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Valentina Lisitsa, piano
The excitement of 92Y's 2013/14 season begins on Opening Night with internationally renowned pianist Valentina Lisitsa in her New York recital debut.
A YouTube sensation with more than 60 million views, Valentina plays a program voted on by fans—a Lisitsa trademark that has found success at London's Royal Albert Hall and Berlin's Philharmonie.
VALENTINA IN THE NEWS: Read this past Sunday's New York Times profile on Valentina Lisitsa on the "On the Blog" tab above.
Click on any linked musical title in the concert program listing to see a YouTube performance by Valentina Lisitsa.
Video series from British Sinfinimusic.com, 2012–2013. Includes interview with Valentina Lisitza by Norman Lebrecht and demos by Valentina of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Liszt's transcription of Schubert's "Der Müller und der Bach" ("The Miller and the Brook").
"I Hate Rachmaninoff"—note: posted April 1, 2013. Valentina Lisitsa discusses her relationship with Rachmaninoff and how his music has been used—and sometimes abused—over the decades.
Valentina Lisitsa performs Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" during her Royal Albert Hall recital, June 19, 2012.
Valentina Lisitsa announces her 92Y recital debut and voting for her program (now over).
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"Concerto for Piano and YouTube"—Profile of Valentina Lisitsa in The New York Times by Vivien Sweitzer. Here is an excerpt:
Far from destroying classical music, Ms. Lisitsa said, YouTube will create a new audience. "We are perpetually complaining about our audiences being old," she said.
"They are always dying but never quite die, because there will always be more old people," she added, referring to a letter that Chopin wrote about one concert at which there were no young people in the audience because it was the start of hunting season.
"Just as kids who initially like bubbly and graduate to fine wine, some people will graduate to the finer elements of classical music via YouTube," she said.
Special note: The profile mentions Valentina's video, "I Hate Rachmaninoff." You can watch that video on the Video & Audio tab above.
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"Valentina Lisitsa"—Interview with Valentina Lisitsa on BBC Music magazine's website by Rebecca Franks, Mar 15, 2013. Here is an excerpt:
How does [YouTube] change your relationship with your audience?
…We are all conditioned to be a polite audience. We are afraid to clap between movements, we are afraid to cough. We always applaud politely. But there was a time when people could break into cheers of excitement, or throw rotten vegetables at a performer. We are searching for this holy grail of interactivity: well give them the rotten tomatoes!
"The Justin Bieber of Classical Piano"—Article in the Wall Street Journal by Anna Russell, Mar 7, 2013. Here is an excerpt:
In 2009, Ms. Lisitsa began recording sessions for the Rachmaninoff concertos. To finance the project, she took out a mortgage on her home to raise the nearly $300,000 it took to hire the London Symphony Orchestra and book recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios. "This is like putting all your money into a software product startup that might pay off big-time or might not," says Joseph W. Polisi, president of New York's Juilliard School.
"The Classical Pianist With 55 Million YouTube Hits"—Article for National Public Radio by Anastasia Tsioulcas, March 14, 2013. Here's an excerpt:
… Decca sat up and took notice. She was signed to the label in May, and they promptly released her London concert debut—at the Royal Albert Hall, no less—a month later. This week, the august label released her recording of the complete Rachmaninov piano concertos. Measured by traditional standards, scoring a major label contract is, even in 2013, still a brass ring in a classical career.
"Pianist Valentina Lisitsa: interview with the YouTube Star"—Interview in London's Telegraph newspaper with Valentina Lisitsa by Sophie Wilson soon after DVD release of her Prince Albert Hall recital, Aug 19, 2012. Here is an excerpt:
Searching for inspiration, she started reading about business strategy online. It's not enough to make the world's best mousetrap; you also have to advertise it, she learnt. She decided to apply the same principles to her music, to bring it to the masses. So in 2007 she enlisted a student at the University of Miami to film her playing a Rachmaninov étude, nicknamed 'Little Red Riding Hood', and posted her first ever YouTube video. 'By nowadays' standards it is low resolution and the hands do not match with the sound, but there was something about it that people liked,' she says.
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Born Semyonovo, Russia, April 1, 1873; died Beverly Hills, March 28, 1943
Prelude in G major, Op. 32, No. 5
Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12
Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10
Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5
Prelude in E-flat major, Op. 23, No. 6
Prelude in B-flat major, Op. 23, No. 2
Op. 23 Preludes composed in 1903-04; Op. 32 Preludes composed in 1910; 21 minutes
By the age of 40 Sergei Rachmaninoff had established himself as a significant composer as well as a conductor of opera. Happily married, he and his wife lived with their two daughters on a family estate, Ivanovka, about 300 miles southeast of Moscow. There he lived a comfortable life, alternating between time on the road (which he loathed) in concert season and time at home (which he loved) during the rest of the year. His world changed utterly in October 1917. Fleeing the Russian Revolution, Rachmaninoff and his family left their beloved home, never to return.
Not only did Rachmaninoff leave his native land and culture behind, but also his aspirations as a composer and conductor. A practical man, he supported his family as a concert pianist until the end of his life, 26 years later. The fact that he was one of the 20th century's preeminent pianists—and one of the most admired pianists in the instrument's history—never erased his sorrow at losing his homeland and being robbed of the time in which to fulfill his promise as a composer.
That promise showed itself early. Eventually composing 24 piano preludes, Rachmaninoff gained fame from his very first effort in the genre, the Prelude in C-sharp minor. Barely out of the Moscow Conservatory, the 19-year-old composed and published that work in 1892, and it became an instant worldwide phenomenon. Its popularity, at first welcome to the young composer, haunted him to the end of his days. "Play IT," his audience would call out to him at the end of a concert.
