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|April 30, 2009
Low-Carbon Energy: A Roadmap
|The WorldWatch Institute has published an informative survey of available technologies that could be used to achieve a low carbon economy.
The Institute notes that technologies available today, and those expected to become competitive over the next decade, will permit a rapid decarbonization of the global energy economy. New renewable energy technologies, combined with a broad suite of energy-efficiency advances, will allow global energy needs to be met without fossil fuels and by adding only minimally to the cost of energy services
The world is now in the early stages of an energy revolution that over the next few decades could be as momentous as the emergence of oil and electricity-based economies a century ago. Double-digit market growth, annual capital flows of more than $100 billion, sharp declines in technology costs, and rapid progress in the sophistication and effectiveness of government policies all herald a promising new energy era.
Advanced automotive, electronics, and buildings systems will allow a substantial reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, at negative costs once the savings in energy bills is accounted for. The savings from these measures can effectively pay for a significant portion of the additional cost of advanced renewable energy technologies to replace fossil fuels, including wind, solar, geothermal, and bioenergy.
Resource estimates indicate that renewable energy is more abundant than all of the fossil fuels combined, and that well before mid-century it will be possible to run most national electricity systems with minimal fossil fuels and only 10 percent of the carbon emissions they produce today. The development of smart electricity grids, the integration of plug-in electric vehicles, and the addition of limited storage capacity will allow power to be provided without the baseload plants that are the foundation of today's electricity systems.
Recent climate simulations conclude that CO2 emissions will need to peak within the next decade and decline by at least 50 to 80 percent by 2050. This challenge will be greatly complicated by the fact that China, India, and other developing countries are now rapidly developing modern energy systems.
The only chance of slowing the build-up of CO2 concentrations soon enough to avoid catastrophic climate change that could take centuries to reverse is to transform the energy economies of industrial and developing countries almost simultaneously. This would have seemed nearly impossible a few years ago, but since then, the energy policies and markets of China and India have begun to change rapidly- more rapidly than those in many industrial countries. Renewable and efficiency technologies will allow developing countries to increase their reliance on indigenous resources and reduce their dependence on expensive and unstable imported fuels
Around the world, new energy systems could become a huge engine of industrial development and job creation, opening vast new economic opportunities. Developing countries have the potential to "leapfrog" the carbon-intensive development path of the 20th century and go straight to the advanced energy systems that are possible today.
Improved technology and high energy prices have created an extraordinarily favourable market for new energy systems over the past few years. But reaching a true economic tipping point will require innovative public policies and strong political leadership.


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|April 27, 1999, 08:32 PM
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Is there any such animal out there?
What would it take to buiding a M-16 pistol, besides getting the class II and all the gestapo paperwork?
Could a AR-15 pistol be converted to M-16?
|April 27, 1999, 08:53 PM
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you mean a full auto AR pistol ?
(I've never enjoyed the semantic debate over whether a gun is an M-16 or an AR -15... to me, an AR with an Auto sear is an M-16...)
What you would need to do is buy ANY AR pistol (patriot or other) and then buy a legal registered Auto Sear or Registered FA lower and attach it to the Pistol upper.
If it were me, and I've owned An AR pistol, I'd much rather have a FA AR-15/M-16 with a short barrel and a collabsible or folding stock of some kind.
I seriously thought about getting a legal SB (8 inch) AR this year, but decided not to invest the money. If I had done it, I was going to look into buying a registered Auto sear and a suppressor as well over the next year or so, so the whole project would've been close to $4000.
|April 27, 1999, 10:33 PM
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Many of the guns in the AR/M16 family that start life out as a pistol have modified uppers & bolt carrier systems -- what does this mean? It means you can not use "regular" uppers on them. Gotta use their piece of crap upper. I haven't spent a lot of time looking at these, but I would wager that a registered DIAS is not going to work with one of those uppers. And it's not something as easy as dropping in a FA bolt carrier - the bolt carrier for the Olympic pistol is about 3" long. You'd have to be pretty good with the tools to turn it into an auto carrier. I agree with the other poster - get an AR15 and turn it into a SBR or put a short bbl on an M16. Experience has shown that you're going to have to tinker with the gas system on uppers shorter than 11" in order to get them to reliably function. Of course this isn't an issue with the 9mm uppers.
I have a 11" upper on my M16 and it runs like a champ. I also have a 7" (I think) DOE 9mm upper for my M16. Also runs like a champ. I tried a 7" .223 upper and could not get it to consistently empty a magazine on FA. Some folks have indicated that you could open up the gas port, which is located under the front sight post. Too techie for me, however. There was a wonderful write-up in Small Arms Review a few months ago that discussed the problems you could encounter with a bbl shorter than 11" -- essentially the article focused on the fact that the bullet doesn't stay *in* the bbl long enough after it passes the front gas port. The bullet leaves the bbl and the bulk of the gas escapes out the front of the bbl.
I'm running on, moral of the story is to buy an 11" upper and use that as the basis for your short bbl rifle. Going smaller than that length is a problem waiting to happen in the gas system.
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|April 28, 1999, 10:01 AM
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Danbrew's intuition and experience agres with mine, in fact, I had to have the gas port opened on the AR pistol that I did have. It has not one of the modifed patriot type uppers. It was a standard upper with one of those short (3 inch) buffer tubes.
That type of AR pistol will accept any lower, but you could still encounter reliability problems with the shorter barrels.
|April 28, 1999, 08:44 PM
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Haven't seen that article in Small Arms Review but I know that is what Ruger did with its family of AC-556 full auto Mini14s. The shorter the barrel, the larger the gas port; and for the reason mentioned above.
|May 2, 1999, 06:39 PM
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The problem with opening up the gas port is that you keep increasing the pressure towards dangerous levels to try to get enough energy (the area under the time pressure curve) to cycle the action. The Army or colt came up with the xm177 (?) flash hider which streaches out the pressure but that won't work in this appication cause it make the barrel longer (against the point of the whole thing) and cause the BATF has decided that it needs to be licenced as a supressor. A fellow recently came up with a great solution. He puts a little tube about 2 inchs long and twice the diameter of the gas tube, in the middle of the gas tube. This sets up a lot of reflections in the pressure wave and streaches out the pulse.
Moral of the story is, not a trivial project, but doable with this new tube. I can't remember where I read about it. SAR?
|May 3, 1999, 09:57 AM
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Yes SAR did a M16 Shorty Diagnostic by Tom Hoel in Vol1 #4 starting on page 12.
My copy of that issue is currently lent out so I can't really tell any more.
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Leong's Legends (CLOSED)
Time Out says
A Chinatown restaurant offering great-value Taiwanese, Cantonese and Sichuan cuisine.
Please note this restaurant has now closed. A larger Leong Legend has now opened on Gerrard St. Time Out Food & Drink Editors, Oct 2016.
Chinatown is tricky territory. For every belter of a restaurant there's one with a chef outside, smoking a fag and picking his nose (true story). Leong's Legends, a noodle's whip from Shaftesbury Avenue, is one of the good ones.
First impressions are a little imposing, with a hefty door firmly closed and a note demanding you knock. On our visit, the belated, lacklustre welcome got us nicely in the mood for service that never really deviated from world-weary and abrupt. Still, staff moved around the rustic, atmospheric teahouse surrounds (think dark woods, chunky tables and carved latticework) with the kind of charmless efficiency that gets jobs done.
Deference to the diner comes, instead, from the kitchen. Leong's Legend bills itself as Taiwanese but the menu is peppered mostly with dishes from the mainland – think dim sum, crispy aromatic duck, kung pao prawns and stir-fried green beans with minced pork. Our advice? Be bold. It pays to be adventurous here.
We went large on offal. Beef tendons (£6), served cold in a sweet, spicy oil ran the gamut between tough and chewy and tender – and were great for it – while a pig's trotter noodle soup (£9) was a rich, deep and dark broth bobbing with melting meat and sweet, soft sinew. A slightly thin oyster noodle soup with chopped pork intestine (£7.50) was marginally less impressive but still enjoyable. Portion sizes here are very generous – two of us struggled to finish a starter and two mains.
