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This is my daughter's best friend, Libby Loo, who lives next door.
She always models anything I ask her to, with a smile and enthusiasm! Posing is still fun for her...
She is also the angel to my daughter's devilish side.
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wonderful shot.
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wow!saint angel!...very nice,Excellent capture.
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This is an excellent shot. She does look angelic. Excellent light and color.
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I agree with Marco!
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Adorable shot. My angel wasn't so cooperative.
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Ah, they seem to balance each other out : )
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so sweet .. great entry
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Lee 2-Cavity Bullet Molds are a great choice for reloaders looking for a quality mold at an affordable price. Lee machines their mold blocks from aluminum making them rust resistant. Aluminum molds heat up and cool down faster than iron or steel molds and good bullets can usually be produced only after a few casts. In addition, aluminum blocks are one-third the weight of iron or steel mold blocks offering the bullet caster less fatigue during extended casting sessions. To ensure the best possible bullets, mold block halves are CNC machined for unmatched roundness and size control. Weights given are Lee's weights with suggested alloy; actual weight may vary due to the alloy mixture used.
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Rain dropping into water is a fantastic sight. Just watching it "ker-plop" into the water and cause a shockwave that meets other shockwaves. I think it implies the same enjoyment people feel when they jump into a puddle of water, or dip their toes into a lake.
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God damn.
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Give me the lover who yanks open the door
of his house and presses me to the wall
in the dim hallway, and keeps me there until I'm drenched
and shaking, whose kisses arrive by the boatload
and begin their delicious diaspora
through the cities and small towns of my body.
To hell with the saints, with the martyrs
of my childhood meant to instruct me
in the power of endurance and faith,
to hell with the next world and its pallid angels
swooning and sighing like Victorian girls.
I want this world. I want to walk into
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Rapid Reaction: Astros 11, Sox 9
June, 10, 2012
By Chris Silva
CHICAGO -- Here's a quick look at the Chicago White Sox's 11-9 loss to the Houston Astros on Sunday.
How it happened: Things have not gotten any better for starter Phil Humber, whose struggles continued on Sunday afternoon. Humber was rocked for six runs on six hits, including three home runs, in 5 1/3 innings of work. He allowed a towering 461-foot home run to Justin Maxwell in the fifth, a shot that hit Section 357 in left field of U.S. Cellular Field. Humber also allowed three home runs in an April 26 loss to the Boston Red Sox. About the only smooth going for Humber was when he struck out five straight batters from the third to the fourth innings. The Astros had their way with the rest of the Sox's pitchers, tagging reliever Nate Jones for three runs on three hits in two-thirds of an inning and adding a Jose Altuve homer off of Zach Stewart in the eighth. The Astros even scored on a double steal in the sixth. A three-run home run by Orlando Hudson in the ninth made things interesting, although the rally fell short. Paul Konerko and Adam Dunn also homered for the Sox.
What it means: The White Sox concluded their homestand with a 4-5 record, leaving them with a half-game lead over the Cleveland Indians in the AL Central as they head to the road for the next week.
Ouside the box score: Even with third baseman Brent Morel now sidelined indefinitely, manager Robin Ventura shot down any possibility of Dayan Viciedo getting some playing time at third base; Viciedo came into the White Sox organization as a third baseman, playing 23 games there during the 2010 season. Ventura said it wouldn't be fair to Viciedo, who has had a smooth transition to left field after playing mostly in right last season. With upcoming interleague series against the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers, Ventura said Viciedo will likely face the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw, with Dunn occupying left field in most other games.
Up next: Lefty Jose Quintana (1-1) will make his fourth start of the season on Tuesday, opposing right hander Adam Wainwright (5-6) in the series opener at the St. Louis Cardinals. Game time is 7:15.
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Groupon Hong Kong's display campaign drove sales using new production tool.
Groupon Hong Kong, which started as a group-buying site online, has opened a 4,000 square feet branded concept store in Soundwill Plaza, Causeway Bay on Friday.
Located in the heart of the city's shopping district, customers will be able to redeem and test products in the store.
As part of its opening celebrations, Groupon seeded flash mob dancers in Times Square dancing to the tune of Korea's hit viral Gangnam Style. The YouTube video has attracted more than 5,500 views over the weekend.
Danny Yeung, CEO and founder of Groupon Hong Kong noted that many customers prefer picking their Groupon products instead of delivery in the city.
"The store reinforces our commitment to bringing more value and a better experience to customers in Hong Kong," he said in a press statement.
Yeung demonstrates that iPads are provided in-store for visitors to browse, purchase, print, and redeem Groupon vouchers on the spot.
Meanwhile, Groupon Hong Kong's switch to a new ad production tool has resulted in sales lift at more than 30 percent.
Groupon HK Creative Optimization Tool Increased Sales Conversion [Case Study]
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Objective: Groupon Hong Kong had to promote its daily offers from merchants and vendors to new consumers in a timely manner. When it first started, it would produce one set of generic ad banners to run for the year, which resulted in overexposure, ad blindness, and low CTR. Without adding production costs, the Hong Kong team had to find a way to drive more impressions on its daily deals, build customer base, and increase CTR.
Execution: Groupon started using MediaMind's creative optimization tool, Smart Versioning, which allows its media producer Rick Chan to automatically create and serve multiple ad versions that could target users by geography, behavior, and other characteristics such as audience's demographic data or interest (those that previously engaged with the ad) in August. His team was able to create a master ad template and changed creative elements quickly to promote new daily deals and refresh existing deals on a daily basis.
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The chefs at Calamari Restaurant strive to create familiar, comforting Italian foods with house-made ingredients and ocean-fresh fish. With an emphasis on seafood dishes, they grill salmon fillets and stuff lobster ravioli that the Miami New Times placed 50th on its list of 100 Favorite Dishes in 2010, calling it "the entrée that will keep you coming back for more." They also strive to recreate homemade flavors by creating their own Italian sausages and pasta, and roast pizzas in a wood-burning brick oven within sight of the dining room.
In addition to an indoor dining room, outdoor tables with checkered cloths surround a garden fountain, "evoking a seaside picnic," according to a 2009 review in the Miami Herald.
Small wrought-iron chandeliers, pendant lamps, and track fixtures bathe Focaccia Bistro's rustic-modern interior in an amber glow, illuminating towering wooden wine racks stuffed with European vintages. Though the white-clothed tables carry elegantly plated dishes of risotto, shellfish pasta, and handmade ravioli, the bistro's decor extends beyond Italy, enticing passersby with full-length front windows that evoke the aura of a 1930s-era café. French-influenced brunch consisting of croissants and baguettes further enhances the café vibe, as does the beret-sporting ghost that haunts the restrooms.
