sábado, 23 de junio de 2012

‘Lunch Hour NYC’ Opens at the New York Public Library


EXHIBITION REVIEW

Filling Up on a Midday Bite of New York History

‘Lunch Hour NYC’ Opens at the New York Public Library

Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times
Lunch Hour NYC The entrance to the exhibition.
The evening restaurant meal is an elaborate ritual in which exquisitely prepared foods are eaten in a particular order, using fine utensils in select company.
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A section of the exhibition includes a section on Horn & Hardart Automats.
And then there’s lunch hour.
“Everybody talks at once; everybody orders at once; everybody eats at once; and everybody seems anxious to pay at once” is how a New York observer described the scene in 1868.
In 1901 Munsey’s Magazine observed, “Haste seems to be a controlling factor in the luncheon of the worker.”
All of which means that lunch hour is probably not the ideal time to see the new exhibition “Lunch Hour NYC” at the New York Public Library, because time will be too short, the galleries too crowded and the need to grab a bite too great.
This show should ideally be seen at a more leisurely pace, to savor the repast prepared by its curators — the culinary historian Laura Shapiro and the library’s Rebecca Federman, who has worked with the culinary collections — and to leave room to digest their offerings.
Really? Can an exhibition about the history of lunchtime in the city have that much to say? Yes: Going to this show is a bit like heading out to a street cart or a food truck and finding that there is much more to choose from than you thought possible.
And so it is here. There are sections on street foods, on Horn & Hardart Automats, on home lunches, school lunches, charity lunches and power lunches. There are selections from the library’s 45,000-strong collection of menus, a manuscript by Jack Kerouac written at a cafeteria and W. H. Auden’s piquant 1947 poem “In Schrafft’s,” perhaps drafted on site.
It is all playfully and elegantly designed. The Web resources are rich as well, including detailed links to images and invitations to help transcribe menus from the library’s collection.
Even after a quick visit, you might echo the young Parisians who have become fans of the American-inspired gourmet-food trucks in Paris: “Très Brooklyn,” they say — a term “that signifies a particularly cool combination of informality, creativity and quality,” The New York Times reported recently.
You begin at the library with the mundane: New York’s street scenes. The central gallery is almost a stage set in which carts and storefronts present their offerings: pretzels (which we learn once had a disreputable reputation because of their association with saloons); hot dogs (“before the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906,” they were “the sort of food that mothers warned their children never to eat”); pizza (the Pizza Principle: “Since 1960, the cost of a subway ride and a slice of pizza has been nearly the same”).
You see a 1932 menu from a Japanese restaurant on West 47th Street, and learn how Japanese restaurateurs have packaged their immigrant tastes for New York customers. (A “Suki-Yaki Dinner” includes “beef tenderloin,” olives and celery hearts, for $1.25.) A display about “Chinese takeout” has a delivery bicycle with plastic bags wrapped over the seat that looks as if it had just pulled up on the sidewalk. And there is a video interview with Ed Beller, who invented the Admar stainless-steel hot dog cart, which became the standard.
But all of this is something of an appetizer; street foods are a small slice of a larger phenomenon. The New York lunch is far more complicated and unusual.
Historically, we learn, lunch had negligible importance. In English rural life the main meal during the day was known as “dinner.” And you still can find a leisurely approach to the midday meal in Mediterranean climes.
In his 1755 Dictionary of the English Language, Samuel Johnson suggested that “lunch” was derived from foreign words referring to “a small piece” or “clutch.” “Lunch” means “as much food as one’s hand can hold.” An 1841 version of Noah Webster’s dictionary is here too, in which lunch is defined as “a portion of food taken at any time, except at a regular meal.”
Lunch, in other words, was traditionally unconnected to the rituals of dining; it was unscheduled, informal, eaten using the hands rather than utensils. Lunch is perhaps the perfect description for the food offered on street carts.
