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The Yankees will not offer Derek Jeter arbitration, general manager Brian Cashman tells the Star Ledger 's Marc Carig in an e-mail (via Twitter ).
Jeter is a Type A free agent, so the Yankees could have offered Jeter arbitration and received two picks if he left -- not that it was likely, anyway. The deadline to offer free agents arbitration is at midnight tonight.
If the Yankees had offered arbitration, Jeter could have accepted it, played on a one-year deal and see if he could improve upon his numbers and then go through this entire circus next offseason, too.
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UPDATE : It looks like Kerry Wood will be offered arbitration, according to ESPN New York .
"We'll do them a favor," Cashman said. "If we put them into an arbitration setting, then we can take them out and make a fair market value offer to them."
The club will also offer arbitration to Javier Vazquez, a Type B free agent who has already agreed to reject the deal.
The remainder of the arbitration-eligible players in Andy Pettitte and Austin Kearns will not be offered arbitration.
UPDATE : Ken Davidoff of Newsday reports only Vazquez will be offered arbitration. The plot thickens...
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Yanks won't offer Jeter arbitration
Posted on: November 23, 2010 9:09 am
Edited on: November 23, 2010 6:19 pm
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Since: Sep 8, 2008
Posted on: November 23, 2010 7:06 pm
Yanks won't offer Jeter arbitration
Why would it be a bad thing for the Yank$$$$ if Jeter played an arbitration year to see if he could improve his numbers for leverage in next year's
market ? The numbers would benefit them. So what if he got more than 15 million in arbitration. I don't get it at all. Letting him elect arbitration seems
like it would have been a win win way out of a sticky problem. They get him on a one year deal in the year he becomes the first Yankee ever to get 3000 hits. If he improves his market value for 2012 so what? Don't they want their players to put up good numbers?
It comes across as an intentional slap in the face to Jeter as far as I can tell. Are there all of a sudden money problems in the Bronx? Big George would never have let this happen.
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Since: Apr 25, 2007
Posted on: November 23, 2010 7:05 pm
Yanks won't offer Jeter arbitration
Jeter, is trying to be a pimp when in all actuality he's just another "HO"!!!
Since: May 4, 2010
Posted on: November 23, 2010 6:39 pm
Yanks won't offer Jeter arbitration
What is wrong with $15M per year? Derek if you have not realized you are now on the back nine rapidly approaching the 18th hole. You have already made plenty of money, What are you going to hold out for another $2M per yr? Thye problem now becomes ego as Jeter has seen Burnett and Arod get megabucks. Unfortunately timing is everything and Jeter's timing if off a few years
Since: Aug 31, 2006
Posted on: November 23, 2010 5:54 pm
Yanks won't offer Jeter arbitration
I just had this vision of some kind of commercial where it starts out showing two Phillies fans sitting in the bleachers, one saying to another "I woulda never thought I'd see Jeter in anything but a Yankee uniform", his fellow fan nods in agreement. Cut to the Phillie Phanatic taking off the head of his costume, to reveal Jeter inside. "Nice game, Jeter, you had 'em rolling out there!" says the manager and gives him a pat on the behind.
Since: May 6, 2009
Posted on: November 23, 2010 5:27 pm
Yanks won't offer Jeter arbitration
Just can't see the guy not in a yankee uniform on a baseball field.
Since: Aug 21, 2006
Posted on: November 23, 2010 5:14 pm
Yanks won't offer Jeter arbitration
The New York Yankees possibly have woke up to the fact that they do not have many spring chickens any more. They have the oldest roster in baseball if not the second oldest. The Philly's are just a about in perfect position with veterans and youth. Jetter was the best short stop in baseball but a young man out west of Rockies fame Troy Tulowiski can run circles around Jetter. That sham Gold glove award he received this year was given to him on his reputation not what he did on the field this year. Do the Yankees have any talent in their farm system?
The Yankees just plain and simple need to get younger MO can still throw his 1 inning a game Posada is a liability behind the plate and wants the DH A-Rod is at the end of his carear Pettit they have to nurse throughout the season and is still on the D L at least twice a year. This team needs an infusion of young talent in the worst way. They need to stop renting players for 1 year or half a year. Right field is a liability as is most of the bullpen.Come on Yankees wake up bite the bullit and shed the monster contracts bring in younger talent.
Since: Nov 13, 2009
Posted on: November 23, 2010 4:47 pm
Yanks won't offer Jeter arbitration
As much as I HATE the Yankees, Jeter should be given a fair shot on receiving a multi-year contract to finish his career in pin stripes. Derek Jeter has given so much to the franchise that it's hard seeing him in another uniform. I understand Brian Cashman position. Jeter's numbers statistically were way down this past season. However, having him in the lineup will result in ticket sales plus legacy status to one of the all time Yankees greats. It would be an atrocity if Jeter gets hit numer 3000 playing for another team. Hope he finishes his career in New York.
Since: Jan 15, 2008
Posted on: November 23, 2010 4:46 pm
Yanks won't offer Jeter arbitration
After last years awful season, Jeter needs to realize that he's not getting a 5-6 year deal. The 3-year, $45-50 million he turned down is almost certainly the best he'll get
Since: Aug 22, 2006
Posted on: November 23, 2010 4:41 pm
Yankees are between a rock and a ...
By freely tossing money around the Yankees have painted themselves into a corner.
For years they have touted Jeter as the best thing since Rocky-Road ice cream and
now they have to believe their hype or say all of their promoting was baloney.
They are stuck with some outlandish contracts, hello A.J., and an aging team.
They must realize "THE CORE FOUR IS NO MORE" . Posada is a joke defensively,
however he feels he should make the descision as to when he DHs. Andy is fragile
and has to be spotted. Mo' is still good but no longer great and any pitcher is one
pitch away from blowing out his arm.
So Derek has been the poster boy for years and feels he should be paid as an icon.
I watch almost every Yankee game on TV and there were many games where he
had no idea what he was doing at bat. The most valuable tool he has is his arm.
He wont walk from NY there will be a compromise, but if this team does not get
younger soon, there may be an extended drought in the Bronx. It is better to leave
a year too early than a year too late.
Mantle, at the Yankees begging played an extra year and his lifetime BAVG feel
below .300.
Number 2 will have to realize sometime, and the sooner the better he is no longer
number 1.
