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Gramercy Park Hotel, New York City
- August 31, 2007 |
- By Gregory Mottola
Picture everything you've read or seen about the mythic Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Recall the Byzantine weaving of nature and architecture with enough majesty to be classified as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Now think less Mesopotamia and more Manhattan and imagine a lush rooftop garden floating 16 stories over Gramercy Park (New York City's last private park) where you can enjoy a cigar without incurring a fine.
Unlike the Hanging Gardens, this is a place you can actually visit. You need only walk south down Lexington Avenue until it ends at the iron bars of the verboten Gramercy Park. Look to your right and you will see the understated facade of the Gramercy Park Hotel, but before you make a dash for the elevators, there are a few things you should know. First, the terrace gardens are private, reserved for members and hotel guests only. Second, the lobby and lounges on the cavernous first floor are worth checking out, even though you can't smoke in any of those spaces.
Despite its cutting-edge, new high bohemian ambitions, the hotel has some history. Humphrey Bogart married his first wife there in the 1920s, and Babe Ruth was known to frequent the bar during the Great Depression. Over the course of the twentieth century, the hotel acquired a reputation as a hideaway for both glitterati and literati types. Ownership changed many times until the hotel was bought by hotelier Ian Schrager, who gutted the interior with the idea of creating a luxury establishment that still paid homage to its bohemian roots. Not that Bogie or the Babe would recognize the place anymore should their ghosts decide to haunt this landmark.
|The cloistered Jade Bar is just off of the hotel's entrance behind a pair of velvet drapes.
If a museum decided to drop off all of its closeted and forgotten exhibits at an abandoned castle inhabited by squatting artists, you'd get something like the ground floor of the new Gramercy Park Hotel.
"It's over for design hotels with their slick, spiffy and over-styled interiors," said Schrager. "They have been embraced by the mainstream and become the rule, not the exception. The Gramercy Park Hotel is the ultimate anti-brand and anti-design hotel. It is a celebration of the idiosyncratic."
The lobby feels very much like a private salon, but it also has a gallery ambience you can't help slowing down for. The furniture is plush and vaguely papal-looking, the drapery heavy. Checkered tiles lead to a large, hand-carved fireplace, ablaze and crackling even in the summer. The salon aspects, however, are tempered by wood surfaces you'd never see in a château, and some twentieth-century original works by artists such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Damien Hirst. Artist Julian Schnabel, who co-designed the hotel with Schrager, threw in a few of his own pieces, including a pair of mounted serrated sawfish snouts that menace the lobby floor like a surreal antithesis of colonial ivory. They look as though they were stolen from the American Museum of Natural History. Would Bogart have tolerated this? No matter.
Off to the side under an arched entrance lies the Jade Bar, where the predominant color scheme changes immediately from crimson to green. Have a quick drink here, admire the marine-life hues and then turn left into the much larger Rose Bar for another chromatic shift back to red.
If you arrive before 9 P.M., you can wander in without a reservation. Both Jade and Rose are outfitted with modern art. I could use buzzwords such as whimsical, eccentric, evocative or mysterious to describe the rooms, and true, they'd all be accurate descriptors, but there's a mood that those words fail to capture. Monkish attention seems to have been devoted to creating a candle-lit environment as appropriate for prayer as it is for drinking. And many of the design elements seem to tell a story. The wood on the lobby pillars, for example, could've been pulled off the hull of a shipwrecked vessel slumped on some Southeast Asian shore. Or the floor tiles salvaged from a Moroccan church ravaged by a religious war. Pity that both the Jade and Rose bars would've made such nice smoking rooms.
Once you have had another drink and can no longer resist the urge to light up a cigar, your room key should activate the elevator, taking you straight to the private terrace.
The ascension ends on one of the 16th-floor corridors that wind through a series of interior club rooms which, like downstairs, also serve as de facto art exhibits. One chamber holds a celestial canopy of lightbulbs suspended from its ceiling.
All of the rooms lead out to the verdant terrace. On a recent visit, I took a seat in the southeast corner and lit up a Nicaraguan cigar. It was quiet on the rooftop garden and that's how Schrager envisioned it -- a tranquil extension of Gramercy Park below and a nod to the terrace gardens of old New York. Flowers blossomed along the ledge, vines hung in pergola fashion, and soon I was handed a cocktail menu. I'm guessing the drinks are allusions to the overall decor -- curious concoctions with no obvious classifications. The drink I chose was called a Maca Martini, a mixture of Sagatiba Cachaça, elderflower liqueur, fresh lime juice and apple cider. I found the punch of the Cachaça (Brazilian cane juice rum) to go well with the strong Nicaraguan tobacco.
Late supper service is offered on the roof if you don't want to smoke on an empty stomach. Or you can dine at Wakiya, the hotel's high-end Chinese restaurant serving food inspired by the cuisine of Shanghai, Szechuan, Canton and Beijing. Either way, this botanical oasis is full of interesting impressions that complement the cigar-smoking experience, whether it be that of low-keyed conversation or quiet contemplation. And if you wish to stroll the last of the private parks, guests are also granted privileges to the gated grounds of Gramercy Park itself.
Gramercy Park Hotel
2 Lexington Ave.
New York NY 10010
Tel: 212-920-3300
Web: www.gramercyparkhotel.com


