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Ministry Six
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Chapter 17
About a week after Dumbledore and Sirius' quest for the Ring, which had gotten Dumbledore gravely injured, Harry and his friends were sitting in the kitchen in Grimmauld Place having their breakfast, along with Sirius, Remus, Tonks and Mrs. Weasley.
The atmosphere was somber, and had been that way since the night before, when they had received word of the Headmasters' health from Madam Pomfrey.
While she had declared him to be out of immediate danger at the time, the curse on the Ring had apparently had a greater effect that just destroying Dumbledore's hand. When Madam Pomfrey had checked him later that night, she had found that the curse had been attacking his magical core, and was slowly eating away at it.
Snape had immediately identified the curse after that, and had let her know that he could make up a potion that would help, but he would require a few hours. Dumbledore had been shifted to the Hogwarts Infirmary, where Madam Pomfrey was watching over him.
Dumbledore's condition had improved significantly since then, but the curse was irreversible. It had already been too late by the time that Snape could get his potion ready, and the curse had spread to far to be eliminated from the system.
Just the night before, Madam Pomfrey had informed them that the damage was already done, and Dumbledore had only a few more months to live before the curse destroyed his core completely.
Suddenly, the somber mood was broken by a large ball of light that flew in through the open kitchen door. Everyone looked up at it as it took on the shape of a lynx, which they knew by now to be Kingsley's Patronus.
"Everyone, there's been an attack on Azkaban! Sirius, get any other Order members over there and head to Azkaban immediately. The kids are supposed to stay at Headquarters, so leave at least one person to watch over them." The lynx said in Kingsley's deep voice.
"Damn it! Just when we don't have Dumbledore to back us up." Sirius said as shot out of his seat, breakfast already forgotten.
"I'll stay and watch over everyone here. The three of you should go immediately." Mrs. Weasley said, and received nods from the other three adults.
"Wait hand on, why the bloody hell can't we go? We've been training for this sort of thing for the past few weeks, haven't we?" Ron asked indignantly.
Ginny looked like she agreed with Ron, while Neville, Harry and Hermione looked apprehensive. Luna continued with her breakfast as if the Patronus had never shown up.
"While I do agree Ron, this is the kind of thing that is supposed to be done by Aurors and qualified professionals." Remus said calmly. "No one doubts that any of you would be able to hold your own in battle, the fact is that is you shouldn't have to in the first place."
"Yeah, but-"
"Moony, we'll talk to him, you all should get going." Harry said with a sigh.
Remus nodded and headed off to join Sirius and Tonks upstairs, with Mrs. Weasley following to see them all off.
Once they were all gone, Harry turned to Ron, who was fuming a little. "Ron, Dumbledore already told us that we wouldn't be participating in this sort of thing even if we are officially a part of the Order, and we agreed to it."
"So what, we just sit here and do nothing?" Ron exclaimed.
"Absolutely not. We continue working on the little project that the Headmaster assigned us. You know very well how important that is." Hermione said, staring Ron down.
"And besides Ronald, Azkaban is better protected than it has ever been at this moment." Luna said calmly, still munching on a piece of toast.
"What do you mean? Haven't the Dementors supposedly joined Riddle?" Neville asked, looking very confused, while the rest nodded in agreement with Luna.
"You mean you don't know yet?" Ginny said, turning to him with a surprised expression on his face.
"Know what?" Neville asked, turning towards her.
"Azkaban isn't guarded by Dementors anymore." Hermione said. "It's protected by Golems."
Several kilometers away from Grimmauld Place, on the sea coast closest to Azkaban Island, a large force of Aurors, Unspeakables, and other Ministry people were gathering, including a team of Healers from Saint Mungo's. The sea was surprisingly calm, at least compared to its usual turbulent nature.
It was onto this scene that Sirius, Remus and Tonks Apparated, wands drawn and ready for battle. On seeing the maroon robes of the Aurors around them, they relaxed almost immediately.
Sirius put his wand away as he noticed no immediate danger.
"Excuse me; do you know where Amelia Bones is?" Sirius asked a nearby Auror.
"The Minister? Erm, I think she was over there." The man said, waving vaguely in the direction of the coast. "But she's supposed to be briefing the squad leaders, so it would be best not to disturb her."
"Oh don't worry about that. And thank you." Sirius said, before grabbing Remus and Tonks and dragging them in the direction the man had indicated.
"Come on, I think I see Amy." Sirius said quietly, spotting Amelia, who was standing on top of a large rock and shouting orders at the people standing around her.
"Erm Sirius? I think I should go and see what squad I'm assigned to." Tonks said, trying to tug her hand out of his grip.
"No you aren't. You're staying with me and Moony, and I've already cleared it with Scrimgeour. We'll be in Amy's protection detail along with Mad-Eye and Shack." Sirius said.
"Really? Full Order guard?" Remus asked, looking surprised.
