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So I've now found myself at the water's edge of Modernist Cuisine. Specifically, using sodium citrate for emulsifying all kinds of cheeses. What I'm after is making an emulsified Parmesan sauce as well as another emulsified cheese sauce (most likely using Cheddar or Colby) that I can freeze and use later. I'm a single guy and am no stranger of tweaking recipes for freezing but I haven't done it for modernist stuff yet. I'd love to make a big batch of cheese sauce, freeze it into ice cubes for up to 3 months or so, and then take a few cubes out to thaw on a weeknight and toss with pasta, drizzle over veggies, etc.
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By WackGet
Recently I picked up a few different types of emulsifiers in bulk powder form when I saw them in passing at a catering wholesaler.
Having never used powdered emulsifiers before in cooking or baking, I figured I'd find pretty comprehensive instructions for their use on the web - but I can't.
I'm not a stranger to food science but nor am I a chemist. I understand that emulsifiers are at least sometimes prepared by pre-mixing them into a (heated?) liquid or fat and then using the resulting solution in the actual recipe, which may explain why a lot of commercial emulsifier mixtures are packages as tubes of gel or paste. I've also checked several industry-level textbooks about emulsifiers and while they are fantastic for in-depth explanations of the chemistry behind each emulsifier, they do not (as you might imagine) provide guidance on how a lowly baker or cook would actually use a powdered form.
So does anyone know how to prepare and use a dry powdered form of any of the following in a real recipe?
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By mjbarnard
I cooked two turkey breasts sous vide. This year had access to the Meater+ thermometer probe which I managed to vacuum seal in the bag without difficulty (it is small). Since it works wirelessly I was able to monitor and it records the internal temperatures at the thickest part of the breast.
I thought the results were interesting. I cooked at 60C for 8 hours. I have always used https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/a-better-way-to-turkey-cook-that-bird-sous-vide-for-the-best-feast-ever which gives long cooking times at lower temperature. I have found that as according to this page https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/11/sous-vide-turkey-breast-crispy-skin-recipe-thanksgiving.html that 55C gives turkey which is just a little too pink for most tastes. Over the last few years have increased the temperature up to 59/60 and I find it perfect - very moist and tender, but pale not pink.
See attached images. I changed my mind a couple of times and started at 58 then 60 then 59 again, so ignore the slight variations. The thing I found interesting was that the thickest part (of a large breast) reached 55C in around 1 hour 40 mins and target of 59 in 2 hours 30 mins. Now I appreciate that sous vide is a combination of temperature and time or duration, but the data make me think that around 4 hours would be sufficient, as per the seriouseats table. I have previously used the chefsteps 55-58 for their much longer advised times, up to 12 hours and the meat is still quite pink at the end, so I dont believe 55 for 12 hours would effectively be the same.
From now on I will watching the internal temperatures with interest. This has always been the (relative) unkown for sous vide amateurs.
By chefg
I have to say designing the Alinea kitchen has been one of the most exciting experiences thus far in the opening of this restaurant. I have been fortunate to have been "raised" in some of the best kitchens in the country. When I arrived at the French Laundry in August 1996 the "new kitchen" had just been completed. Often times you would hear the man talk about the good old days of cooking on a residential range with only one refrigerator and warped out sauté pans with wiggly handles. When I started about 50% of the custom stainless steel was in place. The walls smooth with tile and carpet on the floors. I recall the feeling of anxiety when working for fear that I would dirty up the kitchen, not a common concern for most cooks in commercial kitchens.
The French Laundry kitchen didn't stop, it continued to evolve over the four years I was there. I vividly remember the addition of the custom fish/canapé stainless unit. Allowing the poissonier to keep his mise en place in beautiful 1/9 pan rails instead of the ice cube filled fish lugs. Each advancement in technology and ergonomics made the kitchen a more efficient and exacting machine.
When I returned to the Laundry this past July for the 10th anniversary I was shocked that it had metomorphisized once again. The butcher room was now a sea of custom stainless steel low boys, the pot sink area was expanded, the walk-in moved, and an office added to the corner of the kitchen. The kitchen as I left it in June of 2001 was beautiful and extremely functional, of course it is even more so now. It is the relentless pursuit of detail and concise thought that allows the French Laundry kitchen to be one of the best for cooks to execute their craft…..16 hours a day.
This was good motivation.
When it came time to design my kitchen I drew on experiences at Trio, TFL and other kitchens I was familiar with to define the positives and negatives of those designs. We were faced with a 21x 44' rectangle. This space would not allow for my original kitchen design idea of four islands postioned throughout the kitchen, but ultimately gave way for the current design which I think is actually better than the original. But most the important aspect in shaping the final design was the cuisine. Due to the nature of food that we produce a typical layout with common equipment standards and dimensions do not work. Here is where the team drew on our experiences from Trio. By looking at the techniques we utilized we came to several conclusions.
1. A conventional range was not our main heat source. We do need the flat tops and some open burners for applications such as braising and limited stock work. But our overall use of this piece of equipment is somewhat low. Given that we wanted four open burners and two flat tops with two ovens I began to source out a reliable unit. We settled on the Molteni G230.
2. Upon analyzing our other heat source needs we decided to place a large focus on induction. By utilizing portable induction burners we are allowed the flexibility to give as much power as needed to a specific station in the kitchen. Obviously induction's radiant heat is very low, and this allows us to keep the temperature in the kitchen reasonable, yet the power is quite high. 31,000 BTU's of highly controlable heat. But the main reason for choosing this flexible source of heat is the fact that each chef typically employed at least four different cooking applications on a given night. This huge flux in technique and the realization that the menu would change entirely in 8 weeks time meant that we had to design a kitchen that could evolve on a nightly basis. And last, we are very specific with temperatures; induction makes it easier for us to hold a liquid at a predetermined temperature for long periods of time without fluctuation. They operate between 85 and 500 degrees farenheit. We did a great deal of research on the different producers of induction and favored Cooktek. The fact that they are the only U.S manufacturer of commercial induction cooking equipment and located in Chicago made the decision easier. Their innovative approach to induction may prove to be even more exciting as we are already talking about new product development in the future.
3. a. The complexity of the presentations and a la minute plate-ups of the food require a great deal of surface area devoted to plating. This was one of the most critical factors in determining the basic shape of the kitchen. The size of some of today's popular plates, the amount detail in each composition, coupled with the fact that producing tasting menus vs. ala carte means sometimes large waves of same dish pick ups made it necessary for us to have over 44' of linear plating surface.
b. Virtually nothing goes vertical above the 36" counter top in the space. All food, plates, equipment, and dry good storage are contained by under counter units. There are a few exceptions such as the infrared salamanders, the three-door refrigerator, and the hood. This allows all the cooks a clear line of communication between each other and the front staff. It allows me an easy sight line to survey the entire kitchen's progress with a quick glance.
Given these two points it seemed obvious that we needed to combine the two and create custom pieces that would fulfill both needs. Large spans of plating surfaces with all food and equipment storage below. As you can see we ended up with two 22' long units. Each function as a pass and under counter storage.
The building is 21' wide wall to wall. This allowed us just enough space to create two lines on each exterior wall with their passes forming a 60" corridor for the pick up of plates and finishing of dishes.
4. We decided to add a station to the kitchen. At Trio we had five including:
a. pastry
b. cold garde manger
c. hot garde manger
d. fish
e. meat
Now that we had more space, and the ability to give each station multiple heat
sources regardless of their location in the kitchen, we could spread the workload even further. We also realized it doesn't make much sense to identify each station by classic French Bragade terms. A saucier did not solely cook meat with classic techniques and prepare various traditional stocks and sauces…in fact quite the opposite. This holds true with most of the stations, with the exception of pastry, but even they will have very unconventional techniques, menu placement and involvement in the kitchen systems. We will add a station that will be responsible for a large majority of the one-bite courses both sweet and savory.
5.Given the size constraints of the building we realized a walk-in would not be possible in the kitchen. If we were to have one it would be in the basement. Having experienced this at Trio we decided to design the kitchen without a walk-in, making up for the space in various lowboy locations and a three-door reach-in. I experienced the walk-in less environment when I worked at Charlie Trotter's. It is certainly different, but as with most things if done properly it provides a very efficient environment. It works best in situations where fresh products are brought in daily for that days use. And prevents ordering in large quantities. It also provides us with very specific units to house different items. We will utilize the 3-door refrigerator to store the majority of the vegetables and herbs along with some staple mise en place, and items that cannot be made in very small quantities like stocks. Raw meat will have it's own lowboys as well as fish, dairy, and all frozen products.
