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A man receiving a blowjob from a call girl as his fiancee watches is admittedly a bit shocking for the stage. But these things do happen-or, at least, many of us would like to believe they do-and whether you're horrified or stimulated by the image, the scene actually furthers the plot of Swifty: it shows how far people will go to please Swifty, the lucky bastard at the center of the triangle.
But there's one important piece of information that transforms this from a Penthouse Forum testimonial into something far more gripping-and disturbing: the man in question is an 86-year-old near-invalid whose feet are rotting and who has weeks, if not mere days, to live.
Swifty is the problem with Christopher Hart's Swifty, which is receiving its world-premiere production at the Grove Theater Center. Hart expects the audience to forgive-and like-his protagonist, the real-life eccentric literary agent to the stars, Irving "Swifty" Lazar; he expects them to like him as often and as much as the women engaged in fellatio. And we are supposed to like him for little more than the occasion of his miserable decline. To W.C. Fields' list of sure-fire crowd pleasers-small kids and dogs-we can now apparently add old people who still have their wits and sex drives about them.
Indeed, while Hart doesn't give us many authentic reasons to like Swifty, he gives us plenty of reasons to hope he drops dead sooner rather than later. Swifty rails at his cancer-riddled wife as she lies on her deathbed. Swifty attempts to bribe an apparently reputable journalist to write a glowing piece on him in Vanity Fair. Swifty is about as detail-oriented as Mike Davis when it comes to writing his autobiography-an "autobiography" he hired another writer to write.
He's not an evil man, but he is a man with fairly serious character flaws. That doesn't have to be a problem; the conventional wisdom-that a character must be likable-is utterly wrong (it's far more important that characters be believable). But it's a problem for Swifty. This is supposed to be a bittersweet but ultimately fond reminiscence of a colorful man's colorful life. And if we don't find Swifty likable, the bitter can't help but outweigh the sweet.
Like Irving Berlin and countless other children of immigrants living amid the urban squalor of the Lower East Side in the early part of this century, Lazar rose from humble origins to a life of wealth. He was a high-powered literary agent with clients ranging from Humphrey Bogart and Ernest Hemingway to Roseanne and Larry McMurtry. (Lazar trivia: he was the person behind the legendary Oscar-night parties at Spago's on Sunset Boulevard.) While not sugar-coated, this is undeniably a fond recounting of Lazar's rise to fame. And that's no surprise. Playwright Hart is the son of Moss Hart (one of Lazar's earliest clients), a fact that may account for Hart's laziness in assuming that we'd love the seamy devil as much as Hart did growing up.
Swifty is framed around the device of a Vanity Fair reporter (Linda Gehringer, who wrings strength and character from a character who isn't written with much of either) interviewing Lazar (David Wohl, who had moments of brilliance on opening night but gave the impression he hadn't yet claimed the character) for a profile. This allows Hart an easy-often too easy-way to relate anecdotes from Lazar's life. One of the earliest of those introduces us to Swifty the teenager, who was bullied by neighborhood toughs and forced to give his mother intravenous injections for her diabetes.
The combination of intense poverty and sickness contributed to two of Lazar's lifelong obsessions: a hatred of germs and an emphasis on personal appearance. Two of the best stories in a play that works better as a storytelling session than compelling drama involve these twin obsessions. In the first, Lazar describes a harrowing experience in which he's trapped in a men's room with the notorious germ-hater Howard Hughes. Both were too terrified to touch the door handle and had to wait until someone entered. Lazar's sartorial obsession is revealed during World War II. Entering as a low-ranking officer, Lazar discovered he would have to wear a uniform he loathed. So he found a costume shop in New York and bought a flashier captain's uniform, which leads to uncomfortable encounters with higher-ranking officers.
Similarly engaging stories dot the play, which often reads like the memoirs of Hedda Hopper or some other name-dropper. There's Swifty being roughed up by Frank Sinatra's goons. There's Swifty hanging with Hemingway at the bull fights. There's Cole Porter writing a birthday song for Swifty's 50th. Less engaging are the scenes about Lazar in his later days, when we're introduced to his gold-digging fiancee and slimy prot�g�, who tries to steal Lazar's clients. But the play's best scene is also set in this period, when he and Milton Berle (played with impeccable comic instinct by Stephen Mo Hanan) engage in a hilarious attempt to recall the days of vaudeville and swap stories. The conversation is meandering, frustrating and hilarious in the way that only smart, funny old men slowly losing their powers of concentration can be.
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Long Lasting Sex Tips. It's based on his own experience, not from the medical side, so maybe some of the medical side may not have been "scientifically proven"
Myth frequent masturbation will result in premature ejaculation when having sex [ML]. This myth is wrong. If we are accustomed to while masturbating rush, then maybe (but not certain) when ML hurry so we also subconsciously.
Kegel exercises to learn good, but not absolutely necessary. Because there are other tips.
Use condoms are slightly thicker to reduce the sensation of friction on the male genitalia.
Use the rhythm when ML. For example when the position man on top (MOT), do a quick stab rhythm several times, and once prick slowly but deeply. Example: 9x quick stab and puncture 2x slowly but deeply. In the event of a puncture slowly but inside, this is a time of rest for male genitalia and reduced sensation during friction. Plus when prick slowly but in these women also enjoyed.
The mind controls the body. Do not think that you will quickly exit. Some articles suggest that you imagine your work, music, sports, etc. so that the mind distracted from the ML, so it does not get out. But this is not absolutely necessary. Salah2 even genitals you can limp with too much focus on something else, but this depends on each individual. Can also when the ML, we (male) gaze direction other than the woman for several seconds. For example look at the wall or ceiling.
The man on top position, if you feel will get an orgasm, decrease your speed puncture, puncture done slowly but deeply. Or if necessary, pull your genitals while, and use your fingers to stimulate her for a while.
In other positions, if possible, if you were going to get an orgasm, press the base of your genitals with your hands for some time (could be a few seconds, 2-3 seconds)
Last tips is if possible, change the position of the ML when you feel will get an orgasm. Example of the MOT, WOT then doggy style. Actually this is just to get a temporary lag time for you to rest and relax.
Lastly, you do not have ML in a long time if your female partner could reach orgasm within a short time.
Quality that counts, not the duration. If you and your female partner can both get an orgasm within say 10 minutes, then 10 minutes is sufficient.
Because in some women, in the event of ML in the duration of time is too long, the genitals will become dry and cause pain for women, unless you are using a lubricant.
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The book collects his work between 1987 and 2006, articles by Frere-Jones, as well as anecdotes and stories from friends/colleagues. Contributors: Dawn Barrett, David Berlow, Rachel Berger, Amanda Bowers, Sheila Levrant de Brettville, Matthew Carter, Neil Donnelly, Sasha Frere-Jones, Cyrus Highsmith, Jonathan Hoefler, Natalia Ilyin, GJ Nelson, Chris Vermaas and Dirk Wachowiak.
This is simply a nice, bold use of two colors that aptly showcases Frere-Jones' type work. Even the use of the screened red (which usually looks to salmon-ey) looks pretty good here. The full color signature seems like a nice complement, but I would be happy with black and white photographs.