"Well of course! She's the Minister after all." Sirius said as they stopped a little distance away and waited for Amelia to finish issuing orders.
"I'm surprised she's allowing you to do this." Tonks said.
"That's because she doesn't know about it." Moody said, stomping up to stand beside them. "If she did, she'd be throwing a fit about how she doesn't need a protection detail."
"But given that Riddle is here, I don't want to take the risk. Scrimgeour thinks so too, so he allowed me to have you lot and Shacklebolt." Moody said, nodding to the tall black Auror who had just walked up beside them.
"Morning everyone. Are we ready to go in yet?" Kingsley asked.
"We are now." Moody said as Amelia finally hopped off the rock. "Come on."
Moody took charge of the group as they headed towards Amelia, who now seemed to be arguing with Scrimgeour.
"-don't need a protection detail damn it!" Amelia shouted at the Head of the DMLE.
"Well too bad lassie. You're getting one anyway." Moody growled. Amelia whirled around to face them, glaring at Moody.
"Mad-Eye, what the hell? You know I can take care of myself!" Amelia said indignantly.
"We know you can, boss. But you're the Minister now, and its rules for the Minister to have a protection detail if there's a potentially dangerous situation. And this certainly qualifies." Kingsley said calmly.
"If I had my way, Minister, you would be far away from the battle. But we know you would never agree to that, so think of this as a compromise." Scrimgeour said firmly.
Amelia sighed in frustration but nodded.
"Cheer up Amy! At least you get some eye candy to look at between fights." Sirius said, striking a dramatic Lockhart-esque pose.
"Oh whatever. Let's gets started. The containment wards won't hold for much longer." Amelia said, turning to the sea, where Azkaban Island could be seen in the distance, a black blemish on an otherwise beautiful sea.
"Do we know what we're facing?" Remus asked.
"Mostly, yeah. We have a rough idea that the Aurors we've posted there were able to send out before the invaders disabled communication. You-Know-Who is there, along with about three or four dozen Death Eaters. He's also got quite a few Dementors with him, though, and those are going to be the main problem." Scrimgeour said.
"And what about the golems? We have any idea how those are faring?" Sirius asked. He had heard a lot about the new guardians of Azkaban, but didn't know how good they were in battle.
Amelia did, apparently, as she gave him feral smile. "Oh they should be doing well. Really well."
A few hours ago, on Azkaban Island.
Auror John Dawlish yawned lazily as he walked across the ramparts of Azkaban Prison, cursing his luck for drawing monitoring duty in Azkaban. Sure, the place wasn't as oppressive anymore now that the Dementors were gone, but it was still Azkaban.
Despite the fact that the Ministry currently used the structure to incarcerate criminals, Azkaban had originally started out as the stronghold of a Dark Lord several centuries ago, one whose name was lost to the ages, or simply forgotten as a bad memory.
It was the reason why the island had such a feared reputation, aside from the fact that Azkaban had been the first nesting ground for the Dementors, which the forgotten Dark Lord had supposedly created to use as his servants.
Dawlish was snapped out of his reverie as he heard a great rumbling sound a little ways in front of him.
A great round boulder, which had been sitting innocuously to one side of the ramparts, suddenly started to shift, and after several seconds, one of the new golems of Azkaban was standing in front him.
A loud klaxon had also started to echo through the cold morning air. Recognizing it as the alarm that signaled the wards were under attack, Dawlish immediately turned around and started running towards the staircase, knowing that all Aurors were supposed to report to the briefing room in such a situation.
He arrived there a few minutes later, and saw that most of the others had already gathered. Robards, the Auror in charge, was getting ready to send off a report to the Ministry, which probably contained all the information they had received about the attacking forces.
"The Dark Lord is finally attacking, isn't he?" Dawlish asked the nearest person.
"Yeah, and he's got about three dozen Death Eaters with him. They're not the problem though." The man said nervously. "The real problem is those little monsters."
Dawlish looked towards the window that the man was pointing towards, and saw a sight that instantly struck fear into his heart.
Dementors, numbering well over a hundred, were swarmed in the sky, casting a noticeable gloom even in the bright morning.
"Oh Merlin. We don't have a chance, do we?" Dawlish muttered weakly. The other man was about to reply, but it was drowned out by Robards cursing loudly.
"Damn it! We're cut off from the Ministry." Robards said angrily before stomping towards the window, from which everyone could see the wards beginning to glow an alarming shade of red.
"Calm down boss. The Unspeakable said the golems should be able to defend against all the human enemies. All we need to do is keep the Dementors at bay." Williamson, his second in command, said calmly.
"Just keep the Dementors at bay? Can you even see how many of them there are?" Dawlish asked incredulously.
"I can see that very well Dawlish and I think a dozen Aurors can easily keep that few at bay." Williamson replied coolly. "Just so you know though, the Minister and her niece faced at least two dozen while fighting Death Eaters at the same time."
