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This restaurant and beer bar is a treat after a day of business or sightseeing in Cape Town. Apart from the awesome brews that are their signature trademark, they serve good hearty food in sizable portions and at competitive prices.
Here you can enjoy charcuterie boards that is bound to satisfy, delicious sandwiches and their smoky beef prego, straight from the barbecue.
Big, filling breakfasts are also on offer and offers a great start to any day. For the more refined diner, the salmon is a definite winner.
But it's not just beer. There is an extensive wine list that will not disappoint.
This laid-back beer bar and eatery, complete with ping pong table for entertainment, offers a 'real' experience in the midst of city madness.
Arabesque is a quaint little coffee shop and cafeteria to visit for a light lunch and some delicious treats in the tea garden. Kick off your day with an Arabesque breakfast, followed by some delightful lunch items such as pastas, bobotie and lasagna. Pair your coffee and tea with something sweet from the selection of home-baked cakes and tarts.
This contemporary, stylish and vibey restaurant is situated in the popular Gardens Centre in Cape Town. The interior is sleek but warm and the ambience bustling. The restaurant has an inside and patio section and can seat up to 120 guests. The quirky 'cat' theme adds to the individuality and uniqueness of this trendy spot.
The menu offers something for everyone, good food and sizable portions at affordable rates. Late risers can enjoy the popular all-day breakfasts. The gourmet burgers and fresh seafood will also not disappoint. For the sweet tooth there is a variety of muffins and freshly baked homemade cakes on offer.
Blue Cat Cafe has become a popular meeting place for people from all walks of life and this flexibility and variety shines through in the atmosphere, service, detail and food.
A menu filled with ostrich meat dishes caters for visitors to the renowned Cango Caves. Breakfasts, light lunches, main courses and desserts can be enjoyed. Dishes include salads, burgers and succulent Karoo lamb and set menus are available for groups featuring Asian, Indian and Western cuisine. Groups need to book in advance.
Located in the breath taking beauty of the Stellenbosch winelands Boschendal Wine Estate offers its visitors Le Café for a laid back breakfast or lunch venue.
The eatery is housed in the original slave quarters of the farm. Enjoy a light summer lunch or tea time treat in the cool that the canopy of ancient oak trees provide. Parents will appreciate the lawn as a place of play (amongst the ducks) for the children. In winter guests will feel right at home indoors in front the cosy fireplace.
The restaurant has a change of menu at winter, when warm bredies and Bobotie are called for. The summer offerings include home-made lemonade and the best scones. Other menu items include omelets, Quesidillas, salads, and quiche. Desserts range from cheese cakes to Ice –cream Sundays and Pavlova.
The restaurant also has a selection of Boschendal's finest wines to round off lunch.
The estate also offers deli style picnics (Le Pique Nique) and houses a buffet restaurant (Boschendal Le Restaurant).
Café Caprice combines artisan cocktails, a café-style menu, relaxing lounges and sidewalk seating to experience the epitome of Cape Town's cosmopolitan social scene. Situated directly across from Camps Bay Beach at 37 Victoria Road, open seven days a week since 1999, it is a home for many Cape Townians and a must visit destination for tourists.
Camps Bay beach is the ultimate sunset viewing spot and Café Caprice provides the perfect backdrop, as DJ's fill the space with laid back music from Thursday to Sunday with a deep, chilled house soundtrack.
Café Caprice - a landmark on the Camps Bay promenade and an indelible part of the Cape Town bar and entertainment scene.
To reserve a table or party, email [email protected]
This beautiful little coffee shop and bistro serves up a wide variety of dishes in a bustling atmosphere. Café Magnifico combines the traditional with original, and does this at very reasonable prices.
The menu is extensive and offers all-day breakfast and amazing lunches. Breakfast options include the traditional English-style breakfast, parma ham and eggs on an English muffin and even exotic flavours like the smoked norwegian salmon or tuna carpaccio with eggs.
Lunch consists of gourmet sandwiches, wraps and salads, pastas, burgers and even mezze platters and the ingredients and fillings are far from boring. Try the Cajun chicken, pepperdew, and sweet chilli mayo toastie or the Asian beef noodle wrap with rump steak strips, rice noodles in a plum sauce, crispy salad and fresh coriander.
For the sweet tooth there is a variety of waffles and pancakes with different toppings and fillings. Enjoy a relaxed breakfast or lunch at this quaint café.
Located in the Seaside Village in Bloubergstrand in Cape Town, Caffe Rossini is the perfect place to take a break. The aromas of freshly brewing coffee waft through the centre, calling shoppers in for a quick 'pick me up' and a light snack. Friendly service and fresh fabulous food are what makes Caffe Rossini such a popular place to pop in and regather and refresh.
The Caffé Rossini concept is based on the contemporary lifestyle of a 19th century Italian gentleman, Gioachino Rossini. A tenor and composer of operas, Rossini's love of music was surpassed only by his love for good coffee and good food. The Caffé Rossini philosophy mirrors the composer's classical talent and quest for excellence.
Caffé Rossini has honoured the age old traditions of making authentic Italian style coffees; Cappucinno, Espresso and other speciality hot and cold beverages since its inception in 1992. Great coffee has been our foundation since we started. Caffé Rossini has its own unique coffee blends specially blended for the local pallet but based on old style traditions.
Freedom Hill Restaurant offers country-style hospitality on its stunning wine estate in the Franschhoek region.
With views of the Berg River Valley and Simonsberg Mountains, Freedom Hill has an exquisite back drop for a meal sitting any time of day. Enjoy afternoon tea on the terrace or sundowners in the late afternoon for a laid back time out. Not limited to lighter meal variations, the restaurant also has a well rounded and complete lunch and dinner menu with starters, mains and pudding.
The menu offers a selection of mouth watering canapés as finger food to compliment a social drinks meet (and eat) or as a nibble between meals. The a la carte menu is an explosion of flavours with starters such as Sardine and Mascarpone Cheese Quiche, or Quail Breast with Nougat Salad. The main courses cover a variety of meat dishes as well pasta. Dessert is a decadent affair with the likes of Vanilla and Amarula pan cotta with fresh strawberries or, a chocoholic's dream: Double Chocolate Mousse with Pistachio Nuts. Be sure to enquire about the daily specials.
Not only is Freedom Hill an eatery worth visiting, it is also a wedding and function venue. Personal wine tastings are available to guests.
Traditional South Africa meals, Italian cuisine and even Indian cuisine can be found on the menu. Lighter meals like burgers, pizzas and bar snacks are served with flair. Be sure to try the homemade lasagne and macaroni cheese, as well as the as-close-to-authentic-as-it-can-get Thai curry with all the bells and whistles.
In the midst of the bustling Grand West Casino Complex you will find this gem of a restaurant and music venue, a calm respite from the outside hustle.
Jackson Hall is beautifully decorated and exudes a warm, casual, yet upmarket ambience. The leather couches invite you to relax and the fittings and finishes are a great mix between the modern and days gone by.
Jackson Hall serves light meals, but the simple menu does not disappoint. Try the delicious calamari crumbed in herbs and spices. For the hungrier diner there are burgers and awesome Italian-style pastas on offer. Dishes are very well priced and a light meal here is almost sure to suit the pocket.
Jackson Hall offers a variety of cocktails, perfect companions to the beautiful, ye olde jazz music constantly filling the background (or foreground for that matter).