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Trailing by two points on Monday, Marlboro High School's Julian Allen dished to Zach Sakadelis, who sank a buzzer-beating three-pointer from the right wing while falling down, to lift the visiting Iron Dukes boys basketball team to its second straight win, a 58-57 triumph over Pine Bush.
"Zach didn't even know it went in. That's what he told me," Marlboro coach Mike Koehler said. "We cleared the bench. We wanted to make sure the official had his hands up and that it was good, but then the boys all tackled Zach."
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The grind of playing four games in eight nights ends Wednesday (Nov. 26) against an unbeaten foe from the Big Ten Conference.
That may come as good news for the Eastern Washington University men's basketball team, but the even better news is the 3-1 start the Eagles will take into their game against Minnesota at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Ind. Tip-off is 5:30 p.m. Pacific time in a game televised live on the Big Ten Network. Wayne Larrivee calls the play-by-play.
"It's a good test for us," said Eastern head coach Kirk Earlywine. "It prepares us a little bit for the Big Sky Conference when you get only one day of preparation for some of your games. It's something we have to get accustomed to, but I'm just glad in the Big Sky we don't have to play four games in eight days."
Following the Minnesota game, the Eagles will try to continue their hot start against UC Irvine on Sunday (Nov. 30) at 7:05 p.m. at Reese Court in Cheney, Wash., in a rematch of a 74-69 Eastern victory in California on Nov. 19. The Anteaters enter a game Friday (Nov. 28) at Idaho with a 0-3 record.
Eastern has not started 3-1 since the 2002-03 season when the Eagles finished 18-13 and advanced to the NIT Tournament. That year the Eagles lost to Weber State 60-57 in the Big Sky Tournament championship game with a trip to the NCAA Tournament on the line. Earlywine was an assistant coach that season for the Wildcats, who were 14-0 in the league and 26-6 overall.
The last time Eastern was 4-1 to start a season came in 1997-98 when the Eagles finished the year 16-11. Regardless of Wednesday's outcome against Minnesota, on Sunday Eastern will be gunning for its best five-game start since the 2002-03 squad began the year 3-2 and stretched it to 7-2 with a four-game winning streak.
In the first three games of its four-game grind, Eastern defeated UC Irvine (74-69), Texas Arlington (73-70) and Idaho (69-59). The win over Texas Arlington was particularly impressive because the Mavericks were a NCAA Tournament participant last year and are the defending Southland Conference champions.
"It seemed like those were the types of games that slipped away from us a year ago," said Earlywine, particularly of his team's narrow victories over the Anteaters and Mavericks. "I don't know if that means we are improved or the basketball gods are smiling on us at the moment. I know we are better at this point than we were a year ago at this time. How much I don't know yet.
"Having a guard out there in Benny Valentine that can make plays and handle the ball against pressure certainly helps you in those late-game situations," added Earlywine of his 5-foot-7 point guard who leads the Eagles with averages of 18.0 points and 3.3 assists per game. "Those are very good wins for us and are a sign that we're advancing and becoming better as a program."
Eastern opened its season with a 66-50 loss on Nov. 14 at Illinois of the Big Ten Conference in a game that was tied at 35 at halftime. However, Eastern went 8:05 without a field goal during a 15-1 Illinois run in the second half to spoil a combined 27-point outing for new Valentine and returning 6-9 center Brandon Moore.
"The fact we were able to score 35 points in the first half against Illinois was a positive," Earlywine said of the game against Illinois, which was 16-19 overall and 5-13 in the Big Ten a year ago under head coach Bruce Weber. Just four short seasons ago, Illinois was 37-2 and lost in the NCAA Championship game to North Carolina in March 2005.
"Last season, even though they had a down year for them by their standards, they still guarded and held their opponents to less than 40 percent for the year," Earlywine continued. "So I was concerned about our ability to score the ball against them. We scored well against them in the first half, but what was disappointing is that I felt like we should have been up eight or nine -- even double-digits maybe -- at halftime. We gave up way too many easy points. To win that game, we needed to have a bigger cushion at halftime."
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-- Valentine Wins Big Sky Player of the Week Honor -- Eastern Washington University 5-foot-7 point guard Benny Valentine has been selected as the Big Sky Conference Player of the Week after leading the Eagles to three-straight NCAA Division I victories in a six-day stretch.
A transfer from Texas Tech who redshirted at Eastern last season, Valentine averaged 19.3 points, 3.3 assists and 1.0 steals in those three victories. He made 46.2 percent of his field goal attempts (18-of-39) and 68 percent of his free throws (19-of-28) as Eastern defeated UC Irvine (74-69), Texas Arlington (73-70) and Idaho (69-59).
He had 28 points and four assists versus UTA, a NCAA Tournament participant last year and the defending Southland Conference champion. Valentine is originally from Omaha, Neb., and is a 2005 graduate of Omaha Central High School.
The Eagles found out against Idaho how important it was to have Valentine on the floor. He scored 13 points and had four assists in 29 minutes versus the Vandals, nailing all four of his free throws in the last two minutes while playing with four fouls. Eastern led by as many as 21 in the second half versus the Vandals, who were able to rally without Valentine in the game and pulled to within six with 2:19 left.
"Idaho is quick and athletic all over the floor," Eastern head coach Kirk Earlywine said. "So whenever we took Benny out of the game, it certainly made things more difficult for us in terms of getting a good shot."
-- DeLeon and Busch Still Not Cleared to Play -- Eastern is still anxiously awaiting the season debuts of a pair of projected starters. Guard Adris DeLeon and junior college transfer Chris Busch are projected starters who missed both exhibition games and all four regular season games thus far, and have yet to be cleared to play.
Busch is a transfer from Merritt Junior College in California. DeLeon averaged 12.5 points and 3.1 assists in 27 games last year for EWU.
It's possible that the soonest they can become cleared will be for the Hawaii game on Dec. 13 after fall grades are posted -- eight games into the schedule and after the team's league opener.
"The thing that is most disconcerting to me at this point is not having Adris DeLeon and Chris Busch on the floor yet," said Eastern head coach Kirk Earlywine. "But I tell our players to not worry about things you can't control and I try to do that myself. I can't control that situation right now and I have to coach the players that are on the floor. Injuries and eligibility issues are not in my control, but it is tough playing with different lineup combinations than what I expect we'll have in early January."
-- Eagles Win One on Road, Two at Home -- The schedule, with just one occurrence of back-to-back road games until the start of league play, has started well for the Eagles. Eastern picked up a road win at UC Irvine then took care of business at home with a pair of victories at Reese Court.
Last year, Eastern had only two home games in its first 11 outings of the season. As a result, Eastern was just 3-8 to start the season before going 8-9 in their next 17 games. The Eagles ended the season with a pair of road losses and finished the season 8-5 at Reese Court and 3-14 away from home.
"I like looking at this schedule more than the one we had last year," said Earlywine. "I like the balance of home games versus road games, and I like the fact we aren't playing more than two consecutive road games."
-- Eagles Versus the Big Ten Conference -- Eastern is now 0-6 all-time versus the Big Ten Conference. Before this season, the last meeting against the league took place last November against Michigan in a 61-53 loss.