The slightly surly service might grate with some but when the food and prices are this good, it's all easy to ignore. Take an appetite and a pinch of patience and you'll be well on your way to enjoying a solid Chinatown spot offering value by the bucket-load. And note: there's another branch, with largely the same menu but slight variations in pricing, in nearby Lisle Street.
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Users say (44)
Average User Rating
3 / 5
Rating Breakdown
- 5 star:10
- 4 star:10
- 3 star:6
- 2 star:5
- 1 star:13
What a horrid establishment! I can't believe some of these people really think this place is good or even OK! And if any of these say 5 stars, then they must have been employees or paid! Lets start with the very beginning. My boyfriend and I live in London - not tourists, but felt like doing something fun and going for some interesting late lunch in Chinatown. we walked in what SEEMED a tiny, cozy establishment, where we Were not greeted, just shown a table, menus thrown at us and pen given without any explanation. Then we figured we should check down the items that we wanted to order (needless to say we had questions about the menu which were not answered, our staff - the only male in the 5 chattering female company- told me that dumplings and dim sum is the same thing, he also told me that dim sum is only made of pork and other ridiculous things, afterwards I asked him how long he has been working there and he laughingly expressed: 3 days - wooo hoo did we get lucky!) I ask - how can an establishment like that even stay open and how do they still have customers! Rule that I forgot to remember - always check out the bathrooms before sitting for dinner!!! Awh...after an appaling dinner where we did not eat half of our food, we were not even asked why, I decided to use the loo before leaving....ahhh...I almost vomited, how dirty and unkept it was, so left as soon as opened the door without using it. This whole experience was one of the most horrific I have ever experienced.My soup looked like out of fear factor and the rice was all one big clump like in a cheap hospital....And in my opinion all the staff was horrific as the girls all the time stood in the back room chatting in their own language and laughing and the boy who served us did not know what the hell he was serving. The only thing we ate was the mango custard (which the waiter, if you can call him that, took out of the fridge in front of our eyes and shouted loudly 5 times - mango, mango????? as if reassuring this yellow thing was a mango custard!!! Ahhhh, oh and did I mention it was my birthday and we were out for a simple late lunch!!!???? NEVER GO THERE!!!!! London is too full of great places to eat at and this is certainly not one of them!
Just shows the power of the customer review. Pretty consistent with the poor reviews. Our experience was similar to most with the addition of a couple of things... Having to knock to get in, really? that's not quirky or oddly interesting. The decor too reminded me of a medieval knight show from one Disney World holiday. We had some dim sum, one of which (can't remember the name) I had to send back as the smell of rotten fish was awful that even the table next to us commented. I'd also ordered a 'chicken casket' I can't believe this is typical food of any country. It's a deep fried bread box (with lid) filled with thick chicken and vegetable soup. I would also agree with Isabel P regarding their xiao long bao, they're pretty crap. Better to head to Camden to Yum Cha for those.
Bottomless dim sum; very nice. We ate using the lunch deal on Saturday; two people about 130pm. The service was quick and we ate plenty of dim sum, which were reordered and delivered quickly. The food was very tasty, hot and a good variety. The service was friendly enough.
A bad experience. Food was ok, but often cold. Dishes failed to arrive and staff were rude.
Leong's Legend is an old favourite of mine. Whilst they don't have as extensive a dimsum menu as other restaurants in Chinatown, they offer more outside of dimsum including Japanese and Taiwanese cuisine. They also offer my favourite dimsum: turnip puff pastry which is a rare occurrence so I would definitely recommend this place!
The inconsistent reviews here point to an essential truth about LL: it is indeed inconsistent, and in some respects can be very annoying. Slow service is the biggest complaint. Even when the place is not busy you can spend an inexplicable long time waiting for menu/food/table-clearance/bill. Waiting staff are simply not interested in making sure you have a pleasant experience. So this is not a place I would ever recommend for a fun evening out. What I would recommend it for is a lunch, when you're not pressed for time. Their one-pot dishes, especially noodle soup, can be excellent. And if you're a lover of offal, you'll be well satisfied. Give it a try – just don't expect too much!
After years of searching for soup dumplings (xiao long bao) ie. dumplings with the soup INSIDE them, here they are. The broth is delicious and the dumplings are light and fresh. There's two classic types on the menu here, but veggies or non-pork eaters might want to go around the corner to Dumplings Legend where they have chicken and vegetable ones. Just be careful to catch the broth in your spoon when you bite into them.
I loved the food! especially dim sum. and service is also good!
This restaurant is not as nice as it used to be, my friends and I used to go there a lot for a meal after work, but the last time we went there, all the food we ordered tasted horrible and the portions were very small and over salted. It is tiny space inside, thats why you may see there is a queue outside.
Ate their this evening. A very disappointing experience. The quality of food was extremely poor, ingredients were not fresh and the food was not well cooked. We asked the waiter for fresh chilli to accompany our meal only to be told that the kitchen only uses dried chilli in its dishes!! That says it all really! The waitress attempted to clear our table before we had finished eating. One redeeming feature, you can if you wish consume your own alcohol...
I loved the food, the hot soy milk is spectacular and also fell in love with the waitress too! She looked like she belongs to a Manga! :) Fair priced too! I would even say cheap!
Went there expecting good things. Waited for about 20 minutes (to be expected for a friday night). The food was average and service was perfunctory. We were brought the bill (which we didn't ask for) as soon as we finished our food but the real low came when we were asked to leave our table because there were people waiting to be seated-just rude. Definitely would never go back.
Ate there several weeks ago and thought it was excellent - good xaio yung baio, pork buns etc washed down with terrific Chinese tea. Get there before one on a Sunday lunch and you'll get a seat but may have to queue if later. A great find and nice service.
We went for lunch on Sunday and had an excellent meal. Enjoyed the xaio young bao, the pork buns and the Taiwanese kebab a lot washed down with Chinese tea, and a nice mango pudding. The service was perfectly fine and friendly and although when we arrived at just before 1 we easily got a table by the time we left there were long queues. Highly recommended and good value.
I would give this place negative stars if I could. I'm Chinese so I know what I should expect. I've been here 4 times in total. 1st visit the food was nice, 2nd and 3rd visit it was not as nice, by my 4th visit tonight I found the food so disgusting I can say I'd never come here again. I ordered the oyster omelette on each visit but there's been no consistency in the quality of the dish on each visit. By the 4th visit they served the dish with some phlegm like goop which I found difficult to swallow. I felt like vomiting with every bite I took. I don't care too much about service but at least make it up with good food or even consistent quality food.
This place has excellent food. The Xiao Long Bao is almost as good as Din Tai Fung. I feel a bit more could be added to the menu. Sick of hearing these reviews from Brits and others - I know you're not used to it, but this is what Asian service is like. Stop giving the restaurant 1 star because you weren't made to feel like a King or Queen. I understand that people dine out for the full experience - but I'm afraid that's exactly what you're getting, the full Asian experience.
This is my favourite restaurant in London - the food is to die for especially the Siu Long Bau... the Pork Belly has the nicest sauce.... I could go on and on but won't! I highly recommend this restaurant in teh heart of China town and if you fancy something different from the same old menu's of the Chinese Restuarants this is for you!
