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In this sense, AGFUND Prize is considered to be the first initiative of its kind to identify successful development projects, reward them and disseminate their innovative ideas to best contribute to the improvement of development work. It is also an innovative approach and a strategic instrument to exchange successful experiences to strengthen the mechanisms of development cooperation and project funding with special emphasis on the most prominent factors that militate against development and affect the vulnerable groups, particularly women and children in developing countries. These include poverty, social exclusion, socio-economic marginalization, education and health.
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The Prize shall be handed over to the heads of the winning organizations and the concerned ministers (in case of governments' projects), in an annual ceremony, to which representatives of the local and international development organizations located in the hosting country, development experts and specialists, diplomats, and media representatives are invited.


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|Talend Open Studio for Big Data
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|Talend Platform for Big Data
|Business Modeler
|Auto Doc
|Talend Open Studio for Big Data
|Talend Enterprise Big Data
|Talend Platform for Big Data
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|MapReduce Job Designer with Visual Code Optimization
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|Hadoop Security with Kerberos
|Certified on Hadoop distributions (Cloudera, Hortonworks, MapR, Pivotal)
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|ELT Support
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|Repository Manager
|Impact Analysis
|Data Lineage
|Change Data Capture
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|NoSQL Support
|Centralized Metadata Management
|Visual Mapping for Complex XML and EDI
|Talend Open Studio for Big Data
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|Talend Administration Center
|Web Based Deployment
|Execution Plan, Time And Event Based Scheduler
|High Availability, Load Balancing And Failover
|Hadoop Deployer and Scheduler
|Talend Open Studio for Big Data
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|Talend Platform for Big Data
|Activity Monitoring Console
|Error Recovery
Data Quality
|Talend Open Studio for Big Data
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|Talend Platform for Big Data
|Data Profiling And Database Analysis
|Big Data Profiling
|Built-In Pattern Library
|Batch Execution Of Analyses
|Indicators (Simple, Text, Summary And Advanced Statistics & Metrics)
|History Of Analyses
|Report Generation
Data Cleansing
|Talend Open Studio for Big Data
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|Pattern Matching
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Reporting and Portal
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Job Designer
The Job Designer provides both a graphical and a functional view of the actual integration processes using a graphical palette of components and connectors. Integration processes are built by simply dragging and dropping the components and connectors onto a graphical workspace, drawing connections and relationships between them, and setting their properties.
The Job Designer capabilities give access, via an exhaustive library of components, to all types of source and target needed for data integration, data migration or synchronization processes. Components and connectors cover all types of tasks and operations on the data itself, on the data management as well as on the data flow sequencing. Connectors help access and read/write all data source and target systems for data integration, data migration and data synchronization. Parameters are configured centrally in one view when selecting each component involved in the Job or can be inherited from the Metadata Manager (repository). Complex components are equipped with dedicated and intuitive graphical interfaces or built-in wizards helping users to build their Jobs.
To maintain the readability of a Job design, the Job diagram can be divided into Subjobs, and then can be set out as child and parent Jobs to sequence their execution. Orchestration components as well as various types of relationships help user sequencing their process execution. A built-in console view lets users quickly monitor execution, check and track performance directly from the Studio.
Big Data Components
Support for a rich palette of easy to configure components for Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), Pig, Hcatalog, Hbase, Sqoop and Hive.
MapReduce Job Designer
Talend MapReduce jobs are a major productivity tool that allows ETL developers with zero Hadoop experience to develop complex data transformations, just like they would for Oracle or MySQL, but have Talend auto-generate a Map/Reduce job that can be run on any Hadoop platform as a native job. The generated code is 100% Apache Hadoop compliant and Apache licensed. Developers simply create an input scheme, visual map the data to some output format, and then deploy this on Hadoop, which is then executed just like any other M/R job.
Pig Map
Pig Map allows developers familiar with Pig Latin to design and implement complex data transformations from within Studio. Developers simply drag-n-drop inbound data and map it to the outbound to create a pipeline for data processing that is then automatically generated as a Pig job that can then be executed on any Hadoop platform. Pig Map also includes the support for custom UDFs (User Defined Functions) either built within Talend Open Studio or elsewhere, allowing for custom libraries to be re-uses as functions data job.
Google BigQuery
Support for Google BigQuery, allowing users to upload large datasets to Google's Cloud Platform and extract results.
YARN Support
Talend supports YARN natively, so customers can immediately benefit from the better resource management (optimization and scheduling) that YARN offers, leading to higher performing applications.
Data Viewer for Hadoop
With Talend Studio, users can see a sample of the data set they are working on, helping developers quickly build logic.
ETL Support
ETL (Extract, Transform & Load) is the default mode used by Talend's data integration solutions. It consists in processing data rows one right after the other in a flow mode. This mode is specifically adapted for heterogeneous environments and it enables the integration of any technology in the source and target systems (web service, files, databases, MOM, business applications, etc.). ETL mode can also be used in both batch and real time processing. The ETL processes can be run in parallel to further accelerate their execution.
Talend's unique architecture is not restricted to any execution engine since it generates autonomous processes that can be deployed on any server (internal or external to the company). Also, the ETL processes can be executed as close to the data as possible minimizing access time and bandwidth consumption in addition to eliminating bottlenecks.
In the same Job, ETL can be combined with the ELT approach (see following paragraph) to obtain the highest level of performance without any architectural constraints.
ELT Support
Talend's data integration solutions also support ELT mode (Extract, Load & Transform for processing data in a set operation (using the Union, Except and Intersect operators) directly on the DBMS of the target database.
This mode is for use in a homogeneous environment (one database) and has advantages for processing very large volumes of data in "data warehouse appliance" environments like Teradata, Netezza, etc.
In the same Job, ELT can be combined with the ETL approach (see previous paragraph) to obtain the highest level of performance without architectural constraints.
Talend Open Studio simplifies versioning of items. Versioning best practices facilitate item reusability and simplify reverting to a previous development stage.
A major and minor version number is automatically set at Job creation, and can then be easily incremented over time and when updates occur by using the dedicated version control panel available directly in the Designer perspective.
All items created in Studio can be versioned: Business Models, Jobs, Routines, Metadata, and Documentation.
Talend Studio graphical wizards speed development and deployment.
Data Lineage
The Data Lineage feature helps you understand where a change occurred.
This feature is available from the Metadata Manager and can be carried out on any column of any metadata (database, file). The result of the data lineage shows in a report which traces a change from the target end component of a job up to the source end.
You can export this report as an HTML file.
Change Data Capture
Data warehousing involves the extraction and transfer of data from one or more databases into one or more target systems for analysis. However, this means the extraction and transfer of huge volumes of data which can be very consuming in both resource and time.
The ability to capture only the changed data in real time is known as Change Data Capture (CDC). Capturing changes reduces the traffic of data between systems and helps reduce ETL time.
Talend CDC architecture is based on a publisher/subscriber model. The publisher captures the data changes and makes them available to the subscribers (Talend Jobs). Subscribers utilize the data changes obtained from the publisher.
This feature detects changed records in real time, allowing the changed data to be sent immediately to Subscriber Jobs consequently cutting the time needed to load and update data during ETL or operational data integration.
Talend's Change Data Capture features the most commonly used modes: Trigger and Redo logs. The available mode depends on the type of databases involved.
Business Rules
Business rules are generally defined by business users through specification documents which are then interpreted and implemented by technical staff.
Talend embeds a business rule engine that helps users configure their own business rules. Users can define market segmentation criteria (by age, region...) and set their business rules via an Excel spreadsheet or through the Drools Guvnor interface directly the web-based Talend Administration Center.