6. At Trio we found ourselves using the salamander a great deal. It is very useful for melting sugar, bringing on transparent qualities in things like fat and cheese, cooking items intensely on only one side, and it is a highly controllable non-direct heat source. Due to the air gap between the foodstuff and the heat elements the cook can control the degree of heat applied to the dish based on the technique he is using. It becomes a very versatile tool in the modern kitchen, so much so that we will install three Sodir infrared salamanders.
Again, this is to insure that all the cooks have access to all of the techniques in the kitchen. As I said before it is important for our cooks to be able to sauté, simmer, poach, fry, grill, salamander, and freeze at the same time and sometimes for the same dish.
We have a few unusual pieces of equipment in the kitchen; the most is probably a centrifuge. A few months ago Nick and I were driving home from a design meeting and ended up talking about signature dishes and menu repetition. Of course the black truffle explosion came up and he asked if I would have it on the menu at Alinea. I replied a firm no, but shortly thereafter said I would enjoy updating it. We threw around some tongue and cheek ideas like White Truffle Implosion, and Truffle Explosion 2005….I said it was a goal of mine to make a frozen ball with a liquid center….but then dismissed it as nearly impossible. Within a few minutes he said …"I got it…we need a centrifuge" His explanation was simple, place the desired liquid in a spherical mold and place on the centrifuge…place the whole thing in the freezer. Within days he had one in the test kitchen. I guess this is better suited for the kitchen lab topic that we will be starting in a few weeks…
We are working on a upload of the kitchen blueprints. When those post I plan on going into more detail about certian aspects of the design. Doing so now would be pointless as the viewer does not have a reference point.
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Henry VI of England (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471.[1]
He had a large, white rabbit as an advisor, which may have contributed to the widespread perception that he was mad.[2] However, it is possible that this rabbit was actually Lisette de Lapin, a French witch who escaped from prison in Animagus form after being convicted of witchcraft by Muggles.[2]
The name "Henry" comes from the Germanic name Heimirich which meant "home ruler", composed of the elements heim "home" and ric "power, ruler". It was later commonly spelled Heinrich, with the spelling altered due to the influence of other Germanic names like Haganrich, in which the first element is hagan "enclosure".
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Mentioned only)
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On one of last season's best "Mad Men" episodes, Don Draper puts an ad in The New York Times basically decrying tobacco as evil and vowing his agency will never work on another cigarette adverting campaign.
Never mind that Draper was puffing away as he wrote the open letter, which was less about his opposition to big tobacco than a desperate ploy for buzz in reaction to his failing firm losing the lucrative Lucky Strike account and failing to woo Philip Morris.
Draper, as we knew watching 45 years later, was on the right side of history, even if he was motivated more by wanting to save his company than save the world. He got rewarded with business from the American Cancer Society.
The episode, which tossed around the tobacco brand names in less-than-favorable light, came to mind with news this week that one of the sticking points in AMC's negotiations with "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner is product placement.
At a time when sneaking virtual ads into TV programs and other entertainment is rampant, the force behind a show that relies on brand names for authenticity and driving the action apparently wants to control the amount of product integration into his creation.
AMC reportedly wants more product placement on "Mad Men." We're probably not making too big a leap in assuming Weiner prefers that plot drive brand-name dropping, rather than the reverse.
It's helpful to the look at the history of the show, which isn't set to return until 2012 – hopefully with Weiner on board. There have been reports of companies like Smirnoff and London Fog inviting themselves to the "Mad Men" party, though the terms of the deals are unknown.
In some instances, brand-name mentions have been far from flattering. We still cringe when thinking about the episode in which a secretary riding a John Deere lawnmower during a drunken office party severed a young British ad executive's foot. American Airlines figured prominently in an episode that recalled a real-life 1962 plane crash in New York.
Meanwhile, the jury is out on how many firms want their products featured on a show set way back in the 1960s. But a memorable 2009 piece in New York magazine's Vulture site, headlined, "The Hidden Genius of Mad Men Product Placement," suggested a good number of companies covet a spot, hoping the acclaimed drama's retro cool will rub off.
It seems clear that Weiner wants creative control of product placement in his show, whatever the money situation. That would be the right move to maintain the credibility of a drama that, in some respects, is an advertisement for advertising, for better and often worse.
Weiner, who operates in an industry where commerce constantly clashes with creativity, appears to be taking a stand that puts him on right side of history – just like his smoke-blowing invention, Don Draper.
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As the Crabhubby nears his final hours as an employed architect, I beseech you to think of him and those like him as you pass out your own remaining coppers. Here follows a few words from Crabhub coworker Jege, good friend and frequent visitor here at Crabmommy:
And you and yours? How's everyone faring in their chosen careers these days? Please, no happy "we're hanging in there" people or your happy comments will be removed by my site administrator. Complaints only.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Alms for Architects
As the Crabhubby nears his final hours as an employed architect, I beseech you to think of him and those like him as you pass out your own remaining coppers. Here follows a few words from Crabhub coworker Jege, good friend and frequent visitor here at Crabmommy:
Posted by Crabmommy at 9:07 AM
18 comments:
- Lorene said...
I'm not happy. Not happy at all. But I AM creative so I'm looking at my current constraints from different angles in an attempt to restore some peace (and happiness) to my life.
I was laid off mid-January of this year, my company was purchased, and then my layoff was reversed (yay!), but then I had to start coming into the office on a daily basis.
In addition, my husband's freelance workload has decreased significantly and now I am my family's primary breadwinner. Sadly, it was only last week that I realized I never wanted to be the breadwinner. I hadn't ever thought about it until suddenly I had to leave my kids everyday AND hear about all the SAHM-like activities my (yes, I know, wonderful) husband has been doing with them. (Today was a park outing. Now they're at the grocery store. Next is carpool.)
Yes. I am grateful that I am still employed. Yes. I am grateful that my husband has whole-heartedly embraced his Mr. Mom role. Yes. I am grateful that I now only do laundry when I have a moment. But it doesn't change the fact that I am greatly saddened because I am not home when my boys return from school.
So my creative, life-juggling, scheduling skills are actively turning. Today I believe I have identified a solution. Only time will tell.
- May 19, 2009 at 9:57 AM
- Jege (Jen) said...
I will also perform Construction Administration services for beer.
- May 19, 2009 at 2:38 PM
The bulk of our modest income comes from the state of California. Which is officially broke! So we're seeing, what, at least a 10 percent drop in salary if not more. Forced furloughs, etc., etc. Sure, money's still coming in and we get benefits. But still. Total ripoff.
- May 19, 2009 at 2:55 PM
- Jege (Jen) said...
And I could be persuaded to do an exhaustive code search in return for a couple of chickens....
- May 19, 2009 at 3:52 PM
- Villagepig said...
We're going through a massive redundancy exercise and although my role is secure (so far) I am the staff rep so I represent employees through the process.
Breaks my heart when I realise how many great resources we are losing!
I honestly hope that it all ends really soon so that we can hire them back again!
- May 20, 2009 at 5:32 AM
- tonypark said...
In late breaking news from the London Book Fair, my latest book has been rejected by: USA, UK, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, Italy (sad, as they've been sticking by me) and, worst of all, Bulgaria. I'm still waiting on my cheque from the Czechs - and, no, that is not a joke.
Jege, would you like to take up a career as a literary agent? I will supply beer + 10 per cent. It's a pirate book (has everyone forgotten the Maersk Alabama already?).
Sorry to hear this news CM. Come to Africa and live the life of poor but happy vagabons, like Mrs Blog and Me.
- May 20, 2009 at 6:57 AM
- Daisy said...
I'm not liking my teaching job right now. Budget cuts mean doing less with more, and parents don't get it. I'm sick and tired of being told to run a school like a business. Look, people, then send me a decent raw product! One that doesn't talk back or throw books at me! Yes, it was a rough day at the ranch.
- May 20, 2009 at 1:58 PM
I am a PhD level psychologist working in a small, rural school district in NC (i.e., underemployed). After successfully prohibiting a mentally imapaired 4th grader from gouging his eyes out with his pencil, AND talking a pissed off 6th grader out of killing his parents (who are "mean" to him), I just got my already paltry salary furloughed.
- May 20, 2009 at 8:59 PM
- Crabmommy said...
