Invented at Nick Tahou Hots, this glorious mess typically includes home fries, macaroni salad, baked beans, meat (usually hamburger or hot dogs), topped with onions, mustard, and a spicy meat sauce.

The fabrication and characterization of silica-glass optical fibres 1,2 have been developed into a precise art by the telecommunications industry 3,4,5,6. An unintended side effect of this success has ...