Since: Jun 25, 2009
Posted on: November 23, 2010 4:18 pm
Yanks won't offer Jeter arbitration
Sure He used to be an elite closer, but recently he has become as effective as Papelbon...and no, that is not a good thing!
Hey clown. What are you talking about? I hate the Yankees but anybody that thinks Rivera has regressed at all is a clown like you.
This year's stats? A 1.80 era, pretty good, no? A .83 whip. 2nd best in his career and a dream for 99.9 percent of relievers. Hitters batted .183 against him this year, how much better then that can you get? In the last 2 post seasons he's pitched over 22 innings and given up a whopping ONE run !!! Yeah, he's on his way down alright !!! Get rid of him now !!!!!!
Without Rivera, the Yankees chances of making the playoffs decrease considerably. And their chances of winning in the playoffs decreases dramatically considering Rivera is hands down the best closer in the playoffs to ever play the game... a .70 era in the playoffs in his career? Have you even heard such a thing???


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First of all, I just want to clarify that while it may be my first post, I did in fact read the forum guide and I have searched for the issue I'm having. The search does turn up a lot of very similar results, but none thus far that are exactly what I'm up against.
So--- first time homeowner as of three weeks ago. The day I closed, I had just purchased my first set of tools; all the way down to screwdrivers, so I'm fairly green (hence the "patient" help needed) but learning very quickly and I am capable of following guided direction.
I decided I would change out the awkward light hanging in my office, so I bought a flushmount kit, followed the instructions in sequential order, and my finished product was the same as outlined in the manual. The only issue was that my diagram was laid out for one black, one white, and one ground wire coming from the junction box, whereas I had two of each.
When I flipped the breaker and turned the switch on, it didn't illuminate the room whatsoever; there was a very dim, but steady light coming from both bulbs. At this point, my switch still functioned as normal (ON would turn it ON, OFF turned it OFF). I wondered if it could be the bulbs, so I replaced the two in the fixture with two 60w clear decorative bulbs; unfortunately, it was not.
I read a post here from a user experiencing a similar problem. I read it from my phone so I can't locate the link at this moment, but direction they were given was this:
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Apparently, it worked for this guy, but not for me. As I turned the breaker back on, the light switch was in the OFF position, but the light came on full power with brilliant illumination. However, when I attempted to turn the light off by flipping the switch to the ON position, it tripped my breaker (and would continue to do so after two subsequent tries).
I've seen this issue before on the forum as well, and from what I can tell, most discussion members claim that the switch loop has been wired incorrectly. I have read numerous different fixes for this issue, and if that is in fact my diagnosis, I would like to know specific to my situation what steps I need to take to resolve this issue. Most of the individuals that experience this have a dual light switch, whereas I have a single switch.
Also included in my diagram below is the mounting bracket. I did this because I see several people with similar problems claiming they have multiple screws that they mount to their bracket, whereas I only have the one additional (green) screw for my ground wire.
I have created this diagram in MS Paint, trying to illustrate as best as possible what I'm facing here. No, it's not professional or the standard formatting for an electrical diagram, but it's as much as I have figured out as of this moment. Yes, it's okay to laugh because you're looking at a 26-year old's best attempt at an illustration, and it's so bad that if your 8-year old child brought it home from school, you probably wouldn't even hang it on your fridge.
In advance, I appreciate any assistance that anyone can give me. Additionally, I see a lot of people responding by saying "You're a/an [idiot, moron, dummy] --- just call an electrician." Please keep those to yourselves; my phone works just fine, but this is a lighting fixture I am not going to call an electrician unless it is a last resort. I have already spent way too much money repairing things in this house that I had not anticipated nor budgeted for, so not wasting money is of the utmost importance (as most likely every new homeowner quickly finds out).
Fairly easy fix after you do some investigating.
1. check the switch, one black wire and one white wire (white should be painted black but probably isn't),
2. at the junction box hang the wires loose and turn the power on, with a tester see which black wire is hot. Turn the power off and that black will be connected to the white in the OTHER cable, paint the white black.
3 All remaining whites go together, all remaining blacks go together, all grounds together.
turn power on.
If any of these conditions do not apply, stop and ask for more directions.
Switch loop. No matter where the wires go first from the circuit breaker, switch or light, the electricity always goes to the switch first and then to the light. If power is at the light you have to bring it to the switch so the wires in the cable are both hot, one going to the switch and one coming back to the light hence the painting of the ends of the white wire to show that it is hot.


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Originally posted to the ParenthoodProdz YouTube channel on April 17, 2013. The song caused it to suddenly become blocked worldwide recently, stupid copyright laws and whatnot. So now here it is.
Original description:
Our 10th collab! This one is about many of the female characters on the show. We did a male-characters collab set to a depressing song ("Echo" by Jason Walker): youtube.com/watch?v=zcqJrvA_CrY and now this is our female equivalent, an angst-filled females one.
Here in this collab, we have included most of the starring female characters except not Camille nor Jasmine - Jasmine was in our "Today My Life Begins" character collab, though, and both women will be featured in our next collab.
So that means we vidded 3 of the 5 main mothers of the show - Sarah, Julia, and Kristina - plus all 3 of the non-infant female kids - Haddie, Amber, Sydney.
Also assigned to people are the non-starring (but recurring) female characters Zoe, Amy, and Gaby.
Anyway, we all hope you like the collab! I (luvtheheaven5, the person who is typing this description) rendered it in 720p HD and did the coloring and watermarks myself. ;) Let me know what you think of those if you'd like, and please let everyone know what you think of their parts!! :D
We hope you all enjoy it.
Um... last order of business:
If you'd like to join our collab group, you may!! If you are a vidder who likes the show, PLEASE consider joining us! I have download links that I can provide to you for every episode of the show in 350 MB .avi format if not having clips/episodes to work with is the problem. You would not be required to participate in every collab, only the ones where you have time and you also like the idea. And any editing software is totally fine. Anyone who wants to join is welcome. Just let me know by sending me a message. ;)
Song: Stand in the Rain
Artist: Superchick
Lyrics: azlyrics.com/lyrics/superchick/standintherain.html
Here's who participated:
Opening titles & Part 1: Lizziesplaace (Sarah)
Part 2: 7thxheavenxx (Haddie)
Part 3: arke25 (Zoe)
Part 4: Nomi CR (Amber)
Part 5: presidentgilmore (Sydney)
Part 6: bookwormkehprodz (Julia)
Part 7: SeanPaulProductions (Kristina)
Part 8: vivaciousFanatic (Amy)
Part 9: luvtheheaven5 (Gaby)
Amber: Every time you talk about your life being a mistake, all I hear is that my whole existence is a mistake!
