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This Sunday's New York Times features results from a poll addressing issues related to the social safety net and the size of government. Unsurprisingly, the poll found that 85 percent of respondents supported increasing taxes on the wealthy as part of a deficit-reduction strategy. Much more striking, however, is that a substantial majority of respondents- 70 percent – endorsed increased taxation on everybody, not just the wealthy.
In late 2010, President Barack Obama extended the Bush-era tax cuts for an additional two years as part of a compromise with congressional Republicans. In exchange for increased stimulus (including the much-ballyhooed payroll tax cut), Obama agreed to renege on his 2008 campaign pledged to raise the rate of taxation for households earning above $250,000 annually. Obama has consistently supported maintaining the reduced rates for all other Americans, but the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities calculates that allowing the tax cuts for all income groups to expire would reduce the federal deficit by $3.9 trillion over ten years. As Ezra Klein has written, four-fifths of the total cost of the tax cuts went toward cuts for those earning less than $250,000. The Obama proposal to only extend most of the tax cuts would reduce the deficit more than the GOP proposal to extend all of them, but having everybody return to Clinton-era tax rates would do far more to put a hole in the deficit. Come December 31, 2012 – the date of the Bush tax cuts' expiration – the best thing Congress and President Obama can do to reduce the deficit is simply to do nothing.


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Active since the 80's Liljenberg established himself as a conceptual artist, working with visual arts, installations, audio and books. His work is grounded in a critical practice with focus on social and political issues. Recurring topics deals with the relationship between the individual and societal structures, hierarchical systems and power….

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Anubha Sacheti, Judy Szemere, Bruce Bernstein, Triantafyllos Tafas, Neil Schechter, Petros Tsipouras
"Reprinted by permission of Elsevier Science, Inc. Journal of PainandSymptom Management, Vol. 14, No. 2,pp.88-93.Copyright 1997 by the U.S. cancer Pain Relief Committee." Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington CT (A.S., J.S., B.B., N.S., P.T.), Center for Childrens Health and Development, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford CT (B.B., N.S.), Department of Biology, University of Athens, Greece (T.T.). AS and JS contributed equally to this paper. Corresponding Author: Petros Tsipouras, MD Department of Pediatrics University of Connecticut Health Center 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030
Abstract The Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of heritable systemic disorders of connective tissue manifesting joint hypermobility, skin extensibility and tissue fragility. Although the presence of pain has been documented in the various types of the EDS its natural history, distribution and management have not been defined. We conducted a semi-structured interview in 51 individuals affected with different types of EDS. The overwhelming majority of individuals reported chronic pain of early onset involving several joints and refractory to a variety of pharmacologic and physical interventions. Our data shows that chronic pain is a common manifestation of EDS.
Key Words: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, chronic pain, heritable disorders of connective tissue, natural history, analgesics.
Introduction The Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of heritable disorders of connective tissue characterized by varying degrees of joint hypermobility, skin extensibility, and tissue fragility [Beighton, 1993]. Pain is a frequent yet poorly characterized clinical finding in EDS [Beighton, 1993]. Nine different types of EDS have been described, each clinical type distinguished from the others depending on what system is primarily involved. Most of the types of EDS are inherited as an autosomal dominant trait, although X-linked and autosomal recessive types have been described [Beighton, 1993]. The diagnosis of EDS is clinical. Although diagnostic criteria have been promulgated for each of the different types of EDS, it is impossible to determine the exact type of EDS in a substantial proportion of affected individuals [Beighton et al., 1988]. The variable degree of clinical expression probably accounts for the underdiagnosis of EDS and hence the lack of accurate figures of prevalence for the various types. EDS type III is the most common form of the disorder presenting with generalized joint hypermobility frequently complicated by recurrent joint dislocations [Beighton, 1993]. Affected individuals are often unable to ambulate because of joint instability. EDS types I and II whose cardinal manifestation are skin fragility and generalized joint hypermobility are the best recognized forms of the disorder [Beighton, 1993]. EDS type IV is an uncommon type of EDS but also one associated with the highest morbidity and reduced life expectancy [Beighton, 1993]. EDS type IV is associated with spontaneous rupture of internal organs, i.e. arteries, intestine, uterus and to a lesser degree with skin and joint manifestations.
Although the presence of pain has been documented, its contribution to the overall morbidity associated with the disorder has never been assessed, nor has its scope and intensity been formally investigated. The impetus for the present study was provided by the findings of Lumley et al. [1994] who reported that pain significantly affected the psychosocial functioning of individuals with EDS. The present study indicates that chronic, frequently debilitating pain of early onset and diverse distribution is a constant feature in most individuals affected with different types of EDS. The presence of pain in association with the absence of a systematic approach for chronic pain management impacts dramatically on the well being of affected individuals and, as a previous study suggested, influences their social interactions. Methods Data were collected in semi-structured interviews with an opportunistic sampling of individuals drawn from either the University of Connecticut Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue Clinic or attendants of the Annual Meeting of the Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation held August 15-18, 1995 in Cincinnati. Interviews were conducted by two of us (AS in the General Clinical Research Center of the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington and JS in Cincinnati). The length of interviews ranged from 20 to 60 minutes and in addition to recording age, sex, and the type of EDS, three major topics were explored:
1) The experience of chronic pain was described by a series of questions concerning intensity, quality, time of onset and general progression for each location identified (modeled on the McGill-Melzack Pain Questionnaire [Melzak, 1975]). Intensity was assessed for each location on a 10 point analogue scale with 0 = no pain and 10 = worst pain imaginable. Respondents were asked to describe the quality of each pain with adjectives. A list of adjectives such as throbbing, burning, tingling, etc. was given.
2) Functional impacts of chronic pain were elicited with a 5 item checklist (sleep, sexual functioning, social relations, physical activity, school or job functioning).
3) Strategies utilized to control pain were elicited with an eight item checklist (medication, narcotics, physical therapy, heat/cold, massage, bandages/splits/braces, exercises, other). The strategy for coding the data for purposes of descriptive analysis included categorization of specific pain locations, pain quality, coping strategies and onset periods (childhood, adolescence, adulthood).
Sample Characteristics Demographics of the sample are provided in Table 1. The majority (42/51) of those interviewed were women. The participants ranged in age from 9 to 70 years with a mean of 34, but only 6 were less than 20 years of age. For the purpose of this study we relied on patients* reports of their previously determined diagnosis. Fifteen of the participants were interviewed in Connecticut and the remainder were interviewed in Cincinnati. The patients interviewed in Connecticut had been previously evaluated by one of us (PT). Twenty-eight (55%) of those interviewed stated that they were affected with EDS Type III. Although there are no accurate figures about the relative frequency of each EDS type the previous number reflects the distribution observed by one of us (PT) in the clinic. The remaining 23 were distributed between Types I, II, IV and Joint Hypermobility Syndrome, a phenotypically similar disorder. Two individuals were affected with a form of EDS which could not be typed.
Nature of Pain Forty-six of the 51 individuals interviewed indicated they had chronic pain over the last 6 months or longer (Table 1). Of the adults only two (2/45) felt they were free of chronic pain.
Individuals reports of pain locations, intensity, and course are summarized in Table 2. The mean number of pain locations for all 51 respondents was 8.0. Although individuals with EDS type IV seemed to have a substantially smaller number of painful locations as compared to individuals with EDS type I and type III, the small sample size precludes meaningful statistical analysis. The "mean intensity" rating, calculated for each individual as the mean of the intensity ratings for those locations affected, was 5.3 for the total sample and similar for all types. Forty-three (84%) individuals indicated that their pain had become worse during the course of their life (Table 2).
