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Patrick Nooren visited this week with Maria Conliffe – a good friend and longtime client of Biddle. Maria, the Equal Employment Planning & Peer Review Manager at Ford, took Patrick to their test track in Dearborn, Michigan.
Thank you, Maria!
Patrick Nooren visited this week with Maria Conliffe – a good friend and longtime client of Biddle. Maria, the Equal Employment Planning & Peer Review Manager at Ford, took Patrick to their test track in Dearborn, Michigan.
Thank you, Maria!
Our webinar instructors at BCGi work hard to present relevant and practical information and it's gratifying when we receive feedback from our webinar attendees. Recently BCGi Platinum member Natalie Pickens sent us an email about Patrick Nooren and Fue Lo's pivot table webinar. Not only did Natalie watch the live presentation, but as a BCGi Platinum member, she watched the recording, too!
Here's what Natalie had to say in her email:
Patrick and Fue,
I wanted to take the time to thank you again for facilitating the webinar focused on pivot tables.
After reviewing the webinar a couple of times, I worked up enough courage to generate raw data required for the EEO-1 report, from our HR System, and used pivot tables to confirm the accuracy of the data reflected in a pre-generated EEO-1 report. Not only did I discover inconsistencies, but I also discovered just how powerful pivot tables are and I love them!
I'm no pro, but thanks to you both – I'm working hard at becoming one.
Again, thank you both for all of your efforts and all you do to contribute to the HR community.
Kindest Regards,
Thanks for the feedback, Natalie!
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Biddle Consulting Group recently conducted a study that demonstrated CritiCall test scores are a strong predictor of job performance as determined through supervisor ratings of more than sixty State Highway Patrol Dispatchers/Calltakers. This validation study was conducted in accordance with the requirements of the federal government's Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures for criterion-related studies (see www.uniformguidelines.com).
The uncorrected correlation coefficient (also known as a validity coefficient) between overall test scores and job performance ratings was 0.41, and the correlation coefficient statistically-adjusted for the unreliability of the criteria was 0.44. The United States Department of Labor (DOL) classifies these levels of correlation as being very beneficial (which is its highest rating description described by the DOL for this type of relationship).
Furthermore, the reliability of the combination of test modules from the CritiCall test used during the analysis was also an extremely strong 0.92 (out of a possible 1.00), which the United States Department of Labor indicates can be interpreted as being excellent (again, the highest rating-level described by the DOL).
A statistical-expectancy analysis determined that if the assumption is made that 60% of test takers would succeed on the job as dispatchers/calltakers if no testing was performed, using CritiCall overall test scores would increase the prediction of success from 37% for those test takers who scored the lowest on the test to 75% for those who scored highest on the CritiCall test. Based on these studies it was determined that overall scores from CritiCall Pre-Employment Testing Software are very likely to strongly predict job performance of job candidates.
The CritiCall Pre-Employment Dispatcher Testing Software includes a series of work-sample tests designed to measure a dispatcher job applicant's ability to successfully perform many of the work functions they would be required to perform on the job (measuring abilities required prior to their receiving any training or experience on the job) as an emergency dispatcher or emergency calltaker.
For more information about the CritiCall Dispatcher Skills Testing Software, visit http://www.CritiCall911.com.
"…I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…'"
(from I Have a Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
This week marks the 50th Anniversary of the The March for Jobs and Freedom held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. More than 200,000 people from various backgrounds, races and religions gathered to stand together for equal rights. The 3-hour program included singing, prayers and speeches from civil rights leaders. The most inspirational (and now most famous) words of the day came from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he delivered I Have a Dream.
Below is the recently remastered James Blue documentary The March. The film was originally commissioned in 1963 by United States Government to document the historic civil rights march.
Additional Resources:
Folsom, California (PRWEB) August 23, 2013
Whenever a citizen is in a position to reach out to a 911 dispatcher for help, the expectation is that an organized and well-prepared professional will be assisting them. A new software program, TactiCall, will help make this expectation a reality.
When it comes to issues of life or health, no one wants the responsible party to be learning on the job. The same is true when a call is made to 911. Callers who find themselves in dire situations expect to be assisted by well-prepared professionals who are aptly suited to help them out of trouble. That degree of preparation doesn't come by accident, though. 911 dispatchers must continually train for many hours in order to be prepared for the myriad of emergency situations that confront them. Typically this sort of training is managed by role-playing with a supervisor, training officer, or another dispatcher. It is costly, however, when agencies need two people to train just one. That's where TactiCall (http://www.tacticall911.com/) comes in to play.
TactiCall is a software program that uses advanced voice-engine technology and proprietary word-spotting expertise that allows a dispatcher to train with his or her own personal computer. With TactiCall, the computer actually "listens" to how a dispatcher responds to simulated calls and provides feedback as to the degree of success. Training officers can create an unlimited number of realistic training scenarios by which they are able to field simulated emergency calls right from their computer. The TactiCall software focuses on two main dimensions of job performance that—when executed correctly—typically result in superior job performance and outcomes. These two dimensions are 1) familiarity with protocols (knowing what to say) and 2) proper voice control (knowing how to say it.)
Trainers or supervisors can quickly and easily create a training call, which is basically a simulated 911 call. The dispatchers "answer" the call and respond to the human voice prompts as they would in a real 911 emergency call. The TactiCall software "listens" to their responses and determines if the key words—those necessary for a successful call—are used by the trainee. A back-and-forth dialog continues between the dispatcher and the computer until the call concludes. The responses are scored and the call is optionally repeated to build repetition.
"Agencies are able to train many more people at much less cost, now, due to the advances in voice engine technology," explains TactiCall V.P. of Products Michael Callen. "A single individual can put in hours of practice calls without a training officer being required. If the computer can't understand what the dispatcher said, then it is likely that an actual caller would be able to either. TactiCall allows the dispatcher to repeat a variety of calls until clear speech and proper wording become habit."
Agencies who may benefit from automated voice training for 911 and other emergency service dispatchers and tele-communicators can receive a trial version of TactiCall by requesting it from the website at http://www.tacticall911.com/.
About TactiCall:
TactiCall is a product of Biddle Consulting Group, Inc., of Folsom, California. Biddle, one of the leading HR consulting firms in the US, has been publishing software that helps agencies hire people for 911 dispatch positions since 1999. Their testing program, CritiCall, has been joined by their new training program, TactiCall, only recently. (http://www.tacticall911.com)
Biddle offers EEO consulting, testing and job analysis software, affirmative action software and services, and statistical analysis/expert witness testimony.
With mixed feelings, we announce the retirement of Fred Huppert. For several years he has been our lead support technician for the OPAC, CritiCall, AutoAAP and C4 software products. If you've ever contacted Biddle's technical support, then you've probably spoken to Fred.
Fred is known around the office not only for his ability to chase down solutions but also for his dry wit, fondness of playing billiards and eating dessert and, most importantly, his love for his wife Grace.
Mike Callen, VP of Products had this to say about Fred:
"Fred Huppert is truly one of a kind and we wish his wife Grace the very best as she now assumes complete responsibility for him.
In all seriousness, I had the joy of working with Fred on-and-off since 1994. Fred has worked in sales, customer service, quality assurance, technical support and product documentation. He's been an absolutely indispensable employee and an all-around great guy with which to work. Fred is unflappable under pressure and simply conveys confidence to our clients. Those who work with him know that he was willing to continue to persevere until an issue was handled. We are fortunate that he was able to work with Jon White for many months and has inspired Jon to adopt that same customer service philosophy. While we will desperately miss Fred and his fantastic humor, we are very happy for him and his wife Grace. They have some great plans for the near future and this seems as though it will truly be a wonderful 'next phase' of life for them."
