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Heads are urged to report back on Ofsted inspectors
BBC |May 3, 2012
Head teachers are being urged to report back on Ofsted inspectors to ensure inspections are carried out constructively and impartially.
The National Association of Head Teachers said inspections were too "variable" and "subjective" and wants heads to record their experiences.
An NAHT survey of 2,158 heads suggests 90% do not like the tone of recent Ofsted announcements.
Ofsted said it strived to achieve consistency.
It added that everyone who inspects for Ofsted is highly trained and subjected its work to a rigorous quality assurance process.
But as the NAHT annual conference get under way in Harrogate, the association said out of about 2,150 responses, 98% felt judgements by England's school inspections body were subject to political interference.
And some 69% of heads who answered a question about career plans said they felt discouraged by Ofsted announcements.
The new chief inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, upset some in the teaching profession by suggesting schools would face no-notice inspections from the autumn. Currently, schools get up to two days' notice of an inspection.
The NAHT is setting up a scheme not dissimilar from Ofsted's controversial Parent View, where parents are invited to give feedback on schools – heads are invited to report back via a survey on the NAHT website.
It says its School View initiative will enable heads to monitor the performance of Ofsted inspectors.
Heads will be asked to identify themselves – not for publication purposes, but to verify that the source is a bona fide head teacher.
"This is unlike Parent View which is based on anonymous data,"the association says.
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the NAHT, said schools must be accountable for their work and problems addressed.
"But the quality of Ofsted inspections is far too variable, too subjective. Pupils, parents and teachers deserve better than a roll of the dice for the result.
"Frequent changes of the inspection framework mean that even the inspectors themselves struggle to keep up.
"There are fair-minded, expert inspectors out there, but we need far more. Ofsted wants a 'no excuses' culture – well, that applies to them too.
"NAHT's School View will provide an independent audit of Ofsted performance by schools which have been inspected. It will go beyond anecdote and rumour to provide hard evidence."
A spokesman for Ofsted said: "We very much welcome NAHT's recognition of the importance of accountability and providing the opportunity for feedback.
"Last month we announced our drive to get head teachers more involved in the inspection process by calling on them to undertake a small number of inspections every year and the pilots with the National College will start next month.
"NAHT's feedback will support our own post-inspection questionnaires with head teachers to ensure that the process works well for schools and Ofsted. More than nine out of 10 respondents consistently tell us inspection will help their school improve and that they are happy with the way their inspection was carried out."
Mr Hobby is expected to set out proposals for a collaborative approach to raising school standards in his speech to delegates at the conference on Sunday.
Filed under: Education News, In Case You Missed It - 5th May 2012, Other News | Tagged: NAHT, National Association of Headteachers, Ofsted, Ofsted Inspections, Ofsted Inspectors, Russell Hobby, School Inspections, School View, Sir Michael Wilshaw |


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How to consider electron-photon interaction w/o using self-energy?
Hi, In negf, interactions are considered as self-energies. For electron-photon interaction, a perturbation Hamiltonian is derived and then self-energy is found using coupled-field theory. Now, my question is: is it possible to just include the interaction Hamiltonian as part of the total electronic Hamiltonian (like the way a potential is included inside the Hamiltonian)? I have not seen this being done. Why do we always use self-energy formulation for these interactions? Thanks. -Golam Rabbani

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We found 1 episode of Spockcast - a Star Trek Discovery podcast with the tag "metropolis".
Episode 22: They Have Seen My Neck
February 4th, 2018 | Season 1 | 1 hr 24 mins
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Spoilers: This week we cover the Star Trek: Discovery S1E13 "What's Past is Prologue" - Lorca continues his coup of the Empire and Bernham tries to save the USS Discovery. We discuss some of the trailers we expect to see during Super Bowl LII. Happy gets Season 2. No GOT in 2018. Valiant Comics bought and new superhero movies to come. Thunderbirds pilot passes. Superman prequel coming. The Greatest American Hero reboots. Picks: Ant-Man and the Wasp, The first African-American in space, Altered Carbon, The Good Place season 2 finale.


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The story of wool continues to be told right across the world, this time with key players of Australia meeting in March to launch the Campaign for Wool for 2012.
The Australian launch provided a melting pot of the wool industry, with woolgrowers, fashion designers and retailers gathering to offer ideas about the further promotion of the fibre.
The Australian leg of Wool Modern's global schedule – held at Sydney's historic Pier 2/3 at Walsh Bay – includes pieces from international designers Vivienne Westwood and Paul Smith and local designers including Collette Dinnigan, Willow, Romance Was Born, Josh Goot, ELLERY, Jenny Kee and Akira. I was there for it's launch night and I was so impressed. What a gorgeous location, set up and exhibition it was. I urge you to get down there and check out the amazing garments on display… They really are so incredible and really do show you the versatility of wool. You can see just one of the gorgeous displayed here. Here I am with Peter Everett.
Three of Australia's most talked about interior designers Sarah King, Emma Elizabeth and Henry Wilson have also joined the exhibition's credits.
Other retailers providing extensive support to the Campaign for Wool include Sportscraft, Kookai, Country Road,Gorman, EMU Australia, MJ Bale and Decjuba.
Wool Modern celebrates the aesthetic, environmental and technical benefits of wool with stunning fashion pieces nested alongside wool-focused installations. There is an exclusive look at the wool archives from fashion designers including Theirry Mugler and Sonia Rykiel, with innovative new pieces from renowned designers and brands including Giles Deacon, Mark Fast, Erdem, Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood and David Koma among others.
The Campaign for Wool was globally launched in 2010 and is spearheaded by HRH the Prince of Wales. Australia's key event for 2012 will be the Wool Modern exhibition in Sydney from April 24 to May 1, which also coincides with Wool Week running from April 23-29.
The Wool Modern exhibition will continue its world tour by travelling to Shanghai in October with special Chinese commissions.
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Soulfly Celebrate 15 Years With New 'Enslaved' Album
Soulfly have announced plans to release their eighth studio album on March 13, 2012, titled 'Enslaved.' The new release celebrates the band's 15 year history.
Max Cavalera and his band Soulfly have been delivering their own brand of tribal metal for 15 years now, so what more fitting way to celebrate than to offer up a new record to the masses. 'Enslaved' will also feature new drummer David Kinkade.
'Enslaved' will show off Soulfly experimenting with some new elements throughout, as is customary for the band, including some violin. Production duties for 'Enslaved' where shared between Zeuss and Cavalera himself.
'Enslaved' also features guest appearances by Travis Ryan of Cattle Decapitation as well as Dez Fafara of DevilDriver. Ryan commented on the experience, saying, "[it's] an honor to receive a call from someone you had pictures of on your wall as a kid."
'Enslaved' debuts the song 'Revengeance,' penned for Cavalera's slain stepson Dana. The song is collaboration between Cavalera and his three sons – Zyon on drums and Igor and Richie sharing vocals.
Final track sequencing has not yet been finalized but the band has offered up a tentative listing, with 11 songs on the record and the remaining three on a special edition release.
Tentative 'Enslaved' Track Listing + Bonus Tracks:
World Scum
American Steel
Redemption of Man By God
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Food Companies Cut 6.4 Trillion Calories
WASHINGTON (AP) — A study finds that some of the nation's largest food companies have far exceeded calorie cutting goals they set for their products in 2010.
The study sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that the companies cut the equivalent of around 78 calories per person per day. The total is more than four times the 1.5 trillion calories those companies had pledged to cut by next year.