The Drools Guvnor interface enables business experts to use a graphical editor to create and edit rules quickly and directly, control access to rules and other features, and manage rule versions and modification over time. Rules can be tested and called from the developed jobs.
NoSQL Support
Developers use the Talend Studio palette to wire together a data-flow to move data in and out of their NoSQL systems.
Visual Mapping for Complex XML and EDI
Business Modeler
The Business Modeler is a non-technical tool (like Microsoft Visio). It helps you to structure all relevant documentation and technical elements supporting the data integration process in a business-friendly diagram allowing different Team Editions (Design, Dev, Test, Prod...) to work on a common model, using a common tool.
For example, business users use business models to express their data integration needs. The IT development and operation staff can thus better understand these business needs and translate them into technical processes (Jobs). After each technical implementation stage (Jobs) is completed, the business model can easily be updated, showing the progress of development for other stakeholders to follow up.
DBAs can use business models to share the required DB connection metadata and system architect can thus have the big picture of the required needs in terms of data integration.
Designing business models is part of enterprises' best practices that organizations should adopt at a very early stage of a data management or integration project in order to ensure its success. Because Business Models usually help detect and resolve quickly project bottlenecks and weak points, they help limit the budget overspendings and/or reduce the upfront investment.
Auto Doc
This functionality permits generating, on request, a detailed technical documentation for all your jobs. This documentation gathers job metadata (author, version, status, update date, etc.), a graphical view of the job and all the parameters of all the components used in this job in an interactive format easy to use (HTML / XML).
This documentation can be easily enriched with personalized comments.
Talend Administration Center
All subscription offers come with one Studio (or more depending on the user number) and a software part which can be installed on a server and administrated through a web-based interface, the Talend Administration Center, a lightweight application (in a browser, no deployment needed) that helps integration project managers to administrate users, projects, user privileges, and licenses.
All Studios move from local mode to remotely connected mode to the projects defined in the Talend Administration Center.
Project authorizations are assigned easily on a per user basis (supporting LDAP directory). Users are granted rights to access projects based on their role, e.g. No permission, Read Only, Read & Write.
Users can then share repository items (Jobs, Business Models, DB connection metadata...) with other users directly from the Studio for the projects they are authorized on.
Numerous additional plug-ins are available on the left navigation panel (Dashboard, SOA manager, Server manager, ..) depending on your license.
Execution Plan, Time And Event Based Scheduler
The Event Scheduler extends time-based scheduling capabilities for real-time integration.
The event listener allows the process executions to trigger an execution on an on-demand basis, or based on an event.
The Execution Plan feature helps you sequence and orchestrate various job executions and ease error recovery, directly from the Job Conductor. The execution plan is a task-based feature that outlines dependencies among different tasks in a sequence.
The task dependencies are defined through a hierarchical view of main and child tasks where each task can have a subordinate task.
Execution plans can be scheduled and triggered, and can use environment-defined execution parameters from this Job Conductor.
Events can be file-based such as file appearing, disappearing or file modification or SQL-based using "wait for" conditions. Once the expected event is identified, the execution task is triggered and the job deployment is carried out.
You can easily add new event triggers to any task for further automation.
The Time-based scheduler helps you roll out a job execution at a defined time and date (e.g first Monday of the month, every Tuesday...) or on a regular basis over a period of time. A Task is used to centralize all information necessary for the job execution (project name, job name, job version, server...)
The task is then triggered upon schedule and the job is deployed and executed automatically on the defined server at the defined time. A convenient status system helps your monitor the triggering state and the execution success or failure directly from the Job Conductor.
With the Professional Edition, an additional event/file based scheduling feature is available.
High Availability, Load Balancing And Failover
High availability is achieved by deploying multiple job conductors and job execution servers, while clustering the databases guarantees failover and prevents any execution disruption.
The Grid Conductor module (accessible through the Job Conductor) optimizes the scalability and availability of integration processes. The Grid Conductor relies on the definition of virtual servers, which group available resources, regardless of the system type (CPU, OS...).
Tasks are assigned to virtual servers of the Grid Conductor rather than to a single execution server.
Via a constant monitoring of the resources available on the execution servers, Grid Conductor removes bottlenecks by guaranteeing that all jobs execute smoothly at triggering time while leveraging available resources. This alleviates any concerns related to resource preemption when a large number of jobs run concurrently, or when non-dedicated servers are used. Grid Conductor also provides automatic failover in the event an execution resource becomes unavailable.
Hadoop Deployer and Scheduler
The Hadoop Deployer and Scheduler allows user to remotely deploy a job to Hadoop. Leveraging Apache Oozie, the scheduler is 100% open source and will work with any Hadoop distribution that has Oozie installed.
Users can configure the scheduler to run the job immediately or a using a time based trigger.
Activity Monitoring Console
Talend Activity Monitoring Console (AMC), provides detailed monitoring capabilities for consolidating collected log information, understanding underlying job interactions, preventing faults that could be unexpectedly generated and supporting system management decisions.
The AMC monitors job events (successes, failures, warnings, etc.), execution times and data volumes through a single console.
This tool is available as a stand-alone tool accessible through a browser or as part of Talend Studio.
The Dashboard is a browser-based version of the Activity Monitoring Console. The Dashboard provides execution performance diagrams and status indicators, enabling any stakeholder to view both the current and historical status of any integration process execution.
It also provides detailed monitoring capabilities that can be used to consolidate log information collected, understand the underlying component and job interaction, provide task execution information in a timely manner, prevent faults that could be unexpectedly generated, and support system management decisions.
Error Recovery
Job execution processes can be time-consuming, as are backup and restore operations.
Talend Open Studio includes a recovery checkpoint capability that is set up at lob design time.
In case of failure, processes can be resumed from one of the checkpoints. Job developers can also design and integrate specific error management in response to specific error conditions using the checkpoint "on-failure" instruction function.
Recovery checkpoints can be appropriately initiated at specified intervals of the data flow (on trigger connections). The purpose is to minimize the amount of time and effort necessary when a job execution process needs to be restarted due to a failure.
With the help of the error recovery checkpoint feature, the process can be restarted from the latest checkpoint prior to the failure (or any other checkpoint before the failure occurred), rather than from the beginning of the job execution process.
Data Profilng And Database Analysis
Offers an overview of the content of a catalog. It computes the number of tables and the number of rows per table for each catalog and/or schema.
Big Data Profiling
Big data profiling allows users to analyze their data in their Hive database on Hadoop through Talend Studio which generates native HiveQL code that is executed on the Hadoop cluster
Built-In Pattern Library
Use out-of-the-box or custom SQL expressions to evaluate and test data. Use regular expressions to evaluate data validity, including e-mail, part numbers, postcodes and more.
Batch Execution Of Analyses
Run your analysis as part of a data integration or MDM job, or call analysis from an outside application.
Indicators (Simple, Text, Summary And Advanced Statistics & Metrics)
Indicators include row counts, null counts, unique values, duplicate counts, blank counts, min/max lengths, frequencies, patterns and specific phone number statistics and much more. Also includes mathematical statistics like mean, median and range.
History Of Analyses
Store the history of data quality.
Report Generation
Generate reports to share with your team in PDF, HTML, XLS formats and more.
Pattern Matching
Ensure that data conforms to specific shapes and patterns.
Name And Address Cleansing
Cleanse common address attributes, like name, address, state, city, postal code using included patterns and reference data. Leverage any trusted source to standardize and enrich your data.