11/26/08 - Minnesota - A
11/14/08 - L - Illinois - 50-66 - A
11/23/07 - L - Michigan - 53-61 - ~
12/5/03 - L - Iowa - 54-70 - #
11/15/02 - L - Wisconsin - 55-81 - $
12/28/01 - L - Indiana - 60-87 - %
11/24/01 - L - Minnesota - 68-86 - A
11/25/00 - L - Michigan State - 61-83 - &
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-- Eagles Versus Ranked Teams -- This may be the first time since the 2002-03 season that Eastern has not played a nationally-ranked team. The Eagles have played 12 such games in the five seasons since then.
Eastern is 1-14 versus nationally-ranked teams -- including three games in the 2004-05 season alone as well as three the year before. Seven of the 13 games came under former head coach Mike Burns and five others came under Ray Giacoletti from 2000-2004.
12/5/07 vs. #3 Kansas - L, 47-85
11/9/07 vs. #10 Washington State - L, 41-68
12/15/06 vs. #22 Oregon - L, 74-100
11/24/06 vs. #16 Washington - L, 83-90
12/19/05 vs. #8 Gonzaga - L, 65-75
12/16/05 vs. #11 Washington - L, 74-91
12/28/04 vs. #14 Arizona - L, 45-79
12/21/04 vs. #13 Gonzaga - L, 70-83
12/5/04 vs. #14 Washington - L, 56-89
3/19/04 vs. #3 Oklahoma State - L, 56-75
12/31/03 vs. #16 Gonzaga - L, 49-70
11/21/03 vs. #14 Oklahoma - L, 59-69
11/15/01 vs. #10 St. Joseph's - W, 68-67
11/25/00 vs. #4 Michigan State - L, 61-83
1/21/85 vs. #10 DePaul - L, 50-72
-- Big Crowds -- The Eagles played in front of 14,422 fans at Illinois on Nov. 14, which is the sixth-largest crowd EWU has ever played against. It was the 19th time since the 2000-01 season that Eastern has played in front of crowds in excess of 10,000 fans. Unfortunately, Eastern has failed to win in all 19 of those games.
Eastern's first two games of the 2007-08 season drew crowds of 10,216 (at Washington State) and 12,016 (at New Mexico), Later in the year on Dec. 12, Eastern lost to Kansas at legendary Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan.
In the 2006 season, the Eagles played in front of 10,000 at Washington after the previous two games there drew 9,876 (2005) and 9,418 (2004). In the 2004-05 season, Eastern played in front of a crowd of 14,535 fans at Arizona, 10,216 at Wichita State and 12,000 against Gonzaga. Three of the 10,000+ crowds also came in the 2003-04 season. Several other games have been played in the first game of pre-season tournaments that have drawn at least that many fans, but the Eagles haven't faced the host team.
Here is a list of those crowds:
16,840 - 3/19/04 vs. Oklahoma State - L, 56-75
16,374 - 11/15/02 vs. Wisconsin - L, 55-81
16,300 - 12/5/07 vs. Kansas - L, 47-85
14,759 - 11/25/00 vs. Michigan State - L, 61-83
14,535 - 12/28/04 vs. Arizona - L, 45-79
14,422 - 11/14/08 vs. Illinois - L, 50-66
12,533 - 11/24/01 vs. Minnesota - L, 68-86
12,299 - 12/31/03 vs. Gonzaga - L, 49-70
12,016 - 11/12/06 vs. New Mexico - L, 57-92
12,000 - 12/21/04 vs. Gonzaga - L, 70-83
11,879 - 12/19/05 vs. Gonzaga - L, 65-75
11,268 - 11/21/03 vs. Oklahoma - L, 59-69
11,031 - 12/5/03 vs. Iowa - L, 54-70
11,000 - 12/22/02 vs. Gonzaga - L, 64-67
10,432 - 12/28/01 vs. Indiana - L, 60-87
10,216 - 11/20/04 vs. Wichita State - L, 62-80
10,215 - 11/9/06 vs. Washington State - L, 41-68
10,210 - 3/12/03 vs. Weber State - L, 57-60
10,000 - 11/24/06 vs. Washington - L, 83-90
-- Eagles Picked to Finish as High as Seventh -- The Eastern Washington University men's basketball program has been picked to finish as high as seventh in the Big Sky Conference in preseason polls released Oct. 22 by the Big Sky Conference.
The league's head coaches selected EWU seventh, while the media picked EWU to finish eighth in the nine-team league. Last year, the Eagles finished 11-19 overall and seventh in the league with a 6-10 mark under first-year head coach Kirk Earlywine.
The Eagles had only three players with NCAA Division I experience on their roster last year and a total of just eight players who participated in at least 15 games. This season, Eastern has a full roster of 14 players that include six returning letter winners. Returning starters are center Brandon Moore and guards Trey Gross and Gary Gibson.
-- Schedule Tough, but More Manageable in 2008-09 -- Eastern's 2008-09 schedule is once again difficult, with road games scheduled against the likes of Illinois, Minnesota, Hawaii, Washington and Boise State. However, back-to-back road games are rare.
"It's a challenging schedule, but it's a little more playable than a year ago in terms of the balance of home games versus away games," explained Eastern head coach Kirk Earlywine. "We don't get stuck on the road too long."
In all, Eastern has six non-conference home games and seven on the road. Eastern opens the season at Illinois and UC Irvine, but after that, only during the league season does Eastern play back-to-back road games again. Last year, Eastern had only two home games in its first 11 outings of the season.
As a result, Eastern was just 3-8 to start the season before going 8-9 in their next 17 games. The Eagles ended the season with a pair of road losses and finished the season 8-5 at Reese Court and 3-14 away from home.
"I like looking at this schedule more than the one we had last year," said Earlywine. "I like the balance of home games versus road games, and I like the fact we aren't playing more than two consecutive road games."
Last season, Eastern played a trio of NCAA Tournament teams (Kansas, Washington State and Portland State), and this year the same is true. Texas-Arlington, which lost to Memphis 87-63 in the first round, plays at EWU on Nov. 22. Boise State, a 79-61 loser to Louisville, hosts the Eagles on Dec. 29 and is scheduled to play at Eastern the following season.
The Eagles will play Big Sky Conference rival Portland State on Jan. 24 before hosting the Vikings in Cheney, Wash., on Feb. 28. Last season, Eastern lost at Kansas 85-47 and PSU fell to the eventual national champions 85-61 in the NCAA Tournament.
"We have some games against the power conferences that our guys are really excited about," said Earlywine of the schedule. Besides games against the Big 10, Pacific 10 and Western Athletic Conference, Eastern plays a home-and-home series against UC Irvine, a team from the Big West Conference which won seven of its last nine games of the 2007-08 season.
League play – believe it or not – starts just seven games into the season with a home game versus Montana State on Dec. 6. A nine-team league and the participation of some teams in the ESPN Bracketbusters in February, necessitates the early start.
"I'm definitely not in favor of playing conference games the third week of the season," said Earlywine. "But one good thing is that it's a conference game on a Saturday at home with our students here. We did not have too many of those last year. We hope we will have a heckuva crowd with our students right before final exams with the Bobcats coming to town."
Earlywine expects Portland State to be the early favorite to repeat as league champions. The past two seasons there have been six first-year coaches in the league, and Earlywine thinks those two years of building programs by those schools will payoff this season.
