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Andrea Weigl has an excellent piece in today's N&O on restaurants using molecular gastronomy techniques in the Triangle, including The Mint, 1705Prime, Four Square and The George. Included online are some of Shawn Rocco's great photographs including a step-by-step overview of the preparation of The Mint's "strawberry shortcake."
Molecular Gastronomy in the Triangle
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We're all entitled to our opinions, it's a free country, maybe I'm a backward old f*rt, etc. etc…..that said, I wouldn't partake of what The Mint is offering if it were given to me for free. When I'm hungry, I want some substantial, recognizable, honest-to-God food instead of a few chemically doctored-up morsels that have ohsuchaheavenly flavor. Although we actually have the means to pay $350/whatever for a meal, we do not choose to spend our money that way especially when there are so many people (not only in India, but right around here!) going hungry. We're not going to support "food geeks" who choose to make their living playing around with food. The article mentions McCrady's in Charleston….been there a few times, not going back again. What they serve in the way of food is simply not my idea of good eating; I've never left there feeling satisfied. Also I'm under the impression that many of McCrady's patrons are there mainly for the vast wine selection rather than the food. As for the strawberry shortcake, I'll take Varmint's version (similar to my own) any day over The Mint's.
Addressing your last paragraph….I drive a "nice" car and wear fairly nice clothes (out in public, at home it's a different story). But, just as I wouldn't pay $350 for a meal to nourish my body, neither would I pay $100,000 for a car or $400 for, say, a white blouse. Some people happily pay those prices for those particular items; not I, not even if I had money coming out the wazoo. Who knows, maybe the day will come when those will be the going rates for cars, clothes, restaurant meals, etc. But right now, I know that I can find a satisfactory white blouse/a good, satisfying meal for much less than the previously stated prices. And no one has ever had to guilt me into eating Brussels sprouts; I've always done it willingly. Come to think of it, I don't recall that anyone ever had to use that line about starving children in India on me.
Since I haven't set foot in The Mint, I can't fairly comment on their meals. But I'd never call the meals I've had in (for example) McCrady's "great"….regardless of their price. I guess it boils down to a person's idea/opinion of what's great and what's not. I personally know people who, when they want a "great" meal, head to the Angus Barn. Yet these same people wouldn't set foot in Fins, where I've always had meals ranging from very good to great. Although I can't quote you, I believe you've stated in various places that you aren't/haven't been favorably impressed with Bloomsbury Bistro; I, on the other hand, have always been pleased with my meals there.
To each his own, right? If someone wants to pay big bucks for "froth" and flavor, fine; it wouldn't be my choice.
Whassamatta, Varmint? Didn't get enough controversy with the Greg Cox post? 😉
I think Ms. Weigl did a great job with the article. What a great introduction to "molecular gastronomy" for the Triangle! I wish the very best to the local chefs who are making use of these techniques, and I look forward to dining in their restaurants. The area needs this kind of culinary diversity.
I only take issue with the way that McCrady's is being lauded along with restaurants like Alinea, The Fat Duck, and el Bulli! Sorry but McCrady's is nowhere near that level of cuisine!
"But this discussion isn't about personal choices, it's about the use of molecular gastronomy in the Triangle. Even if that use is very, very limited."
And I hope it stays very, very limited. There was nothing in that article (or in the articles/posts about the Z Kitchen) that made me want to try it.
There are many places I don't like to eat, and foods and cooking methods that I don't care for, but I don't think they should be "very, very limited" just because I don't like them…to each his own. There are too many problems in the world that stem from folks trying to force their views on others.
I like cooking for a hobby…and the discussion of en sous vide cooking has had me researching a new use for that food saver vacuum thingie that my mom gave me for Christmas.
I thought the piece was quite well done. Another fine example of Andrea Weigl's in-depth reporting. I was puzzled and a little saddened by two things, Todd Ohle's quote and the ending of the article.
Ohle, executive chef at 1705Prime, is quoted as saying, "We haven't put it (molecular gastronomy) on the menu because, in my opinion, Raleigh isn't ready for it." He may mean exactly that, though I suspect there's more background that we're not getting in the article, but that quote was used as a pull-quote, larger and out of the context of the main piece. It's going to come back to bite him in the ass. Unless the editor and layout artist were deliberately trying to inject controversy into an innocuous food piece, using that as the pull-quote was a terrible decision. It makes Ohlne look bad, and it makes Raleigh look bad.
Along the same lines, while the article closes with a cheery quote from Jeremy Clayman, the preceding paragraphs make the completely unnecessary point that the chemistry behind these dishes is "safe to consume." No kidding? Really? Somebody, either Andrea Weigl or her editor, assumed that diners are too ignorant to know anything about this stuff. Consequently, they raised a fear about safety that never would have been there otherwise.
Again, I liked the piece overall. I think Andrea Weigl is doing a great job with the section, but those sour notes really leapt out at me.
I would cheerfully partake of The Mint if it were free, just for the experience. Or if someone else were paying, or if I get a surprise bonus.
I certainly understand the differences in people's expectations and where they think it's "great". I have relatives who think that Golden Corral is the height of the restaurant industry because they measure quality by quantity by price by a minimum level of cleanliness / atmosphere / service / and quality of the actual food.