Seventy-eight calories would be about the same as an average cookie or a medium apple.
The companies include General Mills, Campbell Soup, ConAgra Foods, Kraft Foods, Kellogg, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Hershey.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is a nonpartisan philanthropic and research organization which signed on to hold the companies accountable.
Many off-label brands sold under the names of retailers aren't included in the study and it's unknown whether those products have changed.


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Yesterday, the Washington Post ran a front-page story about John McCain's temperament. It contained what, on its face, is substantial anecdotal evidence that McCain has a bad temper and a strong vindictive streak.
The reliability of this evidence has been placed in serious question. Mark Salter, McCain's close confidant, acknowledges the legitimacy of the issue ("If one half of it were true, it would give me pause"), but claims the Post's story is "99% fiction." Salter then provides his rebuttal to a number of the anecdotes. He also asserts that "McCains temper is no greater than the average persons" and concludes that "but for the infamous NYT story, Id say it was the worst smear job on McCain Id ever seen."
Former Sen. Bob Smith, a victim of McCain's temper and vindictiveness in the Post's account, has also criticized the article. He told Carl Cameron of Fox News that reports of his clashes with McCain have been exaggerated and that events described by the Post never occurred. You can see Cameron's report here:
It would come as no surprise if the Post's reporting is inaccurate. However, I do not agree that McCain's temper and vindictiveness are no greater than the average person's. Quite apart from the anecdotes reported by the Post, I know several people — people I trust, some of whom still like the candidate — who have experienced the wrath of McCain. At Power Line, we also received a reliable contemporaneous account of McCain's blow-up at Senator Cornyn during a conference on immigration reform legislation last summer. To suggest that there's no problem here strikes me as foolish.
Fortunately, McCain does not take that approach. As the Post's story makes clear, he has acknowledged that this an area where he needs to improve. Moreover, there's evidence of improvement. Most of the anecdotes cited by the Post, as well as those that I know of, date back many years. His temperament on the campaign trail, particularly during the time when he was on the canvass, have far exceeded my expectations. But that's not to say that the issue is extinct.
So does the Post's story (or a more accurate version of it) pose a problem for McCain? The key is how McCain conducts himself going forward. The public will form its judgment of the candidate based on what it sees, not on old Washington anecdotes, many of which involve people who currently support McCain. But McCain has less margin for error than his opponent will have, partly because the MSM by-and-large wants him to lose and partly because of his track record.
JOHN adds: I doubt that this attack will get the Dems far, for a couple of reasons. One, McCain is 71 years old. If he had a serious character defect, one would expect it to be manifested by now. (As I recall, Ted Kennedy was 35 when he left Mary Jo Kopechne to die in Chappaquiddick Pond, tried to persuade his cousin to take the rap, and spent the rest of the night talking to his lawyers and trying to set up an alibi.)
Two, the stories the Dems have come up with–McCain yelled at another Senator!–are weak. Most voters probably think it's a good thing for Senators to be yelled at now and then. For the attack to have legs, McCain would have to have a history of physical altercations, like Al Franken, or be suspected of beating his wife or something of the sort. As it is, I think most voters will agree with McCain that any confrontations he has had in the past are simply an indication of how passionately he cares about his country and about public policy.


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living in Montana, USA. I am using art to move the evolution
of humanity forward into an increasingly responsive, inclusive and
interactive culture. As globalization flattens peoples into a
capitalist monoculture I hope to use my art to celebrate historical
cultural differences and imagine how we can co-create a rich future
I see myself as an artist/philosopher laboring deep in the mines of joy. I've had a good long career of exhibiting work around the world and working on international outreach projects, most notably being the first American to be invited to present a one-person exhibit in the Hermitage Museum. Recently I have turned my attention from simply making metal sculpture to creating films and workshops for engaging communities directly, tinkering with the very ideas and mechanisms behind cultural transformation. I feel that as we face tragic world crises, if the human species favors our imaginative and creative capacities we can cultivate a rich world to enjoy.
For me the deepest satisfaction in making art comes in engaging people's real life concerns rather than providing simple entertainment or decoration. Areas of conflict or tension are particularly ripe for the kind of transformative power that art uniquely carries. I invite any kind of challenge that serves people on a deep level.


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Jenise wrote:Robin, what a fun room. Of course, one doesn't go there for fun, but one might as well be entertained. Love the floor and contrasting wall/ceiling paint--wouldn't change it!
Love it or hate it, it's all the work of Mary, Chief Designer and General Contractor. We had experts do the IKEA kitchen, with Mary's design assumptions, but this little bathroom she did on her own.


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Michigan Tech Acquires Altarum Research Division
By Marcia Goodrich | Published
Michigan Technological University has entered into an agreement with the Altarum Institute of Ann Arbor to purchase its Environmental and Emerging Technologies Division (EETD), the university announced today.
Altarum, which recently set its strategic course on becoming the nation's preeminent provider of objective health systems research, has been looking for a buyer for its Environmental and Emerging Technologies Division. Altarum has sought to keep the division and its 26 high-tech jobs in Michigan.
The purchase is funded by a gift from the House Family Foundation, established by retired president of Nortel Networks and former Intel executive Dave House, a Michigan Tech alumnus.
The arrangement was attractive to Michigan Tech in part because the division's strengths in sensors and signal processing and in earth sciences dovetail with some of the university's most active research programs.
"It's a great fit for us," said Michigan Tech Provost David Reed. "It increases our capacity for graduate studies and research in the key areas of engineering and the environment. And it helps us fulfill our charge from the state, to help build Michigan's capacity to thrive in a knowledge economy."
In particular, the agreement responds to priorities set by the Lieutenant Governor's Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth. "Michigan Tech has always been aligned with the Cherry Commission's aim of promoting the commercialization of university research," said Michigan Tech President Glenn Mroz. "By bringing Altarum's Environmental and Emerging Technologies Division into the Michigan Tech fold, we are furthering opportunities for innovation and anchoring those commercialization opportunities here in Michigan."
When Altarum decided to spin off the Environmental and Emerging Technologies Division, one of its priorities was to keep those jobs in Michigan. "We're very pleased that EETD will remain in Ann Arbor and will continue to create jobs and be a leader in advanced environmental and national security technology development," said Altarum President Ken Baker.
EETD Senior Vice President, Robert Shuchman, who will codirect the new institute, calls joining Michigan Tech "a wonderful opportunity."
"Our group was once the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, which came out of the University of Michigan," he said. "Now we're going back into an academic setting where leading-edge technology is paramount and it's where we belong. We see tremendous synergies between Michigan Tech and us. There are no downsides."
House, who earned his electrical engineering degree from Michigan Tech in 1965, has been committed to programs that improve the national ranking of both the university and its Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "The best students go to the universities with the best reputations. A university's reputation is derived from its faculty, and particularly from its research oriented faculty. For Michigan Tech to become a top, nationally ranked research university it needs to increase its research-oriented faculty and its research programs," he said. "The Environmental and Emerging Technologies Division will give an immediate boost to Michigan Tech's research program, which will aid in recruiting the best faculty and the best students."
Altarum's Environmental and Emerging Technologies Division currently has gross annual research revenues of $4 million, and it has additional potential to ratchet up programs already in place at the university.
Net revenues from the research division will be set aside until $1 million is accumulated to establish an endowed professorship to be named by the House Family Foundation. "I applaud the administration for thinking outside the box," House said. "It's encouraging that they're willing to do something unique. Both the acquisition and the professorship will help us attract and retain top-level, research-oriented faculty, and that's what we need to do to become a nationally ranked research university."
