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Living in Malaysia means that food is plenty and all around us. Being one of three main cuisines in our country, Chinese food has made a prominent mark in the local culinary scene. There are, however, several types of Chinese food within Malaysia alone due to the various Chinese ethnic that we come from. The Chinese food in Penang, for example, is heavily influenced by Hokkien due to the majority of Hokkien descent there, while the Chinese food in Sibu is heavily accented by the Foochow style of cooking.
Dried shrimps as appetizer – surprisingly addictive
With such a diverse style of cooking available, it is only sensible that someone came up with a restaurant that would combine the various types of Chinese cuisine around the country. And that, my friends, is how CHYNIIS was born. Pronounced as 'Chinese', CHYNIIS aims to present the best of Chinese cuisine around the country, all in one restaurant. Their lengthy menu features dishes from both West and East Malaysia, focusing very much on quality and freshness of ingredients.
CHYNIIS menu
Located within the massive SS2 Mall, CHYNIIS is spacious, comfortable and elegantly decorated with hues of gold and black within.
Classy dining environment
Our dinner that night started with Crispy Pork Belly with Rolled Chargrilled Cuttlefish, a very interesting combination of savoury and slightly sweet flavour due to the caramelized cuttlefish surrounding the crispy pork belly. This was a good choice for a starter and would go extremely well with a mug of beer. 🙂
Crispy Pork Belly with Rolled Chargrilled Cuttlefish (RM26 – S/RM36 – L)
Crispy and savoury
The next dish of Baked Giant River Prawns with 'Dang Gui' and Butter had everyone's eyes wide open in awe. The huge fresh water prawns were extremely aromatic and succulent. Whoever would have thought that a Chinese herb like cordyceps would go so well with prawns? The essence were all in the shell, so we kept sucking in the juices to our heart's content.
Baked Giant River Prawns with 'Dang Gui' and Butter (RM16/100gm)
Juicy and succulent fresh water prawns
When the next dish of Tea Smoked Village Chicken came, there was a distinct and unmistakable smoky smell that was infused with tea. This chicken was uniquely smoked with the fragrant leaves of 'Pu li' Tea for well over one hour. The resulting chicken meat was tender, juicy and very aromatic. Since it requires a longer time of preparation, it's advised to order this in advance to avoid disappointment. And trust me, you wouldn't want to be disappointed!
Tea Smoked Village Chicken (RM38 – Half, RM70 – Full)
Tender and juicy chicken infused with Puli tea
The Fish Balls with Japanese Potato Glass Noodles was next, with huge and firm balls made from mackerel fish, presented on a bed of silky smooth potato glass noodles. The combination of noodles and fish balls never fail, and in this case, it worked wonders especially with the addition of mushrooms, dried shrimps and 'choy bo' in the mix, making it very flavourful and delicious to slurp.
Fish Balls with Japanese Potato Glass Noodles
The presentation of the CHYNIIS House Special Boneless Crispy Chicken was pretty interesting with a few large slices of prawn crackers on top of the chicken slices. Except for the chicken wings, all the other pieces of chicken presented were boneless. And to make it better, only dark meat (chicken's leg and thigh) were used! So you can imagine the meat to be tender and smooth without the dryness of breast meat. Love it!
CHYNIIS House Special Boneless Crispy Chicken (RM38.90 – Half/ RM75 – Whole)
The main star of the night though, was the CHYNIIS Sang Har Mee, or Fresh water prawn noodles. As expected, the prawns were huge and fresh, and more importantly, oozing with roe into the glorious gravy. If you look at the gravy closely, you would see the bits and pieces of roe infused within, giving it a very rich and wholesome flavour that one couldn't get enough of. To top it off, the noodles used were springy with a nice bite. Such an amazing piece of work that left everyone wanting for more. Saucer and I are definitely going back for more of this!
CHYNIIS Sang Har Mee (RM16/100gm)
We love Sang Har Mee!
When the next dish was presented, we almost thought it was dessert time! But we were assured it was really Beef Squares with Beancurd Skin and Puffed Rice. What a unique way to present beef, I thought. The square pieces of beef were delicately wrapped with a thin layer of fragrant beancurd skin, and deep fried to give it a nice crispy exterior while maintaining the tenderness within. Also, the puffed rice on top not only made the ensemble more attractive, it gave the whole combination a nice crunchy finish to it. Very balanced flavours and bite, from a dish apparently inspired from Sibu Chinese cuisine.
Beef Squares with Beancurd Skin and Puffed Rice
Cross section of the beef
At this point, we were already stuffed but our appetite somewhat opened up when we laid eyes on rolls of golden brown CHYNIIS Special Handmade 'Man Tou'. Shaped to look like sausage rolls, these man tou were exceptionally soft and fluffy, good to eat even on its own. But we hung on to it, for these man tou were made for a greater purpose.
CHYNIIS Special Handmade 'Man Tou'
And the greater purpose was to dip in this plate of Hot & Spicy Chili Crabs! These were giant crabs filled with roe, hence giving the gravy a golden red hue that was oh-so-inviting. Dip the man tou inside to enjoy the delicious and rich gravy together with the home made fluffy goodness. Not to forget were these huge and meaty crabs which had succulent flesh, also perfect with the roe-infused gravy. If I had it my way, I would have ordered another plate of man tou and finish the gravy off. 🙂
Hot & Spicy Chili Crabs
Succulent crab meat
To end the satisfying and cholesterol-laden (but so worth it!) meal, we had Steamed Sweet Potato Cake Crusted with Crispy Oats for dessert. These cute squares of potato cake were not sweet, making them a delight to eat together with the crispy Nestum oat coating.
Steamed Sweet Potato Cake Crusted with Crispy Oats
with the gorgeous Lexie and Aly
The dinner definitely educated me on a thing or two about the Chinese cuisine around Malaysia, about how diverse and colourful it can be. CHYNIIS has pushed the standard of Chinese food up a notch and we hope it will do so for years to come. Thank you Aly for the invitation!
The huge premise of CHYNIIS
CHYNIIS at SS2 Mall
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Low temperatures that well preserves the snow after the last Friday snow fall, and also sunny, so just perfect to enjoy one of the many ski tours of the Dolomites. Today we recommend the Marmolada Glacier, on such a day with good visibility.
Forecast: Partly sunny and cold , then from Thursday some more snow falls.
Last Snowed: 30 January 2015
Fresh Snow: 20cm
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A Family Cruise with Happy Memories: Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review by indiana71
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A Family Cruise with Happy Memories
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
One son and his family flew from Minneapolis. The other son, his family, my husband and I flew from Pittsburgh. We met at the airport in Ft. Lauderdale. The Days Inn offered complimentary shuttle from the airport to the hotel. It was a very hot day and the grandkids spent the afternoon in the pool.
For supper, we walked across the parking lot to Denny's. Now we had just one more night before The Family Cruise!
I had arranged a shuttle through Days Inn to take us to Port Everglades. We were so excited to see Oasis! One son and his wife have been on a couple cruises, we have been on Oasis once before. The rest of the family have never cruised.
Embarkation was fast. We were onboard before noon and headed immediately to the Central Park Café for the famous Roast Beef Sandwiches. We were the More first to arrive. By the time we left, all the tables were full.
The grandchildren, ages 9, 8, 7 and 6 loved the children's pool area and spent part of every day going from one pool to another.
The grandkids also spent time on a couple days in Adventure Ocean. They enjoyed that, too. Bonus: The adults were able to have a relaxing dinner at Giovanni's Table one evening and bar hopped one afternoon.
As a Father's Day gift to the 3 dads, they were registered for the All Access Tour. It's expensive, but if you ever decide to participate, Oasis is the ship to do it! They had to wear long pants and closed-toe shoes. The tour lasted 3 hours and they saw parts of the ship no one else gets to explore.
The Main Dining Room service was excellent! Our waiter and assistant not only served dinner, they also entertained the grandkids with magic tricks!
