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Sorry about that; I should have specified. I just switched the suit to a Hooded 4/3 instead of my hooded 5/4. My 4/3 and thicker suits all have attached hoods. I still had the accessories on, 5mm gloves and 5mm boots, but realized I was able to switch to 3mm gloves after a couple sessions.
Water was probably up to 44-45 around that time. Hands never got cold. I only have 5mm booties, so I never tried switching to smaller booties; I was just very anxious to get those heavy 5mm gloves off my hands.
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I guess cause we don't have threads like this anymore. You know ... Surf related threads...
Now it's all ppl complaining and arguing.
Oh yea, can't forget that swellinfo is now also offering advice on any area of your life:
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It's because this thread happened 700 times
SI People are disappearing because this is where they were coming to pretend they were something their not. To escape their mundane lives and pretend they were someone else...not like a fictional FBI agent someone else like an actual other person who's living another life someone else
In the past year or so they starting getting ridiculed, found out and hassled so much in every thread that their fantasy world started to feel just like their real one...and I'm guessing that doesn't feel good, so they left to play pretend somewhere else. Probably a Harley forum or something I hear those are "in".
Only ones left are the real people with fake names and some of them are busy
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anybody check out the prices at heatedwetsuite.com?
yeah right.
Feb 20, 2015, 12:36 PM #17
For those of you who had probs with the Cypher vest, it has a 1 year warranty and they will send you a new vest and battery if you contact them. I have recieved 2 replacements from them, no questions except what size and where do you want it shipped. First was battery failure, second time it was the vest itself. Go to the quiksilver website to email the warranty dept. If you dont hear back witnin a couple of days, hit them again.
Cant say much for the reliability, but I def was happy to get a new vest and was not asked for any proof of purchase etc.
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I've owned a Thermalution for 2 years ..love it ..so far no problems ..it works great ! 3 temp settings . turn it on and your toasty before you hit the water ..low setting lasts 2.5 hours , high about 1.5 ..usually low is enough .
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Earlier this month word got out that Final Fantasy III would be making its way to PC soon. Now that nebulous time frame has been solidified, with the classic RPG set for a May 27 arrival on Steam. That's a nice way to come in off a holiday weekend.
Final Fantasy III on PC is based on the 3D version, which first arrived on Nintendo DS before being ported elsewhere, most recently iOS. This one features "upgraded graphics for PC," as well as trading cards and achievements, and will be priced at $15.99.
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" Experience the authentic taste of Spain, the moment you step inside a La Tasca. We're passionate about freshly cooked, Spanish food. "
-Introduction to La Tasca-
La Tasca is a chain of Spanish restaurants with over 60 branches in the UK as well as additional restaurants overseas. This review is specifically about the York branch of the restaurant chain as that is the one I have visited.
-First Impressions-
La Tasca York is located on Swinegate, which is in an area in the city centre that has quite a few bars and restaurants and is therefore normally quite lively on an evening. This occasion was no exception and the street was busier than normal as York races had been held that day. Nevertheless we were seated within seconds of entering the restaurant, and we hadn't even pre-booked a table. The first thing I noticed upon entering was how dark it is inside. This is not necessarily a bad thing as the dim lighting coupled with the Latino style music and the appropriate decor gives the place an asmosphere that feels right for a Spanish Tapas bar and restaurant. The member of staff who greeted us and showed us to a table was very friendly, and over all my first impression of the place was very positive.
-The Food-
The La Tasca menu contains mainly Tapas and Paella, as well as other small dishes such as breads and olives.
The Tapas were the main reason for our visit to La Tasca as we fancied trying some new dishes and also liked the idea of choosing a few small dishes and sampling different things. There is quite a wide range of Tapas available including meat, fish, salads, and vegetable dishes.
We were told that 3-4 dishes per person is the norm as the dishes are quite small and one dish is not designed to be a full meal. Most people order them to share but me and my favourite have very different food preferences so decided to choose our own.
The meat dishes included chorizo, meatballs in rich tomato sauce, salsa chicken wings, and pork belly served with rosemary herb-scented beans.
There were around six fish/sea food choices and these included butterfly king prawns, squid, and deep-fried white fish served with a paprika and garlic mayonaise.
As for the vegetarian options there were several choices there too. Goat's cheese and tomato salad, spanish omelette, and potato gratin to name a few.
We were spoilt for choice as there were around 30 dishes to choose from, but one of the nice things about Tapas is the fact you can choose a few things.
After some deliberation I opted for the deep-fried white fish, potato gratin, a chicken and chorizo dish, and a green salad. For drinks I was on soft drinks so I just had some juice, which was ice cold and nice and refreshing. My friend chose some meat dishes including the meat balls and chicken and prawn paella (they serve paella as a small Tapas dish as well as in large portions.)
The food arrived after a short wait of about 10-15 minutes which we were glad about as we could smell delicious things from the kitchen and we were getting hungry.
All my dishes looked really appetising when they arrived, and they didn't dissapoint taste wise either. The fish came in small battered pieces and the batter was lovely and crunchy with really tasty fish on the inside. The garlic and paprika mayonaise it was served with added a tangy taste to the dish and complemented the fish very well. The potato gratin was my favourite dish-it was made with blue cheese and spinach and was rich and creamy. The chicken and chorizo dish came in a pepper, onion, white wine and cream sauce and again was rich and tasty, although I could have done with a few more pieces of chicken and chorizo in the sauce. The green salad was lovely and fresh, although I think it would be difficult to get that dish wrong!
My friend's food looked just as nice and she said she thoroughly enjoyed it too. We were nice and full by the end-we definitely felt 4 dishes each was about right.
-The Service-
I can't complain about the service. We were seated quickly and we given just enough time to peruse the menu before our orders were taken. Drinks and food were brought out quickly, and best of all the staff were friendly, pleasant, and smiling.
-Prices and Offers-
Tapas dishes vary in price but they're roughly ÂŁ4-ÂŁ5 each-which can add up to quite an expensive meal once you've chosen a few. The Paella dishes (the large version, not Tapas) are around ÂŁ10 each, and breads and olives are about ÂŁ3 each. Soft drinks are around ÂŁ3 too.
