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Happy 10th Anniversary to "Wicked" with David Burnham
Happy 10th Anniversary to "Wicked" with David Burnham
Sat, 11/02/2013 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
This week the blockbuster musical Wicked celebrates its 10th Anniversary on Broadway, a milestone achieved by only ten other Broadway productions. Join host Robert Hammond and his guest David Burnham, who originated the role of Fiyero in the pre-Broadway workshops of Wicked. Get a behind the scenes "look" into the musical that is defying gravity worldwide.
David Burnham
Last seen in the Broadway production of Wicked in the role of Fiyero, David Burnham was also an integral part of the musical when it was merely an idea in Stephen Schwartz's mind. He originated the same role in the pre-Broadway developmental workshops.
Other Broadway credits include Fabrizio Naccarelli in The Light in the Piazza. While in The Light in the Piazza, he performed on the Tony Awards and the PBS telecast Live From Lincoln Center. From Broadway, he went on to play the same role in the national Broadway tour of The Light in the Piazza, for which he received the Helen Hayes and Garland Awards for best actor.
After a two-year search, Burnham replaced Donny Osmond in the role of Joseph in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Dramalogue Award). He toured nationally in Jesus Christ Superstar as Peter. In 2012, he starred in the Off-Broadway production of The Best Is Yet to Come: the Music Of Cy Coleman. He was the voice of the Prince in the animated movie of The King and I, produced by Warner Bros. He can be heard on Ghepetto and Home on the Range soundtracks.
Burnham performs with symphonies worldwide, and each summer he hosts Camp Sing, a music program for young artists. His self-titled CD and sophomore project, One Day, are available wherever fine music is sold. Information available at davidburnham.com.


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In black and white. A study of the portrayal of racism in the book, film, and the television versions of H.G. Bissingers´s Friday Night Lights
This essay is about H.G. Bissinger's non-fictional book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream and its portrayal of racism in connection with a small Texan town's high school football team. The portrayal of racism in the book will be compared to how two other versions of the story confront the subject, and which version addresses it most effectively. The other versions discussed consist of a Hollywood feature film released in 2004, produced by Brian Grazer and directed by Peter Berg, which bears the name of the book, and the first season of a television series, produced and directed by the same producer and director of the movie, released in 2006, and which also holds the original name (IMDB). Although the blatant racism that Bissinger reveals as the norm in West Texas during his residence in the depressing oil town of Odessa is confronted separately by all three versions, they portray the problem in different ways and are therefore subject to comparison. This essay is going to reveal through evidence, argument and discussion, that it is in fact the original book by the author Bissinger that shines the clearest light on the issue of racism.
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ALLENDALE, Mich. - Senior Ali Haidar scored 25 and sophomore Ben Stelzer added 21 for Michigan Tech but it was not enough as Grand Valley came away with a 70-65 win Saturday (Jan. 12). The Huskies fall to 10-4 overall and 7-3 in the league.
"We played a hell of a game today," said head coach Kevin Luke. "Today was the best we looked all year. Our guys gave a great effort today."
Stelzer jump started the Tech offensive draining back-to-back 3-pointers to open the contest, but the Lakers would slowly turn the tide over the course of the half. Following a 3-pointer by Stelzer at 9:39, Grand Valley would close the half on a 24-7 run to lead 38-26 at halftime.
The Huskies would close within three with 2:19 remaining in the second half following four straight points by Ali Haidar.
Tech's comeback was stalled by turnovers on its next two turnovers before falling by five, 70-65.
Stelzer finished with 21 points coming from seven 3-pointers. He added four rebounds, two assists and one steal.
Haidar scored 25 points shooting 9-of-16 from the field and 7-of-8 from the free throw line. He grabbed six rebounds and three assists.
Junior Austin Armga chipped in 10 points for the Black and Gold.
Breland Hogan led the Lakers with 16 points and Kristers Zeidaks added 13.
The stats were nearly even between the two teams. Grand Valley finished with a 24-20 advantage in rebounds, but Tech finished with an edge in assists 16-11.
Bench points finished 35-9 in advantage of GVSU.
Tech hosts Wayne State Thursday (Jan. 17).
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This was my first year at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference, and it was amazing. Here's a quick re-cap of the events
An experiential learning project to teach students in high school and college how to use embedded electronics to accomplish things in the field as a proof of concept. - By Daniel Blake
Courtesy of Terrence Fagan, Engineering Chair at Central Piedmont Community College. Terrence has done a lot of great work in engineering education and outreach in his community. He had the opportunity to attend the Fab10 Symposium in Barcelona last July. When he started telling me about his experience there, I felt it was a must for a blog post.
High-school science teachers can radically reduce the cost of building up science labs while giving students opportunities to engage in genuine design processes by introducing them to open-source hardware. A vast collection of free and pre-designed low-cost scientific tools are available, many of which can be printed on a open-source 3D printer, including the printer itself. Not only can students benefit from access to research grade equipment, there are ample opportunities for students to build on, improve, and customize scientific tools as part of their curriculum. In this way the number and value of the open-source hardware designs can expand with student effort, enabling a powerful motivating factor for science education.
A recap of our Let It Glow e-card crafting class and our trip to Maine teaching at Berwick Academy.
Last Friday at Skyline High School, rather than taking a traditional final exam, students in the Introduction to Electronics class with Ms. Vadovzski prepared poster presentations of projects that they created during the semester. Each project was required to demonstrate some type of interactivity using an Arduino and traditional electronics.
We often teach beginning learners that the standard 16 MHz Arduino Uno is fast... really fast. 16 MHz means 16 Million cycles per second -- or that translates to 1/16 millionths of a second per cycle. That's a mere 62.5 ns. That's fast. So, is the Arduino _really_ that fast? Let's see...
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Check out this quick little hack using a standard temperature probe from my oven thermometer, our PicoBoard, and a little creative coding in Scratch!
Garth Sundem, big-time author and GeekDad contributor, came by the new SparkFun HQ with his family. Here's what he had to say about it.
The Hiking Hack is the first of a proposed series of research expeditions investigating the role of situated design for wild animal interaction. This mobile workshop through the Panamanian Rainforest was designed to explore how context shapes the crafting of technology and to probe the limits of constructing and utilizing DIY physical computing systems in harsh environments. It also served as a means of engaging with and reflecting upon the biological, technological and cultural aspects interplaying in modern scientific research.
MakerCamp was a month long camp where makers, designers and mentors from different parts of the world and with varying skill sets came together to work on projects they wanted to dive deeper into. The group of participants flew in from all over the globe last month (August) to hack, make, teach, work together, and document their making process. In the end they came away with a global community of support for prototypes that can be kick-started into real life projects. As SparkFun was a partner in the camp, we wanted to showcase some of the awesome people and projects from the camp last month.


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Sex Slaves, Bio-Programming, and Christ Incarnate -- Now Near Laredo!
There were some that said it couldn't be done. There were some that said that Jonestown - after the cyanide and the suicide and the doctor from Houston who helped provide both - had turned cults passé, and tired, and pointless. Cults had had their time. They flamed out, in spectacular fashion, and it was time to move forward.
Sure, Heaven's Gate, Aum Shinrikyo, and Scientologists have all attempted to resurrect the myth and marketing of the cult. Branch Davidians even offered a bit of local fare. But none have landed the lasting emphasis of Mr. Jones and his Kool-Aid Gang.
Fortunately, news out of Nuevo Laredo may yet shake cultists from their doldrums. There's no Kool-Aid - or "Flavor Aid," if you're a stickler for historical accuracy - involved, but a combination of Jesus, sex slaves, and something called "bio-programming" may yet bring the cult back into the vogue it once enjoyed.
