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I'm idly dreaming about what I want for dinner and it occurred to me that lots of the foods I most love are actually products of fusion. Fusion gets a bad rap, but it can be so amazing when it's done well! Think: Korean Chinese (jiajiang mian), Chinese Peruvian (lomo saltado, arroz chaufa), Indian Carribean (curry chicken), Indian American (dosa filled with arugula, sundried tomatoes and chevre), Japanese French (green tea creme brulee), etc...
What are your favorites cuisines and/or dishes? Do you love maki with jerk chicken and mango? Indian Chinese?
re: limster
Oh yes, that's a good one. Is there anywhere in the world where you can find this stuff other than Singapore and surrounds?
re: limster
Now on my Google map of London -- thanks!
re: limster
Same thought, nonya baba cuisine. something so perfect about the mix.
re: scoopG
I dearly love the dan tat / egg custard tarts. What other dishes are there that define the cuisine?
re: scoopG
Very interesting: http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Macanes...
If I'd known that Macau had such interesting food, in addition to just gaming (meh, in my book), I'd've made much more of an attempt to go!
The Mozarab-Pakipino griffin that defines my personal cooking style is probably my favorite. Of course, that's probably because it's tailored to me. If we are talking purely fusion, I do have to confess to liking Filipino with its blend of Spanish, Malay, Indian and Chinese, but also Hawaiian with its blend of Polynesian, Japanese, Portuguese, American and more. Like the lowbrow cretan I am, I do also enjoy the occasional reminiscence of growing up in a less diverse time by diving into gnarly, deep-fried American-Chinese or Tex-Mex, but I also love the real thing.
re: JungMann
Mozarab-Pakipino! That makes my head spin. :) What dish / preparation would you consider Mozarab Pakipino?
I have to confess to being a complete lowbrow cretin when it comes to American Chinese and Tex Mex, too. I actually ordered egg foo young at a (fairly horrendous) takeout place in the Catskills last weekend and sort of enjoyed it. I'm kind of worried that someone's going to take away my ethnic credentials or something. ;)
re: cimui
Mozarab-Pakipino is more a sensibility than a specific dish or technique. I like all my food Filipino sour, Pakistani meaty and spicy, Spanish porky and fresh or in an Arab mood, lamb-filled and warm-tasting...an amalgamation of all my dinners growing up. My food is a little more flavorful, a little more international and a lot spicier than its contributor cuisines alone. Today's breakfast was morcillas with a red pepper omelette which I duly slathered in ketchup and Sriracha. Dinner will likely be chicharrones ki chaat and leftover saag ghosht and bhindi masala with avocado-coconut ice cream and some cheese from Zabar's mixed bin for dessert. Tomorrow I may make some kachumbar with salted duck eggs to eat with my tuyo.
The inspiration is more plainly noticeable when I invent dinner with whatever is in the fridge such as last month's chicken and chorizo braised in a tomato-saffron broth with patis, pimenton and roasted summer squash and red bells with garlic raita. Or a plain old roast chicken seasoned with lemon and soy sauce (Filipino) with sweet and smoked paprika, garlic, parsley (Spanish) and cumin, coriander and nutmeg (Pakistani, Indian, Arab...take your pick).
Not really fusion, but I would say former British/French colonies that left behind cultural and food influences have some very interesting food.
The Hong Kong style cafe (cha chaan teng) is while not necessarily "fusion" but western food downscaled for everyone in very unique settings (in Hong Kong) offering a broad spectrum of Cantonese, HK style western, and all sorts of various and eclectic dishes, bowls and the ilk. e.g. and representative item, Hong Kong milk tea - 5 to 7 leaf blend combining flavors to achieve color, texture, consistency, taste + evaporated milk (and/or condensed milk for sweetening). A true HK re-invention of the British style afternoon tea drink that can be enjoyed anytime of day or night. Or the classic yin-yang which combines both HK milk tea and coffee together as a drink.
Viet/French fusion upscale (or downscale): this is a whole topic in itself. From banh mi to butter garlic basil crab etc etc.
re: Cinnamon
Vietnamese baguettes are wonderful... lighter and more crispy than ordinary French baguettes, I think because of the addition of some rice flour. I also love Vietnamese liver pate, on or off bahn mi, bahn mi in all its forms of course, banh xeo (filled rice crepes), pho (subject to debate whether there are roots in French cuisine), pate chaud, asparagus and crab meat salad lightly dressed with nuoc cham, Vietnamese coffee made with condensed milk.
I wasn't familiar with the butter / garlic / basil crab KK mentioned, so I was hoping to hear more about it! it sounds good... really good. I suspect that most dishes prepared with butter in Vietnam would be considered Vietnamese French fusion.
re: cimui
Thanh Long/Crustacean, originated in San Francisco that expanded down to Beverly Hills, is an example. I guess you can say upscale fusion. Their signature dish is really the garlic butter baked Dungeoness crab. I haven't quite seen much of the French side of things yet, but I suppose the upscale fancy dining, saucing/plating, perhaps use of cream/creme fraiche and a lot of butter, paired with fine wines perhaps :-).
banh mi and cafe sua da, definitely strong French influences there with the baguettes, the French press drip coffee, the use of pork liver pate to spread on the sandwich etc.
Jungmann's post has me wondering whether I should've asked: What is the most interesting, yet delicious, fusion dish you've come across?
There's a pretty good track record of Jewish / Chinese intermarriage in NYC (and all over the U.S., really). One mixed-heritage family I know serves latkes topped with Peking duck and chopped liver schmeared onto sliced mantou. Both delicious!
My SO and I have sliced leftover iddlis in half and filled them with red roasted pork and Chinese cucumber pickles, used snow peas and daikon radish in avial. Also pretty good. One year, we made Thanksgiving turkey stuffing out of leftover vada.
re: cimui
Wow...never thought of using vada for stuffing...having said that I like my turkey a particular way.
Mentioned this in another thread too...but one of the best dishes I've had has been in a small hidden place in brick lane that had taken the plain dhosa to new levels. Cooking it in a square pan and filling it with all manner of items and accompanying saces.....spicy thai chicken served up with a peanut sauce....yum. My brother recenlt had a mediterranean medley...grilled vegetables served up with a side of olive tapenade. All parceled up in a crispy paper thin dhosa
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Dosas are incredibly versatile, no? And the grilled veggies, in particular, are such a great combination. I've been using dosas as a sandwich wrap of sorts in place of bread, since developing my wheat intolerance, and actually think I like it a lot better than other flatbreads / crepes / pancakes. They're a great combination of soft and crispy, they're high protein, they're really easy to make, esp. if you leave a batch of batter in the fridge to use from day to day. (The big downside is that in cooked form, they don't travel / hold well and really have to be eaten immediately.)
I have a batch of urad dal soaking in water, now, and lots of summer squash on the counter. I think tonight's going to be a vada with grilled veggies night!
re: cimui
I think thats one of the best things about things like dhosa and idli...they are perfect for the wheat intolerant.....I wonder if it would be possible to try and make a char siu equivalent using idli....next experiment when I get some good pork.