VillagePig [some name!, Daisy, tp, et al -- and most especially, Sara, I am sorry for the grim circumstances you too find yourselves in. All we can do is laugh and, in my case, compulsively chase after hits of Schadenfreude by reading accounts of the disgraced once-golden Madoff feeder-funders Walter Noel (Fairfield greenwich) and his golden daughters.
They too will all have to crimp their lifestyles and spend Xmas on Park Ave instead of Mustique this year. You see, everyone? We're all in this financial mess together!
- May 21, 2009 at 4:23 PM
- tonypark said...
Gwyneth Paltrow where are you when we need you most?
Come back, all is forgiven!
- May 22, 2009 at 8:49 AM
- Alexis said...
I'm late to the party, but I never miss a chance to bitch about my financial mess!
My husband's contract ends tomorrow at the university and won't be renewed. We were informed not via a colleague, but by the administrative guy who wanted to make sure we applied for Cobra (who can afford Cobra, I sincerely want to know?). We have some income from a short-term contract to last out the summer, but no prospects for income in the fall. The irony is that my husband studies influenza and was just interviewed by newspapers, radio stations, and television news programs all over the world because of the swine flu, and he just published a book. So where's the $$$?
At least we don't have any property to lose. :/
- May 23, 2009 at 2:51 PM
- crabmommy said...
That is seriously crap. As for COBRA can you utilize the Recovery thing that stipulates 65% of COBRA will be paid by employer? Doesn't help much when one has a pittance for an income if at all (believe me I know) but it's definitely a big improvement on the former cobra.
- May 23, 2009 at 6:32 PM
We live in Michigan, home of the 14% unemployment rate. Husband works for one of the auto companies. Fear has been the watchword for the last two years. New cutbacks get announced every three months on average, and then it's four weeks of wondering every day to see if he's going to be let go. Husband is our primary breadwinner. I pick up some work off and on from my father's business. (Which isn't doing all that great)I'm tired of being scared and worried all the time.
- May 25, 2009 at 6:50 PM
- Unknown said...
Let my join the party. Taxes keep going up around here, and it's imperative that we sell our house and move somewhere else. Ha, that won't be easy. There's already 2 houses up for sale on our cul-de-sac. Plus, we keep getting bills from the hospital and clinic for our son--who was born 7 months ago! What the hell? I thought we had all that paid! We have sucky insurance.
- May 26, 2009 at 5:35 AM
Here's another perspective. My husband has a high tech business and our employees are the most expensive part of our overhead. We are a small group and really depend on the team that we have to create our mostly-custom techie stuff. So, how do we weather a downturn when we want to keep our team intact and feel like each employee is valuable? Well, we've had to cut hours and pay 25% for the last 2 months. My husband, in a show of solidarity, has also cut his pay but not his hours. Yikes! Our employees are being supportive because they don't want to lose their jobs, either, but we feel pretty bad. We hope to see an increase in sales in the next month, but it's hard to know for sure...believe me when I say it's hard to be on the other side...people families depend on our company's jobs and we take that responsibility seriously.
- May 29, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Maureen said...
I'll join this parade a tad too late. My husband is also an architect, and, while he still technically has his job, his hours and pay were cut and our health insurance costs quadrupled. I'm having our second child in August, and we had a plan that I could finally stay home with our kids, as I've wanted to do. What a ridiculous notion now. But, we really are struggling with whether we should just go down to one income or suck up the ENORMOUS monthly childcare bill. F*ed if we do, f*ed if we don't.
By the way, none of his architect friends across the country are working full-time anymore.
Best wishes to all of us.
- June 3, 2009 at 12:10 PM
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- January 13, 2010 at 4:57 AM
- obagi clear said...
Sad to hear about how everyone is faring.
- March 10, 2010 at 12:49 AM


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Hello, Moda Bake Shoppers!! It's KarrieLyne again from Freckled Whimsy! I'm so pleased to bring you my second bake shop goodie, Crossing Paths.
I'm also excited to share that Leah over at Burgundy Buttons has everything to make this quilt top in a kit, just for you! She also has backing fabric at a great price too! So hop on over and pay her a visit to pick up this kit. Make sure to tell her I said hello. 🙂
1 Layer Cake
1 1/2 yards of a light solid or near solid (30150-92)
1 1/4 yards for outer border (30232-17)
2 1/2 yards dark solid or near solid for blocks, first border and binding (30150-99)
4 1/2 yards for backing (30234-17) & batting to match size
*Using the light yardage, cut (18) 10" squares.
*From the black, cut (18) 2" strips. Then cut those in half to yield 32 strips.
*Cut 8 more 2″ strips from the black for your 1st border.
*From the black fabric cut 8 strips 2.5″ wide to use for the binding
*From the outer border fabric, cut width of fabric into 8 strips, measuring 4.5″ wide.
Using the solid squares you cut, draw a line from top to bottom of each solid piece measuring 5" from the edge. (Right down the center).
Choose 18 layer cake pieces. I tried to keep out the lightest ones and the dark solids. Keep a good mixture of lights and mediums.
Put a layer cake piece and a solid piece RIGHT SIDES together.
Sew 1/4" seam on each side of that drawn line.
Cut on drawn line.
Press to dark. Yield two pieces.
Do this for all 18 pairs.
Pair them again so that each pair has two different prints from the layer cake. I paired mine all at once so I wouldn't get duplicates. 🙂
On one of the pairs, on the WRONG side, draw a vertical line at 5" from the edge. Make sure your first sewn line is horizontal, or left to right.
Put your two pieces RIGHT sides together so that your print is on TOP of your solid. Your seams should nest nicely.
Sew 1/4" seam on each side of your drawn line.
Cut on drawn line. Press.
Each pair will yield 2 Four Patches. Do this process for each pair. You should have 36 Four Patches when you're complete.
Cut from corner to corner through the LIGHT SOLID in each Four Patch block. Do not cut through the prints.
Sew one of the 2" black strips to one side of your triangle piece. Make sure you have some (at least an inch) of overhang on each end. Press to the dark.
Fold the piece with the strip in half, corner to corner and gently finger press the fold to create a line in the fabric. Flip the other triangle over top, RIGHT sides together, and line up the edges and the point of the triangle to the creased line. This is so it will be centered.
Sew the pieces together. Press to the dark.
Trim the two corners. (This is why you want at least an inch of overhang!)
Do this for all 36 Four Patches.
Arrange four of these "Four Patches" per the below photo.
Sew the top two blocks. Press to one side. Then sew the bottom two blocks and press to the opposite side. Then sew the top and bottom pieces together to form one large block.
**NOTE** Your blocks will not all be the same size so you will need to match up your seams, not the edges of your blocks. This will create overhang on each side of your new block (the 4 four patch blocks).
Now trim those hangover edges so your block is square. They should measure about 19.5″ square.
Lay out your blocks 3 x 3, again making sure to match your seams. If your edges don't line up, this is ok. Once you have the top together, you will square up the sides if needed.
Once you've squared up the edges (if necessary) add the 2″ black border, then add the 4.5″ print border. Then sandwich your quilt, baste, quilt, bind and wash! 🙂
One Crossing Paths quilt measuring about 69″ square (before washing)!
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial! If you make this quilt, please, oh please share it with me! You can email a photo of it to me HERE or you can add it to my Flickr Group HERE. I would love to feature them on my blog! 🙂
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to email me HERE. I am happy to help.
Much Love and Happy Quilting!!


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I hadn't played the first BioShock before I began BioShock Infinite. I started this game with no memory or knowledge of past events, only a vague idea of what I was supposed to do next, stumbling from one conveniently placed Voxophone to another, hoping to desperately piece together some kind of context. In other words, I was Ken Levine's favorite type of protagonist.
Before I go beyond the lighthouse: there will be spoilers for all BioShock games. And by that I mean for the original and Infinite because I still haven't played BioShock 2 and I'm not entirely sure I've lost any context because of it.
The Mind of the Subject Will Desperately Struggle to Create Memories Where None Exist
BioShock Infinite is praised heavily for its story. In fact, ask any given Infinite fan to tell you their opinions of the game, start a stopwatch, and count how long it takes for them to even mention gameplay in passing. If you clock it at under an hour, the person you're talking to probably didn't "get it."
By "it" I, of course, mean "enough Voxophones." BioShock Infinite—and, by extension, all of the BioShock games—are wholly aimed at the curious and thorough explorer types and no one else. If you want to breeze your way from one battle to the next, stopping only to pick up what money you need to buy upgrades, and ignoring those silly record player things, you will have roughly zero clue what's going on in the main story. If you do stop to find them, you still might not understand by the end.