I confess that I have in the past eaten at nouveau cuisine restaurants or molecular gastronomy places where I have complained about the 3 peas and a leaf on my plate, even while recognizing that I live in a country where over 60% of the people rate as obese.
I think it's pretty clear that Varmintbites is a great place to discuss everything from Chittlin's to Molecular Gastronomy, but I'm not sure this blog is the place to get into in-depth arguments about world hunger, population control, and the evils that are CAFOs and Corn Subsidies right.here.in.River.City. Surely there are other places, and we can keep this as foodie heaven. /grins.
I'm an actual practicing chemist, and I find reading about these types of things fascinating. I like to cook, I think I'm a good cook (as far as that goes; anyway, I'M usually willing to eat what I cook hehe), and what's REALLY neat about 'molecular gastronomy' is what it teaches me about real cooking – "So THAT"S what I gotta do to get those dang egg whites to stand up! SCIENCE!" I love people like Alton Brown, who take some time to explain why and how different techniques work (the Chocolate Chip Cookie episode of Good Eats is awesome!) I bet the guys at the Mint could speak volumes.
I also find it interesting when cooks use processed products like corn starch, agar, LN2, etc., the stuff on the ingredients label that gets people up in arms, to get the properties in food they want, given the general trend toward natural foods. Anybody ever heard an explanation for the ingredients in a Twinkie? Maybe you don't want to eat them, but it sure is neat!
Anyway, they may be doing it for art, but I like the techniques. Gotta get me a subscription to the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry …
And I'm not equating the Mint's offerings to Twinkies – haven't even eaten there (yet!)
Fuzzy mentioned eating at "….molecular gastronomy places where I have complained about the 3 peas and a leaf on my plate, even while recognizing that I live in a country where over 60% of the people rate as obese."
I refuse to patronize places which charge exorbitant prices for the proverbial 3 peas and a leaf on the artfully arranged plate. If someone wants to pay for that…well, it's a free country; as for me, I refuse to be ripped off in that manner.
CHall, sounds like you are just bitter about not leaving with a to-go box. Calm down. It IS a free country, and no one is twisting your arm to step into these places. If you are not willing to be open minded about good food and people who are just loving what they do for a living and perfecting food to make it more enjoyable for the consumer, then maybe there is really not a lot you can say. Didn't you say that you have not even been to The Mint yet? This type of cooking is certainly not for everyone, but it seems really silly to criticize something you haven't tried yet.
I have had several FANTASTIC meals at McGrady's and the things they are doing there are mind blowing in flavor and presentation. Raleigh is ready for this kind of food, and people need to give it a chance. I am one of those people that will spend my extra cash on a good meal, and by no means can I do it that often.
I think it is great that these certain ingredients are being brought out, and that you now have the option to go have an amazingly FUN meal. There is nothing like leaving a restaurant satisfied-not disgustingly full-and not taking home a to-go box that you are just going to leave on the table or in the fridge. I am a loyal customer to places like Chili's and Lonestar, but those meals do not provide near the excitement as one using great cooking techniques! To each their own, but I am glad Raleigh is coming around!
Thanks a lot for the lecture. You've got your opinion; I've got mine and it's very different from yours. I too have had several meals at McCrady's in Charleston and I'd never describe any of them as "fantastic". I've never eaten anything there that was "mind blowing in flavor and presentation". More like a big rip-off. I assume we're talking about the same place. For the record, I've never been in a Lonestar, have eaten at a Chili's twice at the most. I've also never left a restaurant with a "doggie bag". We dine out usually one night a week at locally owned restaurants. Guess we're just not into FUN and EXCITEMENT and so-called great cooking techniques. Hey, we're able to find plenty of great food around here without setting foot in The Mint.
Varmint, great quote! And you are exactly right, these two restaurants are not alike when it comes to menu, etc. Just comparing the fact that no matter what you order, its presentation is not going to be what you expect. It's all about experience. It goes back to the, "try it, you may like it" quote we all probably heard when we were growing up.
I'm not going to knock the Mint, I think it is great that they are willing to experiment with the latest techniques. But for me the strawberry shortcake just didn't look that appetizing. I like substance, simplicity, and foods that are as close to their natural form as they can be. Glad to hear that the Mint does have some less "unusual" items on the menu. Not revealing their ingredients to diners because they are afraid people will think they are putting "chemicals" in the food is a little unnerving, while they may be perfectly safe as far as we know, they are still manufactured ingredients.
