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Hunger hormone identified
Scientists have identified a hormone that regulates appetite.
The discovery has raised hopes of a breakthrough in the treatment of obesity and anorexia.
Researchers at Imperial College, London, UK, have found that the growth hormone ghrelin has an effect on whether a person is hungry or not.
They believe that levels of the hormone could be increased to encourage people with anorexia or patients with cancer or Aids, who have lost their appetite, to eat.
Dr Alison Wren and colleagues at Imperial College first identified the effects of the hormone during tests on rats before continuing their study on humans.
As part of their trial, nine volunteers were infused with ghrelin on one day and with saline the following day.
On both occasions they were presented with a plate of food, comprising four normal-sized adult portions.
They found that all of the participants ate 30% more than normal after they had received the hormone. The volunteers, who were not told what was being infused, also reported being much more hungry.
Dr Wren said that while the study was small, the findings, which were presented at the Society for Endocrinology's annual meeting in London, were significant.
Long-term benefits
"Nobody has ever found something in the body's circulation that regulates appetite before," she told BBC News Online.
"Although this was quite a small scale trial, it was clear that all of the volunteers ate much more."
Dr Wren suggested that the finding could have long-term health benefits.
"Obviously in a modern society, obesity is one of the biggest causes of morbidity and mortality. This could be used to block the action of the indigenous hormone and may be useful in the treatment of obesity."
Professor Steve Bloom, from Imperial College, described the finding as significant.
"I think it is pretty significant because the hormone was originally discovered to be responsible for quite a different purpose. I think this is a pretty important breakthrough," he told BBC News Online.
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03 Dec 01 | Health
Obesity 'not linked to childhood'
20 Dec 00 | Medical notes
Eating disorders
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LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called upon City Council members on Tuesday to make permanent the policy of giving new businesses a three-year holiday from municipal taxes.
KNX 1070's Claudia Peschiutta reports the mayor is under pressure from critics who blame the gross receipts tax is slowing down the city's economic engine.
Villaraigosa told attendees at the United Chambers of Commerce Annual Mayors' Luncheon at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills the move needs to be a priority for lawmakers.
"I want the city to take the position that the business tax holiday is a proven tool for bringing businesses to L.A. and generating jobs," said Villaraigosa.
The tax holiday was introduced in 2010 and currently is set to expire in 2012.
Councilmen Mitch Englander, Tom LaBonge and Eric Garcetti, the council president, have recently called for extending the tax holiday until 2015.
Companies such as Blackline Software, Tom's Shoes and Gensler have relocated to Los Angeles in part because
of the tax holiday, the mayor's office said.
Under the policy, a business is exempted from paying the local business tax during its first three years in Los Angeles, thereby gaining what a city statement calls "the opportunity to establish a solid foundation for economic success."
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He only ever admitted to an emotional affair. She buys that....or wants to buy that. Personally I doubt it.
I introduced her to this site. she posted for a few weeks, and read a lot of the materials and threads. I know it helped her a lot.
In any case the OW left her job (they worked together), and there was no more contact. But her WH did not want the marriage anymore. (were there others????...I think so, but sho knows).
A couple of weekends ago their lovely daughter got married. Lovely wedding. My dear friend "rocked", as she spoke at the reception. Her X didn't have the confidence to speak. Didn't matter. My friend spoke on behalf of both of them, and was eloquent, funny, graceful. And she looked like a hot tamale that night too :).
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Was it some moldy ceiling tiles? The dusty shoes of a careless employee? Or did the contamination ride in on one of the ingredients? There are lots of ways fungus could have gotten inside the Massachusetts compounding pharmacy whose steroid medication has been linked to a lethal outbreak of a rare fungal form of meningitis.
The outbreak has killed at least 16 people and sickened more than 200 others in 15 states. Nearly all the victims had received steroid injections for back pain.
Criminal investigators from the Food and Drug Administration were at the Framingham firm Tuesday, company spokesman Andrew Paven said. He had no further comment.
The New England Compounding Center of Framingham, Mass., has not commented on its production process or what might have gone wrong, so outside experts can only speculate. But the betting money seems to be on dirty conditions, faulty sterilizing equipment, tainted ingredients or sloppiness on the part of employees.
Compounding pharmacies aren't as tightly regulated as drug company plants, but they are supposed to follow certain rules: Clean floors and other surfaces daily; monitor air in "clean rooms" where drugs are made; require employees to wear gloves and gowns; test samples from each lot.
High-volume production of the sort that went on at New England Compounding also raises the chances of contamination, experts said.
"I don't see it as appropriate for a community pharmacy to do a batch of something preservative-free in numbers in the thousands" of doses, said Lou Diorio, a New Jersey-based consultant to compounding pharmacies. Diorio, who has no connection to the investigation or the company, said it is harder to keep everything sterile when working with large amounts.
To make the steroid, a chemical powder from a supplier is mixed with a liquid, sterilized through heating, then pumped into vials, according to Eric Kastango, another consultant from New Jersey who helps compounding pharmacies deal with contamination problems. He is not connected to the company either.
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KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf said international cricket may return to Pakistan next year and has already provided security plans to some cricket boards from other countries.
''We are in negotiations with Bangladesh and Zimbabwe cricket boards,'' Ashraf said Sunday. ''I was in Colombo recently and I talked to them about sending their team.''
International cricket of a sort returned to Pakistan at the weekend when players from Sri Lanka, West Indies, South Africa and Afghanistan represented an International World XI and played two exhibition Twenty20 matches at Karachi against a Pakistan All Star XI.
The PCB chief welcomed the initiative taken by provincial sports minister Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah to organize the matches in which former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya led the International World XI with players like South African bowlers Andre Nel and Nantie Hayward and Ricardo Powell from West Indies competing in front of capacity crowds of more than 30,000 at National Stadium.