"And Harry Potter fought off all the ones that had been placed at Hogwarts singlehandedly, at thirteen no less. Think you can do half as well Dawlish?" Another Auror taunted. Dawlish's dislike of Harry was well known.
"Enough, people." Robards snapped, stopping Dawlish before he could retort.
"The golems should be able to hold their ground against the Death Eaters, but they can't do anything against Dementors, and I don't want them anywhere near the prison. Anyone who can cast a Corporeal Patronus, get up here and be ready to fire as soon as the wards fall. The rest of you, take positions where you have a clear field of vision and see if you can pick of any Death Eaters, but remember to keep an eye out for any Dementor getting too close. Now get going!" Robards instructed. Half the Aurors, including Dawlish, snapped a salute and rushed off to take their stations, while the rest got ready for what was sure to be a very tiring experience.
Minutes later, the wards came crashing down, causing a loud ruckus as they fell.
"Expecto Patronum!" Several voices yelled in tandem, and silvery animals shot off to intercept the Dementors, who had started surging forward as soon as they could.
Meanwhile at the gates, Voldemort was watching in amusement as the tiny group of Aurors fired the Patronuses at his pet Dementors.
"They really are fools if they think they stand a chance today." Voldemort said aloud, smirking in amusement. "Tear down the gates, we shall enter immediately."
"Yes my lord." One of the men around him said, bowing low. Immediately, five of the Death Eaters gathered in a line at the front of the doors and started to fire Bombardment Curses at the large and imposing black gates.
A cheer went up as the gates came crashing down with a bang. That same cheer was silenced seconds later, when Voldemort and his cronies laid eyes on the forces gathered inside the walls of the prison.
The new guardians of Azkaban stood ranged in front of the entrance to the prison, every single one of the approximately two dozen golems taller than eight feet. They looked like huge, humanoid mounds of rocks, and could have easily been mistaken for trolls, had they been a little taller and smellier. Runic clusters illuminated their bodies, glowing as they absorbed the ambient magic to power the behemoths.
Voldemort looked at the golems with undisguised curiosity on his face.
When he had planned to attack Azkaban and break out his incarcerated followers so as to bolster his forces again, he had expected to only have to take effort to convince the Dementors to side with him, after which he would simply walk into the prison and free his men.
Instead, he had found the Dementors approaching him long before that, as the Ministry was apparently planning to dispose of them. After that, he had expected Azkaban to be manned by the Aurors, who he was pretty sure wouldn't be able to take his forces on if he was there to provide support.
Only now, he was finding that instead of Aurors, the Ministry had placed the security of the prison in the hands of beings even he had no knowledge of. He did remember Rookwood saying something about the Department of Mysteries creating something called golems, but he had had no detailed information on them.
These golems looked strong too, and he wondered if they would defect to his side, like the Dementors had, if he ordered them too.
Walking past his minions as they cleared a way for him, pulling the rubble away, Voldemort cleared his throat. He enhanced his voice magically as he stepped into the courtyard, his followers piling in behind him.
Before he could say anything though, one of the golems stepped forward from the ranks and raised a stony hand in a gesture that clearly said 'stop'.
"Intruder, you are trespassing on the property of the Ministry of Magic. You are ordered to turn around immediately and return the way you came. If you defy these orders, you will be apprehended and brought to justice." It said in a gravelly voice.
Up in the ramparts, the Aurors watched on in awe as the golem spoke to the most feared Dark Lord in recent history as if he were a petty criminal.
Voldemort, meanwhile, was absolutely stunned. No one, not even Dumbledore, had been so callous when facing him. The nerve of this pile of rocks, speaking to him as if he were a commoner. He would have to make an example out of this one before he let the rest join him. Although, there was a chance that it hadn't recognized him yet.
"How dare speak to me like that. I am Lord Voldemort!" He shouted back at the golem, clearly enraged. The golem seemed to apparently not care, however.
"Intruder, you are trespassing on the property of the Ministry of Magic. You are ordered to turn around immediately and return the way you came. If you defy these orders, you will be apprehended and brought to justice. This is your second warning." The golem repeated in a stony voice.
Voldemort was again stunned. Even though this thing now knew who he was, it had still dismissed him casually.
"I am Lord Voldemort! I demand that you kneel before me. I might even consider sparing your life if you grovel enough." Voldemort spat.
"Intruder, you are trespassing on the property of the Ministry of Magic. You are ordered to turn around immediately and return the way you came. If you defy these orders, you will be apprehended and brought to justice. This is your final warning." The golem said stoically. Apparently, it was still not going to bow to Voldemort's demands.
Voldemort was beyond furious. This pathetic lump of rock had the audacity to order him around? Well he would show it how powerful the strongest wizard alive was. Making up his mind, he raised his wand to cast his favorite curse.
"Avada Kedavra!" Voldemort shouted, and a bright green light shot out of his wand and flew towards the lead golem.
Only to have almost no effect whatsoever as it harmlessly splashed against the golem's wide chest. All that happened was the golem seemed to be forced back slightly.
