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I'll make this pretty simple. It's good stuff!
I used to be a big BCAA consumer, I had many bottles of xtend kicking around. When I stopped taking them my body fat went down, my wallet got thicker, and my stomach got less upset. Strength didn't change. I haven't looked back, until Millennium came out with RPG. I told them I'd try it although I'm (understandably) suspect of BCAA's since my experience has been that they're worthless.
Millennium hasn't let me down yet, so I figured what the heck, I'll give RPG a try. I have not ever taken it by itself, I've always taken it mixed with Ragnarok. Since I take Ragnarok and have been taking it for the past I don't know how long -years though- I feel that any change was attributed to the addition of RPG.
The bottom line is that my training weight have gone up a noticeable amount. A couple weeks ago I pressed 405 + 90lbs of chain, a 20lb record for me that has stood unbroken for well over a year. I pulled 545 standing on a plate, which was another PR for me. There have been others too. These are tough lifts for me, and they don't go up for no reason, I'm way past the easy gains stage.
These supplements are all a gentle push in the direction of progress. IMO they greatly depend on proper diet, sleep, training, and heart to function right; in other words, you can't make up for lack in training with good supplementation, although I do think you can mitigate damage from non-ideal circumstances.
So what did I notice? I'm lifting more than I ever have before. It's that simple. My diet has been very consistent except for the addition of RPG, and over the past several weeks, I'm a couple pounds heavier (I do not think I'm any fatter FWIW). Like I said before, I mix it with Rag pre-workout and sip it through my workout. I can attribute my strength increase to slighly refined training methodologies and RPG. Everything else has been the same. The training is hugely important, but it wouldn't have helped me gain the weight -I have a very good pulse on my overall volume.
I will continue to use RPG, although when I decide to drop a weight class I may only use it on my most important days.
I'm pleased with the results, although now I have 1 more thing to add to my supplement list, lol.
One more thing worth mentioning, and I've said this before, but guys, buy supplements from companies that you can trust. Look at the ingredients on RPG, it's all good stuff. There is so much crap out there, and I'm not even mentioning what brand or what company, but a shocking amount of stuff out there is not only not good for you, but outright bad. Your health is important, don't blow it and your money on sub par ineffective supplements.

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Get the big stuff out of the way.
The Thule Box/Storage lift makes it easy to take big stuff you aren't using and get it the heck out of the way. The Lift operates with a simple crank system. You just loop the ropes around whatever canoe, box, kayak, boat, etc. that you want to hoist, and crank away. The Box/Storage Lift is easy to mount to ceiling studs or to rafters in your garage, and will free up massive amounts of space that you can fill up with other junk.
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My husband and I were able to install this in around 2 hours without too much difficulty, directly into the garage ceiling studs. The instructions are not really great, you'll have to use some of your own common sense - I think Jim (below) has the right idea for installation. The gear box and removable arm to crank it up make this item worth the purchase, although the rope is chinzy. One little detail not mentioned in the instructions is that the device is meant to lift the box directly off the roof of your car, so the rope is not long enough to hoist a box from the garage floor. Installation was light years easier than slipping a large, bulky rooftop carrier into the two rope loops hanging 5 feet above the floor! We considered buying a longer rope, but are not sure there is physically enough space in the mechanism to wind up more rope. Despite some limitations, we are reasonably happy with our purchase.
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Dennis Esterberg
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Is this lifting mechanism installed directly over the car? My garage door opener is attached at the center line of garage door and is mounted directly over the car. In the reviews there are comments about 1 person being able to remove and replace the storage box single handedly. How do you deal with the garage door opener issue?
Thanks for your help on this.
Blessed space!
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I have 23" of clearance between my ceiling and the top of my garage door (when it's open) and I was able to get this and my Yakima 16S to just fit when mounted to 1x4s. For those who are in a similar situation, the highest point of of the lift is about 3.5" in the center bracket.
This thing was a total bear to set up. A neighbor helped me and even taking suggestions from reviewers on Amazon, such as measuring and doing as much as you can before mounting it, it was still a lot of work to measure where on the ceiling to put it and where the studs were in my ceiling. Though it was a lot of work, I am so, so happy to have my box up above my car now, saving space and also making removing and mounting the box on my car that much easier.
The rope in the kit is chintzy and I will probably replace it soon.
Bottom line: The kit is a little overpriced, is a total pain to install, and comes with so-so rope but is totally worth it if you have a gear box laying around your garage making your life hell.
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I forgot to add that the instructions are garbage.
Tight to ceiling
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My rafters run across the garage ceiling so I had to add lumber to mount the hoist. If the rafters went from the overhead door back into the garage the additional lumber would have been unnecessary. Installation took a couple hours, including a few trips around the corner to Lowes.
Another post says to buy pulleys and do it yourself. The pulleys are about $6 each the rope another $6, but good luck finding the shaft and gearbox. I found one place that could order a gearbox but it over $200.
My only concern was the gear ratio in the gearbox would take 300 revolutions of the handle to gain one inch of vertical, but that is not the case the box goes up at a reasonable pace.
You will need hardware to mount to wood, I spent about $10. The rope provided was about two feet too short for a 10' ceiling and a five foot tall vehicle. I wanted a little extra slack to be able to pull the rope around the ends without lifting the box in case my bride decided to load or unload it.
I am very happy with the product and Backcountry's price, no regrets.
Cary Colton
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Thanks for taking the time to post the pictures and article. It helped me visualize what I'll need to do in our garage to mount the thing.
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Thanks for the photo.
Dennis Esterberg
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Thanks for putting up the photo. When you lower the cargo carrier is it directly over your car?
On the way up
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Can you guesstimate for me what the profile one this lift is? I have a narrow space between my ceiling and garage door and am not sure this is and my box (Yakima 16 cu ft) will fit.
how does this attach to the ceiling?
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how does this attach to the ceiling?
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Hardware needs to be attached to rafters or studs. There are seven points of attachment.