Third-Party Address Validation Services
Leverage third-party address validation vendors to check addresses and validate them for postal discounts.
Fuzzy Matching (Soundex, Soundexfr, Levenshtein, Jaro-Winkler, Q-Gram)
Includes algorithms for finding relationships in data using fuzzy matching. Use one included or customize with your own algorithms.
Intuitive Administration Web-Based Console
Publish data quality metrics to a web-based portal to share the status of data quality with a cross-functional team.
Report On Potential Primary Keys
Understand which attributes are potential primary keys and validate those attributes that should be unique.
Report On Orphan Tables
Check the relationships of tables in your relational database and uncover orphan tables
Predefined Global Quality Gauges
Create a data quality dashboard that tracks current and historical status of data quality.
Open Source License
Talend Open Studio products are free to download and use under an open source licenses.
Details of the license used can be found on the specific talend.com product download page.
The Apache License
Source Code Access
Talend Open Studio source code is available at: http://www.talendforge.org/
For complete transparency and consistency, Talend also provides the clients who request it access to the source code of all of the tools available in the commercial edition.
Subscription License
The "enterprise" versions include value-added features and services that enhance the open source products; these versions are distributed under a commercial license.
Talend's pricing model guarantees transparency and predictability: the price is not based on the volumes of data or potential additional needs for connectors or CPUs, rather it corresponds to the number of developers (Studio), the level of features (edition selected) and the subscription term.
This subscription approach guarantees your return on investment: the number of licenses can be increased or decreased every year to adapt to the evolution of a project's range and its staff.
The Talend solutions are cheaper to deploy, maintain and support; they are 50 to 80% less expensive than the equivalent proprietary solutions.
Indemnification And Warranty
Because open source software results from collaborative development efforts, the final code combines contributions from diverse resources. If the integration of the various contributions to the code is not carefully managed and controlled, the final software use might infringe upon the original contributors' rights. The end user might then be subject to legal and financial prosecution for infringement, even though such infringement was not intentional.
Talend offers an Indemnification clause to its subscription customers. This is a guarantee for the user that Talend will provide legal and financial protection, in the event that the Talend code infringes the rights of a third party.
Community-Based: Forums, Bugtracker...
The Talend user community, composed of tens of thousands of professionals, is extremely active. The main contributions of the community include:
• Testing and the quality of new versions,
• Requests for new features,
• Product translation and localization,
• Support and exchanges via the forums,
• Development and sharing of new components, connectors, jobs, models and other plug-ins.
Talend Exchange enables community members to publish their own plug-ins in order to share them with other users. Some of these contributions are ultimately integrated into the product, after Talend's in-house R&D team completes in-depth testing and improvements.
Additionally, Talend contributes to numerous key open source projects and is a member of the Eclipse and Apache Foundations. For more info on this see http://coders.talend.com
Access To Talend Technical Support
By subscribing to Talend support services, users benefit from the knowledge of Talend's technical experts, who are directly connected with Talend's R&D organization.
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By subscribing to Talend Support Services, you benefit from the experience of our in-house technical services experts, who are daily in touch with our research and development team. These services were established to insure effectiveness, security, and peace of mind of our subscription customers. They are available in three levels: Silver, Gold and Platinum. Each of these levels is associated with guarantees related to the initial time spent to respond to a declared bug, the response time spent to provide a patch, etc.
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Furthermore, you can have a look at our Tutorials which are a valuable source of information!
You can access them at: http://www.talendforge.org/tutorials/menu.php
Repository manager
Talend Repository Manager is a cross-platform, multi-repository administration tool to access the common centralized resources and to manage project and artifact migration between repositories.
Talend Repository Manager enables software development lifecycle (SDLC) best practices, by allowing cooperative work between administrators and users whom work with multiple repositories across multiple IT environments, for example development, test and production.
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Yercaud is where you go when you simply wish to apply salve to your soul.Or simply to recollect,alon with the poet,emotions in tranquility amidst sunflowers, dahlias, roses,mountains & lakes...
Day 1
Arrival Yercaud & check in at your Himalayan Retreat.Visit to the Big Lake for boating. Also visit Anna Park,with a well groomed garden.Also check out the Small lake.
Post lunch visit The Shevaroy Temple & Bear's cave.
Dinner & overnight at Yercaud
Day 2
Yercaud: Visit the Lady's Seat for vantage views of the town below.Close to Lady's Seat is a silk farm & Pagoda Point, a viewing point.
Later visit Killiyur Falls situated amidst picturesque surroundings.
Post lunch a visit to the Botanical Gardens & its orchidarium.Evening visit the Montfort School.
Dinner & overnight at Yercaud.
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Words can't convey the horror of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Every parent grieves for the lost lives, particularly those of the children, and is overwhelmingly sorry for their parents.
But it's not only the deaths. Everyone in that school – teachers, aides and particularly the children – has been traumatized to some degree by this tragedy.
Early reports indicate that some of the children were told to close their eyes as they were led out of the school. That was an excellent idea. The less they saw and heard, the less damage there is likely to be.
The extent of that damage will vary from child to child. Some children are unusually sensitive, while others are more resilient to stress. Some children may have experienced previous trauma and be more susceptible to stress. Obviously, those who lost friends will be among the more devastated.
So these kids are going to need counseling for post-traumatic stress disorder because they have now seen the kinds of things that a combat vet sees. They may have only seen them once, but they've seen them at an unusually impressive age.
Parents will need to watch their children very carefully in the days and weeks to come, looking for changes in behavior.


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Slip into your black tux. Slide into that satin dress. And don a Venetian mask. For the final evening of their "Masters of Venice: Renaissance Painters of Passion and Power" exhibition, the de Young Museum will be hosting a masked ball inspired by Venice's most powerful and provocative paintings.
"If you're looking for brunch before (or dinner after) your visit, check out Zazie, just south of Golden Gate Park in Cole Valley."
"The Baked Ziti at the Cafe is enough for 3 people!"
ArtPoint, the young professionals' organization dedicated to advancing interest and support of the fine arts in San Francisco, has organized this decadent art-inspired masquerade, and Gilt City members are invited to attend with a general admission or VIP ticket.
With the general admission ticket, you'll have access to the open bar featuring drinks made with Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur, enjoy light snacks and leave with two guest passes to the Legion of Honor or the de Young, to be used on another visit.
At midnight, you'll take off the mask—but you'll never forget this party.
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Citi Announces Appointment Of Gordon Kroft To Head Of Americas Telecommunications
Citi today announced that Gordon (Gordie) Kroft will join the company as Head of its Telecommunications practice in the Americas. In this newly created role, Gordon will oversee coverage for several important sectors, including wireline and wireless service providers, data center and tower infrastructure companies, and directories and satellite service providers in the Americas.
"Gordie brings a long track record of serving telecommunications clients, and hiring someone with his experience and deep relationships in the sector reinforces Citi's commitment to our industry-leading telecom franchise," said Mark Shafir, Global Head of Technology, Media & Telecommunications and Global Co-Head of M&A at Citi. "He is a trusted advisor and industry expert, and we are delighted to welcome him to Citi."
In driving this effort, Gordon will work closely with Citi's Canadian and Latin American groups, as well as with Eric Medow, Citi's Global Head of Telecommunications. Gordon will officially join Citi in September.
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Grand Bahama activities
Choose from a wide variety of activities for your vacation on Grand Bahama – from swimming with dolphins to bone fishing to duty free shopping and even gambling!
Of course, the biggest draw to our island are the beautiful beaches – from popular spots with lots of activities to secluded sands where you make the first footprints.
