There is no question about the fact that we have reached the mobile era. One field that is continuing to grow is app development, particularly for business goals. Apps are being used for various purposes from getting a task completed to purchasing or selling products. This has, as such, brought the mobile app developers into a limelight. These app development firms work hard to bring us the best applications across platforms on various smartphones. Mobile apps are no longer limited to entertainment only, they have become a necessity. Today, almost every business has a mobile app that helps in the promotion of its products and services. Due to this specialized mobile app development firms became extremely important as entrepreneurs. Businesses which were unable to adapt their business to the evolving market fast enough took the help of mobile apps and saw a huge change in their Returns on Investment. App developers offer vital technical expertise that helps business grow. In a world where mobile app development firms are mushrooming around us, it is necessary to hire the best from among all of them to stand out in the ever-growing competition of countless applications available worldwide.
Why Mobile Apps?
Mobile apps have become a necessity today for every business that wants to survive the test of time. Android or iPhone, everyone possesses a mobile phone today. To enhance their user experience they require more and more mobile apps due to which app development firms are developing apps that are compatible with a broader range of mobile devices and meet the ever-rising demands of mobile users. Flutter is one such tool that helps app developers develop apps for multiple platforms without having to code again and again. By the use of mobile apps businesses can enhance their visibility among customers due to the enormous presence of mobile devices across the globe. They can expand their reach too which will help the users to know more about the business and communicate with them efficiently. Every business house can collect data from its customers and analyze it to provide a better and more personalized user experience to its clients.
App Development Firms in Singapore
Singapore is home to a huge community of skilled mobile app developers who develop mobile apps for their clients using the latest and trending technologies. However, it is not always easy to find a reliable app development firm that helps its clients to meet the specified objectives. This is true for all app developers in Singapore or elsewhere across the globe. Below is a list of top app developers in Singapore who can help their clients generate more revenue while also fulfilling the needs of their users.
iQlance is a Singapore-based application and game development company. The team of expert employees was formed in 2010, and specializes in the development of web apps, mobile apps, and custom software. This company is offering services to small companies, mid market companies, corporations, and have their focus on gaming & information technology. The company gained recognition by offering a broad portfolio of mobile apps on different platforms. With years of industry experience, iQlance continues to deliver innovative solutions for their customers. Their major clients include famous companies in Singapore as well as the whole world.
Founded in 2009, Singsys is a software development company headquartered in Singapore, with a team of more than 400 professionals. This app development company provides small and mid-market businesses. Their services include mobile app development, web development, and UX/UI design. Singsys have been working with their clients in the field of e-commerce, hospitality, healthcare, and education sectors. The organisation delivers application solutions for Android and iOS at reasonable prices without any hassles, and is known to provide the best customer support. The app development company has delivered over 2000+ applications across the globe till date. They have worked with renowned organizations including KPMG, Samsung, Fujifilm.
Buuuk began as an experimental app, but over the past decade, has developed into a full-fledged customer service studio. They’re focused on creating both iOS and Android applications. At Buuuk, each project is driven by an emphasis on design. Besides the development of a mobile app, a mobile project includes a scalable and secure server backend. Their team, with vast experience, deploys reliable servers and integrates them with existing setups. Their main clients comprise Singtel, Maybank, SMRT, Global Blue, DB Schenker.
Codigo is a software agency with an experienced team of developers and designers. They create superior mobile applications, games, websites, and backend systems. Codigo earned its title among Singapore’s top Android and iOS device developers, having released more than 300 successful apps. They co-incubated seven startups and developed smart backend technology in mobile apps to enhance customer experience. The company strives to ensure mobile users adapt to changing trends in mobile app development and has become one of the fastest-growing companies in the South Asian-Pacific region over the last five years. Their clientele includes HBO, OCBC Bank, Furama, Suntory.
Zoliotech was formed in 2008 and provides mobile app development to various business enterprises.They also provide app maintenance and in-house consultation to their customers at extremely affordable prices. Zoliotech specializes in developing mobile apps for Android and iOS devices. The company’s area of expertise is in developing location-based mobile applications, with effortless functioning and a user-friendly interface. They also provide tutorial lessons before signing up with their clients, helping them understand the process of app development.
Rainmaker Labs, acquired by KPMG last year, is a mobile app development company that provides services for enterprises and retail businesses. Founded in 2011, Rainmaker labs is a fast-growing software development firm headquartered in Singapore, with more than 70 employees. Enterprise applications are delivered through a highly technical mobility platform, which acts as a backend for existing projects and enables third party integrations to be integrated into the application. Their key clients include IBM, MasterCard, StarHub, PayPal.
Headquartered in Singapore, Oasis Web Asia provides services including mobile app development, website development, web designing, social networking, and content management system. Though it primarily had customers in the USA, Oasis Web Asia has now acquired several clients from all over the world. They offer a wide variety of innovative web solutions at exceedingly affordable prices. The company is known to value their client’s satisfaction more than anything and consider it as their top priority. Their main clients are Honda, Casio, Daikin, The Ritz-Cartlon.
Monstar Lab is an app and web development company with over 800 employees. They provide end-to-end solutions for web-based and mobile platforms. Formed in 2006, the company has its headquarters in Singapore, with offices in 12 countries. Monstar Lab has successfully delivered more than 2000 projects till date. Services include mobile app development, e-commerce and web development, UI/UX design, and wearable app development. Their clientele includes Sony, BMW, Hitachi, Fujitsu.
Founded in 2014, APPLIFY is a leading custom software and mobile app development company known for their performance, reliability, and award-winning applications. Their aim is to develop apps that offer a unique user experience. The firm has more than 200 clients and launches over 50+ projects annually. Applify offers the complete package of services including app development, design, strategy, marketing, and maintenance. Their key clients include National Life & General Insurance, PETA, DHI Group.
Established in 2011, Square Fresco Solution strives to provide its users with user-friendly mobile applications. They have successfully delivered several projects and have become one of the most experienced developers in Singapore, due to their transparent attitude concerning their operational activities. Square Fresco provides services including mobile app development, e-commerce and web development, and custom software development at affordable prices.
Choosing the right mobile app development company that will help you defeat the competition with a unique app is an extremely important step for every business. The above-mentioned top app developers in Singapore are known for their exceptional apps and an impressive clientele. Before selecting a mobile app development company, one should consider their business requirements, and based on those requirements, determine which one will be suitable for their business.


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“War Stories” (season 1, episode 10; originally aired 12/6/2002)
Donna Bowman: All the best science fiction understands that genre trappings are not at the heart of the stories being told. Science fiction is about human relationships, just like all fiction, whether any recognizable humans appear in it or not. I’m impressed by the way “War Stories” embodies this truth. Despite the gory spectacle of Niska torturing our heroes, and the action beats of the space station shootout, the episode remains firmly focused on the way Wash perceives the unstable triangle of himself, his wife, and their captain. Another reason to love “War Stories,” of course, is that the proper noun in that last clause is “Wash.” It’s exhilarating to see that character and the inestimable Alan Tudyk getting a big showcase.
We last saw the sadistic gangster Niska getting bested by the Serenity crew in “The Train Job.” Now his minions have detected evidence of a Firefly-class vessel hiding on the other side of the planet from Niska’s space station, and even though he’s annoyed at being interrupted in the middle of carving up somebody who skimmed from his protection fund, he’s thrilled by the prospect of revenge on Mal Reynolds for tossing one of his employees into a spaceship engine. For their part, the Serenity crew came to this planet to convert some of their stolen medical supplies into cash, and Mal insists that they not try any funny stuff to cut out middlemen and try to make a bigger killing: “We got enemies enough as it is.”
But Wash grumbles that his scheme of going directly to doctors never made it to Mal’s ears, Zoe shutting it down while using the captain’s position as an excuse. And he’s fuming about the things Mal and Zoe share—the camaraderie of the trenches, the intimacy of dangerous missions—that he never can. So he rigs the shuttle so that Zoe can’t fly it, and substitutes himself on the trip to meet the buyers. Which would be a milk run if not for Niska’s commandos who kill the buyers and snatch Mal and Wash for a session of painful electric shocks.
Wash acts out his jealousy in a wonderfully backward way. Instead of trying to replace Mal in Zoe’s life, he tries to replace Zoe in Mal’s life! Envious of the “wacky stories with rib cages in them” that Zoe and Mal share, he could have come back with some inside jokes and meaningful memories stemming from their marriage bond. But since he “can’t stand the thought of something happening that will cause the two of you to come back with another thrilling tale of bonding and adventure,” he sends Zoe back to the ship and sets off to have his own adventure with the captain. One might question with which relationship he’s most concerned—his marriage, or his chain of command.
