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Jason Simpson is WHNT News 19's Chief Meteorologist. He joined our team in January 2012.
Raised in Holly Pond, Jason is no stranger to the Tennessee Valley. Prior to joining WHNT News 19, he served as the morning meteorologist at ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, working alongside longtime Chief Meteorologist James Spann from 2004 to 2011. Simpson actually began his career while still in college, interning at ABC 33/40 as well. After college, he worked at WTOK-TV in Meridian, Mississippi, where he was Chief Meteorologist.
Jason was awarded the American Meteorological Society's Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal for excellence in television weather in 2007. Simpson graduated from Mississippi State University with a degree in Broadcast Meteorology.
Jason has covered many weather events from hurricanes to tornadoes and blizzards. Jason was on the air April 27, 2011 and saw firsthand the magnitude of the destruction in different parts of Alabama. After the storm he took action, volunteering in devastated areas to help people rebuild and where he couldn't go, he sent supplies.
A staunch advocate for science education in the classroom, Jason has been instrumental in building curriculum for elementary and middle school science classes through the "ABC's of Weather" series that he produced for the Alabama Math Science and Technology Initiative.
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This course will examine World War I from a European and global perspective. It will cover the causes, nature and results of the war as they relate to the society, economy, politics and culture of Europe. Attention will also be given to some of the global effects of the war as well as the ways this war transformed the nature of warfare in the 20th century.HIS ---, French Revolution, 3 cr.; New course (LX form previously distributed)
This course covers the French Revolution from a European and Global Perspective. It will cover the chronology of the Revolution, its political, cultural, social and economic effects on Europe and the larger world, the experiences of various individuals and groups within it, and its long-term effects both in French and around the world.Nutrition Minor; Change credits, required courses and electives
NUT 400, Food Science, Service, and Safety, 3 cr.; Change course title
NUT 479, Nutrition Teaching Assistant, 1 cr.; New course
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NUT 499, Nutrition Research, 1-2 cr.; New course
Working with a faculty mentor(s), students will identify a research topic of interest, develop, plan, carry-out, and report the research in a campus and/or professional meeting. If the research findings are impactful in the field of nutrition, the student will submit a manuscript for publication in an appropriate journal. Prerequisites: 6 credits completed in Nutrition Minor and approval of instructor.Certificate of Russian Studies, 14 cr.; New Certificate Program
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What have y'all been drinking lately? Fall is a good time for beer.
I had this a bar/restaurant recently with cinnamon and sugar sprinkled around the edges of the glass. It was friggin' pretty good.
What have y'all been drinking lately? Fall is a good time for beer.
I had this a bar/restaurant recently with cinnamon and sugar sprinkled around the edges of the glass. It was friggin' pretty good.
When they said "sit down", I stood up.
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I don't know about the cinnamon but that does look pretty good.
Personally I don't necessarily care for fall - it's once November hits and the stouts come back out that I have a grand old time. Muskoka brewery makes a double raspberry chocolate stout called Winter Beard every year and it is amazing.
I would have probably made a comment like this a year ago, but I've actually grown more tolerant of fruit and pumpkin flavored beers, as long as it's not totally overbearing and ridiculous like Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy or something.
Bighead, have you had Southern Tier's Pumking? Best pumpkin ale I've had.
I just like giving people shit. It actually sounds really nice. And my favourite drink is probably a margarita, so I'm hardly an expert when it comes to either beer or manliness anyway.
Hell yes. Only had it for the first time last year and loved it.
They have this thing at a bar near mine on sunday nights where all beers and whiskeys are 50% off for part of the night. And they have a huge selection of really decent Belgian beers. Which brings me to the point of this post: Belgian cherry beer:
I think I first had it in Czech, but it didn't really impress - there, they only have the kind that's made with a tea bag. Just heat the wine and put in the tea bag of spices. But Slovenia's major wine country, and the whole month of December, the city center is full of stands selling real mulled wine and thus tons of people are out drinking mulled wine and hanging out. Learned it's super easy to make, too. Simmer wine on the stove, add some orange juice, cloves, and a couple cinnamon sticks. I look forward to mulled wine season SO MUCH every year.
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-- -- -- -- -- The -- -- cyber attacks the group claiming responsibility promising attacks on suntrust and Regions Financial this week as well joining us is Michael Chertoff was chairman of the chart up group a global security advisory firm he's also the former secretary.
Of Homeland Security Michael thanks so much for being -- here he seem like simple attack -- these denial of service attacks just.
Bombard these sites with Internet traffic but is this a test of something bigger.
While this seems to be relatively sophisticated for this kind of attack -- -- you point out it's not the most sophisticated.
Sophisticated kind of threat we see.
It does look -- like they're testing to see how.
Much they can push.
By putting a lot of volume and -- by having a relatively sophisticated.
Denial of service program.
That actually adapt to defensive architecture of the banks when used the word.
How do we verify what's the process of knowing.
Even possibly claims responsibility for something -- the person of the group that did it.
Well that's very difficult -- what we call the problem of attribution.
And part of it is you can go back in traced to servers back can kind of follow from one point to another for sometimes even that's not conclusive.
That's senator Joseph Lieberman for -- has indicated he believes it's Iranians doing -- and obviously there's motivation because we've been putting a lot of pressure on them but again it's very difficult to prove beyond a reasonable -- Now what's the end goal -- what is the baker danger he thing potentially to our financials.
While the real danger would be if they succeed in taking -- customer facing side of the bank offline for a day or two or three people wouldn't have access to their money.
That could precipitate a panic.
So what you will want to make sure is you don't compromise to trust the people have in the banking system has so much of what we do is online transactional -- That keeping that open and operating for business becomes a critical priority.
What about our level of preparation collectively when a story like this breaks you don't want to.
Exaggerate the media do you -- you don't know a lot about it yet -- -- still developing and scare everybody but at the same time how prepared.
Are we as a country or is the business community for this threat.
-- -- the financial sectors actually relatively well prepared but not as prepared as it needs to be in this case there's a good news story there risk.
Warning there was sharing of information.
Battle out other banks to start to prepare their defenses -- real -- -- subtle threat what we called the advanced persistent threat that sneaks in.
I want to for example stealing data or destroying your system and that's the hardest thing to defend against.
Better prepare though the private sector or of the government because the government is in the business of protecting information but.
Again how much do we need to be worried about attacks on my Arab government and -- let.
-- -- -- The government is pretty well prepared out quite well prepared because first of all they control the access points to government networks and they have the freedom can get into network and monitor.