''I think these matches are a good step and Pakistan Cricket Board supported and encouraged these matches,'' Ashraf said.
''Despite being private matches these matches generated lot of enthusiasm from the fans.''
Pakistan has not hosted any test-playing nation since gunmen attacked an Sri Lanka team convoy at Lahore in March 2009.
Mainly United Arab Emirates has become Pakistan's ''home'' venue with the PCB organizing home series in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah during the last three and a half years.
Ashraf also said that the PCB is negotiating with two other cricket boards beside Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and has also sent them security plans.
''We are talking to two other boards as well, but I am not going to reveal the names,'' he said. ''We have given them security plans and hope good results will come.
''We will give you good news regarding the resumption of international cricket in Pakistan very soon, maybe in 2013. I am sure the day is not far when we have big time cricket in Karachi, Lahore and other cities.''


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A Jamaican celebration
Designer Jon Daniel created the new identity for last weekend's Brixton Splash festival, alongside street banners (above) and a gallery of 'Jamaicons' posters to celebrate the 50th anniverary of the country's independence
Designer Jon Daniel created the new identity for last weekend's Brixton Splash festival, alongside street banners (above) and a gallery of 'Jamaicons' posters to celebrate the 50th anniverary of the country's independence…
The Brixton Splash free street festival took place on Sunday August 5 and featured a rebranded logo from Daniel (on banner, above), who used the Jamaican motto, 'Out of Many, One People' as a theme to reflect the country's fifty years of independence.
The rebrand included the new logo applied on all related festival material, with superlite posters sited across the Lambeth area of south London and street banners hung throughout Brixton high street. Daniel also made a series of poster artworks celebrating 'Jamaicons'.
These graphic artworks are currently being shown on the side of the famous Ritzy Picturehouse cinema – the first time that the institution has allowed their 'picture wall' to be used in this way since it was launched four years ago.
Figures illusrated on the 'Jamaicons' wall include Bob Marley, Marcus Garvey, Linton Johnson, Michael Holding, Merlene Ottey, Mary Seacole, Queen Nanny, Grace Jones and, of course, Usain Bolt (above), who went on to celebrate victory in the Olympic 100m during the evening of the festival.
All photography by Martha Love. More of Daniel's work at jon-daniel.com.
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Rob Halford may have rejoined his comrades in Judas Priest and released two new studio albums with the group, but he is still remaining more than active as a solo artist. In the past five years, he has worked to remaster his solo catalogue, make a movie, found a record label and clothing line, and even put out a Christmas album!
This particular effort is the widely-proclaimed Metal God's fourth album under the Halford banner and his first secular album to see release since Crucible came out in 2002. Fortunately, Made of Metal proves that Halford is still able to come up with solid material on his own terms.
Despite the title that Halford has chosen for this release, Made of Metal may actually be one of his lighter and most diverse solo efforts to date. But having said that, the album's overall sound recalls a mix of Priest's Screaming For Vengeance and Halford's own Resurrection.
Most of the songs on here are pretty accessible with much of the emphasis being placed on the various vocal hooks and ear-catching riffs. There also appears to be an almost pop touch at work with it particularly standing on the title track. Simply put, you'll be disappointed if you're expecting another soul-crushing Painkiller...
Going along with this trend, Halford himself seems to have toned down his vocal prowess in a way similar to his performance on 1980's British Steel. While Nostradamus featured the singer putting on a commanding performance and even trying out a few new techniques, he mostly sticks to a slightly monotone voice on this album and rarely explores the full extent of his range.
In fact, The Mower is the only song on this album that seems to prominently feature his signature falsettos. Even then, it sounds more like Udo Dirkschneider's screech than an All Guns Blazing shriek. Fortunately, this is not a complete loss as Halford still has a fantastic voice and carries the songs fairly well.
The other band members also perform well though they are mostly devoid of the aggression that made songs like Betrayal and Made In Hell so powerful. However, the guitars and drums have retained their technicality and keep the songs from faltering with their energetic performances.
In spite of the changes that have been made, most of the songs on this album still mostly comprise of upbeat rockers with some power metal influence at work. Of these tracks, Undisputed and Matador seem to stand out the most due to their triumphant verse-chorus transitions. In addition, Fire And Ice and Speed Of Sound also manage to be memorable thanks to the former's happy refrain and the latter's similarity to Priest's classic Electric Eye.
The album also has a softer side with Till The Day I Die standing out in this regard for its mellow attitude and noticeable country/blues influence. Heartless is also a highlight thanks to its soft/heavy contrasts and Twenty-Five Years brings the classic Silent Screams to mind with its cathartic refrain.
Ultimately, the title track proves to be the album's most distinctive song whether this be out of love or seething hatred. With its processed vocal effects and NASCAR-themed imagery, it may be one of the cheesiest things that Halford has ever written (Yes, even more so than Turbo Lover) and should have its share of haters, but its infectious hooks are incredibly hard to deny...
And speaking of NASCAR, the lyrics on this album are fairly interesting in that they mostly deal with a mix of love themes and cheesy aesthetics. Matador is a particularly interesting track as its lyrics tell the story of a gringo who becomes a top bullfighter. Don't worry, I'm confused too.
All in all, this is a pretty solid album though one that I would hardly recommend as being an essential purchase. Priest fans that were rubbed the wrong way by Nostradamus should find this to be a much more accessible effort.
For what it's worth, it's a pretty decent album if you manage to look past some of the album's slightly cheesier moments. Good luck getting the chorus to Made of Metal out of your head; if you're not prepared, it's going to be stuck there for a long time...
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Mata adding consistency to O's bullpen
Mata adding consistency to O's bullpen
"Everybody's waiting for the rookie guy who got called up, everybody's waiting for him to get nervous in his first outings in the big leagues," Mata, a native of Venezuela, said. "I was a little nervous, but I was just concentrating on throwing the ball over the plate and getting outs."