Another thing I love playing around with is kachori fillings....we don't make round kachori, instead ours are wrapped in an almost puff pastry type cover and then ridged to form mini-empanada's (sort of)....fillings we have used include everything from matar paneer to chicken and sweetcorn, and they make the perfect hors d'oerves or drinking snack
re: cimui
Wow, vada for stuffing! I think my dad would really go for that in some game hens next time I'm home! How did you season it?
South American hot dogs and those fusion Korean wraps at New York Hot Dog Company had me thinking last night, so I made a morcilla and kimchi lettuce wrap with Sriracha mayo: Tears. Of. Joy. I might go in an even more Colombian direction and top with some crushed potato chips next time. If only they made kimchi-flavored Pringles.
re: JungMann
"kinchi-flavored Pringles" I like it! Makes me wonder what the High Court in Britain would say about that inasmuch as it has ruled that Pringles are in fact potato chips. (The reasoning behind this is not hard to fathom--it meant that Procter & Gamble owes the British Government several scores of millions of pounds. Finance = logic)
re: JungMann
Nice! Morcilla seems oddly appropriate for a lettuce wrap because a lot of varieties include some rice in the sausage, too. Last summer, rice/kimchi lettuce wraps were one of my go-to lazy summer meals (until I started worrying that I'd drop dead from all the salt).
Vada stuffing / dressing tastes great, but the texture won't be as fluffy and light as some bread-based dressings. It comes out a bit dense, like a rice stuffing. I really just winged this prep for another family member who developed a wheat allergy years before I did, and replaced bread croutons with chopped up bits of vada. I kept all the seasonings old school (parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, celery, onion) to avoid freaking out the traditionalists any more than I had to.
However... if I were to make this for myself, alone, I'd want to experiment with adding toasted black mustard seeds and toasted cumin seeds, roughly ground, cashews, green chilis, maybe a dash of ginger powder and cilantro leaves just prior to serving. I'll have to play around with this again this year -- for me this time.
re: JungMann
=D Your dad is *hilarious*. You've really gotta give him points for trying, though. That's far more adventurous than my dad ever got in the kitchen.
Isn't bhalle the north Indian and Pakistani version of vada? Just call it bhalle. :)
re: ipsedixit
Shockingly delicious. I never thought I'd enjoy Spam, but having it in Spam musubi won me over. I'm on the dark side, now and there's no turning back.
I do know that some people have a tendency to dismiss fusion cuisine. But everything is evolving and is a fusion of some sort. I remember many years ago posting something about bulgogi tacos (I don't think it was on this board). People scoffed at me saying that these two things shouldn't be put together and how I'm disrespecting foods of both cuisines by my fusion, blah, blah, blah. Well, it seems that the Kogi bulgogi taco truck in LA is pretty popular now.
I do love my Indian-Chinese, especially Manchurian goat. I think most of my fusion dishes at home come from cleaning out my fridge. I'm planning on making an Italian version of a Korean dish tomorrow night -- hwe dup bap. Raw salmon, black rice (because that's what I have at home), baby arugula, lemon, olive oil, sesame seeds, salt, avocado, basil. And while I've not put jerk chicken and mango inside my maki rolls, I have put jerk chicken on top of kim-bap (Korean version of maki roll). Delicious!
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With the benefit of hindsight, bulgogi tacos seems so obvious and perfect, as do kimchee hotdogs. (But hotdog tacos... that would take me a few years to wrap my mind around. :)
Your hwe dup bap sounds delicious! I could see that appearing on the menu at one of the Momofukus.
re: Miss Needle
It strikes me that you have stated the perfect case...I have always believe that ALL cooking is "fusion" and that there are Landmarks of a "cuisine" that should be maintained but that there is evolution. Some "fusion" that we have now is, to my way of thinking, ridiculous...being able to prepare "fresh" (flown in hours ago) ingredients from India to a Paris restaurant and pretend that a new item has been created. Perhaps...but it is ridiculous. Food travels with travellers...airplanes take the place of ships hauling spices. But is it, somehow, forced. I can eat spring vegetables in North America when it is spring in S. America...I appreciate the opportunity, but it does not warm me. "Fusion" has become forced and that is not, to me , natural. In years to come, when spaceships run mail from here to Saturn, my view will be seen to be provincial.
re: crabby_cakes
>>Chinese food is Jewish food at Christmas time.
And all year round for the thousands of Jewish Americans and Israelis who now live in Shanghai. I didn't see much evidence of it, but I do wonder when/if a fusion cuisine is going to develop, there. Most of my Jewish friends just seem to eat at halal Muslim Chinese restaurants/stands since it's easier to avoid pork, there.
re: linguafood
Really interesting combo. It sounds like they more focus on the Sicilian side of things, though. Does the Vietnamese influence come into play more in the techniques?
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Darn it. Now I really want to try it and as far as I know, I won't be going to Berlin again for a very long time. Too bad! If you happen to eat there again, would you post a review? The next best thing is to live vicariously.
re: cimui
Ha. I'll try. With 'only' 5 weeks left in Berlin, a lot of restos beckon our name '-D
But if I go, I'll write about it. Most likely here, tho http://bitchinberlin.wordpress.com/
re: HDinCentralME
I love this combination, too, and it's surprisingly not too uncommon. What a catchy name for the cuisine: Marindian! :)
Korean Chinese, Chinese or Japanese Peruvian, aren't really fusion, but brought about as a result of immigrants. In that same vein you can say Tex Mex or Cali Mex is "fusion".
And with that said, Hawaii and Singapore, two excellent examples of melting pots, you can find unique combinations street food to upscale as well.
re: K K
Yeah, "fusion" is definitely a problematic term. I don't have a clear idea of what it means, either. I kind of like Hazelhurst's approach of calling all food fusion... but then we wouldn't have anything to talk about, here. So for the sake of argument, I'm just going to pretend like I don't agree with her/him. :)
Is your approach to say that fusion is only fusion when there's a conglomeration of many different cuisines, not just two? I agree that Hawaii and Singapore both have very distinctive cuisines born of a long history of cultural intermixing. But weren't the various cuisines also just "brought about as the result of immigrants"? (Immigrants in both places just happened to come from many, many different parts of the world.)


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Right behind the famous Fountains of Bellagio, this luxury Las Vegas Strip hotel and casino offers an upscale day spa, multiple dining options and elegant rooms with marble private bathrooms.
Score from 4754 reviews Excellent
Situated right on the Las Vegas Strip, this resort features an 11-acre beach, Shark Reef Aquarium and a casino. This hotel also includes rooms with a 42-inch flat-screen TV.
Score from 1747 reviews Very good
The Venetian Resort-Hotel-CasinoThis 5-star Italian-themed Las Vegas Strip resort features spacious guest rooms, 19 international restaurants, a state-of-the-art casino and 5-acre pool deck.
Score from 3198 reviews Excellent
The hotel does not have a casino and is for Vegas pretty small. We prefer this over the large impersonal locations (e.g. Bellaggio). The location is excellent, rooms are good and staff is friendly/helpful.