In a way that the private sector doesn't necessarily have the capability of doing.
Additionally the government has intelligence sometimes we learn about the threats by looking at what the other guys planning to do.
And the key here is to get that information from the government into the hands of the private sector.
And have sharing back and force his affinity effort on Capitol Hill to get this done but -- people who were objecting and it hasn't -- -- The other part to follow up on what day get nasty is what's the role of the government in helping the private sector to be.
How prepared which is come up by the way with these Chinese companies in the recommendations coming out of the congressional panel and what -- -- So are two separate issues part of this is early warning did you want to have the government be able to warn the private sector.
When something is coming and to help them work through -- defensive position and that's happened to some extent but the current set of attacks.
The issue with the intelligence report early this week he's -- different issue is how -- we prevent our supply chain.
The hardware and the software that is in our network from being corrupted by for example or Chinese company that is controlled by are influenced by the Chinese Government.
And that I think -- -- critical issue particularly in -- global environment.
Where an awful lot of what we put on our network is made overseas.
What about -- just really quickly our potential as a nation we have.
These groups attacking us attacking these banks what about act act potential to fight back.
-- cyber attacks rather than the -- I guess -- traditional on the ground attack.
-- for a critical thing for this country is to develop the doctrine and strategy.
For defending ourselves sometimes by by retaliating or by deterring.
And that means we have to advocated -- you attack back we also have that have the rules of the road.
-- tell us what we can do we can't do.
And again this is not a -- the develop process I think there's a lot of work to be done here.
I think in terms -- capability he Americans are at the top of -- -- the rank but intrusion of a strategy and they doctrine we're not.
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New Year Already Tough for EUThe new year hasn't given Europe much to celebrate yet. Recently released industrial and employment data shows the ongoing drag that austerity and recession prevention measures are having on the economy here. Industrial production across the euro zone fell for the third straight month in November, according to Eurostat. Output slipped 0.3 percent from October and 3.7 percent from November 2011. The consensus forecast had called for 0.1 percent growth. The year-over-year slide was the biggest since November 2009. And most indicators from the last three months of the year seem to point to a third consecutive quarter of general contraction for the 17-country bloc. News reports have attributed the decline to across-the-board weakness and steep drops in the production of intermediate and capital goods. But a rising unemployment rate isn't helping matters. The euro zone's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November rose 0.1 percentage points from October and 1.2 percentage points from November 2011 to 11.8 percent, according to Eurostat. For comparison's sake, the US unemployment rate for November was 7.8 percent. There was a dim positive note for the electronics industry. Industrial output in Germany, a hub for the high-tech and auto sectors, rose a modest 0.1 percent in November, Eurostat said. The country also had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the EU (5.4 percent). I don't know about you, but this kind of news keeps turning my stomach, especially as someone based in Europe. It's like the recession will never end here, and there's really no end in sight. What does this mean for the electronics supply chain? We'll know more about how individual companies fared when earnings are announced in the next few weeks, but I'm not expecting stellar overall results. As we've reported before, many of the high-tech bellwethers have been struggling the last few quarters, bumping along slowly toward recovery or moving forward with significant shakeups. If I had to put money down, I'd bet we'll hear companies -- especially those dependent on consumer holiday sales -- say revenue conservatively inched up in the last quarter of 2012, though new orders in Europe were slow. Anything other than that would surprise me. What will be more interesting is how companies and executives respond to Europe's ongoing economic slump. We all know it's an important and mature market, but what measures will executives announce now that it looks like the EU will report three consecutive quarters of economic contraction? How will they help turn these numbers around? |
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In Search of the Craic: One Man's Pub Crawl Through Irish Music by Colin Irwin
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"Just what the world needs: another bloody book about Ireland." Maybe not the best way to start off a book about Irish music, but Colin Irwin seems to make it work. In his book In Search of the Craic: One Man's Pub Crawl Through Irish Music, well-respected British music journalist Irwin sets out on a trip to discover Irish music in the present day and through his travels finds the etchings of the past in all modern playing. The difficulty in discovering Irish music, particularly traditional Irish music, is that other than the few exceptions of the Chieftains and Clancy Brothers, it is a music that remains hidden from the charts. To find the true soul of Irish music one was embark on the very kind of thirsty, rambunctious trip Irwin does: a pub crawl.
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The year is 2050; earth is united under a loose confederation. Think of the European Union though on a global scale. More or less at peace, there are no major wars, no major economic problems. Though it's strenuous. Small problems arise and are given temporary solutions. Like putting band-aids on a leaking dam. The people are dissatisfied with the current regime, the situation unravels. The dam breaks and all hell breaks loose. Countless civil wars erupt, violence reigns world wide. World leaders are killed or forced into exile. The end is nigh, plagues, famine, pestilence, and war. The four horsemen have arrived and anarchy reigns supreme. This rages for 10 long years, and the population of earth is severely diminished.
2060, enter Piglet. He arrives on the scene with a message of peace and love. After a decade of war this is exactly what everyone wants to hear. He wanders the earth resolving conflicts and gaining praise from the people. He is seen as a messiah. He convinces all warring powers to ceasefire. By popular demand Piglet is universally accepted as the new leader of earth. The weapons of war are destroyed and converted into tools of transportation and agriculture. Weapon production is banned. Though not everyone forgets the ways of war as Piglet wants them to. Manuals, schematics, blueprints, of weapons tactics are kept in secret by those want to be safe rather than sorry. The lines on the map of the world are redrawn, new sates arise and old ones are dissolved. Peace favors several small nations drawn up by ethnic lines. Notable nations like Russia, China, and the United states are split up into smaller nations.
2080, Piglets reign of 20 years has done well for earth. Society is rebuilt; the worldwide economy is fluid and flexible. Intensive research has gone into medicine and agriculture. Average life spans have increased world wide, disease and sickness is rare. Everyone has enough to eat. Man sets foot into space, for mining and faster trade. Mining facilities are established on Mars and in the asteroid belt. Because of this a new fuel source is found in the minerals of the asteroids. It's clean, efficient, and produces little waste. Fossil fuels are no longer needed, pollution disappears. The earth's population rebounds. Though now that people are content and well off, greed begins to seep back into society. Competition among industries increases, especially so among the new mining companies in the asteroid belt. Old disputes resurface, religious conflicts, border disputes, resource rights sow the seeds of chaos. Piglet is distraught, try as he might; he simply cannot please everyone at once. He accused of favoring some parties over others.