There is also an option to buy a Tapas selection. There is 'La Tasca Favourites' which includes six popular dishes for a price of ÂŁ24.95 or 'Chef Recommends' for ÂŁ29.95 which contains six dishes.
La Tasca also have a loyalty card which offers 20% discount and there are normally various La Tasca vouchers and offers in circulation online.
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You can book a table at La Tasca York by visiting their website: http://www.latascakitchen.co.uk/, calling them on 01904 521100, or popping in and seeing them. As I said we just turned up without booking and were seated straight away so it may not always be necessary to book.
The opening hours of the restaurant are 11:00-23:00, every night.
-Final Thoughts-
I have heard a few negative opinions from friends about La Tasca York but I can't fault my visit to the restaurant. The staff were friendly and attentive and the food delicious. The only bad thing I could possibly say is that it can work out a little pricey if you choose quite a few little dishes. I will definitely be making a return visit to La Tasca York.
After my holiday in Spain, I fell in love with paella and the Spanish cuisine so was hoping I'd enjoy my visit to La Tasca and that the food would be just as good.
My partner and I visited our local restaurant and were amazed at the detail they had gone to in creating that authentic feel. The décor was great and the layout of the restaurant was pretty good too, a lot of wooden tables and wooden features contrasted with bright yellow and orange colours.
Immediately upon arrival the staff welcomed us at the door and were friendly and polite, taking us straight to our table where our drinks order was taken and we were offered bread and olives. The staff recommended some dishes and how many tapas dishes per person - this was a great touch as the staff made an effort to interact with us.
After having our order taken promptly we took in the atmosphere, with the music. There was a kind of buzz about the place with many customers arriving whilst we were waiting for our meals.
The food arrived quite quickly from ordering, which we were impressed with as I was expecting a bit of wait due to the number of other diners that night When it arrived there was plenty of food and it was really good - great flavour and presentation. Truly Spanish - to my surprise from a restaurant chain!
The only downside was the location in that there was limited parking nearby, however this didn't cause a great problem. Due to the location of the restaurants being in cities I think you have to bear this in mind when thinking of how to get there, as taking the train or bus may be a better option.
We thoroughly enjoyed our experience at La Tasca and will definitely return soon. I feel La Tasca is certainly worthy of 4 out of 5 stars.
4 of us ate in Birmingham's La Tasca this evening.
We arrived and were seated promptly but as it was a gorgeous evening we were really hoping to have been seated outside, instead, we were seated in a back corner of the restaurant and promptly forgotten about. We had requested a table for four, so when we complained after waiting 15 minutes for our drinks order to be taken we were told "but you are waiting for two more people", yes we were, but it would have been nice to have some drinks whilst waiting, that's generally what happens anyway.
We had some olives and a bread basket whilst waiting for our friends. The olives had pits which I found annoying and made them difficult to enjoy but the dressing was really very nice. The bread seemed to have just been defrosted (!) and wasn't the lovely warm bread I am used to eating in restaurants.
Our friends arrived and again it took us all a while to grab the attention of the waiter and we ordered drinks and our dishes before we lost them for ages again. The drinks took a while (20 or so miutes) to arrive and the food took an unacceptable amount of time to arrive, 40 - 50 minutes. The waiting times would have been forgivable if the restaurant was even 50% full but it was pretty quiet in there and not busy enough to justify the excessive waits. Two dishes were missing when the food arrived so we had to wait for those.
The food was OK. None of the dishes seemed properly hot, they were lukewarm at best. I have not had authentic Spanish Tapas before (I'm one of those annoying English people that will head straight for the English ex pat's bar/cafe and eat there for the next two weeks!!) but I have eaten at independant tapas restaurants here in the UK and the food was definitely better than this. I do not like green peppers and the chicken skewers that I ordered came with green peppers on, I felt particularly miffed about that as there was no mention of the peppers in the menu, peppers aside the chicken was quite tasty and had quite a nice marinade. The sangria was a let down too, it tasted like lemonade with a splash of wine in it.
We had a 50% off voucher so our bill in total was ÂŁ50, I am so glad we had this voucher as I would have been pretty angry/upset to have had to shell out ÂŁ100. Our waiter was pleasant enough but the service was poor, inefficient and slow.
It's a shame really as the interior was gorgeous and it was a lovely atmosphere but we wont going back, we came home and looked for other Tapas places in the city centre and have found quite a good one in The Mailbox, hoping that one is nicer, it can't be much worse.
I am writing this review having eaten in La Tascas in Bristol and Exeter. Firstly, on interior, La Tascas do tend to have great decor, the one in Exeter is particularly notable. It is in the city's Princesshay development, a fantastic modern shopping centre, but a step into the La Tasca restaurant and you are stepping from English shopping into a typically Spanish bar. Each time I have been in there I have been greeted by Spanish staff. I don't know if La Tasca make a point of employing Spaniards, or whether this has just been a coinsidence for me.
The menu is great, and gives a varied selection of common tapas. My favourites currently are the gambas pil pil (delicious garlic and lemon king prawns), pollo marbella (chicken and chorizo in a red wine sauce), and the croquetas de jamon y queso (Serano ham and cheese croquettes). It is not quite the large portions that you get in Spain, but La Tasca certainly give enough to fill you up. A good amount for two people is probably five tapas dishes. Moreover, La Tasca most months seem to have some promotion (usually 50% off everything), which makes it all the more worthwhile. I have had a large meal for two for under twenty pounds.
The food is of a good standard, it is tasty, always hot and served on hot plates. Moreover, the service is always quick, and whenever there is a delay, the staff always apologise and encourage you to buy more drinks! As for the drinks, I had a superb sherry from there, fruity with fig tastes, made with pederoz ximenez grapes, and I have drunk a reasonable (nothing special) wine. Both were quite pricey, I believe the sherry was about six pounds, whilst the wine was about ÂŁ20.