According to news reports, it seems that Mexican officials have busted a ring of folks terming themselves the "Defensores de Cristo," or "Defenders of Christ." Shouldered against the border with Laredo - "Laredo is (Still) Safe!" - the cult seems to have been centered around a Spanish man claiming to be Christ reincarnate. Not the most atypical, certainly. However, as any bodily God - nee Ignacio Gonzalez de Arriba - presumably would, this holy gentleman stated a need for certain carnal sustenance. Hence, mujeres.
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However, these women weren't initially lured through the allure of the Body of Christ, but through courses Mr. Cristo offered on something called "bio-programming," a New Age-y scheme that would "allow participants to 'reprogram' their brains to eliminate pain, suffering and anxiety.'"
While no Laredans have yet been tied to the cult, Mr. Cristo's posse took a distinctly international flavor: Among the 14 foreigners detained included folks from Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Argentina, in addition to a half-dozen from Spain.
Thankfully for followers, one member of a support group noted that cells could still be active in both Peru and Argentina. Because the last thing you'd want, especially at this juncture, would be to snuff out a cult at such a promising phase. Plus, between Jonestown and the Defensores de Cristo, it seems there are only a few South American nations left untouched. Smart money's on Suriname as the last holdout - though if you see Paramaribo's Kool-Aid imports on the uptick, you might want to head elsewhere.
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Today's online and print versions of the Georgetown News Graphic have a photograph and mention of the Homecoming Exhibition with items from the GC Archives. Stop by the Cochenour Gallery in the LRC tomorrow, Friday, from 12-2 to learn about the Georgetown Stories that students have gathered in the Curatorial Studies course.
Thanks to Nancy Royden of the News-Graphic, Sandy Baird of the Archives, and Katie Mann and Laura Stewart for assistance in putting together this exhibition. And, of course, thank you to the alums who gave of their time to be interviewed. See you tomorrow!
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While some groups refuse to welcome back those who have quit, it makes little sense to establish a blanket no-rehiring rule. Instead, assess your needs on a case-by-case basis. Here are some questions to help you decide how to proceed:
Is there a precedent? Consider your current employees, especially your rising superstars. How many of them are rehires? If your company already has a successful track record of bringing back talented employees, then that's a good reason to rehire others. As they reacquaint themselves with your operation, they'll see that their predecessors have restarted their careers or advanced more rapidly upon their return.
How about loyalty? If you rehire out of desperation, you may lose the person yet again. Evaluate whether the candidate really intends to stay put this time.
Is disability a factor? If a disabled worker reapplies to your firm, you have more leeway to ask disability-related questions if you already knew of his condition. Just make sure you limit your focus to issues relating directly to job requirements, or you may face a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Is the candidate a union member? If union employees reapply with your company, check your collective bargaining agreement. Your contract may require you to rehire union workers automatically for a certain length of time. Normally, you don't have to rehire striking union workers once their old jobs are filled, even if the strikers are qualified for other open slots.


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Kris Jenkins played 10 years in the NFL, and at his peak, he was on of the best defensive linemen in football. Then, toward the end of his career, his body began to wear down.
The numbness started at the very beginning. I couldn't feel part of both arms. I couldn't feel part of both legs. It was worse on the left. I'm just starting to get feeling back in my left side. Look, football is no joke.
That comes from the New York Times, where the recently-retired Jenkins opens up to Greg Bishop about everything from injuries, cliche-happy coaches, adjusting to making the NFL, to the dangers facing offensive and defensive lineman in the modern era. It's all a pretty fascinating read from a guy without much to gain from speaking out.
But then he hints at something deeper.
First, some excerpts from what he said. On Roger Goodell's fines for big hits:
Roger Goodell said something to me that always stuck in my head: We're ambassadors for the game. O.K., well, if we're ambassadors for the game, then we should be able to have a voice.
What you hear from guys like Ray Lewis, James Harrison, what they're saying is we're well aware what we're signing up for. The violence, we love it. The madness, we love it. We love measuring ourselves in it. Those guys express themselves with their pads. You soften the game, you're taking away their freedom of expression. Nobody wants to see flag football, and now, you might as well give guys flags, tell them to hug afterward, all that.
On his first concussion:
I got my first N.F.L. concussion against Green Bay, my rookie year. I jumped, and my feet got clipped, and I hit the ground face-first. Bang! No shoulders. No chest. Nothing. Just my face hit. I got up, and I had the punch-drunk feeling, seeing starbursts and feeling giddy. I knew where I was. I knew what was going on. I also knew I had my bell rung. I made tackles back to back, and I remember one coach saying, the way he's playing right now, the concussion probably did him some good. I played the whole game.
On the effects of football:
The brain fog? It still hasn't stopped. It feels like you're punch-drunk, like someone hit you over the head. It's like you knock yourself stupid. When you have to concentrate on things, then it becomes an issue. My head gets foggy to the point where I really can't function. Then I get acupuncture. I get massage treatments.
On the choice all players face:
I made the choice to play football. I made the choice to walk through the concussions. I could have stopped. I could have said, my head hurts. It was my choice, as a man. We consider football a gladiator sport because we understand you're going to get hurt. You're putting your life on the line. You might not die now, like in an old Roman arena, but 5, 10 years down the road, you could. You know that. I wouldn't change anything.
To review: He hates Goodell ruining the game, even if the game has robbed him of his health down the road. But of course Jenkins wouldn't change a thing. And that's the fundamental problem.
The ones you try to protect love the game most because of what you want to eliminate. In other words, for anyone trying to make football less violent, the biggest enemies you face are football players. This has been argued before, but nobody's spelled it out quite like Jenkins.
Players love football so much that they'll accept the massive damage it does to their bodies. Then when they give up the game, they'll spend a lifetime dealing with the psychic and physical consequences, and a lifetime missing the game that did it to them. And what do they miss?
"The violence is what I remember," Jenkins says. "The mayhem, finding the line between insanity and sanity, that's the exact reason why you play. That's the reason fans like football in the first place."
He's probably right about fans, and he's speaking from experience as a player, so it's hard to argue. Straddling "the line between insanity and sanity" sounds so cool, too. But then you remember the "brain fog" and half his body going numb, and it's all harder to romanticize.
Jenkins begins his piece saying, "N.F.L. fans, people outside, they have no clue what goes on", but we kinda do. More and more, we learn and understand what's really at stake in all this. And the more we learn about what football does to football players in 2011, the weirder it feels to revel in it all. This isn't new, but it's not going away. Nobody knows knows where the line between sanity and insanity actually falls, and nobody knows whose place it is to decide.
I just know I couldn't help thinking of Kris Jenkins' interview when I saw his younger brother Cullen Jenkins lay down the hit of the night on Sunday. Then I saw D.J. Ware blinking his eyes and writhing in pain on the ground while Cris Collinsworth erupted in praise, and thought, "God damn, football makes no sense." And to guys like Jenkins, maybe that's the point.
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- Year Of The Rookie: Cam Newton And The Long, Strange Trip Of Football's New Icon
- NFL Picks, Week 9: Jets Vs. Bills, Steelers Vs. Ravens, And Putting The Past Behind Us
- What Is Mike Shanahan Frowning About?
- Ball So Hard University: Getting To Know Terrell Suggs' Alma Mater
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Simon Cowell has accused the BBC of betraying its public service obligations by aggressively scheduling the return of Strictly Come Dancing in a head-to-head clash with The X Factor.
Cowell, who returns to the ITV talent show's judging panel alongside Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, said the BBC had broken a "gentlemen's agreement" by provoking a ratings battle between the two entertainment juggernauts, which would only "piss off viewers".
