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Izakaya a step above - The fantastic cuisine of Morinoya [REVIEW + PHOTOS]
As an avid participant in the L.A. dining scene, the closure of a favorite "go-to" restaurant borders on tragic for me. For years, I enjoyed (with alarming regularity) the Osaka-influenced izakaya cuisine of Chef Morishita Noriko (known to his regulars simply as Mori-san) at his restaurant Place Yuu on Sawtelle. Incidentally, it must be mentioned that the high quality sushi served at Place Yuu was as good as any that can be found on Sawtelle Boulevard (if not better), which meant I could get my cooked Japanese food and sushi fix, all at the same joint. To say that I was utterly devastated when Place Yuu closed in 2011 would be sorely understating my grief.
Izakaya is Japanese bar food - Small dishes meant to be enjoyed casually over a glass of beer or wine, much like Spanish tapas. For me, Mori-san elevated izakaya to an artform at Place Yuu. It was where you'd find Japanese expats at 11PM on any given night, drinking, nibbling, and chatting away until closing. Though Mori-san never garnered the media accolades I thought he should have, for selfish reasons, it meant that I could usually get a seat at his restaurant.
Morinoya represents the latest venture for Chef Morishita Noriko. I was happy to see that he had taken over the space previously occupied by noodle house Yashima in the Olympic Collection, just down the street from Place Yuu. Here, in this more intimate dining room, Mori-san is free to focus even more on creating exceptional izakaya and sushi-based dishes. Much to my relief and delight, the essence of the excellent food I enjoyed at Place Yuu is very much alive at Morinoya. Draft Japanese beer, and a good selection of wines and spirits (sake & shochu) give Morinoya a special upscale feel. The ordering is casual and a la carte, and the pacing is leisurely.
Without further adieu, onto the food! We tried a fair cross-section of the menu (forgive my crappy photography):
Pan-fried shishito peppers with konjac & bonito shavings… An izakaya classic, and Morinoya's version is excellent.
Oden "The Works" with daikon radish, konjac, fish cake, egg, suji niku (beef tendon) & atsu age tofu… Wow. The best oden I've had so far in L.A. Nothing fancy; just solid execution of a very traditional Japanese favorite...
Renkon manjyu (yam and lotus root paste, sea salt, scallop & edamame, served with soy-based house sauce)… This was a new dish for me. Those of you who like sweet & savory, with many different textures all in one bite will really enjoy this dish. The addition of the edamame beans really balances the whole thing.
Seared albacore sashimi with onions & garlic ponzu sauce… Mindful of seasonality, and with albacore at its height this time of year, Mori-san prepared us this incredible appetizer.
Mini soymilk hot pot… A clay tabletop furnace lined with hot binchotan coals is brought out. Then, a hot pot with soymilk base and 5 different assorted mushrooms (shiitake, eryngii, enoki, shimeji & maitake) emerges. The resulting soup is phenomenal. The earthiness of the mushrooms is tempered by the lightness of the soymilk. A must-get.
Yakitori: Torimomo (chicken thigh) & teba (chicken wing), served with a green yuzu+wasabi shio (salt)… True beer food. Very glad there was a cold draft beer at our table when this dish came around!
Cold inaniwa udon noodles, with shredded nori, scallions, minced ginger, and dipping sauce… Another izakaya classic.
Buta ara-ni (slowly boiled tender pork)… Richer than your average buta kakuni, it is even more tender than advertised: The meat crumbles before the chopstick, and the stewed au jus is simply porky goodness.
Mini hitsumabushi (freshwater eel filets grilled on charcoal with ponzu over rice)… Even better than a typical unagi don (eel bowl), this comes with shredded scallions, freshly grated wasabi, and a teapot containing a light dashi broth on the side. First you eat some rice & eel, then you add the scallions & wasabi for a different "second dimension". Finally, you pour the teapot filled with dashi broth into the remaining rice & eel in the bowl, chazuke-style, for a third way to enjoy this dish. The eel is perfectly cooked, by the way.
Cherry stone clam miso soup… The clam was huge! Very satisfying.
Ama ebi (sweet shrimp)… Three pristine, jewel-like Santa Barbara spot prawn are presented with the tail sashimi style and the shrimp heads fried to perfection.
Albacore sushi… The first round of seared albacore appetizer was so gloriously fresh, we had to get some albacore nigiri!
Ikura (salmon roe) sushi… Marinated, with proper texture, the quality of these salmon eggs is undisputed.
Mini chirashi don (sashimi over rice)… Akami (lean tuna), hamachi (yellowtail), sake (salmon), tamago (egg), ikura (salmon roe), over a fluffy bed of rice. Super good. Again, the sushi selection here, while not particularly extensive, is all of high quality.
Think of Morinoya as a very upscale izakaya, with great quality sushi and reasonable prices. The atmosphere may be cozy and casual, but the food is definitely meticulously conceived and prepared – Izakaya fare worth lingering over. Just please save me a seat, Mori-san.
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Los Angeles, CA 90064
J.L. -- Hey, if you call this your "crappy" photography, I would really like to see your good photography. Your photos are very good, and your descriptions of the food are truly first-rate. Curious that you say Morishita-san's first name is Noriko -- which is usually a female name. Wouldn't be "Norio" by any chance? Anyway, the site has no information about him, so I can only guess.