JB Rivers is located in the popular Cavendish Square and this sleek, stylish bistro-style eatery offers a welcome respite from a day (or an hour) of shopping.
The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner throughout the week, except for Sundays when only breakfast and lunch are served. The menu is well thought out and offers lighter meals like gourmet sandwiches, as well as options for the more ravenous diner.
The sushi menu is great and serves up fashion sandwiches, maki, nigiri, sashimi and loads more. Only the freshest produce is used, and this ensures bite-sized Japanese delights that burst with flavour.
The price one pays for an average main course is very competitive and the quality received outweighs the moolah spent. Next time you're in Cavendish, try this awesome restaurant that delivers on all levels.
This popular, typically Irish pub is located on the bustling Long Street strip in Cape Town. The vibrant, bustling, friendly atmosphere ensures a good time, every time. Here you can enjoy Guinness and Pilsner on tap, as they should be, as well as your favourite sport on the flat-screen TVs. THis vibey spot usually has live music every night of the week. The menu is simple with hearty dishes that brings a little piece of Ireland to the Cape. Traditional potato and leek soup with homemade Irish soda bread, crispy pork served on a bed of stir-fried veg and egg noodles with a sweet chilli sauce and Guinness battered fried calamari strips with salad, chips and tartare sauce are just some of the dishes you can enjoy.
This bistro affair captures the best of the nature and flavours from the kitchen into a well-rounded dining experience.
The glass conservatory flows out on the alfresco style terrace flanked by panoramic views of the valley in the nurturing atmosphere of the working orchard.
The open plan kitchen invites a culinary performance dining indoors and the terrace cradled by fruit trees embraces the great outdoors.
Long Street Cafe is, as the name suggests, situated on the bustling, vibrant Long Street in Cape Town. This strip has become famous all over for its quaint book shops, stores, restaurants and night life. Long Street truly reflects the essence of Cape Town, along with its unique character and colourful history, and the Long Street Cafe succeeds in carrying forward this legacy.
Whether it is breakfast and an early cup of jo, lunch, dinner or drinks, here you will find an eclectic mix of locals, tourists and just plain characters that fill the space with warmth and chit chat.
Breakfast is a treat with traditional favourites like omelettes, French toast and the healthier option, muesli. Apart from great sandwiches, burgers, pizzas and salads, the restaurant also offers dishes like the Prawn Cocktail, mussels in a creamy garlic and white wine sauce, the marinated beef wrap with veg and fries and crispy beer battered hake and chips. Try the bangers and mash with a red wine gravy or even one of the perfectly prepared steaks. There truly is something for everyone, but quantity does not overshadow quality.
For a vibey, energetic, unique atmosphere and good food that is served in sizable portions at reasonable prices, try Long Street Cafe.


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Children's Ark is located in Hastings, NE. It is a preschool that serves children ages 0-7+. Children's Ark is Hospital Centered and has a capacity of 150 children.
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text: There were slim pickings for analogue photography fans at this year's Photokina, but the highlight of my attendance was an opportunity to shoot a roll of Ektar 100 thru the newly revised Rollei Hy6 mod 2 (having several improvements over the previous Hy6 introduced two years ago). The DHK booth was my favorite corner of Hall 4, adjoining the Linhof booth, not far from Sinar and Metz. I borrowed a tiny manual Metz C-2 flash and under the watchful eye of the Rollei brass I went across the isle to the Linhof booth, a salesgirl from Metz who served as a model and assistant and fired off 12 shots, with the camera set at F8 and the flash in manual mode. Having several medium format cameras (Hasselblad 500ELX, Mamiya RZ67 and Mamiya 711) I was extremely impressed with the fast and accurate autofocus function which greatly facilitates shooting without having to strain my middle age eyes. The auto focus is much faster and responsive than the earlier Rollei 6008 which I also tried (without film). All the shots taken with the Hy6 mod 2 were in perfect focus and the system was also functioning well in dimly lit areas as well as I put the camera thru its paces in these areas without film. The lens was the Schneider AF Xenotar. Blowups to 11x14 were tack sharp with no loss of sharpness from 8x10 enlargements. Although the price of 8200 euros with lens and film back make this camera out of reach for most enthusiasts (however the fact that it can use digital backs makes it resistant to obsolescence) there is no question in my mind that this equipment represents the epitome in medium format photography mainly because of the accurate autofocus function, ease of operation and highly corrected state of the art modern lenses available for it, including the option of manual focus with earlier non AF lenses.


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social media training choosing the right platforms for your business
Attacat Services Used: Social Media
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce is a members led organisation which supports the local business community and member businesses. It runs a wide variety of events and training sessions throughout the year.
What we did
Attacats' comprehensive social media training package aims to give companies and employees a clear understanding of the power of social media and how they can use it within their business. Attacat can consult, train, manage and even deliver social media strategies, from the very start of a campaign through to the end.
Attacat was a speaker at an Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce social media event.
Client testimonial
Joel was a fantastic speaker at our social media event; this was one of our most popular events. I would highly recommend Joel or any of the team at Attacat for presentations or talks.Joel shared his enthusiasm for social media by introducing various types of social media platforms, highlighting the importance of everyone getting on board with social media and a big emphasis on choosing the right platforms for your business.
As well as being informative, Joel also supplied our guests with the tools to help themselves create the correct social media strategy for their company.
We had a great Q&A after the presentation which answered a lot of queries and Joel stayed on after the event to answer more questions when the formal parts of the event were over.


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Monday, January 17, 2011
a year of photobooth in about 3 minutes.
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you're too adorable!!!ReplyDelete
alycia- :D it was really cool to make...i noticed a lot of interests developing!ReplyDelete
victoria- haha and conceited maybe? but i thought this was too cool not to post! :D
ahahaha. those were just terrific.ReplyDelete
btw, i LOVE the dino button. i just added it to my blog! cuuuute!
Aw, this is so awesome! And you're such a fun gal! I think I just fell in love with the song you used for this video as well.ReplyDelete
And I love your new dinosaur button as well! I'm gonna swap it to that one on my blog right now.
how creative!!ReplyDelete
jessica- hooray! i made it into a wearable button but only thought about making it a blog button last night :DReplyDelete
katie- radical face is such a chill band! really love 'em :)
and hooray!! glad you like it!
angela- thank you! ;)
oh now this was awesome!! loved it!ReplyDelete
I love the video...so cute!ReplyDelete
So I just realized something, I bought something from you at the Antidote Craft fair. I bought that little ceramic owl I had posted on my page. I'm stupid and only realized it because I just found the little button you gave me to go along with it.
I'm slow. :)
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b- ha! That's crazy! You know I remember you bc you bought my last owl...but I can't remember your face exactly after I examined your blog some more :)
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I think you are so wonderful! I love the music, and all your pictures.ReplyDelete
this was so fun! and how awesome to see your pup growing up! great music choice too. ;)ReplyDelete
That was so cool! You are too cute Roxy.ReplyDelete
ali- aww thank you girl! <3 radical face :DReplyDelete
ab- i noticed that, too! how big osa gets....ahhh the little girl! and thanks! it's my fave song by them :)
lora- thank you! you back in the states yet? :)
that video is too cute. you're the queen of funny faces ^^ReplyDelete
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holly- no you aaarrreee :D
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Sony blocks more PSP games used for Vita hacks
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Sony pulls another PSP game to stop PS Vita hacks
Sony has pulled Everybody's Tennis from the PlayStation Store in response to a potential new PS Vita hack, making it the second title to be removed in the past two weeks. As with Motorstorm: Arctic Ice, which was removed in early March, installation of the game on the PS Vita allows hackers to exploit a vulnerability in the PSP emulator allowing homebrew software to be installed on the handheld console.