By 1903 Rachmaninoff had decided to imitate Chopin, whom he revered, by writing a piano prelude in every major and minor key. He conceived of the genre in dramatic terms: not merely as an occasional piece for the piano, but rather as a statement with purpose, a poem for keyboard, a theatrical curtain-raiser. Completing ten such preludes in 1904, he published them as Op. 23. In 1910 he published the remaining 13 as Op. 32.
Unlike Chopin, who had arranged his 24 Preludes in the sequence of the classic "circle of fifths," Rachmaninoff did not intend his to be performed as one cohesive cycle. Rather, they are 24 gems that glow with a wide variety of colors and styles. Technically and musically challenging (Rachmaninoff had large hands that could cover a wide span of keys, and a left hand that could do anything), they have nevertheless appeared with regularity on concert programs from the time he first introduced them.
Audiences may not call out "Play IT!" for these preludes, but with their superlative lyricism, lush harmonic textures and captivating dramatic content, they always thrill listeners—and performers, too. Everyone has reason to regret, along with Rachmaninoff himself, that his composing career was eclipsed by the realities of political and economic forces over which he had little control.
The six preludes on this concert amply fulfill Rachmaninoff's intention, to create mini-dramas for the piano: The sweet insouciance of Op. 32, No. 5; the icy bells of Op. 32, No. 12; the rich tolling and echoing phrases of Op. 32, No. 10; the martial majesty of Op. 23, No 5; the haunting lyricism of Op. 23, No. 6; and the wild bravura of Op. 23, No. 2 add up to a thrilling experience of musical theater.
© 2013 Sandra Hyslop
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Born St. Petersburg, September 25, 1906; died Moscow, August 9, 1975
Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61
Composed in 1943; 26 minutes
Although a prolific composer of chamber music and orchestral, choral and operatic works, Shostakovich composed relatively few pieces for solo piano. Unlike the other three composers on this concert, all of whom achieved renown as virtuoso soloists, Shostakovich used his considerable piano skills in support of composing and teaching. The Sonata No. 1 (1926), 24 Preludes (1932–1933), 24 Preludes and Fugues (1950–1951), and this Sonata No. 2 (1943) form the core of his relatively short works list for piano.
Shostakovich was professor at the Leningrad Conservatory in June 1941when the German army invaded the city, initiating the 900-day horror that became known as the Siege of Leningrad. For some weeks he served as a civilian fire watch while continuing to teach and to compose, but he eventually accepted evacuation orders and spent the ensuing months as a refugee. In spite of the deprivations he—and his fellow citizens—suffered, Shostakovich completed several important compositions, including the monumental Seventh Symphony. While in Kuybïshev (now Samara, in the southeastern part of European Russia), he began composing the Sonata in B minor and completed it in Moscow, where he performed the premiere on June 6, 1943.
The Sonata's motoric first movement at first disguises the emotional power that Shostakovich poured into this work. Composed in memory of his revered piano professor and mentor, Leonid Nikolayev, who had died suddenly in Tashkent the previous October, the work contains hidden references to himself and to his teacher. It is, ultimately, a work that expresses grief and sorrow.
The Allegretto movement opens with a moto perpetuo, requiring the two hands to trade the rapidly moving figures in alternation with melodic materials that crisply punctuate the flow of 16th notes. These punctuations become more aggressive and soon dominate the mood as angry chord clusters. A recurring melodic figure of a quick downward third is menacing, not jaunty. After a brief return to the rapidly moving 16ths of the beginning, the movement closes with the sharp, angry chords.
The second movement, a melancholy Largo, is a haunted meditation. Nominally in A-flat major, its melody wanders quietly in search of a home. Improvisatorial in style, it seeks, but does not find, rest. It drifts away in silence.
The Moderato final movement comprises a theme and nine variations. The main theme is built around the well-known "DSCH" motif that Shostakovich used so frequently in compositions that were especially close to his heart. (It also appears, for example, in the Violin Concerto No. 1, Cello Concerto No. 1, String Quartet No. 8, and two symphonies, numbers 10 and 15.) "D" stands for the note D, and "SCH" stands for the German nomenclature for the notes E-flat ("ES"), C ("C"), and B-natural ("H"). "D" also stands for "Dmitri," and "SCH" for "Shostakovich," in the transliteration from Cyrillic into German (Schostakowitsch). Therefore, the melody, which has the notes D, E-flat, C and B at its heart, and all its nine variations, are intimate and personal expressions of Shostakovich himself. The variations portray many moods, all of them edgy, and the Sonata closes on quiet B-minor chords.
© 2013 Sandra Hyslop
Born Zelazowa Wola, Poland, March 1, 1810; died Paris, October 17, 1849
Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1
Nocturne in F major, Op. 15, No. 1
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1
Nocturne in F-sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1
Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth.
Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2
Composed in 1830–1843; c. 33 minutes
One can hardly read the words "Chopin Nocturnes" without an accompanying reference to the Irish composer John Field (1782–1837). Between 1814–1835 Field wrote 18 Nocturnes for piano that Chopin admired. However, several other factors paved Chopin's path toward his own piano Nocturnes.
Chopin was privately (and sometimes, not so privately) critical of most other composers, including even Beethoven, as well as of those contemporaries with whom he had a nominal friendship, such as Liszt, Schumann and Mendelssohn. Bach and Mozart were his models. Chopin was a brilliant pianist, but he abhorred performing for the public, and he retired early from his fledgling concert career. In an era when audiences favored grand symphonic expressions, virtuoso performers and large opera productions, Chopin's taste ran rather to the music miniature—not wimpy, not vapid, but refined in scale: Bellini, not Berlioz. Just when piano manufacturers were creating instruments capable of expressing wide-ranging, large sounds, Chopin preferred the French Pleyel piano, which was characterized by its subtle sonic textures and light action.
Chopin's affinity for the counterpoint of Bach's keyboard works, the clarity of Mozart's sonata structures and the mellifluous lyricism of Bellini's opera arias led him to create startling new miniatures suited to his Pleyel piano. Beginning in 1830, and continuing for the next 15 years, Chopin created 21 Nocturnes that gave new insights into the night and its music.
