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Around here, Friday is date night. It's always given the end of the week a special sparkle, stealing away to the ladies room to put on lip gloss before András picked me up Friday from work, or slipping the secret ingredients for his favorite meal into the fridge for a surprise supper at home. It's a harder date to keep since baby girl arrived on the scene, but this sweet, sweet story from my friend and brand-newlywed Luisa Weiss, reminds me how important it is to keep the Friday fires burning. You might know Luisa as author of the well-adored blog The Wendesday Chef, but I'm guessing to one man, she's better known as the hightlight of each week, authoress of a superb plate of Spaghetti all'Amatriciana Tedesca, beloved wife. Join me in welcoming Luisa and Max home from their honeymoon in Greece and on with the rest of their joyous life together! Here is their story.
{photo by cinzia bruschin}
Luisa + Max
Berlin, Germany
Just a few months before my husband and I were married, he was offered a job, the kind of job that's hard to refuse. Good news, you would think, especially in this day and age. And indeed, we were thrilled. But the offer was contingent upon one crucial thing: that Max move to another city, one in western Germany, just a little too far away for a daily commute from Berlin, which is where we live together.
Plenty of Germans, especially Berliners, commute elsewhere for work, since our city – as vibrant and beautiful as it may be - holds little in the way of employment for people in industries other than the creative one. In fact, Max's father has this very life, working Mondays through Fridays in a town about three hours away from Berlin and coming home to Berlin and his wife, Max's mother, only on weekends. A number of Max's friends do the same dance each week.
It wasn't ideal, we agreed. But it was doable. The commute would be just under three hours each way. And once a month, I'd go to see him, so Max wouldn't have to travel every single weekend. The hope was (and is) that after a year or two, he'd be able to put in for a transfer to an office in a town just on the outskirts of Berlin and he'd move home. Our fingers are crossed.
Max and I are no strangers to long-distance love. In fact, in our early twenties, we spent five years in love while I lived in New York and he lived in Germany. We were too young and stupid for that relationship to ultimately flourish (and frankly, that amount of distance was, over that amount of time, the true killer). But after having found each other again in our early thirties and after I made the huge step of moving back to Berlin from New York, in part so we could we be together, the separation between Berlin and Kassel feels like a piece of cake.
After all, we are in the same time zone these days. The same country, too. We are each other's wake-up calls and good night calls. I can hop on a train or get in the car if I really need to see him. Just knowing that he's that close goes a long way. Every Saturday, we wake up together. Every Sunday evening, I drive him to the train station and we wave to each other, again and again, as he walks towards the tracks. And every Friday night, barring a train delay, Max comes home in time for dinner.
That first meal together on Friday evening, after five days of not seeing each other, is always special, no matter where we go or what we eat. Sometimes we make cheese sandwiches and munch on quick cucumber pickles on the living room couch. Sometimes I make us a simple pot of spaghetti with tomato sauce (a sauce Max learned to cook so well that I had to include that fact in our wedding vows). Sometimes I put on lipstick and heels before I go pick him up and we drive straight into the city from the train station, settling in at the bar at our favorite sushi restaurant, where we watch the sushi chef work furiously behind the bar, fingers flying. Sometimes, rarely, just as a guilty pleasure, we get currywursts from a street vendor, piping hot and sweetly spicy, and eat them in the front seat of the car, the way we used to do years ago, before we had any idea how our story would end. Or, really, how it would continue.
"But you're newlyweds!" people sometimes howl when they hear of our living arrangement. "Isn't it haaard?" And I don't think it's always easy for Max. He's the one with the weekly train rides, the new city to adjust to, the homesickness. All I do is miss him, but from the comfort of our home and our city, I don't think I really get to complain.
Plus, the upside of our arrangement is that our weekends together feel sacred and romantic. From the activities we choose to do, the people we see and the meals we share everything is done more deliberately, with more care and thought. The time we have is precious. We don't want to waste a minute.
Luisa generously shared her favorite restaurants in Berlin to hide away with Max which you can find here, but since most of us can't get to Berlin tonight {poor us!}, here's her recipe for your date night.
Spaghetti all'Amatriciana Tedesca
When no restaurant holds the appeal that a home-cooked meal can, we stay home and I make spaghetti. These days, with summer gone and the cold nights of Berlin's autumn stretching into daytime, we need fortification from our spaghetti sauce; a simple tomato sugo spiked with basil won't do. In heavy rotation around these parts lately is what I like to call Spaghetti all'Amatriciana Tedesca. Instead of using guanciale or pancetta in the tomato sauce, I use German Schinkenspeck, which is the very lean part of a cured ham (it has a thick cap of fat, but I cut that off and the meat below is entirely lean). I like to buy a thick slice from the butcher at my favorite market on Saturday mornings and then use it all week long, cut into tomato sauce or diced finely in potato salad. It has a much stronger flavor than pancetta or guanciale, but it works incredibly well with the sweet onions and tomatoes and the kick from the chile. It's hard not to eat the sauce straight from the pan while cooking.
1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil
A 4-by-4-inch chunk of lean Schinkenspeck, cut into large dice
1 medium yellow onion, finely diced
1 14-ounce can whole tomatoes
1 small dried chile, broken in half
Salt to taste (optional)
200 grams dried spaghetti (I calculate about 80 grams for me, 120 grams for him)
serves 2
1. Put the olive oil in 10-inch sauté pan over medium heat and add the diced Schinkenspeck and onions. Let cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are translucent and fragrant, about 7 to 10 minutes. Do not let the onions brown.
2. Pull the peeled tomatoes into long shreds with your fingers and add to the onions. Reserve half of the tomato puree; you don't want this sauce to be too gloopy. Add the broken chile and stir to combine. Let the sauce simmer while you put a pot of salted water on to boil for the spaghetti.
3. The tomato sauce should simmer for about 20 minutes, about the time it will take you to boil the pasta water and cook the spaghetti until al dente. If you find the sauce getting too dry, add a spoonful or two of the tomato puree and let simmer. Taste the tomato sauce for seasoning just before serving; if needed, add some salt to taste. But between the chile and the Schinkenspeck, you probably won't need much.
4. Drain the spaghetti, reserving some of the starchy pasta water. Put the drained spaghetti in the pan with the tomato sauce and stir to combine. Add some of the starchy water to loosen the mixture, if necessary. Serve and eat immediately.


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Hi all.
So I was thinking that a somewhat (mechanically) simple and very low cost way to calibrate non-linearities with a SCARA bot would be just to put an accelerometer chip at the print head. Accelerometers with 3 perfectly orthogonal channels are quite cheap, less than a dollar, two bucks will get you one on a breakout board you can wire directly to your uC.
Then, during calibration, the machine would step around its bed verifying that its movements in X and Y only generate accelerations in the appropriate channel of the accelerometer, recording anywhere it deviates to update its internal model of itself.
There are a few other cool things you could do in the firmware with an accelerometer in the head.
Many types of errors such as massive missed steps, a belt falling off, movement constrained by an external force (like the rest of your bot because your endstop fell off) could easily be detected at run-time as they would cause gross differences in the accelerometer output vs what is expected and the printer can stop and alert you if something is wrong. Or at least avoid tearing itself apart due to a faulty endstop connection. It can probably replace the need for outer limit endstops completely which will more than make up the cost for a properly robust design.
By trying movements at different speeds and seeing how long it takes to stop due to inertia, the firmware can automatically develop some sense of the intertia/mass of the print head and the maxium speeds it can safely do or how gentle it needs to make its acceleration curves to keep the head from overshooting.
The bot would be able to detect (by looking at gravity axis after letting it settle at different points in the space) whether the head is causing the frame to bend slightly at full extension. with a trig calc (it knows angle and how far the head has extended so can figure out z offset) it can automatically adjust the z axis to make up for gravities effect on the frame. So, you can use heavier print-heads with less than perfectly rigid bots and it would be able to compensate to a degree for any droop due to gravity.
The nice thing is that there are no manual steps here at all for calibration, it is something the bot can do in a completely automated way on its own.

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- Modern and Premodern Japanese History, Remembrance of Hiroshima in Japan and the United States, Constructions of National Identity in East Asia, International Relations in East Asia, Japanese History through Film
Educational Background
- Ph.D., 1996 Stanford University, History (Modern East Asia)
- M.A., 1987 University of Washington, International Studies (East Asia: Japan Regional Studies
- B.A., 1979 Yale University, Economics
Teaching Interests
- Modern and Premodern Japanese History
- Remembrance of Hiroshima in Japan and the United States
- Constructions of National Identity in East Asia
- International Relations in East Asia
- Japanese History through Film
Research Interests
- Current projects:
- History of Little League in Japan, the first two decades
- Victim narratives as part of popular remembrance of war in East Asia (Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea)
- Remembrance of war in constructions of national identity
- Japanese pacifism
- Historical analysis of popular culture
View a fuller curriculum vitae.