I popped in here on the strength of the Timeout review whilst shopping for groceries in Chinatown. Heading for Manchurian Legends across the street but it was shut, so it was no bother as this place was next choice on my list. I had noted the very negative reviews, and Ive certainly had my fair share of very poor experiences in Chinatown restaurants, so i had mixed expectations. It was a Wednesday afternoon and there were only 3 tables of diners, one western and 2 parties of Chinese people. I can appreciate and usually expect pretty unfriendly service from Chinatown restaurants, but i was greeted with a smile by a young girl, and a lad showed me to a table. I asked to be moved to a window seat and it was no trouble at all. Im very familiar with Cantonese and Szechuan cooking but Taiwanese is totally new to me and I havent seen half the things on the menu and so asked for explanations. The lad was very helpful and actually quite good humoured, and even told me how to eat the items i asked about. Perhaps theyve been reading reviews, since there was no sign at all of the usualy surliness. There was also a lot of banter between the Chinese diners at two different tables and the waitresses and I got the impression that they were regular customers as they seemed very chatty. I had skipped breakfast and wasnt expecting to get time to eat again, so i was ravenous. First i ordered the xiao long bao, assuming that soup dumplings were dumplings in soup, and was totally surprised that they were dumplings with soup inside. Ive never had them before so havent a benchmark to compare, but they were lovely. A soup of partridge, duck and winkle which was a lovely rich broth with large chunks of said meats, although the winkles were actually whelks, which is no bad thing. Also there were wolf berries and what i presumed to be preserved date. Altogether a nice warming bowl, well received considering it was a cold and wet July afternoon. Braised pork belly was an aromatic lipsmacking mix of meat and well rendered fat, and a pork bun (i forget the name of it) was expected to be a morsel but came out as a hamburger size and pillow soft white bun filled with beautifully tender BBQ pork and preserved greens. I like little surprises like this when eating somewhere new; it wasnt quite what i expected but i was very happy and very well fed. Together with a bottle of beer it set me back £20. Perhaps a bit extravagant for one persons lunch, but it was three meals in one after all. I would definitely go back.
Popped along to here, randomly on a weekday afternoon. What a total surprise! Having never tried Taiwanese food before I didn't know what to expect. The menu, for China Town, offers some more interesting selections that you wont find in other restaurants in the area, which made selecting an array of dishes more enjoyable. It being mid afternoon the restaurant was relatively quiet, and we found the service to be fine, with the waitresses proving helpful, polite, and timely - above average than the rest of China Town. As a personal pick, go for the Chef's Special, 3 Pan Chicken.. some of the most succulent, tasty chicken I've ever eaten! Delicious.
I went today for lunch and contrary to what other people say the door was opened! Once inside they showed me where to seat without too much eye contact as mentioned from other reviewers. I didn't know but I guessed that I had to tick with a pen the dishes that I wanted on a copy of the menu and give to them. I am not sure how to interpreter this but I will try. Maybe just an originality or to avoid misinterpretation in the spoken language or maybe is too tiring to speak, not a clue! I ordered Prawn Dumplings, Prawn and Pork Siu Mai, Prawn Rolls Stuffed with Minced Garlic and Prawn & Celery Cheung Fun. (You might think that I like Prawns!) I had them in two slots which was good, even though I wouldn't think that if they served them all at once there was danger for them to go cold. Try to lay down a layer of asbestos on your taste buds, the dishes are seriously hot. I enjoyed the lot even though my favourite were the Prawn Rolls. Not to sure on the combination of the Prawns with the celery, a touch to sweet I thought. I also must say that although the prawns were big and juicy on the flavour side they didn't score as well. Unfortunately it is not just this restaurant I have experienced a similar thing in other restaurants. I went to this one to have a break from New World were I have been going for the last 30 years!!!! Although it is still good the prices have gone up quite a lot in recent times, I will definitely come back to Leong.
The service wasn't great but in chinatown it is something usual. About the food me and my boyfriend order bork belly with rice and the meat had a lot of fat unfortunattly. Maybe it is normal in taiwan but iam myself not use to it. My boyfriend took the spicy lamb coming as a kind of soup and again more fat than meet. Just the way it looks wasn't appealling at all. We did not finish our plates and the waiters did not ask. Maybe we ordered the wrong dishes but we won't come back
Firstly I would say this is an average rating for food quality and service, and to be honest I agree with most of what people say regarding the service. I myself care more for for the food, so I would certainly recommend anyone to try this small restaurant, especially Xiao Long Pao. I've been trying this dish at many different places, even in very good restaurant in Singapores and many other in UK, and this is still the best place. Other good dishes to try are spicy dim sum, braised belly pork rice. If you can ignore the emotionless staff, who are both rude and unhelpful, then you'll have a nice time there. If you care to even just look at them, you'll find how unhappy they all are to work there and their negative ethics will spread to your meal like a disease. I hope the owner can read these comments and look into how they treat their staff and improve the service. Their food is great and I would even say one of the best in China town, if not, whole London. I would visit them again, for the love of food, but I do hope their service will improve. Their chefs deserve a big star.
The poor service might be explained by the fact that the management keep the service charge for themselves, so there's no incentive to provide good service. Our bill was also just written with no break down of what we ordered (it appeared to be written in Taiwanese on the back) and the it didn't specify that they had already included the service charge. I actually really enjoy the food but won't be going back because of the poor way the management treat their customers and staff. It's a shame because this place would be a gold mine if the management had a bit more respect for people.
Have to say was a little worried when read some of the reviews. However, on my brothers recommendation who had been before, we went as a group of 4 with friends for Sunday unch. We had never had Taiwanese in London before so it was a great experience for us. I am also Chinese. (also quite fussy!) Yes the service is not to Western standard, but too be honest its typical Asian/Oriental - just get used to it (service without a smile!). We were a mix of carnivores and one Vegetarian who didnt eat seafood. There was lots of choice for everyone! We had piping hot soya mlik & Iced Bubble Tea. Excellent. The Vegetarian dumplings&wraps got bigh thumbs up. The Braised Belly Pork with rice was melt in the mouth with delicious fragrant rice. Not all steamed rice is of a good quality in Chinatown but this was yum. Taiwanese spicy beef noodle was delicious too! But the star of the show for us was the Whole Crab with whole red dried chillies and garlic. (of which there was a mountain of!) The crab was huge and at £15 it was well worth it! It is perfect for the Oriental Palate-as I said spicy and very garlickly, but my western friend loved it too. Was truly delicious! We were sat by the window which was perfect for us, I noticed if you were sat by the door it would have been very cold. The waitress did forget to take one of our vegetarian orders but it didnt take too long to come after it was rectified. We shall definitely be going back again. My friends thought the lunch was brilliant and a good experience for all of us. I hope our food experience will be just as good next time we go.
food is REALLY GOOD. the place is nice. service is ok. reading the reviews on here i was worried that this place would have been so bad. maybe the service is not so good, but first of all we are in chinatown. i still havent found a place in chinatown where the waiters are polite. also like someone else wrote on here:you're there to eat, not to have a great dining experience. (otherwise go somewhere that is way more expensive). but now about the food: it was really good. i was there with a chinese friend and she was impressed at much as i was. we had 2 soups which were really rich and good. mine was a duck soup with lots of duck mean in it. then we got the taiwanese pork belly which was super and cheap (like 6 punds WITH rice) , compared to other places in chinatown like Dumpling Legend (which is 8 pounds + rice separately). we also had pig interiors with crispy skin. i expected it to be 'dry' but it was in a sauce.tasted good and my friend said it was a good quality one, as god as the one you could eat in china. we also saw other dishes that people around us ordered and they looked good. i will definitely go back. the waiter with us wasnt that bad at all, just maybe dont expect them to be smiling and happy....i went there with the idea of having good food and knowing that the service was bad. go with this mindset and u wont get disappointed. btw the place look really cozy to me, there are wood tables, wood walls and wood ceiling, which it gives a good feeling to the place. last thing: yes you have to knock the door in order to get in the restaurant... so what s the problem? it s actually pretty cool!
Warning: I am a simple tourist, not a local. Take my experience with a grain of salt. Small restaurant. Bound to be busy at times. Decor is reminiscent of taverns you see in Guzhuang-styled Chinese drama. Knocking to get in isn't unusual during those times. There were lines in all the times we went, but people cycled through relatively fast. Not sure what the review about poor service is, as during my short stint in London I went there three times with three different group of people - the food is suitably impressive and is probably around the top 10% of Chinese food served here in China town. Our waitresses were watching the table like a hawk. For the record, I am also Chinese. The quality of the food, again, is solid. This place would probably do well even if it opened in mainland China or Taiwan. Their southern-styled dishes (the Shuizhu type) fishes are fairly good. Their huge-slab-of-pork-on-rice thing for 6.50 can't be beat anywhere. People have commented on their dim sum, especially the Xiaolongbao. They're not as good as the authentic stuff from say, Shanghai, but they're definitely good enough. Give it a shot before letting the reviews scare you off.