The best part of La Tasca is in the nature of Tapas - sharing, it is a great place to go on a date, but with friends it can turn into who can grab the most the quickest!
La Tasca is one of my favourite restaurants and I love to go there on special occasions especially at times like Valentine's Day or anniversaries as the atmosphere is quite romantic in there with the lights turned down low and candles burning on every table.
It's a Spanish restaurant and the main thing they serve is tapas which is where you order lots of different small dishes and share between the rest of your table. The staff in La Tasca recommend about 3 dishes for every person and when I go with my husband we usually get 6 dishes and this works out perfectly enough for the both of us.
Although the dishes are only small, they seem to really fill you up and the food is just so delicious here. Some of my favourite dishes are Tortilla Espanola (Spanish omelette) which you have to get when eating in a Spanish restaurant, patatas bravas - potatoes in a red spicy sauce, and the chicken croquettes which are gorgeous. If you're sharing with someone else you can choose your dishes together and you get to try a little bit of everything.
Prices are about ÂŁ3-4 per dish which isn't bad as this adds up to about ÂŁ25 for a meal for 2 people.
As well as having the Tortilla Espanola, I always have to have Sangria when in a Spanish restaurant too, and you can get big jugs of these and it's one of the best Sangria's that I've tasted in here - not too strong on the red wine but enough to make it delicious.
I'm actually going here tonight for a birthday and I've only just had my lunch but I'm already drooling for some tapas!
La Tasca restaurants are probably the leading chain of Spanish food in the UK. Found in many city centres and larger towns, they specialise in tapas food.
The interiors of the restaurants is very mock Spanish. There is a lot of dark wood mixed with bright coloured crockery and painted walls, the tapas are served in traditional terracotta style dishes. A lot of the restaurants also have a bar which is slightly set away from the main eating area and well stocked. In the evenings the tables are often candlelit.
For starters there is a selection of dishes such as breads, dips and olives. I can particularly vouch for the 'pan de barra' - dipping bread with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. A great light starter to share before the main meal.
As regards the tapas there is a fairly wide selection of dishes you can choose from. My favourites are as follows:
Pollo con salsa - chicken breast and sliced mushrooms, in a rich sherry, white wine & cream sauce.
Patatas bravas - fried potato, with a spicy tomato sauce.
Chorizo Frito Al Vino - spicy Spanish sausage, flavoured with paprika, garlic and herbs, sautéed in red wine. (simple but really, really tasty - my favourite)
Calamares Andaluza - deep-fried squid with garlic mayonnaise and fresh lemon.
ALBĂ"NDIGAS A LA JARDINERA - meatballs with tomato sauce (surprisingly substantial)
Alitas de pollo - chicken wings
Pollo Marbella - Chicken, cooked with paprika, chorizo, sweet peppers, onion and a white wine & cream sauce.
PATATAS BRAVAS CON QUESO - Fried potato, with melted cheese and a spicy tomato sauce
TORTILLA ESPAñOLA - Spanish-style omelette, with potato and onion.
The above is only a small selection of the dishes on offer, and I would recommend that a selection of 5 would provide a nice meal for two, and give you a little room for experimentation other. Other than what I have listed above there are several salads available as well as varieties of meat and seafood paella. The paellas are also available as main meals - however I personally would not recommend them as they really are not anything special and you can get more satisfying and substantial dishes from the taps menu.
The desserts menu has a variety of products ranging from sorbet , ice cream, to Spanish style apple pie, fruit with sauce. There is a lot of chocolate on the menu in the form of sauces or torte style dishes.
As regards drinks, I personally always have their staple Sangria when I go there. Light and fresh it is a really good accompaniment and available in a pitcher or by the glass. There is also a more expensive Sangria available which is made from Cava as well as cocktails such as Woo Woo and Long Island Ice Tea. Also, alongside the predominantly Spanish wine and lagers there is a good selection of traditional Spanish sherries (as opposed to Croft or Harvey Bristol styles!). More bitter in flavour than British offerings, they make a good accompaniment to desserts I have found or as an after dinner drink (I know that they are traditionally an aperitif but this is how i like them best.)
Now onto prices. Whilst there are set menus of two courses and a drink for ÂŁ15 to ÂŁ19, I have never tried these preferring to enjoy their other well publicised special offers. Although it can vary according to each restaurants , Tapas for a tenner is their most significant one Tapas for a tenner/ lunch for 2 for ÂŁ10 (5 tapas for ÂŁ10). With this you can often top this up with other components for a good price eg bread and oil for ÂŁ1 and a bottle of house wine for ÂŁ7.50 - providing you with a hearty albeit slightly boozy meal for under ÂŁ20.
If you keep an eye out you can also often find 50% off vouchers on voucher code websites, moneysavingexpert.com and particularly if you register on their website (www.latasca.co.uk) they will email you promotions. Please note that at the time of writing (January 2010), they no longer accept Tesco Clubcard vouchers.
So the verdict then. All-in-all I have really enjoyed dining at La Tasca restaurants. The food, particularly when on offer, is good value and satisfying. In my opinion it works just as well as a place to go for lunch as well as the evening. The food in general is really nice and although the portions appear small when arriving in Tapas bowls, they are surprisingly satisfying. It is also a nice place to go if you just fancy a Sangria and a dessert. In my opinion it is only really the paella that does not really match up to expectations.
Of course, you do not get the depth of flavour or quality ingredients that you would get from a good independent Spanish restaurant but as a reasonably priced introduction to Spanish food you cannot go wrong with this. In general, I have always found the customer service to be very good and the staff amenable and helpful. It is fair to say that they do not vary the dishes on their menu very much except for special menus for events such as Valentines Day. I personally would like to see more seasonal dishes put on the menu if only for a limited time in order for me to be encouraged to go back more often
However, weighing up the pros and cons, I do see La Tasca restaurants as ones that would be on my regular rotation of chain outlets that I would visit and enjoy.