"The word out there is that everybody thinks the Big Sky is going to be very, very good. I would agree," he said. "Portland State and Montana are loaded, and you can never count out Northern Arizona – Mike Adras keeps doing it year-after-year. And I think Idaho State has a chance to make a huge jump. The league is going to be good."
-- EWU vs. Minnesota Series History -- The Eagles have played just once previously against Minnesota, losing 86-68 on Nov. 24, 2001, in Minneapolis.
11/26/08 - Minnesota - A
11/24/01 - L - Minnesota - 68-86 - A
-- EWU vs. UC Irvine Series History -- The Eagles are 2-3 all-time against UC Irvine, with the first meeting taking place in the 1986-87 season and the most recent meeting until this season taking place in 1996-97. The 112-101 loss to the Anteaters on Dec, 13, 1988, featured a school-record 44-point scoring performance by Eastern's David Peed and a school-record 18 assists by Ronn McMahon. The scoring record was erased on Jan. 1, 2006, when current Detroit Piston Rodney Stuckey scored 45 points against Northern Arizona. Peed's single game record of 18 field goals made against UC Irvine still stands.
11/19/08 - W - UC Irvine - 74-69 - A
12/4/96 - W - UC Irvine - 80-53 - H
12/9/95 - L - UC Irvine - 66-86 - A
12/13/88 - L - UC Irvine - 101-112 - A
12/28/86 - L - UC Irvine - 68-97 - %
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Kirk Earlywine COMMENTS
-- On Winning Close Games -- "It seemed like those were the types of games that slipped away from us a year ago. I don't know if that means we are improved or the basketball gods are smiling on us at the moment. I know we are better at this point than we were a year ago at this time. How much I don't know yet. Having a guard out there in Benny Valentine that can make plays and handle the ball against pressure certainly helps you in those late-game situations. Those are very good wins for us and are a sign that we're advancing and becoming better as a program."
-- On Continuing to Improve -- "We played very, very well at UC Irvine -- we rebounded well and we guarded well. But our block out and our conversion defense slipped noticeably in the next game. I told our players that a sign of a good team and a mature team is that when areas that are identified as needing to be improved or corrected, those things are improved and corrected immediately."
-- On Whether Playing Games With Just One Day of Preparation Time Helps During Conference Play -- "You can make that case, but I would rather not have that right now. There were some things that we saw in the Texas Arlington game that we needed practice time to work on live and at full speed, but we just simply can't right now. I'm sure there will be things from the Idaho game that we'll want to work on but we aren't going to have a chance to before we play Minnesota. At this time of the year, playing games with just one day of preparation is not a good thing. But there is some benefit because you will in conference play when you have to play Thursday and Saturday. Hopefully by that time we won't have major things that need to be worked on or fixed -- just minor tinkering."
-- On Winning Against Experienced Texas Arlington -- "They made a terrific run late in the season in the NCAA Tournament, and they have guys who have been through big games and close games. It showed in their pose and they seemed to keep their focus. They made big shots and they had no panic in their eyes. That is a good basketball team and a good win for us."
-- Pre-Season Losses Lead to Big Sky Conference Wins -- In the last nine seasons (including the 2007-08 season), Eastern has entered Big Sky Conference play with a collective 45-67 (.401) record. Those difficult schedules have yielded an 81-53 (.604) Big Sky Conference record in that span. Eastern has finished third or better in the Big Sky regular season standings in six of the last nine years en route to a pair of regular season Big Sky titles, one Big Sky Tournament title and three-runner-up tourney finishes.
In 2007-08, Eastern entered conference play 5-8, which compares favorably to the previous eight seasons (most recent are listed first) -- 6-6, 5-8, 3-10, 4-9, 8-6, 6-8, 5-5, 3-7. One of Eastern's worst pre-conference records was in 2003-04 (4-9), yet resulted in an 11-3 league mark, Big Sky regular season and tourney titles and the school's first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. In the 1999-2000 season -- EWU's final season under former head coach Steve Aggers -- the Eagles were just 3-7 before sharing the Big Sky Conference regular season title with Montana as they both finished 12-4 in conference play.
-- EWU in Exhibitions -- Until falling 58-56 to Carroll College on Nov. 1, Eastern had won its last 12 exhibition games, which are contests that do not count in EWU's season record or statistics. It's last exhibition loss came on Nov. 13, 1999, to the Northwest Basketball Camp (NBC) Thunder. In that 73-71 loss, former Pepperdine player Shann Ferch made a three-point play with 19 seconds to lift NBC to the win. Here is a list of recent exhibition games:
11/8/08 - Puget Sound - W, 90-66
11/1/08 - Carroll - L, 56-58
11/3/07 - Pacific - W, 91-49
11/4/06 - Northwest Nazarene - W, 98-55
11/13/05 - UC-San Diego - W, 75-44
11/13/04 - Central Washington - W, 79-63
11/12/03 - Ukraine Touring Team - W, 83-55
11/7/03 - Northwest Sports - W, 100-79
11/7/02 - Northwest Basketball Camp (NBC) Thunder - W, 99-72
11/1/02 - Northwest Sports - W, 117-73
11/2/01 - NBC Thunder - W, 108-106
10/10/01 - Alumni - W, 94-85
11/14/00 - SON Blue Angels - W, 90-78
11/4/00 - NBC Thunder - W, 72-63
11/13/99 - NBC Thunder - L, 71-73
11/5/99 - The Hoop USA - W, 106-64
-- Three Eagles Miss Carroll Game -- Of the three Eagles who missed Eastern's exhibition opener against Carroll College, returning center Brandon Moore had a knee injury and returned to play 14 minutes against Puget Sound. Forward Chris Busch and guard Adris DeLeon were not cleared to play.
The absence of those three players made it difficult for Earlywine to get a good feel for his team and how the team's five newcomers blend with six returning letter winners and three returning redshirts in game situations.
"It was hard because there are some questions I have about this year's team that we needed the exhibition games and early-season games to answer in terms of combinations in our lineup, minutes and so forth," explained Earlywine. "I couldn't get any of those questions answered against Carroll.
"I didn't see as much personnel as I would have liked, and obviously I was disappointed but not discouraged at all," he added. "I knew that when we scheduled Carroll that they would come in and be competitive and would compete. I didn't want to schedule somebody that we were going to beat by 20, 25, or 30 points and not get anything out of the game.
-- Earlywine Sees Carroll Loss as Learning Opportunity -- Earlywine wasn't as concerned about the loss to Carroll as he was with the learning opportunities.
"Like I told our guys, that loss will be long forgotten and meaningless in March if we can use the things that we learned from that loss to get better and improve," he said. "We need to keep taking steps in the direction we need to go.
"I also told our players that Ohio State (by Findlay) and Michigan State (by Grand Valley State) were defeated by non-Division I teams last year," Earlywine added. "It's not the end of the world. What we do from here to improve is much more important than the final score in an exhibition game."
-- Positives from Carroll Game -- Returning starter Trey Gross scored 17 to lead the Eagles against Carroll, and returning guard Milan Stanojevic chipped in 11. Six-foot-8 Mark Dunn added seven points and 10 rebounds, and Gary Gibson had six points, three steals and three assists -- all in the second half as he fueled EWU's comeback from a 19-point deficit.
"Certainly, Mark Dunn's play was a positive," Earlywine said. "Double-digit rebounds for him was a pleasant surprise. His conditioning continues to get a little better and a little better and his play was very encouraging. He certainly played more minutes against Carroll than he would have if Brandon had been healthy.