Firstly, the food quality at Leong's Legend is pretty high. If that's all you care about, then you should have no problem. However, the service here is very inconsistent. We have, at times, had excellent service, mostly had rather indifferent service, and the last time, the service was so poor that I have now decided to boycott the place. My wife and I took my parents to this restaurant for a bite to eat after some morning shopping. We arrived just before 1pm, and it was reasonably busy. When we tried to chase up a couple of our dishes about 50 minutes after we had arrived (and about 10 minutes after we had finished everything else), we had one waitress who successfully chased up and got one our missing dishes, one waitress who explained that our dishes really did take that long, and one waitress (who seemed like a manager) eventually served us some cold lotus leaf rice. When I pointed out, in English, that the rice was cold and inedible, she started shouting at us in Chinese, asking us what it was that we wanted her to do. Had my parents not been there, I'm sure I would have responded rather loudly with a 'not shout at the customers that you've just served cold food to after an hour's wait', but I was disgusted: this was easily the worst service I have ever received in a restaurant in the UK (and the UK isn't that well known for good service...) As I say, the food is okay. However, this incident has left me feeling that boycotting the place is the only course of action for me.
Tastiest I've had in a long time. The Thaiwanese omelette was a killer! No problems with service either, quick and friendly.
terrible service, - 3 staff none of them were paying any attention (only two customers) we found a piece of chipped china in our food. when we told them, they seemed they didn't care. some of the food was good, but most of them tasteless.
food was good for China town standards but terribly slow service when we went.
Went there twice and the food served is good. Interesting the rice bun with pork, nice the pork belly as well as the stiky rice and many other dishes I did try. Regarding the service I didn't pay any service charge as it's an option. The staff is realy friendly as I have a 2 yrs old daughter that is on her terrible two and the staff always helped and played with her.
Food was pretty tasty. Price was OK. Service was obviously making a good attempt to win the Olympic Gold Medal for Terrible Service. I think the training is going pretty well: they should be on course for the 2012 medal ;-)
Like other reviewers I also wanted to like this place. But the poor quality of the dim sum and the absolutely insulting service calls for a boycott. I don't know why this place is renowned for its "xiao long bao" (soup dumplings). I'm Taiwanese, so I know what a good soup dumpling should be like. Leong's dumpling skins were tough, thick and uneven -- very crude -- and the filling very mediocre. Even more crude was the service -- even towards one of their own, me being Chinese and all. Frowns, eye-rolling, gratuitous ARGUING with the customers. I am NOT a demanding customer, so this was quite a shock. I was not allowed to sit down a few minutes before my friends' arrivals; they refused to send back a dessert which did not match the menu description, then when they finally relented they billed me for it anyway! Grumpy waitstaff who are irate for no reason other than having to do their job, of simply taking menu orders and maybe delivering dishes with a bit more grace than slamming them on the tables, do not deserve to have paying customers. What a disgrace. Please save your time, money, appetite and dignity: do NOT go to Leong's.
I've been there for several times but still their service was the poorest in town.The servants were rude and poor service manners. We were three and waiting for the fourth to come for our reunion dining. One of the girl were asked in a really offensive way ' Why only three of you, where is the fourth'. Few mins later, she came again' how long you guys got to wait for the fourth'? Look, they added the recommended gratitude 10% on top of the bills and we paid for these arrogant services? Thank you but no I won't revisit for sure, because I deserve a better service and their food wasn']t that tasty to be honest !
time and time again i want to give this place a chance because the food is good. it is. you can't fault the menu and the chefs. unless the chefs are the reason the waitstaff are so rude. when it opened the service was lukewarm, but one expects that in chinatown. sad, but true. you're there to eat, not to have a great dining experience. everyone jokes about the crap service at wonky (wong kei), but wonky actually has friendlier service than this joint. don't make the mistake of trying to open the faux oriental door to try and put your name down for a table or ask how long the wait is. you will be firmly marched out and told to wait in the line outside. questions about how long should one expect to wait seem to weigh so heavily on the shoulders of the waitstaff, or offend them as if you'd just declared a taiwanese person to be chinese. and forget if if you happen to be meeting a friend for a late lunch and turn up slightly early, ready to start ordering food, and eat as you wait. i can understand how annoying this can be for restaurants, but if someone is happy to start purchasing food from your establishment, instead of taking up a table to wait without ordering, you sit them down and feed them. we went back a few times thinking maybe the person we encountered was having a bad day. within 30 seconds of interaction with their staff we left, feeling like an idiot for even trying again. which is a shame as the food is good. but not soup nazi good enough to put up with the awful attitude, and pay 12.5% of your bill for the pleasure of infringing on their day.
The food is okay, the prices are okay, the winelist is okay, the service is okay..... Everything is just kind of okay. If you stumble past and want a quick lunch with your friends, then go for it but don't seek this resturant out or go there for a special occassion. There are much better around.
Let's start with the positives. The most important factor of a dining experience; food, was BRILLIANT. Authentic Taiwanese street cuisine (I say this as I have travelled there before), out of which my favourites was the Sticky Rice with Pork. The ambience and the decor matched equally creating a very oriental feel and it is a very cosy place to have lunch and dinner in the West End. What DID let the beautiful food and decor down was the TERRIBLE service, for which I payed a service charge that came upto £4. We ordered two rices dishes accompanied with 3 curry dishes. Each curry dish was served seperately with a gap of 3-4 mins. between each and after a good ten minutes came the rich. Needless to say our meal was cold. The staff were young and inexperienced it seemed and were often rude and very inattentive. Overall, a good dining experience with some exotic and adventorous dishes to try out but I advise not to go there if you are trying to impress someone as the service is appalling.


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A plane crash which lay hidden in the Australian bush wasn't discovered for nearly 50 years is the short backstory to the Beautiful Betsy walk in Kroombit Tops National Park.
It sounds like something out of a film but it's true - Beautiful Betsy is the remains of a World War II Liberator Bomber aircraft which lay hidden and lost in the Kroombit Tops underbrush until a ranger saw a glint of silver after a backburn and discovered it in 1994.
This walk enables you to learn about the bomber, its occupants who lost their lives and it's tragic end and view the wreckage which has been a permanent fixture in the landscape since its' tragic collision in 1945.
Most of this park is unsealed road suitable only for four-wheel drives so make sure you check out the National Park map before setting off.
|2 Hours
|60 Kilometres
This short walk takes you to the final resting place of Beautiful Betsy a WWII Liberator bomber that crashed on the western side of the plateau in 1945. Interpretive signs along the way help you understand the tragic event. This area is a war grave, please treat it respectfully and leave it as you found it.
Please Note: The Beautiful Betsy Walk is managed by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. Please see the Queensland National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing web site for detailed maps and the latest park information, including opening hours and safety messages. When you are in the park, make sure you refer to signs at the start of the track for more information.
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|Mode of Travel
|Four Wheel Drive, Walk
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Level 2: Suitable for families with young children
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President Barack Obama is pushing Congress to authorize $200 million a year for research into clean energy technologies that can wean automobiles off oil.
Obama proposed the idea of an energy security trust last month in his State of the Union address, but he was putting a price tag on the idea during a trip Friday to the Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago - $2 billion over 10 years. The White House said the research would be paid for with revenue from federal oil and gas leases on offshore drilling and would not add to the deficit.
The money would fund research on "breakthrough" technologies such as batteries for electric cars and biofuels made from switch grass or other materials. Researchers also would look to improve use of natural gas as a fuel for cars and trucks.
Obama got a firsthand look at some of the cutting-edge vehicle research in a tour of an Argonne's lab, including a room that can go to extreme temperatures to test the impact on fuel efficiency. He talked to engineers working on electric car batteries and on an engine that runs on diesel and gasoline to reduce fuel costs.
"We want to keep on funding them," the president said as he looked at the engine, developed with public and private funding from Chrysler. "That's what I'm trying to tell Congress."
The proposal is modeled after a plan submitted by a group of business executives and former military leaders who are committed to reducing U.S. oil dependence. The group, called Securing America's Future Energy or SAFE, is headed by FedEx Corp. Chairman and CEO Frederick W. Smith and retired Marine Corps Gen. P.X. Kelley. The nonpartisan group says its goal is to "break oil's stranglehold on the transportation sector" through alternatives such as electric cars and heavy-duty trucks fueled by natural gas, but it had proposed a much larger $500 million annual investment.