Prior to the removal of the apps from the PlayStation Store, PS Vita owners who had previously purchased the games for download to their PSP's had the opportunity to re-download them from the cloud without incurring any additional charges. However, Sony did not give users any advance warning about the removals, appearing to favor an approach that has placed taking aim at potential game piracy on the PS Vita first and foremost -- piracy was rampant on the PSP platform, particularly in Japan, and is one of the reasons Sony introduced a proprietary removable memory format for the PS Vita.
The same Wololo.net hackers responsible for exploiting the flaw in Motorstorm, using the Vita Half Byte Loader (VHBL) exploit, were also responsible for finding and exploiting a similar vulnerability in Everybody's Tennis. The hackers on the site argue that their hack will not permit the pirating of PS Vita titles, but it seems Sony is not taking any chances. Despite this, the Wololo hackers believe that they have several other potential exploits for PSP titles using VHBL.
If Sony's recent actions are any guide, PS Vita users who may have any remaining PSP game titles compatible for download to the console may be well-advised to re-download those now or risk losing any access to them altogether. [via ars technica]


text: Luis Miguel, one of the top male pop singers in the world today, is one of the most revered and popular Latin American artists ever. He is known for his outstanding live performances in addition to his numerous Grammy award winning studio albums. In the United States, he was the first Latino artist to have two Spanish-language albums, Romance and Segundo Romance, go platinum.


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Boy and girl had a fight. Next day they met in a park.
Boy – do you love me?
Girl – who are you, and why are you talking to me?
Boy – do you love me?
Girl – no.
Boy – do you love me?
Girl – I said no.
Boy – I was just confirming actually your friend just asked me to go out on a date.
Girl – you !! I love you, I love you more than anything in my life, I love you so much you stupid. (girl started crying)
Boy - hey! Hey! Don't cry I was just kidding. I love you too. (boy hugged her and kissed on her forehead)
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LINCROFT, N.J. -- Communities recovering from Hurricane Sandy are getting some extra help with their recovery projects from students at colleges and universities throughout New Jersey.
Graduate and undergraduate students from Richard Stockton State College, Rowan University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Monmouth University and Rutgers University are volunteering with projects that include grant writing, landscaping, dune maintenance and debris cleanup.
On Thursday and Friday, April 3 and 4, students from NJIT in Newark visited Highlands and Sea Bright to help these two hard-hit towns take a few more steps forward on the long road to recovery.
Their presence in Highlands and Sea Bright came about as a result of recovery initiatives being undertaken by the FEMA Federal Disaster Recovery Coordination Group. FDRC is working with the state Office of Emergency Management, the League of Municipalities, two nonprofit organizations: Sustainable Jersey and New Jersey Future to match college volunteers with the recovery needs of some of the state's hardest hit communities.
In southern New Jersey, the communities of Tuckerton and Little Egg Harbor had a lot of projects on the drawing board but lacked the manpower to move forward with their plans.
"They were very understaffed and swamped," said FDRC University Coordinator Mark Strohoefer. "We contacted Stockton College and they were able to immediately place a graduate student in Tuckerton to assist with grant-writing. We were later able to place business school students who assisted with economic development, marketing and branding plans. We were then able to include Little Egg Harbor in some of those areas."
Unlike many volunteer projects, Strohoefer noted, this effort is aimed at providing "targeted assistance that is one hundred percent useful and beneficial to the towns."
One example he cited is a team of students from Rowan University's engineering school, who volunteered their skills in hard-hit Cumberland County. "They're working on wastewater management and a potable water project."
Students from NJIT will be working on developing a plan for Highlands to address a sloping issue on the hillsides, assist with a direct piping plan for storm water runoff from high-lying Route 36 and help to educate the public about the ongoing efforts to mitigate flood risks in Highlands.
At Monmouth University in West Long Branch, FDRC is partnering with classes from the Urban Coast Institute, Dept. of Criminal Justice, Rapid Response Institute and the Polling Institute on a number of recovery initiatives.
"We've just sent them about three projects from Sea Bright and Highlands to see if they would like to engage on them," Strohoefer said.
Rutgers University School of Landscape Architecture is already engaged with Sea Bright as the seaside community contemplates landscape enhancements at three gateways to town: from the Oceanic Bridge in Rumson, Monmouth Beach to the south and from the Azzolina Bridge in Highlands to North Sea Bright.
"What we would like to get done is to look at all the public space in town and essentially develop a master plan," said Frank Lawrence, volunteer coordinator for the Borough of Sea Bright.
"If you have a plan in place, it allows us to talk to grant-funders like America the Beautiful. If you have a plan with a vision, it makes it more convincing to go to a landscaper and say, 'Give me a price.'''
The community is also appreciative of the work done recently by students from NJIT, who cleaned public sidewalks and picked up sand and debris that has accumulated during the harsh winter. The students filled two dumpsters with trash collected in the downtown area, leaving sidewalks freshly swept.
"It makes the town look a little nicer and it makes people feel better," Lawrence said. "It's the type of thing that's hard to get done in a small town. In the aftermath of a disaster like Sandy, public works departments are already stretched very thin and marshalling enough manpower to get things done can be a difficult challenge.
"You don't recover from an event this large that quickly," Lawrence said. "It takes a lot of time. It's never quite as fast as you would like.
FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.
Follow FEMA online at www.fema.gov/blog, www.twitter.com/fema, www.facebook.com/fema, and www.youtube.com/fema. Also, follow Administrator Craig Fugate's activities at www.twitter.com/craigatfema.
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Oct. 13, 2012) - The Ozark Chapter of the Porsche Club of America hosts their annual Porsche Car Show today Saturday, October 13, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Firestone Store at McCain Mall in North Little Rock.
Porsche owners are invited to bring out their pride and joy for everyone to see. Registration is from 9-10 a.m. The public will be able to vote on their favorite car.
There will be a raffle, health screenings, lunch and more. Admission is free but donations will be accepted.
Proceeds raised will benefit the central Arkansas chapter of the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
"One thing the American Diabetes Association does each year is send 55 kids with diabetes to camp and it costs us about six-hundred dollars per child to send to camp," explains Rick Selig, director of the ADA. "To help us with the cost of that, the Porsche Car Club puts on this car show."
Currently there are 25.8 million Americans suffering with diabetes, including approximately 250,000 Arkansans.


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Can Mangosteen skin products and Mangosteen soap really give you a youthful, healthy appearance? Many have already reported stunning results when using Mangosteen skin care products. Here are some of the reasons that Mangosteen skin care products have generated such a buzz.
Every person wants skin that is luminously flawless. A top complaint voiced by both men and women is bad skin'. Clear and radiant skin often seems as elusive to find as a unicorn but with Mangosteen soap and other Mangosteen skin care products you have a secret weapon that will help uncover your naturally beautiful skin.