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Fins for photographers
Posted 12 November 2005 - 07:06 PM
Does anyone here really love their fins? If so, let me know why.
I've had the same pair of fins for the past 11 years (honestly) and they have finally worn out. I need to replace them but I've come to realize that I have thought very little about fins all this time. What makes for a good fin?
Being 11 years old, my last pair were basic, fairly stiff, and seemed to worked well. Is that the right formula?
What do you all think?
Posted 12 November 2005 - 09:30 PM
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Posted 12 November 2005 - 09:44 PM
Love em, i haven't used anything but freediving fins for the last 3000 dives or so. Oh, except the one time in Palau they tried to give me a pair of neon yellow splits as rentals...i refused em..
ie) i like stiff blades as opposed to floppy splits
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Posted 12 November 2005 - 09:51 PM
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Posted 12 November 2005 - 10:15 PM
anybody got any non-black jetfins (pink? blue?)? they made them, been looking for some.
Or technisub Alas, been looking for those, too.
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Posted 12 November 2005 - 11:54 PM
To answer Roger's question, I have a friend in Cayman who has the camp "egg-shell-blue" jetfins, I can't believe they made them in pink too!
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Posted 13 November 2005 - 12:48 AM
Does anyone have any experience though of Force Fins? I have a couple of mates (not photographers) who swear by them even though they look really weird - and they are expensive too.
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Posted 13 November 2005 - 12:49 AM
Start to I sow it with my own eyes.
To answer Roger's question, I have a friend in Cayman who has the camp "egg-shell-blue" jetfins, I can't believe they made them in pink too!
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Posted 13 November 2005 - 01:14 AM
What about BC's? Jackets or wings?
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Posted 13 November 2005 - 01:37 AM
looks good with a neon pink wetsuit i bet
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Posted 13 November 2005 - 08:32 AM
they were freediving fins but so good for diving ... gave nice balance when holding for a photo. However .. BIG and HEAVEY .. not everyones cup of tea
I also love my Scuba Pro Twin Jets (split fin) I bought for travel. They are easy to use .. they are bouyant but i like my leg position using them .. bad points about them .. you can't go backwards and twisting ankle movements aren't as effective for manouevering as they are with solid fins ... and worst thing ... they are useless for surface swims .. and USELESS in a current ... i dont know why they just are. but i still love em.
Posted 13 November 2005 - 02:37 PM
Split fins are not very effective for small movements - they are a great fin if you have bad knees/ankles, but are not ideal for many situations (as highlighted by some others). If you're pushing a big camera rig, you won't move very well with them. The same goes for diving in current - they're almost useless. If you dive in these conditions and need ot hold your position for shooting, split fins are not what you want.
Or technisub Alas, been looking for those, too.
The Alas are a great fin, but they're not manufactured anymore (due to dioxin emissions, i think - some chemical byproduct got the process shut down). You can still find them occasionally, but they're usually had to come by for less than about $225 anymore - they're an extremely popular fin for underwater hockey/underwater rugby, so I keep my eyes out for them, but it's rare when a pair shows up.
Does anyone have any experience though of Force Fins? I have a couple of mates (not photographers) who swear by them even though they look really weird - and they are expensive too.
I have never liked the force fins - they're not very good in heavy current. They perform a lot like split fins (although slightly better, i think) but not as well as other fins. That being said, they are one of the fins used by the US Navy SEAL program (alongside Jetfins) - I was told this is because of their compact size, but based on my personal expirience with them, i'm guessing some admiral has a brother who owns the Force Fin company.
These are basically my observations from working on dive boats - I've seen a lot of fins on a lot of people, with significant diving in current - the split fins just do not perform as well in general diving conditions as traditional designs.
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Posted 13 November 2005 - 10:57 PM
Upside - Great in the water.
Downside - weight & you need to develop muscle that you did not know you had.
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Posted 14 November 2005 - 12:01 AM
On a slightly different note:
Do you think we can get one of the vendors to make ones with a large white patch, a large grey patch, and a Mcbeth color chart on them.
Eric, can we find a vendor to make a wetpixel special like that.
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Posted 14 November 2005 - 03:04 AM
I share your dislike of the force fins, but they are useful for frog kicks and other manuveurs like the helicopter etc. But they are heavy like the apollo biofins, and screw up diving balance.
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Posted 14 November 2005 - 03:55 AM
I'd have to say the negative bouancy of the Apollo Biofins is the one thing I do really like about them!! It saves me wearing ankle weights (though that is for drysuit diving B) ). The spring straps are their other grace .... these two things means I mostly dive with these instead of my solid blade 12 year old, but still favourite, Reflex fins
are heavy like the apollo biofins, and screw up diving balance.
In the tropics I love my old underwater hockey fins - Technisub Ala ... great for hovering, manouverability and speed/current
... hey! maybe a cable tie or two will fix that pesky split in my biofins
Posted 14 November 2005 - 06:51 AM
Brian is young (he was one of the very able dive guides on my Shark Expedition with JASA this summer) and can push the likes of orginal heavy rubber Jetfins and probably a 2X6 nailed to his foot When I was 27, about 30 lbs. lighter and ran my one and only marathon in 3:27 I bought heavy and / or stiff fins, too.
These days I'm using the BLACK full foot Scubapro Twin Jets in tropical waters, and for dry suits and thick wet suit boots the Force Fin Pros.
I've know Bob Evans, inventor and creative type for 15+ years and he's been ripped off for his hydro-dynamic testing more than anyone in the diving industry. I've used the Pro stiffness models with bungie heel strap in currents up in British Columbia that left divers using "heavy bladed" fins crying for a break....Being able to kick longer without cramping and still make headway, like the full foot Scubapro Twin Jets pays off even in currents.
My humble opinion is most divers barely know how to swim efficiently, have on too much crap and then couple this with mega-size camera rigs.
Funny that many dismiss the black, slightly stiffer Scubapro Twin Jets. Howard Hall and Bob Cranston switched to these pushing around IMAX cameras and giant HD video rigs in conditions all over the world. And I'll bet they put in more time underwater on their MK155 CCR rebreathers than practically anyone. I dived with Bob a few years back and he and Howard were die hard Scubapro Jet Fin users. Must be good enough in currents if they decided to switch
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Posted 14 November 2005 - 09:16 AM
The black twin jets are good fins for many divers - the most important thing to recognize is the different kick required to swim with split fins versus bladed fins. Unfortunately, this makes comaparing them relatively difficult - the machine that ScubaLab uses to compare fins kicks one way only - the most efficient kick style with bladed fins is different that that with split fins.
I'm sure part of my disdain for split fins is that I am used to kicking with a larger blade - a larger, slower kick stroke than with split fins (probably developed this from freediving). Split fins require you to kick with a smaller, faster kick to generate the most thrust.
If you have a good dive shop locally, they should let you try some different fins in the pool or on a dive (or borrow them from one of their instructors to try) so you can make a good decision on it. There isn't going to be one fin that works best for everyone, as i'm sure you've noticed from reading the board. Personally, put me in a pair of foil force fins and i can't even move - give me some quattro powers and i'm off to the races. Try out as many fins as you can - look at other divers who have similar body type/technique to you and see what works for them.
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Posted 14 November 2005 - 09:19 AM
I really like my Force Fins. They are lightish, VERY, VERY easy to get on and off, you can walk in the (really) and they do work well as fins too.
BUT, you need to try some as not everyone gets on with them (one friend found that they caused knee joint irritation after one dive) and they seem to respond best to a 'frog' kick - downside is they don't carry easily (in a hand) and the sizes are weird; like I said, you need to try them.
Even though they are pricey, I'd buy another pair (even though I still have my (24 year old) jet fins too)!
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Posted 14 November 2005 - 09:48 AM
I have two pairs of personal favourites: Apollo Biofin XT (heavy-weight that put my fins down) and Mares Plana Avanti Quattro (lightweight - fins up). Both are equipped with stainless-steel spring straps which IMHO transform any fin. I have just come back from, a trip using Force Pro fins. They need some getting used to but they DO work and take up little space in the baggage.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. - The only thing longer for the Lipscomb Lady Bisons softball team than their 10-inning loss to Mississippi State will be the bus ride home to Nashville.
Twice the Lady Bisons fought back Sunday. They used a two-run home run from Mickey Bell to tie the game at two in the fourth inning and a solo shot from Kristen Sturdivant in the sixth to knot the game at three.
In the 10th, it was necessary to implement tie-breaking rules which meant each team would start with a runner at second. Heather Montgomery got the call for the Lady Bisons and advanced to third on a wild pitch. But she was left stranded.
Mississippi State, from the Southeastern Conference, won the game in the 10th. Jessica Offutt was placed at second. Ashley Phillips led off the inning with a single to third base that moved Offutt to third. Logan Foulks singled up the middle to score Offutt for the 4-3 win.
"It is frustrating," Lipscomb coach Kristin Ryman said. "The craziest part about the game was we played really good defense.
"I do think we had more of a spark in this game. And I think it showed on defense. We only had four hits to their 12 but we legitimately had a shot to win the game. I think that was a credit to our defense and Heather Parker."
The loss was the fifth in a row for the Lady Bisons who started the season with a 3-0 record.
In the fourth inning Haley Elliott had reached base on lead-off single up the middle. She was replaced on the base paths by Brianne Welch who scored on Bell's homer, her first on the college level.
Two pitchers, left-hander Stephanie Becker and right-hander Alison Owen, combined were both effective. They struck out a total of 21 Purple and Gold batters, a school single-game record for Mississippi State. Owen recorded 14 strikeouts in six innings after relieving Becker.
"We really struggled hitting-wise," Ryman said. "That is where we have to go back to work this week. We are swinging blindly right now. We have lost our sense of confidence at the plate.
"We have a great hitting team. They had some good pitchers that kept us off balance. But at the end of the day, we feel strongly in the hitting ability of this group. I don't know if anyone in the country should strike us out 21 times."
Right-hander Tanner Sanders started for the Lady Bisons. She pitched 2.1 innings, allowing four hits and two runs, both earned. She walked two and struck out three.
Heather Parker, also a right-hander, relieved Sanders in the circle in the third inning. Parker, 1-2, pitched seven innings. She scattered eight hits and gave up two runs, one earned. She struck out four and did not walk a batter.
"We got really good pitching out of Heather Parker," Ryman said. "She gave us a really great chance the rest of the way.
"But we can't rely solely on our pitching and expect them to throw a shut out every game. Our hitters have to do their part."
It was the first extra-inning game of the season for both the Lady Bisons and Mississippi State. The Bulldogs are 6-3 for the season.
The tournament schedule continues for the Lady Bisons. LU travels to Chattanooga Friday for the Frost Classic at Tennessee-Chattanooga. The Lady Bisons will face Missouri State at 12:15 p.m. and close out the first day with Chattanooga at 5:45 p.m.
Saturday the Purple and Gold face Ohio at 10 a.m. followed by Niagara at 2:30 p.m. They will close out the classic Sunday at 9 a.m. against Miami-Ohio.
"We are going to focus on the little things and try to get back on track," Ryman said. "It was a rough weekend. We don't want to sit and pout. Everybody has to be accountable. We have to move past it quickly.
"We talked after the game. We are pushing them to spend some extra time on their own working on their hitting. We want them to get the most out of what they are putting in. We want them to be more disciplined as a team and individually. We want them to try to do something about it."