these hydrocolloids that are used to manipulate foodstuff are for the most part seaweed derivitives, others come from soy or corn. these hydrocolloids are vegan and make cooking for vegans and vegetarians more fun for the chef and the diner, we can manipulate ever so slightly (as in, the vegetables are pureed almost raw so we can incorporate our additives, or we can just cut and soak said vegetables in something like a simple syrup that is not sweet in order to dehydrate and make crispy. pretty natural. or is granola too crazy as well? same idea) also, the mint is not the only restaurant that is mentioned in this article. i like the fact that we are in the forefront and we are trying to do a lot of the educating about foreward thinking in food for the triangle. again though, people are using whatever they can to pile on and spit their propaganda about how bad the mint is and how our food and real estate is a cancer to all things simple and…BORING. if we suck so bad, then why is everyone paying so much attention? if you don't like different, that is fine, but how did you learn to ride a bike, or drive clutch? those two activities are very unnatural and not necessarily simple (in the beginning), but somehow we all got over it and took a chance. not to mention as varmint and jason perlow have both said, most of our food is very simple, it's just techniques that are so classic and involved that not too many chefs in this area take their time to showcase it. i love food and i take all the time in the day to show how great it can be, so shoot me. as far as simple food is concerned i love to eat street side hot dogs and totinos pizzas and food i don't even know how to order at the road side taco joints on my way home in the summer time. food is just fun and wonderful and nourishing physically, mentally, and sometimes emotionally. sometimes food just wants to wear a different mask, sometimes we all do. if change is such a bad thing, wear the same socks everyday. that's how i feel about not adapting and overcoming the monotony. have a blessed day! hey now varmint…
In response to maddy. Like you, I am not commenting on any of the local versions of MG because I have limited experience with any of their forays into it. I have, however, had a few meals including these techniques and feel that the chefs really need to be careful with how they "improve" a classic.
A bit over a year ago, I ate at mini-bar in DC. 37 courses of very experimental food using the whole bag of tricks. I have to say that very little of it hit home for me. There was a dish called New New England Clam Chowder that was deconstructed and manipulated to the point of being sterile. One of my dining companions put it perfectly when he said, "I don't think the next time I have clam chowder, I'm going to wish it was more like this."
Now, perhaps that's why many of these hyper modern places serve tasting menus that are so long. After all, if you're eating 30 courses, then you're not going to sweat it if some are more interesting than good. At least, not the way you're going to if you've committed to a full entree portion of something.
Our 20 course chef's table meals are ones where we're more likely than others to include a proto-type level dish. In fact, I often tell people before they start the meal that there's a lot of food coming and, while I hope that they find each and every dish to be a delight, there might be one or two that don't do it for them because we push the envelope a bit further than usual. If that's the case, just don't finish that course. I assure you that you'll be happy you saved the room later in the meal.


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The Tart
First Impressions – Looked good, I was excited when I saw the movement in the centre, i knew they would be runny!
As soon as we cut it ALL of the filling ran out! Not the best sharing tart, I love my tarts runny 😀
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– crust was borderline raw
– filling was very runny, but almost tasted sour
– awful after taste
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Neither of us liked this tart. We did not even finish it, after the first bite it went into the garbage. Not to say others would not like it, but we did NOT! We will not return.

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Sanofi got a ton of free press last week from hundreds of thousands of Twitter users. To update the (blissfully) uninformed, comedian Roseanne Barr had recently used the social media platform to make a racist statement about a former White House aide. Presumably in damage control mode afterwards, Barr tweeted an apology saying she had been "Ambien tweeting." So Sanofi—who makes Ambien—had the opportunity to engage in some, uh, brand management. The company's response thus makes very clear that, "While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication." Their tweet blew up, with nearly 69k retweets and over 185k likes. And while they note no Sanofi medication has side effects of racism, they weren't clear on other companies' drugs. Your move, social media managers.
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How about some exciting, multi-billion dollar deals to spice up the first quarter? First, Sanofi acquired Bioverativ, a hemophilia-focused biopharmaceutical company that spun out of Biogen last February. Since losing patent protection, Sanofi has seen flagging revenue from their flagship Lantus products—which occupy the #4 and #15 spots on IQVIA's list of Top Medicines by Invoice Spending—and they're hoping Bioverativ can give their treatment portfolio a boost. Similarly, Celgene boosted their pipeline prospects by acquiring Juno Therapeutics, who have a promising CAR-T candidate expected to be FDA-approved in 2019. Celgene also recently bought Impact Biomedicines, all part of a strategy to preemptively address profit losses when their blood cancer drug Revlimid goes off-patent in a few years.
Zika update: no one thinks it's scary anymore
We've done a full 360 on Zika. In early 2016, the WHO declared Zika to be a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern." Less than two years later we're just injecting it into brains willy-nilly to see what it does. To be fair, it does seem to kill glioblastomas pretty effectively, so we'll give mad scientists a pass this time. Still, the Zika crisis did seem to peter out quickly in the Americas, at least quicker than US government investors expected. Without any real epidemic threat from the virus forthcoming, funding for the government and Sanofi's vaccine development partnership has dried up. There are still two vaccine candidates from GSK and Takeda in development, but the decision has been criticized as short-sighted.
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5. Sanofi, a very forgiving bunch
Remember a couple of years ago when Sanofi partnered with MannKind because they believed Afrezza, MannKind's inhaled insulin product, would capture diabetes patients who hate injections? And remember when Sanofi paid MannKind $150m up front and loaned them an additional $175m? Well, the sales didn't materialize and Sanofi would like to pretend it never happened. So much so, in fact, they're willing to forgive the balance of the loan—over $70m! I wonder if Sanofi needs a good news/blog writer? Then Sanofi could break up with the writer and then pay off the writer's mortgage or something. Shares for MannKind were trading up at the time of this article. But then again, so would mine. Just sayin'.