The former closer for Triple-A Norfolk has provided consistency for a bullpen that sorely needs it. He has steadily gained more trust from interim manager Juan Samuel, who inserted him on Tuesday with the bases loaded in the sixth inning against the Yankees. The 26-year-old retired Alex Rodriguez on seven pitches.
"Coming in with that situation, with the bases loaded facing who he was facing, you kind of think twice," Samuel said. "Is he going to be able to handle it? But he came right after those guys, and he's done a fabulous job for us so far."
"No, I wasn't really nervous, I was just concentrating on getting the out," Mata said of facing A-Rod. "I just get a little excited when I throw two pitches inside and they didn't give me those pitches. I just say, 'Oh, I [have to] be more nasty now, because it's a 2-0 count.' " --Noah Rosenstein


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Learning Outcome: Demonstrate an understanding of philosophical questions and traditions.
Philosophical learning promotes informed reflection on various areas, topics, and figures in philosophy. Students should become familiar with influential philosophical questions, positions, and methods of inquiry, and they should develop intellectual attitudes that enable them to identify and assess implicit presuppositions, and to formulate and defend solutions to philosophical issues, including ethical issues.
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Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the various approaches of the philosophical question of what it means to be human.
TIER II Courses: (1 course required)
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|This course explores philosophical issues in aesthetics like the nature of art and beauty through, in part, service-learning in retirement communities and theaters, as examples.
Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of aesthetics and the value of leadership development and civic engagement.
|PHIL 271: Philosophy of Religion (Formerly PHIL 171)
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Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the enterprise of using reason, broadly construed, to articulate issues arising out of religious belief and practice and to formulate and defend positions with respect to those issues.
|PHIL 272: Metaphysics (Formerly PHIL 172)
|This course examines the fundamental principles by which the nature of reality can be explained.
Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the central issues surrounding the field of metaphysics.
|PHIL 273: Philosophy of Science (Formerly PHIL 273)
|This course examines the nature of scientific knowledge and its claim to possess a distinctive method of inquiry.
Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the mode of inquiry which is the scientific method.
|PHIL 274: Logic (Formerly PHIL 274)
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|PHIL 275: Theory of Knowledge (Formerly PHIL 175)
|This course examines both the nature and the reliability of human knowledge.
Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the various approaches to the study of knowledge.
|PHIL 277: Aesthetics (Formerly PHIL 177)
|This course will explore one or more of the following philosophical questions in aesthetics: What is art? What is good art (art evaluation or critical theory)? What is beauty? What is it about human nature that allows us to experience beauty?
Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the various approaches to the philosophical study of beauty and the arts.
|PHIL 279: Judgment and Decision-Making (Formerly PHIL 179)
|This course examines the philosophical and psychological foundations of decision-making.
Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the principles of reasoning and decision-making.
|PHIL 284: Health Care Ethics (Formerly PHIL 184)
|This course studies philosophical ethics as practiced in the health care setting.
Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of traditional moral theories in a health care framework, as well as the varieties of ethical challenges facing contemporary health care.
|PHIL 286: Ethics and Education (Formerly PHIL 186)
|This course examines philosophical ethics as it informs and guides the activity of teaching.
Outcome: Students will be able to examine and assess various ethical theories, and apply those theories to ethical issues in teaching.
|PHIL 287: Environmental Ethics (Formerly PHIL 187)
|This course will look at various philosophical and ethical views on the relationship between humans and the natural world. Topics may include: pollution, animal rights, and natural resources.
Outcome: Students will develop critical thinking skills and gain knowledge in the areas of philosophy and ethics. Students will have opportunities to analyze, evaluate, work as team members, and engage with the community on environmental topics and so will be able to engage in civic and leadership activities.
|PHIL 288: Culture and Civilization (Formerly PHIL 188)
|This course examines the nature, causes, and possible future development of human culture and civilization.
Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the various approaches to the philosophical study of human culture and civilization.
|PLSC 100: Political Theory
|This course introduces students to the study of the perennial questions, traditions and concepts in the history of political thought.
Outcome: Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the major concepts that organize and inform theoretical reflection on politics: human nature and the human good, theory and practice, natural law and natural rights, power and authority, consent and obligation, and so on.


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UNLV vs. Boise State Pick
BOISE, ID (ATS Consultants) – No. 24 Boise State hosts UNLV on Saturday at 3:30PM ET on the NBC Sports Network, live from Bronco Stadium.
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Boise State is 5-1 on the season and 3-0 at home while UNLV is 1-6 overall and 0-2 on the road. The Rebels are 3-2-2 against the spread while the Broncos are 4-2 ATS. Boise State won last year's meeting 48-21.
Odds: The oddsmakers at Bovada.lv have Boise State as the clear favorite in this game, as the Broncos are getting odds of -28 points at home against UNLV. The over/under total has been set at 53.5 points.
Line Movement: Opening odds had Boise State favored by 27 points. The spread never was lower than that and it peaked at 28.5 points before closing at 28.
Public Betting: Of the wagers that have been placed on this game, 66% of the wagers are going on Boise State with odds of -28 points against UNLV. Be sure to click on the public betting link to get the latest odds and betting percentages.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL FREE PICK: UNLV is 10-37-4 ATS L51 road games. BST is 4-1 ATS L5 in October. Boise State is 88-6 in conference games since 2000 and 77-3 at home since that time. The Broncos average 25.2 ppg to rank 80th in the nation after beating Fresno State last week, 20-10. The offense, led by RB D.J. Harper (122 yards last week) may be down this year, but the defense is as good as ever. They have allowed just 19 points in the first half over the entire season (six games). They also ranked second in the league with 2.3 sacks per game. The defense also allows 14.7ppg (12th nationally). They should be able to put up point against a terrible UNLV defense that allows 479 yard per game (109th) and has allowed at least 30 points to every time but FCS No. Arizona.