While some tour companies can pick you and your party up right from Sunrise Resort, we recommend you rent a car to travel around the island on your own. You may also hire our taxi driver partner for ground transportation and island tours.
Below are some of the more popular island activities:
- Fun in the sun on Taino Beach (Jet skis, banana boats, parasailing and more) or Margarita Villa Sand Bar
- Snorkeling and scuba diving
- Swim with dolphins
- Horseback riding
- Exploring the national park, underground caves and secluded beaches
- Shop, eat and dance in Port Lucaya Marketplace
- Try your luck on the slot machines and game tables at Treasure Bay Casino
We'd be remiss if we didn't mention fishing! Grand Bahama Island presents a diverse array of fishing habitats, from the famed bone fish flats to the inshore reefs providing grouper, snapper and mackerel to the deep blue sea just a few miles offshore that is home to blue and white marlin, sailfish, Wahoo, tuna and more.
Just check out some of the latest Grand Bahama fishing photos on our blog from recent guests.
Try your luck on your own, bring your friends for a tournament or guy's trip, or book a tour with one of our many qualified guides.


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California Riding Magazine • November, 2012
Show Report:
Dressage Season Finale
CDS Championship Show enjoys peak participation.
by Yellow Horse Marketing for the California Dressage Society
CDS Training Level Horse of the Year Donar's Diablo
with rider Kelly Phillips and owner Kim Crandall.
Photo: Jennifer M. Keeler
Having spent the summer in Europe for the 2012 Olympic Games, U.S. Team and CDS member Jan Ebeling still made time to come to the California Dressage Society Championships, an event which he has attended for more than 20 years.
"The CDS Annual Show is always a very prestigious occasion, and this year I was most impressed because of how large a show it turned out to be," said Ebeling, who coached three students with four horses over the weekend. "They worked all year to get here, they all did really well, and are very happy. We had a great time."
Mackenzie Cameron and Damian DG,
Photo: Jennifer M. Keeler
Mackinzie Cameron traveled south to Burbank from Santa Cruz to attend her very first CDS Championship Show. In addition to winning three championship titles with her horse, Damian DG, she was thrilled with her experience and the atmosphere. "I've had such a good time here," Cameron said. "Everyone involved with the show has been so welcoming and encouraging, and it's been a great experience for both me and
my horse."
Trainer Karen Ball of Coto de Caza brought six students to the show, which was her 15th CDS championship. "We were super happy with this show, and for several of my students it was their first time," she noted. "It's always one of the highlights of our year."
Those enthusiastic responses were typical reviews from those who took part in what organizers say is the largest championship in CDS' 45-year history. Final championship ribbons were presented Sunday, Oct. 7 in Burbank for the 45th Anniversary California Dressage Society Championship Show Presented By HorseShow.com, held in conjunction with the CDS Young Horse Futurity (including the Cal-Bred Futurity), the Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 7 Dressage Championships, and the Great American Insurance Group/USDF Breeders Championships West Coast Series Final. Riders, owners, and spectators enjoyed four days of spectacular dressage, camaraderie from across the region, and special anniversary celebrations marking four and a half decades of CDS service to its members and the sport.
Handlers such as Willy Arts of DG Bar Ranch presented their best young stock in Saturday's Dressage Sport Horse Breeding classes. Photo: Jennifer M. Keeler
Horse Of The Year
With bragging rights, perpetual trophies and thousands of dollars in prize money on the line, competition for CDS Horse of the Year awards on the last day of the championships remained intense. D'Re Stergios of Petaluma won her second Adult Amateur Grand Prix class of the weekend, this time claiming the CDS Horse of the Year title and the Rubinstein Memorial Trophy with her Oldenburg gelding Johnny (68.723%). The Pelton Family Trophy for Open Intermediaire II was awarded to Carolyn Adams of Pleasanton riding her Hanoverian stallion Winterprinz (70.066%), while in the Adult Amateur division, Dani Judy of La Mesa rode her Oldenburg partner Antaeus to the blue ribbon with a score of 63.947%.
During afternoon freestyles, Echo Casale (Trabuco Canyon) was triumphant at First Level with her American Warmblood Abeta Storm (68.333%), while the Second Level win went to the Bulgarian gelding Apel, earning a score of 73.917% with rider/owner Anne Howard of Ben Lomond. Tigger Wright made the trip from
Oakland worthwhile by winning the De Medici Perpetual Trophy for Third Level Freestyle with Cynthia Rowland's Friesian mare Hilde Fan't
Alddjip (69.500%).
In a fight for the CDS Open Training Level Horse of the Year honors, Donar's Diablo proved that size doesn't matter as Kim Crandall's half-Welsh pony gelding topped the field on an overall score of 71.734%, winning the Peter and Bonnie Lert Perpetual Trophy with rider Kelly Phillips of Fallbrook. From a field of 20 Adult Amateurs contesting Training Level, once again emerging victorious was Mackenzie Cameron riding her 4-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding Damian DG, winning both rounds of competition for a total average of 70.661% to claim the Melissa Creswick Perpetual Trophy.
Show spectators took a walk down memory lane
in a special CDS display commemorating their
45th anniversary. Photo: Jennifer M. Keeler
The Full Cry Perpetual Trophy for Adult Amateur First Level was awarded to Janet VerPlank (Fairfield) who swept both classes in her division with her Dutch Warmblood gelding Baronchelli to finish on an overall score of 69.373%. Nancy Szakacs of Hollister and her Westfalen gelding Rudi Regali were the strongest performers in the Adult Amateur Second Level division, winning the Two-Tone Malone Trophy on an overall score of 68.247%. Adult amateur rider Yvette Diuri of Rancho Santa Fe scored her second decisive victory in two days at Third Level with a score of 70.927% to win the Stanford Dressage Club Trophy with her Dutch Warmblod gelding Winsome, while Susan Halasz Martin of Simi Valley and Karen Drown's Oldenburg mare Natasha took home the Judith Elias Perpetual Trophy for CDS Open Third Level Horse of the Year with 71.335%. Wrapping up the CDS Horse of the Year classes was Adult Amateur Jacqueline Real-Salas, who with her own Oldenburg gelding Rustringer earned 66.740% to top their Fourth Level division and take the Fox Run Perpetual Trophy home to Temecula.
Titles Galore
Great American Insurance Group/USDF Region 7 Championships also concluded on Sunday, with titles awarded at First, Third, Fourth, and Intermediaire I levels, as well as for Young Riders. In a highly-competitive Open First Level Championship, the top eight horse/rider combinations scored over 70 percent; but ultimately emerging victorious was Julia Mineikis of Reno, NV riding her own Oldenburg gelding Felix to a top score of 76.048%. Juniors and Young Riders contested both First and Third Levels, with the Hanoverian gelding D'Esprite carrying Chelsea Peroni of Wilton to win with 66.290% at First Level, while Kalynn Harrington of Agoura Hills followed up on Thursday's freestyle championship with another victory at Third Level with Elly Schobel's American Warmblood Raison D'Etre (66.795%).
Louise Koch of Westlake Village, riding her own Westfalen stallion San Shivago, added another accomplishment to their roster by winning the Open Fourth Level Regional Championship on a score of 71.438%, while Jacqueline Real-Salas won her second championship of the day with Rustringer, scoring 70.938% to win the Adult Amateur class. In the Open Intermediaire I division, San Diego's Rebecca Rigdon rode her elegant Holsteiner mare Solei to the win with 71.776%, while in the Adult Amateur division, Elizabeth Keadle of Rancho Santa Fe added a Regional Championship title to the previous day's CDS Horse of the Year victory by earning a score of 71.842% on her Rheinlander gelding Rower Be.