In 1859 an edition of Field's Nocturnes appeared in print, with an introduction written by its editor, the pianist Franz Liszt. In it, Liszt drew a comparison between the Nocturnes of the two composers:
"Chopin, in his poetic Nocturnes, sang not only the harmonies which are the source of our most ineffable delights, but likewise the restless, agitating bewilderment to which they oft give rise. His flight is loftier, though his wing be more wounded; and his very suaveness grows heartrending, so thinly does it veil his despairing anguish.…Their closer kinship to sorrow than those of Field renders them the more strongly marked; their poetry is more sombre and fascinating; they ravish us more, and are less reposeful …."
Liszt's poetic description bears the weight of technical analysis: Field wrote all but three of his 18 in major mode; Chopin wrote ten of his 21 in minor. Field's Nocturnes tend to follow a simple construction on an ABA, or ABAB pattern; Chopin's are more varied and complex in style and shape. (When he does use an ABA construction, as in Op. 27, No. 1, Chopin imbues it with high drama.) Field's melodies are usually accompanied by a simple, flowing left-hand pattern of arpeggiation; Chopin not only set his complicated melodies over more extensive left-hand figurations (as in Op. 27, No. 2), but also integrated the two hands with sophisticated contrapuntal activity.
The Nocturnes of this evening's program reveal the range of Chopin's imagination and the depths of his exploration. They range from the simple lyricism of the well-known Op. 9, No. 2, to the grandeur of Op. 48, No. 1. In Op. 15, the fire in the Trio of No. 1 follows the passionate fioritura of No. 2. Within the night of these works, Chopin has created angst alongside its beauty, disquiet amidst its repose and the threat of storms before morning.
© 2013 Sandra Hyslop
Born Raiding, Hungary, October 22, 1811; died Bayreuth, July 31, 1886
Composed in 1839 and 1865; 15 minutes
In ancient tradition Death was a fiddler playing an out-of-tune instrument. His bewitching dance of death—in German "der Totentanz" and in French "Danse macabre"—was all the more insidious for the shrillness of its off-pitch strings. Once caught up in its musical spell, a listener would dance uncontrollably until Death ended the tune forever.
Franz Liszt's Totentanz was one of several piano works that he wrote on the subject of death. For this piece he chose the ancient Gregorian melody Dies irae (Day of Wrath) to underscore the ominous theme. In his virtuosic paraphrase (i. e., variations, of which there are six) on the tune, Liszt challenges the pianist to explore the outer limits of the instrument, with extremes of sound and tempo that range from tenderly subtle to frantic and cataclysmic.
The Totentanz is reminiscent of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, in which the Dies irae plays a significant role. Liszt would have known that orchestral fantasy well, as it was performed frequently in Paris during the 1830s and '40s. Later, when Liszt rearranged his solo Totentanz as a concert work for piano and orchestra, he imitated Berlioz's instrumental palette to good effect, asking the violinists to play "col legno," applying the wood of their bows to the strings, in an echo of dancing skeleton bones.
Liszt composed the piano solo piece originally in 1839 and completed it for publication in 1865, dedicating it to the conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow, who was married at that time to Liszt's daughter Cosima. (She would subsequently divorce him in order to marry Richard Wagner.) Bülow gave the first performance of Totentanz in The Hague on April 15, 1865.
© 2013 Sandra Hyslop
Valentina Lisitsa is not only the first "YouTube star" of classical music. More importantly, she the first classical artist to have converted her Internet success into a global concert career, performing in the principal venues of Europe, the US, South America and Asia.
The Ukraine-born artist began her musical education in her native city of Kiev at the Lysenko Music School for highly talented children, though she also dreamed of becoming a professional chess player. In 1992 she emigrated to the US, where she and her husband Alexei Kuznetsoff launched a career as two-piano partners. Despite several competition successes and consequent concert engagements, her career ceased to progress, so with a strong sense for innovation and an openness for new ideas, Ms. Lisitsa looked for ways to enlarge her audience.
In 2007 Ms. Lisitsa posted her first video on YouTube: Rachmaninoff's Etude, Op. 39, No. 6. Despite the low-tech quality of the recording and a sub-standard piano, the click-through rate soared, and more videos followed. Her YouTube channel (youtube.com/valentinalisitsa) now garners more than 60 million views and 92,000 subscribers.
Over the next several years, Ms. Lisitsa appeared with the Rotterdam and Seoul philharmonics; the Chicago, Pittsburgh and San Francisco symphonies; and the Orchestra Sinfonica Brasileira. Her international stature was secured in June 2012 with a celebrated recital in London's Royal Albert Hall before an audience of 8,000. There she established what would be come one of her trademarks: listeners voted online in advance of the concert for their preferred program.
This past February Ms. Lisitsa made her Berlin debut in the celebrated Berlin Philharmonie, and her October 19 concert at 92Y marks her New York solo recital debut. Other highlights of her 2013/14 season include engagements in Chicago, Cologne, Munich, Stuttgart, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea. She will also appear at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, the Rheingau Music Festival and London's Wigmore Hall.
An exclusive Decca Classics recording artist since 2012, Ms. Lisitsa released her third album for the label, Liszt, earlier this month. The disc includes Hungarian Rhapsody No.12, Ballade No. 2 and several Liszt song transcriptions. Ms. Lisitsa's first Decca release, Live at the Royal Albert Hall was released in June 2012, and it was followed by the complete piano concertos and the Paganini Rhapsody of Rachmaninoff with the London Symphony and Michael Francis. Last year Ms. Lisitsa earned a 2012 Gramophone Award nomination for her recording with violinist Hilary Hahn of Charles Ives: Four Sonatas for Deutsche Grammophon.
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The Competencies and Limitations of Science
Science provides humans with a powerful way of understanding creation and harnessing it for the common good.