All of us enjoyed Hairspray, the ice show (Frozen in Time), and Come Fly with Me. Making reservations for the shows in advance saved time onboard. And we got to go at the time most convenient for us.
Our Stateroom Attendent, Gede, had towel animals each night. He was always friendly and attentive.
This was the first we took our family on a cruise. Having been on Oasis previously, I looked forward to time in the Solarium and maybe a night or two in Jazz on Four...but neither of those things happened! Instead, we got to see another part of the ship: The theater in Adventure Ocean where our 2 granddaughters performed in a talent show. And at night, we sat on our balconies (Gede removed the barriers between the three staterooms), and watched shows in the Aqua Theater or just watched people on the Boardwalk. Less
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The Boardwalk Balcony staterooms are perfect for families. We were able to watch the AquaTheater shows and see all the activity on the Boardwalk. When our sliding door was closed, it was completely quiet!There wasn't much room to move around for 4 people (2 adults, 2 children under 10 in each of two staterooms), but when the sofa bed was closed during the day, it was easier.Having the balcony provided more space and we enjoyed having the barrier removed so all of us could move freely between all 3 staterooms.Storage space was quite adequate. The bathroom is small but everything we needed was stored on shelves or in the cute little drawer.Read All Boardwalk View Stateroom with Balcony (B1) Reviews >>
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We weren't docked in Nassau long enough to get a day pass at Atlantis, so we took the water taxi to Paradise Island and walked around the hotel a bit.
We also stopped at the straw market before reboarding, but it was so crowded with tourists, we didn't stay long.
We booked a personalized tour for only our family. My husband and I have taken tours with Jo Junie in the past and looked forward to seeing him again. He did not disappoint!
We met him at 9 AM and we toured the island in his comfortable, air-conditioned van that was the perfect size for 10 people. He provided Rum Punch, beer and water throughout the day.
The highlight of St. Maarten is time at Sunset Beach. We ate lunch at the restaurant and watched planes land and take off from the airport. Fascinating!
Jo Junie returned my husband and me to the port area at 3 PM, after dropping off the rest of the family at the beach nearby.
It was a very happy and memorable day!
My husband and I and one son disembarked at 10:30 AM and walked to the nearest bar - where we stayed!
The rest of the family stayed onboard to swim and then joined us for lunch.
Our sons and their wives booked the Snuba excursion through Royal Caribbean. We took the kids back to the ship and played Miniature Golf and had pool time.
The Snuba excursion was a big hit! They enjoyed the undersea life and just having a little time in St. Thomas.
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USF officials announce new fundraising goal: $1 billion
University of South Florida donors and leaders donned gowns and tuxedos for a glittering gala Friday night at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. They were there to celebrate the more than $621 million raised over the course of the university's four-year Unstoppable fundraising campaign.
And they weren't done. University leaders announced Friday that USF has entered phase two of the Unstoppable campaign. Now, the USF Foundation's fundraising goal has been raised to $1 billion.
"It is truly rare for a university, nationally, globally, to have a $1 billion campaign," said USF president Judy Genshaft.
The original Unstoppable campaign drew more than 140,000 donors and gave rise to a slate of new facilities -- the Pam and Les Muma Basketball Center, the Corbett Soccer Stadium, the Gonzmart Family Plaza, the Chowdhari Golf Center and the Frank Morsani Football Practice Complex among them. It raised $34 million for faculty chairs and professorships and $325 million for academic programs. More than $75 million went to scholarships, including $1 million from Genshaft and her husband, Steven Greenbaum, for students to study abroad. More than $170 million went to USF Health and almost $40 million went to USF athletics. And $140 million funded facilities, including the Patel Center for Global Solutions in Tampa and the Sembler Family Fountain and Plaza at USF St. Petersburg.
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BOURNEMOUTH rugby chairman Denis Eveleigh is gearing up for a tough day at the office on Saturday as his side travel to table-toppers Hartpury College.
The Gloucestershire outfit are 12 points clear at the summit of SSE National League Two South, while a 13-game losing streak has left Bournemouth one place off the bottom.
Eveleigh warned that Cambridge's shock victory over Hartpury last weekend was indebted to selection problems and will only serve to fuel their determination.
And he has told director of rugby Budge Pountney that his side will face a wounded animal when the two sides clash this weekend.
"Hartpury are flying high at the top of the table so it's going to be a very tough game for us," he said.
"They had quite a few players out last weekend in representative sides, either England juniors or with Gloucester in the LV= Cup, so I'm sure that would have helped Cambridge.
"They are an ambitious club and will be hurting from that result and they will be looking to bounce back against us."
The reverse fixture at Chapel Gate ended in a 50-12 defeat, with Ross McGowan and Jack Hennings registering Bournemouth's only tries as the visitors ran riot.
Pountney's side may have fresher legs however, having been spared playing the top two in succession as a result of last weekend's encounter with Canterbury being postponed.
With 17 points required from the remaining 11 fixtures, Eveleigh is not hiding how hard survival will be but claimed that bad luck has had a say in Lions' campaign.
"The pre-season injuries set us back a bit and we never really recovered from that," he added.
"We are not talking about relegation but it doesn't take Einstein to work out that its going to take some pretty incredible results to get us out of it."
"Although the first team, which is our flagship, are struggling a bit at the moment, the club as a whole is doing okay. We have an very positive academy."
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CANONSBURG – Mark McHugh gently placed box after box of everyday items, such as sanitary wipes and snacks, into a giant care package that would be sent to a local Marine's battalion serving in southern Afghanistan.
Then, he came upon a Yuengling beer box that was actually filled with crackers and Girl Scout cookies.
"Boy, they're going to be disappointed when they open this one and see what's really inside," McHugh said as laughter erupted around the dozen or so volunteers spending their Saturday afternoon packing the box to send overseas.
Members of the Elks Lodge 846 in Canonsburg have been organizing a donation drive in recent weeks to send to Lance Cpl. Brandon Wehrle and his battalion based at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province.
Kathy Almasy, whose son is also a Marine, wanted to find a way to help a local serviceman when she found Wehrle, 19, a 2012 Canon-McMillan graduate and North Strabane Township resident, through the Marine Corps recruiter's office in Washington. As the U.S. military's mission winds down in Afghanistan, the post exchanges have fewer personal supplies as the troops prepare to close bases, she said.
She and the Elks Lodge, where she is a member, spent weeks organizing the "Boxes for Brandon's Battalion" donation drive in the Canon-Mac communities, receiving help from various local businesses. They put donation boxes at the Elks, Sam's Pizza, Bahr Hardware and Jeffrey's Drug Store and also received additional items from Canon-McMillan High School students who organized a competition within their classes.
An earlier "practice run" to send a 22-pound box to the battalion spurred them to load 300 pounds of supplies on a pallet box at the Elks Lodge Saturday in preparation to ship it overseas today.
"We had such a big response we went up to a pallet," Almasy said. "Everyone we asked for help is saying yes."
That was comforting to Brandon's parents, Brian and Lisa Wehrle, who didn't know Almasy until she approached them with the idea. The North Strabane couple was touched by the gesture and appreciated the outpouring of support from the Elks and community.
"It shows there are good people in the world," Brian Wehrle said. "We really appreciate it. There are little things we send (to Brandon), but you can see what they're sending them."
Brian Wehrle said the community is very supportive of the troops, but acknowledges they aren't always in the forefront of peoples' minds every day. He said this was a nice reminder for everyone as the military prepares to end the nearly 13-year-old war by the end of 2014.
"Sometimes, they slip our mind as we go about our daily tasks," he said.
They praised Almasy and the Elks for their hard work and dedication to the troops.
"Without the Elks and Kathy, this wouldn't have happened," Lisa Wehrle said.
Almasy said the Elks will pay for the hefty price to ship the giant box to the Marines. The success of "Boxes for Brandon's Battalion" has prompted the Elks Lodge members to prepare to send monthly care packages or possibly adopt another local serviceman when Wehrle returns home.