Think about the smooth, flawless appearance of a baby's skin for a moment. This is how skin looks when it has not been forced to deal with UV light, bad diet choices, stress and other environmental factors. With Mangosteen soap and other Mangosteen skin care products you can help unlock that clear, smooth skin now trapped beneath layers of dead skin cells. Daily use of Mangosteen skin care products will help you eliminate bacteria and skin damaging pollutants.
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Mangosteen skin care creams and lotions are designed to help unlock your inner beauty potential. Anti-bacterial compounds in Mangosteen skin care supplements are able to help cleanse your skin and anti-oxidizing compounds repair and restore your skin to give you a more youthful complexion.
Mangosteen skin care products including Mangosteen soap are made from a plant that grows in southern Asia. The plant produces a small, round fruit that is harvested twice each year. The exterior purple covering of this fruit is the part that contains the healthiest supplements and this is the part that is harvested for use in Mangosteen soap and other Mangosteen skin care products.
Mangosteen skin care benefits include the power of Xanthones. These compounds are able to produce anti-inflammatory effects that can soothe and heal many common skin disorders including troublesome acne conditions.
Scientists have also found that the xanthones in Mangosteen skin care products exhibit the natural ability to attack fungal and viral infections. There are even studies that indicate these natural compounds are able to inhibit certain carcinogens from attacking your skin.
Mangosteen skin care products are now being recognized as one of the best ways to safely improve the texture and appearance of your skin. The use of Mangosteen soap as a daily skin care product can help give you a major advantage in your personal war against aging.
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pulp – n. soft and fleshy plant tissue like the inner part of a fruit or vegetable.
per•i•carp – n. the part of a fruit that surrounds the seed or seeds, including the skin or rind.
an•ti•ox•i•dant – n. any substance that inhibits the destructive effects of oxidation.
Free Radicals – Omni-present in our food, air and environment they storm our bodies daily. Free radicals (compounds that seek an electron in order to become atomically balanced) attack our cells, stealing electrons from any substance they come in contact with. By removing electrons from healthy compounds, free radicals inflict damage on our bodies—often known as oxidation—which is irreversible.
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How to Increase Your Instagram Visibility: 5 Tips
Do you want more people to notice you on Instagram?
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With the right pictures and tactics, you can create a stronger Instagram presence.
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Montreal, Canada - Fernando Alonso sent a positive and optimistic message to his and Ferrari's fans on Thursday when he said he plans to win a third drivers' world title before he considers retirement.
The 32-year-old Spaniard, who is widely-regarded as the finest racing driver of his generation, said he may be happy with two titles, so far, but remains hungry for more despite Ferrari's struggle to keep pace with Mercedes this year or Red Bull in recent seasons.
"We are still hungry for success, waiting for our opportunity to become champions," he said. "This is the main goal and you don't think of retiring until you get some satisfaction.
"It is something I am working for and hoping for. Three titles means a step", he said. "It is not that I'm not happy with two, but the third puts you in a list of very important names.
"I have been close twice and hopefully the next opportunity we have we won't miss again."
Alonso added: "I think I can carry on long enough to win and to be competitive for some good years. I don't know how many - three, five, seven. I don't think it should be any problem."
He also said he was not happy with the 2014 generation of turbo-charged F1 cars.
"The new F1 cars are heavier, slower, (more) difficult to understand what the car is doing - and you cannot push all through the race."
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West Seattle Hi-Yu float wins Seafair Torchlight Parade awardJuly 27, 2014 at 4:21 am | In West Seattle Hi-Yu Festival, West Seattle news | 6 Comments
(Torchlight Parade photo courtesy West Seattle Hi-Yu)
Congratulations to West Seattle Hi-Yu for its award-winning appearance in Saturday night's Seafair Torchlight Parade. The craftsmanship and creativity that went into the 80th anniversary Hi-Yu float – which features a steam-emitting teapot – won the Seafair Workmanship Award. Hi-Yu's Denise Davis told us via Facebook, "Duane (Davis), the driver/builder, said the judges were beaming when they saw the teapot steaming and the cake spinning and the court members dancing to 'Welcome to my Tea Party'."
UPDATED P.S. Thanks to Hi-Yu for sharing the parade photos – look closely at the one above this line to see driver/designer Duane!
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Great night for the parade. I was waiting for the Hi-Yu float and finally saw them at the very end.
Comment by parade spectator — 7:46 am July 27, 2014 #
Great parade the equestrian units our star player dempsey marching bands and the floats. The crowd however disappointing its surprising how few people in seattle know how to actually put their hands together and congratulate or even just give a thumbs up. This is of course in the two block area where I was at downtown last night. Congratulations to the west seattle float and all those involved!!!
Comment by NW — 12:30 pm July 27, 2014 #
West Seattle Hi-Yu welcomes volunteers to assist in the Community festival. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month during the year to plan and organize events and prepare the float for the summer festival West Seattle Grand Parade, Seafair and several other community parades in the Western Washington region. Hi-Yu is celebrating the 80th year. Hi-Yu means "Big Time Fun" according to legend, and it is an all volunteer organization. There is a meeting 7:00 tonight, Monday July 27th. to celebrate the many activities and awards won by the float this year. The Hi-Yu meetings are at 7:00 pm in the community room at the St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church (next to the West Seattle High school. Come and volunteer for next year. It is Fun! Funding is sought for a new used vehicle for the float to replace the old one on its last leaking motor after working for about forty years too many. Hi-Yu is supported by donations, button sales and Hi-Yu pin sales. Scholarships are provided for the senior court and junior court members who ride on the float. Help keep Hi-Yu alive and thriving in the West Seattle Community.
Comment by Joanne Murray — 11:02 am July 28, 2014 #
Edit the other post. The next Hi-Yu meeting is on Monday Aug. 4th at the St. John the Baptist Episcopal church community room at 7: pm.
Comment by Joanne Murray — 11:44 am July 28, 2014 #
Do you know anything about Hi-Yu's in other neighborhoods? Or is it strictly West Seattle?
I'm remembering I saw a Hi-Yu White Center at one time.
Comment by Kay K — 4:32 pm July 31, 2014 #
Kay – the Hi-Yu float appears in the White Center parade, but Hi-Yu is a West Seattle-only thing. (Other communities, too!)
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The "disparaging and sexist" remarks by the ANC Youth League and Congress of South African Students (Cosas) about Public Protector Thuli Madonsela might have come back to haunt them.
The ANC said on Monday it had summoned the ANCYL and Cosas leaders to account for their derogatory remarks about Madonsela.
It was reported on Monday that Cosas secretary-general Tshiamo Tsotetsi referred to Madonsela as "that woman with the big, ugly nose".
He allegedly uttered this at a gathering attended by ANC and National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) members near Brits in North West on Sunday.
"F*** Nkandla report, f*** Madonsela" were some of the alleged vulgarities the crowd shouted in response to the ANCYL and Cosas utterances.
The utterances came two days after the rants against Madonsela by ANCYL national convener Mzwandile Masina and co-ordinator Magasela Mzobe. This followed the release of her damning report into the R215 million upgrades at President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla private home in KZN.
Masina said the league was disgusted by Madonsela's report and that her office had acted like kangaroo court.
"We believe that after she has done with the mess of Nkandla, she must go," Masina raged at a media briefing on Thursday.