2082, seeing conflict on the horizon, the nations of the earth take precautions. The space trading and mining organizations arm their ships. Militarism and nationalism resurge. Those that kept the forbidden military secrets have the advantage; the others must start all over again using fuzzy memories and history records. No violence is at hand yet the tension is thick. Factories churn out tanks, aircraft and artillery, armies are raised and trained. The militarized nations eye each other warily.
2083, a large asteroid, nearly half the size of the earth is discovered. Containing a seemingly limitless supply of precious minerals two of the largest and most successful mining industries lay claim to it. Fierce debates rage over ownership of the rock. Piglet pleads with them to share but their greed is too strong. The fleets of mining ships orbit the asteroid, weapons trained on each other. Attempting to force the issue one ship decides to go down the surface and begin drilling, the opposing ships, enraged open fire. It is the first shot fired in anger in 23 years. A clumsy space battle ensues, as war in space has just been born. The battle sets off a chain reaction. War has arrived. Nations that stayed loyal to Piglet by refusing to build weapons and raise armies are almost instantly swept away and snapped up by the larger powers. Piglet vainly tries to preserve the peace by demanding an immediate ceasefire, but no one listens to him now. After a month of battle one nation arises above the rest. Enter Cheeseinator, having chosen not to forget the ways of warfare he had the advantage from the start. The spearhead of his forces the 855th gains a reputation for maximum effectiveness and minimal casualties. Led by Commander Loony, a battle scarred veteran of the 10 Years War, his officers are composed of those who served under him in that same war are totally loyal and effective. One by one, neighboring nations fall to Cheeseinator, they sue for peace and become vassal states. He allows the defeated rulers to remain in rule, yet within a few months all of them die in strange and mysterious ways. Cheeseinator then assumes control over that nation and it is assimilated into his rapidly expanding empire.
2085, other still autonomous nations realize what Cheeseinator is up to. Knowing that they must untie or fall one by one, but as they war amongst each other they need a common banner. They ask Piglet, who has been giving aid to those in need and constantly calling for a ceasefire, to be their figurehead. Piglet knows that their aims are not true, accepts hoping to do anything he can to establish peace. By now the world is divided up into two camps, one under Piglet, and one under Cheeseinator. The war rages with new intensity. The difference between the factions are apparent. Cheesinator has total control over his faction. While Piglet, being a figure head can only watch as the leaders of his faction bicker with each other on how things ought to be done. One by one the nations under Piglet's alliance drop out and sue for peace against the onslaught of Cheeseinator's more effective forces.
2088, the war comes to end. Total control of earth belongs to Cheeseinator. Piglet, proclaimed an enemy of the Empire is forced into hiding. Yet hiding is something that piglet is good at. Having been the target for countless assassination attempts piglet is adept at subterfuge. He is only found when he wants to be. Now earth is kicked into high gear. Total control over earth's resources and economy by the state fuels this furnace. Massive mining fleets are constructed and for the first time spacecraft that are actually designed as combat vessels are produced. During the war some people took their ships and flew out into space beyond earth's reach attempting to flee the violence. It was considered a dangerous and risky business going into the beyond. Contact has been lost with them and fleets are being constructed to search for them. On earth Piglet realizes that he can no longer use words bring back peace, he must fight fire with fire. An underground resistance is established, and small low intensity conflicts flare up around the world every now and then. This is where our story begins….
Part 1
September 1st 2089 – Anniversary of the end of the War of Conquest. Celebration ceremony held in Utrecht. Emperor Alasdair (Cheeseinator) addresses the world on the evils of the rebels, the prowess of the Imperial military, and the stability of the Empire's infrastructure. Commander Loony is promoted to supreme commander of all imperial forces. In his honor he has been given command of a newly constructed fleet equipped with the latest cutting edge technology, his new flagship The DoomHammer is the largest vessel yet to orbit the earth.
September 2089 – Consolidation of the Empire is nearly complete; all that remains is the artificial island-nation of Triancia. Emissaries are dispatched to Triancia's self proclaimed Emperor known as Substance. Substance submits to the empire and drops the title of "emperor". However Substance is keen on resisting the Empire. Under his direction The Sword of the Wind is organized. A clandestine special operations unit intended to supply the rebellion with weapons, supplies, and training in addition to fighting Imperial forces. It is a risky business, for if Imperial forces find a connection between The Sword of the Wind and Triancia…
September 2089 – The Imperial High Command meets together to discuss suppression of the rebellion. So far conventional means result in small indecisive skirmishes. Finding a new method for fighting insurgents is agreed upon. A number of solutions are suggested but the one that everyone agreed upon was developing genetically enhanced soldiers to hunt down insurgents. The High Command turned to Dr. Greg Artin (Pyroninja) leading scientists in biological engineering. Formerly a scientist of the Harper Corporation in the days before the Empire, he was dismissed for some "questionable" experiments and forbidden from ever practicing science again. With the rise of the Empire he found employment working for the soon to be Emperor in developing biologic military technology. He participated in several successful projects that developed stimulants and other temporary physiologic enhancements for soldiers. Now charged with this new endeavor codenamed Project Syosar Dr. Artin feverishly begins working using prisoners, and volunteers consisting mainly of decommissioned soldiers because of their debilitating wounds. Throughout the course of his work he sees a chance to carve his own notch in the new world order…
October 2089 Small scale uprisings flare up in Pakistan and central Africa. The rebellious zones are quickly occupied and put down in a swift and brutal manner. Although all major resistance has been crushed small independent rebel bands are still at large in their respective regions executing swift yet unorganized strikes against Imperial outposts and government establishments.
On October 3rd Rebel bodies recovered form the areas of conflict reveal weapons that are strikingly similar to that of the Zaire Arms Organization (ZAO) one of the Empire's producers of small arms. ZAO specializes in making durable small arms resistant to environmental hazards. Immediately the Imperial Intelligence Network (INN) is contacted.
October 4th, INN agents are immediately dispatched to ZAO factories and headquarters under the guise of Imperial industry inspectors. ZAO's CEO Kabaka Obote assures that all of his weapons go directly to Imperial stockpiles and that none of his weapons could find their way into rebel hands. The agents complete their inspection, thank Obote for his time and leave.
The next week on October 10th INN undercover commandos infiltrate ZAO headquarters in the dead of night and using technology unknown to the public, hack into Obote's personal business records. It is discovered that Obote has been selling his arms to rebel forces for 5 months. Obote at his residence is alerted by his fail-safe systems that his records have been breached.