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Seriously when you buy your rocket box think of what your going to do with it when you don't have it ontop of your car.....
yes this took 2 of us 3 hours to install. BUT now I don't need anyones assistance to remove the box off of my rack ever again. The hassle in installing this bad boy saved me countless hours of removing and placing this box on top of my suv with someone else's assistance. I would highly consider buying this. But please don't think that this rack can store your gear inside of your box while it is attached to the rafters of your garage. Personally I would not enjoy having my gear falling on top of me or the roof of my suv incase it collapsed. Amazing device, and wicked sturdy. a major score for my clutter free garage.
how much can this thing lift, and how wide...
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how much can this thing lift, and how wide a load can it take?
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The manual claims 100kg, but I am sure there is an insurance liability factor built in to that.
My Husband is Part Monkey
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We have all sorts of shelving hanging from our garage ceiling for all his stuff, so the box lift fit right in. After he bought the lag screws, it took him about 35 minutes to install. Great product!
Box lift
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You better have a high ceiling in your garage. This makes removal a one person job. You can make one of these just with pulleys and a rope if you want to save some money.
very time consuming
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The hardware included are for installation into a concrete ceiling. Well, I live in the states and do not have a concrete ceiling. So I went to the store to find proper hardware so I can mount it to my 2X4's/drywall. Installation time took a while for me. There's 14 holes I drilled for the 7 mounts which all had to be carefully measured out on the ceiling. After it was completed (several hours later) I tried it and was extremely pleased with the results.


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Last year on Groundhog Day, preschool children got to see a hand puppet at Fayetteville's Clark Park Nature Center
This year, they got their hands on the real thing.
For the first time, a groundhog - two of them, in fact - were at the nature center for an early forecast of the Cape Fear region's remaining winter.
The twin woodchuck weathermen, named Hansel and Gretel, were on their best, if somewhat sleepy, behavior Friday morning. As a chilling north wind whooshed through the trees, they nibbled on treats, nestled in the laps of their handlers and looked like they'd drift into slumber if one more kid softly stroked their terrier-like fur.
In other words, Hansel and Gretel did what they usually do this time of year. But they did it in Fayetteville, which made their antics unique.
While kids in other parts of the country need only look outside to spot the furry forecasters, they're a rare treat in this area.
"I've never seen one in the wild," said Clark Park ranger Rebecca Maldonado as dozens of preschoolers giggled at the buck-toothed guests. "I've worked here 17 years, and we've never had any as part of an exhibit. So this is pretty exciting."
As exciting as other famous guests to Fayetteville? Say the Marquis de Lafayette or General William T. Sherman?
"Maybe not historic like that," Maldonado said. "But the kids might be more excited about it."
Hansel and Gretel are Tar Heel natives, born near Greensboro about four years ago. Their mom was killed in a construction accident when they were less than 2 weeks old.
They ended up in the care of Piedmont Wildlife Rehab, a volunteer group that cares for animals and returns them to the wild in the Triad area.
In the case of Hansel and Gretel, a return was out of the question. The siblings bonded with their human helpers and would not have adapted to life in the wild.
"So, they became teachers," said Melissa Coe, a rehab specialist with Piedmont Wildlife. She named them after the fairytale children who escape the clutches of a wicked witch.
"If they're the children, who does that make me?" Coe asked with a grin.
Coe and Sue Fields drove the groundhogs from Greensboro after an invitation from Maldonado.
"We've never been this far with them," Coe said. "It's an adventure. Of course, they slept all the way. This is the heart of hibernation season for them."
Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks and "whistle pigs," are native to North America. In fact, the name "woodchuck" is a corruption of their Algonquin name "otchek."
They have been migrating into the South. A report 20 years ago placed their southern range in Virginia. Now, groundhogs have been spotted increasingly in the Piedmont and foothills of North Carolina.
They prefer open areas to forest and are especially fond of setting up near highways, Coe said.
"When they're building highways, you'll find them digging into the mounds of dirt," she said. "They like elevated spots."
They like farms and farm crops, too. Part of the rodent family, groundhogs are considered pests in much of the country. In the summer, they can ravage a garden.
"These guys love fresh veggies," Coe said. "And they're wild about peaches and pecans. They can climb trees to go get them."
As of yet, groundhogs have not called the Cape Fear region home. Coe says the reason is based on geology.
"These guys love to dig," she explained. "They dig out huge amounts of dirt for their burrows. The dirt here is too sandy. A burrow could collapse."
So for now, opossums and raccoons, which are about the same size as groundhogs, are the dominant wildlife.
"They wouldn't want to get in a fight with groundhogs," Coe noted. "These guys can be fierce. We don't recommend anyone trying to pet one in the wild."
Friday morning, Hansel and Gretel were grumpy, rather than rowdy. They protested as Coe and Fields tugged them from their traveling cases, but soon settled into the routine of show-and-tell with children.
"They're like cats," said Eric McKinney, a 9-year-old who stood in line to pet the rodents. "They're like big, overgrown hamsters."
While celebrated weather forecasters, groundhogs actually have a lousy track record in their predictions. That's not surprising, given that they'd rather just sleep through to spring.
"They are one of the few mammals that are true hibernators," Coe said. "They might stir a bit, but deep in their burrows, they'd be just as happy to sleep."
And what was their forecast for the rest of the winter in Fayetteville? Since the sun was brightly shining Friday morning, Hansel and Gretel would see their shadows - if they bothered to look. That means six more weeks of winter for the Cape Fear region.
But don't hold them to that forecast. After all, they're new in town.
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Is it wrong for me to have such venom for a 6 year old little girl? Well, if it's wrong, then I can't possibly be right. I think I hate her… but mostly her mama.
The other night I stumbled upon "Toddlers and Tiaras" on TLC. I wish I hadn't stopped on that channel now. If these girls were treated any worse than they already are, Sarah McLachlan would be singing in the background during the show. It's really pathetic.
Why do these girls' mothers subject them to such ridicule? Why do they force feed them chocolate and Mt. Dew to keep them "perky" for the judges of the pageants? They might as well break the girls off some meth or coke… because in 6 or 7 years, that's what they'll be doing anyway.
I have 3 girls in my home ages 5, 10, and 13. I would NEVER put them in a position to be objectified by ANYBODY. They'll get enough of that on their own for the rest of their lives anyway. That's just the truth of the matter. That's the way it is.