An incensed Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula warned of dire consequences on Monday.
"Once you are summoned, you shiver. You will be made to account," she said during the ANC's subcommittee on peace and stability breakfast meeting with editors and political editors.
Earlier, the party said secretary-general Gwede Mantashe had summoned its youth and student wings to explain their remarks.
It suggested the actions constituted misconduct and were in conflict with its views.
"The remarks made and the sentiments expressed do not reflect the views of the ANC and are in contrast with the manner in which we… would expect members of the organisation to conduct themselves in debate," stated ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu.
Should the ANCYL leaders be hauled before the ANC's disciplinary committee, it would be the first time this has happened since former leader Julius Malema was expelled in August 2012.
Mapisa-Nqakula said there was "nothing political" about the league and Sasco's remarks, particularly Tsotetsi's.
"He wouldn't say so if it was a man. To actually say to a person your nose is like this and like that is wrong. It wouldn't have been done to a man with a big tummy.
"It's important as the ANC that we should not judge a woman by her looks. He was very sexist to judge the person on the basis of looks. I am big but comfortable with my weight."
Mapisa-Nqakula cited the incident involving ANC MP Thandile Sunduza, who collapsed at OR Tambo International Airport in the middle of the month last month after she was ridiculed on social media for attending the State of the Nation address in Cape Town wearing a skin-tight dress.
"This is what happened to the young MP. I have seen some of the men at the opening of Parliament, they are as big as myself but you don't pick on them… It's a culture that we must discourage."
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1) Always sanitize equipment prior to use using EZ clean sanitizer or sulfite solution.
2) Pour juice into plastic food grade primary fermenter (bucket). Leave room for foaming. If you like, you can do the primary fermentation right inside the pail the juice is shipped in.
3) Check and record specific gravity. Fresh California or Chilean juice is acid and sugar balanced prior to shipping so it is very unlikely any adjustment is necessary.
4) Sprinkle in 1 packet of wine yeast into 6 gallons of juice.
5) Cover primary fermenter with lid and airlock or clean towel or plastic. Hold temperature at about 65-75 deg F. Fermentation should be evident within 1-2 days.
6) Once fermentation commences, keep the wine at a steady temperature 65-75 deg F..
7) When the specific gravity reaches between 1.000 and 1.020 rack the wine into the 5 or 6 gallon glass carboy. Any additional wine can be put in a 1/2 or 1 gallon jug (attach an airlock and stopper). This extra amount will be used at the next racking. Fill the carboy close to the top- a little space at this point is ok. * If you are making a red wine and you want to bottle the wine within 6 months, we recommend adding a malo-lactic culture when racking to the secondary fermenter. A ml fermentation is not recommended for white wines.
8) Put the airlock on the carboy and fill airlock 1/2 with water. Keep wine at a constant temperature (about 70 deg F) for about 2 weeks. A good amount of yeast sediment should be building up on the bottom of the carboy.
9) After 2 weeks, racking (siphon) the wine into a new clean carboy leaving the sediment behind. Do not splash when racking. Do not leave any airspace in the carboy. Fill it right to the top. Use some or all of the wine in the 1/2 or 1 gallon jug that was extra from the first racking for topping. It is very important to leave no airspace from this point on.
10) For white wines and red wines without added ml culture, add one (1) campden tablet (CRUSHED) per gallon at this second racking. Put the airlock back on and put the carboy in a cool dark place. Allow the wine to bulk age for 6-12 months. If you would like to add a clarifier (fining agent) do so at this second racking when adding the campden tablets. We suggest Super-Kleer for both reds and whites. For red wines in which the malo-lactic culture has been added, do not add campden tablets or sulfie until you are sure the malo-lactic fermentation is complete (usually 2 months after adding the culture).
11) If you are making a white wine you may want to place the carboy in a location that reaches 25-35 deg. F for 1-2 weeks. Tartrate crystals will form and sink to the bottom eliminating them from your wine. Siphon the wine off these crystals while the wine is still cold.
12) Once the wine is clear, stable and cold stabilized, especially for white wines (see step 11) you are ready to filter and bottle. Filtering is optional. Many wine makers do not filter their wine. If you do want to filter, rack wine from secondary fermenter - filter and collect in bottling container or back into carboy for further aging (optional). If not sweetening the wine go to step 14.
13) If you want to sweeten your wine, rack clear, stable wine from secondary fermenter into the primary or bottling container. Add one half teaspoon of stabilizer crystals (potassium sorbate) per gallon and then add a sugar syrup solution made by boiling water and sugar together. Stabilizer will prevent renewed fermentation in the bottle. Add enough sugar syrup solution to bring the wine up to the sweetness level you desire by adding it in small quantities and then tasting the result. 38 grams of table sugar per gallon will produce 1% residual sugar in the finished wine. * It is not recommended that red wines that have been through malo-lactic fermentation be sweetened as sorbate can react with the ml culture and an objectionable geranium odor can result.
14) At bottling time, siphon wine into primary or bottling container and add (1) campden tablet per gallon (crushed) to the wine. Siphon or use bottle filler to put wine into sanitized wine bottles. After corking bottles, let them stand up right for about 2 days to allow the corks to create a seal and then lay them down to keep the cork moist and expanded. Keep bottles in a cool dark place. For wine to be stable in the bottle, we recommend that red wines which have not had a malo-lactic culture added be one year old prior to bottling. White wines and red wines in which a malo-lactic culture have been added should be approximately 6 months old prior to bottling.
15) Enjoy your wine. It will improve with age up to about 2 years.


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We've heard a lot about the budding romance between Essex lad Mark Wright and Volleyball player Chelsea Rashoff, and tonight we saw the start of how the new couple came to meet in iTV2's new show, Mark Wright's Hollywood Nights.
The documentary, which is filmed in the docu-soap style TOWIE fans will be familiar with, sees Mark and four of his mates heading off on a holiday of a lifetime in Los Angeles. In for the ride are Mark's business manager Neil Dobias, A.K.A "Mr 80's," minder Nick Wilson, A.K.A "Mr Expert," cousin and driver Georgie Wright, A.K.A "Mr Wheels," and cousin Tommy Smith, A.K.A "Mr Mummy's Boy."
The boys are lumbered with a battered up Ford Mondeo to get around in, but after a bit of a tight squeeze the lads managed to fit themselves, and most of their luggage, in the car with them.
Unfortunately, the car doesn't do much to help with the ladies. One of the girls Mark meets, Hayley, said as they were driving away: "They're so cute. They need to get rid of that car immediately." Hayley drives a rather more stylish yellow Beetle, which Mark refers to as looking like a banana.
While Mark is off house hunting with Hayley, his four friends decide to go for breakfast, where they meet Volleyball player Chelsea and her personal trainer friend. The two girls convince Georgie to try chicken wings and waffles for breakfast. The verdict? Disgusting, apparently.
It turns out that it was actually Mummy's boy Tommy that scored Chelsea's number. Little does he know that Mark and Chelsea are about to hit it off big time.
Looks like we'll have to wait until the next episode for the first meeting though. Plus, the boys get waxed in some intimate areas, and bare all in a game of beach volleyball.
We can't wait!
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UK – Hot jobs in the Oil & Gas industry
The UK Oil & Gas Industry supports the employment of approximately 450,000 throughout the country, either directly or indirectly, according to government figures. And employment across the industry is expected to rise over the next 20 years as the North Sea oil industry is overhauled.