Both sides of the equation are satisfied with an impeccable comic touch. Zoe unhesitatingly chooses to save her husband rather than her captain (Niska is just gearing up for his Sophie’s-choice speech when she interrupts by pointing at Wash: “Him… I’m sorry, you were going to ask me to choose, you wanna finish?”). And Wash falls head over heels in love with Mal because of the captain’s “crazy” commitment to keep the pilot from breaking under torture by pressing the argument over Zoe between electric shocks. Niska’s devotion to the methods of Shan Yu (“Tie him up and hold him over the volcano's edge, and on that day, you will finally meet the man”) ends up revealing Mal to Wash instead of to the gangster—and Wash finally meets the Mal that earned Zoe’s undying loyalty under fire.
And that’s only the main plot! Elsewhere in this episode, Kaylee learns something new about River, Inara spends quality time with an unusual client, and questions arise about why there are so many apples in the galley. I might ask the same question of you, Noel: Why are there so many apples in this episode?
Noel Murray: Why are there so many apples in this episode? They, and the ribs in Zoe’s story, are symbolic of the Edenic innocence of… nah, I’m just yankin’ ya. The apples are there because fresh fruit is precious in this time and place—and “healthsome” to boot—and Jayne feels guilty, so he buys a crate for the galley, to alleviate his conscience a bit. It’s a simple as that.
There is something interesting going on in this episode though, in regard to gender roles. I can’t say that I’ve ever been that wild about the Inara subplot in this episode, which sees her entertaining a politician who turns out to be—gasp!—a woman. I don’t have a problem with the titillation factor there; I just find the scenes between Inara and The Councillor boring. That said, it does tie in with the rest of “War Stories,” given that the fluid sexuality of the 2500s—and the acceptance thereof—may go hand-in-hand with the willingness of men and women to take on different responsibilities than they generally do in our society. (“One cannot always be oneself in the company of men,” Inara admits to The Councillor.)
I could go further and say there’s a bit of thematic meaning to the Kaylee/River scenes you mention. At the start of the episode, Kaylee and River are running around like little girls, with Kaylee snatching an apple back that River stole from her, saying, “No power in the ’verse can stop me.” At the end of the episode, the ladies have gone to war alongside Zoe, Wash, Jayne, Book, and Simon, storming Niska’s skyplex to free Mal, and during the melee, River grabs Kaylee’s gun and shoots three guards dead with three shots—without even really looking. (“No power in the ’verse can stop me,” she smiles.) She’s taken on a new role: from skittish, silly kid to warrior-woman.
Obviously though this episode mainly means us to take the measure of Wash and Mal, as “men” in the traditional sense of the word. The plot of this episode kicks in after Wash says to Zoe, “What this marriage needs is one less husband,” and it ends with her feeding him what he calls “wife soup,” after he spearheads the big raid. In between he refers to himself as a “large, semi-muscular man,” and talks about how “there’s a certain motto… a creed among folks like us,” like he’s some kind of big damn hero. But Wash also pesters Mal on their trip like the dopey little brother that their mom has insisted has to tag along. “Are we gonna sing Army songs or somethin’?” he asks, like some kind of a smart-ass; and later, after saying that he’ll learn Zoe’s job as he goes, Wash whines, “So now I’m learning about carrying,” and then, “Now I’m learning about scary.” He’s a work in progress, our Wash, is all I’m saying, daring raid or not.
But as mentioned, Mal’s “maleness” is under scrutiny here too. In addition to the Inara scenes, I’ve never much liked the scene in “War Stories” where Mal and Wash snipe at each other about Zoe while Niska is electrocuting them, because it goes on for a long time and is painful to watch. But the payoff for the scene is deeply moving. Mal’s baiting Wash to give him something else to focus on besides the pain of torture, and after Zoe buys Wash’s freedom, he tells her what Mal did, choking up a little. Zoe, of course, is not a bit surprised. She knows Mal’s a good dude; and he’s a practical dude, who knows what makes sense in a crisis. (When Zoe tells Jayne to let Mal fight his way free, saying it’s something he needs to do for himself, a panicked Mal says, “No! No it’s not!”)
The real question is: Which version of Manly Mal do we like best? The big brother who’s watching out for us? The rakish romantic who promises Inara that he’s over his sword-fighting phase? Or the suburban TV dad who snaps at River and Kaylee, “One of you is gonna fall and die and I’m not cleanin’ it up!”?
DB: There’s at least one more Mal: The terrifying and violent force of nature who growls “You wanna meet the real me now?” before taking his revenge on Niska. I agree with you that the torture is lengthy and difficult to watch, but I’d argue that it’s necessary to give sufficient weight and consequence to the marital and quasi-marital spats. Niska admits that Mal is a remarkable person, but doesn’t have any clue how remarkable, because he’s never met (and would never have imagined the existence of) a person who prioritizes principle over self-preservation. Usually we see that kind of person in heroic or self-sacrificial settings, and we’ve been there with Mal in previous episodes. But here we witness it in extremis: What happens to that person when their slimy, oily opposite is at their mercy, and when the anger of being misjudged and taken advantage of has had a chance to boil over?
We had a discussion in the comments last week about this same phenomenon, asking whether Mal really intended to blow Jayne out the airlock. I confess that I never thought he did, that he was hoping to hear something that could trigger mercy. But here we are looking at the “real Mal,” unrelenting in his murderous anger, and the cause seems similar (if far, far slimier), making me rethink that assessment. I hadn’t thought it was particularly praiseworthy of Mal to be fed up with Jayne, no matter what the aggravating factors of personal and community betrayal. The question at this extreme, though, may not be what’s principled—it’s what one is pushed to.
That said, this bloodthirsty “real Mal” almost immediately ceases to conform to heroic-outlaw stereotypes when he welcomes Zoe’s intervention in his fight to the death with Niska’s torture master. A scene later, he’s admitting that he has “regrets” about not killing Niska, and we don’t know if they’re practical (Niska escaped) or principled (they didn’t pursue him). Fascinating character, this “real man.” Shan Yu’s dictum implies that underneath our layers of civilization, routine, history, and cognition, there is something simple: an animal fighting to survive. Niska says that he’s met the extraordinary man out of time that is Malcolm Reynolds, but expects to find something far more basic and real with one more layer of suffering. All the evidence we see, though, is that the real Mal has many facets, not just one; that he’s complex, not simple.
There’s another past comment of mine that I have to rethink: the one about Mal “playing captain.” The grim torture scenes could have been designed to illustrate that there’s no playacting about it. Yet fast-forward to the epilogue, and there’s another Mal making a show of taking Wash at his word by steeling himself to take Zoe to bed: “I know it’s a difficult mission, but you and I have to get it on.” And that brings us around full circle to our Zoe, who’s surely never been more kickass and charming than in this episode where she’s unfairly relegated to “other woman” status: “I understand. We have no choice. Take me, sir. Take me hard.”
- Simon chastises Book for being taken in by the “sadistic crap legitimized by florid prose” that is the philosophy of Shan Yu, but Book needles back by asking when Simon will be planning his next heist. (“I am thinking about growing a big black mustache,” Simon admits. “I’m a traditionalist.”) These two have a good chemistry. At the end of the episode, Simon is shaken up by the gunfight he took part in, saying, “I’ve never shot anyone before,” to which Book quips, “I’m fair sure you haven’t shot anyone yet.”
- Book takes part in the raid, even though the Bible has strict rules about killing. (“It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps,” he says.)
- As is often the case, River’s babble has more meaning than it initially may seem. While recovering from vomiting, she mutters to Simon, “I walked with my feet, I heard with my ears… I function like I’m a girl.” Note the last line, in connection with the themes of this episode.
- Hey, Wash has been in a firefight. Well, in a fire. Well, he was fired. (From a frycook opportunity.)
- Looking at Mal’s severed ear, and told by Zoe that they’re going to get the Captain back, Jayne says, “What are we gonna do, clone him?”
- A lot of Chinese in this episode. That knocks it down maybe a half-peg.
- From the “Here’s where society is at in the early 2500s” department: According to Mal, “about 50 percent of the human race is middle-men, and they don’t take kindly to bein’ eliminated.”
- From the “You don’t pay Jayne Cobb to talk pretty” department: After The Councillor arrives, Jayne takes one look at her and Inara, and says, “I’ll be in my bunk.”