The BBC was engulfed in a "dirty tricks" row after it emerged that the new Strictly series will debut on Sunday September 7 at 8pm-9.15pm clashing with its ITV rival's 8pm-9.05pm slot.
The BBC said it was "important that Strictly launches in primetime" and accused ITV of slipping an hour-long Coronation Street into the schedules, ahead of The X Factor, which it had hidden during previous exchanges of its programme plans.
Strictly has pirouetted ahead of The X Factor, which returns this Saturday, in the ratings war during Cowell's absence from the ITV show, fuelling a bitter rivalry between the hit series.
Cowell said: "The people they are pissing off are the viewers. They didn't have to put it on at the same time as us but they did. And it means people have to make a choice whereas before I think it was more of a gentlemen's agreement. That seems to have gone out of the window.
"Before if you asked them 'are you doing this for ratings or are you being a public service broadcaster?' they'd say the latter.
"But the reality is they did what they did to compete against us because they want to damage our show – which is fine, you've got to be a grown-up about it. But you have to admit that because it's not in the viewers' interests.
"It just shows the producers of their show for what they are. They don't want people to watch our show and our job is to do the best possible job we can so people prefer X Factor to theirs."
Strictly's recent success may have bred arrogance, Cowell suggested. "When we have been arrogant in the past, when we were winning, you kind of got complacent. That's when we lost out.
"When we're on the back foot and we had to just be really creative on the show that's when we did better. I kind of feel we're in that position at the moment. We're not going in to this arrogant. We're not going in expecting to win, though we'd like to. But we are going all out to make a better show."
The BBC defended its scheduling policy. A spokesman said: "We always try to avoid direct clashes but it's important that Strictly launches in primetime and with the extra episode of Coronation Street coming in, it's unfortunately left us with very little room to move on this occasion."
The extra hour long soap episode, which doesn't normally air on Sundays, wasn't disclosed in earlier exchanges, BBC sources insisted, whilst Strictly was always in the schedule. The BBC believes it had no choice then but to go head-to-head against one of ITV's juggernauts and executives chose to the 8pm slot to win the biggest possible audience.
Claudia Winkleman replaces Sir Bruce Forsyth as the permanent host of Strictly this year. The dance show's celebrity line-up includes Judy Murray, Casualty actress Sunetra Sarker and television naturalist Steve Backshall.


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Saffron crocus | |
A saffron crocus flower with red stigma. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Magnoliophyta |
Class: | Liliopsida |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Iridaceae |
Subfamily: | Crocoideae |
Genus: | Crocus |
Species: | C. sativus |
Binomial name | |
Crocus sativus L. |
Saffron (pronounced /ˈsæfrən/, /ˈsæfrɒn/) (Persian: زَعْفَرَان) is a spice made from the stigma of the flower of the saffron plant. The spice is used in cooking as a seasoning and as a food colouring. It is native to Southwest Asia.[1][2] It is the world's most costly spice, and has been for a long time.[1][3]
Saffron has a bitter taste and smells like hay. This smell is caused by the chemicals picrocrocin and safranal.[4][5] Saffron also contains a dye, crocin, that gives food a rich golden colour. Saffron is a part of many foods from around the world, and is also used in medicine.
The word saffron comes from the 12th century Old French word safran, which comes from the Latin word safranum. Safranum is also related to the Italian zafferano and Spanish azafrán.[6] Safranum comes from the Arabic word (أَصْفَر), which means "yellow".[5][7]
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Saffron crocus morphology | |
→ Stamens (male organs). | |
→ Corolla (whorl of petals). | |
→ Corm (propagation organ). |
The cultivated saffron (saffron crocus C. sativus) flowers in the autumn and comes up every year, so it is known as a perennial plant. It does not grow wild, and is now a triploid form of the eastern Mediterranean plant called Crocus cartwrightianus.[8] It is thought that C. cartwrightianus came from Crete.[5] The saffron crocus resulted when C. cartwrightianus was subjected to a lot of artificial selection by growers who wanted plants with longer stigmas. It can not reproduce because the saffron crocus's purple flowers do not produce useful seeds. This means that reproduction needs human help. The corms (underground bulb-like starch-storing organs) must be dug up, broken apart, and planted again. A corm lives for only one season, reproducing by splitting into up to ten "cormlets" that will grow into new plants.[8] The corms are small brown balls up to 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) in diameter and are covered in thick parallel fibres.
After a period in summer known as "aestivation", some narrow green leaves come up from the ground. These can grow to up to 40 cm (16 in) in length. The number of leaves is between five and eleven. In autumn, purple buds appear. In October, after most other flowering plants have released their seeds, the saffron grows its brightly-coloured flowers, which are coloured from light to dark purple.[9] At the time of flowering, the plant is usually less than 30 cm (12 in) in height.[10] Inside each flower are three prongs, called the "style". Each prong has a crimson "stigma" of between 25 and 30 mm in length[8] at the end of it.
Cultivation[change | change source]
Saffron crocus flower yields[*] of smaller producers | |
Country | Yield (kg/ha) |
Spain | 6–29 |
Italy | 10–16 |
Greece | 4–7 |
India | 2–7 |
Morocco | 2.0–2.5 |
Source: Deo 2003, p. 3 | |
[*]–Yields specify flower weight, not final dry saffron weight. |
The saffron crocus grows best in climates like that of the Mediterranean maquis or the North American chaparral, where hot, dry summer winds blow across the land. However, saffron can live through temperatures as cold as −10 °C (14.0 °F), and short periods of snow.[8][11] Saffron needs no extra water if it grows in a wet place like Kashmir, where there is usually 1000–1500 mm of rain each year. It is also important for the rain to fall at the right time of year: there should be a lot of rain in the spring and little in the summer. Rainfall just before flowering also makes the plant give more saffron. Rainy or cold weather during flowering can cause disease, so the plant gives less saffron. Other things that can make the plant give less saffron are: the weather being damp or hot for a long time;[12] rabbits, rats, and birds, digging in the ground near the plant; parasites such as the roundworm; fungus and corm rot.[13] Saffron plants grow best in strong and direct sunlight. Planting is best done in fields that slope towards the sunlight (i.e. south-sloping in the Northern Hemisphere), giving the crocuses' more sunlight. In the Northern Hemisphere, planting is mostly done in June, with corms planted some 7–15 cm deep.