"This will make it very easy for us to collaborate with some very smart people," said Michigan Tech geophysicist Roger Turpening, whose work focuses on oil and gas exploration. "It's a win-win situation. We'll have access to their signal processing expertise, and they'll be able to tap into our strengths in seismic imaging."
"This is a great opportunity to help move Michigan Tech into the major leagues of focused research," said Wayne Pennington, chair of the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences. "Michigan Tech is a leader in applied sciences, and this will be great for us. I'm chomping at the bit to start working with them."
Tim Schulz, chair of electrical and computer engineering, concurred. "This is an excellent way to jumpstart substantial growth in our research," he said. "They are a very strong research group, I'm very excited about the prospects for collaboration between them and our faculty."
Electrical and computer engineering professor Michael Roggemann said the addition of a new research institute in Ann Arbor will be a huge benefit to Michigan Tech. "We'll have better access to students downstate and vastly extended opportunities for good research and faculty development," he said. "Plus, acquiring them as a research institute is like acquiring a star pitcher. Your team is instantly better."
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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Signing documents without reading them
Making your moving plans too tight
Looking for a Home Before
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Often, the company that has the absolute lowest quoted rate may not be the
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Using a Lender Solely Recommended by your Realtor
Your Realtor is not a financial expert and is not qualified to assure you
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Using a Dual Agent
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Insurance until you are ready to close
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Signing documents without reading them
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Making your Moving Plans too tight
Give notice to your landlord to end your lease at least 5 days after the
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When Samuel Murez discovered Shakespeare as a kid, he was entranced by the extravagant language, dashing actors and epic action. As he grew older, he developed a fuller understanding and deeper appreciation of the poet's genius. But, he says, he's never lost the wide-eyed wonder of those first encounters.
That's how Murez hopes the work of 3e étage, the dance company he founded in 2004, will resonate with audiences: accessible to the uninitiated and more deeply rewarding for cognoscenti. This troupe, which made its second appearance at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival this month, operates on several levels anyway. Its eleven members are all soloists in the venerable Paris Opera Ballet (the group's name refers to the theater's third-floor dance studio) but its avowed purpose is to shake off the strictures and even spoof the august traditions of its 500-year-old parent institution.
That approach, in my experience, is true of most of the work on view at the Pillow. This festival on a Berkshire hilltop, now in its ninth decade, has from the beginning focused on breaking with old forms and, equally, breaking down barriers to appreciation of the dance. The three performances I've seen recently all shared that attitude, in quite different ways and, to my eyes, with varying success.
If you think Jacob's Pillow is all about sinuous modern dance, you ain't seen nuthin' yet. Dorrance Dance is all about tap. Michelle Dorrance is a tall, lithe white woman who heads a mostly black ensemble which "aims to honor tap dance's uniquely beautiful history in a new and dynamically compelling context, not by stripping the form of its tradition, but by pushing it: rhythmically, aesthetically and conceptually."
Dorrance's homage to "America's most long-standing indigenous jazz vernacular" owes more to Bill "Bojangles" Robinson than to Fred Astaire, and embraces multiple allied dance forms, from soft-shoe (and no-shoe) to Lindy to break. "The Blues Project," the new show they premiered at the Pillow late last month, featured an original score performed live by the marvelous Toshi Reagon leading a four-piece onstage band.
Steeped in blues but covering many territories in the jazz universe, Reagon's songs also deeply reflect on the African-American experience. Check out the lyric "Nothing lights a fire like a dream deferred," which channels Langston Hughes while turning his lament into a call to arms. And the music doesn't merely supply rhythms and suggest moods. Notes and steps were created together, so the taps are not only laid into the percussive soundtrack, but the dancers' feet find the beat inside the beat of the musical cross-rhythms. What's more, these nine dancer-athletes aren't simple hoofers. Though planted at floor level, the routines engage every part of the body in fitful, flexuous, sometimes frantic movement—which makes them a perfect fit for the Pillow.
Like 3e étage, L-E-V is the offshoot of an established institution, in this case, Israel's Batsheva Dance Company. But unlike the Murez approach, co-founders Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar have extended rather than departed from the parent company's aesthetic. That would be what Batsheva's Ohad Naharin calls Gaga—no relation to the Lady of that name, nor, really, to the lowercase meaning of the term, implying wild enthusiasm, reckless ardor and/or the demented end of crazy.
What I saw onstage in L-E-V's concert at the Pillow last month was neither enthusiastic nor adoring, and could be called demented only the sense that it was exceedingly strange. Naharin describes his own Gaga as "an innovative movement language … which emphasizes the exploration of sensation and availability for movement." In House, the piece L-E-V brought to the Pillow, the language this movement was articulating seemed to originate in outer space.
In her curtain speech, the festival's director, Ella Baff, described the work as "a landscape of the mind— provocative, evocative, intense." It was all those things and more—for example, dark (intense shadowy lighting in clouds of haze), slow-moving (evocative of sleepwalkers or zombies) and, yes, provocative in its semi- and in one case total nudity. In a long initial sequence, dancers in transparent-unitards moved in serpentine sinuosity or writhed in jerks and wriggles, like newly created beings emerging from their cocoons. We also glimpsed transvestite and transgender images, extremes of pain and fear contrasted with mannequin-like vacuity, and fleeting moments of almost-connection between not-quite-humans, to the accompaniment of Ori Lichtik's pulsating electronic score.
It was fascinating, in a horrified-fascination kind of way, but for me, at least, it didn't connect, either viscerally or thoughtfully. But I suspect the connoisseur/newbie continuum of appreciation can still apply here, for those acquainted with the subtleties of Gaga, on the one hand, or fans of apocalyptic dystopia on the other.
3e étage has a delightfully satiric relation to the tradition that spawned it. Much of the program we saw at the Pillow looks at classical ballet through an affectionately ironic lens. It began with an almost-straightforward, and quite astonishing, display of technique—a brilliant corps de ballet establishing its world-class credentials before spinning off into revisionism and outright parody.
The latter tactic was on view in a male quartet who vied to outdo each other in the balletic equivalent of a break-dance battle, a comical show-off competition of leaps and spins, ending with a deliciously irreverent caricature of the dance-world curtain call. There was also comedy in a Chaplin-inspired sketch in which two men wooed the same woman according to an instruction book for hitting on girls, and more poignant humor in the figure of the shabby whitefaced Trickster—a mute stagehand who at one point did a sweeping-the-follow-spot routine, a salute to the sad-clown genius Emmett Kelly.
In a program that ran the gamut from somber to lighthearted to crazed, the soundscape was as eclectic as the movement. Pieces by Brahms and Beethoven alternated with original compositions interlaced with sound effects. One number had no music, just the voice of the stage manager calling light cues, as we listened to the amplified breathing of the dancers—a literal demonstration of Murez' desire not to fool us into thinking that great dance is effortless just because it looks that way. It's hard work, as the dancers' muffled grunts attested. Murez says he makes "inordinate" demands on the performers, pushing them to the limit and at the same time letting us witness the effort. It's better to fail, he's said, than to achieve some kind of glib perfection. Which in itself is yet another transgressive gesture toward the classical tradition.
After this thrilling, accessible-yet-complex performance, I'm looking forward to the troupe's troisième (3e) visit to Jacob's Pillow.
Dorrance Dance and L-E-V photos by Christopher Duggan, courtesy Jacob's Pillow Dance; 3e étage photo by Karli Cadel, courtesy of Jacob's Pillow Dance.