Some main characters provide very key hints as to how the story works in somewhat-hidden Voxophones. Other characters only exist in Voxophone form, but still contribute to the story in semi-meaningful ways. The game tries to at least force you to find some of the more important recordings, but even putting them in your way doesn't guarantee comprehension. As an example, it took about four playthroughs and a Wiki article to figure out that "The universe does not like its peas mixed with its porridge" was Lutece's way of saying that Elizabeth's finger getting cut off by a tear is why she turned into a multiverse-manipulating god. In hindsight, it's obvious...right?
To be fair, the core story is told mostly in cut scenes and the Voxophones only help fill in the obvious gaps, so the non-nitpicky crowd probably won't care too much. But it does create a weird middle ground where the people who want to get invested but aren't obsessively hunting every detail may end up confused.
This storytelling mechanic is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it plays on your curiosity and invites you into ever deeper levels of storytelling. On the other, it's largely optional. If you want a simple FPS that pairs old timey Steampunk weapons with lightning bolts from your hands, you can shoot mental patients and racists in the head til you pass out. If you want replay value, you will get your fucking money's worth. If you're somewhere in between...well, Whitson will be happy to tell you all about that in the comments.
"Are You Afraid of God?" "No, But I'm Afraid of You."
Despite the sometimes clumsy storytelling method, the BioShock Infinite story still manages to be enthralling. This is in no small part due to the absolutely insane character acting from Elizabeth and, to a lesser extent, Booker. AI-driven NPCs have long been an anchor on the player's leg at best and an active nuisance at worst. Not only do they make gameplay difficult, but they're usually very poorly acted. Voice acting and motion capture happen entirely separated, which gives you an uncomfortable sense that you're being vaguely talked at by a digital puppet. However, early on in the game, you see one of the most heartwarming and uplifting things you'll ever see regarding an NPC in any video game:
"You don't need to protect Elizabeth in combat. She can take care of herself."
Not only does Elizabeth not need protection (except when the plot calls for it), but she's a better actor than most DreamWorks characters. When idle, she explores the world around you, during cutscenes, she responds with appropriate facial expressions, and when she's worried, scared, or anxious, you feel it. Video games don't tend to suffer from the same "star power" draw that movies do, but if you heard that Elizabeth was going to appear in Ocean's Fourteen, you'd be on that like a lonely, middle-aged housewife on the cardboard cutout of George Clooney she doesn't want her kids to find. Elizabeth is that good.
This acting isn't just a technical feat, but also essential to the main plot. Arguably, the story is much more about Elizabeth than it is about you. Sort of. I mean, it is about you, but not you you. You you barely does anything. But you do a lot of things, I mean, in a broad sense of-...whatever. Time travel, okay? The point is Elizabeth is a lot more essential to the plot than Booker. The story starts off with a fairly easy-to-grasp "Save the girl" story. However, this plot gets turned on its head when you discover that she can manipulate the probability space or something. For people who love parallel universe stories, it's so much sci-fi porn.
There's a period in the game where you sort of lose track of what world you're in or what your motivation is supposed to be—and Booker somehow never figures out how the whole thing works, insisting that alternate universe versions of people honor deals they never made and don't remember—but eventually the story gets back on track and returns to the main focus: Elizabeth, and her relationship with her parents. Regardless of whether or not you can keep up with the various timelines, the emotional impact of seeing Elizabeth struggle for reconciliation with her (sort of) mother, fighting her (sort of) father, and succumbing to despair before ultimately redeeming herself is provocative enough to make every minor annoyance worth it. Plot holes be damned, the characters are better than most TV shows or movies you've ever watched.
What Infinite lacks in easy-to-grasp storytelling, it more than makes up for in immersion. You'll more than likely be confused by how all the various parallel universes tie together or what Elizabeth's powers even are. The pain in Elizabeth's eyes when she murders Comstock is unbearably potent. If you're likely to get confused by plot holes and missing details in a time travel/parallel universe story, it's best to accept you'll need a couple playthroughs to understand everything. If you're just along for the ride, grab a few tissues. It's okay to cry.
Constants and Variables
For those who have played the original BioShock, the gameplay in Infinite will be both familiar and improved. For those like me who played Infinite first and then went back to play the original, the gameplay in the original will be so obnoxiously annoying that you'll want to trade your left arm for a Skyhook. Or at least a less aggravating hacking mini-game.
In the original BioShock, you're traveling around a series of underwater corridors, using a combination of guns and Plasmids—the Rapture word for injectable X-Men powers—to murder disfigured and insane wealthy people who spliced up their DNA with chemicals in syringes a few too many times. There's a metaphor for Wall Street brokers or Keith Richards in there somewhere, I'm sure.
In Infinite, the entire world is much brighter. Instead of an underwater city, you arrive in a floating utopia to a pre-recorded "Hallelujah". The beautiful city counterpointed against the elaborate and looming religiosity gives you that same uneasy feeling you got when your parents made you have an "accountability" session with the preacher after they caught you masturbating for the first time. A little too on-the-nose to be comfortable, but effective nonetheless.
After a much lengthier build-up and exploration period than the original, you get the same combat powers from the first game. An arsenal of weapons are available in every box, barrel, and dead body in the entire city (presumably Columbia was first launched from Texas), and every so often you'll come across a bottle containing a Vigor—Columbia's word for drinkable genetic modifications, because only the unbelievers need science—that gives you special powers, almost exclusively to deal with your "enemies."
Unsurprisingly, both the Randian city of self-indulgent wealthy people and the overzealous city of wealthy religious fundamentalists have persecution complexes and are susceptible to marketing that promises to deal with their "enemies" in a city that is otherwise homogenous and peaceful. On a related note, oh god why is everyone killing me it was just a joke my spleen ow ow ow.
The one area that Infinite has an advantage over the original is in the Skyhook system. In many battle-ready arenas, there are either rails or hooks that you can latch on to with your Skyhook with a simple jump—explained by "the damn thing must be magnetized" because, again, fuck science—which makes the entire game incredibly awesome. In most games, when you get overwhelmed by enemies, it's stressful and challenging. In Infinite, when an entire legion of baddies is sent my way, I never want it to end. The thrill of riding around on a one-man roller coaster, then leaping off to kill a large guy with a machine gun never gets old.
Infinite does an excellent job of building on the original's gameplay in a way that's familiar to veterans while still fresh and exciting for newbies and oldies alike. Both worlds meld superpowers and gunfights brilliantly. Infinite ditches the hacking mini-game that allows you to control turrets and cameras—which is little more than a direct rip-off of Pipe Mania—for the Skyhook system that blurs the line between Booker DeWitt and Indiana Jones. An acceptable trade.
There's Always a Lighthouse. There's Always a Man. There's Always a City.
Coming at the BioShock universe Infinite-first probably made me a little biased. I played through the original after getting instantly (sky?)hooked on Infinite, and the world of Rapture was beautiful, enthralling, engaging, and adjectives. Personally, I think it's hard to beat Columbia, though.
Up until this point in my life, I always held Valve up as the standard by which other games are judged. When Half-Life came out, it set the bar for modern shooters. I remember oohing and ahhing over the "skeletal animation system" (fancy 90s words for "the characters can move like they're not made of blocks of wood") and how you moved from one chapter to another seamlessly, rather than every level having a defined beginning and end point, entirely separated from one another, with a wall of text in between. At the time it was revolutionary. Portal similarly set the bar for immersive storytelling with its compact yet startling plot, revealed indirectly by the environment and omnipresent antagonist. When it came to merging gameplay and story, Valve knew better than most.
While playing BioShock Infinite for the first time, there was a specific moment where I recall consciously switching loyalties. I love Valve plenty still, but Infinite brought me into its world in a way that no other game has. I may not have ended my first run-through with every question answered, but I played as a non-silent protagonist with an AI-driven tagalong character. That sentence alone should've meant doom for the entire game. Instead, I cared.
Everything from start to finish in Infinite is gorgeous and as engaging as modern video games can get. Moreover, I'm the type of guy who likes a story I can dive into more once I'm done. I love replay value and I love expanded universes. It's this same mentality that makes me love the Marvel Cinematic Universe, MMOs including but not limited to WoW and SWTOR, and the Firefly world. I don't want to go through once and get everything. I want to learn more about the characters every time. I want to discover new worlds. I want to be so overwhelmed by detail and lore that I find something new each and every time.
