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LJ P*** I By Dan Law
fB E EI K_ —
I would like to start with
a recent news release by Daily
Politics on November 21, which
stated; '"The innocent-sounding '
Mobile Information Call Act would allow all sorts of nuisance calls to cell phones,
eating into customers' costly minutes,' Sen. Chuck Schumer warned." Instead of
trying to quote or copy the entire news story here, I am including the following
Web page link so you can read this troubling story firsthand: http://www.nydaily-
news.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2011/ll/telemarketers-collectors-could-target-cells-
under-mobile-information-call-act-. You have the opportunity to have your voices
heard and sign a petition against H.R. 3035 by going to http://act.credoaction.
com/campaign/robocalling/.
Another action you might take is to visit the National Do Not Call Registry
at https;//www.donotcaU.gov/. Enter your contact information and the phone
numbers you want to be excluded from telemarketers' calls. Your registration will
not expire. Telephone numbers placed on the National Do Not Call Registry will
remain on it permanently based on the Do-Not-CaU Improvement Act of 2007,
which became law in February 2008. To read more about it and to enter your infor
mation, just go to http://www.ftc.gOv/opa/2008/04/dncfyi.shtm.
Scammers have been making phone calls claiming to represent the National Do
Not Call Registry. The calls claim to provide an opportunity to sign up for the regis
try. These calls are not coming from the registry or the Federal Trade Commission,
and you should not respond. To add your number to the registry by phone, you can
call 888-382-1222 from the phone you wish to register.
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which promise to speed up your computer, to remove Malware and to return it to
nearly new operating condition. The one I use on my PC and am very pleased with
is Advanced System Care 5.0. It has both free and paid options, including advanced
tools. I use the Pro version and recently updated from 4.0 to 5.0 for about $12 per
year. You can first try the free or 30-day free trial version to see if you can obtain
the same great results I am enjoying before spending your money.
Also, I would hke to remind all readers that the majority of PC malfunctioning
issues are caused by unpatched software or software that is not properly updated.
If you are using a PC that uses Microsoft software such as Windows XP, Vista or
Windows 7, the software is updated by Microsoft, but there is no automatic search
for updates to all the other software and drivers your PC needs to operate smoothly
and correctly. To make sure all your other software is kept current and will not
cause your PC to crash, I recommend downloading Secunia PSI (Personal Software
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lessly run in the background, verifying your PC's installed programming software
and will automatically keep it updated with little or no interaction by you. To find
this program, just type secuniapsi.com into your browser's search bar.
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Bea and Ben Sorrencified
Transitions: life is filled with
them. Apparently, even restaurants
are given to transitions, and so it is
that Shepard s Point in Morehead
City has recently become Beaufort
Grocery Too, featuring a menu
focused on seafood and barbeque.
In fact, both the restaurant and •
its menu are in transition. The evolving new menu is characterized by a blend of
items from the old Shepard’s Point menu, several options from the Beaufort Gro
cery Company menu and some new creations. Nonetheless, the restaurant prom
ises diners that it will deliver “the same classic Carolina cuisine that everyone has
grown to know and love.” And that’s a good thing.
We went to Beaufort Grocery Too foir dinner with some friends the very day that
the new name and new, but evolving, menu became official. The menu offers a nice
variety in each category of traditional Crystal Coast dining, with a clear empha
sis on seafood. The appetizer soups and savories are likely to tempt most palates.
You may choose among soups, including a self-described “damn fine gumbo,” oys
ters in season, a yellow-fin tuna napoleon, chicken wings and homemade pimento
cheese.
An especially worthwhile appetizer is the saganakioa delicious Greek dish
made of kasseri cheese, dramatically flambeed at your table. Indeed, we find that
the saganaki is large enough for four.
Salads at Beaufort Grocery Too include the fairly standard dinner, spinach
and Caesar salads, to which you can add chicken, scallops, shrimp or tuna. More
intriguing, perhaps, is the Martha Cobb salad, which blends seasonal greens with
country ham, pickled okra, egg, olives and tomatoes in a vinaigrette dressing,
tossed with pimento cheese croutons. Add-ons could turn any of these salads into
a substantial entree.
As for sandwiches, the restaurant offers several interesting choices. For instance,
there are two barbeque “sammiches”: a prime rib sandwich made with red wine
barbeque sauce, apple slaw and blue cheese crumbles, and a traditional barbecue
pork selection served with slaw and your choice of sauce. Also offered are the
grouper po’boy (fried grouper with a Carolina remoulade), “bubba’s” fried chicken
breast topped with lettuce, tomato and “promise land” ranch dressing, and the
“mo’ better” cheese burger, made from angus beef topped with your choice of
cheese, tomato, pickle and red onion.
Entrees at Beaufort Grocery Too include beef, chicken and seafood. The ma
jority are seafood, including shrimp, scallops and clams with julienne vegetables
served over pasta in a country ham champagne cream sauce, described best,
perhaps, as “Carolina meets Italy and France” in a mouth-watering combination.
The choices also include a tortilla-encrusted triggerfish layered with plantains,
rice and mangoes, prepared with coconut yogurt and chili and scallion oils. A
further option is a blackened tuna steak served over mango coulis (a thick puree
or sauce), with parsley butter, spinach, mushrooms and rice. Finally, and more
traditionally, a shore dinner combo allows a choice of two items, from a shrimp-
and-crab cake, fried or grilled shrimp, fried oysters and the catch of the day.
The restaurant’s menu has two beef options, prime rib and ribeye steak. It also
has a barbeque platter combo that gives you a choice of two meats from a selection
of fried chicken breast, grilled prime rib, pork ribs and barbecue.
Beaufort Grocery Too has a very nice selection of wines, beers and mixed
drinks. And, given the heritage of the new restaurant, you can expect it to be dif
ficult to choose among the desserts offered.
Beaufort Grocery Too is located at 913 Arendell Street in downtown Morehead
City. Dinner is served every day, except Tuesday, starting at 5:00 p.m. On Sunday,’
the restaurant serves brunch from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Reservations may be
made by calling 727-0815.
8 The Shoreline I January 2012