Sydney: You want to spend more time with Victor!
Julia: Oh, Sweetie, that's not true.
Sydney: Yes it is! In case you forgot, I was here first.
Joel: Listen to your mom.
Victor: She's not my mom.
Julia: I can't do it! It's too much.
Gaby: It can sometimes feel a little thankless.
Max: I don't like you!
Crosby: Hey!
Max: You're useless!
Crosby: Are you okay?
Gaby: I'm used to it.
Gaby: I'm not going to... be able to work with Max anymore.
Gaby: Goodbye, Crosby.
Kristina: I hope my brother in law was worth it, 'cause he's not the only one you screwed here.
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Groklaw Closes
Award-winning FOSS legal site shuts down on fears of government surveillance.
The U.S. site Groklaw.net, which has documented the contours of the high-tech legal landscape for more than 10 years, is officially closing its doors.
Groklaw founder Pamela Jones, known throughout the FOSS community as PJ, posted a farewell message on August 20 that begins, "The owner of Lavabit tells us that he's stopped using email and if we knew what he knew, we'd stop too. There is no way to do Groklaw without email. Therein lies the conundrum."
Jones goes on to explain that the climate of surveillance caused by Internet monitoring by U.S. intelligence means that she cannot guarantee the confidentiality of her sources. Without confidentiality, she cannot expect anonymous informants and off-the-record contacts to continue to provide information to the site. With the power and precision for which her blog is known, she goes on to compare the climate of government surveillance with a burglary in her home that she experienced years ago.
Groklaw rose to prominance documenting the famous SCO lawsuit, a long, complex proceeding that threatened the very existence of Linux. In addition, patents, recognition of Microsoft's OOXML format as a standard, and general information about copyright and licenses were the topics of published articles and discussions. Among other accolades, Groklaw received the 2010 EFF Pioneer Award, an honorary mention at the Prix Ars Electronica, and the Award for Projects of Social Benefit of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The Library of Congress has added Groklaw in its collection of historically valuable Internet materials.
Jones states that she plans to use the Internet as little as possible in the future. As for others who wish to communicate through email, Jones recommends,
"If you have to stay on the Internet, my research indicates that the short term safety from surveillance, to the degree that it is even possible, is to use a service like Kolab for email, which is located in Switzerland, and hence is under different laws than the US, laws which attempt to afford more privacy to citizens."
Issue 174/2015
Buy this issue as a PDF
Microsoft Frees Code for .NET Build Engine
MSBuild is now just another GitHub project as Redmond continues its path to the light.
Researchers Demonstrate Hack by Heat
Malware could pass data and commands between disconnected computers without leaving a trace on the network.
Kernel Developers Adopt Code of Conflict
New rules emphasize collegiality in coding.
Ubuntu Switches to systemd
Upstart lands in the dust bin as a new era begins for Linux.
Old Vulnerabilities Are Kept Alive Through Bad Configuration
HP's annual Cyber Risk report offers a bleak look at the state of IT.
Linus Torvalds Announces Linux 4.0
But what do the big numbers really mean?
Microsoft Frees CoreCLR
.NET Core execution engine is the basis for cross-platform .NET implementations.
New Trojan Attacks Linux Servers
The Xnote trojan hides itself on the target system and will launch a variety of attacks on command.
Cisco Releases Annual Security Report
Spammers go low-volume, and 90% of IE browsers are unpatched.
Zero Day Exploits Target Flash
Adobe scrambles to release patches for vulnerable Flash Player.


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Die Top 10 In Action Sports
01Epic Method Air auf einem Eisberg in Grönland
02Streetdome in Dänemark: Eldorado für Skateboarding und BMX
03We Are Blood: Neuer Skate-Film von den Art Of Flight Produzenten
04Diese 10 Custom Camper sind echte Eye-Catcher
05Weltrekord! Joffrey Pollet-Villard schafft den höchsten Sprung in der Superpipe
06Snowboarder baut sich sein eigenes Paradies im Backcountry
07Extreme Couching hinter dem Jeep durch die Dünen
0812-Jähriger fliegt durch die Double Pipe
09Nightsurfing mit den Pros im Wavepool von Teneriffa
10FULL MOVIE: Few Words - A Candide Thovex Movie
Mission Antarctic
Since about 4 years and his first trip there while shooting for the movie "Lives of the artists", Swatch pro team Athlete Xavier de Le Rue dreams about going back. His idea was to get there with his own expedition crew on their own boat to really have the chance to ride and capture Antarctic the way it deserves. "Ever since I discovered it, I wanted to come back. Going there with TimeLine Crew along and Lucas Debari is really exciting. Renan from Camp 4 collective will also be part of the crew and bring his artistic skills in the mix. It's a dream come true expedition made possible by The North Face, with the additional support of Swatch. We have worked on new filming technics and hope we'll be able to use them all and find good snow to explore and optimize this paradise to its full riding potential." stated Xavier as the expedition leader. Mission Antarctic, starting november 21st until December 21st 2012 will be documented live from the boat on riders' and partners social media networks. For more news follow facebook.com/xvdelerue #missionantarctic on twitter and Instagram to follow the crew


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Thursday, 19 March 2015 10:24
Samsung wants to stick 128GB of storage on mainstream phones
New 3-bit NAND makes it possible
Samsung has announced an exciting new NAND product that should boost the storage capacity on mainstream phones and tablets.
Tuesday, 18 November 2014 14:28
OCZ unveils new Vertex 460A SSD
A version of Vertex 460 with Toshiba A19 MLC NAND
OCZ Storage Solutions, which is now a Toshiba Group Company, has now unveiled and announced availability of its new Vertex 460A SATA III SSD.