The runes etched on its body glowed brighter, before flashing red.
"Intruder declared as threat. Apprehend and detain." The golem announced. Suddenly, the entire line of them started moving, the ground shaking ever so slightly from their heavy steps.
Voldemort was stunned. The golem had somehow taken his Killing Curse head on and suffered no damage. Even Harry Potter had had a scar as a marker.
He finally snapped back to himself when a yellow curse impacted the ground a few feet in front of him, showering him with bits of earth as it gouged a small hole in the floor. Looking up, he saw a few Aurors standing safely away from him on the ramparts, and several more curses heading in his direction.
With a flick of his wand, he raised a massive shield, which held easily as he curses splashed against it. Dismissing the Aurors, which were too far away to be properly effective, he turned his attention back to the golems, which were clearly the bigger threat here.
"Avada Kedavra!" Voldemort shouted, again trying to see if the curse would have any effect the second time.
Unfortunately, his spell still had almost no effect whatsoever, and neither did the barrage of spells his Death Eaters were flinging at the golems.
Someone had even had the bright idea to try the Imperius Curse, which failed spectacularly, giving the caster a massive head ache in the process.
Seeing that they were utterly failing at their objective in the face of the fearsome golems who seemed to be completely invulnerable, one of the more cowardly Death Eaters tried to Apparate out only to find himself slamming hard into the Anti Apparition and Anti Portkey wards the Aurors had enabled the moment the first spell was fired.
Realizing retreat wasn't an option, most of the Death Eaters hesitantly turned back to attack the golems, while a few of them tried their best to bring down the wards.
It had only been thirty seconds since the golems began to actively move against the Death Eaters, and despite their low speed, they had almost reached the ranks of Death Eaters.
They did have a slight breakthrough though, when one of the Bombardment Curse cast went astray and hit the ground in front of a golem. The subsequent pit formed and the amount of earth flung up in the air gave the golem some pause, as it stumbled back slightly.
Taking the cue from him, others started to cast curses at the ground in front of the advancing golems. Even so, it only served to slow down the advancing golems, and soon enough, they were upon the Death Eaters.
The Death Eater closest to the golems found himself quite suddenly grabbed by one of them. Before he could react or even think of a way to free himself, he found himself flung towards the ranks of the Death Eaters, bowling over two others who hadn't had the sense to dodge. Not to mention the seven different bones fractured from the fall and the golems grip. He wouldn't die from that, but he was definitely not getting back up any time soon.
Another Death Eater found himself as the target of a punch, but barely managed to dive out of the way. The golem still clipped his leg, though, and the Death Eater wouldn't walk right for the rest of his short life. Prone as he was, the next punch hit him square in the chest, crushing him to the ground.
Voldemort was getting increasingly desperate as the golems advanced towards him. No matter what he tried, he just couldn't do any permanent damage to the golems, and neither could his minions, who were falling every minute the skirmish dragged on.
He had tried all his darkest spells and curses against the golems, but the best they did was scar their bodies, and that was only due to the curses which were purely physical in nature, like the one which created and banished a hundred silver daggers at his target.
Absolutely nothing seemed to be working properly. Even Fiendfyre had only lightly scorched their surface, and the cursed fire was supposed be hot enough to melt metal on contact.
Then his problems got worse.
Amelia Bones dropped into a crouch as soon as the portkey that was supposed to take her and her 'protection detail' to Azkaban Island landed. She immediately spotted the cluster of black robed figures a little ways in front of her as the invading Death Eaters, as well as the Dementors, which were trying to breach the prison, but were being held off by the garrisoned Aurors.
So far, the invaders seemed not to have noticed her and the others portkeying in, and Amelia could only assume from the panicked shouting that the golems were being devastatingly efficient, and the assumption was only reaffirmed as she saw one Death Eater flung against the wall, where he fell to the ground and lay unmoving.
A quick glance around showed her that several other squads had also landed, including the one led by Scrimgeour and the other senior Aurors. She immediately signaled to him to launch the counter attack, since the anti apparition and anti portkey wards, which had been the only reason the Death Eaters were still here, were perilously close to falling.
Scrimgeour nodded back, and the message was spread to the other squads. Not one to wait, Amelia fired her first spell, a highly over powered Reductor, at the clustered Death Eaters. Her aim across such a small distance was impeccable, and the first Death Eater had fallen.
That alerted them to the presence of the Ministry forces though, and the next few spells were intercepted by shields, but Mad-Eye and Sirius, the ones with the best reflexes, slipped their own curses past before that.
The battle then began in earnest, and the Aurors were forced to raise solid barriers as Killing Curses flew at them. Large, thick walls of marble arose from the earth, shattered the next moment as the green jets of light impacted them.
The Aurors returned fire immediately though, and several Death Eaters fell to a massive blue fireball that erupted among their ranks courtesy Mad-Eye.