Growers have found that planting corms 15 centimetres (5.9 in) deep and in rows spaced 2–3 cm apart makes more threads, whereas planting depths of 8–10 cm makes more flowers and corms.[12] Saffron crocuses grow best in crumbly, moist and well-drained clay soils with high organic content. They are often planted in raised beds, to help with drainage. Farmers often use 20–30 tonnes of manure per hectare on the plants before plating the corms[13] The buds do not start to grow until early autumn, then in the middle of autumn the plants begin to flower. Picking the flowers must be done quickly: they flower at dawn, but curl up and die during the day.[14] The flowers of the saffron crocuses only last for one or two weeks.[15] From 150 flowers, the farmer can get about 1 g of dry saffron threads. To produce 12 g of dried saffron (72 g freshly harvested) would take about 1 kg of flowers (1 lb for 0.2 oz of dried saffron). It can be worked out that from this that one freshly picked flower makes 0.03 g of fresh saffron, or 0.007 g of dried saffron.[13]
History[change | change source]
The history of saffron growing reaches back more than 3,000 years.[8] The wild plant from which the saffron crocus came was called Crocus cartwrightianus. Humans began choosing wild plants that had long "stigmas". Gradually, a form of C. cartwrightianus, C. sativus, came into being in the late Bronze Age Crete.[16] Experts believe that the first document to mention saffron is a 7th century BC Assyrian book about botany which was written in the time of Ashurbanipal. There is evidence for the use of saffron in the treatment of about 90 illnesses during the past 4,000 years.[17]
Mediterranean[change | change source]
The Minoans had pictures of saffron in their palaces as long ago as 1500–1600 BC, showing how it could be used as a medicine.[17][18] Later, Greek legends told of sea voyages to Cilicia, where adventurers hoped to find the world's most valuable saffron.[11] Another legend tells how someone named Crocus was bewitched and transformed into the original saffron crocus.[19] Ancient Mediterranean peoples–including perfumers in Egypt, physicians in Gaza, townspeople in Rhodes,[20] and the Greek hetaerae courtesans–used saffron in their perfumes, ointments,[21] potpourris, mascaras, divine offerings, and medical treatments.[21]
In late Hellenistic Egypt, Cleopatra used saffron in her baths to make her feel good.[22] Egyptian healers used saffron as a treatment for all types of gastrointestinal ailments.[23] Saffron was also used as a fabric dye in such Levant cities as Sidon and Tyre.[24] Aulus Cornelius Celsus prescribes saffron in medicines for wounds, cough, colic, and scabies, and in the mithridatium.[25] Such was the Romans' love of saffron that Roman colonists took their saffron with them when they settled in southern Gaul, where it was extensively cultivated until Rome's fall. Competing theories state that saffron only returned to France with 8th century AD Moors or with the Avignon papacy in the 14th century AD.[26]
Asia[change | change source]
Paints made from saffron were being used for drawing 50,000 years ago. These have been found in the country that is today called Iraq.[19][27] Later, people called the Sumerians used wild-growing saffron in their medicines and magical potions.[28] Traders carried saffron for long distances before the 2nd millennium BC. Ancient Persians were growing their own type of saffron (Crocus sativus 'Hausknechtii') in Derbena, Isfahan, and Khorasan by the 10th century BC. Sometimes saffron threads were woven into textiles,.[19] They were given as offerings to the gods and used in dyes, perfumes, medicines, and body washes.[29] Saffron threads were also scattered across beds and mixed into hot tea as a way of curing sad feelings. Other people were afraid that the Persians would use saffron as a drug and aphrodisiac.[21] During his Asian campaigns, Alexander the Great used Persian saffron in his tea, rice, and baths to help heal his battle wounds. Alexander's troops copied their leader's actions and brought the habit of saffron-bathing back to Greece.[30]
No one knows how saffron arrived in South Asia. Traditional Kashmiri and Chinese accounts date its arrival anywhere between 900–2500 years ago.[31][32] Historians studying ancient Persian records date the arrival to sometime before 500 BC,[4] saying it was either Persian transplantation of saffron corms to stock new gardens and parks[33] or a Persian invasion and colonization of Kashmir. Phoenicians then sold Kashmiri saffron as a dye and a treatment for melancholy.[21] From there, saffron use in foods and dyes spread throughout South Asia. For example, Buddhist monks in India started wearing saffron-coloured robes after the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama's death.[34] However, the robes were not dyed with costly saffron but turmeric, a less expensive dye, or jackfruit.[35]
Some historians believe that saffron first came to China with Mongol invaders by way of Persia.[36] On the other hand, saffron is mentioned in ancient Chinese medical texts, including the forty-volume Shennong Bencaojing (神農本草經—"Shennong's Great Herbal", also known as Pen Ts'ao or Pun Tsao) pharmacopoeia, a tome dating from 200–300 BC. Traditionally attributed to the legendary Yan ("Fire") Emperor (炎帝) Shennong, it documents 252 phytochemical-based medical treatments for various disorders.[34][37][38] Yet around the 3rd century AD, the Chinese were referring to saffron as having a Kashmiri provenance. For example, Wan Zhen, a Chinese medical expert, reported that "[t]he habitat of saffron is in Kashmir, where people grow it principally to offer it to the Buddha." Wan also reflected on how saffron was used in his time: "The [saffron crocus] flower withers after a few days, and then the saffron is obtained. It is valued for its uniform yellow colour. It can be used to aromatise wine."
Europe[change | change source]
In Europe, saffron cultivation declined steeply following the Roman Empire's fall. Saffron was reintroduced when the Islamic civilization "Al-Andalus" spread to Spain, France, and Italy.[39] During the 14th century Black Death, there was a huge increase in demand for saffron-based medicine. Much saffron had to be imported by Venetian and Genoan ships from southern and Mediterranean lands[40] such as Rhodes. The theft of one such shipment by noblemen started the 14 week long "Saffron War".[40] The conflict and resulting fear of rampant saffron piracy spurred significant saffron cultivation in Basel, which grew prosperous.[41] Cultivation and trade then spread to Nuremberg, where epidemic levels of saffron adulteration brought on the Safranschou code. Under this law under saffron adulterers were fined, imprisoned, and executed.[42] Soon after, saffron cultivation spread throughout England, especially Norfolk and Suffolk. The Essex town of Saffron Walden, named for its new specialty crop, became England's main saffron growing and trading center. However, an influx of more exotic spices such as chocolate, coffee, tea, and vanilla from newly contacted Eastern and overseas countries caused European cultivation and usage of saffron to decline.[43][44] Only in southern France, Italy, and Spain, did significant cultivation continue.[45]
Europeans brought saffron to the Americas when immigrant members of the Schwenkfelder Church left Europe with a trunk containing saffron corms; indeed, many Schwenkfelders had widely grown saffron in Europe.[46] By 1730, the Pennsylvania Dutch were growing saffron throughout eastern Pennsylvania. Spanish colonies in the Caribbean bought large amounts of this new American saffron, and high demand ensured that saffron's list price on the Philadelphia commodities exchange was set equal to that of gold.[47] The trade with the Caribbean later collapsed in the aftermath of the War of 1812, when many saffron-transporting merchant vessels were destroyed.[48] Yet the Pennsylvania Dutch continued to grow lesser amounts of saffron for local trade and use in their cakes, noodles, and chicken or trout dishes.[49] American saffron cultivation survived into modern times mainly in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.[46]
Trade and use[change | change source]
Saffron's aroma is often described to be something like metallic honey with grassy or hay-like notes. Its taste has also been noted as hay-like and somewhat bitter. Saffron gives a light yellow-orange colouring to foods. Saffron is widely used in Iranian (Persian), Arab, Central Asian, European, Indian,Turkish, Moroccan and Cornish cuisines. Confectioneries and liquors also often include saffron. Common saffron substitutes include safflower (Carthamus tinctorius, which is often sold as "Portuguese saffron" or "assafroa") and turmeric (Curcuma longa). Saffron has been used as a traditional medicine for a long time. Modern medicine has also discovered itas having anticarcinogenic (cancer-suppressing),[50] anti-mutagenic (mutation-preventing), immunomodulating, and antioxidant-like properties.[50][51][52] Saffron has also been used as a fabric dye, particularly in China and India, and in perfumery.