Creation of the trust would require congressional approval at a time of partisan divide over energy issues. Republicans have pushed to expand oil and gas drilling on federal land and water, while Obama and many Democrats have worked to boost renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power.
Obama tried to appeal to both parties by pitching the trust plan not just as an environmental issue but as a job-creation plan that would help the United States remain a technology leader.
"If a nonpartisan coalition of CEOs and retired generals and admirals can get behind this idea, then so can we," Obama said in his State of the Union address. "Let's take their advice and free our families and businesses from the painful spikes in gas prices we've put up with for far too long."
There were signs agreement may be possible. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has called it "an idea I may agree with."
Murkowski, senior Republican on the Senate Energy Committee, did not fully endorse the plan, which is similar to one she has proposed to use revenue from drilling for oil and natural gas on public lands that previously were off-limits to energy production to pay for research on new energy technologies.
White House officials said the president's proposal would not require expansion of drilling to federal lands or water where it is now prohibited. Instead, they are counting on increased production from existing sites, along with efficiencies from an administration plan to streamline drilling permits. The government collects more than $6 billion a year in royalties from production on federal lands and waters.
A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner said Obama needs to expand drilling to get his support.
"For this proposal to even be plausible, oil and gas leasing on federal land would need to increase dramatically," the spokesman, Brendan Buck, said. "Unfortunately, this administration has consistently slowed, delayed and blocked American energy production."
Obama's push for the energy trust came as the Environmental Protection Agency released a new report Friday indicating that fuel economy standards rose last year by 1.4 miles per gallon - the largest annual increase since EPA started keeping track. The agency said the improvement was due to better availability of high-performing cars and more options for consumers.
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers suggested that rather than encouraging research on fuel-efficient cars, the government should focus on making diverse fuels more available and improving transportation infrastructure.
A spokesman for the SAFE group welcomed Obama's plan, even though it does not call for expanded drilling. The group released a plan in December to use revenues from expanded offshore drilling and increased production in Alaska in areas where it is now blocked.
"At the end of the day, we still think it's a proposal that can have bipartisan support and that can help reduce oil dependence," SAFE spokesman Brad Goehner said Friday.
Argonne is one of the Energy Department's largest national laboratories for scientific and engineering research, staffed by more than 1,250 scientists and engineers. White House officials said it was chosen as the site of the president's speech because of its tradition of research into vehicle technologies.
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The San Fierro Police Department (SFPD) is the law enforcement agency in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, servicing the city of San Fierro, and is a branch of the police agency servicing the entire state of San Andreas, the San Andreas Police Department.
San Fierro Police Department's headquarters are located Downtown, and become a prominent location during a main story mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
The San Fierro Police Department is modeled after the San Francisco Police Department; while similar in appearance to Los Santos Police Department officers, SFPD officers are distinguishable by their black undershirt, a seven-point star-shaped badge, a second shield shaped arm badge (similar to that found on rural officers), and a mustache. The officers also shout encouraging, nurturing words like "The police are your friends, please stop!" or "I'm actually a social worker in this uniform!" to those they pursue owing to the liberal atmosphere of San Fierro, but they use the same deadly force as any other police department throughout San Andreas. It's entirely possible that they use these encouraging words to trick criminals into giving up. Some of them are also implied to be homosexuals, as indicated by lines like, "Wrestle me, honey!"
The major mode of transportation used by SFPD officers is the Police Car, which, despite both being based on the Premier, enjoys superior handling compared to that of the cruiser used by the Los Santos Police Department.
The SFPD HQ contains four floors; however, it is not accessible during normal gameplay and can only be entered via the hidden interiors universe.
Prominent Mission Appearances
- Their police officers seem to also be social workers, as suggested by their dialogue.
- The San Fierro Police logo/badge bears the seal of the state of Nevada despite being set in San Andreas.
See also
- San Andreas Police Department
- Los Santos Police Department
- Las Venturas Police Department
- Rural Police


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|November 18, 1983
|Release # 83-058
Washington, D.C.--The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Janex Corporation, 19 Wardell Circle, Oceanport, New Jersey, today announced that a musical action crib and pull toy, the Musical Rock-A- Bye Railroad, No. 2010, distributed by the firm, may present choking, aspiration and ingestion hazards because of small parts which can break off. Janex has agreed to provide redesigned toys to consumers as replacements for the No. 2010, to provide a credit for retailers and wholesalers who destroy the product, and to give notice of the hazards. The agreement settles an administrative complaint filed against the firm on August 31, 1983.
This toy is a plastic train engine which can be clamped on the rail of the crib or used as a pull toy outside the crib.
When the 'smokestack' is wound up, the toy plays music and the rear wheels turn. The train engine is made of blue plastic with pink and white wheels, a red and white smokestack, and a yellow bell. Yellow decals with red printing on each side of the train engine say "Musical ROCK-A-BYE RAILROAD." The toy train engine is approximately 7 l/2 inches high by 7 l/2 inches long and 3 3/4 inches wide.
When the Commission tested this toy according to safety requirements for toys, several components including the ball broke off. The Commission staff believes this is a violation of the CPSC Small Parts Requirement which bans small parts in toys intended for children under three years of age. The staff believes the components are small enough to be choking, aspiration, and ingestion hazards to infants and young children. These particular toys have not been involved in any incidents known to the CPSC.
The Janex Corporation distributed 50,000 of these toys from April through October 1982. The Rock-A-Bye Railroad sold for approximately $9.97.
Consumers should remove these toys from use immediately and contact the company or the retail store where they purchased the toy to obtain a replacement. Retailers and distributors should contact the company as soon as possible to arrange for the destruction of and a credit for products on hand and returned.
Only Model.2010 with the yellow bell is involved in this action. Model 2010-A, without the bell, has been redesigned and should not be returned.
For further information, consumers may call Janex Corporation at 201-229-8482, or the CPSC's toll-free Hotline at 800-638-CPSC. The teletypewriter number for the hearing impaired is (301) 595-7054.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical hazard. CPSC's work to help ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters and household chemicals -– contributed to a decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 40 years.
Federal law bars any person from selling products subject to a publicly-announced voluntary recall by a manufacturer or a mandatory recall ordered by the Commission.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury go online to www.SaferProducts.gov or call CPSC's Hotline at 800-638-2772 or teletypewriter at 301-595-7054 for the hearing impaired. Consumers can obtain news release and recall information at www.cpsc.gov, on Twitter @USCPSC or by subscribing to CPSC's free e-mail newsletters.
Please use the below phone number for all media requests.
Phone: (301) 504-7908
Spanish: (301) 504-7800


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Briony necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 32 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Powerplants Australia
We are the leader in the Australian Horticulture Industry, we have been around for 16 years and are very trusted within our field. We have lots of competitors coming from overseas and undercutting us so we want everyone to realize it is better dealing with the local companies. Our products are the highest quality no rubbish out of china like most of our competitors. We do not want any slander but we do want quality, value personal service & Australian owned to be big factors.
Various horticultural growers, tomatoes, cucumber, eggplant, capsicum as well as cut flowers, hydroponic and nursery. Mainly family orientated companies, but there are also big investment companies & educational facilities.
It is our Sweet 16th Birthday this year, we would like to have a vibrant advertisement stating that the business has been around for 16 years. During that time we have worked with (the target audience above), working on jobs from 100sqm to 100,000sq.
If you haven't already worked with Powerplants, give us a call and find out why we are the most respected and trusted supplier in the industry.
Let us help you grow higher quality crops with greater yield with minimum outlay.
No job too big or small
Visit us at http://www.powerplants.com.au or give us a call to find out more!
I will attach some photos and logos etc(these are in various formats including some PDFs from our brochure)
We will require our phone number 03 8795 7750, website, and email - email@example.com & address 10 Wedgewood Road Hallam (if you think that the Address isn't required feel free to omit).