Now. Back to Alana…
This little girl's mama needs her ass WHOOPED. She, in my opinion, doesn't have ANY ROOM to tell anybody else how to look or carry themselves. If her fat ass took even HALF of her own advice, she'd look a lot less like a hairy, albino Jaba the Hut. Marv Marinovich and Joe Jackson think this bitch is crazy!
"A dolla makes me holla!" Is that what 6 year old little girls are saying these days? Really??? That was just ONE of the many stupid, whorish-ass quotes dropped by Alana on the show. I think by her mother allowing her to speak this way, is child abuse. In a world where you can't even whoop your kids ass in the cereal aisle in the store, we sit by and watch this stuff happen?
Stop it. Please.
Let me end this with some advice for Alana's mama. First, stop with all the pageants. You know as well as anybody who's seen your daughter, that she ain't cute. She has the misfortune of being given your genes, and for that, I feel sorry for her. She didn't choose you. Somebody's daddy is probably also her uncle too. (Just a hunch.)
It's time to put down the 13 gallons of Mt.Dew! Diabetes ain't a good look, and at the rate she's drinking them, she will be the state of Georgia's fattest one-footed stripper in about 12 years. Work on her personality instead. That's all she's going to have going for her in the long run.
I'm just trying to help.
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throughout the 1950s, B.B. King's Lucille—the name he gave all of his guitars—was a hollowbody Gibson, but at the turn of the decade he switched to Gibson's innovative new semi-hollowbody designs. he eventually embraced the ES-355 exclusively.
Gibson's ES-335, ES-345, and ES-355 had identical construction, with a solid block running down the center of the body to minimize feedback. it appears King's choice of the ES-355 was based entirely on the expensive look of its large pearl block inlays and multi-ply binding. he didn't use the ES-355's stereo capability (as indicated by "Stereo" on the truss-rod cover). he turned the "chicken-head" knob of the Vari-tone control, which provided a progressive filter of midrange tones, to its minimum setting; when he got his own Gibson signature model, he added a "0" position so the control could be bypassed. he removed the original vibrato entirely—the plugged screw holes are still visible in the top—and added a stop-bar tailpiece, which provided more sustain.
the weathered finish and the worn gold plating on the pickup covers and bridge of this, King's first ES-355, attest to its constant use. King retired this "Lucille" in 1967 and gave it to Chicago bluesman Elvin Bishop, but he has continued to play Gibson ES-355s for the rest of his career.
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in 1973, an aspiring blues guitarist named Stevie Ray Vaughan went into the heart of texas music store in austin and bought a used Fender Stratocaster. as the wear and tear on this guitar suggests, its nickname, number One, is well deserved. as Vaughan became the most famous and influential blues guitarist of his generation, this guitar was truly his favorite.
Vaughan replaced the original three-ply white pickguard with a black unit andadded his initials, "SRV," with stick-on letters. he put more permanent proofof his ownership on the back, carving "SR Vaughan" in the wood. the vibratobridge is a left-handed gold-plated unit because it was the only one available inthe guitar store on the day Vaughan needed a replacement.as the remnants of finish indicate, this guitar had a standard three-tonesunburst finish. Due to constant use, the fingerboard was planed and refretteda number of times, and eventually Vaughan replaced the neck with one fromanother of his Strats.after Vaughan's death in a helicopter crash following a concert in 1990, hisolder brother, Jimmie, reinstalled the original neck on number One. in 2004,Fender honored Vaughan by replicating number One in a limited run of 100.


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Who would be a tennis player? It is bad enough trying to cope with the stresses and strains of beating the very best in the business - and doing it week in and week out but just to make life all but impossible, you have to go and play a grand slam in your home country.
Poor Sam Stosur has been coming to Melbourne Park for the past 12 years and every time she comes here, she desperately wants to do well for the patriotic, vociferous crowds who pack any arena she graces. And every year, she goes home disappointed. She has only reached the fourth round on two occasions and last year, marching into town as the US Open champion, she fell at the first hurdle.
This year, she managed to get to the second round but, once again, she could not get any further. For two hours and 42 minutes, Stosur put the home crowd through the wringer as she slowly but surely gave way 6-4 1-6 7-5 to the dogged, battling qualities of Zheng Jie, the world No.40 from China. No matter how loud they cheered or how high they waved their banners, the patriotic punters could not drag their heroine over the finish line.
When Stosur won the US Open back in 2011, she did the unthinkable and marmalised the great Serena Williams in front of 23,000 screaming fans in the massive Arthur Ashe stadium. But all but a handful of those 23,000 were screaming for Serena, the favourite, the crowd's darling and who was expected to win. In that sort of environment, Stosur could take comfort and support from her small gaggle of friends and supporters in the players' box and forget about everything else. Here in Melbourne, she is obliged to take centre stage; there is nowhere to hide. It does little for the nerves and less for the backhand.
"I got tight and then you start missing some balls," she said. "You probably think a little bit too much. You do it over and over and over again, and then, yeah, you start not wanting to miss rather than wanting to, you know, make the winner. Instead, it's I don't want to make the error. At 5-2 up in the third, double break probably is a bit of a choke, yeah."
Stosur knew exactly what she was getting into as she stepped out into the afternoon sunshine. She had faced Zheng in Sydney last week and come away the loser in three sets. At least then she felt that she was improving: her off-season training had been interrupted by ankle surgery to remove some bone spurs and, with limited time to prepare, she could feel that she was playing better with every match, even if she was losing.
This time, though, Stosur had her chances. The first set had been a 54-minute lesson in how not to take on the likes of Zheng but, no matter. Once the second set got underway, Stosur regrouped. She tried to vary her serve, to vary her tactics and, sure enough, it rattled her diminutive rival. Continuing this ploy through much of the third set, Stosur found herself in the happy position of serving for the set. She was 5-2 up. Even if the record books showed that she had not won a match from a set down in Melbourne Park for a decade, things were looking good. And that is where it all went wrong.
Still, Stosur is not alone in crumpling under the weight of national expectation. Just cast your mind back to the days of Amelie Mauresmo. On her day, the Frenchwoman could crush the best with her athletic, powerful game and that blistering backhand. But she could never do it at Roland Garros. Not that it stopped her winning two grand slam titles: here in Melbourne and at Wimbledon.