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Just go an email from D'Sens & they are having private parties the two nights we can eat at there.
We depart next week, so I have to nail this down rightaway.
I'm allergic to chili pepper, so do not recommend C'yan or Thai restaurants.
We'd ideally like French/fusion haute cusine in a beautiful setting, preferably w/ a skyline view.
Considering HARVEY'S but there's no view. Does LE NORMANDIE have a view?
We're already eating at Aubergine on Sunday & Jester's on our in-between Jerry tour days... any other ideas?
Anyone eat at LE PRE GRILL or LEMONCELLO?
The menu at Le Banyan sounds very old fashioned French, we want French w/ an experimental chef...
At D'Sens, besides the view, we were so looking forward to the sea urchin (uni) & lobster with cavier appetizer... I am so disappointed.
We were going to order 4 appetizers, 2 desserts plus the French Set Dinner w/ wine w/ each course.
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D'Sens canceled, need great restaurant in BKK w/ view & nonThai food
Just go an email from D'Sens & they are having private parties the two nights we can eat at there.
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Le Normandie would be the best choice. Yes it has a view that overlooks the river.
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Thanks, I think we may bite the bullet ($$$) and eat there... although the chef/menu is not as experimental as D'Sens.
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I just visited Le Normandie's website & they require a jacket for men for dinner. My husband is bringing silk shirts but in no way is he going to bring a suit jacket.
Any other ideas?
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It's between Cy'an vs. Harvey's?
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The best combination of food & view is Mezaluna at the top of State tower. But its Italian.
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Normandie has a wonderful view.
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we ate at cy'an last year....the food was quite good, but nothing exceptional....i don't remember chillis at all....
normandie will have a view of "the other side" of the river....looks out at the penn....
remember this is thailand, not france, belgium or luxembourg....you have to expect things not to be pure continental...most often there is a mix on menus...
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I would email Normandie and ask if silk shirts are acceptable. I ate at lemoncello once and would never go back. Mezaluna will certainly have the view-- never eaten there so can't speak about the food or ambiance.
However, avoiding chili peppers should not be difficult in any upscale restaurant in thailand. My mother can't eat chili peppers and ate in many upscale thai restaurants (where english was widely spoken so her problem was understood) and she never had a problem.
Just remembered that State Tower restaurants also has some sort of dress code for men (or did) because when I was there some men were turned away because of dress so if you go to any of their restaurants you might want to double check.But maybe that's just for Sirrocco.
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You will need a jacket for dinner but not for lunch. If you don't have one they will have a "standby" jacket in their cloak room.
The food is classic French, unless there's a visiting chef.
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Oops.. the above reply is for the Normandie.
I've seen people walk in wearing a polo shirt and dress pants and they, the manager, just gave him a jacket to wear and that was it.
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My husband will not fit into their jackets. He's a 46 LONG... w/ long arms. He/we refuse to be forced into a jacket, his or otherwise. He looks wonderful in leather dress shoes, dress slacks & a silk shirt. IMO jackets are archaic, it's not the Oscars!
A lot of the dishes on Cy'an's menu have curry or chili as it's Mediterranean cuisine.
Thinking about Harvey's... or Le Banyan. Don't want to eat outside at Cy'an.
Thanks for Lemoncello tip.
Anyone eaten at Le Pre Grill? Their domain expired, I can't get a response via emai.
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Oksana-- where are you from? if it's a major US city you probably have better italian and probably french food where you are. Thus, I'd look for a place that has a pleasant and unique atmosphere. Anything at the state tower will provide that (but check the jacket situation) although I find the food WAY OVERPRICED. You could also go to an upscale thai/fusion restaurant and easily avoid chili peppers or go to China House and have pekin Duck-- no chili peppers there and you definitely don't need a jacket. Another possibility would be the riverside buffet at the Oriental.
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We live in Los Angeles... we will have spent a week in Khao Lak & one in Siem Reap, so I don't want to think about Thai food or any Asian food, we live in an area where there are literally thousands of Asian cuisine restaurants...
We are interested in fusion because we're foodies & we love to try the cuisine of new chefs... French is safe because they just don't cook w/ peppers or curries.
I've read the menus of many of the restaurants & Harvey's sounds very interesting. Cy'an is too Mediterranean & I'm not into expensive Italian... we'd rather eat what is not affordable here in L.A.; French, haute cuisine fusion & of course seafood.
I had our hearts set on D'Sens because of their uni (sea urchin)/lobster/caviar appetizer. We love uni... and a few other appetizers; their Fig Symphony dessert & the Trio of (three colors) Grapes dessert. The new chef there sounds like a real artist. I admire that.
I translated their French Set dinner menu for them as the English translation (from the French) was terrible. They thanked me, then they emailed a few days later they had a private party booking, then another, it's just bad timing for us... if we were there one more night, we could do it. I don't want to do lunch, as we want to spa on our last full day.
For me to go to an haute Thai cuisine restaurant, is a waste of time as most of the food I can't eat (any chili means curries & sesame oil too).
I love curry, but it makes me violently sick. My husband loves fois gras & Harvey's has a wonderful fois gras dish (fried served with peach compote on mashed chestnuts)... it also seems that young, hip Thais eat there... so it sounds more interesting than stuffy Le Normandie w/ their silly dress code & I also found their menu very old-fashioned, heavy French food.
I've read a lot of reviews of Sirocco & the food seems over-priced & not great. We also do not want to eat outside of a windy roof. I've been reading reviews in the BKK Post, and two other websites for weeks, downloading menus, etc.