The Renkon Manju sounds fantastic and inspired. And so do most of the other dishes. You are certainly lucky to have Morinoya nearby. I am impressed.
re: Tripeler
You are absloutely right, Tripeler. I made a mistake in Chef Mori-san's name. His name is actually Morishita Takayuki, not Noriko (that's his wife's name). This is what happens when you write a review in the middle of the night.... My apologies to the chef and to the 'Hounds...
re: Johnny L
This a la carte meal ran me about $85pp before alcohol & tip, if memory serves. Stuffed to the gills - I didn't even have space for dessert.
re: dharmathug
My bad. $85 total for my entire party, not per person. No it's not Urasawa-level pricing.
Thanks for the early review.
It's too bad about Yashima, a place I'd named to my "been there 100 times list" back in 2010 but which had recently shown serious signs of neglect (we had to leave without eating the last time we went, because they started using some horrendously acrid cleaning solution on the tables that made it impossible to taste the soba). Finding another convenient udon/soba specialist may be tough.
We'll go try Morinoya expeditiously, although I would also be concerned if they're really planning to operate at a high price point. But maybe that was just a function of ordering so much. Here's a link to their menu, with prices.
re: PayOrPlay
I'm curious to hear more reports too. The two times I went to Place Yuu (also in 2010) I found
it totally mediocre.
re: epop
I believe that one of the reasons Mori-san shut Place Yuu down was because he felt he had to serve entry-level food to satisfy the foot traffic in that mini-mall, just to pay the exorbitant corner unit rent. This was something he philosophically didn't really want to do. The smaller venue at Morinoya allows him to showcase his true passion: upper end izakaya in a more intimate setting.
re: J.L.
How many seats are in the place? Their homepage shows a bar, like a sushi place (I know they serve sushi, as you mentioned), but is there any benefit to sitting at the sushi bar in a izakaya restaurant?
I've been to Sasaya and Furaibo and I didn't love either, even though I expected to. Maybe it's because I don't drink (much), and the food needs to be enjoyed with alcohol? If I liked the cooked dishes at Shunji, do you think I'd like Morinoya?
These kinds of places aren't really my wife's cup of tea (she's more straight-up sushi), so I was going to take the next opportunity that she felt in the mood for something like this to try Nanbankan. It may not be an apples-to-oranges comparison, but if I could just pick one place to try next, between those two places, which would you go?
Also, your "crappy photography" comment (I swear, if I make up a L.A. Chowhound drinking game for myself, it's one shot each time J.L. references his "crappy photography"... heh) would indicate that these are photographs you actually took. If that's the case, did they get permission to use your photos, because they look identical to the ones in their gallery: http://www.restaurant-morinoya.com/?p....
re: PeterCC
Hi PeterCC, thanks for your kind words. I actually take all my own photos.
Yes, the restaurant got wind of this Chowhound review and asked me if they could use my Chowhound photos for their site, and I said yes (free of charge, no strings attached). I'm pleased to have moved out of my "crappy" phase in my photography, it seems.
To answer your food questions: As I recall, Morinoya has about 20+ seats (at tables) and about 6-8 additional seats at the bar. There is no particular advantage in sitting at the bar (unless you're a solo diner/drinker), as the chef himself usually cooks in the kitchen at the rear of the restaurant.
The food there easily stands on its own, with or without booze. Although I have to say those chicken wings certainly go well with cold draft beer!
Mori-san's sushi is nothing to scoff at. His selection of fish is more limited than your local sushi-ya, but what he does serve is focused and top-notch. Also, his Osaka-style battera is the best in town. Your wife will probably not be disappointed with the sushi at Morinoya.
I'm also a big fan of Nanbankan (I just went a few nights ago myself), and like you say, it's apples & oranges. Both excel at what they do. We're lucky to have all these great Japanese styles so close at hand: Tsujita LA for tsukemen, Nanbankan for yakitori, Morinoya for izakaya, and Wakasan for washoku.
re: J.L.
Wow, I just read some reviews of Wakasan and it looks amazing, and affordable too. That might be the next place we have to try. Do you know what their omakase tiers are currently? The reviews I've read all mention it starting at $35 but are all from several years ago.
EDIT: I found their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wakasanjapan.... Looks like they start at $45 now, which is still a great deal, and they started offering $10 off their omakase on Mondays just this week! Cool.
re: PeterCC
Let me know if you go to Wakasan. I've actually never been and am curious too. But I did try Mincha a la Japanaise, which was located in the Wakasan spot back in the day.
re: PeterCC
Yeah, Wakasan is a jewel. Let them feed you.
re: J.L.
Don't mean to take your thread on a tangent of other restauarants, but have you been to The Backhouse near Gyu-Kaku by the Westside Pavilion? Can't find anything on it on CH. Just realized my wife tried it a months ago with some friends and the first thing she said to me when she got home is "I just went to a place that you would love." Heh.
re: PeterCC
I noticed that new joint on my way to Starbucks. But I have no clue as to whether it is any good.
re: PeterCC
Backhouse: I thought it was meh.
Gyu-Kaku: Meh also. Seems popular with the college budget crowd.