Respondents identified a total of 13 principal locations of their pain, ranging from 22 individuals (43%) noting elbow pain to 41 (80%) reporting pain in the shoulders at one time or another. Similar numbers of individuals reported pain in their hands (38, 75%), knees( 36, 71%), and spine (34, 67%). Interestingly, almost half of the patients reported frequent headaches and a third had stomach aches. Approximately 70% of all patients reported continuous pain in their lower extremities, ankles, feet, toes, and hips. The description of pain qualities suggested a pattern of significant distress, described primarily as aching, sharp, throbbing or burning.
The locations noted and the time of onset during the life cycle for the 45 adults are shown in Figure I. Approximately 50% of individuals reported onset of pain in most locations in adulthood, although pain in shoulders, knees, ankles, feet and toes began earlier. However, forty of the forty-five (89%) adults remembered chronic pain beginning in at least one location with onset in childhood or adolescence.
The percentages of individuals experiencing dysfunction in various areas are presented in Figure 2. Sleep and physical activity were most frequently noted (70%) with sexual activity the least, although still substantial (45%). Only 6 respondents (11.8%) noted no dysfunction related to their pain.
Coping Strategies Respondents identified more than 20 major strategies for coping with pain. Figure 3 shows the utilization (number who use or tried) of the 7 most frequent strategies and their efficacy for the total sample. Additional strategies less frequently noted included distraction, diet, TENS, rest, water bed and pillow, craniosacral therapy, shiatsu, energy work, smoking, and use of the Alexander Technique. These were used in less than 5% of the cases. Eighty-eight percent of the respondents had taken pain medications, and 51% had taken narcotics.
Discussion A number of points emerge clearly from the interviews of individuals with EDS. First, and most striking, is the fact that moderate to severe pain is a common every day occurrence for essentially all of them. In addition, the pain associated with EDS starts early in life and evolves over time. The overwhelming majority of patients feel that their pain has gotten worse. Despite these observations, we were unable to find any articles reviewing the management of pain associated with EDS.
The pain problems associated with EDS are complex and not uniform. Most patients affected with EDS have pain in several locations. The origins of these pains are probably quite variable. Some pains are likely secondary to frequent dislocations/subluxations, some from repeated soft tissue injury, or multiple surgical operations and resultant nerve injury.
Our limited sample size precludes statistical analysis of differences in pain patterns associated with various types of EDS. It appears that the number of pain locations and pain intensity are similar across the different types of EDS with the exception of individuals affected with EDS type IV who identified fewer pain locations. This could reflect the relative paucity of joint hypermobility in that EDS type.
This life-long history of discomfort has compelled many people to explore numerous coping strategies. Most patients have taken some type of medication and over half the sample have used opioids. A host of physical interventions were also used by patients with EDS. Physical therapy has been tried by many, particularly for pain in the shoulders, spine, knees, and hips. Massage, use of heat or cold, and chiropractic manipulation are frequently used in an attempt to cope more effectively with day-to-day pain associated with this condition. The need to use multiple coping strategies suggests that no one approach is uniformly successful. More investigation is clearly necessary to study the origin of pain and the efficacy of specific intervention in these individuals. In the interim, some basic principles of pain management could be extrapolated from other chronic diseases. Certainly a pain problem list should be a part of their medical record [Portenoy, 1988]. The various types of pain that individuals with EDS experience may have different origins, different intensities, and run different courses. A detailed pain problem list will allow for a more thorough understanding and tracking of each type of pain and intervention for it. A pain assessment technique that is developmentally appropriate should be taught to the patient and used routinely [Paige and Cioffi, 1993]. From the pharmacological point of view, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs) would appear to have a major role, especially if the pain is of inflammatory origin. It should be noted that the chronic use of these agents is frequently associated with gastrointestinal, renal, and hematologic consequences; therefore, they should be monitored if used chronically. Particular caution should be exercised in individuals affected with EDS type IV who are particularly prone to bruising and bleeding. For moderate to severe pain, an NSAID in conjunction with a weak opioid usually in a fixed combination is often used [Acute Pain Management Guideline Panel, 1992]. This approach, in chronic non-malignant pain, is considered controversial [Turk, et al. 1994]. If used however, care should be taken so that the NSAID and/or acetaminophen do not reach toxic levels in individuals who take large numbers of these pills daily. In those instances, a separate NSAID or acetaminophen can be given in conjunction with codeine or oxycodon. Opioids, either short acting or long acting, should be considered for severe pain. They should be monitored for side effects, in particular constipation, which can cause extreme discomfort. Therefore, any individual on chronic opioids should take prophylactic laxatives. A newer drug, tramadol (Ultramä), which is an opioid analgesic may be a valuable alternative to opioids for some individuals with EDS in chronic pain because it lacks some of the side effects traditionally associated with opioids [Sunshine, 1992]. Finally, tricyclic antidepressants may be of benefit. These agents may help the patient sleep better at night and have some analgesic activity particularly against neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain arises from nerve injury and is often opioid resistant.
Non-pharmacologic approaches, such as physical therapy and exercise may be warranted but may also be quite traumatic and stressful for this group of patients. Physical therapy taking place in water (hydrotherapy), however, may be less damaging to joints and more enjoyable. Behavioral and cognitive coping techniques may also be extremely valuable. These include hypnosis, breathing, meditation, visual imagery, and other forms of distraction.
Obvious limitations of our study are the small sample size, the over-representation of women in our sample, the potential self-selection bias and lack of a control group. These sampling issues stem from our reliance on the participants of the annual meeting of the Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation, our decision to utilize an interview approach and our inability to identify an appropriate age-matched control population. These limitations notwithstanding, our findings are congruent with our clinical experience.
In summary, our data reveals that individuals with EDS experience frequent and severe pain through much of their lives. These problems have been unrecognized previously in the published literature. Because EDS is relatively rare, no systematic study of pain in this population or its relief has been performed. Extrapolation from the literature on other diseases allows us a starting point from which to develop a clinical pain management algorithm. EDS should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Clearly, further research is necessary to identify the most humane way to manage the devastating effects of this symptom in individuals with EDS.
Acknowledgments This paper is dedicated to the late Nancy H. Rogowski, the founder of the Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation whose selfless dedication to her cause touched the lives of many people. The authors are grateful to all individuals affected with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome who participated in this study. We are grateful to Dr. Richard J. Wenstrup, Cincinnati, for his comments. This work was supported in part by a General Clinical Research Center grant (NCRR-NIH MO1-RR-06192) to the University of Connecticut Health Center and also by the Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation.
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Rainmaker Aerial Walkway
Rainmaker is a privately owned rainforest that offered the first aerial walkway through the forest canopy in Central America. Although its star has faded a bit, the place is still regarded as one of the region's best.
Rainmaker is a privately owned rainforest that offered the first aerial walkway through the forest canopy in Central America. Although its star has faded a bit, the place is still regarded as one of the region's best.
If you've ever felt cynical about school children asking for money to save the rainforest, then you really must see what they purchased with all that spare change. Keep in mind, however, that this enormous 220-sq-km reserve, which dwarfs both the Monteverde and Santa Elena reserves, is largely inaccessible.
