text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Hitting Muju for the weekend Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Hitting Muju for the weekend Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4 Next Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Travel Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message rgreen8314Joined: 20 Oct 2009 Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject: thanks for posting about your weekend, ty. lots of good information in there, especially regarding the bus. how much was your lift ticket for the day? did you end up getting any discounts? sounds like you took your own gear... get any sense of what the rental process would be like? i think i'll be pulling a sick day from deskwarming this january and heading up there on a weekday... sounds pretty decent. Back to top ty7180Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:52 pm Post subject: Hey Ippy, Yeah it is probably a good idea to wait a little bit to use your board. I googled sierrascope and now I want a new board! The town of Muju seems really small, but to be honest I didn't explore the town that much. I would think you would be able to find a guest house or something. rgreen, I think I paid 65,000 for the 6:30-midnight ticket, and 50,000 for the 12:30-4:30 ticket. It looked like maybe 2/3 of the people rented gear from the shop. They have a big rental area with locker rooms and everything you need available. As for rates, I don't know. I am now dreaming about snowboarding and can't wait to go again! No, unfortunately I didn't get any discounts. If I would have known in advance what to bring I would have. They didn't give any discounts for being extremely good looking! Back to top ippyJoined: 25 Aug 2009 Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:30 am Post subject: jesus thats expensive! a day pass at niseko (possibly the most expensive mountain in japan), from 9am to 9pm runs you at just over 5000 yen. FOUR HOURS for 50,000 won? On fake snow? What the hell? Ps, what board are you on right now ty? Back to top mtmeltonJoined: 10 Apr 2007Location: Chillin' in Gwangju Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:08 am Post subject: You can get a 20 or 25% discount on the tickets if you have korean bank card. I got the same pass for 39 with my KB card. They told me a KEB would get a discount as well. Did you buy at the ski shop or at the mountain? Either way there are lots of cards running around they entitle you to discounts if you ask. Back to top ty7180Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:42 am Post subject: I though it seemed expensive, but since it was my first time I didn't have anything to compare it against. I'm using a Head True 154. Once I go a few more times, I'll probably get a longer, better board. Thanks for the advice on the bank card discount. Next time I'll definately take advantage of that. Ty Back to top ippyJoined: 25 Aug 2009 Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:06 am Post subject: i wouldnt be in a rush to grab a new snowboard quite yet. You really wont need it. Whats your weight and height if you dont mind me asking. Its just so i can make sure youre on the right size. I assume youre probably around average weight and height (70-80kg, and probably 5.10ish just because thats er, average and you probably wouldnt be on a 154 if you were any heavier than that). If youre in the low end of the 70s theres nothing wrong with a 154 at all. If youre at the higher end, youll probably find it struggles a bit at speed, but what you lose in carving youll make up for in freestyle and park by the end of the year, so dont sweat it too much. at the end of the day its pretty unlikely youll be riding the board to its limits even by the end of next season, so its still got plenty of life left in it for you and will probably do everything you want to do with it. I dont even know what my first deck was, i bought it at a second hand shop becaus eit was kinda bendy and i was told thats what i was supposed to look for in a board I think it was around a 160. Rode it all my first season and loved it. My second board was an all mountain freeride board from 2005 (bought last year). It was tough to ride park, but man, it could fly. Definitely too technical for me to even be on it, but learned a lot from it. I guarantee i never took that board even beyond 40% what it could do if pushed. And by all rights, i shouldnt have touched that artec for another 3 or 4 years, but i decided i wanted to learn to freeride and hit pow, so went in that direction. This year ive gone a bit flexier mainly so i can cover the stuff i should have been learning last year but was on far too much of an unforgiving board to do. (Plus i was way too fat! was around 82kgs by the end of the season. A 157 freeride was pushing it if i really wanted to effortlessly glide through the pow) what im trying to say (before i got all distracted by the chance to talk all about me) is that you dont need to sweat the board so much, especially in your first season. My best mate learned on what can only be described as a plank of wood with a picture of mutley on it. The first day she ever rode it, we went into a shop to get the bindings switched, and the guy told her she should throw it out because its around 15 years old and a piece of shit. I kid you not, it was literally a plank of wood. She spent the season on it and was absolutely fine. Assuming youre roughly the right size for it and its not too soft for you (it sounds like its a medium-stiff flex just from the product description), theres absolutely no reason at all that the board wont get you through a couple of seasons. You seem to be enjoying the ride so far, just make sure your boots are comfy and youll wreck it on anything Back to top ty7180Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:55 am Post subject: I'm 5'11" and around 83kg but my weight fluctuates anywhere between 80-90kgs depending on if I'm trying to put on weight or cut down. When I bought my board It didn't seem like they offered many over 154, but now I am starting to see many larger sizes. My contract ends at the end of May, so I guess a lot depends on if I stay in Korea another year, or if I try Japan out. I keep buying so much crap here, I have no idea what I'm going to do if I move I'm going to Seoul for Christmas seeing as I only get 1 extra day off and I was thinking of tying out a place nearby. I think we are probably going to hit Muju again some weekend after New Years, but I'll let you know to see if you want to meet up. Ty P.S. My wife thanks you for telling me I don't need a new board. Next time help a brother out, and explain how the more expensive the board is the better and safer it is! Cheers! Back to top ippyJoined: 25 Aug 2009 Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:21 pm Post subject: haha, sorry about that, but you may need a proper size board in truth. You should really be riding something between 157-160 (and id strongly suggest a 160 in truth). Youll not feel the problems for the majority of your first season (assuming you get somewhere in the region of 8 to 10 days riding). But once you start carving, youll definitely feel some instability which is going to hinder your progress a bit. So in the spirit of compromise, id switch up next year to a more stable board that wont wash under you when you start dealing with speed. Of course you dont NEED it, need it. After your first few washes youll realise how far you can push the board and not cross that line, but snowboarding is all about the ride at the end of the day, and its kinda pants when you cant really play in anything over a few inches of powder without having to seriously kill your thighs. No no, next season you MUST buy a new board! It must be a medium flex rocker and it must cost something in the region of 250-350 dollars - maybe you can grab the gnu carbon credit nice and cheap at the end of year sales Back to top ty7180Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:15 am Post subject: Thanks for the advice on the board. Being the holiday season and all, I'm all about compromise. This weekend might end up being a nice time at Muju. I live about half a mile from the beach on the south coast (Samcheonpo) and it is snowing outside right now. I'm from South Texas where snow is a pretty rare sight. Right now it's hard to tell who is more excited, me or the students! rgreen, I read online that you can rent everything except goggles and gloves. I can't verify if this is 100% correct, but you might want to check so you don't end up having to pay double the cost at the resort. Back to top ippyJoined: 25 Aug 2009 Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:47 pm Post subject: right, trying to psych myself for this weekend. Still dont know about how to get from gwangju to muju, but im determined by the end of today ill have cracked this apparently super super secret! Back to top rgreen8314Joined: 20 Oct 2009 Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject: from the u-square website: 광주-남원-장수-장계-무주 fare: 14,400 *6:10 (직)8:15 (직)9:15 (직)11:10 *11:50 (직)14:15 (직)15:50 *16:50 (직)=남원직통 * = 담양-순창-남원-장수-장계-안성-무주 직 = 남원-장수-장계-안성-무주 운행요금변 hope that helps. let us know how everything goes. Back to top ippyJoined: 25 Aug 2009 Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:00 pm Post subject: cheers for that info! that will definitely come in handy next time! This time though i harassed my students to find info while they were supposed to be cleaning They found a package with a ticket and bus fare for 66,000 wons. Not too shabby considering the lift ticket alone is threatening to be 70,000! Only catch is it leaves at 5.50am across the road (outside the IBK bank) from the big dept store next to U-square If you live in gwangju you may want to give these guys a call - the number is (gwangju) 573-6100. You return at 4.45 from the same place they dropped you off. Back to top ippyJoined: 25 Aug 2009 Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:31 am Post subject: I was literally one more bad run away from spending my afternoon sitting in the cafe in a huff. Heres my day at muju Woke up at 5.20am, then got on the bus. The bus took TWO HOURS to muju. Arrived at 8am! Got ready, and hunted for wax. Found the one and only shop selling snowboard gears (beanies, helmets, jackets, goggles - tiny shop), but no wax? This is supposedly koreas biggest ski resort, and it doesnt sell wax? Went to get in the gondola. Had a look around and thought, "hang on, why does no one have skis or a board?" Was told that the gondola was only for people on foot". Decided id try the mansun base and see if i could get wax there. Nothing. Sat in a queue for 15 minutes. Finally got the pleasure of riding the worlds slowest lift. Then after 30 minutes got a 3 minute run. Good run, but so not worth the time it took to ride it. got on another terrible lift. Was starting to get quite irked. Again, the run was under 3 minutes. So had a look at the map, decided id get on the nice long one. Only for reasons that still confuse me, it was skiers only! This is the only lift beyond half way up mansun (and so longer than 3 minute rides) and its restricted to skiers. To say i was pissed doesnt quite capture it. Went up on the slightly longer lift this time (cruiser). Again, nothing to write home about. Aside one nice steep, it was about as interesting as yeti (i learned to ride there, its on fuji and its crap). At this point was spending more time in queues and riding lifts so was starting to get seriously fed up, so figured id have lunch. Pizza!!! Crossed back to seolcheon and couldnt believe my eyes. Ive never seen so many people outside of a concert. Tried teh gondola, was told my pass wasnt good for teh gondola so i had to use the lift. At this point i was seriously fed up with muju. Went to the chorus (i think?) lift. Again, 20 minute queue, not helped by of course their two tier system. At this point i thought f*** muju. Ill do this run and thats it, after this, it can take a f***ing hike. Got to the top and saw there was another lift (Harmony). Figured id run it as high as it went... And then it all changed. Went to the top, was stunned by the view, and had a bit of a wander around. It is quite the breathtaking panorama. Once id had my fill of the view decided id ride the silk road. Could see it from the lift coming up and it seemed nice. On the way there saw crowds literally watching people ride minuet. Being the attention *beep* i am i had to ride it. 55 degrees, and awesome to charge. At the foot of it you can jump onto the silk road, or you can take the next line down. Obviously chose the steep (was sick of baby runs from mansun). again, but more choppy than minuet, but definitely a fun ride. Got some serious speed and best of all NO ONE IN SIGHT!!! No one touched those runs, so spent the rest of teh day riding them, with the occasional treck down the silk road for a bit of a gentler ride (has some great turns by the way). Never went past the harmony lift. If you go, my advice is stay up there. No lift queues, nice fast lift, fun tracks, and no one riding it. Cant wait till they open the rest of it. Looks like cadenza (?) is going to be open within a few days, with polka open by the end of the week. Theyve got the machines all up there, so it can only get better in truth. The bottom half is utter hell though. If you have to, id avoid seolcheon and ride mansun, theres two lifts (cruiser and yacht) that dont seem so bad for a beginner, plus they arent as hellish as the other one (liner). The queue for liner and chorus are probably the worst. I wouldnt ride chorus for any other reason than getting the hell to the top. Yamaga was fun, but way too short to justify the ridiculous queue time. Aside that, banned from the gondola and muju express, and melody was closed, so pretty much just echo left, and definitely wouldnt have found that interesting. Basically, muju, nice for a day, but even if they had all the slopes open, i cant imagine id enjoy it longer than that. All the good runs are in one place, and pretty much connect up, so itll definitely feel repetitive. Might hit it once or twice a month, but i think for the most part ill just wait for japan. Saying that though, ill probably pop up there again next saturday to see if the other runs are up and play on them before i have to do that stupid epik conference 7th to 11th. There, thats muju. Dont hit it on a weekend, especially on a busy weekend if yorue a beginner. If youre decent enough to ride the slopes up top, then go whenever you like, no ones there. Up top kinda reminds me a bit of hakuba47 from the top to lift c (?). About a ten minute ride through some decent and challenging red runs, but nothing thatll blow your socks off. Definitely two halfs to this place, so stay in the good half! PS. The sierrascope rides like a fekking dream! Back to top ippyJoined: 25 Aug 2009 Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject: Actually, heres a proper review: http://www.sierrasnowboard.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31696&PN=0&PID=615189#615189 Back to top ty7180Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 5:08 am Post subject: Hey Ippy, I'm glad your trip turned into a good experience. I have to be honest though, I was laughing at your tales of misfortune a little bit I would try to get my students to help me out, but on a good day I'm lucky if they can string three words together!! I was going to go next week, but I called for reservations, and all the rooms were booked. They are supposed to have over a thousand rooms, so I can just imagine what the slopes will be like. We were going to try Bears town this weekend. We took all of our gear through the subway to our room just to be told they cancelled the shuttle bus for the day! There was a lot of Snow today in Seoul, and I wanted to go snowboarding so bad that I almost decided to try it out on a street with a little hill. I should probably thank my better half for talking me out of it. I'll be going for sure the weekend after next, and I'll take your advice on the slopes. Do you think the good run you were talking about will be ok for me to go on, or should I stick to less challenging runs. Who would have thought, this thread is actually turning out to be pretty informative Have a fun New Years! 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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Irish Cream Cheesecake, made Gluten-Free, but not Calorie-Free
I had the idea to get our family involved in a little Yuletide fun by scouring yard sales, thrift shops and other outlets for the craziest, zaniest coffee mugs one could find. I was inspired early this year by the bizarre clown mug you see below, and thought it would be a fun scavenger hunt for us to engage in and make part of our holiday festivities. (Plus the activity fit in with our "It's a Recessionary Christmas" theme this year.) We already have lots of fun with the humorous gift tags that we put on our Christmas presents (they provide clues to the gift within or are purportedly from different gift-givers in our lives) and I thought this would add to the merriment.
Well, only Dan and I and Daughter #1 were imbued with the Crazy Mug Spirit, but we still got a kick out of the unveiling of the mugs. Below you see the Crazy Mug entries.
The Penguin mug was actually judged to be rather cute, and we feel we could even use it to drink from, so that was quickly out of contention.
In any other year I think my strange Crazy Mug entry, featuring a badly-drawn, roller-skating clown peeping backwards through his well-defined buttocks would have been judged the winner....
But this was quickly eclipsed by Dan's winning entry, "Smashed Again". Dan had purveyed the glassware shelves of many a thrift shop and actually came up with the winning Crazy Mug at an antiques shop where the owner gave him the mug for free because the tail was broken off of the creepily anthropomorphic mouse figure attached to the handle. Mr. Mouse is staring down at a flattened mouse friend at the bottom of the mug.
This mug is so Crazy on so many levels. Why "smashed again" on a mug? Doesn't one drink booze out of a glass ordinarily? And how does one clean this twisted bit of pottery? And who wants to drink out of something that has a dead mouse in it, real mouse or not? No matter, Dan has won the first Annual Crazy Mug Christmas Contest and I am already looking forward to creating a trophy for next year's event.
Onto the Christmas Food! We had some mulled cider, cheese and crackers, a vegetable platter and dip and a first course salad, Pepperonata with Goat Cheese Truffles, which I had tried in an earlier post. With the addition of some red pepper poinsettias (I had a small flower cookie cutter on hand for that trick) and substituting spinach for the blanched arugula in the original recipe, this was a festive red and green starter for us. I also rolled smaller goat cheese truffles, and rolled the green ones in snipped parsley. Perfetto!
Then there were two trays of lasagna, one meaty and wheaty for my carnivorous crew and one tray of Mushroom, Artichoke and Spinach Lasagna made with rice noodles for the vegetarian, gluten-free crowd. The Christmas feasting concluded with a rich Irish Cream Cheesecake. My cousin-in-law's wonderful wife Diane had once made us such a delight one holiday season and Dan had very fond memories of it, so I dug out the recipe she had given me and figured out a gluten-free crust to replace her graham cracker version and this proved to be a delicious and successful experiment.
I double checked various celiac sites to make sure the Irish Cream liqueur is gluten-free (the consensus is that distilled spirits are gluten-free, even if they start out with glutenous grains). I used Bailey's Irish Cream liqueur but am intrigued by other recipes for making homemade Irish Cream liqueur, like this one. I started this cheesecake the day before, by making and chilling the crust and then baked the cake early on Christmas morning because it takes a long while to cool after baking.
Gluten-Free Irish Cream Cheesecake
2 Tbsp. softened butter
1-1/2 cups Honey-Nut Chex cereal
1-1/4 cups finely chopped walnuts
6 Tbsp. butter, melted
3 (8 oz.) pkgs. cream cheese, at room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup Irish Cream liqueur
1 tsp. vanilla
3 oz. white chocolate, grated on box grater (save a handful for garnish)
1-1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
Butter the bottom and sides of a 9 inch springform pan with softened butter. Set aside.
Place Honey Nut Chex in zipped plastic bag. Smash with rolling pin until you get fine crumbs. One could also do this in a food processor. Mix crumbs thoroughly with melted butter and chopped nuts. Press into the bottom and halfway up the sides of the buttered springform pan. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator for at least one hour to let harden.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Beat softened cream cheese with mixer until fluffy. Add in sugar and mix well. Add eggs, Irish Cream liqueur and vanilla. Mix well. Mix in grated white chocolate and mix well.
Pour into prepared crust. Bake 60 minutes or until the edges of the cheesecake are puffed up and dry looking and the center is set.
Cool on rack.
When cheesecake is thoroughly cooled, top with a mixture of the sour cream and confectioner's sugar. Spread topping smoothly and garnish with reserved grated white chocolate. (Don't garnish with Turbinado or other sugar crystals as we did because they will dissolve and make the top of the cheesecake strangely wet, causing the dessert chef some concern and involving much blotting with paper napkins before serving).
Wrap cheesecake with plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator for at least 6 hours before serving.
Makes 10-12 very rich dessert servings.
With many happy wishes to my Crispy Cook readers and blogger buddies for a delightful rest of the year and for a happy, healthy, peaceful and prosperous New Year!
7 comments:
- ARLENE said...
I'm sorry, but I have to go with Dan's mug, too, Rachel. It's totally outrageous. I'll bet that Irish cream cheesecake was delicious!
- Wednesday, 29 December, 2010
- Johanna GGG said...
happy christmas - love your mug competition and the cheesecake - I used to make a similar (gluten) one - you have inspired me to try it again!
- Wednesday, 29 December, 2010
- Foodycat said...
IF ONLY it were calorie free! It looks pretty perfect!
Can I just throw a spanner into the works and suggest that the creature in the bottom of the mug is an elephant, as in seeing pink elephants when you are smashed again? Why there is a mouse staring at it I don't know.
- Thursday, 30 December, 2010
Bailey's Irish Cream is not gluten free but several other brands of Irish cream are.
- Thursday, 30 December, 2010
- Joanne said...
Aww I think the crazy mug idea is super cute! I may even suggest it to my family for next year even of the usual white elephant that we do!
That cheesecake sounds delicious! Good thing I've got some Irish cream sitting here...
- Friday, 31 December, 2010
I would love to make the Irish Creme cheesecake for St. Patrick's Day. I am sensitive to confectioners sugar. Is there something I can substitute for that?
- Wednesday, 16 March, 2011
- Rachel said...
Anonymous: I think you could either leave off the sweetened sour cream topping altogether or maybe just use an alternative sweetener instead of the confectioner's sugar, (maybe powdered stevia or saccharine?)
Let me know how it turns out!
- Wednesday, 16 March, 2011


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People react differently to adversity.
Some folks feel overwhelmed and give up, thinking they will never overcome the struggle.
Some folks face problems head on and move forward with a new vision and courage.
We see examples of this quite often in the news.
Many wartime military personnel return home injured and maimed. Some give up; others accept what has happened and move forward.
Many of these people may be just names or faces to a grateful nation. Still, they are human beings, with titles like son, daughter, husband, wife, father and mother.
Celebrities facing hardships might attract particular attention. In 1995, actor Christopher Reeve�s career was cut short by a fall from a horse that paralyzed him neck down.
What did he say?
"Don�t give up. Don�t lose hope. Don�t sell out."
Those who can develop a positive outlook can recognize that what used to be normal isn�t anymore. A new normal, embraced with ferocity, instills inspiration.
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Sometimes, you may feel hopeless when things around you seem bleak.
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It takes just baby steps to move forward. Being willing to do so shows there is hope. And where there is hope, you will hold on to what you know is right.
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Chace Crawford & Colton Haynes: Cocktail Teases
Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford and rising actor Colton Haynes spend an afternoon together sipping cocktails and gossiping with pals at Fontainebleau on Wednesday (December 20) in Miami Beach, Fla.
"What a wild night it was in Miami," Colton, 21, said. "Wild crazy penthouse party and REALLY tall women… I approve."
He continued, "I checked 80 percent of my accomplishments for 2009 off today! It works… it's all about the power of positivity and appreciating life! Wishing everyone a happy new year… remember to write down all the things you want to accomplish this year!"
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DanR wrote:I think the problems have been resolved. Two techs and a senior IOS manager finally got it. It took 3 1/2hours on the phone. Seems there was a software problem from the start. Kudos to the Apple support team.
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Alright, I finally made a castle that implements a round tower. (Yay!) With this castle, I tried something different, an "L" shape. I haven't thought of a name yet, but I'll still show it:
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'The Newsroom' Season 2 Goes Back to the Desert for New Posters
Phew! Just when we thought 'The Newsroom' season 2's promotional campaign had started to make sense with the release of the first official trailer, the Aaron Sorkin-scripted HBO drama has returned to the desert of its first teaser for an equally baffling approach to the new season premiering July 14. The full set of moody promotional posters has arrived, but the question remains: do they stand alone together? Or something?
Our gut says maybe. In addition to a full cast poster from The Huffington Post (made even moodier with monochrome, yay!) HBO has released eight new black and white character posters for the upcoming second season, each featuring a member of the News Night staff with their own quote from the latest episodes. Are there papers blowing artfully amidst the monochrome poses, you ask? Oh yes. Even the wind walks and talks in Aaron Sorkin's desert.
The second season features appearances by 'Justified' star Patton Oswalt as the fictional networks new vice president of human resources, Marcia Gay Harden as litigator Rebecca Halliday and Meryl Streep's daughter Grace Gummer as a reporter embedded within the Mitt Romney campaign, to which Jim has since relocated. We know that much of season 2 will focus on the 2012 elections, but Sorkin added events such as Trayvon Martin, the Affordable Care Act, drones, Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Muammar Gaddafi.
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Opinion: Israel's Right to Self-Defense
Columnist Bret Stephens on the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Photo: Associated Press
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... I ... I ... I ... looking at video of the escalating conflict between Israel and a terrorist group Hamas in Gaza ... welcome to Opinion Journal Live by Mary Kissel ... Chile now to discuss the contours of this conflict is global view columnist Bret Stephens Brett ... welcome to the show ... um right you talked with producer Netanyahu regularly ... over the years ... um what ... do those conversations how those conversations and form ... your view of what's going on ... right now when you know it's interesting Mary um just about four years ago in January two thousand time ... I interviewed um ... Mr Netanyahu ... he was on the eve of returning to office ... on the day that the ceasefire the last ceasefire was announced between Israel ... and Hamas over the conflict in the Gaza Strip ... and ... at the very beginning of of two thousandnine ... my sense um you know are you satisfied with the ceasefire and he was unequivocal he said look ... any deal ... to me some awesome power ... that allows them to continue to supply themselves ... through their border ... with Egypt ... with more munitions more rockets ... is just going to lead to a repetition of the same thing ... and in fact those words were prophetic ... what's ... interesting also however ... is he also seems to be going for a ceasefire rather than some different kind of arrangement which as Hamas rule in in the strip okay ... let's talk about that ... what role does this changed environment Israel now sits in the middle of ... for example ... I know to Egypt sent the chief of the Muslim Brotherhood to the Gaza Strip this morning ... show his support ... the world is the changed environment play and how Mr Netanyahu was responding to the situation ... well ... um ... you ... know the way it should affect the Israelis is is they need to understand and less room for maneuver ... than they had before ... you know previously into thousandeight and nine when the Mubarak government seemed firmly entrenched in Egypt ... they could have a situation ... in which ... God so was this Hamas enclave Hamas on tripled because both the Egyptian government ... and the Israeli government ... um were firmly opposed to Hamas ... that's no longer the case ... right now when cyanide to the Egyptian Jews have some control over what was going on in Sinai ... there's less and less control there is more terrorist activity of coming across the border in income into Israel ... so ... that should be telling the Israeli government they cannot be afford ... to have Gaza to meet the remaining under Hamas is of Hamas is Darrel what I think he's really govern this trend to is very carefully calibrate its position towards the Morsi government the Muslim Brotherhood government ... in Egypt for fear ... of a definitive break between Israel and Egypt was Isaak peers coming one way or another is insisting that we are are not looking at some sort of ground war Iraq think you're seeing ... it's very hard to say you know and um I think you could look their feverish efforts to achieve a cease fire ... I think President Morsi of Egypt wants to show that he's the guy who holds the leash ... on um on Hamas he's working towards a ceasefire that the Tories are ... the Turks are I think the Obama administration ... of wants a cease fire ... on the other hand the rocket fire from Hamas is not living up to these release of talk about this with the thirty six hour window for this ... for the stand ... if that doesn't and ... they will be um they will be in ... in in ... of the hard pressed not to go in with ground forces ... that being said a ground invasion of Gaza doesn't mean going into cities in the can be done strategically in relatively bloodless when we got about a minute left but let's look at what President Obama said his first comments on the situation came yesterday ... and I quote there's no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders ... we are fully supportive of Israel's right to defend itself ... all parties that support code that is a great statement I think the president deserves credit for making that statement it's absolutely right ... the problem is that on the one hand you say Israel has the right to defend itself ... on the other hand the Americans along with the Europeans are cautioning Israel ... about ... taking ... another step they're urging a cease fire ... and so they're saying is not the right to defend itself but ... you know ... only ... too well um only up four point and I think what the Obama administration ... really ought to be saying is not only does is talk of a right to defend itself ... that is will not have peace alone assist terrorist group Hamas remains in power in the Gaza Strip OK were to leave it that global view columnist Bret Stephens some very unique insights there ... thank you so much for joining us


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As the seconds ticked by, Pat Foley knelt on the sidewalk, watching in growing desperation as ambulance after ambulance, packed with people, passed without stopping. The Boston firefighter twisted tight a makeshift tourniquet in each hand — one bleeding victim on his right; another on his left — and tried to reassure the man and woman on the ground that help was coming.
A few feet away, Boston Police Officer Shana Cottone was shouting at the ambulances, frantically trying to wave them down, seized by the overwhelming fear that the people on the sidewalk would bleed to death there at her feet.
"We've got to get them out of here right now," she thought. "There are a million hospitals, but we have to get them there."
Nearly a week after the bombings, the emerging stories of survivors and their saviors still resonate, each tale its own vivid apocalyptic world.
Foley and Cottone, the firefighter and the police officer, were within 50 feet of the second blast when it happened Monday. Both were on the ground among the victims within seconds.
Foley, 58, a Dorchester native and 34-year veteran from Engine Company 21 on Columbia Road, saw a woman who had taken off her belt. "Gimme the belt," he barked, his instincts taking over. "I need more belts," he told the dazed spectators around him, kneeling down to cinch one tight around a young man's badly injured leg.
Cottone, 27, a native New Yorker who fell in love with Boston as a student at Northeastern, bent over the woman on the ground, her leg also badly damaged, whose bleeding was proving harder to stem. She pulled the woman's I.D. out and scanned the card for her name: Roseann.
I can't feel my leg, said the woman on the ground.
"I swear it's there," Cottone told her, taking her hand, calling her by name, resolving to give her hope, no matter how unlikely that her leg could be saved. "I swear on my life, your leg is there."
She turned to the young man on her right, a spectator who may have smelled of beer but now gamely clutched the belt around the woman's leg. I'm afraid to hurt her, he told the police officer. "You need to pull that thing tighter," Cottone told him. "Pull it tight until your hands go numb."
It was time; they had to go. Cottone looked up. A police wagon was coming toward her, the heavy van normally used to transport prisoners and often stationed close to big events in case of trouble.
It was not an ambulance, not even close. But it could get them where they had to go.
Quickly, as gently as they could, Cottone and Foley lifted the two victims into the back of the van, still gripping the tourniquets. They were aided by another firefighter, Michael Meteria from Engine Company 33 on Boylston Street. The two firefighters crawled into the back and knelt on the metal floor, each one half-cradling a victim in their arms while propping the injured bodies, laid on top of strapless backboards, on the unforgiving metal benches. Cottone leaped into the passenger seat in the front.
The heavy metal doors slammed shut, plunging the four passengers in the back into blackness. The van lurched forward, into the parting crowd, Cottone hanging out the window yelling at people to move.
'I swear on my life, your leg is there.'
When the lights went out in the back, Foley recalled, the man in his arms was afraid that he had died. The firefighter reassured him, turning on a pocket light he had in his bunker coat. He listened as the victim asked again and again for his wife, agony etched in his face.
The ride was rough and bumpy, but it lasted less than five minutes, the first responders said. As the driver backed the van down into the ambulance bay at Massachusetts General Hospital, the male victim's cellphone rang. Somehow, he managed to answer it.
It was his wife, said Foley, and it was clear she did not know about the bombing.
The man held out his phone, pleading with Foley. Please, he asked the firefighter. Talk to her.
Foley took the phone. We have your husband, he told the woman on the line. He's hurt, he's stable. You should come to the hospital.
I'm sorry, he told her. I have to hang up now.
Outside, security guards banged angrily on the side of van, telling the driver to move out of the way of incoming ambulances, unaware of the critically injured patients inside. When the doors swung open and daylight flooded in, the firefighters, now covered in blood, blinked in the glare.
Hospital staff helped lift the victims out of the van and settle them on gurneys. Moving with the victims, the firefighters, Foley and Meteria, clambered outside into the spring air, each man still twisting a belt-fashioned tourniquet.
Don't let go, the medical staff told them as they started moving. So the firefighters jogged beside the gurneys into the hospital, their viselike grips still holding back the flow of blood.
Inside the hospital, a nurse reached out and took the tourniquet from Foley. As he watched the victims roll away, the firefighter felt for the first time the ache in his hands.
Cottone couldn't stop thinking about Roseann all that night and the next day. When she heard that three people were dead, her wish was constant: "Please, please, don't let it be her."
Later, the first responders learned that both of the victims had lived. Roseann Sdoia, the woman transported in the back of the police van, had her leg amputated above the knee.
Cottone and Meteria returned to the hospital to meet her last week; Foley is planning to visit the man. whose name could not be confirmed.
"I was just so glad to see her," Cottone said. "I'm so happy she's going to be OK."Akilah Johnson of the Globe staff contributed to this report. Jenna Russell can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @jrussglobe.


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Going Underground: Department Store Food Halls Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo is a food lover's paradise. Home to a bustling fish market with ultra-fresh, affordable sushi; tiny kiosks selling sizzling hot yakitori (grilled chicken skewers); and 7-Elevens offering onigiri (seasoned rice balls wrapped in nori), the city's streets are an easy place for a visitor to find a fast, fresh meal.
But venture down a flight of stairs or two and you'll discover that an important part of the city's food culture is hidden well below street level…
…in depachika – the basement gourmet food halls of major department stores.
On a trip to Tokyo earlier this month, I visited one such food hall – at Matsuzakaya department store, in the Ginza district of Tokyo. I stopped by on a Monday morning, just before the lunchtime rush, and took a look around.
The place was filled with individual vendor stalls selling everything from beautifully packaged rice crackers, to imported chocolates, to freshly packed bento box lunches, exquisite teas, and a dazzling array of fresh pastries. I didn't know where to start. I zeroed in on the grocery store occupying a large corner of the floor, and began to explore:
• 1 Entering the food hall at Tokyo's Matsuzakaya department store in Ginza. Vendors call out "Irrashaimase" or "Welcome" as customers pass.
• 2 Wine, sake, and a counter devoted to European deli foods
• 3 Inside the grocery store: Mayonnaise (including the iconic Kewpie) on display
• 4 Pricey gift boxes of cherries (3,150 yen is roughly equivalent to 32 U.S. dollars!)
• 5 More fancy fruit
• 6 A grocery store section devoted to salt
• 7 Assorted varieties of Asian mushrooms
• 8 Bundles of shiso leaves
• 9 Points for presentation: A sushi lunchbox garnished with parsley and aster flowers
• 10 So much to choose from!
Have you ever visited a depachika?
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Microsoft Wants To Make A Better BitTorrent, Or At Least Some Friends
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Despite the ongoing assault on BitTorrent from both the entertainment industry and government, Microsoft is wading into file-sharing territory with the creation of a BitTorrent alternative. The system, code-named Avalanche, attempts to improve on some of the deficiencies the company sees with current P2P systems. For example, Avalanche will allow files to be reassembled at the receiving end without requiring every bit of the file to be downloaded. At first blush, it sounds like Microsoft is only asking for trouble with the powers that be. However, Microsoft says its new system will prevent unapproved distribution of copyrighted content by sharing only files signed by the content's publisher. Sort of a BitTorrent with DRM, a concept that's been floated at least once or twice before. Even if Microsoft can make it stick this time, you have to wonder who will really benefit by it. People who do obey copyrights don't need a new system to make them do that. People who don't obey copyrights will either find a way to break or circumvent the system, or they'll go back to using and creating other non-DRM technologies. If no one else, at least the entertainment industry will like it.


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I did a review of it a while back. I don't think the recipes are quite as well adapted for a new baker as the BBA, but it is still a tour de force and definitely one that belongs on the bookshelf of anyone serious about artisan baking (though, I'll admit, I don't own it yet).
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Skyline Preseason Poll Released with Rams Season Ready to Start
Lawrenceville, N.J. - The Skyline Conference Men's Lacrosse Preseason Poll was released on Wednesday, February 20th as the 2008 season quickly approaches and the Rams open the season on Saturday, March 1st at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. With a deep and talented roster, Montclair State University heads into the 2008 men's lacrosse season as the team to beat in the six-team Skyline Conference. The Red Hawks were the unanimous choice of the Skyline Conference coaches, earning five first-place votes and 25 points. Just two points separated the next three teams, with Richard Stockton (17), Maritime (16) and Kean (15) close behind in what is expected to be a wide-open race when conference play commences in April.
Last season, Montclair State compiled an 11-7 overall record and
a 7-2 mark in conference play. The Red Hawks advanced to the
championship game of the ECAC Metro Tournament. Senior attack Brian
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leads the Montclair State offense. Sophomore defenseman Patrick
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along with junior goalie Thomas Bowers.
Stockton welcomes back six of its top seven scorers from last year's squad that went 7-6 overall and 5-4 in conference play. Junior attack Keith Bologno was a second team All-Skyline selection last year after leading the Ospreys with 49 points on 25 goals and 24 assists. Junior Steve Mazurek and sophomore Josh Dybus scored 34 and 22 goals respectively.
Maritime, which went 6-7 overall and 4-5 in conference play last year, could be poised for a breakthrough year as well. The Privateers are led by senior midfielder D.J. Toby, one of the top faceoff men in the country. In addition to averaging 10.4 ground balls per game, Toby, a first team All-Skyline selection, recorded a team-leading 54 points on 31 goals and 23 assists. Sophomore Lawrence Montreuil and junior Keith Fricke scored 25 and 23 goals respectively.
Kean (11-7, 5-4 Skyline) was a surprise last season with a fourth-place finish. The Cougars will have to replace attackman Steve Gill, one of the top players in the program's history. Senior Dennis Lukacsko (24 goals) and sophomores Anthony Bertucci (20 goals) and Scott Leathem (18 goals) will look to pick up the slack. Senior goalie Dave Nichols leads an experienced defense.
Farmingdale State and Mount Saint Vincent will look to build behind new head coaches Tim Tuttle and Dan Mulholland.
The Rams finished last year with a 5-10 record and will have to recover from the loss of All-Time leading scorer Ryan LaFlare (46 goals in '07), but the experience of senior attackmen/captain Joe Meola (26 goals, 21 assists) and senior midfielder/captain Jay Berndt will help lead the new style of play at Farmingdale. With twelve newcomers to Coach Tuttle's squad, some talented returners on the attacking end, and mostly upperclassmen on defense, it looks to be an exciting season.
1. Montclair State (5) 25
2. Richard Stockton (1) 17
3. Maritime 16
4. Kean 15
5. Farmingdale State 12
6. Mount Saint Vincent 5
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US levies more sanctions over Crimea takeover
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned the former vice speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, six Crimean separatist leaders and a Crimea-based gas company over Russia's takeover of the Crimean Peninsula.
"Crimea is occupied territory," said David Cohen, the undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. "We will continue to impose costs on those involved in ongoing violations of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity."
Russia's incursion into Crimea has escalated tensions to between Moscow and Washington.
In March, President Barack Obama slapped new visa restrictions on Russian and other opponents of Ukraine's government in Kiev and authorized wider financial penalties against those involved in the military intervention or in stealing state assets. On April 1, Congress sent the president a bill to provide $1 billion in loan guarantees to cash-poor Ukraine and targeted sanctions to punish Russia for its bold annexation of part of the former Soviet republic.
Those sanctioned were:
—Pyotr Zima, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine's main directorate in Crimea, who was dismissed by the interim Ukrainian president for taking an oath of loyalty to the new Crimean authorities.
—Aleksei Chaliy, the chairman of a coordinating council that worked on setting up administration for the city of Sevastopol, who signed the March agreement to unite Crimea and the city with Russia.
—Rustam Temirgaliev, Yuriy Zherebtsov, Mikhail Malyshev and Valery Medvedev, who are accused of playing roles in the March referendum, paving the way for Russia's annexation of Crimea.
—Sergey Tsekov, the former vice speaker of Ukraine's parliament, who allegedly was responsible for facilitating the referendum.
—The gas company, Chernomorneftegaz, was sanctioned for being allegedly complicit in the misappropriation of state assets of Ukraine.
On March 18, the Crimean parliament passed a resolution to seize the Crimean assets of a subsidiary of a Ukrainian state-owned gas company, which has drilling rigs off Crimea's west coast and in the Sea of Azov. The assets were transferred to an entity with the same name, Chernomorneftegaz, and same address.
The Treasury Department action freezes any assets within U.S. jurisdiction held by those sanctioned and also bans U.S. citizens from conducting transactions with them.


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What i want to know is how she's related to her "Onii-chan", it's obvious her mother was an Zentradi.
I'm guessing perhaps he's her step-brother? same father, but with a human mother?
Or perhaps the son of the father's previous relationship?
or maybe it's it's simply an adoption?
it's also very easy to see she's filling in for minmay shoes, but it;s like they had decided to "split" the character, instead of having one character like minmay, they had two.
I've also got the feeling the officer who attends sheryl is also involved.
i wonder if this is going to be a four-way cat-fight?
the Lieutenant, the Singer, the girl who works in the Chinese restaurant?
All for Altro? the girly man?
I wonder if Lanca lee's brother going to do a Roy Focker Death?
that'll be interesting to see.
|2008-04-06, 08:55
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I think that Lanka will be a mix of Minmei and Mylene.
Lanka's seiyuu is already singing a Minmei song. The second ending was sounding similar to the Protoculture song from Macross: Do you remember love? that Minmei sang while she was captured.
I'm betting that Lanka also does a partial Mylene on us and the fighting will be over her more than Aruto (Alto). I can easily see big bro saying "No Lanka, I think that Michael is a better choice for you." They milked Mylene's dilemma over a Macross 7 TV, Macross Dynamite, Macross Encore, Macross 7 movie. This also would remind everybody about Macross Plus.
Aruto has a personality that not to many people can get close too so his options are the forgiving nice types. Lanka is just a sweetheart so anyone will go after her.
Besides it looks like Lanka has a different school uniform on than Aruto so their interactions will be after school.
|2008-04-06, 10:21
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Going by the chart from my post above it looks like Michael & Nanase could happen, though I have no idea what the words next to the arrows say.. could just say classmate since they go to the same school.
You really don't think Alto will be the main focus of the triangle especially with the reworked concert scene?
|2008-04-06, 19:06
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I'm not sure if Ranka is half Zentradi, she doesn't have pointy ears like Michael and the others have. On the other hand, she does have green hair.
So far she does seem to be similiar to Minmay, even her voice is similiar, of course this could all change. For one thing she doesn't seem quite as self absorbed...
|2008-04-06, 20:41
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Lanca even got her own manga just like Mylene.
And in the end, people still remember Minmei more than what's-her-name.
My bet is still on Lanca. More marketable and guys tend to focus more on the females in titles nowadays. She also is more accessible.
Besides that concert scene didn't really show that he had feeling for anyone other than Lanca. Sure he saved Sheryl but he also knocked her off the stage IIRC. He's flying around with a chick in his arms and he looks at the audience instead. Sheryl is like this unreachable person with no chance of a productive private life so only an idiot would go out with her just like Minmei.
But didn't Macross have 3 triangles going with the main triangle event being focused on Hikaru?
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|2008-04-06, 23:28
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Well yeah Alto and Sheryl haven't exactly got off to the best start but you could say the same for Hikaru and Hayase.
It's Hayase!
|2008-04-07, 02:36
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I can't remember any other triangle besides the MinmayXHikaruXHayase with Kaifun at the side? It feels like it's being set up as RankaXAltoXSheryl but they might pull a twist on our expectations, weirder things have happened.
|2008-04-07, 03:49
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Wait and see, it's still too early to make guess M-Frontier pairing. Perhaps Lanka has no interest on trap, maybe she likes yuri.
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|2008-04-07, 04:07
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I've never watched any of the other Macross series, so I can't really compare Lanca Lee to old characters.
Altro is definitely going to be Lanca's door to some action, that's for sure. Romantically tied together though? I can't see that. Girly man and girly girl don't work well together. I mean, sure, they can buy their shoes together but that's it.
Shoes, OMG~! Let's buy some shoes!
|2008-04-07, 05:55
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|2008-04-07, 12:24
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Macross doesn't tend to resolve romance in the most predictable manner, in the original
Spoiler for Romance:
|2008-04-07, 20:27
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Lanca is more Mylene with that mascot than Minmei. So I'm betting on the long Macross 7 triangle of Basura x Mylene x Gamlin (boring guy).
So that means...
Aruto x Lanca x ? as the major triangle. Sheryl could be there to help Lanca's development along for all we know and does not need to be involved in any romantic things. When you think about it, Aruto and Basara have similar qualities of being set on a certain goal and not looking for love particularily.
Besides Minmei and Mylene fans are going to want a better resolution this time around.
We also have the character relationship balance to look at. Long hair males are linked with short hair females and vice versa. Tsundere males are linked with gentle/moe females.
|2008-04-07, 22:39
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I don't know why you're counting Sheryl out so easily, my gut feeling tells me she will end up with Alto. If they were going to pull a fast one and have one of the 2 lead girls not be romantically involved with Alto (I highly doubt that) I'll say it would be Lanca at this point. I don't see why Sheryl would still interact with Alto if she wasn't interested whereas Lanca has lots of reasons to stay in touch just as friends. What will happen next episode, Nanase goes to the same school (could be same class), her brother seems to know Michael and co and it's obvious Alto will get to know him etc.
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|2008-04-10, 03:16
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Alto is going to end up with Lanca. It's so obvious. There's no way that the male Japanese-styled lead (Alto) would end with with a foreign woman (Sheryl). Lanca being moe is also a dead ringer that she's the main female lead.
I can't name one anime where the Japanese-styled lead ended up with the foreign woman. In the original they even played Menmei as being Chinese so Hayase was going to win by default.
Every culture has their media reflect their own respective ideals and archetypes. I expect Macross Frontier to be no different.
I expect their to be a love triangle between Sherly, Alto and Lanca, but I'm 99% sure Lanca is going to win. It feels like a dead giveaway from the first episode.
Lance might have a Chinese surname, but she and Alto are closer to the ideal Japanese couple than Alto and Sheryl.
The long-hair and short-hair relationship that posters above me posted is also a good indicator.
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