Positions expected to arise range from very high skilled, requiring university degrees, to support roles involving on the job training, both with wages that are ranked amongst the highest in the UK.
CareerBuilder.co.uk and Economic Modelling Specialists International (EMSI) have developed a list of Hot Jobs for Oil and Gas based on those occupations within 10 industries related to oil and gas, which showed the greatest increase between 2010 and 2013.
Tony Roy, President of CareerBuilder EMEA, said: "The oil and gas industry has continued to add jobs through multiple recessions, as other industries struggled to keep their businesses open and their staffs intact. The good news here is not only will the UK oil and gas industry be adding jobs for many years to come, but the positions can be filled by a wide variety of the workforce -- from the highly skilled to support."
Duncan Freer, Managing Director for OilandGasJobSearch.com, a CareerBuilder Company, said: "Over the last year, we have seen a significant increase in traffic to our site, by those seeking opportunities in the oil and gas field, a trend that we expect to continue into 2014. UK job seekers are taking advantage of the many positive aspects of working in the oil and gas industry besides just high wages including flexible work hours, travel, and opportunities for career advancement."
In contrast, the Hays Oil & Gas Global Job Index, released yesterday, reported that the oil and gas labour market in Europe has remained relatively flat, and even declined slightly in Q3 2013. It did, however, advise that in the UK, health and safety requirements along with specialist engineering skills and subsea experience continue to be areas with a significant shortage.
The "hot jobs" for the UK oil and gas industry (including the increase in jobs within the sector between 2010 and 2013, and the median wages for this type of occupation) are:
- Physicists, geologists and meteorologists
- +25% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £20.50
- Financial managers and chartered secretaries
- +17% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £28.90
- IT user support technicians
- +17% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £13.40
- Managers in mining and energy
- +16% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £26.92
- Purchasing Managers
- +15% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £22.71
- Managers and proprietors in other services
- +12% increase
- Median hourly earnings: £15.88
- Mechanical Engineers
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- Median hourly earnings: £20.65
- Engineering technicians
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528: Marius in Norway's Xtracycle
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RENO, Nev. (Mynews4.com & KRNV)-- For decades Dave Finley was a trusted forecaster for Northern Nevada. He's a father of two and a proud owner of a 1964 Corvette Stingray.
It's the car that served him through his college days at the University of Nevada.
His classic car has a lot of sentimental value. Finley says he was driving a Corvette just like it when he met his wife.
He bought the car in 1966 for just $4,500. About 46,000 miles later, a new engine, and a few upgrades along with some wear and tear Finley says it's time to see what it's worth.
So we hit the road to find out what it takes to qualify Finley's pride and joy in a Barrett-Jackson Auction.
That's when we met Al Oppio owner and auto restoration builder at Al's Rod and Custom Inc. in Sparks.
Oppio has been in the business for decades. This will be his 27th year participating in Hot August Nights and he's our local qualification expert.
"They want good cars and they'll go through them to make sure you're buying a good car," Oppio says.
A Barrett-Jackson employee would be the one to sign off on an evaluation, but we had Oppio give Finley's car a quick once over to help shed some light on what they would look for.
First off, Oppio says there are four categories a classic car can be registered under: original, stock, modified, and custom.
Finley's would be considered stock, because it has original and reproduced parts.
Next, is the car ready to go up under the stage and lights?
"If you're going to enter your car in an auction, first of all, you have to make it look good," Oppio says.
Appearance comes first, then mechanics and safety.
An evaluator will also go through a car to make sure all the numbers match up.
"The vin number tells you where it was built, the time of year, the color of the car, the interior that it had, and the accessories that went on the car at that time," Oppio says. "It tells everything about the car."
Sort of like a birth certificate, a vin number tells a future owner everything they need to know and be able to prove.
"Once you clean it up, I'm guessing there's blue books we can go to to give you a real good idea. This car, as it sits would be about $30,000 to $35,000," Oppio says.
Not bad, but we're not sure if it's enough to get Dave to let go of his classic beauty just yet.
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Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, who has done two amazing documentaries on AQAP in Yemen and the revolution in Syria, recently published a piece in The Guardian describing the foreign fighters infiltrating the fighting in Syria. Having spent many years researching why people travel from one country to join the fighting of an unknown group in another conflict (See here, here, and here), I found this article enlightening and consistent with other foreign fighter accounts.
Ghaith's article is excellent and I encourage all those interested in the debate over whether al Qaeda is infiltrating the Syrian rebellion to check out his article. Here's some of the quotes I focused on:
- For every conflict, there's usually a different pattern of foreign fighter migration. I believe Syria is highly attractive to al Qaeda types and a last great hope for a terror group that is under strain.
Hundreds of international fighters have flocked to Syria to join the war against Bashar al-Assad's government. Some are fresh-faced idealists driven by a romantic notion of revolution or a hatred for the Assads. Others are jihadi veterans of Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan.
- Not all foreign fighters are created equal. In Iraq, those with skills became fighters and those lacking real ability were more inclined to become suicide bombers. In Syria, there appears only one or two outfits dedicated to suicide bombing thus far, so foriegn fighters coming into Syria predominately take on roles of fighters with varying degrees of success. Ghaith notes:
The disparate levels of fighting ability among the men was immediately clear. The Chechens were older, taller, stronger and wore hiking boots and combat trousers. They carried their weapons with confidence and distanced themselves from the rest, moving around in a tight-knit unit-within-a-unit. One of the Turks was a former soldier who wore western-style webbing and equipment, while the three Tajiks and the Pakistani were evidently poor. Their trousers were too short, their shoes old and torn.
- Jihadi veterans are invaluable. Ghaith notes the presence of one former fighter from Iraq, Abu Salam al Faluji, who had some harsh words for his comrades in arms.
One Syrian, breathing hard, said that he had fired three times at the tank and the RPG didn't go off.
"Don't say it didn't go off," Abu Salam admonished him. "Say you don't know how to fire it. We used to shoot these same RPGs at the Americans and destroy Abrams tanks. What's a T72 to an Abrams?
"Our work has to focus on IEDs and snipers," he told the gathering. "All these roofs need fighters on top and IEDs on the ground. You hunt them in the alleyways and then use machine-guns and RPGs around corners.
"The problem is not ammunition, it's experience," he told me out of earshot of the rebels. "If we were fighting Americans we would all have been killed by now. They would have killed us with their drone without even needing to send a tank.
"The rebels are brave but they don't even know the difference between a Kalashnikov bullet and a sniper bullet. That weakens the morale of the men."
- Casualties are mounting in Syria and especially for foreign fighters. While its not unusual for foreign fighters to expire, they usually stick around long enough to make a significant impact. However, a band of Chechens led by Abu Omar have already taken 25% casualties in merely two days.
But Abu Omar was angry. There had been 40 muhajiroun few days earlier but by the end of fighting that day they were down to 30. They had lost 10 men in two days.
- Not all foreign fighters are welcome in Syria. While Ghaith's NPR interview noted that while there is a common enemy, the Assad Regime, the FSA is inclined to work with jihadi types. However, the seeds of a post Assad battle between foreign fighters and the FSA already appear to be planted.