Suspecting the worst he contacts one of his prominent customers in the region, a local leader of one of the rebel bands Liboke Bangala. Bangala agrees to take Obote and his family into hiding and find them a safe haven within the rebellion. Moments after Bangala's men escort Obote and his family out, Imperial Special Forces units immediately converge on Obote's residence and search the house.
On the following morning on October 11th ZAO is under lock down and Obote on the Empire's most wanted list. Having only barely escaped Obote sends his family ahead of him to a secure location where other families of prominent rebels stay safe. Obote's trail is still warm and Imperial forces comb the jungles of Zaire looking for him. Obote still in hiding with Bangala's men wishes to meet with Piglet and offer himself to the rebellion's cause. Bangala will escort him to Nairobi in Kenya, where the regional rebel authority of the African continent resides. En route to Nairobi Bangala's men narrowly avoid detection from Imperial forces and pass through checkpoints at ease.
October 12th. They arrive in Nairobi safely and proceed to an old abandoned warehouse, the rendezvous point. Upon entering the building they find the Regional Rebel authority of Africa and his men…. dead. They've walked straight into a trap. Several of Bengala's men drop to the ground with a shower of blood. Canadian Idiot and his special forces descend on the confused rebels. In the confusion Obote, Bangala and his men escape into their vehicles. In a dramatic street chase across the city of Nairobi Bangala's men are killed one by one and Obote is captured alive. Bangala alone escapes with all his men dead and no rebel forces within miles he is completely alone. Obote was taken to Canadian Idiot's headquarters. October 13th, Obote is taken off the Empire's most wanted list. His fate remains unknown.
November 2nd 2089. In an unknown location Rebel leaders meet together to discuss the survival of the rebellion, the discussion is led by Piglet the leader, the rebel military leader known as The Fourth (StickDeath), and CLUE the rebel intelligence head along with several other influential rebel leaders. The council comes with 3 major needs for the continued survival of the rebellion: Men, money, and weapons. Piglet wishes to initiate an underground propaganda campaign, other members disagree, arguing that such a venture could compromise the rebellion's more important members, however such a venture could bring many more men into the rebellion's cause. As for money, it is agreed that a high output yet easy to control and oversee. It is agreed that the rebellion will tap into the booming industry of interstellar mining. As with Obote, a mutually beneficial business venture with a mining corporation is the new target for the rebellion. Though after what happened to Obote, the rebellion must choose its partners carefully. Finally the most promising situation is the weapon supplies. Most rebel forces are equipped with dated weapons from the 10 years war that survived destruction. The newly acquired aid from The Sword of the Wind is a godsend. They provide the rebel forces with weapons capable of matching Imperial arms. Unfortunately The Sword of the Wind can only provide a limited supply of weapons as more could compromise them. Now that Obote's weapon supply has dried up the rebels now need access to weapons that can be mass produced. However in a militarized world weapons are easy to come by, one way or another…
Part 2
April 22nd 2090
A rebel raid on an Imperial training outpost near Chachimbo, Brazil resulted in the capture of a member of the Sword of the Wind, an elite Triancian based order committed to training and leading rebel guerilla forces. The individual whose name remains classified was promptly sent to the House of Silence for interrogation. The interrogation provided information that confirmed what many of the Imperial High Command already suspected. Triancia was actively aiding rebel groups. Within hours of the interrogation the Imperial war machine mobilizes on the Emperor's orders. Triancia is to be invaded and occupied, all native Triancian leaders are to be captured especially Substance, the satrap of Triancia. Substance is to be taken alive at all costs, later Substance will be made to confess his sin of aiding the rebels publically and will then be executed. Imperial officials already in Triancia are to be discreet in preparation for the occupation.
When the unnamed Sword of the Wind member was captured and the situation was reported to the Grand Master of the Sword of the Wind, Evania. Immediately she contacted Substance and reported that the SotW was compromised and the Empire would likely move on Triancia. Substance then contacted Piglet and the other leaders of the Rebellion and quickly formulated a plan. Substance had been long prepared for what he saw as an eventual Imperial invasion. Beneath Trincia in several underground caverns lay the Triancian fleet. These vessels were unique in that they could travel between three mediums, underwater, atmosphere, and outer space. Triancian engineers make the final preparations and secretly the populace of Triancia and much of Triancia's secret weapons are loaded onto the ships. The Imperial officials on Triancia are rounded up and killed, and outside communications are severed.
April 25th. The Imperial forces arrived to find a deserted island. The bodies of Imperial officials and personnel are piled in the streets. In frustration the Imperial forces comb the streets of Triancia looking for any indication of what happened to the Triancians. Casualties are taken as Imperial forces discover IEDs under vehicles, behind doors, and other places. Two days later on April 27th the vast underground docks are discovered.Searching began immediately, the Imperial fleet is put on high alert and they comb the seas searching for the submerged Triancian fleet, which unknown to the Imperial Navy, hides in the many undersea trenches in the Pacific.
A week later on May 4th the unthinkable happens. Two bulk freighters, massive vessels designed to carry as much asteroid raw material as possible, en route from Mars to the Asteroid Belt are seized by rebel forces. From the last communications from the vessels it is assumed that the ships' crews were overpowered by undercover rebel agents. The freighters then disappeared. The High Command was deeply concerned by this development and it was said that the Emperor was furious. This event meant that the rebels now had their own hyperdrives and could go anywhere they wanted beyond earth. The Imperial Extra Orbital Fleet (IEON) conducts sweeps of the space lanes between Earth, Mars, and the Asteroid Belt.
Two days later on May 6th a technical error caused by rebel saboteurs in the Imperial Defense Network (IDN) creates a blind spot and a window in the orbital defense system. The Triancian fleet, which had been waiting for this event, surfaces a short ways south of Saipan and prepares to launch. The fleet is spotted almost immediately and all Imperial forces nearby converge on the waters south of Saipan. In what became known as the Battle over Saipan, the Triancian ships lifted from the water and rocketed toward the skies, fighting a running battle with the Imperial Navy and Air Force. Losses on both sides were light in the aerial battle. The Empire lost 15 fighters and Triancia lost only 11 fighter craft. The Triancian fleet escaped into orbit and went untouched by the offline orbital defenses. Father out into space the Triancian fleet met up with the two captured freighters, hastily modified by rebel engineers the freighters had been converted into carriers. The Triancian ships, without hyperdrives docked within the carriers. IEON ships, scattered throughout the space lanes, did not arrive in time and the two carriers vanished into hyperspace.
The Emperor was furious. In a cold fury several officers throughout the Imperial armed forces are sacked and replaced. Training programs within the Imperial armed forces were reformed and made to be more vigorous than ever. Officers that score too low on tests cannot rise beyond the rank of lieutenant. These reformations of the Imperial forces ensured that in the future only the most competent men and women would in command.