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There is a charming little restaurant in Peter's Landing that draws us back with its unique blend of Tibetan and Indian cuisine. Last time we visited the Himalayan Grill, we focused more on the Tibetan food, so this time we went Indian.
As we perused the menu, once again we found ourselves relaxing into the cozy atmosphere filled with warm colors, murmuring sounds from the attractive glass waterfall and the subtle chanting of Tibetan monks from the audio system. Prayer flags strung from the rafters and photographs of Himalayan life complete the décor.
In the classic Indian manner, our appetite was immediately whetted by the arrival of a basket of crispy papadums (thin, big, round, spicy crackers, usually made from lentil or chickpea flour), served with a trio of condiments: sweet, slightly spicy mango chutney, pickled vegetables, and our favorite, the spicier bright-green cilantro mint chutney.
We particularly like their version of samosas (spicy mashed potatoes, onions and peas in a deep-fried pastry crust). We zipped through them in a flash. These large triangular pastries are often greasy, but not so here. We love them with the condiments, so don't let them take the tray away.
Although we wanted to stick with Indian food this time, we simply couldn't resist ordering a plate of momos (chicken meatball dumplings), a traditional delicacy in Nepal and Tibet and also a popular street food. They look like Chinese dumplings but are much spicier and meatier. These juicy packages of flavor are served with an interesting sauce based on tomato, sesame seed paste and chili and are delicious both with and without it.
Chicken tikka masala is Himalayan Grill's most popular dish. Legend has it that in India, one obstinate colonial Englishman demanded gravy on his tandoori chicken because he said it was too dry. A bemused chef responded by adding a pinch of spices to a tin of Campbell's tomato soup, unwittingly participating in an early example of fusion cookery, and Chicken tikka masala was born.
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From the Specials menu, we ordered the rack of lamb. There were six thin baby chops cooked medium rare as requested, which came on a sizzling cast-iron platter with broccoli, cauliflower, a few strips of red bells and a mountain of browned and charred sweet onions that were a mouth-watering accompaniment to the juicy, beautifully seasoned, tender lamb.
Kulfi is similar to ice cream but is denser and creamier because it is not whipped. Himalayan Grill offers a pistachio kulfi, flavored with cardamom and saffron, that gave it an intriguing complexity, making it unlike any Western-style ice cream. It was dotted with whole pistachios that had softened in the mixture, and the ice cream had a genuine pistachio taste.
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Archos AV400 Video Recorder Review
Posted by Hector Martinez Categories: Movies, Portable Audio / Video, Product Reviews
There's something to be said for the promise of convergence. Having one single device that handles multiple tasks will save you carrying space at the very least. At its best, you can save serious dough when a unit is more than the some of its parts. Today, Gear Live takes a look at Archos' latest offering, the AV400, a DVR-like recorder that also allows you to view photos and play music. Click below to see how this $550 device stacks up in terms of functionality and usability.
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Capacity: 20 GB (Model Reviewed). Also Comes in 100 GB.
Interfaces: USB 2.0 high-speed, compatible USB 1.1, PC & Mac. Built-in CompactFlash Type I slot to accept CompactFlash memory cards and optional 4 in 1 CF adapter (not included) for SD, SM, MMC, MS and MS Pro.
Video recording: MPEG-4 SP with ADPCM stereo sound.
Music playback: Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 kb/s CBR & VBR, WMA (including protected files), WAV (PCM & ADPCM).
Music recording: From any analog source in stereo sound in WAV format.
Voice recording with built-in microphone.
Photo viewer: JPEG (except progressive) or BMP.
Display: 3.5" to 3.8" TFT, 320x240 pixels, 262,000 colors and TV output.
The Archos comes in a pretty solid package, with a brushed metal finish and a dark, sleek screen. The unit feels pretty hefty when you first pick it up…much heavier than say a PDA device. I felt pretty scared of dropping it, as I could only imagine what type of circuitry magic was done in order to fit a 20-gig drive and a bright color screen in such a compact form-factor. The unit does come with a slightly padded storage case, though. It has a velcro tab to open its lid, and allows the AV400 to come out with a small pull at its edges. Still, I would rather look for something with a metal exterior for better protection if its rummaging around in my bag. Here's hoping someone offers this soon.
What you have here is a unit that feels really nice to hold. I have very big hands, yet the controls remained readily accessible. In fact, it reminded me a little of a game pad because you wrap your index fingers across the top of the unit as you navigate through the menus. You'll have to move your left thumb to the side a bit since there is more screen on that side. I also liked how there were rubberized corners on the player, which can help protect against accidental bumps, and also gave it a little bit of grip for my fingers and for surfaces you lay it on or prop it against.
Songs sounded nicely, with all the catchy bass and rhythm that you would expect them to. No hisses or pops found here, though I wouldn't expect there to be any considering this is not Archos' first player. Like any hard drive player there will be a slight lag between song selection and playback. Still, 20 gigs is quite a bit of space, and it's nice to know you can probably store about 5,000 high quality recordings here.
What wasn't as great was video playback. The screen also wasn't so nice with digital photography, but we'll get to that in a moment. On the video side, you'll need to make sure that you bump up the sampling rate in the settings to make sure they look good when you pipe them out to the TV. It's a little deceptive because movies may look fine on the small LCD at first. Adjusting the settings to the max will record video at better quality. Even then I saw some fudges around edges, but that could've been from the broadcast itself and not due to the player.
Data went through to the player at a pretty zippy clip via the USB. Really, there was nothing unusual here. We really need to commend companies that will allow you to transfer things without using some proprietary software. You plug it in, and it shows up in Windows as a removable drive. It's really pretty simple.
From there you drag and drop folders to your liking. Having a player with such a large screen allows Archos to let you rename files once they are transferred. I know how frustrating it is to find some misnamed MP3 on your player, but you have to wait until you get home to make the adjustments. An onscreen keyboard lets you make your changes, although I wish it was a touch screen because you'll need to scroll over to each letter for inputs.
The manual that comes with the AV400 is pretty small but thick, which is what happens when you have something in 6 different languages. The result was a dearth of English instructions. I worried that I wouldn't be able to connect this thing for proper TV recording. There was a separate pictorial poster though, with "Quick Set Up" connections nicely simplified.
I plugged things in as instructed, which called for composite cables to go from the back of your cable box to the cradle. I turned on the player and went to the Video Record icon to select it. The moving TV image instantly showed up on the screen along with several options assigned to the soft buttons. You've got to love when things work the first time. Still it would've been nice to have a bigger manual so newbies can feel more comfortable. Connecting to the TV will require you to set the player on the included cradle, and plug in a specialized connection from the cradle to the side of the unit.
Capturing the video showing on your screen was a pretty simple affair. The middle button on the D-pad acts as the start and stop buttons for recording. When you exit the menu, the unit will save the video and assign a filename to it, usually something like "VID000001". You can rename things later. I was able to figure out how to set up future recordings easily enough by feeling my way around the menus. Just like a DVR, you can set for recordings to begin slightly earlier or end slightly later after the regularly scheduled time, just in case.
There were various slots for recordings, each one allowing a different channel, date, and time. However, don't expect anything as nice as the EchoStar system found on your cable company's DVR box. The included menus are pretty simple, and won't let you browse through a channel's future programming and select record with a single button when you see something you like. Unless of course, you take the time to set up your AV400 to sync with My Yahoo TV Listings. The fact that this feature doesn't come built into the system is a let-down. I have to rely on some 3rd party website for efficient searches and scheduling of my recordings.