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A list of the supplies needed for additional care packages and other information about the donation drive can be found on the "Boxes for Brandon's Battalion" Facebook page.
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Bubble Bath Babes is an adult-oriented puzzle video game developed by C&E. Although the game was not licensed by Nintendo, it is designed for play on the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is one of three pornographic themed games released by Panesian, along with Hot Slots and Peek A Boo Poker.[1]
The gameplay is reminiscent of that of Tetris and Puzzle Bobble in that the goal is to steer clusters of rising bubbles and place them so that they connect to other bubbles of similar color along the top of the screen. If the sufficient number of similar bubbles are touching, they will be cleared and all free neighboring bubbles will rise further, allowing for combos. If the accumulated bubbles on screen reach the bottom of the playing area, the game is over. If a level is completed, the player will be rewarded with erotica.
The original version was released by C&E themselves under the title Magic Bubble in 1991. It was licensed to American Video Entertainment, who released it in the same year under the title Mermaids of Atlantis, with all pornographic elements removed or obscured. A localized version leaving all pornographic content intact was released by Hacker International in Japan as Soap Panic and by Panesian in the United States as Bubble Bath Babes.
The game is very difficult to find and is sought after by collectors, often topping prices of $1000 U.S. Dollars on auction sites such as eBay.
Allgame gave this video game a score of 2.5 stars out of a possible 5.[2]
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Program: Fundraiser to support chapter member Tracy Sweet with her campaign for National President of ABWA. Silent auction items and gift card pulls available at the event. Bring family and friends to this fun evening. Cost after October 1 will be $15.00. Questions should be directed to Gloria Jennings at (317) 442-6818 or Carol King at (317) 509-4525.
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Jeff Foster was superb in both weekend games, in fact he has been very good all season except for a few games right before the allstar break when his energy levels dropped and he had the finger injury.
Last year everyone, myself included talked about how J.O and Brad Miller complemented each other very well. I think Foster and J.O complement each other almost as well. Defensively the combo of Jeff and J.O is better than Brad and J.O.
Peck, you won't like my next comment, but Jeff Foster is an excellent defender who fits in perfectly with the Pacers fronting the post defensive system. Jeff's quickness and mobility allows him to get in front of the low post player and yet not get beat on the reverse pass or pass from the high post.
The comments below are from Hubie Brown after the game Saturday night. He seems inpressed. It was great in the third quarter, the Pacers ran a pick and roll with Reggie and J.O, Pau Gasol three times left Foster under the rim wide open to help, and you could hear Hubie yell at Pau, "what are you doing", and you could hear Pau say "helping out"
There is not a team or coach in the NBA who would not love to have Jeff Foster. I have not even mentioned his rebounding, he got one offensive rebound in the second half Saturday night that was amazing, amazing, in fact to me that was the most exciting play of the game
(On the Pacers) "You can see how tough these guys are. They are a physical team, a tough team. They have [Ron] Artest and [Jermaine] O'Neal but the unsung guy on that team is [Jeff] Foster. He is a big key for that team. He is their Shane Battier. He dives on the floor, he gets deflections...he does a great job."
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Was Nicki Minaj's Grammy Show Based Off of 'Exorcist'-Type Movie She's Penning?
Nicki Minaj ticked off Catholic groups and confused fans with her 'Exorcist'-inspired performance at the 2012 Grammy Awards, which featured an exorcism, levitation, a faux pope and her alter egos while she performed 'Roman's Revenge' and 'Roman Holiday.' All the hullabaloo surrounding her performance is lost on the rapper herself. It's just part of a movie she's authoring.
"I don't know what is the big issue?" she reportedly asked at a MAC Viva Glam event on Wednesday (Feb. 15) in New York City.
The 'Super Bass' rapper continued, "You know how people write plays and movies? That's what I did. I wrote that and I gave the world a tiny little preview of what was to come. And so I have to perform it on the set in which it would be in the movie, right?"
We're not sure if the "movie" Ms. Minaj is referring to is a symbolic term for her 'Roman Reloaded' album or an actual, physical movie script she's writing, but either way she certainly stirred up a lot of drama with her theatrical Grammy performance.
While the perf was highly entertaining, it did lead to banter that Minaj was trying to mimic stunts often pulled by Lady Gaga. Remember how Gaga was carried onto the 2011 Grammy Awards red carpet encased in a giant egg? This year, Minaj walked the carpet and talked to the media accompanied by a fake pope. Minaj is certainly going as over-the-top with her performances as she is with her wigs.
'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded' drops on April 3. As for the rumored movie? Who knows. We'll be watching, eyes fixed on Nicki, regardless.


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(UPDATE - The ABC 2013 WA Election Website is now live at http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2013/)
Western Australia goes to the polls on Saturday 9 March 2013, the first election conducted under new fixed term parliament legislation.
Writs for the election will be issued on Wednesday 6 February. The rolls will close on Thursday 14 February and nominations will close on Friday 15 February. The full timetable for the election can be found on the WA Electoral Commission's website.
A full ABC website for the election will be launched early in the new year, but for the moment this post will provide an electoral pendulum and summaries of the key contests in the Legislative Assembly.
The 2008 election produced a political deadlock. In the new 59 member Legislative Assembly, 30 members were required for majority government. Labor returned 28 members, the Liberal Party 24, the balance of power held by four Nationals and three Independents. In the end the Nationals resisted offers to back a Labor government, the Nationals and Independents backed Liberal Leader Colin Barnett to become Premier. Three Nationals joined the ministry, as did Independent Elizabeth Constable.
The Liberal and National Parties won 51.9% of the statewide two-party preferred vote to 48.1% for Labor. Of the state's 59 seats, 31 recorded Liberal or National two-party majorities to 28 with Labor majorities.
While agreeing to form government, the Nationals did not form a formal Coalition with the Liberal Party, and the two parties will compete vigorously against each other at the 2013 election. With polls indicating Labor has little chance of winning the 2013 election, the fight by the National Party to increase its influence in both houses of Parliament may be the most important feature of the 2013 election.
There have been several changes to the party numbers since the 2008 election. Labor lost two seats in 2009, North West member Vince Catania deserting Labor and joining the Nationals in July, and Fremantle being lost at a May 2009 by-election. Adele Carles won Fremantle as a Green candidate, but has since become an Independent.
A major redistribution completed in 2011 has also altered the party numbers. The new boundaries of North West Central resulted in the seat's political majority following its MP Vince Catania across the political divide to the Nationals. In Perth, the inner-northern seat of Morley was also converted from marginal Liberal to Marginal Labor.
Taking these changes into account, the starting point for the 2013 election is Liberal 23 seats, National five, Labor 27 with four Independents.
All four Independent seats could change hands in 2013. Long serving Churchlands MP Liz Constable is retiring, and there is a strong liklihood her seat will be recovered by the Liberal Party. John Bowler will be retiring in Kalgoorlie, and his seat will see a strong contest between the Liberals and Nationals. Janet Woollard will struggle to retain Alfred Cove against another challenge from the Liberal Party, while Labor will have a strong chance of recovering Fremantle.
The margins for all seats are shown in the electoral pendulum below. It is based on re-adjusting the 2008 results to match the new electoral boundaries. Brief summaries of the key seats are shown after the pendulum.
The Key Seats
Liberal / National
LIB 1.0%: Wannero is an outer northern Perth electorate on the eastern side of Lake Wanneroo north of Gnangara Road. It includes the suburbs of Carramar, Tapping, Ashby, Sinagra, Wanneroo, Hocking, Pearsall and Gnangara. Wanneroo has been a key marginal seat through most of its history and was gained by the Liberal Party's Paul Miles at the 2008 election. His Labor opponent in 2013 is Brett Treby.