I spoke to the regional commander of the Farouq brigade, a muscular young lieutenant from the southern province of Dara'a called Abdulah Abu Zaid. "I will not allow the spread of Takfiri [the act of accusing other Muslims of apostasy] ideology," he told me in his military compound a few kilometres from the border post. "Not now, not later. The Islam we had during the regime was disfigured Islam and what they are bringing us is also disfigured. The Islam we need is a civil Islam and not the takfiri Islam."
The jihadis, he said, had looted and stolen from the local people and demanded protection money from local businesses in order not to steal their merchandise. "I managed to stop them," he said, "and I won't let them spread here."
Later that day he issued an ultimatum to their commander, a Syrian called Abu Mohamad al Abssi, to leave the area with his foreign jihadis or he would be killed.


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Sarah Jessica Parker is returning to the role of journalist in a new series, Molly Eichel reported Wednesday for Philly.com.
"Busted," the memoir from the Daily News' own Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman based on their experiences writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning series "Tainted Justice," has been optioned for a television series from Sidney Kimmel Entertainment with Sarah Jessica Parker attached to star. The show will be co-produced by Anonymous Content, the company behind the much-buzzed about "True Detective."
For those of us who spent six years watching Parker write and smoke and write some more, here are three things she's taught us about journalism that were just wrong.
1. Questions in stories work. Use them a lot. Right?
Parker's NYC writer character Carrie Bradshaw inserted lots of questions into the show (and we assume her column) via her keyboard. In January, Tabatha Leggett ranked 92 of them for BuzzFeed. Most of us try and answer questions after we ask them, but they were her thing, (I'm not saying brand.) And she got a few book deals and that temporary move to Paris, so it kind of worked. For her. On that fictional show.
2. Pricey shoes are important if you write a sex column from home.
In May, Jill Knapp wrote a piece for Huffington Post entitled "6 Reasons Why Carrie Bradshaw Should Not Be Your Role Model," Knapp includes this Carrie quote.
4. "I've spent $40,000 on shoes and I have no place to live? I will literally be the old woman who lived in her shoes!"- Carrie
I think this one is pretty self explanatory.
Agreed. Moving on.
3. As a sex columnist, publicly dating a politician won't have consequences for either of you.
Cosmopolitan ranked Carrie's boyfriends, and the politician ranked eight of 18, just behind the musician and just above the recovering alcoholic. Seems about right.
I'm not even going to ask if Carrie Bradshaw taught you anything about journalism. She certainly didn't teach me much, other than, perhaps, I need to be friends with a PR person, a curator and a lawyer if I want to maintain her lifestyle.
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Stardate 53200.7
Gorn Imperial Cruiser Vor, Medical Bay
Slov sat at the medic's desk awaiting the results of the latest tests. He had been prodded, scanned and outright cut into pieces over the past few hours. He felt naked. A while ago his condition was not widely known, now it seemed as if the whole Empire had gotten wind of his deteriorating condition, especially since the Council had mentioned it in an open session. But his condition was nothing more than an obstacle to overcome and he would defeat it. As the medic came in Slov sat bolt up in the chair. "Have you any news?" he queried as man took his seat.
"Your condition is getting worse," the man replied bluntly, "It won't be long before you are overcome and you will cease to function in any meaningful way."
Slov swallowed a huge ball of saliva down his throat, "Is there anything I can do?"
"You could take a disruptor to your head," the medic placed a disruptor on the table, looking at Slov intently, "It would save you the embarrassment that would come with dementia. Your family would remember you as you have been, a brave warrior. And the Gorn nation will remember you for your heroics."
Slov picked up the disruptor looking at its elegant looks. He always knew his life would come to an end at the end of a weapon. He was never going to die an old man in his bed coughing up his last wishes. The weapon felt heavier this time, like the weight of the decision had somehow been incorporated into the weapon. Slov looked at the medic, who had a slight smile on his face.
Stardate 53200.7
Gorn Imperial Cruiser Vor, Outside the Medical Bay
The two personal guards of General Slov stood watch outside of the medical bay. They had been waiting for hours and there was no way to know how much longer they would be waiting. As they stood they heard voices inside the room, but could not hear what was being said. Suddenly there was a silent moment before a loud zap from a disruptor. Both the guards rushed into the room to find that General Slov was standing up across the desk of the ship's medic. The ship medic was slumped in his chair.
"Clear that up," was the only thing that Slov said as he sauntered past his guards.
Stardate 53200.7
USS Nightingales, Captain's Ready Room
John tapped on the console one more time, his authorisation code, a level 10, the highest known to Starfleet was unable to unlock the mysterious isolinear chip that Commander Hawke had left in his quarters. John waited tapping his hands on the desk as the computer attempted again to past the encryption protocols.
"Access denied," the computer sounded, "Please enter authorisation code."
"Damn it," shouted John as he slammed the desk. "Computer, run the delta sigma seven decryption matrices on the isolinear chip," John ordered as he reached over to the replicator, "And one hot Earl Grey Tea." As the computer materialised a cup of John's drink, the computer screen in front of him flashed a variety of different colours, running through codes for unlocking, declassifying and a number of tasks to get at the over secure piece of information. As he waited John took a sip of his drink and immediately spat it out. "For crying out loud," he muttered under his breath, "I told Torlik I wanted this replicator fixed." John placed the stewed liquid back in the replicator and made a note mentally to warn Torlik that the matter of making sure his replicator could make Earl Grey Tea was a top priority.
"Unable to access data on disc," the computer announced.
John sighed and pulled the disc out of the computer and stared at the wall. What was so important that Dan had made sure no-one could access it? Was he scared this might fall into the wrong hands? Was he scared that Torlik might find it? It was reasonable to assume that Dan had intended to show the Captain at some point, but had never gotten around to him. John had tried every pass code he could think of, his authorisation code, several times, names of Dan's family, Dan's former ships and even typed in Lieutenant Commander Burton in several different ways to gain access. But nothing was working.
A chirp at the door brought him away from the grey wall he was looking obliviously into. "Come," he announced swivelling his chair around to face the door.
In walked Lieutenant Commander Burton holding a data padd in her hand, "I'm sorry to disturb you sir," she softly introduced, "But Commander Hans has assembled the senior staff for the briefing. He asked me to fetch you."
John had realised the time, it was already some minutes late. "Yes," he said realising his mistake, "I'm sorry, I was talking to the diplomatic corps," John hated lying, but found that a Commander had to lie sometimes for the best of their crews. John rose from his seat and grabbed the mission files he had scattered on his desk.
"I can understand that sir," Rachel almost seemed to chuckle, as if she knew he wasn't telling her the truth, "the Diplomatic corps do like to talk on a bit, it is their job at the end of the day."
John forced a smile as he exited his ready room. "Tell me Commander," John said, "Dan's parents have asked if there is anywhere special that he liked to hang out at." John paused, thinking of another lie to cover for the previous lie, "They were hoping to visit a few of his places in his memory, I thought it was a nice sentiment."
Rachel blushed, "The only place I remember him ever being very fond of was the six o two club sir," she replied, "It was where we met."
John paused, "You met at the six o two club?" Rachel nodded gently in response and John just smiled. "Thank you doctor, I will pass that on." John opened the door to the briefing room and allowed Burton to enter first, before following her in.