All of the lodges offer hiking tours to Parque Nacional Corcovado, usually a full-day trip to San Pedrillo ranger station (from US$75 to US$100 per person), including boat transportation, lunch and guided hikes. Indeed, if you came all the way to the Península de Osa, it's hard to pass up a visit to the national park that made it famous.
Mirador El Silencio is a private 556-acre nature reserve with four hiking trails. Every once in a while, perhaps lulled into a sense of false security by a temporary pause in the activity, someone tries to climb to the crater and peer within it. This is very dangerous – climbers have been killed and maimed by explosions.
The Río Pacuare is the next major river valley east of the Reventazón, and has arguably the most scenic rafting in Costa Rica, if not Central America.
This storied rock-lined river has its beginnings at the Lago de Cachí, an artificial lake created by a dam of the same name. It begins here, at 1000m above sea level, and splashes down the eastern slopes of the cordilleras to the Caribbean lowlands.
ASTOP has built a guarded turtle hatchery to deter poachers and thieves. Travelers can volunteer as turtle guards to patrol the beaches alongside local 'turtle guides.' To volunteer, you'll have to pay a US$30 registration fee, in addition to a daily US$15 lodging fee that includes training, accommodations with a local family and three meals daily.
A popular (but strenuous) hike visits the Catarata San Luis, a gorgeous ribbon streaming in three tiers from the cloud forests into a series of swimming holes just screaming for a picnic. The distance from the parking area to the falls is only a few kilometers, but it's steeply graded downhill, and the rocky, muddy terrain can get very slick.
The biggest complex in the area has some Disney–Flintstone queso to it, but there are 11 thermal pools ranging from 36°C to 40°C, split into two areas. The upper pool complex is older, though it does have a swim up bar and waterslide. Much more tasteful are the five stone pools and sauna in the leafy lower sector.
About 8km south of La Palma, the Tico-run Finca Köbö is a chocolate-lover's dream come true (in fact köbö means 'dream' in Guaymí). The 50-hectare finca (farm) is dedicated to organic cultivation of fruits and vegetables and – the product of choice – cacao.
Get out a pen and underline this twice: Osa Wild is the way to connect with Corcovado park and Osa. Although it's a relatively young outfit, it's just what the area so desperately needed: a resource for travelers to connect with community-oriented initiatives that go to the heart of the real Osa through homestays, farm tours and sustainable local cultural exchanges.
Set in the dry forest along the Rio Negro and owned and operated by Hacienda Guachipelin, this is our favorite commercial hot spring in northwest Costa Rica. The six natural, stone-crafted hot pools are accessible by a lovely wooded trail, and set quite magically in the forest along the river.
ASTOP is a grassroots turtle-protection organization employing former poachers as 'turtle guides.' It has built a guarded turtle hatchery to deter poachers and thieves. Travelers can volunteer as turtle guards to patrol the beaches alongside local turtle guides.
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I've work in my fair share of startups, and even today I feel like on every new one I still miss some important questions on the interview process:
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- Who are the investors / Board members, how long have they been, industry experience and connections to the company.
- Vision for the product, proposed path to get there
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As an early member of a startup I know I'll be actually helping and leading the resolution of some of the questions, but it's important to see where the company, founders and early members stand before jumping in.
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Percentage of graduates working in non-graduate jobs has risen
19-Nov-2013Graduates with an undergraduate degree in medicine had the highest employment rate and annual wage
More people in employment compared with the previous quarter and the previous year
13-Nov-2013Comparing July-September 2013 with the previous three months, there was a rise in the number of employed people, and falls in the number of people who were unemployed and the number of people not in the labour force.
Video Summary: Latest on the Labour Market, November 2013
13-Nov-2013This video summarises the key messages in the latest labour market release.
Data show long-run net move into employment – except in 2008-2009
07-Nov-2013Over 1 in 5 unemployed people get work each quarter
Video Summary - Moving between unemployment and employment
07-Nov-2013This video looks at the number of people moving between unemployment and employment as well as in the opposite direction. It also looks at the movements by age groupings and gender. Finally is looks at the individual characteristics, such as educational attainment, and their impact on the chances of moving from one labour market state to another.
More people in employment compared with the previous quarter and the previous year
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Economic Review, December 2013
04-Dec-2013This note draws together key economic stories from National Statistics produced over the latest month. This is in order to paint a coherent picture of the UK economic performance using recent economic data.
Key Statistics and Quick Statistics for Local Authorites in the United Kingdom - Part 2
04-Dec-2013This statistical bulletin presents further key results for the UK population from the individual censuses of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The bulletin focuses on the topics of qualifications and labour market.
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29-Nov-2013This report will provide an overview of Economic Activity and Inactivity across England and Wales. Employment and unemployment rates will be ranked to merged wards level. Gender and age will also be covered in the analysis. An interactive map on labour market activity will also be provided in the release.
Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), November 2013
21-Nov-2013This Statistical Bulletin contains estimates for Young People who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET).
Labour Market Flows, November 2013 (Experimental Statistics)
13-Nov-2013This is an article about the labour market flows covering the period July to September 2013.
Regional Labour Market Statistics, November 2013
13-Nov-2013This bulletin shows the latest key labour market statistics for the regions and countries of Great Britain along with statistics for local authorities, travel-to-work areas and parliamentary constituencies.
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A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted 23 May 2011 - 07:25 PM
Really, it turns out good? I keep looking at this recipe wondering how on earth it would work. But really, it tastes great? It doesn't turn brown or anything? Okay, I'll have to give it a go. It would definitely make an interesting gift!
I had really thought it would turn out more like a butter kind of thing, but it really is like a Jam! It didnt turn brown at all! I did get the fruit fresh and used that. Even after processing it, the heat didnt turn it brown from cooking it or anything. Its awesome!
I am really surprised at it. Really.I kept thinking that I was going to mess it up. I have never made jam or jelly before. I am so pleased with myself.
Posted 22 October 2011 - 04:51 PM
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You get what you need.
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Posted 22 October 2011 - 06:39 PM
I have not had it turn brown, either. It is so good ! I am watching for markdown bananas.
I made some Banana Nut bread Jam in '09 and about the top 1/2 inch has turned brown but it tastes fine and we are still kicking!
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Job 13:15 Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him...
Where are we going and why are we in a handbasket?!
Posted 06 June 2012 - 10:00 PM
Also, can bottled lemon juice be used or do I need to buy some fresh lemons?
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New media refers to on-demand access to content anytime, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, and creative participation. Another aspect of new media is the real-time generation of new, unregulated content.[1] New media deals with the issue of things being new, many argue that new media technology such as mobile phones is actually just a regeneration of old media and so therefore isn't new.
Most technologies described as "new media" are digital, often having characteristics of being manipulated, networkable, dense, compressible, and interactive.[2] Some examples may be the Internet, websites, computer multimedia, video games, CD-ROMS, and DVDs. New media does not include television programs, feature films, magazines, books, or paper-based publications – unless they contain technologies that enable digital interactivity.[3] Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, is an example, combining Internet accessible digital text, images and video with web-links, creative participation of contributors, interactive feedback of users and formation of a participant community of editors and donors for the benefit of non-community readers. Facebook is an example of the social media model, in which most users are also participants.