Mount Lawley
LIB 1.7%: The electorate of Mount Lawley covers a strip of inner northern Perth lying east of Wanneroo Road and Walcott Street, including the suburbs of Yokine, Coolbinia and Menora, most of Mt Lawley, and parts of Dianella, Inglewood, Morley and East Perth. Having previously existed between 1950 and 1989, Mount Lawley was re-created as a marginal Labor electorate on the introduction of one-vote one-value electoral boundaries at the 2008 election. Labor declined to endorse local Labor MP Bob Kucera to contest the seat, and Liberal Michael Sutherland won the seat with one of the state's largest anti-Labor swings. For the 2013 election the Labor Party has reversed its pre-selection decision in 2008, returning to Bob Kucera who represented the abolished local seat of Yokine 2001-08 and served as a Minister in the Gallop government.
LIB 1.8%: Jandakot is centred on Jandakot Airport and includes the suburbs of Atwell, Banjup, Aubin Grove, Leeming, Jandakot, North Lake and parts of Bibra Lake and South Lake. Having previously existed as a Liberal electorate between 1989 and 1996, Jandakot was re-created as a marginal Labor electorate ahead of the 2008 election, one of the new Perth seats created on the introduction of one-vote one-value electoral boundaries. With no sitting Labor MP, Jandakot was won in 2008 by Liberal candidate Joe Francis. He will be opposed in 2013 by Labor's Klara Andric.
Southern River
LIB 1.8%: In the south-east suburbs of Perth to the east of Jandakot Airport, the electorate of Southern River includes the suburbs of Canning Vale, Southern River and Huntingdale. A marginal seat since it was first contested in 1996, Southern River has been won by both sides of politics and was gained for the Liberal Party by Peter Abetz at the 2008 election. His Labor opponent in 2013 will be Susy Thomas.
LIB 2.0%: Riverton covers the inner southern suburbs of Perth on the south side of the Canning River, including Rossmoyne, Shelley, Riverton, Parkwood and Willetton. First contested in 1989, Riverton was held for three terms by senior Court Government Minister Graham Kierath. He was defeated at the 2001 election by Labor's Tony McRae, who was re-elected in 2005 but narrowly defeated at the 2008 election, a defeat that cost Labor government. The new Liberal MP elected in 2008 was Dr Mike Nahan, elected by just 0.2% in 2008, but assisted by the redistribution before the 2013 election with his margin increased to 2.0%. The Labor Party has nominated Hannah Beazley, a daughter of former Federal Labor Leader Kim Beazley.
Ocean Reef
LIB 2.7%: The electorate of Ocean Reef stretches along the coast in Perth's northern beaches and includes the suburbs of Mindarie, Burns Beach, Kinross, Iluka, Ocean Reef, Mullaloo and part of Currambine. It was a new notionally Labor-held electorate created on the introduction of one-vote one-value electoral boundaries at the 2008 election. However, the seat was not defended by a sitting Labor MP in 2008 and it was won at its first contest by Liberal Albert Jacob. The most recent redistribution has cut the Liberal margin from 4.4% to an estimated 2.7%, which will give some hope to Labor candidate Philippa Taylor.
NAT 3.1% v LIB: The first rural electorate north of Perth, Moore is a vast electorate extending from Toodyay, Bindoon and Gingin near Perth, to Kalbarri in the state's mid-north, but excluding the City of Geraldton-Greenough. This is a part of the state where Labor normally finishes third. In 2008 the introduction of one-vote one-value electoral boundaries saw Moore become a contest between sitting Liberal MP Gary Snook, and National MP Grant Woodhams, whose seat of Greenough had been abolished. Woodhams won on Labor preferences but will be retiring at the 2013 election, creating another contest between the non-Labor parties. The Liberal Party candidate is Chris Wilkins, opposed by National candidate Shane Love, with Labor's Peter Johnson likely to finish third.
North West Central (*)
NAT 3.3%: This electorate covers a vast swathe of the state's inland and north west with major population centres at Carnarvon, Denham, Exmouth, Meekatharra, Paraburdoo and Tom Price. Currently known as North West, this seat was won by Labor's Vince Catania at the 2008 election, but he deserted Labor when he crossed the floor to join the National Party in July 2009. Labor's 2008 majority has been reversed by the removal of Roebourne Shire in the redistribution, the new boundaries giving the seat a notional National margin of 3.3%. Catania will contest as the National candidate for the first time in 2013, opposed by Labor's Jennifer Shelton and Liberal candidate Tami Maitre.
LIB 3.4% v NAT: One of the state's largest electorates, Eyre extends from Westonia and Ravensthorpe to the South Australian Border, including the major centres of Boulder, Esperance, Kambalda and Norseman. Eyre was existed at various elections over the last sixty years, but in its current incarnation was created by the introduction of one-vote one-value electoral boundaries at the 2008 election. Lying in a part of the state where Labor often finishes third, Eyre will again be a contest between the Liberal and National Parties. It was won in 2008 by Liberal Graham Jacobs, who first won Roe from the National Party at the 2005 election. Jacobs will be opposed in 2013 by the National Party's Colin De Grussa.
Swan Hills
LIB 3.5%: The electorate of Swan Hills covers the north-eastern corner of the metropolitan area, taking in parts of the Swan Valley as well as the Darling Range suburbs along the Great Eastern Highway. It has been strongly fought over since its first contest in 1989, and was won by Liberal Frank Alban at the 2008 election. His Labor opponent in 2013 will be Ian Radisich, the brother of the late Labor MP for Swan Hills Jaye Radisich.
NAT 10.2% v LIB: Replacing the abolished electorate Blackwood-Stirling, Warren-Blackwood covers the south-west coast of the state from Margaret River to Denmark and rural areas inland. It covers the Shires of Denmark, Manjimup, Boyup Brook, Donnybrook-Balingup, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Nannup and most of Augusta-Margaret River. Under its old name it was won by National Terry Redman, who has been Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry since 2008. His opponents in 2013 will be Labor's John Thorp and Liberal Ray Colyer. On past voting patterns, Labor is likely to finish third.
ALP 0.2%: Albany lies on the south coast of Western Australia and was the site of the first European settlement in Western Australia. The electorate of Albany coincides with the boundaries of Albany local government area and has been held by Labor's Peter Watson since 2001, overcoming the introduction of one-vote one-value electoral boundaries in 2008 to win re-election. A former middle distance running, Watson contested the 1500m at the 1968 Olympics. Before Watson's victory in 2001, Labor had not won Albany for three decades. Albany will see a three-cornered contest in 2013 with Watson opposed by Liberal Trevor Cosh and National Robert Sutton.
ALP 0.2%: Forrestfield covers an area east of Perth Airport and the Roe Highway, including the suburbs of High Wycombe, Maida Vale, Forrestfield, Wattle Grove, Kenwick and parts of Orange Grove and Maddington. Forrestfield first contested at the 2008 election, one of several new Perth seats created on the introduction of one-vote one-value electoral boundaries. The 2008 contest will be reprised in 2013, with Labor MP Andrew Waddell, first elected in 2008, again opposed by the Liberal Party's Nathan Morton.
Morley (*)
ALP 0.8%: On new electoral boundaries, the electorate of Morley lies in Perth's inner-northern suburbs and includes Nollamara, Noranda and parts of Dianella and Morley. This seat was a disastrous loss for Labor in 2008. Having declined to endorse Labor MP John D'Orazio for Morley, he nominated as an Independent and directed preferences against Labor, helping to elect Liberal candidate Ian Britza. At the 2013 election Britza will face a rough challenge, as the redistribution has wiped out his margin of 0.9%, the new boundaries giving Morley a notional Labor margin of 0.8%. As in 2008, the Labor candidate will be former journalist Reece Whitby.
ALP 2.2%: Balcatta is an inner-northern Perth electorate lying between Wanneroo Road and the Mitchell Freeway south of the Reid Highway. The electorate includes the suburbs of Balcatta, Joondanna, Osborne Park, Stirling, Tuart Hill and parts of Hamersley. Balcatta has been created and abolished on several occasions over the years but has always been represented by the Labor Party, and former members include Brian Bourke, Nick Catania, and retiring Labor MP John Kobelke. The new Labor candidate is Janet Pettigrew, opposed by Liberal Chris Hatton, who also contested the seat in 2008.
