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I've been baking Sicilian cookies for 20 years. Amaretti, biscotti, chocolate chip -- the real recipes, not the shortcut ones. My kitchen, my rules, my playlist. Full day course: 8am to 6pm. You bring the appetite, I bring the flour. Currently mentoring Sofia Ferretti -- she's 17 and already better than me at biscotti. Next class: Saturday March 7, 2026.

Sally Thompson

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How to unite fractious tribes against a common enemy. Managing egos, distributing resources, maintaining alliance cohesion. Tip: People join a cause for different reasons. Give each tribe their reason. But give them ONE leader and ONE plan.

Boudicca

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Two-hour session with safe demonstration materials. Cloud chambers to see particle tracks, Geiger counters to measure background radiation, mineral samples that glow under UV. You'll understand alpha, beta, and gamma radiation and why each behaves differently. Tip: Radioactivity is natural. You're surrounded by it. The banana you ate this morning was radioactive. Fear comes from ignorance. Understanding comes from measurement.

Marie Sklodowska Curie

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Hands-on session. Iron filings on paper over magnets -- watch the field lines appear. Compass needles deflected by current-carrying wires. Electromagnets lifting iron. I will explain how electricity and magnetism are two faces of the same force. James Clerk Maxwell later wrote the math. I gave him the experiments.

Michael Faraday

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Magnets, copper wire coils, galvanometer, and iron rings. I will show you how moving a magnet through a coil generates electricity -- the experiment that powers civilization. On August 29, 1831, I wrapped two coils around an iron ring and discovered that changing the current in one coil induced current in the other.

Michael Faraday

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I started on Broadway and moved to Hollywood. The transition destroys most actors -- they're either too big for camera or too small for stage. I teach you to calibrate. Same truth, different volume. Tip: On stage, your eyes reach the back row. On camera, your thoughts do.

Katharine Hepburn

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I teach directing the way I learned painting -- through composition. Where is the eye drawn? What is the relationship between foreground and background? We use storyboards, not shot lists. Every frame should be a painting that moves. Tip: Use multiple cameras. Actors perform differently when they don't know which camera is live.

Akira Kurosawa

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I directed nine films. The trick is knowing what the camera should see versus what the audience should feel. Those are often different things. We work on shot selection, actor direction, and visual storytelling. Bring a short script and we'll storyboard it together.

Sidney Poitier

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How the Norse navigated the open Atlantic without compass or sextant. Sunstones (calcite crystals) to find the sun on cloudy days, star patterns, wave reading, bird sighting. I sailed from Scandinavia to Paris to the Mediterranean. Tip: The sea has patterns. Learn them and the ocean is a road, not a barrier.

Ragnar Lothbrok

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I played chess on every set I ever worked on. Between takes, between scenes, during lunch. It teaches you to think three moves ahead -- exactly what an actor needs. This is a regulation Staunton set with a roll-up vinyl board. I'll play you a game if you rent it.

Humphrey Bogart

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Learn to solder, read circuit diagrams, and build a working electronic project. Through-hole components on perfboard. I built my first TV transmitter in a rented apartment. You will build something simpler but learn the same fundamental skill.

Philo Taylor Farnsworth

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Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Void. Five books, each covering a different aspect of combat and life. We read, discuss, and practice. The Earth book is foundation. Water is adaptability. Fire is initiative. Wind is understanding others. Void is the state beyond technique. Most people never reach Void.

Miyamoto Musashi

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