In that particular neighborhood, Totoraku, Marty's, Steingarten LA, John O'Groats, Westside Tavern, Torafuku, & Island's are my "go-to" eateries.
re: J.L.
Oh, I know Gyu-Kaku is not the greatest, I was just using it as a landmark. I hear Tokyo Kalbi semi-nearby is pretty good.
That's quite a range from Totoraku to Islands. :-) Of course I've been to the latter. Don't know how to score an invite to the former. And my budget is somewhat closer to the college crowd, so might rather go to Morinoya AND Wakasan AND maybe someplace else for the price at Totoraku. :-)
re: PeterCC
I think he mentioned Torafuku which is directly adjacent to the westside pavillion. But I have been to Tokyo Kalbi on Gateway (if we are also talking about the same place and it was quite good, I enjoyed it much more than my one visit to Manpuku).
re: kevin
Well, he mentions both Totoraku (first on his list), and Torafuku (right before Islands), so that is quite a range.
(I might be misunderstanding you. I thought you were thinking I had confused Totoraku and Torafuku, but you might have just been referencing Torafuku in relation to restaurants right near Westside Pavilion like the aforementioned Gyu-Kaku and The Backhouse.)
re: PeterCC
sorry my bad. i can't believe i missed that.
my apologies.
Anyhow, the expensive, somewhaat secret Totoraku is pretty darn good when I went a few years back. I'm pretty sure by now it's about 175 per with a couple of beers including tax and tip. Once you gain entrance, the chef is so nice and details his methodology. At the very least, it's worth a once in a lifetime visit. And on a side not, they procure some of the best white chocolate rasberry gelato I have ever had in a restaurant. I had to go back for a second if not third scoop.
re: PeterCC
Sounds good.
Sadly, I no longer have his business card with the direct number on it. But that number is displayed all over the Internet so it's no biggey. I think if I wanted to go there again, I'd still have some problems with garnering a reservation due to the fact that he probably does not remember me and my friend who visited with me and introduced and referred me to the joint no longer lives in LA.
Anyhow, it's definitely great stuff but I do always prefer an omakase meal of seafood rather than an omakase meal of beef and other meat dishes.
But that's just me.
I love morinoya, I went twice this week, the only place I've found deliciously prepared chicken cartilage, amazing cured squid steak that reminded me of Nara, and a hot/cold omakase combination was a lot of fun with some incredible dishes! I can't stop, this article makes me want to go again today!
re: eatinginbed
Twice, wow,
I thought it was good though not exceptional.
re: PeterCC
When you have kiriko essentially right next door and it's before 10pm,
Then for me it's a no-brainer.
I know I might be preaching to the choir on this one.
Though I have to say if it's nearing midnight on a weekday, Morinoya is the place to go, and I do really like it, but it's no contest compared to kiriko.
And I enjoy Torihei for the oden and skewers and other dishes better than Noya, but Noya does make a mean pressed makcerel sushi which now I'm forgetting the name of.
re: PeterCC
But usu if it's after 10pm, I'll end up at plan checks.
re: PeterCC
What would happen if Kiriko was open past midnight ?
Now that surely would be something.
re: PeterCC
My bad it's called:
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Some days before Valentine's Day I noticed that it has already been some time since I last gave my wife I self-made, personal present. So I decided to use the opportunity and combined two symbols of Valentine's Day into a useless but romantic present: a heart carved out of ice which reveals a rose when melting.
My wife loved it.
Step 1: Tools and materials
For this, we will need the following tools and materials:
- A rose. It should be big and in full blossom.
- A working place that may get wet. There is a certain amount of melting involved.
- A bowl in which we will freeze the water containing the rose. Since we want the rose to be completely contained in the ice, the bowl should be large enough such that we can suspend the rose such that there remains some space (at least 1cm) on all sides. The bowl I used (see the pictures) was borderline, a somewhat larger bowl would be better. (I do not give measurements, since the correct size of the bowl is relative to the size of your rose).
- Some wire to suspend the rose in the bowl (step 2). My wire had a diameter of 0.5-1mm.
- A freezer for freezing the water (step 3). You will probably find one in your refrigerator.
- A sharp knife or paper cutter. Used for cutting away the stump of the rose protruding from the ice (step 4).
- A flat screw driver. This one is never mentioned in any of the steps, but it is occasionally useful when the heart gets frozen to some other parts and you have to detach it.
- Several rough rasps for carving the ice (step 6) and also for preparing the wooden socket (step 7). Probably any rasps will do, but see step 6 for some information which shapes turned out useful.
- One or two sheets of paper and a pair of scissors. The paper will be used to mark the rough form of the heart on the ice (step 6).
- A piece of wooden board for the socket. It should be at least the size of the bowl, and it should be unfinished wood. Of course, it should also be as beautiful and elegant looking as possible.
- A jigsaw for cutting the wood to the correct size (step 7). Other types of wood saw (electrical and manual) will do as well. (But a chainsaw will probably be unsuitable.)
- Some rough abrasive paper for polishing the edges of the wood (step 7).
- Coffee for colouring the wood (step 8). This is only necessary, if you want the wood to get a little bit darker (since in my opinion, dark wood looks more accomplished). Instant coffee is best.
- A brush for applying the coffee to the wood (step 8).