In the 1960s, connections between computing and radical art began to grow stronger. It was not until the 1980s that Alan Kay and his co-workers at Xerox PARC began to give the computability of a personal computer to the individual, rather than have a big organization be in charge of this. "In the late 1980s and early 1990s, however, we seem to witness a different kind of parallel relationship between social changes and computer design. Although causally unrelated, conceptually it makes sense that the Cold War and the design of the Web took place at exactly the same time."[3]
Writers and philosophers such as Marshall McLuhan were instrumental in the development of media theory during this period. His now famous declaration in Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964) that "the medium is the message" drew attention to the too often ignored influence media and technology themselves, rather than their "content," have on humans' experience of the world and on society broadly.
Until the 1980s media relied primarily upon print and analog broadcast models, such as those of television and radio. The last twenty-five years have seen the rapid transformation into media which are predicated upon the use of digital technologies, such as the Internet and video games. However, these examples are only a small representation of new media. The use of digital computers has transformed the remaining 'old' media, as suggested by the advent of digital television and online publications. Even traditional media forms such as the printing press have been transformed through the application of technologies such as image manipulation software like Adobe Photoshop and desktop publishing tools.
Andrew L. Shapiro (1999) argues that the "emergence of new, digital technologies signals a potentially radical shift of who is in control of information, experience and resources" (Shapiro cited in Croteau and Hoynes 2003: 322). W. Russell Neuman (1991) suggests that whilst the "new media" have technical capabilities to pull in one direction, economic and social forces pull back in the opposite direction. According to Neuman, "We are witnessing the evolution of a universal interconnected network of audio, video, and electronic text communications that will blur the distinction between interpersonal and mass communication and between public and private communication" (Neuman cited in Croteau and Hoynes 2003: 322). Neuman argues that new media will:
- Alter the meaning of geographic distance.
- Allow for a huge increase in the volume of communication.
- Provide the possibility of increasing the speed of communication.
- Provide opportunities for interactive communication.
- Allow forms of communication that were previously separate to overlap and interconnect.
Consequently it has been the contention of scholars such as Douglas Kellner and James Bohman that new media, and particularly the Internet, provide the potential for a democratic postmodern public sphere, in which citizens can participate in well informed, non-hierarchical debate pertaining to their social structures. Contradicting these positive appraisals of the potential social impacts of new media are scholars such as Ed Herman and Robert McChesney who have suggested that the transition to new media has seen a handful of powerful transnational telecommunications corporations who achieve a level of global influence which was hitherto unimaginable.
Scholars, such as Lister et al. (2003) and Friedman (2005), have highlighted both the positive and negative potential and actual implications of new media technologies, suggesting that some of the early work into new media studies was guilty of technological determinism – whereby the effects of media were determined by the technology themselves, rather than through tracing the complex social networks which governed the development, funding, implementation and future development of any technology.
Although there are several ways that New Media may be described, Lev Manovich, in an introduction to The New Media Reader, defines New Media by using eight propositions:[3]
- New Media versus Cyberculture – Cyberculture is the various social phenomena that are associated with the Internet and network communications (blogs, online multi-player gaming), whereas New Media is concerned more with cultural objects and paradigms (digital to analog television, iPhones).
- New Media as Computer Technology Used as a Distribution Platform – New Media are the cultural objects which use digital computer technology for distribution and exhibition. e.g. (at least for now) Internet, Web sites, computer multimedia, Blu-ray disks etc. The problem with this is that the definition must be revised every few years. The term "new media" will not be "new" anymore, as most forms of culture will be distributed through computers.
- New Media as Digital Data Controlled by Software – The language of New Media is based on the assumption that, in fact, all cultural objects that rely on digital representation and computer-based delivery do share a number of common qualities. New media is reduced to digital data that can be manipulated by software as any other data. Now media operations can create several versions of the same object. An example is an image stored as matrix data which can be manipulated and altered according to the additional algorithms implemented, such as color inversion, gray-scaling, sharpening, rasterizing, etc.
- New Media as the Mix Between Existing Cultural Conventions and the Conventions of Software – New Media today can be understood as the mix between older cultural conventions for data representation, access, and manipulation and newer conventions of data representation, access, and manipulation. The "old" data are representations of visual reality and human experience, and the "new" data is numerical data. The computer is kept out of the key "creative" decisions, and is delegated to the position of a technician. e.g. In film, software is used in some areas of production, in others are created using computer animation.
- New Media as the Aesthetics that Accompanies the Early Stage of Every New Modern Media and Communication Technology – While ideological tropes indeed seem to be reappearing rather regularly, many aesthetic strategies may reappear two or three times ... In order for this approach to be truly useful it would be insufficient to simply name the strategies and tropes and to record the moments of their appearance; instead, we would have to develop a much more comprehensive analysis which would correlate the history of technology with social, political, and economical histories or the modern period.
- New Media as Faster Execution of Algorithms Previously Executed Manually or through Other Technologies – Computers are a huge speed-up of what were previously manual techniques. e.g. calculators. Dramatically speeding up the execution makes possible previously non-existent representational technique. This also makes possible of many new forms of media art such as interactive multimedia and video games. On one level, a modern digital computer is just a faster calculator, we should not ignore its other identity: that of a cybernetic control device.
- New Media as the Encoding of Modernist Avant-Garde; New Media as Metamedia – Manovich declares that the 1920s are more relevant to New Media than any other time period. Metamedia coincides with postmodernism in that they both rework old work rather than create new work. New media avant-garde is about new ways of accessing and manipulating information (e.g. hypermedia, databases, search engines, etc.). Meta-media is an example of how quantity can change into quality as in new media technology and manipulation techniques can recode modernist aesthetics into a very different postmodern aesthetics.
- New Media as Parallel Articulation of Similar Ideas in Post-WWII Art and Modern Computing – Post WWII Art or "combinatorics" involves creating images by systematically changing a single parameter. This leads to the creation of remarkably similar images and spatial structures. This illustrates that algorithms, this essential part of new media, do not depend on technology, but can be executed by humans.
Globalization and new media[edit]
The rise of new media has increased communication between people all over the world and the Internet. It has allowed people to express themselves through blogs, websites, pictures, and other user-generated media.
Flew (2002) stated that, "as a result of the evolution of new media technologies, globalization occurs." Globalization is generally stated as "more than expansion of activities beyond the boundaries of particular nation states".[4] Globalization shortens the distance between people all over the world by the electronic communication (Carely 1992 in Flew 2002) and Cairncross (1998) expresses this great development as the "death of distance". New media "radically break the connection between physical place and social place, making physical location much less significant for our social relationships" (Croteau and Hoynes 2003: 311).
However, the changes in the new media environment create a series of tensions in the concept of "public sphere".[5] According to Ingrid Volkmer, "public sphere" is defined as a process through which public communication becomes restructured and partly disembedded from national political and cultural institutions. This trend of the globalized public sphere is not only as a geographical expansion form a nation to worldwide, but also changes the relationship between the public, the media and state (Volkmer, 1999:123).[6]
"Virtual communities" are being established online and transcend geographical boundaries, eliminating social restrictions.[7] Howard Rheingold (2000) describes these globalised societies as self-defined networks, which resemble what we do in real life. "People in virtual communities use words on screens to exchange pleasantries and argue, engage in intellectual discourse, conduct commerce, make plans, brainstorm, gossip, feud, fall in love, create a little high art and a lot of idle talk" (Rheingold cited in Slevin 2000: 91). For Sherry Turkle "making the computer into a second self, finding a soul in the machine, can substitute for human relationships" (Holmes 2005: 184). New media has the ability to connect like-minded others worldwide.