Stosur is a fine player a very fine player but she has never allowed herself to show it in Australia. Maybe it was just never meant to be. But there are other grand slam tournaments far, far away from
Melbourne, and there the world No.9 might just be able to shake off her nerves and play the way she did in 2011 to win the US Open.


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Vanity Fair (magazine)
Cover of the February 2012 issue of Vanity Fair
Editor | Graydon Carter |
Categories | Culture |
Frequency | Monthly |
Total circulation (June 2013) |
1,217,439[1] |
First issue | 1983 |
Company | Condé Nast |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Website | www.vanityfair.com |
Vanity Fair is a magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title whose last title publication was February 1936 after a run from 1913. The current editor is Graydon Carter.
Condé Nast's Vanity Fair[edit]
Condé Montrose Nast began his empire by purchasing the men's fashion magazine Dress in 1913. He renamed the magazine Dress and Vanity Fair and published four issues in 1913. It continued to thrive into the twenties. However, it became a casualty of the Great Depression and declining advertising revenues, although its circulation, at 90,000 copies, was at its peak. Condé Nast announced in December 1935 that Vanity Fair would be folded into Vogue (circulation 156,000) as of the March 1936 issue.[2][3]
Modern revival[edit]
Condé Nast Publications, under the ownership of S.I. Newhouse, announced in June 1981 that it was reviving the magazine.[4] The first issue was published in February 1983 (cover date March), edited by Richard Locke, formerly of The New York Times Book Review.[5] After three issues, Locke was replaced by Leo Lerman, veteran features editor of Vogue.[6] He was followed by editors Tina Brown (1984–1992) and Graydon Carter (since 1992). Regular columnists have included Sebastian Junger, Michael Wolff, Maureen Orth and Christopher Hitchens. Famous contributing photographers for the magazine include Bruce Weber, Annie Leibovitz, Mario Testino and Herb Ritts, who have all provided the magazine with a string of lavish covers and full-page portraits of current celebrities. Amongst the most famous of these was the August 1991 Leibovitz cover featuring a naked, pregnant Demi Moore, an image entitled More Demi Moore that to this day holds a spot in pop culture.
In addition to its controversial photography, the magazine also prints articles on a variety of topics. In 1996, journalist Marie Brenner wrote an exposé on the tobacco industry titled "The Man Who Knew Too Much". The article was later adapted into a movie The Insider (1999), which starred Al Pacino and Russell Crowe. Most famously, after more than thirty years of mystery, an article in the May 2005 edition revealed the identity of Deep Throat (W. Mark Felt), one of the sources for The Washington Post articles on Watergate, which led to the 1974 resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon. The magazine also includes candid interviews from celebrities: from Teri Hatcher revealing she was abused as a child to Jennifer Aniston's first interview after her divorce from Brad Pitt. Anderson Cooper talked about his brother's death while Martha Stewart gave an exclusive to the magazine right after her release from prison.
In August 2006, Vanity Fair sent photographer Annie Leibovitz to the Telluride, Colorado, home of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes for its October 2006 issue. The photo shoot was of the couple and their daughter, Suri Cruise, who had previously been "hidden", without pictures released to the public, causing many to start to deny her existence. This issue became the second highest selling issue for the magazine; the first was the Jennifer Aniston cover after her divorce. In December 2006, Vanity Fair featured the video portrait of Brad Pitt by director Robert Wilson on the cover of its first arts issue, marking the mainstream actor's growing commitment to fine art.
The magazine was the subject of Toby Young's book, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, about his search for success, from 1995, in New York working for Graydon Carter's Vanity Fair. The book has been made into a movie, with Jeff Bridges playing Carter.
There are currently three international editions of Vanity Fair being published, namely in the United Kingdom (started 1991), Spain and Italy, with the Italian version published weekly. The German edition was shut down in 2009. A French version started in June 2013.
Controversial pictorials[edit]
Some of the pictorials in Vanity Fair have attracted criticism. The April 1999 issue featured an image of actor Mike Myers dressed as a Hindu deity for a photo spread by David LaChapelle: after criticism, both the photographer and the magazine apologized.[7]
On April 25, 2008, the televised entertainment program Entertainment Tonight reported that 15-year-old Miley Cyrus had posed topless for a photo shoot with Vanity Fair.[8] The photo, and subsequently released behind-the-scenes photos, show Cyrus without a top, her bare back exposed but her front covered with a bedsheet. The photo shoot was taken by photographer Annie Leibovitz.[9] The full photograph was published with an accompanying story on The New York Times' website on April 27, 2008. On April 29, 2008, The New York Times clarified that though the pictures left an impression that she was bare-breasted, Cyrus was wrapped in a bedsheet and was actually not topless.[10] Some parents expressed outrage at the nature of the photograph, which a Disney spokesperson described as "a situation [that] was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old to sell magazines."[10] In response to the internet circulation of the photo and ensuing media attention, Miley Cyrus released a statement of apology on April 27: "I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed. I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about."[10]
Polanski libel case[edit]
In 2005, Vanity Fair was found liable in a lawsuit brought in the UK by film director Roman Polanski, who claimed the magazine had libelled him in an article published in 2002, and written by A. E. Hotchner. The article recounted a claim by Lewis H. Lapham, editor of Harper's, that Polanski had made sexual advances towards a young model as he was travelling to the funeral of his wife, Sharon Tate, in August 1969, claiming that he could make her "the next Sharon Tate". The court permitted Polanski to testify via a video link, after he expressed fears that he might be extradited were he to enter the United Kingdom.[11] The trial started on July 18, 2005, and Polanski made English legal history as the first claimant to give evidence by video link. During the trial, which included the testimonies of Mia Farrow and others, it was proved that the alleged scene at the famous New York restaurant Elaine's could not possibly have taken place on the date given, because Polanski only dined at this restaurant three weeks later. Also, the Norwegian then-model disputed the accounts that he had claimed to be able to make her "the next Sharon Tate".