- A nail for mounting the heart on the wood (step 9). The nail should be approximately 15mm longer than the wood is thick. But the exact length is not important.
- A hammer, otherwise the nail will be of no avail.
- A Valentine/wife/girl friend or the corresponding male form (for simplicity, I will assume that the recipient of the present is female throughout this instructable). See step 10.
If you have all the tools, the costs for this project should be minimal. I only had to buy the rose, the remaining materials could be found at home.
Do you think using a soldering iron to melt the ice is a good idea?
Not exactly familiar with the inner workings of the iron, wouldn't want to electrocute myself...
First, as you pointed out, there is a safety risk of letting electric devices get wet. If you absolutely have to try (which I do not recommend), pay great attention that no part of the iron except the tip gets wet. Perhaps wear insulating gloves additionally, and have someone around who can pull the power plug and call an ambulance if it comes to the worst. But even then, there remains a risk I would not recommend to take.
Second, I even doubt that the soldering iron will help. As far as I understand, a soldering iron continuously heats up the tip, but only with relatively low strength. For soldering this is OK, because you only use the tip for a few seconds at a time, and then there is a break within which the iron can get the lost heat back. But if you try to melt ice, most soldering irons (especially those used for electronics) will not have enough power to keep up the heat - the tip will get cold almost immediately.
Summarizing: I believe that it will not work anyway, and that trying is dangerous. So I recommend to find a different solution. Sorry.
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.
Love it.
The rose looks all black at the end, looks really cool.
Probably too hard for me, I just might buy those Skittle heart things, fill that up with water, then freeze (and the rose part), then it would come out cool.
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The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) received $817,695 (between fiscal years 2000 to 2003) from EPA New England to conduct state-lead Targeted Brownfield Assessments (TBA). NHDES spent $88,964 (out of the total funding) to assess the contamination at the East Coast Steel site in Greenfield, NH. Starting in the fall of 2000, NHDES conducted site investigation and cleanup planning services on behalf of the town of Greenfield. Cleanup of the site will be completed by the end of the summer of 2003. The town of Greenfield will redevelop the site into a community septic system and open space park for the community, and will open the redeveloped site in the spring of 2004.
Recently, the town's village district of Greenfield, NH, has had problems with individual septic systems and private water wells. Many of the residents who live in the village district have been concerned that their water quality will degrade because their private water wells are located in close proximity to their individual septic systems. The local business owners have also complained that they could not expand their businesses without larger septic system capabilities. The town of Greenfield decided that the best solution was to utilize an abandoned site, the former East Coast Steel Site, as the site for a community septic system because it is located near the village district. The town has also decided to redevelop the remaining portion of the property into open space for community use.
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The town of Greenfield is funding the cleanup in order to get this site ready for redevelopment. The town anticipates receiving some state funds (about $20,000) for the clean-up project in the form of reimbursement for oil clean-up to address excavation and disposal of petroleum-contaminated soils associated with the previously existing aboveground and underground storage tanks. Between 20 and 30 drums that contained contaminants, including paint materials, residues, solvents, and oils, have been removed from the site. About 750 cubic yards of contaminated soil will be removed from the site, and in the summer of 2003, the contaminated soil will be hauled off site to the appropriate treatment and disposal facilities. All cleanup will be completed by the fall of 2003. It is anticipated that the redevelopment will be completed by the spring of 2004.


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- Jehanzeb Mirza
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Project Unify
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Imagine a world with no geographical boundaries between countries. I think that if it happens then there would be more peace on Earth.
This idea has occupied my mind for a long time and finally I think that it is the time to discuss it with the world. Imagine such a world where there are no geographical boundaries between countries, I think in this way the cultures will merge together and there would be a blend of different values. There would certainly be less or no racism and I think that all in all we will have a more peaceful world where we all can live in mutual harmony!
Aug 4 2013: I have always had this idea that one day, all the countries will be united and they're will be just one big country: Earth. However, I found out that there are some problems with this plan.
1. There are many countries that are in total chaos and cannot control themselves. If all the countries are united, who will control us and how? The world is too large to be controlled by just one government.
2. If the world is united, we should have a language that will be used for communicating each other; after all, we would all come from the same country. However, it is basically impossible for us to have one language. In my country, due to geographical separations between regions, there are many dialects, and they are considered one of the most important cultures of our society. If we are going to have one language, doesn't that mean we are going to throw out many valuable cultures?
3. Looking from a different view, uniting every country may lead to neglecting many great and unique cultures. And it is very hard to merge all the cultures. For example, religion; Hindus don't eat beef, whereas Muslims don't eat pork. How can we manage this?
I think unity is very important, but so is diversity. If we try to unite the countries hurriedly, we may be losing our goal of being united: World peace.
Aug 5 2013: Hey Hong, The fact is that it is our duty to help the country which is in total chaos! We all are too self centred, too selfish to even realise our sole purpose of creation. We all have been created equal so why not destroy this superiority complex? I would rather let my country get poor, by helping the poor, instead of getting rich by taking the wealth of the poor, Which every country is doing right now.
If we learn how to co-exist and we, for an instance try to kind of forget the differences then there would be very little need of a government, but yes still we will need one. So the thing I purpose is that we merge the governments as well, But it cannot happen without proper awareness of this thing and for that we need to work.