ALP 3.3%: Joondalup covers a string of outer northern Perth suburbs, centred on the Joondalup Town Centre and including the suburbs of Beldon, Connolly, Craigie, Edgewater, Heathridge, Joondalup and parts of Currambine. It has been held by Labor's Tony O'Gorman since 2001, and he will be opposed in 2013 by the Liberal Party's Jan Norberger.
ALP 3.8%: The electorate of Collie-Preston includes three south-west shires, Collie, Dardanup and Capel. The largest centre in the electorate is the coal mining town of Collie, but the electorate also includes some outer suburbs of Bunbury. While the electorate has undergone several name changes over the last decade, it has continued to be held by Labor's Mick Murray, first elected in 2001 after two previous unsuccessful attempts. Murray won by just 34 votes in 2001, but achieved easier victories in 2005 and 2008 on changed electoral boundaries. His Liberal opponent in 2013 will be Jaimee Motion. New boundaries will help Labor, increasing its margin in the seat from 1.0% to 3.8%.
West Swan
ALP 4.1%: The electorate of West Swan takes in a disparate array of suburbs around the edges of Whiteman Park in Perth's north. The electorate takes in the western bank of the Swan River, including the wineries and agricultural areas of Caversham, West Swan and Henley Brook, as well as the new housing estates in Ellenbrook. In the south and west the electorate includes parts of Ballajura and Beechboro. It was first contested at the 2008 election when it was won by Labor's Rita Saffioti. Her Liberal opponent in 2013 will be Natasha Cheung.
ALP 4.8%: Gosnells lies south of the Canning River in Perth's south-east corridor and includes the suburbs of Gosnells and Thornlie. Re-created by the redistribution ahead of the 2008 election, it was won by Labor's Chris Tallentire, a former Director of the Conservation Council of WA. He will be opposed in 2013 by the Liberal Party's David Goode.
ALP 6.8%: In the far north of the state, the electorate of Kimberley includes the Shires of Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley and Halls Creek. Major centres include Broome, Derby, Kununurra, Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing. Kimberley has been held by Labor's Carol Martin since 2001, but she is retiring at the 2013 election. The new Labor candidate is Josie Farrer, the Liberal Party nominating Jenny Bloom, while the National Party will continue its push into the north of the state by nominating Michele Pucci. The big local issue has been the proposed gas hub project at James Price Point near Broome.
ALP 7.2%: Pilbara is a vast electorate in the north of the state covering the Shire of East Pilbara, the Town of Port Hedland, and the Shire of Roebourne. The main population centres in the electorate are Port Hedland, Newman, Dampier, Karratha, Wickham, Roebourne, Nullagine and Marble Bar. It has long been held by Labor, but the party will face a serious challenge at the 2013 election. Labor MP Tom Stephens is retiring, and the new Labor candidate is Kelly Howlett. The National surge in the state's north at the 2008 election saw the National candidate finish second in Pilbara for the first time. This has encouraged National Leader Brendon Grylls to make a brave decision by abandoning his safe rural seat of Central Wheatbelt and choose to contest Pilbara. The Liberal candidate is George Levissianos.
Alfred Cove
IND 0.2% v LIB: The electorate of Alfred Cove covers the Swan River foreshore of Melville City Council in the southern suburbs of Perth. It was first contested at the 1996 election and won by Liberal minister Doug Shave, overcoming a strong challenge from Independent Penny Hearne. Shave was defeated at the 2001 election by Janet Woollard, winning as a Liberals for Forests candidate in 2001, and re-elected narrowly as an Independent in both 2005 and 2008. Woollard's margin has been cut to an estimated 0.2% by the redistribution, and a boating accident involving Woollard's son has produced bad publicity for the family. Her Liberal opponent at the 2013 election is Dean Nalder, hoping for victory in an electorate that would normally be viewed as a safe Liberal seat.
IND 3.6% v NAT: Based on Kalgoorlie, but not including neighbouring Boulder, the electorate of Kalgoorlie also includes the Shires of Menzies, Leinster, Laverton and remote Ngaanyatjarraku. Kalgoorlie was held by Labor for eight decades before becoming the only seat gained by the Liberal Party as Labor swept to office in 2001. After two terms in Liberal hands, Kalgoorlie was won by former Labor MP John Bowler in 2008, winning the seat as an Independent against a strong challenge from the National Party's Tony Crook. Bowler is retiring at the 2013 election which means this is a seat that could be won by any party. The National Party has nominated Agricultural Region MLC Wendy Duncan, opposed by Liberal Melissa Price and Labor's Terrence Winner.
Fremantle (*)
IND 4.0% v ALP: The electorate of Fremantle includes Fremantle and surrounding suburbs and runs from the council boundary on the Swan River in the north to Ocean Road in Spearwood, also including Rottnest Island. Labor held Fremantle from 1924 until the retirement of Jim McGinty in 2009, the subsequent by-election being won by Green candidate Adele Carles. She has since parted company with the Greens and introduced an element of soap opera to WA politics through her affair with senior government minister Troy Buswell. The new Labor candidate Simone McGurk will be well positioned to win the seat, even if Carles chooses to re-contest. Carles' victory at the 2009 by-election was made easier by the Liberal Party not nominating a candidate, but the Liberals will return in 2013 with candidate Matthew Hanssen. The Green candidate is Andrew Sullivan.


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TWO long-term empty and dilapidated Redditch properties will become homes again after action by Redditch Council.
The properties in Clent Avenue and Felton Close have stood empty for many years and become dilapidated, causing local concerns.
But they are now on track to come back into use after the council invoked seldom-used powers to compulsorily purchase them for the public benefit.
Such situations are normally resolved through negotiation. However the disamenity and risks to public safety caused by the poor condition of these properties over a long period of time resulted in the council's executive committee asking the Secretary of State to confirm Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO).
Subsequently the property in Clent Avenue was sold on the open market in a deal completed on April 22, the condition that outstanding problems are put right within 12 months of the sale.
And the Felton Close property was taken into council ownership on April 17 and has been added to Redditch's housing stock. It will be made available for social rent when the necessary renovation is completed.
Deputy chief executive Sue Hanley said: "The borough council actively supports the full and appropriate use of all properties in Redditch, as well as working to solve the problems that long-standing derelict properties can cause for local communities. The CPO is very much a last resort in these circumstances but both of these properties can now have a useful future."
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Emergency teams are investigating whether anybody was inside a vehicle which plunged off cliffs on the Isle of Wight.
The vehicle ended up in water after falling from Culver Cliffs but the tide and weather conditions were hampering efforts to retrieve it.
A Hampshire Constabulary spokeswoman said: "It appears that a vehicle has gone over the cliff and is in the water.
"Due to the incoming tide and current weather conditions, and in consultation with the coastguard, it's not currently possible to retrieve this vehicle. It's not known if anyone is in the vehicle at this time."
A police spokesman said officers were concerned for the wellbeing of a 20-year-old man who left his home in Newport in the early hours driving a van.
A member of the public alerted police at 2.52am raising concerns about the man and a short time later they received a call reporting that a vehicle had gone over the cliffs at Culver.
The spokesman said: "Due to the incoming tide and current weather conditions, it is not currently possible to retrieve the vehicle. A vessel from Hampshire Constabulary's Marine Unit is en-route to the coast off Culver to assess the state of the vehicle, confirm its identity, and whether anyone is in the vehicle.
"A 20-year-old man from Newport on the Isle of Wight remains missing at this time. Officers are in contact with the man's family. There is no evidence to suggest suspicious circumstances or a crime at this time, but police must keep an open mind until the vehicle is assessed and recovered."
Paul Charles, 53, and his wife Jacqueline, 48, were killed when they drove off the same cliff in their Renault Scenic car in August last year.
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Now that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill eliminating collective bargaining for most public-sector workers in that state, the political spotlight is shifting back to the issue that first provoked the conflict: the cost to taxpayers of public pensions.