"I also thought Gary Gibson's play in the second half was a positive," he added. "But those two things were really about the extent of the good news from the Carroll game."
-- Practice Time a Premium for Eagles -- One of Kirk Earlywine's early-season concerns in preparing for a mid-November opener is the lack of practice time prior to that opener after practices began on the late date of Oct. 17.
"I think more than anything else, the five fewer days of practice this year makes it difficult," he explained. "This year it was the nature of the calendar -- we start practice on the Friday nearest to October 15th. A year ago that was October 12th and this year it was on October 17th. So we lost five days of practice this year.
"I think as you establish a program and have more returning guys in your program, that's probably a little easier to overcome," he said. "But it's not enough time when you have new players and are trying to establish a program. We were nowhere near to being ready to play a full game against Carroll -- we hadn't even scrimmaged or had referees in our gym yet. We certainly looked like it."
-- Moore Impressive in Last Eight Games of 2007-08 Season-- Sophomore Brandon Moore averaged 11.3 points and 7.6 rebounds on 53.1 percent shooting in the last eight games of the 2007-08 season. He closed the season with seven points and 12 rebounds in a loss at Portland State, but in his previous game at Northern Colorado he played just 22 minutes because of early foul trouble and finished with only two points and one rebound.
The 6-foot-9 Moore helped lead the Eagles to a crucial home sweep over Weber State (69-57) and Idaho State (63-53) in mid-February as he scored 35 points and had 14 rebounds. He made 14-of-20 shots in the two games and added two blocked shots and two steals. Six of his rebounds were on the offensive end, including four offensive boards versus Weber State.
-- More on the Big Sky Conference Polls -- Ken Bone's Portland State Vikings have been selected by the coaches and the media to capture the 2008-09 Big Sky Conference men's basketball title in preseason polls released Oct. 22. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams.
Portland State, which finished 23-10 in 2007-08, earned seven first-place votes from the coaches and 63 total points. The Vikings earned 23 of 26 first-place votes from the media and 230 total points.
Portland State won the regular-season title in 2007-08, finishing 14-2 in conference. The Vikings won their first ever postseason championship, downing Northern Arizona 67-51 in the championship game. Portland State's season came to an end with a loss to eventual national champion Kansas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Vikings return Big Sky MVP Jeremiah Dominguez, a senior guard from Salem, Ore. Dominguez averaged 14.2 points and four assists per game. The Vikings are expected to be bolstered by Phil Nelson (Washington), Dominic Waters (Hawai'i) and Jamie Jones (Portland), who all sat out last season after transferring from Division I institutions.
The University of Montana was selected second in both polls. The Grizzlies earned two first-place votes from the coaches and 56 total points. Montana also earned two first-place votes from the media and 180 total points. Wayne Tinkle's Grizzlies finished the 2007-08 season 14-16, losing in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Championship. The Grizzlies will be led by senior forward Jordan Hasquet, and junior guard Ryan Staudacher. Montana will also benefit from the addition of Division I transfers Jack McGillis (Oregon State) and Michael Taylor (Eastern Washington).
Joe O'Brien's Idaho State Bengals were selected third in both polls. The Bengals received one first-place vote from the media, and 169 total points. In the coaches' poll, the Bengals earned 49 total points. Idaho State returns four starters from a team that finished 8-8 in conference play last season, including senior guard Matt Stucki and junior guard Amorrow Morgan. The Bengals returned seven of the top eight scorers from last year's squad.
Northern Arizona, which has advanced to the Big Sky Championship game three consecutive years, was picked fourth by the coaches and fifth by the media. Weber State, which claimed the 2006-07 championship, was tabbed fourth by the media and fifth by the coaches. Northern Arizona will be led by senior guard Josh Wilson, who ranks fifth on the Big Sky's career assists list with 551. Weber State will be led by senior forward Daviin Davis and senior guard Kellen McCoy.
Northern Colorado, entering its third year of league play, was picked sixth in both polls. Tad Boyle's Bears return four starters and nine lettermen from the 2007-08 team, which won 13 overall games. Leading the way is senior forward Jabril Banks, who averaged 13.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game as a junior.
Rounding out the polls were Eastern Washington, Montana State and Sacramento State. EWU was picked seventh by the coaches and eighth by the media. Montana State was picked seventh by the media and eighth by the coaches. Sacramento State, which enters the season with new coach Brian Katz, was selected ninth in both polls.
Weber State will be the first team to play this season, opening against Miami, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 12 in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic in Westwood, Calif. Six other Big Sky teams open play on Friday, Nov. 14.
The Big Sky Championship begins with quarterfinal games on Saturday, March 7. The semifinals and championship will be played on Tuesday, March 10, and Wednesday, March 11 at the home of the regular-season champion.
The semifinal games will be televised on Altitude Sports & Entertainment. The championship game will be shown live on ESPN2.
Coaches Poll
Team (First-place votes) - Total Points
1. Portland State (7) - 63
2. Montana (2) 56
3. Idaho State - 49
4. Northern Arizona - 41
5. Weber State - 34
6. Northern Colorado - 29
7. Eastern Washington - 22
8. Montana State - 14
9. Sacramento State 10
Media Poll
Team (First-place votes) - Total Points
1. Portland State (23) - 230
2. Montana (2) 180
3. Idaho State (1) - 169
4. Weber State 165
5. Northern Arizona - 153
6. Northern Colorado - 104
7. Montana State - 76
8. Eastern Washington - 64
9. Sacramento State - 38
-- Eagles 0-15 Versus Big 12 -- Eastern Washington has lost all 15 games it has played against current members of the Big 12 Conference, including an 0-4 record versus Nebraska. In the last three meetings against Big 12 foes, Eastern has played a nationally-ranked team. Here is the complete list:
12/30/80 - L - Nebraska - 68-82 - A
1/12/84 - L - Kansas State - 57-64 - A
1/14/84 - L - Nebraska - 71-105 - A
1/9/85 - L - Kansas State - 43-81 - A
12/16/88 - L - Missouri - 68-81 - A
12/16/88 - L - Missouri - 68-81 - A
12/21/91 - L - Nebraska - 67-102 - ~
12/2/94 - L - Colorado - 67-87 - #
11/29/97 - L - Baylor - 51-67 - A
11/20/99 - L - Baylor - 61-68 - A
12/18/99 - L - Colorado - 61-79 - A
12/16/00 - L - Kansas State - 56-70 - A
12/31/02 - L - Nebraska - 60-63 - A
11/21/03 - L - #14 Oklahoma - 59-69 - $
3/19/04 - L - #3 Oklahoma State - 56-75 - %
12/5/07 - L - #3 Kansas - 47-85 - A
~ -- Nebraska Ameritas Classic in Lincoln, Neb. (2nd) # -- Mile High Classic in Boulder, Colo. $ -- Sooner Invitational in Norman, Okla. % -- NCAA Tournament in Kansas City, Mo. (first round) A -- Away
~ -- Nebraska Ameritas Classic in Lincoln, Neb. (2nd)
# -- Mile High Classic in Boulder, Colo.
$ -- Sooner Invitational in Norman, Okla.