Stardate 53200.7
USS Nightingales, Briefing Room
As John entered the room, the entire room; his senior staff plus a couple of extras he had invited along as they were important to mission stood to attention. John waved them down with his hand. "At ease," he commanded as he found his chair at the top of the table. He looked down the table and nodded to Hans to begin the briefing. It had been decided between John and Hans that now Hans would lead the situation phase of the briefings and John would do the orders phase. This followed with some old naval traditions, forced the crew to switch attention and keep alert, gave John's voice a rest and allowed him to sip a cup of Earl Grey tea, had the replicators been able to do a decent cup.
Hans opened up a file on the display behind John showing the latest tactical reports from Starfleet, "To be concise: the Gorn are losing the war," Hans stated, John thought that was perhaps a little too concise for what he had in mind, but he was sure Hans would go a little deeper into the situation. "They are looking to secure a peace treaty between them, Geckonia and the Federation. Starfleet Command has ordered us to go to Geckonia, pick up two mission advisors and go meet General Slov for treaty negotiations."
John raised an eyebrow and turned round to Hans at the display, "You're finished?" he asked sarcastically. John turned back round into his chair and looked down the table. "Obviously we are to extend every diplomatic courteously option we have available to us," John said, "Hans and I will be in the negotiations. Torlik, I will need you to keep a secure comms channel open to Starfleet Command based at one one two, in case we need it. V'ras go through every single system, make sure there is nothing that needs replacing and you'll need to convert one of our guest quarters to be compatible to Geckonian conditions." John paused noting their facial expressions.
"Sir," Hans said interrupting him, "With all due respect, the guest quarters will be unnecessary," Hans moved back to his seat, "It would rude of me if I did not share quarters with the Advisors. They would take it as an insult."
John nodded, he didn't really understand as of yet the Geckonian way of doing things, and their culture seemed like the most alien he had ever encountered, but he trusted his only Geckonian to know their own culture. "Fine, make sure that you do securely store all sensitive material that are in your quarters," Hans nodded in response. John had wondered if Hans had already done in preparation, it would be in line with Hans' record. "Doctor," John said grabbing the Doctors otherwise vacant attention, "I want you to sit in on the negotiations."
"Sir I am not a diplomat," she protested shaking her head.
"I know," John reassured her, "But you are a Doctor and there are reports that he is suffering from dementia. I want you to assess him, see if there could be any truth in the matter."
Doctor Burton nodded, understanding what her duties were going to be. "Sergeant Rashell," John looked at his marine non-commissioned officer, and smiled, "You'll be in charge of escorting General Slov around," he paused for a second, noting a sharp look from Shrak towards the marine, "I've been told that Saurians are physically stronger than Gorn," John paused chucking an enlisted rank pin at him that was for a Petty Officer Second Class. "Slov won't be expecting marines on the ship. Get yourself a standard Starfleet security uniform and take that rank, blend in." Rashell looked uncomfortable, his second pair of eyelids blinking a couple of times in surprise. "I have good reasons sergeant." John gave as good a reassuring smile as he could and turned to Hans.
"You finished sir?" Hans stated, trying to mock his earlier statement.
"Almost," John replied, "Everyone but Commander Hans, Lieutenants Visitor and Shrak and Nurse Williams is dismissed, you four stay here," he ordered. Everyone but those he mentioned filed out of the room.
Everyone that had remained looked intently at the Captain, "The Gorn have developed a new weapon," he said grabbing their attention, "It is a toxin that is capable of killing any reptilian life." John gave a nervous smile, "Starfleet intelligence has assigned us to get a sample of this toxin and destroy the facility it is being made at. Let's be clear here, the destruction of the facility is our top priority, the Gorn cannot be allowed to possess such a destructive weapon."
Shrak looked at Lieutenant Visitor, John noticed, she was either wondering who was going to be in command or was concerned about her experience for this mission.
"Lieutenant Visitor will command the mission," John announced, noting the look of shock on Shrak's voice, "Lieutenant Shrak, you will command the marines on a boarding raid. You will take Nurse Williams to identify the toxin and secure it."
Chloe sat forward, her hands clasped, "And how do we get to the station sir?"
"You'll take an Argos shuttle," Hans added, "We'll be getting some intelligence on how to avoid detection."
"What about Sergeant Rashell?" Shrak asked, John noted there was some hostility in his voice. "If he is supposed to be here, how can he be on the marine team?"
"He's not going Lieutenant," John added, "This toxin is designed to kill Reptilians. That makes this mission too dangerous for Commander Hans, Ensign Gorkin and Sergeant Rashell." John paused for a second and looked at his table at the padds in front of him. Grabbing one of them he slid it across the table towards Visitor. "That's everything you need Lieutenant," John said, "Get familiar with it." Lieutenant Visitor nodded in response. "Everyone's dismissed," John announced rising from his seat and walking out of the briefing room.
Stardate 53200.7
USS Nightingales, Captain's Ready Room
John walked into his minute office and set his padds down on the table grabbing the isolinear chips from the table and inserting it into computer on the desk. "Computer, use the algorithm six zero two to decode this information," the computer buzzed for the second before it rejected the code. John slumped in his chair and rubbed his left hand over an eye. "No that is too easy," he said quietly, "Computer attempt to decode the chip with zeta zero two algorithm."
"Partial decoding complete," the computer announced, "One video and audio track accessible."
John shot himself bolt up in his chair as if he had received a jolt from the seat, "Computer display."
On the screen appeared the face of the late Commander Hawke, just as John had seen him before he died. John felt a small tingle of guilt build up inside of him over his death. There was an additional eerie feeling about seeing the Commander posthumously.
Captain, if you are seeing this, then I have died. I hope it was in the line of duty. I know that now you are probably feeling some guilt over my death, please don't, you are a good commander and I knew it could happen someday. I know that during the Brave mission, I may not have been supportive and I am sorry for that. Hopefully this can make up for that. I looked into the Victory incident twenty years ago. It was completely classified by Starfleet Intelligence, what has come out is really rumour and speculation; most of it was spread by a Lieutenant Murray and the Victory's Captain. What is in the official report is on this disc, don't ask how I got it. But Captain, I have for security reasons classified it in several layers of encryption, I'm sorry for that, but I have to make sure only you can gain access to it now. Be careful, the Captain is now an Admiral with Intelligence and Lieutenant Murray is a senior Captain in the second fleet. If they found out we were investigating the incident, they may come after us. Watch yourself Captain, finding the truth could be dangerous
Then the transmission ended abruptly.
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- Encrypted Sigil
- Item Level 1
- Quest Item
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The Encrypted Sigil is given to starting night elf rogues.
This item is the Quest Item for the quest [1] Encrypted Sigil which starts with Conservator Ilthalaine in Shadowglen in Teldrassil.
Sael'ah, my friend. I hope this sigil finds you well. I was asked to offer you my services. I too am in Shadowglen, in the great tree of Aldrassil, and I wanted you to know that if you need any training that you could seek me out.
In these questionable times, I thought it prudent that those dealing in stealth remain even closer to one another. How else will we be able to protect Teldrassil and our ways?
Find me when you can.


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I'm so over this broad. I think she's overrated.
I know no one really care abt this but I'll just say it. I have a neighbour with the exact same face. I always thought she was kinda weird looking and not that pretty, and it made me realize I can put myself upto liking KH's looks either. At least her dress was nice :).