World saffron cultivation patterns | |
– Major growing regions. | |
– Major producing nations. | |
– Minor growing regions. | |
– Minor producing nations. | |
– Major trading centres (current). | |
– Major trading centres (historical). |
Most saffron is grown in a belt of land ranging from the Mediterranean in the west to Kashmir in the east. Annually, around 300 tonnes of saffron are produced worldwide.[5] Iran ranks first in the world production of saffron, with more than 94 percent of the world yield.[53] Iran's annual saffron production is expected to hit 300 tons by the end of the nation's Fourth Five-Year Socioeconomic Development Plan in 2009. Other minor producers of saffron are Spain, India, Greece, Azerbaijan, Morocco, and Italy. A pound of dry saffron (0.45 kg) requires 50,000–75,000 flowers. These flowers would need about a football field's area of cultivation.[54][55] Some forty hours of labour are needed to pick 150,000 flowers.[56] Upon extraction, stigmas are dried quickly and (preferably) sealed in airtight containers.[57] Saffron prices at wholesale and retail rates range from US$500/pound to US$5,000/pound (US$1100–US$11,000 per kilogram)—equivalent to £250/€350 per pound or £5,500/€7,500 per kilo. In Western countries, the average retail price is $1,000/£500/€700 per pound (US$2200/£1100/€1550 per kilogram).[1] A pound comprises between 70,000 and 200,000 threads. Vivid crimson colouring, slight moistness, elasticity, recent harvest date, and lack of broken-off thread debris are all traits of fresh saffron.
Cultivars[change | change source]
Several saffron cultivars are grown worldwide. Spain's varieties, including the tradenames 'Spanish Superior' and 'Creme', are generally mellower in colour, flavour, and aroma; they are graded by government-imposed standards. Italian varieties are slightly more potent than Spanish, while the most intense varieties tend to be Iranian in origin. Westerners may face significant obstacles in obtaining saffron from India. For example, India has banned the export of high-grade saffron abroad. Aside from these, various "boutique" crops are available from New Zealand, France, Switzerland, England, the United States, and other countries, some organically grown. In the U.S., Pennsylvania Dutch saffron—known for its earthy notes—is marketed in small quantities.[46][58]
Consumers regard certain cultivars as "premium" quality. The "Aquila" saffron (zafferano dell'Aquila)—defined by high safranal and crocin content, shape, unusually pungent aroma, and intense colour—is grown exclusively on eight hectares in the Navelli Valley of Italy's Abruzzo region, near L'Aquila. It was first introduced to Italy by a Dominican monk from Inquisition-era Spain. But in Italy the biggest saffron cultivation, for quality and quantity, is in San Gavino Monreale, Sardinia. There, saffron is grown on 40 hectares (60% of Italian production); it also has very high crocin, picrocrocin, and safranal content. Another is the Kashmiri "Mongra" or "Lacha" saffron (Crocus sativus 'Cashmirianus'), which is among the most difficult for consumers to obtain. Repeated droughts, blights, and crop failures in Kashmir, combined with an Indian export ban, contribute to its high prices. Kashmiri saffron is recognisable by its extremely dark maroon-purple hue, among the world's darkest, which suggests the saffron's strong flavour, aroma, and colourative effect.
Grade[change | change source]
Minimum saffron colour grading standards (ISO 3632) |
ISO Grade (category) |
Crocin-specific absorbance () score (at λ=440 nm) |
Source: Tarvand 2005b |
Saffron types are graded by quality according to laboratory measurements of such characteristics as crocin (colour), picrocrocin (taste), and safranal (fragrance) content. Other metrics include floral waste content (i.e. the saffron spice sample's non-stigma floral content) and measurements of other extraneous matter such as inorganic material ("ash"). A uniform set of international standards in saffron grading was established by the International Organization for Standardization, which is an international federation of national standards bodies. Namely, ISO 3632 deals exclusively with saffron. It establishes four empirical grades of colour intensity: IV (poorest), III, II, and I (finest quality). Saffron samples are then assigned to one of these grades by gauging the spice's crocin content, which is revealed by measurements of crocin-specific spectroscopic absorbance. Absorbance is defined as , with as absorbance (Beer-Lambert law). It is a measure of a given substance's transparency (, the ratio of light intensity passing through sample to that of the incident light) to a given wavelength of light.
Spanish federal saffron grading standards |
Grade | ISO score |
Coupe | > 190 |
La Mancha | 180–190 |
Río | 150–180 |
Standard | 145–150 |
Sierra | < 110 |
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For saffron, absorbance is determined for the crocin-specific photon wavelength of 440 nm in a given dry sample of spice.[59] Higher absorbances at this wavelength imply greater crocin concentration, and thus a greater colourative intensity. These data are measured through spectrophotometry reports at certified testing laboratories worldwide. These colour grades proceed from grades with absorbances lower than 80 (for all category IV saffron) up to 190 or greater (for category I). The world's finest samples (the selected most red-maroon tips of stigmas picked from the finest flowers) receive absorbance scores in excess of 250. Market prices for saffron types follow directly from these ISO scores.[59] However, many growers, traders, and consumers reject such lab test numbers. They prefer a more holistic method of sampling batches of thread for taste, aroma, pliability, and other traits in a fashion similar to that practiced by practised wine tasters.[60]
Despite such attempts at quality control and standardisation, an extensive history of saffron adulteration–particularly among the cheapest grades–continues into modern times. Adulteration was first documented in Europe's Middle Ages, when those found selling adulterated saffron were executed under the Safranschou code.[61] Typical methods include mixing in extraneous substances like beet, pomegranate fibers, red-dyed silk fibers, or the saffron crocus's tasteless and odorless yellow stamens. Other methods included dousing saffron fibers with viscid substances like honey or vegetable oil. However, powdered saffron is more prone to adulteration, with turmeric, paprika, and other powders used as diluting fillers. Adulteration can also consist of selling mislabeled mixes of different saffron grades.[34] Thus, in India, high-grade Kashmiri saffron is often sold mixed with cheaper Iranian imports; these mixes are then marketed as pure Kashmiri saffron, a development that has cost Kashmiri growers much of their income.[62][63]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hill 2004, p. 272.
- ↑ Grigg 1974, p. 287.
- ↑ Rau 1969, p. 53.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 McGee 2004, p. 422 Invalid
tag; name "McGee_422" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Katzer 2001.
- ↑ Harper 2001.
- ↑ Kumar V (2006). The Secret Benefits of Spices and Condiments. Sterling. pp. p. 103. ISBN 1-8455-7585-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=AaTpWEIlgNwC. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Deo 2003, p. 1. Invalid
tag; name "Deo_1" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Willard 2001, p. 3.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Willard 2001, pp. 2–3. Invalid
tag; name "Willard_2-3" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 12.0 12.1 Deo 2003, p. 2 Invalid
tag; name "Deo_2" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Deo 2003, p. 3.
- ↑ Willard 2001, pp. 3–4.
- ↑ Willard 2001, p. 4.
- ↑ Goyns 1999, p. 1.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Honan 2004. Invalid
tag; name "Honan_2004" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Ferrence 2004, p. 1.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Willard 2001, p. 2. Invalid
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tag; name "Willard_2" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Willard 2001, p. 58.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Willard 2001, p. 41. Invalid
tag; name "Willard_41" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Willard 2001, p. 55.
- ↑ Willard 2001, pp. 34–35.
- ↑ Willard 2001, p. 59.
- ↑ Celsus, de Medicina, ca. 30 AD, transl. Loeb Classical Library Edition, 1935 [1]
- ↑ Willard 2001, p. 63.
- ↑ Humphries 1998, p. 20.
- ↑ Willard 2001, p. 12.
- ↑ Willard 2001, pp. 17–18.
- ↑ Willard 2001, pp. 54–55.
- ↑ Lak 1998b.
- ↑ Fotedar 1998–1999, p. 128.
- ↑ Dalby 2003, p. 256.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Tarvand 2005. Invalid
tag; name "Tarvand_2005" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Finlay, Victoria. "Color; A Natural History of the Palette", page 224. Random House 2002.
- ↑ Fletcher 2005, p. 11.
- ↑ Hayes 2001, p. 6.
- ↑ Shen-Nong Limited 2005.
- ↑ Willard 2001, p. 70.
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 Willard 2001, p. 99.
- ↑ Willard 2001, p. 101.
- ↑ Willard 2001, pp. 103–104.
- ↑ Willard 2001, p. 117.
- ↑ Willard 2001, pp. 132–133.
- ↑ Willard 2001, p. 133.
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 Willard 2001, p. 143.
- ↑ Willard 2001, p. 138.
- ↑ Willard 2001, pp. 138–139.
- ↑ Willard 2001, pp. 142–146.
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 Abdullaev 2002, p. 1.
- ↑ Assimopoulou 2005, p. 1.
- ↑ Chang, Kuo & Wang 1964, p. 1.
- ↑ http://www.FAO.org
- ↑ Hill 2004, p. 273.
- ↑ Rau 1969, p. 35.
- ↑ Lak 1998.
- ↑ Goyns 1999, p. 8.
- ↑ Willard 2001, p. 201.
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 Tarvand 2005b.
- ↑ Hill 2004, p. 274.
- ↑ Willard 2001, pp. 102–104.
- ↑ Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2003.
- ↑ Hussain 2005.
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A front-page poll in the New York Times confronts an issue no one likes to talk about: the pain of losing our job. Fifty percent of the unemployed have borrowed money from friends or relatives. Around the same number have experienced depression or anxiety. Four in ten are struggling enough that they have noticed behavioral changes in their children.
Normally, a recession as bad as this one wouldn't be coupled with a jobless recovery. The last time the unemployment rate hit ten percent, during the early Reagan years of 1981-82, the country returned to normal by having workers go back to familiar jobs. That isn't going to happen this time. The recovery involves a crisis of identity for millions of people.
Here are the critical factors:
— Manufacturing jobs have collapsed, leaving Michigan, for example, with the highest unemployment in the nation, at 15%. Some of these jobs can be retooled; others will return with the recovery of the big three automakers. But even before the bubble burst, manufacturing was fleeing to China.
— As companies rehire, they are more likely to rehire in China and South Asia than at home.
— Older workers who have never lost their jobs before are among the last to get a new job and the first to be jobless for more than a year.
— Minority unemployment is around twice the national average, and the young are being hardest hit. Their chance at a good first job — or even a college education — has been severely curtailed.
— All the bad conditions mentioned above will last at least another two years, if we believe the optimists, or up to a decade if we believe the pessimists.
In short, no ordinary bubble collapsed. America was already going through a crisis of identity, spending wildly, incurring foreign debt, living off second mortgages and paper profits as house prices soared, trusting that the rich had a social conscience, passively ignoring corruption in politics, and being diverted by pointless social issues as reactionary politicians and religionists fanned the flames.
I can only see this as a spiritual crisis that was long in the making.
Crises bring uncertainty. They weaken social bonds and increase class antagonism. Fear lurks just beneath the surface. The most basic questions — Who am I? Where is my life headed? — beg for answers.
The future will form itself around how this uncertainty is resolved. The reactionary pull is still strong. There is a huge faction that is blinded to anything but free markets, military superiority, church values, and consumerism. The right wants a return to an America that hasn't really prospered according to their creed for twenty years, unless you call two frustrating wars and massive debt to China a way to prosper. The left is more appealing, because it includes the vast majority of progressives. Also, the left is wedded to utopian visions, and utopia is more digestible than neoconservative fantasies.
But neither side will bring us into a new spiritual reality. That can happen only one person at a time, with hopeful but uncertain steps. A recent survey of economic response to bad times revealed that no one really knows what causes an economy to grow. Over seventy factors were studied, including lower taxes, job programs, and bailout subsidies. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. There's an invisible factor that makes one society rise and another fall.
Ultimately, it takes a vision that conquers uncertainty and keeps fear at bay. At this moment every American is seeking such a vision. It's a challenging time for the pocketbook but even more challenging for the soul. Needless to say, my hope is that America revives on a spiritual basis. A return to the status quo won't work, and it's not going to happen anyway. "May you live in interesting times" is said to be a Chinese curse. I doubt it. Change only occurs in interesting times. Far worse is another supposed Chinese curse: May you live the life you are already living.


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The mountain of Moses!
Trip Start
Jul 28, 2009
Trip End
Aug 10, 2010
We departed Dahab at 11pm and headed to St. Katherine Reserve Park. We arrived at 1:30am and started the hike in the middle of the night. I'm glad that we brought our headlamps. It was pretty amazing to walk through the gorge as there was so many stars in the clear sky. However, I couldn't keep looking up for long as the ground was uneven and too many rocks. I really wanted to just sit down for a minute and look up at the sky. But unfortunately, the guide said we needed to keep going. I was rather annoyed because I really wanted to enjoy the hike and not be rushed.
Nik started to complain that he was sleepy. I don't know what pushed him, but he kept going anyways. There was way too many people and I found out the next day that there was 500 people climbing the mountain that night!!!!!
Walking up the mountain, you really had to be careful as there was drop offs and I didn't realize how steep until the next morning! There was also too many camels sharing the narrow trail and we constantly had to look behind us. I saw one guy get knocked over by a camel.
Half way up, I really started to question my judgment on doing this trip. It only got steeper and steeper and I wondered what the hell am I doing??? It seemed that the trail would never end. All we saw was a long line of flickering lights ahead of us but I never could tell where the top of the stupid mountain was!
Then when I thought we were finally there, we still had 800 steps to climb! Arrghh, I'm not even religious and I was wondering what am I doing climbing this mountain with all these religious people singing their hymns! All I could think of was "God, get me back to Dahab!"
When we finally got the top, it was freezing cold and windy! I found a spot right at the edge of the mountain so we could watch the sunrise. Nik laid down on my lap and went straight to sleep. I was not physically tired, more sleepy tired! But we had come all this way, so I should at least watch the sunrise. It didn't take long before the pushy Chinese and Russian tourists wedged in between me and the edge and completely blocked my view! I tried to tell them to move but they just looked at me. When they started stepping on Nikolas, thats when I had to get up and move.
Then just when I went to take a photo, my camera would not work!!! Typical, first they block my view then my camera freezes. And this was the new camera that my sister had sent me! By the time, I got the camera to work, the sun had already come up!
I looked around and thought, this is it? Why did we do this climb? Neither one of us enjoyed the climb as there was way too many pushy and rude people and it was freezing cold! Would I do it again? No, not this mountain! I loved the 5 day climb to Mount Kilimanjaro but I also took my time getting to the top!
I really felt bad for Nikolas as I made him do this climb. By the time we got back to Dahab, we had been awake for 30 hours!


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Serves meat, vegan options available. Tempeh avocado melt, tempeh reuben, sandwiches, soups; some others items can be made vegan upon request. Full bar in the back. Popular among college students. Non-smoking establishment. Live music some nights. Local art exhibits on the walls. Open Mon-Sun 12:00am-2:00am, Mon-Sun 11:00am-12:00am.
Category: Vegan-friendly, Lacto, Ovo, International, Beer/Wine, Non-veg
Reviews (19)
First Review by thrulooknglass
We wish we lived closer
this place is a little bit rock and roll and would be one of joint regular stops if we lived closer. Everything on the menu can be made vegan and we loved what we had - the noodle salad and the sloppy joe. Our toddler loved the fried tofu and we also had a great chat with the chef.
Check it out. You'll like it.
Downtown atmosphere with good food
This is a great place to eat. It has become our adult escape when the kids are doing their own thing, although I will say the kids enjoyed it every time. The food is always excellent, served quickly and made to order. Service is great, prices are consistent for vegan food. The restaurant has the hipster/evergreen decor which keeps day time dinners to a minimum which makes it very romantic for us. For the longest time we thought it was 100% vegan so it caught us a little off guard to see meat on the menu. Needless to say this will continue to be our date day/night staple.
Pros: excellent food, good prices, street side parking
Cons: serves meat need to specify vegan
Cool place
I took my Mom and Husband here on a Saturday evening - next time I will choose sometime during the day. It is really more of a bar and the service isn't great in the evening/night. I got the tofu caribbean jerk w/ fries. Very good! The tofu had been marinated (it tasted like) and was amazingly flavorful and moist! My husband got the stuffed avocado which was rather expensive but very good as well.
Pros: Different menu, atmosphere
Cons: bad service at night, loud (at night), a little pricy
I Will Not Be Returning
Probably the only positive thing I can say is they had good French Fries and pickles. The service was abysmal, I never received my tab (everyone else at my table did though) and food was excessively greasy.
Good and Bad
The food is pretty good and I would go back just for a salad and some of the yummy poppy seed dressing but pretty shaky on cleanliness that is for sure. I had the Reuben which was okay. My boyfriend got the avocado melt which was much better but I could also do better at home. We had good service but we were also the only people there.
Pros: Good Salad Dressing
Cons: dumpy interior
Great vegan options!
Great vegan selection, bar in the back. Service can be pretty iffy sometimes, but worth it for the food. Definitely worth a visit if you're in Olympia!
Pros: great food, many vegan options, good value
Cons: not all vegan, service varies
Beer and vegan food.
As a bar desination, this place is pretty good. I've only been a couple of times, so I am no expert on this place but if you are hanging out in Oly and want some vegan food to go with the booze and whatnot, then you can do a lot worse. The fries are pretty good, the beer sellection is from all over the world and reasonably priced. The atmosphere is laid back and Oly hippy and perfect for a guy like me. Good location if you are wandering the streets and want to crash for a few and as there are no real vegan restaruants in down town, this place does the trick.
Pros: good vegan foods, good beer list, laid back, chill.
Cons: serving of the meat, simple, not really clean
Good stuff
Heading north on the I5, my wife, daughter and I used the VegOut app to find this place. An easy distance from the highway, and the food was fantastic. Avocado tempeh melt and Tempeh fajitas - yummy :)
Oly destination
We have been to this place a number of times when shopping at the co-op or other places. My husband is picky , but has had the best club sandwich and garlic fries there. He is not vegetarian, but I needed to find options and I have tried most of the vegan menu and my favorites are the noodle salad, sans tofu, and the super salad. The one guy that usually cooks does a good job like he cares, but the service can be too slow. Almost every time has been a good experience. The atmosphere is interesting. The fries portions have shrunk in half-husband not happy. Pricing okay.
Pros: vegan options, housemade dressings, location
Cons: lack of cleanliness, chilly sometimes, restrooms
Good, Not Great
I really liked that Le Voyeur has good vegan options and is open late. I didn't care for how noisy it was or the price I paid relative to the quality & quantity of the food I ate.
All in all, it's not high on my list but I would visit again.
Pros: Good Vegan options, Open Late, Central Location
Cons: Noisy , Not inexpensive, Quality could be better
best vegan sandwiches
I love Le Voyeur and go there every time I am in Olympia. I have even gone out of my way to eat there while on the way back from road trips further south (I live in Seattle). I have a hard time deciding which delicious sounding sandwich to order when I look at the menu and have ordered two sandwiches and shared with a friend just to make the decision easier most times I've been there. The southwest best is probably my favorite though. Sure the food takes a while, but what can you expect from a small kitchen with made to order food? I'd much rather have my food made fresh and have to wait a bit than eat something that's been sitting around or frozen and quickly reheated for me. Besides, the restaurant has a great atmosphere, so it's nice to enjoy a coffee, glass of wine, or beer before dinner too.
Pros: supreme sandwiches, yummy fries, great value
One of my all time faves
I go to Le Voyeur probably on a weekly basis. I like the seating in the bar best, and you can also order food there. I noticed a lot of complaints about the service & staff, but in my experience if you are friendly and nice to them, they will take care of you. It's just one of those places not interested in the resteraunt game of suck up to the customers to get a tip. There have been times when I waited longer than I'd like to, but in some ways thats nice too - you know yr not getting frozen fast food.
I love the fries, but usually order a salad for my side. The poppyseed dressing is delicious! My favorite sandwiches are the spicy cajun tofu, the southwest best with tempeh and yes, the avacado melt. The only thing I would avoid is the spicy crispy. I like spicy (as you can see) and it is the only thing there that is TOO spicy!
The bartenders are all good too - you know you'll get a strong drink when you order at Le Voyeur and they get creative with the specials.
I love Le Voyeur. Forget all the haters! This place is amazing.
Pros: Good Food, Atmosphere, Good Drinks
Cons: ok, Dirty, I'll give you that.
Cool little spot
I went here with a birthday party in January of 2007. We had a group of 10-12 people and the service was slow. However, I really enjoyed my food and I appreciated the options for people who had dietary preferences (me=vegan, one girl didn't want the sauce listed, asked for a different one). The salad and dressing was really tasty. Good prices, too.
If you are a yuppy conservative you aren't going to feel comfortable at Le Voyeur. And that's okay, just know before you go.
Pros: Good greasy spoon/hippy whole foods, prices, flexible choices
Cons: slow service, a little grungy, in a nice way
Totally Disgusted
I also found this restaraunt to be absolutely filthy. If more people ate there during daylight hours so they could see how disgusting the kitchen is, they would never go back. Why hasn't the Health Department shut them down, I wonder?
Equally upsetting, is the horrific service. I came in with a party of four at lunchtime on Saturday, May 10. Our service was adequate at first, but rapidly deteriorated. Three people in my party ordered salads, and I ordered an omelet. After about twenty minutes, the waitress brings out the three salads and leaves. Ten minutes pass, and she still hasn't come back with my omelet, or an explanation. So I find her and ask about the status of my food. The answer she gives is that because my food is cooked, it takes longer. Is it just me, or would you wait until everyone's food is ready before you bring it to the table. I said that I would have appreciated receiving my food at the same time, so that my family could eat together. I am told that the grill is only so big, so I will have to wait. Obviously, I am surprised by the response. The cook then tells me that he's been doing things this way for eight years and will not be changing anything now. He didn't even ask what I had ordered, and they did not offer an apology for the "mistake". I returned to my table, obviously upset. Afew minutes later, the waitress comes by to ask how everything is. It was so ridiculous I almost laughed out loud. Why on earth would she bother asking, when they clearly don't care on bit about customer service?
My lunch at Le Voyeur was by far the WORST experience I've ever had at a restaurant between the obvious filth and the horrendous service. I will not be going back, and I would urge you to do the same.
Pros: Unfortunately, there were none
Cons: Very unclean, Poor service
Great tasty Food.....
I really liked the feel of this place, a great selection of beers (i've tried a few) and the food has been spot on every time (really tasty). Also got to see a really great show in the night time, will go back for sure...
Pros: tasty food, cheap, relaxed
what a spot
this place is kind of crazy. its like a hipster music venue with a kitchen in the front with amazing "dual kitchen" food (they offer both "reg" and "veg" options) i tried the avocado melt because of the rave reviews, and it was very stellar. the fries were good. the cookies were decent, but kind of on the dry side. good service, and very fair pricing. this would be my local spot if i lived in this city. and will return next time i am around.
Pros: atmosphere, food, price
Cons: cookies were kinda dry
I miss this place. I've been away from Oly for over 2 years now, but I still have cravings for a vegan avocado melt. Mmmmm.... Yes, the atmosphere is "eclectic," but that's the point. This is a studenty place with the resulting atmosphere. I suppose it can seem pretentious toa first timer, but after that you'll find the service is friendly, although things can take a while when it gets busy. The soups were always delicious, the salads tasty, the sandwiches just what I needed, with a tasty beer special (is it still $2?) to wash it down with, all within my student budget. Will definitely be back when I have the chance.
Pros: Yummy food, Good value, Fun atmosphere
Cons: Can be a bit long
Great food if you're willing to wait
The food at Le Voyeur is usuallly great, though you often have to wait longer that you would like to. Also, avoid looking into the kitchen and using the bathroom... the need some cleaning. Most of their dishes can be made vegan :) The atmosphere is very chill, window seats are great for people watching!
Pros: yummy food, friendly staff, fun atmosphere
Cons: scary bathroom, scary kitchen
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will warn President Barack Obama in White House talks on Monday that Iran's diplomatic "sweet talk" cannot be trusted and will urge him to keep up the pressure to prevent Tehran from being able to make a nuclear bomb.
While Obama will attempt to reassure Netanyahu that he will not act prematurely to ease sanctions on Iran, growing signs of a U.S.-Iranian thaw have rattled Israel and could make for a tense encounter between the two leaders, who have not always seen eye-to-eye on the Iranian nuclear dispute.
They will meet in Washington three days after Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone in the highest-level contact between the countries in more than three decades. The call fueled hopes for a resolution of Iran's decade-old nuclear standoff with the West.
"Netanyahu does not care that he is the only one ruining the party," an Israeli official said.
Obama is expected to voice sympathy for Israel's skepticism about Iran, its longtime enemy, but will make clear his determination to test Rouhani's intentions and will press Netanyahu for time to do so, U.S. officials say.
For his part, Netanyahu will tell Obama that tough economic sanctions have succeeded in forcing Iran back to the negotiating table and "they should not be eased, quite the contrary, they should be tightened," a second Israeli official said.
Netanyahu will urge Obama to reject any concessions by the West and instead demand specific steps by Iran, including shutting down its uranium enrichment and plutonium projects and shipping out their fissile material. "He will tell the president 'better no deal than a bad deal,'" the official said.
The Obama administration has been vague on what concessions it wants from Iran, and a source close to the White House said the president is expected to resist Israeli pressure for a precise time limit for diplomacy to produce an agreement.
Despite their differences behind closed doors, Obama and Netanyahu are expected to try to project unity. Talks begin in the Oval Office at 11:15 a.m. EDT/1515 GMT, ending with statements to a small pool of journalists, followed by a working lunch.
Netanyahu spent Sunday holed up at his New York hotel working on a speech he will deliver at the United Nations on Tuesday while his aides mostly stayed out of the public eye.
"I will speak the truth. Facts must be stated in the face of the sweet talk and the blitz of smiles," Netanyahu said at the airport in Tel Aviv before departing for the United States.
Signaling Netanyahu's aim to counter Rouhani's charm offensive with one of his own, aides said the U.S.-educated Israeli leader will extend his visit by a day to conduct a series of media interviews.
Obama and Netanyahu have a history of difficult encounters, including a blowup in the Oval Office in 2011 when Netanyahu famously lectured the president on Jewish history.
Iran strategy has strained relations between them before, most notably last year when Netanyahu pushed back against U.S. pressure on Israel not to launch its own pre-emptive attack on Iran's nuclear sites.
Having secured a second term, Obama visited Israel in March, where he eased the personal rift with Netanyahu and offered reassurances that he was determined to deny Iran the means to make a bomb, something that Tehran denies it is seeking.
But different clocks tick for the two allies. While they agree that Tehran could make its first nuclear device in months if it were intent on doing so, Israel warned last week this gap could shrink to weeks due to new Iranian uranium centrifuges.
Limited in conventional military clout, Israel – believed to be the Middle East's only nuclear-armed power – would prefer the U.S. superpower takes lead against Iran if diplomacy fails.
Yet Israelis watched worriedly as Obama stumbled in his bid to muster domestic support for attacking Syria in reprisal over Damascus's suspected use of chemical weapons on August 21.
Netanyahu will look for proof of Obama's commitment to confront Tehran with a "credible military threat." Obama insists he is not bluffing but has not been as explicit as Israel wants.
However, neither does Netanyahu look any closer to launching a strike on Iran alone, with Israeli public support lacking and questions about whether it would be militarily effective.
In the meantime, Obama's engagement with Iran could be limited by the influence of the pro-Israel lobby in Washington and lawmakers who share Netanyahu's suspicion of Rouhani, a moderate cleric who took office in August and conducted a public relations blitz at the United Nations last week.
Netanyahu could meet supporters on Capitol Hill on Monday.
Seeking to stress common ground, U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice told CNN on Sunday the United States, Israel and other allies "have been largely united in agreeing on the process going forward" with Iran. But she acknowledged the path was unclear as negotiations with Iran were not yet under way.
Further complicating matters is Obama's reinvigorated push for a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians in talks that restarted earlier this year. Middle East diplomacy is expected to figure more prominently in Monday's meeting than originally thought, after Obama listed it as a top priority in his address to the United Nations on Tuesday.
(Reporting By Matt Spetalnick; Editing by Alistair Bell, Stacey Joyce, Doina Chiacu)


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Qml Estimation Of A Class Of Multivariate Asymmetric Garch Models
We establish the strong consistency and asymptotic normality of the quasi-maximum likelihood estimator (QMLE) of the parameters of a class of multivariate asymmetric generalized autoregressive conditionally heteroskedastic processes, allowing for cross leverage effects. The conditions required to establish the asymptotic properties of the QMLE are mild and coincide with the minimal ones in the univariate case. In particular, no moment assumption is made on the observed process. Instead, we require strict stationarity, for which a necessary and sufficient condition is established. The asymptotic results are illustrated by Monte Carlo experiments, and an application to a bivariate exchange rates series is proposed.
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Honestly? The first word that comes to mind here is naff. This isn't a stylish wine, it's not fashionable, never has been, never will be. The only reason this stuff exists is because Italian immigrants to California took it with from the old country; it's survived here and there for over a century, and this wine is produced from some of those ancient vines.It's a wine-y wine in that it smells like generically good wine. There's not a lot of complexity; I'm not imagining old libraries, fresh mushrooms, straw in autumn sun, none of that stuff. Instead, it smells like bright, rich, clean, wholesome fruit. There is also a kind of fall-off to the smell that is hinting at bottle age, but it doesn't necessarily seem like a bonus: instead, it seems like a reminder not to keep the wine around so long the next time.Once drunk, the wine is fairly simple and bright, with a chunky, tannic finish that's quickly rescued by sprightly acidity. There's a certain weight to the palate that's attractive, but ultimately this isn't one for the ages; it isn't compelling enough to drink on its own, but would probably shine with charcuterie or a leg of lamb. Ultimately, the most interesting thing about this wine is simply that it exists at all. When I drink this, it's satisfying to know that a small part of my state's heritage exists in a consumable form to this day.Ridge
Price: $24
Closure: Cork


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Edited by George A. Zarb, BChD, DDS, MS, MS, FRCD(C)
Publication: September/October 1995 Volume 8 , Issue 5
Adaptation of the Temporomandibular Joint to Altered Mandibular Function
Johnson/Brand/Young/Duncanson, Jr.
This pilot study describes responses of Sprague Dawley rats to mandibular retrusion. Lingually overcontoured crowns were cemented onto maxillary incisors to produce 3.5 mm of autoretrusion. Monitoring data indicate that activity was suppressed and nutritional intake was reduced. Histologic evaluation of the 2-, 4-, 7-, and 59 day test specimens detected only a monocytic infiltrate response in the 4-day group.
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