While this perspective suggests that the technology drives – and therefore is a determining factor – in the process of globalization, arguments involving technological determinism are generally frowned upon by mainstream media studies.[8][9][10] Instead academics focus on the multiplicity of processes by which technology is funded, researched and produced, forming a feedback loop when the technologies are used and often transformed by their users, which then feeds into the process of guiding their future development.
While commentators such as Castells[11] espouse a "soft determinism"[12] whereby they contend that "Technology does not determine society. Nor does society script the course of technological change, since many factors, including individual inventiveness and entrpreneurialism, intervene in the process of scientific discovery, technical innovation and social applications, so the final outcome depends on a complex pattern of interaction. Indeed the dilemma of technological determinism is probably a false problem, since technology is society and society cannot be understood without its technological tools." (Castells 1996:5) This, however, is still distinct from stating that societal changes are instigated by technological development, which recalls the theses of Marshall McLuhan.[13][14]
Manovich[15] and Castells[11] have argued that whereas mass media "corresponded to the logic of industrial mass society, which values conformity over individuality," (Manovich 2001:41) new media follows the logic of the postindustrial or globalized society whereby "every citizen can construct her own custom lifestyle and select her ideology from a large number of choices. Rather than pushing the same objects to a mass audience, marketing now tries to target each individual separately." (Manovich 2001:42).
As tool for social change[edit]
Social movement media has a rich and storied history (see Agitprop) that has changed at a rapid rate since New Media became widely used.[16] The Zapatista Army of National Liberation of Chiapas, Mexico were the first major movement to make widely recognized and effective use of New Media for communiques and organizing in 1994.[16] Since then, New Media has been used extensively by social movements to educate, organize, share cultural products of movements, communicate, coalition build, and more. The WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity was another landmark in the use of New Media as a tool for social change. The WTO protests used media to organize the original action, communicate with and educate participants, and was used as an alternative media source.[17] The Indymedia movement also developed out of this action, and has been a great tool in the democratization of information, which is another widely discussed aspect of new media movement.[18] Some scholars even view this democratization as an indication of the creation of a "radical, socio-technical paradigm to challenge the dominant, neoliberal and technologically determinist model of information and communication technologies."[19] A less radical view along these same lines is that people are taking advantage of the Internet to produce a grassroots globalization, one that is anti-neoliberal and centered on people rather than the flow of capital.[20] Of course, some are also skeptical of the role of New Media in Social Movements. Many scholars point out unequal access to new media as a hindrance to broad-based movements, sometimes even oppressing some within a movement.[21] Others are skeptical about how democratic or useful it really is for social movements, even for those with access.[22]
New Media has also found a use with less radical social movements such as the Free Hugs Campaign. Using websites, blogs, and online videos to demonstrate the effectiveness of the movement itself. Along with this example the use of high volume blogs has allowed numerous views and practices to be more widespread and gain more public attention. Another example is the on-going Free Tibet Campaign, which has been seen on numerous websites as well as having a slight tie-in with the band Gorillaz in their Gorillaz Bitez clip featuring the lead singer 2D sitting with protesters at a Free Tibet protest. Another social change seen coming from New Media is trends in fashion and the emergence of subcultures such as Text Speak, Cyberpunk, and various others.
National security[edit]
New Media has also recently become of interest to the global espionage community as it is easily accessible electronically in database format and can therefore be quickly retrieved and reverse engineered by national governments. Particularly of interest to the espionage community are Facebook and Twitter, two sites where individuals freely divulge personal information that can then be sifted through and archived for the automatic creation of dossiers on both people of interest and the average citizen.[23]
Interactivity and new media[edit]
Interactivity has become a term for a number of new media use options evolving from the rapid dissemination of Internet access points, the digitalization of media, and media convergence. In 1984, Rice defined new media as communication technologies that enable or facilitate user-to-user interactivity and interactivity between user and information.[24] Such a definition replaces the "one-to-many" model of traditional mass communication with the possibility of a "many-to-many" web of communication. Any individual with the appropriate technology can now produce his or her online media and include images, text, and sound about whatever he or she chooses.[25] Thus the convergence of new methods of communication with new technologies shifts the model of mass communication, and radically reshapes the ways we interact and communicate with one another. In "What is new media?" Vin Crosbie[26] (2002) described three different kinds of communication media. He saw Interpersonal media as "one to one", Mass media as "one to many", and finally New Media as Individuation Media or "many to many".
When we think of interactivity and its meaning, we assume that it is only prominent in the conversational dynamics of individuals who are face-to-face. This restriction of opinion does not allow us to see its existence in mediated communication forums. Interactivity is present in some programming work, such as video games. It's also viable in the operation of traditional media. In the mid 1990s, filmmakers started using inexpensive digital cameras to create films. It was also the time when moving image technology had developed, which was able to be viewed on computer desktops in full motion. This development of new media technology was a new method for artists to share their work and interact with the big world. Other settings of interactivity include radio and television talk shows, letters to the editor, listener participation in such programs, and computer and technological programming.[27] Interactive new media has become a true benefit to every one because people can express their artwork in more than one way with the technology that we have today and there is no longer a limit to what we can do with our creativity.
Interactivity can be considered a central concept in understanding new media, but different media forms possess different degrees of interactivity,[28] and some forms of digitized and converged media are not in fact interactive at all. Tony Feldman[29] considers digital satellite television as an example of a new media technology that uses digital compression to dramatically increase the number of television channels that can be delivered, and which changes the nature of what can be offered through the service, but does not transform the experience of television from the user's point of view, and thus lacks a more fully interactive dimension. It remains the case that interactivity is not an inherent characteristic of all new media technologies, unlike digitization and convergence.
Terry Flew (2005) argues that "the global interactive games industry is large and growing, and is at the forefront of many of the most significant innovations in new media" (Flew 2005: 101). Interactivity is prominent in these online video games such as World of Warcraft, The Sims Online and Second Life. These games, which are developments of "new media," allow for users to establish relationships and experience a sense of belonging that transcends traditional temporal and spatial boundaries (such as when gamers logging in from different parts of the world interact). These games can be used as an escape or to act out a desired life. Will Wright, creator of The Sims, "is fascinated by the way gamers have become so attached to his invention-with some even living their lives through it".[30] New media have created virtual realities that are becoming virtual extensions of the world we live in. With the creation of Second Life and Active Worlds before it, people have even more control over this virtual world, a world where anything that a participant can think of can become a reality.[31]
New Media changes continuously because it is constantly modified and redefined by the interaction between users, emerging technologies, cultural changes, etc.
The new media industry shares an open association with many market segments in areas such as software/video game design, television, radio, and particularly movies, advertising and marketing, through which industry seeks to gain from the advantages of two-way dialogue with consumers primarily through the Internet. As a device to source the ideas, concepts, and intellectual properties of the general public, the television industry has used new media and the Internet to expand their resources for new programming and content. The advertising industry has also capitalized on the proliferation of new media with large agencies running multi-million dollar interactive advertising subsidiaries. Interactive websites and kiosks have become popular. In a number of cases advertising agencies have also set up new divisions to study new media. Public relations firms are also taking advantage of the opportunities in new media through interactive PR practices. Interactive PR practices include the use of social media[32] to reach a mass audience of online social network users.