It helps to know a network's start times, along with their duration. Plus be on the lookout for shows that might run a little longer than usual, like those 90-minute Apprentice episodes that kicked off the new season. Once you actually have the TV program on your player, it's a real treat watching it on the train while everyone else has to suffer through newspapers and basic MP3 players.
So far things sound pretty good, right? Well, there are certainly some shortcomings that would make you hesitate about buying these. Let's start with the most obvious one. First you have the cables. When you pull out the cradle for this unit, you will notice a massive tangle of composite and S-Video wiring that's used to connect to your TV. Once you figure the things out, it's not as imposing, but jeez, why couldn't they have swappable connectors or something?
All the wires, each about 4 feet long, sort of coalesce into the cradle in a bunched up fashion. This will include composite in (L/R audio, and video) composite out (again, L/R audio and video) and S-Video in. What, no component in or outs? Then again you may not miss those… Luckily, once you're connected, you can just plug the unit into the docking station and be able to play without fussing with wires again. However, if you plan on taking the Archos out to a hotel or a friend's house, and you want to view things on their TV, you may get these weird looks while you bust out the long bunch of cables, and wrap them around so that you don't knock anything over. Also, the size of the docking station, when combined with the irremovable cords is pretty cumbersome, and you'll need to think about that when you're traveling. This won't be a problem if you're planning on viewing things by yourself from the unit while traveling. You don't need to use the cradle every time to charge, since that cord can be taken out separately.
Now for the most unusual experience I've had with the player. Getting a non-mpeg4 compliant AVI video to play on this thing is almost an impossibility. In other words, you're not going to be able to simply load in your DVD movie on this thing and take off. I was immensely disappointed with this, because I thought with 20 gigs of space that I would have the ultimate in entertainment satisfaction. Sure, the player will record pretty easily from a broadcast, DVR style. But trying to rip DVD contents will require some pretty shady software, and even then you're not going to be able to load it.
The player comes with some software executables that will supposedly convert other forms of video to the AVI required, but the front-end and options were so confusing and archaic that you'll quickly give up. The strangest experience was when I tried to convert a 43 meg mpeg video to AVI. The software appeared to do it, but when I began transferring the file to the player, I found that the file was now over 2 GB large! The Archos is simply not a DVD player. It's being marketed as a DVR-like TV recorder, and that's what you get, along with the MP3 and photo-viewing.
When you turn this thing on, you're going to be impressed by how bright the screen is. The startup screen, which comes on for a few short seconds, has some vibrant primary colors coupled with the Archos logo. There is a slider for brightness in the setup menu though there are only three settings for it. As with most portable devices and PDA's you have some power saving features in the way of setting the idle time before the screen shuts off, including a "never" option.
Watching recorded video content is a real treat. Sure the resolution isn't as nice as a full blown TV set, but it's still impressive. We've all seen portable TVs that will fit in your palm, but most of them rely on over-the-air broadcasts, while the Archos could potentially display anything that has been on a cable channel, albeit in a recorded fashion. I snagged a few minutes of the Discovery channel, and smiled as the station's watermarked logo spun on the lower right corner, coupled with nice dramatic moving images of the nature at work.
Where the screen falters a bit is in dealing with digital photography. I had no problems transferring files to the device via the USB connection, but when they actually show up on your screen they appear a tad too blocky for my tastes. I've seen some better images on my wife's Tungsten E. Checking the specs on these two models, sure enough you'll find that the Archos has a 320x240 resolution, while the Tungsten E sports 320x320. Black and white images fare a little better on the Archos, but pictures with subtle details really look "jaggy" or pixilated if the player is held closer than a couple feet away from your eyes. This is with files that were over a meg in size, mind you. Video, at least from the player itself, had less problems because the image was constantly moving, and you tend to not fixate on any one thing for too long.
Menu navigation is a breeze with the AV400. One the right side of the face of the unit, there is a metal-colored directional pad with a "select" button on its center that allows you to easily navigate through the various icons. If you need to go back one step, you can click on the small "x" button to the lower-left of this pad. No matter how much I plunged through the depths of the system, that "x" button, when hit repeatedly, will take you all the way back to the root menu, if you need it.
Below these controls there are three soft keys laid in a row, though the middle key is positioned a bit lower than the other two. They are context sensitive, and so will do various things depending on the type of media you are watching, or the type of information you want to display. For example, bring up a picture and the first button allows you to cycle from 1-pic, to 4-pic and 9-pic views. The center button will bring up options to view the properties of the image, delete it, or set it as a wallpaper. Some images will work better for wallpapers than others, since the icon fonts might get a little lost against the backdrop. Finally, the third button will allow you to hide the information displayed with the image so that it is completely unobstructed.
In video mode, the buttons will let you slow down the playback speed, set bookmarks for where you left off on the video, or again hide the text. For music the buttons will allow you to adjust the setup of your player (including a simple equalizer), bookmark the song, or browse through the music files in the directory that you are in. Songs can be sorted by the usual categories: genre, artist, album, etc. There is also a remote control included with the player, for some basic navigational functions.
These days, I believe convergence isn't such a great thing. The Archos does some things fairly well, including TV broadcast-recording and solid music playback and features. But the tangle of cords required, and the lower resolution of the screen really hold it back from complete greatness. You'll find considerable problems trying to get any DVD content loaded (read: it's next to impossible) and the video conversion software needs serious heart surgery.
The Archos scores marks for being solidly constructed, with intuitive controls, but loses out on a screen that doesn't have that smooth film-like sharpness that you'll find on current PDA's. It's a good product, considering the amount of storage you get, with features simply unmatched in most players, but it needs to be a master of those features before we can fully recommend it as the "ultimate media player".
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I have asked the question more times than I can remember: What is wrong with Oliver Perez?
I don't know the answer, and I don't think anybody – especially Perez – has the answer. After another meltdown Sunday against the Giants, the debate is again whether Perez should remain in the rotation.
Manager Jerry Manuel said the situation bears consideration, but for now Perez will get another start, Friday at Florida, to try to cash in on his potential check.
Presumably, the weather will be better, but despite the moaning in that direction, it's no excuse. The weather was bad for everybody and as a professional he needs to overcome the elements.
After a good first, Perez quickly unraveled. You can always tell when Perez doesn't have it, as the game slows down to a glacier-like pace.
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Games in which inhibitions are lessened, or activities for individuals to get to know one another, have fun, and take some risks would be called ice-breakers. As the saying goes, "you never get a second chance to make a first impression". This is certainly applicable to successful team building. Start with a bang. Make the activity an attention grabber that leads and motivates the group into the rest of the day's activities. Begin with a high-energy initiative that immediately captures the attention of the participants. An exciting beginning can serve as a bridge from the current to the next level of involvement and sets the tone for future challenges. Here is one example for a simple icebreaker. It incorporates competition, problem solving and communication.
Title: Bean Bag Shuffle
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At first, they'll think that winning is the only goal or that winning is when they simply "beat" another team. Ultimately, you want them to come to see, that what they initially thought was good enough, fast enough and successful enough can actually be made better and faster. It is the same principle we learn in sport. With planning, motivation and ingenuity, they can learn skills and strategies to keep lowering their previous best time and therefore improve overall "team" performance.
That debriefing message can have season-long implications no matter what the age, level or sport you play.
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The WorkFirst team at Edmonds Community College believes in the Washington state goal for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients: "A job, a better job, a better life."
