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* One great moment is seen in part 3 of "The Ultimate Doom":
-->'''Shockwave:''' "You cannot get out!"\\
''[Shockwave unleashes a massive blast, but blows a hole in the wall instead of Skyfire]''\\
'''Skyfire:''' "I can ''now''!"
** Just before that, Brawn, Bumblebee, Spike and Sparkplug are running through an installation on Cybertron trying to get to the surface. Brawn shouts, "I'll get the door!" He then proceeds to run '''through''' it.
* The drunken Decepticon scene in "Microbots":
-->'''Megatron:''' "Decepticons: a toast. To the imminent destruction of the accursed Autobots!"\\
''(The Decepticons begin drinking Energon)''\\
'''Starscream:''' "Energy! We won't need to conserve it after tomorrow. We can bleed this planet dry!"\\
'''Rumble:''' ''[hiccups]'' "Boy, these are good. ''[hiccups]'' I needed to refuel. Energy!"\\
'''Megatron:''' "Energy! Energy!"\\
'''Thundercracker:''' "Hey! This stuff's the greatest! ''[passes out]''"\\
'''Megatron:''' "Ah, those were the good ol' days, back on Cybertron...Didn' have to...sneak around in these...ugly Earth disguises."\\
''(Powerglide arrives)''\\
'''Powerglide:''' "Time to cut the jets and glide!...What in the world?"\\
'''Megatron:''' "Good ol' Cybertron! Land...of the metal moon!"
** Heck, even '''Laserbeak''' of all characters is so '''smashed''' he barrel rolls into the ground when trying to pursue Powerglide.
* While it results from a scale error, the scene of Hoist driving Huffer in "Make Tracks" gets me every time... especially because Huffer's toy is tiny compared to Hoist's.
* In ''The Autobot Run'', Skywarp has just frozen the Autobots in their Automobile Forms with a weapon called the Transfixatron, and the Autobots have just found that out:
--> '''Sunstreaker:''' I can't.... change back... into my normal handsome self!
--> '''Megatron: (Flies in to rub salt in the wounds)''' It seems you Autobots have a slight ''"Identity Problem?"'' Huhuhahahahaha!!
* One of the more unfortunate pieces of dialogue thanks to HaveAGayOldTime:
--> '''Optimus Prime:''' Amazing, a booby trap that actually catches boobies!
* In "Triple Takeover", after Blitzwing and Astrotrain have taken over the Decepticons, there's this classic exchange between Megatron and Starscream, who are trapped in an AbsurdlySpaciousSewer:
--> '''Megatron:''' You're either lying, or you're stupid!
--> '''Starscream: (Crying)''' I'm stupid! I'm stuuuupiiiid!"
** When the MeleeATrois between Megatron, Starscream, Devastator, Blitzwing and Astrotrain finally occurs there are two different dialogues.
*** Thundercracker, Ramjet and Thrust have a pool:
----> '''Thundercracker''': I say Megatron will prevail!
----> '''Thrust''': Three energon cubes say you're wrong!
----> '''Thundercracker''': Make it four!
----> '''Ramjet''': My money is on Devastator.
*** The Autobots save Optimus and are amazed.
----> '''Trailbreaker''': Your friends are waiting for you!
----> '''Optimus Prime''': (chuckles) I never get involved in domestic squabbles.
----> '''Ironhide''': I think we'll need a program to follow the players.
** Blitzwing mistakes a football coach for a military officer and drafts him as his advisor. After he gives some surprisingly good advice, Blitzwing thanks the guy and [[StuffedIntoALocker stuffs him into a locker]]. When the episode is resolved, it is not shown what happened to him.
** Astrotrain brings a bunch of trains to life as his "Astroforce". He leaves them alone for a few minutes and they've somehow derailed themselves and gotten tangled in a knot. Then one charges and breaks a water main that ends up flooding the city.
** In the beginning, Starscream, Blitzwing, and Astrotrain carve their faces along with Megatron's into the side of a mountain RushmoreRefacement style. Then, they destroy Megatron's face.
* Season 3, "Webworld". 3 words: Galvatron. In. Therapy.
-->'''Therapist:''' "Galvatron, don't fight it. Just say whatever comes to mind."\\
'''Galvatron:''' [[CrushKillDestroy "Kill! Smash! Destroy!"]]\\
'''Therapist:''' "Err...yes, go on"\\
'''Galvatron:''' "Rend! Mangle! ''Distort!''"
** Also:
--> '''Galvatron:''' "I hate the Autobots! I hate Cyclonus! And I'm not very fond of YOU, either!"
** There's also the bit when the administrator makes Cyclonus validate all the paperwork.
--> '''Administrator:''' "There, that's your copy."
--> '''Cyclonus:''' "..." *rips receipt*
** The end:
--> '''Cyclonus:''' "It will take the Torkulons centuries to rebuild."
--> '''Galvatron:''' "Only CENTURIES?!?!" *tosses the administrator aside in disgust*
** Galvatron asks one of natives where the Autobots are. The creature answers in gibberish, and Galvatron calls him an idiot.
--> '''Galvatron:''' ''[panting in barely restrained rage]'' "Fleshling, I warn you...tell me where to find the Autobots or--"
--> '''Inmate:''' "Mommy!" ''[licks him with an absurdly long tongue]''
--> ''[Just as the Torkuli arrive you can hear Galvatron [[{{Angrish}} screaming in frustration]]]''
** The therapists put Galvatron in Arts and Crafts Class, and he somehow makes a gun. Also a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
** How about at the start of the episode after the disastrous fight with the Autobots?
--> '''Cyclonus:''' "This isn't over Autobots!! Do you hear me? This isn't over!!"
--> '''Sweep:''' "You're starting to sound like Galvatron!!"
--> ''[Cue [[ImStandingRightHere Galvatron]] standing up and glaring at him, [[TooDumbToLive the Sweep said that with Galvatron sitting right in front of him]]]''
--> '''Sweep:''' "[[OhCrap N-Not that that's a bad thing haha...]]"
** The bizarre three-headed patient: "[[MadnessMantra I have no head. I have no head. I have no head...]]"
* Season 2, "Sea Change". Using a magical metamorphic spring, a cute alien chick tricks Rumble into becoming a tree.
* In "Prime Target", Optimus finds himself on the grounds of an EgomaniacHunter who wanted to add his head to his collection. Astrotrain and Blitzwing stumbled upon this and shadowed Optimus. When Optimus bypassed an ObviousTrap, Blitzwing ends up triggering it himself, and Astrotrain has to blast him free of it.
-->'''Optimus Prime:''' "Amazing. A booby trap that actually catches boobies."
** Lord Chumley's butler gives some really good deadpan snarker answers.
-->'''Lord Chumley:''' "Darn those Decepticons! Always ruining my fun!.'''
-->'''Dimsworth:''' Yes, much like the Humane Society I suppose...
* In "Child's Play," Prime has absolutely ''zero'' patience for Perceptor's {{Expospeak Gag}}s. Twice in a row, when he's trying to explain how he can {{technobabble}} the Autobots back home, Prime cuts him off by simply saying, "Perceptor, just do it."