Friday, 06 June 2014 17:52
OCZ's Vector 180 SSD spotted at Computex 2014
Barefoot 3 M00 controller and 19nm MLC NAND
Monday, 09 December 2013 15:29
Samsung announces its new 840 EVO mSATA SSD series
The 840 EVO packed in mSATA form-factor
Tuesday, 24 September 2013 21:39
OCZ announces new enterprise Deneva 2 SSDs
Sandforce SF-2281 controller and 19nm NAND
Wednesday, 07 August 2013 08:01
Flash memory could be replaced by RRAM
Going the way of the Dodo
Tuesday, 28 May 2013 11:19
Intel reveals 3D NAND plans
It is coming right at ya
Wednesday, 18 July 2012 13:14
Intel adds 240GB model to its SSD 330 Series
In the wake of recent price cuts
Thursday, 05 July 2012 17:12
Corsair launches Force GS SSDs
Sandforce SF-2200 paired with toggle NAND
Friday, 16 December 2011 15:53
OCZ Petrol SSD listed in Europe
€154,90 for the 128GB one


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-Re: protobuf version in 0.94
The protobuf Java stubs checked into the source tree are compiled with
2.4.x and are not binary compatible with 2.5 (and vice versa) so we would
need two versions of stubs.
The wire format, however, is compatible in either direction.
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how to plant in pockets of dry stone wall
I want to plant some of the natural pockets in a long (about 20 feet) but short (about 2 feet tall) natural stone wall. The stones are beautiful and huge; they don't have a very tough task maintaining the soil line. They are two stones high about a third of the way and three stones high the rest of the way. They were laid dry and contain no soil layers. How do I go about planting some of the pockets? Should I fill the pocket as deeply as I can with soil, then put the plant in, fill in around it, and try to water from the side (I have a water wand with a mist setting)? I'm making this up! I've never done it. Any tips?
Try stuffing the holes with long-fiber sphagnum moss; the kind you use in hanging baskets and such. Then stick the plant, with it's soil and rootball into the moss. Keeping them watered will be your biggest issue. The more moss you can get into the crevices, the better it'll hold moisture. I've also seen it done with OASIS® Floral Foam.
I'm guessing, but I'd say this would be the functional equivalent of growing something in a container, meaning you'd lose 2 zones of hardiness being above ground like this. Plants hardy to zone 4 and colder, should be ok. It's also possible the stones will retain enough of the day's warmth to sustain plants.
It also a good way to grow annuals like things which could cascade down the wall.
While I like the peat moss idea, I would still try to get soil in the crevices. Peat moss dries out pretty quickly by itself. I use a good organic top soil (not potting soil). The top soil is heavier and holds together better. If you have trouble with it disappearing into the rocks, incorporate some peat moss along with the soil. You'll have better luck if you use rock garden plants with low water requirements. Do a search on the internet and you'll come up with some ideas. Definitely use the mist setting on your hose because you don't want to wash away all your hard work.
Thanks, Nancyd. I think this is important enough to be worth an experiment -- plant some with top soil, some with
sphagnum moss, and some with a 50/50 mix. I probably won't write an academic paper, but I could post the results next summer! Thanks to all.
I've used old onion mesh bags or the black weed cloth formed into pockets to hold soil in a rip wrap stone retaining wall. Sedums, sempervirens, etc. love these conditions and can be planted in these pockets quite nicely. You could try putting some of those moisture retaining crystals in the soil too.
Here is a link that might be useful: Photos of plantings
Thanks for the great tips -- and for the link! Those pictures show exactly the look I want. I have bigger stones and fewer courses, but that's the look. I'm beginning to think the succulents like sedum are going to be easier than some of the campanulas and veronicas I also hoped to include. I'm still going to try Serbian bellflower because I really love it.
"I've used old onion mesh bags..."
Yup. I was gonna say I use old stockings, fill 'em with good potting soil then poke a hole where your plant goes. I plant small ferns in my walls this way. Haven't had a problem with things getting root-bound but I suppose big stuff could. Brown or black work best 'cause you're less likely to see 'em.


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Smithsonian Institution Moves E.T. From Landfill to Display
A dirty piece of gaming history is going to the Smithsonian Institution.
A dirty piece of gaming history is going to the Smithsonian Institution.
You'll finally be able to plan, prepare and pull off multi-part Heist missions throughout Blaine County and Los Santos in Grand Theft Auto Online.
Just when you thought you had faith in humanity, Dong Nguyen's Flappy Bird mobile game turned out to be the most searched for game on Google in 2014. Let that settle in for a moment.
In Call of Duty, guns are essential. So, giving Season Pass holders early access to the Havoc DLC weapons makes the Season Pass essential... right?
If you think you're just about the best at "super listening to things" then Smosh Games is here to tell you that you would be awesome at The Last of Us.
Like Batman and free things? What a silly question, of course you do. Guess it's a good thing we're giving away some choice Batman collectibles then, isn't it?
Time off from work or school gives you the perfect opportunity to catch up on your gaming, so why not play a game that puts you in the Christmas spirit?
Unlike previous messages, this one actually has demands outside of vague, frightening threats: Sony must delay the release of 'The Interview,' "the movie of terrorism," or face the consequences.
Rumor has it Hideo Kojima's shirt at The Game Awards may have teased The Phantom Pain's release date.
With the holidays right around the corner, Sony decided that rolling out a few more PlayStation 4 bundles wouldn't hurt anybody.
So apparently someone pretended to be Christopher Walken and call Xbox Support complaining of a DDOS and apparently it was hilarious.
We are saddened to report that Ralph Baer, one of the first pioneers of the industry and widely heralded as 'The Father of Video Games,' has passed away at the age of 92.


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Monday, March 23rd, 2015
The more I try to remember my immediate reaction to Donna Tartt's The Secret History the more I realise it was pure shock. Ten minutes of being struck dumb followed by "Oh. My. God. I need a drink." on repeat. Incidentally, the first draft of this post, which I wrote an hour or so after finishing the book, was "Oh. My. God. I need a drink. Oh. My. God. I need a drink. Oh. My. God. I need a drink." over and over again about 200 times, which Olivia pointed out was at least appropriate for The Secret History's subject matter.
It's hard to know how to describe this book. Traumatic would be one word. Really, really traumatic. Intense would be another. Terrifying, certainly.
Tartt explores the depths of human behaviour in a way most people wouldn't even begin to contemplate. Six students at the elite Hampden College in Vermont, under the considerable influence of their enigmatic Classics professor, push the boundaries of academia further than even the most dedicated of students would consider rational. This leads to mystery, intrigue, and even murder.
Despite the traumatic roller coaster of emotions it caused I still find myself recommending The Secret History to every other person I meet, which has to mean it was one of the best books I've read.
