what has been said above.
As regards eBay itself, I don't use it myself (and have no intention in doing so), but I would exercise caution when purchasing items there. Caveat emptor.
|My System Specs
|16 Aug 2012
The ATI drivers do not appear when the 560 is installed. I can uninstall them, however they were not showing up in device manager when the 560 was being installed.
Yes if this the case of it being dead I will report that to the seller. Just want to make sure there isn't anything I need to change that hasn't been changed..
|My System Specs
|16 Aug 2012
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit sp1
The ATI drivers do not appear when the 560 is installed. I can uninstall them, however they were not showing up in device manager when the 560 was being installed.
Yes if this the case of it being dead I will report that to the seller. Just want to make sure there isn't anything I need to change that hasn't been changed..
so no conflict in drivers if the gpu gives off a constant code 43 then it is done
I would make the guys who sold it to you take it back because any label removed is basicly voiding warrenty and they did it
I could almost bet the card was already damaged and the guy bought another and pawned it off on someone else
Ask for a full refund and if he says no file a small claims against the person there should be some kind of proof that he took the label off they don't just come off on there own and no custom pc by a retailer would do that either you got DUPED !
|My System Specs
|24 Aug 2012
Thanks for all the help.
I've gotten a refund and since bought a new "sealed" EVGA 560 ti.
Upon initial startup, I received a warning from the bios for the computer being overclocked. I changed the M.I.T MHZ section from 200mhz to auto "200 was what the computer store set it at and what I was running for 3 years prior."
I installed the drivers, and downloaded Guild Wars 2. I left my machine on for 3 hours and came back everything was done. I restarted and booted up Bat Man to see if the card was working. Evrything booted fine, the fans revved up while in the game. I shut the game down after about 2 mins "just wanted to see if it was working"
During the exiting process my screen went black and I was unable to shutdown the pc by holding down the on/off button. I had to flip the switch on the power supply. I tried restarting and the bios does not appear and there is no beep. The fans are running, the on/off is lit up and the red light on my OCZ 550 watt is on along with the fan. I called my tech friend and he asked me to try removing the ram. The motherboard beeped with the ram removed. He told me that was not the problem and it is possible the power supply is shot.
Im going to buy 600 watt tomorrow and find out. If anyone else has any recommendations please let me know.
Thank you for all your time.
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- Katie L Apr 5, 2005 11:18 AM
Can anyone recommend good quality bring your own wine restaurants in Montreal. I have been warned to skip the Greek places on Prince ARthur
I enjoyed a great meal at Le Petit Plateau last week, brough our own wine but still seemed to spend alot. We did have the most expensive mains on the menu at $26 and $28. I loved the place, charming, warm, great service and good food but a bit on the pricey side for a neighboor hood feeling place.
I have never tried La Colombe but have heard very goof things.You must reserve a few weeks in advance though.
My reliable one is Chez Yo-Yo, always very good French bistro fare.Lively atmosphere.
We tried La Pégase 6 months ago and it was very good.Again French style but quiet atmosphere.
A very special person recommended Les Heritiers and we are still talking about it. We did the tasting menu at $38/pp (USD) and it was the best meal ever!
We are returning this summer and will definitely go there again!
L'Academie is always a cheap option and most of their dishes are at a reasonable price. I didn't like their veal dishes but their mussel and fries are a steal at 11$ as well as all pasta plates. I beleive there is one on St. Denis as well as brossard and laval. Usually alot of people lining up at the St. Denis place. Again not the most AMAZING restaurant but pretty good for the price and a bring your own wine place.
If you like fish, you should try Le Poisson Rouge on Rachel at the corner of de la Roche. It's a small BYOB restaurant with good service. Table d'hote, including a choice of entrees, delicious fish soup served with rouille, main course, desert and coffee (real expresso machine coffee, not filter crap) is $35. Reservations are necessary. Service is good. They have 6pm and 9pm services.
A couple of nights ago, I had red wine-marinated mahi mahi. Cooked to perfection. On another visit, the red tuna steak (for $5 extra) was succulent.
Location is great - it faces Parc La Fontaine, so you can walk off the wonderful meal afterwards. Only downside is that there's a lot of traffic on de la Roche.
We recently ate at Les Vents du Sud in the Plateau area. The food was excellant. Standard French dishes but also basque food. The table d'hote was a very good value. I thought that for the quality of the food and pleasant ambience, it was a real find. The staff was very friendly and helpful. As requested, you could bring your own wine.
Camp's (La Campagniola)
Ave Dollard
Lasalle, Quebec
THE best Italian bring your own wine restaurant in Montreal hand's down.