** And the second time, he says it faster and in a completely flat monotone, as if he's thinking, "I '''just said...'''"
** In the same episode, the Decepticons are being waylayed by the (proportionally) giant cat and fish of the alien boy whose room they materialized in. Optimus's response when it's pointed out the 'Cons are getting mangled? "Good! Now let's get out of here."
** When the Decepticons make it back to Earth, Thrust complains about landing in a swamp. Starscream tells him to be thankful [[TemptingFate they're no longer on a world of green monsters]]... then they get grabbed by alligators and pulled under the water. Starscream screams, "Get this thing off me!"
* Ultra Magnus in season 3's "Fight or Flee":
-->"I've never seen anything this beautiful in the entire galaxy." ({{beat}}) "All right, give me the bomb."
* In "Countdown to Extinction", Megatron, Skywarp and Rumble (or [[PaletteSwap Frenzy]]) exit a cave they've hidden the elements to their latest plan in. Optimus manages to blindside Megatron, uppercutting him up onto a cliff face.
-->'''Megatron''': Here, have a ''ton of fun!'' [He tosses a boulder at Optimus]
-->[Optimus dodges out of the way as it hits Frenzy (Or Rumble). Prime chuckles heartily.]
-->'''Optimus Prime''': Your aim's improving, Megatron!
* In Season 3's "Ghost in the Machine", Starscream's ghost has abandoned Astrotrain after [[DemonicPossession possessing him]] in order to get to Cybertron (and Unicron's floating head). The Autobots shoot him down (thinking he was bringing an assault force) and bring him in for questioning:
-->'''Rodimus Prime:''' "Why did you attack Cybertron all by yourself? Are you stupid or just obedient?"
** Another winner from that episode involves Starscream's ghost, again, this time possessing Scourge...or the half of him holding a gun, anyway.
-->'''Scourge:''' "Give me that blaster!"\\
'''Starscream:''' "No! Get one of your own!"
** Yet ''another'' great line because of the pure HypocriticalHumor involved.
-->'''Galvatron:''' [Believing the Starscream-possessed Scourge has lost his marbles] There is no reasoning with him! Destroy him! He's lost his mind!
* "Changing Gears" has cranky Gears becoming friendly in a passive-aggressive way after one of his chips was taken out.
--> '''Gears''': "I should be very angry at you Megatron. You are an evil son of a retrorat, but for some reason, I just can't get too upset."
--> '''Gears''': "How can I help you, Megatron, heh heh, you rotten hunk of scrap?"
** Then there's Ironhide's reaction on seeing said cheerful Gears.
---> "What did you do to Gears, you monster? You turned him...nice!"
* The Decepticons get their just deserts in "The Immobilizer".
--->'''Megatron:''' The most important thing is that I get what I deserve! And I always do.\\
''[the water beneath the Decepticons returns to normal, causing them to fall into it and be washed away by the river]''\\
'''Trailbreaker:''' You deserve that alright, Mega-jerk! Rust in peace!\\
''[The Autobots laugh]''
* HilariousInHindsight: From "Fire on the Mountain":
--> '''Ironhide:''' "Brawn, ol' buddy, this is what separates the Autobots from the Robot Chickens!"
--> '''Brawn:''' "Ain't no one callin' '''ME''' a RobotChicken!"
* When a huge floating platform is about to crash into the Decepticon's base in "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide":
-->'''Rumble''': [[TemptingFate At least we got out of there with our hulls in one piece]].
-->'''Megatron''': And as for the girl in the floating platform, well that's ''Powerglide's'' problem!
-->'''Soundwave''': (''raises platform on monitor'') Correction: Problem is ours!
-->'''Megatron''': Energize the forcefields!
-->'''Soundwave''': What forcefields!? (''crash'')
** [[TheDitz Astoria]] [[PityTheKidnapper driving the Deceptions crazy while in their clutches]].
-->'''Astoria''':You got any burgers in this joint?
-->'''Soundwave''': Silence!
-->'''Astoria''': You guys are, like, the worst hosts!
** The Decepticons try to use a mind probe on Astoria to learn her father's formula. We get this gem:
-->'''Soundwave''': Subject's mind ... ''completely empty''. [[note]]The wires had slipped loose[[/note]]
** Astoria manages to annoy ''Megatron'' to the point he ends up losing his temper and shooting the mind probe with his arm cannon.
** Really, this entire scene, with the Decepticon's massive frustration with Astoria's attitude and her WalkingTechbane tendencies affecting their equipment, is such a CMOF that it's worth how ludicrous the rest of the episode is. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aPTdmjtMRo here]].
** At the end, Astoria realizes she needs something metal to short out the Decepticons' big gizmo. She looks around at the floating platform, ''where every single object in sight is made of metal,'' and declares, "Nothing!" She uses her locket, the McGuffin they've spent the whole episode fighting over, destroying it.
** Spike flirts with Astoria, and then realizes she has a crush on Powerglide. Annoyed, he mutters, "You know, there's a few things he ''can't'' do..." as he returns to the [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar power drill he was just using.]] Then his drill breaks.
** HilariousInHindsight, Astoria appears to have been the insperation for [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Miko Nakadai]].
* In "Megatron's Master Plan", a kid idiotically asks Laserbeak, "Laserbeak wanna cracker?" Laserbeak doesn't say anything, but his reaction is a look with an eye flash which could be interpreted as anything from giving the moron an epic DeathGlare to going "Mmm... crackers!".
* A lot of Grimlock's dialogue in "Call of the Primitives".
-->'''The Oracle''': "Only you can save the world now, Grimlock."
-->'''Grimlock''': "Me Grimlock feel important!"
-->'''Grimlock''': [chuckles] "You are creator?"
-->'''Primacron''': "Unfortunately....yes."
-->'''Grimlock''': "Grimlock laugh at little wimp who cause big trouble!"
-->'''Primacron''': We are finished!! I've amplified the energy parameters, minimized the drivormenter, redirected the ion flow! I've tried EVERYTHING!
-->'''Grimlock''': Me Grimlock solve problem! Wuh!
-->[Reaches over and pushes switch]
-->'''Primacron''': Of course, the '''reverse switch'''! Why didn't ''I'' think of that?!
* In "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3", right after Wheelie shoots a Sweep in the face and he starts falling to his death:
-->'''Sweep''': My guidance system is hit! Galvatron, save meeeEEE!
-->'''Galvatron''': Please [[FaceDeathWithDignity meet your end with dignity]]! [[{{Hypocrite}} I despise whiners!]]
* In "Money is Everything", Marissa Faireborn and Dirk Manus make out several times. Each time, the Technobots get confused, even calling it a bizarre Earth ritual.
* From "The Master Builders", Spike teaches Optimus how to play basketball.
--> "Spike, compute quickly!"
--> (Prime throws the ball at Spike, knocking the human over.)
* From a fourth season episode:
--> '''Blurr''': [=HardheadthisisitIknowitIknowitwe'regonnadieIjustknowwe'regonnadie=]''mmphmmphmmph''...!
--> (It's unclear what Hardhead is doing but hilariously it looks like he's kissing Blurr!)
* From the third season episode "Dark Awakening" - Rodimus, Spike, and company crash-land in front of two Dinobots after being reported dead.