I visited La Tasca for the first time last week and to be honest I was prepared to be disappointed. Having spent many holidays in Spain I am a huge fan of tapas and didn't think a chain restaurant would be able to deliver. However, I was very pleasantly surprised! We had a lovely meal, the staff were very friendly and as we had a voucher it worked out great value for money. The voucher which we found online was for 6 tapas to share between the two of us and also entitled us to a large glass of Rose wine each. The voucher had to be used before 5pm which suited us fine.
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The restaurant we visited was the London Victoria branch. When we arrived at about 4.30pm we were seated at a table near the window. The restaurant was about half full at this time yet still had a vibrant and lively atmosphere. There was a real mix of people, young and old, families, couples and friends. The décor has a very Spanish feel to it. The walls are painted warm, burnt orange shades and the furniture is dark wood. The walls are decorated with various Moroccan style tapestries. As well as tables there are long benches and booths scattered with brightly coloured cushions. I t felt very warm and inviting. Spanish music was playing in the background adding to the lively and upbeat atmosphere.
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In order to make the voucher we were using valid we had to choose from a selective menu. This was not a problem and we easily found 6 tapas which we liked, chances are we would have chosen the exact same 6 from the full menu! We chose:
*Albondigas a la Jardinera (Spanish-style beef meatballs served in tomato sauce)
*Croquetas de Pollo (Chicken croquettes with roasted garlic mayonnaise)
*Patatas Bravas (fried potato with a spicy tomato sauce)
*Paella Valenciana (paella with chicken, squid, king prawns, mussels, peas and green beans, topped with asparagus, artichoke, red pepper and lemon wedges)
*Champinones al Ajillo (Mushrooms lightly sautéed in garlic oil.)
*Gambas Pil Pil (Six king prawns, sizzling in a galic and chilli infused oil.)
We were worried about not having enough, the main menu states that you should order two to three tapas each, but when it arrived we had plenty for the two of us. It was nice to nibble at the different dishes and try a variety of things. My particular favourites were the chicken croquettes. The chicken was very smooth, almost a pureed sort of consistency and they were lovely when dipped in the garlic mayonnaise. I also enjoyed the mushrooms and the meatballs and would definitely order them again. The paella was a little dry and not as packed full of seafood and chicken as I had been expecting, but it wasn't terrible either. We had a large glass of Rose wine which was lovely, very light and fruity.
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The staff were very friendly and attentive and the food arrived very quickly and all at the same time. The amount of food that we had was just right between the two of us and we left feeling full and satisfied. The voucher that we had made it excellent value for money, only ÂŁ7.50 each for a really filling meal and a large glass of wine! If you plan on going to La Tasca then I would definitely advise looking out for any offers rather than paying the full price which it seemed may work out quite expensive. Whilst we were there I noticed that they had several ongoing promotions including Lunch for Two for ÂŁ10 and Tapas for a Tenner. When paying the bill I was given a voucher wishing me a Happy New Year and entitling me to 50% off my bill anytime between 26/12/09 and 13/02/10. This was a nice added bonus and something I will definitely use. It can be used at any branch at any time which is also very good. We had an excellent meal here which was great value. Quick service and friendly staff all added to the positive experience. I will definitely be going back!
We've been to La Tasca a few times, and its one of the only Spanish restaurants I know in the area. Our nearest one is in durham, about a 40 minute drive away, so we don't get to go all that often.
I have to be honest and say I'd heard of it, but didn't think lots of little plates of food really appealled to me, however we were paid to go to a mystery shopping job there, so seemed like a good free night out.
There are almost always vouchers for 50% off all food, or buy one get one free on tapas, so its worth a quick google before heading out. In addition there are earlybird, and lunchtime deals, so the price on the menu is rarely what you actually pay.
Even so each tapas is about ÂŁ4. They recomend getting 3-4 per person. When we went the first time we got 8 between us and so much was wasted! So maybe go for 3 each unless you have a really big appetite.
The menu is very varied and there is lots of choice depending on if you like fish, vegetables, chicken, red meat, breads and so on. We love the chicken croquettes, my fiancee loves the mushroom ones too although I think they have a bizarre mushroom mousse type consistency! There is a lovely red wine chorizo stew as well.
The inside of the restaurant is very relaxed, lots of bright colours, wooden benches with big cushions on them. Overall I find the restaurant a very pleasant, informal place to be and enjoy spending time there. It helps that the staff are friendly and a good laugh as well.
Without a voucher we usually end up paying abour ÂŁ45 for a meal for two, which is a bit steep, but with one we'll be on about ÂŁ30 which includes desserts and a few drinks, which I'm more than happy to pay.
La Tasca specialises in spanish tapas dishes. There menu is extensive ranging from paella to chorizo. The ambiance is quite nice not too over lit, yet not to dark.
They can accomodate for larges parties but do prefer to take your order in advance of the day.
I have eaten her on several occassions over the previous years, I have found it to be a fun/quirky place to chose, however, get those sangria's down you straight away, so to surpress your appetite.
Lets start with the drinks menue. Hugely over priced, around ÂŁ15 for the cheapest bottle of wine, and one glass of sangria will set you back ÂŁ3.50. Your best option is to buy a jug of sangria.
Now on to the food. The menu is very appetising and the prices would reflect an averrage size meal, but don't be fooled, you will need to order at least 4 plates at around ÂŁ4-5 per plate (on average). I didn't even find that the individual dishes were even enough to share. I found the food to be quite plane and unimpressive, my experience with tapas in the past has always been very tasty and well seasoned.
This is far from a cheap eveing out, especially with the credit crunch.
They are currently offering a lunch special 2 people eat for ÂŁ10 choose 5 tapas to share between 2 people.
I won't be returning there any time soon.
I recently visited La Tasca in Harrogate as part of a hen night and I'll start here with the positives.
The place was well decorated with a lively atmosphere even at 6pm on a Saturday night (we had theatre tickets). The staff were very helpful and friendly even to the extent of having decorated the table with items left by the maid of honour and cutting and wrapping the cake for us to take the next day as we ran out of time on the night.