I will require a few different sizes for the advert, this will give you more creative license for the different sizes, sizes are below
1/2 page - 255 x 92mm or 120 x 190mm
1/3 page - 277 x 60mm or 90 x 190
1/4 page - 134 x 92mm or 65 x 190mm
There will be several more of these requests for this layout with different content. I am planning to have a new advert every month, plus trade show artwork etc (6 of these per year).
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Two arrested in 'Black Friday' fist fight
Teens charged with disorderly conduct at Maine Mall
Two 18-year-old men were arrested early Friday after police responded to the Maine Mall in South Portland for a report of a large fight inside the mall.
Lt. Todd Bernard said Mohamud Mohammed and Steeve Alphonse were both charged with disorderly conduct after being detained by mall security. Mohammed also was charged with violation of conditions of release.
Bernard said he did not know what led to the fight.
Bernard said Mohammed and Alphonse were among five people who were fighting in the area of Foot Locker around 1:15 a.m., shortly after the mall opened for "Black Friday." Police said no one was hurt. The other three people involved in the fight ran away before police arrived, Bernard said.
The two men were booked at the Cumberland County Jail and released.


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by Lou Mancinelli
During the past two weeks, a hurricane and torrential rainfalls have drenched the area, causing flooding and road closings from I-76 to the Kelly and Lincoln drives. In the Wissahickon, surging waters washed out trails, downed trees and carried dirt and sediment into its streams.
But even putting aside recent storms, the Wissahickon floods dozens of times each year, and maintaining the pedigree of the streams and trails in the park is a constant process, according to Maura McCarthy, executive director of Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW).
To deal with the problem, the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) is undertaking major stream restoration projects at Bells Mill Run and Wises Mill Run, feeder streams of the Wissahickon that run along Bells Mill and Wises Mill roads.
The goal of the projects, according to Joanne Dahme, PWD general manager of public affairs, is to restore and protect the ecological integrity of the streams, which are challenged by urban storm water runoff. The projects, which are slated to be completed within one year, is part of a citywide PWD effort to restore and protect streams and drinking water, from Cobbs to Tacony creeks and elsewhere.
In addition to the PWD project at Bells Mill Road, east of Ridge Avenue to Forbidden Drive, and Wises Mill Run, the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department, FOW and other city agencies are working on stream and gulley restoration at various locations throughout the park, according to McCarthy.
At Bells Mill Road, storm water has eroded several stream banks. The approximately $2 million PWD project will redesign, strengthen and re-landscape the banks to prevent further erosion, as well as direct storm water from the street so that it flows in a more efficient and less invasive current to the streams, according to Joe Trafka, a PWD construction engineer.
That project began in June and is about 50 percent finished. Trafka said PWD plans to finish the stream-work segment of the job before winter.
The Wise's Mill Run project includes work at four different locations, according to Trafka. They are Wise Mill Road, Cathedral Run, from Henry Avenue to the creek, Summit Avenue and off Siefert Road.
The approximately $1.4 million project includes installing storm water management with the goal of taking storm water from Wises Mill Road and Cathedral Run, and channeling it to a diversion structure, or wetland. There exists already one wetland at Cathedral Run and Wises Mill Road. The PWD will build an additional almost three-acre wetland at Wises Mill, he said.
"The overall goal is to reduce the amount of sediment being deposited into the streams and rivers," Trafka said. "If you can eliminate erosion and channel erosion, you can eliminate sediment."
In 2007, issues reported in the PWD Wissahickon Creek Watershed Comprehensive Characterization Report, included water quality impairments (bacteria and nutrients, and pH fluctuations), invasive species, especially Japanese knotweed, sedimentation in streambeds – especially in important habitat areas of runs and pools – loss of headwater wetland areas and excessive algae growth.
The current projects are the PWD's response to these issues. The current FOW and Parks and Recreation initiatives also will work to mitigate those issues and preserve the future longevity of the park.
According to McCarthy, members of the FOW received $750,000 from a federal $9 million judgment against North Wales pharmaceutical giant Merck Inc. In June 2006, a Merck sewage plant spill dumped 55,000 gallons of sewage water and traces of cyanide into the Wissahickon, violating the Clean Water Act.
That money will be used for the FOW and Parks and Recreation projects to reduce the volume and flow of water in the park, so when it rains, less street dirt is carried into the streams. The design phase of the project began in 2009, McCarthy said.
"It's a complicated effort the Philadelphia Water Department has been managing," she said. "Instead of spending the money on gray infrastructure, they are spending the money on improving the green space and quality of water. We are excited to be part of such an innovative project."
Gray infrastructure refers to impervious surfaces like concrete trails. By building and utilizing green infrastructure, McCarthy noted, the capability and functionality of natural resources can be maximized.
According to McCarthy, the Environmental Protection Agency sets the Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) for sediments and nutrients in the Wissahickon and watersheds around the nation. TMDL standards are designed to protect the integrity of the quality of water in streams and to protect drinking water.
The restoration projects are connected and cater to TMDL requirements. Drinking water for the Northwest is cleaned at the Queen Lane Intake Station, where the Wissahickon Creek meets the mouth of the Schuylkill River, McCarthy said.
FOW projects in the park include gulley restoration at Historic Rittenhouse Town, the Kitchens Lane Gulley (which was completed this summer), and the Bluebell Meadow Pavilion. Parks and Recreation projects include an Andorra Meadow expansion, Houston Meadow reclamation and a gulley restoration at Walnut Lane Golf Course, according to the FOW website.
"When the Friends of the Wissahickon picks project sites, we try to kill two birds with one stone," McCarthy said.
That means selecting sites with storm water and waterway applications, finding weak or eroded trails, closing them and rebuilding them, she explained.


text: Dear Prudence song Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play? Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day. The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you. Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play? Dear Prudence, open up your eyes. Dear Prudence, see the sunny skies. The wind is low, the birds will sing, that you are part of ev'rything. Dear Prudence, won't you open up your eyes? Look around, round Look around, round round Look around Dear Prudence, let me see you smile. Dear Prudence, like a little child. The clouds will be a daisy chain, so let me see you smile again. Dear Prudence, won't you let me see you smile? Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play? Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day. The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you. Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play? "Dear Prudence" Song by the Beatles from the album The Beatles Released 22 November 1968 Recorded 28–30 August 1968 Genre Rock, pop Length 3:56 Label Apple Records Writer Lennon–McCartney Producer George Martin The Beatles track listing 30 tracks Side one "Back in the U.S.S.R." "Dear Prudence" "Glass Onion" "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" "Wild Honey Pie" "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" Side two "Martha My Dear" "I'm So Tired" "Blackbird" "Piggies" "Rocky Raccoon" "Don't Pass Me By" "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" "I Will" "Julia" Side three "Birthday" "Yer Blues" "Mother Nature's Son" "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" "Sexy Sadie" "Helter Skelter" "Long, Long, Long" Side four "Revolution 1" "Honey Pie" "Savoy Truffle" "Cry Baby Cry" "Revolution 9" "Good Night" "Dear Prudence" Single by Siouxsie and the Banshees from the album Hyæna B-side "Tattoo", "There's a Planet in my Kitchen" Released 23 September 1983 Format 7" single, 12" single Recorded 1983 Genre Post-punk, New Wave Length 3:48 Label Polydor Writer(s) Lennon–McCartney Producer Siouxsie and the BansheesMike Hedges Siouxsie and the Banshees singles chronology "Melt! / Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant" (1982) "Dear Prudence" (1983) "Swimming Horses" (1984) "Dear Prudence" is a song written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released by the Beatles as the second track on their 1968 double-disc album entitled The Beatles, commonly known as The White Album. Please note the text from Wikipedia is imported without editing or authentication. Dear Prudence (White) Come Together / Dear Prudence / Cry Baby Cry [Transition] (Love) ©1968 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.


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Volkswagen is hoping that a little advertising goes a long way. The company brought its Super Bowl star Mini Vader back for an encore during the opening ceremonies for VW's new Chattanooga factory. The pint-sized Dark Lord gave a final blessing to the plant before pushing a red button to make things official.
Also present was Martin Winterkorn, chairman of the board of VW, and the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, plus the usual array of local politicians vying for face time.