As Mike mentioned, Jon White has now assumed Fred's role in technical support. In the almost 3 years of working for Biddle, Jon has been involved in software testing, sales, customer service and technical support.
We asked Jon to share about his new job at Biddle. He said, "I enjoy working for a company that values integrity. That's important to me. I feel very accomplished knowing that I'm helping people in my new technical support role. Some of the tech support issues are a challenge but I'm learning more everyday. Fred was very patient while training me and leaves big shoes to fill. However, he also gave me the tools I need to feel confident and be successful in my new position. Thanks, Fred!"
We'll definitely miss Fred, but we're also happy for him and grateful that he shared with Jon all of his "secrets of the trade."
By the way, if you are a current OPAC, CritiCall, AutoAAP or C4 customer, you can still reach technical support by calling 800-999-0438, extension 127. Jon is ready to help!
On July 4th the Biddle Consulting Group office will be closed to celebrate Independence Day. In honor of our nation's birthday, we've posted a reading of the Declaration of Independence performed in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA. You'll recognize the readers as a variety of celebrities gathered for this event, including Morgan Freeman, Whoopie Goldberg, Kevin Spacey, Michael Douglas and several others.
June 11th marked the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy's Civil Rights Announcement. The day before, a standoff over the desegregation of the University of Alabama help set the stage for the President's historic speech.
Two African Americans attempted to enroll at the University on June 10, 1963. To fight their enrollment in the all-white school, Alabama Governor George Wallace accompanied state troops to literally block the door preventing them from entering the building. President Kennedy then sent the National Guard to force the school to allow the young people to enroll. The next morning, on June 11th, Governor Wallace relented and Vivian Malone and James Hood became the first black students at the University of Alabama.
(see photo to the right)
That evening President Kennedy announced to the nation his intent to pursue civil rights legislation. In the live televised speech, he called for all Americans to stop and examine his or her "conscience about this and other related incidents. This nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened."
Read the entire Civil Rights Announcement by President Kennedy here:
Listen to President Kennedy deliver the Civil Rights Announcement here:
In this video, Mike Callen, Vice President of Products at Biddle Consulting Group, discusses one of the most important reasons to use pre-employment testing software in your organization – defensibility.
Leading Functional Employment Testing Provider WorkSTEPS Announces Partnership with Validation-Experts Biddle Consulting Group to Release New Tool for Developing Validated Physical Ability Tests
WorkSTEPS, the nation's leading provider of functional employment testing, recently announced a partnership with Biddle Consulting Group, Inc. to release the new Physical Ability Testing Job Analysis (PATJA) tool, which is designed to develop validated Physical Ability Tests for a variety of jobs.
The PATJA tool streamlines the collection of physical ability job analysis data, and then automatically creates a Physical Ability Test for positions in a way that addresses federal testing and job analysis standards. PATJA provides an unprecedented degree of validation of the job analysis process, and ensures that the process addresses the requirements set by the federal Uniform Guidelines of Employee Selection, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.
The exclusive WorkSTEPS/Biddle partnership provides unprecedented legal defensibility of the WorkSTEPS functional employment test, already recognized as the industry's gold-standard. The PATJA tool, for the first time, automates the creation of testing criteria to yield objective and defensible functional employment tests.
WorkSTEPS is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and is a leading national provider of functional pre-employment and post-injury testing programs used by Corporations nationwide. Corporations use WorkSTEPS' proprietary tests to determine the overall fitness of employment candidates to perform essential job functions and tasks. The Company's tests are also used by its clients to compare the functional status of existing employees that are injured on the job both pre and post injury. WorkSTEPS' appropriately administered and designed testing services help corporations mitigate the incidence and cost of worker injury, and provide them with better data used in remediation of claims such that incidence and costs are reduced almost immediately.
Biddle Consulting Group, Inc. (BCG) specializes in Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) consulting, litigation support, personnel testing software development, and Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) outsourcing and software. Since 1974, BCG has worked with thousands of employers in these areas, as well as providing litigation support as consultants or experts in over 200 state, federal, and circuit court of appeal EEO cases involving statistics and/or job-relatedness (test validity) analyses. BCG has developed and validated personnel tests in hundreds of situations used by thousands of employers.
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Lords say surveillance society erodes foundations of UK
The House of Lords Constitution Committee has warned that increasing use of surveillance by the government and private companies is a serious threat to freedoms and constitutional rights. The Committee's report said: "The expansion in the use of surveillance represents one of the most significant changes in the life of the …
Good luck with that.
What, you think the government are just going to roll over and dismantle the surveillance apparatus they've dedicated the last decade to building up?
Remember citizen, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. Only terrorists, criminals, malcontents and other asocial types could possibly object to your friendly government watching over and protecting them!
You're not an asocial are you?
Best report ever TM
In the meantime the politicians (We are looking at you Wacky Jackie) will go on TV and tell us all this is what we want! What we *Demand*!
No we do not want to live in a country like this with all this surveillance, but the goverment won't listen to us.
Here's hoping they read this report, yeah right...
NewSpeak v42
"Lords say surveillance society erodes foundations of UK" and in other words.... We have lost Primary controls to Increased Intelligence and our Cushy Padded Numbers.
May I be first to trot out the following!
'If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear'
Now move along people, theres nothing to see here. Some of the dear old Lords have woken from their afternoon nap a bit early and are little cranky. We cant take their inane witterings seriously, things will proceed as normal. The surveillance state is there for YOUR protection.
A.C....... because I do have something to hide!
Heh heh!
Well the Lords would rule that wouldn't they?
At the risk of exposing all of their brown envelope payments I am sure they (that is the Lords) are positively shaking at the thought of public scrutiny yes?
Public face: yes, we do it without reward as a duty and responsibility to the country and its people
Private face: Of course I can have the law changed for your benefit. But it isn't cheap you know. Rather than one off payments it is far better for you to appoint me as an advisor to the Board. Alternatively payment by brown envelope in cash is quite acceptable.
Good idea, but...
Anyone think of any NuLab-commissioned "Independent Review" (Hutton etc.,) which has:-
a) been independent
b) disagreed with NuLab's politburo?
Thought not.
Take note, Miss Wacki
"There can be no justification for this gradual but incessant creep towards every detail about us being recorded and pored over by the state"
'nuff said, around about there.
I'm sure your local branch of no2id.net would love to hear from you, dear readers :-)
Aw diddums.
Bet someone got youtubed and posted on http://www.myroadrage.co.uk/
"What's the world coming to if one can't unwind at a lapdancing club without those silly cameraphones ...........etc rant etc."
Mine's the one with the ermine collar..
Half the story
Why is it with Home Office statements in response to anything like this that I am reminded of the old sitcom favourite:
"You fat bitch!"
<Righteous indignation> "Who are you calling fat?"
Oh that's it! Because they always only respond to (at most) half of what's been said and hope that no-one notices the disparity.
CCTV and DNA _are_ essential crime-fighting tools, but there is plenty of evidence that their effectiveness tapers if overused, not to mention that they don't actually _stop_ crime (well, I suppose CCTV could, if the camera fell off its mount and knocked the ne'er-do-well out before s/he did anything). So, what of all the other database bollocks? <shuffle, shuffle> Erm, it'll keep 14 foreigners out and stop maybe one paedophile per century?
I swear, if the Home Office were ever asked about cost overruns on a Montana bunker complex they'd say something like it's very important to have enough stationery during a nuclear winter.
Sea-to-sea CCTV might be a good thing...