Polanski was awarded £50,000 damages by the High Court in London. The case was notable because Polanski was living in France as a fugitive from U.S. justice, and never appeared in the London court for fear he would be extradited to the U.S. Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair, responded, "I find it amazing that a man who lives in France can sue a magazine that is published in America in a British courtroom."[12]
Lindsay Lohan interview[edit]
In January 2006, Vanity Fair published a cover feature and an interview with Lindsay Lohan in which she admitted using drugs "a little", although she denied ever using cocaine, describing it as a "sore subject". The article said she had recovered from "bulimic episodes", and that her 2005 hospitalization was for "a swollen liver and kidney infection".[13] Lohan later said she was "appalled" that her words were "misused and misconstrued" for the article; the magazine however replied that "Every word [was recorded] on tape. Vanity Fair stands by the story."[14]
- ^ "eCirc for Consumer Magazines". Audit Bureau of Circulations. June 30, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ "Vanity Fair Merged With Vogue by Nast", The New York Times, December 30, 1935: 21.
- ^ "Conde Nast Publications To Combine Two Magazines", The Wall Street Journal, December 31, 1935: 2.
- ^ "Conde Nast to Revive Vanity Fair Magazine", Wall Street Journal, July 1, 1981: 16.
- ^ Salmans, Sandra (February 6, 1983), "Courting the Elite at Condé Nast", New York Times: F1.
- ^ Suplee, Curt (April 27, 1983), "Vanity Fair Editor Fired", Washington Post: B4.
- ^ SAJA Vanity Fair article, June 9, 2000[dead link]
- ^ "Miley Cyrus topless controversy". news.com.au/dailytelegraph/. April 28, 2008. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
- ^ Stephen M. Silverman (April 27, 2008). "Miley Cyrus: I'm Sorry for Photos". people.com. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
- ^ a b c Brook Barnes (April 28, 2008). "A Topless Photo Threatens a Major Disney Franchise". nytimes.com. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
- ^ Polanski takes appeal to Lords BBC News (online), November 17, 2004
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Eastside Projects
Eastside Projects
86 Heath Mill Lane
Eastside Projects is an artist-run space as public gallery for the city of Birmingham and the world. Eastside Projects is a new model for a gallery, one where space and programme are intertwined. We aim to commission and present experimental contemporary art practices and exhibitions. Previous and forthcoming solo exhibitions include Liam Gillick, Joanne Tatham & Tom O'Sullivan, Carey Young, Dan Graham and William Pope L. Long-term artworks at the gallery include pieces by Scott Myles, Jennifer and Susan Collis.
Venue Type:
Venue, Gallery
Additional info
Eastside Projects is wheelchair accessible. Please ring the doorbell on the front of the building.
Trade Show
- 7 December 2013 — 22 February 2014 *on now
Trade Show is an ambitious cross-sectoral project to explore, commission and implement trading structures used by artists within everyday life situations. It specifically explores art projects from the last decades that engage in trading, shopping and economic value as a means of artistic production and dissemination.
Featuring work by An Endless Supply, atelier d'architecture autogérée, Sam Curtis, Valie Export, Field Cycles, Martino Gamper, Ella Gibbs, Katherine Gibson, Jens Haaning, Christine Hill, Myvillages, Kate Rich, Bob and Roberta Smith, Barbara Steiner, Apolonija Sustercic, Editions Shop UK, Casco.
Suitable for
- Any age
Getting there
By road: Take the M5, M6, M40 or M42 and follow signs to Birmingham City Centre. There is on street parking across the road from the gallery on Allison Street (often very busy during the week) and a pay-and-display car park further along Heath Mill Lane.
By train: The nearest stations are Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham New Street (both about a 10 minute walk along Digbeth High Street).
By bus: The numbers 4, 5, 15, 17, 37, 56, 57, 58, 60 all stop on Digbeth High Street. Bus number 97 and 97A stop on Heath Mill Lane.
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Have you ever used the awesome paint color tool over on the House Beautiful website? It is so handy. And so fun!
So here's how it works---there are 25 preloaded rooms. Bathrooms, bedrooms, kitchens, etc... choose one, and then go to town switching up the paint colors of the walls, trim, ceiling, and accent colors!
You can even choose what "paint system" you want to pull from.
I used one of the dining room templates. This soothing grey palette is one of my favorites:
This bright yellow reminds me of my sister...she loves yellow rooms!
I love how the trim really pops in this next one:
You can save, print, and email your images.
If you are thinking of painting a room, but are worried that a color might be risky...try it out with this tool and see what you think after a few days!
Even if you're not planning on doing a painting project soon...it's just fun to try putting different color combinations together---happy experimenting!


text: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-06/uoc--sfn061112.php (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– An 18-member international team of researchers that includes James Kennett, professor of earth science at UC Santa Barbara, has discovered melt-glass material in a thin layer of sedimentary rock in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Syria. According to the researchers, the material –– which dates back nearly 13,000 years –– was formed at temperatures of 1,700 to 2,200 degrees Celsius (3,100 to 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit), and is the result of a cosmic body impacting Earth. Morphological and geochemical evidence of the melt-glass confirms that the material is not cosmic, volcanic, or of human-made origin. "The very high temperature melt-glass appears identical to that produced in known cosmic impact events such as Meteor Crater in Arizona, and the Australasian tektite field," said Kennett. "The melt material also matches melt-glass produced by the Trinity nuclear airburst of 1945 in Socorro, New Mexico," he continued. "The extreme temperatures required are equal to those of an atomic bomb blast, high enough to make sand melt and boil." The material evidence supporting the YDB cosmic impact hypothesis spans three continents, and covers nearly one-third of the planet, from California to Western Europe, and into the Middle East. The discovery extends the range of evidence into Germany and Syria, the easternmost site yet identified in the northern hemisphere. The researchers have yet to identify a limit to the debris field of the impact.


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DePauw Finishes 13th at Rhodes Fall Classic
September 23, 2008
September 22, 2008, Tunica, Miss. - DePauw shot a two-round 630 and finished 13th at the 18-team Rhodes Classic at the Tunica National Course. Oglethorpe was the team winner with a 579 including a 281 in the second and final round.
Ronnie Harris paced the Tigers with a 148 (t18th) including a 72 in Sunday's first round. Joey Piatek followed with a 160 (t69th), while Nathan Smith and Alex Burns each shot a 162 (t77th) and Chase King finished with a 165 (t85th).
Playing as an individual, Jake Walsh shot a 157 and tied for 54th. Texas Lutheran's Jeff Rein was the medalist with a 140.