Recent Activities
- My Bucknell Blog
- Moderator for A-Bomb Survivor Panel Discussion and Webcast, at the Japan Society of New York, May 21, 2010. See accompanying teacher's resource on using hibakusha testimony as oral history.
- Guest lecture with Tom Hayden, moderated by Amy Goodman, "Reflections on Citizen Movements: Peace and Politics in the U.S. & Japan" at the Japan Society of New York, May 27, 2008.
- Part of the Satya Graha Forum. Podcast of talk available (begin at minute 41 of the podcast).
Selected Publications
"Japan's Hiroshima: The National Appropriation of Nuclear Bomb Victimhood," in Asada Sado, ed., The Atomic Bomb in Japanese and American Perspectives, forthcoming (in Japanese).
"Hibakusha Testimony as Oral History: Thoughts for Teachers" (June 2010) Japan Society of New York, "About Japan: A Teacher's Resource."
"Victims and Perpetrators in National Memory: Lessons from Post-World War Two Japan."Revue Suisse d'Histoire (RSH: Swiss Historical Review) 57.1 (2007): 1-16.
The Victim as Hero: Ideologies of Peace and National Identity in Postwar Japan (2001).University of Hawaii Press.
"Yasui Kaoru: Citizen-Scholar in War and Peace." Japan Forum 12(1) (2000): 1-14.
"War victim compensation campaigns of the 1960s: Suffering in service to the nation state."Social Science Japan Newsletter 17 (December 1999): 22-25.


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Recap: MasterChef and the attack of the killer carrots
We recap the final night of action in the wild west week (tomorrow night it's masterclass where action has been run out of town) as Rishi, Totem and Christina are the lone gun slingers, facing down the posse of law men seeking to enforce cullinary basic good practice. Also, tonight we are supposed to be terrified of carrots.
Welcome to the Wild Wild West Elimination where all our dreams come true and a MasterChef contestant is finally shot like a dog in the street for bad cooking ... or wearing clothes that clash with their apron ... or just for being Kelty.
Sadly. No.
Tonight according to MasterVoice "those who fell on their sword" will face a challenge, because we've been in the episode for thirty seconds and it was far too much to expect the wild west theme to hold on for that long.
We're in Perth and Rishi is staring wistfully out the window doing his impression of a person with a human soul, while he simultaneously sits in the black kitchen of contemplation telling us he's going to give 150% tonight because shockingly he doesn't want to be eliminated.
Totem is bunking with Rishi but clearly that doesn't stretch to joint window use so he sits on the bed and we learn, in a turn of events that none of us saw coming, that he is also disappointed in himself and doesn't want to go home, so will, you know, try tonight.
Rishi entirely without prompting randomly walks to the wardrobe and is shocked to discover two sets of chef's whites with his name and Totem's name on them. His look of bewildered amazement means he's either really not destined to be a chef or that he is destined to win acting awards.
Christina is not bunking with that pair for fear of actual drama breaking out on the show so she sits in her room and ... yup, disappointed ... yup, going to try ... yup, got the chef's whites.
Through the power of teleportation the three then find themselves walking along the street outside a restaurant with Christina's disembodied voice explaining that she is thrilled to be going into a restaurant here in Perth because she once did the same thing back in the real world.
We meet Matt Stone, the owner and executive chef of the Greenhouse, who Gary tells us was named the best young chef in Australia, the best chef in Perth and the most "rock star total hipster" chef by Christina who doesn't like to label people but is really bad with names.
Matt Preston looks around for a moment before telling Matt Stone that he can "sense the sustainability" in Greenhouse. Matt Stone, who I'm calling Tatt-Matt henceforth, explains that they have a compost machine on the roof, and it really senses out the joint sometimes.
Gary tells us the challenge for the three amateurs who have proven themselves least qualified for the task will be to cook Tatt-Matt's six plate tasting menu for eighty guests, with no help, except for the help they will get from Tatt-Matt.
The menu contains "simple dishes" according to Tatt-Matt. They are the six signs of simplicity in the wild west according to custom and they are in turn ox heart, mussels, marron, carrots, emu and a "celebration of autumn."
Some of you may have noticed that one of those isn't a dish, but this is the wild west, a frontier state, where rules are broken and a clump of mushrooms is a freaking festival.
Tatt-Matt agrees with Tattless-Matt that the pairings are "equally difficult" though some dishes are harder and some are easier. And one is carrots on a plate.
Conveniently the three muppets in chefs whites each want a different pairing, so the highly dramatic moment where they choose their pairs is in fact dull, flat and lifeless, which is of course a first this season.
Sorry tonight.
No, I'm just sorry.
Rishi talks us through cooking emu which he hopes to intend to make perfectly which is the sort of positive thinking that could really help out tonight. Rishi recalls that he doesn't want to go home and stresses that he won't get distracted tonight, then he sees a shiny object and wanders off.
Totem takes a moment to tell us he is worried about his ox heart, as he hasn't been taking the supplement medication and is worried his body will reject the transplant.
And Christina is worried about her carrots because ... ummm ... yeah she's got nothing. I ask you, who worries about carrots?
We haven't heard from the other contestants have we? Time's up on that wish fulfilment though as Noelene is in helpful mood, so she takes a moment to tell us that Rishi is easily distracted and that this is likely to mess him up this evening. Gosh its nice to have a cheer squad and the support of your fellow competitors.
Christina get started on the marron and immediately finds two instant obstacles.
Firstly she can't get them out of the door. They're in their box and no one ever told her spatial sills would be required, but thankfully some crafty face pulling solves that and she shuffles them into the kitchen.
Secondly, they're still alive and "like a box of cockroaches". Meet Christina Gump.
The marron in fact look like a box of sedated, chilled crustaceans blissfully unaware that Christina will soon needlessly kill and butcher them before serving them up in a dish that will be mostly ruined even before it is not actually served to anyone for three hours until a camera is set up with the right lighting.
Perhaps cockroaches would have been a better idea.
As one poor marron clings desperately to a sheet of kitchen towelling in a legitimate if fruitless belief that it would make for the best weapon to use against the useless puddle that has just picked it up, we go to an ad.
When we return, the dramatic music with beats and strings builds to a synthesized crescendo as Christina uses tongs to herd marin into a roasting pan, toss them like a salad and lob them into the freezer to sleep. She understands that is the humane thing to do. She's wrong. The humane thing would be to compete with one of the marron to see which of them was the better cook, but what would we do once Christina had been stuffed in the freezer?
Totem is cooking mushrooms in a fashion that involves him saying "bam bam bam" before skypeing with his mother and telling us the story of his dead father. So post-modern.
Tatt-Matt the hipster chef gives the team a hurry up before expressing the fact that "I don't want to be embarrassed tonight." It's lucky horse isn't on the menu tonight Tatt-Matt because that has already bolted.
Christina is the exploding oilrig in the middle of a sea of calm as she explains that the marron have really thrown her. Clearly quite the reverse was true, but whose here to be literal? She then again turns to the dreaded topic of the carrots which she fears will ... ummm ... carrot ... at her.
Rishi is actually doing something, shredding his ingredients like a shredder to be clear, when Gary and George, the tattoo-free chefs (or so I believe and please don't correct me if there's a heart with MUM written in it somewhere on little Gary) arrive to point out that having some idea of quantities would help.
Gary and George then try to help Christine with her biggest issue of the night yet even they can't manage to make carrots sound like a challenge either, so we flashback to the marron in the pan when Christina was fighting them earlier. In fact the producers are currently wishing they'd put a camera in the fridge with the marron so they could run a whole great escape sub-plot.
Tatt-Matt and Tatt-Free-Gary-and-George get together to talk up what a huge, massive, insane challenge this is. It sounds almost plausible until:
"And what's Christina got to do?" asks Gary of Tatt-Matt.
"Errr ... Carrots."
This is actually getting weird.
Totem takes a moment to trump Rishi's backstory by explaining his past as a refugee. Aaaaand with that one statement half of Australia tune out everything else he says as the blood instantly boils in their ears and they storm their entertainment units to spin their television screens because even reality refugees must be turned back.
Back in the kitchen, we learn that every fibre of Christina's being is telling her to run and hide. Sadly the same can't be said of the 80 people queued up outside for whom every fiber of their call sheets tell them to walk in and sit (and get paid by their agent in a few weeks less twenty per cent health insurance premium).