Very reasonable prices too!
1. Yoyo. Great value. Fun. Cheapest of the bunch.
2. Les Heritiers. Excellent food. A mature feel. Quiet - admittedly I went on a rainy sunday at 6pm.
3. Colombe. Excellent. Interesting. Great location.
4. Les Infideles. Most expensive. Could have been great and should have been great for the price. But was simply good. Plus it has a St. Laurent meat market feel which is unusual for BYOW places which usually cater to the food, wine & conversation crowd.
re: Pat
Since I'm on the topic tonight, Camélia des Tropiques on Cote des Neiges is gourmet Vietnamese, soft up scale crowd, fantastique food, the chef must be trained in gourmet Vietnamese cusine and the prices are ridiculously low (I hate to give this place away because the atmosphere is always so great!)
Coba on Laurier is also great Asian, fantastic decor
Kejarki for sushi on Décarie, close to an SAQ, cosy with great sushi,
Punja palace, West Island, a great Indian buffet and 'Apportez Votre Vin' imagine that a buffet and avv!
And Vivaldi Italian cuisine to die for! on the West Island fantastique decor, service.
These are all great bring your own wine restaurants! Only in Quebec do we have it so good!
re: Fatfrank
Camélia has gone BYOB? Since when? Though it's nearby, I don't go often because the food has always struck me as lacklustre -- good quality ingredients but not very excitingly prepared -- and thus not particularly tempting when Phô Lien, Hoai Houng and the late, lamented Au Cyclo are/were almost as accessible. But if the place is a BYO, I'll certainly be returning soon.
re: carswell
According to what I read, it certainly seems to be a BYOW. Perhaps not the most exciting place, but very convenient for when I have to meet someone at UdM.
re: Fatfrank
Is that Kejaki? I order from them all the time, I should try the resto then.
I like L'Academie myself :)
In Verdun there is a relatively new BYOB called Luciano's which is also quite good, at least from a value standpoint. All they serve for mains are pasta dishes, but the execution is usually spot on. I've enjoyed every single one I have tasted. The only slight issue people might have with this place is that it is run by a cantankerous old man that some folks might find offensive. I personally find him charming, but then I find cantankerous old men cute. Anyway, if you can handle his snide little half-joking comments, you'll most likely enjoy this place (that is, if you ever make it to Verdun. I'd also strongly recommend reservations.)
Closer to home (for me the Plateau) I've enjoyed Jardin de Panos...they do a good filet mignon brochette and their tzatziki is some of the best. Also they put a lot of fresh dill in their salad which I love.
For me it is Le zeste de folie on Masson. The food is top notch, so much that I think it is better than Yoyo who was always a favorite of mine. Le zeste is not cheap, but the food really is incredible. I went 2 weeks ago and I had an appetizer which was simple in appearance, but so tasty. It was green string beans with smoked lamb and mint. It was tasty and not too filling. My friend had the salmon tartare was incredible. Their desserts are also great.
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I was there last week with a wine tasting group and the food was okay but seriously overdressed. They started us off with a flower covered in vinegar! I had the green bean salad as well and could barely taste anything because of the thick balsamic dressing... Not to mention that this option is not a good idea if you plan to taste anything in your glass. I had the skate wing as a main and found it okay but underseasoned. Finally, the desserts were very good - that's for sure.
Last weekend, hit O Thym - excellent French, slightly nouvelle - quail, trou normande (lemon sorbet and vodka), lovely rack of lamb.
La Raclette - Swiss - the raclette's a good appetizer, I had a very nice salmon with moutarde.
There is also Porto Vino on autoroute 40 west and now at carrefour Laval. I love it there. I prefer it to L'academie.


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I often have problems installing updates after I shut down my computer. This morning, I shut down and I was informed not to shut down my computer as an update was being installed. There was only 1 update to install (I believe it is an update to Microsoft Word). Two hours later it is still installing. That doesn't seem right.
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Funny enough, I did that last night prior to installing the update. Through the first 4 steps, I was fine. I am not sure about the 5th step as I went to sleep. But my computer was on and running ok this morning (a little sluggishness, but not too bad).
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State insurance commissioners recently testified before a subcommittee of the House Banking Committee concerning state regulation of the insurance industry.
The position of these commissioners, as indicated by the testimony of James P. Corcoran, superintendent of insurance of the state of New York, is that state regulation of insurance companies is functioning effectively and fairly for consumers of insurance and insurance companies.As a consumer of insurance in the state of New York, Universal Maritime Service Corp., a New York corporation, begs to differ. Consumers of insurance like Universal are severely exposed to financial ruin because of:
Incomplete regulation of the insurance industry due to gaps in coverage in the laws of the states and the federal government.