With the police being armed with tasers, which for some inexplicable reason are more often used to abuse and torture citizens than to "replace guns" (the ratio is about 100:1), having extensive CCTV coverage will bring the benefit of filling YouTube with more and more examples of such electro-abuse and torture.
Viva the Lords!
They are the only one in this crooked system who have the balls to tell the government what it doesn't want to hear.
Thank ${DEITY} for oversight
Why is it that our elected "representatives" are determined to turn us all into soul-dead, conformist automatons while the peerage, an unelected non-democratic body of elites who one would think were as far removed from the ordinary person as one can get are at the forefront of preserving our way of life and freedoms?
But "why" is irrelevant at this stage. That they are doing so is enough for me. The upper house continues to justify its existence every day.
Soon you'll have Tazer equipped CCTV so they can punish you for your indiscretions remotely.
! Zap !
You! Pick up that litter you just dropped! We saw that!
I think we should do away with the Lords
All this sensible, rational thinking is getting on my nerves.
@viva the Lords
they've got to make a noise every so often (and let's face it our "surveillance society" is an easy target to make noise about), otherwise we might start wondering what they're there for.
nothing will happen of course, the government will play their (slightly worn from use) Terrorism card and carry on regardless...
It doesn't matter...
...what the Lords pontificate on, or what conclusions they might reach, NuLabour will, as they have shown time and again, go right ahead and completely disregard it in their ceaseless push to create a 'benevolent dictatorship' here in the UK. This is a very simple construct and works on a few proven basics: whenever the proposed erosion of civil liberties looks like it might be running into the sand, just get a few Government Ministers to pop their heads above the parapet and whisper the magic words 'terrorists' and 'child pornographers' to representatives of a suitably pliant, craven and uncritical press. Job done.
This is why they will win every time - over CCTVs, ID cards, online censorship and huge central government data stores. This is why they will win the legal right to snoop on everyone, all the time, and why they will ultimately decide what the individual citizen will read, write, watch and play. They built their edifice of 'terror' and 'indecency' so it couldn't be argued with. They built it so it was enshrined in law. They built it to reject criticism on pain of imprisonment - or so that at the very least its critics (if there are any) are reduced to no more than 'terrorist sympathisers' and 'latent kiddie fiddlers'. And they built it slowly, so that we might not notice the edifice going up around us.
Paris - because, like all of us, she's sinking like a bug on peach.
"Inpartyobs access is limited to Inparty members exclusiwise. Unauthoaccess is considered capital thinkcrime punished by execute. Unauthoaccess indication must be reported to nearplus Thinkpol office. Conform is doubleplusgood!"
I s'pose something like this is why the 'Ouse of Lords was abolished during the Revolution that brought BB and the Party to power.
ownlife, thoughtcrime, sexcrime, telescreens - all there innit?
XXXlating amanfromMars
""Lords say surveillance society erodes foundations of UK" and in other words.... We have lost Primary controls to Increased Intelligence and our Cushy Padded Numbers." and in other words.... They have gained Primary controls to increased stupefaction and their Cushy Pads with numbered entry, and their Cushy Padded Numbers racket.
@ Simon
Tasered by a CCTV camera for dropping litter? Actually, I wouldn't mind that one bit. People drop litter in CCTV-covered streets and they don't get arrested. Other people see the litter and think it's OK for them to add to it. And we are all drowning in a sea of filth.
There is no excuse for littering. If you can be bothered to bring it with you, you can be bothered to take it away with you.
I didn't know...
that NO2ID had raised enough money to hire a lord. What's the going rate for one of them these days, anyway?
Mine's the one with ideas for Bill amendments in one pocket, and cash in the other.
Something about Rednecks?
It's amazing to see that somebody in the UK actually has a brain and is willing to comment on this mess of survalence going on.
Regarding the redneck holding the rifle and all the ranting/bashing Yank/UK humor that it has generated. As long as the Constitution stands, this sort of thing will not be tolerated on the level that is seen in the UK. It is growing to some degree here, but before it gets out of control people will take notice and it will more than likely be deemed unconstitutional. And if not? Well, thats why we retain the right to bear arms, and the government knows this. Remember, kiddies, wack jobs who go on shooting sprees aside, we are allowed to carry firearms to protect ourselves from our neighbors (said wackos or crooks -but not poloticians), invaders (yeah right) and most importantly, from our OWN government. Thats why it was written into the constitution and why, no matter how hard the libs try, it will always remain in the constitution.
The unseeing eye.
In my own personal and very painful experience (I still carry scars) CCTV is fairly limp at prevention and no use in detection, In my case, the local authority cameras festooned around a shopping precinct were out of order... the Shop where the 10 strong gang of chavs had been buying thier drain cleaner all day claimed the cameras had been facing the wrong way when the offenders were in there buying the hooch that fueled thier brave assualt on a lone pedestrian.
Less cameras More Coppers, cameras often dont prevent crime (witness the rise of cctv based crime shows) and they cant intevene to prevent crime - often the fact that a beat patrol spoke to a group is enough to head off problems. Cameras seem to be more about assisting "detection", but then I guess they need to fund the state "revenge system" somehow and its a nice earner for barristers and solicitors, speeds throughput in court too. Id sooner see more blue clad bodies on the streets.
My belief is that the database state is about control of the populace by an elite class who realise that one day we could very well snap and painfully remind out overlords that a country is about its population not the businesses who buy political favour - we are citizens, not company assets. The power of the politicians is supposed to come from our mandate, it is time they all listened to their real paymasters - Us
re sea to sea CCTV
"Sea-to-sea CCTV might be a good thing...
By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 6th February 2009 13:09 GMT
With the police being armed with tasers, which for some inexplicable reason are more often used to abuse and torture citizens than to "replace guns" (the ratio is about 100:1), having extensive CCTV coverage will bring the benefit of filling YouTube with more and more examples of such electro-abuse and torture."
fat chance... the cameras that cover such incidents will suffer mysterious failures...
just like the ones in that Tube carriage where the guy had his brains blown out... funny that
The Home Office rejected much of this.
I'm quite surprised they didn't take the ball and run with it. Everyone knows they are just trying their very best to protect all the good citizens from themselves and their numptiness. That's right now. Nothing more to see. Papers, citizen!
Slip 'em a tenner
According to the news lately, maybe slipping a couple of quid over a cup of coffee is all it needs to perverse the course of a bill in the House of Lords. We are Doooomed!!!!
Privacy erosion
"Mass surveillance has the potential to erode privacy."
Perhaps that should have read something more like, "Mass surveillance will erode privacy." Or "Mass surveillance does erode privacy."
But, hell, that's a rather striking breakthrough. Would you Britons kindly like to export some of your House Lords to the US Government? Please? No? Well, it was worth asking.
Methinks the Lords tend to foistiness
It would be far better if the Lords observed that observation, surveillance and the like seem to be a break with tradition. However, these things are not introduced without need and seem to evolve as a reasonable solution on some perceived necessity usually crime reduction, protection of the public, ... with a view to protecting a quality of life of the many challenged by the actions of a few.
Therefore as it seems on the face of it to be a shift from tradition (UK policies always tended to favour the rich, wealthy and landowners) it is important that the shifts are dealt with with a degree of professionalism that will not compromise the privacy of those people the changes seek to serve most of all and at the same time apply professionalism to the few people that compromise public safety and public good.
As a ps:
Historically English landowners were always fearful of the headstrong commoners but had insufficient strength to combat such things as the Peasants Revolt. Things over the Channel with Royalty losing its head usually by rapid descent of a very sharp edge also invoked fear amongst English gentry.