Christina takes one look at the people, then at her carrots, and then tells us she's freaking out.
And carrots are: Still. Not. Daunting.
What is daunting is the shaky camera footage used in Australia's Most Wanted along with the uber tight clothing worn by its presenters. Channel Ten: Fighting crime with fashion.
Back in the wild west, Rishi takes a moment to gloat. He feels Totem and Christina aren't ready, that their prep is unprepared and that he is looking really good right now if only by contrast to these clawless marron.
Tatt-Matt is yelling at the terrible trio because the hungry (paid and stage managed) hordes have arrived. This induces Christina to worry about her ... smile. Which sounds at first about as unworrysome as carrots, but when she demonstrates her terrifying rictus we see this is something to genuinely stress over.
Without a hint of special effects or loud inexplicable klaxon noises, the final minute of prep ends and the service time begins, and as if they knew, the orders start to arrive. Tatt-Matt shouts them out and is frustrated when the three chefs don't reply, or move, or demonstrate any sign of cooking skill.
Totem is pushing some leaves around a frying pan and Tatt-Matt wins my lifelong admiration for breaking the unwritten rule of MasterChef by walking up to him and telling him he's just stuffing around. The leaves will cook on their own suggests Tatt-Matt, perhaps Totem could actually DO SOMETHING.
Tatt-Matt then walks around the kitchen in a supervisory gesture before returning to suggest to Totem who is now working on his mussels, that he keep the frying pan on the heat.
Totem says yes, he clearly agrees and understands what Tatt-Matt is saying. Then when Tatt-Matt leaves he carefully takes the pan off the heat again.
Tatt-Matt spots this, and somewhat more bluntly suggests, using gestures and very small words that Totem put the pan on the flame.
Tatt-Matt says yes chef, but he confides to us that he has cooked mussels before and knows he needs to toss them to circulate the heat.
He's just skipping the need to have heat to circulate. This is clearly going to end well.
Meanwhile, do you know how you add stress to a carrot? You drop it.
Sure, it sounds like a witticism from that Vegetable Jokes for Five-Year-Olds book you wish you hadn't given your niece who now keeps talking innocently about rooting, but it's actually Christina's recipe for adding a dash of difficutly to her lifeless pointed vegetable challenge.
So she drops one of her carrots.
Tatt-Matt forgets himself momentarily and points out that it just doesn't matter.
Someone needs to quietly explain to Christina that they only gave her carrots as a dish because they couldn't find a softer, less pointy, vegetable that they could ensure she didn't hurt herself with that could also legitimately be called a dish.
Back at Totem, medical staff have been called as he's demonstrating ever sign of having suffered a stroke. He just cannot seem to process, umm, words. Having now been told, again, that he needs to keep his frying pan on the flame, complete with practical demonstration where Tatt-Matt placed the frying pan ... on the flame. Get this, Totem's worried the heat won't circulate in his frying pan of mussels. So he takes them off. If this was the first five minutes of an episode of House you'd expect to see blood dripping from his ear any moment now.
In an even more predictable turn of events, two sets of mussels are sent back by customers who had food-poisoning clauses written into the contracts.
"I'm in a bit of trouble here" says Totem which is true. He is having trouble. Trouble understanding basic commands. Trouble comprehending the role of heat in cooking. Trouble convincing us that this won't be the first MasterChef TKO.
After the ad, we get to see all the mussel madness once more as the editing team begin to smell a lack of dramatic conclusion coming and then Tatt-Matt yells a lot at Totem and sends out some replacement mussels to the customers with his apologies. He is sorry he ever let this farce occur.
Undercooked is a theme this evening as Christina notes that she may have accidentally sent out some raw marron to customers, but hey that's ok as long as no one notices, right?.
PS It's around about now that I note we never saw Christina's "humane" treatment of the marron. Did they all actually hide behind a salad in the fridge and send out a tin of tuna to confuse her? Perhaps they all just pretended to be carrots and she ran away from them in genuine fear? Either way, we're all shocked she managed to bungle the cooking part, right?
Anyhow, away from the cook who isn't allowed to use sharp instruments, Rishi is worries he might overcook his emu - which isn't a euphemism but should be - before Tatt-Matt comes over to say its cooked perfectly.
Tatt-Matt then stops to yell praise to the trio to the effect that everything is going really well, and has been all night. Now really, he really is overcooking the emu a bit, as that statement flies – well runs really fast and feathered – in the face of everything we've seen so far.
Totem takes a moment to celebrate how good he is, which is the cue for more mussels to come back. Tatt-Matt is bewildered, as is Totem but for totally different, yet related reasons.
Tatt-Matt promises to lose it if this happens again and in a fit of desperation Totem comes up with an idea: cook the mussels all the way through. Stop tossing them.
Who. Would. Have. Thought.
Now that the trio have had hours in which to try and ramp their efforts up to edible and non-poisonous, Gary, Tatt-Free-matt and George arrive to taste their wares.
The mussels they are served are conveniently well cooked, however the ox heart lacks syrupiness and salt for Preston.
At this stage Christina gets to the end of service and tells us that she thinks she's gone really well, so the judges are given her dishes to discredit that entirely.
Matt, Gary and George aren't ready to agree with her, but do concur with each other that the marron looks bad but at least tastes awful.
"This sadly is a dish that will send someone home" predicts Preston as he chews on the last of his red herring.
Then they taste the dish that terrified a nation. Carrots. The root vegetables are a winner it seems as they feature everything that was lacking in the marron, including the need to really do anything to them before serving.
Finally Rishi's dishes are served up, which consists of inconsistently cooked mushrooms that need salt to "taste more mushroomy" and smoky, perfect emu that is labelled a cracker dish by George.
Rishi knows in his heart he has failed as autumn has not been celebrated or even toasted by the judges.
Service ends ... again (thanks for the spoiler Christina), because the magic of editing works like that ... and Rishi says that he enjoyed every moment while Christina admits she has a sick feeling in her stomach that can only come from eating that raw marron she thought she sent out.
Some indeterminate amount of time later the trio face Gary, Matt, Matt and George on the restaurant's rooftop which the keen minded among you will recall features a compost heap.
Toss them in the heap!
Toss them in the heap!
Preston delivers the judges' analysis of the dishes and the sound of applause echoes out to alert us to the fact that the other contestants are up here too. Together they chant:
Toss them in the heap!!
Toss them in the heap!!
Tatt-Matt is asked how it went. He tells us that Rishi dominated prep, but there were inconsistencies in his service. Christina on the other hand didn't stab herself with a vegetable once, so he was actually impressed. While Totem had a good prep but also had "inconsistencies" in the service.
You see, that's just not fair. If Totem was anything it was consistent.
The judges pry in the way of people who have been told by their producers to pry, and Tatt-Matt explains that all-up FOUR dishes of mussels were sent back. Tatt-Matt proves he's not quick to admit defeat as he explains once more how cooking works to Totem who once again nods as though he is in anyway capable of interpreting this information.
Toss him in the heap!!!
Toss him in the heap!!!
The capacity for drama in this announcement can only be measured on the carrot-terror scale, and even then it only registers a canned baby carrot with a face painted on in texta.
As such, George doesn't really bother with suspense and just says Totem's out.
They don't. However we can all take some solace in the knowledge that technically, Totem is the first to actually be tossed out of MasterChef for being a tosser.
So there's that.
Christina takes a moment to heap praise on Totem by saying that while some of the others saw him as cocky and arrogant ... she didn't. That probably won't be a pull-quote on the dust jacket of the Loatian cookbook that we're told Totem is working on based upon his family's recipes which at no point require things to actually be cooked.
Oh and on a side note, the promo tells us that tomorrow night Gary will "whip out the mortar and pestle" and thankfully that isn't a euphemism ... and shouldn't be.
Giles Hardie is a film critic and entertainment reporter for Fairfax.


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Oct 23, 2005
Oct. 22, 2005
University Park, PA - The Yale women's fencing team competed at the 33rd Penn State Garret Open on Sat. Carly Guss `06 came in 14th place among a field of 42 fencers.
In addition to Guss's 14th place, Yale had a strong showing in the event. Erin Frey `08 was 19th in women's saber and Genevieve Tauxe '07 was 32nd in saber.
Jessica Dobbins `08 was 23rd out of 45 competitors in women's foil.
In women's epee, Isadora Botwinick `06 was 17th of 50 competitors.
Garret Open action continues Sunday with the men's divisions. The foil starts at 8:30 am, the epee at 10 am and the saber at noon.