This is the concept of globalization. We can all have a single, common language to communicate. If we learn to live together then we can very easily learn to communicate, I don't think that it is a very big problem. It won't mean throwing out cultures, it will just mean that we have merged all the cultures to create a unique culture with the mutual understandings.
Again the thing which comes to my mind after reading your 'point 3' is that if we are given awareness and if we are ready to accept this situation and we are willing to be a global citizen and we sacrifice nationalism then muslims and hindus can also coexist, at the end of the day, we all are same, we all are humans!
Yup, so true, nothing can happen through haste! We should wait and first try to convince people and try to spread the true knowledge of this merger.Aug 3 2013: Jehanzeb, this has been a long-time occupier of my thoughts too. I think the imaginary lines we draw on maps to distinguish countries are certainly outdated, and probably cause more problems than they solve. However, the merging of cultures that you discuss here is probably something many people are afraid of. I suppose it is comforting to live in a country that has the same values, the same language, and the same heritage as you do; in short, it is comforting to live in a country full of people like you. That is why the nation-state has had such success, but with the emergence of the internet and a global community, it is hard to say how much longer it will be relevant. It's a really great dream, but in light of the distrust currently spewing between nations, I don't know how feasible it is right now.
Aug 5 2013: Nothing is impossible, it is perfectly feasible, the only thing required is the right kind of attitude to accept the change. It is the way to go, in the future, for how long will we be divided between lower and upper classes? Between this stupid concept of countries? It is the time to embrace what is coming in our direction and that is globalisation.
Aug 6 2013: I love your attitude. If everyone in the world thought like you did, the world would change, for sure. A lot of people on here are very pessimistic, and I think that's an indication of the world attitude in general right now. I attempt to sway people to our side by participating in discussions like this one :) I spent some time on www.projectunify.net, and I really appreciate your work with that, it's one of the coolest things I've seen in a while. I'm a teenager from the U.S., and I hate being defined as an American, I would much sooner identify myself as a globalist. I don't understand why, when we have things as revolutionary as the internet, we can't come together person to person instead of through (biased) nation-state governments. I hope to see something like this happen within my lifetime.
Aug 6 2013: Hey Harrison, I am glad you are understanding what you are saying. I am a pakistani, but I already consider myself a global citizen. Thanks for your appreciation of the project. You can join us too! :)
I wouldn't have been saying all these things here today if I hadn't done anything to change the present situation. We have to give our best and then afterwards hope for the best.
Well it already is happening, through internet I mean. The world is already a global village of a sort, it is just that this thing has to be applied in the real world, I mean we have to take this thing out of the world of internet and computer.Aug 6 2013: Hey, I have a lot of things going through my mind in regards to my idea. You see my idea has already begun to take shape, the world is already a global village, you can see this on the internet. It is just the time to take this out of the boundaries of the internet.
The foremost and the most important step to take in this regard is the identifying our priorities and then shaping our own minds to accept the change. It is 'us' who have to do this ourselves.
The next thing is the spreading of awareness and promotion of mutual understandings. For this we have to find people having the right knowledge and who really think that it can happen.
The other way is by promoting the concept of globalization and the global citizenship.
Aug 6 2013: Here's a talk on how the world isn't as global as we might think.
and here's a talk on how the internet didn't make us as global as we would have hoped.
They both do mention what's being done to remedy it.
I think Fast and cheap international travel will help. It would move us back into the real world a little more.Aug 6 2013: I've also been thinking about this for a long time. And I do believe the world is headed towards that already. yes I know that right now, more political boundaries are being created, not fewer.
As humans interact more, we realise that we all have similar goals and ideals.
The internet brought more awareness. International trade, travel, going to universities in other countries all bring awareness and acceptance of others. We see 'them' as people rather than stereotypes. This will continue as long as the existing governments don't adopt extremely exclusionary policies or military states.
We then have treaty made alliances that then state mutual standards for the countries involved. This is a way of homogenizing the world in ways that are acceptable to all involved. They help us identify with each other without giving up our identity.
Human rights, development goals, environmental protection, education, healthcare, etc. It's a slow process, but slow is also the least violent and most permanent. I see that eventually, the lines on a map are just going to be formalities until people finally admit it.
Did you have specific steps or guidelines in mind?Aug 5 2013: Peace depends on the willingness to share resources, not the absence of geographical boundaries.
Even if there were no boundaries, the resources upon which we all depend would still be concentrated in certain areas and they would still be regarded as the property of the community nearest to it, or coveted by other communities elsewhere who depend on it. That is no recipe for peace.
The more globalised we become, the less world peace is possible.
As I see it, the only way peace is possible is for the re-emergence of local communities and local economies. That is the only way democracy and respect for our neighbours can be possible. True democracy and respect for others is more likely to end in peace on Earth - it can only happen only on a small scale.
Qamar Riaz
Aug 5 2013: Allan, i think if we are going to count earthly resources, you are right. It limits our imagination and we start believing that Resources are scarce. This scarcity is a paradox and paradox does not exist in nature.
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Today, this is a known fact that universe is not scarce. If Jupiter, can take more than 70 thousand earths and is a giant ball of methane, i think fighting over earthly methane and maintaining nuclear arsenals to protect this tiny gas reserves is the stupidest act of mankind.