At the same time, three squads of Aurors and two squads of Unspeakables, with six people per squad, landed on the battlements of the prison. The very next moment, thirty Patronuses joined the fading ones in the air above them. The Dementors fled from the blazing Patronuses, and the chill that had settled over the battlefield lifted.
Amelia found herself being thankful for her protection detail more than once, as most of the opposition seemed to be focusing on her. They were doing an excellent job of guarding her flanks, and she could focus on going purely on the offensive, as several Death Eaters fell to her wand.
Sirius transfigured a bunch of flying spears into flowers, while Moody shot a Freezing spell along the huge jet of water Tonks was spewing at a couple of them, freezing the whole lot of them solid.
In less than ten minutes, more than half the Death Eaters were put down, and over a dozen others were taken out by the golems.
Amelia finally caught sight of Voldemort, who was standing in a circle of the last few remaining Death Eaters, and was apparently focused on tearing down the Anti-Apparition and Anti-Portkey wards. She was thankful for that, if he had taken the offensive against her people, there would have been at least a few more casualties.
Finally, Voldemort was successful in bringing down the wards, and the very next moment, his seven remaining Death Eaters activated their emergency portkeys, vanishing from the battlefield.
All that was left was Voldemort, who was snarling at Amelia and her companions, though he made no move to attack.
"You may have won this once, but the next time, I shall be prepared. The Wizarding World will suffer my wrath." Voldemort snarled, before he too Apparated away, just as a golem reached out to close its fist around him.
Amelia let out a breath she had been holding since Voldemort had turned to face her.
"Well that went well." Sirius said, wiping his forehead clear of the sweat and grime, and Amelia could not help but agree.
A conclusive win against Voldemort's forces was nothing to sneeze at, and this was definitely a victory, Amelia thought as she looked around at the Death Eaters lying around her on the ground.
A/N: Chapter 17 comes to an end.
So, we finally see the golems of Azkaban in action, as well as Voldemort being beaten once again.
Hope you liked the battle scene, and the one with Voldemort arguing against the golem.
Next chapter will be the aftermath of this chapter, which is admittedly not very major, and another Horcrux getting destroyed.
And just in case anyone is wondering, there is a reason why Voldemort seemed weaker, going from facing Dumbledore and several others singlehandedly, to not being able to take out even a single golem. The reason will be revealed later, along with the 'secret project' Harry and the gang were talking about.


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Little Faces at the Window
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This is probably the best Italian food I've ever had. Everything was perfect-the atmosphere, service, pasta and dessert! I can't wait to go back!
We took quests to dinner at Peppe's. The service and food were excellent and we know our quests will return as will we for special occasions. Each of three steaks was cooked exactly to order. The Cod seafood special was a delight. This is a special place for a special private event of just an evening of fine dining.
My wife and I had a late night dinner on New Years Eve. Although we live within walking distance of this restaurant, this was the first time I've been here. My wife was here several times in the past so she convinced me to try it. I'm so glad she did...it was more than I expected. The food was excellent...
Nicely appointed Mediterranean decor, white linen table cloths, and real flowers at the table give the restaurant great optics. The food was excellent and the service was as well. Unfortunately, however, the noise level was so high that it was difficult to carry on a conversation. It also has a rather small menu from which to chose. I would definitely...
Had a business Christmas dinner at this location food was excellent service was very good but the noise can be fairly loud when the restaurant is full but manageable look forward to returning soon
Peppes is super quaint and adorable. it is very good for a special occasion meal, etc. The food is really good, classic Italian dishes, haven't had anything bad yet. our favorite is the shrimp scampi appetizer. The place is very small so there are really no bad tables, but you will need a res for sure. It's the type of...
My husband and I went to Peppe's Apt 2 on 12/2/16 for a celebratory dinner, and this was our first visit. It certainly will not be the last. It is a small restaurant (10-15 tables), so make sure you have a reservation. We both ordered the Di Peppe salad, plus the cannelloni and chicken parm. Both dishes were incredible. Do...
I think this is the best dinner out I've enjoyed all year. Peppe's really delivers on the promise of a top rate Italian restaurant. I had the halibut special done Sicilian style. It was delicious. My dining companions had the pasta special with bits of tenderloin mixed in. They both raved about it. I also hear all of the veal...
We had a wonderful lunch today with my mom and aunt. The menu has lots of options and everything sounded wonderful. We all enjoyed our meals along with the fancy, cozy atmosphere.
Off the beaten path with unique and attractive decor, the food and service is very good. Most pleasant environment. Intimate size. Leo the bartender is the best.
Also best is the shrimp scampi appetizer, Peppe's salad and ohhhh the bread!
You are lucky if Peppe has any of his rice balls available.
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Is this restaurant handicap accessible? Close parking? No stairs at entry or indoors?