The only thing that's bad about ordering pizza is that no one can ever agree on toppings. At My Pi Custom Pizza, that's not an issue?each of the restaurant's gourmet pies is made from 9-inch slabs of dough, the perfect size for individual consumption. Customers can top their pizzas with custom fixings, including their choice of sauce and cheese, or opt for one of My Pi's signature creations, such as a Pi'Racha with spicy sriracha sauce, banana peppers, and jalape?os. The high-quality pies are matched by a hand-selected lineup of craft beers, a small selection that changes monthly but has included Terrapin's Hopsecutioner and Magic Hat #9.
Indecision is a virtue at CG Burgers. It gives diners more time to peruse the menu of build-your-own burgers and design a mental blueprint of the perfect meal. The patties of certified Angus beef, all-natural turkey, or bison begin as blank canvases before diners adorn them with as many as 17 complimentary toppings and condiments. The cooks can also load down burgers with 15 premium fixings, such as avocado or a tiny gold crown. Made using locally sourced ingredients whenever possible, the menu of all-American classics also distinguishes itself by including a vegetarian burger patty, zucchini fries, and silken gelato milk shakes. Even the fire-roasted wings present a bit of a spin on the original: they may arrive in a traditional buffalo sauce or glazed with a mixture of olive oil, garlic, herbs, and crushed red peppers.
A great chef requires an equally exceptional oven. Spartico?s chef Dario Correa, a veteran of the Delano in Miami Beach, places his creations into an Ambrogi?a stone-faced, wood-burning oven imported from Milan?s expert kitchen craftsmen. Over the oven?s embers, pizza dough blended from seasonal wheat turns crisp beneath layers of artisanal toppings such as goat cheese, dry-cured ham, and organic tupelo honey.
In the dining room, local musicians belt out Sinatra-style tunes as patrons greet the fresh-baked pies or sink forks into Italian staples ranging from eggplant parmigiana topped with local mozzarella to gnocchi saut?ed with porcini, portabella, and button mushrooms. Guests can also stop by for breakfast; the morning menu includes the Spartico breakfast panini, filled with scrambled eggs, saut?ed pancetta, sun-dried tomatoes, and melted tomino cheese.
Founded in 1912, Gardner's Market brought fine foods, gourmet groceries, and the services of skilled chefs to the public for over a century. While the grocer's store recently changed ownership, the mission and much of the market's renowned staff has endured. Executive Pastry Chef Luis Dorado still creates the same sinfully delicious sweet treats that have graced the cases during his 19-year tenure, whipping up everything from flourless chocolate tortes to crème brûlée. Other culinary artists spend their days crafting hot carrot bisque, Maryland mini crab cakes, and tres leches cake, cooked fresh and packed to go. They also whip up hot lunches, which vary in price from day to day due to the incorporation of market-price seafood and garnishes of freshly minted dollar bills. In the meat department, the team serves up certified angus beef, hormone-free chicken, naturally-raised lamb, and more.


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Police and prosecution sources in Enugu, the capital of Enugu State, have told SaharaReporters that they need the help of the public to track down key criminal suspects in the kidnap of Lotachukwu (aka Lota) Ezeudu, a second year accountancy student at the University of Nigeria, Enugu campus. Lota Ezeudu was kidnapped in late September 2009 when he was nineteen years old. Among those being sought as suspects are a divisional police officer, Sam Chukwu, and a sacked police officer named Desmond Ibezimako Chinweuba.
Several key suspects are in custody and are being held at the Enugu Prisons as their trial proceeds. The detained suspects include Uche Moses Amajor, whose father, Charles Amajor, resides in Kaduna but owned Prosper Hotel in the Trans-Ekulu area of Enugu, Ernest Okeke, a former police officer, and Nnaemeka Chukwu, the son of DPO Sam Chukwu. The trial judge has issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Chukwu, but he has been in hiding for more than a year.
A source with the Ministry of Justice in Enugu State told SaharaReporters that prosecutors are worried by the silence of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, on the arrest warrant for Mr. Sam Chukwu. "We believe the police in Enugu and Abuja are capable of finding DPO Sam Chukwu once the IG gives the order to find him," said a lawyer with the Ministry of Justice. He added that the fugitive officer, who had a reputation in Enugu as a sponsor of crime, has tainted the image of the police by his alleged role as the mastermind of a ring of kidnappers.
"The sooner the IG orders his men to fish [Sam Chukwu] out, the better," the source stated, adding that he thought the IG's silence was responsible for the failure to commence a serious search for the DPO.
Another source told SaharaReporters that investigators are seeking the public's help to find Desmond Chinweuba, one of the prime suspects in Lota Ezeudu's kidnap. Mr. Chinweuba, whose home town is Oduma in Aninri local government area of Enugu State, is said to be in his mid-30s. He is also described as 5 ft. 4 in. in height.
Both he and Ernest Okeke had been sacked from the police for engaging in armed robbery. They were released on bail and were living with DPO Chukwu and his family whilst undergoing trial when theyallegedly kidnapped Lota Ezeudu.
Desmond Chinweuba is believed to still be hiding in a West African nation. However, investigators have reportedly received tips that he occasionally visits Nigeria.
A police source pleaded that anyone with information on Desmond Chinweuba's whereabouts should contact the police at 0803.717.1380 or 0803.545.4840. A handsome financial reward will be offered to anybody who offers information that leads to the suspect's arrest.
The trial of the detained suspects will continue at an Enugu High Court in June.


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DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling 230,000 minivans in 20 cold-weather states and Washington, D.C., to fix rust problems that can cause the third-row seats to come loose.
The company says the recall affects Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey minivans from the 2004 through 2007 model years. They were sold mainly in Canada and U.S. states where salt is used to clear roads in the winter.
Ford said Thursday that rust can weaken the mounting brackets that hold the removable seats to the van floor. The company says no crashes or injuries have been reported from the problem.
Dealers will install new seat mounting brackets, placing them outside of the area that can rust. They'll also install panels above the rear wheels to prevent water from entering, Ford spokeswoman Kelli Felker said. Owners will be notified of the recall by letter during the last week of March.
"The panels will protect that area so that it won't get any other exposure to corrosive elements," Felker said.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began investigating the vans from the 2004 model year in December, and added 2005 through 2007 to the probe in April because they all have similar seat designs.