Report filed by Christie Yang '06, Yale Sports Publicity.


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A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Jacob stops Bella from cliff diving. Alice never sees it, Rosalie doesn't call Edward. Edward decides to come back anyway, to check on Bella. What will he hear when he listens in on her sleep-talk? Will he reveal himself to Bella?
Obviously, if this was of my creation, I would be famous. And I'm not. So, no, I don't own anything.
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I slid through the crush of people. I was such a waste. I didn't even deserve to be alive. All I was trying to do was protect Bella, but I couldn't even accomplish that. Victoria had made it past me. I had left Bella vulnerable in Forks. I failed my only goal. Why? Because I am a failure. A waste of space. Useless. I didn't deserve love from my family, or anyone for that matter. Especially Bella. I never could understand how she loved me.
Had she moved on, as I wanted her to? She couldn't still be miserable. She simply couldn't. Human minds fixed all things over time. She had probably forgotten me by now. I was a distant memory, a memory from her personal dark ages before she saw the light and got a boyfriend who is part of her own species. Pain shot through my torso as I thought of Bella with another man. However, as long as she was happy, nothing else mattered. As long as she was safe. As long as she had moved on.
The evil voice in my head told me that she probably hadn't moved on, that this was a pointless decision for both of us. I tried to block those thoughts out, but it wasn't working. I found myself doubting whether I could stay away. What if she was unhappy? And what if I was the cause of the unhappiness? Could she forgive me? No. Such a beautiful creature as her could never forgive someone as horrible as me.
This is stupid, I told myself. You promised you would stay away. Don't go back on your word. She's better off without you. You know she is. She's safer, and happier, and human.
But I could go back. I could check on my Bella. No, she isn't my Bella anymore. She's just Bella. Not mine. I am no part of her world. Her happy, safe, vampire-free world. I need to check on her. Make sure she is living in a happy, safe vampire-free world. Because, above all, she needs to live out the rest of her human life in happiness.
If she is happy, as I suspect she is, despite Alice's best attempts to make me think otherwise, I can stay away. And if she is unhappy… I didn't even want to think about it. She is happy. Anyone would be happy without me ruining their life. Bella should appreciate the fact that I was gone from her life. She should appreciate my sacrifice. I sacrificed myself, my whole being, so that she could live her normal human life.
I would stay away from her in Forks. Watch her from afar. Listen to her sleep-talk. The minute I made sure she was happy and safe, I would leave again. After all, it was only my pain. I deserve the pain. I was a failure. A soulless monster. A murderer. And I would take any amount of pain to make sure Bella could live. Seeing her and leaving yet again would be so painful. But I will go back. Just to check in…
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The Turkey's always seem to know… Just like terrorists do, huh….
They're attacking people in the streets. Attacking cars. Attacking front doors. People are complaining to the police. The police.
I have an idea: Eat them.
From CBS Boston:
Neighbors are on the offensive in Brookline after what some residents are describing as aggressive turkeys."They were attacking the vehicle," Karen Halvorson said outside her home in the Aspinwall Hill neighborhood.
After getting in her truck, a neighbor came and ran the birds off but it didn't stop there.
"Then, the turkeys came and started attacking my front door," she said.
A second run-in came a few weeks ago as she walked nearby.
"I looked back and three of them charged me," she explained.
She moved to the center of the street to avoid the animals, but it wasn't enough.
"The turkey flew in my face and scratched my neck," she said.
Halvorson refuses to give up her walks so she has taken precautions.
"I went down to the hiking store and I got a hiking stick with a big ball on top of it. I walk with it all the time and now I never go without my phone," she said.
(Emphasis mine.) Is it one of those really big phones from the 80's? The kind that are big enough to clock a turkey upside the head so that you can stick it in your fridge and then serve it later for dinner? If so, good thinking.


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The Carter fold is a rustic, 800+ seat music shed offering traditional music every Saturday night. Museum opens an hour prior to the show.
The Carter Family was discovered in 1927 by Victor Recording Studio in Bristol and recorded 300 songs between 1927 and 1942. Playing traditional Appalachian music, the family has often been credited as forerunners of modern-day country music. Janette Carter, one of three children of A.P. and Sara Carter established the Carter Family Fold to honor the memory of her parents and Maybelle Carter who played a historic role in helping give birth to the age of country music beginning in 1927. Even though Janette has passed away, her daughter Rita is carrying on the musical and performing legacy she established . The original Carter Family lived on this hallowed ground, right where the Carter Fold is today, in Poor Valley, at the foot of Clinch Mountain in southwest Virginia.
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Catholic Education Week kicks off with system-wide Mass
As close to 2,000 students and staff from across the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board converged at Cathedral High School on Monday, May 7 for an opening mass to kick off Catholic Education Week (May 7-11), "Renewing the Promise" was not only the theme, but the end goal of the week-long celebrations.
In official greetings, Chairperson Patrick Daly suggested that for him the word 'promise' has two meanings. The first is a commitment, a covenant, a contract.
"And we, as a Catholic community, make that commitment, that promise to protect and promote publicly funded Catholic education now and into the future."
The second infers something to come, an achievement of some kind. For that we need only look to Sunday's gospel to discover what that promise is, said Daly. The reading, from John 15: 26, was Jesus' last conversation with his apostles in which he commissioned them to go and bear fruit.
"And that's the gift of Catholic education and that's the promise we renew: to accompany our students in their faith journey, but as well to go outward and renew our world."
"I pray this week that we are renewed in that promise, and with the strength and the support of our loving God, we go out and indeed transform the world."
Indicating that one of the goals of Catholic education is to create young adults who care about the needs of others, Bishop Douglas Crosby, in his homily, suggested that one important way students can do that is through affirmation – "when you encourage others by telling them how well they did something."
"Life is wonderful when we feel loved and affirmed," he told the students. "You, all of you, can make a difference in the life of your friends and fellow students by affirming and supporting them.
"If you do that, you're going to make a big difference. It's the kind of difference that Catholic education offers you and you can offer to others."
Thanking Bishop Crosby and Rev. Fr. Con O'Mahony, Vicar of Education for the Diocese of Hamilton, for their celebration of the Mass, Director of Education David Hansen reflected on the sacrifice and dedication of so many that led to the school system we have today.
"What they were fighting for is what we have sitting here right now: the chance to gather in a beautiful school, to gather in mass and replicate it in the schools across our system."
Speaking to the theme, "Renewing the Promise," Hansen said, "what the promise really boils down to is quite simply that in our schools and in our classrooms and in our workplaces, every single day we meet Jesus."
And where do we meet Jesus? In the school secretary, in the teachers and principals and vice-principals, in the Early Childhood Educators and Educational Assistants, in the Custodians and Assistant Custodians.
"We meet Jesus in each other and it's in the acts of what we do."
Some of those acts are performed on a large scale, said Hansen, citing D.R.E.A.M.S., the annual "Walk with Christ" Pilgrimage and Halloween 4 Hunger. Others are more intimate, like helping out a friend, saying the right words to a colleague, or sharing a lunch.
"And so what I would say to you in closing is that if we do these things and we remember that each day we're meeting Jesus in our schools, we are well on our way to 'Renewing the Promise.'"
Catholic Education Week is an annual event coordinated by the Ontario Catholic School Trustees' Association (OCSTA) to raise awareness about the unique dimension of Catholic education in Ontario.
In Hamilton-Wentworth, the week begins with the board-wide mass, followed by numerous events at both the system and school level.
System activities to mark Catholic Education Week include a food drive for local food banks and agencies, an Intermediate Scripture Reading Event, and the annual presentation of the Director's Awards for elementary students.
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Close to 2,000 students and staff from across the system gathered at Cathedral High School on May 7 for an opening mass celebrated by His Excellency Bishop Douglas Crosby to kick off Catholic Education Week, May 7-11. Photo by Jenna Madalena.
Welcoming students and staff to the Catholic Education Week Opening Mass, Catholic Education Week Co-Chair Adrian De Tullio encouraged schools to engage in activities that highlight the theme, Renewing the Promise, and the five sub-themes of Catholic Education Week. Photo by Jenna Madalena.
The artwork for this year's Catholic Education Week poster was created by Angela Guglielmo, a Grade 8 student at St. Mark Catholic Elementary School. Pictured, left to right, are: Director of Education David Hansen; Chairperson Patrick Daly; Vicar of Education for the Diocese of Hamilton, Rev. Fr. Con O'Mahony; Angela; The Most Rev. Douglas Crosby, OMI, Bishop of Hamilton; and Angela's family members, sister Antonia, mom Caroline, Nonna Pina, and father Mike. Photo by Jenna Madalena.