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Game to kick off at 6 p.m. (PT) Sunday at The HomeDepotCenter
CARSON, Calif. (Thursday, November 3, 2011) – Following their 3-1 aggregate goal win over the New York Red Bulls in their Western Conference Semifinal Series, the LA Galaxy will now face Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference Championship. That game, which will be played at The Home Depot Center on Sunday, November 6, is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be broadcast live nationally on ESPN and ESPN Deportes as well as online at ESPN3.com.
After winning the first leg of the series against New York 1-0 on Sunday at Red Bull Arena, the Galaxy claimed a 2-1 win on Thursday night in front of a capacity crowd at The Home Depot Center to knock off the Red Bulls and move one step closer to MLS Cup.
This will be the third consecutive season in which the Galaxy will have hosted the Western Conference Championship at The Home Depot Center. In 2009, the Galaxy beat Houston 2-0 in extra time to reach their record sixth MLS Cup while they lost 3-0 to FC Dallas in last year's Western Conference Championship. This is the 11th time in club history that the Galaxy have reached this stage of the playoffs. They have advanced to MLS Cup a league-record six times while they have lost at this stage of the playoffs four times.
Tickets for Sunday's game are on sale now starting at just $30. Fans can also purchase tickets for MLS Cup 2011, which will be played on Sunday, November 20 at The Home Depot Center, by calling 1-877-3GALAXY (342-5299) or by visiting www.lagalaxy.com.


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- Marseille 1-2 Arsenal: Walcott & Ramsey gets Gunners off to perfect start07:20 | 19/09/2013
Jordan Ayew netted a late penalty to set up a nervous final few minutes, but the Premier League side will fly home happy after a confident performance in Europe.
Arsene Wenger's men earned a win in their last visit to the Stade Velodrome back in 2011, and they replicated they feat on Wednesday, Walcott finding the net with a close-range volley before Ramsey wrapped things up with a fine individual effort after the break.
Jordan Ayew grabbed a late consolation from the penalty spot for the hosts, but Arsenal held on to claim all three points.
Elie Baup made just one change to the Marseille side that drew 1-1 with Toulouse on Saturday, Andre Ayew replacing Florian Thauvin on the left-hand side of midfield.
Arsenal's only alteration came in defence, with manager Arsene Wenger – who has seen his side win five of their last six competitive outings – opting to select the experienced Per Mertesacker in favour of Carl Jenkinson.
Marseille made a bright start to proceedings with Andre-Pierre Gignac and Mathieu Valbuena both testing Wojciech Szczesny in the early going.
Arsenal responded quickly however, Theo Walcott forcing Steve Mandanda into a save with a close-range effort after beating left-back Jeremy Morel for pace.
Still, it was the hosts that continued to dictate play. Valbuena volleyed over before Andre Ayew headed narrowly wide after an excellent right-wing cross from Dimitri Payet.
The visitors struggled to gain a foothold in the midfield, with Valbuena and 21-year-old Giannelli Imbula particularly impressive for Baup's men.
And Marseille almost got their reward for a positive display shortly before the break, Gignac heading just over the bar at the near post after powering onto a Payet corner.
Baup's side continued in the ascendancy straight after the break, Rod Fanni volleying inches wide of the post after good work down the right from Alaixys Romao.
Arsenal remained an attacking threat, though, and they almost took the lead in superb fashion, Kieran Gibbs denied by a fantastic reaction save from Mandanda after latching on to a deft backheel from Mesut Ozil.
The game quickly became stretched, with both sides crafting regular goalscoring opportunities, Payet keeping Szczesny busy with a fierce drive, before Jack Wilshere drew a near-post stop from Mandanda at the other end.
Arsenal never looked settled at the back, and they had Gibbs to thank for keeping them level as he showed great awareness to head a Payet cross off the line after miscommunication between Mertesacker and Szczesny.
But Marseille were finally made to pay for their profligacy 19 minutes into the second half, Walcott firing a magnificent volley into the top corner after Morel had failed to deal with Gibbs' far-post cross.
Payet and Valbeuna both then went close as the Ligue 1 club searched for an equaliser, but it was Arsenal who proved the more clinical of the two sides, Ramsey securing the points as he jinked through the home defence before sending a precise low shot beyond the grasp of Mandanda.
Marseille did get one back in injury time, though, Jordan Ayew scoring from 12 yards after Laurent Koscielny had felled Andre Ayew in the box.
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We learned about Easter Pie years ago, when visiting the family of an Italian-American graduate school friend, John Agresto (who recently published a cookbook full of great recipes and reminiscences of growing up in Brooklyn, Tomatoes, Basil and Olive Oil: An Italian-American Cookbook). In addition to an Easter dinner of monumental proportions, their holiday was marked by a tasty spinach/cheese/meat pie that simply sat around in the kitchen for snacking in the unlikely event that someone was hungry. Carolyn and I spotted a recipe a few years later (1972!) in the Sunday NY Times for "An Elegant Easter Pie," a recipe by Jean Hewitt under the title "Anita Sheldon's Torta Di Spinaci." It wasn't quite the same as the Easter pie we remembered at the Agrestos, but it was mighty good and it became a family tradition at Eastertime until we lost the recipe some years back. It was, thankfully, recovered recently at the bottom of a file cabinet and it's been reinstated in our holiday repertoire. We served it most recently at our annual Easter Brunch. While it has holiday credentials, it also makes for great picnic fare, or an easy luncheon dish. We just noticed that the recipe has also been published in Amanda Hesser's wonderful new The Essential New York Times Cookbook.
Here's the recipe, with thanks to the New York Times, Jean Hewitt, Amanda Hesser, and Anita Sheldon.
Serves 8 to 10 [or more — it's a generous size]
For the Pastry
3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into pieces [put in all this butter; the pastry is rich, but delicious!]
1 large egg yolk
Approximately 3 tablespoons water
For the Filling
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 large onions, finely chopped
1 3/4 pounds fresh spinach, trimmed and washed well, or two 10-ounce packages frozen chopped spinach
Three 1-inch-thick smoked pork chops or pork loin (about 1 pound), any fat and bones removed and meat diced, or 1/2 pound bacon, diced
1 1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese (about 5 ounces)
1 cup (8 ounces) ricotta cheese
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 large egg white, lightly beaten
1. To make the pastry, place the flour, salt, and butter in a bowl. With a pastry blender, 2 knives, or your fingertips, work the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse oatmeal.
2. Mix the egg yolk with 3 tablespoons water and sprinkle over the mixture. Stir with a fork, adding only enough extra water to make a dough that just clings together. Divide the dough in half and form into 2 disks. Wrap each one in wax paper and chill briefly.
3. Meanwhile, prepare the filling: Heat the oil in a large skillet and sauté the onions until tender but not browned. Set aside.
4. If using fresh spinach, place the washed spinach leaves, with just the water that clings, in a large saucepan, cover tightly, and cook until the leaves wilt. Drain well and let cool enough to touch. In batches, gather the leaves in your palm and press out all the liquid by squeezing as firmly as possible. Chop the spinach. Or, if using frozen spinach, cook according to the package directions; drain well, cool, and squeeze dry. [Note: the squeezing part is really important — get all the water our or you'll have a soggy crust!]
5. Combine the chopped spinach and onions in a bowl and let cool completely, then add the diced smoked pork, Parmesan cheese, ricotta, salt and pepper to taste, and lightly beaten eggs.
6. Heat the oven to 425°F. Roll out half the pastry on a lightly floured work surface into 12-inch circle and line a 10-inch pie plate with it. Brush the bottom and sides of the shell with the lightly beaten egg white. Pour in the filling.
7. Roll out the remaining pastry and cover the filling. Trim, seal, and crimp the edges. Make a steam hole and if you're up for it place leaves, cut from the pastry scraps, around the hole (not over it). [We put leaves around the edges for an elegant spring look.]
8. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until the pastry is golden and done. Let stand for 10 to 15 minutes before cutting.
Cooking Notes
The torta can be baked early in the day and reheated in a 375°F oven. Cover loosely with foil to prevent overbrowning. [It is also just fine at room temperature or slightly warmed]


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Texas' senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, clearly have a lot to say.
A Texas on the Potomac analysis of senators' floor speeches found that the two Texans spoke as frequently as the 30 least talkative senators combined.
Using data from the C-SPAN archives, we analyzed the number of days each senator had spoken on the Senate floor. Cornyn, the second-ranking Republican leader, finished third in the Senate with 23 days of floor debate. Cruz led all first-year senators with six days of debate.
On the flip side, it took all 30 senators who had spoken twice, once or zero times to equal the Texans'
29 day total.
One surprise finding: Freshman Democrat Elizabeth Warren, who was as ballyhooed among Democratic liberals as Cruz was among conservative Republicans, has been one of the quietest newcomers — at least on the Senate floor.