5. Sanofi and Verily partner in IoMT
Sanofi and Verily (Google Life Sciences) are the latest pharma/tech partnership in what's being called the "Internet of Medical Things" (IoMT). Their joint venture, Onduo, will combine Sanofi's experience in diabetes treatment with Verily's reputation for consumer software, analytics, and miniature electronics. The IoMT market was $32.4 billion in 2015, but is projected to reach $163.2 billion by 2020. Other pharma/tech partnerships include: Pfizer and IBM teaming up to collect data from Parkinson's patients, Novartis and Qualcomm collaborating on biometrics, and a host of other joint ventures related to smart pill bottles, smart inhalers, etc. The first Onduo products (TBD on specifics) are expected to launch in 2018.
4. Good week for biosimilars
This week, United Health announced a proposal to drop Sanofi's insulin Lantus and Amgen's bone marrow stimulant Neupogen in favor of their biosimilars. AND THEN, the FDA approved Amgen's biosimilar version of Humira. Good week for biosimilars, bad week for Lantus, and meh week for Amgen (especially since AbbVie is still suing for patent infringement). This is only the fourth biosimilar licensed by the FDA under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act, but the true test will come if more payers, like United, drop the branded products completely. ICYMI: Biosimilar safety and interchangeability are still questioned by some.


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All fighters have two main tools of their tradeweapons and armor. While many fighters hone their weapon skills to a point of inescapable grace and lethality, there are those who live under the maxim that a good offense can be accomplished though an impenetrable defense. To these fighters, proper use of armor and shields ensures that they can fight another day, and that the frustration of enemies who cant seem to crack an armor masters superior defenses is just the first symptom of his foes eventual defeat.
At 2nd level, an armor master specializes in using his shield to deflect attacks. He gains a +1 bonus to his touch AC, and this bonus increases for every four levels beyond 2nd (to a maximum of +6 at 20th level); however, this bonus cannot exceed the sum of the armor andenhancement bonusto AC provided by the shield that the armor master is currently carrying.
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At 9th level, an armor master can use his armor to shield critical areas from injury. He treats any armor he wears as if it had thelight fortificationspecial ability. At 13th level, his armor gains themoderate fortificationspecial ability. Thisfortificationdoes not stack in any way with armor that has these special abilities. In these cases the armor master takes the better of the twofortifications.
At 20th level, an armor master gains completeimmunityto critical hits andsneak attackswhile he is wearing armor. In addition, unless his armor has the fragile armor quality, it cannot besunderedwhile he is wearing it.
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Play Without a Title @ The CAPITAL Centre: Responses
Despite having worked alongside the Artistic Director of Fail Better productions for about a year, it's perhaps surprising that this is the first production I've seen by that company. Play Without a Title, however, is special for a number of reasons. It combines the professional experience of the company with an all-student acting company (as well as students filling various creative and technical roles). It's the world premiere of a new translation of Lorca's play by academic David Johnston. And, it's a rare performance of an unfinished play, the first act of an experimental and exciting piece by the Spanish master. It's also tremendous.
Clocking in at about fifty minutes, Play Without a Title was an intense experience. Nomi Everall's spectacular set filled the tiny studio space of the CAPITAL Centre, an impressive self-contained set that created a theatre auditorium on one side, a backstage area on the other and a grey 'stage' separating the two. Each space had its own distinct atmosphere, carefully separated from the others. The auditorium gradually filled with formally dressed couples, tapping their feet, finding their seats, hanging their coats up, all in a highly comedic fashion. The backstage area, meanwhile, was an Aladdin's Cave of props and costumes, in which two actors appeared moving in slow-motion, tentatively trying on costumes and transforming themselves into the characters of A Midsummer Night's Dream whom they were playing. The stage, meanwhile, was plain and bare (a grey area, if you will), a place of pronouncements, or 'sermons'. Perhaps paradoxically, this space was dominated by the Director, the central 'actor' of Lorca's play, who took to the stage in an effort to subvert the usual expectations of the theatre's set-up. Bridging the two worlds on either side of him, the Director's rhetoric and force drove the play's action as he called for a rethink about the essence of what we call 'theatre'.
The play's most rivetting aspects turned on the debate of what constituted theatre and real life, and the differences between them. In this debate, no-one could ever be 'right'. The Director used horrific examples from real life to illustrate what he considered to be 'truth', but yet recoiled from other examples when used against him. One audience member announced he was leaving the theatre at the mention of the concept of a 'real' 'truth', but his wife only joined him when forced to confront a specific example. In a lovely piece of doubling (though whether it is called for by the script I don't know), the two who left reappeared as actors in the backstage area, making themselves up and changing into theatrical characters. This corresponded effectively with the comments of the Leading Lady to the Director, in which she cried out against the ugliness of real life, the inability of man to deal with it for more than a moment before having to hide again; the reappearance of audience members who had run back to the 'safety' of real life in the backstage world of the theatre provided an apt visual metaphor.