We ordered the 'fiesta' menu - ÂŁ15 for a set selection of tapas to share and again the staff were very good about letting us know what all the dishes were and bringing extra dishes for the vegetarians. There was a lot of food and unlike often when I visit tapas restaurants I didn't leave feeling hungry.
I suppose there was only one downside really and that was that the food wasn't very good. The selection on the fiesta menu was quite greasy with a selection of deep-fried goods (battered fish, squid rings, croquettes) and also rather bland and boring. The patatas bravas (spicy potatoes) were not very spicy at all and the paella and mixed vegetable dishes had little flavour either. The food may be better if you chose your own dishes from the main menu, I do tend to think that you sometimes get ripped off at these places when you're in a party although that tends to be in terms of quantity rather than taste and as I mentioned the quantities here were more than enough.
Obviously bad food can be quite a downside for a restaurant, however I think the staff, atmosphere and price meant that the evening wasn't a complete loss (and the bread was nice) so I've given it a medium rating.


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Hoarse vocals delivering 12 mid-tempo or slow, contemplative songs with well-trodden folk-rock structures usually earn a quick "No" from this quarter. McGraw grapples with grand topics: the death of a loved one and/or the Meaning of Life (capitals intended: one envisions Bertie Wooster throwing-away "STERN stuff, Jeeves"). When McGraw waxes emphatic without engaging music, I'm checking my Facebook. The more laidback material is like a spontaneous diary: poetic imagery being croaked into a microphone + the bright percussion of banjo or finger-picked guitar gurgling like a brook.
Haunting enough to segue with Tom Waits is a cover of Leonard Cohen's "The Faith": "The cross on every hill/ A star, a minaret/ So many graves to fill/ Love, aren't you tired yet?" "Young Men" is the one I'm least likely to want to live without: it's the kind of nice that Gordon Lightfoot would probably have welcomed into his repertoire. But I doubt Lightfoot ever spouted a line this dazzling: "Wounds are like diamonds or demons at play." And McGraw does an ingenious reworking of Billy Joel's "My Life."
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With less than a month to go, House Speaker John Boehner said White House and GOP negotiators have made no progress on talks to avert the "fiscal cliff."
"I would say we're nowhere. Period. We're nowhere," Boehner (R-Ohio) said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday."
Sharp tax hikes and major spending cuts are set to automatically go into effect unless Congress and the White House can reach a deal before the end of the year.
Boehner said "there's clearly a chance" of going over the cliff if the sides can't come to an agreement.
"We've put a serious offer on the table by putting revenues up there," he said. "But the White House has responded with virtually nothing."
Boehner said President Barack Obama "knows what our proposals are" but it's not clear what but that Obama himself is willing to do.
"The president's idea of negotiations is 'roll over and do what I ask,'" he said.
Boehner said he was "flabbergasted" and said he told Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner "you can't be serious" when Geithner outlined Obama's budget deal offer on Thursday, which included $1.6 trillion in increased tax revenues.
Boehner said that he "might be an easy guy to get along with, affable," but he's "determined to solve our debt problem."
"We are going to deal with America's debt problem…we're not going to kick this can down the road again," he said. "I don't want any part of going over the cliff, I'm going to do everything I can to avert it, but we are going to solve this debt problem."
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YAHUD, Israel, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- An Israeli company that provides physical and cyber-security solutions has been contracted for two projects in Africa.
Magal Security Systems Ltd. said the first order, from an unidentified customer, is to secure a critical government-related facility that is under construction and scheduled for completion by next summer.
Details of the work to be performed were not given, but Magal said the contract has the potential to be expanded to additional locations.
The second order is an expansion of a contract with the Kenya Port Authority for the security system at the port of Mombasa. Under the order, Magal will expand its security work to include an area of the port not covered in an initial contract for an integrated security project.
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WOMEN travellers are increasingly choosing active, adventurous holidays and cultural experiences such as cooking classes over spa retreats and resorts.
They are also more likely to travel by themselves than ever before.
New research found the proportion of women taking part in food and wine experiences on their last trip had risen nearly four per cent to 27.5 per cent in the past decade.
The number of women who travelled alone on their most recent holiday also rose three per cent to 13 per cent.
There had also been an increase in women living with or experiencing local culture, according to the Roy Morgan Research Holiday Tracking Survey.
Director of travel research at marketing research company TNS Jo Farquhar said women had more time to travel because they were having children later.
They were also the major decision makers when it came to travel.
"Work life balance is very important to women and holidays are a priority for them,'' she said.
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"Women are more independent than they have ever been.''
Ms Farquhar said there had been a surge in tour companies specialising in women's travel over the past few years.
"They don't want things necessarily to be just for women but they want them to 'get' women,'' she said.
Lyn Taylor's Adventure Travels operator Lyn Taylor said women were seeking more active holidays and wanted to get out of their comfort zone.
Ms Taylor runs trekking tours to countries including Nepal, Bhutan and Peru and said many women on her trips were recovering from illness, loss or job restructures.
"It's enriching their lives,'' she said.
"They like a bit of indulgence as well but they like to combine it with a bit of adventure.
"They're happy to stay in three star hotels with maybe one five star hotel thrown in and a spa treatment.''
Adventurous Women director Sue Hile said business was booming, but competition from women's tour companies was increasing.
"Our trips are filling quickly - especially the adventurous ones,'' she said.
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A chilling, beautiful debut novel inspired by a haunting folk song about murder, witchcraft and revenge. Beware of Long Lankin, that lives in the moss ...When Cora and her little sister Mimi are sent to stay with their elderly aunt in the isolated village of Bryers Guerdon, they receive a less than warm welcome, and are desperate to go back to London. But Auntie Ida's life was devastated the last time two young girls were at Guerdon Hall, and now her nieces' arrival has reawoken an evil that has lain waiting for years. A haunting voice in an empty room ...A strange, scarred man lurking in the graveyard ...A mysterious warning, scrawled on the walls of the abandoned church ...Along with Roger and Peter, two young village boys, Cora must uncover the horrifying truth that has held Bryers Guerdon in its dark grip for centuries - before it is too late for Mimi. Intensely atmospheric and truly compelling, this is a stunning debut.