DePauw returns to action at the Franklin Invitational on September 28-29.


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Times change, and a number of things are coming full-circle for me lately. It's time to repost the post that started the current version of Tales From the Hood, back in March, 2008 (there was a previous version that was not interesting). Here it is, Kompong Thom:
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It was during the first few days of a trip to Cambodia in October of 1999 that I was at a remote health station in Kompong Thom Province leading a small technical team comprised of a community health consultant and two expatriate colleagues based in Phnom Penh. It was one of those clear, intense, very hot days that you sometimes in see in Southeast Asia during the late rainy season. My itinerary from Washington D.C. had been tiresome: layovers in Chicago and Los Angeles, and an overnight stop in Bangkok, but with not quite enough time to sleep before checking in two hours early for a 7:00 am flight to Phnom Penh. Three days later I was still fighting 12-hour jet-lag and general fatigue. I was tired and cranky and hot and uncomfortable, in need of a shower, a square meal, and a few hours of uninterrupted sleep.
A muddy, pot-hole ridden, unpaved road was the only way in to the unremarkable health station. Inside it was a typical, quasi-open-air third-world clinic: Mosquito nets covered only about half of the windows. There was electrical power to only one or two rooms – one housed an ancient looking refrigerator and miscellaneous lab equipment, and another housed a couple of grimy PCs, presumably for keeping records. The two inpatient wards were just long rooms, each with 6 or so metal beds inside. No mattresses or bed clothing, just woven straw mats.
The general ward housed an assortment of wrinkled old people with I.V.s and bandages. Several recently delivered women occupied the maternity ward, breast-feeding newborn infants while assorted family members looked on. They looked exhausted. Flies buzzed through the open windows, the ground behind the laboratory was covered with disposable syringes, hypodermic needles and plastic packaging. The inside of the building had that smell so common in rural clinics in Southeast Asia in those days: a combination of body odor, sterile bandages, local cooking, and floors recently mopped with river water.
The director of the health station was also typical. He had once, perhaps only a year or two before, been energetic and full of desire to help the people of Kompong Thom, to be a part of the reconstruction of his country. Long days had run into long months and into years and the reality of probably never being invited to an administrative post in Phnom Penh had set in. He was also tired. Tired of the long hours, tired of explaining basic hygiene to illiterate peasants, tired of never having electricity to keep the few precious vaccines cold, tired of old malfunctioning equipment, tired of insufficient medicines, tired of working day after day and month after month with no perceptible improvement of any kind. Most of all – I could tell just from looking – he was tired of Kompong Thom.
Kompong Thom and innumerable districts like it from Latin America to sub-Saharan Africa to the depressed remote regions of the Former Soviet Union to the backwaters of southern and southeast Asia are a nasty trick played upon energetic young medical students. They have dreams. They will travel abroad for professional upgrading or possibly vacation. More often than not, however, they end up in places like Kompong Thom, far from the capital city, delivering babies in the middle of the night, dispensing ORS packets and explaining to iodine-deficient villagers why condoms are an effective means of preventing pregnancy.
And so, as the heat of the day was only beginning wane and the round tropical sun was only then beginning to dip towards the western horizon, and as we were only then beginning to move towards our vehicle having concluded our conversation with the tired health station director, I first saw her being carried into the health station by her mother. She was no more than four years old, emaciated (even for Cambodia in 1999), feverish, listless, lying limp in her mother's arms. She was most likely suffering from dengue fever or possibly malaria (both were endemic there, at that time). Her mouth hung partially open, her limbs flaccid, her eyes glazed and beginning to roll up into her head. There had been patients straggling in and out of the health center the entire time that we were there, but I remember this little girl and her mother because we not only passed them on the way out the front door, but also stopped to talk with them. We – the director of the health center and our own health technical team – stopped to ask what was wrong with the little girl. How long had she been ill, what had the mother done? The little girl was obviously dying – her breathing was labored and she was barely able to keep her eyes open.
The doctor on our team agreed that without proper hospitalization she would most likely not last through the night. The mother had no money, no means of affording transportation to Phnom Penh. She had obviously spent too long doing the wrong things to care for her sick daughter: this visit to the health station was her last resort.
It would have been only about a three-hour ride to Phnom Penh and a facility able to treat the little girl. The sacrifice required by me to tell my local counterpart and the consultant that we needed to take them to Phnom Penh that evening would have been no more than a few hours' sleep.
But I was tired, hot, stinky and dying for a bucket bath and an early retreat under the mosquito net. I was hungry. We were all ready to declare the work-day over. And in the end we simply left. We concluded our conversation, climbed back into the company white SUV and began easing back over the awful road to town.
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I have long felt that as humanitarian workers we too often give in to the temptation to overstate our own importance. Too often we overestimate the value and the impact and the general "goodness" or "helpfulness" of what our organizations and programs and projects bring to the lives of those we genuinely want to help. And too often we overestimate our own individual roles in making those changes happen.
We – I include myself – take a measure of pride in our genteel poverty: we are not like our materialist peers in the for-profit sector. We are on the right sides of all the issues. We are making a difference. We sit in the comfort of our homes and offices, whether in suburban America, spotlessly clean Europe, or upscale neighborhoods and apartment complexes in "the field", and we dole out paltry amounts relief in a desert of human suffering.
It is not that we should be endlessly self-critical. I truly believe that the work we do does accomplishes good. Real, objective good. But I am challenged to remain in a state of confident humility. We must not just sit and watch while the problems of our fellow humans go unattended. There is something called the humanitarian imperative. We must do something, and we must do it confidently. And we must do all of this humbly. If my own experience is at all representative – and I receive regular and consistent confirmation from other aid workers that it is – then we must go about the business of making the world a better place mindful of the fact that we are all still learning. We must keep in realistic perspective the limitations of what we have to offer, not just technically or intellectually, but as human beings, too.
When I look back on over two decades of humanitarian work, it is tempting to feel… almost pride. Pride in grants successfully won, targets successfully achieved, strategies successfully carried out, promotions successfully attained. And in those moments I am kept humble by the memory of a time when I had the ability to make a difference but did not. The image of a thin, brown child lying listless in the arms of a haggard mother under a sinking Cambodian sun remains with me still.