The room was wonderful, the decor throughout the hotel was amazing, the location was great.
Housekeeping totally didn't clean our room one day during the stay, and there was very little done about apologising. Also I forgot to pack my pink silk pillowcase on leaving the room, I always travel with it, and I was told they "hadn't found it"... For a 5star hotel, I would expect more care with guest belongings.
The ambience of the hotel was very nice and the location was very good, close enough to the casino's but not having it's own mad for a peaceful environment when required
Floor 16 that we stayed on had bad drain smells
The location was amazing, right in the middle of the strip. We were able to walk to both ends of the strip to see the main casinos. Wifi was included and available in our room. The giant bath was amazing and they provided bath salts. Even though we didn't have a 'strip view room' we still had a great view of the southern end of the strip. I assume the rooms with the premium view look towards the north end of the strip. This is a hotel only, not a casino. Which means it is much more quiet, settled, smoke-free, and the staff are not working on an agenda to get you to gamble and waste your money.
The doors to the toilet and shower and the walls of the ensuite are semi-seethrough. They have some panels that you can slide across to make the ensuite slightly more private, but still... might make some people feel a bit uncomfortable. Lights, curtains, etc in the room were all controlled by panels of buttons on the walls or through the TV. This was slightly confusing at times for a couple of mid-20s, technologically-capable people, but could understandably be very very confusing for some guests. There were some clunking noises occasionally (presumably from the elevators) and the door to the corridor was not very soundproof (we could hear conversations word-for-word from people passing by in the hallway). Some extra soundproofing would have been appreciated and would have fit more with the general quality of the accommodation.
I love that there is no casino within the hotel. Feels like a getaway from the unending casinos elsewhere. The staff were amazing and very helpful.
No gambling here. Just comfort and highly attentive flawless service. Great fitness center. Perfect location. Free wifi.
location, value, service, views
elevator design is cool but can be confusing.
Location and rooms
taking 2 lefts to get to your room is not comfortable
Very good, professional staff, lovely quiet location but only steps away from the Las Vegas Strip. Great food in Twist, terrific cocktails, good wine list. Very comfortable rooms.
The hotel closed the bar on several nights as they had rented it out to convention goers, this is a very poor show because some of these people were not even staying in the hotel and paying guests could not access the only bar in the hotel......very poor indeed!!
Not attached to a casino No smoking Top class Great location
The toast.
The best meal by far was in the Manadrin Oriental
Don't stay here!!! I had to cut a holiday of a life time short due to this hotel. I've lost about £3000. But my bank in the end protected me, & prevented any further loss!!!!! The saga will go on for some time thanks to someone at this hotel.
Serene and elegant facilities and rooms. Large and comfortable bedroom, high tech. Excellent spa. Unattached to any casino. Staff very attentive and pampering without smothering you.
Pricey but worth it. I can't think of any negatives associated with the property.
No casino on premises.
Sewage smell in lower lobby all the way through elevator to 18th floor. Twist French restaurant was overpriced and disappointing.
Location, staff, food, pool area, gym, bar and view were amazing
Double lifts - having to change when you wanted to go downstairs No connection to other hotels
The location and calamity
Gorgeous decor. Quiet ambience--no casino. The spa and pools are elegant. Great free yoga classes. The staff are superb--always helpful and solicitous. The staff in the spa went out of their way to help my husband and me when there was a confusion about what hours the pool is open.
The bar has a great view but the service wasn't terrific and the prices are high.
Comfortable room; lots of beds by the pool; calm, friendly service everywhere; v good fusion Asian restaurant; car parking service (and when they heard we we setting out for Yosemite, they gave us a map + bottles of water to get through Death Valley!)
From our room on 11th floor, overlooking the strip, we could hear the incessant beat of music below us. Not oerbearing but ever-present.
Location. Good staff. Everything
amazing views luxury bathroom comfy bed friendly helpful staff
Cleanliness and comfort of the room Calm even though with a view on the Strip Impeccable staff service
Quality and price of food served in the room : salty, below average food and pricier than the Bachanal buffet at Caesar palace
Everything ! the poeple, the room, the food, even the fitness center that was as close as a real one as you can be. On top of that, I dropped books while loading my car and the staff went out of their way to ship them back to me.. mandarin Oriental is going to be my preferred choice each time I travel
Calm No casino Coktails The frozen fruit offered when you rest at the swimming pool
Because it was a non gaming hotel works for us conveniently. The staff were amazing and very helpful with our show bookings. The place was quite and far from traffic noise. Very elegant hotel and feels very special. Will go back there again.
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Any type of vaginal bleeding, other than that of spotting, during the early weeks of pregnancy is considered to be threatened miscarriage. It is important to note here that miscarriage is also referred as spontaneous abortion, and causes loss of fetus during early or late weeks of pregnancy. However, that does not mean that threatened miscarriage will necessarily lead to loss of fetus; in certain instances, it only progresses towards loss of pregnancy. Vaginal bleeding is a most common symptom during early pregnancy. In fact, one out of four pregnant women often experiences some sort of bleeding during the early weeks. This does not necessarily means that she is progressing towards miscarriage. Very often, vaginal bleeding settles down, and women experience normal pregnancy. As a matter of fact, one of the most important threatened miscarriage symptoms is vaginal bleeding.
The most common threatened are outlined as below:
1. As mentioned earlier, vaginal bleeding is the most common and important symptom of threatened miscarriage. However, unlike miscarriages, bleeding in this situation is generally mild in the form of slight spotting, or in certain cases, it may be heavier as well. On consulting the doctor, it is being determined how heavily you are bleeding on the basis of how many sanitary napkins are being soaked in an hour. The gynecologist will also inquire about any tissue or blood clot passing through the vagina at the time of urination.
2. Cramping and pain in the lower abdomen area is another common symptom of threatened miscarriage. One may experience the abdominal pain on one side, in the middle, or in both the sides. While it is generally mild, in certain cases, the pain can become acute and extend to the buttocks, lower back, and genitals as well.
Vaginal bleeding in threatened miscarriage gradually settles within few days. However, this time may vary from woman to woman, depending on health conditions. Generally, it takes few days to settle down completely, but in certain instances, it may also take two weeks or more to settle. Threatened miscarriage is only a symptom of miscarriage, and may not necessarily lead to loss of pregnancy. However, in certain cases, the situations may progress further and lead to miscarriage if sufficient prevention measures are not taken on priority.
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I have heard that you're not meant to heat mayonaise or salad cream, becasue of the raw egg, or drink coke becasue it can cause still birth. Is this true, and are there any other things you shouldn't have?
I'm vegetarian so I don't eat meat or fish anyway, as I've noticed several people have mentioned that you're not meant to eat oily fish becasue of mercury?
i thought it helps to stop your period if it has been on longer than usual. Can i still become pregnant by using this? plz someone answer me rigth away
I was on the pill but I stopped 2 months ago and was still sexually active. my periods are very irregular off the pill and i started again 2 weeks ago and already got my period twice on the pill. i called the after-hours doctor on call and she said it's a high possibility of a miscarriage. should i go get it checked or move on like nothing happened?