However the events of May 6th were not entirely disastrous for the Empire. The 11 downed Triancian craft are thoroughly examined by the top Imperial scientists and engineers. New designs and schematics ensure that the next generation of Imperial ships will be able to sufficiently meet Triancian ships in future engagements. The eight surviving Triancian pilots are ruthlessly interrogated giving more insight into Triancian tactics, maneuvers, and the craft themselves. As well as information about the Triancian fleet.
The events of May 6th were also greatly beneficial to the rebellion. The success of the Triancian escape as well as the Imperial forces failure to prevent these events gives new heart to the underground rebel movements. Dissatisfied and disillusioned citizens flock to the rebel cause and rebel guerilla bands flourish and grow bolder and more efficient in their low intensity war against the Empire. The Sword of the Wind, that had remained behind on earth oversees the organization and training of the guerilla forces. Their operating base is in a Triancian ship that was purposely left behind to serve as a link between the space bound rebel forces and the resistance on earth. The ship is commanded by one of Substances most able submarine officers, known only by his code name Kakatios. With the Sword of the Wind council aboard his ship they travel the seas overseeing the resistance across the world. Exasperated by the ever increasing numbers of rebel terrorist attacks the High Command begins to despair.
It is on June 1st of 2090 that Dr. Greg Artin, one of the leading Imperial scientists appears a savior. Project Syosar is finished and is ready for deployment. The Syosar, genetically enhanced soldiers are a terrible force to behold. Early test subjects consisted of drunks, homeless, and cripples picked of the streets. Through extreme genetic tampering, the dregs of societies across the world are transformed into bestial warriors. Incapable of oral speech, the Syosar communicate with each other telepathically. They are physically superior to human bodies, being faster, stronger, with lightning reflexes, keen senses, and animal instincts. The Syosar are the ultimate hunters, the very appearance of them suggests creatures from nightmares, dark bronze skins, protruding canine teeth, and the guttural noises they make alone induce rebel soldiers to surrender. The Syosar are deployed in small squads each commanded by a specially trained human squad leader, equipped with a special headset that allows him to communicate telepathically with the Syosar warriors.
The Syosar are deployed on June 10th. The next five months see almost complete success. Rebel bands are hunted down and ruthlessly killed or captured by the fierce Syosar warriors, Imperial POW camps overflow with captured rebels. The House of Silence has a field day with the rebel prisoners, though they don't know anything worth interrogating they provide perfect opportunities for Canadian and his minions to develop new torture techniques.
Through communications with Kakatios the Rebel and Triancian command are horrified to learn that several members of the Sword of the Wind have already been captured or killed by the brutally effective Syosar warriors. The success of the Syosar warriors jeopardizes the rebellion's plans. Bickering among the rebel leaders is unhelpful. A solution to countering the Syosar seems impossible. That is, until November 15th of 2090 the Rebel command learns through Kakatios that an Imperial scientist, Dr. Artin is interested in the rebel cause…
Part 3 (unfinished)
November 20, 2090. Five days of careful preparation establishes a secure transmission between CLUE and Dr. Artin. Dr. Artin proposes to aid the rebellion by turning the Syosar on their masters and create chaos within the Empire, chaos that would provided the Rebellion a golden opportunity. CLUE agrees and will contact him in the future at the appropriate moment. The Rebel leaders discuss this important development, Dr. Artin's proposal is a golden opportunity. But for what? A quick analysis of the past events in the rebellion's struggle provides the answer, the Empire's most effective weapon against the rebel insurgents is in it's intelligence. The Rebel command decides that the House of Silence and it's leader Bane must be eliminated at all costs before the rebellion can make progress against the Empire. An extremely convoluted plan is formed and Blazeij, the Triancian Leader agrees to play the dangerous role as bait. The date for the Operation is set for the new year, January 1st of 2091. The date and other information is kept secret only the Rebel high command know of the plan. Nevertheless Trinacian engineers work overtime to strengthen the fledgling Triancian fleet.
December 1st 2090. Before turning the Syosar loose on the Imperial forces. Dr. Artin must first make sure that he won't be around to be executed for treason. On December 1st after communicating with Kakatios for an arranged rendezvous, he fakes his own death. Early in the morning at 4:43 Dr. Artin's facility explodes. Emergency response teams find only one survivor, one of Dr. Artin's assistants a young woman by name of Rachel Nunziata. Dr. Artin's body was found, having no surviving family or friends Dr. Artin's body was deposited on the mass grave used in the 10 Years War and in the Conquest for unknown soldiers and unidentified bodies. Floras Island, off the Azores where bodies are dumped and left to rot and the bones left to bleach in the sun. So many bodies have accumulated from the devastating war that the surface of the island is buried meters deep beneath the skeletons of the slain. Dr. Artin's body was dumped there on December 2nd. The following night Dr. Artin awoke, using a chemical compound to render his breathing and heart beat barely perceptible, as well as another chemical means to temporarily deform his skin to appear as burned. It was there, that Dr. Artin discovered a young girl completely mute but possessing a remarkable means of telepathic communication, the girl makes herself understood by flashing images and thoughts into Dr. Artin's mind. Dr. Artin learns that the girl's name is Melinda, she has no idea who she is, nor where she came from. But retains fragments of disturbing and frightening memories. Dr Artin fascinated takes Melinda with him when Kakatios' submarine comes to collect him.
January 1st 2091. Preparations are complete, Operation Bodkin is launched. A large probe containing Blazeij, four of his closest companions, and their prototype experimental mechs is launched towards earth. The probe's cloaking abilities enable it to evade detection by the IDN until out of danger of the defense satellites. The probe lands in Victory Square, located in the province of Limburg of the southern Netherlands. Already response teams, alerted by the IDN converge on the position. Blazeij and his companions deploy and set about destroying the Palace of Victory. The first Imperial forces to arrive are a squadron of Lancaster gunships, a brief engagement ensues in which the mechs are brought down with the loss of only two Lancasters, Blazeij is taken prisoner, recognized as the former leader of Triancia, Blazeij is conveyed to the House of Silence with the utmost speed. The Emperor, contacts Bane to inform him that he shall come to personally witness the interrogation of Blazeij.