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May 1, 2011
"For the first time in my life, I didn't feel envy…"
Tess is the exact opposite of her beautiful, athletic sister. And that's okay. Kristina is the sporty one, Tess is the smart one, and they each have their place. Until Kristina is diagnosed with cancer. Suddenly Tess is the center of the popular crowd, everyone eager for updates. There are senior boys flirting with her. Yet the smiles of her picture-perfect family are cracking and her sister could be dying. Now Tess has to fill a new role: the strong one. Because if she doesn't hold it together, who will?
Janet Gurtler tests the bonds of sisterhood in this moving debut that readers of Jodi Picoult and Sarah Dessen will savor.
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May 3, 2011
Raised by an unstable father who keeps the family constantly on the move, Sam Border hasn't been in a classroom since the second grade. He's always been the rock for his younger brother Riddle, who stopped speaking long ago and instead makes sense of the world through his strange and intricate drawings. It's said that the two boys speak with one voice--and that voice is Sam's.
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Told from multiple perspectives, Holly Goldberg Sloan's debut novel offers readers fresh voices and a gripping story, with vivid glimpses into the lives of many unique characters. Beautifully written and emotionally profound, I'll Be There is a story about connections both big and small, and deftly explores the many ways that our lives are woven together.


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"Free Ryan Romo" Page Hits Facebook
You'll remember Ryan Romo from such hits as this. Now, 90 of his (presumably) fellow students have liked the "Free Ryan Romo" page on Facebook. But really all you have to know about that page, and the intelligence of those "liking" it, can be summed up in this screenshot.
Update: More than 250 folks have now signed on, and the comments are about as hateful as you'd expect. There's also at least one father of four girls defending Romo. Hope his daughters aren't on Facebook.


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There's a new PixelJunk game in the works! This is fantastic news, as they're always very stylish and entertaining endeavors. Q-Games hasn't let us down yet. The news gets even better, as this new PixelJunk, at the moment dubbed PixelJunk 1-6 will start as a Windows exclusive. It's in development and hopefully, some day soon, we'll see it on Steam.
Right now, we don't have many details about PixelJunk 1-6. We do have the screenshot featured above. Let's take a closer look at it. That blue guy with a sword attacking the monster in the center of the screen looks like it could be the player character. Perhaps this is going to be a platformer? Since PixelJunk 1-6 is likely a placeholder name, perhaps it really will become PixelJunk Platformer. I could only hope. We also know is going to offer four player cooperative multiplayer and support gamepads. Those are definite pluses.
Aside from being neat just because it's a new PixelJunk game, PixelJunk 1-6 is unique for another reason. This is the first time Q-Games is going to have a special website up so people can follow along and get all kinds of neat insights while the developer makes the game. You can follow along and watch as PixelJunk 1-6 turns into a polished, finished product.
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Stoke City v Manchester City Betting: Mancini's men to prove too strong for Potters
A replay of the 2011 FA Cup final will ignite a mouth-watering set of fourth round ties of the world's greatest club competition on Saturday, as Stoke City host Manchester City in the lunchtime kick-off, which is live on ITV1 at 12:45pm.
The Potters needed extra time to get past Crystal Palace in the third round and it gets no easier for Tony Pulis' men as they welcome a City side who have won five on the spin and have kept four clean sheets in a row and that is why Paddy Power have installed Stoke as the 7/2 outsiders to venture into the next round.
A comfortable 3-0 win over Watford in the last round was duly followed up by impressive victories over Arsenal and Fulham in the Premier League and the Blues look to be in red-hot form heading to the Britannia Stadium and are currently available at 4/5 with Paddy Power to win the match, whilst the draw is on offer at 5/2 with the Dublin-based firm.
Stoke may be one of the toughest teams to beat on their home patch and they have managed to secure four 1-1 draws on the spin at the Britannia against City in their last four Premier League games, but Roberto Mancini's side brushed them aside with aplomb on New Year's Day with a comfortable 3-0 success and it's tough to see them managing to bridge the chasm that was between them that day and so the 4/5 with Paddy Power is the safe bet for City to progress.
David Silva was instrumental in City's 2-0 victory over Fulham last weekend with a brace of goals and the diminutive Spaniard could well spearhead the attacking flare for the visitors, with Yaya Toure away on African Cup of Nations duty with Ivory Coast, and Silva could be the value in the first goal scorer betting as the 15/2 about him notching first is decent value.
Sergio Aguero returned to the squad last weekend and came on as a second-half substitute in the win against Fulham and the Argentinean could team up with fellow countryman Carlos Tevez and they are both available at 9/2 in the latest betting with Paddy Power, whilst the most likely Stoke scorer could be Jon Walters, who is 8/1 to bag the first goal.
With four clean sheets on the spin, Stoke will struggle to breakdown a frugal City rearguard, but Paddy Power still believe the home side can bag themselves a goal and the 11/2 about a 1-1 draw is the favourite in the correct score market. However, Chelsea showed when trouncing the Potters 4-0 in the Premier League that they can be knocked out of their stride at home and City's attacking flare could well be too strong for a streetwise Stoke defence and they could well get an early goal and sit on that lead and a 2-0 win is eye-catching at 7/1.
If Manchester City can get an early strike then they should be able to hold out for the rest of the game and so the 17/10 about City being in front at half-time and full-time offers some improved value, whilst the Score/Win Double of a Silva goal and an away win at 7/2 could well attract more interest in an intriguing contest.
Stoke City v Manchester City Form
Check the season's statistics for both Stoke City and Manchester City, plus the odds ahead of Saturday's match.
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Stoke City v Manchester City Tips
Tip #1: Manchester City to win 2-0 @ 7/1 with Paddy Power.
Tip #2: David Silva to score first @ 15/2 with Paddy Power.
Tip #3: David Silva to score and Man City to win @ 7/2 with Paddy Power.
