Chankonabe

Chankonabe (ちゃんこ鍋^?) is a Japanese stew (a type of nabemono or one-pot dish) commonly eaten in vast quantity by sumo wrestlers as part of a weight-gain diet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chankonabe 

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Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)

The Fashion Institute of Technology, generally known as FIT, is a State University of New York (SUNY) college of art, business, design, mass communication and technology connected to the fashion industry, with an urban campus located on West 27th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
It was founded in 1944,^[1][2] accredited in 1957,^[1] and is ranked among the top five fashion schools in the world.^[3][4] It has an enrollment of more than 9,567 students.^[5] In 1967 FIT faculty and staff won the first higher education union contract in New York State.^[6] Since that time the UCE-FIT has continued to define and protect the working conditions of its members and the practice of shared governance of the college that the contract stipulates.<sup>[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion_Institute_of_Technology 

http://www.fitnyc.edu/ 

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Tu scendi dalle stelle

"Tu scendi dalle stelle" (Italian: [tu ʃˈʃendi dalle ˈstelle]; "From Starry Skies Thou Comest", "From Starry Skies Descending", "You Came a Star from Heaven", "You Come Down from the Stars") is a Christmas carol from Italy, written in 1732 in Nola by Saint Alfonso Liguori in the musical style of a pastorale. Though found in numerous arrangements and commonly sung, it is traditionally associated with the zampogna, or large-format Italian bagpipe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_scendi_dalle_stelle 

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Binomial Nomenclature

Binomial nomenclature (also called binominal nomenclature or binary nomenclature) is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages. Such a name is called a binomial name (which may be shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen or a scientific name; more informally it is also called a Latin name. The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs; the second part identifies the species within the genus. For example, humans belong to the genus Homo and within this genus to the species Homo sapiens. The formal introduction of this system of naming species is credited to Carl Linnaeus, effectively beginning with his work Species Plantarum in 1753.^[1] But Gaspard Bauhin, in as early as 1623, had introduced in his book Pinax theatri botanici (English, Illustrated exposition of plants) many names of genera that were later adopted by Linnaeus.<sup>[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature 

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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.^[1] The IPA is used by lexicographers, foreign language students and teachers, linguists, speech-language pathologists, singers, actors, constructed language creators, and translators.^[2][3]
The IPA is designed to represent only those qualities of speech that are part of oral language: phones, phonemes, intonation, and the separation of words and syllables.^[1] To represent additional qualities of speech, such as tooth gnashing, lisping, and sounds made with a cleft lip and cleft palate, an extended set of symbols, the extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet, may be used.^[2]
IPA symbols are composed of one or more elements of two basic types, letters and diacritics. For example, the sound of the English letter ⟨t⟩ may be transcribed in IPA with a single letter, [t], or with a letter plus diacritics, [t̺ʰ], depending on how precise one wishes to be.^{[note 1]} Often, slashes are used to signal broad or phonemic transcription; thus, /t/ is less specific than, and could refer to, either [t̺ʰ] or [t], depending on the context and language.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet 

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The Man in the High Castle

The Man in the High Castle (1962) is an alternative history novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Set in 1962, fifteen years after an alternative ending to World War II, the novel concerns intrigues between the victorious Axis Powers—Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy—as they rule over the former United States, as well as daily life under the resulting totalitarian rule. The Man in the High Castle won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1963.
Reported inspirations include Ward Moore's alternative Civil War history, Bring the Jubilee (1953), various classic World War II histories, and the I Ching (referred to in the novel). The novel features a "novel within the novel" comprising an alternate history within this alternate history wherein the Allies defeat the Axis (though in a manner distinct from the actual historical outcome).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_High_Castle 

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Corn Beef Hash

Ingredients:

Can of the "good" stuff
Egg Sunny Side Up
Parsley not a garnish but an ingredient
Cherry Tomatoes
HR Cheese scraped and melted at end of process

He was really good; he was yummy

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Making the "hash" from scratch looks interesting.  Maybe.

KVMR

KVMR (89.5 FM) is a progressive, largely independent radio station founded in 1978 in Nevada City, California producing mainly live broadcasts. Arther Cohen was its first manager.
For the initial years, its one studio and office location were at the Miner's Foundry, then in 1996 it moved to larger leased premises nearby at 401 Spring Street. On 24 February 2015 the offices, production facilities, and infrastructure moved across the street to its new purpose-built facilities at 120 Bridge Street for which funds have been raised from an extensive and still ongoing capital campaign. Several new off-air production studios have been added to improve the artistic and technical quality of broadcasts. Increasing use is being made of the Internet for streaming and many shows are now both archived and podcast here: [1] and elsewhere to leverage social media and ongoing advances in technology. such as their Facebook group [2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVMR 

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New Year Cooking - Jan 2 2017

Onions - Slicing/Dicing

1 - Leave root side on for balance & control; cut the top (opposite to root) off.
2 - Peel the "paper" off.  A bit tricky but it will come.
3 - Slice in half from "top" to root.
4 - Lay halves flat and proceed to slice/dice.  Keep finger tips pointing down to prevent
     unwanted injury.

Cook in melted butter for about 3 min; onions should be browned up.
Add main ingredients at this point.

Risotto (ReeZotToe)

It's a 3 step process from here:

1 - Add the rice and cook until well coated with butter/onions; about 1 Min.
2 - Add 1 cup dry white wine and cook till wine is reduced; about 1 min.
3 - Add enuf broth till rice is covered and cook over med heat till broth absorbed completely.
4 - Continue process, adding broth and absorbing until 6 cups are used, about 20 min.
5 - Add "main" ingredients at the end of the absorption process, e.g., shrooms, tomatoes, chicken, etc

6 cups chicken broth
4 TB unsalted butter
1 onion finely minced
2 cups Arborio rice
1 cup dry white wine
2 TB chopped parsley

4 - 6 Servings

Used 2BuckChuck; it was delicious.  The wine flavor stands out; upgrading the wine will make a
sensational dish!