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Science provides humans with a powerful way of understanding creation and harnessing it for the common good.
"A vast number of congregational leaders know that when they deal with evolution, they are also dealing with job security."- Joel Hunter
Francis Collins' story and reasoning opened my mind to something new: I didn't have to build a wall around my faith to keep science from tearing it down.
Being involved in science is a natural outflow of our own human natures and God-given intellect, and Christians in the sciences can be a witness to the world around them.
Rather than the image of God as engineer or software designer, I prefer the image of God as slow and steady artist, weaving a tapestry of great beauty in all creatures great and small.
"In fostering such dialogue between theologians and scientists who are Christians, BioLogos is forging a middle ground between presentations of science that are antagonistic towards faith and faith that will not accommodate science." -Joshua Swamidass
If you read Ecclesiastes carefully, Solomon is not saying that knowledge and learning are bad; he's saying they're incomplete.
Like a master craftsman, the God who creates over billions of years is not in a hurry. Meticulous care goes into every creative action.
As I investigate my newfound faith alongside my scientific knowledge, the Lord continues to reveal to me that scientific findings and the use of the scientific method are very good, just as his Word is also good.
Everything changed for me when I learned to acknowledge that I was made in the image of Jesus, who was theology and biology integrated.
Being a scientist in the Christian community, now that's a little difficult at times. Many Christians have stubbornly resisted understanding the vastness of God's creation in time and space.
I think the deepest question is "chance vs. necessity" in the origin of life. Not so much whether life was bound to occur...but more the question, "given that life started, was it destined to look the way we find it?"
Sometimes when I am studying evolution, I take a step back and worship my Lord because I am so in awe.
From geology to biology to research into the origin of life itself, the power of water shows the faithfulness and creativity of our Creator.
My journey has been gradual and halting, and I think that that is how it is for many people. It seems to me that it would be too cataclysmic to have all of our ideas shift at once. Our minds and hearts wouldn't be able to handle it.
A college student raised as a young-earth creationist shares his story of coming to understand and appreciate God's evolving creation.
If we want people to accept that evangelical Christianity and evolution can co-exist, then it will only happen in the context of relationships.
Is Christianity anti-science? Can Christians be good scientists? Is science the only source of true knowledge? Pastor Dave Gustavsen of Jacksonville Chapel addresses these issues.
A story of how BioLogos helped heal a marriage split over science and faith.
Evolution is a challenging subject to consider in light of biblical faith, so it is often easier to ignore or reject it than to engage in meaningful discussion about the topic. Yet considering evolutionary creation has important benefits for Christians both in our relationship with the Creator, and in our relationships with other people—both believers and non-believers.

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Bicycle Safety Tips
Ride with Traffic: Ride in a straight line, giving sufficient space between yourself and parked cars in order to avoid opening doors. Obey all traffic laws and signals. Plan your route in order to avoid detours or surprises.
Use hand signals to let motorists and pedestrians know what you intend to do. Signaling is not only a law, it is a matter of protection and courtesy. Use eye contact to confirm you are seen and establish your presence on the road.
Two Ways to Turn Left: 1) signal, yield to traffic, move into the left lane and turn left 2) ride straight across to the far side of the crosswalk, then walk your bike across. Many accidents occur at intersections -proceed with care.
Take Care of Your Bike: It is important that your bike fits you properly and that the brakes, gears and steering are well maintained. Keep a toolkit, hand pump, and patch kit for roadside emergencies. To protect your bike, secure it with a U-lock, or cable lock.
Use Appropriate Lane: Avoid being in a left or right turn only lane when you plan to go straight. Move into the proper lane early on. If traffic is moving slowly, or the lane is narrow, it may be best to take the whole lane. Remember to be courteous and aware when sharing the road.
Safety Gear: It is important to have the proper gear to be safe when you ride. Wearing a helmet can reduce head injury by 85%. To increase visibility, it is beneficial to wear reflective, and lightly colored clothing. Lights are required at night. Use a bright white headlight, and red reflector. Remember to bring plenty of water!


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Assured by Love
We tend to think secretly (perhaps subconsciously) that God must have loved us for some reason within ourselves. But Scripture says there was nothing in us to love. Have you begun to understand the amazing nature of divine love? Pray ...Read More
A New View of Suffering
Have you learned to look for the good that God is working to bring out of your tribulations? Be diligent to take your experiences of suffering to Him in prayer, asking for perseverance, character, and hope. Ask also for assurance ...Read More
Our Cherished Hope
You may have been a Christian for many years, but in a very real sense you are still standing in the "foyer" of God's grace. He is going to take you farther on, even unto glorification, when you will see ...Read More
An Assured Salvation
The Scriptures make clear that peace with God is the foundation for and source of the peace of God. Such peace stems from knowing that almighty God has set His love upon us and orders all our circumstances for our ...Read More
Questioning God's Lot
Ephraim and Manasseh find much of their land occupied by enemies. Other tribes seem to receive much more peaceful territories. So God guided the lot, and so He does in the lives of His people today. Some struggle more than ...Read More
Claiming a Share
Zelophehad's daughters came boldly before Joshua because God had promised them an inheritance. How much more should we come before God to claim what has been promised to us? The Word of God encourages us to come boldly (Heb. 4:16) ...Read More
The Sons of Joseph
Ephraim did not obey God's command to drive the Canaanites out. That meant that idolworshiping pagans lived in their midst, and their hearts were soon led astray. We often cannot foresee the negative consequences of disobedience and unbelief in God's ...Read More
Cities of Judah's Land
Have you ever tried to catalog your blessings? Why not do so? Actually write down the good things God has given to you, as many as you can think of: your spouse, your children, good friends, lessons you've learned, great ...Read More
Caleb's Successes
Caleb was not concerned solely with his own interests. Clearing his own land of the giants, he pressed on to retake Debir. By so doing, he helped his tribe and brought glory to God. Do you take risks for the ...Read More
Judah's Inheritance
Judah, being a populous tribe, was given a big territory—and a big responsibility. It was stationed on the border between Israel and some of its fiercest enemies. The Bible declares that " 'to whom much is given, from him much ...Read More
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Lasagne di panissa… it took me a while to figure out what they were. I once tasted something similar to panissa, farinata, which is a focaccia made with chickpea flour rather than regular flour and which is typical of a region called Liguria, situated on the North-West Italian coast. Although I have been to Liguria only twice, 1/4 of my genes comes from there (my grandma and all her family were from that region), so I feel kind of mellow when this region is involved. Not surprisingly, I am particularly attracted by Ligurian cuisine, which is mostly vegetarian, extremely simple AND delicious.