Spurious determinations by officials of state insolvency funds that coverage be denied to an insured.
The following description of Universal's experience to date with the insolvency funds of the state of New York demonstrates the compelling need for federal regulation of the insurance industry and the need to establish a single federal insolvency fund, similar to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Universal is a stevedoring and marine terminal operator in the port of New York, performing services in the city of New York and Port Newark, N.J. As an employer of longshoremen operating in an ofttimes hazardous occupation, Universal is subject to claims for workers compensation.
Longshore employees are covered by two compensation schemes - state workers compensation laws and the Federal Longshore Harbor Workers Compensation Act. In almost all circumstances, however, an injured employee will select benefits under the LHWCA because of the higher payments offered.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Universal purchased workers compensation insurance coverage from Midland Insurance Co., a New York-domiciled and -licensed stock insurance carrier. The insurance covered losses arising under the New York workers compensation law and/or the LHWCA. On April 3, by order of the New York State Supreme Court, Midland was placed in liquidation under the direction of the New York State Insurance Department, Liquidation Bureau.
At the time Midland was placed into liquidation, many of Universal's former employees (or their dependents) were receiving benefits under the LHWCA. Shortly after the date of the liquidation order, the U.S. Department of Labor informed Universal that it was liable to the employees under the LHWCA for payments that Midland ceased to make.
The New York law has a stock workers compensation security fund, for claimants entitled under New York law to receive workers compensation payments, in the event that a stock worker's compensation insurer, such as Midland, becomes insolvent. The New York superintendent of insurance administers the Workers Compensation Security Fund.
On or about May 5, the New York Liquidation Bureau, having assumed the superintendent's statutory duties as liquidator of Midland, informed Universal by letter that no payments on any LHWCA claims would be made from the Workers Compensation Security Fund. The letter, written on Midland stationery, failed to give any reason for this position, other than to refer to the Department of Labor's communication to the employees.
Stock workers compensation insurers, like Midland, contribute to the Workers Compensation Security Fund 1 percent of the net of premiums that they write on workers compensation, including LHWCA coverage. The premiums that Universal paid to Midland contributed directly to the Workers Compensation Security Fund. Universal paid premiums under a Plan D retrospectively rate policy, which included the full value of the compensation that Midland was obligated to pay the claimants. Universal is now being required to pay the losses again in spite of the fact that contributions were paid to the Workers Compensation Security Fund during the period that Universal was insured by Midland.
Despite the fact that Universal indirectly paid assessments to the Workers Compensation Security Fund, New York officials have refused to indemnify Universal for the indemnity payments Universal has assumed from Midland. They assert that the special fund created pursuant to the LHWCA and supervised by the Department of Labor is the appropriate insolvency fund to cover Universal in the absence of Midland.
The Department of Labor refutes that assertion and has stated that the special fund covers longshoremen only in the event of an employer's insolvency. Meanwhile, Universal has paid $119,000 in indemnity payments since the date of the liquidation order, to employees covered by policies of insurance issued by Midland.
It is interesting to note that in 1985 the state of New York withdrew $67 million from the Workers Compensation Security Fund for use in the state's General Fund. In American Insurance Association vs. Chu, 487 N.Y.S. 2d 311 (Court of Appeals 1985), the New York Court of Appeals reviewed a declaratory judgment action brought by trade associations of insurance companies, certain property and casualty policyholders and others challenging the constitutionality of the state statute authorizing the transfer.
The state prevailed in the action, arguing, in part, that the Workers Compensation Security Fund had a balance of $78 million before the transfer and in the 50 years of the Workers Compensation Security Fund's existence, the Workers Compensation Security Fund had only been required to pay claims totaling $2 million.
Universal believes that New York officials are reluctant to acknowledge the requests for indemnification from the W/C Security Fund by Universal and others similarly situated, in light of certain arguments presented by the state in support of the transfer. But Universal, a large employer in a troubled industry, must now assume additional indemnity expenses in excess of $20,000 a month with no termination date for such expense. The ultimate cost for these indemnity payments will likely exceed $5 million.
Universal is one company among many in the maritime industry similarly affected by the Midland insolvency. A financial blow of this magnitude certainly will have detrimental consequences for this already beleaguered industry.
A federal insolvency fund could eliminate the legal maze in which Universal finds itself and relieve insureds of legal expenses and contingent liabilities they should not be expected to bear in the event of the insolvency of their insurance company.