-->'''Arcee:''' Sludge! Snarl! Oh, are we glad to see you!
-->'''Sludge:''' Me Sludge not glad to see ''you''!
-->'''Snarl:''' You all dead! Rarrr!
-->'''Sludge:''' ...Maybe ''we'' dead.
** Later, in the same episode, we get this exchange:
-->'''Optimus Prime:''' "Not a game! ...Matrix makes me too strong!"
-->'''[[{{ItMakesSenseInContext}} Hot Rod]]:''' "Now ''there's'' a unique complaint!"
* 'Ghost in the Machine' had this gem, Thrust, Dirge, Runabout and Runamuk are in Galvatron's throne room to report Scourge and Starscream's rampage on Chaar:
--> '''Galvatron:''' [[TranquilFury First, you two let Scourge and Starscream steal one of Trypticon's eyes. And then you two allowed Astrotrain to be used as their escape vehicle. So Scourge is helping Starscream voluntarily, and you four were unable to stop them. Well, all I can say is...]]'''''[[{{Angrish}} RRRAAAAAAARRGGHHH!!!]]'''''
* "Quest for Survival" had lots of hilarious moments with the Morphobots. First Starscream gets dumped on his ass by his own reflected blast, then Blaster [[AutobotsRockOut uses rock music]] to drive them away, then during the battle Megatron gets thrown around by a Morphobot, and finally the Insecticon army [[spoiler:getting annihilated by the Morphobots]].
!![[ComicBook/TheTransformers The comic book series]]
* Minutes after Megatron has revealed himself to be NotQuiteDead to Ratchet, Ratchet starts with the [[DeadpanSnarker snarkery]]. When he later asks how he came back to life, Megatron says he has every intention of telling him. Ratchet's response?
--> "[[DeadpanSnarker Surprise, surprise.]]"
* Dreadwind and Darkwing returning to Cybertron, having been certain they were chased by Mecannibals, and stating to Megatron that they're not really sure where their pursuers went. Cut to outside...
-->'''Mecannicabl:''' (''feasting on a dead Cybertronian'') Good food.
-->'''Mecannibal:''' And plenty of it!
* Seconds after Grimlock's resurrection, he tries to rush Megatron. Megatron simply side-steps, and Grimlock falls through a hole in the wall, several stories up.
* Seawatch's only moment of ''anything'', when he drags Bludgeon around by the leg, and his wonderful line beforehand.
-->'''Seawatch''': Hey, Bludgeon, you know how to ski? (''starts dragging Bludgeon through the water'') That's okay. Neither do I!
* A Decepticon civil war kicks off with Shockwave levelling Scorponok's base, with a shot big enough and loud enough to be heard all the way across the other side of the Hudson (Scorponok's base is in New Jersey). The scene cuts to a bunch of New York office workers staring at the sight from a window, and someone says this.
-->'''Human:''' Has anyone called the police?
-->'''Other Human:''' Why? It's [[TakeThat only]] '''Jersey'''.
* Anytime the Autobots try to make sense of human customs; special mention goes to Bluestreak mistaking a kiss for some kind of "energy transfer," in Issue #11. Let's just say the comics make good use of the FishOutOfWater situation the Autobots are in.


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Officials say due to the heat and humidity it took firefighters more than thirty minutes to put out the flames.
The family is being helped by the Red Cross.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but it's not considered to be suspicious.

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"This is one of my favorite sandwiches to make, I whipped it up one day when I was trying to use up leftover ingredients. My family raved! It's also excellent as a vegetarian sandwich if you leave out the turkey and bacon."
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8 slices
1 tablespoon
2 cloves
garlic, minced
red onion, thinly sliced
3 cups
fresh spinach leaves
1/2 cup
reduced-fat mayonnaise
chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, minced
1 teaspoon
adobo sauce from chipotle peppers
8 (4 inch) pieces
focaccia bread
4 slices
provolone cheese
1/2 pound
sliced deli turkey meat
Made this for the Recipe Group. We really enjoyed this sandwich. Hubby took a bite and said "Wow!" always a good sign! I couldn't find any focaccia bread at my bakery so I made my own using Michael's Foccacia Bread (on this site) it was great. I did add more mayo to the chipotle mayo since it was a bit spicy for my tastes. Also I don't have a panini press so I heated up a non stick pan and a cast iron pan, put the sandwich in the non stick pan then placed the hot cast iron pan down on the top and pressed down slightly, using a hot pad. It worked really great. Thanks for the recipe!
I really liked this, but hubby wasn't as keen so we compromised on the rating. I did use homemade Ciabatta bread though. I want to make again, but need to have hubby agree.
45 Ratings
Really liked this, except I used only one chipotle pepper in the mayonnaise. We found it spicy enough for us, that way. Other than that, I made the recipe as stated. If you don't have focaccia, I think any sliced, substantial bread would work. I'm happy to find another way to make panini! Thanks!
Outstanding, outstanding, outstanding! My husband & oldest son are begging me to make these again 2 days later! I only used 1 chipotle, which was perfect heat for them. On mine, I used garlic mayo instead(not a chipotle fan). I used ciabatta bread & just toasted it(no panini maker). I think this has moved to the #1 spot on our favs from AR!!
We make these (& LOTS of other panini's) all the time on either our GF grill or cast iron skillet! We use a couple teaspoons of olive oil instead of the butter, onions depending upon our mood & just 1 (or none) of the chipotles. Deli turkey, leftover rotisserie chicken, provolone or mozzarella...the ingredients can actually be determined by what you have on hand. It's pretty hard to mess this one up!
I made this for company last night and we loved it. The only change I made was to use 2 slices of cheese per sandwich instead of one. We love cheese.
This was delicious! After I cooked the bacon I poured off some of the grease but left a little to cook my onion, spinach and garlic in. Saves you a dirty pan. The mayo was yummy! Once again...delicious!
I don't have a panini press, so I used my indoor grill. Using a square baking pan, I gently pressed down on the sandwich as it was cooking. Flipped it over and repeated on the other side. You could easily do this on a BBQ grill, too.
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text: Cátia Moreso was born in Lisbon. She studied at the National Opera Studio in London supported by Lionel Antony and the Gulbenkian Foundation, and graduated with distinction at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Awards include a number of competition prizes, including first prize in the Segundo Concurso de Canto Lírico da Fundação Rotária Portuguesa and in the Prémio José Augusto Alegria in Portugal. Her career has brought collaboration with leading international conductors and companies in a wide-ranging repertoire, from Vivaldi to Ligeti.


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I guess I will begin with lentils, which I am told also bring prosperity if eaten in the new year and are eaten daily in India. At least in Italy, lentils symbolize money and are considered a lucky food if eaten during the new year. If you know me, you know it is not a surprise that I am choosing food as my first step in Project India. And if Project India doesn't work perhaps prosperity will be insured.
The simplicity of the five weeks I spent in India traveling by myself would be hard to duplicate now that I have a husband, two kids, a dog, a cat--but I am going to try. Unfortunately, I think it is more the collective spirit of India that infused my trip with a depth and sacredness. The simplicity of my traveling in Rajastan by train with a backpack is unknown in my too busy, too cluttered life and the collective spirit that filled the towns and cities I traveled to are probably impossible to find in NYC.