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I have been staying at the Oriental almost yearly since 1985 and I eat in their restaurants a lot but I have only eaten at le Normandie twice -- once on my first visit and once when I was there with my mother when she turned 75. It is VERY traditional/heavy french which is exactly why I avoid it.
I would forget Sirrocco-- it is very mediocre and overpriced.
Sounds like Harvey's is worth a try. I'll be interested in your experience since I may want to try it. Banyan is lousy in my opinion.
Your husband would not be happy in Chicago where there is a BAN on foie gras.
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Oksana with your health concerns have you given any thought to avian influenza (re:foie gras)?
I think you are overstating the use of chili and curry paste in Thailand. And sesame oil..is that a staple of Thai cuisine?
There is so much wonderful seafood that you can order simply grilled in many places.
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We are just home from BKK ate at the normandie ,yery over ratedand expensive ,view was fine.
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Oksana...I can understand about wanting a different kind of foods as I also from L.A. area and I know that I eat more Thai food at home than when I'm in Thailand. Whenever friends and I go out, it's usually Thai food or another type of Asian food. I can't think of any other French restaurants in BKK as I don't like French food. When I'm in France, I eat Asian or vegetarian. Smiles. Have a great trip. Happy Travels!
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No, I am not concerned about Avian influenza from fois gras, as I would assume the birds are raised in France or Quebec. I just watched a piece on Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, where he visited a Quebecquoise farm where the woman showed the 'forced feeing' technique & explained (my RVT husband verified) that birds have different throats than mammals (the food can't get into the lungs)... And the geese were totally non-plussed by the 'forced' feeding & happy, free range birds... certainly happier than how Tyson (et al) raise chickens in the US, where hundreds of thousands of packed into hot, cages where they never see the light of day or breathe fresh air.
We are animal lovers, he works in biomedical research with animals & his job is being their 'advocate/guardian' and the ban on fois gras in Chicago & elsewhere is fanatical PETA gone wild... encroaching onto personal freedoms. I would rather be a forced fed goose on a farm in France than being free fed for KFC.
Sesame oil is used as a flavoring in Chinese influenced Thai cooking. That yummy peanut satay sauce has sesame oil in it. So, does the peanut salad dressing, etc. Sesame oil is a flavoring, it's not cooked in, it's a condiment... so to speak.
Guen understands how much Thai food we Los Angelenos eat.
It's a matter of not wanting to go to a restaurant & have limited choices, or worse, have chili or sesame end up in the food & become violently ill during the meal (or the next day) so that I am unable to get out of the bathroom & resume our tour... it's not worth it & unless you have a food intolerance or allergy, you have NO IDEA how STRESSFUL it is to be dependent upon a low-paid stranger to 'guarantee' that there's no allergens in your food.
I've had it happen in Santa Monica, where I ordered Pad Thai takeout & the order taker was a 'farang' American & the Pad Thai had obviously been cooked in a wok where the previous dish was fried w/ chilis, so my noodles absorbed all the oil & the Pad Thai tasted of chili on the first bite.
That's the stress... anything I order would have to be cooked in a wok that was washed w/ soap & hot water, to wash out the chili oil... or my food will absorb the leftover chili oil that lines the wok. THAT is not my idea of a vacation.
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Yes, but most Thai cooking does not use sesame oil and as you know, satay is actually of Indonesian origin as far as I know. Oh well, besides the point anyway. I hope you enjoy your dinner choices and your entire trip. And by the way, many of us adore foie gras!
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..sorry..meant to say that the foie gras wil likely be from duck from Australia as that is the origin of much of that delicacy served in Asian restaurants.
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AskOsana...Yes, folks just can't even imagine how much Thai food we Angelenos consume. It's "American" food in our neck of the woods and has been for a couple of decades. Smiles. Happy Travels!
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Yes Guenmai,
Only another Los Angeleno can understand that for us 'eating Chinese' is usually Thai.
Many of the Thai restaurants serve Chinese influenced Thai food. I have a pal from Trip Advisor who lives in Krabi & is married to a Thai woman & SHE (the Thai woman) says that sesame oil is making inroads into Thai cooking... when I went to two different L.A. Thai food restaurans; one said they don't use it but the other one (Isaan) said they did & she wrote it out for me in Thai. "I am allergic to sesame oil."
It's possible that, like Chinese, certain regional cuisines of Thailand, use it & others don't.
Also, the satay sauce contains sesame oil as does the spicy (yummy) peanut salad dressing. Little drops of it are put in brown sauces too. Tiny bits make me ill... I found this out the hard way when my husband brought home 'everything' bagels (no diehard NYer would have buy that kind)... not to hurt his feelings (garlic, plain, onion or forget it) I picked off all the sesame seeds & STILL got sick the next morning because the sesame oil went into the crust, while the bagels were baked.
I rest my case as to why I want to avoid Thai food.
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Having dinnere at D'Sens tonight. You need any other info?
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yeah, tell me how you like the food.
We are thinking about getting 4 appetizers (sea urchin & lobster/caviar), fois gras, salmon one & another I can't recall.
Then the French Set Dinner menu 1600 BHT not to be confused w/ the Prix Fixe Dinner menu 2900 BHT... which is too much food & not enough variety in choices.
Then we want to try the Fig Symphony dessert & perhaps the Trio of three colors of grapes.
I'm curious as to what you order & how you like it.
My husband is going to be drinking wine by the glass w/ the French Set dinner... I don't drink wine.
Please let me know your impressions.
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i hope they have not changed the menu!!!
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Today is already Valentine's day in BKK so the dinner tonight will have their Valentine's day menu - what ever that is!
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Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours, Hanuman. I hope you have/had a lovely dinner!
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Thank you Kathie!
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Whatever it is, it will have the "Valentines Day" surcharge on it
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just what i would expect from a french restaurnat in bangkok....its asia not france...
what was the rating on your company?? 12/10
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The duck sounds heavenly!