Stoke City v Manchester City Odds
Match Betting
7/2 Stoke City
5/2 Draw
4/5 Manchester City
Correct Score Odds
12/1 Stoke City 1-0
22/1 Stoke City 2-0
14/1 Stoke City 2-1
17/2 Draw 0-0
11/2 Draw 1-1
12/1 Draw 2-2
6/1 Manchester City 1-0
7/1 Manchester City 2-0
15/2 Manchester City 2-1
First Goalscorer Odds
9/2 Sergio Aguero
9/2 Carlos Tevez
11/2 Edin Dzeko
6/1 Mario Balotelli
15/2 David Silva
8/1 Peter Crouch
8/1 Kenwyne Jones
8/1 No Goalscorer
9/1 Jon Walters
9/1 Samir Nasri
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Bullied gay teen who hanged himself dies
Jadin Bell, a 15-year-old from Oregon, hanged himself on an elementary school playground after homophobic bullying
A 15-year-old bullied gay teen who hanged himself two weeks ago died yesterday (3 February).
Jadin Bell was taken to Portland hospital in Oregon on 19 January after he hanged himself on a playground at an elementary school.
Bud Hill, a close family friend, said the teen had complained of homophobic bullying a week before and had talked to a counselor at his local high school.
'He was different, and they tend to pick on the different ones,' he said.
Bell was a sophomore, and a member of the cheerleading squad.
'If someone was down and out he would walk into a room and say a couple quick words and everybody would just forget about their problems and smile,' Hill said. 'He just had a gift.'
More than 200 people attended a vigil two weeks ago in honor of the teen.
After the event, friend Jody Bullock said: 'He is amazingly sensitive. If he saw a wounded butterfly he wanted to heal it… He is an amazing young man who is smart and very social; he has a personal and a presence that you want to be a part of.'
In September 2010, the It Gets Better project launched in response to the number of gay teens taking their own life. Since then, it has inspired more than 50,000 videos which have been viewed over 50 million times.


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Don't look now, but the Cowboys have a chance to move to within one game of the NFC East lead by beating the Cleveland Browns in Week 11. With the NFL's easiest remaining schedule, Dallas could potentially go on a run. To accomplish that, though, the 'Boys will need to refrain from doing something that has haunted them in the past—playing down to their competition.
How will the Browns play coming off of their bye?
One of the oft-overlooked aspects of NFL matchups is preparation. Teams design their entire game plan specifically to take advantage of their opponent's weaknesses, so even a day or two of extra prep time can be valuable. It isn't a myth, either; I recently broke down how well teams perform coming off of their byes. Since 1990, teams with an extra week of preparation have won 54.2 percent of their games; when you consider that the sample was over 700 games and the average winning percentage is obviously .500, that's a fairly substantial jump.
Look, the Browns aren't a great football team, but the added week of preparation (and rest) will help them. As an AFC team, they probably knew very little about Dallas prior to last week. And now, they likely know a whole lot.
Will Cleveland disguise their looks against Tony Romo?
Yesterday, I analyzed Romo's stats against various defensive looks in 2012. As has been the case throughout his career, Romo thrives against the blitz when teams show it. It's when defenses sit back in a base alignment and then send extra rushers that Romo struggles—even more so than the average NFL quarterback. Actually, Romo hasn't thrown a touchdown all season when the defense hides their intentions.
Thus, look for the Browns—a team with a very underrated defense—to try to confuse Romo at the line. Ultimately, I don't think you'll see them blitz too often, but they could certainly help themselves by at least acting like they will.
Will Brandon Weeden beat the Cowboys' blitzes?
Weeden has been poor against the blitz in his rookie season, compiling one touchdown, three interceptions, 5.4 yards-per-attempt, and a passer rating of only 56.4. Defenses have blitzed Weeden on just 29.7 percent of his dropbacks, though. In comparison, I've counted defenses as sending pressure after Romo on 26.3 percent of his dropbacks.
Rob Ryan has quietly scaled back his blitzes in 2012, playing a lot of two-deep looks and zone blitzing when appropriate. On Sunday, though, I'm sure you'll see Ryan come after Weeden, and I think that's the right move. Without a significant chance of Weeden beating the blitz, the Cowboys should be able to harass the rookie quarterback and even create some big plays of their own while on defense.
Jonathan Bales is the founder of The DC Times. He writes for DallasCowboys.com and the New York Times. He's also the author of Fantasy Football for Smart People: How to Dominate Your Draft.
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A former soccer coach for a private club for boys pleaded not guilty on Monday to sex-related charges involving a 15-year-old male player.
Javier Arrioja, 48, of East Los Angeles, answered to four counts of lewd acts on a child age 14 or 15 and one count of sending harmful matter.
He was arrested Feb. 17 at his home in the 100 block of N. Townsend Ave., in East Los Angeles.
He was being held without bail at the Los Angeles County Jail.
Immigration officials have asked that sheriff's authorities turn Arrioja over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement on his release from local custody while they investigate possible deportation issues, said Virginia Kice, a spokeswoman for ICE.
Arrioja is accused of assaulting a boy four times between May and November 2011 at the coach's home and at parks, a prosecutor said.
The case came to light when a player alleged to police that the defendant had inappropriately touched him.
Arrioja is a coach for the "Missioneros," a soccer club for boys under age 17. He has coached boys and girls soccer teams in the Los Angeles area for over 15 years.
The Missioneros president, Jerry Camacho, told the LA Weekly that Arrioja, a former personal trainer, left the team to host private workouts in September 2010.
Camacho told the Weekly that the only complaints he ever got about Arrioja were that he was "too strict."
Arrioja is due in court again on April 19 for a pre-trial hearing.
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This ambitious, growing series addresses various topics of the infamous "Holocaust" of the WWII era. Most of them are based on decades of archival research in archives all over the world. They are heavily footnoted and referenced. In contrast to most other works on this issue, the tomes of this series approach its topic with the necessary profound academic scrutiny and a critical attitude. Any Holocaust researcher ignoring this series will remain oblivious of the most important research results in the field.