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WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations today on the Foreign Tax Credit, a long-standing tax benefit that generally allows individuals and businesses to claim a credit for income taxes paid or accrued to foreign governments.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) made major changes to the tax law, including revamping the U.S. international tax system. Specifically, several Foreign Tax Credit provisions were changed, including repeal of section 902, which allowed deemed-paid credits in connection with dividend distributions based on foreign subsidiaries’ cumulative pools of earnings and foreign taxes. TCJA also added two separate limitation categories for foreign branch income and amounts includible under the Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) provisions.
Additionally, the TCJA changed how taxable income is calculated for purposes of the Foreign Tax Credit limitation by disregarding certain expenses and repealing the use of the fair market value method for allocating interest expense.
Finally, the TCJA made systemic changes to U.S. taxation of international income that impact the Foreign Tax Credit calculation. These systemic changes include the introduction of a participation exemption through a dividends received deduction for certain dividends in section 245A and the introduction of GILTI, which subjects to current U.S. taxation foreign earnings that would have been deferred under previous law, albeit at a lower tax rate and subject to extra Foreign Tax Credit restrictions.
The IRS also issued Proposed Regulations today relating to the allocation and apportionment of deductions and creditable foreign taxes, foreign tax redeterminations, availability of Foreign Tax Credits under the Transition Tax, and the application of the Foreign Tax Credit limitation to consolidated groups.Updates on the implementation of the TCJA can be found on the Tax Reform page of IRS.gov.


August 19, 2013 – Recently-retired Diageo CEO Paul Walsh orchestrated the acquisition of a controlling stake in Vijay Mallya’s United Spirits, and has now joined the Indian drinks company’s board as a non-executive director.
Under Walsh’s leadership, the drinks giant bought a 25% stake in United Spirits with the option to acquire more shares of the company, as well as control over day-to-day operations. The Telegraph reports Walsh will not receive any compensation for his role at USL while continuing to work with Diageo through June of 2014 assisting new CEO Ivan Menezes with transition issues. He is also slated to become the chairman of Compass Group next February, and serves as a non-executive director of Unilever, FedEx, and Avanti Communications.
Just-Drinks.com also reports that USL named former Shell India chairman Vikram Mehta to the company’s board as an independent director along with the Walsh appointment.
As a member of the United Spirits board, Walsh will have an as-yet-undefined role in the future of the company’s Whyte & Mackay Scotch whisky unit. The UK’s Office of Fair Trading is currently reviewing the Diageo/USL deal to determine whether the addition of Whyte & Mackay’s assets to the Diageo portfolio would violate competition laws. A decision is expected within weeks on whether to accept any remedies Diageo may propose or refer the case to the UK’s Competition Commission for further action. As CEO, Walsh indicated late last year that Whyte & Mackay’s assets would be surplus to Diageo’s needs, and published reports in India have suggested that USL might be willing to sell off all or a large stake in Whyte & Mackay to satisfy regulators.
United Spirits spokesmen have repeatedly refused to discuss the future of Whyte & Mackay, citing a policy against commenting on “market speculation.”


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Homemade bread stuffed with lots of pepperoni, mozzarella and Romano cheese. Served with marinara sauce.
Our homemade spinach and artichoke dip served hot with homemade pasta chips. Topped with diced tomatoes. Vegetarian.
Filled with avocado, cream cheese, sauteed red onions, melted cheese, black beans, eggplant and roasted peppers. Drizzled with ranch dressing, then topped with diced tomatoes and fresh cilantro. Served with Santa Fe ranch dressing and pasta chips. Vegetarian.
Hand breaded in our crunchy breadcrumbs. Served with tavern fries, honey mustard, and Santa Fe ranch dressing.
Gluten sensitive. Jumbo wings tossed in Buffalo wing sauce. Served with celery sticks and bleu cheese.
Chicken tenders tossed in sweet 'n spicy Thai sauce and served with Santa Fe sauce. Spicy hot.
Served piping hot with homemade croutons. Topped with melted mozzarella and Swiss.
Gluten sensitive. Tender chicken, white beans, roasted green chilies, onions and garlic in a healthy broth. Garnished with scallions. Spicy hot.
2 hand battered haddock fillets served with tavern fries and tartar sauce.
2 grilled chicken breasts topped with pesto sauce, roasted peppers, sauteed mushrooms and melted mozzarella. Garnished with diced tomatoes and scallions. Served in a light lemon butter sauce with a side of pasta marinara.
Thinly pounded breaded chicken breast lightly fried, brushed with lemon butter sauce and topped with mixed salad greens, fresh tomatoes, balsamic vinaigrette and shaved Romano cheese.
Italian breaded chicken breast topped with marinara, romano, and mozzarella. Served with bow tie pasta.
Hand breaded chicken tenders. Served with tavern fries and Santa Fe ranch.
Field greens tossed with grape seed vinaigrette, smoked bacon, blueberries, candied walnuts and goat cheese.
Crisp romaine tossed with homemade Caesar dressing, grilled chicken and homemade croutons. Topped with shaved romano cheese.
Mixed greens tossed with dijon balsamic vinaigrette, candied walnuts, mandarin oranges, wonton chips, roasted peppers, red onions and cucumbers. Topped with crumbly bleu cheese. Vegetarian.
Jerk sauce, mozzarella, chicken, bacon, roasted red peppers, ranch drizzle, red onion and scallions.
Sliced steak, red onions, roasted red peppers, mozzarella cheese, arugula and horseradish sauce.
BBQ chicken, BBQ sauce, smoked gouda and mozzarella, red onions and cilantro.
Mozzarella, Romano cheese and our tomato sauce and fresh parsley.
Pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, roasted peppers, mozzarella, tomato sauce, fresh parsley and Romano cheese.
Our traditional cheese pizza with loads of pepperoni and fresh parsley.
Sliced steak, sauteed onions, roasted peppers, mushrooms, American cheese, mozzarella and pepperoncinis.
Baby broccoli, eggplant, portobello mushrooms, basil, oven-roasted peppers, garlic oil and tomato sauce. Vegetarian.
Seasoned sauteed spinach, fresh mozzarella, tomato bruschetta, creamy ricotta and fresh basil. Vegetarian.
Fresh mozzarella, extra virgin olive oil, ricotta, sausage, parsley, pepperoni, Romano cheese and tomato sauce.
Fresh mozzarella, baby broccoli, eggplant, portobello mushrooms, oven-roasted peppers, basil and garlic oil. Vegetarian.
Fresh mozzarella, extra virgin olive oil, Romano cheese, tomato sauce and basil. Vegetarian.
Fusilli tossed with homemade cheese sauce. Topped with a crunchy cracker topping and fresh parsley. Vegetarian.
Tender chicken and shrimp wok tossed with mushrooms, shredded carrots, scallions and Chinese egg noodles in our spicy Asian cream sauce. Spicy hot.
A Buffalo, NY favorite! Tender grilled chicken and fusilli pasta tossed in our creamy buffalo sauce, then baked and topped with crumbly Bleu cheese and crunchy cracker topping. Spicy hot.
Melted fresh mozzarella, Romano cheese, oven roasted red peppers, arugula, fresh basil, balsamic glaze and garlic aioli.
Made with black beans, quinoa and veggies, topped with melted pepper jack, lettuce, fresh tomato salsa and spicy mayo. Vegetarian.
Bacon, sauteed mushrooms, melted Swiss, crumbly bleu cheese and cajun mayo.
Melted Swiss cheese, caramelized onions, arugula, homemade french onion fondue on grilled rustic bread. Served with french onion soup for dipping.
Loads of bacon, American cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo.
Lettuce, tomato and a choice of American, cheddar or fresh mozzarella.
Lightly battered and fried haddock. Served with lettuce, tomato and a side of tartar sauce.
Sliced steak topped with sauteed onions, mushrooms, roasted peppers, melted American cheese and garlic butter.
Chicken breast breaded, fried and topped with melted Swiss and crisp bacon. Topped with lettuce, tomato and ranch.
Portobello mushrooms, roasted peppers, olive spread, sliced tomatoes, arugula, grilled eggplant, fresh mozzarella and dijon balsamic vinaigrette. Vegetarian.
Sliced turkey, smoked gouda cheese, roasted red peppers, bacon, arugula, dijon mustard and mayo.
Norwegian salmon brushed with a teriyaki Asian glaze and topped with fried carrots, rice noodles, scallions and sesame needs. Served with steamed broccoli and seasoned rice.