By Eric Laursen
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Now that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill
eliminating collective bargaining for most public-sector
workers in that state, the political spotlight is shifting back
to the issue that first provoked the conflict: the cost to
taxpayers of public pensions.
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) provided a new focal point for the
discussion when he introduced the Public Employee Pension
Transparency Act. This measure would require state and local
governments to report certain information about their pension
plans to the U.S. Treasury once a year, including how they
expect to eliminate any current unfunded liability in their
They would calculate that liability in two ways: using the
actuarial assumption they currently use, which is usually
discounted based on the expected long-term rate of return on
plan investments; and again using a risk-free
discount rate using U.S. Treasury bond yields. Any state or
local government that failed to submit these reports would lose
their right to issue tax-exempt bonds, potentially damaging the
market for state and municipal debt.
The Nunes bill, which is supported by some leading House
Republicans including Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan of
Wisconsin, was also endorsed last month by Moody's Investor
Services. It would provide new incentives to state and
local governments to take action to ensure public-employee
pension plans' long-term viability, the rating agency
said in a statement.
Both supporters and critics of the Nunes bill agree it would
have a significant impact on investors in public-sector bonds
and on public pension funds themselves as investors. But they
disagree sharply on what that impact would be. Proponents say
using a risk-free rate of return as the discount
rate for pension obligations yields a truer and quote
sobering picture of their funded status. It would also
bring much-needed attention to the investment policies of
public-sector pension funds, which critics say have tended to
chase returns in recent years in order to make up for funding
Opponents say a discount rate based on Treasury bonds is
inappropriate for public pensions, distorting the picture of
their funded status by tying employer contributions to
volatile, unrelated shifts in interest rates. This would make a
manageable set of problems look much less soluble, presenting
state and lawmakers with two equally problematic alternatives:
either to contribute much larger amounts to the pension plans,
possibly resulting in overfunding; or to phase out the plans
altogether. Critics of the Nunes bill also defend public funds'
investment strategies, which they say have not been to chase
returns but rather to seek long-term balance by creating more
diversified portfolios.
Public pensions currently have some $2.8 trillion in assets,
which by their own calculations gives them about $700 billion
less than they need to cover liabilities over the next three
decades. The current discussion about the discount rate began
with a paper published in Fall 2009 by two academics, Joshua D.
Rauh of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Finance and
Robert Novy-Marx of Booth School of Business at University of
Chicago. They argued that the current discount rate used by
public plan sponsors was much too conservative, and that in
reality the plans' unfunded liability was much larger as
high as $3.23 trillion.
Deciding who's theory to rely on could make a huge
difference for taxpayers. State and local governments currently
devote an average 3.8 percent of their annual operating budgets
to pension funding, according to a study the Center for Budget
and Policy Priorities. That includes a small number New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Illinois most prominently that
had let extremely large shortfalls develop. To close a $700
billion liability gap over 30 years, public employees would
have to contribute 5 percent to pensions, which the CBPP
estimates would not be unduly burdensome once the economy has
recovered. If the gap was more than four times that large,
according to a study by the Center for Retirement Research at
Boston College, the requirement could rise to 9%.
Who's right? In an argument that formed the basis of
thinking in the Nunes bill, Rauh and Novy-Marx contended that
only a risk-free discount rate one based on Treasury
bond yields is appropriate to public pensions, because
their liabilities consist of guaranteed payments to retired
workers. Currently, most public plans use a discount rate based
on an assumed long-term investment return of about 8% on the
plan's assets. That is not appropriate, Rauh and Novy-Marx
argued, since those returns come from risky investments that do
not match the variability and timing of the plans'
From the point of view of taxpayers, public pension funds
actually consist of two things, argues Andrew Biggs, a resident
scholar at the American Enterprise Institute: the assets
presently in the plan, and an implicit put option
that represents the taxpayer guarantee that retirees will
receive their benefits. Such a guarantee would be quite
expensive to buy from, say, a private insurer, if it were
available at all. Applying a risk-free discount rate is
necessary to price that guarantee into the value of plan
liabilities and give taxpayers a true picture of the promises
they have made.
Contrast that, Biggs says, with the current practice, under
which it is OK for state governments to call a pension plan
fully funded when its projections say the investment portfolio
will earn, say, 8 percent over 30 years. In reality, chances
are only 50/50 that the investments will make that 8% mark,
rather than under- or overperforming.
The expected-rate-of-return measure has been used by pension
actuaries, and widely accepted, for many years, however, and
Biggs, for one, acknowledges that the discount rate debate is
kind of an actuaries-vs.-economists argument. Keith
Brainard, research director at the National Association of
State Retirement Administrators, says the argument for the
risk-free rate is perfectly in accordance with economic
theory, but that's what it is: an interesting economic
Treasury bond yields, which would be the basis of a
risk-free discount rate, are extremely sensitive to interest
rate shifts, Brainard notes. Using them to calculate required
pension funding would result in wild gyrations from
year to year. When interest rates were low, contributions could
be disproportionately large; when interest rates were high,
public employers might get an undeserved holiday from making
contributions. In any event, state and local governments would
have difficulty creating their budgets every year, because
fluctuations in their pension obligations could be extreme.
Biggs suggests one way to moderate that problem might be to
allow public employers that adopt the risk-free discount rate
to smooth their pension contributions over a period
of years, as they do presently with the rate-of-return
calculation. Effectively, that would average out some of the
peaks and valleys, making budgeting easier.
Brainard also calls into question the need to apply a
riskless standard to pension benefits, even when
they are guaranteed by public employers written into the
state constitution, in some places. First, because a discount
rate based on expected rate of return has served public
employers well for a long time. For the 25-year period ended
December 31, NASRA calculates public pension funds returned 8.8
percent on their investments, and for 20 years, 8.7 percent.
Over the past 10 years, the figure was 5%, but that reflects
the impact of two severe recessions and a very slow economic
recovery in between. Some calculations sow a return of about 8
percent holding good for period as long as 80 years.
It was a crappy decade, Brainard allows, but
public employers are going concerns. They're not going to
go out of business. So they set their assumptions using very
long-term horizons 20 to 30 years.
Second, pension liabilities are not the only risks public
employers have to be concerned about. You make
tradeoffs, Brainard says. They could clamp down on
investment risk, putting money into the pension plan until it
goes to nothing. But then they run the risk of not having
enough money to pay for other spending priorities, or not
having enough to pay wages and salaries to qualified
We don't live in a risk-free world, Brainard
says, and probably wouldn't want to. He analogizes the ideal of
risk-free pension funding to a law that everyone drive five
miles per hour or a zero-emissions requirement for factories.
The health hazards of driving and working or living near an
industrial site would drop drastically, but so would economic
Requiring public pensions to value their liabilities using a
risk-free rate of return isn't to force them to change their
investment policy, Biggs responds, although he questions
whether some of their riskier investment are appropriate.
Instead, the point he and other critics make is that liability
and asset management are separate matters. State and local
governments may not be going out of business, but the majority
of benefits they owe to current and future retirees will be
paid in the next 15 years, Biggs calculates. That represents a
significant risk to taxpayers, who should know what they are
facing if public pension managers' investment expectations
don't play out.
The problem, Brainard says, is that mandating a risk-free
discount rate invites selective use by people with
agendas. On the one hand, conservative lawmakers who
believe giant pension funds give too much power to public
employees and who distrust pension officials who cast
themselves as critics of corporate governance would have a new
and urgent-sounding argument against the system. Plan
sponsors will just choose to shut them down, says
Brainard. It's a scare tactic.
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A so-so experience on the Triumph: Carnival Triumph Cruise Review by pocopelo
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A so-so experience on the Triumph
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: New Orleans
We arrived in New Orleans the afternoon of Friday, January 28th after two smooth flights on Southwest Airlines. Catching a taxi was very easy in New Orleans with the taxi booth right outside of the baggage claim. Taxi service was $33.00 from the airport to the Avenue Plaza Hotel in the Garden District.