Having a court for the headstrong commoners balanced by a court for the fearful gentry sort of balanced things out for a while.
Democracy it ain't, pragmatic compromise it is, dated it also is for sure.
But will public opinion back them up?
"Peers recommended judicial oversight of surveillance by public bodies and even that the targets of such investigations should be told about them once they are over if no charges are going to be brought."
When the police ran a re-investigation of the murder of my girlfriend, I realised that my 'phone was being tapped. How much further the surveillance went I don't know. But it's a disconcerting experience, to say the least, to be on the wrong side of such an investigation in all innocence. It would have helped to have had even a partial explanation afterwards.
All credit is due to the Constitution Committee for recognising that contemporary practice could be improved here.
One can only offer deepest respect David.
I think the point you mention shows that any observation or surveillance needs to be carried out with the utmost professionalism.
With government cost cutting (possibly under the Tories?) I think we can all rest assured that any data handling will probably be handled by minimum wage earners on an agency basis.
If the above fear is manifest then that would be a good time for the Lords to wake from slumber.
re: But will public opinion back them up?
Public opinion is so tiresome to discover. Its so much easier just to read the Daily Mail front page to find out what people want. Plus, it allows the govt to remain further to the Right than the Tories.
Let's hear it for the Lords!
No kidding!
Seems though that the people enjoy being ruled over, or at least the government thinks they do.
Very few free countries in the world would have posters like these on their streets. Not to say there isn't plenty of people uncomfortable with them, but there must be enough support to get them up in the first place.
Lords a leaping
I have been against the Lords, morally and logically for as long as I remember knowing of them.
However, this is the second time I have thought that I am glad to have them. The first was when that little girl, Sarah Payne, was murdered in July 2000. A sickening case that brought the tabloids out in a frenzy and had a mob of idiots (concerned citizens) attacking a pediatrician's house. Anyway, Sarah's law was proposed that basically said every man should be castrated unless he can prove he's not a kiddie fiddler. The public agreed, the representatives of the people agreed, but the Lords dissented. After the nation calmed down the law was never brought up again, but for the Lords we'd be living with it now.
Sometimes they earn their keep.
I still say get rid of them though. And the government too. How dare a LABOUR government make the TORIES the party that are looking to reduce police powers???
Democracy - not all its cracked up to be
Funny (in a humourless way) that the very much unelected and "anachronistic" Lords is the only (very thin) defence we have against growing oppression by the supposedly democratic government and the supine commons.
If we ever dig ourselves out of this hole, it would be a wise idea to pay very, very close attention to what is being passed off as democracy. What we currently have in Britain is "voting" and little more, with the 'democratic' bit only as strong as the government of the day chooses to allow.
We take democracy for granted at our peril.
Let's see here.
Walk up to a psychotic police state rat baboon and "call" for him to get straight.
"Leadership" comedy at it's best.
Anyone wanna buy some great space vacuum? (cheap)
@john - rednecks?
"and most importantly, from our OWN government"
Have to smile when I read comments like this from American's on gun ownership.
Any oppressive government will have far bigger more powerful guns than even you can aspire to, and the manpower to back it up.
You can bet any potential oppressive dictator is really scared of you and your buddies with their AR17's when all he's got are Abraham's tanks, apache gunships and lots of trained soldiers armed with the latest fully automatic weapons!
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Redundancies loom in Pipex customer service
Pipex is cutting its broadband customer service staff, sources reveal. The Register has learned that the firm told 19 staff today at its Welwyn Garden City site their jobs were at risk. Pipex announced disappointing annual results this morning and has been the subject of sell-off talks for some weeks. Dominic Crolla, Pipex's …
Just what Pipex customers need
Customer support was bad enough anyway, without ditching a bunch of the support staff. I guess they shouldn't have spent all that money on The Hoff.
I used to recommend Pipex to friends, but the service began to go downhill. Their billing system is very badly broken and they seem to be unable to fix it.
With the way in which they dealt with such issues (or rather how they did not) and quite simply the impolite manner in which they addressed the two customers I had referred and me, I just had to leave.
I switched to Sky some time ago and everything has been just peachy since. Now I actively tell people looking for a broadband provider to avoid Pipex.
Good riddance
Truly one of the worst Cust Service departments ever, especially when including the Bulldog (Bad Dog) broadband non-service department.
they werent customer services staff
The departments put at risk are Provisioning (approx 8) the people who make sure your new connecion goes live when it should. The Business sales department who manage some of the big multi line accounts (approx 4 people) and logistics (approx 4 people) who make sure your router arrives on time and in the right place.
These jobs have already been relocated & filled in the manchester office with new or "shuffled" staff. Some of these new staff members have recently been trained as they previously had little to no experiance of working for an internet service provider.
what customer service
the reason i dumped Pipex in favour of UKOnline was that they only provided part time customer service, and if you ever had a problem you had to listen endlessly to a recorded message describing all current known issues affecting their lines.
their product was good but their service was the worst i have ever experienced (from wannado to NDO to Pipex to UKOnline and now Talk Talk)
Ask not for whom the bell tolls
They were scared of being too small to compete. This in spite of always being a niche provider.
The poor service coupled with the desperation to compete with the big boys will now make their fears a reality.
They are now unsellable as any competitor can sit back and watch them self-distruct for free.
Yes, it's time for me to get a MAC number assuming I can ever get through to their call centre !
A pity, this is what a panicking management results in.
Quick to condem...
As mentioned under the heading "they werent customer services staff" the staff level is the same, they've just been moved.
Some people are always going to have a negative view of large companies since not every customer can be satisfied. Things break, problems happen and some customers sometimes fall through the cracks.
Those people tolling the bell should take into consideration the company that bought Pipex a while back have made some significant improvements and have been around for a long time. Give them time, since it'd be nice to see more choice for consumers not less at the top of the ISP food chain.
I attempted to renew a couple of .eu domains with a subsidiary company on the 10th and despite being charged am still awaiting for them to get off their collective butt and actually carry out the service for which they've been paid. In the past 7 days I've tried to make contact several times, support calls remain unresolved. I've even gone to the trouble of contacting Pipex and various other members of the group and got no-where. My domains remain in quarantine, just waiting to be snapped up by whoever is lucky enough to nick them the second they become available. This would partially explain why. But I remain utterly disgusted.
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So, let's start at the beginning: United, strange as it seems now, only took two points from the first nine in the league…
Despite playing well, we just couldn't score goals to take the points. Then we went on a run of 1-0 wins that were important for us. And once the goals came, we had four matches where we scored four goals in each game – we played some great football in that period. After that we played some good, winning football – sometimes at our best, occasionally not. At this club we're always disappointed when we don't win, but we can still be pleased with the football we played.
Did you feel more pressure playing as champions?
There's always pressure here to win every game, so there's no difference. As players we are always focused on winning and the opposition always gives something extra because it's Manchester United – that's no different if we're champions. We're prepared for the teams we play to give their all.
In terms of your own performances, which game did you most enjoy?
I'd probably say Sporting Lisbon away. That game was almost perfect for me. The preparation, the coaching before the game, the saves I made, the way I played with the defence – it all felt right. We were under pressure for periods of that game, and I made some saves that turned out to be important because we won the game 1-0. And that was part of an important run of wins for us.
Which opposing team would you say gave you the toughest game?
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Police said they are investigating how a man was shot in the face in Kinston.
According to the Kinston Department of Public Safety, officers found Quincy Hargett with a gunshot wound on his face Friday night. The victim was at an apartment on the 800 block of East Bright Street
Hargett, of Kinston, was taken to Vidant Medical Center. But he refused to provide more information in the shooting, police said.