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Ten Extremely Rare Seeds on the Brink of Extinction
The Millennium Seed Bank has set out to collect 25 percent of the world's plant species by 2020—before it is too late
- By Megan Gambino
- Smithsonian.com, May 14, 2012
Name: Erica verticillata
Status: The shrub, with tubular pink flowers that blossom in the summer, was considered extinct for much of the 20th century. The last wild plant was recorded in 1908, in its native habitat in South Africa's Cape Peninsula. However, using seeds collected from a single plant discovered in Pretoria, South Africa, in the 1980s, and a few other specimens identified in botanical gardens, the species has been reintroduced to a few sites near Cape Town.
Threats: As the city of Cape Town expands, over 90 percent of the plant's damp, sandy habitat (called sand fynbos) has been destroyed. The Millennium Seed Bank and its partners are working to restore the remnants of the habitat that are left and to reclaim others.
Learn more about Erica verticillata at the Encyclopedia of Life.
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Mulanje cedar is really going. I concieve a plan to conduct a research at Chambe Basin but I don't have enough resources. Anyone who may wish to offer support should contact me. I'm currently studying forestry at Malawi College of Forestry and Wildlife. The research is part of the fulfillment for the award of the diploma. please help me.
Posted by Frank Fred on May 4,2013 | 05:14 PM
we have some in the woods but we are not allowed to touch them
Posted by corbin geyer on September 7,2012 | 12:08 AM
It is endemic to the Mulanje Massif of Malawi, but yet it is a pioneer species. It can be used for reforesting high elevation forests throughout southern Africa. One of the most endangered forest types in Africa are montane forest. This could be the pioneer species, that can help in assisting in reforestation techniques.
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The Melting Pot - White Plains
Online Reservations
This was my second time at the melting pot in white planes. If your looking for something different then just ordering food and eating then this is the place to go. It is a fun date night and really allows people to interact. Both times I was there the staff and our waiter were amazing. They are kind and helpful and all really seem to love their job. The food was good but the wait staff was just amazing they really made each time so fun and relaxing. They took the time to explain the menu and even on busy nights never made us feel rushed. I would definitely recommend this place for anyone that is looking for something different or something a little more fun and interactive. Thank you again wait staff you guys really can make the night.
We went to this restaurant for lunch. It is a shame that they do not offer a lunch menu with lunch type prices. It was still very good and we had fun with the whole fondue experience. This is a place that one can only visit for special occasions since it has such a high price point. I will not be returning anytime soon. ( My last visit was over 2 years ago for dinner)
This was one of the best restaurants I have been to in a very long time. We went on a Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. (prime dining time). It was so peaceful, the staff was impeccable, courteous, funny, kind, very attentive. The service was outstanding. The ambiance was beautiful. (They need more pictures on their website of the true beauty of the interior!). And the food was amazing. We had the best time ever. I can't wait to go again!
Celebrated a birthday here and it was divine! The service was beyond what I expected. The food was great and it was all around fun. I am a novice when it comes to fondue and this place def. kicks it up a notch. I would recommend!!!
I met a friend here for dinner. She had never been to the venue before and she absolutely adored it. I'm sure that she will be back, as will I.
Our experience was great, the fondue was wonderful. The waitstaff was pretty good with exception of them forgetting to bring us plates and water for 10 minutes.
Always thrilled to come here! The experience, the food and the service is always excellent. I cant get enough and look forward to coming back.
Fondue all the way!! This place is great for a large group, the place is laid out like a labyrinth with many different rooms for a private feel for your party. Service was great and the food delicious. I had never been to a fondue restaurant before, it was quite an experience. It was a surprise party for my wife's 30th birthday, and she'll never forget it. Can't wait to go again.
The food was interesting, fresh, unique and all around delicious. The salad was fresh and combined a fantastic array of flavors. The cheese fondue was a unique experience prepared at your table. The meal consisted of several different foods you cook yourself in a delicious broth. The service was amazing and the dessert was wonderful as well. The booth was private and spacious for our group of four. The prices are fairly high but worth it for a special occasion.
I try to celebrate my boyfriend's birthday every year even though he puts up a fight. This year I tried the Melting Pot. It was a first for both of us and we enjoyed the experience. Who doesn't like the idea of dipping bread & veggies into a hot pot of cheese. Every course was scrumptious. The house dressing was to die for and I would have had seconds if I could. It has something for everyone but if you're used to having your meal delivered ready to eat, then this is not the place for you since its delivered nicely presented but raw and ready for you to dip in the fondue pot to cook to your liking. Whether for just for 2 or with the family, this restaurant is one which I must return to and will use every excuse just to do that.
Had a delightful time, enjoyed the food and the earnest and pleasant service. Would suggest looking at ways to make the pacing a bit more brisk, but that's not a major problem to address.
Absolutely wonderful experience! We had never been to it before and there were some horrible reviews online so we were worried. We were early so we went to the bar.The bartender Natalie was absolutely wonderful and made the most amazing White Sangrias. One of the waiters Danny introduced himself and consistently checked on us all night. Within 10 minutes we were seated and our waiter Brandon was thoroughly explaining everything to us and even told us about his intense training prior to working there. The spinach and artichoke cheese fondue was delicious. It came with tons of bread and veggies to dip in it. The entrees came with 6 pieces each of your 3 selections (18 all together) and a huge bowl of veggies. We will definitely be going back.
great restaurant. definitely would go back. my date really enjoyed the overall setting and everything the restaurant had to offer.
Great food & awesome service! Would even be better if they have more appetizer/1st course options that you don't have to cook...
My wife and I love this place. Spinach & artichoke cheese fondue is great. Main xiurse items are good but cheese and chocolate courses are definitly our favorites
what fun from a knowlegable staff and different experience. Been to many Melting Pot before. Never to this one. Quality and caring management and wait staff was exceptional! We will be back. thank you
Cool dining experience, something the whole family or a group of friends will enjoy. The service, caesar salad, mudslide drink, & desserts, are the best parts. You will want to make room for desserts, most definitely!
Fondue is just plain fun. Love the new menu with many choices and combinations. Our waiter was a bit lax, but the manager, Tony had us laughing through our meal.