The confrontation between on- and off-stage allowed for some startling moments of drama. The Director directly challenged his audience members, and part of the fascination came from watching how they responded and the points at which they were finally provoked into responding. The forces which held them in their seats even as they were being told to leave where almost tangible, with Lorca's text bringing to life the unwritten rules of the theatre, exploiting the attitude of passive activity (or active passivity) in which audiences expect to enjoy the theatre. The two couples - one of whom reacted and left, the other of whom stayed to watch in quiet amusement - demonstrated two very different approaches to theatregoing that enraged the Director in different ways.
In contrast, the Leading Lady spoke for the virtues of disguise in theatre as an actress who was permanently in one character or another. Despite the Director's initial disdain for her, her power was overwhelming, unbalancing his arguments and throwing him into confusion with her near-unshakable confidence. It was this confidence, and this obstinant reliance on the worlds she created for herself rather than the real world, that led to the play's funniest and most moving moment - as the theatre began to burn and an audience member cried for her children, the Leading Lady scolded her for 'saying it so badly', instructing her on how to enact her grief more effectively. Her outlook was simultaneously repulsive and sorely tempting, a complete and total retreat from the banality/security of real life.
As the play drew to its climax, and rebellion outside the theatre threatened the safety of all inside, the two worlds collapsed together. The two halves of the stage slid together in a crash, eliminating the 'stage' and merging the backstage world with the auditorium. Actresses dressed as fairies spilled into the aisles where a shot revolutionary was dying, addressing each other by their fairy names. With both worlds threatened at the same time, the debates about the danger and fears of real life took on an urgent dimension, with the Director calling for the revolutionaries to be welcomed into the theatre while an audience member took matters into his own hands and shot the first man through the door. As fear and flames engulfed the stage, the play crashed to its end, the Leading Lady still calling for "My Lorenzo..."
Jonathan Heron's production urgently calls for reappraisal of this buried gem, an important and vital treatise on the dynamics between theatre and life, stage and auditorium, perrformer and audience. Thought-provoking, moving and in places extremely funny, the play demands to be almost immediately watched again, and the publication of Johnston's translation next month will hopefully invite further productions. For now, though, this is an excellent and evocative piece that showcases a superb student cast and pushes the technical boundaries of the CAPITAL Centre's space. Don't even bother trying for tickets, the run is booked solid.


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Against Monaco Lucien Favre brought the European Cup debutant Jacob Bruun Larsen after a tired first half. A good idea – and not the only one of the BVB coaches.
Initial situation: All the signs were in favour of Borussia Dortmund's success. Not only did Borussia win their first group match against Bruges, while Monaco Atlético lost to Madrid, but the teams' season record in their home league could hardly be more different. Dortmund leads the Bundesliga table, while Monaco surprisingly finish third last in Ligue 1 after eight games.
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The first half: It was poor in compelling chances. In the 19th minute, Monacos Youri Tielemans fired the first dangerous shot on goal, Roman Bürki parried. Paco Alcácer scored the ball after a remarkable combination with Marco Reus and Thomas Delaney just past the goal (33rd minute). Marius Wolf tried a shot from the spin, but Diego Benaglio was on the spot (39th).
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- DFB-Pokal: 2014–15
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The second half: This debut could not have been better conceived. He was not in the game for six minutes, when Bruun Larsen had already scored his first Champions League goal (51st). Alcácer took a penalty on the crossbar in the 69th minute, but just three minutes later danced out the Monegasque central defence and scored 2-0 (72nd). The final point was provided by Reus shortly before the final whistle, which was strongly cleared by Bruun Larsen (90.+2).
Well played: The Dane is not the only talent of the BVB that is currently showing off. Jadon Sancho is probably just giving the Manchester City officials some puzzles as to why they let the talent move to Dortmund. His model for Bruun Larsen was Sancho's seventh in this season's ninth compulsory match. These are impressive numbers.
Reus in a frenzy: But Marco Reus's record is even more impressive: In the first nine games of the season, he was directly involved in ten BVB goals, played four of them and scored six himself. With his 17th Champions-League goal in a black and yellow jersey, he is on a par with Robert Lewandowski as the club's most successful marksman in this competition.
Paco premiere: Paco Alcácer has been on the pitch for his new employer Borussia Dortmund for a total of 50 minutes, but scored three goals in two short Bundesliga appearances. Against Monaco, Favre brought his favourite joker from the start for the first time. It took him 72 minutes and a penalty kick, but he still scored.
Command Centre: But it's not just the offensive that is currently dominating Borussia. He has already shown several times how important Axel Witsel is for BVB at headquarters. His 100 percent won duels and almost 90 percent successful passes in the match against Monaco speak for themselves.
Encounter with history: What happened in the run-up to the Champions League quarter finals against Monaco on 11 April 2017 will not be forgotten at Borussia Dortmund: There was an attack on the BVB team bus. Nevertheless, the team played the first leg in their home stadium on the following day and were eliminated in the second leg in Monaco. One and a half years have passed since then. Characteristic for the new face of the BVB: With Bürki, Lukasz Piszczek and Reus only three players from then stood on the field.


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It seems that Bolton manager Dougie Freeman has caused a bit of a storm at Bolton, by leaving the club with 8 games to play in the season!
Kevin Davies will take over as player/manager until a suitable replacement can be found according to the article. Although Davies could be given the role full time.