But, I will try each week to find a way to get closer to the life I experienced-- beginning with lentils and rice. It is a superficial, small step toward something impossible to duplicate.
Looking up inspirational quotes to inspire Project India, I found this one at thinkexist.com:
"An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea."
Buddha quotes (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)
Not quite a resolution--more of a hope and a dream for a simpler, more fulfilling life. Let Project India begin--with lemon lentils.
If you would like to read more about foods to eat in the New Year you can read Lucky Foods for the New Year at Epicurious.com.


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Posted by Antonina on 09/04/2013
I am not fish eater.Don't like smell the fish, hate if pieces of skin found on. My friend convinced me to order "fish of the day" My G! I can eat that fish every day and twice a day! Rice, souce, small lives, vegetables-everything so delicious! Will come back!
Posted by Khadijah on 08/06/2013
I went to Lotus this evening. My friend read the reviews prior but we still took a risk. The decor was really nice when we walked in. There were not many customers which was great because I was really hungry. The service was poor. I have never ate at a Thai restuarant where my food took 30 min. I ordered pineapple fried rice for god sake. The wine taste cheap. When my food finally arrived I asked for hot pepper sauce which never came. I asked another person, still no sauce. My friend had to speak to the manager and his response was that it was only one girl working the floor. I originally asked the young man who brought the food for my sauce. The pineapple fried rice was overpriced and they had the nerve to include the tip into the total. By the way, there were no Asian people working in the place. I can imagine if the place was full how long the food would take to come.
Posted by Ms Nyce on 02/18/2011
First let me say I love Thai food and have gone to many in NYC. My boyfriend found this place for Valentine's Day and it was perfect. Once you step in you think you are in Manhattan. The decor is beautiful. The atmosphere cool and swanky. The music was great. (They have a live Dj some nights.) The service was great! From the host to the waiter to the manager who walked us out at the end of the night. At first I thought the waiter had a bit of an 'attitude' but then I realized he was just "fierce" and it turned out he was very helpful and provided great service. They had a tasting menu for Valentine's Day 3 courses for 2 with a bottle of wine or champagne for $90. not a bad deal! We opted for the cocktails instead Mango and Lychee mojitos. Delish!!! (I had two and I dont even like mojitos.) The appetizers were delicious! Usually I let my boyfriend have the last bite but not this time. We had the shrimp and green curry and the roasted duck. The duck was SCRUMPTIOUS! The perfect crispiness and flavor. I have been thinking of going back every day since then. ( mind you I had the curry shrimp which was delicious also I tried my best to leave his food alone!) We had a great experience and look forward to returning or ordering delivery ( for that duck!)
Posted by Manya2000 on 01/20/2011
Great place. Love the decor, especially the wall mural. Excellent sweat and sour shrimp and eggplant is fabulous.
Posted by Maurice on 01/17/2011
So I've been ordering delivery from this place since it's opened. About 4 months now and it's been pretty good so far. The food is tasty and the service is not bad. Only thing is delivery service is spotty and the food came cold twice. It's good and I would def recommend this to people.
Posted by Hava on 01/08/2011
So I waited for over an hour to get my delivery of sweet & sour veges, chicken tom yum soup, and a thai salad. When it came, the vegetables were cooked to death- yknow when broccoli is cooked so much that it turns that "alligator green" color? That's how it was. YUCK! The tom yum soup which I specified should be "chicken" came with shrimp instead of chicken. Well damn. I cant eat seafood. $5 in the garbage. The salad had barely any peanut dressing on it and the tofu pieces in it looked like someone found them behind the stove after they'd been sitting there for a year. I tasted one and spit it out. Needless to say, I won't be ordering from here ever again.
Posted by Anonymous on 10/26/2010
Great food. Decent prices. So so service. Great atmosphere. Went there many times and would go again.


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Our IT is outsourced and they give us a friendly nudge every time something is required to renew, alas its Sophos this time:
As these companies like to quote us unhappy most of the time, I tend to try to call their bluff and find out if the price they are trying to sell us is the going rate
So for the Sophos renewal they are saying:
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2 year renewal - £1543.76
3 year renewal - £2058.50
"You should renew your Sophos license well in advance of this date so that you experience no disruption to the important anti-virus/spam service that Sophos provide to your company. Please note that failing to renew your subscription will cause automatic updates to stop. This will leave your network unprotected and open to possible virus attacks."
Does this look correct ? Or should I shop around ?
Mon 23-May-2011 15:29
How many clients is this for ?
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Number of users = 23
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Can anyone confirm that this is a good deal ? approx £40 / user
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TT with HD: Iden Baghdadchi
[Ed. note: There's a photograph of Iden (say /aye'-dn/) mentioned in the conversation
below that will help orient readers.]
HD: Well, first of all, welcome to the teeter totter!
IB: Good to be here! Thank you for having me.
HD: Let's actually get some teeter tottering action going now.
IB: Oh, good, yeah.
HD: Now, you were warming up just before we climbed on. Is that your standard warm-up routine that you use for drum majoring?
IB: That's more my warm-up routine when I'm cold, I suppose. So less 'warm-up' in the sense of, Let's get ready to do something. More 'warm-up' in the sense of, Hey it's kind of cold! It's good to generate some heat.
HD: Okay, so you are a senior this year, right?
IB: That is correct!
HD: You're scheduled to graduate, and you have a full slate of classes chosen to ensure that that happens?
IB: This is also correct, yes!
HD: So what are you taking this semester?
IB: I'm taking four classes. I'm taking a writing seminar for my thesis that I'm finishing up ...
HD: ... is that in history or music?
IB: History. I'm taking an American Culture class on beatniks, hippies and punks. That's a cool class. And I'm taking a class on American immigration. And my favorite class right now is my class on black comedy.
HD: And black comedy not in the sense of African-American comedy, ... ?
IB: Yes, in the sense of African-American comedy, mostly on TV, but also standup, things of that nature. It sort of recaps the last forty or fifty years of black comics on the standup circuits, on TV.
HD: Hmm, was that a squirrel?
IB: I believe so.
HD: So are you looking forward to the commencement ceremony with Bill Clinton?
IB: I am actually.
HD: Are you expecting great things from that beyond the fact that he is Bill Clinton?
IB: From having listened to Bill Clinton or watched him on TV, he is actually a good speaker. So I think he will put on a really good commencement. And not by merit of the fact just that he's Bill Clinton, but because he actually speaks very well. It's my understanding some of the previous speakers have had varying degrees of name recognition, but I think that Bill Clinton combines name recognition with the fact that he does speak pretty darn well.
HD: Are you looking to be inspired by what he has to say, or are you expecting basically a nice policy speech?
IB: I'm not really looking for a policy speech. I doubt that'd be the case. I think it's going to be an inspirational type thing. And I guess also the fact that, Hey, it's Bill Clinton, that's pretty awesome!
HD: I think he could probably stand up there and recite limericks for half an hour and people would still remember just that, Hey, Bill Clinton spoke at our graduation and that was really cool.