So… I could not skip the monthly edition of Quanti Modi Di Fare e Rifare, involving this time a version of panissa with broccoli and bechamel sauce, previously published by Nanocucina. I felt creative and decided to redo this recipe using a filling based on roasted pumpkin, ricotta and Parmesan. To say it was delicious is an understatement (scroll down for the complete method – anche in italiano!).
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Thursday, October 04, 2001Johnson City, Tenn. -- East Tennessee State senior kicker Con Chellis kicked a 41-yard field goal as time expired to give the Buccaneers a 23-21 victory over The Citadel Thursday night from Memorial Center. The Bucs (2-3, 1-2 SoCon) took an early advantage as senior quarterback Matt Wilhjelm capped a eight play, 79-yard drive with a one-yard sneak with 7:34 remaining in the first quarter. The Bucs got off to a good start on the drive, as Wilhjelm hit junior wide receiver Charvin Clark with a 49-yard strike on the first play. The Citadel (1-3, 0-2) answered back with a 10 play, 49-yard drive following a Buccaneer fumble. Bulldog running back Maurice Murphy scored on a three-yard run. The extra point failed as a bad snap was picked up and thrown into the end zone by holder Stan Hollingsworth. The pass was intercepted by ETSU linebacker Andrew Foerster. Just before the half, ETSU widened their lead when wide receiver Cecil Moore hauled in a two-yard Wilhjelm pass in the corner of the end zone to make the score 13-6 with :11 remaining in the half. The Chellis extra point attempt was blocked. The Citadel opened the second half with an inspired drive that ended with a Nate Mahoney 13-yard run with 11:07 remaining in the third quarter. The Citadel's drive covered 62 yards, all but 15 of those yards came on the ground. The only exception was a pass interference penalty that was assessed on the Bucs. But the Bucs would come right back, as running back Corey Carter scored his first rushing touchdown of the season, powering in from one yard with 6:43 remaining in the third quarter. The drive began on the Bulldog's 9-yard line after Kareem Coffin recovered a William Hines fumble on an Aaron Bass 43-yard punt. The Citadel cut the Buccaneer lead to 20-19 after another Murphy touchdown run. This one was from one-yard out with 12:09 left in the game. The Bulldogs would take the lead at 21-20 after a Mazzie Drummond pass to Nick Johnson for the two-point conversion. After defensive stands by both teams, the Bucs got the ball back on their own 20 with 2:40 remaining in the game. Wilhjelm led the Bucs on an exciting drive that included a 19-yard pass to Moore on fourth and 13, a 25-yard pass to Carter on third and 13, and an 11-yard run by Wilhjelm on third and eight. After a timeout by East Tennessee State and two timeouts by The Citadel, Chellis lined up for the 41-yard attempt. He split the uprights as the final horn sounded. Wilhjelm had a solid game under center for the Bucs, going 10-20 with 155 yards and one touchdown. Drummond led The Citadel through the air, completing four of seven passes for 69 yards. The Bucs had their best rushing performance of the season, gaining 178 yards on the ground. Andrew Nuckolls led the Bucs with 69 yards on six carries. Carter gained 34 yards on seven carries and scored a touchdown on the evening. The Citadel's rushing attach was strong, with Murphy gaining 92 yards on 25 carries and reaching the end zone twice. Mahoney also had a good game, tallying 69 yards on 18 carries. ETSU was led in receiving by Moore who pulled in four balls for 61 yards. Clark had 49 yards receiving and Carter has 46 yards on the evening. Bud Pough led The Citadel with 60 yards on two receptions. Both defenses were stingy on the evening, as the Bucs had six tackles for a loss and the Bulldogs registered seven. Linebacker Mike Cornegay led ETSU in tackles for the second-straight game, finishing with 14 stops and a forced fumble. Defensive tackle Brandon Calton had a fine game with six tackles (three for a loss) and a sack. Lamar Sales had a great game for The Citadel with 12 tackles (two for a loss), a fumble recovery and a sack. Kevin Gause had six tackles, three pass breakups and a blocked field goal for the Bulldogs. The Bucs have an open date next weekend and face Furman in their next game on Oct. 20 from Greenville, S.C. The Citadel also plays the Paladins in their next game, hosting Furman on Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. from Charleston, S.C.
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This week during his speech at George Washington University, President Obama said one of the ways he plans on cutting Medicare costs is to cut government spending on prescription drugs by $200 billion over ten years. He said, "We will cut spending on prescription drugs by using Medicare's purchasing power to drive greater efficiency and speed generic brands of medicine onto the market."
With this statement, Obama seems to suggest that he wants Medicare to use its clout and to start negotiating prices directly with pharmaceutical companies, something the Veterans Administration, for one, has been doing for years. The only problem is that back in 2006 when Congress expanded Medicare to cover prescription drugs, the law included a gift to drug companies that specifically prohibits the government from directly negotiating on drug prices.
While campaigning for the presidency, Obama often spoke about taking on drug companies and allowing Medicare to have bargaining power over prices. He also supported the re-importation of cheaper prescription drugs from Canada as a way to lower health care costs. But in order to get Pharma support for the Affordable Care Act, these two measures were taken off the table and left out of the legislation.