Youth and new media[edit]
Based on nationally representative data, a study conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation in five-year intervals in 1998–99, 2003–04, and 2008–09 found that with technology allowing nearly 24-hour media access, the amount of time young people spend with entertainment media has risen dramatically, especially among Black and Hispanic youth.[33] Today, 8–18 year-olds devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes (7:38) to using entertainment media in a typical day (more than 53 hours a week) – about the same amount most adults spend at work per day. Since much of that time is spent 'media multitasking' (using more than one medium at a time), they actually manage to spend a total of 10 hours and 45 minutes worth of media content in those 7½ hours per day. According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 96% of 18–29 year olds and three-quarters (75%) of teens now own a cell phone, 88% of whom text, with 73% of wired American teens using social networking websites, a significant increase from previous years.[34] A survey of over 25000 9- to 16-year-olds from 25 European countries found that many underage children use social media sites despite the site's stated age requirements, and many youth lack the digital skills to use social networking sites safely.[35]
The role of cellular phones, such as the iPhone, has created the inability to be in complete solitude, and the potential of ruining relationships. The iPhone activates the insular cortex of the brain, which is associated with feelings of love. People show similar feelings to their phones as they would to their friends, family and loved ones. Countless people spend more time on their phones, while in the presence of other people than spending time with the people in the same room or class.[36]
See also[edit]
- 2000s in the music industry
- Collective intelligence
- Cybertext
- Digital media
- Digital art
- Digital rhetoric
- Electronic media
- Global Editors Network (GEN)
- Information Age
- Interactive media
- Interactive PR
- Mass media
- Mass collaboration
- Multimedia
- New media art
- New media artist
- New Media Film Festival
- New media studies
- Old media
- Residual media
- Social media
- User-generated content
- Web 2.0
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- ^ McLuhan, Marshall (1964) Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, Toronto, McGraw Hill
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- ^ a b Atton, Chris "Reshaping Social Movement Media for a New Millennium." Social Movement Studies, 2, (2003)
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Further reading[edit]
- Poynter Institute: New Media Timeline (1969-2010) created by David B. Shedden, Library Director at Poynter Institute
- Wardrip-Fruin, Noah and Nick Montfort, ed. (2003). The New Media Reader. The MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-23227-8.
- Leah A. Lievrouw, Sonia Livingstone (ed.), The Handbook of New Media, SAGE, 2002
- Logan, Robert K. (2010) Understanding New Media: Extending Marshall McLuhan, New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
- Croteau and Hoynes (2003) Media Society: Industries, Images and Audiences (third edition) Pine Forge Press: Thousand Oakes.
- Flew and Humphreys (2005) "Games: Technology, Industry, Culture" in Terry Flew, New Media: an Introduction (second edition), Oxford University Press: South Melbourne.
- Holmes (2005) "Telecommunity" in Communication Theory: Media, Technology and Society, Cambridge: Polity.
- Scharl, A. and Tochtermann, K., Eds. (2007). The Geospatial Web – How Geobrowsers, Social Software and the Web 2.0 are Shaping the Network Society. London: Springer.
- Turkle, Sherry (1996) "Who am We?" Wired magazine, 4.01, published January 1996,[2]
- Andrade, Kara, Online media can foster community, Online News Association Convention, October 29, 2005.
- Mark Tribe and Reena Jana, New Media Art, Taschen, 2006. ISBN 3-8228-3041-0.
- Robert C. Morgan, Commentaries on the New Media Arts Pasadena, CA: Umbrella Associates,1992
- Foreword. Manovich, Lev. The Language of New Media, Cambridge: MIT Press/Leonardo Books, 2001. ISBN 0-262-63255-1.
- Kennedy, Randy. "Giving New Life to Protests of Yore", The New York Times, July 28, 2007.
- Immersive Ideals / Critical Distances : A Study of the Affinity Between Artistic Ideologies Based in Virtual Reality and Previous Immersive Idioms by Joseph Nechvatal 1999 Planetary Collegium
- Why New Media Isn't: A Personal Journey by David Shedden (2007)


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Mexico City Dining
Posted 28 February 2002 - 11:26 PM
Posted 10 June 2002 - 09:05 AM
I've spent some time in the D.F. and there are a number of great restaurants to try while in the capital. The cuisine of the first group is, claro, comida mexicana.
I am fond of El Candelero (Insurgentes Sur 1333, ph. 5598-9008). This is a large and beautiful restaurant with a number of attractive rooms. My favorite dish? Try the albondigas!
Another worth trying is the touristy-named but worthy Mexico Lindo Y Que Rico (Colonia Polanco, calle Ejercito).
Big budget splash: try the famous Hacienda de los Morales. Lagos, in Chapultapec Park, can be very good too.
For something completely different (Japanese), try the Restaurante Asociación Mexico Japonesa, calle Fujiyama, Colonia las Aguilas.
Posted 09 February 2004 - 06:12 PM
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Posted 09 February 2004 - 07:52 PM
I recall pretty extensive markets - street food and trinkets - surrounding and extending east of the Palacio National/Zocalo. If I recall correctly they're there every day - but it's been a few years since I was there. I got hooked on the tlacoyos - large teardrop/ diamond shaped masa (thicker than a garden-variety tortilla, less thick than a gordita) filled with refried beans, and topped with crumbled queso. Had something similar in the Maxwell St. Market in Chicago.Bringing this up again because it looks like I will be visiting Mexico City next month. I'm especially interested in what kinds of good street food we can find. I think we'll only be around for a weekend, and am not sure where we are staying yet. Any tips?
The food markets, especially the giant Merced, the name of which I forget now, a subway stop of two east of the Zocalo, is immense and should provide plenty of opportunities for good street food. I was only there briefly and can't recall whether I ate anything there or not.
Hopefully other will provide better suggestions than I have here, but do report back on what you find!
Geoff Ruby
Posted 09 February 2004 - 08:03 PM
"Having spent most of my life searching for truth in the excitement of science, I am now in search of the perfectly seared foie gras without any sweet glop." Linda LaRose
Posted 10 February 2004 - 01:19 PM
Around the Plaza Mayor
Calle Tacuba - the Cafe Tacuba for b'fast or lunch, a favorite haunt of Frida Kahlo; Los Girasoles for lunch or dinner, traditional foods (gusanitos de maguey and escamoles in season), heavenly duck breast in blackberry mole, and tamarind margaritas which, due to their supreme sweet-tart drinkability, will undo you.
Calle Cinco de Mayo - Dulceria de Celaya, a tiny art nouveau framed bonbonnerie which opened during the reign of Porfirio Diaz. Vitrinas loaded with exquisite sweets and streetfront twin bay windows sporting elegant displays of convent confiserie and buzzing, happy bees. Bar la Opera, where Villa watered his comandantes upon their arrival in Mx City. The bullet holes are still in the stamped tin ceiling to prove it. White hex tile floors, a long, well-appointed bar, dark wood, while lace curtains, and St. Louis whorehouse red flocked velvet wallpaper. The ultimate power lunch establishment for the City's old gard, and, of course, the place to take your, ah, secretary or niece for a little quality quiet time. Do not miss the ensalada de berros or the machitos.
Behind the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Las Sirenas, a bar/restaurant with roof-top
service and a view of the Mexican trifecta: the excavated remains of the Aztec's Templo Mayor, the Palacio del Gobierno, and the Metropolitan Cathedral - the forces which have bent the Mx population forward or backward over the altar stones throughout their history.