The plant initially will build the 2012 Passat, a key vehicle in Volkswagen's initiative to boost VW Group sales in the United States to 800,000 by 2018. It was announced earlier that the new Passat will come to market this fall with a base sticker price of $19,995, plus $770 destination charge.
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Wolfsburg / Chattanooga, May 24, 2011 – Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, and the U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood have today inaugurated the new Volkswagen Group plant in the United States in the presence of prominent representatives from politics, business and the media. In Chattanooga, Tennessee, over 2,000 employees are to produce up to 150,000 vehicles per year. The plant sets new standards in terms of sustainable, resource-efficient production.
At the inauguration ceremony, which was also attended by Dr. Klaus Scharioth, German Ambassador to the United States, Bill Haslam, Governor of the U.S. State of Tennessee, Jonathan Browning, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, as well as U.S. senators Robert Corker and Lamar Alexander, Prof. Winterkorn stated: "The Volkswagen Group has finally arrived as a local manufacturer in the United States. We are proud to be part of this great automobile nation as a producer, an employer and as a friend and good neighbor to people in the region."
Since construction started in 2009, an automobile plant including body shop, paint shop, assembly facility, technical testing center, academy for the initial and advanced training of employees, and a supplier park with eight companies has been built on a 1,400 acre site in Chattanooga. The design production capacity of the plant is 150,000 vehicles per year. The manufacturing depth for the Passat produced here will be of the order of 85 percent. 1,700 people are already employed directly by Volkswagen in Chattanooga. 10,000 additional jobs will be created in the U.S. component supply industry.
Volkswagen is investing about one billion US dollars in the development of the facility at Chattanooga, which will be among the world's most advanced and environmentally compatible automobile plants. The new plant is in line with the highest requirements of the U.S. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standard, which lays down stringent provisions for the sustainable, environmentally compatible construction of buildings.
One of the key measures taken at the plant is the use of a painting process without any filler, which reduces CO2 emissions by about 20 percent. Water efficiency at the plant also meets the most stringent requirements. Volkswagen has built the world's first automobile paint shop to use a waterless separation process for topcoat application. Thanks to the use of collected rainwater, water consumption at the Chattanooga plant is also considerably lower than at facilities of a comparable size. In addition, the U.S. plant is the first Volkswagen facility to rely entirely on energy-saving LED systems for outdoor lighting. The production buildings and offices are also equipped only with energy-saving lamps controlled by motion sensors. The entire lighting system of the plant uses some 20 percent less energy than a comparable facility.
The United States is one of the world's largest and most important automobile markets. The new U.S. plant lays the foundations for Volkswagen to meet its target of boosting Group sales in the United States to more than a million vehicles per year by 2018 at the same time as winning a market share of about six percent for the Volkswagen Group.
The U.S. Passat from Chattanooga, specially tailored to meet the needs of American customers, and the Jetta produced in Mexico are key elements in Volkswagen's offensive in North America. The next generation of the iconic Beetle will pick up the threads of the brand's legendary heritage in the U.S.


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If you play the Game of Thrones, you win or die. Fortunately, if you just watch "Game of Thrones," you only win.
HBO's hugely popular epic fantasy returns to TV on April 1 with a second season of armor, intrigue, underhanded power plays, frequently unclothed damsels and, of course, dragons. PopcornBiz has heard the whispers from the great halls of Westeros.
Peter Dinklage, who's won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his beguiling portrayal of Tyrion Lannister, the roguish black sheep of his wealthy and powerful family, says that even the most faithful fans of author George R.R. Martin's bestselling book series will be caught off guard by the twists and turns of the new series.
"We have to change some things for television," says Dinklage. "You can't do a lot of what's in the books because we don't have the budget, or the time. But we'll keep faithful to the original story and what happens, and which characters live and die…That's the great thing about this show. The villains live and the heroes die. It's unexpected."
This time around, Dinklage promises even more epic, large-scale battle sequences. "And it was great because Tyrion gets in on the action," he says, "which is a big change from laying around with naked women all day."
The last time viewers saw the much-tested heroine Daenerys Targaryen, she'd emerged naked and unharmed from her husband's funeral pyre with a trio of new companions: dragon hatchlings from the much-coveted eggs held by the Dothraki.
"I've been excited about working with my three new 'cast members,'" giggles actress Emilia Clarke. "There's definitely more in store for everyone – It's just bigger and better."
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"It's a healthy mix. We've all got a lot going on. I'll put it that way," said Clarke when asked how big a role Dany will play in the Season 2 kickoff. She added that she was surprised by some of the divergent paths the show chose to follow, away from the novels. "I was already into the second book, so I had a rough idea about where I'd go, but it was pretty nerve-wracking."
"It gets darker, definitely," hints Kit Harrington, who plays Eddard Stark's bastard son Jon Snow. "The first series is pretty brutal, but the second series, as people who read the books know, gets very, very dark. A lot of the characters don't have a very easy time of it. It's still got a few shocks and surprises, and you see really pretty horrific things."
"No one is safe," adds Harrington. "People die. It's a risky show to be in, in a way, but I can say that my character goes into more and more dangerous territory and things occur….I get more and more isolated, if anything."
"There's a great arc with Cersei and Tyrion, which is very fun," promises Lena Headey, who admits she hasn't yet cracked one of Martin's novels. "The scripts are my books. And David Benioff and Dan Weiss just do such an amazing job for all of us, as actors and individuals – and now they know us a bit more, we get written for more, and they genuinely love the characters."
Finally, regarding last season's most shocking moment (turn back from the spoiler if you've yet to watch Season One), Sean Bean confided that there's a chance viewers haven't seen the last of the late Eddard Stark: "Apparently there are some flashback scenes that the writers have put in there," he teases, "so it was really nice to come back."


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The PSP Go comes in as another reworking of Sony's handheld gaming platform, the PlayStation Portable. As such it is quite a drastic reworking on the original format, but in essence little has changed.
The biggest shift is the placement of a sliding 3.78-inch screen where previously the PSP saw a straight slab-like device. The screen retains the same resolution at 480 x 272 pixels, so despite the change in size, it still looks sharp. The changes mean the unit can shrink down to approx 122 x 66 x 15mm, meaning it is easily pocketable, where the previous versions weren't.
The PSP Go is dependent on the sliding screen which has a precise sliding action with plenty of pop. It feels like a quality device and is free from twist of lateral movement: when open, you don't need to be scared it is going to break off. The same goes for the rest of the build – it feels well constructed.
The exterior finish is mostly glossy, which will attract fingerprints, whilst the inner deck is a matte finish, where you'll find the main controls. These controls are ringed in silver, matching the edge of the unit, giving it a distinctive and premium looking finish. It's a fetching design for sure, and one we like.
One of the effects of moving the controls around is that the bumper buttons now sit behind the screen, with the screen brightness, volume control and mute buttons sitting right behind the screen so in-use they are more difficult to get to. It perhaps doesn't matter, but it does at least keep the device looks clean on the front.
Otherwise we found that we preferred the new layout of controls, with the PSP Go lying in a different grip on the hands, we found it easier to play for longer periods without feeling the thumbs cramp up, which was always a problem for previous editions. But this will come down to personal preference, the size of your hands on so on.
The new design also sees the removal of the UMD drive, so it no longer accepts the discs of previous versions. If you are already a PSP owner, this may be a serious consideration if you are looking at an upgrade – you won't just be able to slap in your existing games.
Those upgrading don't get left totally in the cold – there is an upgrade reward scheme that lets you register your old and new PSP on PSN, then you get access to three reward downloads to get you started. Three? Yes, that's right. Your past loyalty is rewarded with three downloads, rather than the conversion of every UMD you already have.
The move to download also kills the secondhand market so for those on a budget who like to play the trade, you are effectively stuffed.
Sony instead are moving gamers over to a download system using PlayStation Network. It's relatively simple in truth and something that people are now familiar with, especially on the music front. Here you simply visit the PlayStation Store, either on the device itself, your PS3 or a PC (using Media Go) to download games and install them on the PSP Go.
It's not a great process however, especially as you can't download in the background on the console itself, so you'll be sitting there looking at it slowly dripping in, rather than listening to music or playing something else.