IB: I think that's true for a lot of people. I think it depends on the frame of mind you are in for graduation. I mean, commencement to me is more of a symbolic event. If you're very sentimental at graduations and commencements, I think you will hear what he says and you'll really digest that and it will stay with you.
HD: So how are they working the tickets for that? Are they going to be rationed out, or have they even rolled out the specifics of how the logistics are going to work yet?
IB: From hearsay, someone told me that each graduate gets seven or eight tickets and they can do with them what they want.
HD: Is that going to be an issue for you? If it turns out to be, say, an allotment of eight tickets per graduate, are you going to have to make some tough choices?
IB: Not in terms of family, because I only have a few family members on this continent. So that makes it really easy. I guess I have a few friends who might want to go who wouldn't have tickets normally, and I'd have no problem if they wanted to hang with my family and do whatever, that's cool.
HD: In some ways, your semester will be bookended by Presidents: Bill Clinton at commencement ...
IB: ... yeah, yeah, I guess so!
HD: ... and you started off the year really with ...
IB: President Ford's ...
HD: ... so it wasn't his funeral, but the arrival of the casket in Grand Rapids?
IB: That is correct. That was an altogether a pretty amazing experience.
HD: I would imagine.
IB: It was the strangest birthday I've ever had.
HD: That was also your birthday?!
IB: Yes, January 2nd was my birthday.
HD: Wow.
IB: So it was probably the most peculiar, probably one of the most remarkable birthdays I ever had.
HD: Yeah, it's going to be all downhill from here, I'm afraid.
IB: On birthdays? Probably.
HD: I don't think you're going to be able to top that. So as I understand it, the entire band ended up volunteering to give up the free day that had been allotted in the itinerary to come back early.
IB: Yeah.
HD: So what did you guys have scheduled to do? In other words, what exactly were you giving up?
IB: Well, first off, let me recap how the schedule worked. The morning of January 1st, we probably all woke up around 4:30am or so, grabbed some boxed lunches, which consisted of something like a Subway sandwich and an apple or whatever. 5:15am, board the busses. Around 7:15am, unload busses, get uniforms on at the parade site in Pasedena. Wait for a while. Around 8:15 or 8:30am, roll out, do the parade. That takes around two, two-and-a-half hours. Then it's around noon. Have some In-N-Out burgers. Then we get on the busses shortly thereafter, go to the Rose Bowl itself, do the whole game ...
HD: ... I read somewhere you guys left at halftime?
IB: No! That's not true. Then around 7:00, 7:30pm, we departed for the hotel again, and we had enough time to basically shower up, eat, watch a video of our performance. Then the 150 of us had to load the busses, then we eventually go off to the airport around 11:00pm, fly out that night at about 12:30am. Then woke up January 2nd in Grand Rapids somewhere, we were on the plane. We had breakfast at GVSU ...
HD: ... GVSU being?
IB: Grand Valley State University, in a gym. We went back to the hangar of the Grand Rapids airport, hung out with the military personnel, did a rehearsal of what we had to do. Air Force One landed, we watched it land. The body came out, this big procession. Did the gig. Got back on the busses, got some KFC, drove back to Ann Arbor. This is now the evening of the 2nd. At this point, most of us had not had a lot of sleep in the last two days. But it was the most memorable birthday I'll ever have probably.
HD: I'll bet. So you played four pieces in Grand Rapids, right?
IB: Right.
HD: Now this Ruffles and Flourishes ...
IB: ... that's kind of technically one, I guess. I would classify it as one, but it was four, I suppose.
HD: So Ruffles are drum parts and the Flourishes are bugel parts, is that the deal?
IB: Ahh, well, I think Ruffles is an opening bugel-esque fanfare and then Flourishes is more of the same, I suppose. You know, I'm not really sure, come to think of it, maybe you're right.
HD: At any rate that's what comes before Hail to the Chief.
IB: That's right, that's correct.
HD: So it's Ruffles and Fourishes and then straight into Hail to the Chief.
IB: If you want to double check it, you can see the whole entire clip on CSPAN. It's about forty three minutes long, it's kind of hard to fast forward through it.
HD: So is this on YouTube somewhere?
IB: I don't know, it probably is somewhere at this point. It's also on CSPAN if people are interested in watching it.
HD: Now, Hail to the Chief, is that a standard part of anybody's repertoire who would consider themselves a respectable member of any marching band?
IB: No, no. We actually learned that specifically for it. At the beginning of our trip, we actually only had vague details at that point. We knew we had to learn and memorize Hail to the Chief. The entire band learned and memorized it, not knowing that only 151 of us would go really.
HD: So only 151 went to the Rose Bowl at all?
IB: No, no. Only 151 of us left the Rose Bowl early to go to the Ford arrival.
HD: Oh, I see. So how did that selection process go?
IB: Initially, it was volunteers: Let's see who we can get to go do this? Then it sort of became, Oh, well everyone wants to do this, because I think it was recognized that this was sort of a big deal ...
HD: ... something that everyone wants to be a part of ...
IB: ... right, so then it became, Okay, of those people who volunteered, we'll take the seniors and the best players to make up that band.
HD: So you reviewed the video after the halftime performance and the Rose Parade. You have video people shooting your own, or did you just watch the televised ...
IB: ... we have vid staff people who film all our performances.
HD: So how would you say you guys did?
IB: Performance wise? Pretty good. Very good actually. It was a little bit difficult for me. For all these really big football games they have these like sky cams, which zoom about above the action. But those are not too high up really. Plus, you don't really know where those wires are going to be. So if you're twirling, for whatever reason, and you try toss and there's a wire there, well, then you're out of luck, you might hit something.
HD: Did you actually have occasion to hit something with your mace?
IB: I could have. I had to keep readjusting. This was supposed to my grand finale as far as twirling exhibitions go, so I had to curtail a lot of it.
HD: That must have been disappointing?
IB: It was, a little bit. Because wherever I went, there was a skycam. And I felt like I would get in a lot of trouble if I destroyed one of those.
HD: [laugh] Yeah, I think it was wise to err on the side of caution. So you were still able to do the toss over the goal post, right?
IB: Of course, yeh, yeh, yeh. That was no problem.
HD: And you nailed that?
IB: Yeah.
HD: And you had a perfect record on the backbend and the goal post toss for the year?
IB: Mmm hmm.
HD: That's just expected, though, right?
IB: I mean it happens that people don't do it, but.
HD: So the backbend. I found this picture online ...
IB: ... where did you find it?
HD: It's on Go-Blue-dot-com or something?
IB: MGoBlue?
HD: Something like that. 'For fans by fans' is their slogan, I think. It's a really excellent photograph. You're in perfect focus and everything else is slightly blurred. But it just looks excruciating.
IB: [laugh]
HD: It just looks like an inhuman feat. So what is the training curve for learning to do that? Surely, please don't tell me you just tried to do it one day and discovered that you could do that?
IB: No, it's a lot of stretching. A lot of consistent stretching. A lot of relaxing. It's a lot of having the right mindset and a lot of practice I guess.
HD: So is it more flexibility as opposed to strength?
IB: It's both.
HD: You do situps, or?
IB: Sure.
HD: A special routine for your abs?
IB: It's different muscles depending on how you do it. You can do more back muscles, you can do more leg muscles, depending on how you want to do it. I don't want to say it's excruciating. But I wouldn't recline in that position and watch a game or something, you know?