% -- NCAA Tournament in Kansas City, Mo. (first round)
A -- Away
-- Eastern 12-66 Versus the Pacific 10 Conference -- With losses to Washington each of the last five seasons and a 1-9 record all-time against the Huskies, Eastern is now 12-65 all-time versus current members of the Pacific 10 Conference. Eastern has a current eight-game losing streak versus the Pac 10 after losing at Washington State 68-41 on Nov. 9 and Washington 82-68 on Nov. 18 in the 2007-08 season.
Eastern's win at Washington in the 2002-03 season snapped a five-game losing streak versus Pacific 10 Conference opponents dating back to Eastern's 83-82 overtime win versus Washington State on Dec. 22, 1997, in Kennewick, Wash. That victory was Eastern's first-ever victory over a Pacific 8 or Pacific 10 Conference opponent since the inception of the conference in 1968. It was also Eastern's first win over Washington State since Dec. 1, 1952, when the Eagles pulled out a 72-71 overtime win in Pullman. The Cougars had led the all-time series 49-10 and had won 17-straight games over the Eagles prior to that EWU victory.
Prior to falling at 16th-ranked Washington 90-83 on Nov. 24, 2006, Eastern's last game against a Pacific 10 opponent was a 91-74 loss to 11th-ranked Washington on Dec. 16, 2005. In the 2004-05 season, Washington was ranked 14th in the nation and defeated EWU 89-56. The Huskies also prevailed 104-91 in 2003, but Eastern defeated the Huskies 62-58 in December 2002. Washington won the previous four meetings which all took place between 1990 and 1997.
Other recent meetings against the Pac 10 have yielded losses to Oregon (100-74 on Dec. 15, 2006), Arizona (79-45 on Dec. 28, 2004), California (56-27 on Nov. 16, 2001 and 94-63 on Nov. 25, 1998), Oregon State (58-50 on Dec. 19, 2000 and 78-62 on Dec. 15, 1999) and Washington State (91-72 on Dec. 5, 1998).
-- Eastern Just The Fifth BSC School to Make Nine-Straight Tournament Appearances -- Although its streak came to an end in the 2006-07 season, Eastern is just the fifth school in league history to make nine-straight appearances in the Big Sky Conference Tournament. Eastern started the streak back in 1998 after making just one trip to the tourney in their first 10 seasons as a member of the conference.
Weber State had its string of 24-straight appearances stopped in 2005-06, and Montana had a string of 21-straight from 1978-98. The other streaks were 16 by Idaho (1981-96) and 11 by Nevada (1982-92). Two years ago, Eastern equaled the streak of eight by Northern Arizona (1997-04).
Interestingly, Montana's 77-69 victory over the Lumberjacks on Feb. 28, 2005, extended Eastern's streak and ended NAU's. Eastern's streak started in 1998 with an end-of-year victory at Montana. That "winner advance, loser eliminated" game ended Montana's 21-year streak.
Eastern is now 7-9 in 10 appearances in the league tournament. Eastern ended its season with losses to Montana in both 2005 and 2006, but the year before won the title with a 71-59 championship game victory over Northern Arizona.
Here is a list of Eastern's appearances in the Big Sky Tournament.
2006 - Semifinal (Flagstaff, Ariz.) - #3 seed vs. #2 Montana - L, 71-73 (ot)
2006 - Quarterfinal (Cheney, Wash.) - #3 seed vs. #6 Portland State - W, 81-75
2005 - Quarterfinal (Missoula, Mont.) - #6 seed vs. #3 Montana - L, 48-58
2004 - Championship (Cheney, Wash.) - #1 seed vs. #2 Northern Ariz. - W, 71-59
2004 - Semifinals (Cheney, Wash.) - #1 seed vs. #5 Weber State - W, 72-53
2003 - Championship (Ogden, Utah) - #2 seed vs. #1 Weber State - L, 57-60
2003 - Semifinals (Ogden, Utah) - #2 seed vs. #4 Idaho State - W, 76-67
2002 - Championship (Bozeman, Mont.) - #2 seed vs. #5 Montana - L, 66-70
2002 - Semifinals (Bozeman, Mont.) - #2 seed vs. #3 Weber State - W, 62-57
2001 - Championship (Northridge, Calif.) - #2 seed vs. #1 CS Northridge - L, 58-73
2001 - Semifinals (Northridge, Calif.) - #2 seed vs. #5 Northern Arizona - W, 58-53
2000 - Semifinals (Missoula, Mont.) - #2 seed vs. #3 Northern Arizona - L, 65-82
1999 - Quarterfinals (Ogden, Utah) - #6 seed vs. #3 Portland State - L, 74-80
1998 - Quarterfinals (Flagstaff, Ariz.) - #3 seed vs. #6 CS Northridge - L, 98-104 (ot)
1990 - Championship (Boise, Idaho) - #2 seed vs. #1 Idaho - L, 62-65
1990 - Semifinals (Boise, Idaho) - #2 seed vs. #5 Weber State - W, 83-67


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The German staffing industry continues to close the pay gap between temporary and permanent workers as a new collective agreement in the rubber and plastic processing industry is set to increase pay for agency workers from January 2013, it has emerged today. Pay is increased by up to +25% with gradual surcharges rising after periods of six weeks, three months and nine months.
The mining, chemical, energy union (IG BCE) and the employers' association in the temporary staffing industry (VGZ) have agreed to gradually raise the salaries of agency workers. Thomas Bäumer of the VGZ said this widely fulfils political demands to introduce equal pay in the industry.
The new agreement bears a close resemblance to the recent bargaining agreement in the metal and electrical industry in May which first introduced higher surcharges for temporary agency workers.
The metal and electrical industry is the largest sector for temporary staffing in Germany. A spokesperson of the IG BCE told Staffing Industry Analysts that the rubber and plastic processing industry is a comparably smaller sector but continues to implement the 'equal pay for equal work' principle in the sector.
"We want to reduce the abuse in the temporary staffing industry and create more fairness in the labour market," said Peter Hausmann from the union.
The staffing industry meanwhile commented that it was important to create identical time frameworks to the previous collective agreements to avoid "unnecessary bureaucracy."
Germany's Labour Minister Ursula von der Leyen recently rejected plans to introduce nationwide regulations in the temporary staffing industry after several collective agreements have been negotiated in the industry.


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Passed by this place many times, but the $5 pho special made me always think it might be just another crappy pho place. But decided to go recently anyway.
It was cavernous and empty inside the night we went. They said they fill up for lunch on weekends. Big menu, fairly typical.
We started with their chicken salad. It was pretty damn good. The dressing was well-balanced, the veggies well-balanced, and the chicken beautifully cooked, well-charred, flavorful and juicy.
My wife got the bun thit nuong. The eggroll was crisp, tasty, and greaseless. The pork was okay, not grilled near as nicely as the chicken. But the noodles, veggies, etc, were all good.
Also got a bowl of pho. Noodles and meats were all fine. The broth was pretty tasty. It was moderately beefy, aromatic and savory, lacking the sweetness that plagues so many. Herb plate was decent with culantro and basil.
Based on this meal, I'll go back. Everything was solid. There's not a lot out of the ordinary on the menu, but there's a lot on the menu so they've probably got some real winners. With the old diner seating, too, it's a pretty comfortable restaurant.