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Surprise: American Firepower Doesn't Make Countries More Peaceful
In addition to airstrikes against ISIS militants in Iraq, the U.S. has also ramped up its already substantial assistance to Iraq's military. This effort has only accelerated since the removal of controversial Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. According to the Wall Street Journal, this aid will come in the form of thousands of hellfire missiles and, if Congress agrees, new F-16s and Apache attack helicopters.
U.S. military assistance to allied governments is a common way of restoring stability in fragile states suffering from internal violence. But its track record isn't great.
A recent paper from economists Oeindrila Dube of NYU and Suresh Naidu of Columbia takes a look at the effectiveness in a very different context: the decades-old insurgency in Colombia.
Colombia is a good testing ground for this question, having received more than $5 billion in U.S. military aid since 1988 with the aim of stamping out the drug trade and pacifying the insurgency led by left-wing guerilla groups. American aid and weaponry was also distributed unevenly among local bases throughout the country, making it possible to assess the impact of varying amounts of assistance.
American aid was only supposed to end up in the hands of the Colombian military, but that's not how things worked out. While not allied with the government and formally banned, right-wing paramilitary groups, frequently accused of human rights abuses including extrajudicial killings, often received "informal assistance from military and police officers through unofficial channels" as the officers put it.
The authors found that in the areas they studied, a 1 percent increase in U.S. aid increases the frequency of paramilitary attacks by about 1.5 percent above the mean. On the other hand, it had no measurable effect on attacks by the guerillas or homicides. In other words, the aid seemed to increase the amount of violence perpetrated by pro-government armed groups without decreasing the amount committed by anti-government fighters.
The Colombian situation is obviously a very specific one, but the authors argue their research has wider implications:
Though we focus on Colombia, our results speak to broad questions in political development and international assistance. Military aid is sometimes proposed as a cure for weak states, as it is presumed to enhance the government's repressive capacity, and facilitate its ability to secure a "monopoly on the legitimate use of violence." Yet our results suggest that, in environments such as Colombia, international military assistance can strengthen armed non-state actors, who rival the government over the use of violence.
They also briefly discuss the implications for Iraq in particular, noting that during the U.S. occupation, "informal Shiite militias conducted joint operations with the U.S. backed Iraqi army against suspected insurgents, despite accusations of torture and other human rights violations."
The role of these militias is a concern during this round of hostility. Many took up arms in the wake of the ISIS invasion with the official Iraqi army seeming to be in disarray. Just today, reports have emerged of Shiite militiamen gunning down 30 Sunnis at a mosque in Diyala province, northwest of Baghdad. The actions of these militias are going to make it far more difficult to build the kind of ethnically inclusive government that will be necessary to counter ISIS, but Iraq's leaders may not have the political capital to rein them in, even if they genuinely want to.
(The paper also doesn't even get into the question of U.S.-supplied weapons captured by the militants themselves.)
Whether it's Colombia, Iraq, Afghanistan, or Central America, it's clear that providing weak governments with American firepower isn't the best recipe for stability. If it's going to work out better this time around, there needs to be a lot more oversight of how all the guns and money are being used.
The Real Winner of America's War on ISIS: Bashar al-Assad
Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the fairly obvious point yesterday that it will be impossible to deal a definitive blow to ISIS by attacking it on only one side of the increasingly irrelevant Syrian-Iraqi border. Here's the New York Times:
"This is an organization that has an apocalyptic end-of-days strategic vision that will eventually have to be defeated," said the chairman … in his most expansive public remarks on the crisis since American airstrikes began in Iraq. "Can they be defeated without addressing that part of the organization that resides in Syria? The answer is no."…
"It requires a variety of instruments, only one small part of which is airstrikes," he said. "I'm not predicting those will occur in Syria, at least not by the United States of America. But it requires the application of all of the tools of national power—diplomatic, economic, information, military."
Despite Dempsey's remarks, it's not really clear that "defeating" ISIS is actually President Obama's goal in this conflict. But that could change. Assuming that the U.S. does reluctantly take on the project of defeating ISIS, or at least substantially degrading it, that decision will inevitably deepen America's even-more-reluctant involvement in the conflict in Syria.
In that case, there's a pretty big elephant in the room. Up until now, the ostensible goal of the U.S. strategy in Syria—to the extent that the U.S. has had a definable strategy at all—has been to give "moderate" rebel groups a fighting chance against Bashar al-Assad's forces. If the focus has now shifted to defeating ISIS, where does that leave Assad?
There's been speculation for some time that the Syrian leader would seek to use the crisis in Iraq to his advantage. It's pretty apparent that Syrian forces tolerated the rise of the group in a bid to divide the rebels and scare off wary Western supporters, and only began attacking it after the Iraq crisis began this summer. It was a high-stakes gamble given that ISIS now reportedly controls about a third of Syrian territory, but one that could finally be paying off for the internationally isolated Syrian leader.
More prominent voices—today it's the former head of the British army—are now advocating the previously unthinkable position that Western governments should open dialogue with Assad. I don't see that happening, but as Reuters reports, the regime now seems to be expecting a quieter opening:
Assad is not expecting the West to perform a policy U-turn soon, the sources said. But having secured territory seen as vital for his survival, time is on Assad's side as he takes the long view in the struggle for Syria.
"The regime recognizes that the Western opening will be in secret, and via security channels and not diplomacy. The political-diplomatic opening needs longer," said Salem Zahran, a Lebanese journalist with close ties to the Syrian government. "But the regime believes that the whole world will come to coordinate with it under the slogan 'fighting terrorism.' "
The recently completed destruction of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile (let's not talk about the chlorine) could also make such an opening easier.
Even if the U.S. doesn't coordinate with Assad's government—the White House position as expressed by Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes is still that he's "part of the problem"—the shift in priority to ISIS does make it more likely that the American government is going to accept Assad remaining in power. Or at least it makes it less likely that the U.S. will take any major steps to remove him.
Assad played the long game with a pretty weak hand and now appears to be winning. Meanwhile, the death toll in his country just passed 191,000.
Russia to Bulgarians: Stop Repainting Soviet-Era Monuments to Look Like Ronald McDonald
It's hard to be a Soviet monument these days. The Moscow Times reports that the Russian embassy in Sofia has asked the Bulgarian government to take better care of Soviet-era war monuments, particularly the monument to the Red Army seen above, which has, at various points in recent years, been defaced to make the figures look like American superheroes (and Ronald McDonald), doused in pink, and painted the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
Meanwhile, back in Russia, a group of people apparently climbed to the roof of a Stalin-era skyscraper Wednesday morning to paint a Soviet star the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag.
In Russia, many of the statues and monuments of the Soviet period are still in place. Formerly communist countries in Eastern Europe have been more diligent about removing the Lenins and Stalins from their streets. Soviet-era World War II memorials, though, have been left in place in many cities.
