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...convenient, theft-proof parking spot. "When you can find a safe parking spot on the street, it's often 100 feet or more from your destination; and if there is secure bike parking, it's usually behind the building near the weeds next to a trash dumpster," says Russ Roca, a local photographer who doesn't own a car and hauls up to 200 pounds of equipment on his bike's trailer attachment. "Bike riders are treated like social pariahs and second-class citizens...
...Defecation? For Barber, a first-time visitor to Madrid Fusion, the experience was confusing. "I keep asking myself 'What are we doing here? Isn't this effete, precious, egotistical?' But then I see these guys like Quique [Dacosta], [Joan] Roca, and Adri?, and they're so knowledgeable and passionate and energized," Barber says. "I can't decide: Where's the brilliance, and where's the gimmick...
...butter or oil. And because food prepared in a Gastrovac has most of its oxygen removed, it oxidizes at much slower rates; sliced Gastrovac'ed peaches and apples can last days without turning brown. Thirty-five chefs have already purchased their own Gastrovacs, including Wylie Dufresne, Joan Roca and - no surprise - Adrià. The €2,900 price tag puts the device out of the reach of most nonprofessionals, but Marc Calabuig, director of International Cooking Concepts, which markets the Gastrovac, notes that one home cook has made the investment, and he expects more to follow. "The line between professional...
...years, as rioters set 9,000 cars ablaze and 3,000 people were detained by authorities. Order was only restored in the last few days. On Nov. 7, in the midst of the violence, the U.S. State Department cautioned Americans traveling in France to be alert. But Rosemary Roca ’07, who is studying abroad in Paris, said she saw little need for concern in the city itself. The study-abroad program directors “just told us to avoid the suburbs outside of Paris, and not to take the RER B, which is the train where...
...used to be that video games were tested by their creators and perhaps a few colleagues. Today's titles, however, are far too complicated, requiring a new kind of watchful eye. "Testers are a lot like the crash-test dummies of the industry," says Jason Della Roca, director of the International Game Developers Association, a professional society. First-year testers make about $32,000, while bug hunters with six or more years in the field earn about $53,000, according to Game Developer magazine...