Baked haddock smothered with a delicious lobster topping served over a bed of seasoned rice and finished with cracker crumbs. Served with seasonal vegetables.
Baked haddock served on a bed of spinach. Topped with cracker crumbs and a hint of lemon butter sauce. Served with homemade mashed potatoes.
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I'm Bloggin' Today: About Research in Writing
Updated: May 17, 2018
So in the beginning, you know before attending any writers conferences, workshops or talking with, you know, ANYONE, I thought that fiction was fiction. You have creative license to do what. It is, after all, your story right?
What do you mean by it?
It is specific to your story, look at it this way- it is usually what you are researching or need to be researching to make your fiction story sound believable.
Who’s gonna notice?
Two Words- YOUR READER!
Many times a reader picked your book because they felt a connection through a setting, event or subject. You must respect your reader to get the elements of your story as close to fact as possible without altering any of your creative ideas. The last thing you want to do is jar your reader out of a scene because they noticed something wrong in your story.
These connections make supporters and potential fans of your writing. The connection could be a certain type of writing, like historical fiction and the fan just loves the language set in that particular time-period. Imagine if the author didn't take the time to get it right? Maybe readers picked up my book because it was set in Boston- and come on, who doesn’t love Boston (except for maybe New York Yankee fans). Or, maybe they like crime series and if the detectives or agents don’t conduct proper procedure (or at least attempt) readers will pick up on it.
Does it really make a difference?
I’ve heard readers and authors say…I couldn’t take it, the author got it all wrong I had to put the book down.
The last thing you want to do as an author, alienate your readers! Readers will call you on whatever it is. They could potentially give you bad reviews. You get enough bad reviews, your chances of drawing in potential readers will diminish, Book sales will plummet- you see the progression, these are never good consequences. If I didn’t get it right as an author, I didn’t do my job by doing proper research. AND yes, research is part of the job.
So what, now I have to be 100%, like some expert?
No, unless it is essential to your story. Learning some of the basics and even a little beyond should take care of the need. But do what is necessary, take the time to visit a location, interview an expert, conduct fundamental research on the internet. Your readers will appreciate the efforts!
Why Blog about this?
A writer wants his/her writing to be as authentic as possible. I want to be as authentic as possible! And because of this, I can tell you what happened. I have been working on the second book in my series Gumshoe Girl. The setting plays a large part in this story. So, I was pouring over satellite photos and google maps trying to figure out how the setting will play into the circumstances of the story. Due to these awesome New England winters and timing, I wasn’t able to personally visit the location until last week. In doing this, I discovered that I have to scrap a large portion of my manuscript because what I had pieced together in my mind wasn’t correct.
It’s not that I wasn’t doing my due diligence from the start, I went on location to confirm what I had written would work. Glad I did, because it didn’t! Time for a new approach. I thought to lose this much of my manuscript was a setback, but the real setback would have been if I just ignored what I learned and kept what I had written. If I didn’t take the time to get it right.


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Even with the roof down, the clever aero work - which includes buttresses behind the trailing edge of the window to suck the air back across the deck rather than letting it recirculate into the cabin - keeps things civilised. Put the roof up and you can see from the silhouette of the car that the airflow will be fairly uninterrupted, and sure enough, wind noise is impressively subdued. You still get a fair amount of rumble from those fat tyres, and the exhaust echoes gently in the background, but you could live with this.
In fact, anyone driving a Huracán is going to wallow in the noise. It’s a vehicular amphitheatre - an acoustic bonanza of popping, burbling, crescendoing, ravening V10 engine noise. It’s not an exhaust note; it’s an overture, and opening the roof only lets you enjoy it more.
The powertrain is a delight to use in everyday stuff or in more spirited use. Twitch the appropriately large manual paddles and you feel instantly in charge of the gearbox, as it quick-fires up or down a gear, letting you make the most of the V10 with its joyous lack of inertia and free-revving nature.
Maybe there isn’t the detonation of gut-wrenching mid-range acceleration that you get with the turbocharged McLaren 650S or Nissan GT-R, but there is real, deep satisfaction in using the long, crescendoing rev range of this engine. And whatever you compare it with, give it everything in a Huracán and it feels savagely, hilariously fast.
But there is a niggling sense of something missing in this car. And that, unfortunately, is in the handling. For a start, and as we’ve already established in the coupé, the variable-ratio Dynamic Steering that was fitted to our car is definitely one to avoid.
On top of that, the four-wheel drive system delivers the same edge of disappointment that there isn’t a little more life to it. Sure, in virtually any normal road use, the Huracán Spyder feels easily edgy enough to satisfy the majority of supercar owners. Dull, it isn’t.
But when you get the opportunity to push harder, to find out what it can do, it starts to reveal its slightly nannying tendency to understeer earlier than you’d like - to not respond to throttle feathering with the sort of elegant, millimetre-perfect adjustability of a Ferrari 488 or a McLaren 650S.
Even with all that, the Huracán is fun. Just looking at it is fun, let alone driving it. But this is not a car that ever feels completely unfettered by the veil of electronic interference. It never shrugs and says: "You think you’re man enough? You go for it."


Board of Aldermen Meeting Agendas & Minutes
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The Board of Aldermen meet on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the Ballwin Government Center, 1 Government Ctr. Schedule and place subject to change. Meetings are open to the public. All citizens are urged to attend.
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ALDERMANIC WORKSHOP & BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING
The Ballwin Board of Aldermen will conduct an informal work session on Monday, August 22, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Board room at the Donald “Red” Loehr Police and Court Center at 300 Park Drive. The purpose of this session will be to discuss a few of the topics proposed by Alderman Fleming, such as
The regular Board of Aldermen meeting will commence at 7:00 p.m.
An aldermanic work session will be conducted after the adjournment of the Board of Aldermen meeting. The purpose of this session will be to discuss financial issues.
These meetings and all other meetings are open to the public and the building is handicapped accessible.
Robert Kuntz, City Administrator
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CITY OF BALLWIN
August 22, 2005 Board of Aldermen Meeting Minutes
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING
CITY OF BALLWIN – 300 PARK DRIVE
August 22, 2005
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Young at 7:09 p.m.
The Pledge of Allegiance was given.
The Minutes of the August 8, 2005 Workshop Session were submitted for approval. A motion was made by Alderman Buermann and seconded by Alderman Suozzi to approve the Minutes. A voice vote was taken with a unanimous affirmative result and the motion was declared passed.
The Minutes of the August 8, 2005 Board of Aldermen meeting and Closed Session were submitted for approval. A motion was made by Alderman Buermann and seconded by Alderman Suozzi to approve the Minutes. A voice vote was taken with a unanimous affirmative result and the motion was declared passed.
Becky Schneider, 566 Windsor Mill: Ms. Schneider spoke regarding the Canada Geese. Ms. Schneider said that she walks over to Vlasis Park everyday to see the geese and there are other people who do the same. She said that she heard that one of the things that was considered was actually rounding them up and killing the geese. She said she finds that unconscionable. Ms. Schneider said, “I can’t understand doing that, but I understand that that’s not the road that you took, but I don’t know that you’ve made a permanent decision about it. I want to 1) support the animals because they can’t come in and say anything to you, 2) find out what the next steps are that you’re considering, and when this is going to come up on the agenda again.”
Mayor Young said that it won’t be probably until next year. He asked Ms. Schneider to provide her contact information to Linda Bruer. He said we have started the process. It’s not going to happen overnight. He said you will notice a decrease and I’m hoping that over the future, we’ll still have a few geese, but not 180 geese here.
Ms. Schneider asked if at this point, are there active plans to do any harm to the animals? Mayor Young said no, none other than chase them off. Ms. Schneider said there are other people who come to the park to see the geese. It’s a real asset to the park to have wildlife.
Jennifer Robinson, 41 Log Hill Lane: Mrs. Robinson spoke regarding Helmets and Child At Play signs. Ms. Robinson said you can educate parents all you want to, but if the parents are not going to put the helmet on their kid, it’s better to educate the children. She said you need to start with the children to make them accountable for their behavior and why they need to do it. If you go the route of awareness for kids and what can happen, and maybe even involve doctors, and show the kids that they cannot walk, cannot talk, cannot play or eat, that might be a good way to go. She said she doesn’t believe in scaring kids, but she does believe in making them aware of what can happen to them.