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Quack Quack! Happy Travels!
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"Le Quack Le Quack" - these are French ducks!
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wee wee..... pardon...oui, oui
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I guess the manager remembered me because I translated their French Set Dinner menu (the challans duck is on it too) for them into READABLE ENGLISH (as their translation was hilarious)... as a gift... prior to their ditzy hostess screwing up our reservations three times... making me have to email the Oriental & ask them to switch our Lord Jim's res. three times!
When he switched their private party (IMO I think the private party canceled-- I do not think they moved the private party for 2 American tourists) to 'make room for us'... I wrote to him en francais & thanked him & made a little joke about chocolate & women... which he found amusing.
The French Set Dinner menu has a much better selection of entrees/starters, etc. The dessert you ate sounds horrible. LOL!
The French Set menu has a vanilla bean ice cream, warm chocolate ganache w/ chocolate souffle extravaganza of a dessert, hey it's dark chocolate, I'm a woman...
But the Fig Symphony is on their regular dessert menu as is the Trio of Grapes, we will just order them a la carte.
That is why we are not getting the Prix Fixe menu for 2900 BHT because all the great appetizers & desserts are not on it.
I am underwhelmed by the entrees, it's the appetizers & desserts that seem to inspire the new, young chef, but it's good to hear the duck we will be eating is great.
You are very brave my dear, I would never eat an oyster anywhere other than New Zealand.
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Oysters in Bangkok are very fresh as they are farmed right outside the city. On Tong's secret tour, we ate them right off their frames in the water. Incredible!
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Oysters only in New Zealand? Any special reason?
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it's the cleanest place I've ever been to... spotless & they have no water pollution... my late mother & I ate oysters every night, all over the country (we were on a tour) & we never got sick... and they were wonderful
in California there are warnings in all seafood restaurants for pregnant women... a sushi chef told me that there is no way to ascertain if an oyster is contaminated by a toxin... I am not talking 'bad' oysters as in old... I am talking toxin contaminated... they are bottom feeders...
New Zealand is incredible for beauty, polite people, handicapped accessibility (every where, better than the US) & great oysters.
In Auckland, try Chin-Chin on the wharf, the owner/chef has worked in Tokyo, San Francisco, Toronto, Paris, etc. My kiwi pals took me there & all we ate were appetizers... the best meal I've ever had... true fusion cuisine.
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I have taken graduate-level courses in food safety. The warnings on California oysters have more do to with POLICY than whether or not they are more safe to eat than NZ oysters.
I have been to NZ. I agree that it is a lovely country. However, I don't think that you can state that it is the only safe place in the entire world to eat oysters. JMHO.
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About 10 years ago, I took a French pal to Ocean Avenue Seafood in Santa Monica... very good seafood restaurant. We sat at the oyster bar where you can order oysters from all over the world.
I ate some Japanese ones, he had another kind. He took a cab to LAX & was violently sick all the way to JFK. I was fine.
I went to a topnotch sushi bar w/ a couple. We all ate oysters. I was fine, her husband was fine, she was violently sick all night.
You can't tell if there is a toxin in an oyster... I don't care if they are farm raised, toxins are toxins... and the idea of being that sick on a 15 hour flight back to LAX... now that is hell.
It's not worth it. The oysters in New Zealand are from their very cold ocean... not farmed at all.
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I never said it was the only safe place to eat oysters. YOU are reading something that I never posted.
I said, it was the only place I would eat oysters... big difference.
We are talking about traveling & eating out while traveling... and New Zealand is the only place I would eat oysters while traveling.
If I'm going to risk being sick, I want to be sick in my own toilet.
BTW, cooking toxin polluted oysters does not make them safe. IMHO, having a farm raised oyster w/ a toxin is a greater risk than wild oysters in the ocean off of New Zealand.
The warnings for pregnant women are for toxins & mercury (in large fish) as they cross the blood/brain barrier & can cause birth defects or worse.
The Vietnamese are raising all kinds of prawns & dumping incredible amounts of antibiotics into them to kill bacteria. For those of us who are deathly allergic to penicillin, it's very important to know the origin of the seafood you buy. They've tested some of the shrimp from there & China & the antibiotics they've found are scary.
I buy 'natural chicken' too. I nearly died from chicken liver (penicillin) once... had to go to the ER to get an injection, as my throat was closing... so I don't mess w/ farm raised shellfish.
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This is all way too amusing.
Who needs TV when you can read this?
Zoologist, filmmaker, third-world pharmacist, haute cuisine critic AND food safety advocate...I wish I had so many talents.
The word snob comes to mind as well, but I would never make that accusation. Oh wait, I just did! Oops.
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Oksana I hate to break this to you, but I believe that a large percentage of New Zealand's oysters are farmed.
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I am definitely not an expert. Pandas do not have complex nervous systems. We eat all types of shellfish. We apply the following ditty(yes it's original):
Neither kosher, nor obsessed shall we be
When considering food from the sea.
Dumped into the maw
Whether cooked or raw
If you don't then it's just more for me.
I've done hundreds of asbestios cases. This was the miracle product used throught American commerce and manufacturing. Turns out it was carcinogenic. Who knows what current miracle product is injurious to our health? In a world of imperfect knowledge, we cannot protect ourselves completely. To think otherwise is folly. While consuming shellfish does increase the chance of encountering neuro-toxins, it's much safer than driving a car in Boston. I choose not to give up some unique tastes in exchange for a slight increase in personal safety.
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Andy, I eat all kinds of shellfish - gleefully - but I draw the line at driving in Boston!
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Haha! ekscrunchy, now it all makes sense. I had no idea a dog was writing these posts.
Personally, my dog hates oysters and has never been to New Zealand, so I'm afraid I can't vouch for much else on this topic.