Tuesday, December 9th, 2014
Every year, for as long as I can remember, my Mum has made a ham for Boxing Day. It sits in the fridge for the week before Christmas and I have to exercise enormous self control to stop myself from picking a piece off every time I walk past. We finally get to eat it on Boxing Day in front of the fire, sat in our pyjamas, watching Christmas telly, accompanied by jacket potatoes filled with salty butter; Mum's chutneys, surely I'm not the only one incapable of saying chutney with out channeling Schmidt form New Girl; more cheese than any human should really be capable of eating; and wine. Lots and lots of wine.
If my mother were the kind of woman to have a catchphrase, it would be "If in doubt, Delia." She follows this recipe from Delia's Christmas book, which I've paraphrased here. I think the only change she makes is adding even more English mustard, because we really, really love mustard.
You need:
1 joint of ham, how much depends on how many people you want to feed; for how long; and how big their appetites are.
Once the ham is home and out of its wrappings it's put in the utility room sink and covered with water to soak, this lets the salt used for preserving the joint seep out into the water so you don't end up with something too salty to eat. If you aren't sure how long you need to soak your ham for ask the butcher you bought it from or have a quick google.
Preheat your oven to 160C (Gas mark 3) and line your rating tin with two sheets of foil, one length ways and one width ways. Take the ham from the sink and put it on the foil. You want to make a little tent for your hame from the foil and cook it for 20mins per pound (450g) of ham. So, if you have a 6lb ham, that's 2 hours.
Half an hour before the cooking time is up take your ham out of the oven and turn it up to 220C (gas mark 7). Very, very carefully, using a tea towel to protect your hands, unwrap the foil tent and gently peel the skin from the ham. Seriously, be careful to not burn your hands, I can tell you from experience that it really, really hurts and will leave some impressive scars. Leave as much of the fat behind as possible. (Delia explains this bit far better than I ever could.)
Score the fat diagonally, making diamond shapes and then stud each diamond with a clove. Smear the top of the ham with mustard, for a 6lb ham you'll need around 1 1/2 very heaped tablespoons, but it's up to your own taste. Sprinkle with an equal amount of soft brown or Demerara sugar are press it into the ham, it's best to use your hands here.
Pop it back into the oven, uncovered for the last half hour of cooking.
When cooked, it will need at least 45mins of cooling time before serving, or you can let it cool completely before covering and putting in the fridge to wait. After all, who really wants to spend Boxing Day cooking?
What are your Boxing Day Traditions?
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Last Friday I bought a bag of apricots from the village greengrocer's for 50p. (Yes, my village still has a greengrocer's, it's occasionally like living in Victorian England only there are fewer corsets, though tweed and flat caps remain in earnest.) When I got home and opened the bag, it quickly transpired that the apricots were very close to being over ripe and something had to be done with them sharpish. After a little brainstorming this 'rustic' tarte aux abricots was born.
My apricots were so ripe that the poaching stage would have been utterly superfluous, they would have fallen apart. If you don't make my mistake and buy apricots which are actually ripe, poach them to soften them for about fifteen minutes. You can find a recipe on BBC Good Food here, just follow the first two sentences.
The pastry is a sweet crust recipe my mum has been using for as long as I can remember. It's the first pastry she taught me to make. If I was very lucky, I'd be allowed to help her make it for her baked chocolate tart, which she made for years whenever my parents hosted dinner parties, which meant I could snaffle pieces (half the roll) and eat them when we were lining the tin. While chocolate tart as been ousted in favour of other puddings, this pastry remains my all time favourite for sweet foods. I use it for every possible pastry based pudding and treat. The recipe makes enough for two tarts, you can line another tin and keep it in the freezer, unbaked, for up to a month.
The crème pâtissière is very loosely based on a Paul Hollywood recipe I found when I was leafing through How to Bake but I found that the original wouldn't set no matter what I did so I've adjusted it significantly.
For one tart, you'll need:
500g plain flour
100g icing sugar
250g unsalted butter (cut into cubes and put back in the fridge to completely chill again)
2 eggs
Crème Pâtissière
100g caster sugar
4 egg yolks
40g cornflour
500ml milk (most recipes state full fat milk but I've never really found a difference whichever milk I use)
The contents of 2 vanilla pods (good vanilla pods are pretty hard to track down and fairly expensive, I got mine at a market in the Midi-Pyrenees. If you don't have any use half a teaspoon of vanilla extract and add more to taste.)
The Apricots
You need about 14 apricots cut in half. If you can't get your hands on any fresh apricots (i.e. if you have a real hankering in the depths of winter) a couple of tins of preserved ones will do just fine.
Start by making your crème pâtissière. Put your sugar, cornflour and egg yolks in a bowl and whisk them together. Pop to one side and bring your milk and vanilla pods to the boil in a heavy bottomed pan. As soon as the milk is boiling remove from the heat and stir about 1/4 into your egg mix. Return this straight to the pan and the heat. Stir until it's thick and smooth. Immediately remove from the heat and pour into a bowl. Give it a quick stir, if you're using vanilla extract now's the time to add it, and leave to one side to cool completely. When pushed for time, I've been known to stick the bowl in the fridge, or even the freezer, to speed up the chilling process.
To make you pastry beat together your butter, eggs and sugar and then add in your flour. I tend to use a food processor for this as it's a bit sticky. Add a splash of milk and form a ball of pastry. Roll into a chunky sausage and leave in the fridge to chill for at least an hour.
Preheat your oven to 180 celcius and grease a loose bottom flan tin. Take your pastry sausage and slice off disks. Press them into the tin, making sure you go about 5mm over the top. Prick the bottom with a fork and blind bake for 15mins, or until the edges start to brown. Take out of the oven and brush with a beaten egg. Put back in the oven until golden brown. Take out and cool completely.
Once cooled, spread your crème pâtissière fairly evenly across the pastry and add the apricot halves in concentric circles, et voilà!
Monday, June 9th, 2014
Sansa Stark (aka the fictional character I will defend beyond all others) loves lemon cakes. By complete coincidence I also love lemon cakes. To be honest I love anything with lemon, even my tea. These light, fluffy bundles of yum are essentially the golden retriever of cake*. Adorable. They are especially good fresh from the oven (cakes not golden retrievers), served with cream and a helping of Game of Thrones, book or TV. They're also easy as pie to make, basically it's a fairy cake batter with some lemon thrown into the mix. So, in fact, easier than pie.