Meanwhile the combined Rebel and Triancian fleets lie just out of sensor range of Earth's orbit waiting for the word. CLUE tracking the progress of Blazeij's body through the means of an internally hidden tracking device, pinpoints the location of the House Of Silence as one of the many featureless orbital Imperial military stations. Blazeij's location is confirmed and then the rest of Operation Bodkin proceeds. The Fleet jumps to the far side of planet and engages elements of the Imperial Fleet, already on high alert after the probe penetrated the IDN. Commander Slain, aboard his flagship the Doomhammer directs the Imperial Fleet. Dr. Artin then triggers his remote device, causing the Syosar warriors to go berserk, across the planet the Syosar turn on their Imperial masters, killing men, destroying equipment and sabotaging military installations. CLUE and his force, consisting of four cloaked assault shuttles arrive at the House of Silence, grappling onto the surface of the station and insert a force of forty rebel commandos led by CLUE into the station. The strike force's objectives are to rescue Blazeij, rescue any other prisoners, kill or capture Bane and other Order members, and destroy the House of Silence. The Order's staff are quickly eliminated, by the commandos with minimal losses. Bane and his eleven companions are hard pressed to survive and prevent Blazeij from falling into the commandos' hands. The stations' communications are jammed by the commandos and unable to call for assistance or fight their way to the hangar, the Order prepares to sell their lives dearly. The Emperor's personal shuttle arrives, aware of the outside events and suspecting a strike on the House of Silence, the Emperor arrives with a contingent of the Imperial Guard as well as his personal body guards. This force of twenty of the Empire's elite secure the hangar and fight their way though the commandos to the embattled Order members. The Emperor and his guard reach Bane just as Bane defeats CLUE in personal combat. At that moment the power of the House of Silence cuts of, auxiliary power maintaining only artificial gravity and basic life support systems. A desperate close quarters firefight ensues in the darkness. The rebel strike force, repulsed by the arrival of the Imperial guard, cut their losses and withdraw taking Blazeij and one captive Order member with them and prepare to detonate the charges within the station. The Imperial Guard and the remaining Order members, suspecting that the commandos intend to destroy the House of Silence, likewise evacuate, taking with them CLUE captive. The rebel strike team, now under Sgt. Pepper's orders board two of their assault shuttles, take off and trigger the remote detonation. Some of the charges detonate, causing structural damage to the House of Silence, but the majority fail due to the haste in which they were set.
Both sides withdraw, the raid was costly for the rebels. Twenty of the forty commandos were killed, with another dozen wounded. But most disastrously of all was the loss of CLUE. It is unknown the rebels whether he was taken captive or among the dead left in the House. The Imperial didn't come off much better. Eight of the Imperial Guard were confirmed dead with another six seriously wounded. Most of the Order's staff were killed, only a dozen wounded were evacuated from the House. Of the twelve Order members themselves, one confirmed dead, and one missing in action, either a captive of the rebels or among the dead still in the House.
Sgt. Pepper contacts the Triancian fleet commander with the confirmation that the operation is complete. The Emperor and those on his shuttle go to the Doomhammer to join Commander Slain. The rebel fleet, encircled by the Imperial fleet, manages to punch through but not without sustaining significant losses, and escapes into the depths of space. The Imperial fleet, battered but better off than their opponents, has not time to lick their wounds. For the Syosar revolt on earth is proving more serious than initial reports led them to belive.
Empire of Earth
Cheeseinator - Emperor
Commander Loony - Supreme Commander
Canadian Idiot - Head of intelligence and spy/assassin
gufu - Borisov Dmitry - General
Piglet - Leader
StickDeath - Military Commander - "The Fourth"
Clue - Intelligence
Ghostly Substance - Leader
Pyroninja - Dr. Greg Artin - Scientist - Syosar
Konan - Cull Warriors
Background Information
Space Technology
At the moment the space outside of earth has 2 main uses, Mining and trade. Mining for the most part is conducted on Mars and in closer sections of the asteroid belt. In earth's orbit lie space-stations, shipyards, and military defense platforms.
Space stations are the the centers of the trade and mining. Rather than shipping hundreds of tons of material over land and over seas to opposite ends of the globe it was found that it much more efficient to send cargo to the many space stations orbiting earth. From there they would be loaded into large freighter vessels which would travel in earth's orbit to the space station of the corresponding destination. The cargo would be offloaded into the space stations and then shuttled down to the surface. In addition to shipping centers space stations also provide living quarters for shuttle pilots, freighter pilots, workers, and workers from the shipyards. They also support the families of the workers and pilots which basically makes them into orbital cities capable of sustaining life for an indefininte period of time. They are not entirely self sufficient however. The vast majority of food and other goods still have to be shipped from the earth's surface to support these orbital populations.
The Shipyards are all owned by the state except for a few independent large mining industries. Shipyards build ships, repair, and refit vessels of any shape and size. Military shipyards are seperate from the other's and contain R&D facilities. Civilians other than workers are not allowed in under normal circumstances.
The defense platforms serve as outposts for all spacefaring Imperial forces. Light cruisers constantly patrol the trade lanes waiting to put down any trouble and assist craft that may experience technical difficulties. The garrisons for the space marines also dwell in these outposts and using large boarding vessels, have the right under the law to seize and search any vessel at their leisure for illegal cargo.
Once the rich mineral content from asteroids is extracted it must be processed in a refinery. Imperial law dictates that no refineries are to be in earth's orbit at any time, as they may have negative effects on earth's atmosphere. So the center of the mining industry lies upon mars. All the major mining industries own enormous refineries both on the surface and in orbit of mars. The planet itself provides some valuable minerals but nearly as much as the minerals found in the asteroid belt. Refineries are not built within the asteroid belt simply because it would much too expensive and risky to maintain such large facilities in an unpredictable orbit. As such, small refinery freighters with their complement of mining ships patrol the belt filling their freighters with the precious minerals. Once full the freighter then makes the journey back to mars for the material to be processed in full. Once processed into usable material, the ore is then shipped back to earth for a plethora of uses.
I shall be coming up with the overall plot. Based on that those of you in it can write your own "chapters" from your character's point of view.
] For the sake of the story you can come up with an alternative name for your character, as some of our screen names (like mine) sound ridiculous in the context.
For those of you who are in this for sure, post a description and personal history of your character based on the prologue and some details of your faction.
Everyone can join in on this fun. I can allow for one more independent faction, we already have three. After that you must sign up under either my all powerful Empire, Piglet's rebellion, and Ghostly's secretive movement, that is if the faction leader will allow you to join.
Also any illustrations are welcome. Should wish to draw up maps, ships, weapons, etc feel free to share them with us.
Edited by Cheeseinator, 15 July 2009 - 02:47 PM.