Kathleen Raine and Breanna accept prizes from
Olympian Jan Ebeling, Anne Margaret Meyers of
HorseShow.com, & CDS Board member Ellen Corob.
Photo: Jennifer M. Keeler
Mackinzie Pooley of Coto de Caza finished off her weekend with another victory, this time with her NAYRC partner Brigadier (Oldenburg gelding owned by Deena Smith) in the he Young Rider Team Test Championship (65.197%). Ryan Bell of Rancho Mirage rode his own Hanoverian gelding D'Aristocrat to win the JR/YR Intermediaire I Region 7 Championship on a score of 61.184%. Finally, In the USEF Dressage Seat Medal Semi-Final (13 and under division), Taite Hylton of Los Angeles rode Pink to victory with a score of 79.000%. Bryce Quinto (Studio City) also earned a ticket to next year's Medal Finals in Colorado by winning the 14-18 division with Karenin on 75.000%.
Breeding Final
In addition to a full day of championship rides, in-hand sport horse breeding competition was also featured with the Great American Insurance Group/USDF Breeders Championships - West Coast Final. Jackie Ahl-Eckhaus of Sanger presented Si Donna MVS (Sir Donnerhall x Lumara by Flemmingh), a 2-year-old Oldenburg filly which she owns and bred, to claim the Filly Championship by earning a score of 78.850% from judges Gail Hoff-Carmona and Melissa Creswick. In the Colt/Gelding Championship, Willy Arts presented the 3-year-old Dutch Warmblood colt Escobar DG (Vivaldi x Festival by Sandro Hit) for owner/breeder DG Bar Ranch to win the division title with a score of 80.000%. Arts then returned to the ring with Debra Pulver's 4-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare Dalina DG (Jazz x Satina by Contango) to win the Mare Championship with a score of 81.300%. In the Current Year Foal Championship, Shelley Housh of Blue Jay handled her own Sterling's Brigadier SH, a grey Shagya colt (Sterling Silver x Nicolatina Star by Starwalker), to a score of 68.650%, while the Stallion Championship was awarded to the 6-year-old Oldenburg Sondheim OLD (Sandro Hit x Galana by Rohdiamant), presented by Burbank's Jaye Cherry for owner Marta Kauffman to a score of 84.375%, the highest score awarded for the Dressage Sport Horse Breeding classes.
Complete results and event coverage for the 45th Anniversary California Dressage Society Championship Show Presented By HorseShow.com is available on the CDS website, www.california-dressage.org. The California Dressage Society, formed in 1967, is a non-profit organization devoted to furthering interest in dressage. It is one of the largest dressage organizations in the nation with more than 4,000 individual members in its 36 Chapters and a rich history of equestrian sport on the West Coast.


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Use a vegetable steamer or a crock pot as a stand-in for a humidifier
Is everybody in your universe sick, as they are in mine? Some virulent bug has flattened my kids' school, and we're just digging out now *sniff cough*.
Maggie's hack may net everyone a more restful night's sleep while the viruses rage:
I still haven't figured out the difference between warm mist and cool mist or why one is better or worse for you [Anyone? In the comments? -- Ed]. Recently, my humidifier stopped working. I realized that my vegetable steamer does the same job of putting water in the air. So, I put that in my son's room, put in all the components like I was steaming veggies, and put in the max water and max time that it could run (75 min). I also realized that I could do the same with a Crock pot -- it could run overnight and I could crack the lid open a bit. With a crock pot or veggie steamer, there are no inaccessible parts that you can't clean and allow mold to build up.
Obvious safety note: keep it 100% out of reach of mobile kiddos, and set the timer to remind you to check on it periodically. Not sure I'd want to leave a kitchen appliance running overnight in the kid's room, although I imagine (with a slow cooker especially) there's minimal risk. Am I missing anything?


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In the first important work written by an Austrian economist, Carl Menger's Principles of Economics, Menger makes the observation that Communism will work when resources are unlimited. (Peter Joseph's resource based economy is already assuming that resources are currently unlimited.) What Menger overlooked, and Joseph couldn't even realize to begin with, is that LAND is not unlimited. In other words, in Joseph's "unlimited resources" world, assuming that by some as yet developed technology he can build pre-fab houses for everyone on the planet, what if I and about a million other people want to live on Malibu Beach? How is the resource based marketless economy going to determine who gets to live where on the limited land on Earth?
But, as Menger did point out, and Joseph does not know, is that all value is subjective. What if many people don't want to live in the pre-fab houses that the "caring" Peter Joseph envisions are to be built?
I know! I know! I know! In this "it's not socialism" resource based economy, either people will selflessly choose to live in the sterile (in my subjective view) pre-fab houses that the machines (because there is no labor in a resource based economy) will build—whether or not each person likes or even wants a house (as opposed to an apartment), or they will be forced to live in the pre-fab house so as not to be "selfish" toward their fellow human beings. (Sort of like those outfits that everyone was forced to wear in China during the halcyon Mao years so as not to display any materialistic individuality. Of course, we already know what the individual Peter Joseph thinks about individuality.) Is a resource based economy starting to remind you of anything? (HINT: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.")
If you look at the Zeitgeist website, you can see that someone (the egotistical Peter Joseph, perhaps?) must determine what goods will be built with the alleged "unlimited" resources. Like a command economy, it must be that way because unless each person can determine his or her subjective taste in the products he or she wants through a market economy, the production of goods in general still has to be limited by a person or persons if there is no market to determine the subjective material preferences of individuals.
To prove my point, here's a quote from the Venus Project (which is the blueprint that Joseph is working from):
"Considerable amounts of energy would also be saved by eliminating the duplication of competitive products such as tools, eating utensils, pots, pans and vacuum cleaners." [By the way, if, according to the Venus Project, there is "a limitless supply of renewable…energy," then there would be no reason to be concerned with saving energy. Duh.]
Also, is no one going to be running the machines or even supervising the computers that run the machines in this resource based laborless economy? Since even the best machines won't last forever, I want to know who are the "selfless" designers, engineers, technicians, etc. who are going to build new improved machines or repair the old ones for nothing—while the people who used to work at MacDonald's flipping hamburgers or packing groceries at my local store can now (according to the "caring" Peter Joseph) sit around in their free pre-fab houses waiting for the new machines or the repairing of the old machines?
I do believe that as technology advances, more and more people on Earth will see their standard of living improve. That's the way it's been since the Industrial Revolution thanks to the system that Peter Joseph says doesn't work: capitalism.
And don't forget: According to the economically-ignorant Joseph, there will be great, free healthcare for everyone. (Can't wait to see my great doctors breaking their necks for free while I sit home catching up on my as yet unseen Sergei Parajanov films. By the way, are my great doctors a limitless resource? I think not. There goes that pesky need again for a market and money to sort out this particular limited resource.)
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The 25 Biggest Ways You Are Being Ripped Off
Posted by David Pegg on February 15, 2012
Movie Theatre Popcorn
Although it costs less than ten cents per ounce to produce, popcorn in movie theaters will typically cost you around $5, which ounce for ounce is more than filet mignon! So why do movie theaters mark their concessions up over 1000%? It's because they rarely make very much off of the tickets. Most of those profits go right back to the studios, leaving popcorn as their primary source of revenue.
Text Messages
It costs a carrier about one-third of a cent to deliver a text message. Users, however, generally pay between 10 to 20 cents per text. That is a markup of over 6,500%!