The news comes after a bit of a tiff developed when Freedman told Davies he would not be offered a new contract with Bolton Wanderers. Following this news Kevin Davies was interviewed live on Talk Sport where he made it clear how he felt about the way things were handled. Then, Phil Gartside took to the air to defend the club in a twenty minute interview, followed a day later by Freedman's own interview at a press conference.
Freedman is now seemingly out of the picture and Phil Gartside said, "We have given Kevin everything he wanted."
Read Article here! (screenshot of bbc website)
Full article http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21971404 (this article is still being written and keeps going offline while details are added while the bbc makes contact with the club.
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Ryan Air
To identify an appropriate strategy for a given industry one must look into the external and internal factors influencing the company. The following report will discuss these factors regarding Ryanair, which is one of the leading budget European airlines.
This report identifies important issues of Ryanair's environment which have been formed since the company's development. It also goes on to analyse the future opportunities and threats which Ryanair is likely to face in currently and in the future.
Ryan air have developed a cost focus strategy, where it focuses on reducing cost to obtain a competitive advantage. The following discussion will show just how efficient the company has implemented this strategy.
2. Introduction
In 1985 Ryanair was established by the Ryan family to provide travelers an airline service from Dublin to the United Kingdom. Ryainair's strategic model was built upon the successful Southwest Airline (based in Texas) which is to provide low costs and no frills. During its history it has undergone some criticism from opposition and consumers but this has not halted Ryainair's progression in the airline industry. It has now developed from a family run business to one of Europe's leading low fare airlines with more then 133 routes across 16 destinations.
3. Porters Five Forces Strategy
Porters Five Forces strategy is used to examine the environment of competition within the industry (Tutor2u Ltd n.d). The following will examine the competition of the five forces with regard to European airline industry especially Ryanair.
3.1 Threat of New Entrants
The threat of new entrants in the airline industry is relatively high but to be successful in the market is a different matter. The deregulation of airlines in Europe has allowed airlines to be "...free to negotiate their own operating arrangements with different airports, enter and exit routes easily, and to levy airfares and supply flights according to market demand." (AvationExplorer.com n.d)
Barriers of entry for the airline industry are quite low even though the initial capital outlay is high. Banks are willing to lend money and if companies can not obtain enough they can engage in the debt and equity markets (Investopedia ULC). Due to relative ease of obtaining capital there has been a saturation of airlines in the European market.
However economies of scale in the airline industry has the potential to put off new entrants. This means that a company can produce so many units they can actually drive the average price down and in return gain more revenue. This is the case of Ryanair which owns a large number of aircraft. Given that Ryanair own a large fleet they are able to reduce the cost of servicing and pass this on to customers.
Brand equity also plays a major part in the airline industry. Many airline carriers offer rewards such as frequent flier points. The purpose of this is to keep the customer from switching to a different airlines. Hence if a company has a strong brand name and incentives for customers, they may be willing to stay with the same company.
3.2 Threat of Substitute Services
Threats of substitute services in the European Airline industry is of minor concern. Substitutes are an item or service which can replace another. Although most of Europe is accessible by train, boat or car, why would one want to travel by these means, when the cost to board a budget airline is nearly the same. Currently Ryanair is offering £0.01 flights excluding tax and charges until the 16th of May 2007 to certain destinations on its website, while a train ride to from Long to Paris is £84 (citied from Eurostar.com).
Traveling by airplane is the fastest way to travel. Bullet trains are the only closest competitor which can reach legal speeds of 320km/hr (BBC MVII 2007) but even they can not compete in terms of speed. Since Ryanair is a budget airline the service and comfort of the journey may not be as...
References: AviationExplorer Ltd n.d, Airline Industry Overview, Retrieved 13 April , 2007, from http://www.aviationexplorer.com/airline_industry_overview.htm
Balkanalysis.com 2007, Analysis: Ryanair focuses on the Future, Retrieved 8 April,
2007, from http://www.balkanalysis.com/2003/08/19/analysis-ryanair-focuses-on-the-future/
BBC MVII 2007, French Set New Speed Record, Retrieved 13 April, 2007, from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6521295.stm
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Features: I am reviewing a 2006 Jeff Beck Artist Series Stratocaster made in the USA. It's Olympic White with an alder body, 22 medium jumbo frets (0.103 inches wide and 0.046 inches high), soft-C maple neck with a rose wood fret board, Fender special design dual-coil ceramic Noiseless pickups and straight-ahead five-way switching. It features Fender/Schaller Deluxe Cast/Sealed Locking Tuning Machines, American 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with 6 Stainless Steel Saddles, a thinner "C†Shape Maple Neck, a contoured Heel for Easier Access to upper frets, LSR Roller Nut, aged knobs and pickup covers. And it comes with a very nice tweed case from G&G and all the usual case candy. It has a neck radius of 9.5″ and the neck is slightly wider which helps keep the high E on the fret board.