We stayed at the Avenue Plaza Hotel on St. Charles Avenue. This was a great location as it was right in front of the St. Charles street car which generally came around every 10 minutes during the day and every 15-20 minutes at night. This hotel was about a 15-20 minute streetcar ride to Canal Street and an easy 10-15 minute walk to the French Quarter. In New Orleans we had Beignets at Cafe Du Monde, lunch at Napoleon House, Shrimp Po Boy at Johnny's, a great dinner at Clancy's (with a wonderful Icebox Lemon Pie for dessert), a fantastic dinner at Delachaise. We also ate at the Cheesecake Bistro (on More St. Charles) but the food was average at best and food at Cafe Beignet on Bourbon street had a nice location but a very small bowl of shrimp and chicken Gumbo which two stale pieces of bread was $10.00.
The streetcar system was very easy to navigate and reasonable at $5.00 for an all day pass or $1.25/trip - best if you have exact change.
We did not go to Bourbon street at night, after walking through their several times during the day - just way too many drunk individuals, bars and strip clubs for us. We also visited the cemeteries and Audubon park as well as City park - both parks were nice and was a good place to run.
Arrived to the Erato St. port via $14.00 taxi ride from the Garden district. We arrived around 1:00pm and were on the ship by 1:30. The lines were long but were always moving. Carnival did a good job getting 2400 people on the ship. We had lunch on the Lido deck buffet while we waited for our rooms to be ready and luggage delivered.
Generally, we have cruised on ships that are 4 years old or less. However, the Carnival triumph is about 11 years old. We had room 1227 on the Riviera deck forward. Room was okay for an older ship. The room was much larger than those on the Norwegian Pearl, for comparison. There was ample closet space and the bathroom/shower space was fine. Our room was well maintained by Lydia and her crew. They even brought us a foam mattress overlay to make the bed more comfortable (actually two beds pushed together). No complaints about the room itself. As for its location on the ship, it made for a lot of stair climbing and walking to the back of the ship for meals or shows. This room was also quite noisy when arriving at ports, with all of the thruster engine noises, vibrations and rubbing up against piers in port. The noise was especially bad the morning we returned to New Orleans - woken up at about 4 - 4:30am with loud vibrations, squealing and the engine noises. The other downside of being on this floor was that we were the first group to leave the ship at 7:00am - 7:20am. Nice being off first but getting up early made for a very long travel day back to California.
The gym/spa on the ship was good size with plenty of equipment. We enjoyed reading outside of the coffee bar and in the Venezia lounge because both were relatively quiet and smoke free. Many other rooms on the ship were thick with smoke so we tried to stay away from those areas. We did not try any of the pools or hot tubs because these were in high demand throughout the cruise. The slide was good fun and really made for a good time with the kids on the ship. All in all, there seemed to be fewer community spaces on this ship compared to other ships we've been on. The atrium on the Triumph is impressively tall with easy access by stairs or elevator.
Favorites on the cruise were the two comedians, the newlywed show. The Carnival dancers were okay. The lead female had a wonderful voice. We did not get to see any magicians because they were delayed with the bad weather covering much of the northern US at the time.
We had the 8:15 traditional seating and ate on the upper level each night. We had great table mates from Kentucky and we had good conversation and laughs each night. Our wait staff was tremendous and really made our dining experience enjoyable despite the average food. I should start by saying that we are not really picky eaters and don't expect culinary perfection, not even close. However, compared to the Miracle, Norwegian Pearl and the Princess Sapphire, the food overall on the Triumph was...forgettable. The fruit on the ship was good, except for the sour oranges and inedible grapefruit the last day of sailing. We had a great Martini fish dish and an Italian chicken dish that were great. Two desserts stood out, the Chocolate melting cake and one caramel pastry that were quite good. The breakfast and lunch at the buffet were really average and the selection limited. Snacking opportunities on the ship seemed limited to three options: soft serve ice cream, burgers/hot dogs/fries, or the option of room service. After dinner snacks were not put out until 11:00 or 11:30pm. We had room service twice. The second was on the day of debarkation due to the 7:00am check-out time for our floor (self assist). The breakfast was tiny (one strawberry, one small piece each of melon, lukewarm coffee. Needless to say we went for a second small breakfast off of the ship.
Service on the ship was excellent and all of the Carnival staff we encountered on the ship were friendly and helpful. As was said earlier, our room stewards and wait staff were tremendous and really did their best to be sure we had a good experience and we are tremendously grateful to them.
We stopped at Progreso and Cozumel. We took an Autoprogreso tour of Uxmal ruins about an 1 1/2 hour ride outside of progreso. We were very impressed by Uxmal and this was really the highlight of our tour. We booked the tour by emailing Autoprogreso because this tour was not listed on their site. It was $49.00 US which was cheaper than the ship. We had air conditioned transportation, English and Spanish speaking guide (Sophia). The tour did not provide any water or snacks so that was on our own at the Uxmal ruins or back in town at Progreso. The tour was very professional. We walked around 8 or so blocks in progress but did not really see the need to look around much more. Would have been nice to go to Merida but time did not allow. We were back on board the boat with plenty of time to spare - the tour returned us right to the shopping area next to the ships, on the 4-5 mile long pier.
We really had no plans in Cozumel so we shopped near the pier and then rented a tuk tuk (a kind of enclosed, three-wheeled motorcycle) for $45.00 US for the day. We used it to go to the ruins and around to the east side of the island, around Punta Sur and back to the town. Traffic was good we felt safe the entire time. As for shopping in either port, the prices are much better outside of the cruise line sponsored/built shopping adjacent to the ships.
We enjoyed our time in New Orleans though many parts of the city are very run down. The French Quarter was nice to visit during the day but we really don't feel the need to go back their specifically to visit...unless it would be to have a few more beignets at Cafe Du Monde. The french architecture of the Quarter and lower Garden district was beautiful. Transportation was very accessible and reasonable. As for the Triumph, we don't have any plans to travel on her again....only if an itinerary landed us on the ship in the future. Not much to do on board and the ship and not many places to hang out that did not allow smoking. I also think I would think twice about getting a room on the first level of the ship due to the noise and vibration in ports. We really don't have any desire to return to Progreso or Cozumel but would return to the Yucatan to see more ruins. Less
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Cabin review: 6A1227 Ocean View
Had Cabin 1227 on the riviera deck forward. The room had a large window, ample closet and drawer space for two travelers. The bed was two twin beds pushed together. The bed was pretty well worn with two troughs with a bump in the middle. We asked Lydia, our room steward, if there was an overlay available to us and she was able to round one up. This made the bed much more comfortable. The shower and bathroom was ample enough for us. The downside of this room is that it is noisy when coming into port with engine noise, vibrations, rumbling. If you are a heavy sleeper then this may not be an issue. For us, it was really loud. While at sea, there really was little noise to speak of except for some of the larger waves hitting against the hull of the ship - that did cause some strong vibrations.Read All Ocean View (6A) Reviews >>
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Gurgaon, Aug 19 (IANS) Two Class 12 students were arrested here for abetting the suicide of a teenage girl, police said Monday.
Priya, 18, resident of Safeda Nagar near Pataudi town, some 26 km from here, Sunday committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her house.
Pritam and Praveen Kumar - both 18 - were arrested for abetment to suicide, police said. Both were studying in Class 12 in a private school.
"Pritam was sent to jail under judicial custody while Praveen would be produced before the court Tuesday," Anil Kumar, chief of Pataudi police station, told IANS.
The duo had allegedly forced Priya to befriend one of their friends saying that they would otherwise defame her, police said. She was a Class 12 student in a government school in Pataudi.
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horrible photos now attached to this profile: see explanation and exculpation below.
now that that's out of the way, I am a 58 year old man re-starting my life after my marriage and career fell over one way or another. Part of the re-starting is recommencing a legal career as a self employed lawyer with all of the terror and all of the freedom that implies.