Hello there, I have been diagnosed with Poly cystic Ovary Syndrome for 5 years now and it has been almost 2 years since I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. My sister also has PCOS minus the thyroid problem. Today she was diagnosed with corpus luteum failure which basically translates in that the body does not have enough progesterone, which is so important in conception and pregnancy and whose lack can lead into a miscarriage (as the lining of the uterus is not strong enough to accommodate an embryo). I was wondering if I could have the same thing. I only want to know if there are any women in the same situation, and if there are to share their story. I am a bit panicky now because I have Hashimoto's and PCOS so having a short luteal phase would take me even longer to conceive. The irony is that I am currently looking into another method of contraception as we are not ready for a child yet and I worry if that will fire back at me one day and teach me a lesson for postponing trying to conceive.
I would greatly appreciate any input, I do not expect a 100 % positive answer and I KNOW I will have to visit a gynecologist and I will. I just want to feel a bit better, that there is still some hope to conceive without running a marathon, if you know what I mean.
This is my first time having sex in a year. Technology its my second time ever having sex. My boyfriend and I used a condom but I'm not on birth control. I started bleeding after we were done and my breast feel very tender and kind of sore. My stomach feels bloated a little and kind of tight. I don't know what that means and I don't know what to to really think. Its kind of scaring me, I wanted to think it was my period because I started around this time last month. Any ideas, advice, comments, something. Please let me know. I'm lost.
well my friend just announced she is prego and wanted me to help her get through the 9 months..so i just need to know besides organic foods and the basic food groups, what are some healthy things to be eating?? thanks..
i have a friend who had sex and now she is nervous that she might be pregnant. what are some signs to let us know? do you spot when pregnant?
I came across the symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes, and I possess the majority of them. Diabetes also runs in the family. My friends are threatening to tell my mom what I found out if I don't. Truth is, I'm afraid to. I fail to see what the big deal is. How serious is this?
I'm 15 years old. I've been very tired & lacking energy lately. I'm constantly drinking water a lot more than usual, and (I accounted it for that reason) I've been using the bathroom a lot more, now. For example, today in PE I had to go pee twice in a matter or thirty minutes. Then I went a couple of hours later. When usually I don't even use the bathroom at school. I also began wearing glasses in August of this year, because I was becoming slightly nearsighted. Even with my glasses, lately, everything is getting blurier than usual, and my sight's been bothering me quite often. I lost 15 pounds in 3 weeks and I'm not sure why. Should I go get this checked? And if so, please try to convince me why. My friends and I are not happy with each other because I'm making light of this.
EDIT: Also, is this the same thing as irritability? Any and everything seems to aggravate/depress/annoy me lately.
i'm confused.
Ever since I was about 14 years old (I'm 23 now), my menstrual cycles have never been normal. My old doctor put me on birth control pills to regulate it because I was not getting my period for 6 months at a time. It didn't really work. They also told me I may not be able to have children when I get older. In the last 5 years or so I have been having periods that last anywhere from 2-6 weeks. I get a 1-2 week break in between and it's back again. Right now it's the heaviest I've had in years (I've had heavier, but not since I was about 17). In the last 24 hours, I've had to change my pads every 1-2 hours. It almost feels as if I'm hemorrhaging. Earlier this morning I was extremely dizzy, but I couldn't even call an ambulance because I am babysitting my niece over night. I feel fine now, other than the insane cramps and just being exhausted. Also, I was one of the lucky few that hardly ever had cramps, but the last 2 cycles have been horrible. Right now I am seeing stars. I'm the type of person that refuses to go to doctors no matter what. Simply because I'd rather not know if there's something seriously wrong with me because I'll just worry more. It's silly, but I'm just paranoid. I really need to get myself to a doctor soon, but I'm still trying to convince myself to go. In the mean time, has anyone had experience with this? Or knows what could cause this? I've been looking up my symptoms all night and came across something about Menorrhagia. It sounds like it could be what I have. Does anyone know if this is life threatening? Any help will be greatly appreciated. This is hell to live with!
Thank you so much, all of you. I plan on making a doctors appointment soon, but I'm just having a rough time with that as I have severe Social Anxiety Disorder.
I was told my mother was anaemic. She passed away from a brain aneurysm when I was 2 months old. I'm researching anaemia right now to find out if it could be passed down.
Good luck to you, too, Meli.
I've never heard of endometriosis until now. So, I'll be looking into that as well.


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Bob Pisano Urges Open Market for Foreign Movies and Calls for Closer Government and Industry Cooperation to Address Piracy
- 26Oct 2009
Hong Kong / Beijing: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) President and Chief Operating Officer Bob Pisano made a call for a pro-legitimate stance by the Chinese authorities at the Second China International Copyright Expo. He made his remarks on the weekend while witnessing the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to increase cooperation between the China Film Copyright Association (CFCA) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA).
Pisano also highlighted the importance of greater market access and industry cooperation in the fight against rampant movie piracy in China. "The MPA congratulates the Chinese government in its efforts in fighting piracy and raising awareness among the public. However piracy is still severely hindering the entertainment industry's development in China – especially the home video business which is being devastated by a lack of legitimate retail outlets, inadequately slow censorship and rampant piracy," said Pisano. "We urge the government to adopt and promote a pro-legitimate policy that will enable the industry to effectively compete with pirated products which are widely available in the country."
Foreign entertainment products are under strict government import control when entering China and outdated regulations and administrative barriers restrict foreign companies from investing in the wholesale and retail audio-video business sector. The situation has been further worsened in recent years by widespread Internet piracy where copyright infringers use legal loopholes to escape punishment. In its effort to fight piracy and help develop legitimate online businesses, the MPA has actively engaged the Chinese government and industry in its effort to seek sustainable business models that would adopt effective copyright protection technologies and mechanisms.
Mike Ellis, President and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific for the MPA, who signed the MOU on behalf of the MPA together with Zhu Yongde, Chairman of the CFCA, said: "We have developed a strong cooperative relationship with CFCA and with the CFCA's newly expanded mandate for industry development we are looking forward to increased cooperation in areas of mutual interest. Fighting piracy and creating a more favorable, prolegitimate market environment is in the interests of all our members and good for China's economy."
During the MOU signing ceremony - also attended by Vice Minister Yan Xiaohong, Vice Minister of National Copyright Administration of China - Pisano helped kick off an anti-camcording poster campaign featuring many of the country's top movie stars and entertainers. Preventing the theft of movies from cinema screens is essential as more than 90% of newly released movies that end up appearing illegally on the streets and on Internet sites originate from illegal copies made in cinemas. Close cooperation between movie makers, distributors and the authorities will help prevent illegal camcording.Download File (PDF)
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About the MPA: Promoting & Protecting Screen Communities in Asia Pacific
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Motion Picture Association International (MPA-I) represent the interests of the six international producers and distributors of filmed entertainment. To do so, they promote and protect the intellectual property rights of these companies and conduct public awareness programs to highlight to movie fans around the world the importance of content protection. These activities have helped to transform entire markets benefiting film and television industries in each country including foreign and local filmmakers alike.
The organizations act on behalf of the members of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc (MPAA) which include; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Universal City Studios LLC; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. The MPA and the MPA-I have worldwide operations which are directed from their head offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. and overseen in the Asia Pacific by a team based in Singapore. For more information about the MPA, please visit www.mpa-i.org.


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5 Reasons Mike Trout Will Have a Better MLB Career Than Bryce Harper
5 Reasons Trout Will Have a Better Career Than Harper
Everyone loves to make comparisons in sports. We all hear about who the next Michael Jordan will be, or who will take up the mantle of Dan Marino in Miami. Particularly in baseball, fans and writers like to compare sluggers and ace pitchers during the course of a season.
So when you have two reigning rookie of the year winners as immensely talented and with so much potential as Mike Trout and Bryce Harper, everyone wants to know who's the best.
Right now looking at them both you'd pretty much have to call it a dead heat, but looking into the crystal ball of the future, which one of them would appear to be headed towards the greatest MLB career?
Something like this is never easy to examine, as many things can happen over the course of a career to alter where a player is headed or where they end up. Changing teammates, managers, coaches and other things that are out of control of a player certainly can make this argument even more difficult as time goes on.
In examining all the major categories that a baseball player is graded on--hitting, speed, defense and arm--my thought is that Trout will be headed on to a little better career than Harper.
Despite being close in many of these categories, I give the edge to Trout in the majority, and then in the last slide there is one more factor that I believe puts Trout over the top in this competition.
Here is the "Tale of the Tape", if you will, that tells me why Trout will end up with the better of the two careers.
Hitting (Power & Average)
Tale of the Tape:
Trout 2012 (139 Games): .326 BA, 30 HR, 83 RBI, .564 SLG, .963 OPS
Harper 2012 (139 Games): .270 BA, 22 HR, 59 RBI, .477 SLG, .817 OPS
In pretty much every category, Trout edges out Harper in the hard numbers. But it's more than that at the plate. When you watch these two guys hit, Trout just looks more natural and comfortable. Harper has a knack for the dramatic home run, but Trout remains steady and even keeled. I'd just feel more comfortable depending on Trout at the plate. Both struck out over 100 times (Harper 120, Trout 139), but that isn't odd with young hitters who are learning big league pitching.
Advantage: Trout
Tale of the Tape:
Trout 2012 (139 Games): .988 Fld%, 4 Errors,
Harper 2012 (139 Games): .979 Fld%, 7 Errors
This is one of the closest categories for these two outstanding outfielders. Harper can play defense, but Trout can flat out play serious defense. He became synonymous with making the unbelievable catches in the outfield. I'd be comfortable with either of these guys manning any part of the outfield, but I'd give a slight edge to Trout just because of his range.
Advantage: Trout
Tale of the Tape:
Trout 2012 (139 Games): 49 Stolen Bases, 5 Caught Stealing
Harper 2012 (139 Games): 18 Stolen Bases, 6 Caught Stealing
You've heard of pitchers who are "sneaky fast" with their heater? Well, Mike Trout is sneaky fast on the bases. He's just got that ability to read pitchers and get that jump. He's got a great crossover step, and accelerates in no time. For a guy who's 6'2 and 230 lbs, Trout can flat out move on the bases.
Advantage: Trout
Throwing Arm
Tale of the Tape:
Trout 2012 (139 Games): 347 Def. Chances, 4 Assists, 1 DP
Harper 2012 (139 Games): 326 Def. Chances, 8 Assists, 3 DP
Here's one area I'd give the definite edge to Harper. The kid has a cannon, and he's not afraid at all to let loose and attempt to throw runners out anywhere on the base paths. Trout has a good arm--to be sure--but Harper's is something special. Any baserunner who thinks he's getting an extra bag when the ball is hit to Harper is sorely mistaken.
Advantage: Harper
There is no tale of the tape on this one. Intangibles are just that--things you cannot visibly see--and Trout has that down pat.
Let's face it, Harper was groomed for this. He's been told how great he is for most of his life, and he was anointed as the chosen one for the Washington Nationals right from the jump. He's got that gritty attitude that can rub people the wrong way, and frankly he doesn't care.
Where Harper is all Hollywood, Trout is all business. This guy couldn't get rattled in a cage full of Diamondbacks (the actual reptiles, not those guys who play in Arizona). Whether it comes to fan appreciation, community involvement or being the ultimate team player, Mike Trout knows the drill and lives it.
Advantage: Trout
Overall Winner: Mike Trout
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Lorenzo: No extra pressure from Rossi
3 January 2013 – Double MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo has insisted that he feels no extra pressure over Valentino Rossi's decision to return to Yamaha in 2013. The Spaniard, who will be reunited with the 33-year-old after a turbulent phase as team-mates between 2008 and 2010, says he 'will not do anything differently' this season.
"I do not change my training according to opponents," Lorenzo told Gazzetta Dello Sport. "I have great respect for all of my rivals, especially for those who have been World Champions. Then we have Valentino who has claimed many titles and won more than 100 races, but I will not do anything differently."
Lorenzo went on to explain that he has always felt pressure to perform, starting with his 125cc debut at just 15 years of age. Since then, the Palma-born rider has notched up four World Championship titles.
"He is charismatic, funny and has many fans, but this does not give me pressure," Lorenzo added of Rossi. "I had it in 2002 when I started the World Championship aged 15. I had to show results in order to remain in this world. Now with four titles won (two in 250cc and two in MotoGP), whatever I do in the future will be a bonus."
During their most recent campaign as team-mates in 2010, Lorenzo claimed his maiden title with nine victories, while Rossi finished third after breaking his leg.


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Magarpatta located in Central Pune is one of the emerging localities of the city seeing immense real estate demand and supply. The area is witnessing a steady increase in the number of transactions and value appreciation for quite some time now. According to Sanjay Das from SK Associates, "Magarpatta is seeing enhanced demand owing to availability of luxury apartments at reasonable prices." The capital values of apartments noted a consistent rise of 10-12 per cent in past two quarters and is still appreciating, he added.
Magarpatta is strategically located on National Highway 9 and is well connected with the city centre and other neighbourhood cities. Apart from accessibility, the area has well developed physical and social infrastructure which further scales up its potential as a favourite living destination. Availability of good roads, public transport such as metro station & local buses, school, shopping mall and hospitals are the other attributes attracting buyers and end users.
According to Rajeev Khanna from Universal Realtors, "Magarpatta already houses few multinational companies, IT Parks, Cybercity, Tele-communication, BPO, and other service sector." The expansion of commercial sector is the key economic driver for the residential segment. The upcoming commercial projects in the area are Grade A office complexes, fully furnished on large floor plates attracting both domestic and international players, he added.
Livogue-Lifestyle in Vogue, Trillium, Marvel Bounty, Sylvania, Laburnum Park and Ritz are few of the upcoming premium projects in the area. These projects are designed with contemporary lifestyle features and specifications. These projects offer 3-5 BHK luxury apartments available in the price range of Rs 5,000-9,000 per sq ft. The new segment is more preferred by end-users and investors and reportedly most of the upcoming projects are sold out, says Das.
Proximity to the airport, railway station and connectivity to Kharadi and Hadapsar makes Magrapatta an ideal destination for IT/ITeS companies. The Pune-Mumbai Expressway has been another major contributing factor. A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is also in the pipeline which will come up in a 400 acre integrated township. This will further generate job opportunities and henceforth more demand for residential spaces.
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Located 10 miles south of Aberdeen, Hollyburn Lodge offers very comfortable self catering accommodation giving you the ideal place to stay when visiting Aberdeen City and Shire.
The accommodation comprises of one twin and one double bedroom downstairs and two bathrooms. Upstairs there is a large lounge with comfortable leather sofas, TV etc. and a large sofabed. Next to that there is a well equipped kitchen and dining area. There is a utility room downstairs.
The lodge is set in private wooded grounds and overlooks a small lochan amongst extensive gardens rich with wildlife.
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The search for a paraplegic man abducted from his Weston home early Saturday morning ended Tuesday when his body was found in a ditch in Miramar, police said.
Christopher Bailey, 31, was dragged from his home at the gated Emerald Estates subdivision by three masked men. The men ransacked the house and tied up three other adults before abducting Bailey, police said. They fled, leaving Bailey's wheelchair behind.


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While the PJM Interconnection has made no major changes to its prototype capacity market since it proposed the idea a year ago in August, and though it has won a tacit OK from federal regulators...
Buyer's Remorse
The PJM complaint and the rising cost of electric reliability.
additions appear to justify raising the offer cap, and also a derating of capacity output, that would affect the must-offer quantity.
As Lesser notes, installations of FGD equipment (flue-gas desulphurization) using LSFO technology (limestone forced oxidization) "typically have parasitic loads of around 2 percent of nameplate capacity."
He continues: "If the costs of pollution control equipment are necessary to keep an existing plant in operation and the alternative is to retire … then the costs are avoidable… [T]his is consistent with the Commission's order concerning capacity market mitigation measures for New York City." (See, Protest of Constellation, Affidavit of Jonathan Lesser, ¶¶ 13-24, FERC Docket EL08-67, filed July 11, 2008.)
The One-in-Ten Test
When PJM designed its capacity market, it discovered that its traditional installed reserve margin (IRM) of 15 percent (IRM would produce an LOLE (loss of load expectation) of only one outage every nine years. To achieve one-in-ten LOLE, it found it needed to boost IRM to 15.5 percent. Adding in a 1-percent buffer to hedge against the risk that resources might not show up at the tail end of a three-year forward period led PJM eventually to modify its RPM parameters and the shape and plot of the VRR demand curve so that the desired equilibrium point would coincide with an IRM of 16.5 percent.
Moreover, PJM thought it needed to achieve a much stricter standard of one outage per 25 years in each individual LDA pricing zone (such as SWMAAC), in order to keep the outage odds at one-in-ten or lower throughout the entire RTO, as it contains many separate zones. PJM enforced this new standard by adjustments to the zone-specific CETO (capacity energy transfer objective), the amount of transmission capacity needed into each LDA zone to assure compliance with this new one-in-25 test.
To understand why PJM defends a one-in-25 test for separate subzones, consider probability theory. A coin flip carries a 50 percent or one-in-two chance of coming up heads or avoiding tails. Yet if one must try three flips in a row to assure avoiding tails in any single flip, one must multiply the odds, so the chances of avoiding a tail across three successive flips are only one-in-eight, or one-half cubed.
Citing these factors, the buyers complaint points to these oddities and alleges that PJM's RPM capacity market is actually too reliable—that RPM in effect has led to a certain upward creep in reliability standards, and has raised costs for consumers in a similar fashion. And here the buyers might at last be onto something concrete.
Several months ago, responding to earlier complaints about rising prices, FERC had directed PJM to conduct an internal review of its RPM capacity market. (See, Docket ER05-1410, order issued Apr. 17, 2008, 123 FERC ¶61,037.) Thereafter, on June 30, PJM filed with FERC in the same docket a report conducted by the Brattle Group, which largely endorses RPM as effective, but which in fact also recommends some spots for possible improvement.
Overall, the Battle Report finds that prices in the four transition auctions "have largely followed the pattern


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The 1st Winter Sea Deluxe is set to take place from 2nd to 6th January, 2013, in Gabicce Mare, Italy, next to the Adriatic Sea. The tournament is organized by the Fano Chess Club and Dario Pedini. The club celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2013.
This year the Fano Chess Club 1988 already organized the 2nd Italian Rapid Championship with 450 players and the 1st Fano on the Sea & Carnival International Open with 144 players.
The playing venue is the terrific old-fashioned Hotel Michelacci ****Superior, with spa and excellent food, everything at 52 EUR full board in the double room. The nearest airports to arrive in Gabicce are Rimini, Bologna and Ancona.
The players will be divided in four groups: Open A for those rated above 1900, Open B for the U2000 participants, Open C for U1600 and Juniors U16 for players born after 1.1.1996.
Open A will be held over 9 rounds of Swiss system; Time control: 90′x40 + 30′ + 30″ from beginning.
Top rated are: GM Robert Ruck (Hungary), GM Vladimir Petkov (Bulgaria), GM Sinisa Drazic (Serbia), IM Torstein Bae (Norway), IM Guido Caprio (Italy), GM Goran Kosanovic (Serbia), WIM Bjerke Silje (Norway)
Open B, C and U16 will be held over 7 rounds; Time control: 90′x40 + 15′ + 30″ from beginning.
Top prize in the Open A is 500 EUR. The total prize fund is 3.500 EUR.
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Sunday, November 18, 2012
1st Winter Sea Deluxe Open in Gabicce Mare
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Hi, it's Esther from whollyKao, back for the next installment of Crafting Like a Pro. Today I'm going to give you tips on how to cut fabric like a pro. The actual cutting part takes no time. It's all the prep work that is time consuming. But I've found that the hard work up front make a more polished piece in the end.
Tip #1 – Prep the fabric
Always make sure you wash and dry your fabric before using it. It's also a good idea to iron your fabric – it'll make for a more accurate cut.
Tip #2 – Study the grain
Study your fabric! Which way does the grain go? (Grain refers to the direction of the threads). Most patterns will ask you to cut your fabric along the lengthwise grain. This will matter most for when you work with stretchy fabrics. If you cut along the lengthwise grain, the fabric will stretch properly.
A lot of times, you'll need to get your fabric back on grain before you can start laying out your pattern. To do this, cut a small slit at one edge of your fabric.
Firmly press down on the fabric with one hand, then take the torn edge with the other and quickly rip the fabric (I like to tear upwards).
What you're left with is a straight edge of fabric that is on grain.
Tip #3 – Study your fabric's pattern
Study your fabric before you start pinning. Lay your fabric out, and make sure the pattern on your pieces all face the same direction. Keep your final project in mind while you do this! It'd be sad to finish your piece, only to realize you sewed your pattern upside down.
For large patterns, try to align your pieces so that the pattern on the finished piece is seamless. Your pattern notches will help you achieve this, but if you are freehanding a project, you'll want to test this out before pinning.
Tip #4 – Pinning
Always pin on top of a flat and hard surface. I'd also suggest using a cutting mat, so that your pins don't scratch your work surface. Keep the fabric flat while pinning your piece, to keep the fabric true to the pattern. And make sure your pins all face the same direction – that way, they'll be a lot easier to remove when you start sewing.
Tip #5 – Cutting
Always cut on a hard surface (I'd suggest using a cutting mat on a table). Make sure to keep your fabric and pattern flat on the table while you cut. If you're a righty, hold the fabric down with your left hand and use your right hand to cut (lefties, do the opposite!). If you're using a rotary cutter, do the same.
Cut slowly, and use the full length of the shears with each cut. And try to keep your scissors perpendicular to the fabric as you cut.
Above all, relax! You don't want to give yourself a hand cramp from cutting fabric! :)
And there you have it – how to cut fabric like a pro! I hope this has been helpful! If you have tips of your own, we'd love for you to share them with the Whimseybox community!


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Having the Garmin Forerunner 620 HRM Bundle is almost like having your own personal coach. It's an advanced running watch with recovery advisor. It has features like touchscreen GPS and high-resolution display that tracks distance, pace and heart rate. Plus it has a recovery advisor, race predictor and V02 max estimator, so you'll train a lot smarter. The Forerunner 620 crunches numbers and monitors data like running speed, beats per minute and variable heart rate to estimate V02 max. It has a color gauge that shows your V02 max compared to runners your gender and age range. And based on your V02 max estimate, it can predict your race times for several distances. Helping you target a specific time for your next race. With a heart rate monitor, the recovery advisor knows your physiology and will factor-in data from your last workout to let you know when you're fully recovered and ready for the next hard training session. The recovery check is a real-time indication of your state of recovery after a run, and lets you know how long before you should attempt another hard workout. If the color code on the gauge shows "Green" you're good to go! But if you see "Red" and a recovery time of more than 3-days, take a break or do a very light workout. The 620 monitors multiple metrics and provides feedback on your running form. It reports your cadence, vertical oscillation and ground contact time. Helping you improve your overall running dynamics. Plus the Forerunner 620 wirelessly sends data to "Garmin Connect" via the "Garmin Connect Mobile" app on your smartphone. And you can setup one or more Wi-Fi hot-spots, so when you're within range, the 620 will automatically sync with "Garmin Connect." Share what's important - pair the Forerunner 620 with your smartphone and the live tracking feature lets friends and family see your real-time stats, and it allows you to post victories on social media, too. So advance your running to the next level with the Garmin Forerunner 620 HRM Bundle...the future of running has arrived!
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- Race predictor
- Running dynamics (cadence, ground contact time, vertical oscillation)
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I would recommend this item to a friend.
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When I first purchased the 620, I was disappointed. As I've had a chance to spend some time with it, I've grown to like it. The initial challenge for the 620 was that it was buggy. Transfers to iPhone were not reliable, and the auto transfer to our home network worked very infrequently. The menu structure is also very different (and not always intuitive) than the 305/310/910 products, so if you have one of those watches this will work quite differently. That being said, Garmin has improved the reliability over time, and not workout transfers generally work without a problem. Once you become acquainted with the touch screen and different menu structure, it works fine. It's a very light weight watch, and with the GPS off it works fine as an every day type of watch as well. Although it's made for running, I have also used it for swimming (it's waterproof) and it works fine (of course the distance isn't accurate from the accelerometer), but it's fine to capture total time swimming. Paired to a Mio Link (placed next to it) I've even captured HR in the pool as well. They have recently added some biking options as well, but would not consider it a real biking watch (no power meter input and small screen size). I like the recovery advisor and the VO2 max tracking worked well for me personally. The running dynamics is an interesting concept, although I have found limited practical use for it at this point while I'm running. I like the built in accelerometer, as it works fairly well for treadmill running (some accuracy limitations on high speed intervals). I've used the live tracking feature for both some of my races and my daughter's races, and it works great for family to know where you are on the course. The biggest limitation that I see with the 620 at this point is simply that the screen is relatively small (and not entirely crisp) so if you wear reading glasses more than about 1.5, it may be difficult to read.
Pros:Small, lightweight, waterproof, advanced features (V02 max, recovery advisor, running dynamics), and no foot pod needed.
Cons:Screen is somewhat small and packing 4 data points on a page can make it difficult to read. Some learning curve if you typically use a 310 or 910.
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The Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize was created to emphasize the interdisciplinary importance of the Great Plains in today's publishing and educational market. Only first edition, full-length, nonfiction books are evaluated for the award. The author of the winning title will receive a $5,000 cash prize and a medallion.
2014 winner
"Architecture of Saskatchewan: A Visual Journey, 1930-2011" with text by Bernard Flaman (University of Regina Press)
"Architecture of Saskatchewan" is this year's winner of the Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize from the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska.
The book chronicles building styles in the Canadian prairie province of Saskatchewan, part of the Great Plains of North America. Saskatchewan, a place once famous for its sod huts, has seen a revolution in design with buildings that reflect new technology and changing environmental ideals. The book picks up chronologically where a previous book, "Historic Architecture of Saskatchewan" (1986), left off and features more than 150 building photos — from gas stations and houses to businesses and academic buildings.
2014 finalists
"Encounter on the Great Plains: Scandinavian Settlers and Dispossession of Dakota Indians, 1890-1930," by Karen V. Hansen (Oxford University Press)
"The Red and the White: A Family Saga of the American West," by Andrew R. Graybill (Liveright/Norton Publishing)
- 2013 Winner
William E. Farr
University of Montana
- 2011 Winner
James N. Leiker and Ramon Powers
Overland Park, Kansas
- 2010 Winner
William Y. Chalfant
Hutchinson, Kansas
- 2009 Winner
Michael Forsberg
Lincoln, Nebraska
- 2008 Winner
Pekka Hämäläinen
University of California at Santa Barbara
- 2007 Winner
Akim Reinhardt
Towson University
- 2006 Winner
Michael L. Tate
University of Nebraska at Omaha
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Louis S. Warren
University of California, Davis


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Brad Thompson, the new chef at Lever House, knows all about gourmet burgers. He was part of the team that created the DB Burger, and his L.A. tailgates are the stuff of legend. So now, as he prepares to create the citys latest haute hamburger, for Lever House, what is he thinking about? We got the details.
What do you want from a gourmet burger?
I dont want to reinvent the burger. I dont want Kobe beef or gold leafthats losing the point of the burger. Ive had enough of all that. Everybodys doing it.
So what will yours be like?
