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Ski passes go on sale at Alpensia Resort

TravelJun 8, 2012

Alpensia Resort starts sales of ski passes for the 2012-13 winter season. The sales begins a month earlier than previous years to attract more skiers to the resort, which is the main venue for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The price for an adult season pass is 120,000 won, 100,000 won for children and 220,000 won for couples. For members of the Alpensia Resort Hotel and Condominium, the adult pass is priced at 100,000 won and children’s pass at 80,000 won.Tickets are available at www.alp
Hiking the Grand Canyon rim to rim

TravelJun 8, 2012

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK ― The Grand Canyon’s beauty beckons like gravity, pulling even the timid to the chasm’s edge.But for those committing to the challenge of a cross-canyon hike, there awaits below the rim a reward beyond the spectacular scenery: time travel.Those horizontal stripes on the postcard panoramas trace a billion years of geological history. They are the sediment and fossils of ancient oceans. According to author Scott Thybony, who literally wrote the books on canyon trails, to
This summer, explore London’s less obvious side

TravelJun 8, 2012

LONDON ― As a Californian, I had forgotten that you don’t cancel your life just because it rains. If you did, you’d never see anything in London, at least not recently. And there is much to see.Too much, in fact. It’s a travel buffet, and it’s hard not to load your plate with a plethora of monuments, historic buildings and churches.It’s important to see that London, but it’s imperative to see the lesser-known London, if only to escape the hordes who are coming here for the Queen’s Diamond Jubile
Swords and sorcery ― and psychology

BooksJun 8, 2012

The ScarBy Sergey and Marina Dyachenko, translated by Elinor Huntington(Tor)Sergey and Marina Dyachenko, husband-and-wife authors, have written numerous science-fiction and fantasy novels in Russian ― and have racked up a mantel-ful of awards in doing so ― but they’ve only now made a foray into U.S. bookshelves with “The Scar.”“The Scar” tells the story of Egert Soll, a handsome and skilled warrior from a noble family, a leader of men, arrogant and self-centered. Always the center of attention,
Teen sleuth tracks stolen art in Japan

BooksJun 8, 2012

Tokyo Heist By Diana Renn(Viking)When Japanese culture is fused with teen fiction, the result is usually shojo manga ― black-and-white graphic novels with a girlish romantic twist. In “Tokyo Heist,” Japanese comics aren’t the format but serve as an undercurrent in a globe-trotting, art-themed mystery novel involving missing Van Goghs, Japanese gangsters and a 16-year-old girl on the outs with her father.Violet had no idea how important her interest in all things Japanese would become when she we
Scholar introduces Korean feasts

BooksJun 8, 2012

Festive Occasions: The Customs in KoreaBy Yoon Seo-seokTranslated by Cho Yoon-jung (Ewha Womans University Press)One can expect plenty of food, music and dance at Korea’s traditional “Janchi.” Janchi would be held for a variety of festive occasions in life, including weddings, milestone birthdays and anniversaries.The Korean term “Janchi” literally means a feast, or a joyous get-together where people share food and exchange best wishes. For those who are interested in Korea’s traditional form of
Questions for author Kate Bornstein

BooksJun 8, 2012

“I was a Scientologist for 12 years, which is a lot more embarrassing than saying Hi, I’m a transsexual SM dyke living with borderline personality disorder,” Kate Bornstein tells on the release of her memoir, “A Queer and Pleasant Danger.” Embodying not just gender ― but the range of gender ― is just a fraction of Bornstein’s complex, complete, utterly compelling persona; she is also the embodiment of a mind steeped in pop culture, past and present.1. The latest book or movie that made you cry?O
Wine of the Week: 2011 Domaine Ferrer Ribiere ‘F’ Rose

Food&BeverageJun 8, 2012

It’s a fine time for rose, and where better to find one than from the French Mediterranean. A perfect summer wine, Domaine Ferrer Ribiere “F” Rose from the Cotes Catalanes, is primarily Grenache with some Syrah in the blend. It’s pale pink and tastes of rose petals and wild herbs. A fine rose at a modest price.● Region: Languedoc-Roussillon● Price: About $11● Style: Dry and aromatic● What it goes with: Omelets, vegetable or fish soups, shrimp with garlic, grilled fishBy S. Irene Virbila, Los Ang
A sassy rediscovery: Old-fashioned ‘shrubs’ shaking up the cocktail scene

Food&BeverageJun 8, 2012

Shrubs ― they’re not just for hiding in!Tart, acidic and weirdly, wonderfully refreshing, drinking vinegars known as “shrubs” are finding a savory home on a growing number of Los Angeles drink menus. Sometimes they’re added to soda water as an alternative to mainstream sodas, and sometimes they’re mixed with booze as a mouth-pleasing alternative to predictable acids such as lemons and limes. Either way, they’re adding a welcome new dimension to the ever-evolving Los Angeles craft cocktail scene.
Janggukbap (rice in beef soup)

Food&BeverageJun 8, 2012

Janggukbap is a dish made of cooked white rice in long-simmered beef broth, seasoned with soy sauce. In the olden days, when a big event or festival took place in the royal court, janggukbap was served to the mobilized soldiers, musicians, dancers and singers because the dish is convenient for serving to many people. Ingredients300 g non-glutinous rice, 2 cups waterBroth : 200 g beef (brisket, shank), 1/5 ea radish, 12 cups waterSeasoning sauce ①: 1 tsp clear soy sauce, 2 tsp minced green onion,
Staying healthy during summer season

Food&BeverageJun 8, 2012

Nutrient-rich food helps restore appetite and energySummer keeps heating up and as the weather starts to get warmer than usual, many people might already feel exhausted from the heat.Still a long way to go till the end of the season, staying healthy during the summer requires some nutrient-rich food to keep you revved up. According to Jeong Ian, an Oriental medicine doctor, summer is the time when you easily lose your appetite and energy, a result of exhaustion you feel amid the heat and perspir
More child food allergies in urban areas

HealthJun 8, 2012

Children living in rural areas of the United States have fewer food allergies than children who live in urban areas, researchers found.Lead author Dr. Ruchi Gupta -- an assistant professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and a physician at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago -- and colleagues said the study involved 38,465 children age 18
U.S. teen recovering from rare illness after having fry-ups

HealthJun 8, 2012

A U.S. teenager has a “dream diet” that makes him the envy of his friends. The 15-year old boy consumes mountains of fry-ups including 56 sausages, 24 rashers of bacon and 24 burgers fried in a liter-and-a-half of olive oil every week. But he is no grease-lover -- he eats fatty foods to survive.Lee Jones suffers from a rare disease, contracted by just one in 14 million people, called GLUT1 that means he can’t process glucose and has to eat lots of high-fat foods to survive. Without his special d
Hotel offers stays in exchange for art

TravelJun 8, 2012

A guest room at the Clarion hotel featuring unique artwork. (clarionhotel.com)A hotel in the Swedish capital is offering free stays to guests who donate a piece of self-made art to the facility.The Clarion Hotel in Stockholm said the art-for-stays scheme was inspired by New York's Chelsea Hotel, which allowed prominent artists and musicians to stay for free in exchange for their works of art, The
Kid CT scans linked to small leukemia risk

HealthJun 8, 2012

Children and teens scanned multiple times by computed tomography have a somewhat increased risk of leukemia and brain tumors, U.S. and British researchers say.Senior investigator Amy Berrington de Gonzalez of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute and colleagues at Newcastle University in England obtained CT exams from radiology departments in hospitals a