Mrs. Robinson then said we all think the speed limit is 25, but to a lot of people that means that you never get busted for 5 over. She said that means it’s really 30 mph, and then all of a sudden my kid has been hit by a car. She would be willing to help pay for signs. City Administrator Kuntz said the concept was approved tonight and we should have something real soon.
BILL # 3371 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, SECTION 1-2 ENTITLED DEFINITIONS BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW DEFINITION FOR THE TERM “EMERGENCY VEHICLE,” AND BY AMENDING CHAPTER 15, SECTION 15-257 BY DELETING THE PRESENT SECTION AND SUBSTITUTING A NEW SECTION 15-257 THEREFOR.
A motion was made by Alderman Buermann and seconded by Alderman Robinson for a first reading of Bill No. 3371. A voice vote was taken with a unanimous affirmative result and the motion was declared passed. Bill No. 3371 was read for the first time.
A motion was made by Alderman Suozzi and seconded by Alderman Terbrock for a second reading of Bill No. 3371. A voice vote was taken with a unanimous affirmative result and the motion was declared passed. Bill No. 3371 was read for the second time.
A roll call was taken for passage and approval of Bill No. 3371 with the following results: Ayes –Fleming, Pogue, Lembke, Buremann, Gatton, Robinson, Suozzi, Terbrock. Nays – None. Whereupon Mayor Young declared Bill No. 3371 approved and it became Ordinance No. 05-38.
CONSENT ITEMS: (Budgeted items which are low bid and do not exceed expenditure estimates and/or items which have been previously approved in concept.)
A motion was made by Alderman Buermann and seconded by Alderman Robinson to accept the Consent Items. A voice vote was taken with a unanimous affirmative result and the motion passed.
City Administrator Kuntz said the radio system equipment is much needed and will very much affect the job that the communications personnel due on a regular basis. Having reliable equipment in an area as critical as the communications center is very important. He said that staff did a lot of homework in putting the bid proposal together, they got competitive prices, and are within budget.
Jerry Cummins, Claymont: Mr. Cummins questioned the purchase of radios costing so much money. Police Chief Biederman explained that this is not for car radios, it is the main radio system. This is a dispatch consol radio, which is one system.
Mr. Cummins asked if there is there something wrong with the equipment we have. Police Chief Biederman said the equipment is 25 years old and we can’t get parts for it any longer.
Alderman Robinson explained that the highest bid was $104,000, and the second highest bid was $98,580, and this bid. This was a process that when we go over our budget much earlier in the year, we begin our budget process the year before. We have to approve what we are going to spend this year, so all of our department heads come to us a year in advance to let us know what they need in their department to keep us functioning in a manner that Ballwin residents deserve. With respect to this system in particular, we had been delaying the inevitable. If your concern is that maybe we don’t need this, let me assure that we do need this. He said we spent a lot of time a year ago trying to decide what we were going to cut because we made decisions on how to prioritize our spending, and we approved this a year ago.
At this point, Mr. Cummins was satisfied with the explanation.
Special Use Exception Transfer – Ballwin Oaks Plaza: Mayor Young said that we discovered that the plaza changed ownership in August, 2004. Tom Lotus, property manager for Ballwin Oaks, Walport Properties, 11457 Old Cabin Road, 63141 is present to answer questions from the Board.
City Administrator Kuntz said the only issue is the common thread that we are experiencing with all S.U.E. transfers on Manchester Road, and that is the unresolved question regarding the sidewalk improvement project that is currently underway.
Mayor Young asked if he has agreed to participate in that plan. Mr. Lotus said yes, as long as it’s 30%. City Administrator Kuntz said his share is the 30% which is what our share is. He said Mr. Aiken will send a letter of approval and confirmation, assuming the Board does that tonight.
A motion was made by Alderman Buermann and seconded by Alderman Terbrock to approve the S.U.E. transfer for Ballwin Oaks Plaza. A voice vote was taken with a unanimous affirmative result and the motion passed.
Appointments: Board of Adjustment: Mayor Young said that Don Mertz has decided not to continue on the Board of Adjustment. He has been on this Board since 1972. He has devoted a career here and has done a fine job. Mayor Young suggested a representative from Ward 1 since this ward is not currently represented on the Board of Adjustment. Alderman Pogue recommended Gary Winter. He is an active member of the community and has been involved very extensively with the Ballwin Athletic Association. He was previously considered for a position on the Planning & Zoning Commission.
A motion was made by Alderman Pogue and seconded by Alderman Terbrock to appoint Gary Winter to the Board of Adjustment. A voice vote was taken with a unanimous affirmative result and the motion passed.
Arts Commission: Mayor Young said that he has been asked to appoint Gail Strong to the Fine Arts Commission as a voting member. She has been attending the meetings and assisting with events for over a year. Because of her dedication to the commission and her professional background, it has been requested that she become an official member of the commission. Christopher Howard will be removed from the commission due to difficulty attending meetings.
Alderman Lembke said that the Fine Arts Commission needs business input to help drive the commission forward rather than just people who are artists, and Gail Strong has the business background.
A motion was made by Alderman Suozzi and seconded by Alderman Buermann to appoint Gail Strong to the Fine Arts Commission. A voice vote was taken with a unanimous affirmative result and the motion passed.
Mayor Young said that the ordinance also calls for an appointment of an alderman to the Fine Arts Commission as a liaison. He asked if an Alderman would like to volunteer to fill the position until April, and then will go back to the normal process. Alderman Lembke said that since this commission meets at in the early evening, he volunteered to fill this position.
A motion was made by Alderman Robinson and seconded by Alderman Terbrock to appoint Alderman Lembke as the aldermanic liaison for the Fine Arts Commission. A voice vote was taken with a unanimous affirmative result and the motion passed.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
Future Meetings: City Administrator Kuntz asked for direction regarding the proposed budget meeting schedule. The first work session would be held on October 24 at 5:30 p.m. There will be two nights that will require an early starting time. Mayor Young said that November 14 is a scheduled Town Hall meeting at West Springs Church at Ries Road and Big Bend. A Saturday would be another option for the budget meeting. After discussion regarding the starting time of the October 24 budget work session, the Board agreed to start the meeting at 5:30 p.m.
Cash Flow: City Administrator Kuntz said the date of the bond payment is in August. Typically our construction projects seem to hit about that time. What’s complicating this one is the invoice on the Manchester Road sidewalk because it’s a reimbursable grant. He said until we pay it, we don’t get it back from the State. Sometimes it’s going to be 4 weeks or 6 weeks. In the event that we have a cash flow issue, we have the funds, we will make budget. He suggested a motion of authorization to do that, with the idea that it would then be restored by the end of the year or the first of next year, as quickly as possible.
A motion was made by Alderman Lembke and seconded by Alderman Gatton to authorize the transfer of funds, if necessary, from operations to capital, and will be restored by the end of the year or the first of next year as quickly as possible. A voice vote was taken with an affirmative result and the motion passed.
Closed Session – Real Estate: City Administrator Kuntz asked that the closed session regarding real estate be conducted after the work session.
CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT
City Attorney Lucchesi said that he has researched generating funds for sidewalks. He said the statutes are fairly strong in our favor that we can do by ordinance a formula in order to charge for sidewalks in front of properties, just by ordinance.
City Administrator Kuntz said that we are trying to avoid this dialog and negotiations. It has always troubled me that due to timing, one property owner comes forward as a good corporate citizen, and the next one does not want to participate, and it doesn’t seem inherently fair. He said he wants to figure out a way to come up with a level playing field so that the people who ask for the S.U.E. two weeks from now, after the sidewalk is down, doesn’t get treated the same as this gentleman that came in here tonight and the gentleman who came in here two weeks ago.
A motion was made by Alderman Lembke and seconded by Alderman Robinson to draft legislation to collect funds from the S.U.E. transfers for sidewalk work. A voice vote was taken with a unanimous affirmative result, and the motion passed.
Alderman Pogue thanked the Parks & Recreation staff and Public Works staff for the fast action of recovery from the storm damage. There are a lot of residents who are grateful for the fast service.
A motion was made by Alderman Buermann and seconded by Alderman Suozzi to adjourn. The motion passed unanimously and the meeting was adjourned at 7:51 p.m.
City Administrator Kuntz announced that the Board is going to go into a work session to discuss the City’s future finances. This work session was advertised. Everyone is welcome to stay and listen to the open public meeting discussion. It is not anticipated that any official action will be taken, but this could happen.
WORK SESSION: The Work Session was called to order at 7:54 p.m.
The Work Session adjourned at 8:58 p.m.