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Robata, soba, ramen in So Cal?
Ever since I've been to Tokyo I've been seriously missing fresh robata grills, soba, and ramen. It's just not the same here in my experience. A lot of the noodle places I've tried seem to include pork in most of their dishes but I'm not a fan of the "other white meat"... does anybody have some good, authentic restaurant suggestions in the LA area?
I think you would be hard pressed to find a good bowl of ramen that does not have pork in it. Ramenya, maybe? (Although I don't think they're very good, mine is the minority opinion here.)
For soba...I can't really say that it's a great soba place, but I always thought the noodle shop (I forget the name) on the first floor of Mitsuwa Plaza in Little Tokyo (3rd and Alameda) had good soba. It's been years since I've been there though.
I don't think I've ever eaten Robata in LA. I suppose Shin-Sen-Gumi yakitori (Gardena, Fountain Valley, Monterey Park) isn't too bad...
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For soba, Otafuku in Gardena. See Perceptor's excellent report: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/50031...
For robata, I like Nanbankan in West LA.
For ramen, Chabuya on Sawtelle or Santouka in the Mitsuwa in Torrance and also on Centinela.
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Perhaps you're thinking Sanuki Sandou for the Mitsuwa soba. They've got a similar outpost at the West LA Mitsuwa location.
In case you haven't discovered it, a wealth of noodle info resides in the blog of our esteemed rameniac: http://www.rameniac.com/
Another enthusiant goes by the handle of keizo: http://www.goramen.com/
I'm no expert like rameniac and I definitely never ask for anything other than pork in my ramen, but my fave ramen place is Daikokuya in Little Tokyo.
I know Chabuya on Sawtelle has chicken ramen though.
My favorite Soba place is Yabu on Pico (http://gourmetpigs.blogspot.com/2008/...)
and unfortunately, the only robata places I've been to is the fancy schmancy Katsuya in Brentwood (which, don't get me wrong, I think has great robata. Albeit expensive).
The robata menu at Takami in downtown LA is small but pretty good. Wouldn't recommend much else there in terms of food. Hip and lively after-work crowd, if you're into that sort of thing.
I think Gonpachi had an extensive robata selection. Their soba is also quite good and you can watch them make it out front. But I agree, definitely make the trip to Otafuku in Gardena if you can.
Wow, thanks for all the excellent info! I'm definitely going to give Otafuku a try... I didn't know Katsuya in Brentwood had robata, thought it was just sushi like the one in the valley. I'll give that a try as well.
Hey toridori,
I would skip Gonpachi (beautiful setting, touristy, average food).
For Robatayaki / Yakitori / Kushiyaki in L.A., my favorite hands down is:
* Shin Sen Gumi Robata Yakitori (Fountain Valley)
If that's too far for you, then the Monterey Park location (new) is a good compromise:
* Shin Sen Gumi Yakitori - Shabushabu Restaurant
111 N. Atlantic Blvd.
Montorey Park CA 91754
(BTW, the Fountain Valley location has one side devoted to Hakata Ramen; go next door to the Robatayaki side. Dinner Only. :)
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18315 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Was in Santa Monica a couple of weeks ago for a meeting and went to Sushi Roku on Ocean and Santa Monica Blvd. and they had a room dedicated to the robata grill. I loved it.
The ramen at Oki Doki uses their amazing chicken broth. They season it with salt, to not cloud the gorgeous golden color with soy or miso. It's the same broth they use for the sizzling rice and wonton soups. If you want a clear soup for your ramen that'll make a Jewish grandmother proud, head here.
The noodles aren't all that great, though. I'm a fan of the thin noodles at Shin Sen Gumi. Truth be told, I'm a big fan of the rich, white porky tonkotsu broth served at SSG, Santouka, and Daikokuya. But since you're looking for something not pork based, do give Oki Doki a shot.
Oki Doki
3033 S Bristol St, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
re: Professor Salt
I forgot about this thread until I had a recent craving for Ramen. I'm going to give Oki Doki a shot, Prof Salt! Thanks!
re: toridori
FYI, since this 2008 post, they've opened a second location in Tustin, on Newport Ave. A few doors down from Kean Coffee
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Oh good, that's actually closer to me! Thanks! :)
I guess someone had revived this topic!
I said in 2008 my fave soba was Yabu. Forget that one, now my fave is by far Ichimiann in Torrance.
Amazing handmade soba (and udon), excellent broth. An authentic and wonderful little place!
My full review: http://gourmetpigs.blogspot.com/2009/...
Ichimian (Bamboo Garden
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