To accommodate these games you now have an internal "16GB" of memory, although brand new out of the box you only get to use 14GB of it. An M2 card slot lives around the side for further expansion.
The PSP Go offers the same Wi-Fi as it did previously letting you connect to the Internet, now a core concern for the PSP. The Wi-Fi also lets you dive into Remote Play of your PS3, so you can access content, configure PlayTV or whatever whilst you are on the move. Wi-Fi on the PSP has never been great, compared to the simplicity of modern mobile phones, which will happily dive in and out of connections intelligently, something the PSP Go doesn't seem to want to do.
The new PSP Go also rocks out with Bluetooth, so you can connect to a Bluetooth device, or a new PS3 controller. This means you can tether your PSP Go to a mobile phone to access the Internet on the move using your phone's data connection, or simply go for Bluetooth headphones. We tried the data connection, but it didn't work, so don't get too excited.
There is a standard 3.5mm headphone jack sitting on the bottom of the PSP Go, alongside a new bespoke connector. In the box you'll find a new USB cable, providing your power and PC or PS3 connection. It's a shame to see another bespoke connection, as you'll have to carry around yet another bit of cable.
The PSP Go, with its new format really lends itself to being a PMP, albeit an expensive one. The screen looks fantastic and with the 16GB storage capacity, you can fill it with music and movies to take with you on the move. You'll be more likely to slip into a pocket for listing whilst on your commute, something that the old PSP didn't really excel at.
But in terms of overall functionality, the PSP Go isn't a revolution. Little has changed from previous versions. You still get the XMB interface which makes it easy to get around, but essentially the PSP Go offers you an external format change and little else. For this reason, it is unlikely to appeal to existing users, who will still be able to download games and can use the memory card slots on their existing device to expand storage.
The overall gaming proposition of the PSP Go remains the same as before, which might come as something of a disappointment for some. With the PSP Go closed it is begging to be tapped on the screen, but there hasn't been a move to touchscreen here.
Purists will argue that the screen looks better without touch which is probably true, but with the iPhone and Nintendo DSi enjoying successes in gaming with a touch-interface, it seems like Sony is holding back on something.
Overall we can't fault the handware on offer with the PSP Go. It looks excellent and is a pleasure to play with. The compact format means it slips into a jacket pocket more readily than before, but the removal of UMD means a whole stack of games are sitting in the corner, unloved.
And then there is the price. Launched at £225, you can pick it up for just under £200, but it is seriously undercut by the Nintendo DSi, with the iPod touch also offering an alternative. Sure, the PSP Go may be better for pure video, but from a gaming point of view, the Nintendo DS range has been storming.
For those who were just about to put a PSP on their Christmas list then overall they get a better looking device, with expanded memory, but for us we'll be sticking to the old hardware and our old games.


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CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey decided Monday to pull an already-taped episode of her talk show that was to mark the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, saying it "focused too much on the killers."
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The episode, "10 Years Later: The Truth about Columbine," was to air on the Monday anniversary of the massacre in Littleton, Colo., that killed 12 students and a teacher.
"I decided to pull the Columbine show today. After reviewing it, I thought it focused too much on the killers. Today, hold a thought for the Columbine community. This is a hard day for them," Winfrey wrote on Oprah.com and her Facebook page. A similar message appeared on her Twitter feed.
A Harpo Productions Inc. spokeswoman confirmed the posts.
Columbine Task Force lead investigator Kate Battan, FBI special agent Dwayne Fuselier, Dave Cullen — author of the book "Columbine" — and Columbine High School principal Frank DeAngelis had taped the episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
Winfrey said a program about a mother released from prison would run in place of the Columbine piece.
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- 93rd Gene Harris Antique Clock Auction
DoneSat, May 03, 2014 11:00 AM EDT
Marshalltown, IA, USA
93rd Gene Harris Antique Clock Auction
Saturday, May 3rd Includes Over 400 Lots of Antique Clocks From The Bill Curtin Estate of Milwaukee, WI; The Grossman Estate of Mexico, MO and Other Choice Consignments
Auction Details
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Thursday, May 1st, 2014 8:00 A.M. til 6:00 P.M. Friday, May 2nd, 2014 8:00 A.M. til Auction Ends Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 8:00 A.M. til Auction Ends
203 South 18th Ave.
Marshalltown, IA 50158
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Tom Harris Auction Center The following as amended by any posted notices or oral announcements during the sale, constitutes the entire terms and conditions on which property listed in the catalog shall be offered for sale or sold by Tom Harris Auction Center (THAC) and any consignor of such property for whom THAC has acted as agent. By bidding at an auction, whether in person or by agent, absentee bid, telephone, Internet or other means, the purchaser or bidder agrees to be bound by these Terms and Conditions of Sale. TERMS AND CONDITIONS PLEASE READ AND FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE BIDDING. Special Note: There will be third party moving and storage fees on items not picked up the day of the auction for the automobiles and any lot that is posted with F.O.B. Nebraska. Tom Harris Auctions or E.A. Carlson Collection will not be held responsible for any damage due to moving or storage. All items must be insured at the drop of the hammer. 1. All items are sold AS IS, WHERE IS with all faults. There are no warranties or guarantees of any kind, express or implied. All items are available for your examination prior to bidding. Written and oral descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to authenticity, age, condition, materials or any other feature of items being sold. THAC attempts to catalog every lot correctly and will attempt to point out any defects but will not be responsible or liable for the correctness of the catalog or other descriptions of the lot. In particular, condition of art frames are not guaranteed. We recommend prospective bidders examine all items in which they have an interest. By placing a bid, either in person, by phone, absentee or via the Internet, you signify that you have examined the items as fully as you desire to or that you have chosen not to examine them. For additional condition reports and details, please call us at 641-754-4890. If you require absolute certainty in all areas, and the results of your evaluation leave uncertainty in your mind, we recommend you have an expert examine the lot for you or do not bid on the item in question. If your item(s) are damaged in shipping, you will need to contact UPS or the United States Postal Service, or specific carrier to file a claim. We do not give refunds! All sales are final! There will be no returns! 2. All property is sold AS IS, WHERE IS and neither THAC nor the consignor makes any warranties or representations of any kind or nature with respect to property or its value, and in no event shall be responsible for the correctness of description, genuineness, attribution, provenance, authenticity, authorship, completeness, condition of property or estimate of value. No statement (oral or written) in this catalog, at the sale, or elsewhere shall be deemed such a warranty or representation, or any assumption of responsibility. All measurements are approximate. 3. 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There will be a premium of 19% for Internet bidders added to the hammer price of each lot and it will be considered part of the total purchase price. This does not include shipping and packing. See #9 for details. 7. When an auction is on location in Nebraska; All purchases will be subject to a 5 1/2% Nebraska sales tax unless the purchaser possesses a valid tax exempt number or the item is being shipped over state lines. THAC must have a blanket exemption certificate with permit number and signature on any tax exempt sale. No Exceptions! 8. PAYMENT - All items purchased via the internet must be paid for within 72 hours of sale close with Visa or MasterCard only. For items bought through Live Auctioneers, it is the buyers responsibility to contact Tom Harris Auction Center (THAC) via telephone at 641-754-4890. We will accept MasterCard and Visa only. NO PAYPAL, AMERICAN EXPRESS, MONEY TRANSFERS, MONEY ORDERS OR PERSONAL CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED. See below for additional penalties. 9. SHIPPING Terms: Allow 30 to 45 days shipping. THAC will pack and ship your items to you unless otherwise noted in the description. The fee to the buyer will include actual shipping charges, insurance, materials and $20.00 per hour or part there of for labor. With a $10.00 minimum per box. THAC will make every effort to ship your items within 14 days of our receipt of full payment and all shipping information. Any successful bidders will have the shipping charges applied to their MasterCard or Visa at the time of shipping. Please note: All clocks purchased to be shipped to Japan, China or Shanghai, it will be the responsibility of the buyer to make all packing and shipping arrangement. 10. THAC reserves the right to withdraw any lot at any time before the auction without any liabilities. 11. A range of estimates is given on each lot with a low and a high estimate. Estimates should not be relied on as a prediction of the actual selling price. 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