I think wistfully that I should not have chosen law; journalism or tv production or something along those lines would have been better. I did law because it was philosophically interesting, did a number of legally related jobs and now bang! just when everyone else is retiring or dieing here I am starting again. Which is, I have to say, encouraging in a way. It would be terrible to retire.
I find the concept of law, and the rule of law, fascinating and important. By and large I am at best deeply suspicious of lawyers and legal practice generally. I guess it takes one.
Just realised that description needs a bit of surgery. I wasn't always a lawyer; I didn't get to university until my mid 20s, and in addition to student jobs I've been a stationhand, storeperson, truckie, hamburger cook, dishwasher, labourer, seaman, bureaucrat, university lecturer (criminal law, legal ethics and media law), and all the other jackofall jobs. I am grey, balding, and overweight but not spherical.
I am genuinely funny; indeed I have a tendency to blow up conversations by dropping one liners in when they weren't wanted. I am the sort of person who cares about global warming, refugees, and a range of similar matters, and I have acted for refugees and other victims of unfairness.
I am an intellectual snob; I don't suffer fools (including bad spellers). This is a bit silly of me, because intelligence is really a capacity, like the lines on a measuring jug, not a virtue. But there you go.
I like conversation and interaction with other people, and I try to be an entertaining and considerate conversationalist. But I am extremely lonely; changes in career and marriage meant a lot of contacts just sloughed off, and I am not a good networker.
I am, I think, kind and considerate (but he would say that wouldnt he) and I am honest, which again is not so much a virtue as an attribute, albeit a good one.
I am deeply deeply disorganised and I procrastinate and I worry. I am working on ways to fix the first two, and to use the third as a bit of a motor.
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Because of the 'you must have a photo' fascism i have now uploaded two photos: one in my suit and one not. Both are horrible; both reveal that I have a head like a robber's dog or, if you prefer, a head like a boarding house pudding. One looks unbearable smug; the other borderline homicidal. Believe me believe me under that appalling design failure there is quite a nice bloke who would love to get out.
I am sceptical, funny, and called richard
I am setting up a specialist law practice in an area I am pretty good at (don't ask this is not an ad).
I am working out how a dad best loves a 17yo son.
I am trying to re-build my interractions with the world, and especially with women.
I am going to a whole lot of festival of sydney shows.
After many years in which I was in a kind of cave, muttering darkly and feeling bleak and limited, I am taking silly little steps outside in the sun and going yippee in a suitably muted voice.
I even bought some new expensive jeans at Maple in Newtown.
Moving in the direction of losing weight.
I am planning a website/blog in which I can market myself and make the odd comment.
Unpacking and analysing concepts and fact situations.
Absorbing and processing information quickly.
Being funny (which is not the same as making jokes).
Seeing the ridiculous.
Being thoughtful and kind
Christmas turkey, and cooking generally.
Putting things off.
At a party people will probably not notice the bloke in the corner looking a bit nervous. If I have to address a meeting, even on no notice, they will go away saying that I was funny, informative, and a good speaker. If I meet around a dinner table, provided there is something I can hook into, I will generally be a good contributor. If I am on song, people will be convulsed by my humour; if there is a hostile interaction they may be put off by my sarcasm. I cannot work a room to save my life. I am not sure how my first date (if there is a first date) will go; it has been a long time.
I am generally well dressed, if that helps.
Ok I read all the usuals from Atwood to both Waughs, passing through Winton, Runyon, Kipling, Angela Carter, Le Carre, Stella Rimington et al on the way. In non-fiction I read pop economics, stuff about string theory, zero, quantum physics, sociology, language, Fowlers MEU etc etc. LRB and/or NYRB. SMH. Huffington, Crikey, Rotten Tomatoes, 3 Quarks, Boing Boing, Overheard in NY, Talking Points Memo etc. The Monthly. I read at least one book a week, often more, and of course I read all the work related stuff. I really need Kindle chip put into my forehead.
Movies generally with some structure, some substance. Not generally blockbusters, but don't forget that Casablanca and Maltese Falcon were probably blockbusters in their day. So I like the Coen brothers, Altman, Maltese Falcon, O brother where.. Fargo, I've loved you so long, Almodovar, Goddard Godfather Kill Bill Altman Hunger. etc etc. Chaser, Hungry Beast, 7.30 report, The Wire, NCIS, BBC crime. Chinatown of course, and of course Polanski should come back and face the Court. I just saw the new Sherlock Holmes and it is dreck. I saw Avatar with my son, and it is nice little cheer the good guy boo the bad guy Saturday afternoon flick with amazing sfx.
I grew up in the bush, and my mum was a standout cook. So was my dad, in a certain bush tradition. I love food and I cannot possibly say I have a favourite. Duck, of course, noble little critters that they are, and pork. Beef. Lamb. Fish. Roasts. Soups. Italian of course, and French but Vietnamese is the best cuisine - light, sparkling, a surprise every mouthful. Cantonese and SHanghai. Lolly fruits like mango and watermelon; lolly herbs like mint and purple basil. Toast and marmalade. Yum Cha. Salad. The magnificent timballe in Lampedusa's 'the leopard' and the Canard a la Presse meal in Brideshead.
Music The usual baby boomer music but basically anything – baroque, rockabilly, early Stones, Chilli Peppers, Gregorian chants, r'n'b, Van Morrison, Paul Butterfield, Lucinda Willams, Motown, Zydeco, Delta, jazz, Hendrix, Santana, lounge etc etc. Would love it if someone would teach me about opera.
Or if you want someone to go to a movie or dinner or a play with. Or perhaps Scrabble.
Or if you find that I am totally repugnant and you wish to engage in a textual slaughter of my disgusting person. Think how much fun making up will be for the survivor!
Or if you feel like it for your reasons; it is your decision after all.


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A JURY has yet to reach a verdict in the trial of a self-confessed transvestite accused of raping a transsexual he had met during a night-out at a Worcester pub.
Barry Dearlove pleaded not guilty at Worcester Crown Court to forcing himself on a pre-operative transsexual at her Worcester flat.
The pair had been at the Brewery Tap pub in Lowesmoor, before returning home in the early hours in May last year.
Dearlove, aged 32, of South Park Avenue, Didcot, Oxon, was on a vist to Worcester to meet other members of the trans-gender fraternity.
His alleged victim, who was born a man but was waiting for a gender operation, said she rejected his amorous advances.
He claimed there was no violent assault during an incident in the bathroom but that he had indulged only in kissing and cuddling.
The jury of five women and seven men was out for five hours before being sent away to resume their deliberations tomorrow.


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A CONSULTATION meeting to discuss proposals for the Jubilee Community Centre in Bowdon, will be held in the function room at The Stamford Arms, The Firs, Bowdon, on April 8 at 7.45pm.
A consultation meeting has been arranged in respect of the Jubilee Community Centre Proposals at which Trafford Council will be outlining its new proposals for the Centre and surrounding site, followed by a question and answer session.
The meeting is open to all Bowdon residents - not just members of Bowdon Conservation Group.


text: Just an idea (i get the odd one now and again )..... How about an all Wales Meet? I was thinking of North, South and West, (i was thinking East too, but i don't know of any Audi owners that live in the sea!!) all converging in one area. Places that came to mind and trying to keep it central with the idea of everyone having a good/interesting run out are:- Aberystwyth, The Red Kite centre up in the Plymlymon Mts (probably spelt that wrong) or Builth Wales show ground area? What do you guys reckon? Any suggestions? Any other places that spring to mind which would be central to everyone? Let me know, thanks.


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Clarice Cliff Hand Painted Bowel
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- Sold Date: Oct 10, 2012
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The BiarritClarice cliff Roy al staffishire Revd NO 784849 DATE 1920-1939 This is a small bowl square on the outside but a circle in the middle. In perfect condition no chips cames from a smoke free home been in a glass cuboard. Realy pretty the painting show 2 trees in a feild with flowers good bidding