Nick Zukin, Mi Mero Mole & Kenny & Zuke's
Posted 09 November 2012 - 01:40 PM
Posted 09 November 2012 - 05:06 PM
Nick Zukin, Mi Mero Mole & Kenny & Zuke's
Posted 13 December 2012 - 12:15 PM
We were the only guests while we were there. For people who like well lit spots and booths this will be a comfortable place.
Service was very kind and attentive, very eager to please. If you order things with offal or "unusual" cuts of meat and aren't of SE Asian origin they are likely to ask you if you know what that is and if you still want it. They are apologetic about doing so and very nice about it so no reason to take offense- places like this will always get stuff sent back by people who don't know what they're ordering.
I recommend if you are in a hurry (lunch) and order aps and entrees you might want to ask to have it all brought at once as otherwise they wait until you are done with aps to bring your main course. Technically good service- but not always best during a workday meal.
Mel had the salad rolls. I'm allergic to shrimp so I didn't try them. They looked like a well made version of the standard. Peanut sauce that accompanied was a bit unusual for my taste (not bad per se). I suspect they used a standard Japanese style shoyu like Yamasa or Kikkoman instead of fish sauce so they could multipurpose it with vegetarian aps as well. No matter, just not my cuppa.
She also had the small pho (with all the tendon and gnarly bits included). It was packed with meat, so for thhose who are into that a good value. The small was quite large. Good herb plate accompanied, nothing terribly interesting, mostly Thai basil and sprouts.. but abundant and very fresh.
I had the chicken salad off the specials page (far back page of menu). It was $8.5 and very good. Salad of fine shredded vegetables lightly marinated like a very mild version of the pickles on a banh mi, shredded cabbage, onions and whole, herbs, some fried shallots and very well grilled marinated chicken. Chicken was boneless, skinless thighs, smokey and very tender.
Meal came with free jasmine tea.
Very solid affordable and tasty place for lunch.
Posted 25 December 2012 - 02:30 PM
Been a couple more times. Here are some pics from a report where we tried mostly new dishes (someone had the pho, too).
Salad rolls, pork and shrimp. Lots of herbs, lettuce, etc. Solid, not great. Decent typical nuoc cham on the side.
Solid banh xeo. I like it a little more crisp, but it was crisper than it looks, not soggy, but still custardy inside and decently flavorful. Lots of pork and shrimp, though neither were as good as they could be. Really nice herb plate for the banh xeo.
Good noodle curry soup. Not as thick as some noodle curries, but plenty flavorful and a good level of intensity for eating the whole big bowl -- not so intense you tired of it, but enough that it didn't seem weak or bland. Potatoes, noodles, carrots, meat, etc, and an herb plate.
The winner of the night, though, was the bun mam.
The pieces of fish were excellent, not overcooked, big & meaty, no off flavors. Not a fan of eggplant, but it had some nice chunks of eggplant that my wife enjoyed and the broth took on some of that flavor in a good way. There was also shrimp in the soup. The broth was quite good, really well-balanced with a little funkiness, sweetness, tanginess, meatiness. Bonus: really nice herb plate. Noodles were cooked well. In fact, I normally eat just enough noodles to get them out of the way of the other stuff, but this time I ate all the noodles because they had soaked up all that delicious broth. I was bloatedly stuffed afterward because I couldn't stop eating the noodles.
This is a great soup and one that noodle soup lovers in town should go out of their way for.
Edited by ExtraMSG, 12 January 2013 - 05:50 PM.
Corrected, changing bun nuoc leo to bun mam
Nick Zukin, Mi Mero Mole & Kenny & Zuke's
Posted 25 December 2012 - 06:25 PM
The description and picts of that soup sounds/looks like the Bun Mam (prob spelled incorrectly) at Pho Oregon. Is it different?
with apologies to Jack Prelutsky's "Bleezer's Ice Cream Store"
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Posted 25 December 2012 - 07:34 PM
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Posted 25 December 2012 - 07:36 PM
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Posted 26 December 2012 - 09:29 AM
with apologies to Jack Prelutsky's "Bleezer's Ice Cream Store"
I am Eva Marianna
I run COOL MOON ICE CREAM STORE,
there are flavors in my freezer you have never seen before,
twenty-eight divine creations too delicious to resist,
why not do yourself a favor, try the flavors on my list...
Posted 26 December 2012 - 07:27 PM
Posted 28 December 2012 - 12:42 AM
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Posted 28 December 2012 - 10:49 PM
We noticed varied herb plates and toasted french rolls being carried out to accompany different bowls of soup.
Service was very pleasant. The place was almost empty when we arrived but a few more tables filled by the time we left. Please go as this is one of the better places on 82nd and I really want to see it rightfully succeed.
Posted 07 January 2013 - 02:07 AM
Posted 09 January 2013 - 06:25 PM
Posted 09 January 2013 - 10:06 PM
Interesting. I wondered because the fish/eggplant/pork are the same. The version at Oregon is pretty fishy and I always have to assure them that I know what it is and like it! The greyish shrimp (?) paste comes (to me anyway) on the side, and the herb plate includes banana blossom.
Just an FYI: that picture is the bun mam. You were right. I went in the other day to have the bun mam to see how it differed. Got the same bowl of soup. Asked about the nuoc leo and they said they don't serve it anymore, that the broth is similar but milder and no one was ordering it. So when I ordered it they must have just brought me the bun mam instead. (Give it to the white guy. He won't know the difference. ) btw, I had to insist that they let me order it.
Will hopefully post tomorrow, but I had the bun mam at Pho Oregon today just to compare. Very similar, except there is squid and poultry (tasted like turkey to me, but WTF do I know). Broths are very similar, especially once you add the chile sauce. Salad plate has less banana blossom but cabbage instead of lettuce. Herbs similar. Eggplant probably better (fewer seeds) at Pho Oregon, but I don't eat the stuff. Fish was better quality at Saigon. I'd say it's a draw.
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Posted 10 January 2013 - 10:13 PM
I went tonight! Had the pancake, a taste of salad rolls, and a bowl of the chicken curry with french bread (not up for noodles after all the other things). First of all, I thought this was the best of the pancakes I have had, though I haven't had it at that many places so I'd like to know, Nick, where to get the best one so I can compare. It seems to me that this dish is never very seasoned, relying more on the herb plate and dipping sauce for the zesty component. Saigon's herb plate for this had the lettuce for wrapping, and cilantro and mint. I liked the combo of not-overcooked bean sprouts, shrimp and sliced pork filling. Some of the other versions I've experienced had big pieces of calamari (the big-ass squid!) which are inevitably tough and chewy, so I did not miss this.
For me, the pinnacle of salad rollness is Pho An because of the high herb content (no comments!). This one at Saigon, like Pho Oregon's version, seemed more lettucy and thus, to me, less interesting in flavor. The dipping sauce was thick and peanutty and benefited from liberal application of the chunky chili sauce.
I liked the curry soup. It was as Nick described and photographed above, but with a french roll instead of the noodles, which made good dipping material! I did not receive any herbs with my soup unless the plate they put in front of my friend who got Pho was supposed to be for both of us??? I did like the fact that they use chicken thighs which hold up well to the longer cooking. They had very nice texture, and there were lots of them--more than I could eat.