For twelve, you need:
3 large, free range eggs
170g unsalted butter (let it come up to room temperature and soften)
170g caster sugar
170g self raising flour
The zest and juice of 2 lemons (keep one of your lemons, you'll use it later)
Start by preheating your oven to 180c (that universal temperature) and then grease and line your muffin tin. If you'd prefer you can make this as one big cake, a remake of the 70s classic pineapple upsidedown cake if you will. Just remember to cook at 160c and for slightly longer.
Now put your eggs, butter, sugar and flour into a bowl and beat until you have a smooth batter, about 5mins. Then mix in the juice and zest from your lemon. See, told you it was simple.
Mix it well and then leave it to one side while you slice the lemon and add one ring to the bottom of each muffin tin. Pour your batter on top and bake for 20mins. They should be a golden brown when you remove them from the oven. If you aren't sure, stick a knife in to the middle cake. If it comes out clean they're done, if not give them a few more minutes.
Now all you have to do is take them out of the tin and peel off the baking paper. Careful though, the sugar in the lemon gets really hot, I managed to burn my finger tips doing this. Smooth, I know.
To serve, place the cake on a plate with the lemon side facing up, and you're done. Simple as that.
Settle down for a GoT sesh, raise a toast to the Bad Ass that is Sansa Stark and maybe try to finish your food before that scene from last weeks episode. We all know the one I mean. I knew it was coming. It was still gutwrenchingly awful.
*There is a small chance I have spent this evening scrolling through pictures of dogs on Tumblr. A very small chance.
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014
Spring is well and truly here. Bunnies, calves, and lambs are frolicking in the fields surrounding my parent's house where I'm attempting to knuckle down to some serious revision and essay writing. 8500 words in three weeks, no problem! *whimpers* For me, the best part of Spring is Easter. Chocolate! Easter Egg hunts! Roast Lamb! Christmas Pudding in April! And the best part is the Hot Cross Buns! Smothered in salty butter and jam. Yum.
As with most things in life, sadly, the home made can outdo the supermarket blindfolded. Hot Cross Buns are no exception. These will trump anything you can buy in Sainsbury's. They're a Paul Hollywood recipe I found when I was procrastinating rather a lot by taking all of the books from my parents shelves, dusting, and then putting them back on. Positive procrastination, anyone?
I made a couple of adaptations, ie. switching the dried fruit and mixed peel for a bag of raisins and dried orange peel, in the name of avoiding the hell that is the supermarket on any day during the school holidays.
To make twelve, fairly large, Hot Cross Buns you'll need:
500g stong white bread flour
10g salt
10g instant yeast
75g sugar
40g unsalted butter
2 medium eggs
120ml milk (warm it up a little)
120ml cool water
130g dried fruit
Zest of two oranges
1 apple, finely chopped
2 tsp ground cinnamon
It sounds like a lot, I know, but it's so worth it.
Start by putting the flour, yeast, salt and sugar into a bowl. Make sure that the sugar and salt are on a different side from the yeast or your buns won't rise at all. Add all your milk, the two eggs (beat them a bit first) and half your water. Mix it together a bit, you may want to use a mixer with a dough hook rather than your hands for this, much easier and less messy. Gradually add more water, mixing all the time, until you have a rough dough. You might not need all of the water. Now the kneading starts. Keep going for about ten minutes, working right through the wet, sloppy stage until your dough is smooth and springy, like a baby's bottom. Pop in in a bowl, cover with a tea towel and leave well alone, somewhere warm for at least an hour.
When your dough is double the size it was before you proved it tip it onto a really well floured surface, we're talking two or three handfuls here, and add the fruity bits and cinnamon.
Give it a good knead to mix everything in well, I have no shame admitting that I used the mixer for this, and pop it back in the bowl, cover and leave in a warm place for another hour.
When you take it out of the bowl your going to want another good two handfuls of flour. What you should have is something resembling one of the Goblin King's chins. Attractive, I know.
Fold inwards a few times, until all the air has been knocked out and then roll into a sausage shape.
From this, cut off twelve roughly similar sized chunks and roll each one into something that vaguely resembles a ball and pop them onto a tray covered with a sheet of baking parchment.
Cover them again (with cling film or a plastic bag this time) and leave for ANOTHER hour. As with all good things, hot cross buns take time.
Pop your oven to 220C to preheat and get mixing your paste for the crosses, 75g plain flour and 75ml water. After an hour pipe crosses onto your bun and pop them into the oven for about 20minutes, they might need a little less time, you want golden brown.
Warm 75g of apricot jam and splash or so of water in a pan and paint onto your buns to glaze them.
I suppose the lady like thing to do would be to wait for hot cross buns to cool and then serve them lighlty toasted with a sliver of butter, but er, no.
Dig right in. Smother with jam and butter in artery hardening quantities. It's far more enjoyable that way, although maybe avoidy doing so in public places…
Saturday, March 8th, 2014
As you've probably guessed, I spend a huge amount of time in the library (mostly) nose deep in texts books on long dead writers or obscure points of French grammar. To make Sundays spent buried under text books more bearable I've started to make little goodies to keep my friends and me going when, frankly, we'd rather be sipping mimosas and having brunch somewhere without strip lighting. I've done croissants, tarts, and cookies but these little cappuccino cupcakes have been the most popular by far.
They're a basically mini coffee cakes, so ridiculously easy to whip up at a moment's notice.
To make 12, you'll need:
225g unsalted butter (leave it out to get really soft, especially if you haven't got an electric whisk)
175g caster sugar
50g dark brown sugar
225g self raising flour
4 large eggs
1tsp baking powder
1 espresso (or you can disolve 4 heaped tsp of instant coffee in 1 tbsp of boiling water)
For the icing:
75g very soft unsalted butter (just leave the butter on the side when making the cakes)
175g icing sugar
Cocoa powder
Start off by preheating your oven to 180C (that's gas mark 6) and creaming together the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy.
Add your eggs and sieve in your flour and baking powder. Now beat everything together until nice and smooth. Gradually add your coffee until it's all mixed in well. Have a little taste, if you want a stronger flavour now's the time to add more.
Spoon your batter into your cases and pop into the oven for 15-20 minutes. When done, they should be springy.