Sound: I need to be able to play anything from Deep Purple to Walter Trout to Elvis Presley to country and Fender Strats have always been able to deliver. This guitar has that Stratocaster sound but with it's own set of unique characteristics, it's a little darker sounding than usual, but at the same time, the bridge pickup can really scream. Unlike a conventional Stratocaster, the bridge pickup has it's own tone control and this is necessary at times to "tone" it down. What sets it apart are the noiseless ceramic pickups. Through the clean channel of my Marshall JCM 2000, it is easy to dial in that old Strat twang like through an old Fender Twin, but kick the Marshall into overdrive on the crunch or lead channel, and it's slightly higher output (I am comparing it to a 1979 Statocaster) lets it Drive the Marshall very nicely. However, it is not the same as my Les Paul with P-90s, which will produce a creamier overdrive sound due to the higher output of the Gibson pickups. But even though the Fender pickups are not as hot, they got the tone, and lots of it. And best of all, this guitar is quiet! Venues where the Les Paul would be almost unplayable are simply not an issue for this Stratocaster. Even with the JCM 2000, I usually boost the signal level of the guitar through a tubescreamer, then turn the volume on the guitar down to.
Action, Fit & Finish: When the guitar was ordered, I was informed that there would a waiting period as they were no models currently in production. Then, out of the blue, a "brand new" Jeff Beck Strat arrived. As soon as I looked at it I knew Olypic White was the right color. Photos do not do justice to this colour! The creamy white poly finish was absolute perfection, beautiful workmanship and finish on the body, the neck and the frets. The satin finish on the back of the neck is smooth and fast. Very few guitars come from the factory set up just right. I immediately changed the strings from the stock 9-42s to a heavier set of 10-52s. This is personal preference and not a set-up issue. While adjusting the neck I noticed the truss rod was very stiff, so rather than force it I made arrangements to have the dealer look at it after the next gig. In the meantime I decided to change the neck tilt (this guitar has the micro-tilt adjustmment which I find to be very useful in getting the action just right)and adjust the action at the nut. On this particular guitar the LSR roller nut was slightly high for my tastes, but unfortunately, the nut was already set as low as it could go. Normally there would be thin metal shims that could be removed to lower the nut in.005″ increments, but this nut had no shims at all. That could end up being a real problem at some point down the road when the frets are leveled and recrowned. Action at the nut would be even worse. I new this was going to be a big problem for me.
So I took it back to the dealer and pointed out the truss rod and nut problems. When they tried to adjust the neck the allen wrench just slipped in the truss rod nut, almost like the wrench was too small or the nut too big. Then I noticed that the string angle off the nut to the machines was almost flat on the E string, consequently there was not enough pressure exerted on the nut and that effected the clarity of the open E string (this guitar does not use string trees but rather controls string angle by lowering the sring at the tuning peg). That should have worked but upon closer inspection of the peg head I noticed that it was out of it's plane slightly. It started at 6.35mm away from the strings at the nut and by the high E it was only 4.76mm away, basically defeating the purpose of the using staggered machine heads.
I knew the action could be better and that I would never be happy with the neck, so after discussing the issue with the dealer, a replacement neck was ordered under warranty. When the new neck came quite a few weeks later, I ran into a different problem, the nut slot was cut too low on the new neck so now the roller nut sat so low on the high E side that there was no relief at the first fret. So back to the dealer to order shims which should have been sent out with the neck in the first place. OK, shims installed, neck tilt adjusted, truss rod much, much better, the wrench actually fit right, everything else adjusted to Fender specifications except there was still too much relief in the neck and the truss rod was getting too tight. So I loosened the srings, lossened the truss rod, has someone firmly hold the guitar down while I manually pulled the neck into a back bend and tightend the truss rod. Presto! Problem solved. Action is now better than Fender specs and the guitar feels great! I have played a number of gigs in a wide range of temperature/humidity conditions and the neck has only needed very minor tweaks, which is normal. As anyone should do with a new Strat, I smoothed out every point of sring contact on the guitar, except of course the roller nut, and lubricated every point of contact.
Reliability & Durability: This guitar will easily withstand Live playing. It is a rock solid guitar now that I have the new neck on it, cheerfully provided under warranty by Fender. The strap buttons are the locking type which is a thoughtful feature, almost everybody removes the conventional strap buttons, like I did after dropping my '79 Strat on my sax player's horn back in the 80's. The poly finish on this guitar looks so good it is beyond words, you have to see one in person to appreciate it. The poly finish seems very durable. Time will tell. Poly does not wear off easy like the old nitro finishes and really has little to no impact on tone that can't be compensated for in some other way (my opinion). I always have a backup on stage. Strings can and do break from time to time, although attention to the string contact points goes a long way to eliminating any problems. I also find certain sting brands to be more durable than others.
Impression: I love this guitar and will keep it for a long time. It is a versatile instrument. I have been playing for 37 years and I am not a collector. My guitars need to work for me and I don't need more than three or four. I have a Gibson Les Paul Special with P-90s, A 1979 Fender Statocaster with several modifications and the new Jeff Beck Strat. I plan to add a Tele soon. I mostly use the Marshall half stack for gigs and a mini Marshall for really small venues. I also have a 1964-5 Fender Tremolux which has not seen the Jeff Beck Strat yet, and I use an old Peavey Chorus 130 for rehearsing which sounds great with every guitar but has no botton end. And I have a three foot wide pedal board hand wired with high quality cable and connectors to various pedals. I would defintely buy another one of these guitars if it were stolen. In my opinion nothing represents rock'n'roll more than a white Fender Stratocaster. My second choice would be a Fender Deluxe Strat with two-tone sunburst and noiseless pickups.