A motion was made by Alderman Suozzi and seconded by Alderman Terbrock to adjourn to closed session, according to the provision of Section 610.021 of the Missouri statutes for the purpose of discussing real estate. A roll call vote was taken with a unanimous affirmative result and the motion passed to adjourn to closed session at 9:00 p.m.
The Board convened in closed session at 9:05 p.m.
A motion was made by Alderman Buermann and seconded by Alderman Lembke to adjourn the closed session. A roll call vote was taken with a unanimous result, and the closed session was adjourned at 9:21 p.m.
The Board reconvened in open session at 9:22 p.m.
Mayor Young announced that the Board met in closed session to discuss a real estate issue, J.B. Automotive property. He said that Petersons want out of their property to allow City Administrator Kuntz to do an economic feasibility study of the property. The motion was made by Alderman Buremann and seconded by Alderman Suozzi. A roll call vote was taken with a unanimous affirmative result and the motion passed.
A motion was made by Alderman Buermann and seconded by Alderman Lembke to adjourn the open session. The motion passed unanimously and the meeting was adjourned at 9:22 p.m.
Walter S. Young, Mayor
Robert A. Kuntz, City Administrator


Drop the neutral palette and breathe life into your kitchen with bright pops of colour
Whether it is to grab a cup of coffee in the morning or a quick bite in the middle of the night, the kitchen is one place visited by every family member. It is clearly a much-loved and used space, so why bring it down with dull colours?
Follow these tips to bring in bright colours for a vibrant kitchen:
This is one zone that can either become an eyesore or the centre of attention. You can choose tiles in vivid colours and bold patterns. In fact, you can even try a mosaic tile application here.
Counters bear a lot of wear and tear. Line the surface with slip-resistant coating that can be changed every few months subject to the damage it sustains. Pick a pleasant shade that shows up spills and crumbs to be cleaned up.
Line these too with the same slip-resistant coating to get a matching look or find a contrasting shade for some fun colour play. Use glitter print or solid matte coloured washi tape on the edges to add some visual texture.
Let your boring white or stainless steel kitchen equipment stand out with bold decals to make them look more appealing.
A single, canary yellow cake stand can become a conversation starter. Trays and cutting boards with pretty motifs act as statement pieces when hung from racks. Soup ladles or silicone spatulas in a gamut of colours will also do the trick.
Decorate the walls with stencilled drawings of flowers or food-related imagery. The chalkboard with grocery lists and family chores can be written on with colourful chalks.
Succulents and herbs growing in small, colourful containers will add cheer to your kitchen. Place them out of the way on small shelves and keep rotating and watering them regularly so they look plump and healthy.
Find the brightest prints available and hang them on hooks on the walls. Layer simple, old school, red and white checked tablecloths with placemats in eye-catching solids.
Chalkboards can also come in handy – list down the list of chores and groceries in colourful chalks for a fun element in the kitchen.
An easy way of creating some visual drama in any space is by contrasting two colours, even if they are as basic as black and white. For more splashes of colour, you can invest in vibrant utensils such as soup ladles, spatulas and even whips.
A sure-fire way of making your kitchen pop is by using a colourful splashback. Explore tiles in bright colours, or even a mosaic pattern for a splashback that becomes the centre of attention.
Potted plants and even succulents bring in a pop of colour with their vibrant green shades. To keep things fresh, you can switch around your plants regularly.


Birmingham City Council is burning waste wood instead of reusing it despite concerns over the falling rates of recycling, it has emerged.
The council’s cabinet was told that the cost of recycling the wood collected at council tips has risen so it is being put into the Tyseley incinerator instead.
Although the incinerator generates electricity from the wood, it is seen as unsustainable and much more harmful than recycling and officials are drawing up a plan to reuse or recycle more dumped wood.
Details emerged as latest figures reveal the council is still struggling to meet its recycling target of 36 per cent of all household waste.
It is recycling just 29 per cent in December following a slump blamed on the roll out of wheelie bins and withdrawal of free garden waste collections.
Opposition Conservative leader cllr Robert Alden raised the issue as the cabinet found that the city council is under performing on 57 per cent of its targets including recycling.
A report says that thee has been a ‘contraction’ of the wood waste industry leading to rising costs making the incinerator the cheapest method of disposal.
He asked: “Are we putting wood into the incinerator? This is having an impact on the recycling figures?”
Strategic director in charge of bins Jacqui Kennedy answered that the council contractor Veolia is using the incinerator. “We are looking at a new plan around wood,” she said.
The council is also looking to set up more reuse centres, like the one next to the Norris Way tip in Sutton Coldfield where unwanted items are restored, made into something else for sale. Last month the Birmingham Mail told how an artist has made an R2D2 replica from junk collected at the Sutton Coldfield site.
Councillor Alden was also critical of the decision to drop a pledge to empty wheelie bins within three days of a missed collection. He explained that some people were waiting with bins by the roadside for five days.
Ms Kennedy replied that they have collected data on the problems and there is a review of collection days under way to improve the service.


This story is part of the Healthyish Guide to Feeling Better Already, a collection of recipes, remedies, and distractions to get you back on your feet.
When I set out to develop this simple Vitamin C salad, I wanted to come up with a dish that was exactly what the name suggested. It needed to pack a ton of Vitamin C, and it had to be something that you could make really easily, whether you’re sick, on the verge, or just feeling normal and in need of a health boost.
There are so many leafy greens and other vegetables that provide Vitamin C, but I didn’t go that route because nobody wants to turn on the stove or cook anything when they’re feeling sick. Instead, I went full-on citrus and packed in some fruits that I love that don’t get enough attention. The main ingredients are mango, kiwis, and various citrus. They all pack a lot of Vitamin C, and they’re all in season right now. Just take your fruit, peel it, and cut it however you want. Irregular pieces are totally great. It doesn’t matter! You’re going to eat it! Just get it into pieces you can chew.
You know those intense, $18 juice shots? That’s basically what this dressing is. I use store-bought carrot juice—if you want to make your own, that's great, but you don’t need to—a little bit of turmeric, some lime juice, and a lot of grated ginger. This is a high-energy, cold-busting dressing. The carrot juice adds even more Vitamin C plus Vitamin A, and it also lends a sweetness and creamy velvetiness that I just love. It’s not thick, but it definitely has a richness to it and it coats the fruit, which I like. And it goes well with a drizzle of olive oil.
To dress the salad, spoon half the carrot dressing into a shallow bowl and arrange the citrus, mango, and kiwis on top. Add on the remaining dressing, then top with a drizzle of olive oil, sea salt, and red pepper flakes if you crave a little spice. This Vitamin C salad is so juicy, intense, zingy, and gingery—if this doesn’t make you feel better, I don’t know what will.


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If you’re coming to Tampa, FL and need a truly unique experience, you’ll do no better than a visit to the Serengeti Safari at Busch Gardens. This guided tour will put you face to face with some of the most intriguing creatures that walk the earth.
The Serengeti Safari experience at Busch Gardens gives visitors a chance to trek through 65-acres of land in an open-air vehicle. The exhibit grounds have been recreated to imitate the actual homeland of the exotic animals featured on the tour, some of which you can even feed by hand. Don’t try that with the lions, though, you may give a whole new meaning to “hand-feeding”.
Conveniently located in Busch Gardens in Tampa, this great vacation spot can be easily accessed in your van rental in Florida from Carl’s Van Rentals.
This exclusive park experience is perfect for everyone in the family and is handicap friendly. Kids will definitely love feeding the giraffes on this safari tour. The usual suspects are in attendance on these tours; including ostriches, zebras, and giraffes.
Another feature of the Serengeti expedition is the night safari. When the sky darkens, different animals on the grounds become more active. Night time safari goers will be able to come into close contact with lions, hippos, hyenas, rhinos, and more. The Serengeti Night Safari also features amenities like food, cold drinks, and a late night bonfire.
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I met her at the base of Bloody Fingers, a 5.10 hand and finger crack that I’d just led at the Super Hits Wall. The Ecuadorian and her boyfriend were eyeballing Twist and Crawl, a 5.8 prow to the right. The first bolt was gleaming about 30 feet up, and it wasn’t clear what happened above that.
“Do you know if thees climb ees all bolts?” she asked.
I didn’t. If I’d ever done the route, it had been two decades earlier, and her guidebook didn’t offer any answers, either. “Do you have any gear with you?” I asked her.
“Only quickdraws, no protections,” she said, smiling sweetly.