Take your cakes out of the tin and leave them on a wire rack to cool completely. If you're in a hurry pop them next to an open window (obviously only if it isn't raining!) to cool faster.
To make your icing, the frothy milk part of the cappuccino if you will, beat your butter until it's creamy and soft. Add your icing sugar and mix well, it really is that simple.
Spoon about a teaspoon full of icing onto each cake and spread it about a bit so it looks like the top of a cappuccino. Add a sprinkling of cocoa powder and you're done!
If you can exercise enough self restraint the cakes will keep in an airtight container for a few days, as long as excitable housemates don't get there first!
I've given up coffee for Lent, so please enjoy on my behalf!
Saturday, February 22nd, 2014
I suppose technically these sharp and sweet tarts are the main attraction of a light supper but I prefer to chuck a couple in my bag as an ever so slightly healthier alternative to the sticky toffee muffins they sell in the library cafe. They can be made at the weekend and kept in a Tupperware for a few days, long enough to see you through till Wednesday at least.
For twelve, you'll need:
110g plain white flour
50g unsalted butter (cubed)
1 large red onion
1 tea spoon brown sugar
100g goats cheese
Start by sieving your flour into a mixing bowl and adding your butter. Rub your butter between your finger tips untill it looks like breadcrumbs. If you aren't sure how to do this, Delia has a step by step guide. Mix your water in a dash at a time, until the mixture has come together in a ball and left the sides of the bowl 'clean'. Pop you ball in a food bag or wrap in cling film and pop it in the fridge to have a rest for at least an hour.
While you pastry is resting, chop your onion into rings and melt your butter in a frying pan. Add the onions to the pan and give them a good stir. Leave on the lowest possible heat for ten minutes and then and the sugar and give it another stir.
Cover with a lid, if possible, and leave for at least forty five minutes.
When the pastry has finished resting, flour a work surface and rolling pin. If you haven't got a rolling pin just use an empty wine bottle. Roll your pastry out until its about 5mm thick and cut put twelve circles big enough to fit your muffin tin, I haven't got any pastry cutters at uni so I use a wine glass for this bit. True story. Pop your pastry circles in the wells of the tin and add a spoonful or so of the onions, which should be gloriously sweet by now. Go on, try some.
Add a little goats cheese and pop into the oven, which should be preheated to 190C/gas mark 5 for between twenty minutes and half an hour. When done, the pastry will be golden brown and the cheese melted.
Now, you can either exercise self control and let the tarts cool down, store them in a box, and wait to eat them. Or you could dig in straight away, adding a little balsamic vinegar, maybe eating off a plate with a fork (we aren't animals). I know which option I'd choose.
Sunday, February 16th, 2014
Salmon and pesto are two of my favourite foods to combine for an easy supper. They're both so simple and easy to work with that you'd struggle to go wrong, a huge bonus after a day spent in the library! Add brown rice and peas and you're on to a winner.
When it comes to making pesto I go by sight and add ingredients a little at a time. As with eye make up, it's a lot easier to add more than to take it away.
To serve 5 people, including my very hungry Dad and brother, I used:
5 salmon fillets
1 basil plant
About half a bag of pine nuts
Half a block of parmesan
Olive oil
I served it with brown rice and peas.
Start off by preparing your rice, just follow the instructions on the packet.
Next pop your grill on and put the salmon in to start cooking whilst you make your pesto.
Put the leaves of a basil plant into a blender and add a small handful of pine nuts, most of the grated Parmesan and a few glugs (technical term) of olive oil. Give it a good mix and taste, does it need more olive oil? Cheese? It's up to you how strong you want the flavours. Just be careful not to eat too much at this point. A pesto hangover is a real and painful thing.
Take your salmon out of the grill and carefully spoon the pesto on top of the fillets, a little like this:
Pop back under the grill to finish cooking, until the pesto has darkened, and get on with cooking peas, draining rice etc.
You'll know you fish is cooked when the pesto is a greenish brown on top.
Sunday, December 29th, 2013
Technically this is a brandy and prune bûche de Noël, I made it before Christmas but then I got so caught up in all the festivities that it completely slipped my mind to post it. Never mind, it's also fabulous for New Year's Eve celebrations.
To make one loaf (you'll get about 12 servings), you need:
1 tin of prunes (get ones without stones in them)
175g plain chocolate
6 large eggs (separated)
175g golden caster sugar
500g mascarpone
4tbsp cocoa powder
25g icing sugar
For decorating:
Lustredust (Edible glitter! I know! How cool!)
Start off by rinsing all the juice/syrup of your prunes and dry them off with a bit of kitchen roll. Then pop them in a bowl or jam jar with a few slugs of brandy and cover to soak overnight.
Next morning grease and line a Swiss roll tin, melt your chocolate, and separate your eggs. When the chocolate is melted pop it to one side to cool down, you don't want to mix it with your egg yolks yet as you'll get a sort of chocolaty scrambled eggs…
Mix your egg yolks and sugar together and beat them until they're smooth and pale.
When your chocolate is cool mix the two together.
In another bowl, beat your egg whites until they form soft peaks, and then ever so gently mix in your chocolate and egg mix.
Pour the mixture into your tin and bake for about 25 minutes. When it's done it should be springy if you poke it.
Once it's cooled down, cover with a damp tea towel and leave for at least two hours.
To make your filling and topping pop your mascarpone, icing sugar, and cocoa powder in a bowl and add a good few slugs of brandy.
Beat it really well, until you have an even colour. Spread half on your filling on what is going to be the inside of your roll and arrange the prunes evenly over it.
Next up is the tricky bit. Very carefully start rolling from one end to the other. This has never been my strength, but logs aren't exactly perfect so don't worry too much if yours cracks or goes a bit skewif…
Take the rest of your filling and spread it over your log. Use a fork to make some grooves in the icing.
Use some gold leaf and lustredust to decorate the top. If gold doesn't take your fancy try something else. Go wild.
Personally, I like mine with a little cream or crème fraîche but it's quite rich so you can have it with out anything.
Friday, December 13th, 2013
I've been writing an essay on the first part of Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu for the last week. If you've never heard of it, watch this little clip from Monty Python's Flying Circus, it sums it up about as well as I could (Warning: it's a little bit rude, 70s humour) Unfortunately, every time I go to type À la recherche du temps perdu I end up typing À la recherche du pain perdu. Clearly, my subconscious is trying to tell me something.