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With the state's cybersecurity industry centered on the U.S. Cyber Command near Fort Meade in central Maryland, Montgomery County staked its own claim to the cybersecurity industry this week.
Leaders of 11 top high-tech companies — including Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. — signed a partnership agreement with a fairly new Rockville-based center on cybersecurity, pledging to work together to further that growing industry.
The companies will help the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence — an agency formed a year ago by the federal National Institute of Standards and Technology, Montgomery County and the state of Maryland — develop leading-edge technology to combat hackers and other cyber-criminals, officials said.
"Cybersecurity is one of those areas that requires effective partnerships with the private sector," said Patrick Gallagher, director of NIST, which is based in Gaithersburg.
In 2011, more than 174 million records were hacked into worldwide, costing businesses billions of dollars, according to federal figures.
Intel and other businesses are providing consultation services and helping test products on an in-kind basis to the Rockville center. The work will benefit important national initiatives, such as health information technology. With that, more cybersecurity businesses are expected to crop up in Montgomery and Frederick counties.
"We expect that it will result in disseminating technology into the community to help generate start-up companies here," said Thomas Gann, vice president for government relations at McAfee and a Montgomery County resident. McAfee of Santa Clara, Calif., is a cybersecurity subsidiary of Intel.
Bethesda defense and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin Corp. is among Montgomery companies already involved in the industry. In 2009, Lockheed opened the 25,000-square-foot NexGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Center in Gaithersburg with a technology data center, high-definition video teleconferencing section and computing platforms for experiments and design activities.
State-of-the-art, virtual labs have been built at Montgomery College to allow students to study firewall security and other aspects.
At the Rockville center, Intel and other companies will also provide some products, such as hardware and software for mobile devices that can be used to track Internet criminals, said Gavin O'Brien, a NIST computer scientist.
The U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade is expected to boost its personnel figures to 5,000 in the next few years from 900 now, Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) said. He was among the more than 100 public and private leaders who attended the signing ceremony at the center's headquarters on the Universities at Shady Grove campus.
"Those are federal government jobs," O'Malley said. "There will be a lot more private-sector jobs created as a result of that."
NIST was picked to lead the federal portion of the partnership due to its strong ties and previous work with private companies, U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) said. The federal government budgeted $10 million in fiscal 2012 to get the center rolling and is contributing millions of dollars more to the effort, she said.
Other companies that signed agreements included Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, HyTrust, RSA, Splunk, Symantec Corp. and Venafi.
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) and National Security Agency Chief Gen. Keith B. Alexander, who heads the Fort Meade Cyber Command, also attended.
The center's headquarters on the USG campus in Rockville are temporary, and officials seek permanent space with a goal of remaining in Montgomery County, said Jennifer Huergo, a spokeswoman for NIST.


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A firsthand investigation of how demagogues form, actress-turned-director Nino Kirtadze's documentary Durakovo: The Village of Fools journeys to the titular locale - a castle outside of Moscow - that is housing a terrifying new political movement. At the center of Durakovo stands Mikhail Morozov, a political leader who bands his followers together under the guise of extreme right-wing Russian nationalism. Cameras rolling, Kirtadze witnesses the fruition of this new movement, as it attracts a disturbingly large number of followers - most of them extremely young and impressionable - and begins to spread in both influence and popularity.~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
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So I had another telephone call with Crown and was given the reasons behind this strange smell. Apparently there can be bacteria on a wall, (which she said would not go away even if the wall was washed/preped/scrubbed before hand) which reacts with the paint. Note she said *the* paint and not *their* paint specifically. It can occur with any brand paint..... not convinced of that mind you. She also said that some customers who have had the same problem have found the smell on only one or two walls not all of them and also some had used the same paint in two rooms but only one room smelt.
Again, she offered me a free tin of alkaline resistant primer and assured me it would work. At this point I thought it was either that or ripping off the wallpaper. The Mr and I decided to try the primer as a last resort. I was warned the smell would be strong and it was! But.... what a pleasant change to smell a solvent paint instead of a dead rat's Censored in my daughters room! We did a coat of the primer on Saturday and then a coat of the original coloured paint on top on Sunday, (we were given this paint free too but it was mixed at the Crown decorating centre I picked it up from and was their trade paint not their Breatheasy crap.)
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It's almost here! I can't say I was bored during the off-season, because I have really enjoyed my time in Australia so far, but I've really missed competing.
I came to Australia straight from Bali actually, and spent time with Adam at tournaments in Sydney and Melbourne. I also visited my family in Melbourne.
Then I came to Queensland for some intense physical preparation. We really took advantage of the beautiful surroundings: that was a big reason for me to train here. Just like I did two years ago, I did a lot of running through Noosa National Park, swimming and many other outdoor activities. I can't think of a more beautiful place to train and it definitely helps keep you motivated!
Nigel arrived about a month ago and I moved my focus from physical preparation to tennis. It was great to see Nigel's excitement, and that also got me pumped. This is the longest time we've had together away from tournaments, so we've been able to work on many things and I'm really happy with how it's gone.
The Brisbane tournament starts in just a few days and I can't wait. I'm nervous and excited at the same time.
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Corton Tasting Menu Review + Photos
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My boyfriend and I were looking for a tasting menu for dinner two weekends ago. We mentioned Corton and then moved past it, figuring that there's a whole world of NYC restaurants we haven't been to. For days, we mulled over Gramercy Tavern, Corton, Scarpetta, Corton, Ai Fiori, Corton, Aldea . . . and then we actually read the menu on Corton's website. SOLD. "Wacked-out modernist cuisine", my boyfriend calls it. With two much-deserved Michelin stars to boot.
This is the $155 tasting menu with wine pairings also at $155:
• arugula Gorgonzola cake
Soft and slightly bitter, with a kick of blue cheese.