The godfather of Soviet war memorial defacement is onetime enfant (but still terrible) David Cerny. The Czech artist first made a name for himself in the early 1990s by painting the Monument to Soviet Tank Crews—an actual tank on a pedestal in a Prague square—bright pink. The pink tank became a symbol of the country casting off the vestiges of communism following the Velvet Revolution, though Cerny says he did it mainly to impress a girl.
These statues can sometimes become major political flash points. When the Estonian government decided to remove a controversial Soviet war memorial from Tallinn in 2007, it provoked riots as well the largest coordinated cyber-attack in history, which crippled the infrastructure of one of Europe's most wired countries for days. The attacks emanated from Russia, and there have been various claims of responsibility, but the Kremlin has always denied involvement.
A warning, then, to the Bulgarians: The Red Army may be gone, but tamper with their monuments at your own risk.
The Irony of the War on ISIS
The killing of James Foley has highlighted a tragic irony of the Obama administration's decision to use military force against ISIS months after its rise to prominence in Syria. Advocates of such action have long warned that ISIS could pose a direct security threat to the United States if left unchecked. But these U.S. airstrikes may actually have made the group more likely to attack U.S. citizens and interests.
ISIS and its predecessor organization, al-Qaida in Iraq, have long held hostile views toward the United States and its presence in the Middle East. It has issued threats against the U.S. before, including a promise to "raise the flag of Allah in the White House." U.S. and European governments have also warned for some time that the large numbers of international fighters who have traveled to Syria to fight with ISIS could return with the means and know-how to carry out attacks in their home countries.
So far there hasn't been much evidence of this actually taking place. (One exception may be the case of Mehdi Nemmouche, the French national suspected of carrying out a shooting at a Jewish museum in Brussels in May, and who is believed to have fought with ISIS in Syria.) In general, ISIS has differed from its onetime patrons in al-Qaida by focusing more on capturing territory and building a viable Islamist state than attacking far-off enemies. In fact, U.S. officials have seemed far more concerned about the threat of Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaida's "official" Syrian affiliate.
This has arguably been to ISIS's strategic benefit. It's hard to believe the U.S. would have taken quite this long to send in the drones had there been evidence that ISIS was actively plotting attacks against the U.S. homeland or even U.S. facilities in the Middle East.
Now, that's obviously changed. With the U.S. bombing its forces in Iraq, there's no benefit for ISIS in refraining from attacks against Americans. And if Iraqi and Kurdish forces, with U.S. help, succeed in rolling back the group's territorial gains, it may start to act more like a traditional al-Qaida affiliate—operating underground, using tactics like suicide bombings rather than open military confrontations, and striking both local and international targets.
A new front in the war has now opened up. The administration began airstrikes this month in part because ISIS was getting dangerously close to U.S. facilities and personnel in Kurdistan. In response, ISIS has now very publicly killed a U.S. citizen and is threatening to kill more. A number of experts are warning that the airstrikes are likely to prompt ISIS to plot more attacks against the U.S.—an unnerving prospect given the number of ISIS fighters likely carrying clean European or U.S. passports.
Up until now, despite the escalating rhetoric, there's been an uneasy peace between the U.S. and ISIS. Yes, the U.S. has provided some support to Syrian rebel groups fighting against the Islamic State, and ISIS has attacked the Iraqi government, a U.S. ally, but there had been little direct confrontation between the two. That's obviously changed now, and while ISIS would certainly incur greater risk by engaging in a direct confrontation with the U.S. military, the Foley execution shows it does have some means to strike back.
None of this is to say that the U.S. shouldn't attack ISIS. It may be true that the U.S. could no longer tolerate the long-term security threat from ISIS's rise. But at least in the short term, it certainly seems like that threat has now increased.
Why the U.S. Made a Deal for Bowe Bergdahl but Not James Foley
The New York Times is reporting that prior to the killing of journalist James Foley, ISIS demanded a $100 million ransom for his release. Writing for Reuters, David Rohde, who as a reporter for the Times was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2008 but managed to escape from captivity after seven months, argues that the U.S. policy of not paying ransoms for terrorist hostages may have led to Foley's death.
The moral question of whether to pay ransoms to terrorist groups—which I also wrote about in the context of the Boko Haram kidnappings in the spring—is an agonizing one. It's hard to stand on principle after reading the accounts of what the Foley family has been through over the past 21 months, or taking into account ISIS's threat that Steven Sotloff, a journalist for Time who is also in the group's custody, will be next.
The United States' no-ransom policy also stands in contrast to the policy of European governments, which often do make under-the-table deals to bring their citizens home. The consequence is that while dozens of European citizens have been released by terrorist groups during the last half-decade or so, very few from America or the United Kingdom—which also generally doesn't pay ransoms—make it out alive. According to Rohde, due to these divergent practices "at least one major aid organization is not sending U.S. aid workers to areas where they might be abducted. Instead, they are sending citizens from European countries with governments that will pay ransoms."
Why would the U.S. resist paying ransoms? Because the money that has been paid to terrorists has done undeniable damage, providing al-Qaida-linked groups with an estimated $125 million in revenue since 2008. The group's North African affiliate, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, has proved particularly adept at the practice. These payments may now make up the bulk of the revenue supporting al-Qaida affiliates.
But again, it's not that simple. The tough-guy "we don't negotiate with terrorists" mantra sounds great in practice, but almost all governments do it from time to time. The U.S., of course, released five Taliban detainees from Guantánamo Bay earlier this summer in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel's argument that the U.S. "didn't negotiate with terrorists" because the deal was facilitated by Qatari intermediaries is a bit of a stretch. And Israel, which no one has ever accused of being soft on terrorism, released more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for captured IDF solder Gilad Shalit (though dozens of them were subsequently rearrested during the recent violence in Gaza).
As counterterrorism scholar Peter Neumann argued in a 2007 Foreign Affairs article, governments must at times negotiate and even grant concessions to groups it considers to be terrorists. The decision about whether to do so should be made less on the basis of the group's relative odiousness than on whether such a deal could help stop violence.
The British government eventually had to sit down with the IRA. Colombia's president is currently involved in controversial talks with the FARC to end the country's decades-old unrest. As I argued after the Bergdahl swap, the deal should be seen less in terms of what the U.S. was willing to give up for one soldier than as the Obama administration settling unfinished business before it pulls troops out of Afghanistan and gets out of the business of fighting the Taliban entirely.