BioShock Infinite—and the rest of the series—does that for me. When Booker makes his joke about a city under the ocean, I knew that I was going to be able to walk through it and I couldn't wait. I've played through Infinite at least a half-dozen times, and the original multiple times as well. I keep finding new things. Heck, I haven't even moved on to BioShock 2 yet. While it's not reviewed as well, that's a full game's worth of lore to explore. You know, once I'm done with the rest.
Few games can ever live up to their hype when they're hyped this much. Fortunately, I avoided most of that before I dove in. But I do have a system for figuring out when a game is worth my time. If it's still being talked about and praised by the time filthy casuals like me get around to it, it's probably at least worth checking out.
In other words, if you're reading this blog, you're a candidate. Go play.
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Dojo v1.5, which should be released in the coming weeks, will contain an early beta of a new infrastructure for building Mobile Apps. Currently it is called dojox.mobile.app, but that is expected to change. Check out the test apps (the bottom section) at http://www.skynet.ie/~sos/misc/dojoxMobile/tests/dojox/mobile/tests , which work best in WebKit, so use Safari or Chrome for best results.
Jared Jurkiewicz and Yoshiroh Kamiyama recently added the dojox.mobile project. It provides some very nice widgets for use on mobile phones, such as views that can transition between each other, rounded lists, tab containers etc.
However, the focus of dojox.mobile is to be very small, so as to suit websites formatted for mobile devices. When writing cross device apps that are hosted on a phone, the size of the JavaScript is less of a concern, so a much more powerful experience can be created.
Hence, dojox.mobile.app is born.
It is built on top of dojox.mobile, but adds many new features, with more on the way.
- Templated views that can be pushed and popped off the stack of views, all of which are lazily loaded.
- Templated lists
- Input widgets
- Image Gallery
- Dialog Boxes
- Popup Menus
are all available now. The structure of a dojox.mobile.app application is modeled very closely to a webOS app. The templates and code are in a similar folder structure, and the lifecycle for creating and destroying (popping) scenes/views are very similar.
The goal of dojox.mobile.app is NOT to replace or duplicate the functionality in PhoneGap. PhoneGap provides low level access to many phone features. dojox.mobile.app aims to provide an easy to use, flexible application structure, and many widgets that you will find useful, all themed to appear native to each platform. In a real world app, it would make most sense to use both PhoneGap and dojox.mobile.app.
One of the cooler widgets currently available is the ImageView widget, check it out at http://www.skynet.ie/~sos/misc/dojoxMobile/tests/dojox/mobile/tests/imageControlsApp . Some of its features include
- Canvas based
- Touch capable
- Swipe across to change images
- Tap to zoom in, and then swipe to move around an image
- Progressive loading of images – first load a small version of an image, and later a larger version
dojox.mobile.app is currently tested mostly on the iPhone, but will soon support webOS and Android also. The mobile world is an exciting place to be right now, and Dojo is jumping in feet first 😉


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Tiny Wings
Apple's best-selling iOS games and apps revealed, free game giveaway starts
To celebrate the fifth birthday of its App Store, Apple has disclosed a list of its best-selling iOS game and app releases to date. There are no prizes for guessing which game currently rules the roost. Apple is also giving away a selection free games from today.
Tiny Wings headlines
Tiny Wings 2 is a free update for the original game
The new Tiny Wings content that's launching worldwide on July 12 is not actually a standalone game, but a free update to the original that adds a new racing mode and updated visuals.
Watch this adorable Tiny Wings 2 teaser video
Andreas Illiger has released a teaser video for Tiny Wings 2, which will release on July 12 for iOS. It looks utterly adorable. See for yourself below.
Tiny Wings developer expects to finish new game soon
Andreas Illiger hopes to debut his second iOS game over the next few weeks.
Apple Game of the Year Awards honour Dead Space, Tiny Wings, more
The European and US arms of Apple have both determined their iPad and iPhone game of the year awards, with each branch honouring different apps. Apple Europe gave top gongs to the home-grown Tiny Wings on iPhone, and Contre Jour on iPad. Its American brethren also went with local offerings, namely Tiny Tower and Dead […]
Tuesday Shorts - Minecraft grass, Lady Gaga, LOTRO update, more
It's Tuesday morning in your time zone, which means it's cocktail hour in mine. Enjoy these shorts while I slip off to the pub.
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Yet another Gem of a layout from Richard, shame he's so far North now.
The strawberries look good enough to eat and one can almost smell the scent from the flowers.
Reading this one will make you chuckle what with the Farm Gate Saga and AndyA's yarn about Shuffle:
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Situated atop the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco, adjacent to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum Tower Penthouses recently underwent a five-year design and re-build by acclaimed studio Orlando Diaz-Azcuy Design Associates. Luxurious, yet tastefully understated in design and finish, this six-bedroom, six-bathroom, 20,000 square-foot penthouse offers spectacular city views from its three grand entertaining rooms, all of which are wrapped in 21 foot-high glass walls with an adjacent 2,000 square-foot terrace. An in-home fitness center, library, home theater, spa and wine cellar, along with a private elevator and security detail make this property a true getaway, high above the bustle of downtown San Francisco.
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AP PHOTOS: Syrian refugee kids learn taekwondo
ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) -- The Syrian refugee children stand straight in a row, then -- when the Korean trainers bark out instructions -- they break into martial arts kicks in the air, smiling with delight.
Taekwondo has come to the world's second largest refugee camp, and a team of Koreans says their training is doing more than just teaching some fancy moves, it is instilling discipline and self-respect in kids traumatized by their country's civil war.
"I have seen a lot of anger inside the hearts of the kids here," said Charles Lee, a Korean taekwondo master who heads the group of five Koreans giving lessons twice a week to around 50 boys in Jordan's Zaatari camp. "I see a lot of kids with stones in their hands ready to throw them at anyone."
"I want to teach them to have more sportsmanship and to change how they think. I want them to be peaceful and to help their neighbors and communities," said the 53-year-old, who has lived in Jordan for the past 10 years, working as an acupuncturist. He began the taekwondo program a month ago with the help of U.N. relief agencies.
Children make up the majority of the 120,000 Syrians who fled the military onslaught of President Bashar Assad and now live in the dusty camp near the border with Syria. Only about a sixth of the 65,000 children and teens attend the camp's U.N.-run schools, leaving many idle. They run barefoot under the scorching sun, often playing their most popular game: throwing stones at each other -- and sometimes at onlookers -- imitating rebels fighting Assad's troops.
Ibrahim al-Hamidi, 13, from Syria's restive southern city of Daraa, said taekwondo "is teaching us good manners, while making us stronger."
"It's also good for our bodies and muscles and it teaches how to defend ourselves," he said.
Ali Badran, 13, also from Daraa, said: "Taekwondo is amazing."
"Once I go back to Syria, I want to start teaching Syrian students," he said.
For now, the taekwondo training is limited to boys, but will include girls at a later stage. The Koreans are also training 10 adult refugees -- mostly former soccer coaches -- to give the classes when they leave.
Without school, the children "no longer have any system in their life anymore," said Mohamed Rashid, one of the Syrian coaches. "But we've found that an exercise routine which can change children. Maybe even more than schools, because they actually enjoy it."
He said he sees the effect. The boys deal better with their friends, for example. "In one month, their bodies have changed a lot. And they are also more in control of their minds."
Here's a gallery of images from the classes in Zaatari camp.
Associated Press writer Jamal Halaby in Amman, Jordan, contributed to this report.


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But Chen Yu's appearance had nothing to do with Feng Yu Heng. She simply pulled Xiang Rong to the normal carriage. As she prepared to enter the carriage, she heard Chen Yu say: "My two sisters, how about sitting with me. There is a great deal of space on both sides. The servants can sit in the other carriage."
Feng Yu Heng raised an eyebrow. This meant that the current carriage would be used for servants?
"Many thanks eldest sister for your invitation, but there is no need. We are both lowly concubine's daughters. Squeezing in with the servants is fine." Throwing out these words, she pushed the curtain aside and entered the carriage. Xiang Rong also bowed to Chen Yu and followed Feng Yu Heng into the carriage. Behind her, Wang Chuan entered with the servant with Xiang Rong. The four went with the flow and entered the carriage, leaving only Chen Yu behind outside.
Feng Chen Yu clenched her fists and glared through the curtain into the carriage, before resentfully climbing into her own rosewood carriage.
The two carriages left together for Ding An palace. This was Xiang Rong's first time attending one of these events and was a little nervous. Sitting in the carriage, she continuously wrung her handkerchief.