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Kathie-a wise decision. I'm not from here. I was amazed that bad Boston drivers and angry Boston drivers are not confined to young men. One is just as likely to get flipped off by a middle-aged woman. Socio-economic differences also disappear. Newton (see Rizzutto) and South Boston are the same. Apparently, natives believe that it is OK to take out your frustrations on anyone else stupid enough to be driving around. Some sort of "Assumption of the Risk" doctrine.
I have a friend, who flies planes and is 300 pounds who drove here from maryland, parked his car and said he was not driving again until he was leaving. the thing that sent him over the edge was when he was stopped at a light trying to decide which way to go when the car behind him honked its horn continuosly. My friend was prepared to start yelling when he looked back and it was an elderly woman.
Oysters don't drive here either. If they did, they would all drive a Ford Mercury. Shrimp, of course, would drive sub-compacts.
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but I've already committed his ditty to my memory!
Yea, I too, found driving in Boston made me violently ill from driving in Boston...or perhaps it was violent AND ill?? All that cursing made me sick.
Oh well, at my age, and since I already had cancer, who the hell cares about a little mercury?? I eats what I wants! I eat all the worms and I spit out the germs.....
You nailed it filmwil!
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We knew we could count on Lucy. anyone with a child at BU is OK in my book.
The trick to driving in Boston is to assume that everyone else on the road is crazy. I've gotten to the point where it all amuses me. It's great to see so many people emotionally involved when I am distant.
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The funny thing is that Hello Kitty is from Texas, maybe it was her in your dream. Was she a disease infested whore driving a Mercedes convertible?
It sounds like our brains are trying to work something out concerning these assholes.
In my dreams the sad clown is in a deep pit, begging me to pull him out. There's a rope but I won't touch it. I don't trust it or him. It often turns into a snake. I'm not afraid of the snake but I won't touch it. No one else sees a rope, just a snake. His family beg me to pull him out - the snake won't hurt me but it will kill them. They won't touch it. My friends are in the background - backing me up. No. NO. I want someone else to help him but I can't. I won't. I know he can pull himself up and tell him so. He keeps begging.
My girls are not in these dreams.
I hate these dreams. They happen only every few months now. I always wake up agitated by them.
The worst are the dreams of happier times with STBXH. Though lately, my dream self starts bitching him out for "ruining real life."
Double Betrayal D-Day 7/26/2013
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In my effort to be *concise*, I often come off as blunt and harsh. Sorry, don't mean to be offensive.
Pretty sure SI made a cameo appearance.
Okay, I deleted the photo, because it was way too big and I'm technologically challenged. It was Chef Anne from food Network. Her hair is so bleached and ratty looking. I always think of Stripperwhore.
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Dammit, that's not right! Let's try this:
This would be your ex:
And then this would be the SI crew:
he's shown up in my dreams. Both times he showed up in my house. Stripper whore was at the front door, OC on her hip, knocking on the door. Ex-shat saying take me back but let's let her in.
No, I tell him. And I walk into another room where my sisters and mom are and they stare him down and he leaves. Suddenly another person randomly appears, says she's from Texas, was happy to finally meet me, waves and says see ya around and walks out.
That's the end of the dream. Pretty sure SI made a cameo appearance. But no Teslet...doesn't that seem weird?
Some dream insight if you'd like it?
Stripper whore knocking on the door and you letting them all in: You've put boundaries in place to try and keep them out but they're trying to get your attention and come into your life. You are letting them into your life right now.(you didn't shut the door on them)
Moving from one room to another is often about moving or wanting to move from one phase of life to another. It's really positive that you moved from Ex-shat, stripper whore and OC, and went towards your support network, who help stare them down (help support you in making them feel unwelcome) making him go away...you wouldn't have Teslet in the dream because he's a constant in your life, not something that's changing.
The Texas thing, I can't interpret unless I know what Texas means to you and how you felt about her. It could be a positive thing (new start, job opportunity, holiday etc) or it could be a negative (worried about another OW etc) You see, for me (UK based) Texas is all about cowboys, adventure, guns and possibly conflict (blame cowboy films etc for that!) so that's what it would mean to me in a dream. But it probably means something very different to you!
Finally reached indifference & looking forward to my new beginning
There are a couple ex's and STBX' who I would enjoy opening a can of whoop as on.
NG, yours is one most of us would love to do a little, NO, a HUGE 'whoop ass' on!!
I was thinking what Lyonesse said. He wouldn't have been around to make a second appearance the next night!
Maybe Texas came into it because of the g2g there soon. That would be a whole mess of 'whoop ass' support there!
In my case, I think its because I know that he has a lot of really bad drama in his life right now. Previously, I was the one that bailed him out. Now, it's up to him - I'm just making popcorn for the show.
However, the people pleaser in me still wants to help him. Not gonna happen.
The two people in my dream are people I have at times been ticked at, since they never contacted me after dday to say anything comforting. One is friends with STBX so I guess it makes sense! but this is someone I have done pro bono work for as she was starting up a nonprofit and the other one is the husband of one of STBX's friends.
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Dubbed the SPC300, the part is based on an open, dual core architecture and SPiDCOM (Paris, France) says it is set to become a "landmark in the powerline communication industry."
The chip will conform to the emerging IEEE P1901 powerline communications standards, the company said.
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Do I have to continue paying child support? My daughter is 16 years old. She lives with her boyfriend and his parents. She had a baby in September of this year. Her mother abandoned her. I don't have custody of my daughter.Her boyfriend and father of her baby is 18 years old. Apparently no one has legal custody or is legal guardian of her at this time. I currently pay support to the court where she used to live. Her aunt still gets her child support checks and keeps them for her own use not my daughters.