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Rap superstar Ice Cube once held down one of the angriest mugs in all of hip-hop. While it was fairly rare to see the west coast legend without his impenetrable scowl, comedian Mike Epps broke the rappers gangsta-tough façade during a Def Comedy Jam gig in 1999, and got his big break as a result.
Epps got cast by Cube for 2000s Next Friday, one of many big screen roles that the hes landed over the past 10 years, including memorable turns in The Hangover and Jumping the Broom. The Indiana native has been working the standup grind for even longer, having slung salacious jokes about sex and drugs in comedy clubs since 1989. His laidback demeanor lends a conversational tone to his mic work, while his Midwestern drawl takes the edge off the raunch that usually gets folks rolling in the aisles.
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RoadRally Photo Contest Announced
TOPEKA, Kan. (June 10, 2008) – Sports Car Club of America's RoadRally Board has announced the creation of a RoadRally photography contest dubbed "All in a Day's Drive."
Photographers of all ages, professional and amateur, are eligible to enter the contest that runs from August 1 to November 3. Entrants can submit up to five photos from SCCA RoadRally events held within the last three years. Submissions must be electronic, in .jpeg, .jpg, or .gif format and no larger than 1mb.
The winner will receive $250, second place receives $100 and third place earns $50. Additionally, each of the top three entrants will receive a free one-year SCCA membership (or membership renewal). SportsCar, the official magazine of SCCA, will publish the photograph and award each of the top three with a full-year subscription to RACER magazine.
The winning entries will be announced at the 2009 SCCA National Convention in Las Vegas, Nev., where they will be part of a special media presentation, along with other honorable mentions. Judges will be selected by the SCCA RoadRally Board and include professional photographers, journalists and other accomplished motorsports publishing professionals.
Entries may be sent to email@example.com along with an entry form available for download here. Full contest rules are listed on the application.
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On Monday, July 28, there was a celebration at the home of Bill Von Novak honoring his service to the community as president of the Oyster Bay Civic Association for eight years. Many gathered at his home in Oyster Bay, where he has lived for 45 years, in order to thank him for all the good he has done for Oyster Bay during his years in office.
"He was a wonderful president," said Stan Spiegelman, his vice president. "Besides being such a gentleman, he was so strong as a president. He never took sides, even on a big issue. He always wanted to do what the people wanted."
The nursery school that has been a staple of the community for the past 37 years closed its doors last week, and a group of parents are fighting to keep the school open. Several have been sending letters to Pastor Nelson Kalombo Ngoy of the Community United Methodist Church of East Norwich, which houses the nursery school, expressing their love for the school and asking for ways to help save it.
Jane Obando of East Norwich, who enrolled both of her sons at Wesley Nursery School last September, says she was shocked to learn that school was closing so abruptly.
A family from Oyster Bay recently had the unique opportunity to enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the theater at the Long Island Children's Museum in Garden City. From the moment they entered the museum to their big moment in the spotlight, participants got to experience at least some of what the performers in the 145-seat theater do.
The tour, the very first of its kind, is an offering made exclusively available to Friends of the Theatre (FOTT) members. Theater Program Coordinator Cindy-Lou Edwards is overseeing the new initiative and says it was a way of thanking the families who have been coming for years to the programs at the theater.
The tour began when the participants entered through a secret door in the museum.
The installation of a cell phone antenna in the steeple of the Community Methodist Church of East Norwich has outraged parents, causing them to seek alternative preschool options for their children and resulting in the closing of the nursery school held at the church. The decision to close the school was announced last week, and the school shut its doors on the summer camp on Tuesday.
"We knew this might be coming, since the numbers were so low, but we didn't know the summer camp would close so soon," says Carolyn Wilson, who has been teaching at the Wesley United Method Church Nursery School for 35 years.
History will be made on Friday as Nassau Country Club opens its grounds for the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, playing host to the tournament which was last played on its greens 100 years ago. The club has been planning for the tournament for the past eight years or so, when the club's president and mayor of Mill Neck, Peter Quick, says they first discussed having it return to Nassau for the 100 year anniversary. The tournament, conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), will have 156 women from all over the world competing for the Robert Cox Trophy and the title of national champion, including twin sisters Jennifer and Kristin Coleman, whose grandfather is a member of the club.
For the Coleman sisters, 21, of Rolling Hills Estates, CA, the tournament will almost be like a homecoming: they began playing golf at age 5, and have played Nassau Country Club a number of times over the years while visiting their grandfather, Daniel Coleman, who lives in Glen Cove.
Oyster Bay is becoming a known name on the Long Island bar scene thanks to the recent success of its very own craft beer created by The Oyster Bay Brewing Company. Established in 2012 by Gabe Haim and Ryan Schlotter, two friends who quickly jumped at the opportunity to home brew and create their own beer, these Long Islanders are excited to be doing what they love while representing Oyster Bay.
"There is a lot of opportunity in Oyster Bay, being a hamlet on the water and on the North Shore, we thought it would be a perfect fit," said Haim. "Oyster Bay is going through a resurgence and we wanted to be a draw in the town. "
On Saturday, July 5, Building J on the Western Waterfront was opened to the public for a free concert of classical music played by talented youth in the Oyster Bay Music Festival. The acoustics in the large metal shed were lively as the backdrop of the Ida May, a wooden oyster dredge under construction, lent artisanal flavor to the rich stew of mostly sea-related musical selections. People sat on stacks and benches of freshly milled wood or stood in the cavernous space. They soaked in beautiful solos, duets and trios that combined voice, piano, flute, cello and violin. Frank M Flower & Sons provided fresh oysters that engaged the palate, and representatives from Steinway & Sons gave a quick overview of how their pianos are made, relating several aspects of their meticulous process to the construction of the Ida May.
Last week was one of Oyster Bay's biggest, most anticipated summer events, the Italian American Society's St. Rocco's Festival. Returning to its usually spot in Fireman's Field on Shore Avenue, the festival was filled with amusement rides, live music, and great food and company.
"We come every year to St. Rocco's with friends," said Laura Regan of East Norwich. "The rides and awesome food make it a lot of fun."
One of Oyster Bay's newest summer traditions is Dancing in the Street, which takes place every Friday in July at the gazebo in town. Sponsored by the Oyster Bay Main Street Association, half of Audrey Avenue is closed off and a DJ is called in for a great night of community dancing from 7-9 p.m.
"This is a great tradition and a beautiful town," said visitor Michaela Lachance from Cooperstown, NY. "Everyone is having a wonderful time."
Last week, Sea Cliff Mayor Bruce Kennedy officially announced his candidacy for New York State's 5th Senate District. The previous week, he became a Democrat after being ousted by the Nassau GOP as a Republican Assembly Candidate for implementing New York's Marriage Equality Law and officiating same sex weddings.
"This is about being a public servant," Kennedy said. "I took an oath to uphold the constitution and the laws of the State of New York."
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Minsk, Belarus (SportsNetwork.com) - Russia claimed a 2-1 victory over Belarus on the final day of the preliminary round of the 2014 World Hockey Championship.
Sergei Plotnikov and Vadim Shipachyov lit the lamp for the Russians, who got 19 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky.
Russia won all seven of its matches during preliminary round action to finish atop Group B with 21 points. They will face France in Thursday's quarterfinals.
Vladimir Denisov scored the lone goal for Belarus, which ended third in Group B and will take on defending champion Sweden in the quarters.