Feng Yu Heng simply closed her eyes and caught up on some sleep. In reality, she had been thinking that she needed to make a show of things. Using moon palace silk, she would make two sets of pajamas. She would wear one set and the other would be given to Yao shi.
As she pondered this, they arrived at Ding An palace.
When they arrived, a great number of madams and young misses were already at the gate chatting. Seeing that the Feng family's carriage arrived, they all stopped what they were doing and looked towards the two carriages.
The curtains of both carriages were lifted at the same time. Xiang Rong followed behind Feng Yu Heng, still with the shyness around strangers, she did not even dare raise her head.
Feng Yu Heng, however, did not feel anything about it. Lifting the curtain, she exited the carriage with the support of the servants then turned her head to look at Feng Chen Yu.
She saw that this eldest young miss' haughtiness was not average. First, the carriage driver placed a step stool a the door to the carriage, then it was the two maidservants, Yi Lin and Yi Yue that exited the carriage. With one servant on each side supporting her, she exited the carriage. Yi Yue then turned around to hold up the trailing train.
Feng Yu Heng looked at this haughtiness and remembered the Western weddings of the 21st century. She could not stop herself from raising the corners of her lips. Feng Chen Yu really was looking for trouble.
This was the Feng family's three young misses first time attending the Ding An palace's banquet. Speaking of, this was also the first time the Feng family placed their daughters in the public.
Previously, Feng Yu Heng was not in the capital, so she naturally could not attend. Xiang Rong and Fen Dai were both too young, so they also did not have the qualification. As for Feng Chen Yu, she was treated as a treasure by the Feng family and hidden in the manor. Outsiders could only hear whispers that the Feng family had a daughter to the first wife whose elegance and intelligence were seen once per generation; however, they never actually saw her real ability.
Now that the three stood before the palace gate, they immediately attracted a few gasps.
Of course, the sound was for Feng Chen Yu.
Feng Chen Yu was extremely beautiful. This sort of beauty was neither seductive not light, it was such that it made everyone appreciated her beauty. It made people who looked unable to resist crying out in surprise.
In particular since she had such a meticulous appearance today. Making her debut, Feng Chen Yu really made everyone marvel at her beauty.
After a brief moment, someone could no longer endure as quietly whispered: "Is that the Feng family's eldest young miss? Oh my word, is that still a human? How can she be so beautiful?"
There was also someone who said: "Apparently when this Feng family's daughter was born, rays of light covered the sky. It's natural that she is different from everyone."
"I heard that she was previously a concubine's daughter, then her mother was promoted. Only then did she become the daughter of the first wife?"
"Then what of the previous daughter to the first wife?"
The topic finally turned to Feng Yu Heng. Those that had an understanding of what happened during that period in the Feng family pointed at Feng Yu Heng and quietly whispered: "That is the former daughter to the first wife. Unfortunately, her maternal grandfather's house met with a disaster. The Feng family feared that they would be implicated, and in the span of one night, sent the original head madam out, while they promoted Feng Chen Yu's mother to that position."
"Un." Someone agreed, "I also know of this matter. The Yao family previously neighbored our manor. That year, the Yao family was so prestigious. Now, even the mortar at their gate has been left there for a long time."
"There has been nobody new to move in to the Yao manor?"
"No. I heard the property still belongs to the Yao family and was not taken back by the Emperor."
"You came to celebrate my princess mother's birthday. You do not come inside to do what needs to be done, instead you stand around at the gate spouting what nonsense?" The chatter was suddenly stopped by this voice. Turning their heads to look, they saw imperial daughter Qing Le coming from inside the courtyard.
Qing Le's words caused everyone present to cease talking. One by one, they entered the manor's gates with smiles on their faces. Some of the braver ones looked back while walking, fearing that they would miss a good show.
Feng Chen Yu looked at Qing Le with a smile on her face. She took the initiative and advanced a few steps, saying: "Chen Yu greets imperial daughter Qing Le." Slightly bowing, she neither disregarded etiquette, nor did she forget her identity.
"Hmph!" Qing Le very impolitely and coldly snorted. Looking up and down, she took in Chen Yu's appearance and finally spoke after a while: "So it was the Feng manor's eldest young miss. I thought it was the family's new wife who wanted to come to our Ding An palace to discuss reward money." The words she said were very sarcastic.
Feng Chen Yu's face became red hot from her words. In her heart, she began to feel furious, but she could not express it. She could only say in embarrassment: "Imperial daughter really knows how to tell a joke."
Yet that Qing Le had already turned her attention from Chen Yu to Feng Yu Heng.
Seeing an enemy made her especially furious. Since their meeting in Refined Deity Building, Feng Yu Heng was not simply a rival to imperial daughter Qing Le, she was also someone to be despised for slapping her face.
When the two made eye contact, imperial daughter Qing Le's eyes immediately shot out some fire. Feng Yu Heng, however, smiled like a cotton ball, receiving the harsh gaze. She then took large strides forward and stood tall before Qing Le and spoke without paying her respects: "Long time no see! The swelling on your cheeks has already gone down. It's much better."
Qing Le was so furious that the roots of her teeth felt numb. Both her hands had long become balled in to fists. She especially wanted swing a fist at Feng Yu Heng's face, but she also felt that she absolutely could not defeat her.
"Feng Yu Heng!" Qing Le gnashed her teeth, "Just you wait, you dare come to my Ding An palace and expect to be received well."
"Alright." Feng Yu Heng shrugged, "If you want me to wait, I will wait." As she said this, she stepped towards the palace gate. As she walked, she said: "Ding An palace, I have been looking forward to seeing you. I had to come see what became of the palace that my unmarried fiance set fire to."
If she had not mentioned this, it would be better. Mentioning this, Qing Le's face became even more ugly. Glaring at her, she wanted to rush up to Feng Yu Heng with all her might, but she heard Chen Yu quietly say to her: "Imperial daughter Qing, excuse me. My second sister just has this type of personality. The people in the family also have no way of dealing with her."
These words told Qing Le that the people of the Feng family also did not like Feng Yu Heng's personality, so if you have any plans, Feng family will not support her.
Qing Le naturally understood. Slanting her eyes to look at Chen Yu, she nodded, "If that is the case, many thanks to Feng family's eldest young miss for the reminder."
After saying this, she followed Feng Yu Heng's footsteps and entered the manor. With only Chen Yu left behind, there was not a person to take care of her. She could only resentfully enter on her own.
The scene at the gate scared Xiang Rong terribly. She went close to Feng Yu Heng's side and quietly asked: "Second sister, it seems that we have offended Ding An palace's imperial daughter."
Feng Yu Heng nodded, "That's right! Your eldest sister is dressed like a newly-wed wife. In what way does it look like she is here to celebrate someone else's birthday."
Xiang Rong anxiously asked: "Then what should we do?" Second sister, it seems that you are quite unhappy with imperial daughter, right?
"I guess." Feng Yu Heng smiled and told her, "Do not worry. If the sky falls, eldest sister will hold it up. We are merely insignificant concubines' daughters. Nobody can give us a hard time."
With one of the palace's servants leading the way, they spoke until they arrived in Ding An palace's garden.
There were already many people gathered here. Fruits and melons were placed on a desk in the middle of the garden. Thinking about it, today's birthday celebration would be held here.
Feng Yu Heng looked at the gathering of madams and young misses. She saw a number of people looking in her direction. Then, some of the braver ones continued the conversation "Is the one that was in the mountains that one? She looks alright and does not look like a village child."
"Of course she doesn't. Whatever the case may be, she was previously Lord Feng's family's proper daughter of the first wife."
Feng Yu Heng had no intention of listening to these empty words, so she pulled Xiang Rong all over. After wandering around once, she found that the girl friends she had just met did not come. Even Bai Fu Rong, who came from the lowest standing, did not appear. Thinking about it, it really was as Xuan Tian Ge said. They disdained giving this lord's manor any face.
Wandering around again, she discovered a very interesting phenomenon. The people that came today to celebrate the birthday were all rather down-to-earth.
For example, a gorgeously dressed girl came over and spoke to her and Xiang Rong: "I do not know what family the two young misses belong to? Let us get to know each other. I am the daughter of Mei An House. My name is Li Xin."
Feng Yu Heng pondered for a long time but could not figure out what sort of place Mei An House was. It was Xiang Rong who replied in her place: "So it was Mei An House's daughter. I really like eating the desserts made by Mei An House." She then pulled Feng Yu Heng and quickly walked away.