Students holding candles formed an honour guard for His Excellency Bishop Douglas Crosby. Photo by Jenna Madalena.
Student Council Presidents from Cathedral, Cardinal Newamn, St. Mary, Bishop Ryan and Bishop Tonnos attend the Catholic Education Week Opening Mass at Cathedral High School on May 7. Photo by Jenna Madalena.
Sign language interpreters from Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School sign along with BR Jr. Xpression Choir. Photo by Jenna Madalena.
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Music was provided by the BR Jr. Xpression under the direction of Mary Tabone.Photo by Jenna Madalena.
Music for the Catholic Education Week Opening Mass was provided by the BR Jr. Xpression under the direction of Mary Tabone. Photo by Jenna Madalena.
Bishop Crosby blesses the Catholic Education Week plaques prior to their distribution to schools. The plaque was designed by Angela Guglielmo, a Grade 8 student at St. Mark Catholic Elementary School. Photo by Jenna Madalena.
"Today we've heard much about our theme, 'Renewing the Promise,'" said Director of Education David Hansen. "And what is the promise? I think what it really boils down to, the promise is quite simply that in our schools and in our classrooms and in our workplaces, every single day we meet Jesus." Photo by Jenna Madalena.
"This is the largest gathering at least that I have ever participated in for Catholic Education Week," said presiding mass celebrant Bishop Douglas Crosby. Close to 2,000 students and staff from across the system attended the kick off mass at Cathedral High School on May 7. Photo by Jenna Madalena.
"This commissioning inspires us to walk forward together during the remainder of the week and beyond, remembering God's marvellous deeds and renewing our promise in gratitude to God for the good people who have made significant sacrifices and contributions to preserve our Catholic schools," said Catholic Education Week Co-chair Rocco Valeri at the conclusion of the mass. Photo by Jenna Madalena.
"I pray this week that we are renewed in the promise, and with the strength and the support of our loving God, we go out and indeed transform the world," Chairperson Patrick Daly encouraged students and staff. Photo by Jenna Madalena.


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The School of Social Work, and the Division of Student Affairs will co-sponsor, once again, intergroup dialogues for students, staff, and faculty who are interested in participating in "train the trainer" dialogues.
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1.) Our Olympians: No one made us prouder this year than the capable athletes, coaches and announcers from Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Irvine who represented Team USA in the 2012 Summer Olympics Games in London. They grew up, trained or live here. Costa Mesa even gave out street signs named after its stars. So instead of just one person at No. 1, we have a whole Irvine and Newport-Mesa team.
Women's beach volleyball
Misty May-Treanor (Newport Harbor High)
April Ross (Harbor)
Track & field women's heptathlon
Sharon Day (Costa Mesa High)
Men's gymnastics
Sam Mikulak (Corona del Mar High)
Men's water polo
Ryan Bailey (UC Irvine)
Jeff Powers (UCI)
Tim Hutten (UCI)
John Mann (CdM)
Women's water polo
Tumua Anae (CdM)
Women's rowing
Esther Lofgren (Harbor)
Men's indoor volleyball
Brian Thornton (UCI)
David Smith (UCI)
Men's beach volleyball
Jake Gibb (Costa Mesa resident)
Sean Rosenthal (Corona del Mar resident)
Amber Neben (UCI)
Coaches, announcers, and others
Tony Ciarelli (Harbor): Throws for India.
Maryn Ciarelli (Harbor strength coach): May-Treanor's strength coach.
Charlie Buckingham (Harbor) coach for Lasers sailing, Virgin Islands.
Robert Lynn (Harbor coach) U.S. men's water polo assistant.
Dan Klatt (UC Irvine) assistant for women's water polo.
Paula Weishoff (UC Irvine) assistant for women's volleyball.
Keith Yonkers (Newport Beach resident) men's water polo announcer.
2.) Sandy Genis: She left the Costa Mesa City Council in 1996, but stayed active in the fairgrounds fight and other civic affairs before roaring back as the top voter-getter in the Nov. 6 election.
3.) Jim Righeimer: The Costa Mesa mayor continued his drive to reform pensions and other benefits, but signaled after the election that he was willing to rescind the layoffs and compromise with organized labor.
4.) Tom Hatch: Costa Mesa's city CEO kept the city stable during trying political times.
5.) Dave Kiff: The Newport Beach city manager made meaningful and difficult decisions — with minimum drama.
6.) Nancy Gardner: An environmentalist and an avid paddleboarder, Newport Beach's outgoing mayor set the tone for compromise and gave the shortest — and best — state of the city address in memory.
7.) Steve Mensinger: The Costa Mesa councilman proposed — and passed — a transparency ordinance for City Hall and won his appointed seat after an intense election.
8.) Wendy Leece: Often on the losing end of 4-1 votes, this Costa Mesa councilwoman stood her ground and enjoyed grass-roots support.
9.) Katrina Foley: The Newport-Mesa Unified school board member lent her voice — and name — to a lawsuit opposing Costa Mesa layoffs and helped select a new superintendent after the last one was convicted of two felonies.
10.) Fred Navarro: This well-liked school administrator returned — this time as Newport-Mesa Unified's superintendent.
11.) Robin Leffler: President, Costa Mesans for Responsible Government.
12.) Nick Berardino: Orange County Employees Assn. chief.
13.) Scott Baugh: Republican Party of Orange County chief.
14.) Bob McCaffrey. Stop the Dock Tax organizer.
15.) John Stephens: Costa Mesa council candidate.
16.) Gary Monahan: Costa Mesa councilman.
17.) Keith Curry: Newport mayor.
18.) Tony Petros: Newport councilman.
19.) Tom Gazsi: Costa Mesa police chief.
20.) Tom Arnold: Costa Mesa fire chief.
21.) Peter Naghavi: Retiring Costa Mesa administrator.
22.) Eric Bever: Outgoing Costa Mesa mayor.
23.) Allan Mansoor: State assemblyman.
24.) Henry Segerstrom: South Coast Plaza chief.
25.) Donald Bren: Irvine Co. chief.
26.) George Argyros: Newport developer and philanthropist.
27.) Julia Argyros: Newport philanthropist.
28.) Koreen Kutch Johnson: Costa Mesa cheer coach.
29.) Sandy Segerstrom Daniels: South Coast Plaza managing partner.
30.) Anton Segerstrom: South Coast Plaza general manager.
31.) Jennifer Segerstrom: Newport philanthropist.
32.) Elizabeth Segerstrom: Newport philanthropist.
33.) Jay Johnson: Newport police chief.
34.) Jim Fitzpatrick: Costa Mesa Sanitary District board member.
35.) Colin McCarthy: Costa Mesa Planning Commission Chairman.
36.) Leslie Daigle: Newport councilwoman.
37.) Rush Hill: Newport councilman.
38.) Steve Rosansky: Newport councilman.
39.) Michael F. Henn: Newport councilman.
40.) Ed Selich: Newport councilman.
41.) Bob Rush: Assembly candidate.
42.) Jerome Hoban: Orange County Fair president and CEO.
43.) Rick Francis: Costa Mesa assistant CEO.
44.) Stan Tkaczyk: Orange County Fair Board.
45.) David Ellis: Orange County Fair Board.
46.) Sue Lester: Costa Mesa activist.
47.) Crystal Morales: Harbor student making heroic recovery.
48.) Scott Meyer. Corona del Mar High football coach.
49.) Jeff Teller. OC MarketPlace president.
50.) Dean Corey: Retiring Philharmonic Society of Orange County president.
51.) Cesar Cappellini: Save Our Youth (SOY) chairman.
52.) Dave Brooks: School board trustee.
53.) Walt Davenport: School board trustee.
54.) Karen Yelsey: School board trustee.
55.) Paul Reed: Newport-Mesa Unified deputy superintendent.
56.) Kevin Rafferty: Departing Davis Magnet School principal.
57.) John Moorlach: County supervisor.
58.) Helen Nenadal: Costa Mesa City Employees Assn. chief.
59.) Scott Poster: Newport fire chief.
60.) Jason Chamness: Costa Mesa police association chief.
61.) Richard Afable: President/CEO, Hoag Hospital.
62.) Rob Barbot: Interim superintendent.
63.) Shannon Santos: Someone Cares Soup Kitchen director.
64.) Karen L. McGlinn: Share Our Selves director.
65.) Jim Mosher: Newport council critic.
66.) Julie Folcik: Former Costa Mesa city clerk.
67.) Greg Ridge: Costa Mesans for Responsible Government.