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The WorkFirst grant pays for tuition, books, and fees, and is available on a limited basis to TANF recipients. It is designed to be linked to a specific career ladder and to lead to better skills and higher wages. These certificate programs are available through Edmonds Community College and may be funded through the WorkFirst grant.
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suppose we are given a complete, non-compact Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$. Is it possible to embed (or just immerse) it isometrically into some $R^N$, such that the second fundamental form is bounded? Maybe under some additional assumptions on our manifold and/or metric on it?
This question is a follow-up question to this one: Riemannian manifold of bounded geometry has a normal bundle of bounded geometry.
Thanks, Alex
edit: With "second fundamental form" I mean the quadratic form on the tangent space defined via taking the covariant derivative in $R^N$ and then orthogonally project it onto the normal bundle. So it is defined not only for hypersurfaces.
Anton Petrunin claimed in his answer that bounded curvature of $M$ and bounded injectivity radius are sufficient for the existence of such an embedding. I this is true, I would be grateful for a reference.


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Nov 04, 2011
Can we have a quickstart on deploying an application in AS7 application client container also?
Nov 04, 2011
Hi Pete,
I would have loved to, but right now I just tied up with some customer engagements and just don't have any any bandwidth :-(
Feb 15, 2014
@Pete Muir
Sir,I am a dedicated GSoc aspirant(3 years experience in JavaSE+1.5 years experience in JavaEE) from Dept. of Computer Science, National Institute of Technology,HP,India, interested in making valuable contribution to the project JBoss AS Quickstarts: Hibernate proposed in GSoc14 ideas on this page. Currently, I am going through documentation and guidelines of Contributing a Quickstart.I wish to know in which all ways can I contribute best for JBoss AS Quickstarts: Hibernate so as to claim myself to be an enthusiastic and skilled student to work on this project in the following summer.
Are there any alternatives to IRC Channel in order to come in contact with you as a mentor ??
Feb 19, 2014
Giriraj Sharma,
Thanks so much for expressing an interest in helping out with the quickstarts. We welcome contributions that improve existing examples or demonstrate new features or functionality.
First, let me point you to the latest materials to help you get started:
Bookmark the JBoss Developer Framework web site: http://www.jboss.org/jdf/. It has all the lastest and greatest developer information and materials.
The 'Getting Started Guide' contains useful information to help you install and configure the product and run your first quickstarts: https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform/6.2/html-single/Getting_Started_Guide/index.html
The current list of quickstarts is located here: http://www.jboss.org/jdf/quickstarts/get-started/
The contributing guide is located here: http://www.jboss.org/jdf/quickstarts/get-involved/
We all hang out on this freenode IRC channel: #jboss-jdf
Did I miss anything? Please let us know if you have any other questions.
Feb 23, 2014
Sande Gilda
Thanks a lot for your response.As,I have already mentioned,i am a dedicated GSoc'2014 aspirant,I am interested to work upon two of the projects mentioned in GSoc'14 JBoss ideas page (https://community.jboss.org/wiki/GSOC14Ideas?_sscc=t) namely,
- JBoss AS Quickstarts: Hibernate - This project involves building out three new quickstarts to show off Hibernate Search, and multitennancy for Hibernate ORM. Additionally the project should research and develop two further use cases for the Hibernate group of projects that show off common uses of Hibernate in JBoss AS 7. Mentor(s): Pete Muir, Sande Gilda, Burr Sutter
- JBoss AS Quickstarts: JBoss AS management, services and modules - This project involves building out three new quickstarts to show creating modules for JBoss AS 7, scripting JBoss AS 7 using the management API, and stripping down the application server.(Mentors : Pete Muir, Sande Gilda, Burr Sutter)
I have already forked jboss-developer/jboss-eap-quickstarts repository from github and I have read the guide to contributing to a quickstart (http://www.jboss.org/jdf/quickstarts/get-involved/). I think ,I must start with developing quickstarts for the common uses of hibernate in JBoss AS 7.Currently,I am working upon a simple EventManager demo web application using hibernate3,Maven,HSQLDB(in-memory database) in eclipse using jboss tools.I am also going through the documentation of hibernate search and hibernate multitennancy for Hibernate ORM.
I wished to know if you can provide me with some ,so,that I may start working upon them. I also wished to know if there are any ,I may look after for developing such new quickstarts.
I also tried a few hangouts on irc channels ( #jboss-jdf. #gsoc-jboss),but failed to get the desired information regarding quickstarts.
Mar 03, 2014
I was not familiar with GSoC and I believe I told you the wrong information. I assume you got the list from here: https://community.jboss.org/wiki/GSOC14Ideas.
I just spoke with someone involved with the program and was told the quickstart ideas should not be on that list. However, we would welcome any quickstarts you would like to contribute outside the program. It's a great way to get involved with the community!
Mar 03, 2014
I am not sure. Let's wait for Pete Muir to return. :-)
Mar 03, 2014
I am Sanchayan , fourth year student studying Computer Engineering in Faculty of Engineering University of Peradeniya, Srilanka.
and I would like to start contributing towards GSoC project 'JBoss AS Quickstarts: Hibernate' and this idea is very interesting, and I have also work with Java and Hibernate.
how to contact this project mentor to disuss about contributing and discuss ideas
Any kind of guidance from mentors related to this project would be greatly appreciated.Hope to hear a positive reply.
Mar 03, 2014
Hello Sanshayan,
I found out the quickstarts are not eligible for GSoC and should not be on the list located here: https://community.jboss.org/wiki/GSOC14Ideas.
However, if you are still interested in contributing outside the program, please let me know and I'll provide you with more information.
Mar 03, 2014
Again, I am not sure. Let's wait for Pete Muir to return.


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In 2016 an amateur astronomer was testing his camera — and captured the first flash of a supernova.
Observing the exact moment that a supernova explodes has long been a challenge for astronomers. Initiatives are underway to catch this fleeting moment, but it's an amateur astronomer who now claims the earliest detection of a supernova.
Jacket Fox Chic Vest Waistcoat Short Womens Sleeveless Fur Coat LaoZan Faux Rose On September 20, 2016, amateur astronomer Víctor Buso was testing a new CCD camera in the homemade observatory he had built atop his home in Rosario, Argentina. He pointed his 40-centimeter Newtonian telescope to the spiral galaxy NGC 613 because it was near zenith and he knew it had a beautiful shape with an interesting structure full of bright and dark clouds — and also because he could see it without moving his heavy dome late at night, which would disturb the neighbors.
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The pixel was initially so faint that Buso didn´t recognize it as a supernova right away. Nevertheless suspicious that the bright spot might be something interesting, he reached out to some professional astronomers — only to find that none were available. Then he called another amateur astronomer, Sebastian Otero, a member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO). Otero helped Buso send an international warning for other astronomers to follow up. Both amateurs are receiving credit as coauthors of the research article published in the February 22nd Nature.
Once the supernova was confirmed, receiving the official designation SN 2016gkg, extensive monitoring began, including with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which took X-ray, ultraviolet, and visible-light observations. However, Buso had captured the most valuable information in the earliest hours of the stellar explosion. What he imaged was what astronomers call the shock-breakout phase of the supernova, the moment when the shockwave traveling from the collapsing core of the star reaches the outer layers and breaks through the surface. The star's outer layers of gas heat up as they're ejected, and they brighten rapidly — in this case, at a rate of 40 magnitudes per day!