Feng Yu Heng supported her forehead, "Is it a dessert shop?"
Xiang Rong nodded, "It is not very big either, but the desserts they make are pretty good."
Not long later, another girl came over, "The two of you are the Feng manor's young misses, right? Ah, I have finally met a great official's young miss! Greetings, greetings. My family runs Eight Treasure Shop. My name is Ping An."
Feng Yu Heng quietly asked Xiang Rong: "What does Eight Treasure Shop sell?"
Xiang Rong told her: "It is a restaurant that specializes in vegetarian foods." 1
Feng Yu Heng was speechless.
Encountering some more, almost all were daughters or madams of businesses or officials of fourth rank or lower.
The two finally arrived in a quiet place and stopped. Feng Yu Heng could not help but lament: "Whatever the case, this is still a palace. How is it that the people invited are all ones who can not reach center stage?" Pulling slightly at her clothes, "I feel that the clothes grandmother gave us are a little too good. They do not fit this scene at all."
Xiang Rong also felt this way, "Yesterday, concubine mother Jin Zhen also said that the person who came with the invitation mentioned the seventh prince." When she mentioned the seventh prince, her face became a little red, "How could this sort of scene fit the seventh prince."
Feng Yu Heng used her arm and prodded Xiang Rong: "Little girl, have you experienced feelings of love?"
Xiang Rong's face became even more red: "Second sister, what are you saying!" She then turned her face away and pretended to be angry.
Feng Yu Heng laughed for a while and saw that the previously dispersed crowd gather towards her again. She vaguely heard someone say: "Where, where is she! Prime minister Feng's daughter. Although she is a concubine's daughter, she is still a first rank official's daughter! Let's quickly go get closer."
There was someone else who said: "No. The one who is dressed for a wedding is the daughter of the first wife. We should not place any hopes of speaking to her. The one who looks like an angel, I feel is a bit distant."
In this way, Feng Yu Heng and Feng Xiang Rong were surrounded once again.
However, Feng Yu Heng found interest in the topic, this time. Hearing the girl from Mei An House reached out her hand and drew a circle on all around then said: "Did you see it. This part of the garden has been completely renovated. Apparently, it was much more dignified than it is now, unfortunately, it was set on fire by the ninth prince and burned down completely!"
1: The Shop in Eight Treasure Shop can also refer to a vegetarian diet.


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With three young grandchildren in the house, including a baby that recently turned one year old, I've taken to watching silent movies on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). There's no dialog to hear, so surrounding noise isn't a problem.
I started by watching the 1925 version of "Ben Hur," which many consider the best of the three versions. It certainly has the best chariot scene, made at a time when animal rights were not taken into consideration. (Not that I advocate hurting animals – it was just so REAL!)
Recently, I watched "Love" with Greta Garbo and John Gilbert, made the following year. The two actors were more famous than Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio are today.
The movie was an enactment of Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina." The title was changed thanks to the tabloids. The gossip papers had revealed that, while making the film, Gilbert and Gabo had started their own relationship. This enabled the movie's producers to put the following on marquees across America: "Garbo and Gilbert in Love." The movie was a sensation, a bigger hit than anything Hollywood turns out nowadays.
It wasn't only the title that was changed. Producers chose to make the movie with two alternative endings. They referred to one as the "Russian ending," with Anna, as in the classic, killing herself in front of a train after an adulterous affair that led to her losing her son. Another ending was made for Americans, with Anna's husband dying, thereby leaving her free to marry her lover, Vronsky, and keep her son. It was felt that American audiences couldn't handle Anna's death. The "American" version missed the whole point of the novel.
Interestingly, the Russian ending was shown in New York and on the West coast. It was only Mid-western sensibilities that they were concerned about.
If Hollywood can't even get a novel right, why would we expect them to be accurate when it comes to non-fiction?
Another Russian "story" caused a problem for Hollywood a few years later, by which time sound had replaced the old silent movies. This movie dealt with "Rasputin and the Empress" (1932). It's depiction of Prince Felix Yousoupov, the principal murderer of Rasputin, was so inaccurate it led to a major lawsuit; since then movies carry the words "all characters in this film are fictional," or similar, to protect themselves from expensive lawsuits. Now, no attempt is made at accuracy.
I've yet to see a Hollywood movie depict the American Revolution with any degree of accuracy. In Hollywood, everything has to be black and white. Real life is rarely like that. The Revolution was not Americans against the king; the country was equally divided — one third rebelled against the crown, one third were loyal and the other third couldn't spell "crown." On the eve of Yorktown, 40% were loyalists, with support for the Patriots down to 30%.
Rather than the claim that the king was acting selfishly, it can be argued that the leaders of the Patriots were. They were heavily in debt to British banks, following a bad crop in 1773 – one way to get out from under the debt was to ditch the Crown. It's not surprising that wealthy indebted landowners led the revolution – the only revolution in history where those rebelling were richer than those they rebelled against! This issue was finally resolved after the war when the belligerents got together in Paris.
I was thinking about this over the Fourth of July, when I read a review in The Economist by their American correspondent. He reviewed a book titled: "Scars of Independence: America's violent birth," by Holger Hoock of the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Hoock ". . . concluded that selective amnesia took hold soon after the war, as victors told their version of history, and the British displayed their genius for forgetting defeats. In the republic's earliest decades, stone monuments charging the British with "cold-blooded cruelty" rose on battle sites from Lexington, Massachusetts to Paoli, Pennsylvania. Meanwhile orators told Americans that their revolt had been unusually civilized: one public meeting in 1813 declared the revolution "untarnished with a single blood-speck of inhumanity." (The American Revolution Revisited – a Nation Divided, Even at Birth)
I have an extensive library of books on the Revolution, all of which were written by Americans. The following quote from The Economist is an accurate observation:
"Browse through school history books, with names like "Liberty or Death!" and the struggle to throw off British rule is sanctified as a victory of American patriot-farmers and artisans against battle-hardened British redcoats and foreign mercenaries, defending ideals crafted by orators in periwigs. Yet go back to contemporary sources, and they called it what it also was: a brutal civil war." (Economist review.)
6% of America's population died in the Revolutionary War, as against 2% in the War Between the States eight decades later. (By 1861 the population was much higher, but the percentage gives an idea of the relative suffering of the people.)
Note the following: "At the war's end, about one in 40 Americans went into permanent exile, the equivalent of some 8m people today." (ibid.)
The Revolutionary War was a civil war. Most battles took place without the presence of British soldiers – brother fought brother, to death, with little mercy shown. Ironically, if the Revolutionary War had not taken place, the "Civil War" would never have happened – the imperial parliament in London abolished the slave trade in 1808 and slavery itself 25 years later. No battles were fought over the issue. Additionally, states' rights would never have been a factor or cause for conflict. Canada was spared both civil wars.
So, what did Americans gain?
Consider the following gleaned from a variety of books on the subject:
>>>American historian Gordon Wood, considered the foremost expert on the Revolution, wrote in his book: "The Radicalization of the American Revolution," that England in the eighteenth century was the freest country in the world and that the colonists were even freer. The king was the guarantor of freedom – never again could a commoner like Oliver Cromwell take power and become a dictator. Celebrations for King George III's coronation in 1762 were greater in the colonies than in England. So, what went wrong and why, then, did some Americans want more freedom?
>>>The French and Indian Wars were fought by Britain and the colonists to defend the latter against a French Catholic take-over. George Washington, serving "King and Country", fired the first shots. The seven-year war left the British government with serious debts, which they tried to recoup by taxing the colonies. Americans did not want to pay for the war. Over two centuries later, Americans still do not like to pay for wars.
>>>Contrary to what is often thought today, all thirteen original colonies had a democratic form of government. All property-owning males could vote, with a 90% turnout at elections. After independence, there was no immediate widening of the franchise. In 1789, when the first election was held, only 6% of the population could vote. Both the United States and the United Kingdom extended the franchise during the nineteenth century and both gave women the vote after World War One. America lagged behind England in voting rights, not catching up until the Voting Rights Act of 1964.
>>>The Right to Vote and the Right to Bear Arms were in force before 1776. Indeed, the revolution would not have been possible without these rights.
>>>It has often been pointed out that the leaders of the Revolution were richer than the people they rebelled against.
>>>In 1772, the monumental Somerset Decision sent shock-waves through the American colonies. A slave had taken his owner to court. The court ruled that nobody in the British Isles could be owned by somebody else. If extended to the colonies, this would have ruined prosperous farmers who needed free labor.