But while this informality still thrives, lunch was transformed with the growth of New York as a trading, manufacturing and finance center. The midday meal could no longer be treated as a dinner. Nor could lunches be grabbed haphazardly. Eating schedules were codified. As the city expanded, and workers downtown could no longer return home to eat during the day, the lunch hour took off.
The exhibition even suggests that New York gave the lunch hour a modern identity. The city “reinvented lunch in its own image.” Even 150 years ago, the “crowds, the rush and the dizzying range of foods” during lunchtime in New York were startling to visitors.
Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times
The central gallery of "Lunch Hour NYC" is a stage set of carts and storefronts.
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A sortable calendar of noteworthy cultural events in the New York region, selected by Times critics.
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A cart on display at the exhibition.
Was New York unique in this? That is uncertain here, but the evidence is compelling. We know that in industrialized towns, both in the United States and England, lunch scheduling was standardized. But educated Parisian civil servants in the novels of Zola, for example, seem to have inordinate flexibility in their midday schedules.
And in late-19th-century New York? The exhibition quotes the journalist George G. Foster, who wrote in the book“New York in Slices” in 1849: “Everything is done differently in New York from anywhere else — but in eating the difference is more striking than in any other branch of human economy.” The schedule was firm, and haste was the rule.
An industry developed out of the lunch hour. One wall-size 1888 etching here, “A Down-Town Lunch-Room in New York,” shows waiters and top-hatted diners pressed together in a tumult of food and conversation.
The automat, a few decades later, was almost the opposite: Tumult was replaced by metallic compartments and magically sleek mechanisms. Drop a coin, turn a knob, and a glass door would open, revealing individual servings seemingly untouched by human hands. The automated office was answered by the automated cafeteria.
The library has a collection of Horn & Hardart papers, and if you recall those marble emporiums only in their decades of decline, you can get a sense here of the impact they once had. In the early 1930s there were 41 automats in New York. Press a button here on a Horn & Hardart coffee spout (it was the Starbucks of its day), and you hear tributes to the automat in Moss Hart and Irving Berlin’s 1932 musical, “Face the Music.” By the 1950s, though, automats were struggling. Soon they were all facing the music.
There is much more here, as the history unfolds: samplings of luncheonette slang from 1940, in which a waitress might call out for some “nervous pudding” (gelatin) or a bowl of “belly wash” (soup).
There is a too brief account of company lunchrooms that suggests a rich and unexplored subject. We see here a lunchroom at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s main office on Madison Avenue, which opened in 1909 and served more than 4,000 clerks a day. Each had filled out cards listing menu preferences: “Men and women ate in separate lunchrooms, and everyone had an assigned seat so that waitresses could quickly deliver the right meal to each person. The clerks were allowed 35 minutes for lunch, and the meal was free.”
And there is a survey of the home lunch as well. Immigrant families might mix cooking traditions at lunch in ways they would not at dinner. Families with different economic status might end up eating similar lunches.
We learn too of sandwiches and of the “quintessential American sandwich filling,” peanut butter, once considered “an elegant treat.” And the quintessential American bread? Wonder Bread, whose sliced uniformity eliminated “a century’s worth of social distinctions among sandwiches.”
People will always find ways of reinventing differences. But despite power lunches and charity lunches, despite lunchrooms for clerks and executive dining halls for top brass, a strong tradition can be seen here right through the final gallery, with its photographs of contemporary lunch sites. Lunch is the democratic meal, the great leveler, a break in the rituals of social and economic life. Anybody could be standing next to you, grabbing as much food as the hand can hold.
Très Brooklyn!