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Tasting notes: Sierra Starr, Naggiar, Smith, Pilot Peak and Bent Metal
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NAGGIAR VINEYARDS Naggiar is offering fully guided tours of its vineyard and winery in a new electric shuttle on weekends. SIERRA STARR'S GOLD MEDALS The winery has won double-gold or gold medals for most of the wines it has entered in tasting competitions this year. Sierra Starr won a double-gold for its 2012 Cabernet Franc […]
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The latest issue of our magazine, Sierra FoodWineArt, was shown on KCRA television in Sacramento last night, as part of a news feature on the new Grass Valley Wine Co. The new downtown wine venture — featuring Bent Metal, Montoliva, Pilot Peak and Solune wineries — is on the cover of the summer issue. The […]
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New wine bar planned in Grass Valley
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Here's a FoodWineArt magazine scoop: It's hard to keep a secret when you put a big sign in the window about your business — though there's not much "gumshoe" reporting going on anymore. As it turns out, Pilot Peak Winery and Solune Winery — two of the county's popular wineries — have a big sign […]
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The classes were lots of fun for the little ones however the concert was a bit of a disappointment - the children, (including the primary aged classes) weren't confident of their routine and 1/2 the music/ dance routines were repeated from the previous years concert. Also the cost of buying tickets for the show, plus costume (some which were brought for a MUCH cheaper price than the parents were charged), plus the DVD, plus the photos - it's a very expensive activity.
My daughter had the best time at her fairy dancing class. Wonderful staff so caring.
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Very warm, caring and great with the kids. Awsome face painting too. Very professional thanks.
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My 3 year old had his party here, from feeding pigs, riding a pony, milking a cow, handling various animals, hay bale ride...not to mention the BEST home made party pies this is an awesome party venue with lots to do
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So the M8 now has on-screen buttons but why? Is there an advantage to this? Perhaps no one knows the answer to this but why did HTC leave that black bar with just the logo in place AND remove the capacitive buttons? I think on-screen without the extra black bar/HTC logo would be better and allow for larger display.
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The old button layout is confusing and difficult to use. The new layout is simple, adaptable, and screen real estate isn't really lost thanks to transparent nav bars.
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I took my mum away this weekend for her birthday and we came across the crown inn. Absolute gem of a place and I am sad that it is not our local. The food was superb, the welcome was warm and the atmosphere was lovely.. very impressed
Made a spur of the moment visit on Sunday lunch as we've been meaning to try.
Friendly welcome from the staff and shown to a table quickly.
Not a huge selection of ales Downton New forest ale or the ever present Doombar with a Guinness porter in bottles.
Reasonable selection of food choices on the menu. My wife chose pork...
We came to the Crown on new years eve and had an excellent meal. The 2 ladies working there were really friendly and made a fuss of our 10 month old daughter. The food was really nice and to a high standard, and justified the relatively high price that we paid for the meal.
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Lovely dinner here. Quite tightly packed into the small restaurant area which we liked but if you want something more intimate prob not good. We were sat near the large chalk board menu which meant everyone looking around you to chose their food. Waitress very friendly and helpful so all in all a lovely experience. We booked which was probably...
Warm friendly staff and atmosphere, meal choice superb. We stumbled upon The Crown whilst looking for somewhere decent to eat.
This pub was first on the list provided by Lorraine at Inglemere b&b ( see seperate review). A lovely local country pub in Everton close by to Hordle. A small but lovely pub with great food, a good varied menu and a good chef. Service was good and friendly. All food freshly cooked so time to enjoy a drink or...
Went to eat there twice and both times wasnt disappointed the welcome is very friendly and polite and the food is really good and we are quite fussy can thouroughly recommend it only bug menu was only on chalk board so you had to get up to see or turn round in seat be better to be able to browse...
We had been strongly recommended by friends to try The Crown as the food was good and popular.
We were able to book a table with only 4 hours' notice - for a Friday, we thought that this was good!
We were made very welcome - especially when my wife described my gluten allergy (I am a Coeliac). They couldn't...
We were staying in Milford-on-Sea recently and for three consecutive nights we ate here.The pub has a lovely cosy atmosphere and the food is absolutely delicious.We found the staff to be very friendly and efficient.We would not hesitate to visit again when we are next in the area.Teresa and Andy from Eastbourne.
We spotted the Crown Inn sign from the road and thought we'd give it a try for lunch. We were well looked after by the landlady and friendly staff. Selection of well-kept ale available and very good food. Not ideal for small children but for our party of adults there was plenty of choice as variety. Parking was no problem...
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MObile music channel
This project received 18 bids from talented freelancers with an average bid price of $1349 USD.Get free quotes for a project like this
Project Budget$750 - $1500 USD
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A mobile music app. That requires Content management system, SDK for IPHONE, Android, and Facebook. The app is to create a mobile music channel. Will also need a landing page to inform artist and consumers about the app and to recruit musicians.
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Here we are on a Friday night during Lent. So do you know what that means around here, aside from not eating meat? It means it's movie night! And to kick off the Third(?!) Annual Lenten Friday Night at the Movies, I've got young ladies, nuns in habits, and basketball.