But a truce, or even a de-escalation of hostility, between the U.S. government and ISIS or any of its former affiliates in al-Qaida is hard to imagine. While the payment of a ransom could secure the release of a prisoner, it can do little beyond that except provide the group with much-needed funding. It would also encourage more kidnappings, both by ISIS and other groups that would be inspired by its example.
In this case, the U.S. government policy seems like the right one. As Rohde argues, however, it would be helpful if all Western governments were on the same page.
The Strangely Modern Production Values of ISIS' Propaganda Videos
The ISIS video of James Foley's beheading is shocking in its cruelty and brutality. For those who did watch it, the propaganda clip may have been surprising in another way: It's obvious that great care went into its production. The video, which has been taken off YouTube, opens with President Obama announcing new airstrikes in Iraq, a clip that has clearly been edited to give it the feeling of grainy found footage security video. One of my Slate colleagues quite aptly described this effect as reminiscent of the opening credits of Homeland. The footage of Foley and his executioner in front of a deserted landscape just before the killing, by contrast, is shot in crystal-clear high-definition.
(The Foley video has been removed from YouTube, but isn't all that difficult to find online. Though I watched it as part of my reporting for this post, I won't be linking to it here and don't encourage anyone to seek it out. All of the links in this story are to news stories about these propaganda videos; though some of those stories do have embedded videos, none of the links in this piece will open a video directly.)
It may seem ghoulish to discuss this video in terms of aesthetics, but the rise of ISIS (also known as Islamic State or IS) has been distinguished by its messaging and technical savvy as well as its viciousness. "IS is very good at this," J.M. Berger, a counterterrorism analyst and author who runs the site IntelWire told me, explaining that their videos have high production values and "a strong sense of narrative."
Sometimes these videos highlight the group's provision of social services to residents of the areas it has captured. Others are direct recruitment efforts, such as the video released earlier this summer showing British fighters in Syria urging Westerners to leave their "fat jobs" and join the jihad. (The man who beheaded Foley also appears to have been British.)
Others have darker content. Days before it launched its offensive in Northern Iraq in June, ISIS released a video called "The Clanging of the Swords IV," a slickly produced and brutally violent compendium of propaganda and battle footage. That short film, which focused mostly on ISIS' operations in Syria, was likely aimed at demoralizing its Iraqi opponents. The Foley video may have been designed to send a similar message to the U.S. public: that American citizens aren't immune from retaliation for American military actions.
The availability of laptops, editing software, and HD cameras has made it much easier to produce sophisticated-looking videos. The Internet has also made it simple for terror groups to promote them. But as Berger notes, these propaganda videos aren't new. Rather, they're part of a tradition of jihadi filmmaking dating back at least to Afghanistan in the 1980s and Bosnia in the 1990s. "Typically productions that jihadi organizations would put out would be, if not quite cutting edge, pretty close to the standards of the day with professional cameras and professional editing. Jihadi media has progressed at the same speed as the rest of the media," he says. (This has been true of their print efforts as well.)
Al-Qaida in particular was quick to exploit the power of video through its media production wing As-Sahab. The hour-long propaganda documentary State of the Ummah, released shortly before 9/11 and featuring training footage from al-Qaida camps and statements from leaders including Osama Bin Laden, is something of a classic in the genre, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is rumored to have been involved in its production.
Recent videos reflect an increased awareness of global pop culture. A recently released training video from the Ansar Battalion, an Islamist rebel group in Syria, features action-movie-style cuts between slow and fast motion, as well as CGI that mimics the "bullet time" effects made famous in The Matrix. Nasheeds, the sung religious verses that often serve as the soundtrack to these videos, are now often auto-tuned, a high-tech compromise for a religious ideology that frowns on instrumental music. Somalia's al-Shabab, whose videos are often directly aimed at recruiting Americans, has dabbled in hip-hop and nasheeds sung in English. Raffaello Pantucci, a counterterrorism expert at the Royal United Services Institute in London, tells me that videos often seemed designed to mimic video games.
But Jarret Brachman, who consults on international terrorism for the U.S. government and is author of the book Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice, says the content of ISIS's videos is less important than its ability to promote them.
"What I think really matters is the informal use of social media—Instagram, Twitter, and Ask.fm being chief among them—not only by IS' formal media outlets but by this global following of informal advocates, surrogates, and cheerleaders," he told me via e-mail. "IS fighters have created fascinating direct lines of communication from the battlefield with fans around the world using these channels." This savvy was reflected during the World Cup in June when ISIS supporters hijacked soccer-related hashtags to spread news of their victories in Iraq.
Pantucci notes that videos of beheadings date back at least to the 1990s, when Chechen militant groups released clips showing the beheading of Russian soldiers. The continued influence of these videos is demonstrated by the fact that one particularly well-known European ISIS fighter uses the nom-de-web "Chechclear," a reference to the title of an infamous and particularly grisly beheading video from the Chechnya war that still makes the rounds in darker corners of the Internet today.
Pantucci also points out that the Foley video is reminiscent—down to the orange jumpsuit worn by the victim and the final display of the severed head—to the 2004 video showing the beheading of U.S. contractor Nicholas Berg by al-Qaida in Iraq, ISIS' predecessor. (The act in that case was reportedly performed by AQI leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi himself.)
In today's videos, the style may be slicker, the production values higher, and the means of distribution vastly more effective. But the end goal—to inspire supporters and terrify opponents—hasn't changed at all.
Record Number of Aid Workers Killed Around the World Last Year
2013 was the deadliest year on record for aid workers, according to a new report from a humanitarian consulting group. There were 270 attacks on aid workers last year, up from 170 the previous year; 155 aid workers were killed, 171 injured, and 134 kidnapped, according to the U.K.-based Humanitarian Outcomes. All of these numbers substantially increased:
While attacks were recorded in more than 30 countries, violence against aid workers is actually fairly localized phenomenon. Three-quarters of the attacks took place in just five countries: Afghanistan, Syria, South Sudan, Pakistan, and Sudan. These are, not surprisingly, all locations "experiencing armed insurgencies and/or failures of governance and rule of law." The report argues that the numbers do "not reflect a growing worldwide trend of targeting aid workers, but is mostly limited to this small number of cases where conflict has broken out."
Just because a country isn't on that list doesn't mean that it's safe for aid workers. Somalia, for instance, saw a reduction last year mainly because agencies reduced their presence there. Medecins Sans Frontieres, for instance, pulled out entirely in 2013, after 22 years of operating in the country, because of attacks on its staff.
About 43 percent of the attacks targeted national NGOs rather than international or U.N. organizations. Overall, workers seem to be most vulnerable when traveling. More than half of the incidents were roadside ambushes or attacks.