The Czech Republic needed overtime to beat France by a 5-4 margin on Tuesday. Jan Kolar scored the game-winning goal 2:19 into the extra session.
The Czechs will next play the United States, which posted a 5-4 win over Germany on Tuesday. Justin Abdelkader scored twice and Johnny Gaudreau contributed a goal with three assists for the Americans.
Tim Thomas made 24 saves for the United States, which finished second in Group B with 14 points.
Switzerland claimed a 3-2 win over Latvia, giving Finland a spot in the quarterfinals.
The Swiss opened a 3-0 lead on Tuesday and held on for the victory to end fifth in the Group B standings. Latvia, with a win in regulation or overtime, would have edged Finland for fourth in the group to earn a spot in the round of eight.
Instead, Finland finished fourth and will take on Canada in the quarterfinals.
Canada won Group A on Tuesday with a 3-2 triumph over Norway. Joel Ward scored twice for the Canadiens, including the winner on a third-period power play, and added an assist. James Reimer turned aside 14 shots for Canada, who won their last six games of the round-robin after opening with a shootout loss to France.
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This fear grips everybody. When the river comes traveling thousands of miles from the mountains and the valleys and the plains to the ocean, for a moment it trembles. Those who can understand even the language of mountains and trees, those who are so sensitive they can feel.. There are many references from enlightened people that when the river comes to the ocean, for a moment it trembles. Great anxiety grips it. A moment of decision, a decision of tremendous importance - to go back?
But there is no way to go back. You cannot travel backwards in time. You have only one possibility: to go ahead. If the river cannot go back, at least it certainly looks back to all those beautiful mountains it descended, to all those beautiful primeval forests it passed, to all those beautiful people. All the memories.just a moment of looking back. But it cannot stay long; it has to take a plunge into the ocean, knowing perfectly well that "this is going to be my death."
But it is not a death. The river itself becomes the ocean. It is the expansion of your consciousness, of your being. You are becoming synonymous with the universe.
You have to put aside your fear. If you don't put aside your fear and you cling to it, there is danger, because once you start clinging to your tiny self there is no way to persuade you to take the jump.
That's why I said, this is one of the fundamental functions of the master - to persuade you and show you that I have jumped and I am more alive than I have ever been. I have not lost anything; I have conquered the whole existence. Hence the master can say to you, "Come, follow me."
There are complications in things. Unless you have a deep love for the master and an absolute trust, he will not be of any help in this moment of fear. Your trust and your love give nothing to the master, remember. They simply give you the opportunity to be courageous.
Just the other day one sannyasin asked me a question: "If I can say only yes and not no, then what kind of freedom is this?" You can say no, but remember that this freedom of saying no is the freedom of the tiny dewdrop that is saying no to the ocean.
Before you became a sannyasin the freedom was yours: you could have said no, you could have said yes. Once you have said yes, then your yes has to be total. There has not to be any space for no. Otherwise, when you need the yes, the more the no will arise in you. It will support your fear, it will support your ego, it will support your self.
I have no objection, because I am not going to lose anything. You can say no as loudly as you want. But remember, you have come here for a transformation, and only after the transformation will you know the real taste of freedom. What freedom can you have by just saying no or yes? Your yes is as stupid as your no. You are stupid!


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Prop 19, California's controversial bid to legalize marijuana, lost at the polls on Tuesday by a slim margin: Just 53.9% of voters said "No" to the proposal. However, if that vote had been up to the wider web of Internet users, Prop 19 would have passed with a 55% majority. According to data gathered by Yahoo during the company's Ask America online survey, more than 8 million responses were recorded overall.


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I they have kids Child Protective Services be bangin' on their door night and day.
If they would have a child, It would rule the world
He looks like that cowboy from "Toy Story".
omg they are just attention freaks. He doesn't want babies, he just played that. That's disguisting !! I hate Spender ....
Is anyone confused by that damn hat?
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I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.
I think we're really - we're doing a really great job doing our show, and other shows are doing a great job doing theirs, and we'll just see what people have to say.
I like to think I am well-mannered. If I have the option at a breakfast place, I'll go with the grits. That's how Southern I am.
Ultimately, I'm a mess. I don't mean I'm a mess, like, emotionally - I mean, I think probably everybody's a mess. David's a mess. But. I'm talking about... I'm messy.
I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special.
I think anybody would be hard pressed not to relate to at least one of the characters, because there's so many different multifaceted people populating this crazy world.
I certainly know there are people in positions of power in the business who lack imagination and, perhaps as a result of that, think of me as 'David'. But I wouldn't really want to work with those people, you know?
Yes, I mean, There's nothing like it. There is an added sense of pressure because of that, but there's also nothing like the thrill you get being in the same space with that audience right there and then. And when you do it, it's over.
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Opening and Book Signing June 1
1– 4 pm
This exhibit is based on Painting Indiana III: Heritage of Place, the third book in a series of books
sponsored by the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association in conjunction with Indiana Landmarks.
It is a juried art publication / exhibition which will travel the state of Indiana during 2013 and 2014.
RAM is pleased to host this excellent exhibition of works by some of the top painters in our great state.
7/27 – 9/13/2014
Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science
10/5 – 11/30/2014
Minnetrista – Muncie
IPAPA members who plan on attending the June 14/15 Paint Out,
we have sleeping accommodations for seven: four twin beds, one trundle bed,
and one double bed, plus plenty of floor space for air mattresses.
On Saturday, we will provide you with a box lunch and drinks as well as a cook out in the evening
that includes hot dogs, burgers and brats. We will also have water, soft drinks, beer and wine for all attendees.
To ensure that we have enough food and beverages for everyone,
if you would be so kind to let us know if you are planning to attend, we would be most appreciative.
Jeff Klinker and Richard McKnight are overseeing the plans for the weekend, so we are in good hands.
Please register so that the Shelleys will know how many to expect for food
Please send an email to email@example.com to register
Registration starting at 7:00 A. M.
Pick up information and box lunch
Cookout and sharing in the evening
Painting possibilities:
Small town, pastoral scenes, creeks, woods, 2 State Parks nearby (Shades approximately 3 miles north and Turkey Run about 12 miles west),
Deers Mill covered bridge about 4 miles north, Amish farms nearby. Parke County is located to the west and is home to the Covered Bridge Festival in the fall.
The Historic Brown County Art Gallery
Info for Artists
Inviting all artists to paint Nashville and sell their work.
If you participated last year, you know we had a great time and sold 35 paintings. In order to improve sales we have made a few changes.
Attract More Tourists: We are encouraging you to actually Paint Nashville. This will attract tourists to the Gallery over the weekend and hopefully sell more work. You are free to paint anywhere in the county, but at least one painting has to depict Nashville, and we encourage the county paintings to be recognizable landmarks… Bean Blossom Covered Bridge for example. You will be given flyers to hand out inviting folks to the Gallery to buy paintings on Saturday and for the Barbeque and sale on Sunday.
For Lodging and more information see the Lake Wawasee page
The dates for the Indiana Plein Air artists
are coming to Lake Wawasee area to paint are
July 12 and 13, 2014.
The Art Sale
will be at the South Shore Pavilion on
July 13, 2014
from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
After a six year hiatus, the IPAPA member show will come back in 2014.
Your board of directors is working feverishly to iron out all of the details, and we will let you know as they become available.
Document your work and take a photo of your painting in process.
A photo must be included with the application process of the show.
Complete rules and an application will be available soon.
March 15:
Mark your calendars for the IPAPA annual meeting on March 15 from 12 to 2.
Once again, we will be at the beautiful Indiana Landmarks headquarters.