We have been to this Melting Pot several times, and we always have a great time. This time, we had the Ladies Night special (cheese, salad, chocolate), which was perfect. The service was very good. The server accidentally spilled my friend's wine glass which had just a little wine left in it, and he gave her another glass at no charge. They made an error on the bill (double charged us for the chocolate), but it was quickly resolved. We will definitely go back, and recommend to others.
Unique and fun dining experience. The food quality was good and the portions were average, but expensive for the size.
What a great idea! Fun for adults and children. What could be bad about cheese fondue?! The whole experience is worth it and the options are great. Everything is fresh and tasty and the wait staff is great for giving advice and suggestions to those who haven't had the experience before. The kids absolutely love it. One of our neighborhood favorites.
The Melting Pot in White Plains, NY is by far my favorite restaurant. The staff is friendly and personable, and just lovely!! one of my favorite parts of the melting pot if you are a return customer is that they keep a detailed list of your past orders and favorites logged into their computer system to make each waiter know your personal preferance!! i cant wait to go back!!
The waitress was a doll, very sweet and seemed well trained in her duties. The Manager came over to check on us a few times, everyone acknowledged my sons birthday. We had a very pleasant experience
The Melting Pot is perfect for any occasion! It's great for a romantic evening with that special someone or even a group of friends. You can go for a three course meal or just dessert (my favorite part of the meal)!
Casually mentioned on Open Table when making reservation that it was our anniversary. They made us feel so special with lots of congratulations etc from staff. Sat at a romantic very private alcove table for 2- service was great and food was yummy, plentiful, and lots of fun to cook!!!! Will definitely return with friends!!
Went for lunch on a recent Sunday for a family birthday with our 2 kids (ages 5 and 7). The four of us had a great time dunking bites of food for all three courses. The staff was very attentive for the entire meal. Of course dessert was everyone's favorite. What better way to finish a meal than with a big pot of molten chocolate?
Love the food, I always enjoy my meal every time I go. The hostess at the front was a little rude and seemed disorganized. She pronounced my name wrong and as I corrected her I got an attitude instead of an apology. The server was great and very friendly.
Best restaurant ever. It is delicious and fun all rolled into one perfect date night or girl's night location.
The Melting Pot is an excellent place to celebrate a special occasion. The service was outstanding and the food is out of this world. I highly reccomend it if you want a cozy ambiance that you can go with at your own pace. Dont forget the fundue to top of the night. Thanks Melting Pot staff , White Plains :)
This was my first visit to the Melting Pot and it will not be the last. From the first moment you walk in the door, the ambiance is breathtaking. That, in addition to some of the finest all-around and table side service on Earth, make this restaurant a must go! It is the perfect place for any special occasion or simply a night out with friends.
Every time I eat at the Melting Pot I comment about how special and relaxing the meal is. It is truly dining out. People think it is expensive but an order for one feeds two ! This is a great experience!
The food is fantastic and the service was perfect!
Great food, service, and decor. Our waiter jay was awesome!
Very impressive from the food to the service. Parking a bit of a hassle, but would definitely recommend it and would go again.
I celebrated a romantic birthday at this restaurant recently and the fondue experience was amazing and exciting. I would not leave out any one of the 4-course dinner. The cheese was fondue was not too cheesy for the vegetables or the fruit. I would have preferred whole wheat bread for dipping but all else was fine. The salad dressing was exotic and tasty. The adventure of cooking your own food as you ate was awesome!. Then the dessert, the chocolate, I had yin and yang, best of both worlds, and not too sweet, but lip smacking!!
lots to choose from on the menu. our waiter was so helpful from the start which made it more fun and easy to enjoy the time there. it was something different and our kids enjoyed themselves too.
As always, great place for a romantic dinner or catching up with a friend. Fun and tastes good too, service great.
The food was great and my waiter was even greater. It wasnt loud which was surprising cause they where throwing a party for someone. I would love to go back it was great.
It was pleasant surprise, the spinach artichoke was amazing!
Food was great and the waiter was really attentive. Service was world class!
I have been here several times and every time has been a wonderful experience. I particularly loved the last experience our waitress Grace was AMAZING! she could not have been nicer or more helpful.
This place is AMAZING. For a group dinner or just dessert, you can't go wrong.
We were celebrating our 5 month dating anniversary. So there is still a lot of kissing. They gave us a private booth, and it was perfect. There were little twinkling stars in the ceiling. The food was great, especially dessert and our server Alexis was wonderful. It was our first time and we needed a lot of direction. Alexis was patient and answered the same question 5 times without blinking an eye. :)
We go to the Melting Pot about once or twice a year and it is fun. I liked it when there were fewer choices. The cheese fondue was just ok, we ran out of cheese very quickly and there was not a lot of flavor to either pot of cheese we ordered. The entrée and desert were really good.
It was the first time my boyfriend, friends and I experience fondue dinning. I may say it was a different and great experience. The food was great and the service was spectacular. The waiter was very attentive to our needs and constantly asked if we needed anything. Great place to go. I highly recommend The Melting Pot for any outting. We will for sure go again soon.
We have been to the Melting Pot a number of times, and we always have a great time. It's just such a fun and different dining experience. This most recent visit was another amazing experience. We will definitely go again!
After descending to the front desk, the layout of the restaurant is a bit odd lots of narrow halls. The service is very good and the food also, especially the chocolate fondue. My kids love this place.
Went with my son, sister and nieces who have never been there before and they all loved it! Kids thought is was awesome to cook your own food. Our waiter was really nice and very attentive...The cheese fondues were so good and the chocolate dessert was a hit! Great place to go rather than the traditional dining...
This was the first time going to this restaurant. It was not what I expected. The food was great. The service was good and the staff were very friendly. I recommend this restaurant for everyone.
I made my reservation online, and put in a little note with it just detailing seating preference and what the reservation was for. I was greeted by a friendly hostess, I didn't have to mention a thing,I was seated to preference as per the note and our wait wasn't long(we went on a Sunday around 730). Our waiter was awesome great sense of humor, knew just the right time to check if anything was needed. We did the 4 course experience,which can be tweaked to your liking. They were a great team only hitch which I don't even think was that great b/c it didn't spoil my night but worth mentioning, the manager could've had a bit more tact, other than that it was a great night with a friendly group of people working at the white plains location.