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Catherine B. Hooey Hopkins turns 98. Willard G. Snover turns 90.
A family party was held recently at Sekora's Restaurant in Allentown to celebrate the 90th birthday of Willard G. Snover.
Snover is a World War II veteran and served on the U.S. Minneapolis. He was awarded 10 battle stars and served in the Pacific. He is the oldest active male member in years of membership — 70� — of the Belvidere Methodist Church, Belvidere, N.J. and a member of the Belvidere Legion Post and the Belvidere Cemetery Association. He delivers meals for Meals At Home.
Family members who attended his birthday party included his wife, Shirley Snover; his nephews, James and wife, Sue, of Lehighton, and Randall Sandt of Belvidere, N.J.; stepchildren, Linda and Matt Lilly of Telford, Sharon Hopkins of Delaware, N.J.; and daughter, Michelle Lee and her boyfriend, Matthew Reeder; and Annie and Robert Hummel of Mount Bethel; and their son, Joshua Hummel.
Snover enjoys going to Colonial Williamsburg, Va., taking cruises and dining out. He has enjoyed swimming at Belvidere Pool for years, as well as reading and traveling.
Catherine B. Hooey Hopkins of Lopatcong Care Center, Phillipsburg, N.J., celebrated her 98th birthday on Jan. 23. She formerly lived in Belvidere, N.J.
Her children are Alfred Hopkins of Long Pond, Lee Hopkins of San Francisco, Calif., Donald Hopkins of Selah, Wash., Ronney Hopkins of Delaware, N.J., Patricia Hopkins of White Township, and the late Robert Hopkins. She has many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Catherine was married to the former Harry Stewart Hopkins.
She was a homemaker for many people in the area for years.


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Republicans decided to do all they could to make the president unsuccessful.
The most important issue in the 2012 campaign barely gets discussed: How will we govern ourselves after the election is over?
Elections are supposed to decide things. The voters render a verdict on what direction they want the country to take and set the framework within which both parties work.
President Obama's time in office, however, has given rise to a new approach. Republicans decided to do all they could to make the president unsuccessful. Their not-so-subliminal message has been: We will make the country ungovernable unless you hand us every bit of legislative, executive and judicial power so we can do what we want.
Judging by the current polls, this approach hasn't worked. Mitt Romney is suffering not only from his own mistakes but also because a fundamentally moderate country has come to realize that today's GOP is far more extreme than Republicans were in the past. Romney's makers-not-takers 47 percent remarks made clear that the current GOP worldview is more Ayn Rand than Adam Smith, more Rush Limbaugh than Bill Buckley, more Rick Perry than Abe Lincoln.
Yet can one election turn the country around and make Washington work again?
Let's start by saying that if the election takes an abrupt turn and Romney wins, he would probably get a Republican House and Senate. Then the country would get the GOP Full Monty, a complete dose of what it has to offer.
Somewhat more possible, given the current polls, is unified Democratic government. If Obama winds up with something like 53 percent of the popular vote or more, the Democrats have a real chance of winning both House and Senate majorities.
But what if the current conventional wisdom is right in foreseeing an Obama win coupled with continued, narrow Democratic control of the Senate and a House Republican majority depleted but still in charge? Will Republicans give up on obstruction and the reckless use of the filibuster? Will they be open to compromise on the budget?
This depends partly on a debate already going on inside the Republican Party and the conservative movement about why Romney is losing. It's a precursor to what would be the post-election "why Romney lost" lollapalooza.
The right-wing contention is simple: Romney was a lousy candidate, a closet moderate who didn't offer the detailed conservative program in all its splendor and who "muzzled" Paul Ryan, an idea some Ryan partisans are leaking. If this side wins, the GOP will stick with obstruction and wait for the next election.
But Romney's 47 percent remarks finally unshackled the more moderate conservatives who know how destructive the Ayn Rand/tea party approach to politics has been. Some are talking about a Republican organization, similar to the old Democratic Leadership Council, to pull the party closer to the center.
This debate is important, but the more moderate view is unlikely to get any serious foothold among House Republicans and has only limited reach in the Senate GOP. That's why the future of governance hangs largely on how Obama chooses to run the rest of his campaign.
Brand Obama has always been resistant to partisanship. Yet the president's current case against Romney is really a case against the entire right-wing approach. Obama's ability to govern in a second term thus depends not simply on his own triumph but also on the decisive defeat of those who have been obstructing him. If he wins but they win, is there much chance that the obstruction will stop?
Obama hopes that if he earns re-election by defending tax increases on the wealthy, the current structure of Medicare and investments in education and infrastructure, he'll have a mandate for a sensible budget compromise. The Medicare and tax arguments square with what Democratic congressional candidates are saying, and after a briefing of House Democrats Friday from David Axelrod, Obama's senior adviser, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters that she and her colleagues "have no complaint" about the president's relationship to their campaigns.
Yet given the current views of most congressional Republicans, few of them are likely to accept any claim of a mandate and would eagerly blame a Romney defeat on Romney himself.
If Obama wants to do more than survive, he thus has to fight a bigger and broader campaign that targets not only Romney but also a GOP congressional apparatus that has moved the party far to the right. Paradoxically, Republicans who want to bring their party to a more sensible place share an interest with Democrats in the president doing just this. It will take real toughness to produce more peaceable politics.
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When The New School applied to take part in the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon 2011, a sustainable building competition, winning an award was not the ultimate goal. Instead, the interdisciplinary team, including more than 200 students from the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy and Parsons School of Design, set its sights on designing an energy-efficient entry that could become a permanent two-family home. To carry out its ambitious plan, the team—calling itself and its competition home Empowerhouse—partnered with Habitat for Humanity and government and nonprofit groups in Washington, D.C. Almost two years after the project's inception, students welcomed the public and press to tour their model home, displayed on the National Mall.
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Berkeley Theaters Win 13 Critics' Circle Awards
Sixty actors, directors, and designers received the Critics Circle "Outstanding" awards at the Critics Circle's Awards Gala & Dance Party held at the California Ballroom in Oakland on May 6.
Berkeley theatres claimed 13 of those awards, including a sweep of the Original Script category:
Aaron Henne won for"Mesmeric Revelations," Central Works producer;
Ken Slattery for "Truffaldino Say No," co-production of Shotgun Players and Playground; and
Tony Taccone for "Ghost Light," a biopic of Jon Moscone and the City Hall murders, Berkeley Rep producer.
Awards are apportioned according to size of house: over 300 seats such as ACT, Berkeley Rep or Cal Shakes; 100-300 seats like, Shotgun Players or SF Playhouse; or under 100 seats such as Impact Theatre, Custom Made Theatre, or Masquers Playhouse.
It was the first time a dance party was included which made for a more convivial "party" evening. The awards took breaks for schmoozing and dancing to the Tal Ariel band (Ariel won outstanding music director last year for "Seussical" at Berkeley Playhouse.)
Other Berkeley winners of the Critics Circle "Outstanding" award for the theatre year 2012 were:
For theatres with seating for under 100, Gregory Sharpen won for outstanding sound design for "Mesmeric Revelations" at Central Works, and Laura Jean Bailey for Featured Female in a Straight Play for "Crevice, a co-production of Impact Theatre and Playground.
For theatres with seating between 100 to 300, Shotgun Players won two more prizes for "Truffaldino Says No": Maggie Whitaker for Costume Design and M. Graham Smith for Director.
Howard Swain won the outstanding award for Principal Male in a Straight Play for the Aurora Theatre's production of "Body Awareness".
Berkeley Rep productions won five more "Outstanding" awards for theatres with over 300 seats:
"A Doctor in Spite of Himself" garnered honors for Kristin Fiebig for Costume Design and Steven Epp for Principal Male in a Straight Play;
"Ghost Light" won for Featured Female and Male performances in a Straight play, Robynn Rodriguez and Danforth Comins taking home the honors; and
Joaquina Kalukango won for Principal Female in a Musical for "Emotional Creature."
(For a complete list of winners and nominees, visit www.CriticsCircle.org where you can also view Eric Chazankin's photos of the Gala and the winners.)
Each Critics Circle member attends over 40 plays per year and nominates worthy candidates in San Francisco, the East Bay (Alameda and Contra Costa counties), the North Bay (Marin and Solano counties) and the South Bay (San Mateo and Santa Clara counties).
There were three special honorees this year: Actor James Carpenter received the Jerry Friedman lifetime achievement award, Exit Theatre received the Paine Knickerbocker award for continuing contributing by an organization, and Kim Taylor PR received the Gene Price award for superlative professionalism.
Presenters of Awards from the East Bay included Artistic Directors Melissa Hillman of Impact Theatre, Patrick Dooley of Shotgun Players, Jonathan Moscone of Cal Shakes, and Tony Taccone of Berkeley Rep, along with director Kimberly Dooley and Dale Albright of Theatre Bay Area.
Actors Equity received a special proclamation on their 100th anniversary of protecting the right of actors and stage managers.
Mayor Jean Quan of Oakland came to address the 300+ attendees and welcome them to Oakland.
Co-sponsors were Theatre Bay Area and Actors Equity Association. Pat Paulsen Vineyards and Trumer Pils provided the libations.
You can take an online tour of the California Ballroom where the Gala was held at www.CaliforniaBallroom.com .