Universal age has come upon us and we must say goodbye to old notions of resources. Emergence of universal languages is another indicator that local communities are ready to connect to universal networks. This way i feel the global peace is not a mere dream anymore, EU is best example to quote here.Aug 6 2013: Allan Macdougall I completely agree with you sir
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Aug 5 2013: Hello, Jehanzeb Mirza:). Your idea is great. And I think the purpose of all humanity is ultimately merging together the whole world. But, Would non-exist geographical boundaries mean there will not be any fight or discrimination? It is obvious that if that world comes, our society would become more peaceful. But it requires mature citizenships to all global people.
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Aug 5 2013: Hey Sophia, I am glad you replied. Look, to have this goal achieved or to have a world like this, we would first have to go through a lot of organised steps and the most important step is to spread awareness that how to respect the other cultures and how to ultimately respect the differences. Obviously this can't happen overnight, It will require a lot of devoted hard work in this field, but I think that at some point it is bound to happen.
Yes, I really think that cutting down the geographical boundaries ultimately will lead to a more peaceful world. The differences or the conflicts I see in this world are mainly due to the thinking of superiority of the people of one specific region over the other, but this is not true, we all have been created as equals!Aug 10 2013: Prosperity in the future will be derived from seamless collaboration across organisations, industry, government and society. We need to transcend geographic boundaries. Wisdom Networks crowd create Network Society ( http://is.gd/wnecon ).
The community (or crowd) has been building the foundation for distributed prosperity for decades - the first three elements data (internet completed in 30 years), information (world wide web in 15 years), community (social networks in 10 years) ... the 3 elements to be distributed are collaboration, knowledge and wisdom will be achieved in less than 5 years with wisdom networks.
IF we restructure communities FROM point to point communication and its centralised form in the physical world TO peer to peer collaboration and distributed contribution over the internet, THEN it solves huge problems resulting from Information Age structures and delivers a new era of productivity, growth and distributed prosperity. Distributed prosperity can be enabled in 1-2 years with less than 30 networks and 900 people and it could transform the world in 2-5 years.
It's as simple as organising "things" in the Internet of Everything (IoE) into "books" and sharing them!. Facebook has trained the global community in distributed structures and the creation of content (linking "things" into "books") and distribution with engagement of content (sharing them with others). We need to do the same thing for every other human endeavour. A Wisdom Network simply organises Wisdom using meta data and meta flows to provide structure, meaning, intent (like a phone call with more features and functions).
The NWN presentation and economic development introduction letter is available at http://is.gd/wnecon . There are also detailed presentation on European Wisdom (a Wisdom Network for the EU), Health Wisdom, Equity Market (or innovation) wisdom. I also delivered a presentation at a Comms Day Conference on 17th July 2013 ( http://is.gd/cd17jul13 ) on Australia 3.0 .Aug 6 2013: I am going to have to object to this idea.Humans by nature are very clanish and tend to live in small cohesive groups.
In the absence of geographical boundaries and countries , people would become all the more clanish and self-centered.The existing systems in our world were not formed by coincidence,they were a culmintaion of the pattern of life humans followed up until then.I know that when we see the wars between nations and the terrorist attacks, we are forced to think of a system where all of this is one. But then first we must think why countries fight or why terorism exists.The reason for both of these is the same-it's that both countries and terrorist groups are trying to protect their interests at any cost.Imagine if the world unified and came under one supreme government,then people would start forming cohesive groups based on thousands of criteria and even though there will never be wars as we see now,there are inevitably going to be conflicts between these local groups every instant,because every group will have a different interest.
Moreover,the division of the world into countries promotes a sort of healthy competition.
Let's face it, no average human is wholehearted enough to say 'I am a citizen of the world and my patriotism extends to the welfare of the world as a whole'......since we cant even sacrifice our time for our countrymen whom we see,how do you think we are going to nobly do it for others on this planet who we dont even see?
Qamar Riaz
Aug 6 2013: Jonath, there can be any number of possible futures of this universe, but there will be one future because of our act of choice. If we choose to teach Love, Sacrifice, and Truth to our generations, we ll help the mankind to live peacefully and without boundaries. We know that, it may be a distant dream, let fill the gap between dream and reality by educating an out of school kid about sacrifice.Aug 6 2013: As I always say, it is about educating the masses and the spreading of awareness in this regard. I is about training yourself to respect and accept the differences and having the right kind of attitude to face the problem and spreading the concept of globalization instead of nationalism.Aug 6 2013: I AM a citizen of the world and my patriotism extends to the welfare of the world as a whole.
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Aug 6 2013: Exactly my point...I too AM a citizen of the world and my patriotism extends to the welfare of the world as a whole.Which is exactly why we are openhearted to have this discussion on TED aint it.But when we stand up for an idea we must think if its just a dream or a possibility.You should read Rudyard Kipling's poem If.....it says "If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim"
You know whats wrong with this idea,I think it still has milk stains on it .Aug 6 2013: I think the exact opposite, this would end up in chaos... No boundaries would mean that a single government would be in charge, that would not be able to satisfy all folks in respect of their needs, it would lead to a huge underrepresentation of minorities and to civil war. Similiar to as the artificial partition of Africa did. That's why a nation state is a good thing:
Aug 6 2013: Florian, its all about imagination, your chaotic imagination makes me feel an ordered future. A very very ordered world.