Sedación y analgesia en UCI


Guías alemanas para el manejo de la analgesia, sedación y delirio en cuidados intensivos. Versión corta
Evidence and consensus-based German guidelines for the management of analgesia, sedation and delirium in intensive care-short version.
Martin J, Heymann A, Bäsell K, Baron R, Biniek R, Bürkle H, Dall P, Dictus C, Eggers V, Eichler I, Engelmann L, Garten L, Hartl W, Haase U, Huth R, Kessler P, Kleinschmidt S, Koppert W, Kretz FJ, Laubenthal H, Marggraf G, Meiser A, Neugebauer E, Neuhaus U, Putensen C, Quintel M, Reske A, Roth B, Scholz J, Schröder S, Schreiter D, Schüttler J, Schwarzmann G, Stingele R, Tonner P, Tränkle P, Treede RD, Trupkovic T, Tryba M, Wappler F, Waydhas C, Spies C.
Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care, Klinik am Eichert, Göppingen, Germany.
Ger Med Sci. 2010 Feb 2;8:Doc02.
Abstract
Targeted monitoring of analgesia, sedation and delirium, as well as their appropriate management in critically ill patients is a standard of care in intensive care medicine. With the undisputed advantages of goal-oriented therapy established, there was a need to develop our own guidelines on analgesia and sedation in intensive care in Germany and these were published as 2(nd) Generation Guidelines in 2005. Through the dissemination of these guidelines in 2006, use of monitoring was shown to have improved from 8 to 51% and the use of protocol-based approaches increased to 46% (from 21%). Between 2006-2009, the existing guidelines from the DGAI (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin) and DIVI (Deutsche Interdisziplinäre Vereinigung für Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin) were developed into 3(rd) Generation Guidelines for the securing and optimization of quality of analgesia, sedation and delirium management in the intensive care unit (ICU). In collaboration with another 10 professional societies, the literature has been reviewed using the criteria of the Oxford Center of Evidence Based Medicine. Using data from 671 reference works, text, diagrams and recommendations were drawn up. In the recommendations, Grade "A" (very strong recommendation), Grade "B" (strong recommendation) and Grade "0" (open recommendation) were agreed. As a result of this process we now have an interdisciplinary and consensus-based set of 3(rd) Generation Guidelines that take into account all critically illness patient populations. The use of protocols for analgesia, sedation and treatment of delirium are repeatedly demonstrated. These guidelines offer treatment recommendations for the ICU team. The implementation of scores and protocols into routine ICU practice is necessary for their success.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2830566/pdf/GMS-08-02.pdf 

 
Estrategias para optimizar analgesia y sedación 
Strategies to optimize analgesia and sedation.
Schweickert WD, Kress JP.
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Crit Care. 2008;12 Suppl 3:S6. Epub 2008 May 14.
Abstract
Achieving adequate but not excessive sedation in critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients is a complex process. Analgesics and sedatives employed in this context are extremely potent, and drug requirements and metabolism are unpredictable. Clinicians must have heightened awareness of the potential for enduring effects and are encouraged to employ strategies that maximize benefit while minimizing risk. Successful sedation protocols have three basic components: frequent assessments for pain, anxiety, and agitation using a reproducible scale; combination therapy coupling opioids and sedatives; and, most importantly, careful communication between team members, with a particular recognition that the bedside nurse must be empowered to pair assessments with drug manipulation. In recent years, two broad categories of sedation protocols have achieved clinical success in terms of decreasing duration of mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit length of stay by minimizing drug accumulation. Patient-targeted sedation protocols (the first category) rely on structured assessments to guide a careful schema of titrated drug escalation and withdrawal. Variation exists in the assessment tool utilized, but the optimal goal in all strategies is a patient who is awake and can be readily examined. Alternatively, daily interruption of continuous sedative infusions (the second category) may be employed to focus care providers on the goal of achieving a period of awakening in the earliest phases of critical illness possible. Newer literature has focused on the safety of this strategy and its comparison with intermittent drug administration. Ongoing investigations are evaluating the broad applicability of these types of protocols, and currently one may only speculate on whether one strategy is superior to another
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2391265/pdf/cc6151.pdf 

Atentamente
Anestesiología y Medicina del Dolor

Books Update


The New York Times

June 22, 2012

Books Update

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution'

By LINDA HIRSHMAN
Reviewed by RICH BENJAMIN
Linda Hirshman's popular history traces the gay rights movement from the early 20th century to the present.

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By ALAN FURST
Reviewed by MAX BYRD
An actor stumbles into the clutches of Nazi conspirators in Alan Furst's thriller.
Mario Vargas Llosa

'The Dream of the Celt'

By MARIO VARGAS LLOSA. Translated by EDITH GROSSMAN.
Reviewed by LIESL SCHILLINGER
A Nobel laureate reimagines the life of the human rights advocate and Irish nationalist Roger Casement.

'Seating Arrangements'

By MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD
Reviewed by DYLAN LANDIS
A WASP clan performs its tribal rituals in this first novel.
Susan Sontag

'As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh'

By SUSAN SONTAG. Edited by DAVID RIEFF.
Reviewed by JAMES CAMPBELL
The second volume of Sontag's diaries looks behind the mask.

'Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace'

By KATE SUMMERSCALE
Reviewed by ANDREA WULF
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A protest against school integration in Little Rock, Ark., in 1959.

'The Harm in Hate Speech'

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A legal philosopher urges Americans to punish hate speech.

'Finance and the Good Society'

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'The Auschwitz Volunteer'

By WITOLD PILECKI. Translated by JAREK GARLINSKI.
Reviewed by TIMOTHY SNYDER
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The Philip K. Dick android.

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'Hitler'

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'A Small Fortune'

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'The Land of Decoration'

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Richard Ford

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LIBROS DE HORAS: MISCELÁNEA


http://www.odisea2008.com/2012/06/libros-de-horas-miscelanea.html

vIERNES, 22 DE JUNIO DE 2012

LIBROS DE HORAS: MISCELÁNEA

La University of California a través del Digital Scriptorium Huntington Catalog Databaseofrece en línea páginas seleccionadas de manuscritos medievales y del Renacimiento. En esteENLACE tienen la guía general.

En esta entrada les presentare algunas imágenes de libros de horas de la biblioteca, profusamente iluminados, indicándoles el enlace en cada caso por si quieren ver el resto de las imágenes expuestas sobre el mismo. Para conocer el titulo pase el cursor sobre la imagen, para ampliar piquen sobre ella.

Comenzamos con Libro de Horas al uso de Roma, Francia siglo XVII, signado en la biblioteca como HM 48, con 16 imágenes a página completa y otras muchas de tamaño menor ENLACE .

001-Juan en Patmos-HM 48- Fol. 7-Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

002-La Anunciacion- HM 48- fol. 16-Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

003-La visita de los magos- hm 48- Fol 37v-Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

004- Viaje a Egipto- HM 48- fol 42-Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

005- Pentecostes-HM 48- fol 55-Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

006-Job en el muladar-HM 48- fol 68-Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

007-La Natividad-HM 48- fol 32v-Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

Libro de Horas al uso de Paris, Francia mitad del siglo XV, signado como HM 1099 ENLACE .

008- Visitacion- HM 1099-fol 32v-Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

009-Anunciacion de los pastores- HM 1099-fol 50v-Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

010- Adoracion de los Magos- HM 1099- fol 55-Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

011- Presentacion en el templo- HM 1099- fol 59v-Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

012- Coronacion de la Virgen-HM 1099-fol 71-Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

013- Cruxificcion- HM 1099-fol 103-Copyright (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

Libro de Horas al uso de Roma, Francia siglo XVI, signado como HM 1124 ENLACE .

014-La virgen enseñando a leer al niño Jesus-HM 1124-fol 13- (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

015-La traicion a Cristo- HM 1124-fol 26- (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

016- Cristo ante Pilatos y la Anunciacion- HM 1124- fol 36v-37- (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

017- Burlas a Cristo y la Natividad-HM 1124- fol 61v-62- (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

018- Camino al Calvario y Adoracion de los magos- HM 1124- fol 69v-70- (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

019- Santo Entierro y Asuncion de la Virgen- HM 1124- fol 84v-85- (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

020- La virgen rodeada de sus atributos- HM1124- fol 91v- (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

021- Cristo resucitado y emblemas de la pasion- HM 1124- fol 106- (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

022- David penitente- HM 1124- fol 123- (C) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved

Tienen muchísimos más para ver en el primer enlace que les puse a la guía general, observen (aproximadamente a mitad de pagina), los ítems del HM 1099 al HM 1250, casi todos son libros de horas iluminados.

He recortado el sobrante de los originales (para evitar peso innecesario), y retocado contraste, las imágenes como observaran tienen copyright a favor de la biblioteca, por lo cual y como es habitual se exponen aquí a titulo pedagógico, y para ningún otro uso, sin autorización expresa por escrito de la fuente de las mismas.

Saludos.

CURSO INTENSIVO DE ARTROSCOPIA PARA RESIDENTES





Curso teórico-práctico con cirugías en directo
Barcelona, 30 de noviembre y 1 de diciembre de 2012
Directores del curso: P. Gelber, F. Abat, J.C. Monllau
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