Be sure to be thinking about what you will bring for the painting exchange!!
The Brookville Paint Out will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 18 – 20th. Registration packets will be available at the Brookville Public Library 919 Main Street, Brookville.
Schedule of events:
Friday – 7:00pm – Shawn Dingwerth speaking at the Brookville Library.
Saturday – 7:00pm – free dinner for all artists at Morgan Canoe Lodge (near the 4-H fairgrounds) Guests will pay $12.00, artists are free
Sunday – 1:00 – 3:00 – Art Show at Morgan Canoe Lodge (we have outgrown the library)
Packets will be available on Wednesday, October 16th for early birds!
Please call the library at 765-647-4031 to register so we know how many meals to plan.
If you need lodging for the weekend, we have several private homes available upon request. There are also several new places in town.
Looking forward to seeing you again!
Melody Gault
Franklin County Public Library District
Saturday, June 29 Open to all Plein Air Artists
to register go to www.hancockcountyarts.com
and click on Will Vawter tab—Call for Entries—2013 Vawter Paint Out—
Registration is due June 23, 2012.
or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
The Historic Brown County Art Gallery presents:
1 pm Indiana Landmarks
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Dim Sum with the Yimster and Balini - a Chowdown at Fisherman's Terrace (Richmond BC)
- fmed Apr 1, 2009 09:10 PM
Pics: http://picasaweb.google.ca/gustibus.m...
Nine local foodlovers and Chowhounds made it out to a weekday dim sum lunch at Fisherman's Terrace (Richmond) in what was supposed to be a "mini-Chowdown" for yimster, well known denizen of the San Francisco Boards here on Chowhound and balini - a Vancouver ex-pat and Chowhound now living in a tropical paradise....both here on short visits.
Yimster has been coming up to BC for about ten years to visit family and enjoy some Chinese food....and it was not the first time he has been here to Fisherman's Terrace....he actually recommended this restaurant. It did not disappoint.
Fisherman's Terrace is one of the anchor tenants at Aberdeen Mall in Richmond. This restaurant in bright, upscale and modern. The service fast, efficient, unobtrusive, and accommodating. The place was packed on this Wednesday.
Yimster, who speaks Cantonese, handled the ordering. We started off with a couple of pots of Jasmine Tea. Yimster recommended (and ordered) a different tea with Chrysanthemum as a better match for the oiliness of dim sum.
We then ate an array of dim sum classics which came fast and furious: Har Gao, Sui Mai, Steamed Eel with XO Sauce, Shrimp Spring Rolls, Deep Fried Bean Curd Skin Rolls, Rice Roll Chinese Donut with Dried Pork Floss, Vegetarian Goose, Pork Spareribs and Black Bean, Pan Fried Corn and Fish Paste Patties, Octopus - Japanese Style, Deep Fried Spicy Squid, Deep Fried Spicy Smelt...and after looking at the bill...I think they forgot to charge us for the Three Treasures.
I would say all the dishes were very good to outstanding except the overcooked Spicy Squid (which was a bit rubbery). My favourites were the Deep Fried Smelt which were pregnant with roe, the Octopus, and the Vegetable Goose.
It all came to $18 per person...and we were all stuffed by the end of it. We did manage to save a bit of room for a cream puff at Beard Papa at the food court afterwards. A quick spin through Daiso, the Japanese 100-yen store and we bid adieu.
Until next year, yimster and balini.
In the meantime the Vancouver Chowhounds are planning for the next one at Bing Sheng. (technically Chowdown #4...since we are probably going to call this one Chowdown #3.5).
Fantastic pics fmed, now how do I get the drool out of my keyboard? Lambert sure knows how to order doesn't he? We recently were privy to his skills for a Sichuan dinner and Lao/Hmong lunch.
Oh my god, that looks so yummy. Very nice pics. I'm getting dim sum cravings now. What is that in picture 4/5? shiitake mushrooms in .... grilled bean curd....? And is picture 28/29 filled with rice? Sorry, one more.. what's 34? Thanks ;) Anyway, I think I need to make a weekend trip to the mainland sometime soon.
Would anybody happen to have recommendations for good chinese food in Victoria?
re: sumashi
4/5 are the Vegetable Goose (tofu skin and mushrooms).
28/9 is the Fish Cake and Corn (pan-fried patties of fresh white fleshed fish paste and corn)
34 is the Three Treasures (in this case stuffed bell peppers and stuffed eggplant. The stuffing is mainly tofu).
re: sumashi
You know where to reach us ;)
re: sumashi
Since no one else chime in I will. My Uncle lives in Victoria and I normally visit him every other year (the other year he comes over to the lower mainland to enjoy food in Richmond).
Victoria Chinese has gotten better recently.
Best won ton and Cantonese roast duck at Tong Ho on Douglas.
Two places with decent dim sum Fountain something location in the Red Loin Hotel also on Douglas. Same side of the street.
Also Golden City near Victoria Chinatown.
Not as good as Fisherman Terrace.
In the past fifteen year the Bay Area has come closer to matching the Cantonese/Hong Kong style food. Still better here, but I can get great at home too.
I need to unpack and read the stack of mail then I will post my King Crab dinner in Richmond.
re: yimster
Thanks yimster. We go over to the Island on a regular basis - but almost always to visit non-foodie relatives...so lots of home-cooked meals.
Great pictures, too good in fact. Now I miss Vancouver dim sum again. Need to stop torturing myself like that. I think I need to plan another visit home soon.
Thanks to all the local hounds for meeting me for a mini-chowdown.
Really enjoy sharing dim sum with so many mouths since when our family gets together there not as many so less dishes.
Fisherman's Terrace has some really great/good dishes but no dim sum tea house has all outstanding dishes, so we have to be selective on what to order.
I agree that the salt and pepper squid was overcooked and rubbery.
I think one dim sum dish was left off the list a shrimp and scallop dumpling.
Also last year the smelt with roe was fattier and even better.
Hope to do something like this again next time I come up.
It was a joy to share a meal with you all.
Now as I just return to the Bay Area I need to check my full email boxes. I guess I know what is top of my list Chowhound.
re: yimster
It was a pleasure yimster. Next year!
re: fmed
I have to weigh in to give a special shout out to the shrimp spring rolls here. Good examples of these little tubes of happiness are hard to find in the Lower Mainland, I think, and they are a favourite of mine. Yimster managed to get us two variations -- one with black fungus and water chestnut, and the other with cilantro or "Chinese parsley" as we used to call it back in the day. I was tipped off to their potential high quality by a recent blurb in the Georgia Straight and I felt they lived up to the hype, in no small part because they were served tongue-searingly fresh out of the deep fryer. I was a bit surprised at the relative number of items that came to our table less than screaming hot, which I've always been told was an advantage of ordering a la carte instead of grabbing off a cart :-).
It was a ton of fun getting together with visiting and local 'Hounds on a weekday morning too -- the feeling of playing hooky only added to the enjoyment!
Those pictures are fabulous. I really get a sense for the texture of the dumpling skins, they look great. And those fried smelts are one of my favorite dim sum offerings ever. Great report as always!
fmed, they did charge us for the stuffed eggplant. It is last item for 16.80. It did not have any English but I read enough to pick it out.
I will let you all know when I come up next time.