Aug 6 2013: in how far is my imagination chaotic? And how do you see these inevitable problems solved? greetings :)
Aug 9 2013: When you say, this would end up in chaos, civil war, huge under representation of minorities, you painting a bleak prospective for a globe with no boundaries.
However, i feel, in few more years, The online library of universal knowledge will be available to anyone for free.
No one will be spared from centralized monitoring and a whole new generation of technology of cameras will enable us to monitor ourselves for crime, aid and anomalies. Every security camera will become the part of universal hub to share information about any desired criminal.
The renewable energy solutions will delete some items from commodity list and world will be free from depending upon mining of earth hydrocarbon.
A universal language will be in place which will help you to understand anyone around with powerful and quick translators.
Robots will take over industries and labor regime for people will end.
And this is an exhaustive list, pure imagination which was triggered by your chaotic end.
Greetings and BestAug 9 2013: These predictions are possible, some of them even probable, but how is it connected to the question?
Aug 9 2013: Infact, if you feel that these predictions are possible, then you have appreciated the inevitability of universal systems. Today, we are fast approaching towards singular entity within several light years around us. When i am saying "we" its a metaphor for what? Yes, i am talking about us. People everywhere in the world are connecting miraculously, and physical boundaries are now penetrated without any problems through cellular technology. Once, air borne self flying vehicles are there, world has to realign its immigration laws with the speed of our journey.
Anyhow, i still feel, my version was based on your chaos and we are drifting towards a more pluralistic version of earth.Aug 9 2013: I think you very much view this as a race state versus the people - but don't forget that democracies and dictatorships are manmade, they rise and fall with the people, and they will most certainly evolve with them. Tech can be used for good and for bad purpose. There are numerous examples, the Internet and cellular network you refer to allows us to connect with one another but also fuels secret mass-surveillance-systems like PRISM and Tempora that can and have been used against everyone... flying vehicles, no matter if self-flying or not, will help us to move around faster, but in the past the availability of tanks and jets were the catalysts that made two wars on a global scale possible. Not even mentioning the atomic bomb. And the most scary part is, that self-flying vehicles (drones) were available to the military before anyone else, as well as the Internet, which was originally designed as a communication-system for the US-military.
Aug 10 2013: Florian,when soldiers fight, people strive.
And i dont see it state versus people. to me this is about peace versus war. The historical fault lines among civilizations are favoring a chaos bound future. Unfortunately, some of these fault lines are buried deep under border lines. Indian-Pakistan Border is the most dangerous and volatile border in the World. Nukes across aimed at whom? Can we see it like State waging a Nuclear Army against a powerful nuclear arsenal of another state? Do we really bordering an enemy state or people?
If we keep on teaching our kids about historical vendetta against enemies, we ll provoke a regime of hate and terror. (The same was experimented in Afghanistan about quarter of a century ago, a whole young generation was taught to Jihad against Russia. The kids were taught with illustrations of Jihad. Like Class Five kids were taught if a bullet from a gun in the hand of a Jihadi travels at 5 m/s and if Kafir Russion (Infidel Russion) is 500 meter away, how much time it will take to hit infidel?. Now the whole world is under attack from these non state actors. ) And only if we teach our kids about peace and humanism, we ll bring peace in the world.
What i was saying, let s think about peace, have visions about better world, lets hope for peaceful future of mankind. Let s make a choice to be on peace side. Dont kill anyone for serving your wishes. Lets not bleed for saving blood. And lets dont fight for peace. Lets strive for peace.Aug 6 2013: Well Florian, The thing is that if we think that there would be chaos then there would be chaos, If we the think there would be peace then we will convince our mind that there would be peace. As Qamar says, its all about imagination!
I have always been referring to the fact that before this could happen, there should be proper awakening of our senses and there should be proper awareness given to the people so that they can respect and accept the differences.
Aug 6 2013: this is all very theoretical, how can you embrace each others differences while you force people to place back their individal needs by putting them in a multiethnic state? I think that you basically propose communism, making all human beings equal...This is a great idea in theory, but that is not us, that's not how we are. And this is also the reason why borders and different countries exist in the first place, they are not the reason for our problems but the expression of our need of self-determination. If you could theoretically make borders superfluous, they would disappear by themselves, but it is senseless to just abolish them, while not fighting the reason they exist a priori...Aug 5 2013: I have also had this in my mind for a while. However in this world, I think, it could only happen IF there were more peace on Earth, instead of the other way around.Aug 5 2013: Let's take the example of US , which is a multicultural country with no boundary inside. Is US racism free ? Did different culture merged together in US by now ?
Aug 5 2013: Hey Salim, The things which I was mentioned can only happen successfully, if proper awareness and proper education is given to the people of the world. It is not just that we sit in a closed chamber and we remove these imaginary lines, obviously it won't be a really good idea that way, and nobody will even accept it, so the only possible thing to make this merger a success is that we spread the proper awareness. I have been running a Peace Movement and I can't explain that how much the people of the world want this type of merger! It is really the thing to look forward to in the future.