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Greed is not good; get your facts straight
1) I did not negotiate this contract.
2) I served on the St. Clair Township Board when Tim Buchanan was supervisor. He shares the main reason why we have this contract mess. As supervisor of St. Clair Township he failed to settle the contract with Swansea after four years. Only he can explain the reason for his procrastination or reluctance to reach a settlement. Electoral challenges? Perhaps?
3) This is St. Clair Township Supervisor Dave Barnes contract. He negotiated this contract with no transparency. He had very little input from his own board and absolutely no input from residents affected by this contract.
4) My home is in the area affected by this rate increase and I'm paying these excessive fees. Over half of the sewer users affected by the rate increase lie in my county board district I represent. Coincidentally not one elected official lives among the 3,200 affected households. Some of the poorest residents in St. Clair Township live in this area. We should not be forced to pay exorbitant sewer rates because of the gross incompetence of Supervisor Dave Barnes nor the greed of some of the Swansea Village board members.
5) We are asking for a fair solution based on hard facts and numbers. All the years of feet dragging has caused bitterness, frustration and greed. Watch a poor woman dip a bucket of water out of a ditch to flush her toilet then ask yourself is taking more than you need from her worth it.
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There's focus, there's laser-like focus and then there's an otherworldly level at which Jordan Spieth operates.
Even more incredible than the fact he birdied the first, second, fifth, eighth, ninth, 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th holes at Augusta National was that he refused to look at a scoreboard Sunday.
While Masters fans saw those red numbers surging and thought they were hallucinating, Spieth wore metaphorical blinders.
"The first time I saw the leaderboard was after I tapped in on 18," he said. "Honest to God. Didn't look once."
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Addicted to sugar?
I love sweets. Ice cream, cake, cookies, pie, chocolate candy, you name it. I could eat sweets all day everyday, but I don't. I know it's not healthy, so I deliberately choose to limit my intake. When I do indulge, I stick to quality items in small portions. And I don't waste my sweets allowance on stupid stuff like sugar in coffee or sugary soft drinks. Am I addicted, desperately trying to control my cravings? Not in my opinion. But plenty of people see food, particularly sweets, as no different from heroin or meth — highly addictive and impossible to resist. Once you start, you can't stop, with ruinous affects on your health.
It's fashionable to believe in food addictions. According to a consumer survey, almost 9 out of 10 people believe in food addiction. Researchers are studying the relationship of foods, particularly sweets, to signs of addictive responses in the brain. Yet unlike drugs or alcohol, humans actually need to eat food to survive. Claiming an addiction to food is sort of like claiming an addiction to oxygen. What's the point?
What's the harm in believing in food addiction? According to John Blundell, professor of psychobiology at the University of Leeds, the concept of food addiction is an oversimplification of a very complex behavior. Food preferences and hunger have a biological basis, but learned behaviors and food availability also affect choices. Blaming the obesity epidemic on food addiction isn't likely to solve the problem. In fact, belief in food addiction might make the problem worse:
- It makes food — or sweets — seem like a forbidden and unhealthy pleasure. Eating these foods is something to be done in secret, and in excess.
- It gives sugar and sweets a fashionable heroin-chic aura. It's hard to resist swinging from complete abstinence to gorging.
- It's a convenient way to rationalize poor food choices: "I'm addicted, so I can't be expected to eat in moderation, and I can't be expected to change my behavior."
- It creates a self-perpetuating sense of helplessness around sweets or other tempting foods. If you're "addicted", you can't control yourself. Result: you don't control your food choices.
- Your food choices are not your fault, therefore you won't have any motivation to change.
Result: the obesity epidemic continues because people continue to eat too many calories.
Out of sight, out of mind.
If you feel out of control around certain foods, removing them from your environment can be very helpful. Which is not the way a true addiction works. If the candy bowl or doughnut box disappears from the break room at work, you don't sneak out of work and drive off to the convenience store to feed your "addiction". And that's the difference. People who like sweets, or some other food, typically don't engage in destructive food-seeking behaviors that disrupt everything else in life. They typically don't sit around at home gorging on sweets all day, ignoring family, work, school, personal hygiene, home and social engagement. Their love of sweets typically doesn't cause them to lose their job due to chronic absence and poor performance. Their love of sweets typically doesn't cause them to engage in criminal behavior, to feed their habit.
So why you do feel out of control around sweets? And what can you do about it? While humans have some natural preference for sweet flavors, foods with natural sugars, like fruits, are not excessively sweet. You can start the process of re-training your taste buds by cutting out all overly-sweet foods and drinks, including artificially sweetened soft drinks, candies and desserts. They might have fewer calories, but the excessive sweetness can distort your taste buds. If you've learned that all foods must taste really sweet, you can't appreciate the subtle sweetness of a banana or melon or raspberry.
Blaming a food addiction is not helpful. You can take control of your sugar habits. The first step is to re-train your taste buds. I don't believe in food addiction at all. But I do believe people can let bad habits get out of control, and eating too many sweets is an example of a very bad food habit.


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