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Serena Williams' French Open is over after a first-round loss in mixed doubles to go with her quick exit in singles.
Playing together for the first time, Williams and Bob Bryan were beaten 7-5, 3-6, 10-6 by Gisela Dulko and Eduardo Schwank of Argentina at Roland Garros on Friday.
Williams was upset by 111th-ranked Virginie Razzano in singles on Tuesday, the American's only first-round loss in 47 Grand Slam tournaments.
She hadn't played mixed doubles at a major tournament since the 1999 Australian Open, when she and Max Mirnyi of Belarus lost in the final. Williams and Mirnyi won the 1998 Wimbledon and U.S. Open mixed doubles championships.
Her older sister Venus watched Friday's match from the stands and said: "Serena had some bad luck."


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"She had no signs of life. No heartbeat, no blood pressure, she wasn't breathing," said her husband, Martin.
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Monday, February 2, 2009
On the Street….Cycle Accessories, Florence
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Such a feeling in it!
juliet xxx
Lovely shoes~
So often your work speaks on a number of levels, Sart, one of the reasons i visit your blog everyday. This photo is so much more than what it shows – bicycles can be a good solution to modern urban transport problems; for people of all ages and occupations. This picture is beautifully composed, i wish it was a postcard i could send to all my car-owning friends!
Posh – posh – posh!!!!!
Fran Rosa =D
I love how he tight-up his pants. I guess he doesn't want to make them dirty while riding his bike…
You'll laugh at guys with their pant legs tied up… Until you ruin your favorite suit pants on your chain guard. Excellent shot.
Ooh! The gloves, the trouser clips, green socks…love it!
This is "green" and chic at the same time!!!
Satorialist rules!!!!!!!!!!!!
great photo! right trouser leg is a key spot to a real cyclist :)
I've always wondered if one could somehow pull off a dapper outfit and still bike. As always, thank you Scott.
This is the answer to global warming. If only I could get my husband to ride the 50 miles into NYC on his bike.
Man, I absolutely love bicycles, and I love that you've been photographing them more.
I wish people like this existed where I live.
according to details and colors could be in Dublin or London….
Love the last open button on bottom of the jacketsleeve. : )
Tanned brown accessories continues to look good vis-a-vis grey coats/pants (think tanned brown shoes and bags),, and what a great idea to juxtapose these colors with a lovely pair of gloves? Nice one.
I love the correlation of color between the bikes tires and cable lock and the way the various oil stains highlight the darker tones of the pavement.
Classic style meets urban ecologic
smart man!
simply magnificent. your cycling photos mean so much more to me now that i live in the netherlands. here, your bike and its accompaniments say a lot about you and your style.
I've always seen people riding their bikes to work… It's hard to find someone incredibly well dressed up like on this picture!
Great shot!
I've never in 56 years seen a man in the US riding a bike and wearing a suit. This is a great photo. Love the jacket buttons, scarf, shoes and socks. And those gloves are so evocative! We can feel the crispness in the air. Bravo!
Great photo. Love the details on him and the bike. that red reflector makes it for me. I do love those sox and the shoes, and the trousers.
i am really really curious as to what the chic woman's version of this image would be! definitely leather gloves…
i love the French
such care with detail
any man who rides a bike in a suit is just plain amazing!
the green socks are just too cool… love them.
So much style, So much charm – and the buttonholes on his sleeve are the real deal. The shoes and gloves match. I am giddy.
When I first got my Electra (with the big broad seat for my own big broad seat, as I explained to my husband) I knit a pair of elbow length gloves to match; they are bubble gum pink alpaca with white angora trim and they are to die. This photo makes me so sad that we have too much ice on our roads to cycle safely right now…
Re SallyO; If your husband rode 50 miles to work and 50 home 5 days a week, you'd save money on gas but probably not "fuel" in the broader definition. Never was I able to eat with such impunity as when I was on the cycling team in college…
here's to a bike lane all the way around the world. and gloves to match :)
Scott, you are without equal, and so is that shot. xo
So, by the chain I can tell it's a fixed gear, but the dead give away is that tie he has on his left ankle there… Most people roll up or fold up their pant legs. This is new to me, and my mind is exploding with new ideas. Is that a ribbon?
I love riding my bike to school, and to see people dressed more fashionably than functionally on bikes is always refreshing. I ride a fixie here in College Station, TX (try to figure out where that one is) and it is a challenge wearing a skirt with a straight crossbar, that's for sure–but the challenge is worth it, even if you're just a blur. A green, well-dressed blur.
I'd like to see more bikes! That's just me trying to fuse together my own interests on someone else's blogspot, but I had to ask. I definitely remember the photo with the girl on the cruiser frame, who is sporting boots, specs and a beanie that sits so perfectly on her head– so lovely it hurts. Did anybody else attend/hear about/experience the Tweed Run in London? I truly think there may be a fashion show on bicycles in the near future…has that been done before? No? If not, it may very well start here if I talk it over with my Schoolwork. ;)
green: socks, scarf, transport =)
A nice shot, as always. It worries me, though, that your posts of fashionable bicyclists never include helmets. That doesn't send a very encouraging safety message.
And surely there are some fashionable bicyclists you see who care enough about their own safety to wear a helmet. I would even think you would be able to help recommend the type of helmet that can still make a fashionable statement while also providing protection. (I can remember a single post where a girl is carrying a helmet, but many more where the bicyclist is shown without one.)
the gloves and shoes match! love the skinny ankle, skinny tie holding up the pant leg, skinny bicycle tire. pretty shot. lots of little green tones as well, from a dangling scarf? and the olive sock. really enjoying this one.
he doesn't even have to tie up his pantleg. his bike has a chainguard on it.
love love love this photo!
that bike! I feel like seeing a shoot from my town :)
Great shoes, better socks and the gloves are a great addition!
oooh boy, this is a gem.
great photo! like the way we don't see the rest of him,this art form is leaving the rest to the imagination.
do you still tag the bicycle photos? they do have a special charm all their own. looked under the bicycle category and did not seem to see your more recent bicycle posts.
great work!
Fantastic picture Sart, love it. But I love the suit, the shoes and the gloves more. Such a good suit. Want them shoes.
This is no beginner. People have already pointed out plenty of sartorial evidence to support this but has anyone notice the expert manner in which the pedal is being used as the support on the kerb? This guy is a living legend.
Rex, Wellington, New Zealand.
Love it! Love it! and dressed up! We don't see that here in New Zealand yet…
I just love the elastic on his leg! it made me chuckle.
Now I want a cool bike!!
I love this photo. Very eco-chic.
Très beaux souliers!
I love it, I die a little inside when I saw this — so European, tres classy, tres civil
This photo is brilliant. The colors are so rich and subtle at the same time. I love the gloves
Genial esta foto!
Love it!
Wonderful how you make the most frumpy thing in Dutch bicycle riding look glamorous.
Thank you.
I love the brown leather with the soft olive tones. The harsh industrial metal, worn tires and concrete blend so nicely with the earth colours of his attire… Very beautiful.
erin x
A nice shot, as always. It worries me, though, that your posts of fashionable bicyclists never include helmets. That doesn't send a very encouraging safety message.
This is a fashion blog, but someone had to start things. Pfffft! In Europe no-one wears helmets, and almost no-one gets head injuries. People look good while cycling there, and it becomes normal and safe as a result. The statistics are quite clear – increasing helmet use correlates with higher head injury rates.
Anyhow, on the subject of chic and cycling…
Absolutely beautiful, Mr Sartorialist!
i am really really curious as to what the chic woman's version of this image would be!. Try CopenhagenCycleChic.com, and see the links there for cycle sartorialism.
great shoes, great atmosphere, great photo !
WOW! This photo makes me dream…
European chic
love this.
Love the gloves! Jorge from W Palm Beach
Here in Paris, people are using bikes more and more often to go to work (specially with the Velib' system), so there are plenty of suited guys riding on the streets.
But with the increase of number, I have also been seeing more and more ruined suits by people falling or passing in between the cars. And cycling gets more complicated with big winter coats.
In conclusion, it is great, but better never wear THAT fantastic suit unless you assume a certain risk.
You see them mostly in urban Italy: Cyclists who were well dressed. This refusal to wear functional clothes is an elegant argument that form must not always follow function.
i have seen such accessory 1999 in china.
Shoes are absolutely gorgeous! Could bicycle clips every become a style statement on their own? I am overwhelmed by your images lately…just letting them wash over me. Quite fabulous.
adore this photo!
I would like to have that picture big time in my room! It has a special something too it! Adorable!
George, how cou7ld a cyclist be fashionable wearing a helmet??
such an environmental supportive gentleman!! Go to work by bike!!!
His all green combination is a new fresh too!!
Reminds me of my bicycle; it very often chewed me right pants leg. But his bike chain is covered anyway. A very nice looking bike it is.
Excellent shot. I have the same shoes. :)
I know he tied up his pants in order to prevent them from getting in the spokes…. But why only one? (he's also missing a button…) his accessories and his shoes (as well as his bike) give me an "earthy" feel…. Kinda like his ensemble is saying "let it be spring already!" he's rebelling at last minute against winter!
I don't know… the colors and the button (lack there-of) and the bike…. I think he'd rather be in a field than in a city…. ^_^ y
I love his sock+shoe+pants wih the band combination. Some girls at my school do that with their jeans, it looks bad :( But not in his case!
Subtle and timeless – absolutely lovely
In answer to Sui Generis – Me: The clip on the trouser leg is to stop the chain (and grease from the chain) from damaging the fabric. The chain is on the right side of the bike so you only need one.
Elizabeth from New Zealand: I see people riding around Auckland looking well-dressed – but not nearly as often as I would like! And unfortunately the helmet detracts from the look and from the carefree impression.
I am loving the Copenhagen Cycle Chic site. It will becvome one of my favourites!
I love that his cuff button is popped. I wore a jacket with working button cuffs today and all I can say is, damn, it feels good to be a gangsta.
great foto.. puts the earthy & green colors into another level. would have extra points if the bike was fixie!!! still good tho'
My dad was a college professor when I was a kid. He was a big believer in dressing up for class. We also lived close to the university. So, he biked to work wearing his suit and tie, and in cooler winter, a camel overcoat. For his pant legs, he had flexible metal cuffs to hold his pants against his ankles. The whole scenario seems so antique now! A professor wearing a suit, a guy in an overcoat on a bike, and these neat pant clips. Makes me nostalgic. Stephanie
this is amazing.
I've been working on a series for a while now of bike pants style – this is classic. So elegant, thank you! I'm a bike rider and who says you can't be a stylish one?
can i have those vintage gloves!
amazing shot!
Gotta love those gloves matching the shoes! As the scarf matching the socks. Inspiring! This is what men's fashion is all about.
I love this picture. I've considered riding my bike but it never dawned on my to use a rubberband. The only other thing is how to deal with the sweating. Its nice to ride a bike but if you're going to a meeting, showing up stinky just won't cut it.
i want to hang it on my wall.
Love this shot. I'd like to live in this universe.
good post
This is extremely Florentine. I've never seen so many nicely dressed people riding bikes (nobody wears helmets). If you go to Florence I'd suggest renting a bike, there are beautiful well kept bike paths everywhere. Nothing like flying through il centro di firenze in bici.