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McCormick & Schmick's Seafood - Virginia Beach
Online Reservations
McCormick and Schmick's is a great place for dining out when we are in Town Centre for a show at Sandler. It is soooo convenient....a short stroll across the plaza. Their food selections never disappoint, salads are always crisp and cold, fish cooked to perfection.This evening I was a little disappointed in the grilled veggies or I should say lack of them. One forkful just wasn't enough! I can be forgiving, as long as it doesn't happen again! We surely will return for another dining experience.
My wife and I have tickets to several shows at the Sandler Center and more often than not we have dinner before the show at M&S. Always enjoyable, no rush and right there.
One word to sum up our experience -AMAZING! The food was delicious and the service was incredible. Our server, Donald, was courteous , helpful, warm and informative. He made our date night memorable.
Seated in back on arrival. Nice and quiet--at first.
Rather pricey but food & service was good. Not a place you can go to very often unless you're rich, 8 people but our check was only for 6 of them. Son and Daughter both just had Anniversarys so we treated them to dinner. $280 for us. The other two had a healthy bill also. It's a shame it's so expensive, keeps us away from there. Can't go back anytime soon. :(
Excellent service as we were seated right at our reservation time. Food was very well prepared and delicious! A bit pricey for the portions size but I would not hesitate to return.
McCormick & Schmick's was wonderful. We had the Chincoteague oysters and and the warm beet salads to start. The salads were good and fresh and the oysters perfect. We Enjoyed the fall suggestions. Our table loved the lobster Thermidor, and fresh fish. A nice white wine complimented our meal. The waitress was attentive and courteous. It was a perfect restaurant to visit before our show at the Sandler.
My husband and I enjoyed the happy hour drink and bar specials prior to our early dining reservation. The server, bartender and even the restuarant manager provided awesome service making our time at M&S spectacular. We took advantage of the steak and lobster special as well. I rated this experience high.
We had a great experience here. A special was wild salmon, and it was cooked perfectly. A favorite was the pecan encrusted flounder. And the chocolate bag with mousse for desert was fun and delicious. Our waitress was professional and personable. We will return, and highly recommend this restaurant.
I had the mixed grill and it was simply fabulous! My wifey loved the trout too. Moderately priced making this great restaurant an excellent choice.
The staff was pleasant and accommodating. I enjoyed the numerous menu options. My choice of the Parmesan crusted fish was the best!
The entire evening was a wonderful success. The food was outstanding, our server was very personable and knowledgeable about the menu and very accommodating to some special requests that we had. We recommend highly!
Personalized menu for my girlfriends birthday made her night even more special. Thank you.
We had a cozy private booth, loved it. The service was excellent. Our server really knew the menu. Drinks were well prepared, appetizers were large enough to share, and the entrees were magazine perfect. We had pumpkin cheese cake to share for dessert and it was so delish. Fish is served and presented beautifully and is a feast for the eyes. Crab cakes are all "meat", no breadcrumbs and fillers. Kudos to our server Dorothy who was spot on with service without being intrusive.
Personally, my waiter was the best I've ever had. I wish I remembered his name. He was very attentive and gave us personal recommendations that met all expectations. He took his time to check on us as often as anyone can ask for. Meticulous attention to detail. He definitely loves his job.
It was our Anniversary and they gave us a private booth and our server was outstanding. A very enjoyable evening, we will return.
McCormick & Schmick's dinner was the beginning of a wonderful night out with my husband. The restaurant ambience is outstanding, service was wonderful and the food was delicious. This is our favorite restaurant in Virginia Beach Town Center.
Your selections for the Veterans was very good this year. Keep doing what you do for our Veterans.
Enjoyed the complimentary Veterns Day dinner. It was nice to try it out, and I look forward to returning.
The waitor was excellent, very polite and attentive, noise level was very nice, love the boothe with the curtains
The experience is overall one that keeps me coming back especially the outgoing staff! The desserts are fantastic!
I really enjoyed my meal and the appetizer was very delicious. Very cozy and quiet atmosphere. I loved the secluded booth we were seated in. Nice wine list. Great for a "date night" or hanging out with friends. Will definately come again.
We enjoyed the food. My only concern was the service was delayed at our table however, I did notice that our neighboring table service was provided more swiftly. Thank you McCormick & Schmick very much for the Veteran Day experience. I do plan on visiting again. All in all an great experience!
We went for the Veteran's Day special again this year. The Veteran's menu had a nice selection of items from all sections of the regular menu. I had narrowed down to two choices and the waiter, Clay, recommended the Salmon Rigatoni. I heartily agree that it is a great dish. Clay took good care of us without being intrusive or hovering. We've not been to McCormick and Schmick's and had less than great service and well prepared tasty food. I look forward to each visit.
. Our meal was scrumptous. We truly enjoyed our time there!
The free meal for Vets was outstanding. The plank salmon was cooked to perfection.
Great place for a nice dinner or happy hour. Service is great and food is awesome.
Great company/restaurant that provided free meals to all Vets. Great food with wonderful service!
We enjoyed Sunday Lunch. It was very relaxing and we enjoyed the food emensly! Waiter was attentive and infomative. Enjoyed the atmosphere of the resturant.
We enjoyed our Veteran's Day meal at M&S, this was our second year in a row that my friends got together to celebrate Veteran's Day. The staff was great and made our dining experience that much more enjoyable.
Many were in attendance and the staff handled guests efficiently and servers attended to our needs quickly. Food pairings were exceptional even with a limited menu for VETS but open menu for guests. Will definitely recommend and always tell friends about the bar happy hour, small servings are made available and delicious.
Great food, great service, great restaurant. Thank you for supporting the veterans around Veterans Day. This is a date that I look forward to around the Veterans Day holiday. Got seated a little after the reservation time, but it was very busy. The staff was just wonderful on a busy day - they took their time catering to us. Thanks.
McCormick & Schmick's offered a Veterans Day Special on Sunday Nov 10th. My wife and I frequently dine at the McCormick & Schmick's located in the Virginia Beach Town Center and gladly accepted the offer for a free meal on Veterans Day. The food was great, we received excellent attention from Mike our waiter. I would like to thank the staff for helping to make our Veterans Day special. My wife and I look forward to our next outing to McCormicks & Schmick's for lunch, dinner or happy hour. I'm already looking forward to the Why Not Wednesday events next summer. Sincerely, John Riordan
The seafood is fresh, the beef is tender, the bar drinks are made with freshly squeezed juices, and the happy hour bar menu is fantastic with things like oysters, fish tacos and a $3 cheeseburger basket. The atmosphere is nice, and it is quiet enough to have a normal conversation. Management is always present and actively engaged with the customers to make sure you have a pleasant dining experience. There is a good price range to pick from on the menu and freshly made in house deserts. Its location is central to entertainment and there is plenty of free parking in the adjacent parking garages making it an enjoyable night out. I highly recommend McCormick & Schmick's for lunch, dinner, or happy hour. Their holiday meals are also very good.
