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What the festivals occasionally lack in fun - the six children I gathered wouldn't sit through more than 15 minutes of Mai Mai Miracle, and one of them is so alternative, she has a single letter for a first name - they make up for in novelty. Almost nowhere else can adults, let alone kids, see such a collection of genuinely innovative and visually arresting short films. (See the best movies of the decade...
...there is more than just fish politics and food culture at stake for Japan when it comes to whaling. Even though few Japanese ever sit down to a plate of whale sashimi, they still resist viscerally the idea that the international community could force Japan to stop whaling. A country that arguably never returned to full sovereignty after World War II - its constitution greatly limits its military, and U.S. armed forces are still based throughout Japan - can get tired of the world telling it what to do. As a Japanese chef told me at that whale festival...
...myself, I’ll make a sandwich and read a book, but for family and friends, it’s a great privilege to cook for them and have them sit around a table,” he says. “In fact, my happiest moments have been a good mixture of family and friends enjoying food and drink together, because that atmosphere has a way of really sparking wonderful conversations that bring great warmth, and I think great warmth and intelligence illuminate a life...
...SIT 3, HARVARD...
Harvard made a run in the first set and led SIT, 29-28, before giving up a run on the last three points to drop the set. The second set was close as well with the score tied at 25-25, before the Ducks outscored the Crimson, 5-3, to take the set. After taking the third set, Harvard could not stop SIT’s 8-3 run, which clinched the set as well as the game for the Ducks...