HD: So how long did it take you to train to the point where you could do it?
IB: Ahh, it took a few months probably.
HD: So you mentioned a thesis you're writing? What's that about?
IB: It is about Arab Detroit and perspectives on multiculturalism post 9-11. To break that down, it's taking a look at the way Arab- and Muslim-Americans in the greater Detroit area view their place in society, and how multi-cultural America actually was post 9-11. So on one side of the coin, the President might say, Well, Arab and Muslim-Americans are a valued part of our society and really tolerance is quite the norm. And then you have other people in the local community who might say, That's not true, there's still a great deal of inequality, racism, racial preference, discrimination that is coming down from the government, coming from people, coming from local community members. So it's examining how these people are viewing the world since then.
HD: So what is the source material then? Is it one-on-one interviews with people, examination of various written texts published in the popular media, what?
IB: To examine the discourse coming from the government, I look at the State Department website--the stuff they have published. I look at the executive press releases from around that time period. I look at legislation that's been passed, statements made in the House and Senate. That's to get an idea of what the government is saying--government being any official part of the federal government that is putting out language. So I want to compare that to the local community. To measure that--which is a bit harder--I'm looking at the Arab American News, which is a local paper. I just finished up looking at that stuff. Next I'm looking at the Forum and Link, which is another Arab-American newspaper. And from there on, I think I'm going to look at some of the papers circulated by local chapters of the ADC, the American Arab Anti-discrimination Committee, and ACCESS, which is another Arab-American group. I'm looking at the discourse put out by these groups: What are they saying to these community members? Some of what they say is, Here's a list of rights you have, should you be contacted by an FBI agent. Here are your rights, here's what you don't have to do if they ask you, things like that ...
HD: ... have you talked to any people who've been contacted by the FBI and who've been asked to do specific things that they don't have to do?
IB: I haven't personally done interviews. I know the general sentiment. I've heard people speak about it. So I haven't one-on-one interviewed someone about it.
HD: Who are you working with on the faculty for this thesis?
IB: Several people. My personal advisor is Professor Damon Salesa, whose specialty is actually British Empire and Pacific history, but I knew him very well. I worked with him on a previous project and he's a really great professor, really, really brilliant guy. I also work with Nadine Naber and a little bit with Evelyn Alsultany. Those are both professors at the University of Michigan in American Culture. And they do specifically Arab- and Muslim-American issues. As a side note, it's interesting how in the discipline of history right now on the faculty, there's no one who does specifically Arab-American studies; however, there is Arab-American culture in different departments.
HD: What does Juan Cole do?
IB: Juan Cole is in history. He does Middle Eastern history and U.S. involvement in the Middle East. Particularly, Shi'ism, Muslim Brotherhood stuff in Egypt, more modern issues.
HD: Ever had a class with him?
IB: I have not had the fortune of doing so. But I've read his blog. An interesting note, once upon a time when I wanted to go to grad school, and I was looking at different departments around the country to see who's doing what and who were the faculty, I was having difficulty finding faculty who were doing Arab-American studies or Islamic-American issues and things of that nature. And I found that a lot of them are located in at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor or Dearborn. One of the really remarkable things about the departments here in history and AmCult, they really do have an excellent geographic focus. It's not strictly a very homogenous, white American history. It's really all across the board and even like topics you wouldn't think about. Like, we have a really great Pacific studies program as well--which other universities don't have. Berkeley doesn't have that. Berkeley's on the west coast. We're in Ann Arbor, Michigan, we have these faculty, you know? Some faculties have a person doing South Asia. We have four or five. That's tremendous, that's just awesome. What does that say to me? That sort of says: that's a good focus, we're not looking for a single homogenous history, it's a very wide spectrum.
HD: From the way you phrased your comment about grad school, it sounds maybe like you've given up the idea of going to grad school?
IB: For now I have. But 'given up'? I think it's more like postponed it. I think it more speaks to the fact that I don't know what I want to do with my life at this current moment.
HD: So do you have anything specific lined up after graduation?
IB: Yeah, I'm planning to do a few things right now. My plan is to move to Washington, D.C. and that's because a lot of jobs are there. A lot of stuff I want to do is there in terms of politics, or non-profits, or law. That's what's happening. I know people there, have some friends. There's lots of young people in general in that city, it's diverse, it's large enough that it's a big city, but small enough that I don't need a car. A lot of good reasons that I thought I'd check it out.
HD: So it's not that you have something specific lined up like a job that you have to go to D.C. to do it, you just figure if you move there good things will happen?
IB: Yes and no. Good things will happen--ideally. But also I have a few things I'm applying to right now that are D.C. based.
HD: Anything else on your mind today?
IB: Mmmm, it's actually a nice day.
HD: Yeah, it's not bad. Yesterday was bitterly cold and tomorrow it's supposed to be bitterly cold. We've got a day today, we're going to just manage to make it above freezing, I think.
IB: Yeah? It wasn't so bad ...
HD: ... that's right, you rode your bike over here.
IB: Yeah, well, I don't have a car. So this is the best way to do it. And it wasn't too bad, not at all. It was mostly downhill, so.
HD: Is that generally how you get around, on your bike?
IB: Oh yeah. I love my bike.
HD: Don't take the bus at all?
IB: Well, I used to when I had classes on North Campus, I'd have to. But I still like to ride my bike even when it's cold. You bundle up and you're good to go. It's clean, it's fast.
HD: Yeah, most stuff is within biking distance around here. Do you live in the dorms?
IB: I live off campus.
HD: Has that worked out well for you, are you happy with that situation?
IB: I love it.
HD: Relationship with the landlord has been frictionless?
IB: Yeah, yeah. They've been pretty cool.
HD: Okay, well, listen, thanks for coming over to teeter totter. I'm sorry about that construction noise. I don't know what that is.
IB: My pleasure!


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BYU's Holmoe will meet with SEC commish about scheduling inclusion
At first glance, the announcement earlier this week from the SEC that it would keep its eight-game conference schedule (and not go to nine games like the Pac-12 and Big 12 have done and Big Ten will do in 2016) appeared to be good news for BYU. Obviously, the fewer conference games teams are forced to play means the more games they have available to play independents such as BYU.
Plus, the ACC is said to have been monitoring what the SEC was going to do, and is expected to follow suit.
But there was a caveat that accompanied the SEC's announcement that should give BYU fans pause, and apparently has already caused some concern for BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe.<
BYU is not currently considered one of the schools that would fill the out-of-conference requirement, Slive confirmed to national reporters on Monday.
That's where BYU's Holmoe comes in.
ESPN's Joe Schad bumped into Holmoe at the commissioners' college football playoff meetings in Dallas (Las Colinas, actually) on Monday and tweeted: "BYU AD Tom Holmoe said he plans to speak w/Mike Slive about if his program meets the SEC's new scheduling requirements."
Holmoe declined several interview requests with local media members after Schad's tweet, according to BYU associate athletic director for communications Duff Tittle. However, Tittle said that Holmoe acknowledged talking briefly with Slive in Dallas.