Why on earth would you come to the City of Rocks without a trad rack? I wondered. And then, a little chagrined, I remembered my own first trip to the City. Although I’d packed a rack, I hardly touched it—I was too intent on the City’s new sport climbs. It took a few more visits before I realized just how much I’d been missing.
The City of Rocks is a landscape of granite domes and spires, sage meadows, and aspen groves sprawling across a broad valley in south-central Idaho’s Albion Mountains. It’s one of America’s greatest destinations for mid-grade climbers. “Family friendly” is the phrase you often hear: The camping is cheap and pleasant, the approaches are short, and the staging areas below the climbs are generally flat and often shaded. It’s common to see a set of parents sneaking in a climb while the others babysit. For most climbers, City of Rocks is a destination for chilling outdoors with friends and family, not a place to push the sport’s limits.
But it wasn’t always this way. In the late 1980s and early ’90s, City of Rocks was at the cutting edge of American sport climbing. When my partners and I first drove across Colorado and Utah to get there, we went for one reason and one reason only: to clip bolts. These days, it’s hard to understand how novel and exciting sport climbing felt when it was still young in the United States. (It was also, of course, extremely controversial, but those of us who embraced sport climbing sought out new bolted routes like a dog seeks tennis balls.) At the City, bolted routes with names like She’s the Bosch and The Drilling Fields celebrated the new wave. A photo of Shelley Presson crimping a technicolor arête on the cover of Climbing No. 118 somehow made southern Idaho look sexy and enticing. Tony Yaniro was putting up 5.13s on a stunning formation called the Dolphin—we couldn’t climb that hard, but we wanted to crimp granite edges and clip solid bolts, and City of Rocks was the place to do it. There were crack climbs here, we knew, but we barely glanced at them. Hardly anybody did.
Along with countless curious Americans, many of Europe’s best climbers made the unlikely pilgrimage to Idaho. Experimentation and controversy followed. In the nearby Castle Rocks area, Yaniro created a bizarre climbing competition on lines of chipped and bolt-on holds leading up blank granite. When the National Reserve was created, two of the leading City of Rocks climbers were temporarily banned from the park for various infractions. Within a year of my first visit, the Dolphin was closed (it was located on private land), and a moratorium on new bolts was imposed. The best climbers moved on to newly discovered—and much steeper—sport climbs in places like Rifle, Colorado, and American Fork, Utah. What was left was an everyman’s Eden. The few new climbs that get bolted today (under a permit system) are generally much easier than in the past—some of the most popular are multi-pitch, heavily bolted 5.7s and 5.8s. The sport climbing is fun and well-protected, but if you come here more than once (and, for God’s sake, you should), you may start looking for more. Like television or snack food, the familiar sport climbs of the City are easy to consume, but not deeply satisfying. Looking for greater rewards, I decided to check out some of those crack climbs I’d skipped years ago.
What I discovered was a wonderland of varied, historical, and just plain fun climbs. A route like Brown Flake (5.10d) on Morning Glory Spire had intricate moves, excellent protection, and a burning pump, and to me it was infinitely more memorable than the crowded 5.10 sport route just to its left. Trad routes drew me to entire cliffs that I might never have visited otherwise, like the amazing Lost Arrow Spire (5.7), deep in the Circle Creek drainage, or the Buzzard Perch, home to a top-notch corner called Terror of Tiny Town (5.11a/b)—minutes from the car but unvisited by the hordes on nearby Parking Lot and Rabbit rocks.
I also learned that the ’80s sport climbing boom was not the first time the City had been at the forefront of American rock climbing. During the 1960s, the cracks and runout friction faces established by the Steinfell Club—an informal gang of mostly Utah-based climbers led by the preternaturally talented Greg Lowe—were equal to or harder than the hardest routes being done at the time in Yosemite Valley, Eldorado Canyon, and the Shawangunks. Tucked away in a southern Idaho backwater, with no magazine reports or the Internet to trumpet achievements, these climbs were noticed by few. Later, would-be first ascensionists in the City often discovered that Lowe and his peers had gotten there first.
These trad routes, along with other lines put up in the 1980s by Reid Dowdle, Stan Caldwell, Dan Sperlock, and Dave Bingham, are attractive in other ways, too. Many of them will take pro almost anywhere, making them well-suited for developing skills and pushing grades. The rock here is more textured than Yosemite Valley’s slippery granite, and the lines are much more varied than Indian Creek’s towering splitters—meaning a single rack of nuts and cams is usually plenty. On the other hand, the City’s trad routes are no place to collect big, ego-boosting numbers. As Jim Donini, who has been climbing at City of Rocks since the late 1970s, puts it, “The sport ratings and the trad ratings here are… kinda different.” Meaning considerably stiffer.
But that’s OK. After two rounds in the spotlight of American climbing, City of Rocks isn’t the place for big-grade, spray-worthy ascents. Now, above all, it’s a place to have fun, and the more you explore the City’s trad climbs, the more fun you’ll have.
Get Outta Town: Four Killer Rest Day Activities
Hike/run. The Circle Creek loop cruises eight miles along the north and south forks of the City’s main drainage, passing many outstanding crags—it’s a great chance to scope out-of-the-way climbs. Side trails provide options for shorter hikes.
Cycle. Bring a bike for quick outhouse visits from your campsite, and then tour the City on a rest day. A roughly 20-mile loop follows the park’s recommended auto tour along the mid-1800s Emigrant Trail to California (don’t miss the names painted on Register Rock in wagon-axle grease). Finish the loop by blasting down the Tea Kettle Trail from Emery Pass. Find a map at nps.gov/ciro.
Soak. Durfee Hot Springs in Almo (durfeehotsprings.com) houses steamy pools, swimming, and showers. Tracy’s General Store in Almo also offers showers ($4). For a more natural experience, scramble up the west side of Bath Rock (four rebar ladder rungs at the crux) and take a dip in the rain-filled potholes on top—a ritual for the native Shoshone, according to legend.
Eat. Escape evening thunderstorms with a night on the town in tiny Almo. The Outpost Steakhouse (almocreek.com/outpost, closes early on Sunday) has, yes, steaks—and killer homemade pies. Or hit Rock City Mercantile for pizza and craft beer.
Be a Good Neighbor: A Word of Advice on Life in the City
Toproping is very popular at the City, and it’s a great way to expose climbers to new styles and difficulties. But siege-toproping a route (or entire cliff sector) with a large group is extremely discourteous and deprives leaders of the chance to experience all the great climbs the area has to offer. If you have a large group, break into smaller parties, switch routes frequently, and let someone lead through if your group has already done three or four ascents of a given climb.
The Hit List: Must-Do Trad Routes in the City
Norma’s Book, Parking Lot Rock This chimney doesn’t look that great from the car, but solid rock, a cool tunnel at the start, and diverse climbing make it well worth doing. Two ropes for the rappel.
Easy Corner, Provo Wall The big, left-facing corner is intimidating and has a tricky and somewhat runout start, but experienced 5.6 leaders (it’s actually called 5.5 in the guidebook, but most consider it sandbagged) will love this route. The Provo Wall has two other excellent trad moderates—Triple Roofs (5.7) and White Flake (5.8)—and a good mixed route: Tennish Anyone (5.10a).
Wheat Thin, Elephant Rock An easy slab leads to a steepening, right-facing flake system. Plentiful jugs and footholds make this much easier than it looks from the ground. A 70m rope (or two ropes) is necessary to toprope or descend, and a No. 4 cam is nice but not essential. Nearby Rye Crisp (5.8) is the left-facing analog to Wheat Thin: wider and considerably harder, but still classic.
Lost Arrow (aka Classic Route), Lost Arrow Spire An exciting route to a spectacular summit, deep in the Circle Creek basin. After the tricky but well-protected crux pitch leading to a belay perch on the northeast shoulder, the second pitch moves back onto the east face, where an unprotected slab gains the top (5.5 R). Be careful how the rope runs over the sharp edge of the tower. A free-hanging 25-meter rappel brings you back down.
Lowe Route (aka Adolescent Homosexual or Adolescent Homosapien), Decadent Wall This climb and the neighboring Carol’s Crack (5.8) both start with scrambling and then steepen to an interesting crux headwall. A 70-meter rope is nice but not essential for the descent. Good morning shade. Tag ’em both.
Skyline, Morning Glory Spire Often crowded—but always worth checking out. As the name suggests, the route climbs the left skyline of the prominent tower (also known as the Incisor), as seen from the road. Interspersing cracks with face moves, this is not the best route for a novice leader, but it will reward anyone with trad experience—at this or any higher grade.