68.) Kirk McIntosh: Pilot Cup organizer.
69.) Billy Folsom: Costa Mesa city mechanic.
70.) Gordon Bowley: Costa Mesa United president
71.) Allan Roeder: Retired Costa Mesa city manager.
72.) Tim Vasin: Costa Mesa fire association chief.
73.) Evelyn Hart: Former Newport mayor.
74.) Tom Duarte: Costa Mesa city attorney.
75.) Aaron Harp: Newport Beach city attorney
76.) Richard Luehrs: Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce president.
77.) Ed Fawcett: Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce president/CEO.
78.) Gary Sherwin: Visit Newport Beach, Inc. CEO.
79.) William H. Gross: PIMCO founder.
80.) Mohamed A. El-Erian: PIMCO CEO.
81.) Carl St.Clair: Pacific Symphony conductor
82.) Erwin Chemerinsky: UC Irvine Law School dean.
83.) Bill Lobdell: Costa Mesa spokesman.
84.) Fariborz Maseeh: Port Theater owner.
85.) Eleanor and Tom Egan: Costa Mesa activists.
86.) Jess Gilman: Retiring CMPD school resource officer.
87.) Jennifer Muir: Orange County Employees Assn. spokeswoman.
88.) Laura Boss: Newport-Mesa Unified spokeswoman.
89.) Harold Weitzberg: Costa Mesa council candidate.
90.) Amy Senk: Editor of Corona del Mar Today.
91.) Geoff West: Editor of A Bubbling Cauldron.
92.) Mike Scheafer: Lions Club Fish Fry organizer.
93.) Lee Mallory: Organizer of poetry readings.
94.) Frank and Barbara Peters: Newport activists.
95.) Kha Bao: Costa Mesa police officer who leads in DUI arrests.
96.) Dana Rohrabacher: U.S. congressman.
97.) Mary Hornbuckle: Former Costa Mesa councilwoman.
98.) Crissy Brooks: MIKA chief.
99.) Paul Salata: Mr. Irrelevant Week creator.
100.) Chris McEvoy: Teacher, council critic.
101.) Christy Roget: Coyote-awareness campaigner.
102.) Feet to the Fire journalists: Barbara Venezia, Norberto Santana Jr., Frank Mickadeit, Tom Johnson, Roger Bloom.
103.) Chris Lanzillo: Private investigator who admitted tailing Costa Mesa councilmen.
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An earlier version incorrectly identified Trudy Ohlig-Hall as a current Mesa Consolidated Water District board member. She lost her seat in the November elections. Also, Paul E. Shoenberger's name was misspelled and he was incorrectly listed as Mesa Water's general counsel. In fact, he is the district's general manager.
1.) Dennis Szakacs: Orange County Museum of Art director.
2.) Dan Krikorian: Costa Mesa basketball coach.
3.) Tara Finnigan: Newport spokeswoman..
4.) R. Scott Moxley: OC Weekly investigative reporter.
5.) Dan Joyce: Costa Mesa public affairs manager.
6.) Robert Murtha: Estancia football star.
7.) Billy Whitford: Executive director of Newport Aquatic Center.
8.) Dennis Harkins: Orange Coast College president..
9.) Trudy Ohlig-Hall: Former board member for Mesa Consolidated Water District, aka Mesa Water.
10.) Franklin: The sea lion who swam up the Back Bay.
11.) Back Bay bobcat: Hangs around Dover Shores.
12.) Perry Valantine: Costa Mesa activist.
13.) Santa Claus: The one in the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade.
14.) Fred R. Bockmiller: Mesa Water board.
15.) James R. Fisler: Mesa Water board.
16.) Ethan Temianka: Mesa Water board, former Costa Mesa parks commissioner
17.) Paul E. Shoenberger: Mesa Water general manager.
18.) Shawn Dewane: Mesa Water board.
19.) James F. Atkinson: Mesa Water board.
20.) Beth Refakes: Eastside resident.
21.) James Rader: Costa Mesa council candidate.


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Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Nami-Nami @ El Bulli: the first 10 dishes
El Bulli dining room.
All photos by Pille & K of Nami-Nami
The surprising thing about El Bulli is that despite of their fame and the number of dishes served each night, they still take great interest in each diner's special wishes. While there is no traditional menu to choose from as such, they do want you to be able to enjoy all 30 dishes. When confirming our booking, they wanted to know about any food allergies or dietary considerations (yes, you can order a vegetarian or even a vegan meal). When we were seated, the waiter told us that the Chef has designed a 30-course meal for us, and that each dish will be explained as it is served. He then informed us that some items might be a bit unusual and off-putting - in our case razor clams and veal marrow - and could be changed for something more preferable. (I must confess I wasn't too keen on the razor clams, so I got an alternative dish. Funny enough, they forgot to mention that sea cucumber was on the menu as well. More about it later:)).
Ready? The menu could be split into five parts - savoury snacks, tapas, main tastes, (pre-dessert), desserts and morphings. However, I've opted to split the menu into three posts, explaining the various phases as we go.
Tangerine / Mandarina
The first dish we were served consisted of two parts. On a small black folded square paper were two tiny rose-scented granules. We were instructed to pop the rose granule into our mouth, and then drink the slightly foamy tangerine drink. As a result, the whole tangerine drink tastes strongly of rose :)
Spherical Olives / Aceitunas verdes sfericas
I was so excited to see this dish! The spherical olives is probably one of the best known dishes on El Bulli's menu, and it was cool to have a chance to try them ourselves. It's an encapsulated pure olive pureé, marinated in olive oil, garlic, thyme and rosemary. We got two olives each, served with a special tiny spoon. You put the 'olive' into your mouth and when gently pressing it with your tongue, it bursts, leaving you with the taste of the best olive you've ever had. Very intense, very tasty.
El Bulli/Ferran Adria is famous for playing with textures, tastes and temperatures. The spherical olive is a great texture-teaser - you expect it to 'feel' like an olive, and although it tastes like one, it feels totally different.
Note that many of the dishes were to be consumed with our hands - utensils were rarely seen. Knife, for instance, was only brought to the table once (and I didn't really know how to use it then anyway :))
LYO Fruits / Frutas LYO (Pineapple chips)
Pineapple chips came on a typical plate that looked a bit like crunched sheet of metal. LYO is short for lyophilization aka freeze-drying. The freeze-dried pineapple chips look like your regular chips, but taste like pineapple and have a very fragile and slightly flaky texture.
Salty 'catanias' / Catanias saladas
Toasted walnuts covered in walnut praline and dusted with bitter cocoa powder. These managed to taste sweet and salty at the same time, and were apparently a play on a much-loved Catalonian chocolate-almond bon-bon.
Lightly salted and creamy black sesame paste filling, wrapped into a fragile-crispy nori sheet.
Tomato cookie / Galleta de tomate
Intensely tomato-flavoured crispy cookie, garnished with a gold leaf and wasabi dot. Very interesting texture.
Beetroot coral / Coral de remolacha
Slightly similar to the tomato cookie texture-wise (a bit crunchier, perhaps), but intensely beet-flavoured. First the crispy beetroot 'coral', then a spoonful of beet juice :)
The above small dishes fell into the savoury snacks category, and were served several at the time. The following few dishes are the tapas-dishes, served one at the time.
Shiso flexia caramel with its own soft candy / Shiso caramelo flexia sus gominolas
This was one of the trickiest dishes to eat. The soft candies were VERY soft, and almost burst between our fingers (our only 'utensils' at this point). The 'flexia caramel' contained flecks of shiso (leaf? flower?) that were prone to fall all over the place when not eaten carefully. But flavour-wise, it was a lovely combination of mildly sour and sweet.
Pistachio sponge cake with acid milk mousse / Bizcocho de pistachios con mousse de leche acida
At first we thought this is the same pistachio mousse dish that Ferran Adria shares in the Foams and Espumas chapter of The Cook's Book (a brilliant book, by the way!) - we had tried that at home. However, it wasn't - the visual similarity was all that was common. This pistachio cake was dry and fragile - as a result of lyophilization - and not moist and sponge-like. The pistachio cake was served with acid milk mousse (photo below) and we were given a tiny spatula for scooping up the mousse.
That red tome? Oh, that's their modest wine list :)
Black sesame sponge cake with miso / Bizcocho de sesamo negro y miso
This was one of my favourite dishes - with a cool texture and lots of flavour. Toasted black sesame seeds have been ground into a paste, mixed with egg and flour, pressed through an ISI Gourmet Whip and then microwaved until cooked and fluffy. (We had tried a similar recipe with pistachios, printed in The Cook's Book: Step-by-step techniques & recipes for success every time from the world's top chefs). We were instructed to devour the sponge in two mouthfuls, starting with the miso paste part. Again, a great combination of textures (remember, we were holding the 'sponge' with our fingers) and flavours.