• lemongrass tuile and some fried balls of something
The tuile tasted like Froot Loops, and we seem to think the fried balls were cheesy, but don't make this your sole reason for making a reservation just in case I'm wrong. They were served alongside a homemade XO sauce, and we love XO, but the fried ball was sadly the wrong vessel for the sauce, and I didn't get the flavor of it at all.
• pretzel and candied chestnut brioche
Pretzels in the bread basket make me swoon. So did the candied square of chestnut at the center of this roll.
• black bean chawanmushi, confit citrus
There was about an eighth of an inch of custard in this pot, but it packed a salty flavor punch with notes of bacon and leafy greens. The confit citrus peel was a deliiiiicious crunchy addition. Black bean and orange–who knew?
• black truffle: classic foie gras and black truffle spiral, toasted buckwheat, kombu toffee
I love how the menu calls this a "classic foie gras and black truffle spiral". I've never seen anything remotely resembling it before. The foie torchon (so smooth, so creamy) was surrounded by a gelee layer of black truffle that was unfortunately overpowered by the flavor of the liver, but the dish overall was really nice and really savory. For someone who likes the flavor of mushrooms but thinks they're kind of weird-looking and weird-feeling, this completely homogenous sauce-like preparation was perfect, and the apple sliver and crisp kombu (kelp) strip added the necessary crunch. A scoop of radish added brightness and sourness. The toasted buckwheat roll on the side was perfectly soft on the inside but provided enough structure to make a great foie vessel.
• spirit of sweet potato: sweet potato gnocchi, pumpkin seeds, warm Serrano ham consomme
The juxtaposition between the rich potato gnocchi and ham consomme and the fresh leaves and tiny romanesco (prettiest vegetable ever, right?) made this a much more complex dish than I expected at first glance. The egg nestled next to the gnocchi broke to spread a single drop of balsamic, making the consomme even richer.
• smoke and winter: flavors of smoke and winter–smoked cod cheek, smoked mackerel, ricotta whey, whole grain mustard and hazelnut, green olive paste
I was excited to try my first cod cheek (foreground), but the sliver of smoked mackerel (background) was actually more flavorful and more tender. This wasn't the first fish in whey I've had recently, and I still love the tenderness and simplicity it lends to a seafood dish. I also liked the crunchy whole-grain mustard and the meringue-like texture of the triangular black . . . thing.
• kalamansi mandarin mochi, Persian lime
This little sweet and sour ball was delivered in a box dotted with ripe calamansi (sour citrus) fruits. I almost didn't expect it to be sweet, coming so soon in the meal, but it was a whirl of orange-y, lime-y, yuzu-y ice cream wrapped in a mochi skin. I loved the little speck of gold leaf, because I am a glutton for luxury.
• Atlantic turbot, fine mousseline of white pine and black truffle, delicate puree of Winesap apple and pine, bergamot paste, creamy veloute of chestnut and mussel
Wonderfully gelatinous charred turbot belly (foreground right), a curry-like sauce, sweet apple gel, a tender mussel, cabbage stuffed with chopped chestnut and resembling a little brain (background left), a tiny caterpillar-like cylinder of something crunchy like a radish (background right). The "tarte rouge" served on the side was like a side salad with fresh beets and radishes and a cracker instead of croutons. The yuzu cream on the edge of the plate–heaven.
This dish was a huge mishmash of textures and sour and bitter flavors. I'm not sure how composed you can call a dish with so many elements, but I'm not sure I care about composition when everything is so delicious and interesting.
• buckwheat soup dumpling with oxtail, truffle, sweet bread
I've had a soup dumpling or two hundred in my time in NYC, but this sour-rich-deep-dark one was completely new to me. We debated about whether the oxtail, truffle, and sweetbreads were all necessary since none of those specific flavors came through, but we decided that the dumpling wouldn't have tasted the same without each one of them, that the overall outcome was more important than the presence of individual ingredients. My boyfriend said it reminded him of a Persian beef stew with Persian lime.
Also: gold leaf.
• calotte de boeuf cooked in black birch, slow-cooked oxtail, turnip and white miso puree
Apparently the calotte de boeuf is the meat that forms that cap of a prime rib. This is either the best part of the cow or the part that butchers throw away, depending on which blog Google directs you to. Apparently this cut is sometimes called deckle but is different than the deckle used in pastrami. I'm confused. But I'm not confused about how totally tasty, totally homey, totally sausage-y this calotte was–completely at odds with the sour black miso and onion served on the side. I loved the tender artichoke slice (foreground right), but the best part of the dish was the little chilled cube of gelatinous tea (background left). Something about how delicious it was just sent me over the edge, and I had to stop eating for a second to keep from crying. WHAT.
• tartare de boeuf, delicate gelee of beef shin, green mango, hazelnut cream
Served on the side of the calotte was this tartare with chive and onion flavors and that sweet and fatty gelee underneath. The "bread" was a puffed beef tendon similar to the one we saw at wd~50 a few months ago. It's like a packing peanut covered in movie popcorn butter. This one wasn't as buttery as theirs, but I was happy to see it on another dish at all.
• Salers raw cow's milk cheese from the Auvergne region in France, lemon date gelee, sable of Malabar pepper
"These cows graze on shoots", our server told us, "so it's a very floral cheese." What he meant was that this was going to taste like a really stanky barnyard. Luckily, it was diluted by the sweet fig and Malabar (Indian) spice-covered bread sliver that reminded us of gingerbread. The gelee was unfortunately unflavored, but overall, I thought it a well-composed dish.
• tarte a l'orange: blood orange tart, blood orange sorbet, blood orange dentil
This blood orange sorbet tasted like the white Smarties candies. My boyfriend observed this with his extra-attuned palate, and he was entirely correct. The tart was like an old-fashioned cream pie with a pink iridescent top, and the sorbet was almost too sour for how tame the flavor of the pie was, but both were delicious in their own right. They also made our glasses of Sauternes taste herbal. I can't find any information about what a culinary dentil is that doesn't involve Chef Paul Liebrandt, but its traditional definition calls it an architectural detail, so maybe the delicate slice of blood orange candy garnishing the sorbet is the architectural detail on this dessert in Chef Liebrandt's eyes.