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Friday, May 21, 2010
Rice Whisky?
"Rice Whisky"? I put those inverted commas around the whisky because this is not whisky as we know it: it is 70 per cent malt and 30 per cent rice (Note inserted on 14/9/2015: please see comment below asserting that this should be 30 per cent malt and 70 per cent rice) .
I think it was bottled at Kirin's Fuji Gotemba distillery some time before 2002. I say that because it appears to be labeled as a "Kirin Seagram" whisky and the Kirin-Seagram Ltd. joint venture was renamed as Kirin Distillery Co., Ltd. in 2002.
My first guess was that this was just some sort of shochu with a fancy name but that does not appear to be the case because there is no mention of "koji", which is necessary for shochu production. There are loads of barley shochus and mixed barley and rice shochus, but unmalted barley rather than malted barley is ordinarily used. Instead, the koji breaks down the ingredient into sugars (for an explanation of what the hell koji is, see my brief explanation here or wait for my much better description in my upcoming book!) Anyway, this one has no mention of koji in its ingredients so I am guessing they used a vaguely whisky-like process. What is not clear to me is how they got the sugars out of the rice, if they were not using koji. Presumably, we are not talking about pot stills being used, but a column still?
Anyway, an interesting curiosity.
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it's very dangerous..
- May 30, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Paul Artur said...
What is not clear to me is how they got the sugars out of the rice, if they were not using koji.
In a normal mash with the malted barley, most likely. The enzymes present in malt are capable of converting more starch than is present in the malt itself; this allows the use of a certain percentage of unmalted adjuncts such as rice in beer and whisky making.
- May 30, 2010 at 11:27 AM
Dear Paul
Thank you very much for that. I learned something.
(really enjoyed your site. Not ignorable)
- May 30, 2010 at 11:27 AM
In reply to anonymous, Imperial is a fairly obscure Suntory bottling (about whom there is loads of information on this site). It seems to have been possible to personalise the bottles and it sometimes fetches reasonable prices on auction sites: http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r66025053#enlargeimg
It is a blended whisky. Suntory whisky is usually good quality but this is not one of the bottlings that has won any prices. It is an expensively packaged and marketed premium product.
- May 31, 2010 at 11:34 AM
- whiskyjapan said...
This is 70% rice, not 30% - also it was made between 1994 and 1997. It is indeed saccharified using malt enzymes.
- September 14, 2015 at 9:36 PM
Thanks for the comment. I don't have access to my original bottle and so can't confirm an error. I have inserted a note to your comment in the above copy.
- September 14, 2015 at 10:50 PM


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Though today there is no strong military presence, the name remains, as Fort Collins was founded in 1864 as a military outpost aimed to protect the mail route that ran through it. Following the city's military years, the addition of Colorado State University greatly influenced the growth and character of this northern city 65 miles from Denver.
As could be expected in a college town, the nightlife is vigorous, the recreational opportunities are legion and the cultural options give fierce competition to many larger cities, though they just might lose that fight to this thriving metropolis named a Colorado Certified Creative District. It should come as no surprise that the school system is described as outstanding. Fort Collins, coupled with its Loveland neighbors to the south, have been awarded numerous times one of the top ten spots as Best Places to Live in America.
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Obama: Court won't nix health law
President Barack Obama voiced confidence Monday that the Supreme Court will uphold his health care law in his first public remarks on the issue since the three days of oral arguments last week.
In a rare instance of a president weighing in on a high court case in which the ruling has not yet been released, Obama suggested that the high court would be guilty of "judicial activism" if it overturned the law. He also argued that the justices should uphold the individual mandate, saying it's a key — and constitutional — piece of the law.
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"We are confident that this will be upheld because it should be upheld," Obama said at a joint news conference at the White House with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon.
( Also on POLITICO: If the health law fails, what's next?)
During three days of hearings last week, conservative justices signaled skepticism toward the individual mandate, which requires nearly all Americans to buy health insurance or pay a fine. Based on their questions, the conservative justices did not appear to support the idea of upholding the law if they were to strike down the mandate.
Obama said the individual mandate must remain in the law for it to function.
"I think it is important and I think the American people understand, and I think the justices should understand that in the absence of an individual mandate, you cannot have a mechanism to insure that people with preexisting conditions can actually get health care," he said.
Some liberal groups are preparing to attack the court for judicial activism should the mandate be overturned, and Obama laid the groundwork for that argument on Monday, as he reminded conservatives of their fears of overreaching courts.
Overturning the law would be "an unprecedented, extraordinary step" since it was passed by a majority of members in the House and Senate," he said. "I just remind conservative commentators that for years we've heard that the biggest problem is judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint. That a group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law. Well, this is a good example. And I'm pretty confident that this court will recognize that and not take that step."


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Working in only two dimensions and assuming that the central body is at the origin of the coordinate system, given two points in space and knowing the transit time between those points, as well as the direction of motion, is it possible to calculate a body's orbit?
It seems to me that there should be enough information - at $T=0$, the object was at $(θ_0, r_0)$ and at $T = T_1$, $(θ_1, r_1)$.
Two points + knowing one focus gives a set of ellipses - but the additional information of transit time seems to me like it should be enough to narrow it down to 1-2 orbits in the general case, travelling in opposite directions if there are two. Is it possible? If so, how would I go about doing so (numeric approximations are fine)?


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Wi-Fi Networks on NYC Payphones Pose Security Risks
Free wireless hotspots means getting online is easier than ever, but don't let down your guard when connecting to these networks.
Earlier this week, PCMag.com reported New York City launched a pilot program to transform payphone kiosks to free public Wi-Fi hotspots. There are currently 10 locations in three boroughs with Wi-Fi service, with two in Brooklyn, one in Queens, and seven in Manhattan. The kiosks will provide free wireless access 24/7, according to reports.
To connect, all the user has to do is select the "Free WiFi" wireless network and open up a browser to accept terms and conditions.
The payphone kiosks join an already extensive list of free Wi-Fi options in New York City, with many of the parks and public libraries around the city offering free wireless. Having Wi-Fi is convenient, in order to find a place on Google Maps or look up something on Wikipedia. It also means the city can lessen congestion on busy cellular networks, a significant problem in dense cities like New York and San Francisco.
Free Wi-Fi is not just a boon to end-users; criminals can take advantage of the service to set up man-in-the-middle attacks. All the malicious perpetrator has to do is set up a wireless access point and call it the same name as the free hotspot. If the signal is strong enough, devices and computers will detect the rogue access point and not the legitimate one. The adversary can just watch all the information passing through the access point, harvesting URLs visited, form data, and login credentials.
Logging onto free wireless networks is risky behavior, and security experts recommend not performing sensitive tasks while on the hotspot. If you really need to login somewhere or buy something online, you would be better off staying on cellular networks and off these wireless networks. Criminals haven't gotten around to eavesdropping on data transferred across 3G and 4G networks yet, experts have said.
And if you really must log onto your bank account, use Virtual Private Network (VPN) software. If you are working, you should always be using a work-issued VPN. If you are out and about often enough and use these free wireless networks extensively, it may be worth investing in a VPN service, such as AnchorFree's Hotspot Shield Elite (Editors' Choice) or proXPN.


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Contact: Joanna Wilson, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902
Delaware waterfowl hunting seasonsset to reopen Thursday, Dec. 12
DOVER (Dec. 6, 2013) – DNREC's Division of Fish and Wildlife reminds waterfowlers that the last of three 2013-'14 split seasons for hunting migratory ducks and Canada geese in Delaware reopens Thursday, Dec. 12 – with duck season running through Saturday, Jan. 25, and Canada goose season ending Friday, Jan. 31.
Other current or upcoming waterfowl seasons are:
· Brant: Monday, Dec. 23 - Saturday, Jan. 25; daily bag limit two; possession limit six
· Snow geese: open through Friday, Jan. 31; daily bag limit 25, no possession limit; including Ross' geese. (Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge is open for snow goose hunting Monday, Wednesday and Friday, by permission of the refuge manager.) Snow goose season then continues through a federal conservation order, reopening Feb. 1 through Feb. 7, and resuming again Feb. 10 through April 12, 2014.
· Brant: Monday, Dec. 23 - Saturday, Jan. 25; daily bag limit two; possession limit six
· Snow geese: open through Friday, Jan. 31; daily bag limit 25, no possession limit; including Ross' geese. (Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge is open for snow goose hunting Monday, Wednesday and Friday, by permission of the refuge manager.) Snow goose season then continues through a federal conservation order, reopening Feb. 1 through Feb. 7, and resuming again Feb. 10 through April 12, 2014.
The daily limit of six ducks (excluding mergansers and coots) may include, in any combination, up to: four mallards, including no more than two hen mallards; one black duck; two pintail; two canvasback; three wood ducks; two redheads; two scaup, six teal; six shovelers; six gadwall; six wigeon; six goldeneye; six ring-necked ducks; six bufflehead; six ruddy ducks; one mottled duck; one fulvous whistling-duck; four scoters; six eiders; six long-tailed ducks. The possession limit is three times the daily limit. The season on harlequin ducks remains closed.
Season dates for coots and mergansers are the same as for ducks, with a daily bag limit of 15 and possession limit of 45 for coots, and a daily bag limit of five and a possession limit of 15 for mergansers.
Canada geese have a daily bag limit of two, with a possession limit of six birds. Hunters also may take white-fronted geese, which count against the daily bag limit for Canada geese, allowing hunters to take up to two Canada geese, or two white-fronted geese, also known as "specklebellies," or one of each daily.
In order to hunt, Delaware residents age 16 through 64 are required to purchase a Delaware hunting license; a Delaware junior license is required for ages 13 through 15. Some license requirements differ for non-resident hunters. Delaware hunting licenses are sold online, at the licensing office in DNREC's Richardson & Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, and by license agents statewide. To find the participating agent nearest you, or to purchase a license online, visit Delaware Licenses. For additional information on Delaware hunting licenses, call 302-739-9918.
Hunters age 16 through 64 who hunt resident or migratory waterfowl – including Canada geese – are required to purchase a Delaware waterfowl stamp, available for purchase online, from DNREC's Dover license desk, or from Delaware license agents. Resident hunters younger than 16 or those 65 and older are not required to purchase a Delaware waterfowl stamp. There are no exemptions for non-residents age 65 and older on purchasing a hunting license, or state waterfowl stamp. A Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp, available for purchase online and at U.S. Post Offices, also is required for all individuals 16 years of age and older.
Migratory bird hunters also must obtain a HIP number as required under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Harvest Information Program. To conveniently obtain a HIP number online from your smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop, click HIP DelHunt. Hunters also may call 1-855-335-4868 (1-855-DELHUNT) toll-free. The HIP number is available free of charge.
To obtain a HIP number, hunters will be asked to provide their name and address, and answer a few questions about their previous year's hunting effort and success with migratory birds, including ducks, geese, doves, woodcock, rails, snipe and coots.
For more information about migratory game bird hunting, the 2013-2014 Migratory Game Bird Season Summary is available online at 2013-2014 Waterfowl Season Summary.
For more information on hunting in Delaware, hunters should also consult the 2013-2014 Delaware Hunting and Trapping Guide, available online at 2013-2014 Hunting Guide, along with state wildlife area maps if they plan to hunt on wildlife areas.
Copies of the 2013-2014 Delaware Hunting and Trapping Guide and the 2013-2014 Migratory Game Bird Season Summary are available at DNREC's Dover licensing desk, or from license dealers statewide.
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Good news for those who suffer in silence at my crappy photographs. The massively expensive Nikon SLR I put on our wedding guest list for a laugh has been bought! I couldn't quite believe it, but there it us, under "items purchased". So my Canon Ixus' reign of terror will be over soon.
So - exciting vegetables. They're a thing we should do more of, while we're doing this planet-saving thing of eating less meat.
They do make a difference, exciting veg. It's the difference between something tasting a bit like everything you've ever had before and a memorable lunch.
On Sunday we had Sue Perkins and Julia Churchill over for lunch and I thought I'd make a small roast leg of lamb with crushed carrots with cumin and goat's cheese and spiced celeriac - both from the Riverford Farm Cookbook.
Apart from a tense moment in the kitchen when communication over division of labour betwen me and Giles broke down (Is "you're being such an arsehole about the celeriac" the most bourgeoise thing I've ever said, or what?), it all went superby well and I recommend both of these veggies as accompaniments to any roast. The crushed carrots can be eaten with pitta bread as a dish on their own.
Crushed Roast Carrots with Cumin and Goat's Cheese
750g carrots
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 tsp cumin seeds, toasted and ground (I didn't do this)
2 tbsps pine nuts, toasted (I burnt these & had to use hazelnuts and flaked almonds instead - v nice)
75g goat's cheese, crumbled
some chopped mint to sprinkle over the top
1 Peel and cut the carrots in half, lengthways. Put them in a roasting tin and toss with olive oil. Put in a 180C oven and - the recipe says - cook for 50 minutes. But after 50 mins my carrots were still like fucking bombs. So if I were you, I'd allow at least 1hr 10mins for these to roast properly. Or, as a reader pointed out to me, par-boil them first.
2 Mash the carrots roughly and mix with the cumin (I'm sure bought ground cumin is fine). Spread the carrots on a plate and sprinkle with the goat's cheese, nuts and herbs.
Spiced celeriac with lemon
Another winner from the Riverford Farm Cookbook - although it tastes a tiny bit like Heinz Cream of Tomato soup. But not in a bad way.
1 large-ish celeriac
oil for frying
pinch paprika
pink cayenne pepper
pinch ground cinnamon
grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
salt and pepper
1 Peel and chop celeriac into chip-sticks
2 Heat the oil and fry celeriac for about 15 mins
3 Sprinkle with the spices, zest, juice and 100 ml water.
4 Simmer for 10 mins, season to taste and serve. As usual, they were much nicer than the picture suggests.
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
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Monitoring Performance Counters with the Script Task
Administrators may need to monitor the performance of Integration Services packages that perform complex transformations on large amounts of data. The System.Diagnostics namespace of the Microsoft .NET Framework provides classes for using existing performance counters and for creating your own performance counters.
Performance counters store application performance information that you can use to analyze the performance of software over time. Performance counters can be monitored locally or remotely by using the Performance Monitor tool. You can store the values of performance counters in variables for later control flow branching in the package.
As an alternative to using performance counters, you can raise the FireProgress event through the Events property of the Dts object. The FireProgress event returns both incremental progress and percentage complete information to the Integration Services runtime.
If you want to create a task that you can more easily reuse across multiple packages, consider using the code in this Script task sample as the starting point for a custom task. For more information, see Developing a Custom Task.
The following example creates a custom performance counter and increments the counter. First, the example determines whether the performance counter already exists. If the performance counter has not been created, the script calls the Create method of the PerformanceCounterCategory object to create it. After the performance counter has been created, the script increments the counter. Finally, the example follows the best practice of calling the Close method on the performance counter when it is no longer needed.
Creating a new performance counter category and performance counter requires administrative rights. Also, the new category and counter persist on the computer after creation.
To configure this Script Task example
- Use an Imports statement in your code to import the System.Diagnostics namespace.
Example Code
Public Sub Main()
Dim myCounter As PerformanceCounter
'Create the performance counter if it does not already exist.
If Not _
PerformanceCounterCategory.Exists("TaskExample") Then
PerformanceCounterCategory.Create("TaskExample", _
"Task Performance Counter Example", "Iterations", _
"Number of times this task has been called.")
End If
'Initialize the performance counter.
myCounter = New PerformanceCounter("TaskExample", _
"Iterations", String.Empty, False)
'Increment the performance counter.
Dts.TaskResult = ScriptResults.Success
Catch ex As Exception
Dts.Events.FireError(0, _
"Task Performance Counter Example", _
ex.Message & ControlChars.CrLf & ex.StackTrace, _
String.Empty, 0)
Dts.TaskResult = ScriptResults.Failure
End Try
End Sub
public class ScriptMain
public void Main()
PerformanceCounter myCounter;
//Create the performance counter if it does not already exist.
if (!PerformanceCounterCategory.Exists("TaskExample"))
PerformanceCounterCategory.Create("TaskExample", "Task Performance Counter Example", "Iterations", "Number of times this task has been called.");
//Initialize the performance counter.
myCounter = new PerformanceCounter("TaskExample", "Iterations", String.Empty, false);
//Increment the performance counter.
Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;
catch (Exception ex)
Dts.Events.FireError(0, "Task Performance Counter Example", ex.Message + "\r" + ex.StackTrace, String.Empty, 0);
Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Failure;
Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;


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Around & About Theater: A Mini-Review of 'God of Carnage' at Altarena Playhouse
Altarena Playhouse is celebrating its 75th season, opening it with a hilarious production of Yasmina Reza's 'God of Carnage,' directed by Sue Trigg, through February 19, and their new company library-history exhibit, including programs, posters, reviews and photos for nearly 400 productions since its founding.
'God of Carnage,' by the author of 'Art' (which Altarena produced a few years back and the Planet reviewed, begins with two couples speaking civilly, if tentatively, about their kids rough-housing and its consequences, but devolves into kind of a mutual war dance, an adult (and marital) melt-down, with unusual pairings as to who takes whose side about what.
Staged as a gradually knock-down farce, choreographed exquisitely by Trigg (whose 'Death of a Salesman' at Altarena was one of the theatrical highlights of the last decade hereabouts), the ridiculously funny, gamey dialogue and body English is buoyed up by the fine ensemble performance by Paul Araquistain and JanLee Marshall as the Raleighs, Ben Ortega and Sharon Huff Robinson as the Novaks.
The cast jumps through the hoops, including moments of slapstick, and comes out with lines like: "We tried to be nice. We brought tulips. My wife tried to pass me off as a liberal."
The translation from Reza's French for london and New York satge by Christopher hampton ('dangerous Liaisons') can't quite capture the very French rapid denouement and evaporating ending. But the production triumphs, with admirable players and Trigg's moment by moment steady hand at keeping the comedy in focus--and all of it played in the round!
Fridays and Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 3 (and Thursday evening, February 14) at Altarena playhouse, 1409 High Street, Alameda. $21-$24. 523-1553; altarena.org


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Drivers were able to get a little more money back for every mile driven in 2015, but next year's road map tells a different story.
The IRS announced that most of the 2016 optimal standard mileage rates would either remain the same or would be lowered going in to 2016. Among the rates seeing a decrease, were the standard mileage rates for business use of a vehicle, which were reduced to 54 cents per mile – a decrease of 3.5 cents over 2015's rate of 57.5 cents per mile.
Read Also: 5 Tax Deductions To Ease Your Business's Tax Burden
How Are Optimal Standard Mileage Rates Determined?
Based on a study of the fixed and variable costs associated with operating an automobile, the standard mileage rates take into consideration vehicle depreciation, insurance, repairs, maintenance, gas, etc. However, if you don't intend on tracking your mileage, you also have the option of claiming deductions based on the actual costs of using your own vehicle rather than the standard mileage rates. Just be aware that you will not be allowed to claim both.
For example, if you have plans of claiming an accelerated depreciation on your vehicle, then you will not be able to claim the business standard mileage rate as well. If you are a business owner, you should also note that the standard rate is not available to fleet owners, or those who use more than four vehicles simultaneously. Additional details and rules can be found in Revenue Procedure 2010-51.
Different Rules For Different Road Trips
Here are some of the other common rates drivers should be aware of:
- The miles you drive for medical or moving purposes will be calculated at 19 cents per mile driven.
- Those driving their vehicles as a service to charitable organizations may calculate their deductions at 14 cents per mile driven.
- The portion of your business standard mileage rate that will receive depreciation treatment in 2016 will continue to be 24 cents.
Also in its announcement, the IRS noted an adjustment to the standard automobile cost allowable under the fixed and variable rate (FAVR) plan, which considers the costs taxpayers incur by driving their own vehicles for work-related purposes. In 2015, standard automobile costs may not exceed $28,000 (not including trucks and vans), which is a decrease of $200 from 2015. The maximum standard automobile cost for trucks and vans, however, is $31,000 – an increase of $200 over the 2015 rates).
Travel For Tax Savings
If you use your vehicle for business don't forget to track your mileage. Every mile you travel is an opportunity to realize real tax savings. A financial advisor can help you find these opportunities as well as many others.
By Lesley Mast, CPA (Wooster office)
Are you looking for ways to help you plan for the upcoming tax season? Check out these articles for some great tips:
Easy Year-End Tax Tips For Business Owners
How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents?
What Could Ohio's Small Business Investor Income Tax Deduction Do For Me?