This restaurant is outstanding. The food, waiters/waitresses, and decor are all amazing. You can tell when a restaraunts goes the extra mile and this is one that does it twice.
Our visit to M&S for our daughter's birthday was perfect! Great service and delicious food.
Thank goodness in this day and age there is still a place where you can go out for a good dinner/lunch and actually have a comfortable conversation with your dining mates! The food is good and ingredients fresh, the service wonderful, and the management always present to see that all your needs are met. The happy hour menu is great too. I can't say enough good things about this place. It is by far my favorite restaurant in Virginia Beach.
Always good as usual. Nice and quiet - great meal and service.
Wonderful service and food. The atmosphere perfect for conversation!
The staff was amazing and made our anniversary even more special. Only thing I would change is to keep screaming kids in another section. Didn't think I would have to deal with that but when you are tring to have a romantic evening and kids are screaming at the next table not so much fun...
The service was exceptional, our server knew all menu items inside out and helped navigate the menu, food was delicious especially the lobster bisque soup best we ever had, served hot with large chunks of lobster meat , tower of crab appetizer needed more seasoning and is the only item I would not order again, wife had stuffed salmon and loved it, my dish was the stuffed grilled shrimp that were perfectly cooked stuffed with mostly crab meat and very succulent, for dessert we shared the chocolate bag that was too big for even two, only draw back was it needed more raspberry sauce, beware sugar overload. Would recommend for any occasion.
This was a pleasant experience. Food was delicious as was the service.
Thanksgiving dinner was great. Special and regular menu was available.
Despite the fact that it was Thanksgiving day and reservations were numerous the wait was far less than expected. The service was as if no one else was in the restaurant and the food, to the diner, was outstanding.
I've eaten here before & thoroughly enjoyed the experience. This year, my family ate out because no one wanted to deal with the stress of cooking Thanksgiving dinner. When we arrived at the restaurant & there was a line, although we had reservations. We were not seated until 45 minutes later. We were informed that many of the families were sitting & enjoying themselves after dinner. We were fine with that & understood. Once our food arrived, we were pleased by the amount of food. It was well worth the $24.99 price. Half of our party took some of the food home for leftovers. Overall, the experience was nice. Our server was attentive & kind. Service was slower than normal but that was to be expected. We'll definitely do it again.
There seemed to be a slight delay in organizing for the Thanksgiving opening, but they got up to speed quickly. The wait staff were attentive, efficient and gracious. The turkey was salty but that was the only questionable in an otherwise satisfying meal. The yams were sweet, the stuffing was good, the potatoes and gravy were yummy. Grandpa had a 6 oz filet mignon which was very small but flavorful. It looked funny sitting on the full sized unheated dinner plate with a scoop of rice and a half of a baked roma tomato. His wedge salad was to die for as was the butternut soup!! The childrens turkey meals were generously portioned and included all that the adults had on their plate. All in all we had a lovely time and would go back again.
M&S did a wonderful job for their Thanksgiving Special. My one and only complaint: they were so over-booked that we had to wait a half hour past our reservation time. The restaurant was very crowded for that very reason. Otherwise the food was great, Jamal, our waiter, was fantastic and we had a very nice Thanksgiving. Thank you! :-)
My elderly parents, spouse and myself have always enjoyed our meals at McCormick & Schmick's. When they offered a sit down Thanksgiving dinner, rather than the buffet that many restaurants offer, we immediately made a reservation for 3 pm through Open Table. When we arrived at the restaurant at 2:45pm, the hostess told us all the diners were enjoining their meal so much our reservation would be a few minutes late. There was no place to sit and wait. Fortunately, someone sitting in a booth in the bar, made room for my 93 and 94 year old parents to sit down. One look at all the people waiting to be seated told me the restaurant either overbooked, or took walk-ins. About 40 minutes past our reservation time, we were seated.
We met with friends before an event at the Sandler Center to eat dinner at M & S. We enjoyed it very much. The food was delicious and the portions are huge! My crab cakes were probably the best I've ever had. The only thing I did not like was the waiter pushing appetizers, dessert, etc. I know it is their job to up-sell but it gets irritating. Nevertheless, we still had excellent service, enjoyed the ambiance, and the food was quite good.
I booked a reservation online days in advance and had absolutely no problem getting in and being seated on time. My family and I were celebrating the 40th birthday if our cousin Kimberly, which meant a lot being that we almost lost her a few years ago due to lupus. She really enjoyed herself and so did the rest of the family. I would definitely come back to celebrate another occasion here at McCormick and Schmick and even just for a romantic dinner with my husband. Thank you for making this night special.


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I will have to SWAY some of you to this one......
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I used to be known as, Nightcrawler and Warblade.
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Great job guys!
I used to be known as, Nightcrawler and Warblade.
I'm gonna vote Phostos on this one. Good composition, good inking, and lovely bats flying around.
Also enjoyed CrazyDiamond (too bad isn't colored) and Hades (it as a good Frank Miller vibe).
Good job everyone, keep the good work.
I went with hades like the fight scene , there is some decent action going on.
PHotos: nice drawing but it looks like batman is giving cap a stern talk to then a fight.
I went with CrazyDiamond's. It's just got this appeal to me.
(I editted out some of my other comments bc of concern for fairness in the voting yadda yadda)
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1. Phostos- love the attention to detail and Batman looks like he fixing to unload a can of whoop-ass.
2. Hadesillustrations- very close 2nd. Excellent energy in the pic. Batman reminds me of Miller's work. And Cap reminds me of Buscema. Well done.
3. Marshall MC- a very nice entry sir.
I voted for Phostos, as I felt that he had a more complete piece (foreground, middleground, and a background in an actual environment) and he used shadow well for Bats. It was a toss up between him and Crazy Diamond - I love the Capcom look and it's super hard to stay simple and still show off proper anatomy - you hit it man, nice work.
My only gripe for Phostos is that Bats is scrawny. Bulk him up and there would be NO contest.
Congratulations for all the good work, guys. I had my doubts between Phostos and Marshall's work, but i choosed Marshall because it's the better one and have great dynamics.
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