I didn't try the Pho but DP's comments mirrored those above--good but not as good as the usual front-runners.
Interesting menu deserving of more investigation--seems especially heavy on rice plates. Will happily investigate further especially in the upcoming months when my home kitchen is under construction!
with apologies to Jack Prelutsky's "Bleezer's Ice Cream Store"
I am Eva Marianna
I run COOL MOON ICE CREAM STORE,
there are flavors in my freezer you have never seen before,
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Posted 12 January 2013 - 10:10 PM
We started with some fish sauce wings. They were crisp and juicy, fairly large, but the sauce was just okay, lacking intensity. There also wasn't enough of the sauce. Along with the salad rolls, probably the weakest item I've had here, though still above average.
Went in and got the banh mi bo kho the other day.
I thought it was good -- rich, yet not overly greasy, meaty and aromatic. The chunks of beef were tender and delicious. There were plenty of carrots which were tender, but not mushy. The banh mi itself wasn't the best, but good enough for dipping.
My dining companion got the bun bo hue.
Good herb plate with lots of banana blossom, sprouts, lettuce, mint, tia to, basil, lime, and jalapeno.
The broth was well-balanced, in a league with the better BBHs in town. It was spicy, rich and flavorful, with an underlying sweetness. The soup was stuffed with meat, too. It had pork knuckle, strips of beef, a lot of pork loaf, and pork blood. The noodles were bound a little tightly but cooked fine. As with every soup I've had here so far it's at least a B+ version.
This place is turning out to be very good overall with good variety with some items that are arguably the best versions in town. I'm pissed at myself for waiting so long to try some of these newer places.
Nick Zukin, Mi Mero Mole & Kenny & Zuke's
Posted 12 January 2013 - 10:33 PM
So the other day when I got the bun mam for second time (accidentally) as described above, my wife got the hu tieu nam vang. It comes with fish balls, krab, pork loaf, sliced pork, and quail eggs. There was also another meat -- a bit denser and more livery -- but forgot to ask what it was. My guess is that it was pig heart from the flavor and texture. Could have been tongue, but I saw no evidence of that.
The broth was mild with just a hint of the fish that were in it. I would guess that it was pork cut with chicken broth. I rarely get hu tieu because of its lack of funk and spices in the broth and also because I despise krab. But my wife was sick and this was good option for her. Her favorite part was the quail eggs, which were nicely cooked.
Herb plate was the simplest so far, just cilantro, sprouts, lime, and jalapeno.
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3. ANTHONY DAVIS (Hornets): Saw him Sunday night vs. the Raptors and quite frankly he looked like a guy who has hit the rookie wall. He had no energy or zip in his game. I love his potential as a rebounder and shot blocker and his offence will continue to sharpen as he figures out the NBA life. Right now, he looks like a guy that's tired. That's understandable, considering his slender frame. Improved strength and stamina will be imperative as he moves along in his career and I'm sure that will happen. He's had a nice rookie season (12.6 PPG and 7.3 RPG/ 1.8 blocks PG / .520) and I think he's got a chance to be a very good player as he bulks up and figures out the NBA grind. Better talent level around him will help too. Not a surprise that he's going through growing pains - it will help and harden him for the bigger moments in his career.
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Discussion in 'Star Wars TV' started by Seerow, Dec 5, 2012.
Me too, I wanna hear about this.
Its, OT bro. Well... guess I have to tell everyone who PMs me now. And back to the Void... in my soul.
Ha, well at least this ep has given us a treasure trove of conversation topics!
Well Watto we have to have something to keep us going until the 5th January!!!
Just watched the last two episodes... ugh. Not the worst we've gotten, but the little Corporal/whatever has been a terrible character. And they hit you over the head with the exposition multiple times. Do they really need to flash the hologram of their objectives (with narration) several times throughout the episode?
Watching them, I couldn't help but think that this episode could have been done WALL*E-style and just had it been astromechs with no dialogue beyond the B-1's and Tactical Droids they encounter- with maybe an exception to maybe the pilot Pit droid.
because the base concept is absolutely fine.. it's just the execution that has killed it.
Maybe Gascon thought the droids were so dumb that he figured they needed to be reminded of the plan multiple times?
WAC probably needed the reminder.
But that doesn't make sense- they are droids. Oh all the characters on the show, they're the only ones who shouldn't have to be reminded of objectives.
Goes to show how little Gascon thinks of "mechs", I guess.
Perhaps these droids with the exception of R2 all run the SW droid equiv of Windows Vista. Programming failure.
Seems legit
Really I hate to dumb SW tech down since its obviously way beyond anything that exists IRL but from the perspective of a computer geek it seems completely legit to me that droids could need reminders in some situations. Its like software. Software is never immune to errors, crashes, memory dumps, memory leaks, bad sectors, etc. Probably just as likely to have problems as my smart phone likely is. I could see where you could tell a droid something and it keeps writing to a bad sector of memory or what not so it doesn't remember it. I mean, particularly if the primary mode of input is just by talking to the droid. I don't know what kind of memory would be used but its likely not perfect. The damaged commando droids in "The Deserter" come to mind. Its just a thought. I'm really reaching here. Maybe Gascon has been in the field before with a droid that had some memory problems. He was apparently just a map reader. If my workstation has a small issue that isn't something I can deal with, IT won't rush to fix or give me another workstation.
WAC must run on Windows ME then..
He's not that bad IMO. Jeez that's cruel. =b
While droids wouldn't necessarily have to have perfect memory (clearly Threepio verbally admits to having forgot things in the films), such gaffes are usually environmentally conditional (Threepio not remembering a comlink being turned off since it's not a piece of tech built into him) but something like a mission/primary objective shouldn't require a reminder- you didn't see anyone constantly reminding Artoo about having to deliver a message to Obi-Wan and then delivering the Death Star plans to the Rebels, did you? This isn't any different.
How do you know it didn't happen off-screen?
Then TCW should have taken it's cue from them and done so itself!
Well Artoo is a well programmed little droid isn't he? Now WAC? That's debatable. WAC runs into walls. What do you call that? Now bare with me. I'm going to dumb a droid down to a PC. I doubt that's real good for the memory banks. To put that into a computer geeks perspective I bet you'd get alot of black sectors if you ran a Disc Check on that. What do you do if you have a droid like that out on a mission with you? It happened in this arc. It might appear to function fine otherwise. But then misses a mission detail repeatedly the way my laptop might skip a corrupted mp3 in WinAmp. The obvious thing to do would be to repeat yourself, that's the fasted way reload that information on a droid right? Its impossible Gascon could have been given a faulty droid before. And then it also appears Gascon is completely anal. It might of happened to the guy once then he always does it. Clearly he didn't like droids. Environmental conditions? I can buy distractions but that's not gonna effect software/programming and hardware much. Still can't even begin to fathom what kind of storage or what kind of software/programming would be used to program a droid. Its obviously way beyond anything IRL. I mean this is probably quantum computing here. I'm just trying to speak from a programming and hardware level as a computer geek. I just don't believe in perfection when it comes to those sorts of things. From what I've seen in the PT, TCW, and the OT I'm fairly sure folks in the GFFA feel the same way.
This is TCW here, TCW ain't gonna tell the viewer anything. Its gonna assume we're either cool with it or we'll figure something out.