Also: gold leaf.
• fig: cremeux of Mast Brothers Moho River Chocolate, black mission fig ice cream, tarragon gelee
There was again no discernible flavor to this gelee, but the creamy dark Brooklyn chocolate with notes of peanut butter made up for that in spades. I loved the texture of the seeds in the fig and the fact that it was cold.
Also: gold leaf.
• mulled wine pate de fruits
Just as bursting with flavor as you want them to be.
• nougat
Is anything more seemingly-boring and yet actually-delicious than nougat? It was so good that I got distracted and have no idea what the pastry was. But I do know that the chocolate on top is Chef Liebrandt's initials.
• banana and gingerbread French macarons
• assorted chocolates
Included a grapefruit one that we both agreed was straight-up gross, and I say that as someone who simply loves grapefruit. Luckily, I had saved the salty caramel one for last and made up for it.
My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Even as someone who has given Corton a perfect rating both times I've visited, I can see why the reviews of it include extreme highs and extreme lows. It has, for instance, only three and a half out of five stars on Yelp but also two out of three Michelin stars on a list that only includes about fifty New York City restaurants. The "problem" with Corton is two-fold:
1) There are a LOT of ingredients on the plate. You can rarely taste all of them, which leads you to question how necessary they are.
2) The portions are extremely small. It's not a matter of my being a glutton, because I always leave Corton satisfied with plenty of dessert left on the table. The problem is that I want to taste each element on its own and with the other elements on the plate. This just isn't possible when there's one bite of smoked mackerel, one petal of artichoke, a piece of turbot belly that isn't even equal to a single forkful. Once you taste it, it's gone. I think this could come off as too precious to someone who doesn't have patience for rarefied food.
Despite these complaints, the overall effect of the dishes at Corton is still, for me, sheer bliss. To me, the preciousness feels special, not stupid. Because there's so little of everything, every single bite has to be perfect. And I haven't been anywhere in NYC that's making this kind of tiny-yet-hugely-thoughtful food. But let me know if you do, because my life is pretty low on five-star dinners at the moment.
As always, great report and beautiful photos! I had the Tasting Menu at Corton a few weeks ago, and a few of the dishes have already changed (orange tart, soup dumpling, and the smoke & winter). I've dined three times at Corton, and find Liebrandt's food to be both creative and delicious. Even though the individual courses may appear small, I was completely full at the end of the dinner. I loved the pretzel bread!
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Thank you! So glad to hear you love the food, too; I guess I'm not surprised when people complain that they don't understand it, but I'm disappointed for them. I totally agree about the pretzel bread and was happy to see it at Per Se this weekend, too; I hope to see it everywhere now!
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Somewhat off thread, but how was Per Se? I'm returning in 2 weeks for the extended tasting menu (again), and wondering whether to ask for something that you would recommend. I've already put in my request for the calotte de boeuf, and anything with foie gras, duck and lobster (my favorites).
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i didn't know they took requests?
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I'm not sure they do; I guess I'll find out when I'm there. Per Se (and EMP) are excellent at respecting food dislikes so they already knew (based on previous visits) that I don't like rabbit, olives and offal--other than foie gras. If I had to pick my absolute favorite dish at Per Se, it is the calotte de boeuf. No beef dish that I've had anywhere can even come close to this.
re: ellenost
So glad to know I've had your favourite beef dish!
re: ellenost
Maine sea urchin tart with bone marrow that I had at Per Se last week was awesome! Interesting that Per Se is offering this because I had similar combination of sea urchin and bone marrow at Le Bernardin last month. They are totally different dishes, however, and both were really good!
I also liked Per Se's bacon wrapped Griggstown Farm's pheasant. So flavourful and delicious!
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Interesting! I can't remember ever having uni at Per Se. We had a similar bacon-wrapped rabbit that was soooo good.
I noticed a couple of similarities between what we had at Per Se this weekend and what we had at Corton the weekend before. I wonder if these guys are reading each other's menus.
re: ellenost
So many memorable dishes! The calotte was outstanding, the foie gras with bananas was a strange and wonderful combination, and the lobster with radicchio was the right kind of bitter. My favourite dish of the day was the halibut, though, with a red pepper piperade and squid ink ravigote and fatty potatoes. I would definitely want it again.
I don't like olives, either! We thought our server said the cheese course had olives in it, but what looked like slivers of green olive turned out to be pear–weird. I need to look at the menu and figure out what we misheard.
re: kosmose7
Wish I could read your blog! I definitely liked my second visit to Corton even more than the first; glad to know you had the same experience.


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Feb 13, 2014
5 comments:
- Country Gal said...
LOL ! No but I have had the wire snap in the middle of a store and my chest is all wonky looking lol I would love have smaller boobs lol ! Have a good day !
- February 13, 2014 at 8:50 AM
- Lynn@Happier Than a Pig in Mud said...
OMG, I wore those bras for years and one day said ENOUGH, can't do it any more. Even worse than poking out... poking in! Luckily no one was ever permanently harmed:@)
- February 13, 2014 at 1:19 PM
- Jackie said...
Oh, I absolutely hate it when that happens. And it has happened to me.
Those things could be skewers for kabobs, eh?
Love this post.
Hugs to you and Happy Valentine's Day!
- February 13, 2014 at 7:46 PM
- Vicki said...
I hate that when that happens! We women have gone through some truly scary underwear - corsets, hoop slips, girdles, pantyhose, spanx...have you tried spanx????
- February 14, 2014 at 7:18 AM
- Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams said...
Nope, sorry, can't say I have been endowed with enough of a gift to have that happen, lol.
But I can sympathize..
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