Street food: Anything around the Plaza Mayor, especially on Saturdays and Sundays - all freshly made; I've eaten it a thousand times w/out incident.
Calle Uruguay - Panaderia La Ideal, the biggest zoo of pan dulce I've yet to see. All of the whimsical shapes of Mexican sweet breadn (including the caiman, or freshwater alligator for which they are famous), and, on the Diesiseis, a wall of intricately layered red/white/ and green gelatines, for the Indenpendence Day celebrations. It's worth a haul up to the mezzanine to check out the display of mutantly huge and fussily furbelowed wedding and quinceanera cakes.
Leaving La Ideal, turn right and proceed a block or two to its intersection with a huge boulevard (I think it is Lazaro Cardenas). Take a left across Uruguay, and follow the Boulevard about a half block. The blue-glazed-tile facade of the Churreria los Moros should be in front of you. This is probably the last Mexico City chocolate shop still in existence, 24/7 at that, serving freshly made churros and 4 types of hot chocolate. It is heaven. It also has the most beautiful fry vat this cook has ever seen - a blue tile covered thing the size of a proper bathtub, as well as the oldest pair of scissors in the Western Hemisphere, used to snip the rounds of churros before they are sugared and served. This place is on the endangered traditions list, and must be visited.
Zona Rosa: Konditorei (Calle Dinamarca??), good for b'fast, afternoon treats, and people watching. Chalet Suizo for the ensalada de trompa, and Fonda del Refugio, the dama grande of Mx City dining.
Since the recent discovery of Spain (especially the Michelin starred temples in the Basque provinces) by the foodie cognoscenti, and the continuing depreciation of Mexico as region worthy of serious gastronomic investigation, may I offer you a big surprise: Tezka. Juan Mari Arzak, of Arzak in San Sebastian (*** since 1986), is one of the owners of Tezka, a Basque restaurant w/New World flavors. Bruno Oteiza is the chef. Arzak comes to the restaurant several times a year to train and keep watch over it. It is NOT inexpensive, but it is a lovely restaurant, serving exquisite food. You will be exceedingly hard put to trump you dinner, and your dining experience, there.
Polanco: Isidora's, one of the pioneers of the Nueva Cocina Azteca, raised to a haute pitch, and Izote, a relatively new endeavor by Patricia Quintana. Trendy, chic, and quite good.
Some other places - sorry but I am map-challenged at this precise moment! El Bajio, Chef Carmen Ramirez Degollado; Fonda Don Chon, near the Zona Rosa, a temple of traditional, authentic Mexica cuisine, including all manner of entomological delights.
Also Jorge and Alicia Gironella de'Angeli's El Tajin, a balance of traditional ingredients and techniques in a current presentation. They are the gastronomic historians of Mexico, have published several books on the subject, and represent Mexican cuisine internationally. What they learn, they infuse into the flavors of their food. It is elegant, yet it is, truly, authentic.
Buen provecho!
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 06:34 PM
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 12:40 AM
Sanborn's Casa de Azulejos
( http://www.frommers.....cfm?h_id=39880 )
Decent food, like a really, really good Denny's of Mexican food, but you should visit it for breakfast just to see the cool place. And really, the food is decent, just nothing special, and a little more expensive than some places. (Sanborn's are an excellent place to find relatively clean public restrooms in Mexico.)
Hosteria de Santo Domingo
( http://www.fodors.co...&sort=name&pg=2 )
About on the level of Cafe Tacuba, maybe a little nicer and more interesting. A better dinner spot, I'd say. I got my first chiles en nogada here. Yum.
Also, definitely go to Mercado Merced and bring a camera. It's an amazing place. There's more than a full airplane hangar worth of food stuffs. (Beware, this is a dangerous area at night with $5 AIDS hookers, drug dealers, shootings, etc; only made that mistake once.) My favorite thing to eat here are the huaraches. They're like big Mexican pizzas with thick masa tortillas piled with whatever you want.
There's a panaderia in Centro Historico that was extremely cool. Maybe Sharon knows it. I can't remember the name. I only have pics of the inside. It has a lot of pan dulces, but the most interesting thing are the cakes. Lots of huge, magnificent wedding cakes. I just re-read Sharon's post and realized she already mentioned this one, Ideal. Oh well, a second.
There are lots of little windows and small places and street vendors in Mexico City, especially around the streets where all the vendors line the sidewalks. If something looks good and it's busy, I go ahead and buy. Plus, it'll give you a chance to buy cheap software and CDs (don't trust the DVDs, though). You'll get blue corn items and churros that I actually like a little better than the ones at El Morro, though you should definitely go to El Morro and get some chocolate and churros.
If it's bullfighting season, the taco filling options at the bullfights were some of the most interesting I've seen in DF. Also, outside several of the busier, central Metro stations were some great taco places. There was this one that I went way out of my way for. I can't remember where it was, though. Maybe Juarez, Hidalgo, Bellas Artes, or Balderas. But I can't remember which. Fabulous and cheap. The salsas would melt concrete.
If you'll be there on Sunday, go to the park where everything's free and so is packed. Lots of snack foods and fruit cups, but it's just really fun being around all the families.
If I get a chance, I'll scan some photos in sometime.
EDIT: El Bajio, an excellent choice, is hella far away from downtown. We took the metro and then walked *a long ways* to get there. Grab a cab. But use the metro a lot. It's cheap and easy, though stifling inside sometimes.
Edited by ExtraMSG, 11 February 2004 - 12:44 AM.
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 10:08 AM
I've been traveling to Mexico City 3-4 times a month on business for the past 15 years and am amazed at the recent surge in very good new restaurants. Isidora's & Isote are 2 of my favorites. Others in Polanco that I would recommend are La Galvia (Nouvelle Mexican), T Cla (Nouvelle Mexican) and Fonda de Santa Clara (Pueblan)Polanco: Isidora's, one of the pioneers of the Nueva Cocina Azteca, raised to a haute pitch, and Izote, a relatively new endeavor by Patricia Quintana. Trendy, chic, and quite good.
In addition to the other restaurants mentioned a few more recs would be....
Ligaya - Colonia Condesa - Nouvelle Mexican
Ixchal - Colinia Roma - Asian / Mediterranean Fusion
Cicero Centennario - Centro Historico - Traditional
San Angel Inn - Colinia San Angel - Traditional
BTW - where is your brother staying? Suprisingly, many of the hotel restaurants are very good.
Posted 11 February 2004 - 02:51 PM
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Kenny & Zuke's Delicatessen
Posted 12 February 2004 - 12:05 AM
Panaderia Ideal
Typical little streetside place
Nopales in Mercado Merced
Typical Merced Fonda
Huaraches and Quesadillas in Merced
Toppings options
Edited by ExtraMSG, 12 February 2004 - 12:08 AM.
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Kenny & Zuke's Delicatessen
Posted 24 August 2004 - 07:15 PM
Gastronome in Training
Posted 25 August 2004 - 09:35 PM
Nice. Mexico is the one country I consistently eat breakfast. I love the things they do with eggs.I know this is an out of date request, but I thought I woud record my recent DF experience here (since I came here to research places to eat before my trip). Please see the following links for my write-up...
I found Girasoles a little....watered down....or something. Like in the pursuit of refinement they removed some of the flavor. Not so much that it wasn't still quite good, but I've had better upscale Mexican in both Mexico and the US, I think. But I'd love to go back. One visit isn't enough. At least it's near the Zocolo.