All You Can Eat Buffets
The average buffet charges somewhere around $12 per meal. And sure, you can eat all you want but the buffet owner knows that most people's stomachs can't hold much more than $7 – $8 worth of fast food. But it's not fast food you say? Wishful thinking we reply.
College Textbooks
Over the past 20 years textbook prices have increased twice as fast as the annual inflation rate with the average student forking over a ridiculous $900 for textbooks they will probably not even use.
Wine Service At Restaurants
Most people, when taking their date to a fancy restaurant, will not order the cheapest wine on the menu for obvious reasons. Restaurant owners are aware of this which is why you will often find the highest markup on the second-cheapest bottle of wine they serve.
Printer Ink
It's a classic marketing scheme that you'll see on this list at least a couple times. You sell one product (like a printer) at a bargain price, essentially losing money and then you turn around and sell everything else that you need to use that product at a significant markup. In the case of printer ink, just make sure you shop around.
Razor Blades
Just like with printer ink, razors are marked up sometimes at nearly 5,000% for very similar reasons. Costing the manufacturers only pennies to produce they are often sold to consumers for several dollars.
"Free" Credit Reports
Evidently most people don't know that the government requires consumers to be allowed one free credit check per year, which may be the reason these "free credit report" websites are offering their free service…that is already free. Why would they do that? To snag customers on their monthly subscriptions.
Hotel Mini-Bars
Like restaurants, hotel owners understand the human psyche. They know that after a long day of traveling/vacationing people will not want to leave the hotel to go find a snack late at night and a 1,300% markup won't look so unappealing.
Electronics Warranties
In almost every scenario the price of repairing the electronics is the same as the price of the warranty you are buying and it hardly makes sense to buy something of that sort when you may never need to buy it all.
French Fries At Fast Food Chains
Potato distributors typically charge around 15 cents per pound of french fries while consumers are charged over a dollar for less than half that amount. The middle men (fast food restaurants) snag the profits.
Oil Changes
Although these aren't always rip offs, a good amount of the time you will find yourself struggling not to pay for needless upsells like "high performance" oil and premature transmission flushes. In some cases you might even end up with an unscrupulous mechanic only partially filling your oil tank. The only defense is caution.
Fountain Soda
Costing restaurants only a small fraction of the price they charge, fountain drinks are a sour deal for consumers. Moreover, the restaurants that overfill your cup with ice and don't use disposable cups are really making a killing.
Printer Cables
Everyone knows that the price of technology falls over time…in which case printer cables must not be technology. It seems like they've always been $30. The reason they are on this list, however, is because outlets like Staples get them for $3 before reselling them for ten times that price. Besides, you can't use your printer without them.
Restaurant Coffee
This one is really no secret as you can brew yourself a regular 16 oz. cup at home for about $0.50. Of course, maybe the convenience of paying several dollars for a really small cup of coffee is worth it but just remember, by the end of the year this can equate to hundreds of dollars.


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Following the emergence of details related to the dismemberment of eight-year-old Leiby Kletzky, who went missing while walking to meet his mother after day camp, suspect Levi Aron was officially charged with murder Wednesday night.
The 35-year-old Brooklyn man admitted to killing and dismembering Kletzky, and investigators have found the boy's remains in two separate locations in the borough.
Members of the surrounding community reacted to the news with shock.
Calling the incident "every parent's nightmare," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters that around 2:40 a.m. detectives found Levi Aron standing shirtless in the middle of a small apartment in the Kensington section of Brooklyn.
When the detectives asked Aron where the boy was, Kelly said Aron nodded to his kitchen, where investigators found a refrigerator containing bloody knives and human remains.
"Detectives observed blood on the freezer handle of the refrigerator. Inside the refrigerator was a cutting board with three carving knives with blood on them. Some of the remains were in the freezer and others in the dumpster two-and-a-half miles away," said Kelly.
Aron told investigators that he "panicked" once he realized that police were looking for the child and then killed the boy, according to the police commissioner.
The fatal chance encounter started when Leiby, who was one week away from his ninth birthday, was returning to his mother along a prearranged seven-block route from Boyan Day Camp on 44th Street and 12th Avenue in Borough Park around 5 p.m. Monday.
However, surveillance video from the area shows the boy was wandering lost, and Kelly said Leiby approached Aron for directions.
Kelly does not believe that Leiby knew the suspect, but the boy agreed to enter Aron's brown 1990 Honda Accord.
Authorities believe that surveillance video shows the boy walking with Aron and waiting while the suspect briefly entered a dentist's office to pay a bill.
Officials entered the dentist's office at 2 o'clock this morning, found the suspect's address in dental records and went immediately to Aron's home, where they made the grisly discovery.
"This is a horrible crime and we are extremely grateful for the support we received from the community," said Kelly, who also expressed condolences for the Kletzky family.
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes told NY1 that he wants to present the case before a Kings County grand jury and have jurors consider the maximum legal charges.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Aron had a prior criminal summons for public urination, and now authorities are trying to find out more about the suspect.
Aron, who is believed to be an orthodox Jew, was originally from Brooklyn but spent some time in Memphis before moving back to the borough two years ago.
He was employed at a Brooklyn maintenance supply company and lived in the same house as his parents and uncle.
A long-time neighbor of Aron described the suspect as a quiet loner.
"My brother lives across the street with five kids. I can't imagine that somebody on his block, who I grew up with, could do such a horrible thing," said Shimi Kaplan, who knew Aron. "I'm, like, beyond words."
Neighbors gathered today in front of the Borough Park residence of the Kletzky family and members of the area's close-knit Hasidic Jewish community were sickened and shocked that the two-day search for the boy ended this way.
Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who helped lead the search for Leiby, said it is hard to comprehend what happened, but said he was heartened by how people from many communities gathered in Borough Park to search for the boy.
The assemblyman said patrol members included people from as far as the Catskills and the ultra-orthodox Jewish community of Monsey, N.Y. and even a group of 20 Pakistanis.
Other elected officials, including Congressman Jerrold Nadler, the area's representative, released statements expressing horror for the crime and sympathy for the boy's family.
"When news of Leiby's disappearance broke, I joined my constituents and parents everywhere in a sense of fear and concern, mixed with a powerful hope that he would be found unharmed. Today, I am speechless and shocked by the brutality and injustice of this horrific crime," Nadler said. "As a father and a human being, I am deeply saddened that so innocent a soul could be so cruelly taken. I join my constituents in Borough Park and people everywhere in wishing the Kletzky family strength and blessings to heal from this awful tragedy."
Leiby is survived by three sisters. His funeral was held Wednesday night in Borough Park.
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Tucker's Onion Burgers: simple and delicious
by Tim | February 1, 2012 | 18 Comments
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Tucker's Onion Burgers - 405-609-2333
324 NW 23rd Street in Oklahoma City (map)
Tucker's Onion Burgers - 405-286-3331
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As the first fast-casual dining experience from the popular and well-respected A Good Egg Dining Group (the people behind Cheever's Cafe, Iron Starr Urban BBQ, Red Primesteak and RePUBlic Gastropub), Tucker's has understandably garnered a lot of attention. Much has been written about Tucker's already, but I still wanted to offer my thoughts on this new staple of Oklahoma City dining.
Tucker's menu pays homage to the kind of simplicity that made In-N-Out Burger famous. Tucker's offers a single onion burger (4.99, $5.49 w/cheese), a double onion burger ($6.99, $7.99 w/cheese), a triple onion burger (the "Mother Tucker" – $8.99, $9.99 w/cheese), a turkey burger ($4.99, $5.49 w/cheese) and a salad ("The One Salad" – $4.99). They also have shakes made with Blue Bell ice cream (vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry – $3.99).