Until now, the shock-breakout phase was largely theoretical. Although hints of the phenomenon had been observed, it had never been definitively detected at visible wavelengths due in large part to its ephemeral nature — the shock wave only takes two to five hours to break out of the star. Moreover, much of the immediate emission is at high-energy wavelengths rather than visible light — that's probably why Buso didn't realize he had discovered a supernova and stopped observations before dawn.
"Actually, some researchers were starting to question if the models were right," says lead author Melina Bersten (Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata, Argentina). "[Buso's] observations are extremely invaluable; winning the lottery is more likely to happen than what he did." Bersten estimated the chance of such a serendipitous observation at 1 in a million, and given the bright city lights and other observing conditions, the chances might have been even lower than that.
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Hi everyone... and happy new yearrrr!!!!
I need recipes for my salmon-hating husband... He must eat salmon at least once a week but he refuses to, so I thought maybe you people can help me to disguise both the salmon and its flavor in some dishes? any ideas?
He only eats it in sushi (no, i don't understand him) but we just can't eat sushi once per week!
thanks in advice!! :D
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If it's the rather fatty flavor of salmon that he objects to, there are a couple of things you can try:
- avoid using farm raised salmon, which tends to be very fatty, and has (to me) a rather unpleasant flavor. Wild salmon is more expensive but tastes so much better.
- Try salt-curing it - see how to make salted salmon. Salting it makes it much tastier somehow (sort of like salt pork or bacon are tastier than plain pork).
Cooking salmon with any kind of acid, such as vinegar or lemon, can make it more tasty too. Even a squeeze of lemon to plain sautéed salmon is good.
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You're right it's the fatty flavor of salmon what he dislikes. But i just can't cook him a sauteed salmon because he won't eat it... He's kind of childish that way ¬¬U.
i love salmon... and i can't tell when was the last time i ate it... i don't eat salmon at restaurants because it is so greasy! i think that's because it's fried with so much oil...
But the salted salmon is such a good idea arigatô gozaimasu maki-sannnnn <3
:D It's a pity salmon meat is pink, otherwise i could trick him a bit :P
Maybe i can ground it and mix it with something else? (once salted and cooked)... Which veggies go good with salmon? or maybe rice?
something like this.. http://www.justhungry.com/image/pink-salmon-sushi-rice <-- is this sushi rice + salmon + shallots? or is that shiso? aww...
or this... http://justbento.com/handbook/bento-decoration-techniques/all-natural-ve...
(yep i know I'm answering to my very own question xD)
Hi Jiza,
I just had to smile at your question! My husband is just like that! Only, my problem is even a little bit bigger, because he just plainly refuses to anything 'Fish'!
I have thought of some things: If he eats it in sushi, then I assume that he does like the raw salmon? If that is the case, maybe you can try this:
Gravad lax (salmon with a dille sauce), you can serve this with bread
Blini's with salmon
Carpaccio of salmon with a dressing of soy sauce and sesame seeds
Salmon ceviche
As for cooked recipes, how about Thai fishcookies, this is ground up. There are also recipes for salmon balls (for example see http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/salmonandsmokedsalmo_91833.sh...)
Ps. Wild salmon is much more red in colour than pink, so maybe you can trick him into eating that!
Hopes it helps a bit!
Joy of Food | Cheukam
hey jiza,
you could use very dark soy sauce (and a little lemon and so on) to marinate cut up salmon pieces shortly, then lighty fry them with little oil and some more dark soy sauce, if necessary.. that should get rid of most of the pink!
and maybe you can mix the salmon with some fish he likes, then hide the mixture in gyoza or burgers or something..? with lots of spring onions, perhaps..
Hi Joy of food and rehfilet!
Those were great ideas!! :D thank you so much!! (yeah Joy of Food, he doesn't like fish either! ._.)
he eats salmon in sushi but not happily, I mean he eats it because he hates to throw food away, specially in restaurants. I need these recipes mostly for bento so I'm afraid the carpaccio is not a good idea but It's so yummy... (why do i love salmon so much?? o_o)
i actually make smoked salmon & philadelphia cheese sandwiches with toasted bread for myself but i hardly do this because he won't eat the sandwiches so i have to cook two different lunches ¬¬U
If your husband likes salmon sushi, that may mean that he likes the texture of uncooked salmon better than cooked -- so you could try smoked salmon. Thinly sliced smoked salmon with cream cheese makes a nice sandwich on toasted (and cooled) bread for example. (And it's also my favorite bagel filling, but I'm not sure if you get bagels in Spain!) It is rather salty though. Cream cheese, sliced onion and smoked salmon roll is called a New York Roll in the U.S. - add lettuce and it becomes a Boston roll, etc.
Nope, he doesn't like smoked salmon (i tried i swear!). He just eats salmon sushi because he doesn't like to leave food on the dish, not because he acutally likes it. I usually end up eating his salmon sushi...
Yes we get bagels in Spain! :D They are difficult to find (or rather expensive) so we usually use buns as they are less salty. Smoked salmon, creamy cheese & onions is my fav filling too!
i use it for lunch with toasted sandwich bread... or even for breakfast sometimes :D
i love smoked salmon with everything xD
I just can't imagine not liking salmon! But unless there is a strong health reason that you want him to eat salmon, maybe this is a battle that you should walk away from. Some people just don't like fish.
That being said, here are a few ideas to add to the excellent ones already offered: Make sure that the salmon is very fresh. Poach, rather than fry the salmon. Then once it is cooled, flake it and toss in a green salad with his favorite salad dressing. Or, add some flaked salmon to a strongly flavored red spaghetti sauce or cioppino. Or if you don't have to disguise the pink color of the salmon, saute a couple of cloves of garlic in olive oil, add some chopped parsley, capers & wine before you add the flaked salmon. Toss it all with hot pasta. The basic idea behind all of these is to mask the salmon with other strongly flavored ingredients.
And one last idea: Make the cooked salmon into little croquette balls and eat them with ketchup or a hot sauce. He might like the crunch and not notice the salmon.
there's not a strong reason for him to eat salmon...
it's just that he doesn't like fish at all so I've tried every single kind of fish i am able to cook and the only one left is salmon! I find salmon very versatile so it's my last chance!! xD
Thank you for the recipes they look so good! :D
If as I suspect your husbands doctor wants him to improve is lipid profile (increase HDL and lower the LDL) there are other things that will do that. You can add flax-seed to his morning cereal (hot or cold), in a smoothie, or sometimes I use it as a thickening agent in my salad dressings. Raw walnuts and sesame seeds are also good options.
Another thing that goes without saying is cutting down on his saturated fats, anything solid at room temperature as well as meat and animal products.
well the doctor actually said that he should eat less meat and more veggies but didn't say anything about eating salmon specifically, he just said "eat more fish, man!". I tried every kind of fish i can cook and he didn't like it (he deeply hates it). Salmon is like my last chance.
But he is kind of worried about what the doctor told him (he is very gullable with what the doctor says) so he is really making an effort but he just doesn't like fishhhh! xD
So I'm looking for some recipes that disguise its flavor and texture.
Maybe I should stick to tuna teriyaki... but i wanted to cut down sweetness on our diet too...
You could sneak it into "meat" balls.
LOL! Sorry I am no more help!
My husband doesn't like salmon very much either, but my daughter found this recipe and he loves it!
It's pretty easy, marinated and then baked. It's basically soy, garlic and real maple syrup. Here's the full recipe-
Everyone I've served this to who didn't like fish much really loves this.
Great! thanks Barb J! :D
A little salmon is great in a Nicoise salad. Some capers and mustard will cut down on the fatty richness if you use them in the dressing.