Now, I am very well aware that pain perdu actually translates as toast but for some reason I always think it means bread and butter pudding, which can be very confusing in French restaurants!
I'd been craving some all day so when I left the library this evening I headed down to Waitrose to get some mincemeat for my mince pies and the bits I needed to make bread and butter pudding. Lets face it, bread and custard is the ultimate comfort food. I got back, put on my comfiest pyjamas and some super cozy socks that'd warmed up nicely on the radiator and got cracking.
To serve 6 – 8 people (or just you, I won't tell), you need:
3/4 of a brioche loaf (normally I'd use a loaf that I'd made but deadlines and the need for comforting food fast meant that this idea went right out the window)
100g butter
75g dark brown sugar
250g dried mixed fruit
400ml semi skimmed milk
200ml double cream
3 eggs
You'll also need a medium sized tin, any will do – roasting tin, pasta bake tray, cake tin – or ramekins. I once had it served in a mug which really took the comfort to the next level, just be careful that you use oven safe mugs, not your parent's wedding china or any heirlooms!
Preheat your oven to gas mark 4/180 degrees and melt you butter.
Then, coat the bottom of each slice of brioche with melted butter and, buttered side down, line the bottom of your tin.
Mix your fruit and sugar together and pour half over the layer of brioche.
Repeat the buttering of the brioche and laying it in the tin for a second time and then add the remaining sugar and fruit. Add a final layer of buttered brioche on top.
Now, beat your eggs and mix them with the milk and cream before pouring it over the brioche and fruit.
Pop it in the oven for around 40 minutes, when it's done it'll be golden brown on top and puffed up. Serve it straight away, with lashings of cream.


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Countee Cullen
Fruit of the Flower
My father is a quiet man
With sober, steady ways;
For simile, a folded fan;
His nights are like his days.
My mother's life is puritan,
No hint of cavalier,
A pool so calm you're sure it can
Have little depth to fear.
And yet my father's eyes can boast
How full his life has been;
There haunts them yet the languid ghost
Of some still sacred sin.
And though my mother chants of God,
And of the mystic river,
I've seen a bit of checkered sod
Set all her flesh aquiver.
Why should he deem it pure mischance
A son of his is fain
To do a naked tribal dance
Each time he hears the rain?
Why should she think it devil's art
That all my songs should be
Of love and lovers, broken heart,
And wild sweet agony?
Who plants a seed begets a bud,
Extract of that same root;
Why marvel at the hectic blood
That flushes this wild fruit?
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Colleen Courtney (7/3/2014 8:22:00 AM)
This is such a wonderful poem on being able to be who you feel you truly are. It matters not where we come from. Every person has the right to live freely as they see fit whether it follows the dictates of mainstream society or not. This is a nice eye opening reminder write to be true to you! Always! (Report) Reply
Captain Cur (7/3/2012 4:58:00 AM)
Parents only want us to follow in their shoes' footprints,
not the naked ones. Loved this poem. (Report) Reply
delilah contrapunctal (11/7/2007 9:11:00 PM)
How I love this man's work........beautiful..
a friend of mine had the good fortune to be one of his pupils..........
.in some poetical 'hereafter', perhaps they've met once again.......................... (Report) Reply
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Reducing, Cleaning, Simplify, right after a limitless exploration phase. Not only in physical, geographical terms, but mostly as an internal and sensorial journey.
This is how first Nicola Indelicato A/I 2015-16 Collection get born : "At first I thought I would launch a Womenswear collection, because I felt it as an immediate urge, as if it was natural but then I realized that my deep attraction was caught by Menswear dress code. Dealing with a series of opposites that I didn't want to lose, I've just creatively decided to melt 'em all".
Fusion of diversities, and coexistence of different 'humanscapes' are, indeed, the key sentences to acknowledge the collection itself as unexpected contamination between Nicola sensitivity for textiles research and Turkish traditional male garments: "In Istanbul I met once a traditional men's tailor, who stroke me with his incredible technique language, showing a world of 'symbols' and gestures that needed no translation, despite my basic Turkish. Over a whole month I would go and talk to him, every saturday, trying to dig for his distinctive garment understanding, that strongly became structure and oxygen for the collection. The Turkish trousers called 'Salvar' got turned into a pair of shorts, while the thick pleating technique, moved out toward plissés studies, creating a new standard in terms of accessories: an apron/belt, pleated in the front and functionally holding in the back, reminding to my great-aunts homemade aprons".
'Paradoks', as the Turkish word for paradox, it's not just the collection title, it's a cultural and significant consequence, a 'trait d'union' all the way through the capsule creative
signposts. The conceptual value of paradox has to be found also within the imaginary of 'Buffalo 66', a late 90's independent movie, directed and acted by Vincent Gallo in a stunning duo with Christina Ricci. Emotionally unable to communicate, male and female are drifting in a series of non-senses, while they are, same time, hopelessly dependent on each other. "This movie really had signed my consciousness - asserts Nicola - especially when Billy (Gallo) tells Layla (Ricci) : We're the couple that
doesn't touch one another.We like each other a lot, and we span time together. We just don't touch each other, all right ?"
It's the unlikely relationship between the two of them to bring oxymora all over the collection DNA: a unisex definition that is wearing a traditional turkish long shirt, carried out in
bonded and thermo welded leather or in bonded woolen cloth/ leather, tightly closed - almost packed - thanks to high-tech thermo welded zips, designing a geometric taste of brutalism. By increasing quality and strong functionality to his outerwear pieces, Nicola feels that " Most of technical aspects of fabrics and textile associations, got their inspiration and aesthetic by deepening into basket sportswear essentials, from the classic maxi combo, vest+shorts, up to its iconic volumes and details, entirely applied onto leather or
fabric. Net materials, coming from sporty t-shirts, were treated and thicken to create a unique fur-striped manufacture".
Gathering together all hints and layers of meaning, appears so important to pinpoint Nicola Indelicato, sophisticated material choices, almost drafting a 'vademecum': oxford cottons, satin cottons, woolen cloth, bonded leather, shearling, mink, xiangao fur, laminée python. This, the statement glossary of an incongruously exciting fashion story.
Designer: Nicola indelicato PRE-fw 2015-2016
Photographer: Gokhan Yerebakmaz
Models: Lucas Kittel @option management, Nora @New Models Agency
Hair stylist: Akin Unal
Make up: Nisa Kose


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