Aug 5 2013: Well Jehanzeb, i like your idealist passion. I would like to know about your peace movement. The foremost and biggest problem which you may face is ignorance. The culture of ignorance is prevailing and this fact that more than 50 million kids are out of school in this world. If we are not going to teach them, the ideals of peace will remain a distant promise. In Pakistan alone 7 million kids never make it to school.
We are already working to raise awareness about these kids.
Hope to stay in touch with you.
Aug 5 2013: Here you have the link! (http://www.projectunify.net/)
Of course, you are very right in your point of view. My idea is based on spreading awareness and obviously the child of today has to make this happen, so the children need to be educated and I am very happy that there are steps being taken!
I think that this idea of mine can only stand if all of the world is educated in the first place, because the most important thing is education and the spreading of awareness.Aug 4 2013: The minute the US currency implodes we will have that.
Aug 5 2013: No I don't think that way, I feel that minute we start realising our sole purpose of creation we will have that!Aug 4 2013: It used to be that way then wars wars and more wars. If it were like that now we could all be poor. and with no barriers imagine how fast disease etc. can spread. The rich are not restricted from sharing now - Imagine ft that were manditory.
Aug 5 2013: This is the thing we all want, no? We all want the equal sharing of wealth and resources. The thing you are maybe referring to is somewhat totally opposite. As we are created equals so why shouldn't we help the poors? Why on earth should the rich should get richer by taking the money of the poors? Look, we all should find a way to co-exist in this world!
I would prefer a world in which everybody is poor instead of having this status-quo thing which is eating us up.
Aug 6 2013: Really I am not sure But I share a minority view of more aid to the poor. We have propaganda against that and you may like politicians more than I but it never hurts them to blame someone else. We also need more responsible behavior by almost everyone - The U.S. had ZPG thenthe business elite ruined that. India had Indira Gandhi pusing population control but she was machinegunned by her own guards. Is any poor coutry trying to live within its means? I believe there are many variables that are important. Also, the falling Ph of the oceans concern me.


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A Great Mills man was sentenced Monday to serve 18 months in jail from his guilty plea to a charge of criminally negligent manslaughter by motor vehicle in the death last year of a pedestrian in a neighborhood off Chancellor's Run Road.
Thomas D. Gunn, 22, also had been charged with failing to stop, and failing to immediately return and remain, at the scene of the Nov. 11, 2012, accident that severely injured James Benjamin Clarke Jr. on Harrison Street, in the housing area where he lived.
"He was found off the roadway [later that morning], unconscious, with life-threatening injuries," St. Mary's Assistant State's Attorney Laura Caspar said during the plea hearing.
Clarke, 65, died nine days later at a Baltimore hospital.
The day after the collision, Gunn went to the St. Mary's sheriff's office, and reported that he may have been the person that struck Clarke, according to the prosecutor, and damage found on Gunn's truck was consistent with the vehicle having struck a pedestrian.
Caspar said that Gunn told police that he was not sure how the collision could have occurred, and that he also told the law officers that after he thought he might have hit something and briefly stopped, he "saw nothing behind him in the roadway, and continued on."
Joshua Hubbard, one of Clarke's children, also focused on what happened after the collision.
"When you leave somebody, it's a crime," Hubbard said as he stood close to Gunn. "I want him to go to jail."
Caspar said that Gunn had no prior record whatsoever, and she asked that he be incarcerated in the local jail. "There is no way to make up for the loss in this case," she said.
Bryan Dugan, Gunn's lawyer, said of his client, "He believes that he fell asleep. He felt his truck hit something. Where he made the really critical mistake was he didn't stop. He understands the terrible mistake he made that day."
When it was his turn to speak, Gunn turned toward Clarke's relatives and said, "I would like to apologize to the whole family. There's nothing that I can ever do to go back and fix it."
If their roles in the matter were reversed, Gunn added, "I would feel exactly the same way you guys do."
St. Mary's Circuit Judge Karen H. Abrams told Gunn that while there was no evidence that alcohol or the truck's speed were factors in the accident, "The problem is you didn't stay. It makes it all the worse."
The judge sentenced Gunn to three years in prison, suspended to the 18-month jail term with work-release privileges, on the condition that he pay $8,582 in restitution and take a driver improvement class during three years of supervised probation. Gunn's lawyer said his client is employed in masonry work.
Abrams said the active jail sentence was intended in part to send a message to other drivers to be aware of the possible consequences of dangerous behavior behind the wheel, whether it be falling asleep or sending text messages.
"People get hurt, people get killed," the judge said.
The prosecutor said earlier this year that doctors had no opinion as to whether Clarke would have survived if he had received immediate medical care after he was injured, a factor complicated by uncertainty about exactly what time the collision occurred.
Clarke was employed for 15 years with Carroll's Equipment in Dameron, according to an obituary, after earlier jobs as a tow truck driver for Dyson's Service Center, as an employee of Great Mills Trading Post, and as a collections officer at the former First National Bank of St. Mary's.


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TULSA, Okla. (Oct. 5, 2010) - ETSU senior Grega Teraz (Mojstrana, Slovenia) saw his run end in the qualifying of the D'Novo/ITA All-American Championship on Tuesday afternoon.
After Teraz won his opening round match on Monday, he fell to John Collins of Maryland 6-4, 6-4, this afternoon in second round action.
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