The Mighty Macs, starring Carla Gugino, Ellen Burstyn, and (vampire/vampire killer) David Boreanez.
Girl power, for the win! Call it an early taste of March Madness, but I just call it a great story that the whole family can enjoy.
So after a dinner of baked salmon crusted with parmesan cheese, rice pilaf, steamed broccoli, with brownies for dessert, and our favorite beverages, Casa del Weathers will get right to the show.
Come join us via Netflix , redbox, or your favorite video outlet, if you please. I wonder if there will be room for popcorn?


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2D Flash Game
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- Budget $100 - $1500 USD
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We are looking for someone to make a construction and management simulation game in AS3 for deployment to browser based flash. You will need do the programming, art and sound.
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This is NOT a facebook game. It is not a social game. It is not a MMO or Multi-player game.
The basics of the game is as follows:
The game is a flash based browser game where the player takes the role of a Cinema manager.
They must manage the week to week running of it to get more money to upgrade the facilities, purchase bigger and better cinemas and equipment.
The game should take heavy influences from the likes of SimCity, SimTower, GameDev Story and Theme Hospital. It should be fun, rewarding and addictive.
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• Built in AS3 to be deployed as web based flash. Note: Game must be compilable using FLEX.
• Screen ratio of 4:3
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Construction and management simulation.
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Simulation fans and causal gamers.
Game Flow Summary
Each week the player buys/rents films for the coming week. They assign movies and work out the schedule for each screen they have. During the week they may adjust anything they like and build or upgrade equipment. Hire/fire staff. Change the refreshments, order more stock etc.
Throughout the week the player will see people coming in to watch films and leaving again, they will get money from the various purchases that people make, admission, food etc. The player can interact with the people to find out what they like or don't like so that the player can fix those things.
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Anchovy Italian Dressing
20 Jun 2009
Italian Dressing goes well with any salad, however it has a special tang when combined with antipasto. This is a pretty easy recipe too. Just give this Italian Dressing a try.
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Combine all the ingredients and mix well.
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 1152 Calories from Fat 1128
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 127 g195.9%
Saturated Fat 17.3 g86.3%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 18.4 mg6.1%
Sodium 1749.4 mg72.9%
Total Carbohydrates 3 g0.9%
Dietary Fiber 0.15 g0.61%
Sugars 0.8 g
Protein 5 g9.5%
Vitamin A 0.1% Vitamin C 23%
Calcium 6.5% Iron 4%
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Albeit being two separate diagnoses, schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BP) share psychotic symptoms, chronic courses and cognitive deficits, as well as genetic determinants from clinical, epidemiological and genetic findings. The underlying mechanism(s) accounting for such a relation is far from clear. This project is designed to improve the understanding of pathways by which genetic predisposition influences brain structure abnormalities associated with clinical symptoms, through combining the advances of genetic and neuroimaging techniques. We propose a hierarchical study that will leverage a large-sample genomic analysis, and specific genetic neuroimaging association analyses. First, we will use a very large sample of single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variations from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) SZ and BP patients in order to reliably identify the candidate chromosome regions. Within the candidate regions we will apply multivariate imaging-genetic methods to extract specific genetic factors directly associated with brain structural networks that differentiate patients from controls, using a locally collected sample. Gray matter concentration and white matter integrity within brain networks will be analyzed for their associations with both genetic profiles and patient diagnoses. Through comparison of such associations in SZ, BP and healthy control groups, we will be able to identify common and unique neuropathological mechanisms underlying the two disorders. Such genetic and neural features can act as effective biomarkers for refined patient categorization.
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|Yen, Tony; Khafaja, Mohamad; Lam, Nicholas et al. (2015) Post-electroconvulsive therapy recovery and reorientation time with methohexital and ketamine: a randomized, longitudinal, crossover design trial. J ECT 31:20-5
|Josef Golubic, Sanja; Aine, Cheryl J; Stephen, Julia M et al. (2014) Modulatory role of the prefrontal generator within the auditory M50 network. Neuroimage 92:120-31
|Coffman, Brian A; Clark, Vincent P; Parasuraman, Raja (2014) Battery powered thought: enhancement of attention, learning, and memory in healthy adults using transcranial direct current stimulation. Neuroimage 85 Pt 3:895-908
|Walton, Esther; Liu, Jingyu; Hass, Johanna et al. (2014) MB-COMT promoter DNA methylation is associated with working-memory processing in schizophrenia patients and healthy controls. Epigenetics 9:1101-7
|Abbott, Christopher C; Gallegos, Patrick; Rediske, Nathan et al. (2014) A review of longitudinal electroconvulsive therapy: neuroimaging investigations. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 27:33-46
|Arbabshirani, Mohammad R; Damaraju, Eswar; Phlypo, Ronald et al. (2014) Impact of autocorrelation on functional connectivity. Neuroimage 102 Pt 2:294-308
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|Hjelm, R Devon; Calhoun, Vince D; Salakhutdinov, Ruslan et al. (2014) Restricted Boltzmann machines for neuroimaging: an application in identifying intrinsic networks. Neuroimage 96:245-60
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|Murray, Patrick T; Mehta, Ravindra L; Shaw, Andrew et al. (2014) Potential use of biomarkers in acute kidney injury: report and summary of recommendations from the 10th Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative consensus conference. Kidney Int 85:513-21
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Nose: Enticing aromas of sweet spice, Christmas cake and toasty oak.