Wikipedia has this to say on the subject: "Somerset v Stewart 98 ER 499 is a famous judgment of the English Court of King's Bench in 1772, which held that chattel slavery was unsupported by the common law in England and Wales."
>>>Rather than the claim that the king was acting selfishly, it can be argued that the leaders of the Patriots were. They were heavily in debt to British banks, following a bad crop in 1773.
>>> Paul Revere did not ride through Lexington, Massachusetts, shouting: "the British are coming." This would have made no sense as everybody was British. It would be like somebody today, seeing the police approaching, would shout out the warning that the Americans are coming. Rather, Paul Revere warned that "the Regulars are coming," a reference to full time professional troops.
>>>Geoffrey Wawro, a distinguished scholar of military history who teaches at the University of North Texas, led a discussion some years ago on "Global View" (History International Channel). The panel concluded that the separation of England and America weakened the English-speaking world considerably.
>>>By 1800, almost twenty years after independence, Americans were paying more in taxes than they had ever paid under colonial rule.
>>>As the Patriots called themselves the "Sons of Liberty," the Tories referred to them as the "Sons of Anarchy." Partly because of what happened a century earlier when England itself became a republic, many loyalists feared a total breakdown of law and order if the country became a republic, a country without a king. A Biblically literate population was aware of the warning at the end of the Book of Judges: "There was no king in Israel in those days; every man did that which was right in his own eyes." (Judges 25:25). No king meant anarchy!
>>>Many of today's super-patriots, those who celebrate the 4th of July most vigorously, ironically, would probably have been Tories in 1780. Conservatives don't like change or uncertainty.
>>>This brings us back to the Russians. Newt Gingrich's book "Yorktown" brings out that Catherine the Great of Russia offered to mediate between the British government and those rebelling against it. One idea proposed was that Americans would keep their unitary nation, but remain within the Empire. On the eve of the final Battle of Yorktown, this was acceptable to most Americans, including members of the Continental Congress. This would have resulted in America being more like Canada. It would, of course, also have meant there was no need for Canada – loyalists would have stayed where they were. Catherine's mediation attempt got nowhere – the autocratic Russian Empress was hardly a credible mediator between two sides that both believed in democracy.
>>>The victory at Yorktown would not have happened without the French navy. After the battle, the situation was unclear. It wasn't until the King asked parliament for more money to fight the rebellion that the war finally ended – parliament refused his request.
>>>Cut off from the empire's trading system, the US struggled financially after independence. Even in the 1930's, the nations of the British Empire recovered from the Great Depression quicker than the US. America was anxious to break into the imperial trading club without becoming a part of the empire.
The question remains: what did Americans gain from independence? One thing comes immediately to mind – that the new country was no longer bound by British treaties with the "Indians;" they could now expand westward.
Ironically, it was a British bank that financed the Louisiana Purchase and British investors who helped build the railways that opened up the West. So the Brits did their part to make the country expand anyway.
On the other hand, if those treaties had remained in effect, California may never have entered the Union and Hollywood might not exist – some would say, those are two very good reasons for remaining loyal to the Crown!
So, why did Americans revolt and why did the rebels (patriots) win?
Decades after the American Revolution, the Anglo-Israelite movement believed that the British Empire and the United States of America were the fulfillment of a prophecy in Genesis 48; that the two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, would become a great company of nations (Ephraim; the British Empire and Commonwealth) and his brother would become a great single nation (Manasseh, the United States). As the "company of nations" (Genesis 48:19) was united by the Crown, the great single nation had to break away from the crown, which is exactly what the United States did. Note: "He set Ephraim before Manasseh (verse 20)". Britain was the world's superpower before the United States. In relative terms, Britain was also greater than its successor. After the loss of the American colonies, the British went on to develop the greatest empire the world had ever seen.
In other words, God determined the outcome of the Revolutionary War in order to fulfill Bible prophecy.


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Cat Ryan submits-
Hi Joey
Justin Desilva's 20 part work of art is titled, Every Picture Tells A Story. His crosswalk art enlarges and interprets HarborWalk story moment content through a combination of digital paintings that he's printed and combined with long stretches of color field painted sky.
Here's one by the Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free library for the Samuel Sawyer story moment #31, an abstraction of the exterior and trees.
Acting Director Freyja Sanger with artist Justin Desilva
This one leads to the HarborWalk story post # for Temple Ahavat Achim across the street by the YMCA.
The dory is on Main Street. The Harborwalk story moment #24 is over on Harbor Loop.


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Monday, February 22, 2010
Science Fair: Observations of Ingredients--Non-Newtonian Fluids
Remembering that mostly, however, the girls just like to play with stuff and get messy, this morning I set up a little project for them on the observation of primarily non-Newtonian fluids--i.e., I let them play with ketchup.
To do this project with two kids of about the same skill level, I put four similar substances, each on its own large, roomy plate, on the table. I wanted the girls to experiment with the viscosity of various non-Newtonian fluids (in preparation for making oobleck later), so I set out molasses, maple syrup, ketchup, and olive oil--the olive oil is a Newtonian fluid, so it's serving as the control, and also the yogurt and honey that I buy are too expensive for me to want to let the girls piddle around in them: I had each girl wet a dishtowel and put it next to her for wiping her hands on, and then I set each up on her own chair at the table, with two plates in front of her. I labeled a notecard for each girl for each substance, and I encouraged them to make observations, which I noted for them on the card.
I encouraged them to taste each fluid, which was a big hit with some substances-- --but not others.
I encouraged the girls to smell each substance, but I ended up not recording any observations about this since, alas, my poor babies have head colds and thus assured me that each substance smelled "like nothing, Momma."
I encouraged the girls to touch each substance, and recorded all their observations of sticky or slippery or smooth or yucky----but I really wanted them to make some subtle observations about each fluid's viscosity and its response to pressure, so I encouraged them to draw a picture in each substance and then tell me what happened. Both girls noticed that you couldn't draw a picture at all with the olive oil, that you could draw a picture with the maple syrup but it would "erase" right away, that a picture drawn with molasses would stay for a while and erase more slowly, and that a picture drawn in ketchup would stay forever: When each girl had finished her observations about the two substances in front of her, they switched chairs and observed the other girl's two substances.
The girls could have played with their non-Newtonian fluids all day (and licked maple syrup and ketchup off of their fingers ALL day), but after everything started looking well-licked and a little grody, I sent them off to wash their hands and faces REALLY well, and when they came back I set them to work drawing a picture of each substance on the front of its notecard.
Will's pictures were fairly true to life:
8 comments:
- Stephanie said...
Great fun! Maddie loves experiments like that. Especially if they're in chemlab tubes and bottles. :)
- February 22, 2010 at 9:58 PM
That is great! I still have a little book of experiments from when I was really young. I did every experiment in that book and I don't think I could ever part with it. I'll send you the title if you want.
- February 23, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- cake said...
yogurt is too expensive, but maple syrup is not???? that stuff is like liquid gold!!
looks like a lot of fun though. cosmo really enjoys doing "taste tests" that are set up like that, with a chart and all. lately we have been trying different cheeses, with little toothpick flags as labels.
- February 23, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- julie said...
I'd LOVE the title!
Well...I go through $50 of maple syrup as a baking sweetener maybe every eight months? I go through $50 of Trader's Point Creamery low-fat vanilla yogurt every--oh, dear--NOT eight months. I'm flirting with going vegan, and one of the major benefits is that there aren't any gourmet, local, CRAZY-expensive soy yogurts on the local market.
- February 23, 2010 at 12:53 PM
I finally remembered to get the title of that book for you! It is called _My First Science Book_ by Angela Wilkes. It was published in 1990. I checked on the age range, which is K-3rd grade. Oh, and they have it at the library! Three copies, in fact. I hope you'll check it out. :)
- February 26, 2010 at 4:47 PM
P.S. If you do decided to check out that book, I thought I'd let you know that I loved the Bottle Volcano experiment especially well when I was a tot. (But they're all good!)
- February 26, 2010 at 4:49 PM
- Tina said...
Thanks for the great links in this post! My daughter turns 5 this year and though we have been unschooling all along, I feel like now is a good time to start "teaching" her more by leaving more interesting things around the house.
- November 28, 2010 at 7:28 PM
- Debbie's World of Books said...
What a good idea! I'm going to have to try this with my daughter. She's only 4 so a lot of the other science stuff is a little old for her and I've been running out of ideas. -The Non-Creative Mom :)
- January 20, 2012 at 12:11 AM