"Tom had a brief, cordial conversation with Mike Slive yesterday," Tittle said on Tuesday. "It went well and they agreed that they would get back together and talk about it down the road sometime, probably this summer."
BYU hasn't typically played a lot of SEC teams, but at least it sounds like Holmoe is concerned enough about the probable exclusion to ask Slive for the consideration. In three years as an independent, BYU has played just one SEC team, beating Ole Miss 14-13 in Oxford in the 2011 opener. The Cougars had a home-and-home with Mississippi State during the Gary Crowton era more than a decade ago.
It might come down to whether Slive and Co. believe games against BYU adds to SEC teams' strength-of-schedule, because if the talks in Dallas about how teams will be selected for the CFP showed us anything, it is that strength of schedule is going to be really, really important. Then again, adding BYU to the list could open Pandora's Box. If games against the Cougars fulfill the requirement, why wouldn't games against other high-profile non-power conference teams to the same thing?
Whatever the case, the SEC's scheduling announcement and the news last week that the NCAA is considering a restructuring that will grant more autonomy to the power conference schools to make their own rules regarding student-athlete stipends and cost-of-attendance stipends, etc., can't be considered good news for BYU, or members of the MWC such as Utah State.
There's this from Sports Illustrated's Stewart Mandel, who wrote the following in his weekly "mailbag" segment when asked if the power conferences getting autonomy from the NCAA will cause Notre Dame to join a conference full-time in football:
"The real loser in this is BYU. I was all for its independence experiment four years ago, but I could have never foretold how much the landscape surrounding the Cougars would change. They are probably better off as an independent than they would've been had they remained in the now-depleted Mountain West. But despite their 64,000-seat stadium, their semi-recent national title (1984) and their Heisman Trophy ('90), they are not considered of the caliber of programs in the five major conferences. BYU will presumably continue to keep Bob Bowlsby on its friends and family list."


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I had to do this after someone (cough, Adam Zeis, cough) dumped tons of RAW photos in a shared folder.
Sure, we defenestrated him, but I ended up turning off local sync for a punch of shared image folder and likewise regained tons of precious SSD space on my rMBP.
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Taking on torture: Vermonter arrested while protesting U.S. military school
By Shay Totten | Vermont Guardian
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BURLINGTON — For years, Burlington filmmaker and activist Robin Lloyd has traveled throughout Latin America, observing firsthand the death and destruction left behind by U.S.-bred military policies promoting counterinsurgencies.
More recently, she has been traveling the world as part of Code Pink, is on the national board of the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom, and continues to work as a filmmaker and publisher of Toward Freedom, a progressive-minded, international public affairs website.
On Nov. 20, she took her longstanding opposition to U.S. policies of torture and became one of 40 people arrested at an annual protest against the U.S. Army's Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC). She expects to serve at least three months in a federal prison as a result and pay a fine of up to $5,000.
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Giogrio Armani Face Fabric ($45.00) is the latest from GA when it comes to foundations. It is my first time trying any Giorgio product, let alone one of their foundations (which are pretty highly touted!). Face Fabric is described as "second skin nude makeup." It's actually an accurate description of how the foundation feels. The easiest way to describe the texture and feel of this foundation is to call it a tinted primer. It has much of the same texture as a silicone-based primer does (like Smashbox Photofinish), but this is clearly tinted to act like a foundation.
Giorgio Armani says it has "#D Micro-fil" technology, which is supposed to bring "lightness and fluiditiy" to your makeup. I don't exactly know what that really means, but I will agree that this is a very natural-looking foundation that blends easily and seamlessly into the skin's natural planes. It has a little bit of a "glow" to it; just makes the skin look very healthy. The coverage on this is more than a tinted moisturizer, but it definitely won't cover the two-week-to-recover-zit or anything. I find I opt for this foundation on better skin days, but if it's a break out week, I have to get something with more coverage. I personally have several foundations on hand, because I like different ones on different occasions.
For those curious, Face Fabric does have SPF12, which is pretty minimal coverage, but you can always increase your SPF coverage through a moisturizer or separate sunscreen beforehand. And for the price-conscious, yes, the foundation is pricey, and you don't get a whole lot (1.35 fl. oz.), but the good news is you really need a pea size or less for an application.
I recommend this for anybody who doesn't already use a primer, or someone who wants a lightweight, minimal coverage foundation with primer benefits. The foundation's ability not to settle into fine lines and the nuances of the face makes it a great option for those who have battled with the frustration of some other foundations, too.
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Prices are low but, with lack of choice, so is the value. Stephen Downes reports.
In almost 35 years of professional reviewing, I've never assessed a restaurant in which two people could easily eat through the entire list at a single sitting. You can at Franco Choo's, because it serves only two entrees and the same number of mains and desserts. They're Italian-inflected domestic dishes, and one was very good. The wine list provides cheaper options, but service was inexperienced and slow, and the place itself is small, busy and basic.
In my view, it's not good enough for a restaurant to list only a couple of entrees, mains and desserts. The claim is that Choo's goes for peak seasonality in its ingredients.
But enough seasonal makings are available around the year to draft a broader range of options. Both mains listed the night we visited, for instance, were of red meat – grilled lamb rump and a beef stew. Too bad if you wanted poultry or seafood or game, say.
The stew ($22) was the dish of the dinner, a fine braise in which chunks of tasty and tender meat lay among smiles of celery, carrot bits, slags of tomato and two halves of a steamed potato. The cooking juice was wonderfully tasty.
Choo's plates its food as you would at home – style is not bunged on, let's just say. The rump grilled to pink inside ($24) came in three pieces, which sat on a fine but fairly bland bean puree. To the north was a mound of good fregola (pasta beads) studded with small cubes of preserved lemon and scattered with rounds of small zucchini. And while it was good-tasting, the meat itself was quite chewy.
I started with a bowl of al dente spaghetti ($13) riddled with lots of fresh green peas and touched up with a "pistachio" pesto. A light precipitation of grated cheese on top, the ensemble was fine and simple. "Marinated" trevally ($14) was much less successful. Trevally is hardly the king of fish. Its flesh is fairly coarse and its flavour can be undemonstrative. Three sizeable chunks of it had been crumbed, fried and left to cool in a vinegar-spices marinade. Added to hanks of good stewed red capsicum in a well-balanced oil-acid dressing, it remained a pretty ordinary fish-eating experience.
A wedge of "moulded trifle cake" ($11) was encased in sponge fingers, its ricotta filling punctuated with fruit and nuts.
Excellent organic bread and olive oil cost $2 for a smallish oval slice. You get two per serving, and another two – a refill – cost us no more. But bread should be offered free.
A novice waiter and only one other to help him on a busy night meant it was hard to get attention late in the meal when more guests came in. We were asked if we'd like crumbs and salt flakes cleared after mains; the job should have been done without comment. And our view of the dishes was invited.
If very limited, this is a pretty canny drinks list, covering grapes, good beers by bottle, six table whites, a rose' and seven reds. Three of the bottle prices are in the $30s, and three whites, the rose', and three reds are available by glass.
A 2009 barbera from Michelini in Victoria's Alpine Valley was $10/$46.
Small tables are close at this cramped, walk-in shopfront place, and you sit on either timber bistro chairs or on a caramel-coloured bench along the wall. While the cutlery and glassware are good, the paper napkins should be used as fire-lighters.