Palate: Very approachable – soft and smooth mouthfeel, with plenty of rich, fruity spice, but still clean and elegant.
Finish: Not especially long, but everything in check.
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Excellent sipping rum! Drink neat, no ice to enjoy the bouquet and full flavour of this smooth and satisfying rum.
was sold on appletons till i tried this , the switch is on!
Very nice with a lovely caramel flavour. I really like Matusalem rums, especially with cola. But as for "nothing artificial....not sweetened" comments....I'm afraid it most certainly is. Matusalem rums have always been flavoured, with prunes and vanilla, giving them that smooth, fruity taste. But then they got taken over and the new firm uses artificial flavours too. 90% of S.American and rums are flavoured and sweetened.
There's nothing artificial about this rum. It's not sweetened or glossed up, it stands up for itself. Honey, caramel, hints of treacle with that molasses bite just wavering on the end. The flavor develops as it leave your mouth intensify with that woody oaky kind of realness. This isn't a bells and whistles rum that's going to give you an instant WOW like the El Doroado 15/Diplomatico Grand Reserva, but what it is, is very true to what I imagine it set out to be. Traditional & straight forward.
15YO for that price, good value. Can't wait for it to arrive :)
Not bad value for a 15YRo and preferable to appletons of similar value but as a sipper could use a bit more bite flavour wise like an El Dorado 8 even!!Still i like the aftertaste to the point of making my way through this bottle readily
Just received my first bottle of this. Wow. Really smooth, lots of toffee flavours, like it a lot.
This stuff is all time! It's in my top 5 for sure? Buy it now
damn good rum. worth the xtra money. just better than appletons 25 yr. HORSE NZ JULY 10
Brought this along with Mount Gay Extra Old and Havanna Club 7 year old, the Metusalem was the smoothest, although the others were good. For me it was the one I would choose stright or on the rocks, fantastic rum in this price range.
please notice that it is a solera rum, so the rum contains rums that have been aged for a maximum of 15 years, the average is much lower. it says spirit of cuba because matusalem was originated in cuba but left the country due to political issues and is now producing in the dominican republic. so they are producing a cuban style rum but being located in the dom rep.
matusalem has launched a 18 and 23 solera gran reserva (18 for the us markets and 23 for european markets). please try the 23, it is absolutely awesome. much more balance, a bit sweeter, complex, crispier than the 15 AND much better than the zacapa 23 for me
question why Dominican Republic;when it says the spirit of Cuba on it
This is pretty good stuff, but not the best qpr on the market.
no really, OMFG. amazing.
Nice rum but could be better for a 15 year old, good price, try mount gay extra old next to this and compare, no contest.
My favourite rum, and a bargain for a 15 year rum. Balanced taste with toffee and vanilla notes with a sweet leingering after taste.


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Coal faces more uncertainty than any other base-load generating source. Two new factors, hitherto irrelevant to the U.S. industry, will shape future generation investment—imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and greenhouse-gas (GHG) restrictions. Taken together, they point to a bleak future for coal unless its technology advances dramatically … or a political consensus fails to emerge.
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When President Bush announced the FutureGen initiative halfway through his first term, industry veterans instinctively understood its purpose. Nominally a public-private partnership to build a "zero-emissions" coal-fired power plant, FutureGen stood as a symbol for the administration's climate-change strategy. It helped the government argue mandatory carbon constraints were unnecessary, because America will develop more green technology than any other country in the world.


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|Canned tomatoes
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|Chopped onion
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Brown chops in fat in a skillet.
While chops are browning, turn lima beans into a shallow 2-qt.
casserole or baking dish.
Sieve tomatoes and add to the casserole along with onion, molasses, and 1 teaspoon salt.
Season chops with remaining salt and the pepper.
Arrange chops over lima bean mixture.
Bake at 350°F 1 hour, or until meat is tender.
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Calories 1613 Calories from Fat 442
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 49 g75.5%
Saturated Fat 15.7 g78.4%
Trans Fat 0.4 g
Cholesterol 317 mg105.7%
Sodium 4858.9 mg202.5%
Total Carbohydrates 161 g53.7%
Dietary Fiber 39.6 g158.6%
Sugars 36.4 g
Protein 133 g265.4%
Vitamin A 75.9% Vitamin C 92.5%
Calcium 50.2% Iron 79.4%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet