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T C 325 • Topics in the Arts and Sciences: American Technology and Victory in the Cold War
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A good case can be made that one of the vital factors in bringing about the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the communist ideology on which it was based, was the consistent superiority of American technology for the forty-six year duration of the "Cold War". It is the purpose of this course to examine this proposition. Many of these technologies had their origins during World War II when they were developed on a crash basis because of the exigencies of war. The institutions that developed these technologies were then converted to new work of a military nature that turned out to be important during the Cold War. Thus, the course will start with a discussion of the situation as World War II ended in the summer of 1945.
A number of examples of American technological developments will be presented, and the effect that they had on Soviet-American relations will be evaluated. One of the first was the Berlin Airlift, which broke the Soviet blockade of the city in 1949. We astonished the Soviets with our technological capability to supply a city of three million people with aircraft alone. It was the first "peaceful victory" in the Cold War. Next was the use of U-2 aircraft to gather credible information about the deployment of Soviet missiles in Cuba. The high-resolution U-2 pictures permitted President Kennedy to persuade a skeptical public that the Soviets were indeed doing just that. The development of the technology for defense against ballistic missiles was another important element. President Reagan's refusal to trade away the work on missile defense at the Reikjavik summit meeting with President Gorbachev in 1986 was one of the critical turning points in U.S.-Soviet relations during the Cold War. The meeting persuaded Gorbachev that we were serious, and some believe he lost his nerve at that point. Gorbachev himself has actually said so. The continuing work on cryptology and other information systems were also a decisive element in winning the Cold War. This work was an extension of what was started in World War II and profoundly influenced computer development. Perhaps even more important, the unclassified work on information technology, transistor radios, Xerox machines, FAX machines and VCR technology made it impossible for the Soviets to operate the closed society that the communist philosophy demanded. The lectures will be presented roughly in chronological order of events during the Cold War. There will also be some discussions of how the legacy of the Cold War affects current events.
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The course consists of twenty-four lecture sessions supported by video presentations. There will be a mid-term and a required term paper. The students' grades will be determined by their performance on these assignments.
Course packet of articles about the Cold War
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Dr. Hans Mark specializes in the study of spacecraft and aircraft design, electromagnetic rail guns, and national defense policy. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1954. Dr. Mark served as director of the NASA-Ames Research Center (1969-77) and Secretary of the Air Force (1979-81). While working for the U.S. Air Force, he created a space command center in Colorado which is still operational. During this time he was also the director of the National Reconnaissance Office, where he was responsible for managing the U.S. satellite reconnaissance program. In 1981, Mark was appointed deputy administrator of NASA. During his three years in the position, he supervised the first 14 space shuttle flights and beginnings of the United States involvement in the International Space Station program. He served as chancellor of The University of Texas System from 1984 to 1992 and on the faculty of the Cockrell School of Engineering since 1988. After working at the university for several years, Mark was named director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense in 1998. He previously taught at Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California at Berkeley, and Stanford University. Dr. Mark returned to teaching and researching at the University of Texas in 2001. He has published more than 180 technical reports and authored or edited eight books. Dr. Mark is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is the recipient of the 1999 Joe J. King Engineering Achievement Award and the 1999 George E. Haddaway Medal for Achievement in Aviation.
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Seattle's Most Touristy, Overrated Restaurants
So, the "Benny Hanna" thread got me thinking. What are Seattle's worst, most overrated, touristy restaurants? Obviously there are chains (i.e., Bennihana's) but let's stay away from that.
Where would you purposefully tell people to avoid going that they would otherwise read about in the guidebooks, Citysearch, etc? Eating at the Space Needle immediately comes to mind.
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I always think of The Crab Pot, it seems like a good idea, but it just seemed to miss the mark.
There is none higher (lower) than the Space Needle if we're excluding chains.
Honorable mentions: Salty's, Ivar's.
I still have to say that the one place that makes me want to scream with fury every time I pass it (and see it packed with a line out the door) is a chain: The Cheesecake Factory. The inexplicable popularity of that greasepit - within easy waddling distance of a dozen finer local restaurant - fills me with apoplectic rage.
re: terrier
I actually enjoy Ivar's Sunday brunch. I am not the biggest fan of the typical American breakfast (bacon, eggs, toast, etc) and their buffet offering is rather deep.
re: terrier
The Space Needle isn't overrated. No one says the food is great, but it's decent. You go for the view, and if you enjoy urban views, it's a lot of fun.
Perhaps you might also include a reason as to why your choices are on the list for those of us uninitiated to their particular delights.
re: mrnelso
Terrier, The people crammed in the Cheescake Factory are just Doppelgangers of the people in P F Chang's. Imagine how Thierry Rautureau must feel when he drives by those Twilight Zones.
But what ARE the places that tourists would read about it guidebooks? It doesn't sound like they are the places people are assuming would be mentioned. I looked at Fodor's online, a guide that I think it fairly shallow and might have bad recommendations, but this is their list:
Dahlia Lounge
Hing Loon
Kwanjai Thai
Le Pichet
May Thai
Ray's Boathouse
Restaurant Zoë
Not bad, with some great picks. Frommer's list is too long to paste here but it has Matt's, Rovers, Cascadia, Lampreia, etc. So I think that the restaurants that people will have to argue about as being too touristy and overrated are more along the lines of Dahlia Lounge, not Crab Pot (I think people end up in those bad waterfront places because they are already down there for the Aquarium and the ferries and think it looks good, not because any guidebook is recommending them).
re: christy319
Great point. Before I moved to Seattle I relied on guide books for my restaurant choices and was mistakenly left thinking this town didn't offer very good chow. The restaurants I remember trying solely on guidebook reccos were Ray's, Rovers, and Palace Kitchen. All or ok but definitely not the best of Seattle imo. I think it all comes down to marketing, I'm sure these restaurants spend a fair amount on marketing and hiring PR firms to promote themselves and therefore get all the ink and attention. Just like with movies I now always take restaurant reviews I read both good and bad with a grain of salt.
re: landguy
rovers is easily one of the top ten in seattle. you should try again.
re: bighound
I did but luckily I had a gift certificate the second time so the meal was covered. I also find it unnecessarily stuffy and overpriced. Le Gourmand is my choice for French chow in Seattle.
re: landguy
My thought after a birthday dinner there some years back was that for the same money we could have flown to New York and eaten at Le Bernardin. I'm serious.
re: donttrustsnakes
You can't be serious. Excuse me for being literal, but Le Bernadin's prix fixe menus are $135-180, without wine. Rover's are $80-130. I will assume that LB is better without ever trying it, based on press and rep alone. But each of the very few meals I had at Rover's was extraordinary-there is nothing else in Seattle like it.
re: equinoise
It was in 2001 when airfares and prices were lower (current base p.f. at Le Bernardin is $107). All in, dinner for two (one tasting menu) with a $45 bottle of wine topped $300. But, fair point even though all I was reporting was my thought at the time. I seriously thought the meal at Le Bernardin would have been cheaper and the overall experience a better value. Also, in a little place like this, on a deserted evening, after a special birthday dinner, one might hope to lay eyes on the chef at some point. That didn't happen.
re: christy319
As an annual visitor to the general area, I manage to get into Seattle proper usually once per visit...and oddly enough, the places that I found in guidebooks do tend to be places I have also read about on Chowhound. In fact, on a recent business trip, I went to Dahlia Lounge because of what I read in both places and I discovered Matt's in the Market essentially simultaneously from Chowhound and Citysearch.
Now, as for places in the neighborhoods not right near downtown - there guidebooks have not been as helpful.
Ray's Boathouse is a lovely spot (view) but the food is not notable. The OCeanaire is part of a chain and there are better LOCALLY owned seafood and fish restaurants that represent/prepare the best of Seattle's PNW bounty of fish & seafood like Matt's, Flying Fish, McCormick & Schmick's Harborside, Etta's.
re: staffstuff
mccormick and schmick's is part of a huge chain and reliably unremarkable.
re: bighound
Ditto on Crab Pot, blech. I know Buca de Beppo is a chain, but it tries to pretend like it's not, so I'm adding that. The food's not terrible, but not worth going out for food easily made at home. Metropolitan Grill is a ripoff, and the Ivar's restaurants (not the takeout fish and chips) is ragingly mediocre. Floyd's, the BBQ place by the Key Arena, packs them in before games, but surely not because the food's any good. Beth's Cafe is just plain nasty.
Fun thread topic, let's hear your picks!!
re: allisonw
Floyd's ain't so bad. True, it isn't great BBQ, but the pork sandwich is tasty, on nice bread, and the fries are solid. There is much worse around.
re: staffstuff
Not only is Oceanaire a chain, it is a chain out of the Midwest (MPLS) originated by the same people who came up with Buca di Beppo. Enough said.
I found Ezell's fried chicken overrated versus the hype it got.
I enjoyed Ivar's Clam Chowder (sit down restaurant on some lake).
13 coins was horrible.
Nishino: People rave about this place, but it's just another Nobu knockoff. If that's considered one of the best (by many a Hound) Japanese restaurants in Seattle, our city has been sorely deprived. Dined there once, and recall that the "itamae" were wearing latex gloves while preparing sushi. In the tradition-rich culinary art of sushi-making, that's plain sacrilege. IMO, Seattle's most overrated restaurant.
re: nonbei
Unfortunately that's the state of the art in Seattle...it's not the restaurant that's overrated, it's the city...but we try to enjoy what we have ;)
How about the very Americanized (and highly credentialed) N. Seattle Chinese favorites Judy Fu's and Black Pearl?
If we are going to beat up some chains (and why not) I think anyone posessing the slightest experience with honest Italian-American cookery from the Northeast would just shake their head in disdainful incomprehension at the local success of Maggiano's Little Italy. I have heard their Bellevue location can have three hour waits. I was compelled to eat there (after a half hour wait) and found their basic marinara sauce an inedible disaster. The revolting texture was mouth-coating and suggestive of butter substitutes, with a flavor dominated by artificial additives. How do you mess up the fundamentals of Italian-American that badly while purporting to specialize in it? Madonna! While other dishes were edible, the portions are shamelessly excessive-even the "half" order of a pasta would be enough for three. The despicable food waste/overfeeding that goes on at Maggiano's also occurs at Cheesecake Factory. I think there is a primal hoarding instinct buried somewhere in all of us that draws us toward giant plates of mediocre to nasty food, and these sorts of awful eateries exploit it to their great profit.
re: equinoise
Oh my gosh! I hate this place beyond belief. I had a work holiday party here and was appalled. Not to get all Holden Caulfield on you, but I found the place to be phony (but then I feel that way about Bellevue in general).
I have a slightly different take on this question.
There is touristy, which to me automatically implies mediocre food, and then there's overrated.
The Space Needle and the Crab Pot are both niche restaurants. One has a rotating view and the other gives people a chance to whack some overcooked crabs.
In regards to the Cheesecake Factory downtown, I think that place caters to coventioneers (sp?) and people visiting the downtown area.
I'd love to hear some alternatives around the Cheesecake Factory (Pike and 7th?). I end up down there once in awhile to go to the theater, the movies or shopping (actually not me, but I tag along).
re: dave_c
Dave C: Bambuza, right up Pike from the Cheesecake is good. The Daily Grill in the Sheraton is also quite tasty. You can't go wrong with Palomino (eat in the bar, and great happy hour) and Baguette Box is just across the freeway on Pine. I work in that area a lot and those are the places I generally go out to eat.
re: dave_c
Tango, just across the freeway is good and an easy walk. It's way better than Cheesecake Factory. Union Square Grill. Palomino is better, but it is also a chain. I would walk the few blocks to Lola or Serious Pie, though.
re: dave_c
Tango and Il Fornaio are both close to the Cheesecake Factory and are very good. Given the choice between Palomino and Il Fornaio, Il Fornaio hands down. And I used to go to Palomino a lot.
re: PAO
I can completely understand why everyone rags on Cheesecake Factory, but to compare it to Tango is like comparing apple and avocados. Someone who would go to Cheesecake is not looking for the dinning experience that is offered at Tango, tango is fine dining and cheesecake is convenience and unfortunately there is not a lot of good convenience /independent, family with 4 kids, restaurants in downtown. For the most part the retail core restaurants are chains.
re: goldylocks_9
I went to the Cheescake Factory for the first time two weeks ago. We were at the mall, we were tired, and we have a 16 month old child.
We were seated, the waiter came to the table and immediately asked if he could bring a complimentary children's plate for my child..and then asked if he had any allergies. Within five minutes, there was a plate with sliced bananas and bread on the table. Sure it was simple and didn't cost the restaurant much but it was wonderful and no other restaurant has ever offered anything like that. So you know what, I won't trash the Factory, it has it's place.
re: sebetti
Regarding the Cheesecake Factory.
Frustrated by the over saturated menu (please if I want an Asian dish, I would go to the ID) I asked for a basic soup and salad. Sadly, I was informed that no such combination was available. I appreciate eateries that strive to do one thing, and do it well. This is not the business model for the Cheesecake factory (unless their cheesecakes are better than I suspect).
re: phinious
So, they wouldn't serve you a green side salad and a cup of soup? From the lunch menu (until 5 PM): "LUNCH SOUP AND SALAD
A Cup of Soup, House Green Salad, Sourdough Bread and Butter"
Maybe you were there at dinnertime--couldn't find a dinner menu on their site.
re: phinious
I never said that the food was that good (it wasn't bad either, but it was just a sandwich), just that it had it's place and I appreciated their service and their gesture...a lot.
re: PAO
The sad irony is that even the non-chain restaurants in the downtown core aren't really any better than Cheesecake Factory imo. For example, I find the bistro shrimp pasta at Cheesecake factory to be "better" than some of the pastas i've had at Il Fornaio or Palomino (or Tavolata or even Barolo), which were disappointing (and yes fwiw i've eaten a lot of Italian and Italian-American cooking from the Northeast) . I live within 1 minute walk of Tango but after a couple visits have never been inspired to go back. Downtown desperately needs some REAL restaurants...
re: barleywino
Il Fornaio and Palomino are both chains.
What's wrong with the Palace Kitchen, or Union, or Matt's, or Marjorie, or Brasa, or Lola, or Dahlia, or Maximilien, or Le Pichet, or ...
I also live downtown and do get bored with what's available - not because they are bad but because they are too expensive to enjoy often. (And where's our damn delivery options? but that's a separate rant...)
re: terrier
maybe it's what you're saying...getting bored with what's available ;) (i do like Matts and Maximilien, for lunch) As Dagoose says, a lot of the interesting restaurants are outside the core downtown...
re: barleywino
man... you people are really spoiled...or.. something. "All downtown restaurants are no better than Cheesecake Factory"?! "Downtown needs REAL restaurants"?!?
Wow, I could bounce around between all my favorites and never get bored. Course, I don't eat out everyday, either...
re: malarkey
i think it's all relative...if i'm going to go to, say, Union, why not travel a bit more and go to Crush; if i'm going to go to Tango, why not go to Harvest Vine instead; if Le Pichet, why not go to Cremant etc. Sometimes one has to sacrifice a bit for downtown convenience (the best example of this is of course Wild Ginger)...(sorry, just being devils advocate here ;)
re: PAO
Tried Palomino in Bellevue last night. Really made a conscious effort to keep an open mind going in despite its chain status, but it was just no good. Maybe the worst value I've had in a while.
Ordered the mussels with chorizo ($13 or $15), because its description resembled an outstanding dish I'd had at Matt's. This iteration was a shadow, with a relatively insipid broth, salty toast, second rate bivalves, and uniformly sliced discs passed off as "chorizo". I also had the "crab cake" trio ($27). The cakes, allegedly made of King crab were passable, but not fresh tasting by any means, with a noticeable uniformity amongst the three. Each cake was squirted or smeared with a creamy sort of sauce, and each underpinned with a different starch. The "rapini" and beans tasted positively awful as if sauced in cheap vermouth that hadn't had the alcohol cooked out. The other accopaniements were passable. I must say my wife's chicken parmesean was decent ($19), while her green salad was a little limp.
The MO of Palomino seems to be less than fresh, mediocre-quality ingredients cooked in a jazzy style. And of course--just like fellow chains Cheesecake Factory, Little Italy--excessive portions (though not as grotesque as those examples). Call me an elitist, but I don't think any bistro or higher-end place should serve entrees that are deliberately intended to result in double or triple meals for persons with average daily caloric intake. A likely doggy bag shouldn't be a selling point for this sort of restaurant.
re: equinoise
yes i have returned dishes on more than one occasion at Palomino. Their rigatoni is not bad if you don't get your expectations too high.
re: equinoise
At happy hour all apps are half price, making things like the calamari, the pizza and the hummus platter acceptable.
re: GreenYoshi
to be fair, the calamari was pretty good.
re: dave_c
If you're looking for a menu similar to the Cheesecake Factory (diverse assortment of basic American) but better quality, I'd try the Taphouse Grill, on 6th between Pike and Pine.
I forgot to mention Cutter's Bayhouse. Decent food, nice views, but the worst waitstaff in a city that's full of good ones. IMO, Seattle's signature tourist trap restaurant.
re: jrking123
lol... hill's can be a challenge.
When I lived in SF, I had some relatives visit from the flap part of the country. They were winded walking up a gentle hill, 50 yards, to the house. They were young and seemed healthy. I guess the hill works different muscle groups that the flat-landers don't normally use. :-)
Sadly, it seems all the seafood spots with views are overrated. Which sucks because most visitors ask me to take them out for "seafood with a view." I snob it up, and I don't!
I was so irritated when I gave a visiting friend a list of restaurants (per her request) and she ended up going to Daniel's Broiler instead. Which I guess I can't talk crap about, since Ive never been *looks sheepish*
re: HungWeiLo
yes, Wild Ginger....probably, IMO, the one that ought to be at the top of this list....
I have to second Steelhead Diner. Food was inedible when I dined there yet they always got great press. Not sure why. Service was very good though. Lowell's at the Market always seems to be full of tourists eating awful food. Tourists going to the Market....take the time to find Cafe Campagne, Pink Door or Matt's. It will be worth it!
re: 86badfood
Gotta disagree with the Steelheader Diner comments - I eat there for lunch every couple of months, and I've always had good meals (I enjoy their cavier pie and fried chicken). I sit at the bar at the kitchen and enjoy talking to Kevin and the others.... It can be touristy though....
re: jmarchun
My food there is always 'good' but not great. But, y'know, I wouldn't call it touristy per se, but I would say it's packed with tourists.... if that makes sense.
Crabpot is touristy because they try to get the tourists in with their gimmick. Steelhead is packed with tourists just because it's right there and easy to get to while going through the market. I know it's a subtle distinction, but I think it is an important one... at least in my book. I mean, take boston. The Bullfinch (cheers) is touristy. Durgin Park is just filled with tourists.
Personally, if you want to talk overrated, Serious Pie gets my vote. It wasn't that it was bad when I went there, it just wasn't good.
I think it is interesting, and a product of the citizens of the city, that our downtown restaurants are so uninteresting (for the most part). Seattle is, quite obviously, a city of neighborhood restaurants. People look for greatness in the areas right around them. In other cities, people make a night of going downtown for great food, but in Seattle, we are spoiled, and love that we can enjoy our great food near our homes. That may mean tourists downtown are being treated to things like the Cheesecake factory, but it also means residents of Madison Valley can walk to Nishino, Rover's and Harvest Vine. People on Queen Anne get Wolf, Opal and Betty, Capitol Hill has Quinn's, Presse and Lark, etc. etc. Our city lacking downtown destination restaurants is simply, I think, a product of how Seattlites prefer to eat: Cozied up in their local neighborhood haunt (or somebody else's neighborhood, for that matter...anything to avoid downtown.)
re: dagoose
Good point. And who's living in downtown Seattle these days? I see many natives living in the nearby neighborhoods, and the transplants (well-funded ones, anyway) living in downtown.
re: HungWeiLo
Painting with the broad brush that says all downtown restaurants are bad, while all neighborhood restaurants are good is specious logic. The bottom line is, places that attract tourists will have restaurants that are attractive to the lowest common denominator, regardless of the city. Take a walk around Times Square to illustrate my point. That does not negate any number of interesting restaurants around the downtown core (including Belltown.) To imply that natives in surrounding neighborhoods is the cause of good restaurants is also highly suspect. Who do yo think started these restaurants to begin with? If native Seattlites want to remain a provincial town unwelcoming of "transplants," than all of the best restaurants in the city would never have opened. You'd be stuck eating your Ivar's Clam Chowder and Dick's burgers for eternity.
Also, I wonder who is more "well-funded;" apartment dwellers downtown, or those within walking distance of Nishino, Rovers, Opal, Wolf, etc..
re: hhlodesign
I don't think the point is that all downtown restaurants are bad or all neighborhood ones are good, but rather that Seattle, more so than many places, tends to appreciate great food in their neighborhod, rather than making a big deal of going out downtown. I agree that belltown and downtown do have many great and interesting restaurants. I just know that I would rather go to one of similar quality that is close to my house, or at the very least where I don't have to deal with driving downtown and parking there.
re: hhlodesign
Well, I actually do enjoy eating downtown so I certainly am not painting with a broad brush - but rather just focusing on one point. However, consider the economics of restaurant real estate costs in downtown versus nearby neighborhoods. Downtown restaurants would be more likely to have to cater to economic driving forces of running a restaurant (catering to the lowest common denominator as you put it) due to their higher location cost premium. Of course this is not a hard rule, but I was just playing the devil's advocate.
re: HungWeiLo
This is precisely why many of the "interesting neighborhood restaurants" are located where they are. Believe me, it is not because the proprietors think that Seattlites would rather stay in their own neighborhood rather than going downtown. It is because the leases/rents for a downtown space require numerous covers and fast turns for the restaurant to remain profitable. I'd wager that 90% of any "neighborhood" place would move downtown if they could pay the same rent for the same size space.
re: hhlodesign
Hey, lay off Dicks! It may not be gourmet, but those fries and a Dick's deluxe may be one of the best hangover avoidance tools in the city.
Downtown, especially around the hotel and conference center district, caters to to the hotel and conference center attendees. That's why you've got all your chain retail shops as well as restaurants there. Yes, there are some good ones, but for the most part, well, there's a market for PF Changs and Cheesecake Factory, and it's not foodies. In fact, it'speople who have to be here and don't want to be challenged or find food interesting.
The point about the neighborhood places being more interesting is a good one. And that might say something about the diners. We were at Nishino tonight, having a good (not brilliant) meal, but were quite thrilled to have the 10 year old girl next to us order the special with foie gras. (Or my 8 year old friend who regular craves Uni at Mashiko) Those are not the people who eat at cheesecake factory. the people who eat at cheesecake factory are the ones who are going to be appalled that the tempura special at nishino is oysters, hedgehog mushrooms, and shiso leaf.
have you priced real estate in any of seattle's nicer neighborhoods recently? i live downtown (and love it) for its affordable options and the urban lifestyle of having nearly everything one might need within a few blocks (sorry we lost the hardware store last year...). using westlake park as an arbitrary center, there are literally dozens of GOOD places to eat within 5 blocks, varying from pho joints to steakhouses; from coffee shops to the most creative of northwest cuisines. if the people at next table are from ohio (or namibia...), that does not obviate the quality of what's on your own plate - only if the restaurateur aims the menu at the out-of-towners will one suffer for being there. there are good and bad places to eat in every neighborhood; they are simply more concentrated downtown.
We were there last night, with 8 others, mostly from Californis...and it was Chinooks.....
re: Smokie
Cutter's Bayhouse should be #1 on this list. When I first moved here, I went and ordered a shrimp salad - the shrimp was canned.
re: frygirl
A littlev o/t, but I was working in the Convention Center today and a few of us had insatiable hunger and no time--and we were stuck at Slumway. Ugh.
One guy, who's an Aussie living in the States said to me, "this town's a per diem killer". And he is right. not including my parking today, I had a Slumway snack ($5) and an unexpectedly awful lunch at Romio's (mini pizza and salad, but the f'ed up my order so I got a pepperoni grossbomb pizza and salad, and NO I don't want a damn free dessert) for $9 with no bev, so yeah, this town can easily kill a per diem before dinner with no edible food.
There is NOTHING cheap and tasty for lunch near the Convention Center on a weekend.....grrr.
re: allisonw
Perhaps we're getting too far off topic here but in reply to Allisonw above, I work in the office tower attached to the Convention Center so I know the pain of which you speak! But one tip--Juice it Cafe, tucked in the back hallway past Kinko's (under Gold's Gym) serves delicious, healthy rice bowls, salads, sandwiches, soups and juices. They are sometimes open on weekends, especially if there's a big convention or meeting in town. And while I don't think they are open weekends, another tip is to walk 3 blocks to 4th Avenue near the Union St intersection and go to Harbor Cafe which serves yummy Thai-influenced food and other specials at very reasonable prices in spartan surroundings. These two places keep me sane.
re: allisonw
Crikey, is the Market really that long of a walk from the convention center?
(No. No it isn't a long walk. 0.4 miles. 7 minutes at a normal pace.)
Plenty of good stuff in the market that won't break the bank.
re: terrier
It's a time thing--the Market is too far away for me to be able to sit down and eat. Sorry about the /drift and thanks for the tip on the juice place, someone else suggested it to me just today.
re: HungWeiLo
Thai Tom does suck. Secret ingredient: SALT.
re: jamesbra
The same reason why they don't have a great restaurant in the middle of Disneyland. Why put forth the effort when the money will flow in like clockwork?
Most major tourist attractions (think Space Needle) that have restaurants are mediocre at best. As many have already said here, people are going to keep coming whether the food is great or not just because they read somewhere that it was a "Must See" recommendation in some travel guide they used to plan their trip.
But, that's still no excuse for Seattle not having a great restaurant with a view on the top of an office building. The top of the Columbia Tower doesn't count because it's private and the restaurant on the top of the Hilton isn't even mediocre. With the awesome views this area provides there should be some operator out there that can be successful running a rooftop restaurant with great food and service, and enough local people to support it.
If you want to see what I'm talking about go to Canoe the next time you are in Toronto. They have combined a very talented Chef preparing outstanding food, properly presented by well trained servers, with a "To Die For" view of the city and Lake Ontario. Seattle has all the ingredients needed and is just waiting for an operator to step up and fill this big gap in the local restaurant scene.


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Very good added some chopped almonds, and bacon pieces to bread crumbs.
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i visited BMA without knowing what to expect, and was very very impressed. It is a lovely building, complemented by roman mosaics in the central courtyard. The art collection is exquisite - a large selection of Matisses, but examples from many of the old masters (van Dyk, Boticelli, Gainsborough, renoir, matisse, degas.... The list is endless). There is also a good modern art section including Giacometti, Calder, Any Warhol, Mondrian etc. highly recommended.
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Nov 11, 2014 by: Roger P from Saskatoon, Canada
The BMA was a surprise. Admission was free - I loved that part. The collection was surprisingly broad and well organized. The Roman tile works were spectacular. The site was being renovated on our visit and several areas weren't open. We'll return on our next visit to Baltimore to see the renovations and all of the work that was sequestered on our last visit. It will also be wonderful to revisit our favourite works. The sculpture garden is wonderful place to have a drink on a warm afternoon. A great place to wander. The BMA is well worth a visit. Enjoy!
Modern Masters in an intimate setting - Must see
Nov 08, 2014 by: Joel A from Norman, Oklahoma
We read about the museum in the AAA guide and decided to visit. This museum has a world class collection of art and you are neither crowded nor hurried in your observation of the art. Take time also to lunch at the restaurant to have a nice ending time for your visit.
Nov 05, 2014 by: Martha I from Dundee, New York
Loved the Cone Collection and Gertrude's restaurant! A treasure in Baltimore that should be seen by all
A wonderful museum. Baltimore is fortunate to have it.
Nov 04, 2014 by: Ruxtonvet from
Excellent collection of Matisse and others painters from the 1890 on. Very good African art collection. Recently remodeled - still in progress. Do not miss this museum if you are visiting Baltimore. Free admission. Wonderful outdoor sculpture garden with adjoining restaurant - Gertrude's.
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rob whyte
2014-10-06, 09:11
Santa , a myth , I don't think so .....believe my friends believe
Chris DiPietro
2014-04-10, 03:43
...No animals or anything...I wish they're were polar bears or something.
2014-03-06, 02:10
beautiful...seems like the mega storm swirling around down there is breaking up or hasn't arrives yet...
2013-06-09, 00:35
Haha - seems like someone should change his name to Michael Wrong! LOL!
Darrell Richards
2013-05-09, 18:47
Was at McMurdo and South Pole Station 1969 $ 1970 with CBU-201.Sorry Michael but Steve is correct.
steve price 4tofm townsville
2013-04-08, 14:59
i look at it every morning, love it. just back from antarctica , glorious, thanks for he webcam
Steve Dawson
2012-11-27, 17:12
well Michael. check your facts before calling people twits. amundsen beat scott to the South Pole on Dec 14 1911.
Michael Wright
2012-11-26, 05:56
Twits... I`m sorry, but Amunsen was North Pole.. as is the location of the santa myth. I am surprised you even come to this site without knowing that.
2012-10-16, 09:18
is this the place where amundsen the pole arrived?
Elaine Copeland
2012-08-01, 02:42
Doesn't look like Santa is out and about around her. It does look cold though.
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Conservative media praised the failed theory of trickle-down economics in response to Hillary Clinton's remark that the middle class, not tax cuts for corporations, spurs economic growth, a position backed by economists.
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As strict voter ID laws are put into effect ahead of the midterm elections, recent judicial opinions and social science studies continue to poke holes in right-wing media's defense of voter suppression.
Conservative media are invoking one of their favorite Benghazi hoaxes to accuse President Obama of reluctance to characterize the fatal shootings near Canadian Parliament as terrorism, despite the fact that Obama framed it in terms of "terrorism" the day of the shooting, just as he called the Benghazi attacks "acts of terror" the day after the 2012 assault.
As the 2014 midterm election draws near, right-wing media figures have worked to discourage certain groups of people from voting, claiming some are too dumb to make an informed decision. But this isn't new -- conservatives have long advocated for onerous voter ID laws and even prerequisite civics tests, policies that work to suppress the vote, even going so far as to say that women shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Media Matters looked back at the citizens conservative media have deemed unworthy of voting:
From the October 22 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
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Right-wing media falsely claimed that a New York Times report on old chemical weapons found in Iraq after the 2003 invasion vindicated former President George W. Bush's rationale for the Iraq war - ignoring the fact that the chemical weapons discovered predated 1991 and thus could not vindicate Bush's rationale which relied on an active, on-going chemical weapons program at the time of the invasion.
Conservative media figures lashed out at President Obama's appointment of Ron Klain as the Ebola response coordinator or "czar," criticizing the selection as "insane" and "dumb." Klain has been praised for his work in government and has been called "a great choice" to deal with the Ebola crisis by other media outlets.
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Conservative media are denying recent reports that sliding financial support has stalled research on infectious diseases and vaccine development, ignoring evidence that funding shortfalls have handicapped the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The director of the NIH, Dr. Francis Collins, told The Huffington Post on October 10 that "a decade of stagnant spending has 'slowed down' research on all items, including vaccinations for infectious diseases." Conservative outlets pivoted off of Collins' statement to misleadingly claim that an overall increase in the CDC's budget proves that a lack of funding has not hindered research on and the response to diseases like the Ebola virus.
On the October 14 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, host Steve Doocy said that the "CDC budget wasn't cut at all" and told viewers to "remember that money to [the CDC and the NIH] actually went up rather than got cut." On the October 13 edition of his radio show, Rush Limbaugh similarly argued that "the CDC got plenty of money," including "significant budget increases."
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NIH's purchasing power is down 23 percent from what it was a decade ago, and its budget has remained almost static. In fiscal year 2004, the agency's budget was $28.03 billion. In FY 2013, it was $29.31 billion -- barely a change, even before adjusting for inflation. The situation is even more pronounced at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a subdivision of NIH, where the budget has fallen from $4.30 billion in FY 2004 to $4.25 billion in FY 2013.
Right-wing media are falsely blaming the recent surge of undocumented children from Central America for spreading a deadly strain of the enterovirus. Conservatives are claiming the children are a form of "biological warfare" and President Obama and the government are "bringing in infected children and putting them in our public schools" because he's "so obsessed with winning Latino votes." However, the disease has been detected in the country for decades and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) told Media Matters that there is "no evidence" of a link.
Fearmongering about undocumented children spreading enterovirus D68 is the latest chapter in the conservative media's book of xenophobic smears. The right-wing media, in their efforts to oppose immigration reform, have previously blamed undocumented immigrants for diseases such as Hansen's disease (leprosy) and tuberculosis.
This year, a surge of unaccompanied children fled violence-stricken Central America and crossed the border into the United States. Many of the children were relocated to various cities and are starting school.
The CDC has confirmed over 600 cases of EV-D68 since mid-August. The agency notes that "Almost all the confirmed cases this year of EV-D68 infection have been among children. Many of the children had asthma or a history of wheezing." While investigations are ongoing, the virus has been "detected in specimens from five patients who died and had samples submitted for testing."
Public health experts have debunked the alleged connection between the influx of undocumented children into the United States and the spread of EV-D68. CDC spokesperson Jeanette St. Pierre told Media Matters: "Currently, there is no evidence from testing at CDC that EV-D68 infections in the U.S. are a result of unaccompanied minors moving into the country."
MLive reported that conservatives "have implied a link between undocumented children from Central America and the spread of enterovirus, but public health experts say that's simply not the case." The Michigan-based site, which publishes The Grand Rapids Press and others, wrote:
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