Personally, I like the simple menu approach. It makes them efficient and allows them to stay focused on quality. Plus, I just happen to like their burgers. A lot.
These are onion burgers, of which I am a big fan (see a pic). Now, whenever one talks about onion burgers around these parts, one will inevitably compare them to El Reno onion burgers. Believe me, I get it. I grew up eating at the El Reno onion burger places. I love them, and I can tell you that Tucker's Onion Burgers are not El Reno style onion burgers. But to be honest, I really don't care. Who says an onion burger has to be made a certain way to be tasty? Tucker's may not be making El Reno style onion burgers, but they are making tasty onion burgers that are located a lot closer to my house, and that gets my attention.
Tucker's burgers are bigger than El Reno burgers and the patties don't get smashed razor-thin like we're used to in El Reno. That's ok with me because while I might need to eat two (or sometimes, yes, even three) El Reno burgers to get full, a single burger and fries at Tucker's gets me to a good level. I try to stick with the single burger at Tucker's because I know it's better on my pocketbook and my health, but the double burger is oh so good. I've never had the Mother Tucker, but I'd imagine it's oh oh so so good. Maybe one day I'll try it but for me the single is a great size with the double being there for an extra level of indulgence.
The quality of ingredients are a cut above here. First, they're using fresh, locally-sourced, high quality beef that's hand-formed into patties. The onions are cut thin and cooked on the meat to a good level. The buns are exceptional, sourced from the Prairie Thunder Baking Company and baked fresh especially for Tucker's. I've heard some say the buns are a little too heavy or "roll-like" for them. I can understand that point of view as they are pretty substantial. This is another reason why I think the double burger beats the single by just an edge. On the single, you feel like there is just a little too much bread for the meat. But with the double, the balance is perfect.
The substantial bun also allows it to hold a whole lot of toppings without falling apart. Your choice of toppings is included with every burger (cheese is extra). My personal combination is always grilled onions (of course), mustard, extra pickles, and fresh grilled jalepenos. To me, the shredded lettuce and tomatoes just get in the way. But the pickles are a treat. These are thick-cut, high quality pickle slices. You can ask for "extra pickles" and I highly recommend that you do.
Tucker's fries deserve some love as well ($2.59 - see a pic). The first time we visited, my wife said they were the best fries she's had. I've experienced some slight inconsistency in the fries from visit to visit. Sometimes they've been a little overdone, but never enough to really bother me. And when they are on they are spot on — fresh-cut, fairly thin, cooked in peanut oil and sprinkled with a little sea salt. The amazing thing is you can get these to go and they will still be crispy when you get where you are going.
I haven't had "The One Salad," or the turkey burger so I can't speak to those. I have had one of their shakes (see a pic). I'm no shake connoisseur, so to me it was just a shake. And at $3.99 it adds quite a bit to the price of a meal (not to mention the addition of calories) so I usually pass. I prefer my calories in burger form.
Speaking of price, I think Tucker's is priced well for the most part. The fact that it's served in a paper sack gives the feel of a fast-food restaurant and so, one might feel Tucker's is pricey in comparison to other fast food options. But the size and quality of the meal here justifies the higher price tag. My standard single onion burger with cheese, plus fries and a drink comes in at just under $11 with tax (and there's no tipping here). A little high, but there are a couple of tricks you can employ to lower your tab. Bring your cup back with you and you'll save $1 on the drink. Use a KeepItLocalOK card and you'll save another 10%. Put that all together and my meal usually comes in at under $9 all-inclusive.
As with most every restaurant Good Egg operates, the building tells a good part of the story. Before Tucker's ever opened, Good Egg invested a great deal in the restoration of the historical building it now occupies (see pics here and here). As a resident of this area, that makes a big impression on me. The vibe inside the restaurant is lively and it can be pretty loud when it's full. I prefer sitting outside on their wonderful patio where things are a lot quieter.
My only real complaint at Tucker's is the lack of options for kids. There is no kids menu and the burgers are so big that, unless you cut them into pieces to share among several little ones, there's going to be a lot of waste. I don't fault them for it as I'm sure they would add a kids menu if they thought they needed it to bring in business. As it is, I won't be taking my family to Tucker's, but that won't keep me from frequenting by myself, with my wife, and with friends.
Overall, Tucker's is a hit and a place that I hope will be a part of OKC's dining scene for a long time. Have you been to Tucker's yet? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
You can get more information and see additional photos courtesy of Nicole McDaniel Photography and others on our restaurant listing for Tucker's Onion Burgers.
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Cult of Nobody says:
February 1st, 2012 at 8:04 am
Love the buns they get from Prairie Thunder in Mid-Town.
Have eaten several Cheesey Mother Tucker's and they've always been good.
However on our last visit my wife's burger was a little lacking in the burger department. It looked like it had fallen apart during the cooking process and they didn't put all the parts on the bun. We showed it to the lady that came by and asked how everything was and she just kind of laughed and joked about it.
The burgers are good enough It's not the kind of thing that would keep us from going back after happening once. If it happened again there are plenty of other burger places already established or popping up around town for us to frequent.
As good as I think Tucker's burgers can be, when prepared properly. I still think Nic's is the best, and most consistently prepared, burger in OKC.
Asher's Mom says:
February 1st, 2012 at 9:29 am
I've eaten at Tucker's several times since it is very handy for my work and I've noticed that the quality is hit and miss. Sometimes they have a really good burger and sometimes it's a falling apart mess. I've actually stopped going there and started going to Abraham's, since I know that the quality will always be good.
CLW03 says:
February 1st, 2012 at 1:41 pm
My husband and I stumbled upon Tucker's a couple months ago and shared the mother tucker. The flavor was great but was an obvious mess to try the split in half and share (in the car as well.) we went back a while later and each ordered the single. This was a much better experience. We sat outside, enjoyed our beverages and fully enjoyed all that is Tucker's! The buns are amazing! Most hamburger buns are not even worth talking about but Tucker's got some nice buns for sure! The meat portioning is just right in my opinion! People compare Tucker's to Nic's. I've tried both and Tucker's has my eternal vote! It's the right amount of good ol messy burger mixed with great local ingredients and quality. They take their time with the food they serve their patrons. It's not too hard to eat and you won't feel your cholesterol raising when your done. I found myself wanting more so we went back the next week!
Tucker's=onion burger king! Yum yum!
Cult of Nobody says:
February 1st, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Tim, all that is true but, I'm not comparing the business models. Only the burgers.
And apparently Asher's Mom has had the same issues with the falling apart burgers. So it sounds like a QC issue they should probably address.
I didn't mention it in my first comment but I've also noticed that some of my Mother Tucker's have varied in size. I know there was a size difference between the first and second time I ate there and that was over the period of a couple of days.
Brent says:
February 1st, 2012 at 6:10 pm
Here is the real deal-why Nic's is way better-regardless of hours. You get a cheeseburger-as big as tucker's triple-with more fries than tucker's, and a drink with free refills for $8. The triple, fries and drink at tucker's is about $13, and not as good, Tucker's is overpriced. They could get me to eat the overcharge if they cooked their onions for more than 30 seconds, Their onions are way undercooked for what a great onion burger should be. Lower the price-cook the onions-then they can enter the running for the best.