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The Auschwitz Museum is a mendacious organization, lying about the true nature of the Auschwitz camp both to millions of tourists – most egregious with manipulations to its main exhibit, the 'Old Krematorium' in the Auschwitz Main Camp – and to serious scholars – by way of obfuscating the true nature and meaning of documents in its archives. Here is the proof. Learn more
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Violin Doubles
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Viola, Violin
Position 1-3 with optional second part for viola. Composed by Jonathan Shipley. Fentone Instrumental Books. Fentone Music #F875. Published by Fentone Music (HL.44005096).
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Lifeguards began receiving calls from the public at about 5:30 p.m. about gliders that were landing in the area outside the nearby gliderport, authorities said.
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Under general supervision, monitors accuracy and efficiency of invoices and charges in edit and pending status; provides quarterly insurance updates to staff; maintains knowledge of Medicare compliance, billing codes, and rules and regulations; performs audits and in-services; assists with employee training and special projects; updates encounter forms in IDX and other department forms; serves as resource to faculty and staff.
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Quite naturally, a piece from the Prime Minister claiming that welfare reform is 'at the heart… of our social and moral mission in politics' is provoking hilarity from those who've never backed that moral mission in the first place. David Cameron is writing in the Telegraph as a response to the Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols' comments in the same paper at the weekend that the government's welfare reforms were a 'disgrace'. He argues:
'Of course, we are in the middle of a long and difficult journey turning our country around. That means difficult decisions to get our deficit down, making sure that the debts of this generation are not our children's to inherit. But our welfare reforms go beyond that alone: they are about giving new purpose, new opportunity, new hope – and yes, new responsibility to people who had previously been written off with no chance.
'Seeing these reforms through is at the heart of our long-term economic plan – and it is at the heart, too, of our social and moral mission in politics today.'
The Spectator devoted its cover to the moral need to reform the benefits system recently. But there is one thing that makes Cameron's job – and that of his Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith – much harder. It is very hard to argue that welfare reform is a purely moral mission when the same policy area is 'weaponised' by colleagues. George Osborne has used welfare cuts that are very attractive to voters such as the benefit cap of £26,000 for workless families to make Labour so uncomfortable that the party now seeks only to neutralise welfare as a policy area, rather than being bold. But Osborne gives the impression that he now enjoys not just cutting benefits but caricaturing those on them – his images of closed curtains and false dichotomies between working and feckless suggest a strategist, not a reformer at work. Our leading article in January warned the Chancellor off showing too much relish when announcing new cuts.
It is difficult to argue that your sole aim with welfare is a moral one when you're also toting it as a weapon.
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Zubeldia claims French prologue win
Radioshack's Hamier Zubeldia claimed his first victory in 10 years in the opening time trial prologue of the Tour de l'Ain, France.
The 33-year-old finished the three kilometre course 0.09 seconds ahead of Rabobank's second-placed Yilco Kelderman, and 0.31 beyond Laurent Mangel of Saursogasun in third.
"This is more than I expected," said Zubeldia, who missed the Tour de France after breaking his wrist in the Criterium du Dauphine Libere in June. "I only had the Clásica San Sebastián in my legs as competition. Moreover, this prologue looked just too short for me, but Team Director Alain Gallopin pushed me over the limit."
"At 1km from the finish, I saw that Haimar was only one second slower than Kelderman, who had the best time," added Gallopin. "As Haimar always has been a good prologue rider, I yelled him through the not-so-easy last kilometre to the finish in the Rue Alexandre Bérard. I am convinced that Haimar can win the overall classification on Saturday. With only six riders per team it is not so easy to control the race, but we will do everything we can."
Zubeldia's last win came in the Bicicleta Vasca 10 years ago, but the Spaniard is keen to hold onto his newly acquired Tour de L'Ain leader's jersey over the next four stage.
"I am not a winner. My job in the team is to help our Grand Tour riders in the mountains," Zubeldia said. "I always kept working hard. This victory is a nice compensation for my hard work. We are a small but good team and we will try to keep yellow until the end. It would be nice to win this 22nd Tour de l'Ain."
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Frayed Knights - Talk Ain't Cheap
Time for an update on Frayed Knights. Here's a snip from Talk Ain't Cheap. Apparently.
I knew when I signed up for it that making an RPG would be a pretty significant undertaking. I had expectations of a lot of work. Even though I had elevated my expectations of the amount of work I had to do, there were a couple of areas where I woefully underestimated the amount of labor involved.
And dialog is one of those areas. I mean, it's just text, right? Sounds easy! I'm not even doing voice-overs for this game!
If my quests were just of the "bring me six rat tails" variety, and my dialogs were of the one-or-two-line variety, I wouldn't have so much work to do. Now I know why other games do that. I'd have three things for an NPC to say: "Hi there, get me six rat tails!", "Hi! Do you have my six rat tails yet?", and "I see you brought me six rat tails! Here's your reward!" No other NPC (Non-Player Character... anyone not controlled by the player) in the world would care or be involved in that quest in any way.
Easy. Simple. Straightforward. And of course, not what I chose to do.
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Leading video sharing site, YouTube, has unveiled a page that features live streaming of various television programs and sports events.
And one of the sports to be featured, the 2011 Indian Premier League. Currently on its fourth season, cricket fans can now watch IPL 2011 live streaming online through YouTube Live which is powered by IndiaTimes YouTube channel.
So from April 8 until May 28, 2011 – Indian Premier League followers can watch IPL 2011 online through YouTube Live at www.youtube.com/live
YouTube started the initial rollout of its live streaming service Friday, which will add live video capabilities to the Google-owned site for the first time.
As weeks come, YouTube moreover states that they will gradually give their content partners with good standing a live streaming feature so they can broadcast their online shows in real time while having it automatically recorded and uploaded to the site for replay viewing.
Moreover, it has been reported that Google plans to invest as much as $100 million in producing original content for visitors of the site. In the meantime, cricket fans should already enjoy watching their favorite Indian Premier League teams play their matches for the IPL 2011.