Im getting it from Pat LaFrieda, obviously. That was the first call that I made. But I had to think about how rich I wanted it. A Sunday burger is that burger you want when youre hung-over. You want your fingers to get greasy; its greasy in a good way. Thats the DuMont burger. I need a lunch burger, something a little considerate of our customers who have to go back to work. Then well season the burger with kosher salt, black pepper, and mustard powder, so theyll be a little extra sharpness, right on the burger.
Grilled? Broiled? Plancha?
Charbroiled. It really brings out the flavor of the seasonings.
And what goes on it?
Were going to do a red-wine onion red onions stewed in red wine, balsamic vinegar, and some secret spices. And thats it. Then the cheese will be a mixture of Maytag blue and mozzarella di bufala; well grind it together and make slices.
Some people detest blue cheese. Will that really be the only option?
No, I dont want it to be like, this is my burger, eat it or dont. Thats not my style. There will be other options. Relax.
Whats the bun going to be?
I dont think that brioche works. Its too soft, and it falls apart when the burger gives up its juice. Especially a big, eight-ounce burger like this one. I really like challah bread. Challah gives you the texture of bread. Which is important. You need flavor, but also some substance. Its all part of the bun-to-burger ratio. Well protect the bottom bun anyway with some lettuce, thatll just be there to keep the juice from soaking into the bread.
And when's the debut?
Monday, July 7. Thats B-day.
Earlier: Bradford Thompson Plans His Menus for June at Lever House


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American League's Prince Fielder of the Detroit Tigers watches his hit during the MLB All-Star baseball Home Run Derby, on Monday, July 15, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
In the All-Star Game on Tuesday, you might or might not see the starting pitchers come out for a second inning. You're extremely unlikely to see them come out for a third.
The last All-Star starter to
go three innings was Greg Maddux, who allowed one run in the 1994 game, which the National League eventually won 8-7 in 10 innings.
The three-inning All-Star starter has gone the way of Wrigley Field without lights and single-admission doubleheaders on Sundays and holidays. It's a change in playing conditions that makes one number unlikely to be challenged any time soon: Don Drysdale's 191/3 innings pitched in All-Star Games.
Drysdale pitched in eight All-Star Games and was on the roster for a ninth. He went three innings five times — twice in 1959, when two games were played, then in 1962, 1964 and 1968. The next pitchers in line also played when it was common for the starter to go three innings. Jim Bunning had three three-inning stints among his 18 innings in the 1950s and 1960s. Juan Marichal also had three three-inning outings in his 18 innings in the 1960s. And in the 1930s, before the rule limiting pitchers to three innings was put into place, Lefty Gomez compiled his 18 innings by going six innings once and three innings four times.
Only two pitchers whose careers extended into the 2000s are among the top 20, with Roger Clemens tied for eighth with Mel Harder and Tom Seaver at 13 innings and Randy Johnson tied for 15th with Whitey Ford at 12. Johnson never had a three-inning All-Star stint, but Clemens did (1986).
Among active pitchers, the leader is Roy Halladay, who's in a four-way tie for 29th place at
82/3 innings. At 36 and plagued by injuries the last two seasons, he is unlikely to move very far up the list. Then again, in an era of one- or two-inning starts, no one is likely to challenge Drysdale.
Some other All-Star numbers to ponder:
† The all-time leader in plate appearances is Willie Mays with 82 as part of 24 All-Star teams, including 19 as a starter. The only player in the top 10 whose career extended into the 2000s is sixth-place Cal Ripken with 52 plate appearances in 19 games, 17 as a starter. Among active players, Ichiro Suzuki (10 games, nine starts) and Derek Jeter (13 games, eight starts) have 28 plate appearances.
† Among players with 20 or more plate appearances, Fred Lynn and Steve Garvey are the OPS leaders. Lynn, with nine All-Star appearances in the 1970s and 1980s, had a 1.264 OPS, hitting .300 with a .364 on-base percentage and .900 slugging percentage fueled by four home runs in 22 plate appearances. Garvey, who made 10 All-Star appearances in the 1970s and 1980s, had two homers while hitting .393/.433/.821 for a 1.255 OPS in 30 plate appearances. In regular-season play, Lynn's career OPS was .845, and Garvey's was .775.
There are no players on the rosters Tuesday with 20 or more plate appearances, but Carlos Beltran and David Wright have 16 each, and both have a 1.038 OPS. David Ortiz has a 1.000 OPS in 16 plate appearances.


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Just about every weekend during the summer and fall there is a fundraising walk or similar gathering calling attention to a disease, cause or person in need of help.
Volunteers hit up friends and neighbors and co-workers for pledges, and organizers hang banners and post signs promoting the event.
One upcoming march, though, doesn't seem to have received much promotion, and in a way, one can understand why.
The march is sponsored by an organization called Out of the Darkness. Their planned event, organizers say, is sandwiched between a couple of well-publicized walks, including one for breast cancer awareness. The pink banners for the breast cancer event definitely outshine the efforts of the darkly named organization.
Sherri Drake, who is helping promote the Out of the Darkness walk, holds no grudges against other fundraisers and their success. In fact, she thinks it is wonderful that others have been able to bring so much attention to their causes.
But Drake and those involved in her walk have another hurdle to clear besides being overshadowed by other activities. Out of the Darkness tries to bring attention to the problem of suicide.
Drake can rattle off lots of statistics. The suicide rate bottomed out in 2001 but has been rising ever since. If you are the parent of a teenager, you might worry when they drive a car, but the chances you will lose a child to suicide is greater. Every person who commits suicide leaves behind an average of six immediate survivors – not counting friends, classmates or co-workers.
And those statistics don't include the number of people who have attempted suicide.
The goal of the Out of the Darkness is to get those people – people who have been touched directly by suicide – to take part in a walk, just to show how many people are affected and how underestimated the problem of suicide is.
Drake will be there. She lost a daughter to suicide in 2007.
Stephanie Bodie will also be there. She lost a brother to suicide.
Drake and Bodie are sort of unusual. They are willing to talk openly about the situation.
In Bodie's case, she said most members of her family absolutely won't talk about her brother's death.
The whole topic, Bodie said, is hushed.
People don't know how common it is, she said.
There are often warning signs, too, but people might not take the signs seriously. After all, when the topic of suicide is hushed, one gets the impression it is rare.
Bodie's brother, for example, had dropped hints with different people, but they never shared what they'd been told. Bodie's brother had told a friend a month before his suicide that he was going to kill himself, but the friend didn't take it seriously.
People need to expose the elephant hidden under the rug, Drake said. What if everyone in the Fort Wayne metropolitan area who had been touched by a suicide in just the last three or four years showed up at the walk?
The turnout might provide a striking illustration of how large the problem is.
We're drowning in pink, the colors of breast cancer awareness, a topic that at one point people didn't dare bring up, Drake said. That's great. But we need our cause out there.
The Out of Darkness walk will take place Oct. 20 at Foster Park, with signup at 10 a.m. and the walk at 11 a.m. You don't have to pay anything to walk.


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