Mary a. says:
March 3rd, 2012 at 5:30 pm
I have to say..while they may be working out the links of consistency. When I went in the customer service was beyond superb and the bread was phenomenal. I'm all about local and I adore that tuckers is too.
Pam says:
April 23rd, 2012 at 3:46 pm
My only complaint about Tucker's is the lack of seating (at lunchtime). It's awkward and a little stressful to have to stand around waiting for a table to open, knowing that several other people are doing the same thing.
Dave says:
June 22nd, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Thanks for the recommendation, Tim. Simply incredible burgers, fries, and strawberry lemonade! I'm also a big fan of the Dyson Air Blade and that really cool water sprayer they use to clean the tables.
KC says:
May 11th, 2013 at 11:48 pm
Terrific onion burger but there's nothing really distinctive about it's flavor. Fresh ingredients and cooked just right but it's missing that "wow" factor IMHO. That said I encourage folks to try Tucker's-they won't be disappointed.


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The Definition of 'Security,' 'Lack of accountability,' 'Transparency,' 'Fairness,' ' Social injustice,' and 'Corruption' by An Afghan Being.
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Please define the word "security" and how it applies to your life?
In Afghanistan, whenever I hear the word, 'security' the first definition that peeps in my mind as an Afghan woman is Chadari, Long and huge Veil that can cover your head to toe. The Chadari is the definition of security because it protects us from the Fundamentalists' violence, it covers our whole body with its blue color wrinkles and the made of net slit near our eyes. On the huge and rush roads of Kabul and other provinces wearing the Chadari give women the confident of not being afraid of beat and insult of the men members. Still now, security for Afghan women on Afghan land is the Chadari not any weapon or magical stick.
In my second world, AUW, Asian University for Women, the word, 'security' has taken a different meaning, now I can define security as Freedom of Speech and Expression. Now, security, for me, means saying the words of my mind, sharing my experiences, and letting people know about my story and other women's lives in Afghanistan. These words are based on inspiration because protection and shelter of human beings is inspiration. These are the definition that I find at AUW.
Please define the phrase "lack of accountability" and how it applies to your life?
To be honest, I cannot define the meaning of the phrase, 'lack of accountability,' in a very logical way. However, I can say that when you have security, and you do not know how to preserve it this is called, 'lack of accountability.' For example, during the Taliban's regime, even today, as I said before that the Chadari is the security and safekeeping of Afghan women in Afghanistan. In the beginning, women were forced to wear the Chadari, if they would not obey them, they would probably be beaten by the Taliban on the streets near to the coward men's eyes and beside the covered women's head with the Chadari. After this harassed period, Afghan women found out that the Chadari is part of their souls. They might say that if the heart is beating inside for blood circulation, the Chadari is preserving the heart to live for longer time. Therefore still women are wearing it. For a moment imagine that if women would throw their Chadaris on the streets and deny wearing them on that harsh period, would the Afghan grandmothers, mothers, aunts, and other old aged and middle aged women live nearby us today? So the phrase, 'lack of accountability,' for me, means that you know that you are secure but you do not preserve it.
However for me, as a self-administered Afghan woman at AUW, who is working, talking, writing, and thinking about a brighter future for Afghan women, the phrase, 'lack of accountability,' means that if I ignore those depressed women's situation and live my life with joy and peace.
Every moment, I fell that I am not any more among those women, who are suffering miseries in every moments of their lives, I am so lucky. So I have to help them and talk on behalf of them to the world because they cannot do in a place like Afghanistan, which is a semi- breathed bird in a wooden cage.
Also, I have freed from the cage of violence and discrimination, and if I fly everywhere with my open wings to enjoy life for myself and find grain to eat by myself without sharing it with my sisters and mothers, then it will be called 'lack of accountability.'
Please define the word "transparency" and how it applies to your life?
For me, the word, 'transparency,' means purity, honesty, and writing.
Transparency means purity and cleanliness, doing something with true potential and heart, this ability has hidden in everyone's wisdom. Some people do not recognize themselves; thus for them it is hard to reach to their true potentials. If they remain transparent or clear and explicit then they can success in their paths.
The other meaning of transparency is honesty; it is honestly because Honesty is nature's law, nature belongs to human beings; so every person in the world has the abilities to be honest and transparent.
For me and in my life, transparency is writing, it is writing because its words talk to people, and people are hungry of words. People identify others by the words of their writings. The words in writing do not need to be cheated or copied by others at the end it will end up with your name as the author of the piece. Writing introduces us to the world of knowledge, art, literature, policy, honesty, and imagination which is the most beautiful world. So the word, 'transparency,' can be applied in my daily life as I write my daily journals, and I am the writer of my life's history by this 'transparency' or purity, honesty, and writing.
Please define the word "fairness" and how it applies to your life?
Fairness means that both women and men are respecting the same way and approaching the same position in politics, society, economics, and other fields of life. Fairness means that you know that someone is qualified but needs inspiration to go ahead, and if you offer a life of brightness for him or her by your inspiring words and actions then it is 'fairness.'
For me, fairness means free from fear: means that you listen to your people, help them, and talk to them without any fear. There are lots of Afghan people, who do not like my idea of changing their minds and waking them up from the death dreams of violence and discrimination, but I am talking to them through my writings without any fear. This is the term of 'fairness,' which can be applied on my life.
Please define the phrase "social injustice" and how it applies to your life?
When your own people do not talk to you and do not listen to you properly for being a woman, it is called 'social injustice.' When people say out loud that being as a weak woman, I cannot do anything, only the men can do it because they are born men by nature.
And if the people do not listen to me and behave with me in a disrespect way, I response them in the same then again it is called, 'social injustice.' It is 'social injustice,' because it is my responsibilities to make them understand otherwise the society will remain in an injustice way forever.
In my life, the term of 'Social injustice,' means that if I write something which is against one ethic of Afghan people for some particular personal matters, and in favor of my own ethic, this is called 'social injustice.' So, 'social injustice' means bias and unfairness.
Please define the word "corruption" and how it applies to your life?
The word, 'corruption,' means dishonesty, not transparent, and misuse of our knowledge in an unfair way of self-empower. When I was in Afghanistan my rights were corrupted not by my family but with the misused and misinterpreted Islamic Law by government and society, but now I see corruption through images and news on Afghanistan, which are brought to the headlines of news by some interpreters trying their best to misapprehend Afghans' images around the world. So, 'corruption,' does apply in my daily life by reading the news on Afghans and Afghanistan by generalization.
Hi Parwana,
Thank you for kicking off the discussion and courageously and honestly answering the questions outlined. I think we have so much to learn from your experience and insight and that this group will allow for a powerful discussion on the issues of corruption and security in this region. I am looking forward to seeing how others interpret these questions, and encourage you to add your thoughts to their journals once they post. You are a powerful voice for the women of Afghanistan and continue to amaze me with your courage.
All the best,
You know Parwana Kashmiri
You know Parwana Kashmiri women also wear Charadri. Here it is called Koshur Burkhe. A few old ladies still wear it , rest have discarded it for a modern version. Of course there is no compulsion especailly not from the state. My dad's grandmother used to wear it. I love it as I feel it is more comfortable to wear and more suited to our climatic conditions. I don't wear a burkha but I know what u are talking about when u say it gives woman a confidence. Our cultures are so similar.
Good personal interpretations!
Dear Parwana,
Your voice that focuses to seek rights for Afghani Women is really great. It is really nice to hear that your sharing of things with your family members is what you consider as accountability. It is a very different angle of what I thought about lack of accountability. When you think about corruption in a broder perspectives, where do you think it often comes under? (government?)