12 comments:
- Wendy said...
I'm not usually interested in reading about restaurant experiences and tend to just skip blog posts about them. This one, however, is absolutely fascinating. Never seen anything like these dishes. Thanks so much for sharing!
- 12:48 pm, April 08, 2009
- A_and_N said...
Thats a lovely post!
My personal favs were the olives (because i LOVE them!) and the tomato cookies....sounds very novel!
But overall, everything looked very exquisite and gourmet!
- 3:42 pm, April 08, 2009
- Deeba @Passionate About Baking said...
Exotic & beautiful...what a great post this is!
- 3:51 pm, April 08, 2009
- Jennifer Hudson Taylor said...
Mmm looks delicious!
- 1:16 am, April 09, 2009
- Bharat Book Bureau said...
My Name is Sharon. Your blog is good online source for food lovers. As I am also into food research. Its a good blog with lots of information. Keep the good work on.
I will definitely bookmark your blog for my research work. You may also kindly visit my web site blog related to food and drinks industry that is http://foodmarketnews.blogspot.com and I would appreciate if you could kindly have a look at my blog too. It's updated on a daily basis.
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- 7:39 am, April 09, 2009
- Alanna said...
Ms Pille ~ I'm with Wendy, I never EVER read restaurant posts (well, unless it's for someplace within lunch distance) but this has me fascinated. Your descriptions are perfect, just enough, not too much. And I'm with A, too, the olives sound gorgeous. I'm imagining something like an olive M&M!
- 3:29 pm, April 09, 2009
- James said...
Roll on parts 2 & 3! I can't wait to find out if you needed to go for chips on the way home, or whether thirty sensational mini somethings or others make a full meal..
- 1:12 am, April 10, 2009
- Nicole said...
Works of art! All of it. The table, the plates, the food, the photography... complete eye candy.
- 8:09 am, April 10, 2009
- Abra Bennett said...
Thanks for all the detail, Pille. I doubt that I'll ever make it to El Bulli myself, so I'm really interested in your report.
- 10:59 pm, April 11, 2009
- m*buckley said...
Wow. Thanks for sharing on behalf of the reservationless and ticketless among us! Dreamy.
- 2:05 am, April 12, 2009
- ChichaJo said...
You are so lucky! Fascinating food! I love typical catanies so I'm so curious about his version!
Can't wait to read more :)
- 11:59 am, April 13, 2009
- Claudia said...
Great food reporting. They're very creative with the menu and unique presentation.
I was recently told(by my massage therapist) that microwaving food scrambles all the molecules, and changes its health value. Just so you know. Personally, I'm in a bit of a quandary as microwaving had become a part of my cooking routine. Don't know what to think.
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I cannot believe I am saying this, but the recent gloom is starting to grow on me. Perhaps it's some kind of twisted San Francisco nostalgia…I hated the constant fog when I lived there, but now it doesn't seem so bad. I also love that it is acceptable to pile on literally dozens of random pieces and head out in public. My New York "winter style" has certainly become an eclectic one!
Snapped these photos on one of my final afternoons as a Lower East Side dweller. Yep, that's right, I'm officially a Brooklyn girl now! Moved into my new place on Saturday, and have been unpacking and organizing ever since. Not the most exciting way to spend a weekend, but I couldn't be happier about this little apartment… and I have a brand new borough to explore!
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Term: Form
Form, in poetry, can be understood as the physical structure of the poem: the length of the lines, their rhythms, their system of rhymes and repetition. In this sense, it is normally reserved for the type of poem where these features have been shaped into a pattern, especially a familiar pattern.
Another sense of "form" is to refer to these familiar patterns - these can be simple and open-ended forms, such as blank verse, or can be a complex system of rhymes, rhythms and repeated lines within a fixed number of lines, as a sonnet or villanelle is. (This is similar to the word "shape"; asked to think about "a shape", you would expect a triangle or a circle, but Alaska too has a shape.) The difference is visible in Sebastian Barker's poem 'Holy The Heart On Which We Hang Our Hope': the form of this poem shares aspects with another form, the villanelle, but also differs from it in interesting ways, just as its content shares in some aspects of organised faith but not in others.
This glossary includes full definitions of the most usual forms (sonnet, sestina, villanelle, blank verse...), with others below; poets will also invent their own forms, as in James Fenton's 'Jerusalem'.
An acrostic poem is one that uses the first letters of each line to spell out a word or phrase. More uncommonly, you can find a word or phrase through the centre of a poem (when it is called a mesostich) or at the end of the lines (which makes it a telestich). If the poem is written so that the first letters and last letters both write out a message, it is known as a double acrostic.
A poem consisting only of lines from other poems. This, from the Italian word for patchwork, is almost a technique rather than a form, especially as it can be of any length, and any metre, and need not rhyme; however, as the finished poem is referred to as a cento, just as a sonnet is called a sonnet, it is a form.
Named after its inventor, this is a four-line poem rhymed aabb; its first line is the name of the subject of the poem, it often breaks into two sentences at the end of the second line, and the rhythm tends to be entertainingly irregular.
This one is normally reserved for nonsense verse. 8 lines, all consisting of two dactyls (hence the name). Line 1 is a nonsense word (such as "higgledy-piggledy"), line 2 is someone's name, line 6 is a single six-syllable word, and lines 4 and 8 rhyme.
A stanza form often used for longer poems, most famously in Byron's 'Don Juan', consisting of eight lines, usually in iambic pentameter, rhymed abababcc.
This can be of any length; it is a poem of four-line stanzas, in which the second and fourth lines of one stanza become the first and third of the next. The last stanza's second and fourth lines can be the first and third of the first stanza, either reversed or not, which locks the poem into a circle of repetitions or, as the poet Marilyn Hacker says, "until it ends up with its tail in its mouth".
8 lines of iambic pentameter, followed by 1 iambic hexameter (or alexandrine); rhyme scheme ababbcbccc. This is the stanza invented by Spenser in The Faerie Queene.
A poem in which each stanza is rhymed aba, with the inner rhyme from one stanza providing the outer rhymes for either the previous or subsequent stanza: aba bcb cdc... or aba cac dcd.... The form can end in a single-line stanza, a couplet, or by referring back to the as-yet-unused rhyme from the first stanza.


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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
My Lighting Obsession Continues...
25 comments:
- Christy said...
So gorgeous. And the line "relieve some of my pent-up lamp tension" made me giggle! hehe! I'll take two of the top right please -- my house IS more hacienda than traditional, so they'd fit right in!!
- May 11, 2010 at 9:25 AM
- Liz @ It's Great To Be Home said...
That interior by Meg Braff now has me wanting to hang art in front of the window in my office! Hmmm...
- May 11, 2010 at 9:31 AM
- Karena said...
Averill, I love the images you chose. I too would love to replace some lighting, the choices are amazing!
Art by Karena
- May 11, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- Tiina said...
what beatuful lamps you have collected! I love lamps too, specially chrystall ones!
- May 11, 2010 at 9:55 AM
- Isabella & Max Rooms said...
I have no white and blue lamps, though they would certainly work in the master bedroom update I am starting to think about! As always, beautiful and inspiring images! Janell
- May 11, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Leah said...
Those blue and white lamps or GORGEOUS! So lovley. I have totally been into blue and white lately so this is really inspiring!
- May 11, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- Couture Carrie said...
Lovely lamps, darling!
Your obsession is making me so happy!
- May 11, 2010 at 11:32 AM
- Mackenzie {Design Darling} said...
the monogrammed lamp in the plum interiors space looks like a diy project in the making! i love the striped lamp too — what a bargain!
- May 11, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Susie @ Maddie's Nest said...
Wow, I am going to dream about those first lamps....I have to find the source!
- May 11, 2010 at 12:18 PM
- Laura@JourneyChic said...
So pretty! Love your selection. I think the bottom left one is my fave, but I'd pair it with a white shade.
- May 11, 2010 at 12:37 PM
- SogniSorrisi said...
Such gorgeous options! And I love the blue and white lamp in the pink room.
- May 11, 2010 at 1:26 PM
- Kathysue said...