This year is certainly shaping up to be another grim one in the countries noted above. The U.N. reported earlier this month that five aid workers had been killed by a militia group in South Sudan. Afghanistan has seen a number of attacks on aid workers as well.
The political scientist Chris Blattman put forward a prediction recently that "in 20 or 30 years, most of the still poor countries will be today's fragile states. Everywhere else will probably have reached middle-income levels." While that could be a slight overstatement, it's certainly true that humanitarian crisis and political instability tend to be mutually reinforcing and that the same factors that create the need in some countries for emergency aid make them the most dangerous places for aid workers to operate.
The World's Dictators Love the Unrest in Ferguson
With tear gas and military hardware hitting the streets of an American city, the world's dictatorships—which are typically on the receiving end of U.S. criticism for their crackdowns on public protest—are having a field day turning the tables on Washington. Egypt is the latest country to express its deep concern, reports the country's English-language Daily News:
A spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, in response to a question from state-run news agency MENA, said the ministry is "following the escalation of protests and demonstrations in the city of Ferguson and reactions thereto".
The spokesman referred to comments made by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Monday as a reflection of the "international community's position towards these events" including the calls for "restraint and respect for the right of assembly and peaceful expression of opinion".
The call for "restraint" definitely seems like a deliberate echo of the kind of language favored by the U.S. State Department during anti-government protests in Egypt.
The Egyptians are hardly alone. China's state-run Xinhua news agency has editorialized that the "racial divide still remains a deeply-rooted chronic disease that keeps tearing U.S. society apart" and that "what the United States needs to do is to concentrate on solving its own problems rather than always pointing fingers at others." Russia's foreign ministry has urged "our American partners to pay more attention to restoring order in their own country before imposing their dubious experience on other nations." Iran's FARS news agency is devoting heavy coverage to the "war zone" in Ferguson
Obviously these are self-serving statements, and as bad as things have gotten in Missouri, it doesn't in any way minimize or even contextualize the state-sponsored political repression in these countries.
But it certainly doesn't hurt to look at events in America from the outside now and then.
What Does "Mission Accomplished" Look Like in Iraq This Time?
In all of his statements on the new U.S. military operation in Iraq, including his remarks yesterday, President Obama has repeatedly emphasized that he's intent on avoiding "mission creep," that American objectives are limited, and that this won't be a new Iraq war.
That is understandable given American public opinion right now, and so far the limited U.S. airstrikes do appear to be succeeding in helping Kurdish and Iraqi forces push back ISIS fighters from northern Iraq and allowing an international humanitarian aid mission to ramp up.
On the other hand, it's not really clear from what the president has said how he defines success in this mission. Obama has several times emphasized that he has no plans to allow the U.S. military to serve as the "Iraqi air force" and that the Iraqi government is responsible for its own security. In some sense, we seem to be back to George W. Bush's old "as the Iraqis stand up, we will stand down" mantra. But this time expectations are far lower and goals far more vague.
"We can and should support moderate forces who can bring stability to Iraq," the president says. But how much stability is enough?
Clearly ISIS's gains in northern Iraq two weeks ago and the humanitarian crisis faced by the Yazidi refugees on Mount Sinjar was seen as a tipping point. Obama has spoken of preventing a "potential act of genocide" and noted that if the Mosul Dam had been breached, "it could've been catastrophic."
"The wolf's at the door," Obama said of ISIS yesterday. But the wolf has been there for a while. After all, ISIS's offensive in Iraq began not in June when it captured Mosul but back in January when it took Fallujah, a development that garnered little attention in the United States, or at least prompted few calls for intervention.
Is stability a situation in which only one major Iraqi city is under the control of terrorists? Or perhaps one in which the monthly death toll from violence in the country is around 1,000 instead of above 2,000? Or perhaps one in which ISIS commits its mass atrocities only on the Syrian side of the border?
From recent discussion, you would think that the removal of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was a long-standing goal of U.S. policy. The United States seems to have played a behind-the-scenes role in hastening his departure from power and is rewarding Iraq's government with more assistance now that he's gone. But the administration also seemed more than willing to support Maliki for years even as it was abundantly clear that he was hollowing out Iraq's institutions and using his security forces to stifle political opponents, paving the way for exactly the sort of situation we're seeing now. Are we really going to keep that much closer tabs on his successor?
The cynical answer is that the goal seems to be for Iraq to become just stable enough that we can go back to not paying attention to it. And I suspect that in the end, that may have more to do with how long the U.S. media continues to treat Iraq as a major story than with what's actually happening there.
Could Scotland Really Break Away From the U.K.?
We're now a month away from a vote to determine whether Great Britain will have to continue on as not-quite-as-great Britain. On Sept. 18, Scots will head to the polls for a long-awaited independence referendum, and while the "no" camp—those opposing secession—continue leading in the polls, it's still too close for comfort as far as London's concerned.
One recent poll has support for independence at 38 percent versus 47 percent opposed with 14 percent still undecided. Another is at 42 to 46 percent with 12 percent undecided.
Interestingly, support for independence has slightly increased in spite of a lackluster televised debate performance by Scotland's First Minister and independence leader Alex Salmond.
Salmond (whom I interviewed last year during a visit to D.C.) has been stumbling over the question of what currency an independent Scotland would use. The ideal arrangement from the point of view of the independence campaign would be for Scotland to remain in a currency union in Britain and continue using the pound, at least until a new currency were created. But British parties may not allow that, meaning that Scotland may have to simply use the pound without a formal arrangement, the way that countries like Panama use the U.S. dollar. There's also the thorny question of whether an independent Scotland would be a member of the EU.
With due respect to high-profile appeals from the likes of David Bowie and J.K. Rowling, practical concerns like these seem as if they would be the most likely to sway voters. National independence is a romantic notion, but it will also lead to years of debate over how responsibilities, revenues, and resources are allocated.
Least helpful to the unionist cause may be appeals like that of Australian leader Tony Abbott, who said recently that those favoring independence "are not the friends of justice [and] not the friends of freedom." Barack Obama has slightly more subtly voiced his opposition to a breakup.
Despite the recent polls showing some undecideds breaking for the pro-independence camp, the smart money's still on Scots sticking with the U.K. There's been some concern that the country could be in for Quebec-like "neverendum" in which the question of independence reappears year after year.
On the other hand, this vote is taking place at a time when, thanks to a confluence of economic and political circumstances, European voters are uniquely fed up with the status quo, rewarding populist parties of all political stripes at the ballot box, and a number of separatist movements—not just in Britain—are seeing their popular support surge. If the Scottish nationalists can't make it happen this time, they're unlikely to get a better chance anytime soon.