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Kenny & Zuke's Delicatessen
Posted 14 October 2004 - 10:13 AM
Edited by nickarte, 14 October 2004 - 10:15 AM.
Posted 14 October 2004 - 02:46 PM
It has been a while since I have visited the great DF. My fondest memories of street food are the ears of corn. That corn is corn. Not the insipid sweet corn we get here in the states that everyone raves about. (I am hiding out in this forum on that point. There are a lot of eGulls that think that sweet corn is the big deal. ) I still dream about that corn.
The other thing I remember with fondness is the mangoes that are cut to look like flowers and dusted with chile powder. They are so beautiful and tasty.
And what is the name of those things... the fried dough with the cinnamon sugar... ARG! Senior moment!
"Having spent most of my life searching for truth in the excitement of science, I am now in search of the perfectly seared foie gras without any sweet glop." Linda LaRose
Posted 14 October 2004 - 05:09 PM
Posted 14 October 2004 - 06:27 PM
And how desperately needed such a guide is. Can we ask if this is in English or Spanish? And who the audience is? Tourists? Locals?
And please keep us posted too. Great cheap places to eat in Mexico City are always worth knowing,
Posted 14 October 2004 - 09:53 PM
Knock wood, I have never been sick in Mexico. I'm careful but not anal and I take lots of lime which I have convinced myself is they key, based on my ignorance!
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"How do you say 'Yum-o' in Swedish? Or is it Swiss? What do they speak in Switzerland?"- Rachel Ray
Posted 15 October 2004 - 12:27 AM
Posted 15 October 2004 - 04:07 PM
Another welcome!
And how desperately needed such a guide is. Can we ask if this is in English or Spanish? And who the audience is? Tourists? Locals?
And please keep us posted too. Great cheap places to eat in Mexico City are always worth knowing,
The website would be in both Spanish and English in order to appeal to both locals and turistas (should be in French and Japanese too, I suppose, but I can't do everything!) Will let you know...
In the meantime, there's "El Caguamo", a fantastic seafood stand on the corner of Ayuntamiento and Lopez, in the centro...Their rich, dark 'caldo de camaròn' is not to be believed, and their 'tostadas de seviche' para chupar los dedos...stay tuned!
Posted 15 October 2004 - 08:25 PM
Also for afternoon coffee and in the historic centre, I love Sanborns in the Casa de Las Azulejos.
Again, the coffee shop with the horseshoe shaped counters is an inspiring people watching extravaganza. Lots of older eccentric locals/bohemians make this their regular stop to debate politics, art and/or the pan dulce.
More to come ad infinitum.
Posted 16 October 2004 - 07:13 AM
Churreria El Moro - at Uruguay & will have to check a map!
Panaderia La Ideal - Calle Uruguay
Bar La Opera - Cinco de Mayo
Dulceria de Celaya - Cinco de Mayo
Food stalls in La Merced
Las Girasoles
Cafe Tacuba (one of Frida Kahlo's favorites)
More to come ... am in Napa and away from my notes!
Regards & drools,
The lunatics have overtaken the asylum
Posted 20 October 2004 - 05:47 AM
Posted 03 November 2004 - 11:32 AM
I always look for them when I'm in Mexico. Plus, give me tacos al pastor con cebollitas on the side and the little orange drink - Chaparritas - in the short bottle.
And what about tortas ahogadas? Although this is more a Guadalajara thing. Incredible. Mexicans in Guadalajara swear tortas ahogadas are the single best hangover cure on earth.
Finally, I never miss a chance to get aguas frescas, my favorite being horchata de fresa.
¡Buen provecho!
Edited by wordwiseguy, 03 November 2004 - 11:39 AM.
Posted 24 December 2004 - 12:36 PM
The diversity of the street food in front of the cathedral varies during the day.
I will be posting again on the subject, on my return to D.F. over new years.
The evening in question, I found a few vendors cooking up fresh blue corn huaraches, spread with beans and cheese. The wood fired mobile carts cooking up camote and bananas, served up with sweetened condensed milk - the bananas are my all time favourite, such a smokey flavour from the wood fire. Then there is the curious vendor who makes the tiniest pancakes, suitable for a doll's house.
And of course, the elote sellers, boiled corn slathered with mayo, cheese and chile.
The morning vendors are different and one sticks out in my mind from a past trip. She was set up in front of the subway entrance with a shopping cart. She had numerous boxed cereals tied on to the cart. You could take your pick, which was poured into a styrofoam cup, milk poured on and a plastic spoon added to consume your breakfast. I just loved the convenience of that.
Hasta pronto,
Papas con chile, amigo.
I always look for them when I'm in Mexico. Plus, give me tacos al pastor con cebollitas on the side and the little orange drink - Chaparritas - in the short bottle.
And what about tortas ahogadas? Although this is more a Guadalajara thing. Incredible. Mexicans in Guadalajara swear tortas ahogadas are the single best hangover cure on earth.
Finally, I never miss a chance to get aguas frescas, my favorite being horchata de fresa.
¡Buen provecho!
Posted 01 January 2005 - 11:20 AM
Also, we're thinking we might do a short flight somewhere else in Mexico for a day or two if there are some spectacular restaurants elsewhere in Mexico we might otherwise be missing.
Here are some restaurants that my research to date indicates might fit the bill. Please let me know where I'm going astray, and what restaurants I'm missing.
Aguila y Sol
Hacienda de los Morales
El Candelero
Fonda Don Chon
El Tajin
Edited by japanesegeek, 01 January 2005 - 11:21 AM.
Posted 01 January 2005 - 05:10 PM
also, imho, Hacienda de Los Morales' food is overrated. The atmosphere is great and service is wonderful. The food is very good but nothing outstanding or what you can't get in the States. so i think i'd prefer to eat the authentic food served in the street markets.
Edited by yimay, 01 January 2005 - 05:16 PM.
Posted 01 January 2005 - 09:00 PM
Fonda Don Chon is excellent, but it's most certainly bordering on the "exotic". You'll be eating things like bear, lion, armadillo, worms.
I would be careful about the street food. For tacos, El Tizoncito or El Charco de las Ranas is worth going to. For other "street food" I would also recommend Maria Isabel (tostadas, sopes, etc).
Posted 01 January 2005 - 10:17 PM
Posted 02 January 2005 - 12:54 PM
To provide a touch of AlkaSeltzer for the old purse, try in the DF:
Churreria los Moros
Los Girasoles
Cafe Tacuba (breakfast)
Bar La Opera - an gentleman's retreat (w/or without the secretary) since the Porfiriato/where Villa watered his lieutenants upon their arrival in the DF - bullet holes still in the stamped tin ceiling. Have the tripitas and the ensalada de berros.
Dulceria de Celaya - the Art Nouveau jewel box of candy shops
Fonda del Refugio - the old grande dame, and still kicking
Bar Las Sirenas - roof bar overlooking the Templo Mayor
The food stalls in La Merced
And in Puebla:
Hotel Royalty - especiall the rabbit in rosemary; guajolotes for appetizers
Meson de la Sacristia for mole
La Pasita bar (have a pasita w/queso fresco) near Calle de los Sapos
Fonda Sta Clara (though good, a bit overrated; chiles en nogada are out of season)
Breakfast at the Camino Real
For fish/seafood, you really want to head for the coast, esp West coast
If Balam's in Vallarta is still there, the pescado sarandeado.
Doggie bags and detailed descriptions appreciated!
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