OH Averill, I am so with you on this obsession. I have a real problem with lighting of any kind. I have lamps inside my closets that I bring in and out according to seasonal changes. In fact I have a two blue and white lamps on my mantle post today. Look at my Summer mantle where I bring in all my blue and white. I have a mini lamp and a medium size lamp at both ends of my 17ft mantle!! I love allll of your choices. Just think of it this way. Kathysue needs a lamp fix once in a while so you have to do post like this!! Happy Tuesday,sweetie, Kathysue
- May 11, 2010 at 2:36 PM
- ashlina {the decorista} said...
oh my goodness you know i love it all!!!!!!!! the white and blue are my favorite lamps right now too.
- May 11, 2010 at 2:49 PM
- Style Redux 2 said...
Great roundup of rooms and lamps. I especially like the Ruthie Sommers. Yes, of course I have blue and white lamps.
- May 11, 2010 at 6:04 PM
- The Shiny Pebble said...
I don't own any blue and white lamps, but now I am totally inclined to buy the Dragon lamp with the ultra chic shade.
- May 11, 2010 at 6:29 PM
- Post Grad Hair Cut said...
I seriously love every lamp you picked out!
- May 11, 2010 at 7:56 PM
- Things That Inspire said...
Around 10 years ago, I was talking with a design obsessed friend and realized I had never bought a nice lamp - all of my lamps were hand me downs from my MIL. Through the years, I have bought a few lamps that I really love. Two of my favorites were purchased at Mrs. Howard - and they are blue! Mrs. Howard has the best lamps in Atlanta, in my humble opinion. Here they are in situ: http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hUw_VQ5l9r0/S26nnGqfYSI/AAAAAAAAGYE/4rae7-uJvC0/3770210925_a450541386_b1_thumb3.jpg?imgmax=800
- May 12, 2010 at 6:13 AM
- The Zhush said...
What is it about lamps...I always want more too! Like the shoes of home decor! That Jonathan Adler one is calling my name.
- May 12, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- walrus studio said...
I don't have any blue and white lamps, but I love #3 with the stripes, and #5 cause I'm always naturally drawn to Jonathan Adler.
- May 12, 2010 at 10:51 AM
- Punctuation Mark said...
i love the blue and white rooms! feel so fresh and calming at the same time!
- May 12, 2010 at 4:15 PM
- Carolyn said...
My mom had some big blue and white lamps (and garden stools too) when we were growing up and for awhile they felt old-fashioned, but now they are back and so pretty and classic. You always find pretty, never-before-seen footage (images)!
- May 13, 2010 at 1:45 AM
- The Shiny Pebble said...
I found something for you over at Tuesday Morning and posted them at my blog.
- May 14, 2010 at 9:42 AM
- Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions said...
Two of the areas I hit in the stores are pillows and lamps! Not that I need anymore of either, but they are inexpensive change outs if you are just looking to update or do something different. I hate to add to your list but don't forget Lamps Plus and Bellacor. They have some neat things and I've purchased from both.
- May 14, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- Patch said...
We almost got blue and white Chinese-style porcelain lamps off Overstock for our living room...at the last we decided to go with some solid crystal base ones instead (more modern/masculine?) -- alas!!!!!
- May 14, 2010 at 5:39 PM
- Dayka (Life +Style) said...
i love lamps too, but i REALLY love refinishing them! i don't care if they're blue & white, purple & green or black and gold--give me a vintage, preferably ceramic lamp, and i'll turn it into a stunner!
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Sam is basically right, he's just cranky.
No, no, he did. In the everything else section, at least. Officially, this makes him king.
That quote is actualy very witty, Celdur. I suggest you use that in your signature.
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Another use for those tags...
I spent probably close to (or more than) 5 hours doing this yesterday and today:Now off to clean the rest of the room/rooms
5 comments:
WOW!!! That's some major ribbon hoarding!! LOL! All those hours spent & now look how organized it all is :)
- October 30, 2010 at 2:33 PM
Looks great! I love your cart.
- October 31, 2010 at 12:12 AM
- PinkPug,INK. said...
Wow I can't believe you had the patience to organize all that ribbon!
By the way, I've made 3 tags so far & will be making lots more..
- October 31, 2010 at 12:25 PM
- Sue, a.k.a. midwestgirl said...
Wow, this looks great! Now hopefully you will be inspired to use it up!
- October 31, 2010 at 7:00 PM
- Terri @ em-belle-ish.blogspot.com said...
Melissa, your tags are amazing! And thanks for popping over to my blog today :)I am so pleased to meet you.
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We did it! We bought a car yesterday about as GREEN as you can get...and we love it.
But back up a minute. Remember all those sheets of USA stamps I was selling on eBay last year...and the books on Amazon.com, the estate sale, etc., etc.? Little by little, it all started adding up and in the back of my mind, I knew it would be for a car. That, along with the sale of my Honda Civic Hybrid in January, thanks to the oversight of Amy and Dennis in Atlanta.
We could have bought the car a month ago but we decided to wait till my residence permit was approved...maybe months from now. It seemed prudent to wait. What if I couldn't stay?? So when the residence permit was approved so quickly (see my Blue Moon post), I said, "OK, now we can buy our car!"
Believe it or not, we had already done our extensive research last August and did not waver on our choice: a 2010 Daihatsu Cuore in very childlike lime-green. It seemed like an added "good omen" when the exact same car was showcased inside my bank a week ago, as the green way to go!
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"The Cuore's 1000 cc, 3-cylinder, 12-valve, DOHC DVVT (Dynamic Variable Valve Timing) engine is highly efficient and achieves excellent fuel economy figures of 4.6 litres/100 km [50 mpg]. It also excels in terms of environmental performance by achieving a CO2 emission figure of 109 g/km (achieved by certain 3-door M/T models). The engine develops rich torque throughout its rev range, pulling the car from low-speed driving in the city to high-speed cruising on motorways without a hint of stress. This is an engine that combines ecology and high performance at a high level.... The Cuore clears the latest stringent European safety standards with ease."OK. For America, this is a small car. For Europe, it's PERFECT. On a scale of 1 - 10 for ecological "green," with 10 being the best, it rates a 9.
We don't have it yet. It takes a week to transport it to our city and put it through it's registration and prep hoops. But guess what: it's paid for! This is the first time I've ever paid for a new car outright and I feel like a little kid.
As Astrid says, we are going for our Joy each and every day. We are happy with so little. Can you imagine how happy we are with much!
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How could I solve this problem?
Find the first digit of $2^{4242}$ without using a calculator.
I know how to find the last digit with modular arithmetic, but I can't use that here.
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How could I solve this problem?
Find the first digit of $2^{4242}$ without using a calculator.
I know how to find the last digit with modular arithmetic, but I can't use that here.
This is probably not the answer you are looking for, and wil probably only be appreciated by people of my age ...
I can still remember from school days that $\log_{10} 2 = 0,30102999$ (I always thought it was noteworthy that it is so close to $0.30103$) - people who went to school in the 1950's can probably recall using logs to base 10 for lots of tedious calculations.
You can then do the multiplication by 4242 without a calculator, and get the fractional part ($=x$, say, but you are likely to need a calculator to find out the first digit of $10^x$, unless you have also memorised $\log 2, \log3, \dots, \log 9$ (I can't!)
With a bit more digging in the recesses of my memory, I can just recall that $\log 3$ is something like $0.477$, so $\log 9 = 2 \log 3 = 0.954$, so that should do it ...
If you have memorized that $\log_{10}2\approx 0.30103$ you can multiply by $4242$ and take the fractional part as $0.9692$ which looks like it should be greater than $\log_{10}9$ (and it is, but it is closer than I would have thought, it is $\approx 0.9542$). I don't know how to do it without log tables.
Presenting an alternate method (no logs, but needs the knowledge that doubling time is ~ $70$/rate)
Starting with
$$2^{10}=1024$$ which is $$1000 \times 1.024$$ or a 2.4% increase.
Then, $$70/2.4 \approx 29$$ implies that $$2^{290}\sim 2 \times 10^k$$ for some k.
Then, $$2^{4242} = {2^{290}}^{14} \times 2^{182}$$
So, it would suffice to calculate $$2^{16} \approx 1.6 \times 10^l$$ and to get $2^{182}$, first note that $1.024^{29} \approx 2$ so, $1.024^{18} \approx 1.5$ (pure hand waving, but sounds logical) So, from that $$2^{182} \approx 6 \times 10^m$$ and thus we can get the fist digit to be close to $1.6 \times 6 > 9$


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To be fair to McConnell, Republicans didn't filibuster a motion to proceed on the amendment. But they are filibustering the amendment itself, despite its noncontroversial provisions and majority support.
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Peter Mühlmann founded Trustpilot in 2007 and has been the main driver behind the company's continuous global expansion. In 2013, Peter was named Danish Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young.
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