Batwings, Parking Lot Rock Variety is the theme of this 5.8+: Cracks, a hand traverse, and an exciting face climb at the top make it much more rewarding than the more popular and bolted Delay of Game (5.8) to its left. Use long slings on your first few pieces to minimize rope drag, and bear left to find the easiest path up the runout face at the top. Two ropes to rappel.
Private Idaho, Bath Rock While the crowds chase bolts up Rollercoaster (5.9) and Colossus (5.10c), rack up with nuts and cams for this beautiful corner crack. Go straight up the wider crack at the top for the 5.9 finish, or cheat left at 5.8. If this route’s a breeze for you, try Donini’s Crack (burly 5.10) on the same wall.
Yellow Wall, Twin Sisters area The striking Twin Sisters formations are off-limits, but some of the smaller rocks nearby are open to climbers—yet few venture to this isolated corner. Hike between the Twin Sisters and then weave along the ridgeline to stay on public land until you reach the Yellow Wall formation. This colorful 5.9 offers brilliant stemming along thin cracks, with knobs and patina edges for footholds. From the top, you can set up topropes on King of Suede (5.10c) or Wages of Sin (5.11b). And while you’re in the Twin Sisters area, don’t miss White Lightning (5.10a), a superb left-facing layback and jam crack.
Thin Slice, Parking Lot Rock Among the many great 5.10 crack climbs in the City, one of the best is Thin Slice (5.10a), which climbs like a juggy sport route (with nuts and cams for pro) until you reach a technical finger-crack crux. In my opinion, this is much better than the popular Bloody Fingers, also 5.10a. You can try to cheat left on both routes near the top, but Thin Slice doesn’t let you get away with it. A 5.10 climber could spend all day on good trad routes on the east side of Parking Lot: Other recommended ticks include Stress Fracture, Tow-Away Zone, and Beauty and the Beast.
Brown Flake, Morning Glory Spire Steep, intricate, and well-protected, this killer 5.10+ looks easy, yet it doesn’t see much traffic. If this were bolted, the moves would seem reasonable for the grade, but the pump clock ticks as you fiddle in wires, and most people are tempted to skip some placements and punch it to the jugs near the top.
Scar Tissue, The Office The Office corridor on the east side of the Creekside crag gets few visitors. Scar Tissue (5.11a) has a bouldery crux start—a crashpad would be welcome—followed by sustained thin-crack climbing. The gear is plentiful but painstaking to place, and there’s a second crux up high. Don’t miss Silent Partner (5.10d), a varied crack and face route with two bolts, just up the corridor.
Terror of Tiny Town, Buzzard Perch It’s safe to say that this 5.11a/b is one of the best thin corner cracks anywhere. Boulder up to a bolt (a stick-clip is nice), and then crank up to the bottom of the corner. Place a nest of small nuts and work up one engaging move after another, with a technical layback crux, to easier climbing near the bolt anchor at the top.
Beware of Nesting Egos, Elephant Rock With three well-spaced bolts in nearly 100 feet, supplemented by trad pro, this 5.11b classic requires serious skills and steady nerves. A finger crack, wild traverses, and some runout face climbing pack what feels like a full day of climbing into a half-rope length.
Crack of Doom, Morning Glory Spire This 5.11c crack splitting the western prow of Morning Glory was one of the hardest free routes in the country when Greg Lowe led it in 1965. The joy is in the variety: a bouldery start followed by a technical, strenuous thin crack leading to an ever-widening finish. The offwidth section is short and easy to bypass with long reaches from good jams. Beware: The oft-stick-clipped fixed piton protecting the start has been replaced at least once—it may not be bombproof. Either toprope the route or save it for the serious effort a classic testpiece deserves.
The Tip Line: Have More Fun and Beat the Crowds
Bring a stick-clip or learn how to make one (climbing.com/stick-clip). Many City classics (including trad climbs) have high first bolts or fixed pieces.
Reserve one of the City’s 64 campsites ($10.60–$12.72) as early as possible prior to your trip. Spaces fill quickly for Friday and Saturday nights (parksandrecreation.idaho.gov).
Choose a walk-in campsite for privacy and stellar views. These are often shady—a big plus in midsummer.
Refill your water jugs at a spigot in the Bath Rock parking area.
Groceries? Movies? Bowling? Head an hour north to Burley.
Climb during the week, and take a rest on Saturday, the peak day for crowds from the Salt Lake City area. Head to nearby Castle Rocks State Park on Sunday—the formations and climbs are similar, but the routes are less crowded.
Climb early and late in the day, and take a siesta midday when the crags tend to be busiest and hottest.
Anytime before Memorial Day or after Labor Day will be much less busy than midsummer. But beware: It could snow anytime.
Walk 30 to 60 minutes into the North Circle Creek or Twin Sisters areas to avoid the roadside masses.
Get a copy of the latest guidebook from Dave Bingham (falcon.com), due in spring 2014, to locate lesser-known routes.
Off the Beaten Cracks: Local Experts Reveal Their Under-the-Radar Favorites
Kim Miller, Alpine, Utah; Climbing in the City since 1968
Catwalk (5.8), Upper Breadloaves. “Friction, cracks, laybacks, face climbing. Much better climbing than Intruding Dike or Twist and Crawl—both within 100 feet—that are always stacked up with parties waiting in line.”
Battle of the Bulges (5.11a), Window Rock. “I’ve never seen a party on it. Classic stemming with small wired nut protection.”
Spider Gawd, aka Bad Manners (5.11b), Upper Breadloves. “Done in the ’70s by Jeff Lowe (guidebook says Greg Lowe—wrong) and Kevin Donald. Pretty airy and hard. I have never seen anyone else on this climb—ever!”
Brian Cabe, Salt Lake City, Utah; Climbing in the City since 1985
Corridor Crack (5.8), The Boxtop. “Short finger crack inside a shady chimney.”
Eagle Crack (5.10a), Eagle Rock. “Long, varied, excellent—and shady. Bring a 70-meter rope to lower off.”
Reach for the Sky (5.10b R), Morning Glory Spire. “A thin face/mixed route left of the popular Skyline, with a few bolts. Bring spotters for the start and small wires and cams for the finish.”
Heartbreaker (5.10d), Heartbreaker. “Short but stout thin-hands corner crack.”
Dave Bingham, Hailey, Idaho; City guidebook author; climbing in the City since 1978
West Ridge (“5.5-ish”), Lookout Rock. “Fantastic summit view.”
Norma’s Book (5.6), Parking Lot Rock. “Varied movement up a huge corner with cool features.”
White Flake (5.8), Provo Wall. “Engaging moves centered around a seemingly suspect, but solid, pillar.”
Boxtop Traverse (5.9), The Boxtop. “Super weird, but it’s a required route for all City climbers. Start with a perfect crack inside a chimney, and then do a freaky traverse under the giant block. Finish with classic edges all the way to the summit.”
Humble’s Tumble (“5.9d”), Provo Wall. “Training for Yosemite? Go here first.”
No Parking (5.10a), Parking Lot Rock. “It’s one of the best short cracks the City has to offer, but an easy fifth-class scramble to the awesome starting ledge keeps crowds away.”
Eagle Crack (5.10a), Twin Sisters. “Exposed and demanding old-school crack.”
Silent Partner (5.10d), The Office. “This has two bolts in the middle, but the biz is a testy finger crack up top.”
Scar Tissue (5.11a), The Office. “Maybe not off the radar, but it’s not to be missed. A bouldery start leads to in-your-face finger stuffing.”
Odyssey (5.12a), Odyssey Wall. “Crazy bouldery start to an awesome leaning hand crack.”
Brad Shilling, Almo, Idaho, City of Rocks climbing ranger; climbing in the City since 1991
“Many of the climbs in the North Fork of Circle Creek would have waiting lines if they were closer to the road.” For example:
Modelo (5.8+), Great Wall.
Crescent Crack (5.10a), Crescent Crag.
Fiesta (5.10b), Fiesta Spire.
Beef Jello (5.10d), Beef Jello.
Doug Colwell, Boise, Idaho, Climbing in the City “since dinosaurs roamed the Earth”
Yellow Wall (5.9) and King of Suede (5.10c), Yellow Wall. “Sweet side-by-side lines.”
Donini’s Crack (5.10c), Bath Rock. “It’s spit out more than one Yosemite crack climber.”
Checkered Demon (5.11c), Checkered Demon. “Very difficult start even before the hold broke.”


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