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- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Farm to Table, Full Bar, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Private Party Contact: Julie Fowler 5135786612
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Metropole restaurant offers a contemporary take on old world fireplace cooking techniques. Led by executive chef Michael Paley, the menu focuses on dishes cooked in a custom-built hearth. A showcase for the region's sustainable farmers and producers, Metropole's well-edited and ever changing menu features hearth roasted meats, fish and vegetables; grains; and housemade charcuterie. The beverage menu offers craft beer and cocktails, bourbon and a smart selection of old and new world wines.Continued
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Metropole at 21c Hotel reviews from OpenTable diners
189 reviews since May 5, 2014
- Food4.3Service4.4
- Ambiance4.2Noise LevelModerate
fit for foodies (129)special occasion (115)hot spot (67)notable wine list (57)romantic (43)neighborhood gem (43)vibrant bar scene (39)good for groups (35)great for lunch (19)late-night find (14)great for brunch (14)scenic view (13)kid-friendly (2)great for outdoor dining (1)Show More
- Great foodYodmanDined on 8/30/2014Awesome food again. The burnt carrot salad is the wife's favorite. Jeremy knew all of the dishes and recommended a cocktail that was delicious.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very Good but not outstandingOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/30/2014the corn soup and the bread were outstanding; the burnt carots and kale salid were good. The amberjack was forgetable as were the peppers, but the summer squash was very good. A remarkable wine list, our Merry Edwards sauvignon blanc was excellent, worth the $90 price. Can't remember dessert, which tells you something. All in all, I'm glad we went, but I don't think we'll go back. Also very noisy.Special Features:
- Excellent drinks and great serviceOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/30/2014The food was good, but the drinks (and pairing offerings) elevated this to a great experience. Service was attentive and timelySpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fantastic choiceOpenTable Diner Since 2009VIPDined on 8/29/2014Absolutely amazing food. Definitely one of the top restaurants in Cincy.Special Features:
- Grrreat!dissappointedDined on 8/29/2014Everything was great! That includes the art work to enjoy before or after dinner. We were treated to champagne for our anniversary too!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very bad experienceOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/27/2014A special anniversary celebration was ruined due to inability to accommodate special food preparation requests and long delay between salad and entrée. We were unable to order what we wanted from a very limited menu and ended up having to choose from just two selections, neither of which we wanted. The food that we were served was just fair, and neither of us finished much of our meals. The noise level was extremely high. We couldn't wait to get out of the place.
- Very Disappointed!BlazerDined on 8/23/2014First off it is like sitting in a Chipotle restaurant! Like sitting there with a bucket over your head! Echos and you can hear people talking from across the room. If I were in charge of the kitchen, I would have been embarrassed to have sent a "Summer Salad" to a patron, especially at the price of $10.00. The portion was so small it was pathetic. The "Amberjack" entree was a nice portion and very tasty and mentioned potatoes. When one can count the slices of potatoes that too is pathetic. There were only three (3) slices on each person's plate and those were at best, maybe the size of half a dollar and probably less than 1/4" thick.
- Great restaurantHowardCincyDined on 8/22/2014I had a grilled amberjack and the wife had a kale salad. Both were excellent. The quality of the ingredients, the presentation, and the taste were all excellent. We will definitely go again. We each at a glass of cava (Spanish wine) to go with the meal. The appetizers were very good as well and quite well priced. You could pick 3 for $16. There's a great 7 hour egg (an egg cooked Sous Vide) in the appetizer that's a must try. The only possible negative (or positive for some) is that the menu will change as the chef updates or tinkers with the items. If you have an absolute favorite, it may not be there the next time you visit. It's great for always trying new things though.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great FoodfoodloreDined on 8/17/2014We loved everything we had for dinner at metropole. Chilled corn soup, seared octopus, potato gnocchi, and pork shank. I couldn't say what the best item was, as they were all so delicious. The desserts are really something too - a bit savory and original. The chefs have an excellent knack for balancing flavors and using unique ingredients to create excellent dishes. Wine list was at the pricier end, but it was on par with the food prices. The glassware is nice, the service is nice and the tables aren't to squished together to feel like you can have a private dining experience. We will return.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Perfect ending to Restaurant WeekSueWDined on 8/17/2014Atmosphere a mix of old and contemporary. Different and interesting wine list. Food was wonderful! The charred corn soup and hazelnut semifreddo a particular hit. Will return again!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Solid on every levelseenitallVIPDined on 8/16/2014Good food, great service and an interesting atmosphere. This is a well thought out enterprise.Special Features:
- Exceptional food, drink and serviceMAnneMDined on 8/15/2014Metropole is an experience worth savoring. All the food is amazingly flavorful and sophisticated. Even the butter for the pre-meal bread is extraordinary. Their special cocktails, many with house-made mixers, are irresistible. The staff is friendly, enthusiastic and well versed in what goes on in the kitchen. They are also totally tuned into the customers. At least eight different people stopped by our table during a 2-hour dinner to take orders, deliver dishes, clear dishes, or just ask how we liked everything. They managed to be totally solicitous without ever getting obtrustive. A wonderful place with one single flaw: like many new places, it has terrible acoustics. When the dining room is near full, it gets awfully noisy.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very mediocreFrankReviewerDined on 8/15/2014Not sure what happened here tonight. Just not very good.Special Features:
- Interesting menucincybirderVIPDined on 8/15/2014The menu for this place has always been way out there. I don't think I should have to spend alot of time researching what something is on the menu. Had the chilled corn soup w/o sausage, it was delicious. Had the potato gnocchi for my entree, it was okay, nothing spectacular. Had the cherry shortcake w/ cardamom ice cream - this surprised me how well it tasted, it was a home run.Special Features:
- 4newfriendsDined on 8/14/2014We loved the special attention by the wait staff and othersSpecial Features:
- Mostly very good foodJoeyDined on 8/11/2014Just not a venue for conversation and probably too hip (servers were dressed way too casually). Not a special occasion venue but food quality was excellent!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great restaurantdockmbDined on 8/11/2014Food was outstanding, service was excellent, & the servers worked very well together as a team to keep our glasses full and food coming out promptly. However, the dining room where we were seated was VERY noisy, and tables are really close together.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- bday blastOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/10/2014Party went from 3 to 5. No problem. Great staff. Highly recommend. Still do not understand yellow penguins, but so what.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- lunch confusionOpenTable Diner Since 2011VIPDined on 8/7/2014I took 3 colleagues here for lunch, two of whom were visiting from Chicago. The food was outstanding and I look forward to returning. That said we ahd 3 different wait staff, ask if we wanted something to drink, two if we wanted dessert, and three if we wanted coffee. Even we were confused by the end of the mealSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful Again!RafeDined on 8/6/2014Another wonderful dinner. Brought my sister who lives in Chicago, and she couldn't believe Cincinnati had such a wonderful dining venue at such great prices. We had steak tartare, smoked olives, goat cheese, and pate. She loved the crispy onions, grainy mustard and truffle honey accompaniments. The ginger cookie with marscapone filling and meyer lemon was divine. Service is attentive without rushing you through your meal. Even complementary bottles of cold water from the valet on our way out :) We had fun browsing the gallery too. Great night!Special Features:
- LOVE this placeSweetAnnieDined on 8/5/2014We had the carrot salad, steak tartare, seared octopus, ny strip and Amish chicken, and all good was superb. Our waiter, Clinton, was charismatic and attentive without being over the top. Atmosphere was great. It was all great. Highly recommend.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Perfect dinnerOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 8/2/2014Great night out, food was incredible, service matched and the location/space was eclecticSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/2/2014Unfortunately at the present time i have no sense of taste or smell so I could not enjoy the food like I would have liked to. My husband however said everything he had was delicious. The service was incredible. Very friendly from the servers to the bus people. The servers were very helpful with the menu explaining everything so there were no questions. It was our 46th anniversary and appreciated the champagne on our arrival. It was a nice touch.Special Features:
- Good but not greatGrubDocDined on 7/26/2014While our overall dining experience was enjoyable, the food left a little to be desired. We started with the burned carrot salad which was great, definitely the best item on the menu. Also had the beef tartare which was enjoyable. This set the bar high, but our entrees (NY strip, and pork chop) were okay. Nothing overtly bad, just a little overseasoned on the pork, and a little less flavor on the strip. The wine pours are very substantial, the service impeccable, and the environment great. Worth a try anyway.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Bonnie was fantastic!!arcmanDined on 7/26/2014Bonnie was our server and made this dinner extra special. The food was fantastic and the service top notch. I wish there was a Metropole in Columbus!!Special Features:
- UnderwhelmedCintifoodie3Dined on 7/25/2014We had a lunch reservation and only one other table was occupied when we arrived, yet were seated at an awkward table by the wine cooler. I thought maybe this would afford us better service, but no less than 8 tables seated after us were served their food before us. We couldn't tell who was actually waiting on us, so it was difficult to know who to summon. This was a birthday luncheon with my adult children from out of town and I had hoped for a better experience. The burnt carrot salad & the crab fritters were excellent, but the recommended avocado toast was a disappointment. Glad for the experience once, but would probably book elsewhere in the future. Just FYI you've got typos on your website, i.e. it's bon appetit, not appetite.
- Tastes as good as it smelledOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 7/21/2014Food was excellent (had breakfast and dinner) and the burning wood smell, along with the art, adds significant charm and ambienceSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very detailed, very exquisiteOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 7/20/2014This is a fantastic restaurant. It might be a bit much for Cincinnati, but since it has gone for over a year now perhaps it is here to stay. Metropole is on the expensive side, so plan on this being a very special occasion and not just a spur of the moment decision. The waitstaff is very knowledgeable. It felt very much the way fine dining should without being too pretentious. Overall, it is 5 stars in my book.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Will go back....,OpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 7/20/2014If we do not have the same server She was a on the verge of rude and not at all attentive Felt at times we were eating at the medieval mansion where the servers are abusive to the patrons. Do not know her name she did not tell us. The food was wonderful and different If we go back and had a different server who acted the same as the one we had we would never go back againSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Unique & specialRandyDined on 7/19/2014Fun atmosphere, friendly servers, unique grilled and smoked food. We will return.Special Features:
- Loved the TartareXXXXVIPDined on 7/17/2014Great Meal! I started with the Mexican Negroni and it tasted just like a Negroni, no different. My dinner companion ordered from the selection of three snacks and I ordered the tartare for first course. We both agree my dish was the winner. Do not pass up the tartare. It is a must. I had the New York Strip for my entree and it was excellent. I do not recall the second entree so it apparently was not as good. We ordered the Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon for dinner. Paired well with our food.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2004VIPDined on 7/8/2014Outstanding food and comfortable surroundings. Nice wine list with variety in all varietals and regions. A bit pricey for Ohio but a good investment for a special night out on the town.Special Features:
- New York pricing in CincinnatiLoboInOhioVIPDined on 7/2/2014Creative menu, innovative space, attentive service puts you in a great frame of mind, then sticker shock when the bill comes.Special Features:
- Enjoyed it!Musix40VIPDined on 6/29/2014Although it was terribly cold in the restaurant - the AC was set to arctic - the food was top notch - one if the best meals I had in a long time. My steak was perfect and the smoked chicken was out of sight! Appetizers were unique and tasty. Get the AC fixed and you will be all set.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- delish diningtboneDined on 6/28/2014Every bite of food was interesting and deliciously prepared. Service on a Saturday night was efficient, friendly and fun. Out of town guests at the table loved it.....and they were from San Francisco!Special Features:
- Nice first time visitNeufDined on 6/28/2014We visited for the first time and the food and drinks were good, the burger in particular. The bar scene was cool, especially the top floor, and there were plenty of places to grab a drink. Kind of noisy though...Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DeliciousCincidaddiDined on 6/28/2014I had been hearing great things about Metropole and finally had a chance to try it out before heading to a concert. I had the Amish chicken which was very tasty. Servers were really nice and attentive. Great spot and keep up the good work!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Smoky foodFoodyforlifeDined on 6/27/2014Be prepared for smoked everything: butter, fruit, veggies, meat. Restaurant is gorgeous.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Simple food PACKED with flavorBriBeeDined on 6/24/2014Enjoyed everything we ordered! We were in AWWWHH! With the flavor that every bite had! It was so delicious. We would recommend and go back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- EclecticonceaknightDined on 6/22/2014Started off by ordering something that I saw on the internet menu - they have been out of it for two weeks. Order a vodka on ice and got a martini...specifically ordered vodka. Noticed that most of their specialties were burnt - burnt carrot salad, burnt beet salad, vegetable plate, etc. They were not totally burnt but at least 1 side was scorched. Food was good, the atmosphere pleasant, the clothes of the wait staff reminded me of some college students that just came in off the street. Talking to others they apparently change their menu often. "Did you try...not on the menu!" Nice visit but I think I got off on the wrong foot with ordering the food no longer available and complaining about the drink being wrong.


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