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SPIEGEL: Who prevents intellectuals from asking and critically answering these questions? You praised the freedom of speech in the United States.That seems to be the rub, and a general theme that Chomsky has been exploring for the bulk of his career. On a related note, Chomsky's remarks remind me of something Arthur Silber was writing just a little while ago:
Chomsky: The intellectual world is deeply conformist. Hans Morgenthau, who was a founder of realist international relations theory, once condemned what he called "the conformist subservience to power" on the part of the intellectuals. George Orwell wrote that nationalists, who are practically the whole intellectual class of a country, not only do not disapprove of the crimes of their own state, but have the remarkable capacity not even to see them. That is correct. We talk a lot about the crimes of others. When it comes to our own crimes, we are nationalists in the Orwellian sense.
Take a look at a description of the famous Asch experiment in social conformity. Another simple test, as simple as recognizing that certain consequences are unavoidable should be. Yet many people got it wrong. You know perfectly well why they got it wrong:I look at the whole process of graduate training, which is where most of us experts initially hone our skills, as one that encourages conformity. On one level, there is the coursework in which one becomes well-versed in the prevailing acceptable theory and methodology for the discipline. That comes with the territory. Failure to conform within the acceptable parameters on that level will end a professional career before it even begins. Read Kuhn's work on paradigms and normal science (I'm sure there's a good analog for normal science in the arts and humanities as well), and you'll have an idea of what I'm talking about. Why conform? The usual reasons are normative and informational. One, young experts and technocrats to be wish to gain the good graces of their advisors and movers and shakers in their fields in order to grease the path to career success. Two, if there's anything intellectuals hate, it's being wrong. Hence any information about how to function correctly in one's field is to be sought after and retained.
To Asch's surprise, 37 of the 50 subjects conformed to the majority at least once, and 14 of them conformed on more than 6 of the 12 trials. When faced with a unanimous wrong answer by the other group members, the mean subject conformed on 4 of the 12 trials. Asch was disturbed by these results: "The tendency to conformity in our society is so strong that reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call white black. This is a matter of concern. It raises questions about our ways of education and about the values that guide our conduct."The pathetic truth is that most people fear genuine independence more than they fear death itself. So desperate are they for "acceptance" and so fearful of being thought "peculiar," they will deny the evidence of their own eyes and mindlessly repeat the lies and ignorance of others. When it comes to a subject like economics or foreign policy, they think: "Oh, that's so hard! I can't understand that. I'll just listen to what the 'experts' say. They know best."
Why did the subjects conform so readily? When they were interviewed after the experiment, most of them said that they did not really believe their conforming answers, but had gone along with the group for fear of being ridiculed or thought "peculiar." A few of them said that they really did believe the group's answers were correct.
Asch conducted a revised version of his experiment to find out whether the subjects truly did not believe their incorrect answers. When they were permitted to write down their answers after hearing the answers of others, their level of conformity declined to about one third what it had been in the original experiment.
Apparently, people conform for two main reasons: because they want to be liked by the group and because they believe the group is better informed than they are.
If events of the last seven years have demonstrated nothing else at all, they should have made absolutely clear that "experts" are often the very last people you should look to for guidance. The experts are precisely those people most likely to repeat "conventional wisdom," that is, the views accepted by the ruling class -- because, by virtue of the fact that they are regarded as experts, they are part of the ruling class.
If that were all. There's more. There is of course an enculturation process that goes on outside of the lab, the advisor's office, the classroom. If one ever wondered why so many of academicians tend to dress the same, have fairly similar cultural tastes, and so forth, spend some time among grad students (either among themselves or in the company of their department's faculty) and you'll get the picture. To the extent that one can fit in, one gets "accepted" which of course will grease the old career path. There is not a lot of room for radicalism in the intellectual world either - contrary to what right-wing culture warriors would contend. I used to shock people when they found that I was quite open about having no use for Bill Clinton circa 1996 (or for the mainstream of the GOP crowd from that period), but would rather endorse third party candidates. Of course I had found it easy to get into some bad habits as far as news information during the grad school days, and hence it became rather easy to accept some of the conventional "wisdom" about the land of the "free" while running to and from various lab responsibilities, writing a dissertation, etc. For example, I don't think I bothered to question the propaganda regarding the rational for the Balkans "war" (more of a one-sided NATO-led massacre), even as I questioned the need to actually go to war until years after the fact. I can assure you that a more radical analysis of that particular war (as with the "humanitarian" sanctions against the Iraqis) would have never come up in conversations. Besides, radical analyses, especially when voiced openly, tend to make those who might be awarding tenure or grants for research a bit nervous - making them nervous is not exactly good for one's career. Just look at folks like Norman Finkelstein, whose politically incorrect research (incorrect in the sense of not serving the ruling class) was arguably the main rationale for denying him tenure. Don't even get me started on Ward Churchill. Bottom line is that you're not likely to find to many actual radicals in the academic world, and almost certainly not inside of Beltway think tanks, or among mass media punditry. The lure of the trappings of success (as defined in our current Gilded Age) is just too tempting to pass up. Your intelligentsia is basically safe as milk, as far as the ruling elite is concerned. Even better, for the ruling elite, that same intelligentsia, which may initially reluctantly swallow the propaganda that passes for conventional wisdom, can over time come to accept it as true - there's a nice body of research on attitudes and persuasion that demonstrates the effects of rehearsing a particular attitude or set of attitudes on later behavior. Short story - it becomes easy to believe your own press, if you just keep repeating the myths often enough. We come to "love Big Brother."


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Teenage singer Cheryl Williams (Jane Powell) tries hard to to prove to her classmates that her older sister, Josephine (Constance Moore), is really the Broadway actress she claims to be. Believing Josephine's fabricated stories, Cheryl is crushed to discover her sister is actually a performer in a bawdy burlesque house. But, when the siblings meet theatrical impresario Arthur Hale (Ralph Bellamy), he promises to make them both stars, and falls for Josephine in the process.
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