Another great thing is alternating layers of flaked salmon & cheese (I use a mixture of ricotta and romano) with primavera vegetables in a lasagna. If you season the layering mixtures with basil, garlic, oregano, rosemary, and a little salt, the flavor is light and delicious. I'd also spritz a little bit of lemon juice onto the salmon to brighten up the taste. You can also mix a small amount of spicy Italian sausage into the salmon mixture to further mitigate the fishy aspect.
btw Jiza, did you ever make your salad dressing?
I usually mix 3 parts of olive oil, 1 of vinegar, half a teaspoon of dijon mustard & black pepper. If i lack mustard i use some soy sauce. I love mustard flavor so i like my salad dressing quite strong.
I don't make my own mayo because I'm quite afraid of home made mayo, though my grand mother does make it!
For pasta salads the most common thing here is to make "salsa rosa" (pink sauce) mixing mayo & ketchup but i don't really like it. Too sweet.
But it's the best dressing for pasta+lettuce+apple+chicken+pineapple salad.
Why do you ask? :)
My sister adores all kinds of raw fish, but can't stand tuna or salmon in any cooked forms. I made her Maki's salted salmon and she enjoyed that, so I would second giving that a try. Anything highly spiced helps disguise "fishy" flavor, so curries or spicy dishes might be good. Most people I know who don't like fish still enjoy it deep-fried, but since that's not very healthy* you can roll fish fillets in crushed cornflakes and bake it for a similar texture.
Is catfish available to you? I don't know about the health properties of catfish, but it tastes a LOT like chicken (especially when fried) and we have successfully fooled picky eaters in my family for years by telling them that catfish is chicken.
For less meat but more protein, could you substitute vegetable protein for meat protein? Replacing some of the meat with lentils in stews, curries, one-pot meals, or anything with a thick sauce can up the veggie protein without a huge effect on flavor.
*I've heard that properly homemade deep-fried foods are actually fairly healthy.
so... THAT was catfish!!!! O_O
I've eaten it several times at restaurants and i always had the doubt: chicken or fish??? xDDDDDD
I'll try to find it that'd be a GOOD option!!!! thank youuuuuu :D
I second that comment on lentils. I routinely add a couple of tablespoons of lentils to spaghetti sauce, soup, curry and stew. They add body, fiber, protein, vitamins & minerals. They don't seem to have much of a taste themselves, and almost disappear when cooked long enough.
and do you boil them until soft and then just ground them? This is such a cool trick but I'm totally clueless about it!! This has opened me a totally new world... o_o
You use cooked lentils and let them soak up the flavor while you simmer the sauce. I have also used white beans in place of meat in marinara which was really good.
I always add the lentils at the same time that I add the meat. You don't need to soak them like other beans, but they do need to cook long enough to get soft and absorb the flavors (so they need a dish with lots of flavored liquid for them to absorb). I suppose you could grind them to further disperse the flavor. I like cooking them in curries along with peas--the two end up with the same size and texture. This also works with other vegetable proteins like tofu and seitan, but I find lentils to be the most readily accepted of the lot.
This lovely recipe was my first successful experience with lentils.
Lentils cook much faster than any other legume. While you could precook them, I usually just rinse them, then toss in the soup/sauce/curry. I'm only talking about a tablespoon or two. You'll know when they are done. The longer you cook them, the softer they get. Lentils are so tiny that if you cut your other vegetables or meat the same size, they'll just blend in.
öh- what was "marinara" again?
by the way, that extra dark soy sauce i mentioned? it's chinese, "pearl river bridge" brand. i like their soy sauces, they come in big bottles and use no funny additives or genetically engineered plants for brewing.
they have another one with added mushroom extract, it's just as dark. put it on a pork roast last week over night (with just a little garlic and sugar and a squeeze of lemon, forgot the rest) and slow- roasted that to 60°C core temp with some mushrooms and carrots in the pan. when done, the meat looked pure evil, all glistening shiny black outside, but a perfect light pink when cut.. really astonishing, like... a vegan horror movie monster, about to jump into any unsuspecting mouth, killing people with the hidden force of its evil pure pink pork tastiness? the roast of darkness! made great sandwiches, too.
.. anyway, you might want to flake the salmon in the pan, then add the soy sauce (instead of cutting it and marinating) if you want to dye it evenly.
yeah that's a good point :) I'll trick him teehee! xD
There's an idea I saw on RTVE that I'll be trying soon (good for dinners and bento)
It is shown as a side dish in this clip
Starts at 13:42 minutes
I'm assuming he doesn't hate pimientos (like I think you do!)
You need
pimientos del piquillo
some prawns/shrimp
some hake
an egg white
a little bit of cream (a couple of teaspoons - not as much as shown in the clip)
However - for your partner, I'd suggest just substituting the salmon with the hake or using something else instead of the prawns - like minced chicken.
basically, you blend together the prawns and the fish with the egg white, cream and a pinch of pepper (and salt)
Stuff the peppers (which come cooked from a can/jar)
bake at 160C for 12 minutes.
Very, very simple recipe!
You could always hollow out some small tomatoes or eggplants and fill them for yourself, Jiza.
If your husband doesn't dislike prawns in the way he does other fish, this dish might mask the texture and flavour of salmon or other fish.
The recipe reminds me of some Japanese ones I've seen that combine prawns egg and tofu to make deep fried balls (here's an example: http://www.kikkoman-europe.com/en/consumers/recipes/recipe-selection-by-... )
But the piquillo peppers have a strong taste that should make the fish taste more palatable.
It's not that i don't like peppers... I do! I love them, actually, but only when cooked! xD
But red peppers destroy my stomach so i can only eat green ones :)
I'll try the recipe anyway :D it looks so tasty :3
I'll just give the peppers to him and that's all :D
thank you for the links! ^^
Wow, lots and lots of ideas. I'm going to try the recipes on my hubby! :)
If it's the smell of the fish, an Indonesian friend of mine mentioned a technique to me that apparently is a typical Indonesian thing: It's called Asem Garam. They rub the fish with a paste made of 1/2 tablespoon tamarind, 1 teaspoon salt and a bit of water, and then let it rest for 10 minutes. After that, they wipe off the paste and continue any recipe.
Maybe you can try that?
Joy of Food | Cheukam
I agree with most of the feedback thus far. I love fish but I will also say that salmon is one of my least favorites for the same reasons. i dont like the 'fishyness' that most grocerystore salmon has in the US at least.
I do however tolerate it in sushi as sake (but as a last resort), but if you want a different preparation, try maki's idea or make some Lox like I do from time to time.
There are nova lox and gravlox.
A good starting point to recipes might be:
Basically its a salmon fillet that's been cured with salt, sugar and usually dill tops and maybe some lemon slices.
i also agree that pacific wild caught salmon is better then atlantic salmon since its main farm raised. the pacific stuff has a much more red color and a lot less marbeling. Look for pacific salmon like chinook, copper river etc if you are in the US.
Very delicious when made well.
C-helle has a recipe in the comments on http://justbento.com/forum/canned-tuna-ideas#comment-12263 that might be good.
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There is a store call Sakanaya near my house that makes pickled salmon!
Goes well with a cool drink AKA beer, to live for! ^-^
Here is a simple receipt.
That pickled salmon recipe looks delicious. Any more info on how Sakanaya o that B&B serve/dress their salmon? As a salad? With rice or toast?
Flake the salmon, add a tiny bit of light mayo and maybe honey mustard or wasabi horseradish, put it on some thick slices of bread and toast it. "Tuna"-salad sandwich mmmmm.
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