While prices are low here, so is the value. Why? Because of lack of choice and the style and presentation of the food – it's too domestic.
Madame Downes said the obvious: We can cook great stews at home.
Food: 13/20
Staff: 6/10
Drink: 3/5
X-factor: 3/5
Value: 6/10
Total out of 50 - 31
Address: 179a High St, Prahran; Phone (03) 9529 7310
Food: Italian
Drinks: Licensed
Hours: Tues-Sat; 6pm-late
Chef/owner: Steven Choo
Price guide: Small plates $13-14; Large plates $22-24; Desserts $11-12
Snapshot: Italian-accented domestic tucker in a small cafe.
Information in this article is correct as of 27 March, 2012.
Stephen Downes reviews Victorian restaurants for the taste section every Tuesday in the Herald Sun.
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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 1999 All service members will undergo training that will clarify DoD's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on homosexuals in the military, DoD officials said Aug. 13.
The policy -- promulgated in 1994 -- allowed homosexuals to stay in the services so long as they did not discuss their sexual orientation. Conversely, supervisors are not to ask subordinates about their sexual orientation.
No major changes to the policy are contemplated, said DoD officials. The clarification was based on recommendations sent to Rudy de Leon, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, by a DoD working group in April 1998.
The group's recommendations have received more prominence due to the death July 5 of Army Pfc. Barry Winchell at Fort Campbell, Ky. Winchell was beaten to death with a baseball bat allegedly because he was gay. An Article 32 hearing is under way at the post deciding whether to charge Pvt. Calvin Glover with murder.
Pentagon officials want all harassment to stop. Under the new guidelines, recruits will receive training explaining harassment of any service member is unacceptable. "The bottom line is to treat all others with respect and dignity," said DoD spokesperson Army Lt. Col. Catherine Abbott.
De Leon signed two memos dealing with the homosexual conduct policy. One requires that DoD guidance on the homosexual policy be "effectively disseminated to all levels of command" and be made part of training programs for law enforcement personnel, commanders and supervisors. The memo requires the instruction to be incorporated into recruit training and for service members to attend refresher training thereafter.
The other memo seeks to institute consistent and fair application of the policy. It recommends installation staff judge advocates consult with senior legal officers prior to the initiation of an investigation into alleged homosexual conduct.
If commanders wish to initiate an investigation into whether a service member made a statement regarding his or her homosexuality just to get out of serving in the military, it must be approved at the military department level.
Finally, the memo tasks service inspectors general to specifically check on the training of commanders, attorneys and investigators, who are charged with application of the homosexual policy.
Defense Secretary William Cohen said most commanders understand the policy and institute it fairly. "The department is determined to implement the homosexual conduct policy with fairness to all concerned," Cohen said in a written statement. "I've made it clear there is no room for harassment or threats in the military. I've instructed the military services to make sure that the policy is clearly understood and fairly enforced."
In 1998, DoD discharged 1,145 service members under the policy. Most of those were discharged because the individuals came forward.


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BlackGuards – game review
Daedelic games is most famous for their point and click adventure games, but with BlackGuards they are trying to break out of their mold by giving us a tactical action adventure game set in the rich lore and universe of "The Dark Eye", which is the famous European Pen-and-Paper RPG alternate universe to American "Dungeons & Dragons".
BlackGuards will first of all capture your heart with its intriguing story. You see the love of your life Princess Elenore being shred apart by a crazed dark wolf. You fail to save her in time and the mysterious wolf runs away and by the time guards approach only you are found drenched in Princess's blood. Consequently you are sentenced to death as no one believes the dark wolf story. However before the day of your execution, another prisoner: A Dwarf, helps you escape with him along with a mage. And now these vagabond heroes not only run away from the law but also take over themselves the quest to find the mystery behind the dark wolf. They start with the coffin of princess to examine for any clues, only to find that the princess is missing from the coffin.
The game puts you in a very mysterious and intriguing storyline which you will have to play to uncover. As far as gameplay is concerned the game is played on familiar hex based board taking turns. But differentiates this game from other hex based RPGs like Might & Magic is its interactive environments. Not only you have to rely on your party members abilities but also proper use of environment can turn the tide of war. e.g. you can throw chair at enemies, throw down crates to block the path, cut a chandelier rope to make it fall on group of enemies, use puddle of water on the ground to make some enemy slip etc. This makes the whole battlefield more lively than any other game for sure.
Even though battles are tactical and maps are interactive but still in the back end it is a RPG, so you can expect your usual upgrades for power and abilities ranked up via Adventure points (AP) which you gain after each battle. There are a nice collection of abilities to upgrade from magic to traps to conventional attributes etc. There is a huge skill tree to explore based on the three character class types in the game. The RPG mechanics work well as you equip and purchase different weapons and sell loot for money for further progress like in any typical RPG.
Visually the models may not be very highly detail yet overall the graphical environments are pleasing. I do have some complaints like I am not a fan of godly bloom and blur, which is quite abundant in this game. Moreover the animations are really cheap and appear to be done by amateurs. The interface of gameplay is slightly buggy. Cutscenes are the worst as the characters will not animate much while only the camera pans and zooms around, something which might have looked ok for a 2D Action comic but with 3D characters and areas, this doesn't look pretty at all.
Daedelic has done a nice job at using their adventure game expertise and make a tactical action RPG out of it, while at the core you will still enjoy a sense of adventuring and intriguing storyline to keep you tied to your seat; but the game does need some polishing in both visuals and gameplay to be perfect.
This review is based on Early Access Build of the game, the full game will be released like episodes with each chapter coming after 3 weeks. You can grab the game now @ Steam
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How can I best renovate ornate moulded skirting?
I am changing the fireplace with a narrower surround, and in doing so there is a gap in the old wide Victorian ornate moulded pitch pine skirtings, where the skirting and surround meets. It is not possible to get moudings like this off the shelf, and I have asked specialist companies who could make bespoke, but at a hefty price for what is a 2" gap either side. I have checked a salvage yard, but there was nothing exact. I might take a cast, but have my doubts on matching. Any other suggestions?
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This is always a difficulty with period properties. The original features are lovely, but matching up for repairs can be very difficult. Apart from the options you have explored
One way to get around this would be to build up the skirting board out of other mouldings, and try and get as close as possible to the original. So get a flat section of timber for the main part of the skirting, and then fix various other mouldings, such as quadrant and ovolo, etc, together and try and get a match. There is no guarantee of an exact match, however.
Another option is to make a feature of whatever you fill the gap with. So make a larger infill section that will match the style of skirting or fireplace, and fix this in place. This also has the benefit of you not having to try and hide the joint lines, two inches either side of the fireplace, if you try and get an exact match of skirting.
Alternatively, you could bite the bullet, and replace the entire length of skirting either side of the fireplace... this way you'll get away for joint lines, and bits of skirting that nearly, but not quite fit. Obviously this is expensive, but is the best route to guarantee a great job, and better justifies getting bespoke skirting board made.
Though if you can find a goodish match with reclaimed skirting, if you replace the entire lenght, the change in mouldings is less noticeable in the corners.
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