Wow! Yum! Outstanding!...and other shouts worthy of an exclamation point! Having just returned from a tennis tournament in Puerto Rico I opened my e-mail hoping to find a note from my wife, Balini, telling me how much she missed me but instead her note directed me to the photos of some of the most fabulous food one can put on a plate! Apparently I'm not missed at all. I've been replaced by deep fried smelt, Har Gao, fish paste patties and pan fried corn. And $18/person? I spent that on 2 average Tapas dishes at the Casa I was staying at. Clearly I was eating at the wrong place! I want to thank all the Vancouver Chowhounds for taking such good care of my favorite Chowhound. From her ramblings about all of you I feel I know some of you personally and I know when we Skype later tonight her eyes will be glazed over with nostalgia as she recounts her Chowdown with you all. I hope to enjoy a Chowdown with you all one day as well! Isn't eating well grand?
re: cookedandpickled
HI cookedandpickled...
Yes - we made sure balini was well fed while you were gone. Make sure to join us if you ever come up this way.
(To add insult to injury it was $18 total -- tip included!)
re: Pollo
It is petty complete standard menu most of normal items and more than a few specials items. Which I did not order. I like some petty uncommon stuff. If you want ask something you want I may be able to remember.
I will check my old menu later next week. I may have a old menu. I have a habit of collecting menus.
re: cookedandpickled
cookedandpickled, you have to know that chowhounds are some of the nicest people in the world. We share a passion for good food and company. It was a pleasure to meet Balini for this meal.
Guess what? Got myself over to Vancouver last weekend on the 7am ferry and got to Fisherman's Terrace at 10am!!
We were one of the first ones there, but wow, the place picked up really fast.
We ordered:
shrimp dumplings
shrimp spring rolls
corn and fishpaste patties
veggie goose
steamed eel with xo sauce
turnip cake
We wanted rice roll with beef, which we've had at other dim sum, but for some reason couldn't find it... o_o
I also asked for "Three Treasures" to the waiter, because I couldn't find it on the menu, but I don't think he knew what I was talking about because he looked confused and then said "no"... For future reference, is there a Chinese name for it?
As grayelf mentioned, the shrimp spring rolls were awesome. Hot and crispy, we actually ordered another plate after our first order :)
The shrimp dumplings were also yummy and the eel was really soft and tender. I think I've only ever had grilled and bbq eel before, so I enjoyed it.
The veggie goose was alright for the first few, but I wasn't too fond of the flavour.
I made the mistake of not ordering no 'real' meat dishes (which is bad when you're dining with two guys who like meat) so next time, I'll have to try some pork/beef/chicken dishes :)
Service was good and food came out pretty fast, i'd say.
Anyway, thanks for the rec, enjoyed it!
re: sumashi
They have good duck there (if you are looking for meat dishes).
Try pronouncing it like this: San Bao (Bow)....San = three, Bao = Treasure. "Treasures" is a somewhat generic way of describing a dish...(you'll have "Eight Treasures", "Three Treasures Fried Rice" etc. as well).
re: sumashi
Next time try asking a dish off the main menu. Stuffed Three Treasures, Three items (depending on what is available that day).
Shrimp and fish pate stuffed vegetables.


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Eating Clean with Deliver Lean
At least once a month my husband and I get in a food rut. Nothing sounds good. I don't want to cook, we don't feel like eating out, ordering pizza or Chinese food to be delivered is only satisfying for the first five minutes.
I'm so happy that I was able to spend four days of no cooking and not having to figure out what to eat by enjoying healthy meals from South Florida's premier gourmet meal service, DeliverLean. I also received cold-pressed juice from OnJuice, DeliverLean's juice partner.
At 2am on Monday May 19th my first delivery of two days of breakfast, lunch and dinner arrived. DeliverLean delivers their meals every Monday, Wednesday and Friday between the hours of 12am and 7am. Since I live in an apartment complex I was nervous about my insulated cooler bag filled with food sitting out in the hallway. In my delivery instructions I asked if I could be called when my delivery arrived. So at 2am a happy DeliverLean guy came to my door. I was SO EXCITED about all of the delicious goodies that I was about to eat I didn't fall back asleep until 5am!
In my instructions I also asked for no bananas and no mushrooms. They were clearly marked on my bag and a DeliverLean Quick Start Guide was included.
Delivery one was vegetarian.
BREAKFAST: Fresh Fruit Cup & 2 Gluten-free Chocolate Cherry Scones + OnJuice Piña-Kale-Lotta
LUNCH: Kale Caesar Salad w/ Shredded Carrots, Grape Tomatoes, Ezekiel Croutons & Shaved Parmesan.
DINNER: Butternut Squash & White Bean Stew w/ Short Grain Brown Rice (salad added)
DESSERT: Raw Vegan Persian Lime Tart
BREAKFAST: Crustless Vegetable Quiche w/ Grilled Roma Tomato
LUNCH: Falafel Wrap w/ Sun-dried Tomato, Hummus, Arugula & Tahini
JUICE: OnJuice Lemon Aid
DINNER: Vegetarian Shepherds Pie w/ Red Wine Gravy
Wednesday morning's delivery was left outside my door. I woke up at 4am to check and it was safely there waiting for me.
Delivery two was vegan.
BREAKFAST: Gluten-free Caramel Apple French Toast w/ Vanilla Coconut Yogurt + OnJuice Sublime
LUNCH: Brussels Sprouts & Kale Salad w/ Toasted Sunflower Seeds & Coconut Dressing (grilled tofu and avocado added)
DINNER: Panang Curry Tofu w/ Winter Vegetables & Short Grain Rice
DESSERT: Raw Vegan Chocolate Mini Tart
BREAKFAST: Southwestern Tofu Scramble w/ Peppers Onions & Sweet Potato Latke
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Everything was great! All the meals are perfectly portioned and packaged in microwave safe containers. And they were clearly marked with nutrition information and symbols to indicate if the food is best enjoyed cold or warm.
With the DeliverLean service you have access to a nutritionist and body analysis. So Friday May 23rd I took the 50 min drive to Oakland Park Florida to DeliverLean. I talked to a nutritionist about my plant-based diet and workout routine. I found out that I'm 40% body fat. YIKES! Well, 35% of that is in my butt and thighs! However, I took the nutritionist advice and added eggs into my diet and more weight training and I've lost three pounds since then! It usually takes me a month to loose, and maintain, one pound. So this is great news for me!
I also received a tour of the DeliverLean facility. Delicious food was being prepared in the cold and hot kitchens. It took everything in me not to start stuffing my face with everything! (The massive OnJuice cooler filled with a rainbow of juice not photographed). The DeliverLean employees gets all the food and juice they want. OMG, they are so lucky!
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All you do is select a plan (Traditional, Paleo/Low Cal, Gluten-free, Organic Protein, Vegetarian, Vegan or a MIX). Deliver Lean cooks it up and then it's delivered to your door!
Cheers to healthy eating!
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^ Time is the universal measure (and for some the ultimate goal), but it's also VERY general; it tells you you're improving (or not), but not HOW to improve. And as others have also noted, knowledge of your time and that you're being timed has its price in terms of distraction, decision-making, and possibly insurance coverage.
I would argue that at the beginning and intermediate stages when you're still improving by leaps and bounds before you start working harder for smaller improvements in advanced groups, you don't need a timer or telemetry to tell that you're getting significantly faster; it's just too big a difference not to be perfectly obvious. Your instructor will be able to tell you what general techniques you need to work on or start incorporating in order to continue going faster. Telemetry comes in AFTER you can consistently and correctly apply all of the general techniques and want to see the impact of minor line/technique adaptations.
I'm out there to become a skilled driver and of course have a great time. Smoothness and technique application IS actually my end goal, not lower times, because I see fast lap times as a byproduct of achieving my goal. But striving for fast lap times won't automatically make someone smooth or skilled in technique. You get fast by being smooth, not the other way around.
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